Episode 44 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless.

This is the show where all the

questions have been asked to 100 people.

All our contestants have to do is

come up with the answers no-one else could think of.

Let's meet today's players. APPLAUSE

Couple number one.

Hello. My name is Gwen, this is my friend John,

and we're from North Wales.

Couple number two.

Hello, there. My name's Chris, and this is my fiancee Eleanor,

and we come from Glasgow.

Couple number three.

Hi. My name is Haluk, this is my older brother Tahir,

and we're from north London.

And, finally, couple number four.

Hi. My name is Hav, and this is my friend Indy,

and we're both from Gravesend in Kent.

And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much to all of you. A warm welcome to the show.

Great to have you here. We'll get a chance to chat to each of you

throughout the show as it goes along.

So that just leaves once more person for me to introduce.

He says I have more money than sense, which is a double insult,

because I really only ever carry a tenner.

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

Hiya! Hello, everybody.

Afternoon.

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-Good afternoon to you, sir.

-Good afternoon.

-How are you?

-I'm very well.

-Excellent. Two returning pairs from the last show.

Chris and Eleanor, welcome back.

Hopefully we'll see a bit more of you this time.

And Haluk and Tahir, who were

through to the head-to-head last time,

it was one-all, and they knew every single answer

that would have won them the point, and they went for the wrong one.

-Yes.

-So didn't play for that £6,250 jackpot last time.

Imagine if you were them, you'd be

desperate to know if our other couple

won it last time, because they don't know yet.

-They were brilliant, weren't they?

-It was amazing.

-John and Andrina.

-They... Oh.

-They will be very tough to beat on podium three, I think.

Shall we find out about that jackpot?

Yes, John and Andrina didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to it.

So today's jackpot starts off - look at this, £7,250.

There we are.

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

Well, listen, the pair with the

highest score at the end of each round

will be eliminated, so keep your scores nice and low,

and it could be you playing for that jackpot.

Best of luck to all four pairs. Our first category this afternoon is...

Modern Art.

Modern Art. 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...

..artists born in the 20th century.

-Richard.

-Yes, seven clues on each board.

The answers to all of them are

artists who were born in the 20th century.

You just need the most obscure answer you can find, please.

There will be 14 in all to have a go at at home. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So we are looking for these artists.

Born, all of them, in the 20th century.

Here is our first board of clues.

And we have got...

I'll read those all again.

John.

Welcome to Pointless.

I have no idea of any of them,

so I'm going to guess and say the British sculptor,

I'm going to say Alvin King.

You're going to say Alvin King.

-Yeah.

-Alvin King.

Before we take that answer from you, John,

I want to quiz you a little bit.

What do you do, John?

-I'm a farmer.

-You're a farmer. What sort of sort of farmer are you?

-It's beef and sheep.

-Beef and sheep.

Mainly sheep, mainly beef, or pretty much even down the middle?

We've got more sheep than beef.

-In North Wales?

-Yes, in Anglesey.

Very nice indeed.

-So lovely.

-That's a proper farmer.

Oh, that's so nice, isn't it?

That's nice. You are into Anglesey, are you?

Yes.

I'm like... You can see Snowdonia,

as well, in the background, so not bad.

Oh, John!

Tell you what, let's all give this up.

Shall we all go back to your farm and let's do this show there?

-Yes.

-Wouldn't that be lovely?

Like a Pointless Countryfile, kind of, mash up.

That would be nice. Just have the odd sort of, "Moo!"...

LAUGHTER

-..in the background. That would be nice.

-Exactly.

It's a terrible sheep impression.

LAUGHTER

Now, remind me. You have gone for Alvin King.

Alvin King, yes, first one.

Alvin King for the Orbit structure.

Let's see. Alvin King.

I'm afraid not Alvin King, John, I'm afraid.

That scores you 100 points.

It may well not be the last 100-pointer of the round,

so don't lose heart.

-Yes.

-If we were in North Wales on your farm,

he would literally tell us to get to get off his land immediately.

-That's true.

-Wouldn't he?

-Thank you very much indeed.

Eleanor, welcome back. Lovely to have you with us again.

Now, listen, it was Round One we had to say goodbye to you last time.

-It was.

-We'll have no repetition of that. Thank you very much indeed.

Remind us what you do.

I'm just doing my doctorate in clinical psychology just now

at Glasgow University.

How's it going? Is that all right?

It's...

Everything you hoped it would be?

It's very busy, but a very rewarding job.

Is there a sort of practical element to it as well?

There is. You work, kind of, in the NHS with patients,

doing psychotherapy as well.

Yes, quite a full curriculum I would have thought.

Yes. How long is the course?

It's three years in total.

Right. OK. Very good.

Now, Eleanor, are you liking this round?

Are you pleased with our round on 20th century artists?

No. It's a very difficult round,

I think.

There's one that I think I know, so I'm just going to go for that one.

Which is the street artist who created Dismaland,

and I think that's Banksy.

Banksy, says Eleanor, for the B at the bottom.

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

It's right. Well, 100 is our high score and 57 is now our low.

Not bad at all.

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Yes, well played.

I'm such a huge fan of Banksy. I genuinely think he's terrific.

His documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop is brilliant.

He set up a stall in Central Park in America in 2013, I think.

So you get off knock-off Banksies all the time,

you see people selling things because they're all stencilled,

and he set up a stall selling his original work,

but no-one knew it was original.

It was selling for 60 a piece.

-How about that?

-Good for him.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Haluk, welcome back.

Oh, head-to-head, within touching

distance of the final last time, Haluk.

-Remind us what you do.

-I work in e-commerce.

In e-commerce, that's right.

And your interests?

So, sports - football, basketball, American football.

I play football weekly, and aside from that, just not shaving, really.

LAUGHTER

All bases covered there.

Exactly, yeah.

What would you like to go for on our board here?

So, Banksy was the only one I truly knew.

The Turner Prize winning artist and film-maker for 12 Years A Slave.

I love this movie. I know his name. I've just gone blank.

It's a famous name, but he's not the famous person.

This is the thing.

Simon Michaels.

Simon Michaels says Haluk.

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

Oh, you're going to kick yourself when you know because

you know what it is. You know absolutely what it is.

-As soon as I hear it.

-Scores you 100 points, I'm afraid.

Not Simon Michaels. Good made-up name, though.

I'll give the correct answer at the end of the pass.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now, Indy, welcome to Pointless.

-Good to have you here.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Indy?

-I'm currently between jobs,

-but I was an English teacher.

-Change of direction for you, or sacked?

LAUGHTER

Change of direction, yes.

OK, that's fine. What direction do you want to go in?

-Hopefully publishing.

-Oh, that would be nice.

Any particular area of publishing you would like to go into?

Ideally literature, like fiction, at the end,

but I think academic would be quite good, too.

Very good indeed. Now that sounds like a really fun thing.

How do you go about getting into publishing?

-Do you apply to all the houses?

-You tell me.

Well, you announce it on Pointless, I think.

-That's how you do it.

-You announce it on Pointless

and then give a great answer. That's the way to do it.

That's what you do, exactly.

Yes, you get the lowest score in a pass.

Indy, talk us through this board anyway.

All I know for certain is Salvador Dali at the top.

Maybe Sam Mendes for the film-maker.

But I'm going to stick with Salvador Dali.

Stick with Salvador Dali, says Indy.

Let's see how many of our 100 people agree with Indy, Salvador Dali.

It's right.

Well, you are the lowest scorer of the pass actually, Indy. Not bad.

APPLAUSE 43 for Salvador Dali.

Well played. We've got a lot to fill in on this board.

-I can do that.

-The sculptor who was made a Dame.

-Barbara Hepworth.

-Barbara Hepworth.

Would have scored you 14.

Have you been to her studios down in St Ives?

-No.

-It's really worth it. Very beautiful. Really worth a trip.

Now, you're right, he does have a famous name,

but he's not the most famous person with this name. It is...

-Steve McQueen.

-Steve McQueen.

That's the one!

Would have scored you 23 points.

Steve McQueen's real name?

Simon Michaels, did you know that?

LAUGHTER

That's his real name!

-The British sculptor.

-Anish Kapoor.

He would have scored you five points.

That's the best answer on the board.

Angel of the North sculptor?

-Antony Gormley.

-Antony Gormley. That would have scored you 22.

And probably the most famous of the modern artists.

-Damien Hirst.

-Damien Hirst, yes, of course, and he would have scored 33.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.

43, Indy, actually the best score of the pass, so there we are.

57, where we find Eleanor and Chris,

and up to 100 where we find Haluk and Tahir and John and Gwen.

So, yes, Tahir and Gwen, it's going to be between the pair of you.

Best of luck. We're going to come back down the line.

Could the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put seven more clues

to 20th-century artists up on the board,

and here they are.

I'll read those all again.

Now then, Hav.

Welcome. Welcome to Pointless.

Good to have you here. Hav, what do you do?

So, I'm actually on an internship at an oil and gas company,

but it's kind of in the middle of my degree.

I'm studying chemical engineering at Surrey right now.

I see. Then you will go on to...

Yeah, so I'm going back to do my masters next year.

Right. But you are attached to the oil and gas?

Not attached as such. I'd, you know, quite like to work in it,

-but it's not certain yet.

-I see.

Will that be offshore, or will

that be anywhere in the world, or will that in Gravesend, in Kent?

What sort of job will that be?

Yeah, probably most likely at some, like, a site,

like a refinery, or something like that, would be, like,

the ideal situation, but could end up going anywhere really, so...

Could take you anywhere. It sounds fun.

Anyway, what would you like to go for, Hav?

I've only got an idea on a couple of those.

The middle one's popping out at me now, the...

One of the YBAs. I think.

Is that Tracey Emin? I think I'm going to go with.

Well, Tracey Emin is your answer.

If you score 56 or less, you are definitely into the next round.

There's your red line. How many people said Tracey Emin?

It's right.

And sees you comfortably through.

There we are. 43. Exactly the same score as Indy, in fact.

86 is your total.

Very well done.

Yeah, she was appointed as a professor of drawing

at the Royal Academy of Arts in 2011, Tracey Emin.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Tahir.

Tahir, welcome back. Now, remind us what you do.

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

Very good. And spending 18 hours a week in the gym,

we discovered last time.

Well... And doing cardio outside, so it's part of the exercise total.

But that's a commitment, isn't it, Tahir?

-It's a religion, yeah.

-Yeah, it is.

I mean, so, I said last time you were hench.

I'm going to upgrade that.

You are wedge. In fact, I'm going to go up, you are tonk!

LAUGHTER

-Thank you.

-Oh! You're all of these things, Tahir.

-Thank you.

-Tahir, listen, you are joint high-scorers.

What are you going to go for?

There are two that I think I know,

based on the initials. These could turn out to be wrong.

But based on the initials, I'll go with Bradford-born artist,

A Little Splash is one of his swimming pool paintings -

David Hockney?

David Hockney, says Tahir.

No red line for you as you're joint high-scorers.

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

Well, look at that. Down we go to 28.

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That's the kind of score we haven't

been seeing this round so far. But it takes your total up to 128.

Yeah, voted the most influential British artist of all time,

David Hockney. He was supposed to do national service but he was

a conscientious objector, so worked in hospitals for two years.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Chris, welcome back.

Now, remind us what you do, Chris.

Yeah, actor and comedian.

Or wannabe actor and comedian.

Now, what sort of acting do you do?

Is there a fringe group, or something like that, you're part of?

I have been in a sketch group for a while.

I mostly do acting work in Scotland,

so I'm part of a wee show up there called Scot Squad,

which is my main work.

That's fun. So how often do you get together with Scot Squad?

We do it kind of once a year.

We've done kind of three seasons of it.

And then sort of take that, do you tour it round or...?

We don't do that live. It's a kind of wee mini television show.

I see. Oh, that's excellent. So who do you make that for?

It's just BBC Scotland.

Very good. That's exciting.

Now, there you are on 57.

The high-scorers at the moment are Tahir and Haluk on 128,

so 70 or less is what we require from you.

There is only one that I think I know.

Thankfully, no-one has said it yet.

It could still be wrong,

but the Pittsburgh-born artist who made prints,

I'm going to say Andy Warhol.

Andy Warhol, says Chris.

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

with Andy Warhol, you are through to Round Two.

Let's see how many people said Andy Warhol.

It's right. You've done it.

You shall go to Round Two.

There we are. Well done. 33 is your score.

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90 is your total.

Yeah, he attended mass daily, Andy Warhol.

Thanks very much, Richard. Gwen, welcome.

-Thank you.

-Welcome to Pointless.

-What do you do, Gwen?

-I'm retired.

I used to be a teacher before I retired last year.

-And how is retirement?

-Fantastic.

-And are you also up in North Wales?

Oh, yes. I live in Caernarfon.

-Yes.

-Oh, how nice.

Lovely. So, what sort of things...

Have you taken anything up for your retirement?

Yes, quite a lot of things. I've joined various movements.

I've been travelling, do a lot of walking,

everything you do when you retire, basically.

Very nice indeed. Perfect. Coming on Pointless, for example.

-Of course!

-Now, there you are.

You are on 100. Our high-scorers, still Tahir and Haluk on 128,

so 27 or less is what we require from you.

-Would you like to talk us through that board?

-No. I've no idea.

I have no idea.

I mean, the three that I thought I knew, yes, I did know them,

but they've gone. So I'm going to be very creative

and I think I will go

for the first one which is...

Robert Linden.

-Robert Linden.

-Yes.

Robert Linden. There's your red line.

Get below that with Robert Linden,

you're through to the next round. Is it right, though?

-And you have just made it up, as well.

-I did.

Be amazing if it's right. Let's see.

No, I fear not.

-No surprise.

-That's great news on podium three,

less good news on podium one.

That scores you 100 and takes your total up to 200.

Unlucky. I was thinking,

how gutted would you be on podium three if that was right?

If you had just plucked it out of thin air?

-But the top one?

-Is Roy Lichtenstein.

-Yeah, Roy Lichtenstein.

-Lichtenstein.

Would have scored you 17 points.

You'll recognise it. He did all the pointillist stuff.

-The potter?

-Grayson Perry.

Grayson Perry. He would have scored you 17.

Let's go down the bottom.

-The drip painter?

-Jackson Pollock.

-Jackson Pollock.

He would have scored you 20 points.

And this is the guy... He's put slides all over the place.

Does lots of things, as well. A German gentleman?

He's called Carsten Holler.

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

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, we are at the end of our first round and we have to say goodbye

to our newest members of the 200 club, Gwen and John.

It's been lovely having you here. Far too brief,

but we'll see you again next time. I'm sure you'll go further then.

In the meantime, thanks so much, Gwen and John.

APPLAUSE

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

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

And at the end of this round, we will be down to two.

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two today is...

Can you all decide in your pairs

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

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

OK, let's find out what the question is.

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

as many words that begin with "S" and end with "P" as they could.

Hmm, Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for any word which has its own entry

in the British and world English

section of oxforddictionaries.com, please,

that begins with S and ends in P.

No hyphenated words, no proper nouns, anything like that.

Very best of luck.

-Hmm.

-Hmm!

-Got one.

-Have you?

-Mm!

You've got this quite quickly.

-That will change what I think it's going to be, maybe.

-It may do.

I'm going to have a little think about what that is.

I think you'll get this one.

All right, OK. Anyway, here we go.

-Now, Eleanor, always tough going first.

-It is. Yeah.

Erm...

I think...

I'm going to go with

steep.

Yeah, I'm going to go with steep.

Steep. OK, steep.

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

Look at that, not bad at all.

20 for steep.

Yeah, rising or falling in an almost perpendicular manner.

-Steep.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

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

Well, I'll definitely do better than last time.

I'd like to go for stirrup.

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

Stirrup, seven, look at that.

APPLAUSE

Well played. Seven for stirrup.

Yeah, very good answer. It means stirrup.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now then, Indy.

Ah. Erm...

I was definitely thinking of stirrup. No lie.

There are other words beginning and ending S and P.

There is one that's a little bit simpler

and then one that's really...

I'm not really sure. It might not be a word.

But...

I think I'll go simple, so I'll say scalp.

OK. Scalp, says Indy.

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

It's right.

20 is our high score, seven is our low.

What about that, 4 for scalp?

APPLAUSE

Turns out that was a great answer.

Yeah, the skin covering the head except for the face.

Also to sell tickets at above their face value.

Thank you very much indeed.

Well, we're halfway through our words round.

Let's have a quick look at those scores.

4. Very well done, Indy.

Indy and Hav looking very strong on the back of that score.

As, I have to say,

are Haluk and Tahir on 7 because 20 is quite high,

Eleanor and Chris, so we need a lovely low score from you, Chris,

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

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

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, so, Hav, remember,

it's any word that begins with an S and ends with a P.

I think I had one in mind, but I

think Haluk give me a bit of an idea,

so I'm going to go with syrup.

-Syrup?

-Yeah.

Syrup, says Hav.

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

you are through to the next round.

How many of our 100 people said syrup?

Look at that, you're through.

7.

-Well done.

-Taking your total up to 11.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, you know what? His answer gave me exactly the same idea

because I was so close to doing

a "how much I like Golden Stirrup" joke

before I realised that syrup

was also an acceptable answer, so I couldn't.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Now, then.

Tahir.

What would you like to go for?

I have multiple answers in my head,

but the best I can think of is swoop.

Swoop.

Very good. OK, here is your red line.

If you can get below this red line with swoop,

you are through to the next round.

How many people said swoop?

It's right.

Gets you through. Look at that, down to 3.

Very well done indeed.

Taking your total up to 10, the lowest total of the round.

Well played. Yeah, to move rapidly downwards through the air,

or to have a super fast arrest.

-Exactly.

-When they do a dawn swoop.

-A super fast arrest, exactly.

-On the Hatton Garden raiders.

There you are. Thank you.

Chris... Chris, I'm afraid I have bad news.

I'm afraid you are the high-scorers.

But, oh, I bet you've got a really good answer.

I'll maybe just go with stoop.

OK, you're going to go with stoop.

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

There's no red line for you, I'm afraid,

as you're already the high-scorers.

Not bad, 13. Takes your total up to 33.

APPLAUSE

I was going to say, you could have gone with stand up.

-But then maybe that's two words.

-I think that is two words.

Yeah, what's your word?

-Satrap.

-Satrap?

-Mm.

-By the Boomtown Rats?

Satrap, two points.

-Huh!

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Let's take a look at some other pointless answers.

Loads of good words here, actually.

Let's take a look at a few.

Schlep is a pointless answer. Would have been a nice one.

There's scholarship.

Scrapheap, pointless answer. Well done if you said that.

Scrum, shaddup, like, "Shaddup ya face."

Showmanship, pointless answer.

Sidelamp, sidestep, a pointless answer.

Starship is a pointless answer.

There's loads and loads of good answers out there.

Sweatshop is a pointless answer.

Let's take a look at the top three,

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

We are at the end of our second round

and the pair we have to send home with their high score of 33,

it's Chris and Eleanor.

So sorry. We actually say goodbye.

You've done twice as well, though, this second time.

It's been great having you here.

Thank you so much, Chris and Eleanor. APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Hav and Indy, Tahir and Haluk,

you are now one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for that jackpot,

which currently stands at £7,250.

Woo!

APPLAUSE

That would be a nice jackpot to take home.

Anyway, we are now at the head-to-head,

which means you are now allowed to confer before you give your answers

and the first pair to win two

questions will be playing for that jackpot.

Very, very best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...

-Richard.

-We're going to show you five pictures now of cities

that are amongst the most expensive in the world in which to live.

We just need you to identify the most obscure

-of these five cities, please.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five cities and here they come.

We've got...

And we have initials there for each of those cities

and the first initial for A is C,

for B it's P, for C it's Z,

for D it's S, and for E it's HK.

Now then, Hav and Indy, you are our low scorers, so you will go first.

Yeah, there's only a couple really sort of jump out.

There's quite an obvious one there,

but I think we're going to go for C and say Zurich.

Zurich, say Hav and Indy. Zurich.

Now then, Tahir and Haluk.

That board is all yours. Do you want to talk us through it?

OK, so E is Hong Kong.

-D...

-Shanghai.

-Shanghai.

-Maybe.

Or... It's not Seoul, is it?

-No, it's Shanghai.

-Oh, Seoul in Korea?

-Maybe.

-Yeah.

-I'm pretty sure...

That's Paris. And is that Calais?

-No, Copenhagen.

-Oh, Copenhagen. Oh, OK.

Right, so, the second best I would say is Copenhagen. Yeah?

-Are you sure it's Copenhagen?

-Well, I'm pretty confident.

-S could be...

-Yeah, but we're not sure on S.

-Do you want to get another wrong answer?

-Let's do it.

-OK. A...

-I tell you what,

anyone switching on now just knows for a fact that you are brothers,

just so you know.

It's all love, it's all love. We're going to...

-Yeah?

-Yeah, yeah. OK, fine.

He's trusting me. A, Copenhagen.

OK, Copenhagen, Copenhagen say Tahir and Haluk.

And we have Hav and Indy saying Zurich.

So, in the order they were given, Zurich for C, say Hav and Indy.

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

It's right.

40.

40 for Zurich.

Tahir and Haluk, meanwhile, have gone for Copenhagen for A.

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

and let's see which of the brothers was right.

LAUGHTER

It's right.

It's got to beat 40.

Which it does.

26 for Copenhagen.

APPLAUSE Very well done indeed.

Which means, after one question, Tahir and Haluk, you are up 1-0.

Yeah, well played. Some great older brother work there, Tahir.

We're still equals, still equals.

-Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

-I still disagree.

Now, let's fill in the rest of these, shall we?

B, of course, is Paris.

Only 70 points for that, despite the fact the Eiffel Tower is there.

-Really?

-It's in the background, I suppose.

I suppose! Now, D, which I originally thought was Seattle.

-That's exactly what I thought.

-You originally thought was Shanghai.

Your second guess was right. Seoul in South Korea.

Best answer on the board, would have scored you two.

Look at that. I knew I was right!

-Sorry.

-And E is Hong Kong, of course.

What do you think that scored?

-94?

-Yes, well done!

-How do you do it? That's very impressive.

-I don't know, amazing.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Here comes your second question.

Hav and Indy, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

But Tahir and Haluk will answer it first.

Best of luck with that. Our second question today is all about...

-Richard.

-Yeah, just five clues to facts about school.

-There we are.

-Let's reveal our five clues and here they come.

We have got...

I'll read those all again.

Tahir and Haluk will go first.

So, we're both in agreement that we're not sure.

It's going to be a quick one. We don't know any of them,

-apart from the second one.

-And what we think the second one is.

Yeah, we're, like, 20% sure.

So we're is going to say the magical school whose motto translates

as, "Never tickle a sleeping dragon,"

as fun as that sounds, is Hogwarts.

Hogwarts, say Tahir and Haluk.

Now, then, Hav and Indy, it's over to you.

-Talk us through that board.

-Yeah, we're really not sure either.

We were pretty pleased when we saw school,

but it wasn't the sort of stuff that Indy was familiar with.

So probably going to have to go for decade the Education Act

gave free secondary education...

'30s?

-Yeah, go for it. Let's go for it.

-We'll say the '30s, 1930s.

The 1930s.

So, we have Hogwarts and we have the 1930s.

Tahir and Haluk have gone for Hogwarts

for that sleeping dragon motto.

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

It's right.

50.

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50. Now, Hav and Indy have taken a punt

on the decade of the Education Act.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said the 1930s.

Let's see if it's right.

Oh!

Oh, bad luck.

I mean, sounded like a good guess to me.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which means,

very well done indeed, Tahir and Haluk, after only two questions,

you are straight through to the final 2-0.

Yeah, it actually came about very, very close

to the setting up of the NHS, as well.

It from the Education Act of 1944, the Butler Act, so 1940s.

I thought you were right.

That would have scored you 12 points.

The Merseyside producer, do you know that one?

-Phil Redmond, is it?

-Yeah, Phil Redmond, yeah.

Did Grange Hill, Hollyoaks, Brookside.

16 points. The heroine in Malory Towers?

I didn't know this one. Darrell Rivers.

I know lots of people will have known that at home.

Four points for that. Well done if you said it.

-And the Scottish boarding school?

-Gordonstoun.

-Gordonstoun. Yeah.

-And that would have scored 35.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,

Hav and Indy, low scorers all the way through the show,

I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you.

We'll see you again next time.

You'll do just as well, if not one step better.

But, in the meantime, thanks very much indeed. Hav and Indy.

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All the best.

But for Tahir and Haluk, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Tahir and Haluk,

you have fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £7,250.

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Woo!

Well, that was worth waiting for, wasn't it?

Last time you came through to the head-to-head

and didn't quite make it through to the final.

And here you are, finally coming through 2-0, which is fantastic.

-No pressure!

-It depends on what categories come up

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

-Anything...

-Football.

Vintage football, retro football.

-Gaming.

-Did he mention football?

We need to see football.

And, like... It doesn't really come up, but body-building champions.

Yeah, and '90s hip-hop.

Till now maybe!

Maybe we've been waiting.

-Science, chemistry.

-'90s hip-hop, like he said.

Yeah. Chemistry for him, because I know nothing about chemistry.

-Chemistry.

-I don't know.

I mean, music. Depends...

I mean, we've got the Pointless trophy, right?

-So... It doesn't really matter.

-Let's get more!

Let's see what happens. There might be something on that board

you like the look of.

Fingers crossed. An exciting jackpot to be playing for.

Today's selection reads like this.

We have got...

-Sporting siblings could be...

-British female solo artists.

Is that music artists, or is that artists?

I don't know enough. I don't like that.

Yeah, let's forget that. Scottish politics, no.

The closest thing to sport is sporting siblings.

I have a colleague who's from Iceland.

That's all I know about Iceland.

-LAUGHTER

-Right, well, OK...

I don't know enough about politics of other countries,

-let alone Scotland.

-Could be Venus and Serena, something like that.

It's sporting siblings.

It makes the most sense. The only thing I know about Iceland...

-I agree with you.

-That's why mums go there.

-Let's go sporting siblings.

-Sporting siblings, I agree!

-Yes.

-Sporting siblings it is.

I liked it when you said the closest thing to sport is sporting siblings

and it is... That is sport.

That is... You can't get closer.

And you are siblings as well.

Gents, over £7,000 on this jackpot.

Very best of luck. Three different questions here,

all relating in some way to sporting siblings.

We're looking for any of the following, please.

We're looking for any cricketer who played in the 2001 Ashes Series

where Steve and Mark Waugh played for Australia.

Obviously, we won't accept either of them.

So anyone who played in that series for either team.

We are looking for anyone who played England's 1995

Five Nations winning team. Any of the games.

Rory and Tony Underwood were in that team.

Obviously, we won't except them.

Or we're looking for any boxer fought professionally

by Michael and Leon Spinks, please.

So, Ashes cricketers from 2001,

1995 Nations winners for England,

or any boxers fought by Michael and Leon Spinks.

Gents, very, very best of luck.

Thank you 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?

-Yeah.

-Good!

Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.

There. Your time starts now.

Right, OK... Leon Spinks beat Muhammad Ali,

so that's not very well-known.

He is the first person to beat Muhammad Ali.

-Are you sure?

-Yeah, 100%.

-100%?

-Yeah, yeah.

-We'll do that, then.

-Sparring partner of Muhammad Ali.

-Are you 100%?

-Yeah, like, 1000%.

-OK, fine.

-Yeah.

-2001 Ashes,

I think there was a player called Ashley Giles,

who was a spinner. I think.

-Ashley Giles?

-I used to play a computer game...

-Wasn't he a footballer?

-Ashley... No... I think, Ashley Giles...

I think he was a cricketer. I think he was a spinner.

Do we have... Put that in the maybe pile. Five Nations winning team?

I think back in that time, there was Will Carling.

It might not be a pointless answer.

I don't know if he was still playing at that time.

We should just give three boxers in the heavyweight division.

It makes the most sense.

I don't know who fought Leon Spinks.

Well, we can give logical guesses.

He was sparring with Muhammad Ali, back in the days?

No, it's not sparring. He beat Muhammad Ali.

Yeah, so he was boxing in, what, the era of Ali?

The '70s. So we can say someone like Joe Frazier.

-Ten seconds left.

-OK.

Joe Frazier and George Foreman... He didn't beat George Foreman.

What about the guy who knocked Muhammad Ali down? Henry Cooper?

-Was his name Henry Cooper?

-People like that, yeah.

-Yeah?

-It makes more sense.

-OK, so who do I say?

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

Never long enough, that minute, I'm sorry.

What answers would you like to give me and in which category?

-What are we doing? Boxers?

-We kind of have to.

All right, so we'll go with boxers...

Do you want to do the cricketers as well?

-Do one of the cricketers.

-I feel 60% with Ashley Giles.

-Yeah, do it.

OK, so we're going to say Ashley Giles for cricketers.

We're going to say... You said Muhammad Ali.

It's a known thing, though. Let's say Muhammad Ali.

-Muhammad Ali.

-Muhammad Ali.

And... Shall we go for another boxer that Ali fought?

Who was that boxer you just said?

What, Henry Cooper? I think his name's Henry Cooper.

-OK. Henry Cooper.

-And Henry Cooper. OK, three answers there.

Of those, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Henry Cooper, probably.

-Henry Cooper goes last.

Least likely to be pointless?

-Muhammad Ali.

-Muhammad Ali.

-Muhammad Ali.

We'll put the King of Spin in the middle.

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

and here they are. We have got...

Three good answers on the board there.

Now, one of those, at least,

might turn out to be pointless and might win you that jackpot.

We're looking at a jackpot of £7,250. That's a decent jackpot.

What would you like to do with that if you won it, Tahir?

As a student, I'd put it straight into the savings.

Take a chunk out, and go to Vegas.

Very good. Haluk, how about you?

I always remain that I'd say I would give some to my mum.

Well, most to my mum, actually, to be honest.

She deserves it, so, why not?

Oh, well, that's nice.

Tahir, do you want to revise your Vegas trip?

Er... I'll take my mum to Vegas.

There we go, excellent. OK, well, very best of luck.

Three good answers, as I say.

Your first answer was Muhammad Ali.

In this case, we were looking for any boxer

fought by Michael or Leon Spinks.

If this is pointless, it will win you £7,250.

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

It's right.

It is a correct answer. Now, if this goes all the way down to 0,

you will leave here with £7,250.

Muhammad Ali now takes us down through the twenties...

Ooh... 26. OK, 26, not bad.

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It's not a bad score.

Annoyingly, not a pointless score,

so we move onto your next answer which is Ashley Giles.

In this case, we were looking for any cricketer

in the 2001 Ashes Series.

If Ashley Giles is pointless, you leave here with £7,250.

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

It's right. It was him. Muhammad Ali took us all the way down to 26.

Ashley Giles now takes us down through the 30s, into the 20s,

passing 26 comfortably.

Down we go into single figures.

We're still going down. Ashley Giles taking us right the way down to 1.

AUDIENCE GASPS

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-Ah!

-Thought so.

-OK...

Can we have a recount? Can we have a recount?

-Yeah...

-Is that one person here?

-Yeah.

LAUGHTER

One person remembered Ashley Giles from that squad.

-Was it you?

-Of course it wasn't me!

It comes down to your third and final answer.

Henry Cooper.

Again, we were looking for any boxer who was fought by

Michael or Leon Spinks.

Henry Cooper has to be right and it has to be pointless for you to win,

but if you do win, it's £7,250.

How many people said Henry Cooper? Is it pointless?

Oh, no!

AUDIENCE GROANS

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Well, that was a very, very exciting final round.

Ashley Giles brought us that close to a really exciting jackpot win,

but I'm afraid you just didn't manage to find

that all-important pointless answer.

You were off it by one point.

That means you don't win today's jackpot of £7,250.

That rolls over onto next show.

But it's been great having you here and, actually,

brilliant performance right across the show.

2-0 in the head-to-head. No arguing with that.

Really strong and a Pointless trophy each

to take home, so very, very well done, Tahir and Haluk.

Yeah, unlucky, guys.

The boxing category is far and away the hardest one.

The cricket and rugby, there are so

many good pointless answers out there

that I know people at home will have got.

Let's take a look at some of them. Those Ashes cricketers first.

Glenn McGrath is a pointless answer.

Mark Ramprakash, Nasser Hussain,

Phil Tufnell, Alec Stewart, Alex Tudor,

Andy Caddick, Brett Lee, Damien Martyn,

Dominic Cork, Graham Thorpe,

Jason Gillespie, Justin Langer, Marcus Trescothick, Mark Butcher,

Matthew Hayden, Michael Slater, Robert Croft, Simon Katich,

they're all pointless answers.

So very well done if you said one of those.

The Five Nations winning team.

Mike Catt, Kyran Bracken, Jason Leonard, Graham Rowntree

Again, big names here. Ben Clarke, Dean Richards, Martin Bayfield,

Steve Ojomoh, Tim Rodber, and Victor Ubogu.

All of those are pointless answers.

Boxers, much harder. One very big

-name here that some people I know would have got.

-Joe Frazier?

Not Joe Frazier. Larry Holmes, lots of people might have got.

Gerry Cooney as well. Dwight Muhammad Qawi, they both fought him.

Steffen Tangstad.

Everybody was a pointless answer there apart from Ali, Tyson,

Shane Sutcliffe, Marvin Johnson, and Gerrie Coetzee.

Everyone else was a pointless answer.

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

Gents, you've been terrific for two shows and one point away.

-One point away.

-Yeah, one point.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard,

and thanks very much, Tahir and Haluk.

Very sadly, they didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for £8,250.

Woo!

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Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.