0:00:18 > 0:00:21APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:21 > 0:00:22Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27This is the show where the questions have all been asked to 100 people
0:00:27 > 0:00:30before the show. All our contestants have to do is come up with the
0:00:30 > 0:00:33answers no-one else could think of. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38And couple number one.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Hi, my name is John, and this is my partner's grandson, Louis.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43We're from South Wales.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46- Couple number two. - Hi, I'm Maria, back again.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49This is my daughter Christine, and we are from Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Couple number three.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Hi, I'm Paddy. This is my friend Samir, and we're both from London.
0:00:54 > 0:00:55And, finally, couple number four.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Hi, I'm Rob, this is my mate Nicky, and we're from Chesterfield.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01And these are today's contestants.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Thanks very much, all of you, we will get to chat to each of you
0:01:05 > 0:01:06throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:09 > 0:01:10He's addicted to facts.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13It is my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18Hiya. Hey, everybody. Good afternoon.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20- Good afternoon to you. - Good afternoon.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22A lot of familiar faces for us here, and they very sensibly
0:01:22 > 0:01:25and very kindly have lined up in the order they got knocked out
0:01:25 > 0:01:28of the last show as well. Christine and Maria on podium two got knocked
0:01:28 > 0:01:30out in Round One. We need to see a little bit more of you today,
0:01:30 > 0:01:33please. Then Samir and Paddy got knocked out in Round Two,
0:01:33 > 0:01:37and the head-to-head - Nicky and Rob got all the way through to that.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39And that head-to-head against Natalie and Deb.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Aren't they lovely? Natalie and Deb, sisters.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45And they played the jackpot round on the Stuarts and won £2,500.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- Deservedly as well. It was lovely to watch them.- Yeah.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50You could tell they were sisters as well in that 60 seconds.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53- You could, couldn't you?- You can always tell people's relationships
0:01:53 > 0:01:55during that 60 seconds when the pressure gets on.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Marriages, you think, "Yeah, that's not lasting."
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Sisters, you think, "I know who's the older one now."
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Bosses, you think, "He's going to have your job in a couple of years."
0:02:02 > 0:02:05You can always see in that 60 seconds, can't you?
0:02:05 > 0:02:06You certainly can.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Well, Natalie and Deb won the jackpot last time,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000. There it is.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20So, remember this -
0:02:20 > 0:02:23the pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be
0:02:23 > 0:02:27eliminated. So, keep your scores low, and you will not be that pair.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Best of luck to all four pairs.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Our first category this afternoon is...
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Science. Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first and
0:02:36 > 0:02:39who is going to go second? And whoever's going first,
0:02:39 > 0:02:40please step up to the podium.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:02:50 > 0:02:53chemical elements that contain the letter R as they could.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Chemical elements containing the letter R.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Yeah, any element on the periodic table as of February 2016, please,
0:02:59 > 0:03:02that has an R in its name. Very, very best of luck.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Perfect, thank you very much indeed. Louis, welcome to Pointless.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Here from South Wales.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- What do you do, Louis? - I'm a lecturer at a university.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14- What's your discipline? - Electric audio music production.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16What particular side of audio music production?
0:03:16 > 0:03:19I specialise in music entrepreneurship
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- and business start-up. - OK, so this is the commerce
0:03:22 > 0:03:24that arises from music, it's the industry,
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- really, how to get yourself going? - Yeah, exactly.- See, that's exciting.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32Richard and I, it's been a long time since we've been doing our duet
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- on the cruise ships.- Yeah.- But what would your advice be to us?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Erm...
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Well, don't give up your day jobs. Stay on Pointless.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45I've set that up now, haven't I?
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- Ooh, that's a bitter pill, isn't it? - Especially from a lecturer.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52I know!
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Louis, what would you like to go for?
0:03:55 > 0:03:58I'm going to go with carbon.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02- Carbon.- I can see John in the corner of my eye laughing at me, but...
0:04:02 > 0:04:04No, it's a good initial to get the show going.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Let's see. Carbon,
0:04:05 > 0:04:08let's see how many of our 100 people went for that.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Well, I'll say this - it's right.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Look at that, down it goes.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18Carbon, 26.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22APPLAUSE You see, John?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- What do I know? - Atomic number six, carbon.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Diamonds, one of the purest forms of carbon on earth.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Do you think that's going to happen? You know how a lot of our...
0:04:32 > 0:04:34- let's say in geography, to keep it safe -
0:04:34 > 0:04:38..countries that used to be pointless are now rising up.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39- Yeah. - They're becoming quite popular now.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Do you think maybe the old hands, the old regulars,
0:04:42 > 0:04:45are now going to go through a weird cycle, where suddenly, you know,
0:04:45 > 0:04:48like carbon scoring rather lower than I was expecting there?
0:04:48 > 0:04:51You would think, yes, because people now immediately,
0:04:51 > 0:04:53they think it's for Pointless, so they try to go for obscure ones.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Exactly, so they're all rushing towards the...
0:04:55 > 0:04:57XANDER COUGHS
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- Exactly. - RICHARD COUGHS
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- XANDER COUGHS - And so on and so forth.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- Exactly.- I think we certainly have changed the world of chemistry.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06- We have shaken it up, my friend.- We've shaken it up,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09and we're not entirely sure what's going to happen. It may explode.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14- If it does, apologies.- When they take the lid off science,
0:05:14 > 0:05:16just take it off gently.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- Aim it away from the face.- If there is a Nobel Prize for Chemistry
0:05:19 > 0:05:21- well, there IS a Nobel Prize for Chemistry -
0:05:21 > 0:05:25I would be shocked if at some point, we do not win it.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29I know it's not the done thing to ask for a Nobel Prize in Chemistry,
0:05:29 > 0:05:32but I would have thought it would be quite a classy act on behalf of the
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Nobel Committee and chemistry industry of the world.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- I'd love to win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.- And you will.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- Oh, man! - We'll see to it.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- Now, Maria, welcome back. - Thank you.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45Remind us what you do, Maria.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49I'm a care manager in a care company looking after people
0:05:49 > 0:05:53- who need all types of support. - And remind us what you get up to.
0:05:53 > 0:05:58- What are your interests?- I very much like doing karaoke, if I'm honest.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59What is your song, Maria?
0:05:59 > 0:06:04I think probably Licence To Kill by Gladys Knight And The Pips.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Oh, very good. Do you know, I bet she does that rather well.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10She's got a good voice. And listen to that laugh. Ha-ha!
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Filthy, but what a great... LAUGHTER
0:06:13 > 0:06:15What a great timbre you have.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- Thank you. - Lovely.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20How is your chemistry?
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- Not great, if I'm honest. - Mm.- Erm...
0:06:23 > 0:06:27But I'll have a go with mercury.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Mercury, says Maria.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Let's see how many of our 100 people went for mercury.
0:06:40 > 0:06:41- Look at that, 16! - Whoa!
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Very nicely done. Another old familiar name, mercury.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Named after the planet Mercury,
0:06:50 > 0:06:52which was named after Freddie Mercury.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Yes!
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- Samir, welcome back to Pointless. - Thank you.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Remind us what you do.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05I work in Parliament for an MP as a Parliamentary Assistant.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07That, you see, I think is a fascinating job.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Is it basically what you wanted to do?
0:07:09 > 0:07:14I think it was. I did Politics and French at university and I wanted a
0:07:14 > 0:07:17career in politics, public affairs, public policy.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18But you are not party political, really.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20You're sort of semi-party political.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Semi-party political. I think you have to have sympathies
0:07:23 > 0:07:26with the party of the MP you work for.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Are you assigned that MP once that MP has been given a role,
0:07:29 > 0:07:31or are you with them from the beginning?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- You apply to the MP and you are with them from the beginning.- I see,
0:07:34 > 0:07:36- and that's it. So you see the whole way through this Parliament?- Yeah.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Oh, I'm longing to know which MP it is.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42- We can't ask, obviously.- Well, we could do.- No, I bet he wouldn't say.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- I bet he would! - LAUGHTER
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Samir, what are your hobbies?
0:07:47 > 0:07:51I love travelling, I travel as much as I can in my spare time.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Excellent. In the recess?
0:07:53 > 0:07:55You still have to come into work, it is still busy.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Oh, that's a shame.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59We still have constituents that we need to look after.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00Oh, yes, I forgot about them! Yes.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03But, no, I do try and travel in the recesses where possible.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05I've just come back from India.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Very nice. OK, now, Samir, chemistry.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11So far we haven't troubled the darker recesses
0:08:11 > 0:08:13of the periodic table.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18This is probably my weakest subject, but I'm going to go with argon.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Argon. Argon, says Samir.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Let's see how many of our 100 people went for that.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30It's right. 26 is the high score at the moment, 16 is our low.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33You pass 26. 24 is where you end up with argon.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Yeah, it's the only chemical element to be directed by Ben Affleck.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43It's the only one.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Thank you, Richard. Rob, welcome back.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Remind us what you do, Rob.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51I work in the waste management industry selling skip lids.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Skip lids. Do you manufacture the skip lids?
0:08:53 > 0:08:55We do, at our place in Chesterfield, yes.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57But how come you don't sell the skips?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59We do what we do best.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Is it a one-size-fits-all thing for a skip lid?
0:09:02 > 0:09:06We do lids for some that you have at the side of your house up to the
0:09:06 > 0:09:10great big things you see behind department stores, building sites,
0:09:10 > 0:09:12- that sort of thing.- I see. I've noticed some skip lids slightly
0:09:12 > 0:09:15extend the height of the skip as well. There are some skip lids
0:09:15 > 0:09:19that are adding on. I bet you they don't get permission for that.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Like a sort of mansard floor of skip lid. Do you make those?
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- No. - That's a shame. That's a shame.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29How is your retention of things that we often talk about on Pointless?
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Well, that's the thing, because we came down on the train,
0:09:32 > 0:09:34had a little test.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37And there was one that cropped up, I thought,
0:09:37 > 0:09:41"That might be a good one," so I'm going to go for californium.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43There we are. We are now into Pointless territory.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45I mean, the programme territory,
0:09:45 > 0:09:47rather than scoring-no-points territory.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49But I think this is very good.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Let's see how many of our 100 people went for californium.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00It's right. Well, 26, our high score. 16, our low.
0:10:00 > 0:10:01We pass 26.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02We pass 16.
0:10:02 > 0:10:059! A single-digit score, Rob.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Very well done indeed.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Yeah, first made in 1950, californium.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11And again, one of those ones that a few years ago,
0:10:11 > 0:10:15- that would have scored 1, maybe. - Yeah.- Very popular now.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19- XANDER COUGHS: Nobel Prize. RICHARD COUGHS:- Nobel. Yeah.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21What form do you think the Nobel Prize for Chemistry takes?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23A trophy? A cheque, I know that.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26I don't know. Maybe it's something that goes around your neck?
0:10:26 > 0:10:27Like a badge? Or a medal?
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Maybe a wreath to wear in your hair.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33That would be nice. I would like a big trophy, though, if I'm honest.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36And then, while you're holding the trophy, I'll take the lid off it
0:10:36 > 0:10:38- I mean the cup - and I'll pop it on my head like that.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Oh, that would be really good.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43You know who makes the lids of Nobel Prizes, don't you?
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- Rob. That's what they do in their downtime.- What about that?
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Thank you very much, Richard. We're halfway through the round.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Let's take a quick look at those scores. 9, best score of the pass.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Very well done. Rob and Nicky looking pretty strong at this point.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Look at that, 16, Maria and Christine.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Out first round last time. Oh, I don't think so this time.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01I think we will see you into Round Two with a score like that.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03- Hope so.- And up to 24 where we find Samir and Paddy.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Then up to 26, Louis and John. Now, John, the pressure is on.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10You have to come up with a low-scoring chemical element.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Very best of luck with that. We'll come back down the line now.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Nicky, welcome back.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- Remind us what you do.- I work in a senior school and I'm the
0:11:22 > 0:11:25work experience and careers coordinator there.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27That's right. But when not doing that,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30you are the queen of the am dram.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- You are a director... - Yep.- ..sometime performer.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36- Yes. - Which do you prefer?
0:11:36 > 0:11:37Directing, I think, now.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41- Directing.- Yeah.- Does that mean you have to do all the auditions?
0:11:41 > 0:11:42Yeah, me and a team.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46Do people sidle up to you and say what they would like to do and you
0:11:46 > 0:11:48have to say, "Well, it's not up to me,"
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- when you know full well it's up to you?- Yes, that happens.- Yeah.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54How many performances do you do of each one?
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- At the moment, we are doing... We do eight.- Wow-ee!
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Eight performances of each show?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02So, you barely finish the last performance before you must
0:12:02 > 0:12:04be having to get up to speed with the next one?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06- Yeah.- That doesn't sound like a hobby, that sounds like a job.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07It's great. If you love it.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09- And you love it? - That's all that matters.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Well, there you are. Absolutely right. Well said.
0:12:11 > 0:12:12Now, there you are, you're on 9.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Our high-scorers up here on 26 are John and Louis.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18So, 16 or less would see you straight through.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22OK. I'm going to try and head down the table, I think.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25- This is good. - I'm going to say seaborgium.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29It's like these guys have watched Pointless before, isn't it?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- Isn't it? - Seaborgium.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Now, that, I think, is a proper...
0:12:35 > 0:12:37IMITATES COLUMN GOING DOWN ..I think. But who knows?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39That was last time. There is your red line.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Get below that, and you're through.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43How many of our 100 people said seaborgium?
0:12:45 > 0:12:46It's right.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53You're in Round Two.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Oh, it's a pointless answer! Very well done indeed, Nicky.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Seaborgium adds £250 to today's jackpot,
0:12:59 > 0:13:01takes the total up to £1,250.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04It scores you nothing, it leaves your total at 9,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06the lowest total of the round, and is marvellous.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08That's a terrific answer. Very well done.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09Great to have a pointless answer.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11It's one of the most unstable of all the elements.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14It's so unstable that scientists have to put a little bit of card
0:13:14 > 0:13:17underneath one half of it just to balance it.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Thank you, Richard. Paddy, welcome back.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23- Remind us what you do, Paddy. - I work for an airline.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26I'm on the graduate scheme as a manager at the moment.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27See, this is exciting.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31- Does your airline fly all over the world?- We do, yes.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Ah! That's even more exciting.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37So, the potential for travelling long distances and going to
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- fun places is immense.- Samir's often pestering me to try and...
0:13:41 > 0:13:44I see. Are friends allowed to come with you sometimes?
0:13:44 > 0:13:46- Certain friends. - LAUGHTER
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Do you sort of smuggle them in as cabin crew, and they have to
0:13:48 > 0:13:50sort of look like they are half-attentive,
0:13:50 > 0:13:52or can they just come in as normal passengers?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Samir's quite small, so he goes into hand baggage, thankfully.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57LAUGHTER
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Oh, you wouldn't want that to happen,
0:13:59 > 0:14:00suddenly get given an orange tab,
0:14:00 > 0:14:03and have to get loaded into the hold at the last minute.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Now, then, Paddy, you're on 24.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Our high-scorers, still John and Louis, on 26.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Ideally, if you could score 1 or less,
0:14:10 > 0:14:11if you could see your way to that,
0:14:11 > 0:14:14you would be sure of a place in the next round.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17I think I've got one - radon.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Radon. Radon.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21OK. Here is your red line.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Sort of very much at the bottom of the column.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Let's see if you can get close to that with radon.
0:14:29 > 0:14:30It's right.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Oh, that's not bad at all. Look at that.
0:14:36 > 0:14:4113. 37 is your total.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45It was discovered by two scientists, called Don and Ray.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48LAUGHTER
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Had a big argument about what they should call it.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- Ray won. - Yeah!
0:14:53 > 0:14:55There we go. Now, Christine.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- Hi. - Remind us what it is you do.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00I'm a senior care assistant, working with me mum, at her company.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02- It's your mum's company?- Yeah.- Did you just start as senior care
0:15:02 > 0:15:05assistant or did you have to start as junior care assistant?
0:15:05 > 0:15:09No, I was a senior care assistant before she started her company.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11I see. Is that because you are offering care to seniors or because
0:15:11 > 0:15:13- you are...? - Both.- There we are.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Good stuff. Remind us what you love getting up to when the care stops.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Not that you ever stop caring! I know that. I know you care 24/7.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25One thing I've took to liking lately is glamping pods.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28- Loving the pods at the minute. - Glamping in pods.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Do you like it enough to do it in any season other than high summer?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Coming from Newcastle, we're used to the rain and stuff,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37so it doesn't faze me much.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Oh, dear. Now, Christine.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43You are on 16, which means you have to score 20 or less.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45What would you like to go for?
0:15:45 > 0:15:49I want to try and go for this one, hoping that it's a chemical element,
0:15:49 > 0:15:52so I'm going to go for sulfur.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Sulfur, says Christine.
0:15:54 > 0:15:55- Sulfur.- Fingers crossed.- OK.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Fingers crossed. Let's hope that's a chemical element.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59There is your red line.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Let's see how many of our 100 people went for sulfur.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06It IS a chemical element.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10And down it goes.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- You are through. 6 for sulfur. - Yes!
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Very well done indeed. Takes your total up to 22.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Very well played. Also known as brimstone, sulfur.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23And of course, spelt with an F now rather than PH.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Yes, yes. There we are. Thank you very much indeed.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Now, John. Welcome. Great to have you here from South Wales.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- Thank you.- What do you do, John? - I'm a telephone engineer.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35I look after companies and office blocks, things like that.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37So, it is largely telephones themselves?
0:16:37 > 0:16:41- And PBXs. - PBXs, I've no idea...
0:16:41 > 0:16:44- Private branch exchange. - Private branch exchange.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47PBXs, I remember now. What are your interests, John?
0:16:47 > 0:16:52I'm still playing vets' football and I like most sports,
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- I still play table tennis. - Sporty, John. Chemically at all?
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Oh, right. Chemicals. No, not good.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Well, I'm going to go for...
0:17:02 > 0:17:05And I hope it's right - yrittium.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07- With a Y. - Yrittium.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Yrittium, says John.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13You hope it's right, Louis hopes it's right.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16There is your red line, John.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Let us see if that is right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Oh, John.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Hey, Paddy and Samir!
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Oh, John, I'm afraid that scores you 100 points,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- takes your total up to 126.- Yeah, not yrittium. You're mixing up two.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36There is iridium and there is yttrium,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38which is the one you are thinking of, the one that starts with a Y,
0:17:38 > 0:17:41and neither of them are yrittium, I'm afraid. Now, let's take a look.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43There's all sorts of pointless answers up here,
0:17:43 > 0:17:45some old Pointless favourites here as well.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Well done if you said any of these at home.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59There's seaborgium. A few other favourites as well.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Protactinium was a pointless answer. Copernicium, barium.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Americium also a pointless answer. Let's take a look at
0:18:05 > 0:18:09the top three answers, the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16All sharing top spot.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18- That's nice, isn't it? - That IS nice.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Thank you very much. So, at the end of our first round,
0:18:20 > 0:18:23the pair we have to say goodbye to, I'm afraid, is John and Louis.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25I'm so sorry. We will see you again next time, though,
0:18:25 > 0:18:26and I'm sure you'll go much, much further.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29But meantime, thank you very much, John and Louis.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31APPLAUSE
0:18:31 > 0:18:34But for the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41And so we are down to three pairs.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45Well done, everyone, for surviving our chemical elements round, there.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Christine, sulfur. That was your friend.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49I don't know where that came from.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Yeah, where did that sulfur come from?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Where did that sulfur come from? What, the brimstone?
0:18:53 > 0:18:57- I was just thinking that.- But the big story, Nicky, was seaborgium.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Very well done indeed.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00But congratulations to all of you, best of luck,
0:19:00 > 0:19:03our category for Round Two today is...
0:19:05 > 0:19:06It's a people round.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11who's going to go second? And whoever's going first,
0:19:11 > 0:19:12please step up to the podium.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18OK, and the question concerns...
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Famous people with law degrees. Richard.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Going to give you six clues on each pass to famous people,
0:19:24 > 0:19:26all of whom also happen to hold law degrees.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29There's going to be 12 in all to guess at home. Very best of luck.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Thanks very much indeed. So, who are these people with law degrees?
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Here's our first board of six clues.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Let's read those again.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Maria.
0:20:27 > 0:20:32Right, there's a couple of them that I'm fairly sure about.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37But I'm trying to decide which one would be the more obscure.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42So I think I'll go for the Spanish singer who had a UK number one
0:20:42 > 0:20:46with Begin The Beguine in 1981,
0:20:46 > 0:20:49and I'll go for Julio Iglesias.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Julio Iglesias, says Maria. Let's see if that's right.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Let's see how many of our 100 people got that answer.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57It is Julio Iglesias.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Not bad, 19.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07- 19 for Julio Iglesias. - Very strong start to the round.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10He's one of those annoying guys who can clearly do everything.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12When he was studying for his law degree,
0:21:12 > 0:21:14he was also playing for the Real Madrid junior team.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16And then he got an injury, and while he was recuperating,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19one of the nurses in the hospital gave him a guitar, and he
0:21:19 > 0:21:22taught himself to play guitar, and his career was launched.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Wow. Thanks very much indeed.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Now, Samir.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Who would you like to go for?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31This is a really tough board.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35I think I'm going to play it safe and go with the Nobel Peace Prize
0:21:35 > 0:21:38with Frederik Willem de Klerk in 1993 - Nelson Mandela.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Nelson Mandela, says Samir.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people
0:21:42 > 0:21:43went for Nelson Mandela.
0:21:46 > 0:21:47It is right.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Look at that, 6 for Nelson Mandela.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57That's a great score.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Very well played. 1952, he and Oliver Tambo set up
0:22:01 > 0:22:04South Africa's first-ever black-run law firm.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, Nicky.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09This is all your board.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14Yeah. OK. Well, I know the second one is the lovely Bob Mortimer.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18But I think that'll be quite a high score, so the only other one I know
0:22:18 > 0:22:22is the top one, which I believe is Andrea Bocelli,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- so I'll go with that. - OK, Andrea Bocelli.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26Let's see if that's right,
0:22:26 > 0:22:28let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:22:31 > 0:22:32It is Andrea Bocelli.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39That's a good answer. Look at that - 10.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Very well done indeed.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45It's another very strong answer, very well played.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Yeah, he studied at the University of Pisa and he practised law
0:22:47 > 0:22:50for a year before becoming who he became.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Now, the Scottish actor who played King Leonidas.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- It was Gerard Butler. - Gerard Butler.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57That's right, would have scored you 14 points.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58You're quite right about Bob Mortimer,
0:22:58 > 0:23:00and you're quite right that he's lovely as well.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Would have scored you 55. Now, this is the best answer on the board.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08The answer to this one is Dick Button.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10A pointless answer - very well done if you said that.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12- It's the one to press, isn't it? - Isn't it just?
0:23:12 > 0:23:16Imagine being called Dick Button. In America, it's probably fine,
0:23:16 > 0:23:18- it's not a problem. - I bet it's not.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20But being called Dick Button over here...
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Well, luckily, in 1948, they were altogether more innocent times,
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- weren't they? - They were.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27I bet only a handful of people sniggered.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28LAUGHTER
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33We're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.
0:23:33 > 0:23:356 is the best score of that pass, Samir and Paddy, well done,
0:23:35 > 0:23:38looking like strong contenders for the head-to-head at this stage.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Then at 10, we find Nicky and Rob, and then to 19, Maria and Christine,
0:23:41 > 0:23:44not that far ahead, but, Christine, we need a low score from you.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Best of luck with that. We're going to come back down the line now.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:23:52 > 0:23:54OK, let's put six more clues up on the board, and here they come.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18I'll read them all again.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45Rob. Ideally, you'd be scoring 8 or less with this,
0:24:45 > 0:24:47- to keep yourself safe.- I don't think that's going to happen.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53I'm going to go for the second one down, the US talk show host,
0:24:53 > 0:24:55and I think it's Jerry Springer.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57OK. Jerry Springer, says Rob.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Here's your red line. If you can get below that with Jerry Springer,
0:25:00 > 0:25:02you're in the next round. Let's see how many people said it.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Is it right?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06It is Jerry Springer.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Oh, look at that, 10. I think that's good enough,
0:25:13 > 0:25:15takes your total up to 20.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19That's a great answer, Rob, well played.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Yeah, born in Highgate Tube Station.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24- I didn't know that.- It's a very long wait for that Kennington train.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Yeah. In a handbag?
0:25:26 > 0:25:29His mum wasn't even pregnant when they got onto the platform.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34No, it was when it was being used as an air raid shelter,
0:25:34 > 0:25:37- of course. - Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Now, Paddy. If you can possibly score 13 or less,
0:25:40 > 0:25:43you can help yourself to a place in the next round.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Again, not sure if that's going to happen.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48There's a couple that I think I know, but I'm going to try
0:25:48 > 0:25:51the Australian actress - I think that's Rebel Wilson.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Rebel Wilson, says Paddy. Here's your red line.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56A little bit higher, but let's see if you can get near that
0:25:56 > 0:25:58or beyond it with Rebel Wilson.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03It's right.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08Ooh, look at that, 14!
0:26:11 > 0:26:14You equal Rob and Nicky on 20 there.
0:26:14 > 0:26:15- Exciting, isn't it? - Isn't it?
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Goodness me. Yes, Rebel Wilson.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20She's got a brother called Ryot, - this is all true -
0:26:20 > 0:26:23and she's got two sisters, who are called Liberty and Annachi.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Oh, God.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27And parents called Derek and Pam.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29LAUGHTER
0:26:29 > 0:26:31There we are. Thank you.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Ooh, this is getting very exciting!
0:26:33 > 0:26:35It's like everyone coming together,
0:26:35 > 0:26:37a meeting of strands here, Christine.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40The only one I knew was Rebel Wilson.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43I don't actually know any of them, so I'm just going to have to guess.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48I don't even know who the 44th President is.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51I'll just guess for the 44th President, I don't even know
0:26:51 > 0:26:54if he was, but I'll just have to go for Hillary Clinton.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56You're going to go for Hillary Clinton,
0:26:56 > 0:26:58- the wife of the 44th President. - I don't know any of them,
0:26:58 > 0:27:00- I might as well. - Here is your red line.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03- To be honest, pointless is what we want.- Yeah.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06It's an imaginary red line. You're going to go for Hillary Clinton,
0:27:06 > 0:27:08let's see how many people said Hillary Clinton.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15- Bad luck.- Never mind. - Not Hillary Clinton.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 119.
0:27:18 > 0:27:19Yeah, he was the 42nd President,
0:27:19 > 0:27:24- this one is even more recent - Michelle Obama.- Oh!
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Michelle Obama, and she would have scored you 7 points.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29However, I wish you'd gone for the top one, the French artist,
0:27:29 > 0:27:32who is Henri Matisse, cos that would have scored...
0:27:32 > 0:27:341 point. Can you imagine that?
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Triple lockdown!
0:27:37 > 0:27:38The American author...
0:27:38 > 0:27:40- John Grisham? - It's John Grisham.
0:27:40 > 0:27:4226 points for that. And the Cuban political leader?
0:27:42 > 0:27:45- Fidel Castro.- Fidel Castro. And he would have scored 42.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47So Henri Matisse is the best answer up there,
0:27:47 > 0:27:50- well done if you said that. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:27:50 > 0:27:51So, at the end of our second round,
0:27:51 > 0:27:54the pair we have to say goodbye to, with their high score of 119,
0:27:54 > 0:27:56I'm afraid, Christine and Maria, it is you.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58But that was very exciting.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Really, very well done. You've done twice as well today as you did last
0:28:01 > 0:28:04time. But thank you so much for coming, it's been great having you,
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Christine and Maria. APPLAUSE
0:28:09 > 0:28:12But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Congratulations, Nicky and Rob, Samir and Paddy,
0:28:19 > 0:28:22you are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our
0:28:22 > 0:28:25jackpot, which currently stands at £1,250.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Well, here we are in the head-to-head,
0:28:27 > 0:28:29which means you can now start playing as teams.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32You can chat before you give your answers, and the first pair to win
0:28:32 > 0:28:34two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46Here is your first question, and it concerns...
0:28:49 > 0:28:50Mm-mm. Not fish.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52We're going to show you five such creatures now
0:28:52 > 0:28:56together with their names, which we have taken alternate letters out of.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Can you identify one of these five, please?
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Thank you very much. Let's reveal our creatures from the deep,
0:29:01 > 0:29:03and here they are. We have got...
0:29:34 > 0:29:36There we are. Five marine creatures that are not fish.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Nicky and Rob, you're our low scorers, so you'll go first.
0:29:43 > 0:29:48OK, we're going to be a bit brave or daft, one or the other, not sure.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50We'll try B,
0:29:50 > 0:29:54and we'll say Christmas tree worm.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59Christmas tree worm. Samir and Paddy, talk us through that board.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04We think A is sea urchin, B we didn't know,
0:30:04 > 0:30:05C is walrus, D is porpoise.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Unfortunately, we didn't know E, which is probably the only thing
0:30:09 > 0:30:11that can beat that, so...
0:30:12 > 0:30:14..we'll go for A, sea urchin.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18OK, sea urchin. So we have Christmas tree worm and sea urchin.
0:30:18 > 0:30:23Nicky and Rob, big punt you've taken on Christmas tree worm.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Let's see if it's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Christmas tree worm, if it is right.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31It is a worm!
0:30:37 > 0:30:38And look at that, 3!
0:30:42 > 0:30:47That is festive. Samir and Paddy, meanwhile,
0:30:47 > 0:30:49have gone for sea urchin for A.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Also quite festive, I think.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Let's see how many of our 100 people went for sea urchin.
0:30:56 > 0:30:57It's right.
0:31:00 > 0:31:0357 for sea urchin. Very well done indeed, Nicky and Rob,
0:31:03 > 0:31:05after one question, you are up 1-0.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07Very well played. The Christmas tree you can work out,
0:31:07 > 0:31:10but then it's that last word,
0:31:10 > 0:31:12I'm sure lots of people at home were guessing Christmas tree something.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Christmas tree worm is a terrific answer, well played.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17C is, of course, a walrus.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21That would have scored 94 points.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23A walrus at the moment is just literally, he or she,
0:31:23 > 0:31:26is just swimming around in the, "Ahh, it's very cold,"
0:31:26 > 0:31:32literally just going, "Pom, pom, pom, pom, po-pom.
0:31:32 > 0:31:33"Po-pom, pom."
0:31:33 > 0:31:36That's sometimes what I think it's like to be inside your head.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38LAUGHTER
0:31:38 > 0:31:40I am the walrus. LAUGHTER
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Very good. Anyway, it's a weird thought.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44D is a porpoise, of course.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48And porpoise would have scored you 44.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50And this last one, you can work out from the shape,
0:31:50 > 0:31:53and the letters as well. It's a sunstar.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56- So not a senator. - It's not a senator.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59A sunstar. Can have up to 13 legs.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Look at that. That's too many.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Thank you very much. OK, here is your second question.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Samir and Paddy, you get to answer it first,
0:32:06 > 0:32:08but you have to win it to stay in the game,
0:32:08 > 0:32:10so good luck. Our second question is all about...
0:32:13 > 0:32:16- Richard.- Five clues now, and all of the answers have a floral word
0:32:16 > 0:32:18in there somewhere. Very best of luck.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Thank you. Let's reveal our five clues, and here they are.
0:32:49 > 0:32:50I'll read those all again.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19Samir and Paddy, you will go first.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:33:28 > 0:33:30I think we're going to go for the third one,
0:33:30 > 0:33:32name of a style of denim shorts.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Daisy shorts?
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Daisy shorts, say Samir and Paddy. Daisy shorts.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Now then, Nicky and Rob, talk us through that board.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43Top one we think is Poison Ivy.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45We think it's poppies.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48We think the denim shorts are Daisy Dukes.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Claude Monet is probably the water lilies.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54And the last one will be roses, War of the Roses.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56We'll go for Daisy Dukes, please.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Daisy Dukes, say Nicky and Rob.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01So, we have Daisy shorts and Daisy Dukes.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05Samir and Paddy first said Daisy shorts. Let's see if that's right.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Nope. Not Daisy shorts.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Nicky and Rob have gone for Daisy Dukes, let's see if that's right.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16If it is, it will win you that second point
0:34:16 > 0:34:18and take you through to the final.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22It IS right.
0:34:26 > 0:34:3124. 24. Which means, very well done, Nicky and Rob, after two questions,
0:34:31 > 0:34:34you are straight through to the final, 2-0.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36And the best answer on the board again, Nicky and Rob,
0:34:36 > 0:34:38very well played, been a terrific performance.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Let's fill in the rest of these, shall we?
0:34:40 > 0:34:43The top answer is Poison Ivy.
0:34:43 > 0:34:44Yep.
0:34:44 > 0:34:4632 points for that.
0:34:46 > 0:34:47Then you're quite right, it is poppies.
0:34:49 > 0:34:5259. You were right again, it's water lilies.
0:34:53 > 0:34:5748. And you're right again, Wars of the Roses,
0:34:57 > 0:35:01which is 85. Closely followed by the Wars of the Celebrations.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03LAUGHTER
0:35:03 > 0:35:06Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:35:08 > 0:35:11I'm afraid, Samir and Paddy, I'm so sorry,
0:35:11 > 0:35:14your second appearance on the show, through to the head-to-head
0:35:14 > 0:35:17and all the glory that that entails, but I'm afraid, Nicky and Rob,
0:35:17 > 0:35:19they just took the best answer on each board,
0:35:19 > 0:35:21nothing you could really do about that.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24I'm afraid you didn't get a sniff at the trophy, I'm sorry to say,
0:35:24 > 0:35:26but it's been great having you on. Samir and Paddy,
0:35:26 > 0:35:27thanks so much for playing.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30APPLAUSE
0:35:30 > 0:35:33But for Nicky and Rob, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:36 > 0:35:37Congratulations, Nicky and Rob,
0:35:37 > 0:35:40you've fought off all the competition and you have won
0:35:40 > 0:35:41our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, and at the end of
0:35:50 > 0:35:55today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,250.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58Very well done. We seem to have a pattern here,
0:35:58 > 0:35:59that's just emerged in the last few shows,
0:35:59 > 0:36:02of people coming through to the head-to-head, being knocked out,
0:36:02 > 0:36:05coming back through to the head-to-head, as the lowest scorers,
0:36:05 > 0:36:08and coming through to the final. That's consistency.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10It's good, it's very reassuring. And we've had a pointless answer
0:36:10 > 0:36:12from you, what more could we ask for?
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Apart, of course, from a pointless answer in this last round.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18As always, you choose a category from the four that appear behind me.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Let's see what they look like today.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31So, we were both alive in 1980, weren't we?
0:36:31 > 0:36:34- Yes.- Do you think?- Why not?
0:36:34 > 0:36:38- 1980.- Yep, very best of luck, three very different questions here,
0:36:38 > 0:36:40we are looking for any of the following, please.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43We're looking for any of the players who played in the 1980 FA Cup final
0:36:43 > 0:36:45between Arsenal and West Ham,
0:36:45 > 0:36:47that's anyone who played or came on as a substitute.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51We are looking for any act who had a UK number one single
0:36:51 > 0:36:54or album in 1980, according to officialcharts.com.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Or we are looking for anybody, according to IMDb,
0:36:57 > 0:36:59credited with appearing in The Empire Strikes Back.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02So, FA Cup final players, UK number one artists - singles or albums -
0:37:02 > 0:37:05and the cast of The Empire Strikes Back.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07- Very best of luck. - Thanks very much. As always,
0:37:07 > 0:37:09you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers,
0:37:09 > 0:37:12and all you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers
0:37:12 > 0:37:14to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:37:14 > 0:37:16- Yes.- Yes.- Marvellous. Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18There they are, your time starts now.
0:37:20 > 0:37:21Arsenal, West Ham?
0:37:21 > 0:37:231980? You mentioned Kenny Sansom?
0:37:23 > 0:37:25- He used to play for Arsenal? - Kenny Sansom, yeah.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28- Did Billy Bonds still play for West Ham in 1980?- Never heard of him.- OK.
0:37:30 > 0:37:31UK number one artists 1980.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Aneka. No, 1981.
0:37:38 > 0:37:421980, come on.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Is there anything from Bowie?
0:37:44 > 0:37:46- 1980? - He's a bit obvious.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52Pink Floyd? Another Brick In The Wall was Christmas 1979.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59What about the cast of The Empire Strikes Back?
0:37:59 > 0:38:01- I've never seen it. - Oh!
0:38:01 > 0:38:03- THEY CHUCKLE - That's the second film.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05UK number one artists 1980 - The Police?
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Ten seconds left.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11So Kenny Sansom... Sansom.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16- Billy Bonds... - Do you want to go for Aneka?
0:38:16 > 0:38:18No, 1981.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22OK, that is your time up, and I now need your three answers.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25We'll go for two from the FA Cup final players
0:38:25 > 0:38:29and one UK number one artist.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Kenny Sansom and Billy Bonds in the FA Cup.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Kenny Sansom and Billy Bonds.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36And then Police?
0:38:36 > 0:38:38- And The Police? - OK.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40OK, for a UK number one artist.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- It's got to be Billy Bonds, hasn't it?- Billy Bonds.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Billy Bonds goes last.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50OK, least likely to be pointless?
0:38:50 > 0:38:53- Police, probably.- Police. - The Police we will put first.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order,
0:38:56 > 0:38:57then, and here they are.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Well, three good answers on the board there.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Are any of them pointless, I wonder?
0:39:06 > 0:39:09And if they are, they will win you that jackpot. 1,250 quid.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11What would you like to do with that, Nicky?
0:39:11 > 0:39:14I'd love to take my husband and my daughter away somewhere nice,
0:39:14 > 0:39:17maybe a European city break, with that money.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19Very nice. Rob, how about you?
0:39:19 > 0:39:22I think I'd split mine between my two daughters.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25One is an impoverished student, and the other is just impoverished,
0:39:25 > 0:39:29so I'm sure they could find a good use for it.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31OK, well, very good. Very, very best of luck.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Your first answer was The Police.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36In this case, we were looking for any UK number one artists from 1980,
0:39:36 > 0:39:38from the singles or album chart.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42Now, if The Police is right and it's pointless, it wins you £1,250.
0:39:42 > 0:39:43Let's see how many people said it.
0:39:46 > 0:39:47It is right.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Now, if this goes all the way down to 0,
0:39:51 > 0:39:53it will win you that jackpot of £1,250.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Down it goes through the 20s and into the teens.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Into single figures now, very exciting.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Oh, 4. APPLAUSE
0:40:01 > 0:40:034.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06I'm afraid not a pointless answer.
0:40:06 > 0:40:07Only two more shots at today's jackpot.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Your next answer was Kenny Sansom.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13In this case, we were looking for FA Cup final players from 1980.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16It has to be pointless for you to win.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19So, for £1,250, let's see how many people said Kenny Sansom.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Ooh, bad luck.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28I'm afraid not Kenny Sansom, an incorrect answer.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Which means everything is now riding on your last answer,
0:40:30 > 0:40:33your third and final answer, Billy Bonds.
0:40:33 > 0:40:34This is the one you put last,
0:40:34 > 0:40:36you thought it was your best shot at a pointless answer.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40Let's find out, and if it's pointless, it will win you £1,250.
0:40:40 > 0:40:41How many people said Billy Bonds?
0:40:44 > 0:40:46It's right.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50Now, The Police was your first correct answer, that scored you 4.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53Your next answer, Kenny Sansom, was incorrect, but Billy Bonds,
0:40:53 > 0:40:56absolutely right, taking us down into single figures, passes 4,
0:40:56 > 0:40:57still going... Oh.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00APPLAUSE
0:41:02 > 0:41:06Two brilliant answers there, two brilliant low scores.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09I'm afraid you didn't find that pointless answer you needed to win
0:41:09 > 0:41:11our jackpot so that will roll over to the next show,
0:41:11 > 0:41:14but it's been fabulous having you on. Really good across both shows.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17We've seen a proper amount of you on each show as well, which is good.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20And you get to take home a Pointless trophy each,
0:41:20 > 0:41:22so very, very well done. Nicky and Rob.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24APPLAUSE
0:41:26 > 0:41:28Yeah, it really has been a brilliant performance,
0:41:28 > 0:41:30today has been sensational, very well played.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Let's take a look at the first category.
0:41:35 > 0:41:36Alvin Martin of West Ham.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Frank Lampard, not that one, it's his dad.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Frank Stapleton of Arsenal. John Devine, Arsenal defender.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44You could have had Brian Talbot, David Cross, David Price,
0:41:44 > 0:41:48Geoff Pike, Paul Allen, Phil Parkes, the West Ham goalie, Ray Stewart,
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Sammy Nelson, Stuart Pearson, all of those were pointless answers.
0:41:51 > 0:41:52Well done if you said any of those.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Now these acts, the UK number one artists.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Lots of pointless answers here as well.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Barbra Streisand had a UK number one single and album.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Dexys Midnight Runners, number one with Geno in 1980.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Paul McCartney had a number one album.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07St Winifred's School Choir, how soon we forget.
0:42:07 > 0:42:08Lots of other answers as well here.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12Albums - AC/DC, Deep Purple, both of them would have won you the money.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Boney M, Detroit Spinners,
0:42:14 > 0:42:18Don Maclean, ELO, Fern Kinney, Gary Numan, Johnny Logan, Johnny Mathis,
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Odyssey, Olivia Newton-John, Peter Gabriel, Rod Stewart,
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Rose Royce, The Pretenders, The Shadows,
0:42:23 > 0:42:24lots of pointless answers there.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26And The Empire Strikes Back.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Anthony Daniels, who plays C3PO, is a pointless answer.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian, John Ratzenberger,
0:42:33 > 0:42:36Michael Sheard, who's Mr Bronson in Grange Hill.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38In fact, everybody in that film was a pointless answer,
0:42:38 > 0:42:40apart from Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher,
0:42:40 > 0:42:43Alec Guinness, Peter Mayhew and Dave Prowse.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45So lots of pointless answers out there.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47So tough in that 60 seconds.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Thank you very much, Richard. And thank you, Nicky and Rob.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52I'm so sorry you didn't win our jackpot today.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55That will roll over onto the next show,
0:42:55 > 0:42:57when we will be playing for £2,250.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59APPLAUSE
0:43:00 > 0:43:03Join us then to see if someone can win it.
0:43:03 > 0:43:04Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...
0:43:04 > 0:43:05Goodbye.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07..and it's goodbye from me - goodbye.