0:00:23 > 0:00:27Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:33where obscurity counts for everything and high scores count for nothing. Let's meet our players.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43- Welcome, Adam and Simon. How do you two know each other? - This is Adam, my son.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47Obviously I've known him since birth. He's also my best mate.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Aww! What about that?
0:00:50 > 0:00:54- That's like me and you, apart from the father and son thing.- Wow.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57- You're not my... Are you? - Not your son?
0:00:57 > 0:01:03- You're not about to reveal that you're my son, are you?- Maybe in Round 2.- I'll look forward to that!
0:01:03 > 0:01:08- What do you do, Adam? - I'm an art worker/graphic designer.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Art worker-slash-graphic designer?
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Graphic design IS art work, surely. Come on. Let's sort this out.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17There is a bit of a difference.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Art work is more technical. Graphic design just goes, "Pretty!"
0:01:21 > 0:01:25I'd have thought completely the opposite. Excellent.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27I will remember that. Simon?
0:01:27 > 0:01:34- I'm a driving instructor.- No! - Daredevil!- No! How long have you been doing that?- About ten years.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38- Any near misses?- Oh, daily. - Daily?- Daily!
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- Very best of luck.- Thank you.
0:01:41 > 0:01:48- James and Karen, our next pair. How do you know each other?- I met Karen 13 years ago at a pub quiz.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52And I can't have done that badly. A year later she married me.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- Were you on the same team?- No.- No. - Are you fiercely competitive?- Yes.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00- Very.- Very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05Liz and Becky, welcome back. Everyone gets two shots, of course.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08This is your second and final go. How did you do?
0:02:08 > 0:02:11We lost the head-to-head on an Olympics question.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13- Just unlucky.- Olympics(!)
0:02:13 > 0:02:20- What are you hoping will come up today?- Something to do with food. You're good at food, aren't you?
0:02:20 > 0:02:24- Yeah.- Food. Do you like cooking it or eating it?- Both!
0:02:24 > 0:02:28That was a really stupid question. "No, I cook it, then starve."
0:02:29 > 0:02:34Very good. Best of luck to you on the show. I hope you enjoy it.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37And Amelia and Joe. How do you know each other?
0:02:37 > 0:02:41- We're husband and wife. Married a year.- Congratulations.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46- Joe, what do you do?- I'm a salesman in an electrical shop.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51- Very good. And Amelia? - I'm a student and a mother. - How many children?
0:02:51 > 0:02:56- Two.- What age?- Five and 18 months. Two little girls.- Good Luck!
0:02:56 > 0:03:01- What are you doing as a student? - Midwifery.- Oh, that's good!
0:03:01 > 0:03:06Best of luck to you. We'll find out more about all of you on the show.
0:03:06 > 0:03:13There's just one more person for me to introduce. Here's the man who enjoys fading into obscurity.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- He's my Pointless friend, Richard. - Hiya.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20- APPLAUSE - Hello.- I think you...
0:03:20 > 0:03:23I'd say you enjoyed wallowing in obscurity.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26I'm not fading into obscurity. I started in obscurity
0:03:26 > 0:03:31and I'm remaining firmly there. We've got a good little show today.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36Only one returning pair, but it's Liz and Becky who did very well last time.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39And Round 2 is about food,
0:03:39 > 0:03:44so the other three pairs might have a battle on their hands.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Very good indeed.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50We put all our questions to 100 people, but this is Pointless,
0:03:50 > 0:03:52so we're after obscure answers that they didn't get.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56All our players need to do is score
0:03:56 > 0:04:02as few points as they possibly can. What everyone wants is a Pointless answer that nobody gave.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06Each time this happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we will add another £1,000 to it.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14So today's starts off at...£5,000! There.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18So let's play Pointless.
0:04:24 > 0:04:31In the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35The team with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.
0:04:35 > 0:04:41Anyone who gives me an incorrect answer will score the maximum 100 points.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44OK, our first category is...
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Decide who will go first and who'll go second.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Whoever's going first, please, step up to the podium.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Let's find out what the question is.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many of the busiest airports
0:05:03 > 0:05:06in the UK as they could.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10- Busiest airports in the UK, Richard? - Yeah.
0:05:10 > 0:05:17Any of the 20 busiest airports in the UK. In 2009, they all had passenger numbers over 1.5 million.
0:05:17 > 0:05:24We all know the bigger airports, but what are the more obscure ones in the top 20 busiest airports?
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Adam and Simon, you all drew lots and you get to go first.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32- So, Adam, airports.- Yes.
0:05:32 > 0:05:38We're looking for an obscure airport out of the top 20 airports in Britain.
0:05:39 > 0:05:46- I'm going to go for... one in East Anglia. I'm going to go for Norwich.- Norwich.
0:05:46 > 0:05:52I happen to know they fly an express service from Norwich to Amsterdam!
0:05:52 > 0:05:56- I don't know why!- To be fair, you know a lot of routes to Amsterdam.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58LAUGHTER
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Yes, I do...
0:06:00 > 0:06:07Right. Adam? Norwich. You're hoping to score as few points as possible with Norwich.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12Let's see if it's right. Is it in the Top 20, but obscure enough to score you low?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Oh!
0:06:17 > 0:06:22Bad luck. That's wrong for all the right reasons, but it is incorrect.
0:06:22 > 0:06:27- It scores you the maximum of 100 points. Richard?- Yeah, too small.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32- Not anywhere near that top 20. - More flights to Amsterdam and they might make it.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36It has less than 500,000 passengers. It's a long way off the list.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39OK, now James. Airports.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43This, I can't help thinking, is something you might know.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48- Why?- You just have that look of someone...- Thank you. - ..who might know.
0:06:48 > 0:06:54- What line of business are you in? - I'm a director of a timber merchant. - You see!- You got it in one.
0:06:54 > 0:07:00- Timber, flying. What are you going to say, James? - I'm going to go for...Stansted.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- Stansted.- Yep.- OK.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08We are looking for the busiest airports in the UK.
0:07:08 > 0:07:14You are saying Stansted. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18It's right.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- APPLAUSE - That scores you 70, James.
0:07:24 > 0:07:30- Stansted, Richard. - Third busiest airport in the UK with 20 million passengers.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35- Just a bit bigger than Norwich. - A little bit. Not far from it.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- You can fly to Amsterdam from Stansted.- Do you know, you can?
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Throughout the day.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46- Right, now Liz. Airports.- Mm.
0:07:46 > 0:07:52- I fly quite a lot with work. - What is your work, Liz? - I'm a medical rep.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55So I fly to and fro quite a little bit.
0:07:55 > 0:08:02- Within the UK?- Yes. - So this is a perfect question for you.- Well, I think back
0:08:02 > 0:08:07to a few months ago when we went to Wales for a conference.
0:08:08 > 0:08:14I seem to remember that there weren't many flights going into Cardiff,
0:08:14 > 0:08:22- but quite a few people flew into Bristol, so I'm going to say Bristol.- OK, you're saying Bristol.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Hoping to score as few points as possible. How many said Bristol?
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Look at that, Liz! Brilliant answer.
0:08:33 > 0:08:3523!
0:08:36 > 0:08:3923 for Bristol.
0:08:39 > 0:08:44- Richard?- Yeah, it's a great answer, Liz. Over 5.5 million passengers use Bristol.
0:08:44 > 0:08:50The ninth-busiest airport in the UK. And you can get flights to Amsterdam from there.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55You can. Quite good deals at weekends as well.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Amelia. We're looking for the busiest airports in the UK.
0:08:59 > 0:09:05- Do you fly often?- Not really. I can probably count on one hand the flights I've taken in 10 years.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- Right.- So not a great topic.- OK.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12UK airports, though. Are you aware of a handful of them?
0:09:12 > 0:09:18Yes, we've got one that is one of probably only three that I've ever flown out of
0:09:18 > 0:09:24which is quite local to us. So it's not too bad and that'll probably be the answer I give.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29- And the answer Joe would have given as well!- Probably, yes!
0:09:29 > 0:09:34- All right. What's it going to be? - East Midlands.- East Midlands.
0:09:34 > 0:09:40- Joe, you'll have to think again. - I've never been abroad! She stole my answer.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44East Midlands. Let's see if it is correct and how many people said it.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46East Midlands.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50It's right, Amelia.
0:09:52 > 0:09:5432.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59East Midlands scores you 32.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Well played, Amelia.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06Very much looking forward to hearing what Joe has got to say next.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10- East Midlands airport. It's up in the...East Midlands. - LAUGHTER
0:10:10 > 0:10:14We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19It's been a high-scoring round, particularly for Adam and Simon.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23James and Karen, 70. Pretty high.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Liz and Becky, fabulous low score there.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Amelia and Joe, not too bad on 32.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Right now, Joe, you are on 32.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41If you can say something that scores 67 or less,
0:10:41 > 0:10:43you're through to the next round.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Em, I'd have to say Luton.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50Luton's the only one I can think of apart from the big obvious ones.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52So Luton, please.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56OK, we are looking for the busiest airports in the UK. Joe says Luton.
0:10:56 > 0:11:02There's your red line. If Luton gets you below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05It's right!
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Good enough! 62. Look at that.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Very good.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14That gives you a total of 94.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15Another big score.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18It's the fifth-busiest airport in the UK.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22OK, we're looking for the busiest airports in the UK.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Now, Becky, 23 you are.
0:11:24 > 0:11:2776 is all you have to score.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31I've got one in mind that I've flown from a few times.
0:11:31 > 0:11:37- So I'm going to go for that one.- OK. - Liverpool John Lennon. - Liverpool John Lennon.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42- OK. Simon, don't tell me that was yours!- Going fast, they are!
0:11:42 > 0:11:47Oh, dear. You'll have to make one up! OK, Liverpool John Lennon.
0:11:47 > 0:11:54There is your red line, Becky. If you get below that red line, you are definitely in the next round.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58How many people said Liverpool John Lennon, if it's right?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01It's right!
0:12:01 > 0:12:04And you're through.
0:12:04 > 0:12:0639.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Very impressive score. Gives you a total of 62.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16- Richard?- Yes, very good answer. Very well played by both of you.
0:12:16 > 0:12:23It was opened in 1933 and renamed in 2002. They've got a big statue of... It's one of the Beatles.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28One of the Beatles. I think maybe Ringo.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33Becky, very good answer. Through to the next round. OK, gloves come off.
0:12:33 > 0:12:40Karen, you are on 70. You have to score 29 or less to be sure of a place in the next round.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44This could be really embarrassing if it's wrong.
0:12:44 > 0:12:50- Have you had lots of ideas that others have nicked?- Yeah, my dad was an air traffic controller.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54- You might have said!- If I get this wrong, I'll never live it down!
0:12:54 > 0:13:01I can think of a lot of airports, but whether they're in the top 20 is another matter. I'll play safe
0:13:01 > 0:13:06- with one I think will be low-scoring.- Very good.- Aberdeen.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Oh!
0:13:08 > 0:13:13- That is the daughter of an air traffic controller speaking there.- Isn't it?
0:13:13 > 0:13:19- Aberdeen.- He'll be at home now, twirling his military moustache...
0:13:19 > 0:13:23Twirling his moustache, ignoring the voices on his headphones.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Aberdeen. There's your red line.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32Below that red line, you are definitely in the next round.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Is Aberdeen correct? And how many people said it?
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Well done, Karen.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Brilliant answer!
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Oh!
0:13:48 > 0:13:54That's an excellent answer, Karen. It scores 2 and takes your total up to a very impressive 72.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58- Richard?- The best answer yet, by a mile. The 14th-busiest airport.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02- Aberdeen.- Now, Simon and Adam, the writing, I'm afraid,
0:14:02 > 0:14:04is on the wall.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07The vapour trail.
0:14:07 > 0:14:13You are on 100. You are already our high scorers and you haven't given your second answer yet.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15There's no shame in that.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20Look for a pointless answer and add 250 quid to our jackpot
0:14:20 > 0:14:25- as a little parting gift. - Well, I was left with three.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28- One was mentioned earlier.- Yeah. - Cardiff.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32We were told it's not that busy, but I thought it was.
0:14:32 > 0:14:39And we've got Bradford and Glasgow. If I want to just take a chance, I'm going to go for Cardiff.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41OK. No red line for you, I'm afraid,
0:14:41 > 0:14:46but maybe this will be a glorious departure. Or out in a blaze of glory.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50Cardiff, let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Cardiff. ..It's right!
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Simon!
0:15:02 > 0:15:06As it happens, a very good answer. It scores you eight.
0:15:06 > 0:15:14- It takes your total to 108. Richard? - Very good. It's the 20th-busiest airport in Britain. Cardiff airport.
0:15:14 > 0:15:21There were no pointless answers. Aberdeen was two points. Two answers both got one point.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Let's take a look at them.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Belfast City, which is now named after George Best, of course.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32And Belfast International, where you'd fly to Amsterdam from.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37- You can. Interestingly, Belfast City also does a hopper service... - Does it?- ..to Amsterdam.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Let's look at the most popular answers.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Manchester was 73.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Then...
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Gatwick was 87.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52And right up at the top was Heathrow with a mighty 95.
0:15:52 > 0:15:58Mighty, indeed. So at the end of Round One, the losing pair are Adam and Simon.
0:15:58 > 0:16:04- There you go.- Norwich did for you. - It did, yeah. As always. - You don't support Norwich, do you?
0:16:04 > 0:16:11- No.- Not any more! - A great shame to be saying goodbye, but you've been great contestants,
0:16:11 > 0:16:15you've shown your mettle, a fabulous low score from Simon.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20- Thanks very much for playing. - APPLAUSE
0:16:20 > 0:16:24For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:29 > 0:16:35There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head, so one team leaves us at the end of this round.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38OK, the category for Round Two is...
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Food and Drink.
0:16:40 > 0:16:45Can you decide who is going to go first and who is going second?
0:16:45 > 0:16:50Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55And the question for Round Two concerns...
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Foods beginning with C.
0:16:58 > 0:17:03In this round, we'll show you a list of foods beginning with C.
0:17:03 > 0:17:09We gave 100 people 100 seconds to tell us which types of food they are.
0:17:09 > 0:17:17- OK, Richard.- We're going to give you six foods in each pass. You need to tell us what type of food they are.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20If we say Granny Smith, we'd need apple, not fruit.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Obscure ones score the fewest points.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27An incorrect answer scores 100 points. Try to get them at home.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30OK, the first six are...
0:17:45 > 0:17:49- Now then, Karen. How's that looking?- Not too bad.
0:17:49 > 0:17:54A couple of things I don't know, but there are enough I do know.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58- You like food and drink. Do you cook?- Yes, lots.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02- I am going to go for cep...- Cep. - ..which is a type of mushroom.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Cep, a type of mushroom.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Let's see if that's right and how many people knew it.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Cep.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12It's good!
0:18:17 > 0:18:1913, Karen! That's a great answer.
0:18:21 > 0:18:2413 points for cep mushroom.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Yeah, very well played, Karen.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30A creamy yellow mushroom with a fat stem.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Called porcini in Italy.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34- Same thing?- Yes.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Two identities. Is that allowed?
0:18:37 > 0:18:41- Different languages, yeah. - LAUGHTER
0:18:41 > 0:18:48But if I had a different identity in every country, that would be frowned on, probably illegal.
0:18:48 > 0:18:53- You do have a different identity in The Netherlands, of course.- True. - LAUGHTER
0:18:53 > 0:18:57Where you're known as Professor Arthur Rowbotham.
0:18:58 > 0:19:03Not any more I'm not. That's all changed. Right, Liz...
0:19:03 > 0:19:09We are looking for the types of food that these items beginning with C are.
0:19:09 > 0:19:15- This is exactly what you wanted, wasn't it?- Yep.- Have you eaten everything there?- I think so,
0:19:15 > 0:19:18with the exception of the bottom one,
0:19:18 > 0:19:22which I may have eaten without knowing!
0:19:22 > 0:19:27So I definitely know what the second, third and fourth ones are.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29And I think I know what the top one is.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34So given that a quite low one has already gone,
0:19:34 > 0:19:36I will go for cavolo nero.
0:19:36 > 0:19:42And I will say that it is, em, a leaf. Like a salad leaf.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44A salad leaf, you say.
0:19:44 > 0:19:51OK, let's see if that is right. You're hoping to score as low as possible. A salad leaf.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:19:58 > 0:20:03Unfortunately, that's a wrong answer, so you score 100 points.
0:20:03 > 0:20:08- Richard?- I won't say what it is in case Amelia wants a go at it.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Amelia, we are looking for types of food beginning with C.
0:20:12 > 0:20:19I'm not going to be taking the answer over from Liz. I have no idea what that is!
0:20:19 > 0:20:23But the second, third and fourth, I think I know them all.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27I think ciabatta will be high. I'm torn between the other two.
0:20:27 > 0:20:32I don't really know which one is most likely to be lower.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36I think I'm going to go for choux, which is a type of pastry.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40OK, choux. Let's see if that's correct and how many people said it.
0:20:46 > 0:20:4857.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50APPLAUSE
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Not a terrible answer at all.
0:20:54 > 0:20:5957 is a high score, but it's the best answer out of those three.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04Cavolo nero. We couldn't accept salad leaf. It's cabbage.
0:21:04 > 0:21:12- Oh.- Cavolo nero. And cabbage is what choux means in French. Did you know that?- Yeah.- Good.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17Let's look at the rest of them. Cavolo nero would have scored a healthy 2 points.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Very well done if you got it.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25Ciabatta would have scored more than choux. That scored 84. It's an Italian bread.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29Caerphilly also would have scored more - 66. Welsh cheese.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33And does anybody know what Casaba is?
0:21:33 > 0:21:37It's a melon. A type of winter musk melon.
0:21:37 > 0:21:43- Winter musk?- Winter musk melon. - A type of winter musk melon?! - Yeah, a type of melon.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48Does that make it any clearer for anyone?
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- It sounds good, though. - It sounds delicious!
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Slash horrid.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57That would have scored you 4 points.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02OK, let's look at the scores. We're halfway through the round.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06Well now. It's been a pretty high-scoring round in the main.
0:22:06 > 0:22:12Liz and Becky, really bad luck. You were on the right lines and played exceptionally.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16Your tactics were brilliant. You just happened to be wrong.
0:22:16 > 0:22:2257 for Amelia and Joe. Not bad, but Joe will have to score low on the next pass.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Karen and James looking great on 13.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:22:29 > 0:22:36OK, we'll put six more foods beginning with C on the board. And here they are...
0:22:52 > 0:22:57Remember, we are looking for the types of food that these items are.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01You want the ones that the fewest people knew.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06Joe, you're on 57. If you can score 42 or less with this,
0:23:06 > 0:23:08you are through to the head-to-head.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12I know what two of them are, so I will go with chapati.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14A kind of bread, I think.
0:23:14 > 0:23:19Chapati, a type of bread. Here is your red line.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24Below that and you are through. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28It's right.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32APPLAUSE
0:23:32 > 0:23:3753 that scored you, for a total of 110.
0:23:37 > 0:23:43- Richard?- Popular answer, chapati. Unleavened flatbread from India and Pakistan.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Becky, if you can score 9 or less,
0:23:46 > 0:23:49you are definitely through to the next round.
0:23:49 > 0:23:56OK, we are looking for the types of food that these items beginning with C are.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01I'm not sure I can get below 9, but I'll give it a go. I know a couple.
0:24:01 > 0:24:06I'll go for the one I'm not 100% on because I've got to give it a go.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09I'll go for Chantilly, a type of cream.
0:24:09 > 0:24:14Chantilly, a type of cream. There's your red line, Becky.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19If Chantilly creams gets you below, you are through to the head-to-head. Quite a long way down.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Maybe Chantilly can do it for you.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25It's right.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30AUDIENCE GROANS
0:24:30 > 0:24:34Oh, bad luck. That scores 32, taking your total up to 132.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35Chantilly cream.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39Yes, "shon-tee" cream or "shan-tilly" cream.
0:24:39 > 0:24:44A sweetened whipped cream, often with vanilla in it.
0:24:44 > 0:24:49Now, James, all of this mere preamble for you to dazzle us
0:24:49 > 0:24:55- and maybe find a pointless answer. Do you know your foodstuffs beginning with C?- I thought I did.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Obviously not now.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59I have no idea what Carlingford is.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Cabrales, nope. Don't know that one.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Cannelloni is obviously a pasta,
0:25:07 > 0:25:11but I may as well have a guess. I think Comice might be a pear.
0:25:11 > 0:25:17Comice pear. Doesn't matter what you score. You're on 13. It doesn't matter.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21If you score 100, you are still in the head-to-head.
0:25:21 > 0:25:26Comice pear. Let's see if it's right and how many people said that.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Well, it is right.
0:25:31 > 0:25:3244.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35That takes your total up to 57.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Richard?
0:25:37 > 0:25:44Surprisingly high score on that, I think. A high-scoring pear for a low-scoring pair.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49- LAUGHTER - That's a little wrap-up there.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52There is a pointless answer there.
0:25:52 > 0:25:58It's not cannelloni, which is pasta and would have scored a fairly hefty 76 points.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Cabrales. Do you know what that is?
0:26:01 > 0:26:05- Cabrales I know is cheese. - A soft cheese. It scored 6 points.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Carlingford is a Pointless answer.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12- Do you know Carlingford? - No.- Anybody?
0:26:12 > 0:26:16It's a potato. A soft, white potato.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Very good.
0:26:18 > 0:26:24Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round Two, the losing pair is Liz and Becky! Oh, this isn't right!
0:26:24 > 0:26:30- I know.- You were meant to be being carried round on people's shoulders after this round!
0:26:30 > 0:26:34- Never mind.- Becky, are you going to forgive Liz?
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Oh, yeah, of course.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Definitely. Maybe in time!
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Maybe over time. Maybe over time.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- You have been fantastic contestants. Thank you so much for playing. Brilliant.- Thank you.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47APPLAUSE
0:26:47 > 0:26:51For the remaining two pairs, we enter the head-to-head.
0:26:55 > 0:27:00Well done, James and Karen and Amelia and Joe.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04Only one pair makes it to the final and plays for the jackpot,
0:27:04 > 0:27:07which currently stands at £5,000.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10APPLAUSE AND GASPS
0:27:10 > 0:27:14You're now going head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:27:14 > 0:27:21You can now confer. Give an answer that scores less than the opposing pair and you win that question.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25First pair to win two questions will go through to the final.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28OK, let's play Pointless.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Right, here is your first question.
0:27:33 > 0:27:39We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many words in the acronym OPEC
0:27:39 > 0:27:45- as they could. OPEC. Richard? - Simply looking for any of the four individual words in that acronym.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Which is the most obscure of those?
0:27:48 > 0:27:52OK, James and Karen, you get to go first.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56Words that make up the acronym OPEC.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Yeah, yeah.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05OK. A lot of yeses from James!
0:28:05 > 0:28:08We're going to go for Exporting.
0:28:08 > 0:28:13Exporting. Very good. Amelia and Joe...
0:28:15 > 0:28:21- We don't know what it is, so we have no idea. - We really don't, do we?
0:28:21 > 0:28:28- I suppose "company" or something that might be in an acronym. - Council or...what did you say?
0:28:28 > 0:28:30- Company.- I am listening, honest.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Mm, gosh.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37- We don't know, so...Council? - Yeah.- Council. OK.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40We have Exporting, we have Council.
0:28:40 > 0:28:46James and Karen said Exporting. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Exporting.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Good!
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Very good, indeed. 20.
0:29:00 > 0:29:05Exporting scores 20. Amelia and Joe have gone for Council.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10- Stab in the dark?- Completely. - Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Bad luck.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Council is incorrect.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22So, after the first question, James and Karen are ahead, one-nil.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26OPEC is the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
0:29:26 > 0:29:31The only thing that would have beaten Exporting was...Organisation
0:29:31 > 0:29:38which would have got you 16. Petroleum 24 and Countries right up at the top there with 40.
0:29:38 > 0:29:45OK, here is your second question. Amelia and Joe, you have to win this point to stay in the game.
0:29:45 > 0:29:51James and Karen, should you win this point, you are through to the final to play for that £5,000 jackpot.
0:29:51 > 0:29:56Second question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:29:56 > 0:30:03founding members of the Football League as they could. Founding members. Richard?
0:30:03 > 0:30:10We're looking for any of the 12 English football cubs who took part in the first league season of 1888.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15Amelia and Joe, you can go first this time.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20Is this better for you, Joe?
0:30:20 > 0:30:22I prayed for a football one all day
0:30:22 > 0:30:27and it's the worst football question ever, but never mind.
0:30:27 > 0:30:301888, Joe?! Come on. You remember.
0:30:32 > 0:30:39Em, I'm going to say Notts County just because that's the most obvious. Notts County, please.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Notts County. OK. Notts County.
0:30:42 > 0:30:47- James and Karen?- We were going to go for Notts County, too!
0:30:47 > 0:30:50- It's sunk that idea!- Em...
0:30:50 > 0:30:56- Blackpool's the only one I can think of that I'm pretty certain of.- Yeah. - We'll go for Blackpool.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59We have Notts County and Blackpool.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03Let's see if Notts County is correct and how many people said it.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07Amelia and Joe, this has to win this point for you.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11It's right, obviously.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13How right?
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Oh, brilliant!
0:31:20 > 0:31:25That's a superb answer. Notts County scores only 11.
0:31:25 > 0:31:31James and Karen have gone for Blackpool. Is that right and how many people said it?
0:31:33 > 0:31:35Bad luck.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40Bad luck, but well done, Joe and Amelia. That's what you had to do.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44You are absolutely even. One-all. Richard?
0:31:44 > 0:31:49It's unlucky, Blackpool. There's a lot of Lancashire teams in there.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55Right at the bottom, Derby County is a Pointless answer.
0:31:55 > 0:32:01Plenty of Derby fans will be used to seeing Derby County nil. Sorry to show it to you again.
0:32:01 > 0:32:07West Bromwich Albion scored 1, Stoke City scored 2. Accrington 2 as well.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Wolves and Burnley both with 4.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13Preston North End and Bolton Wanderers both on 6.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17Blackburn Rovers on 8, Notts County on 11.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21Everton 12, Aston Villa 14. What a match that was!
0:32:21 > 0:32:28OK, here is your third question. Whoever wins this is through to the final. Simple as that.
0:32:28 > 0:32:35We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...multiple Eurovision winners
0:32:35 > 0:32:39as they could. Multiple Eurovision winners. Richard?
0:32:39 > 0:32:46Yes, any country that's won the Eurovision Song Contest twice or more since 1956
0:32:46 > 0:32:49through to 2010.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53OK, James and Karen, you go first again.
0:32:56 > 0:33:02We're not very sure. We know some that would be high-scoring, so we'll gamble and say Germany.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Take a gamble on Germany. OK.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08Amelia and Joe, what'll you say?
0:33:08 > 0:33:13Em, we've got to gamble with the same and we'll say Turkey.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Turkey? OK.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20Germany and Turkey. We have two gambles there.
0:33:20 > 0:33:26This will decide who goes through to the final and plays for that £5,000 jackpot.
0:33:26 > 0:33:31James and Karen said Germany. Is it correct and how many people said it?
0:33:32 > 0:33:34It's right.
0:33:38 > 0:33:4024.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47OK. 24.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Turkey, say Amelia and Joe.
0:33:50 > 0:33:55Let's see if it's a correct answer and if it beats Germany on 24.
0:33:58 > 0:34:03Ooh! Bad luck, Amelia and Joe. I'm afraid it's an incorrect answer.
0:34:03 > 0:34:08James and Karen win that point and are through to the final, 2-1. Richard?
0:34:08 > 0:34:12That's tough. Turkey have won it just once, in 2003.
0:34:12 > 0:34:18- Weird when you think of all the big rock acts from Turkey.- I know! They've only won it once.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Only once. There are 13 answers.
0:34:21 > 0:34:26Unlucky if you sat through all of them. Let's take a look.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30Denmark at the bottom with 3, Italy with 4, Luxembourg with 5 -
0:34:30 > 0:34:35and they've won 5 times, Luxembourg. Israel with 6, Switzerland 8,
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Netherlands 9, Norway 13.
0:34:37 > 0:34:42Spain 21, there's Germany on 24,
0:34:42 > 0:34:47France with 27, Sweden 28, the United Kingdom - we've won five times - on 39,
0:34:47 > 0:34:52and Ireland have won it seven times and would have scored 65 points.
0:34:52 > 0:34:58OK, thanks, Richard. The losing pair, I'm sorry to say, is Amelia and Joe.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02Council I thought was a good stab. Who's going to take the blame?
0:35:02 > 0:35:08- Em...- I think I probably should. It was more my answers than yours, but we're a team.
0:35:08 > 0:35:15- We fluked our way to this point! - Yeah.- We were hoping for some lucky topics at the end.
0:35:15 > 0:35:21The good news is we get to see you again. If you'd gone through to the final, that would be it.
0:35:21 > 0:35:26Next time you can put all these things into practice. Maybe you'll know all of them then.
0:35:26 > 0:35:33I think that's how it works. Anyway, thanks very much for playing. Brilliant contestants. Thank you.
0:35:33 > 0:35:40For James and Karen, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £5,000.
0:35:42 > 0:35:49Congratulations, James and Karen. You fought off all the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59Now, though, you have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:59 > 0:36:04At the end of today's show, it stands at £5,000. There we are.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06AUDIENCE: OOH!
0:36:07 > 0:36:13The rules are simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people got.
0:36:13 > 0:36:19We haven't had any today. You just have to find one now to get that money.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23First, you choose a category. Here are your choices.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26You can go for...
0:36:32 > 0:36:39- What do you think?- Try geography. Children's literature, if it's very modern we have no chance.
0:36:39 > 0:36:45- Discount that. American sport or geography.- Geography.- Geography? - Give it a go.- Give it a go.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49- We'll try World Geography. - Very good. OK.
0:36:49 > 0:36:55Let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:36:55 > 0:36:58British overseas territories as they could.
0:36:58 > 0:37:05- British overseas territories. Richard?- Any of Britain's overseas territories or Crown dependencies.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08One thing we won't accept is our bases on Cyprus.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:12 > 0:37:19All you need to win £5,000 is one answer to be Pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23What ones have the Union Jack on the flag? Fiji has, doesn't it?
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Is that an overseas territory?
0:37:26 > 0:37:31- There's Vanuatu.- Yes. - There's Bermuda, I think.- Yes.
0:37:31 > 0:37:37- Nauru, is that one?- Yeah. - Is that an overseas territory?
0:37:37 > 0:37:43- I think it might have the Union Jack on it. Those are ones to stick with. - St Helena? Is that not one?
0:37:43 > 0:37:47- Let's see. St Helena. - 30 seconds gone.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49- Nauru?- Nauru.
0:37:49 > 0:37:54- Or would you rather go for Vanuatu? - Vanuatu.- St Helena, Vanuatu.
0:37:54 > 0:37:59- That's two.- Or should we play it safe with Bermuda?
0:37:59 > 0:38:03- I'm sure Fiji is an overseas territory.- OK, go Fiji.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05- So Vanuatu...- Fiji.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09And what was the other one we said? St Helena!
0:38:09 > 0:38:15- Yeah, go with those.- OK, do you want me to stop the clock? Very good, very good.
0:38:15 > 0:38:21Let's see if we can remember. British overseas territories. Now give me your three answers.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23- St Helena.- St Helena.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27- Vanuatu.- Vanuatu.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31- And Fiji.- And Fiji. OK, those are your three answers.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35Which do you reckon is your best shot at a Pointless answer?
0:38:35 > 0:38:41- St Helena? - Yeah, probably. Of any of them. - St Helena. We'll put that last.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45- And which is your least?- Fiji? - Vanuatu. I think Vanuatu.- Fiji.
0:38:45 > 0:38:50- Well, one of the two!- OK. - They could all three be wrong!
0:38:50 > 0:38:56- We'll put Fiji first.- OK. - Vanuatu, St Helena.- Yeah. - We'll put them up on the board.
0:39:02 > 0:39:07There we are. We wanted British overseas territories.
0:39:07 > 0:39:12This was your least confident answer. Fiji.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16You only need to find one. Only one to win that jackpot.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Are you confident?
0:39:19 > 0:39:24- No.- No.- You were very good, though. You had a lot of names there. - A lot of geography,
0:39:24 > 0:39:29- not necessarily right.- Fiji and Vanuatu are in the Commonwealth.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33Whether they count, I don't know.
0:39:33 > 0:39:34£5,000.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38What would you do with £5,000?
0:39:38 > 0:39:43- It seems a long way off with those answers!- Maybe we'll go to Fiji.
0:39:43 > 0:39:48OK, right. Fiji you've said first. Let's see if that's a correct answer
0:39:48 > 0:39:53and, if it is, how many people said Fiji? This is for £5,000.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58AUDIENCE GASP
0:40:00 > 0:40:05- Right. Well, you're not going there. - No, no!- We didn't want to, anyway! - You didn't want to.
0:40:05 > 0:40:11That was your least confident answer. Sadly, that was not a Pointless answer.
0:40:11 > 0:40:16We have two more chances to win. Your second answer is Vanuatu.
0:40:16 > 0:40:22If it's right, it's got pointless written all over it. British overseas territories.
0:40:22 > 0:40:28You have said Vanuatu. This has to be pointless to win that £5,000 jackpot.
0:40:28 > 0:40:33Let's see if it's right and, if it is, see how far down it goes.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Oh, no!
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Didn't want to go there, either.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48Unfortunately, Vanuatu is also not a pointless answer.
0:40:48 > 0:40:53- We think that's another sovereign state, do we?- Yeah.
0:40:53 > 0:40:59- St Helena. How's that looking? - Looking good!- I'm fairly hopeful that's not a sovereign state.
0:41:01 > 0:41:07You only have one more chance. We are looking for British overseas territories.
0:41:07 > 0:41:13This was the answer you were most confident with. It has to be pointless to win.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16Is it right and how many said it?
0:41:17 > 0:41:19It's right!
0:41:19 > 0:41:24It's right. We cleared the barrels with the first two.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Now we're actually in business.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30St Helena, down it goes. Into the teens...
0:41:30 > 0:41:31Oh, no!
0:41:33 > 0:41:34Argh!
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Oh, bad luck.
0:41:44 > 0:41:50I thought that was going to go all the way down. Unfortunately, it didn't,
0:41:50 > 0:41:57so you don't leave with today's jackpot of £5,000, which will roll over to the next show.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01You do get to take home our Pointless trophy.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10- Richard?- You played so well throughout, James and Karen.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14St Helena includes Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha.
0:42:14 > 0:42:21There are all sorts of answers from the Falklands and Gibraltar down to Bermuda.
0:42:21 > 0:42:28Then the Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey. That sort of thing. Fiji and Vanuatu are sovereign states.
0:42:28 > 0:42:34There were three Pointless answers. A couple are gettable. Well done at home if you said any of these.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38British Indian Ocean Territory, about 1,700km from the Seychelles.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42Then the Turks and Caicos Islands in the West Indies.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46And Pitcairn Islands, less than 50 people living there.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Well done if you said any of those.
0:42:49 > 0:42:53- Did you think of any of those? - No.- No.
0:42:53 > 0:42:59- Does that make it easier?- Yes. - If we had 10 minutes, we might have got Turks and Caicos,
0:42:59 > 0:43:01but not the other two.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Fantastic contestants. Thank you so much for playing.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10APPLAUSE
0:43:12 > 0:43:19Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over and on the next show we'll be playing for £6,000.
0:43:19 > 0:43:25- Join us next time to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27And goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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