Episode 18 Pointless

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Thank you very much, indeed.

Hello, I am Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless.

This is the show where all the questions have been

put to 100 people before the show.

All our contestants have to do

is come up with the answers no-one else can think of.

Let's meet today's players. APPLAUSE

-Couple number one.

-Hello, I'm David. This is my wife, Jacqueline.

We're from Washington near Sunderland.

-Couple number two.

-I'm Jayme.

-This is my mum, Sue, and we're from Essex.

-Couple number three.

Hello, I'm Julia. This is my best friend, Christine.

I'm from Norfolk and Christine is from Kent.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I am Sanam and this is my father, Ravi,

and we're from London.

And these are today's contestants. APPLAUSE

Thank you very much, all of you.

A very warm welcome to each and every one.

We'll find more out about you

throughout the show as it goes along.

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

The Maradona of misinformation, the Pele of pointlessness,

the Jimmy Bullard of...

just stuff.

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

-Hiya.

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Hi, everybody. Hello.

-Good afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon to you.

Now, we have given away the jackpot six times in a row.

-Yeah.

-Six times in a row.

Seven is our record, so we could equal that record today.

If we're going to give away seven in a row,

it's going to be one of these pairs here.

Two of them returning from last time.

Sanam and Ravi, who played very, very well last time.

Got through to the head-to-head, and Jayme and Sue.

Welcome, Jayme and Sue, to the 200 Club.

-Congratulations.

-Welcome.

-Lovely to have you as members.

Round One. Round One.

-A proper school subject.

-Oh, that's good.

One of those things we should know about, but probably don't.

Thank you very much, indeed, Richard.

Now, Paddy and Brendan, as you'll have gathered, 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.

I'm sure I don't need to say this, but I'm going to say it anyhow.

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

will be eliminated.

Best of luck, all four pairs.

Our first category this afternoon

is Science. It's Science.

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...

Physics. Ooh, we're narrowing it down.

Physics. Richard.

On each board we're going to show you seven definitions

taken from OxfordDictionaries.com of terms used in physics.

We're going to give you the first

and last letters of each word, as well, which, hopefully, will help.

You just need to give us the most obscure, please.

There's going to be 14 terms in all to have a go at at home.

Best of luck.

OK, so, let's reveal our first seven clues to physics-related terms

and here they are.

There we are. I'll read those all one last time.

Jacqueline, lovely to have you here. What do you do, Jacqueline?

I'm a retired lady these days.

What did you do before you retired?

Most of my work was in finance.

I worked in banks, industry

and latter job was with a firm of solicitors.

Right you are. And what do you fill your retirement with, Jacqueline?

At home I like to do crosswords and...

Now, what sort of crosswords do you do?

-Are you a cryptic crossworder?

-Yes.

-Which cryptic crosswords do you like?

-I do the Telegraph.

I do the Take A Break quick...

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It can be difficult.

Always cross if he hasn't got it done by 10am.

-Aren't you?

-Furious.

I've never actually completed a whole one.

I tend to fill in letters.

But that's all right, no-one's checking.

-No-one's checking.

-Yeah.

-There we are.

Fills a moment. Now, Jacqueline.

What would you like to go for on our board of physics?

I'll go for the fourth one down.

-Torque.

-Torque.

Oh, that's good. Torque.

Let's see if it's right.

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

It's right.

Very good indeed. 19, Jacqueline.

Great start to the round, great start to the show.

19 for torque.

Absolutely. You use it quite often in cars.

The faster the torque in a car, the faster the wheels will spin,

the faster the car can go.

Thank you very much, indeed, Richard.

Jayme, welcome back. Remind us what you do, Jayme.

I'm a manager of a reporting team for a mobile phone company.

-That's right. Now, last time, 200 Club.

-Indeed.

-It was our famous Roberts, wasn't it?

-It was. I was one letter out.

-Yeah, we had Robert Lundrum instead of Robert Ludlum.

-Exactly.

That's what it was.

Now, Jayme, what would you like to go for

on this board of physics-related terms?

I know the top three, that's it.

Trying to decide which one.

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

the third and say decibel.

Decibel, says Jayme. Let's see how many of our 100 people said decibel.

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62 for decibel.

There's a cat called Merlin who holds the world

record for the loudest purr.

67 decibels, which is about the same decibel level

as a domestic dishwasher.

-But cuter.

-Cuter.

-Yeah.

Thank you very much, indeed, Richard.

-Christine, welcome.

-Hello.

-Lovely to have you here.

-Where are you from, Christine?

-East Peckham in Kent.

East Peckham in Kent. What do you do, Christine?

I'm a finance director for a small printing company that my husband

-and I own.

-Very good, indeed.

And what are your interests outside the printing works?

I've got a bit of an obsession about the city of Venice.

I've visited there 32 times.

I'm about to go on my 33rd visit quite soon.

Favourite place in Venice?

There's a little bar near the Rialto Bridge called

Ruga Rialto and they've got a cat there called Kiko,

-and I take treats for him every time I visit there.

-Ah.

-Wow, and you've been 32 times?

-Yes.

-A lot of treats.

-That's an old cat.

-LAUGHTER

-He's doing very well for himself!

Yes!

Now, Christine, what would you like to go for on our board?

Nightmare subject.

So I'm going to go for

the fifth one down and say optics.

Optics, says Christine.

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

It's right. 62 is our high score, 19 is our low.

You passed the high.

39 for optics. Not bad at all.

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Not bad at all.

-Optics. Of course, you also get them in pubs.

-Yes.

The most popular branch of physics.

Thanks very much, indeed.

There we are. Now, Ravi, welcome back. Remind us what you do, Ravi.

I was head of tax. I'm at the moment in between jobs.

What are your interests outside accounting?

I'm an armchair fanatic on sports.

I will watch anything, even dressage.

What do you mean, even dressage?

-LAUGHTER

-Well, I mean...

It's exciting for me,

but I have heard everybody else finds it quite boring.

OK. Ravi, what would you like to go for on this board?

In fact, would you like to take us through that board?

-There are four blanks there.

-I would love to.

The last two, I have no clue.

I know the other two, so,

I'm going to go for the first one

and say watt - W-A-T-T.

Watt, says Ravi. Let's see how many of our 100 people said watt.

It's...

Oh, look at that! 85, Ravi.

Yeah, that's a punishingly high score there.

Isn't it, though?

Named after the Scottish mechanical engineer, James Watt.

Now, let's go through the rest of these.

I think you knew the second one. A space entirely devoid of matter.

-Vacuum.

-Vacuum.

73 points for that.

They say nature abhors a vacuum.

But also dogs abhor vacuums, as well.

-They do, yes.

-Can't bear it.

-They hate a vacuum.

A substance which does not readily

allow passage of heat or sound.

I'm going to say an insulator.

Insulator. That's correct.

That would have scored you 39.

And the bottom one...

-is amplitude.

-Amplitude.

It's the best answer on the board. 10 points for that.

Well done if you got it.

Thank you very much, indeed, Richard.

We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores. 19, Jacqueline.

Very well done, indeed. The best score of that pass.

Putting Jacqueline and David at the top of the table.

Then up to 39, where we find Christine and Julia.

Up to 62, Jayme and Sue,

and then 85, Ravi and Sanam.

Now, Sanam, you're going to have to find

a really low score on that next board.

There's no way we're saying goodbye to you at the end of this round.

We're coming back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put seven more physics definitions up on the board,

and here they are.

We have got...

I will read those all one last time.

Sanam, welcome back to Pointless.

Great to have you here again.

I'm sorry that you are the high-scorers,

but you're under a LITTLE bit of pressure at this point -

but remind us what stage you are at.

I've just finished my A levels,

so I'm starting university in a few months.

Ooh! Very, very good luck. How many A levels did you do?

Er, I did four in my first year and then three in my second year.

That's just too many.

Seven A levels - and how did you do?

I mean, like, four first stage ones, and then you carry it on.

Oh, I see, OK.

-I was thinking you'd done four A levels...

-No, no.

-..halfway through your sixth form.

-I'm not that brilliant!

Oh, but, Sanam, I beg to differ.

They changed it - my daughter did the same, they do AS levels -

twice as much work as we used to have to do.

I know - lower sixth used to be a doss!

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Now, Sanam, there you are, 85, high-scorers -

let's have a lovely low score from you,

and really, really push yourself to find the lowest you possibly can.

I know a few, I'm just trying to figure out

which will be the lowest.

Um...I think I'm going to go for the first one

and hope it's going to be quite low, and say quark.

-Quark.

-Quark.

Quark, says Sanam.

No red line for you - you are the high-scorers.

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

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32 for quark takes your total up to 117.

Well done, Sanam - that's what they're producing

in the Large Hadron Collider,

all sorts of different types of quark, in fact -

and the German for "cheese" is "quark", as well,

or a certain type of cheese,

and they must find that hilarious at the Large Hadron Collider.

I wonder how many Germans turn up in CERN with some baskets...

-Yeah, exactly.

-..going, "Mm, I'll have some of your..."

Lovely toast - I'm presuming toasted cheese, yeah.

If you're a German engineer, say, you must never stop laughing.

Must be one endless joke.

When you're talking about hundreds of different cheeses

smashing into each other and creating nuclear explosions.

-It is funny, certainly.

-Yeah.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, Julia, a warm welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you here from Norfolk -

-whereabouts in Norfolk are you from?

-Cromer.

-Oh, pretty!

-It is.

-Very nice. And what do you do, Julia?

-I'm a proofreader.

I correct people's grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Very good!

Do you change words, as well, if you feel that they've...?

With some clients I do, when I feel what they're looking for,

and I - I make suggestions.

Interesting. And what do you do when you're not proofreading?

Well, because my job involves sitting in front of a laptop,

I like to get out and about a bit.

I take dance classes quite a few times per week.

What kind of dance do you do?

Beginners' ballet, Latin, I've done jive...

and I'm just going to start '70s and '80s disco!

That's brilliant!

Now, Julia, 77 or less gets you through.

OK, I'm delighted that I know any of them at all,

because I last took a physics exam when I was about 15, and scored 20%.

So, I'm going to go for the bottom one,

-which I believe is velocity.

-Velocity...

-Yes.

-..says Julia -

here comes your red line.

If you can get below that with velocity,

you are through to the next round. How many people said velocity?

It's right, and through you go.

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Cutting it a bit fine, there -

102 is your total, but you're through.

Yeah, well played.

The terminal velocity of an average human is 120mph.

-Right.

-Quite fast, isn't it?

-Yeah, that is quite fast.

-Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Sue.

-Hello. Great to have you here.

What do you do, Sue? Remind us.

-Really a professional grandmother.

-A professional grandmother.

-Does that sound good?

-No, I think that sounds very good indeed.

What's the next big highlight

-on the professional grandmothers' fixtures calendar?

-None, I hope.

-I've told them enough's enough.

-You've put your foot down.

-I have.

Are you a disciplinarian as a grandmother, or are you a spoiler?

-I'm wonderful.

-Good, I'm delighted to hear that.

Now, Sue, how are we feeling about this, physics?

Well...

I know two, and they're obviously the highest answers,

so...

-Which one shall I go for?

-If you can score 54 or less...

-Mm, OK.

I'll go for the weight,

-and it's a pendulum - I hope.

-A pendulum, says Sue.

Let's see if that's right - here's your red line.

If you can get below that with pendulum,

you are through to the next round.

Let's see how many people said pendulum.

It's right.

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That's a high score, there.

Takes your total up to 127.

"Phew-ee," on podium four.

Yeah, used to regulate the movement of clocks,

amongst many other things, pendulums.

-Thank you very much.

-Or pendula.

-Pendula, I suppose, yeah.

-I guess so.

People don't really do that now, do they?

-No.

-People sort of shy away from Latin plurals.

Yeah - if you were a proofreader, and somebody said pendulums,

would you change it to pendula?

-I probably wouldn't, actually, no.

-No.

No, I think that would be too nit-picking, really.

Well, we always call these podiums, don't we?

-We do.

-People often ask if that's right, or if it should be podia.

Yeah.

Right, now, David, welcome to the show.

Great to have you here from Sunderland - well, from Washington.

-Washington.

-What do you do, David?

-Like Jacqueline, I'm retired.

-Have been for five years, now.

-What did you do?

Like Jacqueline, working in a bank,

and then, for the last 15 years, or 14,

I was an administrator in a sheltered home.

Very good. So, did you and Jacqueline meet in the bank?

-Of course, yeah!

-Oh!

A fair percentage of couples in the bank that we know

-met their partners in the bank.

-That's nice, very nice.

-Yeah.

Nice... Or maybe not - going to say, a nice atmosphere at the bank,

or possibly less nice atmosphere at the bank.

Well, in our day it was a nicer atmosphere than now.

Yeah, I see. Now, David, you are on 19,

which means, even if you score 100 points,

you're still through to the next round.

Do you want to go through them all?

Er, the scale would be Celsius, then pressure...

um...and horsepower...

I thought the next one would be temperatures,

but there's too many letters there, so I'll go with horsepower, please.

Horsepower. Let's see if that's right - no red line for you.

Let's see how many people said horsepower.

It's right.

26 for horsepower. APPLAUSE

Very, very well done indeed, David, taking your total up to 45,

-the lowest total by some margin.

-Well played, David, yeah -

and that term, actually, was coined by James Watt,

which brings the round nicely to its end.

Let's fill in the rest of this board.

You're right about Celsius.

That would have scored you 77.

You're right about pressure, as well.

That would have scored you 33,

so you chose the right one of the ones you knew,

and the best answer on the board - do you know this last one?

-I bet you do - it's thermodynamics.

-Oh, yes!

Thermodynamics. Very well done if you said that - 24 points.

There we go - thank you very much indeed, Richard.

At the end of our first round I can tell you

there is one pair we are saying goodbye to,

and I'm sorry to say, Sue and Jayme, it is you.

127 - not that far ahead of the field, there,

but I'm afraid you are the high-scorers.

Thank you so much for coming to play Pointless,

been great having you on both shows, but we say goodbye, now.

Sue and Jayme - great contestants.

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

Well done, everyone. We have made it through to Round Two -

particularly well done to David and Jacqueline -

lowest individual score and lowest combined score, on the first podium.

So, that's pretty impressive.

Obviously we'll have to say goodbye to another pair

at the end of this round, so the best of luck to all three of you.

Our category for Round Two today is...

There we are, James Bond.

Can you decide in your pairs

who's going to go first, who's going 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...

James Bond films with three or more words in their titles, Richard.

-That's a bit more fun than Physics, isn't it?

-Exactly.

Yeah, we're looking for any official Eon-produced James Bond films

that have three or more words in their title,

please, up to June 2015. Very best of luck.

Thank you very much indeed.

OK, so, David, official James Bond films with three or more words.

Well, there's a few going round in my head,

but I'll stick with an answer that won me a quiz once -

The Spy Who Loved Me.

The Spy Who Loved Me, says David.

-It won you a quiz?

-Yeah - just a small one on a cruise ship, so...!

Well, let's hope it works again.

It made the difference, as it was the tie-breaker.

The Spy Who Loved Me - let's see how many people agree with David.

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I think that's a good score, isn't it, David?

Let's see.

Well played, David, hope it brings you luck again.

It had that car in there, didn't it? The Lotus Esprit,

which was half car, half submarine,

and they sold it in 2013 for £616,000.

Apparently genuinely works as a submarine,

-but doesn't work as a car.

-LAUGHTER

-Apparently.

-That's good enough!

-Yeah.

-A Lotus submarine.

-Yeah, exactly.

-Aren't many of those.

Er...well, there's only one, obviously.

Thank you very much indeed.

Now, Julia.

Die Another Day.

Die Another Day. Ooh!

That's a couple of hours I'll never get back.

OK, let's see how many of our 100 people said Die Another Day.

Well, 26 is our only score at this point. Die Another Day passes 26.

Look at that - 13. APPLAUSE

13 for Die Another Day.

I think that's what we call selective memory, isn't it?

Yeah, quite. There's a scene in that where he picks up a book

called A Field Guide To The Birds Of The West Indies,

which, of course, is famously where Ian Fleming got the name

James Bond from, so, it was written by James Bond

and was in Ian Fleming's study.

-That's nice.

-Yeah.

-Thank you very much.

Ravi.

Well, I know a lot of single ones.

I think I'll go back to the love theme,

and go with From Russia With Love.

From Russia With Love, says Ravi.

Let's see how many people said From Russia With Love.

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Well played, Ravi. It's just occurred to me, of course,

if Ian Fleming had started writing the James Bond novels today,

James Bond would be called Bill Oddie.

LAUGHTER

-Interesting.

-Interesting.

-Very interesting.

Thank you. Well, halfway through the round,

let's take a look at those scores as they stand.

Julia, well done, Julia and Christine on the low score of 13,

up to 26, David and Jacqueline,

then 34, not too far ahead, Ravi and Sanam -

but, Sanam, you are ahead.

You know what you have to do.

Think of a nice low-scoring one if you can.

Quite hard to decide what's going to be low-scoring,

but if anyone can do it, I'm sure you can.

We're going to come back down the line,

can the second players please step up to the podium?

So, remember, Sanam, we're looking for any of the official

James Bond films with three or more words in their titles.

Um, this is a really bad category for me!

Um...I'm so not, like, an action film, James Bond...

I think I've only seen the newest ones, I don't have a lot of

knowledge, so I'm going to hope this is even the right title and say...

For Your Eyes Only.

For Your Eyes Only, says Sanam.

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

but let's see how many of our 100 people said For Your Eyes Only.

It's right.

Not bad! Look at that! APPLAUSE

Very good indeed, Sanam, just what we needed.

Lovely low score of 7 takes your total up to 41.

Well played, Sanam, and in that film,

there's a sequence where Q has to punch in a seven digit code...

-It's his phone number?

-It's not his phone number -

it's the first seven notes of Nobody Does It Better.

Oh! Anoraks just have got so much to get their teeth into.

Yeah, haven't they just? Haven't they just?

That's wonderful. Thank you very much indeed.

Now, Christine,

you're on 13, lovely low score from Julia,

which means 27 or less

sees you through to the head-to-head.

Wondering which will be lowest.

I'm thinking I'll go for You Only Live Twice.

You Only Live Twice, says Christine.

There's your red line, Christine, let's see how many of our 100 people

said You Only Live Twice. Can you get below that?

Ooh, 36.

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36 takes your total up to 49, getting quite close here,

but Sanam and Ravi heave a sigh of relief over there.

Yeah, the screenplay for that was written by -

or the original screenplay - written by Roald Dahl.

-I was going to say Bill Oddie.

-Oh, it wasn't Bill Oddie.

And, the grand finale, it made so much noise

that it frightened Blofeld's white cat away.

It disappeared for three days and was found in the

-rafters of the set.

-LAUGHTER

-Aww.

-Aww.

-Sweet, isn't it?

-You forget it's just a white cat.

-I know.

-Not really evil.

-So, it wasn't evil at all, it turns out.

No. Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Jacqueline, you are on 26,

the high-scorers at this point,

Christine and Julie are on 49.

22 or less is what we require.

I think it's going to have to be A View To A Kill.

A View To A Kill, says Jacqueline.

Here's your red line. If you can get below that with

A View To A Kill, you are through to the head-to-head.

How many people said A View To A Kill?

You've done it, look at that. A View To A Kill, 11.

APPLAUSE Very well done indeed,

37 is your total.

Now, in that film, there's a scene where they have

facial recognition software, which didn't exist at the time

and William Casey, who was head of the CIA at the time,

saw the film and ordered the CIA to start developing it.

That happens with Star Trek. A lot of Star Trek technology

becomes real technology.

A lot of stuff on the A-Team as well.

A lot of A-Team stuff does become real.

Now, it's very interesting with Bond films

because the same film always scores lowest, always does,

and it is For Your Eyes Only. It's the lowest-scorer out there.

Something about that film, for whatever reason,

always comes bottom of the list.

And the next two best answers, well, you could have had 10 points

for The Living Daylights, but then A View To A Kill

is the third best answer with 11 points.

I'll give you a few of the other scorers.

In fact, let's go through all of them, shall we?

13 points for Licence To Kill and for Die Another Day,

18 points for On Her Majesty's Secret Service

and Tomorrow Never Dies,

19 for The World Is Not Enough, 21 for one of the more recent ones,

Quantum Of Solace.

You'd have got 27 for Diamonds Are Forever,

34 for The Man With The Golden Gun.

Then, From Russia with Love, 34, You Only Live Twice, 36,

and the biggest scorer?

Live And Let Die.

-There we are.

-51.

-Thank you very much indeed.

-Pleasure.

So, we are at the end of our second round and,

Christine and Julia, absolutely nothing wrong

with your scoring there,

but just 49 happens to be our high score.

So, I'm afraid, we have to say goodbye to you at this point.

However, we'll see you again next time and I'm sure you'll do

even better, but, meantime, thanks very much.

Christine and Julia. APPLAUSE

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

Very well done, David and Jacqueline, Sanam and Ravi.

You're now one step closer to the final and

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

Well, from here on in, as you know, you start playing as a pair,

you can confer before giving answers, first pair to win

two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

It should be very exciting, best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

Here comes your first question and it concerns...

People who share a name with a member of The Famous Five, Richard.

I'm going to show you pictures of five people now.

They all share a name with a member of Enid Blyton's Famous Five.

Can you identify the most obscure of these?

Let's reveal our five people and here they come.

We've got...

Five people who share their names with members of The Famous Five.

David and Jacqueline, you will go first.

-Dick Cheney? Dick Cheney?

-Right.

Go for that? I think it is.

We'll go for A. We think it's the American politician Dick Cheney.

Dick Cheney, say David and Jacqueline.

Dick Cheney.

Now then, Sanam and Ravi, do you want to talk us through that board?

Not really!

-B's Mr Osborne.

-Yeah, he looks much slimmer on TV now

than in that picture.

I think we're going to go for E

and Eddie Izzard.

Eddie Izzard, OK.

Eddie Izzard. So, we have Dick Cheney and we have Eddie Izzard.

David and Jacqueline said Dick Cheney for A.

Let's see if that's right.

Oh, look at that! APPLAUSE

Very well done indeed, David and Jacqueline.

That is a pointless answer, that adds £250 to today's jackpot

taking the total up to...

It scores you nothing and leaves you in very good shape

for this first question.

Sanam and Ravi have gone for Eddie Izzard for E, Eddie Izzard.

Let's see if that's right.

I'm afraid not Eddie Izzard,

which means, David and Jacqueline, not that there was much doubt

after that low score.

After the first question, you are up one-nil.

100-nil as well, that one was, which is very, very rare.

This is one that was very helpful to know the names

of The Famous Five because one of the Famous Five is Julian

and that is Julian Clary.

He would have scored you 42 points.

Let's take a look at B, that, of course, is George Osborne.

Would have scored you 43, that's before they put him

on the 5:2 diet, that, isn't it?

-Mmm.

-Gave him a right old makeover.

I'm sure it's just a really thick coat.

RICHARD LAUGHS

-C is...

-Timmy Mallet.

Timmy Mallett.

Course it is. Would have scored you 38.

-And D...

-Lovely Anne Reid.

-Wonderful Anne Reid, absolutely.

And that would have scored you 7 points.

-She played my mother-in-law...

-Did she?

..in Life Begins.

There we are, thank you very much indeed.

So, here comes your second question.

Now, Sanam and Ravi, you have to win this one

to stay in the game, but you get to answer it first,

which is a bonus, so best of luck with that.

Our second question today concerns...

Pink Floyd Albums, Richard.

I'm going to show you the initials of five Pink Floyd albums.

Can you tell us what they're called, please?

Let's reveal our five sets of initials and here they come.

We have got...

HE READS THEM AGAIN

Sanam and Ravi will go first.

-(No idea.)

-(I don't know at all. Do you?)

(The only one that I know is number two which is The Wall.)

(Can you think of any others?)

(I think that's the only one I know...)

(I don't know any others so... I don't know Pink Floyd at all.)

Er... So we've got to go with the highest scoring one, The Wall.

You're going to go for The Wall.

Sanam and Ravi go for The Wall, and possibly to it!

David and Jacqueline, what are you going to go for?

Do you want to go through all of those albums?

-I know nothing about Pink Floyd.

-Oh!

-We knew The Wall.

-Ooh!

-But...

-We'll have to make one up.

-Not the...?

-The bottom one,

-how about The Easter Rising?

-Right, go on, then.

We'll go for the bottom one, The Easter Rising.

That's good making-up, I have to say.

Exactly, that is good.

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The Easter Rising.

So, Sanam and Ravi have gone for The Wall, let's see if that's right,

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

Well, it's quite high, 27.

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But possibly in the context of The Easter Rising,

that might be a good score.

Let's see how many of our 100 went for The Easter Rising.

No, I'm afraid not.

But I have to say once again, good making-up there.

Sanam and Ravi, David and Jacqueline have been kind to you

by not knowing anything about Pink Floyd.

You're back in the game. After two questions, it's one-all.

Yeah, it's a very good guess.

The bottom one is actually The Endless River.

7 points for that, if you said it.

No, The Wall isn't actually the highest scorer.

-The high scorer is...

-Dark Side Of The Moon.

..The Dark Side Of The Moon

and that would've scored 36.

-The top one is...

-I don't know.

-..A Momentary Lapse Of Reason.

-Ah.

-It would've scored 5, and the middle one?

-Wish You Were Here.

-Wish You Were Here.

-I know that one.

-And that would've scored you 17 points.

-There we are.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So it all comes down to a third question.

Whoever wins it goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot so best of luck to both pairs.

Our third question today is all about...

New York Sports Teams. Richard.

We're going to show you the names now of five New York sports teams

and the home arena where they play. We just need you to tell us

the name of the sport that each of these teams play, please.

Very best of luck to both teams.

OK, so what are the sports of these five teams? And here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

So, David and Jacqueline, you will go first this time.

It's up to you, dear.

Knicks is baseball, I think.

But I think Red Bulls was...

just normal football, isn't it?

-It's where...

-Soccer?

-Aye, soccer.

We'll go for the Red Bulls, which I think is just soccer.

The Red Bulls, soccer.

New York Red Bulls, soccer, say David and Jacqueline.

Now, Sanam and Ravi, talk us through that board, if you can.

I think that the New York Yankees would be baseball?

-Yep. Giants...

-New York Giants would be American football.

New York Knicks, not quite sure.

New York Rangers, possibly ice hockey.

We'll go with New York Giants, American football.

New York Giants, American football, say Sanam and Ravi.

So, David and Jacqueline went for soccer

for the Red Bulls. Let's see if that's right.

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

24. APPLAUSE

24 for soccer.

Now then, Sanam and Ravi have said football for the New York Giants.

Let's see if that's right,

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

Ooh, 29, only five in it!

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But very well done, David and Jacqueline,

it means after three questions you are through to the final, two-one.

Yeah, there is an answer up there that would've beaten soccer

and that's New York Rangers. Ravi, if you'd had to have a guess,

-what would you have said?

-Ice hockey.

-Ice hockey is the right answer.

-Oh!

It would've seen you into the jackpot round, 17 points.

Very well done if you said that at home, best answer on the board.

The Yankees is, of course, baseball.

It's the biggest score.

Would've scored 66, and the Knicks is basketball

and they would've scored you 35.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

I'm afraid, Sanam and Ravi. Do you know what?

I think that's the accountant in you, Ravi. You weren't prepared...

You had that risky answer there but you knew the other one was right

so you went with the right one and not the risky one.

Which, in many ways, we have to salute. This is good, Sanam.

-You should be pleased with your father's, you know...

-I'll try.

His reliability, there we are. But I'm afraid...

If you'd taken that risk, it would be you going through to the final.

It's been wonderful having you on both shows.

Thank you so much for playing. Wonderful contestants.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

But for David and Jacqueline,

it's now time for our Pointless final.

Very, very well done, David and Jacqueline.

You have seen off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,250.

Well, what would you like to see come up in this last round?

Erm, tennis, classical music.

Football.

Erm... Older football.

OK! A nice broad range of things so you shouldn't be too scared.

-Yeah, history, geography.

-Absolutely fantastic.

We've had low score after low score from you.

If you were to win this jackpot,

then we'll be equalling our Pointless record

of giving out seven consecutive jackpots so that would be exciting.

Anyway, let's hope there's something up on that board

to help you win it. Today's selection looks like this.

-Well, the top one's out.

-The top one's out, yes.

Queen Victoria, possibly.

-20th Century Literature...

-It could be anything.

-Sport In Leeds?

-Sport In Leeds?

-Leeds United...

-Queen Victoria?

-Aye, go on. Queen Victoria.

We'll go for Queen Victoria.

Queen Victoria, say David and Jacqueline.

OK. Very, very best of luck.

We're looking for one of the following three things, please.

We are looking for the first name of any person who was

Prime Minister during Queen Victoria's reign.

So anyone who was a Prime Minister at any point during her reign.

We're looking for anyone who was credited in acting in Mrs Brown,

please, according to IMDb, so any of the cast of Mrs Brown.

Or we're looking for the first names of any

of Queen Victoria's children so the given birth names

of any of Queen Victoria's children, please.

So Prime Ministers' first names, cast of Mrs Brown

and the first names of Queen Victoria's children.

-Very best of luck.

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

to come up with three answers and all you need to win

that jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-We're ready.

-Yep.

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

There they are, your time starts now.

The cast of Mrs Brown, the cast of Mrs Brown had...

What'd they call him that was in...? It was Judi Dench, Geoffrey...

-Palmer.

-Palmer.

-Geoffrey Palmer.

-The first names of Queen Victoria...?

-Maud.

-Maud.

Erm...

Albert there?

Erm...

First names of Prime Ministers, was it Lord John Russell?

-Lord... Yeah.

-Lord John Russell.

Geoffrey Palmer and...

-Maud, did you say?

-Maud.

-I mean, we'll keep thinking.

-OK.

Victoria, Edward, erm...

What's his first name?

Beatrice.

John's a common name, John Russell...

Do you think we should stick with him?

-What was Earl Liverpool's name?

-I couldn't think.

Ten seconds left.

So we're going for the...

-I think that's it.

-I think that's it, yeah.

OK, that's your time up.

Sounds like you've arrived at your three answers.

If you could say which category you're answering when you give them.

-We'll do one from all three.

-OK.

Prime Ministers' first names, we'll go for Lord John Russell.

-John.

-And in the cast of Mrs Brown was Geoffrey Palmer.

Geoffrey Palmer.

-And Maud for one of Queen Victoria's children.

-Maud.

OK, there we are, three answers.

Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer,

-do you reckon?

-Mrs Brown? Geoffrey Palmer.

-Yes.

OK, Geoffrey Palmer, we'll put third.

Put him as your last answer. Your first answer,

the one you think is least likely to be pointless?

-John is a common name...

-Lord John Russell.

We'll go for John, OK.

Let's pop the answers up on the board in that order then

and here they are.

We've got John, we've got Maud and we've got Geoffrey Palmer.

Well, very, very best of luck.

Three good answers on the board there.

If one of these answers happens to be pointless and wins that jackpot

of £1,250 for you, what would you like to do with it? David?

It'll probably go in the holiday fund and that's about it.

-Jacqueline?

-Probably the same.

Both of our sons live down south and we always have to

stay in a hotel when we visit them so it would come in pretty handy.

OK, well, very best of luck.

In the first instance, we were looking for the first names of

any of Queen Victoria's Prime Ministers. You went for John.

Let's see if it is right, if it is pointless, it wins you £1,250.

How many people said John?

Well, it's right.

Now all it has to do is go all the way down to 0

and you can leave here with £1,250.

Down it goes, John, through the 20s.

Into the teens.

Into single figures...

8.

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We stop at 8 for John.

That's a great score. Sadly, though, not a pointless answer.

So we move on to your next answer which was Maud.

In this case, we were looking for the names of any

of Queen Victoria's children.

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

So, for £1,250, let's see how many people said Maud.

Ooh.

No Maud, I'm afraid.

Which means you only have one more shot at today's jackpot.

Everything is now riding on your third and final answer,

your most confident shot at a pointless answer

which was Geoffrey Palmer.

In this case, we were looking for actors from the cast of Mrs Brown.

For £1,250, how many people said Geoffrey Palmer?

Is it pointless?

It's right.

Your first answer, John,

took us all the way down to 8.

Your second answer, Maud, was incorrect

but your third and final answer,

Geoffrey Palmer, is now going through,

it passes 8 down through... Oh!

3! APPLAUSE

Well, two exceptionally low scores there in that final round

but I'm afraid you just didn't find that pointless answer

that you needed to win today's jackpot of £1,250.

You don't win that, I'm afraid, that goes over into the next show

but we've loved having you on the show.

I'm sorry it's been only one appearance

for the David and Jacqueline team.

But very, very strong, haven't really put a foot wrong at all.

And, don't forget, you get to take home a pointless trophy each

so very, very well done. David and Jacqueline.

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Yeah, a valiant effort. Well done.

Maud was her granddaughter, Edward VII's daughter.

It is also Alice's middle name as well, Maud.

But no children called Maud, I'm afraid.

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

Prime Ministers' first names.

You could've had Archibald Primrose or Henry Temple.

Those are the only pointless answers there,

well done if you said either of those at home.

Let's take a look now at the cast of Mrs Brown.

The only people who scored points at all were

Judi Dench, Billy Connolly and Geoffrey Palmer, I'm afraid.

Antony Sher who played Disraeli,

Finty Williams who is Judi Dench's daughter

and played Princess Helena,

of whom we will hear more in a moment.

Gerard Butler, who played John Brown's brother.

And then Oliver Kent, who was Prince Alfred.

And only two answers for Queen Victoria's children.

They were Helena and Louise.

So very, very well done if you got any of those at home.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you

but we've loved having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing so well. Great contestants.

APPLAUSE

Well, sadly, David and Jacqueline didn't win our jackpot today

which means it rolls over on to the next show

when we will be playing for £2,250.

APPLAUSE

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

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