Episode 30 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and this is Pointless,

the quiz show where the stakes are high, but the points need to be low. Let's meet today's players.

So, welcome Rohan and Nigel, you are our first pair today. How do you two know each other?

Well, Rohan will very shortly be my son-in-law.

Ho-ho-ho!

-That's brave!

-Hopefully!

-Rohan - oh, the stakes are really high!

-Indeed, yeah.

Nigel, what a kind hand of future father-in-lawness

to hand down to Rohan.

-Rohan, you're going to have to do so well today, so well.

-Yeah.

Is your fiancee here in the audience?

No, she's too busy at work, unfortunately, but...

She'll be watching it when it comes out on telly. I hope things are still sweet then between you.

Anyway, best of luck on the show. Welcome to Sandie and Charlotte - how do you two know each other?

We met in secondary school, so we've been best friends since we were 11 years old.

-Where was that?

-In Cardiff.

In Cardiff - you still live in Cardiff?

Yes, I do, with my partner and my baby daughter, Ellen.

-Charlotte, how about you?

-In Bath.

-What do you do in Bath?

-I'm a secondary history teacher.

Very good, best of luck to you. And welcome back, Kay-Leigh and Simon.

Everyone of course gets two shots at the Pointless final.

This is your second and final shot at it - how did you do last time?

We got eliminated in the second round - I didn't know my film quotes.

-You did not know your film quotes, Simon.

-No!

Well, best of luck to the pair of you.

And finally we have got Lauren and Scott - how do you two know each other?

We met six years ago in Cheltenham, and we've been married in two.

We met on FA Cup day - Millwall versus Man United.

-You were obviously cheering on the Lions, I should imagine?

-It certainly wasn't Man United.

And you bonded,

watching the FA Cup.

-Yeah.

-Yes, we find lager and red wine is a good thing to bring two people together.

-What a mix as well.

Beautiful. Very best of luck to you throughout the show.

We'll find out more about you as the show goes on. There's one more person for me to introduce -

-a man who lives and breathes obscurity. He's my Pointless friend, he's Richard.

-Hello!

Living obscurity, we all know about that.

Breathing it, though, Richard - is that wise?

It's like breathing at altitude. You need training.

That aside, we've got a great show today. We've only got one returning pair -

Simon and Kay-Leigh - but I thought there were rather good last time, so I suspect they might do quite well.

Charlotte, you're a history teacher. We've had a lot of very good, quite tough history questions recently,

but none today, I'm afraid.

-Oh!

-It's good in a way because that would be a bit too much pressure for you.

Thanks very much, Richard. We've put 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 with a chance of winning the jackpot,

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

What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer - an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

Nobody has won the jackpot for ages now.

We will add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off at £6,000.

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Let's play Pointless.

Now, in the first round, each of you

must give me one answer, and you cannot confer with your partner.

Whichever team has the highest score

at the end of the round will be eliminated.

Just make sure it's not you.

Our category for round one is...

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

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Disney heroines as they could.

Disney heroines. Richard...

I don't want to blind anyone with science, but all the correct answers in this round are

female characters who've appeared in a Disney feature film.

If anybody - Rohan, anybody - if you want me to go through that again,

just to make sure you got it, let me know.

-OK, thanks!

-OK. Rohan and Nigel, you all drew lots before the show, and you get to start this time.

In round one, I'm going to give you a choice of seven possible answers on the board in each pass.

First set of seven answers reads like this...

I can tell you at least one of those answers is Pointless.

And also at least one of those answers is incorrect.

If you pick that, you will score the maximum of 100 points.

There you are, you've been told. Rohan,

do you get animated about animated films?

Erm, so-so. When I was younger, yeah.

Do you remember characters from animated films?

I do, yes, but the ones I remember I think will be the most obvious.

So I'm trying to think of the least obvious, obviously.

-You're trying to find the most obscure one, which will score you the fewest points.

-Yes.

I could play it safe, but I think because I'm going first, I won't.

-Also because you intend to marry Nigel's daughter.

-Yeah!

Erm, I'll go with Jasmine.

OK - do you know who Jasmine...?

Yeah, I think she's in Aladdin.

Mmm... OK, Jasmine, you're saying.

Let's see if that's a correct answer.

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

It is correct!

Good answer, Rohan. That scores you 10 points.

-Jasmine, Richard...?

-Yes, very good start to the show.

Well done, Rohan. Absolutely, she's Aladdin's love interest in Aladdin.

Very good. So, we are looking for Disney heroines, Sandie.

Are you good on your Disney heroines?

Er, well, I'm the oldest of six, so I grew up watching the Disney films.

-Presumably you kept on watching them as your younger five siblings grew up as well.

-Oh, yes.

So you know these people well?

Erm, well, I hope I do.

I'm debating between two which I think are pretty unknown.

I'm going to go for Perdita - I think that was 101 Dalmatians.

Perdita. Perd-eeta. Perd-eeta - I've just learnt something!

Right, let's see if Perdita is the right answer. If it is, let's see how many people said it. Perdita...

It's right.

Oh, it's a good answer, Sandie. Look at that!

Two points!

Very good answer. Richard, Perdita...

Yeah, really good answer. And Perdita, as you say,

-she's a Dalmatian. She's married to Pongo.

-Indeed.

That's in a world where dogs get married.

Which is a world I would like to live in. It would be nice, wouldn't it?

-Yeah, dog weddings!

-Driving through town centres seeing dog weddings in the town hall.

You may now sniff the bride.

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OK, we are looking for Disney heroines.

Kay-Leigh. Kay-Leigh, is this a good subject for you, Kay-Leigh?

Erm, it wasn't too bad,

although I actually wanted to go for the one that Sandie's just chosen.

So I'm debating now whether to...

How many on there do you not know?

Erm, I want to say two-and-a-half, but...

Two I've definitely not heard of,

two I definitely have, and the other one is going to be the one

I will go for I think.

I hope it's not wrong -

-I'm going to go for Duchess.

-What do you think Duchess is?

I have no idea. It sounds like a dog's name, possibly Lady And The Tramp.

But I don't know if she was called Lady.

Good thinking, I like the sound of that.

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

Duchess...

It's right!

Another low score.

Yes!

The lowest possible score. That's a pointless answer, it adds £250 to the jackpot,

taking the total up to £6,250,

and it scores you nothing. Very good.

Yes, very good start, Kay-Leigh.

She's not from Lady And The Tramp, though, she's from The Aristocats. She's a pedigree cat.

Now, then, Scott, you are the last person to have this selection of names.

It's not my specialist subject.

I believe Ariel to be from a Disney film, and Cinderella.

I'm going to go for Ariel, who I believe is in The Little Mermaid.

Ariel, from The Little Mermaid. Let's see if that's right and if so, how many people said it.

Not a bad answer.

That scores you 18, Scott.

Ariel, Richard...

Well played, Scott. Better safe than sorry.

Ariel is not only from The Little Mermaid, she is The Little Mermaid.

Let's go through the rest of the board, though.

There's an obvious one there, Cinderella - that would have scored you 48 points.

Out of the other two, Tamara Scheer and Helen Parr -

one of those is pointless, and one of those is incorrect. What do you think?

Helen Parr is going to be a Disney character.

Yes, Helen Power is in fact Elastigirl,

the mother from The Incredibles,

and would have been a pointless answer, so well done if you got that.

That would have added £250 to the jackpot. Tamara Scheer is Walt Disney's granddaughter.

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

Pretty low-scoring round there, especially from Kay-Leigh and Simon.

What a great answer that was - Duchess. Sandie and Charlotte looking great on two.

Another brilliant answer -

Rohan, well done.

10 is probably going to see you through.

Scott, good answer on 18. However, you are the highest scorer by a bit of a margin.

You're eight points clear of the field.

So yes, Lauren - no pressure, but let's have a pointless.

OK, 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 seven more answers on the board.

We are looking for Disney heroines, and here's your list.

I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless,

and at least one of those answers is incorrect, so try and avoid those.

Right, Lauren - you are on 18, you are the high scorers.

-This is not a good round for me.

-Oh, really?

-No.

-What would have been a good round for you?

-Well, anything.

Anything but Disney. I would have thought this would be everyone's first choice.

-Disney!

-Literally anything but Disney, though, you'd be...? So, the rest of the show...

Oh, no, no, no! But, erm, I recognise some very obvious ones.

But because we need the points, I'm going to go for

one that I'm not sure, but...

-Scott, what is that face?

-Is he pulling a face?!

-It's one of fear.

-You get that a lot.

Erm, Princess Tiaamii, I'm going to go.

-I've no idea.

-Princess Tiaamii.

OK, there's no red line for you because you are the high scorers.

Let's see if Princess Tiaamii is right, and if so, how many people said it. Princess Tiaamii...

I've got it over with for everyone!

Unfortunately, Princess Tiaamii is not a correct answer. Richard...

Yeah, I'm afraid Princess Tiaamii is actually Jordan's daughter.

There's a Princess Tiana in Princess And The Frog,

but Princess Tiaamii is very much all Jordan's creation.

-Blimey. Double A, three Is. This is a Scrabble mess.

-Yeah.

It's a lovely way to name a child(!)

-Isn't it?

-Like your youngest - Farangong.

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You think Farangong's a funny name, do you?

I don't. A lot of the backstage people are saying yes,

it's an unusual name.

But he's an unusual child. It sort of suits him.

-Erm, Lauren, you...

-You got a lot of chat out of it,

-didn't you?!

-We'll get check out of anything, don't you worry about that.

As you were implying, the writing is in fact on the wall.

You have gone, I'm afraid, irretrievably ahead.

Remember, we are looking for Disney heroines.

Simon - Kay-Leigh did fantastically well.

She pulled a Pointless out of the bag.

You're looking at a list of six potential answers there -

what are you going to give me?

Erm, I'm glad the pressure's off me, actually,

cos I only know a couple of the obvious ones.

So I'm going to... Knowing that I can get it wrong and still go through,

I'm going to take a guess...

-Find a pointless answer.

-I'll go for Belle.

You're going for Belle. OK, there is Belle.

-I think that possibly is Lady And The Tramp.

-Kay-Leigh's shaking her head.

Is Belle right, do you think?

It's right, but I don't think it's Lady And The Tramp,

it's Beauty And The Beast.

No red line for you, obviously,

because you're through. Let's see if it's right, and how many people said Belle.

It's a right answer...

14 - not a bad answer, Simon.

That gives you a total of 14.

-Belle...

-Well, to quote Kay-Leigh - it's right, but it's not from Lady And The Tramp,

-it's from Beauty And The Beast. Word perfect.

-Very good.

Now, Charlotte - we are looking for Disney heroines.

As we can't go out, I'll take a shot at Cammy.

Cammy. Let's see if it's the correct answer, and if it is, let's see how many people said it. Cammy...

Bad luck, Charlotte. That's an incorrect answer,

which means I'm afraid you score the maximum of 100 points,

-giving you a total of 102. Richard.

-That's the right tactics, Charlotte.

If you can't go out, you might as well try and add £250 to the jackpot.

Cammy is one of the characters in the Street Fighter video game.

Nigel - you are on 10, you have a free hand.

Charlotte has very kindly mine-swept for you.

There's a pointless in there, at least one pointless.

I'll go for the one that I haven't heard of, then, which is Jane Porter.

Jane Porter. Let's see if that is indeed a pointless answer,

and hope that it is. Jane Porter.

It's right.

Well done, Nigel!

Jane Porter is indeed Pointless. It adds £250

to the jackpot, taking the total up to £6,500.

And it scores you nothing, leaving you with a total of 10.

-Jane Porter.

-Yes, well done, Nigel. That's a nice stress-free way of making £250, isn't it?

Jane Porter's actually Tarzan's wife.

-Oh, yes, that's right.

-Let's take a look at the rest of the board.

Snow White, obviously a Disney character,

but would have scored you a very high 63 points,

so very well avoided by everyone.

Pocahontas obviously is another correct answer,

and would have scored 18.

Wendy Darling from Peter Pan

would have scored you a very, very small three points -

surprisingly small.

Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of round one, the losing pair,

with the highest score, is Lauren and Scott. Princess Tiaamii, she...

No, she really isn't.

She ended your Pointless quest, but only for the first time.

We will see you again next time -

everyone gets two shots at the Pointless final.

Hopefully we will see you for more than round one.

Thanks. Great contestants.

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

It's time to find out which of the two teams will be going through

to the head-to-head for the chance to reach the Pointless final.

The category for round two is...

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

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

And the question is...

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to tell us

which language they are from. Richard.

We're going to give you six ways of saying thank you.

The more obscure ones - and there are some pretty obscure ones in there - will score you the fewest points.

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

The first six are...

-That was...

-That was good.

-..awful!

OK, we are looking for thank you in many, many languages. Rohan.

Well, this is...

-I mean, there's...

-How many languages do you speak, Rohan?

One. I was going to say two - bad English as well.

But yeah, no, I think, this isn't a good round for me at all.

I'm going to go for...gracias.

-No, merci.

-You're going for merci.

OK... OK.

-What language is that in?

-French.

French - let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people knew that.

It's like a correct answer.

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Only... Well, it's two better than incorrect.

That scores you 98, Rohan. Richard.

It shows we're a very polite nation, when we travel to France.

Well, not a terrible score. No, it IS a terrible score, I'm afraid.

But there we are, it's better than 100.

We are looking for the languages

in which these are ways

of saying thank you.

-Charlotte.

-Yes, luckily, growing up in Cardiff,

I know that diolch yn fawr

is Welsh for thank you.

-Did I say it right?

-No. Sorry.

I think we know that's probably a right answer. How many people knew that was Welsh?

27. Good answer, Charlotte.

Yeah, very good answer. Usually, I repeat the answer you've given me. I didn't this time.

-No!

-I thought with Charlotte here, I didn't dare.

Kay-Leigh - we are looking for the languages in which

these words mean thank you.

Although I love how some of those

look on there,

I only know for definite one,

and I don't want to risk it,

even if there is a two-point

difference between 98 and 100.

So I'm going to go for gracias, which I believe is Spanish.

OK, gracias. Let's see if it's correct,

and how many people knew that answer.

It's right.

68.

-68, that scores. Richard.

-Yes, a surprisingly low score. Let's take a look at the rest of the board.

Multumesc is of course, Alexander...

I could hear Borat saying it, but...

I don't know.

It's Romanian,

so very well done if you said that.

-That would have scored you two points. Spasiba.

-Russian.

It is Russian, absolutely. That would have scored you 14 points.

-And Kiitos.

-Kiitos.

-Yeah...

-I don't know.

-It sounds like a rapper.

-Not a very good one, though.

It's actually how you say thank you in Finland.

And it would have scored you one point.

So very well done if you got that at home.

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

Rohan and Nigel, the high scorers, on 98. Rohan -

you've left Nigel with quite a job to do on the next pass.

Kay-Leigh - not so bad there, 68.

Charlotte and Sandie looking very strong there on 27.

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 ways of saying thank you up on the board, and here they are.

I will do them one more time.

I'm so glad people who speak these languages aren't all represented in our contestants -

they could just point out how terribly I said those.

Remember, we are looking for the languages in which these words mean thank you.

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

Simon, you are on 68. If you score 29 or less with this answer,

you are definitely through to the next round.

-It's a lot of pressure, that.

-A lot of pressure.

It's not the end of the world if you score over 29,

because the remaining pairs have yet to answer.

I think I know two of them, but

there's only one that I'm 100% on.

It's probably going to be

high-scoring, but I'm going

to risk that, and hope that it takes

one of the obvious ones off

the board for the other players.

Good tactic.

So I'm going to go with, "Danke."

And if my memory of school is correct, it's German.

OK, there is your red line - if you come under that red line, you are through to the next round, for sure.

Danke, you are saying - let's see if it is right, and if so, how many people said it.

It's right! Ooh!

I didn't even have time to say, "It's right", before it stopped.

95. That takes your total up to 163. Richard...

Yeah, another very, very big score.

If you ever want to say thank you to a German - who knows, you might, one day -

"Danke", is the way to do it.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Sandy - I'll tell you the good news - you can't lose.

Whatever you say - whatever you say -

you are through to the head-to-head, because you will never overtake Simon and Kay-Leigh's high score.

We are looking for the languages

in which these are ways

of saying thank you.

Does that make it

a little bit easier for you?

Well, I recognise two,

now that, "Danke", has disappeared

off the board, that I actually know

where they're from.

So I'm going to play it safe,

and go with one that perhaps is a

little bit less well-known, so I'm going to go for, "Obrigado", which I think is Portuguese.

Obrigado, Portuguese. Let's see how many people said that, and if it's correct.

It's right.

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Good answer, scores you 26, taking your total up to 53. Richard...

Yeah, very good answer. Sandy and Charlotte have played the round expertly, have they not?

They have. They have, indeed. Right, Nigel...

Yes, so expertly that they've taken my answer.

Oh, no!

There's one of them which rings a bell,

but I can't really place the language,

so I'm going to have to go safe,

and hope that...

You're on 98.

You have to score 64 or less.

Just to remind you that, "Gracias",

for example, scored 68.

So there must be a good chance that,

"Grazie", which is,

I think, Italian,

gets the same score.

-You're hoping it gets a little bit less, I would imagine.

-Yes.

It's very exciting. Here's your red line.

Below that red line, you're in the head-to-head.

Above it, we say goodbye to you at the end of this round.

Grazie, Italian -

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

It's right.

You're through.

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Very well done.

That scores you 58, taking your total up to 156.

-Richard...

-Very well played. I think that's our politest round ever,

and we end up with a big grazie to the Italians for getting Rohan and Nigel through.

Let's take a look at the rest of the board.

Efharisto - do you know where

-that is thank you?

-Is it Greek?

It is. That would have scored you

14 points. Now, "Dziekuje"...

Ah, Polish.

..would have scored you five points.

-And, "Tanan"...

-I don't know.

Again, very well done

if you got this at home -

it's Estonian, and would have

scored you one point.

There we are. OK, thanks, Richard. So at the end of round two,

-the losing pair, with the highest score, I'm afraid it's Kay-Leigh and Simon.

-Again!

-You've been given some duff categories.

-Played it too safe on that one, I think.

Did you know any of the others?

I knew Italian, but I wasn't convinced enough that it was.

Oh, never mind, you've been fantastic contestants. Thanks so much for playing.

Thank you very much.

For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting, as we enter the head-to-head.

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We've already said goodbye to two teams. It's now time to find out which of our remaining pairs

will be playing for today's jackpot, which currently stands at £6,500.

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So, Sandy and Charlotte, Rohan and Nigel -

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

You are now allowed to confer.

You have to come up with an answer that scores less than the opposing pair to win that point.

The first team to get two points will be going through to today's jackpot final. Let's play Pointless.

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Here is your first question - we gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many words in the abbreviation, CD-ROM,

-as they could. Richard...

-Yeah.

Not much to add there - we're simply looking for any of the five words

represented by that abbreviation, CD-Rom. Which is the most obscure?

Good luck.

Sandy and Charlotte - because you've played best throughout the show so far, you get to go first.

-OK.

-Erm, we're going to go for the O in, "Only".

Only?

Rohan and Nigel?

Compact disc random...?

-I thought it was, "Operating."

-The O's gone,

so yeah, let's go for, "Random."

-Let's go for that.

-R - Random.

-OK, "Random", you are saying.

Let's look at those in the order they've been given.

"Only", say Sandy and Charlotte -

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

Only.

Well, it's right!

38.

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Rohan and Nigel have gone for, "Random."

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

Oh, Random - not a right answer, I'm afraid.

So, after the first question,

Sandy and Charlotte are ahead, 1-0. Richard...

Yeah, Random is the R in, "RAM", but not in, "ROM."

But if you had got the R in this one,

you would have just won the points.

It's, "Read." It's Compact Disc Read-Only Memory.

Let's take a look at how it would have scored.

"Read", would have scored you 37 points.

It would have just pipped, "Only", at 38.

Memory - 49, Compact - 58, and Disc with 67.

OK, thank you very much.

Rohan and Nigel - you have to win this next point, otherwise we say goodbye to you.

OK, here is the second question - we gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many players with ten-plus Premier League goals as they could.

Richard...

Yeah, we're looking for any player

who managed to score 11 or more goals

in the Premier League 2009-2010 season.

Just in the Premier League, not in other competitions.

Any of those players - there are 14 names on the list.

Right, Sandy and Charlotte, not looking too thrilled with that question.

Rohan and Nigel looking quite confident...

No, they're not.

Rohan looking quite confident. Nigel, a little bit concerned.

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-OK, Rohan.

-I think Darren Bent scored

more than ten Premier League goals.

-Darren Bent?

-Yeah.

Sandy and Charlotte, Darren Bent has gone.

-Right, OK.

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Just so you know.

Does that mean anything to you?

-No.

-I might have just said, "Blah blah blah."

You may as well have.

We're going to go for any footballer that we know the name of.

Didier Drogba.

Didier Drogba.

OK, we have Darren Bent and Didier Drogba.

Darren Bent first.

Rohan and Nigel, let's see if it's correct,

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

It's right.

Looks like a good answer,

going a long way down.

Look at that - 12!

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Well done, Rohan, good answer.

Sandy and Charlotte, Didier Drogba - a complete shot in the dark?

-Well, he's quite good.

-I've heard of him, so that's always a start.

Let's see. Didier Drogba, is it a correct answer, and if it is,

how many people said it?

It's right.

For a place in the final. Oh.

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A good answer, Didier Drogba. A very respectable answer.

Sadly, it doesn't beat Darren Bent.

So, after two questions, you are one point apiece. Richard.

Very well played, Rohan. Darren Bent actually the third highest scorer in the Premier League 2009-2010 season.

There are 14 names on this list. I know some people will be desperately scrabbling to get them all down.

There is a pointless answer as well, so let's take a look at the whole list.

I know the girls will be gutted. You forgot Gabriel Agbonlahor.

-Oh, no!

-He would have won you the point.

Let's take a look at the top of the list.

Well done if you got most of those.

OK, thank you very much. Right. It's come down to the third question.

Whoever wins this question is through to the final with a chance to play for that £6,500 jackpot.

OK, here is your third question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many countries that the Andes pass through as they could. Richard.

Yeah, tricky. The Andes pass through seven different countries.

We're looking for the most obscure of those seven.

Right, Sandy and Charlotte, your turn first.

We're sort of hoping more than knowing...Bolivia.

Bolivia?

OK, "Bolivia", say Sandy and Charlotte.

I'm going to leave this to you.

OK. Well, you've got Chile and Argentina in the south

and it must go up through Paraguay,

Peru, Ecuador, Colombia -

six - Bolivia - seven.

Take your pick.

We'll go for Paraguay.

"Paraguay", say Rohan and Nigel.

"Bolivia", we will take first from Sandy and Charlotte. This for a place in the final.

Is it right? And if it is, how many people said it?

It is correct.

20.

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Good answer.

A good answer. Is it good enough?

Rohan and Nigel, let's just see.

Paraguay, how many people said it?

Is it correct?

No!

I'm afraid Paraguay is an incorrect answer.

So, after three questions,

Sandy and Charlotte are through to

the final 2 - 1. Well done. Richard.

Nigel, you just took us on a tour of South America of the Andes.

Every single country you mentioned is on this list apart from Paraguay.

It's the one you missed. I'm so sorry.

Let's take a look at the whole list.

A couple of them would

have won it for you as well.

Bad luck, Rohan and Nigel.

You are the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head.

Why did you think Paraguay, I wonder?

Well, I knew it was down there and I just didn't take the Andes far enough north to Venezuela.

-I knew it was down there somewhere. I'm sure there are some foothills in Paraguay.

-I bet there are.

A sort of Andes afterthought.

Very good. Thanks very much. We'll look forward to seeing you next time. Thanks very much for playing.

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But for Sandy and Charlotte, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £6,500.

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So congratulations, Sandy and Charlotte.

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

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My congratulations. Now, though, you have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot which,

at the end of today's show, stands at a pretty high £6,500.

OK, the rules are very simple. To win the money, all you have to do is to find a pointless answer.

That's an answer that none of our 100 people could think of.

We have had two pointless answers on the show today.

You just need to find one more now to go home with that £6,500.

First, though, you've got to choose a category, and here are your three options to choose from.

HEAVY BREATHING

That sounded almost ecstatic.

THEY LAUGH

-We've really sadly revised two of those topics.

-Sadly revised?

-Sadly, as in we know now we're torn.

-OK, you're now torn.

-I think we go for capital cities.

-Capital cities?

-Yes.

-Which is Charlotte's particular area of expertise.

-Yes!

-No pressure, Charlotte.

-No expertise at all.

-Right, let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many capital cities of former Soviet states as they could.

-Richard.

-We're looking for the capitals of any of the countries which formerly made up the USSR.

And by country, as always, we mean a member of the UN that's a sovereign state in its own right.

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

And all you need to win that £6,500 is for just one of them to be pointless.

-OK, your 60 seconds start now.

-OK.

Tbilisi is the captain of Georgia.

-OK.

-Tallinn is Estonia.

Yeah, I remember that from the Eurovision Song Contest.

-Riga is Latvia.

-OK.

Kiev is Ukraine, but that's too obvious.

Yeah, I know that.

I think we go for the first two.

Kiev, I knew that.

Tbilisi, Tallinn, Riga. I can't think of any other countries.

That's fine, because we only need three.

Yes, I know, but I'm trying to think of a more obscure one.

I think those are pretty obscure.

30 seconds have gone.

You've got plenty of time if you need it.

I'm trying to think what was on the lists.

Is Moldova a country or a capital?

I think we leave that there then.

Yeah.

Go for those two, I think.

-They're really obvious.

-It doesn't matter.

-OK.

-OK?

-Yes.

-Shall we stop the clock?

-Yes.

Stop the clock with two seconds left.

Right. What are the three capital cities you're going to give me?

-I think that they're really obvious, but Tbilisi.

-Tbilisi.

Tallinn.

-Tallinn.

-And Riga.

-And Riga.

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

-Probably Tbilisi.

-Tbilisi.

We'll put that last. Which shall we put up first, your least confident?

I think Tallinn will be well known because it's been on the Eurovision Song Contest.

OK. We will have Tallinn,

Riga

and Tbilisi.

There they are.

OK, we were looking for capital cities of former Soviet states.

Only one of these needs to be pointless, remember.

Only one of them.

This was your least confident answer.

You have gone for Tallinn.

Let's see if Tallinn is a correct answer.

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

Well, it's right.

Down it goes. Tallinn.

If this goes all the way to zero,

you leave here with £6,500.

Oh!

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OK. Five people knew Tallinn. But that's not surprising, as you said.

People watch Eurovision. That's how people know these things.

Unfortunately, it is not a pointless answer.

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

but that gives you some indication of the kind of people

we were dealing with here.

We are looking for capital cities of former Soviet states.

Your second answer is Riga.

You were more confident about Riga.

THEY LAUGH

--ish.

-Let's hope nobody said it. Let's hope it's correct.

This has to be pointless if you're going to win the jackpot.

Let's see how many people said Riga for £6,500.

Well, it's right.

It's right. Down it goes.

The last one scored five.

If this scores less, maybe it will go down

all the way to zero

and you will leave here with £6,500.

Oh!

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-OK.

-Riga scored two.

-We're going in the right direction.

-That's good.

-We are going in

the right direction. However, it's not a pointless answer.

That means you have only one final shot at that jackpot of £6,500.

We are looking for capital cities of former Soviet states. Tbilisi is your final answer.

The answer you both said you had the most faith in to be pointless.

Your judgment's been pretty sound so far.

You started at five, you've gone down to less than half, down to two.

Keep up that trajectory and you'll be down to minus one with Tbilisi.

Right, this is it. £6,500.

Only Tbilisi is between you and it.

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

It's right.

Is it going to go all the way down?

There's Euro Disney,

there's a lot of travelling around

historical places hanging on this.

Oh!

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Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that vital pointless answer, so I'm afraid you don't win

today's jackpot of £6,500, which will roll over to the next show.

But you have been amazing and you do get to take home our Pointless trophy.

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Richard, they came so close.

Yeah, really close. That's tough luck.

There are 15 former Soviet states and six of them were pointless.

But most of those were the Asian countries,

so let's take a look at all six of them.

Ashgabat, which is the capital of Turkmenistan.

Astana, which is Kazakhstan.

Baku, which is Azerbaijan. All of these are pointless, would have won you the money.

Bishkek, which is Kyrgyzstan.

Chisinau, which is Moldova in Europe.

And Dushanbe, which is Tajikistan.

Very unlucky, but very well done if you got any of those six at home.

Oh, dear. From your reactions to those, it sounds like you might have said them.

I learnt all of those.

And I said Moldova, but I couldn't remember the capital.

Yes, you did,

you did. Does that make you feel any better?

No, not at all. Really, really not.

I tell you what, those trophies are lovely, though.

They're very, very nice indeed.

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Sandy and Charlotte.

But you've done so well. Fantastic showing. Thanks so much for playing.

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So nobody's won our jackpot today.

It therefore rolls over, which means on the next show we'll be playing for, wait for it, £7,500.

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-Join us then 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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