Episode 16 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet the players.

Welcome back, Lilian and Liz. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two shots to reach the Pointless final. This is your second time.

-Yes.

-Remind us how you did.

-Not very well, unfortunately.

-Don't like cricket.

-It was county cricket.

-Yes.

-That won't be back. Not for at least another couple of shows.

Lilian, what do you do in your spare time?

A number of things, but I have fits and starts,

and I did a course at night school on welding.

-HE LAUGHS

-Have you really?

-Fantastic!

-And I was dressed in an orange boiler suit. I looked like a little fat tangerine.

-THEY LAUGH

-Very good. Lovely to have you back.

-Thank you.

-Hope you do better this time. I'm sure you will.

Next we welcome Lucy and Rod. How do you know each other?

We started off working together about three years ago

and it quickly turned into us going out and we've been going out ever since.

That's lovely! What work were you doing?

We used to work for a quite well-known high street chain.

And you met in the stock room, did you, downstairs?

Well, we didn't meet in the stock room but...

-LAUGHTER

-Hang on.

"We didn't meet in the stock room,

"we did go to the stock room from time to time."

-Well, yeah.

-Yeah!

Anyway, very best of luck to you. Lovely to have you here.

And welcome, Daniel and John. How do you two know each other?

We met at a Gilbert and Sullivan appreciation society in Leeds.

Very good indeed. What's your favourite operetta?

-It's got to be The Mikado.

-It's got to be! A wandering minstrel, I.

-Indeed.

-That is The Mikado, isn't it? Is it?

-Yes.

-Phew! Very best of luck to the pair of you.

Finally, we have Mark and Amanda. How do you know each other?

We met through mutual friends about eight years ago

-and we've been married for 18 months.

-Many congratulations!

-Thank you.

-Mark, what do you do?

I'm a residential support worker and I work with young people

and just help them with life skills and cook, clean, try to set boundaries,

which they never want to adhere to because they're teenagers.

-Indeed. How about you, Amanda?

-I work as a travel consultant

-so I send people to exotic places all over the world.

-Oh, excellent.

We'll be finding out more about all of you throughout the show.

Only one more person left to introduce. He is a beacon of knowledge in the dark world

-of obscure facts and figures. He's my Pointless friend, he's Richard.

-Hiya.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Afternoon.

-A very, very good afternoon to you, Richard.

-Are you well?

-I mustn't grumble.

-Good. Are you excited about the show ahead?

-I am.

-We've got a good show. We've only got one returning pair today, that's Lilian and Liz.

Didn't cover themselves in glory last time, I think it's fair to say.

Twickenham is not the best answer we've had this series when asking for a first-class county cricket team.

Even Twickenhamshire might have been a better answer.

And the worse news for you, Lilian, is there are no welding questions.

-I know quite often we have them.

-Yeah.

-But no welding questions at all today.

-Strange.

-Sorry about that.

-We put all out questions to 100 people before the show.

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

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

Each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.

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

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

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Right, let's play Pointless.

-APPLAUSE

In the first round, each of you must give me

one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.

The team with the highest score will be eliminated. Careful it's not you.

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they will score the maximum of 100 points.

OK, our first category is...

Can you decide in your pairs who will go first, who will go second?

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Jack Nicholson films as they could.

-Jack Nicholson films. Richard.

-We're looking for any film

made for a cinema release for which Jack Nicholson has received an acting credit up to the start of 2011.

Voiceover acting counts, but we don't count short films and TV films and documentaries, that sort of thing.

So any Jack Nicholson film. There are a huge amount of films on this list, as you can imagine.

And a lot of them are pointless.

Right. Liz and Lilian, you are going first.

You all drew lots before the show and you are in pole position this afternoon.

Liz, Jack Nicholson films.

Well, I'm not a fan of Jack Nicholson. I do know one that he was definitely in.

-What's it going to be?

-One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

-One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

-What do you think, Lilian?

-Yes, that's correct.

Ooh, it's correct? Good, good.

-I hope!

-Well, you're hoping to score as few points as possible.

You're saying One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. I think it might be correct. Lilian says it is.

Let's see how many people said it, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

It's right.

Down it goes.

-Very, very well done, Liz.

-APPLAUSE

That scores you 26.

1975, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, and he won the Oscar for it, for his role as RP McMurphy.

Very good. Thanks, Richard. So then, Lucy.

Right. The one I'm going to go for

is going to score very highly,

but I'm going to go for The Shining.

Ah, yes. The Shining. That one.

Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said The Shining.

There it is.

-41!

-APPLAUSE

Not such a terrible score after all, Lucy.

The Shining scoring 41. Richard.

Yeah, The Shining, a pretty good score. The Stanley Kubrick movie from 1980.

-1980?

-1980, yeah.

-Is that when it was made?

-No.

-LAUGHTER

-I always imagined it was much earlier than that.

-No, 1980.

-1980.

-Yeah.

If you were the other way around, I could say, "And here's Jonny!" But I can't.

-LAUGHTER

-It's Daniel.

So, Daniel, what's the most obscure Jack Nicholson film you can think of?

-I have a feeling you might have a few up your sleeve.

-I do like Jack Nicholson.

I've seen a handful of movies.

I think my particular favourite is probably About Schmidt.

About Schmidt. You're hoping to score as few points as possible and hoping it's correct.

Let's see if it is and how many people said About Schmidt.

It's right.

I have a feeling this might go a long way down.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Well done, Daniel!

Very well done indeed!

That's a pointless answer. It adds £250 to today's jackpot total,

taking the sum total up to £3,750. Very, very well done.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-And best of all, it scored you nothing.

Very well played. That's the way to introduce yourself to the show.

From 2002, About Schmidt. Very good film.

He plays a 60-something who's trying to re-examine his life. It's more fun than that makes it sound.

Very good. Now then, Mark, remember we are looking for Jack Nicholson films.

I'm going to go for... Anger Management.

-Very, very good. Anger Management. You're hoping to score as few points as possible.

-Yes, I am hoping.

Let's see if Anger Management is correct, and if it is, how many people said it.

If it's right, I have a feeling this will go a long way down.

There we are, it's right. You knew it was right.

Very, very good. Down it comes.

-Six!

-APPLAUSE

That's a pretty good score, Mark.

Not bad at all. Anger Management, Richard.

Yeah, well played, Mark. I thought that would be a bit lower than six.

-He stars opposite Adam Sandler. It's from 2003.

-OK.

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

On zero, Daniel and John. Excellent low score.

Then on six, just a little bit ahead, Mark and Amanda.

Fabulous answer there with Anger Management.

Then we leap up to 26. It's not a massive leap though, Liz.

-Better than last time.

-Much better than last time.

And we then go up significantly higher, I'm afraid, to Lucy.

-The Shining. Well, it's better than getting it wrong.

-Yeah.

-Remember that.

Anything could happen in the next pass, as we're about to discover.

We're going to come back down the line. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

Right, Amanda, we are looking for Jack Nicholson films.

I think he may have been in a film called As Good As It Gets.

I can't quite see Mark's eyes. I think Mark's pleased with that.

He is, he's pleased, he's nodding. You are on six.

The high scorers are Rod and Lucy on 41.

If you can score 34 or less with this answer, you are definitely through to the next round.

It's not the end if you're over. The other three pairs have yet to answer. There's your red line.

Below that red line and As Good As It Gets will see you through to the next round.

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

There we are, well done.

Very well done, Amanda! Down you go. Six!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's very well done indeed. You equal Mark's low score in the first pass,

-taking the total up to 12. Richard.

-Well played. You're through.

Another Oscar-winning performance from Jack Nicholson. Nominated for About Schmidt, as well.

-Not bad going, is it?

-Not half bad. Now, John.

-Didn't Daniel do brilliantly?

-He did OK.

Do you share Daniel's expertise on obscure Jack Nicholson films?

-I think I might be able to do OK.

-That's good.

I'm going to go with something he wasn't really the lead star of, which I'm hoping will pay off.

I'm going to guess Terms Of Endearment.

Well, you're on nothing at the moment. The high scorers remain Rod and Lucy.

If you can score 40 or less, you are definitely in the next round.

There's your red line. Let's see if Terms Of Endearment gets you below that red line.

Very well done.

Very well done indeed. Down it goes.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's a fabulous score, John.

Brilliant. Terms of Endearment scores you one, gives you a total of one. Richard.

John is rubbish compared to Daniel, though.

-Yeah, isn't he?

-Don't you think?

Yeah, 1983, another film for which he won an Oscar.

He won Oscars for As Good As It Gets, Terms of Endearment, best supporting actor,

he won one for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and was nominated for one for About Schmidt.

So many of these answers so far are Oscar-winning or nominated roles.

-Amazing, isn't it?

-By the time you've got that many Oscars, you want to hollow it out,

put a flex up there and turn it into a nice lamp.

-LAUGHTER

-Very well done, John.

Now, Rod, we come to you. You know what you have to do here.

It's a tussle between you and Lilian. You could just fight it out here

or you could do it through the medium of Jack Nicholson films. Which would you prefer?

I'll go for the latter option.

That's really dull, but yes, all right.

-OK.

-I'm not a very good fighter.

-OK.

All the ones I was going to answer have gone,

so I'll go for one early in his career and I think he was in it.

I think it's called Five Easy Pieces.

Five Easy Pieces.

You're the high scorers so there's no red line, there's no score that you have to beat.

You just have to score as few points as possible. Let's see if Five Easy Pieces will do it for you.

It's right, Rod!

I think it's a brilliant answer. I'd be very surprised if this doesn't go all the way down.

-Oh!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very, very well done, Rod.

Not quite a pointless, but it scores you one and takes your total up to

maybe a score that might save you, 42. Richard.

Well played. Very high quality round, lots of good answers.

-Once again, nominated for an Oscar for that role.

-Wow.

-When he read Terms Of Endearment, he said, "The second I read the script, I knew I'd win the Oscar."

-Wow.

-That's cocky, isn't it?

-Straight down to the electrical shop.

-Yep.

-Drill a hole through that.

-Just some flex, please, and a plug.

-Oh, and a bulb.

-LAUGHTER

Now, Lilian, Rod has just thrown a Five-Easy-Pieces-shaped gauntlet at your feet.

-He certainly has.

-Mm.

He is on 42. They remain the high scorers, Rod and Lucy.

You are on 26. If you can find an answer that scores 15 points or less,

we'll be saying goodbye to Rod and Lucy and you and Liz will be staying for the next round.

-Unfortunately, some of my answers have already been found.

-Hm.

But I'm going to have a go at... The Witches Of Eastwick.

The Witches Of Eastwick. There's your red line.

You have to score 15 or less. If The Witches Of Eastwick gets you below that red line,

-you are through to the next round and we say goodbye to Rod and Lucy.

-It's a long way to go.

OK, Witches Of Eastwick, let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said it.

-This is very exciting.

-LAUGHTER

-It is!

-It's right.

-Good.

-It's right. Look, it's haring down towards that red line.

Is it going to go?

Oh, no!

APPLAUSE

-Oh, no, Lilian!

-No, no, no.

Oh, I want to go and sit on that line and just push it down so we can have you on the show a bit longer.

-That's so unfair. I'm so sorry. Brilliant answer, though.

-Thank you.

I'd completely forgotten about The Witches Of Eastwick. Evidently, 18 people hadn't.

That takes your total up to 44. Richard.

Yeah, tough luck, Lilian. 1987 film based on the John Updike novel

which Jack Nicholson is rather good in. There are many pointless answers here.

These are some of the things that would've seen you through. About Schmidt which we had from Daniel.

Broadcast News with William Hurt. Goin' South was a pointless answer.

Ironweed, another Oscar nomination for that.

He was in Reds, that's a pointless answer.

The romantic comedy Something's Gotta Give, that was pointless.

The Cry Baby Killer, The Evening Star and The Two Jakes, which was the loose Chinatown sequel,

that was also pointless. Very well done if you got any of those at home.

Let's take a look at the most obvious answers, that most people said.

Batman is 23.

Liz said One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and it was a low score

but actually the second highest score of all, 26.

And right at the top, we had it from Lucy, The Shining, 41.

Very interesting. Thank you, Richard. At the end of round one,

-the losing pair with the highest score, I'm so sorry, it's Lilian and Liz.

-Gutted.

And it's not that high a score, either.

Turns out all these people were film buffs. Who would've known?

What have you learnt from your time on Pointless?

Not to study metalwork and to go and do films next.

-LAUGHTER

-Go to night school on films.

It's been fabulous having you on the show. Sorry we're saying goodbye.

-It's been fabulous being here.

-Thanks.

-Thank you very much.

-Thanks for playing.

APPLAUSE

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

Only two pairs can make it through to the head-to-head,

so one team will leave us at the end of this round disappointed.

The category for round two is...

Amanda likes this.

Can you decide in your pairs who'll go first, who'll go second?

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

And our round two question concerns US state abbreviations.

US state abbreviations. We're about to show you a list of abbreviations for American states.

We asked 100 people to tell us which state they represent.

-Richard.

-We're going to show you six abbreviations on each pass.

The more obscure ones will score you fewer points.

An incorrect answer will score 100 points.

See how many of the 12 you can get at home.

Thanks, Richard. We are looking for the states that these abbreviations represent. We have got...

Right, Lucy.

Right, OK. I'm going to go with AL being Alabama.

AL being Alabama. "Alabarma."

Barak Obama's brother, "Al Abama." THEY LAUGH

OK, let's see if Alabama is indeed AL, and if it is, how many people said it.

Alabama. Good luck.

It's right.

-45.

-APPLAUSE

45. It wasn't devastatingly difficult, was it?

-So 45 I would say is about right.

-OK.

-Commensurate score, I'd say. 45.

-Richard.

-Well done, Lucy. I think that was quite a risky choice.

Very interesting. Thank you very much, Richard. John.

Remember, we are looking for the US states that are represented by these abbreviations.

Can you think of a good few American states?

-Yeah, I can. I can.

-Are any of them suggesting some kind of affiliation with these?

There's a couple I can guess at. It's just it could so easily be wrong.

I'm just going to take an educated punt

and I'm going to say MT, Montana.

MT, there it is. Montana you're saying.

Let's see if MT is indeed Montana, and if it is, how many people knew that answer.

Well done. Well done, John.

There we are. Down it comes.

Montana scoring you 22.

-A good answer.

-APPLAUSE

-Richard.

-Yeah, well done, John.

It's one of the least populated states in America. It's only got 6.8 people per square mile, Montana.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Amanda.

-Yes.

-Amanda, this plays right into your hands,

being a travel consultant as you are.

-This could be embarrassing.

-It could be. Happily, it won't be.

-No.

I'm going to go with the one that I'm most confident of

but think it's worth fewer points.

So I'm going to go with KS, Kansas.

KS, Kansas. It does look a little bit like a departure board for a domestic flight.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people said Kansas, KS.

It's right.

Ooh. Ooh.

APPLAUSE

Turns out a lot of people knew that one, Amanda. That scores you 79.

-Richard.

-Yeah, big score. Were there any others you were tempted to go for?

Yeah, but I thought they would've been worth more than that.

The best one you could've gone for would've been CT. Do you know CT?

That's that tough one. The best answer left. It's Connecticut.

Would've score 29.

CA is California. That would've set you back 77.

Less than Kansas but still a lot. And NY is the biggest answer

with 91. So Montana, the best answer on the board, John.

Very good. Thanks. We're halfway through the round so let's take a look at the scores.

22, John and Daniel. Very, very good score. The best on the board.

45, Lucy, for Alabama.

Then Amanda, unfortunately, Kansas, very costly.

79, that's a high score. So Mark, you know what you have to do.

-Lots to do.

-Yes. You have a bit of a mountain to climb. Very good.

Back down the line. Second players, take your places.

OK, we're going to put six more abbreviations for American states on the board. Here they are.

Remember, we are looking for the states that they represent

and you're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew. Mark.

You're the high scorers on 79.

You have to find the best answer you can.

Yes, I do, don't I?

I'm still not very confident on any of these.

I'm going to go for one of the obvious ones, I'm afraid,

and it's the AZ for the Arizona.

AZ for Arizona. There's no red line for you because you are the high scorers,

but let's see if Arizona is AZ, and if it is, how many people said it.

It's right. Oh!

It is exactly the same high score as Amanda got for Kansas.

It takes your total up to a beautifully symmetrical 158.

-Richard.

-Symmetrical again, cos you both got six in the first round. The same scores in both rounds.

If we gave out prizes for symmetricality, you would be garlanded.

-It's symmetry. Just symmetry.

-What did I say?

-Symmetricality.

THEY LAUGH

It probably does mean... It's probably a slightly nuanced version.

Symmetricality. What an idiot.

THEY LAUGH

Yeah, Arizona, well done, 79 points. Home of the Grand Canyon.

A big score. It's the only state with a Z in its name

so I think maybe one of the more obvious abbreviations.

Yes, indeed. Well, Mark and Amanda, your score is now in red,

which I'm afraid means that you are unequivocally the high scorers.

No-one can overtake your high score, even if they score 100 points.

So we will be saying goodbye to you at the end of this round.

-So, Daniel, the good news is, you're on 22.

-Mm.

Even if you score 100 points, you are through to the head-to-head.

-Indeed.

-So, with that kind of safety net below you,

why not see if you can find a really obscure one.

There might be a pointless answer on the board. You never know.

I don't know whether I should try and be clever and play it safe.

Did you listen to a word I just said?

-THEY LAUGH

-Try and be clever!

If we do nothing else in this life.

Oh, I don't know.

I have a feeling what ME is

but I think I'll probably go for OK, Oklahoma.

OK, Oklahoma. There it is, bottom of the board.

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

It's right.

And, unsurprisingly, it scores you very high.

73. Takes your total up to 95. Richard.

Now I think Daniel's rubbish compared to John.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, Oklahoma, 73 points.

Thank you very much, Richard.

And so Rod, we come to you.

You are on 45. Doesn't matter what you score.

So why not have some fun with this board? It's all yours.

I've no idea what MS might be, apart from the obvious.

-You can tell us what you think the obvious is.

-Mississippi or Missouri.

-Right.

-ME, I have no idea. FL looks like Florida.

But I was going to choose RI cos I think it's a state, I think it's Rhode Island,

-but I'm not quite sure.

-Rhode Island.

OK, let's see if Rhode Island is indeed RI, and if it is, how many people said it.

Very well done, Rod.

24 that scores you. A very good score indeed.

Takes your total up to 69. Richard.

Well done, Rod. The smallest state in America.

It would fit more that 500 times into the largest state, which is Alaska.

And Daniel, do you want to have a go at what ME is? It's the best answer on the board.

-I think it was Maine.

-You would've been right. It would've scored you ten points.

Let's fill in the other two. Florida, obviously, is FL.

That would've scored you a very hefty 90.

And MS, what do you think it is?

-Mississippi.

-It is Mississippi, yeah. Well done.

Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of round two,

the losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid it's Mark and Amanda.

Oh, bad luck. But two symmetrical scores.

What a fabulous couple you are. You match each other like for like.

Wonderful. The good news is, we get to see you again next time.

What are you going to take away from your experience on Pointless?

Probably a book on US states and their abbreviations.

That's what you call shutting the door after the horse has bolted.

Very good. Well, we shall see you next time.

-We look forward to that.

-Thank you.

-Thanks for playing.

APPLAUSE

But for the remaining pairs, things get more exciting in the head-to-head.

Very well done, Daniel and John, Lucy and Rod, you've made it through to the head-to-head.

Only one pair can make it through to today's final and play for today's jackpot,

which currently stands at £3,750.

APPLAUSE

You're going to go head to head on the best of three questions.

For each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer

and you are now allowed to confer.

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

The pair who get the best of three will be playing for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless.

Here's your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many long-running West End shows as they could.

-Long-running West End shows. Richard.

-We're looking for any of the eight shows

that have been running in London's West End for at least ten consecutive year

and were still running at the start of 2011.

They can have changed venues in that time but they have to have had a continuous run of at least ten years.

There's eight shows that have been going for ten years or more

and were still going at the start of 2011.

OK. Thanks very much, Richard. Daniel and John,

because you've played best throughout the show so far, you get to go first.

OK. OK.

We're going to go with The Mousetrap.

You're going to go with The Mousetrap.

Lucy and Rod, The Mousetrap is off.

It's kind of a toss up between Les Mis

or Rod reckons The Lion King might still be going.

-Er...

-I know it's been there an awful long time.

-It has been going forever.

Road works come and go but The Lion King always seems to still be there.

-That's what it says on the poster.

-THEY LAUGH

-Yes, we're going to go with The Lion King.

-Very good.

The Lion King it is. So we have The Mousetrap and The Lion King.

Daniel and John said The Mousetrap. Let's see if it's right.

I think it might be. And let's see how many people said it.

Very well done.

64.

APPLAUSE

That's quite a high scoring one, isn't it?

-Lucy and Rod, you have gone with The Lion King.

-Mm.

-Sorry.

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

It's right.

And it beats The Mousetrap.

-Well done, you!

-It really beats The Mousetrap.

APPLAUSE

Only ten for The Lion King. Very well done, Rod and Lucy.

After the first question, it is one-nil to you.

-Richard.

-Well played, Rod, but Les Miserables also would've won the points.

There's eight shows on this list. Six of them are musicals. It's quite an interesting list.

Right at the bottom is one of the plays, The Woman In Black,

which has been on since 1989.

There's Mamma Mia! with nine and Lion King with ten, they both opened in 1999.

Chicago also would've scored you ten.

That's been on since 1997.

Blood Brothers scores you 13. That's been on since 1988.

Phantom Of The Opera with 34, that's been on since 1986.

Les Miserables there with 45. Just celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2010.

And The Mousetrap up there on 64. It's been going since 1952, The Mousetrap,

which is a world record.

They've had some intervals, haven't they?

Yes, they have, to be fair.

-The audience has been able to go out and go back in.

-Oh, yeah. You can get an ice cream.

-Yeah.

-LAUGHTER

Thanks very much, Richard. So here is your second question.

Lucy and Rod, if you win this question, you are straight through to the final.

Daniel and John, you know what you have to do.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many books of the Pentateuch as they could.

-Richard.

-Yeah, away you go. LAUGHTER

The Pentateuch is the common name for the first five books of the Old Testament.

We're looking for any of the first five books of the Old Testament in the King James' Bible.

So any of the first five books of the Old Testament

How relieved are you to hear that explanation?

-SHE LAUGHS

-OK, this time, Lucy and Rod get to go first.

Any of those first five books.

-Yeah.

-Do you want to say it?

-OK.

Erm, I'm glad it was explained first.

I think we're going to go for Exodus.

You're going to go for Exodus.

OK. Daniel and John, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

I'm going to take a guess and say, I think this is probably wrong,

but I'm sure Genesis is higher than Exodus, so I'm going to say Solomon.

You're going to say Solomon. OK, so we have exodus and Solomon.

Exodus, Lucy and Rod, let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people said Exodus.

It's right.

-51 that scores you.

-APPLAUSE

51. Daniel and John are going for Solomon.

This has to be right and it has to score lower than 51,

otherwise we say goodbye to you right here, right now.

Solomon. Is it right and how many people said it?

Bad luck. Bad luck.

An incorrect answer. So after the second question,

-Lucy and Rod are through to the final two-nil. Richard.

-Unlucky, guys.

As you imagined, Genesis also wouldn't have won you the points. Let's take a look at all five.

There's Numbers, which is the fourth book.

Leviticus, which is the third. They both would've scored you 32.

Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Old Testament, 39.

Exodus on 51 and Genesis right up the top on 79.

Very good. Thanks. So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,

I'm afraid it's Daniel and John. Oh, dear!

Your baron songs and snatches didn't help you.

-THEY LAUGH

-Bad luck.

You've been great contestants. Thanks for playing. We look forward to seeing you next time.

APPLAUSE

But for Lucy and Rod, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £3,750.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Lucy and Rod. You've seen off all the competition

and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at an impressive £3,750.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

that no-one could think of. We've had one pointless answer on the show today.

You only need to find one more now to go home with that money.

First you have to choose a category. You can choose from these three options.

What do you think?

-Fashion designers is out.

-That's out?

-That's out altogether.

-OK.

Er, education I'm not quite sure about.

-I think we're going to go with celebrities.

-You're going to go with celebrities.

-Yes.

-Shunning education.

-THEY LAUGH

OK, let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Who Do You Think You Are? celebrities as they could.

-Who Do You Think You Are? Richard.

-We're looking for any person who's been the main subject

of an episode of the BBC genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are?

all the way up to series seven, which was broadcast in 2010.

We're not looking for anyone who was on the American series shown over here, just the British series.

The one person we won't allow you to say is Alexander, who was on it,

-and you were descended from...

-From apes.

LAUGHTER And then briefly in between from William the Conqueror.

-There you are. Yeah.

-I think he would be very proud.

I think he'd put his feet up after a day of conquering and say, "That boy's a chip off the old block."

-Yep.

-THEY LAUGH

OK, thank you very much, Richard.

You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that £3,750 is for just one of those answers to the pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

Er, well, Jeremy Paxman's been on it, hasn't he?

-John Hurt.

-Kim Cattrall.

The one I'm thinking of is the guy who played Ric in Holby City.

-I was thinking that, yeah.

-It's Hugh...

Quashie? Quarshie?

Something like that.

Er... I can't really think.

Julian Clarey, John Hurt.

There've been quite a few.

I can't remember any.

My mind has gone blank.

-Well, out of the ones we've thought of...

-We'll take those three.

-Your bloke from Casualty.

-Holby City.

-Holby City.

Erm...

I'd say John Hurt, as well. I'm not quite sure if he has been.

I think Kim Cattrall.

-Has she been on the English one or the American one?

-She was in the English one cos she's English.

-Five seconds left.

-Oh, Boris Johnson was on it, as well.

-Oh.

There is your minute. You've come up with lots of answers there.

Which three are you going to submit?

There's one person I can think of but I can't quite remember his surname.

His first name's Hugh.

-I think Hugh...

-I think it's Quarshie.

Yep, Hugh Quarshie, we'll take that.

Boris Johnson?

-Yeah, shall we go for Boris Johnson?

-Yeah.

-Boris Johnson.

-Boris Johnson.

-And shall we say John Hurt?

-Yeah.

-And John Hurt.

And John Hurt. We were looking for people who've featured on Who Do You Think You Are?

Which of those is your most confident answer, your best shot at a pointless?

-The first one, I think.

-Yeah.

-Hugh Quarshie? OK. Hugh Quarshie.

We'll put his name up last.

Which of the remaining two do you think is your least confident?

-Boris Johnson.

-Yeah.

-We'll bung Boris up first.

And second we therefore put John Hurt. OK.

We'll put them up on the board in that order. Here they are.

Boris Johnson, John Hurt and Hugh Quarshie. There they are.

We're looking for people featured on Who Do You Think You Are?

This was your least confident answer. You only need one of these to be pointless and you win £3,750.

Let's see if Boris Johnson is right, and if it is, how many people said it. Boris Johnson.

It's right.

Down it comes. This for £3,750.

Very, very good score. Look at that! Still going down. Oh!

APPLAUSE

Well, unfortunately, that's not a pointless answer, but it tells you something about your 100 people.

That was your least confident answer and it scored two.

Let's just have a think about that £3,750.

What would you spend that on?

Erm, I think we've talked about going to Ireland, which isn't the most exotic of places.

-Oh, it's lovely there.

-But neither of us have ever been.

-You've got to go.

-And then a bit of spending money.

-Very good luck with your next answer, then.

You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot. This has to be pointless for you to win it.

Let's see if John Hurt is right, and if it is, how many people said John Hurt.

Well, it's right.

We saw that Boris Johnson went all the way down to two.

He was one of the more colourful subjects of that show.

How far down is John Hurt going to go? Is it going to win you that jackpot of £3,750?

-No! So close!

-APPLAUSE

Oh!

HE LAUGHS

Oh, that was... This is all going in the right direction, I have to say.

Fingers crossed. Hugh Quarshie, he's your last chance and your best chance

-by your reckoning.

-Mm.

If this answer is pointless, if this goes all the way down to zero,

then County Meath here we come.

You don't have to go there, obviously. It just popped into my stupid head.

OK.

Hugh Quarshie. Is it right, and if it is, how many people said it? Hugh Quarshie.

It's right.

As I said, Boris Johnson went down to two,

John Hurt went down to one.

Will Hugh Quarshie win you that jackpot by going down to zero?

Down it goes. Oh, no!

APPLAUSE

-Oh!

-It was close.

-That's not fair.

Oh, bad luck!

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that crucial pointless answer.

I'm so sorry. So I'm afraid you won't be leaving with that £3,750

That rolls over to the next show. But you have been amazing and you do get our Pointless trophy.

APPLAUSE

Oh, dear.

So, Richard, what were the pointless answers?

That might be the closest anyone's ever got to the jackpot without winning it,

which I know is no consolation.

-But it's something, at least.

-Yeah.

-But there are a whole load of pointless answers. Let's take a look.

Bill Oddie was pointless. Alan Cumming. Griff Rhys Jones.

All of these would've won you the money. Ian Hislop.

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. Matthew Pinsent.

David Baddiel was on the first series. Kevin Whately.

Natasha Kaplinsky. All of those people would've won you the money. That's really tough luck.

Well, unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you both.

-I'm so sorry, but you have been wonderful contestants.

-We've had good fun.

-Yeah.

Thank you so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

So nobody's won our jackpot today, which means it rolls over onto the next show

and we will then be playing for £4,750.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Join us next time to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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