0:00:25 > 0:00:29Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and this is Pointless,
0:00:29 > 0:00:35where the lower the score, the better the odds of winning. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:37 > 0:00:42Welcome, Richard and Mark. How do you two know each other?
0:00:42 > 0:00:48- We're brothers-in-law. We married two sisters.- How long have you been brothers-in-law for?
0:00:48 > 0:00:54Er, well, he married the first one about 20 years ago. I've only been married to one for two years.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58But we've known each other 30 years. We worked down the market.
0:00:58 > 0:01:04- What were you selling?- I sold fruit and veg. Richard was jewellery.
0:01:04 > 0:01:10- Who had the better patter? - Me, probably, cos he was in the jewellers. I was in the gutter.
0:01:10 > 0:01:15Oh, he was in the warm? Very best of luck to you on the show today.
0:01:15 > 0:01:22- And a welcome to Katy and Rachel. How do you know each other? - We used to work together.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26- And where are you from?- Swansea. - I thought that was the accent!
0:01:26 > 0:01:32- Very good indeed. What do you do, Katy?- I work for Marie Curie Cancer Care as a fundraiser.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- Excellent charity.- It is.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38- How about you, Rachel? - I work for an insurance company.
0:01:38 > 0:01:43Not such a good job! No, no... Good for insurance companies.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Where would we be... without ripping them off?
0:01:46 > 0:01:53And welcome back to Dorian and James. You were on last time. We give everyone two shots.
0:01:53 > 0:02:00- Remind us how you did. - We had a belter of a run, then we hit a television brick wall.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05- A television brick wall. Let me try to remember it.- Porridge. - THAT brick wall!
0:02:05 > 0:02:12- I see what you mean.- Out of our league and out of our time. - Still in your hat and coat, though.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17Very good indeed. What are you hoping for today?
0:02:17 > 0:02:21- Language and science, please.- James? - That'll do me. Sport wouldn't hurt.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Sport wouldn't hurt. Language, science. Covered all the bases!
0:02:25 > 0:02:30Best of luck. And finally, Tammy and John. How do you know each other?
0:02:30 > 0:02:35We worked together, seven years ago, and we've been together ever since.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40We live together in Leigh-on-Sea... with two tortoises.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45- With two tortoises! What are they called?- Bill and Ted.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Excellent.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51Best of luck. We'll find out more about all of you.
0:02:51 > 0:02:57There's just one more person to introduce. He's my Pointless friend, he's Richard.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Hello.
0:03:03 > 0:03:09- You are one click away, my friend... - From obscurity. We've got a great show today.
0:03:09 > 0:03:16Only one returning pair, but what a returning pair! Dorian and James.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21No science, no language, no sport, boys. So sorry. Animals any good?
0:03:21 > 0:03:28- I could live with that. - Animals, but not tortoises, I'm afraid.
0:03:28 > 0:03:33Thanks, Richard. We put all our questions to 100 people, but this is Pointless
0:03:33 > 0:03:39so we are after the obscure answers they didn't get. To stay in the game, all our players need to do
0:03:39 > 0:03:43is find those obscure answers and score as few points as they can.
0:03:43 > 0:03:49Everyone's looking for a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave. When that happens,
0:03:49 > 0:03:53we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:03:53 > 0:04:00Joe and Helen won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05OK, let's play Pointless.
0:04:09 > 0:04:15In the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20Whichever team has the highest score will be eliminated.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24OK, our first category this afternoon is...
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Animals. Can you decide who will go first and who will go second?
0:04:32 > 0:04:37Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:04:38 > 0:04:45We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many breeds of cat as they could.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- Breeds of cat. Richard?- Yeah.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53We've got three new pairs so I'll go through this in as much detail as I can.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Essentially, in this round all the correct answers are breeds of cat.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59LAUGHTER
0:05:00 > 0:05:06Right. Richard and Mark, you all drew lots and you get to go first this afternoon.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10We'll give you a choice of seven possible answers.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14The first set of seven answers reads like this...
0:05:14 > 0:05:16HE READS LIST
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Just read those one more time.
0:05:34 > 0:05:40At least one of those answers is pointless. At least one of those answers is incorrect.
0:05:40 > 0:05:46Pick an incorrect one and you score the maximum of 100 points. Now, Mark,
0:05:46 > 0:05:52the most obscure answer will score the lowest points, so be careful not to pick an incorrect one.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56- What's that board looking like? - One I know, but it'll be high
0:05:56 > 0:06:00so I don't know whether to take a chance or go for the one I know.
0:06:03 > 0:06:09- I'll go for Abyssinian. Abyssinian. Is that a punt?- Yeah. - Sounds like a cat!
0:06:09 > 0:06:14OK, Abyssinian. Let's see if it's correct and how many people said it.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17It's right, Mark.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Very good start. Down it goes. Look at that.
0:06:22 > 0:06:23Eight!
0:06:24 > 0:06:29A cracking score, Mark. Eight for Abyssinian.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Very good score, Mark.
0:06:31 > 0:06:37The Abyssinian cat is medium in size and regal in appearance. Like the Queen, say.
0:06:37 > 0:06:45- Regal in appearance?- Yeah. - If you lined up 10 cats, could you point out the ones that were regal?
0:06:45 > 0:06:49Yeah. The one with the crown is the regal one.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54- OK.- It's quite simple. The one waving his paw out of the window is the regal one.
0:06:54 > 0:07:00Now you put it like that, I see it was a stupid question. Thanks.
0:07:00 > 0:07:06Good score, Mark. We are looking for breeds of cat. Rachel, you know your cats.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08- You... Don't you?- No.- Really?
0:07:08 > 0:07:13- Katy's the cat person. - Well, that's good. All is not lost.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17Do you know any of these? Mark says there's one everyone knows.
0:07:17 > 0:07:23- I'm not going for that one. - Do you fancy taking a punt? - Yeah. I'm thinking...
0:07:23 > 0:07:26I'm really sorry. Norwegian Blue?
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- Norwegian Blue.- Yeah.
0:07:29 > 0:07:35Let's see if that's correct and, if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Oh, no!
0:07:41 > 0:07:48I'm afraid Norwegian Blue is incorrect and scores you the maximum 100 points. Richard?
0:07:48 > 0:07:52It's the species of parrot in Monty Python's dead parrot sketch.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56- Norwegian Blue.- Ah, yes. Bad luck, Rachel.
0:07:56 > 0:08:01Bad luck. Now, James, we are looking for breeds of cat. You know cats.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- No. I... Not really. - Well, I tell you what...
0:08:05 > 0:08:10I'm going to play safe and say, from Lady and the Tramp, Siamese.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15Dorian's giving nothing away. I can't tell if he's burning with fury
0:08:15 > 0:08:19or ecstatic with that answer. You're saying Siamese.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23Let's see if it's correct and how many people said it.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Well, it's right.
0:08:26 > 0:08:2871!
0:08:28 > 0:08:32If you please, Siamese.
0:08:32 > 0:08:38Yes, they've got the very distinctive triangular face and blue eyes. It's a big score.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- No crown?- The Siamese? No, it's a republic.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46- LAUGHTER - Very good. Very good.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51- OK, Tammy...- I'm actually allergic to cats.- Oh, for heaven's sake!
0:08:51 > 0:08:57- You're the worst lot of contestants for cats! Someone will be a cat person.- I'm a cat person.
0:08:57 > 0:09:04- Exactly. I said someone. Just not one of the contestants. - I'm not half-man, half-cat.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07That's why you never see my legs.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- There's four of them.- OK.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13We are looking for breeds of cat, Tammy.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Em...
0:09:15 > 0:09:19There's definitely one that will be quite popular.
0:09:19 > 0:09:25- I'll go for Japanese bobtail. - What do you think a Japanese bobtail looks like, Tammy?
0:09:25 > 0:09:31Em, I reckon it's... got a bob tail?
0:09:31 > 0:09:35And it's regal and feline. Right, OK.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40Japanese bobtail. Let's see if it's correct and how many said it. Japanese bobtail.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47It's right, Tammy. This could go a long way down.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Look at that! Well done, you!
0:09:52 > 0:09:59That's pointless. It adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £1,250.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- And it scores you nothing. Richard?- Well done.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Not only is it a right answer, but it DOES have a bobbed tail.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12Extraordinary. Their tails are like human fingerprints. No two the same.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16- Makes it very easy for the Japanese cat police. - LAUGHTER
0:10:16 > 0:10:20You see them dusting for tails all the time.
0:10:20 > 0:10:26Let's take a look at the rest of the board. Burmese, of course, is a cat.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Would have scored you 21 points.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33The British shorthair - all sorts of breeds in that. Eight points.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37And do you think American Curl is a real cat?
0:10:37 > 0:10:41- Yeah, why not?- It's not the follow-up to American Boy.
0:10:41 > 0:10:47American Curl is indeed a real cat and would have scored one point. Well done if you got that.
0:10:47 > 0:10:53Very good. We're halfway through the round so let's look at the scoreboard as it stands.
0:10:53 > 0:11:01Wow! Well, we cover all the bases there. Everything from Tammy and John on an impressive nothing,
0:11:01 > 0:11:06right up to Katy and Rachel with a massive score of 100.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11You're not that far out in front because James and Dorian are on 71.
0:11:11 > 0:11:16But Richard and Mark looking great. A lovely score from Mark.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Not too much for you to have to do, Richard.
0:11:19 > 0:11:26We'll come back down the line. Can the second players take their place at the podium?
0:11:26 > 0:11:31OK, we'll put seven more answers on the board. Breeds of cat. Here they are.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33HE READS LIST
0:11:41 > 0:11:43I'll read them again.
0:11:48 > 0:11:54At least one of those answers is pointless and at least one is incorrect. So be careful.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58Try to aim for the pointless one. Now then, John.
0:11:58 > 0:12:04- Are you allergic to cats?- No, no... - Tammy is and she scored a pointless!
0:12:04 > 0:12:08- She's taken the pressure of me a little bit.- She has.
0:12:08 > 0:12:14You have to score 99 or less. That's all you have to score, thanks to Tammy.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17I'm going to go for what I think is an obvious answer.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21- I believe it says Persian. - There we are.
0:12:21 > 0:12:28There's your red line, just below the pink line. Come below it and you're through.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31How many people said it, Persian?
0:12:31 > 0:12:34It's right. Good enough.
0:12:36 > 0:12:4065 that scores you, for a total of 65.
0:12:40 > 0:12:47Yeah, very well done. The Persian cats mainly have long, silky coats. Like Dorian.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50The Persian cat in the hat.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55- I don't think that'll catch on. - Persian cat in the hat?
0:12:55 > 0:12:59- Let's keep calling you it and see if it catches on.- OK.
0:12:59 > 0:13:06Very good score. Persian cat in the hat? Is it going to catch on? I'm not really sure.
0:13:06 > 0:13:13- Dorian...- Well...- You're on 71. You have to score 28 or less - 28 or less - to make it clear.
0:13:13 > 0:13:20- I'm not a cat person. I'm a dog person.- I've never come across a more useless, cat-orientated
0:13:20 > 0:13:23bunch of contestants. OK, Dorian...
0:13:23 > 0:13:30- Breeds of cats. What are you going to choose?- I only recognise one. I'm sure everyone else does, too.
0:13:30 > 0:13:35I'll have to guess. And I don't really have much choice here.
0:13:35 > 0:13:40- Well, OK. I'm going to go for Ragdoll.- You're going for Ragdoll.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44There's your red line. Come below that and you're through.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49Dorian says Ragdoll. Is it correct and, if so, how many people said it?
0:13:52 > 0:13:56It's right! No one more surprised than James.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00You're through to the next round!
0:14:00 > 0:14:05Very well played, Dorian. Ragdoll scores you 14. Richard?
0:14:05 > 0:14:09Yeah, well played. The Ragdoll originated in the USA.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14A very laidback, undemanding and relaxed cat.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Very good. OK, now Katy,
0:14:17 > 0:14:23you are on 100, I'm afraid. Rachel picked the incorrect answer on the previous board.
0:14:24 > 0:14:29- Do you know anything about cats? Yes!- I've got two cats.
0:14:29 > 0:14:35And I'm actually really gutted because I was going to pick the answer that Dorian picked.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38- My friend's got a Ragdoll cat.- Wow.
0:14:38 > 0:14:44- So I'm a bit stuck now. I think I maybe need to take a chance. - I think you'll have to.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Er, OK. I'm going to go with Cornish Rex.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53Cornish Rex. There it is. Third on the board. No red line for you, obviously.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58You've just got to hope to score as little as you can.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04It's right!
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Wow! Three!
0:15:12 > 0:15:17Not a bad answer at all. Takes your total up to 103. Richard?
0:15:17 > 0:15:23Very well played. Kept yourself in with a chance. Cornish Rex has been recognised as a breed since 1967.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28It actually turned into a breed by spontaneous natural mutation
0:15:28 > 0:15:32amongst Cornish non-pedigree cats in the 1950s.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36And there we were thinking the '50s was a really boring decade.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40Thank you very much for that. Richard - breeds of cat.
0:15:40 > 0:15:46- Yes.- Your score is eight. If you can score 94 or less with this answer,
0:15:46 > 0:15:5394 or less, you are through to the next round. It's between you and Katy and Rachel.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57- They'll be watching everything you say.- Yeah, great(!)
0:15:57 > 0:15:58Em...
0:15:58 > 0:16:00OK.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05I don't know any of those. I think one possibly could be a cat.
0:16:05 > 0:16:11- That's a Max...a Manx?- A Manx. - I've a feeling it might be one of those without any fur on.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15- Just pure skin. - Oh, those are weird cats.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17- I hope I'm right.- Let's look.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21There's your red line. Below that and you are through.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26Let's see if Manx cat can take you down there. Is it right and how many people said it?
0:16:28 > 0:16:31It's right. You're through.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- Go on! Go on!- 31.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40Not a bad score. That takes your total up to 39. Richard?
0:16:40 > 0:16:46Very well played. The Manx cat - it does have fur, but it often lacks a tail.
0:16:46 > 0:16:52Let's take a look through the rest. Now all of these are either pointless or incorrect.
0:16:52 > 0:16:57There is one pointless answer. What do you think it is?
0:16:57 > 0:17:03- Em...Bastet! - Bastet is an Egyptian cat goddess, so it was an incorrect answer.
0:17:03 > 0:17:09- Would have scored 100 points. - Don't tell me that Munchkin is a cat?!
0:17:09 > 0:17:13- Munchkin IS a cat.- No! - It's a pointless answer.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16So Oriental fire-bellied is a Chinese toad.
0:17:16 > 0:17:22- If someone's just sold you one, you'll save money on cat litter. - Yeah.
0:17:22 > 0:17:28OK, thanks, Richard. The losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid, is Katy and Rachel.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32- What would you have liked to come up?- Breeds of dog!
0:17:32 > 0:17:39- Breeds of dog.- Yeah.- You'll be coming back. What have you learnt? What are you going to take away?
0:17:41 > 0:17:47- Take a chance.- Yeah. Go with the first thought that comes in your head.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51I actually thought what Tammy said and then I thought, "No...
0:17:51 > 0:17:57- "I'll go with Norwegian Blue." - Oh, well. You helped everyone else by picking it.
0:17:57 > 0:18:03- Yeah!- Anyway, we'll see you again next time. Everyone gets two shots at the Pointless final.
0:18:03 > 0:18:10I hope next time you'll be here a little bit longer, but thanks for playing. Great contestants.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:18:18 > 0:18:25It's now time to find out which two teams go to the Head to Head with a chance to reach the final
0:18:25 > 0:18:29and to play for that jackpot. The category for Round Two is...
0:18:32 > 0:18:38Military history. Can you all decide in your pairs who is going first and who is going second?
0:18:38 > 0:18:43Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48And the question is...
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Famous battles and their countries.
0:18:51 > 0:18:58Famous battles and their countries. We're about to show you the names of some famous battles.
0:18:58 > 0:19:03We gave 100 people 100 seconds to tell us the modern-day country in which they occurred.
0:19:03 > 0:19:09We'll give you six battles on each pass. The more obscure the battle, the fewer points you'll score.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14An incorrect answer is 100 points. See how many you get at home.
0:19:14 > 0:19:20OK, here are the first six. Your first six battles read like this...
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Let me do all those again for you.
0:19:39 > 0:19:46Richard, we are looking for the countries in which these took place. You're going to find an obscure one.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48No, I'm not!
0:19:48 > 0:19:53- Em...OK. I'm going to keep it simple.- OK.
0:19:53 > 0:19:59- I'm going to go for Battle of Hastings and rely on Mark.- Where do you think it is?- In England!
0:19:59 > 0:20:05In England. OK. Battle of Hastings in England, you're saying. Think it'll score less than 100?
0:20:05 > 0:20:13- Just!- OK, let's hope it does. Let's see if it's right and how many people knew it was in England.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17AUDIENCE GROANS
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Well...
0:20:19 > 0:20:25That's eight better than an incorrect answer. 92 points. Richard?
0:20:25 > 0:20:29It begs the question of where those eight thought it took place.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33The Normans and the English in Senlac Hill near Hastings.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36OK, very good.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- Dorian.- Yes.- There are...
0:20:39 > 0:20:46- five battles up there left for you to think about.- Usually, I can infer something from the name.
0:20:48 > 0:20:54- I'd assume it's named after a region close to where it took place, in local language.- Mm.
0:20:54 > 0:20:59Er, OK. I'm going to try Battle of Little Bighorn.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01I think it took place in America.
0:21:01 > 0:21:08Battle of Little Bighorn. America. Let's see if that's right and how many people knew it.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10It's right.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12AUDIENCE GROANS
0:21:12 > 0:21:1474.
0:21:14 > 0:21:20- The Battle of Little Bighorn. - Yeah, another big score. Often called Custer's Last Stand.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Named after the Little Bighorn River in Montana.
0:21:23 > 0:21:28- Very good. OK, so Tammy...- That's the one I was going to go for!
0:21:28 > 0:21:30- Is it?- Yes!
0:21:30 > 0:21:31Em...
0:21:33 > 0:21:38I'm going to go Battle of Waterloo. It's the only one that's familiar.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42- I'm going to say in France. - OK, good.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Not just south of the Thames.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Right, OK, in France. France is south of the Thames.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- Strictly speaking.- That's wrong.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53France...
0:21:53 > 0:22:00OK, let's see if Waterloo is indeed in France and if it is, how many people knew that answer.
0:22:05 > 0:22:11Bad luck, Tammy. That is an incorrect answer which means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- Phew, eh, Richard? - Yeah, yeah, just about.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18Yeah, the Battle of Waterloo is next door to France in Belgium.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22- See, I was close!- You were very close.- A little bit out.
0:22:22 > 0:22:27It was a huge battle about who liked Abba best(!) Let's look at the rest.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Alexander will enjoy trying to fill these in.
0:22:30 > 0:22:35The Battle of Waterloo, we've just heard, was Belgium. It would've scored you 32 points.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40- Battle of Rorke's Drift? - That's South Africa. - Yeah, in the Anglo-Zulu War.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44- Battle of Heartbreak Ridge? - I don't know.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48It was in what is now modern-day North Korea, during the Korean War.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52It would've scored you zero points. It was a pointless answer.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54And the Battle of Blenheim?
0:22:55 > 0:23:00- I was going to say Prussia, but that obviously doesn't exist. - Sort of Prussia.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Um...Ger...Germany?
0:23:02 > 0:23:08Exactly right. Part of the Wars of Spanish Succession. It would've scored you 7 points.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12- Very well done if you got that at home.- Thank you, Richard.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20Richard and Mark were looking quite dangerously out in front there
0:23:20 > 0:23:27until Tammy rode in to their rescue there with Waterloo and she took the high score of 100 there.
0:23:27 > 0:23:32Dorian and James, 74, a high score, but you are our lowest scorers.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Keep up that low scoring and you should be in the head-to-head.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:23:42 > 0:23:47OK, we're going to put six more famous battles on the board and here they are.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59I'll just read those again.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10We're looking for the countries in which these battles took place.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15You'll try and find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:24:15 > 0:24:21So then, John, your task here is to score as low as you possibly can
0:24:21 > 0:24:25and see if you can save yourselves for the next round.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30- She did very well in the last round, so it's over to me this time.- Yes.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34I know a few of these, but obviously, it's trying to keep it low.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38Right, OK, it's a bit of a toss-up, but I'm going to go for Marathon
0:24:38 > 0:24:41which I believe is Greece.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45- Marathon, Greece?- Yeah. - Could be a very good answer.
0:24:45 > 0:24:50Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Marathon, Greece.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52It's right.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Not a bad answer at all, John.
0:24:57 > 0:25:02Marathon scores you 34 and takes your total up to 134.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06Yeah, Battle of Marathon, 490 BC. It was the start of the Persian Wars.
0:25:06 > 0:25:12James, you are on 74. If you can score 59 or less with this answer,
0:25:12 > 0:25:14you are through to the next round.
0:25:14 > 0:25:20- How good is your military history? - I know two or three of those. I'm not sure about one.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22I'm going to go for...
0:25:22 > 0:25:28I crossed the River Boyne a couple of weeks ago, so I'll go with Battle of the Boyne - Ireland.
0:25:28 > 0:25:34Ireland. OK, Ireland you are saying. There is your red line. If Battle of the Boyne gets you below it,
0:25:34 > 0:25:36you are in the head-to-head.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Let's see if it's right, Ireland, Battle of the Boyne, and if it is, how many people said it.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45It is correct.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47There you are, well done.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Very good, 36, Battle of the Boyne.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52It takes your total up to 110.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57Well played, James. It was the decisive battle in the War of English Succession.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Now then, Mark. Now then...
0:26:00 > 0:26:05You are on 92. If you can score 41 or less with this answer, 41 or less...
0:26:05 > 0:26:12Battle of the Boyne was 36, Battle of Marathon 34, something round about that kind of level...
0:26:12 > 0:26:14How is that looking to you?
0:26:14 > 0:26:17I know where three of them are.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21There's only one I don't know, but it's just which one will be the lowest.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25I'll go with Naseby and hope not many people have heard of it.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29It was in the English Civil War. England, Naseby.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32English Civil War, an English battle. Here's your red line.
0:26:32 > 0:26:38If Naseby gets you below that red line, Mark, you are in the head-to-head.
0:26:38 > 0:26:44Good luck. Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people knew that Naseby was in England.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49It's right.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52Oh!
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Bad luck, Mark.
0:26:54 > 0:27:00That scores you 50, taking your total up to 142. Richard?
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Yes, unlucky, Mark. You were sunk by that 92 there.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07It was in the English Civil War in 1645.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Let's look at the rest of the board.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13The Battle of Bannockburn to start with?
0:27:13 > 0:27:15- Scotland.- It is Scotland.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18It would have scored you a fairly hefty 67 points.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23- Battle of Agincourt?- France.- Yeah, again it's a big score. It's 64.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27- And the one everyone's been looking for, the Battle of Talavera?- Spain.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32Absolutely right. It would've scored you 7 points. Well done if you got that at home.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37Thanks, Richard. After Round 2, the losing pair with the highest score is Richard and Mark.
0:27:37 > 0:27:42Bad luck. It was that Battle of Hastings, I'm afraid, Richard.
0:27:42 > 0:27:48- Good answer, right answer. - Correct answer.- Probably the most famous battle, I should think.
0:27:48 > 0:27:53- What will your wives make of your performance? - They'll all pick on me.- Will they?
0:27:53 > 0:27:59His wife, my wife, him. I'm in for it. I've got to redeem myself next time.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04- You've got a battle of your own on your hands.- Yeah.- It's been fabulous having you on the show.
0:28:04 > 0:28:10But we do get to see you next time. Everyone gets two shots to make the Pointless final.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Thanks so much for playing, guys.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14APPLAUSE
0:28:14 > 0:28:21For the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.
0:28:23 > 0:28:30We've said goodbye to two teams. Now it's time to find out which pair will be playing for today's jackpot
0:28:30 > 0:28:34which currently stands at £1,250.
0:28:35 > 0:28:42OK, you are going head-to-head on up to three questions. You are now allowed to confer.
0:28:42 > 0:28:48All you have to do is come up with an answer that scores less than the opposing pair to win that point.
0:28:48 > 0:28:54The first team to win two points will go through to the final. OK, let's play Pointless.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56APPLAUSE
0:28:58 > 0:29:02Here is your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:29:02 > 0:29:07to name as many taste sensations as they could.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09Taste sensations. Richard?
0:29:09 > 0:29:15Our taste buds are generally recognised to distinguish five different taste groups.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18We need the most obscure of those five.
0:29:18 > 0:29:26Dorian and James, because you have played the best throughout the show so far, you get to go first.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28WHISPERING
0:29:30 > 0:29:34- OK, fine, we'll go for that. - Can you think of any others?
0:29:34 > 0:29:39- OK, go for that. - We're going to go for "bitter". - You're going for "bitter".
0:29:39 > 0:29:41OK, Tammy and John?
0:29:41 > 0:29:45Well, there's sweet, isn't there, sour, salty, bitter.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49- What's the fifth one?- Is "salty" one? - Well, it might be.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53- It might be a sensation to you, but it might not be...- It is to me.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57- Were you going to say "sour"? - Sour?- They said "bitter"?- Yeah.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01- Let's go with "sour".- We'll go with "sour".- You'll go with "sour"
0:30:01 > 0:30:04and hope that it is different from "bitter".
0:30:04 > 0:30:11Dorian and James went with "bitter". Let's see if that's correct and if it is, how many people said it.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13It's right.
0:30:15 > 0:30:1841.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20APPLAUSE
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Is that a good score - 41?
0:30:22 > 0:30:25- It could go either way still. - Who knows?
0:30:25 > 0:30:29- We might be right then. - Tammy and John have gone for "sour".
0:30:29 > 0:30:34Let's see if that is correct and if it is, how many people said "sour".
0:30:36 > 0:30:38It's right.
0:30:40 > 0:30:47Wow, sour and bitter, who'd have thought? After one question, Dorian and James are 1-0 up. Richard?
0:30:47 > 0:30:52People instantly think of sweet and sour, but John, you should listen to Tammy.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55The four she rattled through were absolutely perfect.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Salty is a taste and would have beaten the boys.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02Let's look at all of them. The best answer, the most recent taste,
0:31:02 > 0:31:05is umami which scored 10 points.
0:31:05 > 0:31:10Umami is a basic type of savoury. It's a way of detecting certain salts in things.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13Salty would have scored you 38.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16There's bitter on 41, sour 82
0:31:16 > 0:31:19and sweet right at the top there on 92.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23OK, after the first question, it is 1-0 to Dorian and James.
0:31:23 > 0:31:28You're 1-0 up. Tammy and John, you have to win this next point to stay in the game.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32Dorian and James, win this point and you are through to the final.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36Here is the second question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:31:36 > 0:31:43to name as many of My Favourite Things from The Sound Of Music as they could. Richard?
0:31:43 > 0:31:49We want any of the things that Maria lists as her favourite things in that song from The Sound Of Music.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53There are 14 different items. See how many you can get at home.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56OK, Tammy and John, your turn to go first.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00I don't know any.
0:32:00 > 0:32:06- Do you know some? Do you know some? - Yeah, I do, but I'm trying to think of the song.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10HE WHISPERS I think that's from the current song.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13- Oh, that's a rip-off? - Yeah.- It's not the same?
0:32:13 > 0:32:15Um...
0:32:17 > 0:32:20- I'll have to start hurrying you. - I can't think.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23- If you haven't got any at all... - Just go with that then.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30- OK, I need an answer.- We're going to go with "diamonds".
0:32:30 > 0:32:34- Diamonds?- We haven't got a clue. - OK, Tammy and John say "diamonds".
0:32:34 > 0:32:39- I thought it was diamond rings, but...- OK, well, it's...
0:32:39 > 0:32:42- Don't sing it.- OK.- No, James...
0:32:42 > 0:32:44- Ignore him. Sing it.- Are you sure?
0:32:44 > 0:32:48Please, I will be so upset if you don't.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52# Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
0:32:52 > 0:32:57# Bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens, brown paper packages tied up with string
0:32:57 > 0:33:00# These are a few of my favourite things... #
0:33:00 > 0:33:03- That is just brilliant. - APPLAUSE
0:33:04 > 0:33:08That was nothing short of beautiful, James.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Go for it.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12Bright copper kettles.
0:33:12 > 0:33:17- Bright copper kettles. - I can be a little less specific.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19No, bright copper kettles is good.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23So Tammy and John answered first.
0:33:23 > 0:33:29- You were worried that that might be a different version of the song that you were thinking of.- Yes.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32- A rap bling version of the song. - Yes.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36OK, let's see. Diamonds we have as our first answer.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40Let's see if it's correct for you to stay in the show.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44Diamonds, is it correct and if it is, did anyone say it?
0:33:48 > 0:33:50AUDIENCE: Aw!
0:33:51 > 0:33:57Bright copper kettles, said Dorian and James. This merely has to be correct.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01- I think we know it might be. - LAUGHTER
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Bright copper kettles - let's see if it is correct.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08It is. You're through to the final, Dorian and James.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Wow! And how!
0:34:13 > 0:34:16APPLAUSE
0:34:16 > 0:34:23I have to say that was richly deserved. That was a fantastic performance in every sense. Richard?
0:34:23 > 0:34:27As I said, there are 14 things. There's a pointless answer here too.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32Very well done if you said "silver white winters that melt into springs".
0:34:32 > 0:34:34That was a pointless answer.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38She wanted cream coloured ponies. She'd be a nightmare girlfriend!
0:34:38 > 0:34:41Girls in white dresses scored 4,
0:34:41 > 0:34:44doorbells 5, sleigh bells 6,
0:34:44 > 0:34:48wild geese, that's a 6, snowflakes 8...
0:34:49 > 0:34:52- Schnitzel with noodles. - Come on now!- That's 8.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56If that's what she wants, that's easy.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59It's not what I'd order. Crisp apple strudels - 8.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03Bright copper kettles 11, brown paper packages with 17,
0:35:03 > 0:35:07warm woollen mittens and whiskers on kittens both score 23
0:35:07 > 0:35:11and raindrops on roses was the biggest answer of all with 33.
0:35:11 > 0:35:18Thank you very much, Richard. The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Tammy and John.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21- Who's going to take the blame?- John.
0:35:21 > 0:35:26- It's my fault. We should have got "salty" in the last round.- Yeah.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30- That's her "get out of jail". - Exactly. Who's watching at home?
0:35:30 > 0:35:35- Who's going to be shouting at the television? - People at work.- Everybody.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37- Mum, Dad, brother, sister.- Oh, well!
0:35:37 > 0:35:44I tell you what. You can come back next time and dazzle us all the way through to the final.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48- Thanks very much for playing. You've been great contestants.- Thank you.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50APPLAUSE
0:35:50 > 0:35:56But for Dorian and James, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £1,250.
0:35:58 > 0:36:03Congratulations, Dorian and James. You have seen off the competition.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06You will be going home with our Pointless trophy.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14APPLAUSE
0:36:14 > 0:36:18Very well done. You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:36:18 > 0:36:24At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,250.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26APPLAUSE
0:36:26 > 0:36:32All you need to win that money is to find a pointless answer that no-one else could think of.
0:36:32 > 0:36:38We've had one pointless answer today. Find one more now and you go home with that money.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42First, you've got to choose a category from these three options.
0:36:48 > 0:36:54- Golf, Classical Music, US Politics. - If it's Presidents, how good are you on Presidents?- Reasonably.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58If you think you handle US Politics and you know some politicians...
0:36:58 > 0:37:02It could be a number of things, some I'm good at, some I'm bad at.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07- I can name lots of composers, but it depends on the era. - We'll go with Golf.- Really?
0:37:07 > 0:37:10- It's a joint decision.- OK, sorry.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13- We're not married, you know! - OK, it's up to you.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16But I think...
0:37:16 > 0:37:19- I'm good at... - I can't help much with Golf.
0:37:19 > 0:37:24- Do you want to go for Politics? - I think it's best. - We'll go for US Politics then!
0:37:24 > 0:37:27LAUGHTER
0:37:27 > 0:37:29You two are brilliant!
0:37:29 > 0:37:31LAUGHTER
0:37:31 > 0:37:35Do you want to talk about it more? No, we'll go with US Politics.
0:37:35 > 0:37:41US Politics. Let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:37:41 > 0:37:47to name as many US Vice-Presidents who became President as they could. Richard?
0:37:47 > 0:37:52We're looking for anyone who served as Vice-President, then became President of the USA
0:37:52 > 0:37:54since the office was formed in 1789.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58You now have one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:58 > 0:38:04All you need to win that £1,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless. The 60 seconds start now.
0:38:04 > 0:38:09OK, I can help with one. John Adams was VicePresident under Washington.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13Any other early Presidents that might be low that you know of?
0:38:13 > 0:38:19- James Polk, Martin Van Buren. I'm just naming Presidents. - Polk I was thinking of as well.- OK.
0:38:19 > 0:38:24- Martin Van Buren.- Never heard of him. That's probably good.- Grover Cleveland?- Never heard of him.
0:38:24 > 0:38:29I'm not saying they were Vice-Presidents. You could go further back in time.
0:38:29 > 0:38:35- Some of the early ones are very obscure. There were a couple who were assassinated.- McKinley?
0:38:35 > 0:38:41- That's a possibility.- Was it William McKinley?- If you don't know the first name, let's not risk it.
0:38:41 > 0:38:48All the other ones I can think of are too modern. We should do ones close to the formation. Go for them.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52OK, there is your minute gone.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56Let's have three US Vice-Presidents who became President.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58- John Adams.- John Adams.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01- Is it James Polk?- James Polk.
0:39:01 > 0:39:07- James Polk.- Martin Van Buren. - Martin Van Buren. OK, let's put those up.
0:39:14 > 0:39:19OK, we were looking for US Vice-Presidents who became President.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23You only need one of these to be pointless to win that £1,250.
0:39:23 > 0:39:29OK, so let's see how many people said John Adams. Is it a correct answer?
0:39:32 > 0:39:35It's correct. You knew it was correct.
0:39:35 > 0:39:41But it has to go all the way down to the bottom and score zero for you to win that jackpot.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45For £1,250... Oh!
0:39:45 > 0:39:47APPLAUSE
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Oh!
0:39:49 > 0:39:56Only two people said John Adams, so unfortunately, that is not a pointless answer.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59How come your knowledge is so good on Presidents?
0:39:59 > 0:40:06- I was in the American educational system for two years, so I learnt about...- It was drummed into you.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09No, I just picked it up out of interest actually.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13I missed all the American Presidents stuff, but I picked it up.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16You said John Adams. Only two people said that.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20You have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23James Polk...
0:40:23 > 0:40:28Let us see if it's a correct answer and if it is, how many people said it.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32James Polk. This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Oh!
0:40:37 > 0:40:42Sadly, James Polk is an incorrect answer, therefore not pointless.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46Only one more answer - Martin Van Buren.
0:40:47 > 0:40:52- Are you confident? - I'd never heard of him, so I can't say one way or the other.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56That looks great. If he's correct, he might go all the way down.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00- Are you sure he was a Vice-President?- No, not at all.
0:41:00 > 0:41:05- It's just a name? - It's just a President that would be obscure, if that makes sense.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08We want US Vice-Presidents who became President.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £1,250.
0:41:12 > 0:41:17Martin Van Buren, there he is. Let's just see if it's correct.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21- Yeah.- If it's correct, we can have high hopes for Martin.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25OK... Martin Van Buren. Good luck.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28This is for £1,250.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34It's correct!
0:41:34 > 0:41:39- Martin Van Buren... - Come on.- Let's see how far down he goes.- Please, please!
0:41:39 > 0:41:44This has to go all the way down to zero for you to win that £1,250.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Down it goes... Yes!
0:41:46 > 0:41:50- CHEERING - Very, very well done.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52- Brilliant.- Yeah.- Thank you.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55What do you think? Pretty good?
0:41:57 > 0:42:01- That's what you look like!- It's on backwards.- Oh, it's on backwards.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05- There you are. Wow, nice hat! - Thank you very much.- Nice answer!
0:42:05 > 0:42:08That's absolutely superb. Brilliant answer.
0:42:08 > 0:42:15Congratulations. You managed to find that all-important pointless answer. James, that was brilliant!
0:42:15 > 0:42:20Martin van Buren! Dorian, what are you going to do with your share of the booty?
0:42:20 > 0:42:25Buy a beautiful top hat. Add to my increasing debt, which that won't repay in total!
0:42:25 > 0:42:30- Too many luxuries, I think. - I think you deserve it after that.
0:42:30 > 0:42:35You deserve all the luxuries you can lay your hands on. That was an absolutely wonderful answer.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39You go home with our jackpot of £1,250. Well done!
0:42:39 > 0:42:44- APPLAUSE - Well done.- Well done.- Brilliant.
0:42:44 > 0:42:50I want to say thank you to Isabel who in secondary school made me watch The Sound Of Music.
0:42:50 > 0:42:55I want to thank you for singing The Sound Of Music. That deserved the jackpot! Richard?
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Yeah, very good answer, James.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01Martin Van Buren was the 8th President of the United States
0:43:01 > 0:43:05and he was Andrew Jackson's Vice-President.
0:43:05 > 0:43:09You won the jackpot and I'd pay you that money to sing the song again.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11I wouldn't, of course.
0:43:11 > 0:43:16But very well done. You've been wonderful fun and really great contestants.
0:43:16 > 0:43:20Very good. Thanks once again to our winning contestants Dorian and James
0:43:20 > 0:43:24who go away with today's jackpot of £1,250.
0:43:24 > 0:43:28- Well done. - APPLAUSE
0:43:28 > 0:43:32Join us next time for more obscure knowledge on Pointless.
0:43:32 > 0:43:36- It's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye. - And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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