0:00:15 > 0:00:19APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong
0:00:25 > 0:00:26and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29the game where you are always striving to find the lowest score.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36And couple number one.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Hi there, I'm Dougie.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40This is my best friend, James, and we are from Bournemouth.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Couple number two.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Hi, I'm Russell. This is my friend Stuart.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45I'm from Greenock, Stuart is from Paisley.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Couple number three.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Hi, I'm Joel, this is my ex-flatmate Johndy and we are from Birmingham.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52And finally, couple number four.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Hi, I'm Lucy and this is my mum, Jackie.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56I'm from London and Mum is from Cheshire.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58And these are today's contestants.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Well, thanks very much, all of you. Welcome to the show.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04We will find out more about each of you throughout the show,
0:01:04 > 0:01:07so that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11So bright, people sit near him to test their Kindles,
0:01:11 > 0:01:13it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Hiya. Hi, everybody.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- Afternoon. Good afternoon to you. - Good afternoon.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Now, the big news is, of course, on the last show,
0:01:22 > 0:01:26we had a terrible case of vandalism, someone had scratched my laptop
0:01:26 > 0:01:30in a Blue Peter garden-style act of appalling depravity.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31That's just awful.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33But it's been fixed, it's been fixed. Someone's fixed it.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36They haven't got me a new laptop, which would be nice,
0:01:36 > 0:01:37after six years.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39We still haven't caught the culprit.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42No-one has seen Bradley Walsh for a few days, I'll say that.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Who knows? Who knows what happened?
0:01:44 > 0:01:47It might be one of those things that forever remains a mystery.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- No, I'm glad it's fixed. - It's good news, isn't it?- It is.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51We have got a couple of returning pairs -
0:01:51 > 0:01:54James and Dougie, who got into the head-to-head last time,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57and Stuart and Russell, there, on podium two.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58They went out in the countries round
0:01:58 > 0:02:01and they both slightly mispronounced countries.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05We allowed one and didn't allow the other, but it meant you got a pointless answer and a 100,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07so you've had the full gamut of the Pointless experience.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10All you need now is a trophy. Good luck today, gents.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Thanks very much. Now, Julia and Ellen won our jackpot last time,
0:02:13 > 0:02:16so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18There it is. If everyone is ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27All you have to remember is this - the pair with the highest score
0:02:27 > 0:02:30at the end of each round will be eliminated.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31Best of luck to all four pairs.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Our first category this afternoon...
0:02:34 > 0:02:36is Chemistry. There you are, it's Chemistry.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Can you decide in your pairs who is going first, who is going second
0:02:40 > 0:02:43and whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:02:57 > 0:02:58..as they could.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02- Richard?- Yeah, looking for the name of any chemical element
0:03:02 > 0:03:06that's on the periodic table as of July 2015, please, whose first vowel is an A.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09It doesn't have to begin with A, so long as the first vowel is an A.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Thank you very much indeed.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13Dougie,
0:03:13 > 0:03:16another day, another bowtie.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Remind us what you like getting up to, Dougie.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Well, James and I own...
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Well, we co-own a musical-theatre group in Bournemouth,
0:03:23 > 0:03:26so amateur dramatics, putting on shows around the locality.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Very good. So, you are not attached to a particular theatre?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- You are a touring company? - Yeah, the venues change.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33OK, very good.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Now, Dougie, chemistry.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37- Yeah, not great.- Mm-hm.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41I'm going to go with aluminium.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Aluminium, first vowel an A.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Let's see how many of our 100 people said aluminium.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50It's right.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Oh, it's not bad!
0:03:53 > 0:03:5549!
0:03:56 > 0:03:59I thought you got off quite lightly there, Dougie.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Yeah, aluminium, all sorts of uses.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Aircraft fuselages, things like that.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05The Americans call it "a-loo-minum"
0:04:05 > 0:04:07and we get cross with them, but actually,
0:04:07 > 0:04:09it was called aluminum before it was called aluminium,
0:04:09 > 0:04:11so they are actually slightly...
0:04:11 > 0:04:13It wasn't originally called aluminum, but...
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- It just makes it even worse. - So they have some...- Justification.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- Yes.- Oh, how annoying!
0:04:19 > 0:04:20Thank you very much. Stuart.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Now, what do you like getting up to, up in Paisley?
0:04:23 > 0:04:27I'm very into film, computer gaming
0:04:27 > 0:04:29and saving a lot of money for my wedding next year.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Your wedding is next year? Many congratulations!
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- Have you set a date? - 26th of September.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38OK, so... Oh, autumn, almost, then! Are you going to just hope that
0:04:38 > 0:04:40it's going to be nice and chilly and you'll have...
0:04:40 > 0:04:42We're getting married in Rome, so hopefully it's nice.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Oh, it's going to be lovely!
0:04:44 > 0:04:48That's going to be... I'm sorry, no aspersions on Paisley, but it can...
0:04:48 > 0:04:50You know, you wouldn't want to bank on it being a nice day,
0:04:50 > 0:04:52necessarily, at the end of September.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Very good indeed. Now, Stuart, how is your chemistry?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57This is OK.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Hopefully I've got a correct answer this time.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02I will go for californium.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Californium, says Stuart.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Let's see how many of our 100 people went with californium.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11It's right.
0:05:11 > 0:05:1249's our only score at this point.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15You've passed that very comfortably indeed.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Californium taking us down
0:05:16 > 0:05:17to 3.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20That's a good answer, Stuart! Very well done indeed!
0:05:20 > 0:05:223 for californium.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Well played, Stuart. Very nicely played. Classic Pointless answer.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Yeah, discovered in Texas.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Seriously...?! LAUGHTER
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- No.- No.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36There we are, thank you. Californium.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37- Now, Johndy.- Hi.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Welcome, good to have you here, Johndy. What do you do?
0:05:40 > 0:05:42I'm a student at the University of Birmingham.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44And what are you studying?
0:05:44 > 0:05:45- Biology.- Biology.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Oh, so close!
0:05:47 > 0:05:50And what year are you in?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Just going into my second year now.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- So just done one year? Been round the course once.- Yeah.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57And what else do you get up to?
0:05:57 > 0:06:00I like to play basketball, recreationally.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03OK, you play for... There is a team at Birmingham that you play for?
0:06:03 > 0:06:04- Local team.- OK, very good.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Now, Johndy, chemistry. Chemistry.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Well, I think I'm OK at it.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12I would like to think you would be.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14I'll go for lawrencium.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Lawrencium. Lawrencium, says Johndy.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said it.
0:06:22 > 0:06:23It's right.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Again, you've passed 49 very comfortably.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Lawrencium's a pointless answer! Very well done indeed!
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Very well done. That adds £250 to today's jackpot,
0:06:36 > 0:06:38takes the total up to £1,250.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41It scores you nothing and it's just marvellous,
0:06:41 > 0:06:43earns you huge kudos.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Terrific answer, Johndy. Always my go-to answer
0:06:45 > 0:06:48for elements, lawrencium. Named after Ernest Lawrence,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51who also invented the cyclotron particle accelerator.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53I love the cyclotron! It's always my favourite ride!
0:06:53 > 0:06:55I love the cyclotron particle accelerator,
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- it's my favourite particle accelerator.- Of all of them?
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Yes. Well... No, yeah, I think it is my favourite,
0:07:00 > 0:07:04- it is my favourite. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Now, then, Lucy, welcome to Pointless.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- Good to have you here, from London.- From London.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- And what do you do in London? - I produce TV commercials.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14- OK, so you are with an agency, are you, or are you...?- I'm freelance,
0:07:14 > 0:07:16I'm a production manager, so...
0:07:16 > 0:07:19I see, so you actually work on the productions themselves.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- I do the work.- You do the work. - Yeah.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Now, Lucy, what are your interests?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26I like to write in my spare time.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30These aren't sort of panicky, last-minute scripts you're talking about?
0:07:30 > 0:07:33No, no, no, no. I'm trying to write a novel,
0:07:33 > 0:07:37but it turns out it's easier said than done, so it's taking a while.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40What's the hard bit? Finding the time to do it, or...?
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Finishing it.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45I've kind of written the fun bits, it's all the filling in the gaps.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- Yeah, OK, well, best of luck with that!- Thank you.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Now, Lucy, what are you going to go for?
0:07:52 > 0:07:55I'm going to go for...
0:07:55 > 0:07:56gallium?
0:07:56 > 0:07:57Gallium.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00You sound not entirely sure about gallium.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Well, I did chemistry A-level, so I've got a lot to live up to.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05No, you sound entirely sure, that's good! Gallium.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07That's good, let's see how many of our 100 people said gallium.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12It's right.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Well, there is 49, our gateway,
0:08:14 > 0:08:15everyone passes that.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Gallium scores 2, look at that.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Very well done indeed.
0:08:21 > 0:08:222 for gallium.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26Great answer, Lucy.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Yeah, it has a very high boiling point, gallium,
0:08:29 > 0:08:30so it is used to measure temperatures
0:08:30 > 0:08:32that would vaporise a thermometer.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Thank you very much. We're halfway through the round,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36let's take a look at those scores. Well done, Johndy!
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Johndy and Joel, sitting there on nothing,
0:08:39 > 0:08:41feeling, I hope, very pleased with themselves.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Then up to 2, equally pleased
0:08:42 > 0:08:44with themselves, Lucy and Jackie.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Then up to 3,
0:08:45 > 0:08:47well done, Stuart and Russell.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Then up to 49, Dougie and James.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Yes... James, if you've got a really good answer,
0:08:53 > 0:08:55we'll hear it at the end of the round
0:08:55 > 0:08:57and I hope, by then, you'll be in a position
0:08:57 > 0:08:59to save yourselves with that. We'll see.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00We'll come back down the line now.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Jackie, lovely to have you on Pointless.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Warm welcome. What do you do?
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Well, I'm retired now.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14I used to be an admin manager.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19So I spend my life mainly playing golf and playing bridge.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20Well, that's nice!
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- Golf by day, bridge by night. - Exactly, yes.- Brilliant!
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- And presumably you spend quite a bit of time missing Lucy...- I do.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- ..now she's down in London?- I do, a lot of time missing Lucy, yes.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Do you tend to go down to London quite often or...?
0:09:32 > 0:09:34I come down a lot, yes, I love to be here.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Very good. OK, listen, there you are, on 2.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40If you can happen to score 46 or less, you're into the next round.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Well, I'll do my best.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46I heard about this one the other day and I hope I've got it right.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47Darmstadtium.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- Dam...?- Stadt... - Darmstadt...- Darmstadtium.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Oh, darmstadtium, yes! LAUGHTER
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Here's your red line, nice and sort of middling.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Darmstadtium. If it's right,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05then I can think of one place it will probably end up, but we'll see.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Darmstadtium. Let's see if it's right. There is your red line.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11It's right!
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Takes you to the next round, but does it, does it, does it...?
0:10:17 > 0:10:18Oh, no, it doesn't quite!
0:10:18 > 0:10:20It doesn't quite!
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Scores you 1! That's brilliant, very well done indeed,
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Jackie, takes your total up to 3. darmstadtium.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30That's a terrific answer, Jackie, and a better answer than Lucy,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32even though she's got A-level chemistry.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34I don't know what we read into that.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Yeah, it's a man-made element, darmstadtium.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39They made it by fusing nickel and lead atoms.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- OK, Joel.- Hey.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Joel, hi there. Here from Birmingham. What do you do?
0:10:44 > 0:10:47I'm a student as well, I do philosophy.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49You're doing philosophy, and how is that going?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52It's... Well, it's happening in my mind!
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Asks more questions than it answers, doesn't it?
0:10:54 > 0:10:57- I'm not quite sure what it is. - OK, good. Good answer, this is it.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Now, what do you do in your spare time, Joel?
0:10:59 > 0:11:00I like to play a bit of music,
0:11:00 > 0:11:03I play guitar, and banjo a lot less successfully.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07- OK, but you play a lot of music, just to listen...- I listen and play.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09- But banjo? Fun! HIGH-PITCHED:- Well...!
0:11:09 > 0:11:12And singing, too, which is nice!
0:11:12 > 0:11:14LAUGHTER You should put the two together.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17The fingers don't work like they used to on the banjo.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Oh, they used to work very well?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20They used to work, but now, it's long gone.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24My physical peak was at 14. Since then, it's been a steady decline.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26You need to practise more!
0:11:26 > 0:11:28- That's probably the answer, but... - Yeah.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31That's probably the answer. Well, listen, Joel, there you are.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33You are on nothing. Great score from Johndy.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Wouldn't it be brilliant if we got a double pointless here?
0:11:35 > 0:11:40I have one that's safe and one that sounds right in my head, so...
0:11:40 > 0:11:41You're only here twice...
0:11:41 > 0:11:45- LAUGHTER - ..so I'll go for americium.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Americium. Good.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Americium. Here's your red line.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53Get below that with americium and you are through to the next round.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58It's right.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01You're through.
0:12:03 > 0:12:056!
0:12:07 > 0:12:096, takes your total up to 6.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Very well done indeed.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Yeah, well played, Joel.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17Takes a philosophy student to say, "You're only here twice."
0:12:17 > 0:12:19There we are. Thank you, Richard.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Now, then, Russell.
0:12:21 > 0:12:22Welcome back.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26What do you like getting up to, up there in Glasgow?
0:12:26 > 0:12:27I love spending time with my family,
0:12:27 > 0:12:31out on day trips and to parks, safari parks and things like that.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34My wee boy is only two and he loves wee trips out.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Very good indeed. And does he sleep well? Is he a dream?
0:12:37 > 0:12:41He goes to bed late, but he sleeps through, which is nice.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- He's a brilliant wee lad.- Excellent. Rory?- Yeah, Rory.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46There we go. Now, Russell, you are on 3.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Ideally, you would score 45 or less.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52I'm thinking of a couple, but I think I'll go for francium.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Francium, says Russell.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Here's your red line. Get below this red line
0:12:56 > 0:12:59with francium and you are into Round Two.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01How many of our 100 people said it?
0:13:04 > 0:13:05It's right.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10You are through, very well done indeed.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12That's a great answer!
0:13:12 > 0:13:132!
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Taking your total up to 5, on the second podium there.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21That's another very impressive answer, Russell, very well done.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24In fact, the average score for all contestants without a bowtie
0:13:24 > 0:13:26is just under 2.5.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Very, very impressive.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Thank you, Richard. Now, James...
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Oh, James!
0:13:33 > 0:13:37- Well...!- Oh, James, you haven't even opened your mouth yet,
0:13:37 > 0:13:39but I'm afraid you are our high scorers.
0:13:39 > 0:13:40Yeah, it's fine.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44I'm sorry. So, James, yes, tell us, remind us what you do.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47I am an events manager, so I run events all over the country.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Organising events for the company that you work for?
0:13:50 > 0:13:53What, broadly speaking, does that company do?
0:13:53 > 0:13:55It's a property investment franchise,
0:13:55 > 0:13:58so we teach people how to invest in property, basically.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Now, what are your interests when you're not doing that?
0:14:01 > 0:14:03I'm into musical theatre as well. Obviously, we own
0:14:03 > 0:14:07- the musical theatre company together.- Yes, indeed.- I also...
0:14:07 > 0:14:09I'm a big foodie, so I cook and bake quite a lot.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Dougie, I'm just going to turn to you at this point.
0:14:12 > 0:14:13Does he cook and bake well?
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- Yeah, not bad at all.- Thank you.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18James, good for you. What have you brought us?
0:14:18 > 0:14:19LAUGHTER
0:14:19 > 0:14:22I did actually bring some the other day.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- Did you ever hear anything about this?- No, what was it?
0:14:24 > 0:14:27I left some for you in the make-up room.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Oh, there's your first mistake!
0:14:29 > 0:14:32They told me they were going to give them to you.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Do you know, they didn't?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35I brought ginger and chilli...
0:14:35 > 0:14:37That's not like our make-up artists, is it?
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Not like them to eat everything that's left at anywhere near them(!)
0:14:40 > 0:14:42How weird! Mm.
0:14:42 > 0:14:43Well, I did bring cookies.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47OK. Well, thank you very much indeed. We will look into those.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49James, you are the high scorers, I'm afraid,
0:14:49 > 0:14:51so it doesn't matter what you score.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Actually, I normally say it doesn't matter what you score when people are already through.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57I'm afraid, in this case, it doesn't matter what you score,
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- you will be leaving.- Yeah.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Let's have... What about a nice little pointless answer?
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Unfortunately, the good answers that I had are already gone, so...
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Oh, yes, good, yes, like the biscuits! Like the biscuits!
0:15:11 > 0:15:13I've only got sort of slightly obvious ones,
0:15:13 > 0:15:18but I suppose the lowest one I can think of is platinum.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Let's see how many of our 100 people said platinum.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25It's right.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28Well, it beats 49.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30There you are, platinum going down...
0:15:30 > 0:15:32to 7! Not bad at all!
0:15:33 > 0:15:35There we are, takes your total up to 56.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40There's a few pointless answers here, actually,
0:15:40 > 0:15:43that we haven't seen. Let's take a look at them.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Gadolinium, which is used
0:15:44 > 0:15:48in the control rods of nuclear reactors, which is cool.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Hafnium, that's used in plasma welding torches,
0:15:50 > 0:15:52which is also quite cool.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Hassium, which...
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Highly radioactive, only a few atoms have ever been made of hassium,
0:15:57 > 0:15:59but a pointless answer nonetheless.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Lawrencium, of course, we've already heard.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Our old friend praseodymium.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Samarium also a pointless answer,
0:16:08 > 0:16:10also used in nuclear reactors.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13And thallium as well. Very well done if you said any of those.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Let's take a look at the top three answers,
0:16:15 > 0:16:17ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Arsenic with 30 there. They all start with A, these.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Argon 44 and, right at the top, I'm afraid,
0:16:21 > 0:16:24aluminium with 49.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26There we are. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28So, at the end of our first round, I'm sorry to say,
0:16:28 > 0:16:30it's our low scorers from the last show
0:16:30 > 0:16:32that we have to say goodbye to this time.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35James and Dougie, I'm afraid aluminium did for you.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36I'm sorry.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Might you have got any of those other ones, Dougie?
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Probably not.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41OK.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43I played it safe.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44You played it safe, but 56, I'm afraid,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47was your reward for that and we have to say goodbye to you now.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50But, James and Dougie, it's been great having you on. Thanks for playing.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Well, what about that?
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Very well done, all of you.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Here you are in Round Two, but not just in Round Two,
0:17:06 > 0:17:09that doesn't give the full story of what happened last round.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11You were exceptional!
0:17:11 > 0:17:13All of you, very well done. Johndy, especially,
0:17:13 > 0:17:15lawrencium there - superb, our pointless answer.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Our category for Round Two this afternoon is...
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Can you all decide in your pairs who is going first, who is going second,
0:17:26 > 0:17:29and whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34OK, and the question concerns...
0:17:37 > 0:17:39"For" words, Richard?
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Yeah, on each board, we are going to show you six definitions of words
0:17:41 > 0:17:43from the Oxford Dictionary of English
0:17:43 > 0:17:45that begin with the letters F-O-R.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Can you tell us what the words are, please?
0:17:47 > 0:17:4912 in all to have a go at at home. Very best of luck.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Thanks very much, so let's reveal our first board of clues
0:17:53 > 0:17:55and here they are. We have...
0:18:12 > 0:18:14I'll read those all one last time.
0:18:27 > 0:18:28There we are.
0:18:28 > 0:18:29Stuart.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33I think I know most of them.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37But I'll go with the top one
0:18:37 > 0:18:38and forage.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Forage, says Stuart.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Let's see how many of our 100 people said forage.
0:18:47 > 0:18:4966 for forage.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Yeah, also can be food for cattle and horses, can forage.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I like to forage for porridge.
0:19:00 > 0:19:01- Mmm!- Mmm!
0:19:01 > 0:19:05- Yes, hard to pick up, porridge... - Yes.- ..once you've found it.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- Once you've found it. - Yeah, very hard.
0:19:07 > 0:19:08Always take a spoon.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11That's exactly what I was going to say - always take a spoon.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Thank you, Richard. Now, Joel?
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Yeah, I think... I think I know most of them.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18I will go for...
0:19:18 > 0:19:22I think a male worker who supervises and directs is a foreman?
0:19:22 > 0:19:23A foreman, says Joel.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Let's see how many of our 100 people said foreman.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Yeah, 87.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Yeah, that is... That's a big score.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Also, of course, surname of George Foreman.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Presumably, at his factory, there is a foreman.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- Well, they actually had four of them.- Oh!
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Four men being foreman at Foreman.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51They had a Foreman foreman team,
0:19:51 > 0:19:54it was the Foreman four-men foreman team.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Oh, the forming of the four-men Foreman foreman team.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02Well, you know what? Now it's four men and a woman, so it's actually
0:20:02 > 0:20:05the forming of the formerly four-men Foreman foreman team.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Thanks very much. Now, Jackie?
0:20:09 > 0:20:12This board is all yours. Do you want to talk us through and fill it in?
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Well, the second one...
0:20:14 > 0:20:18The only one I can think of is foremost,
0:20:18 > 0:20:20but that's only eight letters, so that's no good.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23I just can't think renounce or give up.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26The only one I'm really sure of is for all future time -
0:20:26 > 0:20:28forever.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30- And that's the one you're going to go for?- Yes, please.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Forever, says Jackie. Let's see if it's right.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Let's see how many of our 100 people said forever.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Well, it's the lowest score, so well done, Jackie.
0:20:43 > 0:20:4551 for forever.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48I would have thought that would be higher, forever,
0:20:48 > 0:20:49but no, there it is.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53So, let's fill in the rest of these. Start at the bottom, shall we?
0:20:53 > 0:20:55A mathematical relationship?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- Formula.- It's a formula.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58That would have scored 45.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59Renounce or give up?
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- Forego.- No, look at the letters.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04Oh, forsake! Of course! Of course, of course.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06- Oh, you see.- 12 points for that.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09And the nine-letter one is...
0:21:09 > 0:21:11- Forefront.- Forefront, yeah.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13That would have scored 6, best answer on the board.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14Well done if you said that.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17But lots of words sort of fit, don't they?
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- So the brain tends to... - You've got to count the letters.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21There we go. Thanks very much indeed.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Well, halfway through the round, let's look at those scores.
0:21:24 > 0:21:2751, Jackie, the best score of those three, so well done.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29That puts you at the head of the game.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Then 66 is where we find Stuart and Russell
0:21:32 > 0:21:34and then 87, Joel and Johndy.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Johndy, let's have another low score in the next pass
0:21:36 > 0:21:38and hope it's enough to keep you in the game.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40We'll come back down the line.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:21:45 > 0:21:47OK, we are going to put six more definitions up on the board
0:21:47 > 0:21:48and here they are.
0:21:50 > 0:21:51We have got...
0:22:10 > 0:22:12I'm going to read all of those again.
0:22:28 > 0:22:29Lucy.
0:22:29 > 0:22:35I...will go with a feeling that something bad will happen.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Foreboding.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Foreboding, says Lucy. Here is your red line.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42If you can get below that, you're definitely into the next round.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Let's see how many of our 100 people said foreboding.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48It's right.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53- Ooh!- 39.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Not bad, though, it's not bad.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Taking your total up to a nice round 90.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Yeah, lowest answer, lowest-scoring answer so far.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06Sense of foreboding, which is what Johndy has, I suspect.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07LAUGHTER
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Now, Johndy.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12I think I know quite a few.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15But I will go for the bottom one and say
0:23:15 > 0:23:17foresight.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Foresight, says Johndy.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Foresight. Let's see how many of our 100 people said foresight.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24There is your red line, very low.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28It's right.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36That's not bad. 16, our lowest score so far.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Very well done, Johndy.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39103 is your total.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41That's a great answer, Johndy. Well played.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44It can also mean the front sight of a gun
0:23:44 > 0:23:46or the ex-host of Strictly Come Dancing.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49LAUGHTER Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Now, Russell.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53That board's all yours.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55How much of it do you think you can talk us through?
0:23:55 > 0:23:58I think I know most of them.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01I think I'll go for the first one - a meeting or medium
0:24:01 > 0:24:04where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05That's forum.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Forum, says Russell. Here is your red line.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Not too far down.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Let's see how many of our 100 people said forum.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Oh, 59 for forum.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Takes your total up to 125.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Yeah, unlucky, Russell.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31They had picked off the best-scoring answers on that board,
0:24:31 > 0:24:32I'm afraid, down at the bottom.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35The next-best answer would have been strange and unfamiliar.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39- Foreign.- That would have scored you 49.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40The large area?
0:24:40 > 0:24:42- Forest.- Forest, exactly.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45That's when I forage for my porridge, in the forest.
0:24:45 > 0:24:4771. And fail to remember?
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Oh, it's... Oh, I had it! LAUGHTER
0:24:50 > 0:24:51Very good.
0:24:51 > 0:24:5386 points for forget.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57There's some heavy irony in amongst 14 of our 100 there.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Isn't there just? There we go. Thanks very much.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01So, at the end of our second round,
0:25:01 > 0:25:03I'm sorry to say, Russell and Stuart,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06our only other returning pair, we say goodbye to you now.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08It's been great having you on the show.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10You've been so good throughout both the shows you've been on.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12I'm sorry not to see you through to the head-to-head
0:25:12 > 0:25:14and beyond today, but this is where we say goodbye.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Thanks so much, Russell and Stuart.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Thank you, thank you.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22But, for Jackie and Lucy, Joel and Johndy,
0:25:22 > 0:25:24it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30Very well done.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34Jackie and Lucy, Joel and Johndy are now one step closer to the final
0:25:34 > 0:25:36and a chance to play for that jackpot,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39which currently stands at £1,250.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Well, this is the part where you can start playing as a team,
0:25:41 > 0:25:43you can chat before you give your answers.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46First pair to win two questions will go through to that final.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Well, you haven't really put a foot wrong.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51We had one rogue high score from you, Joel, in that F-O-R round,
0:25:51 > 0:25:54but that was just the board. You knew the other ones,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57you just chose the wrong one there.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59But no, I think this should be very well matched indeed.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:07 > 0:26:12OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:26:13 > 0:26:14Famous novels, Richard?
0:26:14 > 0:26:16We're going to show you five visual clues now
0:26:16 > 0:26:18to the names of famous novels.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Can you work out what these novels are, please?
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Thanks very much. Let's reveal our visual clues and here they are.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24Five images.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51There we go.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53OK, now, Jackie and Lucy, you are our low scorers,
0:26:53 > 0:26:55so you will go first.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57THEY WHISPER
0:27:03 > 0:27:05- Can we go for D?- Yes.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06Bleak House.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Bleak House, say Jackie and Lucy, for D.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Now, then, Joel and Johndy, talk us through the board.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14- Do you know any of those? - I don't think so.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16We could just guess from the pictures.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Well, I do know C.
0:27:18 > 0:27:19Well, I only knew D.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21This is on you, you are the real MVP.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- Shall we go with C?- Yes.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26All right, The Bell Jar, C.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29The Bell Jar, say Joel and Johndy. The Bell Jar.
0:27:29 > 0:27:35OK, so, we have Jackie and Lucy with Bleak House for D.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Let's see how many of our 100 people said Bleak House.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42It's right.
0:27:45 > 0:27:4759 for Bleak House.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52It's a house, it's bleak.
0:27:52 > 0:27:53Bleak House.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Now, Joel and Johndy have gone for The Bell Jar for C.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:28:04 > 0:28:05It IS right!
0:28:05 > 0:28:07The Bell Jar.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09And it wins you the point, look at that.
0:28:09 > 0:28:1032.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Which means, Joel and Johndy, after one question, you are up 1-0.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Yeah, the first two are the lowest scorers.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21- The first one is... - The Old Man And The Sea.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23The Old Man And The Sea, Pulitzer Prize-winner Ernest Hemingway.
0:28:23 > 0:28:2617 points for that.
0:28:26 > 0:28:27B, a wonderful novel.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30- A Handful Of Dust. - A Handful Of Dust by Evelyn Waugh.
0:28:30 > 0:28:325 points for that.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36- And E is...? - A Room With A View.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39A Room With A View, EM Forster, and that would have scored 47.
0:28:39 > 0:28:40I have to see, I mean, that is a view,
0:28:40 > 0:28:43but there's no excuse for not putting
0:28:43 > 0:28:44a lick of paint on the walls.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46What is that a view of?
0:28:46 > 0:28:48It looks like sort of tracks
0:28:48 > 0:28:50or sort of like an opencast mine or something there?
0:28:50 > 0:28:53That looks like a Bond villain's lair,
0:28:53 > 0:28:55that's what it is, that's a view from...
0:28:55 > 0:28:58I'm going to say maybe the 80th floor.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01I think a Bond villain would have his room painted.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Oh, no, this is just the hotel that overlooks...
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Again, I don't think a Bond villain
0:29:06 > 0:29:07would have a hotel overlooking his lair.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10I think he would build a lair somewhere that wasn't overlooked
0:29:10 > 0:29:14by a, frankly, two-star or three-star hotel.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17There we are. Thank you very much.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19TripAdvisor - "Very disappointing."
0:29:19 > 0:29:21LAUGHTER
0:29:21 > 0:29:23OK, now, here comes your second question.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Jackie and Lucy, you have to win this one to stay in the game,
0:29:26 > 0:29:27so best of luck with that.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Our second question in this round concerns...
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Gardeners and gardening, Richard?
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Yeah, simply five clues to facts about gardeners and gardening.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38Can you give us the most obscure of these answers, please?
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five clues and here they come.
0:29:41 > 0:29:42We've got...
0:30:09 > 0:30:11I'll read those all one last time.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37Now, Joel and Johndy, you will go first.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41THEY WHISPER
0:30:44 > 0:30:46We'll go with the bottom one
0:30:46 > 0:30:50and go with the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Now, Jackie and Lucy, that board is all yours, talk us through it
0:30:55 > 0:30:56if you can.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00Well, the top one is secateurs, I think.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Don't know the second one.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05We think number three is Percy Thrower.
0:31:05 > 0:31:09And the fourth one is probably Dutch elm disease.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12So, what are we going for? Percy Thrower?
0:31:12 > 0:31:14The Gardeners' World presenter
0:31:14 > 0:31:17who became the first Blue Peter gardener, Percy Thrower.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20Percy Thrower. So, we have Kew Gardens and we have Percy Thrower.
0:31:20 > 0:31:21Joel and Johndy went for Kew Gardens.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:31:26 > 0:31:27It is right.
0:31:31 > 0:31:3329.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Not bad. 29 for Kew Gardens.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Jackie and Lucy, meanwhile, have gone for Percy Thrower.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said that.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Percy Thrower is right.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53And it wins you the point. Look at that,
0:31:53 > 0:31:5518 for Percy Thrower.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Well done, Jackie and Lucy, you've broken back.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01- After two questions, it is 1-1. - Yeah, two very strong answers there.
0:32:01 > 0:32:02Well played, both teams.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04The top answer is the biggest answer.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07You are quite right, it was secateurs.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09That would have scored you 62.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11You were right about Dutch elm disease as well.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14That, again, would have scored you too many points. 47.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16So you chose the right one of the ones that you knew.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Do you have any idea of this one?
0:32:18 > 0:32:20I would say probably sunflower.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22- Yeah, tall colourful plant. It is sunflower.- There we are.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24That would have scored you 8 points,
0:32:24 > 0:32:27so very well done if you said that at home. Best answer on the board.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29Thanks very much. So, here comes your third question.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Whoever wins this one goes through to the final
0:32:31 > 0:32:33and plays for that jackpot. Best of luck to both pairs.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36Our third question today is all about...
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Seas of the world?
0:32:38 > 0:32:40We are going to show you the names now of five seas of the world,
0:32:40 > 0:32:42but in the form of anagrams, I'm afraid.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Whichever team can unscramble them and give us the most obscure answer
0:32:45 > 0:32:47is going through to play for that jackpot.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51OK, let's reveal our five seas in anagram form and here they are.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02I'll read those one last time.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Jackie and Lucy, you will go first this time.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14THEY WHISPER
0:33:19 > 0:33:22We will go for the bottom one, please.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24Lit cab, Baltic.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Baltic, say Jackie and Lucy.
0:33:26 > 0:33:30Now, then, Joel and Johndy, talk us through the rest of them.
0:33:30 > 0:33:36Um... I... Well, I think I know the first two and the bottom one.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39We will go with the first one, Ionian.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43Ionian. So, we have Baltic and we have Ionian.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Jackie and Lucy went for Baltic for lit cab.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:33:50 > 0:33:51It's right.
0:33:54 > 0:33:5564.
0:33:58 > 0:34:0064.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04Meanwhile, Joel and Johndy have gone for Ionian for I an ion.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07Let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said Ionian.
0:34:10 > 0:34:11It's right.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14And it wins you the point. Well done!
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Down it goes, 32 for Ionian.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Which means, after three questions, Joel and Johndy,
0:34:20 > 0:34:22you are through to the final, 2-1.
0:34:22 > 0:34:23Yeah, well played, gents.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Did you say you knew the second one, as well?
0:34:25 > 0:34:27- Yeah, Tyrrhenian.- It is. I would have gone for that one.
0:34:27 > 0:34:28- 1 point.- Good one, yes.
0:34:28 > 0:34:311 point for that, so it was a virtually impossible one.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35Yes, off the coast of Italy, between Italy and some of its islands.
0:34:35 > 0:34:36The next one down?
0:34:36 > 0:34:39It's Ligurian, Ligurian Sea.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42It is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, 7 points for that.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44And bare cabin?
0:34:44 > 0:34:48- Caribbean.- Caribbean, and that would have scored 52.
0:34:48 > 0:34:49Thanks very much, Richard.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:34:52 > 0:34:54I'm afraid, Jackie and Lucy, our low scorers.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57Good news, though, we get to see you again next time.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59We'll look forward to that very much indeed,
0:34:59 > 0:35:01but in the meantime, thanks very much, Jackie and Lucy.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03APPLAUSE
0:35:03 > 0:35:04Good luck!
0:35:04 > 0:35:07But for Joel and Johndy, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Congratulations, Joel and Johndy.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15You've seen off all the competition
0:35:15 > 0:35:17and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,250.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34Well, listen, you started the show with a pointless answer.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36If you can finish it with a pointless answer,
0:35:36 > 0:35:38that would be just fabulous, nice and symmetrical.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41What would you like to see come up in this round?
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Er, American sports, maybe? Things like NBA.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Anything you want to add to that, Johndy?
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Biology, maybe.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51OK, biology and American sports. Best of luck. Let's hope there is
0:35:51 > 0:35:53something up here you like the look of.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Today's selection looks like this. We've got...
0:36:04 > 0:36:05I like the look of the bottom one.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08- Yeah?- Any thoughts on the others?
0:36:08 > 0:36:10- Do you know any people called Billy? - No!
0:36:10 > 0:36:12No, you know no-one...?
0:36:12 > 0:36:14I probably do, but shall we just go for...?
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Yeah, Summer and Winter Olympic hosts.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18- OK.- Very best of luck, gents.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Terrific performance so far. Let's hope it continues.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23We are looking for any of the following, please.
0:36:23 > 0:36:24We are looking for any...
0:36:24 > 0:36:25city or town in the USA
0:36:25 > 0:36:28that's hosted a Summer or Winter Olympics since 1896,
0:36:28 > 0:36:29since the modern Games began.
0:36:29 > 0:36:30We are looking for...
0:36:36 > 0:36:38So any of the official list of cities
0:36:38 > 0:36:39that didn't win a particular year.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43They can have won later on, just as long as they failed at least once.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Or we are looking for...
0:36:49 > 0:36:51That's a Summer or Winter Olympics.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54So, USA hosts of a Summer or Winter Olympics,
0:36:54 > 0:36:56failed candidates for Summer Olympics,
0:36:56 > 0:37:00or people who have opened a Winter or Summer Olympics since 1948.
0:37:00 > 0:37:01Thanks very much.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03OK, now, as always, you've got up to one minute
0:37:03 > 0:37:05to come up with three answers and all you need to win that jackpot
0:37:05 > 0:37:08is for just one of your answers to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:37:08 > 0:37:11- Yes.- OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13There they are, your time starts now.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15We just have to think of cities, really.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Yeah, well, failed Summer Olympics, there was...
0:37:17 > 0:37:20When London won, I think Paris, Tokyo went for it.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23I think... Just go for any major cities, they will probably come up.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26USA, especially, there's quite a lot in the US.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Yeah? So, what do you think?
0:37:28 > 0:37:30- Mmm...- Just...?
0:37:30 > 0:37:32- Miami?- Maybe.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Er, Boston?
0:37:34 > 0:37:36For the last one, I think Sharapova did it.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40- Yeah? Good shout. For where?- Sochi.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Yeah, that's a good shout.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46I think failed... USA, I only know, like, Salt Lake City.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49I think that's the States.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Salt Lake... It's in Utah.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Oh, cool, well, there you go.
0:37:53 > 0:37:54Um...
0:37:55 > 0:37:58So, what should we go for, for failed Summer...?
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Which American cities?
0:38:00 > 0:38:01Boston?
0:38:01 > 0:38:04- Ten seconds left. - Shall we go for Sharapova?
0:38:04 > 0:38:07- Boston, Seattle, Sharapova? - Yes.- Yes.
0:38:07 > 0:38:08OK, you're happy?
0:38:08 > 0:38:11- Mm-hm.- OK, well, as our minute runs out,
0:38:11 > 0:38:13it sounds like you've got your three answers.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14What are you going to give me?
0:38:14 > 0:38:16If you say which category you are answering as well.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19So, for failed Summer Olympic candidate cities,
0:38:19 > 0:38:22we will go for Boston and Seattle.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25- Boston and Seattle.- And for people who officially opened the Olympics,
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- we will go for Maria Sharapova. - Maria Sharapova. Of those three,
0:38:28 > 0:38:30which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:30 > 0:38:32- Sharapova?- Maybe, yeah.
0:38:32 > 0:38:33Maria Sharapova, we'll put last.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Least likely to be pointless?
0:38:35 > 0:38:36Boston?
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Boston goes first.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order, then,
0:38:41 > 0:38:42and here they are.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45We have got Boston and we have got Seattle
0:38:45 > 0:38:47and we have got Maria Sharapova.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50Well, very best of luck, three good answers there on the board.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53There's a very good chance you might win that jackpot
0:38:53 > 0:38:55with one of those answers. What would you do with £1,250?
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Joel, to you first.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59I think, cos I'm not living with Johndy any more,
0:38:59 > 0:39:04I might buy some kind of life-size...memorial towards him.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07- So, either in wax or... - Hang on, hang on.
0:39:07 > 0:39:08Memorial?!
0:39:08 > 0:39:09LAUGHTER
0:39:09 > 0:39:11I'm not dead!
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Yeah, well, we'll see after this!
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Um, Johndy?
0:39:15 > 0:39:18I'd probably buy him banjo lessons. He needs it!
0:39:18 > 0:39:21OK. Very good.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Well, listen, three good answers. In the first instance,
0:39:23 > 0:39:27we were looking for failed Summer Olympics candidates.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Your first answer was Boston.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32If this is pointless, it will win you £1,250.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35Let's see how many of our 100 people said Boston.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:39:42 > 0:39:43so obviously not a pointless answer,
0:39:43 > 0:39:47which means we are down to your last two answers.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Your next answer, Seattle,
0:39:49 > 0:39:53was also a failed candidate for Summer Olympics.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56If it's right and if it's pointless, it will win you £1,250.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59How many of our 100 people said Seattle?
0:40:02 > 0:40:03Oh, no!
0:40:05 > 0:40:08I'm sorry, I'm afraid Seattle is also an incorrect answer,
0:40:08 > 0:40:11which means everything is now riding on your third and final answer.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14You seemed pretty confident about this. Maria Sharapova.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18We were looking for people who had officially opened an Olympic Games.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21Let's find out. Maria Sharapova. Is it pointless?
0:40:21 > 0:40:24If it is, it will win you £1,250.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Oh, no!
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Oh, I'm sorry!
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Maybe she just went?
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Maybe she just turned up to watch one day.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38I'm afraid, though, you didn't mind managed to find
0:40:38 > 0:40:41that all-important CORRECT answer, I'm afraid,
0:40:41 > 0:40:42let alone a pointless answer. I'm sorry.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45That means you don't win today's jackpot of £1,250.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47That will roll over on to the next show,
0:40:47 > 0:40:50but you can be very proud of your performance on the show today -
0:40:50 > 0:40:52very, very strong from first till last...
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Well, first till second-last, let's say.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57And don't forget, you get to take home a Pointless trophy each,
0:40:57 > 0:40:58so very, very well done.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Joel and Johndy. Great contestants.
0:41:05 > 0:41:06Very well played, gents.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Your instincts were right, to go for those American cities.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Lots of pointless answers in that category,
0:41:11 > 0:41:14you just didn't stumble upon the right ones, but you did the right thing.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16Maria Sharapova did not open the Sochi Olympics,
0:41:16 > 0:41:18that was Vladimir Putin.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21I think, if Putin wants to open something, you let him!
0:41:21 > 0:41:24I think that's the rule.
0:41:24 > 0:41:25But those last two categories
0:41:25 > 0:41:27are the ones where all the pointless answers are.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30There was only one in the USA Summer Olympic venues
0:41:30 > 0:41:33and that was Squaw Valley, so very well done if you said that.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36Los Angeles would have scored 44, Atlanta 36
0:41:36 > 0:41:39and then smaller scores for Salt Lake City,
0:41:39 > 0:41:40St Louis and Lake Placid.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44Now, the failed Olympic candidate cities since 1948.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Lots of good answers.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Budapest, Buenos Aires. San Francisco, very easily
0:41:48 > 0:41:51could have stumbled upon that instead of Boston.
0:41:51 > 0:41:52Vienna. You also could have had...
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Well, the American cities, you could have had Detroit,
0:41:55 > 0:41:57you could have had Philadelphia, Baltimore.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00There is also Amsterdam, Athens, Belgrade, Brisbane, Brussels,
0:42:00 > 0:42:04Cape Town, Istanbul, Lausanne, Lyon, Mexico City.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Minneapolis, another American one.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Montreal, Nagoya, Osaka and Toronto.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10All of those were pointless answers.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Very well done if you said any of those.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Now, the people who have opened the Olympics.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16It's usually a head of state.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23Lots of other pointless answers here.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Charles de Gaulle was a pointless answer,
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Emperor Hirohito, George W Bush.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30You could have Hu Jintao, King Juan Carlos,
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh,
0:42:32 > 0:42:34who opened the Melbourne Olympics.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38Richard Nixon as well, who opened the Squaw Valley Olympics.
0:42:38 > 0:42:39Lots and lots of pointless answers there.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44And, you know, as you said, the instincts were exactly right,
0:42:44 > 0:42:47just Boston and Seattle, unfortunate choices.
0:42:47 > 0:42:48Thanks, Richard.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Well, unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you,
0:42:50 > 0:42:52Joel and Johndy, but it's been great having you on the show.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55- Thank you so much for playing. Great contestants.- Thank you.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Well, sadly, Joel and Johndy didn't win our jackpot today,
0:43:01 > 0:43:03which means it rolls over on to the next show
0:43:03 > 0:43:05when we'll be playing for £2,250.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09Join us next time to see if someone can win it.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.