0:00:20 > 0:00:22APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:26 > 0:00:31Welcome to Pointless where the biggest winners are the lowest scorers. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34APPLAUSE
0:00:34 > 0:00:38Welcome back, Joe and Amelia. You were on the show last time.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43We give everyone two chances to reach the Pointless final. Remind us how you did.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47We got to the head-to-head. We sort of got there a bit flukily,
0:00:47 > 0:00:53but we went out on a Eurovision question which we should have got, but we're going to do our best.
0:00:53 > 0:00:58Very best of luck to the pair of you. Adam and Simon, this is your second time.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02- Remind us how you did.- Terribly. We went out first round.
0:01:02 > 0:01:08- It was a question about airports. I picked Norwich and that's not big enough.- Not big enough at all.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- What are you going to do about that? - Win this time.
0:01:11 > 0:01:18- And we're moving to Norwich Airport, in and out to make it bigger for next time.- Good luck with that.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21What a selfless act that is!
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Barking mad! Very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29We welcome Karen and Anthony to the show. How do you know each other?
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Karen is my mother. I'm her middle child.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38- Middle child. What have you got on either side?- An older brother and a younger sister.
0:01:38 > 0:01:44- Who are you closest in age to? - My older brother. Not by a lot, but just about.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Do you team up with him? Your poor little sister!
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- No, they gang up on me, really. - Really? That's fine. Poor you!
0:01:51 > 0:01:56- She's not little.- Well, very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Finally, we've got Allan and Ian. How do you two know each other?
0:02:00 > 0:02:05Our daughters were best friends at school and, well, we've grown to love each other.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10- Aw! Are your daughters still friends?- Yes, they are. - That's fantastic.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14- What do you do for a living, Allan? - I'm retired now.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Prior to that, I used to work on heavy trucks, lorries, wagons,
0:02:18 > 0:02:21but within the petroleum and chemical industry.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26- And Ian, what about you?- I'm a master baker, second generation.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30- Second generation? - I'm fiercely proud of it. - And you should be.- Thank you.
0:02:30 > 0:02:36- What do you have to do to become a master baker?- You have to be very clever, resourceful and innovative
0:02:36 > 0:02:39and beat the supermarkets at their own game.
0:02:39 > 0:02:45- And make something for the Queen?- We have made cream cakes for the Queen. - Cream cakes for the Queen?- Yeah.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50Very good. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54There is just one more person to introduce and that is the man
0:02:54 > 0:02:57who answers when... obscurity knocks?!
0:02:57 > 0:02:59LAUGHTER
0:02:59 > 0:03:04- He's my pointless friend - he's Richard.- Hello. - APPLAUSE
0:03:07 > 0:03:12Apparently, you're behind that door when obscurity knocks.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Yeah, obscurity knocks, I open the door, no-one there.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- LAUGHTER - Weird.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23We've got two returning pairs. Amelia and Joe did very well, so will be looking to do more.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Simon and Adam, I suspect we haven't seen the best of them.
0:03:27 > 0:03:34I'll tell you now for a fact, if I told you all what the first two questions were, you would walk off.
0:03:34 > 0:03:40- For a fact.- All of them? - Yeah, all of them would just go, "There's no point."
0:03:40 > 0:03:44We put all our questions to 100 people before the show,
0:03:44 > 0:03:48but we are after the obscure answers that they didn't get,
0:03:48 > 0:03:54so to stay in the game with a chance to win our jackpot, our players need to score as few points as they can.
0:03:54 > 0:04:00Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer than none of our 100 people gave and if that happens,
0:04:00 > 0:04:02we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:04:02 > 0:04:08Nobody's won the jackpot for ages, so we will add another £1,000 to last time's jackpot,
0:04:08 > 0:04:11so today's jackpot starts off at £6,000.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14APPLAUSE
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Right, let's play Pointless.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29In the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:04:29 > 0:04:35Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Good luck. Our first category this afternoon is...
0:04:42 > 0:04:47Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Let's find out what the first question is.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many marsupials as they could.
0:05:01 > 0:05:08- Marsupials, Richard?- Yeah, all the correct answers in this round are animals classified as marsupials.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11The incorrect answers will not be.
0:05:11 > 0:05:16Amelia and Joe, you all drew lots before the show and today you get to go first.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20We're going to give you a choice of seven answers in each pass.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24The first set of seven answers reads like this.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36I'll read those out one more time.
0:05:41 > 0:05:47There is at least one pointless answer among those seven, but also at least one incorrect answer,
0:05:47 > 0:05:52so try and avoid those because if you pick an incorrect one,
0:05:52 > 0:05:55you will score the maximum of 100 points.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00So, Amelia, did you know what a marsupial was? It's one of those things I can never remember.
0:06:00 > 0:06:06- No, not a clue.- I can never remember, so I'm very grateful that this has come up.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09I'm not even sure some of those are real animals.
0:06:09 > 0:06:15I think a number of them have been made up. I'm pretty sure the Australians made up the kangaroo.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18I'm going to go for a wallaroo.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23Let's see if it's a right answer and if it is, how many people said "wallaroo".
0:06:23 > 0:06:25It's right.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36APPLAUSE
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Wallaroo scored you 1 point. Wallaroo.
0:06:42 > 0:06:48Yeah, wallaroo is a real animal. It's a heavy-set animal with long, thick, dark, grey hair.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50You find them in Australia.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55Very good. Thank you very much. Now then, Adam, we are looking for marsupials.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57How good are you on marsupials?
0:06:57 > 0:07:01I know what a marsupial is, so that's one bonus.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05And I know some of them are definitely marsupials.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09- I don't want to get 100 points again like I did last time.- Mm-hm.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12I'm going to go for an opossum.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17Let's see if that's a correct answer and if it is, how many people said "opossum".
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Well done, Adam.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Good, down it goes.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Another brilliant answer, Adam.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32APPLAUSE
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Opossum scores you 7.
0:07:34 > 0:07:40Well done, Adam. That's more like it. The opossum, more commonly known as the possum,
0:07:40 > 0:07:42native to the Americas.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46They eat small animals, eggs and fruit, but don't we all?
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- You can't blame them, can you? - No, no.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56- Now, Karen, marsupials. There is still a pointless answer on that board.- Yes.
0:07:56 > 0:08:02- Do you think you might be able to truffle it out? - I was going to go for "opossum".
0:08:02 > 0:08:07- I'm going to take a gamble and I'm going to go for the top one, the bandicoot.- The bandicoot.
0:08:07 > 0:08:12Let's see if that's a correct answer and if it is, how many people said "bandicoot".
0:08:12 > 0:08:14It's right.
0:08:14 > 0:08:19Well done, Karen. This could be going a long way down, I feel.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Brilliant!
0:08:22 > 0:08:24APPLAUSE
0:08:24 > 0:08:28Bandicoot, Karen, brilliant gamble. It's a pointless answer.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33It adds £250 to today's jackpot and it takes the total up to £6,250.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38- Best of all, it scores you nothing. Richard?- Very well done, Karen.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43The bandicoot is rabbit-like. It lives in burrows, has a long snout and eats insects.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46- But don't we all? - LAUGHTER
0:08:46 > 0:08:52- Brilliant, Karen. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. - Never heard of it before.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Now, Ian, Ian, Ian...
0:08:54 > 0:08:57We are looking for marsupials.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00The scores - 1, 7, 0.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04There could easily be a pointless answer on that board.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09- How good do you think your knowledge of marsupials is? - It's pretty minimal.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Oh, well...
0:09:13 > 0:09:19There is still at least one incorrect answer on there. I have to point that out. What's it to be?
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Cuscus.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- Cuscus?- Yes.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28Cuscus, there it is. Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31It's right.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Very good indeed. Look at that.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39It is another pointless answer!
0:09:39 > 0:09:42APPLAUSE
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Very well done, Ian. It's a pointless answer.
0:09:45 > 0:09:51It adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to 6,500, and it scores you nothing.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55- Richard, cuscus?- Yeah. What I meant when I said everyone would walk off
0:09:55 > 0:10:00is we'll have a spectacularly low-scoring round with plenty of pointless answers.
0:10:00 > 0:10:06The cuscus is the size of a cat and lives in a tree which makes it sound cute. It's delicious with couscous!
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Let's look at the rest of these. There's a couple of obvious ones.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Kangaroo would have scored you a fairly mighty 67.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16The koala would have scored you 34.
0:10:16 > 0:10:23Now, as you can see, toadfish, by a process of elimination, is incorrect. Do you know what it is?
0:10:23 > 0:10:26It's a dog(!)
0:10:26 > 0:10:29No, it's a character from Neighbours - Toadfish.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Also, it says here, "a type of fish".
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Let's take a look at the scores. We're halfway through the round.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Wow, incredibly low-scoring round!
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Who would have thought, Adam and Simon, that your score of 7...
0:10:42 > 0:10:45LAUGHTER
0:10:46 > 0:10:52- ..would leave you standing so tall above the parapet? - It's not looking good again, is it?
0:10:52 > 0:10:59Well, it potentially might be fine. But it just means it's game on for the next half of the show.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03I mean, fabulous answer from Ian, fabulous answer from Karen.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Great answer from Amelia, great answer from Adam, as it turns out.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12OK, we'll come back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:11:16 > 0:11:21We're going to put seven more answers on the board. We are looking for marsupials.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24And we have got...
0:11:31 > 0:11:34I'll read those out one more time.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42At least one of those answers is pointless
0:11:42 > 0:11:47and there is also at least one incorrect answer among those seven, so try and avoid those or that.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Now then, Allan...
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Ian, the hero of the last pass, I would say.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56- He's taken the pressure off me a bit.- He has a bit.
0:11:56 > 0:12:02If you can score 6 or less with this answer, you are definitely through to the next round.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05I could easily go for one of the obvious ones,
0:12:05 > 0:12:09but I don't think that's in the spirit of the game.
0:12:09 > 0:12:15I quite like the look of honey mouse. That reminds me of my good lady.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21Tasmanian devil dog as well because that's a tattoo that my brother's got.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23LAUGHTER
0:12:23 > 0:12:28Do you ever get the feeling your entire life has been leading to this show?
0:12:28 > 0:12:31It's funny you should say that.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Yeah...
0:12:33 > 0:12:36- What are you going to go for? - I'll go for quokka.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38OK, there is your red line.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41If you can get below that red line with quokka,
0:12:41 > 0:12:45you are through to the next round. It does have to be a correct answer.
0:12:45 > 0:12:51Only one way to find out if it is correct by asking our 100 people if they said "quokka".
0:12:52 > 0:12:54It's right.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Oh, look at that!
0:13:01 > 0:13:05- Allan, well done. - APPLAUSE
0:13:05 > 0:13:09That's a fabulous answer. That scores you just 1 point.
0:13:09 > 0:13:14- It gives you a total of 1. Richard?- Well done, Allan. This terrible scoring continues.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16How right I was(!)
0:13:16 > 0:13:22- It's a stocky herbivore, the quokka.- Australian again? - Australian again, yeah. Absolutely.
0:13:22 > 0:13:28- Anthony, your mother scored nothing. - She did.- She scored a pointless answer.- Yes.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33If you score 6 or less with this answer, you are definitely through to the next round.
0:13:33 > 0:13:40- Simon and Adam, their eyes are boring into the back of you. - I can feel them. It's burning there.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42But I am also drawn to honey mouse.
0:13:42 > 0:13:48Everyone is drawn to honey mouse. It's like it's been put there as a trap, like bait.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54Knowing that if it comes up with 100, I won't be able to go home tonight,
0:13:54 > 0:13:58so I'm going to go for...
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- Parndana, I think.- OK. Parndana.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03OK, you are on zero.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07- Not for much longer, I feel. - It might be another pointless.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11- Remember, I don't know anything. That much is clear.- Nor do I.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16OK, if you are below that red line, you are definitely through to the next round.
0:14:16 > 0:14:21Let's see if Parndana is a correct answer and if it is, how many people said "Parndana".
0:14:22 > 0:14:25No!
0:14:25 > 0:14:28I should have gone with the honey mouse.
0:14:28 > 0:14:34Unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer and it scores you the maximum of 100 points, Anthony.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36It takes your total up to 100. Richard?
0:14:36 > 0:14:42Yeah, tough luck. Parndana is a town on Kangaroo Island, one of Australia's largest islands.
0:14:42 > 0:14:48It's nice to see Karen at least pretend that you'll be allowed to go home tonight, for the cameras.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52- The second you're off, she's going to be furious.- No dinner for me.
0:14:52 > 0:14:57- Simon and Adam, you have been thrown a lifeline.- Haven't we just? - You were the front-runners on 7.
0:14:58 > 0:15:04You are now sitting pretty - 7. You have to score 92 or less with this, Simon.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- 92 or less.- And get it right.- Yeah.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11So, remember, we are looking for marsupials.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16My mind's gone blank and I'm convincing myself it's not the correct answer.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- I'm going to say Tasmanian devil. - At the bottom there.
0:15:19 > 0:15:25If Tasmanian devil gets you below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Let's see if anyone said "Tasmanian devil".
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Right, you're through.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Oh, wow!
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- APPLAUSE - That's a brilliant answer, Simon.
0:15:42 > 0:15:48It's pointless and it adds another £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £6,750.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53- It scores you nothing. It gives you a total of 7. Richard?- Very well done, Simon.
0:15:53 > 0:16:00- Now almost exclusively found in Tasmania. They're very strong. They often prey on small kangaroos.- OK.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Joe, you're on 1.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08If you can score 98 or less with this answer, you are through to the next round.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Remember, we are looking for marsupials.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16I want to go for honey mouse to complete what everyone thinks it might be,
0:16:16 > 0:16:21- but I'll be a big, fat coward and say "wombat".- Amelia, what do you think?
0:16:21 > 0:16:25I know it's a real animal, so we're on a winner.
0:16:25 > 0:16:31OK, wombat, there it is, one down from the top. Let's see if it's right.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36There is your red line there. Just wombat between you and that.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Let's see if it will take you below it. Wombat.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42It's right. You're through.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Very good answer.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52Wombat scores you 9 and takes your total up to 10.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55So, wombat, Richard?
0:16:55 > 0:16:59Yeah, exactly the right thing to do, Joe. Safe and sound through...
0:16:59 > 0:17:05It's a large, pudgy marsupial, the wombat. Another nocturnal one. Let's look at the rest of the board.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09There's an obvious answer - wallaby. Would have scored you a hefty 33.
0:17:09 > 0:17:15Of those other two, we've got the famous honey mouse which everyone is obsessed with, but no-one's saying.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20And the gillard. One is incorrect, one is pointless. Which way round?
0:17:20 > 0:17:26I'm going to go on the barbie principle. "Wham another honey mouse on the barbie."
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Of course, that's the pointless.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33Is the correct answer. The honey mouse is a marsupial.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36You couldn't put a gillard on a barbie, could you?
0:17:36 > 0:17:42Julia Gillard is the new Prime Minister of Australia as of 2010.
0:17:42 > 0:17:48Still, their fault, isn't it, for having barbecues and making Neighbours all the time.
0:17:48 > 0:17:54Thank you, Richard. So at the end of Round 1, the losing pair with the highest score is Karen and Anthony.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Oh, dear. Anthony, you played in the spirit of the game.
0:17:57 > 0:18:04- I was going to say "honey mouse" and I thought, "No, it'll be wrong, it's a mouse."- Honey mouse.
0:18:04 > 0:18:10It's such a shame to say goodbye to you so early on, but thanks very much for playing. See you next time.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15For the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round 2.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25Now we find out which two teams will go through to the head-to-head for the chance to reach the final.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28OK, the category for Round 2 is...
0:18:32 > 0:18:36Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46And your Round 2 question concerns...
0:18:51 > 0:18:58In this round, we're about to show you the names of the male halves of some Shakespearean couples.
0:18:58 > 0:19:04We gave 100 people 100 seconds to tell us who their partners are. Richard?
0:19:04 > 0:19:09We'll give you six names on each pass. The more obscure ones will score you fewer points.
0:19:09 > 0:19:16If you give us an incorrect answer, you'll score 100 points. See if you can get all of them at home.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18OK, your first six are...
0:19:33 > 0:19:38OK, we are looking for the partners of these Shakespearean characters. Amelia?
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Not great, to be honest.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44I only know the really obvious ones,
0:19:44 > 0:19:49so I'm going to have to go for one of those because I don't want to get it wrong.
0:19:49 > 0:19:54I'm going to go for Macbeth, the partner of Macbeth being Lady Macbeth.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Lady Macbeth. Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:19:58 > 0:20:02let's see how many people knew that answer. Lady Macbeth.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Well, it is right.
0:20:07 > 0:20:1040s, 30s, look at that. 34, Amelia.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12APPLAUSE
0:20:15 > 0:20:20That's not a bad score and you've now taken that easy option off the board for other people,
0:20:20 > 0:20:26- so tactically, good answer. Richard?- Yes, spectacularly low score for Lady Macbeth.- Yeah.
0:20:26 > 0:20:33- I don't want to spoil Macbeth for you, but it doesn't end well for Lady Macbeth.- No. Right now, Adam.
0:20:33 > 0:20:39We are looking for the partners of these Shakespearean characters. How good is your Shakespeare?
0:20:39 > 0:20:43I thought it was a lot better than it obviously is.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45It's a tough round, this one.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48I can only do Romeo and, obviously, the partner is Juliet.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52OK, obviously, the partner, you say, is Juliet.
0:20:52 > 0:20:58Well, let's see how many people actually knew that answer - Romeo and Juliet.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Wow!
0:21:06 > 0:21:11That is a high score, Romeo and Juliet scoring 97.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Yeah, the original star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19- Shakespeare based that play on the musical West Side Story. - That's right.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Now then, Allan...
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Allan...
0:21:24 > 0:21:28The two really easy ones from the board have gone.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Well, Oberon, I haven't got a clue.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33I don't know Sebastian's wife either.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37It was Juliet and Lady Macbeth that I would have plumped for,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40so I'm just going to take a stab, actually,
0:21:40 > 0:21:44and try and go for an old-fashioned name round about that period.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48I'm just going to pick a name out of the air and call it Jane
0:21:48 > 0:21:51and I'm going to go with...Sebastian.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Sebastian and Jane, a bit of match-making.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57If only it was Tarzan this round!
0:21:57 > 0:22:03OK, Sebastian and Jane. Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see if anyone said it.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Sebastian and Jane...
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Bad luck.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Well, you did what you had to do and sadly, that is an incorrect answer
0:22:15 > 0:22:18which scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Richard, Sebastian?
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Sebastian was married in Twelfth Night to Olivia.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Let's take a look at the rest of the board.
0:22:27 > 0:22:32Olivia would have scored you 1 point. Well done if you got Olivia at home.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36So, Xander, Othello was married to...?
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- Desdemona.- Exactly right.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Would have scored you a fairly healthy 15.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Oberon married to...?
0:22:43 > 0:22:48- Titania.- It is Titania. They're the king and the queen of the fairies.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53- That would have scored you 19 points. Petruchio is married to...? - I don't know.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57- Katherine who is the shrew in Taming Of The Shrew.- Oh, yes.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00That would have scored you 3 points.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Let's take a look at the scores. We're halfway through the round.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07This makes up for last round with one exception.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Amelia and Joe, very well chosen, Lady Macbeth.
0:23:11 > 0:23:16Adam and Simon, Romeo and Juliet, it's three better than a wrong answer.
0:23:16 > 0:23:21And Allan, you made up an answer there, but you're not that far ahead.
0:23:21 > 0:23:26We'll come back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:23:30 > 0:23:35We'll put six more male halves of Shakespearean couples on the board and here they are.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37We have got...
0:23:44 > 0:23:46One more time.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56We are looking for the partners of these Shakespearean characters
0:23:56 > 0:24:01and you are trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew. Ian...
0:24:01 > 0:24:07- I think I know who Troilus might have been married to or who his partner was.- What are you going to give me?
0:24:07 > 0:24:11- Cressida.- Troilus and Cressida, you are saying. Well, you're on 100.
0:24:11 > 0:24:16No red line for you cos you are the high scorers. Troilus and Cressida,
0:24:16 > 0:24:20let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people said it.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22It is correct.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Very good, Ian. 17.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31APPLAUSE
0:24:31 > 0:24:35A very good answer. It may yet save your bacon.
0:24:35 > 0:24:41- That's a nice, low score. Richard? - Yes, Troilus and Cressida from the play Troilus And Cressida.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43- The clue's in the title.- OK.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Simon, now, you are on 97.
0:24:46 > 0:24:52If you can score 19 or less with this answer, 19 or less, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- Not a strong point, Shakespeare. - Not a strong point.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59- Did you ever study it? You weren't taught it?- No.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02We weren't educated like that at school.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06What are you going to go for, Simon?
0:25:06 > 0:25:10- Antony and Cleopatra.- Antony and Cleopatra. There's your red line.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13If you get below it, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Antony and Cleopatra - how many people said that?
0:25:17 > 0:25:19It's right.
0:25:24 > 0:25:2548.
0:25:26 > 0:25:32Bad luck, Simon. I'm afraid that didn't score low enough. That's great news for Ian and Allan.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37But terrible news, I'm afraid, for you. 145 is your total now. Richard?
0:25:37 > 0:25:43Again, Antony And Cleopatra, the name of the play, which Shakespeare based on Carry On Cleo.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46- LAUGHTER - It's a stage version of that.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50So, Joe, here is the good news. It doesn't matter what you say.
0:25:50 > 0:25:57You are through to the head-to-head. Even if you score 100 points, you'll never overtake Simon and Adam.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00So talk me through the board behind me.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Julius Caesar has deserted me, Benedick, I've no idea.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06I'm pretty sure Orlando is from As You Like It.
0:26:06 > 0:26:12I've read it, I've seen the play and it's not coming to me, so I'll have to go for Hamlet and Ophelia.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17Hamlet and Ophelia. There's no red line for you. You're through, come what may.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21So let's see how many people said Hamlet and Ophelia.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Well, it's right.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Good answer, Joe.
0:26:31 > 0:26:37- APPLAUSE - Hamlet and Ophelia scores you 17, giving you a total of 51. Richard?
0:26:37 > 0:26:43Yeah, well played, Joe. Hamlet, very bitter, cynical and melancholy, Ophelia, lovely, sweet and innocent.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47- Let's take a look at the rest of the board. Benedick?- Beatrice.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Exactly. That would have scored you 5 points.
0:26:50 > 0:26:56- Joe was right about Orlando. It is from As You Like It. He was married to...?- Rosalind.- Exactly.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Would have scored you 2 points.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03Julius Caesar is a pointless answer. Well done if you got that at home.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07- Do you know Julius Caesar's partner? - I can't remember.
0:27:07 > 0:27:14It would have added £250 to the jackpot and it is Calpurnia. Very well done if you got that.
0:27:14 > 0:27:20Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of Round 2, the losing pair with the highest score is Adam and Simon.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24- Adam, did you study Shakespeare? - I studied bits of Shakespeare.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28- Which bits? - Not the right bits, obviously.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32We say goodbye to you now. It's been your second time on the show.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35You've been wonderful contestants. Thank you for playing.
0:27:37 > 0:27:43For the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head round.
0:27:46 > 0:27:52We've said goodbye to two teams. It's time to find out which pair will be playing for today's jackpot
0:27:52 > 0:27:57which currently stands at £6,750.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00APPLAUSE
0:28:00 > 0:28:06OK, Amelia and Joe, Allan and Ian, you are now going head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08You are now allowed to confer.
0:28:08 > 0:28:15All you have to do is give an answer that scores less than the opposing pair and you will win that question.
0:28:15 > 0:28:21The first pair to win two questions will reach the final to play for the jackpot. Let's play Pointless.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Here's your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:28:28 > 0:28:34to name as many alliteratively named US Presidents as they could.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Alliteratively named US Presidents. Richard?
0:28:37 > 0:28:41In the history of the US Presidency from 1789 all the way up to 2010,
0:28:41 > 0:28:47there have been four US Presidents whose first name and surname have started with the same letter.
0:28:47 > 0:28:52We're looking for the most obscure. See if you can get all four at home.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Amelia and Joe, you've played best so far. You go first.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59We are looking for alliteratively named US Presidents.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01WHISPERING
0:29:02 > 0:29:06I can't think of any more, so we're going to have to say Ronald Reagan.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10OK, Amelia and Joe have gone with Ronald Reagan.
0:29:10 > 0:29:15- Allan and Ian, you can talk out loud. - What have we got to talk about?
0:29:15 > 0:29:17LAUGHTER
0:29:18 > 0:29:23I really can't think of anything off the top of my head now.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Alliteratively named... Right.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29What about LBJ, Lyndon Baines Johnson?
0:29:34 > 0:29:38- I'll go with you, mate, yeah. - I think we've decided.
0:29:38 > 0:29:39OK.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Johnson. Lyndon Baines Johnson.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45OK, you're going to go for Lyndon Johnson.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49Amelia and Joe, you've said Ronald Reagan. Let's see if that's correct
0:29:49 > 0:29:53and if it is, let's see how many people said Ronald Reagan.
0:29:59 > 0:30:0141.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03APPLAUSE
0:30:05 > 0:30:09So, Allan and Ian, you put forward Lyndon B Johnson.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12Let's see if that's correct.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Sadly not. Sadly not.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21So, after the first question, it is 1-0 to Amelia and Joe. 1-0.
0:30:21 > 0:30:26- Richard?- Yeah, Ronald Reagan is the most popular answer, but there are three others.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29All of these would have won the point.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Calvin Coolidge would have scored 2 points,
0:30:32 > 0:30:36Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Hoover both scored 10,
0:30:36 > 0:30:38then Ronald Reagan on 41.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40OK, here is your second question.
0:30:40 > 0:30:46Allan and Ian, you have to win this question, you have to win this point to stay in the game.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50Amelia and Joe, if you win this, you are in the final.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54OK, we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:30:56 > 0:30:58..Welsh cities as they could.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02- Richard?- We're looking for any of the five cities in Wales.
0:31:02 > 0:31:08Cities have to have been granted that status by the crown and that's up to May 2010.
0:31:08 > 0:31:13- Any of the five cities in Wales. See if you can get all five at home. - Thanks, Richard.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Allan and Ian, you go first this time.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18WHISPERING
0:31:24 > 0:31:26OK, do we have an answer?
0:31:26 > 0:31:30- Yeah, we're going to try Caernarfon. - Caernarfon, OK.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33Amelia and Joe? You can talk out loud now.
0:31:33 > 0:31:38We know the big ones. Cardiff and Swansea are the answers everyone would give.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42There's a football team for Wrexham, but that doesn't mean it's a city.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46Aberystwyth has a university which I thought would make it a city.
0:31:46 > 0:31:51- We're going to have to go for Aberystwyth.- We'll take a gamble.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55OK, university wins over football team. You'll go for Aberystwyth.
0:31:55 > 0:32:00OK, Allan and Ian, let's see if Caernarfon is correct and if it is, how many people said it.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04You have to win this point to stay in the game.
0:32:07 > 0:32:12Bad luck. That is an incorrect answer. Amelia and Joe are going with Aberystwyth.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16Let's see if that's correct and if it is, how many people said it.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Oh! There's a lifeline for you, Allan and Ian.
0:32:22 > 0:32:28Nobody wins that point. After two questions, it is still 1-0 to Amelia and Joe. Richard?
0:32:28 > 0:32:34Yeah, as you say, Cardiff and Swansea are the obvious answers, but let's take a look at all five.
0:32:34 > 0:32:39Britain's smallest city is Saint Davids. It would have scored you 10.
0:32:39 > 0:32:44Swansea up on 70, Cardiff 97, which is a huge score, but would have won the point here.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47OK, here is your third question.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51Once again, Allan and Ian, you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:32:54 > 0:33:00to name as many actresses who have played Agatha Christie's Miss Marple as they could.
0:33:00 > 0:33:05- Richard?- We're looking for any actress who has played Miss Marple on terrestrial TV
0:33:05 > 0:33:09- or in the cinema prior to May 2010. - Thank you very much.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Amelia and Joe?
0:33:11 > 0:33:14WHISPERING
0:33:19 > 0:33:24- We're...- Sorry, I was trying to think of my own answer there. - LAUGHTER
0:33:24 > 0:33:29I can't remember her name. Amelia and Joe, who are you going to say?
0:33:29 > 0:33:35I've got an inkling that Angela Lansbury played her at some point. I know she did Murder, She Wrote.
0:33:35 > 0:33:42Angela Lansbury, you are saying. Allan and Ian, Angela Lansbury has gone. Any other...?
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Margaret Rutherford comes to mind.
0:33:44 > 0:33:51- That's our decision.- Margaret Rutherford?- Yeah.- We have Angela Lansbury and Margaret Rutherford.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55Amelia and Joe, this is to see if you get in the final.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58If you win this point, you are through to the final.
0:33:58 > 0:34:03Let's see if Angela Lansbury is correct and if it is, how many people said it.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07It's right.
0:34:12 > 0:34:1313.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15- Wow! - APPLAUSE
0:34:18 > 0:34:23That's a very impressive score. What do you think, guys? Do you think that's low enough?
0:34:23 > 0:34:27I don't know who Margaret Rutherford is, so that's pretty obscure.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32- OK, what do you think, Allan and Ian?- It's on the edge, on the edge.
0:34:32 > 0:34:38- You wouldn't want to call it.- No. - Will people remember Margaret Rutherford?- I did.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41That's the problem.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43LAUGHTER
0:34:43 > 0:34:48Now, now... This is to stay in the game. Will Margaret Rutherford do it for you?
0:34:48 > 0:34:52Is she right and if she is, how many people said her?
0:34:59 > 0:35:00Oh!
0:35:00 > 0:35:03APPLAUSE
0:35:09 > 0:35:14Unfortunately, Margaret Rutherford scores 14. You've been beaten by one point.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18Brilliant answer, but Angela Lansbury was one point better.
0:35:18 > 0:35:23Amelia and Joe, after three questions, you are through to the final 2-0.
0:35:23 > 0:35:27- Richard?- Those were the top two answers. Let's look at them all.
0:35:27 > 0:35:33A couple of pointlesses, but they both played a young Miss Marple in episodes with Geraldine McEwan.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37Isabella Parriss and Julie Cox both would have scored you zero,
0:35:37 > 0:35:41Helen Hayes with 1, Gracie Fields who played her in 1956 with 2.
0:35:41 > 0:35:47There's Geraldine McEwan who played her recently on 6, Julia McKenzie the most recent Miss Marple on 8,
0:35:47 > 0:35:51Joan Hickson, who I thought would have scored more, on 10,
0:35:51 > 0:35:56Angela Lansbury on 13 and just one point ahead of her, Margaret Rutherford on 14.
0:35:56 > 0:36:02So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Allan and Ian. Oh, dear, oh, dear.
0:36:02 > 0:36:08- Alliteratively named US Presidents, that was a killer.- Hoover is the obvious one that we should have got.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11- We use it every day(!) - LAUGHTER
0:36:11 > 0:36:15- Who's going to take the blame for this one?- He is.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20You can discuss that all the way home cos you will be back next time.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24You've been lovely contestants. You've done so well through to the head-to-head.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28A number of pointless answers as well. Thank you so much.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31APPLAUSE
0:36:31 > 0:36:37But for Amelia and Joe, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £6,750.
0:36:39 > 0:36:46Congratulations, Amelia and Joe. You've fought off the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48APPLAUSE
0:36:52 > 0:36:55I forgot about that.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58Now you have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:36:58 > 0:37:03At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at an impressive £6,750.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06APPLAUSE
0:37:06 > 0:37:12To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people thought of.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15We've had three pointless answers on the show today.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18You just need to find one more to win that money.
0:37:18 > 0:37:23First, you've got to choose a category and you can go for these three options.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32American Sport, Children's Literature, Classic Musicals.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- What do you think? - I think definitely not musicals.
0:37:35 > 0:37:40American Sport, I do know a fair bit, but two heads are better than one.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43If we go for American Sport, I'm on my own.
0:37:43 > 0:37:49- But Children's Literature, we might as well both have a stab.- OK.- Can we have Children's Literature, please?
0:37:49 > 0:37:53OK, Children's Literature. Let's find out what the question is.
0:37:53 > 0:37:58- What would you like it to be? - Roald Dahl would be amazing. - That would be ideal.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02Fingers crossed. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:38:02 > 0:38:09to name as many original characters from Peter Pan as they could. Richard?
0:38:09 > 0:38:15We're looking for any character who had at least one line in the original JM Barrie play Peter Pan,
0:38:15 > 0:38:20first produced in 1904. For obvious reasons, we won't accept Peter Pan,
0:38:20 > 0:38:24though I suspect he wouldn't have been pointless.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27You have one minute to come up with three answers.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31All you need to win that £6,750 is for one of those to be pointless.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Your 60 seconds start now.
0:38:33 > 0:38:37- Tibbles.- Who's that? - Tibbles or Nibbles.- Who's that?
0:38:37 > 0:38:41- He lost his marbles. - There's the dog, I suppose.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43- What's that called? Nanny? - Nanny, yeah.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47- The kids are going to be obvious. - What was the mum and dad called?
0:38:47 > 0:38:51- Mum and Dad.- I don't know. What was that one you just said?
0:38:51 > 0:38:55Nibbles or Tibbles. He lost his marbles. I know that.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59What about the Lost Boys? Do we know any of their names?
0:38:59 > 0:39:03- Are Indians in the original book? - Yeah, Tiger...- Tiger Lily.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05That's a really obvious one.
0:39:06 > 0:39:12- I can't remember the name... I think it's Hook, Robin Williams in that horrible film.- Yeah.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15- I think it's Tibs or Tibbles. - We'll have to go for that.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20- Tibbles, Tiger Lily... - And maybe the dog.- Nanny?- Yeah.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23- Or John.- John, yeah. OK, whatever.
0:39:23 > 0:39:28OK, your minute is up. Oh, dear. It's a tricky category, this one.
0:39:28 > 0:39:33We were looking for original characters from Peter Pan. I now need your three answers.
0:39:33 > 0:39:38- Tibbles or Tibs. I think it's Tibbles for some reason. - If that's what you...- Tibbles.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- Tibbles.- Tiger Lily.- Tiger Lily.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44- And Nanny.- And Nanny.
0:39:44 > 0:39:50- Which of those is your best shot at a pointless?- Tibbles.- Tibbles. - Then Nanny, then Tiger Lily.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53We'll put them up on the board in that order.
0:40:00 > 0:40:07There they are. This was your least confident answer. You only need one to be pointless to win that £6,750.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11OK, Nanny, your first answer...
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Are you confident?
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Not at all. Never mind.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20OK, well, let's see if it's a correct answer
0:40:20 > 0:40:23and if it is, let's see how many people said Nanny.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26This for £6,750...
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Bad luck.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37Unfortunately, Nanny is an incorrect answer, so you only have two answers left,
0:40:37 > 0:40:40only two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44It's from the play. It's from the play, I think, yeah.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47What would you spend £6,750 on?
0:40:47 > 0:40:54I think we'd take the kids on holiday. Then maybe take ourselves on holiday and leave them behind.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59- How many kids have you got? - Two.- Two little girls.
0:40:59 > 0:41:05- Where would you take the children on holiday?- Florida. I've always wanted to go. You've already been.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09- Maybe a year ago though. - Ah, Florida...- It would be nice.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13We are looking for original characters from Peter Pan.
0:41:13 > 0:41:20Let's hope nobody said your next answer - Tiger Lily. This is your next shot at a pointless.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22- Are you confident?- No.
0:41:22 > 0:41:28- Not with that answer.- I'm not even sure it's right. We might have a hat-trick of three wrong answers.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31- Quite possibly. Let's go out in style.- Yeah.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35Let's put it to the test. Tiger Lily, let's see if it's correct.
0:41:35 > 0:41:41And if it's a correct answer, it has to go all the way down to zero for you to win that jackpot.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44£6,750, Tiger Lily...
0:41:46 > 0:41:51- Well, it's right. It's right. - It's going to be really high up.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55In the 50s, in the 40s. It has to go all the way down to zero
0:41:55 > 0:41:59if you're going to win that jackpot of £6,750. It's still going down.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Very, very well done!
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Fantastic.
0:42:18 > 0:42:24- I nearly screamed there as well. - So did I.- Congratulations. You found that pointless answer.
0:42:24 > 0:42:30- The first thing we've got to get is his passport.- Go to the passport office.- Yeah, tomorrow!
0:42:30 > 0:42:34- That's really exciting. So Florida with the children?- Yeah.
0:42:34 > 0:42:40- Then somewhere else with just the pair of you?- To recover from that! - Go to my grandparents' van in Skeg!
0:42:40 > 0:42:45- Just drink magnums of champagne all weekend.- Yeah.- Oh, fantastic.
0:42:45 > 0:42:51- Well done, well done. Richard, have you got anything to add to that? - No, other than congratulations.
0:42:51 > 0:42:56I'm very pleased for you. There were nine pointless answers there.
0:42:56 > 0:43:02Tiger Lily is one of the Native Indians, two Lost Boys, Slightly and Curly, and the rest were pirates.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04But a fantastic answer. Well done.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08As for your other answers, Nanny, there was Nana the dog,
0:43:08 > 0:43:12but for various casting reasons, she didn't actually have a line.
0:43:12 > 0:43:17And you said Tibbles. It's Nibs I think you were thinking of. And Nibs would have scored you 1 point.
0:43:17 > 0:43:21It would have also been a very good answer.
0:43:21 > 0:43:27Thanks once again to our winning contestants, Amelia and Joe, who go away with today's jackpot of £6,750.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30APPLAUSE
0:43:32 > 0:43:38- Join us next time for more obscure knowledge on Pointless. It's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:38 > 0:43:40And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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