0:00:18 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29the show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Let's meet today's players.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34APPLAUSE
0:00:35 > 0:00:37And couple number one.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Hi, my name is Jason and this is my friend Sara
0:00:39 > 0:00:41and we're from the University of York.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Couple number two. Hi, my name's Eoin.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44This is my wife, Cliodhna.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47We're from Dublin but we live in South London.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Couple number three. Hi, I'm Joan. This is my daughter Lorna.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53We come from Shetland but Lorna lives in Edinburgh now.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55And finally, couple number four.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Hi, I'm Steve and this is my wife Anne and we're from Bristol.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01And these are today's contestants.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02APPLAUSE
0:01:02 > 0:01:03Thanks very much, all of you.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06We'll find out more about you throughout the show as it goes on.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11He runs like clockwork. Our very own Swiss timepiece.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Intricate, delicate and neutral in World War II,
0:01:14 > 0:01:16it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Hiya. Hi, everybody.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20APPLAUSE
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Good afternoon. Good afternoon.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24How are you? Very well, thanks.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Are you sure? Yeah, really well.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Oh, that's terrific news. I'm so pleased. Yes.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Two returning pairs from last time. Lorna and Joan are back with us...
0:01:32 > 0:01:33Yes. ..from Shetland.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Oh, I keep forgetting. We're meant to...
0:01:35 > 0:01:38We've got to say Shetland or the Shetland Islands.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40But not THE Shetlands? That's right.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Cos I know there's one of the things you're not meant to say,
0:01:42 > 0:01:45I can't think of which one it is. I'm aware now forever.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49There'll be panic in your eyes when you have to talk about Shetland.
0:01:49 > 0:01:50The Shetland Isles.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52I hope you haven't had to go back in between shows.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55No. That's good. That is good.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58And also Anne and Steve are back.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Anne and Steve got through to Round Two last time, so no-one
0:02:01 > 0:02:05here has been in a head-to-head as yet, so a wide open field.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Exciting. Thank you very much indeed.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Now, Jonathan and Bethan didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13so we add another ?1,000 to that. This is good news.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Our jackpot today starts off
0:02:15 > 0:02:17at ?2,000. There it is.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19APPLAUSE
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Now, for the benefit of our newcomers,
0:02:30 > 0:02:33remember that the couple with the highest score at the end
0:02:33 > 0:02:35of each round will be eliminated.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37That's all you have to remember. Best of luck.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Our first category today is...
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Literature. Oh, Eoin's furious.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:47 > 0:02:49who's going to go second?
0:02:49 > 0:02:52And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57OK, and the question concerns...
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Authors And Their First Names.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04Yeah, on each pass we're going to give you
0:03:04 > 0:03:07the surnames of seven authors and the name of a book they wrote.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10You need to tell us the first name by which they're commonly known.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12There's going to be seven on each board,
0:03:12 > 0:03:1414 in all to have a go at at home, so best of luck.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16And we've taken all the novels...
0:03:16 > 0:03:18There was a nice list that The Daily Telegraph did,
0:03:18 > 0:03:19100 books you should read,
0:03:19 > 0:03:22and all the novels are taken from that list.
0:03:22 > 0:03:23Excellent. Thank you very much.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25So we're looking for the first names of these authors
0:03:25 > 0:03:27and here is the first list of books,
0:03:27 > 0:03:29seven on the first board.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44I'll read those one last time.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57So there we go.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02Sara. Yes. A very warm welcome. Thank you. ..to Pointless.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05You are at university with Jason. Yes. What are you reading?
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Well, I've just finished at university actually.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Jason finished a year ago, so, yeah.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13What have you just taken your degree in?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Linguistics. Linguistics.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17So we're both good with words.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20OK, but these are words in the English language then? Yeah.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Interesting. So little nuances, things like that.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26You'll pick up on things like Les Miserables?
0:04:26 > 0:04:31Yeah, terrible Anglicisms of French words. What are your hobbies, Sara?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34I like going to nice restaurants. I've got a massive list...
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Hang on, just a quick straw poll -
0:04:36 > 0:04:39who DOESN'T like going to nice restaurants?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41LAUGHTER
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Everyone in the room. I can't believe that. Just embarrassed me there.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48Now, Sara, what are you going to go for? I know a few.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51So, I might play it slightly safe
0:04:51 > 0:04:53and go for Margaret Atwood
0:04:53 > 0:04:55for The Handmaid's Tale.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Margaret Atwood, says Sara. Let's see if that's right,
0:04:57 > 0:04:59let's see how many people said Margaret.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03It's right.
0:05:07 > 0:05:0823.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10APPLAUSE
0:05:10 > 0:05:11Good start to the round, Sara,
0:05:11 > 0:05:1323 for Margaret Atwood.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Good start, Sara.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Whenever we talk about Margaret Atwood
0:05:16 > 0:05:19we talk about that brilliant thing she invented where
0:05:19 > 0:05:21she can sign books from anywhere in the world. Yes!
0:05:21 > 0:05:24She's got a thing where you write in ink on a tablet and it appears.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27"She" can. How do you know it's her?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Maybe there's CCTV of her? Yeah...
0:05:30 > 0:05:33So she says, "Who's it for?"
0:05:33 > 0:05:35And the person says, "Oh, it's for Claire."
0:05:35 > 0:05:39There's a ten-second delay on the satellite... And then...
0:05:39 > 0:05:44..and, weirdly, the pen moves. Yeah, clever, isn't it?
0:05:44 > 0:05:47And she writes books. Now that IS clever.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51And she does that, I'm told, literally there and then.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Typewriter. Typewriter.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56A series of tiny trained spiders she's got
0:05:56 > 0:05:58who write her books for her.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59LAUGHTER
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Thank you very much indeed.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Now then, Cliodhna. (PRON: Cleaner) Yes.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06I don't think we've yet on Pointless, in however many hundred shows
0:06:06 > 0:06:09we've made, yet had someone whose name was also a job.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13LAUGHTER
0:06:13 > 0:06:15I'm going to think of some. Jim Trainer.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18That's rubbish. Oh, JIM Trainer.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Jim. Not, it doesn't quite work.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Bill...
0:06:21 > 0:06:24That's not a job.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28What job is that? The Bill. The Old Bill.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Yeah, we must... There must have been.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Just play among yourselves.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35LAUGHTER
0:06:35 > 0:06:39Um, Cliodhna, welcome. Lovely to have you here. What do you do, Cliodhna?
0:06:39 > 0:06:42I went back to school a couple of years ago
0:06:42 > 0:06:44and I retrained as a barrister,
0:06:44 > 0:06:48and practised in Ireland for a few years before coming to the UK.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53So now I will retrain as a barrister here,
0:06:53 > 0:06:55but I'm in regulatory compliance at the moment.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58How different is Irish law from UK law?
0:06:58 > 0:07:03The law itself is quite similar, but the set-up is quite different.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05All barristers in Ireland are sole traders,
0:07:05 > 0:07:09we don't have the concept of chambers or affiliated groups.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13I see. You've kind of got to recalibrate then?
0:07:13 > 0:07:14We have to recalibrate, yeah.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17What are your interests outside of the law?
0:07:17 > 0:07:21I like outside, so I like to walk.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24We brought our bicycles from Dublin when we came,
0:07:24 > 0:07:26so you'll see me around South London on my bicycle,
0:07:26 > 0:07:30complete with a basket at the front and a basket at the back.
0:07:30 > 0:07:36And we play a bit of softball and I like to read a little bit as well,
0:07:36 > 0:07:38particularly crime novels.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Well, this is just perfect. Beautiful segue, for which, many thanks.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43What would you like to go for?
0:07:43 > 0:07:47I know a few on the board.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50I'm going to take
0:07:50 > 0:07:51a little bit of a gamble.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53I'm going to go for
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Umberto Eco, The Name Of The Rose.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Umberto Eco, says Cliodhna. Let's see if that's right,
0:07:58 > 0:08:00let's see how many people said it.
0:08:04 > 0:08:0523's our only score so far.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Umberto passes that with ease
0:08:08 > 0:08:10down to 12. Very well done.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12APPLAUSE
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Good answer, Cliodhna. Welcome to Pointless. Very good stuff.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20I've thought of somebody whose name was also a job, that we've had on.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Clark.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25That's all I got, though. Oh, that's good. It's not bad, is it?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Not bad at all.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Because IT Professional is not a first name, unfortunately.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Not yet, no.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Joan, welcome back, and you are from... Oh, I must get this right.
0:08:36 > 0:08:42You are from the land of Shet. That will do.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43I'm not sure it will, actually.
0:08:43 > 0:08:44LAUGHTER
0:08:44 > 0:08:47That doesn't sound quite so good, does it, coming off the tongue?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50They don't put that on the tea towels, do they? The Land of Shet.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54LAUGHTER
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Do you think they'll market well?
0:08:57 > 0:09:00I don't know, it could look good on a bumper sticker.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Joan, you were a primary school teacher... I was, yes.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09..and you have retired now and you cruise? If I can do, yes.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Sounds like you're having a wonderful retirement.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Yes. A busy retirement but thoroughly enjoying it.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Very good indeed. And what other things do you like to get up to?
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Obviously Shetland, the Shetland Isl...
0:09:21 > 0:09:25th-the Shetland Isles...
0:09:25 > 0:09:29I'm sorry, this is a terrible thing to ask,
0:09:29 > 0:09:31but I haven't been up that far north.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35Is it cold? I'm going to come to that. LAUGHTER
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Your hours of daylight. Yes.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Do you get shorter hours of daylight there or is it much the same as here?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Well, at the moment, coming up to the longest day,
0:09:44 > 0:09:48it'll be more or less light for 24 hours, seriously, yes.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51It'll maybe get a bit grey around midnight or so for an hour
0:09:51 > 0:09:53and then the sun's back up again.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55You must get beautiful skies.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58You get beautiful sunsets, beautiful skies, yes. Wonderful.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01It's worth it. OK, Joan, what about this board?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Erm, I know a few.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05I'm deciding what one I go for.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07I think I'm going to go for
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Salman Rushdie.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Salman Rushdie, says Joan.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Let's see if it's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:10:18 > 0:10:2165. APPLAUSE
0:10:21 > 0:10:2465, quite a high one for Salman Rushdie.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27It is a high score, isn't it? Joan, you mustn't leave us
0:10:27 > 0:10:28in Round One again, promise,
0:10:28 > 0:10:30for a number of reasons.
0:10:30 > 0:10:31Thank you very much.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Now, Anne, welcome back. Round Two for you last time, was it?
0:10:35 > 0:10:39Yes. Now, what was it? What happened in Round Two?
0:10:39 > 0:10:41You didn't give an incorrect answer, did you?
0:10:41 > 0:10:45No. Before I came here I was worried about giving the wrong answer
0:10:45 > 0:10:49or not having an answer, but after the last show I realised it's not...
0:10:49 > 0:10:53Well, it's about that, but also it's about choosing the answer
0:10:53 > 0:10:57because I knew a few of them, but I just chose the high score.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59It's really hard to know though.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03With limited time and with the light shining down on you, it's hard
0:11:03 > 0:11:07under that pressure to think which is going to be the lowest-scoring one.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10But you've got the same job here, Anne. Do you fancy talking us
0:11:10 > 0:11:11through that board?
0:11:11 > 0:11:14The first one is Virginia.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15Then you've got Victor
0:11:15 > 0:11:19and then Graham, so again...
0:11:19 > 0:11:20You're missing one off there.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22I don't know that one.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25I don't know that one. Hopefully I'm
0:11:25 > 0:11:28picking the right one this time.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29I'm going to go for Graham.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Very good. Graham Greene.
0:11:31 > 0:11:32Let's see if that's right,
0:11:32 > 0:11:35and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Graham Greene.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40It's right. Well, 65's our highest score, which you've passed,
0:11:40 > 0:11:4323 is the next... 41.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45APPLAUSE
0:11:45 > 0:11:4841 for Graham Greene. Not bad.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Yeah, he was apparently an intelligence officer
0:11:50 > 0:11:53for MI6 during the war, briefly, Graham Greene,
0:11:53 > 0:11:54out in Sierra Leone.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56It's a wonderful book, Brighton Rock,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59like a lot of his novels, actually. 41 points there.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04So you were absolutely right about Virginia Woolf - 58.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Let's go down to Hugo, which is...
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Victor.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Victor Hugo - 50 points.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11And Things Fall Apart,
0:12:11 > 0:12:14this is the best answer on the board perhaps unsurprisingly.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Chinua Achebe. Very well done if you said that at home,
0:12:17 > 0:12:183 points. Thanks, Richard.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21We're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at those scores.
0:12:21 > 0:12:2312, the best score of that pass.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Cliodhna, very well done to you.
0:12:25 > 0:12:26Up to 23 where we find Sara and Jason.
0:12:26 > 0:12:3141 is where Anne and Steve currently reside,
0:12:31 > 0:12:33and then you're not too far ahead, Joan and Lorna, on 65,
0:12:33 > 0:12:36but Lorna, we really have to have a low-scoring answer from you.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39I think it's worth pulling out all the stops. I really do.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43We can't be sending you back up to the Shetland Islands so soon.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Best of luck with that. We're going to come back down the line now,
0:12:46 > 0:12:49can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:12:52 > 0:12:55OK, well let's put seven more novels up on the board, and here they are.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09I'll read those again.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23So, Steve, welcome back.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26We discovered last time you were a lecturer at the Open University.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27That's right.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30How do all the lecturers at the Open University get together?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Is there a virtual OCR or something?
0:13:33 > 0:13:36You have to go in a few times a week for the big meetings,
0:13:36 > 0:13:39where you decide what to do with the teaching material.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43You go up there together. Where is it based? Milton Keynes.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46I see. So you to and fro into Milton Keynes quite a lot? We do, yes.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Are people generally very open when you get there?
0:13:49 > 0:13:53I'd say ajar. OK.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Steve, aside from that, what are your hobbies?
0:13:55 > 0:13:57I spend a lot of time with my job sitting down in front
0:13:57 > 0:14:01of a computer so I like to play lots of sport when I can,
0:14:01 > 0:14:03especially football and cricket.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Very good. OK, you're on 41.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08The high-scorers are Lorna and Joan at this point on 65.
0:14:08 > 0:14:1123 or less is your target.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13OK, well I'm stuck between two
0:14:13 > 0:14:15and I'm wondering whether to gamble
0:14:15 > 0:14:16or not as we got quite a high score
0:14:16 > 0:14:18from the first round.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21I think I'll go for...
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Doris Lessing.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Doris Lessing, says Steve.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Here comes your red line. Get below that with Doris...
0:14:28 > 0:14:30That sounds funny, doesn't it?
0:14:30 > 0:14:33..and you are through to Round Two.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Let's see how many of our 100 people said Doris Lessing.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45I think that might be rather a good answer, Steve...
0:14:45 > 0:14:46and so it proves. 20. Needed 23.
0:14:48 > 0:14:5161 is your total. Well played, Steve.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54The winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57The oldest ever recipient of that award.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Mm. Thanks very much. Now, Lorna.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Lorna, so, you have left the Shetland Islands
0:15:02 > 0:15:05and you have relocated to Edinburgh.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Yes. What do you do there?
0:15:06 > 0:15:09I work as an early years practitioner, so with
0:15:09 > 0:15:13children under school age, and I'm also doing a Masters as the moment.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15And doing your Masters. How much longer on your Masters?
0:15:15 > 0:15:19Just my dissertation. Just that to go. When's the deadline for that?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21A couple of months. Two months. OK.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Are you good at knuckling and down and doing that? Yeah.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27If I know there's a deadline to meet, I'm pretty much organised.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Pretty much organised? Well, try to be.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32In other words you've cleared the three days before delivery.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34That sounds fine by me! Yeah, that's fine.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36And what are your hobbies, Lorna?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Well, I have two children, so I spend a lot of time...
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Well, my youngest, we like to do a lot of outdoor things,
0:15:41 > 0:15:43so cycling, walking.
0:15:43 > 0:15:48My oldest, she's 19, so doesn't want to spend much time with me.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52But otherwise, I go to the gym, I enjoy going camping -
0:15:52 > 0:15:55we just came back from a weekend at Loch Lomond, which was lovely.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Midges? No, no midges. None?
0:15:57 > 0:16:00No, lots of rain, so that cancelled out the midges.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03It is one or the other, generally, isn't it? Very nice, though. Good.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Lorna, what are you going to go for? You are the high scorers.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08We have to have a low score from you.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10It's the worst board I could have.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12I'm not good at literature.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13I know a few,
0:16:13 > 0:16:15but they're going to be big answers.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18But rather than getting 100
0:16:18 > 0:16:20I'm just going to go for Thomas Hardy.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21Thomas Hardy. OK, well,
0:16:21 > 0:16:24good damage limitation there. Let's see.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Thomas Hardy. Is it right? No red line for you as you're the high
0:16:27 > 0:16:30scorers, but let's see how many people said Thomas Hardy.
0:16:36 > 0:16:3753.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39APPLAUSE
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Takes your total up to 118.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Could still be in the game. Just about still in the game.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Yeah, he was an architectural draughtsman before he was
0:16:46 > 0:16:50a full-time writer, Thomas Hardy. He was the Margaret Atwood of his day.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Mm. Thank you very much. Now, Eoin,
0:16:53 > 0:16:55a warm welcome to you.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57What do you do, Eoin?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59So, I work for a big insurance company
0:16:59 > 0:17:01for the assistance part of the business, so we help people
0:17:01 > 0:17:05if their car breaks down or there's a problem in their home. Oh, nice.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07You are the first port of call for people in trouble.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10People who are much more skilled than me in the team.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12But it should be you -
0:17:12 > 0:17:14I would love to hear your voice.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Something's wrong, you want to hear Eoin on the phone.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18That is very reassuring.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20I'm told I've good phone voice, but apparently take all day
0:17:20 > 0:17:22on the phone.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24If you break down you've probably GOT all day,
0:17:24 > 0:17:25haven't you?
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Eoin, aside from that, what pleases you?
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Well, we're enjoying exploring London since we moved over.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32Used to play a lot of rugby,
0:17:32 > 0:17:34now I watch it from the safety
0:17:34 > 0:17:38of the stands, and my main sporting activity now is I play softball,
0:17:38 > 0:17:41and so I play in Hyde Park every Sunday with
0:17:41 > 0:17:47a bunch of American friends and love that game, and a bit of fine dining.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Very good indeed. Now then, Eoin, you're on 12,
0:17:49 > 0:17:52which means you can't lose, even if you score 100 points.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54How are you feeling about this board?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Little bit better about it than
0:17:56 > 0:17:58when I found out about the subject,
0:17:58 > 0:18:00cos there are still one or two
0:18:00 > 0:18:01up there that I've read,
0:18:01 > 0:18:04so, erm, I'm going to go for
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Jack Kerouac for On The Road.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Jack Kerouac. No red line, you're already through.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10How many people said Jack Kerouac?
0:18:18 > 0:18:2029. Not bad.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Takes your total up to 41.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26It was sort of written on a scroll, On The Road.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30It was written on a 120 foot-long piece of paper. Is it?
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Yeah, just a continual thing that went through his typewriter. Wow.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38Thanks, Rich. Jason, a warm welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40So you finished university last year. That's right, yes.
0:18:40 > 0:18:45What were you reading? The same as Sara, Linguistics. Very good.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47What do you do now? What are you doing with your degree?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50So, at the moment I'm putting it to some good use.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52I'm currently an English language tutor
0:18:52 > 0:18:55for an online-based company...
0:18:55 > 0:18:58It's not the Open University, is it, in Milton Keynes?
0:18:58 > 0:19:01No, it's a company based in France, a tutoring company. OK.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05But you tutor online, through Skype and stuff like that?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Yeah, it's a similar service. It's like a WebEx service,
0:19:07 > 0:19:10where you can see the presentation on both sides of the computer
0:19:10 > 0:19:13and you get to teach clients from all over the world who have
0:19:13 > 0:19:15many different motivations to learn English. OK.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17English as a foreign language essentially.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Essentially. Very good. OK. You're on 23.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21You have to score 94 or less.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Talk us through that board.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25When I saw the topic Literature,
0:19:25 > 0:19:27this was literally one of the worst
0:19:27 > 0:19:28topics I could've had.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30But I think I know two of them.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32I'm going to go for the answer
0:19:32 > 0:19:34John Steinbeck.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35John Steinbeck, see if that's right.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Here's your red line, nice and high.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41Get below that and you're into Round Two. Is John right?
0:19:44 > 0:19:45It is.
0:19:49 > 0:19:5045. APPLAUSE
0:19:52 > 0:19:5468, your total. Well done.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56When he wrote it he said,
0:19:56 > 0:19:58"It's not the great book I had hoped it would be.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01"It's a very run-of-the-mill book." Then it won the Pulitzer Prize
0:20:01 > 0:20:05for Literature and has become one of the great classics of all time.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08As he got the prize, did he say, "But it's terrible!"? Yes.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Yeah, he sent it back.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13He said, "I didn't even write it on a scroll, just on bits of paper."
0:20:13 > 0:20:14LAUGHTER
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Erm, now... Bronte?
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Oh, that's the only one I don't know.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22I mean, I know, but I don't know which one of the...
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Emily Bronte, of course, Wuthering Heights. 60 points for that.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27At the bottom?
0:20:27 > 0:20:28Ian.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Ian McEwan. Would've scored you 24.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33The best answer on the board, Gibbons...? Stella.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm. That would've scored 8.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Well done if you said that. Thank you very much.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Well, we are at the end of our first round,
0:20:40 > 0:20:42and I almost don't want to say this
0:20:42 > 0:20:45but the pair who are heading home, and I really do mean heading home...
0:20:45 > 0:20:47How many different modes of transport
0:20:47 > 0:20:49do you have to take to get there?
0:20:49 > 0:20:54Four? Five? Well, we did boat and train and plane and bus to get here.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55Oh, and taxi.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57And skidoo at the far end.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58And a skidoo at the far end, yes.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Lorna and Joan, it's been magnificent having you on the show,
0:21:02 > 0:21:04and I'm so sorry we're sending you home far too early,
0:21:04 > 0:21:06but thank you for playing. Lovely contestants.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08APPLAUSE
0:21:10 > 0:21:13But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15APPLAUSE
0:21:18 > 0:21:21And so suddenly, we are down to three pairs just like that!
0:21:21 > 0:21:24At the end of this round we'll be saying goodbye to another pair.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28Well, I have to say, Cliodhna and Eoin, that was just fantastic.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Lowest individual score from you, Cliodhna, with Umberto Eco,
0:21:31 > 0:21:33and lowest joint score as well.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36But the remaining pairs very, very close indeed,
0:21:36 > 0:21:38so who knows what could happen in this round?
0:21:38 > 0:21:42Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two today is...
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Pop Music. Can you decide in your pairs who's going first,
0:21:47 > 0:21:49who's going to go second?
0:21:49 > 0:21:52And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:22:00 > 0:22:01to name as many of
0:22:01 > 0:22:04the biggest selling albums of 2014
0:22:04 > 0:22:08as they could. The biggest selling albums of 2014, Richard.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10We are looking for any band or artist who had
0:22:10 > 0:22:14one of the top 40 bestselling artist albums of 2014 according
0:22:14 > 0:22:16The Official Charts Company, please,
0:22:16 > 0:22:18so any band or artist of one of those top-selling albums.
0:22:18 > 0:22:23Thank you very much indeed, Richard. OK. Now, Jason.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28Jason. I think this is a good round for me.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32I'm quite into a lot of the recent music.
0:22:32 > 0:22:38So I'm going to go for Wanted On Voyage by George Ezra.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41OK, George Ezra, says Jason. Let's see if that's right,
0:22:41 > 0:22:43let's see how many people said George Ezra.
0:22:45 > 0:22:46It's right.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53Great answer, Jason.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54APPLAUSE
0:22:57 > 0:23:00George Ezra scoring you 3 there. Well played, Jason.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04That's the third bestselling album of 2014, Wanted On Voyage.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08That's impressive, isn't it? Mm. Well done, Jason, well done, George.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Exactly. Very good indeed. Cliodhna.
0:23:11 > 0:23:17What would you like to go for? This is not a good round for me at all.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21I'm going to play... I don't really know. I'm going to go for a...
0:23:21 > 0:23:24popular artist. I'm going to go for Beyonce.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Beyonce, says Cliodhna. Let's see if that's right,
0:23:26 > 0:23:29let's see how many people said Beyonce if it is.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32It's right.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Still going down, Cliodhna.
0:23:38 > 0:23:397! Very well done indeed.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41APPLAUSE
0:23:41 > 0:23:43You look surprised by that,
0:23:43 > 0:23:46but that's a great answer and a great score.
0:23:46 > 0:23:4924th bestselling album, called Beyonce.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Thanks, Rich. Now then, Anne.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56Not a good one for me, I'm afraid.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Erm, I am going to go for Jason Derulo, though.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Jason Derulo, says Anne. Let's see if that's right,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Oh, bad luck, Anne. I'm sorry.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11I'm afraid Jason Derulo is an incorrect answer
0:24:11 > 0:24:14and that scores you 100 points.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Sorry, Anne. Not close, I'm afraid. 2013 he had the album Tattoos out,
0:24:18 > 0:24:21but wasn't really troubling the charts in 2014 so much.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22We're halfway through the round,
0:24:22 > 0:24:24so let's take a look at those scores. 3, Jason.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Very good answer with George Ezra.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Lovely low score, putting you and Sara
0:24:28 > 0:24:30in pole position at this point,
0:24:30 > 0:24:32then up to 7 where we find Cliodhna and Eoin,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35and then up to 100, Anne and Steve. So, yes, Steve,
0:24:35 > 0:24:37a nice, low score might help.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39But yes, best of luck.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40We're going to come back down the line now,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:24:45 > 0:24:49OK. So, Steve, we're looking for any band or artist who had
0:24:49 > 0:24:52one of the top 40 bestselling albums of 2014.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56We need a low score from you.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58If you score 6 or less, who knows -
0:24:58 > 0:25:00it could keep you in the game.
0:25:00 > 0:25:05If you scored 2 or less, it'd be brilliant. It would.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08If you could score minus 94...
0:25:08 > 0:25:10LAUGHTER
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Has anyone ever scored a minus in this?
0:25:12 > 0:25:14I don't believe they have.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17We'd have to dig down. You never know in this business, do you?
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Never say never. Never say never.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Steve, what are you going to go for?
0:25:22 > 0:25:24OK, well, I'm clutching at straws, so...
0:25:24 > 0:25:27I've got that album! That's not the title of the album,
0:25:27 > 0:25:28that's what I'm doing.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32So I'm going to go for something that my oldest daughter has
0:25:32 > 0:25:36and I'm going to say Lawson. L-A-W-S-O-N.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Lawson, says Steve. Lawson. No red lines, you're the high scorers -
0:25:40 > 0:25:42let's see how many people said Lawson.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46Oh, bad luck, Steve,
0:25:46 > 0:25:50I'm afraid an incorrect answer. A good answer but a bad answer,
0:25:50 > 0:25:53if you see what I'm saying. That scores you 100 points,
0:25:53 > 0:25:54takes your total up to 200.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Yeah, again didn't release an album in 2014, I'm afraid, but your
0:25:57 > 0:25:59daughter will be delighted that you said them on television,
0:25:59 > 0:26:02I'm certain of that.
0:26:02 > 0:26:07Eoin. On that news, you now know that you are through to the head-to-head.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10But let that not stop you from finding a pointless answer
0:26:10 > 0:26:15if you possibly can. Very little chance of a pointless answer.
0:26:15 > 0:26:192014 not my era, although I am alive in that era.
0:26:19 > 0:26:20LAUGHTER
0:26:20 > 0:26:22But I'm going to go...
0:26:22 > 0:26:25It may be safe, may be wrong, but I'll try Ed Sheeran.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Ed Sheeran. Safe, some might say.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Ed Sheeran. No red line, you're already through.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34Let's see how many of our 100 people said Ed Sheeran.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37It's not wrong.
0:26:41 > 0:26:4228.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43APPLAUSE
0:26:46 > 0:26:4835 sees you comfortably through.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51The biggest-selling album of the year, Ed Sheeran, yeah.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Thanks, Rich. Now, Sara.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Sara, again, good news for you. You are already through.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Erm, what would you like to go for?
0:26:58 > 0:27:02Well, I know a lot about pop music,
0:27:02 > 0:27:04it's my favourite kind of music.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Erm,
0:27:06 > 0:27:09I'm going to play it slightly safe and go for Taylor Swift.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13Taylor Swift, says Sara. OK. No red line, you're already through.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Let's see how many people said Taylor Swift.
0:27:23 > 0:27:2412.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26APPLAUSE
0:27:26 > 0:27:2812 takes your total up to 15.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Well done.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Yes, her album, 1989 it was called,
0:27:32 > 0:27:34it was the 11th biggest selling album of the year.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37The top four bestselling albums of the year, the chart's been dominated
0:27:37 > 0:27:39by female soloists for a long time,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42but last year the top four were all solo males.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44So we already had number one,
0:27:44 > 0:27:47which was Ed Sheeran. Number two was Sam Smith.
0:27:47 > 0:27:48Number three was George Ezra,
0:27:48 > 0:27:51and Paolo Nutini was the fourth bestselling album of the year.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53One point if you said Paolo Nutini.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55There's a few other one-pointers before we go to the zeros.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57I'll give you a couple of two-pointers -
0:27:57 > 0:28:00two points for Avicii, The Script, The Vamps, George Michael
0:28:00 > 0:28:02and Arctic Monkeys.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04One point for London Grammar, Bastille, Michael Buble,
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Elbow, Five Seconds Of Summer or Pink Floyd.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Now let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11There's quite a few of them.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15AC/DC was a pointless answer, Rock Or Bust. Barbra Streisand.
0:28:15 > 0:28:16Bette Midler.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Dolly Parton and Blue Smoke, her greatest hits.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24Foo Fighters, Sonic Highway, Imagine Dragons were in that top 40.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Kasabian also in it.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28Neil Diamond was the 40th biggest selling,
0:28:28 > 0:28:30and Royal Blood was also a pointless answer.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Well done if you said any of those.
0:28:32 > 0:28:33Let's take a look at the top three,
0:28:33 > 0:28:36the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39Ed Sheeran, there he is, 28 points.
0:28:39 > 0:28:40Sam Smith, 35...
0:28:42 > 0:28:45..and One Direction, 36.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Thank you very much, Richard. So at the end of our second round
0:28:47 > 0:28:49I'm sorry to say,
0:28:49 > 0:28:51our second and final returning pair
0:28:51 > 0:28:54of the show leaving,
0:28:54 > 0:28:56with a high score of 200 as well.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Steve and Anne, it's been wonderful having you on. Thank you for playing.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01APPLAUSE
0:29:03 > 0:29:07But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Congratulations, Cliodhna, Eoin, Sara and Jason.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17You're now one step closer to the final
0:29:17 > 0:29:21and that chance to play for our jackpot, which still stands at...
0:29:21 > 0:29:23APPLAUSE AND WHOOPING
0:29:25 > 0:29:28You know the deal here - you're going to go head to head,
0:29:28 > 0:29:30you're now allowed to confer.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32First pair to win two questions play for the jackpot.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Well, what a strong performance both of you have had.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39Really low scores throughout the game so far.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Yeah, quite hard to call. I mean, Cliodhna and Eoin,
0:29:41 > 0:29:43you are our lowest-scoring pair,
0:29:43 > 0:29:46you're the golden couple, as we call them, so you have a slight advantage.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48But yeah, I wouldn't want to call this at all.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52APPLAUSE
0:29:56 > 0:29:59OK, here's your first question, and it concerns...
0:30:03 > 0:30:04Films By Harry Potter Actors.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Going to show you five pictures now of actors who've appeared
0:30:06 > 0:30:08in the Harry Potter films.
0:30:08 > 0:30:09We're going to show them in other films.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12We need you to name the films, please. Best of luck.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five films and here they come.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18We've got...
0:30:40 > 0:30:41There we are.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44So, Cliodhna and Eoin, you've been our low scorers throughout
0:30:44 > 0:30:46the show so far, so you will go first.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52(A - go for A.)
0:30:52 > 0:30:55THEY WHISPER
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Er, we know a couple.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00We're hoping that the best one of
0:31:00 > 0:31:03the ones we know is A, Die Hard.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04Die Hard.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Die Hard, say Cliodhna and Eoin.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Now, Sara and Jason.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11We know a few.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14B is Mamma Mia!, I think.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16C, The Grand Budapest Hotel.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18And what did you think E was?
0:31:18 > 0:31:20E was The Woman In Black, I think.
0:31:20 > 0:31:21Yep. So...
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Do you want to go for that?
0:31:23 > 0:31:24Shall we?
0:31:24 > 0:31:25Yeah.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28We'll go for E. The Woman In Black.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30The Woman In Black, say Sara and Jason.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32So, Cliodhna and Eoin said Die Hard.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Let's see if that's right for A, let's see how many people said it.
0:31:37 > 0:31:38It's right.
0:31:42 > 0:31:43APPLAUSE
0:31:43 > 0:31:4524 for Die Hard.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Sara and Jason meanwhile have gone for The Woman In Black, for E.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Let's if that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58It's right.
0:32:01 > 0:32:02APPLAUSE
0:32:02 > 0:32:0440 for The Woman In Black.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Which means, Cliodhna and Eoin,
0:32:06 > 0:32:09after one question, you're up 1-0.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Well, you made the wrong choice there,
0:32:11 > 0:32:15cos Grand Budapest Hotel would have scored you 20, I'm afraid.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Would have been a great answer. Ralph Fiennes there.
0:32:19 > 0:32:20B, Julie Walters
0:32:20 > 0:32:22and she's in Mamma Mia!
0:32:24 > 0:32:2663 points for that.
0:32:26 > 0:32:31And D is Helena Bonham Carter in Dark Shadows.
0:32:31 > 0:32:333 points for that, very well done if you said that.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Very good. OK, here comes your second question now.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37Sara and Jason, you get to go first,
0:32:37 > 0:32:40but you have to win this one to stay in the game. Best of luck.
0:32:40 > 0:32:41It concerns...
0:32:44 > 0:32:46Sporting Abbreviations. Richard.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49Going to show you five abbreviations now which represent the usual
0:32:49 > 0:32:51English name of five sporting organisations.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54We just need you to tell us what the abbreviations stand for, please.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58OK, let's reveal our five abbreviations. Here they come.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Sara and Jason will go first.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17OK, so, um...
0:33:17 > 0:33:19We know a few of them
0:33:19 > 0:33:21but I think we'll go for WTA
0:33:21 > 0:33:24as the Women's Tennis Association.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Women's Tennis Association say Sara and Jason.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29So, Cliodhna and Eoin,
0:33:29 > 0:33:31the rest of the board is yours.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Talk us through it. So I think UFC
0:33:33 > 0:33:36is Ultimate Fighting Championship.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38CAF, football.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Maybe South American,
0:33:40 > 0:33:41so Confederation...
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Or maybe African, I'm not sure.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45National Football League,
0:33:45 > 0:33:46International Olympic Committee.
0:33:46 > 0:33:47Go for the first one?
0:33:47 > 0:33:49We'll go for the first one,
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Ultimate Fighting Championship.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53Ultimate Fighting Championship.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55So we have Women's Tennis Association
0:33:55 > 0:33:57and Ultimate Fighting Championship.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01Now then, Sara and Jason said Women's Tennis Association, let's see
0:34:01 > 0:34:05if that's right for WTA and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:34:06 > 0:34:07It's right.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Good answer. APPLAUSE
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Good answer. 21 for WTA.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Now, Cliodhna and Eoin
0:34:19 > 0:34:22have gone for Ultimate Fighting Championship for UFC.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:34:27 > 0:34:28It is right.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34And it wins, very well done indeed.
0:34:34 > 0:34:3615!
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Good work, Cliodhna and Eoin.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41It means after only two questions you're straight through to the final, 2-0.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44Two very good answers there, well played, both teams.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48The NFL is the National Football League, American football.
0:34:48 > 0:34:5073 points for that. The IOC,
0:34:50 > 0:34:52the International Olympic Committee.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54That would have scored 42.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57Eoin, if you'd been forced to have a go at CAF...?
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Er, Confederation of African Football?
0:35:00 > 0:35:02Is the correct answer - would have scored you 4.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Very well done if you said that at home. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09So our pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid Sara and Jason.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12Very strong performance the whole way through.
0:35:12 > 0:35:13Nothing wrong with either of
0:35:13 > 0:35:16your answers in this head-to-head, either.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19Just Cliodhna and Eoin managed to get under you there in each case.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23But you're going to be back next time, which is great news for us
0:35:23 > 0:35:26and I'm sure you'll go just as far, if not further.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28Meantime, thanks very much, Sara and Jason.
0:35:28 > 0:35:29APPLAUSE
0:35:32 > 0:35:35But for Cliodhna and Eoin, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39Congratulations, Cliodhna and Eoin!
0:35:39 > 0:35:43You have seen your competition off pretty comprehensively
0:35:43 > 0:35:46and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:35:55 > 0:35:59and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at ?2,000.
0:35:59 > 0:36:00APPLAUSE
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Well, pretty clean work you've made of that, I have to say.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Low score after low score then through to the head-to-head,
0:36:09 > 0:36:102-0 in the head-to-head.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Then through to the final. That's...
0:36:12 > 0:36:14I've said this before and been wrong,
0:36:14 > 0:36:17but that's usually the set-up for a nice jackpot win.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21What would you like to see in this last round to make that happen?
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Facts about Dublin. Irish actors.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Rivers through Dublin!
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Yeah! Mountain ranges in Ireland. Anything like that!
0:36:29 > 0:36:30We're not fussy! OK, very good.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Well, as always, as you know, you get to choose
0:36:32 > 0:36:34your category from the four behind me.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37Today's selection looks like this.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38We have...
0:36:45 > 0:36:48Oh, gosh. Erm...
0:36:48 > 0:36:49What do you think?
0:36:49 > 0:36:52I think Animated Films, we might have a chance. OK, yes.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55Animated Films? Yes, please. OK, there we go.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57OK, we are looking for the name of
0:36:57 > 0:37:00any character in any of the following three films, please.
0:37:00 > 0:37:04So the name of any voiced character in any of these films.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14It has to be the name of any voiced character
0:37:14 > 0:37:16in any of those films, please.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Not generic characters like "Farmer" - it's got to be
0:37:18 > 0:37:23the name of a character and that is according to IMDb.
0:37:23 > 0:37:24Very best of luck.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26OK. Now, as always, you've got up to a minute
0:37:26 > 0:37:29to come up with three answers, and all you need to win that jackpot
0:37:29 > 0:37:31is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Are you ready? Yes.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:37:35 > 0:37:36Your time starts now.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38Do you have any idea?
0:37:38 > 0:37:41There's Sulley in Monsters, Inc...
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Anna and Elsa obviously, in Frozen.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48I didn't know that, but that's great! Chicken Run, I think...
0:37:48 > 0:37:51I think Mel Gibson played somebody like Butch or... OK.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54..something like that, but those two characters in Frozen...
0:37:54 > 0:37:56Everybody knows those characters. Except me! Except you!
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Monsters, Inc, Sulley is all I know.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02We could chance Butch on Chicken Run,
0:38:02 > 0:38:04then pick one of the ones... Anna?
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Great subject to pick
0:38:06 > 0:38:08when we've no kids! So, er...
0:38:08 > 0:38:11We're limited. Yeah. We'll go for those three.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Are you happy? Are you going to bail out at that point?
0:38:13 > 0:38:15Yeah, we're quite limited, so...
0:38:15 > 0:38:16OK, we'll stop the clock.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Your three answers are, just to be sure...?
0:38:18 > 0:38:21We're going to go for Butch, which is our risky one.
0:38:21 > 0:38:22From? Chicken Run.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Butch. Sulley,
0:38:24 > 0:38:26from Monsters, Inc... Sulley.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28And Anna from Frozen.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31And Anna. Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:31 > 0:38:35The first one, Butch. Butch goes last. Least likely to be pointless?
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Either of the other two! Shall we put Anna first? BOTH: Yes.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40OK. Let's put these answers up on the board in that order
0:38:40 > 0:38:41and here they are.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44We've got Anna, we've got Sulley
0:38:44 > 0:38:46and we've got Butch.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50Well, very best of luck.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Before we find out what these answers have scored,
0:38:53 > 0:38:57I want to ask you what you would do with the money if you won.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00I would put it towards a moped.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02A moped?
0:39:02 > 0:39:06Yes. I think I've reached the age where I can resign my bicycle
0:39:06 > 0:39:08and I can get a motorised bicycle.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10An electric bike.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13Anything with a motor on it so I don't have to cycle it!
0:39:13 > 0:39:17Eoin looks really stunned by that! "I had no idea, you never said!"
0:39:17 > 0:39:19Eoin, what would you like?
0:39:19 > 0:39:22I think I'd certainly put it towards a crash helmet for your moped...
0:39:22 > 0:39:26And then a big lock, and not give you the key!
0:39:26 > 0:39:32I think if we won the jackpot, we'd have a really fancy meal somewhere,
0:39:32 > 0:39:34and we're going on holidays
0:39:34 > 0:39:38and might be a few upgraded rooms and stuff like that. Excellent.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Very good indeed. OK, your first answer, Anna,
0:39:40 > 0:39:42the one you thought was least likely to be pointless.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45In this case, we were looking for named characters from Frozen.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Let's see if it's right, if it's right and pointless,
0:39:47 > 0:39:50you will win ?2,000. How many people said Anna?
0:39:53 > 0:39:54It's right.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59OK, if this goes all the way down to zero, you leave here with ?2,000.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03Anna now taking us down through...
0:40:03 > 0:40:0427. Not as bad as I thought! APPLAUSE
0:40:06 > 0:40:0827 - not a bad score.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10In the normal run of things you'd be happy with that,
0:40:10 > 0:40:12but sadly in this round, it's pointless or bust.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15And that is bust. So you only have two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Your next answer was Sulley -
0:40:17 > 0:40:19in this case we were looking for characters from Monsters, Inc.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22It has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot,
0:40:22 > 0:40:24so for ?2,000, let's see how many people said Sulley.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30Again, it's right.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Your first answer, Anna, took us down to 27.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36Sulley taking us through the 40s and the 30s...
0:40:36 > 0:40:37Ooh,
0:40:37 > 0:40:38at 27 again.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45That is either very good grouping or we've got a dicky tower.
0:40:45 > 0:40:46LAUGHTER
0:40:46 > 0:40:49But very good indeed. 27 again. Good score.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51We now come to your third and final answer.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54In this case, we were looking for characters from Chicken Run
0:40:54 > 0:40:56and you have gone for Butch.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59This was the one you thought was probably most likely to be pointless.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02Let's find out for ?2,000 how many people said Butch -
0:41:02 > 0:41:03is it right, is it pointless?
0:41:05 > 0:41:08No! Bad luck!
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Well, I'm so sorry. Two good answers there, but I'm afraid
0:41:13 > 0:41:16you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,
0:41:16 > 0:41:18which means you don't win today's jackpot of ?2,000 -
0:41:18 > 0:41:20that will roll over on to the next show.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23But what a performance across the show!
0:41:23 > 0:41:25I mean, really very strong indeed.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29You will get your Pointless trophies each to take down the pub
0:41:29 > 0:41:32and show everyone, but thank you so much, it's been brilliant having you here.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Richard. Yeah, unlucky.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38It's a tough final category for you, especially as we've almost been drowned out
0:41:38 > 0:41:40by the noise of hundreds of thousands of under-tens
0:41:40 > 0:41:43screaming the names of Frozen characters at us, I'm sure of that.
0:41:43 > 0:41:48Let's take a look first at Chicken Run.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50A few pointless answers here - Bunty, voiced by Imelda Staunton,
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Fetcher, voiced by Phil Daniels, Fowler and Mac.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Those are the only pointless answers for Chicken Run
0:41:55 > 0:41:57so well done if you got one at home.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Now, Frozen...
0:42:00 > 0:42:04You could've had Bulda, Gerda, who's a servant, Kai, you could
0:42:04 > 0:42:08have had Oaken, who's the owner of Oaken's Trading Post and Sauna.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10You also could have had the Duke of Weaselton and Pabbie.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13The big scorers there, Elsa - would have scored you 38.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16We've had Anna already, Olaf would have scored you 18,
0:42:16 > 0:42:19Kristoff, 9, Hans, 6. Those are the ones that scored,
0:42:19 > 0:42:21everything else was pointless in Frozen.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24And Monsters, Inc - this is more my kids' era...
0:42:24 > 0:42:26It's a lovely film.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Bile, Charlie,
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Flint and Fungus.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Very different film from Frozen, isn't it?!
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Also could have had George, Henry, Needleman and Smitty.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Very well done if you got any of those at home
0:42:36 > 0:42:38and tough luck in the studio.
0:42:38 > 0:42:39Thanks very much, Richard.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you, Cliodhna and Eoin,
0:42:42 > 0:42:45but it has been fantastic having you on the show. Thank you so much
0:42:45 > 0:42:48for playing. Cliodhna and Eoin - great contestants.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Well, very sadly, Cliodhna and Eoin
0:42:51 > 0:42:54didn't win our jackpot today which means it rolls over on to
0:42:54 > 0:42:57the next show, when we will be playing for ?3,000.
0:42:57 > 0:42:58ALL: Oooh!
0:43:00 > 0:43:02Join us next time to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile,
0:43:02 > 0:43:06it's goodbye from Richard... Goodbye. And it's goodbye from me - goodbye.