Episode 28 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed. Hello.

I'm Alexander Armstrong and this is Pointless.

The quiz show where you've got to score low to win big.

Let's meet today's players.

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Welcome back, Gill and Jess. You were on the last show.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. This is your second.

-Remind us how you did.

-We got to the head-to-head and then we got knocked out.

A question about which planets you can see from Earth.

You were furious about that.

Poor Gill. I thought Gill was brilliant. She named a star.

She went out on a limb. That's what you have to do on this show.

And it cost her dear. Have you forgiven her?

Just about, just about.

Best of luck this afternoon.

Robert and Nathan, welcome to you.

How do you two know each other?

-We are father and son.

-You are father and son!

Look at you.

I don't like people saying I look like him.

I don't like him very much either.

-Fair enough. Robert, you were a referee.

-Yeah.

And, Nathan, you now are a referee.

Rugby referee.

You must have nerves of steel to do that, Nathan.

Yes. You have to. You take your fair share of abuse.

What's your secret?

Block everybody out and you're always right.

Even when you're wrong, you're right.

When you're wrong today, you're going to be wrong, I'm afraid.

That's a shame.

Yes, I'm afraid that is a shame.

Best of luck. I'm sure you're not going to be wrong.

And welcome to Jillian and Lesley. How do you two know each other?

We're sisters, so we've lived together forever.

-Where are you from?

-We're from South Shields near Newcastle.

That's where I'm from as well.

-Really?

-Northumberland, me.

-Good accent.

-I'm from Rothbury.

That's how you pronounce it properly.

"Wrathberry"!

We don't sound like that.

-ADOPTS NORTHUMBERLAND ACCENT:

-No. Not Newcastle.

Divvn't sound like that there.

Northumberlanders talk like that. Do their Rs in the back of the throat, like that.

I can honestly say I haven't understood any of the last two minutes. Nothing.

Right, well, I'll be looking out for you.

-Thank you.

-And finally we've got Gavin and Louise.

How do you two know each other?

We met 25 years ago in my parents' pub when I was very unpleasant to Gav twice.

Twice?

What did you do?

I can't say on TV, but it was not very nice, what I said to him.

Anyway, he's forgiven you?

He's got a bit of a stubborn streak, thankfully.

We persevered and we've now been married for 23 years and two grown-up children.

That's fantastic. Well done. Best of luck to you on the show.

We'll find out more about you through the show,

but there is just one more person for me to introduce.

He is the complete and unabridged guide to obscurity.

Yeah. He's my Pointless friend. He's Richard.

Hiya.

Only got one returning pair today, so it's a wide open game,

-although Gill and Jess were rather good last time.

-They were.

Until Gill couldn't name a planet.

We've got quite a tough first question and then a spectacularly easy second question, I would say.

So if you can hold on till the second question, you'll be fine.

But good luck with the first one.

Very good. We've put all our questions to 100 people before the

show, but this is Pointless, so we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.

To stay in the game with a chance of winning our jackpot,

all our players need to do is score as few points as they possibly can.

What everyone's looking to do is find a Pointless answer,

that's an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time that happens we'll 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 £4,000.

OK, let's play Pointless.

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

Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer,

you will score the maximum of 100 points.

OK, our first category this afternoon is...

Politics. Thanks, Richard.

Can we all decide in our pairs who's going to go first and who's going to go second?

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

OK, let's find out what the first question is. We gave 100 people

100 seconds to name as many countries of the G20 as they could.

Jess, pleased with that.

Richard?

We're looking for any of the countries who make up the

economic summit group known as the G20 or Group of 20.

Do you know how many countries there are in the G20?

Is at 19, Richard?

It is 19, actually, because the EU is the 20th.

There are 19 countries in the G20. We're looking for the most obscure.

I was being glib.

Were you? Well, you were right.

Spot on. Very clever.

Right, Jess and Gill, you all drew lots before the show today.

You get go first. Which means Jess, you are the first person to stand up and face this question.

How good is your geopolitical grasp?

When you said that, you looked at me and said I looked happy with that...

You were grinning. That's the universal sign of happiness.

-It was a nervous grin.

-Oh, I see.

Universal sign of nerves as well.

What's it going to be?

-England.

-England and a shrug.

Well, it's obviously going to be...

If it's even right.

Let's see if that is a correct answer and if it is, let's see how many people said England.

Bad luck, Jess. I'm afraid England is an incorrect answer, which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

-Richard, England.

-Unlucky.

We'll go into the reasons why that's an incorrect answer at the end of the round.

Like what you're doing there. OK, Nathan.

How good is your G20 knowledge?

My knowledge of politics is generally pretty good.

G20, I could name some obscure countries that might be in there.

That's probably how you're going to have to do it.

But I don't want to score 100.

Robert's looking a little bit worried. But he's putting a brave smile on things.

Therefore, I'm going to attempt to play it relatively safe

-and go for Canada.

-Canada, you're saying.

Let's see if that's correct. If it is, let's see how many people said Canada for Nathan.

It's right.

Very good. That scores you 15 points.

-Canada. Richard?

-Very good. In 2010, the G20 summit was in Toronto.

You just have to think of somewhere where recently there have been massive riots.

But that's everywhere, though, unfortunately.

Yeah. That's true.

Right, Jillian.

-Yes.

-What is the most obscure country in the G20 you can think of?

-Right.

I know a couple of obvious ones.

So I'm going to go for France.

You're hoping to score as few points as possible.

Let's see if France is correct.

If it is, let's see how many people said France.

There it is. It's right.

52, Jillian scores with that.

A very big score. They'll chair the G20 in 2011.

I'll ask you at the end of the round what the more obvious ones you were thinking of.

Thanks, Richard. Finally, Louise.

Oh, Louise. You're laughing out of just over-brimming with confidence?

-Absolutely.

-You're thinking which of the obscure ones to pull out.

Haven't got a clue.

Right, we'll go for something that's fairly obvious, but hopefully right. USA.

OK, you're hoping that the USA will be obvious enough to be right,

but obscure enough not to score you too high. Let's see if it's correct.

If it is, let's see how many people said the USA.

It's right.

Not bad at all.

44. Less than France.

How come less than France?

Extraordinary, isn't it?

Anyway, Pointless. Right, we're halfway through the round, so let's take

a look at the scores as they stand.

Well, Gill and Jess,

bad luck.

I had no clue.

Gill, you've got work to do on the next pass if you're going to stay on beyond this round.

Robert and Nathan, fabulous answer there from Nathan. 15.

Lovely low score.

Keep that up and you should be through to the next round.

Jillian and Lesley, not bad.

Gavin and Louise, not bad.

All around the sort of midway point there.

The one who's got to work hard is Gill in this next pass.

OK, we're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

So, Gavin. You're on 44.

Not a bad answer from Louise.

You want to score 55 or less with this answer

to make sure you are in the next round.

We are looking for the countries of the G20.

I'm going to have to play fairly safe and I'll go for Japan.

Japan, you are saying.

OK. Here is your red line.

Below that red line, you are definitely through to the next round.

Let's see if Japan's right. If it is, let's see

how many people said it. Japan.

It's right.

Well done, Gavin.

20 that scores you.

Good answer. Giving you a total of 64. Japan.

Good answer. The third largest global economy,

so very, very much a member of the G20.

Right. Lesley. You are on 52.

You want to score 47 or less with this answer to make sure you are

in the next round, which Richard says is going to be a fun round.

I don't have a clue at all.

But I'm just going to try and go for...Spain.

OK. You're hoping that Spain is going to score you 47 or less.

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

-Are you confident?

-Not at all.

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

Spain.

Oh no. Bad luck.

I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer, which gives you 100 points.

Taking your total up to 152.

You are the new high scorers. Richard.

That's really bad luck. They can't be far off that list,

but they're not one of the largest global economies in the world.

People don't drink sangria any more, do they?

-No.

-We haven't heard much from Julio Iglesias lately.

-It's just looking so bleak for Spain.

-Still, at least they won the World Cup.

That will cheer them up.

And they won Wimbledon.

-And Wimbledon.

-Ole! It's all looking great for Spain.

They've just gone through this in the space of the last 30 seconds.

Well done, Spain. Bad luck, Lesley.

Robert.

So, remember, we are looking for countries of the G20.

Robert, whatever happens, come what may, Nathan's canny answering in the

first pass ensures your place in the next round.

Whatever you say, you won't overtake Leslie and Jillian's high score.

Bearing that in mind, what are you going to say?

In view of that, I think I'll try and take a fly and see if we can get a Pointless.

Let's try Mexico.

Mexico.

Nathan looks like he's just swallowed something he didn't particularly like.

So, remember, we are looking for countries of the G20.

Let's see if the Mexican economy can get them in there.

There's no red line for you.

Doesn't matter what you say, you're through come what may.

Let's see if Mexico is correct and, if it is, let's see how

many people said it. Mexico.

It's right!

Spectacular answer, Robert.

It scores you two, taking your total up to 17. Very impressive low score.

Great answer, Robert.

That's the way to play the game. It's the 11th largest global economy, Mexico.

Very good.

Now, Gill, you are on 100. You have to score 51 or less.

I'm going to go for an obvious one.

OK. You have to score 51 or less. Just to reiterate that.

I know, but it's either an obvious one and score high or an obscure one and get 100.

-The obvious one and say Germany.

-You're going to say Germany.

There's your red line. Jess not sure if Germany's going to do it.

You have to go below that red line to stay on for the next round.

Let's see how many people said it. Germany.

You've done it. You had to score 51 or less.

You scored 51. Wow.

Fantastic answer.

Taking your total up to 151.

That's as close as it gets.

Very well done.

Jillian's answer, France, was the top answer.

The top answer of all those G20.

So, it beat the USA, it beat Germany, it also beat, Jess, United

Kingdom, which is what we would have had to accept, not England.

That's why we didn't accept that answer. France the top of all.

Jillian, when you said France, you said you were thinking of some more obvious ones. What are they?

I thought the USA and the United Kingdom.

Both of those would have seen you through to the second round.

I would have gone for France above those. That's unlucky.

There are three pointless answers here. Then I'll go through other low-scoring ones.

Indonesia is a member of the G20. That was Pointless.

Saudi Arabia, Pointless. South Korea also Pointless.

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

Some of the other lower scoring ones, we've had Mexico already.

There's Argentina, there's Turkey,

India, Brazil. Australia, South Africa.

Then you get on to the bigger ones.

We've already heard the three top answers.

They were the United Kingdom, 46, and then Germany which just saw you through to the second round with 51,

and then France which just saw you out of the second round on 52.

OK, thanks very much, Richard. So, at the end of round one, the losing

pair with the highest score, I'm sorry to say, is Lesley and Jillian.

Bad luck. Those French.

Yeah. Those French.

They let you down. They will.

And the Spanish.

They'll let you down. Not the Germans, though.

Dependable. Reliable.

Lesley and Jillian, what have you learnt from your time on Pointless?

Never to go to Spain.

Exactly. Remember that, kids. You're coming back.

It's not the end of the world. We'll see you again.

Hopefully there'll be better subjects next time.

Such a shame to say goodbye so early on, but we will see you next time.

Everyone gets two shots at the Pointless final. Hopefully you'll be in for longer next time.

Thanks so much for playing, Lesley and Jillian.

For the remaining three pairs, though, it's now time for round two.

There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head,

so one team's going to be leaving us at the end of this round.

OK, your category for round two is...

Music.

Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first and who's going to go second?

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

And the question is...

Novelty songs and their artists.

Brilliant.

In this round, we're about to show you the names of some novelty songs.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to tell us who originally sang them. Richard?

Yeah, we're going to give you the name of six songs on each pass.

The more obscure the song, the fewer points you're going to score.

If you give us an incorrect answer, you will score 100 points.

And, at home, see if you can get all six.

OK, the first six are...

Right. We are looking for the people who originally sang these songs.

-Jess. What sort of music do you like, Jess?

-Not that kind.

What are your hobbies, generally?

I'm a hockey player. Lots of sport.

When you and Gill got your team together, you were

going to say, "I'll take sport and any novelty hit singles and, Gill, you can do the rest."

Yeah, that's right.

-Well, it's novelty hit singles.

-This show's not making me look very intelligent.

I'm not sure this really is going to make you look intelligent if you know the answers, either.

Do you know your music? Is music something you're interested in?

I thought I did until I saw those titles.

I'm going to go with Barbie Girl.

And this is a guess, I think.

I'm going to say H2O.

You're not too happy with that at all, are you?

Tormented inside over H2O and their fantastic song, or not, Barbie Girl.

We've got Barbie Girl by H2O. Let's see if that's right.

If it is, let's see how many people knew that H2O sang Barbie Girl.

Bad luck.

That's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

-Incorrect.

-It is. I won't tell you the answer

in case one of the other pairs wants to have a go at that one.

OK. Right. Robert. This is playing right to your strengths, Robert.

It's the category you were praying for.

I was hoping some different songs were going to come up there.

More of my era. But never mind. We'll try what we've got.

Where are you from, Robert?

-From Llanharan.

-Llanharan?

-Well done!

How was that?

-Very impressive.

-My wife's Welsh. My mother-in-law speaks Welsh.

That's her first language.

Getting back to the matters at hand, I guess...

I'm meant to say that, aren't I? Leading you off, leading you a merry dance.

I thought that was going to be right then, Jess, but I realised then what I think it is.

I think Barbie Girl is by Aqua.

She came up with the...

I think it's Aqua is the artist.

Very good. Let's see if that's right.

If it is, let's see how many people knew that Aqua sang Barbie Girl.

Well done, Robert.

Not a bad score. Very good.

Really impressed that you knew that, Robert. 37 it scores you.

You were sort of tempted to admit you didn't know that, weren't you?

You almost couldn't bring yourself to say it. Sold over a million copies in 1997.

I think it's the first time we've ever had an incorrect answer

which is the chemical symbol for a correct answer.

I think.

-I'll get some of the backroom boys to check that out.

-Yeah, do.

Hang on, make sure Backroom Boys didn't sing any of these.

OK, very good.

We are looking for the people who originally sang these novelty hits.

Now, Louise,

I know that you're longing to throw yourself in and get among those.

My son's going to kill me for not remembering

who did Combine Harvester when we were only singing it the other day.

Oh dear. Where were you singing it the other day?

-On our way down to Devon and Cornwall.

-See, that's nice. You sing in the car.

As we crossed the border, we had a little sing-song.

Very good. I like that.

But I'm going to go for...

I don't think it's right, but

'Ullo, John, Got a New Motor?

I think, was Alexei Sayle.

Alexei Sayle,

'Ullo, John, Got a New Motor?

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how

many people knew that Alexei Sayle sang 'Ullo, John, Got a New Motor?

Well, it is right.

11, what a brilliant score, Louise. Alexei Sayle gets you 11 points.

Yes, that's a great answer.

Alexei Sayle said he's very proud to have the only Top 20 hit in

history to mention the word Peckham.

Let's take a look at the rest of the board. What do you think, Alexander?

Combine Harvester, who is that by?

-The Wurzels.

-The Wurzels, that's exactly right.

Became a huge hit after Noel Edmonds championed it.

One of the many things we have to thank Noel for.

-The Chicken Song.

-Well, it was on Spitting Image, but what was it...

It was credited to Spitting Image.

It would have scored you 16 points.

Written by Grant and Naylor, who went on to write Red Dwarf.

-The Elements?

-Tom Lehrer.

It is Tom Lehrer. It's him essentially reciting the elements.

And the Birdie Song. Everyone knows the Birdie Song.

It would have scored you one point because people can't remember who recorded it.

-Who had a hit with the Birdie Song?

-They might have been called The Tweets or something.

They were called The Tweets.

Very, very well done. And well done if you got that at home.

OK, we're halfway through the round so let's take a look at the scores.

Wow! Gill and Jess,

once again, Gill, Jess has left you with a mountain to climb.

Nathan, a walk in the park for you.

And Gavin, walk in the park for you.

Two lovely low scores from Robert and Louise respectively there.

So we're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK, we're going to put six more novelty hits on the board and here they are.

Now remember, we're looking for the people who originally sang those songs.

You're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

So, Gavin, you're spoilt for choice there, aren't you?

Your score is 11. You're the lowest scorers here.

You have to score 88 or less to be through to the head-to-head.

Easy. You remember some of these, don't you, Gavin?

I love music, but...

Novelty music, you see.

I'm more a country music fan.

Something about you told me that you were a country music fan.

I can't think what might it have been?

I think I'm going to go for Ernie The Fastest Milkman in the West and Benny Hill.

Benny Hill, Ernie.

There's your red line.

Below that red line, you are through to the head-to-head.

Fastest Milkman in the West.

Let's see if that's correct and, if it is, let's see how many people said Ernie.

Well done.

42, that scores you, taking your total

up to 53. Ernie.

Yeah, a pretty big score. It was number one in 1971.

And do you know it was chosen by David Cameron

as one of his Desert Island Discs?

All right.

Nathan, you are on 37.

Robert scored you a fantastic 37 by plucking Aqua out of thin air.

Now there's a trick.

How good is your pop trivia knowledge?

Pop music, yes.

Pop novelty songs, not so much.

-Not so much.

-Having said that,

when I was little...

I'm still little now, as you can see by my height...

-Come now, you're less tall.

-When I was young,

I seem to remember my parents playing in the car Star Trekkin', because I loved it as a kid.

And I believe, plucking it from the back of my brain, I think the artist is The Firm.

The Firm.

I'm never going to argue with a referee.

There's your red line, Nathan.

If The Firm sees you below that red line, you're through to the head-to-head.

Let's see if The Firm, Star Trekkin' is correct,

and if it is, let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

You are through.

Well, that was going all way down. That scores you three, Nathan, and

a pat on the back from your father.

And takes your total up to 40. Richard.

Yeah, very good answer. Robert, when you were sitting in that car thinking, "Please make this stop",

little were you to know that about 20 years later, it might actually make you some money.

Star Trekkin' was turned down by 30 record companies and then went on to

sell over 1 million copies worldwide in 1987.

If you were one of the companies that turned it down,

you'd still think, "I'm so glad we didn't pick that up."

"Thank God we don't have to listen to that endlessly in our offices."

OK, so now the moment of truth.

Well, it's not the moment of truth, I'm afraid, Gill.

The writing is on the wall.

You are the high scorers even before your answer,

but you could leave a nice little legacy by plucking a

pointless answer maybe off that board, if there is such a thing.

Well, I'm guessing Do The Bartman

is an obvious answer, being one of the Simpsons.

Can We Fix It is an obvious one.

I'm going to go for Snooker Loopy, which people might not have heard.

-And I think that was Chas and Dave, but I'm not sure.

-Chas and Dave?

Well, there's no red line for you, obviously.

Let's see if Snooker Loopy, Chas and Dave might be a pointless answer.

You could leave 250 quid for the remaining pairs.

OK, Chas and Dave, let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

It's right.

10 people knew that.

That gives you a total, Gill and Jess, of 110. Richard.

It's not a pointless answer but it's a very good answer.

It's a very good way to finish.

Chas and Dave and The Matchroom Mob.

Unbelievably, it's still the only Top 10 single that Willie Thorne has ever had.

Let's take a look at the other ones on the board.

There's a couple of big ones there. Can We Fix It, of course, is Bob the Builder.

That would have scored you 68 points. Do The Bartman?

-Bart Simpson.

-It's just credited to the Simpsons, actually. It would have scored you 27.

And Doctorin' The Tardis is a pointless answer, so well done if you got that at home.

-Do you remember who that's by?

-No.

-Anybody?

-The Timelords.

The Timelords, exactly. The band who were later to be KLF but they were The Timelords at the time.

-No, they went on to be KLF?

-Yeah.

Wow! OK, thanks Richard. At the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score is Gill and Jess.

Where's the justice in this? You were through to the head-to-head last time, this time round two.

-Wrong subjects.

-Wrong subjects.

Anyway, sorry to be saying goodbye to you, but you've been fantastic contestants.

Thanks for playing.

But, for the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more

exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

So well done, Robert and Nathan, Gavin and Louise, you've made it through to the head-to-head.

Obviously only one pair can make it through to today's final

and play for the jackpot which currently stands, in case you'd forgotten, at £4,000.

OK, you're now going head-to-head on the best of three questions.

You are now allowed to confer.

All you have to do is pick an answer that scores less than the opposing pair and you will win that point.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for today's jackpot.

OK, let's play Pointless.

And here is your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to

name as many places mentioned in Churchill's "We shall fight"

speech as they could. Richard.

This is in reference to Churchill's famous "We shall fight"

speech from 4th June 1940.

And there were eight places where he said we shall fight.

You need to give us the most obscure. At home, see if you can get all eight.

-So a tough question but a good one.

-Wow!

Eight places. Robert and Nathan, because you played best throughout

the show so far, you get to go first.

OK?

It's the only one I really know,

at least I hope I know it anyway.

So I'm going to plump for this.

-We.

-Oh, sorry, "we".

Another black mark.

I don't want to take the credit for this.

One more of those, Robert, and you'll be off.

Three minutes on the bicycle.

So I'm going to go for beaches.

OK, beaches it is.

Gavin and Louise, we are looking for places in which Winston Churchill said we would fight them.

We're too young to remember... Just.

We'll go for sea.

You're going to go for sea? OK.

Robert and Nathan have gone for beaches, Gavin and Louise for sea.

Let's see if beaches is correct, and if it is, let's see how many people said it. Beaches.

It's right.

74. As we suspected, quite a high-scoring one there.

OK, we're looking for places in which Winston Churchill said we would fight them.

Gavin and Louise have gone for the sea.

Let's see if that's correct, and if it is, let's see how many people said sea.

It's right.

There we are, they beat the beaches.

13, well done.

A good guess, as it turns out.

So, after the first question, it is 1-0 to Gavin and Louise. Richard.

A very good answer. "On the seas and oceans", he said we would fight them.

There were five other answers that would have beaten it, though.

He had been Prime Minister less than a month when he made the speech.

Let's take a look at places.

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

OK, so, after the first question, it is 1-0 to Gavin and Louise.

Robert and Nathan, you have to win this next point to stay in the game.

Gavin and Louise, if you win this next point you are through to the

final and a chance to play for that £4,000 jackpot.

OK, here is the second question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

most widely spoken languages as they could. Richard.

We're looking for any of the top 10 most widely spoken languages in the world.

And that's spoken as a first language as of 2010.

OK, thanks very much, Richard. Gavin and Louise, you get to go first this time.

We have an answer from Gavin and Louise.

We're going to go for Mandarin.

Mandarin.

Robert and Nathan.

We'll go for Arabic.

Arabic.

OK, so we have Mandarin and we have Arabic. Gavin and Louise said Mandarin.

Let's see if that's correct, and if it is, let's see how many people said it. Mandarin.

Well, it is correct.

75. It's a high score, isn't it?

Robert and Nathan went for Arabic. Let's see if that's correct, and if

it is, let's see how many people said that.

It's right. And it beats Mandarin.

Look at that. 14. Only 14 people said that.

It's very exciting.

After two questions, it's 1-1. Richard.

Yes, a great answer, Arabic.

It's the fourth most widely spoken language in the world. Mandarin is the most widely spoken.

It's quite an interesting list.

Let's look at it all 10 and see how they scored.

England beating Germany there.

-It makes a rare change, doesn't it?

-OK, you are absolutely even as we go into the third question.

Whoever wins this question is playing for that £4,000 jackpot in the final.

OK, here is your third question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many sections of a symphony orchestra as they could.

Sections of a symphony orchestra. Richard.

We are looking for the names of the four instrument sections of a modern symphony orchestra.

Which is the most obscure of those?

OK, thanks very much, Richard.

Robert and Nathan, you get to go first.

Divided opinion here, so somebody's in the cart after.

On your head be it.

I might be getting a yellow card.

I'm just thinking you might well be.

I'm getting a red one.

Of those, I'm going to go for percussion.

Gavin and Louise.

What do you reckon?

Let's have a gamble and go strings because percussion's going to be low.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Go for it? Gamble it?

-Yeah.

We don't really know. We're going to go for strings.

You're going to take the gamble that percussion is not a recognised section?

Well, we liked percussion. We wanted percussion but unfortunately...

Who knows if it's right?

Robert and Nathan said percussion.

Let's see how many people said percussion.

Well, it's right.

Surprisingly high score for percussion there.

So this to decide who goes through to the final to play for that £4,000 jackpot.

OK, strings, say Gavin and Louise.

Let's see if that right, and if it is, let's see how many people said strings.

It is correct.

75.

After the third question,

Robert and Nathan are going through to the final 2-1. Richard.

All the answers were high and all the answers were close but

percussion was the best answer you could have given.

Let's take a look at all four and see how they scored.

Percussion right at the bottom with 63. Brass with 65.

Woodwind 71 and strings was the top answer of all with 75.

The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, it's Gavin and Louise.

Never mind.

The good news is we get to see you again which is great news for us.

You've been lovely contestants. Thank you very much for playing.

For Robert and Nathan, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £4,000.

Congratulations, Robert and Nathan.

You've seen off all the competition and have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

Now, of course, you have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £4,000.

The rules are simple. To win the money, all you have

to do is find a pointless answer that no one else could think of.

We've had no pointless answers on the show today,

you just have to find one now to go home with that money.

Firstly you have to choose a category and you can go for these three options.

American football, if it's players, we'll

have difficulty, if it's teams of American football we have a chance.

It can't be screens.

-Transport.

-Transport could be the London Underground.

We've seen a lot of it today. Go with American football.

You'll go with American football.

-Yes.

-Sorry it's not Welsh rugby, it really would have helped.

International rugby referees?

Are you fans of American football?

We watch a bit of it, don't we?

I watch quite a bit of it.

-It's all your fault.

-You're hoping it's enough?

I hope you watch enough.

Only one way to find out.

Here's the question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Super Bowl winners as they could.

-Richard.

-Guys, we're looking for any team which has won the NFL Super Bowl

since the first competition in 1967 all the way to 2010.

We'll need the full name of the team.

You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers and all you need to win that

£4000 jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That's going to be quite low.

Washington Redskins.

-They've definitely won it, yes.

-The Canadian team won it once.

No. I don't think so.

Green Bay Packers? People may not know that.

-Oakland Raiders.

-Are you sure? That's an obscure one.

They're called the LA Raiders.

There's your minute up.

Let's have three answers.

-We'll go Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

-Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

I believe they were called at the time the Oakland Raiders.

-The Oakland Raiders?

-Yes. Green Bay Packers.

Green Bay Packers?

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

-Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

-Tampa Bay Buccaneers we'll put last.

What should be put as your least confident?

I think Oakland Raiders. I know they became the LA Raiders but

I'm not sure if they were called Oakland at the time.

Oakland Raiders first, Green Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Let's put them up in that order.

Oakland Raiders, Green Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

There they are.

We were looking for Super Bowl winners.

This was your least confident answer.

You only need one of them to be pointless to win that £4,000 jackpot.

How would you spend that if you won it?

Probably repairing the house. Part of the

-rendering fell down this week.

-Oh no!

-You've had storms?

-It just needs doing.

It's long overdue and I don't think the window cleaner was

happy when it all started moving when he was climbing the ladders.

I think some of that might go on that.

On fixing a hole.

The cat has been keeping a wide berth walking down there.

Let's see how many people said your first answer.

The Oakland Raiders, let's see if it's a correct answer in the first instance.

Let's see how many people said it.

It sounds like a good answer to me.

The Oakland Raiders.

It's correct.

This is your first shot at that jackpot of £4,000.

It has to go all the way down to the bottom obviously.

Down it goes. Oh!

Two people said Oakland Raiders.

Unfortunately that's not a pointless answer.

You said this was the answer you have the least faith in. Only two people knew it.

It's looking very good for your other answers if only two people knew that.

You only have two chances left to win the jackpot.

Are you feeling confident after that? That's a nice low-scoring answer.

We didn't think it was going to be right.

That's why you put that one first.

When you saw that was correct, you were hoping that was going to go all the way down?

You have two pretty good answers after that. The Green Bay Packers is your second answer.

We're looking for Super Bowl winners, Green Bay Packers.

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

It's correct.

Down it goes.

It has to go all the way down to the bottom for you to win that £4,000.

Will the Green Bay Packers do it for you?

Five people said the Green Bay Packers, so that also is not a pointless answer.

Everything hinges on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

You liked the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The minute you said them, you thought that's a good one.

It's an unusual nickname.

An unusual nickname.

Right, you only have one last chance. This is it, everything is on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

We were looking for American football Super Bowl winners.

This was the answer you said straight off was your most confident chance of a pointless answer.

It has to be pointless for you to win that £4,000 jackpot.

Let's stop talking and see how many people said Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

It's right. We knew it was right.

This has to be pointless for you to win that £4,000 jackpot.

This is your last chance.

Down it goes. Come on. Oh no!

-One person.

-Who was that person?

-It was me, it was me!

I'm afraid one person knew the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Unfortunately you haven't found that all-important pointless answer so you don't win today's jackpot.

That will roll over to the next show, that £4000 jackpot.

You've been fantastic and you do get to take home our Pointless trophy.

Well, let's hope you're not going to kick yourself too

much but Richard, what are the answers they were looking for?

It's tough luck, you played so well throughout the whole show.

If you'd said LA Raiders instead of Oakland Raiders, it would have got you one point as well.

It would have been even more painful if you did.

There were three pointless answers here.

We'll put them up for you.

Well done if you got any of these at home.

The Baltimore Colts, the Kansas City Chiefs and the St Louis Rams who won in 2000.

All of those would have won you £4,000.

Oh dear, oh dear. Looking at those, do you know those ones?

Baltimore Colts came to me after it was too late.

It's a shame but there we are.

Unfortunately we say goodbye to you, Robert and Nathan.

It's been fabulous having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing.

Nobody has won our jackpot today which means it rolls over.

On the next show we'll be playing for £5,000.

-Join us next time to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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