Episode 2 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,

and a very warm welcome to the show where popular answers mean nothing

and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.

Welcome to Louise and Jon. You are our first pair on the show.

How do you two know each other?

Hi, Alexander. We are married.

We've been together for about eight and a half years.

We met in Australia, backpacking.

So out to Australia independently, back together. Fabulous.

Fabulous. Louise, what topic are you really praying is going to come up?

Anything to do with France or French,

because I used to live in France. Food and drink.

I like eating out and cooking, so that would be great.

Splendid. Lovely to have you here. Best of luck to you.

Next we welcome Jimmy and Andy. How do you two know each other?

I've known Jimmy for 12 years. We're both railwaymen.

Jimmy used to be my boss, and now I'm Jimmy's boss.

See, how does that happen?

Just reversed roles. The gamekeeper turned poacher

and reversed roles again, Alexander.

I'm going to take a stab in the dark here. You're from Liverpool.

-We are, yeah.

-Yeah. Good stab.

-Very good. Best of luck to the pair of you.

-Thank you.

Next we welcome back Roxx and Myth, the guys from Whisky And Lace.

-Hiya.

-Indeed.

-Great to have you here again.

You were on last time. We give everyone two chances to get through to the Pointless final.

This is your final chance. Remind us how you did last time.

We made it through to the head-to-head,

-which we were pleased about.

-Suddenly in the head-to-head,

you revealed that you were a sometime science teacher.

That's true, yeah. It's my third year,

but this year I'm supply teaching.

Amazing. I just want to know what Myth's going to reveal this time!

Perhaps he's an amateur jockey or something.

LAUGHTER

Well, I'm sure we'll discover in the fullness of time.

Great to have you back, guys.

Finally we welcome back Yvonne and Doreen.

You were on the show last time. Everyone gets two chances,

and this is your second. Yvonne, what do you do for a living?

Oh, well, Alexander, I've had more jobs than you've had hot dinners.

I've done everything from being a chip-shop girl,

checkout operator, worked in a factory,

worked for the government... The last job I had, though,

was looking after old people, but then I became one,

-so I had to give it up.

-LAUGHTER

Anyway, we will find out more about all of you throughout the show.

Very best of luck, Yvonne and Doreen.

There is only one person left for me to introduce.

He is an Aladdin's cave of obscure facts and figures. He's my Pointless friend. He's Richard!

It's going to be a very good show. We've got two strong returning pairs,

Roxx and Myth, and Doreen and Yvonne.

We had a message from the hotel where everyone stays overnight,

saying that one of our returning pairs, mentioning no names,

emptied their minibar, smashed up their room and threw the TV out the window.

Now, Doreen and Yvonne, I have to tell you...

that's not what we expect of our returners, is it?

-HE LAUGHS

-Very good. OK.

We've put all our questions to 100 people before the show,

but this is Pointless, so we want the answers they didn't get.

The fewer people who got the answer, the better your chance of winning.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer -

an answer that none of our 100 people gave,

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

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

So today's jackpot starts off at £5,000.

APPLAUSE

OK, let's play Pointless.

Right. In the first round, each of you must give me one answer,

and you cannot confer with your partner.

The team with the highest score at the end will be eliminated.

OK. Your category for the first round is...

Farmyard Animals.

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many breeds of cattle as they could.

Breeds of cattle. Richard?

We're going to show you seven. Some are very well known.

They'll score you a lot of points. Some are obscure.

They'll score you very few. As always, there's at least one incorrect answer,

-and at least one pointless answer.

-OK. Thanks very much, Richard.

Louise and Jon, you all drew lots before the show,

and this afternoon you get to go first.

We're going to give you a choice of seven possible answers in each pass.

The first set of seven reads like this.

Guess which one of those is my favourite!

I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless,

but do be careful, because at least one of those answers is incorrect.

Pick one of those incorrect answers,

and you will score the maximum of 100 points.

So, then, Jon - cattle, a subject close to your heart.

Um...

I think I will try...

-..Hereford.

-You'll try Hereford?

-Yes.

-OK. Well, let's see if that is a right answer,

and if it is, how many people said it. Hereford.

It's good.

Not a bad score at all, Jon!

Hereford scores you 16.

-Richard?

-Yeah. Very good start, Jon. Very good answer.

The Hereford. Comes from the Hereford area.

LAUGHTER

Very good, Jon. 16 points for Hereford. Right.

Now, then, Jimmy.

I'm going to pick something which I can relate back to history,

and I'll go with Wellington.

Wellington. Sounds delicious!

Let's see if Wellington is indeed a breed of cow,

and if it is, how many people said it. Wellington.

Oh! Unfortunately I was right when I said it sounds delicious.

It is a wrong answer, which means, I'm afraid,

you score the maximum of 100 points. Richard, Wellington.

Sorry about that. Wellington is a boot, a city and a Womble,

-but it's not a breed of cattle.

-And it's beef!

-Wellington beef.

Sorry about that.

Sadly that scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Now, then, Roxx,

you are also a cattle breeder, aren't you?

Well, being Welsh, it's sheep for me more than cows.

-OK.

-But I'm not fussy, so...

LAUGHTER

Looking at the answers, I think I've got to say Beefmaster.

-Beefmaster!

-Yeah.

I tell you what, that is your second album right there.

LAUGHTER

Let's see if it's right! Beefmaster.

It's right!

Look at that!

-CHEERING

-Well played, that. Well played.

The luck of the Whisky And Lace continues.

That scores you one, one point for Beefmaster. Richard?

Yeah. Very good answer, Roxx. It was originated in 1954.

Can you imagine what country invented the Beefmaster?

-America. America.

-Of course they did, yes. From Texas.

Thank you very much, Richard.

And so, Doreen, we come to you and your dazzling knowledge

-of breeds of cattle.

-Well, of course. It's one of my specialities.

There is still a pointless answer on that board - at least one.

-There could be two.

-I'm going to go for Murray Grey,

cos the other two are fairly well known.

Very good. Murray Grey.

Let's see if Doreen is right and Murray Grey is a breed of cattle,

and if it is, how many people said it. Murray Grey.

It's right!

I have a feeling this is going a long way down.

Well done, Doreen!

Very well done.

Murray Grey is a pointless answer,

and it adds £250 to today's jackpot.

Scores you absolutely nothing, takes the jackpot up to £5,250.

Very well done. Richard?

Very well done. Yvonne, you got a pointless on the last show.

Now Doreen's got one. Fantastically well done.

It's from the Upper Murray Valley in Australia.

Let's take a look through the rest of the board.

The big score there is Jersey. We all know Jersey cows.

That would've scored you 43. Highland is a breed of cattle.

Has a long shaggy coat and big horns. It's like a Whisky And Lace van.

LAUGHTER

The Ayrshire is also a correct answer,

but would've scored you just three points.

Well done if you got those right at home.

OK. Thanks very much, Richard. We're halfway through the round,

so let's look at the scores. Well, Doreen and Yvonne,

looking fantastic there with nothing on the scoreboard.

Just behind them, Roxx and Myth, with one, very impressive low score,

then Jon and Louise on 16, and then way out in front,

Jimmy and Andy, I'm afraid, on 100 points.

Andy, try and find a pointless answer on the next pass,

and hope somebody else scores very high indeed.

We can come back down the line.

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

OK. We're going to put seven more answers on the board.

We are looking for breeds of cattle, remember, and we have got...

I'll read those one more time.

I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless,

and also at least one of those answers is wrong.

Pick a wrong answer and you will score 100 points.

Now, then, Yvonne, you have to score 99 points or less

to ensure that you are through to the next round,

because Andy and Jimmy are the high scorers on 100.

We are looking for breeds of cattle.

I'm going to play very tactically, and keep us in the game

-by saying Friesian.

-Here's your red line,

just below the pink line there. Let's see if Friesian is correct,

and if it is, how many people said it. Friesian.

Well done, Yvonne.

Down it goes. 39.

Friesian scoring you 39, and giving you a total of 39.

-Richard, Friesian?

-That's the perfect way to play the game.

Safely through. Friesian is a dairy breed, Holstein Friesian,

-from the Netherlands.

-Right. So, Myth,

we have six options there for you to choose from.

There is still a pointless answer on that board, at least one.

There is still at least one incorrect answer.

I think I'm going to follow suit with the girls

and play it safe,

and go for Guernsey.

You're going to go for Guernsey? Little side bet -

-will Guernsey score higher or lower than Friesian?

-Slightly lower.

Wow! OK. 98 points or less will get you through to the next round.

There is your red line. Once again it's just below the pink,

and you're going for Guernsey, which you think will be lower than Friesian. Let's see.

Guernsey.

You're through to the next round. That's the main thing.

It is lower than Friesian! Look at that! Ten points!

Very good, and that takes your total up to 11.

-Richard, Guernsey.

-Well done, Myth. Another dairy breed,

produce a very rich milk with a kind of golden colour.

OK. Thanks, Richard. Now, Andy, you are our highest scorers on 100.

You know what you have to do. Two things have to happen.

You have to score a very, very, very low score here,

and Louise has to score very, very, very high.

What's it going to be, Andy?

I'll steer towards the one I think you might order

in a German fast-food restaurant.

-I'll go for the Drakensberger.

-Got to be hard on a cow,

being called "burger" of any kind, hasn't it?

OK. We are looking for breeds of cattle.

You are going for Drakensberger. Let's hope that's correct,

and if it is, let's hope it's pointless. Drakensberger.

It's right.

Oh, down it goes! It's pointless!

Drakensberger is a pointless answer!

Andy, you have done one of the things that had to happen.

It scores you nothing, leaves your total at 100 points,

and adds £250 to today's total,

taking the jackpot up to £5,500. Very, very well done.

Drakensberger...

-Sorry, Richard. Richard, sorry.

-You must never call me Drakensberger.

I never will again. It's a good name, though.

A good name for a Bond villain, Drakensberger.

A bovine Bond villain.

Beefmaster, I think, coming a close second.

Very well played, Andy. That's exactly what you needed to do.

You may have kept yourself in the game, and even if you haven't,

you've handed somebody else £250, so you've made yourself some friends.

Very well done indeed, Andy. Now, Louise,

we are looking for breeds of cattle.

Um... I think I'm going to have a guess,

and I'm going to go for Aquitaine Blonde.

Aquitaine Blonde. OK. Well, you were on 16.

The high scorers are Andy and Jimmy on 100.

If you can score 83 or less with Aquitaine Blonde -

nice French pronunciation, exactly. There's your red line.

Below that red line you are through to the next round.

-What do you think, Jon?

-I would've played it safe.

THEY LAUGH

What do you mean? I love a pint of Aquitaine Blonde.

Oh, Aquitaine Blonde!

There we go. Aquitaine Blonde. Is it right,

and does it go below the line?

It's right. It goes below the line.

It's pointless! Look at that!

Fabulous news for you.

Less good news for Andy and Jimmy.

All the way through I'm still miming my pint of Aquitaine Blonde.

I'll pop that down on my little mimed occasional table there.

That's a pointless answer. It scores you nothing.

Gives you a total of 16, and adds another £250 to today's jackpot,

taking the total up to £5,750.

Very good indeed. Aquitaine Blonde.

It was a big risk, Louise, but it paid off handsomely.

Let's look at the rest of the board. Aberdeen Angus is one,

and it would have taken you to the next round. It only got 25 points.

One of those two, Alexander and everyone at home,

-is an incorrect answer.

-I have a feeling Cleveland Brown is a recording artist.

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

-I'm not sure. I haven't got -

You're right for the wrong reason.

Cleveland Brown is a character from Family Guy,

and also an American football team, so that was an incorrect answer.

The Welsh Black would have scored you two points.

-Well done if you got that.

-Thanks, Richard.

At the end of round one, the losing pair, I'm sorry to say, is Andy and Jimmy.

Well, I always say this, but you've gone out for the right reasons.

You took a punt. It was a good punt -

-just wrong, that was all.

-LAUGHTER

Then you scored a pointless on the second pass!

You did everything you needed to do. Sorry to be saying goodbye to you,

but we will see you again next time. Thanks so much for playing.

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

There's only two pairs in the head-to-head,

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

Just make sure it's not you. The category for round two is...

Children's Stories.

Children's Stories. Decide in your pairs who's going to go first

and who's going to go second.

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

And the question concerns...

In this round we'll show you a list of children's stories.

We asked 100 people to tell us who wrote them. Richard?

We'll show you six stories on each pass.

The more popular ones will score you a lot of points,

the more obscure ones will score you fewer.

If you give us an incorrect answer, you'll score 100.

-And see if you can get all six of them at home.

-Thanks, Richard.

We're looking for the authors of these children's stories,

and we've got...

Let me read those one more time.

OK, Jon. So, there are the six children's stories.

We need an author for a nice obscure one.

-Did you read any of those when you were younger?

-Yeah.

I read... I think I read three of them.

One of them I've not even heard of.

But I'll go for the lowest of the ones that I've read,

which is Alice's Adventures In Wonderland,

-was written by Lewis Carroll.

-OK. Lewis Carroll, you are saying.

As always on Pointless, we are looking for the answer the fewest of our 100 people knew.

You're going to go for Lewis Carroll,

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Let's see how many people knew that.

47.

47 points.

-Richard?

-Very popular book, and a very popular answer.

It was first published in 1865 and has never been out of print since.

Written by Lewis Carroll, or the Reverend Charles Dodgson.

Indeed. Thank you very much. So, then, Myth,

these are the children's stories.

We are looking for the author of a nice obscure one.

-How many of these do you know?

-I recognise all the titles.

There's only a couple left that I can remember the authors.

One of them I'm not entirely sure on, so I might play it a bit safe,

and I'm going to go with James And The Giant Peach,

-which is by Roald Dahl.

-OK. Well, let's see if it's right,

and if it is, how many people said James And The Giant Peach, Roald Dahl.

It's right.

54.

-James And The Giant Peach scoring you 54. Richard?

-Good answer,

but even more popular. It was originally going to be called James And The Giant Cherry,

but Roald Dahl decided that peaches were bigger and squishier.

True!

Um, very good. Very good. Good answer.

So, then, Yvonne,

you now have four left on the board. Do you know all four of them?

Well, The Railway Children, I think it's Nesbit,

but I don't know the first name.

The Sheep-Pig and The Borrowers - sorry, not a clue.

But The Jungle Book was definitely Rudyard Kipling,

-so I'll go with Rudyard Kipling.

-You'll go with Rudyard Kipling.

OK. Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling.

Let's see how many people knew that.

Very, very good. Look at that! Very close grouping there.

46 points for The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling.

-Richard?

-We had the three biggest scorers there on the board.

The Railway Children was written by a Nesbit - it was Edith Nesbit,

and actually would have scored you 20 points.

That would've been a great answer. Two other low-scoring answers -

the Sheep-Pig, the book Babe was based on, is by Dick King-Smith,

who was a farmer and a primary school teacher, would have scored you one,

and you'd have got one for The Borrowers. Xander, who wrote that?

-Can't remember.

-Everyone's read it, but can't remember.

It was Mary Norton. Very well done if you got all six of those at home.

Thanks, Richard. We're halfway through the round, so let's look at the scores.

46 points to Doreen and Yvonne, so they're the best,

but not very far behind them on 47, Jon and Louise,

and then Myth and Roxx, as it turns out,

you are the high scorers on 54. Roxx, Myth's left the ball in your court rather

for the next pass. You know what you've got to do.

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

We'll put six more children's stories on the board,

and there they are.

Let me read those again.

We are looking for the authors, and you are trying to find one

that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

So, then, Doreen...

I think it's going to be quite popular,

but I'm not sure... Well, there's one other one I really know,

but I'll try Peter Pan, and that's JM Barrie.

JM Barrie. That's what you're going for.

Our highest scorers are Roxx and Myth on 54.

If you can manage to score seven or less with JM Barrie,

you are definitely through to the next round,

but it's not the end of the world if you score more than that,

because the other two pairs have yet to answer. Here's your red line,

down there. Below that red line, you are through.

JM Barrie.

Scores you 38.

38, which is in fact our lowest score so far on this round,

and that takes your total up to 84. Richard?

It's going to be close. Everyone is avoiding the obscure ones.

JM Barrie. First appeared in 1904 as a stage play, the story of Peter Pan.

-OK. Now, Roxx, what do you reckon?

-I did fancy Peter Pan myself, really.

-Did you?

-Well...

Don't let that get out on the rock scene.

That'll come back to haunt me, I suppose.

-You need to score 29 or less with this...

-Yeah.

..to ensure a place in the second round.

Do I risk...? I've got an idea for Stig Of The Dump,

and for Winnie-The-Pooh, but I'm not confident enough, really.

I'm going to go for The Hobbit. I know it was Tolkien.

OK. You're going to say Tolkien, The Hobbit.

Here's your red line coming in.

Below that red line, you are definitely through to the next round.

OK. Tolkien, The Hobbit. Let's see if it's right, and if it is,

let's see how many people said it.

47! That's not a terrible score by any means.

That takes your total up to 101. Richard?

Yeah. The prelude to The Lord Of The Rings, The Hobbit.

OK. So, now, Louise, you are on 47.

The high scorers are now Roxx and Myth on 101.

If you can score 53 or less with this,

you are definitely through to the next round.

-How confident are you feeling?

-Not very confident at all.

I remember Anne Of Green Gables when I was young,

but I don't know who wrote it. I can't remember.

Again, I remember Stig Of The Dump. I've never heard of Ballet Shoes.

And I'm drawing a blank at who wrote Winnie-The-Pooh.

So I'm going to have to say - make a complete guess -

say Winnie-the-Pooh and Beatrix Potter.

You're going to say Winnie-the-Pooh and Beatrix Potter.

OK. Your target is 53. Here's your red line.

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

Let's see if it's right, and if it is,

how many people said Winnie-the-Pooh, Beatrix Potter.

Yeah. Bad luck, Louise. Bad luck. That is an incorrect answer,

which means you've scored 100 points, giving you a total of 147.

-Richard?

-Unlucky, Louise. You did get a pointless in the last round,

so you can be forgiven 100 here. Winnie-the-Pooh was... Anyone?

-AUDIENCE:

-AA Milne.

-AA Milne, I'm afraid.

Would have scored you 36 points.

Let's take a look at the others. Ballet Shoes, Xander -

-do you know who wrote Ballet Shoes?

-Something like Burnett?

Frances something...

-Frances Hodgson Burnett?

-Yeah.

-Noel Streatfeild.

-Noel Streatfeild!

-LAUGHTER

Would have scored you six points. Anne of Green Gables

again is a book everybody's read, but who wrote it?

It's really tough, isn't it? Well done if you said LM Montgomery

was the writer of Anne Of Green Gables,

and Stig Of The Dump was a pointless answer, written by Clive King. Stig Of The Dump.

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

the losing pair with the highest score is Louise and Jon.

We will see you again next time.

What are you hoping will happen next time?

-Um, not anything on literature.

-OK.

Um, maybe geography.

Geography. Something French, obviously.

You've done very well. You were nearly through to the head-to-head,

but next time I am sure you'll do better. Thanks for playing.

-Great contestants. Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

But for the remaining two pairs,

things are about to get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

Well done, Roxx and Myth, Yvonne and Doreen.

You're through to the head-to-head. Only one pair can go to the final

and play for the jackpot, which stands, in case you'd forgotten,

at £5,750.

Lot of plectrums you can buy for that,

Yvonne.

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

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

You are now allowed to confer. That's the great news.

Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair

and you will win that question. The pair who get the best of three

will be playing for today's jackpot. OK. Let's play Pointless.

Right! Here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many African countries beginning with G as they could.

African countries beginning with G. Richard?

There are five countries whose English name begins with G.

We're looking for the most obscure of those.

As always, by country we mean a sovereign state

which is a member of the UN. There are five African countries

that begin with G, as of the start of 2011.

Thanks very much, Richard. Roxx and Myth,

because you've played best so far, you go first.

We are looking for African countries beginning with G.

THEY WHISPER

-OK.

-Between two of us, we've got the grand total of one.

LAUGHTER

-So we're going to go with Ghana.

-You're going to go with Ghana?

-Yeah.

OK. Ghana it is. Ghana is off the table, Yvonne and Doreen.

Well, we think we've got a really good one,

and it's, er, Guinea-Bissau.

Guinea-Bissau.

So, we have Ghana, we have Guinea-Bissau.

Excellent answer.

Roxx and Myth went with Ghana. Let's see how many people said Ghana.

A high scorer. You thought it probably might be.

And Yvonne and Doreen have gone for Guinea-Bissau.

Let's see how many people said that.

It wins.

Down it goes. Brilliant. Oh!

Bravo, Yvonne! Well done. And Doreen.

Guinea-Bissau!

-Richard?

-Another terrific answer. Very well done.

We got the highest and lowest answer there. Let's look at all five.

Right at the bottom, Guinea-Bissau with three, then Guinea with ten,

Gabon with 13, Gambia 41,

and right at the top there, Ghana with 86.

Thanks, Richard. So, after the first question,

it is one-nil to Yvonne and Doreen.

OK. Second question coming up.

Roxx and Myth, you have to get this to stay in the game.

Yvonne and Doreen, if you get this one,

you are through to the final and playing for that jackpot.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Friends characters as they could.

We're looking for the name of the six characters in Friends.

We're looking for the first name and surname as they were at the beginning of the series.

First name and surname. OK. Yvonne and Doreen,

you go first. Did you watch Friends at all?

No. I'm afraid not, no. Bit of a non-starter, really.

Er...

We're going to have to just wing with Will Smith.

You're going to go with Will Smith?

OK.

Roxx and Myth?

-Er, Phoebe Buffay, Monica Geller, Ross Geller.

-Rachel Green.

Rachel Green. Er, Joey Tribbiani and Chandler Bing.

-So, take a punt with Chandler Bing.

-Yeah.

-We'll go with Chandler Bing.

OK. We have Will Smith from Yvonne and Doreen,

and we have Chandler Bing from Roxx and Myth.

I think we might know the outcome of this.

Nonetheless, let's take them in order.

Will Smith.

OK. Well, there we are.

We knew that was likely.

And Chandler Bing we have from Roxx and Myth.

This merely has to be correct.

Very good.

53.

-Richard?

-Yeah. Six characters got very similar scores, actually.

Which is most obscure? Monica Geller would have scored you 42.

That was the lowest of all. Ross Geller 48, then Rachel and Phoebe

both on 51. Chandler Bing the second most popular on 53,

and Joey Tribbiani on 55. Well done if you got all of those.

It's one-all at the end of the second question.

Whoever wins this third point is through to the final

and playing for that sizeable jackpot.

OK. Here is your third question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Scrabble letters worth five or more as they could.

-Richard?

-Quite simple, this one.

Just looking for letters worth five or more in the English-language version of Scrabble.

OK.

Thanks very much. Roxx and Myth?

We know a few.

I think the one we're going to go with is worth five exactly,

-and we're going to go with K.

-You're going to go with K.

-K.

-OK, which you think is worth five exactly.

Now, Yvonne and Doreen, you're Scrabble players.

-Yes.

-You know your way around the Scrabble alphabet in the dark.

-Well, when I say yes, you know...

-The thing is,

-which one do less people know about?

-That's the trouble.

Don't confuse the Scrabble scores with the Pointless scores.

-Do you think that J might be...?

-Possibly.

-We're going to risk it and say J.

-For grouping I couldn't fault you.

Neighbouring letters in the alphabet there.

You're going to go for J. So we have K and we have J.

Roxx and Myth, you've gone for K. Let's see how many people said K.

23!

23. Well, they're neighbours in the alphabet.

Do you think they'll be that close in score, I wonder?

It all comes down to this final one. Let's see how many people said J.

Well, it's right.

Oh!

Bad luck, Yvonne and Doreen! That was exciting.

Bad luck. Well done, Roxx and Myth!

Yes, 33 points for J. Only 23 for K.

So, after the third question, Roxx and Myth are through 2-1.

Very well played, both teams.

Those are the best answers you could've given. You couldn't have beaten K.

Let's take a look at all five of them.

K, which is worth five, would have got you 23.

J was 33, Q 58,

X 69, worth eight points,

and Z, which is worth ten, would have got you 70.

And "zxqjk" I actually played on a Scrabble board the other day.

It's an Albanian tree frog. THEY LAUGH

If anybody says different...

LAUGHTER

487 points I got for that.

LAUGHTER

Thanks very much, Richard.

So the losing pair - I'm so sorry, Yvonne and Doreen.

I'm afraid we say goodbye to you at this stage.

-I thought you had Scrabble wrapped up there.

-Never mind.

-Maybe another time.

-Maybe another time.

What advice would you pass on to the people coming on next time?

-Don't bother swotting.

-THEY LAUGH

Yeah. It's been lovely having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing. Thank you.

APPLAUSE

But for Roxx and Myth, it's now time for our final,

and the chance to win our jackpot of £5,750.

CHEERING

Congratulations, Roxx and Myth.

You've fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

APPLAUSE

Oh, it's very exciting. OK. You now have a chance

to win our Pointless jackpot. At the end of today's show,

the jackpot stands at a pretty decent £5,750.

The rules are very simple. To win that money,

all you need to do is find a pointless answer -

an answer no-one else could think of.

We've had three on the show today. You only have to find one more

to go home with that £5,750.

First you've got to choose a category from these three options. You can go for...

-What do you fancy?

-I'm leaning towards Words myself.

I am, as well, because fashion, obviously, we don't know much about.

LAUGHTER

Still stuck somewhere in 1984.

That's fashion! Still a fashion.

I like words. I use words quite often.

Yeah. Almost use them in daily conversation,

-so we'll go for words.

-Yeah.

OK. Words it is.

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

as many words ending in S-E-T as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any word that ends S-E-T

in the Oxford English Dictionary. If it's not there, we won't accept it.

We won't accept proper nouns, hyphenated words.

Any word ending S-E-T that's in the Oxford English Dictionary.

We won't accept the word "set", though I suspect it wouldn't have been a pointless answer.

You have one minute to come up with three answers,

and all you need to win that £5,750

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

-Right, what have you got? Ideas!

-I've got "onset".

These are the obvious ones, aren't they?

-"Gusset"?

-Gusset! I like that.

-Gusset, yeah.

-"Mindset"! Is that a word?

-Yeah, mindset.

-"Bedset". No. Bedsit, is it?

-Bedset is below the ground.

I'm trying to think, is there any French words

we've taken into our language that end in, like...

-"Plie", but that's not...

-I get what you're saying,

but I can't think of any off the top of my head.

-"Blase". Is that a word?

-Blase. That's B-L-A...

Blase. Um...

-We've got gusset.

-Gusset, onset, mindset.

-Mindset.

-"Reset"?

No. It's not one.

Um...

Trying to think.

-We've got two.

-We've got three.

Well, yeah, but that's the obvious one, onset.

Or reset, like you said. Um...

-Five seconds.

-Any other ones come to mind?

Um, no.

-Let's go for that.

-Yeah.

OK. Your minute is up. We were looking for words ending in S-E-T.

I now need three answers from you.

Er... Go on.

As one, probably, of the more obvious ones,

-we'll go with "onset".

-Onset.

-Er, "mindset".

-Mindset.

-And then "gusset"...

-And then gusset.

-For our final...

-OK. Let's put those up on the board in that order,

and here they are. Onset, mindset and gusset.

There we are. We were looking for words ending in S-E-T.

This was your least confident answer.

You only need one of these to be pointless to win that £5,750.

OK. So, let's see how many people said "onset".

OK. This for £5,750. Still going down.

Quite a good indicator of our 100 people.

-20 of them...

-Surprised!

20 of them said "onset". And that was your least confident answer.

Unfortunately, obviously that's not a pointless answer,

but gives an indication. Confident?

-More confident.

-Now, yeah.

Yeah. Not bad at all. OK. You only have two more chances

to win today's jackpot, 5,750 quid. How do you spend that?

Guitars, drinking, women,

and then waste the rest.

Waste the rest? Very good. OK.

THEY LAUGH

Well, we are looking for words ending in S-E-T.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, which is "mindset".

You think that's going to perform less well than "onset",

-a bit lower?

-I think so, yeah.

-OK. Let's hope so.

Mindset. Let's see how many people said "mindset".

OK. This is your second shot at the jackpot.

It has to be pointless for you to win that £5,750.

Down it goes. Still going down. Look at that!

-12!

-APPLAUSE

So "mindset" not pointless, but going in the right direction.

-It is.

-"Onset"... "Mindset" down to 12.

It's looking pretty good for "gusset", isn't it?

I hope it's a word now, because if it's not, I'll... Oof!

You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

£5,750 could be yours if nobody came up with "gusset".

Let's see how many people said it. "Gusset".

Let's see how many times I can say it. "Gusset".

THEY LAUGH

OK. Your third and final shot at the jackpot.

This has to go all the way down to pointless

for you to win that £5,750. Down it goes. Still going down.

Oh!

THEY CHATTER

APPLAUSE

Unfortunately you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,

so you don't win today's jackpot, which rolls over to the next show,

but you've been fantastic contestants

and you do get to take home our Pointless trophy. There we are.

-So, Richard?

-Yeah. Unlucky, Roxx. Unlucky, Myth.

You played very well. Your "gusset" let you down at the last minute,

but other than that, you were actually...

You'll be appalled to hear there's over 60 pointless answers here.

At home, I won't go through all of them,

but if you've got one, you can look them up.

I'll show you some of the more interesting ones -

"boneset", which is a North American plant,

"crosset", which is a small cross and also a type of plant cutting,

"downset", as in the setting of the sun.

Those were all pointless. "Superset",

which is a scientific term for a set that contains other sets.

"Toolset" was a pointless answer,

and "underset", which means roughly the same as "underpin".

All of those were pointless. Very well done if you got one.

Unfortunately we do have to say goodbye to you, Roxx and Myth.

It's been great having you on the show. You're fantastic contestants.

-Thank you so much for playing.

-Thank you.

Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over,

which means that on the next show, we'll be playing for £6,750.

THEY CHEER

Join us next time. See if someone can win it.

-It's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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