0:00:14 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless -
0:00:24 > 0:00:25the show where the aim of the game
0:00:25 > 0:00:27is to find the most obscure answer possible.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Let's meet today's players.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34And couple number one.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Hi, my name's Steve and this is George.
0:00:36 > 0:00:37We're from Epsom in Surrey.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39We're father and son,
0:00:39 > 0:00:41- and I'm the father! - LAUGHTER
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Couple number two.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Hi, my name's Ambrish and this is my wife, Ruth,
0:00:45 > 0:00:48- and we're from Bexleyheath. - Couple number three.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51I'm Kate and this is my daughter, Linzi, and we're from Dunfermline.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52Couple number four.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55I'm Penny and this is my husband, David,
0:00:55 > 0:00:57and we're from Runcorn, Cheshire.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00And these are today's contestants.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Thanks very much to all of you, a very warm welcome to Pointless.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Lovely to have you with us. We'll get a chance to chat to each of you
0:01:05 > 0:01:06throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09So, that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:09 > 0:01:10You ARE what you eat.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12I saw this guy sneaking back for second helpings
0:01:12 > 0:01:15of very tall, intelligent man in glasses at lunchtime.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19- Hiya. Hi, everybody. - APPLAUSE
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Hiya.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23- Good afternoon, sir.- Good afternoon.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25This is a nice mix today.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26We've got two married couples,
0:01:26 > 0:01:29we've also got a father and son, and a mother and a daughter.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30- That's nice, isn't it?- It is nice.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Ruth and Ambrish, we already know what sort of couple they are.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35A lovely couple, got knocked out in Round Two last time.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Very unlucky, I think, on a football question.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Ambrish went for something, just slightly overreached
0:01:39 > 0:01:41and he was unfortunate,
0:01:41 > 0:01:43so they're going to be tough to beat today, I think.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45- It's going to be nice, isn't it? - It's going to be nice.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- They seem a lovely bunch.- They do.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49The only people who are going to let this show down is you and I.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52HE GASPS Won't happen.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53Thank you very much indeed.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Now, Chris and Nathan went through, remember,
0:01:55 > 0:01:57to the final last time.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59I say, "Remember," no-one remembers, they weren't there.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02They didn't win the jackpot so we add another £1,000 to that,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05so today's jackpot starts off at...
0:02:05 > 0:02:07There we are.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:15 > 0:02:16Remember this at all times,
0:02:16 > 0:02:18the pair with the highest score at the end of each round
0:02:18 > 0:02:20will be eliminated. Keep your scores nice and low,
0:02:20 > 0:02:23and you have nothing to worry about. Very best of luck to all four pairs.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Our first category today is...
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Can you all decide, in your pairs,
0:02:29 > 0:02:31who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39OK, and the question concerns...
0:02:45 > 0:02:46- Richard?- On each board,
0:02:46 > 0:02:49we're going to give you the full name of seven people
0:02:49 > 0:02:51who are most famously known by their middle name.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53We'll give you the full name and the middle initial.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Can you tell us what that middle name is, please?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57There's going to be 14 in all to have a go at, at home
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- so very best of luck. - Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02So, we are looking for the middle name by which these people
0:03:02 > 0:03:05are most commonly known and here is our first board of seven.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31I shall read those all again.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43There we go. George, welcome.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- Here from Epsom in Surrey?- Indeed.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47What do you do, George?
0:03:47 > 0:03:49I'm a student, currently, at Exeter University.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- What are you studying? - Sport science.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54- Ah.- Yeah.- Sport science?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Something about your build tells me you are also involved in sport
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- in some small way.- A small way.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01What sport do you play?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- I'm a rugby player. - Of course you are.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05You're second row?
0:04:05 > 0:04:08This is what most people think. No, I'm actually a winger.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10- Are you?- Yeah.- Look at that. Yeah, you wouldn't want to tackle George!
0:04:10 > 0:04:12- No, not really.- You would not.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Actually, a good hand off, I imagine, George has got there.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Now, George, how are you liking our board?
0:04:17 > 0:04:19I think this is not a bad board.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- Well, you'd say that. - How are you finding it?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24I'm definitely glad I'm going first.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28I've only got one,
0:04:28 > 0:04:29possible two, I think. So...
0:04:31 > 0:04:33..I think I'm going to go for
0:04:33 > 0:04:35probably the most obvious,
0:04:35 > 0:04:36Hugh. Hugh Laurie.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38"Hugh Laurie," says George.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Hugh Laurie."
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Hugh Laurie is absolutely right.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Down it goes to 62.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Hugh Laurie scoring 62.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Not a bad start to the show.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Yeah, his father, Ran Laurie, was a gold medallist in rowing
0:04:55 > 0:04:57at the Olympics in 1948.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59He should have been a runner with that name.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- Ran Laurie?- Yeah.- Or a lorry driver.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- Or a lorry driver. - Or someone who runs after lorries.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Or someone who just runs a haulage company.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08No, who's retired from running a haulage company.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Ran Laurie, yeah. That's a very good idea.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- Isn't it?- Yeah.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Thank you very much indeed.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Now, Ruth, welcome back.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Welcome back. Oh, we were sorry to see the back of you last time.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Very, very unfair.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23You went out because you overreached yourselves in the Pointless stakes.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Ruth, remind us what you do?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27I'm a human resources manager in the civil service.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- By day!- By day.- But by night...?
0:05:29 > 0:05:33By night, I'm a bass guitarist in a rock and roll band.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Do you favour the longer strap bass,
0:05:36 > 0:05:39sort of Sid Vicious...?
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- No.- Or do you favour the...
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Robert King, Mark King?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Somewhere in between.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Do you play from above?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50No, I pluck.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52You pluck? This is good. This is good.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Now, Ruth, what would you like to go for?
0:05:55 > 0:05:57I'm going to take a bit of a risk.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59I recognise the surname.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02I'm going to go for Dakota Fanning.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05"Dakota Fanning," says Ruth.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Dakota."
0:06:11 > 0:06:13It is Dakota Fanning.
0:06:13 > 0:06:1562 is our only score so far
0:06:15 > 0:06:16and you whizz past that.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Down to 24.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Down to 24.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Dakota Fanning, I think, was the right route to go.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Hannah Fanning was just...
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Hannah Fanning is quite something, isn't it?
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- Hannah Fanning, it sounds like an extreme sport.- Doesn't it?
0:06:30 > 0:06:31"What are you doing this weekend?"
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- "Well, I'm going paragliding and then Hannah Fanning." - LAUGHTER
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Hannah Fanning... "Oh, you're HANNAH Fanning?"
0:06:36 > 0:06:39"You're Hannah Fanning, are you? With an instructor?"
0:06:39 > 0:06:41"No, I've Hannah Fanned three times before
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- "so this is my first solo Hannah Fann."- Wow.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Yeah. They have the British Hannah Fanning Championships now,
0:06:46 > 0:06:48- don't they?- They do. They do it up in Anglesey.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Is that in Anglesey, is it? Lovely.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52- Yeah, the Anglesey Hannah Fanning Championships.- Yeah.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54I'm a Hannah Fanning man. I really am.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57I'm too scared. Too scared. Thank you.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Linzi, welcome to Pointless.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Good to have you here from Dunfermline.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04Lovely Dunfermline.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06What do you do in Dunfermline?
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Well, I live in Glasgow now, so I work at an escape rooms.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- At a what?- An escape rooms.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14It's like the Crystal Maze-ish.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16You get put in a room for 60 minutes
0:07:16 > 0:07:18and you've got to solve a series of puzzles
0:07:18 > 0:07:20to get yourselves out in under an hour.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I've always wanted to do one of those.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24They have them in London now.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26My son used to have them for birthdays as well.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- They're amazing. They're good, aren't they?- Yeah, so much fun.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32I've never even heard of such a thing. That's amazing.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35What's your job?
0:07:35 > 0:07:36I'm, like, a games master
0:07:36 > 0:07:38so I look over the games,
0:07:38 > 0:07:41but sometimes I have to go in dressed as a zombie,
0:07:41 > 0:07:44sometimes, in the zombie-themed room.
0:07:44 > 0:07:45It's like, sort of, theatre, then?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- Yeah.- A kind of participatory theatre?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Yeah, pretty much.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- That's the best thing ever.- Yeah.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Wow! So you're a, sort of, performer, really.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57You do it in an acting capacity mainly?
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Yeah, I do some... Recently, I started acting
0:08:00 > 0:08:01for the past couple of years.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03You're given a role and you go in,
0:08:03 > 0:08:06and you just throw a problem at people.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08No, I just go in and scare the living daylights out of them!
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- Yeah. - LAUGHTER
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Wow. OK, Linzi, the board's yours,
0:08:12 > 0:08:14what would you like to go for?
0:08:14 > 0:08:15OK, I know a few...
0:08:16 > 0:08:19..but I think I'm going to go for the US President
0:08:19 > 0:08:22and I'm going to say that it's...
0:08:22 > 0:08:23I hope I pronounce this right.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25..Grosvenor. Gros-v-nor. Yeah.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- Grosvenor?- Yep. - Grosvenor Cleveland.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Let's see if that's right.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32How many of our 100 people went for that?
0:08:34 > 0:08:36SHE SIGHS
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Oh, I'm sorry, Linzi.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Scores you 100 points.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Yeah, sorry, Linzi, I'll give all the correct answers
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- at the end of the pass. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Now then, Penny, welcome to Pointless.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- Good to have you here from Runcorn. - Yes, that's right.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53- What do you do, Penny? - I'm a web designer.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55What kind of webs?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58I build websites for anyone.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59- For anyone...?- Anyone who pays me.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Yep. Absolutely.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Very good. What do you like doing when not building websites?
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Have you done escape room? Have you heard of escape room?
0:09:06 > 0:09:09I have, yeah. I had one for my birthday, it was brilliant.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11It was really good. Yeah.
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Oh, it sounds fantastic.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Now, Penny, this board's all yours.
0:09:14 > 0:09:15Do you want to talk us through it?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17I'll try my best.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20The actor and director is Orson Welles.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22I'm not sure on the US President.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25I think the Prime Minister was Neville Chamberlain.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27It's Paul McCartney,
0:09:27 > 0:09:30and it's Marie Osmond.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Out of them...
0:09:32 > 0:09:33I think I'll go with...
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- ..Orson Welles. - "Orson Welles," says Penny.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Orson Welles."
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Well, 100 is our high score.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49You pass that. 24 is our low.
0:09:49 > 0:09:50You stop at 68.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52There we are. 68 for Orson Welles.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Yeah, well played. Let's clear up that President.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Not Grosvenor like Grosvenor Square,
0:09:58 > 0:09:59- it's...- Grover.- ..Grover.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01I'm afraid I couldn't give it to you
0:10:01 > 0:10:03cos they're very different names and words,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05and would have scored you 23 points.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06It's the best answer on the board.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Neville Chamberlain, you're absolutely right.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11He would have scored slightly better than Orson Welles, actually.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13He would have scored you 58.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Paul McCartney, of course.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16A big scorer, though. 91 for that.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19And Marie Osmond would have scored you...
0:10:19 > 0:10:20- 65.- Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:10:23 > 0:10:2524, the best score of the pass, Ruth.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Very well done with Dakota Fanning there.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Then 62's where we find George and Steve.
0:10:30 > 0:10:3268 is where we find Penny and David and then 100, Linzi and Kate.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34I'm sorry. You were in the right ballpark,
0:10:34 > 0:10:37but we just weren't allowed to accept that, I'm afraid.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Kate, good luck with finding a nice low-scoring answer.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Let's hope it's low enough to keep you in the game.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43We're going to come back down the line now.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:10:47 > 0:10:50OK, let's put seven more famous people up on the board
0:10:50 > 0:10:52and here they are.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54We've got...
0:11:14 > 0:11:16I'll read those all again.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38David, welcome here from Runcorn. Lovely to have you with us.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- What do you do, David? - I work in a local credit union.
0:11:41 > 0:11:42It's a savings and loans cooperative.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Very good indeed. What do you like getting up to
0:11:45 > 0:11:47when not working with the savings and loan cooperative?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49I've got a freshwater aquarium,
0:11:49 > 0:11:51so that takes up most of the time.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Very good. Now, you're on 68.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55The high scores are Kate and Linzi on 100.
0:11:55 > 0:11:5831 or less keeps you very much in the game.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00What would you like to go for?
0:12:00 > 0:12:01The only one I'm sure of is...
0:12:02 > 0:12:04..James Gordon Brown.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06OK, you're going to go for Gordon.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Gordon Brown. Here is your red line.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Get below this red line with Gordon Brown
0:12:10 > 0:12:13and you're through to the next round for sure.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17It's right.
0:12:19 > 0:12:2064 for Gordon Brown.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Takes your total to 132.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27See, that's a cool name, James G Brown, don't you think?
0:12:27 > 0:12:30When he was a student, he dated and lived with
0:12:30 > 0:12:32an exiled Romanian Princess.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35- We've all done that.- Yeah.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- Haven't we just?- Thank you very much, Richard.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39Now then, Kate.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Well, you have a target.
0:12:42 > 0:12:4631 or less and through you go to Round Two.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- Kate, what do you do?- I'm retired.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51You're retired. What did you do?
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Yes, I was a teacher and I was a college lecturer, college manager.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57And are you delighted to have retired or do you miss it?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59- Delighted to have retired.- Ah, nice.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Very good indeed. She looks delighted.
0:13:01 > 0:13:02She does look happy about it, yeah.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05I think retirement is suiting you very well.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07So what do you like getting up to now?
0:13:07 > 0:13:08- I just potter. - Just that, just potter.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Not pottery, just pottering.
0:13:10 > 0:13:11No, just pottering.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- That's perfect. Good.- Oh, I'll tell you what's lovely...
0:13:14 > 0:13:17I know there's a lot of retired clubs around the country now,
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Hannah Fannering for retired people, which is lovely.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24I know the University of Third Age now does a Hannah Fannering course.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26- Yes.- Very good for you.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Hanna Fannering? This is different from Hannah Fanning, is it?
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Yes. Hannah Fannering is slightly different.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33It's with a ring. It's actually with a...
0:13:33 > 0:13:34Yes, always with an instructor.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37- Always.- Hannah Fannering. - Hannah Fannering.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39There we are. Each to their own, as I've said.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41So, yes, Kate, 31 or less.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Come on.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44I'm going to go for...
0:13:46 > 0:13:48..Eleanor Roosevelt.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49Eleanor Roosevelt.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52That, I think, will keep you in.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54That's my... I'm going to stick my neck out and say
0:13:54 > 0:13:55if you get below the red line...
0:13:55 > 0:13:57I think you will go below the red line,
0:13:57 > 0:14:00you'll be staying with us. How many of our 100 people
0:14:00 > 0:14:01said, "Eleanor Roosevelt"?
0:14:03 > 0:14:04It's right.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09AUDIENCE GROANS
0:14:09 > 0:14:1152.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13I slightly misread that one.
0:14:13 > 0:14:14152 is your total.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15You did slightly misread that.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Although I agreed with you. I thought that was a terrific answer.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21She's the longest serving ever First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Just because her husband served up to the war
0:14:23 > 0:14:26and then he kept in office through the war, so had four terms.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Thank you very much, Richard.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Now, Ambrish, welcome back.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32- Thank you.- You have a Pointless score to settle.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35- Remind us what you do, Ambrish. - So, I work in the oil industry.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Are you a sort of mineral or geology expert, or are you...?
0:14:38 > 0:14:39No, I work in logistics.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42So, the trader does a deal and I take care of
0:14:42 > 0:14:44all the physical aspects of it.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46So talking to the ship tankers, refineries, terminals,
0:14:46 > 0:14:47getting the oil from A to B.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49That's a lot of people you've got to talk to there.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51There's a lot of coordinating to do.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Your phone bills must be astronomical!
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Ambrish, there you are on 24.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58You are through to the next round whatever you score.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59- See, that's nice.- Yes.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02I feel Pointless has given you at least one little step up there.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03Also Ruth did, to be fair to Ruth.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Lovely low score from her in the first pass.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07What would you like to go for?
0:15:07 > 0:15:10I think I know a few of these, but I think I'm going to go for...
0:15:10 > 0:15:11Joseph Rudyard Kipling.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14You're going to go for Rudyard Kipling.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Rudyard Kipling."
0:15:17 > 0:15:19No red line. You're already through.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23It's right.
0:15:23 > 0:15:2580 is what it scores.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27104 is your total.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28Through you go to Round Two.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Yeah, that's a weird middle name to choose.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34If you're called Joe Kipling, which is a perfectly nice name...
0:15:34 > 0:15:38- Rudyard...- I mean, sometimes middle names can be surnames, can't they?
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- I wonder...- Yes.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42It seems a bit show-offy to me.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- Rudyard.- Calling yourself Rudyard.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46- Yeah.- Less common these days.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- Yeah.- Not many Rudyards at my kid's school.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51There's, like, three.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53LAUGHTER
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Thank you very much indeed. Now, Steve.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Steve, welcome to Pointless.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Good to have you here. What do you do, Steve?
0:16:00 > 0:16:02I'm a mortgage broker.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05I liked your assertion of paternity as well earlier on.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06- I commend you for that.- Thank you.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Very good indeed. You are a mortgage broker.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- Yes.- What are your interests, Steve?
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I still like playing tennis and golf, and...
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- You STILL like playing...? - And still play a bit of football.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- Very good.- Not much, but a little.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Excellent. Now, Steve, this board's all yours.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23You are on 62.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25You have to score 89 or less.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29Well, I preferred the first board.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31I don't know the top one or the US president.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35I think Umbrella might be Rihanna,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38and I know it's Rupert Murdoch.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39But I'm going to go Rihanna.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Rihanna for Robyn Fenty.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43"Rihanna," says Steve.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Here is your red line. If you get below this red line,
0:16:45 > 0:16:49you are through to Round Two. How many of our 100 said, "Rihanna?"
0:16:50 > 0:16:52It's right. And you're through.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Not bad at all, 33.
0:16:57 > 0:17:0095 is your total.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Yeah, Rihanna. Umbrella was her first number one single.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Stayed at number one for ten weeks.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08There is a Rihanna curse, or more an Umbrella curse,
0:17:08 > 0:17:10which is, every time it hits number one in a particular country,
0:17:10 > 0:17:13there's a steady rainfall about a month after.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15There was in the UK when it was here.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17There was in New Zealand.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- The Rihanna curse.- Wow.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Maybe not a curse. Think of how many countries
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- would love to have a month's rain. - Absolutely.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25- Only a curse if you don't like rain. - Yeah, there we are.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Now, you were quite right about Rupert Murdoch as well.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Steve, let's see what that would have scored you.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Would have scored you 67, so you were right to go with Rihanna.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34he President is...
0:17:34 > 0:17:36- Calvin.- ..Calvin Coolidge
0:17:36 > 0:17:38and that is a good answer, would have scored 28 points.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Would have been a lovely one. And the actor?
0:17:41 > 0:17:43- Antonio Banderas.- Antonio Banderas.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Of course. And he would have scored you 38.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48There we are. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Well, we are at the end of our first round and,
0:17:50 > 0:17:52oh, I'm sorry Kate and Linzi, I'm sorry.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54- Grover Cleveland. Ugh!- I know.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Ah, well. Listen, you will be back next time
0:17:56 > 0:17:59and I have every faith you will go much, much further.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Meantime, thank you so much, Kate and Linzi.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02Lovely contestants.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04APPLAUSE
0:18:04 > 0:18:06But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15And look at that. Like magic, we're down to three pairs.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Who knows what's going to happen at the end of this round?
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Ruth, lovely low individual score from you.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Very well done indeed. Steve and George, our father-son pair,
0:18:24 > 0:18:26were our lowest combined scorers, so very well done to you.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28And David and Penny, well done to you as well.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30You made it through that round, which is great.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Our category for Round Two today is...
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Can we all decide, in our pairs,
0:18:39 > 0:18:41who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:18:41 > 0:18:44And, whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49OK. Let's find out what the question is.
0:18:49 > 0:18:54Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:18:58 > 0:19:02..as they could. EU member states smaller than the UK.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04- Richard.- Yeah, absolutely. Do you remember the EU?- I do.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Yeah. We're looking for any member state of the EU
0:19:07 > 0:19:11whose surface area is smaller than the surface area of the UK.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14- Interesting.- Yeah.- Interesting.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- Smaller than.- Smaller than surface area, smaller than.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Steve.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22I'm going to go with...
0:19:23 > 0:19:25..Portugal.
0:19:25 > 0:19:26"Portugal," says Steve.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Portugal."
0:19:31 > 0:19:33It's right.
0:19:37 > 0:19:3829 for Portugal.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Not bad at all, Steve. Well done.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42APPLAUSE
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Well played, Steve. Yeah, well under half the size of the UK.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46I think we have a myth in the UK
0:19:46 > 0:19:48that we're a plucky, tiny, little island.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50And we're actually pretty big.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53- Quite big.- Yeah, well, we're twice the size of Portugal, for example.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57- For example.- Yeah.- There you go. - Yeah, there's an example.- Exactly.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Thank you, Richard.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Ruth, what would you like to go for?
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Struggling a bit with the surface area,
0:20:04 > 0:20:07but it's a country, I'm sure it's in the EU,
0:20:07 > 0:20:09and I drove across it almost in a day once.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11I'm going to try Cyprus.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14I would like to think we're safe there, Cyprus, but we'll see.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Maybe it's a plucky, massive island.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Let's find out. Is it smaller than the UK?
0:20:20 > 0:20:23And how many of our 100 people said, "Cyprus"?
0:20:25 > 0:20:27It is smaller than the UK.
0:20:27 > 0:20:2829 is our only score at this point.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Cypress passes 29.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Down it goes to 16.
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Very well done indeed, Ruth.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- Yeah, well played.- Here's a very good pub quiz fact for you.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41You can use this this evening.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Cyprus is the only member of the UN
0:20:43 > 0:20:46whose name doesn't contain any of the letters of the word "image".
0:20:46 > 0:20:49LAUGHTER
0:20:49 > 0:20:50How do you like that?
0:20:50 > 0:20:51That's extraordinary.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53- That's good, right?- Wow.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55- Yeah.- What a unique place.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- Yes, in so many ways.- Yes.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00HE SIGHS Amazed I've never heard that before.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02You know what? People will be using that this evening.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05I guarantee it. Don't use it on a date.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07That would be my only note.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Unless it's not going very well.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- Or... Which it won't do immediately after you've said that.- Exactly.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14LAUGHTER David.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19I have no idea.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22The first thing that came into my mind was Poland...
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- OK.- ..so we'll say, "Poland." - You're going to say, "Poland."
0:21:25 > 0:21:26David says, "Poland."
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Poland."
0:21:31 > 0:21:33- Oh, well.- No, I'm afraid an incorrect answer, David.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35That scores you 100 points.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39Yeah, sorry, David. Bigger than the UK, I'm afraid.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- Thank you very much, Richard.- It's a big old place, Poland, isn't it?
0:21:42 > 0:21:43It is. And...look at that.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46One of the letters from "image" is in there.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48You'll find that with every single country in the UN,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- apart from one, but which country could it be? - LAUGHTER
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Well, we are halfway through the round.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Let's take a quick look at our scores.
0:21:55 > 0:21:5616's the lowest score of the pass from Ruth.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Ruth's always good. She's always in there with the low scores.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00- Yeah.- Very well done indeed.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Keep that up, Ambrish, and you'll be into the head-to-head.
0:22:03 > 0:22:0529, Steve and George, well done indeed.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07David and Penny, yes, that's high.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08That is a high score, but, Penny,
0:22:08 > 0:22:10a low score from you MIGHT be enough, you never know.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14Depends how good George is on his surface areas.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16We're going to come back down the line now,
0:22:16 > 0:22:19can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:22:20 > 0:22:24OK, so, remember, Penny, we're looking for any member state
0:22:24 > 0:22:27of the EU that has a smaller surface area than the UK.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30I'm just guessing, I'm not sure,
0:22:30 > 0:22:33but I think...Luxembourg.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34"Luxembourg," says Penny.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- You're not sure that's in the EU?- Yeah.- OK.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Well, let's find out. No red line for you, you're the highest scorers,
0:22:40 > 0:22:42but let's see how many said, "Luxembourg."
0:22:44 > 0:22:47It most certainly is in the EU,
0:22:47 > 0:22:49and it is smaller than the UK.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50And it scores you 35.
0:22:53 > 0:22:5435 for Luxembourg.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Yes, 94 times smaller than the UK.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00It's slightly smaller than Oxfordshire.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03In Luxembourg, if you're giving flowers,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05you must give an odd number of flowers.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08- But not 13.- There we are.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Good. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Now, Ambrish.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14- Good news, you're through. - That's good.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Let's have a good answer, though.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Maybe not a lot of people said this, because it's one of the obvious ones
0:23:20 > 0:23:23that people don't automatically put down, but maybe Ireland?
0:23:23 > 0:23:25"Ireland," says Ambrish.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Ireland."
0:23:27 > 0:23:29No red line, because you're through.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33It's right.
0:23:36 > 0:23:3838.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42Not bad at all. 38 taking your total up to 54.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Yeah, just less than a third the size of the UK.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47There are five million people living in Ireland,
0:23:47 > 0:23:50but 70 million people worldwide who claim Irish ancestry.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- Interesting.- I think if you come from there,
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- you show off about it, don't you? - I think you probably do.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57It gives you a certain kudos.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00And I think, actually, you can claim Irish ancestry on quite...
0:24:00 > 0:24:03You can go back several generations, I think.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Literally, just cos my surname begins with O, I can claim it.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08You are Richard O'Sman.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Richard O'Sman, yeah.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12The son of Dave Sman.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- There we are.- Yep.- Thank you very much, Richard.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Now, George, you are also through to the head-to-head,
0:24:17 > 0:24:18which is good news.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20What would you like to go for?
0:24:20 > 0:24:21Well, I was also thinking Ireland.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25But, plan B, I'm going to go for Iceland.
0:24:25 > 0:24:26"Iceland," says George.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Not Ireland, but Iceland.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Just changed one letter, I see what you've done.
0:24:30 > 0:24:31No red line, you're already through,
0:24:31 > 0:24:34let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Iceland."
0:24:34 > 0:24:35Let's see if it's right.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39I'm afraid an incorrect answer there, George,
0:24:39 > 0:24:41that scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 129,
0:24:41 > 0:24:43but you're through anyway.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Yeah, not a member of the EU, I'm afraid, Iceland.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Cool, though. Cool country. That's who we should team up with now.
0:24:49 > 0:24:50- Yeah.- Don't you think?
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- I like that.- That would be a nice little...
0:24:53 > 0:24:55entente we could have with them.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Now, there's no pointless answers at all here.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59I'll take you through the lowest scorers.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02You would have scored six points for Croatia and Bulgaria.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Seven for Slovenia, eight for Hungary, nine for Czech Republic.
0:25:05 > 0:25:0710 For Lithuania, 11 for Slovakia.
0:25:07 > 0:25:1013 Latvia and Romania, 15 for Estonia.
0:25:10 > 0:25:1217 for Malta.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Austria would have scored you 19,
0:25:14 > 0:25:1526 for Denmark and Greece.
0:25:15 > 0:25:1832 for our friends in the Netherlands
0:25:18 > 0:25:21and, right at the top, Belgium, with 46.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24So, we are at the end of our second round
0:25:24 > 0:25:26and the pair we have to send home with a high score of 135,
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Penny and David, I'm afraid it is you.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30We will see you again next time, though.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Look forward to that very much indeed.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Meantime, thanks very much, Penny and Dave.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36APPLAUSE
0:25:36 > 0:25:39But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Congratulations, Ruth and Ambrish, Steve and George,
0:25:46 > 0:25:48you are now one step closer to the final
0:25:48 > 0:25:52and a chance to play for our jackpot which stands at...
0:25:56 > 0:25:57Nice jackpot, there.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01And we've reached the head-to-head round, which means, from here on in,
0:26:01 > 0:26:03you're allowed to confer before you give your answers.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05First pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Well, Ambrish, I feel this makes up, in a small way,
0:26:08 > 0:26:11for Wrexham-gate in the last show.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12You've made it right the way through here,
0:26:12 > 0:26:14you're our low scorers, which is wonderful.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17And, Steve and George, first appearance on the show,
0:26:17 > 0:26:18straight through to the head-to-head.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Let's see what happens when the father-son team
0:26:20 > 0:26:22pool all their knowledge.
0:26:22 > 0:26:23This should be good. Best of luck to both pairs,
0:26:23 > 0:26:25let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Here is your first question.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33And our first question today is all about...
0:26:35 > 0:26:37- Richard.- Yeah, we're going to show you
0:26:37 > 0:26:39five tabloid-style headlines now,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42which describe the plots of various monster movies, but what movies?
0:26:42 > 0:26:44What movies, indeed.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47OK, let's reveal our headlines, and here they come.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48We have got...
0:27:29 > 0:27:31There we are.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33OK, now then, Ruth and Ambrish,
0:27:33 > 0:27:36you've been our low scorers, so you will go first.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39THEY WHISPER
0:27:48 > 0:27:49- OK.- OK.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53We're not that sure on them,
0:27:53 > 0:27:54we're going to take a bit of a risk
0:27:54 > 0:27:57on one we think might be less well-known.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00We're going to go with B, Phantom Of The Opera.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02OK, B, "Phantom Of The Opera," say Ruth and Ambrish.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Now, Steve and George, that board's all yours, talk us through it.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10We thought B, yes, Phantom Of The Opera.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12A, we think's Godzilla.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Transparency experiment,
0:28:15 > 0:28:18we're guessing at possibly The Invisible Man.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21- No?- Never heard of The Invisible Man, myself.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22Not seen him?
0:28:22 > 0:28:23Silver allergy...?
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Man bites neck is Dracula, isn't it?
0:28:26 > 0:28:28THEY WHISPER
0:28:28 > 0:28:31- Go on, then. - We'll go C, Invisible Man.
0:28:31 > 0:28:32C, Invisible Man.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35So, we have The Phantom Of The Opera and The Invisible Man.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Ruth and Ambrish said, "The Phantom Of The Opera,"
0:28:37 > 0:28:38let's see if that's right for B,
0:28:38 > 0:28:40let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:28:43 > 0:28:44It's right.
0:28:47 > 0:28:5243 for The Phantom Of The Opera, not bad, not bad.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56Meanwhile, Steve and George have gone for The Invisible Man for C.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Let's see if that's right, let's see how many of our 100 people
0:28:58 > 0:29:00said, "The Invisible Man."
0:29:02 > 0:29:03It's right.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Well done, The Invisible Man does it.
0:29:09 > 0:29:1332, and it means, Steve and George, after one question, you are up 1-0.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Yeah, well played, Steve. We talked earlier about judging...
0:29:16 > 0:29:18relationships, family relationships, on this show,
0:29:18 > 0:29:21and that was nice that Steve was going, "The Invisible Man,"
0:29:21 > 0:29:23George was going, "No, I haven't heard of it, haven't heard of it."
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Steve, A, ignores him and, B, gets it completely right.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27And George is like, "Oh, OK."
0:29:27 > 0:29:30There you go. That's fathers and sons for you.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Very well done. A, it wasn't Godzilla, of course.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35- I think you do know what it is.- King Kong.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37- Oh, King...- I think the word "gorilla" confusing you there.
0:29:37 > 0:29:3974 points for that.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42D is the best answer on the board, Lon Chaney Jr is in it,
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Claude Rains is also in it, Bela Lugosi's also in it.
0:29:45 > 0:29:46It's a werewolf thing.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49- It is a werewolf thing. - Silver bullet...
0:29:49 > 0:29:51I can't give you "it's a werewolf thing,"
0:29:51 > 0:29:53- unfortunately. It's The Wolf Man. - The Wolf Man.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56That would have scored you 8 points.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59And Dracula, of course, at the end there.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01That would have scored you 56.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Thank you very much indeed, Richard. So, here comes your second question.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Steve and George get to answer it first but, Ruth and Ambrish,
0:30:07 > 0:30:09you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11So a little bit of pressure on you there. Good luck.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Our second question today is all about...
0:30:17 > 0:30:19- Richard.- I'm going to show you five clues now
0:30:19 > 0:30:22to people or bands who won awards at the 2016 Brit Awards,
0:30:22 > 0:30:24can you name the most obscure of these, please?
0:30:24 > 0:30:25OK, thanks very much.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29Let's reveal our five clues, here they come.
0:30:29 > 0:30:30We have got...
0:30:53 > 0:30:54I'll read those all again.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Steve and George, over to you.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23THEY WHISPER
0:31:33 > 0:31:35We decided this together, that we're going to go
0:31:35 > 0:31:38with the British band who scored their seventh UK number one
0:31:38 > 0:31:39is Coldplay.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41"Coldplay," say Steve and George.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Now, Ruth and Ambrish.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47- OK.- Do you want to talk us through that board?
0:31:47 > 0:31:49We think the Academy Award winner's Adele.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53I've got an inkling that the third one down might be Drake.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55But...
0:31:55 > 0:31:58I don't know, do you want to take a risk or
0:31:58 > 0:31:59go for one we're sure of?
0:31:59 > 0:32:01I think go for...
0:32:01 > 0:32:03I really don't know.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05I think...
0:32:05 > 0:32:08How confident are you that it's Drake?
0:32:08 > 0:32:10It sounds familiar to me, I'm not 100% sure.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14- I'm not sure.- OK.- But I don't know, I don't know.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Do you want to go for Adele, then?
0:32:17 > 0:32:19- Yeah, I think so. - OK, we'll go for Adele.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22OK, you're going to go for Adele for Skyfall.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Right, now, Steve and George said, "Coldplay."
0:32:24 > 0:32:27Let's see if that's right, for A Head Full Of Dreams.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29Let's see how many of our 100 people got it.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33It is right.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40It's a good answer. Down it goes. Well done, 16 for Coldplay.
0:32:43 > 0:32:44Excellent scoring there.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46Now then, Ruth and Ambrish,
0:32:46 > 0:32:49you have gone for Adele for the singer of Skyfall.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Adele."
0:32:54 > 0:32:55It's right.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Ooh, that's a high score for Adele, I'm afraid.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02And it means, very well done indeed, Steve and George,
0:33:02 > 0:33:05after only two questions, you're straight through to the final, 2-0.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08Yeah, well played, gents. Third one down would have won you the point,
0:33:08 > 0:33:11it's not Drake, actually. It's not a bad answer though,
0:33:11 > 0:33:13because he has worked with this answer, it is...
0:33:13 > 0:33:15- Sam Smith.- No.- I don't know. - No, Justin Bieber.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Oh, it's Justin Bieber?
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Justin Bieber. Yep. 14 points for that.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23Just had such an extraordinary run of top 40 hits in 2015 and 2016.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26The BBC Sound Of 2016 winner, it's a good album as well,
0:33:26 > 0:33:27Jack Garratt.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Very well done if you said that, would have scored you 2.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32And the best answer on the board, a pointless answer, in fact.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Charlie Andrew, producer of Alt-J and Madness,
0:33:35 > 0:33:37many other things as well. Very well done if you said that.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41So, we are at the end of our head-to-head,
0:33:41 > 0:33:43and I'm afraid to say the pair leaving us
0:33:43 > 0:33:45were our low-scoring pair, Ruth and Ambrish.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48Ah! Well, a much, much better performance across the show today,
0:33:48 > 0:33:51but I'm afraid these categories didn't quite agree with you,
0:33:51 > 0:33:53and Steve and George just managed to find low-scoring answers
0:33:53 > 0:33:55to beat you in each case.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57But it's been great having you on the show.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Thank you so much for playing, Ruth and Ambrish.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02- APPLAUSE - Good luck.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05But, for Steve and George, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11Congratulations, Steve and George, you've seen off all the competition
0:34:11 > 0:34:14and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22OK, you now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25At the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at...
0:34:30 > 0:34:31Well, this is very, very impressive.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34One appearance on the show, straight through to the final.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36In fact, not just straight through to the final,
0:34:36 > 0:34:38but through 2-0 in the head-to-head,
0:34:38 > 0:34:40which is generally an indication
0:34:40 > 0:34:42that we can expect great things in this last round.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45The question is, can we? Can we, Steve and George?
0:34:45 > 0:34:48What would you like to see come up on the board?
0:34:48 > 0:34:51I think sport would be the main subject.
0:34:51 > 0:34:52- Sport or sport.- Or sport.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Or sport. Let's hope.
0:34:54 > 0:34:55- Music! Music.- Or music.
0:34:57 > 0:34:58Sport, music or sport.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59That's nice.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Good luck, let's see what's up there today.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03We have got...
0:35:13 > 0:35:15- Well, we know Phil Collins. - Do you know Phil Collins?
0:35:15 > 0:35:17- You got Iceland wrong. - I got Iceland wrong.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Yeah, Iceland hasn't really served you well today, has it?
0:35:20 > 0:35:25- No.- I think World Cup winning teams in 2015 are looking at us.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27OK, World Cup winning teams it is.
0:35:27 > 0:35:28You surprise me.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31OK, very best of luck, gents. Three different questions here.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33We are looking for any of the following, please.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37We're looking for anybody from the USA squad
0:35:37 > 0:35:39that won the Women's Football World Cup in 2015.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Anyone from that squad.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Anyone from the New Zealand Rugby World Cup squad.
0:35:43 > 0:35:48Or anyone from the Australia squad that won the ICC World Cup.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50RICHARD REPEATS OPTIONS
0:35:53 > 0:35:56Anyone in these squads for any of those three, very best of luck.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58OK. Now, as always, you've got up to one minute
0:35:58 > 0:35:59to come up with three answers,
0:35:59 > 0:36:02and all you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers
0:36:02 > 0:36:04to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:36:04 > 0:36:06- Yes.- Good. Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock,
0:36:06 > 0:36:08there they are, your time starts now.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11How are you doing on the New Zealand Rugby World Cup team?
0:36:11 > 0:36:16- Not very good.- Men's Australian World Cup cricket team?
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- David Warner.- David Warner. David Warner, yeah.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21He's one, David Warner.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23FIFA Women's USA?
0:36:23 > 0:36:25- You have?- Yeah, I've got one.
0:36:25 > 0:36:26- What's her name?- Keeper, Hope Solo.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28- Hope Solo?- Hope Solo, that's the keeper.
0:36:28 > 0:36:34- Definitely?- Yep.- New Zealand Rugby World Cup team, anybody?
0:36:34 > 0:36:36If not, let's concentrate on cricket.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41There's Steve Smith, but he's the captain.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45- For what?- Cricket.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Men's Australian ICC World Cup winning cricket team.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49So, David Warner, yeah?
0:36:49 > 0:36:52Hope Solo. Hope Solo?
0:36:52 > 0:36:53- Mm-hm.- And one more cricketer.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55A bowler.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58- Who's one of the bowlers?- Ten seconds left.- Oh, what's his name?
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Or a wicketkeeper?
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Opening batsman?
0:37:03 > 0:37:05- Completely mind's gone blank.- No?
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Any other rugby players?
0:37:08 > 0:37:10That, I'm afraid, is your time up.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14I'm so sorry. Let's have your three answers.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18We're going for the FIFA Women's US - Hope Solo.
0:37:18 > 0:37:19Hope Solo.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23- It's just a great name. - It is, I hope so.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25I Hope Solo!
0:37:26 > 0:37:28- And...?- We should know rugby, but we don't know anybody.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31But we're going to go with the men's Australian cricket.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33- And you've got...?- David Warner.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35David Warner.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37And somebody called Steve Smith.
0:37:37 > 0:37:38And Steve Smith.
0:37:38 > 0:37:39OK, there we are. Of those three,
0:37:39 > 0:37:41which is your best shot of a pointless answer?
0:37:41 > 0:37:43- Hope Solo.- Hope Solo goes last.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Least likely to be pointless?
0:37:45 > 0:37:46- Steve Smith.- Steve Smith.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49OK, let's put those answers on the board in that order, then.
0:37:49 > 0:37:50Here they are. We have got...
0:37:54 > 0:37:57..three great answers on the board.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Now, surely one of those will be pointless
0:37:59 > 0:38:00and win that jackpot for you.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03£2,250, what would you like to do with your share of that?
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Steve, you first?
0:38:05 > 0:38:08My son's run up a big debt at university,
0:38:08 > 0:38:10so it'll probably go towards that.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13LAUGHTER
0:38:13 > 0:38:15- George?- Erm...
0:38:15 > 0:38:18I'd probably run up another debt.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21The University ski trip, I want to put some money towards
0:38:21 > 0:38:23- going on that.- OK. Well, very best of luck.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27Three good answers on the board. Let's put them to the test.
0:38:27 > 0:38:28Your first answer was Steve Smith.
0:38:28 > 0:38:29In this case, we were looking for
0:38:29 > 0:38:32men's Australian ICC World Cup winning cricket team.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35We were looking for any member of that squad.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38If Steve Smith is pointless, you will win £2,250.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Steve Smith."
0:38:44 > 0:38:47It's right. Now, Steve Smith takes us down through the 50s.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50If it goes down all the way to zero, you leave with £2,250.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52Down we go through the teens.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55We are into single figures, yes, we are.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57GROANING 4.
0:39:00 > 0:39:01That's a great answer.
0:39:01 > 0:39:034 is a great score.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Annoyingly, in this round, ONLY pointless answers register.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09But still, 4, got to be pleased with that.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11Your next answer was David Warner.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Again, we're looking for any member of the
0:39:13 > 0:39:16Australian World Cup winning cricket squad.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19David Warner, if he's pointless, will win you £2,250.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "David Warner."
0:39:27 > 0:39:29It's right. Steve Smith was also correct,
0:39:29 > 0:39:31took us all the way down to 4.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35David Warner now takes us down through the 20s, into the teens,
0:39:35 > 0:39:37we're now down into single figures, down we go, still going,
0:39:37 > 0:39:39past the four, still going down...
0:39:39 > 0:39:41GROANING
0:39:46 > 0:39:47OK.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51We have moved substantially in the right direction, I have to say.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54We've gone from 4 to 1.
0:39:54 > 0:39:55Still not a pointless answer.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57So, we move to your third and final answer, which is Hope Solo.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59The gloriously named Hope Solo,
0:39:59 > 0:40:03which you had no hesitation of putting as your most confident shot
0:40:03 > 0:40:05at a pointless answer.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07In this case, we were looking for any member
0:40:07 > 0:40:09of the women's USA World Cup team.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11You've gone for the goalkeeper, Hope Solo.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Let's find out if it's right, let's find out if it is pointless.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17If it's both of those things, Hope Solo will win you £2,250.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Good luck.
0:40:21 > 0:40:22Hope Solo is absolutely right.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25Steve Smith took us all the way down to four,
0:40:25 > 0:40:26David Warner took us down to one.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30Hope Solo now takes us down through the 20s, into the teens,
0:40:30 > 0:40:33down we go. We are now into single figures, down we go...
0:40:33 > 0:40:38GROANING
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Oh, look, three brilliant scores there.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45We went down to one with David Warner.
0:40:45 > 0:40:46Unbelievably close.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48That's cruel.
0:40:48 > 0:40:49But I'm afraid you didn't manage to find
0:40:49 > 0:40:52that all-important pointless answer, so you don't win today's jackpot,
0:40:52 > 0:40:54that will roll over onto the next show.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57But it's been great having you on, a really strong performance.
0:40:57 > 0:40:592-0 in the head-to-head, no arguing with that.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02And you get a Pointless trophy to take home each,
0:41:02 > 0:41:04so very, very well done indeed. Steve and George.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07APPLAUSE
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Yeah, that's unlucky, gents, a terrific attempt.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12Great teamwork as well. Hope Solo, it's interesting.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14I think once you hear the name, you never forget it.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16It's such a great name, Hope Solo.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20I know, in a couple of the categories,
0:41:20 > 0:41:22there's going to be names that you know very well.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24The FIFA Women's USA World Cup team.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Everyone there apart from Hope Solo and Abby Wambach.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Everyone else was a pointless answer,
0:41:31 > 0:41:32every other member of that squad.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35The New Zealand Rugby World Cup team now.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37There'll be names familiar to you here.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Beauden Barrett, Nonu, Milner-Skudder
0:41:40 > 0:41:42all scored tries in the final.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Savea, the leading scorer in the entire tournament.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Everyone there was a pointless answer
0:41:46 > 0:41:48apart from Dan Carter, of course,
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Richie McCaw, Sam Cane and Kieran Read.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Every other member of that squad was a pointless answer,
0:41:52 > 0:41:54so well done if you said one.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57And, yeah, some names you're going to know here as well -
0:41:57 > 0:41:58the Australian team.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04He was the player of the tournament, Mitchell Starc.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07Two other answers there, Mitchell Marsh as well and Xavier Doherty.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09All of those were pointless answers.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Very well done if you got one of those at home.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Thanks very much, Richard.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15And thank you so much, Steve and George.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Oh. They didn't win the jackpot today,
0:42:17 > 0:42:19which means it rolls over onto the next show
0:42:19 > 0:42:21when we will be playing for...
0:42:23 > 0:42:26Join us then to see if someone can win it.
0:42:26 > 0:42:27Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...
0:42:27 > 0:42:31- Goodbye.- ..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.