0:00:20 > 0:00:23APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29and this is Pointless, the quiz show where the lower the score,
0:00:29 > 0:00:32the better the odds of winning. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Welcome back, Ian and Nick. You were on the show last time.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44Everyone gets two chances to reach our Pointless final. This is your second chance.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49- Remind us how you did. I seem to remember.- Do we have to remind you? - Go on, remind us how we did.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52- Tactically, we went out on the first round.- Very clever, very shrewd.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55We didn't want them to think that we were clever. Then we'll hit them.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58- We'll fool the audience. - OK, you are going to hustle us?
0:00:58 > 0:01:01- Yes.- What was it that did for you last time?
0:01:01 > 0:01:03The question!
0:01:03 > 0:01:05The Maverick question.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Oh, yes. TV detectives.
0:01:08 > 0:01:13Listen, better luck. I think you're going to go all the way to round two,
0:01:13 > 0:01:15that's my prediction for this afternoon.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Welcome to Rob and Julie. How do you two know each other?
0:01:17 > 0:01:24I met Rob when I was 17. We went out for five years, got engaged, planned the wedding, split up...
0:01:24 > 0:01:26- What?!- And now we're best friends.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31Rob introduced me to my husband on a blind date.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33- What?- It's true.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36The age-old story, isn't it(?)
0:01:36 > 0:01:40If I had a quid for every time I've heard that story...
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- Hang on, so you're best friends? - Yes.
0:01:43 > 0:01:48I bet you weren't best friends after that engagement was broken off.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Well, I moved to Manchester, so I didn't see him for
0:01:51 > 0:01:54a couple of years, but we were best friends when I got back, weren't we?
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Sort of.
0:01:56 > 0:01:57LAUGHTER
0:01:57 > 0:02:02It's great to have you on the show. Very best of luck. I look forward to hearing a bit more about all that.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04And welcome to Tom and James.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09- How do you two know each other? - We're good friends, we've known each other for about five years from when
0:02:09 > 0:02:14we used to work at a credit card company together. We worked in the collection side.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19- Chasing people up.- Bringing in the debts? Sending in the heavies. - We were collecting the money.- Wow.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23- You don't do that any more?- No. - I'm delighted to hear it. Welcome to the show.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Best of luck this afternoon. Welcome back to Karl and Lee.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29You were also on the show last time, remind us how you did.
0:02:29 > 0:02:30We lost in the head-to-head.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33So you won all the way up to the head to head.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- Yes, we won two rounds previously. - You did incredibly well.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39I think this afternoon you're going to go all the way.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41All the way to the big-money final, that's my hunch.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46We'll find out more about you through the show. There's one more person for me to introduce.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48He's a compulsive collector of obscure knowledge.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- He is my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hello.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54APPLAUSE
0:02:56 > 0:02:59We've got two very good returning pairs, I think.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Other than the fact that Ian is a teacher, and in the series,
0:03:02 > 0:03:05they have not covered themselves in glory, the teaching profession.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10Speaking of which, question two on today's show is one of those classic questions
0:03:10 > 0:03:15that everybody over 50, who went to school when they actually taught you things, is going to be brilliant at.
0:03:15 > 0:03:20And everybody under 50, where essentially all we had to do is draw pine cones,
0:03:20 > 0:03:24are going to be very, very bad at it. So it's going to split the audience.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26I'm guessing it's not a pine question?
0:03:26 > 0:03:32It's not a pine-cone question. That's question three. Draw a pine cone!
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Wow. Very good, what a show.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38We've put all our questions to 100 people before the show, but this is Pointless,
0:03:38 > 0:03:41so we're after the obscure answers that they didn't get.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43To stay in the game with a chance to win our jackpot,
0:03:43 > 0:03:45all you need to do is score as few points as you can.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50But what everyone is trying to do is find a pointless answer, an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Each time that happens, we will add £250 to today's jackpot.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02So today's jackpot starts off at £4,750.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04APPLAUSE
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Right, let's play Pointless.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16In the first round, each of you must give me one answer, and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25Our first category this afternoon is puppets.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first and who's going second?
0:04:28 > 0:04:32And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:04:39 > 0:04:45to name as many Punch and Judy characters as they could. Richard?
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Yes, the correct answers in this round are all puppet characters
0:04:48 > 0:04:51you'd find in a traditional Punch and Judy show.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56OK, right, Ian and Nick. You all drew lots before the show today, you get to go first.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01In this round I'm going to give you a choice of seven possible answers on the board in each pass.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04The first set of answers reads like this.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30At least one of those answers is pointless.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33There is at least one incorrect answer amongst those as well.
0:05:33 > 0:05:38Pick one of those and you will score the maximum 100 points. Ian?
0:05:38 > 0:05:44- It used to frighten me when I was little, Punch and Judy.- All of them?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46All of them, yes.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50I will go for the most frightening, the ghost.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Ghost?
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Let's see if it's a correct answer, and if so, how many people said it.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00It's correct.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Oh, brilliant answer!
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Great answer, Ian, two.
0:06:09 > 0:06:15- Ghost scores you two. Richard, ghost?- Yes, great start, Ian.
0:06:15 > 0:06:21Originally it was the ghost of Judy, but now it's the ghost of other, less significant characters.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25- Punch and Judy's terrible, isn't it? Or is it just me?- No, it's terrible. - Does anyone like it?
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Kids don't like it. Adults don't like it. Who's liking it?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Julie, can you stand Punch and Judy?
0:06:31 > 0:06:34I can just barely remember Punch and Judy.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Right, OK.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Looking good for the answer, then?
0:06:38 > 0:06:42There is an incorrect answer on that board, remember.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45There is also at least one pointless answer there.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49I think, because I'm a paediatric nurse,
0:06:49 > 0:06:54I think I should probably say baby. I'm sure there was a baby in it.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Let's see if it's a good answer. And if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01It's right.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05It could be a low-scorer, Julie. Down it goes.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08- 21. - APPLAUSE
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- That scores you 21. Richard? - Yes, there is a baby.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17It's Punch and Judy's baby, in fact.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Well done, Julie. 21 that scored you.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Tom - Punch and Judy?
0:07:23 > 0:07:28There's only one up there that I'm confident about, but I think it's fairly well known,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31so there's two that I'm a bit torn between.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35I've been thinking, I think I'm going to go for Scaramouche.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37You're going to say Scaramouche?
0:07:37 > 0:07:41- I am.- Apart from in the Queen song that we all know,
0:07:41 > 0:07:45- how well do you know Scaramouche? - Not well at all.
0:07:45 > 0:07:50But there's just two that I think they potentially are,
0:07:50 > 0:07:54and I'm going to go for that one. I'm going to risk it.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02It's right.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09APPLAUSE
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Brilliant answer. Scaramouche is a pointless answer.
0:08:12 > 0:08:19It adds £250 to today's jackpot, it takes our total up to £5,000. And it scores you nothing. Richard?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Yes, great answer. Very well done.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Great start. Scaramouche is a roguish clown, who Mr Punch often hits.
0:08:29 > 0:08:35That's nice, isn't it(?) He's going to be played by Jim Carrey in the Hollywood remake of Punch and Judy(!)
0:08:38 > 0:08:43Thanks very much. Karl, we're looking for Punch and Judy characters.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46I'm struggling with this one, Alex, I don't mind admitting.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49There could easily be another pointless answer on the board.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53There is definitely at least one incorrect answer on the board.
0:08:53 > 0:08:58There's obviously one up there that's quite obvious.
0:08:58 > 0:09:04I'm going to take a chance on perhaps a slightly less obvious one and go for doctor, maybe.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06You're going to go for Dr Maybe?
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Oh I see, there he is, doctor. Professor Swazzle, Dr Maybe.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Have you met? I don't know.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Dr Maybe is a slightly less certain Dr No, isn't he?
0:09:14 > 0:09:16LAUGHTER
0:09:18 > 0:09:21APPLAUSE
0:09:21 > 0:09:24There he is, doctor. Let's see if it's a correct answer.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27And if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Doc... I nearly said Doctor Maybe!
0:09:31 > 0:09:32There he is, second on the list.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Let's see if he's a correct answer, and if he is, how many people said it. Doctor.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39It is correct.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49APPLAUSE
0:09:51 > 0:09:55- Very good answer, Karl, scores you three.- Yes, doctor, very good.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57He is actually called Dr Duck, his full name.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59That's nice, isn't it?
0:09:59 > 0:10:02It's a whole world I have no knowledge of.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04You're a very lucky man.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Let's go through the rest of the board, shall we?
0:10:06 > 0:10:09There is an incorrect answer, and there is still a pointless.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14There's another pointless answer up there. The policeman is obviously a character in Punch and Judy.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17He would have scored you 45 points, so well avoided, everyone.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Out of those two, which do you think is pointless?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24- Blind man.- That's exactly right.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29Blind man is a pointless answer, so well done if you got that at home. It would have added £250 to the jackpot.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32The incorrect answer is Professor Swazzle.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36The swazzle is a thing that a Punch and Judy puppeteer has in his mouth to do Punch's voice.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38They also call themselves professors.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Even though they don't have qualifications from any accredited universities.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43As far as I'm aware.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46OK, let's take a look at the scores halfway through the round.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50It seems as good a time as any to see how everyone is doing.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Well, Rob and Julie, 21, I thought was a pretty good score.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56It turns out it's a rubbish score.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59You're way ahead of the field there.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Karl and Lee, not bad on three.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Ian and Nick, not bad on two.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Tom and James, fantastic pointless answer there.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:11:13 > 0:11:17We'll put seven more answers on the board. We are looking for Punch and Judy characters.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19And we have got...
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Again, I can tell you there's at least one pointless answer, and at least one incorrect answer.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48Lee, Karl did very well, scored three for you in the first pass.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53You have to score 17 or less with your answer to avoid becoming the highest scorers.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58- How good is your Punch and Judy? - I know Punch and Judy and that's about it.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Yes, tough, isn't it?
0:12:02 > 0:12:05I think I remember seeing a crocodile in it, so that's what I'm going for.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Crocodile you're going to say. Third on the list.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09You think you've seen a crocodile?
0:12:09 > 0:12:12I think so.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16In Punch and Judy, not just in a zoo or whatever.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20- Blackburn, though, plenty of those around(!)- A few snappy people.
0:12:20 > 0:12:25There's your red line. Come below that red line, you're through to the next round.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30Let's see if crocodile gets you there, and if it's a correct answer, how many people said it.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33It's right.
0:12:36 > 0:12:4042 that scores you, giving you a total of 45.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42- Richard, crocodile? - That's the biggest score yet.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47The crocodile is actually a fairly recent arrival in Punch and Judy, it's only 100 years old.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51- Punch and Judy being something over 350 years old.- There we are.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53So, crocodile scoring you 42.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Who would have thought?
0:12:55 > 0:12:58James, you are currently on nothing.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Tom scored a fantastic pointless answer.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04- Do you know Punch and Judy? - Not at all.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06You've never seen a Punch and Judy show?
0:13:06 > 0:13:11No, I've heard of them, obviously, but that's about as far as my knowledge goes.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14I think one sounds like a Womble, so I'm not going to go for that one.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17I'm going to say hangman.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20- Hangman?- Yes. - Sounds sort of right, doesn't it?
0:13:20 > 0:13:22That sounds about right, yes.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Sort of macabre Punch and Judy kind of world, hangman. OK, let's see if that's correct.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32There is your red line, and if you come below that, score 44 or less, you're through to the next round.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Let's see if hangman is right, and if it is, how many people said it.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39It's right.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Well done.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46Very good answer.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49APPLAUSE
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Only one person knew hangman. That scores you one. Richard?
0:13:52 > 0:13:57Yes, very good answer. The hangman's real name is Jack Ketch after a real hangman.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01They used to hang Punch at the end of each show.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03That was the end, the big show-stopping finale.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05They would hang him by the neck until dead.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09And then briefly he would hang the hangman, that was the twist they put on it.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14And then it says here they stopped doing it somewhere around the abolition of the death penalty.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16So it started being less popular.
0:14:16 > 0:14:21Rob... You were the high scorers, you are no longer the high scorers.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Karl and Lee have taken that mantle.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27You're on 21. You want to score 23 or less with your answer.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29I vaguely remember these as a youngster.
0:14:29 > 0:14:30Vaguely.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34I actually remembered the hangman. But unfortunately that's gone.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36There's still a pointless answer,
0:14:36 > 0:14:38at least one pointless answer on that board.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41I'm going to take a bit of a stab. I think Signor Bologna.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42Signor Bologna.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45He should have been in there.
0:14:45 > 0:14:52There's your red line. Below that red line and you are through to the next round, Rob and Julie.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Let's see if it's a correct answer, Signor Bologna, and if it is, how many people said it.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Unfortunately that is an incorrect answer which scores you the maximum
0:15:04 > 0:15:07of 100 points, taking your total up to 121. Richard?
0:15:07 > 0:15:12Yes, sorry, Rob, but Signor Bologna was the first ever puppeteer
0:15:12 > 0:15:15to do a Punch and Judy show in London in 1662.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19- It's recorded in Samuel Pepys's diary.- As rubbish!- Yeah.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21LAUGHTER
0:15:21 > 0:15:26"9th May, saw Punch and Judy, terrible, won't last."
0:15:26 > 0:15:28OK, thank you very much.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31So we're looking for Punch and Judy characters.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36Nick and Ian, the good news is you're through to the next round.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39No matter what you score, you are still through to the next round.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Even if you score 100 points, you still won't overtake Rob and Julie.
0:15:44 > 0:15:49Nick, bearing all that in mind, at least one of the incorrect answers has gone from the board.
0:15:49 > 0:15:54There's got to be a pointless in there somewhere. See if you can find it and add £250 to the jackpot.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58I have never, ever seen Punch and Judy. It's a sickening fact.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01But I'm going to go with Pretty Polly.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Pretty Polly.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06OK. Let's see if it's a pointless answer.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10Let's see if it's correct and how many people said it, Pretty Polly.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14It's right.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22It's a pointless answer, well done!
0:16:22 > 0:16:23APPLAUSE
0:16:23 > 0:16:25That adds £250 to today's jackpot,
0:16:25 > 0:16:27taking the total up to
0:16:27 > 0:16:30£5,250 and it scores you nothing,
0:16:30 > 0:16:33leaving you with a total of two.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35- Richard?- Brilliant, well done, Nick.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Pretty Polly, in the early days of Punch and Judy, was a love interest for Mr Punch.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42And now rarely seen. I suspect that Judy's had a word.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44LAUGHTER
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Let's take a look at the board for some other things you should've said.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52Toby the dog is a Punch and Judy character. That would have scored you 11 points.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Used to be a live dog in the early days of Punch and Judy.
0:16:55 > 0:17:00- A live dog on stage. - A tiny one - on a stick? Probably.
0:17:00 > 0:17:01Clown,
0:17:01 > 0:17:03there's a clown in Punch and Judy
0:17:03 > 0:17:05called Joey after Joey Grimaldi.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07That would have scored three. And Finnigan.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Do you think that's incorrect?
0:17:09 > 0:17:12No, there's a famous Judy Finnigan. That's probably what you've got.
0:17:12 > 0:17:13Yes, we have to own up.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Yes, Judy Finnigan.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18That's an incorrect answer and would have scored you 100 points.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20OK, thank you very much, Richard.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24So at the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score, it's Rob and Julie.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25AUDIENCE GROAN
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Dear, oh, dear. Punch and Judy, not the category you wanted at all.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33Or puppets, probably, for that matter. The entirety of the puppet repertoire.
0:17:33 > 0:17:38- What would you like to have come up, Rob?- Sport, probably.- Julie?- Um...
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Something to do with words, maybe.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- The English language. - English language.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46We'll be seeing you next time because everybody gets two shots at Pointless,
0:17:46 > 0:17:48but thanks very much for playing,
0:17:48 > 0:17:50you've been great contestants, thank you.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52APPLAUSE
0:17:52 > 0:17:55For the remaining three pairs, it's time for round two.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05It's now time to find out which of our teams will be going through to the head-to-head
0:18:05 > 0:18:07for the chance to reach the Pointless final.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10OK, the category for round two is...
0:18:10 > 0:18:13history.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14History.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Karl's grinning broadly.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:18:21 > 0:18:24And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29And the question is ...
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Famous military events and their conflicts.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39In this round, we're about to show you the names of some famous military events.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44We gave 100 people 100 seconds to tell us the conflict or war in which they occurred. Richard?
0:18:44 > 0:18:47We'll show you a series of military events.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49You've got to tell us which war or conflict they occurred in.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52The easy ones obviously will score a lot of points.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57The harder ones will score you very few points. And we're not looking for the names of battles,
0:18:57 > 0:19:02we're looking for the war or the conflict that these events occurred in.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06OK, good luck. The first six are...
0:19:18 > 0:19:21OK.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31We're looking for the conflict or war these events occurred in.
0:19:31 > 0:19:32Ian?
0:19:32 > 0:19:37Right, I will go for the Battle of Edgehill.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41- OK.- It was in the English Civil War.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43The Battle of Edgehill, English Civil War.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45There it is, one up from the bottom.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:19:46 > 0:19:50let's see how many people knew that answer, Battle of Edgehill, Civil War.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53It's right.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Good answer, Ian.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05That scores you 13 points. Richard?
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Yes, very well done. The first great battle of the English Civil War in 1642
0:20:09 > 0:20:14which everybody over 50 will know and everybody under 50 will be going, "We had a civil war?!"
0:20:14 > 0:20:16LAUGHTER
0:20:16 > 0:20:21Thank you very much, Richard. James, we are looking for the conflict
0:20:21 > 0:20:24or war that these events occurred in.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26- How good's your history, James? - It's not.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28It's my worst category ever.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31I just have no interest whatsoever in it.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36I've heard of Charge of the Light Brigade so I'm going to go for that and I'm going to say World War I.
0:20:36 > 0:20:42OK. Very slight sort of reaction from the audience there. I'm not quite sure how to describe it.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Something between a tut and a "mmm".
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Not sounding good, is it?
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Charge of the Light Brigade, you're saying World War I.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people knew that answer.
0:20:56 > 0:21:03Unfortunately that is an incorrect answer, which means you've scored a maximum of 100 points. Richard?
0:21:03 > 0:21:07The over-fifties now throwing things at the television screen.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11I won't say where it occurred just in case Karl and Lee want to have a go.
0:21:11 > 0:21:18Karl. We are looking for the conflicts or wars that these famous military events took place in.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Karl, your history's pretty good, isn't it?
0:21:20 > 0:21:25I do know where Charge of the Light Brigade was, but I think that might score quite highly,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28so I'm going to go for one which hopefully will score a little less.
0:21:28 > 0:21:33Although not 100% sure, but I think the Battle of Ypres might have been World War I.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35The Battle of Ypres, World War I.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39OK, let's see if that's correct and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42It's right.
0:21:47 > 0:21:4845, that scores you.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50The Battle of Ypres.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55- Richard?- It was indeed World War I, a mere 60 years after the Charge of the Light Brigade.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Around the Belgian town of Ypres.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Let's fill in the rest of them. Charge of the Light Brigade was in the Crimean War,
0:22:02 > 0:22:03would have scored you 20 points.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05D-Day of course is the Second World War,
0:22:05 > 0:22:09would have scored you the highest points of 75.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10Remember the siege of Carthage?
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Trojan War, I'd say.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14It wasn't, it was the Punic War.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Or the Third Punic War. Would've scored you seven points.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19And the Battle of Kowloon
0:22:19 > 0:22:22was a pointless answer so well done if you got that.
0:22:22 > 0:22:27- Any clues?- Is this our great, our proudest moment, our Opium Wars against China? Is that it?
0:22:27 > 0:22:29It was indeed. It's the Opium Wars.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Very well done if you got that at home. Very well done you.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39A wide-ranging board, as I always like to say.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Tom and James way out ahead there on 100.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Bad luck, James.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47- But Tom, how good is your history, Tom?- It's OK.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48He's really good at history.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53Well, let's hope he's good enough to save your hides on the next pass.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Ian and Nick looking very, very strong there.
0:22:56 > 0:22:5813, great answer from Ian. And Karl and Lee, 45.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Somewhere in the middle.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:23:06 > 0:23:09OK, we're going to put six more names of famous military events
0:23:09 > 0:23:11on the board. Here's your second six.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37We're looking for the conflict or war in which these events occurred
0:23:37 > 0:23:41and you're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Lee. You're good at this, Lee.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- Not really, no.- Aren't you?- No.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48Well, listen, you're on 45.
0:23:48 > 0:23:54To avoid becoming the high scorers, you want to be scoring 54 or less with this answer. Hmm.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57The Battle of Britain, I've heard of that.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01- Yes?- World War II.- OK.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Here's your red line. If Battle of Britain, World War II,
0:24:03 > 0:24:07gets you below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12OK, let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said it.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14It's correct.
0:24:16 > 0:24:1967 people said that.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20APPLAUSE
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Yes, it was, of course, summer and autumn, 1940.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27Never have so many points been scored by so many people and so few questions.
0:24:29 > 0:24:34And that gives you a total of 112.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Tom, your moment of glory.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38You are currently on 100.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40The high scorers are now Lee and Karl on 112.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43If you score 11 or less, you are definitely through to the next round.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48I can see which ones would be the obscure ones but they're too obscure for me as well.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Right.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54I've going to have to go for the Battle of Gettysburg, part of the American Civil War.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Battle of Gettysburg. You're saying American Civil War.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Here comes your red line.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02If you get below that, you are definitely through
0:25:02 > 0:25:04to the next round.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Gettysburg, American Civil War.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14It is correct.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20APPLAUSE
0:25:20 > 0:25:24That scores you 41 and takes you up to 141. Richard?
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Yes, another popular answer.
0:25:27 > 0:25:321863, the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, where the North won over the South.
0:25:32 > 0:25:38We are looking for famous military events and their conflicts. We're looking for the conflicts or wars
0:25:38 > 0:25:40that these military events came from. Nick?
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- Hello.- You are on 13. It doesn't matter what you answer.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Anything you say, you are through to the next round.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51- It's getting familiar, this. - Yes. Again, very lucky.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55I'm struggling big stylee. I knew two and that was those two.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57I'm going to go with a complete guess, so don't laugh.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01The Battle of Tewkesbury, War Of the Roses.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Battle of Tewkesbury, War of the Roses.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Ian is making the face of someone who goes, "Oh my goodness!"
0:26:07 > 0:26:10The Battle of Tewkesbury, War of the Roses, you're saying.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14Let's see it that's a correct answer and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18It's right.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Fantastic. That scores four.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28It gives you a total of 17. A great answer, Nick.
0:26:31 > 0:26:331471, Battle of Tewkesbury.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37Very good. You're the only person under 50 that will know that in the country.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40- I'm proud.- Let's take a look at the rest of the board.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43There's the Battle of Trafalgar there and the Tet Offensive.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46The Tet Offensive would have scored you more points.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50The Tet Offensive has been in films about Vietnam, I should think.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54I guess so, the Vietnam War. It would have scored you 23 points.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57And the Battle of Trafalgar would have scored you 17.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01Part of the Napoleonic Wars. Do you know the Defenestration of Prague?
0:27:01 > 0:27:03- I don't know. - Only one person knew it.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05It is from the Thirty Years' War.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- The Defenestration of Prague. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11At the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score,
0:27:11 > 0:27:14I'm afraid it's Tom and James. Oh dear, oh dear.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Tom, what would have been your preferred category in this round?
0:27:17 > 0:27:20What would you have dazzled us in?
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Well, I knew the obscure answers to the first round of that history one,
0:27:23 > 0:27:26so I think I'd have been better going first.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- All right.- I'm normally quite good at history, so...
0:27:29 > 0:27:32- Just these were campaigns you didn't know so well?- No.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33Went in the wrong order, I'm afraid.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38- Did you know the Charge of the Light Brigade?- Yes, and the Punic Wars.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Ah! James? Pine cones.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Next time, it'll be pine cones.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45I'll probably do better with that.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47We'll see you again next time.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Thanks very much for playing. You've been great contestants, thank you.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54APPLAUSE
0:27:54 > 0:28:00For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting now as we go head-to-head.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06So we've already said goodbye to two teams.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10It's time to find out which of our pairs will be playing for the jackpot,
0:28:10 > 0:28:14which currently stands at £5,250!
0:28:14 > 0:28:16APPLAUSE
0:28:19 > 0:28:22So well done, Ian, Nick, Lee and Karl.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26You're now going head-to-head on the best of three questions and you're now allowed to confer.
0:28:26 > 0:28:31You have to come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair to win that question.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35The first pair to win two points will be through to today's final to play for the jackpot.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Let's play Pointless.
0:28:40 > 0:28:46OK, here's your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:28:46 > 0:28:51as many things mentioned in the song Do-Re-Mi as they could.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Richard?
0:28:53 > 0:28:58We're looking for any of the seven lines used by Maria to describe the musical notes in Do-Re-Mi
0:28:58 > 0:29:02from the Sound of Music. Which of those is the most obscure?
0:29:02 > 0:29:07Ian and Nick, because you've played best throughout the show so far, you get to go first.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11We are looking for things mentioned in the song Do-Re-Mi.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14- Are you fans of the Sound of Music? - Actually, I've never watched it.
0:29:14 > 0:29:19- Never watched it?- I've never watched the Sound Of Music. - Never watched it. Nick?- No.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21What do you do every Christmas?!
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Watch The Great Escape.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Oh, the other side, yes.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29Of course, there are several channels on the telly, aren't there?
0:29:29 > 0:29:32We're looking for things in the song Do-Re-Mi.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36This is going to be hilarious.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Two people who pride themselves on never having seen the Sound of Music.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42I shall go for...
0:29:42 > 0:29:47"la", a note to follow..."so".
0:29:49 > 0:29:55- OK, "la", a note to follow... It sounds like a character from Punch and Judy, doesn't it?- Mm.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59"La", a note to follow "so", say Ian and Nick.
0:29:59 > 0:30:04Lee and Karl, you two for me epitomise fans of Julie Andrews
0:30:04 > 0:30:08and the Sound of Music.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11- You know the words to this song. - I do.- I don't.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Yes, you do. Come on, you do. Come on.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18- You all right going for what I say? - Go for whatever you're going to say.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22I'd like to say "tea, a drink with jam and bread", I believe they say.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Tea, I believe it's a drink with jam and bread. I could be wrong.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27That's what you are saying.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Let's take those answers in the order that they have been given.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Ian and Nick gave me a note to follow "so". Let's see if that's correct and if so,
0:30:33 > 0:30:35how many people said it.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40Well, it's right.
0:30:43 > 0:30:4524.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48APPLAUSE
0:30:48 > 0:30:52Is that a good score for a note to follow "so"?
0:30:52 > 0:30:53Better than I expected.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Lee and Karl have given me a drink with jam and bread.
0:30:58 > 0:30:59Let's see how many people said that.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Well, it is correct.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Oh!
0:31:09 > 0:31:13APPLAUSE
0:31:13 > 0:31:1728. So after the first question, it is one-nil to Ian and Nick. Richard?
0:31:17 > 0:31:20You actually gave us the best two answers, guys.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22You couldn't have beaten "la a note to follow so", I'm afraid.
0:31:22 > 0:31:27You see we've already had the best two, a note to follow "so" and a drink with jam and bread.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Sew, a needle pulling thread was 37.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Ray, a drop of golden sun, 50.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Far, a long, long way to run, 53.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37Me, a name I call myself, 54.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41And right at the top of the list doe, a deer, a female deer on 63.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45OK, thank you, Richard. Here is your second question.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:31:51 > 0:31:54..portraits on US banknotes as they could.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Portraits on US banknotes. Richard.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01We're looking for any of the seven people whose image appears on
0:32:01 > 0:32:05a banknote in general circulation in the USA as of April 2010.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07And we need first names and surnames, please.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11So, Ian and Nick, obviously you're one-nil up at this point.
0:32:11 > 0:32:16Lee and Karl, you mustn't let them get this point, or they are straight through to the final.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23OK, Karl and Lee, you've arrived at an answer.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Is this a confident answer?
0:32:26 > 0:32:27- No, most certainly not.- Right.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30We're taking a gamble, I think.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34We think we are going to go for FDR - Franklin D Roosevelt.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37Franklin D Roosevelt you are saying, OK.
0:32:37 > 0:32:43Ian and Nick, we've had Franklin D Roosevelt from Karl and Lee.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47- What are you going to give me? - I thought Jackson,
0:32:47 > 0:32:50- but I can't think of his first name. So...- Michael.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53LAUGHTER
0:32:57 > 0:33:02Right, I'm going for what I think is on the 100 bill, Benjamin Franklin.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Benjamin Franklin, OK.
0:33:05 > 0:33:10So Franklin D Roosevelt and Benjamin Franklin are our two answers.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14Let's take them in the order they were given. Lee and Karl said Franklin D Roosevelt.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17Let's see if that is correct and if it is, how many people said it.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26Bad luck. I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer,
0:33:26 > 0:33:32which means Ian and Nick merely have to get this right to be through to the final.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Benjamin Franklin. Let's see if it's right.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40It is right.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Low score. Look at that, 16.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47APPLAUSE
0:33:50 > 0:33:54So that means after just two questions, Ian and Nick are through
0:33:54 > 0:33:57to the final two-nil. Richard.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Yeah, very good answer. Benjamin Franklin is on the 100 bill.
0:34:00 > 0:34:05- Hence the hip-hop expression, "It's all about the Benjamins." - That's where it comes from.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09- Yeah, all about the Benjamin Franklins.- I always wonder when they say that to me.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11LAUGHTER
0:34:11 > 0:34:15All about the Benjamins, Zander. And I say yes, yes.
0:34:15 > 0:34:20Let's take a look at... There are seven people who are on bills that are in general circulation.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24If you got all of these, very well done, because there are some very obscure ones.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27Alexander Hamilton, who was the first Secretary of the Treasury,
0:34:27 > 0:34:29he is on the 10 bill.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Ulysses S Grant is on the 50.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33It was Andrew Jackson, rather than Michael,
0:34:33 > 0:34:35and it would have scored you one point.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37So it wouldn't have been a very good answer.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Jefferson is on the very rare 2 bill.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41Thomas Jefferson would have scored you three.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44Benjamin Franklin there on the 100 bill would have scored 16.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48Abraham Lincoln is on the 5 bill, would have scored you 37.
0:34:48 > 0:34:53And George Washington is on the dollar bill and would have scored you 43 points.
0:34:53 > 0:34:59Very good. Well, Karl, Lee, you have come through to the head-to-head not once, twice.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02Sadly you get nothing for that, apart from just the kudos of having
0:35:02 > 0:35:05come through to the head-to-head not once but twice.
0:35:05 > 0:35:10But it's been fabulous having you on show. I'm so sorry you haven't managed to get through to the final.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13But great contestants. Thanks very much for coming.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16APPLAUSE
0:35:16 > 0:35:21For Ian and Nick it is now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £5,250.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28Congratulations, Ian and Nick. You've fought off all the competition
0:35:28 > 0:35:30and won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35APPLAUSE
0:35:38 > 0:35:40You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:40 > 0:35:46At the end of today's show the jackpot stands at an impressive £5,250.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48APPLAUSE
0:35:50 > 0:35:54The rules are very simple. To win that money all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57That is an answer that no one else could think of.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01We've had two pointless answers on the show. You have to find one more to go home with that money.
0:36:01 > 0:36:06First you've got to choose a category from these three options, and your choices are...
0:36:12 > 0:36:16Well... There's only one there, isn't it?
0:36:16 > 0:36:17It's darts.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21- What?- Big darts players(!)
0:36:21 > 0:36:23It's got to be world geography, really.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25- Yes.- World geography.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29OK, right, well, let's find out what the question is.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:36:32 > 0:36:37to name as many countries on the Equator as they could.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Countries on the equator. Richard.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44We are looking for any country whose territory is crossed by or whose islands straddle the equator.
0:36:47 > 0:36:53Right you are. You have up to one minute to come up with three answers and all you need to win that £5,250
0:36:53 > 0:36:56is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Your 60 seconds start now.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Right, what do you want to go for?
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Somalia.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Somalia, yes. African countries - which ones?
0:37:09 > 0:37:12- I'm trying to think. I think Congo. - Congo, yeah.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Somalia, Congo.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21- Any in Asia? - I think the Philippines, it goes through the Philippines.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23No, it misses India.
0:37:24 > 0:37:29- 30 seconds.- Higher is it? - Yes, definitely Ecuador and Brazil. - Any in North Africa?
0:37:29 > 0:37:31No.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33- Congo.- Malta?
0:37:33 > 0:37:37- Actually it goes through Kenya. - Kenya.- Try that as well.- Kenya. - Kenya. Somalia.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Kenya, Somalia, Congo.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42Anything else?
0:37:42 > 0:37:47- As you can see, I'm a big help(!) - Good finger work, though.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51- I think it goes through Singapore, but I'm not sure about that. - So Congo, Somalia, Kenya.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53- Kenya.- Right.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57OK, your minute is up.
0:37:59 > 0:38:04Which of those answers are you going to corral into your three?
0:38:04 > 0:38:09There's three, I've been to one. I have actually stood on the Equator, so I'm going to go for that one.
0:38:09 > 0:38:14We'll do Kenya, we'll do Congo and I know it just clips the bottom of Somalia.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18Which of those do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:18 > 0:38:19- Somalia.- Somalia.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22We will put that one last. Which one shall we put first?
0:38:22 > 0:38:24- Kenya?- Congo.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Or Kenya. Kenya definitely.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29OK, Kenya, Congo, Somalia. We'll put them up in that order.
0:38:35 > 0:38:40There they are. We were looking for countries on the Equator. OK.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Beginning to regret those now, but...
0:38:42 > 0:38:46- You are now thinking of others you should have put in there? - No, I think we'll stick with those.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50The other ones I'm not terribly sure about.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54Philippines, I think there's that one, it might even be Singapore. I'm not sure.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57OK, well, this was the least confident answer you gave.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00You only need one of these to be pointless.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04Let's see how many people said Kenya and if it is a correct answer. Kenya.
0:39:07 > 0:39:12So there it is, Kenya, this is your first shot at a pointless answer
0:39:12 > 0:39:15for that jackpot of £5,250.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17It has to do all the way down to zero.
0:39:17 > 0:39:2015 people said Kenya.
0:39:22 > 0:39:27Yes, 15 people said Kenya, so unfortunately it's not a pointless answer.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30But that was your least confident answer, as you said.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33You have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35What would you spend £5,250 on?
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Well, he owes me it anyway.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40- LAUGHTER - Really?
0:39:40 > 0:39:42- Yeah, pretty much.- Comics?
0:39:42 > 0:39:47Comics. And my friend's cycling across America for charity. So I'd go meet him in Miami.
0:39:47 > 0:39:52- I thought you were going to say, "I'll sponsor him."- No!
0:39:52 > 0:39:56"Yes, well, I'll probably go to Vegas, meet him in Vegas maybe,
0:39:56 > 0:39:59"have a bit of fun there."
0:39:59 > 0:40:03OK, we're looking for countries that are on the Equator.
0:40:03 > 0:40:08This is your second answer. You are a little more confident in this than you were on Kenya. Congo.
0:40:10 > 0:40:15That's what you said. Congo. This has to be a pointless answer if you are to win that £5,250.
0:40:15 > 0:40:20Let's see if it's correct. Let's how many people said the Congo.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23It's right.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29Your second of three chances to win £5,250.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Kenya scored 15.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Down it goes still.
0:40:33 > 0:40:34Oh, six!
0:40:34 > 0:40:35GROANING
0:40:35 > 0:40:38APPLAUSE
0:40:38 > 0:40:43Congo, I'm afraid is not a pointless answer. It's all going in the right direction, though. 15 down to six.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47- It's looking very good for Somalia on that trajectory.- We hope.
0:40:47 > 0:40:53You only have one final chance to win that £5,250. Cross all those fingers.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57We are looking for countries on the Equator. You said this was your most confident answer.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01This is your last chance. It has to be pointless for you to win that money.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05You said Somalia.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09You say right down at the bottom of Somalia the Equator crosses it.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- It clips just a little bit. - It clips just a little bit.
0:41:12 > 0:41:17Let's hope no one on that little bit it clips was amongst our 100 people polled.
0:41:19 > 0:41:24Let's see if it's correct, and then let's see if anybody said it.
0:41:24 > 0:41:25Somalia.
0:41:30 > 0:41:31Well, it's right.
0:41:31 > 0:41:36It's right. We had 15 with Kenya, we had six with Congo.
0:41:36 > 0:41:41This has to go all the way down to nothing for you to win that £5,250 and it goes...
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Oh! No!
0:41:45 > 0:41:46Oh!
0:41:46 > 0:41:50Bad luck. Oh, no!
0:41:50 > 0:41:52It's a brilliant answer, Somalia.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58You didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,
0:41:58 > 0:42:02so you don't win today's jackpot of £5,250, so that rolls over to the next show.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06But you have been fantastic and you do get to take home our Pointless trophy.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08APPLAUSE
0:42:08 > 0:42:12- Richard, what answers should they have gone for? - They were three good answers.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15You would have to dig deep to get the pointless ones.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18There are three pointless answers. Any of these would have won you the money.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21There is an island group in the Pacific, Kiribati,
0:42:21 > 0:42:22would have won you the money.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26The Maldives would have won you the money. And the smallest country
0:42:26 > 0:42:31in Africa, Sao Tome and Principe, also would have won you the jackpot.
0:42:31 > 0:42:32I did think those.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34LAUGHTER
0:42:34 > 0:42:37I said all three. Yeah. Yeah.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40- Whilst I was listing.- Does that make it any easier, seeing them?
0:42:40 > 0:42:43- No.- I would have liked to see what the Philippines was actually.
0:42:43 > 0:42:48- That's not on the Equator. - Oh, good job I didn't play it.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to Ian and Nick, but you have been fantastic contestants.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55It has been wonderful having you, and you have atoned for
0:42:55 > 0:42:57all the other teachers we have had on the show
0:42:57 > 0:43:01by performing fantastically well right the way through to the final.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04Sorry you didn't win the jackpot, but thank you very much for playing.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08APPLAUSE
0:43:08 > 0:43:10So nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over,
0:43:10 > 0:43:15which means on the next show we will be playing for £6,250.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17APPLAUSE
0:43:19 > 0:43:21Join us next time to see if someone can win it.
0:43:21 > 0:43:26- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye. - And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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