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APPLAUSE

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Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.

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Welcome to Pointless, the show where the more obscure your knowledge,

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the better your chances of winning. Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one.

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I'm Duncan, this is Gary, my Pointless friend,

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and we're from Dunblane.

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-Couple number two.

-I'm Henry, this is my friend Dougie,

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we're both currently at university, but we're originally from Leeds.

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Couple number three.

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Hi, I'm Andy, this is my girlfriend Cherry, and we're from Rotherham.

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And finally, couple number four.

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Hi, I'm Sara, this is my friend, Hannah,

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I'm from Exeter, and Hannah is from Leicestershire.

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And these are today's contestants.

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

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Lovely to have you all here. We'll get a chance to chat to 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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Here to cut the mustard, stir the custard

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and sing along to the songs of Busted,

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it's my Pointless friend - it's Richard!

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Hiya. Hey, everybody.

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Hiya.

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-Hello, there.

-Hello, good afternoon.

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Good afternoon to you. It should be a cracking show today.

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Two returning pairs - on our first two podiums, actually.

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Dougie and Henry got through to the head-to-head. Welcome back.

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Gary and Duncan got knocked out in Round One.

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Not terrible answers - certainly not from Gary!

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LAUGHTER

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Lovely to have you all back. It should be a lot of fun, I think.

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I think it should. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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Well, Alison and Emma, who were our finalists last time,

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managed not to win the jackpot, so we add another £1,000 to it.

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So today's jackpot starts off at £2,000, there we are.

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

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Only one thing I beg of you not to forget, and it is this -

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

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will be eliminated.

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So keep your scores nice and low. I'm looking at you, Duncan.

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Best of luck to all four pairs.

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Our category for the first round is...

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

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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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Famous Warriors, Richard.

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That's annoying - I asked them to do famous worriers!

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And...it was going to be the most anxious people in history.

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On each board, seven descriptions of people known for

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their military prowess or fighting capabilities.

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We're also going to give you their initials.

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So 14 in all, seven on each board. Best of luck at home.

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Thank you very much indeed.

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OK, let's reveal our first board of warriors, and here they are.

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I'm going read those all again.

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-There we go. Gary, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Tell us about yourself.

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I'm Gary, I'm a minister in Dunblane.

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I've been there for about 15 months and having a great time.

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Enjoying lots of different things in my parish,

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particularly amateur dramatics.

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Oh! I bet Gary's good at amateur dramatics.

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-He's got a good voice for...

-He's got a great voice.

-Yeah.

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What sort of things are you working on at the moment?

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Well, we're doing a panto in January.

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I was hoping you'd say that. What will you be playing?

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See if you can guess. Arrr-harrr!

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Ah, Snow White!

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LAUGHTER

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-Pirate, pirate.

-A pirate. You'd make an excellent pirate.

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-Thank you.

-Not just the beard. The mean. Anyway, there we are.

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-Now, Gary, what would you like to go for on our board?

-Right...

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I think I shall go for...

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..British Queen of the Iceni tribe

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who led a revolt against Roman rule in 60AD.

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Boudiga.

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Boudiga?

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

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70.

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70...

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..for Boudicca.

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-Yes, the woman of a million names.

-Yeah.

-Difficult to pronounce.

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But, yes, very good answer.

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-"Boudiga"! That's...

-"Boudiga"!

-That's how we say it in Scotland.

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It's good. Thank you very much, Richard.

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-Now, Dougie, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Remind us what you do, Dougie?

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I'm a student at the University of Birmingham.

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-And you are studying...?

-Philosophy.

-In your last year?

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-That I am, yes.

-Very good indeed.

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Now, what sort of things are you getting up to in Birmingham?

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I play cricket, and I'm in a few societies at university.

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In fact, me and a few friends, they didn't get into

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the university cricket team, so they started up their own club

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and I managed to get on board with that quite quickly.

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Now, hang on, I'm kind of inferring from that

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-that you did get into the university cricket team?

-No, I didn't.

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Oh, you didn't as well? Right, OK. I thought you were going to say,

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"I'm helping out there, giving a little bit of expertise."

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-I'm in their team, with them.

-OK, very good.

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-Now, Dougie, what would you like to go for here?

-Erm...

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Please may I go for giant Philistine warrior defeated by David,

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and that is Goliath.

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Goliath, says Dougie.

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

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It's right. Well...

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Ooh, 74.

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74 for Goliath.

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A giant score.

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Yeah, two big scores so far.

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Of course, famously been revised,

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the whole story of David and Goliath.

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David's seen as an underdog,

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but any military historian...says he was a huge favourite.

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-Interesting, isn't it?

-It is interesting.

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Lots of good things written about him.

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Malcolm Gladwell writes very interestingly about it.

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Completely revises the way that we think about that story.

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I played Goliath in my son's school play.

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-Did you?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Did you?

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I bet, because you're an actor, though, you didn't want to lose.

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"I'm sorry, I just looked at the script - it's terrific stuff.

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"I wonder if there's a little rewrite here where Goliath,

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"he gets up again, and he pummels David?

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"I wonder if that's something we could do?"

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I bet you did. That was good. Who played David?

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I bet there was a queue of people who wanted to play David.

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I'd have played him.

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LAUGHTER That would have looked odd.

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-A little bit.

-There we are.

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I'd have had to stand a long way away.

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Now, Cherry, welcome.

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-Good to have you here, from Rotherham.

-Yeah.

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What keeps you busy in Rotherham?

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I'm currently a support worker, I support disabled adults.

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Very good, good for you. And how often do you do that?

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Is that a full-time job?

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Yeah, it's full-time. I work shifts during the week.

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Very good. And what are your interests when you're not at work?

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I like going to the gym, swimming, and I like art, I draw a lot.

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I have done since I was little.

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What sort of things?

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Do you do cartoons, caricatures, things like that?

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Yeah, I like using a lot of bright colours.

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Very good. Sometimes people do drawings of us, don't they?

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I've seen people do drawings of us.

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I have seen one drawing of us that looked quite like us.

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-Oh, really?

-Yeah, there was one.

-That's interesting.

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I like it when they do drawings of us in icing on a cake.

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-See, that's nice.

-Those are my favourite drawings.

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Or, recently, as icing on a biscuit, a lemon biscuit.

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-Oh, yes, that was lovely.

-That was really nice.

-Yeah.

-Mm!

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Anyway, sorry, Cherry, there we go.

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-What would you like to go for?

-I'm not great with history.

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Erm, I'm going to have to go King of Macedonia who conquered

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the Persian Empire known as...

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It's just a guess. ..Arthur The Great.

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-No...

-OK... Ooh! You get a buzz from the audience.

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Let's find out if that's a good buzz or a bad buzz.

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-I don't know any on the board.

-Arthur The Great, says Cherry.

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Let's see.... It has a ring to it!

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Let's see how many of our 100 people went for Arthur?

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-Oh, no.

-No,

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I'm afraid not Arthur The Great.

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-That scores you 100 points.

-Sorry, Cherry.

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I'll give all the correct answers at the end of the pass.

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Thank you very much indeed.

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-Now, then, Hannah, welcome.

-Hello.

-Good to have you here.

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-What do you do, Hannah?

-I'm a voice-over artist.

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-Oh, no, that's fun!

-Yeah, it is, it's fun.

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That's a nice way to earn your crust, isn't it?

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-Yeah, it is, isn't it?

-What sort of things do you voice?

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Well, I've done a lot of audio books -

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that's my favourite side of it.

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But other corporate stuff as well, but...

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Now, when you do audio books, and you have characters.

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I mean, obviously, I know when you're...

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-Presumably, you read through everything in advance.

-Yeah.

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-Yeah.

-That's quite important.

-There's a professional right there!

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-Especially in a murder mystery.

-How many times have you said...

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EFFEMINATE VOICE: "'Yes, yes, I do!'" replied the captain."

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"Oh, sorry..."

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-DEEP VOICE: "'Yes, yes, I do...'"

-So many times, yeah.

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Do you have a colour coding so you remember which voice is which?

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-I have quite an elaborate spreadsheet.

-That...

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-You really are a professional!

-Yeah, thank you.

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Are you suggesting that you don't do that, if you do an audio book?

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I didn't... I mean, by the end of the session I've probably

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got a pretty good...what we might call a spreadsheet, yes.

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-Yeah.

-A kind of diagram, you might call it.

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But you're very good at remembering which voice is for which?

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Yeah, sometimes.

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Sometimes, you get to the next page and go, "Oh, that's a man!"

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-Yes, exactly.

-You've just got to go back, yeah.

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-Now, Hannah.

-Hello.

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What would you like to go for on this board? It's all yours.

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-Do you want to talk us through and fill in all the blanks?

-Yes.

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Well... So the Knight of the Round Table is Lancelot.

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Then we've got Joan of Arc.

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I think I've got the Charlton Heston one in my head

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but I can't think what it is.

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I think it's El something or other. I don't know, I'm not sure.

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Erm, Alexander The Great.

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But I think I'm going to go for the bottom, which is Leonidas.

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Leonidas. Or "Le-onidas". Let's see if that's right,

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let's see how many of our 100 people went for Leonidas, or "Le-onidas"?

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-It is right.

-It's right!

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Well, 74... I'm sorry, 100 is our highest score,

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70 is our low.

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You leave everyone in your wake.

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Look at that, down to 8, very well done indeed, Hannah.

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That's a proper answer, very good indeed.

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Well played, Hannah, that's a lovely answer.

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You took us through the board very nicely as well.

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Yeah, not Arthur The Great - Alexander The Great.

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That would've scored you 44 points.

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It's terrible there's already an Alexander The Great -

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-it doesn't really give you anywhere to go, does it?

-No.

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There's yet to be a Richard The Great, so I could still,

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-you never know, I could achieve something.

-Yeah, you could.

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The top one, the Knight of the Round Table, is Lancelot - quite right.

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It would've scored 63.

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The French heroine, Joan of Arc.

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78. And you were halfway there with the Spanish hero.

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-El Cid.

-El Cid.

-HANNAH:

-Ah, that's it, yeah.

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And that would've scored 30.

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So the best answer on the board, Hannah, Leonidas. Well played.

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

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Let's look at the scores. 8 is the best score of the pass,

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Hannah, very well done indeed.

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Hannah and Sara looking very strong.

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Then we travel quite a long way up to 70, which is

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where we find Gary and Duncan - second-best score of the round.

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Then up to 74, Dougie and Henry.

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Then, up to 100, Cherry and Andy. Now, Andy...

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..you're not that far ahead, but you are ahead.

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You're definitely ahead, significantly ahead.

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We need a low score from you in the next pass. Good luck with that.

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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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Right, let's put seven more clues up on the board, and here they are -

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famous warriors, every one.

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I shall read those all again.

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-Sara.

-Hello.

-Welcome to Pointless.

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-Sara, what do you do?

-I'm an actor. Yes...

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-An actor? Yeah.

-Yes.

-Yeah.

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Not tempted by the...by the booth?

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I am tempted by the booth. I've just got a microphone to try, but...

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-That's the first part of the booth, the most important bit.

-Yeah.

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So far, I've just sort of been sat in my wardrobe trying

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to record bits, so it's not as professional as Hannah.

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OK, what you need is some egg boxes to lessen the echo in the booth.

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This is a voice-overs, obviously.

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-We're getting Sara around to the dark side.

-Thank you.

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-And then, yeah...

-Good to go!

-You are good to go.

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I just need to eat a lot of omelettes over the next few weeks.

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Yeah, absolutely!

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I was slightly puzzled about what you were saying there.

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I was thinking... "Ah, yes, egg boxes - got you!"

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LAUGHTER Now, then...

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I was thinking, that booth's going to be a bit... Ugh...

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-Anyway, now, Sara, lovely low score from Hannah in the first pass.

-Yes.

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It means that if you can score 91 or less,

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you are straight through to the next round.

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Good, good, OK. Yes.

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Well, I hopefully know one, at least,

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so I'm going to go for Genghis Khan

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for Mongol warrior who conquered much of Central Asia and China.

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-Genghis Khan.

-Yes.

-Now, here is your red line - nice and high.

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If you get below this with Genghis Khan,

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you are right through to the next round.

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How many of our 100 people said Genghis Khan?

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It's right. Very well done.

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Down it goes. 73.

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Good enough. It takes your total up to 81.

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Yeah, they say that one in 200 men alive today

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are descended from Genghis Khan.

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He's another one whose story has been extensively rewritten.

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We thought he was a very terrible man.

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Apparently, no, he just liked playing bridge.

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-Brewed his own beer, perfectly good guy.

-Yeah, yeah.

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-Mowed his lawn.

-Yeah.

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He's got this weird reputation from somewhere.

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He was the grandfather to Kubla as well.

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Yes, he was, indeed. And he was a member of the Rotary Club.

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I know. He was nice, exactly.

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Did an awful lot of work for charity.

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Had an allotment, where he grew runner beans.

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Exactly, yeah. Thank you, Richard.

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There we are. So, now, Andy...

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-Hello.

-Andy, welcome to Pointless, good to have you here.

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What do you do, Andy?

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I work as a member of the management team in a well-known record store.

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Oh, that's nice!

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Oh, there aren't that many record stores left.

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-Yeah, there are still some going.

-There are still some.

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Are you doing roaring trade still?

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It's doing really well now. Vinyl's coming back into fashion...

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-You see, exactly.

-..so everyone's back on board.

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It's going to be back. You've been there and weathered the storm.

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-How long have you been there?

-For nearly 15 years I've been there,

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so a long time.

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Just hold on, it'll turn right up again.

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-Fingers crossed.

-Oh, fingers crossed.

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Andy, you're the high-scorers at this point.

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Anything could happen in the next three questions.

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But what we do need from you is a nice low score.

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I know a few, but the lowest I think that I know

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is the Greek hero of the Trojan War,

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I'm going to go for Achilles.

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Achilles. Let's see if that's right,

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let's see how many of our 100 people said Achilles?

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There's no red line for you as you're the high-scorers.

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That is not bad at all.

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26, Andy.

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It takes your total up to 126.

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You might have done enough to keep yourselves in the game there.

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Yeah, well played, Andy, great answer.

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He's played by Brad Pitt in the film Troy.

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That's the main thing about Achilles.

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LAUGHTER Mm, there we go.

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Thank you very much, Richard.

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Now, Henry, welcome back.

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Remind us what you do, Henry?

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I am at the University of Winchester

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studying ancient, classical and medieval studies.

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Jee...! Oh...! Oh...!

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You didn't have to remind us of that, Henry,

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-and you could've just dazzled us.

-I thought I might as well.

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You might as well, you might as well.

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The only one I'm not sure about is the last one,

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which is the Z one, I don't think I know that.

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So it's going to have to be a toss-up between the others

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and which I think is the lowest.

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I'm going to go for the Carthaginian who went over the mountains

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on the elephants, which is Hannibal.

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Hannibal, says Henry.

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Now, here is your red line.

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Get below that red line with Hannibal,

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you are through to Round Two.

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How many of our 100 people said it?

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It's right.

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You've done it.

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Very good indeed.

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Taking your total up to 108.

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Well played, Henry, that fell nicely for you.

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That's the battle after he'd taken his huge army

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-and the elephants over the Alps.

-Oh, OK.

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The Romans lost, they say, about 70,000 men in that battle.

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It's in what is now Puglia in modern-day Italy.

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Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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-Now, Duncan.

-Yes.

-Hero of Round One last time.

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-Thank you, thank you.

-By hero, I mean the high-scorer of last time.

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-Thank you.

-Duncan, remind us what you do by day?

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I'm also a minister from Dunblane.

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You're also attached to a football team?

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Yes, Stirling Albion Football Club.

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-Do you ever travel with them on the bus?

-I go to every match.

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-Every match.

-I go to training every Thursday.

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and just have a fantastic time, a great bunch of lads.

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And do you interact in a faith way with them?

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It's actually just being able to do life with them,

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because there's lots of pressures in football.

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People don't realise that, you know, guys come under a lot of pressure,

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especially if they're not playing.

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-Yeah.

-And they just need another guy around that they can talk to.

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You don't have to do God stuff - sometimes it comes up -

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but just someone to talk to, you know?

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That's a good point. Very good.

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So, Duncan, you are on 70.

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-You have to score 55 or less.

-Yes.

-Talk us through the board.

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I know the top one - Julius Caesar.

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I'm not really too sure of the second one.

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I haven't a clue about the bottom one.

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But the Scottish hero who defeated the English

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at the Battle of Stirling Bridge

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-was William Wallace.

-William Wallace, says Duncan.

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Here is your red line. If you can get below that with William Wallace,

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you are through to Round Two.

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How many of our 100 people said William Wallace?

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It's right.

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Oh!

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Oh, Duncan, 59! 129...

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..is your total.

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-Oh, but it's a heroic way to go out, though, Duncan.

-It is.

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That is the perfect way to leave us, isn't it?

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Yeah, William Wallace. It's very unlucky.

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Julius Caesar would not have saved you, he scored too many points.

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He would have scored 77.

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This next answer would have saved you, though.

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Surely the most famous Hun of all.

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-Attila?

-Attila, yeah, Attila the Hun.

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And it would have scored you 44.

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And the bottom one is the best answer on the board.

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-Even Henry can't get it. And it's...

-I would guess...

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I'm just going to pull a name out. Zilla.

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-No, it was Zenobia.

-Oh, so close.

-Zenobia.

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That would've scored you 3 points.

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Zenobia sounds like the sort of thing

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you would do a voice-over for on television.

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-Ah, medical.

-Just someone going... "Oh... I can't..."

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-HE STRAINS

-It goes, "You need Zenobia."

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LAUGHTER Hannah and I could do it together.

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-Yeah, that'd be great.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Very nice.

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You can do the

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-"Please follow all the instructions before application".

-Yeah.

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-"For external use only."

-"Terms and conditions apply."

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Oh, Lordy. Thank you very much. Anyway, sorry, there we are.

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So, at the end of our first round,

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the pair who we are sending home with their...

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Oh, I'm so sorry. It's been two Round Ones.

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-We haven't seen enough of you, Duncan and Gary.

-True.

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We have not seen enough. Come back in... Duncan, you wear a beard,

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-Gary, you take yours off and...

-Sneak in.

-..play under pseudonyms.

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We'll never know. But it's been great having you on.

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Thank you so much for playing. Duncan and Gary.

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APPLAUSE

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

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So we are down to three pairs.

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Very well done, everyone,

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we made it through that round of warriors.

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But Sara and Hannah, our lowest-scoring pair there.

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In fact, Hannah, I think you were our lowest individual with 8...

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-Wahey!

-..for Leonidas. Very well done indeed.

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In a very high-scoring round, I have to say,

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that's a standout score, so well done to you.

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Anyway, best of luck to all three pairs.

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Our category for Round Two this afternoon is...

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

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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. Here it comes.

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We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

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..as they could. Richard.

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Yeah, we're looking for the title of any Beatles UK top 40 single,

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according to the Official Charts Company,

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that contains one of those letters, please. That's up till August 2016.

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Thank you very much indeed.

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Henry.

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OK, er...

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My knowledge of the Beatles isn't extensive,

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so I'm going to have to go for one of the more obvious ones.

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-I'm going to go with Love Me Do.

-Love Me Do, says Henry.

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Let's see how many of our 100 people said Love Me Do.

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It's right.

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41.

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Not bad.

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41 for Love Me Do.

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Yeah, the Beatles' first-ever single in 1962.

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It got to number 17.

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Three different drummers played on different recordings of it.

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Thank you very much, Richard.

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Now, Andy...

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I'm going to go for an early one that might not be said.

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I'm going to go for Roll Over Beethoven.

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Roll Over Beethoven, says Andy. Let's see if that's right,

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let's see how many of our 100 people said Roll Over Beethoven.

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Ooh.

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Bad luck, Andy. I'm afraid that scores you

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-100 points, takes your total up to 100.

-Yeah, sorry, Andy.

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Not a UK Beatles single, I'm afraid.

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Thanks, Richard. Now, then, Hannah.

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Ooh, yes, there's a salutary lesson for us all.

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Mmm. Erm...

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I'm not 100% sure it's a single,

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but I'm going to go for Eight Days A Week.

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Eight Days A Week, says Hannah.

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

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Ooh.

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See, that's the difficulty here, isn't it?

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I'm afraid another incorrect answer, scores you 100 points.

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It's going very well so far, everybody.

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-Exemplary work on the letters.

-Oh, yes.

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Yeah, they've all been in there, but, yeah, only one single so far.

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Right, let's have a look at the scores.

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41, the best score of the pass, Henry.

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Very well done indeed. Love Me Do was superb,

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because then we go up to 100, where we find

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Hannah and Sara and Andy and Cherry.

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So, Sara and Cherry, I suggest it'll be between the pair of you

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to see who stays and who leaves at the end of the round,

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so best of luck with that.

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We are going to come back down the line.

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Can the second players please step up to the podium?

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OK, so, Sara, in preparation for this little local derby

0:23:430:23:47

between the far two podiums...

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I really don't know.

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You're looking for the name of any Beatles UK top-40 single

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that contained one of the letters L, P or S.

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I don't even know if this is a track, let alone a single,

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but I'm just going to say it anyway.

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I Am The Walrus.

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I Am The Walrus.

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Let's see if it's right, and let's see how many of

0:24:060:24:08

our 100 people said I Am The Walrus.

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Oh!

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I'm afraid another incorrect answer scores you 100 points,

0:24:140:24:17

takes your total up to 200.

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No, that's an album track, as well, I'm afraid, I Am The Walrus.

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Poor Ringo Starr watching this at home.

0:24:220:24:24

-I know. Sorry, Ringo.

-Sorry, Ringo.

-I'm sorry.

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-Thank you very much indeed. Now, Cherry.

-Hi.

-Cherry.

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You have a target here, which is 99 or less.

0:24:300:24:33

Erm... I'm not sure if it's an album or a track,

0:24:330:24:36

but I'm going to say Yellow Submarine.

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-Yellow Submarine, says Cherry.

-It'll probably be quite high.

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Here is your red line.

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If you get below that with Yellow Submarine,

0:24:430:24:45

you are through to the next round.

0:24:450:24:46

How many people said Yellow Submarine?

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-It's right!

-Yes!

0:24:500:24:51

Look at that, it's a single! Down it goes.

0:24:510:24:54

50 is what it scores.

0:24:540:24:55

Takes your total up to 150.

0:24:550:24:57

Very well done indeed.

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More importantly, Cherry, you've really made Ringo Starr's day,

0:25:000:25:03

-cos that was one of his.

-Hey, hey!

-He's over the moon.

0:25:030:25:06

He is suddenly, suddenly really happy.

0:25:060:25:07

Yeah, he's kind of going, "I'll tell you who's overrated -

0:25:070:25:10

-"Lennon and McCartney." That's what Ringo's saying.

-Yeah.

0:25:100:25:13

Thanks very much indeed. Now, then, Dougie.

0:25:130:25:15

Good news, you're through. Even if you score 100,

0:25:150:25:18

which, on balance, I'm saying is probably the likelihood.

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-Thanks for the confidence.

-You are through to the next round.

0:25:210:25:24

No, I'm just saying statistically -

0:25:240:25:26

nothing to do with your Beatles know-how.

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What would you like to go for?

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To be honest, considering what's gone before,

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I'll probably find out it is an album track now,

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but I'll stand by my original answer, which was Yesterday.

0:25:340:25:37

Yesterday, says Dougie. Yesterday.

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

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No red line, for the lovely reason that you're already through.

0:25:410:25:44

It's right.

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Look at that. Down to 16.

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Our lowest score of the round by quite a margin.

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Very well done indeed, Dougie, taking your total up to 57.

0:25:570:26:00

Very well played. I'll take you through all the low-scorers

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before we get to the pointless answers.

0:26:020:26:04

There are four pointless answers out there.

0:26:040:26:06

You'd have got ten points for A Hard Day's Night.

0:26:060:26:09

8 for Lady Madonna. 7 for Paperback Writer.

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6 for I Want To Hold Your Hand.

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3 points for Something, Can't Buy Me Love.

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You'd have got 2 points for Day Tripper,

0:26:160:26:18

Back In The USSR and I Feel Fine.

0:26:180:26:20

You'd have got 1 point for Free As A Bird, The Ballad Of John And Yoko,

0:26:200:26:23

Magical Mystery Tour EP and Hello, Goodbye.

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Four Pointless answers. Let's take a look at them.

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Ain't She Sweet.

0:26:290:26:30

Baby It's You and Real Love, which were the ones released in the '90s.

0:26:300:26:34

And goodness me, very well done if you said The Beatles Movie Medley,

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which was a top-ten hit from 1982.

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I'll take you through other scorers.

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Yellow Submarine was the biggest scorer of all.

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You'd have got 11 for All You Need Is Love,

0:26:430:26:45

17, Strawberry Fields Forever, 19, Penny Lane,

0:26:450:26:47

20 for Let It Be and She Loves You,

0:26:470:26:50

23 for Eleanor Rigby,

0:26:500:26:52

36 for Please Please Me,

0:26:520:26:54

and Help would've scored you 41.

0:26:540:26:57

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

0:26:570:26:58

So we are at the end of our second round.

0:26:580:27:00

We have to say goodbye to one of our pairs, and that pair, oh...

0:27:000:27:03

-I know.

-It's the stars of Round One. I can't believe it, Sara and Hannah.

0:27:030:27:06

-It's a game of two halves.

-Yeah.

0:27:060:27:09

Very much. And the 200 club is now yours.

0:27:090:27:12

-I feel proud, if anything.

-Yes.

-Yeah.

0:27:120:27:15

-You have entry to that august shed.

-Illustrious.

0:27:150:27:17

Anyway, it's been lovely having you on.

0:27:170:27:19

We'll see you again next time, Sara and Hannah. Thanks very much.

0:27:190:27:23

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

0:27:230:27:25

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

0:27:250:27:28

Congratulations, Dougie and Henry, Cherry and Andy.

0:27:320:27:35

You are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our

0:27:350:27:38

jackpot, which currently stands at £2,000.

0:27:380:27:42

Well, this is exciting. We've made it to the head-to-head,

0:27:460:27:48

which means you can now confer before you give your answers.

0:27:480:27:51

In this round, the first pair to win two questions

0:27:510:27:53

will be playing for that jackpot.

0:27:530:27:55

Dougie and Henry, you've gone one step better than last time.

0:27:550:27:58

You were here in the head-to-head,

0:27:580:27:59

but you are now our low-scoring pair, so well done.

0:27:590:28:02

Cherry and Andy, I'm going to say it's been a mixed career in points.

0:28:020:28:05

-Yeah, just scraped through.

-You had a couple of "phew!" moments.

0:28:050:28:10

-Roll Over Beethoven, Andy.

-Yeah.

-Works in a record shop.

0:28:100:28:13

ALEXANDER CLEARS THROAT Um...

0:28:130:28:14

-I know, I'll never live it down.

-That was unfair to bring up.

0:28:140:28:17

But, yes, best of luck to both pairs.

0:28:170:28:20

Let's play the head-to-head.

0:28:200:28:21

Here is your first question, and it concerns...

0:28:270:28:29

Richard.

0:28:330:28:34

Yeah, the great Steve Backshall does a lovely show on CBBC where he tries

0:28:340:28:38

to track down the 60 deadliest creatures in the world.

0:28:380:28:40

We're going to show you pictures of five of those creatures now.

0:28:400:28:43

Can you tell us what they are, please?

0:28:430:28:45

Thank you very much. Let's reveal our five deadly creatures,

0:28:450:28:48

and here they are. We've got...

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There we are, five deadly creatures. Dougie and Henry, you will go first.

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-WHISPERS:

-Dart frog is B.

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-WHISPERS:

-Go for it, then. Do what you think's best.

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-I only know D.

-You only know D?

0:29:290:29:30

-I know D, so go with...

-I don't know E or C.

0:29:300:29:35

Go with whatever you're comfortable with.

0:29:350:29:37

OK, I know a few of them.

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I can't get what the second word of E is, so I'm going to go B,

0:29:410:29:44

which I think is the poison dart frog.

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Poison dart frog.

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OK, now, then, Cherry and Andy, can you talk us through that board?

0:29:480:29:53

A is redback spider.

0:29:530:29:57

C...I know it's an eel, but I can't... I'm not sure what.

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-D is Komodo dragon.

-Komodo dragon.

-Yeah?

0:30:000:30:05

-We'll go for D, Komodo dragon.

-Komodo dragon.

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So, we have poison dart frog, and we have Komodo dragon.

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Dougie and Henry went for poison dart frog.

0:30:110:30:13

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

0:30:130:30:15

It's right.

0:30:180:30:19

14.

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That's a good score.

0:30:290:30:30

Now, Cherry and Andy, have gone for Komodo dragon for D.

0:30:300:30:33

Let's see if that's right,

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

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It's right.

0:30:390:30:40

60 for Komodo dragon.

0:30:420:30:44

That means, Dougie and Henry, after one question, you are up 1-0.

0:30:440:30:48

You know, two of our 100 said "kimono dragon", by the way,

0:30:480:30:51

which is less good.

0:30:510:30:53

A, you're quite right, is the redback spider.

0:30:530:30:56

Not a bad score for that - 23 points.

0:30:560:30:58

You find them in Australia, amongst other places.

0:30:580:31:00

C, it's certainly an eel.

0:31:000:31:02

-Cinder?

-Conger eel.

0:31:020:31:04

-Oh, it's a conger...

-Absolutely. Would have scored 42.

0:31:040:31:07

-Great fun at wedding parties.

-Yes! LAUGHTER

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-LAUGHS:

-Now...this one is a tough one.

0:31:090:31:11

Everyone at home is just very good at filling in words.

0:31:110:31:14

-Yeah.

-You can all see it's "giant".

-"Giant".

0:31:140:31:16

-But what is it?

-"Scalapendra"!

0:31:160:31:18

-It's almost exactly right. Scolopendra.

-No!

0:31:180:31:21

The giant scolopendra is exactly right.

0:31:210:31:23

-No! I had scalapendra, but, yeah...

-Oh, I wouldn't have given it to you.

0:31:230:31:26

No, I think I would have done.

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And giant scolopendra would have been a pointless answer.

0:31:270:31:30

It's a poisonous centipede.

0:31:300:31:33

-They hang off cave walls and eat bats.

-Oh, no.

-Yeah.

0:31:330:31:36

-Even our friends, the wombat?

-Even... No, not wombats.

0:31:360:31:39

Wombats are the only bats that are safe from the giant scolopendra.

0:31:390:31:42

-Oh, phew.

-They're 70-foot long.

-LAUGHTER

0:31:420:31:44

They're not. They're not. Scary if they were.

0:31:440:31:47

Scary. They're scary enough.

0:31:470:31:49

-Yeah, they are scary.

-I don't like that.

0:31:490:31:51

Lovely sort of lacquer finish, though.

0:31:510:31:52

Oh, it looks beautiful.

0:31:520:31:54

-If you had that on a brooch, you'd be very happy.

-Very!

0:31:540:31:56

-But if you had it on your ceiling, you'd be less happy.

-Less happy.

0:31:560:31:59

Unless you had a bat problem, in which case, you'd be happy.

0:31:590:32:02

Thank you very much indeed.

0:32:020:32:03

So here comes your second question, Cherry and Andy.

0:32:030:32:05

You get to answer first,

0:32:050:32:06

but you have to win to stay in the game, so best of luck.

0:32:060:32:09

Our second question today is all about...

0:32:090:32:11

-Oh...

-Copenhagen.

0:32:140:32:15

Yeah, simply five clues now to facts about Copenhagen.

0:32:150:32:18

Who can...? Oh, we said it differently.

0:32:180:32:20

-Kobenhavn.

-Kobenhavn...is how it should be, really.

0:32:200:32:23

-Yeah, really.

-Which is the most obscure answer?

0:32:230:32:26

There we are. OK, let's reveal our five facts, and here they are.

0:32:260:32:30

I'm going to read those all again.

0:32:540:32:56

There we are. Cherry and Andy will go first.

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-Which one?

-Erm...

0:33:190:33:20

-Do you want me to go for...?

-You pick. I don't know.

0:33:200:33:23

I think...I'm going to go for the harbour sculpture.

0:33:230:33:28

I think it's The Little Mermaid.

0:33:280:33:30

The Little Mermaid, say Cherry and Andy. The Little Mermaid.

0:33:300:33:34

Now then, Dougie and Henry, do you want to talk us through that board?

0:33:340:33:37

-The country is Denmark.

-Yeah.

0:33:370:33:40

The only other one we know...

0:33:400:33:42

Well, I don't know about you,

0:33:420:33:44

but the only one I know is the footballer.

0:33:440:33:46

-Peter Schmeichel.

-Peter Schmeichel.

0:33:460:33:48

-So I think we're going to go for that one?

-Yeah.

0:33:480:33:50

You'll go for Peter Schmeichel.

0:33:500:33:51

So we have the Little Mermaid, and Peter Schmeichel.

0:33:510:33:54

Cherry and Andy said The Little Mermaid.

0:33:540:33:56

Let's see how many of our 100 people went for The Little Mermaid.

0:33:560:33:58

It's right.

0:34:000:34:02

Not bad at all.

0:34:060:34:07

30 for The Little Mermaid.

0:34:070:34:09

Meanwhile, Dougie and Hendry have gone for Peter Schmeichel.

0:34:110:34:14

Let's see if that's right,

0:34:140:34:15

let's see how of 100 people said Peter Schmeichel.

0:34:150:34:18

It is Peter Schmeichel.

0:34:200:34:21

And it wins. Look at that!

0:34:240:34:26

Peter Schmeichel. That's 19. Very well done indeed.

0:34:260:34:29

And that means, Dougie and Henry, after only two questions,

0:34:290:34:32

you are through to the final 2-0.

0:34:320:34:34

Yeah, very nicely played.

0:34:340:34:36

Absolutely right about Denmark, at the top there.

0:34:360:34:38

That would've scored you too many points.

0:34:380:34:40

That's 53. Now, this second one,

0:34:400:34:42

it's something we've heard of in the UK.

0:34:420:34:45

I'm sure...

0:34:450:34:46

-It's the Tivoli Gardens.

-Ah!

0:34:460:34:49

That would've scored you 11 points.

0:34:490:34:51

And now, the Palace...

0:34:510:34:52

I... Is it Frederiksborg?

0:34:520:34:55

-It's not.

-Oh, that's annoying.

0:34:550:34:57

It is Amalienborg, Amalienborg Palace.

0:34:570:35:00

Very well done if you said that, it is a pointless answer.

0:35:000:35:02

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

0:35:020:35:04

So the pair leaving us at the end of the round,

0:35:040:35:06

Cherry and Andy, I'm so sorry.

0:35:060:35:07

You did very well to get through to the head-to-head.

0:35:070:35:09

Nothing wrong with either of your answers.

0:35:090:35:11

I thought The Little Mermaid was going to win that one for you,

0:35:110:35:14

but Peter Schmeichel was slightly more elusive than I anticipated.

0:35:140:35:17

But we'll see you again next time - look forward to that very much.

0:35:170:35:20

In the meantime, thanks so much, Cherry and Andy.

0:35:200:35:22

But for Dougie and Henry, it's now time for our Pointless final.

0:35:240:35:26

Congratulations Dougie and Henry.

0:35:310:35:32

You have seen off all the competition,

0:35:320:35:34

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

0:35:340:35:37

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

0:35:430:35:46

And at the end of today, the jackpot is standing at £2,000.

0:35:460:35:50

There we are.

0:35:500:35:52

Well, do you know what? It's been a faultless performance.

0:35:530:35:56

Very solid, very consistent.

0:35:560:35:59

Last time, you made it to the head-to-head

0:35:590:36:01

as not the lowest-scoring couple.

0:36:010:36:03

This time, you made it through as the lowest-scoring couple.

0:36:030:36:06

This time you are through 2-0, which is incredibly impressive.

0:36:060:36:09

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

0:36:090:36:12

-Geography, flags.

-Flags would be pretty good.

0:36:120:36:15

I'd like comic books or anime, or something like that...

0:36:150:36:18

OK, well, you know what happens.

0:36:180:36:20

-Four things go up on the board...

-Yeah.

0:36:200:36:21

Sometimes they look quite forbidding.

0:36:210:36:23

Behind each one there's usually something that you can have a go at.

0:36:230:36:26

-Let's just hope it's something that you really like.

-Yeah.

0:36:260:36:29

We will see what today's choice looks like.

0:36:290:36:31

-"The" Books?

-Yeah, that's probably the best bet.

0:36:390:36:42

-Go with books, then?

-Yeah.

-I think we're going to go with "The" Books.

0:36:420:36:45

-"The" Books.

-Yeah.

-Very brave.

-OK, very best of luck.

0:36:450:36:50

We are looking for any novel published up to

0:36:500:36:52

the beginning of September 2016, please,

0:36:520:36:55

by Roald Dahl that has the word "the" in its title,

0:36:550:36:59

by John le Carre that has the word "the" in the title,

0:36:590:37:02

or any Man Booker Prize-winning book with "the" in the title.

0:37:020:37:06

So, Roald Dahl, John le Carre completed novels, please,

0:37:060:37:10

or any Booker Prize winning novel with "the" in the title.

0:37:100:37:13

Very best of luck.

0:37:130:37:14

Ooh, that's paid off, I think. At least I hope it has.

0:37:140:37:17

Well, anyway, as always, you've up to one minute

0:37:170:37:19

to come up with three answers,

0:37:190:37:20

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

0:37:200:37:23

-to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yeah.

0:37:230:37:25

OK. Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.

0:37:250:37:28

There they are. Your time starts now.

0:37:280:37:30

So, Roald Dahl?

0:37:310:37:33

You've got The Twits, you've got The BFG,

0:37:330:37:35

-you've got James And The Giant Peach.

-That's... Oh, yes.

0:37:350:37:37

-Do you know anything of John le Carre?

-John le Carre...

0:37:390:37:42

Which is the one about Roald Dahl's life?

0:37:440:37:47

Boy... Something about a boy.

0:37:470:37:49

John le Carre, I don't know.

0:37:490:37:52

-Booker Prize?

-Booker Prize...

0:37:520:37:54

Cos if we don't know anything, we may as well go back to Roald Dahl.

0:37:540:37:57

I don't know, really.

0:37:570:37:58

Probably worth going back to Roald Dahl, to be honest.

0:37:580:38:00

James And The Giant Peach might not be as obvious.

0:38:000:38:02

-Because of "the".

-Yeah.

0:38:020:38:04

-Trying to think... The BFG...

-Got anything better?

0:38:070:38:09

The Twits... The Witches.

0:38:090:38:12

Go for that. Don't go for The Twits.

0:38:120:38:14

-No, The Twits is too obvious.

-Anything else?

0:38:140:38:17

-There is one about Roald Dahl's life growing up...

-10 seconds left.

0:38:170:38:20

..but I can't remember what it was called.

0:38:200:38:22

Probably doesn't have a "the" in it.

0:38:220:38:23

-Any of his adult...?

-I don't know any of his adult stuff.

0:38:230:38:26

So The Witches, BFG, and James And The Giant Peach?

0:38:260:38:28

Can go for that. None of them will be pointless.

0:38:280:38:30

OK, that is your time up. I'm afraid I now need your three answers.

0:38:300:38:33

If you can say which category you're answering, that'll be great.

0:38:330:38:36

We're going to go with Roald Dahl books,

0:38:360:38:37

I think... Yeah, I think all of them are from that.

0:38:370:38:40

We're going to go with James And The Giant Peach...

0:38:410:38:43

James And The Giant Peach.

0:38:430:38:45

-The Witches.

-The Witches.

-The Witches.

0:38:450:38:48

-And...

-The Big Friendly Giant.

-The BFG.

-And The BFG.

0:38:480:38:51

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

0:38:510:38:53

James And The Giant Peach, or The Witches?

0:38:530:38:56

Hopefully James And The Giant Peach, cos it's not at the beginning...

0:38:560:38:58

OK, yeah, we'll put that there.

0:38:580:39:00

-I don't think...

-Least likely to be pointless?

0:39:000:39:02

-BFG.

-BFG, probably.

-OK, well, let's put those on the board

0:39:020:39:05

in that order, then, and here they are.

0:39:050:39:07

We have got The BFG, The Witches, and James And The Giant Peach.

0:39:070:39:12

Well, very good luck. Three good answers on the board there.

0:39:120:39:15

Now, if one of these turns out to be pointless and wins you that jackpot,

0:39:150:39:18

what would you like to do with it, £2,000, Dougie?

0:39:180:39:21

Well, I'm a student, so funds are generally quite tight.

0:39:210:39:24

However, I do have family in Africa who I'd like to try and visit.

0:39:240:39:28

Very good indeed. Henry?

0:39:280:39:30

My choir is going to Poland next year

0:39:300:39:32

so it'll go towards that, probably.

0:39:320:39:35

Will be my last course, so...

0:39:350:39:37

Well, two lovely things to spend your money on.

0:39:370:39:39

Let's hope one of these answers wins that jackpot for you.

0:39:390:39:42

Your first answer was The BFG.

0:39:420:39:44

In all three cases, we are looking for Roald Dahl books

0:39:440:39:46

with a "the" in the title.

0:39:460:39:48

If The BFG is pointless, it will win you £2,000.

0:39:480:39:51

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

0:39:510:39:54

Well, it's right.

0:39:570:39:58

It just has to go all the way down to zero

0:39:580:40:00

and you can leave you with £2,000.

0:40:000:40:02

Down we go through the 40s, into the 30...

0:40:020:40:04

Oh, 40.

0:40:040:40:06

We stop on 40 for The BFG.

0:40:060:40:08

As you say, there's been a big BFG film recently,

0:40:100:40:13

so I guess it's quite at the forefront of people's minds.

0:40:130:40:16

-There is a Witches film as well.

-Your next answer was The Witches.

0:40:160:40:20

Again, it's a Roald Dahl book with "the" in the title.

0:40:200:40:22

It will win you £2,000 if it's pointless.

0:40:220:40:24

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

0:40:240:40:28

Well, it's right.

0:40:310:40:32

The BFG took us all the way down to 40.

0:40:320:40:35

The Witches now takes us...

0:40:350:40:37

..past 40, down we go,

0:40:370:40:38

through the 20s, into the teens...

0:40:380:40:40

Still going down,

0:40:400:40:41

13 for The Witches. This is exciting.

0:40:410:40:44

All moving in the right direction, guys.

0:40:460:40:48

Let's hope your third and final answer

0:40:480:40:50

can take you all the way down to zero.

0:40:500:40:52

You've gone for James And The Giant Peach.

0:40:520:40:53

Again, we're looking for Roald Dahl books with "the" in the title.

0:40:530:40:56

This was your most confident shot at a pointless answer.

0:40:560:40:58

Let's see if it is pointless.

0:40:580:41:00

As you say, the "the" isn't at the beginning,

0:41:000:41:02

-so maybe people didn't think of it.

-Yeah, hopefully.

0:41:020:41:04

Let's hope it's pointless - it'll win you £2,000 if it is.

0:41:040:41:07

Let's see how many people said James And The Giant Peach.

0:41:070:41:10

It's right.

0:41:120:41:14

Well, we went down to 40 with The BFG,

0:41:140:41:17

The Witches took us all the way down to 13,

0:41:170:41:20

James And The Giant Peach passes 40.

0:41:200:41:21

Down we go into the teens...

0:41:210:41:23

Oh, it's 18.

0:41:230:41:24

Well, three good answers there, nothing wrong with any of those.

0:41:290:41:32

Nice low scores for nearly all of them.

0:41:320:41:34

Annoyingly, though, we didn't find that pointless answer you needed,

0:41:340:41:37

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £2,000.

0:41:370:41:40

That will roll over onto the next show.

0:41:400:41:42

But such a strong performance across two shows,

0:41:420:41:44

very consistent low scores from you, so very well done.

0:41:440:41:47

And you get a Pointless trophy to take home in recognition of that,

0:41:470:41:49

so well done, Dougie and Henry.

0:41:490:41:51

Yeah, unlucky, gents.

0:41:560:41:57

Very gettable answers in all three categories here, I think.

0:41:570:42:00

We'll start with Roald Dahl books.

0:42:000:42:02

The Giraffe And The Pelly And Me, a pointless answer -

0:42:040:42:06

it's got two "the"s in it as well.

0:42:060:42:08

The Gremlins, The Magic Finger, The Minpins.

0:42:080:42:10

Also could've had The Enormous Crocodile,

0:42:100:42:12

and The Vicar Of Nibbleswick as well.

0:42:120:42:14

All of those were pointless answers.

0:42:140:42:16

Very well done if you got one of those.

0:42:160:42:18

John le Carre, my favourite author.

0:42:180:42:19

I've just reread this first one, Call For The Dead.

0:42:190:42:22

Such a great book, his first novel.

0:42:220:42:23

You also could've had The Looking Glass War - that's my favourite.

0:42:260:42:29

The Mission Song, The Naive And Sentimental Lover,

0:42:290:42:31

and The Secret Pilgrim. Those are the eight pointless answers there.

0:42:310:42:35

And Man Booker prizes - four enormous-selling novels here.

0:42:350:42:38

Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel,

0:42:390:42:41

Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin.

0:42:410:42:43

Loads and loads of big novels here. The God Of Small Things.

0:42:450:42:48

Everything that's ever won the Booker Prize

0:42:480:42:50

with "the" in the title, apart from The White Tiger,

0:42:500:42:52

The Narrow Road To The Deep North, and The Sea, The Sea,

0:42:520:42:54

everything else was a pointless answer,

0:42:540:42:56

so very well done if you got one at home.

0:42:560:42:58

Thank you very much indeed, Richard, and thank you, Dougie and Henry.

0:42:580:43:01

I'm sorry you didn't manage to win the jackpot today.

0:43:010:43:03

That means it rolls over onto the next show,

0:43:030:43:06

when we will be playing for £3,000.

0:43:060:43:08

Join us next time to see if someone can win it.

0:43:110:43:13

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

0:43:130:43:15

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

0:43:150:43:17

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