Episode 43 Pointless

Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show where the aim of the game is score as few points as you can,

and you do that by coming up with the answers

no-one else could think of. Let's meet today's players.

-Couple number one.

-Hi, my name is Haluk, and this is my brother Tahir,

-and we're from North London.

-Couple number two.

Hi, there. My name's Chris.

This is my fiancee, Eleanor, and we're from Glasgow.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Andrina, this is my husband, John,

-and we're from Cambridge.

-And finally, couple number four.

Hello, there. My name is Mark and this is my friend Alex

and we're from Penrith in Cumbria.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks very much. A very warm welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you with us. We'll get a chance to chat to you

throughout the show, as it goes along,

so that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

Here to provide a learning curve so steep,

you'll need a Himalayan Sherpa to scale it,

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

Hiya. Hey, everybody! Hiya.

-Good afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon.

This should be fun. We've only got one returning pair,

Mark and Alex. Last time they were on the first podium,

they were our only new pair.

This time, they're our only returning pair,

on the final podium, lording it over everybody...

-I know.

-Like masters of all they survey.

But anything could happen.

-Three new pairs.

-It just could.

-They seem nice, don't they?

-They do seem nice.

Also, without giving too much away, a nice little jackpot brewing up.

-Yes.

-Isn't there?

-Isn't there just?

It'd be quite a handy show to win, this one.

It would. Thank you, Richard.

You might have gathered from that, by the way,

John and Donna didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we'll to add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off, look at this...

There we are.

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

So, remember, the pair with the highest score

at the end of each round will be eliminated.

So, keep your scores low, nothing to worry about.

Best of luck to all four pairs.

Our first category this afternoon is Science.

Can you all decide in your pairs? Big nod from Tahir.

Pleased with that. 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.

-Yep, we're going to show you seven clues on each board

to things to do with science that begin with the letter I.

Brilliant. OK, thank you very much.

So, we are looking for these things that begin with the letter I,

and here is our board of clues.

And they read like this...

There we go, I'm going to read them again...

How nice to hear about Frederick Soddy.

Until now, I wasn't aware of him.

Oh, really? You've heard of Soddy's Law?

Thanks, Richard. Haluk, welcome to Pointless.

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

-I work in e-commerce.

-Very good indeed.

And what are your interests, Haluk?

Music, daytime television, pretty much.

When I have time.

But, you know, sports, playing and watching.

I watch quite a lot of sport, but aside from that,

-I don't really have time.

-There we are.

"Don't really have time"/ daytime television.

Haluk, what would you like to go for on our board?

So, there's two that I...

Well, there's a few that I'm fairly certain of,

but there's two that I'm actually really interested in.

One of the three main rock types, I'm going to say igneous.

Igneous, says Haluk. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said igneous.

You're getting a nod from Tahir. How many of our 100 people said it?

Igneous.

Good answer, Haluk.

There we are, 22. Not bad at all.

Good start to the round.

Yeah, a really nice start.

Three types of rock type, igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary.

Granite is igneous.

So, if you've got a granite worktop, you've an igneous worktop.

I don't know why I'm nodding, I had no idea.

But, yes, that's good, I'm pleased to know that.

-Yes, it's terrific news, isn't it?

-Yes, it is good.

Thank you very much, Richard. Now then, Eleanor.

-Welcome.

-Hello.

Welcome to Pointless. Here from Glasgow?

-Yeah.

-And what do you do in Glasgow, Eleanor?

I'm a trainee clinical psychologist.

Wow! So where are you doing your training?

It's a mixture between NHS Glasgow and also Glasgow University.

Right you are. So, how far are you into your clinical psychology?

I've just finished first year, so I've got two more years to go.

-Enjoying it, though?

-Yeah, it's really good,

a really good way to meet a lot of different people, so, yeah.

Very good indeed. Now, Eleanor,

how are we feeling about these I's in science?

Not great.

There's a couple that maybe I could guess,

but I think I'm just going to play it safe,

so I think I'm going to go with the top one,

the mathematician and physicist, and say Isaac Newton.

Isaac Newton, says Eleanor.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Isaac Newton.

It is Isaac Newton.

22's our only score at this point.

46 for Isaac Newton.

Yeah, very well played. Universal gravitation before Newton...

-Whoa!

-Goodness, we were all floating.

-It was a good day.

-What did they think was going on? I wonder.

-I know. Well, they were all up in the air, weren't they?

-Yeah.

Thank you, Richard. Now, John, welcome to Pointless.

Good to have you here, sir, from Cambridge. What do you do?

I'm head of construction for a house-building company.

Based very much in Cambridge?

Yeah, pretty much in the county of Cambridge and just outside.

I see, OK. Is it residential or are you...?

Residential, yeah.

Family homes, traditional family homes.

-Very good. Homes for traditional families.

-Yes.

John, what are your interests?

I like a bit of... We like a bit of Formula 1, a bit of rally,

some fishing, drinking, eating, pubs.

Very good. OK, get into the functions now, breathing, yes.

John, what would you like to go for on our board?

Well, there's an easy one there and there's one

that kind of I'm guessing at, so obviously, we could go...

I think we'll go for the electromagnetic frequency,

and I would say infrared.

Infrared, says John.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said infrared.

Well, it's right. 46 the highest score.

We pass the highest score.

22 the low score. 28 is where you end up.

Not bad at all, John.

Well played. It has a frequency in between visible light

and microwaves. So, if you've got one in your kitchen,

put it between the light switch and the microwave

-and that's where your infrared will be.

-You'll know where to find it.

-Exactly.

-Make it feel at home.

-Yeah.

-That's nice.

Thank you very much, Richard. Now, Mark, welcome back.

-Hello.

-End of Round Two, we had to say goodbye to you last time.

Got to be hoping to take it a couple of steps further today.

Mark, remind us what you do.

I'm currently a student, studying in Leeds.

Study in Leeds. And from Penrith?

-Beautiful part of the world.

-Yeah, it is.

-Very lovely.

What sort of things do you get up to in Leeds, Mark?

-In Leeds?

-Hm.

Socialising, going out, drinking,

the things I don't really get to do in Penrith

because there's not much of it going on up there,

so make the most of it while I'm in Leeds.

So, what do you do when you're in Penrith?

We go out on walks,

look at the nice views of the lakes that are close by...

-And then back to daytime telly! That's great.

-Yeah.

-Superb.

Mark, this board is all yours.

Do you feel like talking us through it and filling in all those blanks?

There were four that I knew and three of them have been said,

and the other one is an obvious one, which is the solid form of water,

which I think is ice.

There's a risky one in the bottom, the term introduced,

which I think is isotope.

-I'm going to go with isotope, the risky one.

-Isotope, says Mark.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said isotope.

It's a nod from Tahir, which we have learnt is a good sign.

You're right. Tahir's right.

22 is our low score at this point.

Isotope smashes past 22.

Look at that, down to 10.

Very well done indeed, Mark.

10 for isotope.

Very well played, Mark, and tactically very good as well.

Would've been very easy to chicken out and go for the obvious one.

You went for it and it's the lowest scorer.

So, ice, what do you think ice scores?

It's got to be high, 98.

-80.

-AUDIENCE LAUGHS

80, that would have scored you.

The first name of Marie Curie's daughter, you can maybe guess it.

Five letters, beginning with I.

-Irene?

-Irene is the right answer, yeah.

-No!

-It's the best answer on the board as well.

-Irene. I see.

-And the element...

-Iodine.

..is iodine, yeah, and that would have scored you 35.

Thank you very much indeed. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

10, the best of the pass, Mark, very well done indeed.

Yes, I'd say Mark and Alex looking very strong contenders at this point

for Round Two, as are Haluk and Tahir, well done.

28 is where we find John and Andrina, and 46, Eleanor and Chris.

Not wildly ahead, but ahead,

so Chris, you know what we need.

Good luck with that. 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 clues to I's in science, and here they come.

We've got...

I'll read those all again...

There we are. Now then, Alex.

-Hello.

-Welcome back.

-So, you are studying in Leeds.

-Yeah.

-Alongside Mark.

-Yeah.

-And what are your interests, Alex?

What sort of things do you like getting up to?

I absolutely love football. I'm a Newcastle United fan.

OK. Do you get up to Newcastle much?

Not when I'm living in Leeds, it's a bit of a trek up there.

But I watch them every week.

Well, I used to when they were in the Premier League.

Very... Deserted them now, OK!

Now, 10 is your score.

If you can possibly score 35 or less,

you are straight through to the next round, Alex.

-What are you going to go for?

-I think I know a few of them,

but I think I'm going to go for the top one and say iris.

OK, iris, says Alex. Here's your red line.

If you can get below that red line with iris, you are into Round Two.

How many of our 100 people said iris?

It's right.

78, that's a big score.

Taking your total up to 88.

Yeah, big score. That's where we get the expression,

-"When iris eyes are smiling"!

-That's right.

-Yeah.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Andrina.

Andrina, welcome to Pointless. What do you do, Andrina?

I'm a foot health practitioner.

That's... That's fun.

-HE CHUCKLES

-It can be!

So, do you do podiatry as well, is it?

Not so much, but, yeah, more like corns and problems like that.

I see. What are you meant to do with a corn, Andrina?

Sorry, talk amongst yourselves.

I have...a friend, who has a corn.

OK, normally, I enucleate it out with a scalpel,

and then put some padding on it.

You enucleate it out with a small device?

-Cut it out, basically.

-There we are, that's what you're meant to do?

-Yeah.

-Thank you. Glad we sorted that out.

Now then, Andrina, you're on 28.

If you can possibly score 59...

-Oh, I don't think I can.

-59, it's not bad, 59 or less.

-I can't do any of them.

-Really?

-Yeah.

I only knew the top one, so the term for the biological process...

-..in vi... No. In vitro?

-In vitro...

-Yeah.

-..says Andrina. In vitro. Here is your red line.

If you can get below that with in vitro,

you are through to Round Two.

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

It's only right, Andrina.

And sees you very comfortably through to Round Two,

very well done indeed.

In vitro, 24.

It's a lower score than John got, 52 is your total.

Well played, Andrina.

You can't say you can't do any science questions

when you've just used the word enucleate, I'm afraid.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now then, Chris.

Chris, been let off the hook there by Alex,

so, yes, Chris, what do you do?

I'm an aspiring actor and comedian.

Are you? And what kind of acting do you do

and what kind of comedy do you do?

Mostly, it's all up in Scotland,

so it's mostly a mixture of kind of onstage and live.

-OK, and do you do stand up?

-Yes.

-And do you go to Edinburgh?

Yeah, just go to the Edinburgh Fringe,

mostly though, it's just pubs and clubs.

Excellent. How long have you been doing it?

-About eight, nine years.

-And enjoying it, it's all going well?

-Yeah, I enjoy it.

-Very good.

Now, Chris, you are on 46.

If you can possibly score 41 or less, you're home and dry.

There's only one I know.

I don't know if I should take a risk and guess...

Take a risk! Sorry, I don't know where that came from.

Yeah, 41, anything over 41 and you know, you know.

OK, I'll go for the chemical symbol, Fe, and say iron.

-Iron. Was that your risk?

-No.

There is your red line. If you get below that red line with iron,

you are through to the next round.

How many of our 100 people said iron?

It's right.

Oh! 52, I'm afraid, Chris.

Taking your total up to 98.

That's perked them up on podium four, hasn't it?

The Earth's core is almost entirely iron.

-If you need iron, that's the place to go.

-I did not know that.

Yeah, we're sitting on a big hub of iron.

If you just got a massive magnet in space, we'd go...doi-oi-oing!

-Yes.

-Wow.

-Yeah, we would.

-Wow.

-Yeah, we should be looking out for that.

We should. Thank you, Richard.

Now, Tahir.

Tahir, welcome to the show.

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

Just finished second-year chemistry, starting third year soon.

I mean, this is just... I mean...

I mean, very exciting indeed.

You work out, Tahir?

Yes, 18 hours a week.

You really work out, Tahir!

My goodness. I think the expression is hench.

Tahir is hench.

Wow.

So, hang on, how are you finding time to do all the chemistry?

Or do you do it on the bench press?

-In my mind, while I'm training.

-Exactly.

If I'm not in the gym, I'm revising, so that's my life, essentially.

There we are, OK. Now, there you are, 22.

If you can score 75 or less, you are home and dry.

Talk us through the board and fill in all our blanks.

OK, not sure on the large bone of the pelvis

and not sure on the zoology of fish.

Quite confident on the moon of Jupiter

and the animal lacking a backbone.

I'll go with the moon of Jupiter, Io.

No-one can say you lacked a backbone, Tahir.

Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Io.

There is your red line.

It's right, Io, and you are through to Round Two.

Very well done.

Good score as well, 19.

Taking your total up to 41.

Yeah, very well played, Io.

You were right to avoid invertebrates,

the animal that lacks a backbone.

That's the biggest scorer.

It would have scored you 43.

Do you know the branch of zoology concerned with fish?

-No.

-It's ichthyology.

-I do now.

-Very well done if you said that at home,

would have scored you nine.

And the large bone that forms the upper part

of each half of the pelvis.

Well, you've got your sacroiliac,

which personal trainers go on about all the time.

It's your ilium.

Ilium, that would have scored you two points.

Very well done if you said that at home.

Thank you very much, we are at the end of our first round

and the pair who leave with a high score of 98, Chris and Eleanor.

I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry.

Nothing wrong with either of your answers, they were just a bit high.

Chris, did you know, were you right with your risky one?

Absolutely wrong, yeah.

Oh, good, there we are, phew, that's a relief.

We'll see you again next time and I hope you'll go much further,

but in the meantime, thanks very much, Chris and Eleanor.

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

Suddenly we're down to three pairs.

At the end of this round, we'll be down to two pairs.

I'm afraid it's cruel, Pointless, is essentially what it is.

Mark, very well done indeed, lowest individual score in that round,

-isotope, lovely score.

-Thank you.

Tahir and Haluk, our lowest combined score,

so very well done on our near podium.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

Mm! Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

who's going to go second? And whoever is going first,

please step up to the podium.

OK, and the question concerns...

-Richard.

-We're going to show you 16 pictures now

of fruits and vegetables.

We just need you to tell us what they are, please.

That's all, we're going to give the first letter of their name as well.

-Oh, simple as that!

-It's nice, isn't it?

-16 items of fruit and veg.

You just have to say the name of any fruit or veg

you can see on that board, all right?

Let's put the image up and here they are.

There we go.

That's like the screen that comes up when you use the self-service till,

-isn't it?

-Mm, mm!

Now, Haluk.

G and goji berry.

Goji berry, says Haluk.

Let's see if that's right, let's see how many

of our 100 people said goji berry.

It's right.

Oh, that's a good answer.

Look at that, six, very well done indeed.

Great start, six for goji berry.

Very well played, Haluk. Terrific answer.

You see the clapping there from Tahir.

-That's some hench clapping, right there.

-Sonic boom.

Yeah, really, goodness me, you should wear ear defenders.

Yeah, goji berries, they've become much more popular.

They've been used in China for years.

Also known as the wolf berry.

I like wolf, I'd go with wolf berry.

But I guess goji berry makes them sound slightly more hipster.

Mm. John?

I think I will go for...

-..samphire.

-Samphire, says John.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said samphire.

It's right.

Six is the only score we have at the moment, samphire.

Oh, look at that, seven. You end up neighbours.

Very nice indeed, seven for samphire.

There it is in the top row, grows on rocks and cliffs by the sea,

samphire, it's a member of the parsley family.

Thank you. Now, Mark.

I'm torn between a couple.

I think I'm going to go with kale.

Kale, says Mark. Let's see how many of our 100 people said kale.

Kale is right. Well, seven is the high score,

six is the low score...

Until now, obviously, 60 is now our high score, kale.

I thought that would have scored less than 60, I have to say.

Again, it's become much more famous

and when you've got the letter there as well,

I guess what else could it be?

Mm. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, now, we are halfway through the round.

Let's look at those scores. Six, Haluk, very well done,

the best score of the pass. Haluk and Tahir looking very strong,

as indeed are John and Andrina, because, I'm afraid, Mark and Alex,

this happened last time,

you were our super low scorers in the first round,

then Round Two, you suddenly... We had to say goodbye to you.

-This can't be a pattern.

-I hope not.

Alex, we need a low score from you, very, very best of luck.

We simply can't say goodbye to at the end of this round.

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

So, Alex, fruit and veg.

I mean, there are some interesting ones there.

-Yeah.

-Not your usual ones.

It's not your first rank of fruit and veg,

so maybe if you knew any of those, they might...

I think I'm going to go for papaya.

Papaya, says Alex.

Well, no red line for you as you're our high scorers.

Let's see how far down the column we get with papaya.

Not bad, 28 for papaya,

taking your total up to 88.

Yeah, an American tropical fruit, the papaya.

There it is. There it goes.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Andrina?

I think I'm going to go for H for horseradish.

H for horseradish, says Andrina.

Here is your red line.

Lovely line, if you can get below that,

you are through to the head-to-head.

How many of our 100 people said horseradish?

It's right and still going down, look at that.

Down to 19. Very well done indeed,

taking your total up to 26.

Yeah, H from Steps, that H stands for horseradish as well.

It doesn't, really. You know in Germany,

they make horseradish schnapps?

-Whee!

-That's a drink and a half, isn't it?

Oh, yeah. I have a sort of love-hate relationship

with anything that goes up my nose, you know, like mustard, wasabi.

Yeah, it's like when you jump in a swimming pool.

-When it goes up your nose.

-Less keen on that.

-Yeah.

-Mm!

-Hah!

-When will you learn?

I know. Secretly like it, though.

-Oh, OK.

-But I don't, but I do, but I don't.

-But you do.

-But I do.

Tahir, Tahir, there you are on six,

fabulous score from Haluk in the first pass.

Now, that means you can score 81 or less and still get through.

The only obscure ones, I don't really know from that board,

so I'm going to have to go with...

..what I feel is the best one of the ones I know, marrow.

Marrow, says Tahir. Marrow.

Here is your red line.

If you can get below that with marrow,

you are through to the next round. How many people said marrow?

It's right.

And you're through, very well done indeed,

77 for marrow, takes your total up to 83.

Well played, Tahir, all you had to do there.

Now, I know you'll be able to fill in almost all of these,

let's start with the top left.

-Leek.

-Leek, would have scored 92 points.

-Next to that...

-Kiwi.

-Kiwi, correct.

-That would have scored you 95 points.

-Wow.

-Celery?

-Celery would have scored 82.

-Then after...

-Spinach.

-66 for spinach.

-Asparagus.

-Asparagus, 79.

-That's a cabbage, is it?

-It's not cabbage.

-Oh!

It's a tropical gourd that the Mayans and Aztecs used.

-It's... I've no idea.

-Chayote. Or "Chayo-teh".

-Ah!

And it's a pointless answer, so very well done if you said that at home.

-Then...

-Ah.

This is, it's like,

it's basically a cauliflower designed by someone

-who illustrates children's stories.

-Yes.

It's called romanesque, or something.

-Romanesco.

-Romanesco.

-Very well done, two points for that.

Bottom row?

-Nope.

-Breadfruit, and that's a pointless answer as well,

so very well done if you said that.

-Then...

-Children's favourite, broccoli.

Broccoli, tiny trees.

-Would have scored you 72. And...

-Spring onions.

-That would have scored 61.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Well, we are at the end of our second round and, Alex and Mark,

it has come to pass.

I'm sorry. The pattern repeats.

We have to say goodbye to you. Been great having you on the show.

Thank you so much for coming to play. Take my love back to Penrith.

-Thanks.

-Thank you.

-Thanks so much, Alex and Mark.

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

Congratulations, John and Andrina, Tahir and Haluk,

you are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for the jackpot,

which currently stands at...

We are in the head-to-head, which is splendid news,

because it means from here on in, you're allowed to chat

before you give your answers, and the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot.

Well, two brand-new pairs here, brand-new to the show,

no-one's been in the head-to-head before,

but we've had some really good answers from each of you.

Nice low scores, so, yes,

this I think is going to be very hard to call.

Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

Here is your first question and it is all about birthdays.

-Richard.

-We're going to give you five clues now

to facts about birthdays. Can you give us the most obscure answer?

Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five birthday facts,

and here they come.

We have got...

I'll read those all again...

John and Andrina, you are the low scorers,

so you will go first.

Was it called Happy Birthday, do you think?

We'll go for the song written by Mildred and Patty Hill,

and we'll go for Happy Birthday.

Happy Birthday, say John and Andrina.

Now, Tahir and Haluk,

do you feel like that talking us through that board?

-I wish we could.

-To be honest, no.

We're going to take a shot in the dark.

The 2005 130,000lb birthday cake

was created to celebrate the US city's centenary,

-we're going to say San Francisco.

-San Francisco.

So, we have Happy Birthday To You, and we have San Francisco.

John and Andrina went for Happy Birthday

for the song by Patty and Mildred Hill.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.

It's right.

29.

Did you know that, or was that just a clever guess?

-It was a clever guess, I would say.

-Given the category.

I kind of worked it out.

There we go.

I can't help thinking Good Morning To All would be quite a dull song.

Anyway, there we are!

Now then, Tahir and Haluk have gone for San Francisco.

A bit of a shot in the dark. Would be brilliant if it's right.

Let's see if it is. How many of our 100 people said it?

No. Bad luck.

Not San Francisco, which means, John and Andrina, after one question,

-you're up 1-0.

-Yeah, they were schoolteachers, the Hills.

At least one of them was a schoolteacher.

So, Good Morning To All was the song they sung to their kids.

-Aw!

-San Francisco was founded in the 1770s,

so we're looking for a much more modern US city,

and it's Las Vegas.

And that would have scored nothing at all.

Would have been a pointless answer. Well done if you said that at home.

-We were on the right coast.

-You were on the right coast!

Right, OK, you can have a point!

The author who coined the word "unbirthday"...?

-Lewis Carroll.

-Is Lewis Carroll.

Queen Elizabeth's actual birthday?

-April, I think.

-It is, April, the 21st.

So, April is the answer there.

And thoroughbred horses have their birthday on the 1st of January.

And that would have scored you 15, which is annoying for all of them,

-cos they've all got hangovers.

-Yeah! Aw, yeah.

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

Tahir and Haluk, you get to answer it first,

but you have to win it to stay in the game,

so a little bit of pressure on you there.

Our second question today is all about "Young" People.

-Yay!

-Richard?

We're going to show you five pictures now

of people with the surname Young.

Can you tell us the most obscure first name, please?

Thanks very much indeed. Let's reveal our Youngs.

And here they are.

There we are. Five Youngs.

Tahir and Haluk, you will go first.

-OK.

-Are we going to do that one?

I say yeah. No, no, that is a great shout.

OK. Go for it.

All right, we're going to go for E,

and we're going to say Brigham Young.

Brigham Young.

John and Andrina, do you want to talk us through the other Youngs?

OK. C? We'll go for C.

If the guys have got that right, then that's probably unbeatable,

-I would think.

-Yeah!

-So, we are going to go for D, Kirsty Young.

D, Kirsty Young.

So, we have Brigham Young and we have Kirsty Young.

Tahir and Haluk said Brigham Young for E.

Let's see if that's right, how many of out 100 people said that.

It's right. It is Brigham Young.

That is a fantastic answer!

Four for Brigham Young.

Meanwhile, John and Andrina have gone for Kirsty Young for D.

Let's see if that's right. How many of our 100 people said Kirsty Young?

It's right.

40 for Kirsty Young. Very well done indeed, Tahir and Haluk.

Great low score there. That's exactly what you needed.

You're back in the game. After two questions, it's 1-1.

Yeah, you suspected it was unbeatable and it was.

The best answer up there. Very well done.

The second leader of the Mormon Church.

Anyone who's seen The Book Of Mormon will know Brigham Young.

-A is...

-Will.

-Will Young.

He would have scored you 75.

B, I'm sure you all know.

-Toby Young.

-Would have scored you...

-And C?

-Paul.

The brilliant Paul Young,

and he would have scored you 53.

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

Whoever wins this one goes through to that final

and plays for the jackpot, so very best of luck to both pairs.

Our third question is all about Sketch Shows.

Sketch Shows, Richard.

We're going to show you the titles of five British TV sketch shows,

but we're only including the first and last letters

of each word of the title. Can you tell us the most obscure of these?

-Very best of luck to both teams.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five sketch shows and here they are.

I'll read those again...

There we are. John and Andrina will go first.

Oh, my God!

-I can't think of any of them, can you?

-No.

I think we'll go for the third one down,

which we think is That Was The Week That Was.

That Was The Week That Was.

-That Was The Week That Was.

-OK, Tahir and Haluk,

what would you like to go for?

Do you want to talk us through that board?

So, the top one, it looks like Glorious Glorious Me.

Erm, not sure of the second one.

The fourth one down, it looks like Smack The Pony.

And the bottom one is Little Britain.

We might as well just go for the top one and just...

-Let's do it.

-It's the oldest one.

-OK, yeah.

-Glorious Glorious Me, for the top one.

Glorious Glorious Me.

OK, so we have That Was The Week That Was

and Glorious Glorious Me.

John and Andrina went for That Was The Week That Was.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.

It's right.

47 for That Was The Week That Was.

47. Meanwhile,

Tahir and Haluk have gone for Glorious Glorious Me

for the top one. Let's see if that's right,

how many of our 100 people said it.

No, I'm afraid not Glorious Glorious Me.

Very well done indeed, John and Andrina.

After three questions, you are through to the final, 2-1.

Yeah, and that's the highest score on the board,

That Was The Week That Was. I think, with all the letters there,

and it's very well-known, so you threw it away, gents,

cos the bottom two both would have seen you into the Jackpot Round.

Smack The Pony would have scored you 16 points.

Little Britain would have scored you 21 points.

The top one, of course, is...

-Goodness Gracious Me.

-Goodness Gracious Me,

that would have scored you 24.

-And the best answer on the board...

-Peter Serafinowicz.

The Peter Serafinowicz Show would have scored you three points.

Thank you very much indeed.

The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid,

Tahir and Haluk, it is you. I'm so sorry.

You knew low-scoring answers there. We'll see you again next time.

I'm sure you'll do just as well, if not one step better,

but in the meantime, thanks very much indeed, Tahir and Haluk.

But for John and Andrina, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, John and Andrina,

you've seen off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

-Yay!

-You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

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

Well, this is a very exciting jackpot to have, I think.

-It is.

-You've done incredibly well, your first appearance on the show.

What would you like to see come up? What's going to win this for you?

A little bit of F1, maybe, or rally, or film.

Yeah, a bit of film.

-Cooking.

-Cooking, definitely cooking.

-Food, yeah.

-Foodie things.

-OK, well,

fingers crossed there's something on the board you like the look of.

Today's selection looks like this.

We've got...

We can either go 1950s films or boybands, what do you think?

-Not the best categories, but...

-No, shall we just go for boybands?

-Boybands.

-OK, boybands it is.

OK, very best of luck, we're looking for any UK top 40 single

up to the beginning of September 2016, please,

by any of the following three acts...

So, up to the beginning of September 2016,

anything that has them as a named featured artist,

UK top 40 singles. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

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 your answers to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yes.

-OK, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.

There they are, your time starts now.

Beastie Boys. They did a duet with Aerosmith, didn't they?

No. I don't think they did.

-That was somebody else.

-Oh. Boyzone, Boyzone.

Come on, think of some. Just say, pick some random names, I think.

Song titles.

Boyz II Men...

-Maybe we should change category!

-Yeah, Beastie Boys.

-Beastie Boys.

-I don't know. New York.

Oh... My mind's gone completely blank.

Boyzone, Boyzone. Come on, come on! We've got 26 seconds.

I know, we have, haven't we?

You Lift Me Up, is that one?

-Ooh, yes. Isn't that one?

-Probably.

-You Raise Me Up.

-That's not going to be pointless, though, is it?

No, I know, but...

You Raise Me Up.

-Field Of Love.

-Ten seconds left.

-Yes, OK.

Yes, we're going to have to say some random...

I can see the Beastie Boys and I can see them dancing.

-Yeah...

-OK, that, I'm afraid, is your minute up, I'm so sorry.

-Not an ideal category for you, I think, this one, is it?

-No.

Let's have three answers from you.

If you say which categories you're answering in, that'd be great.

-You Lift Me Up, Boyzone.

-You Lift Me Up.

-Loved Up, Boyzone.

-Loved Up, Boyzone.

And I can hear the Beastie Boys song in my head,

but I can't think of it.

I can too, but I don't know what it's called,

-so we'll just have to say...

-Hit It.

-Hit It for the Beastie Boys.

OK. Which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-You Raise Me Up.

-You Raise Me Up. Lift Me Up was the answer you gave,

so we'll put that last.

Least likely to be pointless?

I can't remember what I said, but I think it was Loved Up or something.

Loved Up, OK, Loved Up and then Hit It can go in the middle.

-Yes!

-Lovely.

Let's put those up on the board in that order and here they are.

We have got...

-Good luck.

-Thank you.

-I'll need it!

Listen, there's a massive jackpot there, who knows?

Who knows what might happen, and if you happen to win £6,250,

what would you like to do with it? John, I'm going to ask you first.

I think we'd go on a nice holiday somewhere,

take the kids on a nice holiday somewhere.

Very nice. Andrina, anything you want to add to that?

No, just same as that, we'd go somewhere nice, far flung.

Very good. OK, well, your first answer was Loved Up.

In this case, we were looking for songs by Boyzone.

Let's see how many of 100 people said Loved Up.

It has to be right, then it has to be pointless,

but if it's both of those things, it wins you £6,250.

How many people said Loved Up?

No, not Loved Up, I'm afraid!

So, we move to Hit It.

In this case, we're looking for Beastie Boys UK top 40 singles.

How many of our 100 people said Hit It?

It'll win you £6,250 and a lot more if it's pointless.

Yes. I'm afraid we now move on to your third and final answer,

which was You Lift Me Up.

We're back on Boyzone now, UK top 40 singles, is it right,

is it pointless? If it's both of those things, it wins you £6,250,

You Lift Me Up.

-No!

-Ah!

-I'm sorry, there we are.

It was a game attempt.

And you made up two perfectly convincing songs there,

I'm afraid you didn't manage to find

that all-important pointless answer there,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot,

that'll roll over on to the next show.

But it's been brilliant having you here, really strong performance,

so very well done. And you get a Pointless trophy.

-Exactly. That's what we came for.

-John and Andrina!

Yeah, tough final category there.

You Raise Me Up was Westlife, a Westlife number one.

You Lift Me Up was by the Hoisty Boys.

A different song entirely.

Let's take a look now at the pointless answers,

I know lots of people will like one of these three bands.

We'll start with Boyzone.

Three top five singles...

Also could have had Coming Home Now, Key To My Life, a pointless answer,

and Shooting Star. Those were all the pointless answers for Boyzone.

Boys II Men now. Seven pointless answers here as well.

Hey Lover, In The Still Of The Night and Thank You.

Those are the pointless answers there.

And Beastie Boys, there are nine pointless answers here.

Also could have had Alive, An Open Letter To NYC,

Get It Together, Girls, and Triple Trouble.

Very well done if you said any of those.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard, and thanks very much indeed,

John and Andrina. Sadly, they didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show,

when we will be playing for £7,250.

Join us then, see if someone can win it.

Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.