0:00:17 > 0:00:19APPLAUSE
0:00:21 > 0:00:22Thank you very much indeed. Hello.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:25 > 0:00:27the show where the aim of the game is to avoid the obvious answers
0:00:27 > 0:00:29and find the obscure ones.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36And couple number one...
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Hi, my name's Jo and this is my partner Leon,
0:00:39 > 0:00:41and we're from Louth in Lincolnshire.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42Couple number two...
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Hi, I'm Leeanne and this is my mum Paula, and we're from Huddersfield.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Couple number three...
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Hello, I'm Annette. This is my friend Pat, and we're from Cardiff.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51And, finally, couple number four...
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Hi, my name's Josh, this is Luis,
0:00:53 > 0:00:55and we're best friends from Manchester.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And these are today's contestants.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Thank you very much, all of you. Very warm welcome to the show.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04We will get to chat to you each throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Too legit to quit, it's my pointless friend. It's Richard.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Hiya. Hey, everybody. Afternoon.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16- Good afternoon to you. - Good afternoon.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19- Now, what a lovely show we had last time.- Wasn't that nice?
0:01:19 > 0:01:20It really was a lot of fun.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Paula and Leeanne were in the head-to-head that time.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25I'm not sure we've had a smilier head-to-head ever,
0:01:25 > 0:01:27- or a laughier one. - It was a great head-to-head.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30It was great fun. Alison and George went through and played for the jackpot.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Jo and Leon back again, as well, on podium one.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35They were part of the last show. Welcome back.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38And we welcome two new pairs as well. Should be great fun.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41A lovely first question. A lovely, classic Pointless first question.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Wonderful. Thanks, Richard.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Now, Alison and George didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:01:46 > 0:01:49so we add another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off...
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Look at that! £4,250. There we are.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Right. If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Just for the benefit of our newcomers,
0:02:04 > 0:02:08I'm going to remind you that the pair with the highest score
0:02:08 > 0:02:11at the end of each round will be eliminated, so keep your scores low.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Best of luck to all four pairs. Our first category this afternoon...
0:02:16 > 0:02:19..is Countries Of The World. Countries Of The World.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:02:22 > 0:02:25And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes. We...
0:02:32 > 0:02:34What's this - a dance on podium one?
0:02:36 > 0:02:40We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:02:40 > 0:02:44countries that are smaller than the UK.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Countries smaller than the UK, Richard?
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Yeah, looking for any country of the world that's smaller in terms
0:02:49 > 0:02:52of land area than the UK, please. As always, by "country",
0:02:52 > 0:02:55we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN in its own right.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56Just to give you an idea,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59there's about 120-odd countries that are smaller than the UK.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02We're almost directly in the middle of all the countries
0:03:02 > 0:03:04in terms of land area.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Jo, welcome back.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08- Hi.- Welcome. It was Round Two
0:03:08 > 0:03:11where we said goodbye to you last time. This time,
0:03:11 > 0:03:14surely you and Leon have set your sights on the head-to-head and beyond?
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- We have, definitely.- Surely.
0:03:17 > 0:03:18Now, Jo, remind us what you do.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22I actually work part-time in a petrol station and I'm also
0:03:22 > 0:03:25studying towards a degree with the Open University, as well.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27- What was your degree again? - Psychology.- Psychology.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Are you going to use that psychology in the petrol station?
0:03:30 > 0:03:35- Use it on my customers, yes!- Yes! Where is your petrol station?
0:03:35 > 0:03:39- What road is it on?- It's on Newmarket in Louth.- There we are!
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Jo, what would you like to go for?
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Well, I think I'm going to go for Luxembourg.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Luxembourg, says Jo.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52Luxembourg. Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Well, it's right.
0:03:58 > 0:04:0045 for Luxembourg.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03It's not bad.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08- Not bad.- Yes, 94 times smaller than the UK, Luxembourg.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- Wow!- So small!- It's like a country you win in a cracker.- It is.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16It's the size of a Louth petrol station, Luxembourg.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Thanks very much indeed. Paula, welcome back. Remind us what you do.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23I work for the local council in Huddersfield.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26And you're the person who tells all the contractors that you're
0:04:26 > 0:04:29looking for work to be done and they have to submit their tenders.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- That's true, yes.- What do you get up to in your spare time?
0:04:32 > 0:04:36- I like going out with my girlfriends to eat.- Mm.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Do you do lunch or do you do dinner? D-D-D-Dinner!
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Lunch sort of goes into dinner.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Oh, I like those kind of lunches!
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Fantastic!
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Now, Paula, countries with a smaller landmass than the UK.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51I think this is quite hard.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56I'm going to go for, er, Trinidad & Tobago.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Trinidad & Tobago, says Paula.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Let's see how many of our 100 people said Trinidad & Tobago.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10There we are. Well, you passed 45 some time ago.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12There you are, down to 5.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Very well done indeed, Paula.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Lovely answer there.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Yeah, that's 50 times smaller than the UK,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22put together - and there's two of them. Yeah!
0:05:22 > 0:05:25- Oh! Quite hot!- It is quite hot.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Trinidad & Tabasco! That's...
0:05:29 > 0:05:31That is the first time I've made that joke
0:05:31 > 0:05:33and, I can promise, the last, as well.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38They invented tobogganing as a sport.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40LAUGHTER
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- They didn't really.- No. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47Now, Pat, welcome to the show. Great to have you here from Cardiff.
0:05:47 > 0:05:52- That's right.- What do you do, Pat? - I've recently retired, so...
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- What were you doing before? - I was working in a supermarket.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59- Do you still shop in that supermarket?- Yeah, occasionally.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- That's nice. You can see all your friends.- Yes.- And laugh at them.
0:06:02 > 0:06:07"Ha-ha-ha-ha, I'm going home now!" What do you do with your retirement?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- Have you taken up anything exciting? - Well, I'm still...
0:06:10 > 0:06:12discovering new things,
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- and I'm trying to do something new every month.- Good for you!
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- What's this month's new thing? - Coming on this show, of course!
0:06:17 > 0:06:20There we are. Brilliant! What are you going to go for, Pat?
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Er...I think I'll go for Lichtenstein.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26OK, you're going to go for Lichtenstein.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Lichtenstein, says Pat. Let's see if that's right.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Well, 45's our high score. 5 is our low.
0:06:39 > 0:06:4026. Look at that, Pat.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Very well done indeed.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48- 26.- Yes, only 160 square kilometres, Lichtenstein.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52Over 1,500 times smaller than the UK.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56- I mean...- That's so tiny, right? - Yeah!- Yeah.- Yeah!
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Thank you very much, Richard. Luis...
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- Are you OK?- A warm welcome to Pointless.- Thank you.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03- What do you do, Luis?- I work...
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Well, I'm sure the people I work with would disagree but I'm in
0:07:05 > 0:07:08the family business, which is in property finance,
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- so we're a bridging broker. - And it's family...
0:07:10 > 0:07:12How long has it been a family business?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Three years, so with my father and my brother.- Oh, I see.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17So they've only been doing it for three years,
0:07:17 > 0:07:20so it's not like your dad's looking over your shoulder,
0:07:20 > 0:07:22- telling you about what he did when he was a lad?- Mm...
0:07:22 > 0:07:25- He still does that?- There's also a couple of friends who are there.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29- One in particular, Ste, he likes to shove his nose in.- Oh, Steve!
0:07:29 > 0:07:33- Yeah. That sounds like Ste, doesn't it?- Yeah, doesn't it?
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- Every day of the week!- Yeah. - Goodness me!- Oh!
0:07:36 > 0:07:41Now, Luis, countries with a smaller landmass than the UK.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45- OK, I'm going to go for Georgia. - Georgia. Georgia, says Luis.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Georgia.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54It's right. 45 remains our high score,
0:07:54 > 0:07:56and you pass it. 5 is our low score,
0:07:56 > 0:07:58and you pass it. Look about! Down to 1.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Very well done indeed, Luis.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- Good score on the far podium there. Georgia.- Great score, Luis.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06Very well played.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08One of those countries you might worry about if you didn't know.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10But it's about three times smaller than the UK.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13It's one of those countries you have on your mind, isn't it?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- Yes, quite right. - LAUGHTER
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Thank you. Oh, dear! Thank you very much indeed.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Well, we're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at those scores.
0:08:22 > 0:08:231 is the lowest score of that pass.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Luis, very well done. Then we travel up to 5.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Paula and Leeanne setting out their stall once again. Very well done.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Then up to 26, where we find Pat and Annette.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35And then 45, Jo and Leon. Now, Leon,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38we just need to think of a nice, tiny little,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41tiny little, country that no-one else could think of,
0:08:41 > 0:08:43and let's hope that'll be enough to keep you in the game.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Good luck. We're going to come back down the line. The second players, please step up to the podium.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52OK, Josh, remember, we're looking for any country
0:08:52 > 0:08:55that has a smaller landmass than the UK,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57and you're going to try and find a nice low scoring one.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00I mean, Luis did incredibly well there. Josh, what do you do?
0:09:00 > 0:09:04- I work for an education charity in Manchester.- That's fun!- Yeah.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- How long have you done that for? - Just since January.- Oh, right.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09So what were you doing before that?
0:09:09 > 0:09:12I worked for various universities in admissions roles
0:09:12 > 0:09:14and, sort of, student recruitment roles.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Right. Were you actually hands-on...
0:09:17 > 0:09:19- Were you interfacing with applicants, or...?- Yeah.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22So, I'd go to, sort of, big student recruitment events,
0:09:22 > 0:09:26advertise the university and the courses that they do, and then
0:09:26 > 0:09:30get back to the office and process the applications and assess them.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Wonderful! Now, you've been set up beautifully by Luis there.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35One fantastic low score.
0:09:35 > 0:09:3745 our high score here,
0:09:37 > 0:09:42- so 43 or less guarantees you a place in the next round.- OK.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46- So, I think I'm going to go for Bermuda.- Bermuda, says Josh.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48There is your red line.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Get below that with Bermuda and you're through to Round Two.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Oh, Josh! Oh...
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Ooh, Leon! Oh, Josh!
0:10:04 > 0:10:08I'm afraid that scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 101.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Yeah, not the first person in Pointless history to be caught out by Bermuda.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Not a country - it's a British overseas territory,
0:10:14 > 0:10:16- Bermuda, I'm afraid. - Thank you very much, Richard.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Now, Annette, welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22- also from Cardiff.- That's right. - And what do you do, Annette?
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- Like Pat, I'm also retired. - What did you do before?
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- I was an admin manager in the NHS. - Right you are.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- So, again, you're enjoying your retirement.- Indeed.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36- And what do you do? What fills your time?- Looking after grandchildren.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- That's nice.- Yes.- How many grandchildren have you got?- Five.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- Can you reel off their names quickly so they can...- I can,
0:10:42 > 0:10:43- yes.- Go on, let's...
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Right, Kai, Ellis,
0:10:45 > 0:10:49- Ava, Dylan and Llewellyn. - Aw! There we are.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- Well, they'll all be watching, I imagine.- They will, yes.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53Hi, Kai, Ellis...
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Llewelyn, Ava and...
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- Dylan.- Dylan! There we go.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02See, I only took a little bit less time than you did, so...
0:11:02 > 0:11:04And I know them!
0:11:04 > 0:11:07I feel like I do! Annette, you're on 26.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Great answer from Pat in the first pass. So 74 or less...
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- Right.- ..gets you through.- OK.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17I'm going to go for Andorra.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Andorra, says Annette. Andorra. Here is your red line.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23You have to get below this red line with Andorra to get through.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Let's see if you can.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29It's right.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31There you are. Round Two awaits, Annette!
0:11:34 > 0:11:35- 13.- OK.
0:11:37 > 0:11:3839's your total.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Well played, Annette. Yeah, another one of the tiny little European countries.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47- Over 500 times smaller than the UK. - Thanks, Richard.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Now then, Leeanne,
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Leeanne, welcome back. Remind us what you do, Leeanne.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- I'm a student with the Open University.- That's right.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57And you have embarked on...
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- What's the course you're doing? - Childhood and Youth Studies.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Childhood and Youth Studies. Now, that sounds fun!
0:12:04 > 0:12:07What do you study particularly in Childhood and Youth Studies?
0:12:07 > 0:12:12- At the moment, we're talking a lot about race in education.- Right.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14And the psychology of children.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17And what do you want to do with it, once you have your degree?
0:12:17 > 0:12:21- I have no idea.- Well, that's nice. You can take your time.- Yeah.
0:12:21 > 0:12:22I've mostly worked with children.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25I've done some part-time teaching assisting on the side as well.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Very good. Good stuff. Now, Leeanne, you're nearly there.
0:12:28 > 0:12:3195 or less gets you through.
0:12:32 > 0:12:33Yeah.
0:12:33 > 0:12:38- I'm a bit nervous now, after Josh's answer.- Yeah.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43But...I'm going to have another punt at a Caribbean country,
0:12:43 > 0:12:45and I'm going to say Grenada.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Grenada, says Leeanne. Grenada.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Here is your red line - lovely and high.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53You just have to get below that with Grenada and you're into Round Two.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55How many people said Grenada? Is it right?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59It is right, Leeanne.
0:13:04 > 0:13:05That's another great answer.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Look at that. 2, taking your total up to 7. Once again,
0:13:09 > 0:13:11a stalwart performance on the second podium.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13- 7 is your total. - Well played, Leeanne.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Both picking up where you left off on the last show.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17A very strong performance.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Grenada - that's where they invented darts and tenpin bowling.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22LAUGHTER
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Thanks very much, Richard. Leon, welcome back.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29- Now, remind us what you do. - I'm a baker.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33I'm a bakery manager in a small bakery in Louth, in Lincolnshire.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36RICHARD AND ALEXANDER SIGH HAPPILY
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Bakery manager. Now, do you...
0:13:37 > 0:13:41Small bakery. A baker that manages a small bakery.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- Do you go home covered in flour? - Never!- Oh, that's a shame.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46That is a shame. I was thinking he maybe did.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50- Do you wear a white trilby?- Not even that, no.- I'd like to think he did.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Do you ride a bicycle with a basket on the front, full of baguettes?
0:13:53 > 0:13:57- Of course I do! Every morning.- Yeah! - That's nice. There we are.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01- One out of three ain't bad.- Finally, yeah!- Leon, there you are. 45.
0:14:01 > 0:14:0355 or less gets you through.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07OK. So it's got to be a small one.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Er...
0:14:09 > 0:14:11I think...the Vatican.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16- OK. Vatican.- Mm.- Vatican, says Leon.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20There is your red line, Leon. There is your red line.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Get below that with Vatican and you are through to the next round.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Bad luck, Leon.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Swaziland is what I meant to say!
0:14:34 > 0:14:36They're so often confused!
0:14:36 > 0:14:40That scores you 100 points - takes your total up to 145.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Same trap as Bermuda, yeah. Not a country,
0:14:42 > 0:14:45the Vatican or Vatican City, certainly not by our definition.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48- Swaziland would have scored you one point.- Of course.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52I would be very surprised if you're not getting cooked
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Swaziland-shaped buns even as we speak, Leon.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58They'll be delivered to your desk.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Loads and loads of pointless answers here...
0:15:09 > 0:15:11If you said to me, "Is Uruguay bigger than the UK?" I don't know.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- I don't know.- Well, I do now. It's not.- It's not.- It is smaller.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Loads and loads more pointless answers as well.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Kiribati, Dominica, Samoa, Honduras, Kyrgyzstan,
0:15:20 > 0:15:24Cape Verde, Palau, Cambodia, Benin, Tajikistan.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28- Very well done if you said any of those at home.- There we are. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30So, we have come to the end of our first rounds and I'm sorry to say,
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Leon and Jo, we have to say goodbye to one of our pairs
0:15:33 > 0:15:37- and I'm afraid it's you.- Oh! - I'm sorry. I am so sorry.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42Oh, Swaziland would have just been brilliant! 46 would be your total.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- That's all right. Give these guys a chance.- OK.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Fair enough, but it's a shame. It's far too soon to be saying goodbye to you.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52It's been lovely having you. Leon and Jo, thanks so much for coming to play. Leon and Jo.
0:15:52 > 0:15:53- Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:15:55 > 0:15:57But, for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05And so we're down to three pairs.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Very well done, everyone who remained in. Josh, hoo-hoo!
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Well done, everyone. We've made it through,
0:16:11 > 0:16:14we got through Countries Smaller Than The UK.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Our category for Round Two this afternoon...
0:16:17 > 0:16:19is Biblical Names.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Biblical Names.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Can you all decide, based on that, who's going to go first in your pairs, who's going to go second?
0:16:24 > 0:16:27And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33OK, and the question concerns...
0:16:37 > 0:16:40People who share their names with people in the Bible. Richard.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Going to show you six clues on each board to people who share
0:16:42 > 0:16:45a first name or surname with someone in the Bible.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47You just need to tell us who they are, please.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Six on each board, 12 to have a go at at home. Good luck.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Thanks very much indeed.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53So, we are looking for these people who share a name with
0:16:53 > 0:16:55a person in the Bible.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Here is our first board of six clues.
0:16:57 > 0:16:58Here they are...
0:17:21 > 0:17:22I'll read those again.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Paula...
0:17:45 > 0:17:47- Hmm.- How are you finding that board?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49That's not as easy as we might have expected, I don't think.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53No, not at all. Er...
0:17:53 > 0:17:56I'm going to go for the most obvious one,
0:17:56 > 0:18:01the food writer who judges The Great British Bake Off
0:18:01 > 0:18:05with Paul Hollywood, and say Mary Berry.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Mary Berry, says Paula. Let's see if that's right,
0:18:07 > 0:18:10let's see how many of our 100 people said Mary Berry.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Wow! 47.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21I think you've done something very clever tactically there, Paula,
0:18:21 > 0:18:22cos I suspect it's probably one of the ones
0:18:22 > 0:18:25everyone else knew, and maybe the only one everyone else knew,
0:18:25 > 0:18:27and it only scored 47, so well done.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31- Yeah, Mary Berry, and the biblical name there being Mary.- Ah!
0:18:31 > 0:18:35- The mother of Jesus.- I thought it was the prophet Berry.- No, no.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Both equally loved in their own ways, I would say,
0:18:37 > 0:18:39- Mary Berry and Mary.- Yes.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42If you had to do a competition, a popularity competition,
0:18:42 > 0:18:44between the two of them, I suspect it might be quite close.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48There's a show! Britain's Favourite Mary. Who knows?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Give it a couple of thousand years...
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Yeah. LAUGHTER
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Yeah. Yes. Now, Annette,
0:18:55 > 0:18:59Annette, this is quite a tough board, isn't it?
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Yes, I think I'll go home now! Er...
0:19:03 > 0:19:04I haven't a clue.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08I'm just going to take a guess and say the New York-born actor
0:19:08 > 0:19:14from Platoon, Desperate Housewives and Mad Men was Matthew McConaughey.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Matthew McConaughey. Matthew McConaughey.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20Let's see if it's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Matthew McConaughey.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Oh, I'm sorry, Annette.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28It may very well not be the last hundred in this round, so don't worry, but, yes,
0:19:28 > 0:19:30that does score you 100.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Yes, unlucky, Annette. A very good biblical name, though, Matthew.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34McConaughey less...
0:19:34 > 0:19:36There's a McConaughey in the Bible, isn't there, towards the end?
0:19:36 > 0:19:40There's a McConaughey at the front of my Bible, cos it came from a library.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43I think someone met a McConaughey on the road to Judaea.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45I'm almost certain.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Thanks very much. Now then, Josh, this board is all yours.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Your chance to shine here!
0:19:50 > 0:19:55Do you want to go through the board and fill in those biblical blanks?
0:19:55 > 0:19:56If I could, I would.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59There's one I do know that I'm going to go for, though,
0:19:59 > 0:20:02which is the last one. The actor who starred in 21 Jump Street,
0:20:02 > 0:20:05nominated for an Academy Award for Wolf Of Wall Street,
0:20:05 > 0:20:08I think, and I hope, is Jonah Hill.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Jonah Hill, says Josh.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Let's see if Jonah Hill's right. I mean, it's certainly right on one...
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Cos it's the hill, just, er... Mount Sinai, isn't it?
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- That's right.- Yeah, it's a hill. Let's see if that's right.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Let's see how many of our 100 people said Jonah Hill.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26It is right. Very well done.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Very well done, Josh.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35That's a great answer. 9.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Very well played, Josh, yeah.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Jonah, of course, the clumsiest man in the Bible.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Swallowed by a whale, silly thing! Can you believe it?
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- Oh!- Oh! Grr!
0:20:48 > 0:20:50That's infuriating, isn't it?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52There's a couple here we can work out, I think.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55The scientist who developed the laws of motion - Isaac Newton.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- Isaac Newton.- 24 there.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- Isaac, there, being the guy from the Bible.- I've got you.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03The president of the United States with a very famous biblical name.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- I'm going to say Abraham Lincoln. - You are correct.- That would be...
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Abraham Lincoln would've scored 16 points.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12The Canadian actress is Elisha Cuthbert.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Would have scored you 3. And this is a pointless answer.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Very well done if you said Mark Moses.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Mark Moses.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Named, of course, after St Mark.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27- I mean, he wins every which way, doesn't he?- Yeah, doesn't he just?
0:21:27 > 0:21:30- Quite impressive. Very impressive. - His middle name is Deuteronomy.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32LAUGHTER
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Oh. But he covers both books, as well, which is good.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36- Yeah, he really does. - Both Testaments.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Thank you very much, Richard. We're halfway through the round, so let's look at the scores.
0:21:40 > 0:21:439 the best score of that pass, Josh. Well done, you.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Jonah Hill - great answer.
0:21:44 > 0:21:4747, Paula and Leeanne. I think you're still in there.
0:21:47 > 0:21:52Now, Annette and Pat, that is a high score but, Pat, the next board
0:21:52 > 0:21:54might be lovely. There might be something you love the look of,
0:21:54 > 0:21:56and there might be some hundreds flying around.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59So anything could happen is all I'm saying. Best of luck.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02We're going to come back down the line. Second players, please step up to the podium.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09OK, let's put six more clues on the board. And here come our next bunch.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31I shall read those one last time.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55- Luis.- Hmm.- Luis.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58I only know one of them...
0:22:58 > 0:23:00- That's enough. - ..I think, I think.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04I'm going to go for the former Alaska governor from 2006 to 2009 -
0:23:04 > 0:23:05Sarah Palin.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10OK, so, if you can score 90 or less,
0:23:10 > 0:23:13you are definitely in the next round. Here is your red line.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Get below that with Sarah Palin and you are through to the next round.
0:23:19 > 0:23:20Very well done.
0:23:27 > 0:23:3020. Takes your total up to 29. Very good indeed.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34Yes, Sarah in the Bible was the half-sister and wife of Abraham
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- and the mother of Isaac.- Let's just draw a veil over that, shall we?
0:23:37 > 0:23:41Thank you very much, Richard. Now, Pat,
0:23:41 > 0:23:42Pat, you're on 100.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46You're the high scorers at the moment. A nice low score from you...
0:23:46 > 0:23:50- How do you like this board, Pat? - I preferred the last one! Well, I...
0:23:50 > 0:23:53I know one for sure and one I'm not sure of.
0:23:55 > 0:24:01- I'll go for the American outlaw and say Jesse James.- Jesse James.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Jesse James, says Pat.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05No red line, as you're the high scorers,
0:24:05 > 0:24:08but let's see how far down the column we get with Jesse James.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Absolutely right.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Oh, Pat, this is exactly what we needed from you.
0:24:18 > 0:24:1918.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- Taking your total up to 118. - Yeah, given yourself a chance.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26James in the Bible, of course, the author of the Book Of James.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- Yeah, but also Jesse. - Big J, they called him.- Big J.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Well, briefly they called him Big J,
0:24:31 > 0:24:34till somebody else came and took the nickname.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37- The rod of Jesse.- The rod of Jesse? - The rod of Jesse.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41"A stem shall branch forth out of the rod of Jesse."
0:24:41 > 0:24:42Sorry, this is me just...
0:24:42 > 0:24:46- I'm having a vision.- Wouldn't it be amazing if this is the moment...
0:24:46 > 0:24:48- Wouldn't it be amazing? - ..where you turned.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52I pushed over my podium and light shone out of my hands.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54- I would love that! - And I asked for money!
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Now, Leeanne, 70 or less gets you in, which I think is fine.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04It basically means, if you have a good answer on that board you're fine,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07but they have been tough, these boards.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Do you fancy talking us through the board?
0:25:09 > 0:25:10SHE GIGGLES
0:25:10 > 0:25:12I should know biblical names,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15seeing as I went to a Catholic school all my life, but...
0:25:16 > 0:25:20..I have no idea! The only one that I did know has already gone.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23My mum's board would have been better.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28And the only person I know who was in ER, who was a doctor,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31is George Clooney.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33So I'm going to go for that one.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36I think he was in ER. If he's not, then this is really bad!
0:25:36 > 0:25:41Clooney, George Clooney. Well, there is the red line
0:25:41 > 0:25:43you have to get below, Leeanne. It just has to be right.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47George Clooney. How many of our 100 people said that?
0:25:49 > 0:25:53Oh, I'm sorry, Leeanne!
0:25:53 > 0:25:57Our second returning pair will be leaving.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 147.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Yeah, sorry, Leeanne. Do you know there are no Georges in the Bible?
0:26:04 > 0:26:07It's not a very biblical name, George, is it?
0:26:07 > 0:26:09I mean, there's a St George, but...
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Exactly. They're not always in the Bible.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14There was a George in one of the early drafts of the Bible but he was written out.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- He was written out. I know! - He was supposed to be...
0:26:17 > 0:26:20He was going to be played by Danny Dyer, in the...
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Bible TV series, so Dyer turned up first day and they just said,
0:26:23 > 0:26:27- "No, he's been written out."- No, no. - Dyer was fuming!
0:26:27 > 0:26:29- But then he got the EastEnders part the week after.- So it was OK.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34So, you know, it's one of those things, isn't it? God moving in mysterious ways there.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38But the actor from ER was Noah Wyle.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41That would have scored you 17 points. The English diarist?
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- I'm going to go with Samuel Pepys. - Correct. Would've scored you 24.
0:26:45 > 0:26:46The actor and musician...
0:26:46 > 0:26:49The most famous person from The Partridge Family, essentially.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52- Cassidy. What's his name? - Well, it's a biblical...
0:26:52 > 0:26:56Cassidy's the surname and the first name is like, a famous king from the Bible.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59- Herod Cassidy is the answer to that. - There you go.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- David Cassidy.- David Cassidy.- David Cassidy, would've scored you 22.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04You'll know this. He's been on Pointless Celebrities
0:27:04 > 0:27:06- a couple of times. - Benjamin Zephaniah.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09The wonderful Benjamin Zephaniah. That's the best answer on the board.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11- 3 points if you got that. - Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13We come to the end of our second round. I'm so sorry.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Leeanne and Paula, I thought you were a dead cert for the final,
0:27:16 > 0:27:18I have to say. That was a tough board.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21I mean, that was a tough round, I should say. Two tough boards there.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Might you have known any of those, Leeanne? Obviously, once we go through them,
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- it becomes much easier.- I think we should have swapped places.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29I'm really sorry to be saying goodbye to you.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33It's been brilliant having you. Leeanne and Paula, wonderful contestants. Thanks for playing.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36APPLAUSE
0:27:36 > 0:27:39But, for the two remaining pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Well, congratulations, Josh and Luis, Annette and Pat.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49You're now one step closer to the final and a chance to play
0:27:49 > 0:27:52for that jackpot, which, very excitingly, is standing at...
0:27:58 > 0:27:59Well, here you are in the head-to-head.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01You get to play as a team.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03You can confer before you give your answers, and the first pair
0:28:03 > 0:28:06to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Wonderful to have you all in this head-to-head. Two new pairs.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Best of luck to both of you. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22Here's your first question. And our first question today concerns...
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Elizabeth Taylor films, Richard?
0:28:26 > 0:28:28We'll show you five stills from Elizabeth Taylor films.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31- Can you name the films, please? - Thanks very much indeed.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Let's reveal our five stills. And here they are. We've got...
0:29:02 > 0:29:06There we are. Five Elizabeth Taylor films.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Now, Josh and Luis, you've been our low scorers,
0:29:08 > 0:29:10so you will get to answer first.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13THEY CONFER
0:29:18 > 0:29:23We'd like to go for E and say The Flintstones.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27E, The Flintstones, say Josh and Luis. E, The Flintstones.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Now, Annette and Pat, do you want to talk us through the rest of
0:29:30 > 0:29:33- those films, see how many you can get?- Right.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37Er, we think A is National Velvet.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41B is Antony And Cleopatra.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44C, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46And D,
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
0:29:48 > 0:29:50So I think we're going to go with D.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52D, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
0:29:52 > 0:29:56So we have The Flintstones and we have Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
0:29:56 > 0:29:58Now, Josh and Luis went for The Flintstones for E.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Let's see how many people got that.
0:30:03 > 0:30:04It's right.
0:30:07 > 0:30:0846.
0:30:10 > 0:30:1446. Now, Annette and Pat have gone for D,
0:30:14 > 0:30:15Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Let's see how many of our 100 people went for that.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23It's right.
0:30:24 > 0:30:25I have a feeling...
0:30:25 > 0:30:27Yes, it's going to beat The Flintstones.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Down to 9. Very well done indeed.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32That's a great answer, Annette and Pat. Very well done indeed.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35- After one question, you are up 1-0. - Very well played.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? versus The Flintstones.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39She won an Oscar for one of those films.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42I will let you work out which one it was!
0:30:42 > 0:30:45You were correct about National Velvet, the first one.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48That would have scored 43 points.
0:30:48 > 0:30:53- The horse won an Oscar for that film.- Yes.- Yeah, Best Horse.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Best Supporting Horse, I think it was.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01B. It's just Cleopatra, actually, not Antony And Cleopatra.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05Would have been interesting if you'd gone for it. Would have scored 61.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10And C is Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12And that would have scored 14.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15So best answer on the board there, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
0:31:15 > 0:31:17- Well played. - Thank you very much, Richard.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19So, here comes your second question.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Now, Annette and Pat get to answer it first but, Josh and Luis,
0:31:22 > 0:31:25we need you to win this one if you're going to stay in the game, so best of luck.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Our second question this afternoon concerns...
0:31:30 > 0:31:31City Guilds, Richard.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34We'll show you the names of five livery companies -
0:31:34 > 0:31:36those are the city guilds of trades in London -
0:31:36 > 0:31:38but we've removed alternate letters.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42Can you fill in those gaps, please, and tell us what these guilds are?
0:31:42 > 0:31:45Thanks very much indeed. Let's reveal our five livery companies.
0:31:45 > 0:31:46And here they are.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58I'll read those all one last time.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09Annette and Pat will answer first.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12The last one is haberdashers.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15- Which one shall we go for? - Haberdashers.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Right, we'll go for the bottom one,
0:32:18 > 0:32:20which we think is haberdashers.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24Haberdashers, say Annette and Pat. Haberdashers.
0:32:24 > 0:32:25How about you, Josh and Luis?
0:32:25 > 0:32:28- Do you fancy filling in any of those missing ones?- No.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32It's not going to go well, this!
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Er, bakery, for BKR.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37OK, bakery.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39So we have haberdashers and we have bakery.
0:32:39 > 0:32:44Well, in the order they were given, Annette and Pat said haberdashers.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Let's see if that's right, the livery company, haberdashers.
0:32:51 > 0:32:52It's right.
0:32:54 > 0:32:5834 for haberdashers.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Josh and Luis have gone for bakery.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said it.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Ooh, bad luck, Josh and Luis.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15You both hung your heads at the same time there! I'm really sorry.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18You'll see in a moment why that wasn't right but, Annette and Pat,
0:33:18 > 0:33:20very well done indeed.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23After only two questions, you're straight through to the final, 2-0.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26Yes, well played. Let's take a look through these. It's not bakery.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29- It's...- Bakers.- Yeah, the Company Of Bakers.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32That would have scored you 50 points.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34The top one there, that is...
0:33:34 > 0:33:36- Drapers.- ..the drapers.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Would have scored you 18. The next one...
0:33:38 > 0:33:41I was very keen to say drapers, cos I haven't worked out the second one.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44- Ah!- It's sort of an older name for merchant.- Oh, mercers.
0:33:44 > 0:33:49The mercers. That would've scored you two. Best answer by a mile.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52- And...- Plumbers. - Yes, 27 points for that.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55Funny how the first three are all surnames and the bottom two aren't.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57- Oh, Plummer is, I suppose, spelt differently.- Yeah.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00- But there's not many Haberdashers. - No.
0:34:00 > 0:34:01Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:34:04 > 0:34:06our low-scoring pair, Josh and Luis.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08I mean, nothing wrong with...
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Actually, yeah, something wrong with your second answer.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12I knew plumbers! When I saw plumbers, I...
0:34:12 > 0:34:15- Well, obviously, I knew it then, but...- I know. It's tough, that.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18You know, it's always tough when you're under those lights as well.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21You'll be back next time, which is great. If you'd got to the final,
0:34:21 > 0:34:24that would've been it, just one show. We'll get to see you then. We look forward to that.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27But meantime, thanks very much, Josh and Luis.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29APPLAUSE
0:34:29 > 0:34:32But, for Annette and Pat, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:37 > 0:34:38Congratulations, Annette and Pat.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41You have fought off all the competition and you have won
0:34:41 > 0:34:43our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end
0:34:52 > 0:34:55of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £4,250.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:34:59 > 0:35:02Well, it's been a pretty impressive performance,
0:35:02 > 0:35:05with the single exception of Matthew McConaughey.
0:35:05 > 0:35:06You haven't put a foot wrong.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Very impressive with the Liz Taylor films, as well.
0:35:09 > 0:35:14Very, very well done. Anything you'd particularly like to see come up in this last round?
0:35:14 > 0:35:18- You know what they're like, these last rounds.- Not sports!- Not sports.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22- Have you revised anything? Sometimes people do.- Possibly.- No, I don't...
0:35:22 > 0:35:25OK, don't let on. Don't let on yet! You know what happens.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28You get to choose your category from the four we put up on the board.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31Let's see what today's selection looks like.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35Champions League Football! Pat, you'll be all over that!
0:35:43 > 0:35:49- Oh!- Classic Live Albums By Bands. - I think I'd...
0:35:49 > 0:35:52- I wasn't alive in the 1890s. - You weren't alive in the 1890s?
0:35:52 > 0:35:53No, I wasn't, either.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59- Definitely not football.- You don't want football?- Well, do you?- OK.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01Well, it's Champions League, so...
0:36:03 > 0:36:04No.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09- Shall we go for People? We can maybe guess it.- Yeah, go on, then.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11People Alive In The 1890S.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15- People Alive In The 1890S, say Annette and Pat.- OK, a fun one, this.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Testing some historical knowledge.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19We are looking for any of the following, please.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Any person who has been president of the USA,
0:36:21 > 0:36:23who was alive at any time during the 1890s.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26They don't have to have been president during the 1890s,
0:36:26 > 0:36:28just they were alive in the 1890s.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31Any UK prime minister who was alive in the 1890s.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34Or any Nobel Prize For Literature winner
0:36:34 > 0:36:36who was alive during the 1890s.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38So anyone in any of these three categories who was alive
0:36:38 > 0:36:42at any point during the 1890s, please. Very best of luck.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Thanks very much indeed. OK, now, as always,
0:36:45 > 0:36:47you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:36:47 > 0:36:49and all you need to win that jackpot -
0:36:49 > 0:36:51nice big jackpot, remember, Annette and Pat -
0:36:51 > 0:36:53is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- Are you ready?- Yes.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Right. Nobel Prize winners?
0:37:03 > 0:37:06No. UK prime ministers...
0:37:06 > 0:37:07Who was around with...
0:37:07 > 0:37:09So it would be, like, Gladstone,
0:37:09 > 0:37:11- Disraeli...- Yeah, Disraeli.
0:37:11 > 0:37:12Those are two obvious ones, though.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16Yeah, but hey-ho. US presidents?
0:37:16 > 0:37:181890s...
0:37:18 > 0:37:21I know a few but I don't know when they were around, so...
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Er... I don't know.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28I'm trying to think. 1890s...
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Er...
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Who was the president...
0:37:33 > 0:37:37Oh, who was the president when Victoria was on the throne?
0:37:37 > 0:37:43- Abraham Lincoln?- Was he? Could have been. I don't know!
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Well, we'll just say him.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49- Let's say him.- Abraham Lincoln.
0:37:49 > 0:37:50Ten seconds left.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54For prime ministers, we'll go with Gladstone and Disraeli. Yeah?
0:37:54 > 0:37:58- Go on, then. I can't think of any. I've gone blank.- OK.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01Well, as your time runs out - there we go -
0:38:01 > 0:38:04it sounds like you've arrived at your three answers.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Er, US president - we'll go for...
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Who did you say? Abraham Lincoln.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Abraham Lincoln. OK.
0:38:11 > 0:38:16And the UK prime ministers - Benjamin Disraeli...
0:38:16 > 0:38:18- Benjamin Disraeli.- And...
0:38:18 > 0:38:21- William Gladstone. - And William Gladstone. OK.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Now, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer, do you think?
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- Er, Gladstone.- William Gladstone we'll put last.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- Least likely to be pointless? - Abraham Lincoln.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Abraham Lincoln we'll put first.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34OK, and we'll put Benjamin Disraeli in the middle.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order, then, and here they are.
0:38:38 > 0:38:43We've got Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone.
0:38:43 > 0:38:44Well, good luck.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48Now, let's say one of these answers wins you that jackpot, £4,250.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52Very nice to be taking that home. What would you do with it? Annette?
0:38:52 > 0:38:57Part of it would go towards a return trip to Las Vegas.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01My husband leaves me a poker widow quite often, so...
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Oh, that'd be nice. You could go along and...
0:39:03 > 0:39:08- Yes.- No, he could go along and play poker, I'd go and sit by the pool.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Oh, I see. Very nice. Very nice indeed. Pat, how about you?
0:39:11 > 0:39:14I think I'd have a trip, as well, with my husband,
0:39:14 > 0:39:17cos we celebrated our ruby wedding recently and we weren't
0:39:17 > 0:39:20able to travel then, so it'd be nice to take him away somewhere now.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24Very nice. Well, congratulations. OK, let's hope, let's hope,
0:39:24 > 0:39:26one of these answers wins that jackpot for you.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28A tough round but you came up with three answers.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30Abraham Lincoln was your first.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33We were looking, in all these cases, for people alive in the 1890s.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35They didn't have to be in office in the 1890s -
0:39:35 > 0:39:37they just had to be alive.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39And in this case, we were looking for US presidents.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Abraham Lincoln - let's see if it's right and let's see how many
0:39:42 > 0:39:44of our 100 people said it. If it is pointless,
0:39:44 > 0:39:46it will win you £4,250.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Ooh, bad luck!
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Not Abe Lincoln, I'm afraid. Not a pointless answer.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Which means you only have two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Your next answer was Benjamin Disraeli.
0:40:00 > 0:40:04In this case, we've now moved across the Atlantic and we're looking at UK prime ministers.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Prime ministers of Great Britain.
0:40:06 > 0:40:11Let us find out - was Benjamin Disraeli alive in the 1890s?
0:40:11 > 0:40:15If nobody said it, you will leave here with £4,250, but is it right?
0:40:18 > 0:40:21Ooh, bad luck! Bad luck.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Not Benjamin Disraeli either,
0:40:23 > 0:40:26which means you have one more shot at today's jackpot.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Very, very best of luck.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31Let's hope nobody said your last answer, William Gladstone.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34Again, we're looking for UK prime ministers alive in the 1890s.
0:40:34 > 0:40:35Let's see how many people said it.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39If nobody said it, you will win £4,250.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45It's right! It's right.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48Your first answer, Abraham Lincoln, was wrong, I'm afraid.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Your next answer, Benjamin Disraeli,
0:40:50 > 0:40:52was also incorrect. William Gladstone,
0:40:52 > 0:40:53though, taking us down through...
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Oh, there we are. 13.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02That was a good answer. A good answer, that last one.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Lovely low score.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Sadly, we only accept pointless answers in this last round, as you
0:41:07 > 0:41:12know, which, I'm afraid, means you don't win today's jackpot of £4,250.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15That will roll over onto the next show. We have loved having you on.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17I'm sorry it's only been one show but it's been brilliant
0:41:17 > 0:41:20having you here, and such a great performance across the show.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22- And you get to take home a Pointless trophy each.- Yes!
0:41:22 > 0:41:25There you are - something to show for your efforts. Very well done,
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Annette and Pat. Wonderful contestants.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30APPLAUSE
0:41:30 > 0:41:32Yeah, unlucky. Lincoln died a long time before that, I'm afraid.
0:41:32 > 0:41:341865 he died.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37Disraeli in 1881, so not a million miles out on Disraeli.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Most of the pointless answers here are the Nobel Literature ones,
0:41:40 > 0:41:42as you'd expect, cos there's far more of them.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45But we'll take a look at the pointless answers for the other two categories first.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48US presidents - just two pointless answers here.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Rutherford B Hayes - well done if you said that. Warren G Harding.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53One point for Benjamin Harris and Calvin Coolidge,
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Grover Cleveland and William McKinley.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Two points for Franklin D Roosevelt and Taft,
0:41:58 > 0:42:00and everyone else scored higher than that.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03Only one pointless answer for prime ministers, but a famous one.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06It's Ramsay MacDonald. Very well done if you said Ramsay MacDonald.
0:42:06 > 0:42:07Again, some low scorers there.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Two points for Robert Gascoyne-Cecil,
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Andrew Bonar Law, one point for Campbell-Bannerman.
0:42:12 > 0:42:13The Earl of Rosebery and Arthur Balfour
0:42:13 > 0:42:15would have scored you one point.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Lots and lots of pointless answers for Nobel Prize winners
0:42:17 > 0:42:20for Literature. Some famous ones, as well.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Ernest Hemingway would have won you the money.
0:42:22 > 0:42:23Eugene O'Neill, Pearl Buck.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25TS Eliot would have won you that £4,250.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28You also could have had Sinclair Lewis, Thomas Mann,
0:42:28 > 0:42:31William Faulkner, Hermann Hesse, Andre Gide.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Lots and lots of pointless answers in that category.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37In fact, everyone apart from Winston Churchill, Rudyard Kipling,
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Selma Lagerlof, John Galsworthy,
0:42:39 > 0:42:42George Bernard Shaw, WB Yeats and Bertrand Russell.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Everyone else who was on that list was a pointless answer.
0:42:45 > 0:42:46Thanks very much, Richard.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49So, Annette and Pat, very sadly, didn't win our jackpot today,
0:42:49 > 0:42:51which means it rolls over onto the next show,
0:42:51 > 0:42:54when we will be playing for £5,250.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Join us then to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03- Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.