Episode 50 Pointless

APPLAUSE Thank you very much indeed.

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

the show where the aim of the game is to avoid the obvious answers

and find the obscure ones. Let's meet today's players.

-And couple number one.

-Hi, my name's Cherry,

this is my partner, Andy, and we're from Rotherham.

-Couple number two.

-Hello, I'm Alan, this is my lovely wife Sue,

-and we're from Newbury.

-Couple number three.

How'd you do? My name's Harry and I'm from Oldham

and this is my friend Paul and he's from Bury.

And finally, couple number four.

Hello, I'm Hannah, and this is my friend Sara.

Sara is from Exeter and I'm from Leicestershire.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks very much, all of you.

Welcome to Pointless, lovely to have you here.

We'll get the chance to chat to each of you throughout the show

as it goes on. So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

Muddying the waters like a runaway Mississippi paddle boat,

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

Hiya. Hey, everybody.

Hiya.

Can you be a runaway paddle boat?

I... Doesn't really bear close inspection.

-Not really, does it?

-No.

-You'd know where it was going.

-Yeah.

-Mind you, you do with a train as well, I suppose.

-How are you?

-I'm very well.

That's a very good point. Runaway train, you're right.

-Yeah.

-There's no mystery there.

-They're going to find it.

-Where could it go?

Well, to Darlington, then on to Newcastle.

LAUGHTER

Yeah, it ran away last night, we can't find it.

I don't know where it's gone!

I wonder if it's gone to its dad's house. I doubt it.

-Oh...

-I imagine it's gone to Carlisle.

LAUGHTER

Now, two returning pairs from the last show - Cherry and Andy,

welcome back, got through to the head-to-head.

And Sara and Hannah, who joined the 200 club

in the last show. I would say quite unluckily.

-It was a tough round, that.

-It was Beatles songs.

You gave us two Beatles songs, but not singles.

So it was an unlucky 200 club, although if you're in the 200 club

again today, then obviously we're going ask questions.

To be fair, we're going to be asking questions all show.

That's true. Round One's a fun one today.

Yeah. Oh, good. And as for the jackpot, oh,

-that was an exciting final.

-It was an exciting final. Remind me.

Well, Dougie and Henry, as you'll remember, didn't win the jackpot,

so we add another £1,000 to it,

so today's jackpot starts off at £3,000.

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

So, remember this if you remember nothing else,

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

will be eliminated. That is it.

Remember that and you'll be fine. Best of luck to all four pairs.

Our first category this afternoon is...

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

who's going to go second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

-These are fun.

-These are fun.

On each board we're going to show you the titles of seven novels

and their authors but we've changed the words of the title.

We're describing the same thing but we've changed the words.

You'll see what we've done when the board comes up.

Seven on the first board, seven on the second,

-14 novels to guess at home. Good luck.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our seven synonyms of the first board and here they are...

There we are. It's making sense, now, I think, isn't it?

Let me read those all again.

-Andy, welcome back.

-Nice to be back.

Very good do have you here once again from Rotherham.

-Yeah.

-Head-to-head last time, Andy.

Yeah, yeah, I think we were lucky to get that far but...

-We did OK.

-You did OK.

Absolutely. Remind us what you do, Andy.

I work in a well-known high street record store...

See, I think this is lovely.

How many branches does your well-known high street record store

have these days?

Oh, not as many as it used to.

I was going to say. It used to be...

It was a very important hub of the music industry.

If you can't go to a record shop and look around

and then go and ask people, surly people behind the counter

stuff that they're not going to tell you, where can you go?

-Nowhere!

-Exactly.

What would you like to go for on our board of novel synonyms?

I know a few but...

..I think the one I'll go for is...

..The Raisins Of Displeasure is The Grapes Of Wrath.

The Grapes Of Wrath, says Andy,

let's see how many of our 100 people went for that.

The Grapes Of Wrath.

It's right.

37 for The Grapes Of Wrath.

Not bad.

Yeah, that's a very nice start.

Takes its name from the line in the Battle Hymn Of The Republic.

Thank you very much indeed.

-Now then, Sue, welcome to Pointless.

-Hello.

-It's great to have you here from Newbury.

-Yes, that's right.

-What do you do, Sue?

-I'm a surveyor, building surveyor.

-A building surveyor?

-Yes.

-In the Newbury area?

I work in Hampshire, actually, looking after schools,

so we sort of give them advice on how to alter their buildings.

-Oh, that's nice!

-Yeah.

-And what are your interests, Sue?

I've got an 11-year-old son who keeps me busy,

but when I'm not driving him around we like to go to concerts, so music,

and I play bridge and I've got an allotment, so...

Very good. Lots of good theatres around,

concert venues around Newbury, some really nice places around there.

-There's a really nice theatre there, The Watermill.

-Beautiful place.

Sue, what would you like to go for?

Well, the one I was going to go for has gone but...

There's a few others,

I'm just trying to decide which would be best.

I'm going to go for Biography Of 3.142, Life Of Pi.

Life Of Pi, says Sue.

See how many of our 100 people said Life Of Pi.

It's right.

37 is our only score so far

and you pass it. Down we go, Life Of Pi.

16, very good indeed.

APPLAUSE

That's a lovely start, Sue. Very well played.

They made it into a very good film as well, Life Of Pi.

-It's an excellent film.

-It is an excellent film.

There we are. Thank you very much indeed.

Harry, welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you here from Oldham.

-Indeed.

-And what do you do, Harry?

I work in the NHS.

In what department of the NHS?

Primarily, I work in supplies.

-I see.

-Procurement for the Royal Hospital.

Very good indeed. And what are your interests, Harry?

Well, I'm still a fitness fanatic despite my age.

I like running, I support my local football team,

but more recently my partner and I have taken up narrow boating and

-I enjoy that.

-Oldham Athletic, look at that.

-Absolutely!

-Harry, what would you like to go for?

Well, there's a few on the board that I know,

I'd have chosen the one that's already gone,

so I'll go for HG Wells and the War Of The Worlds.

War Of The Worlds, says Harry.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said War Of The Worlds.

37 still the highest score, 16 the low.

44 for War Of The Worlds.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, tells the story of Mars versus Earth

in an intergalactic skirmish. It's based on a true story.

LAUGHTER

Thank you very much, Richard.

-Hannah.

-Hello.

-Welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Remind us what you do.

Actually, see if you can guess what Hannah does when she talks.

-What do you do, Hannah?

-I'm a voice-over artist.

She is a voice-over artist.

Do you sell things as well? Do you do adverts and things or...?

Yeah, some things, yeah, the corporate side, yeah,

and sort of internal corporate things.

But we discovered you mainly do audio books.

-Yeah, that's my kind of favourite side of it.

-That's nice.

What books have you done that we can listen to you on?

I'm working on a series at the moment,

it's kind of like murder mystery, private investigator type things.

-Oh, that's good.

-It's really fun, yeah.

Have you ever got the giggles very badly

-when halfway through a voice-over session?

-Yeah, all the time!

-It's terrible, isn't it?

-Yeah! Really badly, yeah.

And do you book out a whole day to do things?

Yeah, I've got my own set-up, so it's just kind of me

talking to myself in a booth.

So getting the giggles is slightly weird.

Just giggling away to myself, yeah!

That's fun, though. Hannah, you're the last person to have this board.

Would you like to go through it and fill in all of our blanks?

So, the George Orwell, 1984.

Fifty Shades Of Grey.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,

and I think I'm going to go for the bottom one,

-which I think is Heart Of Darkness.

-Heart Of Darkness, says Hannah.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Heart Of Darkness.

It is Heart Of Darkness.

Well, 16 is our low score.

Will you go below it?

Yes, you will, down to 12, very well done, well deserved, Hannah.

Good score.

Very well played. In fact, well played, all four teams there.

Some nice scores. We'll fill in the rest of these.

You got all of them right and you chose the right one, there, Hannah.

-2,000 minus 16, of course, is 1984.

-Mm.

Would have scored you 58.

Then Fifty Shades of Grey, EL James.

May have sold fewer copies, I think, if that had been the title.

55 points.

And this would have sold more copies, though -

Utensil Fixer, Clothes Maker, War Fighter, Fact Gatherer -

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and that would have scored 36.

-Not a huge score.

-No, not really. Thank you very much, Richard.

We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

12, Hannah, best score of the pass.

Then up to 16 where we find Sue and Alan.

Then up to 37, Andy and Cherry, well done,

and there's Harry and Paul out in front on 44.

Not wildly out in front but, Paul,

enough for us to require a low score from you in the next pass,

so good luck for that. We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, let's put seven more synonyms for novel titles up on the board

and here they are...

I'll read those all again.

-Sara.

-Hello.

-Welcome back to Pointless.

-And remind us, what do you do?

-I'm an actor.

-You are an actor.

-Yes.

And where are you acting, principally?

Well, we've just started a theatre company, Hannah and I,

with another friend, so at the moment we're acting in that.

We've just done our first show, which has gone quite well.

Good for you! That is how to do it, really.

Do it yourself, start your own theatre company.

-Just create our own work and...

-Perfect.

..then we don't have to wait for other people to give it to us.

Seriously, that is... It's the only way, really.

It is actually going quite well, so...

Unless you're phenomenally lucky,

-that is the way to do it, absolutely.

-Yeah.

So wonderful pub theatres, fringe theatres all around?

Yeah, we've been going around Cornwall at the moment,

and we've sort of done a little tour of the south-west, taking it round,

-we're hoping to take it further north as well.

-Lovely.

-And then end up at the Fringe, maybe, would be nice.

-Perfect.

-Well, very, very best of luck with that.

-Thank you.

-Sounds fabulous.

-Now, 12 is the lovely low score that Hannah set you up with.

-Yes.

44 is the high score. If you can score 31 or less,

even after two questions you won't be the high-scorers.

-That would be good.

-Right.

I know a couple, I'm just trying to work out which one to go for.

But I think I'll go for The Elderly Chap And The Giant Pond

-as The Old Man And The Sea.

-The Old Man And The Sea, says Sara.

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

with The Old Man And The Sea, you are as good as in Round Two.

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

And you've done it. Very well done indeed.

Old Man And The Sea scores you 20, 32 is your total.

APPLAUSE

Very nicely played. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

He also won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

I have not read it, have you?

-I haven't, no.

-It's about an old man.

Yeah... Oh! What's he doing?

-Well, he's actually fishing for a marlin, but in the sea.

-Yeah.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Paul, welcome to Pointless, great to have you here from Manchester.

-That's right, yes.

-And what keeps you busy in Manchester, Paul?

-I'm a textile chemist.

-Wow.

So if a blouse gets a sore throat, it...

LAUGHTER

I suppose so, yes.

I could probably come up with a lozenge or something for it.

So what does that mean?

I'm developing things like fire retardants

and waterproofing compounds to put onto fabrics,

-just whatever you need to happen.

-Very, very important indeed, yes.

Far too little fire retarding going on

in some areas of the clothing industry.

Now, 44 is your score there.

You're the high-scorers - we need a very low score from you, Paul,

to keep you in the game.

I'm going to have a go at the Ray Bradbury one.

I think it's Fahrenheit 451.

Fahrenheit 451.

Very good conversion there.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Fahrenheit 451.

There's no red line for you because

you're the high-scorers at the moment.

Look at that! 15, very well done indeed.

Taking your total up to 59.

APPLAUSE

Yes, supposedly the ignition point of paper.

That's certainly what he asserted, Ray Bradbury.

It's about burning books.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Well, now, Alan, welcome.

-Thank you.

-Good to have you here, Alan. And what do you do?

I work in external communications for a large building society,

which means we work with journalists and politicians to explain what

our organisation does and its perspective on various things.

Right you are. Alan, what are your interests?

Well, outside of that I like to go to football matches,

so I'm a big Chelsea supporter, season ticket holder there -

sorry, Richard.

Hey, listen, I'm sorry.

LAUGHTER

I also like live music and socialising.

And we've got an 11-year-old son so we spend a lot of time with him.

Very good indeed. Now, Alan, what would you like to go for?

Just trying to work out which would be best.

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

..the top one and say Pride And Prejudice.

Pride And Prejudice, says Alan.

Here is your red line - get below that, you're into the next round.

How many people said Pride And Prejudice?

It is Pride And Prejudice.

Oh, 57. 57.

That's a big score, takes your total up to 73.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, Pride And Prejudice.

-57 points.

-What can we say?

There we are. Very nice.

-Cherry, welcome back.

-Hiya.

-Remind us what you do, Cherry.

I work in mental health in Rotherham,

-I support disabled adults.

-That's right.

Cherry, how have you found this round so far

when other people have been answering?

Are you confident that...?

Not too confident, no.

-OK.

-I can have a go at one.

You can have a go at one, OK. Well, listen, you have a target.

You have a target of 35, which I think...

I'm going to go for Fun-Size Lassies and say Little Ladies.

You're going to go for Little Ladies.

There is your red line, Cherry.

If you can get below your red line with Little Ladies,

everything is fine.

Little Women, isn't it?

Let's see what happens when we say Little Ladies.

Oh, I'm afraid not Little Ladies.

It sounds like you knew what it was, I heard you muttering it just then.

That scores you 100, takes your total up to 137.

-Sorry, Cherry.

-Sorry, Cherry. Started writing that in May 1868,

and it was published in September 1868.

-That's not bad going, is it?

-Wow!

Now, One Celestial Body Concealing Another Celestial Body.

-I'm guessing Eclipse.

-Eclipse is exactly the right answer,

it's a good score as well. Three points for that.

Little Women, rather than Little Ladies,

I think you knew, would have scored you 42.

-The Douglas Adams book.

-Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

Yep, and that would have scored 42 as well.

And A Trio Of Gents In A Watercraft.

-Three Men In A Boat.

-Three Men In A Boat.

That would have scored you 47. So the best answer there is Eclipse,

-very well done if you said that.

-Thank you very much indeed.

At the end of our first round, the pair we have to send home,

I'm so sorry, Cherry and Andy, you were our head-to-headers last time.

-I know!

-I know. Literature's not my best subject at all.

It's been lovely having you here, I'm sorry we're sending you back

so soon, but thanks so much for playing.

-Cherry and Andy.

-Thanks for having us.

APPLAUSE

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

And so, just like that, we're down to three pairs.

I don't even know what happened there, they just disappeared.

But anyway, let's not worry about it too much.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

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

who is going to go second?

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

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

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

..as they could.

-Richard.

-Yeah, looking for any country that's played

ten or more matches in Fifa World Cup finals

between 1930 and 2014, please.

So any country that's played ten or more matches.

Where a country's changed its name, we'll accept that as one answer,

and where a country is seen as

a natural successor of another country,

that will also be one answer, but I will let you know if you've stumbled

across one of those. But any country that's played ten or more matches

in any World Cup game in the finals since 1930.

Thank you very much indeed.

Sue.

Is that grin one of just euphoria because you love this round?

Yes. I don't mind it, it's just trying to think of...

-..of teams.

-It's a kind of geography question.

It is, yeah, it is.

Yeah, I'm going to go for Uruguay.

Uruguay, says Sue.

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

It's right.

It's a good answer.

Well done, Sue, 24 for Uruguay. Not bad at all.

Yeah, 51 matches, they played.

In fact, they won the very first World Cup, Uruguay, in 1930.

The winning goal in the final was scored by Hector Castro,

-who's only got one arm.

-Ah.

Interesting! Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Paul.

Erm...

I'm going to go with Mexico.

Mexico, says Paul.

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

Look at that, down to 15. Very well done indeed, Paul.

Yeah, they've qualified 15 times, Mexico,

but they've only reached the quarterfinals twice.

Played 53 matches.

There we are, thank you, Richard.

-Hannah.

-Hello.

-What would you like to go for?

I've got one that is a bit of a gamble.

I don't know whether they've played ten matches, so I...

I'm going to follow Sue's lead and go for Argentina.

Argentina, says Hannah.

-Was that the gamble? No.

-No.

-No.

-I...

I put the gamble away somewhere.

OK, the gamble has been put away.

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

It's right. Well, 24 is the high score, 15 is the low.

44.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, 77 matches, won it twice, they've been runners up three times.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. So we're halfway through the round,

let's take a quick look at those scores.

15 is where we find Paul and Harry,

24 is where we find Sue and Alan.

Oh, you see, if you don't gamble, Hannah...

-I know!

-44.

-Should have gambled.

-Oh...

There we are, anyway. 44 is where we are.

Puts a little bit of pressure on you, Sara.

It needs to be a low score, is what I'm saying.

Very best of luck. We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

So, Sara, remember,

any team that has played in ten or more matches

at the Fifa World Cup finals.

Yeah. I'm just having just to think of a country because I don't know...

It could be really obvious or it could be wrong, I don't know.

I'll try...Croatia.

-Croatia...

-Yeah.

-..says Sara.

Oh, now, that could be just the kind of answer we need.

Maybe, or it could be wrong, I don't know!

It could be wrong, it could be.

I thought I saw the ghost of a nod from Alan.

Remember, he's a season ticket holder at Chelsea.

-He is!

-He knows things like this.

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

but let's see, Croatia could be a brilliant answer.

Let's see. I think it might be.

It is!

Well, 15 is our lowest score so far.

Oh, and you pass that.

Down to two!

You see? That's what we needed!

46, very well done indeed, Sara. APPLAUSE

Is it enough, I wonder?

Yeah, they qualified four times, Croatia, played 16 matches,

got through to the semifinals in 1998.

Won the third-place play-off, Davor Suker won the Golden Boot,

-as you remember.

-Yes, I do, yeah, yeah.

Good old Davos Shoe-kay.

-Sorry?

-What was...?

I was literally making the noise that you made,

-I was hoping it was a footballer.

-Davor Suker.

-Davor Suker?

-Yeah, shoe-care, yeah.

He was essentially, yeah, a boot polish manufacturer.

LAUGHTER

Thank you. Now, Harry.

Harry, there you are on 15. Our high-scorers are behind you,

Sara and Hannah at the moment,

so if you can score 30 or less you are through.

Right.

I think I'll play safe and I'll go for Chile.

Chile, says Harry.

OK, here is your red line.

You have to get below that red line with Chile.

Let's see if you can. How many people said it?

It's right.

Good enough.

Oh, and how! Down to four.

Very well done indeed. 19 is your total, lowest of the round.

APPLAUSE

Yes, a very good answer. 33 matches.

They hosted it in 1962, got through to the semifinals,

and one of the things they attributed that run to was

before the start of every game, their pre-match meal would be

the food of their opponent's country.

So they would have the drink and the food of

-whichever opponents they were playing.

-Really?

-Yep.

-There you go. Thank you very much, Richard.

Now then, Alan.

You have to score 21 or less.

-I was poised to say Chile, genuinely, so I'm a bit...

-OK.

..needing a good score here, aren't I?

I'm going to take a punt on Didier Drogba's team, the Ivory Coast.

The Ivory Coast. Cote d'Ivoire.

Here is your red line.

If you can get below that with the Ivory Coast,

you are through to the next round.

How many of our 100 people said the Ivory Coast?

-Oh!

-Oh, no!

"Oh!" on the far podium.

What about that? Oh, Alan!

-Oh.

-Oh, you did something that we admire on Pointless.

You went out onto the thin ice when it stopped being able to...

I sank.

Yes, when it wasn't really Alan-bearing any longer.

-It would have to be thick.

-Yeah, but, no, we salute that.

You did it for the right reasons, for Pointless reasons,

you did something heroic there.

And also, you brought Sara and Hannah back into the game,

-which is also heroic, which is good.

-Thanks!

Scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 124.

One of those rare occasions when I really believe someone

when they say someone just took his answer,

I could see almost the physical blow of him saying Chile.

So you had very little time to think of one.

I'm going to make matters worse when I tell you that Ivory Coast

-have played nine matches.

-AUDIENCE GROANS

-Yeah, I'm really sorry.

-Hannah, what was your gamble going to be?

-It was going to be Ivory Coast!

-Oh, phew.

-So...

-Wow.

I'll tell you what, as if we couldn't make this round

-worse for Alan.

-Oh, I'm so sorry!

LAUGHTER

You know what? About 15 to 20 seconds ago,

Alan was sitting there thinking, "It's fine, I've got Chile,

"This is nice and easy, going through to the head-to-head,

"that'll be fun." Everything came crashing down in seconds.

That's really unlucky. I'll tell you some of the low scorers.

Six points for Japan, Switzerland, Nigeria,

five points for Peru and Hungary,

four for Chile, which we've heard, and Austria.

Three points for Czechoslovakia, Australia, Korean Republic,

Colombia or Ghana.

Two points for Turkey, Iran and Paraguay,

one for Algeria, Tunisia, Greece, Ecuador and Yugoslavia.

And here are the pointless answers,

ones that none of our 100 people said when we asked them online.

Seems unfair that Cote d'Ivoire is not up there, doesn't it?

And two more.

Northern Ireland would have scored you two points,

but Ireland would have scored 15, Scotland would have scored you 18.

And we'll take a look at the top three, which is where England are.

England once again getting beaten by Germany!

LAUGHTER

-Mind you, 76-74 is a hell of a game, isn't it?

-Isn't it?

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

At the end of our second round, the pair that we have to say goodbye to,

with their high score of 124,

I'm so sorry, Alan and Sue, it is you.

It's not that bad because we get to see you again next time,

you'll be back and I'm sure, on the strength of what we've seen so far,

you'll do just as well and maybe better then.

So thanks very much for playing. See you next time, Alan and Sue.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Paul and Harry, Sara and Hannah,

you're now one step closer to the final and the chance to play for

our jackpot, which currently stands at £3,000.

Well, we've arrived at the head-to-head,

which means from here on in, you are allowed to confer

before you give your answers, which is nice.

And in this round, the first player to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot.

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

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

-Richard.

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

Challenges that have featured on the Great British Bake Off,

but what are they, please?

We're going to give you some letters as well to help you out.

Wow. Thank you very much indeed.

Here are some Technical Challenges and we have got...

There we are, five technical challenges.

Now then, Paul and Harry, you will go first.

THEY CONFER

We're going to go with D. I think D is rum baba.

Rum baba, say Paul and Harry.

Rum baba. Now, Sara and Hannah,

do you feel like talking us through all of those bakes?

Yeah, so we think A is Florentines.

B we think is religieuses.

Tarte au citron and queen of puddings.

So we think we're going to go for B, religieuses.

-Religieuses!

-That's my French accent.

-Religieuses.

Rum baba and religieuses.

Paul and Harry said rum baba, let's see if that's right for D,

let's see how many of our 100 got that.

Rum baba is right.

42 for rum baba.

Meanwhile, Sara and Hannah have gone for B and said religieuses.

Let's see if that's right,

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

It is religieuses.

And I have a feeling...

Yep, that is going to beat rum baba.

And down to one, religieuses!

Very well done, Sara and Hannah.

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

Yes, very, very well played.

It's amazing how we all know so much more about pastry than we used to,

isn't it? They're kind of a profiterole

-but filled with vanilla creme patissiere.

-Ah.

-Religieuses.

-Mmm!

You are right about all of the others and you chose the right one,

unsurprisingly. Florentines,

A, would have scored you 23.

-They look nice.

-They do look nice.

Actually, so do the religieuses.

-My favourite is tarte au citron, though.

-Mmm.

-Oh, yeah.

That would have scored you ten points.

Surprisingly low score.

And queen of puddings...

..would have scored you 34.

There we go. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now, here's your second question.

Paul and Harry, you have to win this one,

but Sara and Hannah get to answer it first so good luck with that.

Our second question today is all about...

-Richard.

-We're going to show you five clues now to people who were

celebrities and became politicians, but who are they, please?

OK, let's reveal our five clues and here they are.

We have got...

I'm going to read all of those again.

Sara and Hannah, over to you.

THEY CONFER

-We're going to go for our risk one.

-Good.

Which we think is the Philippine Senator,

which we think is Manny Pacquiao.

Manny Pacquiao, say Sara and Hannah.

Now then, Paul and Harry, talk us through that board.

Well, the top one we think is Sebastian Coe.

The second one we think is Sarah Palin.

We think the US president is Ronald Reagan.

And the actor is Clint Eastwood.

So it's a guess, I don't think it's going to win,

I think we've lost, but I'm going for Sarah Palin.

Sarah Palin, you're going to say, Sarah Palin.

So we have Manny Pacquiao and Sarah Palin.

Sara and Hannah have gone for Manny Pacquiao

for the Philippine Senator,

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

It is Manny Pacquiao.

And that is a lovely low score.

Look at that, nine for Manny Pacquiao.

Very well done indeed. That gamble paid off, Sara and Hannah.

Paul and Harry, meanwhile, though, have gone for Sarah Palin

for the youngest governor of Alaska.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said that. Is it Sarah Palin?

It is Sarah Palin.

Might that...?

Oh, no, 25, Sarah Palin.

Well, I knew this was going to be a very exciting head-to-head round

and so it has proved. At the end of it, after only two questions,

Sarah and Hannah, you are straight through to the final 2-0.

-Very well done.

-Yeah, and once again the best answer on the board,

they absolutely aced that head-to-head.

Gents, nothing you could have done.

Very well played, 100% perfect record.

It's Seb Coe, you were right, you knew all the other answers.

None of them would have saved you after Manny Pacquiao came out.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

I'm afraid, Paul and Harry, it is you.

But it means we get to see you again next time

because this is only your first appearance on Pointless.

I mean, far too soon for you to be leaving the show.

So, yes, back you come next time and I'm sure you'll do just as well,

maybe even one step better next time.

-But meantime, thanks very much indeed, Paul and Harry.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

But for Sara and Hannah, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Sara and Hannah,

you have fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show,

the jackpot is standing at £3,000, there it is.

Now, that's not a bad jackpot, actually,

turning into quite a nice jackpot.

The only thing that has to happen is that you have to find a category

that will suit you, something that you like.

What would that have to be?

-If it was Shakespeare, that would be a dream.

-A dream, yeah.

Oh, speaking as one! Look at that.

-We're in unison.

-Yes.

Yeah, things like that would be very nice.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

OK. Well, fingers tightly crossed. Let's see what today's options are.

We have got...

It's exactly what you asked for.

LAUGHTER

Yes, good!

-I don't know the Royal family at all.

-Do you know any Star Trek?

I know a bit of Star Trek, but it depends what the question is.

-US crime writers we don't know, do we?

-No.

-The band Queen...

-We don't know enough obscure Queen.

-Shall we go for Star Trek on film?

-But you're on your own.

-That's a lot of pressure.

We don't really know crime writers, do we?

-So we're going to have to.

-Yeah.

We're going to have to go for Star Trek on film and hope that my mum

doesn't hate me because she loves Star Trek.

-Star Trek on film it is. Richard.

-OK, very best of luck.

We're giving you questions from three very different

eras of Star Trek here.

We're looking for anyone who acted

in any of the following films, please, according to IMDb.

So anyone credited with appearing in...

So any actor in any of those three films.

-Very, very best of luck.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that jackpot

is for just one of your answers to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yeah.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

OK, so, in the original Star Trek you've got Nichelle Nichols,

but I don't think that'll be pointless.

-Yes.

-I can't remember the...

2009, I can't remember which one that is.

There's the guy who played Eomer in Lord Of The Rings

I think is in it, and his name is Karl Urban.

-Karl Urban, OK, so we'll go for Karl Urban.

-And...

I can't remember the 2009 one.

Is it the Simon, the Simon Pegg one?

Yeah, it's that one.

Does Nick Frost just appear somewhere in it?

Just cos he's in it!

Who's the...who's the guy who played...?

Oh, he played Chekhov,

something like Yeltsin? It's like Anton...

He tragically died. Anton...

-Oh, God, he did.

-Is it Anton Yeltsin?

Why not? Yeah.

So, Karl Urban...

Just a random American.

Ten seconds left.

The Generations one, there's Brent Spiner and stuff,

-because that's Data.

-Go for Brent.

-There's no point saying Mike.

-OK, that is your minute up.

It sounds like we've got a lot of good ideas buzzing round.

Which three would you like to give me?

OK, so, we're going to say Karl Urban.

-Karl Urban. For?

-For the 2009.

-2009.

-And also...

We don't know if we've got his name right

-but I think it's Anton Yeltsin.

-Anton Yeltsin.

-Something like that. That's for 2009.

-Also for 2009.

And we're going to save Brent Spiner for 1994.

Brent Spiner for 1994.

Now, of those three... Three great answers there -

-I mean, they sound good!

-They sound lovely.

Which of those do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

I think Karl Urban's right, I think he's right.

So we'll put Karl Urban last, shall we?

Least likely to be pointless?

-Brent Spiner.

-Brent Spiner we'll put first.

OK, and Anton Yeltsin goes in the middle.

-I don't know if that's his name. OK.

-I didn't know, so...

-No.

There we are. OK, let's put those answers up

on the board in that order, then, and here they are.

We have got...

Well, three good answers on the board there.

Now, if one of these turns out to be pointless

and wins you that jackpot of £3,000,

what would you like to do with it?

Sara, I'm going to come to you first.

Well, saving towards an American road trip,

so I think that would be quite a big chunk towards it, actually.

-Very nice.

-So we could actually start booking some things,

-which would be nice.

-Very good indeed.

Hannah, anything else you'd like to add to that?

Yeah, the same, and we're also planning to take our show to

the Edinburgh Fringe, so it would be quite nice

-to have some budget for that.

-Very nice indeed.

Well, for all of those reasons, very, very best of luck.

Your first answer was Brent Spiner and in this case we were looking

for cast members of the 1994 film Star Trek: Generations.

Let's see how many of our 100 people named Brent Spiner.

If it is pointless it will win you £3,000.

Let's see how many people said it.

Brent Spiner's right.

I'm not sure you were even confident

he was going to be correct but, yes, Brent Spiner, absolutely right.

Down we go through he 30s,

into he 20s, into the teens.

Are we in single figures? Yes, yes, we are.

Down we go, seven for Brent Spiner.

That's not bad, that's not bad.

-Not bad.

-Not bad!

Not bad for a first answer as well.

-Yeah.

-Let's hope you've ordered them correctly.

Oh, I don't think so. Your next answer was Anton Yelchin.

And you have gone for Anton Yelchin for the 2009 film Star Trek.

Let's see if that is right,

how many of our 100 people said Anton Yelchin.

For £3,000, is it pointless?

-It's right!

-It's right, Anton Yelchin is right.

Brent Spiner was your first answer, took us all the way down to seven.

Anton Yelchin now takes us down through the teens

and into single figures.

We're past seven, still going down.

Anton Yelchin gets to two!

Very well done indeed.

-So close!

-Oh, my goodness.

So we've gone from seven to two. This is progress.

-OK.

-Right, yeah.

How sure are you of Karl Urban?

Well, I'm doubting myself now but I just thought that that was his name.

I think he plays Bones, like, young Bones in it.

OK, well, let's have a look.

Karl Urban is your third and final answer and again,

we're looking for the 2009 Star Trek film cast.

Karl Urban, the one you thought was

your best shot at a pointless answer.

If it is pointless, it will win you £3,000.

How many people said Karl Urban?

It's right, well, Brent Spiner took us all the way down to seven.

Anton Yelchin took us all the way down to two.

Karl Urban now takes us down into single figures, passing seven,

-down to...

-Oh!

Well done.

We were so close.

You did so well.

Wow.

Oh, I'm sorry. That's unlucky.

You came so close to a pointless answer and a jackpot win there

but I'm afraid you just didn't manage to find a pointless answer.

So today's jackpot will roll over onto the next show.

But it's been fabulous having you on

and this second show has just been brilliant.

That head-to-head round is something to treasure

and that happens very, very rarely like that.

And you get a coveted Pointless trophy...

-That's what we came for.

-..to take home with you,

so, very, very well done indeed. Sara and Hannah, fantastic.

Yeah, it's very, very unlucky,

three scores in single figures there, terrific stuff.

But let's take a look, shall we, at the pointless answers

in the different categories?

Tough for the first one, I have to say.

Majel Barrett, who is Gene Roddenberry's wife,

she's a pointless answer in all three of these categories, actually.

Persis Khambatta, who plays the Deltan navigator.

Stephen Collins, who plays Willard Decker,

the new captain of the Enterprise.

Everyone pointless there apart from Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner,

DeForest Kelley who played the original Bones, George Takei,

James Doohan and Nichelle Nichols,

who I think you were thinking of going with,

would have scored you three points.

And Walter Koenig, who was Chekov, he would have scored you one.

But he was a pointless answer for the second film, Walter Koenig...

..alongside these others.

Jonathan Frakes, who directed a couple of the films.

-Oh, no!

-Oh, yes.

LeVar Burton, who fans of Big Bang Theory

will be very familiar with as well.

Malcolm McDowell, the famous English actor, was a pointless answer.

Everyone pointless there apart from Patrick Stewart, William Shatner,

Brent Spiner, Marina Sirtis and James Doohan,

James Doohan again scoring one point.

And for the final one, the 2009 film.

More scorers in this one - Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Leonard Nimoy,

Zachary Quinto, John Cho, Zoe Saldana, Bruce Greenwood, Ben Cross,

Winona Ryder and Chris Hemsworth all scored points,

as well as the two that you mentioned.

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

Thanks very much, Richard, and thank you so much, Sara and Hannah.

I'm so sorry you didn't win our jackpot today

but that will roll over onto the next show

when we will be playing for £4,000.

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.