Episode 39 Pointless

Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

My name's Beverley.

This is my friend Tracey, and we're from Sheffield.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Julie.

This is my brother Michael and we're from Belfast.

-Couple number three.

-Hello, I'm Sam.

This is my friend Jordan and we're both from Grimsby.

And, finally, couple number four.

Hello, I'm Antonio. This is my friend Sam

and we're from Milton Keynes.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks very much all of you. A very warm welcome to Pointless.

We'll get to chat to each of you throughout the show as it goes

along, so that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

His specialist subject is everything and lots of it.

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

Hiya. Hey, everybody.

Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you, sir.

-Good afternoon.

-How are you?

-I'm very well.

-If you did have a specialist subject on Mastermind

or some such, what would yours be?

-Tintin.

-Would it?

-Yeah, I think so.

-Oh.

All right, I'll ask you a question.

You know Herge out of Tintin?

-Yeah.

-Yeah. What was his middle name?

He was called Georges Remi.

Yeah, but what was his middle name?

-Erm... I don't think he had one.

-He did.

It was Hector.

-Was he really?

-No!

Oh!

But the fact you didn't know that, I think, is...

You know.

Anyway, let's get on with our show, shall we?

-OK, let's.

-Two returning pairs. Beverley and Tracey, welcome back.

Didn't see as much of you as we would have liked on the last show.

Michael and Julie went all the way through to the head-to-head,

didn't they? Did very, very well.

And welcome to our new pairs on podiums three and four.

It's going to be a lot of fun. Nothing about...

I hope that Tintin isn't coming up later in the show,

otherwise that will be very embarrassing.

-Oh, God. Yes, Georges Hector...

-Georges Hector.

-Hector Remi!

That's believable, right?

I know. Who knew that?

You could imagine.

I'm going to find out on my computer, that's not on,

what his middle name actually is.

While Richard's doing that, Danny and Alex won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off right back at £1,000.

That's how thrilled we are.

OK, right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

So, remember this, the pair with the highest score at the end of each

round will be eliminated, so make sure you are not that pair.

Best of luck to all four pairs.

Our first category this afternoon is...

Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

who's going to go second? Whoever's going first,

please step up to the podium.

OK, and the question concerns...

-Richard.

-On each board,

we're going to show you the names of seven films and the initials of an

actor who won an Oscar for their performance in both films.

We just need the name of those actors, please.

OK, so, let's have a look at our board.

We are looking for the actors who won Oscars for these pairs of films.

And here is our first board of seven. It goes like this...

I'm going to read those all again.

Beverley, you are welcome back on Pointless.

Great to have you here again.

Remind us what you do in Sheffield, Beverley.

I work with families, offer support to families, so...

That's right. So how many families do you look after?

Usually about ten at once, in one go.

-OK.

-Ten families.

-So they'll all be watching now.

-Hopefully not!

-Gunning for you, Beverley.

Now, remind us what you like getting up to when you're not doing that.

Well, I do like to be part of the book club that I go to.

We meet up about once a month

-and review some books that we're reading.

-See, that's nice.

What's been your favourite book of the last 12 months?

I think the one I've just finished,

The Widow. Yeah, enjoyed that.

Excellent. Now, Beverley, we're coming to our Oscar winners now.

What would you like to go for?

I think I know two,

but I think I'm going to play a bit safe and I'm going to go The Accused

and Silence Of The Lambs.

-Jodie Foster.

-Jodie Foster, says Beverley for JF.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

57. Not bad.

Gets us off to a good start, Beverley.

Yes, she actually won Best Actress Oscars for both of those films.

Thank you very much indeed. Julie, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-You did awfully well last time.

-Thank you.

-Very well indeed, right through to the head-to-head

and then thwarted at the last moment.

Remind us what you're doing at the moment, Julie.

I'm studying law with politics at university,

but when I'm not doing that, I do a lot of musical theatre.

-Oh, do you?

-Mm-hm.

Are you planning anything in the pipeline for the rest

-of this year?

-Well, next month I'm playing Christine Daae in

The Phantom Of The Opera, so I'm very excited about that.

Wow, that's going to be a big role.

-I know.

-How fantastic. So, what, that's at the university, is it?

Erm, no, it's actually outside of university.

I see. OK.

Very good. Well, good luck with that, Julie.

Now, what about these actors?

Yeah, I thought I knew Jodie Foster and there's another one

I do know and it's one that I think I could take a guess at,

but I don't know.

I'll say Glory and Training Day.

Denzel Washington.

Denzel Washington, OK.

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

Denzel Washington.

It is Denzel Washington.

Well, 57 is the only score on the board

and you pass it.

There you go, down to 36.

Very well done indeed, Julie.

Yeah, Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor in those.

I think he might be my favourite actor.

Never makes a bad film.

I think he might be as well.

-What, my favourite actor?

-Yes. Your favourite actor.

-Yeah.

You have said that when they make the film of Pointless,

which we are in discussion, Denzel Washington will play you.

Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. I think he'd be a good me.

-Yes.

-I think he has the presence, I think he could carry me off,

if you know what I mean. I think he'd be good.

-I think he would be.

-And for you...

Oh, that's an interesting one.

-Isn't it?

-Donald Sutherland...

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-Yes.

-..would be good.

-Neil Patrick Harris.

-I don't know.

-Yeah, he looks like you.

Yeah. Who else could play you?

-Erm...

-Meryl Streep.

That would be an Oscar winner for sure, wouldn't it?

Michael Sheen would probably play you. He plays all the...

Michael Sheen can do a good impression.

-You could play yourself.

-I could play myself.

-Hugh Bonneville could play me.

-Hugh Bonneville would be a very good you.

-Yeah.

-What if we turn up for work next week and Hugh Bonneville

and Denzel Washington are in our dressing rooms?

Just going, "Yeah..."

-That's bound to happen.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

Sam, great to have you here from Grimsby.

-Yeah.

-What do you do, Sam?

I'm a student at Sussex University doing history and American studies.

But when I'm not there, I work in a fish and chip shop.

Oh, that's fun, isn't it?

Whereabouts is the fish and chip shop?

It's in a town called Looe in Cornwall.

That's a big commute from Grimsby, isn't it?

Well, like, two or three years ago, we moved to Cornwall from Grimsby,

-but it's just...

-Oh, I see. You don't want to say...

Oh, it's nice, because you are from Grimsby.

-Yeah.

-Yeah. And loyalty to Grimsby and all that.

-Yeah.

-Very good. Good fish and chip shop?

-You have to say yes to that.

-Yeah, I think it's good.

There aren't many bad ones, but...

Oh, I love fish and chips.

Sam, are you enjoying our Oscar winners round?

Yeah, yeah, it's all right.

But the only ones I know are the dead obvious ones, so...

Like, I'm tempted by the third one down.

-Is it Meryl Streep?

-Meryl Streep.

Let's see if it's right.

Meryl Streep. How many of our 100 people said Meryl Streep?

-Oh, no!

-I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

Oh, no, no. Listen, I'm sorry, Jordan.

That's unfortunate. Fits the initials perfectly.

It does.

Well, there we are, thank you.

Now, Sam.

-Hello.

-Welcome to Pointless.

-Sam W.

-Yes.

Erm, what do you do, Sam?

Erm, surprisingly, I am a postman.

Probably the youngest-looking postman you've probably seen.

They are getting younger, aren't they, postmen?

-Yes.

-I do keep finding that.

-They are.

-How long have you been doing that?

-Just a couple of years.

-Enjoying it?

-I love it.

-Out on the delivery, what time do you have to be up?

-5:30.

-That's not too bad, actually.

-Could be better, though, couldn't it?

-And the sack's all ready,

-everything's been sorted.

-No, no, no, no.

-No?

-I've got to get up, sort it out.

So, you've got to do the sorting?

-Yeah.

-And then the carrying?

And then the dog dodging?

-Oh, that's the trickiest part, to be fair.

-Yeah.

Are they already packaged in their elastic bands?

-No, that's another job for myself.

-You've got to do that as well?

Yeah. It's a hard job, but someone's got to do it.

You're some sort of polymath.

Extraordinary. But fun, you're enjoying it.

-Yes, yeah.

-What time do you finish? That's the nice answer, isn't it?

-What time are you finished?

-I'm usually home by sort of 3:30, so...

-Oh, I thought you were going to say midday.

-..can't complain.

-Oh, no, no, no.

-No.

-I'm a grafter.

-That is a long day.

You are a grafter.

Anyway, well, listen, let's see where your graft gets you on this.

If you wanted to fill in all those blanks, you'd be very welcome to.

RDN, I think, is Robert De Niro.

He's probably the best actor of all time.

IB, I'm not sure.

VL...

I've got a feeling is Vera Lynn?

And I think that's what I'm going to play.

OK, you're going to go for Vera Lynn.

Excellent, that got a great reaction from the audience there.

Let's see what happens when we say Vera Lynn.

Listen, no, you see, that's nice.

We've got two Sams up on 100 there, which is...

That's nice company there.

I'm afraid an incorrect answer, Vera Lynn. Scores you 100 points.

Yeah, sorry. It is not Vera Lynn, I'm afraid.

-Do you know that one?

-Vivien Leigh.

-Vivien Leigh.

Yeah. And that would have scored 42.

Now, right at the top there?

-Marlon Brando.

-Marlon Brando.

That would have scored 68.

We'll go down to... You're right about Robert De Niro.

Would've been a fairly big scorer, would have scored you 55.

Might have been worth going for.

Gaslight and Murder On The Orient Express?

It's Ingrid Bergman.

-Oh, it's Ingrid Bergman!

-Yeah.

-Of course she's in that.

10 points for that. 30 years apart,

those Oscar nominations as well.

So MS...

Not Meryl Streep. It is...

-Maggie Smith.

-Maggie Smith.

Yeah.

-I'm sorry.

-It would have scored you 19 points.

Ingrid Bergman, the best answer on that board.

Thank you. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a quick look at those scores.

36, the best score of the pass.

Very well done indeed, Julie.

Julie and Michael, I think you will be going through to Round Two.

57's where we find Beverley and Tracey

and 100 is where we find the Sams

with Antonio and Jordan in attendance.

The best of luck. We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players step up to the podium?

OK, let's put seven more pairs of films up on the board

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

I'm going to read those all one last time.

Antonio, a warm welcome to Pointless.

-Hello.

-Good to have you here.

-Thank you.

-Antonio, what do you do?

I work in finance and tax and during the weekend I coach at my dad's gym.

Wow. So, quite...

Did your dad have a gym all the time you were growing up?

Er, yeah. Pretty much.

Were you the muscle-iest person of all your friends?

-Absolutely.

-Ripped from the age of five.

-How extraordinary.

-Just washing clothes.

And he's got you coaching in his gym and weekends?

Yeah, I coach after work sometimes during the week and on the weekend.

-Wow, you never stop?

-No.

You never stop.

Now, Antonio, we have a contest on our hands.

-We do.

-Yeah, you have to get a nice...

Sam's dropped me in it here.

-He has a little.

-I know a few of them.

-Yeah.

-Which is...

Sam did as well but he didn't go for them, so...

Erm...

Which one's going to be the lowest?

Erm...

Yeah, we'll go with the second one.

-Jack Nicholson.

-Jack Nicholson, says Antonio.

No red line for you because you're joint high-scorers.

It's going to be quite high.

Let's see how far down the column we get with Jack Nicholson.

It's right.

61.

Takes your total up to 161.

Won Best Actor for both of those roles.

He's been nominated a further nine times for different Academy Awards.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, then, Jordan.

Welcome to Pointless, great to have you here, Jordan.

-What do you do?

-I'm currently waiting to start a job in, like,

a law firm as a legal exec.

-In Grimsby?

-Yeah, yeah.

And what are you doing between now and then?

Have you got some nice plans?

Not really. I've just finished sort of volunteering at my old college,

like, doing tutoring for the younger students.

Very good. What were you tutoring in?

-In law.

-Oh, right.

Yeah. OK. Very good indeed.

Now then, you're on 100 points.

-Yeah.

-Your erstwhile rivals, Antonio and Sam, have gone up to 161,

which means if you can score 60 or less, Jordan, you are through.

-Yeah.

-What would you like to go for?

I think... I know two and I think I know a third one,

so I'm going to go for that one.

It's worth taking a risk though, isn't it?

-I think so.

-The second from the bottom,

the Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby.

Is it Hilary Swank?

Hilary Swank, says Jordan.

Here is your red line.

If you can get below this red line with Hilary Swank,

you are through to Round Two.

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

It is Hilary Swank.

And that gets you through.

Look at that. That's a very good answer.

26.

Our lowest score of the whole round so far, in fact.

26 takes your total up to 126.

-Very well done.

-That's great work, Jordan.

Very well done, yeah. Getting us back on an even keel.

Hilary Swank.

Thank you very much indeed.

-Now, Michael.

-Hello.

-Michael, welcome back.

Now, listen, it's good news for you.

I mean, it's bad news on the far podium over there, 161,

they are unassailably high-scoring which means all remaining players

will be going through. But, Michael, here you are.

-Remind us what you do.

-I'm a doctor.

You're a doctor. Are you quite newly qualified, Michael?

So, I'm about three years qualified now.

I see. OK. So, what level are you, because you come in as a houseman,

-is that right?

-Yes, that's right.

-And then it's consultant and then

-surgeon, is that right?

-They keep changing the names of them.

-Oh, right.

-So currently I'm called a medical trainee,

so I'm training in hospital medicine.

So, how much longer before you are

absolutely the level you would like to remain at?

Probably another seven or eight years.

-Really?

-Yeah. Yeah, a lot of training to do.

Wow! Anyway, there you go.

36 is your score.

You are through whatever you score in this question.

-What would you like to go for?

-Erm...

I know a few on the board, I think.

I think I'm going to go with the fifth one down,

an actor who actually won three Oscars I think as well,

which is My Left Foot and Lincoln, Daniel Day Lewis.

Daniel Day Lewis, says Michael. No red line, you're already through.

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

64. Not bad at all.

Takes your total up to a lovely round 100.

You're absolutely right.

Also won the Best Actor Oscar for There Will Be Blood.

Nice to have Britain's youngest doctor and Britain's youngest

postman on the same show.

Isn't that nice? Thank you very much, Richard.

Tracey, welcome back.

Remind us what you do, Tracey.

I'm a claims assessor in a legal office.

That is right. And what other things do you like getting up to?

In my spare time, I go to a WI, Kelham Island WI.

What does the Kelham Island WI get up to?

Some great things. They do things like Lindy hop dancing,

wall climbing, gin tasting.

What's the finest gin you've tasted?

All of them.

Is it Kelham with a K?

-It is.

-So your initials are KIWI?

-Yes, that's it. We're KIWIs.

-That's nice.

-Yeah.

Anyway, there we go.

So, you are through.

57 is your score.

Good score from Beverley at the beginning of the round.

What would you like to go for? This board is all yours.

OK. Well, the top one is Cate Blanchett.

The third one down is Meryl Streep.

I think it's Sally Field for the fourth one down and the bottom one

is Elizabeth Taylor. So I'll play safe and I'll say Cate Blanchett.

OK, you're going to play safe. Cate Blanchett, says Tracey.

No red line, you're already through.

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

15 for Cate Blanchett.

That's a fantastic score. Best score of the round.

Best till last. 72 is your total.

And that was beautifully done as well, Tracey,

taking us through the board. The KIWIs will be very proud indeed.

Let's see what you could have scored for those other ones.

Yeah, there's Meryl Streep, Sam.

She would've scored 53.

We'll go down the bottom first.

You're right, it is Liz Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor.

She would have scored 25.

But the best answer on the board by some way is Sally Field.

It would have been a great answer.

-1 point for Sally Field.

-Wow.

Very well done if you said that at home.

Thanks very much indeed.

We are at the end of our first round which means we have to say

goodbye to one of our pairs and the pair we have to say goodbye to is

Antonio and Sam W.

Oh! I'm sorry.

I am sorry.

Yes. Vera Lynn.

Listen, we'll meet again, it's fine.

You'll be back next show.

We will look forward to that very much indeed, but, in the meantime,

thanks very much for playing, Antonio and Sam.

APPLAUSE

But for all the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.

Look at that, we are down to three pairs.

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

the pairs in front of me now. Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two this afternoon is...

Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

who's going to go second?

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

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

Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

-Richard.

-Yeah, looking for any Rolling Stones UK top 40 hit,

according to officialcharts.com

that contains any of those letters, please.

A, N, G, I or E.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Beverley,

what would you like to go for?

Erm...

I'm going to go... And I hope it's right...

Gas, Gas, Gas.

Gas, Gas, Gas.

"Jumping Jack Flash, it's a Gas, Gas, Gas."

Gas, Gas, Gas, says Beverley.

Let's see if that's right.

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

No, Beverley, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

-Scores you 100 points, I'm sorry.

-Sorry, Beverley.

Gas, Gas, Gas was a number one for Vera Lynn, I'm afraid.

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Thanks very much, Richard.

Sam. What would you like to go for?

Erm... I do love the Rolling Stones.

I went to the exhibition a few months back.

It's really good. So...

I'll say Wild Horses.

Wild Horses, says Sam.

Let's see if that's right.

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

Ooh! This is going well(!)

Wild Horses, I'm afraid, also an incorrect answer,

scoring you 100 points.

I know, Sam, that's my feeling as well.

Yeah, no, I'm very sorry. Not a UK top 40 hit, I'm afraid.

But, you know, you got it wrong for better reasons and a terrific track,

but, erm... That's unlucky.

You knew too much.

Michael, yes.

There are the pitfalls.

Wrong and wrong.

-For different reasons.

-I can't guarantee there won't be a third!

Erm...

Maybe two or three coming to mind.

I think I'll probably try to get a right answer primarily

and go for Brown Sugar.

Brown Sugar, says Michael.

Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people got it.

Now, that is right.

Brown Sugar is a correct answer.

Down it goes, still going down.

Oh, it's a great answer.

19. Look at that.

Very well done.

Yeah, a number two hit and the opening track on Sticky Fingers,

which is the album that Wild Horses is on as well.

Thank you very much. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a quick look at those scores.

19, the... Not just the best,

but the only score of that round, in fact, so far.

Very well done. Michael and Julie, I think you might be in

the head-to-head for the second consecutive time.

Now, once again, Jordan finds himself having to dig himself

out of the hole Sam has dug for him,

but, Tracey, this is a first for you.

It's going to be a Jordan-and-Tracey-off

in this next pass. Best of luck to both of you.

We're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, well, now, Julie,

remember, we're looking for any Rolling Stones single

that contains the letters A, N, G, I or E.

Music is not my best category.

I'm not even sure I know who the Rolling Stones are.

I tell you what, join the club!

Yeah, to make it worse, I think that there is a roller-coaster

that Michael has been on and it sounds like the type of song

they would play on a roller-coaster...

Highway To Hell.

Highway To Hell, OK.

Let's see what happens. Here's your red line.

Let's see what happens when we say Highway To Hell.

No, I'm afraid is not a Rolling Stones song,

but that scores you 100 points. Takes your total up to 119.

But still in with a good chance there, Julie.

Yeah, that's AC/DC, I'm afraid.

Though, coincidentally, the scores now match the current ages

of the Rolling Stones, so that's quite nice.

I hope they're not watching! Well, not just for that,

I hope they're not watching this

because this is going terribly for the Stones.

I know. Thank you, Richard. Now, Jordan.

Jordan, ideally, you would score 18 or less with your answer.

-Are you a Stones fan?

-Not really.

I know a couple, but I think I'm going to have to play safe.

Not too safe. Well, 18 or less.

I'm just going to sort of play safe.

I'll go for, like, Paint It Black.

Paint It Black, says Jordan.

Paint It Black. Here is your red line.

If you can get below that with Paint It Black,

you are on your way to the head-to-head.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Paint It Black.

Oh, you've done it. Look at that! 13.

Very well done indeed, Jordan. 113 is your total.

You are through to the head-to-head.

Very nicely done.

Jordan is solid as a rock, isn't he,

throughout this. You chose well, Sam,

I think. Yeah, Paint It Black, a number one single for the Stones.

Thank you very much indeed.

Now, Tracey...

Your target is 18 or less.

I've been to see them, so...

They're not my favourite, but I do know a few of their songs.

It's just whether they were singles or not.

-That's the trouble.

-And I think I'll go with Miss You.

-I'm sure that was a...

-Miss You?

-Yeah.

-..says Tracey, Miss You. Here is your red line.

If you can get below this red line with Miss You,

you are through to the next round.

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

It's right.

Very well done, indeed.

5.

5 for Miss You, taking your total up to 105.

Very well done on the near podium there.

Terrific work again, Tracey. There's lots of pointless answers.

We'll take a look at a few of them.

Harlem Shuffle a pointless answer.

You could have had...

They had a lot of singles, the Stones.

Under Cover Of The Night is a Pointless answer.

You could have had Anybody Seen My Baby?

Dandelion, Don't Stop, Highwire, Let It Rock, Out Of Tears,

Rain Fall Down, She's So Cold and Streets Of Love.

They were all Pointless answers. We'll take a look now

at the top three, the ones that most of our 100 people said.

Jumpin' Jack Flash, which of course is the "gas, gas, gas" song.

It would have scored you 14.

Brown Sugar, 19.

It's the second-biggest scorer.

And the top scorer,

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction with 49.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So we are at the end of our second round and we have to say goodbye to

Julie and Michael. Oh, dear.

Talk about a roller-coaster, Julie.

It's been lovely having you on both shows.

I'm so sorry I have to say goodbye to you now.

But thank you so much for playing so well. Julie and Michael.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Beverley and Tracey, Sam and Jordan.

You are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot

which currently stands at £1,000.

Well, we've made it to the head-to-head,

which means you are now allowed to play as pairs.

You can chat before you give your answers.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

The best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

Here is your first question and it concerns...

Parts of the eye. Richard.

I'm going to show you a diagram now of the human eye.

We've labelled certain bits of it.

You need to tell us the bits we have labelled, please.

Excellent. Let's reveal our diagram of the eye and here it is.

There we are.

Five parts of the eye.

And, Beverley and Tracey, you have been our low-scorers

up to this point, so you will go first. Feel free to confer.

Shall we go for E?

Yeah.

Yeah, we'll go for E, cornea.

Cornea, say Beverley and Tracey.

Cornea. Now, Sam and Jordan,

do you feel like talking us through the rest of those eye parts?

I was going to say E, but we can't now.

So A is iris

and then D is optic nerve.

But they're the obvious ones, aren't they?

-Just go for it.

-We're going to just have to say D, an optic nerve.

OK, optic nerve, say Sam and Jordan.

So we have cornea and we have optic nerve.

Cornea, say Beverley and Tracey. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said cornea.

It's right.

69 for cornea.

69. Now, Sam and Jordan have gone for optic nerve for D.

Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right. There we are.

84 for optic nerve.

Very well done, Beverley and Tracey.

Two high scores, but yours the less high.

After one question, you are up 1-0.

Yes, let's fill in this, shall we?

A, of course, iris.

A big scorer, though. It would have scored you 92.

The second one is...

It's just in the middle of the retina and it's the fovea.

The fovea would have scored you 6.

And an even better scorer, C.

You can work this out

because what's the thing that's wrong with your eye?

Ah, conjunctiva...

Yeah, the conjunctiva.

Absolutely right. There we are.

It would have scored you 5 points.

It's funny how you get so many children called Iris,

but so few called Conjunctiva.

-Isn't it?

-Isn't that funny?

-It's such a pretty name.

-Such a pretty name.

-Yeah. So there you go, best answer on the board,

-conjunctiva.

-Very good.

Thank you very much, Richard. So here comes your second question.

Now, Sam and Jordan, you get to answer it first but you have to win

this one to stay in the game, so best of luck.

Our second question today is all about...

Richard.

Yep, five clues now about cats in popular culture and literature.

Can you give us the most obscure answer?

OK, thanks. Let's reveal our clues and here they come.

We've got...

I'm going to read those all again.

Sam and Jordan will go first.

We only know the Alice In Wonderland one and the James Bond one.

So we'll go for the villain white Persian cat in You Only Live Twice,

-it's Blofeld.

-Blofeld, say Sam and Jordan.

Now, Beverley and Tracey,

do you want to talk us through the rest of those cat things?

We don't know the top one.

I don't know if it's somebody Mathews...

I don't know. Cheshire cat.

I think the Edward Lear one is runcible,

which will be the one I think we'll go for.

And the cat-owning pantomime character, Dick Whittington.

So...runcible.

Runcible it is. A runcible spoon.

OK, so we have Blofeld and we have runcible.

Jordan and Sam said Blofeld.

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

It's right.

19 for Blofeld.

Meanwhile, Beverley and Tracey have gone for runcible.

A runcible spoon.

Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people of our 100 got that.

Oh, 28 for runcible.

Blofeld wins it. So, well done, Sam and Jordan, you're back in the game.

After two questions, it's 1-1.

Yes, a runcible spoon, I wasn't aware of this, it's a sort of spoon,

knife and fork all in one.

It's kind of a spoon shaped with three prongs and a cutting edge.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-I thought he'd made it up.

No. Unless he invented the runcible spoon after the poem.

-Oh, maybe he did.

-But I don't think he did. I would have remembered that

episode of Dragons' Den, I'm sure.

The author of the book...

Oh, lovely Judith Kerr.

Judith Kerr, who also wrote the Tiger Who Came To Tea.

That would have scored you 3 points.

The county of course is Cheshire,

which would have scored you 49. Pantomime character based on a

London mayor is of course Dick Whittington.

You're quite right, and that would have scored 48 points.

Thanks, Richard. OK, it all comes down to our third question.

Whoever wins this, goes through to the final

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

Here comes the third question. It concerns...

-Richard.

-I'm going to show you five titles of video game franchises now

which appeared on the list of 100 Best Video Games in the IGM list

from October 2015. I'm going to give you the initials.

Can you tell us what the game franchises are, please?

-Good luck.

-Thanks very much, indeed.

Let's reveal our five game franchises and here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those all again.

Beverley and Tracey will go first.

Not very good for us.

I know two.

I think we only know two.

And I'm guessing, actually.

The fourth one down, is it Tekken?

Tekken.

Tekken, say Beverley and Tracey. Tekken.

Now, Jordan and Sam, do you fancy talking us through that board?

I think the top one's Super Mario.

Then it's Grand Theft Auto.

I don't know the next one.

We thought the T one was Tetris.

And then the one below that is Donkey Kong.

Go for Tetris, yeah?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, we'll go for Tetris.

You're going for Tetris.

So, two answers competing for the same slot there.

Only one of them can be right.

Tekken is what Beverley and Tracey have gone for.

Let's see if that's right.

-No.

-Sorry.

-It's OK.

-We don't definitely know Tetris is right.

Let's see if that's right.

If it is, you'll be going through to the final.

Tetris, is it right?

It is right.

Tetris sees you, Sam and Jordan,

through to the final.

Very well done, indeed.

17 is what it scored.

But, most importantly, it was right

and it means that, after three questions,

you are through to the final 2-1.

-Well done.

-That's very, very unlucky.

Tekken is actually... That's the name of the Liam Neeson film

where his daughter is kidnapped in Yorkshire.

But Tekken is a computer game and it fits.

From 1994, Tekken.

So, it's unlucky.

Super Mario at the top there.

That would have scored 25.

Then Grand Theft Auto.

It would have scored 61.

We'll go down to the bottom now.

That is Donkey Kong.

Donkey Kong would have scored you 40.

Now, the middle one is actually the lowest scorer

and everybody with kids would have heard of it,

but I couldn't get it from the letters.

Have you worked out what it is?

Of course. Yeah, only when you said with kids.

-Yeah.

-Minecraft.

-Minecraft, that's exactly right.

That would have scored you 8 points.

So, well done if you said that at home.

Thank you very much. So the pair leaving us at the end

of the head-to-head round, Beverley and Tracey, I'm so sorry it is you.

Such a strong performance across the show today.

You've been absolutely brilliant.

It's been lovely having you on both shows. Thanks so much for playing.

-Beverley and Tracey.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

But for Sam and Jordan

it's now time for our Pointless final.

Well, congratulations, Sam and Jordan.

You have fought off all of the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

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

There it is. Well, your first answer on the show was Meryl Streep.

We had the Streep/Smith confusion.

But we can put all that behind us now

because here you are in the final.

You came from behind in the head-to-head,

so double congratulations there.

Anything you'd particularly like to see come up in this last round?

Well, supposedly films are my strong point,

but as evidenced by the first round, it's, you know...?

-Yeah.

-Always tough under those lights, though.

Well, you know what happens, we put four categories up on the board.

You choose the one that scares you the least and we take it from there.

So, very, very best of luck.

Let's see what today's categories look like.

We have got...

You're probably better with the football.

-Yeah, but 2010 might be broader.

-Yeah.

-They're all about time...

-2010, it could have the General Election.

-Yeah.

-World Cup.

-Shall we just go for 2010 and then we can both...?

-Are you sure?

-Yeah.

-OK, yeah.

-OK, yeah, we'll go for the year 2010.

-OK, the year 2010.

-OK, very best of luck, gents.

Three very different questions here.

You mentioned the World Cup, that's your very first question.

We're looking for anybody who scored a goal in the 2010 World Cup finals

in South Africa. We are looking for any artist who had a track on

Now That's What I call Music 75,

that came out in 2010.

Or we're looking for anybody who appeared in the film

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part One,

according to IMDB.

So, 2010 World Cup goal-scorers,

artists on Now That's What I Call Music 75,

or cast members of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part One.

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Now, as always, you've got up to

one minute to come up with three answers.

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

Pointless. Are you ready?

OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.

Your time starts now.

-OK, you know Harry Potter.

-Yeah.

The cast... There's quite a lot...

Natalia Tena, she played Tonks. That could be quite a good one.

Yeah. I think I've got a World Cup one.

-OK.

-Someone from North Korea.

I don't know if he scored though. Jong Tae-se.

-OK, yeah.

-Go for it. Why not?

Shall we say Natalia Tena?

-Yeah.

-That guy and...

What's...

The guy who played Mad-Eye, what's he called?

-I don't know!

-His son's in it and I can't remember his name.

Gosh. OK.

Who played Fred and George in that?

-It's the twins...

-Oliver Phelps.

James and Oliver Phelps.

-So shall we say...

-Say one of them.

Yeah. Oliver Phelps?

-Yeah.

-Ten seconds.

-Because James...

-OK, yeah.

Oliver's a less common name.

So, shall we go Oliver Phelps, Natalia Tena and...

-Jong Tae-se.

-OK.

-Cool.

-OK, sounds like you've got your three answers.

That is your minute up now.

Tell me what your answers are and tell me which category,

just in case I confuse Harry Potter cast members

with goal-scorers in 2010.

For the cast of...

We've got two for that one.

-Natalia Tena.

-Natalia Tena.

Yep. And Oliver Phelps.

Oliver Phelps.

Yeah, and for the World Cup goal-scorers,

I think there was a North Korean called Jong Tae-se.

Jong Tae-se. OK, of those three,

which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

I'm not sure it's right, you know.

-OK.

-I reckon Natalia Tena?

-OK, yeah.

-Yeah.

OK, Natalia Tena you think is your best shot.

We'll put Natalia Tena last.

Least likely to be pointless?

-Oliver Phelps.

-Yes.

-Oliver Phelps we put first.

-And Jong Tae-se in the middle.

-Yeah.

Well, let's put those answers up on the board in the middle, then,

and here they are. We have got...

Three great answers on the board there.

They look fantastic. I've no idea if they're right or not,

but they look brilliant.

If one of those turns out to be pointless and ends up winning you

that money, what would you like to do with it?

£1,000 there.

-Sam, you first.

-Because I'm a student and living in Brighton,

it's going to be dead expensive and I'm getting a house next year,

so it would massively help towards that.

Very good, very good.

Very handy. Jordan, how about you?

For my 21st, I want to go to Vegas.

So I'll put that in the bank and it will...

it'll be a little help towards that, yeah.

There we are. Best of luck. Three good answers on the board.

Your first answer was Oliver Phelps.

In this case, we're looking for cast members of

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part One.

You have gone for Oliver Phelps.

If this is pointless, you will win £1,000.

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

It's right.

Now, if Oliver Phelps takes us all the way down to zero,

you leave here immediately with £1,000 in your back pocket.

Down we go, through the 20s and into the teens.

Into single figures.

Oliver Phelps now takes us down...

CHEERING

That is fantastic! Well done.

Very well done, indeed. Congratulations.

Oliver Phelps was a pointless answer,

which means you go home with that jackpot of £1,000.

Very well done indeed, Sam and Jordan.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, no mucking about there, gents, at all.

Very, very well played. It won't surprise you to know that

Natalia Tena was also a pointless answer. Well done.

Jong Tae-se was not a pointless answer, I'm afraid,

but he did play for North Korea but didn't score in the game.

But it doesn't matter at all because you've won the money anyway.

Lots of pointless answers in the different categories.

Let's take a look through them.

We'll start with the World Cup goal-scorers.

Loads and loads of pointless answers here.

Jermaine Defoe scored for England.

Miroslav Klose, who scored four goals.

Wesley Sneijder scored five goals.

Yaya Toure.

Arjen Robben, Carles Puyol, Carlos Tevez, David Villa, Didier Drogba,

Diego Forlan, Dirk Kuyt, Klaas Jan Huntelaar,

Matthew Upson - another English player.

Mesut Ozil, Tim Cahill, Samuel Eto'o, Robin van Persie.

The only ones who scored any points at all were

Cristiano Ronaldo, Thomas Mueller, Luis Suarez,

Steven Gerard, Clint Dempsey and Andres Iniesta.

Everybody else is a pointless answer.

Well done, if you got one.

Lots and lots of pointless answers

on the artists on Now That's What I Call Music 75.

You could have had Jedward.

Since when are Jedward pointless?

There's two of them, they're like double pointless.

Genuinely lovely boys, though, the two of them.

Loads of pointless answers. Everyone apart from Lady Gaga,

Robbie Williams, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Rihanna.

Everyone else a pointless answer.

The cast of Harry Potter, so many pointless answers in this category.

Some very big ones here.

Everyone is a pointless answer apart from Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson,

Alan Rickman, Rupert Grint, Julie Walters, Robbie Coltrane,

Ralph Fiennes, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon, Mark Williams

and Helena Bonham Carter.

Every other cast member is a pointless answer.

So very well done if you said one.

You made short work of our jackpot there, gents.

-Very well done.

-Thank you, Richard.

Thanks once again to our winning players Sam and Jordan,

who got away with today's jackpot of £1,000.

Very well done.

APPLAUSE

Join us next time when we'll be

putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.