0:00:18 > 0:00:22APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:25 > 0:00:28the show where the lowest scorers are our biggest winners.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Let's meet today's players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35And couple number one.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Hi, I'm Dan, and this is my partner, Tabby, and we are from Liverpool.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39Couple number two.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Hi, I'm Tony, this is my lovely wife, Liz,
0:00:41 > 0:00:44and we're from Colwyn Bay in North Wales.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45Couple number three.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Hi, I'm Nichal, and this is my father, Gurvinder,
0:00:47 > 0:00:48and we're from London.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50And, finally, couple number four.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Hello, I'm Julia, this is my best friend, Christine.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54I'm from Norfolk, and Christine's from Kent.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56And these are today's contestants.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59APPLAUSE
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Thank you very much, all of you. A very warm welcome to each of you.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04We'll find out more about you on the show as it goes along.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Rowdier than a budget flight full of rugby players,
0:01:09 > 0:01:12it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Hiya. Hey, everybody.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Afternoon.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Isn't it awful when you get on a flight and a big party comes on?
0:01:19 > 0:01:21- Either of rugby players or schoolchildren.- Oh...
0:01:21 > 0:01:25- Or stags.- In their different ways. Stags is the worst.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Schoolchildren on a stag - that's the worst.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30- LAUGHTER Oh!- Oh, awful.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31Now, for the first time in a long time,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- we didn't give away the jackpot last time.- I know.
0:01:34 > 0:01:35We've given it away six shows in a row,
0:01:35 > 0:01:38and David and Jacqueline, last time, they got a three-pointer,
0:01:38 > 0:01:40but didn't give it away.
0:01:40 > 0:01:41So it's finally got a two in front of it.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43We're going to have to polish that two up again.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Only one pair coming back from that show -
0:01:45 > 0:01:47that's Julia and Christine on the last podium there,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49got through to Round 2 last time.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51So, we welcome the rest of you here.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- Finally a jackpot that doesn't have a one in front of it.- That's nice.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56- It's a nice day to turn up. - Thank you very much.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58So, David and Jacqueline didn't win the jackpot,
0:01:58 > 0:02:00so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04So today's jackpot starts off at £2,250. There we are.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Applause ringing from the rafters.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17I say this at the beginning of every game.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18The pair with the highest score
0:02:18 > 0:02:21at the end of each round will be eliminated -
0:02:21 > 0:02:22that's the thing you have to remember.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Best of luck to all four pairs.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Our first category this afternoon...
0:02:26 > 0:02:29is the USA. The USA.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Tabby and Dan pleased about that. We'll discover why in a moment.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Can you decide in your pairs
0:02:33 > 0:02:35who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:02:35 > 0:02:38And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Richard, what happened to E?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Well, we're looking for any of the 50 US states
0:02:58 > 0:03:01beginning with the letters, essentially, in the word America,
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- but there aren't any US states beginning E.- Oh, I see.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- Yes, good point.- You see. - Yes.- So we left it out.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Yeah, any US state, please, that starts with one of those letters.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12- Very best of luck. - Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Tabby, a warm welcome to Pointless. So, did you revise America?
0:03:16 > 0:03:19I tried to, but it's, like, my very, very worst subject,
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- and I know nothing about America. - Oh, no, Tabby.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Well, listen, before we get onto that,
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Tabby, what do you do up in Liverpool?
0:03:26 > 0:03:29I work for the NHS in medicines management.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32And what do you like to do when you're not working on medicines?
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Well, I've got three very young kids,
0:03:35 > 0:03:36so that's a bit of a handful.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- Sleeping? - I don't do a lot of sleeping.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41- Getting up early, that's the thing. - I do a lot of that.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42Well, it's great to have you here.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45If you want to have a little kip, there's some steps there.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47- I can't recommend them enough. - I might take you up on that.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Now, Tabby, US states.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53I'm going to go for - I think it's a US state -
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- Missouri.- Missouri.- Yeah. - Missouri, says Tabby.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Let's see if that's right,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00let's see how many of our 100 people said Missouri.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03Absolutely right, Tabby.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Look at that. There we are. 26.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11APPLAUSE Off to a flying start. Well done.
0:04:11 > 0:04:1326 for Missouri.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Very well played, Tabby.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Yeah, named after the Missouri River.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- Or is it the other way round? - Thank you very much, Richard.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21- Tony, welcome here.- Thank you.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23From North Wales. Great to have you here.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24What do you do, Tony?
0:04:24 > 0:04:28- I work in local government. I'm a manager.- Very good.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30And what you are your hobbies, Tony?
0:04:30 > 0:04:31I play darts,
0:04:31 > 0:04:35I'm captain of a local darts team in our league.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- What's the name of the team? - The Vic C.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- The Vic Club in Old Colwyn. - The Vic Club.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42And how are you doing, Tony? Be honest. Is it going well?
0:04:42 > 0:04:44We're OK. We're second, I think, at the moment.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48- Oh, that's good.- That's OK. - Who's ahead of you in the league?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Yeah, The Semaphore are ahead of us at the moment.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51- Yeah.- Oh, The Semaphore.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54- They would be, wouldn't they? - LAUGHTER
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- They've got a couple of ringers in their team, The Semaphore.- Yes.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00- Not from North Wales at all. - No, they're really not.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Really not, no. Mid Wales.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03There was four Dutch guys, for example.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- No, they're not from The Semaphore. - Yeah.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Tony, what would you like to go for?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Erm, OK.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13I'm going to go for Illinois.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Illinois, says Tony.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Let's see how many of our 100 people went with Illinois.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Well, it's 26 for Missouri.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Where does Illinois end up?
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Past the 26.
0:05:26 > 0:05:2721.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29APPLAUSE 21.
0:05:31 > 0:05:32That's a good answer.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Morton in Illinois is the pumpkin capital of the world.
0:05:36 > 0:05:3880% of the world's canned pumpkin...
0:05:40 > 0:05:41..comes from Morton, Illinois.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43- Did you know they do canned pumpkin? - I didn't.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45I wonder if they're mushing them or maybe dicing them.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Do you have diced pumpkin? I've never come across...
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- You can dice a pumpkin, you can, you can pickle a pumpkin.- You can.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53That was hard to say but easy to do.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55- LAUGHTER - You can mash it,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- you can can it, stick 'em in pies. - They're a very versatile fruit.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00- Is it a fruit or a vegetable? - Pumpkin?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- It's actually an animal. - LAUGHTER
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- Good.- Yeah, weirdly.- There we go. - Yeah.- Thank you very much indeed.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Now, Gurvinder, welcome to Pointless.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Great to have you here.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- What do you do, Gurvinder? - I'm a property developer.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15And how long have you been doing it for?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Ooh, quite some time. About 22 years.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Do you find it easy to switch off, though?
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- I'd imagine that sort of thing you kind of do full-time.- I manage.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25You manage? OK, and how do you switch off?
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- What are the things you like to...? - Play a bit of sport.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Play tennis, golf and a lot of badminton.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Very good.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35OK, now, Gurvinder, we've had Missouri, we've had Illinois.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38We haven't got below 20 yet.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Erm...Arkansas.
0:06:40 > 0:06:41Arkansas, says Gurvinder.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Let's see how many of our 100 people went with Arkansas.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51Well, 26...
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Oh, look, there's a new high score.
0:06:53 > 0:06:5541. APPLAUSE
0:06:55 > 0:06:56Fairly arbitrary, but, yeah,
0:06:56 > 0:06:58I'm afraid Arkansas gets a high score there.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01I would've thought that would be a lower scorer, Gurvinder.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03I thought it was a good answer, but, yeah, Arkansas.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05More than half of Arkansas is forest.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08That's why they don't have the pumpkin capital, I imagine.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Exactly right, because pumpkins, of course, need to roam.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11Yeah, they do.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- They need long plains, cos they roam in herds.- Yeah.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16And in forests, they get frightened.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Well, there are pumpkin wolves that live in forests that will see off...
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- Which eat pumpkins. Exactly right. - Exactly.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Thanks very much. Julia, welcome back.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26- Thank you. - Great to have you amongst us again.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28It was Round 2 we had to say goodbye to you last time.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- Remind us what you do, Julia. - I'm a proofreader.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34I correct texts for grammar, spelling, punctuation.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36I read novels all day.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39See, that's quite a nice thing to be doing.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41- These are published novels, as well. - They will be published.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43- Oh, they're soon to be published. - Yes.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Now, in the past, you had some connection with the band A-ha.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49I did, yes. I worked for their manager.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50How long did you do that?
0:07:50 > 0:07:54- About...three or four years, I think.- Very good indeed.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- Morten Harket appeared in an Armstrong and Miller sketch.- I know.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- The farmers' market. - Yeah. Oh, there you are. Good.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- Were you working for them, then? - No, I wasn't. It was just before.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- And I thought, "Oh, there's Morten." - Yeah.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Was your job application, "Take on me, take me on"?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10LAUGHTER
0:08:10 > 0:08:12- Julia.- Yes.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15US states beginning with these letters.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16I think...
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- ..Connecticut. - Connecticut, says Julia.
0:08:20 > 0:08:21Let's see if it's right,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24let's see how many of our 100 people said Connecticut.
0:08:26 > 0:08:27It's right.
0:08:27 > 0:08:3041 still our high, 21, our low.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32You've passed the high...
0:08:32 > 0:08:33Look at that. 19 for Connecticut.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Very well done. APPLAUSE
0:08:38 > 0:08:39Well played, Julia.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Now, you know, the average UK motorist drives 8,000 miles a year.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46The average Connecticut motorist drives 24,000.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48They need more shops, maybe.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49I think it's cos
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- a lot of them work in Reading. - LAUGHTER
0:08:52 > 0:08:54And so, for the UK, it's quite easy to get to,
0:08:54 > 0:08:58- but from Connecticut, it takes substantially longer.- Yeah.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Thank you very much indeed. We're halfway through the round.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Let's take a look at those scores.
0:09:02 > 0:09:0619 is the lowest score of that pass. Very well done indeed to you, Julia.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Then up to 21, where we find Tony and Liz.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Then up to 26, where we find Tabby and Dan.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13And then up to 41, Gurvinder and Nichal.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14So, Nichal, you're
0:09:14 > 0:09:17going to have to find something that somehow scores low,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19otherwise it'll be goodbye at the end of this round.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21We're going to come back down the line.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Now then, Christine. Welcome back.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30Remind us what you do, Christine.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34I'm a finance director for a small printing company
0:09:34 > 0:09:35that prints big things.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38LAUGHTER Little company, big things.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40So, how do you and Julia know each other?
0:09:40 > 0:09:45Way back in the day, we were both in London looking for a flat
0:09:45 > 0:09:47and we went along to a flat
0:09:47 > 0:09:50where about 50 girls were crammed into a room.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53And we weren't selected, and we walked away grumbling,
0:09:53 > 0:09:56got talking to each other, went to the pub, end of story.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00And there you are, friends years and years later. Fantastic.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03I mean, did you ever hear of anyone else who was in that room that day?
0:10:03 > 0:10:07- No.- Oh, wouldn't it be amazing if we found out who they were?
0:10:07 > 0:10:08It could be anyone.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11OK. Now, there you are on 19. Nice low score.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14The high scorers are Nichal and Gurvinder on 41.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17So 21 or less gets you through to the next round.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18What would you like to go for?
0:10:18 > 0:10:21I think I'll go for Rhode Island.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Rhode Island, says Christine.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Let's see how many of our 100 people said Rhode Island.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28There is your red line. Get below that, you're through.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Wow. Almost through.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40APPLAUSE 21, you needed, 22 you got.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43You equal Nichal and Gurvinder's score for now.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44Yeah, very nicely played.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Rhode Island's the smallest of the US states.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49- So less driving.- Yes.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53- Now, Nichal.- Hello.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54Now, Nichal, for the moment,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57- you are joint high scorers with Julia and Christine.- Yes.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00However, they've given two answers, you've yet to give one.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- Nichal, I happen to know it's your birthday today.- It is, yes.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05- So happy birthday. - Thank you very much.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07What's the best thing you've been given so far?
0:11:07 > 0:11:08Being here right now.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Oh! That's the right answer. He's in the final.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13LAUGHTER What do you do, Nichal?
0:11:13 > 0:11:16I work for one of the big music publishing companies.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18And how long have you been doing that?
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Three and a half years now. I've moved within the company.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24So what are your interests outside publishing?
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Mainly sort of the same as Dad.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28I play a lot of badminton, football, cricket.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31I run a football and cricket club.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33- But mainly, mainly sport.- Very good.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36OK. Well, let's have a nice low score from you, Nichal.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Yeah, I'm...struggling to think what's going to be the lowest.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44- I'm going to try Idaho. - Idaho, says Nichal.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47No red line for you as you're currently joint high scorers.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Let's see how many of our 100 said Idaho.
0:11:56 > 0:11:5839.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59APPLAUSE
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Another high scorer there for some reason.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Takes your total up to 80.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Yeah, they call it the Gem State
0:12:05 > 0:12:08cos there's huge amounts of precious and semiprecious stones.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Now, OK, Liz, a very warm welcome to Pointless.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Lovely to have you here.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15What do you do, Liz?
0:12:15 > 0:12:18I work in the public sector as well.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20And what are your interests, Liz?
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Me and my eldest daughter,
0:12:22 > 0:12:27we both sing for one of the Tenovus choirs.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31They were set up last year for people affected by cancer,
0:12:31 > 0:12:34and we even sang in St David's Hall in Cardiff
0:12:34 > 0:12:35a couple of months ago.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Fantastic. So, how often do you go along and sing?
0:12:37 > 0:12:41- Is it a weekly...? - Yeah, every week, yeah, we go.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43It's usually on darts night as well, actually...
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Oh, that's quite good. That's quite good.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48How many of you are there in your choir, in your Tenovus?
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Oh, there's quite a few now. It's got quite popular.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Oh, you should have said, "Ten of us." Sorry, sorry.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- Yeah. - LAUGHTER
0:12:55 > 0:12:57There's about 80 of us now, actually regular members.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59That's a big sound, isn't it?
0:12:59 > 0:13:01- Yeah, it's lovely as well. - Very nice.- It's good.- Good stuff.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Now, there you are on 21.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05The high scorers are Nichal and Gurvinder on 80,
0:13:05 > 0:13:09so 58 or less gets you through to the next round.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10I've got a few,
0:13:10 > 0:13:13and it's just which would be the lowest.
0:13:13 > 0:13:14Erm...
0:13:15 > 0:13:18I'm going to go with...Montana.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Montana, says Liz.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21Here is your red line.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23If you can get below that with Montana,
0:13:23 > 0:13:25through you go to Round 2.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27How many of our 100 said Montana?
0:13:30 > 0:13:32It's right.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33- Into Round 2.- Yes!
0:13:35 > 0:13:36- Yay!- 23.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Very well done indeed.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40APPLAUSE 44 is your total.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41Well played, Liz.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45Yeah, up in the top left, where the pumpkins do not roam.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48- No, they don't. Well, it's too high. - Too cold.- Too high, too left.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52- Too cold for them.- Yeah. - At altitude, they shrivel.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54MUTED LAUGHTER
0:13:54 > 0:13:56The only wild pumpkins that can survive at altitude
0:13:56 > 0:13:58are the ones with the candles inside them.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01LAUGHTER Yes.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Thank you very much, Richard.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04- Dan, welcome to Pointless.- Hello.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Very good to have you here from Liverpool.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08What do you do, Dan?
0:14:08 > 0:14:09I work as an appraisal technologist,
0:14:09 > 0:14:11so I work in the hair-care industry
0:14:11 > 0:14:14testing and designing new products and making sure...
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Do you work for a laboratoire?
0:14:16 > 0:14:18I work in a laboratory.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21- In a laboratory.- Yes. - But you do the science bit.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Like they say an adverts. "Here's the science bit."
0:14:23 > 0:14:25- That's the stuff that Dan does. - That's it.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29What's that bird of prey on your shirt? Is that an eagle?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- I think it's an eagle, yeah. - Yeah. Very nice. Very smart.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34What are your interests outside science?
0:14:34 > 0:14:38I spend a lot of time with Tabby and the children.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40We had Connie, who was born last year.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Outside of that, whenever I get free time,
0:14:42 > 0:14:44I like to go and do live action role-play.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46- A bit of LARP.- Yeah.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48We had a LARP person on not very long ago.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- You had a LARP-er on? - Live action role-play.- Yes.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Which...I thought sounded interesting.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Funnily enough, his wife had almost exactly the same expression
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- that Tabby's got on her face.- Yeah. LAUGHTER
0:14:59 > 0:15:01You keep all the kit in your own...at home
0:15:01 > 0:15:03and you dress up in stuff.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05You've got to meet up with other people dressed up.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Are you sure they're going to have dressed up
0:15:07 > 0:15:09in the same sort of sphere as you?
0:15:09 > 0:15:11There's a general dress code for it
0:15:11 > 0:15:13for whatever character you're playing, yeah.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Which is...what? Sort of hessian robe and a...
0:15:17 > 0:15:19- Tunic.- ..a staff. Tunics. There we go.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20- Tunics are also good.- Robe, tunic.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Armour. Some people like to dress and wear full metal armour.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25- So, we're in the Dark Ages, essentially, aren't we?- Yes.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29- Right. OK. And then you just go and make stuff up.- Pretty much.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Free-form amateur dramatics, as I like to call it.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- So a bit like the games we played when we were little.- Yeah.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Yeah. Fun, then.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40Tabby's just reserving... Keeping her counsel on that one.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43OK. Now, you're an 26, Dan.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46The high scorers are still Nichal and Gurvinder on 80.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48So 53 or less gets you through.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53I had a few. Most of them have gone. One hasn't, though.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55I'm going to go with Maine.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56Maine, says Dan.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Let's see how many of our 100 people said Maine. There's your red line.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03It's right.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06It gets you through. There we are.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Maine has done its job.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11APPLAUSE 32 for Maine. 58 is your total.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14Very well played, Dan.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Now, in all of these answers, there's an interesting phenomenon
0:16:17 > 0:16:20which is the ones with the vowels are all at the top,
0:16:20 > 0:16:21the Is and the As.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Seven of the top eight are all Is and As.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26There's only Illinois that doesn't appear in that top eight.
0:16:26 > 0:16:27I'll tell you who the top eight are.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31You'd have got 36, Iowa, 36, Indiana, 38, Alabama,
0:16:31 > 0:16:3539, Idaho, 41, Arkansas, 41, Alaska, 45, Arizona.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38The only non-vowel in that top eight is California,
0:16:38 > 0:16:40which is the biggest scorer of all on 60.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44And the low scorers, apart from Illinois, are all Ms and Cs.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Maryland, 18, Colorado, 18.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Those are the best two answers you could've got.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51So Connecticut is a terrific answer on 19.
0:16:51 > 0:16:5520 points for Minnesota, 27 for Michigan,
0:16:55 > 0:16:5831 for Mississippi and 32 for Massachusetts,
0:16:58 > 0:16:59and that's all the answers.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02But, yeah, all the ones with the vowels, right at the top there.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04There we are. Thank you. Thank you very much indeed.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07So, at the end of our first round, the pair heading home
0:17:07 > 0:17:10with their high score of 80, it's Nichal and Gurvinder.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Well, we've all learnt a lesson there about vowels, haven't we,
0:17:13 > 0:17:14when it comes to US states?
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Sadly, too late in your case, but we'll see you again next time
0:17:17 > 0:17:19when I have high hopes we'll see much, much more of you.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21But, in the meantime, happy birthday, Nichal,
0:17:21 > 0:17:23and thanks very much for playing.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Nichal and Gurvinder. APPLAUSE
0:17:27 > 0:17:30But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round 2.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36And so, we're suddenly down to three pairs.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38At the end of this round, we'll be down to two.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Well done, everyone, for making it to Round 2.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Julia and Christine, particularly well done.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Lowest individual and lowest combined score
0:17:45 > 0:17:46on that far podium over there.
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Our category for Round 2 this afternoon is...
0:17:51 > 0:17:53It is Novels. Can you all decide in your pairs
0:17:53 > 0:17:56who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:17:56 > 0:17:58And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03OK, and the question concerns...
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Banned books, Richard.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10On each board, we're going to show you the name of six novels
0:18:10 > 0:18:13that were banned or censored after publication.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14We need you to tell us the authors, please.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Going to be 12 in all to have a go at at home, so very best of luck.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20OK. So, who are the authors of these banned books?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Here's our first board of six.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23And we've got...
0:18:36 > 0:18:37I'll read those all one last time.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Dan. So, authors.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54I recognise the books.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58I've read one.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00And that's the one I'm going to have to go for.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03It's Ninety Eighty-Four, which is by George Orwell.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04George Orwell, says Dan.
0:19:04 > 0:19:05Well, you might well be taking
0:19:05 > 0:19:07the only one people know off that board,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09so, tactically, not a bad move.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Let's see how many of our 100 people said George Orwell.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16It's right.
0:19:19 > 0:19:2047.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22APPLAUSE 47.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28Yeah, banned in the Soviet Union, Ninety Eighty-Four, in 1950.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30And in the States, it keeps being challenged.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33The American Library Association's got it on their list,
0:19:33 > 0:19:35and it keeps being challenged for being pro-Communist.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38- Ironically.- Strange.- Yeah.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39Thank you very much indeed.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- Now, Tony.- Hello.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45How are you finding our board of banned books, Tony?
0:19:45 > 0:19:46Terrible, if I'm honest.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- It's a tough board, that, isn't it? - It's a terrible board for me.
0:19:49 > 0:19:54I'm absolutely clueless on all of them.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56So I'll have to have a guess...
0:19:57 > 0:20:00..and say maybe Naked Lunch...
0:20:02 > 0:20:03..Mark Twain.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09- An author.- Mark Twain. An author. - I believe.- Yes.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- Maybe he wrote it with the help of a medium.- Yes.- Let's see.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Mark Twain. Is it right?
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Leave it at that.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22I'm afraid not Mark Twain
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- for the Naked Lunch. Richard. - Yeah, not Mark Twain, I'm afraid.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Famous author and pumpkin farmer.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29LAUGHTER
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Now, then, Christine.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- This board's all yours.- OK.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37Feel free to go through it and provide all the answers.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Ulysses is James Joyce,
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Naked Lunch, I think, is William Burroughs.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut Jr,
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert,
0:20:46 > 0:20:50and I think The World Is Full of Married Men is Jacqueline Susann.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52I think that deserves a small round of applause.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00She's quite wrong on all of them, obviously, but...
0:21:00 > 0:21:02What would you like to go for, Christine?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05I think I'll go for the one that I prefer,
0:21:05 > 0:21:07which is Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Gustave Flaubert, says Christine.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Let's see how many of our 100 people said Flaubert.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15It's right.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Yep. That'll do it. 9.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25- APPLAUSE - Jackie Collins.
0:21:25 > 0:21:279 for Flaubert.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Yeah, and Flaubert was prosecuted for offences against public morals.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33- Quite right too. - Now seen as a masterpiece.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Never read Madame Bovary, but 9 points, terrific answer.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Not the best answer on the board, actually.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39We'll get to that in a moment.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43At the top there, of course, Ulysses is James Joyce.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Would've scored you 34.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Naked Lunch, William S Burroughs.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Would've scored 12 points.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50The wonderful Slaughterhouse-Five.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52That would've scored you 15 points. Kurt Vonnegut there.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54And The World Is Full of Married Men,
0:21:54 > 0:21:56you let yourself down there.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58It's Jackie Collins. Jackie Collins.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00It's the best answer on the board. 4 points.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Thank you very much. We're halfway through the round.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Let's take a look at the scores. Very well done.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Hats off to you, Christine.
0:22:06 > 0:22:089 over there on the far podium.
0:22:08 > 0:22:09Then 47 is where we find Dan and Tabby.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12And then 100 is where we find Tony and Liz.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Liz, let's hope that next board's a little bit easier.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17That was quite a forbidding board of books.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19We're going to come back down the line.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:22:23 > 0:22:26OK. Let's put six more banned books up on the board,
0:22:26 > 0:22:28and here they come.
0:22:28 > 0:22:29We've got...
0:22:40 > 0:22:42I'll read those all one last time.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Julia.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59So, your aim is to score 90 or less.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06I am going to choose Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07OK. There you are.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09You're on 9. You want to be scoring 90 or less.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11You're going to go for Nabokov.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Let's see if that's right for Lolita.
0:23:13 > 0:23:14There's your red line.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Very well done. You're through.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25APPLAUSE 14. Takes your total up to 23.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Well done.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28Yeah, banned for obscenity
0:23:28 > 0:23:30in the UK, Argentina, New Zealand and South Africa.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32The UK banned... They seized every copy
0:23:32 > 0:23:35that came into the country until 1959.
0:23:35 > 0:23:36Thank you very much indeed.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39OK, now, Liz, let's have a low score from you
0:23:39 > 0:23:42and it might just keep you in the game.
0:23:42 > 0:23:43You never know.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46I only know one answer. At least there's one.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50And that's The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdie.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Salman Rushdie, says Liz, for The Satanic Verses.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56No red line as you're the high scorers.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Let's see how many people said Salman Rushdie.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03It's right.
0:24:05 > 0:24:0645, it scores.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09APPLAUSE Takes your total up to 145.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Could still be in with a shout.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Yes, sparked all sorts of worldwide protests
0:24:13 > 0:24:17and a fatwa from Ayatollah Khomeini and banned in many countries.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Thank you very much, Richard.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23Now then, Tabby, do you fancy talking us through that board?
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- No. - LAUGHTER
0:24:26 > 0:24:28So, I'm just going to have a bit of a guess,
0:24:28 > 0:24:30and I think Brave New World might've been Aldous Huxley.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Aldous Huxley, you are saying.
0:24:32 > 0:24:33You want to score 97 or less,
0:24:33 > 0:24:36which looks like this in red line terms.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Get below that, you're into the head-to-head.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39How many people said Aldous Huxley?
0:24:42 > 0:24:43Very well done.
0:24:48 > 0:24:49Good answer. Ends up at 22.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51APPLAUSE The key thing is you are through.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Your total is 69.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55Well played, Tabby.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Yeah, ironically, it's set in a world
0:24:57 > 0:24:59in which books are banned, Brave New World.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Again, a book in America that's always challenged.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04It's on the Library Association list. Always challenged.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Let's look at these three.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08- Grapes Of Wrath.- Steinbeck. - John Steinbeck, yeah.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Would've scored you 23.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11- American Psycho?- Oh...
0:25:11 > 0:25:13- Bret Easton Ellis. - Thank you very much.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Would've scored you 9 points.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18And the best answer on the board. Do you know that one?
0:25:18 > 0:25:20- It's got a funny name. I've seen it. - It's a hilarious name.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- It's called John.- Yeah. LAUGHTER
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- It's John Cleland. - Cleland. John Cleland.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27That would've scored 2 points. Best answer on the board.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30- Well done if you got that. - Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32So, at the end of our second round, the pair who are heading home
0:25:32 > 0:25:36with their high score of 145, Liz and Tony.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39- I'm sorry. That was a tough round, wasn't it?- It was.- Tough for me.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40Really, really tough one.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Anyway, I'm sorry to send you home with that,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44but we will see you again next time,
0:25:44 > 0:25:47when let's hope the questions will fall a bit more kindly for you.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49But in the meantime, thanks very much indeed. Liz and Tony.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53- Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:25:53 > 0:25:56But, for Julia and Christine and Dan and Tabby,
0:25:56 > 0:25:58it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Congratulations, Julia and Christine, Dan and Tabby.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07You're now one step closer to the final
0:26:07 > 0:26:11and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £2,250.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Well, you know the story. From here on, you can play as a team.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21First pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Well, best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32OK, as the blood red lighting settles around us,
0:26:32 > 0:26:34your first question is...
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Classic theatre. Richard.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Yep. We're going to show you five images now
0:26:40 > 0:26:43which are visual clues to classic works of theatre.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Can you name those works, please?
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Thank you very much indeed.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49So, let's reveal our five images, and here they come.
0:26:49 > 0:26:50We've got...
0:27:11 > 0:27:13There we are.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Five visual clues to works of classic theatre.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Julia and Christine will go first.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20What do you want to go for?
0:27:20 > 0:27:23OK, I can do the first two and D.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Shall we go for B, Henrik Ibsen, Doll's House?
0:27:25 > 0:27:27If you think that, yeah.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- Any idea on the Arthur Miller...? - Yes, it is.- Is it?
0:27:30 > 0:27:33We will choose C, Arthur Miller,
0:27:33 > 0:27:34The Crucible.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37OK, C, The Crucible, say Julia and Christine.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41Now then, Dan and Tabby, do you want to talk us through that board?
0:27:41 > 0:27:44We were wondering what that one was cos we didn't have a clue.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47We think A is The Birthday Party,
0:27:47 > 0:27:49B, we think's The Doll's House,
0:27:49 > 0:27:50D, we think is The Mousetrap
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- and I'm not sure on E.- No.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55We'll go for B,
0:27:55 > 0:27:56The Doll's House.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58OK, B, The Doll's House.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02So, we have The Crucible and we have A Doll's House.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Julia and Christine went for The Crucible for C.
0:28:05 > 0:28:06Let's see if that's right,
0:28:06 > 0:28:09let's see how many of our 100 people said The Crucible.
0:28:11 > 0:28:12It's right.
0:28:17 > 0:28:1826 for The Crucible.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22APPLAUSE
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Dan and Tabby, meanwhile, have gone for A Doll's House for B.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Let's see if that's right,
0:28:26 > 0:28:28let's see how many of our 100 people said A Doll's House.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31It's right.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37- Oh, well done. MOUTHS:- No way!
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Very well done indeed, Dan and Tabby.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42APPLAUSE
0:28:42 > 0:28:43You've broken their serve there.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46- After one question, you're up 1-0. - Well played, Dan and Tabby.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48There is an answer that would've beaten that.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50It's not A, which is The Birthday Party.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52That would've scored you...
0:28:52 > 0:28:5435.
0:28:56 > 0:28:57The biggest scorer up there,
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01That would have scored you...
0:29:01 > 0:29:0386.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05It's the last one, this is the best answer on the board.
0:29:05 > 0:29:06It's Tony Kushner's...
0:29:06 > 0:29:08- Angels In America. - ..Angels In America.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10And that would've scored you 3 points.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Very well done if you said that at home.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14There we are. Thank you very much indeed.
0:29:14 > 0:29:15OK, here comes your second question.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Dan and Tabby, you get to answer it first,
0:29:18 > 0:29:20but Julia and Christine, you have to win this one
0:29:20 > 0:29:22to stay in the game, so best of luck. It concerns...
0:29:25 > 0:29:27- Wimbledon.- We're going to show you five clues now
0:29:27 > 0:29:29to facts about the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Can you give us the most obscure answer?
0:29:31 > 0:29:35OK. Let's reveal our five clues, and here they come.
0:29:35 > 0:29:36We have got...
0:29:57 > 0:29:58I'll read those one last time.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Dan and Tabby will go first.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26SHE WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY
0:30:31 > 0:30:32- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35We're going to go for the German player
0:30:35 > 0:30:37that became the youngest ever men's singles champion.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40- I think it's Boris Becker. - Boris Becker, say Dan and Tabby.
0:30:40 > 0:30:41Boris Becker.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43Now then, Julia and Christine.
0:30:43 > 0:30:44How good is your Wimbledon knowledge?
0:30:44 > 0:30:47You can talk us through the board if you like.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Chance for you to break back here.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54I think the first one might be Martina Navratilova.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Don't know about the mixed doubles.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Bottom one's You Cannot Be Serious.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02- Do you know the fourth one? - No, I don't.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05- So...- What shall we do? - You decide.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07The...fifth answer is
0:31:07 > 0:31:09You Cannot Be Serious.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12You Cannot Be Serious say Julia and Christine.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15So, we have Boris Becker and You Cannot Be Serious.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Dan and Tabby have gone for Boris Becker.
0:31:17 > 0:31:18Let's see if that's right,
0:31:18 > 0:31:20let's see how many people said Boris Becker.
0:31:22 > 0:31:23It's right.
0:31:26 > 0:31:2860 for Boris Becker. APPLAUSE
0:31:30 > 0:31:31There's a high score.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Now, Julia and Christine have gone for You Cannot Be Serious,
0:31:34 > 0:31:36the title of John McEnroe's autobiography.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43It is right.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45And it wins you the point. Well done.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Back in the game. 46. APPLAUSE
0:31:47 > 0:31:50Which means, after two questions, it's 1-1.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52They're the top two answers on the board, actually,
0:31:52 > 0:31:54so let's take a look at the others.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56It is Martina Navratilova, the top one there.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Would've scored you 30 points.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00We'll leave the mixture doubles for a second.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02The official name of the site known as Henman Hill,
0:32:02 > 0:32:04it's the Aorangi Terrace.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Aorangi Park is just to the north of Centre Court.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Aorangi is the Maori name for Mount Cook.
0:32:10 > 0:32:115 points for that.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13And, I mean, if you know this, well done,
0:32:13 > 0:32:17and if you guessed it, even better, cos it's 1913.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Terrific answer. Pointless answer, unsurprisingly.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22There we are. Thank you very much. So, here comes your decider.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Whoever wins this third question
0:32:24 > 0:32:26goes through to the final and plays for the jackpot.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Best of luck to both pairs. It concerns...
0:32:32 > 0:32:33BBC TV newsreaders. Richard.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36We're going to show you the names now of five BBC TV newsreaders
0:32:36 > 0:32:37but in the form of anagrams.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Can you unscramble them, please, and give us the most obscure answer.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42- Best of luck.- OK.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44So, let's reveal our five scrambled newsreaders,
0:32:44 > 0:32:46and here they are.
0:32:46 > 0:32:47We have got...
0:32:53 > 0:32:55I'll read those one last time.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Julia and Christine, you will go first.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08BOTH CHUCKLE
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Huw... Oh, I can't... Hang on.
0:33:12 > 0:33:13- Huw Edwards.- Yeah.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Mm-hm.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20We're going to go for the third one down, which is Huw Edwards.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Huw Edwards, say Julia and Christine.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25Now, Dan and Tabby.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Do you want to talk us through those?
0:33:28 > 0:33:30We're not too sure on the ones that are left
0:33:30 > 0:33:32apart from the bottom one.
0:33:35 > 0:33:36We think the bottom one's Fiona Bruce.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Fiona Bruce.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41So, we have Huw Edwards and we have Fiona Bruce.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Julia and Christine said Huw Edwards.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said Huw Edwards.
0:33:49 > 0:33:50It's right.
0:33:55 > 0:33:56Not bad.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58APPLAUSE 25 for Huw Edwards.
0:34:00 > 0:34:01Not bad.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05Meanwhile, Dan and Tabby have gone for Fiona Bruce, aerobic fun.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said that.
0:34:10 > 0:34:11It's right.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Ooh! Look at that.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19APPLAUSE Fiona Bruce pips it.
0:34:19 > 0:34:2010, Fiona Bruce.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23Which means, Dan and Tabby, after three questions,
0:34:23 > 0:34:26- you are through to the final 2-1. - Yeah, very well played.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29- I didn't get Fiona Bruce at all. Did you?- No.- Did not get it.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32- Now, the top one is... - Didn't get that one either.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35- ..Moira Stuart.- Oh!- Moira Stuart. Would've scored you 4.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38- The next one.- Angela Rippon. - Angela Rippon. Yep.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40That would've scored you 20.
0:34:40 > 0:34:41Now, the best answer on the board.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44- Peter Sissons.- Peter Sissons, yeah.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46And that would've scored 1 point, so very well done
0:34:46 > 0:34:48- if you got that at home. - Wow. There you go.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Thank you very much indeed.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:34:52 > 0:34:54I'm so sorry, Julia and Christine.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56I mean, you've had a stormer of a time on Pointless here.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Fantastic low scoring in our first two rounds.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Nothing wrong with any of your answers in this,
0:35:01 > 0:35:05but Dan and Tabby just got you there with the anagrams, I fear.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07It's been great having you on both shows.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Thank you so much for playing. I'm sorry we have to say goodbye.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13Julia and Christine, thanks so much. APPLAUSE
0:35:14 > 0:35:17But for Dan and Tabby, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Congratulations, Dan and Tabby.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24You've fought off all the competition,
0:35:24 > 0:35:26and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy,
0:35:26 > 0:35:28so very well done.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:35:36 > 0:35:40and at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £2,250.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Well, I think it's been a very successful game.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48- Your first appearance on the show. - Yeah.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50Well, you now how it works in this final round.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52We put four categories up there on the board,
0:35:52 > 0:35:55you pick the one you think you're going to have the most success with.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58So, let's find out what today's selection looks like.
0:35:59 > 0:36:00We've got...
0:36:09 > 0:36:10Tabby, cats.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13I do like cats. I've got my cat shoes on.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16- You have as well.- I have, yes.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17There we go.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20- What do you want to go for? - What do you think?- Erm...
0:36:20 > 0:36:22- I don't know. - Is cats going to be the musical
0:36:22 > 0:36:24or is it going to be actual cats?
0:36:24 > 0:36:26- I don't have a clue.- Well, there's three things, isn't there?
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Film musicals. I don't know '50s film musicals.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31I don't anything about boxers.
0:36:31 > 0:36:32And classic American singer-songwriters
0:36:32 > 0:36:34could be horrendous.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36It could, or it could be jolly good fun. Which one?
0:36:36 > 0:36:38Do you want to go with cats, then?
0:36:38 > 0:36:39Your choice.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Let's go with cats and see what we get.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Going to go with cats. Dan and Tabby say cats.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Yeah, it's been on the board for a long time,
0:36:46 > 0:36:48and I'm delighted that someone called Tabby has chosen it.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50We are looking for any of the following three.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54We're looking for the name of any of the 63 different cat breeds
0:36:54 > 0:36:56which are recognised by The International Cat Association.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Then we're looking for any of the cats in Top Cat
0:36:59 > 0:37:02apart from Top Cat himself, or Boss Cat, he's sometimes called.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Or we're looking for any of the songs
0:37:04 > 0:37:07on the original 1981 cast recording of the musical Cats,
0:37:07 > 0:37:08apart from overtures, reprises
0:37:08 > 0:37:11or anything that's in the middle of another song.
0:37:11 > 0:37:12So, any of the 63 official cat breeds
0:37:12 > 0:37:15according to The International Cat Association,
0:37:15 > 0:37:16any of the cats in Top Cat,
0:37:16 > 0:37:19or any of the songs from the musical Cats. Very best of luck.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Thanks very much indeed. OK, now, as always, you've got up to one minute
0:37:22 > 0:37:24to come up with three answers, and all you need to win that jackpot
0:37:24 > 0:37:26is for one of your answers to be pointless.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28- Are you ready?- Yes.- Yeah.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:37:30 > 0:37:31There they are.
0:37:31 > 0:37:32Your time starts now.
0:37:32 > 0:37:33I haven't got a clue.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35OK. I had two cats.
0:37:35 > 0:37:36One was an Oriental Shorthair
0:37:36 > 0:37:37and the other was a Tiffany.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39So they might be quite good...
0:37:39 > 0:37:40- Tiffany?- ..for the cat breeds.
0:37:40 > 0:37:41Tiffany sounds good.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44- I think there was the cat in Top Cat called Benny.- Benny?
0:37:44 > 0:37:46- That's the only one I can remember. - Let's go with Benny.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48I used to get called Top Cat
0:37:48 > 0:37:50at school cos I was TC.
0:37:50 > 0:37:51Yeah, your initials.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53I don't remember any of them.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55It's too...too long ago.
0:37:55 > 0:37:56I don't remember any of them.
0:37:56 > 0:37:57The only one I remember
0:37:57 > 0:37:58from Cats was Memories.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01That's the one I played on the violin, but that was years ago.
0:38:01 > 0:38:02And everyone knows Memories.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04- Mr...- Mr Mistoffelees. - ..or something.
0:38:04 > 0:38:05That's quite a famous one
0:38:05 > 0:38:07- as well.- Somewhere in the back
0:38:07 > 0:38:09of my mind is Mr Bojangles.
0:38:09 > 0:38:10Is that from Cats?
0:38:10 > 0:38:12- Mr Bojangles, yeah.- I don't know.
0:38:12 > 0:38:13Does he have a song?
0:38:13 > 0:38:15Mr Bo... Yeah, he does.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Yeah, I think so. I think I've seen...
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Bojangles, your cat...
0:38:20 > 0:38:21Do you want to go with
0:38:21 > 0:38:22your two breeds of cat or...?
0:38:22 > 0:38:23Ten seconds left.
0:38:23 > 0:38:24We'll go with the two
0:38:24 > 0:38:26- breeds of cat.- And Benny?- Yeah, OK. - Yeah?- Yeah.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28- Are you sure?- Yeah.- Final answer. - Go with it.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30- Three seconds left. Yeah?- Yeah.
0:38:30 > 0:38:31OK, let's do it.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33OK. Good timing there.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Just with a second to spare, you arrive at your three answers.
0:38:36 > 0:38:37What are you going to go for?
0:38:37 > 0:38:40For the cat breeds, we 're going to go for a Oriental Shorthair...
0:38:40 > 0:38:43- Oriental Shorthair... - ..and a Tiffany.- Tiffany.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47- And then I think there's a cat in Top Cat called Benny.- Benny.
0:38:47 > 0:38:48I'm not sure.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:50 > 0:38:53- Tiffany?- Tiffany.- We'll go for Tiffany.- Tiffany goes last.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56- Least likely to be pointless? - Benny.- Benny.- Benny goes first.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59OK, well, let's pop those up on the board in that order, then,
0:38:59 > 0:39:00and here they are.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03We've got Benny, we've got Oriental Shorthair
0:39:03 > 0:39:04and we've got Tiffany.
0:39:04 > 0:39:05Well, three good answers.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07That felt pretty well for you, didn't it, Tabby?
0:39:07 > 0:39:09- DAN CHUCKLES - No.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11- I've thought of loads more now. - Well, that's OK.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13You've thought of three good ones, I think, for the board.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16Surely one of those will end up being pointless
0:39:16 > 0:39:17and will win you the jackpot.
0:39:17 > 0:39:202,250 quid - quite a nice sum to be taking home.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23What would you be doing with that, now, Dan?
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- Taking the kids on holiday. Definitely.- Fabulous.
0:39:26 > 0:39:27Tabby, how about you?
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Erm, well, apart from going on holiday with Dan's half,
0:39:30 > 0:39:33I would like some very, very expensive shoes
0:39:33 > 0:39:36and a few more tattoos would be nice.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39OK. Well, very best of luck. You first answer was Benny.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41In this case, we were looking for characters from Top Cat.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44This was the one you thought least likely to be pointless.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Only one of these has to be pointless
0:39:46 > 0:39:47for you to win that jackpot.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51For £2,250, let's find out how many of our 100 people said Benny.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56It's right.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57All that has to happen now
0:39:57 > 0:39:59is for Benny to go down to 0
0:39:59 > 0:40:01and you will leave here with £2,250.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Down it goes. Through the 20s.
0:40:04 > 0:40:05Ooh, 21 for Benny.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07APPLAUSE That's a high score for Benny.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Yeah.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11So, I'm afraid not a pointless answer there,
0:40:11 > 0:40:13but two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Your next answer was Oriental Shorthair.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20In this case, we were looking for cat breeds recognised by TICA.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23It has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot,
0:40:23 > 0:40:27so for £2,250, let's see how many people said Oriental Shorthair.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32It's right.
0:40:32 > 0:40:33Now, your first answer was Benny,
0:40:33 > 0:40:36which took us all the way down to 21.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Oriental Shorthair passes 21.
0:40:38 > 0:40:39Down it goes still,
0:40:39 > 0:40:41through the teens, into single figures.
0:40:41 > 0:40:42Down it goes, still going down...
0:40:42 > 0:40:44You've done it! Very well done indeed.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46CHEERS AND APPLAUSE Very well done. That's superb.
0:40:46 > 0:40:51- Very, very well done. Congratulations.- Wow.
0:40:54 > 0:40:59- I can't believe it.- There we go. Very, very well done indeed.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Cats came good.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04Oriental Shorthair was a pointless answer, Dan and Tabby,
0:41:04 > 0:41:08and you will be leaving here with our jackpot of £2,250.
0:41:08 > 0:41:09Very, very well done indeed.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Terrific stuff. Very, very well played.
0:41:15 > 0:41:16Yeah, Oriental Shorthair.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20- What was the name of your Oriental Shorthair?- Randall.- Aw.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24And now just won you £2,250. That's nice, isn't it?
0:41:24 > 0:41:27The Chantilly-Tiffany is a type of cat, but not recognised by TICA,
0:41:27 > 0:41:31so that was your best shot and it did the job for you.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35We'll start with the cat breeds. All sorts of nice ones here.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43The Pixiebob Longhair, also a pointless answer.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46You could've had the Toyger, which is virtually...
0:41:46 > 0:41:49It's a cat, a normal domestic cat, but with tiger markings.
0:41:49 > 0:41:50They call it a Toyger.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53You also could've had American Bobtail, Exotic Shorthair,
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Japanese Bobtail.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58- A Munchkin, you could've had, which would've been nice.- Aw!
0:41:58 > 0:42:00I know. You could've also had a Munchkin Longhair.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04Scottish Straight, Scottish Fold, Snowshoe, Tonkinese,
0:42:04 > 0:42:06and the Turkish Van,
0:42:06 > 0:42:08which is also a good answer to where you should buy a kebab.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10- LAUGHTER - All of those, pointless answers.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Now, that's where most of the pointless answers were.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16But cats in Top Cat, there's only one pointless answer
0:42:16 > 0:42:17which is Fancy Fancy.
0:42:17 > 0:42:18Well done if you said that.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Lots of pointless answers in songs from the musical as well, actually.
0:42:21 > 0:42:22Lots of big answers here.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33In fact, everything apart from Memory, Mr Mistoffolees,
0:42:33 > 0:42:36The Rum Tum Tugger, Old Deuteronomy and The Naming of Cats.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38And Skimbleshanks as well, The Railway Cat.
0:42:38 > 0:42:39Everything else was a pointless answer.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Very well done if you got one of those at home.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Tabby and Dan, congratulations.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Thanks very much.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Well, thanks once again to our winning players, Dan and Tabby,
0:42:49 > 0:42:52who go away with today's jackpot of £2,250.
0:42:52 > 0:42:53Well done.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge
0:42:59 > 0:43:00to the test on Pointless.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.