0:00:20 > 0:00:22APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,
0:00:26 > 0:00:28and welcome to Pointless, where the lowest scorers
0:00:28 > 0:00:30are the biggest winners.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Let's meet today's players.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34APPLAUSE
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Couple number one.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Hi, I'm Ian, I'm from Ireland, and I'm a graphic designer.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Hi, I'm Louise, I'm from Northern Ireland,
0:00:43 > 0:00:45and I'm an experience designer.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48- Couple number two.- Hi, I'm Katie, I'm from Wolverhampton,
0:00:48 > 0:00:50and I'm a history student.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53I'm David, I'm from Wolverhampton also,
0:00:53 > 0:00:55and I'm an IT consultant.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Couple number three.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00I'm Simon, I'm from London, and I'm a building management engineer.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03I'm Samantha, I'm from London, and I'm a complaints officer.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04And finally couple number four.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Hi, I'm Cindy, I'm from Aberdeen, and I'm an account manager.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Hi, I'm Nelson, I'm also from Aberdeen,
0:01:10 > 0:01:12and I'm also an account manager.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14And these are today's contestants.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16APPLAUSE
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Thanks very much, all of you.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20We will find out more about you throughout the show as it
0:01:20 > 0:01:22goes along. That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24He is the lord of all he surveys,
0:01:24 > 0:01:26and from up there he surveys quite a lot.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Hiya. Hey, everybody.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32Afternoon.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34APPLAUSE
0:01:34 > 0:01:36- Good afternoon.- Top of the afternoon to you.- And to you.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- Two things, no, three things. - Yes, three.- Three things.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- That's a lot of things. - I know it is. I'll do them quickly.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45One, Simon and Samantha are back from the last show.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48They joined the 200 Club, but the coward's way, in Round Two,
0:01:48 > 0:01:52so it's not classic 200 Club, but they still joined it.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- Two...- Yeah.- Ian's beard. - Yeah, got that.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Don't think you weren't thinking about it cos I know you were.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00I have to mention that.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03We've only ever had one beard bigger on this show. No, two beards bigger.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04We've had Brian Blessed.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- Brian Blessed, and we had Father Christmas.- Yeah.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10So it goes Father Christmas, Brian Blessed, Ian.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11That's the way we do it. And number three,
0:02:11 > 0:02:14have we changed the way that the contestants introduce themselves?
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Didn't they used to... just one person would do it, and they would say about both of them?
0:02:18 > 0:02:21- Yeah, you're right!- And now they both do!- Now they both do!
0:02:21 > 0:02:23And we've done that without even thinking.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26We haven't even questioned it because we're such goons.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- Until now.- Until now. - Until now, I thought it was...
0:02:28 > 0:02:30I thought that was, yeah, you're right.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33David and Katie never mentioned they were father and daughter.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Exactly. You don't find out because they don't say, do they?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38- But they are father and daughter. - Absolutely they are.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40As are Ian and Louise, weirdly!
0:02:40 > 0:02:42LAUGHTER
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- Oh, this is going to be fun, isn't it?- I think so.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50OK, well, thank you very much. Now, all our questions on Pointless
0:02:50 > 0:02:52have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Our contestants are trying to find the obscure answers
0:02:54 > 0:02:55those 100 people didn't get.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Of course, everyone's trying to find a pointless answer that
0:02:58 > 0:03:02none of our 100 people gave, and every time that happens,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Great news, Bec and Mark didn't win the jackpot last time.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Terrible news for Bec and Mark, but it means we add another
0:03:10 > 0:03:15£1,000 to it, and today's jackpot is a meaningful £3,250. Look at that!
0:03:15 > 0:03:17APPLAUSE
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24APPLAUSE
0:03:26 > 0:03:29OK, remember, the pair with the highest score
0:03:29 > 0:03:31at the end of each round will be eliminated,
0:03:31 > 0:03:32and at this stage of the game
0:03:32 > 0:03:35there is to be no conferring between the pairs.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Our first category today is...
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Beverages. First time we've ever had that as a category, I believe.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Yes, it's a first time for Beverages.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first
0:03:48 > 0:03:49and who is going to go second?
0:03:49 > 0:03:53And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Brilliant. And the question concerns...
0:04:00 > 0:04:02There we go. Tea And Coffee, Richard.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06On each board I'm going to show you seven descriptions of a type of tea,
0:04:06 > 0:04:07coffee or other herbal infusion.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Can you tell us what they are, please?
0:04:09 > 0:04:11There's going to be seven on each board,
0:04:11 > 0:04:1314 in all to have a go at at home.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14That's very exciting indeed.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17OK, so, we are looking for the names of the teas or coffees or
0:04:17 > 0:04:19herbal infusions described by these clues.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Here's our first board of seven.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58I'm going to read those again, very quickly.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- Ian, welcome to Pointless.- Thanks. - Very good to have you here.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29We didn't dwell on the moustache, though. We talked about the beard.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- Mm.- The moustache, beautifully tended!
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Look at that. What's the span of the moustache?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- Have you ever measured it? - It can go into my eyes.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41- I measure up.- OK, and do you wax it?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Er, oil it twice a week, wax it once a week.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47- What d'you use, an almond oil? A rose oil?- Almond oil, yeah.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51- Look at that!- That's very good. - Aren't I the man, everybody?! Yeah!
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Look at that. Very good. Ian, what d'you do?
0:05:53 > 0:05:54I'm a graphic designer.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Excellent. Where are you based?
0:05:56 > 0:05:58I'm based in London. I'm a freelance graphic designer,
0:05:58 > 0:06:01so I work all around London, different advertising agencies.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- Good stuff. Now, teas and coffees. - OK.- Teas and coffees.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08When it came up, I thought, "The only one I know is tea."
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Erm...
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Come on, a man in your profession must know his way around...
0:06:11 > 0:06:14It's just started coming through. I know a few of them,
0:06:14 > 0:06:15trying to think of the lowest one.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17So I'll try, "Coffee made with steamed milk
0:06:17 > 0:06:20"popularised in New Zealand in the 1980s," flat white.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Flat white, Ian. Let's see if it's right,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25let's see how many of our 100 people said flat white.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34It's a good answer, 16!
0:06:34 > 0:06:37APPLAUSE
0:06:37 > 0:06:38- 16.- Well played, Ian. Very good start.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41One of those things we didn't have till a few years ago, flat white.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- I know!- Now you have 'em all over the place.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Took a long time to get here from New Zealand.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Like salted caramel and pulled pork.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Didn't used to have 'em a few years ago, now they're on every menu ever.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52- Oh!- There's a dispute between Australia
0:06:52 > 0:06:54and New Zealand as to who invented the flat white.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57That could turn messy, couldn't it?
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- It really could turn messy, but delicious.- Oh, absolutely!
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Very good, thank you, Richard.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05OK, David, welcome. What do you do?
0:07:05 > 0:07:10- Er, I'm an IT consultant.- I hear that you were in a band in the '80s.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Er, I was, I was in a student band called 154.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18And you toured all over the place with all kinds of massive acts.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Yes, all over the UK, yes.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- And who were the biggest bands you played with?- Er, R.E.M.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Erm, Sade, Simple Minds...
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- So huge stadiums?- Er, not quite.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Just before they were sort of, erm, stadium-type gigs.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36At that time it was more sort of, er, cinemas,
0:07:36 > 0:07:39theatres and nightclubs.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43But you'd come on as the support for about half an hour before they did?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- Yes, and get booed off and... - Oh, really?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Actually, yeah, the more I think, that's...
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Yeah, that's not perhaps that much fun.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Anyway, David, teas, coffees?
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Er, yeah, er, good, er, good board for me, this one.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58I'm going to pick the "Bergamot flavoured China tea
0:07:58 > 0:08:02"that shares its name with a British Prime Minister" as Earl Grey.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06Earl Grey. Very good indeed. Earl Grey, says David.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Let's see how many of our 100 people said Earl Grey.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13Ooh.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Ooh, David, 80, ouch!
0:08:16 > 0:08:18APPLAUSE
0:08:18 > 0:08:20You're in "hot water" there, David!
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- Put me out of my misery, Richard. - Yes, talking of hot water...
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- Yeah.- It was apparently specially blended to fit
0:08:28 > 0:08:31the water at his ancestral home, which is Howick Hall, Earl Grey.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33So he had this special blend made
0:08:33 > 0:08:35because the water was an unusual taste.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37- Now, er, Samantha.- Yes.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- We discovered last time that you are in fact from Australia...- Yes.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- ..and have only lived in the British Isles for two years.- That's right.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Did you take a lot of persuading to come on this show?
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Not really, we were really excited and thought we'd do really good,
0:08:49 > 0:08:50and then obviously it was...
0:08:50 > 0:08:52a very good effort on our part.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54But this board I'm actually really happy about, apart
0:08:54 > 0:08:57from the fact you said that comes from New Zealand, not Australia.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00There we are. OK, where do you stand on the flat white, then?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02It's definitely from Australia.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03OK, well, that's surprising.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Erm, so, Samantha, what are you going to go for?
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- A nice international... This is good.- It is, it's good.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10An international board for you.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12I actually know a few of these,
0:09:12 > 0:09:15and I sort of want to take a punt on the one at the bottom,
0:09:15 > 0:09:17but, one, I'm not sure how to pronounce it,
0:09:17 > 0:09:20and two, I'll just get in so much trouble if I get it wrong,
0:09:20 > 0:09:21so I think I'm going to play it safe
0:09:21 > 0:09:25and go for the French coffee, which is a cafe au lait.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Sorry, French people, cos that probably wasn't pronounced right.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- That's pretty much exactly how you pronounce it, I think.- Bang on.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32Let's see if it's right,
0:09:32 > 0:09:36let's see how many of our 100 people said cafe au lait.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40It's right. Well, 80 is our high score - you've passed that already.
0:09:40 > 0:09:4216 is our low.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44You're at 28. Very good indeed.
0:09:44 > 0:09:45Good answer.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47APPLAUSE
0:09:47 > 0:09:51- Yes, well played, Samantha. Perfectly good pronunciation.- Yes.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54- I would've thought.- I think the French wouldn't even have noticed.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Of course in Spain, it's what bullfighters drink, isn't it?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- Oh, cafe ole!- Yes.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01LAUGHTER
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Thank you very much!
0:10:04 > 0:10:05Nelson, welcome to Pointless.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Lovely to have you here, all the way from Aberdeen. What do you do up there?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11I'm an account manager for an E-procurement company
0:10:11 > 0:10:14and I'm also a freelance fitness instructor as well.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16What was the first thing? Account manager for a what company?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- An E-procurement company. - What's that?
0:10:18 > 0:10:20It deals with E-tendering,
0:10:20 > 0:10:22so, contracts related to the government
0:10:22 > 0:10:24and sends it out to suppliers.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Fantastic. What do you do in your spare time, Nelson?
0:10:27 > 0:10:28I like to go to the gym,
0:10:28 > 0:10:32I actually teach classes as well as a freelance fitness instructor,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35go to the cinema, and have a few nights out as well.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39So, do you teach people in their homes, or do people come into the gym?
0:10:39 > 0:10:41No, into the gyms and studios.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44OK, very good indeed. How are we feeling about tea and coffee?
0:10:44 > 0:10:45I would love some right now.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- LAUGHTER - Very good. Two sugars, please! What are you going to go with?
0:10:48 > 0:10:52This board is all yours. If you fancy, you can go all the way through and fill in the blanks.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54I don't know three of them,
0:10:54 > 0:10:56but I'm going to go with the first one,
0:10:56 > 0:10:58which I think is chai.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Chai, says Nelson. Chai sounds good to me.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Let's if it's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said chai.
0:11:10 > 0:11:1234.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13APPLAUSE
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Not bad at all, Nelson.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Well played, Nelson. Very good answer.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Let's go through the rest of these ones now.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23There's a pointless answer on the board
0:11:23 > 0:11:25and it's the cold, sweetened coffee,
0:11:25 > 0:11:27and it's called mazagran.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Mazagran. Very well done if you said that.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31The frothy coffee is, of course...
0:11:31 > 0:11:34..cappuccino. Big scorer, as you'd expect, 76.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Samantha, what were you going to go for?
0:11:36 > 0:11:38I was going to say mate or mat-ay...
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Yes, mat-ay exactly.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Would've been a very good answer, would've scored five points.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- Wow.- Very well done if you said that at home. Mat-ay.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Have you heard of a mazagran?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49A mazagran? No, but I do have a bit of a headache.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51- It sounds like a headache pill. - It does.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Or something you might dial up for someone's stag party, maybe.
0:11:54 > 0:11:55I don't know.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57LAUGHTER
0:11:57 > 0:11:59I don't know what it does, mazagran, but it just...
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- It was amazing, we had shots and... - Yeah.- ..he booked a mazagran...
0:12:02 > 0:12:05- He booked a mazagran who turned up. - LAUGHTER
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Ah. Brilliant. We're halfway through the round, let's look at those scores.
0:12:09 > 0:12:1016, the best score of the pass.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Ian, well done with your flat white there.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Then up to 28, where we find Samantha and Simon,
0:12:15 > 0:12:17up to 34, Nelson and Cindy
0:12:17 > 0:12:20and then all the way up to 80, David and Katie.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Katie, how are you on your hot beverages?
0:12:22 > 0:12:23No, not good at all.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Well, I hope, maybe there will be something in there that you'll,
0:12:26 > 0:12:28you'll find inspiration from.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30- I hope so.- We need a low score from you. Best of luck.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32We're going to come back down the line.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:12:36 > 0:12:38OK, let's put seven more descriptions
0:12:38 > 0:12:41of hot drinks on the board, and here they come.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42We've got...
0:13:13 > 0:13:15I'll read those all one last time.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41- Cindy?- Hi.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Ah, welcome.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Welcome. So what do you do up in Aberdeen?
0:13:45 > 0:13:48I work in the same place as Nelson, also an account manager
0:13:48 > 0:13:52and we source the right contracts for the suppliers.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Tenders wise, public sector tenders.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56I see. Whose idea was it to come on the show?
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- My idea. - Was Nelson the obvious choice?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Yeah, we're best friends.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Cindy, what do you do when you're not at work?
0:14:03 > 0:14:06I like to go to Nelson's gym classes. I'm a regular attendant.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10I like to go to Inverness, as well. That's where I'm originally from
0:14:10 > 0:14:14and I also like to run and go to concerts, as well.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Very good, indeed. OK, listen, you're on 34.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19The high scorers are Katie and David on 80.
0:14:19 > 0:14:2145, or less, sees you into Round Two.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23I think I know a couple on the board
0:14:23 > 0:14:26but I'm going to go for the top one, which is a drink made from
0:14:26 > 0:14:28milk tea and tapioca balls.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30We actually had some last night.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32I'm going to go with bubble tea.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34- Bubble tea?- Yes.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35Bubble tea.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38There's your red line, Cindy. If you get below that with bubble tea,
0:14:38 > 0:14:39you are into the next round.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Let's see if it's right and how many people said bubble tea.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45It's right!
0:14:48 > 0:14:49Absolutely brilliant!
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Came down to three - very well done, indeed, Cindy.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55APPLAUSE
0:14:55 > 0:14:5737 is your total.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Very impressive.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00Very well played, Cindy.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Originating from 1980s Taiwan.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04You get lots of high streets now with bubble tea.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08- I've never heard of it. - Have you never heard of it? - I'm so far behind the curve.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12I was up in Cambridge recently, there's lots and lots of bubble tea establishments up and down there.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Very good. Thank you, Richard. Now, Simon.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17How well has Samantha done?
0:15:17 > 0:15:20- Much better.- She's set you up so well there.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23I mean, literally - 51 or less gets you into the next round.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Once again, I think you might make it into Round Two.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Simon, remind us what you do?
0:15:28 > 0:15:30I'm a building services engineer.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32And remind us what you like doing when you're not doing
0:15:32 > 0:15:35all that engineering for building services?
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Yeah, well, I'm into music a lot.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41I play the drums often, listen to vinyl, which sounds pretentious
0:15:41 > 0:15:44but, yeah, all sorts of stuff really. Go to gigs.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Good stuff. Now, anyway listen, Simon, what are you going to go for?
0:15:47 > 0:15:4851 or less is your target.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52So there's a couple I think potential safe bets,
0:15:52 > 0:15:57but I'm going to go for the very strong concentrated coffee
0:15:57 > 0:15:59in Italian is ristretto.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Ristretto? Ristretto, says Simon. Here is your red line.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Get below that with ristretto, you are in Round Two.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Let's see how many people said ristretto.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11It's right!
0:16:13 > 0:16:15You are through to Round Two, very well done.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19That's a great score, look at that, two!
0:16:19 > 0:16:20APPLAUSE
0:16:20 > 0:16:22A fantastic start to this pass.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26That takes your total up to 30. Very, very well done.
0:16:26 > 0:16:27Good scoring so far, isn't it?
0:16:27 > 0:16:29That's like an espresso but with half the water.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Thanks very much, indeed.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33- Katie?- Hello.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- Hello, welcome. What do you do at university, Katie?- I do history.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38- History.- Yeah.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41I had to get that out of you, in case we have a history question coming up later.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- What year are you in? - I'm in first year.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47- Enjoying it?- Yeah, yeah, it's great fun. It's really good fun.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48I'm in exam period at the moment.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50XANDER DRAWS BREATH
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- What are you doing here? - Fingers crossed.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54It's more important!
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Thank you, that's exactly the answer I was looking for.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00- You're hoping to do well in your exams?- Yes, hopefully. Yes.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04What else do you do at university? What other things fill your time?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06I swim quite a lot. I like baking.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09I mean, I would say I like going to coffee shops
0:17:09 > 0:17:12but I think that's sort of out of the window now.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14- You say that, well...- Oh...
0:17:14 > 0:17:16You're in quite a sticky position, Katie,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19because you are the high scorers by some way.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21- Anyway, listen, best of luck.- Yes.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24If you can find a thing out there that scores minus something,
0:17:24 > 0:17:25- that would be brilliant.- Yeah.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30I know a couple and they're going to be quite high-scoring.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33I am going to go for the second one, a coffee flavoured with chocolate
0:17:33 > 0:17:36that shares its name with a port in Yemen and I'm going to go for mocha.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Mocha, says Katie.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41No red line for you, I'm afraid, as you're the high scorers.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Let's see how many of our 100 people said, mocha.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47It's right.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51- 62. - APPLAUSE
0:17:51 > 0:17:55I'm sorry, Katie. 142 is your total.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Unlucky, Katie, a big score
0:17:57 > 0:17:59- but the good news is it's a better score than your dad.- Yeah.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01LAUGHTER
0:18:01 > 0:18:05- Thanks, Richard. Now, Louise... - Hello.- Great news.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- You're through to the next round. - Yes.- Fabulous!
0:18:08 > 0:18:09What do you do, Louise?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11I'm an experience designer...
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- Oh...- So I design websites and apps.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Oh, I see. Why don't you call that a website and app designer?
0:18:17 > 0:18:18It kind of...
0:18:18 > 0:18:20..segments into different.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23I like that, an experience designer.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26- I design experiences on the web. - On the web?- Yeah.- Very good.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Now then, as I say, you're through so it doesn't really matter what you
0:18:29 > 0:18:31go for, except for your own kudos, obviously.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Do you want to talk us through the board, fill in all the...
0:18:34 > 0:18:37So the Italian coffee whose name is the Italian word for milk
0:18:37 > 0:18:39is latte.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42The last one, I think, is English Breakfast
0:18:42 > 0:18:46but I think I'm going to go for the herbal infusion,
0:18:46 > 0:18:50its name derived from the Afrikaans for red bush, as rooibos.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- Rooibos?- Yes.- Rooibos, says Louise.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Let's see if that's right. No red line, you're already through,
0:18:55 > 0:18:57but how many people said rooibos?
0:18:59 > 0:19:00It's right.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- 20. - APPLAUSE
0:19:08 > 0:19:1120 for rooibos takes your total up to 36.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Well played, Louise, you took us through the board very nicely.
0:19:14 > 0:19:19You're right about latte, the Italian coffee, it's a big scorer.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21It would have scored you 84.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23You're right about English Breakfast, the bottom answer.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25English Breakfast tea, 36 points for that.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27The other one on the board is...
0:19:27 > 0:19:32- Lapsang souchong.- Lapsang souchong, yeah. That would have scored 24.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35The best answer on the board was ristretto and next best, bubble tea,
0:19:35 > 0:19:37- so very well played. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40At the end of our first round, the pair who are heading home
0:19:40 > 0:19:42with a high score of 142, I'm so sorry,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45- father and daughter team, Katie and David.- I know.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- Well, it was tough but no wrong answers.- Yeah.- No wrong answers...
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- That's the main thing. - ..which is great, you can hold your heads up high.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Go out and have a hot drink, maybe. We will see you again next time,
0:19:54 > 0:19:58we'll look forward to that very much indeed. Thanks very much, Katie and David!
0:19:58 > 0:19:59APPLAUSE
0:20:01 > 0:20:04But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11And so we're down to three pairs.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Obviously, we'll have to say goodbye to another pair at the end of this round.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16I wonder who it's going to be?
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Simon and Samantha, our lowest scoring pair in that round
0:20:18 > 0:20:21but beware, as Round Two last time you joined the 200 Club.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24- Yes, we did. - Please no 400 Club today.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Our category for Round Two today is...
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Chemistry... Samantha, that's international.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38It's the same chemistry I promise as it is in Australia. We checked.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second
0:20:41 > 0:20:44and whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50OK, let's find out what the question is, here it comes.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Chemical elements beginning with a letter in the first half of the alphabet.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Yes, we're looking for the name of any chemical element on the periodic table, as of March 2015,
0:21:08 > 0:21:12that begins with an A all the way through to a M, please.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16That's the periodic table according to our friends at the IUPAC.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18- And they are our friends. - LAUGHTER
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Anyone watching from the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry -
0:21:21 > 0:21:24- hiya, we'll see you... - We will see you...- Thursday evening.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Yo-ho, yes, will we ever. What fun!
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Thanks very much, indeed.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31So, Louise, straight in to you.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34What is the most obscure element whose name begins with
0:21:34 > 0:21:37a letter in the first half of the alphabet you can summon up?
0:21:37 > 0:21:39I do have two in my head.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43So I think I'm going to go for the slightly more obscure
0:21:43 > 0:21:47one of those and go for Europrium.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- Europrium.- Europrium.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52OK, let's see if Europrium exists and, if it does,
0:21:52 > 0:21:54let's see how many of our 100 people said Europrium.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Louise, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, not Europrium.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Not an element yet.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05I'm afraid that scores you 100 points.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Sorry, Louise, no Europrium, I'm afraid.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10- Blame the IUPAC.- Yeah.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12So, Simon, chemical elements starting with
0:22:12 > 0:22:14a letter between A and M in the alphabet?
0:22:14 > 0:22:18There's a few in my head which sounds like I'm literally just making them up out of the blue.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- Mm-hm.- That sounds promising!
0:22:23 > 0:22:25I think I'm just going to have to play it safe and say aluminium.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28OK, aluminium. Why not?
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Let's see if it's right and how many of our of 100 people said aluminium.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35It is right.
0:22:38 > 0:22:3924.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41APPLAUSE
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Nothing wrong with that, Simon. 24 for aluminium.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46You can afford to play it safe there, Simon.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48It used to be called alumium,
0:22:48 > 0:22:52and then it was aluminum, which is why Americans still call it
0:22:52 > 0:22:55aluminum because it still remains aluminum in their dictionary.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- Then it was changed to aluminium. - Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00OK, now Cindy.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Cindy, is this good for you?
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Oh, I'm kind of dodgy with my chemistry.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08I failed Higher in school so it's been a while.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10I think I'm going to go for Californium.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13A great Pointless favourite, Californium.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17Let's see if it's right and see how many of our 100 people said Californium.
0:23:19 > 0:23:20It's right.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Well, 100 was our highest score, we've passed that,
0:23:23 > 0:23:2424 is our low.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26You've passed that.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28- Two! - APPLAUSE
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Two for Californium.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Californium just gently climbing up the awareness index, isn't it?
0:23:37 > 0:23:40It's absolutely one of those elements,
0:23:40 > 0:23:43that people don't know from chemistry lessons, they know from Pointless.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47- I think it's definitely true. - Even scientists.- Even scientists, they've never heard of it.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- I think we discovered Californium. - We did. On Series 3, I think.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53That's exactly right, it's under my desk.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56So three points, two points, Cindy, very well played so far.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Thank you, Richard. We're halfway through the round so let's take a look at those scores.
0:24:00 > 0:24:01Two, Cindy, very well done,
0:24:01 > 0:24:04a lovely low score for Cindy and Nelson.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Up to 24 where we find Simon and Samantha.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Up to 100, Louise and Ian.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Who knows what happens in the next pass, Ian.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13It may be that someone else scores high,
0:24:13 > 0:24:16so in which case a low score from you is all we need.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19- Best of luck with that. How is your chemistry?- It's OK.- Good.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Best of luck. We're coming back down the line.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:24:27 > 0:24:31OK, so Nelson, we are looking for any chemical element whose
0:24:31 > 0:24:34name appears in the first half of the alphabet.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38I'm trying to go through the alphabet and trying to think of that
0:24:38 > 0:24:40chemistry song, that names all of the elements.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42I'm going to go with boron.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46OK, boron, says Nelson. Your red line is coming up nice and high.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Get below that with boron, you sail through to the head-to-head.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Let's see how many of our 100 said boron.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56It's right and you're through. Very well done.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01- 13. - APPLAUSE
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Another very impressive low score from the far podium there.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- Your total is 15. - Well played, Nelson.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11- Boron, it's the worst named of all the elements.- Yeah.- Don't you think?
0:25:11 > 0:25:12Terrible, boron.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Boring and moron...
0:25:15 > 0:25:17And you think I'm an element, for goodness' sake!
0:25:19 > 0:25:23- Thanks, Richard. Samantha? - Yes.- You're on 24.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27- You need 75 or less to go through to the head-to-head.- Yes...
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Erm, science is awful for me.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34So, I mean, I don't even know if this is correct
0:25:34 > 0:25:37and if it is correct, it's probably well known.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39I'm going to say hydrogen.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41I've heard of it. I've heard of it.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45Here is your red line. If you get below that with hydrogen,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48you're through to the next round, for sure. Let's see how many of our 100 said hydrogen.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53You've done it!
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- 37. - APPLAUSE
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Well done, Samantha, 61 is your total.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Well played, Samantha. It makes these chemistry rounds easier, doesn't it,
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- when someone scores 100 on the first podium.- It really does.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Yeah, now Ian, I'm sorry, I'm afraid you're the high scorers,
0:26:11 > 0:26:13even before you've given your answer.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17But, for fun, let's have a chemical element from you.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21Well, the answer Louise gave, she stole from me on the way down.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25So I always prepare one element for Pointless.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29- You should.- And the one I prepared for this one was Europium.
0:26:29 > 0:26:35Europium. Oh, Louise, let's see how far down the column Europium goes.
0:26:35 > 0:26:36I hope this isn't too painful.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39No red line, I'm afraid, because you're the high scorers.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42It's right.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Oh, very well done, indeed!
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Some of that glory is yours, Louise.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59It's a pointless answer and adds £250 to today's jackpot,
0:26:59 > 0:27:02takes the total up to £3,500.
0:27:02 > 0:27:03It scores you nothing,
0:27:03 > 0:27:07leaves your total still at a punishingly high 100 but, as I say,
0:27:07 > 0:27:10you can share that glory because you were nearly there, Louise.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13What a generous thing to do, Ian.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15What a parting shot.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18But, I'm sorry, you're still the high scorers.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Yeah, Europium, named after the heavy metal band, Europe.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26Now, let's take a look at the pointless answers. There's quite a few pointless answers out there.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32Well done if you said any of those.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36Europium, there we go.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Note the lack of a R there.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44There are a few others, holmium, lawrencium
0:27:44 > 0:27:47and dysprosium, also pointless answers. Very well done if you said any of those.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51Let's take a look at the top three, the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55I would've thought that'd be higher.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57XANDER CHUCKLES Thank you.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Thank you very much indeed.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07So at the end of that round, our second round, I'm afraid,
0:28:07 > 0:28:10it's Ian and Louise who are leaving with a high score of 100.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13A sort of bittersweet experience that round.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17- You were so nearly there and had you just dropped that R, Louise.- I know.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20You might have gone soaring through and Ian might have come in with another one.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23- I knew two more of them. - Two more pointless ones?- Yeah.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Ian, now you tell us.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Listen, we've got so much more to look forward to when we see you next time
0:28:28 > 0:28:29when I'm sure you will do even better.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33In the meantime, thanks very much for playing. Ian and Louise, great contestants.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35APPLAUSE
0:28:35 > 0:28:38For Cindy and Nelson and Simon and Samantha, it's now time
0:28:38 > 0:28:40for our head-to-head.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Congratulations, Cindy and Nelson, Simon and Samantha,
0:28:48 > 0:28:51you are now one step closer to the final and a
0:28:51 > 0:28:55chance to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £3,500.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58APPLAUSE
0:29:00 > 0:29:02So here's the point where we decide who gets to play for that
0:29:02 > 0:29:05jackpot and we do that by making you go head-to-head.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10The difference is, of course, you are now allowed to confer.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14Samantha, I think this is where you can defer to Simon
0:29:14 > 0:29:16if there are any things you're not sure about.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Anything that happened more than two years ago in the British Isles.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22- Yeah.- I take my hat off to you, that's incredibly brave.
0:29:22 > 0:29:27It is difficult, particularly like soap operas, or personalities.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30No, nearly all our soap operas are Australian, don't worry about that.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33If the questions are about Neighbours, I can handle that.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35You'd be surprised.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38Cindy and Nelson, an exemplary performance on today's show,
0:29:38 > 0:29:41really fantastic, low-scoring answers all the way through
0:29:41 > 0:29:43and there you are, our golden couple.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:30:00 > 0:30:02- Time magazine's influential people of 2014.- Richard?
0:30:02 > 0:30:05I'm going to show you five pictures now of people who
0:30:05 > 0:30:08appeared on that list. Can you tell us the most obscure, please.
0:30:08 > 0:30:13OK, let's reveal our five people and here they are. We have got...
0:30:31 > 0:30:34There we are. Cindy and Nelson, you've been our low scorers
0:30:34 > 0:30:37throughout the show so far so you get to go first.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:30:41 > 0:30:44OK, we know two, C and E,
0:30:44 > 0:30:48but I think we're going to go for E for Miley Cyrus.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52Miley Cyrus say Cindy and Nelson. Miley Cyrus.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Simon and Samantha, the rest of the board is all yours,
0:30:54 > 0:30:56talk us through it.
0:30:56 > 0:31:01- OK, so we think A is Edward Snowden. - B is Vladimir Putin. C is...
0:31:01 > 0:31:04- Cristiano Ronaldo.- Don't know who that lady is.- Not sure who D is.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08And E, we agree with them that it's Miley Cyrus.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- Can we go A, please? Edward Snowden.- OK, Edward Snowden.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13So, we have Miley Cyrus and Edward Snowden.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Cindy and Nelson have said Miley Cyrus is E.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Let us find out if the 100 agree.
0:31:26 > 0:31:2735.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29APPLAUSE
0:31:31 > 0:31:3435. Meanwhile, Simon and Samantha
0:31:34 > 0:31:37have said Edward Snowden for A.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Let's see how many of our 100 people agreed with that.
0:31:45 > 0:31:46Will he beat Miley Cyrus?
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Yes, he will.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50There we go. 10.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52APPLAUSE
0:31:52 > 0:31:56Well done, Simon and Samantha. After one question, you are up 1-0.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Very well played. Edward Snowden, a very good answer.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00You were right about Vladimir Putin.
0:32:00 > 0:32:05Big scorer, though, 87 points for Vladimir. He'll be pleased with that.
0:32:07 > 0:32:12Cristiano Ronaldo is C. Another big scorer. Would've scored you 64.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15And D is a pointless answer. Very well done if you said it.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17She used to be a supermodel, now a campaigner.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19it's Christy Turlington Burns.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Very well done if you said that. It's a pointless answer.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25Thank you very much indeed. OK, so here comes your second question.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Simon and Samantha, you get to answer it first but Cindy
0:32:27 > 0:32:30and Nelson, you have to win this one to stay in the game. Best of luck.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32It concerns...
0:32:35 > 0:32:37The Channel Islands, Richard.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Five clues to facts about the Channel Islands.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Can you give us the most obscure answer?
0:32:41 > 0:32:44OK, let's reveal our five clues and here they come.
0:32:44 > 0:32:45We've got...
0:33:00 > 0:33:02I'll read those one last time.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17There we are. Simon and Samantha will go first.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Samantha looking supremely confident.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21I don't even know where they are.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24I think they're near the Channel.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28- She only just discovered what that is.- Yep.- I've got one though.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30It's all on Simon so on you go.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34OK, we're going to go for the top answer and it's Matthew Le Tissier.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Matthew Le Tissier says Simon, Matthew Le Tissier.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Now, Cindy and Nelson, what are you going to go for?
0:33:40 > 0:33:42We're struggling a bit.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45We thought we knew the capital of Guernsey but we don't.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48We're just going to say for the third, island that is
0:33:48 > 0:33:51home to the Channel Islands' only railway - United Kingdom.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56United Kingdom. OK. OK.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59A spoilt ballot paper, we'll call that, shall we?
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Eh, so Simon and Samantha have gone for Matt Le Tissier.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how
0:34:04 > 0:34:06many of our 100 people said that for "Le God."
0:34:13 > 0:34:1426.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16APPLAUSE
0:34:18 > 0:34:20That might be a winning score, Simon.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22I have a hunch but we'll find out.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25Cindy and Nelson have gone for the United Kingdom -
0:34:25 > 0:34:28the island that is home to the Channel Islands' only railway.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Let's find out if that is correct.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Bad luck, I'm sorry,
0:34:35 > 0:34:37that was a board that didn't agree with you there,
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Cindy and Nelson, but it means, Simon and Samantha, after only two
0:34:39 > 0:34:43questions, you are through to the final 2-0 so very well done.
0:34:43 > 0:34:44APPLAUSE
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Very well played.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50And on the plus side, the United Kingdom does have a railway
0:34:50 > 0:34:52so you were thinking along the right lines.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56Now, the capital of Guernsey is St Peter Port.
0:34:56 > 0:34:57Would've scored 22.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Now, the island that is home to the Channel Islands'
0:35:00 > 0:35:02only railway is Alderney.
0:35:02 > 0:35:03Alderney the answer there.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06Very well played if you said that, would've scored 7 points.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10- The largest of the Channel Islands also the largest scorer.- Jersey.
0:35:10 > 0:35:11Jersey, 57 points.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14And the Nazi occupation started in, it would've been an easy one
0:35:14 > 0:35:18to guess because there was only a few years it could've been, 1940.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Ended in 1945.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22- 19 points for that.- What kind of railway do they have in Alderney?
0:35:22 > 0:35:24I'm thinking it's a little narrow gauge one.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27They've got one of the bullet trains.
0:35:27 > 0:35:28LAUGHTER
0:35:28 > 0:35:30I'm picturing something with...
0:35:30 > 0:35:32You can get from one end of Alderney to the other
0:35:32 > 0:35:34on a bullet train in 4.1 seconds.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36LAUGHTER
0:35:36 > 0:35:37Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40So, I'm afraid the pair who are going to be leaving us
0:35:40 > 0:35:42at the end of the head-to-head round, Cindy and Nelson.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45You played like a dream throughout the show so far.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Great news for us though, we get to see you again next time
0:35:47 > 0:35:49but thanks very much, Cindy and Nelson.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51- Wonderful contestants. - Thank you.
0:35:51 > 0:35:52APPLAUSE
0:35:54 > 0:35:58But for Simon and Samantha, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00APPLAUSE
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Congratulations, Simon and Samantha,
0:36:03 > 0:36:04you have fought off all the competition
0:36:04 > 0:36:08and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy so very well done.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:36:15 > 0:36:20and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £3,500.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23APPLAUSE
0:36:24 > 0:36:28But what a story! What a tale of Pointless heroism.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32Last time, you went out in Round Two, new members of the 200 Club.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Came from behind as the non-golden couple,
0:36:34 > 0:36:38if you see what I mean, in the head-to-head and you took it 2-0.
0:36:38 > 0:36:39Amazing!
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Yeah, I mean this is a kind of fairytale Pointless story
0:36:42 > 0:36:44or at least it will be if you win the jackpot.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46What will help you win the jackpot?
0:36:46 > 0:36:51- Luck.- Pure luck.- I'm afraid that came up yesterday but...
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Well, listen, as always, you get to choose your category
0:36:54 > 0:36:56from the four we put up on the board behind me.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00Let us see what today's choices are. Good luck.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Well, we've got...
0:37:09 > 0:37:11We think we're going to have to go
0:37:11 > 0:37:13with Classic Albums from the '80s, yeah?
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- Yeah. - Yeah, the second one, please.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Classic Albums from the '80s, OK.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Very, very best of luck.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22We're looking for any tracks on the original UK
0:37:22 > 0:37:25release of any of the following albums, please.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28So any track that was on the original UK release of...
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- Very, very best of luck. - OK. There we are.
0:37:41 > 0:37:42Now, as always,
0:37:42 > 0:37:45you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49All you need to win that jackpot is just one pointless answer.
0:37:49 > 0:37:50- Are you ready?- BOTH:- Yep.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00- How good are you with any of those albums?- U2, Joshua Tree.- I hate U2.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04- Red Hill Mining Town.- Yep. - Running To Stand Still.- Yep.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06I've got to think that might be quite low.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11- Em, I don't know what's on The Cure's...- No, cos...
0:38:14 > 0:38:19- Yeah, I know a lot of Cure songs but...- Rio might have...
0:38:20 > 0:38:24..Wild Boys on it. Maybe, it might be a bit too early.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27I think we might have to go with...
0:38:27 > 0:38:31We could also have a go at one of the Duran Duran ones
0:38:31 > 0:38:34and go with the U2 but if you know three off U2
0:38:34 > 0:38:37and you're certain about them, we might as well go for those.
0:38:37 > 0:38:43- I think we might be best... - Do you think it's safer?- Yeah.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45OK, so we'll have...
0:38:45 > 0:38:51- Ten seconds left.- ..Running To Stand Still, Red Hill Mining Town and...
0:38:51 > 0:38:55Where The Streets Have No Name. We'll just go with that.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59OK, that is your time up. I now need your three answers. What are they?
0:38:59 > 0:39:03OK, so the least likely is Where The Streets Have No Name.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Where The Streets Have No Name.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- Red Hill Mining Town. - Red Hill Mining Town.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- And Running To Stand Still. - And Running To Stand Still.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14- And all of those are from... - U2.- ..the Joshua Tree.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15So, you think your least likely is
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Where The Streets Have No Name so we'll put that first.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21- What is your most likely to be pointless?- Red Hill Mining Town.
0:39:21 > 0:39:22Red Hill Mining Town goes third.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25OK, well, let's pop those up on the board in that order then
0:39:25 > 0:39:27and here they are.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31We've got Where The Streets Have No Name, Running To Stand Still
0:39:31 > 0:39:33and Red Hill Mining Town.
0:39:33 > 0:39:34Well, very, very best of luck.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37Your first answer, the one you thought was probably least
0:39:37 > 0:39:40likely to be pointless, was Where The Streets Have No Name.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44Now, three very good answers up there.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Let's just assume one of them is pointless
0:39:46 > 0:39:49and you win that jackpot, £3,500. What would you do with that?
0:39:49 > 0:39:52- Simon, you first. - I'd pretty much go away travelling.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54You'd pretty much go away?
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Yeah, I would just get on a plane and go, to be honest.
0:39:56 > 0:40:01- We were planning on going to Cuba so...- Do that?- Exactly.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05- Do you go together?- Yeah.- Very good. Anything else you'd like to do?
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Anything you'd like to get while you're out there?
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- Some cigars maybe? - Yeah, maybe, why not?
0:40:10 > 0:40:12We could just extend the trip maybe.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15We were going to go to South America as well this year but we're
0:40:15 > 0:40:20a bit too broke to do both so it could sort of work out well for us.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22- Yeah, just keep on going, really.- Very good.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Well, very, very best of luck.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27All of your answers are U2 - Joshua Tree tracks.
0:40:27 > 0:40:28Let's hope one of them is pointless.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30The first one was Where The Streets Have No Name.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33If this is right, if this is pointless, you will win £3,500.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Let's see how many people said it.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40Well, it's right. That's the first thing it had to be.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Let's see how far down the column it goes.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Where The Streets Have No Name, as you said,
0:40:44 > 0:40:47probably one of the better-known tracks from the album.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49It's taking us way down to 11. Wow.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51APPLAUSE
0:40:51 > 0:40:54This is looking very promising indeed for your subsequent answers.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Unfortunately, not a pointless answer, 11 people got it,
0:40:56 > 0:40:59but still that's a better score that I think you would have imagined.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02- Surprised actually.- I knew that song.- Very strong indeed.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05OK, only two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Your second answer is Running To Stand Still.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Also from the Joshua Tree. Let's find out.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13If it's pointless, it'll win you £3,500.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16How many people said Running To Stand Still?
0:41:19 > 0:41:20Well, it is also correct.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Your first answer, Where The Streets Have No Name,
0:41:22 > 0:41:24took us all the way down to 11.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27Running To Stand Still takes us down through the 20s, into the teens.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31Will it be pointless? Down it goes, still going down.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33You've done it! Very well done indeed!
0:41:33 > 0:41:36CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:36 > 0:41:41Brilliant. Very well done. Absolutely fantastic.
0:41:44 > 0:41:49There we go! Very well done indeed. Congratulations!
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Running To Stand Still is a pointless answer.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Havana, here we come!
0:41:53 > 0:41:58You are taking home our jackpot of £3,500. Very, very well done indeed.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Yeah, who would have ever thought listening to that album,
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Simon, it would win you £3,500.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Red Hill Mining Town, your other answer, also a pointless answer.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Very well done.
0:42:13 > 0:42:14APPLAUSE
0:42:16 > 0:42:19Let's take a look at the pointless answers in all the different
0:42:19 > 0:42:22categories, see if you got one at home.
0:42:22 > 0:42:23Let's start with Rio.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26You could've had Hold Back The Rain, Last Chance On The Stairway,
0:42:26 > 0:42:28New Religion, The Chauffeur.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Those were the only pointless answers on that album.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Well done if you said one of those four.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37Joshua Tree, there's Red Hill Mining Town and Running To Stand Still.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Exit, Trip Through Your Wires and Mothers Of The Disappeared.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Those were the other pointless answers on Joshua Tree.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45And Disintegration by The Cure,
0:42:45 > 0:42:48you could've had Last Dance, Prayers For Rain, The Same Deep Water
0:42:48 > 0:42:51As You, Untitled or Homesick - all of those pointless answers.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53Very well done if you said any of those at home
0:42:53 > 0:42:56and congratulations in the studio. Terrific performance.
0:42:56 > 0:42:57Thanks, Richard.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Well, thanks once again to our winning players,
0:42:59 > 0:43:02Simon and Samantha, who go away with today's jackpot of £3,500.
0:43:02 > 0:43:03Very well done.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:43:07 > 0:43:11Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17APPLAUSE