0:00:21 > 0:00:24Thank you very much, indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome
0:00:24 > 0:00:27to Pointless, the show where the aim of the game
0:00:27 > 0:00:29is to find the most obscure answer possible.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Couple number one.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Hi, I'm Paul and this is my mum, Mary, and we're from Newcastle.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Couple number two.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Hi, I'm Caroline. This is my husband, Conrad, and we live in
0:00:44 > 0:00:46- Barry, South Wales. - Couple number three.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Hi, I'm Ranvir. This is my mum, Jaspal, and we're from Bradford.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53- And finally, couple number four. - I'm David. This is my friend, Steve.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56We were both from Essex, but I'm now from Walthamstow.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58And these are today's contestants.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Thank you very much, all of you, we'll find out more about you
0:01:02 > 0:01:04throughout the show as it goes along, so that just leaves one more
0:01:04 > 0:01:06person for me to introduce.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Letting our contestants down gently like balloons at a 100th
0:01:09 > 0:01:12birthday party, that's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Hiya. Hi, everybody. Welcome along.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19- Good afternoon to you.- And to you. - Two returning
0:01:19 > 0:01:22pairs from our previous show, and they both did well, actually.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Steve and David got knocked out in Round Two and Conrad
0:01:25 > 0:01:28and Caroline all the way through to the head-to-head, so they'll be
0:01:28 > 0:01:31difficult to beat. And our two new pairs is both son and mother
0:01:31 > 0:01:33- combinations. That's nice, isn't it? - That's really nice.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Also gives an extra bit of
0:01:35 > 0:01:37competitiveness to the affairs to see which
0:01:37 > 0:01:39mother and son combination's going to win.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Lovely to have Conrad, our bus driver, back for another show.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Typical, isn't it? We wait 200 shows for a bus driver,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- then two turn up at once. - LAUGHTER
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Thanks very much, Richard. Elena and Jordan didn't win the jackpot last
0:01:50 > 0:01:52time so we add another £1,000 to that and today's
0:01:52 > 0:01:55jackpot therefore starts off at £2,000.
0:01:55 > 0:01:56There we are.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08So, all we have to remember is this.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11The pair with the highest score at the end of each round will
0:02:11 > 0:02:13be eliminated. That is it.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Nothing else to remember, except no conferring till we get
0:02:16 > 0:02:19to the head-to-head round. Our first category this afternoon is...
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Ireland, that's nice. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to
0:02:25 > 0:02:28go first, who's going to go second? And whoever's going
0:02:28 > 0:02:30first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34OK, and the question concerns...
0:02:36 > 0:02:40- Famous Dubliners, famous Dubliners, Richard.- On each board we're going
0:02:40 > 0:02:42to show you seven clues to famous people born in Dublin, you just need
0:02:42 > 0:02:45to tell us who they are, please. There's going to be 14 in all, to
0:02:45 > 0:02:48- have a go at it at home, so very best of luck.- Thanks very much.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51OK, let's reveal our first board of famous Dubliners,
0:02:51 > 0:02:52and here they come.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16I'm going to read those one last time.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Paul, a very, very warm welcome.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40I'm sorry, a lot to digest there, isn't there? What do you do, Paul?
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- I'm a film student.- Whereabouts are you a film student?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- At Queen Mary, in London.- In London.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49- Are you enjoying it?- Yes, yeah, I do.- How far into your course are
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- you?- I've just finished first year. - And two more years after that?- Yes.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54And what sort of film are you specialising in? Or do you not,
0:03:54 > 0:03:56is it fairly broad at this stage?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Yeah, I haven't actually studied film ever before,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- so it was a bit of a risk, but I'm enjoying it.- Yes, it'll get you up
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- to speed, your foundation year.- Yes.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Very good, and your interests, apart from film?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10I play a bit of tennis, and I'm a bit of a tennis nut.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14And also, I sing as well,
0:04:14 > 0:04:16so... More when I'm in Newcastle with my brother.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18We do a few gigs, round Newcastle.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21So it's just up in Newcastle you feel more like singing,
0:04:21 > 0:04:22than you do down here, but, yeah.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Paul, now, what are you going to go for on this board?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Well, I think I know a few of them,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31but I think I'm going to play it safe because it's the first go.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35So, I'm going to go for the actor who starred in the films
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Phone Booth and In Bruges, and say Colin Farrell.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Colin Farrell, says Paul. Let's see
0:04:39 > 0:04:41how many of our 100 people said Colin Farrell.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Not bad, down it goes to 31. Not bad at all, Paul.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51Good start to the round.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54APPLAUSE
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Well played, Paul. Glad you went for a film one as well.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Usually students try and avoid the subject they do
0:04:58 > 0:05:00just in case they get it wrong.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Yeah, he won a Golden Globe for his role in In Bruges, which is
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- a terrific film.- Excellent. I haven't seen it.- You'd love it.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09I must. I must. Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Now, Conrad.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14Welcome back. Welcome back, now we discovered that you live in Barry.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- Yes.- You drive a bus.- Yes. - What are your hobbies?
0:05:17 > 0:05:22My hobbies include a little thing called geocaching, which is
0:05:22 > 0:05:25like a modern day treasure hunt.
0:05:25 > 0:05:31You sign up to a forum and you get coordinates from there and you punch
0:05:31 > 0:05:34it into your mobile phone and then you go look for these things.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35What kinds of things do you find?
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Oh, just little containers, usually contains a little logbook...
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- Slice of cake.- ..or little items that people leave and then you can
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- swap it out.- That's good. How far do you go?
0:05:44 > 0:05:48Have you ever been on your route into Cardiff, or one of the many
0:05:48 > 0:05:51routes and just had to stop and get down because you've just passed a...
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- I could say yes, but my boss will not be pleased.- OK. Fair enough.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59- Now, Conrad, what are you going to go for on this board?- Um...
0:05:59 > 0:06:03I think the only one I know is the football striker who
0:06:03 > 0:06:06moved from Tottenham Hotspur to LA Galaxy in August 2011.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08I think that's Robbie Keane.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11"Robbie Keane," says Conrad. Let's see if Robbie Keane's right, and if
0:06:11 > 0:06:14it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17It is right.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22That's a very good answer, Conrad.
0:06:22 > 0:06:2515. Very well done, indeed.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28APPLAUSE
0:06:28 > 0:06:30If you're only going to know one of them, it's a pretty good
0:06:30 > 0:06:33one to know, Robbie Keane. I sat behind him on a plane recently, with
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- his son, who was very well-behaved. - That's good.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39There you go, so if you're watching, Robbie, congratulations,
0:06:39 > 0:06:41as a parent as well as a footballer.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Double accolade, that's great. That is good, thank you.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48Now, Ranvir, welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- Ranvir, what do you do?- Not much at the moment. I'm in limbo.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55I've just handed in my PhD so I'm waiting to hear back.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Oh, nervous times. Do you have any indication, have you done any...?
0:06:58 > 0:07:02I presume there are modules that you've done.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05No, it's just one big project, basically, for four years, yeah.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Four years of it?
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- How long before you get the result? - Hopefully, a few months.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- Three months from now, I hope.- And then you'll be Dr Ranvir,
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- that's quite exciting, isn't it? - I will be.- Very good.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17And what are your interests, Ranvir?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- Well, outside the PhD, that took up a lot of time.- What was your PhD in?
0:07:20 > 0:07:24It was on an aspect of Formula 1 technology. I was investigating...
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Now, that's a cool thing to do your PhD on, isn't it?
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- It was very interesting, yeah.- Very good.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31So, I'm guessing Formula 1 is one of your interests.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- That's a dream, yeah.- Yeah. Anything else? What else?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Well, my main hobby is jujitsu, so that's the main one,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40which I've been doing for eight years now, actually,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- longer than I care to admit. - Do you have belts in jujitsu?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- Yeah, yeah, we have a belt system so...- What belt are you at?
0:07:46 > 0:07:50- I'm at light blue belt now. - Light blue.- Two more to instructor.
0:07:50 > 0:07:51Very good.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55OK, now, Ranvir, what would you like to go for on this board?
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Well, I'd like to go for Robbie Keane,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59but that's not a possibility any more.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01I'm going to have a guess at the snooker player.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05I can hear a strong Irish commentator's voice in my head
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- and I think it's Ken Doherty. - Ken Doherty, says Ranvir.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Ken Doherty, is it right? How many people said it, if it is?
0:08:12 > 0:08:15It's right. That's a good answer, Ranvir, very well done.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Well, 31 is our highest score
0:08:16 > 0:08:18at this point and you pass it.
0:08:18 > 0:08:1915's our low and you pass it.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Look at that! 5!
0:08:21 > 0:08:22CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Hats off, Ranvir.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25That is fantastic.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26APPLAUSE
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Kind of good that Robbie Keane had gone,
0:08:28 > 0:08:31otherwise you'd have gone for it and scored 15. But 5, that's a great
0:08:31 > 0:08:32- score.- That's a great answer,
0:08:32 > 0:08:34very well played.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35Yeah, he's a great player
0:08:35 > 0:08:37and a very lovely fella, as well.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Have you sat behind him on public transport?
0:08:39 > 0:08:43I have had the great pleasure of meeting him up at the Crucible.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Thank you, well done. That's good. David, welcome back.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48David, remind us what you do.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- I'm an author, I write books. - You're an author, you write books
0:08:51 > 0:08:53and all sorts of different things. You were saying last time,
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- conspiracy theories.- Yes, conspiracy theories and true crime, mainly.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59What's the most exciting conspiracy theory
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- you've written about?- I don't know which one is the most exciting.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06The ludicrous ones are always exciting but they're a bit weird.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09I think the most interesting one is the murders of JFK
0:09:09 > 0:09:10and his brother, Robert Kennedy.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14To write about conspiracy theories do you have to be a conspiracist
0:09:14 > 0:09:18- yourself, then?- No, I usually annoy a lot of conspiracy theorists
0:09:18 > 0:09:20because I say 95% of them are absolute rubbish,
0:09:20 > 0:09:23but the 5% where there's real fact
0:09:23 > 0:09:26and it's a conspiracy fact, rather than a conspiracy theory,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29they're the interesting ones, they're the ones we're looking at.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32OK, now, David. What about all these unanswered questions on our board?
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Would you like to talk us through them?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Well, the writer of the play is Oscar Wilde,
0:09:37 > 0:09:39lead singer of U2 is Bono...
0:09:41 > 0:09:43..singer of Nothing Compares 2 U would be the wonderful
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Sinead O'Connor, and I really kind of
0:09:47 > 0:09:51almost want to take a chance on the last one because I used to know
0:09:51 > 0:09:54the guy who played Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films.
0:09:54 > 0:09:55It was Richard Harris.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58So, I kind of almost want to go for that one but that would be
0:09:58 > 0:10:01a risk, and I think that would be Michael Gambon, so...
0:10:01 > 0:10:03I'm going to go for a risk.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04It's probably going to be a bust.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07I'm going to say Michael Gambon for the actor who played
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight Harry Potter films.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14OK, you're steering round Richard Harris, you're going
0:10:14 > 0:10:16for Michael Gambon. OK, well, let's see if that's right.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Let's see if that Gambon pays off. CHUCKLING
0:10:19 > 0:10:20- Ooh.- Oh.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23How many people said Michael Gambon?
0:10:25 > 0:10:26He's right!
0:10:31 > 0:10:32He's right. 19 it scores you.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Very well done, indeed, David. 19.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38Very well played, David.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41One of those very rare occasions where all four pairs have
0:10:41 > 0:10:43got the four lowest answers on the board,
0:10:43 > 0:10:46so it's going to be a terrific show today. I think it's really, really
0:10:46 > 0:10:47good work from everybody.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Let's fill in the more obvious ones, and, in fact, David gave us
0:10:50 > 0:10:52all the correct answers.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54The next best answer would have been Oscar Wilde
0:10:54 > 0:10:56for The Importance Of Being Earnest.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58That would have scored you 36,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01then Sinead O'Connor for Nothing Compares 2 U,
0:11:01 > 0:11:05she would have scored 55, and Bono was the biggest scorer of all,
0:11:05 > 0:11:09and he would have landed you 87 points.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11My goodness. Thank you very much. We're halfway through the
0:11:11 > 0:11:14round. Let's take a look at those scores. The best score of the pass
0:11:14 > 0:11:16was yours Ranvir, very well done.
0:11:16 > 0:11:175, putting Ranvir and Jaspal
0:11:17 > 0:11:19in a very strong position, then up to 15
0:11:19 > 0:11:21where we find Conrad and Caroline,
0:11:21 > 0:11:22up to 19, where we find David and
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Steve, and then 31, Paul and Mary.
0:11:24 > 0:11:25Not that far ahead,
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Paul and Mary, but Mary,
0:11:26 > 0:11:28let's have a nice low score from you
0:11:28 > 0:11:29- to keep you in the game, please. - Yes.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31We're going to come back down the line now,
0:11:31 > 0:11:34could the second players step up to the podium?
0:11:35 > 0:11:38OK, let's put seven more clues to famous Dubliners up on the board
0:11:38 > 0:11:39and here they come.
0:12:02 > 0:12:03I'll read those one last time.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Steve, welcome back. Now, remind us what you do, Steve.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32I'm an accountant.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34And when not being an accountant, you have many other interesting
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- hobbies, including the one you told us about last time.- I do, I play the
0:12:38 > 0:12:39- bagpipes.- You play the bagpipes?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- On your own, or do you play in a band?- No, I play in a band.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44The band is called the Essex Caledonian.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- Excellent.- I haven't decided whether to tell them that I'm on this,
0:12:47 > 0:12:49so they may or may not be watching.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Do you play at civic events and things like that?
0:12:51 > 0:12:53I've played at the Albert Hall...
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- Very good.- ..and I've played in Billericay High Street.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Which, be honest, which did you enjoy the most?
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Since I'm here, Billericay High Street.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03OK, now, Steve you're on 19, the high scorers are
0:13:03 > 0:13:05at this end here, Mary and Paul on 31,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08if you can score 11 or less, you're into the next round.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Ah, it'll have to be the winner of the Nobel Prize
0:13:14 > 0:13:17and the author of Waiting For Godot, which was Samuel Beckett.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Samuel Beckett, says Steve. Here's your red line, if you can get below
0:13:20 > 0:13:22that red line with Samuel Beckett, you are into Round Two.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Let's see how you do.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28It is right.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30I have a feeling this might be
0:13:30 > 0:13:32a low one.
0:13:32 > 0:13:3324, not bad.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36Not bad, 43 is your total.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38You might have done enough there, Steve.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Yeah, the good answers continue.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Very well played, Steve. Samuel Beckett.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Thank you very much indeed. Now then, Jaspal, welcome.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Lovely to have you here on Pointless. What do you do, Jaspal?
0:13:48 > 0:13:50I'm retired.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54- I used to work as an admin clerk in the hospital.- When did you retire?
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Oh, about four years ago.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Is retirement rather nice or do you miss...? Maybe it was nice in the
0:13:59 > 0:14:01- hospital. Maybe there were lots of nice people...- I do miss
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- a lot of patients, just a busy hospital.- Yeah.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06What have you been doing since you've retired?
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Have you taken on new things?
0:14:08 > 0:14:11- I just do a lot of reading and a lot of cooking.- That's good.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Reading, do you have any particular favourite authors?
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Just generally, I like Danielle Steele,
0:14:17 > 0:14:19that's the main books I like to read.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Excellent, now then, Jaspal, you've been left in a very strong
0:14:22 > 0:14:25position by Ranvir in the first pass. The high scorers are just
0:14:25 > 0:14:27behind you there, Steve and David at the moment.
0:14:27 > 0:14:3143, so if you can score 37 or less, you're through.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Right, I'm afraid I'll have to go for the top one, the co-founder
0:14:36 > 0:14:39of Band Aid, the leader singer of the Boomtown Rats
0:14:39 > 0:14:41is Bob Geldof.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Bob Geldof, says Jaspal. Let's see if that's right.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Let's see how many people said it. There is your red line. Below that,
0:14:46 > 0:14:47you're home and dry.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51It was right.
0:14:54 > 0:14:5541.
0:14:57 > 0:14:5841, taking your total up to 46.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59APPLAUSE
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Great news for Steve and David behind you there.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Starting to get very exciting now, isn't it, this round?
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Co-founded Band Aid with Midge Ure, of course.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Thank you very much indeed. Now then, Caroline.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14Welcome back, head-to-head last time, should be fairly easy for you
0:15:14 > 0:15:17to get through to the head-to-head again this time.
0:15:17 > 0:15:1830 or less is all you need to score.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Remind us what you do, Caroline.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23I'm a carer that works with terminally ill, mentally ill
0:15:23 > 0:15:26and the elderly, and also, I teach music in a primary school.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- Yeah, teach the violin, you said last time.- Mm-hm.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30And that's a brave move, to be teaching.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33What age are your violin pupils?
0:15:33 > 0:15:36All ages in primary, but it does sound like a bunch of cats
0:15:36 > 0:15:41in a shed when they start out but with my tuition, it improves.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43But do you know what? That is amazing.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45If you can get children to just to play enough, if they can keep
0:15:45 > 0:15:50the bow in a straight line, get their finger positions, you know?
0:15:50 > 0:15:52We use stickers, to keep the finger positions,
0:15:52 > 0:15:54- put stickers on the violins. - Very clever.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Now, Caroline, you're on 15, as I say, you have to score 30, or less.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Yes, I was trying to delay this moment. Um...
0:16:01 > 0:16:02All right.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05I know one for definite, but the novel one,
0:16:05 > 0:16:08I don't know if the person I'm thinking of wrote Dracula or
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Frankenstein, I know it was something creepy, but I don't know
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- which one.- I'm going to say good luck.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14SHE GIGGLES
0:16:16 > 0:16:19I think I 'm going to have to guess because it's our second time on,
0:16:19 > 0:16:23and so, I want to be able to say I tried, so I'm going to say
0:16:23 > 0:16:28- the novel, Dracula, was Bram Stoker. - Bram Stoker, says Caroline. Here
0:16:28 > 0:16:30is your red line. If you get below that with Bram Stoker, you're
0:16:30 > 0:16:33through to the next round. How many people said Bram Stoker?
0:16:35 > 0:16:37It's absolutely right, very well done, Caroline.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Oh!
0:16:41 > 0:16:4434. This is very close, indeed.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48- 49 is your total.- Wow, what a round.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51What a round. Bram Stoker himself would have liked it cos
0:16:51 > 0:16:55he was a mathematics graduate from Trinity College, Dublin.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- There you are.- He would have seen all sorts of patterns here.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Oh, wouldn't he? Thank you very much.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04Now, OK, Mary, welcome to Pointless. Tell me what you do.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07I'm a careers adviser in the university.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09How long have you done that for?
0:17:09 > 0:17:13I've been a careers adviser for about 30-odd years, on and off.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15And this particular job I've been doing for five years.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Mary, aside from that, what are your interests? What do you like doing?
0:17:18 > 0:17:24I like writing and acting. And I like Georgian theatre.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28- Georgian theatre. That's very specific.- Yes.- OK.
0:17:28 > 0:17:29Any particular reason why?
0:17:29 > 0:17:33Well, it started a long time ago when an ex-husband of mine
0:17:33 > 0:17:39wanted to put Laurence Sterne's, not Tristram And Shandy,
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- A Sentimental Journey, create it for the stage.- Yeah.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45And, so, it developed from there, really.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49And I developed a character to introduce it,
0:17:49 > 0:17:55called Mrs Silvia Slurp, who's an 18th-century has-been
0:17:55 > 0:18:01of an actress, who is a touring player, but she's a survivor.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05- That sounds great. Have you played her many times?- Yes.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Very good. Now, Mary, the moment has come.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09We need to get an answer from you, we need 17 or less.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11That's your target, 17 or less.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Do you fancy talking us through that board and just supplying names?
0:18:14 > 0:18:19Well, I know the TV presenter is Graham Norton.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24I don't know the others but I know that
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Dervla Kirwan starred in Ballykissangel,
0:18:27 > 0:18:31but I don't know if she did Goodnight Sweetheart. Oh.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34And I don't know which is the most popular out of those two,
0:18:34 > 0:18:39but, um, maybe I'm going to take a risk.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Dervla Kirwan.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Dervla Kirwan for Ballykissangel
0:18:43 > 0:18:44and Goodnight Sweetheart.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Let's see if that's right. There's your red line.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47If you can get below that
0:18:47 > 0:18:48red line, Mary,
0:18:48 > 0:18:50you're through to the next round.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Let's see how many of our 100 people said Dervla Kirwan.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- It's wrong.- It's absolutely right.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Oh! 22.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03APPLAUSE
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Wow, that's happened
0:19:05 > 0:19:06a lot in this second pass.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10So that takes your total up to 53. Um, not a bad total at all.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Absolutely, now, if you had said Graham Norton,
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- it's the right answer and it's the best answer on the board.- Oh, no!
0:19:16 > 0:19:18It would have scored you 12 points. It would have been
0:19:18 > 0:19:20a terrific answer. Obviously, massively famous,
0:19:20 > 0:19:23but not so many people know that he played Father Noel,
0:19:23 > 0:19:25actually he played him brilliantly, a very funny character.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29And the golfer was Padraig Harrington,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32would have scored you 14 points, and the biggest scorer on the board
0:19:32 > 0:19:36there, the Boyzone singer, Ronan Keating.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38- Would have scored you 57. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41So, at the end of our First Round the pair we have to send home,
0:19:41 > 0:19:46with their really not that high, high score of 53, is Mary and Paul.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Nothing right, and you knew a low-scoring answer as well, Mary.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Well, I suppose that makes it feel
0:19:50 > 0:19:53- better in a way...- Yes.- Better because we know you're coming back.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54It would be awful if this were
0:19:54 > 0:19:57the final farewell. We'll see you next time, Mary and Paul.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58We look forward to that very much.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Thanks very much for playing, Mary and Paul.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12And so, now only three pairs remain.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15At the end of this round, we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19Ranvir, hats off to you, the lowest individual score of that round,
0:20:19 > 0:20:21fabulous answer there, Ken Doherty.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Steve and David, well done, our lowest combined score,
0:20:24 > 0:20:27very well done. Caroline and Conrad, very well done, as well,
0:20:27 > 0:20:30actually all three scores were very, very close indeed. It's going to be
0:20:30 > 0:20:32very exciting, this round, I think. Best of luck,
0:20:32 > 0:20:37all three pairs, our category for Round Two is Science.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Science. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:20:39 > 0:20:42who's going to go second?
0:20:42 > 0:20:45And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:20:58 > 0:20:59Chemical elements that do not
0:20:59 > 0:21:01contain the letter O in their name, Richard.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Simply any element of the periodic table that doesn't contain
0:21:04 > 0:21:07a letter O, and that is as of May 2015.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12OK, thank you very much indeed. Conrad.
0:21:12 > 0:21:18The first answer I could think of, and I'll go with that, is zinc.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Zinc, says Conrad. Zinc. Let's see if it's right.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Let's see how many of our 100 said zinc.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25It is right.
0:21:30 > 0:21:3230.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Not bad.
0:21:33 > 0:21:3630 for zinc.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Of course, if zinc did have an O in it, it would be called zoinc.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- Aw, it's a shame, isn't it? Aw, I wish you hadn't said that.- Yeah.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- Or zinco.- Yeah.- Quite fun, but, yeah, zoinc.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Now, Jaspal, what would you like to go for?
0:21:51 > 0:21:56I'm not sure if this is a chemical element, let's see, um...
0:21:56 > 0:22:01- Calcium.- Calcium, says Jaspal. Let's see if calcium's right.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Let's see how many of our 100 people said calcium.
0:22:05 > 0:22:06It's right.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Well, zinc scored 30.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10Calcium leaves zinc
0:22:10 > 0:22:11in its wake, look at that.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13That goes to 12.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14Very well done, indeed, Jaspal.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15- Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Well played, Jaspal. It's got I's, it's got A's, it's got U's,
0:22:20 > 0:22:23but no O's. Perfect.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27- A perfect candidate.- Yeah.- There we are. Thanks very much. David.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29We want the name of any chemical element that doesn't contain
0:22:29 > 0:22:31the letter O.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34I'm going to be honest, I'm a bear of little brains.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- Arsenic.- Arsenic, says David.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46It's right. Well, 30's our high
0:22:46 > 0:22:47score. 12 is our low.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49You passed 30.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50You passed 12!
0:22:50 > 0:22:516!
0:22:51 > 0:22:53APPLAUSE
0:22:53 > 0:22:54Not bad at all.
0:22:54 > 0:22:556 for arsenic.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58It's one of those things that people forget as an element, because we
0:22:58 > 0:23:01think of it as something entirely different. But prawns contain a
0:23:01 > 0:23:05- surprising amount of arsenic.- That's why they're so delicious.- Mmm.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07- Exactly.- Thank you very much indeed.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:23:10 > 0:23:116, David and Steve,
0:23:11 > 0:23:12looking very strong
0:23:12 > 0:23:13on the far podium, there.
0:23:13 > 0:23:14Up to 12 we find Ranvir and Jaspal,
0:23:14 > 0:23:15then up to 30,
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Conrad and Caroline. So, Caroline, low score from you,
0:23:18 > 0:23:20please. We're going to come back down the line now,
0:23:20 > 0:23:22can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:23:26 > 0:23:31- Steve.- Hello.- Chemical elements that do not contain the letter O.- Oh.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32That's the one, yeah.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34LAUGHTER
0:23:34 > 0:23:37There's one I want, no, I'm not going to risk it.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41- Ytterbium.- Ytterbium.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Ytterbium, says Steve. There's your red line. If you can get below
0:23:45 > 0:23:47that with ytterbium, you are into the head-to-head.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Let's see how many people said it, let's see if it's right.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53It is right.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59You're into the head-to-head.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01That's a pointless answer, Steve, very well done indeed.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:24:02 > 0:24:07That adds £250 to the jackpot taking the total up to £2,250. It scores
0:24:07 > 0:24:10you nothing. It leaves your total at 6, the lowest total of the round.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13- Well done.- Brilliant stuff, Steve, very well done.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15An old Pointless favourite, ytterbium.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17It's the most volatile rare-earth element.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19It has almost no practical use,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22- which makes you feel rather sorry for it.- It's very useful here.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Yes, do you know what? Suddenly, it does have practical use.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now then, Ranvir.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Well, Steve's just inspired me not only to take a gamble,
0:24:33 > 0:24:36but there's a very similar-sounding element and I think it's yttrium.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Yttrium, says Ranvir.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41HE WHISPERS: They're very good on that middle podium, aren't they?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Yes. The highest scorers on 30 are Caroline and
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Conrad, there's your red line.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Get below that, you're through.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51It's right.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Very well done. Look at that, Ranvir.
0:24:57 > 0:24:58Oh! 1!
0:24:58 > 0:25:00APPLAUSE
0:25:00 > 0:25:041, that's an excellent score, takes your total up to 13, very well done.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Yeah, more great answering, very well played.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09I don't know who'd be happier, the Yttrium Council or the
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- Ytterbium Council, to get pointless or one point.- Mmm.- What's better?
0:25:13 > 0:25:15ALEXANDER CHUCKLES Thank you very much indeed.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Now, Caroline, I have sad news.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19I'm afraid, even before you've given your answer, you are the
0:25:19 > 0:25:21high scorers. I'm sorry. But, hey!
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- After that, what are you going to say?- Blimey.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27The thing is, my sister's a chemist, so I'm sure she's, like,
0:25:27 > 0:25:28sending me brainwaves.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32But, I was terrible at chemistry, I got magnesium oxide in my eye once.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34LAUGHTER
0:25:34 > 0:25:37I'm not sure. I think, we're out anyway...
0:25:37 > 0:25:40- Barium.- Barium.- I don't even know if it's a thing.
0:25:40 > 0:25:41Is it a thing? I don't know.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Well, you're from Barry. Barium, of course.
0:25:43 > 0:25:44LAUGHTER
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Let's see. No red line for you, I'm afraid cos you're already our
0:25:47 > 0:25:51high scorers, but let's see how many of our 100 people said barium.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55Absolutely right!
0:26:00 > 0:26:01Ah! It's a great answer
0:26:01 > 0:26:04as well, Caroline. Fantastic answer.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Takes your total up to 35.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09Yeah, it's barium, really,
0:26:09 > 0:26:11but I think we should rename it "barryum"
0:26:11 > 0:26:13- in honour of your hometown.- Thanks.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15There's quite a few pointless answers.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Let's take a look at some more of them. We've already heard one.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Very well done, if you said...
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Those are all the pointless answers, let's take a look at the top three
0:26:34 > 0:26:36answers. The ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Helium, 28, should be at the top, shouldn't it?
0:26:38 > 0:26:40LAUGHTER
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Zinc, 30.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45And the highest scorer of all, silver, 42.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47So, firstly, helium should be right at the top,
0:26:47 > 0:26:49and secondly, silver should not be first.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56- Mmm.- Yeah?- Mm-mm. - Yeah, you hear me.- Mm.
0:26:56 > 0:26:57Something's awry there.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- There's a... Write about that.- That's a conspiracy.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03- Yeah, that is a conspiracy, right there.- Thanks very much, Richard.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05So, at the end of our second round, the people
0:27:05 > 0:27:08we have to say goodbye to, I'm sorry to say, it's Caroline and Conrad.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Head-to-headers last time. I'm afraid, this time, an early exit,
0:27:11 > 0:27:14but it's been great having you on both shows, thank you so much for
0:27:14 > 0:27:15playing, Caroline and Conrad.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17APPLAUSE
0:27:17 > 0:27:20But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Very, very well done, Steve and David, Ranvir and Jaspal. You're now
0:27:29 > 0:27:32one step closer to the final and the chance to play for our jackpot,
0:27:32 > 0:27:35which currently stands at £2,250.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Well, you know what happens from this point on. You're now allowed to
0:27:41 > 0:27:43start playing as teams, in that you can chat before you give your
0:27:43 > 0:27:46answers. First pair to win two questions will be playing for that
0:27:46 > 0:27:49jackpot. Well, every so often we do have a real
0:27:49 > 0:27:51humdinger of a head-to-head round.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54And I have reason to feel this is going to be one of those.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58Very, very strong performances and across both rounds,
0:27:58 > 0:28:01so, yes, this should be very close. Best of luck to both pairs.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02Let's play the head-to-head.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11OK, here comes your first question, and it concerns...
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Agatha Christie film adaptations. Richard.
0:28:16 > 0:28:17Going to show you five pictures
0:28:17 > 0:28:20from films which were made from Agatha Christie novels.
0:28:20 > 0:28:21We need you to tell us the name of the film.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24We've given the initials as well to help you out.
0:28:24 > 0:28:25OK. Thanks, Richard.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Let's show our five stills from Agatha Christie adaptations,
0:28:28 > 0:28:30and here they are. We've got...
0:28:57 > 0:28:59There we are. Five stills from
0:28:59 > 0:29:01Agatha Christie film adaptations.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Steve and David, you've been our low scorers,
0:29:03 > 0:29:05so you will go first.
0:29:07 > 0:29:08Right, I don't know D.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12- Which of the other ones are obscure to you?- I'm...
0:29:12 > 0:29:15I only know two of them, and they're the two popular ones,
0:29:15 > 0:29:18which is Murder On the Orient Express and Death On The Nile.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20So, I'll leave it up to you.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23- STEVE SIGHS - OK.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26We'll go for A, and it's The Mirror Crack'd.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29The Mirror Crack'd, say Steve and David for A.
0:29:29 > 0:29:30The Mirror Crack'd.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Now, Ranvir and Jaspal.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35I think E, Death On The Nile.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Death On The Nile for E.
0:29:37 > 0:29:38Which one do you think...?
0:29:40 > 0:29:41Oh... It's difficult.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43I think they're both going to be quite high, but...
0:29:43 > 0:29:47- I don't know D. Do you know D? - No. Erm...
0:29:47 > 0:29:49- C or E. What do you think? - I don't know.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51- Shall we go for E? Take a gamble. - Yeah, we'll go for E.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54- Death On The Nile.- Death On The Nile, say Ranvir and Jaspal for E.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57So, we have The Mirror Crack'd and Death On The Nile.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Steve and David said The Mirror Crack'd for A.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:30:03 > 0:30:04It's right.
0:30:10 > 0:30:11That's a good answer.
0:30:11 > 0:30:12Very well done indeed.
0:30:12 > 0:30:1510 for The Mirror Crack'd. APPLAUSE
0:30:15 > 0:30:19Meanwhile, Ranvir and Jaspal have gone for Death On The Nile for E.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said that.
0:30:25 > 0:30:26It's right.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31APPLAUSE
0:30:33 > 0:30:3543. 43.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Very well done, Steve and David.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39After one question, you are up 1-0.
0:30:39 > 0:30:40Let's take a look at the rest.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43There's a couple of answers that would've beaten The Mirror Crack'd.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45The second answer would've beaten it,
0:30:45 > 0:30:50and that is Diana Rigg there and Maggie Smith in Evil Under The Sun.
0:30:50 > 0:30:51Would've scored 6 points, amazingly.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55C is Murder On The Orient Express.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59That would've scored you 72.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Now, this last one is a pointless answer.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03You've got Tony Randall as Poirot there
0:31:03 > 0:31:05and Robert Morley as Hastings
0:31:05 > 0:31:07in The Alphabet Murders.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Very, very well done if you got that at home.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Thank you very much indeed, Richard. OK, here comes your second question.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Ranvir and Jaspal, you get to answer it first,
0:31:16 > 0:31:19but you have to win it to stay in the game, so best of luck.
0:31:19 > 0:31:20It concerns...
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Astronomers and cosmologists. Richard.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29Five clues now to facts about famous astronomers and cosmologists.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Again, to help you out, we've given you their initials.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35OK, let's reveal our five clues, and here they come.
0:31:35 > 0:31:36We've got...
0:32:02 > 0:32:03I'll read those all again.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Ranvir and Jaspal go first.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30- SHE WHISPERS:- I don't really know any.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33I only know Patrick Moore.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Shall we go for that, a safe one, or go for a gamble?
0:32:35 > 0:32:38- SHE SPEAKS INDISTINGUISHABLY - ..go for a gamble.
0:32:38 > 0:32:39No. I don't know any. Erm...
0:32:42 > 0:32:43There's a couple we know,
0:32:43 > 0:32:45but we think they're going to be high scorers.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48We're going to go for the host of the BBC series The Sky At Night,
0:32:48 > 0:32:51- Patrick Moore.- Patrick Moore, say Ranvir and Jaspal. Patrick Moore.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Now, Steve and David.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56- You know all these? - Well, I think so.
0:32:56 > 0:32:57Do you want to talk us through them?
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Yeah, so it's Carl Sagan, Edmond Halley
0:33:00 > 0:33:02and Galileo, but...
0:33:02 > 0:33:04- And Nicolaus... - Let's play it properly.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07I think the best answer up there is probably Nicolaus Copernicus.
0:33:07 > 0:33:08- I think so, too.- Yeah.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10OK, so you are going to go for Nicolaus Copernicus.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12OK, let's see if they're both right.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15So, we have Patrick Moore and Nicolaus Copernicus.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Patrick Moore, say Ranvir and Jaspal.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Let's see how many people said that.
0:33:25 > 0:33:2851. APPLAUSE
0:33:29 > 0:33:3051 for Patrick Moore.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Steve and David have gone for Nicolaus Copernicus.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said that.
0:33:37 > 0:33:38It's right.
0:33:40 > 0:33:41And it wins you the point.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Very well done. Copernicus.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Look at that. 14.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Very well done indeed. APPLAUSE
0:33:47 > 0:33:49And it means, Steve and David, after only two questions,
0:33:49 > 0:33:51you are through to the final, 2-0.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53You chose the right one as well of the ones you knew -
0:33:53 > 0:33:55it was the lowest answer on the board, that one.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Carl Sagan was the next best answer -
0:33:58 > 0:33:59he would've scored you 16.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Edmond Halley, the next best answer -
0:34:02 > 0:34:05he would've scored you...26.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09And Galileo is the biggest scorer of the ones you knew there -
0:34:09 > 0:34:1158 points.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15So, the pair leaving us at the end of this round,
0:34:15 > 0:34:18the head-to-head round, are Ranvir and Jaspal.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Wonderfully strong performance the whole way through the show,
0:34:21 > 0:34:23then suddenly Steve and David found their footing
0:34:23 > 0:34:25in this head-to-head round
0:34:25 > 0:34:27and just pipped you on each of those questions.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30We'll see you again, and on the strength of today's performance,
0:34:30 > 0:34:32hope we can expect great things from you - we'll look forward to that.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35Thanks very much indeed. Meanwhile, Ranvir and Jaspal.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38APPLAUSE
0:34:38 > 0:34:41But, for Steve and David, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Well, congratulations, Steve and David.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50You have seen off all the competition,
0:34:50 > 0:34:52and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:35:00 > 0:35:05and at that end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £2,250.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:35:08 > 0:35:11I think it's only fitting that you should be playing for that jackpot
0:35:11 > 0:35:12considering you have contributed to it
0:35:12 > 0:35:15with the only pointless answer we've had on the show
0:35:15 > 0:35:16for a while now, actually.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18So, very, very well done.
0:35:18 > 0:35:19We've put you through your paces, I think,
0:35:19 > 0:35:22- across both the shows you've been on.- Yep.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Anything you would like to see to round it all off?
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Anything to which we happen to know the answer.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31Erm... We're eclectic. We'll take what comes.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32OK. Very good.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36Well, let's see what does come, and here are today's selection.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40Roaring Twenties, X-Men stars -
0:35:40 > 0:35:41right up your street, I'd have thought -
0:35:41 > 0:35:43- the Lake... - I could do the X-Men!
0:35:43 > 0:35:47The Lake District, the ICC Cricket World Cup.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52I don't like the look of the Roaring Twenties.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Oh, go on. We'll go for the cricket.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56We'll go for the ICC Cricket World Cup.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58- OK, cricket, it is. Richard. - You'll go for that?
0:35:58 > 0:36:01OK, very best of luck, gents. Three different categories here.
0:36:01 > 0:36:02We're looking for anybody who played in
0:36:02 > 0:36:06the 2015 Cricket World Cup final - any of those 22 players -
0:36:06 > 0:36:08we're looking for anybody who's taken 20 wickets or more
0:36:08 > 0:36:12in any Cricket World Cup from 1975 through to 2015
0:36:12 > 0:36:14or any player who's scored two or more centuries,
0:36:14 > 0:36:17again, from 1975 all the way through to 2015
0:36:17 > 0:36:19in the Cricket World Cup. For the last two of those,
0:36:19 > 0:36:22they can be across all World Cups they've played in -
0:36:22 > 0:36:24they don't have to be in a single World Cup. Best of luck.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Thanks. As always, you've got up to one minute
0:36:27 > 0:36:28to come up with three answers.
0:36:28 > 0:36:29All you need to win that jackpot
0:36:29 > 0:36:32is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34- Are you ready? - As ready as we're going to be.
0:36:34 > 0:36:35OK, let's put 60 seconds
0:36:35 > 0:36:37up on the clock. There they are.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38Your time starts now.
0:36:38 > 0:36:39How are we doing?
0:36:39 > 0:36:40Cos I'm thinking...
0:36:40 > 0:36:41There's an Australian one,
0:36:41 > 0:36:42but I can't remember
0:36:42 > 0:36:44their face, in the final.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46- I'm... Look, Steve, I know nothing. - OK.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48- I'm a bear of little brains. - All right.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50- No pressure, then.- No pressure.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53- Er...- I told you I'd be better at X-Men.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58OK... Yeah, well... Erm...
0:36:59 > 0:37:02- Come on, you can do this.- OK.
0:37:02 > 0:37:03Who has taken 20
0:37:03 > 0:37:04or more wickets? Er...
0:37:07 > 0:37:09STEVE MUMBLES
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Richard Hadlee almost certainly has...
0:37:11 > 0:37:12in one World Cup.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Erm...
0:37:14 > 0:37:17HE MUMBLES
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Well, the biggest player I know...
0:37:24 > 0:37:25You can do it.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26I think Virat Kohli's
0:37:26 > 0:37:28probably done it.
0:37:28 > 0:37:29Ten seconds left.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31- Virat Kohli, the Indian batsman is probably...- Go for it.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35STEVE MUMBLES
0:37:35 > 0:37:36- Well, go on.- OK.- Go for it.
0:37:36 > 0:37:37- I'll go for it.- You're the big one.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41OK, that is your time up. Steve...and David, obviously, but...
0:37:41 > 0:37:43- It's mainly him. - ..I'm looking to Steve here.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46What are your answers, and which category you're answering in?
0:37:46 > 0:37:50I think I'll stick with players who have scored two or more centuries.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53OK. STEVE SIGHS
0:37:53 > 0:37:55- Virat Kohli...- Virat Kohli. - ..of India...
0:37:56 > 0:37:59..erm...Brendon McCullum of New Zealand...
0:37:59 > 0:38:01Brendon McCullum.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04- ..and AB de Villiers of South Africa.- AB de Villiers.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06And I'm not terribly confident on any of them.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:09 > 0:38:13- Probably Virat Kohli.- Virat Kohli, we put last.- I'll put him last.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14Least likely to be pointless?
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Because more people have heard of him, Brendon McCullum.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Brendon McCullum. OK, goes first, and AB de Villiers in the middle.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23OK, well, let's pop those up on the board in that order, then,
0:38:23 > 0:38:25and here's what they look like.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27We've got Brendon McCullum, we've got AB de Villiers,
0:38:27 > 0:38:30and we've got Virat Kohli.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Three perfectly reasonable sounding answers up on the board there.
0:38:33 > 0:38:34The question is are any of them right?
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Are any of them pointless?
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Now, if one of those happens to be pointless,
0:38:38 > 0:38:41you will win that jackpot - £2,250.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Not bad to be taking home.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46What would you do with that? Steve first.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49As soon as my kids find out about this,
0:38:49 > 0:38:51I will have no further say,
0:38:51 > 0:38:54but I can see words like Euro and Disney
0:38:54 > 0:38:56marching towards the conversation.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58OK. David?
0:38:58 > 0:38:59My wife is Australian,
0:38:59 > 0:39:04and it's her grandmother's 90th birthday this coming Christmas,
0:39:04 > 0:39:06so all of the money will go straight to her ticket
0:39:06 > 0:39:09so she can go home for her grandmother's birthday.
0:39:09 > 0:39:10Very good indeed.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12Well, listen, let's hope one of these answers
0:39:12 > 0:39:14wins that jackpot for you.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18Now, in all three cases, we were looking for batsmen who scored
0:39:18 > 0:39:22two or more centuries in ICC World Cup cricket.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25OK, your first answer was Brendon McCullum.
0:39:25 > 0:39:26This was the one you thought was
0:39:26 > 0:39:28probably least likely to be pointless.
0:39:28 > 0:39:29Let us find out, though.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32If it is pointless, it'll win you £2,250.
0:39:32 > 0:39:33How many people said Brendon McCullum?
0:39:38 > 0:39:39Oh!
0:39:40 > 0:39:43Bad luck. Your first answer, incorrect,
0:39:43 > 0:39:47which means everything is now riding on your last two answers.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Your second was AB de Villiers.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53Again, we were looking for scorers of two or more centuries.
0:39:53 > 0:39:58AB de Villiers, if it's right and pointless, will win you £2,250.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00How many people said it? AB de Villiers.
0:40:03 > 0:40:04- Oh.- It's right.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Well, Brendon McCullum
0:40:06 > 0:40:07turned out to be
0:40:07 > 0:40:08an incorrect answer,
0:40:08 > 0:40:09but AB de Villiers taking us
0:40:09 > 0:40:10down through the 20s
0:40:10 > 0:40:13now into single figures...
0:40:13 > 0:40:14Yes, down it goes. Still going down.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Ooh, 2.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18APPLAUSE
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Oh, well. I'm proud of you.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24OK. That's a great answer, though.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27That's a great answer. Fantastic score.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Sadly not a pointless answer,
0:40:29 > 0:40:32which means everything is now riding on your third and final answer,
0:40:32 > 0:40:33which is Virat Kohli.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37You had no hesitation, I think, putting this one last.
0:40:37 > 0:40:38It has to be right.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41If it is, and if it is pointless, it'll win you £2,250.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Let's find out how many people named Virat Kohli
0:40:43 > 0:40:46as a scorer of two or more centuries.
0:40:50 > 0:40:51It's right.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Virat Kohli is right.
0:40:53 > 0:40:54Brendon McCullum, sadly,
0:40:54 > 0:40:56wasn't right. AB de Villiers
0:40:56 > 0:40:57was right and took us
0:40:57 > 0:40:58all the way down to 2.
0:40:58 > 0:40:59Virat Kohli now taking us
0:40:59 > 0:41:00into single figures.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Down it goes. Still going down.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Passing 2. You've done it!
0:41:04 > 0:41:06CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Very, very well done indeed.
0:41:10 > 0:41:11Very good.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Very well done. Congratulations.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Virat Kohli was a pointless answer,
0:41:20 > 0:41:24which means that you are going home with that jackpot of £2,250.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27Very, very well done. APPLAUSE
0:41:30 > 0:41:31Very well played, gents.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34An object lesson on how to play that jackpot round as well.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36So often teams say, "We know a bit about this and a bit about that."
0:41:36 > 0:41:38Steve took control and said,
0:41:38 > 0:41:40"I know this subject so we're going to do it,"
0:41:40 > 0:41:43and took it upon yourself and won the jackpot. Congratulations.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46Scored two centuries, Kohli - one in 2011, one in 2015.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49Brendon McCullum scored so many centuries in one-day cricket,
0:41:49 > 0:41:50but hasn't scored two at World Cups.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Let's take a look at the pointless answers in the different categories.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Players in the 2015 final. It was Australia and New Zealand,
0:41:56 > 0:41:58so lots of them are familiar from 2015 tests.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01James Faulkner and Josh Hazlewood are the Australians.
0:42:01 > 0:42:02Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04Also the New Zealanders you could've had -
0:42:04 > 0:42:07Corey Anderson, Grant Elliot, Luke Ronchi, Martin Guptill.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10All of those were pointless. Well done if you said any of those.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Any player who's taken 20 or more wickets -
0:42:12 > 0:42:14loads of answers on this one. Loads of pointless ones.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Allan Donald was a pointless answer.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19Brett Lee, Phil Defretas of England, Wasim Akram.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22You could've had Anil Kumble, Chaminda Vaas, Heath Streak,
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Klusener, Malinga, Michael Holding, Jayasuriya.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28You could've had Shoaib Akhtar, Steve Waugh, Waqar Younis.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Loads and loads of pointless answers there.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Let's take a look at the batsmen.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Herschelle Gibbs, Mark Waugh,
0:42:35 > 0:42:38Sourav Ganguly, Tillakaratne Dilshan.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Again, absolutely loads of pointless answers.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Aravinda de Silva, David Boon, Gordon Greenidge,
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Jayawardene, you could've had, Virender Sehwag.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Loads and loads of pointless answers,
0:42:46 > 0:42:48but only one important one - Virat Kohli.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50- Very well played, gents. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Well, thanks, once again, to our winning players, Steve and David,
0:42:53 > 0:42:57who go away with today's jackpot of £2,250. Very well done.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03Join us next time when we'll be putting
0:43:03 > 0:43:05more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.