Episode 19 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you very much!

Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,

the show where popular answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's players.

Welcome back Trevor and Isabel. You're on our first desk.

You were on the show last time. How did you do?

We got eliminated in the second round

because our knowledge of TV programmes

-was not as pointless as other people's!

-They weren't wrong, though.

-No, but they just...

-Scored quite high.

-Yes.

We discovered that you're a singing duo. What do you do when you're not singing?

I have a part-time job in a doctor's surgery, doing bookkeeping.

-Right you are.

-And I'm a house person.

-Housewife, house person.

-House person. That's good. What hobbies do you have?

-I like to run. I've done seven London marathons and one New York marathon.

-Well done!

-That's amazing!

-APPLAUSE

That's incredible. Very, very well done. Best of luck on the show today.

Next we welcome Michael and Wayne. How do you know each other?

We're civil partners and we met on New Year's Day 12 years ago

while I was a student.

-You were a student. Where are you from?

-I'm from Oxford.

-What are your interests, Wayne?

-I like amateur dramatics and operatics.

Whose idea was it to come on Pointless?

-It was my idea. I was in the audience about 18 months ago.

-Here?

-18 months ago. That's way back at the beginning.

-Yes, it was the first series.

Best of luck. Hope it's as enjoyable from this side of the podium

as I'm assuming it was from that!

Maybe you watched and thought, "They need me and Michael on this show!"

-I think it was.

-I don't doubt that for a second. Lovely to have you here.

-Thank you.

Next, we welcome Sarah and Emma.

I'm not going to ask how you know each other! I think I can see!

-Not dissimilar.

-No.

-Not dissimilar twins.

-Identical twins.

-Indeed.

-What do you do for a living, Sarah?

-I'm a teacher.

-Emma?

-I'm a teacher!

Brilliant.

-Do you teach the same subject?

-Yes!

-Yes!

In unison, like that? This is an exercise in identical twin-ness!

-Brilliant. Very best of luck.

-Thank you.

-To both of you.

Finally,

we welcome Laura and Adam. How do you know each other?

We met at university on a teacher training course.

We had a team building activity where we had to hold hands and stare into each other's eyes!

-We met there.

-On the first day.

-It was a bit weird.

-On the first day!

-You remain only friends, despite that.

-Yes!

Despite the connection, we are just friends.

-OK. And where are you from?

-I'm from Sheffield.

I'm studying at Hallam University.

I'm also there, but I'm from Rugby originally.

We'll find out more about all of you during the show.

Best of luck to you all. One person left to introduce.

He mans the watchtower of obscurity, patiently watching for rogue, pointless facts.

-He's my pointless friend, Richard.

-Oh, dear! Hiya!

-Hello, there.

-Hello, there.

-How are you today?

-I'm extremely well. How about you?

-Very well, thank you.

Only one returning pair today. Trevor and Isabel, Solid Gold. You did very, very well last time.

I think we didn't see the best of them so they might do better today.

Also loads of teachers! Teachers were terrible at Pointless for a long time,

-but they've come back.

-Had a renaissance.

-Yeah.

-And so well-behaved, as well!

-Of course!

-Their grammar is always immaculate.

-Put everything away.

They're the only people to put their chairs on the tables at the end of the show!

Thank you, Richard. We put all our questions to 100 people before the show

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

You want to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time that happens, we'll add £250 to today's jackpot.

Gavin and Jason won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.

Let's play Pointless!

In the first round, each of you

must give me one answer and you cannot confer.

The team with the highest score at the end of the round

will be eliminated.

Right. Our first category this afternoon is...

Can you all decide who's going first and who's going second.

Whoever's first, please step up to the podium.

Let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many volcanoes as they could.

Volcanoes. It gets better and better, doesn't it, Isabel?

Volcanoes. Richard, can you elaborate?

The correct answers will all be volcanoes, either extinct or dormant found on the surface of the Earth.

Thank you. Trevor and Isabel, you drew lots before the show.

Today, you get to go first.

In this round, we'll give you a choice of seven possible answers in each pass.

The first set of seven answers looks like this.

I'll make those noises again!

At least one of those answers is pointless. And at least one is incorrect.

An incorrect answer scores the maximum of 100 points. Trevor?

So in either sides of your double life, Trevor,

either as the bookkeeper of a general practice

or as half of heart-melting musical duo Solid Gold,

-do you come across volcanoes?

-Not often.

But I have heard of Krakatoa.

I'll give Krakatoa as my answer.

OK. That's very good reasoning.

You want the most obscure you can find on that board and you say Krakatoa.

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

It's right.

Down it comes.

Oh, it's a good answer, Trevor! 22. Very well done.

-22 points.

-Well done, Trevor. Good start.

Krakatoa is between Java and Sumatra.

It erupted in 1883 and killed 30,000 people.

Now, then, Wayne, we are looking for volcanoes.

The more obscure, the better.

-What are you thinking of that list?

-OK. There were two I knew.

One has gone, and the other is very obvious.

So I'm going to have to take a wild stab in the dark.

Soufriere sounds like fire. A little bit!

So I'm going to say that.

Soufriere.

It sounds sulphurous to me, which I think is a good thing,

if you're a volcano! Anyway,

let's see if it's right

and if it is, let's see how many people said Soufriere.

It is right!

It is right, Wayne.

Down it goes!

Yes! Fantastic, Wayne!

Soufriere.

That was a great hunch.

It was a pointless answer, adding £250 to today's jackpot,

taking the total up to £1,250.

Best of all, it scores you nothing, Wayne. Well done. Richard?

Great start to the show. Well done. Yes, soufriere is French for sulphur mine.

Soufriere is on the island of St Vincent.

Sarah. Two answers have gone. One of those was pointless.

There's nothing to suggest there isn't another pointless on that board.

There's at least one incorrect answer.

Possibly one of the worst subjects that could come up for me.

I knew two of those. One has gone, the other is pretty obvious.

I'll have to take a wild guess. This could go horribly wrong.

But my thinking is that Ferocia might mean ferocious.

And volcanoes are quite ferocious.

-It would be a good name for a mountain that blows molten rock into the air.

-It would.

-So I'll guess that.

-Ferocia.

-Yeah.

-Seems right.

Let's see if Ferocia is a correct answer and if so, how many people said it?

Ferocia.

-For all the right reasons.

-Yeah.

-You went for it, but it's an incorrect answer.

So it scores you the maximum of 100 points. Very bad luck, Sarah.

Unlucky, Sarah. You've got to take a risk sometimes. Ferocia is Latin for hot, fiery temper.

-The good news is you can swap name tags and blame Emma!

-I'll do that!

Now, then, Adam. Remember, we're looking for volcanoes.

I think I'm going to go with, and it is a stab in the dark,

but I'm going with Stromboli.

-Stromboli.

-It sounds dangerous like drums and thunder.

Some reason. I don't know why.

Or something you could eat on a fork.

This stromboli is ferocio!

Let's see. Let's have a look. Stromboli.

Is it a correct answer, and if it is, how many people said it?

Stromboli.

It's right!

It's right, Adam.

Going a long way down. Nine! Well done!

Stromboli scores you nine. Richard?

Well played, Adam. It's just off the coast of Sicily.

-Stromboli. But absolutely delicious, as you say.

-Isn't it?

Lovely with a bit of celery or something like that.

Let's look at the rest of the answers.

Etna is the one everyone was avoiding.

It would have scored 77 points.

Of the other two, Alexander, one is pointless and one is incorrect.

I think Gallunggung is pointless.

Absolutely right. Do you remember when the Icelandic volcano went off?

They mentioned the volcano that went off in the '80s, nearly downing the airlines.

-Yes.

-Just off Java. That was Gallunggung.

-Hertzsprung is a large crater on the moon. So that was incorrect.

-OK.

Halfway through the round, let's see the scores.

A very wide-ranging field. Wayne and Michael, couldn't have done better.

Not far ahead of you, Adam and Laura. Wonderful low score,

courtesy of Stromboli.

Not far ahead of that, Trevor and Isabel. Great answer. 22. Krakatoa.

And then, I'm afraid, Sarah and Emma, you are way out in front.

In the next pass, hope somebody else picks an incorrect answer, which could easily happen.

Make sure it's not you! Back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK. Seven more answers on the board.

We're looking for volcanoes.

Here is your second list.

At least one of those answers is incorrect and at least one is pointless.

Pick an incorrect one and you score a maximum of 100 points. Laura?

I can't say volcanoes is my strongest subject, to be honest.

But we only got nine points and I've a feeling Vesuvius is a volcano

so I'll choose that.

As you say, you're on nine. If you score 90 or less

with this answer, you're through to the next round.

The high scorers being Emma and Sarah on 100. Vesuvius.

Is it right, and how many people said it? There's your red line.

Below that red line, you're through to the next round.

You're through to the next round. Well done, Laura.

63.

Brings your total up to 72.

-Richard?

-It scored less than Etna. It had lain dormant for centuries before it destroyed Pompeii.

It last erupted in 1944.

Emma. You are the high scorers on 100 points.

Yeah, I feel like Sarah's put me under a bit of pressure here now.

I definitely know one of the others is a volcano.

But I've been put under pressure to try and find a pointless answer.

So I am going to go for...

Cotopaxi.

Cotopaxi. Where would you imagine Cotopaxi to be?

Indonesia? Like that other one, I don't know.

There's no red line. You have to score as low as you can and hope that Cotopaxi is a pointless answer.

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

Well done, Emma.

How far down is this going to go?

Very, very well done!

Very well done, Emma!

Cotopaxi is a pointless answer and adds £250

to today's jackpot.

It scores you nothing, leaving your score at 100. Richard?

Well played, Emma. It's in Ecuador. It's in the Andes, Cotopaxi.

One of the highest volcanoes in the world. Cockney rhyming slang for taxi!

Get me a coto, would you?

Very well done, Emma. Now, Michael.

We are looking for volcanoes.

I'm going to go for the middle of the road one where

hopefully, it is a volcano.

I'm going to say Mount St Helens.

Mount St Helens.

Where do you think it might be?

It sounds sort of Greek.

-Greek. That sort of area. Mediterranean.

-There you are.

That red line is your goal.

Get below that red line, you're through to the next round.

Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said it? Mount St Helens.

It's right.

Down it goes. 18, that scores you.

Very well done. Takes you up to a fantastically low 18. Richard?

Well played, safe and sound.

It's near Greece. If you went to Athens, got on a plane and flew to America,

that's where you'd find it. It's in Washington State.

-It erupted famously in 1980.

-Right.

Now, Isabel, this is where the match is going to be won or lost.

There is enormous pressure on you.

I sense impending doom!

No, no, I don't. I don't.

There might easily be another pointless on the board. We had two in the previous pass.

Talk us through. There's no shame in not knowing any of these.

But in case there's any reasoning you might have.

I know that Kilimanjaro is a mountain.

I'm not sure whether it's a volcano or not.

But that's what I'm going for.

Kilimanjaro. There's your red line.

If you get below that, score 77 or less,

you're through to the next round.

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

Well done. It's right.

You're through to the next round. Well done, Isabel.

Seven!

That's a superb answer.

Well done. Scores 17. That takes your total up to 29.

-Richard?

-Well played, Isabel. There are three volcanoes in Kilimanjaro.

The central bit is the highest point on the African continent.

Mount Rainier is also a volcano

in Washington State, 60 miles from Seattle.

That would have scored one point.

-What do you think of the others, Alexander?

-Habanero is more of a pepper.

It is a chilli. You're quite right.

That would have scored 100 points.

Jostedalsbreen I think is a pointless answer.

You're absolutely wrong. It's one of the largest glaciers in the world.

-In Norway.

-I see.

That ain't erupting any time soon!

No. Thanks very much, Richard. So, at the end of Round One,

the losing pair with the highest score - I'm so sorry - is Sarah and Emma.

-We tried!

-You tried incredibly well.

-I blame her!

And you got a pointless answer! And you, you were reaching for a pointless answer.

Ferocia could easily... Well, no, it's clearly a pizza.

It could have been the name of a volcano. You did the right thing.

It's been great having you on the show. Thank you for playing.

For the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.

Obviously, only two pairs can make it through to the head-to-head.

One team will be leaving us at the end of this round.

The category for Round Two this afternoon is...

Decide in your pairs who's going first and who second.

Whoever's first, step up to the podium.

Right.

Our Round Two question this afternoon concerns...

Home grounds and their teams.

We're about to show you a list of home grounds of premiership football clubs.

We asked 100 people to tell us which teams play at each of those grounds.

-Richard?

-We're going to show you six grounds in each pass.

Tell us which team plays there in the 2010/2011 season.

The more obscure ones score fewer points.

If you give us an incorrect answer, you score 100 points.

See how many you can get at home.

Very good. We're looking for the teams that play at these grounds. We have got...

OK, Trevor?

I know at least five of them!

There's one I'm not going for cos I'm not quite sure.

I'll go for Craven Cottage. That's the ground for Fulham.

The ground for Fulham.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people said Fulham for Craven Cottage.

Well done, Trevor. It's right.

32.

-32 for Craven Cottage. Richard.

-Well played, Trevor.

I'm a season ticket holder at Fulham, so I go to Craven Cottage. A lovely ground.

Michael, you are quite a football fan, something tells me.

I'm an avid Oxford United fan.

Again a season ticket holder for the grass roots football.

Very good. That doesn't stop you from knowing about premier league football.

Absolutely. I'm quite happy with all these answers.

So I'm going to go for Bloomfield Road, and that is Blackpool.

Bloomfield Road, Blackpool.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people knew that?

It's right.

Very well done. 18, Michael.

That's a great score. 18 for Bloomfield Road.

Well played. It's the smallest ground in the current premiership.

Oxford United, has it still only got three sides?

Still only three sides.

I met the chairman there. He said, "I'll put another side on here when more of you start turning up.

"Until then I'm going to leave it."

It's cos we were playing Fulham. They said they'd leave it as it is!

Thanks, Richard. Adam.

We are looking for the teams that play at these grounds.

Emirates Stadium, Stamford Bridge, Old Trafford, they're the three.

-You're allowed to say what they belong to.

-They're the three that people know.

I'd love to have said Blackpool, but I'll have to say Newcastle United at St James' Park.

St James' Park, Newcastle United.

How many people knew that answer?

It's right.

Down it comes. 29.

Not a bad answer at all, Adam.

St James' Park. Richard?

Well played, everybody. You picked the best three answers.

St James' Park is the home of Newcastle, and Exeter, but they're not in the premiership.

Old Trafford is Manchester United.

That would have scored 74 points.

Stamford Bridge is Chelsea.

50 points.

And The Emirates is Arsenal

at 51 points.

So a fantastic 51-50 win for Arsenal over Chelsea there!

Thanks, Richard. We're half way through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.

18 for Michael and Wayne. A very well judged answer.

Adam and Laura on 29.

And Trevor and Isabel not far ahead. It's a close grouping.

OK. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK. Six more home grounds on the board.

We have got...

We are looking for the teams that play at those grounds.

You want the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-Laura.

-There's only two on there that I recognise.

And there's only one that I could say which team played.

So I'll have to go with Anfield and Liverpool.

You want to score as low as you can with that.

There is your red line there.

If you get below that, I will be very impressed by your choice!

And you will be through to the head-to-head.

How many people said Anfield, Liverpool.

Well done.

60.

Very popular answer, that, Laura, but it is unmistakeably correct.

That's good. It's better than 100. Takes you up to 89. Richard?

Anfield has been there ever since the beginning of the football league in 1888.

Right. Wayne.

If you can score 70 points or less with this,

you are definitely in the head-to-head.

What do you think of that board?

OK. There were two I knew.

That one has gone. So I'll say the only one I know. The Stadium of Light is Sunderland.

Stadium of Light, Sunderland.

There's your red line. If the Stadium of Light gets you below that,

you are through. Is it right and if so, how many people said Sunderland for Stadium of Light.

There it is.

Well done, you're in the head-to-head, Wayne. A brilliant answer.

25.

Very good. Takes your total up to 43.

Well played, Wayne. They moved there from Roker Park in 1997.

Very good. A great answer there, Wayne.

-Now, then, Isabel.

-Is it time to call the taxi, do you think?

What, get the coto? Nah. I'll get me coto!

-I'm going to take a stab in the dark.

-Before you do that,

it's time for a little musical interlude.

-It might lighten the mood!

-We'll do a little song if you wish!

I'd love that.

We've never had a song before, apart from the song that we do at the end.

-Which every single show they cut out!

-Do they?

Yeah. Have you never watched the show?

-Come on. Let's have a quick song! And then we'll...

-Dream?

# Dream

# Dream, dream, dream

# Dream

# Dream, dream, dream

# When I want you

# In my arms

# And I want you

# And all your charms

# Whenever I want you

# All I have to do

# Is dream

# Dream, dream, dream

# Dream. #

Thank you for that.

So, Isabel.

We return to the game of Pointless.

-Football.

-Oh, that's it. Right. Yes.

Now, then. Our high scorers

are Laura and Adam on 89.

If you can score 56 points or less with this answer,

you are in the head-to-head.

Right.

I'm going to have a guess that White Hart Lane is Tottenham Hotspur.

White Hart Lane. Tottenham Hotspur.

There is your red line.

Let's see if White Hart Lane is correct for Spurs and if it is, will it get you through?

Good luck. How many people said White Hart Lane, Tottenham Hotspur.

It's right.

Yes, it's done it!

43!

Very, very well done, Isabel.

Very good. That takes your total up to 75.

Richard?

You should have seen the look on Trevor's face when you said it! The pride!

He looked like you'd just finished a marathon!

He was delighted. Brilliant answer. Well deserved through to the next round.

Let's look at the rest. Goodison Park is Everton.

That scored 33.

The Hawthorns is West Bromwich Albion.

That scored 19.

The Boleyn Ground is a tricky one.

Well done if you got it at home. It's the official name of Upton Park, which is West Ham's ground.

That would have scored 11 points, the best answer on the board.

Thanks very much, Richard. So, at the end of Round Two,

the losing pair with the highest score, Laura and Adam.

I'm sorry. You didn't get anything wrong.

Football's not really my strong point. That was his thing.

-What's your strong point, Laura?

-Literature.

Literature.

You'll be back. Everyone gets two shots at the final.

Next time maybe you'll go even further. I do hope so.

Thanks very much for playing.

For the remaining two pairs, things get more exciting in the head-to-head.

Well done, Michael and Wayne, Trevor and Isabel. You've made it to the head-to-head.

Obviously only one pair can make it to the final to play for our jackpot

which currently stands at £1,500.

You now go head-to-head on the best of three questions.

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

but you are now allowed to confer.

You have to come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair to win that question.

The pair that gets the best of three will play for today's jackpot.

Let's play Pointless.

Thank you. Here's your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many members of the Rolling Stones as they could.

Members of the Rolling Stones. Richard?

Anyone who's ever been a member of the Rolling Stones from when they started up to 2011.

We'll go by the lists on their official website which says there's been eight members.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Michael and Wayne, as you've played best so far, you get to go first.

A bit of a tricky one.

We've come up with a bit of an obvious one, but Keith Moon.

Keith Moon, you're going to say.

OK.

Keith Moon. What's it going to be, Trevor and Isabel? Talk us through your reasoning.

I know Keith Moon was the drummer for The Who.

-I'm not sure if I'm allowed to say that.

-I think you are allowed to.

-I think you are.

-I was going to go for an obscure one.

It was Mick Taylor. That's what I was going to say.

But I'm not quite sure. I know it's Taylor, but not sure it's Mick.

So because I'm absolutely certain that Keith Moon was not in the Rolling Stones,

we're going to say Brian Jones.

Brian Jones.

OK. So we have Keith Moon. We have Brian Jones.

Let's take Keith Moon first and see where he gets us. Keith Moon.

Bad luck.

Bad luck, Michael and Wayne.

Keith Moon an incorrect answer.

Trevor and Isabel are going for Brian Jones. All this has to be is correct

for you to win this question. Brian Jones. Is it correct?

There we are.

Down it comes.

19. Very good low score.

It only had to be correct. Brian Jones. Very good answer.

After the first question, it's one-nil to Trevor and Isabel.

-Richard?

-Unlucky, Michael and Wayne. I don't think you'd have beaten Trevor.

If you'd gone for Mick Taylor, that was the best answer there was.

Mick Taylor would have scored you four points. The guitarist from 1969 to '74.

Ian Stewart, the pianist, was briefly in The Stones in the '60s.

Brian Jones, who died in 1969 shortly after leaving the band. 19.

Bill Wyman, the bassist, 22.

Charlie Watts, drummer, 25.

Keith Richards, 32.

Ronnie Wood, 35. Mick Jagger, a mile ahead of the rest

-on 88.

-Michael and Wayne, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

Trevor and Isabel, if you win this, you're straight into the final,

playing for that jackpot of £1,500. Question two.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many 20th-century British monarchs as they could.

20th-century British monarchs. Richard?

Any of the six monarchs of the United Kingdom who reigned at any point during the 20th century.

OK, Richard. Thank you. Trevor and Isabel,

you get to go first this time.

OK. We have an answer from you.

-George VI.

-George VI. You're going for George VI.

Michael and Wayne, you can do your reasoning out loud for us.

Queen Victoria died in 1901.

-On the throne.

-I think she did, yes.

She died on the throne?!

It's details like that that bring history alive!

-Like Elvis, of course.

-Like Elvis!

Yes, we'll say Queen Victoria.

-You're going to say?

-Queen Victoria.

-In the quietest voice!

-QUEEN VICTORIA!

-Queen Victoria.

Let us see. We have George VI. We have Queen Victoria.

Trevor and Isabel. George VI. Is it right and if so, how many people said it?

Down it goes. 27.

27.

Michael and Wayne, Queen Victoria.

Sneaking in just by one year into the 20th century.

Let's see if anyone said Queen Victoria.

Ooh!

47!

47. So, after only two questions, Trevor and Isabel are through to the final, two-nil.

-Straight sets. Richard?

-Let's take a look at all six.

The best answer was Edward VIII.

The shortest reigning of the monarchs.

He abdicated. 15 points. Edward VII

who succeeded Victoria, 21.

George VI, 27. George V, 28.

Victoria on 47.

A lot of people remembered she was still there in 1901.

And Elizabeth II, with a phenomenally low score of 59.

59 people out of our 100.

-59 people.

-That's right.

I don't know. There was George V.

Then Edward, very briefly.

Then George VI. Then there was that woman...

-Was it Margaret Thatcher?

-I can't remember. Margaret Thatcher? I'll toss a coin on it.

No. Can't remember.

Very well done. So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Michael and Wayne.

Bad luck. Keith Moon did for you.

What are the chief lessons you'll take away from this?

Not to be too sure of the answers!

And be correct!

-Be correct in all things.

-In everything.

Well you have been correct in most things today.

You've been fantastic contestants. Thanks for playing. See you next time.

But for Trevor and Isabel, time for our Pointless final

and the chance to win our jackpot of £1,500.

Many congratulations, Trevor and Isabel. You've seen off the competition

and won our coveted Pointless trophy!

Now, a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...

The rules are very simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer

that none of our 100 people knew. We've had two pointless answers on the show today.

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

First, choose a category from these three options.

We'll go with world leaders.

World leaders. Let's find out what the question is.

What would you like the question to be? What would be something you'd be...

-Don't look at me!

-Who's the President of the United States.

-That would be good!

-OK.

Well, here's hoping!

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

as many Australian prime ministers as they could.

Australian prime ministers. Richard.

Anybody who's held the office of prime minister of Australia from 1901 to 2011.

-There are 27 names on the list.

-You have one minute to find three answers.

All you need to win that £1,500 is for one answer to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.

-There was a chap called Hawke.

-This is all down to you.

-I know there was a lady.

-There's a lady prime minister now.

I can't think of her name.

There was a chap called Hawke.

Um... Oh, goodness me. I can't think.

I can't think of them.

-Sorry I'm not much help.

-I can't think.

Well, we'll go with Hawke.

Jeremy Hawke. We'll say that.

We'll also say...

I can't think of his name.

I cannot think.

-What's the one that's there now? We have to say something.

-She's of Welsh descent.

But I'm not sure.

Um. I just can't think.

I cannot think.

Five seconds left.

-Sorry, we're not doing very well.

-No.

-Don't worry.

Your minute is up.

We were looking for Australian prime ministers.

I now need three answers from you.

-There was one called Bob Hawke, if I remember rightly.

-We've gone from Jeremy to Bob!

We'll go for...Robert Lindsay.

-He would be brilliant in that role.

-He should be an Australian prime minister!

-Yes.

-I think he'd be wonderful.

-And there's Jane Matilda.

-Jane Matilda.

-She's very good at waltzing!

Jane Matilda. Which of those is your most confident stab at a pointless answer?

The only one I've any confidence in is Bob Hawke.

We shall put Bob Hawke last. Would you like Bobby Lindsay to go first, or..?

-I think Robert Lindsay.

-Robert Lindsay. We'll put him first, shall we?

-Yes.

-And Jane Matilda second!

OK. We were looking for Australian prime ministers. We'll put them on the board.

You only need one of these to be pointless to win the £1,500.

Let's see if Robert Lindsay is, or has been, prime minister of Australia.

Is it correct, and if so, how many people said Robert Lindsay.

Yes, I'm afraid we...

I know. He hasn't yet done that. He hasn't yet done that.

Unfortunately, that is not a pointless answer. Only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

Let's try your next answer, Jane Matilda.

I have to say, these are very well constructed personalities

you're putting forward for the premiership of Australia.

Has anyone ever been called Jane Matilda and been prime minister of Australia?

This has to be correct.

AUDIENCE GROANS

I know. It's a shame. A shame.

Sadly not yet has anyone been called Jane Matilda. Now, then.

We now have a name and it came to you suddenly. Bob Hawke.

It has to be pointless. It has to be correct.

But this is your third and final shot at the jackpot of £1,500.

Bob Hawke. Is it right and if so, how many people said it? Bob Hawke.

Well done. It's right.

Down it goes. It has to go all the way down to zero

to win that £1,500 jackpot.

Into the 30s, the 20, the teens!

Into single figures! Six!

APPLAUSE

That was going a long way down.

Sadly, it didn't go all the way down.

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

so you don't win the jackpot which rolls over to the next show.

You have been amazing contestants and you take home our Pointless trophy!

So, Richard.

Bob Hawke. Good answer. The Welsh lady who's currently there is Julia Gillard.

She was born in Wales and went there at the age of five.

Here's the pointless answers. I hope they don't ring a bell.

Well done if you got those, particularly if you're not Australian.

If you are Australian, shame on you if you didn't get some of those!

Thank you, Richard. Sadly, we have to say goodbye, Trevor and Isabel.

You've been brilliant contestants. Thanks for playing.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

So nobody's won our jackpot today

which means it rolls over to the next show when we'll be playing for...

-Join us next time to see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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