0:00:20 > 0:00:22CHEERING
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,
0:00:26 > 0:00:32and welcome to Pointless, the show where popular answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34- Let's meet today's players. - APPLAUSE
0:00:38 > 0:00:41So, welcome back, Leisha and Myra. You were on the show last time.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Remind us how you did last time.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51Well, we sort of lost on the pop songs, unfortunately.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53- It was girl bands, wasn't it?- Yeah.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Boy bands would've been better.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57Yeah.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00- What do you do, Myra?- I'm retired,
0:01:00 > 0:01:02but very busy.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05- And Leisha, how about you? - I'm a hotelier.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07- A hotelier!- I run a small hotel.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10How beautiful! Who's looking after it while you're here?
0:01:10 > 0:01:12My husband, of course.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16- He's doing everything? Frantically making beds?- Breakfasts, beds...
0:01:16 > 0:01:19- Dear, oh, dear!- No.- No. - LAUGHTER
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Well, very best of luck to the pair of you this afternoon.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Next we welcome Gavin and Jason. How do you two know each other?
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Er, well, we met a few years back through a mutual friend,
0:01:30 > 0:01:36and we're now part of a hugely unsuccessful pub-quiz team.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- THEY LAUGH - Really? Hugely unsuccessful?
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- We've never won.- What do you put your lack of success down to?
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- I'm not sure.- Is it the categories and questions they ask you?
0:01:45 > 0:01:49I think it's the lack of youth. There's always a youth angle
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- to the questions...- Yes.- ..to keep the youth demographic happy.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- Hoping to change things.- Hoping to change things quiz by quiz.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Well, very best of luck to you this afternoon.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Next we welcome back Cliff and Nicki.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04You were here last time. Remind us how you did.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08We got through to the head-to-head, but then Dad forgot where China was,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- and we went downhill from there! - LAUGHTER
0:02:11 > 0:02:13You don't need to know where China is. It's fine.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17It's fine, it's fine. I think great things will happen for you today.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21- OK.- That's my hunch. Well, very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23And finally we've got Trevor and Isabel.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26- How do you two know each other? - We met in the mid-'70s,
0:02:26 > 0:02:30- and we've been married for 34 years. - Wow! Very well done!
0:02:30 > 0:02:33We spend a lot of time together, because for the last 31 years
0:02:33 > 0:02:36we've been in a musical duo together.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Oh, fantastic!
0:02:38 > 0:02:41A musical duo! You're the singers, are you?
0:02:41 > 0:02:43- Yeah.- Very good indeed.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46What's the name of your act? Do you have a name?
0:02:46 > 0:02:47We go under the name of Solid Gold.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51We have Solid Gold! You didn't tell me you were Solid Gold!
0:02:51 > 0:02:53LAUGHTER
0:02:54 > 0:02:57We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00There's only one more person for me to introduce,
0:03:00 > 0:03:04- the curator of all things obscure and pointless. He is my Pointless friend, Richard.- Hiya.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Hello, there.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Wow, Richard!
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- Yeah. I mean, really - wow. - We've got 'em.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Solid Gold. First noble metal we've had on the show, isn't it?
0:03:18 > 0:03:22- It is. You're right. - Certainly in solid form.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- LAUGHTER - Yeah.- We've got a lovely show.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28We've got two returning pairs today. We had Nicki and Cliff
0:03:28 > 0:03:32in the head-to-head last time, and that usually augurs well for the next show, doesn't it?
0:03:32 > 0:03:36People often win when they've been to that head-to-head.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40But I think Leisha and Myra will be looking to do better than they did last time.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Gavin and Jason I don't buy at all.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46They're a hopeless quiz team. I've never heard such rubbish in my life.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- Hollow!- Look at the cocky looks on their faces there.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54They fancy this, I think. But do you know what?
0:03:54 > 0:03:59You cannot, will not and never will beat Solid Gold.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01LAUGHTER Not going to happen.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04We may as well crown the winners now.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08We put all our questions to 100 people before the show,
0:04:08 > 0:04:12but this is Pointless, so we are after the answers they didn't get.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15What everyone's trying to do is to find a pointless answer,
0:04:15 > 0:04:17an answer that none of our 100 people gave,
0:04:17 > 0:04:20and each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that,
0:04:24 > 0:04:29so today's jackpot starts off at a dizzying £5,750.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Right! Let's play Pointless.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43In the first round, each of you must give me one answer,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49The team with the highest score at the end will be eliminated,
0:04:49 > 0:04:53so be very careful that's not you. If anyone gives an incorrect answer,
0:04:53 > 0:04:55they will score the maximum of 100 points.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58OK. Our first category this afternoon is...
0:04:58 > 0:05:02world geography. Cliff...
0:05:02 > 0:05:05THEY LAUGH I'll get my coat.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08World geography.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second,
0:05:11 > 0:05:14and whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:05:20 > 0:05:26to name as many countries ending in N as they could.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Countries ending in N, Richard.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32We're looking for any country whose English name ends
0:05:32 > 0:05:36with the letter N, and that's according the UN official website.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40By country we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN
0:05:40 > 0:05:43in its own right, so we wouldn't, for example, accept Taiwan
0:05:43 > 0:05:49or Great Britain, because it's officially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- so ends in a D.- So it does!- Yeah.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56There are 18 countries on the list,
0:05:56 > 0:05:58and that's as of the start of 2011.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Right, then, Myra.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Well, I'm not very good on geography, I have to confess,
0:06:04 > 0:06:08so I'm going to have to go with one that's probably very, very popular,
0:06:08 > 0:06:10and that's Pakistan.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13I hadn't thought of that one.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16SHE LAUGHS
0:06:16 > 0:06:18You are hoping to score as few points as possible.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Let's see if Pakistan is correct, and if it is,
0:06:21 > 0:06:23how many people said it. Pakistan.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27There we are.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- Ooh!- 24, Myra!
0:06:32 > 0:06:35I thought it would be higher than that! Brilliant!
0:06:35 > 0:06:37That's a fine score.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- Pakistan, 24. - Yeah, not a bad score at all, Myra.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Very well done. The world's second- largest Muslim nation, Pakistan,
0:06:44 > 0:06:48behind Indonesia. Which ends in an A, everybody.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51THEY LAUGH
0:06:51 > 0:06:55Now, Jason - I'll be honest, you looked quite happy,
0:06:55 > 0:06:57verging on the smug, when this category came up.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59There are a few options here.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02It's just working out which one could be a pointless one.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04What are you thinking, Jason?
0:07:04 > 0:07:08There's a country which has a border with China,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- I believe... - Cliff!- ..called Tajikistan.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16Tajikistan, you're going to say. I think that's an excellent answer.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Let's see if it's correct, and if it is, how many people said Tajikistan.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Very well done.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28I have a feeling this might be going a long way down.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Very, very well done!
0:07:31 > 0:07:33APPLAUSE
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Four people said Tajikistan.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40But could they spell it?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43LAUGHTER Yeah. I shouldn't have thought so.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45I only can because it's written down here.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47It's in Central Asia. Really good answer, Jason.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So, Nicki...
0:07:52 > 0:07:56- So, Nicki, what do you think about this question?- Not good!
0:07:56 > 0:07:58I'll have another one.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Um, I think it's a country. I don't think I've made it up.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06- And I think I'm saying it right. Azerbaijan?- Azerbaijan.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08- Yeah.- You generally see these written down.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- No-one says them. - Yes. Say them quite quietly.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Or make sure you're eating something when you say it.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Azerbaijan!
0:08:17 > 0:08:19LAUGHTER
0:08:19 > 0:08:23You are hoping to score as few points as possible with Azerbaijan.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Let's see if it's correct, and how many people said it. Azerbaijan!
0:08:27 > 0:08:29It's right!
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Very well done, Nicki.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Ooh, it's still going down. Seven! Very well done indeed.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39APPLAUSE
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- Azerbaijan, Richard. - Yeah. Well played, Nicki,
0:08:45 > 0:08:50and so long as your dad has a good grasp of geography, you're safely through to the next round.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52- Thank you!- Thanks very much.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57Now, then, Trevor, we're looking for countries that end in the letter N.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Right. I'm going to go forward with Yemen.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Yemen. Let's see if that is a correct answer,
0:09:04 > 0:09:08and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it. Yemen.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Very good.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Down it comes.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Very, very, very well done, Trevor!
0:09:19 > 0:09:21APPLAUSE
0:09:21 > 0:09:24That scores you four.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26I'd say that was solid gold.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31That was solid gold, the equal best score of the round. Well done.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35- Thank you.- Yemen came into being in its present state in 1990.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Very good. Thank you. We're halfway through the round.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Well, the joint bottoms on four
0:09:44 > 0:09:48are Trevor and Isabel and Jason and Gavin on four.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Very, very good low scores there.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Nicki and Cliff not really that far ahead of them on seven,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57and then a bit of a leap up to Myra and Leisha on 24,
0:09:57 > 0:10:00but that's by no means a bad score.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04OK. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:10:06 > 0:10:10OK. We are looking for countries ending in N.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14- Isabel, how brilliant was Trevor's answer there?- Very good, yeah.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- Yeah!- Geography's not one of my best subjects.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19THEY LAUGH
0:10:19 > 0:10:22But I'll have a go with Kazakhstan.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Kazakhstan. Very good.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29You're on four. The high scorers are Leisha and Myra on 24.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32If you can score 19 or less,
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Kazakhstan will see you through to the next round.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39There's your red line. If you get below that red line,
0:10:39 > 0:10:41you are safely through. Good luck.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Let's see how many people said Kazakhstan.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Well done.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55Down it comes. Very well done! Through you go. Six!
0:10:55 > 0:10:57CHEERING
0:10:57 > 0:11:00That's a lovely low score there, Isabel. Six,
0:11:00 > 0:11:03taking you just into double figures. Ten.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Enormous country, Kazakhstan. From one end to the other,
0:11:06 > 0:11:10- it's the distance between London and Istanbul.- Wow!
0:11:10 > 0:11:11Mmm.
0:11:11 > 0:11:12THEY LAUGH
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Cliff... Cliff, you're on seven.
0:11:16 > 0:11:21Should you score 16 points or fewer with this answer,
0:11:21 > 0:11:25you will be safely through to the next round. What are you thinking?
0:11:25 > 0:11:29I've had a country in my head since the category first came up.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31- And is it the one Isabel just said? - No, it's not.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35The longer I'm stood here, the more I'm convinced I've invented it,
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- but I think I'm going to try. - Narnia ends in A.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40LAUGHTER
0:11:40 > 0:11:42I'm going to try Gabon.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Gabon.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- AUDIENCE MURMURS - Oh, listen to that noise!
0:11:47 > 0:11:50You hear? Do you not hear?!
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- Is that good or bad?- I don't know!
0:11:53 > 0:11:56There's only one way to find out what that noise means,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59but it was amazing. It was like the murmur of bees...
0:12:00 > 0:12:02..just before they're about to...
0:12:02 > 0:12:05- die. - LAUGHTER
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Or...make some honey. I don't know. We're going to discover.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- Um, Gabon.- OK.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14- Where do you think Gabon is, Cliff? - I think it's in Africa,
0:12:14 > 0:12:16or it should be, if it's not.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- LAUGHTER - OK.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21- Here's your red line.- Yes. CLIFF LAUGHS
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Below that red line, you're through to the next round.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28Is Gabon a country, and if it is, how many people said it? Gabon.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Oh, very well done, Cliff!
0:12:33 > 0:12:37He might not know where China is, but, my goodness, he knows Gabon!
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Here it goes. Oh, very, very well done!
0:12:43 > 0:12:45That's a fabulous score, Cliff.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50One point, taking your total up to eight. You're still in single figures.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54- Richard?- Brilliantly played. That's the best answer of the round so far.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58And it is in Africa, so we're not going to have to move it there.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02Very well done, Cliff. Nicki, how brilliant's your dad?
0:13:02 > 0:13:06I know! I think he redeemed himself from last time. Much better.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Utterly! Gavin,
0:13:08 > 0:13:13remember, we're looking for countries that end in the letter N.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17- You have a mini-challenge and just a side-bet challenge.- Yes.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21The lesser of the two challenges is to remain in the game.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23The high scorers remain Leisha and Myra,
0:13:23 > 0:13:25at this stage, on 24.
0:13:25 > 0:13:30If you can score 19 points or fewer, you're in the game.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32But here's the fun side-bet challenge.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Remain the low scorers,
0:13:36 > 0:13:39ie score three or less with your answer.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44OK. My best bet is staying with the obscure African theme.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46I'm going to go with Benin.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Oh! He just... He made a face like this.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52LAUGHTER
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Right. Below that red line with Benin,
0:13:56 > 0:13:59you are through to the next round. I have a hunch
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Benin will be going a long way down.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Let's see if that's right.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Well done.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- Well done indeed! Look at that! - Ooh!- Oh, fantastic!
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Gavin, you've risen to both challenges.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Benin scores you two. Takes your total up to six.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25You are the lowest scorers in the round. Richard?
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Really well played, Gavin. Benin's a great answer.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32It's one of Africa's smallest and most stable countries, Benin.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35- Politically, it's stable? - I don't want to go into the details
0:14:35 > 0:14:38of how I measure these things,
0:14:38 > 0:14:41but rest assured I have an index of all the countries of the world,
0:14:41 > 0:14:43and I rank them on stability. LAUGHTER
0:14:43 > 0:14:48And on my ranking, they're one of the most stable countries in Africa.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Let's move on. LAUGHTER
0:14:53 > 0:14:54OK. Now,
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Leisha and Myra, this breaks my heart.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Your brilliant low score of 24
0:15:00 > 0:15:04has just been outshone by...by...
0:15:04 > 0:15:07It's almost like these people do nothing but study atlases!
0:15:07 > 0:15:09I don't know.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Anyhow, I'm afraid you are already our high scorers,
0:15:12 > 0:15:15even before you've submitted your answer. But, Leisha,
0:15:15 > 0:15:17out there, something tells me,
0:15:17 > 0:15:20below Benin - they don't have to be stable!
0:15:20 > 0:15:24They just have to end in N. I think there might be a pointless answer.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Well, it won't make much difference, will it?
0:15:27 > 0:15:30No, but what a wonderful legacy,
0:15:30 > 0:15:36to leave the show with a little 250-quid pourboire
0:15:36 > 0:15:38for these remaining pairs!
0:15:38 > 0:15:42Cliff got the Gabon, which is the one I wanted, you see.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Oh, I do see.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46So, you know, I was a bit cross about that.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- Yes, I should be. I should be. - So there's no point, really.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- I might as well go for Sudan.- Right!
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Sudan. Let's see if it's right,
0:15:54 > 0:15:57and if it is, let's see how many people said Sudan.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- Look at that, Leisha!- Oh, well!
0:16:07 > 0:16:09It's a brilliant score!
0:16:09 > 0:16:10APPLAUSE
0:16:12 > 0:16:16Sudan scores you nine! It's a brilliant single-figure score.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19I can't bear that that doesn't save you in some way,
0:16:19 > 0:16:21but I'm afraid your total is 33.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24- Richard? - Yeah, a good answer, Leisha.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27It's the last time we'll be able to use Sudan as an answer, as of 2011.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32It's splitting up. There were lots of single-point answers, actually.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35There's Liechtenstein, Lebanon, Bahrain, Bhutan,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Oman, Jordan... All of those were low scores.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42There is one pointless answer here. Let's take a look at what it is.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Russian Federation!
0:16:45 > 0:16:48That's a pointless answer. Very, very well done, if you got that at home.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52There's Gabon. There's Liechtenstein. We've seen quite a few low scorers.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Let's take a look at the three highest-scoring ones,
0:16:55 > 0:16:57the ones most of our 100 people said.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00In third it was Iran, on 27.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Spain on 37. Sweden there with 43.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Unusually, we didn't get any of those top-three answers from anybody.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11Thanks, Richard. So, at the end of round one, the losing pair
0:17:11 > 0:17:13is Leisha and Myra.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17And a brilliant score! Everybody answered fantastically on that one.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20It's so unfair that you have the highest score at the end.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22I'm so sorry, but we have to say goodbye to you.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26- Thanks for playing. You've been lovely contestants.- Thank you.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28APPLAUSE
0:17:29 > 0:17:33But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Only two pairs can make it through to the head-to-head,
0:17:42 > 0:17:46so one of these pairs will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48The category for round two is...
0:17:49 > 0:17:51..fictional characters.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55Decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second,
0:17:55 > 0:17:59and whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Right. So, our round-two question this afternoon
0:18:05 > 0:18:09concerns TV characters and their shows.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12We're about to show you a list of characters.
0:18:12 > 0:18:17We asked 100 people to tell us which TV shows they are from.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21- Richard?- We're going to show you six characters on each pass.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24The more obscure the character, the fewer points you'll score.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28If you tell us they're in the wrong show, you'll score 100 points.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30And see how many of the 12 you can get at home.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34We are looking for the TV shows these characters are from,
0:18:34 > 0:18:36and we have got...
0:18:53 > 0:18:55- So, then, Gavin!- Um...
0:18:55 > 0:18:59Huggy Bear was a character in Starsky & Hutch.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Huggy Bear, Starsky & Hutch.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06As ever, you are looking for the answer that will score you the fewest points.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Let's see if Huggy Bear is indeed from Starsky & Hutch,
0:19:09 > 0:19:11and if he is, how many people said it.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14It's right.
0:19:17 > 0:19:1937.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22APPLAUSE
0:19:22 > 0:19:2437 for Huggy Bear.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Yeah, 37. It's quite a big score.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30Played by Antonio Fargas in the TV show, and by Snoop Dogg in the film.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- Huggy Bear. - Thanks, Richard. Now, then, Nicki...
0:19:33 > 0:19:38Here are the characters. You need to tell me which TV show
0:19:38 > 0:19:40one of them is from, a nice obscure one.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43What do you think of that lot?
0:19:43 > 0:19:46I only know two of them, and one of them was Huggy Bear,
0:19:46 > 0:19:49so I'm going to have to go for Dot Cotton, EastEnders.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51- Dot Cotton, EastEnders. - AUDIENCE MURMURS
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- There's that noise again! - LAUGHTER
0:19:54 > 0:19:56I think that was a slightly different noise.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59It was shorter, wasn't it?
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Mmm... Let's see if that's right, and if it is,
0:20:02 > 0:20:06let's see how many people said Dot Cotton, EastEnders.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Oh!
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Ooh, that's a very high score, Nicki.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Very high score. 86 for that. Richard?
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Yeah. Now Dot Branning, of course, played by June Brown.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- That's a huge score, isn't it? - That is an enormous score.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- One of the most iconic characters on British TV, I guess.- Yeah.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Right. So, then,
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Isabel, remember we're looking for the TV shows
0:20:30 > 0:20:32that these characters are from.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Well, I'm looking at Yosser Hughes,
0:20:35 > 0:20:39and I can't decide between two -
0:20:39 > 0:20:42either Auf Wiedersehen Pet or The Boys From The Black Stuff,
0:20:42 > 0:20:44and I can't remember which one.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46So because I don't want to take a chance,
0:20:46 > 0:20:51and because I think BA Baracus might be slightly less than Dot Cotton,
0:20:51 > 0:20:53I'll go for BA Baracus, and that was the A-Team.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Right you are. OK, BA Baracus, the A-Team.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Let's see if that's correct, and if it is,
0:20:59 > 0:21:01let's see how many people knew that.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Less than Dot Cotton. 59.
0:21:11 > 0:21:1459 for BA Baracus.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Very well done. A better answer, as you say, than Dot Cotton.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Played by Mr T.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23So, Isabel, if you'd had to choose Yosser Hughes,
0:21:23 > 0:21:26what would you have gone for, do you think?
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- Um... Boys From The Black Stuff. - You'd have been exactly right.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Exactly the right answer, but it would have scored you 31 points.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36So big score, but not as much as 59. I suspect it wasn't worth the risk.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41Lurcio is from Up Pompeii. Would have scored you 19 points.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45And the best answer on the board is Stringer Bell. Xander, do you know him?
0:21:45 > 0:21:48He's from The Wire. Six points. Well done if you got that.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Right! Well, we're halfway through the round,
0:21:50 > 0:21:52so let's take a look at the scores.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55The lowest - again, you see, it's Gavin and Jason!
0:21:56 > 0:22:00There they are on 37. Next one up is Isabel and Trevor.
0:22:00 > 0:22:0359, not bad at all.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06But the contest is going to be between Trevor and Cliff, I feel,
0:22:06 > 0:22:10in the next pass. Cliff, 86 was the high score from Nicki there.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15OK. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:22:17 > 0:22:20OK. We're going to put six more characters on the board,
0:22:20 > 0:22:22and here they are.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Remember, we're looking for the TV shows these characters are from.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44You're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Now, then, Trevor,
0:22:46 > 0:22:49you're on 59. If you can score 26 points or less,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52you're through to the next round.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55What's that board look like to you, Trevor?
0:22:55 > 0:22:57I know three of them,
0:22:57 > 0:23:00one very well, but I'm not going to choose that one.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03I'm going to choose Emma Peel, The Avengers.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Emma Peel, The Avengers.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10OK. Well, there is your red line. If you get below that red line
0:23:10 > 0:23:13with Emma Peel, you are through to the next round.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Let's see. Is it right, and if it is, how many people said it?
0:23:19 > 0:23:20It's right.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Will it get you through?
0:23:24 > 0:23:2648, Trevor.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28APPLAUSE
0:23:29 > 0:23:33It takes your score up to 107.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37- Richard, Emma Peel?- Yeah. Played by Diana Rigg, of course.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Cliff, remember we're looking for the TV shows
0:23:41 > 0:23:43that these characters are from.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47The high scorers are currently Trevor and Isabel, on 107.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50If you can score 20 or less,
0:23:50 > 0:23:54you are safe and through to the next round.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55I think I know three of them,
0:23:55 > 0:23:58but I think they're the three best known.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Gareth Keenan, I'll go for, from The Office.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Gareth Keenan from The Office.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08There's your red line there. Below that red line,
0:24:08 > 0:24:11through to the next round. Let's see if Gareth Keenan is right,
0:24:11 > 0:24:14and if it is, how many people said it. Will it get you through?
0:24:16 > 0:24:17It's right.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Yes, it does get you through! Look at that!
0:24:24 > 0:24:26APPLAUSE
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Very, very well done, Cliff.
0:24:29 > 0:24:34Gareth Keenan scores you six. Takes your total up to 92. Richard?
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Well played, Cliff. You're having quite a show.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39I think people know Gareth from The Office,
0:24:39 > 0:24:42but I suspect they don't know Gareth Keenan,
0:24:42 > 0:24:45so I think that's why it's six points. Very, very good answer.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Very good. Now, then, Jason, you are on 37.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Trevor and Isabel are our high scorers on 107.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54If you can score 69 or less,
0:24:54 > 0:24:59you are through to the next round. Now, then, Jason.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03I'm... I'm not 100 percent certain of this,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06but I'm going to go with Mad Men for Peggy Olson.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10Peggy Olson, Mad Men. You're not 100 percent certain?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Mmm... No.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15- 99.99 percent. - LAUGHTER
0:25:16 > 0:25:18LAUGHTER
0:25:18 > 0:25:20So fairly confident.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22There's your red line, nice and high up
0:25:22 > 0:25:25courtesy of Gavin's good answer in the first pass.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Let's see if Peggy Olson is from Mad Men. If she is,
0:25:28 > 0:25:30let's see how many people said it.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Oh! Well done.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35And through you go.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Very good indeed.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46That scores you six,
0:25:46 > 0:25:49taking your score up to 43. Very well done.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Yeah. Well played, Jason. Matching Cliff blow for blow there.
0:25:52 > 0:25:58She's from Mad Men, which is set in the 1960s advertising world in New York.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02Played by Elizabeth Moss. Hilda Ogden, of course, is Coronation Street,
0:26:02 > 0:26:04but would have scored a fairly hefty 84.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06- Arthur Daley...- Minder.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Exactly right. Would've got you 55 points.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11And Ruth Evershed is the best answer on the board.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14She gets one point. Any ideas?
0:26:14 > 0:26:16- Hi-de-Hi?- Anyone in the audience?
0:26:16 > 0:26:21Spooks. One point to the audience. It's the best answer on the board.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of round two,
0:26:24 > 0:26:26the losing pair with the highest score,
0:26:26 > 0:26:29- I'm afraid... Oh, dear! Solid Lead! - LAUGHTER
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Trevor and Isabel, what a shame!
0:26:33 > 0:26:37Any kind of commiseratory song you might like to burst into at this point?
0:26:37 > 0:26:41I think we'll have to go out singing less and watch more television.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43- I don't even know that song. - LAUGHTER
0:26:43 > 0:26:45At least we're going to get an encore.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Exactly. It's been brilliant having you here.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Thank you for playing. We'll see you again next time.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53APPLAUSE
0:26:55 > 0:26:58But for the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting now
0:26:58 > 0:27:00as we enter the head-to-head.
0:27:05 > 0:27:10So, very well done, Gavin and Jason, Cliff and Nicki.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12You've made it through to the head-to-head.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Obviously only one pair can make it through and play for the jackpot,
0:27:16 > 0:27:20which currently stands at £5,750.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22CHEERING
0:27:24 > 0:27:27You're going to go head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32For each question, each pair needs to give me one answer, and you are now allowed to confer.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34All you have to do is come up with an answer
0:27:34 > 0:27:38that scores less than the other pair, and you win that question.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42The pair that get the best of three questions will be playing for today's jackpot.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Let's play Pointless.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47APPLAUSE
0:27:49 > 0:27:52OK. Here is your first question.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:27:56 > 0:28:00to name as many Liverpool Football Club managers
0:28:00 > 0:28:03as they could. Richard?
0:28:03 > 0:28:05We're looking for any manager of Liverpool FC
0:28:05 > 0:28:09from 1960 all the way up to the start of 2011.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12We won't accept temporary or caretaker managers such as Ronnie Moran
0:28:12 > 0:28:15and Phil Thompson, but any manager of Liverpool
0:28:15 > 0:28:18from 1960 up to the start of 2011.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22There are nine answers on the list.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26Gavin and Jason, because you played best throughout the show so far,
0:28:26 > 0:28:29- you get to go first. - THEY WHISPER
0:28:29 > 0:28:30Joe Fagan.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33You don't think he was a caretaker or anything, was he?
0:28:33 > 0:28:36THEY WHISPER
0:28:36 > 0:28:40Er, we're going to go for Joe Fagan.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Joe Fagan.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45- Cliff and Nicki? - I think that's a really good answer.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47I...
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Roy Evans.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52Joe Fagan, Roy Evans.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Two excellent answers.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Gavin and Jason, you said Joe Fagan first.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01Let's see if it's right and let's see how many people said it.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Joe Fagan.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Well, it is right.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Down it goes. Oh, look at that!
0:29:12 > 0:29:15CHEERING
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Very, very well done.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20That is pointless!
0:29:20 > 0:29:24A pointless answer. That adds £250 to today's jackpot,
0:29:24 > 0:29:28taking the total up to a nice round £6,000.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Wow!
0:29:32 > 0:29:36Very, very well done, Gavin and Jason.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40Now, Cliff, you said Roy Evans. Let's see if that is correct,
0:29:40 > 0:29:44and if it is, let's see how many people said Roy Evans.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55Down it goes. Down it goes. Oh, look!
0:29:55 > 0:29:56ALEXANDER CHUCKLES
0:29:56 > 0:29:59APPLAUSE
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Another fabulous score!
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Very, very well said, Cliff. Roy Evans.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08A great answer. Scores you one.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11You just reckoned without Gavin and Jason. That was the only problem.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14- Richard?- I was looking forward to this head-to-head.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18Two great teams. Those are the best answers you could have given.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Joe Fagan is the only pointless answer there is.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Won the European Cup and the League with Liverpool in the '80s.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27There's Roy Evans, who went on to manage with Gerard Houllier.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Evans only won the League Cup. Bob Paisley won 20 trophies
0:30:30 > 0:30:33in nine seasons. Two points for him. Houllier got five.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Souness, who was a former player, of course, six.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41Roy Hodgson, 12. He only lasted 31 games,
0:30:41 > 0:30:44and he was fired. Benitez was fired just before Hodgson.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47He also scored 12. Bill Shankly got 15.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51Dalglish, 53 points. Brilliantly played, both teams.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Very well done. So, after the first question,
0:30:55 > 0:30:59it is one-nil to Gavin and Jason. But only just!
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Cliff and Nicki, you have to win this question,
0:31:01 > 0:31:04otherwise we say goodbye to you,
0:31:04 > 0:31:07and Gavin and Jason go straight through to the final.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Here is your second question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:31:10 > 0:31:15to name as many X Factor winners as they could.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19We're looking for any winner of the X Factor TV talent contest
0:31:19 > 0:31:23up to and including the 2010 series. There are seven names on the list.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27And, of course, we mean the UK version of X Factor.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Cliff and Nicki,
0:31:31 > 0:31:33you get to go first.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35THEY WHISPER
0:31:36 > 0:31:39I don't know which would be better. I would've said...
0:31:39 > 0:31:42- The first one.- Um...- I don't know.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45I think it's right. Andy Abraham.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48Andy Abraham?
0:31:48 > 0:31:50- OK, Gavin and Jason.- Um...
0:31:52 > 0:31:54Leona Lewis.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57- Leona Lewis.- Oh...
0:31:57 > 0:31:59Oh, oh...
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Not the best question, I have to say, but heigh-ho.
0:32:02 > 0:32:03OK.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07Cliff and Nicki, you know what you have to do with this.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10If Gavin and Jason win this question,
0:32:10 > 0:32:12we say goodbye to you. Andy Abraham - is it correct,
0:32:12 > 0:32:16and if it is, how many people said Andy Abraham?
0:32:19 > 0:32:20Oh!
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Oh, bad luck,
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Cliff and Nicki.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27Andy Abraham is an incorrect answer.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32Which means, Gavin and Jason, you merely have to be correct
0:32:32 > 0:32:35- with Leona Lewis. - No guarantee of that!
0:32:35 > 0:32:36THEY LAUGH
0:32:36 > 0:32:39You merely have to be correct.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Leona Lewis - is it right?
0:32:43 > 0:32:46Well, is it right? That's all we need to know, really.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48It's right!
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Down it goes to 46.
0:32:55 > 0:33:00You played it safe, and that turned out to be exactly the right tactic.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04After two questions, Gavin and Jason are through in straight sets
0:33:04 > 0:33:07- to the final. Richard. - Yeah, that's unlucky, Nicki.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10Andy Abraham got through to the final but he didn't win, unfortunately,
0:33:10 > 0:33:15and then represented the UK at Eurovision, and didn't win that either.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Let's take a look at all seven winners.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Right at the bottom was the first one, Steve Brookstein,
0:33:20 > 0:33:24with nine, then Leon Jackson, as in "whatever happened to Leon Jackson",
0:33:24 > 0:33:28ten. Shayne Ward, as in "whatever happened to Shayne Ward", was 20.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32Joe McElderry, as in "has anyone seen Joe McElderry recently", got 24.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Then there's Alexandra Burke, 37,
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Matt Cardle, the 2010 winner, on 39,
0:33:37 > 0:33:41and Leona Lewis with 46, biggest score on the board,
0:33:41 > 0:33:42but gets you the points.
0:33:42 > 0:33:47Thank you very much, Richard. So the losing pair after the head-to-head,
0:33:47 > 0:33:49I'm sorry to say it's Nicki and Cliff.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53- Did you have any of the other X Factor winners?- Yeah.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56I wouldn't have got any of them. She knew Steve Brookstein,
0:33:56 > 0:34:00the bottom one. We didn't know which to go for, and I was no help at all.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Oh, bad luck, bad luck! So close!
0:34:03 > 0:34:07You've made it to the head-to-head in both shows you've been on.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Fabulous team. You've been absolutely fantastic.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12I'm so sorry you didn't get through to the final
0:34:12 > 0:34:17and walk off with a Pointless trophy and a jackpot, because you certainly deserve it.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20- Brilliant contestants. Thank you so much for playing.- Thank you.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:34:24 > 0:34:27For Gavin and Jason, it's now time for our Pointless final,
0:34:27 > 0:34:30and the chance to win our jackpot of £6,000.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32CHEERING
0:34:36 > 0:34:39Well, congratulations, Gavin and Jason.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43You've seen off all the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:34:49 > 0:34:50Very well done.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands
0:34:59 > 0:35:01at £6,000.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03CHEERING
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Now, the rules are very simple. To win that money,
0:35:08 > 0:35:11all you have to do is find a pointless answer,
0:35:11 > 0:35:14an answer none of our 100 people could think of. We've had one today,
0:35:14 > 0:35:17and that came from you - Joe Fagan, in the previous round.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21You only need to find one more now and you'll go home with that money.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24First you've got to choose a category, and here are your three options.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34- Er...- What's it going to be?
0:35:34 > 0:35:36I...
0:35:37 > 0:35:41- Obscure things in chemistry. - Obscure things in golf.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44- We'll go for chemistry. - We're being brave.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46You're being very brave.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Let's find out what the question is.
0:35:49 > 0:35:54We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many chemical elements
0:35:54 > 0:35:58ending in I-U-M as they could.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01- Richard?- We're looking for any element that ends I-U-M.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04We're only looking for elements that have been officially named
0:36:04 > 0:36:09by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry -
0:36:09 > 0:36:11that's all elements up to atomic number 112,
0:36:11 > 0:36:13as of the start of 2011.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16You have up to one minute to come up with three answers,
0:36:16 > 0:36:19and all you need to win that £6,000
0:36:19 > 0:36:21is for just one of those answers to be Pointless.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Your 60 seconds start now.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Strontium.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29No. I think we need to go deeper down the periodic table.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33- Into the...- Barium?- No, no. It can get weirder than that.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35The transuranics are where the action is.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39- OK. Fire away!- In a moment.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41It's a question of the official names,
0:36:41 > 0:36:43because some have had more than one name,
0:36:43 > 0:36:46because they've been named by different authorities.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50Like polonium, selenium, barium...
0:36:50 > 0:36:55Some of them have weird names based on the Latin form of the numbers.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57- Some suggestions!- Unnilpentium.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Then there's also things like lawrencium...
0:37:01 > 0:37:04- Rutherford had one named after him. - Rutherfordium?
0:37:04 > 0:37:06- Does that ring a bell with you? - Sort of. OK.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Do you prefer rutherfordium or lawrencium?
0:37:09 > 0:37:11The first one.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14Um... Can we go even more obscure than that?
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- I'm convinced with selenium. - No, people know selenium.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- It's, um...- Five seconds remain.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23- It's not weird enough.- OK. OK.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- Those two I'm happy with. - There's your minute up.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Remember, we were looking for chemical elements
0:37:29 > 0:37:32ending in I-U-M. I now need your three answers.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34OK. Unnilpentium.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Unnilpentium?
0:37:36 > 0:37:39- And you can go with your one. - Selenium.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43I think it's something to do with batteries. S-E-L-E-N.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Selenium. And one more.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49Lawrencium was the third one. We'll go with that one, yes.
0:37:49 > 0:37:54Of those three answers, which do you reckon's your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:37:54 > 0:37:58- I like lawrencium because... - You think it's right?
0:37:58 > 0:38:01- I'm fairly confident, and yet it's still quite obscure.- Right.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05Lawrencium we'll put last. Which is your least likely to be pointless,
0:38:05 > 0:38:06do you think?
0:38:07 > 0:38:11- Um...- Selenium, I think. - I'd go for selenium.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13OK. So selenium, off of the batteries...
0:38:13 > 0:38:15- Yes.- Yeah.- ..goes first.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18So let's put those up on the board in that order,
0:38:18 > 0:38:20and here they come.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28There they are. They look good up there!
0:38:28 > 0:38:31Do you have a background in chemistry? You clearly do.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35Sad to say, they gave out prizes in school for who did best
0:38:35 > 0:38:39in each subject, and I wasn't good at the core subjects,
0:38:39 > 0:38:43but I could do French and chemistry, so I scooped.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Jason? I mean, selenium was brilliant.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49- Or did you just know that from batteries?- Just from batteries.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51- I like batteries.- I do, too.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53LAUGHTER
0:38:55 > 0:38:58We were looking for...
0:38:58 > 0:39:02chemical elements ending in I-U-M.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06This was your least confident answer. Selenium.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09You only need one of these to be pointless
0:39:09 > 0:39:13to win that jackpot of £6,000.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16OK. Let's put it to the 100. Selenium.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Well, it's right. It's right.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26This is your first shot at our jackpot of £6,000.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28It has to go all the way down to zero
0:39:28 > 0:39:31for you to win that jackpot. Still going down.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Four!
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Selenium has scored you four,
0:39:41 > 0:39:46so therefore it is obviously not a pointless answer.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Four people also liked batteries...
0:39:48 > 0:39:50LAUGHTER
0:39:50 > 0:39:52..out of our 100.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot. £6,000!
0:39:56 > 0:39:58What would you do with it?
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Um, I'm getting married next year, so...
0:40:01 > 0:40:05- Many congratulations.- I guess it would go towards the wedding.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Very many congratulations.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09APPLAUSE
0:40:09 > 0:40:11I've already got a baby daughter,
0:40:11 > 0:40:14and bringing those things up doesn't come cheap,
0:40:14 > 0:40:17so that's probably what most of it'll get soaked up in.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21- Maybe a little celebration. - We'll have a drink afterwards.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25Afterwards. OK. Well, we were looking for chemical elements
0:40:25 > 0:40:29ending in I-U-M. Let's hope nobody said your next answer.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32I've now got to say it, obviously.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34It is unnilpentium.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38Unnilpentium. I have the feeling, if this is correct,
0:40:38 > 0:40:42it'll go a long way down. Let's see. Unnilpentium.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Is it right? How many people said it?
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Oh!
0:40:49 > 0:40:53That is an incorrect answer.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot of £6,000.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01It's lawrencium. You said this was the answer you had most faith in.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05This has to be pointless. It's your final shot
0:41:05 > 0:41:07at that jackpot of £6,000.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11It has to be correct, and it has to go down to zero.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Let's see if lawrencium is a correct answer,
0:41:14 > 0:41:17and if it is, how many people said it.
0:41:20 > 0:41:21It's right!
0:41:21 > 0:41:25It's right. Four people out of that 100 knew selenium.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Unnilpentium was incorrect.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31Now lawrencium is correct. It's got to go all the way down to zero
0:41:31 > 0:41:34if you're going to win that jackpot - and it has!
0:41:34 > 0:41:36CHEERING
0:41:39 > 0:41:41CHEERING
0:41:41 > 0:41:44- Brilliant! - CHEERING CONTINUES
0:41:45 > 0:41:48Very, very well done.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52Many, many congratulations.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55You managed to find that all-important pointless answer,
0:41:55 > 0:41:58which means you go home with our jackpot of £6,000.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00CHEERING
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Well done.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07Well, I think... I think that's a proper reflection
0:42:07 > 0:42:10of your performance on the afternoon, actually,
0:42:10 > 0:42:12because you have played phenomenally well,
0:42:12 > 0:42:16and you found the very best answers pretty much in every case,
0:42:16 > 0:42:19possibly with the exception of Leona Lewis.
0:42:19 > 0:42:20LAUGHTER
0:42:20 > 0:42:23But absolutely staggering performance,
0:42:23 > 0:42:26and a really richly deserved jackpot there. Very well done.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30- Rich, what about that? - Brilliantly played. Really good.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Unnilpentium, as you suspected... There was unnilpentium,
0:42:33 > 0:42:37- but it was renamed dubnium. - Oh.- Like you care!
0:42:37 > 0:42:39THEY LAUGH
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Here are some other pointless answers.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Lots of people at home will have done well on this. Cerium,
0:42:44 > 0:42:48copernicium, dysprosium - those are all pointless.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51There's lawrencium. Nobelium, polonium,
0:42:51 > 0:42:53technetium, thallium and osmium.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56All of those were pointless answers.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59Very well done if you got any of those at home,
0:42:59 > 0:43:01although I'm afraid you don't get £6,000.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04Well, very, very, very, very well done.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08Thanks once again to our brilliant winning players, Gavin and Jason,
0:43:08 > 0:43:11who go away with today's jackpot of £6,000.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13CHEERING
0:43:16 > 0:43:21Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25- Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard... - Goodbye.- And from me. Goodbye.
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