Episode 25 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show where the more obscure your knowledge,

the better your chances of winning.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, my name's Flo, this is my friend Ellie,

and we live together in Newcastle.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, my name's Emma, this is my mum, Janet,

and we're both from Newcastle.

Couple number three.

Hi, my name's Jill, this is my friend Phil,

he's from Warrington, and I'm from Widnes.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi, I'm Neil, this is my wife, Lisa, and we're from Birmingham.

And these are today's contestants.

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

Lovely to have you here. We'll get to chat to you, of course,

throughout the show as it goes along.

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

Milking the cow of knowledge into his bucket of obscurity,

like a dextrous Norwegian farmer's wife...

Sorry, I drifted off for a moment there.

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

Hi. Hi, everybody.

Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you, sir.

-Good afternoon.

-Are you well?

-I am well, thank you.

Excellent, we've got two returning pairs from our last show.

They had very different shows. Lisa and Neil, knocked out in Round One,

so fingers crossed we'll see a bit more of you today.

Flo and Ellie got all the way through to the head-to-head,

where they played against Simon and Billy, our lovely firefighters.

And their final category was...

It was The Only Way Is Essex, Geordie Shore, and Made In Chelsea,

-was it not?

-What a way to win a jackpot, that,

I mean, on a scripted reality show.

I mean, if you're going to win a jackpot...

If you're going to win a jackpot, that is the way to carry it away.

-Goodness me.

-BOTH: £9,500.

Sadly, though, Simon and Billy didn't win our jackpot,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £10,500, there it is.

We are into five figures, ladies and gentlemen.

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

Now, remember this, if you remember nothing else.

The pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be

eliminated, so make sure your scores are nice and low and you shall do

well. No conferring, of course, till we get to the head-to-head round.

Best of luck to all four pairs, our first category this afternoon is...

Can you all 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, and the question concerns...

-Richard.

-Yes, seven clues on each board,

the answer to each of them is a Nobel Prize winner in any of the various categories.

Seven on the first board, seven in the second.

-14 in all to have a go at at home. Very best of luck.

-Thank you very much indeed.

So, let's reveal our seven clues, and here they are.

I shall read those all again.

Flo, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Good to have you with us again.

Now, just remind us what it is you do, and what stage of life you are at.

I've just graduated from Northumbria University.

Did you have a lovely time at Northumbria?

I loved it, yeah. It was the best three years ever.

Did you know Newcastle well before that?

I did, yeah. I've had family living there,

and I just fell in love with the city.

-Such a lovely city.

-Yeah. Great place to live.

Beautiful. Now, the first step of your journey starts here, Flo.

Right.

I think I know a couple, but I feel like they'll be quite high-scoring.

I'm trying to remember the first name of the

simultaneous alive and dead cat physicist, but I can't.

So I'm just going to go with

first US president to win a Nobel Peace Prize, Theodore Roosevelt.

Theodore Roosevelt, says Flo.

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

It is Theodore Roosevelt.

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39.

39, which is a lot less than it scored you in the last show you were

in, when you gave...the very last answer you gave on this programme,

in fact, when it scored you 100. 39 this time.

I do think that's a first, isn't it?

The last answer you gave last time, and the first answer this time.

-It's quite impressive, isn't it?

-Nice.

-How about that?

-Yeah.

-I wouldn't suggest you do that on podium four, by the way,

it's not going to work well for you.

-No!

-But podium one, it's worked very nicely.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Janet, a very warm welcome to you, here from Newcastle.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Janet?

I work for an advertising research company.

We do research into advertising in various media.

-Newspapers, television, that sort of thing.

-I see, very good.

So this is... Things like, sort of...

to encourage people to advertise in the way that suits them best.

-Yes.

-Very good. Janet, how do you like

our board of Nobel Prize winners?

-Not really!

-No, it's not as easy as it could be.

Yes, I'm like... The physicist, it's kind of there.

But I'm going to take a punt on the Chancellor of West Germany,

and say Willy Brandt.

You're going to say Willy Brandt.

Willy Brandt, says Janet.

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

It is Willy Brandt.

That, I think, is a superb answer, Janet.

Let's see where we end up with that.

Well, you pass 39.

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All moving in the right direction, very well done indeed, Janet.

Lovely answer, that.

Yeah, very strong start to the show.

Well played. Yeah, he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his attempts to

reconcile West Germany with the former Soviet Union.

Thank you very much, Richard.

-Jill.

-Hello.

Welcome to Pointless.

Good to have you here. Jill, what do you do?

I own a vegan cafe now.

I was a drama teacher, and I decided to open a vegan cafe.

Did it just come to you out of the blue,

perhaps during an improv session?

Well, I walked into a cafe - it's not a joke -

and I said, "I wish this was mine."

And within two weeks, it was.

LAUGHTER

Wow! What was it about it that you fell in love with?

I think it was the cake.

This is a vegan cake?

Yeah, you can't get it anywhere except my shop.

So were you a vegan when you went in?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-And you remain a vegan,

the cafe still is committed to vegan?

-A vegan till I die.

-There you are. And vegan cake, mmm.

Mmm, what kind of cake was it?

Chocolate. I was going to bring you some, but it would have melted!

Mmm. Mm-mm.

-There we are. Now, Jill.

-Yeah.

Our Nobel board, let me introduce you to them.

What would you like to go for there?

The only one I really know on that is, I think, Nelson Mandela.

OK, that's the one you want to go for, NM.

-I think.

-Nelson Mandela it is.

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

It's right. Well, 39 is our...

68 is our new high score.

There we are.

-68.

-Yeah, his birth name in his Xhosa tribe was,

essentially translates as "Troublemaker".

And if only the world had more troublemakers like Nelson Mandela,

we would be a better place, I think.

Indeed. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Neil, welcome back to Pointless.

Now, it was Round One last time, Neil.

Round One, you were barely here.

You were barely here, then, gone.

I know, yeah. I did try, I was looking through the board,

and I just couldn't work it out, unfortunately.

Remind us what you do, Neil.

I work at an audiovisual company,

fitting out gyms and leisure centres across the country.

Very good. And do you find that nearly every...

Presumably, now, people are going to start having Bluetooth earphones.

Because that's a pain when you're on a treadmill.

You've got your flex, little wire, that goes...as you...

A lot of them, yeah, a lot of them.

But with all the TVs at the front in the gyms,

they tend to plug into the unit themselves, so they can hear the TV.

We actually fit stuff like that, so...

Right. OK, now, Neil.

You're the last person to have this board.

Do you feel like talking us through the board?

I'd love to, but I can't.

-OK.

-I only know possibly one, which is the bottom one,

which I think is Marie Curie.

Marie Curie, says Neil.

Let's see how many of our 100 people agree with Neil.

How many people said Marie Curie?

It's right.

Not bad. Not our highest score.

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56 for Marie Curie.

Well played, Neil. Let's fill in the rest of this board now, shall we?

We'll start at the bottom, the Scottish bacteriologist.

-Alexander Fleming.

-Alexander Fleming would have scored you 16.

Now, I think a couple of our contestants there...

It's Schrodinger's Cat.

Yeah. So Schrodinger, but the first name...

I'm going to say Emmett.

Erwin.

And this last answer, absolutely wonderful author, her short stories,

extraordinary. Alice Munro.

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

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

We're halfway through our first round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

Janet, look at that! By some margin the best score of the pass.

Janet and Emma looking very strong at this stage.

Then we travel up to 39, Flo and Ellie, well done.

56 is where we find Neil and Lisa.

And Jill and Phil, Jill and Phil, Phil and Jill, are up there on 68.

-Phil, we need a low score from you.

-OK.

-You're not way ahead, but you're ahead.

Good luck with that, we're going to come back down the line now.

Can the second players, please, step up to the podium?

OK, let's put seven more Nobel winners up on the board, and here they are.

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

There we go.

Lisa.

Lisa, welcome back to the programme.

Remind us what you do.

So, I'm not working currently, I was made redundant,

but I'm looking for work.

-You were in insurance.

-I was, yes.

Still hoping to find work in insurance.

Anyone in the Birmingham area looking for somebody skilled in the

realm of insurance, here is Lisa.

Thanks. But, yeah, quite enjoying the break as well.

-That's quite nice.

-It is quite nice.

-Yes, make sure you do enjoy it, that's the trouble, isn't it?

-I will.

-What are your interests, Lisa?

-So I like going to the cinema,

I like eating out quite a lot.

So, yeah, reading.

So, yeah, a lot of reading as well.

Now, Lisa, you're on 56.

You're not the high-scorers,

but ideally you'd score 11 or less to avoid becoming the high-scorers.

Yeah. So, I know a couple.

I preferred the first board, to be honest.

I just don't know which one's going to be the lowest.

I'm going to go for the German physicist as Albert Einstein.

Albert Einstein, says Lisa.

Here is your red line, it's quite low,

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

It's right.

Not bad. Two lower than Neil in the first pass.

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He failed the entrance exam to the Swiss Polytechnic when he was 16,

-Albert Einstein.

-There you are.

-But, you know,

-he seemed to do all right after that.

-He did.

-Yeah.

-He caught up.

He did catch up, yeah.

Anyway, thank you very much indeed. Now, Phil.

-Phil, welcome.

-Yo.

Welcome to Pointless. Yo indeed.

-What do you do, Phil?

-I'm an actor.

I work mostly in role-play, currently at the moment.

What sort of role-play do you do?

Medical, with doctors for exams.

Oh, I see. Not in the domestic environment.

You go in and test doctors with symptoms.

Yes. I mean, they have to pass exams to go on

and proceed in their career.

So, first years, second years, we have to take on injuries,

mental conditions.

And how long is your little tableau with the consultant?

Usually about ten minutes,

and we maybe have to ask certain questions within a certain period of

time, and get feedback,

and allow them to continue down a particular train of thought.

That's brilliant. Now, Phil, you are on 68.

110 is the high score behind you.

41 or less is what we require from you.

You know, I know one half of one of them,

but I'm not willing to guess on the first name.

So I'm going to go for former South African Archbishop, Desmond Tutu.

Desmond Tutu, says Phil.

Here is your red line, and if you can get below this red line you are

through to the next round. How many people said Desmond Tutu?

44!

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112 is your total.

That is cutting it fine, isn't it?

Yeah, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, Desmond Tutu.

Thanks very much, Richard.

-Emma.

-Hello.

-A warm welcome, lovely to have you here from Newcastle.

-Thank you.

-Emma, what do you do?

-I study physics at

-Northumbria University.

-It's all Northumbria University!

Did you know Ellie and Flo at all?

No. I'm just in...

I did my first year last year.

-Oh, I see, so you've just started.

-Yeah.

-How was it? Nice first year?

Yeah, I'm enjoying it a lot.

-I loved it.

-The exams weren't too hard?

No, they weren't too hard, just one maths exam, but...

Just one maths exam?

It gets harder this term, presumably?

-This year, I should say.

-Yeah.

Well, good luck with that. Now, Emma, good luck also with this.

You're just, almost out of the woods here.

If you can score 92 or less, you are through.

How do you like our board?

Pretty good. There's two physicists on there, so I'm safe.

I'm going to go with the bottom one, Ernest Rutherford.

Ernest Rutherford, says Emma.

Here is your red line, lovely and high.

Get below that, you are through to the next round.

How many people said Ernest Rutherford?

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

Look at that!

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The lowest score of the whole round

so far. 26 is your total. Very well done.

Yeah, one of the most famous physicists of all, but actually

won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1908, Ernest Rutherford.

-That's just showing off.

-I know. But we have him to thank for one of our favourite elements in

-Pointless rounds, rutherfordium.

-Yeah.

-It's always a good answer, isn't it?

-Always good. Thank you, Richard. Now, Ellie.

-Yes.

Ellie, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Remind us... We sort of know.

We know that you and Flo have just left Northumbria.

-Yeah.

-You were reading history.

-I was, yes.

-And you are hoping to go travelling.

-Yes.

-Where are you going to go travelling, do you know?

We're hoping South America, but it's quite dangerous, so we're not sure.

The world's quite dangerous...

-That is true.

-Travelling is, by definition, quite dangerous.

-Yes.

-You could probably weave quite a nice course.

-Yeah.

-Any particular places you're longing to go?

-Machu Picchu?

-Yeah, I was going to say Peru, definitely.

-Peru, surely.

-We'd love to go to Peru, Bolivia, yeah.

Excellent. Well, good luck with all of that.

39 is your score, 72 is your target.

-OK.

-Anything less than 72, and you are through.

Well, I only know one, which is the first one.

The British Prime Minister, which is Winston Churchill.

Winston Churchill, says Ellie.

Here is your red line, get below that with Winston Churchill,

you are on your way to Round Two.

How many of our 100 people said it?

It's right. And you're through, look at that.

Very well done indeed.

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Taking your total up to 96.

Yeah, well played, everybody.

Let's start from the bottom up there.

-The British dramatist?

-Harold Pinter.

-The British novelist?

-Doris Lessing.

-Do you know the poet?

-No.

It is Pablo Neruda.

Very well done if you said that, it's a pointless answer.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Well, we are at the end of our first round, and Phil and Jill,

Jill and Phil, I'm afraid this is where we have to say goodbye to you.

But, you'll be back next time,

and we'll look forward to that very much indeed.

In the meantime, thanks very much for playing, Phil and Jill.

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

And so we are down to three pairs.

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

Best of luck to all three pairs for our next round,

the category for which 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...

US states with consecutive vowels, Richard.

Yeah, we're simply looking for any of the 50 US states who have two or

more consecutive vowels in their name at any point.

So, if they were fruit,

peach would have consecutive vowels because it's got A and E,

banana wouldn't.

There we are. Thank you very much indeed.

Now, always tough going first on these sorts of rounds.

-Now I'm trying to think.

-Yeah.

I think I'm going to go for Phoenix.

Phoenix, says Ellie.

Let's find out what happens when we say Phoenix.

Ellie, I'm sorry!

That's an incorrect answer.

However, listen, the round is young.

You may yet rise again.

-100 points for Phoenix.

-Yeah, sorry, Ellie.

It's a city in Arizona, and I'm allowed to say Arizona,

because it doesn't have consecutive vowels.

I cannot begin to tell you how long in my head I was just checking it

didn't have consecutive vowels, before I said it!

Thank you very much indeed.

-Emma.

-Hello.

What are we thinking, Emma?

I've got a couple in my head, I'm just over spelling them out,

just in case.

But I think I'm going to go with Georgia.

Georgia, says Emma.

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

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Very well done, Emma.

That's very nicely played. Their state motto is "Wisdom, justice,

"and moderation".

It sounds quite good up to the last word, doesn't it?

-Wisdom, justice...

-Yeah, take that.

-..and moderation.

-I don't think so.

-Yeah.

Now, Lisa.

Lisa, what would you like to go for?

I think I'm going to go for Maine.

Maine, says Lisa.

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

Well, eight's our low score.

16 for Maine.

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That's a nice answer, yeah, because it's quite scary, Maine,

as an answer with consecutive vowels, isn't it?

Their state motto is "Dirigo".

Dirigo, which means "I direct".

What is that, as a motto?

-I direct?

-That doesn't mean anything.

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But you know? "I direct," indeed.

Thanks very much, Richard. Well, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores. Eight, the best score of the pass, Emma. Very well done.

Once again, Emma and Janet at the front of the field there.

16's where we find Lisa and Neil.

100 is where we find Ellie and Flo, our head-to-headers from last time.

But Flo, anything can happen in the next pass.

Good luck with that. Let's hope.

Let's hope you can find a low score that maybe keeps you in the

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

Now, then, Neil.

-Neil.

-Well, believe it or not, the answer I was going to give,

my wife just gave it for me.

So...

I'm going to have to go with Mississippi.

Mississippi. OK, here is your red line.

If you go below that with Mississippi, who knows what'll happen?

I'm afraid an incorrect answer there, Neil.

It seems unfair that Maine is so short and has repeated vowels,

and Mississippi is so long and doesn't.

But, yeah, there it is.

Yeah. There we are. Thank you very much.

Now Janet, great news, you're through.

It doesn't matter what you score.

-Really? All right.

-But it does matter what you score.

It does matter, we know it matters.

Emma scored eight. Surely you've got to do as well or better than Emma?

OK, I'll go with South Dakota.

South Dakota, says Janet.

No red line for you Janet, you are already through.

But let's see how far down the column we get with South Dakota.

That's a great score, down it goes!

You see? Everyone's forgotten about "South".

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Taking your total up to 10.

Yeah, very nicely played, a terrific answer.

Their state motto is "Under God people rule".

"Underdog people rule" would be more interesting.

As in "underdog people" rule...

..which would be nice, I think.

Under God people rule...

You think, yeah, all right, stop bigging yourself up.

Underdog people rule.

OK, I'm interested.

I will visit your state.

-I like that.

-Yeah.

-As a Fulham fan, I will visit your state!

Thank you, Richard.

Now, phew!

Flo, what a lifeline you've got there out of the blue.

We weren't expecting that.

-No.

-Now, you can't waste this chance.

16, 116.

15 or less is what you need.

Well, a lot of my answers have already been said,

but I think I'll go for Illinois.

Illinois.

Illinois, says Flo.

Here is your red line.

Get below that with Illinois,

the head-to-head beckons

for a second time. How many people said Illinois?

It's right.

You've done it!

Very well done indeed!

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4, taking your total to 104.

That's very well played, yeah.

Their state motto is "State sovereignty, national union".

That sounds like a... That's a building society, isn't it?!

That's even worse than "I direct".

"State sovereignty, national union".

-It doesn't mean anything.

-No!

Their state motto should be "Go Illinois!"

-Yes!

-Yeah. You know?

Now, there are no pointless answers at all.

The best score you can possibly get, Janet, is two, so very,

very well played. That was for South Dakota and also for Pennsylvania.

You'd have got four for West Virginia and Rhode Island,

alongside Illinois, so two terrific answers we saw there.

South Carolina and Virginia would have scored you five.

Seven for Indiana.

Seven for Missouri as well, which would have been a terrific answer.

Eight for Louisiana and Tennessee.

13 for Iowa.

And the top three answers? Let's take a look at them.

"Hawaii the lads", which is...

Given we've got an all-Geordie head-to-head, is nice.

There we are. Thank you very much, Richard. So we are at the end of our second round,

and we have to say goodbye to one of our pairs,

and I'm afraid that pair on this occasion is Neil and Lisa.

I'm sorry, and this is where we actually say goodbye.

There's no comebacks from this, I'm afraid.

Oh, I'm sorry, Mississippi.

Never mind, it's been lovely having you on, Neil and Lisa.

I'm sorry we're saying goodbye so soon, but thanks so much for playing. Neil and Lisa.

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

Congratulations Janet and Emma, Flo and Ellie.

You are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £10,500.

This is very exciting. I mean, very exciting, obviously,

because of the jackpot, but also exciting because we are at the

head-to-head. You can chat before you give your answers, which is nice, takes the pressure off.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot,

so very, very best of luck. Lots to play for, I need hardly remind you.

Let's play the head-to-head.

Here is your first question, and it concerns...

-Richard.

-We're going to show you five pictures now of people who were honoured in that honours list.

Can you tell us the most obscure of these, please?

Thank you very much indeed. Let's reveal our five honourees,

and they are...

There we are, five people honoured

in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2016.

Now, Janet and Emma, you're our low scorers so you will go first.

WHISPERED CONVERSATION

OK, I think we're going to go for...

A, Alastair Cook.

A, Alastair Cook, say Janet and Emma.

Alastair Cook. Now, Flo and Ellie,

do you want to talk us through that board?

Well, we'd like to, but we can't.

I recognise B, but I can't think of her name, which is annoying.

We don't know C.

We don't know E.

So I think we're going to have to go for D, Rod Stewart.

OK. So, in the order they were given,

Janet and Emma have gone for Alastair Cook for A.

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

Alastair Cook.

It's right.

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Flo and Ellie, meanwhile, have gone for D, and have said Rod Stewart.

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

It's right.

Ooh, 83 for Rod Stewart!

Well done, Janet and Emma.

After one question, you are up 1-0.

Now, B, who you can't remember is...

Janet Street-Porter.

Those are my favourite Quality Streets, those ones she's got there,

I think by a margin.

LAUGHTER

C is the jockey Hayley Turner.

Very well done if you said that.

Now E, I think he's the first person

-ever to be on the honours list whilst in space.

-Wow.

-Tim Peake.

-It is Tim Peake.

Thank you very much indeed. OK, here comes your second question.

Flo and Ellie, you get to answer it first,

but remember you have to win this one to stay in the game.

I need hardly remind you, a lot to play for.

Best of luck to both pairs. Our second question is all about...

-Richard.

-Yes, we're simply going to show you clues now to facts about Radio 1.

Thank you very much. Let's reveal our facts, and here they are.

I'll read those again.

There we are.

Flo and Ellie will go first.

WHISPERED CONVERSATION

I think we're going to go with name of Radio 1's digital sister station,

which is Radio 1Xtra.

Radio 1Xtra, say Flo and Ellie.

Now, then, Janet and Emma.

That board is all yours. Do you fancy talking us through it?

I think the first one is The Kinks, but I'm not sure.

The Frankie Goes To Hollywood song, I think is Relax.

I can't remember the year it was launched.

I probably should, it's in my time frame.

And the former DJ is Noel Edmonds.

We'll go with Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Relax.

Relax, say Janet and Emma.

So we have Radio 1Xtra and we have Relax.

Flo and Ellie have gone for Radio 1Xtra,

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

It's right.

Scoring you 21.

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Meanwhile, Janet and Emma have gone for Relax.

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

It's right.

63, for Relax.

Back in the game, Flo and Ellie, very well done indeed.

After two questions, it's 1-1.

Very well played. If you had said The Kinks,

you would have lost the point as well,

because it was Flowers In The Rain by The Move.

If you had to guess a year, you would have won it with the year,

if you had to guess a year?

'63 or something?

'67 it would have been.

And Noel Edmonds the biggest scorer of all.

So 1Xtra did a nice job for you there, well played.

There we are. Thank you very much indeed.

Now, it all comes down to our decider. This is your third question,

whoever wins this goes through to the final to play for the jackpot.

Best of luck. Our third question today is all about...

-Richard.

-Simply five types of poetry now, or types of poem,

but with alternate letters removed.

Can you tell us what they are, please?

Whichever team wins, obviously is going to play for that £10,500.

Best of luck to everybody.

Best of luck indeed. OK, let's reveal our poems with bits missing,

and here they are.

I'll read those all again.

There we are. OK, Janet and Emma.

We think we know four.

We know three for the definite, but I think we're going to take a risk.

We'll go for the fourth one down, epitaph.

Epitaph, say Janet and Emma.

Now, then, Flo and Ellie, it looks like you were

about to say that as well.

-Yeah.

-Do you want to talk us through the rest of that board?

So we think it's limerick, haiku, not sure about the A one,

and then sonnet at the bottom.

I don't think it's going to beat epitaph, so...

-No.

-Just pick any. Haiku?

-Go for it.

-We'll go haiku.

-Haiku.

So we have epitaph versus haiku.

Janet and Emma went for epitaph, let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 got it.

It is right.

APPLAUSE

19 for epitaph.

Flo and Ellie have gone for haiku.

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

It's right.

19's what you have to beat...

APPLAUSE

Very well done indeed, Janet and Emma.

After three questions, you're through to the final 2-1.

I just wrote a haiku for you.

"Epitaph, well done, it easily beat haiku - bye, Flo and Ellie."

That's my little haiku there.

Let's fill the rest of these in, shall we?

Now, this last one, the most famous version of these

are when the first letter of each line spells out another word.

Oh, yes.

And it's an acrostic.

Very well done if you said that.

Thank you very much indeed.

OK, so the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,

I'm afraid, Flo and Ellie, it is you.

Two head-to-heads on the bounce, so very impressive there.

And Phoenix, we will always remember, is not a US state.

It's been lovely having you on the show, thank you so much for playing. Flo and Ellie.

Well done.

But for Janet and Emma, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Janet and Emma.

You have seen off all the competition,

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

Yes!

Now, you have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £10,500.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

What would you like to see come up?

-Film, yeah.

-Film stuff, quite good.

Film.

I don't know. What else?

Science for Emma here, she's very good on the science.

Some physics, physics stuff would be good.

Yeah. OK. Well very, very best of luck.

Let's see what's up on the board for today,

and let's hope there's something up there that you like the look of.

That'd be brilliant. Let's see. Today's selection reads like this.

-Well, rugby's definitely not.

-No idea for a rugby.

And TfL, obviously not for us, because, you know.

We don't use it.

I'm not sure what "little"... We'll have to go with films.

-We said films.

-Probably films.

We've got no idea what "little things" means, so...

Films about journalism, that's what you're going to go for.

OK, very, very best of luck for £10,500.

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

please, according to IMDb.

We are looking for any actor credited in Spotlight, from 2015.

Any actor in the 1976 film All The President's Men.

Or any actor in the 2005 film Good Night, And Good Luck.

So three great films there,

anyone who appeared in any of those three films, according to IMDb.

-Very best of luck.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

and all you need to win the jackpot of £10,500 is for just one of those

answers to be pointless.

Are you ready? Very good.

Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

I only know Spotlight.

Spotlight, yeah, because the other ones I only know the main characters.

-Yeah.

-So we'll go for Spotlight.

Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams.

-JK Simmons?

-Was he in it?

-Wasn't he in it?

-I don't know...

-I think he was.

I'm pretty sure he was.

-Maybe...

-Rachel McAdams.

I know Stanley Tucci's in it.

Yeah, yeah.

He might be a little bit obscure.

Because All The President's Men, I only know

Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman are in that.

The other one I don't know, so we'll stick with Spotlight, then.

-I've never heard of the other two.

-JK Simmons was in it, wasn't he?

-I'm sure.

-I believe you.

I think so. Shall we go with him, and Rachel McAdams?

I would say Stanley Tucci.

Is it Rachel McAdams?

Yeah, but she's quite an important character...

I can see someone, and, like, it's on the tip of my tongue,

and it's killing us that I can't think of it.

-Ten seconds left.

-Give us a clue.

He's, like, really thin.

He's the one who comes in for help.

-I can't remember.

-We did see it at the cinema, didn't we?

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

It's never long enough, that minute! What would you like to go for?

We're going to... They're all in Spotlight.

-OK.

-We're going to say Rachel McAdams.

Rachel McAdams.

-JK Simmons.

-JK Simmons.

And Stanley Tucci.

And Stanley Tucci. Of those three,

which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Stanley Tucci?

-I would say Stanley Tucci, yeah.

Stanley Tucci goes last. Least likely to be pointless?

JK Simmons, we don't know if he's in it.

JK Simmons. OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order, then, and here they are.

Well, very, very best of luck. Three good answers on the board there.

If one of these turned out to be pointless, and who knows, it may,

you will be leaving here with £10,500.

What would you like to do with that? Janet, I'm going to ask you first.

It would have to be a holiday, wouldn't it?

Well, a night out on the Toon probably, first, and then a nice holiday.

-And then a holiday, to get over it!

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Emma, how about you?

-Probably the same.

The same criteria, probably.

Would you go out with your mum, or would it be a separate night out?

-I'd go out with my friends from uni.

-It'd be separate nights, yeah.

Stuff like that.

Maybe on the same night, and you could agree to meet...

Just pass each other, just pass each other.

As ships in the night maybe, yes.

Then, yeah, definitely a holiday.

Probably to Orlando, Florida.

OK. Well, as I say, very, very, very best of luck.

Three good answers on the board there.

JK Simmons was your first answer.

In the case of all three answers,

we are looking for cast members from the film Spotlight.

Your first answer was JK Simmons.

Let's see if that's right, and let's see if it's pointless.

If it is both of those things, you leave here with £10,500.

No!

Well, you weren't sure if JK Simmons was right.

It turns out it was wrong.

So we move on swiftly to your next answer, which was Rachel McAdams.

Again, we're looking for cast members from Spotlight.

If Rachel McAdams is pointless, it will win you £10,500.

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

It's right. JK Simmons, your first answer, was incorrect.

But absolutely right with Rachel McAdams.

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

Into single figures, down we go.

Rachel McAdams takes us down to three!

GROANS AND APPLAUSE

Well, we've gone from 100 to three, in just one answer!

-Progress.

-I think that is progress,

and it's definitely in the right direction.

We now move to your third and final answer, Stanley Tucci.

This is the answer you thought was your best shot at a pointless answer.

Let's just think about what it would be like if this were pointless,

and you were to win the jackpot of £10,500.

Stanley Tucci, is it right? How many people said it?

Is it pointless?

It's right. Your first answer was incorrect.

Rachel McAdams, your second answer, took us all the way down to three.

Stanley Tucci now takes us down through the teens.

Into single figures, down we go, we're still going down...

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very well done indeed! Absolutely brilliant.

-Thank you!

-Superb.

You have done it!

Congratulations. Stanley Tucci was a pointless answer.

That means you are going home...

Let's recap.

A night out together on the town,

and then a holiday, very much together as well!

£10,500 is your jackpot.

Very well done indeed, Janet and Emma.

That was brilliant. You know what, it's a huge jackpot,

and we're so happy to see it go to the two of you.

It's been a wonderful performance, you've been so lovely as well.

What a wonderful film Spotlight is too.

-Yeah.

-You'll always like it even more now.

Do you know, my first instinct was JK Simmons as well,

so I don't know who we're thinking of. But I thought he was in it as well.

-The editor of the newspaper.

-Do you know what, I know who that was.

Let's have a look at the pointless answers. I know you don't care. You talk amongst yourselves for a bit.

I'll talk to everybody at home who hasn't just won £10,500.

The pointless answers for Spotlight.

John Slattery is the guy who played the editor.

He obviously looks like JK Simmons,

because in my head that's who it was.

Everyone in that film apart from Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams,

Michael Keaton and Liev Schreiber, everyone else was a pointless answer.

Well done if you got one of them.

All The President's Men, another lovely film.

I say lovely.

Everyone in that film a pointless answer apart from Redford,

Hoffman and Jason Robards.

And Good Night, And Good Luck.

Frank Langella, who famously played Nixon.

Everyone in that film apart from George Clooney and Jeff Daniels was

a pointless answer. Very well done if you got any of those at home.

I'm afraid you haven't just won £10,500, but you have,

and please take our congratulations all the way back up to Newcastle.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

And thanks once again to our winning players, Janet and Emma.

Absolutely fantastic contestants,

who go away with today's jackpot of £10,500!

Brilliant!

Join us next time, and we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to

the test in Pointless. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.