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APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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Thank you very much indeed.

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

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the show where the aim of the game

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is to find the most obscure answer possible.

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Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one.

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

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We're from Epsom in Surrey.

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We're father and son,

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-and I'm the father!

-LAUGHTER

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Couple number two.

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

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-and we're from Bexleyheath.

-Couple number three.

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

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Couple number four.

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

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and we're from Runcorn, Cheshire.

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And these are today's contestants.

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

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

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throughout the show as it goes along.

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

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You ARE what you eat.

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I saw this guy sneaking back for second helpings

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of very tall, intelligent man in glasses at lunchtime.

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

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-Hiya. Hi, everybody.

-APPLAUSE

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Hiya.

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-Good afternoon, sir.

-Good afternoon.

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This is a nice mix today.

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We've got two married couples,

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

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-That's nice, isn't it?

-It is nice.

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

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

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Very unlucky, I think, on a football question.

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Ambrish went for something, just slightly overreached

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and he was unfortunate,

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

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

-It's going to be nice.

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-They seem a lovely bunch.

-They do.

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

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HE GASPS Won't happen.

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Thank you very much indeed.

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Now, Chris and Nathan went through, remember,

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to the final last time.

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

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

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so today's jackpot starts off at...

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There we are.

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

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Remember this at all times,

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

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will be eliminated. Keep your scores nice and low,

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

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Our first category today is...

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Can you all decide, in your pairs,

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

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

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OK, and the question concerns...

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-Richard?

-On each board,

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

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who are most famously known by their middle name.

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

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

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

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-so very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

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

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I shall read those all again.

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There we go. George, welcome.

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-Here from Epsom in Surrey?

-Indeed.

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What do you do, George?

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

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-What are you studying?

-Sport science.

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-Ah.

-Yeah.

-Sport science?

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

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-in some small way.

-A small way.

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What sport do you play?

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-I'm a rugby player.

-Of course you are.

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You're second row?

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

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-Are you?

-Yeah.

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

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-No, not really.

-You would not.

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

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Now, George, how are you liking our board?

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I think this is not a bad board.

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-Well, you'd say that.

-How are you finding it?

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I'm definitely glad I'm going first.

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I've only got one,

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possible two, I think. So...

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..I think I'm going to go for

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probably the most obvious,

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Hugh. Hugh Laurie.

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"Hugh Laurie," says George.

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

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Hugh Laurie is absolutely right.

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Down it goes to 62.

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Hugh Laurie scoring 62.

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Not a bad start to the show.

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

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at the Olympics in 1948.

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He should have been a runner with that name.

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-Ran Laurie?

-Yeah.

-Or a lorry driver.

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-Or a lorry driver.

-Or someone who runs after lorries.

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Or someone who just runs a haulage company.

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

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

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-Isn't it?

-Yeah.

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Thank you very much indeed.

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Now, Ruth, welcome back.

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

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Very, very unfair.

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

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Ruth, remind us what you do?

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

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-By day!

-By day.

-But by night...?

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

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Do you favour the longer strap bass,

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sort of Sid Vicious...?

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-No.

-Or do you favour the...

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Robert King, Mark King?

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Somewhere in between.

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Do you play from above?

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No, I pluck.

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You pluck? This is good. This is good.

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

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

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I recognise the surname.

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I'm going to go for Dakota Fanning.

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"Dakota Fanning," says Ruth.

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

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It is Dakota Fanning.

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62 is our only score so far

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and you whizz past that.

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Down to 24.

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Down to 24.

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

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Hannah Fanning was just...

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Hannah Fanning is quite something, isn't it?

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-Hannah Fanning, it sounds like an extreme sport.

-Doesn't it?

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"What are you doing this weekend?"

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

-LAUGHTER

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

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

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"No, I've Hannah Fanned three times before

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

-Wow.

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Yeah. They have the British Hannah Fanning Championships now,

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-don't they?

-They do. They do it up in Anglesey.

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Is that in Anglesey, is it? Lovely.

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-Yeah, the Anglesey Hannah Fanning Championships.

-Yeah.

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

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

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Linzi, welcome to Pointless.

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Good to have you here from Dunfermline.

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Lovely Dunfermline.

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What do you do in Dunfermline?

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

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-At a what?

-An escape rooms.

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It's like the Crystal Maze-ish.

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You get put in a room for 60 minutes

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and you've got to solve a series of puzzles

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to get yourselves out in under an hour.

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I've always wanted to do one of those.

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They have them in London now.

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My son used to have them for birthdays as well.

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

-Yeah, so much fun.

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

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What's your job?

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I'm, like, a games master

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so I look over the games,

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

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sometimes, in the zombie-themed room.

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

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-Yeah.

-A kind of participatory theatre?

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Yeah, pretty much.

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-That's the best thing ever.

-Yeah.

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

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You do it in an acting capacity mainly?

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

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for the past couple of years.

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You're given a role and you go in,

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and you just throw a problem at people.

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

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-Yeah.

-LAUGHTER

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

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what would you like to go for?

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OK, I know a few...

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

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

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I hope I pronounce this right.

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

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-Grosvenor?

-Yep.

-Grosvenor Cleveland.

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Let's see if that's right.

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How many of our 100 people went for that?

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SHE SIGHS

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Oh, I'm sorry, Linzi.

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I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

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Scores you 100 points.

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

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-at the end of the pass.

-Thank you very much indeed.

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Now then, Penny, welcome to Pointless.

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-Good to have you here from Runcorn.

-Yes, that's right.

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-What do you do, Penny?

-I'm a web designer.

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What kind of webs?

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I build websites for anyone.

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-For anyone...?

-Anyone who pays me.

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Yep. Absolutely.

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

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

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

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It was really good. Yeah.

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Oh, it sounds fantastic.

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Now, Penny, this board's all yours.

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Do you want to talk us through it?

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I'll try my best.

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The actor and director is Orson Welles.

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I'm not sure on the US President.

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I think the Prime Minister was Neville Chamberlain.

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It's Paul McCartney,

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and it's Marie Osmond.

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Out of them...

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I think I'll go with...

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-..Orson Welles.

-"Orson Welles," says Penny.

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

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Well, 100 is our high score.

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You pass that. 24 is our low.

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You stop at 68.

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There we are. 68 for Orson Welles.

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

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Not Grosvenor like Grosvenor Square,

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-it's...

-Grover.

-..Grover.

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

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cos they're very different names and words,

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and would have scored you 23 points.

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It's the best answer on the board.

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Neville Chamberlain, you're absolutely right.

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

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He would have scored you 58.

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Paul McCartney, of course.

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A big scorer, though. 91 for that.

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And Marie Osmond would have scored you...

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-65.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

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24, the best score of the pass, Ruth.

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Very well done with Dakota Fanning there.

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Then 62's where we find George and Steve.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Can the second players please step up to the podium?

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

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and here they are.

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We've got...

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I'll read those all again.

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

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-What do you do, David?

-I work in a local credit union.

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It's a savings and loans cooperative.

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Very good indeed. What do you like getting up to

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when not working with the savings and loan cooperative?

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I've got a freshwater aquarium,

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so that takes up most of the time.

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Very good. Now, you're on 68.

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The high scores are Kate and Linzi on 100.

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31 or less keeps you very much in the game.

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What would you like to go for?

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

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..James Gordon Brown.

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OK, you're going to go for Gordon.

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Gordon Brown. Here is your red line.

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Get below this red line with Gordon Brown

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

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It's right.

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64 for Gordon Brown.

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Takes your total to 132.

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

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When he was a student, he dated and lived with

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an exiled Romanian Princess.

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-We've all done that.

-Yeah.

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-Haven't we just?

-Thank you very much, Richard.

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Now then, Kate.

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Well, you have a target.

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31 or less and through you go to Round Two.

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-Kate, what do you do?

-I'm retired.

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You're retired. What did you do?

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

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

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-Delighted to have retired.

-Ah, nice.

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Very good indeed. She looks delighted.

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She does look happy about it, yeah.

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I think retirement is suiting you very well.

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So what do you like getting up to now?

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-I just potter.

-Just that, just potter.

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Not pottery, just pottering.

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No, just pottering.

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-That's perfect. Good.

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

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

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Hannah Fannering for retired people, which is lovely.

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

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-Yes.

-Very good for you.

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

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Yes. Hannah Fannering is slightly different.

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

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Yes, always with an instructor.

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-Always.

-Hannah Fannering.

-Hannah Fannering.

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

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So, yes, Kate, 31 or less.

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Come on.

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I'm going to go for...

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..Eleanor Roosevelt.

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Eleanor Roosevelt.

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That, I think, will keep you in.

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

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if you get below the red line...

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I think you will go below the red line,

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

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said, "Eleanor Roosevelt"?

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It's right.

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AUDIENCE GROANS

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52.

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I slightly misread that one.

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152 is your total.

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You did slightly misread that.

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

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

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Just because her husband served up to the war

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

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Thank you very much, Richard.

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Now, Ambrish, welcome back.

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-Thank you.

-You have a Pointless score to settle.

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-Remind us what you do, Ambrish.

-So, I work in the oil industry.

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

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No, I work in logistics.

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

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all the physical aspects of it.

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So talking to the ship tankers, refineries, terminals,

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getting the oil from A to B.

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

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There's a lot of coordinating to do.

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Your phone bills must be astronomical!

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Ambrish, there you are on 24.

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You are through to the next round whatever you score.

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-See, that's nice.

-Yes.

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

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Also Ruth did, to be fair to Ruth.

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Lovely low score from her in the first pass.

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What would you like to go for?

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

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling.

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You're going to go for Rudyard Kipling.

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

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No red line. You're already through.

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It's right.

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80 is what it scores.

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104 is your total.

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Through you go to Round Two.

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

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

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-Rudyard...

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

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-I wonder...

-Yes.

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It seems a bit show-offy to me.

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-Rudyard.

-Calling yourself Rudyard.

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-Yeah.

-Less common these days.

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-Yeah.

-Not many Rudyards at my kid's school.

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There's, like, three.

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LAUGHTER

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Thank you very much indeed. Now, Steve.

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Steve, welcome to Pointless.

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

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I'm a mortgage broker.

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I liked your assertion of paternity as well earlier on.

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-I commend you for that.

-Thank you.

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Very good indeed. You are a mortgage broker.

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-Yes.

-What are your interests, Steve?

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

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-You STILL like playing...?

-And still play a bit of football.

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-Very good.

-Not much, but a little.

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

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You are on 62.

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You have to score 89 or less.

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Well, I preferred the first board.

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

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I think Umbrella might be Rihanna,

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and I know it's Rupert Murdoch.

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But I'm going to go Rihanna.

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Rihanna for Robyn Fenty.

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"Rihanna," says Steve.

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

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

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It's right. And you're through.

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Not bad at all, 33.

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95 is your total.

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

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Stayed at number one for ten weeks.

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

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

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there's a steady rainfall about a month after.

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There was in the UK when it was here.

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There was in New Zealand.

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-The Rihanna curse.

-Wow.

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Maybe not a curse. Think of how many countries

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-would love to have a month's rain.

-Absolutely.

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

-Yeah, there we are.

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

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

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

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he President is...

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-Calvin.

-..Calvin Coolidge

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

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Would have been a lovely one. And the actor?

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-Antonio Banderas.

-Antonio Banderas.

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Of course. And he would have scored you 38.

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

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

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

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-Grover Cleveland. Ugh!

-I know.

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

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

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Meantime, thank you so much, Kate and Linzi.

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Lovely contestants.

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APPLAUSE

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

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

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

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Ruth, lovely low individual score from you.

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

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

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

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You made it through that round, which is great.

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Best of luck to all three pairs.

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Our category for Round Two today is...

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Can we all decide, in our pairs,

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

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

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

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

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

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-Richard.

-Yeah, absolutely. Do you remember the EU?

-I do.

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

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

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-Interesting.

-Yeah.

-Interesting.

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-Smaller than.

-Smaller than surface area, smaller than.

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Steve.

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I'm going to go with...

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..Portugal.

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"Portugal," says Steve.

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

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It's right.

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29 for Portugal.

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Not bad at all, Steve. Well done.

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APPLAUSE

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

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I think we have a myth in the UK

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

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And we're actually pretty big.

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-Quite big.

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

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-For example.

-Yeah.

-There you go.

-Yeah, there's an example.

-Exactly.

0:19:530:19:57

Thank you, Richard.

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Ruth, what would you like to go for?

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Struggling a bit with the surface area,

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

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and I drove across it almost in a day once.

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I'm going to try Cyprus.

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

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Maybe it's a plucky, massive island.

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

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

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It is smaller than the UK.

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29 is our only score at this point.

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Cypress passes 29.

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Down it goes to 16.

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Very well done indeed, Ruth.

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-Yeah, well played.

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

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You can use this this evening.

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Cyprus is the only member of the UN

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

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LAUGHTER

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How do you like that?

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That's extraordinary.

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-That's good, right?

-Wow.

0:20:510:20:53

-Yeah.

-What a unique place.

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-Yes, in so many ways.

-Yes.

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HE SIGHS Amazed I've never heard that before.

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

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

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That would be my only note.

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Unless it's not going very well.

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

-Exactly.

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LAUGHTER David.

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I have no idea.

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

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-OK.

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

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

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David says, "Poland."

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

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-Oh, well.

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

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That scores you 100 points.

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

0:21:350:21:39

-Thank you very much, Richard.

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

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It is. And...look at that.

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

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

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

-LAUGHTER

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Well, we are halfway through the round.

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Let's take a quick look at our scores.

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

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

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-Yeah.

-Very well done indeed.

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

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29, Steve and George, well done indeed.

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David and Penny, yes, that's high.

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That is a high score, but, Penny,

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

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Depends how good George is on his surface areas.

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

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can the second players please step up to the podium?

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

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

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

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but I think...Luxembourg.

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"Luxembourg," says Penny.

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

-Yeah.

-OK.

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

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

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It most certainly is in the EU,

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and it is smaller than the UK.

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And it scores you 35.

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35 for Luxembourg.

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Yes, 94 times smaller than the UK.

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It's slightly smaller than Oxfordshire.

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In Luxembourg, if you're giving flowers,

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you must give an odd number of flowers.

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-But not 13.

-There we are.

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Good. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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Now, Ambrish.

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-Good news, you're through.

-That's good.

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Let's have a good answer, though.

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

0:23:170:23:20

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

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"Ireland," says Ambrish.

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

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No red line, because you're through.

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It's right.

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38.

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

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

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There are five million people living in Ireland,

0:23:450:23:47

but 70 million people worldwide who claim Irish ancestry.

0:23:470:23:50

-Interesting.

-I think if you come from there,

0:23:500:23:52

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

-I think you probably do.

0:23:520:23:55

It gives you a certain kudos.

0:23:550:23:57

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

0:23:570:24:00

You can go back several generations, I think.

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

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You are Richard O'Sman.

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Richard O'Sman, yeah.

0:24:080:24:10

The son of Dave Sman.

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-There we are.

-Yep.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

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

0:24:140:24:17

which is good news.

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What would you like to go for?

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Well, I was also thinking Ireland.

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

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"Iceland," says George.

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Not Ireland, but Iceland.

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

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No red line, you're already through,

0:24:300:24:31

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

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Let's see if it's right.

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I'm afraid an incorrect answer there, George,

0:24:370:24:39

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

0:24:390:24:41

but you're through anyway.

0:24:410:24:43

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

0:24:430:24:46

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

0:24:460:24:49

-Yeah.

-Don't you think?

0:24:490:24:50

-I like that.

-That would be a nice little...

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entente we could have with them.

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

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I'll take you through the lowest scorers.

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You would have scored six points for Croatia and Bulgaria.

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

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10 For Lithuania, 11 for Slovakia.

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13 Latvia and Romania, 15 for Estonia.

0:25:070:25:10

17 for Malta.

0:25:100:25:12

Austria would have scored you 19,

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26 for Denmark and Greece.

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32 for our friends in the Netherlands

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

0:25:180:25:21

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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So, we are at the end of our second round

0:25:220:25:24

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

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

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We will see you again next time, though.

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Look forward to that very much indeed.

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Meantime, thanks very much, Penny and Dave.

0:25:310:25:34

APPLAUSE

0:25:340:25:36

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

0:25:360:25:39

Congratulations, Ruth and Ambrish, Steve and George,

0:25:440:25:46

you are now one step closer to the final

0:25:460:25:48

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

0:25:480:25:52

Nice jackpot, there.

0:25:560:25:57

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

0:25:570:26:01

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

0:26:010:26:03

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

0:26:030:26:05

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

0:26:050:26:08

for Wrexham-gate in the last show.

0:26:080:26:11

You've made it right the way through here,

0:26:110:26:12

you're our low scorers, which is wonderful.

0:26:120:26:14

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

0:26:140:26:17

straight through to the head-to-head.

0:26:170:26:18

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

0:26:180:26:20

pool all their knowledge.

0:26:200:26:22

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

0:26:220:26:23

let's play the head-to-head.

0:26:230:26:25

Here is your first question.

0:26:290:26:31

And our first question today is all about...

0:26:310:26:33

-Richard.

-Yeah, we're going to show you

0:26:350:26:37

five tabloid-style headlines now,

0:26:370:26:39

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

0:26:390:26:42

What movies, indeed.

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

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We have got...

0:26:470:26:48

There we are.

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OK, now then, Ruth and Ambrish,

0:27:310:27:33

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

0:27:330:27:36

THEY WHISPER

0:27:360:27:39

-OK.

-OK.

0:27:480:27:49

We're not that sure on them,

0:27:510:27:53

we're going to take a bit of a risk

0:27:530:27:54

on one we think might be less well-known.

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

0:27:570:28:00

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

0:28:000:28:02

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

0:28:020:28:05

We thought B, yes, Phantom Of The Opera.

0:28:070:28:10

A, we think's Godzilla.

0:28:100:28:12

Transparency experiment,

0:28:130:28:15

we're guessing at possibly The Invisible Man.

0:28:150:28:18

-No?

-Never heard of The Invisible Man, myself.

0:28:180:28:21

Not seen him?

0:28:210:28:22

Silver allergy...?

0:28:220:28:23

Man bites neck is Dracula, isn't it?

0:28:230:28:26

THEY WHISPER

0:28:260:28:28

-Go on, then.

-We'll go C, Invisible Man.

0:28:280:28:31

C, Invisible Man.

0:28:310:28:32

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

0:28:320:28:35

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

0:28:350:28:37

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

0:28:370:28:38

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

0:28:380:28:40

It's right.

0:28:430:28:44

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

0:28:470:28:52

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

0:28:520:28:56

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

0:28:560:28:58

said, "The Invisible Man."

0:28:580:29:00

It's right.

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Well done, The Invisible Man does it.

0:29:060:29:09

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

0:29:090:29:13

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

0:29:130:29:16

relationships, family relationships, on this show,

0:29:160:29:18

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

0:29:180:29:21

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

0:29:210:29:23

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

0:29:230:29:26

And George is like, "Oh, OK."

0:29:260:29:27

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

0:29:270:29:30

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

0:29:300:29:32

-I think you do know what it is.

-King Kong.

0:29:320:29:35

-Oh, King...

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

0:29:350:29:37

74 points for that.

0:29:370:29:39

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

0:29:400:29:42

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

0:29:420:29:45

It's a werewolf thing.

0:29:450:29:46

-It is a werewolf thing.

-Silver bullet...

0:29:460:29:49

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

0:29:490:29:51

-unfortunately. It's The Wolf Man.

-The Wolf Man.

0:29:510:29:53

That would have scored you 8 points.

0:29:530:29:56

And Dracula, of course, at the end there.

0:29:560:29:59

That would have scored you 56.

0:29:590:30:01

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

0:30:010:30:04

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

0:30:040:30:07

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

0:30:070:30:09

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

0:30:090:30:11

Our second question today is all about...

0:30:110:30:13

-Richard.

-I'm going to show you five clues now

0:30:170:30:19

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

0:30:190:30:22

can you name the most obscure of these, please?

0:30:220:30:24

OK, thanks very much.

0:30:240:30:25

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

0:30:250:30:29

We have got...

0:30:290:30:30

I'll read those all again.

0:30:530:30:54

Steve and George, over to you.

0:31:180:31:20

THEY WHISPER

0:31:200:31:23

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

0:31:330:31:35

with the British band who scored their seventh UK number one

0:31:350:31:38

is Coldplay.

0:31:380:31:39

"Coldplay," say Steve and George.

0:31:390:31:41

Now, Ruth and Ambrish.

0:31:410:31:43

-OK.

-Do you want to talk us through that board?

0:31:430:31:47

We think the Academy Award winner's Adele.

0:31:470:31:49

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

0:31:490:31:53

But...

0:31:530:31:55

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

0:31:550:31:58

go for one we're sure of?

0:31:580:31:59

I think go for...

0:31:590:32:01

I really don't know.

0:32:010:32:03

I think...

0:32:030:32:05

How confident are you that it's Drake?

0:32:050:32:08

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

0:32:080:32:10

-I'm not sure.

-OK.

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

0:32:120:32:14

Do you want to go for Adele, then?

0:32:140:32:17

-Yeah, I think so.

-OK, we'll go for Adele.

0:32:170:32:19

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

0:32:190:32:22

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

0:32:220:32:24

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

0:32:240:32:27

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

0:32:270:32:29

It is right.

0:32:310:32:33

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

0:32:360:32:40

Excellent scoring there.

0:32:430:32:44

Now then, Ruth and Ambrish,

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you have gone for Adele for the singer of Skyfall.

0:32:460:32:49

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

0:32:490:32:51

It's right.

0:32:540:32:55

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

0:32:560:32:59

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

0:32:590:33:02

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

0:33:020:33:05

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

0:33:050:33:08

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

0:33:080:33:11

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

0:33:110:33:13

-Sam Smith.

-No.

-I don't know.

-No, Justin Bieber.

0:33:130:33:15

Oh, it's Justin Bieber?

0:33:150:33:17

Justin Bieber. Yep. 14 points for that.

0:33:170:33:19

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

0:33:190:33:23

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

0:33:230:33:26

Jack Garratt.

0:33:260:33:27

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

0:33:270:33:30

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

0:33:300:33:32

Charlie Andrew, producer of Alt-J and Madness,

0:33:320:33:35

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

0:33:350:33:37

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

0:33:370:33:39

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

0:33:390:33:41

and I'm afraid to say the pair leaving us

0:33:410:33:43

were our low-scoring pair, Ruth and Ambrish.

0:33:430:33:45

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

0:33:450:33:48

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

0:33:480:33:51

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

0:33:510:33:53

to beat you in each case.

0:33:530:33:55

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

0:33:550:33:57

Thank you so much for playing, Ruth and Ambrish.

0:33:570:34:00

-APPLAUSE

-Good luck.

0:34:000:34:02

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

0:34:020:34:05

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

0:34:080:34:11

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

0:34:110:34:14

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

0:34:200:34:22

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

0:34:220:34:25

Well, this is very, very impressive.

0:34:300:34:31

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

0:34:310:34:34

In fact, not just straight through to the final,

0:34:340:34:36

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

0:34:360:34:38

which is generally an indication

0:34:380:34:40

that we can expect great things in this last round.

0:34:400:34:42

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

0:34:420:34:45

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

0:34:450:34:48

I think sport would be the main subject.

0:34:480:34:51

-Sport or sport.

-Or sport.

0:34:510:34:52

Or sport. Let's hope.

0:34:520:34:54

-Music! Music.

-Or music.

0:34:540:34:55

Sport, music or sport.

0:34:570:34:58

That's nice.

0:34:580:34:59

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

0:34:590:35:01

We have got...

0:35:010:35:03

-Well, we know Phil Collins.

-Do you know Phil Collins?

0:35:130:35:15

-You got Iceland wrong.

-I got Iceland wrong.

0:35:150:35:17

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

0:35:170:35:20

-No.

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

0:35:200:35:25

OK, World Cup winning teams it is.

0:35:250:35:27

You surprise me.

0:35:270:35:28

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

0:35:280:35:31

We are looking for any of the following, please.

0:35:310:35:33

We're looking for anybody from the USA squad

0:35:330:35:37

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

0:35:370:35:39

Anyone from that squad.

0:35:390:35:41

Anyone from the New Zealand Rugby World Cup squad.

0:35:410:35:43

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

0:35:430:35:48

RICHARD REPEATS OPTIONS

0:35:480:35:50

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

0:35:530:35:56

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

0:35:560:35:58

to come up with three answers,

0:35:580:35:59

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

0:35:590:36:02

to be pointless. Are you ready?

0:36:020:36:04

-Yes.

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

0:36:040:36:06

there they are, your time starts now.

0:36:060:36:08

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

0:36:080:36:11

-Not very good.

-Men's Australian World Cup cricket team?

0:36:110:36:16

-David Warner.

-David Warner. David Warner, yeah.

0:36:160:36:19

He's one, David Warner.

0:36:190:36:21

FIFA Women's USA?

0:36:210:36:23

-You have?

-Yeah, I've got one.

0:36:230:36:25

-What's her name?

-Keeper, Hope Solo.

0:36:250:36:26

-Hope Solo?

-Hope Solo, that's the keeper.

0:36:260:36:28

-Definitely?

-Yep.

-New Zealand Rugby World Cup team, anybody?

0:36:280:36:34

If not, let's concentrate on cricket.

0:36:340:36:36

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

0:36:390:36:41

-For what?

-Cricket.

0:36:420:36:45

Men's Australian ICC World Cup winning cricket team.

0:36:450:36:47

So, David Warner, yeah?

0:36:470:36:49

Hope Solo. Hope Solo?

0:36:490:36:52

-Mm-hm.

-And one more cricketer.

0:36:520:36:53

A bowler.

0:36:530:36:55

-Who's one of the bowlers?

-Ten seconds left.

-Oh, what's his name?

0:36:550:36:58

Or a wicketkeeper?

0:36:580:37:00

Opening batsman?

0:37:010:37:03

-Completely mind's gone blank.

-No?

0:37:030:37:05

Any other rugby players?

0:37:050:37:08

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

0:37:080:37:10

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

0:37:100:37:14

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

0:37:140:37:18

Hope Solo.

0:37:180:37:19

-It's just a great name.

-It is, I hope so.

0:37:200:37:23

I Hope Solo!

0:37:230:37:25

-And...?

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

0:37:260:37:28

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

0:37:280:37:31

-And you've got...?

-David Warner.

0:37:310:37:33

David Warner.

0:37:330:37:35

And somebody called Steve Smith.

0:37:350:37:37

And Steve Smith.

0:37:370:37:38

OK, there we are. Of those three,

0:37:380:37:39

which is your best shot of a pointless answer?

0:37:390:37:41

-Hope Solo.

-Hope Solo goes last.

0:37:410:37:43

Least likely to be pointless?

0:37:430:37:45

-Steve Smith.

-Steve Smith.

0:37:450:37:46

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

0:37:460:37:49

Here they are. We have got...

0:37:490:37:50

..three great answers on the board.

0:37:540:37:57

Now, surely one of those will be pointless

0:37:570:37:59

and win that jackpot for you.

0:37:590:38:00

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

0:38:000:38:03

Steve, you first?

0:38:030:38:05

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

0:38:050:38:08

so it'll probably go towards that.

0:38:080:38:10

LAUGHTER

0:38:100:38:13

-George?

-Erm...

0:38:130:38:15

I'd probably run up another debt.

0:38:150:38:18

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

0:38:190:38:21

-going on that.

-OK. Well, very best of luck.

0:38:210:38:23

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

0:38:230:38:27

Your first answer was Steve Smith.

0:38:270:38:28

In this case, we were looking for

0:38:280:38:29

men's Australian ICC World Cup winning cricket team.

0:38:290:38:32

We were looking for any member of that squad.

0:38:320:38:35

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

0:38:350:38:38

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

0:38:380:38:40

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

0:38:440:38:47

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

0:38:470:38:50

Down we go through the teens.

0:38:500:38:52

We are into single figures, yes, we are.

0:38:520:38:55

GROANING 4.

0:38:550:38:57

That's a great answer.

0:39:000:39:01

4 is a great score.

0:39:010:39:03

Annoyingly, in this round, ONLY pointless answers register.

0:39:030:39:06

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

0:39:060:39:09

Your next answer was David Warner.

0:39:090:39:11

Again, we're looking for any member of the

0:39:110:39:13

Australian World Cup winning cricket squad.

0:39:130:39:16

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

0:39:160:39:19

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

0:39:190:39:22

It's right. Steve Smith was also correct,

0:39:270:39:29

took us all the way down to 4.

0:39:290:39:31

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

0:39:310:39:35

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

0:39:350:39:37

past the four, still going down...

0:39:370:39:39

GROANING

0:39:390:39:41

OK.

0:39:460:39:47

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

0:39:480:39:51

We've gone from 4 to 1.

0:39:510:39:54

Still not a pointless answer.

0:39:540:39:55

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

0:39:550:39:57

The gloriously named Hope Solo,

0:39:570:39:59

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

0:39:590:40:03

at a pointless answer.

0:40:030:40:05

In this case, we were looking for any member

0:40:050:40:07

of the women's USA World Cup team.

0:40:070:40:09

You've gone for the goalkeeper, Hope Solo.

0:40:090:40:11

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

0:40:110:40:14

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

0:40:140:40:17

Good luck.

0:40:170:40:19

Hope Solo is absolutely right.

0:40:210:40:22

Steve Smith took us all the way down to four,

0:40:220:40:25

David Warner took us down to one.

0:40:250:40:26

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

0:40:260:40:30

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

0:40:300:40:33

GROANING

0:40:330:40:38

Oh, look, three brilliant scores there.

0:40:400:40:42

We went down to one with David Warner.

0:40:420:40:45

Unbelievably close.

0:40:450:40:46

That's cruel.

0:40:460:40:48

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

0:40:480:40:49

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

0:40:490:40:52

that will roll over onto the next show.

0:40:520:40:54

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

0:40:540:40:57

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

0:40:570:40:59

And you get a Pointless trophy to take home each,

0:40:590:41:02

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

0:41:020:41:04

APPLAUSE

0:41:040:41:07

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

0:41:070:41:09

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

0:41:090:41:12

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

0:41:120:41:14

It's such a great name, Hope Solo.

0:41:140:41:16

Let's take a look at the pointless answers.

0:41:160:41:18

I know, in a couple of the categories,

0:41:180:41:20

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

0:41:200:41:22

The FIFA Women's USA World Cup team.

0:41:220:41:24

Everyone there apart from Hope Solo and Abby Wambach.

0:41:260:41:29

Everyone else was a pointless answer,

0:41:290:41:31

every other member of that squad.

0:41:310:41:32

The New Zealand Rugby World Cup team now.

0:41:320:41:35

There'll be names familiar to you here.

0:41:350:41:37

Beauden Barrett, Nonu, Milner-Skudder

0:41:370:41:40

all scored tries in the final.

0:41:400:41:42

Savea, the leading scorer in the entire tournament.

0:41:420:41:44

Everyone there was a pointless answer

0:41:440:41:46

apart from Dan Carter, of course,

0:41:460:41:48

Richie McCaw, Sam Cane and Kieran Read.

0:41:480:41:50

Every other member of that squad was a pointless answer,

0:41:500:41:52

so well done if you said one.

0:41:520:41:54

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

0:41:540:41:57

the Australian team.

0:41:570:41:58

He was the player of the tournament, Mitchell Starc.

0:42:010:42:04

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

0:42:040:42:07

All of those were pointless answers.

0:42:070:42:09

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

0:42:090:42:11

Thanks very much, Richard.

0:42:110:42:13

And thank you so much, Steve and George.

0:42:130:42:15

Oh. They didn't win the jackpot today,

0:42:150:42:17

which means it rolls over onto the next show

0:42:170:42:19

when we will be playing for...

0:42:190:42:21

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

0:42:230:42:26

Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

0:42:260:42:27

-Goodbye.

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

0:42:270:42:31

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