0:00:17 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Thank you very much, indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong
0:00:22 > 0:00:24and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:24 > 0:00:27the show where the more obscure your knowledge the better your chances of winning.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Let's meet today's players.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31APPLAUSE
0:00:31 > 0:00:34And couple number one...
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Hi. I'm Rosalie and I'm from Nottingham,
0:00:36 > 0:00:39and this is my friend Charlie, who is from Kent.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Couple number two...
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Hi, I'm Meg, I'm from Warrington,
0:00:42 > 0:00:45and this is my boyfriend Keiron and he's from Birkenhead.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Couple number three...
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Hi, my name's Sarah, this is my father, Ken,
0:00:48 > 0:00:50and we are from Newcastle upon Tyne.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52And finally, couple number four...
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Hi, I'm Andy, this is my friend Gavin, and we are from Edinburgh.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And these are today's contestants.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58APPLAUSE
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Thanks very much. A very warm welcome to Pointless.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Lovely to have you with us. We'll chat to each of you
0:01:03 > 0:01:04throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07So, that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10He's got more brains than a low-budget zombie movie.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14- APPLAUSE AND CHEERING - Hiya. Hey, everybody.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Hiya.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Good afternoon to you.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- Good afternoon.- Oh, this is going to be fun today.- Isn't it?
0:01:20 > 0:01:22We've got two lovely returning pairs, haven't we?
0:01:22 > 0:01:26We've got Meg and Keiron on podium two, who got knocked out in Round Two.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29And on our final podium there, Andy and Gavin,
0:01:29 > 0:01:31who took part in that amazing head-to-head last time, wasn't it?
0:01:31 > 0:01:33It was really, really close.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Terrific stuff. But this is going to be a cracker.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Look at these new pairs as well. They look lovely, don't they?
0:01:38 > 0:01:41I mean, let's make it a double length.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42Let's do it.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Let me talk to Huw Edwards on the news.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Oh. Ouf!
0:01:48 > 0:01:50Yeah, he says no.
0:01:50 > 0:01:51LAUGHTER
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Leon and Richard didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:01:55 > 0:01:57so we add another £1,000 to that,
0:01:57 > 0:01:59so today's jackpot starts off at £3,000.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01There it is.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11So, remember, the pair with the highest score at the end of each round
0:02:11 > 0:02:15will be eliminated. Just keep your scores nice and low and you'll be absolutely fine.
0:02:15 > 0:02:16Best of luck to all four pairs.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Our first category today is...
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:02:24 > 0:02:25who's going to go second?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33OK, and the question concerns...
0:02:37 > 0:02:38Bands with three members, Richard.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41On each board we're going to show you seven sets of names.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44They are three people who have all been in a band together,
0:02:44 > 0:02:45a three-piece band at some point.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Also we'll give you the year that they had their first UK Top 40 hit,
0:02:48 > 0:02:50but can you name the bands, please?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Seven on the first board, seven on the second.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- 14 bands to guess at home. Good luck.- Thank you very much, indeed.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58OK, so, we are looking for the name of the bands that were made up of
0:02:58 > 0:03:00these three people in each case.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02And our first board looks like this.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31I'll read those all again.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50There we are, we made it. Rosalie, welcome to Pointless.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Great to have you here. What do you do, Rosalie?
0:03:52 > 0:03:55I am doing a PhD in chemistry at Nottingham Uni.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Did you do your undergraduate course at Nottingham as well?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Yeah, I did natural sciences for my undergrad,
0:04:01 > 0:04:05which basically consisted of me not choosing what I wanted to do and
0:04:05 > 0:04:08carrying on with my A-levels, which were maths, chemistry and physics.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- Oh, that's a bit annoying.- Yeah. - That's not really what you want to be doing at all.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Now you're doing your PhD you can do exactly what you want to do.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19Yeah. Sort... Well, yeah, I'm carrying on with my Masters project,
0:04:19 > 0:04:21so I'm not very good at decisions, so I just...
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Just defer. Defer, defer, defer. There we are. Annoyingly, though,
0:04:24 > 0:04:28being on that first podium you are going to have to make a decision as to which one to go for.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30How are you finding the board?
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- Are you enjoying this board?- I feel like this is one of the better boards that I could ever have.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Oh, this is great!
0:04:36 > 0:04:39So, I'm going to go for
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker and Tom DeLonge
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- with Blink 182. - Blink 182, says Rosalie.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Let's see if that is right. Let's see how many of our 100 people knew that answer.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56Ohhhhh...
0:04:59 > 0:05:02That's a great answer. Look at that! Three, Rosalie.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04What a start to the show.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- Fabulous.- Well played, Rosalie.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09It's a great answer. I love Blink 182.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Their first hit was What's My Age Again.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13They released a new album actually in 2016,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16which went to number one in the UK. Their first-ever number one album.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- Very good. Thank you, Richard. Meg, welcome back.- Hiya.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22- Remind us what you do? - I am just about to start a PhD
0:05:22 > 0:05:25at the University of Cambridge in biochemistry.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27So, you are just about to start, which is very exciting.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Where will you be staying? Will you be living in college when you go?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Yeah, we'll be living in Corpus Christi.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- Both of us are in the same college. - That's really nice.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36You're going to be there for how long?
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- Three-and-a-half years.- Ah!- I get to investigate bacteriophages,
0:05:40 > 0:05:43which are cool, little viruses that infect bacteria,
0:05:43 > 0:05:47and hopefully how we can use them instead of antibiotics.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Cool. You see, that's just brilliant.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- Yes.- First stop, Pointless, second stop, saving the world.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53LAUGHTER
0:05:53 > 0:05:57That is definitely better than what I am planning to spend the next three years doing,
0:05:57 > 0:05:59- I can tell you that much.- Exactly.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Well, thank you for finding the time to come and join us here.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Meg, what would you like to go for on our board?
0:06:05 > 0:06:09The only one I know, I'm going to have to go for, is James Bourne,
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Matt Willis and Charlie Simpson, and I think...
0:06:11 > 0:06:13You always second-guess yourself when you're here.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- Busted?- Busted, says Meg.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Busted.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25It's right.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Not bad, 14 for Busted. Not bad at all, Meg.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Yeah. Very well played. We love Busted.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39We make no secret of our love of Busted and McFly.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41They are sort of extended family.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- They are.- Oh! It's unfashionable to say so.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- It happens to be the case.- They just happen to be good songwriters.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49There we are. Thank you very much, indeed.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Now, Sarah, welcome here, from Newcastle, how lovely to have you here.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55- What do you do, Sarah? - I work in a department store.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58What are your interests, Sarah, when not there?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00I am a Girl Guide leader.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04- Very good.- So, yes, every Wednesday night.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Every Wednesday night. Are you a Brown Owl or a...?
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- No, that's with Brownies. - That's Brownies, I beg your pardon, I do beg your pardon.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12They don't give it... They just call us Sarah and...
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Not all of us, obviously.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18- That's convenient. - That would be confusing.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21- Yeah, they just call us by our names.- I see. That's nice.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- You look forward to Wednesday evenings?- It's always good fun.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- Excellent.- They're wild, but they're great.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Excellent, good stuff. Sarah, what would you like to go for on this board?
0:07:30 > 0:07:34Well, unfortunately my answer was taken.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39So, I am going to go for Andy Summers, Sting and Stewart Copeland.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- And I'm going to say The Police. - The Police, says Sarah.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Let's see how many of our 100 people said The Police.
0:07:47 > 0:07:48It's right.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Oh, 71.
0:07:53 > 0:07:5571. That is a high score.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00Yeah, big score, but another great north-easterner, Sting, of course.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Thank you very much, Richard.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04- Gavin...- Hello.- Gavin, welcome back.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06- Thank you.- Remind us what you do.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10- I am an ironmonger. - That's just great.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12- You have your own ironmongery. - I do, in Edinburgh, the seaside.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15In Portobello, not just in Edinburgh, but in Portobello.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17The loveliest part of Edinburgh.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Now, what's really fun about having an ironmongery?
0:08:19 > 0:08:23Presumably? I mean, do you have, sort of, lots of, you have tools and...?
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- Tools and gardening... Nuts and bolts.- Lots of electrical things.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- Yes.- So, how big is the shop?
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Is it, like, all traditional hardware shops, tiny and...?
0:08:30 > 0:08:34It's small but perfectly formed. Densely packed.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36- Very good.- Like myself.- Perfect!
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Now, Gavin, you're the last person to have this board,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41if you want to talk us through it and fill in all the blanks.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43- That would be great. - I won't waste your time.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48But I will go with Morten Harket and the others,
0:08:48 > 0:08:50and that would be A-ha.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51A-ha, says Gavin.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Let's see how many of our 100 people said A-ha.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59It's right.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Look at that. Down it goes.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04A-ha. Down to 35.
0:09:05 > 0:09:0735. Well done.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Nice low score, but surprisingly low, I would say.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13It is a surprisingly low score. Although their time in the sun maybe was a little while ago.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16They've all got knighthoods from the Norwegian king.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- That's nice, isn't it?- What are you called if you're a Norwegian knight?
0:09:19 > 0:09:20Er, Sir.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22But with an umlaut above the I.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24ATTEMPTS NORWEGIAN ACCENT: Sir.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28- Sir Morten Harket.- Sir Morten Harket.- Sir Paul Waaktaar-Savoy.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32Savoy. And Sir Magne Furuholmen.
0:09:32 > 0:09:37And his wife, Lady Margarita Furuholmen.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Lady Margarita Furuholmen.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Oh, if you're watching, I'm really sorry.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46- I'm really sorry.- Although, if you are watching that's quite cool.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48It is quite cool. I know! Wouldn't that be great?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Now, how are you on the rest of these?
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Your brother Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- That is Green Day.- Correct.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- Another great band.- And that would have scored you nine.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00- Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton... - is Cream.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- Cream.- That would have scored 46.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Matt Bellamy, Dom Howard and Chris Wolstenhome.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07- Is it Muse?- It is Muse, yeah, of course it is.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09That would have scored eight points.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Blink 182 is the best answer on that board,
0:10:11 > 0:10:13but another couple of low scorers there as well.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17- Well done if you got any of those single figures at home. - Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21We are halfway through the round, so let's have a quick look at those scores.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Rosalie, look at that three.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25I mean, it's just wonderful.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Then up to 14, where we find Meg and Keiron, not bad either.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Another fantastic score.
0:10:31 > 0:10:3335, Gavin and Andy, not bad.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Sarah and Ken, yes, The Police
0:10:35 > 0:10:37were an expensive choice there, I'm afraid.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Ken, you know what we need from you in the next pass.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Good luck with that. We're going to come back down the line now.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:10:47 > 0:10:51OK, let's put seven more trios up on the board and here they are.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19I'll read those all one last time.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Andy, welcome back to Pointless. Remind us what you do.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44I work in IT for an investment company.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47That's right. You and Gavin met doing youth theatre.
0:11:47 > 0:11:52- That's correct, yes.- What's your most treasured memory of acting with Gavin?
0:11:52 > 0:11:54What were you both playing?
0:11:54 > 0:12:00Well, rather worryingly we created a sketch with a couple of characters in it called Marian and Maud.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Erm...
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Which is one is a glitzy glamour puss,
0:12:04 > 0:12:06and the other one's a frumpy plain Jane.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- You want to ask, don't you? - I don't think I need to.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Oh, that's enough. When did you last do Marian and Maud?
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- Just a couple of months ago. - That's hilarious.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23Very good. Now, Andy, you're on 35.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27The high-scorers are Sarah and Ken on 71, so 35 is also your target.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28What would you like to go for?
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Well...
0:12:31 > 0:12:33I'll go for the second one, it's the Beastie Boys.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36The Beastie Boys, says Andy, for the second one. Here's your red line.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39If you get below that red line with the Beastie Boys,
0:12:39 > 0:12:41you are into Round Two already.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44It is the Beastie Boys.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Very well done. Down you go. That's great. Look at that. Nine.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Second-best scorer of the round so far. Taking your total to 44,
0:12:54 > 0:12:56seeing you very comfortably into the next round.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Well played, yes. Started out as sort of a novelty act,
0:12:59 > 0:13:01really, the Beastie Boys, with that single,
0:13:01 > 0:13:05- turned into I suspect one of the most interesting and innovative groups of their generation.- Yeah.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Hilarious how that happens.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Ken, welcome to Pointless.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Lovely to have you here. What do you do, Ken?
0:13:13 > 0:13:14I am gloriously retired,
0:13:14 > 0:13:18previously a mental health nurse in Newcastle.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20- Is it nice being retired? - It's great being retired.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21It's absolutely fabulous.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24What sort of things have you been doing since you took up retirement?
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Recently I've been doing quite a bit of limping.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Yeah, I spotted that.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31What did you do? What's happened?
0:13:31 > 0:13:34It all started with a phone call from Michael Flatley.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39No, it's actually an arthritis repair.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41OK, so it's going to get better?
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Two more weeks in plaster and then...
0:13:44 > 0:13:45And then Riverdance.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Then back on the tour, Ken.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Excellent! Very good.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Now, Ken, there you are, on 71.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55You are the highest scorers. We need a low score from you.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57What would you like to go for?
0:13:57 > 0:13:58It's a bit of a punt,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01but I think the third one down
0:14:01 > 0:14:05- might be the Fugees. - The Fugees, says Ken.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08No red line for you, because you're the highest scorers at this point,
0:14:08 > 0:14:12but Fugees, an answer like that could bring you back into the running, Ken.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Let's see what happens when we say the Fugees.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18It is the Fugees.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Down it goes
0:14:23 > 0:14:25to 16. That is a tremendous score.
0:14:25 > 0:14:26Very well done indeed, Ken.
0:14:26 > 0:14:2887 is your total.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Yeah, they had two UK number one singles, the Fugees,
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Ready Or Not and Killing Me Softly.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Thanks very much, Richard.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40Now then, Keiron, welcome back to Pointless. Good to have you here.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42You, as we've discovered, also about to start your
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- PhD At Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.- That's right.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Very, very best of luck with that.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50What are you going to be doing to improve the lot of the human race,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- Keiron?- Meg stitched me up there, hasn't she?
0:14:53 > 0:14:57I'm investigating quantum matter, low temperature physics.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59That is going to help certainly with my fridge.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Anyway, best of luck with that.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06You are on 14, a lovely low score from Meg on the first pass.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09What would you like to go for? 72 is your target.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I know a couple of them.
0:15:12 > 0:15:17I'll go with Dave Grohl, Kurt Cobain and the other guy in Nirvana.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Nirvana, says Keiron. Here is your red line.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22If you can get below this nice and high red line with Nirvana,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24you are into Round Two.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32Very well done, Keiron.
0:15:35 > 0:15:3837, takes your total up to 51.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Yeah, very well played.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Wonderful band, of course Dave Grohl went on to form another wonderful
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- band, the Foo Fighters, as well. - Thanks very much, indeed.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Now, Charlie, welcome to Pointless.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Good to have you here. What do you do, Charlie?
0:15:50 > 0:15:53I'm a Masters student at the University of Kent.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Goodness me, what are you studying?
0:15:55 > 0:15:56International relations.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Oh! On the first two podiums alone...
0:15:59 > 0:16:02I mean, quite aside from the hardware,
0:16:02 > 0:16:05the dance entertainment that we're getting from the other podiums,
0:16:05 > 0:16:08we've just got so many things nailed there. Absolutely amazing.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Thank you. Thank you, all of you for what you're doing.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- You're welcome.- How long is your masters going to be?
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- It's one year.- One year, OK, in Kent, a lovely place to be.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Nice campus to be on. Now, Charlie, you're on three,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23the high-scorers still Sarah and Ken, I'm afraid, on 87,
0:16:23 > 0:16:25so 83 is your target.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- Yeah...- Talk us through that board and fill in our blanks.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- If you can.- Yeah, so, I know none of them.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33My music taste is not...
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Yeah, it's just not those.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Yeah, I really don't know, so let's go for it.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41The Joseph Simmons one...
0:16:41 > 0:16:44- Kiss?- You want me to say Kiss? Joseph Simmons.- Yeah.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Well, let's find out. Here is your red line.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49If you can get below that with Kiss, you're into Round Two.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52But let's see
0:16:52 > 0:16:54what happens when we say Kiss.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Oh. Got the Simmons right, but, yeah,
0:16:59 > 0:17:01I'm afraid an incorrect answer scores you 100 points,
0:17:01 > 0:17:03takes your total up to 103.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Yeah, Gene Simmons, of course, the lead singer of Kiss.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Joseph Simmons was in the mighty Run DMC.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12That would have scored you nine points.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Well done if you said that at home.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Now the top one - everyone our age will know this, the utter heroes of the '70s and '80s...
0:17:18 > 0:17:20- The Jam.- The Jam, yeah.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23That would have scored you 41.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Simon Neil, Ben Johnston, James Johnston, if you like rock music,
0:17:25 > 0:17:27especially if you like melodic rock music.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- This is Biffy Clyro.- It is. The brilliant Biffy Clyro, yeah.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33That would have scored you one point, a terrific answer.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35And another great band down the bottom,
0:17:35 > 0:17:37if you don't know them, Lauren Maybury, Ian Cook
0:17:37 > 0:17:40and Martin Doherty, is Chvrches.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Check them out, as well, two points for that.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Again, some low scorers. Very well done if you got single figures.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50At the end of our first round, the pair we have to send home with their...
0:17:50 > 0:17:53It's a hybrid made of the lowest score of the round
0:17:53 > 0:17:56and the highest score of the round, but there we are.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58It just bodes very well for when you come back, I think.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02It's fine, he'll have to buy me lunch. That was our deal.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03That was our deal, yeah.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06She made lunch out of it. It's been lovely having you here,
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Charlie and Rosalie. We'll see you next time, look forward to it. Meantime, thanks very much.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13But for the remaining three pairs it's now time for Round Two.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20There we are. Down to three pairs.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22At the end of this round we will be down to two pairs.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Andy, best score of the round there, with the Beastie Boys -
0:18:25 > 0:18:28of the surviving contestants, I should add.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30And Andy and Gavin, the best combined score as well,
0:18:30 > 0:18:33so very well done over there on the far podium.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37But best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two today is...
0:18:39 > 0:18:42It's a words round. Can you all decide in your pairs
0:18:42 > 0:18:44who's going to go first and who's going to go second?
0:18:44 > 0:18:47And whoever's going first, please, step up to the podium.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:18:53 > 0:18:58We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many words ending
0:18:58 > 0:19:03in N-S-E as they could.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Words ending in N-S-E, Richard.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Any word which has its own entry in the British and World
0:19:08 > 0:19:11English section of oxforddictionaries.com,
0:19:11 > 0:19:12please, that ends in N-S-E.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15As always, no proper nouns, no hyphenated words,
0:19:15 > 0:19:18also no American spellings, please. Very, very best of luck.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- It's a tricky one, isn't it? - It is.- A thinker.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23- It is a thinker.- Yeah.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26- It's a thinker.- I'm going to write down what I think your word might
0:19:26 > 0:19:28be. I'm sure you haven't even thought of it yet.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31I haven't yet, no. Er, Meg...
0:19:31 > 0:19:33What would you like to go for?
0:19:33 > 0:19:36I'm going to go for suspense.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37Suspense, says Meg.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Let's see how many of our 100 people said suspense.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Three!
0:19:52 > 0:19:54There you are, Meg, three for suspense.
0:19:55 > 0:20:00It's a state of feeling excited or anxious about something which might happen - suspense.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- It's a low score, isn't it? - Isn't it?- Isn't it? I wonder why.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06We'll find out after this break.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Thank you very much, Richard.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Sarah, what would you like to go for?
0:20:12 > 0:20:16So, as soon as it came up, this word popped into my head,
0:20:16 > 0:20:18and then I started doubting that it was actually a word,
0:20:18 > 0:20:20but I'm going to say it anyway, because it came into my head.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26I am going to go for recompense.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- Recompense?- Recompense. Oh, I know, you're doubting it, aren't you?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31- Don't doubt it any longer.- I don't know how to pronounce it.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Recompense. Recompense, you said it beautifully.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Let's see how many of our 100 people said recompense.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Six for recompense.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Not bad at all, Sarah.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56Yeah, to make amends for any loss or harm suffered.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58- Recompense.- Yes.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01- I still have...- Do you know what? I thought you were going to say recompense,
0:21:01 > 0:21:03so I'm already out of this game.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- OK, thank you very much.- I'll have to think of a new one.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08I've got one. I've got a stand-by.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10I'm hoping for one that I think's going to...
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Anyway, there we are. Gavin...
0:21:12 > 0:21:15The one I've got, I don't know if it's obscure or not,
0:21:15 > 0:21:19but it's the type of house I grew up in, which is a church house,
0:21:19 > 0:21:24- the house of the minister, which is a manse.- That's mine. That's mine.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27- That's...- I should have thought of that.- That's the one I had.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Ah. OK, manse, says Gavin. Can I just say? That's a brilliant answer.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Fantastic. Let's see how many of our 100 people said manse.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40It's right.
0:21:45 > 0:21:4711!
0:21:50 > 0:21:5211 for manse.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55It's interesting, those shorter words, they always score more, don't they?
0:21:55 > 0:21:58- Even if they are slightly more obscure words.- Yeah.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- I'm still thinking.- You're still thinking.- We're halfway through the round.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Let's take a look at those scores. Three, Meg, look at that.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Three for suspense. Superb.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Then up to six, where we find Sarah and Ken,
0:22:07 > 0:22:09then up to 11 where we find Gavin and Andy.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11None of these scores are terrible, but Andy,
0:22:11 > 0:22:13you find yourself out in front there.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16So we need a low score from you just to make up for that.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20We're coming back down the line. Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:22:23 > 0:22:27OK, Andy, words ending N-S-E.
0:22:27 > 0:22:33You are the high-scorers, so let's have a super low answer from you.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36I have a short word and a long word
0:22:36 > 0:22:39and I can't decide which one will be the best.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Erm...
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- Rinse.- Rinse, says Andy.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Rinse. Let's see if that's right.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Let's see how many of our 100 people said rinse.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51No red line for you. You are the high-scorers.
0:22:59 > 0:23:0122.
0:23:03 > 0:23:0522 for rinse.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06Takes you up to 33.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08We keep going up in almost exact doubles.
0:23:08 > 0:23:13- Yes.- Three, six, 11, which was a disappointment, 22.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- Yeah.- Should we get 44 next, really?
0:23:16 > 0:23:17Would be good.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Now, Ken.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21I have two.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24One is an absolute gamble and I'm not sure whether I need...
0:23:26 > 0:23:29I know Sarah will strangle me if this is wrong.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32I haven't a clue what the word means, but I think there is a word mense.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34M-E-N-S-E.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Mense. There is your red line.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41Let's see if there is a word M-E-N-S-E.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Mense.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48It is a word. Sarah can put her strangling gloves away.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52It gets you through to the next round.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54And it scores you two.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Very well done, indeed, Ken.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59- Takes your total up to eight. Very well done.- Yeah, mense.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Obviously, manse is where Gavin grew up,
0:24:01 > 0:24:05but if you have that in Surrey, it's mense.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10No, mense is actually a northern dialect word and up in Scotland, as well.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13It means, it can mean kindness and discretion and common sense.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15It's sort of...
0:24:15 > 0:24:19I guess kind of comes from a common-sense type of a place, mense.
0:24:19 > 0:24:25Thank you very much, indeed. Now then, Keiron.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27I've got two.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30One of them might be better. I'm going to go for nonsense.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33- Nonsense.- Yeah. - There is your red line.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35If you get below that, you're through to the head-to-head.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43AUDIENCE GROANS
0:24:43 > 0:24:4654 for nonsense, takes your total up to 57.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Yeah, I thought the two of you might have an advantage here,
0:24:52 > 0:24:55because there's all of scientific words that end N-S-E that you might have come across.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59There is polycondense, precondense,
0:24:59 > 0:25:01there's photoresponse - all those are pointless answers.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05Recondense as well. They're all pointless answers. But there it is.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08- Have you got an answer? - Precondense.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10LAUGHTER
0:25:10 > 0:25:15- That's amazing. You've done really...- Funnily enough, actually, you even said it.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17- I think.- I know what you're going to say.- Yeah.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19I'm going to write it down.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- Go on, what's your word? - Commonsense.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Commonsense, that's exactly what I've written down.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- Isn't that amazing? - Commonsense as one word?
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Yeah, absolutely. It would have scored you 100 points.
0:25:34 > 0:25:35It's incorrect, I'm afraid.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Them's the breaks. At least I predicted it.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Let's have a look at some of the pointless answers, shall we?
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Not that many well-known words, I have to say.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Radiodense - we've all listened to those DJs.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Sublicense - that's what you get points on if you drive too fast in a submarine.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Photoresponse and the cusimanse, which is a gregarious mongoose.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13That's nice, isn't it? Cusimanse.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Shall we take a look at the top three answers, that most of our 100 people said?
0:26:22 > 0:26:25That's the second biggest scorer of all, I'm afraid.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28And right at the top, sense on 79.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30- There we are.- Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32There's a lovely one point four frankincense.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34That would have been a nice one.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36That would have been nice. Why didn't I think of that?
0:26:36 > 0:26:40Because I'm stupid. At the end of our second round the pair we have to say goodbye to with that
0:26:40 > 0:26:43high score of 57, I am so sorry, Keiron and Meg, it is you. It is the pair of you.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Two of our greatest scientists.
0:26:45 > 0:26:51We send you off, never to be heard of again until you win the Nobel Prize in about 30 years' time.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53But wonderful, wonderful to have you here.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Thank you for playing so well. And very, very best of luck with your next four years.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Keiron and Meg, wonderful contestants.
0:27:00 > 0:27:01APPLAUSE
0:27:02 > 0:27:06But for the remaining two pairs it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14Congratulations, Andy and Gavin, Sarah and Ken.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17You are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for that
0:27:17 > 0:27:20jackpot, which currently stands at £3,000.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25But the main point is we've made it to the head-to-head,
0:27:25 > 0:27:30which means you can start playing as a team, you confer from here on in before you give your answers.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33First pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Very, very best of luck to both pairs, two strong pairs here.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Here is your first question, and it concerns...
0:27:50 > 0:27:54- Richard.- We're going to show you five pictures now of women who are on the Forbes list
0:27:54 > 0:27:56of the world's most powerful 100 women in 2016.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Can you identify the most obscure of these, please?
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Thank you very much, indeed.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Let's reveal our five powerful women, and here they are.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32There we are.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Five of the world's most powerful women.
0:28:34 > 0:28:39Now, Andy and Gavin, you are our low scorers, so you will go first.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Well, we're struggling with a couple of them.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45I think we'll just get it right and hopefully low-ish
0:28:45 > 0:28:47and say Angela Merkel.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51OK, for C, Angela Merkel for C, say Andy and Gavin.
0:28:51 > 0:28:56Now, Sarah and Ken, talk us through the remaining powerful women.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58I can't talk you through them all.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01A is Oprah Winfrey, I believe.
0:29:01 > 0:29:06And the answer we are going to go with is D,
0:29:06 > 0:29:08- Anna Wintour. - OK, Anna Wintour.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11So, we have Angela Merkel and Anna Wintour.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Andy and Gavin said Angela Merkel.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Let's see how many of our 100 people said Angela Merkel for C.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21It is Angela Merkel.
0:29:21 > 0:29:22That's a high score.
0:29:22 > 0:29:2482 there.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30Meanwhile, Sarah and Ken have gone for Anna Wintour for D.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Anna Wintour.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37It is Anna Wintour and it wins you the point.
0:29:37 > 0:29:38Very well done, indeed.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41That wins it by quite a margin.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Look at that. Down to 15 for Anna Wintour. Very well done.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46And it means, Sarah and Ken, after one question,
0:29:46 > 0:29:48you are up 1-0.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52It's interesting, the size of that score for Angela Merkel. Her scores have gone up and up and up
0:29:52 > 0:29:56as the years of Pointless have gone by. She's like the Central African Republic of world leaders.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00There you are, Angela Merkel. Now, A is, of course, Oprah Winfrey.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03You're quite right about that. She would have scored you 64 points.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05We'll leave B for the moment.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08E is the managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11She's called... I think she's called Christine Lagarde.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13- Christine Lagarde. - Lagarde.- Absolutely.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15She would have scored you ten points.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Well done if you said that. And B...
0:30:18 > 0:30:19Is... We all know the name.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21That is Melinda Gates.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23The Gates Foundation.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25It's a pointless answer, so very well done if you said that.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28I'm trying to work out which football team that scarf is.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31- What's that...?- She is a... She's a Nottingham Forest fan.- That's nice.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34- Good.- Yeah, it is nice.- Very nice. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36So, here comes your second question.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39Now, Andy and Gavin, you have to win this one to stay in the game but
0:30:39 > 0:30:43Sarah and Ken will answer it first so good luck with that.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Our second question is all about...
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Yeah, simply five egg-related clues now.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54Can you give us the most obscure egg-related answer?
0:30:54 > 0:30:59Thank you very much indeed. OK, let's reveal our five egg clues and here they are.
0:30:59 > 0:31:00We have got...
0:31:17 > 0:31:19I'll read those all again.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Sarah and Ken will go first.
0:31:47 > 0:31:48We'll go for the last one,
0:31:48 > 0:31:52surname of the jeweller who created Easter eggs for the Russian family,
0:31:52 > 0:31:54as Faberge.
0:31:54 > 0:31:55Faberge, say Sarah and Ken.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Faberge. Now then, Andy and Gavin,
0:31:58 > 0:32:00here is your chance to get back in the game.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Talk us through the board and find a nice, low score if you can.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06So, eggs Florentine would be spinach.
0:32:06 > 0:32:11It's either the emu or the ostrich for the largest egg, I think.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Oeuf is the French for egg
0:32:13 > 0:32:16and I think the one we're going to go for is
0:32:16 > 0:32:19the 1990s drama, which was This Life.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23This Life. OK, so we have Faberge and we have This Life.
0:32:23 > 0:32:24Now, Sarah and Ken went for Faberge,
0:32:24 > 0:32:27let's see how many of our 100 people said Faberge.
0:32:32 > 0:32:3559 for Faberge.
0:32:37 > 0:32:4159 for Faberge. Now, Andy and Gavin have gone for This Life,
0:32:41 > 0:32:42the Andy Lincoln drama.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:32:49 > 0:32:50It's right,
0:32:50 > 0:32:53and it wins you the point, that's just what we needed.
0:32:53 > 0:32:54You're back in the game. Down it goes.
0:32:54 > 0:32:5714. Very good stuff.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59After two questions, it's 1-1.
0:33:01 > 0:33:02Yep, very well played.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06Those Faberge eggs, there were about 50 of them they made in all,
0:33:06 > 0:33:09and they were genuinely weirdly like Kinder eggs in that they all contained...
0:33:09 > 0:33:11You'd open them up and they contained little surprises inside
0:33:11 > 0:33:14them. The leafy green vegetable, you're quite right, is spinach.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18Also would have won you the point, cos it's 45.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20- The species is the...- Ostrich.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Yep. Big scorer, though, that.
0:33:22 > 0:33:2776. And oeuf, you're right, as well, and that would have scored 65,
0:33:27 > 0:33:31- so This Life is the best answer on the board. Well played.- Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:33:31 > 0:33:32So, it comes down to the decider.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36Whoever wins this third question goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.
0:33:36 > 0:33:37Best of luck to both pairs.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Our third question today is all about...
0:33:43 > 0:33:47- Richard.- We're going to show you the names of five Canadian provinces and territories.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50All we're going to show you is the first and last letters of their names.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Can you tell us the most obscure province, or territory, please?
0:33:53 > 0:33:56Thanks very much, indeed. Let's reveal our five Canadian provinces
0:33:56 > 0:33:59and territories with bits missing, and here they are.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01We have got...
0:34:15 > 0:34:18Now, Andy and Gavin, you will go first.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26We're going to go with Manitoba.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Manitoba, say Andy and Gavin.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Manitoba. Right, Sarah and Ken,
0:34:31 > 0:34:33talk us through those provinces and territories.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35We're going to go for Manitoba, as well.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41- OK.- We were going to go for Manitoba.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Second one is Alberta.
0:34:43 > 0:34:44The fourth one is Ontario.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47And the last one is Yukon.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51Struggling with the third one down, but we're going to go for Yukon.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53You're going to go for Yukon.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55So, we have Manitoba and we have Yukon.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Andy and Gavin said Manitoba.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people said Manitoba.
0:35:04 > 0:35:05It is right.
0:35:08 > 0:35:09Down it goes to 35.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14Ooh.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Not as convincingly low as I think you might have hoped there,
0:35:16 > 0:35:1835 for Manitoba.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21Sarah and Ken, meanwhile, have gone for Yukon.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Let's see how many of our 100 people said Yukon.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27It's right.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Oh! 46 for Yukon.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36And there we have our result. Very well done, indeed.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38I knew this was going to be hard-fought but, Andy and Gavin,
0:35:38 > 0:35:41after three questions, you are through to the final 2-1.
0:35:41 > 0:35:42Yeah, very well played, gents.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45Very different to last time and, funnily enough,
0:35:45 > 0:35:47if your opponents had said Alberta,
0:35:47 > 0:35:49you'd just have been knocked out
0:35:49 > 0:35:52because Alberta would have scored you 18 points.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Oh, my God.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56- O-O is...- Ontario.- Ontario.
0:35:58 > 0:36:0167. You might know this one with your Arctic experience.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05- It's Nunavut.- Oh, gosh.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08Nunavut. Which is "our land" in the Inuit language and that would have
0:36:08 > 0:36:10scored you two points, so very well done if you said that.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12I'll have Nunavut.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14LAUGHTER
0:36:14 > 0:36:18Thank you very much, indeed. So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:36:18 > 0:36:20- I'm afraid, Sarah and Ken... Oh, that was close.- It was.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23It's great news for us because it means we see you again.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26Otherwise it would have been over and that would have been terrible.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29We'll see you back next time and we look forward to that very much indeed.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Meantime, thank you so much, Sarah and Ken.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33APPLAUSE
0:36:34 > 0:36:38But for Andy and Gavin, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43Congratulations, Andy and Gavin,
0:36:43 > 0:36:47you've fought off the competition and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and,
0:36:55 > 0:36:58at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at...
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Very, very well done.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06Head-to-headers last time.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10Only, you weren't the low-scoring pair that time. This time, you were.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13Actually, it counted for a lot there, didn't it, answering first?
0:37:13 > 0:37:15- Yeah.- On that Canadian question.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Let's just hope something wonderful comes up on the board behind us to
0:37:18 > 0:37:20complete this lovely day.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Today's selection looks like this.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24We have...
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- Royals is useless for me. - I'm useless on Royals.- Football...
0:37:35 > 0:37:37- You know a bit about. - No, no, no.- Not that?- No.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39I know something about JFK.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42If the movie comes up then that would be useful.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45- Yeah.- Why don't we just go with JFK? - We'll go with JFK.- Yeah.
0:37:45 > 0:37:46JFK it is. Richard.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48OK, very best of luck, gents,
0:37:48 > 0:37:50you've been terrific for two shows now.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53Hopefully something here suits you. Here is your three categories.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56We're looking for any cast member of the original cinema release of
0:37:56 > 0:37:59the film JFK from 1991 according to IMDb.
0:37:59 > 0:38:04We are looking for any US President who was in office before JFK.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Or we are looking for any states won by JFK
0:38:07 > 0:38:11at the 1960 presidential election. So...
0:38:17 > 0:38:19- Very best of luck.- Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answer
0:38:22 > 0:38:25and all you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers to
0:38:25 > 0:38:27be pointless. Are you ready?
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- We're ready.- Very good. OK. Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32There they are. Your time starts now.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Donald Sinden was in the film.
0:38:34 > 0:38:35- Donald Sinden?- Donald Sutherland.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Donald Sutherland.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Jack Lemmon was in it. Walter Matthau was in it.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Jack Lemmon was in it. Walter Matthau.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43- There was a load of... - Kevin Bacon was in it.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- Kevin Bacon was in it. Joe Pesci was in it.- Yeah.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51- Gary Oldman, obviously. He shot him.- Yeah.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Erm... Presidents before, we could go with,
0:38:53 > 0:38:56but I think we've actually got some good answers from the actors.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Walter Matthau is good. I forgot he was in it.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01- Walter Matthau.- And Jack Lemmon. - And Donald Sinden.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Donald Sutherland! Don't say that.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05We'll go Sutherland.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08I can't remember who...
0:39:08 > 0:39:13- I don't remember any others. - I can't remember the actor who played him
0:39:13 > 0:39:16cos he only appeared in the footage.
0:39:16 > 0:39:17- I think he played himself.- Yeah.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21I think... I think...
0:39:21 > 0:39:25- I think with that selection of actors we're all right.- Yeah.- We're going to go with those three,
0:39:25 > 0:39:28- I think, so we're ready. - OK, you're ready.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31OK. What are you going to go for?
0:39:31 > 0:39:34We'll go with three members of the cast of JFK.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36- You say them.- Jack Lemmon.
0:39:36 > 0:39:37- Jack Lemmon.- Walter Matthau.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39- Walter Matthau.- Donald Sutherland.
0:39:39 > 0:39:40Donald Sinden. OK.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42No, no, no, no.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:45 > 0:39:47- Matthau or Lemmon?- Matthau.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- Matthau most likely to be pointless. - Least likely to be pointless?
0:39:50 > 0:39:51- Donald Sutherland.- Donald Sutherland.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53We put Jack Lemmon in the middle.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56- In the middle.- OK, let's put those up on the board in that order, then,
0:39:56 > 0:39:58and here they are. We've got...
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Well, very good luck. Three great answers on the board there,
0:40:05 > 0:40:08let's just hope one of these turns out to be pointless and wins that
0:40:08 > 0:40:11jackpot for you. What would you like to do with it if you won it?
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Andy, you first.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18We're going to New York shortly and it would be very useful.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21- Very nice.- Yeah, my wife will go shopping with it.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Excellent.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Very good, indeed. Gavin, what would you like to do?
0:40:25 > 0:40:28I have no wife so I would like some new dresses for myself.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Perhaps a new wig.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36OK, very good. Well, best of luck. Three good answers as I say.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Let's hope one of them is pointless.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Donald Sutherland. In all three cases,
0:40:40 > 0:40:43we're looking for cast members from the film JFK.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47Your first answer's Donald Sutherland. If it's pointless, it will win you £3,000.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50Let's see how many of our 100 people said Donald Sutherland.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55It's right.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58It just has to go all the way down to zero and you'll leave here with
0:40:58 > 0:40:59£3,000. Down we go.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Through the 30s and into the 20s.
0:41:01 > 0:41:02Still going down through the teens.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05We are into single figures. Donald Sutherland still taking us down.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07You have done it! Straight away!
0:41:09 > 0:41:12Straight out of the traps there, very well done, indeed.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14Very well done.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Oh, that's fantastic. Congratulations.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23Your first answer, Donald Sutherland, was a pointless answer.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26You are going home with £3,000.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- Very well done.- Thank you so much! - Fabulous work.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Yeah, very well played, gents.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36You've deserved it, as well, over the last two shows.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40You know that film. I think you went through virtually every scoring answer in your 60 seconds.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon all scored points.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Joe Pesci, Tommy Lee Jones also scored points.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48Wayne Knight, Jim Garrison who, of course, has a role in the film,
0:41:48 > 0:41:51he would have scored one point. Everybody else in the film,
0:41:51 > 0:41:53every single other actor, and there's loads, are pointless,
0:41:53 > 0:41:55including Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58- Wow.- So, very well done.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00APPLAUSE
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Let's take a look at a few of them now.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13John Candy, a pointless answer as well. Sissy Spacek.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Some great pointless answers out there.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Some very big names in that film. Now, presidents before JFK.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Lots of pointless answers here as well.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Normally our 100 do better on presidents.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31You could've had Benjamin Harrison, James Garfield, Rutherford B Hayes,
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Ulysses S Grant and Warren G Harding.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Very well done if you said any of those.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39And the states carried by JFK when he won the election -
0:42:39 > 0:42:41only four pointless answers here.
0:42:41 > 0:42:42Here's all of them.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47Very, very well played if you got any of those at home.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Thanks very much, Richard, and thanks very much, Andy and Gavin,
0:42:50 > 0:42:54our winning players who go away with today's jackpot of £3,000.
0:42:54 > 0:42:55Very well done.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57APPLAUSE
0:42:58 > 0:43:02Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.