0:00:21 > 0:00:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong. A very warm welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:33where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:36 > 0:00:41First, we welcome Jean and Carol. You're our first pair this afternoon.
0:00:41 > 0:00:46- How do you know each other?- We're mother and daughter from Essex.
0:00:46 > 0:00:51Whereabouts? Oh, a little spontaneous burst of applause! From one person.
0:00:51 > 0:00:58- We're from Chadwell Heath. - Carol, what do you hope comes up this afternoon?- Something I know!
0:00:58 > 0:01:04- Something Carol Knows is Round 2, so that's good. - Lovely.- That's good.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09Very best of luck to you. Next, we welcome back Andy and Kelly.
0:01:09 > 0:01:15Everyone gets two shots to reach the Pointless final. What happened last time?
0:01:15 > 0:01:21- We got knocked out at the head-to-head. - What was it that did for you?
0:01:21 > 0:01:27- The question was about adult groups of teeth.- Adult groups of teeth. - We got bitten on that one.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32Oh, yes. Bad... You came up with a tooth, though.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34That was a start.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Some of them I hadn't heard of. Things like pre-molars.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Your point is what?
0:01:41 > 0:01:47- That's all. Pre-molars. - It's an obscure bit of knowledge for which you are rewarded.
0:01:47 > 0:01:52- Oh, I see.- That's the point of the show. Remember?
0:01:52 > 0:01:56It's coming back to me, bit by bit. Very best of luck to you.
0:01:56 > 0:02:02- Thank you.- I hope your favourites come up. Next, it's Keith and Steven, who were here last time.
0:02:02 > 0:02:08- What did for you?- First round exit for us.- It was a very tough first round. Remind us.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12- Madness singles. - Exactly. Dear, oh, dear.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16And I gave you so much Madness trivia.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Very best of luck.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Finally, we've got Mario and Geoff. How do you know each other?
0:02:23 > 0:02:29- We met five or six years ago while walking our dogs.- Really?
0:02:29 > 0:02:35Dog people are friendly people. We support the same football club. And there you go.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39- What do you do for a living, Mario? - I'm a football journalist.- Wow.
0:02:39 > 0:02:46- No prize for guessing what you'd like to come up.- Very much!- Geoff? - I'm a retired bus controller.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51- I did that for 40 years. - So who's controlling the buses now?
0:02:51 > 0:02:55- Who cares?- Who cares?! - LAUGHTER
0:02:55 > 0:03:01We'll find out more about all of you. There's only one person left to introduce.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05- He's my pointless friend, Richard. - Hiya.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11- Very good. How are you, Richard? - I'm very well. How are you?
0:03:11 > 0:03:16- I can't complain.- So Geoff is a retired bus controller.- Yeah.
0:03:16 > 0:03:23- There's one on the next show as well.- No!- We've waited 120 episodes and then two come along at once.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26LAUGHTER AND GROANS
0:03:26 > 0:03:31We've got two very good returning couples. Andy and Kelly are strong.
0:03:31 > 0:03:37Keith and Steven were very unfortunate. I think they'll be strong as well.
0:03:37 > 0:03:43We've got some very different questions. The first two both have a slight musical connection.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- A slight musical connection?- Yeah.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51OK. Well, we put all our questions to 100 people before the show,
0:03:51 > 0:03:58but we are after the obscure answers that they didn't get. Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer
0:03:58 > 0:04:03that none of our 100 people gave. We then add £250 to the jackpot.
0:04:03 > 0:04:10Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that, so it starts off at £2,250!
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Very good. Let's play Pointless.
0:04:20 > 0:04:26In the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31Whichever team has the highest score at the end will be eliminated.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36Our first category this afternoon is...Nature.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Slightly musical, Richard.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42- Nature.- You wait. - LAUGHTER
0:04:42 > 0:04:47I shall. Could you all decide who will go first and who goes second?
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:04:57 > 0:04:59to name as many...
0:04:59 > 0:05:04Ahhh! ..types of beetle as they could.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09- I said there was a SLIGHT musical connection.- Yeah. Richard...
0:05:09 > 0:05:16The correct answers are all types of beetle. Incorrect ones will not be types of beetle.
0:05:16 > 0:05:22Very good. Thanks. Jean and Carol, you all drew lots and this afternoon you get to go first.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26We're going to show you a list of seven possible answers.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- That's a relief, isn't it?- It is!
0:05:30 > 0:05:35The first set of seven answers reads like this.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Let me read those again.
0:05:50 > 0:05:56At least one of those answers is pointless and at least one of them is incorrect.
0:05:56 > 0:06:01Pick an incorrect one and you score 100 points. Now Jean...
0:06:01 > 0:06:07- How are you at beetles? - I think there's a few up there. - Do you recognise some?- I think so.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12- I'm going to go for Goliath. - You're going to go for Goliath.
0:06:12 > 0:06:18- I'm guessing that's a big beetle. - Yes.- You wouldn't want to find a Goliath beetle.- No, you wouldn't!
0:06:18 > 0:06:23Let's see if it's correct and how many people said it.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Oh, well done! Very good.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Goliath beetle.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Very, very well done!
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Very well done.
0:06:38 > 0:06:44A David-like slingshot there, Jean, brought Goliath crashing down to 2.
0:06:44 > 0:06:50- Brilliant.- Very well played, Jean. The Goliath beetle has a larger wingspan than a sparrow.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- Ohh, dear.- That's not good, is it?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Eeww!
0:06:55 > 0:06:59You wouldn't want to find one of those in a salad, would you?
0:06:59 > 0:07:03OK, very well done, Jean. 2 points. Now then, Kelly.
0:07:03 > 0:07:08There's two on the board that I know are right.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13- Mm-hm.- But I'm going to play it dangerous...
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Very good, very popular tactic.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19- OK, yes?- And go for Bombardier.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23- A Bombardier beetle.- Yes.- Do you think you might have heard of it?
0:07:23 > 0:07:27- No.- A complete... - A completely random guess.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31Ok, well, let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Good luck.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38Well done, Kelly. Look at that. Bombardier beetle.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Down it comes...
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Oh! Very, very well done!
0:07:46 > 0:07:51Bombardier beetle scoring you one point, Kelly. Richard?
0:07:51 > 0:07:57Very well done, Kelly. It ejects a noxious spray when faced with danger.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- But, you know, don't we all? - LAUGHTER
0:08:00 > 0:08:06Very good. Now then, Steven, look at all these low scores! There's still a pointless answer
0:08:06 > 0:08:11- and still an incorrect answer. - I think I'll also play dangerous.
0:08:11 > 0:08:17They love that! It's like the crowd at the Colosseum, isn't it?
0:08:17 > 0:08:21- A crowd of Goliath beetles flapping their wings.- Absolutely.
0:08:21 > 0:08:28- What's it going to be, then? - I'm going to go for, totally random, Asparagus.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32You're going to go for Asparagus. OK.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Let's see if it is right and how many people said it.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40It's right! Very, very well done.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47I think it's going to go all the way down. And it is!
0:08:47 > 0:08:53Asparagus beetle, a pointless answer. It adds 250 quid to today's jackpot.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57It takes it to £2,500 and it scores you nothing.
0:08:57 > 0:09:04- Richard, Asparagus beetle? - Very well done. What a great start to the show. Three great scores.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09- They feed on asparagus. - Very well done. That scored nothing.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14Mario, you are the last person to have this board. Types of beetle.
0:09:14 > 0:09:21Deathwatch I know, but it's going to be a high score. I'll take a gamble on Mad Monk.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25- Mad Monk.- It's a total gamble. - OK, that's what you're saying.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Let's see if it's correct. Very, very best of luck.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31And how many people said it?
0:09:34 > 0:09:38- AUDIENCE GROAN - Bad luck, Mario.
0:09:38 > 0:09:46It was the right thing to do, but Mad Monk is incorrect and scores you the maximum 100 points.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Yeah, really unlucky. Not a beetle.
0:09:48 > 0:09:55If you'd gone for Deathwatch, it's not as big as you'd imagine. It would have scored 13 points.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00Dung beetle, obviously, is the highest scorer. That's 40.
0:10:00 > 0:10:06And Starkey is the real surname of Ringo Starr, a different sort of Beatle.
0:10:06 > 0:10:12We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores. On no points, Steven and Keith.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17What a brilliant answer. Then Kelly, a cracking answer from you.
0:10:17 > 0:10:22Jean, 2 points for Goliath. Incredibly low scores.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Oh, and then suddenly Mario and Geoff! Way out ahead on 100.
0:10:26 > 0:10:33Geoff, you've now got a bit of a mountain to climb, a dung mountain, on the next pass.
0:10:33 > 0:10:39OK, we'll come back down the line. Can the second players take their place at the podium?
0:10:39 > 0:10:45Right. We'll put seven more answers on the board. We are looking for types of beetle, remember.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Let me read those one more time.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07There is at least one pointless answer and at least one incorrect answer.
0:11:07 > 0:11:13Do try to avoid those. Geoff, 100 points. You are way out ahead.
0:11:13 > 0:11:19Anything could happen, but you are going to have to score as low as possible.
0:11:19 > 0:11:25- What are you thinking? - I've got most of the Beatles singles, but don't see any up there.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30- I'll take a complete punt on Whirligig.- A Whirligig beetle.
0:11:30 > 0:11:37There's no red line for you. Let's see if it's correct and how many people said it.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Whirligig beetle.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Very well done, Geoff. Great answer.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Down it comes.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Brilliant!
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Fabulous. That scores you only one.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01- It takes your total to 101. Richard?- Well done, Geoff.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06They dwell on the surface of the water, Whirligig beetles.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Now, Keith, you are on absolutely nothing
0:12:09 > 0:12:14thanks to Steven's brilliant, brilliant Asparagus beetle answer.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19Whatever happens, you're through. You are safe. Which means,
0:12:19 > 0:12:24by my reckoning, you should be finding a pointless answer.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28I'll play it a little more risky now that I know I'm safe.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32I don't know why, but I like the look of Komenda.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- The Komenda beetle.- Yeah.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39I commend your choice of Komenda beetle.
0:12:39 > 0:12:44Let's hope it is correct and let's see if it's pointless.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Argh! Bad luck.
0:12:47 > 0:12:53Unfortunately, Komenda is not correct. It scores you 100 points. It doesn't matter.
0:12:53 > 0:12:59- Richard?- You've got to take a risk. Erwin Komenda designed the first VW Beetle.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Erwin Komenda. Brilliant.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Now then, Andy, you are on one.
0:13:07 > 0:13:13The high scorers remain Geoff and Mario on 101. If you can score 99 or less,
0:13:13 > 0:13:18you are through to the next round. What are you thinking?
0:13:18 > 0:13:24- You've got 99 points. You're not completely safe, but... - I'll play it safe.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29- I'll go for Colorado.- You're going to go for the Colorado beetle.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32OK, well, here's your red line.
0:13:32 > 0:13:38Nice and high up. Let's see if Colorado gets you through. Colorado.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Very well done, Andy.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48Wow.
0:13:48 > 0:13:53Scores you only 5 points and takes your total up to 6.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57- Richard, Colorado beetle? - A very wise answer.
0:13:57 > 0:14:03The Colorado beetle. Very distinctive striped beetle that feeds on potato crops.
0:14:03 > 0:14:10Carol, you are on 2. You're almost safe. If you can score 98 points or less, you are through.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15- Remember, we are looking for types of beetle.- I've heard of a Stag.
0:14:15 > 0:14:22- Ladybird, I'm not too sure. I sort of want to go for Confused Flour.- Don't we all want to?
0:14:22 > 0:14:28But I think I'll go with Rhinoceros. It could be one that's got the same sort of shape.
0:14:28 > 0:14:34If Rhinoceros is wrong, we'll be saying goodbye to you at the end of this round
0:14:34 > 0:14:38and Geoff and Mario will be staying with us.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42There's your red line. Just there.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47If you can get below that, you're through to the next round.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51Is it right and how many people said it?
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Well done, Carol! Brilliant.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56It is right.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00I think this will go all the way. Oh! Not quite.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Very well done, Carol. It takes your total up to 4.
0:15:06 > 0:15:12- Richard?- Very well played, Carol. Most of the males have a horn like a rhinoceros.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14One of the largest beetles.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17- How big's that? - It's the size of a rhinoceros.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22- How do you tell the difference? - With the wingspan of a sparrow. - LAUGHTER
0:15:22 > 0:15:27- And it can still fly?- It's not the size of a rhinoceros, as you know.
0:15:27 > 0:15:33Let's take a look at the other answers. Stag, obviously, is a beetle
0:15:33 > 0:15:35and would have scored you 36.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Ladybird is a beetle and would have scored you 29.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44- Everyone should have said Confused Flour.- The Confused Flour Beetle.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- Often found in sugar packs. - LAUGHTER
0:15:49 > 0:15:56That was pointless. Well done at home if you said Confused Flour. I bet nobody's said that before.
0:15:56 > 0:16:02Very good. So at the end of Round 1, the losing pair with the highest score are Mario and Geoff.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05We have to say goodbye far too soon.
0:16:05 > 0:16:12But you went out for exactly the right reason. I'm sorry you showed such fantastic valour
0:16:12 > 0:16:17only to have it slapped back in your face with the Mad Monk.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22- I'm cross that there's not a Mad Monk beetle.- Yes.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Thanks very much, guys. We will see you again next time.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29APPLAUSE
0:16:30 > 0:16:35For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round 2.
0:16:39 > 0:16:45Only two pairs can make it through to the head-to-head, so one will leave us at the end of this round.
0:16:45 > 0:16:51- OK, our category for Round 2 is... Pop Music. Slightly musical. - Slightly musical.
0:16:51 > 0:16:57Pop Music. Can you all decide who is going to go first and who will go second?
0:16:57 > 0:17:01Whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:17:02 > 0:17:08And our Round 2 question this afternoon concerns... Boy Band Members and Their Bands.
0:17:08 > 0:17:13- Slightly musical.- Yeah. - Boy Band Members and Their Bands.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16We'll show you a list of pop stars from boy bands.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21We asked 100 people to tell us which bands they have been members of.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24- Richard?- We'll show you six names on each pass.
0:17:24 > 0:17:30The more obscure names will score fewer points. If you give us an incorrect answer, you score 100.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33See how many you can get at home.
0:17:33 > 0:17:38OK, thanks. We're looking for the bands these pop stars are from.
0:17:57 > 0:18:04- Jean, this is the round of your dreams.- It is!- Isn't it? It's exactly what you wanted.
0:18:04 > 0:18:10- Oh, dear.- Do you follow pop music? - Yeah, I do. I like Westlife, but their names are not up there.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13I've got tickets to see them.
0:18:13 > 0:18:21- Have you?- Yes!- You're one of the people making up Westlife's bafflingly large audience.- Yeah.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24That's fantastic. What will you go for?
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Well, I only know two.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30I'm going to go for Davy Jones. The Monkees.
0:18:30 > 0:18:37Davy Jones, The Monkees. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Very well done, Jean.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48- Oh, that's not bad.- 36.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Not bad. Richard?
0:18:51 > 0:18:57Yeah, well done, Jean. Davy Jones first appeared on TV as Ena Sharples' grandson.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02- Davy Jones.- You see, you DO have a sixth sense for obscure facts.
0:19:04 > 0:19:10Andy, remember we're looking for the bands that these artists are or have been members of.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15I'm really going to go all out for this one.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20- Very good indeed.- If I get it right, I'll be surprised!
0:19:20 > 0:19:24- I'm going to go for...- Kelly's just baffled by this. Come on, then.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29Donnie Wahlberg. I think he's a brother of Mark.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33- Backstreet Boys. - Backstreet Boys you're going to say.
0:19:33 > 0:19:39Donnie Wahlberg. Kelly's... She's not looking too happy with that.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44Let's see if it's right and how many people knew it.
0:19:47 > 0:19:52Bad luck, Andy. I think you might have been right with the first part,
0:19:52 > 0:19:57but the second part was incorrect so you scored the maximum. Richard?
0:19:57 > 0:20:01The good news is it does you great credit that you don't know that.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05I won't say what it is in case the others want a go.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08OK, bad luck, Andy.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- Now then, Steven. - I know Mark Owen is Take That.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Harry Styles, I haven't got a clue.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Ricky Martin, don't know that either.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22- Good on you for both of those! - And Aston Merrygold is JLS.
0:20:22 > 0:20:29But the one I was drawn to earlier was Donnie Wahlberg, actually. I think it might give us a low score.
0:20:29 > 0:20:35It's an educated guess, hopefully. I'm going to go for New Kids On The Block.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39- An educated guess. - LAUGHTER
0:20:39 > 0:20:44- New Kids On The Block. Keith, I think, is content with that.- Very.
0:20:44 > 0:20:49Very happy with that. Let's hope it's low-scoring.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Very well done.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58- 15!- That's it, Stevie boy.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Very well done. 15 points. Richard?
0:21:03 > 0:21:10Well done. Andy, how could you mix up Backstreet Boys and New Kids On The Block?! Very different.
0:21:10 > 0:21:16- How would anybody mix the two of them up?- Yeah.- It's crazy. Let's look at the rest.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20Mark Owen is from Take That. That's worth 62.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25Aston Merrygold is from JLS. That would have scored you 15.
0:21:25 > 0:21:31- Harry Styles... - I'm ashamed to say that I know he is in One Direction.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35The X Factor boy band. That scored 9.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39The best answer is Ricky Martin. That would have scored one.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44He started his career in Menudo. Very well done if you said that.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48Let's take a look at the scores. We're halfway through the round.
0:21:48 > 0:21:5215 is the score for Steven and Keith. Lovely, low score there.
0:21:52 > 0:21:58Then on 36, Jean and Carol. Not a bad answer at all there with Davy Jones and The Monkees.
0:21:58 > 0:22:03Andy, bad luck. However, all is not lost. Kelly, you know what you've got to do.
0:22:03 > 0:22:09We'll come back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:22:09 > 0:22:13OK, we'll put six more pop stars on the board and here they are.
0:22:30 > 0:22:36Remember, we're looking for the bands that these artists are or have been members of.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39You're trying to find the most obscure one.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43Keith, you're on 15. The high scorers are Andy and Kelly on 100.
0:22:43 > 0:22:50If you can score 84 or less, you are through to the head-to-head. What do you think about this, Keith?
0:22:50 > 0:22:56- Disgracefully, I think I know all six.- Yeah, it's shaming, isn't it? Answer me honestly.- Yes.
0:22:56 > 0:23:03- Have you ever been to see any of these people live, even by accident? - Hand on heart, no. I promise.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Have you ever found yourself whistling a tune that they've sung?
0:23:07 > 0:23:08No(!)
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Yes.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Yeah, OK. So then, what are you thinking?
0:23:14 > 0:23:19Steven gave us an excellent answer, so it took a bit of pressure off.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22I'll go for Matt Goss and I think he was in Bros.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Yeah, OK, Matt Goss, Bros, you are saying.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Here is your red line.
0:23:27 > 0:23:33Below that red line, nice and high, you are safely through to the head-to-head. Good luck.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Let's hope Matt Goss and Bros gets you down there.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Very well done.
0:23:41 > 0:23:4357. High score.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45APPLAUSE
0:23:45 > 0:23:50Takes your total up to 72. Matt Goss has got to be pleased with 57.
0:23:50 > 0:23:56Huge score. That's the answer to the question, "When will I be famous?" It's nearly as many as Mark Owen.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01Now then, 72, Keith, Steven, in the head-to-head. Very well done.
0:24:01 > 0:24:06Kelly, you know what you have to do. Luckily, I think you are the person to do it.
0:24:06 > 0:24:13You are on 100 points. If you can score a pointless answer, that puts a little bit of pressure on Carol.
0:24:13 > 0:24:19I'm going for the one that isn't so popular any more. I'm going for Nick Carter and that is Backstreet Boys.
0:24:19 > 0:24:24Backstreet Boys, Nick Carter. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28No red line for you because you're the high scorers.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Very well done.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Very well done.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42That scores you 15 and takes your total up to 115.
0:24:42 > 0:24:47- Richard?- Very well done, Kelly. The best-selling boy band of all time.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50- Really?- They sold over 130 million albums.
0:24:50 > 0:24:56- Can you believe that?- Wow! - That'll be one more when Andy gets home, I suspect.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Carol...
0:24:59 > 0:25:05You are on 36. If you can score 78 or less with this, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:25:05 > 0:25:12- Jonathan and Mark, I have no idea who they're from, so I'm going to steer clear of them.- OK.
0:25:12 > 0:25:17Justin Timberlake is 'N Sync and I think he might still be quite popular,
0:25:17 > 0:25:20so I'm going to go with Shane Lynch and hope it's Boyzone.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24Shane Lynch, Boyzone. What do you think, Jean?
0:25:24 > 0:25:26I think that's right.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- I knew Mark. - She knows more than me.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34- Personally or...?- No. - No. Right, OK.
0:25:34 > 0:25:40There's your red line. If Shane Lynch and Boyzone get you below it, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Let's see if it's right.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Brilliant. Very well done.
0:25:48 > 0:25:5033.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56That scores you 33 and takes your total up to 69. Richard?
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Yeah, Boyzone put together in 1993 by Louis Walsh.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03- Jean, you can fill in Mark Feehily for us?- Westlife.- Exactly.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Westlife - another of Louis Walsh's contributions to world culture.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09That would've scored you 10 points.
0:26:09 > 0:26:14Justin Timberlake, we've already heard is 'N Sync. That would've scored 26.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- Jonathan Ansell, do you know that?- No.
0:26:17 > 0:26:24He was the tenor from G4. That's the best answer on the board with 8 points. Well done if you got that.
0:26:24 > 0:26:29Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round 2, the losing pair, it's Andy and Kelly.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34- You'll carry the can for this, Andy. - Remember, she's into serial killers.
0:26:34 > 0:26:39Oh, yes, we discovered last time that true crime is your speciality.
0:26:39 > 0:26:46- So what have you got lined up for Andy?- I'll have to read a few more books, I think.- I can't wait(!)
0:26:46 > 0:26:51I thought you'd be coming through to the final. I hoped for greater things, Andy.
0:26:51 > 0:26:57- Sorry about that.- Never mind. It's a fantastic category not to know anything about, so very well done.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- Great contestants. Thanks so much for playing.- Thank you.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03APPLAUSE
0:27:03 > 0:27:09But for the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18Jean and Carol, Keith and Steven, you've made it to the head-to-head.
0:27:18 > 0:27:25Only one pair can make it through to today's final and play for the jackpot which stands at £2,500.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27APPLAUSE
0:27:29 > 0:27:33You'll go head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:27:33 > 0:27:38For each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer and you are now allowed to confer.
0:27:38 > 0:27:44If you come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair, you win that question.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49The pair who get the best of three will play for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53OK, here's your first question.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:27:55 > 0:28:00to name as many chemical elements beginning with M as they could.
0:28:00 > 0:28:07- Richard?- We're looking for any of the six elements on the Periodic Table whose name begins with an M.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09See how many you can get at home.
0:28:09 > 0:28:15Jean and Carol, cos you've played best throughout the show so far, you get to go first.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Chemical elements beginning with M.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20WHISPERING
0:28:24 > 0:28:29- Yeah, we'll go with magnesium. - OK, Jean and Carol, magnesium.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Keith and Steven, magnesium is off the table.
0:28:32 > 0:28:39We could only think of another two on top of magnesium. Mercury is probably a little bit too obvious.
0:28:39 > 0:28:46- The one we'll go with sounds like magnesium. We'll go for manganese. - Oh, yeah.- Magnesium and manganese.
0:28:46 > 0:28:51Jean and Carol, magnesium. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Well done. It's right.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58- Oh!- 70.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02It's a high-scoring one, isn't it?
0:29:02 > 0:29:05- Yeah.- Keith and Steven are going for manganese.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said manganese.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Very well done. It's right.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16And it wins the question.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Down it goes to 30.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21Very well done, Keith and Steven.
0:29:21 > 0:29:26After our first question, it is 1-0 to Keith and Steven. Richard?
0:29:26 > 0:29:31Well played, Keith and Steven. Let's see what would have beaten manganese.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Meitnerium - 2.
0:29:33 > 0:29:38- You weren't thinking of mendelevium?- That was the one I just couldn't think of.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42It was named after Dmitri Mendeleev who came up with the Periodic Table.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Molybdenum would have scored you 13.
0:29:45 > 0:29:50There's manganese on 30, mercury on 55 and magnesium on 70.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Thanks, Richard. Here is your second question.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57Jean and Carol, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:29:57 > 0:30:02Keith and Steven, if you get this one, you are through to the final.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Carry On actors as they could.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11- Carry On actors.- We're looking for any actor or actress
0:30:11 > 0:30:15who has appeared in ten or more of the official Carry On films.
0:30:15 > 0:30:21To give you an idea of what that might be, Barbara Windsor, for example, has been in nine,
0:30:21 > 0:30:26so any actor or actress who has appeared in ten or more Carry On films. There are ten names.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30Thanks very much. Keith and Steven, you get to go first this time.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33WHISPERING
0:30:34 > 0:30:40We can only think of three. We think two of them are going to be quite high-scoring.
0:30:40 > 0:30:46The one we'll go for, forgive the pronunciation, Hattie "Jacks" or Hattie Jacques.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50- Hattie Jacques?- Yeah.- Jean and Carol, Hattie Jacques has gone.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54- Well...- Are you sure Alan Dale wasn't...?- No.
0:30:54 > 0:30:59- We're going to go for Joan Sims. I think that might be right. - Joan Sims.
0:30:59 > 0:31:04OK, we have Hattie Jacques, we have Joan Sims. Keith and Steven, Hattie Jacques...
0:31:04 > 0:31:08If you win this question, you are through to the final.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12Let's see if Hattie Jacques is right and how many people said it.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Well done. It's right.
0:31:18 > 0:31:2042.
0:31:20 > 0:31:2242 for Hattie Jacques.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27Will that be good enough for you to win this question?
0:31:27 > 0:31:31Jean and Carol have gone for Joan Sims.
0:31:31 > 0:31:36- What are you thinking, Carol? - I'm not sure, but I have faith... - I'm not 100%.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40You have to win this question to stay in the game. Joan Sims...
0:31:42 > 0:31:44It's right.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49And it wins the question.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Very well done. 14 to 42.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58Very well done, Jean and Carol. That's exactly what you needed.
0:31:58 > 0:32:03- It is one-all. Richard? - Well played, Jean. Joan Sims appeared in 24 Carry On films.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07The only person who appeared in more was Kenneth Williams.
0:32:07 > 0:32:12There were only two answers that would have beaten it and they were both pointless.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Let's take a look.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Peter Gilmore and Peter Butterworth were pointless,
0:32:17 > 0:32:20so well done if you got either of those.
0:32:20 > 0:32:25There's Joan Sims and Bernard Bresslaw both on 14, Kenneth Connor on 15,
0:32:25 > 0:32:28Jim Dale on 17, Charles Hawtrey on 24.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31There's Hattie Jacques on 42.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35Kenneth Williams on 54, he appeared in 25 Carry On films.
0:32:35 > 0:32:40Sid James at the top of the list appeared in 19 of them and scored 71 points.
0:32:40 > 0:32:46OK, thanks, Richard. Here is your third question. Whoever gets this question is through to the final.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:32:49 > 0:32:54to name as many FA Cup winners since 1970 as they could. Richard?
0:32:54 > 0:33:02We're looking for any of the 14 teams who have won an FA Cup Final between 1970 up to the 2010 final.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Some people at home will get all 14 of these.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08Jean and Carol, you get to go first.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10WHISPERING
0:33:14 > 0:33:17- Sheffield Wednesday? I don't know. - Yeah, go on.
0:33:17 > 0:33:24- It's probably completely wrong. We'll go with Sheffield Wednesday. We've got no idea.- Sheffield Wednesday.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28- Keith and Steven... - Yeah, definitely.- Go for it.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32- I think we're going to go for Wimbledon.- OK, Wimbledon.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35We have Sheffield Wednesday and Wimbledon.
0:33:35 > 0:33:41Jean and Carol, Sheffield Wednesday. Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Bad luck.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49Bad luck, Jean and Carol, an incorrect answer there.
0:33:49 > 0:33:55Keith and Steven, you only have to be correct. Wimbledon, let's see if it's right and how many said it.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Very well done.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Down it goes to 11.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07APPLAUSE
0:34:07 > 0:34:11All it had to be was correct and correct it was.
0:34:11 > 0:34:16So after three questions, Keith and Steven are through to the final 2-1. Richard?
0:34:16 > 0:34:23Unlucky, Jean and Carol. You've made many Sheffield Wednesday fans happy by imagining they won the FA Cup.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27They were in the final in 1993 and lost to Arsenal.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31Wimbledon famously beat Liverpool in 1988 to win the FA Cup.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35There were quite a few answers that would have beaten Wimbledon.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Ipswich Town right at the bottom there with 4,
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Southampton in 1976 with 5,
0:34:40 > 0:34:45Coventry City with 8, Sunderland, who won it in 1973, with 9,
0:34:45 > 0:34:48then you've got West Ham and Leeds on 10.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50There's Wimbledon on 11.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53Some of the bigger names here - Portsmouth, 18,
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Tottenham Hotspur and Everton, 26,
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Arsenal, 55, Chelsea, 57, Liverpool, 61,
0:34:59 > 0:35:05and where they're used to being, I suppose, Man United right on the top with 70.
0:35:05 > 0:35:10Thanks, Richard. The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm sorry, it's Jean and Carol.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14- Never mind. - You've done fantastically well.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18Right through to the head-to-head without any bother at all.
0:35:18 > 0:35:23- What have you learnt from your time on Pointless? - Getting an answer right helps.
0:35:23 > 0:35:28Yeah. It's amazing how many people haven't learnt that one.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32We look forward to seeing you next time. Thanks so much for playing.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34APPLAUSE
0:35:34 > 0:35:41So, for Keith and Steven, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £2,500.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52Congratulations, Keith and Steven. You've fought off the competition
0:35:52 > 0:35:56and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very, very well done.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00APPLAUSE
0:36:01 > 0:36:06Very, very good indeed. You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,500.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13APPLAUSE
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Very exciting. The rules are very simple.
0:36:16 > 0:36:21To win that money, find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people could think of.
0:36:21 > 0:36:27We've had one pointless answer today. You only have to find one more now to go home with that money.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30First, choose a category from these three options.
0:36:37 > 0:36:41Sports Champions, Wildlife or Film Awards. What do you think?
0:36:41 > 0:36:43I don't like the look of Wildlife.
0:36:43 > 0:36:48- We'll discount Wildlife straight away. Which one?- Probably Sport.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50We'll have to go for Sports Champions.
0:36:50 > 0:36:55What would you like that question to be? What would be the perfect category?
0:36:55 > 0:37:00- Something to do with football would be good. - Rugby union World Cup maybe.
0:37:00 > 0:37:06- Football or rugby, we might have a chance.- Let's find out what that question is.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:37:08 > 0:37:15- to name as many post-war Tour de France winners...- I can name one. - Post-war Tour de France winners.
0:37:15 > 0:37:21- Richard?- We're looking for any winner of the Tour de France from 1947 up to 2010.
0:37:21 > 0:37:26We'll accept only those listed on the official Tour de France website.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30OK, you have one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:30 > 0:37:36All you need to win that £2,500 is for one answer to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39I know the obvious one - Lance Armstrong.
0:37:39 > 0:37:44- If you know any more...- The only other one I knew was Miguel Indurain.
0:37:44 > 0:37:50- Right.- I don't know whether he was before or after the war. It's the only other one I've heard of.
0:37:50 > 0:37:56- Who's been winning it the last couple of years?- Spanish bloke. - Yeah. What's his name?
0:37:56 > 0:38:00- He's won it the last couple of years.- I really can't think.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05- Right, OK. We'll have to go with the one you know.- Yeah, go for that one.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09- We'll have to put Lance Armstrong in.- Just to make the numbers up.
0:38:09 > 0:38:15- Have you got any idea of the Spanish bloke's name at all? - I can't think of it at all.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Can you think of it? I have no idea. 20 seconds.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Roberto...
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Carlos?
0:38:25 > 0:38:29- We're just going to have to... - Just make something up.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Who was de Coubertin?
0:38:31 > 0:38:36- Five seconds left.- De Coubertin, he was the Olympics, wasn't he?
0:38:36 > 0:38:38OK, well, there's your time up.
0:38:38 > 0:38:44We were looking for post-war Tour de France winners. I now need three answers from you.
0:38:44 > 0:38:50We know fine well this one isn't going to be pointless, but we're struggling for any other answers.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53- Lance Armstrong.- Lance Armstrong.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57The only other name we can mention - Miguel Indurain, I think his name is?
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Miguel Indurain.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02Yeah, we'll go for Esteban Martinez.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04- Esteban Martinez.- You never know(!)
0:39:06 > 0:39:11- You think he's Spanish?- He sounds Spanish.- He certainly does now.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Whether he exists or not is a different question.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18Which do you reckon is your best punt at a pointless answer?
0:39:18 > 0:39:20The only one - Miguel Indurain.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23OK, we'll put him up last.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27Which is your least confident answer? Esteban Martinez?
0:39:27 > 0:39:32- Probably, yeah.- Very good. We'll put Esteban Martin-"eth" up first.
0:39:32 > 0:39:38That leaves Lance Armstrong to go in the middle. We'll put them up on the board in that order.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52- This was your least confident answer.- By a mile.
0:39:52 > 0:39:57You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £2,500 jackpot.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01OK, let's see if Esteban Martinez is a correct answer
0:40:01 > 0:40:06and if it is, let's see how many people said Esteban Martinez.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Ah, well, there we are.
0:40:13 > 0:40:19Unfortunately, Esteban Martinez, as we suspected, is not a correct answer.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:23 > 0:40:29We are looking for post-war winners of the Tour de France. Let's hope nobody said Lance Armstrong.
0:40:29 > 0:40:34This has to be a pointless answer for you to win that jackpot of £2,500.
0:40:34 > 0:40:40Let's see if it's correct and if it is, let's see how many people said it - Lance Armstrong.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45OK, this is your second shot at the jackpot. It's now correct.
0:40:45 > 0:40:50It has to go all the way down to zero if you're going to win that jackpot.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53Down it goes into the 20s. 29 is not a bad score.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56It's a lot lower than I was expecting.
0:40:56 > 0:41:03That gives you some indication of what our 100 people knew about post-war Tour de France winners.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05- Maybe...- Fingers crossed.
0:41:05 > 0:41:11Maybe there are some grounds for hope. You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15This is your final answer - Miguel Indurain.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18You said this was the one you had the most faith in.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22This has to be pointless if you're going to win that £2,500.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26- Fingers crossed. - Fingers crossed, best of luck.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30Miguel Indurain, is it right and if it is, how many people said it?
0:41:35 > 0:41:39It's right. It's right. Very, very well done.
0:41:39 > 0:41:4429 is what Lance Armstrong scored, a very famous winner of the Tour de France.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47If this is pointless, you win that jackpot.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50- Bad luck. - APPLAUSE
0:41:52 > 0:41:55- Close, mate.- That's a great answer.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Unfortunately, not pointless though,
0:41:57 > 0:42:02so you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer
0:42:02 > 0:42:05that would have won you today's jackpot of £2,500.
0:42:05 > 0:42:11That rolls over to the next show. You've been fantastic and you take home our Pointless trophy.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14- Very well done.- Cheers.- Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:42:16 > 0:42:19Yeah, well played, Keith and Steven.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23Miguel Indurain won the Tour de France every year from '91 to '95.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27The Spaniard who's been winning it most recently is Alberto Contador
0:42:27 > 0:42:31who won it in 2007, 2009 and 2010.
0:42:31 > 0:42:36There is a whole lot of pointless answers. Let's take a look at some of them.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40Charly Gaul, the Luxembourger, was a pointless answer.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43Fausto Coppi won it twice, the Italian.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Another Italian who won it twice, Gino Bartali.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Hugo Koblet, Luis Ocana,
0:42:48 > 0:42:52Oscar Pereiro, who won it in 2006, he was a pointless answer.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56Stephen Roche, the Irish cyclist, was a pointless answer.
0:42:56 > 0:43:01Jan Janssen, Lucien Van Impe. Bjarne Riis, the Dane, was also pointless.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05- Very well done if you got any of those at home.- Thanks, Richard.
0:43:05 > 0:43:10- Did you know any of those?- Not one. - That's some consolation. - A little bit.
0:43:10 > 0:43:16Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Keith and Steven. Thank you so much for playing.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19Thank you. APPLAUSE
0:43:21 > 0:43:28Nobody's won our jackpot today which means it rolls over to the next show when we will be playing for £3,500.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30APPLAUSE
0:43:32 > 0:43:38- Join us next time to see if someone wins it. It's goodbye from Richard. - Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me.
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