0:00:21 > 0:00:24Thank you very much. Hello, I am Alexander Armstrong
0:00:24 > 0:00:26and welcome to Pointless, the game where we aim for the obscure
0:00:26 > 0:00:29and we ignore the obvious. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35And couple number one.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Hi there, I'm Simon. This is my brother Stephen
0:00:37 > 0:00:40- and we are from Newark. - Couple number two.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42I'm Sharon. This is my good friend Caroline
0:00:42 > 0:00:44and we're from Streatham in South London.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45- Couple number three.- Hi, I'm Helen.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48This is my friend Vinay and we're from Leeds and Bradford.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50And finally, couple number four.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Hi, I'm Sam. This is my neighbour Pat and we're from Chester.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55And these are today's contestants.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57APPLAUSE
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Thanks very much. We'll find out about you
0:00:59 > 0:01:00throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04Today's forecast is overcast
0:01:04 > 0:01:06with a 90% chance of an absolute fact storm.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Hiya. Hi, everybody.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Good afternoon.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16- A fact storm. I like that.- Yeah.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18- That is good. Four new pairs again. - I know!
0:01:18 > 0:01:20- Happened a few times recently.- Yeah.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22We keep having these newcomers coming in and winning.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26- And we've given away four jackpots in a row as well.- Hm!
0:01:26 > 0:01:28The record is six. So, not far off it.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29But four in a row is some going.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Yeah, goodness knows what's going to happen.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- Lovely on podium for to have neighbours.- Isn't that nice?
0:01:34 > 0:01:37- Pat and Sam. That is definitely quite rare, but lovely.- Yeah.
0:01:37 > 0:01:38We'll see how that works.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- And look at podium one, they look pretty good, don't they?- Yeah.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Podium one, brothers, solid as a rock.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Talked to them earlier, not nervous.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50That's what they said. Everyone said they weren't nervous
0:01:50 > 0:01:52apart from Helen who said she was terrified.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55So, at least we know she is the only one telling the truth.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Well, as you have just gathered, Kaz and Chris won the jackpot
0:01:57 > 0:02:00last time, so today's jackpot starts off at...
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Right, if everyone is ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12There's kind of only one rule and that is that the pair with
0:02:12 > 0:02:15the highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18That and obviously, the no conferring rule for the first two rounds.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Our first category today is...
0:02:23 > 0:02:26It's Words. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:26 > 0:02:28who's going to go second?
0:02:28 > 0:02:31And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:02:43 > 0:02:46..as they could. Words ending in G-U-E.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48- Richard.- You looked pained already. - Yeah, I know.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50It's one of those ones, there's more than you think.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52There are more than you think.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54It looks a terrifying combination of letters,
0:02:54 > 0:02:55but it's quite common.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57We're looking for any word which is its own entry
0:02:57 > 0:03:00in oxforddictionaries.com which ends G-U-E, please.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03As always, we're not looking for proper nouns,
0:03:03 > 0:03:05not looking for any hyphenated words either.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07So, very, very best of luck.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Thank you very much indeed.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- OK, Simon. From Newark?- Yes.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- What do you do up in Newark, Simon? - I'm a trainer.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16A trainer for...racehorses!
0:03:16 > 0:03:19No. Of managers and of behaviours.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Of managers. Over what distance? LAUGHTER
0:03:22 > 0:03:26And so, how is that? How is the training going? You enjoying it?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28- I am, it's great fun.- What do you do when you are not doing that?
0:03:28 > 0:03:32I am involved in a lot of clubs, so football clubs and golf clubs.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34You are involved in as in you play or...?
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Play, organise, manage. Yes.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Very good, very good indeed.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43OK, now, Simon, words ending G-U-E.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45I have a couple.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Not sure about the spelling, but I will risk...
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Prologue.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53That's a good... Yeah, that's good.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Simon says prologue. Let's see if it's right.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Let's see many people said prologue.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06Look at that! 11.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Nothing wrong with that.
0:04:10 > 0:04:1211 for prologue.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Yeah, an introductory section of a literary or dramatic work.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Also someone who really, really like logs.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18LAUGHTER
0:04:18 > 0:04:21- And a very fitting opening to the round, therefore.- Oh, yeah!
0:04:21 > 0:04:22That's nice.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Now then, Caroline. Caroline, welcome.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Lovely to have you here. From Streatham.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29- That's right, yes. - And what do you do, Caroline?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31- I am a stay-at-home mum. - A stay-at-home...
0:04:31 > 0:04:33How many children have you got?
0:04:33 > 0:04:36I've only got the one, but she's a teenager.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38- Lovely, lovely.- So...
0:04:38 > 0:04:40She'll be watching as we speak.
0:04:40 > 0:04:45Er, yes, probably saying, "Please, Mum, stop embarrassing me."
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Oh, you haven't said anything to embarrass her yet.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Breathing, with teenagers, I think.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52OK, and what do you like doing
0:04:52 > 0:04:54when you are not staying at home and mum-ing?
0:04:54 > 0:04:57My favourite things are probably cooking and baking,
0:04:57 > 0:04:59making vegetarian food.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Because sadly, I'm a big meat-eater,
0:05:01 > 0:05:04but I'm the only meat-eater at home.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06So, I do lots of...
0:05:06 > 0:05:08They say I'm a whiz with an aubergine, so...
0:05:08 > 0:05:11There we are. It's a great thing to be a whiz with, really(!)
0:05:11 > 0:05:16Caroline, what about these words ending G-U-E?
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Well, sadly, I was thinking prologue.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22And I can't think of anything except...
0:05:22 > 0:05:24league.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25League.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27League, says Caroline.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Let's see if league is...is right. I think we...
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Let's take it as right. It's right. How many people said league?
0:05:35 > 0:05:36It's right.
0:05:41 > 0:05:4220.
0:05:42 > 0:05:4320 for league.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49There's something about G-U-E that's quite nerve-racking.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50- Isn't it?- Isn't there?
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Every word you come up with you think, "Is that G-U-E?"
0:05:54 > 0:05:56- Yeah, I've got one in the back of my head.- Do you?
0:05:56 > 0:05:58- No, it hasn't come through yet. - Oh, really?
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- Oh, I can sort of sense it. - All right.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02- Vinay, welcome.- Hi.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Lovely to have you here. One of you is from Leeds,
0:06:05 > 0:06:07one of you is from Bradford. Which is which?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09- I'm from Bradford.- What do you up in Bradford, Vinay?
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- I actually working Leeds, but I...- Oh, I see.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13Well, they are not terribly far apart.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- Famously, famously close. - 12 miles. Yes.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17And what to do in Leeds?
0:06:17 > 0:06:20I'm a paralegal for a law firm in the city centre.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Do you know, I...
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Cos I'm a fool, I don't know. What is a paralegal?
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Basically it's someone who works alongside other people
0:06:28 > 0:06:30who work in law, so solicitors and sometimes barristers as well.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32It's a barrister, but you have to jump out off
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- of a plane before you go to work. - I always think of a para...
0:06:35 > 0:06:38I'm picturing you now working, doing exactly what you said,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- but in a green boilersuit.- That'd be more interesting, I'll admit it.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43And what do you do aside from the paralegals?
0:06:43 > 0:06:47I like live music, so I go to a lot of gigs and festivals.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Been to quite a few.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50I keep all my ticket stubs as well.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52I've got over 150 actually,
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- so that shows you where all my money goes.- Yeah.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- Very good indeed. Well, plenty of it around there, isn't there?- Yeah.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Famous. Now, Vinay, what are you going to go for?
0:07:01 > 0:07:02Erm...
0:07:02 > 0:07:05It's kind of stealing the last answer a little bit.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06I'm going to say colleague.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Colleague. Colleague, says Vinay. Let's see if it's right.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:07:20 > 0:07:219.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- 9 for colleague. - Very nicely done as well.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Yes, putting the 'col' in front of 'league'. Colleague.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32- Also a type of dog. - XANDER CHUCKLES
0:07:32 > 0:07:34A bearded colleague. LAUGHTER
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- A Border colleague. - I once had a bearded colleague.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Just beautiful.
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Pat, welcome.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Lovely to have you here from Chester.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Are you literally next-door neighbours with Sam?
0:07:45 > 0:07:48No, there are four houses between our two houses.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50So, not next-door, but very close.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52And you've known Sam all his life, have you?
0:07:52 > 0:07:57I've known Sam since he was three because Sam and my son are mates.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Right. Very good. Pat, what do you do?
0:08:00 > 0:08:02I'm retired now, but I was a teacher.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03Very good.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Teachers always do...
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Teachers SOMETIMES do well on Pointless.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14Words ending G-U-E, though. Pat, this is just a gift, isn't it?
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Well, I've had a word my head but as time has gone on,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20I've started to doubt whether it exists or not.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23I hope it exists. Prorogue.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- Prorogue?- Prorogue.- Prorogue.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Prorogue, please can it exist?
0:08:28 > 0:08:29How many people said it?
0:08:32 > 0:08:33It's right, prorogue.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Whoa!
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Look at that! 1.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42One person.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44That's a great score, Pat.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Frankly, I think it deserved to go all the way down,
0:08:46 > 0:08:48but still, you will be pleased with one.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Very, very good answer, that, isn't it? Prorogue.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54It's to do with the dissolving of Parliament, isn't it?
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Stopping Parliament without dissolving it is a prorogue.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Is that your understanding, Pat, of what it means?
0:08:59 > 0:09:00I didn't actually know what it meant.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02- LAUGHTER - You heard it somewhere that's it.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- Just heard it.- Well, then, I'm telling you that is what it means.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07I was disappointed that Pat was a teacher.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09I was hoping Pat was going to be a postman
0:09:09 > 0:09:11- and Sam was going to be a fireman. - LAUGHTER
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Thanks, Richard. We are halfway through the round,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17let's take a look at those scores. Well done, Pat. 1.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Very much the best score of that round.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Then up to Vinay on 9. Vinay and Helen.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Then up to the brothers, Simon and Stephen, on 11.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Then up to 20 where we find Caroline and Sharon.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29You are not that far ahead,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32but Sharon, we need something more "prorogue" type things, I think.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Good luck with that. We're coming back down the line now.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:09:40 > 0:09:42OK, now, Sam, welcome.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Sam, whose idea was it to come on Pointless?
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Well, it was kind both of ours, but it was more of a joke.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52I didn't actually think it was ever going to happen, to be honest.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55LAUGHS: That backfired, didn't it? Look at you, you are on...
0:09:55 > 0:09:56Sam, what do you do?
0:09:56 > 0:10:00I'm a business management student at Leeds back at university.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- What year are you in? - I've just finished my first.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03Well, listen, there you are.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Pat has set you up absolutely fantastically with 1.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08If you wanted to avoid becoming the new high-scorers,
0:10:08 > 0:10:11you could score 18 or less, but there we are.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14What are you going to go for?
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Well, as Pat said, you know, as you think of a word more,
0:10:17 > 0:10:19you kind of doubt the spelling of it,
0:10:19 > 0:10:23but I'm going to go with intrigue.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Intrigue. Let's see how many people said intrigue.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28There is your red line, quite low.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Can you get below that with intrigue, I wonder?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40You've done it. Look at that!
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Very well done indeed. 10.
0:10:44 > 0:10:45Taking your total up to 11.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Very well played.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Yeah, one of those words that nobody knows the etymology of. Nobody.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53That's quite... Ooh, what's the word? Mm...
0:10:53 > 0:10:55I know!
0:10:55 > 0:10:57- That's quite puz...puzzling. - Puzzling.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- Slightly mystifying, isn't it? - Mystifying, isn't it?
0:11:01 > 0:11:05There we go. OK, now, Helen, you ARE from Leeds.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- Do you actually work in Leeds as well?- Yes, I do, yeah.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09- Oh, what about that?- Convenient.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11That's very convenient.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13- What do you do? - I'm a trainee solicitor.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Excellent, how long before you become a fully-blown solicitor?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- About a year and a half.- Very good.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- You enjoying it?- Yeah, it's great! - The change of it.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Get to change around, move to different teams.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Nice to be out of the boilersuit as well, actually.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Now, Helen, you are on 9.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30The high-scorers still are Sharon and Caroline on 20,
0:11:30 > 0:11:34so 10 or less keeps you comfortably in the game.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36I'm struggling a bit.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38I had one and then I think actually stealing
0:11:38 > 0:11:40from Pat might help me a bit.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42So, am I allowed to say rogue?
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Rogue. You are perfectly entitled to say rogue.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- That's something. - Here is your red line.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Rogue has to get you below that, really.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Let's see how many of our 100 said rogue.
0:12:00 > 0:12:0228 for rogue.
0:12:04 > 0:12:0637 is your total.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Yeah, unlucky, Helen.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10See, Vinay stole by making something more complicated,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12but you stole by making something slightly less complicated.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18OK, then. Now, Sharon, no longer the high-scorers. This is exciting.
0:12:18 > 0:12:19Sharon, what do you do?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22I'm an executive assistant for a transport body.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25A trans... So, that is a government body?
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Yes, it's a consumer body of people who have got
0:12:27 > 0:12:29- complaints about their transport in London.- OK.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Do you field the complaints or do you then go out and...?
0:12:32 > 0:12:33Luckily, no, I don't have to do that.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35I'm sort of corporate support. In the middle.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Making sure everything works properly.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41And how is everything working, Sharon? Are people generally happy?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43I think on the whole, it's not bad, actually.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46I don't think it's bad at all. I think it runs beautifully.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Beautifully, so hats off to you.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50What do you do when you are not doing that?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52I like making things.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54I like, you know, making clothes and dresses and knitting
0:12:54 > 0:12:58and sewing and cooking and, you know, making stuff.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Anyway, listen, there you are. You are on 20.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- You have to score 16 or less to stay with us.- Yes.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06This is not a good round for me. I was dreading it.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08And I've got two children, seven and nine,
0:13:08 > 0:13:10and I think they could probably come up
0:13:10 > 0:13:13with better words than me on this one, so I'm slightly worried.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15I was going to say prorogue.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18I can't say prorogue, I'm going to say plague.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Plague. Plague. There we are.
0:13:21 > 0:13:22Now, here is your red line.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25If you can get below that with plague, you are in.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28It's right.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- 24.- Sorry.
0:13:36 > 0:13:3824 takes your total up to 44.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Any contagious disease that spreads rapidly and kills people.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- Plague. It's nice, isn't it? Keeping it light.- Yeah. There we go.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Stephen, welcome to Pointless.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Welcome to Pointless. Now, what do you do?
0:13:51 > 0:13:54I'm a technical consultant for a telecommunications company.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Oh, technical... I mean, that...
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Isn't basically everyone a technical consultant
0:13:59 > 0:14:01- at a telecommunications company? - Yeah.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03There we go. And what you do apart from that, Stephen, for fun?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05All sorts. Anything outdoorsy.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07I love a bit of gardening.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Canoeing, hiking, you name it.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11This is good! These are broad interests here.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14What sort of gardening do you do? Do you do kitchen gardening or...?
0:14:14 > 0:14:16No, just the back garden. We bought a house a couple of years ago.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19It was in serious need of a gardener, so...
0:14:19 > 0:14:22- Were you a keen gardener before that? - No, not so much. No.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23Same here. I now love gardening.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26I'm starting to learn what a weed is and what a flower is now.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28I know! Takes a while, but, yeah, it's good.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33Now, Stephen, there you are on 11. You have to score 32 or less.
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Yeah.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38We had a great answer from Simon to kick us off with prologue.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40I've got two words left,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43but obviously, they started being used up as we went down the line.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47I'm going to go with tongue.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49OK, you are going to say tongue.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52There we are. Here is your red line.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54If you can get below that with tongue...
0:14:55 > 0:14:56..you are in the next round.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Let's see how many people said tongue.
0:15:01 > 0:15:02It's right.
0:15:05 > 0:15:0842, Stephen.
0:15:08 > 0:15:0942 for tongue.
0:15:09 > 0:15:10Oh, that's high.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13I'm afraid that takes your total up to 53.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14So many people at home and in the studio
0:15:14 > 0:15:17after your brother said prologue to start with
0:15:17 > 0:15:19- were hoping you were going to say... - Epilogue.- Epilogue.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21It would have been a lovely way to end.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- It would have been perfect.- It would have scored 5 points as well.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Epilogue, it would have been a lovely end to the round.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29- You got a word?- Well, I have.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32- Meringue, but...- Meringue...- Yeah.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35..would have scored you 13 points.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37But the word I've been trying to wrestle with...
0:15:37 > 0:15:40I'm sure there's a word pirogue. Pirogue.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Which is a type of canoe.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- Would have scored you 1 point. - HE SIGHS
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- There we go.- But you'd have gone for meringue.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50- I would've gone for meringue. Yeah. - Quite right.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Now, let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Beardtongue, of course(!)
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- I can't believe nobody said that. - Oh, I get that sometimes!
0:15:59 > 0:16:00- LAUGHTER - Yeah, I do too.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03It's a plant, of course. A type of figwort.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04Blague, which is a type of joke.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08Distingue, which is the sense of someone being distinguished.
0:16:08 > 0:16:09- 'Dis-tan-gay'.- Distin...
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Well, I assume it is, 'dis-tan-gay'.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Duologue is obviously a two-person version of a monologue.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Grammalogue, which is a symbol that represents a word.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Ideologue is obviously someone
0:16:19 > 0:16:21who is an proponent of a particular ideology.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24I never know how to say that word... 'long'.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29'Long', which is sort of a language, but as it is spoken.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Merengue which is a Caribbean dance.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34It's a better answer than meringue, but very, very similar.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37And travelogue also would have been a good answer.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Let's take a look at the top three answers,
0:16:39 > 0:16:41the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49It's right at the top, I'm afraid,
0:16:49 > 0:16:51just behind argue with 49.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54There we are. Can't argue with that.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Thanks very much indeed, Richard. At the end of our first round,
0:16:56 > 0:16:59the pair heading... I am so sorry. The pair heading home,
0:16:59 > 0:17:01it's Stephen and Simon, our brothers.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03I have to say, we had such high hopes.
0:17:03 > 0:17:04We did rather, but next show, maybe.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- They're biding their time. - They know what they're doing.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09They'll be back. It's all tactical.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Stephen and Simon, far too soon to say goodbye to you,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13but we'll look forward to seeing you next time.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Meantime, thanks very much, Stephen and Simon.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19But for the remaining three pairs, it is now time for Round Two.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27And now we're down to three pairs and at the end of this round,
0:17:27 > 0:17:30we will be down to two pairs. Well, everyone did very well there.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Great scores there, but particular mention to that far podium there.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Pat and Sam. Pat, prorogue. I mean, really.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39This is the stuff of Pointless dreams.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41And Sam, very well done as well with intrigue.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44- I think you had, didn't you?- Yeah. - Lovely low score there.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two today is...
0:17:50 > 0:17:51Recent History. Oh, Helen, what...?
0:17:51 > 0:17:53It's better than just history, isn't it?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- I mean, recent history... - OK.- ..is sort of yesterday.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57- Things like that.- I'll be fine. - SHE LAUGHS
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Can you all decide in your pairs who will go first,
0:18:00 > 0:18:01who will go second?
0:18:01 > 0:18:03And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08And the question concerns...
0:18:11 > 0:18:1321st Century History. Richard.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14Simply six clues on each board.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17It's about events that will go down in 21st century history.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Just need you to give us the most obscure answer.
0:18:19 > 0:18:2212 in all to have a go at at home. Very best of luck.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25OK, let's reveal our first board of six clues. And here they are.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51I'll read those all one last time.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17There we are.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- Sharon.- Hello.- Hello.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Dithering between two.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24One which I'm more certain of than the other.
0:19:26 > 0:19:27I will go with...
0:19:29 > 0:19:30I will go with the judicial body
0:19:30 > 0:19:34created in 2002 as the International Criminal Court.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37The International Criminal Court, says Sharon. Sounds good to me.
0:19:37 > 0:19:38Let's see if it's right.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41It is right.
0:19:46 > 0:19:47Very good indeed.
0:19:47 > 0:19:4920 for the International Criminal Court.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54It's in The Hague, in the Netherlands.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Thanks, Richard. Now, Helen.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01I actually know a few, I think, which is better than I thought.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04I think I'm going to go with the politician who became
0:20:04 > 0:20:06the first female Chancellor of Germany
0:20:06 > 0:20:08and I'm going to say Angela Merkel.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Angela Merkel, says Helen.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Let's see how many of our 100 people said Angela Merkel.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Very well done.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17Ooh, 74.
0:20:19 > 0:20:2174. That's a high one.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24That was a big score.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27One of the dominant figures of the early part of the 21st century.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Thanks, Rich. Now, Pat, this board is all yours.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Would you like to talk us through it
0:20:32 > 0:20:34and then select which one you want to submit?
0:20:34 > 0:20:36No, I wouldn't like to talk you through it.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39There is only one that I'm left with that I think I know.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42So, I'm going to have to go for the global social networking
0:20:42 > 0:20:44website as Facebook.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48Facebook, says Pat. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Facebook.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Well, 74 is our high score and you passed that comfortably...
0:20:54 > 0:20:5567.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Another big score. Yeah, depressing to think that was 2004.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04- Yeah.- Amazing what you can do.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Now, let's take a look at the rest of these.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11The Pope was Joseph Ratzinger or Pope Benedict XVI.
0:21:11 > 0:21:127 points for that.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16The skyscraper is in Dubai and it's the Burj Khalifa.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Would have scored you 8 points.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- And the African country, a Pointless favourite...- South Sudan.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23South Sudan. Yeah, 11 points for that.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25So Pope Benedict XVI, the best answer on the board.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27There we are. Well, we are halfway through the round.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Let's take a look at our scores. 20.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Well done, Sharon. Sharon and Caroline looking pretty good.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Then we go up to 67, quite a hike, to Pat and Sam.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38And then a tiny walk further up to 74, where we find Helen and Vinay.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40So, Vinay, we need a low score from you.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Let's hope it keeps you in the game.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44We're going to come back down the line.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:21:48 > 0:21:51OK, let's put six more clues up on the board and here they are.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53We've got...
0:22:20 > 0:22:22I'll read those one last time.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51- Sam.- Yes.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55OK, so, the high-scorers, Vinay and Helen, on 74.
0:22:55 > 0:22:56You're on 67.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00So, really, 6 or less keeps you from becoming the new high-scorers.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03The last board would have been a bit better, I think.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- That is tough, that board, isn't it? - Yeah.- Unquestionably.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08There's only one,
0:23:08 > 0:23:10which is the royal baby,
0:23:10 > 0:23:13which I'm going to say is George.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16OK, George, says Sam. Prince George. There's your red line.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19You might have done something tactically very shrewd there
0:23:19 > 0:23:21by taking the only answer off the board that everyone knew,
0:23:21 > 0:23:22but we shall see.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Prince George, how made people said that?
0:23:29 > 0:23:32- 73. You knew it was going to be high.- Yeah.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34APPLAUSE That takes your total up to 140.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38Yes, seven godparents, Prince George. That's a tough gig.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41- Isn't it?- What do you buy him?- Whoa!
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Thank you, Richard. Now, then, Vinay, you are on 74.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47You have to score 65 or less.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Yeah, that's much tougher than the first round.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52It is. It really is.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56Looking at the scores, I'm going to take a gamble
0:23:56 > 0:24:00for the Burmese opposition leader and say Li Na.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Li Na, says Vinay. Li Na.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05OK, well, let's see if that's right. Here's your red line.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08You have to get below that red line to get into the head-to-head.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11But is it right? Li Na?
0:24:14 > 0:24:17- Bad luck, Vinay. I'm sorry. - Worth the risk.
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Good for you for taking a punt, though,
0:24:18 > 0:24:20cos that was a tough one to go for.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Scores you 100 points and takes your total up to 174. I'm sorry.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26I'd have to say, naming China's leading female tennis player
0:24:26 > 0:24:29really is a risk when you're answering that question.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32But, yeah, Li Na, she's a very good...
0:24:32 > 0:24:35There are certain rounds for which Li Na is a very good answer.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38- This was not one of them, I'm afraid.- Yeah.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42- Now, Caroline.- Yes.- Caroline, good news is you're through.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Talk us through that board and fill in where you can.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47So, the top one, I don't know.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50It's obviously something Gene Project.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54The Mars Science Laboratory rover is, I think, Explorer.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56The country with the largest power plant -
0:24:56 > 0:24:57I'd take a guess at China.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01The new international currency is obviously the euro.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05Now, the Burmese opposition leader, I feel I should know.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09Aung San something.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10But I can't quite remember,
0:25:10 > 0:25:14so I think I'm going to go with the Mars Science Laboratory rover,
0:25:14 > 0:25:16which I think is Explorer.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Explorer, says Caroline. No red line for you.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Let's see how many people said Explorer.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Let's see if it's right.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- Ooh!- Not Explorer.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Scores you 100 points. Takes your total up to 120.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- You're through anyway.- Sorry.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33- Still the lowest score of the round. Well done.- Not Explorer.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36You did pretty well on the others, though. It's Curiosity.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Curiosity is the answer to that one. It cost 2.5 billion, Curiosity.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- Only eight people have heard of it. - LAUGHTER
0:25:44 > 0:25:46The one at the top is... Do you know that one?
0:25:46 > 0:25:48It's the Human Genome Project.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51- Ah, yes.- 20 points for that.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54You're right. It's China. The Three Gorges Dam. 21 points.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57The multinational currency is, of course, the euro.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Big scorer.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Would have scored 67 points. And the Burmese opposition leader?
0:26:01 > 0:26:03- Aung San Suu Kyi.- Aung San Suu Kyi.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Yeah, however you want to pronounce that.
0:26:05 > 0:26:085 points for that, so very well done if you said that at home.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Thank you very much indeed.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12At the end of our second round, the pair who are heading home
0:26:12 > 0:26:16with a high score of 174, I'm sorry, Vinay and Helen, 'tis you.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18But the good news is we will see you again next time.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21We'll look forward to that. I'm sure you'll go much further.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Thanks very much, Vinay and Helen.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26APPLAUSE
0:26:26 > 0:26:29But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34APPLAUSE
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Congratulations, Pat and Sam. Congratulations, Sharon and Caroline.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41You are now this close to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot,
0:26:41 > 0:26:44which currently stands at £1,000.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47Well, you know the deal here. You can start playing as teams.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49The first player to win two questions plays for that jackpot.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53This is going to be so close. We've had moments of genius.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Pat, particularly, I'm looking at you. Prorogue.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59And we've had some very good, solid play throughout,
0:26:59 > 0:27:02but your scores, when taken together, actually are remarkably close,
0:27:02 > 0:27:04so this should be very close, very exciting.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12APPLAUSE
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:27:17 > 0:27:20- LAUGHTER Men In Hats, Richard.- Yeah.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22We're going to show you five pictures
0:27:22 > 0:27:24of men known for wearing particular types of hat.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26We need you to give us the most obscure person
0:27:26 > 0:27:28you can see up there, please.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31OK. Let's reveal our five men in hats and here they come.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32We've got...
0:27:49 > 0:27:51There we go. Five men in hats.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Pat and Sam, on aggregate, you are our low scorers,
0:27:55 > 0:27:56so you'll go first.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57C?
0:27:59 > 0:28:03(Well, it's a risk, but I thought A.)
0:28:03 > 0:28:07Not absolutely certain, so it's a bit of a risk,
0:28:07 > 0:28:11but we're going to try A, Jacques Tati.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15Jacques Tati, say Pat and Sam for A. Jacques Tati.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Now, Sharon and Caroline, do you want to talk us through the board?
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Well, we think A is Marcel Marceau.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25We think B is Charlie Chaplin,
0:28:25 > 0:28:27C is Jimi Hendrix, D is Al Capone,
0:28:27 > 0:28:29but we don't know E.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33So, we're going to go with A, Marcel Marceau.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35Marcel Marceau. Well, only one of you can be right.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37We'll have to see who it is.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41Pat and Sam said Jacques Tati for A. Let's see if it's right.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49Oh! Mm-mm. Mm-mm.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51LAUGHTER
0:28:51 > 0:28:54Sharon and Caroline have gone for Marcel Marceau.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56It just has to be right for you to win. Is it?
0:28:58 > 0:29:00Hmm.
0:29:04 > 0:29:0615. Very well done indeed. 15.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09APPLAUSE Good work, Sharon and Caroline.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11After one question, you're up one-nil.
0:29:11 > 0:29:12Being mistaken for Jacques Tati -
0:29:12 > 0:29:16he'd have a few things to say about that, wouldn't he? Marcel Marceau.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18- That's a mime joke. - LAUGHTER
0:29:18 > 0:29:21- It's been quite a long day. - LAUGHTER
0:29:21 > 0:29:23B is Charlie Chaplin.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Chaplin would have scored you 59 points.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28C is Jimi Hendrix, of course.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Would have scored 37.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34D, Al Capone.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38Quite a big scorer, actually. 38 for Al Capone.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40And the one the ladies didn't know - E.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42- The Edge.- The Edge, yeah.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44David Evans - real name. From U2. 19.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Thanks very much indeed. Here comes your second question.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Sharon and Caroline get to answer it first,
0:29:50 > 0:29:51but Pat and Sam, it's you who have to win.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Good luck with that. It concerns...
0:29:57 > 0:29:59- The Colour Orange. Richard? - Yeah, five clues now
0:29:59 > 0:30:02to facts that have something to do with the colour orange.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04Can you give us the most obscure answer?
0:30:04 > 0:30:09OK, let's reveal our five clues and here they come. We've got...
0:30:24 > 0:30:26I'll read those one last time.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Sharon and Caroline.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42- I think it's going to be the author. - The author...
0:30:42 > 0:30:46- Jeanette Winterton. - ..is Jeanette Winterton.- You say it.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48- BOTH:- Jeanette Winterton.- Yeah.
0:30:48 > 0:30:54So, we're going to go for the author of Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
0:30:54 > 0:30:56as Jeanette Winterton.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Jeanette Winterton, say Sharon and Caroline.
0:30:59 > 0:31:00Jeanette Winterton.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04OK. Pat and Sam, do you want to talk us through the board?
0:31:04 > 0:31:05I don't. Pat can.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08LAUGHTER
0:31:08 > 0:31:13The colours are red and yellow. I agree with the author.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15I think I might know the film director.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19I've no idea about the album. And the football team is Holland.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22So, it's whether to take a risk about the film director.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24- What do you think? - Yeah, go for the risk.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27So, we'll go for the film director. Stanley Kubrick.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Stanley Kubrick for A Clockwork Orange. OK.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32So, we have Jeanette Winterton.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Let's see if that's right from Sharon and Caroline.
0:31:40 > 0:31:41Bad luck. Bad luck.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Which means, Pat and Sam, the boot's on the other foot.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47You merely have to be correct with this and you win the point.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54Very well done. Stanley Kubrick, of course, the answer there.
0:31:54 > 0:31:5831 is your total. APPLAUSE
0:31:58 > 0:32:01As I said, you only had to be right and you have equalled.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03- So, after two questions, it's one-all.- Well played.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05I think you fell into a common trap there.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08- Winterton is a more common surname, but it's Winterson...- Yeah.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10..is the author, I'm afraid.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13I think you were worried that you'd got the wrong name as well,
0:32:13 > 0:32:15but you went for it anyway. 7 points, it would have scored you.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18The two primary colours are red and yellow.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21That's a big scorer, as you would expect. 60 points.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23You're right about the bottom one as well.
0:32:23 > 0:32:24It's the Netherlands.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Even bigger scorer for that. 61.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29And the best answer, and it's a brilliant album as well,
0:32:29 > 0:32:31it's Frank Ocean.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33And it's 4 points for that.
0:32:33 > 0:32:34Thanks very much indeed.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37Here comes your third question. This is the decider.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Whoever wins goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...
0:32:44 > 0:32:47- Hospital Items. Richard? - We'll show you five items now
0:32:47 > 0:32:49you might typically find in a hospital,
0:32:49 > 0:32:51but we've removed alternate letters from each of their names.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Can you fill in those gaps?
0:32:53 > 0:32:56The team giving us the lowest score will be playing for the jackpot.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58OK, let's reveal our five hospital items.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00And we've got...
0:33:08 > 0:33:10I'll read those one last time.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Pat and Sam will go first this time.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24- So, which ones do you...? - I'm absolutely terrible at these.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28(It's intravenous drip, scrubs.)
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Um, we're going to go for the second one
0:33:31 > 0:33:32and we're going to say scrubs.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Scrubs, say Pat and Sam. Scrubs.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39- Now, Sharon and Caroline, the board is yours.- Yes.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42We think the top one is intravenous drip
0:33:42 > 0:33:46and the next one, bedpan, crutches
0:33:46 > 0:33:48and surgical mask.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51- What shall we go for? - Which one?- Bedpan.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53- We're going to go for bedpan. - You're going to go for bedpan.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55So, we have scrubs and we have bedpan.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Now, then, Pat and Sam said scrubs. Let's see if that's right.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Let's see how many people said it.
0:34:02 > 0:34:03It is right.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Scrubs is 39.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12APPLAUSE
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Sharon and Caroline, meanwhile, have gone for bedpan.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said that.
0:34:19 > 0:34:20It's right.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26- Yeah, you've done it. Ooh, just!- Oh! - APPLAUSE
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Just 35! I said it was going to be close.
0:34:28 > 0:34:29Boy, is it close.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32But very, very well done, Sharon and Caroline.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34After three questions, you are through to the final, two-one.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Funnily enough, you knew all of them.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38That was the biggest score you could have got
0:34:38 > 0:34:40from all the ones you knew, but at least it saw you through.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43Intravenous drip would have scored you 9.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Crutches, which took me forever to work out...
0:34:45 > 0:34:48- Yeah, that's a really hard one. - ..would have scored you 10.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50And the best answer is surgical mask down the bottom,
0:34:50 > 0:34:53- which only scored 3 points. - THEY LAUGH
0:34:53 > 0:34:55There we go. Well, thanks very much indeed.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:34:58 > 0:34:59I'm sorry to say, it's Pat and Sam,
0:34:59 > 0:35:02who have been our star performers throughout the show.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04It bodes very well for your next appearance on the show
0:35:04 > 0:35:07and we'll look forward to that. Thanks very much, Pat and Sam.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10APPLAUSE
0:35:10 > 0:35:12But for Sharon and Caroline,
0:35:12 > 0:35:14it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17APPLAUSE
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Well, what about that, Sharon and Caroline?
0:35:20 > 0:35:22You have seen off all your competition
0:35:22 > 0:35:24and you've won the coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33You now have this chance to win the Pointless jackpot.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36And the jackpot at the end of today's show stands at £1,000.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38But we have thrown everything at you.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42We had words ending in G-U-E, we had recent history, we had men
0:35:42 > 0:35:47in hats, we had the colour orange, we had things found in hospitals.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49I mean, really, very exciting indeed.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Anything you would like to see to round it off?
0:35:51 > 0:35:55- A bit of politics I think.- Politics. - Or literature.- Or capitals.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57- Capitals, yeah.- BOTH:- Capitals.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Let's hope there is something exciting on that board.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01You know sometimes it can be awful,
0:36:01 > 0:36:04but there will be something there I'm sure you can have a go at.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Today's choice looks like this.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16There is no politics.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17THEY LAUGH
0:36:17 > 0:36:20- Shakespeare's soliloquies we could guess.- Yeah.
0:36:20 > 0:36:21We could make them up.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24We are going to go for a Shakespeare's soliloquies.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26You are going to go for Shakespeare's...
0:36:26 > 0:36:27Shakespeare's soliloquies.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29I wonder if we are going to break that record.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32OK, let's see Shakespeare's soliloquies. Here we go.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36- Yeah, I mean after all, he made them up, didn't he?- Yeah.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39We are looking for any word of six letters or
0:36:39 > 0:36:43more in any of the following of Shakespeare's soliloquies.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01Any words of six letters or more in any of those three soliloquies.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03I wish you the very best of luck.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06OK, as always, you've got up to a minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08And all you need to win that jackpot
0:37:08 > 0:37:11- is for just one answer to be pointless. Are you ready?- Yeah.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Your time starts now.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19None whatsoever.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20All the world's a stage,
0:37:20 > 0:37:23is that the one that ends up with all the seven stages of life thing?
0:37:23 > 0:37:25- Or is that a different one?- Yes.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28- Bawling and mewling... - Oh, yes.- Things like that.
0:37:28 > 0:37:34- Yes.- To be or not to be... Slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36I can't really think beyond that.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39No. I can't think of anything from Macbeth.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41No, I don't know if it is though, I don't know
0:37:41 > 0:37:43- if that is the right soliloquy. - All the world's a stage...
0:37:43 > 0:37:46All the world's a stage, And men and women...
0:37:46 > 0:37:47I think that's right.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51But I just don't... Well, if it is right then it's words like...
0:37:54 > 0:37:56Arrives on stage mewling and bawling.
0:37:56 > 0:38:01And then it goes through the seven stages. Think of a word. Quick.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05- So we're going for mewling. Bawling.- Bawling.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07- Ten seconds left. - What happens when they're old?
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- My thoughts are blank. - Fortune from to be or not to be.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Outrageous.
0:38:16 > 0:38:17OK, that is your time up.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21- It sounds like you have arrived at some answers.- Yeah, some answers.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23What are we going to go for?
0:38:23 > 0:38:26- We are going to go for outrageous. - Outrageous.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28- Mewling.- Mewling.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30- And bawling.- Bawling.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Both from all the world's a stage.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35- OK, and outrageous from... BOTH:- Hamlet.
0:38:35 > 0:38:36Exactly.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39So which of those you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:39 > 0:38:42- They are all great, aren't they? - Mewling.- Mewling.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46Mewling goes last. Least likely to be pointless?
0:38:46 > 0:38:48- BOTH:- Outrageous. - Outrageous goes first.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51OK, let's put those up on the board in that order. And here they are.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58Very, very best of luck. Now what if one of those answers is pointless?
0:38:58 > 0:39:00It just might happen.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02And you were to carry home that jackpot.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05What would you do with your share of that, Sharon?
0:39:05 > 0:39:09I think something with the family. Maybe a meal. Nice meal out.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11Very nice. Caroline.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15I've always wanted to go camping at a festival.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19And I've almost persuaded all the women in the family that we
0:39:19 > 0:39:24are going to have a girlie trip camping at a festival.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26This would just be the incentive?
0:39:26 > 0:39:29- That would go into that trip. - Into that pot.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32OK, very good. Well, best of luck. Your first answer was outrageous.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35In this case, we were looking for words from
0:39:35 > 0:39:36to be or not to be from Hamlet.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39It has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41For £1,000, let's see how many people said outrageous.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45It's right.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48If this goes all the way down to zero,
0:39:48 > 0:39:51and it may, who knows, you will leave here with £1,000.
0:39:51 > 0:39:52Down it goes.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Through the teens. Into single figures.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Still going down. 6.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59What about that? APPLAUSE
0:39:59 > 0:40:006!
0:40:00 > 0:40:02SPEECH DROWNED OUT BY APPLAUSE
0:40:02 > 0:40:056 for outrageous. Not a pointless answer.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Your next answer was bawling.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14This was from all the world's a stage from As You Like It.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16It has to be pointless, of course, for you to win that jackpot.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19So, for £1,000, let's see how many people said bawling.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Nope. Not bawling.
0:40:25 > 0:40:26Not bawling, I'm afraid.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Which means everything is now riding on your third and final answer.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Which is mewling.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35Mewling, again from all the world's a stage soliloquy from As You Like It.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38It has to be right and pointless for you to win the jackpot.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41So, for £1,000, let's see how many people said mewling.
0:40:41 > 0:40:42Is it pointless?
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Oh, mewling is right.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48- Unexpected. - There we go.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Your first answer, outrageous, was also right
0:40:50 > 0:40:51and took us down to 6.
0:40:51 > 0:40:52Your second answer was incorrect.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Mewling now taking us into single figures.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Down it goes. Past 6.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Down it goes. You've done it!
0:40:58 > 0:41:01CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Absolutely brilliant!
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Very well done indeed.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Superb.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14There we are!
0:41:14 > 0:41:16A lovely meal out for Sharon and her family.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19- Caroline camping at a festival. - Yep.- Oh!
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Also, we are nearly there to equal our record,
0:41:21 > 0:41:23if we can do it one more time.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Congratulations. Mewling was a pointless answer.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28- I don't know where that came from. - Maybe bawling wasn't there.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29Puking. That's what we wanted.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31That's the other. Anyway, who cares!
0:41:31 > 0:41:34You go home with that jackpot of £1,000. Brilliant.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37APPLAUSE
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Yeah, five jackpots in a row. Amazing.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46As you say, the infant was mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49Infant and puking both pointless answers as well.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Let's go through some of the pointless
0:41:51 > 0:41:54answers on the different soliloquies.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Loads of pointless answers on all of these.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Every single six-letter word in that soliloquy apart from before,
0:42:02 > 0:42:07handle, towards, toward, murder, Duncan, Dudgeon and witchcraft.
0:42:07 > 0:42:08Some spoilers in that one.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10LAUGHTER
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Everything else was pointless if you take a look at that soliloquy.
0:42:13 > 0:42:14Let's take a look at...
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Shuffled off this mortal coil.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23Mortal would have scored you some points.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Points for question, nobler, whether, arrows, slings,
0:42:25 > 0:42:28outrageous, fortune, suffer, troubles, mortal, against.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Bodkin would have scored you 1 point.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Imagine if you'd come up with Bodkin and
0:42:32 > 0:42:34it hadn't been pointless. How furious would you have been?
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Ophelia, perchance and opposing, all of those scored points.
0:42:37 > 0:42:38Everything else was pointless.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40And...
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Pantaloon, that's more like it. If you'd had Bodkin
0:42:46 > 0:42:48and pantaloon it would have been an exciting end to the show.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52Soldier. Everything there apart from players, merely, reputation,
0:42:52 > 0:42:55entrances and bubble. Everything else was a pointless answer.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Five jackpots in a row. Congratulations.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59- Nice to win with a bit of Shakespeare.- Isn't it?!
0:42:59 > 0:43:01- Yeah.- And also, a bit of a fluke as well.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03I mean, not a fluke really, but unexpected is what I mean.
0:43:03 > 0:43:07Unexpected. Thanks once again to our winning players, Sharon and Caroline,
0:43:07 > 0:43:10who go away with today's jackpot of £1,000.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12APPLAUSE
0:43:13 > 0:43:15Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge
0:43:15 > 0:43:19- to the test on Pointless. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21And it's goodbye for me. Goodbye.