0:00:16 > 0:00:19CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,
0:00:25 > 0:00:28the show where we are always striving to find the most obscure answers.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Let's meet today's players.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33APPLAUSE
0:00:34 > 0:00:36- Couple number one.- Hi, I'm Julia,
0:00:36 > 0:00:39this is my mum, Linda, and we're both from near Glasgow.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Couple number two.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44Hi, I'm Lucy, this is my friend Adam and we're from Birmingham.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47- Couple number three.- Hi, I'm Mathew, this is my girlfriend, Danniella.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49She's from Manchester and I'm from Lancaster.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51And, finally, couple number four.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Hi, I'm Sean, this is my partner, Matt, and we're from Leicester.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57These are today's contestants. APPLAUSE
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Thanks, all of you.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01We will find out more about you as the show goes along.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Here to help our players beat overwhelming odds
0:01:07 > 0:01:11to take home our trophy, odds so massive, in fact,
0:01:11 > 0:01:13he assures me they're almost one in four,
0:01:13 > 0:01:16- it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hiya.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19- Hi, everybody. Afternoon. - APPLAUSE
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- Good afternoon to you.- And to you.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24It would be a good day to take home that trophy
0:01:24 > 0:01:26- cos the jackpot is coming up nicely. - Yes.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29And quite an open field cos we have two pairs coming back
0:01:29 > 0:01:32from the last show but neither got through to the head-to-head.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34We've got, on podium one, Round Two for Julia and Linda
0:01:34 > 0:01:37and on podium two, Round One for Adam and Lucy.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41- Not just Round One, but the 200 Club as well.- Mmm.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44So, we're always on 400 Club alert
0:01:44 > 0:01:46when a couple come back after being in the 200 Club.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Welcome to podiums three and four.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Hopefully, you could take some money home with you
0:01:51 > 0:01:53- at the end of today's show. - Exciting times.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56You know what? We live in very exciting times.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59- Don't we?- I don't think it's an overexaggeration to say
0:01:59 > 0:02:02it might be the most exciting episode in the history,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05not just of Pointless, but of all television.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08LAUGHTER
0:02:08 > 0:02:09Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12So, yes, Viv and Rosie didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:02:12 > 0:02:16so we add another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off...
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Look at that.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:02:20 > 0:02:22If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24APPLAUSE
0:02:28 > 0:02:30As ever, remember the pair with the highest score
0:02:30 > 0:02:32at the end of each round will be eliminated,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35so your only job is to make sure you are not in that pair.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Our first category for Round One this afternoon is...
0:02:41 > 0:02:43It's a Words round.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Words ending "gent". Richard.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Yes, any word which has its own entry
0:03:07 > 0:03:11in the oxforddictionaries.com English language section, please,
0:03:11 > 0:03:14that ends "gent" up to the beginning of March, 2015.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16No proper nouns, no hyphenated words
0:03:16 > 0:03:19and we won't accept the word "gent" itself.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23- Mmm.- Mmm.- Sorry, just thinking. - I know you're thinking.- Yeah.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- It's quite nice for you, this one. I think you've got...- Yeah.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30You write down the one you think I'm going to come up with. Brilliant.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33- Julia, welcome back.- Thanks. - It was Round Two last time.- It was.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Remind us what you do.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38I'm a civil servant, working for the Scottish government.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42- You're up in East Kilbride.- Yes.- What do you like getting up to up there?
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Um, I like football. I go to football when I can.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- I support Motherwell Football Club. - Very good.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53I have two young sons who keep me incredibly busy.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- Who are three and one.- Yes. - Callum and Fraser.- Yes, that's right.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Very good. Callum, Fraser, be good. LAUGHTER
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- Yeah, that'll help cos... - That'll really help, yeah(!)
0:04:03 > 0:04:04LAUGHTER
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Now, Julia, we're looking for words ending "gent".
0:04:08 > 0:04:10I had a word that popped into my head straightaway,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12so I think I'll go for that. "Insurgent".
0:04:12 > 0:04:14"Insurgent", says Julia.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Let's see how many of our 100 people said "Insurgent".
0:04:21 > 0:04:23It's right.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Not bad at all! 12, Julia. What about that?!
0:04:29 > 0:04:31APPLAUSE
0:04:31 > 0:04:3412 gets us off to a rollicking start.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Great start on podium one, Julia. Very well played.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Yes, it's essentially anything that's inside a doctor.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41LAUGHTER
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- Lucy, welcome back.- Hello.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- Remind us what you do, Lucy. - I'm a physiotherapist.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51- I work with amputees.- That's right.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54And in your spare time, Lucy, what do you get up to in Birmingham?
0:04:54 > 0:04:59Doing a bit of sewing and dressmaking and also pub quizzes.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- So what's the next step on the sewing thing?- I think a top's next.- A top.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Yeah, you can cut it all out and pin it onto the material.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08- Have you got a machine?- Yes.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11See, that's quite fun, anyway, even if it's a disaster.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- It's quite fun making stuff with a machine.- It's fun having a go.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Exactly. Now, Lucy, words ending "gent".
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Um, I think I'm going to go with "Tangent".
0:05:21 > 0:05:24"Tangent", says Lucy.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Let's see how many of our 100 people said "Tangent".
0:05:31 > 0:05:3312 is all we've got so far.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37"Tangent" is at 20. There we are. Not bad.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39APPLAUSE
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Well played, Lucy. Avoided that 400 Club as well.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46That's a man who works in a salon.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48LAUGHTER
0:05:48 > 0:05:52Thanks very much indeed. Mathew, welcome to Pointless.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Great to have you here. Where are you from?
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- I'm from Lancaster and I live and work in Aberdeen now.- I see.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- And what do you do in Aberdeen? - I'm a trainee accountant.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- How long are you training for? - I've been a trainee for one year
0:06:05 > 0:06:08and I've got two more years left before I qualify.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10And you get your exam to be a chartered accountant, is that right?
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- Yes.- And they're impossible. - They're really hard, yeah.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16I've just had a couple recently. They're tough.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Mathew, what do you like doing to take your mind off the accountancy?
0:06:19 > 0:06:22I like going to the gym, running, keeping healthy.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Quite into making nutritious meals, cooking, things like that.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27- Nutritious meals?- Yeah.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31You went for nutritious over and above delicious, Danniella.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35- Are they very nutritious?- Yeah. - Um, hopefully.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Listen, Mathew, words ending "gent". What are you going to go for?
0:06:38 > 0:06:44- I've been racking my brain. I think "Cogent".- "Cogent". Ooh, "Cogent".
0:06:44 > 0:06:48Very nice. Let's see how many of our 100 people said "Cogent".
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Well, our high score is 20, our low score is 12.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59You passed the high and the low. 11, look at that. Very well done indeed.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01APPLAUSE
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- Good word.- Yeah, good answers all round here.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07That just means a middle distance runner.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09LAUGHTER
0:07:09 > 0:07:10Thanks very much, Richard.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15Now then, Sean, a very warm welcome to Pointless. What do you do, Sean?
0:07:15 > 0:07:19- I work in IT.- In IT. Within a business or...?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- Yeah, within a business.- And what does the business do? Whose IT?
0:07:22 > 0:07:27- We provide LPG to domestic and commercial business.- I see.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- When you're not working in IT, what thrills you?- A couple of things.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34I do sleight-of-hand magic as a hobby for about seven years.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38- That's fun. Are you a member of the Magic Circle?- Not yet.- Not yet.
0:07:38 > 0:07:39- Not yet.- How do you become...?
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- Or maybe we're not meant to know how you become a member.- I don't know.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- Does an owl come and... - I hope so.- ...drop off a message?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47If it doesn't, I'll be disappointed.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Can you apply or do you have to audition?
0:07:49 > 0:07:52I presume you send some sort of fax or something, I don't know.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57- A fax, yes - that's exactly what it will be(!)- Yeah, you send a fax.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01OK, now then, Sean, words ending "gent".
0:08:01 > 0:08:05Unfortunately, my first word that I thought of was "Insurgent"
0:08:05 > 0:08:09and that was taken from me, so I'm going to go with "Stringent".
0:08:09 > 0:08:13"Stringent". "Stringent", says Sean.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Let's see if that right and how many of 100 people said "Stringent".
0:08:19 > 0:08:23It's right. 20's the high score still, 11 is the low.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26You pass the high score, you pass the low.
0:08:26 > 0:08:272! Look at that!
0:08:27 > 0:08:29APPLAUSE
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Sean, fantastic. 2 for "Stringent".
0:08:32 > 0:08:35He said he'd do something spectacular.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39"Stringent", a very good answer. Almost made the column disappear.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41LAUGHTER Thank you, Richard.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44We're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Sean's 2 there, very much the best
0:08:46 > 0:08:48of that round so far.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Then up to 11, Mathew and Danniella,
0:08:50 > 0:08:52up to 12, Julia and Linda
0:08:52 > 0:08:54and then up to 20, Lucy and Adam.
0:08:54 > 0:08:55So, Adam, think hard.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58It's got to be a nice low score to keep you in the game,
0:08:58 > 0:09:02so best of luck. Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Matt, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here. What do you do, Matt?
0:09:09 > 0:09:12I'm a sales coordinator for a ticketing company.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15- Theatrical ticketing company? - For box offices, music venues,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- arts organisations...- Where's that? All over the UK?- All over, yeah.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21We've got about 70 arts organisations.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Do you ever have any of those ticket releases where they release them
0:09:24 > 0:09:25and they're all gone in 40 minutes?
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- Um, yeah, some of our venues are quite popular.- That's exciting.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Matt, when you're not doing that, what do you like to get up to?
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- I get involved in musical theatre. - Brilliant.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- We do about two shows a year. - Excellent.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Sean has set you up so well. There you are on 2.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44If you could score 17 or less, you are definitely into the next round.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Um... Yeah...
0:09:47 > 0:09:50I don't know whether to play it safe or not but I think I am
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- and I'm just going to say "Sergent". - "Sergent".
0:09:53 > 0:09:56OK, "Sergent" says Matt.
0:09:56 > 0:09:57You have to get below this red line
0:09:57 > 0:10:01to get through to the next round. Let's see if "Sergent" is r...
0:10:01 > 0:10:03I'm just looking at Sean's face.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Sean had this face on, Matt. I don't know what it means but it was...
0:10:07 > 0:10:09LAUGHTER
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- Why, is it wrong? - I think that's good, isn't it?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Yeah, well, let's see. "Sergent".
0:10:14 > 0:10:16"Sergent".
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- Oh.- Why...?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Oh, Matt, I'm sorry. I'm afraid "Sergent"
0:10:24 > 0:10:26doesn't finish like that.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30I don't want to give it away but it's not how it ends.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Spoiler alert. I'm afraid that scores you 100 points,
0:10:33 > 0:10:35takes your total up to 102.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Yeah, ends "eant", I'm afraid, "Sergeant".
0:10:38 > 0:10:43So a great answer in words ending "eant".
0:10:43 > 0:10:45LAUGHTER
0:10:45 > 0:10:49But you know, sometimes you've got to answer the question on the board.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51- Yeah.- That's just...
0:10:51 > 0:10:54LAUGHTER Yeah, yeah.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58OK, thank you. Sorry. Now, Danniella, welcome.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00What do you do, Danniella?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02I just graduated from uni.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06- What were you studying at uni? - Accounting and finance. So much fun!
0:11:06 > 0:11:11Oh! There you are. Is that how you met, studying accountancy?
0:11:11 > 0:11:16- No, we met at a uni party. - That's nice, very nice. Good.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Far more fun than meeting on the accountancy course.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21What are you going to go and do, Danniella,
0:11:21 > 0:11:24now you've finished your studying?
0:11:24 > 0:11:29- Probably start training at another accounting firm, hopefully.- Right.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33I quite like programming nowadays. I've got an app on the App Store.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36I had to do it for school, for uni,
0:11:36 > 0:11:41and it's kind of stuck with me now, this whole programming thing.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44OK, very good. Now, Danniella, you're on 11.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47The high-scorers, on 102, are Matt and Sean.
0:11:47 > 0:11:5090 or less gets you through. What are you going to go for?
0:11:50 > 0:11:53I'm going to go with the funny word from Anchorman
0:11:53 > 0:11:56where he smells the perfume and it's "Pungent".
0:11:56 > 0:11:59"Pungent". "Pungent", says Danniella.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Gets a nod from Mathew.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Nice high red line for you. You just have to get below that.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Let's see if you can.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Very well done indeed.
0:12:13 > 0:12:1510.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18APPLAUSE
0:12:18 > 0:12:21- 21's your total. Through you go. - Well played, Danniella,
0:12:21 > 0:12:23and you beat Mathew by 1 point as well which is terrific.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26"Pungent" which is somebody who likes making puns.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- The worst sort of people in the world!- Oh!
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Oh, I can't bear it.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Stop making puns and stuff, you pungents! Oh!
0:12:34 > 0:12:37LAUGHTER Adam, welcome back.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41- Hello.- Remind us what you do. - I'm a press officer for a charity,
0:12:41 > 0:12:43the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Indeed. And in your spare time, Adam?
0:12:46 > 0:12:49I'm an armchair sportsman but since joining the charity,
0:12:49 > 0:12:53I've started taking part in a few more challenges.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54You got out of the armchair? That's good.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Got out of the armchair onto the streets.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Onto the...onto the streets. Challenges like what?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02I've done a 10K muddy obstacle course,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04running through Leicestershire,
0:13:04 > 0:13:07and I've got the Three Peaks coming up soon as well.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11So less of the armchair, Adam, this is verging on the active!
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- Dangerously!- Almost.- Yeah. Now, you're on 20.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19- 81 or less is what you have to score. - Yeah.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23After... I've got a few that I think could be low scores
0:13:23 > 0:13:27but after last time's disaster, I'm going to play it safe, I think.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29- I'm going to say "Regent". - "Regent," says Adam.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32Let's see how many of our 100 people said "Regent".
0:13:32 > 0:13:34There's your red line, nice and high.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Well done. "Regent" does it for you.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46APPLAUSE 36. Takes your total up to 56.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- You are through.- Safely through. Very well played.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- Someone who... You know what a regent is.- Yeah.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57- Don't you?- I like a regent.- Yeah. - Good. Now, Linda, welcome back.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00How many of your words have been stolen by other people?
0:14:00 > 0:14:02- None.- That's good.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- Well done, you, for saying that. - I was really worried.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Linda, lovely to have you back.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Remind us what you like getting up to.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13I enjoy a lot of music-making but, other than that,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16I enjoy cooking and I enjoy walking
0:14:16 > 0:14:20- and I also enjoy DIY and decorating. - Good for you.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24You're in loads of different choirs, lots of choral groups.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26You've got a small unit that you sing with
0:14:26 > 0:14:28- and you're in a choral society.- Yes.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30What's the most exciting thing you've sung?
0:14:30 > 0:14:34The most exciting thing I've sung is probably the Verdi Requiem.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37That's exciting, yes. Very exciting. The Dies Irae from that
0:14:37 > 0:14:40get the hairs on the back of your neck up, doesn't it?
0:14:40 > 0:14:43What are you going to go for? You're on 12.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46If you can score 89 or less, you're through.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49It's words ending "gent".
0:14:49 > 0:14:53I hope this will score 89 or less. "Intransigent".
0:14:55 > 0:14:58"Intransigent". There we are. A hammer to crack a nut, Linda.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01But yes, there's your red line.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03If you get below that with "Intransigent",
0:15:03 > 0:15:05you are through to the next round.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Very well done indeed.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Look at that! 2, Linda!
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Worth waiting for. You're up there with Sean.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22Takes your total up to 14, lowest total of the round.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Brilliant stuff on podium one.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Very good. It's the name for a conductor
0:15:26 > 0:15:28on a train if they've still got them.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- Now, do you have an answer? - Yeah, I do.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33I was rather hoping Matt might have taken...
0:15:33 > 0:15:37Just put an A in front of "Stringent" to make "Astringent".
0:15:37 > 0:15:40- I tell you something...- That wasn't the one I was going for though.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- Was it not?- Is that the one you've written down?
0:15:42 > 0:15:44- It is, yeah. - Look at that. "Plangent" was mine.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48- Do you know what? I wrote down two. - Did you?- Genuinely wrote down two.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- I wrote down "Astringent"...- Yeah. - ..which is a pointless answer.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55- But I wrote down another one on another bit of paper.- Yeah, go on.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59This is a name for the sort of person who likes to plan
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- and it's "Plangent".- Look at that! You got them both!- There you go.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- "Plangent" scored 4 points. - 4, that's hopeless!
0:16:04 > 0:16:06But I wrote that down at the start of the round
0:16:06 > 0:16:09and when "stringent" came out, I wondered...
0:16:09 > 0:16:11I thought you might do "unstringent" at first
0:16:11 > 0:16:12because I know what you're like sometimes.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18"Astringent" - there you go.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Counteragent is a very good answer, isn't it?
0:16:24 > 0:16:28"Fulgent", which is you at the end of a meal.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Those are all the pointless answers you could have had.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Let's look at the top three answers,
0:16:34 > 0:16:36the ones most of our 100 people said.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39"Regent" the third biggest answer of all. 36.
0:16:45 > 0:16:50- Agent 48 sounds like a book.- Yeah, quite a good one, too.- Agent 48.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54Urgent 37 sounds like a terrible top line of a dating profile.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57LAUGHTER
0:17:01 > 0:17:04That's excellent. Thank you very much indeed.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06So, we're at the end of our first round
0:17:06 > 0:17:08and I'm so sorry, Matt and Sean,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11it's you to whom we have to wish farewell.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Listen, "Stringent", Sean, hats off to you, sir.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17"Sergent" - listen, we'll see you again next time, Matt.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20There'll be plenty of opportunity to put that behind you.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Thanks very much for playing. Matt and Sean, everyone.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Great contestants.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27APPLAUSE
0:17:27 > 0:17:30For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33APPLAUSE
0:17:35 > 0:17:37We're down to three pairs.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40At the end of this round, we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Julia and Linda, very, very well done.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47Lovely low score with "Intransigent" from you, Linda.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49So, our lowest team score
0:17:49 > 0:17:54and lowest individual of our remaining players with you, Linda.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56And Danniella and Mathew, very well done.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00"Cogent", "Pungent" - great words there. And Adam and Lucy, well done.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02This is what Round Two looks like.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- I hope you like what we've done with it.- Very exciting.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Our category for Round Two this afternoon is...
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Famous People. Can you decide in your pairs
0:18:13 > 0:18:15who's going first, who's going second?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23OK, and the question concerns...
0:18:27 > 0:18:29People born in 1956, Richard.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31On each pass, we'll give you six clues to famous people
0:18:31 > 0:18:35who will be or would be celebrating their 60th birthday in 2016.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38There will be 6 on each pass, 12 in all to have a go at home.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40- Best of luck. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Let's reveal our first board of 1956 births.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10I'll read those one last time.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Julia, over to you.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37I know two for definite and I'm really frustrated
0:19:37 > 0:19:40cos I do know a third and I just can't get the surname at all.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43So, I will say the former tennis player
0:19:43 > 0:19:47who became host of A Question Of Sport is Sue Barker.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Sue Barker, says Julia.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56It's right.
0:19:58 > 0:19:5955.
0:19:59 > 0:20:0255 for Sue Barker. APPLAUSE
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Well played, Julia.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07The wonderful Sue Barker,
0:20:07 > 0:20:09who I always threaten to replace you with.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- Yeah.- If you ever get out of line. - LAUGHTER
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- Thanks, Rich. Now then, Adam.- Yes.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21My mind's gone blank. I know the first names of a couple.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25There's only one I know for sure, so I'm going to have to say it.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29Back-to-back Oscars for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump is Tom Hanks.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Tom Hanks, says Adam. Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38It's right. 55 was our high score.
0:20:38 > 0:20:4176 is now our high score.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43APPLAUSE
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- Two big scorers now. His first Oscar nomination was for Big.- Ah.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51- Where he plays a child trapped in an adult body.- Very good.- Lovely film.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54It is a sweet film. Thank you very much indeed.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56Now, Mathew, this board's all yours.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59If you fancy it, you can talk us all the way through it.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01I was really hoping that those two wouldn't be said.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04I'm really trying to think of the film director
0:21:04 > 0:21:06for the Olympic Games opening ceremony
0:21:06 > 0:21:09and I should know it but it's just gone out of my head,
0:21:09 > 0:21:13so I'm going to have to take a complete guess at the model
0:21:13 > 0:21:15cos I don't know that either. Twiggy.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18OK. OK, Twiggy, says Mathew.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Let's see if it's right and how many of our 100 people said Twiggy.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Oh, not Twiggy, Mathew, I'm afraid. Scores you 100 points.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Did you hear the light chorus of disapproval from the audience?
0:21:32 > 0:21:35- I did, yeah.- They weren't happy about that.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- The answer to that one is... - Jerry Hall.- Jerry Hall, of course.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Quite a big scorer, 46.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43The one everyone's struggling with, the British film director?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45- Danny Boyle.- Danny Boyle, yeah.
0:21:45 > 0:21:4720 points for that. The screenplays for Four Weddings?
0:21:47 > 0:21:50- Richard Curtis.- Would have scored 19.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52The best answer on the board is the bottom one
0:21:52 > 0:21:55and that is the American crime writer Patricia Cornwell.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59- But even that scores 10, so quite a high-scoring board there.- Thank you.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.
0:22:02 > 0:22:0555, Julia, there we are. Best score of the pass. What about that?
0:22:05 > 0:22:06Very well done, Julia and Linda,
0:22:06 > 0:22:09our low-scorers at this point.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Then up to 76, Adam and Lucy. Not bad, as it turns out.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Mathew and Danniella, there you are on 100.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Danniella, let's hope you can find something on the next board
0:22:17 > 0:22:19that you like the look of that's a nice low scorer.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:22:24 > 0:22:27OK, let's put six more clues up on the board and here they come.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51I'll read those all one last time.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- Danniella.- Um...
0:23:16 > 0:23:20I know a couple but I think I'm going to go with the one
0:23:20 > 0:23:22I think people know less, maybe, I don't know.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25For the first one, Walter White, Bryan Cranston.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Bryan Cranston, says Danniella.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30No red line for you, as you're the high-scorers. Bryan Cranston.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Let's see how far down the column we get with that.
0:23:36 > 0:23:37It's right.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43That's a good answer. Look at that. Very well done indeed, Danniella.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45That could keep you in the game,
0:23:45 > 0:23:47you never know. 113 is your total.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51Well played, Danniella, given yourself a real chance there.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55He won three back-to-back Emmys for his role as Walter White.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Thank you very much indeed. Now, Lucy.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00You have to score 36 or less.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06I liked the first board much more. I knew more on those.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08I think I'm going to go for the actress who was born in Liverpool
0:24:08 > 0:24:10and starred in Sex And The City
0:24:10 > 0:24:12and say Kim Cattrall.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Kim Cattrall, says Lucy. Here's your red line.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18If you get below that, you're into the head-to-head.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20How many people said Kim Cattrall?
0:24:26 > 0:24:29You've done it. Very well done indeed! 27.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32APPLAUSE 27 takes your total up to 103.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35A much stronger performance on this pass. Well played.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37She originally turned the role down
0:24:37 > 0:24:41but then Darren Star persuaded her to do it.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Why did she turn it down, I wonder?
0:24:43 > 0:24:47Perhaps she felt the book wasn't for her but it turns out the series was.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50There we are. And it was, very much, for her.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Now, Linda. 55 is your score.
0:24:53 > 0:24:5557 is your target.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59- Do you fancy talking us through the board?- Um, not especially.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01There are two that I know.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05The star and director of Braveheart was Mel Gibson.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09But the one I'm going to go for is the Swedish tennis player
0:25:09 > 0:25:11who's Bjorn Borg.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Bjorn Borg. Here is your red line.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16If you can get below that you are into the head-to-head.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21It's right.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Very well done. Ooh, look at that!
0:25:24 > 0:25:2653. 57 is what you needed.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29APPLAUSE 108 is your total.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Very, very close totals in the final reckoning.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34It was. It would have been even closer if you'd gone for Mel Gibson
0:25:34 > 0:25:35cos it would have seen you
0:25:35 > 0:25:38knocked out by 3 points. 61 points for Mel Gibson,
0:25:38 > 0:25:42so you did well choosing Borg. The Sex Pistols singer?
0:25:42 > 0:25:45- John Lydon.- John Lydon. That would have score you 25.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48I'm surprised some of these people are 60, are you?
0:25:48 > 0:25:51- Yes!- We keep thinking, "Surely they can't be 60."
0:25:51 > 0:25:54This next one, I can't believe he's 60 either. Sang the opening line.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- It's Paul Young.- Paul Young. - He's been on the show.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59- He has been on the show. 5 points. Ironic surname.- Yeah.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02LAUGHTER There you are. Thank you, Richard.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06At the end of our second round, I'm sorry to say, Mathew and Danniella,
0:26:06 > 0:26:08it is you who we are saying goodbye to.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Lovely to have you on so far. We will have you back next time
0:26:11 > 0:26:13and I'm sure you'll go even further than the second round.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17I hope so. In the meantime, thanks for playing, Danniella and Mathew.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19APPLAUSE
0:26:21 > 0:26:24But for Adam and Lucy and Julia and Linda,
0:26:24 > 0:26:26it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28APPLAUSE
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Congratulations, Julia and Linda, Adam and Lucy.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36You're now one step closer to the final and a chance to play
0:26:36 > 0:26:40for our jackpot which, let's not forget, is standing at £4,250.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:26:43 > 0:26:46This is the bit where you can start playing as a team.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48You can chat before you give your answers.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51First pair to win two questions plays for that jackpot.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53There's something very nice about this.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Our two returning pairs. It's nice, isn't it?
0:26:56 > 0:27:00Like a sort of reunion, isn't it, from the last show? Fabulous.
0:27:00 > 0:27:01Great to have you all here.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04We've never seen you play as pairs together,
0:27:04 > 0:27:05so who knows what you'll be like,
0:27:05 > 0:27:08but I have a hunch this should be quite close.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13APPLAUSE
0:27:16 > 0:27:20Here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- Royal Tours, Richard.- I'll show you five pictures taken from tours
0:27:24 > 0:27:27undergone by members of the British royal family.
0:27:27 > 0:27:28You need to tell us the countries
0:27:28 > 0:27:31in which the following photographs were taken.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32By country, we mean a sovereign state
0:27:32 > 0:27:34that's a member of the UN in its own right.
0:27:34 > 0:27:39Thank you very much indeed. Let's reveal our five royal tour pictures.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11There we are. Five royal tours.
0:28:11 > 0:28:17Julia and Linda, you've been our low-scorers, so you get to go first.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19INAUDIBLE DISCUSSION
0:28:31 > 0:28:35OK. We're going to go for E and say Russia.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38E, Russia, say Julia and Linda.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42Now, Adam and Lucy, do you fancy talking us through the board?
0:28:42 > 0:28:46Um... B is Egypt, I think.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49C, they're on the Great Wall of China.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52I'm not sure about A. We're debating D.
0:28:52 > 0:28:58We think it's a Pacific country but we're not 100% sure so...
0:28:58 > 0:29:02- Think we'll say B? - B, yeah.- B and Egypt.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04B, Egypt.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07So, in the order they were given, Julia and Linda said E, Russia.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Let's see if that's right and how many people said Russia.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14It's right.
0:29:17 > 0:29:1852 for Russia.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21APPLAUSE
0:29:21 > 0:29:25Meanwhile, Adam and Lucy have said that B is Egypt.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Let's see if that's right and how many people said Egypt.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32It's right.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Very well done. Wins you the point.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39There we go. 31. APPLAUSE
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Well done, Adam and Lucy. After one question, you're up 1-0.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Very well played. Now, A is a better scorer than both of those.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- Surely Ireland. - It IS Ireland, of course it is.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Would have scored you 12 points.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55C, as you say, they're on the Great Wall of China. That is in China.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57That would have scored you 82.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00They went there and did a coach trip with a lot of other couples.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02That's when they got left at the end of...
0:30:02 > 0:30:05They were supposed to meet at Gate F and they went to Gate E.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09Fine, they got found, there was no problem at all. Now, D.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12You said it's somewhere in the Pacific and you're quite right.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14It IS somewhere in the Pacific,
0:30:14 > 0:30:17somewhere very dear to us on Pointless.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20Not only is this a trip to Tuvalu...
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Tuvalu is the answer.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24..one of our 100 people got that.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27- That is pretty good going, isn't it? - That's good.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29- Well done to that one person. - Very good indeed.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32- That's extraordinary Pointless knowledge.- There we are.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36- Having fun there, aren't they, Wills and Kate?- Yeah. Nice.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Here comes your second question.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Julia and Linda, you have to break back here.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44They get to answer first, but you have to win this one
0:30:44 > 0:30:47to stay in the game, so best of luck. It concerns...
0:30:49 > 0:30:53- Flightless birds, Richard. - Five clues now to flightless birds.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56You just have to give us the most obscure one.
0:30:56 > 0:30:57Thank you very much indeed.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Let's reveal our five clues and here they come.
0:31:20 > 0:31:21I'll read those one last time.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Adam and Lucy will go first.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46INAUDIBLE DISCUSSION
0:32:08 > 0:32:09OK.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13I think we're going to go with the bird which shares its name
0:32:13 > 0:32:17with an umbrella-wielding DC Comics villain and go with penguin.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Penguin, say Adam and Lucy.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23- Now, Julia and Linda, talk us through that board, if you can.- Um...
0:32:23 > 0:32:26We know the second one's the kiwi.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28And I should know the third one
0:32:28 > 0:32:32but I'm desperately trying to remember the Titans' names.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35So, we're going to go for the fourth one,
0:32:35 > 0:32:39the land speed record for a bird, which we think would be ostrich.
0:32:39 > 0:32:40- Ostrich.- Yes.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44So, we have penguin and we have ostrich. Adam and Lucy said penguin.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Let's see if that's right for the DC Comics villain.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Let's see penguin - how many people said it?
0:32:52 > 0:32:53It's right.
0:32:55 > 0:32:5745.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59APPLAUSE
0:33:00 > 0:33:0445. Now, meanwhile, Julia and Linda have gone for ostrich,
0:33:04 > 0:33:06the land speed record-holding bird.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Let's see how many people said ostrich, if it's right.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12It is right.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16- Oh!- 56 for ostrich.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18APPLAUSE
0:33:18 > 0:33:20All of which means, Adam and Lucy, very well done.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23After only two questions, you're straight through to the final, 2-0.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25Well played, Adam and Lucy.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27An ostrich can reach a top speed of 43mph.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30It has a cruising speed of 31mph as well,
0:33:30 > 0:33:32which is why you can't ride one in a built-up area.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34LAUGHTER
0:33:34 > 0:33:36The black-plumed Papua New Guinea native,
0:33:36 > 0:33:39renowned for its powerful kicks, is the best answer on the board.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41- It's a cassowary.- Mmm. - Well done if you said that.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Would have scored you 2 points.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45The New Zealand native bird is the biggest scorer on the board,
0:33:45 > 0:33:48unsurprisingly - kiwi. 71.
0:33:48 > 0:33:53And the South American bird, named after the Titan is the rhea. Rhea.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57- That would have scored you 9 points. - Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Julia and Linda. Such a great performance on the show today,
0:34:03 > 0:34:05but I'm afraid this is the end of the road for you.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08Our low-scoring pair, in the head-to-head and everything
0:34:08 > 0:34:11but it's been great having you on. Thank you for playing.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13- Julia and Linda, great contestants.- Thank you.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16APPLAUSE
0:34:16 > 0:34:19But for Adam and Lucy, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21APPLAUSE
0:34:22 > 0:34:24What about that?
0:34:24 > 0:34:27Adam and Lucy, you've seen off all the competition
0:34:27 > 0:34:31and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:34:39 > 0:34:45and, at the end of today's show, our jackpot stands at £4,250.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47There we are. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Last time you were on, you left in Round One.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54- You were 200 Club members as well. - Yeah.- Yeah.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57We've put that behind us, haven't we, pretty swiftly?
0:34:57 > 0:35:01What would you like to see us put up for you in this last round?
0:35:01 > 0:35:03Despite what happened in the last game,
0:35:03 > 0:35:06African geography would be brilliant.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10- Lucy, what would you like to submit as your...?- Maybe human body?
0:35:10 > 0:35:13- Bones, that kind of thing. - That would be great, wouldn't it?
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Human Body and Bones and African Geography.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19What more could you ask for? We put four up on the board.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21There'll be something that you'll be able to answer,
0:35:21 > 0:35:24fingers crossed. Here is today's selection.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Pretty much everything you asked for up there on the board.
0:35:37 > 0:35:38LAUGHTER
0:35:38 > 0:35:41- What do you think?- Um... - Not boxers.- Not boxers.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45- So, 1930s or literature. - Absolutely no idea.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Would you feel more comfortable with 1930s?
0:35:47 > 0:35:51- Yeah, cos it could be random so we might know something.- The 1930s.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55- 1930s. Very, very best of luck. Richard.- It is quite random.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58Three very different areas here. Best of luck, though.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01We are looking for any author of the first ten Penguin books.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03They all came out in 1935,
0:36:03 > 0:36:05so any authors of the first ten Penguin Books.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07We're looking for any actor or actress
0:36:07 > 0:36:10who won a Best Actor or Best Actress Oscar during the 1930s.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13That's from the awards in 1930 to the awards in 1939.
0:36:13 > 0:36:18Or any country that won a gold medal at the 1932 or 1936 summer Olympics.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20So, first ten Penguin authors,
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Best Actor or Best Actress Oscar-winners
0:36:22 > 0:36:24and any country that won a gold medal
0:36:24 > 0:36:27- at the '32 or '36 summer Olympics. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31You've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34All you need to win that jackpot - nice big jackpot today, £4,250 -
0:36:34 > 0:36:39is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42- Are you ready? - As we'll ever be.- Yeah.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. Your time starts now.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51- Any ideas?- Penguin books. It could just be any classic book.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Wind In The Willows was written in the 1800s,
0:36:54 > 0:36:57so it could be Kenneth Grahame. But that's the only book he did.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00What about Oscar-winners? You're quite good at that.
0:37:00 > 0:37:04- Not from the 1930s, I'm not. Um... - There's people like...
0:37:04 > 0:37:07When was Gone With The Wind? How far back was that? Is that...?
0:37:07 > 0:37:11- It was a bit later than that, wasn't it?- But what was earlier?
0:37:11 > 0:37:15- We could just name random countries. - OK.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17What if we do Kenneth Grahame,
0:37:17 > 0:37:21- just because he wrote a classic book in the 1800s.- Yeah.- Um...
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- Countries?- Cos Charles Dickens won't be pointless. Countries...
0:37:26 > 0:37:29- What do you think?- Um...
0:37:30 > 0:37:33Obviously Great Britain, the US...
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Would somewhere like South Africa or...?
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- How many would have been in there then?- Ten seconds left.- It's tough.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40- We could name...- Ukraine?- Mmm.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44- Did that exist then?- Yugoslavia.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49OK, I'm sorry to say that is your minute up.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- That's the quickest minute ever, isn't it, that one?- Yes.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54I now need three answers from you, I'm so sorry.
0:37:54 > 0:37:59From the author of the Penguin books, I'll say Kenneth Grahame.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03- Kenneth Grahame, OK.- Um, the countries... Two countries?- Yeah.
0:38:03 > 0:38:09- I don't now.- We'll say South Africa. - South Africa.- And, um...
0:38:11 > 0:38:16- Algeria.- Algeria.- Who knows? - Exactly. Who knows?
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?- Go on.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21- Kenneth Grahame. - Kenneth Grahame goes last.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23- Least likely to be pointless. - Algeria.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26Algeria goes first and South Africa goes in the middle.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29Let's pop those answers up on the board in that order then
0:38:29 > 0:38:30and here they are.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Very, very best of luck. Three answers on the board there.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Who knows, one of those could be pointless.
0:38:39 > 0:38:44If it were to be, it would win you £4,250. Now, THAT is a jackpot!
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Adam, what would you do with your share of that?
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Got a holiday coming up, so go towards that.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52- Lots of things to do round the house.- Wonderful. Lucy?
0:38:52 > 0:38:56I think I might put it towards a new car.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58I've got a nice little car at the minute,
0:38:58 > 0:39:03- but maybe a slightly bigger one. - OK, good stuff. Very best of luck.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Your first answer was Algeria.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09In this case, we were looking for countries that won a gold medal
0:39:09 > 0:39:12in the 1932 or the 1936 Olympics.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14It has to be pointless for you to win,
0:39:14 > 0:39:17so for £4,250, let's see how many people said Algeria.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24Ooh, bad luck.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Algeria. Incorrect. Not a pointless answer,
0:39:26 > 0:39:29which means you only have two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Your next answer was South Africa. Once again,
0:39:32 > 0:39:36we were looking for gold medal winners at the 1932 or 1936 Olympics.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Is it pointless? Is it correct?
0:39:40 > 0:39:44For £4,250, let's see how many people said South Africa.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48It's right.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53Your first answer was Algeria, which was incorrect.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55South Africa, though, is absolutely right,
0:39:55 > 0:39:58going down into single figures. Down it goes, still going down...
0:39:58 > 0:40:02CHEERING Very well done indeed!
0:40:02 > 0:40:07- Absolutely brilliant!- Thank you. - Fantastic! Very good.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- CHEERING AND APPLAUSE - Unbelievable!
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Well, my goodness, congratulations. South Africa was a pointless answer,
0:40:17 > 0:40:20which means you go home with the jackpot of £4,250.
0:40:20 > 0:40:25- Very, very well done indeed. - African countries!
0:40:25 > 0:40:28That came out of a clear blue sky, didn't it? Fantastic!
0:40:28 > 0:40:30- Richard, what about that? - Very, very well done!
0:40:30 > 0:40:34Now, you have somebody to thank for the money that you just won there
0:40:34 > 0:40:36and that man is called Lawrence Stevens.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40He won a gold medal for South Africa in 1932
0:40:40 > 0:40:45and little did he know that...85 years later,
0:40:45 > 0:40:47he'd be winning you that cash. So, thank you, Lawrence.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50Thank you to anybody who's related to Lawrence Stevens.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54That country winning a gold medal is a great question for people.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57It's one where actually you can get lucky and get a pointless answer,
0:40:57 > 0:40:58cos there's some quite big countries in it.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Let's look at the pointless answers in all the categories.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04We will start first with the Penguin books.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Only two answers scored any points at all -
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Agatha Christie and Ernest Hemingway.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Both those would have scored you points. Everyone else was pointless.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Compton Mackenzie - his book Carnival.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16Dorothy L Sayers was a pointless answer.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19EH Young, who wrote William, which is number eight in the collection,
0:41:19 > 0:41:21and Poet's Pub by Eric Linklater.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Eric Linklater also a pointless answer.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27Well done if you got any of those ones. Some very good answers there.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Now, any Best Actor or Best Actress Oscar-winner.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32Charles Laughton was a pointless answer.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35He played Henry VIII in The Private Life of Henry VIII.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Claudette Colbert who won for It Happened One Night
0:41:38 > 0:41:41which did a clean sweep of all the big Oscars, It Happened One Night.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Mary Pickford won in 1930.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47Luise Rainer won twice in a row, in 1937 and 1938.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Every single answer was a pointless answer there,
0:41:49 > 0:41:52apart from Clark Gable, Bette Davis, Spencer Tracy,
0:41:52 > 0:41:56Paul Muni and Katharine Hepburn, so well done if you know your Oscars.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58Let's look, finally, at these countries
0:41:58 > 0:42:00cos there's all sorts of them.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03Netherlands was a pointless answer. They won for track cycling.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Ireland would have been a great answer. Well done if you said that.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10Robert Tisdall, who won for the 400m hurdles.
0:42:10 > 0:42:11India won a hockey gold.
0:42:11 > 0:42:16Turkey won Graeco-Roman wrestling - of course! How could we forget?
0:42:16 > 0:42:19Other answers there - Czechoslovakia, Egypt,
0:42:19 > 0:42:23Estonia, Norway and, of course, South Africa.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26I always play along. You know those occasions where people get 1, 1, 1?
0:42:26 > 0:42:30- Mmm.- It's the first time I've done it. I got three 1-point answers.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32I went for Hungary, Finland and Argentina
0:42:32 > 0:42:34and all of them scored 1 point,
0:42:34 > 0:42:36so I don't win anything at all. I'm gutted.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38I forgot about Lawrence Stevens. But congratulations.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Well done if you got one at home
0:42:40 > 0:42:42and congratulations for Lawrence Stevens
0:42:42 > 0:42:45- and to the two of you for your win. - Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48Thanks, once again, to our winning players, Adam and Lucy,
0:42:48 > 0:42:51who go away with today's jackpot of £4,250.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53Very well done indeed.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge
0:43:00 > 0:43:03- to the test on Pointless. It's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08APPLAUSE