0:00:14 > 0:00:16CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Thank you very much indeed. Hello.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:25 > 0:00:28the show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Let's meet today's players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35And couple number one.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36Hi, I'm Ben, this is Jonny
0:00:36 > 0:00:39- and we're heterosexual life partners from Newcastle. - LAUGHTER
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Couple number two.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Hello, my name's Megan, this is my dad, David,
0:00:43 > 0:00:44and we're from Nottingham.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45Couple number three.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Hello, my name's Denise, this is my friend Jo
0:00:47 > 0:00:49and we live in Wetherby in West Yorkshire.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51And finally, couple number four.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Hi, my name's Laura, this is my boyfriend Lewis,
0:00:54 > 0:00:55and we're from London.
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 the show.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Great to have you here. We'll get a chance to speak to each of you
0:01:04 > 0:01:06throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09So, that just leaves just one more person for me to introduce,
0:01:09 > 0:01:11a sage on a planetary scale.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Yes, he's our tectonic Plato.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Hiya. Hi, everybody.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Good afternoon.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23- I don't understand that introduction.- Just a very poor pun.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25He's a tectonic Plato.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Oh, tectonic Plato.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30- Yeah.- And planetary.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Yeah. I mean, on a planetary scale.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37It doesn't really bear that much inspection.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Then you know what? You shouldn't have said it.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41- Oh, Richard!- Don't you think?
0:01:41 > 0:01:43- Come on.- I think perhaps if you're going to say something,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45you should think it through. What would your mum say?
0:01:47 > 0:01:49She would go, "Ha-ha-ha! Tectonic Plato, that's funny!
0:01:49 > 0:01:51"That's funny.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54"That's good! Tect... Plato, Plato because he's a sage.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58"Tectonic Plato - ha-ha-ha-ha! That's very funny!
0:01:58 > 0:02:01"That's really good!" Is what she would have said, Richard.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04I feel like I've done a Sudoku,
0:02:04 > 0:02:06that's so complicated.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08But still, I'll take it, it's fine, I am...
0:02:08 > 0:02:10What am I again? I am a sage on a tectonic Plato.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11Well, it's changed now!
0:02:11 > 0:02:14You're something else, but I'm not going to say that!
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Er, what a lovely show last time,
0:02:16 > 0:02:19a couple of returning pairs from that show as well.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Lewis and Laura played very well, got knocked out in Round Two.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27Then Megan and David, who got knocked out in the head-to-head by lovely Amanda and Matilda.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31And the category came up, Canadian Pop Stars, or Canadian Singers,
0:02:31 > 0:02:34something like that, and it was for £6,500 as well.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36And Amanda said, "We'll go for it, in the hope that...
0:02:36 > 0:02:38"I don't want it to be Justin Bieber.
0:02:38 > 0:02:39"Please don't let it be Justin Bieber.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42"Don't let it be Bryan Adams. I'd love it to be Neil Young."
0:02:42 > 0:02:45And then the three categories came up - Justin Bieber, Bryan Adams...
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- Bryan Adams.- ..Neil Young.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- And, yeah, walked off with £6,500.- Yeah.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- On a Neil Young question. Brilliant, wasn't it?- Very nice indeed.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54- Yep.- Yeah. Exciting.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Oh, and it clears the air - it was getting very charged
0:02:57 > 0:02:59with that heavy...you know, the atmosphere of a big jackpot.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01There was a sense of relief amongst all of our players
0:03:01 > 0:03:03that the jackpot is back to £1,000.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05You can feel it, it's just much lighter, it's nicer.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Exactly. And I know some of the ladies have only got clutch bags, and they're thinking,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11"Six-and-a-half grand, I don't think so, in that?"
0:03:11 > 0:03:14It's easier. You know, £1,000 can fit in anything.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15- Yeah.- That's lovely.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Also, the insurance is less.
0:03:17 > 0:03:22Yeah. Also, fewer security personnel around the place, which is nice.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24It actually saves you money.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Winning £1,000 actually makes you more money than winning £6,500,
0:03:28 > 0:03:31when you take all the other considerations into account.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- Yeah.- And I should know, I'm the tectonic Plato.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35You said it! Thank you very much indeed.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37So, what we're really saying
0:03:37 > 0:03:41is that Amanda and Matilda won the jackpot last time,
0:03:41 > 0:03:43which means we start off with
0:03:43 > 0:03:45a lovely boutique jackpot of £1,000. There it is.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Well, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Now, remember this,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be
0:03:56 > 0:03:59eliminated. No conferring until we get to the head-to-head, of course.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Best of luck to all four players.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Our first category this afternoon is...
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Can you all decide in your pairs, who's going to go first,
0:04:08 > 0:04:10who's going to go second. And whoever's going first,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12please step up to the podium.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17OK, and the question concerns...
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- Books And Their Authors. Richard. - Yeah, nice simple one, this.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26On each pass, we're going to show you seven pairs of books,
0:04:26 > 0:04:28you just need to tell us who the author of those books is, please.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Seven pairs on the first board, seven on the second,
0:04:31 > 0:04:3314 authors to guess at home, very best of luck.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Thanks. OK, so, we're looking for the authors of these pairs of books.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38And here is our first board of seven.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40And it reads like this. We have got...
0:04:55 > 0:04:56I'll read those all one last time.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11There we are. Jonny, welcome to Pointless.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Good to have you here, from Newcastle.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15- Hello.- What do you do, Jonny?
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- I'm a writer. - ALEXANDER STAMMERS
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- Perfect round for me! - It IS a perfect round!
0:05:21 > 0:05:23What sort of things do you write, Jonny?
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Well, we're currently writing a set of epic fantasy novels.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- We've wrote three.- We - you and Ben?
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- Me and Ben, yeah.- How long have you been writing together?
0:05:32 > 0:05:36- Oh, five years, six years?- And how do you do that? Which one of you...?
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Who sits at the typewriter? The typewriter!
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Who sits with the quill and... who paces around?
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- Or is it not like...? Or do you take...?- We take turns.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49So, for the first novel, I went through first,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- he came through second, added his part in.- Oh, I see.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53And then we just swapped.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Had you sort of left bits out for Ben to come in and fill in,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58or do you write the whole thing and then he does another pass?
0:05:58 > 0:06:00I tend to underwrite any way, so I kind of write a framework
0:06:00 > 0:06:02and then he comes through, writes on top of it.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04You could do a sort of heads, bodies and legs,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07where you get to the end of one chapter and leave it hanging,
0:06:07 > 0:06:10and then Ben does the next chapter and then leaves it hanging and...
0:06:10 > 0:06:11- Oh, that would be fun!- Absolutely.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Which author would you like to go for, from our pairs?
0:06:13 > 0:06:16There's a few I know.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18I think...
0:06:18 > 0:06:22I'm going to go for War And Peace and Anna Karenina,
0:06:22 > 0:06:24and say Leo Tolstoy.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Leo Tolstoy, says Jonny, for War And Peace, Anna Karenina.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:06:35 > 0:06:3764.
0:06:37 > 0:06:3964 for Tolstoy.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42He made his own shoes out of tree bark, Leo Tolstoy,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45because he was uncomfortable with his privileged background
0:06:45 > 0:06:48and wanted to... wanted to feel like a peasant.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50I bet the peasants were just laughing at him
0:06:50 > 0:06:52with his tree-bark shoes.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55- Yeah. Could we get your old shoes, please?- Yeah. Yeah.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58I don't think tree-bark shoes is going to catch on.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Not really. Strange way to feel someone else's pain.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Yeah, perhaps just give them all your money.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- Yeah, maybe do that. - Might be a better way to do it.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08There we are. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Now, Megan, welcome back.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11Good to have you here again.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12Head-to-head last time.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Yep.- That could have been you in the final,
0:07:15 > 0:07:18answering questions on Canadian Singers!
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Megan, remind us what you do.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21I'm a project coordinator.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24That's right. What are your interests, Megan?
0:07:24 > 0:07:27I like cooking for friends,
0:07:27 > 0:07:30doing pub quizzes and learning to play the piano.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Very good. How's that piano going?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35It's not as good as it should be, but it's fun.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39Fantastic. Now, Megan, what would you like to go for here?
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Well, I would have liked to go for War And Peace and Anna Karenina.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46There are a couple... There's one,
0:07:46 > 0:07:48but I'm not feeling brave enough to go for it.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Go on!
0:07:50 > 0:07:54So, I think I'll say...
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Joyce for Ulysses and Finnegans Wake.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58- OK.- James Joyce?
0:07:58 > 0:07:59So, James Joyce, says Megan,
0:07:59 > 0:08:01for Ulysses and Finnegans Wake.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said James Joyce.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08It's right.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Well, you passed 64.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12We now have a low score, which is 38.
0:08:14 > 0:08:15Not bad.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Very well played. Yeah, you know the word quark,
0:08:18 > 0:08:19which is an elemental particle,
0:08:19 > 0:08:22going to be one of the most important words in the language -
0:08:22 > 0:08:24that's taken from Finnegans Wake, taken from Joyce.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- Didn't know that.- Yeah.- There we are. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Jo, welcome to Pointless.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29- Hi.- Good to have you here.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- Jo, what do you do?- I run a business with my husband,
0:08:32 > 0:08:35we sell industrial label printers.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37- Now, that's fun, that is fun. - Very exciting.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39What size of labels are we talking about?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- Well, we go from the small stickers...- Lovely.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46..up to big industrial-plant signage for industrial plants.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48- Really?- Yeah.- So, huge, colossal...
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- Chemical plants.- Hoardings!- Yeah.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Wow! All made by the same machine!
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- We have a full range of machines, yeah.- That's exciting.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Presumably it's not something you run from the spare bedroom?
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Originally, yes, but now we've got our own unit,
0:09:01 > 0:09:02so we have our business there.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Very good. That's very exciting indeed.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Congratulations. Now, Jo, what would you like to go for on our board?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10I'm going to take a stab at the top one, Step On A Crack,
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Along Came A Spider, and I'm going to say James Patterson.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15James Patterson, says Jo. Let's see if it's right
0:09:15 > 0:09:17and how many of our 100 people said James Patterson.
0:09:28 > 0:09:299 for James Patterson!
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Very well done indeed, Jo.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32Lovely low score there.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Well played, Jo. One of the biggest-selling authors in the world, James Patterson.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Along Came A Spider is the first in the Alex Cross series of books.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Thank you very much, Richard.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Now, Lewis. Welcome back.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46Remind us what you do, Lewis.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48I'm a book-cover designer.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50The scourge of the book-cover design, I should imagine,
0:09:50 > 0:09:52are the small labels that get stuck on them.
0:09:52 > 0:09:57- Yeah. Do a partnership, all three of us, I guess.- Yeah.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Whenever our books are out at Christmas, they always...
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Whenever they put... They always put the sticker on it, like, 2 for 1,
0:10:03 > 0:10:07or whatever, and the first year, it always went on my head.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09And then they redesigned it so it always went on your head.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Now, Lewis, what would you like to go for?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13You're the last person to have this board.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16If you wanted to talk us through it, you'd be extremely welcome.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20I know the number four, which is Roald Dahl.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24But I think going to take a guess at number three
0:10:24 > 0:10:26and go for Agatha Christie.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30A guess for Death On The Nile and The Mysterious Affair At Styles.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Let's see if that is Agatha Christie. Let's see how many
0:10:33 > 0:10:34of our 100 people got that.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39It's right. Well, 64 is our high score and you pass it.
0:10:39 > 0:10:4154, there you are.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42Not bad.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47- 54 for Agatha Christie. - Yeah, both Poirot stories.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49The Mysterious Affair At Styles,
0:10:49 > 0:10:52very first Hercule Poirot novel as well.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Let's fill these in. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and Matilda,
0:10:55 > 0:10:57you're right, is Roald Dahl. Would've scored you 77.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- The Dead Zone and The Shining? - Stephen King.- Stephen King.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01Some very big-scorers on this board.
0:11:01 > 0:11:0457. And the best answer on the board,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06The Sound And The Fury and As I Lay Dying?
0:11:06 > 0:11:08- William Faulkner. - William Faulkner, yeah,
0:11:08 > 0:11:10would have scored you 6. Well done if you said that at home.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Thank you. We're halfway through the round.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Let's look at those scores. 9, look at that.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Best score of the pass, Jo. Well done.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Jo and Denise are ruling this round.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Then we travel up to 38, your nearest competitors,
0:11:21 > 0:11:23where we find Megan and David.
0:11:23 > 0:11:2554 is where we find Lewis and Laura.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28And then 64, Jonny and Ben, our authors there.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31So, Ben, you have a little bit of a mountain to climb on the next pass.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33We'll see what's left on the board by the time we get to you,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36but let's hope there's something nice and low scoring that you know,
0:11:36 > 0:11:38so good luck with that. We'll come back down the line now.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:11:44 > 0:11:46OK, let's put seven more pairs of books up on the board
0:11:46 > 0:11:48and here they come.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50We have got...
0:12:03 > 0:12:05I'll read those one last time.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Laura. Welcome back to Pointless.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Nice being on podium four again, isn't it?
0:12:23 > 0:12:27- Yes.- Or is it? I always say that's the best podium to be on.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28Laura, remind us what you do.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31I'm a human resources officer.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32And how long have you been doing that?
0:12:32 > 0:12:34- About three years.- Right you are.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36And your hobbies, Laura?
0:12:36 > 0:12:41Tennis, theatre, like going out with friends, socialising.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Very good indeed. What about these books?
0:12:44 > 0:12:47So I don't read...
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- very much.- Very much, good.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52I thought you were going to say, "I don't read," and I thought, "Right."
0:12:52 > 0:12:55So to most people these are probably really easy.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59But to me, not so much.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04So I'm just going to say a random author,
0:13:04 > 0:13:05I think.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Oh, gosh. I'm just going to say...
0:13:10 > 0:13:13..The Notebook and just say
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- JK Rowling.- OK.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18JK Rowling for The Notebook, A Walk To Remember.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Let's see what happens when we say that.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Here is a red line.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25What a surprise(!)
0:13:25 > 0:13:27I'm afraid an incorrect answer there, Laura.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 154.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32You're not out of it yet, actually.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34There's still 10 points in it.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Anything can happen in the next three answers.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Yeah, sorry, Laura. I'll give all the correct answers
0:13:39 > 0:13:41- at the end of the pass. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43- Now, Denise... - Hello.- ..welcome to Pointless.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- What do you do, Denise?- I work for a small company in Wetherby.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49We provide advice to divorcing couples
0:13:49 > 0:13:51on how to split their pensions.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Wow! That's quite specialist
0:13:53 > 0:13:55and slightly fraught!
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- Yes.- Yes.- We don't actually see the divorcing couples.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00It's all done by e-mail and post.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Well, that's good. And you're saving them a lot of bother, aren't you?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- By...- Yes.- You can do it clinically and you can unpick things.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Pensions are probably one of the biggest assets in their marriage
0:14:10 > 0:14:11and they don't often realise that.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- Right.- And we advise them on how to best split them
0:14:14 > 0:14:17so they both get an equal share when they retire.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Very good, yes. Valued as at the time you do it.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Denise, what are your interests when all that is behind you?
0:14:23 > 0:14:25I do a bit of running. I go running a couple of times a week,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27just to try and keep fit.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30I do a lot of reading and I like going to the theatre.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Very good. I like the way you pointed out the reading.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Denise, what would you like to go for on this board?
0:14:36 > 0:14:37A nice low-scoring answer.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Well, I've read most of those books,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43but I can't necessarily remember the authors of them all.
0:14:43 > 0:14:48I'm going to go for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and say Mark Twain.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49Mark Twain, says Denise.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Now, no red line for you on this tower,
0:14:51 > 0:14:53because you are already through,
0:14:53 > 0:14:56but let's see how far down the column you get with Mark Twain.
0:15:04 > 0:15:0644.
0:15:07 > 0:15:1053 is your total.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Good answer. He was born in 1835, Mark Twain,
0:15:13 > 0:15:15which is the same year that Halley's Comet appeared
0:15:15 > 0:15:18and he always predicted he would die when it next appeared,
0:15:18 > 0:15:19which was 1910, and he did.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22- And he did.- Yeah. - That's clever and sad.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Yeah.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Thanks very much indeed. Now, David,
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- welcome back to Pointless.- Thank you.- Great news for you,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31you are also through. You simply cannot lose.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33It does not matter what you answer here.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37But, David, remind us what you like getting up to in Nottingham.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Well, when I retired, I learnt to ride a motorbike
0:15:40 > 0:15:43and then we also have a camper van as well.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Wow! Could you ride a motorbike at all before you retired?
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- I'd never been on one until then. - Wow! Extraordinary. And you love it?
0:15:49 > 0:15:51- Yeah, it's good. - I think I'd just be terrified.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53But anyway, there we are. You are, as I say, already through,
0:15:53 > 0:15:56so it doesn't matter what you score, but I bet you've got a good answer.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Right. Erm...
0:15:59 > 0:16:01I think a couple I know, but I think I'll go with
0:16:01 > 0:16:05- Animal Farm and 1984 is George Orwell.- George Orwell, says David.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07No red line. You're already through.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Let's see how far down the column we get.
0:16:14 > 0:16:1575 for George Orwell.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Taking your total up to 113.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22Yeah, very well played. There's an Orwell Square in Barcelona.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23It's rather lovely.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Though in homage to Big Brother, it has lots of security cameras,
0:16:26 > 0:16:28funnily enough, which Orwell would have loved.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30- Really?- Yeah.- That's nice.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33- Nice touch. Ben.- Hello.- Welcome to Pointless.- Thank you very much.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34Good to have you here. Well,
0:16:34 > 0:16:37I now know quite a lot about what you do.
0:16:37 > 0:16:38Where did you and Jonny meet?
0:16:38 > 0:16:42- Where did you discover your joint writing?- We met in university.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45We were doing English literature and creative writing, but we became
0:16:45 > 0:16:48close friends when we went to work on a toy farm in Tuscany.
0:16:48 > 0:16:49A toy farm?
0:16:49 > 0:16:50A toy farm in Tuscany.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- It was amazing.- A toy farm?
0:16:52 > 0:16:53We've got a toy farm at home.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- Yeah?- With little cows and things like that.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Amazing! Not that kind of toy farm.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00No. I was going to say, because most of the things that work on that
0:17:00 > 0:17:02- are also toys.- It's very easy,
0:17:02 > 0:17:04there's no heavy lifting on a toy farm.
0:17:04 > 0:17:05What's a toy farm?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08So, we made wooden toys and we made wooden fish that moved...
0:17:08 > 0:17:09- Right.- ..and things like that.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Jon, being the larger of the two, he got all the power tools.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Me, still being large but not as large,
0:17:14 > 0:17:17I got to paint faces on little birds and stuff.
0:17:17 > 0:17:18It was a wonderful summer.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22That's nice. Now, listen, you are on 64. 154 is our high score,
0:17:22 > 0:17:26so 89 or less is your target.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Lovely. Angels And Demons and Da Vinci Code is Dan Brown.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Sense And Sensibility and Emma is Jane Austen.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35The Hunger Games and Catching Fire is Suzanne Collins.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36So I'll go for Suzanne Collins.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39OK, you're going for Suzanne Collins for The Hunger Games.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41There is your red line. Ben, you have to get below that
0:17:41 > 0:17:43with Suzanne Collins. Let's see if it's right
0:17:43 > 0:17:44and how many of our 100 people said it.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49It's right and you are through.
0:17:54 > 0:17:579. Not bad at all.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Takes your total up to 73.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Well played, Ben. She started her career as a children's writer,
0:18:03 > 0:18:05writing on children's television
0:18:05 > 0:18:06in America, for Nickelodeon shows,
0:18:06 > 0:18:09including Clarissa Explains It All and various others,
0:18:09 > 0:18:11for people who remember that, before going on
0:18:11 > 0:18:14to selling millions upon millions of copies of those books.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17You took us through the board very nicely, the ones that you knew.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Angels And Demons, The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Would have scored you 57.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26And Jane Austen for the next one would have scored you 62.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Gone Girl was the book that everyone was reading a couple of years back,
0:18:29 > 0:18:31but can you remember the author? Gillian Flynn.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34- Ah, yes. - She would have scored you 13.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37And this is a guy who has written 18 books,
0:18:37 > 0:18:3911 of them have been made into films.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Not just optioned, but made into films,
0:18:41 > 0:18:42and he is Nicholas Sparks.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44And that would have scored you 4 points.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47- Well done if you said that.- Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49At the end of our first round the pair we are saying goodbye to
0:18:49 > 0:18:50with their high score of 154,
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Laura and Lewis, I'm afraid it is you.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Oh, it was a book round, Laura!
0:18:55 > 0:18:57- I know.- Ah... Great to have you on the show.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Thanks so much for playing. Laura and Lewis.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02APPLAUSE
0:19:02 > 0:19:05But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11We're down to three pairs.
0:19:11 > 0:19:12At the end of this round,
0:19:12 > 0:19:14we'll have to say goodbye to another pair
0:19:14 > 0:19:17but very well done, all of you, for getting through that round.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Particular congratulations to Jo and Ben for lovely
0:19:20 > 0:19:22single-figure scores there. Very well done.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Our category for Round Two this afternoon is...
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:19:30 > 0:19:32who's going to go second?
0:19:32 > 0:19:35And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes,
0:19:39 > 0:19:43we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Uh! U or H. That's what it spells, I mean.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Erm, U or H, Richard.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55We're looking for any UK top-40 single by Elvis Presley
0:19:55 > 0:19:58whose title contains one of those two letters,
0:19:58 > 0:20:00and that's according to officialcharts.com
0:20:00 > 0:20:02up to the end of March 2016.
0:20:02 > 0:20:07So, it's Elvis UK top-40 singles with a U or an H in their titles.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- Now then, Ben. - I'm going to go for Burning Love.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Burning Love. Burning Love, says Ben.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Let's see how many of our 100 people got Burning Love.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20It's right.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25That's a good answer.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Ooh, look how good that is. Three.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Very well done indeed, Ben. Burning Love, three.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32APPLAUSE
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Well played, Ben. Can often be tough on that first podium.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39Yeah, it's been a top-40 hit twice, in 1972 and 2007.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43David.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45DAVID WHEEZES AND LAUGHS
0:20:45 > 0:20:47- David.- Um...
0:20:47 > 0:20:49In The Ghetto.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51In The Ghetto, says David.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Let's see how many of our 100 people went for In The Ghetto.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Well, three is our only score at this point.
0:21:03 > 0:21:0412.
0:21:06 > 0:21:0812 for In The Ghetto.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Very cocky of David there, to go for a silent H.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13- LAUGHTER A silent H.- Very impressive.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15I love In The Ghetto. Wonderful song.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19- 1969, number-two hit. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Now, Jo. What would you like to go for?
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Erm...
0:21:22 > 0:21:27Ooh, gosh. I can only think of really well-known ones. Erm...
0:21:27 > 0:21:29I'm just going to have to go...
0:21:29 > 0:21:31- Jailhouse Rock. - Jailhouse Rock, says Jo.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35Let's see how many of our 100 people said Jailhouse Rock.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46There we are, 32 for Jailhouse Rock. Not bad.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48APPLAUSE
0:21:48 > 0:21:52Yeah, starred in the film and had a number-one single with it in 1958.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Thanks. We're halfway through the round, let's look at those scores.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Three, the best score of the pass so far.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Ben, very well done indeed.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Up to 12 is where we find David and Megan.
0:22:01 > 0:22:0432 is where we find Jo and Denise. So, Denise,
0:22:04 > 0:22:08a nice low-scoring answer from you is what we need to keep you
0:22:08 > 0:22:11in the game, good luck with that. We'll come back down the line now.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:22:15 > 0:22:19OK. So, Denise, we're looking for any UK top-40 single by Elvis
0:22:19 > 0:22:22containing the letter U, or the letter H.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Right, I'm struggling with this one a bit.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27I'm going to go... I hope it was in the top 40,
0:22:27 > 0:22:30I'm going to go for Moody Blues.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Moody Blues, says Denise. Let's see if that's right.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35No red line for you, as you're the high-scorers
0:22:35 > 0:22:37but let's see how many people said it. Is it right?
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- Oh...- Oh, no, Denise. I'm sorry.- Sorry.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45You did exactly what you needed to do then,
0:22:45 > 0:22:48took a bit of a risk. On this occasion, it didn't pay off.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51That scores you 100 points. 132 is your total.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Yeah, sorry, Denise, I'll give all the right answers at the end.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Thanks very much, Richard.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Megan, well, that takes a little bit of pressure off there, Megan.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- It does!- You will be in the head-to-head
0:23:01 > 0:23:02for a second time running.
0:23:02 > 0:23:08Yeah! There are very, very few Elvis Presley singles I know.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12So... I am going to go for...
0:23:12 > 0:23:16- Blue Suede Shoes.- Blue Suede... - Which I hope is Elvis.- ..Shoes.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19I have a hunch it might be. Let's see. No red line for you,
0:23:19 > 0:23:22you're already through. How many of our 100 said Blue Suede Shoes?
0:23:30 > 0:23:3134. APPLAUSE
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Takes your total up to 46.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Yeah, a huge hit for Carl Perkins originally, and then Elvis
0:23:37 > 0:23:40did a more up-tempo version of it, which eclipsed it.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Jonny...
0:23:44 > 0:23:47- Again, you're through. Pressure off.- Yeah.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49I know a few.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Erm... But I'm going to go for
0:23:51 > 0:23:54what could hopefully be a pointless answer
0:23:54 > 0:23:56and say Rock-A-Hula Baby.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Rock-A-Hula Baby, says Jonny.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01No red line, you're already through.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Let's see what happens when we say Rock-A-Hula Baby.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09It's right.
0:24:15 > 0:24:16It is a pointless answer.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Very well done indeed, Jonny!
0:24:18 > 0:24:20That score adds £250 to today's jackpot.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Takes the total up to £1,250. APPLAUSE
0:24:23 > 0:24:26It scores you nothing and it leaves your total at three.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Very well done indeed.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Well played, Jonny. Number-one single from 1962.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34Also a hit in 2005, as well. Rock-A-Hula Baby. Now, Denise...
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Denise, Pointless owes you a big favour, I'm afraid.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Moody Blues, I couldn't take...
0:24:40 > 0:24:42- It's Moody Blue. - Moody Blue is the name of the song.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44- Yeah.- And cos there were other songs called Moody Blues
0:24:44 > 0:24:46and a band called Moody Blues,
0:24:46 > 0:24:47not fair on the other two teams, I'm afraid.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Would've been a pointless answer, as well.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52We owe you one.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55And we will repay you on the next show, I'm sure of it.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57- Thank you.- That's very unlucky. - What are we going to repay her with?
0:24:57 > 0:25:00I thought maybe you could give her some money.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- LAUGHTER - I'll take that.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06- On you go, sorry.- Lots and lots of pointless answers here.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Let's take a look at a few of them.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Start with Blue River, Frankie And Johnny, Hard Headed Woman,
0:25:11 > 0:25:15all these pointless answers. Got all the Hs there.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17It Won't Seem Like Christmas (Without You),
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Kissin' Cousins, there's Rock-A-Hula Baby, Jonny. Very well played.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22She's Not You, Suspicion.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Not Suspicious Minds, though. That would've scored four points.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28There Goes My Everything. I'll tell you the one-pointers,
0:25:28 > 0:25:30these are some obscure ones people might have got.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33One point for Guitar Man, Kentucky Rain, Trying To Get To You,
0:25:33 > 0:25:35That's All Right, Devil In Disguise,
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Trouble, Surrender, Big Hunk O' Love and His Latest Flame.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39All of those would've scored you one point.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43We'll take a look at the top three. We've already heard two of these.
0:25:45 > 0:25:4832 of our 100 said Jailhouse Rock.
0:25:48 > 0:25:4934 said Blue Suede Shoes.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53And right at the top, there's an H and a U, and it's Hound Dog on 35.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Thanks very much indeed, Richard. At the end of our second round,
0:25:56 > 0:25:59the pair we have to say goodbye to, with heavy hearts, Denise and Jo,
0:25:59 > 0:26:01132, I'm afraid, is the high score.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04But as Richard says, Pointless owes you one.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07So let's hope you can cash that in next time and do much, much better,
0:26:07 > 0:26:09but in the meantime, thank you so much for playing.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Denise and Jo, wonderful. APPLAUSE
0:26:14 > 0:26:17But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:26:17 > 0:26:18APPLAUSE
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Congratulations, Jonny and Ben, Megan and David,
0:26:23 > 0:26:26you are now one step closer to the final
0:26:26 > 0:26:27and a chance to play for our jackpot,
0:26:27 > 0:26:30which currently stands at £1,250.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Well now, we've made it to the head-to-head,
0:26:32 > 0:26:34which means you can now confer before you give your answers,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37which is nice. And the first player to win two questions
0:26:37 > 0:26:38will be playing for that jackpot.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Now, Megan and David, you have been here before.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42In fact, you've been right there before.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44You were our blue couple last time.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47So you have experience, that's what you bring to the table.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Jonny and Ben, here for the first time.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52They have a pointless answer in their back pockets already.
0:26:52 > 0:26:53That's what they bring to the table.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55I think this is going to be close, is what I'm saying.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00APPLAUSE
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Here is your first question and it concerns...
0:27:10 > 0:27:13- Richard.- Yeah, we're going to show you some pictures now
0:27:13 > 0:27:15and they all represent the title of a television show.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18We're also going to show you the name of an actor who appeared in
0:27:18 > 0:27:20the first episode of that show as well, to help you out.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21OK. Thanks very much indeed.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24So, let's reveal our five pictures representing TV shows,
0:27:24 > 0:27:27and here they come. We've got...
0:27:50 > 0:27:52And...
0:27:58 > 0:28:01There we are. Five pictures representing TV shows.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05Jonny and Ben, you've been our low-scorers, so you will go first.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Feel free to confer.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10- A is The Wire.- Mm... - THEY CONFER
0:28:18 > 0:28:19OK. Let's go with The Wire.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22We're going to go for A, The Wire.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26OK. The Wire, for A, say Jonny and Ben. The Wire.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28Now, Megan and David, that board is all yours.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Do you feel like talking us through it?
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Well, we don't know B.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37But I'd say The Office for C.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39House Of Cards for D.
0:28:39 > 0:28:44And I think it's called Black Mirror, maybe, for E.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47But I'm not totally confident on that one. So...
0:28:49 > 0:28:51We will go with...
0:28:51 > 0:28:52D, House Of Cards?
0:28:52 > 0:28:56OK, D, House Of Cards, say Megan and David.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58So, The Wire, House of Cards.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Jonny and Ben went for The Wire, for A.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people got it.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07It is The Wire.
0:29:10 > 0:29:1238. APPLAUSE
0:29:15 > 0:29:1638 for The Wire.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Megan and David have gone for House Of Cards, for D.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Let's see if that is right.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Let's see how many of our 100 people said House Of Cards.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26It's right.
0:29:28 > 0:29:3068 for House of Cards. APPLAUSE
0:29:30 > 0:29:34Well done, Jonny and Ben. After one question, you are up 1-0.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37Megan, you went for the biggest scorer on the board
0:29:37 > 0:29:39and you knew the lowest scorer on the board.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42You would've won the point with the brilliant Black Mirror,
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Annabel Jones and Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Rory Kinnear was in the first one of those.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Would've scored you...
0:29:48 > 0:29:49six points.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51So very well done if you said that at home.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Plays the Prime Minister in that particular episode.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56B is Suits.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59The American drama.
0:29:59 > 0:30:00Would've scored you 11 points.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04And C is, of course...
0:30:04 > 0:30:05The Office.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08And that would've scored you 52.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Thanks very much, Richard. OK, here comes your second question.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Megan and David, you get to answer it first,
0:30:13 > 0:30:15but have to win it to stay in the game, so good luck.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Our second question today is all about...
0:30:21 > 0:30:24- Richard.- We're going to show you descriptions now of five products
0:30:24 > 0:30:27we derive from plants and give you their first and last letters.
0:30:27 > 0:30:28Can you tell us what they are, please?
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five clues
0:30:30 > 0:30:32and here they come.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34We have got...
0:30:56 > 0:30:58I'm going to read those all one last time...
0:31:16 > 0:31:18There we are. Megan and David will go first.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20THEY CONFER
0:31:30 > 0:31:31Yeah, OK.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35So, we're going to go for tannin, for the fourth answer.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37The fourth one. Tannin, say Megan and David.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Now then, Jonny and Ben, the board's all yours.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41- Do you want to talk us through it?- Er...
0:31:41 > 0:31:43We think the top one's saffron.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45The second one's cinnamon.
0:31:45 > 0:31:46The third one's paper.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48And the last one's cork.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50I think. Erm...
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Saffron, saffron.
0:31:52 > 0:31:53We'll go for saffron.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56You're going to go for saffron. So, we have tannin and we have saffron.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Megan and David said tannin.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said it.
0:32:03 > 0:32:04It's right.
0:32:06 > 0:32:0859. APPLAUSE
0:32:10 > 0:32:1259 for tannin.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Jonny and Ben, meanwhile, have gone for saffron.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people got that.
0:32:19 > 0:32:20It is right.
0:32:22 > 0:32:2466 for saffron. APPLAUSE
0:32:24 > 0:32:25Very close indeed.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28But well done, Megan and David, you're back in the game.
0:32:28 > 0:32:29After two questions, it's 1-1.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32And once again, our losing team knew the best answer on the board.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34The best answer there was cinnamon
0:32:34 > 0:32:36and would've seen you through to the final,
0:32:36 > 0:32:39cos it would've scored you 54.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42The other two are much bigger scorers. Paper...
0:32:42 > 0:32:44that would've scored you 74.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47And cork is the biggest of all.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49That would've scored you...
0:32:49 > 0:32:5092.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53A big score. I get all my tannin from the tannin salon
0:32:53 > 0:32:55- on Chiswick High Road.- Yes. LAUGHTER
0:32:55 > 0:32:58- That's where I get mine.- Indeed. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00So, here comes your third question.
0:33:00 > 0:33:01Best of luck to both pairs.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Whoever wins this goes through to the final to play for that jackpot.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07Our third question is all about...
0:33:08 > 0:33:11- Richard.- Yeah, we're going to show you five titles of common names
0:33:11 > 0:33:13given to famous speeches from history.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Now, we need you to tell us who gave the speech, please.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19Thanks for much indeed. OK, here are our five speeches.
0:33:41 > 0:33:42I'll read those again.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01There we are. Jonny and Ben will go first.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04THEY WHISPER
0:34:14 > 0:34:17We'd like to go for Charles De Gaulle
0:34:17 > 0:34:18for the third one, please.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21OK, Charles de Gaulle, say Jonny and Ben.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24Megan and David, do you want to talk us through the board?
0:34:24 > 0:34:28All right, Fight On The Beaches is Winston Churchill.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31I Have A Dream is Martin Luther King.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Gettysburg Address is Abraham Lincoln.
0:34:34 > 0:34:39And I can't think of the other one, so which shall we go?
0:34:39 > 0:34:40Yeah. Gettysburg.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42The Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln.
0:34:42 > 0:34:43OK, Abraham Lincoln.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46So we have Charles de Gaulle and Abraham Lincoln.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Jonny and Ben went for Charles de Gaulle.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Let's see how many of our 100 people got that.
0:34:58 > 0:35:0152 for Charles de Gaulle.
0:35:02 > 0:35:03Megan and David, meanwhile, have gone for
0:35:03 > 0:35:05the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Let's see how many of our 100 people got that.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13It's right.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Oh, 70 for that.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18So there we are. Very well done indeed, Jonny and Ben.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21After three questions, you are through to the final 2-1.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23Yeah, well played, both teams.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25They both avoided the two huge-scorers there.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29I Have A Dream, Martin Luther King, which would have scored you 94.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32And Fight On The Beaches, Churchill, of course,
0:35:32 > 0:35:34which would have scored 97.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Now, I suspect you're not the only one who's having trouble.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39That second one looks like we should know it, doesn't it?
0:35:39 > 0:35:43Initials, you just think, "God, it's a famous phrase."
0:35:43 > 0:35:47Is the Virginia lawyer and politician Patrick Henry.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49So very well done if you said that at home. 4 points for that.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51It's one of those ones where you think, when it comes up,
0:35:51 > 0:35:54you're going to know the name, and then it comes up, and you go...
0:35:54 > 0:35:57THEY LAUGH Thanks very much indeed.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:35:59 > 0:36:01Megan and David, I'm afraid it is you.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Second time you've made it through to the head-to-head,
0:36:03 > 0:36:05second time, I'm afraid, we've sent you home
0:36:05 > 0:36:07before getting through to the final.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09But it's been lovely having on the show. Thank you so much for playing.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11- Megan and David.- Thank you.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15APPLAUSE
0:36:15 > 0:36:18But for Jonny and Ben, it is now time for our Pointless final.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Congratulations, Jonny and Ben,
0:36:27 > 0:36:29you've fought off all the competition
0:36:29 > 0:36:32and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:36:40 > 0:36:45At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,250.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Well, what about that?
0:36:47 > 0:36:49It's all smash and grab. You just turned up,
0:36:49 > 0:36:52through you come, 2-1 in the head-to-head, and there you are,
0:36:52 > 0:36:54you've got your Pointless trophy.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56I would like to think you are in with a very good shout
0:36:56 > 0:36:58to get that Pointless jackpot as well.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00What would you like see come up in this last round?
0:37:00 > 0:37:02- Some music.- Mm-hm.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06- Film is good for me. - Film would be good.- Sport, you know.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08- We've got a few options. - Any genre.- OK, very good.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12Nice wide-open field of expertise there, which is impressive.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15As you know, you get to choose your category from the four things
0:37:15 > 0:37:16that appear on the board behind me.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18We just have to hope there is something up there
0:37:18 > 0:37:20that doesn't scare you too much.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Today's selection reads like this. We have got...
0:37:34 > 0:37:35It's a hard one.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42I mean, we should probably be able to do the Rugby Union World Cup.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44- I'll be getting kicked. - You watched it closer than I did.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47I wouldn't be able to help. I could help on Modern Zombies.
0:37:47 > 0:37:48Kicked at home for...
0:37:50 > 0:37:52- Let's go Modern Zombies, then. - Let's give it a go.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56- OK, Modern Zombie Films.- We'll give Modern Zombie Films a go.- OK.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58- Richard.- OK, terrific performance so far, gents.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Very best of luck with this. Three different options here.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03We're looking for anyone cast in any of the following three films,
0:38:03 > 0:38:05please, according to IMDB.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Looking for any cast member of the 2007 movie Planet Terror,
0:38:08 > 0:38:09the Robert Rodriguez movie.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13Looking for anyone in the 2013 movie World War Z
0:38:13 > 0:38:18or anybody in 2016's Pride And Prejudice And Zombies.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22So any of the cast members according to IMDB in any of those three films.
0:38:22 > 0:38:23Very best of luck.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Thank you, Richard. Now, as always,
0:38:25 > 0:38:27you've got one minute to come up with three answers,
0:38:27 > 0:38:29and all you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those
0:38:29 > 0:38:32answers to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:38:32 > 0:38:35- We are.- OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock. There they are.
0:38:35 > 0:38:36Your time starts now.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- OK, I've only seen Planet Terror. - Let's go Planet Terror, then,
0:38:39 > 0:38:41cos I only know one from World War Z.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45- OK. Quentin Tarantino is in Planet Terror.- Is he?
0:38:45 > 0:38:47I think...I think Danny Trejo was in there.
0:38:47 > 0:38:48Oh, I like Danny Trejo.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51That's like...in Grindhouse, cos it was Death Proof and...
0:38:51 > 0:38:54- He's in a lot of those ones. - We'll throw that in there.- OK.
0:38:54 > 0:38:55There's a guy from Lost.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58His character was Frank Lapidus, and I can't... Jeff Fahey.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Jeff Fahey, that's a great one.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Oh, mate...
0:39:02 > 0:39:04- Jeff Fahey?- Yeah.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06It's Robert Rodriguez, so he's got some old favourites.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Do think Marin might be in that, to be fair?
0:39:08 > 0:39:12I mean, there's a lot of those Grindhouse...
0:39:12 > 0:39:13- Yeah.- ..people.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20- I think I've got...- Jeff Fahey. - Yeah.- Quentin Tarantino.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24- I wonder if Robert Rodriguez came in?- I don't remember him in it.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26- Let's go Quentin Tarantino. Jeff Fahey.- Ten seconds left.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28And...?
0:39:28 > 0:39:33- And...- Danny Trejo. - Danny Trejo, yeah.- OK.
0:39:33 > 0:39:34Jeff Fahey is number three.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36OK, it sounds like you've arrived at your answers,
0:39:36 > 0:39:39and there's your time up, so let's go through them all.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41- We're going to go for Danny Trejo. - Danny Trejo.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43- Jeff Fahey.- Jeff Fahey.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45- Quentin Tarantino. - Quentin Tarantino.
0:39:45 > 0:39:46- In which category?- Planet Terror.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49- All three in Planet Terror. - All three in Planet Terror, yeah.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52OK, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- Jeff Fahey.- Jeff Fahey goes last. Least likely to be pointless?
0:39:55 > 0:39:58- Probably Tarantino. - Quentin Tarantino we put first.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order,
0:40:00 > 0:40:03and here they are. We have got...
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Well, very, very best of luck. Three good answers on the board.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14What would you do if you won that jackpot, 1,250 quid?
0:40:14 > 0:40:15Jonny, you first.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19I think... We've got a bachelor bungalow that we live in.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23We've got some really high-quality chairs in there already.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Got a lovely painting of a ship.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29And to finish that off, I think we just need a pool table.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31THEY LAUGH
0:40:31 > 0:40:33- Then I think we have really hit bachelorhood.- Very good.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Ben, anything you want to add to that?
0:40:35 > 0:40:37We're going to invest in a couple of plinths
0:40:37 > 0:40:40upon which the Pointless trophy will rest in that living room.
0:40:40 > 0:40:41I think we're going to be doing OK.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45Very good indeed. OK, well, three good answers, as I say.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49In all three cases, we were looking for the cast of Planet Terror.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51Your first answer is Quentin Tarantino.
0:40:51 > 0:40:56If this is correct and it is pointless, it will win you £1,250.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Let's see how many of our 100 people said Quentin Tarantino.
0:41:01 > 0:41:02It's right.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06Quentin Tarantino is indeed in the cast of Planet Terror, and he's
0:41:06 > 0:41:07taking us down through the 30s
0:41:07 > 0:41:10and through the 20s, into the teens,
0:41:10 > 0:41:11into single figures. Down it goes.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Still going down. Quentin Tarantino...
0:41:13 > 0:41:15is a pointless answer!
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Very well done indeed!
0:41:17 > 0:41:20That is so impressive, straight out of the traps there. Brilliant.
0:41:25 > 0:41:26Very well done indeed.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Quentin Tarantino, first answer, a pointless answer,
0:41:29 > 0:41:32which means you go home with that jackpot of £1,250.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35Those plinths, that pool table will be yours.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38- Life is made.- All ours.- Fantastic. Richard.- That was terrific stuff.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Very, very well played.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42As you know, Quentin Tarantino, very good friend of Robert Rodriguez.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45Plays a zombie eating roadkill in that movie.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47And just won you £1,250.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50Danny Trejo was not a pointless answer.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52It would've scored you 1 point.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Jeff Fahey, who, as you said, was Frank in Lost,
0:41:54 > 0:41:58- also a pointless answer. Very well done.- Yes!- Wicked.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01APPLAUSE
0:42:03 > 0:42:05Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08We will start with Planet Terror, the one you went for.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10You could've had Fergie,
0:42:10 > 0:42:13not the Manchester United manager or the former princess.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Josh Brolin, Rose McGowan, also a pointless answer.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Cheech Marin, who you also suggested,
0:42:17 > 0:42:19he was a pointless answer in that one.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22In fact, everyone apart from Bruce Willis, Danny Trejo and
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Marley Shelton, everyone else was a pointless answer in that movie.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Well done if you got one at home. Cast of "World War Zed" -
0:42:27 > 0:42:29I refuse to call it "World War Zee" -
0:42:29 > 0:42:31you could have had...
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Matthew Fox, another one from Lost, was a pointless answer.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38Peter Capaldi, Dr Who, of course.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Everyone there apart from Brad Pitt and David Morse was
0:42:40 > 0:42:41a pointless answer.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45And Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, which is a surprisingly good film...
0:42:49 > 0:42:50Everyone there apart from Lily James,
0:42:50 > 0:42:52Matt Smith and Sam Riley,
0:42:52 > 0:42:54everyone else is a pointless answer. Terrific work, gents.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56You have been very entertaining throughout
0:42:56 > 0:42:57and what a lovely jackpot win.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Thanks very much indeed.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01And thanks once again to our winning players, Jonny and Ben,
0:43:01 > 0:43:05who go away with today's jackpot of £1,250.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Join us next time when we'll be putting more pointless knowledge
0:43:12 > 0:43:15- to the test. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.