Episode 39 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show where the aim of the game

is to find the most obscure answer possible.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi, my name's Steve and this is George.

We're from Epsom in Surrey.

We're father and son,

-and I'm the father!

-LAUGHTER

Couple number two.

Hi, my name's Ambrish and this is my wife, Ruth,

-and we're from Bexleyheath.

-Couple number three.

I'm Kate and this is my daughter, Linzi, and we're from Dunfermline.

Couple number four.

I'm Penny and this is my husband, David,

and we're from Runcorn, Cheshire.

And these are today's contestants.

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

Lovely to have you with us. We'll get a chance to chat to each of you

throughout the show as it goes along.

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

You ARE what you eat.

I saw this guy sneaking back for second helpings

of very tall, intelligent man in glasses at lunchtime.

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

-Hiya. Hi, everybody.

-APPLAUSE

Hiya.

-Good afternoon, sir.

-Good afternoon.

This is a nice mix today.

We've got two married couples,

we've also got a father and son, and a mother and a daughter.

-That's nice, isn't it?

-It is nice.

Ruth and Ambrish, we already know what sort of couple they are.

A lovely couple, got knocked out in Round Two last time.

Very unlucky, I think, on a football question.

Ambrish went for something, just slightly overreached

and he was unfortunate,

so they're going to be tough to beat today, I think.

-It's going to be nice, isn't it?

-It's going to be nice.

-They seem a lovely bunch.

-They do.

The only people who are going to let this show down is you and I.

HE GASPS Won't happen.

Thank you very much indeed.

Now, Chris and Nathan went through, remember,

to the final last time.

I say, "Remember," no-one remembers, they weren't there.

They didn't win the jackpot so we add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off at...

There we are.

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

Remember this at all times,

the pair with the highest score at the end of each round

will be eliminated. Keep your scores nice and low,

and you have nothing to worry about. Very best of luck to all four pairs.

Our first category today is...

Can you all decide, in your pairs,

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

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

OK, and the question concerns...

-Richard?

-On each board,

we're going to give you the full name of seven people

who are most famously known by their middle name.

We'll give you the full name and the middle initial.

Can you tell us what that middle name is, please?

There's going to be 14 in all to have a go at, at home

-so very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, we are looking for the middle name by which these people

are most commonly known and here is our first board of seven.

I shall read those all again.

There we go. George, welcome.

-Here from Epsom in Surrey?

-Indeed.

What do you do, George?

I'm a student, currently, at Exeter University.

-What are you studying?

-Sport science.

-Ah.

-Yeah.

-Sport science?

Something about your build tells me you are also involved in sport

-in some small way.

-A small way.

What sport do you play?

-I'm a rugby player.

-Of course you are.

You're second row?

This is what most people think. No, I'm actually a winger.

-Are you?

-Yeah.

-Look at that. Yeah, you wouldn't want to tackle George!

-No, not really.

-You would not.

Actually, a good hand off, I imagine, George has got there.

Now, George, how are you liking our board?

I think this is not a bad board.

-Well, you'd say that.

-How are you finding it?

I'm definitely glad I'm going first.

I've only got one,

possible two, I think. So...

..I think I'm going to go for

probably the most obvious,

Hugh. Hugh Laurie.

"Hugh Laurie," says George.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Hugh Laurie."

Hugh Laurie is absolutely right.

Down it goes to 62.

Hugh Laurie scoring 62.

Not a bad start to the show.

Yeah, his father, Ran Laurie, was a gold medallist in rowing

at the Olympics in 1948.

He should have been a runner with that name.

-Ran Laurie?

-Yeah.

-Or a lorry driver.

-Or a lorry driver.

-Or someone who runs after lorries.

Or someone who just runs a haulage company.

No, who's retired from running a haulage company.

Ran Laurie, yeah. That's a very good idea.

-Isn't it?

-Yeah.

Thank you very much indeed.

Now, Ruth, welcome back.

Welcome back. Oh, we were sorry to see the back of you last time.

Very, very unfair.

You went out because you overreached yourselves in the Pointless stakes.

Ruth, remind us what you do?

I'm a human resources manager in the civil service.

-By day!

-By day.

-But by night...?

By night, I'm a bass guitarist in a rock and roll band.

Do you favour the longer strap bass,

sort of Sid Vicious...?

-No.

-Or do you favour the...

Robert King, Mark King?

Somewhere in between.

Do you play from above?

No, I pluck.

You pluck? This is good. This is good.

Now, Ruth, what would you like to go for?

I'm going to take a bit of a risk.

I recognise the surname.

I'm going to go for Dakota Fanning.

"Dakota Fanning," says Ruth.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Dakota."

It is Dakota Fanning.

62 is our only score so far

and you whizz past that.

Down to 24.

Down to 24.

Dakota Fanning, I think, was the right route to go.

Hannah Fanning was just...

Hannah Fanning is quite something, isn't it?

-Hannah Fanning, it sounds like an extreme sport.

-Doesn't it?

"What are you doing this weekend?"

-"Well, I'm going paragliding and then Hannah Fanning."

-LAUGHTER

Hannah Fanning... "Oh, you're HANNAH Fanning?"

"You're Hannah Fanning, are you? With an instructor?"

"No, I've Hannah Fanned three times before

-"so this is my first solo Hannah Fann."

-Wow.

Yeah. They have the British Hannah Fanning Championships now,

-don't they?

-They do. They do it up in Anglesey.

Is that in Anglesey, is it? Lovely.

-Yeah, the Anglesey Hannah Fanning Championships.

-Yeah.

I'm a Hannah Fanning man. I really am.

I'm too scared. Too scared. Thank you.

Linzi, welcome to Pointless.

Good to have you here from Dunfermline.

Lovely Dunfermline.

What do you do in Dunfermline?

Well, I live in Glasgow now, so I work at an escape rooms.

-At a what?

-An escape rooms.

It's like the Crystal Maze-ish.

You get put in a room for 60 minutes

and you've got to solve a series of puzzles

to get yourselves out in under an hour.

I've always wanted to do one of those.

They have them in London now.

My son used to have them for birthdays as well.

-They're amazing. They're good, aren't they?

-Yeah, so much fun.

I've never even heard of such a thing. That's amazing.

What's your job?

I'm, like, a games master

so I look over the games,

but sometimes I have to go in dressed as a zombie,

sometimes, in the zombie-themed room.

It's like, sort of, theatre, then?

-Yeah.

-A kind of participatory theatre?

Yeah, pretty much.

-That's the best thing ever.

-Yeah.

Wow! So you're a, sort of, performer, really.

You do it in an acting capacity mainly?

Yeah, I do some... Recently, I started acting

for the past couple of years.

You're given a role and you go in,

and you just throw a problem at people.

No, I just go in and scare the living daylights out of them!

-Yeah.

-LAUGHTER

Wow. OK, Linzi, the board's yours,

what would you like to go for?

OK, I know a few...

..but I think I'm going to go for the US President

and I'm going to say that it's...

I hope I pronounce this right.

..Grosvenor. Gros-v-nor. Yeah.

-Grosvenor?

-Yep.

-Grosvenor Cleveland.

Let's see if that's right.

How many of our 100 people went for that?

SHE SIGHS

Oh, I'm sorry, Linzi.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you 100 points.

Yeah, sorry, Linzi, I'll give all the correct answers

-at the end of the pass.

-Thank you very much indeed.

Now then, Penny, welcome to Pointless.

-Good to have you here from Runcorn.

-Yes, that's right.

-What do you do, Penny?

-I'm a web designer.

What kind of webs?

I build websites for anyone.

-For anyone...?

-Anyone who pays me.

Yep. Absolutely.

Very good. What do you like doing when not building websites?

Have you done escape room? Have you heard of escape room?

I have, yeah. I had one for my birthday, it was brilliant.

It was really good. Yeah.

Oh, it sounds fantastic.

Now, Penny, this board's all yours.

Do you want to talk us through it?

I'll try my best.

The actor and director is Orson Welles.

I'm not sure on the US President.

I think the Prime Minister was Neville Chamberlain.

It's Paul McCartney,

and it's Marie Osmond.

Out of them...

I think I'll go with...

-..Orson Welles.

-"Orson Welles," says Penny.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Orson Welles."

Well, 100 is our high score.

You pass that. 24 is our low.

You stop at 68.

There we are. 68 for Orson Welles.

Yeah, well played. Let's clear up that President.

Not Grosvenor like Grosvenor Square,

-it's...

-Grover.

-..Grover.

I'm afraid I couldn't give it to you

cos they're very different names and words,

and would have scored you 23 points.

It's the best answer on the board.

Neville Chamberlain, you're absolutely right.

He would have scored slightly better than Orson Welles, actually.

He would have scored you 58.

Paul McCartney, of course.

A big scorer, though. 91 for that.

And Marie Osmond would have scored you...

-65.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.

24, the best score of the pass, Ruth.

Very well done with Dakota Fanning there.

Then 62's where we find George and Steve.

68 is where we find Penny and David and then 100, Linzi and Kate.

I'm sorry. You were in the right ballpark,

but we just weren't allowed to accept that, I'm afraid.

Kate, good luck with finding a nice low-scoring answer.

Let's hope it's low enough to keep you in the game.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put seven more famous people up on the board

and here they are.

We've got...

I'll read those all again.

David, welcome here from Runcorn. Lovely to have you with us.

-What do you do, David?

-I work in a local credit union.

It's a savings and loans cooperative.

Very good indeed. What do you like getting up to

when not working with the savings and loan cooperative?

I've got a freshwater aquarium,

so that takes up most of the time.

Very good. Now, you're on 68.

The high scores are Kate and Linzi on 100.

31 or less keeps you very much in the game.

What would you like to go for?

The only one I'm sure of is...

..James Gordon Brown.

OK, you're going to go for Gordon.

Gordon Brown. Here is your red line.

Get below this red line with Gordon Brown

and you're through to the next round for sure.

It's right.

64 for Gordon Brown.

Takes your total to 132.

See, that's a cool name, James G Brown, don't you think?

When he was a student, he dated and lived with

an exiled Romanian Princess.

-We've all done that.

-Yeah.

-Haven't we just?

-Thank you very much, Richard.

Now then, Kate.

Well, you have a target.

31 or less and through you go to Round Two.

-Kate, what do you do?

-I'm retired.

You're retired. What did you do?

Yes, I was a teacher and I was a college lecturer, college manager.

And are you delighted to have retired or do you miss it?

-Delighted to have retired.

-Ah, nice.

Very good indeed. She looks delighted.

She does look happy about it, yeah.

I think retirement is suiting you very well.

So what do you like getting up to now?

-I just potter.

-Just that, just potter.

Not pottery, just pottering.

No, just pottering.

-That's perfect. Good.

-Oh, I'll tell you what's lovely...

I know there's a lot of retired clubs around the country now,

Hannah Fannering for retired people, which is lovely.

I know the University of Third Age now does a Hannah Fannering course.

-Yes.

-Very good for you.

Hanna Fannering? This is different from Hannah Fanning, is it?

Yes. Hannah Fannering is slightly different.

It's with a ring. It's actually with a...

Yes, always with an instructor.

-Always.

-Hannah Fannering.

-Hannah Fannering.

There we are. Each to their own, as I've said.

So, yes, Kate, 31 or less.

Come on.

I'm going to go for...

..Eleanor Roosevelt.

Eleanor Roosevelt.

That, I think, will keep you in.

That's my... I'm going to stick my neck out and say

if you get below the red line...

I think you will go below the red line,

you'll be staying with us. How many of our 100 people

said, "Eleanor Roosevelt"?

It's right.

AUDIENCE GROANS

52.

I slightly misread that one.

152 is your total.

You did slightly misread that.

Although I agreed with you. I thought that was a terrific answer.

She's the longest serving ever First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt.

Just because her husband served up to the war

and then he kept in office through the war, so had four terms.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Ambrish, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-You have a Pointless score to settle.

-Remind us what you do, Ambrish.

-So, I work in the oil industry.

Are you a sort of mineral or geology expert, or are you...?

No, I work in logistics.

So, the trader does a deal and I take care of

all the physical aspects of it.

So talking to the ship tankers, refineries, terminals,

getting the oil from A to B.

That's a lot of people you've got to talk to there.

There's a lot of coordinating to do.

Your phone bills must be astronomical!

Ambrish, there you are on 24.

You are through to the next round whatever you score.

-See, that's nice.

-Yes.

I feel Pointless has given you at least one little step up there.

Also Ruth did, to be fair to Ruth.

Lovely low score from her in the first pass.

What would you like to go for?

I think I know a few of these, but I think I'm going to go for...

Joseph Rudyard Kipling.

You're going to go for Rudyard Kipling.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Rudyard Kipling."

No red line. You're already through.

It's right.

80 is what it scores.

104 is your total.

Through you go to Round Two.

Yeah, that's a weird middle name to choose.

If you're called Joe Kipling, which is a perfectly nice name...

-Rudyard...

-I mean, sometimes middle names can be surnames, can't they?

-I wonder...

-Yes.

It seems a bit show-offy to me.

-Rudyard.

-Calling yourself Rudyard.

-Yeah.

-Less common these days.

-Yeah.

-Not many Rudyards at my kid's school.

There's, like, three.

LAUGHTER

Thank you very much indeed. Now, Steve.

Steve, welcome to Pointless.

Good to have you here. What do you do, Steve?

I'm a mortgage broker.

I liked your assertion of paternity as well earlier on.

-I commend you for that.

-Thank you.

Very good indeed. You are a mortgage broker.

-Yes.

-What are your interests, Steve?

I still like playing tennis and golf, and...

-You STILL like playing...?

-And still play a bit of football.

-Very good.

-Not much, but a little.

Excellent. Now, Steve, this board's all yours.

You are on 62.

You have to score 89 or less.

Well, I preferred the first board.

I don't know the top one or the US president.

I think Umbrella might be Rihanna,

and I know it's Rupert Murdoch.

But I'm going to go Rihanna.

Rihanna for Robyn Fenty.

"Rihanna," says Steve.

Here is your red line. If you get below this red line,

you are through to Round Two. How many of our 100 said, "Rihanna?"

It's right. And you're through.

Not bad at all, 33.

95 is your total.

Yeah, Rihanna. Umbrella was her first number one single.

Stayed at number one for ten weeks.

There is a Rihanna curse, or more an Umbrella curse,

which is, every time it hits number one in a particular country,

there's a steady rainfall about a month after.

There was in the UK when it was here.

There was in New Zealand.

-The Rihanna curse.

-Wow.

Maybe not a curse. Think of how many countries

-would love to have a month's rain.

-Absolutely.

-Only a curse if you don't like rain.

-Yeah, there we are.

Now, you were quite right about Rupert Murdoch as well.

Steve, let's see what that would have scored you.

Would have scored you 67, so you were right to go with Rihanna.

he President is...

-Calvin.

-..Calvin Coolidge

and that is a good answer, would have scored 28 points.

Would have been a lovely one. And the actor?

-Antonio Banderas.

-Antonio Banderas.

Of course. And he would have scored you 38.

There we are. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

oh, I'm sorry Kate and Linzi, I'm sorry.

-Grover Cleveland. Ugh!

-I know.

Ah, well. Listen, you will be back next time

and I have every faith you will go much, much further.

Meantime, thank you so much, Kate and Linzi.

Lovely contestants.

APPLAUSE

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

And look at that. Like magic, we're down to three pairs.

Who knows what's going to happen at the end of this round?

Ruth, lovely low individual score from you.

Very well done indeed. Steve and George, our father-son pair,

were our lowest combined scorers, so very well done to you.

And David and Penny, well done to you as well.

You made it through that round, which is great.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

Can we all decide, in our pairs,

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

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

OK. Let's find out what the question is.

Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..as they could. EU member states smaller than the UK.

-Richard.

-Yeah, absolutely. Do you remember the EU?

-I do.

Yeah. We're looking for any member state of the EU

whose surface area is smaller than the surface area of the UK.

-Interesting.

-Yeah.

-Interesting.

-Smaller than.

-Smaller than surface area, smaller than.

Steve.

I'm going to go with...

..Portugal.

"Portugal," says Steve.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Portugal."

It's right.

29 for Portugal.

Not bad at all, Steve. Well done.

APPLAUSE

Well played, Steve. Yeah, well under half the size of the UK.

I think we have a myth in the UK

that we're a plucky, tiny, little island.

And we're actually pretty big.

-Quite big.

-Yeah, well, we're twice the size of Portugal, for example.

-For example.

-Yeah.

-There you go.

-Yeah, there's an example.

-Exactly.

Thank you, Richard.

Ruth, what would you like to go for?

Struggling a bit with the surface area,

but it's a country, I'm sure it's in the EU,

and I drove across it almost in a day once.

I'm going to try Cyprus.

I would like to think we're safe there, Cyprus, but we'll see.

Maybe it's a plucky, massive island.

Let's find out. Is it smaller than the UK?

And how many of our 100 people said, "Cyprus"?

It is smaller than the UK.

29 is our only score at this point.

Cypress passes 29.

Down it goes to 16.

Very well done indeed, Ruth.

-Yeah, well played.

-Here's a very good pub quiz fact for you.

You can use this this evening.

Cyprus is the only member of the UN

whose name doesn't contain any of the letters of the word "image".

LAUGHTER

How do you like that?

That's extraordinary.

-That's good, right?

-Wow.

-Yeah.

-What a unique place.

-Yes, in so many ways.

-Yes.

HE SIGHS Amazed I've never heard that before.

You know what? People will be using that this evening.

I guarantee it. Don't use it on a date.

That would be my only note.

Unless it's not going very well.

-Or... Which it won't do immediately after you've said that.

-Exactly.

LAUGHTER David.

I have no idea.

The first thing that came into my mind was Poland...

-OK.

-..so we'll say, "Poland."

-You're going to say, "Poland."

David says, "Poland."

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Poland."

-Oh, well.

-No, I'm afraid an incorrect answer, David.

That scores you 100 points.

Yeah, sorry, David. Bigger than the UK, I'm afraid.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

-It's a big old place, Poland, isn't it?

It is. And...look at that.

One of the letters from "image" is in there.

You'll find that with every single country in the UN,

-apart from one, but which country could it be?

-LAUGHTER

Well, we are halfway through the round.

Let's take a quick look at our scores.

16's the lowest score of the pass from Ruth.

Ruth's always good. She's always in there with the low scores.

-Yeah.

-Very well done indeed.

Keep that up, Ambrish, and you'll be into the head-to-head.

29, Steve and George, well done indeed.

David and Penny, yes, that's high.

That is a high score, but, Penny,

a low score from you MIGHT be enough, you never know.

Depends how good George is on his surface areas.

We're going to come back down the line now,

can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, so, remember, Penny, we're looking for any member state

of the EU that has a smaller surface area than the UK.

I'm just guessing, I'm not sure,

but I think...Luxembourg.

"Luxembourg," says Penny.

-You're not sure that's in the EU?

-Yeah.

-OK.

Well, let's find out. No red line for you, you're the highest scorers,

but let's see how many said, "Luxembourg."

It most certainly is in the EU,

and it is smaller than the UK.

And it scores you 35.

35 for Luxembourg.

Yes, 94 times smaller than the UK.

It's slightly smaller than Oxfordshire.

In Luxembourg, if you're giving flowers,

you must give an odd number of flowers.

-But not 13.

-There we are.

Good. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Ambrish.

-Good news, you're through.

-That's good.

Let's have a good answer, though.

Maybe not a lot of people said this, because it's one of the obvious ones

that people don't automatically put down, but maybe Ireland?

"Ireland," says Ambrish.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Ireland."

No red line, because you're through.

It's right.

38.

Not bad at all. 38 taking your total up to 54.

Yeah, just less than a third the size of the UK.

There are five million people living in Ireland,

but 70 million people worldwide who claim Irish ancestry.

-Interesting.

-I think if you come from there,

-you show off about it, don't you?

-I think you probably do.

It gives you a certain kudos.

And I think, actually, you can claim Irish ancestry on quite...

You can go back several generations, I think.

Literally, just cos my surname begins with O, I can claim it.

You are Richard O'Sman.

Richard O'Sman, yeah.

The son of Dave Sman.

-There we are.

-Yep.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, George, you are also through to the head-to-head,

which is good news.

What would you like to go for?

Well, I was also thinking Ireland.

But, plan B, I'm going to go for Iceland.

"Iceland," says George.

Not Ireland, but Iceland.

Just changed one letter, I see what you've done.

No red line, you're already through,

let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Iceland."

Let's see if it's right.

I'm afraid an incorrect answer there, George,

that scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 129,

but you're through anyway.

Yeah, not a member of the EU, I'm afraid, Iceland.

Cool, though. Cool country. That's who we should team up with now.

-Yeah.

-Don't you think?

-I like that.

-That would be a nice little...

entente we could have with them.

Now, there's no pointless answers at all here.

I'll take you through the lowest scorers.

You would have scored six points for Croatia and Bulgaria.

Seven for Slovenia, eight for Hungary, nine for Czech Republic.

10 For Lithuania, 11 for Slovakia.

13 Latvia and Romania, 15 for Estonia.

17 for Malta.

Austria would have scored you 19,

26 for Denmark and Greece.

32 for our friends in the Netherlands

and, right at the top, Belgium, with 46.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, we are at the end of our second round

and the pair we have to send home with a high score of 135,

Penny and David, I'm afraid it is you.

We will see you again next time, though.

Look forward to that very much indeed.

Meantime, thanks very much, Penny and Dave.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Ruth and Ambrish, Steve and George,

you are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot which stands at...

Nice jackpot, there.

And we've reached the head-to-head round, which means, from here on in,

you're allowed to confer before you give your answers.

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

Well, Ambrish, I feel this makes up, in a small way,

for Wrexham-gate in the last show.

You've made it right the way through here,

you're our low scorers, which is wonderful.

And, Steve and George, first appearance on the show,

straight through to the head-to-head.

Let's see what happens when the father-son team

pool all their knowledge.

This should be good. Best of luck to both pairs,

let's play the head-to-head.

Here is your first question.

And our first question today is all about...

-Richard.

-Yeah, we're going to show you

five tabloid-style headlines now,

which describe the plots of various monster movies, but what movies?

What movies, indeed.

OK, let's reveal our headlines, and here they come.

We have got...

There we are.

OK, now then, Ruth and Ambrish,

you've been our low scorers, so you will go first.

THEY WHISPER

-OK.

-OK.

We're not that sure on them,

we're going to take a bit of a risk

on one we think might be less well-known.

We're going to go with B, Phantom Of The Opera.

OK, B, "Phantom Of The Opera," say Ruth and Ambrish.

Now, Steve and George, that board's all yours, talk us through it.

We thought B, yes, Phantom Of The Opera.

A, we think's Godzilla.

Transparency experiment,

we're guessing at possibly The Invisible Man.

-No?

-Never heard of The Invisible Man, myself.

Not seen him?

Silver allergy...?

Man bites neck is Dracula, isn't it?

THEY WHISPER

-Go on, then.

-We'll go C, Invisible Man.

C, Invisible Man.

So, we have The Phantom Of The Opera and The Invisible Man.

Ruth and Ambrish said, "The Phantom Of The Opera,"

let's see if that's right for B,

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

It's right.

43 for The Phantom Of The Opera, not bad, not bad.

Meanwhile, Steve and George have gone for The Invisible Man for C.

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

said, "The Invisible Man."

It's right.

Well done, The Invisible Man does it.

32, and it means, Steve and George, after one question, you are up 1-0.

Yeah, well played, Steve. We talked earlier about judging...

relationships, family relationships, on this show,

and that was nice that Steve was going, "The Invisible Man,"

George was going, "No, I haven't heard of it, haven't heard of it."

Steve, A, ignores him and, B, gets it completely right.

And George is like, "Oh, OK."

There you go. That's fathers and sons for you.

Very well done. A, it wasn't Godzilla, of course.

-I think you do know what it is.

-King Kong.

-Oh, King...

-I think the word "gorilla" confusing you there.

74 points for that.

D is the best answer on the board, Lon Chaney Jr is in it,

Claude Rains is also in it, Bela Lugosi's also in it.

It's a werewolf thing.

-It is a werewolf thing.

-Silver bullet...

I can't give you "it's a werewolf thing,"

-unfortunately. It's The Wolf Man.

-The Wolf Man.

That would have scored you 8 points.

And Dracula, of course, at the end there.

That would have scored you 56.

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

Steve and George get to answer it first but, Ruth and Ambrish,

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

So a little bit of pressure on you there. Good luck.

Our second question today is all about...

-Richard.

-I'm going to show you five clues now

to people or bands who won awards at the 2016 Brit Awards,

can you name the most obscure of these, please?

OK, thanks very much.

Let's reveal our five clues, here they come.

We have got...

I'll read those all again.

Steve and George, over to you.

THEY WHISPER

We decided this together, that we're going to go

with the British band who scored their seventh UK number one

is Coldplay.

"Coldplay," say Steve and George.

Now, Ruth and Ambrish.

-OK.

-Do you want to talk us through that board?

We think the Academy Award winner's Adele.

I've got an inkling that the third one down might be Drake.

But...

I don't know, do you want to take a risk or

go for one we're sure of?

I think go for...

I really don't know.

I think...

How confident are you that it's Drake?

It sounds familiar to me, I'm not 100% sure.

-I'm not sure.

-OK.

-But I don't know, I don't know.

Do you want to go for Adele, then?

-Yeah, I think so.

-OK, we'll go for Adele.

OK, you're going to go for Adele for Skyfall.

Right, now, Steve and George said, "Coldplay."

Let's see if that's right, for A Head Full Of Dreams.

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

It is right.

It's a good answer. Down it goes. Well done, 16 for Coldplay.

Excellent scoring there.

Now then, Ruth and Ambrish,

you have gone for Adele for the singer of Skyfall.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Adele."

It's right.

Ooh, that's a high score for Adele, I'm afraid.

And it means, very well done indeed, Steve and George,

after only two questions, you're straight through to the final, 2-0.

Yeah, well played, gents. Third one down would have won you the point,

it's not Drake, actually. It's not a bad answer though,

because he has worked with this answer, it is...

-Sam Smith.

-No.

-I don't know.

-No, Justin Bieber.

Oh, it's Justin Bieber?

Justin Bieber. Yep. 14 points for that.

Just had such an extraordinary run of top 40 hits in 2015 and 2016.

The BBC Sound Of 2016 winner, it's a good album as well,

Jack Garratt.

Very well done if you said that, would have scored you 2.

And the best answer on the board, a pointless answer, in fact.

Charlie Andrew, producer of Alt-J and Madness,

many other things as well. Very well done if you said that.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, we are at the end of our head-to-head,

and I'm afraid to say the pair leaving us

were our low-scoring pair, Ruth and Ambrish.

Ah! Well, a much, much better performance across the show today,

but I'm afraid these categories didn't quite agree with you,

and Steve and George just managed to find low-scoring answers

to beat you in each case.

But it's been great having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing, Ruth and Ambrish.

-APPLAUSE

-Good luck.

But, for Steve and George, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Steve and George, you've seen off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

OK, you now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

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

Well, this is very, very impressive.

One appearance on the show, straight through to the final.

In fact, not just straight through to the final,

but through 2-0 in the head-to-head,

which is generally an indication

that we can expect great things in this last round.

The question is, can we? Can we, Steve and George?

What would you like to see come up on the board?

I think sport would be the main subject.

-Sport or sport.

-Or sport.

Or sport. Let's hope.

-Music! Music.

-Or music.

Sport, music or sport.

That's nice.

Good luck, let's see what's up there today.

We have got...

-Well, we know Phil Collins.

-Do you know Phil Collins?

-You got Iceland wrong.

-I got Iceland wrong.

Yeah, Iceland hasn't really served you well today, has it?

-No.

-I think World Cup winning teams in 2015 are looking at us.

OK, World Cup winning teams it is.

You surprise me.

OK, very best of luck, gents. Three different questions here.

We are looking for any of the following, please.

We're looking for anybody from the USA squad

that won the Women's Football World Cup in 2015.

Anyone from that squad.

Anyone from the New Zealand Rugby World Cup squad.

Or anyone from the Australia squad that won the ICC World Cup.

RICHARD REPEATS OPTIONS

Anyone in these squads for any of those three, very best of luck.

OK. Now, as always, you've got up to one minute

to come up with three answers,

and all you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers

to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yes.

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

there they are, your time starts now.

How are you doing on the New Zealand Rugby World Cup team?

-Not very good.

-Men's Australian World Cup cricket team?

-David Warner.

-David Warner. David Warner, yeah.

He's one, David Warner.

FIFA Women's USA?

-You have?

-Yeah, I've got one.

-What's her name?

-Keeper, Hope Solo.

-Hope Solo?

-Hope Solo, that's the keeper.

-Definitely?

-Yep.

-New Zealand Rugby World Cup team, anybody?

If not, let's concentrate on cricket.

There's Steve Smith, but he's the captain.

-For what?

-Cricket.

Men's Australian ICC World Cup winning cricket team.

So, David Warner, yeah?

Hope Solo. Hope Solo?

-Mm-hm.

-And one more cricketer.

A bowler.

-Who's one of the bowlers?

-Ten seconds left.

-Oh, what's his name?

Or a wicketkeeper?

Opening batsman?

-Completely mind's gone blank.

-No?

Any other rugby players?

That, I'm afraid, is your time up.

I'm so sorry. Let's have your three answers.

We're going for the FIFA Women's US - Hope Solo.

Hope Solo.

-It's just a great name.

-It is, I hope so.

I Hope Solo!

-And...?

-We should know rugby, but we don't know anybody.

But we're going to go with the men's Australian cricket.

-And you've got...?

-David Warner.

David Warner.

And somebody called Steve Smith.

And Steve Smith.

OK, there we are. Of those three,

which is your best shot of a pointless answer?

-Hope Solo.

-Hope Solo goes last.

Least likely to be pointless?

-Steve Smith.

-Steve Smith.

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

Here they are. We have got...

..three great answers on the board.

Now, surely one of those will be pointless

and win that jackpot for you.

£2,250, what would you like to do with your share of that?

Steve, you first?

My son's run up a big debt at university,

so it'll probably go towards that.

LAUGHTER

-George?

-Erm...

I'd probably run up another debt.

The University ski trip, I want to put some money towards

-going on that.

-OK. Well, very best of luck.

Three good answers on the board. Let's put them to the test.

Your first answer was Steve Smith.

In this case, we were looking for

men's Australian ICC World Cup winning cricket team.

We were looking for any member of that squad.

If Steve Smith is pointless, you will win £2,250.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "Steve Smith."

It's right. Now, Steve Smith takes us down through the 50s.

If it goes down all the way to zero, you leave with £2,250.

Down we go through the teens.

We are into single figures, yes, we are.

GROANING 4.

That's a great answer.

4 is a great score.

Annoyingly, in this round, ONLY pointless answers register.

But still, 4, got to be pleased with that.

Your next answer was David Warner.

Again, we're looking for any member of the

Australian World Cup winning cricket squad.

David Warner, if he's pointless, will win you £2,250.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said, "David Warner."

It's right. Steve Smith was also correct,

took us all the way down to 4.

David Warner now takes us down through the 20s, into the teens,

we're now down into single figures, down we go, still going,

past the four, still going down...

GROANING

OK.

We have moved substantially in the right direction, I have to say.

We've gone from 4 to 1.

Still not a pointless answer.

So, we move to your third and final answer, which is Hope Solo.

The gloriously named Hope Solo,

which you had no hesitation of putting as your most confident shot

at a pointless answer.

In this case, we were looking for any member

of the women's USA World Cup team.

You've gone for the goalkeeper, Hope Solo.

Let's find out if it's right, let's find out if it is pointless.

If it's both of those things, Hope Solo will win you £2,250.

Good luck.

Hope Solo is absolutely right.

Steve Smith took us all the way down to four,

David Warner took us down to one.

Hope Solo now takes us down through the 20s, into the teens,

down we go. We are now into single figures, down we go...

GROANING

Oh, look, three brilliant scores there.

We went down to one with David Warner.

Unbelievably close.

That's cruel.

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

that all-important pointless answer, so you don't win today's jackpot,

that will roll over onto the next show.

But it's been great having you on, a really strong performance.

2-0 in the head-to-head, no arguing with that.

And you get a Pointless trophy to take home each,

so very, very well done indeed. Steve and George.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, that's unlucky, gents, a terrific attempt.

Great teamwork as well. Hope Solo, it's interesting.

I think once you hear the name, you never forget it.

It's such a great name, Hope Solo.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers.

I know, in a couple of the categories,

there's going to be names that you know very well.

The FIFA Women's USA World Cup team.

Everyone there apart from Hope Solo and Abby Wambach.

Everyone else was a pointless answer,

every other member of that squad.

The New Zealand Rugby World Cup team now.

There'll be names familiar to you here.

Beauden Barrett, Nonu, Milner-Skudder

all scored tries in the final.

Savea, the leading scorer in the entire tournament.

Everyone there was a pointless answer

apart from Dan Carter, of course,

Richie McCaw, Sam Cane and Kieran Read.

Every other member of that squad was a pointless answer,

so well done if you said one.

And, yeah, some names you're going to know here as well -

the Australian team.

He was the player of the tournament, Mitchell Starc.

Two other answers there, Mitchell Marsh as well and Xavier Doherty.

All of those were pointless answers.

Very well done if you got one of those at home.

Thanks very much, Richard.

And thank you so much, Steve and George.

Oh. They didn't win the jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for...

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

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