0:00:18 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,
0:00:23 > 0:00:24and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:24 > 0:00:27the show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28Let's meet today's players.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34And couple number one.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35I'm Will, this is my wife, Polly.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39We're from the village of Sutton Bonington in Nottinghamshire.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Couple number two.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41My name's Paul, this is Scott.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43We're colleagues and friends from Birmingham.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Couple number three.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48I'm Andy, this is my mum Trudy, and we're from London.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50And finally, couple number four.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Hi, I'm Samarth and this is Karan.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53He's from Manchester and I'm from London.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55And these are today's contestants.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57APPLAUSE
0:00:57 > 0:00:59A very warm welcome to each and every one of you.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02We'll get a chance to chat to each of you throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08He's just too good to be true, can't take my eyes off of him,
0:01:08 > 0:01:12or he might run off with the questions. It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13- APPLAUSE - Hiya.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Hey, everybody. Hiya.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Hello, sir.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- Hello.- We've given away two jackpots in a row, haven't we?
0:01:20 > 0:01:23- I know.- Lovely Andrew and Alison won it last time, very impressive stuff.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24Two returning pairs from that show.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27We've got Paul and Scott, who got knocked out in Round One.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30We need to see a little bit more of them this time, hopefully.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34And Samarth and Karan on podium four got knocked out in Round Two.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37So no-one here who's been through to a head-to-head as yet.
0:01:37 > 0:01:38It's a wide-open field, I would say.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40- It is, I'd say, yeah.- I would say it is as well.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42- I agree with you.- You would have said it first.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Yeah, but you would have said it anyway.
0:01:44 > 0:01:45I think I would have done.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Shall we get on with the show?
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Now, Alison and Andrew won the jackpot last time,
0:01:49 > 0:01:52so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55There it is. Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58APPLAUSE
0:02:01 > 0:02:05As if you would forget this, but I'm just going to say it all the same.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08The pair with the highest score at the end of each round will be
0:02:08 > 0:02:10eliminated. The highest score.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12So just keep those scores low.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Best of luck to all four pairs. Our first category this afternoon is...
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:20 > 0:02:21who's going to go second?
0:02:21 > 0:02:24And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29OK, and the question concerns...
0:02:33 > 0:02:34- Richard.- Seven clues on each pass,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37the answer to each of them are women who have held various positions of
0:02:37 > 0:02:39power in various countries.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Just need you to tell us the name of the women, please.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43There's going to be 14 to have a go at at home, so very best of luck.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Thanks very much indeed.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48So, we are looking for the answers to these clues to powerful women.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Our first board of seven reads like this.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22I shall read those all one last time.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55There we are. Will, welcome.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Great to have you here from your village near Loughborough.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01- What's the name of your village, did you say?- Sutton Bonington.- In Nottinghamshire.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- Yeah.- And what keeps you busy up there, Will?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06I've been retired nine years now,
0:04:06 > 0:04:11but what did keep me busy was, soon after we retired we built our own
0:04:11 > 0:04:16house, and lived in a caravan with three dogs and two cats through the
0:04:16 > 0:04:18winter of 2010.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21When was the house meant to be ready by?
0:04:21 > 0:04:22It was ready when it was meant to be ready.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25OK. So you volunteered to go through the winter in a caravan?
0:04:25 > 0:04:29- You thought all the animals would keep you warm?- We didn't know the weather was going to be so bad.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33- What month did you move into the house?- April, just before Easter, as we'd hoped.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Oh, that must have been heaven.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- Space. Dog beds.- It was quite a change, yes.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Will, what would you like to go for on our historic board?
0:04:43 > 0:04:46I think I'll go for the first one, the Nine-Day Queen.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48I believe that was Lady Jane Grey.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Lady Jane Grey, says Will.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Let's see how many of our 100 people said Lady Jane Grey.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56It's right.
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Down it goes, 14.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Very well done, Will, great start to the show.
0:05:04 > 0:05:0614 for Lady Jane Grey.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12- Yeah, it's a very good start to the show, Lady Jane Grey. Good name as well.- Mmm.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- Mmm.- Mmm.- Mmm. Mmm.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Paul, welcome back.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18- Hello.- Now, Paul,
0:05:18 > 0:05:20we had to say goodbye to you last time in Round One.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- Yes.- Way too soon, way too soon.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Today, obviously, hoping to go much, much further.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Paul, remind us what you do.
0:05:28 > 0:05:29I'm a police officer.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33A police officer. Have you been a police officer all your adult career?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35No, only the last eight years.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36What were you doing before that?
0:05:36 > 0:05:41I worked in construction design work, which is a lot different.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Yeah, very different.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- Complete change.- I got bored of the rat race and just thought I wanted
0:05:45 > 0:05:47- to try something with a bit of variety.- How nice.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50And how long was the training for the changeover from one...?
0:05:50 > 0:05:5118 weeks.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54OK. And do you come down to London for a part of that?
0:05:54 > 0:05:58- Is that something that every police officer does?- No, it's just all in Birmingham.- Very good.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59- Now, Paul.- Yes.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03Our historical powerful women board.
0:06:03 > 0:06:04How are you finding it?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09I think I know the last Queen of Egypt, which...
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- ..Cleopatra.- Cleopatra, says Paul.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Let's see how many of our 100 people said Cleopatra.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22It's right. 14 is our only score at this point.
0:06:22 > 0:06:2344 is where you end up, Paul.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Not bad. Not bad at all.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29Well played, Paul. Yes.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32She committed suicide by allowing a cobra to bite her.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Hmm!
0:06:34 > 0:06:36- Bit much.- Mmm, a little bit.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37Thank you very much, Richard.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- Now, Trudy, a warm welcome to Pointless.- Thank you.
0:06:40 > 0:06:41What do you do, Trudy?
0:06:41 > 0:06:47I'm retired, but the saying goes I never knew how I found time to work,
0:06:47 > 0:06:53cos I'm a very busy lady doing charity work and also travelling.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58I have three pals who I used to work with, we're called the Golden Girls,
0:06:58 > 0:07:02and we go away each year for about a week or so.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04I bet you have a riot.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- We do!- Imagine being on holiday with the Golden Girls!
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Look how long-suffering Andy looks, by the way.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11He's not invited!
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- You know what, he looks gutted about that, doesn't he?- Yeah!
0:07:17 > 0:07:19With four old ladies, yeah.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Where are the Golden Girls going next, Trudy?
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Well, we've just been to Scotland and Ireland.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28We went to the Orkneys and the Hebrides, which was a lot of fun.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31We're working on next year as we speak.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33OK, very well. Keep us posted, Trudy.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- Will do.- What would you like to go for on this board?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38I am going to go for the last Stuart monarch,
0:07:38 > 0:07:40and hope that it's Queen Anne.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Queen Anne, says Trudy.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Let's see how many of our 100 people said Queen Anne.
0:07:47 > 0:07:48It is Queen Anne.
0:07:48 > 0:07:5144 is our high score, 14 is our low.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53You pass the high.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55You pass the low. Down to six.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Very well done indeed, Trudy.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01Very well played, Trudy.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Terrific answer. Yeah, one of her footmen was William Fortnum,
0:08:04 > 0:08:07and while he was working for her he rented a room off Hugh Mason and
0:08:07 > 0:08:11- suggested they go into business, and they opened Fortnum & Mason's. - Wow.- Yeah.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- Isn't that extraordinary?- Yeah.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- How about that?- There you are. Thank you.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Now, Karan.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Welcome back to Pointless. Remind us what you do, Karan.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- So, I'm a doctor.- You are a doctor, in intensive care.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24In intensive care at the moment, yes.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Now, I mean, that must be quite high stress, mustn't it?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29It can be.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34Patients can be really unwell, but often they can be unwell but stable,
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- so...- I see.- It varies day to day, but that's what I like about it.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40OK, yeah. A slightly high-pressure situation to be in, I'd have thought,
0:08:40 > 0:08:43of all the departments. Now, Karan, what are your interests?
0:08:43 > 0:08:46So I really like cooking in my spare time.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Do you have a particular kind of thing that is your favourite speciality
0:08:50 > 0:08:54- to cook?- I've got a nice little pizza recipe that I can...
0:08:54 > 0:08:56So what's your secret?
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Oh, well, if I told you, it wouldn't be a secret.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01I suddenly realised that, yes.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02OK...
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Karan, what would you like to go for on this board?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10History's not a strong point of mine.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14I will guess the Queen of France...
0:09:14 > 0:09:16..executed after the revolution, perhaps,
0:09:16 > 0:09:18hopefully, Marie Antoinette.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Marie Antoinette, says Karan.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Marie Antoinette.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Still going down. 30, not bad at all.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34APPLAUSE
0:09:34 > 0:09:3830 for Marie Antoinette.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39Well played, everybody, there.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Austrian princess, she married Louis XVI when she was 14 years old,
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Marie Antoinette. We will start at the bottom.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Very well done if you said that.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Very well done if you said that, it's a pointless answer.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Thank you very much. We're halfway through the round
0:10:05 > 0:10:07so let's have a little look at those scores.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Gold star to the Golden Girl, Trudy.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Six, beautifully low score there.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Very well done indeed. Then we travel up to 14, Will and Polly,
0:10:15 > 0:10:17up to 30, where we find Karan and Samarth,
0:10:17 > 0:10:20and then 44, Paul and Scott.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21So, Scott, you're the high-scorers.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Let's have a low score from you in this next pass, please, Scott.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26We're going to come back down the line now.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:10:31 > 0:10:34OK, let's put seven more historical clues to powerful women
0:10:34 > 0:10:36up on the board, and here they are.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04I'm going to read those all again.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32There we are. Now, Samarth, welcome back.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33Now, remind us what you do, Samarth.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36I freelance for a motorsports magazine.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37See, that is fun.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40How far do you travel to do all your coverage?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43It's about, like, a two-and-a-half-hour drive sometimes.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45I see. So it's very much UK-based?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- Yeah.- Samarth, there you are, you're on 30.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49The high-scorers at the moment, Scott and Paul on 44.
0:11:49 > 0:11:5313 or less would guarantee you a place in the next round.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59This is a tough one for me.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I'm going to have to go for the bottom one and go for Queen Mary.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Queen Mary. Queen Mary, says Samarth.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Let's see if that's right. Here is your red line.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10It's quite low, but let's see how far down the column
0:12:10 > 0:12:12we get with Queen Mary.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15It's right.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Not bad. 49, takes your total up to 79.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Yeah, the daughter of Catherine of Aragon.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29The Tudors were very much the sort of Kardashians of their day,
0:12:29 > 0:12:33- weren't they?- I believe so. - In a very real sense.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36- Slightly worse behaved, to be fair. - Yeah.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Now, Andy. Welcome to Pointless. Good to have you here.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43- What do you do, Andy?- I work in marketing for an insurance company.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Very good. Where do you do that, in London?
0:12:45 > 0:12:47I work in Hayes, which is also where I live.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- In Middlesex.- Yes.- I see, yes.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51And what are your interests, Andy?
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Big sports fan, big football fan, and I'm also a drummer.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57I play the drums in a band.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59- What kind of band is it?- Rock music.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01- Rock music.- Yeah.- OK, very good.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03But covers, or original compositions?
0:13:03 > 0:13:04No, originals. Our own stuff, yeah.
0:13:04 > 0:13:05Very good for you. Drumming.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07They always say, the drummers in bands,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10they outlive everyone else in bands because they're so fit.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- I hope so, yeah.- Yeah.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14There we are.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15That's a long way off yet, obviously.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19- Sure, sure.- But anyway, to our board of historical figures.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21- OK.- Who are you going to go for?
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Yeah, it's not the best for me.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24I think I'm going to go for the third one,
0:13:24 > 0:13:2619th-century British monarch.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28I think that's Queen Victoria.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Queen Victoria, the Grandmother of Europe.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Let's see if that's right. Here is your red line, nice and high.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Get below that with Queen Victoria and you are into Round Two.
0:13:41 > 0:13:42Well done.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45There we are, 40.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Taking your total up to 46, a nice low total.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Yeah, pretty poor show from our 100 there,
0:13:52 > 0:13:54only 40 of them getting Queen Victoria.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Her grandchildren were very, very heavily involved in World War I
0:13:57 > 0:13:59because of course there was George in England
0:13:59 > 0:14:01and there was Kaiser Wilhelm.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03They did not have Christmas, I don't think, in 1915.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06I don't think they had a big family get-together.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08- I don't think they did, no. - Can you imagine?
0:14:08 > 0:14:10She should have banged their heads together, I think.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12She should have. Come down as a ghost.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Oh, yes, of course, yes, at that point she was no longer with us.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18A lot of ghosts can't do physical things.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19No, that's true.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23There we are. Now, Scott.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25- Hello.- Scott, welcome back.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27- Remind us what you do. - Police officer, Birmingham.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29- Police officer.- 22 years.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32What are your interests, aside from the long arm of the law?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34I like cooking as well, reading books, sport.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Good stuff. OK, now, Scott, what would you like to go for?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40None of them, to be fair.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42I don't know any of them.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45That's why my daughter's going to kill me
0:14:45 > 0:14:48about the second wife of Henry VIII, because I should know it.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Jane Seymour.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Jane Seymour for the second wife of Henry VIII.
0:14:56 > 0:14:57There is your red line.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Let's see what happens when we say Jane Seymour.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05I'm sorry, Scott.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:15:08 > 0:15:10it takes your total up to 144.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- Not Jane Seymour, I'm afraid. - Sorry, Scott.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14We'll give the correct answer at the end of the pass.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16There we are. Thank you very much indeed.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Now then, Polly, welcome to Pointless.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Lovely to have you here.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22Polly, what do you do?
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Well, I'm retired now, but I've got quite a few interests.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27What was the last job you did?
0:15:27 > 0:15:33The last bit of paid employment, I used to run chicken-keeping courses.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34Yeah, well, obviously. Yes.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37How long is the course for chicken-keeping?
0:15:37 > 0:15:39It was all day, and...
0:15:39 > 0:15:41LAUGHTER
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Oh, right, so it's all day. I was going to say, there's not...
0:15:43 > 0:15:45I mean, we keep chickens,
0:15:45 > 0:15:49and I'm sorry to say I haven't been on a course as such yet.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- Right.- What are the basic things you have to learn?
0:15:52 > 0:15:55We teach you where the cloaca is.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Obviously, yes, the cloaca.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01And the question I'm asked most frequently is, do you need a cock to
0:16:01 > 0:16:04produce eggs? And the answer is no.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08Yes. To produce chicks, yes, but eggs, no.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11There we are. OK, now, Polly, you're through to the next round.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Would you like to talk us through the board
0:16:13 > 0:16:14and fill in all the blanks?
0:16:14 > 0:16:17The top one's on the tip of my tongue but won't come.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21I haven't got a clue about the Chinese ruler.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25The second wife of Henry VIII is Anne Boleyn.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30And I think the Queen of Denmark is Queen Margrethe,
0:16:30 > 0:16:33but I'm not 100% certain, so I'll go for Anne Boleyn, please.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34Anne Boleyn, says Polly.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38There's no red line because you're already through.
0:16:46 > 0:16:4833, not bad at all.
0:16:48 > 0:16:4947 is your total.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Yes, let's fill in some of these. Some low scorers up here.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Wu Zetian was a pointless answer, so very well done if you said that.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Thank you very much, Richard. We are at the end of our first round.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22The pair we have to say goodbye to, with their high score of 144,
0:17:22 > 0:17:24oh, Scott and Paul.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26It's too soon, it's too soon.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28For the second time, we have to send you away.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31It's been great having you on the show, thank you so much for playing.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32- Scott and Paul.- Thank you.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44And just like that, we're down to three pairs.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46And at the end of this round, just like that,
0:17:46 > 0:17:48we will be down to two pairs.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49Trudy, very, very well done,
0:17:49 > 0:17:51our lowest score of the whole round there.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Fabulous low-scoring.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56And thanks to that, Trudy and Andy, our lowest combined score as well.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58But best of luck to all three pairs.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Our category for our next round is...
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first,
0:18:06 > 0:18:08who's going to go second?
0:18:08 > 0:18:10And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16OK. Let's find out what the question is.
0:18:16 > 0:18:22Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:18:26 > 0:18:28..as they could.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Curium and mendelevium.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Simply looking for any element on the periodic table that appears
0:18:33 > 0:18:37alphabetically between those two, please, and that's as of June 2016.
0:18:37 > 0:18:38Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Now, Polly.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43I'm going to go for einsteinium.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47Einsteinium, says Polly, getting a vigorous nod from Samarth.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48Let's see if it's right.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Let's see how many of our 100 people said einsteinium.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54It's right.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Look at that. Very well done indeed. Down it goes to eight.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- Eight for einsteinium.- Well played.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Yes, it's a radioactive metal.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13They only make a few milligrams each year, tiny amounts.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Thank you, Richard. Now, Trudy.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- Holmium.- Holmium, holmium.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22Let's see if it's right,
0:19:22 > 0:19:24let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31It's right. Einsteinium scored eight.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Holmium leaves eight in its wake...
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Very, very well done indeed, Trudy.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41That adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to...
0:19:43 > 0:19:45And it scores you nothing. Very well done indeed.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47That's a terrific answer, Trudy, very well played.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Can I ask if you have in-depth chemistry knowledge,
0:19:49 > 0:19:52or do you have in-depth knowledge of chemistry rounds on Pointless?
0:19:52 > 0:19:53- The latter.- Yeah.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- And a book of lists. - Perfect. Holmium is good
0:19:56 > 0:19:58because we tend to go for some of the longer ones,
0:19:58 > 0:20:00and holmium is always there as a pointless answer.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03That's very impressive. I'm not sure anyone's used it before.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05I mean, they've used it in the world,
0:20:05 > 0:20:08- but I don't think anyone's used it on Pointless before.- No, no.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Thank you very much indeed.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Samarth.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12Yeah.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16OK, francium. I'm going to go for francium.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20Francium. OK, let's see how many of our 100 people said francium.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25It's right.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Down it goes. Eight our high, nought our low.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Down to two.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Very well done indeed, Samarth.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Two for francium.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Yeah, and the existence of that was discovered by Marguerite Perey
0:20:42 > 0:20:44- a long time ago.- Way back.- Francium.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- Francium.- French fancies, you get those little...
0:20:47 > 0:20:50- Fondant francies, they call them. - Thank you very much, Richard.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52We're halfway through the round, let's look at the scores.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Well, nothing, Trudy. Once again, Trudy the Golden Girl.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Then up to two, where we find Samarth and Karan.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Then up to eight, where we find Polly and Will.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02So, Will, who would have thought that would be a high score?
0:21:02 > 0:21:04We are requiring a low score from you when we get to you,
0:21:04 > 0:21:06so good luck with that. We'll come back down the line now.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Now then, Karan, that's a man who is confident.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17I think you've got a good answer there, Karan.
0:21:17 > 0:21:18- Wow, OK.- I think, I think.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23I... The name dubnium is coming to mind.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Dubnium.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27OK. Here is your red line. It's quite low.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Let's see if you can get below this with dubnium.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32How many of our 100 people said it?
0:21:41 > 0:21:43You've done it.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Down to pointless! Very well done indeed.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46That's another pointless answer,
0:21:46 > 0:21:48adds another £250 to today's jackpot.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49Takes the total up to...
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Scores you nothing, leaves your total at two.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Very well done indeed.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57It's terrific stuff, and again, not one of the usual suspects,
0:21:57 > 0:21:59dubnium, so it's a very good answer.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Again, a highly radioactive metal,
0:22:00 > 0:22:02only a few atoms have ever been made.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Quite right. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Now. Oh, Andy, imagine if we could get double pointless.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11What about that, double pointless? Trudy, do you think he's up to it?
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Absolutely. That's my boy!
0:22:14 > 0:22:16- LAUGHTER - No pressure!
0:22:16 > 0:22:18- OK. Quite a lot of pressure, I think, Andy, there.- Yeah.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21What are you going to go for?
0:22:21 > 0:22:23I'm going to go for germanium.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Germanium. Germanium.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27OK. Here is your red line.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Get below that with germanium, you're through to the head-to-head.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Let's see how far down the column we get.
0:22:35 > 0:22:36It's right.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43You're through.
0:22:43 > 0:22:44Down to one!
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Down to one, Andy, that's really not bad at all.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48One is superb,
0:22:48 > 0:22:52takes your total up to one, the lowest total of the round.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53It's no holmium, though, really, Andy,
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- if we're honest with ourselves, is it?- No, it's poor, it's poor.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Germanium, they commercially make it from the coal dust from
0:22:59 > 0:23:01coal-fired power stations.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03What do they then do with germanium, Richard?
0:23:03 > 0:23:04You use it to grow geraniums.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05LAUGHTER
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- Lovely.- It's lovely, you just mix it with the soil.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11- Beautiful.- Nice. - Beautiful.- Lovely.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13- Yeah.- Thank you.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Now, Will. Oh, Will.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19I'm so sorry. How did I know they were going to be so brilliant?
0:23:20 > 0:23:22I'm sorry. There you are on eight.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Nothing wrong with eight, it's a fabulous score.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26It just happens to be the high score.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- And you haven't even given an answer yet.- Right.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31So we're looking for a pointless answer, Will.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35I'll try flerovium.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Flerovium.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Let us see what happens when we say flerovium.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41There's no red line for you, I'm afraid, Will,
0:23:41 > 0:23:43because you're the high-scorers.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47It's right.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53It's going to be a lovely low score. Down it goes.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Oh, it's a pointless answer, Will!
0:23:55 > 0:23:57It's another pointless answer,
0:23:57 > 0:24:00it adds another £250 to today's jackpot,
0:24:00 > 0:24:02takes the total up to...
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Scores you nothing, leaves your total at eight, Will.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08Well, what a round.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10We had a round recently where seven got knocked out.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Eight getting knocked out is really unlucky.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15It's unbelievable that Polly comes here with einsteinium,
0:24:15 > 0:24:17which in old-school Pointless is a brilliant answer.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20- I mean, it's a great answer.- My other answer was going to be indium.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Now, indium would have scored you one point.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Oh!
0:24:24 > 0:24:25What a round. Terrific stuff.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29- There's more pointless answers. - We'll go through some of them here.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Very familiar, some of those.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Very well done if you said any of those at home.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Shall we take a look at the top three answers?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48- Let's do that.- We haven't been anywhere close to them.
0:24:48 > 0:24:49Let's take a look.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Always rising to the top, helium on 28.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Thank you very much indeed, Richard. At the end of our second round,
0:24:59 > 0:25:01the pair we have to send home with their high score of eight...
0:25:01 > 0:25:04And, Will, not only that, you leave us with a pointless answer.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06- A legacy for...- Exactly.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Greater love hath no man than this!
0:25:09 > 0:25:14He gives £250 to the jackpot that he won't be here to play for.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16It's been great having you. We'll see you again next time.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Will and Polly, thanks very much.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24But for the remaining two pairs, it is now time for our head-to-head.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Congratulations, Trudy and Andy, Karan and Samarth,
0:25:32 > 0:25:35you are one step closer to the final and a chance to play for
0:25:35 > 0:25:40that jackpot, which currently stands at £1,750.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Well, we are here at the head-to-head round,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44which means you are allowed to confer before you give your answers.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46And the first pair to win two questions
0:25:46 > 0:25:48will be playing for that jackpot.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52This, I think, is going to be an absolute epic head-to-head.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Neither player has been here before.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Karan and Samarth, you are a returning pair,
0:25:56 > 0:25:59but it was the end of Round Two we had to say goodbye to you last time.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Trudy and Andy just storming through each round as our low scorers.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05In that first round, between you, all four of you together,
0:26:05 > 0:26:07we had three points.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10There we are. I mean, who knows what's going to happen?
0:26:10 > 0:26:13But it's going to be hard-fought.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23OK.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25And our first question this afternoon is all about
0:26:25 > 0:26:28players who have won the Fifa Ballon d'Or.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- Richard?- Simply going to show you five pictures now of players
0:26:31 > 0:26:33who have won the Ballon d'Or. You just have to tell us
0:26:33 > 0:26:35- who the most obscure of these is, please.- OK.
0:26:35 > 0:26:36Let's reveal our five players.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Here they come. We've got...
0:27:07 > 0:27:10There we are, five Ballon d'Or winners.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Trudy and Andy, you are our low scorers, so you will go first.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16OK.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18THEY WHISPER
0:27:22 > 0:27:23We're going to go for...
0:27:24 > 0:27:27..C, Jean-Pierre Papin.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Jean-Pierre Papin, say Trudy and Andy.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Jean-Pierre Papin.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Karan and Samarth, do you want to
0:27:34 > 0:27:35talk us through the rest of that board?
0:27:37 > 0:27:40This is terrible, because I actually do watch a lot of football,
0:27:40 > 0:27:42- to his annoyance... - I do not watch any football.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44- This is not my round. - I mean, I know A.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48That's Cristiano Ronaldo.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50But I'm just going to have to hazard a guess here,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52because I think they've gone for a pretty good one.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55I'm going to go for Eusebio.
0:27:55 > 0:27:56- For...?- B.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58For B. B, Eusebio.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02So, Trudy and Andy have gone for Jean-Pierre Papin for C.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people
0:28:05 > 0:28:07said Jean-Pierre Papin.
0:28:09 > 0:28:10It's right.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16It's right and it's a good score.
0:28:16 > 0:28:17Down it goes to two.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20Very well done indeed to Trudy and Andy.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Unstoppable force there.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26Karan and Samarth have gone for B and said Eusebio.
0:28:26 > 0:28:27Let's see if that's right,
0:28:27 > 0:28:30let's see how many of our 100 people said Eusebio.
0:28:33 > 0:28:34It's right.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38It is right, it's got to go all the way down to two.
0:28:39 > 0:28:4116 for Eusebio.
0:28:41 > 0:28:42Still a lovely low score.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47But, Trudy and Andy, very well done. After one question, you're up 1-0.
0:28:47 > 0:28:48Two very good answers there,
0:28:48 > 0:28:50but Papin's a terrific answer, Andy, very well played.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Very good team, Andy and Trudy, aren't they?
0:28:53 > 0:28:55It's the best answer on the board, it won't surprise you to hear.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Couldn't have beaten it. A is Cristiano Ronaldo.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Beaten comprehensively by George Best.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10And the last one, this is the first-ever
0:29:10 > 0:29:11winner of the Ballon d'Or,
0:29:11 > 0:29:13also the first footballer to be knighted.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Well done if you got that at home.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Here comes your second question.
0:29:22 > 0:29:23Karan and Samarth, you have to win this one
0:29:23 > 0:29:25to stay in the game, so best of luck.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Our second question today is all about...
0:29:29 > 0:29:33- Richard?- Yeah, about to show you five clues now to Fictional Islands.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Can you give us the most obscure answer, please?
0:29:36 > 0:29:37Thanks very much indeed.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Let's reveal our five clues, and here they come.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00I'm going to read those all again.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Karan and Samarth, you will go first.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24THEY WHISPER
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Yeah, we've got one, I think.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- OK.- Do the honours, please.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41We're going to say the children's TV show set on Sodor
0:30:41 > 0:30:42was Thomas The Tank Engine.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45Thomas The Tank Engine, say Karan and Samarth.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48Now then, Trudy and Andy, something tells me you were about to say that.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50- Yes.- Yes.
0:30:50 > 0:30:51Yes, that is correct.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Would you like to talk us through the rest of the board?
0:30:53 > 0:30:57OK, so, first one is...
0:30:57 > 0:30:59..I'm pretty sure it's Father Ted.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03- Tracy Island is...- Thunderbirds.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04Thunderbirds, yeah.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Lilliput.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- And the last one... - Last one, I'm not sure.
0:31:10 > 0:31:11No.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Let's go for Thunderbirds.
0:31:13 > 0:31:14No, no, no.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17OK, the islands, we will go for Lilliput.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Lilliput. OK, Lilliput.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22So we have Thomas The Tank Engine and Lilliput.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Karan and Samarth said Thomas The Tank Engine for Sodor.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:31:31 > 0:31:32It is right.
0:31:37 > 0:31:3825.
0:31:40 > 0:31:4225 for Thomas The Tank Engine.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44Trudy and Andy, meanwhile, have gone for Lilliput,
0:31:44 > 0:31:47the first island Gulliver lands on in his travels.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Let's see how many of our 100 people got that.
0:31:52 > 0:31:53It's right.
0:31:57 > 0:31:5834 for Lilliput.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02Well done. Karan and Samarth back in the game.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04After two questions, it is 1-1.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Yeah. Let's fill these gaps in. You're right about Father Ted,
0:32:07 > 0:32:09that would not have won you the points, though.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12Would have scored just 39.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14You are right about Thunderbirds as well.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17That's the biggest scorer up there - 56 points for that.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19And you are right, it is a great film, Shutter Island, it really is,
0:32:19 > 0:32:22and it is directed by Martin Scorsese.
0:32:22 > 0:32:23And it would have scored you nine points
0:32:23 > 0:32:25and seen you through to the final.
0:32:25 > 0:32:26Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28So, it all comes down to this question.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Whoever wins this one goes through to the final and gets the chance
0:32:31 > 0:32:33to win that jackpot that you've done so much to augment.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Best of luck to both pairs.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37Our third question today is all about...
0:32:40 > 0:32:43I'm going to show you the names now of the creators of five
0:32:43 > 0:32:45British soap operas. We're also going to show
0:32:45 > 0:32:47the first year they were shown and their initial.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Can you tell us what these soap operas are, please?
0:32:49 > 0:32:51- Very best of luck. - Thanks very much indeed.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Let's reveal our five creators, and here they come.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12I'll read those again.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28So, Trudy and Andy will go first this time.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30THEY WHISPER
0:33:43 > 0:33:45We'll go for the second one down, Crossroads.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48Crossroads, say Trudy and Andy for C.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Karan and Samarth, do you want to talk us through
0:33:50 > 0:33:53- the rest of that board? - Actually, I think I know them.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56So the first one, we went for Coronation Street.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59The third one is The Bill.
0:33:59 > 0:34:00The fourth one, Emmerdale.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Last one, Hollyoaks.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04And I am going to go for The Bill, Geoff McQueen.
0:34:04 > 0:34:05OK, The Bill.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08So we have Crossroads and we have The Bill.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11Trudy and Andy have gone for Crossroads.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:34:17 > 0:34:18It's right.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Not bad, 22 for Crossroads.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Karan and Samarth have gone, meanwhile,
0:34:31 > 0:34:33for The Bill for Geoff McQueen.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:34:39 > 0:34:40It's right.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Oh! Oh! Look at that.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Nine for The Bill.
0:34:49 > 0:34:50What about that? Very well done indeed.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Karan and Samarth, after three questions,
0:34:52 > 0:34:54you are through to the final, 2-1.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56And those are the best two answers on the board as well,
0:34:56 > 0:34:57so well played, everyone.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Terrific head-to-head. We knew it would be.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Tony Warren did indeed create Coronation Street.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06Phil Redmond you knew at the bottom was Hollyoaks.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11Julia Smith and Tony Holland, not Emmerdale but EastEnders.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:35:19 > 0:35:20it is Trudy and Andy.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24Well, absolutely indomitable pair the whole way through the show.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27I mean, low score after low score after low score.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29Fantastic performance. We will see you again next time,
0:35:29 > 0:35:31and I fancy you will be going all the way then,
0:35:31 > 0:35:34but we shall see. Meantime, thank you so much, Trudy and Andy.
0:35:34 > 0:35:35- Brilliant.- Thank you.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41But for Karan and Samarth, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Congratulations, Karan and Samarth.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49You have fought off all the competition
0:35:49 > 0:35:51and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,750.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07Well, what a performance.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Superb. What would you like to see come up on this board?
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Movies, books.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15Anything. Maybe motorsport.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17- It does come up. - Motorsport would be nice.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19- That would be good.- But I'm not going to put any money on it.
0:36:19 > 0:36:24OK, there we are. Well, listen, your choices today look like this.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Let's hope there's something you like the look of.
0:36:35 > 0:36:36Oh...
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Little Things is vague, it could...
0:36:41 > 0:36:43- Let's go for Little Things. - We will try Little Things.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45You're going to go for Little Things.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48- Richard?- OK, very best of luck. Three very different questions here.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50We're looking for any of the following, please.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52We're looking for any cast member, according to IMDb,
0:36:52 > 0:36:55of the 1994 film Little Women.
0:36:55 > 0:37:00We are looking for any songs from the original 1998 film Little Voice.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02We're looking for any of the authors
0:37:02 > 0:37:05of any of the 80 Penguin Little Black Classics book collection
0:37:05 > 0:37:07that came out in 2015.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09So the cast of Little Women according to IMDb,
0:37:09 > 0:37:10songs from Little Voice,
0:37:10 > 0:37:13or any of those authors of the 80 Little Black Classics.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15- Very best of luck. - Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with your answers.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of your answers
0:37:21 > 0:37:23to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- Yes.- Yes.- OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:28 > 0:37:29The first two, we don't know.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31- Do you know any Little Women? - I do not.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33OK. Little Voice?
0:37:33 > 0:37:37I don't even know what that is. OK, the third one.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39- Any of the books. So, Jack Kerouac. - You reckon?
0:37:39 > 0:37:41I'm just saying. JD Salinger.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44You are just picking some authors that might be Classics, yeah?
0:37:44 > 0:37:46- Fine.- Kurt Vonnegut.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48I think we should go for Kurt Vonnegut.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- Got any authors?- All right, so Kurt Vonnegut, you reckon?
0:37:51 > 0:37:55What is The Life And Times Of Aleksandr Dostovich,
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- Todd Dostovich? - Dostoyevsky is the author.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01You're thinking of Ivan Denisovich, which was Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,
0:38:01 > 0:38:03- but I'm not sure that will be on it. - Can we go for that?
0:38:03 > 0:38:06- Yeah, why not? - Because you can say it and I can't.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08- OK, so Kurt Vonnegut. - LAUGHTER
0:38:08 > 0:38:11Fine. You want to say Solzhenitsyn.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Philip K Dick? Science fiction isn't classic.
0:38:14 > 0:38:15Classic, classic, classic.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17There's some great science fiction out there.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19- Ten seconds left.- Should we...?
0:38:19 > 0:38:23- I mean, pick one. - We can say Vonnegut.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26We can say, I don't know, um...
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Well, we will say Philip K Dick.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30OK, that is your time up. I now need your three answers,
0:38:30 > 0:38:32and if you can say which category you are answering in,
0:38:32 > 0:38:33that would be great.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36OK, we're going for the Penguin Little Black Classics.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38OK, you've got three authors - let's hear them.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43- First one... - So we think Kurt Vonnegut.
0:38:43 > 0:38:44Kurt Vonnegut.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47- We will say Solzhenitsyn. - Solzhenitsyn.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49And we will say... What was the other one?
0:38:49 > 0:38:52- Philip K Dick. - And Philip K Dick.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:55 > 0:38:57I think it is Kurt Vonnegut, actually.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58Kurt Vonnegut goes last.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01- Least likely to be pointless? - Probably Philip K Dick.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Philip K Dick. And the one that is hard to pronounce in the middle.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07- Just, go on, say it again, Karan. - Solzhenitsyn.
0:39:07 > 0:39:08OK. Here they are.
0:39:08 > 0:39:09We have got...
0:39:16 > 0:39:18OK, three good answers on the board.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21Who knows? Who knows what's going to happen here?
0:39:21 > 0:39:24But one of those might win you a jackpot of £1,750,
0:39:24 > 0:39:25which would be nice.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27What would you like to do with that, Karan?
0:39:27 > 0:39:29I love going on holiday. So, you know,
0:39:29 > 0:39:32it would probably fund a pretty decent holiday.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34That would be nice. Samarth, how about you?
0:39:34 > 0:39:37I would like to go to a good motor race.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40Like, a big one. So maybe Le Mans or something.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43Also, buy my parents a meal because I guess, without them, you know,
0:39:43 > 0:39:46- we wouldn't be here, would we? - Thank goodness one of you said that.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49There we are. OK, your first answer was Solzhenitsyn.
0:39:50 > 0:39:51Let us see if this is right.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53In all three cases,
0:39:53 > 0:39:55we were looking for any author featured in
0:39:55 > 0:39:57the Penguin Little Black Classics book collection.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Solzhenitsyn is just the first of these wonderful authors
0:40:00 > 0:40:03that you have put up on the board. Let's see - if it is pointless,
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Solzhenitsyn will win you £1,750.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Let's see how many of our 100 people said Solzhenitsyn.
0:40:15 > 0:40:16Not a bad answer,
0:40:16 > 0:40:19but I'm afraid Solzhenitsyn is not a correct answer.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22So we will move very swiftly on to your next answer,
0:40:22 > 0:40:24which is Philip K Dick.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Again, we're looking for any author featured in
0:40:26 > 0:40:29the Penguin Little Black Classics book collection.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Philip K Dick could win you £1,750.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34First thing he has to be is correct, second thing is pointless.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Best of luck on both scores.
0:40:36 > 0:40:37How many people said Philip K Dick?
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Bad luck.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45No Philip K Dick in that collection.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48So we move on to your third and final answer, Kurt Vonnegut.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Now, Samarth, this, the minute the minute started,
0:40:51 > 0:40:53you came out with Kurt Vonnegut.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56You were absolutely sure that this was your path.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59And you took it with great conviction, you put him last.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01So let's find out, for £1,750,
0:41:01 > 0:41:04if Kurt Vonnegut is a pointless answer.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Best of luck.
0:41:10 > 0:41:11Oh, bad luck.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13APPLAUSE
0:41:15 > 0:41:19Listen, three great final answers on the board there
0:41:19 > 0:41:21revealing good literary knowledge, you clearly have that.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24But I am afraid you didn't find that all-important...
0:41:24 > 0:41:26You didn't find that all-important CORRECT answer, is the truth,
0:41:26 > 0:41:29but you didn't find that all-important pointless answer,
0:41:29 > 0:41:32so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,750.
0:41:32 > 0:41:33That rolls over onto the next show.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35But it has been great fun having you here.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Thank you so much for coming to play.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39And the crucial thing is you get to take home a Pointless trophy.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42So very, very well done indeed, Karan and Samarth.
0:41:42 > 0:41:43APPLAUSE
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Terrific performance all the way through the show.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Those Penguin Little Black Classics, they are great.
0:41:49 > 0:41:50They are 80 tiny little books,
0:41:50 > 0:41:52little short things that you can read.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56And during your minute, you mentioned Fyodor Dostoyevsky,
0:41:56 > 0:41:59who is in that collection, and is a pointless answer.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01AUDIENCE GROANS
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Yeah, I am very sorry about that.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05Let's take a look at the cast of Little Women.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Everyone was a pointless answer apart from Winona Ryder,
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Susan Sarandon, Christian Bale, Claire Danes,
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Eric Stoltz and Kirsten Dunst.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Songs from Little Voice. You could have had...
0:42:24 > 0:42:27You also could have had Get Happy and That's Entertainment.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29And for the Penguin Little Black Classics,
0:42:29 > 0:42:30lots of pointless answers here.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38You could have had Brothers Grimm, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Wharton,
0:42:38 > 0:42:39Flaubert, Henry James, Herman Melville,
0:42:39 > 0:42:43Balzac, Conrad, Katherine Mansfield, Tolstoy.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45You could have had Gogol, you could have had Sophocles as well.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Lots of pointless answers there,
0:42:47 > 0:42:49very well done if you got one at home, and unlucky here today, guys.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Thanks very much, Richard.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53And thanks very much, Karan and Samarth.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55I'm sorry, you didn't win the jackpot today,
0:42:55 > 0:42:56that rolls over onto the next show,
0:42:56 > 0:42:59which means then we will be playing for £2,750.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Join us next time to see if someone can win it.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09And it is goodbye from me. Goodbye.