0:00:20 > 0:00:23APPLAUSE Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29the show where the aim of the game is to avoid the obvious answers
0:00:29 > 0:00:31and find the obscure ones. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38- And couple number one. - Hi, my name's Cherry,
0:00:38 > 0:00:41this is my partner, Andy, and we're from Rotherham.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43- Couple number two.- Hello, I'm Alan, this is my lovely wife Sue,
0:00:43 > 0:00:46- and we're from Newbury. - Couple number three.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48How'd you do? My name's Harry and I'm from Oldham
0:00:48 > 0:00:50and this is my friend Paul and he's from Bury.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51And finally, couple number four.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Hello, I'm Hannah, and this is my friend Sara.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Sara is from Exeter and I'm from Leicestershire.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58And these are today's contestants.
0:01:00 > 0:01:01Thanks very much, all of you.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Welcome to Pointless, lovely to have you here.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05We'll get the chance to chat to each of you throughout the show
0:01:05 > 0:01:08as it goes on. So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Muddying the waters like a runaway Mississippi paddle boat,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Hiya. Hey, everybody.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Hiya.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Can you be a runaway paddle boat?
0:01:21 > 0:01:24I... Doesn't really bear close inspection.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27- Not really, does it?- No. - You'd know where it was going.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29- Yeah.- Mind you, you do with a train as well, I suppose.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31- How are you?- I'm very well.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33That's a very good point. Runaway train, you're right.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35- Yeah.- There's no mystery there.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37- They're going to find it. - Where could it go?
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Well, to Darlington, then on to Newcastle.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41LAUGHTER
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Yeah, it ran away last night, we can't find it.
0:01:43 > 0:01:44I don't know where it's gone!
0:01:44 > 0:01:47I wonder if it's gone to its dad's house. I doubt it.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- Oh... - I imagine it's gone to Carlisle.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51LAUGHTER
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Now, two returning pairs from the last show - Cherry and Andy,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56welcome back, got through to the head-to-head.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59And Sara and Hannah, who joined the 200 club
0:01:59 > 0:02:01in the last show. I would say quite unluckily.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04- It was a tough round, that. - It was Beatles songs.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06You gave us two Beatles songs, but not singles.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09So it was an unlucky 200 club, although if you're in the 200 club
0:02:09 > 0:02:12again today, then obviously we're going ask questions.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16To be fair, we're going to be asking questions all show.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18That's true. Round One's a fun one today.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Yeah. Oh, good. And as for the jackpot, oh,
0:02:21 > 0:02:25- that was an exciting final. - It was an exciting final. Remind me.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Well, Dougie and Henry, as you'll remember, didn't win the jackpot,
0:02:29 > 0:02:31so we add another £1,000 to it,
0:02:31 > 0:02:34so today's jackpot starts off at £3,000.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47So, remember this if you remember nothing else,
0:02:47 > 0:02:50the pair with the highest score at the end of each round
0:02:50 > 0:02:52will be eliminated. That is it.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Remember that and you'll be fine. Best of luck to all four pairs.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Our first category this afternoon is...
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:03:01 > 0:03:03who's going to go second?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:03:09 > 0:03:10OK, and the question concerns...
0:03:16 > 0:03:17- These are fun.- These are fun.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20On each board we're going to show you the titles of seven novels
0:03:20 > 0:03:22and their authors but we've changed the words of the title.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25We're describing the same thing but we've changed the words.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27You'll see what we've done when the board comes up.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Seven on the first board, seven on the second,
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- 14 novels to guess at home. Good luck.- Thanks very much indeed.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Let's reveal our seven synonyms of the first board and here they are...
0:04:08 > 0:04:11There we are. It's making sense, now, I think, isn't it?
0:04:11 > 0:04:12Let me read those all again.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35- Andy, welcome back. - Nice to be back.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Very good do have you here once again from Rotherham.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39- Yeah.- Head-to-head last time, Andy.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Yeah, yeah, I think we were lucky to get that far but...
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- We did OK.- You did OK.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Absolutely. Remind us what you do, Andy.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49I work in a well-known high street record store...
0:04:49 > 0:04:50See, I think this is lovely.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53How many branches does your well-known high street record store
0:04:53 > 0:04:54have these days?
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Oh, not as many as it used to.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58I was going to say. It used to be...
0:04:58 > 0:05:00It was a very important hub of the music industry.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02If you can't go to a record shop and look around
0:05:02 > 0:05:05and then go and ask people, surly people behind the counter
0:05:05 > 0:05:08stuff that they're not going to tell you, where can you go?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- Nowhere!- Exactly.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14What would you like to go for on our board of novel synonyms?
0:05:14 > 0:05:16I know a few but...
0:05:16 > 0:05:20..I think the one I'll go for is...
0:05:20 > 0:05:23..The Raisins Of Displeasure is The Grapes Of Wrath.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25The Grapes Of Wrath, says Andy,
0:05:25 > 0:05:27let's see how many of our 100 people went for that.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28The Grapes Of Wrath.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31It's right.
0:05:36 > 0:05:3737 for The Grapes Of Wrath.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Not bad.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Yeah, that's a very nice start.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Takes its name from the line in the Battle Hymn Of The Republic.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Thank you very much indeed.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51- Now then, Sue, welcome to Pointless. - Hello.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- It's great to have you here from Newbury.- Yes, that's right.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- What do you do, Sue? - I'm a surveyor, building surveyor.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- A building surveyor?- Yes. - In the Newbury area?
0:06:00 > 0:06:04I work in Hampshire, actually, looking after schools,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07so we sort of give them advice on how to alter their buildings.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- Oh, that's nice!- Yeah. - And what are your interests, Sue?
0:06:10 > 0:06:12I've got an 11-year-old son who keeps me busy,
0:06:12 > 0:06:18but when I'm not driving him around we like to go to concerts, so music,
0:06:18 > 0:06:22and I play bridge and I've got an allotment, so...
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Very good. Lots of good theatres around,
0:06:24 > 0:06:27concert venues around Newbury, some really nice places around there.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- There's a really nice theatre there, The Watermill.- Beautiful place.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Sue, what would you like to go for?
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Well, the one I was going to go for has gone but...
0:06:36 > 0:06:37There's a few others,
0:06:37 > 0:06:40I'm just trying to decide which would be best.
0:06:42 > 0:06:47I'm going to go for Biography Of 3.142, Life Of Pi.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Life Of Pi, says Sue.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50See how many of our 100 people said Life Of Pi.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55It's right.
0:06:55 > 0:06:5737 is our only score so far
0:06:57 > 0:07:00and you pass it. Down we go, Life Of Pi.
0:07:00 > 0:07:0116, very good indeed.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03APPLAUSE
0:07:05 > 0:07:07That's a lovely start, Sue. Very well played.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09They made it into a very good film as well, Life Of Pi.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- It's an excellent film. - It is an excellent film.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14There we are. Thank you very much indeed.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Harry, welcome to Pointless.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Great to have you here from Oldham.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18- Indeed.- And what do you do, Harry?
0:07:18 > 0:07:20I work in the NHS.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22In what department of the NHS?
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Primarily, I work in supplies.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- I see.- Procurement for the Royal Hospital.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Very good indeed. And what are your interests, Harry?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Well, I'm still a fitness fanatic despite my age.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35I like running, I support my local football team,
0:07:35 > 0:07:40but more recently my partner and I have taken up narrow boating and
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- I enjoy that. - Oldham Athletic, look at that.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- Absolutely!- Harry, what would you like to go for?
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Well, there's a few on the board that I know,
0:07:49 > 0:07:51I'd have chosen the one that's already gone,
0:07:51 > 0:07:54so I'll go for HG Wells and the War Of The Worlds.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55War Of The Worlds, says Harry.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Let's see how many of our 100 people said War Of The Worlds.
0:08:03 > 0:08:0537 still the highest score, 16 the low.
0:08:05 > 0:08:0744 for War Of The Worlds.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08APPLAUSE
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Yeah, tells the story of Mars versus Earth
0:08:15 > 0:08:18in an intergalactic skirmish. It's based on a true story.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20LAUGHTER
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Thank you very much, Richard.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25- Hannah.- Hello.- Welcome back.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27- Thank you.- Remind us what you do.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Actually, see if you can guess what Hannah does when she talks.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32- What do you do, Hannah? - I'm a voice-over artist.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33She is a voice-over artist.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Do you sell things as well? Do you do adverts and things or...?
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Yeah, some things, yeah, the corporate side, yeah,
0:08:39 > 0:08:41and sort of internal corporate things.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42But we discovered you mainly do audio books.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- Yeah, that's my kind of favourite side of it.- That's nice.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47What books have you done that we can listen to you on?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50I'm working on a series at the moment,
0:08:50 > 0:08:53it's kind of like murder mystery, private investigator type things.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55- Oh, that's good. - It's really fun, yeah.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Have you ever got the giggles very badly
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- when halfway through a voice-over session?- Yeah, all the time!
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- It's terrible, isn't it? - Yeah! Really badly, yeah.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05And do you book out a whole day to do things?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Yeah, I've got my own set-up, so it's just kind of me
0:09:08 > 0:09:10talking to myself in a booth.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12So getting the giggles is slightly weird.
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Just giggling away to myself, yeah!
0:09:13 > 0:09:17That's fun, though. Hannah, you're the last person to have this board.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Would you like to go through it and fill in all of our blanks?
0:09:19 > 0:09:21So, the George Orwell, 1984.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Fifty Shades Of Grey.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,
0:09:25 > 0:09:28and I think I'm going to go for the bottom one,
0:09:28 > 0:09:32- which I think is Heart Of Darkness. - Heart Of Darkness, says Hannah.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Let's see how many of our 100 people said Heart Of Darkness.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39It is Heart Of Darkness.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Well, 16 is our low score.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Will you go below it?
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Yes, you will, down to 12, very well done, well deserved, Hannah.
0:09:47 > 0:09:48Good score.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Very well played. In fact, well played, all four teams there.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Some nice scores. We'll fill in the rest of these.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58You got all of them right and you chose the right one, there, Hannah.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02- 2,000 minus 16, of course, is 1984. - Mm.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03Would have scored you 58.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Then Fifty Shades of Grey, EL James.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09May have sold fewer copies, I think, if that had been the title.
0:10:09 > 0:10:1055 points.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12And this would have sold more copies, though -
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Utensil Fixer, Clothes Maker, War Fighter, Fact Gatherer -
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and that would have scored 36.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- Not a huge score.- No, not really. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21We're halfway through the round.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Let's take a look at those scores.
0:10:23 > 0:10:2412, Hannah, best score of the pass.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Then up to 16 where we find Sue and Alan.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Then up to 37, Andy and Cherry, well done,
0:10:29 > 0:10:31and there's Harry and Paul out in front on 44.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Not wildly out in front but, Paul,
0:10:33 > 0:10:36enough for us to require a low score from you in the next pass,
0:10:36 > 0:10:38so good luck for that. We'll come back down the line now.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:10:44 > 0:10:47OK, let's put seven more synonyms for novel titles up on the board
0:10:47 > 0:10:49and here they are...
0:11:18 > 0:11:19I'll read those all again.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- Sara.- Hello. - Welcome back to Pointless.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- And remind us, what do you do? - I'm an actor.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- You are an actor.- Yes.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51And where are you acting, principally?
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Well, we've just started a theatre company, Hannah and I,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57with another friend, so at the moment we're acting in that.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59We've just done our first show, which has gone quite well.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Good for you! That is how to do it, really.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Do it yourself, start your own theatre company.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05- Just create our own work and... - Perfect.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07..then we don't have to wait for other people to give it to us.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Seriously, that is... It's the only way, really.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11It is actually going quite well, so...
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Unless you're phenomenally lucky,
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- that is the way to do it, absolutely.- Yeah.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17So wonderful pub theatres, fringe theatres all around?
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Yeah, we've been going around Cornwall at the moment,
0:12:19 > 0:12:22and we've sort of done a little tour of the south-west, taking it round,
0:12:22 > 0:12:24- we're hoping to take it further north as well.- Lovely.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- And then end up at the Fringe, maybe, would be nice.- Perfect.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- Well, very, very best of luck with that.- Thank you.- Sounds fabulous.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33- Now, 12 is the lovely low score that Hannah set you up with.- Yes.
0:12:33 > 0:12:3644 is the high score. If you can score 31 or less,
0:12:36 > 0:12:39even after two questions you won't be the high-scorers.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40- That would be good.- Right.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45I know a couple, I'm just trying to work out which one to go for.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48But I think I'll go for The Elderly Chap And The Giant Pond
0:12:48 > 0:12:50- as The Old Man And The Sea. - The Old Man And The Sea, says Sara.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Here is your red line. If you can get below that red line
0:12:53 > 0:12:56with The Old Man And The Sea, you are as good as in Round Two.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07And you've done it. Very well done indeed.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Old Man And The Sea scores you 20, 32 is your total.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11APPLAUSE
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Very nicely played. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16He also won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18I have not read it, have you?
0:13:18 > 0:13:20- I haven't, no. - It's about an old man.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Yeah... Oh! What's he doing?
0:13:23 > 0:13:27- Well, he's actually fishing for a marlin, but in the sea.- Yeah.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Paul, welcome to Pointless, great to have you here from Manchester.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36- That's right, yes.- And what keeps you busy in Manchester, Paul?
0:13:36 > 0:13:39- I'm a textile chemist.- Wow.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41So if a blouse gets a sore throat, it...
0:13:41 > 0:13:44LAUGHTER
0:13:44 > 0:13:45I suppose so, yes.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48I could probably come up with a lozenge or something for it.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50So what does that mean?
0:13:50 > 0:13:52I'm developing things like fire retardants
0:13:52 > 0:13:55and waterproofing compounds to put onto fabrics,
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- just whatever you need to happen. - Very, very important indeed, yes.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Far too little fire retarding going on
0:14:00 > 0:14:03in some areas of the clothing industry.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Now, 44 is your score there.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08You're the high-scorers - we need a very low score from you, Paul,
0:14:08 > 0:14:09to keep you in the game.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12I'm going to have a go at the Ray Bradbury one.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15I think it's Fahrenheit 451.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Fahrenheit 451.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Very good conversion there.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Let's see how many of our 100 people said Fahrenheit 451.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23There's no red line for you because
0:14:23 > 0:14:25you're the high-scorers at the moment.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Look at that! 15, very well done indeed.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37Taking your total up to 59.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40APPLAUSE
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Yes, supposedly the ignition point of paper.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44That's certainly what he asserted, Ray Bradbury.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46It's about burning books.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Well, now, Alan, welcome.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- Thank you.- Good to have you here, Alan. And what do you do?
0:14:51 > 0:14:54I work in external communications for a large building society,
0:14:54 > 0:14:57which means we work with journalists and politicians to explain what
0:14:57 > 0:15:00our organisation does and its perspective on various things.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Right you are. Alan, what are your interests?
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Well, outside of that I like to go to football matches,
0:15:05 > 0:15:08so I'm a big Chelsea supporter, season ticket holder there -
0:15:08 > 0:15:10sorry, Richard.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11Hey, listen, I'm sorry.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13LAUGHTER
0:15:15 > 0:15:17I also like live music and socialising.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20And we've got an 11-year-old son so we spend a lot of time with him.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Very good indeed. Now, Alan, what would you like to go for?
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Just trying to work out which would be best.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27I think I'm going to go for the...
0:15:28 > 0:15:31..the top one and say Pride And Prejudice.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Pride And Prejudice, says Alan.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Here is your red line - get below that, you're into the next round.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38How many people said Pride And Prejudice?
0:15:41 > 0:15:42It is Pride And Prejudice.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Oh, 57. 57.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49That's a big score, takes your total up to 73.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51APPLAUSE
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Yeah, Pride And Prejudice.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- 57 points.- What can we say?
0:15:55 > 0:15:56There we are. Very nice.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00- Cherry, welcome back.- Hiya. - Remind us what you do, Cherry.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02I work in mental health in Rotherham,
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- I support disabled adults. - That's right.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Cherry, how have you found this round so far
0:16:07 > 0:16:09when other people have been answering?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Are you confident that...?
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Not too confident, no.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- OK.- I can have a go at one.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18You can have a go at one, OK. Well, listen, you have a target.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21You have a target of 35, which I think...
0:16:21 > 0:16:25I'm going to go for Fun-Size Lassies and say Little Ladies.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28You're going to go for Little Ladies.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30There is your red line, Cherry.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33If you can get below your red line with Little Ladies,
0:16:33 > 0:16:34everything is fine.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Little Women, isn't it?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Let's see what happens when we say Little Ladies.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Oh, I'm afraid not Little Ladies.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48It sounds like you knew what it was, I heard you muttering it just then.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52That scores you 100, takes your total up to 137.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- Sorry, Cherry.- Sorry, Cherry. Started writing that in May 1868,
0:16:55 > 0:16:58and it was published in September 1868.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00- That's not bad going, is it? - Wow!
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Now, One Celestial Body Concealing Another Celestial Body.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- I'm guessing Eclipse. - Eclipse is exactly the right answer,
0:17:06 > 0:17:08it's a good score as well. Three points for that.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Little Women, rather than Little Ladies,
0:17:11 > 0:17:14I think you knew, would have scored you 42.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- The Douglas Adams book. - Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Yep, and that would have scored 42 as well.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21And A Trio Of Gents In A Watercraft.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- Three Men In A Boat. - Three Men In A Boat.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26That would have scored you 47. So the best answer there is Eclipse,
0:17:26 > 0:17:28- very well done if you said that. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31At the end of our first round, the pair we have to send home,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34I'm so sorry, Cherry and Andy, you were our head-to-headers last time.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36- I know!- I know. Literature's not my best subject at all.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39It's been lovely having you here, I'm sorry we're sending you back
0:17:39 > 0:17:40so soon, but thanks so much for playing.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- Cherry and Andy. - Thanks for having us.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44APPLAUSE
0:17:44 > 0:17:47But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55And so, just like that, we're down to three pairs.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57I don't even know what happened there, they just disappeared.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59But anyway, let's not worry about it too much.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02Our category for Round Two today is...
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first,
0:18:08 > 0:18:10who is going to go second?
0:18:10 > 0:18:13And whoever is going first, please to step up to the podium.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:18:27 > 0:18:29..as they could.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- Richard.- Yeah, looking for any country that's played
0:18:32 > 0:18:35ten or more matches in Fifa World Cup finals
0:18:35 > 0:18:37between 1930 and 2014, please.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39So any country that's played ten or more matches.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Where a country's changed its name, we'll accept that as one answer,
0:18:42 > 0:18:44and where a country is seen as
0:18:44 > 0:18:46a natural successor of another country,
0:18:46 > 0:18:49that will also be one answer, but I will let you know if you've stumbled
0:18:49 > 0:18:53across one of those. But any country that's played ten or more matches
0:18:53 > 0:18:58in any World Cup game in the finals since 1930.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Thank you very much indeed.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Sue.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06Is that grin one of just euphoria because you love this round?
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Yes. I don't mind it, it's just trying to think of...
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- ..of teams. - It's a kind of geography question.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15It is, yeah, it is.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Yeah, I'm going to go for Uruguay.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Uruguay, says Sue.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Let's see how many of our 100 people said Uruguay.
0:19:26 > 0:19:27It's right.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32It's a good answer.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Well done, Sue, 24 for Uruguay. Not bad at all.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Yeah, 51 matches, they played.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42In fact, they won the very first World Cup, Uruguay, in 1930.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45The winning goal in the final was scored by Hector Castro,
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- who's only got one arm.- Ah.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Interesting! Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Paul.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51Erm...
0:19:52 > 0:19:54I'm going to go with Mexico.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Mexico, says Paul.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Let's see how many of our 100 people said Mexico.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Look at that, down to 15. Very well done indeed, Paul.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Yeah, they've qualified 15 times, Mexico,
0:20:16 > 0:20:18but they've only reached the quarterfinals twice.
0:20:18 > 0:20:19Played 53 matches.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22There we are, thank you, Richard.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- Hannah.- Hello. - What would you like to go for?
0:20:25 > 0:20:29I've got one that is a bit of a gamble.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32I don't know whether they've played ten matches, so I...
0:20:33 > 0:20:36I'm going to follow Sue's lead and go for Argentina.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Argentina, says Hannah.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39- Was that the gamble? No.- No.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41- No.- I...
0:20:41 > 0:20:43I put the gamble away somewhere.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46OK, the gamble has been put away.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Let's see, Argentina, how many of our 100 people said Argentina.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55It's right. Well, 24 is the high score, 15 is the low.
0:20:56 > 0:20:5744.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00APPLAUSE
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Yeah, 77 matches, won it twice, they've been runners up three times.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Thank you very much indeed, Richard. So we're halfway through the round,
0:21:08 > 0:21:10let's take a quick look at those scores.
0:21:10 > 0:21:1215 is where we find Paul and Harry,
0:21:12 > 0:21:1424 is where we find Sue and Alan.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Oh, you see, if you don't gamble, Hannah...
0:21:16 > 0:21:18- I know!- 44.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- Should have gambled.- Oh...
0:21:20 > 0:21:22There we are, anyway. 44 is where we are.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Puts a little bit of pressure on you, Sara.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26It needs to be a low score, is what I'm saying.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Very best of luck. We'll come back down the line now.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Can the second players please step up to the podium?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35So, Sara, remember,
0:21:35 > 0:21:37any team that has played in ten or more matches
0:21:37 > 0:21:39at the Fifa World Cup finals.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Yeah. I'm just having just to think of a country because I don't know...
0:21:43 > 0:21:46It could be really obvious or it could be wrong, I don't know.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50I'll try...Croatia.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- Croatia...- Yeah.- ..says Sara.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Oh, now, that could be just the kind of answer we need.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Maybe, or it could be wrong, I don't know!
0:21:58 > 0:21:59It could be wrong, it could be.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01I thought I saw the ghost of a nod from Alan.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Remember, he's a season ticket holder at Chelsea.
0:22:04 > 0:22:05- He is!- He knows things like this.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08There's no red line for you because you're the high-scorers
0:22:08 > 0:22:10but let's see, Croatia could be a brilliant answer.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11Let's see. I think it might be.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15It is!
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Well, 15 is our lowest score so far.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21Oh, and you pass that.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Down to two!
0:22:23 > 0:22:26You see? That's what we needed!
0:22:26 > 0:22:2846, very well done indeed, Sara. APPLAUSE
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Is it enough, I wonder?
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Yeah, they qualified four times, Croatia, played 16 matches,
0:22:33 > 0:22:35got through to the semifinals in 1998.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Won the third-place play-off, Davor Suker won the Golden Boot,
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- as you remember. - Yes, I do, yeah, yeah.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Good old Davos Shoe-kay.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45- Sorry?- What was...?
0:22:45 > 0:22:48I was literally making the noise that you made,
0:22:48 > 0:22:50- I was hoping it was a footballer. - Davor Suker.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53- Davor Suker?- Yeah, shoe-care, yeah.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56He was essentially, yeah, a boot polish manufacturer.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58LAUGHTER
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Thank you. Now, Harry.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Harry, there you are on 15. Our high-scorers are behind you,
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Sara and Hannah at the moment,
0:23:05 > 0:23:07so if you can score 30 or less you are through.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Right.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14I think I'll play safe and I'll go for Chile.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Chile, says Harry.
0:23:16 > 0:23:17OK, here is your red line.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19You have to get below that red line with Chile.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Let's see if you can. How many people said it?
0:23:24 > 0:23:25It's right.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Good enough.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Oh, and how! Down to four.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Very well done indeed. 19 is your total, lowest of the round.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37APPLAUSE
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Yes, a very good answer. 33 matches.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42They hosted it in 1962, got through to the semifinals,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45and one of the things they attributed that run to was
0:23:45 > 0:23:48before the start of every game, their pre-match meal would be
0:23:48 > 0:23:51the food of their opponent's country.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52So they would have the drink and the food of
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- whichever opponents they were playing.- Really?
0:23:55 > 0:23:58- Yep.- There you go. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Now then, Alan.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02You have to score 21 or less.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06- I was poised to say Chile, genuinely, so I'm a bit...- OK.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08..needing a good score here, aren't I?
0:24:08 > 0:24:12I'm going to take a punt on Didier Drogba's team, the Ivory Coast.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15The Ivory Coast. Cote d'Ivoire.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Here is your red line.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19If you can get below that with the Ivory Coast,
0:24:19 > 0:24:20you are through to the next round.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22How many of our 100 people said the Ivory Coast?
0:24:25 > 0:24:28- Oh!- Oh, no!
0:24:28 > 0:24:30"Oh!" on the far podium.
0:24:30 > 0:24:31What about that? Oh, Alan!
0:24:31 > 0:24:35- Oh.- Oh, you did something that we admire on Pointless.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38You went out onto the thin ice when it stopped being able to...
0:24:38 > 0:24:39I sank.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Yes, when it wasn't really Alan-bearing any longer.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46- It would have to be thick. - Yeah, but, no, we salute that.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49You did it for the right reasons, for Pointless reasons,
0:24:49 > 0:24:50you did something heroic there.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53And also, you brought Sara and Hannah back into the game,
0:24:53 > 0:24:54- which is also heroic, which is good. - Thanks!
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 124.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59One of those rare occasions when I really believe someone
0:24:59 > 0:25:01when they say someone just took his answer,
0:25:01 > 0:25:03I could see almost the physical blow of him saying Chile.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05So you had very little time to think of one.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07I'm going to make matters worse when I tell you that Ivory Coast
0:25:07 > 0:25:10- have played nine matches. - AUDIENCE GROANS
0:25:10 > 0:25:12- Yeah, I'm really sorry.- Hannah, what was your gamble going to be?
0:25:12 > 0:25:16- It was going to be Ivory Coast! - Oh, phew.- So...- Wow.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19I'll tell you what, as if we couldn't make this round
0:25:19 > 0:25:21- worse for Alan.- Oh, I'm so sorry!
0:25:21 > 0:25:23LAUGHTER
0:25:23 > 0:25:25You know what? About 15 to 20 seconds ago,
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Alan was sitting there thinking, "It's fine, I've got Chile,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31"This is nice and easy, going through to the head-to-head,
0:25:31 > 0:25:34"that'll be fun." Everything came crashing down in seconds.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37That's really unlucky. I'll tell you some of the low scorers.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Six points for Japan, Switzerland, Nigeria,
0:25:40 > 0:25:41five points for Peru and Hungary,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44four for Chile, which we've heard, and Austria.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Three points for Czechoslovakia, Australia, Korean Republic,
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Colombia or Ghana.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Two points for Turkey, Iran and Paraguay,
0:25:51 > 0:25:54one for Algeria, Tunisia, Greece, Ecuador and Yugoslavia.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56And here are the pointless answers,
0:25:56 > 0:25:58ones that none of our 100 people said when we asked them online.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Seems unfair that Cote d'Ivoire is not up there, doesn't it?
0:26:04 > 0:26:05And two more.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Northern Ireland would have scored you two points,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12but Ireland would have scored 15, Scotland would have scored you 18.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15And we'll take a look at the top three, which is where England are.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22England once again getting beaten by Germany!
0:26:22 > 0:26:24LAUGHTER
0:26:24 > 0:26:27- Mind you, 76-74 is a hell of a game, isn't it?- Isn't it?
0:26:27 > 0:26:28Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31At the end of our second round, the pair that we have to say goodbye to,
0:26:31 > 0:26:32with their high score of 124,
0:26:32 > 0:26:34I'm so sorry, Alan and Sue, it is you.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36It's not that bad because we get to see you again next time,
0:26:36 > 0:26:39you'll be back and I'm sure, on the strength of what we've seen so far,
0:26:39 > 0:26:41you'll do just as well and maybe better then.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43So thanks very much for playing. See you next time, Alan and Sue.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46APPLAUSE
0:26:47 > 0:26:49But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Congratulations, Paul and Harry, Sara and Hannah,
0:26:57 > 0:27:00you're now one step closer to the final and the chance to play for
0:27:00 > 0:27:04our jackpot, which currently stands at £3,000.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Well, we've arrived at the head-to-head,
0:27:09 > 0:27:11which means from here on in, you are allowed to confer
0:27:11 > 0:27:14before you give your answers, which is nice.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16And in this round, the first player to win two questions
0:27:16 > 0:27:18will be playing for that jackpot.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Best of luck to both pairs, let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Here is your first question, and it concerns...
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- Richard.- We're going to show you five pictures now of Technical
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Challenges that have featured on the Great British Bake Off,
0:27:38 > 0:27:39but what are they, please?
0:27:39 > 0:27:41We're going to give you some letters as well to help you out.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Wow. Thank you very much indeed.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Here are some Technical Challenges and we have got...
0:28:21 > 0:28:24There we are, five technical challenges.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28Now then, Paul and Harry, you will go first.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34THEY CONFER
0:28:37 > 0:28:41We're going to go with D. I think D is rum baba.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Rum baba, say Paul and Harry.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Rum baba. Now, Sara and Hannah,
0:28:46 > 0:28:50do you feel like talking us through all of those bakes?
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Yeah, so we think A is Florentines.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56B we think is religieuses.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Tarte au citron and queen of puddings.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02So we think we're going to go for B, religieuses.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05- Religieuses!- That's my French accent.- Religieuses.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Rum baba and religieuses.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Paul and Harry said rum baba, let's see if that's right for D,
0:29:10 > 0:29:12let's see how many of our 100 got that.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Rum baba is right.
0:29:20 > 0:29:2242 for rum baba.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29Meanwhile, Sara and Hannah have gone for B and said religieuses.
0:29:29 > 0:29:30Let's see if that's right,
0:29:30 > 0:29:32let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37It is religieuses.
0:29:37 > 0:29:38And I have a feeling...
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Yep, that is going to beat rum baba.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44And down to one, religieuses!
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Very well done, Sara and Hannah.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50That means, after one question, you are up 1-0.
0:29:50 > 0:29:51Yes, very, very well played.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54It's amazing how we all know so much more about pastry than we used to,
0:29:54 > 0:29:56isn't it? They're kind of a profiterole
0:29:56 > 0:29:58- but filled with vanilla creme patissiere.- Ah.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- Religieuses.- Mmm!
0:30:01 > 0:30:04You are right about all of the others and you chose the right one,
0:30:04 > 0:30:06unsurprisingly. Florentines,
0:30:06 > 0:30:08A, would have scored you 23.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10- They look nice.- They do look nice.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Actually, so do the religieuses.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- My favourite is tarte au citron, though.- Mmm.- Oh, yeah.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18That would have scored you ten points.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Surprisingly low score.
0:30:20 > 0:30:21And queen of puddings...
0:30:23 > 0:30:26..would have scored you 34.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28There we go. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29Now, here's your second question.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Paul and Harry, you have to win this one,
0:30:31 > 0:30:34but Sara and Hannah get to answer it first so good luck with that.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37Our second question today is all about...
0:30:41 > 0:30:45- Richard.- We're going to show you five clues now to people who were
0:30:45 > 0:30:47celebrities and became politicians, but who are they, please?
0:30:47 > 0:30:50OK, let's reveal our five clues and here they are.
0:30:51 > 0:30:52We have got...
0:31:11 > 0:31:13I'm going to read all of those again.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Sara and Hannah, over to you.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38THEY CONFER
0:31:43 > 0:31:45- We're going to go for our risk one. - Good.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Which we think is the Philippine Senator,
0:31:47 > 0:31:49which we think is Manny Pacquiao.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Manny Pacquiao, say Sara and Hannah.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Now then, Paul and Harry, talk us through that board.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58Well, the top one we think is Sebastian Coe.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00The second one we think is Sarah Palin.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03We think the US president is Ronald Reagan.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06And the actor is Clint Eastwood.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10So it's a guess, I don't think it's going to win,
0:32:10 > 0:32:12I think we've lost, but I'm going for Sarah Palin.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15Sarah Palin, you're going to say, Sarah Palin.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18So we have Manny Pacquiao and Sarah Palin.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20Sara and Hannah have gone for Manny Pacquiao
0:32:20 > 0:32:21for the Philippine Senator,
0:32:21 > 0:32:24let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28It is Manny Pacquiao.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34And that is a lovely low score.
0:32:34 > 0:32:35Look at that, nine for Manny Pacquiao.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Very well done indeed. That gamble paid off, Sara and Hannah.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44Paul and Harry, meanwhile, though, have gone for Sarah Palin
0:32:44 > 0:32:45for the youngest governor of Alaska.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48Let's see how many of our 100 people said that. Is it Sarah Palin?
0:32:51 > 0:32:52It is Sarah Palin.
0:32:56 > 0:32:57Might that...?
0:32:57 > 0:32:59Oh, no, 25, Sarah Palin.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Well, I knew this was going to be a very exciting head-to-head round
0:33:03 > 0:33:06and so it has proved. At the end of it, after only two questions,
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Sarah and Hannah, you are straight through to the final 2-0.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12- Very well done.- Yeah, and once again the best answer on the board,
0:33:12 > 0:33:13they absolutely aced that head-to-head.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Gents, nothing you could have done.
0:33:15 > 0:33:16Very well played, 100% perfect record.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19It's Seb Coe, you were right, you knew all the other answers.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22None of them would have saved you after Manny Pacquiao came out.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37So the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:33:37 > 0:33:39I'm afraid, Paul and Harry, it is you.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41But it means we get to see you again next time
0:33:41 > 0:33:43because this is only your first appearance on Pointless.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46I mean, far too soon for you to be leaving the show.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48So, yes, back you come next time and I'm sure you'll do just as well,
0:33:48 > 0:33:50maybe even one step better next time.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53- But meantime, thanks very much indeed, Paul and Harry.- Thank you.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56APPLAUSE
0:33:56 > 0:33:58But for Sara and Hannah, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Congratulations, Sara and Hannah,
0:34:05 > 0:34:07you have fought off all the competition
0:34:07 > 0:34:10and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:34:19 > 0:34:20At the end of today's show,
0:34:20 > 0:34:23the jackpot is standing at £3,000, there it is.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27Now, that's not a bad jackpot, actually,
0:34:27 > 0:34:29turning into quite a nice jackpot.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32The only thing that has to happen is that you have to find a category
0:34:32 > 0:34:35that will suit you, something that you like.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37What would that have to be?
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- If it was Shakespeare, that would be a dream.- A dream, yeah.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Oh, speaking as one! Look at that.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44- We're in unison.- Yes.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Yeah, things like that would be very nice.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51OK. Well, fingers tightly crossed. Let's see what today's options are.
0:34:51 > 0:34:52We have got...
0:35:00 > 0:35:02It's exactly what you asked for.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04LAUGHTER
0:35:04 > 0:35:05Yes, good!
0:35:05 > 0:35:09- I don't know the Royal family at all.- Do you know any Star Trek?
0:35:09 > 0:35:11I know a bit of Star Trek, but it depends what the question is.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15- US crime writers we don't know, do we?- No.- The band Queen...
0:35:15 > 0:35:18- We don't know enough obscure Queen. - Shall we go for Star Trek on film?
0:35:18 > 0:35:20- But you're on your own. - That's a lot of pressure.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22We don't really know crime writers, do we?
0:35:22 > 0:35:24- So we're going to have to.- Yeah.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27We're going to have to go for Star Trek on film and hope that my mum
0:35:27 > 0:35:29doesn't hate me because she loves Star Trek.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32- Star Trek on film it is. Richard.- OK, very best of luck.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34We're giving you questions from three very different
0:35:34 > 0:35:35eras of Star Trek here.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37We're looking for anyone who acted
0:35:37 > 0:35:39in any of the following films, please, according to IMDb.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41So anyone credited with appearing in...
0:35:51 > 0:35:53So any actor in any of those three films.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56- Very, very best of luck. - Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Now, as always, you've got up to one minute
0:35:58 > 0:35:59to come up with three answers.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01All you need to win that jackpot
0:36:01 > 0:36:04is for just one of your answers to be pointless. Are you ready?
0:36:04 > 0:36:06- Yes.- Yeah.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08Good, let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10There they are. Your time starts now.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13OK, so, in the original Star Trek you've got Nichelle Nichols,
0:36:13 > 0:36:14but I don't think that'll be pointless.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16- Yes.- I can't remember the...
0:36:16 > 0:36:182009, I can't remember which one that is.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21There's the guy who played Eomer in Lord Of The Rings
0:36:21 > 0:36:24I think is in it, and his name is Karl Urban.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26- Karl Urban, OK, so we'll go for Karl Urban.- And...
0:36:26 > 0:36:28I can't remember the 2009 one.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31Is it the Simon, the Simon Pegg one?
0:36:31 > 0:36:32Yeah, it's that one.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Does Nick Frost just appear somewhere in it?
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Just cos he's in it!
0:36:36 > 0:36:40Who's the...who's the guy who played...?
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Oh, he played Chekhov,
0:36:43 > 0:36:46something like Yeltsin? It's like Anton...
0:36:46 > 0:36:49He tragically died. Anton...
0:36:49 > 0:36:52- Oh, God, he did. - Is it Anton Yeltsin?
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Why not? Yeah.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57So, Karl Urban...
0:36:57 > 0:36:59Just a random American.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Ten seconds left.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05The Generations one, there's Brent Spiner and stuff,
0:37:05 > 0:37:06- because that's Data.- Go for Brent.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11- There's no point saying Mike. - OK, that is your minute up.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14It sounds like we've got a lot of good ideas buzzing round.
0:37:14 > 0:37:15Which three would you like to give me?
0:37:15 > 0:37:18OK, so, we're going to say Karl Urban.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20- Karl Urban. For?- For the 2009.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23- 2009.- And also...
0:37:23 > 0:37:25We don't know if we've got his name right
0:37:25 > 0:37:28- but I think it's Anton Yeltsin. - Anton Yeltsin.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31- Something like that. That's for 2009.- Also for 2009.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34And we're going to save Brent Spiner for 1994.
0:37:34 > 0:37:35Brent Spiner for 1994.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38Now, of those three... Three great answers there -
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- I mean, they sound good! - They sound lovely.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Which of those do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:37:44 > 0:37:47I think Karl Urban's right, I think he's right.
0:37:47 > 0:37:48So we'll put Karl Urban last, shall we?
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Least likely to be pointless?
0:37:50 > 0:37:52- Brent Spiner. - Brent Spiner we'll put first.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54OK, and Anton Yeltsin goes in the middle.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58- I don't know if that's his name. OK.- I didn't know, so...- No.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00There we are. OK, let's put those answers up
0:38:00 > 0:38:02on the board in that order, then, and here they are.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04We have got...
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Well, three good answers on the board there.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Now, if one of these turns out to be pointless
0:38:14 > 0:38:16and wins you that jackpot of £3,000,
0:38:16 > 0:38:18what would you like to do with it?
0:38:18 > 0:38:20Sara, I'm going to come to you first.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Well, saving towards an American road trip,
0:38:23 > 0:38:27so I think that would be quite a big chunk towards it, actually.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- Very nice.- So we could actually start booking some things,
0:38:30 > 0:38:32- which would be nice. - Very good indeed.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Hannah, anything else you'd like to add to that?
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Yeah, the same, and we're also planning to take our show to
0:38:37 > 0:38:39the Edinburgh Fringe, so it would be quite nice
0:38:39 > 0:38:41- to have some budget for that. - Very nice indeed.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44Well, for all of those reasons, very, very best of luck.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Your first answer was Brent Spiner and in this case we were looking
0:38:46 > 0:38:50for cast members of the 1994 film Star Trek: Generations.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52Let's see how many of our 100 people named Brent Spiner.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56If it is pointless it will win you £3,000.
0:38:56 > 0:38:57Let's see how many people said it.
0:39:01 > 0:39:02Brent Spiner's right.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04I'm not sure you were even confident
0:39:04 > 0:39:07he was going to be correct but, yes, Brent Spiner, absolutely right.
0:39:07 > 0:39:08Down we go through he 30s,
0:39:08 > 0:39:09into he 20s, into the teens.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11Are we in single figures? Yes, yes, we are.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Down we go, seven for Brent Spiner.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15That's not bad, that's not bad.
0:39:15 > 0:39:16- Not bad.- Not bad!
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Not bad for a first answer as well.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20- Yeah.- Let's hope you've ordered them correctly.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23Oh, I don't think so. Your next answer was Anton Yelchin.
0:39:23 > 0:39:28And you have gone for Anton Yelchin for the 2009 film Star Trek.
0:39:28 > 0:39:29Let's see if that is right,
0:39:29 > 0:39:32how many of our 100 people said Anton Yelchin.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35For £3,000, is it pointless?
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- It's right! - It's right, Anton Yelchin is right.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Brent Spiner was your first answer, took us all the way down to seven.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47Anton Yelchin now takes us down through the teens
0:39:47 > 0:39:48and into single figures.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50We're past seven, still going down.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Anton Yelchin gets to two!
0:39:52 > 0:39:53Very well done indeed.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57- So close!- Oh, my goodness.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01So we've gone from seven to two. This is progress.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03- OK.- Right, yeah.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06How sure are you of Karl Urban?
0:40:06 > 0:40:10Well, I'm doubting myself now but I just thought that that was his name.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15I think he plays Bones, like, young Bones in it.
0:40:15 > 0:40:16OK, well, let's have a look.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19Karl Urban is your third and final answer and again,
0:40:19 > 0:40:21we're looking for the 2009 Star Trek film cast.
0:40:21 > 0:40:22Karl Urban, the one you thought was
0:40:22 > 0:40:24your best shot at a pointless answer.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26If it is pointless, it will win you £3,000.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28How many people said Karl Urban?
0:40:32 > 0:40:36It's right, well, Brent Spiner took us all the way down to seven.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39Anton Yelchin took us all the way down to two.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Karl Urban now takes us down into single figures, passing seven,
0:40:42 > 0:40:44- down to...- Oh!
0:40:45 > 0:40:46Well done.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49We were so close.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51You did so well.
0:40:51 > 0:40:52Wow.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Oh, I'm sorry. That's unlucky.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59You came so close to a pointless answer and a jackpot win there
0:40:59 > 0:41:01but I'm afraid you just didn't manage to find a pointless answer.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04So today's jackpot will roll over onto the next show.
0:41:04 > 0:41:05But it's been fabulous having you on
0:41:05 > 0:41:07and this second show has just been brilliant.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10That head-to-head round is something to treasure
0:41:10 > 0:41:12and that happens very, very rarely like that.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14And you get a coveted Pointless trophy...
0:41:14 > 0:41:16- That's what we came for. - ..to take home with you,
0:41:16 > 0:41:18so, very, very well done indeed. Sara and Hannah, fantastic.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24Yeah, it's very, very unlucky,
0:41:24 > 0:41:26three scores in single figures there, terrific stuff.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29But let's take a look, shall we, at the pointless answers
0:41:29 > 0:41:30in the different categories?
0:41:30 > 0:41:32Tough for the first one, I have to say.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Majel Barrett, who is Gene Roddenberry's wife,
0:41:37 > 0:41:40she's a pointless answer in all three of these categories, actually.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Persis Khambatta, who plays the Deltan navigator.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Stephen Collins, who plays Willard Decker,
0:41:44 > 0:41:46the new captain of the Enterprise.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49Everyone pointless there apart from Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner,
0:41:49 > 0:41:51DeForest Kelley who played the original Bones, George Takei,
0:41:51 > 0:41:53James Doohan and Nichelle Nichols,
0:41:53 > 0:41:54who I think you were thinking of going with,
0:41:54 > 0:41:56would have scored you three points.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58And Walter Koenig, who was Chekov, he would have scored you one.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02But he was a pointless answer for the second film, Walter Koenig...
0:42:03 > 0:42:05..alongside these others.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Jonathan Frakes, who directed a couple of the films.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09- Oh, no!- Oh, yes.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11LeVar Burton, who fans of Big Bang Theory
0:42:11 > 0:42:13will be very familiar with as well.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16Malcolm McDowell, the famous English actor, was a pointless answer.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19Everyone pointless there apart from Patrick Stewart, William Shatner,
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Brent Spiner, Marina Sirtis and James Doohan,
0:42:22 > 0:42:24James Doohan again scoring one point.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27And for the final one, the 2009 film.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35More scorers in this one - Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Leonard Nimoy,
0:42:35 > 0:42:39Zachary Quinto, John Cho, Zoe Saldana, Bruce Greenwood, Ben Cross,
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Winona Ryder and Chris Hemsworth all scored points,
0:42:41 > 0:42:43as well as the two that you mentioned.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48Thanks very much, Richard, and thank you so much, Sara and Hannah.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50I'm so sorry you didn't win our jackpot today
0:42:50 > 0:42:51but that will roll over onto the next show
0:42:51 > 0:42:54when we will be playing for £4,000.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Join us then to see if someone can win it.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.