0:00:21 > 0:00:24- CHEERING AND APPLAUSE - Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29the quiz show where popular answers mean nothing
0:00:29 > 0:00:33and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:36 > 0:00:39First off, we welcome back Mark and Amanda.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Everyone gets two cracks at the Pointless jackpot.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44This is your second chance to get it.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Remind us how you did last time.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49I think sadly I let the side down a little bit
0:00:49 > 0:00:51on my knowledge of American states.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Being a travel agent, it shouldn't have happened,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57- but hey, win some, you lose some. - Like you said,
0:00:57 > 0:01:01- had it been airport codes... - I'd have been absolutely fine.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Yeah. What do you hope will come up this afternoon, Amanda?
0:01:04 > 0:01:07I was going to say geography, but maybe not any more,
0:01:07 > 0:01:10- so I'll say music. - We'll wait and see.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Mark, what are you hoping will come up?
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Yeah, music would be good. I also enjoy the films,
0:01:15 > 0:01:17as we found out last time.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21- Let's keep our fingers crossed. Very best of luck.- Thank you.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Myra and Leisha, welcome to the show.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27- How do you two know each other? - We met about 15 years ago.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31when we both... I was... Leisha was already in the am-dram society,
0:01:31 > 0:01:33and I joined them.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37- Am-dram! We've had a few am-dram couples, haven't we?- We have.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Oh, boy, do they flounce off at the end!
0:01:39 > 0:01:44Not even at the end. They usually flounce off after round one.
0:01:44 > 0:01:45Oh, no!
0:01:45 > 0:01:47In a hissy fit.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Yes. It's not true at all.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54What am-drams do you put on there? What's been your latest production?
0:01:54 > 0:01:58Our latest production was Murdered To Death.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Murdered To... I know what you did with it.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04- What was it? - LAUGHTER
0:02:04 > 0:02:07It was a bit of a take on Inspector Clouseau,
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Miss Marples, and all of them all thrown together
0:02:11 > 0:02:13- in the same house.- And Leisha?
0:02:13 > 0:02:19I was in the last pantomime, Panto At The OK Corral.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21- ALEXANDER LAUGHS - And what did you play?
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- I was Goldie Nuggets. - Goldie Nuggets?
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- Yes. I was prospecting for gold. - Very good.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31Well, very best of luck. I hope you strike gold this afternoon!
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Did you see what I did there? Did you see that?
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Yeah. You know, I really did. Yeah. THEY LAUGH
0:02:37 > 0:02:40I think they could see that one from space.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41THEY LAUGH
0:02:41 > 0:02:45And next we welcome Cliff and Nicki. How do you two know each other?
0:02:45 > 0:02:48We're father and daughter. Nicki's at university.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Whose idea was it to come on the show?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- Mine.- Ah, very, very good indeed.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56- How much persuading did your dad take?- Not a lot.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00He wants to show off how clever he is. But we'll find out.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02What sort of things is he clever about, Nicki?
0:03:02 > 0:03:05He's quite good at history.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Yeah. Oh, OK, maybe not.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11- I'll stick to sport.- Very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13It's lovely having you here.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15And finally we welcome back Daniel and John.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18You were here last time. Remind us how you did.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21We started off very well, because we got a pointless answer,
0:03:21 > 0:03:25which was great, then it all went a bit wrong in the head-to-head.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27- It did.- It went a bit wrong in the head-to-head.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29- LAUGHTER - Yeah.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Yes, it did, sadly. You were knocked out two-nil. What were you doing?
0:03:33 > 0:03:35It was my fault. I take full responsibility
0:03:35 > 0:03:40- for lapsing from my Catholic faith and not knowing anything about the Bible.- I agree.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44Pentateuch got you... as it will all of us in the end.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45LAUGHTER
0:03:45 > 0:03:48We obviously know about your love of Gilbert and Sullivan -
0:03:48 > 0:03:50your shared love. What else do you love?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53What do you do, John, in your spare time?
0:03:53 > 0:03:57I do a language class. I'm learning Swedish.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Are you? For fun?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Yeah!
0:04:01 > 0:04:03It's spectacularly pointless, actually.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06But it's a great language to be able to speak.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09There are only two Swedish words in the English language -
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- smorgasbord...- Ah!
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- ..and ombudsman is the other one. - Ombudsman!- Yeah.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17- Or ombudswoman. - LAUGHTER
0:04:17 > 0:04:20How amazing! Seriously? Ombudsman!
0:04:20 > 0:04:22How clever of you to know that!
0:04:22 > 0:04:26Not really. I think the word you're looking for is "sad", not "clever".
0:04:26 > 0:04:28No, clever of you to know that.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33There's only one person left for me to introduce.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36He is an index of all things unusual and obscure.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- He's my Pointless friend. He's Richard!- Hiya.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Hello.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- Hello, there.- How are you?
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- I'm fine, Richard. How are you? - I'm very well.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- How are you this afternoon? - Very well.- You look very well.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52I am. I'm keenly anticipating this show.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56Should be a good one. We've got two returning pairs. Daniel and John were very strong
0:04:56 > 0:04:59last time, a very good pair, so I suspect they'll do well.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03And, Mark and Amanda, we do have a music question, question two,
0:05:03 > 0:05:07so if you can get that far, it might help you out.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10It might be a tough show for our new pairs today.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12OK! Well, thank you.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16We've put all our questions to 100 people before the show, but this is Pointless,
0:05:16 > 0:05:21so we are after the answers they didn't get. Everyone's trying to get a pointless answer,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23an answer none of our 100 people gave,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26and each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we added another £1,000 to that,
0:05:30 > 0:05:32so today's jackpot starts off
0:05:32 > 0:05:35at £4,750.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Very exciting. Right, let's play Pointless!
0:05:47 > 0:05:50In the first round, each of you must give me one answer,
0:05:50 > 0:05:52and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56The team with the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Try and make sure it's not you. If anyone gives me an incorrect answer
0:05:59 > 0:06:03along with way, they will score the maximum of 100 points.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08Our first category this afternoon is going to be...words.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second?
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- THEY WHISPER - And whoever's going first,
0:06:15 > 0:06:17please step up to the podium.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22OK. Let's find out what the question is.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:06:24 > 0:06:30as many words ending in '...pire', P-I-R-E, as they could.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Words ending in P-I-R-E, Richard.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Yeah. We're looking for any word in the Oxford English Dictionary that ends P-I-R-E.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39We're not allowing proper nouns or hyphenated words,
0:06:39 > 0:06:42just any words that end P-I-R-E.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45We won't accept the word "pire" itself,
0:06:45 > 0:06:47which means "to gaze or look around".
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Thanks very much, Richard. Right, Mark and Amanda.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54You all drew lots before the show, and this afternoon you get to go first.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57We're looking for words ending in P-I-R-E.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58Um...
0:06:58 > 0:07:02You managed, last time round, to get identical scores...
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- Yes, we did. - ..on every pass you played.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- Yes. - Do you think you can keep that up?
0:07:06 > 0:07:10As long as they're nice low scores, that would be great.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14- Let's hope.- Yes. So...
0:07:14 > 0:07:17I'm going to go with the word "uninspire".
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Uninspire?
0:07:20 > 0:07:23OK. Uninspire. You're hoping to score as few points as possible
0:07:23 > 0:07:26with that. Let's see if it's a correct answer,
0:07:26 > 0:07:30and let's see how many of our 100 people said it. Uninspire!
0:07:34 > 0:07:36- Ahh!- Bad luck, Amanda.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42and that scores you 100 points. 100 points for uninspire, Richard!
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Yeah. Sorry, Amanda, it's not there.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48I hope you don't get symmetrical scores today.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49- Yes, indeed. - SHE LAUGHS
0:07:49 > 0:07:54- Thanks, Richard. Now, then, Myra... - I'm not...
0:07:54 > 0:07:56A word ending in P-I-R-E.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59I'm not going to go for the obvious. Um...
0:08:00 > 0:08:03I'll try...transpire.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Transpire. OK. You are hoping to score as few points as possible
0:08:07 > 0:08:10with transpire. Let's see if it's right,
0:08:10 > 0:08:13and if it's right, how many people said transpire.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18It's right.
0:08:22 > 0:08:2416, Myra! Very well done.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26APPLAUSE
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Lovely low score there for transpire.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Well played, Myra. Good start to the show.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Transpire, often misused to mean "to occur" or "to happen".
0:08:36 > 0:08:39That's not what it means at all. It's a chemical thing
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- about gases passing through pores of vessels.- It transpires.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44LAUGHTER It doesn't transpire.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49It neither transpires nor doesn't transpire.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51So that was wrong? It's complete misusage?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Yeah.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Well, I won't be using that again, will I?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Thanks very much, Richard. Now, then, Nicki,
0:08:58 > 0:09:03what is the most obscure word ending in P-I-R-E you can think of?
0:09:03 > 0:09:06I was really hoping this round wouldn't come up,
0:09:06 > 0:09:09so I'm going to go for a word which I hope is spelled this way -
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- conspire.- Conspire?- Yep.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15OK. You're hoping to score as few points as possible with conspire.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Let's see if it's right, and how many people said that. Conspire.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23It's right, Nicki.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Down it comes!
0:09:27 > 0:09:2917!
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Very well done.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Conspire, Richard.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39Well done, Nicki. To plot or to plan a usually criminal action.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42To conspire. That really does mean what it's supposed to mean...
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- Phew-ee!- ..it transpires.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48LAUGHTER
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Thanks, Richard. Now, then, Daniel,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53remember we are looking for words ending in P-I-R-E.
0:09:53 > 0:09:58P-I-R-E. It's as good a way to end a word as I can think of.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01This is definitely not my strongest subject.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04John will be able to do better than me on this one.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08OK. Well, the round we've had, we've get a very high score,
0:10:08 > 0:10:12and the other two answers have been pretty low-scoring,
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- the correct answers. - I'll play it safe and go "expire".
0:10:15 > 0:10:19You're going to say "expire". Let's hope that is a correct answer,
0:10:19 > 0:10:21and if it is, how many people said it. Expire.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Well, it's right.
0:10:26 > 0:10:27Ooh!
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Interesting how much more that scores you
0:10:36 > 0:10:38than transpire and conspire,
0:10:38 > 0:10:42but it scores you 67, Daniel. Surprisingly high score there.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Very big score, isn't it? It's a good word,
0:10:45 > 0:10:50because it can mean to breathe air out of the lungs, or it can mean the exact opposite.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51LAUGHTER
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Exactly. OK. We're halfway through the round,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57so let's take a look at our scores as they stand.
0:10:57 > 0:11:0016 points for Myra and Leisha.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03What a fabulous start for you that is!
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Lovely low score there.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08One point more for Nicki and Cliff, on 17,
0:11:08 > 0:11:11then we come to Daniel and John on 67.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13That's quite a hike there.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17John, you are going to have to live up to Daniel's fanfare for you
0:11:17 > 0:11:21and be as good as his word at your word.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23See what I did there?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26And then, Amanda and Mark, 100 points.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28That really is quite a high score.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Mark, you'll have your work cut out here.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Good luck with that.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:11:40 > 0:11:44OK, John, we are looking for words that end in P-I-R-E.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Daniel left you with a legacy of 67 points.
0:11:47 > 0:11:52You are 33 points behind the high scorers, Mark and Amanda,
0:11:52 > 0:11:54so if you can score 32 or less,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57you are definitely through to the next round.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59- Good luck.- I've got two.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02I'm going to go for the one that's slightly less safe,
0:12:02 > 0:12:05but I think I need to take a slight risk.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07I'm going to go with "respire".
0:12:07 > 0:12:09- Respire. - Inhale, I think, is the meaning.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12There is your red line. If you can come below that,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15you are definitely through to the next round.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Is it right, and if it is, how many people said respire?
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Very well done.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25It's right, and I have an inkling this might go a long way down.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Very well done. 20 points for that.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Takes your total up to 87,
0:12:30 > 0:12:34sees you comfortably through to round two. Richard?
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Well played, John. Respire's to breathe in and out.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- To respire. - Very good. Thanks, Richard.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43So, Cliff, you're on 17, a lovely low score
0:12:43 > 0:12:45from Nicki there.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47The high scorers remain Mark and Amanda on 100.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50If you can score 82 or less with this,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53you are definitely through to the next round.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- What are you thinking? - I wasn't very confident,
0:12:56 > 0:12:59but I was inspired by Nicki's answer, so I'll say "inspire".
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Very good indeed. What are your hobbies, Cliff?
0:13:02 > 0:13:06I scuba-dive. I like sport, watching sport mainly,
0:13:06 > 0:13:08and drinking beer, probably.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12- I think drinking beer's going to be coming up later.- Yeah,
0:13:12 > 0:13:14but after the show. LAUGHTER
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Indeed. There's your red line. If you get below that,
0:13:17 > 0:13:22you are safely through. Inspire. Let's see how many people said it.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Well done! Very good.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34That scores you 28, takes your total up to 45.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37- Inspire, Richard.- Well done, Cliff.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40You've had expire, to breathe out, respire, to breathe in and out,
0:13:40 > 0:13:44and inspire is to breathe in as well as to inspire.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47That's the more usual way we use it these days.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Indeed. Thank you very much.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54Now, Leisha, remember we are looking for words ending in P-I-R-E.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58Mark and Amanda remain the high scorers on 100.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02If you can score 83 or less, Leisha,
0:14:02 > 0:14:05we will be saying goodbye to Mark and Amanda
0:14:05 > 0:14:07at the end of this round.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11Well, I'm having trouble here. I can think of loads of nouns,
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- but I'm finding trouble... - It can be nouns.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Empire.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19You're hoping to score 83 points or less with this.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21There is your red line.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23All you have to do is get below that red line
0:14:23 > 0:14:26and you are through to the next round.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Let's see how many people said empire.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35It's right, and you're through to the next round. 54.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38All it needed to be was correct. Scores you 54.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Takes your total up to 70.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- Richard?- Well played, Leisha.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Amanda and Mark, it's curtains for you.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50Mark, as a film fan, won't like being defeated by the Empire, will he?
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Not one bit. LAUGHTER
0:14:51 > 0:14:54No, no, no.
0:14:54 > 0:15:00Mark, bad luck. I'm afraid your score is now beyond redemption.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- Certainly is. - Even if you find a pointless answer,
0:15:03 > 0:15:07and, ooh, I just think if anybody's going to find a pointless answer,
0:15:07 > 0:15:10I think Mark. Just come up with something brilliant.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Um... I was thinking maybe a vampire.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Oh, very good! Very good!
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- Let's have a vampire.- Yes.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Let's see how many people said vampire.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24You're joking.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26It's right.
0:15:31 > 0:15:3421 for vampire.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Takes your total up to 121.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Yeah. Well played, Mark. Vampire, very good answer.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47When I first saw the category, the first thing that popped into my head was bonfire.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49LAUGHTER
0:15:50 > 0:15:54It's very tough. Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers, though.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57There were quite a few. To reaspire, which is to aspire once again,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00suspire, which is, er...
0:16:00 > 0:16:03HE SIGHS HEAVILY
0:16:03 > 0:16:05- A sigh.- Yeah.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Just a sort of long, prolonged suspire.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14HE SIGHS HEAVILY Er, a mapepire, however,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17is a Caribbean word for any snake that isn't a coral snake.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Can't believe that no-one went for mapepire.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Er, interempire, which is what it sounds like.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Acrospire is the first leaf on a piece of corn.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31Photorespire is the act of photorespiration.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Rampire is disabled access for vampires.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36LAUGHTER
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Leptospire is a type of bacteria,
0:16:40 > 0:16:44and evapotranspire means much the same as transpire, actually,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47the gases passing through various things.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Evapotranspire, evapotranspiration.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54So in short, there are no words we really have heard of
0:16:54 > 0:16:57that would have scored you no points.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01I guarantee that some people at home will have got some of those.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03- I'm sure.- Somebody always does. - They always do.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Let's take a look at the worst answers.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09These are the answers that most of our 100 people said.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12The third was spire, with 44,
0:17:12 > 0:17:14then empire, we just heard, with 54,
0:17:14 > 0:17:18and expire was actually the biggest answer of all, with 67.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21OK. Well, thank you very much, Richard.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23At the end of round one, the losing pair
0:17:23 > 0:17:27- I'm sorry to say is Mark and Amanda. - Oh, well!
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- You've got so much more to give! - I know.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33- It's so disappointing. - It's terribly disappointing.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35It's been brilliant having you on the show.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- We've had great fun. It's been brilliant.- So have we.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42- Thanks for being great contestants. - Thank you.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45APPLAUSE
0:17:45 > 0:17:48For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54APPLAUSE
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Only two pairs will make it through to the head-to-head,
0:17:58 > 0:18:00so one team will leave us at the end of this round.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02The category for round two is...
0:18:04 > 0:18:05..pop music.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09Pop music. Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first
0:18:09 > 0:18:12and who's going to go second? Whoever's going first,
0:18:12 > 0:18:15please step up to the podium.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21OK. So, this afternoon's round two question concerns...
0:18:21 > 0:18:24girl groups and their hits.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28In this round, we are about to show you a list of songs.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31We asked 100 people to tell us the name of the girl groups
0:18:31 > 0:18:35who had hits with these songs. Richard?
0:18:35 > 0:18:38We'll show you six songs in each pass.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41You've got to tell us which group first had a hit with them.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44The more obscure ones will score you fewer points,
0:18:44 > 0:18:46and an incorrect answer will score you 100.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Thanks very much, Richard. So we're looking for the girl groups
0:18:50 > 0:18:52who had hits with these songs,
0:18:52 > 0:18:54and here are the songs.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18So, then, Myra, do you know any of those?
0:19:18 > 0:19:21I don't think so, but I'm going to have a guess.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- Very good.- Um...
0:19:24 > 0:19:26I'm going to go with...
0:19:26 > 0:19:32Girls Aloud singing Whole Again. It's probably wrong.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35- Whole Again, Girls Aloud. - AUDIENCE HISSES ANXIOUSLY
0:19:35 > 0:19:38There's a certain amount of inspiration going on in the audience there.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41HE IMITATES ANXIOUS HISSING
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Only one way to find out if it's correct.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47If it is, let's see how many people knew that answer. Girls Aloud,
0:19:47 > 0:19:50singing Whole Again.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Bad luck! I think that was a very good guess, Myra.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Sadly it was incorrect, though,
0:19:59 > 0:20:01and it scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Sorry. Incorrect. I won't tell you the answer until the end of the round
0:20:05 > 0:20:08in case Nicki or John want to have a go at the same one.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10OK. Thanks, Richard. Now, then, Nicki,
0:20:10 > 0:20:14we are looking for the girl groups that had hits with these songs.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19I have a feeling this is going to play rather into your hands.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23I definitely know three. I'm a bit iffy on the fourth one,
0:20:23 > 0:20:26but I'm also going to go for Whole Again,
0:20:26 > 0:20:30- but I think that was Atomic Kitten. - Atomic Kitten.- Yep.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Whole Again.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34You're hoping to score as little as possible with this.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Let's see if Atomic Kitten is indeed the correct answer
0:20:37 > 0:20:41and how many people said it. Atomic Kitten, Whole Again.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45It's right!
0:20:49 > 0:20:5317! Very well done, Nicki. That's a lovely low score.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58- Whole Again, Richard. - Well played, Nicki.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Whole Again was Atomic Kitten's first number-one single, 2001.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05And I think I have an auxiliary fact.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10I have a feeling it was written by Andy McCluskey
0:21:10 > 0:21:13- of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark.- 100 percent right.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Get in! Get in!
0:21:15 > 0:21:17CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Not only that, he put the whole band together.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22They were entirely his fault. LAUGHTER
0:21:22 > 0:21:27Very well done, Nicki. Very good answer. Now, then, John...
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Again, I think you're going to be very, very good on this.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Talk us through the board. That's your smorgasbord,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37- as the Swedes would say. - I know all but two.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39I know Sound Of The Underground was by Girls Aloud,
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Manic Monday was by The Bangles, Survivor was Destiny's Child,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Lost In Music I'm 99 percent sure was Sister Sledge,
0:21:46 > 0:21:49but a bit of me thinks it might have been the Pointer Sisters,
0:21:49 > 0:21:51and I'm scared of making a terrible mistake.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Will You Love Me Tomorrow might be the Shirelles, but I'm not risking that,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58so I'll play it safe and say Sound Of The Underground and Girls Aloud.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Sound Of The Underground, Girls Aloud.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05Myra, look how close you were to coming up with a brilliant answer!
0:22:05 > 0:22:09And I can think of one now, too.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Oh, no!
0:22:11 > 0:22:13It's Sound Of The Underground, Girls Aloud.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people knew that answer.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22It's right.
0:22:24 > 0:22:2639!
0:22:30 > 0:22:33- Not bad at all. Richard? - Yes, a safe answer, John.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36It was the worst of all the ones you just went through.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Let's look at why. Manic Monday was The Bangles.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42That would have scored you fewer points, 34.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Survivor was Destiny's Child. That would've scored you ten.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Very good answer. Will You Love Me Tomorrow was the Shirelles,
0:22:49 > 0:22:51which would have scored you six,
0:22:51 > 0:22:54and Lost In Music - you're exactly right - was Sister Sledge,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57and would have scored you five. That was the best answer.
0:22:57 > 0:23:03Let's look at the scores as they stand. Nicki, brilliant answer from you for Whole Again, Atomic Kitten.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Lovely low score of 17. And then we come to 39.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Not a bad score, after all, John, considering the context.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14And Myra, way out in front there after your incorrect answer.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18Leisha, a lot to do if you want to make it through to the head-to-head.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22Right. Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:23:25 > 0:23:28OK. We're going to put six more songs on the board,
0:23:28 > 0:23:30and here they are.
0:23:46 > 0:23:51Remember, we are looking for the girl groups who had hits with these songs.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54You're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Daniel, music.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00- It's one of your favourite things. - It is, it is,
0:24:00 > 0:24:06and I've done a lot of research into this area through my studies.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08- What did you study? - I took popular music.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10- Did you?- I did.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13With special attention on any little area?
0:24:13 > 0:24:18Well, early '60s girl bands are a really, really fascinating era,
0:24:18 > 0:24:20so I know a lot about them.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Leisha's now thinking, "Don't take the one"...
0:24:23 > 0:24:25I know who sang all those,
0:24:25 > 0:24:28but I'm just thinking which would be the best one.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30John knew who sang all of those,
0:24:30 > 0:24:34and he managed to pick the highest- scoring one on the board.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Um, I'm going to probably say Leader Of The Pack,
0:24:37 > 0:24:39and say the Shangri-Las.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42The Shangri-Las, Leader Of The Pack.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45There is your red line. If you can get below that red line
0:24:45 > 0:24:49with the Shangri-Las, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51How many people said the Shangri-Las?
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Well done.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57You're in the head-to-head once again.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00And it continues to go down to 12!
0:25:00 > 0:25:02APPLAUSE
0:25:02 > 0:25:06A spectacular answer, Daniel. 12. Richard?
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Yeah, well played, Daniel. The Shangri-Las.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10They only had two UK hits,
0:25:10 > 0:25:13and that was very much the more famous of them.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16OK. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20Remember, we're looking for the girl groups that had hits with these songs.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24Cliff, we come to you. You are on 17,
0:25:24 > 0:25:27because of Nicki's brilliant answer in the first pass.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30The highest scorers are Leisha and Myra.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34If you can manage to score 82 points or fewer,
0:25:34 > 0:25:37you are through to the head-to-head.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40There's certainly three I really don't know.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43I'm pretty sure Robert De Niro's Waiting was Bananarama.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47That's the one you're going for -
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Robert De Niro's Waiting, Bananarama.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Well, there's your red line.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54If Bananarama gets you below that red line,
0:25:54 > 0:25:58you're in the head-to-head, and we say goodbye to Leisha and Myra.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said Bananarama.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08It's right, and you are through to the head-to-head.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Down it goes. 32!
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Takes your total up to 49.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Robert De Niro's Waiting.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Yeah. Well done, Cliff. A number-three hit in 1984.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25Leisha and Myra, I'm afraid you are on 100 points,
0:26:25 > 0:26:28and I'm afraid there's nothing you can do to save yourselves
0:26:28 > 0:26:31from leaving us at the end of this round.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35However, maybe, Leisha,
0:26:35 > 0:26:37there's a pointless answer on that board,
0:26:37 > 0:26:42maybe, and, er, you can... you can leave that as your legacy.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44- You can add 250 quid to the jackpot. - All right.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47- What do you think are the chances of that?- No chance at all.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50- Do you know any of the songs? - I can think of one.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54It's the only one I can think of, and probably the top of the board.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Baby Love by The Supremes.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01Baby Love, The Supremes. OK. Well, there's no red line for you
0:27:01 > 0:27:05because you are the high scorers, so let's just see what we can get
0:27:05 > 0:27:08from Baby Love, The Supremes. Let's see if it's right.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10If it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13There we are. It's right.
0:27:16 > 0:27:1832!
0:27:18 > 0:27:21SHE SPEAKS UNDER APPLAUSE
0:27:22 > 0:27:25- Not the top answer on the board.- Oh!
0:27:25 > 0:27:28It was the same score as Robert De Niro's Waiting.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31But, as I say, I'm afraid your score is still unassailably high.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34132 is your total. Richard?
0:27:34 > 0:27:36But lovely to leave with a good answer.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39The Supremes. It's their only number one, from 1964.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Baby Love. Let's take a look at what else you could've said.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45- The next one down is Freak Like Me. - That was Sugababes.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Sugababes would have scored you 18. Say You'll Be There...
0:27:48 > 0:27:53- The Spice Girls.- Yeah, one of the lesser-known hits. 16.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55And C'est La Vie, a bit more specialist -
0:27:55 > 0:27:57- B'Witched.- B'Witched,
0:27:57 > 0:28:00the Irish girl group. Very well done if you got that at home.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04Actually, not if you got B'Witched. If you got B'Witched, shame on you.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- I'm a bit embarrassed that I... - You know who you are.- Yeah.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Well, Richard, thanks very much. At the end of round two,
0:28:10 > 0:28:12the losing pair with the highest score
0:28:12 > 0:28:15I'm sorry to say is Leisha and Myra.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Oh, we haven't treated you well on this show.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22- It just wasn't our era. - You will be back next time.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24What would you like to come up then?
0:28:24 > 0:28:27- Art?- Sport?
0:28:27 > 0:28:29- Musicals?- Bit of geography.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Well, let's hope you do better next time.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36- It's been great having you on the show. Thanks for playing.- Thank you.
0:28:36 > 0:28:37APPLAUSE
0:28:37 > 0:28:41For the remaining two pairs, things will get even more exciting now
0:28:41 > 0:28:43as we enter the head-to-head.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53Well done! You've made it through to the head-to-head.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Only one pair can make it through to today's final
0:28:55 > 0:29:01and play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £4,750.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03THEY CHEER
0:29:06 > 0:29:09You're going head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12For each question each pair needs to give me one answer.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14You are now allowed to confer. All you have to do
0:29:14 > 0:29:18is come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair,
0:29:18 > 0:29:21and you will win that question. The pair that get the best of three
0:29:21 > 0:29:25will be playing for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33OK. Here's your first question.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:29:36 > 0:29:39to name as many countries that border China as they could.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Richard?
0:29:41 > 0:29:43We're looking for any of the 14 countries
0:29:43 > 0:29:45that have a land border with China.
0:29:45 > 0:29:50As always, by country we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN in its own right.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Any of the 14 countries that border China.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54See how many of those you can get at home.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58Nicki and Cliff, because you've played best so far,
0:29:58 > 0:29:59you get to go first,
0:29:59 > 0:30:03so we are looking for those countries that border China.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06- THEY WHISPER - We're going to go for Cambodia.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08Cambodia.
0:30:08 > 0:30:09OK.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Daniel and John, you can talk out loud.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Do you know any? I'm not helping you on this.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17- I'm really not confident. - No, neither am I.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20I'm thinking North Korea, maybe.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22- Not Burma.- What, Burma? - I'm guessing North Korea,
0:30:22 > 0:30:26- potentially.- OK. We're going to go with North Korea.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29You're going with North Korea. Let's take them in order.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Let's take Cambodia first and see if it's right,
0:30:32 > 0:30:34and if it is, how many people said Cambodia.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Bad luck!
0:30:39 > 0:30:43Cambodia an incorrect answer, so at this stage,
0:30:43 > 0:30:46North Korea only has to be correct for you to win this point.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Let's see if it is. Is it correct, and how many people said it?
0:30:51 > 0:30:55Yep! Very well done, Daniel and John. You win that point.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59There we are. North Korea,
0:30:59 > 0:31:02going down to 23.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06So after the first question, it is one-nil to Daniel and John.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08- Richard?- Unlucky, Cliff and Nicki.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Cambodia only borders Thailand, Vietnam and Laos.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15It doesn't border China, I'm afraid. There are 14 countries that do.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan both would have scored you two points.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Kazakhstan was seven, Laos was eight,
0:31:21 > 0:31:25Afghanistan with nine, Bhutan with ten - a very good answer -
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Burma, or Myanmar, with 11,
0:31:28 > 0:31:32Pakistan, 18, Vietnam, 21. There's North Korea on 23.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Nepal borders China. 24 points for that.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Mongolia, 41, India, 43
0:31:37 > 0:31:40and of course Russia up at the top with 57.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Very well done if anyone got all of them at home. Very impressive.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47Thanks very much, Richard. So, after the first question,
0:31:47 > 0:31:49it's one-nil to Daniel and John. Nicki and Cliff,
0:31:49 > 0:31:53you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:31:53 > 0:31:54Here is your second question.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:31:57 > 0:32:01to name as many eponymous Roald Dahl novels as they could.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04Eponymous Roald Dahl novels, Richard.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07We're looking for any novel for children written by Roald Dahl
0:32:07 > 0:32:10that contains the name of the character in its title,
0:32:10 > 0:32:13and by character I mean a girl's or boy's name,
0:32:13 > 0:32:15so we wouldn't allow BFG or Fantastic Mr Fox.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Any Roald Dahl novel for children
0:32:17 > 0:32:21that contains a character in its title.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23OK. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Daniel and John, you get to go first this time.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29THEY WHISPER
0:32:29 > 0:32:34OK. We're going to go for Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Nicki and Cliff?
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Well, I'm really not helping here at all.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43HE LAUGHS
0:32:43 > 0:32:46There's obviously Charlie And The Chocolate Factory,
0:32:46 > 0:32:48- Matilda...- Matilda, you said. - We'll go for Matilda.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51- Yeah. We'll go for Matilda. - You're going for Matilda.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55So we have Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator and we have Matilda.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59Let's take them in order. Should Daniel and John win this point,
0:32:59 > 0:33:03they will get through to the final. Nicki and Cliff, you have to win this.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Daniel and John have said Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10Is that correct, and if it is, how many people said it?
0:33:14 > 0:33:15It's right.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22It's right. It's going a long way down. Four!
0:33:24 > 0:33:29Very, very well done. That's an impressive low score there.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33Nicki and Cliff, this will see whether or not you stay in the game.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Matilda.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Is it right, and if it is, how many people said it? Matilda.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43It's right!
0:33:47 > 0:33:4921!
0:33:55 > 0:33:59So, after two questions, Daniel and John are through to the final,
0:33:59 > 0:34:02- two-nil. Richard? - Yeah. That's very well played.
0:34:02 > 0:34:07Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator is the best answer you could give. It was unbeatable.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11Let's look at the other answers. Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator with four,
0:34:11 > 0:34:13Danny: The Champion Of The World with seven,
0:34:13 > 0:34:16George's Marvellous Medicine, eight. There's Matilda on 21.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20Charlie And The Chocolate Factory on 23, and right at the top,
0:34:20 > 0:34:23- James And The Giant Peach on 35. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:34:23 > 0:34:28So the losing pair I'm afraid is Nicki and Cliff.
0:34:29 > 0:34:34Oh, bad luck! They were tough categories, those, weren't they?
0:34:34 > 0:34:37- You were outplayed, I'm afraid, on both of those.- Well done, guys.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40They were two very strong answers, and an unbeatable one,
0:34:40 > 0:34:43from Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45We'll see you again next time.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48You have been fantastic contestants. Thanks so much.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50APPLAUSE
0:34:54 > 0:34:57But for Daniel and John, it's now time for our Pointless final,
0:34:57 > 0:35:00and the chance to win our jackpot of £4,750.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Congratulations. You've seen off all the competition,
0:35:09 > 0:35:12and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16CHEERING
0:35:20 > 0:35:24Now, however, you have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:35:24 > 0:35:29and at the end of today's show, that stands at £4,750.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35The rules are simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer,
0:35:35 > 0:35:38an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41We haven't had any pointless answers on the show today.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Find one now, and you will go home with that money.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48First, though, choose a category from these three options.
0:35:55 > 0:36:01- Golf, education, fashion designers. - OK. Golf is a no.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03No. Absolutely not. You are an educator, so...
0:36:03 > 0:36:05- I am.- You work in education.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08I do. I love my job,
0:36:08 > 0:36:11and some would say I'm good at it, but...
0:36:11 > 0:36:14- but it could be... - It could be so much.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Well, they're all very broad areas.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20Do either of us know anything about designers, beyond the basic...
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- I mean, look at us. - LAUGHTER
0:36:25 > 0:36:27That is very true.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31- Um... I'll leave it in your hands. - Oh, please don't,
0:36:31 > 0:36:33because last time you were so mad at me.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37I lean towards education, but if you think you know about fashion,
0:36:37 > 0:36:39or you want to take a chance on golf...
0:36:39 > 0:36:42- Education, then, I guess. - You're going to go for education.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44- Yes.- What could this question be,
0:36:44 > 0:36:47that would make you think, "Ah, we might win this"?
0:36:47 > 0:36:51Um, it could be anything to do with pedagogy,
0:36:51 > 0:36:55or anything to do with exam histories... I don't know.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58- It could be anything. - What was the first thing you said?
0:36:58 > 0:37:00- Pedagogy.- Oh, pedagogy. Right.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03- The business of a pedagogue, someone who teaches.- Yes.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06Like a demagogue, but a pedagogue.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10They concern themselves with something called pedagogy,
0:37:10 > 0:37:12or I would call pedagogery,
0:37:12 > 0:37:15but it's one of those things you only ever see written down.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Or do you mean Giovanni di Pedagocci,
0:37:17 > 0:37:21- the famous educationalist? - Can I recommend golf?
0:37:21 > 0:37:23- Golf? - LAUGHTER
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Right. OK.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Let's find out what the question is.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:37:35 > 0:37:39to name as many Cambridge colleges as they could.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42Cambridge colleges. Richard?
0:37:42 > 0:37:44We're simply looking for any of the 31 colleges
0:37:44 > 0:37:47that make up the University of Cambridge
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- as of the start of January 2011. - Right.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers,
0:37:54 > 0:37:57and all you need to win that £4,750
0:37:57 > 0:37:59is for just one of those to be pointless.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02- Your 60 seconds start now.- Right.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04I really don't know.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06I was thinking about episodes of University Challenge,
0:38:06 > 0:38:09- cos they're always there. - Is one Trinity?
0:38:09 > 0:38:12Cambridge Trinity, but is that many points?
0:38:12 > 0:38:15I'm thinking at a punt, maybe name it after, um...
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- famous people who've bequeathed... - Yeah.- Or been bequeathed.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21I don't know how it works. Um...
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- Um...- Let me think. - I just don't know.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Cambridge...
0:38:26 > 0:38:28- Jesus College?- Jesus College!
0:38:28 > 0:38:30- Is that right?- Back to religion.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33It might be Oxford. There's something like that.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36- Cambridge...- It'll be a saint something, won't it?
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Yeah, saints. Cambridge, St Thomas?
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- Yeah.- Cambridge, St George?
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- St Gregory.- St Gregory.- Yeah.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- Do you want to go with those three? - Yeah.- It's a real...
0:38:45 > 0:38:49I... I don't really know. We've got to think of a third one.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52- I thought we were going with - - Five seconds left.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55- St George and St Gregory.- Yeah.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58- Are you sure? - OK, there is your minute,
0:38:58 > 0:39:01your minute up. We were looking for Cambridge colleges.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03I now need your three answers.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07We're not optimistic, I'm not going to lie to you.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09- Cambridge, St George. - St George's, Cambridge.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12- St Gregory's, Cambridge. - St Gregory's, Cambridge.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15- And St Thomas', Cambridge. - And St Thomas', Cambridge.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Those are your three answers. Of those three,
0:39:18 > 0:39:20do you have one you're more confident...
0:39:20 > 0:39:22Well, we pretty much made up St Gregory's,
0:39:22 > 0:39:25- so that's our least confident. - Put St Gregory's first.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29Er, Saint... Shall we put St Thomas as our best answer?
0:39:29 > 0:39:30- Yeah.- Sounds plausible.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34St Thomas' last. OK, well, let's put those up on the board
0:39:34 > 0:39:36in that order.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44There they are on the board. We're looking for Cambridge colleges.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47This was your least confident answer.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49You only need one of these to be pointless
0:39:49 > 0:39:51to win that £4,750 jackpot.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54Let's see if St Gregory's is a correct answer,
0:39:54 > 0:39:57and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59St Gregory's.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Oh! Unfortunately...
0:40:06 > 0:40:07Not surprised.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09St Gregory's is not a pointless answer.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12It's not a correct answer, I'm afraid.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15You have two remaining chances.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19- What would you do with that £4,750? - Go travelling, maybe.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22- Travelling would be great. - Yeah. Have a nice holiday.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26OK. Well, we are looking for Cambridge colleges.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Let's hope your next answer is a correct answer.
0:40:29 > 0:40:30St George's.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34St George's College. This is your second shot at a jackpot
0:40:34 > 0:40:37of £4,750.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39It has to be pointless.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Bad luck. Bad luck.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51St George's, also, as it turns out, an incorrect answer,
0:40:51 > 0:40:53therefore not pointless.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59This is your third and most confident...
0:40:59 > 0:41:01THEY LAUGH
0:41:03 > 0:41:05..answer.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09It has to be correct, and it has to be pointless.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13St Thomas', you said. This had a certain ring to it.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18This is for the jackpot, £4,750.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Has to be correct,
0:41:20 > 0:41:23and it has to go all the way down to zero.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Will it do those things?
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Let's see. St Thomas' college, your third shot at the jackpot.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Oh!
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Bad luck!
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Oh, dear me.
0:41:39 > 0:41:44Unfortunately you didn't manage to find that crucial pointless answer,
0:41:44 > 0:41:48so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £4,750,
0:41:48 > 0:41:50which will roll over to the next show.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52But you have been brilliant contestants,
0:41:52 > 0:41:55and you take home our fabulous Pointless trophy.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57- Happy with that.- Yeah.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04- So, Richard?- Yeah. That was... It's a good attempt.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07There are a few saints' colleges - St John's and St Edmund's.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10There's a pointless answer which is a saint as well,
0:42:10 > 0:42:12which you might have stumbled across.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16Jesus is a Cambridge college, as is Trinity,
0:42:16 > 0:42:19but neither of those would have been pointless answers.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Let's look at the pointless ones.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24Fitzwilliam would have won you the money,
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Gonville and Caius, Homerton, which is for teachers,
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Lucy Cavendish, which is for over-21 women,
0:42:30 > 0:42:34Murray Edwards, which is the new name for New Hall.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38St Catharine's. If you'd stumbled across that, you'd have won the money.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41Sidney Sussex was pointless. Trinity Hall and Wolfson,
0:42:41 > 0:42:45which is another over-21 college, would have won you the money.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Very well done if you said any of those at home.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- If it had been pedagogy... - Everything would've been fine!
0:42:50 > 0:42:53- You would've been in clover now. - Exactly.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you, Daniel and John,
0:42:56 > 0:43:00but you've been brilliant contestants. Thank you for playing.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03CHEERING
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Sadly nobody's won our jackpot today,
0:43:06 > 0:43:09so it rolls over, which means on the next show
0:43:09 > 0:43:13we'll be playing for £5,750.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19Join us next time to see if someone can win it. Now it's goodbye from Richard...
0:43:19 > 0:43:22- Goodbye. - And goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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