0:00:14 > 0:00:15APPLAUSE
0:00:21 > 0:00:25Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28This is the show where all the questions have been asked to 100 people before the show -
0:00:28 > 0:00:31all our contestants have to do is come up with the answers no-one else could think of.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Let's meet today's players.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40And couple number one.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42My name's Mitchell, this is my beautiful wife Sarah. We're from Aberdeen.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Couple number two.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Hi, I'm Lesley. This is Gillian. And we're from Newcastle.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Couple number three.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Hi, I'm Edo, this is Nicky. We're both from London.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54And finally, couple number four.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Hello, my name's Ian and I'm from Cardiff,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59and this is my sister Sian from Bridgend.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01And these are today's contestants.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Thanks very much, a very warm welcome to Pointless, lovely to have you here.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10We'll get to chat to each of you throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce -
0:01:12 > 0:01:14hovering above his chair like a hummingbird,
0:01:14 > 0:01:19his arms flapping 50 times a second, it's my pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20Hiya.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Hey, everybody.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27It's true, if you've got one of those super-slow-mo buttons on your telly, you can see it.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28Amazing - well, I sort of can.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31- I am constantly in motion. Amazing, isn't it?- Amazing.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Now, we've a couple of familiar faces on our first two podiums.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Very different shows last time, as well. Sarah and Mitchell on that first podium there,
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Sarah had a rather good show last time -
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Mitchell joined the 200 Club all by himself.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47So he needs to pull his finger out essentially in this one.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50And on the second podium we've got Gillian and Lesley.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55Now, Gillian told us possibly the most baffling anecdote I've ever heard on Pointless, Gillian,
0:01:55 > 0:01:57and then gave us an incorrect answer.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02So we need, just... Gillian, just absolute focus this time.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05It's going to be a lot of fun, I think, and welcome to our two new pairs, as well.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08- Nice little jackpot boiling up, as well.- Isn't it?- Yeah.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Thank you very much. Now, as you've gathered, Katie and Mark
0:02:10 > 0:02:14didn't win the jackpot last time, which means we are adding another £1,000 to that
0:02:14 > 0:02:17so today's jackpot starts off... at £5,000.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23OK, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34Remember this - the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be eliminated. That's it.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37No conferring till we get to the head-to-head.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Best of luck to all four pairs. Our first category this afternoon is...
0:02:41 > 0:02:43..US States.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first,
0:02:45 > 0:02:47who's going to go second?
0:02:47 > 0:02:50And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56OK. Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:02:59 > 0:03:03US states with consecutive consonants in their name
0:03:03 > 0:03:06as they could. Consecutive consonants, Richard.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07Yeah, just looking for any of the 50 states
0:03:07 > 0:03:11that have consecutive consonants at any point in their name, please.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14So just two consecutive consonants at any part of their name.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Thank you very much indeed.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19OK. So, Mitchell, we come to you first.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23Welcome here from Aberdeen. Remind us what you do up there.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Erm, I work for a health club. I'm the deputy manager.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30He's being very modest. Mitchell RUNS the health club up there in Aberdeen.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32How is it going? What sort of state
0:03:32 > 0:03:34is it going to be in when you get back there?
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Erm... I'm sure they'll be coping well without me. It's a good team.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41A good team. Your interests outside the health club are what, Mitchell?
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Er, into sports. Like to play football, do a bit of running.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Got a young family, as well,
0:03:46 > 0:03:47and they take up a lot of the time.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Absolutely. OK - now, Mitchell.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54US States. How are you on your American geography, do you think?
0:03:54 > 0:03:56I've got an answer in my mind - I've only got one answer,
0:03:56 > 0:04:00and I hope it's a state, and I hope it's right.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- Virginia?- Virginia, says Mitchell.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Virginia. Let's see.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07If it is right, let's see how many of our 100 people said Virginia.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10- It is right.- Oh!
0:04:15 > 0:04:16Look at that!
0:04:16 > 0:04:184, Mitchell.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Not only right, it's a very good answer, 4.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Great start to the show, thank you.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Well played, Mitchell. An R and a G next to each other in that name.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28They've got a life-size replica of Stonehenge in Virginia,
0:04:28 > 0:04:30made out of Styrofoam.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32It's called Foamhenge.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34I don't know why, but they do.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Ah, that's...
0:04:37 > 0:04:39great. Isn't it?
0:04:39 > 0:04:44I think so. It's actually the oldest structure in America, as well.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45ALEXANDER LAUGHS
0:04:45 > 0:04:49Thanks very much, Richard! Lesley, welcome to Pointless again.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Remind us what you do.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54I'm an account manager for a family firm that makes curry.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57That's just lovely. How often do you eat curry at work?
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Oh, well, I have to eat it quite often to test it.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Oh... That's just the best excuse, isn't it?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04So what do you like doing
0:05:04 > 0:05:06when you're not working in the curry world?
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Well, I'm a bit of a sucker for a raffle.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12If I see a man with a raffle-ticket book, I get very excited!
0:05:12 > 0:05:14LAUGHTER
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Have you ever won anything at raffles?
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Oh... I've THOUGHT I've won,
0:05:17 > 0:05:21and I've squealed and I've gone to get the prize and it wasn't me.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Oh, no! What did you get wrong, the colour of the ticket...?
0:05:23 > 0:05:26No, the whole number. I was so excited!
0:05:26 > 0:05:31Very exciting. Now - Lesley, US states with consecutive consonants.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34I hope this is right, cos my husband will kill me if it's not.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36- Rhode Island.- Rhode Island.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Rhode Island, says Lesley.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Let's see how right it is.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43How many of our 100 people said Rhode Island?
0:05:46 > 0:05:50It is right. Well, 4 is our only score at this stage...
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Ooh, down it goes. Look at that,
0:05:52 > 0:05:547 for Rhode Island.
0:05:54 > 0:05:55APPLAUSE
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Oh, well done!
0:05:57 > 0:06:01Well played, Lesley. Packed full of consecutive consonants,
0:06:01 > 0:06:03it's got R, H, S, L, N, D...
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Good for them.- It's my kind of island.- Yeah.- Look at that.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12Edo. Welcome to Pointless. Good to have you here from London.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- What do you do, Edo? - I'm a sports journalist.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Not a very good one but...!
0:06:16 > 0:06:17Where do you do your journalism?
0:06:17 > 0:06:20I mostly work for an Italian website that has an English page.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24I see. Does that require you to go and turn up live to watch things,
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- or do you just have to follow things?- Not so much, it's more following things from home.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30We've got loads of reporters on the ground already.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Writing them up. I see.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34So I'm guessing sport is a big interest of yours, then?
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Yeah. Although certain sports
0:06:36 > 0:06:39I tend to sort of be a bit wishy-washy... But, yeah.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41OK. Now, Edo.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44US geography, how are we feeling about that?
0:06:44 > 0:06:45Pretty decent.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49I say that - famous last words(!)
0:06:49 > 0:06:51I'm going to go with...Wyoming.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Wyoming.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Wyoming. Nicky's very pleased with that, I can tell you that now.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57He is pleased.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Wyoming. Let's see if it's right and how many of our 100 people said it.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04It is right.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Well, our scoring at this stage ranges from 7 to 4...
0:07:09 > 0:07:1110 for Wyoming.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12APPLAUSE
0:07:13 > 0:07:15There's no particular science to this,
0:07:15 > 0:07:18but there we are, 10 for Wyoming.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Starts with two consonants and ends with two consonants.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22It would be a good place to be a sports writer -
0:07:22 > 0:07:24do you know what their state sport is in Wyoming?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26- It's rodeo.- Oh, yeah!
0:07:26 > 0:07:28That's their state sport.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- Really?- Yeah, how about that?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Thanks very much indeed. Now, Ian.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Welcome. Here from Cardiff.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36From Cardiff, yes.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38What do you do in Cardiff, Ian?
0:07:38 > 0:07:41I'm ICT technical services manager
0:07:41 > 0:07:45- for the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.- Oh, fantastic.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47So you're basically keeping everyone
0:07:47 > 0:07:49educated at a certain level in Wales?
0:07:49 > 0:07:51- I'm doing my best. - It's down to you, Ian.
0:07:51 > 0:07:52It's down to me.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55And when not doing that, what do you like to get up to, Ian?
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Well, I'm trying to get back into triathlon, I'm trying to get fit.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00When did you LEAVE triathlon?
0:08:01 > 0:08:0411 years ago. I did an Ironman in Austria...
0:08:04 > 0:08:06How do you even start to train for that?
0:08:06 > 0:08:09I don't know how it happened. I just sort of fell into it.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11And here you are wanting to go back to it.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15Yes. Well, I made a promise to some people that I would do it,
0:08:15 > 0:08:18and I regretted it for a while, and then I thought, well...
0:08:18 > 0:08:20- Might as well. In for a penny. - Give it a go.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24Good for you, Ian. You're made of... weirder stuff than me!
0:08:24 > 0:08:25SIAN LAUGHS
0:08:25 > 0:08:27What would you like to go for?
0:08:27 > 0:08:30My answer is...Wisconsin.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Wisconsin, says Ian.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Wisconsin, let's see how many of our 100 people went for Wisconsin.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39It's right.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Well, 10 to 4 is our score range at this point...
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Down to 2! APPLAUSE
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Extending the range in exactly the right direction. 2 for Wisconsin.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Nice work, Ian. Barbie is from Wisconsin.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56She's dropped her accent, hasn't she?
0:08:56 > 0:08:59- Yeah, she really has. You wouldn't know, would you?- No.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01She's from a place called Willows, which isn't real.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02OK, thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05We're halfway through, let's take a look at those scores.
0:09:05 > 0:09:072, Ian - the best score of the pass, very well done.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10I'd say Ian and Sian looking very strong at this point.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Actually, you all are, really, to be honest.
0:09:11 > 0:09:134 is where we find Mitchell and Sarah,
0:09:13 > 0:09:167 is where we find Lesley and Gillian,
0:09:16 > 0:09:1810 is where we find Edo and Nicky.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Nicky, if you can find something that happens somehow to score
0:09:21 > 0:09:24more in the Wisconsin and less in the Wyoming end of the spectrum,
0:09:24 > 0:09:27then good luck. We're going to come back down the line now,
0:09:27 > 0:09:29can the second players step up to the podium?
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Sian. A very warm welcome.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- What do you do, Sian?- I work in children's services,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40for a local authority.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42And what are your hobbies, what do you like getting up to?
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Lots of exercise type of things -
0:09:44 > 0:09:46rowing, running, swimming.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49This isn't heading towards Ironman, is it?
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- I'm heading towards a triathlon route like my brother.- That's good.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- You won't do any of the Ironman...? - Maybe in a few years.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57I'm a novice at the moment, so...
0:09:57 > 0:09:58Fantastic.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59Now then, Sian, you're on 2.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Now, let's say you could score 7 or less...
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- OK.- It could be done,
0:10:04 > 0:10:08others have done it - you'd be sure of a place in Round Two.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11I've got a state in mind - I hope it's a state, anyway,
0:10:11 > 0:10:13so I'm going to say it.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- Nebraska.- Nebraska, says Sian.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Nebraska. Here is your red line.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21If you can get below that, you're into Round Two.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23How many of our 100 said Nebraska?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28It's right.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Well, 10 is still our high score,
0:10:30 > 0:10:322 our low...
0:10:32 > 0:10:336!
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Very well done indeed. Taking your total up to 18,
0:10:36 > 0:10:37comfortably into Round Two.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Very good work, Sian. They've got the best zoo in the world in Nebraska -
0:10:41 > 0:10:44the Henry Doorley Zoo and Aquarium, voted Best Zoo in the World in 2014.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Now then, Nicky.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Welcome to Pointless, good to have you here.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52What do you do, Nicky?
0:10:52 > 0:10:55I was a political researcher,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58and I've quit and I'm now a journalism student.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03Did you go into political research thinking it would be marvellous and you quit out of disillusionment,
0:11:03 > 0:11:05or did you only intend to do it for a little while?
0:11:05 > 0:11:10Erm, I saw all the politicians up to their funny business, and I...
0:11:10 > 0:11:11GIGGLING
0:11:11 > 0:11:13..had to leave before I turned out like one of them.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Oh, no. Not THAT kind of funny business.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18I don't know if we're talking about the same type of funny business.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21I don't know either, I'm not sure! LAUGHTER
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Nicky, thank you for wearing a tie.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24I just love it when people wear ties,
0:11:24 > 0:11:25I'm just going to say that. Mitchell,
0:11:25 > 0:11:29maybe you just forgot to put yours on. You've got this beautifully...
0:11:29 > 0:11:31The ground is set, shall we say? But, er... There we are.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Nicky, you're on 10, currently our high scorers.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- We need a low score from you.- Mm...
0:11:38 > 0:11:40I have a few in mind,
0:11:40 > 0:11:42I'm trying to work out which is
0:11:42 > 0:11:44going to score the least...
0:11:45 > 0:11:47I will go
0:11:47 > 0:11:48with...
0:11:50 > 0:11:52..North Dakota.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Ooh... He's not happy.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58He's not happy at all, that was very world-weary.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59LAUGHTER
0:11:59 > 0:12:02North Dakota, says Nicky. There's no red line, you're the high scorers -
0:12:02 > 0:12:05North Dakota, how far down the column can Nicky get with that?
0:12:07 > 0:12:08It's right.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Still 10 to 2
0:12:11 > 0:12:13is our scoring range at this point...
0:12:14 > 0:12:1712 for North Dakota. APPLAUSE
0:12:18 > 0:12:23No rhyme nor reason for it, but 22 is your total.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25It's got four consonants in a row, North Dakota.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27I mean, come on. R, T, H, D.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- Ahhh...!- That's good going, isn't it?- It is good going.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32OK, thank you very much indeed.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Now then - Gillian, welcome back.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Remind us what you like getting up to in Newcastle.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39I do lots of voluntary work, like I said before,
0:12:39 > 0:12:41but I won't go into cake conducting again.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Cake conducting!
0:12:43 > 0:12:45I do like my horse racing...
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Do you? Where do you go?
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Well, I go to the local racetrack...
0:12:49 > 0:12:52- To Newcastle?- Yes, and I've been to Cheltenham.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55But we have the grey horse fund, me and my neighbour.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- You have a great horse...? - GREY horse fund.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00We bet on the grey horse number 5.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02That's it, grey horse number 5.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04She's speaking in riddles again.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07LAUGHTER It's always grey horse number 5?
0:13:07 > 0:13:09If there's a horse that's GREY that's 5 -
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- otherwise we just bet on any grey horse.- Any grey horse.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15It's a bit like Lesley's raffle thing.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- That's why we get on so well. - Oh, that's lovely!
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Now then, Gillian - you have to score 14 or less.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23I won't brook anything more.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25OK... Tennessee.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Tennessee. Tennessee, says Gillian.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Here's your red line -
0:13:30 > 0:13:32get below this red line with Tennessee, you're home and dry.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Let's see how many of our 100 people said Tennessee.
0:13:39 > 0:13:40It's right.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46You've done it, look at that!
0:13:46 > 0:13:507. You equal Lesley's lovely score - takes you up to 14,
0:13:50 > 0:13:54sees you comfortably through to Round Two. Very well done.
0:13:54 > 0:13:55Two Ns, two Ss, Gillian. Very well played.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Sarah... Welcome back.
0:13:59 > 0:14:00Remind us what you do.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02I'm an admin assistant
0:14:02 > 0:14:06in the same health club as Mitch.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Here's what I want to know - is Mitch a good boss?
0:14:09 > 0:14:11That's my answer, thank you very much!
0:14:11 > 0:14:13LAUGHTER Sarah...
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- you've got Aidan and Miller to look after.- Mm-hm.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21They're a little bit older - Aidan's six, I think you said?
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Aidan's eight and Miller's five,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- so he goes to school in the summer, so I lose my little buddy.- I see.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27Well, yes. That's true -
0:14:27 > 0:14:31suddenly your life is slightly your own again, a bit more.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Have you started taking something up again, or...
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- anything like that?- Erm...
0:14:35 > 0:14:37I'm trying to get back into running.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40I used to do that a lot when I was younger.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Very good. Now then - Sarah, the moment of truth is on us.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45You're on 4,
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Mitch set you up beautifully there, lovely low score in the first pass.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Can I just say - Mitch really pulling his weight today.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54- CHUCKLING - I had to step up, didn't I?
0:14:54 > 0:14:56That's good, you've done very well.
0:14:56 > 0:14:5922 the high score - 17 or less gets you through to the next round.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01I am feeling the pressure.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04I've had a state in mind the whole way through,
0:15:04 > 0:15:07but now I'm unsure cos it was...
0:15:07 > 0:15:09SOUTH Dakota.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11So I'm just going to go South Dakota...
0:15:11 > 0:15:12South Dakota.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14- Go for it.- There's your red line -
0:15:14 > 0:15:16if you get below that, you're through.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18How many people said South Dakota?
0:15:20 > 0:15:22It's right.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27You've done it! Look at that.
0:15:27 > 0:15:2911, very well done indeed.
0:15:29 > 0:15:3211, taking your total up to 15, seeing you into Round Two.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Yeah, South Dakota getting one point fewer than North Dakota.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37- Strange, isn't it?- You would think
0:15:37 > 0:15:40North Dakota might automatically suggest South Dakota.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41You MIGHT have thought.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Now, there are no pointless answers at all -
0:15:43 > 0:15:45the best score you can possibly get is 2,
0:15:45 > 0:15:47so terrific answer with Wisconsin,
0:15:47 > 0:15:48you couldn't have done any better.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Maryland and Indiana would also have scored you 2.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53You'd have got 4 for Oklahoma
0:15:53 > 0:15:56and for West Virginia, as well as Virginia.
0:15:56 > 0:15:585 for Kentucky, Connecticut,
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Montana, Kansas and Georgia.
0:16:00 > 0:16:017 for New Mexico and Minnesota,
0:16:01 > 0:16:04and 8 for Vermont, Michigan, Pennsylvania,
0:16:04 > 0:16:079 for New Hampshire. Those are the best scorers.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Take a look at the top three scorers, the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13There's a few big scorers here,
0:16:13 > 0:16:16California would have scored you 28, Florida 30,
0:16:16 > 0:16:18and miles out in front, New York with 50.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23So at the end of our first round the pair we're sending home with their high score of 22 -
0:16:23 > 0:16:25nothing wrong with that score,
0:16:25 > 0:16:27it just happens to be the highest score of the four -
0:16:27 > 0:16:29it's Nicky and Edo.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31However, you'll be back next time, we'll look forward to that.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35I'm sure you'll go much further then, but meantime thank you very much, Nicky and Edo.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36APPLAUSE
0:16:39 > 0:16:42But for the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48And so three pairs remain -
0:16:48 > 0:16:51at the end of this round obviously we're going to have to say goodbye
0:16:51 > 0:16:54to another of the pairs in front of me now. But best of luck to all three pairs.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Our category for Round Two today...
0:16:57 > 0:16:59..is Notable Women.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Notable Women. Can you all decide in your pairs
0:17:02 > 0:17:05who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13OK, and the question concerns...
0:17:14 > 0:17:17..Members of the "National Women's Hall of Fame".
0:17:17 > 0:17:19The "National Women's Hall of Fame".
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Yeah, simply six clues on each pass -
0:17:21 > 0:17:23the answers to all of those clues are people who are in
0:17:23 > 0:17:25the US National Women's Hall of Fame.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Six on the first pass, six on the second, 12 to have a go at at home. Good luck.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Thanks very much indeed. So let's reveal our first board of clues, and here they come...
0:18:04 > 0:18:06I'm going to read all of those again.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36There we are. Mitchell...
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Oh, me!
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Erm...
0:18:42 > 0:18:43This is a guess,
0:18:43 > 0:18:47but I'm going to go for the top one,
0:18:47 > 0:18:51and say - I don't even know if I've got this name right - Eretha Franklin.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Eretha Franklin, says Mitchell.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55I mean, it's a name - let's see if it's right, though.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Eretha Franklin.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Oh... Bad luck. Bad luck, bad luck, Mitchell.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Richard will explain why that is wrong,
0:19:07 > 0:19:10but I'm afraid that scores you 100 points. Sorry.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11It's a valiant attempt, actually...
0:19:11 > 0:19:14- It's not bad.- It's Aretha with an A
0:19:14 > 0:19:16and doesn't fit the clues,
0:19:16 > 0:19:17but it's quite a...
0:19:17 > 0:19:19- LAUGHTER - Eretha...
0:19:19 > 0:19:21I'm glad it's not with a U! Urethra Franklin.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23LAUGHTER
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- Yeah, you don't want that.- No.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30HE EXHALES Gillian...
0:19:30 > 0:19:31Er... For once I think I know
0:19:31 > 0:19:35one or two of these!
0:19:35 > 0:19:37I'm going to go for the jazz singer
0:19:37 > 0:19:38dubbed the "First Lady of Song",
0:19:38 > 0:19:41noted for her Song Book albums, that's Ella Fitzgerald.
0:19:41 > 0:19:42Ella Fitzgerald.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Poor Mitchell, there you are.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Let's see how many of our 100 people got Ella Fitzgerald.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52It's right.
0:19:55 > 0:19:5648 for Ella Fitzgerald.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Well done, Gillian. APPLAUSE
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Lovely answer, Gillian. Huge success everywhere in the world.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Only ever had two UK top 20 singles.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06- Really?- Yeah. One of which was Mack The Knife.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08I suppose she's more jazz, isn't she?
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- Yeah, exactly, she had hit albums everywhere...- Yeah.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Thanks very much indeed. Ian - this board is all yours.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17And you'll notice only one of those names has gone, so that
0:20:17 > 0:20:19leaves five to have some fun with.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21OK. Well...
0:20:21 > 0:20:22I was going to go for
0:20:22 > 0:20:23the second one,
0:20:23 > 0:20:25I was going to say Gerald Ford, but
0:20:25 > 0:20:26then I thought, he wasn't a woman...
0:20:26 > 0:20:28LAUGHTER
0:20:30 > 0:20:31And the bottom one, I think,
0:20:31 > 0:20:33is Amelia Earhart but I'm not sure,
0:20:33 > 0:20:35so I'm going to go
0:20:35 > 0:20:38with the third one down. Billie Jean King.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Billie Jean King, says Ian for the third one down.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Let's see if it's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said Billie Jean King.
0:20:50 > 0:20:5262 for Billie Jean King,
0:20:52 > 0:20:55not bad. APPLAUSE
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Let's work our way up from the bottom,
0:20:57 > 0:20:59because you were right about the bottom one.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03Would have been a better score, as well - Amelia Earhart, for 37.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05You'd have got 8 points for...
0:21:05 > 0:21:07- Georgia O'Keeffe.- Georgia O'Keeffe.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11You'd have got 31 points for Louisa May Alcott.
0:21:11 > 0:21:12So this is the best answer on the board -
0:21:12 > 0:21:152 points, very well done if you said Geraldine Ferraro.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Terrific work.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Thank you very much indeed. So, let's have a look at the scores.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23What about Gillian and Lesley? The low scorers at this point.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Very nice indeed.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Keep that up and you'll be into the head-to-head.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Then up to 62, where we find Ian and Sian.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Then up to 100, Mitchell and Sarah.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Sarah...
0:21:34 > 0:21:35anything might happen in the next pass.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37A low score from you
0:21:37 > 0:21:39might just keep you in the game, so very best of luck with that.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44We're going to come back down the line now, can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:21:46 > 0:21:49OK, let's put six more clues up on the board, and here they are...
0:22:21 > 0:22:22I'm going to read all of those again.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54- Sian...- Right. OK.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56I think I know a couple of them,
0:22:56 > 0:22:58but the one I'm most confident about
0:22:58 > 0:23:00is the jazz singer.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Erm...
0:23:02 > 0:23:03Lady Sings The Blues,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05that Diana Ross played.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07- I think it's Billie Holiday. - Billie Holiday,
0:23:07 > 0:23:09says Sian. Now, you want to score 37 or less.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11That's what it looks like, there's the red line.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Let's see how many of our 100 people said Billie Holiday.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19It's right.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24- Ooh.- 47, but I think that's probably good enough.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28APPLAUSE 109 is your total.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Yes, also in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, unsurprisingly.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35- Diana Ross did the honours, actually, which was rather lovely. - Ah. That's nice.
0:23:35 > 0:23:36Lesley...
0:23:37 > 0:23:4060 or less gets you into the head-to-head.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Right, I think I'll go for the Wild West performer,
0:23:43 > 0:23:46and I think it's Annie Oakley.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Annie Oakley, says Lesley.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Here is YOUR red line - if you can get below that,
0:23:50 > 0:23:54you're into the head-to-head. How many people said Annie Oakley?
0:23:56 > 0:23:57It's right.
0:23:59 > 0:24:00And you are in the head-to-head.
0:24:00 > 0:24:01Look at that, 48.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Equalling Gillian's answer in the first pass, as well,
0:24:04 > 0:24:08so 96 is your total. Evenly earnt.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Very well done. Annie Get Your Gun was the name of that musical.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12Thanks, Richard.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Now then, Sarah...
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Yes, you have to score 8 or less.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Unlikely.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20I hope this is right...
0:24:20 > 0:24:22The US First Lady,
0:24:22 > 0:24:23Betty Ford.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24Betty Ford, says Sarah.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28Betty Ford. Here is your red line.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Let's see if Betty Ford is the one that might get you down there -
0:24:31 > 0:24:33how many of our 100 people said Betty Ford?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Oh, bad luck. 29 for Betty Ford, I'm afraid...
0:24:43 > 0:24:46APPLAUSE ..taking your total up to 129.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Yeah, it's a good answer
0:24:49 > 0:24:52and a good way to leave the show. She was married to Gerald Ford,
0:24:52 > 0:24:54who of course Ian recently revealed is a man, is a gentleman.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58- LAUGHTER - That is a Pointless exclusive we got ourselves there.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00- I bet you know all three of these. The author...- Edith Wharton.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Edith Wharton. 9 points for Edith Wharton.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- The chat show host...- Oprah Winfrey.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08..is Oprah. Yeah, she would have scored you 56.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10And the writer and poet...
0:25:10 > 0:25:12- Um...- Maya Angelou. - Maya Angelou, yes.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14She would have scored 15 points,
0:25:14 > 0:25:16so, Edith Wharton the best answer on that board.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18- Well done if you said that. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20So, at the end of our second round,
0:25:20 > 0:25:22the pair who are heading home, with a high score of 129,
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Sarah and Mitch, I'm afraid it is you.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26It's been lovely having you down here.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Thank you so much for coming to play.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30I'm sorry we have to send you back without a Pointless trophy,
0:25:30 > 0:25:32but you've made a good account of yourselves
0:25:32 > 0:25:34and it's been great having you on.
0:25:34 > 0:25:35Thank you so much, Sarah and Mitchell.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36APPLAUSE
0:25:39 > 0:25:41But, for Gillian and Lesley, Ian and Sian,
0:25:41 > 0:25:43it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Congratulations, Gillian and Lesley, Ian and Sian.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52You're now one step closer to the final
0:25:52 > 0:25:54and the chance to play for our jackpot,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57which currently stands at £5,000.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58APPLAUSE
0:26:00 > 0:26:03This is exciting. You've now made it to the head-to-head,
0:26:03 > 0:26:05which means you can confer from here on in.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06That's great news, isn't it?
0:26:06 > 0:26:08You can confer before giving your answers.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11First player to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Very well done. This is exciting. It's Newcastle versus Wales.
0:26:15 > 0:26:16Ooh! Put it like that.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18I mean, for heaven's sake, who knows what's going to happen?
0:26:18 > 0:26:20And what about this -
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Gillian and Lesley both scored 7 points in the first round,
0:26:24 > 0:26:27and both scored 48 points in the second.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- Ooh!- How very strange.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32- Spooky, spooky. - You are just on form today.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Something is happening. But good luck to both pairs.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37APPLAUSE
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Here is your first question -
0:26:44 > 0:26:46and it is all about trains and locomotives.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Trains and locomotives, Richard.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51I'm going to show you five pictures now of famous trains and locomotives
0:26:51 > 0:26:53with alternate letters of their names, as well.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Can you tell us what they are, please?
0:26:55 > 0:26:57OK, let's reveal our five trains and locomotives -
0:26:57 > 0:26:58and here they come.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59We've got...
0:27:29 > 0:27:30There we go.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Five trains and locomotives.
0:27:33 > 0:27:34Now then, Gillian and Lesley,
0:27:34 > 0:27:37you are our low scorers, so you will go first.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38What one do you want to go for?
0:27:38 > 0:27:40D.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Do you know that one?
0:27:43 > 0:27:44Yeah.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51I think we're going to go for D, Mallard.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54D, Mallard, say Gillian and Lesley.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58D, Mallard. Now, Ian and Sian, talk us through that board if you can.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59Right...
0:27:59 > 0:28:01A, at a guess, is Britannia.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04C is Flying Scotsman.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08E is the Rocket.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12But I think we're going to go for B,
0:28:12 > 0:28:15which I'm hoping is Pendolino.
0:28:15 > 0:28:16Pendolino.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19So, we have Mallard and we have Pendolino.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20Gillian and Lesley said Mallard.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Let's see if that's right for D, let's see how many people said it.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28It's right.
0:28:31 > 0:28:3348 for Mallard. Not bad. APPLAUSE
0:28:36 > 0:28:39Ian and Sian, meanwhile, have gone for Pendolino for B.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Let's see if that's right. Pendolino.
0:28:44 > 0:28:45It's right...
0:28:48 > 0:28:50..and it wins you the point. Well done.
0:28:50 > 0:28:51Oh, it's a good score.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54Look at that, 9 for Pendolino. APPLAUSE
0:28:54 > 0:28:58Which means, Ian and Sian, after one question you are up 1-0.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01And the Mallard was the fastest steam locomotive of all time,
0:29:01 > 0:29:03went over 100mph, which is very impressive -
0:29:03 > 0:29:06but it didn't have free Wi-Fi, so...
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Swings and roundabouts on the Mallard, isn't it?
0:29:08 > 0:29:11A is Britannia, you were quite right.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Would have scored 14 points.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14You couldn't have bettered Pendolino,
0:29:14 > 0:29:16it is the best answer up there.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18C is the Flying Scotsman, of course it is.
0:29:18 > 0:29:2169 points for that.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23And E is the Rocket.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Got a surprisingly low score, Rocket.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26Scored 47 points.
0:29:27 > 0:29:28Thanks very much indeed.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30So here is your second question.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Ian and Sian will answer it first -
0:29:32 > 0:29:34but, Gillian and Lesley, you have to win this one
0:29:34 > 0:29:36to stay in the game, so, good luck.
0:29:36 > 0:29:37It concerns...
0:29:40 > 0:29:43- Hot Beverages, Richard. - Yeah, five hot beverages now -
0:29:43 > 0:29:45but in anagram form.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Can you unscramble them, please?
0:29:47 > 0:29:52OK, so, here are some well-mixed hot beverages - and we have got...
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Ian and Sian go first.
0:30:12 > 0:30:13What do you think? I know...
0:30:13 > 0:30:15THEY WHISPER
0:30:22 > 0:30:25We're going to go for the third one down.
0:30:25 > 0:30:26Peppermint tea.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30Peppermint tea. "Anti temper pep". Peppermint tea.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34Gillian and Lesley, do you want to talk us through that board?
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- No.- We don't!
0:30:36 > 0:30:38We don't really know another one!
0:30:38 > 0:30:40We'll have to go for number two.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43I think we'll go for the second one, hot chocolate.
0:30:43 > 0:30:44OK, hot chocolate.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46So we have peppermint tea and we have hot chocolate.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Now then, Ian and Sian said peppermint tea.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said peppermint tea.
0:30:54 > 0:30:55It's right.
0:30:59 > 0:31:0036.
0:31:00 > 0:31:01APPLAUSE
0:31:03 > 0:31:0536 for peppermint tea.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07Now, Gillian and Lesley have gone for hot chocolate
0:31:07 > 0:31:08for "loc tooth ache".
0:31:08 > 0:31:09Let's see if that's right,
0:31:09 > 0:31:11let's see how many of our 100 people said hot chocolate.
0:31:14 > 0:31:15It's right.
0:31:18 > 0:31:19Ooh, look at that!
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Very well done indeed.
0:31:21 > 0:31:2329 for hot chocolate. APPLAUSE
0:31:23 > 0:31:25No-one more surprised than Gillian and Lesley -
0:31:25 > 0:31:27but it means you're back in the game.
0:31:27 > 0:31:28After two questions, it's 1-1.
0:31:28 > 0:31:29- Well done.- Yeah, well played.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31A harder anagram, I think, that,
0:31:31 > 0:31:34because peppermint tea had the "pep" in there, so maybe slightly easier.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- "SOS spree" is the biggest scorer. - Espresso.- Espresso.
0:31:37 > 0:31:38That would have scored you 59.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40The one at the bottom is slightly cheeky.
0:31:40 > 0:31:41It is a hot drink -
0:31:41 > 0:31:43a hot drink you might have at Christmas.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47- Oh, I see what it is! Mulled wine. - Mulled wine.- There we go.
0:31:47 > 0:31:48That would have scored you 7 -
0:31:48 > 0:31:50and the top answer is a pointless answer.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52- It's camo... - No, it's got chai in it.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56- It's a masala chai.- Oh, right, OK. - Spiced tea.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Very well played if you got that at home.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Thank you very much indeed. So here comes your third question -
0:32:01 > 0:32:03and whoever wins this one goes through to the final
0:32:03 > 0:32:05and plays for that jackpot. Very best of luck to both pairs.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08Our third question today is all about...
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- Dracula. Richard. - Five clues to facts about Dracula.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14The team that gives us the most obscure answer
0:32:14 > 0:32:15is playing for the jackpot.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18OK, let's reveal our five clues - and here they come. We've got...
0:32:38 > 0:32:39I'll read those again.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00And we come to Gillian and Lesley first.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07- Which one?- I think we'll have to go for the second one.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09No - or Transylvania.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12- Everybody knows that.- Go on, then.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14We'll go for the second one, the actor.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17- And it's Christopher Lee. - Christopher Lee.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Christopher Lee, say Gillian and Lesley.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Now, then, Ian and Sian.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Talk us through that board if you can.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Bram Stoker is the man who wrote it.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28I don't know who directed the film.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32Garlic is the ingredient that wards him off.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34And Transylvania.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36I was thinking the top one.
0:33:36 > 0:33:41- Yeah.- We're going to go for the top answer, Bram Stoker.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Bram Stoker. This is going to be very close.
0:33:43 > 0:33:48I have a feeling. So, we have Christopher Lee versus Bram Stoker.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Gillian and Lesley said Christopher Lee.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said it.
0:33:55 > 0:33:56It's right.
0:34:01 > 0:34:0228. APPLAUSE
0:34:07 > 0:34:1028. Very hard to call, this one.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Ian and Sian have gone for Bram Stoker.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Let's see how many of our 100 people said Bram Stoker.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20It's right.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Ooh, 34 for Bram Stoker. APPLAUSE
0:34:25 > 0:34:27Very well done indeed. Gillian and Lesley,
0:34:27 > 0:34:30you are through to the final after three questions, 2-1.
0:34:32 > 0:34:33Great head-to-head, there.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Well played, both teams. The killer answer is the third one.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38So, let's fill in the bottom two first.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40The culinary ingredient is garlic, of course it is.
0:34:40 > 0:34:41Would have scored you 82 points.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44- One of our 100 said carrot for that. - LAUGHTER
0:34:44 > 0:34:47You know what? Perhaps no-one has ever tried.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49- It might do.- Might well do.
0:34:49 > 0:34:50Transylvania you knew, as well.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53That would have scored you 56.
0:34:53 > 0:34:54And the answer that would have seen either team
0:34:54 > 0:34:56- through to the final was... - Francis Ford Coppola.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Francis Ford Coppola, which would have scored 4 points.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01- Well done if you said that at home. - Thank you very much.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head,
0:35:03 > 0:35:04I'm afraid it's Ian and Sian.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06I mean, in some ways it's good news,
0:35:06 > 0:35:08because it means we get to see you again next time -
0:35:08 > 0:35:11but, meantime, thank you very much indeed for playing, Ian and Sian.
0:35:11 > 0:35:12APPLAUSE
0:35:14 > 0:35:17For Gillian and Lesley, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23Congratulations, Gillian and Lesley.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25You have seen off all the competition,
0:35:25 > 0:35:27and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:27 > 0:35:28- Yeah!- Whoo!
0:35:34 > 0:35:37You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:35:37 > 0:35:40and at the end of today's show the jackpot is standing at £5,000.
0:35:40 > 0:35:41There we are. APPLAUSE
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Well, what about that?
0:35:46 > 0:35:48- I know. - I mean, really, what about that?
0:35:48 > 0:35:50That's fantastic. You came from behind in the head-to-head.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54You were 1-0 down, and then you triumphed -
0:35:54 > 0:35:56but, actually, also, you'd been scoring identically
0:35:56 > 0:35:57in the first and second rounds.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00I mean, you know, I just think you're attuned.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02Too many holidays together.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Or maybe it's all gearing up for a fantastic win in this round.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07I know what I'd prefer that to be.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Now, as always, you get to choose your category
0:36:09 > 0:36:11from the four we put up on the board,
0:36:11 > 0:36:13so let us just hope there is something up there
0:36:13 > 0:36:16that you like the look of. Today's selection reads like this.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17We have got...
0:36:26 > 0:36:30- Oh, goodness me. - We've got a trophy, though.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33No, come on, right...
0:36:33 > 0:36:36Grammy award-winning singers, we could guess those.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39- Could we?- We could guess. - Oh, I like that.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41- OK, then. - It's going to have to be, isn't it?
0:36:41 > 0:36:43- Do you think so? - Yeah, we'll guess.- Let's go.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45- We'll go.- Yeah. Grammy.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47- Grammy award-winning... - Grammy award-winning singers.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49OK, very best of luck.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52We're looking for any UK top 40 hit according to officialcharts.com
0:36:52 > 0:36:53up to the end of December 2015 by...
0:36:59 > 0:37:01Three very different singers there.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05So any UK top 40 singles by Doris Day, Will Smith or Barbra Streisand.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07- Very best of luck. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:37:10 > 0:37:12and all you need to win that jackpot
0:37:12 > 0:37:15is for just one of those answers to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:37:15 > 0:37:18- Yes.- OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:37:18 > 0:37:19There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Secret Love by Doris Day.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24- Right.- Guilty, Barbra Streisand.
0:37:27 > 0:37:28Um...
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Go, Les, go.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32- Will Smith...- Because I can't help you with Will Smith.
0:37:32 > 0:37:33Will we just think of the other ones?
0:37:33 > 0:37:36Doris Day. Whip-Crack-Away, was that in?
0:37:36 > 0:37:37Yeah, that's a good one.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39She whipped crack away, didn't she?
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Um...
0:37:41 > 0:37:42What's that place she went to?
0:37:42 > 0:37:45- # Just come back from... - Windy city. #
0:37:45 > 0:37:47LAUGHTER
0:37:48 > 0:37:50# Windy city! #
0:37:50 > 0:37:52Not doing karaoke again.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54- Right, that's it, we'll go... - They're the only ones we know!
0:37:54 > 0:37:57No, there must be another Barbra Streisand.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00I'm not a...big one for her.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02She doesn't float my boat.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Oh, Funny Girl...
0:38:05 > 0:38:08- What did she sing in that? - I don't know...
0:38:08 > 0:38:10- Ten seconds left.- Ooh!
0:38:10 > 0:38:11Um...
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- We'll have to go Doris Day. - Yeah, we're going to go Doris.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16She's going to do it for us, Doris.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- Will she? I don't know if she will. - She will.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22OK, that is your time up. I now need your three answers.
0:38:22 > 0:38:23Barbra Streisand, Guilty.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Guilty.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28Doris Day, Secret Love...
0:38:28 > 0:38:32- Secret Love.- ..and we'll have to say Whip-Crack-Away.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35- We don't know the name. - And Whip-Crack-Away.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38OK, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- Guilty? I don't know. - OK, Guilty goes last.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- Least likely to be pointless? - Whip-Crack-Away,
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- cos it's probably not called that. - OK, let's put those answers
0:38:45 > 0:38:47up on the board in that order, then - and here they are.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49We have got...
0:38:53 > 0:38:54Well, three answers on the board there.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56What if one of those were to be pointless
0:38:56 > 0:38:58and were to win that jackpot for you?
0:38:58 > 0:39:01£5,000, that's a decent jackpot.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03What would you do with that? Gillian, you first.
0:39:03 > 0:39:04We are going to go to Vegas,
0:39:04 > 0:39:07and I'm going to find the Grand Canyon,
0:39:07 > 0:39:09cos I missed it three times.
0:39:09 > 0:39:10LAUGHTER
0:39:11 > 0:39:13I know.
0:39:13 > 0:39:14Lesley.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15LAUGHTER
0:39:16 > 0:39:18I'm going to build a tiki bar in my garden.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21And I'm going to be the barmaid.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Oh. It'll be wonderful.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- Can we come?- A little bit of Hawaii in Newcastle, and of course.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Fantastic. It's just what it's missing.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31OK, so, we are looking, in the first case, we've got Whip-Crack-Away.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34In this case we were looking for top 40 singles by Doris Day.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37If this is right and if it's pointless it will win you £5,000.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40I need say no more - let us just hope it is pointless.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42How many people said it? Whip-Crack-Away.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Oh, no! I think you'd have been surprised if that had been correct.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51- I think we would have. - But still, there we are.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53It was holding a place, and it did it very nicely.
0:39:53 > 0:39:54Not a pointless answer, though,
0:39:54 > 0:39:56so only two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57Secret Love was your next answer.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01In this case we were looking for Doris Day top 40 singles again.
0:40:01 > 0:40:02This has to be right, then it has to be pointless
0:40:02 > 0:40:04for you to win the jackpot.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07So for £5,000, let's see how many people said Secret Love.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11It's right.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Well, Whip-Crack-Away was an incorrect answer.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Secret Love, now, takes us down through the 30s
0:40:17 > 0:40:19and the 20s into the teens...
0:40:19 > 0:40:20Still going down, we're into single figures.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23Down it goes to 8. APPLAUSE
0:40:25 > 0:40:27But this is all moving in the right direction.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29You've gone from 100 to 8.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Your next answer, your final answer,
0:40:31 > 0:40:35your last shot at today's jackpot is Guilty.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39In this case we were looking for Barbra Streisand UK top 40 singles.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41It has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot,
0:40:41 > 0:40:44so, for £5,000, how many people said Guilty?
0:40:44 > 0:40:45Is it pointless?
0:40:49 > 0:40:51It's right.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Your first answer, Whip-Crack-Away, wasn't right.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Secret Love was right and took us down to 8.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Guilty now takes us down through the teens,
0:40:57 > 0:40:59into single figures, passes 8,
0:40:59 > 0:41:00down it goes, still going down.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Still going down! Oh, 2!
0:41:02 > 0:41:04APPLAUSE
0:41:07 > 0:41:09- Oh, well...- Well...
0:41:11 > 0:41:13I tell you what, 8 and 2 are fabulous scores,
0:41:13 > 0:41:15whichever way you look at it.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Sadly they don't count in this last round,
0:41:17 > 0:41:19but, still, you can be very proud of those -
0:41:19 > 0:41:21but you just didn't find that pointless answer you needed
0:41:21 > 0:41:24to win the jackpot, so I'm afraid today's jackpot of £5,000
0:41:24 > 0:41:26rolls over onto the next show.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28But what a treat it has been to have you here.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Such great fun in the studio.
0:41:30 > 0:41:31Brilliant answers.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Consistently good answers right the way through the show,
0:41:33 > 0:41:36and for that you get to take home a Pointless trophy each,
0:41:36 > 0:41:37so there you are - you've got that.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39So you can take that and our love up to Newcastle.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41Thanks very much, Gillian and Lesley.
0:41:41 > 0:41:42APPLAUSE
0:41:46 > 0:41:47Yeah, a valiant effort.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50You've been terrific fun for two shows, so thank you very much.
0:41:50 > 0:41:51We've enjoyed having you here.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Let's take a look at the answers that would have won you the £5,000.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56We'll start with Doris Day singles.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02The only ones that scored any points at all
0:42:02 > 0:42:04were Whatever Will Be Will Be, Move Over Darling and Secret Love.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Whip-Crack-Away is The Deadwood Stage,
0:42:06 > 0:42:09Whip-Crack-Away, but was never a top 40 single.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Will Smith now.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Boy You Knock Me Out, that was with Tatyana Ali.
0:42:13 > 0:42:14Can't Wait To Be With You and Lovely Daze,
0:42:14 > 0:42:16those are both Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince,
0:42:16 > 0:42:18and Will 2K was a number two hit.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19Those are all pointless answers.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Also Daydreamin', Freakin' It, Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble,
0:42:22 > 0:42:25I'm Looking For The One, Just Cruisin' and Party Starter.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27All of those are pointless answers. Well done if you said one.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Barbra Streisand now. You could have had...
0:42:34 > 0:42:36As If We Never Said Goodbye, Stoney End, Tell Him,
0:42:36 > 0:42:40Till I Loved You and With One Look, those are all the pointless answers.
0:42:40 > 0:42:41Thank you so much for being such fun,
0:42:41 > 0:42:44and I'm sorry we didn't send you away with that £5,000.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Thanks very much, Richard,
0:42:46 > 0:42:48and thanks very much indeed, Gillian and Lesley.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Sadly, they didn't win our jackpot today,
0:42:50 > 0:42:53which means it rolls over onto the next show,
0:42:53 > 0:42:55when we will be playing for £6,000.
0:42:55 > 0:42:56APPLAUSE
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Join us then to see if someone can win it.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.