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APPLAUSE

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Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong

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and a very warm welcome to Pointless,

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the game where you're always striving to find the lowest score.

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Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one.

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Hi, I'm Gabrielle,

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this is my good friend Holly and we both study law at the College of Law

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-in Chester.

-Couple number two.

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Hi, my name is IK, this is my friend Andrew and we're from London.

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-Couple number three.

-Hi, I'm Dawn,

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this is my daughter Katie and we're from Essex.

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And, finally, couple number four.

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Hi, my name is Sion, this is my dad and we're from Llanerfyl.

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And these are today's contestants.

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Thank you very much, all of you. A very warm welcome.

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We'll get to chat to each of you

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throughout the show as it goes along.

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

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Brain of Britain, well, not just Britain,

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also brain of any sovereign state recognised by the UN,

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it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

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Hiya. Hello, everybody, good afternoon.

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-Good afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon.

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-What a show we had last time.

-I know.

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The jackpot had been building and building.

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Steph and Beth got through to the final.

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Lloyd and Sion, the only people from that show, they were lovely,

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Steph and Beth, would you agree?

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-Yes.

-Yes.

-You might change your mind when I tell you they won that

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£11,250.

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Three new pairs, welcome along.

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Lloyd and Sion, who were terrific last time.

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Hopefully we'll see an awful lot more of them.

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First time we've ever had someone on the show called IK.

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-It is.

-The only other person in history to be called IK

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was Isambard Kingdom Brunel - that's what he used to call himself.

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-IK.

-Yeah, IK.

-IK Brunel. That's good.

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Shall we get on?

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ALEXANDER SIGHS

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Yes. Thank you very much, Richard.

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Steph and Beth won the jackpot last time,

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so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.

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There it is. Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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APPLAUSE

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OK, remember, the pair

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with the highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated.

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No conferring in the first two rounds.

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Best of luck. Our first category this afternoon

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is Words In Common.

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Words In Common.

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Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

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who is going to go second?

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Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.

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OK, and the question concerns...

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Things with "grand" in their name.

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-Richard.

-On each board we are going to show you seven questions.

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The answers to all those questions

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have the word "grand" in them somewhere.

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There will be 14 in all to have a go at at home, so very best of luck.

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Thanks very much indeed.

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So, we're looking for these things

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that contain the word "grand" in their name

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and here's our first board of seven clues and on it we have...

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I'll read those again as quickly as I can.

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There we are. Holly. Welcome to Pointless.

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Great to have you here from Chester.

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-What do you do there?

-Studying law at the University of Law.

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Right. Are you a graduate of another university,

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-went on to the University of Law?

-No, it's literally...

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-Straight in.

-It is literally your LLB,

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it's our degree, the first step to becoming a lawyer.

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Very exciting. Has it been fun at Chester?

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-Hard.

-At times.

-Hard work.

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Have you had time to have fun as well?

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Not really because we're doing it in two years instead of three.

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-Why not do it in three?

-I don't know.

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Why? Do they give you the option of two years, of three years, I mean?

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-Yeah.

-And you went, "No, we'll go for two years.

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"That way we won't have time for any fun at all."

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Maybe apart from going on occasional game shows.

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Yeah. Holly, what would you like to go for?

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I would like to go for the 2014 film directed by Wes Anderson

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and I'm going to say The Grand Budapest Hotel.

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Grand Budapest Hotel, says Holly. Let's see if that's right

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

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It's a good answer.

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Down it goes. Look out.

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Great start to the show - very well done indeed, Holly.

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13 for Grand Budapest Hotel.

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Nice start, Holly. Well played.

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Nominated for nine Oscars, won four of them as well.

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Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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Now, IK, welcome.

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-Thank you.

-Welcome to Pointless. great to have you here from London.

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What do you do, IK?

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I'm a health and safety officer.

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Wow. In any particular industry?

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Construction. I work for a construction company.

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-What are your hobbies, IK?

-I like to play a bit of sports,

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if my body allows me to.

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Tennis, a bit of football.

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I do a little bit of improv as well.

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-Stand-up?

-No, just improv, group improv.

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Oh, that's fun. How long have you been doing that for?

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About ten-ish, ten-ish years.

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That's fun. Really good.

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Now, IK, what would you like to go for on this board?

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I was going to go for that one, as everyone says.

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I only know two others and I will go for

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the name given to the four most important annual tennis tournaments.

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-Grand Slams.

-Grand Slams, says IK.

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Let's see if that's right.

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

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It's right.

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Oh, 77.

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That's a punishing score there.

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77.

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An awful lot better than 100, though.

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The term Grand Slam originally comes from bridge,

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meaning to win all 13 tricks in a hand.

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Slam. You don't really think of a slam in bridge, do you?

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-Not really.

-SLAM.

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It's more of a polite unfurling.

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Yes. A Grand Slam.

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That'll make the tea cups jump.

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There we are.

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Now, Katie, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.

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What do you do, Katie?

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I'm an English teacher.

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Very good. Now, to whom do you teach English?

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Secondary school kids, so they're about 12 to 16.

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Through GCSE?

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Yeah, absolutely.

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Now, what's been your favourite set text

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-throughout the time you have been teaching?

-Oh, that's so hard.

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I'm teaching Animal Farm at the moment, loving it.

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-It's a really good one.

-Have you - be honest -

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have you ever had a set text that even when you look at the cover,

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you think... HE YAWNS

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Or are they all brilliant?

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I like to be positive.

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You can see something good in every book.

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That means yes. There have been some absolute shockers.

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Now then, Katie.

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-Yes.

-What would you like to go for on this board?

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Um...

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Not a great board for me.

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I'm afraid there's only one left up there

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that I know and that's the Grand National

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for the annual horse race. Play safe.

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The Grand National, says Katie.

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OK, let's see how many of our 100 people

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also went for the Grand National.

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It's right. Oh, 91.

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91, Katie, I'm sorry, that's high.

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-Better than 100.

-It's much better than 100.

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Always see the good in a score.

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There you are. You're in quite good company.

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IK's not terribly far behind you, so there we are.

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I liked IK's applause at that one.

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That's the applause of a happy man.

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Again, better than 100 if it's the only one you knew.

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Well said. Now, Lloyd, we come to you.

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Lloyd, remind us what you do.

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I'm semi-retired.

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I'm trying to get semi-retired,

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shall we put it like that?

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OK, I asked Lloyd several times last time what he did, never said.

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Never quite got to the bottom of it, did we?

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No, he dibbled and he dabbled, he does this and that, bits and pieces.

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He's the only person who's ever left the studio with a police escort,

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so something, I don't know, something is up.

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-Something is up.

-They were my bodyguards.

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I see.

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Lloyd, what do you like getting up to

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when you're not dibbling and dabbling?

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I enjoy cycling in the summer, I enjoy cycling,

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my wife and I enjoy cycling.

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When you say cycling, do you go off on proper long cycling trips?

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Oh, no, no, no. About 10, 12 miles, something like that.

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Fairly flat, not too over-stretched.

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Do you own cycling things?

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No. No. I do have a pair of Lycra shorts, though.

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-OK.

-That's why the police escorted him out of the building.

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LAUGHTER

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Now then, Lloyd, this board is all yours.

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You just feel free to help yourself

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to any bits that haven't been answered.

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OK, well, the train station is Grand Central.

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The weekly music is the Grand Ole Opry.

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The second largest city is probably Grand Rapids and the album,

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not a clue.

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So, I'll go for Grand Rapids.

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Sounds good to me. Lloyd's going for Grand Rapids.

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Let's see if he's right to do that.

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Let's see how many of our 100 people agree with him.

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It's right. Very well done.

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13 is our lowest score.

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91 and 77 you've passed already and you pass 13.

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Eight, very well done indeed.

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Great score, Lloyd.

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Eight for Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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That was beautifully played, Lloyd,

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I applaud your bravery there because I was thinking the same,

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it must be Grand Rapids, but to actually go for it is very gutsy.

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Very well done - it's the best score of the ones you knew,

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because you are right about Grand Central.

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Grand Central is a big scorer, though.

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It would have scored you 71 points.

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The Grand Ole Opry...

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would have scored you 19.

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Wouldn't have been a bad answer at all. The best answer on the board is

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the album by The Streets, which is A Grand Don't Come For Free.

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That would have scored you six points.

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-Very well done if you said that.

-Thanks very much.

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We're halfway through the round, so let's look at those scores.

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Eight, the best the best score of that pass, Lloyd.

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Lloyd and Sion, looking pretty strong on the strength of that.

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Holly and Gabrielle, likewise, 13.

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Lovely low score. Then we go to the other end of the scoreboard where we

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find, on 77, IK and Andrew and up a little bit to 91, Katie and Dawn.

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So, Dawn, we need a low-scoring grand answer

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from you on the next board.

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So, best of luck with that. We'll come back down the line now.

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Can the second players please step up to the podium?

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OK, let's put seven more clues up on the board and here they are.

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I'll read those all one last time.

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There we are. Now, Sion, we come to you.

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Welcome back. Remind us what you do, Sion.

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Well, I just recently had a job as a care assistant.

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That's right. Last time it was your job to dig your dad out.

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Your dad had quite a high score

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and you came up with a fabulous low score.

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In round one. In round one, Lloyd. This time round,

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Lloyd has given you a lovely low score there.

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So, I'm going to wait and see, are you going to go high,

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are you going to go even lower than eight, I wonder?

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I think I'll go safe for this one.

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Not too safe.

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I tell you what, if you can score 82 or less, you're fine.

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I think I'll go for the show hosted by Kevin McCloud

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-and that is Grand Designs.

-Grand Designs, says Sion. Grand Designs.

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Here is your red line. If you can get below that,

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you're through to the next round.

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

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Very well done.

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Oh, look at that. 75.

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That's good.

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No wasted points there.

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83 is your total.

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Did exactly what you needed to do there, Sion.

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I love Grand Designs.

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It's always good.

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I like the fact whenever they come back they've always had a baby.

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You can always tell if Kevin liked them because he turns up

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with a bottle of wine, if he liked them.

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If he hasn't got a bottle of wine, you know he wasn't entirely happy.

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-I don't know. That's just my theory.

-He always goes,

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"It's six months later and something else has changed."

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Yeah, they've had a baby, we know they've had a baby.

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They always do. Always.

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Something about wall cladding that gets you pregnant, I think.

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I think that's how it happens.

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Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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Now, Dawn, welcome to the show.

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Great to have you here. What do you do, Dawn?

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I'm a retired nurse.

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-When did you retire?

-Last May.

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Oh, that's nice. So the retirement, you're still enjoying it.

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-I am, yeah.

-Thinking every morning, "Oh, God... oh, No, I haven't.

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"No nursing today."

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-No.

-That's nice. What do you do with your retirement?

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I watch all the shows, I am a very adamant watcher of TV.

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I like sport but I'm an armchair watcher, unfortunately,

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but I do avidly watch the shows.

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Very good. Well, it's lovely to have you on the show this time.

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Now, Dawn, you're on 91 - you are the high scorers at the moment,

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but a nice low score from you might keep you in the game.

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-Not going to happen, I don't think.

-What would you like to go for?

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I'll go for the natural feature in Arizona

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that was formed by the Colorado River

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and I'll say the Grand Canyon.

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The Grand Canyon, says Dawn.

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Let's see if that's right.

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

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but how many people said the Grand Canyon?

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It's right.

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78.

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78 takes your total up to 169.

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Still in with a chance there.

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Yeah, 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide as well, the Grand Canyon.

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-It's a big canyon.

-It's a big canyon!

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-Yeah.

-Fact.

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Yeah. If only there were a better word than big.

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Yeah.

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Massive Canyon...

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Andrew, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.

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What do you do, Andrew?

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I'm a client relationship executive, so I work for a small firm.

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I'm a bridge between the clients and the company I work for.

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What sort of company is that?

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It's a small firm. It's a fashion... They sell fashion accessories.

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I see. So you go out to reach the clients.

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Do you try and find new clients?

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Yes, I do indeed, yes.

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Very good. Now, Andrew.

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There you are on 77, high scorers in front of you Dawn and Katie.

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If you can score 91 or less, you're in.

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It's not a very interesting board.

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I'm sorry. I only apologise.

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I know.

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We went for blue as well, which I don't think is the best colour.

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If you come back in six months' time,

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it will be much better and Xander will be pregnant.

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LAUGHTER

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Bring a bottle of wine and we'll...

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Yeah. Andrew, what would you like to go for?

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I think I'll just take a punt on this one

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and say Dutch DJ and producer

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known for his 2006 hit Put Your Hands Up For Detroit.

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Fedde le Grand.

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Fedde le Grand. Fedde le Grand, says Andrew.

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OK, here is your red line, Andrew.

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If you can get below that with Fedde le Grand, you are into round two.

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Let's see if it's right.

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Let's see how many of our 100 people said Fedde le Grand.

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It's right. You are through.

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Two points, Andrew.

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Very well done indeed. Takes your total up to 79.

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That's a great answer, Andrew. Very well played, yeah, Fedde le Grand.

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That's a great track as well.

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Put Your Hands Up For Detroit.

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And you know what, I'm nodding, going "Mm, mmm."

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I can't not lie.

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When the news is on, I shall play it to you.

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Oh, do! Yeah.

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While George Alagiah's doing his stuff.

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-We will get Fedde le Grand.

-Yeah.

-Very nice.

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Now, Gabrielle. Welcome to Pointless.

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Great to have you here.

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-And what do you do?

-I am training to be a lawyer at Law School.

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Also in the two-year course?

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-Yeah, yeah.

-How many other people did the two-year course?

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There's four of us.

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Yeah. And do you find yourself on summer afternoons

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looking out of your window as you're working,

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and seeing all the people who did

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-the three-year course just playing Frisbee outside?

-Pretty much.

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We see them rocking up at lunch and it's a sigh of disappointment.

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You can tell, because they're the ones

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with cans of beer on their trays.

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I imagine you're thinking, I'm nine grand better off than you are.

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-Yeah.

-Well, that's true.

-That is true, yeah.

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That's true. Good news,

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you're through to the next round even if you score 100 points.

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But I know you won't. Do you want to talk us through this board

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and fill in the blanks?

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Well, the top four were the only four that I knew.

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Series of motor racing,

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the only thing I can come up with is Formula 1 or the Gumball Rally.

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I can't think of anything with grand in. Same with the drama.

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I think it's a little bit before my age bracket.

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RICHARD EXHALES SLOWLY

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-So...

-Don't say that!

-It's like watching someone walk into a rake!

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-Bonggg!

-It's almost as if saying that it's in everyone else's time.

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It's before all of our times, but it's still available.

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-You can still watch it.

-Yeah. So sadly,

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I'm going to have to go with the mother of a mother.

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Which is a grandmother.

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-The mother of a mother.

-Yeah.

-Mother of a mother.

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-DRAMATICALLY:

-Mother of a mother.

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Mother of a mother, grandmother, says Gabrielle.

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Let's see if it's right.

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No red line for you, as you're already through.

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Let's see how many people said

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mother of a mother was a grandmother.

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It's ri...

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I didn't even have time to say it was right, but there you are.

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93 - 106 your total. You're through.

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I don't know what the other seven were thinking, but, yeah,

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the mother of a mother.

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Now, let's fill in the rest of these.

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The motor racing contest, of course, Grand Prix.

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Would have scored you 80 points.

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Big scorer there. The film is Grand Hotel.

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That was before Budapest was invented.

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Would have scored you seven points.

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And the central square of Brussels, do you know that?

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-La Grand Place.

-La Grand Place is exactly the answer.

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Ten points for that. So the best answer on the board, Andrew,

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-Fedde le Grand.

-There we are.

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Well, thank you very much, Richard. And at the end of our first round,

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I'm afraid we have to say goodbye

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to one of our pairs, as we always do.

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And our high-scoring pair today is Dawn and Katie.

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I'm so sorry.

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I'm sorry. Nothing wrong with either of your answers, just yeah,

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the Grand National was just a popular answer there.

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Anyway, we'll see you again next time.

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We look forward to that very much indeed.

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Thank you. In the meantime, thanks very much. Dawn and Katie.

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APPLAUSE

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But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

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And so we are now down to three pairs.

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Obviously, this will continue at the end of each round.

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Next round will be down to two.

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The two stars of that round, Lloyd, Andrew.

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Very well done. Lovely, low scores there.

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Fedde le Grand and Grand Rapids, superb.

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But well done, all three pairs.

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Best of luck to you all.

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Our category for round two this afternoon...

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It's Composers.

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Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

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who's going to go second?

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And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.

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OK, let's find out what the question is.

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Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

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to name as many composers from...

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..as they could.

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Composers from BBC Radio 3's Story of Music in 50 Pieces.

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-Richard.

-Yes, in 2013 this series essentially showcased

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the 50 pieces they thought had changed the course of music history.

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Looking for any composer who has a work on that list, please.

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Where there's composers who have worked together,

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we'll take each as separate answers.

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Just a warning, a lot of these people

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will be before Gabrielle's time.

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-Worth noting, right?

-Noted, yeah.

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Thank you very much indeed.

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Gabrielle.

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Um... I'm happy, I love music.

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Studied music for a long time, so I've got quite a few answers.

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I'm going to go for the one that I think is probably quite influential,

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probably top of the list.

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-Chopin.

-Chopin,

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says Gabrielle. Chopin.

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

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It's right.

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12.

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12 for Chopin. Well played, Gabrielle.

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Yeah, number 28 on that list.

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Worked from 1846.

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That really is a long time before your time.

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-Yeah. That is, yeah.

-Yeah. There we go.

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Thank you very much indeed. Now, Andrew, we come to you.

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Again, not my favourite board.

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But if I was going to take a punt, I would say Igor Stravinsky.

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Stravinsky, says Andrew.

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Stravinsky - let's see how many of our 100 people said that.

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It's right.

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12 is our only score at this point.

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Where will Stravinsky end up in relation to that?

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Below it is the answer.

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Seven for Stravinsky.

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Good answer there, Andrew.

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From Fedde le Grand to Stravinsky, Andrew.

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-Very impressive.

-And supplying the first name as well.

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Yeah, lovely. Stravinsky's on the list twice

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with Les Noces and The Rite Of Spring.

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-Thank you very much.

-Pleasure.

-Thank you.

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Now, Lloyd.

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-To you again.

-Two very good answers, so I've got to sort of dig deep.

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I'll go Grieg.

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Grieg, says Lloyd. Grieg.

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These are all very good answers, aren't they?

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-Yeah, they're not bad, are they?

-Yeah, Grieg.

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

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Oh.

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Oh, I'm sorry, Lloyd.

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Grieg did not make that list, I'm afraid.

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This is an issue you're going to have to take up with BBC Radio 3,

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but that scores you 100 points.

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Yeah, that seems unfortunate.

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Not on the list, I'm afraid. Perfectly good guess.

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Might not be the last 100 we see, though.

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There we are. Well, we're halfway through the round,

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so let's look at our scores so far.

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Seven the best score of that pass, Andrew.

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Very well done indeed for Stravinsky.

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Then Chopin scoring 12 on the first podium there.

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And then Grieg, I'm afraid, not scoring at all,

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so 100 points over on the far podium.

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So, who knows?

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Sion, a low score from you might keep you in the game,

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so best of luck with that.

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We're going to come back down the line now.

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Can the second players please step up to the podium?

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OK, so remember, Sion.

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We're looking for any composer whose work appeared

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on BBC Radio 3's Story of Music in 50 Pieces list.

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I think I'm going to have to go extremely bold with this one,

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so I'm going to write down...

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I'm going to say

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John Williams.

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John Williams.

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John Williams, OK, the film composer.

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There you are. 100 points is your score at the moment,

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so no red line for you. You're the high scorers.

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

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Oh, bad luck!

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Out in a blaze of glory, though, on that far podium.

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Two perfectly good punts you've had over there,

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but I'm afraid neither of them made this list.

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So that takes your total up to 200, sorry.

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Yeah, sorry, Sion. Good tactic, I think,

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to go for someone like John Williams.

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But, yeah, not a composer of one of the pieces of music

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-that has changed music history.

-Thanks very much.

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IK.

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So, initially I was thinking

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everything was about classical music,

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and he's just given me another idea.

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-Remember, his idea was wrong.

-I know, but...

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LAUGHTER

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But I'm assuming we're safe.

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Because they've got 200, so we're safe, so...

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Yes, you are. You are safe, that's a good point.

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Yes, exactly, you're through, it doesn't matter.

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So I don't have to go classical. So I'll go for John Lennon.

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John Lennon. Let's see.

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No red line for you, as you pointed out, you're already through.

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

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Let's see if it's right.

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Oh. Great punt, but incorrect, as it turns out.

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Scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 107.

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I like the pattern that's developing here, though.

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I sort of hope Holly goes, "I've had an idea!

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"I didn't realise we could go for non-classical."

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That would be good. Yeah, not John Lennon, I'm afraid.

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-Not on the list.

-Now, Holly.

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Now, Holly. Again, as IK has pointed out, you are through.

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You are so through to the head-to-head,

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but why not have some fun,

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see if you can think. There's got to be some pointless answers there.

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I think I'm going to go with Tchaikovsky.

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If I haven't pronounced right, I'm sorry.

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OK, Tchaikovsky, says Holly.

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No red line, you're already through.

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

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Is he on the list?

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He is.

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Oh, look at that - 16.

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Very well done indeed, taking your total up to 28.

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Well played, Holly.

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is on there for Swan Lake.

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Let's take a look at the pointless answers, shall we?

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You could have had Corelli, you could have had Bertolt Brecht,

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Claudio Monteverdi.

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George Gershwin would have been a good answer.

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The earliest name on the list, Hildegard von Bingen,

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got a piece from 1140, the very first,

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chronologically the first item on the list.

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John Dowland.

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Three more from the 20th century here.

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You could have had Kurt Weill, Scott Joplin,

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and Steve Reich was the most recent name on the list.

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Shall we look at the top three,

0:26:290:26:30

-the ones that most of our 100 people said?

-Yes.

0:26:300:26:32

Bach would have scored you 23.

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Beethoven, 47.

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-And our old friend...

-Adele.

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Adele, all the way to 15, no, it was Manchester United.

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Mozart scored 53.

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There we are, thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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So at the end of our second round, the pair we're saying goodbye to,

0:26:500:26:53

Sion and Lloyd, yes,

0:26:530:26:55

200 points means we have to say goodbye to you

0:26:550:26:57

and this time it really is goodbye.

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It's been great having you on both shows.

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Thank you so much for playing, Sion and Lloyd.

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

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Congratulations, Gabrielle and Holly, Andrew and IK,

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you are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our

0:27:170:27:20

jackpot, which currently stands at £1,000.

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Well, you know the deal here.

0:27:240:27:26

You can start playing as teams,

0:27:260:27:27

you can confer before you give your answers.

0:27:270:27:29

The first pair to win two questions

0:27:290:27:30

will be playing for that jackpot.

0:27:300:27:32

The best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

0:27:320:27:35

Here comes your first question and it concerns...

0:27:410:27:45

Best Actress Olivier Awards winners.

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

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They've all won an Olivier Award

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for Best Actress or Best Actress In a Musical.

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-Can you identify them, please?

-Thanks very much indeed.

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Let's reveal our five actors, and here they are.

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We have got...

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There we are, five best actors.

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Now, Gabrielle and Holly,

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you've been our low scorers so you will go first.

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Well, we think we know three out of them, possibly four.

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We're going to go for one we think is lowest,

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and that is A and I think it's Martine McCutcheon.

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Martine McCutcheon, A, Martine McCutcheon.

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Now then, Andrew and IK, do you want to talk us through the others?

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Yes, I think B is Julie Walters, C is Tasmin Greig,

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I can't remember E's name, but

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I think what we're going for, B or C?

0:29:000:29:03

I think C, C is Tasmin Greig, Greeg?

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Tasmin Greig, Tasmin Greeg, Tasmin Greig, OK,

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so we have Martine McCutcheon and we have Tasmin Greig.

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Gabrielle and Holly, you've gone for Martine McCutcheon for A.

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Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

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It is Martine McCutcheon, very well done.

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29.

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29 for Martine McCutcheon.

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Now then, Andrew and IK have said Tasmin Greig for C.

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Let's see if that's right.

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

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I'm afraid that is incorrect, Andrew and IK,

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which means Gabrielle and Holly, after one question you are up 1-0.

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Yes, I can't give it. You said TASMIN Greig,

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it's TAMSIN Greig and they're both different names, I'm afraid,

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and you are playing against two lawyers as well

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so it's really not worth my while giving it to you.

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It's really unlucky because actually it would have won the point as well,

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21 points for Tamsin Greig would have been a terrific answer.

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You were right about Julie Walters as well.

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She would have scored you 51 points.

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We'll leave D for one second, E,

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you will remember the name Sheridan Smith.

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Sheridan Smith would have scored 36.

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There's lots of good oohing going on in the audience.

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And D, better known as Jenna from 30 Rock,

0:30:270:30:30

the greatest sitcom ever made,

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it's Jane Krakowski. That would have scored you three points.

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Very well done if you said that.

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Thanks very much indeed, Richard, so here comes your second question.

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Andrew and IK, you get to answer it first.

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You have to win this one to stay in the game, so best of luck.

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Our second question today is all about...

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Sterling, Richard.

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I'll give you five clues now to facts about British coinage.

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Can you give us the most obscure answer here?

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Thanks, let's reveal our five clues and here they come.

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We have got...

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I'll read those all one last time.

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Andrew and IK will go first.

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So we'll go for the year of decimalisation and say 1971.

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1971, the year of decimalisation say Andrew and IK, 1971.

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Now Gabrielle and Holly,

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do you want to talk us through this board and fill in the blanks?

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Day of the week for, I'd say Monday

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because that's the closest to Maundy.

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We said number of edges on a 20p piece, six.

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Town in Wales, I don't know why, but Caerphilly came to mind,

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I'm not too sure, so you choose.

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20p piece, because you know.

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OK, yes. So.

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Six sides to a 20p piece, you are going to say.

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So we have 1971 and six.

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Andrew and IK, you went with 1971. Let's see if it's right,

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let's see how many people said it.

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It is right.

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It is right.

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It's a great answer.

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27. Very well done indeed.

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Now, Gabrielle and Holly are saying there are six edges to a 20p piece.

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Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.

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Oh.

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Bad luck, an incorrect answer, not six sides it turns out,

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which means Andrew and IK, you are back in the game.

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After two questions it's one-all.

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Yes, as everybody sitting at home on their sofas

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with 20p pieces in their hands will attest, seven.

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-Oh!

-Seven, I know.

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It would have scored you 33 points as well.

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The town in Wales is Llantrisant.

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It would have scored you five points.

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The figure who appeared on the reverse of the 50p piece

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was Britannia.

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15 points. And it's Maundy Thursday.

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That would have scored 46,

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so Llantrisant is the best answer on that board.

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Thanks very much indeed. OK, so it comes down to our decider.

0:33:290:33:32

Question number three - whoever wins this

0:33:320:33:34

goes through to the final to play for that jackpot.

0:33:340:33:36

Best of luck to both pairs.

0:33:360:33:38

Our third question is all about breeds of cat.

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Breeds of cat, Richard.

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I'm going to show you the names now of five different breeds of cat,

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but we've missed out alternate letters.

0:33:460:33:48

Can you fill in those gaps and give us the most obscure answer, please?

0:33:480:33:51

OK, thanks very much indeed.

0:33:510:33:53

Let's reveal our five breeds of cat

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with missing bits, and here they are.

0:33:550:33:58

I am going to read those all again.

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Gabrielle and Holly, you'll go first again this time.

0:34:180:34:21

It was quite funny this morning,

0:34:210:34:23

because on the way here in the car I said a really good question would be

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the most obscure breed of cat, but obviously not like this.

0:34:260:34:30

Sadly, we'd have had a really good answer otherwise.

0:34:300:34:33

Erm... The only one we think we really know on that is Persian.

0:34:330:34:37

-Persian.

-Yeah.

-OK, Persian, say Gabrielle and Holly.

0:34:370:34:40

Andrew and IK, do you fancy talking us through that board?

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We think we know the first one.

0:34:430:34:45

-Yes.

-Siamese.

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And I don't know if it's a breed, but it would fit,

0:34:470:34:50

the fourth one down,

0:34:500:34:52

ragdoll.

0:34:520:34:54

What shall we go for?

0:34:540:34:56

I think Persian would beat Siamese.

0:34:560:34:58

-I think so.

-OK, I'd rather go for ragdoll,

0:34:580:35:01

but I have to go with my partner and we're going for Siamese.

0:35:010:35:05

Siamese say Andrew and IK.

0:35:050:35:07

Siamese. So we have Persian and we have Siamese.

0:35:070:35:10

In the order they were given, Persian, Gabrielle and Holly.

0:35:100:35:12

Is it right? How many people said it?

0:35:120:35:14

37. 37 for Persian.

0:35:220:35:25

Now, Andrew and IK have gone for Siamese.

0:35:280:35:31

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

0:35:310:35:34

It's right.

0:35:370:35:39

Where is it going to end up, though? Oh! 44.

0:35:390:35:42

Your hunch was right there, IK, which means, very well done.

0:35:440:35:48

After three questions, Gabrielle and Holly,

0:35:480:35:50

you are through to the final 2-1.

0:35:500:35:52

Well, let's leave number four for a moment, shall we?

0:35:520:35:55

We'll go right down to the bottom.

0:35:550:35:56

The bottom is Abyssinian.

0:35:560:35:58

In all the old familiar places.

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That would have scored you 25 points.

0:36:010:36:03

-The second one down?

-Egyptian something.

0:36:030:36:06

Egyptian Mau.

0:36:060:36:07

That's the answer. Maybe pronounced meow, but I would say mau.

0:36:070:36:10

Seven points for that. And this other one, I'll tell you,

0:36:100:36:12

it would have won you the points

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because it would have scored 20 points.

0:36:140:36:16

And the answer is...

0:36:160:36:17

Andrew, ragdoll.

0:36:170:36:19

-AUDIENCE:

-Ohhh!

0:36:190:36:21

Ragdoll.

0:36:210:36:22

20 points. That is going to be a fun journey home tonight(!)

0:36:220:36:26

Oh, well.

0:36:300:36:31

There we are. Thank you very much indeed.

0:36:330:36:35

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

0:36:350:36:37

I'm afraid it's Andrew and IK.

0:36:370:36:38

But it's actually kind of good news because it means we get to see you

0:36:380:36:41

again next time because otherwise

0:36:410:36:42

you'd have just been here for one show only and that's not enough.

0:36:420:36:45

We'll look forward to that very much indeed.

0:36:450:36:48

Andrew and IK, thanks so much for playing. Great contestants.

0:36:480:36:51

But for Gabrielle and Holly, it's now time for our Pointless final.

0:36:510:36:54

Congratulations, Gabrielle and Holly,

0:36:580:37:00

you've seen off all the competition

0:37:000:37:02

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

0:37:020:37:05

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end of

0:37:100:37:13

today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,000.

0:37:130:37:16

There we are. Well, very well done.

0:37:160:37:18

We've given you a pretty good run around, I'd say.

0:37:180:37:21

We did all our clues with answers containing the word "grand."

0:37:210:37:24

We had our composers.

0:37:240:37:26

Olivier award-winning actresses.

0:37:260:37:28

We then had sterling and then we had cats.

0:37:280:37:31

And here we are in the final.

0:37:310:37:34

Anything in particular you want to see?

0:37:340:37:36

Anything you want to add to that list?

0:37:360:37:38

Harry Potter would be fantastic.

0:37:380:37:40

Anything about Harry Potter.

0:37:400:37:42

-Bring it on.

-Yeah.

-OK.

-That would be brill.

0:37:420:37:44

OK. Well, let's see what the choices are.

0:37:440:37:47

Oh, gosh!

0:37:470:37:49

Is Harry Potter up there? I wonder...

0:37:490:37:51

-It's going to have to be, isn't it?

-Yeah. I think, yeah.

0:38:020:38:05

Epic poems, I think.

0:38:050:38:06

We're both literature students from A Level

0:38:060:38:08

so hopefully we can do something.

0:38:080:38:10

Epic poems it is.

0:38:100:38:12

-Richard.

-We are looking for the name of any named character

0:38:120:38:14

in any of the following three epic poems, please,

0:38:140:38:17

according to the SparkNotes website.

0:38:170:38:18

We are looking for any character named in Beowulf,

0:38:180:38:21

any character named in Paradise Lost,

0:38:210:38:23

or any character named in the Iliad, please.

0:38:230:38:26

So any characters named in Beowulf, Paradise Lost or the Iliad.

0:38:260:38:30

-Very best of luck.

-OK, now, as always,

0:38:300:38:33

you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers

0:38:330:38:35

and all you need to win that jackpot

0:38:350:38:37

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

0:38:370:38:39

Are you ready?

0:38:390:38:40

-Yes.

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

0:38:400:38:43

There they are. Your time starts now.

0:38:430:38:45

-Beowulf is the only one I know.

-It's going to have to be Beowulf.

0:38:450:38:48

So you've got Beowulf...

0:38:480:38:49

Yeah, but what's the name of that, erm...

0:38:490:38:52

The monster thing.

0:38:520:38:53

Angelina Jolie did it in the...

0:38:530:38:55

Like, the mother.

0:38:550:38:57

I don't know! I was hoping for Shakespeare!

0:38:580:39:00

Um... Gosh, I've no idea.

0:39:010:39:03

There's obviously, like,

0:39:030:39:04

the Maid Marian kind of character in it as well,

0:39:040:39:07

isn't there? The female role,

0:39:070:39:08

but I cannot for the life of me remember her name.

0:39:080:39:11

Mary? Just guess Mary.

0:39:110:39:13

That kind of era? Erm...

0:39:130:39:15

Do you want to guess the mother? Guess at the mother?

0:39:160:39:18

If Angelina Jolie played her.

0:39:180:39:20

It's really weird.

0:39:200:39:22

Like, a really obscure name.

0:39:220:39:23

She's like a monster in it.

0:39:230:39:24

What's...

0:39:250:39:26

What other type of names would be in that?

0:39:270:39:30

Isn't it set in, like, medieval?

0:39:300:39:32

-Yeah, it is.

-So Arthur might be a good one.

0:39:320:39:35

-Arthur...

-Ten seconds left.

-Arthur, Mary...

0:39:350:39:36

-And Richard?

-Not Richard! Richard, it'll have to be Richard.

0:39:390:39:43

-Oh, no!

-The luck of the Richards, hopefully.

0:39:430:39:46

OK, that's your time up now.

0:39:460:39:47

I'm longing to ask about the luck of the Richards,

0:39:470:39:50

but we haven't really got time for that.

0:39:500:39:51

I now need your three answers.

0:39:510:39:53

I'm sure it's medieval-esque, so we are going to go for Arthur...

0:39:530:39:56

-Arthur.

-Mary.

0:39:560:39:57

-Mary.

-And the luck of the Richards!

0:39:570:39:59

-Richard.

-And Richard.

0:39:590:40:00

OK, of those three,

0:40:000:40:02

which is the one you think is most likely to be pointless?

0:40:020:40:05

-Arthur.

-Arthur, OK.

0:40:050:40:06

Least likely to be pointless?

0:40:060:40:08

-Richard.

-Richard, OK. We'll put Mary in the middle.

0:40:080:40:10

-Yeah.

-OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board

0:40:100:40:12

in that order, then, and here they are.

0:40:120:40:15

We have got Richard, we've got Mary and we've got Arthur.

0:40:150:40:17

Well, best of luck.

0:40:170:40:19

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

0:40:190:40:20

Three answers on the board there.

0:40:200:40:23

Any of them could be right.

0:40:230:40:24

Any of them could therefore be pointless.

0:40:240:40:26

What would you do if you won that jackpot today?

0:40:260:40:28

-Holiday.

-Yeah.

0:40:280:40:30

-Yeah.

-We deserve a holiday, I think, after the lengthy degree, so...

0:40:300:40:33

Very good. OK, well, best of luck.

0:40:330:40:35

Your first answer was Richard.

0:40:350:40:37

All of these answers you've given were for characters in Beowulf.

0:40:370:40:40

If it's pointless and it's right, it will win you £1,000.

0:40:400:40:44

Let's see how many people said Richard.

0:40:440:40:45

No.

0:40:480:40:50

Bad luck. I'm afraid not a pointless answer.

0:40:500:40:53

Only two make more shots at today's jackpot.

0:40:530:40:55

Your next answer was Mary.

0:40:550:40:57

Let's find out if that's correct,

0:40:570:40:59

then let's find out if it's pointless.

0:40:590:41:01

Again, if it's both of those things, it will win you £1,000.

0:41:010:41:03

How many people said Mary?

0:41:030:41:04

Oh, I'm afraid not.

0:41:080:41:09

Which means everything is now riding on Arthur,

0:41:090:41:12

your third and final answer.

0:41:120:41:13

Let us find out if that is correct and if it's correct,

0:41:130:41:15

how many people said Arthur?

0:41:150:41:17

For £1,000, is it pointless?

0:41:170:41:19

Oh! Bad luck. Sorry.

0:41:230:41:25

Well, that was really, really tough.

0:41:300:41:32

Epic poems, I mean, it really was genuinely epic poems, I'm afraid.

0:41:320:41:36

And uncomfortable to have to sort of try and pluck names out of thin air.

0:41:360:41:40

And there are some names you know from Beowulf,

0:41:400:41:42

-so I guess you'll be kicking yourselves a bit.

-Definitely.

0:41:420:41:45

But I'm afraid you didn't find that all-important pointless answer

0:41:450:41:48

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000.

0:41:480:41:50

That will roll over on to the next show.

0:41:500:41:52

But you have been fantastic the whole way through.

0:41:520:41:54

It's been wonderful having you on. Thank you so much for playing.

0:41:540:41:56

And you get a Pointless trophy each to take home, so there you are.

0:41:560:41:59

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

0:41:590:42:02

Yeah, well done for taking a risk.

0:42:050:42:06

Sorry it didn't pay off. Let's take a look at the pointless answers.

0:42:060:42:09

We'll start with Beowulf.

0:42:090:42:11

These characters were all pointless.

0:42:110:42:12

Ecgtheow is Beowulf's dad.

0:42:120:42:15

He's an accountant. King Hrothgar, who is the king of the Danes.

0:42:150:42:18

King Hrothgar's wife is Wealhtheow.

0:42:180:42:20

And Wiglaf is a Swedish warrior.

0:42:200:42:22

All of those pointless answers. In fact, everyone apart from Grendel,

0:42:220:42:25

Grendel's mother and the Dragon,

0:42:250:42:27

every other character was a pointless answer in that poem.

0:42:270:42:30

Characters in Paradise Lost.

0:42:300:42:31

You could have had Belial, Michael, you could have had Sin,

0:42:310:42:34

you could have had Uriel.

0:42:340:42:36

Other ones for a Paradise Lost you could have had...

0:42:360:42:39

Death was a pointless answer. That would have been a nice one.

0:42:390:42:42

God the Son and Mammon, also a pointless answer.

0:42:420:42:44

Well done if you said any of those. Let's move on to the Iliad.

0:42:440:42:47

Aphrodite is a pointless answer.

0:42:480:42:50

Nestor. Pandarus, Poseidon also a pointless answer.

0:42:500:42:53

Very well done if you said any of those at home.

0:42:530:42:56

Thanks very much, Richard.

0:42:560:42:58

Well, Gabrielle and Holly didn't win our jackpot today,

0:42:580:43:00

which means it rolls over on to the next show,

0:43:000:43:03

when we'll be playing for £2,000. APPLAUSE

0:43:030:43:06

Join us next time to see if someone can win it.

0:43:090:43:10

Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

0:43:100:43:12

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

0:43:120:43:16

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