0:00:21 > 0:00:23Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,
0:00:23 > 0:00:25and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
0:00:25 > 0:00:28the game where we are always aiming for the lowest score.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Let's meet today's players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35And couple number one.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37I'm Ruth, this is Frank,
0:00:37 > 0:00:41and we come from a village called Stawell near Bridgwater.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44- Couple number two.- Hi, I'm Lup, this is my partner Ray,
0:00:44 > 0:00:45and we're from south London.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48- Couple number three. - Hi, I'm Simon,
0:00:48 > 0:00:50this is my wife Leila and we're from Chapstow.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52And finally, couple number four.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55I'm Steve and this is my son Chris, and we're from Dover in Kent.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And these are today's contestants.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Thank you very much, all of you. A very warm welcome to Pointless.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04We'll get the chat to each of you of course
0:01:04 > 0:01:05throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08So that's just leaves one person for me to introduce.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12He says his most embarrassing moment on telly may well happen
0:01:12 > 0:01:15during this episode. It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Hi, everybody. Good afternoon.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21- Good afternoon to you. - Good afternoon.- A couple of things.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Firstly, we welcome back Leila and Simon, the only returning pair,
0:01:24 > 0:01:26got knocked out in the first round last time,
0:01:26 > 0:01:28so hopefully see an awful lot more of you this time.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31And secondly, how is Steve Chris's dad?!
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- He looks about 30. - I know.- What's gone on there?
0:01:34 > 0:01:37You're going to have to talk to them about that quite seriously.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39But most importantly - we will clear that up -
0:01:39 > 0:01:41most importantly, that jackpot keeps getting bigger.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43- Oh, yes, I know.- Doesn't it? No-one's winning it.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Sometimes we get, like, five people win in a row.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48It's rare. I can't remember when it was last this big.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50- It's nice, isn't it?- Extraordinary.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52It's like the good old days.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- I know!- At some point, it's going to be worth our while absconding.
0:01:55 > 0:01:56LAUGHTER
0:01:56 > 0:01:58I have already squirrelled some of it away,
0:01:58 > 0:02:00I'm just going to tell you right now.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02I think if another thousand goes on it today,
0:02:02 > 0:02:03- the two of us should scarper.- We'll just go.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05I tell you where we'll go - Panama.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07That's the place to go. That's where I'm going.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Actually, it's no tax on this anyway.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10Winnings, no tax.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Yeah, stealings, you don't pay tax on that either, do you?
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Thanks very much indeed.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Now, Paula and Mark didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:02:18 > 0:02:22so we add another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off...
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Look at this.
0:02:24 > 0:02:25- AUDIENCE:- Ooh!
0:02:27 > 0:02:31Goodness me. Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36OK, now, remember this,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39the pair with the highest score at the end of each round
0:02:39 > 0:02:41will be eliminated. That is all you have to remember.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44That and of course no conferring till we get to the head-to-head round.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Other than that, very, very best of luck to all four pairs.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Our first category today...
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Oh, Ruth, I'm sorry.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58who's going to go second. And whoever's going first,
0:02:58 > 0:02:59please step up to the podium.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06OK, and the question concerns...
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- Richard.- On each board,
0:03:11 > 0:03:13I'm going to show you the names of seven UK Top 40 singles,
0:03:13 > 0:03:16all of which have a US city, town or borough in their title.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18You just need to tell us what that city, town or borough is, please,
0:03:18 > 0:03:20because we've missed it out of the title.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24OK, thanks very much. So, please supply the missing US locations
0:03:24 > 0:03:28to these song titles. Here's our first board.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52I'll read those all again.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Ruth, welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17- What you do?- Well, I'm retired. - What DID you do, Ruth?
0:04:17 > 0:04:20I was a NHS nurse for over 30 years
0:04:20 > 0:04:23and over 20 of those I was a community.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Right, that's a sort of district nurse, is that?
0:04:25 > 0:04:27- Yes.- The old-fashioned district nurse?- Yeah.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29And what do you do now, Ruth, what fills your time?
0:04:29 > 0:04:34Well, yeah, I'm a member of our church benefice choir.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36So how often do you sing? Weekly?
0:04:36 > 0:04:40Well, usually it is on the United service once a month
0:04:40 > 0:04:43our choir sings, and we do a couple of concerts
0:04:43 > 0:04:44through the year as well.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47That's nice. Very good.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Ruth, how do you find this board? I saw that wince on your face...
0:04:49 > 0:04:53Well, actually, not too bad because there's a few there from our era.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Are there any there that you sing with the United Benefice Choir?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Mmm...no.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59SHE LAUGHS
0:04:59 > 0:05:01No, if it was hymns, we'd be really good.
0:05:01 > 0:05:07- Right.- I think what I'm going to do is going to go for Gene Pitney,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Let's see if that's right.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Tulsa.
0:05:20 > 0:05:2273!
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Oh, Ruth, I thought that deserved to go much further down.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27- I thought so. - Anyway, good start to the game.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29It is a good start. Yeah, Tulsa in Oklahoma.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Until 2006, tattoos were banned in Oklahoma.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- Isn't that interesting?- Yes.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Well, you could get them over the border, though.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39- HIGH-PITCHED:- Can you believe it? - HIGH-PITCHED: No.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41LAUGHTER
0:05:41 > 0:05:42- Lup.- Hi.- Welcome to Pointless.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Great to have you. What you do, Lup?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46I'm an IT project manager.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Very good. I very much like Lup's shirt.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Yeah, it's nice, right?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52I believe there's something sort of reflective on there.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- What is that?- Sequins are picked out on part of the...piping.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57It's a fabulous thing that, Lup.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- Thank you.- Very good. Lup, what interests you outside of work?
0:06:00 > 0:06:05Well, I took voluntary redundancy recently and I've been travelling.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Oh, now, that's nice. Well, how far abroad have you been?
0:06:08 > 0:06:10I went to Marrakech for a while.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Brazil, Argentina, Malaysia.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15Very nice indeed.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Lup, how do you find this board of missing US locations?
0:06:18 > 0:06:19It's not too bad.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22The difficult thing is working out which one
0:06:22 > 0:06:24is going to have the lowest score.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28I think I'm going to go for the Eurovision option,
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Rise Like A Phoenix.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Oh, very good. Very good indeed.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Phoenix.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40There we are. Well, you passed Tulsa.
0:06:40 > 0:06:41As many have.
0:06:43 > 0:06:4420 for Phoenix.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Yeah, very well done. Clever, that, because it's not
0:06:50 > 0:06:52referencing the actual city, but it is a city.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54It's like that old knock-knock joke, isn't it?
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- Knock-knock.- Who's there? - Phoenix.- Phoenix who?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Phoenix my ice cream, I'm telling my mum.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Simon, welcome back.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- Hello.- You are our only returning pair.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08You are the thin line of communication
0:07:08 > 0:07:11we have between the last show and this show.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13And I say thin because we only saw you to Round One.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15- Yeah.- This time though...
0:07:15 > 0:07:18This time we've got to see much, much more of you.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21I'm thinking finalists. I'm going to put that out now.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Simon, remind us what you do.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24I work for the council,
0:07:24 > 0:07:28grounds maintenance operative, and just doing lots of things outdoors.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Very good. So a bit of gardening, bit of sort of...
0:07:31 > 0:07:35- I was picturing bonfires last time. - Yeah, we set some bonfires.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37It's a little bit of everything, really.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40How is a leaf blower's job done?
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Because on a windy day, that's just...
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Yeah, you feel like a dog chasing your own tail, really.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Yeah. There we are. Now, Simon, what would you like to go for?
0:07:48 > 0:07:52I know a few of them. I know one for definite.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56With the other one, I'm tempted to go for.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00And I think I'm going to. Bruce Springsteen.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01Is it the Streets Of Philadelphia?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Philadelphia, says Simon.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Leila looked slightly pained before you gave that answer
0:08:05 > 0:08:08but she seems a bit relieved now. Let's see if that's right.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12Philadelphia, how many of our 100 people said it?
0:08:12 > 0:08:14It is Philadelphia. 73 still our high score, we pass that.
0:08:14 > 0:08:1720's our low score.
0:08:17 > 0:08:2029 is where you finish up there, Simon, not bad.
0:08:23 > 0:08:24Yeah, very well played.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26There is another city next to it, which is much smaller,
0:08:26 > 0:08:28called Philadelphia Light.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30LAUGHTER
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Thank you very much, Richard. Chris.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34- Hello.- Warm welcome to Pointless to you.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- Chris, what do you do?- I work on cross-Channel ferries.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- Dover to Calais.- See, that is just perfect, because you're from Dover,
0:08:40 > 0:08:42why wouldn't you? Is that...?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Does everybody kind of end up doing a stint on the ferries?
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Pretty much. If you're from Dover, you work on a cross-Channel ferry.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- How long have you done that? - On and off for about four years.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- On and off, of course.- Yeah. - That's how it works, isn't it?
0:08:54 > 0:08:55LAUGHTER
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Yeah. So which department of the ferry are you on?
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Just stewarding, so bars, retail.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02You're spending a lot of time offshore,
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- you're duty-free, as it were. - I am indeed, yeah.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07That's nice, are you planning to stay on the ferries or...?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10No. No.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12You answered a little bit too quickly there.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15- What would you like to do? - I'd like to join the police.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17I've tried to do that once, I'll try to do it again.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20OK, border police, I guess, being in Dover would seem like a...
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- Well, county police, yeah. - County. Excellent.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Now, Chris, this board is all yours.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Would you like to fill in all the blanks?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29I'd love to fill in all the blanks.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30I can maybe fill in one for you.
0:09:32 > 0:09:33I can fill in the obvious one,
0:09:33 > 0:09:36so I feel like I'm going to stitch Dad up for the next round.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38So Sting is Englishman In New York.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39New York, says Chris.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Well, let's see how many of our 100 people said New York.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49It's right. 73 still our high score.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52But 65. Nestling in just below there.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Not a bad score but there are lower ones out there.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58I would've thought that Dionne Warwick would have scored more,
0:09:58 > 0:09:59but it doesn't, it scores fewer.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- San Jose.- Yeah, "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?"
0:10:02 > 0:10:04That would only have scored you 49 points.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- And I don't.- Do you not?
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- No, I don't. - Get a plane from Gatwick.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12There you go. Last Train To...?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14- Something "ville". What is it? - Clarksville.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Clarksville! There we are.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Clarksville, would have scored you 40.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20That's a good song. And the REM one?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Is All the Way to Reno.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24- Reno...- Nevada. And that would have scored 5,
0:10:24 > 0:10:26so very well done if you said that.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Thank you very much indeed, Richard. We're halfway through the round.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Let's take a look at those scores. 20, congratulations, Lup.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33The best score of that pass, Lup and Ray.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34I think you shall go to Round Two.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Then up to 29, where we find Simon and Leila.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Then up to 65, where we find Chris and Steve,
0:10:40 > 0:10:42and 73, not too far out in front, Ruth and Frank.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Oh, but, Frank, you're going to be the last person to go.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46You're going to have a board like the one
0:10:46 > 0:10:47I asked Chris to fill in there.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49So let's hope that there is something on there
0:10:49 > 0:10:50that you know there's a nice low score.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52We're going to come back down the line now.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:10:58 > 0:11:02OK, let's put seven more song titles with US locations missing from them
0:11:02 > 0:11:03on the board. And here they are.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28I shall read those all one last time.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- Steve...- Hello.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Steve, welcome to the show. You're never Chris's dad!
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Come on! You're his older brother.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57That's what they tell me.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Really? I mean, I'm not doubting the paternity,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01let me get that quite clear.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04But what is it? There must be something in the air in Dover.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06And he's my second, I have an older one.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08- Really?- Yeah.- Really?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Very fertile area, Dover.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Yes! There we are.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14Steve, what do you do?
0:12:14 > 0:12:18I'm a retailer, I run a mail-order business selling music books.
0:12:18 > 0:12:19I see, sort of sheet music?
0:12:19 > 0:12:21- Yeah, sheet music. - How did you get into that?
0:12:21 > 0:12:23I kind of fell into it by accident.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25I graduated in music,
0:12:25 > 0:12:28and I was just looking for a job to keep me going for a couple of years
0:12:28 > 0:12:31before I started my performing career.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33What were you going to be performing as?
0:12:33 > 0:12:34Well, I'm an organist and a singer.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36- Right.- So, one of the two.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- One of those two? - But I still do those,
0:12:39 > 0:12:41but I do them alongside my day job.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44I see, so, very nice, completely immersed in music there.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- Yeah, absolutely. - I mean, organists and singers,
0:12:47 > 0:12:49quite often conductors as well. Are you a music director too?
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Yes, yes, I run three choirs, yes.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Wow. Steve, there you are on 65, you're not the highest scorers,
0:12:55 > 0:12:59but you're getting quite close to it, so we need a low score from you.
0:12:59 > 0:13:027 or less would mean you were definitely in the next round.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Yes.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Well, it's great that pop music's popped up first,
0:13:07 > 0:13:08because it gets it out of the way,
0:13:08 > 0:13:12but it may also get us out of the way, it's not my strong suit.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16But I'm going to go with Yellow Rose Of Texas.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17Yellow Rose of Texas, says Steve.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Let's see if that's right and let's see how many of our 100 people
0:13:20 > 0:13:21said it. There is your red line,
0:13:21 > 0:13:23below that you are definitely through.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27It IS Texas.
0:13:29 > 0:13:3170 for The Yellow Rose of Texas,
0:13:31 > 0:13:34that takes your total up to 135.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35Yeah, big score for Texas there.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Thank you very much indeed. Now, I've got great news for you, Leila.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- Yeah?- Round Two, Round Two has your name written all over it.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Which is fantastic. Doesn't matter what you score.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44Remind us what you do.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48- I'm a teacher.- That's right, remind us what you teach.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Maths and English and some other subject as well.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Maths, English, she's being very coy about those other subjects, I feel.
0:13:53 > 0:13:54Mm, I wonder.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Mm. What are your interests when school is out?
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Um, I'm quite an avid Eurovision fan,
0:13:59 > 0:14:01so the last board was better for me.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05I actually go every year to Euromansion,
0:14:05 > 0:14:09which is a whole weekend dedicated to the Eurovision Song Contest.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11That sounds like a kind of hell!
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- LAUGHTER - It's amazing.
0:14:13 > 0:14:14It's absolutely awesome.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Wow, Euromansion?
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Yeah, it's a big group of us, we all love Eurovision, we all love a flag,
0:14:20 > 0:14:23- we all bring food.- Oh, no, that sounds fine, in that case.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26You cheer it on? OK, now, there you are, well, listen, pressure off,
0:14:26 > 0:14:28doesn't matter what you score,
0:14:28 > 0:14:30but see if you can get a nice, low score.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Well, it's a bit of a nightmare.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35I don't know any. I feel like I should know the Beastie Boys,
0:14:35 > 0:14:38but I can't remember it, so I'm going to have a guess,
0:14:38 > 0:14:42because I think it should be The Boston Tea Party.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44OK, The Boston Tea Party.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46So if they are playing it off a straight bat...
0:14:46 > 0:14:48- Yes.- ..Boston Tea Party, surely.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Let's see. No red line for you, you are already through.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52How many people said Boston?
0:14:55 > 0:14:58And they were, precisely the bat they were using.
0:14:58 > 0:15:0058 for The Boston Tea Party.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Taking your total up to 87.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Yeah, that would be a cruel trick,
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- if it had been a different tea party, wouldn't it?- I know. Surely.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09But they were sensational, the Alex Harvey Band,
0:15:09 > 0:15:11you don't get to be sensational by always...
0:15:11 > 0:15:13And they were a band.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14- They were. - And Alex Harvey was in them.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18- He was.- Did exactly what it said on the tin.- Yup.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Thank you very much. Now, Ray, welcome.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22- Hello.- What do you do, Ray?
0:15:22 > 0:15:26I am a business manager for the English healthcare regulators.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Right you are. How long have you done that for?
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- Just two years now.- OK. Enjoyable, is it?
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Yeah, but I'm not on the front line, doing the inspections themselves,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36I'm in finance and commercial, in the background.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Right, I see. And what do you do apart from that, Ray?
0:15:38 > 0:15:42- What keeps you happy?- Well, I'm a little bit of a Whovian, let's say!
0:15:42 > 0:15:45So I'm very happy to be here and meet you,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48because you were on one of the shows.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Thank you very much indeed.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53God, I mean, Doctor Who, I mean, there's plenty there, isn't there?
0:15:53 > 0:15:54I've watched it since I was a kid.
0:15:54 > 0:15:55- Yeah.- Just a lifelong fan.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59Do you collect things at all? Do you collect...
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- I do indeed.- ..sort of cards and stickers and all those...?
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Not to that degree. I've got a spare room of things.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07OK, sort of to that degree!
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Nothing crazy, just a spare room.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12It IS crazy!
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Says Lup! There you are. You are also through to the next round,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17by the way, Ray, doesn't matter what you score.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19What would you like to go for on that board?
0:16:19 > 0:16:20The last board was better.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23I only know one, which is the top one,
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Put Your Hands Up For Detroit.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Put Your Hands Up For Detroit, says Ray.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said it.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32No red line, you're already through.
0:16:34 > 0:16:35It IS Detroit.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Might be rather a good score, this, I have a feeling.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Look at that! 13, Ray.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42Very well done indeed.
0:16:42 > 0:16:4433 is your total,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47the lowest by a long way on this round.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Yeah, very good answer, great song as well.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Thank you very much indeed. Now then, Frank, welcome to Pointless.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54- Thank you very much. - Very good to have you here.
0:16:54 > 0:16:55What do you do, Frank?
0:16:55 > 0:17:00I'm retired, but I was in the army for 37 years before that.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Right, which regiment were you in?
0:17:02 > 0:17:06A bit of a hybrid, really, I did lots of different things.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Lots of different things. What keeps you busy now, Frank?
0:17:09 > 0:17:12I do writing, I write a lot, and I do a lot of am-dram,
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- directing now, mainly. - Excellent. Oh, that's fun.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17What sort of am-dram do you do?
0:17:17 > 0:17:20I directed Ruth in the last village panto.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22- Was she good? - Ruth was the Fairy Queen.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23- Aww!- Fantastic, she was.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27Fantastic. Do you write the panto for each year?
0:17:27 > 0:17:30No, no. I have written them, I used to write them in the army.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Wonderful. OK, now, Frank, you're on 73. Now, this is important,
0:17:34 > 0:17:35you have to score 61 or less
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- or we have to say goodbye to you at the end of this round.- OK.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41So that is some indication of the kind of obscurity
0:17:41 > 0:17:43you are aiming for.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46I'll go for Wichita Lineman.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49The Wichita Lineman. The Wichita Lineman, says Frank.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Let's see if that's right, here is your red line,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53you have to get below that with Wichita.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Let's see if it's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01It's right.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03You've done it! Very well done indeed, look at that.
0:18:03 > 0:18:0435.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Perfect score there, 108 is your total.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Well played, Frank, lovely song to end the round on as well.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15Written by Jimmy Webb. Now, Queen of...?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17- New Orleans. - New Orleans, Jon Bon Jovi.
0:18:17 > 0:18:18Low scorer, that, 4 points.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20- Skyline?- Manhattan.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Manhattan Skyline, A-Ha, 16 points.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24And Beastie Boys, No Sleep Till...?
0:18:24 > 0:18:27- Brooklyn.- No Sleep Till Brooklyn, 14 points.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30So, best answer on the board is New Orleans, well done if you said that.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31There we are, thanks very much, Richard.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34So, at the end of our first round, the pair we have to say goodbye to,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37with their high score of 135, I'm sorry, Steve and Chris.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40As you anticipated, this is where we say goodbye to you.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42It gets you out of the way and that out of the way,
0:18:42 > 0:18:44so next time you come back, you can sail through to the final,
0:18:44 > 0:18:47I'm sure. But meantime, thank you very much for playing.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48Steve and Chris.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02And so we are down to three pairs. Obviously, at the end of this round,
0:19:02 > 0:19:04we will have to say goodbye
0:19:04 > 0:19:05to another pair for our head-to-head round.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08But a warm welcome to all of you to Round Two.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Leila and Simon, this is your second show,
0:19:10 > 0:19:12but you left at the end of the first round last time.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14And hats off, Ray and Lup,
0:19:14 > 0:19:17our low scorers individually and joint low scorers as well.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Our category for Round Two today is...
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:19:26 > 0:19:28who's going to go second. And whoever's going first,
0:19:28 > 0:19:30please step up to the podium.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35OK, let's find out what the question is, here it comes.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:19:46 > 0:19:47Players beaten by Roger Federer.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Yeah, in January 2016, at the Australian Open,
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Roger Federer won his 300th career Grand Slam singles match.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55We're looking for anybody he's beaten
0:19:55 > 0:19:58in any of those 300 matches, please.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59Very best of luck.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Thanks, Richard. Ruth, do you follow tennis?
0:20:02 > 0:20:05I do like it, yes, I always watch Wimbledon.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07But trying to think up here...
0:20:07 > 0:20:09- It's hard up there. - It's hard up here.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11- Yeah.- Um, so...
0:20:13 > 0:20:15I think
0:20:15 > 0:20:17I will go...
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Just wondering about being on the safe side.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Probably a high score, but I'll go for Rafael Nadal.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Rafael Nadal, says Ruth.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Let's see how many of our 100 people said Rafa Nadal.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Not bad, 34 for Rafael Nadal.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Yeah, he's beaten Rafa twice in Grand Slam events.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Nadal has beaten him nine times.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Both Federer's wins came at Wimbledon.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51Thank you, Richard.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52Now, Ray...
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- Ray, what would you like to go for? Oh, no?- So bad.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Not a strong suit for you?
0:20:58 > 0:21:01That's why I'm going first, so Lup knows what to play with.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04I've only got two names in my head,
0:21:04 > 0:21:06and it's because I'm forced to watch Wimbledon!
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Um, Novak Djokovic.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Novak Djokovic, says Ray.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Novak Djokovic.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Well, 34 is what we got for Nadal.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22We've passed that, 31 for Djokovic.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27We're going very obscure here early on, aren't we(?)
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Djokovic and Nadal. Yeah, he's actually beaten him
0:21:29 > 0:21:30six times in Grand Slams.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33He's beaten him in all four Grand Slams, no-one else has done that,
0:21:33 > 0:21:35but Djokovic has also beaten HIM in all four Grand Slams as well.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37There we are, thank you very much, Richard.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38Now then, Simon...
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Simon, what would you like to go for?
0:21:44 > 0:21:49Um, I'm going to go for maybe the less obvious British player,
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- and go with Tim Henman. - Tim Henman, says Simon.
0:21:53 > 0:21:54Let's see if that's right, let's see
0:21:54 > 0:21:56how many of our 100 people said Tim Henman.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03It's right. Well, 34 is our high score, 31 is our low currently.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05We've passed both of those.
0:22:05 > 0:22:0816, our new low score, very well done, Simon.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Yeah, that's a good way of thinking as well,
0:22:12 > 0:22:14because it does go further back, does Federer.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Thanks very much, Richard. We're halfway through the round,
0:22:16 > 0:22:18so let's take a look at those scores.
0:22:18 > 0:22:2116, the best score of that pass, very well done, Simon.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22Leila, keep that up, that nice, low scoring,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25and you should be through comfortably to the head-to-head.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Then up to 31, Ray and Lup.
0:22:27 > 0:22:2934 is where we find Ruth and Frank.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31So, yes, Frank, you're not that far ahead,
0:22:31 > 0:22:33but a low score will see you into the head-to-head.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34So, good luck with that.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36We're going to come back down the line now.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:22:41 > 0:22:43OK, so, Leila, remember we are looking for anyone
0:22:43 > 0:22:46who's been beaten by Roger Federer in a Grand Slam.
0:22:46 > 0:22:51You're on 16, if you can score 17 or less, you're into the head-to-head.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54OK, I'm going to go for Lleyton Hewitt.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Lleyton Hewitt, says Leila, Lleyton Hewitt.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Here is your red line, get below that with Hewitt
0:23:00 > 0:23:02and the head-to-head awaits.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Let's see how many of our 100 went for Lleyton Hewitt.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Absolutely right.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Well done, you've done it, look at that, 4 for Lleyton Hewitt,
0:23:16 > 0:23:19taking your total up to 20, the lowest total of this round.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23That's a very good answer, Leila, well played.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24He's beaten him eight times,
0:23:24 > 0:23:27which is the joint most he's ever beaten anyone in a Grand Slam.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Thank you very much, Richard.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Now, Lup, it wasn't exactly like Ray
0:23:31 > 0:23:33sort of got a drumroll going for you there,
0:23:33 > 0:23:36but he did hint that there is a lot of Wimbledon going down!
0:23:36 > 0:23:38I do like my tennis...
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- Good.- ..and I know a lot of names,
0:23:40 > 0:23:42but I'm not sure I want to go too risky,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45in case they didn't actually play in a Grand Slam.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48I'm going to play fairly safe, I think, and say Stan Wawrinka.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Stan Wawrinka, says Lup. Stan Wawrinka.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Now, ideally, you would score 2 or less with this,
0:23:55 > 0:23:57to be sure of a place in the head-to-head.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Let's see how far down the column we get with Wawrinka.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01There's your red line.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06It's right.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12Oh, look at that!
0:24:12 > 0:24:15You've scored 2! 2 you needed, 2 you got.
0:24:16 > 0:24:1933 is your total, very well done.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Well played, Lup. Yeah, he's beaten him five times in Grand Slams,
0:24:22 > 0:24:25played loads of times. Also, they won the Davis Cup together
0:24:25 > 0:24:26for Switzerland, Wawrinka and Federer.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31Thank you, Richard. Now, Frank, I have grave news.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35I'm afraid you are the high scorers, even before we've had your answer.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37- I'm sorry.- C'est la guerre.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Ah, c'est la guerre!
0:24:39 > 0:24:41And what would you like to give us as your answer?
0:24:41 > 0:24:45I'm actually going to go for Greg Rudeski.
0:24:45 > 0:24:46Greg Rusedski, says Frank.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50There's no red line for you, I'm afraid,
0:24:50 > 0:24:52as you are already the high scorers.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Oh, bad luck, I'm afraid that scores you 100 points,
0:24:59 > 0:25:01takes your total up to 134.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03I would have said that was a pretty good guess, Frank, but no,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06never beaten him in a Grand Slam, never been a Federer-Rusedski game.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Now, when you said there may be a few pointless answers,
0:25:09 > 0:25:12there's 150 pointless answers on this list.
0:25:12 > 0:25:13- LAUGHTER - There's an awful lot,
0:25:13 > 0:25:16and there are a lot of top ten tennis players.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19He has sort of played everybody, apart from Greg Rusedski,
0:25:19 > 0:25:22in his career. Let's take a look at a few of the pointless answers now,
0:25:22 > 0:25:25I know tennis fans will be shouting some of these at the screen.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29You would have added £250 to the jackpot with Carlos Moya,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Feliciano Lopez, Gael Monfils - the Frenchman.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37Grigor Dimitrov, the Bulgarian, John Isner,
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Marcos Baghdatis, the Cypriot.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Mardy Fish - one of the best named tennis players - American.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Jack Sock is a slightly better named tennis player, I think.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Michael Chang, Sam Querrey, loads and loads of pointless answers.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52The big scorers were Murray, Nadal, Djokovic, then Henman, Sampras,
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Hewitt, Roddick, Agassi, Del Potro,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Wawrinka, Nalbandian, Goffin, Berdych,
0:25:57 > 0:26:01Martin, Tsonga, Safin - those were the only people who scored at all.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06So, at the end of our second round, the pair we have to say goodbye to,
0:26:06 > 0:26:08with their high score of 134, I'm afraid, Ruth and Frank, it is you.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11We'll see you again next time, though, and I hope you'll go
0:26:11 > 0:26:14much, much further. In the meantime, thank you very much, Ruth and Frank.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20But for the remaining two pairs, it's time for our head-to-head.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Well, congratulations, Ray and Lup, Leila and Simon,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31you are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play
0:26:31 > 0:26:35for our jackpot, which currently stands at £8,500.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Well, we've arrived at the head-to-head,
0:26:41 > 0:26:42which means you're now allowed to confer.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Well, very well done, Ray and Lup,
0:26:47 > 0:26:50first appearance on the show. Very nice low scores.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52It has generally fallen OK for you.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Ray, you managed to get through the tennis round,
0:26:54 > 0:26:58then Lup beautifully coming in with a nice low score there.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Simon and Leila, Oh, memories of last time's 200...
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Trying to suppress the memories!
0:27:02 > 0:27:04..been erased, oh!
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Just fabulous. Lovely low scoring there.
0:27:06 > 0:27:07And here you are in the head-to-head.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09This, I think, is going to be very exciting.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Best of luck to both pairs, let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20OK, here is your first question, and it concerns...
0:27:23 > 0:27:25- Richard.- Yeah, we're going to show you five pictures now
0:27:25 > 0:27:27of TV shows that contain magic in them somewhere,
0:27:27 > 0:27:30we just need you to identify the shows, please.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33OK, let's reveal our five TV shows, and here they come.
0:27:33 > 0:27:34We've got...
0:28:05 > 0:28:07There we are, five magical TV shows.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Ray and Lup, you're the low scorers, so you will go first,
0:28:10 > 0:28:11feel free to confer.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23We... Little risk, but we think D is Charmed.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26D, Charmed, say Ray and Lup, Charmed.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28Now, Leila and Simon.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31That board is all yours, do you want to talk us through it?
0:28:31 > 0:28:34- Sure, um...- OK, so, we think A is Game of Thrones.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38B is Bewitched.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41C is I Dream Of Jeannie.
0:28:41 > 0:28:42E, I watched it,
0:28:42 > 0:28:44I can't remember the name of it.
0:28:44 > 0:28:45I think it might be The Worst Witch.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Oh, it is The Worst Witch!
0:28:48 > 0:28:49Let's go for E.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52- Yeah, but we don't know if it's definite...- No, it's E.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55- Worst Witch, yeah.- You sure? - Yeah.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57- I think you're right.- OK.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00- We'll go E, The Worst Witch. - The Worst Witch, OK.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03So, we have Charmed for D, from Ray and Lup,
0:29:03 > 0:29:05and The Worst Witch from Leila and Simon.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Ray and Lup said Charmed for D, let's see if it's right,
0:29:08 > 0:29:10let's see how many people said it.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15- No!- Oh, not Charmed.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Good risk, but didn't pay off, I'm afraid.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20Leila and Simon, meanwhile, have gone for The Worst Witch for E,
0:29:20 > 0:29:21let's see if that's right,
0:29:21 > 0:29:24let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Very well done.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Down it goes, 9 for Worst Witch.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38Which means, Leila and Simon, after one question,
0:29:38 > 0:29:39you are up 1-0.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Yeah, well played for taking a risk, but Worst Witch,
0:29:43 > 0:29:46a very good answer. D is a pointless answer, so if anyone got it at home,
0:29:46 > 0:29:50you did very well. The Witches Of East End is the answer to D.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55A is Game of Thrones,
0:29:55 > 0:29:56that would have scored you 14.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59Nice, low score.
0:29:59 > 0:30:00B is Bewitched, as you say.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06And C is I Dream Of Jeannie,
0:30:06 > 0:30:08young Larry Hagman there.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Thank you very much indeed, Richard. So, here is your second question.
0:30:14 > 0:30:15Leila and Simon, you get to answer it first,
0:30:15 > 0:30:18but Ray and Lup have to win it to stay in the game.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21Best of luck. Our second question is all about...
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Things that come in fours.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27- Richard.- We're going to show you a series of clues now,
0:30:27 > 0:30:29all the answers contain the word "four" in there somewhere,
0:30:29 > 0:30:31- so very best of luck. - Thanks very much.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Let's reveal our five clues, and here they come.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01I'll read those all one last time.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Leila and Simon will go first.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29- OK, um... - Go on.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Going to go for the Marvel Comics,
0:31:32 > 0:31:34the Fantastic Four, please.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Fantastic Four, say Leila and Simon.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Now, Ray and Lup, it's over to you.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40- Talk us through that board.- OK.
0:31:40 > 0:31:45The top one is Four Seasons, Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48And the middle one is four cheeses.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52I don't know the bottom two, so...
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Which one?
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Let's go with...
0:31:58 > 0:32:01the middle one, quattro formaggi, four cheeses.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04OK, so we have the Fantastic Four versus four cheeses.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Leila and Simon said Fantastic Four, let's see if that's right,
0:32:07 > 0:32:09let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:32:11 > 0:32:12It's right.
0:32:18 > 0:32:1917.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25Ray and Lup, meanwhile, have gone for the four cheeses.
0:32:25 > 0:32:26Let's see if that's right,
0:32:26 > 0:32:29let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:32:30 > 0:32:31It's right.
0:32:33 > 0:32:3570 for four cheeses.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Which means, Leila and Simon, very well done, after only two questions,
0:32:39 > 0:32:41you're straight through to the final, 2-0.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44Yeah, and the Fantastic Four was the best answer on the board as well,
0:32:44 > 0:32:47so you've played a blinder in this head-to-head, very well done.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51You were quite right, Quattro Stagioni is the Four Seasons.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54The Channel 4 show, do you know this one?
0:32:54 > 0:32:56- Four Rooms.- Four Rooms, yeah.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00And the rugby league tournament, if you had to guess...
0:33:00 > 0:33:02- The Four Nations. - The Four Nations, yeah.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04- 53 for that. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:33:07 > 0:33:10I'm afraid, Ray and Lup, our low scorers in the first two rounds,
0:33:10 > 0:33:13but I'm afraid you came up against Leila and Simon in this head-to-head
0:33:13 > 0:33:14and they have seen you off.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17But we'll see you again next time, we look forward to that very much.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Meantime, thanks very much, Ray and Lup.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22But for Leila and Simon, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Well, congratulations, Leila and Simon,
0:33:29 > 0:33:31you've seen off all the competition
0:33:31 > 0:33:34and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42You now have a chance to win
0:33:42 > 0:33:44a pretty substantial Pointless jackpot.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48At the moment, the jackpot is standing at £8,500.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50- AUDIENCE:- Ooh!
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Really exciting, the biggest jackpot we've had for a while.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57AND, I can't remember when this last happened,
0:33:57 > 0:34:00a pair joined the 200 Club in Round One in one show,
0:34:00 > 0:34:02then follow that up by going through
0:34:02 > 0:34:05from the head-to-head 2-0 the next time they appear.
0:34:05 > 0:34:06That is very impressive.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Leila, what would you like to see come up in this last round?
0:34:09 > 0:34:13Um, anything '90s, Welsh football, Eurovision...
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Simon, anything you want to add to that?
0:34:15 > 0:34:18Music, maybe drum and bass, I might get lucky,
0:34:18 > 0:34:23or basketball would go down well, or food, pretty good at that as well.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25OK, well, you've covered quite a few bases there,
0:34:25 > 0:34:28let's hope there's something on this board of four that
0:34:28 > 0:34:30you like the look of. Today's selection is...
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Think I'd go the top one.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47- OK, or chemistry. - What do you think?
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Go for it, you know a lot.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53Yeah, go on.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Can we go North American Sporting Achievements, please?
0:34:58 > 0:35:00Now, this is a classic Pointless head-off with Leila and Simon,
0:35:00 > 0:35:02because Leila, I sense you know a bit about chemistry,
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Simon, you know a little bit about American sport.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Leila, you have thrown the floor open to Simon here,
0:35:08 > 0:35:10so very, very best of luck.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14So, you're a big basketball fan, is that the thing you said? OK.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17Just remember, £8,500 up for grabs here.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Let's take a look at your three categories.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23We are looking for anybody who has been inducted
0:35:23 > 0:35:25into the Ice Hockey Hall Of Fame,
0:35:25 > 0:35:27from the 1970s through to 2015.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30We are looking for anybody who has been
0:35:30 > 0:35:32the NBA's Most Valuable Player...
0:35:32 > 0:35:33SIMON LAUGHS
0:35:33 > 0:35:35..from 1956 all the way through to 2015.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38That's basketball, by the way, in case you're wondering!
0:35:38 > 0:35:40And we are also looking for anyone
0:35:40 > 0:35:43who's scored 500 or more home runs in baseball,
0:35:43 > 0:35:46according to the Baseball Almanac, up to March 2016, please.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49So, Ice Hockey Hall Of Fame, Most Valuable Players in the NBA
0:35:49 > 0:35:51and 500 or more home runs.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55£8,500 up for grabs, Simon, over to you, I think, very best of luck.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57- Thank you very much. - OK, now, as always,
0:35:57 > 0:35:59you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02All you need to win the jackpot is for just one of those answers
0:36:02 > 0:36:04to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:36:04 > 0:36:06- Yeah.- OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10There they are, your time starts now.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12It's going to be Karl Malone.
0:36:12 > 0:36:13Karl Malone.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16- Stephen Curry?- No, Steph Curry, no.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17- That's too recent.- OK.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20- You can go for, like... - John Stockton?
0:36:20 > 0:36:21No, never won MVP.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Go for, um...
0:36:23 > 0:36:27Karl Malone, Steve Nash and Chauncey Billups.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29- OK.- Those three, definitely. - Yeah.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34- Yeah? Well, stop the clock. - Yeah, stop it, yeah.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36- You sure?- Yeah.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38We could keep the clock going, you could maybe dance a bit, or...
0:36:38 > 0:36:42- Sing a bit! - No, you're happy?- Happy, yeah.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45£8,500 riding on it, you're happy, we're going to stop the clock, OK.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48There we are. Let's have your three answers.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Can we go for the NBA Most Valuable Player, please?
0:36:50 > 0:36:52- In all three cases? - Yes, thanks, yeah.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54- And your answers are?- Karl Malone.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- Karl Malone.- Yup, Steve Nash.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00- Steve Nash.- And Chauncey Billups.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02And Chauncey Bill... They've just made that up!
0:37:02 > 0:37:03- "Chauncey Billups"!- He exists!
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Chauncey Billups, OK.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Chauncey Billups, or maybe Steve Nash.
0:37:10 > 0:37:11OK, least likely to be pointless?
0:37:11 > 0:37:13- Probably Karl Malone. - Karl Malone. OK, well,
0:37:13 > 0:37:16lets put those answers up on the board in that order, then,
0:37:16 > 0:37:19and here they are.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20We have got...
0:37:25 > 0:37:28Very, very best of luck, three good answers on the board there.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32Now, our jackpot, just in case you'd forgotten, is 8,500 quid,
0:37:32 > 0:37:34that's a very decent jackpot to be taking away.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38What would you like to do with that, Leila, if you win it?
0:37:38 > 0:37:42Well, it would be an amazing Eurovision road trip!
0:37:42 > 0:37:44But I'd probably, um,
0:37:44 > 0:37:46I'd like to take a sledgehammer to our bathroom
0:37:46 > 0:37:50and put a new bathroom in, that would be really good.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52Simon?
0:37:52 > 0:37:55I think we should probably go to America, watch a basketball game,
0:37:55 > 0:37:58maybe go to Madison Square Garden.
0:37:58 > 0:37:59The Mecca of basketball.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03I think, Simon, you're probably getting a new bathroom.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Oh, I was already thinking about,
0:38:06 > 0:38:08fantasising about splashbacks and stuff...
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Oh, splashbacks!
0:38:10 > 0:38:12- It's the dream.- Splashbacks.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16- Maybe candleholders. - Oh, scented ones!
0:38:16 > 0:38:20Oh! Posh sponge, gold dolphin taps...
0:38:20 > 0:38:23You win this, your bathroom is your oyster.
0:38:23 > 0:38:24OK, well, very, very best of luck.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27Your first answer, Karl Malone.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31In this case, we were looking for NBA Most Valuable Players.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35If this is right and this is pointless, it will win you £8,500.
0:38:35 > 0:38:36Let's just find out...
0:38:38 > 0:38:41Karl Malone, is it right, how many people said it?
0:38:41 > 0:38:42Is it pointless?
0:38:45 > 0:38:46It's right.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48That's the first thing it had to be.
0:38:48 > 0:38:49Now, if this goes all the way down to zero,
0:38:49 > 0:38:52you will leave here with £8,500.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Karl Malone takes us down through the teens, into single figures,
0:38:54 > 0:38:57down it goes, still going down, still going down,
0:38:57 > 0:38:59still going down, you've done it!
0:39:00 > 0:39:01CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:39:03 > 0:39:04Karl Malone, very well done.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07- Thank you.- Superb.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Very well done.
0:39:09 > 0:39:10Oh, my God!
0:39:12 > 0:39:17What about that? There we are, congratulations!
0:39:17 > 0:39:19Karl Malone was a pointless answer,
0:39:19 > 0:39:24which means you are leaving here with that jackpot of £8,500.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Amazing, and there is one happy bathroom salesman showroom
0:39:30 > 0:39:33in the Chepstow area right now.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35How did you feel when you saw basketball come up?
0:39:35 > 0:39:36It's your area of speciality.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- Couldn't believe it.- I mean, it just happens sometimes, right?
0:39:39 > 0:39:42It's the luck of the draw. And you took that luck and you ran
0:39:42 > 0:39:44with it. Steve Nash, also a pointless answer,
0:39:44 > 0:39:45it won't surprise you.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Chauncey Billups, not a pointless answer, incorrect answer.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50So, blotted your copybook there(!)
0:39:50 > 0:39:52We won't knock any money off, I promise you that.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Very, very well done. And Leila, very well done
0:39:55 > 0:39:57for giving up chemistry and suggesting that as well.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00You put your faith in Simon and it has paid off mightily.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Now, let's go through the pointless answers in the different categories.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Ice hockey first. There's pointless answers everywhere.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07If you know anything about American sport,
0:40:07 > 0:40:09you would have killed in this round.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15Everyone who has ever been inducted into the Ice Hockey Hall Of Fame,
0:40:15 > 0:40:16apart from Wayne Gretzky,
0:40:16 > 0:40:18every single other name was a pointless answer.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21So, very well done if you got one of those.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25Now, NBA Most Valuable Players, look at some of these names here.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28- Steph Curry!- We said that.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Where else would you have gone
0:40:30 > 0:40:31if you'd had to give us some more answers?
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Oh...
0:40:33 > 0:40:35I can't think at the moment, sorry!
0:40:35 > 0:40:38You don't need to now. Hakeem Olajuwon was a pointless answer,
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Julius Erving was a pointless answer, Moses Malone,
0:40:40 > 0:40:43loads and loads of pointless answers there.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46The biggest scorers in that round - Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal,
0:40:46 > 0:40:49LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird,
0:40:49 > 0:40:51they were the only other people who scored at all,
0:40:51 > 0:40:53everybody else was a pointless answer.
0:40:53 > 0:40:54Let's take a look at baseball now.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Look at these names on the baseball list.
0:40:57 > 0:40:58Americans, if they are watching this,
0:40:58 > 0:41:00that's literally like having Beckham, Pele,
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Maradona and Lionel Messi on the board.
0:41:06 > 0:41:07All of those pointless answers.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Every one a pointless answer, apart from Babe Ruth,
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Mark McGwire and Mickey Mantle.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14So, great category. If you're sitting at home, amazing category.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Imagine standing in this studio and that category comes up.
0:41:17 > 0:41:22£8,500, so well-deserved, enjoy it with our greatest compliments.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24Thank you very much indeed, Richard,
0:41:24 > 0:41:27and thanks once again to our winning players, Leila and Simon,
0:41:27 > 0:41:31who go away with today's jackpot of £8,500.
0:41:31 > 0:41:32APPLAUSE
0:41:35 > 0:41:36Join us next time, when we'll be putting
0:41:36 > 0:41:38more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...
0:41:40 > 0:41:43- Goodbye.- ..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.