Episode 22 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong. This is Pointless,

the quiz show where points are to be avoided if the prize is to be won.

Let's meet today's players.

Welcome, Anne and Janet, our first pair on the show. How do you know each other?

We met nine years ago at a drama course in Lampeter, Wales.

We shared an interest in gin and tonics and shopping!

What do you do first, the gin and tonics, then the shopping, or the shopping, then the gin?

-Generally combined.

-Just take the gin and tonic round with you as you shop!

Welcome to the show. I hope you enjoy it. Best of luck.

Welcome back, Rob and Julie. You were on last time.

Everyone has two chances to reach our final. Remind us how you did last time?

-Not too well. We didn't get past the first round.

-You didn't. What was it?

It was a high-brow question about Punch and Judy!

Best of luck this afternoon.

Tom and James, also on the show last time. This is your second shot at the Pointless final.

-How did you do?

-Quite well in the first round, got a pointless answer.

But then it went rapidly downhill.

-It was battles and their conflicts.

-Yes, that's right.

-Well, we've done that. It won't be coming back.

-Good!

Best of luck. Finally we've got Tandeka and Selicia. How do you know each other?

-We're sisters and we live together in London.

-Very good.

-What do you do, Tandeka?

-I'm a manager of a store.

-Is this a clothing store?

-A clothes store.

-A clothes store.

-A boutique, actually!

I beg its pardon!

A boutique.

-Selicia, how about you?

-I work in marketing for events.

-What sort of events?

-Concerts.

-The best sort of events.

-Yeah!

-Best of luck this afternoon.

We'll find out more about all of you during the show.

One more person, the man with obscurity coursing through his very veins!

He is my Pointless friend, Richard.

Hello!

What sort of show have we got today, Richard?

We have two returning pairs who got knocked out in rounds one and two last time,

so I think the field is wide open!

Can't say better than that! We put all our questions to 100 people before the show,

but we want the obscure answers that they didn't get.

To stay in with a chance to win our jackpot, our players need to score as few points as they can.

But everyone's trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time this happens, if it happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at an unbelievable £6,250.

Very good. Let's play Pointless!

In the first round, each of you must give me one answer, and you cannot confer.

The team with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.

Be careful. If anyone gives me an incorrect answer,

then you score the maximum of 100 points. OK.

Our first category this afternoon is...

There it is. The natural world.

Decide in your pairs who's going first and who's going second.

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

Let's see what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many RSPB top 25 garden birds as they could.

-Richard?

-Good news.

-Top birds.

We're looking for any of the 25 most popular birds seen in British gardens.

The birds you'd normally see at home in a British garden. The top 25

according to the RSPB's 2010 big garden bird watch list.

Anne and Janet, you drew lots before the show and you get to go first.

Anne, I think you might be quite comfortable in this arena.

Well, perhaps, yes, I do see the odd birds from the window.

-Yeah.

-As you're pouring glasses of gin...

-Exactly, yes.

Leafing through catalogues on the phone to Janet.

"Oh, page 25 has got a nice..."

-Exactly.

-"That's nice. Oh, there's a bird out there."

You know, that's so accurate!

Absolutely. I live in Epsom and we get some strange birds in Surrey.

But I doubt they'd be on the RSPB list.

So, I'm looking forward to a good bird!

Righty-ho. I'm going for one that's certainly a lot in our garden.

-And that is a woodpecker.

-A woodpecker.

-Yes.

I'm going to have to ask you to be a bit more specific.

-About the type of woodpecker?

-The type of woodpecker.

-Green.

-You're going with green woodpecker.

-A green woodpecker, yes.

A green woodpecker. Let's see if that's a correct answer, and if so,

how many people said it - green woodpecker.

Oh, bad luck, Anne. Apparently, green woodpecker is an incorrect answer

which means you scored a maximum of 100 points. Richard?

-Green woodpecker.

-Green woodpecker was a long way down the list away from the top 25.

-Perhaps more popular in Surrey than the rest of the country.

-Probably.

Julie. We're looking for the RSPB's top 25 garden birds.

I spend a lot of time in the garden, but I've never looked at the birds!

-Um...

-I reckon there's a good few in that top 25 that you will know very well.

-There's some I've heard of, I've no idea if they're popular or not. I'll go for a chaffinch.

-Chaffinch.

Excellent. Let's see if it's correct and if so, how many people said it. Chaffinch.

It's right, Julie.

Down it goes.

Very good answer, Julie. Look at that, eight.

Brilliant.

Chaffinch scores eight, Richard.

Yes, a very common bird but a very low score.

Known around the country by various names including whitewing, scoppie

and flecky flocker.

Tom, we're looking for the RSPB's top 25 garden birds.

I'm not a huge birdwatcher.

What's a huge birdwatcher?

I thought you were talking about Bill Oddie. Something massive!

Bill Oddie like Brian Blessed with a pair of binoculars.

-Are you any kind of a birdwatcher?

-No, not at all.

But I do know a few birds.

LAUGHTER

It's the gift that keeps on giving, this round!

I think I'm going to go for swallow.

You're going for swallow.

You hope this will score you as few points as possible.

Swallow surely made it into the top 25.

If so, how many people said it?

No!

Unfortunately it's an incorrect answer. You score a maximum 100 points.

Great news for Anne and Janet, though.

Bad news for Tom and James. Swallow, Richard?

-Not in the top 25?

-It's not a common garden bird in the UK, the swallow.

It has high name recognition.

Maybe it's only cos it's on tour, the swallow.

It's a touring bird - well, migratory bird is probably the word

I was reaching for, there.

They're just fair-weather friends, swallows.

They spend most of the time out of the country.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Bad luck, Tom.

Selicia.

Think of a nice obscure bird. Have you got a garden, Selicia?

Yeah, I have, yeah.

Do you hear birds in it?

In London, they're considered vermin, the birds we get!

I wouldn't call them birds!

Pick a really obscure bird from your garden.

-OK. Um, thrush.

-OK.

I have to ask you to be more specific.

-I'm going to make one up.

-OK.

Red!

I love how long you thought about that and then how quickly you said it!

Red. OK. Let's see if it's correct and if so how many people said it.

The red thrush.

Bad luck. I'm afraid that also is an incorrect answer,

which means you score 100 points.

-Rich?

-The red thrush is not one of the top 25 most popular birds in Britain.

You heard it here first!

OK. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

There's not a lot between them!

Tell you what, Rob and Julie, you're looking great!

Chaffinch was a brilliant answer, as it turns out.

Otherwise, it's hundreds all round.

This is one of the highest-scoring first rounds we've ever had.

Janet, James and Tandeka, you've got a job to do.

It's all down to you in the second part.

OK, can the second players take their places at the podium.

So, Tandeka.

You're currently on 100, which sounds like a lot,

but pretty much everyone else is also on 100.

We're looking for the RSPB's top 25 garden birds.

We want a nice obscure one.

I'm going to say magpie cos it's the only one I can think of.

-I don't know birds.

-OK. Magpie.

Because you're all joint high scorers, there's no red line for you.

You just have to hope that magpie scores nice and low.

Is magpie a correct answer, and if so, how many people said it?

It's right.

23, Tandeka.

A good answer.

That takes your total up to 123.

-Richard?

-A correct answer, which is lovely to see.

Magpie is in that top 25. However, the red magpie wouldn't have been!

We'd have disallowed that!

Right. James and Tom. You have to score 22 or less with this, James.

I'm just going to try and get one right. That seems to be the gist of things.

I'll say starling.

-Starling?

-Yes.

-OK, you get a red line. There it is.

If you score 22 or less with starling, you're definitely through to the next round.

Did starling make it to the top 25 and if so, how many people said it?

It's there.

Not a bad answer.

32 that scores you, taking your score to 132.

Richard. Starling.

Very good answer. Very common in the UK.

Also very common in the US. There are 200 million starlings there.

All descended from 100 starlings that were released in Central Park.

Someone tried to introduce every bird mentioned by Shakespeare.

God, that's just poetic, isn't it?

-100 starlings.

-Yeah.

-Right.

Rob, whatever you say, you are in the next round. Even if you score 100 points,

you won't overtake 132 which James and Tom scored.

-Do you have a garden, Rob?

-Yes.

Do you watch the birds out there at all?

-There's two types of birds nesting in the eaves of my house.

-Ah.

One of them's a starling.

Makes a hell of a racket.

-The other one is house martin.

-A house martin.

Let's see how many people said house martin and if it is a correct answer.

House martin.

No!

Unfortunately, house martin is an incorrect answer.

Which means you join the legions of incorrect answers in this round!

Score the maximum of 100 points, taking your total up to 108.

Richard, house martin not in the top 25?

It's surprising. Maybe the clue is in the name.

House martin rather than garden martin.

Right. Janet and Anne.

You are currently on 100. You have to score 31 or less with this.

Janet, you, like Anne, you know your birds.

I was thinking of the lesser spotted woodpecker.

The lesser spotted woodpecker.

Green didn't make the grade. Maybe lesser spotted woodpecker did.

If it scores you 31 or less, you're through to the next round.

Over that and we'll be saying goodbye.

There's your red line. If you come below that, you're in the next round.

Did that make the top 25 and if it did, how many people said it?

The lesser spotted woodpecker.

Oh!

Blimey! I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer,

which means you also score the maximum of 100 points

taking your score up to an unbeatable 200 points.

Richard, the highest-scoring round we've ever played?

I know. There are some very common birds on the list.

Crow, jackdaw, wren, goldfinch, blue tit.

The lesser spotted woodpecker is particularly unfortunate.

If you'd said great spotted woodpecker, not only was it on the list, it was a pointless answer.

There were two pointless answers. The long-tailed tit and the great spotted woodpecker.

The dunnock, a very rare bird, but makes lovely tea cakes.

Let's see the worst three answers you could have given, apart from red thrush.

These are the ones that most people in our 100 said.

Third was the house sparrow or sparrow, which would score 52 points.

Second the blackbird with 53. What do you think was top?

-Was it the little robin?

-The robin, exactly, with 56 points.

And Selicia, to clear up the thrush issue,

we didn't accept red thrush. It's song thrush.

That's what we were looking for. Song thrush is in the top 25.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score is Anne and Janet.

Sorry, it was a really tough round.

They weren't bad answers. You were close to a pointless answer.

-Had it been gin...

-Absolutely, yeah.

-It's been lovely having you on the show.

Sorry you haven't got further. But everyone gets two chances to reach the final.

Next time you're with us, I'm sure you'll go further. Thanks for playing.

For the remaining pairs, it's round two.

There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head, so one team leaves at the end of this round.

The category for round two is...

Pop music.

Decide who's going first and who's going second.

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

And the question is...

Classic '80s albums and their artists.

In this round, we'll show a list of classic album titles from the 1980s.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to tell us

which artists released the albums. Richard.

We'll give you the names of six '80s albums. You have to tell us who released them.

The obvious ones will score big points, the difficult ones will score very few points.

A wrong answer at any point will score 100 points.

See if you can get them at home.

OK. The first six are...

I'll just read those again.

OK, Julie, we are looking for people who recorded these albums.

-Did you listen to a lot of music in the '80s?

-Absolutely none.

-None at all?

-I definitely know one of them.

It might be completely wrong. I'll try Brothers in Arms.

-Am I right in thinking that might be Dire Straits?

-Who knows?

Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms. Is it correct, and if so, how many people knew it?

41.

Not terrible. 41.

-Richard?

-Brothers in Arms got to Number One in May 1985.

It spent an incredible 228 weeks in the charts.

Seemed like longer!

Thanks, Richard. Tom.

Is this a subject you feel you have any expertise in at all?

A bit before my time, I'm afraid.

-Before your time? Yo Bum Rush the Show.

-No way!

-That's not...?

-I'm going to go for The Lexicon of Love.

I'll say Annie Lennox.

Just because it sounds similar to her name.

I'm going to regret that now!

OK. Cos it sounds similar to... Yes, of course.

No, why not?

It could be right.

Annie Lennox. Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people knew that answer.

Bad luck. You didn't go for the obvious one. You took a reasoned guess

at one that was wrong. However, that is incorrect.

That scores you 100 points.

Richard, I'm not sure you can tell us anything other than that's incorrect.

The bad news is it's not an Annie Lennox album. The good news is it does sound a bit like her name!

I won't tell you just in case the other team want a go at it.

Selicia.

We are looking for the people who recorded these classic '80s albums.

-You work in events.

-I don't know Yo Bum Rush the Show.

-Thriller is obvious.

-Yeah.

I'll have to go with Sign of the Times.

-Prince.

-Prince, Sign of the Times.

Is it right and if so, how many people remembered that Prince recorded Sign of the Times?

It's right.

Good answer.

12.

Only 12 people remembered Sign of the Times being by Prince.

That scores 12. Richard?

Reached number four in 1987. A very low score.

By the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as Prince!

Take a look at the rest. I bought Yo Bum Rush the Show the day it came out.

-Did you?

-I did. Do you know who it's by?

-Is it Public Enemy? Is it...

-It's Public Enemy.

It was a pointless answer. Well done at home if you got Public Enemy.

Thriller, of course, everybody's skirted round. It's Michael Jackson.

It would have scored you 92.

Eight people don't know it.

It's the biggest selling album ever

in the entire history of the world. Unlike The Lexicon of Love.

-ABC.

-Which is by?

-ABC.

ABC, exactly right. That would have scored 20 points.

Another of the biggest selling albums ever, Appetite for Destruction.

-Guns N' Roses.

-Exactly right.

That would have scored you...eight points.

Very well done if you got all six of them.

Especially Yo Bum Rush the Show.

Anyway, right.

Let's look at the scores. We're halfway through the round.

Well, Tom and James way out ahead there

on 100. James, you'll have to do... Well, you knew the answer to Guns N' Roses.

Maybe you'll know some answers on the next pass.

Otherwise we have Tandeka and Selicia looking fantastic on 12.

Great answer from Selicia. And in the middle, Rob and Julie.

Not bad, Julie. Rob, score low in the next pass and you'll be in the next round.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK. Six more classic album titles from the '80s on the board. Here they are.

We want the people who recorded these albums

and you're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 knew.

OK. Tandeka. You're on 12. You only have to score 87 or less with this answer.

Only 92 people knew that Michael Jackson did Thriller.

-I know one and it's probably the most obvious one.

-Well,

either you go for that one or you take a massive punt.

I have to go for it. Madonna, Like A Prayer.

OK. Madonna, Like A Prayer. If this scores 87 or less,

you're through to the next round.

Don't forget, these guys have yet to answer as well.

There's your red line. Below that, you're through.

Let's see if it's correct and if so, how many people said it. Madonna, Like A Prayer.

It's good enough! It's good enough!

79 people knew that. That takes your score up to 91. Richard?

Great answer. You could take the risk and get a high score and still go through.

Her fourth studio album, her third number one.

The original pressings were scented with patchouli oil. So you could imagine you were smelling Madonna!

Anyway, right. James and Tom.

You are currently on 100.

You are the highest scorers.

James, you have to score as low as possible. Find a pointless answer on that board.

Are you a fan of any of the people who might have recorded these?

I'm a bit of an '80s throwback, so I know three of them for sure.

I'm not sure about the other one. I think it might be low. So I'll take a gamble.

-OK.

-I'm going to say No Jacket Required, Phil Collins.

No Jacket Required, Phil Collins.

No red line for you because you're the high scorers.

Let's see if No Jacket Required scores you nice and low and keeps you in the game.

No Jacket Required. Phil Collins. How many people said that?

Well, it is correct!

That answer scores you 25, taking your total up to 125.

-Richard?

-Very good. Reached number one in March 1985

and stayed in the charts for three years.

Thank you. A good answer from James. Rob and Julie,

you're on 41. You have to score 83 or less with this answer.

Well, I know the top one, but I don't know if it'll be more than 83.

It's very well-known. I'm going for the bottom one.

Slippery When Wet. I think that's by Bon Jovi.

Bon Jovi. You want to score 83 or less.

There's your red line. Come below that and you're in the head-to-head.

Let's see if it's correct and how many people said Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi.

It's right.

And it's good enough.

Down it goes. 16.

Very good indeed. That takes your total to 57 and sees you through to next round.

-Richard.

-Very good. Slippery When Wet.

It's a title beloved by Health and Safety officers!

Let's look at the ones we haven't had.

Joshua Tree was a very big score, by U2. It would have scored 52.

-Back In Black - do you know that?

-AC/DC.

-AC/DC, right.

From 1980. It would have scored you 12.

First album with Brian Johnson singing.

I'm sorry - Escape to the Country is about to start. We need to get on!

OK? We'll talk about it afterwards.

-Rain Dogs would have scored you two points.

-Tom Waits.

-Right. Well done if you got that at home.

Thanks. At the end of round two, the losing pair

with the highest score is Tom and James on 125.

-Impressive.

-Impressive! And James, what other things did you know on that board?

I knew most of them. The first one I'd have said Guns N' Roses and got eight.

You went with Phil and you'll regret it for ever!

-I'll know from now on!

-Like so many teenagers in the '80s.

Tom and James. That was your second chance. You were fantastic contestants

but this is where we say goodbye. Great contestants.

For the remaining two pairs, things get more exciting in the head-to-head.

Well done, Rob, Julie, Tandeka and Selicia. You're through to the head-to-head.

Only one pair can make it to the final

and play for the jackpot which stands at £6,250!

You are going head-to-head on the best of three questions.

You may confer. Just give an answer that scores less than the other pair to win that question.

The first pair to win two questions plays for the jackpot. Let's play Pointless.

Here's your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many US states in New England as they could. Richard?

We're looking for any of the six US states that make up the area New England.

OK. Rob and Julie, because you've played best in the show so far, you get to go first.

We are looking for any of the six US states that make up New England.

-We're going to go for Hampshire.

-Hampshire.

-Have you travelled much? Have you been...

-I've been to New England and the capital of Hampshire.

Right. Hampshire is off the table.

Tandeka and Selicia.

You can do your thinking out loud, if you like.

-Well, we don't know. So there's no thinking going on!

-OK.

LAUGHTER

-Got a clue?

-It'll be like the thrush all over again.

You have to think of a state that might be in New England.

-You say it.

-Um...

Newcastle.

-No!

-OK.

We have Hampshire. We have Newcastle.

No!

-Let's take those in the order they were given.

-Selicia!

We are looking for US states

to be found in New England.

Rob and Julie have said Hampshire.

Is that correct and if so, how many people said it?

-It's New Hampshire, isn't it?

-Shh!

OK. Tandeka and Selicia have said Newcastle.

Selicia said Newcastle!

At least she said something! Let's see if it's correct

and if so, how many people said Newcastle?

OK.

So after the first question it is nil-nil.

A nil-nil draw. Richard. Hampshire, Newcastle.

Yes, where do we begin there?

LAUGHTER

-Hampshire, as you realised, is New Hampshire.

-Yes.

-Newcastle, um...

-I was thinking of the "New" from the "New Hampshire".

Oh, the "New" is great. Listen,

-I've got nothing against "New"!

-I came up with Newcastle.

The "castle" is the problem there.

Let's have a look.

Vermont would have scored 13.

Rhode Island, that's 14.

Connecticut, 17.

Massachusetts, 19.

There's New Hampshire, 23.

And right at the top, Maine with 30. Any of those would have won you a point.

So no score after the first question.

Here is your second question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Dad's Army characters as they could.

-Oh!

-Dad's Army characters. Richard?

We're looking for any of the eight regular characters who appeared in more than 50 episodes of Dad's Army.

There is a thing, the voice of Dad's Army, we won't accept that.

But any of the eight main characters from Dad's Army - just surnames.

-If you know the ranks, fine. But just give us the surnames.

-OK.

This time, Tandeka and Selicia, you go first.

-Did you watch Dad's Army?

-They were out of our age range!

-No!

It's a classic. One of the great classics.

It's no Sex and the City, is it?

That is definitely true! It is no Sex and the City.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's why he's in the army.

-What?

-That's why he's in the army.

-Stop shouting!

We don't know it, so we'll just make it up.

OK.

Smith.

Smith, you say.

-Rob and Julie?

-I think you were close because you might be thinking of Jones.

Oh, my...! We were going to say that!

-We'll go for Corporal Jones.

-Jones.

So we have Smith and we have Jones.

Let's see. Smith - is that correct and if so, how many people said it?

I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer.

Rob and Julie said Corporal Jones. This merely has to be correct

to win the point. Is it correct and how many people said it?

That's all it needed to be.

38 people said Corporal Jones.

After the second question, Rob and Julie are up one-nil. Richard?

Jones. You were so close. Let's look at all the answers.

These were the regular characters in Dad's Army.

Warden Hodges was the best answer. Well done if you got him.

Private Frazer - "we're all doomed!"

Private Walker - ten. Private Godfrey - 15.

And the big scorers, Sergeant Wilson with 16.

Lance Corporal Jones with 38. Private Pike on 48

and Captain Mainwaring top with 63.

-Well done if you got all eight of those.

-OK.

So Rob and Julie are up one-nil.

Tandeka and Selicia, you have to win this point to stay in the game.

Here is your third question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Home Secretaries under New Labour as they could.

-Joking!

-Home Secretaries under New Labour. Richard?

Any of the six Labour Home Secretaries between 1997 and 2010.

Rob and Julie, you get to go first again.

We'll play safe and we'll go for Jack Straw.

Jack Straw.

OK. Tandeka and Selicia, you can talk out loud, if you like.

We were going to say Jack Straw!

-Who's the blind man?

-Oh, was he Home Secretary?

-I don't know.

-I think you might be right.

-Oh, Selicia, don't do that.

Just say it.

-David Blunkett.

-David Blunkett. OK.

So we have Jack Straw and we have David Blunkett.

Rob and Julie said Jack Straw. Let's see how many people said that and if it's correct.

It's correct.

21!

21 people said Jack Straw. Tandeka and Selicia said David Blunkett.

Is it correct, and if so, how many people said it?

David Blunkett.

It's correct!

And it scores only 12!

So after three questions, you are one point apiece!

-Richard?

-Very well played. Let's see the list and see how many you got at home.

John Reid, now chairman of Celtic FC, he'd have scored five points.

Charles Clarke, who lost his seat at the last election, would have scored six, as would Alan Johnson.

Blunkett on 12, Jacqui Smith on 16.

Jack Straw was the most popular answer with 21. Well done if you got all six of them.

OK. Here is your next question.

You are on one point each at this stage. Whoever wins this point

is through to the final.

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

countries with a post-war Wimbledon men's champion

as they could. Richard?

Any country which has a player who's won the men's Wimbledon singles title

since 1945 all the way up to 2010.

Right you are.

Tandeka and Selicia, you go first.

A country from which a post-war Wimbledon men's champion has come.

-It doesn't matter. It's post-war.

-Shh, stop shouting!

-Russia.

-Russia. OK.

Rob and Julie?

-We'll play safe again and go Sweden.

-You're going for Sweden.

OK. We have Russia and Sweden. Russia, said Tandeka and Selicia.

Is it correct and if so, how many people said it? Russia.

Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

This answer merely has to be correct for you to get to the final

with a chance to win that £6,250.

Let's see if it is correct. Sweden.

It's right.

33. Well done.

So after four questions, we finally have our finalists.

Rob and Julie go through, two-one. Richard?

Unlucky, Tandeka and Selicia.

They've won the women's title, but no men's champion since the war.

There were 11 answers. There is a pointless one. Well done if you said...Egypt.

Drobny won in 1954, so it's a good bit of knowledge if you got it.

The Netherlands with four. Richard Krajicek won for them.

Czechoslovakia with four. Switzerland with 23.

France with 23. They won the first one right after the war.

Spain with 28. Santana and Nadal both won it.

Sweden with 33. Edberg and Borg.

Australia with 36. There's been nine winners from Australia.

Germany, 39. And the United States on 65. 15 different winners from there, from America.

Thanks very much, Richard. The losing pair is Tandeka and Selicia.

Tandeka, if you ever wanted a job as a librarian,

your "Shh! Don't shout!" line will stand you in such good stead!

I never heard what you were saying, Selicia. All I heard was you being told off for shouting!

You've been fantastic contestants. You got to the head-to-head.

You've done very well. We'll see you next time for your second chance at the Pointless final.

But thanks for playing. Thank you.

Thank you!

For Rob and Julie, it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £6,250!

Congratulations, Rob and Julie. You fought off all the competition.

You've won our coveted Pointless trophy!

Now, though, you have a chance to play for our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £6,250.

To win the money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer,

an answer that no-one could think of. We haven't had any pointless answers today.

If you find one now, you go home with all that money.

First, choose a category from these three options.

What's it going to be?

-I know which one I'd go for.

-You'd go for darts.

-I would, yes.

-British theatre could be anything.

-It sounds a bit high-brow for me!

-Number ones has got to be music.

-Music. I can't do music.

-Let's go for darts. Why not?

-OK. Darts. Let's see what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many darts world champions as they could.

-Richard?

-I didn't think anyone would ever choose darts!

Great. We're looking for any world champion, either BDO or PDC

since 1979 up to 2010.

You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win £6,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

Rees was really early.

But if you with the other one, not the PDC, the BDO,

-they're more obscure. Like Wolfie Smith.

-Oh, yeah.

Ted Hankey, people like that.

-Those people that you said...

-Somebody Anderson. Bob Anderson.

-30 seconds gone.

-Those obscure names, say them again.

-Bob Anderson, Keith Deller.

-Keith Deller I haven't heard of.

-Wolfie Smith.

-Never heard of him.

Jelle Klaasen, I think he might have won it. That's out of the blue, that.

He's a young Dutch player. He might have won it one year.

-Ten seconds left.

-We'll go for him as the obscure one. Bob Anderson.

-Or Keith Deller?

-No, Bob Anderson.

-OK.

-And then we'll have Wolfie Smith.

OK, you've got your three.

-Right. We're going for Wolfie Smith.

-Wolfie Smith.

-Bob Anderson.

-Bob Anderson.

-And Jelle Klaasen.

-Jelle Klaasen.

So you think Jelle Klaasen is probably your best punt at a pointless answer.

We'll put him last. Which between Wolfie and Bob?

-We'll go Wolfie first.

-Wolfie Smith.

Bob Anderson.

And Jelle Klaasen.

OK. We were looking for darts world champions.

This was your least confident answer.

You only need one pointless answer to win £6,250.

That's the jackpot today.

So, Wolfie Smith is your first.

-Confident?

-I'm confident they were world champions. I don't know about being zeros!

£6,250. What would you spend that on if you won that?

-Go to Florida.

-I've already booked my holiday to Florida and I can't afford to pay for it!

-So it'll go towards that!

-I might go with her, then!

-Fantastic. Is that how you generally book holidays?

-Absolutely. Every time.

-Best way.

I book the flights and my husband can't say no!

They must love you at the travel agents! Excellent. OK.

Let's see if Wolfie Smith might do it for you.

Wolfie Smith. It has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £6,250.

Is it correct and if so, how many people said it?

Ooh!

Bad luck. Wolfie Smith, unfortunately, is an incorrect answer.

Therefore obviously not pointless.

You have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

Your second answer, Bob Anderson. There he is.

Darts World Champions. Let's hope nobody said Bob Anderson.

Let's see if it's correct and if it is,

let's see if it's pointless. Bob Anderson.

It's correct.

It's correct. Down it goes.

This is your second of three shots at the jackpot.

It has to go all the way down to pointless to win that £6,250.

Oh, two!

Two people remembered Bob Anderson. So he is not a pointless answer.

This is your last and final chance to win today's jackpot of £6,250.

Darts World Champions. You said this was your best shot.

This has to be pointless to win that jackpot. Is it correct and if so, how many people said it?

Jelle Klaasen.

It's right.

It's right. Bob Anderson only scored two.

You think this is more obscure than that.

I think it is. Down it goes. For £6,250.

Jelle Klaasen. Yes!

-Very well done.

-Thank you!

Very well done indeed.

-Thanks very much.

-Brilliant.

Fantastic. Congratulations. You found a pointless answer.

You go home with a jackpot of £6,250.

The travel agents will be thrilled with that!

-Superb.

-I can book all sorts of trips now!

You can. All sorts of trips that that won't even cover!

Brilliant.

-Rob, you're heading out to Florida too?

-It looks like it now!

You are. Take your arrows with you, maybe!

I'll take my wife as well.

-She'll be chuffed to bits!

-Yeah.

-Fantastic.

Many congratulations. Richard, let's find out about Wolfie.

-It's Wolfie Adams you're thinking of, Wolfie Adams.

-Wolfie Smith was Citizen Smith!

-Exactly!

That's why he never won the World Darts Championship!

That's the reason. Jelle Klaasen, very good.

He won in 2006. Beat Raymond van Barneveld.

He's the pin-up boy of the darts world, which is quite a title to have!

Bob Anderson, also good answer.

There are six or seven pointless answers, but who cares, Jelle Klaasen was one of them.

Who cares, indeed. Thanks again to our winning contestants, Rob and Julie,

who go away with today's jackpot of £6,250!

-Well done.

-Well done.

Join us again when we put more obscure knowledge to the test. It's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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