Episode 8 Pointless

-APPLAUSE

-Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show where the aim of the game is to avoid the obvious answers

and find the obscure ones.

Let's meet today's players.

Couple number one.

Hi, I'm Steve, this is my work colleague, Peter.

We work in Warrington in the water industry,

and we're both from Cheshire.

Couple number two.

I'm Gayle, and this is my sister, Amanda.

I'm a retired press officer and from Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk

and my sister lives near Stowmarket in Suffolk.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, I'm Poppy, I'm an aid worker.

This is my boyfriend, Osman, he is a web developer,

and we're both from London.

And couple number four.

Hi, I'm Nina. This is my husband, John.

We've been married for 53 years,

and we come from beautiful Shoeburyness in Essex.

And these are today's contestants.

-APPLAUSE

-Thanks very much, all of you.

We'll find out more about you throughout the show

as it goes along.

So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

He is a spork and the world is his trifle.

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

APPLAUSE Hiya. Hi, everybody.

-Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you.

Some familiar faces back today.

Podium one - Steve and Peter

who we confidently predicted would go all the way last time

-and therefore got knocked out in Round One.

-Yeah.

It was a shame, but lovely to have them back.

Amanda and Gayle got all the way through to the head-to-head

against Liz and Paul.

Liz and Paul then went on to win the jackpot, didn't they,

with their constituencies question.

Oh, I just heard a little gasp of disappointment

-from our gathered contestants.

-No, a gasp of happiness.

Oh, gasp of happiness. Of course. Yeah, cos they won!

Yes, because they're very pleased for Liz and Paul.

They could barely walk out under the weight of all that cash.

-Oh, yeah, absolutely, which delights everybody.

-Yeah.

-Aw.

And podium four, we've got Nina and John back again.

Lovely to have them back.

Of course, Nina was the central figure in cake-gate

where she made cakes for both of us and you ate all of them

without even telling me they arrived.

-Mm...

-It upset Nina, it upset me,

John was in tears, we tried to hide it from you,

but that's what happened.

Liz and Paul gave me half their prize money,

which was really, really kind of them

cos...they could see I was upset.

-We've got some newcomers.

-Yes.

That's a good name, isn't it? Poppy. LAUGHTER

-Lovely to have them with us.

-Lovely.

Aw, that is a good name.

-First time as well, I think.

-First Osman.

-First Osman.

-Yeah.

-It's nice to have an Osman on the show.

-First name, surname -

-it can do all-sorts of things, can't it?

-Absolutely.

-Armstrong. You wouldn't call someone Armstrong, would you?

-No.

-That's not a first name.

-Not unless you had a grudge.

Yeah, Armstrong. That would be a terrible first name.

-"Oh, beautiful little baby. What's he called?" BOTH:

-"Armstrong."

-LAUGHTER Oh...

-Oh, God.

-Goodness me.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Now, all our questions on Pointless

have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants must find the obscure answers

those 100 people didn't get.

Of course, everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,

that being an answer none of our 100 people gave,

and each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.

Well, as you've gathered, Liz and Paul won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.

There it is.

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

OK. Now, remember at all times

that the pair with the highest score at the end of each round

will be eliminated.

Also remember that there is to be no conferring

until we get to the head-to-head round.

OK, our first category today is...

States.

Can you all decide in your pairs

who's going to go first, who's going to go second?

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

OK. Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

Single-word states of the USA, Canada or Australia. Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for any state of the USA or Australia

or any province or territory of Canada,

which has just one word in its common name, please.

-Very, very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed.

-So, Peter, straight to you. Out first round last time.

-Yep.

Now, remind us what you do, Peter.

I work in the water industry as a civil engineer alongside Steve.

Now, water, that's just fun, water, isn't it?

I mean, it's just fun, all that channelling and all that...

-You know, it's fun working with water, right?

-It is, yeah.

Given how much fun it is, even water can begin to pall after a while,

so what do you do to get away from the water?

I'm a season ticket holder at Manchester City.

I also like music and...

-like to go watch a few bands.

-Wet Wet Wet?

LAUGHTER

What was the last band you went to see live?

I think it was the Editors.

-The Editors.

-Yeah.

-Excellent. Excellent.

OK, Peter, states in the USA, Canada or Australia.

I'm going to go reasonably safe this time

and I'm going to go with Utah.

Utah. Utah, says Peter.

Let's see if it's right,

let's see how many of our 100 people said Utah.

It is right.

Still going down, Peter.

22.

-22 for Utah.

-Well played, Peter. Steady start.

It's tough when you get knocked out on a previous show...

PETER LAUGHS Isn't it, though?

The terror - you can see.

So it's a very steady, very good start on podium one there.

-It's a state of the US...

-Thank you.

-..and it's only got one word.

-It has.

-That word being 'Utah'.

-Only four letters as well.

-Four letters.

-Look what they did.

-I know.

-It's amazing. Amazing. Thank you.

-Now, Amanda, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Welcome back.

Now, remind us what you get up to, Amanda.

Well, I'm a graphic designer,

and I do a monthly magazine for the village.

Now, when you're doing your graphic design in the village magazine,

which we did discuss at some length last time,

Amanda is absolutely...

She's all across the goings on in Bacton. Is that right?

-Yes.

-Bacton. Yes. When you're...

The little graphic things, do you design those yourself or do you...?

Sometimes, sometimes,

-cos I trained as a graphic designer/illustrator, so...

-Right.

..I love life drawing and things like that,

so if any little drawings come up, I sometimes do them.

And I design the covers. I often do illustrations for the covers.

-And do you do cartoons as well?

-I have done.

Have you ever offended anyone with one of your cartoons?

I mean, no, a caricature - I'm not saying there's anything saucy.

Not exactly a cartoon, but I did go into a pub once when I was a student

and drew the landlord and he threw me out.

-SHE LAUGHS

-That answers my question. Yes. OK.

Amanda, what are you going to go for?

Oh, well, it's not my best subject,

so I'm not hoping for a particularly low score,

but I'm going to say Nebraska.

Nebraska, says Amanda. Nebraska.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It is right, of course.

22 is our only score so far.

You've passed that.

13.

Yeah, Nebraska another US state. Also a Bruce Springsteen album.

If Gayle and Amanda win, of course, we'll probably get in their magazine,

-because it'd probably be a story.

-We might.

-That would be nice.

Do you think Amanda might get her caricature pencil out,

-maybe do a little...?

-A little drawing of you.

A little thumbnail of the pair of us, maybe.

Oh, what if they lose, though? Then there will be no mention of it.

-Oh, no!

-Almost certainly.

If they lose, she'll get the pencil out,

-do a drawing of the pair of us, just slightly less kindly.

-Yeah.

-"Local Woman Cheated By Quiz Show Hosts," it will say.

-Yes.

Maybe my cartoon will be me just cramming cakes in.

Yeah, cake thief. HE SIMULATES SCOFFING CAKE

That'd be nice.

-Poppy.

-Hello.

-A very warm welcome to Pointless.

Lovely to have you here. What do you do, Poppy?

I work for an international NGO.

An international NGO.

What sort of NGO is it?

It offers first-phase relief after disasters.

-So you are...

-It's for natural emergencies.

Quite often do you hear things on the news

and have to get straight onto the phone

or get straight into the office?

Yeah, I have to make sure I'm reading the politics

and not the celebrity gossip.

So, like, something has happened in that country.

I mean, have you ever been involved in a celebrity gossip incident

where something's gone down

and you've had to get straight onto the scene?

I was in the Congo with the Archbishop of Canterbury.

So, I was working in the Congo when he turned up, was in my hotel,

-so that was my only abroad celebrity spot.

-Wow.

Did you get to chat with him at all?

He was at the breakfast table near me, but I was a bit shy.

-I didn't say much to him.

-Can I ask a question?

I tried to get a sneaky picture, but it didn't work.

-Does he wear his big hat at breakfast?

-He was actually, yeah.

Head of the Anglican Church, do what you like.

-Now...

-Still, doesn't steal cakes.

-But...

-LAUGHTER

-Poppy.

-Yes.

-What are you going to go for?

I've really frozen, like a rabbit in the headlights,

so I'm going to go for one that's going to be very up, though,

I think, but I'm going to say Florida.

Florida, says Poppy.

Let's see if it is up there,

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

43.

It's high.

-43 for Florida.

-Yeah, pretty big score for Florida.

-Osman looking very supportive there.

-Thanks, Osman.

He's doing a proper supportive look.

He's doing that... You know that look he's doing,

it's "That's OK. Oh, don't worry. It's fine.

"It's fine."

He's furious.

LAUGHTER

Nina, welcome back.

-It's not very good subject for me, this.

-Oh, no.

Well, listen, so far, we've only scratched the USA.

That's all I'm saying. Just putting that out there.

Nina, remind us what you like getting up to.

I mean, apart from the baking. Mm...

I like baking. I do a lot of sewing,

making cuddly toys or making clothes or...

What is the cuddliest toy you've made?

I've made lots of Beatrix Potter toys.

That's fun. Do you have a, sort of, picture of...?

I've got a book with all the patterns in.

-Oh, that's clever.

-And I make them from there.

Still thinking about cakes.

Oh, she bakes well. Exquisite.

Now, Nina, what are you going to go for?

I don't know if this is right, but this is a real punt -

Alberta.

Alberta. Alberta, says Nina.

-John, what do we think?

-I think good.

I think good. Let's see. Are we right to think good?

Alberta, says Nina.

Absolutely.

Well, the lowest score so far is 13.

You whizzed past that.

Down to 7. Very well done indeed, Nina.

I tip my hat to you.

Lowest score of the pass.

Very well played, Nina.

Yeah, in Canada, of course. Edmonton, the capital of Alberta.

Thank you very much indeed.

Well, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

Nina scored 7 there - the best score of the round so far.

That puts her and John into pole position.

Then we travel up to 13 where we find Amanda and Gayle.

22, Peter and Steve,

then up to 43,

Poppy and the supportive Osman.

It's all going to be fine, Poppy.

Whatever happens, it will all be fine.

-I hope.

-Osman will see to that.

We're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

-OK. So, John...

-Yes.

-Welcome back.

-Thank you.

-How brilliant was that from Nina?

-Terrific.

-Terrific.

All you have to do is step outside the United States and it's...

-She's never ceased to surprise me.

-Aw.

-How many years have you been married?

-53.

-Aw. There we are.

-We think it will last.

LAUGHTER

So, John, I mean, you have, I think, finally, finally

been persuaded to retire...

-No.

-No, you haven't? No?

No, I'm going to work another year.

What will you do in your full retirement, then?

What's the thing you are really longing to do?

I shall tweak the back lawn a little bit.

Aw, I have...

I've been meaning to say for a while, John, it is a little bit...

I hope I'll have a little bit more time to travel,

which is my real favourite occupation.

Well, good luck with that.

And good luck with seeing if you can get a lower score than Nina's.

Hm, I doubt it.

-I'm going to go for Oregon.

-Oregon.

Oregon, says John.

Now, your red line is coming in here and that represents 35,

which is what you want to be scoring - 35 are less.

Let's see if Oregon can get you down there.

Looks good, John. And it is.

Well done you. 16.

Taking your total up to 23.

Very well played, John. Good teamwork there on podium four as well.

I think a world in which Nina and John are happy

is a world in which I am happy.

I would agree with that entirely, yeah.

-Are you happy? BOTH:

-Yes.

Yes.

-Osman.

-Hello.

Welcome to Pointless.

Congratulations on being

our first/almost second Osman on the show.

-What do you do? You're a web...?

-I'm a web developer.

Of any kind? People come to you with all sorts of different...

Or is there a particular...discipline

of webs that you...?

Well, I'm currently working for a, sort of, group of companies,

so I only work on their own websites.

-So, we don't do any client work or anything like that.

-I see.

OK, now, how did you and Poppy meet?

We met online, of all places.

-No, but that's a good place to meet.

-Internet dating.

-Very good.

-The new way.

-And it's worked beautifully.

Look at that. It's all worked out fabulously.

-It's gone well.

-Until I get 100 points, then that's it.

THEY LAUGH

And what did you do for your first date?

Our first date, we just went to a local bar, had a chat and...

-Oh, and bagels.

-Clearly a good bar.

Yeah, and then went to a bagel place next door, so yeah.

-Very nice indeed.

-Mm-hm.

Good, now, Osman.

Osman, Osman, you are the high-scorers at this point.

You've had a little bit of time

to think of a really, really good answer.

Got to take a gamble. Going to take a bit of a risk and...

-Guess anything.

-..go with somewhere in Canada.

-Good.

And it sounds like it's more than one word,

but I'm pretty sure it's a single word -

-Newfoundland.

-Newfoundland. Newfoundland.

Let's see, let's see how Newfoundland does for you.

No red line for you as you're the high-scorers.

Let's see how far down the column we get with Newfoundland.

-Oh, no!

-Oh, no!

-Oh, Osman, I'm sorry.

-It's all right.

It's definitely a place in Canada... I'm sure of that,

but I'm afraid it must, therefore, not be a state

and it scores you 100 points. Takes your total up to 143.

Yeah, sorry, Osman. You had to take a risk.

Newfoundland is one word,

but the actual province is called Newfoundland and Labrador.

-Oh.

-I'm afraid, which is more than one word, but it sounds cuter.

I think they seem a nice couple, Osman and Poppy, don't you think?

-I think so.

-I see them as a young John and Nina.

-Aw!

-LAUGHTER

-You can, kind of, see that.

-We hope, we hope.

-Yeah.

-Very nice couple.

-They'll get over this, I think.

Yeah, I think they will.

-Thanks very much.

-It's not over till it's over.

We don't know who else might get 100.

-Well, no...

-Even if they do, Poppy, its...

-Oh, we're the highest?

-I'm afraid, yeah.

-LAUGHTER

-Oh, we're done, we're done.

It's fine, it's fine.

I had last-minute hope.

-LAUGHTER

-And we've just dashed it.

-LAUGHTER

-OK...

-Gayle, welcome back.

-Hello.

Welcome back. Now, remind us what you do, Gayle.

I'm a retired press officer.

I also do a little bit of freelance PR.

I volunteer and do some part-time jobs,

and I'm a very proud grandmother.

Aw, how grandchildren have you got?

Just the one, and he's coming up to a year old.

-Wonderful. What's he called?

-He's called Dylan.

Dylan, you won't know what I'm saying, but, Dylan, hello.

Now then, Gayle, you are on 13.

It doesn't matter... This feels like deja vu.

It doesn't matter what you say, what you score,

you are through to Round Two. There is a place for you there.

I'm very happy about that

because I've got various American states in mind,

but I was going to take a gamble on something,

which I can now afford to do, can't I?

I'm not sure if this is a state,

but I was going to say Tasmania.

Tasmania. I'm going to cross my fingers

and hope that that is a brilliant answer.

It doesn't matter, because you're through anyhow,

but for fun, it would be nice if it were a low score.

Is Tasmania right, how many people said it?

It's absolutely right, Gayle.

15.

15 for Tasmania.

Scoring you 28.

Yeah, an Australian state, of course, Tasmania.

Very well played.

-Steve. Welcome back.

-Hi. Hello.

-So, yes, you work with Peter, alongside Peter.

-Yes, I do. Yes.

And when you're not working together,

you quiz a bit together as well?

We used to participate in a number of, sort of, pub quizzes

and work quizzes and things like that,

hence why we applied to come on the show.

Do you have a name for your team?

Oh, no, no. Nothing like that.

We weren't serious regular ones, it was just the off...

-OK. Just, sort of...

-One-offs.

-Have you ever won?

-We've won a couple.

-Mm-hm.

That's pretty good. Maybe you might win today, Steve.

We don't want to divulge our secrets.

-OK.

-We'll keep it on the low.

OK, well, listen, great news for you as well -

you're through to the next round come what may.

What are you going to go for, Steve?

There's got to be a low-scoring answer that we haven't yet had.

-Yeah, now that the risk is gone...

-Yeah.

..I was thinking of maybe going for some of the smaller states

that may be forgotten,

so I'd like to go for Delaware.

Delaware. Delaware, says Steve.

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

There's no red line for you as you're already through. Delaware.

It's right.

Let's see how forgotten Delaware is.

Oh, it's largely forgotten.

Completely overlooked. There we are.

8 for Delaware.

30 is your total. Very well done.

Good answer, Steve. Yeah, very well played.

There's one pointless answer out there.

It's a northern Canadian province, one of the newer ones.

It was created for the Inuits - it's Nunavut. Nunavut.

-Very well...

-I'll have...

I'm having 'nun-of-it'. LAUGHTER

I'll take you through some of the other the low-scorers.

1 point for Yukon.

You'd have got 3 points for Saskatchewan,

3 points also for Connecticut.

You'd have got 7 for Manitoba, Kentucky.

You'd have got 8 for a number of US states as well as Delaware.

Wisconsin, Tennessee and Mississippi - all of those are 8.

9 for Minnesota and Missouri,

and 10 for Indiana and Arkansas. Those are the lowest scorers.

I'll take you through the highest scorers now,

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

And the biggest scorer of all...

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 143,

I'm so sorry, Osman and Poppy, it is you.

-Oh...

-Nonetheless, we will see you again next time.

Stronger.

And you will go much, much further. I'm absolutely certain.

Anyway, wonderful having you on the show.

Thank you so much. Osman and Poppy.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

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

And so we are down to three pairs.

Obviously, at the end of this round,

we have do say goodbye to another pair.

The big news is Steve and Peter in Round Two.

Welcome. Lovely to have you here.

Some lovely low-scoring answers there as well.

So very, very well done.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two this afternoon is...

It's films. Can you all decide in your pairs

who's going to go first, who's going to go second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

Movie villains. Richard.

On each board, we're going to show you the names of six movie villains

and the year in which they appeared in a film.

We just need you to tell us the name of the film, please.

There's going to be six on each board, 12 in all,

to have a go at that home. Good luck.

OK, let's reveal our first board of six movie villains.

We're looking for the films that they featured in.

Here we have...

I'll read those one last time

Peter.

You look quietly confident to me.

Slightly confident, yeah. Um...

I think there's one that I know on there, which is Colonel Kurtz

and that's Apocalypse Now.

Apocalypse Now, says Peter for Colonel Kurtz.

Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

Not bad. 14.

14 for Colonel Kurtz.

Well played, Peter. Yeah, he was a...he was very bad.

-A very bad man.

-Very bad.

-Very naughty.

-Yes.

Marlon Brando.

-Marlon Brando is not a bad man, but...

-No, he's good.

-..he may have been.

-Oh, but he's good.

He was acting, merely.

-He was playing the part.

-Yeah, we've discussed this before, haven't we?

And, yeah, I remember.

Oh, now, Amanda.

Amanda.

I've got a dilemma now,

cos I think I know the one at the top

and I think I know the one at the bottom,

but that is a bit of a punt.

I think I'll go for the one at the top

as I think it's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, says Amanda.

Let's if that's right,

let's see how many of our 100 people agree with Amanda.

It is right.

Well, 14 is our only score so far.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

takes you to 20. Not bad at all.

Nice grouping there.

Well played, Amanda. Played by Louise Fletcher.

Again, just an actor.

-Wasn't a real nurse.

-She's not bad.

-Now, perfectly nice.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, Nina...

I don't know any of these at all. Not at all.

Erm...

No, I can just only think of Annie for Annie Wilkes.

That's all I can think of.

-OK, would you like that to be your answer?

-Yes.

All right, let's do that. We'll go for Annie for Annie Wilkes.

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

Oh, bad luck, Nina. I'm sorry.

That was a board there you didn't know.

That's 100 points, I'm afraid, for an incorrect answer. Not Annie.

A world in which Nina and John are unhappy

is a world in which I'm unhappy as well.

No, that was actually...

She won an Oscar for this performance.

It was... Cathy Bates played her in Misery.

Was the answer there.

Would've scored 21 points.

Let's do Gordon Gekko.

Gordon Gekko was Michael Douglas in Wall Street.

Would've scored 33.

Now, Amanda, you were going to go for Mr Potter.

What would you have said?

Yes, I thought he was the banker in It's A Wonderful Life.

That's exactly who he is, yeah, Lionel Barrymore.

-Would've scored you 3 points.

-Oh!

And Minnie Castevet is a pointless answer

and she is the villain...

in Rosemary's Baby.

Very well done if you said that.

Thanks very much indeed. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

14, Peter, well done. Best score of that pass.

Then we travel up to 20 where we find Amanda and Gayle

and then it's up to 100 where we find Nina and John.

But, John, you get the first pick of the next board,

so find a nice low-scoring one

and it might be enough to keep you in. Fingers crossed.

We're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put six more movie villains up on the board,

and here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Now, John, remember, we're looking for the titles of the films

in which these villains appeared.

Well, I think I know one.

I haven't got a clue on the others,

so I'm going for Scar...

and The Lion King.

The Lion King, says John for Scar.

No red line for you as you're the high-scorers,

but let's see how will far down the column we get with The Lion King.

It's right.

-29.

-Not bad.

Not bad.

Takes your total up to 129.

Good answer, John. Yeah, voiced by Jeremy Irons.

Oh, have you seen their score's gone red?

Mm, I saw that.

-That's not good, is it?

-It's not good. It's not.

Now then, Gayle.

I am so, so grateful,

because I only know one on there as well

and it wasn't that one.

But the top one, Norman Bates, Psycho.

Psycho, says Gayle.

Well, no red line for you as you are already through.

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

77.

97 is your total, but you're through.

-Good enough.

-Safely through.

Yeah, played by Anthony Perkins in the original movie.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Now then, Steve,

you are also already through to the head-to-head,

but talk us through the board and fill in all the blanks.

I knew a couple on there, Psycho...

The one I do know is Hans Gruber from a classic film...

Die Hard.

Die Hard, says Steve.

Let's see if that's right for Hans Gruber,

let's see how many of 100 said it.

Look at that, 24.

Very well done indeed. 24 taking your total up to 38.

Very well played, Steve.

Played by Alan Rickman, of course, in that movie.

Now, to fill in the rest of this board,

Alex Forrest is Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction.

-Ah, of course.

-Would've scored 3 points.

Now, do you know Tommy DeVito?

-It's Goodfellas, isn't it?

-It's a terrifying performance.

-Yeah, it's Joe Pesci's character in Goodfellas.

-Terrifying.

-Yeah.

Now, he really is a movie villain. 4 points for that.

And the best answer on the board is Daniel Plainview.

And again, it's an Oscar-winning performance.

Daniel Day Lewis...

Um...that one he did.

Oh, he's good. It was 'That One He Did.'

-There Will Be Blood.

-There Will Be Blood.

Exactly that. 1 point. Very well done if you said that at home.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, at the end of our second round,

the pair who are heading home with their high score of 129...

Oh, John and Nina. I'm so sorry.

It's far too soon.

It will always be far too soon to be saying goodbye to you,

but it's been wonderful having you on.

And I'm sorry that we haven't seen you right through to the final.

We should've just given you better subjects. I'm sorry.

But it's been lovely having you on. Thank you so much.

John and Nina. Wonderful contestants.

APPLAUSE

But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Steve and Pete, Amanda and Gayle,

you're now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot, which currently stands...

at £1,000.

So, we have to decide who's going to play for that jackpot,

and we do that by making you go head-to-head.

The big difference, as Amanda and Gayle know well,

you can now have a chat before you give your answers.

And the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot.

Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

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

David Beckham.

Amanda's favourite subject. Richard.

Going to show you five pictures now

of people who have a close connection to David Beckham.

Can you name the most obscure of these five, please?

OK, let's reveal our five pictures, and here they come.

We've got...

There we are. Five people with close connections to David Beckham.

Steve and Peter, you've been our lowest scorers so far,

so you will go first.

-PETER:

-That is Simeone in the bottom right I think.

THEY CONFER IN WHISPERS

OK, we'll go for E, Diego Simeone.

Diego Simeone.

OK, Diego Simeone, says Steve and Peter.

Now then, Amanda and Gayle,

I'm afraid they've just taken your answer.

-LAUGHTER

-What...

Do you want to talk us through the board?

-GAYLE:

-The only person that I really recognise up there

is Alex Ferguson is A,

and B, presumably, is Romeo Beckham?

-AMANDA:

-No, I wonder if it's Brooklyn.

-Brooklyn?

I think we're going to lose it anyway,

so it doesn't really matter, does it?

-Well, we'll say B, Brooklyn Beckham.

-OK, Brooklyn Beckham...

-It is with B...

-..say Amanda and Gayle.

So we have Diego Simeone from Steve and Peter.

Let's see if that is right for E,

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

It is right.

12.

-WOMEN LAUGH

-12 for Diego Simeone.

Very well done.

Now, Amanda and Gayle have said Brooklyn Beckham for B.

Let's see that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said that.

It is right, of course.

Of course!

-46.

-At least it was right.

-Well done you.

Not bad at all.

But Steve and Peter, very well done.

After one question, you are up one-nil.

Yeah, Beckham's eldest child there and Diego Simeone,

who Beckham famously kicked to get sent off in the World Cup.

A is Sir Alex Ferguson.

He's the biggest scorer on the board, though.

He would've scored you 78.

C, one of the great English defenders,

David Beckham's best man, now a great pundit, Gary Neville.

Would've scored 30.

And there's a pointless answer on the board,

and that is David Beckham's mum. Sandra Beckham.

Very well done if you said that at home.

Unless you are Sandra Beckham or David Beckham,

in which case, you should have got that.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, now here comes your second question.

Amanda and Gayle, you get to answer it first,

but you have to win it to stay in the game, so best of luck.

It concerns...

Songs containing the word 'world'.

Going to show you five hit singles now, UK hit singles,

which have the word 'world' in the title.

Also going to show you the year in which they're a hit.

Just need to tell us the name of the artist who had a hit with them.

OK, let's reveal our five 'world' songs, and here they come.

We've got...

Amanda and Gayle, you will go first.

-We haven't got a clue.

-WOMEN LAUGH

Um...the top one, All Around The World,

could that be somebody like the Spice Girls?

Do you want to go for somebody like the Spice Girls?

-I think so, yes.

-OK, the Spice Girls...

..or rather, THE Spice Girls - not somebody like them.

..say Amanda and Gayle

Now, Steve and Peter,

do you fancy talking us through that board?

Yeah, I think the bottom one, Mad World, is Tears For Fears,

-Rule The World...

-Is Take That.

And Fill My Little World, is it Alisha's Attic?

And then I'm sure All Around The World was East 17.

But do you want to go for Mad World?

Yeah. Will go for Mad World, Tears for Fears, 1982.

Tears For Fears, says Steve and Peter for Mad World.

OK, so Amanda and Gayle said

the Spice Girls for All Around The World.

Let's see that's right

and if it is, let's see how many people said the Spice Girls.

I'm afraid not the Spice Girls.

Before their time, in fact.

Steve and Peter have gone for Tears For Fears for Mad World.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It merely has to be right for you to win that point

and go through to the final.

Which, unsurprisingly, you do.

Good answer, 25. Tears For Fears.

All it had to be was right, though, and it wins you that point.

So, after two questions, you are straight through

-to the final two-nil.

-Very well played, gents.

You'd have been wrong with East 17, actually.

They did have a hit with Around The World, but not All Around The World.

Oasis also did All Around The World, but in 1989, it was...

-Lisa Stansfield.

-Ah...

-18 points for that.

Fill My Little World was not Alisha's Attic, that was...

-The Feeling.

-The Feeling, yeah.

And that was 8 points. Rule The World was Take That.

You got that absolutely right. 21.

Now, World At Your Feet was the England World Cup song in 2006.

-Embrace.

-By Embrace.

-Am I right? Yes!

-Very well done.

Best answer on the board. 4 points.

There we are. Thank you very much indeed.

So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,

I'm sorry... Two head-to-heads you've been in.

So close, but I'm afraid no cigar.

We have to say goodbye to you at this point,

but it's been wonderful having you on both shows.

Thank you so much for playing. Amanda and Gayle, great contestants.

But for Steve and Peter, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Steve and Peter.

You fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

Very well done indeed.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,000.

Well, we've done it. We've chucked everything at you.

We gave you states, we gave you movie villains,

we gave you David Beckham

and then we gave you music at the end.

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

-A bit of geography, sport.

-Yep.

-More music.

-More music. Some water, maybe.

-Lots of water.

-Lots of water.

-Clean water.

-Waterboy songs.

It goes without saying.

At this stage in the game, it is going to be pure as the driven snow.

So, as always, you get to choose your category

from the board behind me.

Let's hope there's something up there that you like the look of.

Today's selection is...

-Shall we go for sport?

-Yeah, OK.

We'll go for sport in 2014, please.

Sport in 2014. OK, Richard.

This is one of those questions, gents,

I think you've got a real chance of the jackpot here.

Very best of luck.

Three very different questions.

Good luck. Good luck at home as well.

We are looking for any player in the 2014 Ryder Cup -

European or American.

We're looking for any goal-scorer in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

So, anyone apart from people

who scored in penalty shoot outs or own goals.

Just any other player who scored in the 2014 World Cup.

Or any players in the 2014 World Snooker Championship.

So, any players who made the last 32

at the 2014 World Snooker Championships.

Very, very best of luck.

OK, as always, you've got up to one minute

to come up with three answers.

And all you need to win that jackpot of £1,000

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yep.

-OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-What do you reckon golf wise?

-Golf wise, it's Rickie Fowler.

-I was going to say Rickie Fowler.

-Yeah, that's quite good one.

Not a lot of people know that.

What about the Australian guy? Tim...Tim...

Who scored the goal.

-The other one...

-Yeah, he plays for Everton.

-Yeah. Um...

-Suarez. Tim Cahill.

-Tim Cahill.

-Yeah.

Obviously, you've got the bigger names.

Who's the fellow that plays for Costa Rica

-who was playing for Arsenal?

-Ah...

I'm not sure, I'm not sure, but if we go...

Tim Cahill is a pretty good one.

-That's a good one, isn't it? Rickie Fowler.

-Yeah.

-Erm...

All the goal-scorers have just gone out my head, obviously.

I know the more popular ones.

The...Robin van Persies and what not,

-but they'll score really high, won't they?

-Yeah.

-10 seconds left.

-What teams played...?

-Balotelli.

-Balotelli, yeah?

-Did he score?

-Yeah. Scored against England.

OK. Shall we go Balotelli, Cahill...?

OK, that is your time up.

I now need to know what your three answers are going to be,

and if you could say which category you're answering as well.

So, in the goal-scorers at the 2014 World Cup,

-there's Tim Cahill...

-Tim Cahill.

-..Australia.

-Mario Balotelli.

-Mario Balotelli for Italy against England.

And the USA Ryder Cup player is Rickie Fowler.

-Rickie Fowler.

-Yeah.

OK, of those three, which is your best shot, do you think,

-at a pointless answer?

-Tim Cahill?

-Yeah?

OK, Tim, we'll put last. Least likely to be pointless?

-Balotelli.

-Yeah, Balotelli.

-Balotelli, we'll put first.

OK, well, let's pop those up on the board in that order then.

And here they are.

We've got...

Well, very best of luck.

Three very good answers up there on the board, by the way.

If one of those is pointless, what would you do with the jackpot?

It's not our biggest ever jackpot,

but it's still quite nice to take home.

What would you do with that? Steve?

I'm looking to go on a short city break in the next few weeks,

and I think this would go quite well to contributing towards that.

-Very nice.

-Looking to go to Rome.

-Now, that's going to be fabulous.

Peter, how about you?

I'd also like a city break, but I sit on the water theme

and construct a pond in my back garden

and put some clean or brown water in it.

-LAUGHTER

-It'll start clean, certainly.

-It certainly will.

-There we are.

Well, listen, best of luck.

As I say, three good answers. Mario Balotelli was your first.

Let's see if that's right.

If it is pointless, it will win you £1,000.

Let's see how many people named Mario Balotelli

as a goal-scorer in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

It's right.

If Mario Balotelli takes you

all the way down to zero,

you will leave here with £1,000.

Down it goes, through the teens

into single figures. Still going down,

still going down. Oh, 2.

OK. That's a great answer.

Lovely low score there.

Sadly, not a pointless answer,

which means you only have two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your next answer was Rickie Fowler.

In this case, we were looking for players in the 2014 Ryder Cup.

This has to be correct, obviously,

then it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

So for £1,000, let's see how many people said Rickie Fowler.

It's right.

Your first answer, Mario Balotelli,

took us all the way down to 2.

Your second answer, Rickie Fowler,

taking us down through the teens

and into single figures. Down it goes.

Still going down, it passes 2.

And it's pointless! Well done.

Very well done indeed.

-Very well done.

-Thank you very much.

-Good stuff.

Very, very well done indeed. Great answer there.

Rickie Fowler winning you £1,000 - a pointless answer. Very well done.

Yeah, well done, gents. Our sewage workers have cleaned up...

LAUGHTER

I knew you were going to win it.

It's one of those categories where - I'll go through the answers as well -

there's so many pointless answers.

I know a lot of people would've won the money,

but they're not standing where you are right now,

so they don't get the £1,000.

Let's take a look at the different answers in the different categories.

We'll start with the Ryder Cup.

Loads and loads of pointless answers here.

Jordan Spieth is probably the best golfer in the world

apart from McIlroy at the moment.

Keegan Bradley - another major winner.

Matt Kuchar, Victor Dubuisson.

There's only two Europeans in pointless answers -

Dubuisson and Gallacher.

But you also could have had Hunter Mahan,

you could've had Jim Furyk, Jimmy Walker, Patrick Reed,

Webb Simpson and Zach Johnson.

Loads and loads of pointless answers there.

If you think there's a lot of pointless answers there,

take a look at the World Cup scorers - there are so many.

We'll start with Alexis Sanchez, Arsenal player in Chile.

Clint Dempsey - he used to play for the mighty Fulham.

-Fred. Who can forget Fred?

-Yeah.

-THEY LAUGH

And Bony as well. I'll take you through another...

A few more that we'll know in British football.

You could have had Andre Schurrle, you could have had Angel Di Maria.

Arjen Robben was a pointless answer, Asamoah Gyan.

Bryan Ruiz, also, since you ask, of Fulham.

Joel Campbell, who I think was the Costa Rican you were thinking of

who plays for Arsenal.

A lot of pointless answers there.

And that's just going through the famous ones.

Virtually everybody else is pointless.

Only very few people scoring points there.

Rooney and Messi - the big scorers.

Now, the snooker. Let's take a look at that.

Fewer pointless answers, but only because there was 32 players in it -

would've been otherwise.

Remember when Robbie Williams played in the World Snooker Final?

He did She's The One For Seven. That was one of his.

LAUGHTER Lots of other answers as well.

Ding Junhui was a pointless answer,

Stuart Bingham, who won in 2015, is a pointless answer.

Stephen Maguire, Ryan Day, Mark Davis -

all sorts of pointless answers there.

Very well done if he got some of those at home.

You picked a good day to play Pointless, gentlemen.

Yeah, I'll say that again. Absolutely.

Very well done indeed, Steve and Peter.

Huge thanks, once again, to our winning players, Steve and Peter,

who go away with today's jackpot of £1,000.

-Very well done.

-APPLAUSE

Join us next time when we'll be putting

more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.