Episode 44 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show where success is bred from obscurity. Let's meet today's players.

Now, welcome. Liz and Becky, you are our first pair on the show today. How do you know each other?

-We're sisters.

-Where are you from?

-We're from Preston in Lancashire.

-What do you do, Liz?

-I'm a medical sales rep.

-And Becky?

-Online marketing specialist.

-A specialist!

-Specialist, yes. I added that bit myself.

-THEY LAUGH

-There are people from work watching thinking, "She's not a specialist.

"If she's a specialist, I'm a specialist."

I hope you do especially well on the show this afternoon. Great to have you here.

Then we welcome back Louise and Chris who were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two shots at the Pointless final. This is your second and final chance.

-Louise, tell us how you did.

-We were confident all the way until we were, you know, kicked off.

-In the head to head.

-Yes.

-What was the dance you thought they did?

-Merengue.

-Merengue. I can hardly even say it.

-You want to get onto the dance council.

-I am.

-Best of luck.

Then we welcome Lesley and Angela. How do you two know each other?

We're best friends. We've been best friends for 40 years.

That's the best of best friends. How did you meet?

We met at work. First day at work.

First day at work! How lovely. Very best of luck this afternoon.

And finally, we welcome back Kath and Stephen. You were also on the show last time. How did you do?

-Kath did well, got a pointless answer.

-You don't need to tell me that.

-She got a pointless answer.

-I'm sure I don't need to remind you what I did.

Oh, dear. Well, it was round one. Yes.

There's no ignominy leaving the show in round one.

Round ones are notoriously hard. You either know the subject or you don't. And you didn't.

But this time round, I feel sure you're going to be with us much longer. I hope so.

Best of luck. We'll find out more about all of you later.

There's just one more person for me to introduce.

-He's a man who's an artisan of obscurities. He is my Pointless friend. He's Richard.

-Hello.

An artisan of obscurity. What does that mean, you don't tuck your shirt in

and work late at night and drink heavily

and tinker away on your obscurity?

Of those things you said, I do drink heavily. I will admit to that.

We've got two returning pairs today. Louise and Chris did very well last time, got to the head to head,

they're a force to be reckoned with. But I think Stephen has something to prove. Kath is brilliant.

Stephen, I think, fears that if last time were all he were remembered for,

we wouldn't remember him too well. I think he's going to storm through the show and go all the way.

So a tough show for our new pairs. Lots of TV and films and sports, which is what people say they want.

-Lots of those today.

-OK.

We put all our questions to 100 people before the show.

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

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

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

Every time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

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

So today's jackpot starts off at £3,500.

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-Enormous sum of money. Right, let's play Pointless.

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.

OK, our category for the first round is...

Cartoon characters. Can you decide in your pairs who will go first

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many characters in The Jungle Book as they could.

-Richard.

-All the correct answers here are named characters

credited in the 1967 Disney movie The Jungle Book.

Liz and Becky, you all drew lots before the show and today you get to go first.

So in this round, we're going to give you a choice of seven possible answers on the board in each pass.

The first set of seven answers reads like this.

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

but there is also at least one incorrect answer on that board.

If you pick an incorrect answer, you will score the maximum of 100 points.

-OK. Liz.

-OK, I'm going to be brave

and I'm going to go for Gunga Din.

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

Bad luck, Liz.

I'm afraid Gunga Din is an incorrect answer, which means you score the maximum of 100 points. Richard.

Yeah, sorry about that. Gunga Din is a Kipling character, but from the poem Gunga Din.

Ah, well. Louise.

-Yes.

-Louise, do you know The Jungle Book?

-I do.

-I know the main characters.

-Yes.

So I am going to guess

hopefully the pointless one is Shenzi.

Shenzi. Tell me who Shenzi is in the film.

He's, erm... A...

-Er...

-THEY LAUGH

-Is it a guess?

-Yes.

-It is a guess.

OK, well, let's see if Shenzi is a correct answer, and if it is, how many people said it.

Fingers crossed.

Ooh, bad luck.

That is an incorrect answer, Louise. I'm afraid that scores you 100 points.

But you're in good company. Just think how much worse it would be if it was just one of you

way out in front. There are two of you.

Two incorrect answers in two goes.

I know, what a start. Shenzi is the hyena from The Lion King,

voiced by Whoopi Goldberg. That's Shenzi.

Lesley. You know The Jungle Book, don't you?

Never read the book, never saw the film.

However, I don't think you can put a foot wrong. That's my opinion.

There could be another incorrect answer, but it'd be very harsh.

There most certainly is a pointless answer in there.

Find that one and we will add 250 quid to the jackpot and you will score nothing.

Well, I'm going to go for Dizzy.

-A bit like me.

-Dizzy. Not remotely dizzy, Lesley.

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

It's right!

-Come on, come on, come on, come on.

-Down it goes.

Way down! Right down to pointless!

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-That is a pointless answer.

And it adds £250 to our jackpot, taking the total to £3,750.

And best of all, Lesley, it scores you nothing.

-Richard.

-Yeah, very well done. Do you know who Dizzy was?

-No.

I'm afraid we can't give you zero points, then. Sorry. THEY LAUGH

It's one of the vultures. They were written to be voiced by the Beatles.

-Mm. And then the Beatles couldn't do it.

-Correct.

-Or just didn't fancy it.

-I think they didn't fancy it.

And four people did some really, really poor Liverpudlian accents.

I was one of them. That's, er... That's awkward.

Oh, that is awkward. OK, we are looking for characters in The Jungle Book.

Kath, top that. If you can.

Erm, Shere Khan is the tiger.

Mm.

King Louie is the ape that sings.

-Mowgli is the young boy.

-Mm-hm.

But for my answer, I'm thinking about the elephant singing,

so I'm going to go for Colonel Hathi.

Brilliant, Kath. Colonel Hathi. Let's see if that is right. I have a hunch it might be.

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

It's right.

This could be a low scorer. Four! Well done!

That's a great answer. Colonel Hathi, Richard.

Yeah, well played, Kath. Two very happy pairs at the end of the row. Hathi is Hindi for elephant.

-So it's Colonel Elephant.

-Anyway...

-Let's go through the rest of the board.

Shere Khan, as Kath rightly says, is the tiger.

Would've scored a fairly hefty 41 points.

Mowgli, he's called Mowgli in the film, would've scored you 70 points.

Highest score on the board. "Moe-gli" in the film, "Mow-gli" in the stories

and Kipling's daughter never forgave Walt Disney.

-For calling him "Moe-gli"?

-Yes. And King Louie, of course, was the orang-utan.

He also wasn't in the original stories because they're not native to India. Would've scored you five.

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

Two of them, biggest scores you can possibly have.

Liz and Becky, Louise and Chris.

Lesley and Angela, lovely pointless answer.

Kath and Stephen, four. Lovely low score.

As I say, Becky and Chris each have a mountain to climb.

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

OK, seven more answers on the board. We are looking for characters in The Jungle Book. We have got...

Again, I can tell you that at least one of those answers in pointless and at least one is incorrect.

Try and avoid those incorrect ones.

Stephen, how well did Kath do? Four points!

-Well, I'm going to play very safe.

-Yeah. Don't play too safe. You're on four.

If you score 95 or less, you are through to the head to head.

So Stephen, add 250 quid to the jackpot.

-No. I'm going safe. I'll go for Baloo.

-Baloo. OK.

We know Baloo. Here's your red line.

Quite high up. If Baloo gets you below there, you are through to the next round.

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

Correct.

67. Takes your total up to 71.

-Richard.

-Baloo, of course, sang Bare Necessities

and baloo means bear in Hindi. A theme developing there.

OK, now Angela, we are looking for characters in The Jungle Book.

You are on nothing. If you can score 99 or less with this answer,

you are through to the head to head no bother. Lesley managed to find a pointless answer.

-Yes.

-Do you know The Jungle Book anything like as well as Lesley?

-I know The Jungle Book, yes.

-Then we would like a double pointless, please.

I think, because Lesley went for Dizzy, which was one of the vultures,

I'm going to go for Buzzie.

There's your red line. Doesn't have to travel very far.

But maybe it might go all the way down if it's right. Let's see if it does. Is Buzzie a correct answer?

It's right!

Very, very good answer, Angela.

I think this will be going all the way down.

Yes, it is!

Fantastic! Buzzie is a pointless answer.

It adds £250 to the jackpot, taking the total now up to £4,000.

-And it scores you nothing, giving you a grand total of nothing. Richard, Buzzie.

-Very well played.

And impeccable logic, because it is one of the other vultures. Buzzie and Dizzy.

-Also the name of one of my rabbits, Buzzie.

-Is it?

-Yep.

-What sort of rabbit is it?

-It's like a white and grey one.

-Big long floppy ears?

-It's got medium floppy ears. It's not pedigree, like a rabbit you'd have.

-LAUGHTER

-It's just a normal rabbit. It's not a show rabbit.

HE LAUGHS

-Not one of your fancy show rabbits.

-I don't have a show rabbit!

-You do!

-I wouldn't!

-You would have posher rabbits than me is all I'm saying.

-Well...

All right, yes, I would. You're quite right.

Very good. Now, Chris.

Louise scored an impressive 100 points. You are joint high-scorers at this point.

You have to score as low as you possibly can.

Angela has found a pointless answer. There might easily be another one. What do you think, Chris?

I have no idea about The Jungle Book. I'm going to go, total guess, Kalinga.

Kalinga. Third name down. Kalinga.

Let's see if that's a correct answer. Louise isn't entirely sure.

But she doesn't know anything. We've seen what she said.

OK, is Kalinga a correct answer, and if it is, how many people said it?

Ooh!

Sadly, Kalinga is an incorrect answer, Chris. Scores you 100 points, taking your total up to 200.

Yeah, sorry, Chris, Kalinga is an area of India.

Now then, Becky, we are looking for characters in The Jungle Book.

You are currently on 100. You have to score 99 or less.

-Brilliant.

-There might still be an incorrect answer on the board.

Equally, there might still be a pointless answer.

I've never seen the film or read the book at all.

-Oh, dear.

-But my Nan was called Winifred,

and it seems quite a random word,

so I don't know whether that would be in the film or not.

It's quite random. So I think I will go for... Bagheera.

Bagheera. There's your red line. Right up at the top there.

If Bagheera gets you below that red line, you are through to the next round. Let's see if it's right.

It is right!

It is right and down it goes.

Wonderful. Look at that. Great low score. Well done.

Scores you 15, takes your total up to 115.

-Bagheera.

-Yeah, well played, Becky. Bagheera the panther, who finds the boy cub Mowgli.

And Bagheera in Hindi, of course, means panther.

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

Akela is the leader of the wolf pack. Would've scored you nine points.

-You know what akela means in Hindi?

-Wolf.

No, it means solitary.

Oh, thanks. Just when we're getting into it, they change it.

Kaa, the snake, up the top there, would've scored you six points.

-Do you think Winifred is a pointless answer or an incorrect answer?

-I think it's pointless.

Despite the fact we might have named it after Becky's grandmother?

I have a feeling it's Colonel Hathi's wife.

Colonel Hathi's wife, exactly right. It was a pointless answer. Well done if you got that at home.

Thanks. At the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score is Louise and Chris.

Oh. What's good about that, though, is you each gave a really terrible answer.

So there's not one of you who can point the finger at the other.

-No.

-Or perhaps you'll both point the finger at the other and just argue all the way home.

No, that's not right. You've been wonderful contestants.

Sorry to say goodbye to you so soon. But thank you.

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

Time to find out which 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...

You're not kidding, are you? Film and TV.

TV locations. Can you decide in your pairs who'll go first?

Whoever's first, step up to the podium.

Right, and the question concerns...

In this round, we'll show you some fictional locations in television programmes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to tell us which shows they feature in. Richard.

We're going to give you six fictional locations. The more obscure ones will score fewer points.

Give us an incorrect answer, you score 100 points.

See if you can get all six of them at home.

OK, your first six are...

OK, now, Becky.

We are looking for the TV shows that these places feature in.

-How good are you at television? Do you watch a lot of television?

-I don't, no.

-But I do know one for sure and I'm going to go with the one I know.

-OK.

Well, I think I know,

which is Flintstones, Bedrock.

OK, Flintstones, Bedrock you are saying. Let's see if that is correct,

and if it is, how many people knew that answer.

It's right.

-67.

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67 that scores you. Richard.

Yeah, it's a big score. Flintstones, the prehistoric city of Bedrock.

-Now then, Angela, is this to your taste, this round?

-Yes.

-Another strong round.

-Well...

I'm trying to make some sort of SuBo type name out of your...

-LesAn. Sounds like lasagne.

-Lasagne?

-Yeah. The lasagne. We can call you Lasagne.

-If you like.

-Obligingly, you're wearing the right sort of colours, as well.

-THEY LAUGH

So then, Angela, on behalf of Team Lasagne,

-what are we going to have from you?

-Hm.

I think I'm going to go for Craggy Island.

-Which is of course from...

-Father Ted, I think.

-Father Ted you think. Right.

Craggy Island, Father Ted. Let's see if it's right.

It is.

Very good answer. Well done, Angela. That scores you 31.

-Richard.

-Yeah, another surprisingly high score for Craggy Island, I think.

There's some dispute between two of the three Aran Islands off County Galway

-as to which one is Craggy Island.

-There we are.

Well done, Angela, a very good score. Kath.

What's it going to be?

Erm, I think I'm going to go for Walmington-On-Sea.

-Which is from?

-Dad's Army.

Dad's Army, Walmington-On-Sea.

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

25!

A fabulous low score there, Kath. 25 for Dad's Army.

-Yeah, wonderful show and a very good score. Filmed in Thetford.

-In Norfolk?

-Yeah.

-Seriously?

Yeah. And they unveiled a big statue of Captain Mainwaring in Thetford recently.

Let's take a look at the other answers.

Royston Vasey, do you know that?

-The League Of Gentlemen.

-Yes. It's Roy Chubby Brown's real name.

Would've scored you 19 points.

Letherbridge is from Doctors. That would've scored you 11 points.

-And New New York, do you know that?

-I don't know that one.

-It's from Futurama.

-Ah.

-That would've scored you five points, best answer on the board.

-Well done if you got that.

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

-Ah, Liz and Becky.

-Oh.

-67. You can redeem it, Liz.

You can redeem that high score.

25, fabulous low score from Kath. Stephen, hasn't she done brilliantly?

You have to keep scoring low, as well, to make sure you get through to the head to head.

Angela and Lesley, Lasagne, fabulous score there on 31.

Keep that up, Lesley, and I'm sure you will be in the head to head.

But anything can happen in the next pass. Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, we're going to put six more fictional locations from television programmes on the board

and here is your second six.

Remember, we're looking for the TV shows that these places appear in.

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

-Stephen is really panicking. Do you know any of those?

-No.

A single one?

You're on 25. You're on the lowest score.

If you can score 41 or less with this, you're through to the head to head.

-I'll go for Walford.

-Mm-hm.

Which I think is EastEnders.

It's a little-known programme. Not many people, I don't think many people would know it,

-called EastEnders. Am I saying that right?

-EastEnders.

East. It comes from East End.

Oh, I see. EastEnders. Yeah, that makes sense.

OK, here is your red line. If you get below it with EastEnders,

you are definitely in the next round. It's not the end of the world if you're above it,

because the remaining pairs have yet to answer, but below the red line...

Right, Walford, EastEnders. How many people said it?

-79.

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It's not bad. That's 21 better than 100.

That takes your total up to 104. Richard.

You had a nice look of surprise on your face cos it was right, which was sweet.

Yeah, Walford. It's set in the fictional postcode of E20 in the East End of London.

OK, thanks. Lesley.

Angela did fantastically well with Craggy Island.

You are on 31. If you can score 72 or less with this answer,

-you are in the head to head. What's it going to be?

-Well...

I don't know a lot of them. I'm hoping Summer Bay

-is Home And Away.

-Summer Bay, you are saying Home And Away.

If it is right and it gets you below that red line, you are in the head to head.

Summer Bay, Home And Away. Is it correct, how many people said it?

It's right.

Ooh!

50 people knew that. That takes your total up to 81.

You are through to the head to head. Richard.

Yeah, Summer Bay, very good, safely through. Filmed in the Palm Beach suburb of North Sydney.

Now then, Liz, you are on 67.

If you can score 36 or less, you are through to the head to head.

-Do you think you can do that?

-If the one that I think I know is right,

then I think it's probably quite obscure.

So it's going to be Greendale and I think it's Postman Pat.

Greendale, Postman Pat. Becky, that was pride, that look there.

THEY LAUGH

-I think that was pride.

-THEY LAUGH

We'll see. There's your red line.

If you get below that, Greendale, Postman Pat will see you through to the head to head.

Let's see if it's right and how many people said Greendale, Postman Pat.

It's right.

Oh, dear, Stephen and Kath. Oh, dear.

Very, very good answer, Liz.

That scores you 19 and gives you a total of 86. Richard.

Well done. He does do his rounds in Greendale, which is supposed to be in the Lake District.

Let's take a look at the rest of the answers, the top three that people seem to be having trouble with.

Do you know Cabot Cove? Very, very dangerous place to be.

-No.

-Murder, She Wrote. It's Jessica Fletcher's hometown, supposedly on the coast of Maine.

Would've scored you 15 points.

-Sunnydale is Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

-Ah.

-And Lanford?

-Roseanne.

-It is Roseanne and would've only scored you one point.

-Well done if you got Lanford.

-Thanks, Richard.

At the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score, Kath and Stephen.

-We're just not giving you the right categories, are we?

-No, you're not.

Well, I'm really sorry that we have to say goodbye to you. I had high hopes of you making it to the final.

You've let me down. No two ways about it.

-You've been fantastic contestants. Thank you for playing.

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

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 stands at an impressive £4,000.

APPLAUSE

OK, Team Lasagne, Liz and Becky,

you are now going head to head on up to three questions. You can now confer.

Just come up with an answer that scores less than the opposing pair and you win that question.

The first team to win two questions

will be going through to the final and playing for the jackpot. OK, let's play Pointless.

Right, here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Papal names as they could. Papal names, Richard.

We're looking for any name that has been used by a serving Pope between 1900 and 2010.

Just looking for the name, not the number, so if there's more than one, it just counts once.

OK, thank you. Well, Lesley and Angela, because you've played best throughout the show,

you get to go first. So, Papal names.

-OK.

-OK?

-Yes.

-You've got a name. What is it?

-We've got a name and we think Pius.

Pius. OK. Liz and Becky,

OK, so, I only know

John Paul and Benedict.

-So I think Benedict.

-Yeah.

-Benedict.

-We have Pius, we have Benedict. OK. Pius first.

Does that have a Papal ring to it? Pius.

It is correct.

17.

APPLAUSE

Very good answer. Liz and Becky are going with Benedict.

Let's see if that's correct, and if it is, how many people knew Benedict.

-36.

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So, after the first question, Lesley and Angela are up 1-0.

-Richard.

-Yeah, Pius was a great answer. Three twentieth century Popes, Pius X, XI and XII.

There were six names in all and one name that would've beaten Pius.

Very well done at home if you got Leo.

Leo XIII was Pope from 1878 to 1903, so just qualified.

Pius with 17, Benedict with 36. The current Pope, Joseph Ratzinger, takes the name Benedict.

Paul was 38, John with 41 and John Paul with 50.

OK, so, after the first question, Team Lasagne are up 1-0.

Here is your second question. Liz and Becky, if you want to stay in the game, you have to win this.

-OK.

-If Team Lasagne win,

they are through to that big-money jackpot final.

OK, second question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many of the Ocean's Eleven actors as they could.

-Ocean's Eleven actors. Richard.

-We're looking for any actor who was part of the 11

in the 2001 film Ocean's Eleven.

OK, Liz and Becky, you get to go first this time.

OK. Now we need an answer.

LAUGHTER

Right, do we have an answer?

-Liz and Becky.

-Matt Damon.

-Matt Damon.

Said very quickly after much deliberation.

Having never mentioned him once during conferring!

But when you said it, it just came to me. Good one.

OK, now, Lesley and Angela. Matt Damon has been said.

We're going to go for George Clooney to play safe.

OK. I'm just wondering about the concept of playing safe at this stage.

-But...

-THEY LAUGH

OK, we have Matt Damon, we have George Clooney. Liz and Becky went for Matt Damon.

Let's see how many people said Matt Damon.

Yep, it's right.

-27 people said Matt Damon.

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Lesley and Angela have gone with George Clooney.

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

It's right. 81.

81.

So, after the second question, it is one apiece. Richard.

Obviously, there's 11 answers. A couple of very big ones. But there's a few pointless answers.

Let's take a look. Shaobo Qin, who plays Yen, would've been a pointless answer.

Eddie Jemison, who plays Livingston, would've been a pointless answer.

The wonderful Carl Reiner, who plays Saul Bloom, all of those are pointless.

Scott Caan and Casey Affleck play car-loving brothers, two and five.

-Don Cheadle with...

-I tell you what, we were being rude about those vultures' Liverpudlian accents.

-I know.

-Don Cheadle's cockney!

They got away with two crimes in that film, didn't they?

Don Cheadle would've scored you six. HE IMITATES COCKNEY ACCENT

Bernie Mac also scored six. Elliott Gould with nine.

Matt Damon with 27. And way out in front, Brad Pitt with 74 and George Clooney with 81.

Well done if you got all 11.

Thank you, Richard. Right. This is the important question.

Whoever wins this question is through to the final and will be playing for that jackpot of £4,000.

Here it is. Listen carefully.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many countries with more than 100 summer Olympic golds to their name. Richard.

There are 13 countries who've won 100 or more gold medals

in summer Olympics between 1894 and 2008.

13 countries and we're looking for the most obscure.

OK, Lesley and Angela, you go first.

-Sure?

-Yeah.

-OK, Lesley and Angela.

-We're not entirely sure about this

-but we're going to go with Japan.

-Japan.

OK. Liz and Becky. Japan has gone.

-Well, what about Russia? That's quite a big country.

-Yeah.

-There's Kenya for the running.

-Yeah.

-America.

-We're going to go for Kenya.

OK, you're going to go for Kenya. So we have Japan, we have Kenya.

Lesley and Angela have said Japan. Let's see if that is correct and how many people said Japan.

Looks like Japan's a good answer.

-Oh, very good!

-APPLAUSE

A very, very good guess, if that was a guess.

Liz and Becky have gone for Kenya. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Kenya.

Bad luck, Liz and Becky. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which means, after three questions, Team Lasagne are through to the final.

-Richard.

-Yeah, unlucky, Liz and Becky. You did the right thing, though. Russia scored more than 13

so you had to go for a more obscure answer. Japan really paid off. Great answer.

Won 114 gold medals, the Japanese, up to 2008.

Let's take a look at the countries that have won 100 or more.

Hungary, one point.

Finland with two, Sweden was four, East Germany, seven,

Italy, ten, Japan, 13,

France, 17,

Great Britain, 37, Australia, 38,

Germany, 46, China, 65, Russia would've scored you 72 points,

and top of the list, the United States of America.

So, the losing pair at the end of the head to head is Liz and Becky.

Oh, dear. Well, you answered pretty well in all these categories.

Kenya was the only thing that let you down. But your reasoning was good.

You will be back next time. This is only your first time on Pointless,

so look on this as a dry run. What are your tactics going to be next time?

Get to the final is going to be our main tactic.

-If more people had that tactic...

-Good tactic.

That's a good tactic. That's the one thing all our finalist have in common. They all got to the final.

You see?

You've been fantastic contestants. Thank you for playing. Goodbye.

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But for Lesley and Angela, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £4,000.

Congratulations, Lesley and Angela, Team Lasagne,

you fought off all the competition to win our Pointless trophy.

-Well done.

-APPLAUSE

Now, though, you have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

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

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The rules are simple. To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

We've had two pointless answers today, which you both gave.

Just find one more pointless answer and you go home with that jackpot.

You have to choose a category. Your three options are...

American sport, classic British soul, world geography.

-What's it going to be?

-Definitely not the sport.

-Definitely not geography.

-BOTH: It'll have to be classic British soul.

You said that beautifully together.

If I got a guitar, perhaps we could...

OK, let's find out what the question is. You are going for classic British soul.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

Dusty Springfield top 40 singles as they could. Is that brilliant or not?

-It's brilliant.

-There we are. Excellent. Richard.

Any single released by Dusty Springfield or with her as a featured artist

which has reached the UK top 40 prior to May 2010.

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

All you need to win £4,000 is for one answer to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.

Yeah, I think All I See Is You. What about Windmills Of Your Mind?

-Was it a top 40 hit?

-I don't know. It might be an album one.

-There's also Island Of Dreams, for The Springfields.

-Yeah.

Stay Awhile.

Stay Awhile is a good one to choose, isn't it?

So we'll have Stay Awhile, All I See Is You.

I don't know about Windmills, cos that might not be a single.

-We'll go with the one you said.

-What about Losing You?

-There's so many.

-There is a lot to choose from.

-It's choosing the obscure ones.

-So we'll go for Stay Awhile,

Losing You

-and Island Of Dreams.

-Yeah.

Wow. Stop the clock. There we are. With time to spare

and a smile on your faces.

This is so good. We were looking for Dusty Springfield top 40 singles.

-I need your three answers.

-All I See Is You.

-All I See Is You.

-Island Of Dreams.

-Island Of Dreams.

-What was the other one?

-Stay Awhile.

-Stay Awhile.

Which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-I think Stay Awhile.

-Stay Awhile.

We'll put that last. Which should we put first? Which is your least confident shot at a pointless?

-The one she did with the Springfields.

-Island Of Dreams.

We'll do Island Of Dreams first, All I See Is You, Stay Awhile.

There they are, there are your three Dusty Springfield top 40 singles.

Just one of those has to be pointless for you to win that £4,000 jackpot.

Let's go with your first one, Island Of Dreams. You said this was your least confident answer.

Let's see how many people said Island Of Dreams.

Ohh!

-What was wrong with that?

-I don't know. She did it with The Springfields, I thought.

-Might not have been a top 40.

-Maybe it was an album song.

Unfortunately, it's not a pointless answer. You only have two chances left at today's jackpot.

But you said that was your least confident answer,

so that was just to clear the barrels. We're looking for Dusty Springfield top 40 singles.

Your next answer, All I See Is You. You were a bit more confident with this.

Let's see how our 100 people reacted to All I See Is You.

Well, they thought it was right. It's right.

Down it comes, into the 50s.

It has to go all the way down to zero to be pointless

to win that £4,000 jackpot. Still going down.

-Oh! Look at that!

-I don't believe it!

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-Who was this person?

-One person. Miss D Springfield. I don't know.

That's fine. That wasn't your most confident answer.

It's not pointless. One person knew it. You only have one final chance to win today's jackpot.

You said this was the one you were most confident in. Stay Awhile.

Let's see if it's correct and how many people said Stay Awhile.

This for £4,000. We were looking for Dusty Springfield top 40 singles.

It's right.

It's right. All I See Is You came down to one.

This you said you had more faith in. This has to go further down.

Into the teens. Into single figures.

Oh, no!

-Oh, no!

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Oh, dear.

Unfortunately... I can't believe that.

That Miss D Springfield in our 100 people. You didn't manage to find that crucial pointless answer.

-It eluded you, just!

-He was a real fan, that one.

Deal, oh, dear. A real fan. So I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £4,000.

You were so close. So that rolls over to the next show. But you have been amazing

and you get to take home our Pointless trophy. So well done.

APPLAUSE

Oh. So, Richard.

That was very, very unlucky. Island Of Dreams we didn't show you

because it's The Springfields rather than her. There were eight pointless answers.

-Three top ten hits here, and I hope you don't know any of them.

-We will.

Going Back. I'll Try Anything. In The Middle Of Nowhere, that was a top ten hit.

Little By Little. Nothing Has Been Proved, Reputation, that was her most recent top 40 hit.

Some Of Your Lovin' and Your Hurtin' Kind Of Love.

-Do any of those ring bells?

-All of them.

-Yes.

-So sorry.

I think that's the closest we've ever seen to a jackpot without having a jackpot.

-That doesn't help, does it?

-That's history we've made.

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you.

You've been wonderful contestants. Thank you so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over, which means on the next show,

we'll be playing for £5,000.

APPLAUSE

-Join us next time. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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