Episode 11 Pointless

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Thank you and hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the game where we aim for the obscure and we ignore the obvious.

Let's meet today's players. APPLAUSE

-And couple number one.

-Hi, my name is Rob.

I'm from Peterborough, and my friend Rupert is from Nottingham.

Couple number two.

Hi, my name is Marika and this is my neighbour Irene.

We're from the Ribble Valley in Lancashire.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, my name's Deborah.

-This is my daughter Maxine and we're from Muswell Hill.

-And finally, couple number four.

Hello, my name's Tori and this is my boyfriend Duncan and we're from North London.

And these are today's contestants. APPLAUSE

Thank you very much, all of you. A warm welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.

We'll get to chat to each of you throughout the show, so that just leaves one more person for me to

introduce. He's about to headline the O2 and by headline,

I mean watch Little Mix headline the O2.

It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

-Hiya. Hello, everybody.

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-Good afternoon. Good afternoon to you, sir.

-Good afternoon.

Now, one of the all-time great Pointless shows last time.

Really was terrific. We've got two pairs who got knocked out in round one and round two,

the pairs we have here. We've got Tori and Duncan and Deborah and Maxine. Welcome back.

But we had Chas and Charlie. They started the show with two pointless answers, father and son.

They got two pointless answers in round one.

Blitzed all through the show and then won £4,500 at the end of it

as well with a pointless answer right at the last as well.

-They were brilliant.

-Very strong indeed.

-Super bright.

So we'll do well to match that, I suspect.

One of the best pairs we've ever had.

But I always think it's lovely on this show when we have

-neighbours on. Don't you think?

-Yes.

We've got Irene and Marika and they're neighbours. With family and stuff like that,

I can understand the conversation that goes on about how you come

on the show, but with neighbours, I always think that's rather nice.

-Very nice.

-They usually do quite badly.

-But that's nice too.

-But that's nice too.

-Gives them something to laugh about when they get home.

-Yes, exactly.

But I wonder if they're next-door neighbours, what do you think?

I'm guessing, A, they're next-door neighbours, B, they're going to do really well.

-Do you think?

-I just get that from them.

-We've got the new Chas and Charlie on our hands.

-The new Chas and Charlie.

-Yeah.

-Thanks very much.

Chas and Charlie won the jackpot last time,

which means we start off today with our jackpot back at £1,000.

Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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So, just remember this, the pair with the highest score at the

end of each round will be eliminated. That's it.

No conferring till we get to the head-to-head, of course. Best of luck to all four pairs.

Our first category today is...

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second?

And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.

OK, and the question concerns...

-Richard.

-On each board, we're going to show you the titles of seven UK

top 40 singles, all of which have a mode of transport in the title.

But we've missed out that mode of transport, unfortunately.

We're going to require you to fill in those gaps and obviously

the more obscure the answer, the better. 14 in all to have a go at at home. Very best of luck.

Thank you, Richard. So we're looking for the mode of transport that is missing

from each of these song titles and here is our first board of seven.

And we've got...

I shall read those again.

-Rob, a warm welcome, from Peterborough.

-That's right, yeah.

What do you do in Peterborough, Rob?

I'm a retail manager for a large sports shop.

-Are you based within the shop itself?

-I am, yes.

That's quite nice. Lots of people you get to see day in, day out.

-That's right.

-And what are your interests out of the sports shop?

It's more sport again.

I'm into bodybuilding, keeping fit and martial arts.

Right, so which of the martial arts,

or do you have a whole spread of martial arts?

I've done judo, karate, taekwondo, and then sport, martial arts, kickboxing.

Wow! Does that mean you've got to the top and moved on?

Got to the top, moved on, British champion, European champion, world champion.

-APPLAUSE Yes!

-Not bad!

-World champion in which discipline?

-In kickboxing.

How incredible!

That is so interesting you say that because Xander was saying

just before the show he reckoned he could beat you in a fight.

I said I don't think you could, but he was very confident.

So, Rob, now, let's throw ourselves into these song titles.

-What's grabbing you there?

-There's a couple that I'm not sure of.

I'll have to take a guess. Not 100%.

One I am 100%,

so I think I'm going to go with that one to start off with.

So I'm going to go with The Beatles and Yellow Submarine.

Yellow Submarine, says Rob.

Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Yellow Submarine.

APPLAUSE Well...

Ironically, for submarine, it didn't go down that far.

93.

Yeah, one of their 17 number one singles. A double A side with Eleanor Rigby.

I don't know about you, Xander, I thought that was a very good score.

-I thought it was very good.

-I thought it was terrific work.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Marika, welcome to Pointless, good to have you

here from the Ribble Valley.

-Where is the Ribble Valley?

-It's near Preston, near Blackburn.

-Wonderful.

-Near Whalley, where all the floods were.

-Right.

You're not originally from the Ribble Valley,

-something tells me that!

-No. Near Seattle, in Washington State.

-Right.

And when did you move to the Ribble Valley?

Well, I moved about a year ago from Washington DC.

-I see, and what brought that about?

-My husband was actually born in the Ribble Valley,

-so he was getting homesick and wanted to come home.

-So it was a homecoming.

-Yeah.

-There you are. You've landed beautifully and comfortably in the Ribble Valley.

Now, what would you like to go for?

I'd like to go for Chasing Cars, Snow Patrol.

Chasing Cars. OK, let's see how many of our 100 people said Chasing Cars.

It's right. Well, you've passed 93.

52 is where you land. APPLAUSE

Chasing Cars.

Yeah, the single most played song of the 2000s in the UK, Chasing Cars.

Of course, radio, TV, public spaces,

it's the most played song of anything released.

Thank you very much, Richard. Deborah, welcome back.

Now, last time, we said goodbye at the end of round one.

That's not going to happen today.

-Remind us what you do, Deborah.

-I'm an event planner.

Event planner, and I went off last time thinking that was planning

conferences and things like that, but it's much more fun than that.

You plan parties and weddings. Did you start doing it for friends?

Well, not really.

I started in the charity sector and I used to organise lots of

events in the charity sector,

so I just took those skills and decided to work for myself.

-Which is so much nicer. A work night for you is a party.

-Exactly.

-It's just great!

-I know, it's brilliant.

-Fantastic.

-It's really good.

Now, Deborah, what would you like to go for?

Well, I know a few, and it's a toss up between a very old one or

a slightly more recent one, and which is going to be the lowest,

so I think I'm going to go with Magic Bus by The Who.

Magic Bus, says Deborah.

Let's see how many of our 100 people remember Magic Bus.

It's right. Well, you've passed 93.

You pass 52.

Wow! Magic Bus stops there. APPLAUSE

25.

Yeah, well played, Deborah.

They've had 25 UK top 40 singles, but no number one.

Thank you very much, Richard.

-Now, Tori. Welcome back.

-Thank you.

Round two last time we said goodbye to you. Remind us what you do, Tori.

I'm a personal assistant for a software company.

That's right. And your interests, Tori?

So, I love playing golf with Duncan when we have time.

And I also love history, so kind of lots of reading and visiting

kind of National Trust houses and things like that.

-That's fun. Do you read historical novels?

-Yes, I do.

It's a fantastic way into history, isn't it?

It's kind of historical romance, that's kind of my remit and that's about it.

Very good. OK, now, Tori, this is your board.

If you want to go through it and fill in all our blanks for us, we'd be extremely grateful.

So, I'm thinking maybe Train Of Love, I'm not sure,

for the second one down.

No idea. I'm not really sure.

And then I was going to say Big Yellow Taxi as it's kind of

just common sense would say Big Yellow Taxi.

But I'm just going to go for Train Of Love.

I'm just going to have a punt. I have no idea.

OK, Train Of Love, says Tori. Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many of our 100 people went with Train Of Love.

No. I'm afraid not a Train Of Love, Tori.

That scores you 100 points, but you're in very good company,

the scores have been quite high at this end.

-So there you are.

-Yes, not Train Of Love. It's a beautiful song.

-Oh, Caravan Of Love.

-Caravan Of Love, yeah.

Every woman, every man, join the caravan of love.

That would have scored you 41 points.

-You can probably work out the next one.

-Ship.

-Ship Of Fools.

Sorry, Lift Of Fools.

That would have scored you 33. It is Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell.

Big scorer, though - 70 points for that.

And this bottom answer is the best answer.

-I don't know.

-Know that one? It's a pun.

Snow Coach.

Snow Coach, and would have scored you five points, so very well done

if you said that at home.

Excellent. I haven't heard anyone say slow coach for a long time,

but maybe that's cos I'm now grown up.

I don't know if that's cos it's fallen out of favour. Who knows?

-Come on, slow coach!

-Slow coach, yes! People do still say it.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.

25 the best score of the pass, Deborah. Very well done indeed.

I don't think you will be leaving at the end of round one this time.

Then we travel quite a long way up to 52,

where we find Marika and Irene.

Then we travel quite a long way up to 93, where we find Rob and Rupert.

And then it's a short hop and a skip up to 100, where we find Tori and Duncan.

So, Duncan, you have some near neighbours. We're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK. Seven more song titles going up on the board and here they come.

We've got...

Here they come again.

There we go. Duncan, welcome back.

Now, it was a 200 score that saw you out last time.

Duncan, remind us what you do.

I'm an account manager at a software company.

That's right, and what thrills you when not at work?

I like to, when we have time off and stuff, go travelling,

I'd like to go to Italy this summer, hopefully.

Do you go for a good long stint when you go?

Do you save it all up for one big holiday or do you go for sort

-of little...?

-We tend to do just sort of weekend breaks.

-We did Prague and Budapest and stuff last year.

-That's nice.

So, yeah, just try and get that time off really.

Hopefully do a bit more in the summer.

Very good. Now, what would you like to go for, Duncan?

I've gone a little bit blank, to be honest with you.

The Bloc Party one I know is going to frustrate me. Erm...

I'm going to go for Midnight Train to Georgia.

Midnight Train to Georgia, says Duncan.

Let's see how many of our 100 people went for that.

You're the high scorers, I'm afraid, so there's no red line.

It's right.

Ooh, that's a high score there. 87.

APPLAUSE 187 is your total.

It was written about Lee Majors and Farah Fawcett, that song.

Bionic Man and one of Charlie's Angels.

It was written by a friend of theirs.

Thank you, Richard.

Now then, Maxine. Welcome back to Pointless. Remind us what you do.

I'm an HR manager at a fashion company.

Now, when you say fashion company, is it a design company?

It's a luxury fashion brand.

-A luxury fashion brand.

-Yeah.

-Are you based within the heart of London's Mayfair?

-Yes, yeah.

-That's exciting.

-Yeah.

-Is there a shop attached to it?

-No.

But nearby.

Nearby. I'm not getting it yet. I've used up four questions.

Is it an accessory company?

Yeah, accessories and ready to wear as well.

Very good indeed. Now, what are you making of this board?

The great news is you can't lose, even if you score 100 points.

You are through.

So, the one that I'm most confident

in is the Bloc Party one.

-And I think it's Helicopter.

-Helicopter, says Maxine.

No red line for you for the lovely reason that you're already through.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Helicopter.

That's a good answer. Look at that, Maxine. Oh! It's down to one!

APPLAUSE How about that?

You left at the end of the first round last time,

this time you are the lowest scorers of the round, 26.

Well played, Maxine. Great answer, great song, great band as well.

And it got to number 26 in the charts. Which is nice.

-How about that? Perfect.

-Just perfect.

OK, now, Irene, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.

-What do you do, Irene?

-Well, I'm retired.

Retired university teacher.

-What did you teach?

-Biology, but I'm a botanist, largely, by training.

At the Open University.

And then I had a sort of second job as a magistrate.

-And are you still sitting as a magistrate?

-No, I'm not.

-They retire you at a certain age.

-They retire you.

-Which I passed.

-Do you miss that?

-Not really, no.

-It was good, but I don't miss it.

-No.

Irene, how do you find this board?

Well, there's only one I think I'm reasonably certain of. The rest?

I don't know, I could probably guess one.

I'm going to say Ferry Cross The Mersey.

There we are Ferry Cross The Mersey.

Again, you are also through, so there's no red line for you,

doesn't matter what you score.

Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Ferry.

-Oh, 85!

-Another popular one there!

APPLAUSE But like I say...

95 takes your total up to 147, but like I say,

you're already through, so it doesn't matter.

That's a hefty score, isn't it? It's more than Yellow Submarine.

-Mm.

-Interestingly.

-Very interesting.

-Both of course Liverpool bands.

-Beautiful song.

-Mm. Thank you very much, Richard. Now then, Rupert.

We have a game on our hands here.

-Rupert, welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

-Great to have you here.

-What do you do, Rupert?

-I'm a nutritionist.

Are you? How long have you been doing that?

About seven, eight years.

Excellent. What got you into nutrition?

I'm very sports minded, so I did a diploma in sports science and

one of the modules was nutrition.

And through someone in my family with diabetes,

it changed my perception on sports,

talking about nutrition and focus more on illness.

So, what is your big thing then, Rupert?

What's the gospel according to Rupert, when it comes to nutrition?

OK, my gospel, erm,

it's to enjoy what you eat and for 80% of the time,

if you can follow a balanced diet,

and 20% of the time if you can let yourself go, then that's fine.

-Oh, I love that! 80-20.

-80-20. That's Rupert's rule.

Rupert, you've got 93 and your target is 93. You have to score 93 or less.

Essentially, we need a correct answer from you.

This is your board. If you want to talk us through it, you can.

OK, I knew Ferry Cross The Mersey, being a football fan, I did know that one.

Down in the... That could be Bus Station. I'm not sure.

I think it could be Bus Station. My White - no idea.

Rock The Boat. I think it's Rock The Boat. That would sound good to me.

And then Funky... Jasper Carrott, no idea.

-So, I will go for Rock The Boat.

-Rock The Boat, says Rupert. OK.

There's your red line. You just have to get below that red line with Rock The Boat.

Let's see if it's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

Well done. You're through.

36 is what it scores you. APPLAUSE

But crucially, it gets you below that red line. 129 is your total.

Very nicely played, Rupert. Did exactly what you needed to do there.

A wonderful band as well, the Hues Corporation.

-It's not Down In The Bus Station, it's Down In The...

-Tube.

-Tube Station At Midnight by The Jam.

25 points for that. Do you know this next one?

Neil from the Young Ones did a cover version of this song.

-Yes, that's exactly what I'm thinking. My White Bicycle.

-My White Bicycle. Yeah, by Nazareth.

20 points for that. And Jasper Carrott has a top ten hit

- this was before he was a huge comic - with Funky Moped.

And that would have scored you 31 points.

So Helicopter, Maxine, very much the best answer there. Very well done if you said that at home.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So we are at the end of our first round and I can't bear it.

Tori and Duncan, it was round two at least last time.

-This time it's round one.

-Yeah, not great.

-I'm sorry. High score of 187.

Anyway, we will send you on your way with our best wishes. Been great having you here.

Thank you very much indeed, Duncan and Tori.

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Right, for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

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Look at that. Suddenly, we're down to three pairs.

At the end of this round, we'll say goodbye to another pair.

Best of luck. Our category for round two today is...

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second?

And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.

OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..as they could. ATP world number one players.

We are looking for the name of any male tennis player who

has been world number one for at least five weeks since the

rankings began in 1973 through to March 2016, please.

So any male tennis player who has been number one for five or more weeks.

OK, thank you very much indeed. Rob, do you follow tennis?

A little. A little. I've got a few. Got a few good ones.

Exciting having a world champion here, isn't it?

-It's quite good, isn't it?

-Feel very safe.

Yeah, certainly, if something kicks off, even I'm hiding behind him.

-Oh, yeah.

-Yeah.

-I don't know about hiding, but standing.

-Yeah, maybe not hiding.

Rob, what would you like to go for?

-I'll go for Stefan Edberg.

-Stefan Edberg, says Rob.

Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said Stefan Edberg.

It's a good answer.

That's a very good answer. Down to five. Very well done indeed, Rob.

Great start to the round there. APPLAUSE

That's a great answer, Rob. Very well done.

Tough on that first podium because it's tempting to go for a more

well known name, but yeah, number one for 72 weeks, Stefan Edberg.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Irene. What would you like to go for?

-I'll say Boris Becker.

-Boris Becker, says Irene.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Boris Becker.

25 for Boris Becker. APPLAUSE

Well played. 12 weeks at number one for Boris Becker.

Won six Grand Slam titles. Olympic doubles gold as well.

Fantastic. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Deborah, now, you follow tennis?

I do follow tennis.

But I'm thinking I need to find a low one.

I mean, Stefan Edberg was such a good pick.

I'd like to equal that,

so I'm going to take a bit of a risk because I did actually go to

Wimbledon and see this player and I'm pretty sure he won that

year, so I'm hoping he was number one for at least five weeks.

Richard Krajicek.

-Richard Krajicek.

-Yes.

-OK. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Richard Krajicek.

Oh, no, Deborah!

Oh, Deborah, I'm sorry. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. But for exactly the right reason.

We applaud your tactics and your thinking.

I'm afraid it's just an incorrect answer and it scores you 100 points.

Yeah, that's a real shame. You're quite right, he did win Wimbledon.

Never been world number one, though, Richard Krajicek.

World number four is as high as he went.

Well, the round is not yet over.

Let's just take a little recap of the scores.

Rob and Rupert looking very strong on five there. Lovely low score.

25 is where we find Irene and Marika.

And then 100 is where Deborah and Maxine are at the moment.

However, Maxine, maybe you've got a lovely low scoring answer and

maybe that will be enough to keep you in the game. We're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, Maxine. Now, remember, we're looking for male singles tennis players

who have been world number one for at least five weeks.

-Tennis is definitely not one of my strong points!

-Oh, no!

-At all.

Um, I'm just going to go with any sort of male tennis player

that I know and just say Tim Henman.

Tim Henman, says Maxine. OK. No red line for you.

See how far down the column we go with Tim Henman.

I'm afraid not, Maxine. That is another incorrect answer.

-Takes your total up to 200.

-Unlucky, Maxine. Same as Krajicek. Never world number one.

In fact, again, world number four was as high as he went.

He was in the top ten for a long time, Henman. But never number one.

Thanks very much indeed. Now, Marika.

-Yes.

-Marika, great news...

-Mm.

-You're through to the head-to-head.

-However, how is your tennis?

-Not great.

I've been revising a bit, but I can only remember a couple of names...

-OK.

-I'm just hoping that one of the names I remember is a good one.

Just, you know, so I don't embarrass myself. Um, Rafael Nadal?

Rafael Nadal, says Marika.

No red line for you, as you're already through,

but let's see how many of our 100 people said Rafael Nadal.

It's right.

APPLAUSE 33 for Rafael Nadal,

takes your total up to 58.

Yeah, 141 weeks at number one, Rafael Nadal.

Thanks very much indeed. Now... So, Rupert.

Rupert, again, you're through to the head-to-head.

Doesn't matter what you score at this point.

However, I bet you've got a good answer.

I hope so. Erm...

I do like tennis, so I've got a few.

Roger Federer, I think, was definitely number one.

Going old school, Rod Laver?

Erm, Bjorn Borg, Ivan Lendl.

John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors.

But I'm going to go for another American, Jim Courier.

-Jim Courier.

-Yeah.

No red line for you,

let's see how far down the column we get with Jim Courier.

It's another good answer... Down to two.

Very well done indeed, Rupert. That takes your total up to seven.

Very impressive scoring on that first podium.

Nicely played, Rupert.

And you beat Rob, as well. How about that?

Terrific answer, 58 weeks at number one, Jim Courier spent.

Very, very strong answer.

Now, there's three pointless answers out there.

I know the big tennis fans might have got some of these.

Here are your three pointless answers.

The Austrian Thomas Muster was a pointless answer,

he was world number one, despite never winning

a singles match at Wimbledon in his entire career, Muster.

He was a clay-court specialist.

Mats Wilander, the Swede, and Juan Carlos Ferrero, the Spaniard,

all of those were pointless, well done if you said any of them.

One point for Marcelo Rios, Yevgeny Kafelnikov,

Gustavo Kuerten and Marat Safin.

Two points alongside Courier, John Newcombe and Andy Roddick.

Rod Laver, he was before the time of the rankings, Laver,

but all the other answers you gave were absolutely right.

Five points for Lleyton Hewitt, nine for Ilie Nastase,

16 for Lendl, 19 for Agassi,

23 for Connors, 26 for Sampras,

35 for McEnroe and Borg,

39 for Novak Djokovic,

and Federer would've scored you 44.

Thanks very much, Richard. So at the end of our second round,

the pair we're sending home, with their high score of 200,

it's our other returning pair, Maxine and Deborah.

I'm so sorry, after that brilliant performance in the first round,

I thought you were going straight through to the

head-to-head and beyond, but I'm afraid that wasn't to be.

Great to have you here, thanks so much for playing,

-Maxine and Deborah.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

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Right, for the two remaining pairs, it's time for our head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Rob and Rupert, Irene and Marika,

you are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands, still, at £1,000.

Well, we've got to the head-to-head round,

which means you can now confer, which is rather nice.

First player to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

I think this should be pretty hotly-contested.

Best of luck to both pairs, let's play the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

Here is your first question. And it concerns...

Richard.

We're going to show you five pictures now of actors portraying historical figures on film.

We need the name of the historical figure they are playing, please.

-Very best of luck.

-OK, let's reveal our five historical figures in film,

and here they are...

And...

There we are, five historical figures portrayed on film.

Now then, Rob and Rupert, you've been our low scorers,

so you will go first, feel free to confer.

It's got to be C or B, I don't know which one they are.

-Do you know who they are?

-No.

I know A, E and D.

-Mm-hm.

-So which one out of D and E do you think is the lowest?

-D.

-D. OK.

Erm, I'm going to go for D,

which is Will Smith playing Muhammad Ali, or Cassius Clay.

OK, Muhammad Ali, say Rob and Rupert.

Now then, Irene and Marika,

do you want to talk us through the rest of the board? You can do it all out loud.

So, A is Charlie Chaplin.

Um, I'm not sure of B at all.

Er...

I feel like I should know C, but I can't think of it.

We knew D, and E is going to be Marilyn Monroe.

Marilyn Monroe?

OK, you're going to say E, Marilyn Monroe.

So we have Muhammad Ali and Marilyn Monroe.

Rob and Rupert went for Muhammad Ali and D,

let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

57. APPLAUSE

57 for Muhammad Ali.

Meanwhile, Irene and Marika have gone for Marilyn Monroe for E.

Let's see if that's right,

let's see how many of our 100 people said that.

It's right.

Ooh, 78 for that.

APPLAUSE

Very well done indeed, Rob and Rupert.

That means after one question, you're up 1-0.

Very well played.

A is of course Charlie Chaplin, Robert Downey Jr there.

Before he was the best paid actor in the world.

85 points for that.

Now, B is Amelia Earhart.

Would've scored you four points,

but two of our 100

gave a different answer to that.

Do you know what two of our 100 said for that?

James Hunt.

LAUGHTER

-I can see it, actually.

-You know, you can kind of...

Amelia Earhart there and the next one,

that's John Cusack playing Edgar Allan Poe

in The Raven.

And that would've scored you seven points.

Thank you very much, Richard.

OK, here comes your second question, Irene and Marika,

you get to answer this one first,

but you have to win it to stay in the game, so good luck.

Our second question today is all about...

Stonehenge, Richard.

Yeah, five clues now to facts about Stonehenge,

but which is the most obscure? Very best of luck.

So, yes, let's reveal our five clues. And here they come.

We have got...

I am going to read those one last time...

There we go. Irene and Marika will go first.

All right, I actually think I know the last one. What do you know?

-I don't know the last one at all.

-I think I know the last one,

but I don't know if it's any better than yours,

so what do you think we should do?

-I should think probably go with yours.

-OK, so it's a gamble.

-Yeah.

OK.

We're going to go for a bit of a gamble,

the band that performed the song Stonehenge, I think is Spinal Tap?

Spinal Tap, say Irene and Marika. Spinal Tap.

Now, Rob and Rupert, that board's all yours. Talk us through it.

So the road that passes within half a kilometre,

pass that one.

The county it's situated in, I think I know that one.

Yeah, that's what I'm going to go with, I think, unless you...

-I don't know the other one.

-OK.

Salisbury.

OK, you're going to say Salisbury.

OK, so we have Spinal Tap and we have Salisbury.

Now, Irene and Marika have said Spinal Tap for the band

that sang Stonehenge, let's see if that's right,

let's see how many people said it.

Wow.

Well done.

16 for Spinal Tap. APPLAUSE

Very well done indeed, that's a great answer.

Rob and Rupert meanwhile are saying Salisbury for the county

you'd find it in. Let's see if that's right.

Bad luck. I'm afraid not Salisbury,

which means well done, Irene and Marika,

you're back in the game, it's 1-1.

Another good answer.

Yeah, Salisbury not a county, it's a city, I'm afraid.

It's in the same county, so you're in exactly the right area,

it's Wiltshire, is the answer, would've scored you 51 points.

-The road, this is such a British...

-A303.

-The A303.

I love the fact that 19 people out of 100 know that.

"Oh, yeah, Stonehenge, A303."

The decade it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site,

one of those ones you could maybe guess. The 1980s.

1980s, would've scored you ten points.

And the name given to the skeleton was The Amesbury Archer.

The Amesbury Archer.

And it's a pointless answer, very well done if you said that.

That's a bit of a comedown from being called the King of Stonehenge.

-Cos that's a cool name.

-Yeah.

If you were going to be told in, you know, 1,000 years' time,

you're going to be called the King of Stonehenge,

you go, OK, that's nice.

If they said you're going to be called the Amesbury Archer...

It's better than Bony McBoneface, I guess, isn't it?

LAUGHTER

Anyway... OK, here is your third question.

Whoever wins this one goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot. Best of luck to both pairs.

It concerns...

Richard.

We're going to show you now the names of five special occasions

that occur at the same time each year.

Tell us the name of the month in which they usually occur, please.

-Good luck.

-OK, thank you, let's reveal our five special occasions,

and here they come. We have got...

Now then, Rob and Rupert will go first.

Halloween, St Patrick's...

INDISTINCT SPEECH

I don't know Groundhog Day.

-No. What about Burns?

-Burns is, erm, January, isn't it?

OK, so out of Burns and Bastille, which one...?

Bastille, erm, isn't that French? Because you've got...

INDISTINCT SPEECH

-..Bastille Day. I think it's July.

-OK.

We think we know a few, but we're going to go for Bastille Day

and we think that's in the month of July.

July, say Rob and Rupert, for Bastille Day.

Now, Irene and Marika, do you want to talk us through the board?

Er, do you want to?

Some of them.

-Burns Night, January, St Patrick's Day, I'm not really sure.

-March.

March, OK. Halloween, October. Bastille Day, yeah, July.

-Groundhog Day...

-February.

We're going to go for Groundhog Day, February.

February, so, we have July and we have February.

Rob and Rupert went for July, for Bastille Day.

Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

43, not bad.

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Irene and Marika have gone for Groundhog Day.

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.

It's right.

I'm guessing that's going to be quite a low score, yes,

-it passes Bastille...

-Well done.

Look at that, 15 for Groundhog Day.

APPLAUSE

And that means very well done indeed, Irene and Marika,

after three questions, you are through to the final 2-1.

Very well played. Yeah, the good news, gents,

is we're going to use exactly that same question next time, as well.

GENTLE LAUGHTER

Very, very well done. Let's fill these in.

Burns Night, you're quite right, is January.

You were right to avoid it, though. Cos it would've scored 54.

St Patrick's Day, you are right, is in March.

-All Americans know Patrick's Day.

-Yeah.

-67 points for that.

And Halloween is in October, I can exclusively reveal.

And that would've scored you 92 points.

Thank you very much, Richard.

So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round

is Rob and Rupert. The good news is we get to see you again, otherwise you'd have

gone straight through to the final and that would be it.

You'll be back for another bite at the Pointless cherry next time.

We'll look forward to that very much.

In the meantime, thanks so much, Rob and Rupert.

-APPLAUSE

-Well done.

But for Irene and Marika, it's now time for our Pointless final.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Irene and Marika. You are now through to the final.

You've seen off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show the jackpot is standing at £1,000.

Now, very, very best of luck with this round.

You know what happens, four things go up on the board there.

Our selection looks like this...

Chemistry.

-Chemistry.

-I knew you were going to say chemistry.

I knew it. Very, very best of luck. I hope these suit you.

We're looking for any of the following, please.

We are looking for any of the synthetic elements

on the periodic table, please.

That's any of the transuranium elements,

the ones after uranium on the periodic table.

As of March 2016.

We're looking for any chemistry Nobel Prize winners, 1901 to 1951,

or we're looking for the country of birth of any winner of the

Nobel Prize in chemistry from 1901 all the way through to 2015, please.

So any synthetic element, chemistry Nobel Prize winners,

or the country of birth of any winner of the Nobel Prize for

chemistry from 1901 all the way through to 2015, please.

Very best of luck.

Thanks, Rich. Now, as always,

you've got one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers

to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Marvellous. Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.

There they are, your time starts now.

OK, so I know a few of the elements.

-I think of synthetic ones, einsteinium, californium.

-Yeah.

-Do you know any of the others?

-Rutherfordium.

-Oh, rutherfordium.

Chemistry Nobel Prize winners...

-I don't...

-There's...

-INDISTINCT

-Marie Curie.

-Oh, that's too obvious, I think.

-Probably.

-Yeah.

All those are British.

THEY CONFER

Russian. US.

-These are all pretty guessable.

-I think they are.

-I would say we go with the three synthetic.

-OK.

-Yeah?

-Yeah, yeah.

And so do you want...? Do you know more of them?

Er...

-None springs to mind instantly.

-OK.

-Blank.

OK, you say yours and I'll say the other two.

-Cos I don't know the others.

-OK.

-Are you good?

-OK.

-OK, you're happy with those?

-Yes, I think so.

-Stop the clock.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-There we are. That's impressive.

The clock has been stopped. What are your three answers going to be?

Say which category you're answering, as well.

We're answering all of them in synthetic elements, because the

only things we know in the others we think everybody else will know, too.

So I'm going to say rutherfordium...

-Rutherfordium.

-Um, einsteinium.

-Einsteinium.

-And californium.

-And californium.

OK, of those three, do think there's one that stands out as

-a more obvious pointless contender?

-Rutherfordium?

-Rutherfordium.

Rutherfordium goes last. Least likely to be pointless?

-Einsteinium.

-Californium?

-Californium.

Einsteinium goes in the middle.

OK, let's pop those answers up on the board in that order, then.

And here they are. We've got...

Very best of luck.

Now if one of these excellent answers wins that jackpot,

what would you do with it, £1,000 split between you?

Well, we actually started an animal sanctuary last year, so we were both

going to donate the money to the animal sanctuary that we've started.

Very good indeed. OK, well, very best of luck. Three good answers.

Your first answer was californium.

Obviously it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot,

so let's find out, for £1,000, how many of 100 people said californium?

It's right.

Down it goes, through the 60s.

If this goes all the way down to zero, you will leave here

with a cheque for £1,000.

Down we go, through the teens, californium, into single figures.

down it goes, still going down. Three.

-Oh, well.

-OK, OK.

-APPLAUSE

Three.

Sadly not a pointless answer.

But a nice low score, nonetheless.

Your next answer was einsteinium.

Again, this has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot,

so for £1,000, how many people said einsteinium?

Again, it's right.

Your first answer, californium, took us all the way down to three.

Einsteinium now takes us down through the teens,

into single figures, still going down, down it goes,

stops at three again.

APPLAUSE

Again, another lovely low score, but not a pointless answer, I'm afraid.

Which means we move to your third and final answer,

which is rutherfordium.

You had no hesitation putting this last,

thinking this was your best shot at a pointless answer. Let's find out.

For the jackpot to be won, it has to be pointless.

How many people said rutherfordium? Is it pointless, for £1,000?

Again, it's right. Every answer has been right.

Californium took us down to three. Einsteinium took us down to three.

Rutherfordium takes us down through the teens.

Once again we're into single figures, down it goes,

still going down, passes three, to two.

APPLAUSE

Oh...

Wow.

Three exceptionally low scores there.

However, I'm afraid none of them were pointless,

which I'm afraid means you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000,

that will roll over on to the next show.

But what a great performance, right the way across.

You can be so proud of your performance today.

I'm delighted to send you home with a Pointless trophy

in recognition of that, so very, very well done, Irene and Marika.

APPLAUSE

That is very unlucky.

There's only six synthetic elements that scored any points at all

and you managed to hit three of them.

The only ones that scored points are the ones you said,

plus plutonium, americium and lawrencium.

They're the only ones that scored any points at all.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers in these categories.

We'll start with synthetic elements. Lots of them were pointless answers.

Curium, I know you were talking about Marie Curie,

mendelevium, nobelium, roentgenium.

You could've had berkelium, bohrium, copernicium,

darmstadtium, dubnium, fermium, flerovium, hassium.

Livermorium was a pointless answer.

Meitnerium, neptunium and seaborgium.

They were all pointless answers.

Very well done if you said any of those at home.

Chemistry Nobel Prize winners from 1901 to 1951.

In fact, every single answer on this list was a pointless answer,

apart from Marie Curie and Ernest Rutherford.

Everybody else was a pointless answer.

And the countries of birth, again, lots and lots here.

Egypt, Finland, Lithuania, South Africa.

You could've had Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia,

Latvia, Mexico, Romania, Slovenia, South Korea, Turkey and the Ukraine.

Very well done if you said any of those at home.

And that's a particularly unfortunate jackpot round.

I'm so sorry, but it's been so lovely having you here.

Thanks very much, Richard.

And thanks once again, Irene and Marika,

who I'm afraid to say didn't win our jackpot today, which means it

rolls over on to the next show, when we will be playing for £2,000.

APPLAUSE

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

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