0:00:18 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:25I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:25 > 0:00:30Welcome to Pointless, the quiz where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34- Let's meet today's players. - APPLAUSE
0:00:34 > 0:00:37First, we welcome Paul and Neil.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39How do you two know each other?
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Hi, Alexander. Paul and I have known each other for five years.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47We work at a large medical insurer in Southampton,
0:00:47 > 0:00:53and we like to get together lunchtimes for a hard core quizzing session.
0:00:53 > 0:00:58When you're quizzing, do you see yourselves as rivals or work as a team?
0:00:58 > 0:01:04Paul tends to be the question master and I'm on the other end of the stick.
0:01:04 > 0:01:10- Easy, isn't it, Paul?- That's nice for me. I've got all the knowledge.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Or you APPEAR to have all the knowledge.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18- That's why- I- love being quiz master. Well, very, very best of luck.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21- Thank you.- Thank you very much.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Welcome, Liz and Matt. How do you know each other?
0:01:24 > 0:01:30We met seven years ago at university and we've been together ever since.
0:01:30 > 0:01:36- What do you do, Matt? - I work on a reference book called Whitaker's Almanack.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- He's got it sewn-up.- Uh-oh.
0:01:39 > 0:01:45"In charge of the facts about everything in the world, that's my day job."
0:01:45 > 0:01:48- How about you, Liz? - I'm a medical student in Manchester.
0:01:48 > 0:01:55You're going to be unstoppable. Well, best of luck, if you need it. Welcome, Brooke and Laura.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- How do you know each other? - We are sisters-in-law.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03I'm married to her brother. We've known each other for ten years.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06- You look amazing, the pair of you! - Thank you very much.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12I'm going to put a year on that. I'm going to pick a year from the late '40s.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16- Which one are you going to pick? - I'm going to say 1948.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- Ooh! It was 1949.- Oh! - LAUGHTER
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Oh, damn! You look fabulous. Brooke, what do you do?
0:02:23 > 0:02:30- I'm a temp at the Science Museum. - Every day an adventure. Very best of luck, the pair of you.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Finally, Mark and Rose. How do you know each other?
0:02:33 > 0:02:39This is Mark, my only son, and we come from Huntley in Gloucestershire.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44- That's not a Gloucestershire accent, Rose.- No. It's a Geordie accent.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- From whereabouts.- Longframlington.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52That's where I'm from! Seriously, it's where my parents live.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56I have to declare now, we're practically family, aren't we?
0:02:56 > 0:03:02Yeah, my great aunt, who lives in Longframlington, your father is her doctor.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Like I say, we are practically family.
0:03:06 > 0:03:13I have to declare that now because when this pair inevitably makes it through to the final...
0:03:13 > 0:03:19Very best of luck. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24One person left to introduce. He is to obscurity what Einstein was to science.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- He's my Pointless friend, Richard. - Hello.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36We've got an unusual situation, four brand new pairs.
0:03:36 > 0:03:43Normally, we've got at least one returning. Your guess is as good as mine as to who's going to win.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48With our family ties, of course, you'll help out Mark and Rose.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Blood's thicker than water.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54We put all our questions to 100 people, but this is Pointless
0:03:54 > 0:03:58so we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:03:58 > 0:04:05Everyone's wants a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave, then we add £250 to the jackpot.
0:04:05 > 0:04:11Linda and Paul won the jackpot last time so today's jackpot starts at...
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- Right, let's play Pointless. - CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:04:23 > 0:04:27In this round, each of you gives me one answer, and you cannot confer.
0:04:27 > 0:04:32Whichever team has the highest score will be eliminated.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Our first category is...
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Decide in your pairs who's going first and who's going second.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:04:47 > 0:04:53We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many rodents as they could.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55As many rodents as they could. Richard.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59Quite simply, all the correct answers are rodents.
0:04:59 > 0:05:05Right, Paul and Neil, you all drew lots and you get to go first.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09We're going to give you seven possible answers in each pass.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13Your first set of seven answers reads like this...
0:05:25 > 0:05:31At least one of those is pointless, but at least one is incorrect.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36Pick an incorrect one and you will score 100 points.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41- Paul.- Yes.- Is this one of those subjects you hoped would come up?
0:05:41 > 0:05:45It's not one of the subjects I was hoping for.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48And I'm going to go for...
0:05:48 > 0:05:51zokor.
0:05:51 > 0:05:57- It's the one I probably have heard of the least. Same for you?- Yes.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- It sounds like it might come from space.- It does. Yeah.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05And wear a high lapelled gown... I'm just guessing!
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Let's see if it is a rodent and, if it is, how many people said zokor.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14It's right!
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Well done, Paul.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- CHEERS AND APPLAUSE - Well done, indeed.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28You did exactly the right thing.
0:06:28 > 0:06:35Zokor is a pointless answer. It adds £250 to today's jackpot.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38And it scores you nothing!
0:06:41 > 0:06:45- Zokor, Richard.- Well done, Paul. The perfect start.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50- It's an Asiatic mole rat. - A "mole rat"?- Yeah. From space.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- Has a little collar up like that. - Little collar?
0:06:53 > 0:06:59- Yeah. Has world-domination plans. - And at rest, sits like this.
0:07:01 > 0:07:09I've seen one of those. Very well done, Paul. A fantastic start. A pointless answer, zokor.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13There may very easily be another pointless answer.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18- Now, Liz.- Hello. - We are looking for rodents.- Yeah.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23- How confident are you in this field? - Not particularly confident.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26I've heard of...four.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30Possibly another, but it could be a monkey.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32I don't know which to go for.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Don't go for the monkey.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39It could be a monkey or a rodent!
0:07:39 > 0:07:42I'm going to go for the coypu.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49Let's see if coypu is right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52It's right.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Very well done!
0:08:03 > 0:08:08- Richard, coypu.- Exactly right. It's a large aquatic rodent.
0:08:08 > 0:08:16- Very cute, coypu.- It's a sweet name. - They have one at the zoo near me and it's the most popular thing.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20- What sort of size is it? - The zoo? It's about...
0:08:20 > 0:08:23LAUGHTER ..40 acres, I would say.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27I don't know if you count the car park as part of the zoo.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- If you do, 70 acres?- That is good.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33The coypu is about that size.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37- If you're interested.- Do you include the gift shop on the coypu?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- LAUGHTER - Depends whether you lease that...
0:08:40 > 0:08:43We'll cover this later. Coypu, good answer.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Very low scoring round so far.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Brooke, we are looking for rodents.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Some I know are right.
0:08:52 > 0:08:58- I'm going to be brave.- We've had two very low scoring answers.- I know!
0:08:58 > 0:09:01But I'm going to go for barbet.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05It sounds slightly like another rodent.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- Barbet.- Yes.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Let's see if barbet is correct and how many people said barbet.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Unfortunately, Barbet is an incorrect answer.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25- Bad luck, Brooke. Richard. - It does live in the jungle.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29It's a small brightly coloured tropical bird, a barbet.
0:09:29 > 0:09:34Also, a female-only barbecue in Australia.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38- Is that true or something you made up?- It's true.- Female-only barbecue?
0:09:38 > 0:09:40I'm making it up. Yeah.
0:09:40 > 0:09:46- Mark, we are looking for rodents. - The three obvious ones are left.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51There was a '70s programme called Pipkins.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55Because we've had one wrong one and one pointless,
0:09:55 > 0:10:00I'm going to take a punt on pipkin.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04- It's either 100 points or no points. - Absolutely.- Very best of luck.
0:10:04 > 0:10:09Let's see if pipkin is correct and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14AUDIENCE GROANS
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Bad luck.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21There are two of you on 100. That makes it somehow better.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24That is an incorrect answer. Richard, pipkin.
0:10:24 > 0:10:30Tough luck, Mark. Pipkin was the rabbit in Watership Down.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Also, the Pipkins television series. Just fill in the gaps.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50Beaver would have been a very good answer to go for.
0:10:50 > 0:10:56Thanks, Richard. Let's take a look at the scores. Paul and Neil, fantastic!
0:10:56 > 0:11:00That wonderful pointless answer. The zokor!
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Liz, likewise. Coypu, great answer.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Then our two incorrects, Brooke and Mark.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Laura and Rose have to battle it out.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Everything to play for.
0:11:12 > 0:11:18Let's come back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:11:18 > 0:11:23We're going to put seven more answers on the board.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35I'll read those one more time...
0:11:37 > 0:11:42At least one is incorrect and at least one is pointless.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47Pick an incorrect one and you will, like Mark and Brooke, score 100 points.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- Rose, you know what you've got to do.- Yes.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54I don't think a safe option is available.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58Um... I shall have a stab at capybara.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Capybara?- Capybara.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I think I've been on holiday there. It's lovely.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said capybara.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Very well done.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30It's the largest living rodent. It's also very cute.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33They have those at the zoo as well, the capybara.
0:12:33 > 0:12:38Now, Laura, you know what you have to do. Rose scored six.
0:12:38 > 0:12:44- You have to score lower than six. - Well, the one I think is a rodent,
0:12:44 > 0:12:48but looks like the most obscure answer,
0:12:48 > 0:12:50is the prairie dog.
0:12:53 > 0:12:59Brooke's doing that. I hope that means something good. You have a red line.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02It's there.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07You have to score five or less with this answer. Good luck.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Let's see if prairie dog does it for you.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Yes! Well done!
0:13:20 > 0:13:23CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:13:23 > 0:13:29Prairie dog is a pointless answer and adds £250 to today's jackpot.
0:13:29 > 0:13:35Most importantly, it scores nothing, leaving your total at a safe 100.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36Richard.
0:13:36 > 0:13:43Well played. It's part of the squirrel family, lives in huge interconnecting burrows.
0:13:43 > 0:13:49- Little towns underground, the prairie dogs. - I'll have to visit one. Matt.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- Hello.- You are on six.
0:13:51 > 0:13:58You have to score 99 or less to avoid being in a tie-break with Rose and Mark.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- Do you think you can do it? - I hope so.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03If I play it safe,
0:14:03 > 0:14:07and go for possibly the safest one on there.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12- Mouse.- You see, that is a gamble of sorts.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Maybe mouse will score you 100. Mouse.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19Good luck, Matt. Rose and Mark, might this be a lifeline?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26APPLAUSE
0:14:30 > 0:14:37Yes, nobody ever stayed on in this game by overestimating the intelligence of our 100 people!
0:14:37 > 0:14:39LAUGHTER
0:14:39 > 0:14:44Yes. "Mouse, Matt." Well done. LAUGHTER
0:14:44 > 0:14:51There's ten people out there who assume that the mouse may be a fish of some sort.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Thank you very much. Now, then. Neil.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Paul found a pointless answer.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00You are on the stunning low score of zero.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04You are through to the next round. There could be another pointless.
0:15:04 > 0:15:09Why not see if you can find it and add another £250 to the jackpot?
0:15:09 > 0:15:15Um, I don't believe a remy is a rodent.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18I've never heard of it.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21I'm going to play vole.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24The stage is set for you to take the biggest risk.
0:15:24 > 0:15:30You have the safety net - Rose and Mark's massive score - to stop you crashing.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- You go for vole.- I'm going for vole.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37Let's see if a vole is a rodent and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48APPLAUSE
0:15:48 > 0:15:53That takes your score up to, I have to say, a very uninteresting 25!
0:15:55 > 0:15:58I think it was the right thing to do.
0:15:58 > 0:16:03There's approximately 70 species of vole. They're related to lemmings.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08Lemmings doing what I would have done, hurled myself off the cliff.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12If you'd said remy, you'd have hurled yourself off the cliff.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17It's a character in Ratatouille, so that was incorrect.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Gerbil, obviously, is a rodent.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Chipmunk, most people didn't realise it was a rodent.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Would have been a very good answer.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33Thanks, Richard, and well done Neil for holding your own counsel there.
0:16:33 > 0:16:41- At the end of round one, the losing pair is Mark and Rose. I'm so sorry.- That's all right.
0:16:41 > 0:16:47There was me pulling all the strings. Not quite sure what strings I have available.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52- What would you have liked to have come up?- Books.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- Mark?- Newcastle United players. - LAUGHTER
0:16:55 > 0:16:59What about a book on Newcastle United players?
0:16:59 > 0:17:04Unfortunately, Mark, there are too many pointless answers.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:17:09 > 0:17:15Such a shame to be saying goodbye. You've been wonderful contestants. Thank you so much.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Only two pairs can make it through to the head-to-head.
0:17:29 > 0:17:34One of our teams will be leaving at the end of this round, disappointed.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Our category for round two is...
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50Our round two question this afternoon concerns...
0:17:53 > 0:17:55We'll show you a list of airlines.
0:17:55 > 0:18:01We asked 100 people to tell us in which country each was founded.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Richard.
0:18:03 > 0:18:08We'll show you six airlines on each pass. Tell us which country they were founded in.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12The more obscure answer, the fewer points you score.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Give us an incorrect answer, you'll score 100 points.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20We're looking for the country in which these airlines were founded.
0:18:37 > 0:18:43- Neil.- I'm going to take a bit of a risk.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46There are two that I know,
0:18:46 > 0:18:50but I'm going to take a risk and play Malev.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53I'll say that Malev was founded in Hungary.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Let's see if it's correct. Hungary.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58If it is, how many people said it?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Very well done!
0:19:07 > 0:19:11- CHEERS AND APPLAUSE - A great answer.
0:19:11 > 0:19:17- Richard, Malev.- Formed in 1946, the Hungarian-Soviet Civil Airline.
0:19:17 > 0:19:22- Malev's slightly catchier. - Slightly. Very well done, Neil.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Matt.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28What other airlines are there up there, Matt?
0:19:28 > 0:19:31There are two I'm relatively sure of.
0:19:31 > 0:19:36I'm trying to decide which is the less obvious one.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41So I think I will plump for...Qantas.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44And Australia.
0:19:44 > 0:19:51Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said Qantas, Australia.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59APPLAUSE
0:20:02 > 0:20:08- Richard.- We've had Qantas as an answer already this series. - I know all about Qantas.
0:20:08 > 0:20:14Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services. Also do satellite dishes.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19- Anyway, there we are. Bad luck, Matt. 70 points.- Thanks.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23- So, Laura, are you well-flown?- No.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27I've been to a few places but I have to say I don't really
0:20:27 > 0:20:31take a lot of notice of the airlines.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34But I'm going to go for Lufthansa.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37And I'm going to say Germany.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42- Lufthansa and Germany, with a degree of hesitation.- I don't really know.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- But I'm taking an educated guess. - OK.
0:20:45 > 0:20:51Lufthansa, Germany. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00APPLAUSE
0:21:00 > 0:21:04Relatively speaking, that's not a terrible score.
0:21:04 > 0:21:09Yeah, formed in 1926, Lufthansa, in West Germany, of course,
0:21:09 > 0:21:11as Deutsche Lufthansa.
0:21:11 > 0:21:17So a pretty big score, but not as much as Qantas. Let's take a look at the rest.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26- Luxair?- Luxembourg, I imagine. - It is Luxembourg.
0:21:27 > 0:21:32Avianca is the toughest one. Well done if you got Avianca.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36- I've no idea.- Colombia. Would have scored you just two points.
0:21:36 > 0:21:44Thank you very much. Well, we are halfway through the round, so let's see the scores.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Neil and Paul, brilliant low score.
0:21:46 > 0:21:51Then we go right up to Laura and Brooke.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56But Matt and Liz managed to beat that with Qantas.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00Brooke and Liz, you know what you have to do in the next pass.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:22:04 > 0:22:09We're going to put six more airlines on the board.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29We are looking for the countries in which these airlines were founded.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38Brooke, there is a margin of four points between you and Liz and Matt.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Should you score three or less,
0:22:40 > 0:22:44you are definitely through to the head-to-head.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Basing it on the words,
0:22:47 > 0:22:50there's a couple I can guess.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Which is more likely to be right?
0:22:54 > 0:22:57I'm going to go with Royal Air Maroc
0:22:57 > 0:23:01um...Morocco.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- Royal Air Maroc, Morocco.- Yeah.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08- You don't sound very confident. - I don't know any of them.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11There is your red line, very far down.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Let's see if Royal Air Maroc can get you there.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23APPLAUSE
0:23:26 > 0:23:30That scores you 45, a surprisingly low score.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33It's like Luxair, isn't it?
0:23:33 > 0:23:40You can take a good guess. Maroc is the Moroccan name for Morocco. 45 points.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43At least you're still in the round.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Takes your total up to 111.
0:23:45 > 0:23:51Liz, 111 is what Brooke and Laura are on. You are 41 behind that.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55If you can score 40 or less, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59I'm going to go for one that I think I know.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03- It might... - It may score 40 or less?
0:24:03 > 0:24:07I'm going for Aer Lingus. I think that's Ireland.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12Aer Lingus, Ireland. Well, there is your red line.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16Below that, you are through to the next round.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19How many people said Aer Lingus, Ireland?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Bad luck, Liz.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30It's a correct answer, but an expensive one.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32It takes your total up to 141.
0:24:32 > 0:24:38Yeah, good news for everyone else, but bad news for you.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Lots of Britons use Aer Lingus.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44Not only is it a very high score,
0:24:44 > 0:24:47it is an unassailably high score.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49You will definitely be leaving us.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54Paul and Neil, even if they score 100 points, won't overtake you.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58- Paul, bearing that in mind, you can take the biggest risk.- Right, um...
0:24:58 > 0:25:01As I've got nothing to lose,
0:25:01 > 0:25:05I'm going to go for TAM Airlines,
0:25:05 > 0:25:10only on the basis that TAM might stand for Tamil Tigers.
0:25:10 > 0:25:16So I'm going to go for, um... Sri Lanka.
0:25:16 > 0:25:21Let's see if TAM Airlines is Sri Lanka and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Bad luck, Paul.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31Absolutely spotless reasoning. Sadly, an incorrect answer.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35That takes your total to 109 but you're through to the next round.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39- Richard.- Yes, worth taking a risk.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43Great logic. Much better logic than the real answer.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45The logic you were looking for
0:25:45 > 0:25:50is Taxi Aereos, Brazilian for the airline of Marillia. Brazilian.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Very well done if you got that.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58There's no clue in the name. It's a very hard one to work out.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03KLM, which was formed in 1919, is a Dutch airline.
0:26:03 > 0:26:09Had a fairly hefty score. El Al is Israel, of course.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13- And LOT at the bottom. Do you know LOT?- I don't.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16It is eastern European. Poland.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20Well done if you got all of those, especially TAM.
0:26:20 > 0:26:27At the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score is Liz and Matt.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31- Matt, you edit an almanac!- Hm. Yeah.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35Geography's supposed to be one of my stronger points.
0:26:35 > 0:26:41- Not getting them. - Between now and next time we see you, back to that almanac.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Bone up.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47Bone up. Exactly. It's a great shame to be saying goodbye.
0:26:47 > 0:26:53Next time, you will dazzle us, having learnt the lessons you've learnt.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57- Thank you very much for playing. - APPLAUSE
0:26:57 > 0:27:02Things are going to get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.
0:27:08 > 0:27:13Very well done Paul and Neil, Brooke and Laura, you've made it to the head-to-head.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17Only one pair can make it to today's final and play for the jackpot,
0:27:17 > 0:27:21which currently stands at...
0:27:25 > 0:27:28You go head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:27:28 > 0:27:33Each pair gives me just one answer, and you are allowed to confer.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair to win.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41The pair that get the best of three play for today's jackpot.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- Let's play Pointless. - APPLAUSE
0:27:47 > 0:27:50And here comes your first question.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:27:54 > 0:27:59Lady Gaga top 20 singles as they could.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Brooke looks thrilled.
0:28:01 > 0:28:06Lady Gaga, top 20 singles. So does Neil, to be fair(!)
0:28:06 > 0:28:10So any single released by Lady Gaga or featuring her as an artist
0:28:10 > 0:28:15that has reached the UK top 20 up to the start of 2011.
0:28:15 > 0:28:21OK. Paul and Neil, as you've played best so far, you get to go first.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24Lady Gaga singles.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27THEY CONFER IN WHISPERS
0:28:29 > 0:28:32- OK.- OK.
0:28:32 > 0:28:37- What's it going to be? - Ooh, this is a guess.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40I don't know if this is right. Alessandro?
0:28:40 > 0:28:45- Alessandro.- Alessandro.- The sages of Southampton have spoken.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Well, we'll see.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50We'll see. Brooke and Laura.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Alessandro has been taken.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55OK, so we've got Telephone.
0:28:55 > 0:29:03- Just Dance. I think we should have Video Phone, which she's on with Beyonce.- OK, that one.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07- You are going to go for? - Video Phone.- Video Phone.
0:29:07 > 0:29:12Paul and Neil had Alessandro. Let's see if it's correct and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Oh! Bad luck. Both of you looking pretty stoical.
0:29:19 > 0:29:24Alessandro, it appears, is an incorrect answer.
0:29:24 > 0:29:30So I'm afraid no point. Brooke and Laura have gone for Video Phone.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34Let's see if that's correct and how many people said Video Phone.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41- But that's right. Maybe it's not top 20.- Also incorrect.
0:29:41 > 0:29:46- Controversial, Richard.- They did do a single called Video Phone.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51But it was Number 58 or something. Telephone was obviously the big hit.
0:29:51 > 0:29:56- It was a Number One.- Ansaphone. Has she done that yet?- No.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00- She should do that. - There's eight possible answers.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04Chillin', featured her. A single by Wale...
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Alejandro! So close! Very unlucky.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15That was, of course, written by her about you.
0:30:15 > 0:30:20- Yes. She's written several about me. - Let's take a look at the top four...
0:30:21 > 0:30:26Bad Romance, that's another one about you that she wrote.
0:30:26 > 0:30:34- I'm not reacting because of the other one she wrote to me. - Poker Face.- Indeed!- Very good.
0:30:34 > 0:30:39So, it's nil-nil. Here's your second question.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:30:45 > 0:30:52Any of the four teams that Michael Owen has played for professionally up to the start of 2011.
0:30:52 > 0:30:56Obviously, we won't include England. Club teams.
0:30:56 > 0:31:01Thanks very much. Brooke and Laura, you get to go first this time.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03THEY WHISPER
0:31:03 > 0:31:07No, he didn't play for Man United. He played for Liverpool.
0:31:07 > 0:31:12- OK.- What do we have? - We're going to go for Liverpool.
0:31:12 > 0:31:18- Paul and Neil. - We're going to say that Michael Owen has played for Real Madrid.
0:31:18 > 0:31:23We have Liverpool. We have Real. Let's see if they are both right.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27Brooke and Laura, let's see how many people said Liverpool.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34It's a costly one but it's right.
0:31:34 > 0:31:42Paul and Neil said Real Madrid. Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said that.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Yup. That wins the point.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52APPLAUSE
0:31:52 > 0:31:57After our second question it is one-nil to Paul and Neil.
0:31:57 > 0:32:02There's only four answers and Real Madrid was the best of the lot.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Let's look at all four...
0:32:10 > 0:32:15Thanks very much, Richard. Here is your third question.
0:32:15 > 0:32:20We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:32:22 > 0:32:24..as they could.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28Any of the nine cities with populations over a million,
0:32:28 > 0:32:33according to the US Census Bureau data at the start of 2011.
0:32:33 > 0:32:38So any of the nine US cities with populations over one million.
0:32:38 > 0:32:43Thanks very much, Richard. Paul and Neil, you are to go first.
0:32:43 > 0:32:48- WHISPERS:- I'm thinking Chicago is a good answer.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Yeah, OK.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52Try the gamble.
0:32:53 > 0:33:00- We're going to have a bit of a gamble and we're going to say Chicago.- You're going for Chicago.
0:33:00 > 0:33:05The Second City. Right, Brooke and Laura, what are you going to say?
0:33:05 > 0:33:10I was going to say Chicago, so let's think about big cities.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14- Not New York.- Seattle. Um... Washington.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18- I think Washington, maybe. - OK, let's do that.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21- Washington DC. - You're going for Washington DC.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24We have Chicago and we have Washington DC.
0:33:24 > 0:33:32Paul and Neil, should you win this, you will go through to the final and play for that jackpot.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36Brooke and Laura, you have to win this to stay in the game.
0:33:36 > 0:33:41Chicago, let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50APPLAUSE
0:33:50 > 0:33:53What are you thinking, Brooke and Laura?
0:33:53 > 0:33:57- I wish they hadn't picked Chicago. - OK, you said Washington.
0:33:57 > 0:34:02Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said Washington.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Bad luck. That is an incorrect answer.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13So, after three question, Paul and Neil are through to the final.
0:34:13 > 0:34:18That's unlucky, Brooke. It's one of many surprises on the list.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Only 600,000 people live in Washington.
0:34:21 > 0:34:2427th most populous city in the States.
0:34:24 > 0:34:30Boston, Detroit, San Francisco are not on the list. Seattle's not on the list.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32None have a million people.
0:34:32 > 0:34:37- That's tiny.- Yeah. Let's take a look at the nine that do.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40San Antonio was a pointless answer.
0:34:54 > 0:35:00- Some very surprising cities not on that list.- Very surprising indeed.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05The losing pair I'm sorry to say, is Brooke and Laura. Bad luck!
0:35:05 > 0:35:10- Lady Gaga being one of the questions and all! - Only me that likes that song!
0:35:10 > 0:35:14Laura, you gave us a pointless answer with prairie dog.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18- Yeah. Know a lot about animals. - That's what you wanted.
0:35:18 > 0:35:23- I wanted a pointless answer, so I'm pleased. - You added £250 to the jackpot.
0:35:23 > 0:35:27Which, now, Paul and Neil will be playing for.
0:35:27 > 0:35:33We will see you next time, that's great for us, when hopefully you'll make it to the final. Thank you.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35APPLAUSE
0:35:35 > 0:35:42For Paul and Neil, it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £1,500.
0:35:49 > 0:35:56Paul and Neil, you fought off all the competition and have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04CHEERING
0:36:05 > 0:36:11You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot, which stands at...
0:36:15 > 0:36:22All you have to do is find a pointless answer, that none of our 100 people could think of.
0:36:22 > 0:36:29- We've had two pointless answers today. You came up with one, Paul, with zokor in round one.- Yes.
0:36:29 > 0:36:36We only need to find one more and you'll go home with that money. First, choose a category.
0:36:42 > 0:36:48- Well... - Either classic pop or horse racing? Horse racing you know a lot about.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52Classic pop wouldn't be much good if it was '60s or '70s.
0:36:52 > 0:36:57I agree. Overall, I think horse racing might be the best one.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00- Horse racing is your forte?- It is.
0:37:00 > 0:37:04In fact, I got married on a race course in Chichester...
0:37:04 > 0:37:07As a result of a bet?
0:37:07 > 0:37:12- LAUGHING:- No, as the result of meeting my beautiful wife, Alison!
0:37:12 > 0:37:16- Presumably, not on a race day? - It was a race day, yeah.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20We had a race named after us as well.
0:37:20 > 0:37:26- The sweetest thing! I love that! - I said to my wife, "I'm not having a handicap hurdle."
0:37:26 > 0:37:31- LAUGHTER - So this could be a final that plays to your strengths.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35Quite a rare thing. Let's find out what the question's going to be.
0:37:35 > 0:37:42We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many jockeys who have won the Derby, as they could.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46We're looking for any jockey who has won the English Derby
0:37:46 > 0:37:50from 1970 through to the 2010 race.
0:37:50 > 0:37:55You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:55 > 0:38:01All you need to win that £1,500 is for one of those to be pointless. 60 seconds start now.
0:38:01 > 0:38:06- Dettori's won it before.- I think we've got to go further back.
0:38:06 > 0:38:11We've got to look at people like Scoby Breasley...
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Has that been since 1970?
0:38:13 > 0:38:18- Oh, since 1970?- Yeah. - People like Joe Mercer.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21- Willie Carson has.- Yeah.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- Um... Pat Eddery.- Swinburn?
0:38:24 > 0:38:28Walter Swinburn, that's a very good answer.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31- Steve Cauthen as well. - Cauthen and Swinburn.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Walter Swinburn, Steve Cauthen.
0:38:34 > 0:38:39- When did Joe Mercer win? - I don't know. He might have won in the early '70s.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42- A bit risky? - Risky, but might be worth it.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Cauthen, Swinburn.
0:38:44 > 0:38:50- Would you like to go with Mercer or cover the later years?- No.
0:38:50 > 0:38:56I'm going to go for Mercer. Joe Mercer, because I wouldn't be sure about the other person.
0:38:56 > 0:39:01- Five seconds left. - OK, we'll do that then.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Before your minute was up, you had three answers.
0:39:04 > 0:39:10- Which three?- We're going to go for Walter Swinburn. - Walter Swinburn.- Joe Mercer.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14- Joe Mercer.- And Steve Cauthen. - There are your three.
0:39:14 > 0:39:19Which do you think is the best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:19 > 0:39:23- What do you think? - Shall we say Steve Cauthen?
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- Steve Cauthen, put him last.- Yeah.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30- Which is your least likely? - Joe Mercer.- Joe Mercer.- Yeah.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34Let's put those up in the order you have submitted.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44We were looking for Derby-winning jockeys.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48This was your least confident answer.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52Is Joe Mercer correct and, if he is, how many people said Joe Mercer?
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Bad luck.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02Joe Mercer, not a pointless answer.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05You have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09£1,500. How would you spend that, Paul?
0:40:09 > 0:40:12I'd definitely treat my wife.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15- Probably go away somewhere nice. - How about you, Neil?
0:40:15 > 0:40:20It would go towards the trip I've planned to New York and Chicago.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24- Very good.- So... - Two quite populous cities!
0:40:24 > 0:40:27Phoenix, you might want to take in as well.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30- Maybe even San Antonio.- Exactly!
0:40:30 > 0:40:35That sounds great fun. We are looking for Derby-winning jockeys.
0:40:35 > 0:40:40We are into more likely territory to score a pointless answer.
0:40:40 > 0:40:46Let's see if it's correct and, if it is, how many people said Walter Swinburn.
0:40:47 > 0:40:53It's right. This is your second shot at today's jackpot...
0:41:00 > 0:41:04GROANS AND APPLAUSE
0:41:06 > 0:41:13Wow. Two points for Walter Swinburn gives you some indication of what our 100 people knew.
0:41:13 > 0:41:18We come to Steve Cauthen. Are you thinking Steve Cauthen is...?
0:41:18 > 0:41:23- Hm, I'm not...- Not so confident. - NOT so confident?- No.
0:41:23 > 0:41:29There's one way to find out. You have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32Steve Cauthen might ride it home for you.
0:41:32 > 0:41:39He has to be correct and nobody needs to have said his name, Steve Cauthen.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44Well, it's correct...
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Oh, no!
0:41:54 > 0:41:58GROANS AND APPLAUSE
0:42:01 > 0:42:03He scores you three!
0:42:03 > 0:42:07Unfortunately, you didn't find that crucial pointless answer,
0:42:07 > 0:42:11so today's jackpot of £1,500 will roll over to the next show.
0:42:11 > 0:42:18- You have been amazing contestants and you do take home our Pointless trophy.- Thank you very much.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26Normally, when we ask for pointless answers,
0:42:26 > 0:42:31they're ones that our contestants think, "Well, we didn't know that!"
0:42:31 > 0:42:34They're going to know quite a few. Joe Mercer, first.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38He never actually won the Derby. He won everything else.
0:42:38 > 0:42:44Steve Cauthen was my guess, actually, when I played it myself.
0:42:44 > 0:42:49You might want to look away now as I show you the pointless answers.
0:42:49 > 0:42:54At the top is Mick Kinane, who won it three times including 2009.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Kevin Manning won it the year before that.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Martin Dwyer, who won in 2006.
0:43:00 > 0:43:06Ray Cochrane, John Reid... A lot of newer ones were pointless.
0:43:06 > 0:43:11Greville Starkey won in '78 on Shirley Heights.
0:43:11 > 0:43:18- Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye. It's been great having you on the show.- Thank you.
0:43:21 > 0:43:27Nobody's won our jackpot, so on the next show we'll be playing for...
0:43:32 > 0:43:38- Join us next time. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye. - And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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