0:00:16 > 0:00:18APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:30the show where the aim of the game is to score as few points as you can
0:00:30 > 0:00:32and you do that by coming up with the answers
0:00:32 > 0:00:33no-one else could think of.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Let's meet today's players.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40And couple number one.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Hi, I'm Kate, from Hong Kong.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45And this is my actress best friend, Hollie, from London.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Couple number two.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Hi, I'm Derek. This is my son, Matt. And we're from Southampton.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51Couple number three.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Hi, I'm Dan, from York. And this is my friend, Andy, from London.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56And finally, couple number four.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Hi, I'm Ben. This is my girlfriend, Corinna. And we're from Bath.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01And these are today's contestants.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Thanks very much, all of you.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07We'll find out more about each of you throughout the show.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14The natural-born problem solver, to my natural-born problem creator.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16It's my Pointless friend. It's Richard.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Hiya. Hi, everybody.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Good afternoon to you. Good afternoon to you.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Hong Kong's a long way to come, isn't it, for the show?
0:01:26 > 0:01:27That's quite a commute, isn't it?
0:01:27 > 0:01:30I'm just thinking about when she goes back at the end...
0:01:30 > 0:01:33It depends which round she leaves in but... Yeah, that would be bad.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35You've got to come back for the next show. I know.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37And we don't put people up, so that is... You've got to go home.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40By law, you have to go home in between shows. Yeah.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Now, only one returning pair from the last show, Dan and Andy,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45who got all the way through to the head-to-head.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Got knocked out by lovely Liz and Julie, didn't they?
0:01:49 > 0:01:51But we welcome you back, gents.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53A very, very strong pair, I would say.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55They're going to be tough to beat on today's show.
0:01:55 > 0:01:56They certainly are.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Well, Liz and Julie didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:01:59 > 0:02:01so we add another ?1,000 to that.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05So, today's jackpot starts off at ?3,250.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Well, all I will say is that you must remember at all times
0:02:19 > 0:02:23to keep your scores as low as you possibly can because remember,
0:02:23 > 0:02:25it is the highest-scoring pair at the end of each round
0:02:25 > 0:02:28that will be eliminated. Best of luck to all four pairs.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Our first category this afternoon is...
0:02:32 > 0:02:33It's Countries.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Can you all decide in your pairs, who's going to go first,
0:02:36 > 0:02:37who's going to go second?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47We gave 100 people, 100 seconds,
0:02:47 > 0:02:52to name as many countries with no repeated vowels as they could.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Countries with no repeated vowels, Richard.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Yeah, we're looking for the name of any country of the world
0:02:57 > 0:02:59with no repeated vowels in their name.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01So, no countries with two or more As, two or more Es, two or more Os
0:03:01 > 0:03:03or what have you.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05As always, by country, we mean a sovereign state
0:03:05 > 0:03:06that's a member of the UN in its own right.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Very, very best of luck. Good. Good, good, good.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Hollie, a warm welcome to Pointless. Hiya.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15What do you do, Hollie? I'm an actress but...
0:03:15 > 0:03:18You're an actress. Where are you based? I'm based in London.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21And what sort of acting are you up to at the moment?
0:03:21 > 0:03:25Mostly theatre. I played Anne in Persuasion recently.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27But at the moment, I'm a receptionist, like,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30halfway between jobs, like the actress way is.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32God, you'd never know she was an actress, would you(?)
0:03:32 > 0:03:35You just would never in a million years... I know, it's weird.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38You hide your light under a bushel, I would say.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39I tell you what,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42I bet it's quite a long day with you when you're a receptionist, is it?
0:03:42 > 0:03:43Oh, my God, it's so long.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47But I try to do different accents on the phone. So...
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Where are you a receptionist, Hollie? It is a car dealership.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Oh, that's good. It is. That's good.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Cos if it'd been a hospital,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56that would be a slightly different sort of job. Yeah.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58You probably shouldn't do accents there. No.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Now, Hollie. Yeah.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Hollie, we are looking for countries with no repeated vowels.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06I'm going to say...
0:04:06 > 0:04:07Cyprus.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Like what you've done there, Hollie. Cyprus.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Let's see how many of our 100 people said Cyprus.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17WHISPERS: This is tense. It's right.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Still going down. Look at that. Down it goes to 3.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26That's a great answer, Hollie. Great start to the round.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Great start to the show. APPLAUSE
0:04:29 > 0:04:32That's a very good answer from podium one, isn't it? Cyprus.
0:04:32 > 0:04:38Yeah, it's only got one vowel altogether and that is a U. Yeah.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42I mean, they're asking Y to do all it can to try and be a vowel.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43Yes, I know what you mean.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Y is essentially like a waiter who wants to be a vowel.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47It's a supply vowel.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50It's waiting for a linguist to say,
0:04:50 > 0:04:52"I'm looking for... I'm actually looking for a vowel at the moment
0:04:52 > 0:04:54"and you fit the bill." Yeah.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Now then, Derek. A warm welcome to Pointless. Here from Southampton.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59What do you do, Derek?
0:04:59 > 0:05:03I'm a chef in a place called Tidworth, army barracks.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04And how many covers?
0:05:04 > 0:05:08In my battalion, probably about 900 we do.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10That's a long order, isn't it? Yeah, it can be.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12A long day sometimes. Very good.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Derek, what would you like to go for?
0:05:14 > 0:05:17We've had one score only and it was 3.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Yeah, I've got a couple in my head.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23I think I'll go with...
0:05:23 > 0:05:26my first thought would be Mexico.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Mexico, says Derek. Mexico.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Let's see how many of our 100 people said Mexico.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35It's right.
0:05:39 > 0:05:4224 for Mexico. APPLAUSE
0:05:44 > 0:05:4624. Yeah, well played, Derek.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Quite stressful, isn't it, this round?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Whenever you say a word, you think, "Hold on a minute."
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Yeah, E, I and O. Nothing wrong with that.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56No, nothing at all. Andy, welcome back. Hello.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Head-to-headers last time. Hm.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00OK, Andy, remind us what you do.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02I'm an anti-doping scientist.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04It's just brilliant, isn't it?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06So...
0:06:06 > 0:06:08all anonymous, through it comes...
0:06:08 > 0:06:10I mean, you know that presumably
0:06:10 > 0:06:14some of what passes through your hands is extremely famous,
0:06:14 > 0:06:15I should think. Yeah, yeah.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Well, I did the Olympics in 2012 so...
0:06:19 > 0:06:23What are your hobbies, Andy? LAUGHTER
0:06:23 > 0:06:25I play a lot of sport. I play a lot of football, badminton,
0:06:25 > 0:06:27table tennis.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31Go to the pub quite a lot with my mates. The usual, really. Very good.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34All healthy...even the last.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Andy, what would you like to go for?
0:06:36 > 0:06:39I'm going to go with Tonga.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Tonga, says Andy. Tonga.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Let's see how many of our 100 people said Tonga.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49It's right.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57It's another great answer. Look at that. 2 for Tonga.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00APPLAUSE
0:07:00 > 0:07:01Lowest score so far.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03It's another great answer, yeah, absolutely.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06"Ton'a", they pronounce it. Ton'a. Ton'a, rather than Tonga.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10I noticed you pronounce it Ton'a as well, which is all to the good.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Thank you. But I also,
0:07:12 > 0:07:15if I dance a conga, I call that a "con'a", so...
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Yes. Thank you very much. Now, then, Ben, a warm welcome to Pointless.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Here from Bath. What do you do, Ben?
0:07:21 > 0:07:24I'm a software engineer in the pensions industry.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26I see. What precisely are you doing?
0:07:26 > 0:07:30So, we design and then we train people in using the software.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34I see. And what are your interests out of work, Ben?
0:07:34 > 0:07:39I like lots of sports, particularly running, all athletics, really.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44The usual sort of things, you know, going to the cinema...
0:07:46 > 0:07:47..maths.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Sorry.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54"Oh, and maths. The usual things, going to the cinema...maths."
0:07:54 > 0:07:57OK, Ben, what are you going to go for?
0:07:57 > 0:07:59I think I'll go for...
0:07:59 > 0:08:00Bermuda.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Bermuda. Bermuda, says Ben.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Let's see how many of our 100 people said Bermuda.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Oh, Ben, I'm sorry.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer
0:08:13 > 0:08:14and it scores you the maximum of 100
0:08:14 > 0:08:17points. Sorry. Yeah, not a country, I'm afraid, Bermuda.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22It passes the vowel test beautifully but not a country.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Blame the UN for that one.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26OK, thanks very much. We're halfway through the round,
0:08:26 > 0:08:28let's take a look at those scores.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Well done, Andy and Dan. 2. A great score there.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Well done, Hollie and Kate. 3 there.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Then up to 24, where we find Derek and Matt.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38And then I'm sorry, Ben and Corinna,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41on 100. So, Corinna, who knows what might happen in the next pass?
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Somebody else might fall foul of the same thing. And if you
0:08:44 > 0:08:48had a lovely low score, you might get through, so good luck with that.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50We're going to come back down the line now.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Corinna, remember we're looking
0:08:56 > 0:08:59for countries with no repeated vowels. Welcome. What do you do?
0:08:59 > 0:09:02I'm an administrator at the University of Bath.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05What particular administration do you look after?
0:09:05 > 0:09:07I'm in the psychology department.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09I deal with the undergraduate students.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12I'm the person who everyone comes to when they're late with their essays
0:09:12 > 0:09:13or they want something handing back
0:09:13 > 0:09:17or they don't want to take that course any more. Good stuff.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Corinna, what are your interests when you're not administrating
0:09:20 > 0:09:24at the university? I'm a big reader. I read a lot.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25But Ben's also
0:09:25 > 0:09:28been getting me into sports - watching them, not doing them.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Anyway, there you are on 100. We need a low score from you.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Well, I'm going for something... Hopefully this is a country.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Bhutan.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Bhutan? Let's find out
0:09:40 > 0:09:41if it's a country.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43No red line for you, you're the high-scorers
0:09:43 > 0:09:45but how many people said Bhutan? Is it right?
0:09:46 > 0:09:47It is right.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Well, 2 is our lowest score so far.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52Bhutan...
0:09:53 > 0:09:56..passes it. APPLAUSE
0:09:56 > 0:09:59There we are. Corinna, that's exactly what we needed.
0:09:59 > 0:10:011 from you takes your total up to 101. Very well done.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04I hope that's enough, at least to help you through.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Yeah, that's a terrific answer, Corinna. Very well played.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Bhutan... Archery is the national sport.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11That's what I know about Bhutan.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13OK. Archery. Good.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Dan, welcome back. Remind us what you do.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19I'm a lecturer in social policy.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Social policy, at York? Yes.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24And you've been at the University of York
0:10:24 > 0:10:25for quite a long time now?
0:10:25 > 0:10:2713 years.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31What are your interests aside from the university curriculum?
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Well, football, which is how I met Andy, and...
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Not to a particular high standard, either of us.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39You said that gesturing to Andy.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41"Not to a particular high standard."
0:10:43 > 0:10:46What position do you play, Dan? You can probably tell, centre back.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48OK. Now, I've got very good news for you.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51If you can score 98 or less with your answer, you are into Round Two.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54OK. So, I'm going to go for Syria.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58Syria, says Dan. OK. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Syria.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Here is your red line.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Get below that, you're into Round Two.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07It's right. And you're through.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14It's another good answer. 4. There we are.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16We've had 1, 2, 3 and now 4. APPLAUSE
0:11:16 > 0:11:17Taking your total up to 6.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Well played, Dan. Yes, some great scoring here.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23I always think it's risky when people go in for one's where
0:11:23 > 0:11:26they've got vowels next to each other. It makes me nervous. Indeed.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30Now then, Matt. Welcome to the show. Great to have you here.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Also from Southampton. Yeah. And what do you do, Matt?
0:11:32 > 0:11:35I'm an architectural assistant in a practice in Southampton.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38What kind of architectural firm is that?
0:11:38 > 0:11:41We do all sorts, pharmaceutical business,
0:11:41 > 0:11:43residentials not so much
0:11:43 > 0:11:45but we still touch the master planning side of things,
0:11:45 > 0:11:47so it's a good wide scale. That's exciting.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50And all in the Southampton area or do you...? No, we do all sorts.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54We've gone to Iran, Dubai, as well as quite local,
0:11:54 > 0:11:56so it's quite an international practice.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59OK. There we are. Now, Matt, you're on 24.
0:11:59 > 0:12:00If you can score 76 or less...
0:12:02 > 0:12:02..you're through.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05I've got a couple in mind,
0:12:05 > 0:12:07but I'm going to go for Israel.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Israel, says Matt. Israel.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Let's see how many of our 100 people said Israel.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Here is your red line.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19You're through.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Not bad, 5. APPLAUSE
0:12:28 > 0:12:301, 2, 3, 4, 5 we've had.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32I was going to say it would be lovely to get 6
0:12:32 > 0:12:33but it would be lovely to get 0.
0:12:33 > 0:12:350, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, wouldn't it?
0:12:35 > 0:12:37That would be a nice thing to see on podium one.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39That would be really nice. It would be a classy way to...
0:12:39 > 0:12:41If only podium one could find a pointless answer,
0:12:41 > 0:12:44that would just round off this...
0:12:44 > 0:12:47It would be nice, though, wouldn't it, Kate? I'll do my best.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Kate, welcome to the show. Good to have you here.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Where are you from? I'm from Hong Kong. I grew up in Hong Kong.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54You grew up in Hong Kong? Yeah. Where do you reside?
0:12:54 > 0:12:56I currently live in London. I see.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58What are you doing in London at the moment?
0:12:58 > 0:13:00I'm an actor as well. So, you know, looking for jobs.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03I'm going to Spain and Italy with some acting work
0:13:03 > 0:13:04in a couple of months.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06So, what are you doing there?
0:13:06 > 0:13:09In Italy I'm teaching drama to some kids
0:13:09 > 0:13:10and in Spain I'm doing a tour
0:13:10 > 0:13:12to different schools around Spain
0:13:12 > 0:13:14and performing to help them learn English.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Very good indeed. Now, do you speak Spanish or Italian?
0:13:17 > 0:13:18Poquito!
0:13:18 > 0:13:20OK.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22That'll do. I've no idea what she was talking about there.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23That's great.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Now, listen, you're on 3, Kate, at the moment. Yeah.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30If you can possibly score 97 or less you're through to Round Two.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34If you can score a pointless answer, you'll have satisfied the unities.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Well, I'm going to go for one
0:13:38 > 0:13:41because my grandma and my other good friend is from there.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43So, Zimbabwe.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe, says Kate. Here is your red line.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Get below this red line with Zimbabwe
0:13:48 > 0:13:50and you're through to Round Two.
0:13:55 > 0:13:56Well done.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Well, you've done the first thing
0:13:57 > 0:13:59we wanted you to do.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Oh! So nearly. APPLAUSE
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Sorry! 2 is a great score. Very well done indeed.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06Takes your total up to 5.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10That is disappointing. It is a bit, yeah.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Yeah, Zimbabwe. That's another scary one.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15It's quite long, isn't it, Zimbabwe? Yeah.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Now, we could still complete.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19If you get a 6-pointer or a pointless answer... OK.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21..we could still complete the set.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23It'll be so disappointing if it's not pointless.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27But, no, it's just a bit daring is all I'm saying - is Mozambique.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Mo-zam-bique.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Do you see what I'm doing? I am on a knife edge there.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37It's got an O. Yeah.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39It's got an A. Yes.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42It's got an I. Yeah, I think it's... It's got an E. Yes.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44And it's got a U. It's got all the vowels. It's got all the vowels.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Every single one of them. And it would have scored you...
0:14:48 > 0:14:50..2 points. Oh, no. That's disappointing.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53That's bitterly disappointing. Oh, there we are. Oh, well.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Good answer, though. Yeah. Good answer.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Now, there's four pointless answers.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Four places in the world were pointless answers.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01I shall tell you. They are...
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Very well done at home if you said any of the following four.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04Honduras,
0:15:04 > 0:15:05Nepal...
0:15:07 > 0:15:09..Oman, unbelievably,
0:15:09 > 0:15:12and Turkmenistan.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15You'd have got 1 point for Guinea, Gabon, Brunei, Uzbekistan,
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Benin, Belarus.
0:15:17 > 0:15:212 points for Lebanon, Maldives, Georgia, Suriname, Kyrgyzstan,
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Kuwait.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26You've got 3 points for Niger, Jordan, Mali.
0:15:26 > 0:15:314 points for Serbia, Ecuador. And 5 points for Singapore.
0:15:31 > 0:15:336 points, if you wanted to complete our set,
0:15:33 > 0:15:35would have been Ukraine, Vietnam or Libya.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Let's take a look at the top three.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39The ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48There we are. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50At the end of our first round, the pair we're saying goodbye to -
0:15:50 > 0:15:52with their high score of 101 -
0:15:52 > 0:15:54wonderful low score we had from you, Corinna,
0:15:54 > 0:15:58but, Ben, I'm sorry, Bermuda let you down there.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00We have to say goodbye to you now but we'll see you again next time.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04We look forward to that very much. In the meantime, thanks very much. Corinna and Ben.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06APPLAUSE
0:16:06 > 0:16:09But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Well done, everyone. We have made it through to Round Two.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20Only one round to go till we can start conferring before our answers.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Particular mention to the near and far podiums
0:16:22 > 0:16:25for our two low scores of 2. Very well done.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29Our category for Round Two today is...
0:16:30 > 0:16:32It's People. Can you all decide in your pairs,
0:16:32 > 0:16:34who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:16:34 > 0:16:37And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42OK. And the question concerns...
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Bird people. Obviously, Richard.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Yeah, just looking for any bird people, please. Very best of luck.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51OK. LAUGHTER
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Is that from the bird people '14-'15 season? Yeah, absolutely.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55No, we're going to show you six clues on each pass.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59Two people whose surnames are shared with a bird.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Their surnames are a type of bird. Oh, that's nice.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03That is nice, isn't it? Can you give us a nice obscure answer?
0:17:03 > 0:17:06There's going to be 12 in all to have a go at at home. OK.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08We're looking for people who share their surnames with a bird
0:17:08 > 0:17:11and are described by these clues. Here's our first board of six.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46I'll read those all one last time.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Kate, it's over to you.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14This is fun, isn't it?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16It is. It's such good fun!
0:18:17 > 0:18:20I know two of those. This is good.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23I guess I'll go for the first one.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Chris Martin.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Chris Martin, says Kate.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Let's see how many of our 100 people said Chris Martin.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32It's right.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39APPLAUSE
0:18:39 > 0:18:4137 for Chris Martin. Not bad at all.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42You know he graduated
0:18:42 > 0:18:44with a first class honours degree
0:18:44 > 0:18:45in Greek and Latin. Did he?
0:18:45 > 0:18:48That's quite impressive, isn't it? It is impressive.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50He strikes me as an intelligent person. He seems to be.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53He writes lovely songs. He certainly does write lovely songs.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55People slag off Coldplay but I won't have it. I won't have it...
0:18:55 > 0:18:57I quite agree, I won't have any of that.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Now, Derek.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Yes. Derek.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05I've got two I think I can answer.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Which one might be the lowest,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09I'm not sure.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10I'm going to go with the
0:19:10 > 0:19:13British nurse during the Crimean War
0:19:13 > 0:19:15is Florence Nightingale.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Florence Nightingale, says Derek.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:19:25 > 0:19:2766 for Florence Nightingale there, Derek.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30APPLAUSE
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Quite high. It is quite high.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33The first woman ever to be awarded
0:19:33 > 0:19:36the Order Of Merit in 1907.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Thank you very much. Now, Dan.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41This board's all yours, talk us through it. Fill in those birds.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43There's only a couple that I know
0:19:43 > 0:19:44that are still left
0:19:44 > 0:19:47so Sigourney Weaver played Ripley
0:19:47 > 0:19:50but I'm pretty certain...
0:19:50 > 0:19:51This is where Andy gets angry at me.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52I'm pretty certain that
0:19:52 > 0:19:54the bottom answer is David Crane.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55David Crane is the one
0:19:55 > 0:19:56you're going to go for.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Let's see how many of our 100 people went for David Crane.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Absolutely right. It's David Crane.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Well, 37 is our low score
0:20:06 > 0:20:08and you pass it very comfortably.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Down it goes to 4.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10That's a great answer, Dan.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13APPLAUSE Top work on the far podium there. 4.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Great work.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17Straight back into business,
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Dan and Andy in today's show.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Yeah. Absolutely. You were right about that.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Also created Episodes, of course.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24The Stephen Mangan, Tamsin Greig,
0:20:24 > 0:20:25Matt LeBlanc show.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Let's take a look at the rest of these.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Starred in Gorillas In The Mist?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Sigourney Weaver. Sigourney Weaver.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32The weaver bird. Yeah.
0:20:32 > 0:20:3327 points for that.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36CG is... Carol Guillemot.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Claire Goose. It is Claire Goose.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43That would have scored you 11.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45And do you know the artist?
0:20:45 > 0:20:46Simon Starling.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48It is Simon Starling.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50That would have scored you 1 point.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53That piece of art... Do you know what he did in that piece of art?
0:20:53 > 0:20:55He dismantled... Genuinely, he dismantled a shed,
0:20:55 > 0:20:58turned it into a boat, sailed it down the Rhine
0:20:58 > 0:21:00and then turned it back into a shed.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04I mean... You know. I mean, a shed upside down,
0:21:04 > 0:21:07basically there's a boat. Just put a couple of rowlocks in
0:21:07 > 0:21:10and you're away. No-one's ever given you a Turner Prize, have they?
0:21:10 > 0:21:12No. LAUGHTER
0:21:12 > 0:21:15We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:21:15 > 0:21:164, the best score of that pass.
0:21:16 > 0:21:17Very well done indeed, Dan.
0:21:17 > 0:21:18Then we travel up to 37,
0:21:18 > 0:21:20where we find Kate and Hollie.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21Then up to 66, Derek and Matt.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Now, you know, you're not a million miles ahead, Matt.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27So, a nice low score from you, I reckon could keep you in the game.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Best of luck. We're going to come back down the line now.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:21:34 > 0:21:37OK. Let's put six more clues up on the board and here they are.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13I'll just read all of those again.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45There we are. Andy, you're on 4.
0:22:45 > 0:22:4861 or less gets you through.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50OK.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52I know a couple of them
0:22:52 > 0:22:54but I'm not sure on the first name
0:22:54 > 0:22:55for one,
0:22:55 > 0:22:57so I will go for the architect
0:22:57 > 0:22:59and say Christopher Wren.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Christopher Wren. Here is your red line.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03If you can get below that with Christopher Wren,
0:23:03 > 0:23:06you're into the head-to-head. How many people said Christopher Wren?
0:23:08 > 0:23:09It's right.
0:23:11 > 0:23:1462 was what you scored.
0:23:14 > 0:23:1761 is what you needed but I think you've done enough there.
0:23:17 > 0:23:2066 I'm sure will see you through.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Yeah, he's buried in St Paul's Cathedral.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24He's in the crypt, Sir Christopher Wren.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Thank you very much, Richard. Now, Matt.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27My...
0:23:27 > 0:23:29We need a pointless answer from you.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30My architecture answer's gone,
0:23:30 > 0:23:32which was the one I'm going to go for
0:23:32 > 0:23:34and I don't really know
0:23:34 > 0:23:36any of the others.
0:23:37 > 0:23:38I'm going to take a stab
0:23:38 > 0:23:41at the Briton who won the T44
0:23:41 > 0:23:43and go Joe Parrott.
0:23:43 > 0:23:44Joe Parrott. RICHARD LAUGHS
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Well, listen... It qualifies on one score anyway.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Joe Parrott. OK, no...
0:23:51 > 0:23:53I mean, your red line, let's say it is there
0:23:53 > 0:23:55but it's down on the pointless line.
0:23:55 > 0:23:56Joe Parrott. Is that right?
0:24:00 > 0:24:02No, I'm sorry, Matt.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05That was a game effort, though, so very well done.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08166 is your total. That's a very good guess. An inventive guess.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09Exactly.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13Yeah, he's a pretty boy but he's not a Paralympic gold medallist.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17Thanks very much. Now then, Hollie. This board's all yours.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Do you want to go through it? Yeah.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21I don't know any
0:24:21 > 0:24:23apart from the bottom.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24I think I know the bottom,
0:24:24 > 0:24:25I might not.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29I think it's Jonathan Swift. It doesn't matter
0:24:29 > 0:24:31what you score, you're still through to the head-to-head.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Let's see how many people said Jonathan Swift.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36No red line for you, obviously, as you're already through.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38It's right.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45Unbelievable. APPLAUSE
0:24:48 > 0:24:49He sometimes wrote under
0:24:49 > 0:24:51the pseudonym Isaac Bickerstaff,
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Jonathan Swift.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Bickerstaff is not a bird but a swift is.
0:24:55 > 0:24:56Now, I think you'll get the rest
0:24:56 > 0:24:58of these, apart from the footballer.
0:24:58 > 0:24:59That is my prediction.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Well, you might not get
0:25:00 > 0:25:01the Paralympian.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Do you know the Paralympian?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04It's Jonnie Peacock.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Well done if you said that at home. That'd have scored you 12 points.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09The American singer?
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Sheryl Crow. Sheryl Crow.
0:25:12 > 0:25:13It'd have scored you 18.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15The posthumous acting Oscar winner?
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Peter Finch. Peter Finch.
0:25:17 > 0:25:18That'd have scored you 4 points.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20And do you know the footballer?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Is it Trevor Warbler?
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Oh, so close. It is Tony Woodcock. Oh, there you go.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28That'd have scored you 5 points.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30So, Peter Finch is the best answer on that board.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Thank you very much indeed.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34At the end of our second round, I'm afraid it's Matt and Derek
0:25:34 > 0:25:37we have to say goodbye to this time with their high score of 166.
0:25:37 > 0:25:42We will see you again next time and I'm sure you'll do even better then.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Thanks very much for playing, Matt and Derek. Thank you.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50But for Dan and Andy, Kate and Hollie,
0:25:50 > 0:25:52it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Very well done, Dan and Andy, Kate and Hollie,
0:25:59 > 0:26:01you're now one step closer to the final
0:26:01 > 0:26:03and a chance to play for our jackpot,
0:26:03 > 0:26:06which currently stands at ?3,250.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13So, from here on in, you can chat before you give your answers.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16First player to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Interesting to see what the outcome of this is.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Best of luck to both pairs, let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Here is your first question. And it concerns...
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Colour Television. Richard, what is this?
0:26:34 > 0:26:36You're going to see five characters now from TV programmes
0:26:36 > 0:26:38that have a colour in their title.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Can you tell us the name of these shows, please?
0:26:41 > 0:26:43So, we're looking for the names of these shows
0:26:43 > 0:26:46with a colour in their title. Here they are, we've got...
0:27:08 > 0:27:09There we go.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Five shows with colours in their title.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Dan and Andy, you're our low scorers so you will go first.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29Yeah, we're going to go for A
0:27:29 > 0:27:32and say Orange Is The New Black.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36Orange Is The New Black, say Dan and Andy.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Kate and Hollie, do you want to talk us through that broad?
0:27:39 > 0:27:40We were going to go for A but...
0:27:42 > 0:27:44So you've got Orange Is The New Black,
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Grey's Anatomy, Golden Girls?
0:27:46 > 0:27:51And then we don't know the last two. We wish we did.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53So, I guess we'll go for B.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Grey's Anatomy? Yeah. OK, Grey's Anatomy.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58We have Orange Is The New Black and Grey's Anatomy.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00So, Dan and Andy went for Orange Is The New Black,
0:28:00 > 0:28:03let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07It's right.
0:28:10 > 0:28:11It's going to be a low score
0:28:11 > 0:28:12this one, I think.
0:28:12 > 0:28:1415. There we are, well done, Dan and Andy.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Looking good there on 15.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Kate and Hollie have gone for Grey's Anatomy for B.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22Let's see if that's right.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Let's see how many of our 100 people said Grey's Anatomy.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32It's right.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34It's got to beat 15.
0:28:34 > 0:28:3625 for Grey's Anatomy. Not bad!
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Very well done. Dan and Andy, after one question, you're up 1-0.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44Orange Is The New Black is the best answer on the board, gents.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46Even though it's got two colours in the title.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49I know, it's just embarrassing. A little bit, isn't it?
0:28:49 > 0:28:52C, you're absolutely right, was The Golden Girls.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54It wouldn't have helped you because
0:28:54 > 0:28:56it would have scored 57 points.
0:28:56 > 0:28:57D.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Red Dwarf. It's Red Dwarf.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02That would have scored you 59 points.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04It's the biggest answer on the board.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06And E. Whitechapel. Whitechapel. Yeah.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08And that would have scored 22.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Thank you very much indeed. Here comes your second question.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Kate and Hollie, you have to win this one to stay in the game
0:29:15 > 0:29:18but you get to answer it first, so there we are, best of luck.
0:29:18 > 0:29:19It concerns...
0:29:22 > 0:29:23Liberace. Oh, cool!
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Five clues to facts about Liberace,
0:29:26 > 0:29:28can you give us the most obscure answer?
0:29:28 > 0:29:31OK, let's reveal our five Liberace facts and here they come.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49I'll read those all one last time.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03There we are. Kate and Hollie, over to you first.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08I want to say Michael Sheen is 2013.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12Michael? Really? It's not, but... THEY LAUGH
0:30:14 > 0:30:19Can we go for the first one and "Too much of a good thing is..." bad?
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Great moralist that he was, yes!
0:30:22 > 0:30:25"Too much of a good thing is bad," OK.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Dan and Andy, do you want to talk us through that board?
0:30:28 > 0:30:32We certainly do not want to talk you through that board.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35We don't know any of them. At all.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39So, we're going to guess at the instrument
0:30:39 > 0:30:40being the flute.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43AUDIENCE LAUGHS I'm guessing...
0:30:43 > 0:30:45I'm guessing it's wrong!
0:30:46 > 0:30:49OK, good. Well, let's get this over and done with quickly.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52OK, everybody. "Too much of a good thing is bad"?
0:30:56 > 0:30:58No. Aw!
0:30:58 > 0:31:01And did he play the flute? THEY LAUGH
0:31:04 > 0:31:06OK, there we are.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10Well, after two questions, it's still 1-0 to Dan and Andy. Richard?
0:31:10 > 0:31:14"Too much of a good thing is wonderful," according to Liberace.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17It would have scored you three points and the instrument
0:31:17 > 0:31:19he is best known for playing is the piano.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22You can console yourself that only 83 of our 100 new that.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27The actor who played him, Michael Douglas.
0:31:29 > 0:31:30It's a fun film, that.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32The decade in which he died.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34'90s? '80s.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36He died in 1987.
0:31:36 > 0:31:391980s would have scored you 22.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41And his middle name was Valentino.
0:31:43 > 0:31:458 points.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47OK, thank you very much indeed.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49OK, here comes your third question.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51This time, Dan and Andy, you go first.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54But still, Kate and Hollie, you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56It concerns...
0:31:59 > 0:32:01We're going to show you the names of
0:32:01 > 0:32:03five different champagne bottle sizes now
0:32:03 > 0:32:06but we've removed alternate letters. Can you fill them in, please?
0:32:06 > 0:32:09OK, let's reveal our five different champagne bottle sizes.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Here they come. We've got...
0:32:22 > 0:32:24I'll read those all one last time.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33Dan and Andy, it's over to you.
0:32:38 > 0:32:39We think the bottom one
0:32:39 > 0:32:41is the Nebuchadnezzar.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Nebuchadnezzar, say Dan and Andy.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Now then, Kate and Hollie, it's over to you.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49Do you want to talk us through them all? We would love to.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53But I think we both only know one, unfortunately.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55My mother would be very disappointed.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58We're going to go for the fourth one is Magnum.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00So, we have Nebuchadnezzar and we have Magnum.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Dan and Andy went for Nebuchadnezzar,
0:33:02 > 0:33:04how many of our 100 said that?
0:33:06 > 0:33:08It's right.
0:33:15 > 0:33:1735 for Nebuchadnezzar.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Meanwhile Kate and Hollie have gone for Magnum.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Let's see how many of our 100 people said Magnum.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27There we are, that's right.
0:33:27 > 0:33:28Oh, look!
0:33:28 > 0:33:3267 for Magnum, which means very well done indeed, Dan and Andy.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35After three questions, you are through to the final 2-0.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Well played, gents. If only I could think of a way to celebrate. Ah!
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Now, how are you on the rest of these?
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Well, I'll have a crack at them.
0:33:44 > 0:33:45Top one? Midas.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47It is Midas, it's not one I've heard of.
0:33:47 > 0:33:52It's 40 bottles, 40 bottles in one. Just about enough.
0:33:52 > 0:33:53Pretty good going. With a big straw.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Absolutely right.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59Second one down? Jeroboam. Of course it is, four bottles.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01And the third one, do you know that?
0:34:01 > 0:34:03It's a Souverain. No, OK.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05That's 35 bottles of champagne
0:34:05 > 0:34:07and would have scored you nothing at all.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09There we are. Thank you, Richard.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12At the end of our head-to-head round, I am sorry to say
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Kate and Hollie, it is you to whom we have to say goodbye. Bye!
0:34:15 > 0:34:16We will see you again next time though,
0:34:16 > 0:34:18I'm sure you will do just as well, if not better.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Maybe you'll be our low-scoring pair.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23In the meantime, thanks very much, Kate and Hollie.
0:34:23 > 0:34:24Thank you. Good luck!
0:34:26 > 0:34:29But for Dan and Andy, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Many, many congratulations, Dan and Andy.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39You have fought off all the competition and you have won
0:34:39 > 0:34:41our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing
0:34:51 > 0:34:54at a decent ?3,250.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00Well, last time through to the head-to-head.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04This time, 2-0 coming through the head-to-head and into the final.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08It's almost as if your performance has been enhanced somehow.
0:35:10 > 0:35:11Hmm. I wonder.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Anything in particular you'd like to see come up in this final round?
0:35:14 > 0:35:18Well, sport. Sport. We've not had it.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Exactly, we've side-stepped sport all this time,
0:35:20 > 0:35:24so surely let's hope there's some sort of sport up there for you.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Today's choices look like this...
0:35:37 > 0:35:38Definitely not opera.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41I'd go Richard Nixon. Really? Olympic throwing...
0:35:41 > 0:35:45I thought throwing events was going to be your thing entirely.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47That could be anything, couldn't it?
0:35:47 > 0:35:49If it's a medallist, I'm not going to have a clue.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55How much do you know about Nixon? Bits. Go Nixon and blame me.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58All right, sounds good.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01OK, Nixon, blame Dan. OK, Richard.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04OK, very best of luck, gents. Here are your three questions.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07We're looking for the cast of the film Frost/Nixon.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10So, anyone credited on IMDb as acting in Frost/Nixon.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14We're looking for any 20th-century presidents of the United States
0:36:14 > 0:36:15before Nixon.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17So anyone who served in the 20th century before Nixon.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20Or any US cabinet members during Nixon's administration,
0:36:20 > 0:36:23including vice presidents and postmasters general.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25Thanks very much, OK.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27You've got up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:36:27 > 0:36:29and all you need to win that jackpot
0:36:29 > 0:36:31is for just one of your answers to be pointless.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Are you ready? Yes, thank you.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36Brilliant, OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38There they are, your time starts now.
0:36:38 > 0:36:39I only know the big names
0:36:39 > 0:36:40from Frost/Nixon.
0:36:40 > 0:36:41I don't know anything,
0:36:41 > 0:36:42forget about that.
0:36:42 > 0:36:4420th-century presidents,
0:36:44 > 0:36:45couple, who knows?
0:36:45 > 0:36:49And then I'd probably be guessing but I would say educated guesses,
0:36:49 > 0:36:53just pick Republicans who then became big.
0:36:53 > 0:36:54People like George Bush Sr,
0:36:54 > 0:36:56maybe even John McCain,
0:36:56 > 0:36:57I don't know if he's a senator
0:36:57 > 0:36:58by then. Kissinger.
0:36:58 > 0:37:0120th-century presidents, I think
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Woodrow Wilson had a bit of time.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Calvin Coolidge, William Taft,
0:37:05 > 0:37:07I don't know if Taft was before that.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Don't think he was after. Go for that.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12So, what do we think? Taft? Wilson.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14No, Wilson won't be pointless,
0:37:14 > 0:37:15will it? All right, go on.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17We're blaming Dan!
0:37:17 > 0:37:21So, Woodrow Wilson. Who do you want, Taft or Coolidge?
0:37:21 > 0:37:24You pick. I'll go for Taft.
0:37:24 > 0:37:25And then let's just go crazy,
0:37:25 > 0:37:27let's go George Bush Sr.
0:37:27 > 0:37:2910 seconds left. Yeah?
0:37:29 > 0:37:30All right. OK.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Sounds like you've settled on your three answers.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Your minute is just ticking out now.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Let's have those answers.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41We're going to take two from the presidents. OK, and they are?
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Woodrow Wilson, and William Taft. Woodrow Wilson, William Taft.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47And for the members of his administration,
0:37:47 > 0:37:51I'm going to take a bit of a stab in the dark at George Bush Sr.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53George Bush Sr.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Of those three, which do you think is your best shot
0:37:55 > 0:37:56at a pointless answer?
0:37:56 > 0:38:00Taft, I say. OK, William Taft goes last. Least likely to be pointless?
0:38:00 > 0:38:01I think Wilson.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05Wilson we'll put first and then George Bush Sr in the middle.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08OK, well, let's put your answers up on the board in that order
0:38:08 > 0:38:09and here they are.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Well, good luck. Three good answers on the board there.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Well, who knows? Three answers on the board, let's say.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23One of them might turn out to the spectacular,
0:38:23 > 0:38:24might win you that jackpot.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26If that were to be the case,
0:38:26 > 0:38:29?3,250 would be a nice little sum to be taking home.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32What would you be doing with that? Dan, to you first.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35I think my wife and I would love to go on
0:38:35 > 0:38:38the honeymoon that we never got round to going.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41But we've got two children, so I think we'd have to go somewhere
0:38:41 > 0:38:43a bit more child-friendly.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45Right, OK. Andy?
0:38:45 > 0:38:50I'd always wanted to go to Vegas, so I'd either put it all to that
0:38:50 > 0:38:52or maybe next year, go to the
0:38:52 > 0:38:55European Football Championships in France.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58OK, well, two fantastic potential holidays there.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01Let's hope one of these answers wins you that jackpot.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Very best of luck, your first answer was Woodrow Wilson.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06In this case, we were looking for any 20th-century president
0:39:06 > 0:39:07before Nixon.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10If it's pointless, it'll win you ?3,250.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13Let's see how many of our 100 people said Woodrow Wilson.
0:39:17 > 0:39:18Wilson is right.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22He just has to take us all the way down to zero
0:39:22 > 0:39:24and you'll leave here with ?3,250.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Down it goes through the teens,
0:39:26 > 0:39:28into single figures, still going down!
0:39:28 > 0:39:304 for Woodrow Wilson.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Oh, ye of little faith, Dan.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37There you are!
0:39:37 > 0:39:38Woodrow Wilson, a great answer.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41Sadly, though, not a pointless answer, which means we have to turn
0:39:41 > 0:39:45to your next answer, which is George Bush Sr.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48In this case, we were looking for any member of Nixon's cabinet
0:39:48 > 0:39:50to win that ?3,250.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52It has to be pointless.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56How many people of our 100 said George Bush Sr?
0:39:59 > 0:40:01No, bad luck! Just blame Dan.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03No, that was a bit of a stab in the dark,
0:40:03 > 0:40:06I think that was kind of holding a place for you, wasn't it?
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Your third and final answer was William Taft.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11This is the one that you thought was probably your best shot
0:40:11 > 0:40:12at a pointless answer.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16To win that jackpot of ?3,250, this has to be pointless.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19William Taft, how many of our 100 people said it? Is it right?
0:40:22 > 0:40:24It is right.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26William Taft, a correct answer.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Woodrow Wilson took us
0:40:28 > 0:40:29all the way down to 4.
0:40:29 > 0:40:30George Bush Sr was incorrect
0:40:30 > 0:40:31but William Taft
0:40:31 > 0:40:33takes us into single figures,
0:40:33 > 0:40:34down it goes, whizzing down
0:40:34 > 0:40:36through... Oh!
0:40:36 > 0:40:381!
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Oh, guys, that is so unfair.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48Really, really good work there, though.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Woodrow Wilson down to 4, then Taft down to 1.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55I mean, you were just within touching distance of that honeymoon.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58Sorry, I shouldn't rub salt into the wound.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01But anyway, it's been fantastic having you on the show,
0:41:01 > 0:41:05both shows, really strong performances from the pair of you
0:41:05 > 0:41:07and you get a Pointless trophy to take home each.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10At least there's something to show for your strong performance.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12But thanks very much indeed, Dan and Andy.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14Brilliant contestants.
0:41:16 > 0:41:17Yeah.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22I think that's what we call a valiant effort.
0:41:22 > 0:41:23Very well played, gents.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26George Bush Sr, he was politically active in those years.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Amongst other things, he was the American Ambassador to the UN
0:41:29 > 0:41:32but not in Nixon's cabinet, I'm afraid.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35There were three presidents who were pointless answers
0:41:35 > 0:41:38and you've said one of them during your 60 seconds as well,
0:41:38 > 0:41:39Calvin Coolidge.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43Calvin Coolidge would have won you ?3,250, I'm afraid.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46Let's take a look at the pointless answers in the different categories.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48We'll start with Frost/Nixon.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Kate Jennings Grant, who plays Diane Sawyer, Matthew Macfadyen
0:41:51 > 0:41:53who plays John Birt, the former Director General of the BBC,
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Oliver Platt and Toby Jones, who plays Swifty Lazar.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Everyone was a pointless answer there apart from Michael Sheen,
0:41:59 > 0:42:02Frank Langella, who played Frost and Nixon,
0:42:02 > 0:42:04Rebecca Hall, Sam Rockwell and Kevin Bacon.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Let's take a look at those three presidents.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14All of those were pointless answers.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Now let's take a look at the US cabinet members
0:42:16 > 0:42:19during Nixon's administration. There were 30 of them.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22I note that every single one of them was a man. Every single one of them.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Isn't that funny? Wasn't that long ago, was it?
0:42:25 > 0:42:28Caspar Weinberger went on to greater things in American politics,
0:42:28 > 0:42:29George Schultz also did.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34Mitt Romney's dad, George Romney, was in Nixon's cabinet.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Everyone there was a pointless answer apart from Ford,
0:42:36 > 0:42:39who I know you were worried about, would've scored you 11 points,
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Kissinger, William Rogers, Spiro T Agnew and William Simon.
0:42:42 > 0:42:43Everyone else was a pointless answer.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Very well done if you got one at home. Thanks, Richard.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Dan and Andy,
0:42:49 > 0:42:52but it's been terrific having you on the show, fantastic performance.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Thank you so much for playing. Dan and Andy, great contestants.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02Well, Dan and Andy sadly didn't win our jackpot today,
0:43:02 > 0:43:04which means it rolls over on to the next show
0:43:04 > 0:43:07when we will be playing for ?4,250.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09Join us next time to see if someone can win it.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard. Goodbye.
0:43:12 > 0:43:13And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.