0:00:17 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Thank very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong
0:00:23 > 0:00:24and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:24 > 0:00:28the game where we aim for the obscure and we ignore the obvious.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Let's meet today's players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36- And couple number one. - Hi, my name's Becky.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39This is my brother Jon and we're from Worksop.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41- Couple number two.- Hi, my name is Manoj and I'm from Birmingham.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44This is my best friend Rakesh and he's from Leicester.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45Couple number three.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Hi, I'm James and this is my housemate Joe
0:00:47 > 0:00:50and we're students at the University of Bristol.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52And finally, couple number four.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53Hi, I'm Liv, this is my dad Giles
0:00:53 > 0:00:55and we're from Kenilworth in Warwickshire.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And these are today's contestants.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00Thanks very much, all of you.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Big warm welcome to Pointless, great to have you here.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05We'll get a chance to chat to you each throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:08 > 0:01:09Honk if you love trivia.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11It's my Pointless friend.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13- It's Richard.- Hiya.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14Hi, everybody.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Good afternoon.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18- Good afternoon. - Good afternoon to you, sir.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Good afternoon.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- How are you? - I'm very well, thank you.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Excellent. Now, sometimes people say to us,
0:01:24 > 0:01:28how would we do if we were a pair on Pointless, would we do well?
0:01:28 > 0:01:30You know, I never want to find out, by the way.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- I think there's lots of rounds we would do rather well on.- Yes.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35There are some things that we know about.
0:01:35 > 0:01:41Round One today would be my nightmare round for me.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Other people would be fine with it, I promise you.
0:01:44 > 0:01:45For me, it would be a nightmare.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49OK. I don't know how we feel about that, do we?
0:01:49 > 0:01:50Are we looking forward to Round One?
0:01:50 > 0:01:53- A little nervous.- Apprehensive. - OK.- It would be fine.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56And only Giles and Liv from the last show, got knocked out in Round One,
0:01:56 > 0:02:00very unfortunately knocked out in Round One, as well, Giles and Liv,
0:02:00 > 0:02:02so fingers crossed we'll see more of them today.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Let's hope. Well, thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06So, Janis and Ann won the jackpot last time,
0:02:06 > 0:02:11so today's jackpot starts off rather sweetly back at £1,000.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14There we are. OK, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17APPLAUSE
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Remember this, if you remember nothing else.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26The pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28No conferring in the first two rounds.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Best of luck to all four pairs. Our first category this afternoon is...
0:02:34 > 0:02:37It's birds. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:37 > 0:02:39who's going to go second?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:45 > 0:02:52OK, and our bird question is all about RSPB red status birds.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Yep, red status birds.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57We're going to show you two boards in a minute, one on the way up, one on the way down,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59both of which will have nine birds on them.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01They're all on the RSPB red status list,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04which means they're a conservation priority.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06So give us the name of any of those birds, please.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Nine on the first board, nine on the second.
0:03:08 > 0:03:1018 in all to have a go at at home.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- Slightly different to normal, isn't it?- It is. That's a flock, isn't it?
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- Nine. Nine on each board. - And pictures.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16- Two picture boards.- And initials!
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- I know, right? - I think you'd be fine on this.
0:03:19 > 0:03:20- This is... No.- Really?
0:03:20 > 0:03:23No. I don't know.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24Yeah, I'd be bad, I think.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- Initials might help me out.- OK.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29OK. Remember, if we went on together,
0:03:29 > 0:03:32I like to think birds is something I'd be relatively good at.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Oh, yeah, you know about birds, all right.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36If you got by with one of your better-known red status,
0:03:36 > 0:03:40I could then come in with a nice low score.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- Oh, that'd be nice. - All right, thanks very much.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46So, we are going to show you two images, one going up, one coming down.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Let's put our first image up right now and be done with it.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Here it is.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53There you go.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57There we are. Now, Jon, we come to you first.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00A very warm welcome to Pointless here from Worksop.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- What do you do, Jon? - I'm self-employed.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04I work as an agent for Taiwanese companies,
0:04:04 > 0:04:06- doing their sales and marketing. - I see.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09And when not sales and marketing-bound,
0:04:09 > 0:04:11what do you like to get up to?
0:04:11 > 0:04:14I enjoy playing badminton regularly, two or three times a week.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16What was it about badminton that particularly appealed to you?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19I don't know. It's just something I've played for a long time since I was quite young
0:04:19 > 0:04:21and I've carried on through.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25I love the way a shuttlecock is just a bit slower than a tennis ball.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26That's what I like about badminton.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28- You know that they're actually faster.- Really?
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Yeah, yeah, a shuttlecock flies faster than a tennis ball.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33It doesn't seem that way, does it? But it does.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35- It's true, yeah. - There you are. There you are.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Now, Jon, birds. Red status birds.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Red status birds, Jon.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41- There's a lot to choose from.- Yes.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42Um...
0:04:44 > 0:04:46I think I'm going to go...
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- I'm going to go yellowhammer. - You're going to go yellowhammer.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51OK, let's see if that's right
0:04:51 > 0:04:54and let's see how many of our 100 people said yellowhammer.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59It's right.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Look at that, 17.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Very well done indeed, Jon. Great start to the show.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Yeah, I would be all right, actually, on this board.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- The initials are quite helpful, aren't they?- They are.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Yellowhammer, yeah. Alabama in the States is named the Yellowhammer State,
0:05:17 > 0:05:19but after a completely different bird
0:05:19 > 0:05:21- that's also called the yellowhammer. - Oh, really?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Also, pleasingly, it rhymes with Alabama as well, which is nice.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Yellowhammer, Alabama.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Oh, if you were a limerick writer in Alabama, you've just got...
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Yeah, you are laughing.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31"What, you need something about the state bird?
0:05:31 > 0:05:33"Yeah, I think I can do that."
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Thanks very much, Richard. Rakesh, welcome to Pointless.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- Thank you.- Great to have you here.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- What do you do, Rakesh? - I run my own online toy shop.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Now, that's fun. An online toy shop.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44What sort of toys do you specialise in?
0:05:44 > 0:05:45I specialise in sci-fi merchandise,
0:05:45 > 0:05:49comic merchandise and merchandise from popular movies.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Now, these sound like... You might have more of an adult...
0:05:52 > 0:05:55I don't mean that! I mean a slightly more grown-up,
0:05:55 > 0:05:57a slightly more mature client base.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- That is right.- Just because that sort of sci-fi and comic things...
0:06:00 > 0:06:02You know, it's not really aimed at children, is it?
0:06:02 > 0:06:04I've got two kind of sets of collectors.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Some people who buy the product and never open it up,
0:06:07 > 0:06:09in the hope that it will go up in value over the years.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11But quite a few of the people who buy from me
0:06:11 > 0:06:15basically open it up for display purposes on their shelf or at home.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17There you are.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20So you don't act as a brokerage house for people who want to trade?
0:06:20 > 0:06:21No, I'm just purely a retailer.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Maybe there's a market in that, as well, Rakesh?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- Maybe, something to look into. - There we are.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- Now, Rakesh, how are we feeling about the birds?- Um...
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Kind of mixed bag for me.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33I'm not a bird-watcher, but I've just worked out one,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36which hopefully might score me well.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38I'm going to go for lesser spotted woodpecker.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Lesser spotted woodpecker, says Rakesh.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people went for lesser spotted woodpecker.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56That's good! 20. There we are.
0:06:56 > 0:06:5820 for lesser spotted woodpecker.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Yeah, the smallest and rarest of the UK's woodpeckers,
0:07:01 > 0:07:03the lesser spotted.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06They're beautiful, aren't they, the lesser spotted ones, though?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08It's like a sort of hound's tooth thing there.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- Jacket.- And a little cycling helmet.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12Yes!
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- That is right. - Tiny little cycling helmet.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Lovely. OK, thank you very much indeed.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Now, then, James.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- Hello.- James, welcome to Pointless.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Good to have you here from Bristol.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24And what keeps you busy in Bristol?
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Um, well, I'm in a house with five other guys,
0:07:27 > 0:07:29so we always sort of find things to mess around and do.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31We've got a pool table downstairs in our basement,
0:07:31 > 0:07:34so we often have tournaments and decide who's going to buy...
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- I'm sorry, are you an undergraduate at Bristol?- Yeah.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Oh, I see. So this all makes perfect sense.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41What do you read at university?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43I'm studying geology at the moment.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45My fourth year.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- OK, so very much gearing up for the big, wide world.- Yeah.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Any idea what you're going to do when you leave?
0:07:50 > 0:07:51Um, no idea, really.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Maybe go travelling for a bit
0:07:53 > 0:07:55and then hopefully get a job in a sunny country.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58That would be nice, wouldn't it? Put that geology degree to good use.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00The thing about doing a geology degree
0:08:00 > 0:08:02is you start in year four and you work backwards.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07So, James, how are we feeling about our bird table?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Not good. Not good for me.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11I'm probably going to go, if it is a bird,
0:08:11 > 0:08:13I'm going to go for willow tit.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- Bottom left.- Willow tit.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17It sounds like a bird to me.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18Let's find out. Is it a bird?
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Is James right to go for it?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25- It is a bird! Of course it is. - You're joking.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33There you are, 13. Not only is it a bird,
0:08:33 > 0:08:35it's scored you the lowest score of the round so far.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Yeah, very well done. Not only did that score 13 points,
0:08:38 > 0:08:42but you live in a student household and you just said willow tit on national television,
0:08:42 > 0:08:44so congratulations.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46There are 90% fewer than there were when we were born in 1970.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50I know, it's terribly sad. They have a very distinctive song, the willow tit.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53It goes... HE WHISTLES
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Like that. You'll hear it a lot.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59And it was used in that song Tit Willow, from the opera The Mikado.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00There you are.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Thank you very much. LAUGHTER
0:09:03 > 0:09:06So, Giles, welcome back to Pointless.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07- Last time, Round One.- Yes.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Round One, you were misled by some initials, I think.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12- Yes, that's right. - Quite understandably.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Remind us what you do, Giles.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17So I'm a doctor. I'm a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21That's right. And does that leave you much time to do other things?
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- Yes, a bit.- And what are your interests outside...?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26So, my passion's rugby.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30I'm a fan of Wasps, recently moved to Coventry.
0:09:30 > 0:09:36And I also coach and referee.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37Wow, I mean, that's a full-time,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40FULL-TIME rugby commitment there, by the sounds of things.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42I imagine being a rugby referee is a bit...
0:09:42 > 0:09:46You're not quite so much in the firing line as a football referee.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48No, so people are polite
0:09:48 > 0:09:52when they're telling you that they think you've made a complete error.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Right. I see.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56OK, now, Giles, you're the last to have this board.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00If you wanted to, you could go through it and fill in all our blanks.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03So I think that that's a cuckoo at the top.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06The others, I don't really know.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09I think that's probably a thrush and I would guess a stag thrush,
0:10:09 > 0:10:12but that's only because it fits.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15I think top left is golden something
0:10:15 > 0:10:19and I think the top right has a ruff around its neck,
0:10:19 > 0:10:23but I have absolutely no confidence that there is a bird called a ruff.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26And I don't want to get 100 in the first round again,
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- so I'm going to go for cuckoo. - Cuckoo, says Giles.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Let's see how many of our 100 people said cuckoo.
0:10:38 > 0:10:4050.
0:10:41 > 0:10:4350 for cuckoo.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46You know what? You were absolutely right about ruff.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48And it would have been a much lower score, as well.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Ruff would have scored you 18 points
0:10:50 > 0:10:52and would have been a terrific answer.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- You're right about golden. - Golden oriole.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56It is a golden oriole, very well done.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58You see, I would have helped you out here, you see?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00You would have done. I'd have been all right on this board, I think.
0:11:00 > 0:11:0316 points for that. It is a thrush.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- It's not a stag thrush. - Song thrush.- Song thrush.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08And that would have been 37 points.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Next to that, it is...
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- Starling.- Starling. 46.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14And right at the bottom, bottom right...
0:11:14 > 0:11:15Probably my favourite birds,
0:11:15 > 0:11:17what we used to call a peewit. It's a lapwing.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- Is that your favourite bird, the lapwing?- Yeah. - Would have scored you ten points.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- Why is that your favourite bird? - They have the most glorious tone.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25It's a very, very shrill, slightly electronic sounding...
0:11:25 > 0:11:28You almost wouldn't believe it was a bird if you heard it.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- What does that sound like? - I can't really do it, but it goes...
0:11:30 > 0:11:32HE IMITATES A LAPWING
0:11:32 > 0:11:34- It's a very...- It's like when you...
0:11:34 > 0:11:36- Yeah, when you lock your car. - Yeah. And they're also...
0:11:36 > 0:11:39They're plovers, basically. They're ground nesters, as well.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- They're plovers. They're plovers, not fighters.- That's it, yeah.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44They're beautiful birds.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Anyway, there we go.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- There we go.- Ah, peewits...
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- Peewits.- Lovely.- You just said peewits on national television.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- Yeah.- If only you lived in a student household.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54- What do you mean? I do.- Oh, yeah?
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- Yeah.- You and Ben Miller. - That's right, yeah.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:11:59 > 0:12:00So, we're halfway through the round,
0:12:00 > 0:12:02so let's take a look at those scores.
0:12:02 > 0:12:0513, the best score of that pass, James. Very well done.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Slightly unwitting, but there we are.
0:12:07 > 0:12:0917 is where we find Jon and Becky.
0:12:09 > 0:12:1120 is where we find Rakesh and Manoj.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13And then 50, Giles and Liv.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Now, yes, there you are out in front again.
0:12:16 > 0:12:17I mean, no fault of your own,
0:12:17 > 0:12:20but you did know a lovely low-scoring bird there.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Liv, it falls to you. We need a low score from you.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Best of luck with that. We'll come back down the line now.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:12:30 > 0:12:33OK, we're going to put another image up on the board and here they are.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Nine more red status birds.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Oh, it's nice, this, I don't have to read them out.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Oh, imagine if I had to describe them, that would take forever.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44OK, Liv.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Welcome back. Liv, remind us what you do.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- I'm a student at King's College London.- That's right.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51And when not studying hard, which I'm sure you do,
0:12:51 > 0:12:53what do you like to get up to?
0:12:53 > 0:12:59I do a bit of volunteering at a homework club in Battersea
0:12:59 > 0:13:01for kids from refugee backgrounds.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03So we do an hour of homework support
0:13:03 > 0:13:05and then an hour of something fun, like cooking or games.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Very good. Good for you. Now, Liv, you are the high-scorers.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Don't forget that. Don't be lulled into any sense of security.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14We need a challenging answer from you.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19It's got to be one of those ones that's not entirely easy.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Erm...so I'm going to make one up.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25- As long as it's loosely based around the initials that you're given there.- Yeah.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28So the bottom middle,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31the last word is clearly gull.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34So I'm going to go for...
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- ..heading gull. That well-known...- Heading gull.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42- Yeah.- Really good at getting balls into the net.- Yeah.- OK.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Right, no red line for you, as you're the high-scorers.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48- That's encouraging. - Let us see if heading gull is right.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54Oh, no!
0:13:54 > 0:13:56I'm afraid incorrect.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59I'm so sorry, Liv. I'm afraid that was an incorrect answer,
0:13:59 > 0:14:03scores you 100 points, and that takes your total up to 150.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05- It's all... It's OK.- Sorry.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Yeah, sorry, Liv.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Heading Gull, that's where Yorkshire play cricket, I'm afraid.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Thanks very much, Richard. Joe...- Hello.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Now, then, welcome to Pointless.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Also, I'm going to guess, an undergraduate at Bristol.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20- Yes.- What are you studying?
0:14:20 > 0:14:21Environmental geoscience.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25- Bit of a mouthful, but... - That's interesting. And I would...
0:14:25 > 0:14:28I don't know if red status birds come into your bailiwick.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30- Unfortunately not, no. - That's a shame, that's a shame.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- And you're a housemate of James's? - Yeah, yeah. For four years.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36For four years standing.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38- Was it immediate friendship? - Kind of had to be.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40I mean, we were on the same...
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Well, a similar course and the same floor in halls, so...
0:14:43 > 0:14:44OK. There we are.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48And here you are, putting it to the ultimate test by appearing on Pointless together.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- Exactly, yeah. - Now, Joe, I have good news.
0:14:51 > 0:14:52It doesn't actually matter what you score,
0:14:52 > 0:14:54you'll still get through to the next round.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57But it would be quite cool, wouldn't it, to have a nice, low score?
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Perhaps one as low as James's there.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00It would, yeah.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02I think I know one
0:15:02 > 0:15:05and I'm going to guess at the one that was said before
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- and I'm going to go herring gull. - Herring gull.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Herring gull, says Joe. No red line for you, you're already through.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Let's see how many of our 100 said herring gull.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17It's right.
0:15:21 > 0:15:2325.
0:15:23 > 0:15:2438 is your total.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30- Yeah, very large, very noisy gulls, the herring gull.- Mm.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Oh, and they love a chip.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35They really do. Well, that's because they eat so much fish.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36Thanks very much, Richard.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Now, then, Manoj, welcome to Pointless.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41- Great to have you here.- Thank you.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43- What do you do, Manoj? - I'm a senior surveyor
0:15:43 > 0:15:45for a Yorkshire-based property management company.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48I see. How long have you been doing that?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50With this company, six years, but overall, 17.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Right you are. And what are your interests, Manoj?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55I like a bit of DIY.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57I like football more than anything else.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59I listen to music, as well.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Very good indeed. How are you on your birds?
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Erm... I paid attention to Bill Oddie at The Goodies...
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Well, when he was in The Goodies.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09But obviously not with his ornithology.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Right. OK. Well, the good news is it doesn't matter what you score,
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- you'll still be through to the next round.- Fabulous.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18- What would you like to go for? - Erm...
0:16:18 > 0:16:21I was going to try the herring gull but, well, that's gone now.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25But I'm going to take a punt at the white-tailed eagle.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27There we are. Vigorous nodding from Rakesh.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29I think rightly so.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Let's see how many of our 100 people went for the white-tailed eagle.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34No red line, you're already through.
0:16:37 > 0:16:38Very well done.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Look at that, ten. Very well done indeed.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Taking your total up to 30.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Nice low total there.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52They actually went extinct in the UK but was reintroduced.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Got a wingspan of eight feet.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Now, Becky, welcome to Pointless.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Great to have you here. What do you do, Becky?
0:17:00 > 0:17:02I work as a volunteer coordinator.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06- In what sector? - It's in The Crossing in Worksop,
0:17:06 > 0:17:10which is a church with a social enterprise company and a cafe.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Sort of a community building, if you like, with a church in the middle of it.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16- So I've been there just a couple of years now.- Very nice indeed.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17And what are your interests, Becky?
0:17:17 > 0:17:20I play and run a rounders team,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22which I've been doing for about the last 20 years.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- League champions the last couple. - Worth just mentioning that.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27League champions!
0:17:27 > 0:17:31It did help that we have the England senior squad bowler bowling for us,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- so that is a slight advantage. - Well...
0:17:34 > 0:17:36And I also... I play flute.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40So I'm doing a bit this year with the local Shakespeare Company, playing for them,
0:17:40 > 0:17:44and I like reading, like films...
0:17:44 > 0:17:45Very nice. Fantastic.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47That's a very nice, wide spectrum of interests there.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Now, at 17, you are through to the next round.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Doesn't matter what you score.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54But, Becky, if you wanted to, you could talk us through this board.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Erm...
0:17:56 > 0:17:58OK, so the first one I think is a hen harrier.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Then a house sparrow.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Squeak? Who knows?
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Turtledove.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Black grouse. Yellow something...
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Yellow wagtail?
0:18:08 > 0:18:09Yellow wagtail.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12And the last one, something tern, but I'm not sure.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14I'm going to go yellow wagtail.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16You're going to go for the yellow wagtail. There we are.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Let's see how many of our 100 people got the yellow wagtail.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21No red line for you also because you are already through.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34Look at that. 20 for the yellow wagtail, taking your total up to 37.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Not bad at all.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Very, very well played there.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Becky took us through the board nicely, as well.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Now, we've heard a few of these. Hen harrier we heard.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Eight points.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47House sparrow, of course.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50And the house sparrow was 27 points, actually.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Quite a low score. Now, S K.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54- You know that one? All aboard... - The skylark.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56- The skylark.- It's a skylark.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- Do you know what? I've never seen one.- 16 points.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- You've never seen a skylark? - You just hear them.- Oh, do you?
0:19:01 > 0:19:02What do they sound like?
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Oh, you hear them sort of up on a summer's day, you hear them.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09It's that lovely sort of full-throated evensong of, er...
0:19:09 > 0:19:11I'll take your word for it. You've never seen one.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Turtledove, you're right about turtledove, as well.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Turtledove would have scored 23.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Black grouse is also right.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Black grouse would have scored 22.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23And the last one, it's the best answer on the board.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25It's a very rare sea bird.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27It is a tern. It's the roseate tern.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29- Yeah.- Absolutely.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31It has a slightly pinkish underbelly in the summer.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- One point for that.- There we are. Thank you very much indeed.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36So, at the end of our first round,
0:19:36 > 0:19:41I'm afraid the pair we have to say goodbye to, our only returning pair.
0:19:41 > 0:19:42- Oh, Liv and Giles.- Oh...
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Oh! Feels like you've been with us for ages
0:19:45 > 0:19:48and I'm afraid it's just been... It's been two first rounds.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49So unfair. I'm so sorry.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- That's OK.- I'm so sorry. Anyway, it's been lovely having you on.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Thank you so much for coming and playing. Liv and Giles.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Brilliant contestants.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58APPLAUSE
0:19:58 > 0:20:00But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08And look at that. Suddenly we're down to three pairs.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11And at the end of this round, we'll have to say goodbye to another of our pairs.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Well, well done, all of you. Lovely grouping, as well,
0:20:13 > 0:20:16all in the 30s. Very nice neck-and-neck scores there.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19But, Manoj, I'm going to reserve special praise -
0:20:19 > 0:20:21the lowest score of the round. But not because you knew it,
0:20:21 > 0:20:23anyone can do stuff because they know it,
0:20:23 > 0:20:25you did it because you worked it out.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26We applaud that on Pointless.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29So very well done indeed. Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Our category for Round Two today is...
0:20:34 > 0:20:35Can you all decide in your pairs
0:20:35 > 0:20:37who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:20:37 > 0:20:40And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46OK, and the question is all about...
0:20:50 > 0:20:52- Richard. - Yeah, six clues on each pass
0:20:52 > 0:20:55and the answer to all of them begins with C.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57So there are going to be 12 in all to have a go at at home.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58- Very best of luck.- OK.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Let's reveal our first board of clues and here they come.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03We have got...
0:21:29 > 0:21:31I'm going to read all of those again.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57There we go.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Becky, it's you.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04I think I know a few, but they're verging on guessing.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06So I'm going to go for one that I'm fairly certain of.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09I'm going to go for the top one, which is Calais.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Calais, says Becky. Let's see if that's right,
0:22:11 > 0:22:13let's see how many of our 100 people said Calais.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17It's right.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Look at that, 59. Not bad.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23- Sorry, Jon.- Not bad.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Yeah, lost under the reign of Queen Mary.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29She said, when she died, they'd find Calais engraved on her heart.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32- And they looked and it wasn't, so... - LAUGHTER
0:22:32 > 0:22:35There we are. Thank you very much indeed. Now, Rakesh.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Oooh, this board is horrible.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40But I do know one and I have to go with it.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42I think it might be a high scorer.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46I'll go for the Egyptian queen who is said to have committed suicide.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48- I'll say Cleopatra. - Cleopatra, says Rakesh.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said Cleopatra.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57It's...
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Oooh, 81 for Cleopatra.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- Well, it's a lot better than 100. - True.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Yeah, she chose to die, supposedly,
0:23:03 > 0:23:06rather than be paraded as a captive through the streets of Rome.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Thanks very much, Richard.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10- James.- Hello.- You're the last person to have this board.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14If you wanted, you could go through it and answer all of those clues.
0:23:14 > 0:23:15Yeah, I don't think I know...
0:23:15 > 0:23:17I only really know one of them.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20I think the ancient city now in Tunisia could be Carthage.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Carthage, says James.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23Let's see if that's right.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27Let's see how many of our 100 people said Carthage.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30It is Carthage. Very well done.
0:23:30 > 0:23:3281 is our high score. You've passed that.
0:23:32 > 0:23:3459, our low score. You've passed that.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Down it goes to 25. Very well done indeed, James.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Good work on that far podium.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Yeah, it's just on the coast. It's near Tunis.
0:23:42 > 0:23:43It is an archaeological site now.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45It's an extraordinary place, Carthage.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Now...I bet you get all of these.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- The surname of the first Protestant Archbishop?- Cranmer.- Cranmer.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Thomas Cranmer.
0:23:52 > 0:23:5411. You are as rich as...
0:23:54 > 0:23:55- Croesus.- Croesus.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Of course you are. And that would have scored 19.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00- And the battle?- Culloden.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Culloden. And that scores 43.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05So Cranmer is the best answer on the board.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06Thanks very much indeed.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09We're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.
0:24:09 > 0:24:1025, James, well done to you.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13James and Joe looking pretty strong as the low scorers at this point.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Then 59's where we find Becky and Jon.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18And then 81, Rakesh and Manoj.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Manoj, how good's your history? How did you like that board?
0:24:21 > 0:24:24I was pretty sure of the last one.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27OK. OK, so let's hope there's a nice low score on the next board
0:24:27 > 0:24:29that might just keep you in the game. Best of luck with that.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31We're going to come back down the line now.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:24:36 > 0:24:38OK, let's put six more clues up on the board and here they come.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40We have got...
0:25:04 > 0:25:06I shall read those all one last time.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30There we are. Joe, it's over to you.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33You're on 25. Ideally, you'd score 55 or less,
0:25:33 > 0:25:36then you'd be absolutely sure of a place in the next round.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Yep. Not great for me, history, really.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42But I think I'll go for the Cuban leader and go Castro.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Castro, says Joe.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Castro. Here comes your red line.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Should you get below that red line,
0:25:48 > 0:25:50you are straight through to the head-to-head.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Let's find out how many of our 100 people said Castro.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02Not bad at all. 58. That's good enough, I'd have thought.
0:26:02 > 0:26:0458, of course, takes your total up to 83.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08Yeah, Fidel Castro. He overthrew Batista in 1959.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Ruled for almost five decades.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Thanks very much, Richard.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Now, Manoj, you have got a target,
0:26:15 > 0:26:17which is one.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19If you can score one or less,
0:26:19 > 0:26:24you are definitely in the head-to-head round.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27I'm going to go for the third one down and Caesar.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Caesar. Caesar, says Manoj.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34OK. Well, there is your red line.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Let's see how far down the column we get with Caesar.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44No.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46I'm afraid not Caesar.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49That's an incorrect answer and it scores you 100 points.
0:26:49 > 0:26:50181 is your total.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54Sorry, Manoj. I'll give the correct answer at the end of this pass.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56OK. Now then, Jon. This board is all yours.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59If you wanted to you could go through it,
0:26:59 > 0:27:01fill in all those unanswered clues,
0:27:01 > 0:27:03but safe in the knowledge
0:27:03 > 0:27:05that you're through to the next round, even if you score 100 points.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08It's a tricky one for me.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11I think there's only one possibly, which is the answer said previously,
0:27:11 > 0:27:16but the man who became the first Holy Roman Emperor in 800 AD.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17Caesar.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19But that's again a guess.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20OK, Caesar.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Getting quite an outing as a word.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Let's see if it's right in this instance.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28No red line for you. You're already through.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Oooh. No, not Caesar.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 159.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36Yeah, let's fill these in.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39I bet you get all of these as well, I suspect.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Now, did you know the man who became the first Roman emperor?
0:27:42 > 0:27:45- Charlemagne.- Yes, a name we all know. And that's where it's from.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Six points for that. Little Boot was...
0:27:48 > 0:27:50- Caligula.- Caligula.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53That scores 13. The largest amphitheatre in the world...
0:27:53 > 0:27:55- Colosseum.- The Colosseum.
0:27:55 > 0:27:5863 for that. And do you know this?
0:27:58 > 0:28:01The surname? Someone of India.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03- Clive.- Clive of India. - Of course, of course.- 14 points.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05- And the King of England?- Cnut.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09Cnut. And that would have scored you 57 points.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12It's funny, yes, because history... I mean, that's correct.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16History often portrays Cnut as being a vain and foolish man
0:28:16 > 0:28:17who's ordering the tide back,
0:28:17 > 0:28:19but the whole point of it was actually to demonstrate
0:28:19 > 0:28:22that he didn't have any power at all over...
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Yes, he's been much misrepresented.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26- Exactly. He was a man of modesty. - Yeah, exactly.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Also, he had to do that CNUT from London to Brighton to do it,
0:28:29 > 0:28:31so it's a real...
0:28:31 > 0:28:35Thanks very much indeed. So, at the end of our second round,
0:28:35 > 0:28:38we have to say goodbye to Manoj and Rakesh with their high score of 181.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41I'm so sorry to say goodbye to you at this stage but we get to see you again next time.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43And we're already looking forward to that.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45So in the meantime, thanks very much indeed, Manoj and Rakesh.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48APPLAUSE
0:28:48 > 0:28:52But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55APPLAUSE
0:28:57 > 0:29:00Congratulations, Joe and James, Becky and Jon.
0:29:00 > 0:29:01You're now one step closer to the final
0:29:01 > 0:29:03and a chance to play for our jackpot,
0:29:03 > 0:29:06which currently stands at £1,000.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Well, look, here we are. We've arrived at the head-to-head.
0:29:08 > 0:29:09That nice little ledge.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13From here on in, we can confer before giving answers, which is great.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17First pair to win two questions will be going through to the final and playing for the jackpot.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20So we have flatmates versus brother and sister.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22And we've had very good answers from both teams,
0:29:22 > 0:29:25so I think this should be close. Best of luck to both pairs.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Let's play the head-to-head.
0:29:32 > 0:29:37OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Fictional clergy, Richard.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43We're going to show you five pictures now of fictional clergy.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47We need you to tell us the film or TV programme that they featured in, please.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Thanks very much indeed.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52OK, let's reveal our five fictional clergy and here they come.
0:30:21 > 0:30:22There we are.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Five fictional clergymen or women.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Now, Joe and James, you are our low scorers, so you will go first.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Feel free to confer.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37THEY WHISPER
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Erm, I think we're going to go for C
0:30:44 > 0:30:46- and go Sister Act.- C, Sister Act.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48C, Sister Act.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Now, Becky and Jon, do you want to talk us through the board?
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Give it a go.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57E, Jon thinks possibly The Exorcist.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Or I'm thinking maybe Thorn Birds, but I'm not sure which.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02D, I don't know.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Looks like a steeplejack, but who knows?
0:31:04 > 0:31:07B is lovely Dawn French in Vicar Of Dibley.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09But we're going to go for A which is Rev.
0:31:09 > 0:31:10Rev.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13OK. So we have Sister Act and we have Rev.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Joe and James said Sister Act.
0:31:15 > 0:31:16Let's see if that's right.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Let's see how many of our 100 people got that for C.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24It's right.
0:31:25 > 0:31:2774.
0:31:29 > 0:31:3174 for Sister Act.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Now, Becky and Jon, meanwhile, have gone for Rev for A.
0:31:33 > 0:31:34Let's see if that's right.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37Let's see how many of our 100 people said Rev.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42It's right.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44And it wins you the point, moreover.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47Down it goes. That's a great answer.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49- Rev scoring 11. - Well done.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52You've nicked it, Becky and Jon. Well done.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54After one question, you are up 1-0.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Rev played by Tom Hollander there.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58B, you are right, The Vicar Of Dibley.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Dawn French there as Geraldine Granger.
0:32:01 > 0:32:0381 points for that.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Now, D is the best answer on the board.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09That's Gene Hackman and he's in The Poseidon Adventure.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Three points.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14And E was The Exorcist, you're quite right.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16The Exorcist. Max von Sydow there,
0:32:16 > 0:32:17and that would have scored you ten points.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Thank you very much indeed, Richard. OK, here comes your second question.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23Now, Joe and James, you have to win this one to stay in the game,
0:32:23 > 0:32:25but Becky and Jon get to answer it first.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27So best of luck with that.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31Our second question today is all about...
0:32:32 > 0:32:34Species of bear, Richard.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38Going to show you five names now of species or subspecies of bear, but they're in anagram form.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Can you unscramble these, please?
0:32:41 > 0:32:42Thanks very much indeed.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46Let's reveal our five anagrams of bear. And here they are.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54I'll read those again.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Becky and Jon will go first.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08BECKY CONTINUES WHISPERING
0:33:15 > 0:33:21We're going to go with the top one, which we hope is sloth bear.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24"Sloath" bear or sloth bear. Sloth bear, say Becky and Jon.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Now, then, Joe and James, over to you.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Well, they actually took the one we were going to go for.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34So we know the bottom two. They're grizzly bear and polar bear.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38I don't know, we'll probably have to go for grizzly bear, then.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41OK, grizzly bear, say Joe and James.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43So we have grizzly versus sloth.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Sloth bear, say Becky and Jon. Let's see if that's right.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53It's right.
0:33:57 > 0:33:5927.
0:34:01 > 0:34:0427 for sloth. Now, then, Joe and James, meanwhile,
0:34:04 > 0:34:05have gone for grizzly bear at the bottom.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07Let's see if that's right.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Let's see how many of our 100 people got grizzly.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14It's right.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Oooh, 71... That's a high score.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Which means, very well done, Becky and Jon,
0:34:20 > 0:34:23after only two questions, you are straight through to the final 2-0.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26Very well played again. There's a couple of better answers up there.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30The next one down, virtually the first word virtually has the name in it.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32- Spectacled.- Spectacled bear, yeah.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35They have the little rings around the eyes, or most of them do, anyway.
0:34:35 > 0:34:3720 points for that. Pearl boar is polar bear, you're right.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39It scores 89 points, a big scorer.
0:34:39 > 0:34:44Now, this last one I only know because it's been an answer on the show before.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46- I know...- It's the bear that reviews all the films...
0:34:46 > 0:34:48- Oh, Kermode bear! - A Kermode bear.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Absolutely. And it's a pointless answer,
0:34:50 > 0:34:52- so very well done if you said that. - There we are.
0:34:52 > 0:34:53Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:34:56 > 0:34:59our golden couple, our low-scoring pair, Joe and James.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02It's good news really, though, cos it means we get to see you again next time.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Otherwise it would all have been over in just one show.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06We'll look forward to that very much indeed,
0:35:06 > 0:35:09and on the strength of today's show I imagine you'll do just as well, if not better then.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11- So thanks very much for playing, Joe and James.- Thank you.
0:35:11 > 0:35:12Well done.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16But for Becky and Jon, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Congratulations, Becky and Jon,
0:35:22 > 0:35:24you've seen off all the competition
0:35:24 > 0:35:26and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38And at the end of today's show the jackpot is standing at £1,000.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41Well, what about that? You made very quick work of this.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44We'll draw a veil over the Caesar answer
0:35:44 > 0:35:48in our history beginning with C round, but apart from that,
0:35:48 > 0:35:50we've had some lovely answers from you all the way through.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53What would you like to see come up in this last round?
0:35:53 > 0:35:56- Oh...- What do you want, ideally?
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Blue Peter in the 1970s.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01- Nothing very specific at all.- Yeah.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05And the books of Enid Blyton would be...about my skill set.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09OK, well, as always, you get to choose your category from the four that we put up on the board.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12Let us hope there's something up there today that you like the look of.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Today's selection reads like this. We've got...
0:36:23 > 0:36:27Nora Ephron films are like Sleepless In Seattle...
0:36:27 > 0:36:29But that's about the only one I can think of right now.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33Or we could have a punt on things containing the letter Y, which could be anything.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35- Go for that?- Let's have a punt on that.- Go on, yeah.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37We'll go for things containing the letter Y.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39- It's the mystery of the unknown. - OK, there we are.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Things containing the letter Y, Richard.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Good punt. If you like your geography, you've picked a nice category.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46We're looking for any of the following things, please.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51We are looking for any capital city that contains a Y in its name, please.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55It has to be a capital city of a country that's a member of the UN in its own right.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57We're looking for any football clubs
0:36:57 > 0:37:02in the top four divisions of English football in 2015-2016 that contain a Y.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06Or we're looking for any US states or state capitals that contain a Y.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10So capital cities that contain a Y, football clubs containing a Y
0:37:10 > 0:37:13or US states or state capitals that contain a Y.
0:37:13 > 0:37:14Very best of luck.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Thanks very much indeed.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20All you need to win that jackpot
0:37:20 > 0:37:23is for just one of your answers to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- Yes.- OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28There they are. Your time starts now!
0:37:28 > 0:37:30- OK.- Right, OK.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32- What are you looking at first? - US states.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Wyoming. Kentucky.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36- Wisconsin.- Oh, that's a good one.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38I like that one. Wisconsin.
0:37:38 > 0:37:39Football clubs...
0:37:40 > 0:37:42I'll be rubbish on that, as well.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45I can't even think of anything that has got...
0:37:45 > 0:37:46The cities.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52- Cor, I'm struggling with that. - Right, think carefully.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54I think Yambol for some reason, but I don't think that's...
0:37:54 > 0:37:56I don't think Yambol's necessarily a...
0:37:56 > 0:37:58- Right, think of any... - That's a bit of a random one.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00..African capitals.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Burkina Faso...
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Right, think of any other US states.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08- Kentucky. What did you say? Wisconsin.- Wisconsin.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11Kentucky, Wyoming.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- There could be... - Is Wisconsin W-I or W-Y?
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- Oh, I think it's W-I. - Ten seconds left.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Capital cities, erm...
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Brighton and Hove Albion, no.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Sheffield United, no...
0:38:28 > 0:38:30I'm afraid that is your time up.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32- That minute's never long enough, is it?- No!
0:38:32 > 0:38:33Let's have your three answers,
0:38:33 > 0:38:36and if you can say which category you're answering, that'd be great.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38- Shall we go for Kentucky? - Yeah, go for Kentucky.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- Kentucky.- Kentucky in US states.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Erm...Wyoming?
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- Wyoming.- In US states. Oh...
0:38:45 > 0:38:48We'll go for Wisconsin, even though we think we've spelt it wrong.
0:38:48 > 0:38:49And Wisconsin. OK.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52Now, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:52 > 0:38:54They're all equally unlikely,
0:38:54 > 0:38:57but we'll make one up and we'll go Wyoming.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Wyoming goes last. Least likely to be pointless?
0:38:59 > 0:39:01- The one that's spelt wrong, Wisconsin.- Wisconsin. OK.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05Well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order, then, and here they are.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07We have got...
0:39:10 > 0:39:12Well, very, very best of luck.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16One of those answers could turn out to be pointless.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19One of them is beginning to look quite pointless,
0:39:19 > 0:39:21but one of them could be pointless and might win you that jackpot.
0:39:21 > 0:39:231,000 quid. What would you do with that, Becky?
0:39:23 > 0:39:26We're trying to do a garden project this year,
0:39:26 > 0:39:29so I'd put it towards that and I think you're the same.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33- Likewise, yeah. Towards gardening. - Happy with that. OK, very good.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Well, your first answer was Wisconsin.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38I find myself thinking, "Why?".
0:39:38 > 0:39:41Anyway, let's find out what happens when we say Wisconsin.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44If it's correct and pointless, it could win you £1,000,
0:39:44 > 0:39:46but let's see if it's correct.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53Yeah. OK. Draw a quick veil over that.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56I will. I'll explain why it is an incorrect answer at the end of the round.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58- LAUGHTER - Thank you.- Thank you, Richard.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01OK, your next answer was Kentucky.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05In this case, we were looking for US states or state capitals containing the letter Y.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07If this is pointless, it will win you a thousand quid.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Let's see how many of our 100 people said Kentucky.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Is it pointless?
0:40:14 > 0:40:15- It's right.- Yeah!
0:40:15 > 0:40:17That's the main thing. Down it goes.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Kentucky takes us down through the 50s and into the 40s.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22If it goes all the way down to zero, it will win you £1,000.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Into the 20s. Into the teens.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Oooh, 13.
0:40:29 > 0:40:3113, not bad.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34Not a bad score. Annoyingly, though, not a pointless answer,
0:40:34 > 0:40:37which means you only have one more shot at today's jackpot.
0:40:37 > 0:40:38Everything is now riding on Wyoming,
0:40:38 > 0:40:41which most definitely has got a Y in it.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Again, we're looking for US states or state capitals with a Y in.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46If it's pointless, it wins you £1,000.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48How many people said Wyoming?
0:40:51 > 0:40:53It's right.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56Well, Kentucky took us all the way down to 13.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Wyoming now takes us down through the 40s,
0:40:58 > 0:41:00through the 30s, into the 20s...
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Oooh, 25.
0:41:03 > 0:41:04Ah, well.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10Well, football fans would have adored that round, I'm sure.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12But that was a tough one for you there
0:41:12 > 0:41:14and that minute, just never long enough.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17But I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,
0:41:17 > 0:41:19so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21That rolls over onto the next show.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24But a very strong performance right the way across the show
0:41:24 > 0:41:27and 2-0 in the head-to-head. No arguing with that.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29And you get a Pointless trophy each to take home,
0:41:29 > 0:41:31so very, very well done, Becky and Jon.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33APPLAUSE
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Yeah, that was great fun. You've been terrific throughout, as well.
0:41:39 > 0:41:40It's been a pleasure having you here.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Let's take you through the pointless answers
0:41:43 > 0:41:45and, hopefully, nothing here that looks too familiar to you.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47We'll start with the capital cities.
0:41:47 > 0:41:48Conakry, which is Guinea.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Pyongyang, North Korea, would have been a pointless answer.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, which is Sri Lanka.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56It's the legislative capital of Sri Lanka.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59And Reykjavik, as well, was a pointless answer.
0:41:59 > 0:42:00Other pointless answers...
0:42:00 > 0:42:03Erm, I think you worked out after the minute
0:42:03 > 0:42:06that some of the places with City on obviously contain a Y.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09You could have had Guatemala City, Kuwait City or Panama City.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Also Niamey in Niger.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, was a pointless answer.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Yamoussoukro, which is Cote d'Ivoire.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17That was a pointless answer, as well.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Very well done if you said any of those at home.
0:42:20 > 0:42:21Football clubs containing a Y.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24There's only three pointless answers here -
0:42:24 > 0:42:28Bradford City, Milton Keynes Dons and Newport County.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30One point, if you're playing along at home,
0:42:30 > 0:42:31for Notts County, Hull City,
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Wycombe Wanderers, Birmingham City, Exeter City,
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Shrewsbury Town and Accrington Stanley.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38All of those would have scored you one.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41Now, let's take a look at those capitals and states.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Carson City, Nevada, was a pointless answer.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Oklahoma City, a pointless answer.
0:42:46 > 0:42:47Olympia, which is Washington.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Pennsylvania, the only state on the list.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53You also could have had Cheyenne and Jefferson City.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Very well done if you got any of those at home
0:42:55 > 0:42:56and tough luck in the studio.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59That one minute, it just whizzes by, does it not?
0:42:59 > 0:43:00Thanks very much indeed.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03Well, Becky and Jon didn't win our jackpot today,
0:43:03 > 0:43:05which means it rolls over onto the next show,
0:43:05 > 0:43:07when we will be playing for £2,000.
0:43:07 > 0:43:08APPLAUSE
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Join us then to see if someone can win it.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:43:16 > 0:43:21APPLAUSE