Episode 21 Pointless

CHEERING

Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,

and a very warm welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show where popular answers mean nothing

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

And first we welcome Keith and Steven.

You're our first pair today. How do you two know each other?

We've known each other about 20 years.

We first met when we were about seven years old

at our local chapel hall for Boys' Brigade,

-so been best friends ever since.

-Best friends ever since!

-What do you do?

-I work for the fire service in the control room,

answering 999 calls, send crews out to the incidents.

What's the most ridiculous 999 call you've ever had to answer?

We get a few cats stuck up trees.

-But that's normal.

-It does still happen.

You're allowed to ask the Fire Brigade, but maybe not on the emergency number.

-That's what we advise them to do.

-Steven, what about you?

I'm a sales rep selling crisps...

-Ah!

-..in the East Midlands area.

It's like working in a chocolate factory. Do you find yourself going...

-all the time?

-Pretty much, yeah.

Are you ever without a bag of crisps?

-Never.

-Never.

-Apart from now.

-That's such a shame!

Well, very best of luck to the pair of you.

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

We've been together six years,

but we've been married five and a half years.

-You got married after just half a year?

-Yeah. Bit of a whirlwind.

-Shot up to Gretna Green.

-You did? You went up and did it in style?

-We did.

-Very well done.

-Kelly, what do you do?

-I've got a cleaning business.

I've been doing that for about a year now,

and I run it alongside Andy's cleaning business.

On the same house at the same time?

-No.

-SHE LAUGHS

Why not put them together, have just one cleaning business?

Andy's outdoors. I'm more of an indoors.

That seems complementary! A lot of houses have both.

-THEY LAUGH

-Um, how extraordinary!

What categories would you like to see come up this afternoon?

For me, true crime. I'm really into true crime.

True crime! Like, do you read all those books?

-Yeah.

-Right. How about you, Andy?

-Possibly '90s films.

-'90s films?

-Yeah.

OK. Good to be specific. Good to know.

-Eddie Murphy films.

-Eddie Murphy films?

-Yeah!

Talking about true crimes!

THEY LAUGH

Very good. Well, very best of luck to the pair of you.

And next we welcome John and Yvonne. Now, where are you two from?

-We're from Lancing in West Sussex.

-John, what do you do?

Well, bit spooky - I'm a true-crime writer.

-I write books on true crime.

-How do you get all these things out of your head?

I've got a very strange head, so I keep them in there.

I think it's a very fine head. What do you do in your spare time, Yvonne?

-We...

-True crime!

-Well, not quite true crime.

-We do murder-mystery weekends.

-Pretend crime!

But on the same theme - death!

So you go off... John writes murder stories by day.

He collates the facts of true crimes,

and at weekends, you go and re-enact them?

Well, not the ones that he's actually written about,

but made-up ones. But don't tell anyone.

-Do you devise the weekends, then?

-Some of them we have done,

but the ones we're doing at the moment are by somebody else.

-We just have to act in them.

-That sounds too funny for words.

Very best of luck to the pair of you. It's great to have you here.

Finally we welcome back Stuart and Greg. You were on last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the final.

This is your second chance. Remind us how you did.

We went out in the second round with a wrong answer

-on the children of celebrities.

-That was a very tough round, that.

Very, very tough. I have a feeling we're going to see a lot more of you

this time round, and I hope the questions will suit you better.

Very best of luck. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.

There's only one person left for me to introduce. He is the ringmaster

in the circus of unusual facts and figures...

This is just getting ridiculous.

He is my Pointless friend. He's Richard,

-ringmaster.

-Hiya. APPLAUSE

Hello.

APPLAUSE

So, what kind of a show have we got this afternoon?

We've only got one returning pair today. That's Stuart and Greg.

But they were very good last time,

and I suspect they may go further today.

Everybody else is a killer, or obsessed with killers,

or trying to catch killers, or trying to put out fires started by killers -

-the whole thing is maca-brah!

-The whole thing is "macabre",

-isn't it?

-Is that how you pronounce that word?

-It is.

-Sounded like it had one too many syllables in.

No, it's "maca-brrrh".

-LAUGHTER

-Thanks, 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.

What everyone's trying to do is to find a pointless answer,

an answer none of our 100 people gave,

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

Laura and Adam won the jackpot last time,

so the jackpot today starts off at £1,000.

APPLAUSE

Right! Let's play Pointless.

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

and you cannot confer with your partner.

The team has the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.

OK. Our first category this afternoon is...

..music!

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first and second?

THEY WHISPER

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

OK. Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Madness singles

as they could.

Madness singles. Richard?

Yeah. Every 40-something in the country is rolling up their sleeves.

"Finally, a topic for me!" We're looking for any single released by Madness,

or which featured them, to reach the top 40 of the UK chart

up to the beginning of 2011.

If something's a double A side, we'll accept either answer,

but we're not looking for EPs or any of Suggs' solo singles.

Easy for you to say! There are 27 possible answers

on the list, so very best of luck, everybody.

Keith and Steven, you drew lots before the show, and this afternoon you get to go first.

So, then, Keith...

A Madness fan?

Sadly not. Um... I do like the music.

Sadly, I can't think of too many of the songs.

I've only got a couple going round in my head.

Do you like music? Is music one of your...

I am quite a music fan. Not a sort of...a wide knowledge.

I've got a reasonable knowledge. Sadly not on Madness singles, though.

-Aha!

-I do know one, however.

I'm going to go for Baggy Trousers.

Baggy Trousers. Very well said, Keith.

You're hoping to score as few points as possible with that.

Let's see if it's correct, and if it is, how many people out of our 100 said it.

Very well done.

-39.

-APPLAUSE

Not a terrible score by any means, Keith. 39, Richard.

Well done, Keith. It was a number-three single in 1980.

-OK. Kelly?

-Um...

-Kelly!

-I can think of two.

Well, I hope they're Madness singles, anyway.

Um, the one that I think...

might get the lowest is... It Must Be Love.

It Must Be Love. The one that might get the lowest of the two in your mind?

-Yeah.

-Right you are. It Must Be Love.

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

It's right.

Wow!

APPLAUSE

23! Very well done, Kelly.

23. It's a lower score than Baggy Trousers.

-That's curious, I think.

-Do you think?

I think Baggy Trousers is slightly better known, maybe.

Maybe, but It Must Be Love is in film soundtracks and things.

It is. It's a cover version of a Labi Siffre song.

-In 1981 Madness had a hit with it.

-Very good. OK, thanks, Richard.

Now, Yvonne, remember we are looking for Madness singles.

When the question came up, I thought I only knew one answer,

but then Keith gave up Baggy Trousers,

and I thought, "Oh, I knew that one as well."

I think this is a Madness song. I'm not sure.

I'm going to go for...

possibly "Welcome To" in brackets, the House Of Fun.

You're hoping to score as few points as possible with this.

Let's see if House Of Fun is a correct answer,

and if it is, let's see how many people said it. House Of Fun.

It's right.

Very well done, Yvonne. It's right, and down it comes.

29!

-APPLAUSE

-Oh!

Nice medium score there. House Of Fun, Richard.

Yeah. Their first number one, House Of Fun, from 1982.

Very good indeed. Thanks, Richard. So, then, Greg,

-Madness.

-I've seen Madness a couple of times in the last few years,

-both at Glastonbury.

-Very good. Are you a fan?

I am quite a fan, yeah. Good band.

So I'm going to go for one of their singles

which I think is one of their later ones,

called NW5.

NW5. Very well said, Greg.

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

Let's see if it's a correct answer, NW5. I have a hunch it must be,

and it will be going a long way down if it is.

Let's see. NW5. Is it right? How many people said it?

Well done.

Very, very well done, Greg!

CHEERING

That's fantastic. That's pointless. It adds 250 quid to today's jackpot,

taking the total up to £1,250,

and it scores you nothing. Very well done.

-NW5, Richard!

-Brilliant answer, Greg. Very well played.

As you say, it's one they released after they re-formed, 2008.

Reached number 24. And NW5 is where they're from, of course.

We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores

as they stand. Greg's brilliant answer just then, NW5,

earning him quite justly a pointless answer,

no score at all on the board. Then we go up to Kelly's answer, 23.

Not bad. Yvonne, 29, and then Keith.

Turned out to be quite a costly one, that Baggy Trousers. 39.

Quite a high score.

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

OK. So, Stuart, we are looking for Madness singles.

As we discovered last time, you work for PPL.

You collect royalties for the music industry.

So I can't help thinking this is a subject you must know in your sleep!

-Yeah. Well...

-Madness singles.

I'd probably get a bit of stick back at work

-if I get this one wrong, I would've thought.

-Yeah.

I'm going to go for Our House.

Our House. OK.

There is your red line. If you get below that red line,

you're through to the next round. Let's see if Our House is correct,

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

It's correct!

Ooh! 41 for Our House.

APPLAUSE

Takes your score up to 41.

-Richard?

-Yeah. Very big score. So, they're from NW5,

which was nothing, but more specifically they're from Our House, which scored a lot.

It was right in the middle of... I forget which street.

-In the middle of THEIR street, I think it was.

-Oh.

It was a number-five hit from 1982, a big hit in America as well.

Right. Thanks very much, Richard.

OK, now, John. Remember we are looking for Madness singles.

You are on 29. The high scorers currently are Stuart and Greg on 41,

which means if you can score 11 or less with this, you are through to the next round.

The only answers I knew have already gone,

so we could be in for a fairly high score here.

-Here's fun!

-I'm going to say - complete guess, stab in the dark,

-My Boy.

-My Boy.

There is your red line. If you can get below that red line

with My Boy, you are through to the next round.

-What do you think, Yvonne?

-I think it was very nice to be here,

and we'll see you again.

LAUGHTER

It ain't over yet, Yvonne. My Boy. OK. Let's see if it's right,

and if it is, how many people said it.

What a surprise!

Bad luck, John. My Boy is an incorrect answer.

That scores you a maximum of 100 points.

Takes your total up to 129. Richard?

Sorry, John. I will detail the reasons why that's wrong

at the end of the round. So that's something to look forward to.

Now, Andy, you are on 23. Doesn't matter what you come up with now.

You are still through to the next round,

so now might be a perfect time to have a punt on a pointless answer.

We've had one pointless answer with NW5.

I reckon there will be other pointless Madness singles out there.

-Certainly not going to give you a pointless answer.

-Oh!

Three and a possible four that's already been said.

I've got one which I think may be. If it's not Madness,

someone sung it,

so we'll go for it.

The Joker.

-The Joker.

-Yeah.

Doesn't matter what you score, you are through to the next round,

so is it correct, and how many people said it? The Joker.

Bad luck, Andy.

-Someone sung it.

-HE LAUGHS

That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 123.

Maybe Richard can tell us who sung it.

Yes. It was the Steve Miller Band did The Joker,

and of course his brothers, Ed and David, later went into politics.

THEY LAUGH

Now, then, Steven,

-remember we are looking for Madness singles.

-Yeah.

-A lot is riding on you here.

If you score 100 points, you'll be leaving us at the end of this round,

so I'm hoping you have something up your sleeve

that is a Madness single.

If you can score 89 or less,

you are safely through to the next round.

Right. Struggling with it. Been racking my brains.

All the popular ones I know have actually gone.

I'm going to have to take a bit of a punt. I've got one.

The only thing is, I'm not sure if it's Suggs or Madness.

It's either going to get us there or score 100, I'm afraid,

-and my answer is Camden Town.

-Camden Town.

OK. Well, let's see if Camden Town is right,

and if it is, how many people said it.

There's your red line. If you get below it, you're through to the next round. Good luck.

Oh! Bad luck, Steven!

That is an incorrect answer, unfortunately,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points,

taking your total to 139.

That's a last-minute reprieve for John and Yvonne.

-Whoa! Camden Town, Richard.

-Steven, that's so unlucky.

You're right. It was a hit for Suggs, Camden Town.

There were a lot of Madness songs set in and around Camden town,

but, no, that's a real shame. There's a huge amount of answers

left out there, as well, a number of which are pointless,

so let's take a look at those. (Waiting For) The Ghost Train,

Lovestruck, which was the first single they came back with

when they re-formed. NW5 we've already had from Greg.

We've got One Better Day, Shame And Scandal, Sorry.

These are all pointless answers. The Return Of The Los Palmas Seven,

one of the early instrumentals. It was a top-ten hit,

as was Tomorrow's (Just Another Day) and Yesterday's Men.

Very well done if you got any of those at home.

There's all sorts of things we missed out - Driving In My Car, all sorts.

And, John, when you said My Boy,

they actually had a big hit with My Girl.

THEY LAUGH

And that song was then released by Tracy Ullman as My Guy,

but you weren't a million miles away from a correct answer there.

OK. Thanks, Richard. At the end of round one, the losing pair

with the highest score - I'm sorry, Steven and Keith. It's you.

Dear, oh, dear! Camden Town.

You see, it's just the sort of song Madness would've sung.

I knew it was touch and go whether it was Suggs or Madness,

-so had to go for it.

-Yeah, that was really tough.

What category would you have liked to come up, Steve?

Sport, football in particular. That would've been good.

-Keith?

-Probably film, words,

any other sort of music other than Madness singles, possibly!

Dear! Well, it's such a shame to say goodbye to you so early on,

but we will see you again next time,

when I'm sure you will be better served by the category we give you.

Thanks so much for playing meanwhile.

CHEERING

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

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

so one will leave after this round. Make sure it's not you.

Our category for round two this afternoon is...

famous women.

You will decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second.

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

OK, our round-two question concerns...

famous Annes.

We're about to show you some descriptions of famous people

who share the first name Anne.

We asked 100 people to tell us their surnames. Richard?

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

Each of them gives a clue to an Anne, an Annie or an Anna.

The more obscure the answer, the fewer points you'll score.

An incorrect answer will score 100 points.

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

OK, thanks, Richard. So, we are looking for the surnames of these famous Annes.

All right? And we have got...

So, Andy, there are our famous Annes.

See if you can find the most obscure one on that board you can.

Right. I know three of them.

There's not really much you can do to prepare for this.

I don't think it's obscure. I don't think it would be the highest.

-The wife of Henry VIII...

-OK.

-Anne Boleyn.

OK. Anne Boleyn, we have from Andy.

There she is right at the top. Second wife of Henry VIII.

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

Anne Boleyn.

It's right!

55.

APPLAUSE

-55 for Anne Boleyn, Richard.

-Yes. Either Anne Boleyn

or Anne of Cleves, which I guess is what the others thought.

She was, of course, executed by Henry VIII.

OK. Now, then, Yvonne... Yvonne, Annes.

There they are. How many of those do you think you might know?

I think I might know three,

which is better than the Madness songs.

Um, the one I'm going to go for,

which I think might be more obscure than the other two I know,

is the American markswomen, which is Annie Oakley.

Annie Oakley. Annie Oakley, you are saying.

OK. That sounds like a nice obscure one to me.

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

Annie Oakley.

Very good! Well done, Yvonne. I think this will be a low scorer.

Down it comes. 31!

Not quite as low as I was expecting, but that's a respectable score.

-Annie Oakley, Richard.

-Yeah, well played, Yvonne.

Annie Oakley, of course, is the subject of Annie, Get Your Gun.

But now we come to Greg. Remember we are looking for the surnames

of these famous Annes. Greg, you're the last person to have this board,

so you can talk us through all these famous Annes.

Well, I think I know three of them.

I'm torn between two at the moment.

A famous Anne author, though I don't know if she wrote Agnes Grey,

I can think of Anne Bronte, though I'm not 100 percent certain.

I think the presenter of the Weakest Link is Anne Robinson,

but I think that's going to be fairly high scoring.

I haven't got a clue about the photographer.

Um, I think the wife of William Shakespeare is Anne Hathaway,

-so I'm going to go for that.

-Anne Hathaway. John is nodding.

Yvonne nodding, as well. Is that one of the ones you knew?

Right. Anne Hathaway.

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

and if it is, let's see how many people knew Anne Hathaway.

It's correct!

38.

Not a bad score at all, Greg. Very well done.

-Anne Hathaway, Richard.

-Well done, Greg.

Also very wise to avoid the presenter of the Weakest Link.

It would've scored you a hefty 65 points.

Anne Robinson, of course.

And you were right that the author of Agnes Grey is Anne Bronte.

It would have been a much better score, just eight points.

-The best score on the board...

-Annie Leibovitz.

Annie Leibovitz, exactly. Five points. Best answer on there.

Thank you, Richard. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores. Well, Yvonne, best score of the lot.

Now, then, we come up to 38. That's Greg's score.

Not a bad score, as it turns out, for Anne Hathaway.

Andy, 55. That was quite an expensive one, the Anne Boleyn one,

so Kelly and Stuart, you're the two people who'll be battling it out

to stay in the game. Very best of luck to the pair of you.

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

OK. We're going to put six more famous Annes on the board.

Here they are.

We are looking for their surnames. You're trying to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Good luck, Stuart. Tell me what that board says to you, Stuart.

There's a couple up there that I think I could go for.

Um, I suppose, though, keeping the music theme going,

I should go for the music one,

so I'm going to go for the lead singer of the Eurythmics,

-and say Annie Lennox.

-Annie Lennox, lead singer of the Eurythmics.

OK, let's see. Here's your red line coming in.

If Annie Lennox can get you below that red line,

you are definitely in the next round.

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

let's see how many people knew Annie Lennox from the Eurythmics.

Well, it's right.

60!

Ooh, that's a big score.

Stuart, that scores you 60 and takes your total up to 98.

-Richard?

-Yeah. She's been very popular for a long time.

She studied flute at the Royal Academy of Music for three years.

Hmm! Now, then, John,

remember we are looking for the surnames of these famous Annes.

What are you thinking of this board?

Much better than the last idea, Madness.

There are about three I know.

It's just a question of which one I think will score lowest.

I'm going to go, I think, for...

played Mrs Robinson in The Graduate, Anne Bancroft.

Anne Bancroft.

Very good. Yvonne is thrilled with that answer, I can tell you now.

-Beyond thrilled.

-LAUGHTER

-Phew!

-There is your red line. If you get below that red line,

Anne Bancroft will be seeing you into the head-to-head.

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

let's see how many people said Anne Bancroft.

Very well done.

Down it goes still. 23!

Very good answer. 23 takes your total up to 54.

-Richard, Anne Bancroft.

-Yeah. Well played, John.

She was married to Mel Brooks for over 40 years, Anne Bancroft.

Very good. Thanks, Richard.

So, Kelly... Now, then, Kelly,

it all stands or falls on your answer here.

If you can score 42 or less, we say goodbye to Stuart and Greg.

If you score more than 42, we will be saying goodbye to you and Andy.

I knew both of those. The Graduate is one of my dad's favourite films,

and the Eurythmics is one of my dad's favourite groups,

but I still know two, um, I think.

What's your dad's favourite pudding?

THEY LAUGH

-Um...

-Talk us through the board. You're the last person to have it,

-so you can.

-I think the Russian Wimbledon singles semi-finalist

was Anna Kournikova,

and I know that Anne Diamond hosted with Nick Owen on Good Morning.

Um, but it's which one's the lowest,

-and I'm going to go for Anne Diamond.

-Anne Diamond,

hosting Good Morning with Nick Owen. OK. Here comes your red line.

If you get below that red line with Anne Diamond,

you are through to the head-to-head. Above that red line,

we say goodbye to you, and Stuart and Greg remain with us.

Let's see if that's right, and how many people said Anne Diamond.

It's right!

Oh! You're through, just.

36 points. That score should take your total up to 91.

-Richard.

-Well played, Kelly. Did over 600 shows between them

in four years. Anne Diamond currently to be found on Radio Berkshire.

Let's take a look at the rest of them.

You were quite right. Anna Kournikova is the tennis player there.

That's just about the most impressive thing she did.

She's very well known. 21 points.

The ballerina is, of course, Anna Pavlova.

That would have scored you 35,

though the bottom one is the best answer on the board.

Is it Annie Proulx?

It's not, actually. It's Anne Rice. It would have scored you ten points,

so very well done if you got Anne Rice.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of round two,

the losing pair with the highest score -

It's round two again! Stuart and Greg.

Oh, dear, oh, dear. I'm so sorry.

That was, er... That was a tough one, the Annes.

-Stuarts would have been better, or Gregs.

-Stuarts or Gregs!

Sorry to say goodbye, but you've been great contestants.

-Thanks for playing.

-APPLAUSE

For the remaining two pairs, things are going to get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

So, very well done, John and Yvonne, Andy and Kelly.

You made it through to the head-to-head.

One pair will be making it through to the final and playing for today's jackpot,

which currently stands at £1,250.

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,

but you are now allowed to confer.

All you have to do is come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair to win that question.

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

Let's play Pointless.

OK. Here is your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many men who have walked on the moon as they could.

Men who have walked on the moon, Richard.

We're looking for any of the 12 men who have walked on the moon as up to the start of 2011.

OK. John and Yvonne, because you've played best so far,

you get to go first. We are looking for men who have walked on the moon.

THEY WHISPER

OK.

-OK.

-OK. You have an answer.

I think most people come up with the first man who did it,

-so we'll go for the second, Buzz Aldrin.

-Buzz Aldrin.

OK. Buzz Aldrin, say John and Yvonne.

Andy and Kelly?

Um, that was actually my answer.

Well, that was one or the other.

One is the obvious, which is going to be higher,

-Neil Armstrong.

-Do you know any more?

Er...Neil Armstrong.

So we have Buzz Aldrin, we have Neil Armstrong.

Let's put them up in the order they were given.

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

43.

43 for Buzz Aldrin. Andy and Kelly have gone for Neil Armstrong.

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

71.

APPLAUSE

OK. So, after the first question, it is 1-0 to John and Yvonne.

-Richard?

-Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin a lot of people said.

It's a good quiz question, who was the third man to walk on the moon.

It's a great quiz question.

-Pete Conrad was the answer.

-What a poor man!

Neither remembered as the first, nor has he given his name to a popular child's toy

-and film character.

-Anyway, let's take a look at the 12 people

who have walked on the moon. I heard you say Gene Cernan,

but you wouldn't go for it. It would have scored you one point.

John Young, Harrison Schmitt and Alan Bean

also would have scored one point. David Scott and Charlie Duke, two.

Edgar Mitchell also two, Jim Irwin three.

There's Pete Conrad, third man on the moon, with five.

Alan Shepard eight, and there's Buzz Aldrin, 43,

and Neil Armstrong, 71, right at the top.

Thanks very much, Richard. Here is your second question.

Andy and Kelly, you have to get this point.

If John and Yvonne win this question,

they are through to the final. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many South Park characters as they could.

We're looking for any of the six characters

who've appeared in over 100 episodes up to the beginning of 2011.

Thanks very much. Andy and Kelly.

The only one I can think of...

is Kenny.

Kenny?

Yeah.

OK. You're going to say Kenny.

John and Yvonne, South Park characters.

The only one we can think of is Kenny.

LAUGHTER

Obviously great South Park fans.

What about Gus? That sounds like an American name.

-An American name, yes.

-Gus.

OK. We have Kenny, we have Gus.

Andy and Kelly have said Kenny. Let's see if it's right,

and if it is, how many people said Kenny.

It's right!

47.

47. John and Yvonne have said Gus. Let's see if it's right,

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

Oh!

Bad luck, bad luck. Andy and Kelly win that point.

So, after two questions, it is one-all. Richard?

Yeah, Kenny. Good answer for all true-crime fans,

because he's killed in almost every episode of the first five series.

Let's look at all six. There is a pointless answer here, actually -

Sheila Broflovski, so well done if you said that at home. Pointless answer.

There's Stan with ten. Kyle Broflovski with 16,

Chef, 21,

Eric Cartman, 30, and Kenny right up at the top there with 47.

OK. Thanks very much, Richard. Here is your third question.

Whoever wins this question - in your case, Andy and Kelly,

you will clean up. John and Yvonne,

you have to win this question if you want to go through to the final.

OK. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many adult teeth as they could.

Yeah. We're looking for the names of any of the four categories

-of adult teeth in the human mouth.

-Adult teeth.

OK. Well, John and Yvonne, you are to go first again.

We'll go for incisor.

Incisor?

OK. Incisors for John and Yvonne.

-Andy and Kelly?

-Molar.

Yeah, molar. What sort do you have out?

-Um...

-The deep ones. What's the deep ones?

It's wisdom, the other one, but that's going to be high.

-Which do you think would be best?

-Go for molar.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Um, we're going to go for molar.

-OK. You want molar.

So, we have incisors, we have molars.

John and Yvonne said incisors. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's correct.

67.

That's a high score, isn't it, 67.

Andy and Kelly, you have gone for molars.

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

This will decide who goes through to the final.

-Bad luck!

-APPLAUSE

Bad luck, Andy and Kelly. We've had three questions,

and after the third question, John and Yvonne are through to final,

-2-1. Richard?

-You were mentioning wisdom teeth.

They are actually molars as well, your last four to go through.

There is one killer answer here. Let's look at all four.

Best answer of all, premolars, would have scored you 15.

Then the canines on 48, and the two we've already had,

incisors on 67 and molars with 82.

OK. Well, thanks, Richard. So, the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,

I'm afraid it's Andy and Kelly.

Oh, that was a tough one. That was really a tough one, wasn't it?

Teeth threw you! That was a really tough head-to-head, that one.

You did very well. You got one of them, which was great.

We will see you again next time, but thank you for playing.

-Great contestants. Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

But for John and Yvonne, it's now time for our Pointless final

and the chance to win our jackpot of £1,250.

Congratulations, John and Yvonne. You fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy. Very well done.

You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,250.

There it is.

Now, the rules are very simple. To win that money,

all you have to do is find a pointless answer,

an answer none of our 100 people could think of.

We've had one pointless answer on the show today.

Find one more now, and you will go home with that money.

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

-What do you think?

-I think we can rule out golf.

-Golf, definitely out.

-OK.

We like the theatre.

We go to the theatre a lot, but we don't know a lot about it.

-Wildlife can be a very wide category.

-Yeah.

-What do you want to go for?

-You pick.

-I want to go home!

-LAUGHTER

-Go for theatre.

Go for the theatre. Very well done.

What sort of question would you like on the theatre?

Maybe plays by a particular author, playwright.

Any particular playwright you like?

-Shakespeare.

-Oh, really? OK.

Let's see what that question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Broadway plays of Arthur Miller as they could.

Arthur Miller, Richard.

We're looking for the names of any of the 13 Arthur Miller plays

that have been performed on Broadway up to the start of 2011.

There's 13 plays. Very best of luck.

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

All you need to win that £1,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

-Did he do the Death Of A Salesman?

-Yes, I think so.

-Then we've got the two Tropics.

-The two Tropics.

-Shall we go for that?

-Have we got anything else?

-THEY LAUGH

-Um...

-Well, if that's all we've got...

-Yeah. We'll go for those three.

I don't think they'll be pointless, but we'll see.

-You have three?

-Yes.

-We'll stop the clock.

-Look at that!

-Well, they're not very good ones.

It doesn't matter. We'll discover. They may be.

We were looking for the Broadway plays of Arthur Miller.

We needed three. What three answers are you going to give me?

Tropic Of Cancer, Tropic Of Capricorn.

-Tropic of Capricorn.

-Death Of A Salesman.

Death Of A Salesman. There they are. Of those three,

which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Death Of A Salesman.

-OK, we'll put that last.

Which shall we put first, your least confident?

-Tropic Of Cancer.

-Tropic Of Cancer. OK.

We'll put them up in that order. Tropic Of Cancer,

Tropic Of Capricorn and Death Of A Salesman.

There they are. We were looking for Arthur Miller Broadway plays.

You said this was the answer you had the least faith in

to be a pointless answer. You only have to find one, remember,

to win that £1,250 jackpot.

Well, let's see if Tropic Of Cancer is correct,

and if it is, how many people said it.

Tropic Of Cancer.

This is your first shot at the jackpot.

Not looking good...

-Oh!

-Bad luck.

Tropic Of Cancer incorrect, therefore not a pointless answer.

You have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

I'm guessing that was the sister play to Tropic Of Capricorn.

-Also not written by Arthur Miller, I would guess.

-Hmm.

It's possibly fair to guess that. Let's put that one to the test now.

We are looking for Arthur Miller Broadway plays.

Next answer, Tropic Of Capricorn.

You never know. Tropic Of Capricorn.

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

It has to be pointless and correct for you to win that jackpot.

-Oh!

-Not a good start.

OK.

You now only have one chance to win today's jackpot

of £1,250.

We are now entering the phase...

The Twilight Zone.

Well, no. This is your confident answer.

What would you do with £1,250?

-I think we'd have a holiday.

-Yeah.

What about you, John? Holiday?

Somewhere nice and quiet. No Madness records.

No Madness records. Maybe take in an Arthur Miller play.

LAUGHTER

OK. Well, this is your last answer, the one you had the most faith in.

Death Of A Salesman. This has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot of £1,250.

It has to be by Arthur Miller,

and it has to go down to zero.

Let's see if either of those things might happen.

Death Of A Salesman.

It's right. This has to go all the way down to zero

if you're going to win that jackpot of £1,250.

Down it goes. Ooh, down into the teens!

-Down in single figures!

-Oh!

Disappointing.

Bad luck.

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

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,250,

which will roll over to the next show.

But you have been amazing contestants, and you do take home our trophy.

Richard?

Tropic Of Cancer and Tropic Of Capricorn were Henry Miller.

That's where the confusion came.

There were a number of pointless answers.

Let's look at some of them. A Memory Of Two Mondays, from 1955,

that was pointless. Incident At Vichy, a World War II play,

The American Clock, about the Great Depression,

The Creation Of The World And Other Business, early stories of the Bible,

The Man Who Had All The Luck, The Price, those were both pointless.

And The Ride Down Mount Morgan. Well done if you got any of those at home.

-Thanks very much, Richard. Did you recognise any of those?

-Not one!

Well, that's some consolation. It would be awful if you knew five of them.

Unfortunately we do have to say goodbye to you, John and Yvonne.

It's been fabulous having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

So nobody's won our jackpot today, which means it rolls over

onto the next show, when we will be playing for £2,250.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

-Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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