0:00:13 > 0:00:15APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:24Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome
0:00:24 > 0:00:27to Pointless, the show that makes big winners
0:00:27 > 0:00:29out of the lowest scorers. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30APPLAUSE
0:00:33 > 0:00:35And couple number one.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Hi, I'm Dom, and this is Mike, and we're housemates from Brixton.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40- Couple number two.- Hi, I'm Carly and this is Rakesh,
0:00:40 > 0:00:42we're husband and wife from Bristol.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Couple number three.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Hello, my name is Shaun, this is my wife, Corrina,
0:00:45 > 0:00:46and we're from Bournemouth.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48And finally, couple number four.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Hi, I'm Patricia, this is my daughter Ames,
0:00:50 > 0:00:51and we're from Beccles in Suffolk.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53And these are today's contestants.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55APPLAUSE
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Thanks very much to all of you. A warm welcome to Pointless.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01We'll get to chat to each of you throughout Round One.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Yes, he HAS been working out, thanks for noticing!
0:01:07 > 0:01:10It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Hiya. Hi, everybody.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Afternoon.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15- Good afternoon to you. - Good afternoon.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Well, this is Brixton v Bristol v Bournemouth v Beccles.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20- That's quite fun, isn't it? - All the Bs, yeah.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Now, really interesting end to the last show.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Mike and Jim got through to the final.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26One of their questions was words ending and beginning in W.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30And you know in families sometimes, where you get a word wrong
0:01:30 > 0:01:33or you hear a word wrong? Now, you get those little kind of things
0:01:33 > 0:01:36on your nail, they're called whitlows.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- Yeah.- And that was a pointless answer.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42And the good news was, Jim knew what they were called,
0:01:42 > 0:01:46but in his family they'd always called them wicklows.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47So it was an incorrect answer.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50He'd spent his entire life quite rightly calling them a wicklow,
0:01:50 > 0:01:52cos that's what his mum had called them,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55and that's what he'd learned them as, and it cost him £1,250.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57- Oh.- Ohhh.- That's... - GROANING
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Listen how gutted everyone here sounds!
0:01:59 > 0:02:03The audience actually ARE gutted, to be fair, but no-one on the podiums.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Two pairs are coming back, on podiums three and four,
0:02:06 > 0:02:08and fingers crossed we'll seem them more.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Neither pair got into the head-to-head on the last show.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12So it should be a cracker.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Thanks very much. Well, as you've gathered, Mike and Jim
0:02:15 > 0:02:18didn't win the jackpot last time, which means we add another £1,000
0:02:18 > 0:02:21to that. So today's jackpot starts off at £2,250.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23There we are.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34So here is the only thing you have to remember -
0:02:34 > 0:02:37the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be
0:02:37 > 0:02:41eliminated. That is it. Other than that, you're on your own.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Best of luck. Our first category this afternoon...
0:02:44 > 0:02:46is Football.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Football. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:49 > 0:02:50who's going to go second?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:03:02 > 0:03:08as many teams above Scotland in the Fifa rankings as they could.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Teams above Scotland in the Fifa rankings.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- Richard.- Yeah, as of January 2016 Scotland were ranked number 52
0:03:14 > 0:03:17in the world, in men's international football.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Looking for any of the 51 countries that were ranked above them, please.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23OK, thanks very much indeed.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Any of the 51 countries ranked above Scotland.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Mike, welcome to Pointless, good to have you here.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30From Brixton in London. What do you do, Mike?
0:03:30 > 0:03:33I'm a credit controller for an insurance firm.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35OK. How long have you been doing that?
0:03:35 > 0:03:39- Nearly two years now.- And when you stop controlling credit, Mike,
0:03:39 > 0:03:40what do you like doing?
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Erm, going to the gym, playing squash,
0:03:43 > 0:03:45going out with my friends at the weekend, that sort of thing.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48OK, very good. Now, you and Dom, you said were housemates?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- That's right.- How long have you known each other?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- Since we were about 12, actually, we went to school together. - Oh, that's nice.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54- Long-time friends.- Yeah,
0:03:54 > 0:03:57so for quite a long time. We've been travelling together as well,
0:03:57 > 0:03:59lived together for about two years.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Excellent. Good stuff. Now, football, I'm guessing,
0:04:01 > 0:04:03might be quite a good category for you?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Yeah, I think so, hopefully.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Fifa rankings, what are you going to go for?
0:04:07 > 0:04:11Erm, can I go for Romania, please?
0:04:11 > 0:04:12Romania, says Mike.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Romania.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19It's right.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26Look at that, 2!
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Very well done indeed, Mike! Great answer,
0:04:28 > 0:04:30excellent start to the game.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Yeah, qualified for the World Cup seven times, Romania.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Very good start to the show, well played.
0:04:37 > 0:04:38Thanks, Richard.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42Now, Carly, welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45- What you do in Bristol? - I'm a clinical trials pharmacist.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48R-R-Right. Tell me what that means, tell me exactly what you do.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Erm, so I'm a pharmacist by trade, er,
0:04:51 > 0:04:53but I kind of manage the drugs side of...
0:04:53 > 0:04:57drugs that are in the clinical-trials stage of development.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- I see. - And I work in a big hospital trust.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02I see, OK, Carly, and what do you like getting up to aside from that?
0:05:02 > 0:05:06Erm, we like travelling, I love just as many places as I can go to,
0:05:06 > 0:05:08really. Do a bit of cooking.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Very good. Now, how are we feeling about our Fifa world rankings?
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Er, not great at football, I'll be honest.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Um, so not really sure, so I might play a little bit safe.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21- Italy?- Italy, says Carly.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Let's see how many of our 100 people went with Italy.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27It's right.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Well, 2 is our only score at this point.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Italy stops at 48.
0:05:33 > 0:05:38Yeah, ranked one place above Romania, in 15th, Italy,
0:05:38 > 0:05:40in January 2016.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Thanks very much, Richard. Shaun, welcome back.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45- Thank you.- OK, so remind us what you do down in Bournemouth.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48I work at Bournemouth University, I work in the media school there.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50And you're a tutor?
0:05:50 > 0:05:51Yeah, technical tutor, yes.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Do you tutor small groups of people or do you tutor one-on-one or
0:05:54 > 0:06:00- do you...?- It is, it's classes that range roughly between 14 to 20,
0:06:00 > 0:06:01seminar groups, as they're called.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04I see, and what's your specialist area of knowledge?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06I enjoy video production, so I enjoy working with the cameras,
0:06:06 > 0:06:08editing as well, I'm a qualified editor.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11OK. Very good. The technology's always changing, isn't it?
0:06:11 > 0:06:14It is. As a university you try and stay, if not ahead of the game,
0:06:14 > 0:06:16at least on top of the game, as it changes,
0:06:16 > 0:06:19so you try and change equipment and techniques and things like that.
0:06:19 > 0:06:24So, Shaun, anyone higher than Scotland in the Fifa world rankings.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Erm, I am going to go for an African nation,
0:06:26 > 0:06:28and I'm going to go for Ghana.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29Ghana, says Shaun.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Sounds like an informed choice, that, Ghana.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Let's see if it's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40It is right. 48's our high score at this point,
0:06:40 > 0:06:44which you pass. 2 is our low.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Which you've passed! Very well done indeed, Shaun.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50That makes up for last time, I think, does it not?
0:06:50 > 0:06:54That's a pointless answer, it adds £250 to today's jackpot -
0:06:54 > 0:06:58takes the total up to £2,500, scores you nothing.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Very well done indeed, Shaun, fabulous work.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Terrific work, Shaun, it's a great answer. 33rd in the world.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05There we go. Patricia, welcome back.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- Hello.- Lovely to have you back.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Round Two, we had to say goodbye to you last time.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Remind us what you get up to in Beccles.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13I'm a teaching assistant,
0:07:13 > 0:07:16I'm the mother of five children and grandmother of one, Eli,
0:07:16 > 0:07:18so I'd like to say hello to Eli if I could.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22Hi, Eli. So when you teach, when you assist with the teaching,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25are there any special disciplines that you have or do you just teach
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- across the board? - Erm, I specialise in science.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32I'm also a science instructor, which means I teach very small groups
0:07:32 > 0:07:36of children who don't work so well in a big classroom of students.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Good stuff. OK, now, Patricia, what would you like to go for?
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Er, well, I'd like to say goodbye to everyone,
0:07:42 > 0:07:44because I think I'm going again.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Um, I will try Portugal.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Portugal, says Patricia. Let's see if that's right,
0:07:49 > 0:07:52let's see how many of our 100 people went for Portugal.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56It's right. Well, 48 is our high score still.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Portugal passes that, look at that.
0:07:59 > 0:08:0028 for Portugal.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Not bad at all, 28 for Portugal.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Yeah, ranked number seven in the world, Portugal -
0:08:06 > 0:08:09perennial underachievers, though, really,
0:08:09 > 0:08:11given the talent they've had over the years.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Thank you, Richard. Well, we're halfway through the round.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Let's take a look at those scores. Shaun, how about that?
0:08:17 > 0:08:20A pointless answer there, very well done indeed.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Shaun and Corrina looking very strong at this point.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Then up to 2, where we find Mike and Dom. Up to 28, Patricia and Ames.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Not bad, you see there, Patricia, after all.
0:08:28 > 0:08:34And then 48, I'm afraid, Carly, that is our high score so, Rak,
0:08:34 > 0:08:37we need a nice low score from you. Very, very best of luck with that.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38We're going to come back down the line now.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Ames, welcome back to Pointless.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48- Hello.- Remember, we're looking for any national team that is above
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Scotland in the Fifa rankings.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Now, remind us what you do, Ames.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Erm, I'm an admin assistant for a medical centre.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59That is right, and what are your hobbies outside that?
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Erm, writing, crochet, puzzle books!
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Now, let's go back to the writing.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07You say you're writing a screenplay at the moment?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Yeah. I have a particular love for comedy ever since I saw the amazing
0:09:10 > 0:09:13series Spaced when I was 16,
0:09:13 > 0:09:17and since then I've been dead set on making people laugh for a living.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20So what stage are you at with the screenplay? How far have you got with it?
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Erm, so I have the basic outline of the story.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25I'm a bit Tarantino, when it comes to conversation,
0:09:25 > 0:09:28I need to bring it back a little bit, it's a little bit lengthy,
0:09:28 > 0:09:31but nothing that a bit of editing won't help.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Excellent. Well, best of luck with all of that, Ames,
0:09:33 > 0:09:35and best of luck with your answer now.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38We have a high score which is 48, you're 28.
0:09:38 > 0:09:4019 or less gets you into the next round.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42I've got a couple of answers but I don't know whether
0:09:42 > 0:09:45I should risk it. But then I think, "You're only here once,"
0:09:45 > 0:09:47but then I think, "My mum will kill me." Erm...
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- Yeah.- I'm going to go safe.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52I'm going to go for Holland.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Holland, says Ames.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57OK, let's see if Holland is right. Here is your red line. If you can
0:09:57 > 0:09:59get below this red line with Holland,
0:09:59 > 0:10:01you are through to the next round.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02There it is.
0:10:09 > 0:10:1143.
0:10:11 > 0:10:1543, 71 your total. I mean, you might have kept yourself
0:10:15 > 0:10:18in the game there, Ames, we shall see.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19But best of luck anyway, 71.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Yeah, the Netherlands, really, so apologies
0:10:21 > 0:10:24to our Netherlands viewers, but we always accept Holland, don't we?
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Thanks very much, Richard.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Now, Corrina, that was a very helpful score from Shaun, fantastic,
0:10:30 > 0:10:34pointless scoring indeed there. Corrina, remind us what you do.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Erm, I work in academic operations, also at Bournemouth University.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40And the operations that you're involved in are what, exactly?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Not on the kind of surgical one,
0:10:42 > 0:10:45it's more kind of implementing strategy.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47- Right you are. - So making sure it happens.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50OK, and your hobbies outside of university work?
0:10:50 > 0:10:53We've got two dogs, so I love going out to the beach and walking them
0:10:53 > 0:10:55in lovely Bournemouth and the New Forest and...
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- What kind of dogs are they? - They're two pugs.- Awww.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- Yeah.- OK, well, listen, there you are on nothing,
0:11:00 > 0:11:03the high scorers on 71 are behind you - Ames and Patricia.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08If you can score 70 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Yes, I'll apologise to Shaun in advance.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12He loves football, I hate football, I know nothing about it,
0:11:12 > 0:11:16so I'm just go to take a complete punt and go for...
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- Spain.- Spain, says Corrina.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Shaun gives that a firm nod.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Here's your red line, all you have to do is get below that. Spain.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26How many people said Spain?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30It's right.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32And you're through. Very well done.
0:11:32 > 0:11:3554. 54 your total.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Yeah, it's all you had to do. Well played.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Yeah, ranked number three in the world, Spain.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Thanks, Richard. Now, Rak, welcome to Pointless. Good to have you here.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45What do you do, Rak?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48I'm an IT project manager for a local procurement organisation.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Now, Rak, what do you do when you're not procuring?
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Well, recently I've taken up running.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55I joined a local running club,
0:11:55 > 0:11:58so they've got us on a couch to 5K course, as it were,
0:11:58 > 0:12:00so they've taken us to 10K and they've got a load of us
0:12:00 > 0:12:03up to entering a half marathon later this year.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05You're starting to get into serious training for that?
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- Yeah, you wouldn't guess it, but, you know.- I would. I would, Rak.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Look at that. So, yes, your times are getting better,
0:12:11 > 0:12:14everyone else in the club... I suppose you're all doing it at the same time,
0:12:14 > 0:12:18- is it quite competitive? - Well, it's quite a friendly club, so everyone goes at their own pace.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22Most of our ethos is, just get around, doesn't matter how long,
0:12:22 > 0:12:24just get around, and that's kind of mine.
0:12:24 > 0:12:25As long as I finish it, that's my goal.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Good for you. There you are on 48.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30If you can get 22 or less with this answer,
0:12:30 > 0:12:32you are into the next round, Rak.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Not one of my strongest subjects, I must admit,
0:12:35 > 0:12:37but I'm going to take a guess with Ukraine.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Ukraine. There is your red line. Get below that with Ukraine,
0:12:40 > 0:12:42you are into Round Two.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46It's right.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51And you're into Round Two.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53And it scores you 6.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Very well done indeed, that was a canny guess there, Rak.
0:12:56 > 0:12:5954 is your total - you join Corrina and Shaun.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02That's a strong answer for someone who's not confident on football.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06Well played. Yeah, 29th in the world at the start of 2016.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07Thanks very much, Richard.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Now, Dom, welcome to Pointless, good to have you here from Brixton.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- And what you do, Dom? - I work in market research.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15In any particular area of market research or...?
0:13:15 > 0:13:19- All sorts. Lots of TV...- You see, that's fun.- Also banking, all sorts.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22At any stage have you ever given 100 people
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- 100 seconds to come up with...? - Not quite!
0:13:25 > 0:13:28But hopefully 1,000 people ten minutes maybe, so...
0:13:28 > 0:13:31I mean, is that based on sort of survey work, is that how you...?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Yeah, so some of it's focus groups and some of it's actually kind of
0:13:33 > 0:13:36predicting... So you'd ask 1,000 people and you've got to guess what
0:13:36 > 0:13:40- they'd answer.- OK, now, Dom, great scoring from Mike in the first pass.
0:13:40 > 0:13:442 is the score on your podium. 71 remains our high score,
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Ames and Patricia at the far end there.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50What would you like to go for? 68 is your target.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52I don't know much about football but I'm going to take a punt,
0:13:52 > 0:13:54slightly, but I think it will be right.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56I'm going to go for Sweden.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Sweden. Now, here is your red line.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Quite forgiving, in terms of its height up the column.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Let's see how far down the column we get with Sweden.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Well done, Dom.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10Good enough.
0:14:11 > 0:14:12Better than good enough.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Look at that, down we go to 15. Giving you
0:14:15 > 0:14:19a total of 17, which is the lowest score by some margin, of the round,
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- very well done. - Yeah, very well played.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Now, there's all sorts of pointless answers out there.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Before we get to them, just a few other ones.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28We can use the home nations in this, it's not the UK any more, so Wales,
0:14:28 > 0:14:30for example, would have scored you 34 points,
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Northern Ireland would have scored you 7 points - both would have been very good answers.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38Do you know who the number-one ranked team in the world were at the start of 2016? I'll give you a clue.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40So, third was Spain, second was Argentina.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Highest ranked in the world, anybody?
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- Belgium.- Belgium is the right answer,
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Belgium ranked number one in the world, absolutely.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48That would have scored you 30 points, Belgium.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50A couple of low scorers -
0:14:50 > 0:14:532 points for Paraguay, Ecuador, Hungary, Algeria, Costa Rica,
0:14:53 > 0:14:551 point Senegal and South Korea.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Now let's take a look at those pointless answers.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Albania, the Cape Verde Islands
0:15:00 > 0:15:02have had an extraordinary rise through the rankings.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Congo.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Finland, there's Ghana, Guinea.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Iran, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Very well done if you said any of those at home.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So at the end of that round, the pair we've got to say goodbye to,
0:15:16 > 0:15:19I'm afraid, on that far podium, it's Ames and Patricia.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23- Oh, I'm so sorry. It's been lovely having you back but it's just been a bit brief.- It has!
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Just not our category, the worst one that could possibly come up,
0:15:26 > 0:15:28so just the luck of the draw today.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30I'm afraid it always is, yes, but it's been lovely having you here,
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- thank you so much for playing. Ames and Patricia.- Thank you.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Good luck, everyone.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Well, three pairs remain.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49At the end of this round we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Well done, Mike and Dom, nice low combination of scores there.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56But hats off to you, Shaun, for our pointless answer there,
0:15:56 > 0:15:57very well done indeed.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Music.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:16:05 > 0:16:08who's going to go second? And whoever is going first,
0:16:08 > 0:16:10please step up to the podium.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16OK, and the question concerns...
0:16:17 > 0:16:18Musical Instruments.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23- Richard.- Going to show you six clues on each pass to musical instruments.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26We're also going to give you the first letter of those instruments,
0:16:26 > 0:16:28so it's going to be six on the first pass, six on the second,
0:16:28 > 0:16:2912 in all to guess at home. Good luck.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Thanks very much, so let's reveal our six clues,
0:16:32 > 0:16:33and here they come. We have got...
0:17:05 > 0:17:07I'm going to read those all again.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34- Dom.- OK. I think I've got a few of them, but out of all of them
0:17:34 > 0:17:36I think I'm going to go for the second one,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38and I think that's a theremin.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41A theremin, says Dom.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43A theremin. Good answer.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Let's see if it's right, let's see how many of our 100 people got theremin.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50It's absolutely right.
0:17:55 > 0:17:5610.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01There you are, 10 for theremin.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Yeah, invented in 1920 by Leon Theremin.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06You hear them on all sorts of cool bands' tracks.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Beach Boys used to use them, all sorts of people, yeah.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13That's right, yeah. Sounds more like something you'd be prescribed than something you'd play, doesn't it?
0:18:13 > 0:18:16- Theremin, yeah.- There you are. OK, now, Rak.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18What would you like to go for?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20OK, there's a couple on there, possibly a bit risky.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24I'm going to go safe, I'm going to go, percussion instrument that takes
0:18:24 > 0:18:26its name from the Greek for "wood" and "sound" -
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- xylophone.- Xylophone, says Rak.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Let's see how many of our 100 people got xylophone.
0:18:32 > 0:18:33It's right.
0:18:36 > 0:18:3862 for xylophone.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44What were the other 38 thinking when they see a word beginning with X?
0:18:44 > 0:18:46- There aren't many of them.- No.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- And it's an instrument.- Yep. It is...
0:18:48 > 0:18:51I wonder if anybody didn't get xylophone but did get theremin?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53GIGGLING
0:18:53 > 0:18:55That's a crossover I'd like to see.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Mmm. Isn't it? Anyway, there we go.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Shaun, this board's all yours.
0:18:59 > 0:19:00Talk us through it and fill in the blanks.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02I'd love to but I can't.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Er, the top one is harp,
0:19:04 > 0:19:06I think the third one is oboe
0:19:06 > 0:19:08and the fourth one is bagpipes.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11I'm not sure on the REM instrument,
0:19:11 > 0:19:16so I'm going to go for the national symbol of Ireland, and say harp.
0:19:16 > 0:19:17Harp, says Shaun.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20OK, let's see how many of our 100 people said harp.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Well, 62...
0:19:24 > 0:19:26hoo-hoo-hoo...
0:19:26 > 0:19:30WAS our high score. 82, I'm afraid, is now our high score.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Yeah, the bad news is oboe would have been a much better scorer.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Oboe would have scored you 58 points.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39The good news is bagpipe would have been a much bigger scorer
0:19:39 > 0:19:41cos bagpipe, the score there is very, very mighty -
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- 94 points.- Look at that. - And do you know the REM one?
0:19:44 > 0:19:47- It's a mandolin.- It is a mandolin, yep, and would have scored 34.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49So theremin best answer on the board.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Thanks very much, Richard.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53So, we're halfway through the round, so let's take a quick look at those
0:19:53 > 0:19:55scores. 10, well done, Dom.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Dom and Mike are on 10, looking very strong contenders at this stage for
0:19:58 > 0:20:01the head-to-head. Then up to 62, where we find Rak and Carly.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Then up to 82, Shaun and Corrina.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Yes, now, about that 82, Corrina.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09We need a low-scoring answer.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11How's your musical instrument knowledge?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13- Awful.- OK, well, this will be fun!
0:20:13 > 0:20:17We're going to come back down the line now. Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:20:20 > 0:20:24OK, let's put six more clues up on the board, and here they are.
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Let's read all of those again.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19OK, so remember we're looking for the names of musical instruments
0:21:19 > 0:21:21described by these clues.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Corrina, you're our high scorers, we need a low score.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Well, good luck with that!
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Erm, I think I only know a couple on there,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32and as my best friend played this instrument when I was growing up,
0:21:32 > 0:21:36I am going to go for clarinet as the woodwind instrument
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- on Woody Allen's Manhattan. - OK, clarinet, says Corrina.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people went for it.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45No red line for you, as you're the high scorers.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50It's right.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55It takes you down to 47,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58- which takes you up to 129. - Yeah, sometimes
0:21:58 > 0:22:03you have to hand it to our 100 people. One of those 100 people thought that was recorder.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Wow. Beginning with C as well, that's impressive.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Beginning with C, yeah. That's going it some.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09It's actually a basset horn.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- Excuse me?- It's a basset horn, which is a tenor clarinet.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15OK...
0:22:15 > 0:22:16OK, there we go.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21It's all the sort of fun stuff you learn, isn't it, Carly, on
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Pointless? There you are, 62.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26129 is the high score behind you.
0:22:26 > 0:22:32If you can score 66 or less, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36I'm going to be honest - again, not a good subject.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38I'm going to go for the bottom one,
0:22:38 > 0:22:41woodwind instrument that shares its name with a narrow wine glass,
0:22:41 > 0:22:43- and flute.- Flute, says Carly.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Flute. Let's see how many of our 100 people went for flute.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51Here's your red line. Get below that, head-to-head awaits.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54It's right.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Ow-haw, he-he!
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Great news for the far podium there,
0:22:58 > 0:23:02but I'm afraid we suddenly have a new high score there of 149.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- Wow, 87. - Yeah, invented in the 1830s.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08You don't think of musical instruments being invented, really,
0:23:08 > 0:23:10- do you?- No.- You sort of feel like they were always there.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14I guess they were. But there was a sort of flauto traverso, which is a wooden...
0:23:14 > 0:23:16- Sort of like the recorder.- Yes,
0:23:16 > 0:23:18the modern version of it was from the 1830s.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22- Yeah.- The flauto...? - Traverso.- Flauto traverso.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25- Flauto traverso, yes. - That's like, erm, Viennetta.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- Oh, it's delicious. - I like the mint one.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32- That's my favourite.- There we go, thank you very much indeed.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Now, Mike, the drama that's been going on on those two podiums
0:23:36 > 0:23:39means that you are actually through to the head-to-head,
0:23:39 > 0:23:42almost on a bye, you might call it. So if you wanted to, you could just,
0:23:42 > 0:23:44for fun, fill in the gaps for us.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Erm, well, the second one is drums, I'm pretty sure,
0:23:47 > 0:23:49because I saw the film recently.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52I think that one is probably going to be a high scorer.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55And I wasn't sure if the top one was either viola or violin, maybe,
0:23:55 > 0:23:59and I don't have a clue on the remaining two, actually.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02So I can't even fill them in for fun.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03I'll go for drums to be safe.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Drums, OK. Drums, that Andrew studies in Whiplash.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Let's see if that's right. No red line, you're already through.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Ooh, not bad. Not bad at all. 35, look at that.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21There we are. 45 your total, the lowest total of the round.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24- Well done.- Yeah, now, you'll be able to go through this board
0:24:24 > 0:24:26like a hot knife through butter,
0:24:26 > 0:24:28will you not? Played by Paganini...
0:24:28 > 0:24:29Is the violin.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Big, big scorer, though.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Scores you 80 points.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34- Yo-Yo Ma?- Is the cello.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Cello. 32 points.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39And this is a lovely word as well, the German one?
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- Is the glockenspiel. - Glockenspiel, yup.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46And that would have scored 38. So cello, the best answer on the board.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Thanks very much indeed. Well, we are at the end of our second round,
0:24:49 > 0:24:52and what a dramatic second pass that has been.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55I'm afraid, Carly and Rak, you end up the high scorers there,
0:24:55 > 0:24:57so we have to say goodbye, but it's been great having you on,
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- we'll see you next time. Thanks for playing. Carly and Rak.- Thank you.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02APPLAUSE
0:25:03 > 0:25:05But for Shaun and Corrina,
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Mike and Dom, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Congratulations Mike and Dom, Shaun and Corrina,
0:25:15 > 0:25:17you are now one step closer to the final,
0:25:17 > 0:25:22and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £2,500.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23There we are.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Well, here we are at the head-to-head, which means
0:25:28 > 0:25:30you can confer before you give your answers,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33and the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that
0:25:33 > 0:25:35jackpot. Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45Here is your first question. And it concerns...
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Famous Browns. Richard, Famous Browns.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Yeah, we're going to show you five pictures of famous people who share
0:25:51 > 0:25:54the surname Brown. We just need you to tell us who they are, please.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56We need first name and surname, please.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00Thanks much indeed. Let's reveal our five Browns, and they are...
0:26:29 > 0:26:31There we go, five Browns, five Browns.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Mike and Dom, you've been our low scorers so you will go first.
0:26:38 > 0:26:39Go for that.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45I think C might be Ian Brown.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48You're going to say Ian Brown. C, Ian Brown.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Now then, Shaun and Corrina,
0:26:50 > 0:26:53do you want to talk us through those other Browns?
0:26:53 > 0:26:55I think you've got Bobby Brown, A.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Melanie Brown, B.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59James Brown, D.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00No-idea Brown, E.
0:27:02 > 0:27:03We'll go with A, Bobby Brown.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Bobby Brown say Shaun and Corrina.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08So we have Ian Brown, we have Bobby Brown.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Mike and Dom said Ian Brown for C.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Ian Brown.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18It's right.
0:27:21 > 0:27:22Not bad. 21.
0:27:24 > 0:27:2821 for Ian Brown. Meanwhile,
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Shaun and Corrina have gone for Bobby Brown for A.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100
0:27:32 > 0:27:34went for Bobby Brown.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Ooh, very well done indeed, you've nicked it there.
0:27:44 > 0:27:4712 beats 21, which means Shaun and Corrina, after one question,
0:27:47 > 0:27:50- you are up 1-0.- Took us through the board very nicely, there,
0:27:50 > 0:27:51apart from that last one.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54That last one is actually the best answer on the board as well,
0:27:54 > 0:27:56so we will get to him.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58B, you are right, is Melanie Brown.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Or Mel B, as she is better known.
0:28:00 > 0:28:0158 points for that.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Now, D, of course, is James Brown.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05He is a big scorer, as you can imagine.
0:28:06 > 0:28:0953 points. Now, I bet you know E.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Everyone knows the name.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13- Oh, we do.- So many of you will have read his books.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17- It is the author of The Da Vinci Code, and much else... - GASPING
0:28:17 > 0:28:18I know!
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Dan Brown. 1 point for Dan Brown.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24- There we are.- I wonder if that will be a disappointment for him.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Ian Brown - much more famous than Dan Brown.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29There we are. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31OK, so here is your second question.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Mike and Dom, you have to win this one, but you don't answer it first.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38Shaun and Corrina will get first dibs on this one, so best of luck.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Our second question concerns...
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Days of the week, in Italian.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48- Richard.- Yep, the good news is we're now going to get Xander to read out
0:28:48 > 0:28:53five days of the week in Italian, in his VERY best Italian accent,
0:28:53 > 0:28:57and you just have to tell us which English days they refer to, please.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00OK, and here are those days of the week in Italian.
0:29:00 > 0:29:01We've got...
0:29:10 > 0:29:12I'll read them again.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19APPLAUSE Oh, thank you!
0:29:21 > 0:29:22That's nice.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24OK, Shaun and Corrina will go first.
0:29:24 > 0:29:25I've got no idea.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Well, despite the fact that we went to Italy,
0:29:29 > 0:29:31we clearly took no attention at all.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34You were having such a lovely time, you literally didn't know what day
0:29:34 > 0:29:36- of the week it was! - Very true, yeah, definitely.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40- Yes.- We don't know, but we're going to guess that Domenica is Tuesday.
0:29:40 > 0:29:45- Yes.- Domenica, Tuesday, say Shaun and Corrina.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49Now then, Mike and Dom. Talk us through those days of the week.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Well, I actually think Domenica is a different day.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56- I think it's Sunday. - I think it's Sunday as well.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58I think Lunedi is Monday.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02I think Martedi is Wednesday, and Sabato might be Saturday.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04Shall we go for Lunedi?
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Yeah, let's go for Lunedi. Monday.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08- Monday.- We have Domenica and Lunedi.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Domenica is what Shaun and Corrina thought was Tuesday.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Let's see if they're right, let's see how many people went for it.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20No, I'm afraid it's not Tuesday.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23I suspect Mike and Dom know what it is.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Monday is what Mike and Don have said for Lunedi.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30Let's see if that is right and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Lunedi.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36It's right. Well, all it had to be was right.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40And that it was, which means, Mike Dom, you're back in the game.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44- After two questions it's 1-1.- Yeah, Lunedi, day of the moon, or Monday.
0:30:44 > 0:30:49Very similar to the French, a lot of these, cos Martedi is Tuesday,
0:30:49 > 0:30:51would have scored you 56.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54Domenica is, you're absolutely right, Sunday -
0:30:54 > 0:30:56like the French, Dimanche, 54.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Giovedi?
0:30:58 > 0:31:01- Thursday.- Yeah, that's right, like the French Jeudi, yeah.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Would have scored 43, and you're right about Sabato as well,
0:31:04 > 0:31:08it is Saturday. And that would have scored you 63.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12Thanks very much, indeed. Now, it all comes down to the third question.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15This is the decider - whoever wins this will go through to the final,
0:31:15 > 0:31:16so best of luck to both pairs.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19The third question today...
0:31:19 > 0:31:21is all about Star Trek.
0:31:21 > 0:31:22Star Trek. Richard.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Yeah, simply going to give you five clues now to facts about
0:31:25 > 0:31:28the Star Trek franchise. Just need to give us the most obscure answer.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31- Very best of luck, both teams. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Let's reveal our five facts, and here they are.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35Clues, I should say. We have got...
0:31:48 > 0:31:50I'm going to read those all one last time.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05There we are. Mike and Dom will go first.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07I think you've got one.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11I think the second one might be Data.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13OK, Data.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15- Yeah. Bit of a punt, though. - Data, say Mike and Dom.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Data. Shaun and Corrina, over to you.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22I know Leonard McCoy is Bones.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26I don't know the year. I'm going to have a punt on the subtitle
0:32:26 > 0:32:28of Star Trek V.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32- The Voyage Home.- The Voyage Home, say Shaun and Corrina.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35So we have Data and we have The Voyage Home.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39So, Mike and Dom have gone for Data, the android character played by Brent Spiner.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said Data.
0:32:44 > 0:32:45It's right.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52There we are. 20.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00Meanwhile, Shaun and Corrina have gone for The Voyage Home
0:33:00 > 0:33:03as the subtitle of the 1989 film Star Trek V.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05Let's see if that's right. The Voyage Home.
0:33:08 > 0:33:09Oh, bad luck.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer which means, well done,
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Mike and Dom, after three questions you are through to the final, 2-1.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Very well played, really unlucky with Voyage Home.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20That's Star Trek IV, I'm afraid.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24Star Trek V was The Final Frontier.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27And would have scored three points as well, a terrific answer.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Mr Spock's home planet.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Is Vulcan. 49 points for that.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35The year in which the original TV series debuted...
0:33:35 > 0:33:36If you'd have to guess?
0:33:36 > 0:33:38- What do you reckon?- '60s, isn't it?
0:33:38 > 0:33:40- Yeah.- '68?
0:33:40 > 0:33:42'66. I would have guessed '68 as well.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46Four points for that, and you're right, Leonard McCoy's nickname is Bones.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Big scorer, though, would have scored you 53.
0:33:49 > 0:33:50Thanks very much, indeed, Richard.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head around, it's our
0:33:54 > 0:33:57pointless-scoring couple Shaun and Corrina, I'm so sorry.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Well, you took a brave punt there with Voyage Home.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03Sadly, that was the precursor to your very own voyage home.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07But it's been wonderful having you on both shows, thank you so much
0:34:07 > 0:34:09for playing, wonderful contestants. Shaun and Corrina.
0:34:09 > 0:34:10APPLAUSE
0:34:13 > 0:34:16But for Mike and Dom, it is now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Congratulations, Mike and Dom.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26You have seen off the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £2,500.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44Well, what about that - you came, you saw, you conquered,
0:34:44 > 0:34:47a stealth raid on the Pointless trophy cupboard there.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Fantastic, your first and only appearance on the show,
0:34:49 > 0:34:52starting off with a lovely low score with Romania,
0:34:52 > 0:34:56and we've had consistent good scoring all the way through. 2-1 in the head-to-head.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00Really fantastic. Anything you particularly want to see come up in this last round?
0:35:01 > 0:35:05- I quite like food, I guess, would be good for me.- Some food would be nice, that would be lovely.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08- I think we'd all like a bit of that. Anything else?- We've already had football,
0:35:08 > 0:35:12which would have been good for me. Maybe something geography-based.
0:35:12 > 0:35:13Nature, maybe.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16- Like a bit of nature. - It's all around us, Dom.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19Well, listen, as always, you get to choose the category from
0:35:19 > 0:35:22the four that we put up on the board. Let's hope there's something
0:35:22 > 0:35:24up there that might yield something you like the look of.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Today's selection looks like this.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28We've got Nora Ephron Films, the Rugby World Cup,
0:35:28 > 0:35:32the Great Offices Of State, and Latin American Singers.
0:35:35 > 0:35:40So... I don't know any Latin American singers, really, apart from Shakira, so...
0:35:42 > 0:35:46If you have the Rugby World Cup you're going to have to essentially do it on your own.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Shall we go for the Rugby World Cup?
0:35:48 > 0:35:50- We could at least guess some nations, maybe.- Let's go
0:35:50 > 0:35:52- for the Rugby World Cup.- Rugby World Cup.- OK, Rugby World Cup it is.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55- Richard.- We had a rugby question in the jackpot round
0:35:55 > 0:35:57recently and got three pointless answers from it,
0:35:57 > 0:36:00so fingers crossed this is as useful to you.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02You're looking for any of the following, please.
0:36:02 > 0:36:08We're looking for any of the 31 players named in the England squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11On August 27th, as that's when the squads were revealed.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15Any of the 31 Scotland players who were named for the 2015 Rugby World Cup,
0:36:15 > 0:36:20or any of the 31 Wales players, please, for the 2015 World Cup.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24So, any of the 31 players in any of those squads plus any replacements who were called up later,
0:36:24 > 0:36:26so long as they played a match.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29If they didn't play a match, we'll not count them, so very, very best of luck.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Thanks very much, Richard. Now, as always,
0:36:31 > 0:36:34you've got one minute to come up with three answers. All you
0:36:34 > 0:36:37need to win the jackpot is just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42- Are you ready?- Yes.- Yes. - OK. Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. There they are.
0:36:42 > 0:36:47- Your time starts now.- I don't know any, so you're free to do whatever
0:36:47 > 0:36:50- you please.- I can think of loads but I can't think...
0:36:50 > 0:36:52I don't know some that will be pointless.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55I feel like there's going to be loads of Welsh players
0:36:55 > 0:36:58called Alun Jones or something, Alun Wyn Jones, Rhys Jones...
0:37:02 > 0:37:07I'm not sure. I met James Haskell once, I know him.
0:37:07 > 0:37:12- Maybe. - As a sort of nostalgic choice.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16- Can't you think of anyone? - No, I can't at all. Sorry.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Let's go... James Haskell, Dan Cole maybe...
0:37:24 > 0:37:28And I'm pretty sure there's a Welsh one called Alun Wyn Jones.
0:37:28 > 0:37:33- They're all popular, aren't they? - I think there's one called Rhys Webb, who's Welsh, maybe.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35- Yeah?- Ten seconds left.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38Rhys Webb, James Haskell, and Dan Cole.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- Dan Cole's big, isn't he?- Yeah. You haven't really helped, here!
0:37:41 > 0:37:42No!
0:37:43 > 0:37:46OK, there we are, I'm afraid, that's your time up. I now need your three answers.
0:37:46 > 0:37:52- What would you like to go for? - Yeah, so we'll go for Dan Cole and James Haskell for England.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54- Dan Cole, James Haskell... - And Rhys Webb for Wales.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56- And Rhys Webb.- If he's real.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Oh! Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:37:59 > 0:38:02- Well...- I haven't heard of Rhys Webb, so...
0:38:02 > 0:38:04I've got a feeling I've made him up, so...
0:38:04 > 0:38:07- We'll go for Rhys Webb. - We'll put him last.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11- Least likely to be pointless? - Probably James Haskell.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13- James Haskell.- Maybe Dan Cole. - Dan Cole.- OK, Dan Cole first,
0:38:13 > 0:38:15James Haskell in the middle. OK, well,
0:38:15 > 0:38:18let's put those up on the board in that order, then, and here they are.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22We have got Dan Cole, we've got James Haskell, and we have got Rhys Webb.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25Well, very best of luck. Three answers on the board, there.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29What if one of those were to be pointless and you won that jackpot?
0:38:29 > 0:38:31What would you do with that money?
0:38:31 > 0:38:33£2,500.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36- Mike, you first.- I was going to say it's Dom's birthday,
0:38:36 > 0:38:39so we should have a good celebration for that, I guess.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41That's quite a good celebration, isn't it?!
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Yeah, Dom, anything you want to add to that?
0:38:43 > 0:38:48- Well, I actually thought we were going to Colombia together, so that's news to me, so...!- Oh, yeah.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51- Maybe I'll just be going on my own. - Maybe!- We can go together still.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53- Thank you.- We could combine the two.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55You could have your birthday celebrations in Colombia.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58- Absolutely. - I'm sure the budget will stretch.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02There we are. Very best of luck. Your first answer was Dan Cole.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05In this case, we were looking for England players from the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Only one of these has to be pointless for you to win
0:39:08 > 0:39:11that jackpot of £2,500, so let's see how many people said Dan Cole.
0:39:11 > 0:39:12Is it pointless?
0:39:16 > 0:39:17Well, it's right.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21Let's see how far down the column we get with Dan Cole.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24If this goes all the way down to zero, you leave here with £2,500.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Dan Cole, in single figures, down it goes, still going down.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Oh, what about that?!
0:39:29 > 0:39:30Dan Cole scoring 1!
0:39:33 > 0:39:35OK.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37That has changed the complexion of these things, slightly, I think,
0:39:37 > 0:39:41hasn't it? Dan Cole you thought there was no chance of that going so far down.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43You thought that was your least likely to be pointless.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Very impressive low score there, obviously not pointless.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Which means you only have two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Your next answer was James Haskell.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55Once again, we were looking for England players in the 2015 World Cup.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58James Haskell. If this is pointless, it wins you £2,500.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00How many people said James Haskell?
0:40:04 > 0:40:07Well, James Haskell, unsurprisingly, is also right.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09But Dan Cole took us all the way down to one.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Where is James Haskell going to take us?
0:40:11 > 0:40:13We go down through the teens, into single figures,
0:40:13 > 0:40:16James Haskell going down, still going down...
0:40:16 > 0:40:191! Followed by 1!
0:40:19 > 0:40:21APPLAUSE
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Wow.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25OK...
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Very exciting indeed, this has become.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Now, you only have one more shot at today's jackpot.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35- Everything is now riding on a name that you're not entirely sure if you made it up.- Yeah!
0:40:37 > 0:40:40OK. Rhys Webb was your third and final answer,
0:40:40 > 0:40:43the answer that obviously -
0:40:43 > 0:40:46depending on whether or not the man exists -
0:40:46 > 0:40:50you thought was probably your best shot at a pointless answer.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52- Yeah.- Rhys Webb.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55In this case, we were looking for Wales players in the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Let's find out. Rhys Webb, does he exist?
0:40:57 > 0:41:00Rhys, if you're watching, I'm really sorry about this, by the way.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06For £2,500, is Rhys Webb pointless?
0:41:09 > 0:41:11It's right! Rhys Webb is a correct answer.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Now, Dan Cole took us all the way down to 1.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17James Haskell took us all the way down to 1.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Rhys Webb now takes us down through the teens, into single figures,
0:41:19 > 0:41:21down it goes, still going down!
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- You've done it! - Yes!- Very well done indeed!
0:41:27 > 0:41:29CHEERING
0:41:32 > 0:41:36What about that?! Congratulations! Rhys Webb is a pointless answer,
0:41:36 > 0:41:40which means you go home with that jackpot of £2,500.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Very, very well done indeed.
0:41:42 > 0:41:43That's brilliant. Very well played.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46Even better news for Rhys Webb, who's just discovered he exists.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49That must be... He must've been on the edge of his seat,
0:41:49 > 0:41:51thinking, "Oh, goodness me."
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Loads and loads of pointless answers.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55If you know your rugby, there's so many of them.
0:41:55 > 0:41:56We'll start with the England squad.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Loads of other answers.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06Ben Morgan, Danny Care, Geoff Parling, Joe Launchbury, Jonny May,
0:42:06 > 0:42:07all sorts of answers down there.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11In fact the only ones that scored points were Farrell, Robshaw, Brown,
0:42:11 > 0:42:12Ford, Burgess, Easter, Noel,
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Haskell, Marler, Ben Youngs and Tom Youngs.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16The Scotland players.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Everyone there was pointless apart from Laidlaw, Ford, Denton,
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Fraser Brown, Duncan Weir and Sean Maitland.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27Very well done if you said any other answers. And Wales.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Big names here.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Everyone pointless there, apart from Sam Warburton, Alun Wyn Jones,
0:42:34 > 0:42:37who you were thinking of going for, Halfpenny, George North, Dan Biggar,
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Lydiate, Roberts, Hook and Gethin Jenkins.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Every other name pointless.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Gents, great category for you, and congratulations.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Took full advantage, there.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48Thanks very much, Richard, and thanks once again to our winning players,
0:42:48 > 0:42:52Mike and Dom, who go away with today's jackpot of £2,500.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56APPLAUSE
0:42:56 > 0:42:59Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge
0:42:59 > 0:43:00to the test on Pointless.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.