Episode 23 Pointless

-APPLAUSE

-Thank you very much.

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

the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

First up we welcome back Mario and Geoff.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. This is your second chance.

-Remind us how you did last time.

-Very badly.

We were out in the first round. Beaten by the beetle.

It was the mad monk that did for you,

the mad-monk beetle that just turned out not to exist.

-Geoff, what are you hoping will come up today?

-The Cardiff bus timetable?

That would be good.

-How good would you be on that?

-Oh, pretty good!

-Would you?

-Yeah, pretty good.

-What's the first bus in the morning?

-From the depot is 4:24.

-Yeah, but not from the depot!

-4:30 from the bus station.

-Very good.

Geoff used to control the buses in the Cardiff area.

Mario, what are you hoping will come up?

Hoping for sports, geography, yeah. Books.

Most specifically football in South Wales.

-That would be nice, but I'm not very optimistic.

-Well, let's see.

Best of luck. Lovely to have you back.

And secondly we welcome back Jean and Carol.

-Remind us how you did last time.

-We got through to the head-to-head.

-You did brilliantly well.

-We got beaten by a bunch of footballers.

-Football.

-You're making this sound worse than it was.

Beaten by footballers! What do you do in your spare time, Jean?

Er, we go together, mainly, to the museums,

things like that. We go out theatre.

Any particular thing you like to see, or just whatever's on?

-Musicals.

-Yeah.

-So musicals might be a good subject.

-It could be, couldn't it?

-You could pool your resources.

-Hopefully.

Best of luck to the pair of you. Lovely having you back.

Next we welcome Andrew and Sue. How do you two know each other?

We know each other from the local pub quiz,

where we were on different teams.

Our team kept winning. Sue's team kept losing,

-so gradually she infiltrated our team.

-Not true!

It is true. And now she captains our team.

We're not quite sure how that happened.

-Sue!

-You tell me.

I can tell you. Because you're brilliant.

-THEY LAUGH

-Because you're brilliant.

Absolutely!

-What's the name of your team?

-She Who Must Be Obeyed.

-There's a clue in the name there.

-Very best of luck.

And finally we've got Jake and Barney.

-How do you two know each other?

-We worked together six years ago,

-and we've been friends ever since.

-What did you do together?

Er, we worked in a pub in London when I first moved to London.

-Did you have pub quizzes there?

-We did indeed, which I ran.

-So you had my job, basically.

-Yeah.

-So you had all the answers.

-Yeah. So it was easy for me.

-So much easier, isn't it?

Jake, did you take part in these extravaganzas?

I used to try, but I was generally working behind the bar.

I'd try and give the odd person the odd answer if I knew it,

-but he would never give me the answers.

-Right!

I see. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.

There is one person yet for me to introduce.

He is a raconteur of obscure facts and figures.

-That's what it says. He's my Pointless friend Richard.

-Hello.

Hiya. THEY APPLAUD

A raconteur!

You're like a Ronnie Corbett of obscure facts and figures.

I think there's one small difference between me and Ronnie Corbett,

if I'm honest. LAUGHTER

-He's Scottish.

-He is Scottish.

Same glasses, essentially. We've got a great show.

We've got two very good returning pairs. We had Jean and Carol in the head-to-head last time,

so they could go all the way again. But Mario and Geoff,

-they were gutted, weren't they?

-They were cruelly...

Absolutely gutted. I thought they contained themselves very well,

but you could see... Look at them now!

Look at the fury on their faces!

They are absolutely bang up for this, aren't they?

But our two new pairs all appear to be world quiz champions,

as far as I can make out. Sue is saying, "Yes, that's correct."

"We are. We're quite something," she's saying.

I think it's going to be a really cracking show. Question one...

Question one, very, very tricky. It's tough. It's interesting,

-but it will get everybody thinking.

-Look out for that!

Question one. Right. We put all our questions to 100 people

before the show, but this is Pointless,

so we are after the obscure answers they didn't get.

You're trying to find a pointless answer, one that none of our 100 people gave.

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

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

So today's jackpot starts off at...

£3,500!

Very good indeed. 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 with the highest score at the end will be eliminated,

so be very careful that's not you. If anyone gives an incorrect answer,

they will score the maximum of 100 points.

OK. Our first category this afternoon is...

UK politics.

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

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 members of the coalition cabinet as they could.

-Richard?

-Yeah. We're looking for any of the MPs or peers

who were given a seat in the first coalition cabinet

that was put together in May 2010.

28 people are designated by the prime minister's office

as attending cabinet - that's secretaries of state,

heads of departments and other people.

We won't accept the attorney general, Dominic Grieve,

but we're looking for any of the 28 peers or MPs

who made up the first coalition cabinet in May 2010.

OK. Thanks very much, Richard. Oh, Mario and Geoff,

you all drew lots before the show, and you get to go first.

-Pleased about that, Geoff?

-Not really.

THEY LAUGH

OK. What is the most obscure name you can think of

from that first coalition cabinet in May 2010, Geoff?

Oh, we went out first round last time.

Let's keep on the habit. I think it's got to be Nick Clegg, I think.

Nick Clegg? You're hoping to score as few points as possible.

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

61!

-Better than I thought.

-That's not terrible.

That scores you 61 points. Nick Clegg, Richard.

Yeah, the leader of the Lib Dems and deputy prime minister.

That's quite a low score. Perhaps people think he's not in the cabinet,

-maybe.

-Maybe.

-LAUGHTER

OK. 61 points. So, Jean...

Yes.

-Jean...

-SHE LAUGHS

How are you on current UK politics?

Well, not very good, no.

But I've got a name, so I'm just going to hope it's right.

-You've got a lovely name, Jean.

-SHE LAUGHS

-William Hague.

-OK. William Hague, you're going to say.

Let's see if that's right. You want to score as few points as possible.

Let's see how many people said it. William Hague.

It's right!

-Down in the 20s. Teens!

-Oh, no!

Single figures! Wow!

APPLAUSE

Wow! William Hague scores you nine.

I tell you what - if everyone can think of obscure members,

there will be some pointless answers out there.

Foreign secretary, nine points.

That's less than we found out last time knew that Mark Feehily was in Westlife.

LAUGHTER

We are looking for members of the first coalition cabinet

as formed in May 2010.

OK. Now, then, Andrew,

luckily UK politics is something you follow a lot of.

-Oh...

-Current affairs?

-Um, sort of.

-Yeah?

Well... we're trying to find pointless politicians.

We are. Exactly. Very well done.

There should be hundreds of them. Um...

I'm not absolutely certain he's in the cabinet,

but I think he is, so I'm going to go for Simon Hughes.

Simon Hughes, you're saying. Let's see if it's correct,

and if it is, how many people said Simon Hughes.

Bad luck, Andrew.

Unfortunately Simon Hughes is an incorrect answer,

and it scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Tough luck. That's a good answer, but he wasn't in the first cabinet

put together in May 2010.

Very senior Lib Dem, deputy leader of the Lib Dems,

-but he's not in the cabinet.

-OK. Thanks very much, Richard.

Bad luck, Andrew. Now, then, Barney...

-Yeah.

-Now, then, Barney, do you follow current affairs?

A little bit. I watch the news.

There's one that springs to mind.

It's got a strange name, I think.

Menzies Campbell.

-Menzies Campbell?

-Yeah.

-I think he's in the cabinet.

-OK. You're going for Menzies Campbell.

You're hoping that this will be nice and obscure.

Not so obscure that it's wrong. Let's see if that's correct,

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

Bad luck, Barney! Great news for Andrew.

Bad news for you. That's an incorrect answer,

and it scores you the maximum of 100 points. Richard?

Yeah. Unlucky, Barney. A former leader of the Lib Dems,

former Olympic sprinter, but not in the first coalition cabinet.

There we are. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

On a brilliantly low nine points, Jean and Carol.

-I can't believe it!

-Oh, setting out their store early

in this game. Fabulous low score there.

And then closely followed on 61 by Geoff and Mario.

Geoff, what a brilliant answer there!

And then Andrew and Barney, two incorrect answers.

Incorrect for all the right reasons, but that places you neck and neck

right at the other end of the field. But it's very exciting!

Sue and Jake, the battle is going to be between you two.

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

OK. Remember, we are looking for members of the coalition cabinet,

first coalition cabinet in May 2010.

Now, Jake, you are the joint high scorers with Sue and Andrew

on 100 points. What are you going to say, Jake?

I've got two that I have in mind - one that I'm pretty certain of,

and one could go either way.

Is that because it's an obscure answer, or...

Just because I know the name, and for no other reason,

really, than that, so... Probably going to go for that one, I think.

-I'll go with Peter Mandelson.

-With Peter Mandelson.

No red line for you because you're the high scorers.

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

Bad luck, Jake!

That is an incorrect answer, which means you score the maximum

of 100 points, taking your total up to an impressive 200.

-Richard?

-The bad news is that Peter Mandelson is not in the cabinet.

The good news is, Peter Mandelson's not in the cabinet,

so swings and roundabouts. No, he's a Labour lord.

I'm sure he would join the cabinet if he was asked, but it's unlikely they will.

We are looking for members of the first coalition cabinet

as formed in May 2010.

Sue, Jake and Barney are way out ahead on 200.

They are the high scorers now.

You were joint high scorers. They're now on their own.

Is this question going to keep them on their own?

-SHE LAUGHS

-I'm terrible at politics.

It is the worst thing you could've asked me,

-absolutely.

-I tell you what. They're on 200.

If you can score 99 or less...

Well, I'm going to have to go for David Cameron.

What else can I do?

That might be a very, very shrewd answer.

-What else can I do?

-You think it's right?

I don't know. I mean, it's his cabinet,

but he's a member of his cabinet, isn't he? I don't know.

I'm not sure.

-It's a bit of a stab in the dark.

-Politics is not my thing at all.

You're going to go for this David Cameron character. OK.

If David Cameron gets you below your red line,

you are through to the next round.

Let's see if David Cameron's right, and how many people said it.

David Cameron.

It's right.

-Oh, my word!

-And down it goes.

-That's ridiculous!

-To 47.

That is ridiculous!

That was a very, very shrewd answer, Sue. Very well chosen.

Takes your total to 147, sees you through to the next round.

-Richard!

-Yes, quite something!

-Blimey.

David Cameron's job in the cabinet is,

he is prime minister. He is prime minister.

Jean is looking like Jeremy Paxman or something now, isn't she?

-Like Britain's leading political expert.

-Ditto Geoff, I'd say.

Yeah. Well, thanks very much, Richard.

Now, then, Carol, whatever happens, you are through to the next round.

Jake and Barney are way ahead on 200.

I'm afraid we'll be saying goodbye to them at the end of this round.

Whatever you score, you can't overtake their high score.

-So have a bit of fun, Carol...

-OK.

-..and let's have a pointless answer

-and add 250 quid to the jackpot.

-I would like to beat Mum's score.

She did pretty well there. The only name I can think of

is Theresa May. I think she's a secretary of something.

-Might be education.

-Theresa May.

-I think.

-Well, at this rate, that might well be a pointless answer.

No red line for you. You're through whatever happens.

Let's see if Theresa May is indeed in the coalition cabinet,

and if she is, let's see how many people remembered her.

Theresa May.

JEAN LAUGHS

There she is. Nine! Exactly the same score as your mum, Carol. Nine!

Takes your total up to 18. Theresa May, Richard.

Well played, Carol. Theresa May was appointed home secretary.

One of the 100 people we asked said Vanessa Mae.

-LAUGHTER

-Seriously?

-Yeah.

-We are looking for members of the first coalition cabinet

as formed in May 2010.

Now, Mario, you are through to the next round come what may,

thanks to the high score of Jake and Barney.

You can't overtake their high score.

The only person left I can possibly think of is Vince Cable.

Vince Cable? OK. Vince Cable. Again, could easily be pointless.

Let's see how many people said Vince Cable,

and if he's a right answer.

It's right!

44. 44!

It's only three people fewer than said David Cameron.

44. Takes your total up to 105. Very good. Vince Cable, Richard.

He'll be delighted, won't he?

That's because he was on the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special.

-Of course.

-He was appointed business secretary.

There was lots and lots of pointless people in the cabinet.

I'll go through a few of them. Mario and Geoff,

you might have thought of the secretary of state for Wales,

Cheryl Gillan. She was pointless. Baroness Warsi,

minister without portfolio, Caroline Spelman,

who is environment, food and rural affairs,

Dr Liam Fox, defence, Francis Maude at the cabinet office,

Lord Strathclyde... All of these are pointless.

Oliver Letwin, Andrew Mitchell and Sir George Young.

Very well done if you got those. Surely somebody got some of them.

Come on. LAUGHTER

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

with the highest score, I'm afraid, Jake and Barney.

But the nice thing is, you can equally share the blame,

-so there's no...

-That's very true,

although I'm sure he's staring at me at the moment.

-I don't think they can share it.

-I'm not sure they really can.

I think Menzies Campbell's not a bad answer.

Peter Mandelson I would say is a bad answer,

-I would say.

-Thank you.

-We will see you again next time,

when I'm sure you will last longer than just one round. I'm sure.

Fingers crossed, too, but you've done very well.

No, you haven't. You've been appalling!

You've been excellent contestants,

if just not particularly good on your politics.

-Thanks very much for playing.

-Thanks a lot.

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

Make sure it's not you.

OK. Our category for this afternoon's second round is...

film.

Can you 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 film characters and their actors.

We're about to show you a list of famous characters from films.

We have asked 100 people to tell us which actor played them. Richard?

We'll show you the names of six characters in each pass.

Tell us which actor played them. If they've been played

by more than one actor, we want the actor who played them first.

The more obscure the character, the fewer points you'll score. An incorrect answer will score 100.

And see how many of the 12 you can get at home.

So, we are looking for the actors who first played these characters.

And we have got...

Now, then, Geoff...

-Do you watch a lot of films?

-No.

-HE LAUGHS

-OK.

-How does this compare to the first question?

-It's OK.

There's a couple of obvious ones up there, but...

OK. Now, then, Geoff.

Yep. It's obviously Norman Bates, which is Anthony Perkins.

Anthony Perkins. Very well said. Norman Bates.

Let's see if Anthony Perkins is a correct answer,

and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.

Anthony Perkins.

That's right, obviously. Down it comes.

Very well done, Geoff!

APPLAUSE

Anthony Perkins scores you 13 points. Richard?

Well played, Geoff. Anthony Perkins played the psycho

in Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho.

Very well done. Now, then, Jean.

Now, is this a good category for you? That little expression there...

Yeah, it is. I just don't know which to go for.

Oh, good! I'm so glad. Good, good, good.

Um...

I'm going to go for Forrest Gump and Tom Hanks.

-OK.

-I don't know whether that'll be very...

You're hoping that's the more obscure one of the ones you knew?

-Don't think so, really. No.

-OK.

Well, Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump. Let's see if it's right, and if it is,

how many people knew that answer. Tom Hanks.

69.

That's quite a high score there, but it's a correct answer, Jean.

69 for Tom Hanks.

Yeah, Jean. At least it's a correct answer.

Bill Murray and Chevy Chase both turned down the role

before Tom Hanks took it.

Chevy Chase in the role of Forrest Gump!

-Yep.

-Wow!

OK. There we are. Now, then, Sue...

-I think you're going to be quite good at this.

-I think I know them.

-You think you know them all?

-I think I do.

Well, you can go through all the things on the board if you like,

-as long as you pick one at the end.

-Han Solo, Harrison Ford.

Erin Brockovich, Julia Roberts.

Ellen Ripley, Sigourney Weaver, and Axel Foley, Eddie Murphy.

But I don't know which one's going to score the least.

I think I'll go for Erin Brockovich, but it could be any of them.

Julia Roberts.

-Erin Brockovich, Julia Roberts.

-Yep.

Let's see how many people knew that answer.

Erin Brockovich, Julia Roberts.

Well, 51.

APPLAUSE

-51 for Erin Brockovich, Richard.

-Yeah. I have to say, Sue,

you went through every answer perfectly,

and I thought Erin Brockovich was a good choice. But 51,

it's a lot. In the first round you told us that David Cameron is in the cabinet

and scored fewer points than knowing that Julia Roberts played Erin Brockovich.

Isn't that extraordinary? Let's take a look at the rest.

Sue's already gone through them exactly right.

Han Solo is Harrison Ford. Would have scored you less points, 40.

Axel Foley is Eddie Murphy.

That would've scored you 31.

And Ellen Ripley was probably the one to go for,

Sigourney Weaver. Would have scored you 19 points.

But Anthony Perkins is the best answer on the board.

Well done if you got that at home, and if you got all six.

Thank you very much, Richard. So, on 13, Geoff!

-What about that?

-Great!

-Leading the field.

But the real contest will be between Andrew and Carol

in the next pass. 51 for Sue and Andrew,

and then Jean leading the field there with 69.

Carol, I hope you know your films.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

We're going to put six more famous characters from films

on the board, and here they are.

We are looking for the actors who first played these characters,

and you're trying to find the one that fewest of our 100 people knew.

Now, then, Andrew, Sue did pretty well.

She knew all the names on that board.

Sadly Erin Brockovich was a high scorer.

The high scorers at the moment are Carol and Jean on 69.

If you can score 17 or less with this,

you are definitely through to the next round.

I think I'm going to have to go for Dr Zhivago and Omar Sharif.

Omar Sharif, Dr Zhivago. As I say, you want to score 17 or less

to be sure of a place in the next round.

There's your red line. Let's see if Omar Sharif is right for Dr Zhivago,

and if it is, how many people knew that answer. Omar Sharif.

It's right. How far down will that go?

Very well done! 19, that scores you.

It's not good enough to ensure you're through to the next round,

but it ought to see you in there.

-Richard, Dr Zhivago.

-Well played. Two good answers from your team.

From 1965. Peter O'Toole turned down the role first.

-Peter O'Toole?

-Mmm.

This is getting more and more bizarre.

-Chevy Chase...

-Peter O'Toole.

-Did they not ask...

Chevy Chase turned down the role as well. The young Chevy Chase.

Wow! OK. Well, I didn't say - that takes your score to 70.

You are the high scorers by one point.

So, Carol, it's in your hands.

If you can find a pointless answer,

you are definitely through to the next round.

-I'll try.

-OK. A pointless answer.

-OK.

The only one that I think is probably more obscure

is Vincent Vega, which I'm sure is John Travolta.

-I'm not positive, but I think.

-Do you want to guess which film?

Er, Pulp Fiction.

Vincent Vega. OK.

Well, if this scores you nothing,

you are definitely through to the next round.

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

how many people knew that answer. Vincent Vega, John Travolta.

-Oh!

-It's right.

Down it goes.

Very well done. 12, that scores you, Carol.

It's a great answer. Lovely low score,

but it takes your total up to 81, which may be too high.

-We'll see. Richard?

-Good answer. Very well played.

-From 1994, Pulp Fiction.

-Very, very good.

That's our lowest score throughout the entire round so far.

Is it too little too late, though? We shall see.

Mario, it's all in your hands. You're on 13.

Carol and Jean the high scorers on 81.

If you can score 67 or less with this answer,

you are through to the head-to-head. Take us through the board, Mario.

I think Travis Bickle's Robert de Niro.

Jason Bourne is Matt Damon.

Lara Croft I think is Angelina Jolie,

and Scarlett O'Hara is Vivien Leigh.

So I think I'll go with...

I'll have egg on my face if it's more than...

I'll go for Robert de Niro, Travis Bickle.

-Robert de Niro, in, of course...

-Taxi Driver.

-Taxi Driver.

There is the red line. Below that red line,

you are through to the head-to-head, and we say goodbye to Carol and Jean.

Let's see. Is Robert de Niro right, and if it is,

how many people said it?

Well done.

You're through!

Oh, that's a brilliant answer. Very, very well done, Mario.

That scores you five. Takes your total up to 18.

-Richard?

-Well played, Mario. It's the best answer on the board.

Five points. Taxi Driver, the natural enemy of the bus controller.

Am I right? THEY LAUGH

Let's look at the board. Mario has taken us through it very successfully.

The biggest scorer, though, Lara Croft,

Angelina Jolie. That would've scored you 66 points.

-Wow!

-That's more people than know Nick Clegg's in the cabinet.

Jason Bourne is Matt Damon, as Mario told us. Would have scored you 35.

And Scarlett O'Hara, Vivien Leigh, would have scored you 15.

So very well done if you got all 12 of those at home.

Thanks very much. So, at the end of round two,

the losing pair with the highest score - it's Jean and Carol!

-Never mind.

-Never mind.

-Oh, I'm so sorry!

Not terrible answers there from you. You went to the head-to-head

-in the last game.

-I know.

-Oh, dear, oh, dear.

-We've had fun.

-Never mind. We've had fun.

So have we. It's been lovely. Thank you for playing.

-Wonderful contestants. Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

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

Very, very well done. Mario and Geoff and Andrew and Sue,

you've made it to the head-to-head. Only one pair can reach the final

and play for the jackpot, which currently stands,

in case you've forgotten, at £3,500.

APPLAUSE

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,

and you may now confer. All you have to do is come up with an answer

that scores less than the other pair, and you will win that question.

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

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

to name as many English cities beginning with L as they could.

There are seven cities in England that begin with L,

as of the start of 2011. Which is the most obscure of those?

See how many of the seven you can get at home, as well.

OK. Mario and Geoff, because you've played best so far,

you get to go first. We are looking for English cities beginning with L.

-There's Leeds and Liverpool.

-Leicester.

-Yeah. Good. Cracking.

OK. I'm going to need an answer from you.

-We're going to go for Leicester.

-You're going to go for Leicester.

OK. We have Leicester.

Andrew and Sue, you can now do your thinking out loud.

-Leicester is off the board.

-We've got quite a lot.

-You can say them.

-Let's hear 'em.

-I was thinking about Ludlow.

I'm not sure whether it's got a cathedral or not.

I'm not sure about it.

-I think Lancaster.

-Do you?

-Yeah.

-OK. I'll go for Lancaster.

-Lancaster, we'll go for.

You're going to go for Lancaster?

OK. We have Leicester. We have Lancaster.

Mario and Geoff have gone for Leicester.

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

It's right.

76.

-I can't believe that.

-Leicester!

Very high score there. Andrew and Sue have gone for Lancaster.

-HE WHISPERS

-It has to be right,

and it has to beat 76.

Let's see if Lancaster is indeed a city,

and if it is, let's see if it can score lower than 76.

Uh-oh! Ooh!

-It's right!

-Ooh, it's right.

And down it goes. It beats Leicester.

Very, very well done.

-36 for Lancaster.

-Well done.

So, after our first question it is one-nil to Andrew and Sue. Richard?

Well played. Very good answer. There is one very obscure answer here

which beats everything else out of the water. It's not Ludlow,

so it's fortunate you didn't go for it,

but anyone at home who said Lichfield,

Lichfield would have scored you three points.

-Oh, really?

-Lichfield. Yeah.

Then Lancaster with 36, Lincoln 54,

Leeds 68, Leicester 76, Liverpool 77 and London 84.

There's the city of London and the city of Westminster,

-both in Greater London.

-After the first question,

one-nil to Andrew and Sue. Mario and Geoff,

you have to win this next question to stay in the game.

Here it is. Second question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Grand National fences as they could.

Grand National fences. Richard?

We're looking for any of the traditional names

given to fences on the Grand National course. We're going by the Aintree website.

We're not looking for numbered fences, but there are six

which have individual names, as listed on the Aintree website.

-And that's as of the start of 2011.

-OK. Thanks very much, Richard.

Now, Andrew and Sue, you get to go first this time.

There's one called Foinavon. They named a fence after Foinavon,

-the horse. I'm not sure.

-Well, if you're not sure...

Er, we're going to go for Valentine's Brook.

Valentine's Brook?

Valentine's Brook.

-Mario and Geoff?

-I can think of two obvious answers,

which are going to be way, way, way up.

-And those are...

-Obviously Becher's Brook,

-and you've got the Chair.

-Mmm.

-And...

-I can't...

-I don't know. I don't even watch it,

-the Grand National.

-It'll have to be the Chair,

and best of luck to our friends in the final.

-THEY LAUGH

-That's incredibly gracious of you.

-So, you are going to say the Chair.

-Unfortunately.

Unfortunately the Chair.

So, we have Valentine's Brook and we have the Chair.

OK. Andrew and Sue have gone for Valentine's.

Let's see if that is correct,

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

It's right.

It's right.

And down it goes.

-Very, very well done indeed.

-APPLAUSE

Well done.

That scores you three.

Now, Mario and Geoff, you have gone for the Chair.

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

how many people said the Chair.

It's right.

There we are.

Good effort.

So, yes, Valentine's beats the Chair,

and after two questions,

Andrew and Sue are through in straight sets to the final. Richard?

That's the way to play the head-to-head. Very well done.

Very good answer. There is actually a pointless answer,

the one answer that would have beaten it. I think I heard you say it,

so I might give you the glory, if you do know it.

I was going to go for this. I think they named a fence after Foinavon,

the horse that caused the pile-up in '67.

That is 100 percent right. Pointless answer at the bottom of the list,

Foinavon. Very well done if you got that at home.

Foinavon won at 150 to one, when huge amounts of the other horses fell at that fence.

There's Valentine's with three, the Water Jump with five,

Canal Turn with nine, the Chair with 30, and right at the top,

Becher's Brook on 46.

Very well done if you said Foinavon at home.

Thanks very much. The losing pair after the head-to-head,

Mario and Geoff! Oh, you've done so well this afternoon!

I betted on Foinavon, as well! 100 to one! 1966, wasn't it?

-I had a sixpence win on that.

-LAUGHTER

HE LAUGHS

1967, it was.

-'67!

-Dear, oh, dear!

Bad luck, guys.

Bad luck. Well, you had two correct answers.

-HE LAUGHS

-Such a great shame,

but it's been lovely for us, because we've had the pleasure of you

-all the way to the head-to-head. Thank you for playing.

-Thank you.

Well done. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

But for Andrew and Sue, it's now time for our Pointless final,

and the chance to win our jackpot of £3,500.

Well, many congratulations, Andrew and Sue.

You've seen off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £3,500.

CHEERING

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 haven't had any on the show today. You only have to find one

to go home with that money. First you've got to choose a category

from these three options.

American fiction, wildlife or film awards.

What do you think? American fiction could be anything.

Wildlife could be anything.

Film awards is not going to be the Oscars,

-though it might be.

-It might be.

-You any good on wildlife?

It depends. You pick.

-So, what are you going to go for?

-We're going to go for film awards.

Film awards. OK. Very good. Let's find out what that question is.

Before we do, what part of film awards would you like this to be?

We'd be happiest if it's about the Oscars.

-We might be happy.

-We might have a chance at that.

If it's any other film awards apart from the Oscars...

-We might struggle.

-We'll struggle.

Let's find out. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many winners of the Palme d'Or

as they could. Richard?

We're looking for any film made for general cinema release

which has won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival

from 1975 all the way through to 2010.

Some years it was jointly awarded to more than one film,

so we'll accept either answer. And for foreign-language films,

you can give us the English name or the foreign name,

-whichever is easiest.

-OK. Thank you very much, Richard.

You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers,

and all you need to win that £3,500 is for one answer to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds starts now.

-OK.

-SHE LAUGHS

It's not the Oscars we were hoping for.

-There's a Mike Leigh film which...

-What's it called?

-Secrets And Lies.

-That sounds... I think there is a film called that.

I know Mike Leigh won one at the Palme,

at the Cannes film festival. I'm trying to think of directors.

Scorsese...

-Danny Boyle won anything there?

-Possibly, yeah.

-Slumdog Millionaire got one.

-That's going to be high.

-That'll score high, surely.

-Um...

-Polanski.

-Which one?

-The Pianist, possibly.

-The Pianist?

-Possibly.

Pianist. I've got a vague recollection of Polanski

getting an award, and all the fuss that was going on.

Which one was the...

Um...

-Five seconds left.

-The Pianist.

-Shall we go for those three?

OK, there's your time up.

We were looking for winners of the Palme d'Or.

-I now need your three answers.

-Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire.

-OK.

-Um, Mike Leigh, Secrets And Lies.

-Secrets And Lies.

-And The Pianist, Roman Polanski's film.

The Pianist. OK. Of those three,

which do you think's your most confident shot

-at a pointless answer?

-Possibly Mike Leigh.

I'm sure Mike Leigh's won for that.

OK. We'll put that third. Which is your least confident?

-Slumdog.

-Danny Boyle, Slumdog.

Slumdog Millionaire first, The Pianist,

then Secrets And Lies. We'll put them up on the board in that order.

There they are. We were looking for winners of the Palme d'Or.

You said this was your least confident answer.

You only need one to be pointless to win that £3,500 jackpot.

Let's see how many people said Slumdog Millionaire,

and if it is a correct answer. Slumdog Millionaire.

-Oh!

-That's a good start.

Bad luck. It was a bit of a punt, and anyway, to be honest,

even if it had been right, that wouldn't have been pointless.

Unfortunately that is not a pointless answer.

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

£3,500! What would you do with that?

Buy shoes.

-A lot of shoes. A lot of shoes!

-A lot of shoes, yeah.

Andrew?

I would take my son on a golf holiday.

OK. How confident are you with The Pianist?

I've just got this vision of Roman Polanski

at the Cannes film festival,

and I can't think what other film it could be, so...

Do you think, if this is right, how far down do you think this will go?

Could go... If it's right, could go low.

Probably not low enough. But I'm not sure it's right.

OK. We are looking for winners of the Palme d'Or.

This is your next answer. You have gone for Roman Polanski's The Pianist.

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

It has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £3,500.

Let's see if it's right.

It is right.

It is right.

How far down is it going to go?

How many of our 100 people knew this? Into the 20s.

-Into the teens. Into single figures.

-Go, go, go!

Oh! What about that?

SHE LAUGHS

-Ooh, that was exciting!

-It was!

One person! One person in our 100 people knew that.

Oh, gosh!

You shouldn't do that. That's awful, making us go through that.

Unfortunately that wasn't a pointless answer.

You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot of £3,500.

Now you know that, what are you thinking?

I don't know what I'm thinking any more.

I was most confident of Secrets And Lies having won,

so that's why we put it last. Um, so I really don't know.

It's quite a recent film,

so the same person who knows The Pianist

will probably know the Mike Leigh question, so...

-That's quite true.

-It's QUITE true.

-Only QUITE true.

-If it's even right.

That's if it's right. Exactly.

We are looking for winners of the Palme d'Or.

You said this was the answer you had most faith in.

You're most confident of all your three answers

that this would be pointless. Let's see if Secrets And Lies is right,

and let's see if it'll win you that jackpot of £3,500.

Secrets And Lies.

It's right.

It's right.

-Very, very well done.

-Come on!

-Secrets And Lies.

Will it go all the way down to zero?

If it does, you will win £3,500.

-Yeah!

-CHEERING

Very, very well played.

Absolutely brilliant!

-Very well done indeed.

-Well done, you!

Well done!

-That was you.

-Oh, congratulations!

-That was him.

Well, you managed to find that all-important pointless answer.

Well done! Which means you go home with that jackpot of £3,500.

-Thank you.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Brilliant. Richard, what about that?

-Yeah, fantastic.

You both played wonderfully. Secrets And Lies is a brilliant answer.

There's a whole bunch of pointless answers. Let's look at a few.

All That Jazz, Barton Fink, the Coen brothers movie,

Dancer In The Dark, Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11,

Paris, Texas, Mike Leigh's Secrets And Lies

that has just won you the money, Sex, Lies And Videotape,

The Mission... The Piano, Jane Campion's film,

would have won you the money as well, so lots of pointless answers there,

but you played brilliantly throughout. Seems a long time ago

we were talking about the coalition cabinet, doesn't it?

Well, thanks once again to our winning players,

Andrew and Sue, who go away with today's jackpot of £3,500.

-Very well done.

-CHEERING

Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test.

-Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

-And from me. Goodbye.

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