0:00:19 > 0:00:22APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Thank you very much.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29the show where the more obscure your knowledge,
0:00:29 > 0:00:32the better your chances of winning. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37And couple number one.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Hi, I'm John, this is my mother-in-law, Teresa.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41We've come from Derbyshire.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42Couple number two.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Hi, my name's Tim, this is Monica.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46We're from Ditchling just outside Brighton.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47Couple number three.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Hi, I'm Adam, this is my friend Marc and we're from South London.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52And finally, couple number four.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Hello, I'm Charmain and this is my sister Jane,
0:00:54 > 0:00:55and we're also from South London.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And these are today's contestants.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01A warm welcome to you all. Thank you very much indeed.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03We will find out more about you throughout the show
0:01:03 > 0:01:06as it goes along. That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Still sulking because we banned him from having flames, ticker tape
0:01:09 > 0:01:12and pyrotechnics, it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Hiya.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Hi, everybody.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17APPLAUSE
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- Good afternoon to you. - And to you.- Are you well?
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- I am extremely well, thank you. - Excellent.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25A lovely show last time. The only returning pair from that show
0:01:25 > 0:01:27are Charmain and Jane on podium four.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29They got through to Round Two but David
0:01:29 > 0:01:31- and Anne got through to the final round.- Yeah.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35- Missed out on the jackpot.- Yeah. - This lot are over the moon.- Yeah.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38You can see that. So, yeah, the jackpot continues to grow.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40We welcome our new players as well.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Just looking at everyone here, I think Round Two might be carnage.
0:01:43 > 0:01:44LAUGHTER
0:01:44 > 0:01:45OK. Thanks very much.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48As you'll have gathered, David and Anne didn't win the jackpot
0:01:48 > 0:01:50last time so we had another £1,000 to that.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54So, today's jackpot starts off at £8,000.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56APPLAUSE
0:01:56 > 0:01:59The biggest jackpot we have had in recent Pointless history.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02If everyone is ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08So, all you have to remember is this - the pair
0:02:08 > 0:02:12with the highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Best of luck to all four pairs. Our first category this afternoon...
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first,
0:02:21 > 0:02:22who is going to go second?
0:02:22 > 0:02:25And who ever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31OK. And the question concerns...
0:02:36 > 0:02:38On each board we are going to show you seven top 40 hits
0:02:38 > 0:02:40that all feature a female name in the title.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43We'll give you the first and last letters of that name.
0:02:43 > 0:02:44Can you tell us what it is, please?
0:02:44 > 0:02:4714 in all to have a go at at home, so very best of luck.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50So, we are looking for the female names that are these song titles.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Here's our first board.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06I will read those all one last time.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19John, a warm welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- From Derbyshire.- Yeah, we are coming down from Derbyshire.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24But you are originally from Scotland.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- Yeah, I'm originally from the Borders.- Right you are.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28And what do you do up in Derbyshire?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- I am a cover supervisor at a secondary school.- OK.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34- Based at one particular school?- Yes.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36What are your hobbies when you're not doing that, John?
0:03:36 > 0:03:40- I am a big rugby fan, really enjoy rugby.- Do you play?
0:03:40 > 0:03:45Erm, I did play second row until my wife is due her first baby,
0:03:45 > 0:03:48so I have been needing to spend more time at home,
0:03:48 > 0:03:50so I have given up rugby for the meantime.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Well, congratulations on the baby. John, what are you going to go for?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Erm...
0:03:55 > 0:03:58I know a couple of them.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02I will probably go for Dolly Parton, Jolene.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Jolene, says John, Jolene. Let's see if that's right,
0:04:05 > 0:04:07let's see how many of our 100 people said Jolene.
0:04:13 > 0:04:1570 for Jolene.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17APPLAUSE
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Famously, it was inspired by someone at her local bank who
0:04:21 > 0:04:24she thought was flirting with her husband many, many years ago.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26And she said recently, which was rather lovely,
0:04:26 > 0:04:27"Sometimes I look at him now,
0:04:27 > 0:04:31"lying back in his reclining chair with his grey hair, snoring away,
0:04:31 > 0:04:34"and I think I should ring Jolene up and say, "You should come get him.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35"You can have him.""
0:04:35 > 0:04:39- Thanks, Richard. Monica, welcome to Pointless.- Hello.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Great to have you here. What do you do, Monica?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44I am a stay-at-home mum at the moment.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46I have got a part-time job as well
0:04:46 > 0:04:48but mainly looking after the children at home.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50- How many children have you got? - I have got two.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- What are their names? - Ethan and Emilio.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Ethan and Emilio, are you watching?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59No, watch, Ethan and Emilio, don't do that! Watch your mum!
0:04:59 > 0:05:01What are your hobbies, Monica?
0:05:01 > 0:05:05I like reading and I like making cakes.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Mmm, lovely.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Now, Monica, what would you like to go for on this board?
0:05:11 > 0:05:17Erm, I think I'm going to go with Goo Goo Dolls,
0:05:17 > 0:05:19- which is Iris.- Iris. Iris, says Monica.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Let's see if that's right,
0:05:21 > 0:05:24let's see how many of our 100 people said Iris.
0:05:31 > 0:05:3228.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34APPLAUSE
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Good score there, Monica.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Well played, Monica. One of those very unusual songs.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42It was originally not a huge hit
0:05:42 > 0:05:44and then it seemed to gain a life of its own.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46That's probably how you would want it to be, slow,
0:05:46 > 0:05:48- drip-feed success.- I think so.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- I imagine they are still making money from it.- Nice for them.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52And one of those songs that you would
0:05:52 > 0:05:55recognise in an instant if you played it.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00Thank you, Richard. Well, my Iris recognition is...is pretty good.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Now, Marc, a warm welcome to you. Good to have you here.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05What do you do, Marc?
0:06:05 > 0:06:08I am a training consultant, so I help people with their customer
0:06:08 > 0:06:12service skills, predominantly in the financial services industry.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Right you are. And what do you do when you're not doing that?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18I also do some part-time work at Crystal Palace Football Club.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- I am a huge Eagles fan. - What kind of work does that involve?
0:06:21 > 0:06:25I work again in customer service but I also do the tours of the stadium.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- Oh, now that's fun.- I get to show people the changing rooms,
0:06:28 > 0:06:30the dug-outs and take them pitch side.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33- Trophy cabinet. Oh, no, hold on. - There is a trophy cabinet.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35It is bigger than you think, believe me.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Yeah, but empty.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- And then, do you take them to the shop at the end, I suppose?- Yeah.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42- Yeah, exactly, you always end in the shop.- Always end in the shop.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Now, Marc, what would you like to go for here?
0:06:45 > 0:06:47There is a couple that I know for sure,
0:06:47 > 0:06:51there's one that I'm iffy about. But...
0:06:51 > 0:06:53I am going to go for the one I know.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57- I'm going to go for the Kaiser Chiefs and Ruby.- Ruby, says Marc.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Let's see how many of our 100 people agree with Marc.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Well, you've passed 70. 55 for Ruby. Not bad.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11APPLAUSE
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Yeah, big number one single from 2007.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16My daughter is called Ruby,
0:07:16 > 0:07:18it made her life a misery for quite some time.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Yes, that's true. You wouldn't really like that, would you?
0:07:20 > 0:07:23No, because it literally just repeats the name constantly
0:07:23 > 0:07:26through the chorus. Even teachers were singing it to her.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27- You think, "Come on."- Yeah.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31Even supply teachers, even cover teachers.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- Charmain, welcome back.- Hello. - Good to have you here again.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- It was Round Two last time we said goodbye to you.- Yes.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41- Sitcom Stars. - It was British TV comedy, yes.
0:07:41 > 0:07:42That's right.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Remind us what you do, Charmain.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48- I'm a music administrator for Wandsworth Music Service.- Very good.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- How long have you been doing that? - For seven years.- Fun?
0:07:51 > 0:07:53It has been lots of fun.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56We have got lots of orchestras that go out and do some work.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Wandsworth Pops Orchestra, they perform all around the country.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03That's brilliant. And your hobbies when you're not doing that.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Sewing, hairdressing.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Very good indeed, Charmain.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Now, you are the last person to have this board.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- Do you feel up to talking us through it?- I can try.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17I did know the Kaiser Chiefs one and the Goo Goo Dolls, and Dolly Parton.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21I think the bottom one is Roxanne.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24And The Kinks is Lola.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29I'm not sure about the Jamie T one but I am going to go for Roxanne.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Roxanne, says Charmain.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Let's see how many of our 100 people said Roxanne for The Police.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Well, 70 is our high score. You have passed that.
0:08:41 > 0:08:4258.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Not bad.
0:08:45 > 0:08:4658 for Roxanne.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Yeah, George Michael does a nice cover version of Roxanne as well.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53- Does he?- Yeah. Some big scorers there.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Let's fill in the rest of this board.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57There is another big scorer up there,
0:08:57 > 0:09:00which is Lola by The Kinks, you are absolutely right about that.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02And that would have scored you 50.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Then My Chemical Romance is Helena.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08That would have scored 11.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10And the best answer on the board, Jamie T. It's brilliant, Jamie T.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12But this is a low scorer - Sheila.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15It would have scored you four, well done if you said that.
0:09:15 > 0:09:16Thanks very much indeed.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19We are halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:09:19 > 0:09:2228, the best score of that pass. Well done, Monica.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Then up to 55, Marc and Adam,
0:09:24 > 0:09:2558, Charmain and Jane,
0:09:25 > 0:09:27and then 70, John and Teresa.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- Teresa, did you like that board, by the way?- I did like that board.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Good, let's hope you like the next one even more because
0:09:32 > 0:09:34we need a low score from you when we come back down to you.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37We're going to come back down the line now.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Please can the second players step up onto the podium?
0:09:41 > 0:09:45OK. Let's put seven more song titles up on the board, and here they are.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59I will read those one last time.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- Now, Jane, welcome back.- Hi. - Welcome back.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- Remind us what you do, Jane. - I'm a T-shirt designer.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18This is something you have just recently switched to.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Yeah, I have just started doing this.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- And you design and you print your T-shirts.- Yes, I do.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25- And sell them all yourself? - Yes, at the moment.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28And you are looking for other people to start selling them as well?
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Not sure where I'm going with it, I am just seeing how it goes.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33- Take it one step at a time.- Exactly.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Maybe there will be a T-shirt scout who will
0:10:35 > 0:10:37- come along past your stall. - You never know.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39"These should be available around the country."
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Now, what are your interests, Jane?
0:10:41 > 0:10:43I play football, I like baking,
0:10:43 > 0:10:46I love travelling
0:10:46 > 0:10:49and going camping and cycling.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53When I travel, I like to volunteer as well.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57I love dressing up at Halloween time. Lots of things, really.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59- Excellent.- I'll tell you what,
0:10:59 > 0:11:02a lot of bakers on the show and very few cakes.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Yeah. Yeah, I noticed that.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Jane, you are on 58.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08The high scorers are Teresa and John on 70.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10So if you could score 11 or less,
0:11:10 > 0:11:12you will definitely be in the next round.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16I was really hoping for biscuits or something.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18I have no idea.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22I am just going to guess one.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Or should I go for the one that I do actually know?
0:11:26 > 0:11:27Erm...
0:11:28 > 0:11:32OK, I'm going to go for Delilah, Tom Jones.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Delilah. Here is your red line.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36If you happen to get below that with Delilah,
0:11:36 > 0:11:37you are definitely into Round Two.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Let's see how many of our 100 people said Delilah.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Oh, that is a high score, Jane.
0:11:47 > 0:11:4883 for Delilah.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50141, your total.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Yeah, possibly better than to go for a risky one, though.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57- Yeah, Delilah, Tom Jones. - Thanks very much. Now, Adam.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- Welcome to Pointless. What do you do, Adam?- I am a web developer.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03And what sort of things to you develop? Any sort of website?
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Websites for generally small businesses.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10It ranges from a school through to technology in the sports sector.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- All sorts of things, really. - Very good.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15And when you are not doing that, Adam, what do you do?
0:12:15 > 0:12:18I like to go to the gym a lot, helping out in the garden,
0:12:18 > 0:12:20in the kitchen, round the house,
0:12:20 > 0:12:23- relaxing and watching TV.- Excellent.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Now, Adam, you have been thrown a bit of a lifeline here.
0:12:26 > 0:12:2785 for less gets you through.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31I only think I know the obvious ones,
0:12:31 > 0:12:34so it is picking which is going to be the least bad.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37I'm going to go for Mandy, Barry Manilow.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39OK, Mandy. Here is your red line.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Nice and high, but you have got to get below it.
0:12:42 > 0:12:43Can you, with Mandy?
0:12:46 > 0:12:48It is right and you are through. Well done.
0:12:48 > 0:12:5060.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Quite a forgiving score, there. 115 is your total.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55Well chosen, Adam.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Yeah, number 11 for Barry Manilow. Number one for Westlife, Mandy.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- It was originally called Brandy but they change the name.- Really?
0:13:01 > 0:13:03- Yeah, it was. - Why would you change it?
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- It is a lady's name in America, isn't it?- It is.- Over here, less so.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Less so. A dog's name here.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Yes, or a drink.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12No, there was another song called Brandy by another group,
0:13:12 > 0:13:14so he changed it to Mandy.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17- Well, there we are. - It's his business, isn't it?
0:13:17 > 0:13:20- Yeah, exactly. - He writes the songs.- Yeah.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22LAUGHTER
0:13:22 > 0:13:24- There we are. Now, Tim.- Hi.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Tim, great news for you - you are through.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30It doesn't matter what you score. Now, Tim, what do you do?
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- I am a hotel manager.- Whereabouts?
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Just about 15 miles above Brighton.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39- Right you are. And you live in Ditchling.- Yes.- Beautiful village.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42- Yes.- And what do you do when you are not managing the hotel?
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Do you get a lot of time off? Probably not a great deal.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45No, not a great deal.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49But being so close to the South Downs, I do a lot of walking
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- and when I am not walking I am watching movies.- There we are.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Now, Tim as I say, you are already through
0:13:55 > 0:13:57so it doesn't matter what you score,
0:13:57 > 0:14:00but you could always try and find a nice low score up there.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03The only answers I knew have now been taken
0:14:03 > 0:14:06so I am going to guess with Blondie and Maria.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Maria. Maria.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11OK, well, no red line as you are already through.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Let's see how many of our 100 people said Maria for Blondie.
0:14:20 > 0:14:2255. Good guess.
0:14:23 > 0:14:2483 is your total,
0:14:24 > 0:14:26our first two-figure total.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27Yeah, safely through.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30It was a comeback single for Blondie and it was her sixth number one.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Teresa, welcome.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Lovely to have you here. What do you do, Teresa?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38I work part-time for my church.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42I do a little bit of accounts and admin
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- and a little bit of youth and children's work.- Very good.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47And when you are not doing that, what do you like to get up to?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Well, I love dancing.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52I do Scottish country dancing in honour of my darling son-in-law,
0:14:52 > 0:14:55which I started seven years ago when we moved to Derbyshire.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58And we have got a lovely dog, a boxer dog called Queenie
0:14:58 > 0:15:00and we love walking.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04- We moved to the Peak District so we could go long walks.- Lovely.
0:15:04 > 0:15:09Now, you are on 70. You have to score 70 or less to stay with us.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Well, I have had time to make up names for all of them.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- Oh, is it down to making up? - No, I do know...
0:15:15 > 0:15:20I think I know The Zutons and I'm going to say Valerie.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Very good. Valerie. Here is your red line.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Let's see if you can get below that with Valerie.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30It's right.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Through you go. Very well done, Teresa.
0:15:33 > 0:15:3539 is your total, 109.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39109 is your total.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Yeah, very well played. It was by The Zutons.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43One of an endless stream of brilliant Liverpool bands who write
0:15:43 > 0:15:45songs like that seemingly effortlessly.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Yeah, then Amy Winehouse covered it -
0:15:47 > 0:15:51- they must be making a fortune from it, mustn't they?- Yeah.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54It's good, isn't it? It's nice. It's a nice story.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Now, if you don't know the rest of these you could probably have
0:15:57 > 0:15:59- guessed some. Derek And The Dominos...- Layla.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02..is Layla, of course it is, and that would have scored 31.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04People will know The Four Tops' song.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06It's Bernadette.
0:16:06 > 0:16:07That would have scored 14.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Avril Lavigne is the best answer on the board but it's quite...
0:16:10 > 0:16:11I'm going to guess Alice.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Alice is exactly right, and that would have scored five.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16There we are. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19So, at the end of our first round, the pair we are saying goodbye to
0:16:19 > 0:16:21is our only returning pair, Jane and Charmain -
0:16:21 > 0:16:23our only rhyming pair as well.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25I am so sorry we have to say goodbye now, far too soon.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27But it has been great having you on the show.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- Thank you so much for playing. Jane and Charmain.- Thank you.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33APPLAUSE
0:16:33 > 0:16:36But for the remaining three pairs, it is now time for Round Two.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44So, we are down to three pairs.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47At the end of this round, we will have to say goodbye to another pair.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Well, hats off, Tim and Monica, lowest joint score
0:16:50 > 0:16:52and lowest individual score as well.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Our category for Round Two today is...
0:16:59 > 0:17:03A little buzz from the audience there. The periodic table.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Can you decide in your pairs who is going to go first,
0:17:05 > 0:17:06who is going to go second?
0:17:06 > 0:17:10And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14OK. Let's find out what the question is.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:17:23 > 0:17:27Chemical elements whose symbols contained the letters L, M or N.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28- Richard.- Yeah, tricky one, this.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32We are looking for any element of the periodic table as of July 2015,
0:17:32 > 0:17:36please, whose symbol contains an L, an M, or an N.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40So the symbol containing L, M or N, please. Very, very best of luck.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43- See, normally we just learn the names of the...- I know.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46So we have got our cheap ones that we can always just come up with.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49On this you can't because you need to know the symbols as well.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53- Never ends, does it, learning? - Carnage, as the man said.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Teresa, how are you feeling about our chemical symbols?
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Not too bad, this, although I hated chemistry at school.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03But I am going to say manganese.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Manganese, says Teresa. Manganese.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Let's see how many of our 100 people said manganese.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11It's right.
0:18:16 > 0:18:1811, Teresa.
0:18:20 > 0:18:2111 for manganese.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Yeah, very good.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27It is the element that makes up all Japanese animation.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29LAUGHTER
0:18:29 > 0:18:33Thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Tim.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35What would you like to go for?
0:18:35 > 0:18:36I am going to go with lithium.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Lithium, says Tim.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Let's see if that's right,
0:18:39 > 0:18:42let's see how many of our 100 people said lithium.
0:18:49 > 0:18:5029.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Not bad, 29 for lithium.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Yeah, Li is lithium.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59- It's got an L in it.- It has.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01It very much has. Now, Adam.
0:19:01 > 0:19:06- We tried learning these to prepare for the show.- And?
0:19:06 > 0:19:09And I am going to tell you, Marc, I'm going to take a risk...
0:19:09 > 0:19:11on livermorium.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Livermorium.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Oooh!
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Ooh, we all like livermorium.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- Do you remember what its symbol was? - No.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22I see.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25OK, well, let's find out - livermorium.
0:19:25 > 0:19:26Surely, surely that has an L.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Or an M or an N in it, you never know. Let's see. Livermorium.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33It's right.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Well, 29 is our high score, 11 is our low.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38You have passed 29, you have past 11...
0:19:38 > 0:19:40It's pointless!
0:19:40 > 0:19:43There we are.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45It just goes to show, it pays to revise.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48That adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £8,250.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52It scores you nothing, Adam, earns you a pat on the back.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- Brilliant.- That's the way to play the game, Adam. Very well played.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Yeah, Lv is the symbol for livermorium, as you might expect.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- As you would hope it be. - Sometimes it's not, is it? But...
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Although that would have been harsh, if it hadn't been.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06- If I'd gone, "No, of course it's Xr."- B.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10We are halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Nothing, the lowest score on the board at this point,
0:20:13 > 0:20:14Adam and Marc looking very strong.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Up to 11, well done, Teresa and John. 29, Tim and Monica.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21I mean, that's a low score, 29, but I'm afraid you are our high-scorers.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24So, Monica, we need to find a nice low-scoring answer
0:20:24 > 0:20:25to keep you in the game.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27We are going to come back down the line now.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:20:31 > 0:20:34So, Marc, chemical elements whose symbols contain the letters
0:20:34 > 0:20:36L, M or N.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37Yeah.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39See, what Adam didn't tell you is that we...
0:20:39 > 0:20:42The way we revised it was to the tune of the Can-Can.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Would you like to sing us...?
0:20:47 > 0:20:49I'm not allowed to sing, so...
0:20:50 > 0:20:53- You really did? To the tune of the Can-Can?- Yeah, really did, yes.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55You could release that!
0:20:55 > 0:20:57If nothing else, everyone who comes on Pointless would buy it.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- Could be a number-one single. - Absolutely.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02No, I'm not going to attempt to sing it,
0:21:02 > 0:21:04and I wish I'd paid more attention as well.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05Erm...
0:21:05 > 0:21:08I'm going to go molybdenum.
0:21:08 > 0:21:09Molybdenum.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- Molybdenum, and slightly crossing your fingers.- Yeah.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Can't really remember what the symbol was.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17It stands to reason - surely molybdenum must have
0:21:17 > 0:21:19one of those in, or quite possibly two, you never know.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20There is your red line.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23If you can get below that, you are into the head-to-head.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Let's see how many of our 100 people said molybdenum.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28It's right.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34There you are, you're through.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36It scores you five.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38APPLAUSE
0:21:40 > 0:21:41Five is your total.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Sterling work on that last podium, very well done.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Yes, Mo - one of the few chemical elements whose symbol is a name.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52- Nice.- There are others.- And a character in The Simpsons as well.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- Yeah, exactly.- Very nice.- But to any children at home, revising pays off.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58- That's what we learn, isn't it? - That's what we've just learnt now.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Revising to the tune of the Can-Can always pays off.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05There are other tunes as well, but the Can-Can is certainly effective.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09- Provably the best.- It has proven to be the best. Now, Monica.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- You are the highest scorers, still. - Yes.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16- How are we feeling about chemistry, generally?- Erm, not good.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17Erm...
0:22:19 > 0:22:22The only one I can think of, and I'm not really sure
0:22:22 > 0:22:26whether it's got either of those letters, would be magnesium.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27Magnesium.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Magnesium. No red line for you as you're the highest scorers.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Let's see how many of our 100 people said magnesium.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37It's right.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Still going down. 28.
0:22:43 > 0:22:4628 for magnesium takes your total up to 57.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Yeah, Mg, magnesium.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51It's quite a big score but at least it was one fewer than Tim got,
0:22:51 > 0:22:53so that's good news.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- Thanks, Richard. John.- Hiya.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Well, you've got a target now - 45 or less is what we need from you.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Are you happy with chemistry generally?
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Erm, it's all right.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05I know a few of them
0:23:05 > 0:23:08but it's just trying to think specifically of the symbols,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11you know, cos some of the letters that are in the symbols just
0:23:11 > 0:23:14don't seem to represent the words at all.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Erm...
0:23:16 > 0:23:18So I'm thinking of going for one that I know.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23I'll just have to go for one cos I don't want to get 100.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25I'll go for nitrogen.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Nitrogen, says John, nitrogen. Here is your red line.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33You have to get below that. If you can, you're into the head-to-head.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Let's see how many of our 100 people said nitrogen.
0:23:41 > 0:23:42Well done.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Oh, look at that! Just.
0:23:45 > 0:23:4745 you needed, 39 you got. 50 is your total.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Well done, John.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Your face showed the perfect example of someone thinking,
0:23:53 > 0:23:55"I do know quite a lot of these but I'm a teacher.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58"This is going to go really badly if I get one wrong."
0:23:58 > 0:24:00I think you did very well, going for nitrogen.
0:24:00 > 0:24:01It's actually the biggest scorer of all.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Nitrogen and the two answers we had on podium two are the three
0:24:04 > 0:24:05highest scorers out there.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09Let's take a look at the pointless answers, there's quite a few.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Copernicium, which is Cn.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Fermium, which is Fm -
0:24:15 > 0:24:17no-one went for the ones that started with different letters.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Those are the scary ones.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Lawrencium, would've been a pointless answer. That is Lr.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25There's livermorium.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Mendelevium, Md.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31You could've had neptunium, which is Np.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Nobelium, which is No.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Samarium, Sm. And thulium, Tm.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40The other pointless answers, lutetium, meitnerium and neodymium.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Very well done if you said any of those.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45- That was harder than a normal one, wasn't it?- That was hard.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48- This symbols thing. - But we had no incorrect answers.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51- It was very impressively played, actually.- Not bad at all.
0:24:51 > 0:24:52Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54So our high scorers at the end of that round -
0:24:54 > 0:24:57once again, 57 is not a terrible score - but, Tim and Monica,
0:24:57 > 0:24:59you are the high-scorers, so we have to say goodbye to you now.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01We'll see you again next time.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03We look forward to that, Monica and Tim, thanks very much.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05APPLAUSE
0:25:07 > 0:25:10But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12APPLAUSE
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Very well done, Adam and Marc, Teresa and John,
0:25:18 > 0:25:21you're now one step closer to the final and a chance to
0:25:21 > 0:25:24play for that jackpot, which currently stands at...
0:25:25 > 0:25:27APPLAUSE
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Well, you know what happens from here on in.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32you can start playing as a team, which is good news.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35And the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40Well, Adam and Marc, it just goes to show, revision really has paid off.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44Just superb. There we are, a pointless answer from you.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Actually, Teresa, very well done, manganese, sneaking that in there in round two. Very nice.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51I was very impressed that molybdenum scored five points.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54That's really crept up in the last few years, hasn't it?
0:25:54 > 0:25:56- That's a Pointless favourite. - Isn't it? No longer.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00The Molybdenum Marketing Board must be absolutely over the moon!
0:26:00 > 0:26:02You get it on everything now, don't you?
0:26:02 > 0:26:05They're not going to be that happy, because they have been hoping
0:26:05 > 0:26:07all this while that molybdenum would be a slow burner...
0:26:07 > 0:26:09AUDIENCE GROANS
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Sorry. LAUGHTER
0:26:12 > 0:26:13Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15APPLAUSE
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Here comes your first question, and it concerns...
0:26:27 > 0:26:28Richard?
0:26:28 > 0:26:31It's five pictures of actors playing real or fictional Prime Ministers.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Can you name the most obscure?
0:26:33 > 0:26:36OK, let's reveal our five pictures, and here they come.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37We have got...
0:27:03 > 0:27:07There we are. Five fictional Prime Minister actors.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Marc and Adam, you're our low scorers, see you'll go first.
0:27:10 > 0:27:11Feel free to confer.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21- D is Michael Sheen. - I'll let you go for it.
0:27:21 > 0:27:22- Yeah?- OK.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26OK, we're going to go for D, which we think is Michael Sheen.
0:27:26 > 0:27:30Michael Sheen. Michael Sheen, D, say Adam and Marc.
0:27:30 > 0:27:35Now, Teresa and John, do you fancy talking us through the board?
0:27:35 > 0:27:37I know A is the son of a famous actor,
0:27:37 > 0:27:39and I can't think of his name!
0:27:39 > 0:27:43B is Jane Horrocks, C is Anthony Head,
0:27:43 > 0:27:45and E is Hugh Grant.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- We'll go for B? We'll go for Jane Horrocks.- Jane Horrocks.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51OK, so, we have Michael Sheen and we have Jane Horrocks.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Adam and Marc said Michael Sheen for D, let's see if that's right,
0:27:55 > 0:27:57and if it is, let's see how many
0:27:57 > 0:27:59of our 100 people said Michael Sheen?
0:28:01 > 0:28:02Phew!
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Not bad at all, 24 for Michael Sheen.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11APPLAUSE
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Teresa and John, meanwhile, you said Jane Horrocks for B.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said Jane Horrocks?
0:28:22 > 0:28:24It's right, it has to beat 24.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28No! 33.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29APPLAUSE
0:28:29 > 0:28:3333 for Jane Horrocks. Which means Adam and Marc, very well done.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35After one question, you're up 1-0.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39- There is one answer which would beat Michael Sheen...- It's A. - It is A, you're right.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41- It's Kinnear, isn't it? - Yes, it is Roy Kinnear's son,
0:28:41 > 0:28:43- and it is Rory Kinnear.- Rory! - Rory Kinnear.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47A wonderful, wonderful actor. He would've scored you 13.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50- Do you remember where Rory Kinnear played a Prime Minister? - No, I don't.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Did you see the episode of Black Mirror,
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror? Called National Anthem.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58He has to accede to a very unusual request.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00He's brilliant in it.
0:29:00 > 0:29:0113 points for that.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07C is Anthony Head. Played the Prime Minister in Little Britain.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09Would have scored you 26.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12Michael Sheen, of course, played Tony Blair.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15And E, Hugh Grant, from Love, Actually.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17And he would've scored you 77 points.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Have you ever played a Prime Minister?
0:29:19 > 0:29:21I've played David Cameron, actually.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24But I think that was before he was Prime Minister.
0:29:24 > 0:29:25- Did you?- Yeah.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28In The Trial Of Tony Blair.
0:29:28 > 0:29:29LAUGHTER
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Really?
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Oh, very good. You'd be a good Prime Minister, I think.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- I really wouldn't. - In real life.- Oh, thank you!
0:29:37 > 0:29:39You would be a real-life good Prime Minister.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43Can I just say, at this point, Anthony Head an iron, I think.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46- An iron?- And iron wouldn't hurt.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49- Oh, for his shirt collar?- Yeah. LAUGHTER
0:29:49 > 0:29:52Do you know what I mean? Do wear a linen shirt, of course.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54I don't understand linen shirts.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56You can only wear them once.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58That's true, that's true.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00But look at that,
0:30:00 > 0:30:02particularly when you've got Grant's crisp collar there.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05I mean, he's making Anthony look a fool.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Some people don't have the collar bones for it.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10That's true. That's true.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12A linen shirt is very difficult under a suit.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- Mmm, it is.- Very, very difficult. - Maybe he was caught on holiday.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19That could just be, I don't know, that could be a view out to sea. LAUGHTER
0:30:19 > 0:30:20Maybe that's a boat, or something.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23If he's on the prow of a boat, with all that wind, then actually...
0:30:23 > 0:30:26- Fair enough.- Fair enough. - Fair enough.- Fair enough.- Yeah.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29But, otherwise, no, I don't think so.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32No... Anyway, there we go.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Here comes your second question.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Teresa and John, you get to answer it first
0:30:36 > 0:30:38but you have to win it to stay in the game, so best of luck.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40It concerns...
0:30:43 > 0:30:44Mathematical terms, Richard?
0:30:44 > 0:30:47It's like we're sitting our GCSEs today, isn't it?
0:30:47 > 0:30:49I'm going to show you five definitions of mathematical terms.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53I'm giving you the first and last letters of each. Can you identify the most obscure?
0:30:53 > 0:30:57OK, let's reveal our five definitions and here they come.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19I'll read those one last time.
0:31:37 > 0:31:38Teresa and John...
0:31:40 > 0:31:42INAUDIBLE WHISPERS
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Trigonometry.
0:31:48 > 0:31:49Trigonometry.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52- Do you think so?- I think so.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00He doesn't obey his mother-in-law, you know.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03The branch of mathematics that deals with triangles - trigonometry.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Trigonometry say Teresa and John.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Now, Adam and Marc, do you fancy talking us
0:32:08 > 0:32:10through all those definitions?
0:32:10 > 0:32:11Adam knows the top one.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13The top one is mode, I think.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15- The second one, integer.- Yeah.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19- The fourth one, prime number and the fifth one, vector.- Vector.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21But we're going to go for...
0:32:21 > 0:32:23I think vec...
0:32:23 > 0:32:24- Vector. I think.- Vector.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26You're going for vector.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28So we have trigonometry and we have vector.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Teresa and John said trigonometry, let's see if that's right,
0:32:31 > 0:32:33let's see how many of our 100 agree with them.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37It's right.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40- Oh...- 66.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42APPLAUSE
0:32:45 > 0:32:48Er, Adam and Marc meanwhile have gone for vector,
0:32:48 > 0:32:51let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 said vector.
0:32:56 > 0:32:57Very well done, indeed.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59That wins you the point and the round.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01APPLAUSE
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Adam and Marc, after only two questions,
0:33:03 > 0:33:05you're through to the final, 2-0.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08Yeah, a really tough one to work out what the best answers there were.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Were you having a row about that Teresa and John about what to go for?
0:33:11 > 0:33:13I was just having a row about who was going to answer!
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Teresa said...
0:33:15 > 0:33:17When Teresa said it was trigonometry I went,
0:33:17 > 0:33:19"All right" and I assumed she was going to say it.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21My fault, it was my fault.
0:33:23 > 0:33:24- Son-in-law... - LAUGHTER
0:33:24 > 0:33:28- I just do what I'm told. - You did very well, John.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30So, yes, the other three, it's hard to work out...
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Prime number is a big scorer.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Prime number would have scored you...
0:33:34 > 0:33:37- ..70.- Ah.- Disappointingly it's not a prime number.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39- It's a shame, isn't it? - It's a shame.
0:33:39 > 0:33:40- Imagine if it had been 71.- Ah!
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Oh... That would have been nice.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44- Is that a prime number.- Yeah. - ALEXANDER CHUCKLES
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Good.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Erm... These other two, the top one is mode.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51It's one of the ways of measuring an average.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53It would have scored you 41.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56And the best answer on the board, is integer.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00I think perhaps because it's not as familiar a word to people, maybe.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02That would have scored you...
0:34:02 > 0:34:0330 points.
0:34:03 > 0:34:08- Vector is a slightly harder clue but such a sci-fi word, vector.- Yeah.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Integer, maybe slightly more obscure.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13There we are. They are all quite impressively high scores.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16- Our 100 have done quite well. - They have done well, haven't they?
0:34:16 > 0:34:19- Yeah, not bad. - All we needed to do was to find them
0:34:19 > 0:34:21and then give the first and last letters of each one.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24- And they aced them.- They aced it.
0:34:24 > 0:34:25Thanks very much, indeed, Richard.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27So at the end of our head-to-head round,
0:34:27 > 0:34:30the pair we're saying "goodbye" to, I'm afraid, it's Teresa and John.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33A very strong performance, though, across the show.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35We'll see you next time, look forward to that very much.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39But meantime, thanks very much, indeed, Teresa and John. APPLAUSE
0:34:39 > 0:34:42- Well done. - Good luck for the next round.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44For Adam and Marc, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Very well done. Adam and Marc, you've seen off all the competition
0:34:52 > 0:34:55and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02- BOTH:- Thank you.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:35:04 > 0:35:07and at the end of today's show the jackpot is standing at
0:35:07 > 0:35:08£8,250. APPLAUSE
0:35:08 > 0:35:10AUDIENCE: Whoo!
0:35:12 > 0:35:15Well, this could be very exciting, indeed.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17I'm going to talk you through the game you've played.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Your first round, I'm going to say it was slightly average.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22- Yes.- Slightly average.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Ruby and Mandy were your answers there.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26They were fine, nothing wrong with either of those.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29But then Round Two, you suddenly found your form,
0:35:29 > 0:35:31broke away from the pack.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34Then 2-0 in the head-to-head, there's no arguing with that.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Anything particular you'd like to see on this board
0:35:37 > 0:35:39that might help you win that jackpot?
0:35:39 > 0:35:42I know Adam would love UK politics.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Or American sport for Marc would be good.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47OK, nice answering each other's questions there.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50A strong team. OK, well, best of luck,
0:35:50 > 0:35:52let's hope something up there tickles your fancy.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Today's choices are these...
0:36:02 > 0:36:04It's like a dream category, isn't it?
0:36:04 > 0:36:07I've got two cats but other than knowing that I need to feed them
0:36:07 > 0:36:09and water them, I've got no idea!
0:36:09 > 0:36:12- You water cats? - No, I don't literally water them.
0:36:12 > 0:36:13I had no idea.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15He originally had one cat, he started watering it
0:36:15 > 0:36:17and now he's got two.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20Literature is a no for both of us.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- Cats could be the musical or the poems.- It could be.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25I really think we should go for football.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28Yeah, because I've got no idea who Nora Ephron is.
0:36:28 > 0:36:29THEY CHUCKLE
0:36:29 > 0:36:31I think this is probably going to be on me,
0:36:31 > 0:36:33but European men's football leagues will be the one.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35OK.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37- Richard.- OK, very best of luck.
0:36:37 > 0:36:41We're looking for any team who competed in the 2014/15 season
0:36:41 > 0:36:42in...
0:36:49 > 0:36:53So any team who competed in any of those three leagues in 2014/15.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- Very, very best of luck, gents. - Thanks very much, indeed.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58You've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02All you need to win that jackpot, £8,250,
0:37:02 > 0:37:05is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07- Are you ready?- Yeah.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the board. There they are.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Your time starts now!
0:37:12 > 0:37:14OK, I don't think I know enough about the Dutch.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16It's going to have to be French or German.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18- Is Bremen German?- Werder Bremen.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21- Is it good enough?- It's Werder Bremen, I'd go with that.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24- I'm not sure, they're definitely a German team.- Mm-hm.
0:37:24 > 0:37:25I'll go with that.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29I also think there's a German team called Mainz, MAINZ,
0:37:29 > 0:37:31- something like that. - I'll take your word for it.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34In terms of French League 1, some of the more obscure ones,
0:37:34 > 0:37:37probably Gridions Bordeaux.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40That's my best French pronunciation of that!
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Who else? You've got FC Nantes.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Probably Lyon's in there somewhere.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48You might have Sochaux.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51S-O-C-H-A-U-X.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53- As in the pastry? - As in the pastry-ish. Yeah.
0:37:53 > 0:37:58- Er, Dutch, as I say I don't know enough.- Feyenoord?
0:37:58 > 0:38:01Yeah, Ajax, FC Twente - I think they're all big ones.
0:38:01 > 0:38:02Ten seconds left.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05I hadn't heard of Sochaux and I hadn't heard of the one you couldn't pronounce either.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07They were a little bit of guesses, though.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10- So Sochaux, Mainz and Werder Bremen. - You can say it.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12They're all risky ones.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15OK, that's your time up, sounds like you've got three answers.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18I don't know how happy you are with them yet. Let's see what they are.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20They're all risky because we don't know for sure...
0:38:20 > 0:38:23They're football teams, I don't know if they competed in those leagues.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25We like risk-taking though.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28So for French League 1, we're going to go with FC Sochaux.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30- FC Sochaux.- Yeah.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33And German Bundesliga, we'll go with Werder Bremen.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35- Werder Bremen.- And FC Mainz.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38- M-A-I-N-Z, Mainz. - FC Mainz.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42OK, of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:42 > 0:38:44I think Werder Bremen is the most likely.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Werder Bremen we'll put last.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48And least likely to be pointless?
0:38:48 > 0:38:51- Sochaux. I might have made it up. - ALEXANDER CHUCKLES
0:38:51 > 0:38:54Sochaux we'll put first. Great imagination you've got if you have.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56OK, we'll pop those up on the board in that order then.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58And here they are...
0:38:58 > 0:39:01We have got FC Sochaux,
0:39:01 > 0:39:02FC Mainz
0:39:02 > 0:39:04and Werder Bremen.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07- They look good on the board, don't they? - The first one doesn't now!
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Perfectly good answers.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13Well...if one of those is pointless it will win you that
0:39:13 > 0:39:15jackpot of £8,250.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Adam, what would you do with your share of that?
0:39:18 > 0:39:19I think I'd go on a holiday
0:39:19 > 0:39:22and maybe put something towards a shopping spree, as well.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25- I could do with some new clothes. - Very good, indeed, Marc?
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Yeah, I'd join Adam on that holiday
0:39:27 > 0:39:30and I'd probably buy a part of a car.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Well, put it towards a car, not individual parts!
0:39:33 > 0:39:34LAUGHTER
0:39:34 > 0:39:38If you want to buy a part of a car, go to a car-boot sale.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42Well, very, very best of luck.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Your first answer was FC Sochaux.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48In this case we were looking for teams from the French Ligue 1.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52If this is pointless it will win you £8,250.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Let's see how many of our 100 said FC Sochaux.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01AUDIENCE GROANS
0:40:01 > 0:40:03You've gone too obscure I think there.
0:40:03 > 0:40:04- FC Sochaux.- Yeah.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08We'll discover why that's wrong shortly but I'm afraid it's not a correct answer
0:40:08 > 0:40:11but it means you have two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Your next answer was FC Mainz.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17In this case we were looking for teams in the German Bundesliga.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Again, it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23So for £8,250, let's see how many people said FC Mainz.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29- It's right.- Oh, my gosh.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Now, FC Sochaux turned out to be incorrect.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34FC Mainz is taking us down through the 20s,
0:40:34 > 0:40:36through the teens into single figures.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39Down it goes, still going down, still going down...
0:40:39 > 0:40:41- It's done it.- Yeah! - APPLAUSE
0:40:45 > 0:40:46Very, very well done.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52Wow!
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Congratulations!
0:40:54 > 0:40:56FC Mainz is a pointless answer,
0:40:56 > 0:41:00which means you go home with that jackpot of £8,250.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03- That's all those years of playing Football Manager finally paid off. - LAUGHTER
0:41:03 > 0:41:07- There you go. Brilliant!- Oh, it's fabulous stuff. Well done.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11Anyone at home who plays Football Manager or Fifa, you get all the foreign leagues, don't you,
0:41:11 > 0:41:14- and you can manage various teams. - Yeah.- The names sink in somewhere.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16I know lots of people at home would have done well.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18The French team you were thinking of was Sochaux.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22They're actually in Ligue 2, what we would call League 2.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24- That's the translation for you. - LAUGHTER
0:41:24 > 0:41:26They used to be one of the top French sides.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- Werder Bremen would have scored you three points.- Oh!
0:41:29 > 0:41:31So well done, Mainz.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34Let's take a look at the pointless answers in the different categories.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37The French league was the hardest one to find a pointless answer.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Evian TG. Lens would have been a pointless answer
0:41:40 > 0:41:42and Stade de Reims, also a pointless answer.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Those are the only three pointless answers.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48Low-scorers there, one point for Bastia, for Metz, for Lorient,
0:41:48 > 0:41:50for Toulouse.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Let's take a look at the Dutch league,
0:41:52 > 0:41:54lots and lots of Dutch viewers.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57I know I have mispronounced their league terribly and I'm so sorry about that.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Now I'm about to mispronounce lots of your teams, as well.
0:42:00 > 0:42:01Erm, you could have had Excelsior,
0:42:01 > 0:42:04Utrecht, Heracles, Willem.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08Also you could have had Den Haag, Dordrecht, Groningen,
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Brada and Cambuur. Very well done if you said any of those.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Now let's turn to the Bundesliga.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16There's five pointless answers for the Bundesliga.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17Augsburg.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Eintracht Frankfurt was a pointless answer,
0:42:19 > 0:42:21a very famous name from German football.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23FC Mainz there and Paderborn 07.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27You also could have had Freiburg, as well.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29One point for Hannover, Koln or Hoffenheim.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Those are the low-scorers and the pointless answers.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33Very well done if you got one at home
0:42:33 > 0:42:36and apologies from Xander and myself that you don't take away £8,250
0:42:36 > 0:42:39because that has gone to our friends here, Adam and Marc.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41- Congratulations.- Thank you.
0:42:41 > 0:42:42APPLAUSE
0:42:45 > 0:42:48Thanks once again to our winning pair, Adam and Marc,
0:42:48 > 0:42:51who go away with today's jackpot of £8,250.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53APPLAUSE
0:42:55 > 0:42:56Join us again next time
0:42:56 > 0:42:59when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.