0:00:15 > 0:00:17APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Thank very you much, indeed. Hello, I am Alexander Armstrong
0:00:24 > 0:00:27and welcome to Pointless, where the aim of the game is to
0:00:27 > 0:00:28score as few points as you can,
0:00:28 > 0:00:31and you do that by coming up with the answers no-one else can think of.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32Let's meet today's players.
0:00:37 > 0:00:38And couple number one.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39I'm Mervyn, this is Robbie.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42We're old school friends and we're both from London.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Couple number two.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Hi, I am Vas. This is Tas. We're friends.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49I'm from North London, and Tas is from Welwyn Garden City.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50Couple number three.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Hi, I'm Paul and this is my lovely wife, Rosie
0:00:53 > 0:00:56and we come from a little village in Herefordshire called Withington.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58And finally, couple number four.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Hi, I'm Alex. This is my girlfriend Dani and we're both from York.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03And these are today's contestants.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04APPLAUSE
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Thanks very much all of you, a warm welcome to Pointless.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Great to have you with us. We'll get to chat to each of you throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Packed with knowledge and deeply dangerous, like a firework in a library.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19It's my Pointless friend. It's Richard.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20- Hiya. - APPLAUSE
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Hey, everybody. Hello!
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Like a firework in a library, I like that!
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Like a mix between a Catherine wheel and Catherine Cookson.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Now, we've got two returning pairs from the last show.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Tas and Vas got knocked out early on.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38But Rosie and Paul got all the way through to the head-to-head.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41They're going to be tough to beat. Welcome to our two new pairs, as well.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42It's fun. The first round is fun.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Is it? Oh, that's nice. The rest of it's deadly.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46The rest... Yeah, well, the rest of it is very, very bad.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49I would switch off at about 5:27pm.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51- Something like that.- That's what I would do.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53There we are. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Kate and Dorrinder didn't win the jackpot last time
0:01:55 > 0:01:57which means we add another £1,000 to that.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59So, today's jackpot starts off at
0:01:59 > 0:02:01£2,000. There we are.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless!
0:02:12 > 0:02:13The only thing you have to remember is this.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16The pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be
0:02:16 > 0:02:17eliminated. That is it.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Best of luck to all four pairs.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Our first category this afternoon is...
0:02:24 > 0:02:28Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:02:28 > 0:02:31And, whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37OK, and our Pop Music question concerns...
0:02:42 > 0:02:44- Richard.- Yeah, on each board,
0:02:44 > 0:02:46we're going to show you seven definitions of words
0:02:46 > 0:02:47from oxforddictionary.com.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50They are also the names of bands, or groups.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52You just need to tell us the name of the group, please.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54We'll give you the first initial, as well.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56There is going to be seven groups on the first board,
0:02:56 > 0:02:58seven on the second board. 14 in all to guess at home.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Thanks very much, indeed.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03So, we're looking for the names of these groups hinted at by these
0:03:03 > 0:03:05definitions. Here's our first board of seven.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07And we have got...
0:03:41 > 0:03:44I should point out those dates are when these bands had their first
0:03:44 > 0:03:45top 40 hits, as well.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47So give you a clue of the era.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Very good.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51ALEXANDER REPEATS THE DEFINITIONS
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Robbie, a warm welcome to Pointless.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Lovely to have you here. What do you do, Robbie?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- I'm currently a PhD student. - Where are you doing that?
0:04:23 > 0:04:24In London. Imperial College, London.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27And what's your...? What do you do your PhD in?
0:04:27 > 0:04:30So, it's an intersection between physics and health.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33So, I'm looking at the projected health effects of climate change.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37- Goodness, how far are you into your PhD?- Nine months, so...
0:04:37 > 0:04:39- Nine months.- Yeah, yeah. - What's the outlook?
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Er, between bleak and very bleak, really.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Yeah, so... Yeah.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46OK, well, that's fun.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49There we go. Oh, what are your interests, Robbie?
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Aside from your...
0:04:50 > 0:04:52..your studies.
0:04:52 > 0:04:53I am quite into music.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55So, I like this round.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- Very good.- Yeah.- Good stuff.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Robbie, what would you like to go for?
0:04:59 > 0:05:00So...
0:05:01 > 0:05:02I'm just... I...
0:05:02 > 0:05:04I think I know a few of them and...
0:05:04 > 0:05:07I guess it's just trying to figure out what the fewest people know.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10So, I'm going to go with Buddhism and Nirvana.
0:05:10 > 0:05:11Nirvana says Robbie.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14I like that, and Mervyn was nodding even before you gave your answer.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16He liked your choice there.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Let's see how many of our 100 people said Nirvana.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23It's right.
0:05:25 > 0:05:2750.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Exactly halfway down the column, Robbie.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30Not a bad start at all.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Good work, Robbie. Well played, yeah.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37There was another band called Nirvana many, many years ago in 1968, had a UK top 40 hit.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Not the same group though.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Mind you, if you're in the other Nirvana,
0:05:40 > 0:05:43maybe you might get some nice unexpected royalty cheques.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44- Oh, yes!- That would be kind of fun.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46- Yeah.- No, I bet you would. Some accidental ones.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49We should get our... We could get our band, The Beatles, going again.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- Do you remember?- Yeah, and then, just occasionally...
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Even if we got, like, kind of one in three of their cheques...
0:05:54 > 0:05:56- It'd be fine.- ..we'd be making money.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Yeah, even if we only got half of their money.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Yeah, it'd be fine. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02Now, Tas. Welcome back.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Remind us what you do, Tas?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06I'm a product manager for a large delivery company.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07And what are your interests, Tas?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09I love Egyptian mythology.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- Really? Egyptian mythology? - Egyptian mythology, yeah.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13How did you get to that?
0:06:13 > 0:06:16When was it? In '97, I went to Egypt for the first time.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18- Yeah.- I saw the pyramids, and the Sphinx and...
0:06:18 > 0:06:20It's almost like I'd been there before.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22It was a really weird...sort of feeling I had there.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25I'm sure, yeah. You connected with it.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26And you go back as often as you can, do you?
0:06:26 > 0:06:28- Yeah, I love it there.- Excellent!
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Now, Tas, what would you like to go for on our board here?
0:06:31 > 0:06:34I'm going to go for the origin or mode of formation of something,
0:06:34 > 0:06:35so Genesis.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Genesis says Tas.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Well, we have 50.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42It's our only score so far. Let's see if you go better or worse than 50 with Genesis.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Look at that, you leave 50 in the shade there, Tas.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Very well done indeed. 35 for Genesis.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Another good answer. Yeah, it's interesting.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58There's some obvious ones up though.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01It's that working out exactly what's going to score the fewest, isn't it?
0:07:01 > 0:07:03So, not a bad choice at all, Genesis.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Thanks very much, indeed.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- Rosie, welcome back.- Hello.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09What do you like getting up to in Withington?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Well, not specifically in Withington,
0:07:11 > 0:07:13but I'm very interested in singing.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16I've been singing in choirs for over 20 years, now.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18How many choirs do you sing with?
0:07:18 > 0:07:21At the moment one, semi-regularly.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26And I do the odd bit of singing if a friend is organising something.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27What sort of size choir are you in?
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Is it a more of a...? Is it a choral society size?
0:07:29 > 0:07:31- Or a smaller one? - I prefer small choirs.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34My heart is in cathedral music.
0:07:34 > 0:07:35Good stuff. Now, Rosie...
0:07:35 > 0:07:37From cathedral music to bands.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39What would you like to go for on our board here?
0:07:40 > 0:07:42There's one I don't know.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45But I think the best of the four remaining that I do
0:07:45 > 0:07:47is probably used to express the sound of a forcible impact,
0:07:47 > 0:07:48which I think is Wham!
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Wham! says Rosie. Wham! Let's see where...
0:07:51 > 0:07:54It's going to be interesting to see where Wham! ends up on the column.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56How many people said it? Wham!
0:08:01 > 0:08:0349, there's your answer.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Not bad, not bad.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08One better than what you thought was the best answer on the board.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- So, good.- Yeah, they had the...
0:08:10 > 0:08:13They had the best selling single in UK chart history
0:08:13 > 0:08:15that didn't get to number one.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Last Christmas sold more copies than any other number two record in history.
0:08:19 > 0:08:221.8 million copies they sold and never been number one.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Even more than Vienna?
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- Yeah.- Thank you very much, indeed.
0:08:26 > 0:08:27- Now, Alex...- Hello.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29- Welcome to Pointless. Here from York?- Yes.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30What do you do, Alex?
0:08:30 > 0:08:33I look after the IT systems for a well-known construction
0:08:33 > 0:08:35and shop fitting company.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36I see.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39And what do you like getting up to when not doing that, Alex?
0:08:39 > 0:08:41I'm interested in football and cricket.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43I'm a bit of a Leeds United fan.
0:08:43 > 0:08:44I'm also a drummer in a punk band.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46How long have you been doing that?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48I've been drumming for probably close to ten years,
0:08:48 > 0:08:50been in the band about four.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53If you compared the fitness of all sorts of different styles of drummers,
0:08:53 > 0:08:56I'd have thought a punk drummer would be very fit.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57I would disagree.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Now then, this board is all yours.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03If you wanted to go through all our blanks and fill them in,
0:09:03 > 0:09:05- you'd be very welcome.- Yeah...
0:09:05 > 0:09:10The three answers that I knew that I thought were going to be the best three have now been taken.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13The top one is... It'd be Bread.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14The middle one would be Oasis.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16The bottom one will be Kiss.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19I'm not 100% sure about the second one.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22So, I'm just trying to work out which of the three's
0:09:22 > 0:09:24going to be the lowest scorer.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Um...
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Kiss.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29- You're going to go for Kiss? - Yeah.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32OK, eschewing Bread and Oasis, you're going to go for Kiss.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Let's see how many of our 100 people said Kiss.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39It's right.
0:09:39 > 0:09:4179 for Kiss.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Oh, that's a big score.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47I wonder how the other ones you knew fared in comparison.
0:09:47 > 0:09:48Anyway, 79. Not bad.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Let's take a look at how the other two would have done.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52So, you scored 79.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54If you had said Bread...
0:09:55 > 0:09:58You would have scored 87.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00So, well done avoiding that. If you'd said Oasis...
0:10:01 > 0:10:03You would have scored 94!
0:10:03 > 0:10:05How about that?
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Now, anyone who is in a punk band should know this second group.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11One of the great groups of the '90s, still going now, as well.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13And, yeah, the lead singer's still going.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- Supergrass.- Supergrass. Yep.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18That would have scored you 16 points. Very well done if you said that at home.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22Thank you very much. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.
0:10:22 > 0:10:2535, the best score of the pass, Tas. Very well done indeed, Tas and Vas.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27I think there's a place in Round Two for you, I will say.
0:10:27 > 0:10:3049's where we find Rosie and Paul.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Up one to 50 is where we find Robbie and Mervyn.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33And then 79.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Actually, Alex, well done. You chose well there.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38But Dani, you're in front. We need a low score from you.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Good luck with that when we come back down the line,
0:10:40 > 0:10:44which we are going to do now! Could the second players please step up to the podium?
0:10:47 > 0:10:50OK, let's put seven more band definitions up on the board
0:10:50 > 0:10:52and here they come.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26I shall read those all one last time.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Dani, welcome to Pointless.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58What do you do, Dani?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00I work as a senior administrator in the higher education sector.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03I see. So, what sort of things are you administering?
0:12:03 > 0:12:07I work on an awards scheme, so for lecturers up and down the country,
0:12:07 > 0:12:11- people and services, universities - any role.- So, that's nice.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14That's nice. Your job is basically to pick out people who have been good.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- Yeah.- And should go forward for this wonderful award.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- Do you get to go to the ceremony? - Yes, we do.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21- We arrange the ceremony, so it's brilliant.- Very nice. Excellent.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Now, Dani, what would you like to go for?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25You're the high-scorers.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Don't be tempted into something too easy is all I am going to say.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32Music is usually my subject, so I know most of these.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35It is just trying to work out which one would be the least known.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38I think I might take a bit of a risk.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41The leather with the flesh side rubbed to make a velvety nap
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- would be Suede.- Suede.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Always nice to have the word nap in that context.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49A velvety nap. I might have one of those between the second
0:12:49 > 0:12:51and third rounds.
0:12:51 > 0:12:52LAUGHTER
0:12:52 > 0:12:54No red line for you, you're the high-scorers.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Let's see how many of our 100 people said Suede.
0:12:59 > 0:13:00It's right.
0:13:02 > 0:13:0457 for Suede,
0:13:04 > 0:13:07taking your total up to 136.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Yeah, very well done. My brother is in Suede,
0:13:10 > 0:13:13so I can give you no facts about them.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15I remember when they were called Suede,
0:13:15 > 0:13:17the first day they decided to be called Suede took everyone by
0:13:17 > 0:13:19- surprise.- What were you expecting?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Years ago, when they first started, when they were at school,
0:13:22 > 0:13:24they were called Suave And Elegant.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Then briefly they were called Jeff, genuinely,
0:13:27 > 0:13:29and then they were called Paint It Black.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33And then when they got together in London they called themselves Suede.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37There we are. Now, Paul, welcome back to Pointless.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38I'm not going to ask what you do.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39Good.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Now then, Paul. Tell me truthfully, have you yet used your appearance
0:13:43 > 0:13:45on Pointless as text for a sermon?
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Already, yes.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48Just this Sunday gone?
0:13:48 > 0:13:52- Indeed.- Did you say, "because all of us are asked questions at some point?"
0:13:52 > 0:13:56"We all have our scribes and Pharisees we have to face."
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- Did you say that?- That's my subject for next week's sermon.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Oh, there we are! OK. Very good.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Perhaps you could do something on the Pointless trophy if you win it.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- Indeed. Indeed.- There you are. Now, Paul, there you are, on 49.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08You are so nearly there.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11All you need to score is 86 or less.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Yes. Normally with pop music I'm operating on the limits of the
0:14:14 > 0:14:16power of prayer.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20I'm going to try a person who is the source of inspiration for creative
0:14:20 > 0:14:21artists and go for Muse.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Muse says Paul. Muse. Let's see if that's right.
0:14:24 > 0:14:25Here's your red line, nice and high.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29Get below that with Muse and you are comfortably through to Round Two.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33There you are, very well done.
0:14:36 > 0:14:4139. Which, if I'm not wrong, is the second lowest score of the round.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Very well done. 88 is your total.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45You know, Muse's single Muscle Museum,
0:14:45 > 0:14:47do you know where they got that name from?
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- No.- It's the two words either side of Muse in the dictionary.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Really? Thank you very much, indeed.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56- Vas.- Hi. - Welcome back to Pointless.
0:14:56 > 0:14:57Remind us what you do, Vas.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01I work for the same large delivery company that Tas does.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Do you work side-by-side?
0:15:03 > 0:15:07No. So, we met, but he has gone on to do bigger and better things.
0:15:07 > 0:15:08I'm still stuck there.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Might you go and join Tas at the bigger and better, no?
0:15:11 > 0:15:13No, because you need to have a bit of intelligence to do what he does.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15LAUGHTER
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Which you have in spades, let me tell you.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20For example, you're already through to the next round.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23I know you've got a good answer up your sleeve there, Vas.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- I did but Paul took my answer. - Oh, no.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30I'm going to say, for the bottom one, Cream.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Cream, says Vas. Let's see if that is right. No red line for you for the lovely reason that
0:15:33 > 0:15:37you are already through, but let's see what happens when we say Cream.
0:15:42 > 0:15:4383.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47But it's fine. It takes your total up to 118.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Big score, isn't it, for Cream?
0:15:50 > 0:15:52They considered themselves a supergroup.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54They considered themselves the cream of the crop.
0:15:54 > 0:15:55Oh, that was the thinking, was it?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57- Yeah, a little bit. - Wow, a little bit.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Also because I imagine it was smooth and what have you.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02It's not a great name for a band.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- No. There we go. Mervyn.- Hi, there.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06On 50.
0:16:06 > 0:16:0985 is all you have to score here. Should be a walk in the park.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Now, before we do that, Mervyn, tell us what you do.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I'm a clinical research associate.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17- They're quite bright on that first podium, aren't they? - They seem to be, don't they?
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Yes. They are quite bright.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Where do you do that?
0:16:20 > 0:16:24- All over.- So, my job involves, like, going all over the UK,
0:16:24 > 0:16:26visiting generally hospitals.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28It could be anywhere. It could be a GP practice,
0:16:28 > 0:16:30but to see if clinical trials are being done correctly.
0:16:30 > 0:16:31- I see.- Check the paperwork,
0:16:31 > 0:16:33talk to doctors and nurses about what they're doing.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36I see, so essentially you're kind of a watchdog for the pharmaceutical,
0:16:36 > 0:16:38the big pharmaceutical companies.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40- That's a good way to put it. - Sure, right, I see.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43He just said that was a good way to put it.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45He is so clever, and he told you you did really well.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49What are your interests when the clinical research is done?
0:16:49 > 0:16:51I'm quite into my cooking actually.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- Are you?- I find it quite therapeutic, so I like to try out new recipes,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57you know, make something from scratch at home on my days off.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Good stuff. Mervyn, this board is all yours.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Do you want to go through it and just fill in all the blanks?
0:17:01 > 0:17:04I think what we have left is Blur, and the second one,
0:17:04 > 0:17:06I don't know the band, but it is either Yes or Yeah.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08And then Aqua.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11And then I think I'm going to go for the fourth one as my answer.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14I think it's Garbage.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Garbage. I think it's a good answer, Mervyn, what are you talking about?
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Here is a red line. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Garbage.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Well done. You're through.
0:17:26 > 0:17:2969. Taking your total up to 119.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Again it's working out which ones are going to score the best there.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37If you had said Yes, you would have been knocked out,
0:17:37 > 0:17:39because Yes would have given you 88 points.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42That's a huge score.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44B is, of course, Blur.
0:17:44 > 0:17:45You are right about that.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47That would have scored you 53.
0:17:48 > 0:17:53And you were right about Aqua and that is the best answer on the board, by quite some way.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55It would have scored you 28.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Thank you very much, Richard. So, at the end of our first round,
0:17:59 > 0:18:01the pair we have to say goodbye to is Dani and Alex.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04We say goodbye to you now, but we will see you again next time.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06We look forward to that. I'm sure you'll be much better then.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Thanks very much meantime, Dani and Alex.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09APPLAUSE
0:18:11 > 0:18:13But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20And now we're down to three pairs.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24It gets a little bit tougher. At the end of this round we'll have to say goodbye to another pair.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Rosie and Paul, well done, our lowest combined score there.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Tas, well done, our lowest individual scorer.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33And Robbie and Mervyn, well done, for just being great.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Our category for Round Two this afternoon is...
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first, who is going to go second?
0:18:43 > 0:18:46And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51OK, let's find out what the question is, here it comes.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:18:55 > 0:19:01US states containing the letters W, D or C as they could.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04W, D or C, Richard.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Yeah, simply looking for any of the 50 American states with one of those letters in its name.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Have you seen where we have taken WDC from?
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- Have you seen why we have chosen those letters?- I have, I have.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16- From Washington, DC.- Yes.- And for that reason we won't accept Washington state as an answer.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19That was why I didn't want to say where it came from.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- I am learning. - People often ask this.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23They say, if it's like songs with yellow in the title,
0:19:23 > 0:19:27and then they say yellow. If we've got the exact word in the title,
0:19:27 > 0:19:29- we never accept it, ever, ever, ever.- No.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32- You've got to have a system. - We have got a system.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34If nothing else, we've got a system.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Mervyn, what would you like to go for?
0:19:36 > 0:19:39So, I was just thinking it through there. There's a couple.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43I'll go with... I'm going to go with Delaware.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46- Delaware...- Yeah. - ..says Mervyn. Delaware.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53It's right.
0:19:57 > 0:19:5932 for Delaware.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Yeah, it's got a W in it and a D in it - Delaware.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08- How about that?- Mmm. Now, Tas...
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- Tas.- Gosh...
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Wisconsin is the only one that comes to mind.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Wisconsin, says Tas.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Wisconsin.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22It's right.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Oh, it's not bad, 31.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34And that's got a W and a C, Wisconsin.
0:20:34 > 0:20:35Thank you very much, indeed.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36Paul...
0:20:36 > 0:20:41OK, so, I am going to have a go at Rhode Island.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Rhode Island, says Paul.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Rhode Island. Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:20:50 > 0:20:5332 is our highest score, 31 our low.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55We whizzed past both of those.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Rhode Island takes us down to four. Very well done, indeed, Paul.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Yeah, it's got two Ds in it, but not at the beginning,
0:21:05 > 0:21:07- which is why it scores fewer, I guess.- Thank you very much.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11OK, well, listen, we are halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Four, the best score of that pass, well done, indeed, Paul and Rosie.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Looking very strong, indeed. Very close on the next two scorers.
0:21:17 > 0:21:1931 is where we find Tas and Vas.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21And Mervyn and Robbie on 32.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23So, yes, Robbie, we need a low score from you.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Best of luck with that. We are going to come back down the line now.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33OK, so, Rosie,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36we are looking for any US state whose name contains the following letters.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38W, D or C.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Well, Paul took my best answer, which I think is very rude of him.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45I'll have to go to my second best.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47- It's Maryland.- Maryland.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Here comes your red line. If you can get below that red line with Maryland,
0:21:50 > 0:21:53you are through to the next round. How many people said Maryland?
0:22:03 > 0:22:04Oh, look at that!
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Three!
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Well, there you are, Paul helped you out.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11He forced you to go in for the better, lower score.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13- Seven is your total. Very well done. - Very well played.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16I really enjoyed the sound of the audience also going through Maryland...
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Oh, yeah, that's fine, that's fine. Yeah, you got it.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20Vas.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Um...
0:22:22 > 0:22:24I've got two in my head
0:22:24 > 0:22:26and I'm just going to go for Hawaii.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Hawaii. Hawaii, says Vas.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Now, there is a red line for you, but it's on the line of Pointless,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36so it will be invisible to you, but, yes, that's what you want,
0:22:36 > 0:22:39a pointless answer to avoid becoming the high-scorers.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Let's see how many of our 100 people said Hawaii.
0:22:50 > 0:22:51Oh, that's good.
0:22:51 > 0:22:5312, very well done indeed, Vas.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Taking your total up to 43.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01Vas, I was 100% thinking, Hawaii, that doesn't have any of the...
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Oh, yeah, yeah.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Home to the happy-face spider, a tiny little spider,
0:23:05 > 0:23:09a millimetre across, which looks like it has got a happy face with its markings.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14So, Robbie, you have a target and it is ten.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16- Doable.- It is tough, but doable.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20I'm going to have to go with New Hampshire.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22New Hampshire. There is your red line.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26You have to get below that with New Hampshire.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Good luck. Let's see how many of our 100 people said New Hampshire.
0:23:32 > 0:23:33It's right.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Oh, you've done it! Five for New Hampshire, very well done, indeed.
0:23:41 > 0:23:4237 is your total.
0:23:44 > 0:23:45Very strong.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50It's got four separate nicknames, New Hampshire.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52They call it the Granite State.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54They call it the Mother Of Rivers.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56They call it the White Mountain State.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59And they call it the Switzerland Of America.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Ah... Make your mind up!
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- It's just...- I know, right?
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Now, there's no pointless answers at all,
0:24:06 > 0:24:08and I have to say seven is a pretty spectacular score
0:24:08 > 0:24:10because there's two answers that would have scored you three.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Maryland we have had, and Indiana, the other three point answer.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15And then four is the next best answer.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Massachusetts, Michigan and Rhode Island.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Five points alongside New Hampshire.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23You could have had New Mexico, New Jersey, Kentucky.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Eight points for Iowa, nine for North Carolina.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29Ten for South Carolina and South Dakota and 11 for North Dakota.
0:24:29 > 0:24:3212 points for Nevada, West Virginia.
0:24:32 > 0:24:3518 for Idaho.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39You'd have got 21 for New York, 22 for Florida, 25 for Connecticut.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41And let's take a look at the top three.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43The top three that most of our 100 people said.
0:24:45 > 0:24:4636 for Wyoming.
0:24:48 > 0:24:4939 for Colorado.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Perhaps unsurprisingly California at the top of that,
0:24:52 > 0:24:54a big score, 72.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of our second round, the pair
0:24:56 > 0:24:59we have to send... Oh, that was very close, but Vas and Tas,
0:24:59 > 0:25:02I'm afraid you are out and on top there at 43.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04You gave us a great round there.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07I'm afraid, you are the high-scorers, so we have to say goodbye.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10It has been wonderful having you on both shows. Thank you so much for playing, Vas and Tas.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17But for the remaining two pairs now, it is time for our head-to-head.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Congratulations, Rosie and Paul, Robbie and Mervyn.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27You are now one step closer to the final and the chance to play for our
0:25:27 > 0:25:29jackpot, which currently stands at
0:25:29 > 0:25:31£2,000. There we are.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Well, we have made it to the head-to-head round,
0:25:37 > 0:25:40which means you are now allowed to confer before you give your answers,
0:25:40 > 0:25:43which I think is a nice thing. This will be close, but best of luck to both players.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Let's play the head-to-head.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Here is your first question.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54And it concerns...
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Famous Bettys.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02- Richard.- I will show you five pictures now of famous people called Betty, or known as Betty.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Can you identify the most obscure?
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Thank you very much indeed.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Let's reveal our Bettys and here they come. We've got...
0:26:35 > 0:26:37There we are.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Five Bettys.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Rosie and Paul, you are the low scorers, so you will go first.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51So, we are going to go for C, Betty Boothroyd.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Betty Boothroyd, say Rosie and Paul. Now then, Robbie and Mervyn.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Talk us through the Bettys that remain.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Well, that was the only one we knew as well, so...
0:27:00 > 0:27:02- So...- That's it.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05We'll have to go with Betty McIntosh.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Oh, Betty McIntosh. Which one are you going to give that honour to?
0:27:08 > 0:27:10- B.- You're going to go B, OK?
0:27:10 > 0:27:12B, Betty McIntosh.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15So, we have Betty Boothroyd and we have Betty McIntosh.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Rosie and Paul said Betty Boothroyd for C.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24It's right.
0:27:27 > 0:27:3039 for Betty Boothroyd.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36Robbie and Mervyn have gone for Betty McIntosh for B.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Which is a good name.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Let's see how many of our 100 people said Betty McIntosh.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47I'm afraid not Betty McIntosh.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Which means very well done, Rosie and Paul,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52after one question you are up 1-0.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Yes, shall we take a look?
0:27:54 > 0:27:56- A is...- I don't know.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Betty Grable.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59- Is it?- Yeah, it is.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02It would have scored you 18 points.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04- I'm going to call that a guarded smile.- Yes.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- That is the end of a long day's photo shoot.- Yeah.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10B, I imagine many of our viewers in Northern Ireland
0:28:10 > 0:28:12would have got Nobel Peace Prize winner Betty Williams.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Well done if you said that.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17That was a pointless answer, so terrific work.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21D...
0:28:21 > 0:28:22You know her very well,
0:28:22 > 0:28:24because you have enjoyed her hospitality many times.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28Many times. Oh, the wonderful and helpful Betty Ford.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Betty Ford. Yeah.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Would have scored you three points.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35And the last one from Coronation Street...
0:28:35 > 0:28:37It's Betty Driver.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39That would have scored you 14.
0:28:39 > 0:28:40Thank you very much, indeed, Richard.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42So, here comes your second question.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Robbie and Mervyn, you get to answer this one first.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46You need to win it to stay in the game, so good luck.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Our second question is all about racehorses.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54- Richard...- We're going to give you five clues to the names of famous racehorses.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Can you identify the most obscure, please?
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Thank you very much, indeed.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01OK, let's reveal our five clues and here they come.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24I'll read those again.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48So Robbie and Mervyn will go first.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52I think we know four of them on the board actually,
0:29:52 > 0:29:55but after conferring I think we are going to go for the third one, F.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59- It's Frankel.- Frankel, says Robbie and Mervyn.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Frankel. Now, Rosie and Paul.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Top one is Red Rum.
0:30:03 > 0:30:04Bottom one is Shergar.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07You know...
0:30:07 > 0:30:08Anything else would be a guess.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11We think Shergar is probably better than Red Rum,
0:30:11 > 0:30:15but neither of them are going to beat the middle one, which I have already forgotten,
0:30:15 > 0:30:19- We'll go for the bottom one. - You're going to go for the bottom, you're going to go for Shergar.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21We have Frankel and Shergar.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Robbie and Mervyn went for Frankel.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27One of the best horses in history.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29They're all amazing horses actually.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Frankel is absolutely right.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35Down it goes. That's a great answer.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Look at that, 11, very well done, indeed.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Rosie and Paul have gone for Shergar for the bottom one.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47Let's see how many of our 100 people said Shergar.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51It's right.
0:30:52 > 0:30:5563. No surprises there.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Robbie and Mervyn, very well done indeed, you're back in the game.
0:30:58 > 0:30:59After two questions it's 1-1.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Yeah, Shergar actually scores even more than red Rum.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Red Rum would have scored you 60 points.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08The first horse to win the Triple Crown was Nijinsky.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12Horse racing fans will have known. That would have scored you 19.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15And real horse racing fans would have known this one as well.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18It was 2015, won the American Triple Crown,
0:31:18 > 0:31:21it was American Pharoah and it's a pointless answer,
0:31:21 > 0:31:22so very well done if you said that.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24So, here comes your third question.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Best of luck to both pairs. And our third question...
0:31:27 > 0:31:28Concerns...
0:31:29 > 0:31:31Astronauts.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35- Richard.- We are going to show you now the names of five famous astronauts,
0:31:35 > 0:31:38or cosmonauts, but with alternate letters removed.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Can you tell us who they are? Good luck, both teams.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Thanks very much. Let's reveal our astronauts, or cosmonauts,
0:31:43 > 0:31:44with bits missing and here they are.
0:31:46 > 0:31:47We have got...
0:31:56 > 0:31:57I'll read those again.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Rosie and Paul will go first.
0:32:11 > 0:32:12- What do you think?- Erm...
0:32:14 > 0:32:19Well, we think... Well, we think we know the top two.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21They're fairly obvious.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24So, we are going to take a guess on the middle one.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Chris Hadfield?
0:32:26 > 0:32:30Chris Hadfield, say Rosie and Paul. You are getting a nod from Mervyn,
0:32:30 > 0:32:34which we know from past experience is a good thing.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Chris Hadfield.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40OK, Robbie and Mervyn, do you fancy talking us through the board?
0:32:40 > 0:32:43Yeah, so... Yuri Gagarin at the top.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46Buzz Aldrin. I think Chris Hadfield is right.
0:32:46 > 0:32:47I don't know number four.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50I think the bottom one, which I think we will have to go for,
0:32:50 > 0:32:52is Jim Lovell.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56Jim Lovell. OK, so we have Chris Hadfield and we have Jim Lovell.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Rosie and Paul went for Chris Hadfield, for the middle one.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people got it.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07- It is Chris Hadfield. - Come on.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Very well deduced. Look at that. Down it goes.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14A great scorer, as well. Two for Chris Hadfield. Wow!
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Very well done, indeed.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Jim Lovell, which Robbie and Mervyn have gone for,
0:33:23 > 0:33:25is going to have his work cut out to beat that, I think,
0:33:25 > 0:33:28but let's find out. How many people said Jim Lovell?
0:33:31 > 0:33:32It's right.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Oh, 16 for Jim Lovell.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42Very, very well done, indeed, Rosie and Paul.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45After three questions you are through to the final, 2-1.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48Very well played, yeah. Chris Hadfield is the Canadian guy who was up on
0:33:48 > 0:33:50the International Space Station, performed Space Oddity.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Did lots of YouTube videos, as well.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55Jim Lovell visited the moon twice, but never set foot on it.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58He's very much like me and Madame Tussauds.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00I've been there twice, both times I didn't go in,
0:34:00 > 0:34:02because the queue was too long.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06I don't know if that's the same issue that Jim Lovell had, but certainly he has not been there.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Yuri Gagarin is up the top.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10He would have scored you 64.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12He actually scores more than Buzz Aldrin.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14I don't know what else would fit in that,
0:34:14 > 0:34:17but Buzz Aldrin would have scored you 60.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21And you could fill in the gaps in this one.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23You could work out the surname, which is Collins.
0:34:23 > 0:34:24And it is Eileen Collins.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27The first woman to pilot the space shuttle.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30It would have scored you one point and beaten Chris Hadfield.
0:34:30 > 0:34:31Wow. Very good answer there.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34OK, so the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:34:34 > 0:34:37Robbie and Mervyn. Very strong performance across the show today.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39We can be certain that when you return you'll do just as well.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42I say we can be certain, you can't be certain of anything in Pointless,
0:34:42 > 0:34:45but I am pretty sure you'll do well next time you're back.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47But it's been great having you on and great for us, we get to see you
0:34:47 > 0:34:50again, but in the meantime thanks very much indeed, Robbie and Mervyn.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56But for Rosie and Paul it is now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02Congratulations, Rosie and Paul.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06You have fought off all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17At the end of today's show the jackpot is standing at
0:35:17 > 0:35:19£2,000. There you are.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25The next sermon's just going to write itself, isn't it?
0:35:25 > 0:35:29- I mean, what about that?- The next month's worth, I would have thought, yes.- Just fantastic.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32Now, this last round, you know what happens.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35Four things will appear on the board behind me and they are usually quite
0:35:35 > 0:35:39scary, but if you can find one that agrees with you, then so much the
0:35:39 > 0:35:41better, but very best of luck.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Let's see what today's selection looks like. We've got...
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Hm...
0:35:55 > 0:35:59Yeah, not quite the selection we were praying for.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05What do you think? I mean, Formula 1, pretty much out.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Russia, but Russia could be anything.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09The geographical ones are often...
0:36:09 > 0:36:12And geography is, if it is anything actually geographical...
0:36:12 > 0:36:14OK, right, there you go, then.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16- It's going to be Russia.- Russia. - It's going to be Russia.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20- Russia it is.- OK, very best of luck. This has been on the finals board for a long time, Russia.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Sad to see it go. Here are your three options.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24Very different subject areas, these three.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28We are looking for the title of any Tchaikovsky ballet, or opera.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32Any opera Tchaikovsky composed or any ballet that he provided the music for.
0:36:32 > 0:36:37We were looking for any country that won a medal in the 1980 Olympics.
0:36:37 > 0:36:41We need the name of the country as it was at the time, please.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44Or we are looking for any city with a population
0:36:44 > 0:36:46of one million or more people in Russia.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48That is the 15 largest cities in Russia.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50So Tchaikovsky ballets and operas.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52Medal winning Olympic nations from 1980.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55Or cities with a population of one million or more people.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59The 15 largest Russian cities according to the State Statistics Service.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01Which is easy for me to say.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05As always you have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers
0:37:08 > 0:37:10to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:37:10 > 0:37:12- As we'll ever be.- OK.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19OK, so cities do you want to do first and then ballets?
0:37:19 > 0:37:22I can only really think of the big cities at the moment.
0:37:23 > 0:37:24The ballets, do you want to start...?
0:37:24 > 0:37:28When Lucy was in Russia, she stayed in some place called Yaroslavl and it might be too small,
0:37:28 > 0:37:31but if we're desperate it's worth a try. And for Lucy.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Ballets and operas. I've seen one in Dublin.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36It was to do with Cossacks
0:37:36 > 0:37:39and I really can't remember anything more than that, any...
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Well, apart from Swan Lake.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Nutcracker.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45- Anything?- No, I can't really think.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47- I mean, it's classical music. - I know, Tchaikovsky.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50I think it was a name of someone.
0:37:50 > 0:37:51Um...
0:37:51 > 0:37:53- Peter or somebody? - Yeah, probably.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Um...
0:37:56 > 0:37:57Yeah, no, it's not great, is it?
0:37:59 > 0:38:02Try and think of cities, because if it's only the top 15.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04If we're going for Yaroslavl, or...
0:38:06 > 0:38:07Ten seconds left.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13St Petersburg, Moscow, all those, you know, those are the two.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14Um...
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- Is that literally all you've got? - That, I'm afraid, is your time up.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- OK.- I am afraid I now need your three answers, I am so sorry.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25That minute could always be about 40 minutes longer.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27There's a few where we'll probably kick ourselves.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30Yeah. What would you like to go for?
0:38:30 > 0:38:33OK, so, from the cities, as a real punt,
0:38:33 > 0:38:35it is probably way too small, but Yaroslavl.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38- Yaroslavl.- Um...
0:38:38 > 0:38:40What about Stalingrad or Leningrad?
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Well, St Petersburg, it is now.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Oh, is it? OK, fair enough.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46- Do you want to go for that? - We'll go for St Petersburg.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49And then Swan Lake, Nutcracker.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53- Swan Lake.- Swan Lake.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55- OK.- But maybe people won't know that was Tchaikovsky.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Yeah, maybe they won't!
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:00 > 0:39:02- It's got to be the...- If it's right,
0:39:02 > 0:39:04but is it a bit depressing to end on a big red cross?
0:39:04 > 0:39:07It may not, it may be a glorious pointless answer, you never know.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09- OK, let's put Yaroslavl last. - Yaroslavl goes last.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11Least likely to be pointless?
0:39:11 > 0:39:14- St Petersburg, I'd say.- OK, and Swan Lake in the middle.- Yeah.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order then,
0:39:17 > 0:39:19and here they are. We've got...
0:39:23 > 0:39:27Very, very best of luck. Three good answers.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29If one of those turned out to be pointless and won you that jackpot,
0:39:29 > 0:39:32what would you like to do with your spoils?
0:39:32 > 0:39:36We did say, if it was a reasonably small amount of money,
0:39:36 > 0:39:38that we'd like to give some to charity.
0:39:38 > 0:39:42There is a really good charity near us called People In Motion who are
0:39:42 > 0:39:44doing great things for refugees on the Continent,
0:39:44 > 0:39:47so I'd like to support them if we could and we'd really like to
0:39:47 > 0:39:50go out for a lovely meal and treat ourselves.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53Very good indeed. Herefordshire, full of great places to eat.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Very, very best of luck. Three good answers on the board as I say.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Your first answer, St Petersburg.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01In this case we were looking for any Russian city with over a million
0:40:01 > 0:40:04people living in it. Let's see, St Petersburg.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06If it's pointless, it will win you £2,000.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Let's see how many people said St Petersburg.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Well, it's right.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16- That's something! - That is a key factor.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20Down it goes, passing 50, into the 40s, into the 30s.
0:40:20 > 0:40:2136.
0:40:21 > 0:40:2436 for St Petersburg.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27So, I'm afraid not a pointless answer.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30Which means we move onto your second answer, which was Swan Lake.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33In this case we were looking for Tchaikovsky ballets and operas.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36If this is pointless it will also win you £2,000.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39Let's see how many of our 100 people said Swan Lake.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44It's right.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47St Petersburg took us all the way down to 36.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50Swan Lake takes us down through the 40s, into the 30s.
0:40:50 > 0:40:5237.
0:40:52 > 0:40:5337 for Swan Lake.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59We knew. These were placeholders really, weren't they?
0:40:59 > 0:41:03The real answer was your third and final, Yaroslavl.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06Let's see. If this is pointless, it will win you £2,000.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08It just has to be correct, that's the thing.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Let's find out. We're looking for Russian cities with populations of
0:41:11 > 0:41:13over a million. Yaroslavl, is it right?
0:41:13 > 0:41:14How many people said it?
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Oh, I'm sorry!
0:41:19 > 0:41:21AUDIENCE GROANS
0:41:23 > 0:41:25- Too good.- Never mind.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Never mind.
0:41:27 > 0:41:28Well, listen, three good answers there.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32For different reasons they didn't quite win you the jackpot.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless
0:41:35 > 0:41:37answer, which means you don't win today's jackpot of £2,000.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40That will roll over onto the next show. It's been great having you on.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42What a performance across the show today.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44You can be very proud of that.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47And much more importantly, you get to take a Pointless trophy home,
0:41:47 > 0:41:49so very well done indeed.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Yeah, Yaroslavl is a city, so she wasn't lying to you
0:41:56 > 0:41:59but 600,000 people in Yaroslavl I'm afraid.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Not so close.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Just 400,000 out!
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Let's take a look at the different answers.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Tchaikovsky ballets and operas first.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Eugene Onegin, probably his most famous opera
0:42:12 > 0:42:13was a pointless answer.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16Iolanthe. The Queen Of Spades.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17The Maid Of Orleans.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Every single one of those was a pointless answer,
0:42:19 > 0:42:22apart from Swan Lake, the Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Everything else was a pointless answer in that category.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28The Olympic medal winning nations.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Czechoslovakia, Greece, Sweden,
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Tanzania, Austria, Brazil, Denmark,
0:42:33 > 0:42:36Finland, Ghana, Lebanon, Mexico, Mongolia, Venezuela, Zimbabwe.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38All of those were pointless answers.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41Well done if you got one of those or guessed one of those at home.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45Now, those Russian cities with a population of one million or more.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48Football fans might have got Kazan, the home of Rubin Kazan.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51Novosibirsk, which is in Siberia.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53Omsk, Perm.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55You could have had Chelyabinsk.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Krasnodar. Nizhny Novgorod.
0:42:58 > 0:42:59Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Ufa
0:42:59 > 0:43:01or Voronezh.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03I'm glad I've got that out of the way.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05So, very, very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Thanks very much, Richard.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10Well, sadly, Rosie and Paul didn't win our jackpot today which means it
0:43:10 > 0:43:14rolls over onto the next show when we will be playing for £3,000.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16APPLAUSE
0:43:16 > 0:43:19Join us next time, to see if someone can win it.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21- Meanwhile it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.