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APPLAUSE

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Thank you very much indeed.

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

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the show where the more obscure your knowledge,

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the better your chances of winning. Let's meet today's players.

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And, couple number one...

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Hi, I'm Gyasuddin and this my sister Kulsum,

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-and we're from Blackburn, in Lancashire.

-..couple number two...

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Hello, I'm Nigel and this is my wife, Sue

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and we're from mighty Leicester.

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..couple number three...

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Hello, my name is Aled, this is my best mate Tom,

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and we're from Pontypridd.

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..and finally, couple number four...

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I'm Linda and this is Liz, and we're friends from Lockerbie.

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And these are today's contestants.

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Well, thanks very much all of you.

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A very, very warm welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.

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We'll get to chat to each of you

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throughout the show as it goes along.

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

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If you play our theme tune backwards on vinyl, people say you can hear

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him reciting the scores for Scrabble.

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

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Hiya. Hey, everybody.

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Good afternoon. Good afternoon to you.

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-And you.

-Linda and Liz, our only returners from that last show,

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-but they got through to the head-to-head.

-Yeah.

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-That's not bad going, is it?

-Not bad.

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But three new pairs.

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-Yes.

-What magic may they weave?

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-Who knows?

-Who knows?

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Heroes, villains.

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Anything could happen. Not ANYTHING could happen.

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If certain things happened we'd be taken off air -

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but anything within broadcast regulations could happen

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in the next 45 minutes.

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-Can you imagine?

-Such poetry.

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-True, though, isn't it?

-It is.

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-Yeah.

-Yeah, if something awful happens, then we would be...

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you know, if someone started swearing or something like that...

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-Yeah.

-Which you've been known to do.

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-Yeah.

-This whole place would be shut down.

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We are such stuff as...

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-within-regulations dreams are made on.

-Yeah.

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Exactly it. It'd probably just be a regular episode of Pointless.

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There'd be some good answers, some bad ones, but you never know.

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-You never know.

-It is up to you guys, really.

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No pressure. We could get a BAFTA.

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We could get the BAFTA for this show if you pull your fingers out.

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Something truly magnificent could happen.

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Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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Now, Roger and Lauren didn't win the jackpot last time,

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so we add another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off

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at £2,000.

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That's where we are.

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

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So remember this, the pair with the highest score

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

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Keep your scores low, you'll be fine.

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No conferring until we get to the head-to-head.

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Best of luck. Our first category today is...

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It's Football. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

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who's going to go second,

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

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

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We gave 100 people 100 seconds

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to name as many football teams in the Premier League

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and the Championship as they could.

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-Richard.

-Yeah, looking for any of the teams in the Premier League

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or the Championship in English football in the 2015-2016, please.

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All right. There we go.

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Kulsum, welcome to Pointless.

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Good to have you. From Blackburn?

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-That's right.

-What do you do, Kulsum?

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I work in a stroke research department at a university.

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Right you are. And what are your interests when not at work?

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I like to keep active, do a bit of running, go to the gym.

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Very good indeed.

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Now, do you follow football?

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-Yes.

-With a passion or sort of fairly passively?

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-With a bit of a passion.

-What would you like to go for?

-Erm...

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..I'll go for Bournemouth.

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Bournemouth, says Kulsum.

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OK, let's see if that's right.

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

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There we are. Bournemouth is right.

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Very well done indeed. 13 for Bournemouth.

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APPLAUSE

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That's a lovely start, Kulsum. Well played.

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Yeah, went up to the Premier League and did very well in it, as well.

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Thanks, Rich. Now, Sue, welcome to Pointless.

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Great to have you here from Leicester.

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Marvellous. What keeps you busy and happy in Leicester, Sue?

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I work at De Montfort University

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helping students with their study skills

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who have dyslexia, dyspraxia

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and anything that they need to help them fulfil their degree.

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Extraordinary. So you must have wide experience

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-of all the different disciplines?

-Yeah. It can be from art,

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-it can be from law, engineering - which I really struggle with.

-Yeah.

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So you're a bit like a sort of Pointless presenter, in that sense,

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that all this general knowledge is flowing through you.

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-And it all goes...

-Exactly the same.

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I know. If only some of it stuck.

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Just think of all the doctorates you could have otherwise.

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-Absolutely.

-Ah! Amazing.

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Sue, what would you like to go for?

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I'll go for Stoke.

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Stoke, says Sue.

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Let's see how many of 100 people said Stoke.

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It's right. 13 is our only score thus far.

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Stoke takes us to 19.

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There we are. Not bad. APPLAUSE

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A promising start to the round, I have to say.

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Founded in 1863, the second oldest football league club in existence.

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After...

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After the team they had to play endlessly until somebody else...

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-Yeah.

-That's a dull fixtures list, isn't it?

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Yeah. Who have we got this week?

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Stoke again?

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HE CHUCKLES Hey-hey!

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-Thomas, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

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Great to have you here from Pontypridd.

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What do you do, Thomas?

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I'm currently a master's student in the University of South Wales

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studying sport health, sport and exercise science.

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How much of your coursework is spent with a heart monitor on?

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To be fair, not much, this time.

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My undergraduate was,

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but this time it's more health.

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So, with your master's, what do you want to go on and do?

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At first I wanted to be an exercise physiologist

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and do the heart and the brain and so on,

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but now I've moved into public health and want to help...

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Oh, I see, so moving away from sport, do you think or...?

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No, there will be aspects of sport, but it's more along the health.

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OK, to encourage all of us to be a little bit more sporty and active.

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OK. Now, Thomas, what would you like to go for?

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I'm struggling to remember if this team is in the Championship

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or the League One, but I'm going to go for MK Dons.

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MK Dons, says Thomas. Let's see if that's right.

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

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It's right.

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Look at that. Thomas,

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I salute you. 1 for MK Dons. APPLAUSE

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Great work, Thomas.

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He knows he's done a good job there, with that nod.

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They were actually relegated from the Championship in that season.

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Thanks very much, Richard.

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Now, Linda. Linda, remind us what you do.

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I work for the local authority as a roads technician.

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A roads technician.

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Now, I asked you all about that last time,

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so we'll move on to something else this time.

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What are your interests, Linda?

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Socialising, walking my dog, exercise.

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-Listening to music.

-Listening to music.

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Whose idea was it to come on the show?

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A bit of both, I think.

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A bit of both. Was this while you were working on road business?

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Yes.

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Or perhaps it was in one of your breaks, maybe?

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Yes, yes. When the plan was put together.

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Linda, what would you like to go for?

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I'll go for Norwich City.

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Norwich City, says Linda. Let's see if it's right.

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

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It's right. 19 still our high scorer, 1 our low score now.

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23 for Norwich City.

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APPLAUSE

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Yeah, their chairman is now Ed Balls.

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-Yes.

-I actually went to a match...

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a Norwich match that he was at,

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and he's very knowledgeable and is very entertaining company.

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-At Carrow Road?

-No, at a different ground.

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Right. I see. And you fell into conversation with him?

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With the gentleman in...

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Oh, I can say his name, I can say Ed Balls, that's fine.

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Yeah, he knows what he's talking about.

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There we are. Thank you, Richard. We're halfway through the round.

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Let's take a quick look at those scores. 1, Thomas.

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Fantastic. Thomas and Aled,

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I have a hunch you might be in Round Two.

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Mind you, that might rest on your shoulders, Aled.

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But they look broad.

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I'm sure that'll be fine.

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Then we travel up to 13 where we find Kulsum and Gyasuddin.

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Then up to 19 where we find Sue and Nigel.

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Then up to 23 where we find Linda and Liz.

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Now, Liz, you're not that far ahead,

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but a nice low score from you

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would just ease the pressure a bit, I think.

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So let's come back down the line now.

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Can the second players please step up to the podium?

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Marvellous. Liz.

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Now, remind us what you do.

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-I'm retired.

-You're retired, but you were also on the road?

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-Yes.

-On the...

-On the admin side.

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On the admin side of the road.

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Just making sure the road was ticking over,

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and all aspects of road were good and proper.

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And your retirement now is full of what delights?

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Walking in the country and doing crosswords and sudoku.

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-Yes.

-Going to the horse racing.

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Very good. And how far afield do you go racing?

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Local. Ayr, Musselburgh.

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Kelso, is that near you or is that...?

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-Kelso, yes.

-Kelso.

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Very good. Do you ever go south of the border?

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We've been to a couple down in Yorkshire, as well.

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-OK.

-Catterick and Ripon.

-And Newcastle, Hexham, Sedgefield.

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Lots of lovely racing round there.

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Anyway, listen, there you are on 23.

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You're the highest scores. You need a low score here.

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-Yes.

-What would you like to go for?

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I'll go for Burnley.

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-Burnley.

-Yes.

-OK. Burnley.

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Let's see... No red line for you, as you're the highest scorers,

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but let's see how far down the column we get with Burnley.

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It's right.

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Now, we want to go as far down as we possibly can here, Liz.

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And down it goes. Look at that. 10.

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Very well done indeed. APPLAUSE

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Second lowest score of the round so far.

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So, 33 is your total.

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Yeah, they won the Championship, Burnley, in 2016.

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Championship champions.

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Thank you very much.

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Now then, Aled. Welcome to Pointless. Good to have you here.

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Now, what do you do?

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I'm a teacher's assistant at a nursery and a primary school.

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What age children are they?

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They're, like, three to four. Possibly five.

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Oh, that's very nice!

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And will you stay with that age group, do you think, for now?

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I don't know, Xander.

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-We'll see what happens.

-See what happens.

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OK. But you're there for how long?

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Your plan at the moment is?

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Xander, I don't know.

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It sounds like he's been suspended or something, doesn't it?

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-I'm a bit of a wild one, Xander, you see.

-OK.

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What would you like to end up?

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You want to end up teaching though?

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Well, yes, no?

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-I don't know.

-HE LAUGHS

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What would you love to do?

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You see, I don't know. I'm a man of many talents.

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Yes, what are...?

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None of them apparent.

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What would you say was the chief talent you would like to exercise?

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I'll tell you what, Xander, I'll be honest, I love radio.

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I would love to get into radio at some point.

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Oh, for heaven's sake, shouldn't he be on radio?

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Aled, you'd be brilliant on radio.

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Thank you. That's lovely. That's very kind of you.

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-He's got a good voice.

-He's got a lovely voice.

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Full of bags of character there, Aled.

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I suppose the usual route is local radio, hospital radio,

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then you sort of... Have you started doing things like that yet?

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Well, I've done local radio for about...five, six years now.

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Since I was about 16.

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So it's about time the break came.

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-Yes.

-What time of day are you on?

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Seven till ten.

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Oh, that's fun. On a weekday?

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On a Tuesday.

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-On a Tuesday night?

-Tuesday night.

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Well, listen, best of luck.

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Aled, what would you like to go for in this round?

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I was going to play it too safe, but too safe is too safe now,

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so I'm going to go for the only other team that's in my head.

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It's risky.

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Sorry, Tom, if it's not right.

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Dagenham & Redbridge.

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Dagenham & Redbridge.

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-Possibly. I don't know.

-Thomas seems really pleased with that(!)

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I think it's fine.

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Dagenham & Redbridge.

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Here is your red line.

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There you are. You just have to get below that

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with Dagenham & Redbridge. Let's see if it's right.

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Oh, Aled.

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Oh, Aled.

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Well, listen, we can talk more when you come back next show about...

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about local radio. I'm sorry, that's an incorrect answer,

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scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 101.

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Yeah, sorry, Aled, both Dagenham AND Redbridge both wrong.

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They're about as far away as you can get, unfortunately, in...

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Yes, I'm sorry.

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But, you know, Dagenham & Redbridge FC Radio

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would be delighted to have that sort of enthusiasm, I suspect,

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in their half-time show.

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There we are. Thank you very much, Richard.

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Nigel. Welcome.

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What do you do, Nigel?

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I work for the Leicestershire County Council

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in a department called Assistive Technology.

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-Assistive?

-Assistive, yes.

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So we put in equipment to help people live independently.

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-Oh, excellent!

-Things like Pendant alarms.

-Yeah.

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Memory jogging devices, trackers,

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all sorts of things to help people stay out of hospital.

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Brilliant. Wonderful thing, giving people independence -

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and presumably these kind of gadgets are developing all the time,

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so there will be new things appearing

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in your assistive department.

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More and more stuff goes...

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-kind of, phone-app based.

-Of course.

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-It does more and more things.

-Yeah.

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Now then, Nigel.

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You are on 19,

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which means if you can score 81 or less,

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you're through to the next round.

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I can only thank Aled, because he's given me the luxury of mentioning

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mighty Leicester City.

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Leicester City.

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Which has to be my answer if there is a bit of a no-risk, really.

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OK. There we are. Well, 81.

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Let's see. Here is your red line.

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You have to get below that with Leicester City,

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but I think you may.

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

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It's right. Yep, good enough.

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There we are. 46. APPLAUSE

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Very well done indeed.

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65 is your total.

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Yeah, well played, Nigel.

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Well played, Leicester, as well. I know you're a fan - and, at 46,

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genuinely an awful lot higher than Leicester have ever scored

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in any question before, as well, so you can tell it's had an impact.

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-Yes.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

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-Now, Gyasuddin. Welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

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Great to have you here. What do you do?

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I'm a pharmacist. I work in the community village pharmacy.

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That's fun. So you're in the backroom, are you?

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Putting the bags of pills and things together?

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Well, we have colleagues to do that now.

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They actually want the pharmacists to be at the front of the shop

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-and giving advice out.

-Oh, I see.

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Are you in an independent pharmacist

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or are you part of a large, well-known chain?

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I actually work for an independent pharmacy.

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And what are your hobbies, Gyasuddin?

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Well, at the moment, I don't have much time for hobbies.

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Oh - you've had a baby!

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-I have.

-You had a baby boy.

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Yes, he takes a lot of my time up,

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but I do try and fit in a bit of tennis with Kulsum

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and play football when I can.

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Very good. How old is your baby?

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He's eight months old at the moment.

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Lovely. And you're just about getting some sleep I imagine?

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-Just about.

-Just about.

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-Yeah.

-Yeah.

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Oh, lovely. A wonderful thing to experience.

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How thrilling. Now, there you are on 13.

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The highest scorers at the moment are Alex and Thomas on 101.

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87 or less gets you through, so quite a nice...

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Yeah, it's a nice buffer.

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I'm just going to go for my hometown, Blackburn Rovers.

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Blackburn Rovers, says Gyasuddin.

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Let's see if that's right.

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Here is your red line, nice and high.

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How many people said Blackburn Rovers?

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It's right and you're through. Very well done.

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7. APPLAUSE

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The second lowest score of the whole round.

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Very well done indeed.

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Taking your total up to 20, the lowest total of the round.

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Terrific answer. Well played. Nice that we had the two hometown teams

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on the last two podiums as well. Now, poor Thomas.

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His tragedy made even greater

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by the fact that there's only one pointless answer in the whole thing,

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so MK Dons was an unbelievably good answer.

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The one pointless answer in either of those leagues -

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Huddersfield Town.

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Very, very well done if you said that.

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1 point for MK Dons, Preston North End or Brentford.

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3 points for Bristol City, Rotherham, Brighton.

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4 points for QPR and Reading.

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-Fulham got 5 points.

-LAUGHTER

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It's good. They got more points than QPR

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and they got a lot more points than Brentford.

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You'd have got 6 points

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for Sheffield Wednesday, Bolton Wanderers.

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7 for Cardiff City, Charlton Athletic...

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and 8 for Wolves and Ipswich Town.

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9 for Hull. Those are the best answers.

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We'll take a look at the top three answers,

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the ones that most of our 100 people said.

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It is the usual suspects, I'm afraid...

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..and you can't dislodge them, Manchester United on 81.

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-At least you can beat them in the league.

-Absolutely.

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I've settled for that.

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Thanks very much indeed. So, at the end of our first round,

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the pair we have to send home with their high score of 101,

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what a shame, Aled and Thomas, been great fun having you here,

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even for this short round, but we'll see you again next time.

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Look forward to that very much indeed. But, in the meantime,

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thank you so much. Aled and Thomas. APPLAUSE

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But, for the remaining three players,

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it's now time for Round Two.

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So, we're down to three pairs.

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

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Gyasuddin and Kulsum, I just don't think it's going to be you.

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Amazing low scoring from you there,

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individually and together.

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Yeah, our low scorers by quite a long way.

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And, Nigel, thank you for bringing in Leicester, there.

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-Very nice.

-Thank you.

-Best of luck to all three pairs.

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Our category for Round Two today is...

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English Language. Can you all decide in your pairs

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

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

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OK, and the question concerns...

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"Ban" words.

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-Richard.

-On each board we're going to show you definitions of six words

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which start B-A-N.

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Can you tell us what those words are, please.

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We're just going to show you

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the number of letters in each word as well.

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So 12 in all to have a go at home.

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-Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed.

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So here is our first board of clues for "ban" words -

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and here they come.

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Hm. Let's read those again.

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Gyasuddin, which of our "bans" do you feel like going for?

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I can only...

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think of two of them, actually.

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So it's a matter of which is going to score the lowest.

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I'm going to go for, "A robber or outlaw belonging to a gang."

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Bandit.

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Bandit, says Gyasuddin.

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Let's see if that's right,

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let's see how many of our 100 people went for bandit.

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79. 79. APPLAUSE

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They may all be high-scorers in this round,

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you never know, but 79 for bandit.

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Normally in these words rounds I get to define what the words are.

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My thunder has slightly been stolen here.

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I know. What can you do?

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I could talk about my time as a bandit...

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..in New Mexico in the late 19th century.

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Tell us more stories about that.

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I used to rob stagecoaches and give to the poor, to be fair.

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-So I was a bandit but with a heart.

-Yeah, yeah.

-I never harmed anybody.

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Never did. You weren't particularly successful though, were you?

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I was very successful.

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-You just wouldn't know, because I was masked at all times.

-I see.

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-No-one ever caught me.

-Yes.

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And I will be at each of the following things, I will also...

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stories from my life, like Slumdog Millionaire.

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-Oh, that's very nice.

-Yeah.

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Thank you very much indeed.

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-Sue.

-Erm...

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"An elaborate and formal evening meal for many people."

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-A banquet.

-A banquet, says Sue.

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

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It's right. 79 is our only score so far.

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76. There we are. APPLAUSE

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Well, it's going in the right direction, Sue.

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I once threw a banquet for the Mayor of Albuquerque

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in order to make good my escape...

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..from a New Mexican stockade.

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I arranged it from inside the stockade.

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-Clever.

-And I was brought on stage to show off that he had arrested me.

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It was the last mistake he made.

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But you never hurt him.

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Oh, no, he was fine, he just never made another mistake.

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It was amazing after that.

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He lived for another 30 years, faultlessly.

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Liz. This board is all yours, if you'd like to talk us through it.

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I think the first one is banal.

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The second one, bandwagon.

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Get rid of - banish.

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And the bottom one, banana.

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Oh, banana!

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LAUGHTER

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So I think I'll go for the second one, bandwagon.

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Bandwagon, says Liz.

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

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It's right.

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Wow. Look at that. 20 for bandwagon. APPLAUSE

0:22:320:22:35

Well done, Liz.

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And that, of course, is what I escaped in,

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so thank you for mentioning it.

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It's actually far and away the best answer on the board, as well,

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so it's a very good choice of all of them.

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You're right about banal.

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That would've scored you 51.

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You're right about banished, as well.

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That would've scored you 68.

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What do you think banana...?

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-I can reveal that you're right about that.

-Yeah.

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-What do you think banana scored?

-You've got to hope in the 90s. 96.

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Let's take a look.

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96.

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-Well done. How about that?

-Look at that!

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

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let's look at the scores, 20 the best score of that pass.

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Liz, very well done, Liz and Linda.

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I think the head-to-head awaits for you a second time.

0:23:150:23:18

Then we travel up to 76, where we find Sue and Nigel.

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Then just to 79 where we find Gyasuddin and Kulsum.

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So, yes, you are out in front, Kulsum, we need a low score

0:23:230:23:27

from you, if you can find it. Good luck with that.

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I hope the next board has some fun things on it.

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We're coming back down the line.

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Can the second players please step up to the podium?

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OK, let's put six more ban word descriptions up on the board

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and here they come.

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I'm going to read those again quickly.

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There we are. Linda, on 20.

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Now, if you can possibly score 58 or less

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you are definitely through to the next round.

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I'll go for the third one down and say bandana.

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Bandana, says Linda. Here's your red line.

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If you can get below that you're definitely through.

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How many of our 100 said bandana?

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Oh. 84 for bandana, taking your total up to 104.

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The world record for the largest gathering of dogs wearing bandanas

0:25:020:25:06

is 764, in Australia.

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To raise money for the Australian version of the RSPCA.

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There you go. That's true.

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I'm not saying that my other stuff

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about the banquet and what have you wasn't true, but that is true.

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Thank you, Richard. Now, Nigel. There you are on 76.

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You have to score 27 or less.

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27 or less. What are you going to go for?

0:25:280:25:31

I think possibly one that I think is slightly risky, I hope it's right.

0:25:310:25:34

And I hope you don't want me to spell it.

0:25:340:25:37

The fourth one down I believe is bandicoot.

0:25:370:25:40

Bandicoot.

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Bandicoot. Let's see if that's right. There's your red line.

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Get below that with bandicoot you're in the head-to-head.

0:25:450:25:48

How many people said it?

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It's right.

0:25:510:25:52

Very well done, Nigel.

0:25:540:25:56

I suspect that gets you through.

0:25:560:25:57

And it does.

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16 with a little bit of room to spare.

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APPLAUSE Taking your total up to 92.

0:26:000:26:02

Very well played, Nigel.

0:26:020:26:04

Yeah, it comes from...

0:26:040:26:06

It essentially means pig rat.

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Bandicoot sounds nicer than pig rat.

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Yes. Yes.

0:26:100:26:12

Thank you very much, Richard.

0:26:120:26:13

Kulsum, there you are on 79, the high-scorers are on 104.

0:26:130:26:18

24 or less, so a little bit of pressure on you there.

0:26:180:26:22

Do you feel like talking us through the board?

0:26:220:26:24

Um...

0:26:240:26:26

I think I know three of the remaining ones.

0:26:260:26:29

The top one I think is bangle.

0:26:290:26:32

Declared in law as unable to pay their debts - bankrupt.

0:26:320:26:36

And the structure formed on a staircase is banister,

0:26:360:26:39

and I think I'm going to have to go with that one.

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You're going to go for banister. OK. Here is your red line.

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It's quite low.

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

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It right.

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Oh, 63 for banister, Kulsum.

0:26:580:27:01

A big score there taking your total up to 142.

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Yeah, big scorer for banister.

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Not the biggest scorer up there.

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The ornamental bands are bangles.

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You're quite right. Would have scored you 75.

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You're right as well about bankrupt.

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That would have scored you 70.

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The best one left on the board, this bottom one,

0:27:180:27:20

it's a complicated sounding clue but the word is very familiar.

0:27:200:27:23

Bandwidth.

0:27:230:27:25

Bandwidth, exactly that. That would have scored 38.

0:27:250:27:28

So bandicoot, Nigel, best answer on the board.

0:27:280:27:30

Thank you very much, indeed.

0:27:300:27:31

At the end of our second round the pair we're saying goodbye to

0:27:310:27:34

with their high score of 142, I'm afraid,

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Kulsum and Gyasuddin it is you.

0:27:360:27:37

We'll see you again next time.

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Look forward to that very much - but, in the meantime,

0:27:390:27:42

thanks very much for playing, Kulsum and Gyasuddin.

0:27:420:27:44

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

0:27:450:27:49

Congratulations, Linda and Liz, Nigel and Sue.

0:27:530:27:55

You are now one step closer to the final

0:27:550:27:57

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

0:27:570:28:00

which currently stands at £2,000.

0:28:000:28:02

This is exciting. We've made it as far as the head-to-head round,

0:28:060:28:09

which means you can start playing as pairs now -

0:28:090:28:11

you can confer before you give your answers.

0:28:110:28:12

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

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Linda and Liz, we have been here before.

0:28:160:28:18

But this is a promotion for you,

0:28:180:28:20

because you were our blue pair last time

0:28:200:28:22

now you are our yellow pair, our golden couple,

0:28:220:28:24

our low-scoring pair. Nigel and Sue, first appearance on the show,

0:28:240:28:28

very impressive to have you here

0:28:280:28:29

straight through to the head-to-head.

0:28:290:28:31

Great answers from both pairs throughout the game so far.

0:28:310:28:33

I think this should be close. Best of luck to both pairs.

0:28:330:28:36

Let's play the head-to-head.

0:28:360:28:37

Here is your first question.

0:28:420:28:44

And it concerns...

0:28:440:28:46

UK buildings and their architects.

0:28:470:28:49

-Richard.

-We're going to show you five pictures, now,

0:28:520:28:54

of buildings in the UK

0:28:540:28:55

and we're going to show you alternate letters

0:28:550:28:57

of the surname of their architects.

0:28:570:28:59

Can you name those architects' surnames, please?

0:28:590:29:01

Thanks very much indeed. OK, let's reveal our five buildings.

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And here they come. We have...

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There we are. Now, then, Linda and Liz,

0:29:300:29:33

you're our low-scorers, so you will go first.

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We'll go for E, Mackintosh.

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Mackintosh say Linda and Liz.

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Now, then, Nigel and Sue, that board is all yours.

0:29:410:29:43

Do you fancy talking us through it?

0:29:430:29:45

Um, I don't know the first one.

0:29:460:29:48

I don't think we know that between us.

0:29:480:29:50

Rogers I think is B.

0:29:500:29:52

Wren is C.

0:29:520:29:54

Foster is D.

0:29:540:29:56

I'm not convinced any of them are going to be better than Mackintosh.

0:29:560:29:59

I think it's between B and D, Sue, which do you think?

0:29:590:30:02

-B.

-OK.

0:30:020:30:03

-We'll go for B, Rogers.

-OK, Rogers.

0:30:030:30:06

So, we have Mackintosh and Rogers.

0:30:060:30:08

Linda and Liz said Mackintosh for E.

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Let's see if that's right,

0:30:100:30:11

let's see how many of the 100 people said Mackintosh.

0:30:110:30:14

It's right.

0:30:170:30:18

6.

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APPLAUSE

0:30:250:30:26

Look at that. 6 for Mackintosh.

0:30:260:30:29

Nigel and Sue, meanwhile, have said Rogers for B.

0:30:290:30:31

Let's see if that's right,

0:30:310:30:33

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

0:30:330:30:34

It's right.

0:30:370:30:39

There we go. 26.

0:30:420:30:44

APPLAUSE

0:30:440:30:46

Well done, Linda and Liz.

0:30:460:30:47

Mackintosh wins you the first question,

0:30:470:30:49

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

0:30:490:30:52

Yeah, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, best answer on the board by a mile.

0:30:520:30:55

Very beautiful building, as well, the Glasgow School of Art.

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A is the next best answer.

0:30:580:30:59

That is Zaha Hadid,

0:30:590:31:01

he sadly passed away in 2016.

0:31:010:31:04

Would have scored you 18 points.

0:31:040:31:06

You're quite right about Christopher Wren.

0:31:070:31:09

He would have scored you 59.

0:31:110:31:14

You're also right Norman Foster.

0:31:140:31:16

Would have been a slightly lower score,

0:31:160:31:18

but still wouldn't have won you the point. 19 points for that.

0:31:180:31:21

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

0:31:210:31:23

So here comes your second question. Nigel and Sue, you get to answer

0:31:230:31:26

it first, but you have to win it to stay in the game.

0:31:260:31:28

Very best of luck. Our second question is all about...

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-Sting.

-Yes, we're going to show you five clues now,

0:31:340:31:37

all relating to the British musician Sting.

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Can you give us the most obscure answer?

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OK, let's reveal our five clues - and here they come.

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Let me read those one last time.

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There we go. Nigel and Sue, you go first.

0:32:130:32:16

I think we're going to have to go for the decade, aren't we?

0:32:160:32:19

-The only other one we know is the band, don't we?

-Mmm.

0:32:190:32:22

What decade are we going for? It could be the '50s.

0:32:220:32:26

'60s... '40s?

0:32:260:32:28

We're guessing here.

0:32:310:32:33

The fifth one down, we're going to go for the '50s.

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The '50s.

0:32:360:32:37

OK, now, then, Linda and Liz.

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Right, the actress and producer, Trudie Styler.

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His birth name, Gordon Sumner.

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And The Police.

0:32:480:32:50

So, it's just what one we go for.

0:32:500:32:52

What will we go for?

0:32:520:32:54

-Trudie Styler?

-Trudie Styler.

0:32:540:32:56

-OK, Trudie Styler.

-So we have the '50s and Trudie Styler.

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Nigel and Sue went for the 1950s, the decade he was born in.

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Let's see if that's right,

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

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It is the '50s.

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43 people got the '50s.

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Linda and Liz, meanwhile, have gone for Trudie Styler,

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the actress and producer he married in 1992.

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

0:33:230:33:26

It's right.

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Oh, and it wins you the point again.

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Look at that, 17 for Trudi Styler.

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Very well done indeed, Linda and Liz.

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That means, after only two questions,

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you're straight through to the final, 2-0.

0:33:420:33:44

Beautifully played. Very well done.

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Born in 1951.

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His birth name, you were right, is Gordon Sumner.

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That would have scored you 21.

0:33:520:33:53

You were also right that he was in The Police

0:33:530:33:56

with Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers.

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That would have scored 62.

0:33:580:34:00

I was just reading a very good book about Kim Philby, the spy,

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and Stewart Copeland's father, Miles Copeland, is in it quite a lot

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because he was very active in US intelligence.

0:34:060:34:08

Very interesting. It is a wonderful book as well, by Ben Macintyre.

0:34:080:34:12

And the best answer on the board by quite some way

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is the 2014 Broadway musical. You don't know this?

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-I don't.

-The Last Ship -

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and that would have scored you 3 points.

0:34:210:34:23

There we are. Thank you, Richard.

0:34:230:34:25

So the pair leaving us at the end of our head-to-head round, I'm afraid,

0:34:250:34:28

it's Nigel and Sue. It's not terrible news

0:34:280:34:30

because this is perfect training

0:34:300:34:31

to come back into the head-to-head round next time and win,

0:34:310:34:34

as our winners will attest.

0:34:340:34:36

At its most basic it means we get to see you again next time.

0:34:360:34:38

Otherwise it would have all have been over in one brief appearance,

0:34:380:34:41

and that would have been far too little. Now, Nigel and Sue,

0:34:410:34:43

-thank you so much for playing. Wonderful contestants.

-Thank you.

0:34:430:34:47

But for Linda and Liz it's now time for our Pointless final.

0:34:480:34:51

Congratulations, Linda and Liz.

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You have seen off all the competition

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and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

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You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

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At the end of today's show the jackpot is standing at £2,000.

0:35:100:35:15

And so we come to the end

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of the beautifully technicianed and administered road.

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It's been fantastic. Superb. 2-0 in the head-to-head.

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I mean, that sort of trajectory you can't really argue with -

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and by and large it carries people in to a successful final round.

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What would you like to see up on that board?

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Films and music for me.

0:35:380:35:39

Films for me, as well, actually.

0:35:400:35:42

You get to choose your category.

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I say you get to choose your category -

0:35:440:35:46

you get to choose your category from the four impossible things

0:35:460:35:49

we put up on the board behind me. Good luck.

0:35:490:35:52

Here is what today's board looks like. We have got...

0:35:520:35:54

-Er...

-Shall we do Dramas or Men's Grand Slam?

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Do you know enough names?

0:36:060:36:09

Men's names.

0:36:090:36:10

I don't know. We'll we just go for Dramas?

0:36:120:36:15

Sorry, just talk among yourselves.

0:36:150:36:17

LAUGHTER

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Comedy Dramas.

0:36:200:36:21

-Comedy Dramas.

-Comedy Dramas.

0:36:230:36:25

OK, very best of luck.

0:36:250:36:27

This was hidden away on our jackpot round for a long time

0:36:270:36:29

under the name Nora Ephron films,

0:36:290:36:31

and people didn't know who Nora Ephron was -

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and when you see these films,

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she's one of the great film-makers of her times.

0:36:340:36:36

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

0:36:360:36:40

We're looking for any of the cast Julie & Julia,

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which was written and directed by Nora Ephron...

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we're looking for any of the cast of You've Got Mail,

0:36:450:36:47

also written and directed by Nora Ephron...

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or we're looking for any of the cast of When Harry Met Sally,

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which was written by Nora Ephron.

0:36:530:36:54

So according to IMDb, anybody who is credited

0:36:540:36:57

with appearing in any of those three films, please.

0:36:570:36:59

Julie & Julia, You've Got Mail and When Harry Met Sally.

0:36:590:37:03

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks, Richard.

0:37:030:37:04

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

0:37:040:37:07

and all you need to win that jackpot

0:37:070:37:08

is for just one of those answers to be pointless. Are you ready?

0:37:080:37:11

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

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

0:37:110:37:14

There they are. Your time starts now.

0:37:140:37:17

-I don't know the top one.

-We don't know the top one.

0:37:170:37:19

So, You've Got Mail.

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Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan.

0:37:220:37:25

Billy Crystal.

0:37:250:37:27

I think we'll just have to guess, because I don't know the films.

0:37:280:37:31

No, I don't know.

0:37:310:37:32

-Oliver Platt, maybe, for the bottom one.

-Maybe.

0:37:340:37:38

Erm...

0:37:380:37:39

You've Got Mail, I'm trying to think.

0:37:390:37:42

Meg Ryan was in When Harry Met Sally.

0:37:420:37:44

Who else was in it?

0:37:470:37:49

-I'm trying to think of remote...

-Yeah.

0:37:490:37:51

Think of actors or actresses.

0:37:530:37:55

We'll say Bill Nighy for the top one.

0:37:570:37:59

What else?

0:38:010:38:03

-Meg Ryan's going to be obvious.

-Aye.

0:38:030:38:05

Ten seconds left.

0:38:050:38:06

It'll just have to be Billy Crystal. It'll be too obvious.

0:38:080:38:13

Sorry.

0:38:150:38:16

OK, that is your minute up, I'm afraid.

0:38:160:38:19

What three answers are you going for? If you say which category.

0:38:190:38:21

We don't know these films very well.

0:38:210:38:23

So for the top one we'll guess Bill Nighy.

0:38:230:38:25

Bill Nighy.

0:38:250:38:27

For the bottom one, I'll say Oliver Platt

0:38:270:38:31

-and Billy Crystal.

-And Billy Crystal also for the bottom one?

0:38:310:38:34

-Yes, please.

-OK.

0:38:340:38:36

Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer,

0:38:360:38:38

-do you think?

-Bill Nighy.

-Bill Nighy goes at last.

0:38:380:38:41

Least likely to be pointless?

0:38:410:38:43

-Billy Crystal.

-Billy Crystal. We'll put him first. OK, well,

0:38:430:38:45

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

0:38:450:38:48

And here they are.

0:38:480:38:49

We have got Billy Crystal, Oliver Platt and Bill Nighy.

0:38:490:38:53

Very best of luck. Three answers are on the board.

0:38:530:38:55

Let's hope one of those turns out to be pointless

0:38:550:38:58

and wins you that jackpot.

0:38:580:39:00

If that were to happen and you got your £2,000 prize,

0:39:000:39:03

what would you do with it, Linda?

0:39:030:39:05

-Put it towards a holiday.

-Very nice. Liz?

0:39:050:39:09

My house needs decorating, so, use it for decorating.

0:39:090:39:12

OK. Best of luck.

0:39:120:39:14

Your first answer was Billy Crystal.

0:39:140:39:15

In this case we were looking for cast members

0:39:150:39:18

from when Harry Met Sally.

0:39:180:39:19

It has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.

0:39:190:39:21

For £2,000 let's see how many people said Billy Crystal? Is it pointless?

0:39:210:39:24

Well, it's right.

0:39:270:39:29

All it has to be now is pointless.

0:39:290:39:30

If it goes all the way down to zero you leave with £2,000.

0:39:300:39:33

Billy Crystal passing the 50 mark.

0:39:330:39:34

Down it goes through the '30s.

0:39:340:39:36

To 33.

0:39:360:39:37

APPLAUSE

0:39:370:39:38

Not a bad score, but unfortunately not a pointless answer,

0:39:410:39:44

which means you only have two more shots at today's jackpot.

0:39:440:39:46

Your next answer is Oliver Platt.

0:39:460:39:49

In this case you were looking for cast members

0:39:490:39:51

from When Harry Met Sally.

0:39:510:39:52

Again, it has to be pointless for you to win.

0:39:520:39:54

Let's find out for £2,000 how many people said Oliver Platt.

0:39:540:39:57

Nope. Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

0:40:010:40:04

which means everything is now riding on your third and final answer,

0:40:040:40:07

which was Bill Nighy.

0:40:070:40:08

And in this case we were looking for cast members from Julie & Julia.

0:40:080:40:11

This was a bit of a stab in the dark. You never know.

0:40:110:40:15

He might easily have been in it.

0:40:150:40:16

We have to find out. Is it a pointless answer?

0:40:160:40:19

If it is it will win you £2,000.

0:40:190:40:21

How many people said Bill Nighy?

0:40:210:40:22

No.

0:40:260:40:27

A valiant effort there.

0:40:290:40:30

Not bad at all. You got one good answer there with Billy Crystal,

0:40:330:40:36

but I'm afraid you didn't manage to find

0:40:360:40:37

that pointless answer you needed,

0:40:370:40:39

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,000.

0:40:390:40:41

That will roll over onto the next show -

0:40:410:40:43

but what a performance across the show. Very, very strong indeed.

0:40:430:40:46

Particularly in that head-to-head round. So, very well done.

0:40:460:40:49

You can hold your heads up high as you go back to Lockerbie -

0:40:490:40:51

with your Pointless trophies, I might add.

0:40:510:40:53

-Very well done.

-Thank you.

-Linda and Liz, lovely to have you on.

0:40:530:40:56

APPLAUSE

0:40:560:40:58

Lovely, as well, to celebrate the work of Nora Ephron,

0:41:000:41:03

who was a genius, I would say.

0:41:030:41:04

Let's go through the pointless answers in the different categories.

0:41:040:41:07

We'll start with Julie & Julia.

0:41:070:41:09

Fans of American TV will get a few of these.

0:41:090:41:11

Chris Messina is on The Mindy Project.

0:41:110:41:13

Jane Lynch, better known as Sue Sylvester on Glee.

0:41:130:41:17

Mary Kay Place,

0:41:170:41:18

Mary Lynn Rajskub, who was Chloe O'Brian on 24.

0:41:180:41:21

In fact, everybody in that film was a pointless answer

0:41:210:41:24

apart from Meryl Streep, Amy Adams and Stanley Tucci.

0:41:240:41:28

Everyone else a pointless answer,

0:41:280:41:29

so if you got any other people according to IMDb, look it up,

0:41:290:41:32

then you just got yourself a pointless answer.

0:41:320:41:34

-Well done.

-Now, the cast of You've Got Mail.

0:41:340:41:38

Dabney Coleman, the stand-up Dave Chappelle.

0:41:380:41:41

Brilliant stand-up, Dave Chappelle.

0:41:410:41:43

John Randolph, Steve Zahn, you see him now on Modern Family.

0:41:430:41:46

Again, very few scoring answers here.

0:41:460:41:48

Tom Hanks would have scored you 54.

0:41:480:41:50

Meg Ryan would have scored you 49.

0:41:500:41:51

Then all the way down to Parker Posey who would have scored you 2,

0:41:510:41:55

and Greg Kinnear, who would have scored you 1.

0:41:550:41:57

Everybody else a pointless answer there.

0:41:570:41:59

Now for When Harry Met Sally.

0:41:590:42:00

We were talking about this the other day.

0:42:000:42:02

The famous line where the old woman says "I'll have what she's having,"

0:42:020:42:06

in the diner is read by Rob Reiner's mother,

0:42:060:42:09

and that is Estelle Reiner.

0:42:090:42:11

She was a pointless answer, so, well done if you said that.

0:42:110:42:13

You can go and sit in that diner now in New York

0:42:130:42:16

and it shows you the table.

0:42:160:42:17

There's a plaque on the table where Meg Ryan does her business.

0:42:170:42:21

It's an amazing diner, I have to say, she was not kidding.

0:42:230:42:26

Everyone in that film pointless, apart from Meg Ryan,

0:42:320:42:34

who would have scored you 50. Billy Crystal, we've seen already,

0:42:340:42:37

scored 33 - and then Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby were the only other

0:42:370:42:40

answers on that board. Everyone else was pointless.

0:42:400:42:43

-Well done if you said any of those at home.

-Thanks very much, Richard -

0:42:430:42:46

and thanks very much, Linda and Liz,

0:42:460:42:48

who I'm afraid didn't win our jackpot today,

0:42:480:42:50

which means it rolls over onto the next show

0:42:500:42:52

when we will be playing for £3,000.

0:42:520:42:54

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

0:42:570:42:59

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

0:42:590:43:02

..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

0:43:020:43:04

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