Episode 40 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show where obvious answers mean nothing

and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.

APPLAUSE

And couple number one.

Hi, I'm Scott, I'm from Essex, and this is my friend Becki, from Leeds.

Couple number two.

Hi, I'm Sam, this is my dad, Ian, and we're from Worthing.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, I'm Dave, this is my wife, Emma.

-We're both from Darlington.

-And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Sherrie, this is my brother-in-law, Chris,

-and we're from Cambridge.

-And these are today's contestants. APPLAUSE

Thanks very much. We'll get to chat with you more throughout the show

as it goes along, so that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

His spirit animal is a greyhound reading Finnegans Wake.

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

-Hiya. Hi, everybody.

APPLAUSE

-Good afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon.

-Fun show, last time.

Ian and Sam have come back from that last show.

We had a round which was Words Ending ..TANT,

and people did all right on it. You got a pointless answer, didn't you?

-I did.

-With "concomitant".

-Yeah!

But Sam decided to honour a Brighton footballer called Phil Stant by

saying "stant", and turns out he's a footballer, but he's not a word.

-He's not a word.

-Unfortunately. Was just talking to Sam earlier, imagine

if Phil Stant's actually sitting at home watching!

Cos we talked about him quite a lot, to be fair.

Phil Stant's never had his name said this often, I would imagine.

-And now we're talking about him again!

-Yeah!

So, if he wasn't watching last time, Phil Stant,

-if you're watching this time, there's more Phil Stant to come.

-Oh!

This is going to be the Phil Stant show, I think.

Imagine if we have a round - Former Brighton Footballers.

We haven't, but imagine if we did!

-It'd be a great answer.

-Amazing.

And on podium four, Chris and Sherrie,

they didn't even get that far. Knocked out Round One last time.

But I suspect we're going to see more of both of those pairs.

-Can I point out something?

-Course you can.

Chris is taking a leaf out of Sam's book there.

He's got the jazzy shirt with the trees on.

-We wanted a competition.

-And Sam is dressed down, isn't he?

-I know!

-I couldn't top my last shirt.

-You really couldn't!

LAUGHTER

It was destroyed in a controlled explosion.

LAUGHTER

And that was before you wore it!

LAUGHTER

ALEXANDER CHUCKLES

Thanks very much, Richard.

Now, Tash and Nathan didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off at quite an exciting £3,000.

There we are.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

APPLAUSE

So, remember, the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated.

That's it, that's the rule. Our first category this afternoon is...

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

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

OK, and the question concerns...

-Five countries with five borders. Richard.

-Yeah, in a moment,

Xander's going to show you the names of five countries.

We're looking for the name of any country of the world that

borders any of the countries you're about to see.

So, any of the countries that border any of the countries

Xander is about to show you. As always, by "country",

we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN in its own right.

I'll tell you now that Phil Stant is not a country. He's not a country.

-Not yet.

-Not yet. Soon he will be.

-Stantland.

So, as Richard's just mentioned, we are going to put up five

countries, and they will remain up for the whole round.

So, we won't be changing halfway through, they're there for good. OK?

So, Becki, when it comes to be your turn...it'll be the same five

countries, is all I'm saying.

Let's see what those five countries are. I can't hardly wait.

Now then, Scott.

Scott. A warm welcome. Here from Essex. What do you do, Scott?

-I'm a portfolio manager.

-So, financial portfolios.

-Correct, yes.

I see, and how do you and Becki know each other?

So, erm, Becki is one of my wife's best friends.

-They met while they were at university together.

-Right you are.

They were at Leeds University together.

-And whose idea was it to come on Pointless?

-Becki's.

-Becki's.

-Was Scott the obvious choice?

-Scott was...

You have to say, "Yes, first choice. Absolute first call I made."

-Scott was absolutely my first choice.

-Quite right.

-Now then, geography, is that an interest of yours, Scott?

-It is.

I think Becki's probably stronger at it than I am, so...

Don't shake your head now!

LAUGHTER

-Scott, how are we feeling about this?

-I'm feeling fairly confident.

-Good.

Hope I don't say an incorrect answer now, but, erm...

I think I'm going to go for...

Peru.

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

GROANING IN AUDIENCE

Ooh. Bad luck, Scott.

I'm afraid Peru, an incorrect answer, scores you 100 points.

Yeah, sorry, Scott. Near Argentina, of course, but not...

-does not border it.

-Thanks very much. Now, Sam, welcome back.

Dressed down this time, Sam. Remind us, what do you do, Sam?

I'm a funeral operative at the family funeral firm in Worthing.

The family funeral firm.

-Now, your dad is heavily involved in local football.

-Yeah.

-Are you as well?

-Brighton season ticket holder.

I also love my cricket.

I play Saturdays for Broadwater

and I've got my own Sunday team called Sammy's Snakes.

Sammy's... Why particularly Sammy's Snakes?

Well, a long story.

When I was playing football a couple of years ago,

I got given the nickname "Sammy The Snake".

-Cos you're just so devious?

-Well, it was from a TV show.

-OK, OK.

And it... I never thought it would stick.

And here we are, I think, five years later.

Listen, it could be a lot worse. It could be a lot worse.

-"All right, Snaky?"

-Snaky, OK.

I think they're going to call you "Sammy The Stant" from here on in.

LAUGHTER

Sam, what are going to go for?

-I'm going to go Austria.

-Austria.

Austria, says Sam. Let's see if that is right.

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

It's right.

40. APPLAUSE

That'll do, Sam.

Yeah, it's got a 160-kilometre-long border with Switzerland, of course.

Splendid. Thank you, Richard.

Emma, a very warm welcome to Pointless.

Lovely to have you here from Darlington. What do you do, Emma?

I work in the civil service.

Can I ask which branch of the civil service you work in?

-Um, it's student loans, it's... We deal with university fees.

-I see.

-So you assess applications, do you?

-Yeah.

-OK, very good.

That's quite nice. You're part of the dishing out of money.

At least you're not part of the repayment department.

That would be less fun, I think.

What are your interests outside of that?

Um, well, I've got a one-year-old daughter, so we do...

-a lot of the time is spent with her.

-Lovely.

And I've got a couple of dogs, Chihuahuas,

and again spend a lot of time with them as well,

So mainly just reading and...

Very good. OK. Now, Emma, what would you like to go for?

Going to guess at Brazil.

-Brazil, says Emma.

-Yeah.

-Brazil.

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

It's right. Well, 100 was our high score, and you passed that instantly.

40 is our low. You are on your way there.

APPLAUSE 49.

Over 1,200 kilometres of border with Argentina.

Mm. Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Sherrie, welcome back.

-Now, listen, it was Round One last time.

-Yes.

-It was all too short.

It was. 16th-century history flummoxed us.

-It did.

-It did.

-It flummoxed you.

-If only it was 15th or 17th...

-I know!

I know, it landed very unfortunately for you, that one, didn't it?

-Sherrie, remind us what you do.

-I'm a police officer.

-You're a police officer?

-Yes.

-In Cambridge itself?

-Yes, yes.

And your interests outside the law are what?

Er, well, one of my...

Sorry, that sounds terrible! "Outside the law."

I'm sorry, it's like trying to... LAUGHTER

I-I promise you, I wasn't trying to entrap you there.

-LAUGHTER

-Illegal practices, yeah.

-Yes.

-Sounds very sad now, what I'm about to say, but crazy golf.

-Really?

Really love crazy golf, my husband and I.

-Yes, he's the Rory McIlroy...

-Of the crazy golf circuit?

..of the crazy golf world, yeah.

Is there a particular course you like to play on?

Hastings is one of our favourites, yes.

Oh, with the little windmill...?

-Yes, that's right.

-Marvellous, excellent.

That was a good guess, wasn't it?

LAUGHTER

-Now, Sherrie, what would you like to go for?

-Right, OK.

So I've got one in mind for Burma, but it's very risky.

Remember, we like risk-takers, Sherrie.

Chris shaking his head!

LAUGHTER

OK, no. I'm going to play it safe. Um...

I'll go for Luxembourg.

Luxembourg, says Sherrie.

OK, let's see how many of our 100 people said Luxembourg.

Oh!

-That nice Burmese neighbour's looking VERY safe now.

-It is!

I'm afraid that scores you 100 points.

But you're in very good company. Scott also scored that.

So you're bookending the round there.

-Richard.

-Yes, no border, I'm afraid, between Luxembourg and Switzerland.

OK, well, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

40 the best score of the pass, Sam, very well done.

You and your dad looking pretty strong at this point.

Then 49, where we find Emma and Dave.

And then we have Sherrie and Chris and Scott and Becki all tied on 100.

So, Chris and Becki, it's going to be you two. Best of luck with that.

We are going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

Now then, Chris. Chris. Remind us what you do.

So I am a communications director for...

In the civil service as well, for the qualifications regulator.

-Right you are. That's right. Ofqual...

-Ofqual.

-..is you.

-Mm.

And your interests outside of Ofqual?

Golf, gardening, designing and building anything, really.

What's the proudest thing you've built, your proudest construction?

Well, my wife and I built our own house about eight years ago.

-No!

-Yep. That was definitely the proudest moment.

Had you ever built anything like that before?

-Never built anything before.

-What's it built out of?

-A polystyrene, Lego-type material.

-LAUGHTER

That's fun. But then, obviously... With something...

-A concrete pin in the centre of it, yeah.

-Oh, phew.

Well, I'm glad to hear about that.

-But that's good. Nice and warm.

-Yeah, it is warm. Yeah.

Do you walk through it every time and think, "I'm so glad

"we designed it precisely like this, it's everything I wanted"?

I really do. The best thing about designing your own house,

believe it or not, is where you put the light switches and the sockets.

-Exactly right.

-Cos when you put the Christmas tree up,

hardly anywhere to go with that cable -

-you know, straight in the wall.

-Yeah. Perfect.

Well, hats off to you, Chris. That's very good.

-Now, what we need from you is one of these more risky answers.

-Yeah.

One of these more risky...

I mean, Sherrie very nearly went for a Burmese neighbour.

Which I put her off, I think.

Well, you did! And look where that ended up!

Yes, so pressure on me.

I've got one for Croatia, got one for Argentina.

It's just which one.

I could go ultra-risky. No, I'm not going to go that risky.

I'm going to go Serbia.

You're going to go Serbia.

OK, no red line for you as you're joint high scorers.

But let's see how many of our 100 said Serbia.

It's right.

Not bad. 22.

Our lowest score so far, Chris.

So that bodes well, I think.

Located just to the east of Croatia, Serbia.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Dave, a warm welcome to Pointless to you.

Here from Darlington. What do you do, Dave?

I work in technical support.

Technical support for which particular area of...?

-A telecommunications company.

-Oh, I see.

Is that like a mobile phone technical support...?

-And other media devices, yeah.

-I see. I see.

So are you in a call centre, or are you...?

Yeah, I work in a call centre, yeah.

Oh, people must be so thrilled when they get through to you.

Oh, they can't believe their luck, they really can't(!)

I bet they can't!

They go, "Really?! A person?! Wow, that's great!"

Now, what are your interests, Dave?

I do like to watch my football when I get a chance.

I mean, our one-year-old daughter does dictate to us

what we do during the day quite a lot.

And then we, you know... A bit of time if we can, get away,

-go abroad or just go on holiday somewhere as well.

-Very good.

Now, our high scorers are just behind you, Chris and Sherrie.

They're on 122. 72 or less gets you through, Dave. 72 or less.

Yeah, we'll have to go with a safe one, I think.

-I'm actually just going to go with Germany.

-OK, Germany, says Dave.

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

There's your red line. Below that, you're into Round Two.

Well done, Dave.

62 for Germany. It's good enough, though.

72 is what you required. That takes your total up to 111.

And, of course, without Germany,

Luxembourg WOULD have a border with Switzerland.

LAUGHTER Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Very good. Now then, Ian. Welcome back.

Great to have you here again, Ian. Remind us what you do.

-I'm a funeral director in Worthing.

-You run the family business?

-Yes, indeed.

-You run the family business.

How many funeral directors are there in Worthing?

-I think there's about seven now.

-Oh, really?

-Yeah.

But you've been going the longest, presumably?

Well, we haven't been going as long continuously.

My great-grandad started in 1901.

My grandad took over in 1926.

He retired in 1979, and I began again in 1987. So...

Right you are. So did it start off with horses and carts, then?

-Horses and carts, handcarts, everything.

-Yeah, yeah.

-So do you still occasionally get horses and carts out?

-Yeah.

We have the horse and carriage,

but we've also taken people out on the floats and car recovery trucks.

If it's tasteful and it's legal, we will do it.

MUTED LAUGHTER

Ooh, there's a challenge! LAUGHTER

OK, now then, Ian. You have to score 81, which I hope you will find easy.

I'm going to go safe. I'm going to go Italy.

Italy, says Ian.

Let's see how many of our 100 said Italy.

There's your red line, nice and high.

If you get below that, you're into the next round.

Very well done, Ian.

There we are. Italy doing everything you required from it,

taking your total up to 85.

Yeah, we're not touching the low scorers at the moment,

but we don't have to.

Yeah, nearly 700km of border

between Italy and Switzerland.

-Very hilly.

-It would be, wouldn't it?

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, Becki...

Now, the best till last, Becki.

I know you've been sitting there, just ruminating

which of the pointless answers you're going to go for.

A star of countries around Cote d'Ivoire, obviously.

Now, Becki, what do you do?

I'm a criminology PhD student at the University of Manchester.

Oh, that's fun. How far into your PhD are you?

A year and a half. So halfway.

What are your interests outside of that?

Um, cooking, reading, walking -

and with a speciality in getting lost.

-That's good. So majoring in getting lost?

-Yeah.

-I see. Good.

-That's a very good way of finding your way around, though.

-It is.

Now, Becki.

We have to have a score of 21 or less from you,

otherwise we will be sending you home.

I feel like I should take a punt.

OK.

I'm going to say -

and I've got no idea if it's right -

Swaziland.

Swaziland, says Becki.

OK, well, we'll have to find out.

You have to get below that red line. Swaziland.

Scott, what are your feelings on Swaziland at this point?

I'm feeling that I'm hoping it's right!

THEY LAUGH

It's a good feeling to have, I think. Let's see if it's right.

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

Ooh, Becki, I'm sorry.

That has scored you 100 points, and takes your total up to 200.

Yeah, sorry, Becki. Funnily enough,

all the countries surrounding Cote d'Ivoire

would have seen you through. Let's go through five of them.

There are two pointless answers,

both countries that border Cote d'Ivoire.

And they Guinea and Burkina Faso. Both of those pointless answers.

Well done if you said that. You'd have got 2 points for Mali.

You would have got 3 points for Liberia, and 10 for Ghana.

Those are all the Cote d'Ivoire answers.

Argentina, got a few low scorers here as well.

Paraguay would have scored you 6.

Bolivia 7, Uruguay 13.

You then also would have got 40 for Chile.

Now, Burma.

-Sherrie, what was the one you were going to go for?

-Turkmenistan.

Oh, would have been 100 points, I'm afraid, Turkmenistan.

Burma is bordered by Bangladesh for 2 points,

Laos for 6 points, India for 12,

Thailand for 12 and China for 17.

Croatia.

I think you are going to go for a risky one there, Chris, for Croatia.

-I was going to go with Albania.

-Would have been 100 points as well.

LAUGHTER

The best answer for Croatia, or the two best answers -

Hungary, which would have scored you 4

and Montenegro, which would have scored you 4.

It would have been a good answer. Slovenia would have scored you 14,

and Bosnia-Herzegovina, 15.

And for Switzerland, Liechtenstein is the best answer there.

Liechtenstein would have scored you 6.

And I think we've heard the others, other than France,

which would have scored you 62.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

with their high score of 200, I'm sorry, Becki and Scott, it's you.

However, that was a tricky round.

And if geography isn't particularly your thing,

very tough being on that first podium, I think.

Anyhow, we'll see you next time and I'm sure we'll see more of you.

In the meantime, thanks very much indeed, Becki and Scott.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

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

And then suddenly there were just three pairs.

At the end of this round, we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.

Well, Chris, well done to you, our individual lowest scorer.

Ian and Sam, father and son there from Worthing,

for our lowest combined scorers.

And Emma and Dave, well done, you just got it through,

nice to have you in Round Two on your first appearance on Pointless.

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two today...

Can you all decide in your pairs which of you is going to go first,

which is going to go second.

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

OK, and the question is all about...

People born in the 1990s, Richard.

Ugh, people born in the 1990s! It's awful, isn't it?

-It's annoying, yeah.

-Imagine...

Apart from my daughter, who I love dearly.

But everyone else born in the 1990s, ugh!

LAUGHTER

Going to give you six clues now on each board

to people born in the 1990s.

We're also going to give you their initials.

You need to give us the most obscure answer, please. 12 in all.

So have a go at home. Very best of luck.

OK, let's reveal our first board of six. Here they come.

We have...

I'll read those all one last time.

-Ian.

-Yes.

-Yes.

Now then.

Yes, children of the '90s.

Children of the '90s.

I'm going to go safe, I'm afraid, and go for Neymar,

the Brazilian international who joined Barcelona from Santos.

OK. Neymar. Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many of our 100 said it.

It's right.

That's not bad for a safe answer.

18. Not bad at all, Ian. APPLAUSE

Well played, Ian. Yeah, joined for nearly £50 million.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now then, Emma, what would you like to go for?

I know a few of them.

Trying to figure out which one will be lower.

I'll go for the internet and YouTube personality and say Zeb.

Zeb, says Emma.

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

Ooh, bad luck, Emma!

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, scores you 100 points.

Not Zeb, I'm afraid, Emma.

I'll give all the correct answers at the end of the pass.

Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Sherrie. This board is all yours.

Do you want to talk us through it?

OK, I think the top one is Miley Cyrus.

I think the bottom one is Justin Bieber.

I'm going to go with "He starred alongside his father..."

and that's Jaden Smith.

Jaden Smith, says Sherrie.

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

It's right. Well, our high score is 100, which you've passed.

18 is our low. You go to 29.

APPLAUSE

-29 for Jaden Smith.

-Well played, Sherrie.

Of course, the parents are called Will and Jada,

and the children are called Willow and Jaden.

Make of that what you will.

But, funnily enough, it's a bigger score than Justin Bieber.

-Justin Bieber would have scored you 28.

-Oh.

At the top there, you're right about Miley Cyrus.

Miley Cyrus would have scored you 51.

It's the biggest scorer on the board.

Now, the YouTube personality, not Zeb, it's Zoella.

Zoella. She was also on Comic Relief Bake Off. 14 points for Zoella.

And it's Eugenie Bouchard, the tennis player.

5 points for that. Best answer on the board.

Thanks, Richard. Let's take a look at the scores.

We're halfway through the round. 18, Ian, the best score of that pass.

So Ian and Sam looking pretty strong at this point.

Then 29, Sherrie and Chris.

Then 100, Emma and Dave.

We don't know what the next board will be like

but, Dave, somebody else might score 100.

If you can score nice and low, it could keep you in the game.

Best of luck. We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

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

Children of the '90s.

I'll read those one last time.

Now then, Chris.

Yeah, I think it's quite straightforward.

Sherrie's husband wouldn't forgive me if I got this wrong,

so I will go with the Italian footballer, Mario Balotelli.

Mario Balotelli, says Chris. You want to score 70 or less.

There's your red line.

Let's see how many of our 100 said Mario Balotelli.

It's right.

And you go through to the head-to-head. Well done.

Good work on the far podium there.

25, taking your total up to 54.

Yeah, he wears the number 45 shirts at every club he plays for,

Mario Balotelli, thinks it brings him luck.

Though doesn't always, to be fair.

LAUGHTER

Thanks, Richard. Now then, Dave. Dave, we need a low score, remember.

That would have been mine. I've got two others in mind.

One's going to be quite high, so I probably have to go for Sam Smith.

-Sam Smith?

-Yeah, for the British singer, yeah.

-OK, Sam Smith.

Let's see if that is right. Let's see how money people said it.

No red line for you, you're the high scorer.

It's right.

43, taking your total up to 143.

Now, David, you and Sam wouldn't get along

cos he finds talking on the phone very difficult. He's very shy.

He says he won't answer the phone 90% of the time, he's too shy.

-I hope he's got a good answer machine message.

-You would hope.

-Perhaps he sings it?

-Maybe he does. That would be good.

-That would be nice, wouldn't it?

-Yeah. Thank you, Richard.

Now then, Sam. Sam, that board's all yours.

Talk us through it and answer as many of them as you can.

So I'm pretty sure I've met the bottom one,

which is Ellie Simmonds or Ella Simmonds.

Then don't know Barack Obama's daughter.

The member of One Direction is Harry Styles.

But I'm going to go for Model Of The Year

and one of my personal favourites, Cara Delevingne.

Cara Delevingne, says Sam.

OK, no red line for you, as you're already through,

but let's see how many of our 100 people said Cara Delevingne.

It's right.

There we go, 14.

Well played on this first podium here.

That takes your total up to 32.

Well played, Sam.

-I hope she's sitting at home, watching this.

-Hopefully!

"Hold on, Sammy The Snake is interested? OK."

LAUGHTER

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

Harry Styles, you are correct about. It's a big scorer.

Would have scored you 54.

The best answer on the board,

the elder daughter of President Barack Obama is...

-Malia.

-Malia, yes.

-Would have scored you 9 points.

And you're right about Ellie Simmonds as well.

And she would have scored you 14.

Thank you very much, Richard.

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

with their high score of 143, I'm afraid, is Dave and Emma.

That was quite tough, that one. That was quite tough, that first board.

Yes. Anyway, listen, we'll see you again next time.

We look forward to that very much.

Dave and Emma, in the meantime, thanks for playing.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

But, for Chris and Sherrie, Ian and Sam,

it's now time for our head-to-head.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, this is very exciting, Ian and Sam, Chris and Sherrie.

You're now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands, let's not forget, at £3,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, you know the deal at this point.

You made it to the head-to-head, which means you can confer.

First pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

Well, neither of you has been in this round yet.

-Ian and Sam, I think it was Round Two last time that you left us.

-Yeah.

-And Chris and Sherrie, Round One.

-Mm-hm.

So a promotion in every sense.

And we've had great low scores from you, consistently,

and we've had some individual great low scores

from you, Chris and Sherrie.

So I think this should be very close. Best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

OK, here is your first question, and it concerns...

Werewolves, Witches, Zombies And Giants. Richard.

I'll show you five pictures now of those things from films.

You need to tell us the name of the most obscure film

-you're about to see. Good luck.

-Wonderful.

OK, let's reveal our five pictures

of Werewolves, Witches, Zombies And Giants.

Here they come. We have got...

There we go. Five Werewolves, Witches, Zombies And/Or Giants.

Ian and Sam, you've been our low scorers, so you'll go first.

THEY WHISPER

-SAM:

-I know A, C and E, so...

We're going to go D, Alexander.

-We're going to go Teen Wolf.

-Teen Wolf.

Probably not one of Michael J Fox's greatest films, but...

Oh, I don't know.

Er, Teen Wolf, say Ian and Sam.

So, Chris and Sherrie,

do you want to talk us through the rest of that board?

-So we think that A is The White... The Ice Queen?

-Yeah.

-Ice Queen.

C, Shaun Of The Dead.

I think the first one, actually. I think A.

-OK.

-Shall we go A?

-Yeah.

-Ice Queen, is it?

-I think so.

-Ice Queen, A.

-You're going to say The Ice Queen.

-Yeah.

OK, so we have Teen Wolf and we have The Ice...

Oh, I could do with an Ice Queen about now.

That would be nice, wouldn't it?

-Mmm.

-A vanilla Ice Queen.

-Mmm-mmm-mmm.

The Ice Queen. OK, Ian and Sam have said Teen Wolf.

Let's see if that's right for D.

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

It's right.

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30 for Teen Wolf.

Chris and Sherrie, meanwhile, have said The Ice Queen for A.

Let's see if that's right

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

I'm afraid not The Ice Queen.

Which means well done, Ian and Sam, an early lead from you.

After one question, you're up 1-0.

Yeah, no Ice Queen, I'm afraid. That is, in fact,

The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe,

the first one. Would have scored you 19 points.

The best answer on the board is B. The Attack Of The...

-50 Foot Woman, surely.

-Yeah.

Daryl Hannah there.

They've got it exactly right, because pylons are 45 foot, and that is...

LAUGHTER ..proportionally...

Let's have a look at the next one.

That is Shaun Of The Dead, of course.

51, it would have scored you.

And the final one, of course, is The Wizard Of Oz.

Would've scored 62.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, here comes your second question.

Chris and Sherrie, you have to win this one to stay in the game,

but you get to answer it first so it's in your favour, let's say.

It concerns...

Castles. Richard.

We're going to show you five clues now to facts about castles.

-Can you give us the most obscure answer?

-Excellent.

-That's nice, isn't it? Nice and route one.

-Here they are.

Here are the facts.

I'll read those all one last time.

Chris and Sherrie will go first.

I'm not confident on many of these but we're...

confident on the last one.

-We'll go Kent.

-Kent for Leeds Castle. OK.

Ian and Sam.

Downton Abbey...

The missus likes it but it's, sort of, the end of the weekend

so I don't take a lot of notice.

LAUGHTER

Berkshire Castle, I think that might be Windsor Castle

cos that's in Berkshire.

I don't know about Mervyn Peake.

We're going to go with rook, which is the chess piece.

OK. The rook.

The rook. So, we have Kent and we have rook.

Chris and Sherrie said Kent for Leeds Castle.

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

Yes. That's right, we tried to sell you the dummy there

but you weren't buying it, Kent is right.

51.

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Ian and Sam, meanwhile, have gone for the rook.

Also sometimes called a castle on a chessboard.

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

It's right.

66 for that, though.

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Very well done, Chris and Sherrie.

Kent wins that one for you. After two questions, it's 1-1.

The name rook comes from a Persian word, "Rokh",

which means "warrior", essentially.

That's where we get the name from, nothing to do with the bird.

Now, Downton Abbey is set in Highclere Castle,

would have scored you 16 points.

We'll look at Mervyn Peake next,

that is...

-Gormenghast.

-Gormenghast.

Would have scored you nine.

If you'd had to go for that one, Ian and Sam,

what would you have gone for?

-Windsor Castle.

-Windsor Castle.

You would be in the final if you'd said it

cos it's the right answer and it would have scored you 24 points.

-Wow.

-Yeah.

Thanks very much, Richard. Here comes the final question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for the jackpot.

Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...

Works By Charles Dickens. Richard.

Let me give you five sets of initials now

which will represent works by Charles Dickens.

Whichever team gives us the most obscure answer

is going through to play for the jackpot.

OK, let's reveal our five Dickens novels in initial form.

Here they are. We've got...

A-CC, T-O-C-S,

O-T, T-C-O-T-H

and O-M-F.

Acc, tocs, ot, tcoth and omf.

Ian and Sam, you'll go first.

We are going to go with A Christmas Carol.

A Christmas Carol, say Ian and Sam.

Now then, Chris and Sherrie,

talk us through that board.

Well, we can't, if we're honest.

OT - Oliver Twist.

And there's something about the fourth one, The Case Of...

Thomas something or other.

We'll go with Oliver Twist,

just because we're pretty sure it's right

and we're pretty sure they're right and let's see what it is.

OK, you're going to say Oliver Twist.

We have A Christmas Carol and we have Oliver Twist.

Ian and Sam said A Christmas Carol.

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

It's right.

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58. Now, Chris and Sherrie have said Oliver Twist.

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

66.

There we are. So, we have our winners.

After three questions, Ian and Sam are through to the final, 2-1.

Very well played.

I think you'll kick yourself over the second one down

-because it is...

-The Old Curiosity Shop.

-The Old Curiosity Shop.

And would have seen you in the final, would have scored 36.

-The bottom one...

-Our Mutual Friend.

-Our Mutual Friend.

That would have scored you 18. Now, the other one is the best answer.

The Cricket On The Hearth is the answer there.

Very well done if you got that - four points.

There we are. Well, thank you very much indeed.

So, the pair leaving us at the end of the Head-to-head Round...

I'm afraid it's Chris and Sherrie.

Nothing wrong with your performance throughout the show today

but I'm afraid this is where we say goodbye.

It's been great having you on both shows,

thank you so much for playing, Chris and Sherrie.

-Thank you.

-Thanks very much.

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But for Ian and Sam, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Well, hats off to you, Ian and Sam. What about that?

Back you come, you've seen off all your rivals

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

Phil Stant is now a dim and distant memory.

Well, it was until now.

Now, back he comes. Phil Stant stet.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £3,000.

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That's grown into quite a nice little jackpot, it has to be said.

We've chucked everything at you.

We started off with countries' borders,

then we had children born in the '90s,

then we had supernatural beings - zombies, et cetera -

and then we had castles

and then we had Dickens.

Here you are.

Yeah, on A Christmas Carol.

Phew.

That got you through.

What do you want to see come up in this last round?

Sports, probably.

Preferably sport, but anything, really. Films...

Anything.

-OK, anything.

-Apart from Phil Stant.

Apart from Phil Stant.

Well, let's see what your choices are for today.

We have four, as ever, and they are...

-Yeah?

-Yeah, we'll have to. We'll go 2015 Six Nations.

OK. 2015 Six Nations, Richard.

Yeah, big chance here if you know your rugby.

We are looking for any player named by Wales for their final 2015

Six Nations game against Italy -

that's any of the players named in the match squad.

We're looking for any of the Ireland players

who lined up against Scotland, again any of the match squad.

Equally, we're looking for any of the Scottish team

who played against Ireland.

So, any of the 23 players named for Wales

in their final game of the Six Nations,

and any of the 23 players named by either Ireland or Scotland

for their final game in the 2015 Six Nations.

Very best of luck.

OK. As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.

To win that jackpot, just one of those answers has to be pointless.

-Are you ready to go?

-Yes.

-Yes.

OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. There they are.

Your time starts now.

So who do you know?

Wales have got George North, who got injured early on,

but I think he might have played the last game.

Then you've got... Obviously, Ireland,

Brian O'Driscoll, it was his last game

but that's going to be a high scorer.

Scotland...

Wales, Leigh Halfpenny, is he still about?

Yeah.

Who else have we got, Wales-wise?

There's got to be somebody Jones in there, surely.

LAUGHTER

Who else is there? Irish players...

Woods retired a long time ago.

We've got to think, who played British Lions as well?

So, yeah, Wales...

Let's go for Leigh Halfpenny.

I think...

Would you say George North?

-..Simon Jones?

-Simon Jones.

And George North.

-It's worth a go.

-OK, happy with those answers?

Your minute is now...up.

There we are.

What are your three answers going to be?

So, we've got... We're going to chuck a random one, Simon Jones.

Will you say which country you're...?

-Wales.

-Simon Jones for Wales.

-Leigh Halfpenny for Wales.

-Leigh Halfpenny for Wales.

-And George North for Wales.

-And George North for Wales.

OK, all three Welsh.

Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

BOTH: Leigh Halfpenny. Leigh Halfpenny goes last.

Least likely to be pointless? BOTH: Simon Jones.

-Simon Jones we put first...

-Is he a man? We're not sure.

OK, let's pop those answers up on the board in order, then. Here they come.

We've got...

Well, three good answers up there on the board.

Let's hope one of those is pointless

and wins that jackpot for you.

3,000 quid, that's quite a nice little jackpot to be taking home.

What would you do with that? Ian, you first.

We've seen England capitulate in Test matches

in both the West Indies and Australia,

so we fancy the Cape Town Test for the hat-trick really.

Perfect.

Sam, anything else you want to add to that?

Probably Cape Town and any other money, big night out with the lads.

OK, very good indeed. That would be a great night out.

OK, three good answers.

As I say, all three of the answers you've given are for the Wales

Six Nations line-up for 2015.

Your first answer was Simon Jones.

The one you thought was probably least likely to be pointless.

Let's find out if it is.

It will win you £3,000 if it is.

Let's see how many people said Simon Jones.

-We said he wasn't real.

-It was a punt.

OK, bit of a punt, but still, Simon Jones.

If you are watching, Simon, good afternoon.

LAUGHTER

Not in the Welsh line-up, so two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your next answer was George North.

We're now on terra firma here.

These are real people who exist.

But he might have been injured

because he got injured first game, so we'll see.

OK. We will find out.

It has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

So, for £3,000, let's see how many people said George North.

It's right.

Simon Jones turned out to be make-believe.

George North now taking us down through the 20s and the teens

into single figures... Oh. Not quite single figures, ten for George North.

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OK, so not pointless - which means everything is now riding

on your third and final answer, Leigh Halfpenny.

You had no hesitation putting Leigh Halfpenny last.

To win that jackpot, it has to be pointless.

Let's see, for £3,000,

how many people named Leigh Halfpenny

as part of Wales' Six Nations line-up.

Let's see, is it pointless?

It's right. Now, Simon Jones, obviously, was incorrect.

Your second answer, George North,

took us all the way down to ten.

Now, Leigh Halfpenny takes us down through the teens.

Will it go below ten? Yes, it will.

Single figures... Oh, bad luck. Six. APPLAUSE

That's all right.

Two very, very good answers there.

Lovely low scores but I'm afraid you didn't manage to find

that all-important pointless answer.

I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £3,000.

That will roll over onto the next show.

It's been great having you on both shows.

What a strong performance. And you get to take home a Pointless trophy

so very, very well done. Ian and Sam, very well done.

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Unlucky, gents. You've been great fun.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers

that could have won you that £3,000.

Wales line-up, there's a Jones for you, Alun Wyn Jones.

Rhys Webb, Scott Williams, Taulupe Faletau, you could have had.

In fact, everyone apart from George North, Leigh Halfpenny,

Sam Warburton, Jamie Roberts,

Jonathan Davies, Dan Biggar and Liam Williams.

Everybody else in that 23 was a pointless answer.

Well done if you said that.

The Ireland line-up.

Here's a few of them for you.

Again, anybody apart from Sean O'Brien, Rob Kearney,

Jonathan Sexton, Paul O'Connell, Peter O'Mahony

and Tommy Bowe, and Rory Best.

They all scored points, everybody else was pointless.

And the Scottish line-up.

Everyone there apart from Jonny Gray, Greg Laidlaw,

Matt Scott, Mark Bennett,

Blair Cowan, Stuart Hogg, David Denton,

Euan Murray and Adam Ashe.

I think one of our 100 was a Scottish rugby fan.

All the other answers for the Scottish team were pointless.

Very well done if you got those at home.

Unlucky in the studio.

Nice try.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you, Ian and Sam.

It's been wonderful having you on both shows. Very strong performance.

Thank you so much playing. Ian and Sam.

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Well, sadly, Ian and Sam didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for £4,000.

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it is goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

..and it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

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