0:00:20 > 0:00:24- APPLAUSE - Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong, and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:32the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Let's meet today's players.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41First we welcome Darren and Keith. You're our first pair today.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45- How do you two know each other? - Er, we go way back, from nursery.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48- Do you really?- Primary school, high school, college...
0:00:48 > 0:00:52- Have you been best friends all that time?- Pretty much!
0:00:52 > 0:00:54- Are you very competitive?- Yes.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56- Yeah.- Very good indeed.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Very best of luck. It's lovely having you here.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Er, next we welcome Stephanie and Pamela.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05- How do you two know each other? - We're sisters.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07We've known each other for 42 years.
0:01:09 > 0:01:10LAUGHTER
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Stephanie's the younger, lucky, bossy one,
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- and I'm the older, clever, geeky one. - Hang on. Younger, lucky, bossy?
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Is that the set? That's what you get?
0:01:20 > 0:01:23- Is that true, Stephanie? You're not disagreeing?- Absolutely!
0:01:23 > 0:01:27OK, right! Very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Next we welcome Jo and Richard. How do you two know each other?
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Jo is my wife. We've been married for nearly four years.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Many congratulations. How did you meet, Jo?
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Richard was singing in a band with some mutual friends.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Oh! Does he still sing?
0:01:41 > 0:01:43A little bit, yeah, now and again.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46So music would be a good category for you?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- Possibly, yeah.- Possibly?
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Jo, how about you? What would be a lovely dream category
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- for this first round? - Disney. Old Disney.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- Old Disney?- Yes, please.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00LAUGHTER
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Good luck, the pair of you.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Lovely having you here.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07And finally we welcome back Jake and Barney.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11You were on the show last time. We give everyone two shots
0:02:11 > 0:02:14at the final. This is your second and final chance.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- Remind us what happened last time. - We could've done better.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- Yeah.- Considerably better.- Yeah.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24- We're going to do better this time. - This time round.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26What are you hoping will come up, Jake?
0:02:26 > 0:02:29It's got to be sport, I think. I play a lot of sports,
0:02:29 > 0:02:32read up on sports. Fingers crossed, something...
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Barney?
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- Um, UK politics. - LAUGHTER
0:02:36 > 0:02:39With the exclusion of the current cabinet.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- No. I'm really good at that now. - You should be.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Well, best of luck to you as well. We'll find out more about you all
0:02:45 > 0:02:48throughout the show. There is only one person left to introduce.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51He is a directory of obscure facts and figures.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- He's my Pointless friend. He's Richard.- Hiya.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03- Afternoon. - Good afternoon to you, sir.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- How are you?- I'm well!
0:03:05 > 0:03:09- And you?- Yeah, very well. It's a very interesting show today,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12because we've got three new pairs,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14but each of those new pairs
0:03:14 > 0:03:18has answered as many questions correctly as our returning pair.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21I do think Jake and Barney have something to prove,
0:03:21 > 0:03:25I suspect. You can't go out in round one twice.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28- At least get through to round two. - That's the plan.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- Then who knows what happens from there?- Who knows?
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Thanks, Richard. We put all our questions to 100 people
0:03:34 > 0:03:36before the show, but this is Pointless,
0:03:36 > 0:03:39so we are looking for the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Everyone wants a pointless answer, one none of our 100 people gave.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Andrew and Sue won the jackpot last time,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Right! Let's play Pointless.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Right. In the first round, each of you must give me one answer,
0:04:08 > 0:04:10and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14The team with the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17OK. Our first category this afternoon is...
0:04:18 > 0:04:19..cartoons!
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24THEY WHISPER
0:04:24 > 0:04:27And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Peanuts characters
0:04:36 > 0:04:38as they could.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Peanuts characters, Richard.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44The correct answers will all be characters who featured regularly
0:04:44 > 0:04:47in Charles Schulz's Peanuts cartoon strip.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Right.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Now, Darren and Keith, you all drew lots before the show,
0:04:52 > 0:04:54and you get to go first this afternoon.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57We're going to give you a choice of seven answers on the board
0:04:57 > 0:05:00in each part. A bit of a relief for everyone there!
0:05:00 > 0:05:03The first set of seven answers reads like this.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29but be careful - at least one answer is also incorrect.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Pick one of those ones and you will score the maximum of 100 points.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36So, then, Darren - Peanuts.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Um, not even heard of it.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- No.- Not even heard of it?
0:05:41 > 0:05:45I've really no idea. I'm going to go with...
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- Jose Peterson. - Jose Peterson. Very good indeed.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50There he is, one up from the bottom. OK.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Jose Peterson. Let's see if it's right, and if it is,
0:05:53 > 0:05:56let's see how many people said it. Good luck, Darren.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00- It's right!- Yes!
0:06:03 > 0:06:06It's a brilliant answer by the looks of things.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- Look at that! - CHEERING
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Very well done, Darren. That's a pointless answer.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17It adds 250 quid to today's jackpot,
0:06:17 > 0:06:21bringing the total to £1,250, and it scores you nothing!
0:06:23 > 0:06:26You knew nothing. You scored nothing.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30- Very well done. Richard?- Jake and Barney, that's the way you do it.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34That is very much how it's done. He was a baseball player
0:06:34 > 0:06:37on a local team in the cartoon strip,
0:06:37 > 0:06:39- Jose Peterson.- Jose Peterson.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43OK. Now, Stephanie, remember we are looking for Peanuts characters.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- Do you remember Peanuts? - Um, yes. No, I liked Peanuts,
0:06:47 > 0:06:50and I think there are a few obvious answers.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54I think I'm going to have to go kind of safe and say Pig-Pen.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55Pig-Pen.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00OK. Well, let's see if PigPen is a correct answer,
0:07:00 > 0:07:02and if it is, let's see how many people said Pig-Pen.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06It's right.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Very good!
0:07:13 > 0:07:14APPLAUSE
0:07:17 > 0:07:20No flies on you, Stephanie.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Pig-Pen scores you four. Very good. Richard?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Well played. Yeah, Pig-Pen. He's always covered in dirt.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- Darren, you must find this round so bizarre.- Yes.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31And it's still meaning nothing!
0:07:31 > 0:07:33"What on earth is everybody talking about?"
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Now, then, Jo... Remember, we are looking for Peanuts characters.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40I think I know three,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43and I'm going to go for...
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Marcie.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Marcie. Let's see if it's right, and if it is,
0:07:49 > 0:07:51let's see how many people said Marcie.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53It's right.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00Oh, very, very well done!
0:08:00 > 0:08:02APPLAUSE
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Extremely low-scoring round so far.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- Marcie, Richard?- Well played, Jo. It's a great round so far,
0:08:10 > 0:08:13with a mixture of knowledge and absolute chance.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18Yeah. She's the best friend of one of the other characters,
0:08:18 > 0:08:21who we may see later.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Very good indeed. Well done, Jo. That scored you two.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- Now, then, Barney! - LAUGHTER
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- Please tell me you know about Peanuts.- I know Peanuts a bit.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Um... Do I play safe or do I risk it?
0:08:35 > 0:08:39- I'm going to go Lucy van Pelt. - Let's see if Lucy van Pelt is right,
0:08:39 > 0:08:42and if it is, let's see how many people said it. Lucy van Pelt.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Very well done.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Seven!
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Very well done, Barney.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Lucy scores you seven.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- Richard?- I love the look of relief on your face, Barney.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Very well done. Very good answer.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06She started off as a very cute character
0:09:06 > 0:09:12and got increasingly bossy and crabby as the series went on.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Let's fill in the rest of the board.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Charlie Brown, obviously, is in the Peanuts cartoons.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20It would've scored you a fairly hefty 52.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25Woodstock, who was the little bird, would have scored nine,
0:09:25 > 0:09:28and Pecel, by a process of elimination,
0:09:28 > 0:09:32is an incorrect answer. It's an Indonesian peanut-based dish.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34That sounds delicious!
0:09:34 > 0:09:37If I had an Indonesian strip of cooked chicken on a skewer,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40I would dip it into that pecel and I would...
0:09:40 > 0:09:42eat it!
0:09:42 > 0:09:43LAUGHTER
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Shall we - here's a thought - move on?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48HE LAUGHS
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Yeah, all right. Yeah. OK.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54- HE LICKS HIS LIPS - Pecel!
0:09:54 > 0:09:58OK! We're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at the scores.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59On nought,
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Darren and Keith, looking so strong there!
0:10:02 > 0:10:07Likewise Jo and Richard on two. Stephanie, again, four,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10not bad at all. Barney and Jake, who would've thought seven
0:10:10 > 0:10:13would leave you exposed as the high scorers?
0:10:13 > 0:10:18But I'm afraid seven leaves you exposed as the high scorers.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20- It's better than last time.- It is.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24And a world better, I hope, in your case, Jake,
0:10:24 > 0:10:27when it comes to the next pass. We'll come back down the line.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:10:32 > 0:10:34We're going to put another seven answers on the board.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38We are looking for Peanuts characters and we have got...
0:10:59 > 0:11:01At least one of those answers is pointless,
0:11:01 > 0:11:04and at least one of those answers is incorrect.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Try and avoid those incorrect ones at all costs.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Jake, you remember Peanuts, don't you?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Er, I have read it in the past, but, er...
0:11:13 > 0:11:16whether I remember it's a different matter.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20I think...I will go with...
0:11:20 > 0:11:21Linus van Pelt.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Linus van Pelt.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27OK. Let's see if that's a correct answer, and if it is,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30let's see how many people said it. Linus van Pelt.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33It's right.
0:11:38 > 0:11:4014.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46That takes your total up to 21. Richard?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Well played, Jake. Linus van Pelt, Lucy's brother
0:11:48 > 0:11:51and Charlie Brown's best friend.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Now, then, Richard. You're on two.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58The high scorers are Jake and Barney on 21.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00If you can score 18 or less with this answer,
0:12:00 > 0:12:04you are through to the next round. Peanuts characters.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08It's a complete stab in the dark, and I hope I'll be as lucky as Darren.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09I'm going to say Shermy.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- You're going to say Shermy?- Mm.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said it.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18It's right!
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Very well done, Richard.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24Fantastic!
0:12:24 > 0:12:26- Oh! - APPLAUSE
0:12:28 > 0:12:30"Shermy" the money!
0:12:31 > 0:12:33That scores you one, takes your total up to three.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36- Very well done indeed. Richard? - Well played.
0:12:36 > 0:12:42Everyone's riding their luck well. Shermy's one of the original four characters in Peanuts, from 1950.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- Pamela?- Yes.
0:12:44 > 0:12:45- You're on four.- Yes.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Jake and Barney still the high scorers on 21.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52If you can score 16 or less,
0:12:52 > 0:12:56you are through to the next round.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Remember, we're looking for Peanuts characters.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02Really, I just have to take my chances and hope it's low,
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- and I'll go for Schroeder. - Schroeder.- Yeah.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09There's your red line. Let's see if Schroeder can get you below it.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Is it right, and if it is, how many people said Schroder?
0:13:14 > 0:13:16It's right.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19It's right.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22- Yes!- You're through!
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Wow!
0:13:23 > 0:13:25APPLAUSE
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Very, very well done! Schroeder is a pointless answer.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33It adds another 250 quid to today's jackpot,
0:13:33 > 0:13:36so it takes the total up to £1,500.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38THEY APPLAUD
0:13:38 > 0:13:42It scores you nothing, and it leaves you with a total of four.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45- Richard?- Well done, Pamela. That's a proper pointless answer.
0:13:45 > 0:13:50Someone knows, and it's pointless. He was the little boy who was always playing the piano.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52- Admirer of Lucy.- Keith!
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Now, then, Keith...
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- I've got a tough act to follow here. - You have got a tough act to follow.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Er, I know Snoopy. Not personally, but...
0:14:01 > 0:14:03HE LAUGHS
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Um... That's going to be too obvious.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Peppermint Patty's another one. I think Monroe was a character,
0:14:09 > 0:14:14- and that's what I'm going to go for. - You're going to go for Monroe.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17The high scorers are Jake and Barney, on 21.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22You are on nothing. If you can score 20 or less with this answer...
0:14:24 > 0:14:28..you are through to the next round. Let's see if Monroe's correct,
0:14:28 > 0:14:31if it is, how many people said it. There is your red line.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Below that, you are through to the next round.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Bad luck!
0:14:44 > 0:14:48- From hero to zero, I'm afraid. - LAUGHTER
0:14:48 > 0:14:50I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53which means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Takes your total up to 100. Richard?
0:14:55 > 0:14:57I'm so sorry. That seems very unfair.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01- Monroe is Charles Schulz's middle name, I'm afraid.- Oh!
0:15:01 > 0:15:04If you had said Peppermint Patty, which you know absolutely,
0:15:04 > 0:15:07it would've scored you six points.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10You'd be safely through to the next round.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Snoopy, as you rightly say, that's a big score.
0:15:12 > 0:15:19It's 48. And Max Yasgur is the man on whose land Woodstock was held,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22the original Woodstock. That was an incorrect answer as well.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Very good. Thank you, Richard.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28So, at the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score, it's Darren and Keith!
0:15:28 > 0:15:32Oh, dear! You're still smiling, though, Keith, which is great.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34He knew nothing and then he got no points!
0:15:34 > 0:15:39- He knew nothing and scored nothing. - It clearly, clearly doesn't matter.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43- It clearly doesn't.- We'll be back. - You most certainly will be back.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47It's been brilliant having you here. I'm sorry to say goodbye,
0:15:47 > 0:15:50but lovely contestants. Fantastic. Thanks for playing.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Only two pairs will make it through to the head-to-head,
0:16:02 > 0:16:05so one team will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:16:05 > 0:16:11Our category for round two this afternoon is history.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15Decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26OK. Our second-round question concerns...
0:16:26 > 0:16:29historical events and their countries.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32We're about to show you a list of historic events.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35We asked 100 people to tell us in which country
0:16:35 > 0:16:37each event took place. Richard?
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Yeah. We're going to show you six historical events
0:16:40 > 0:16:45on each pass, and all you have to do is tell us the country that it took place in.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48The more obscure the event, the fewer points you'll score.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50An incorrect answer will score 100 points.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53See if any of these 12 you can get at home.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55We're looking for modern-day country names,
0:16:55 > 0:16:59and by country we mean a member of the UN which is a sovereign state.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Thank you very much, Richard. So we are looking for the country
0:17:02 > 0:17:05in which these historic events took place.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07And we have got...
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- So, Pamela...- Yes. - ..you're first out of the blocks.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- How confident are you feeling? - I love history.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- It's one of my most favourite topics ever.- I am so pleased!
0:17:45 > 0:17:50Unfortunately it's the only O level that I failed at high school.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51LAUGHTER
0:17:52 > 0:17:55So I'm just going to have to play a little bit safe,
0:17:55 > 0:18:01but maybe... I'll say... storming of the Bastille in France.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04OK. Storming of the Bastille in France.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07- Little bit safe, but...- Yeah. - ..better safe than sorry.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- Yeah.- OK. Well, let's hope that works for you.
0:18:10 > 0:18:16Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said storming of the Bastille was France.
0:18:19 > 0:18:2168.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28It's 32 better than 100, Pamela. Not that bad.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32- 68 for France, Richard. - Yeah. 14th of July 1789,
0:18:32 > 0:18:36the storming of the Bastille, in the very early days of the Revolution.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39There were only seven prisoners inside it at the time.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- They kept that quiet, didn't they? - Yeah, they did.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44LAUGHTER
0:18:45 > 0:18:47OK, thanks, Richard. Now, then, Jo...
0:18:47 > 0:18:52This is going to be a total guess, cos I have no clue on any of them.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- You have no clue about any of these? - No.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58- Oh, dear.- So as a complete guess, I'm going to go for...
0:18:58 > 0:19:02- Yeah? - ..reign of Ferdinand and Isabella,
0:19:02 > 0:19:04- and I'm going to say Spain. - You're going to say Spain
0:19:04 > 0:19:08for Ferdinand and Isabella. OK. Let's see if it's right,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11and if it is, let's see how any people knew that answer.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Very well done, Jo. That was a brilliant guess.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20APPLAUSE
0:19:22 > 0:19:25And a pleasingly low-scoring one, as well.
0:19:25 > 0:19:2629 for that. Richard?
0:19:26 > 0:19:29This is like a fluke special, isn't it?
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Yeah, Ferdinand and Isabella.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Ferdinand set up the Spanish Inquisition,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37he funded Columbus's travels,
0:19:37 > 0:19:41and one of their children was Catherine of Aragon.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- Lucky!- Isabella sounded Spanish.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45THEY LAUGH
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Very good. Well, it scored you 29, so well done.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- Now, then, Barney.- Yes, Alexander?
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Remember we're looking for the modern-day country
0:19:55 > 0:19:57in which these events took place.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01OK. Well, I can tell you that Pompeii...
0:20:01 > 0:20:04was in an episode of Dr Who.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06LAUGHTER
0:20:07 > 0:20:10I'm going to go Pompeii,
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Italy.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Pompeii, Italy, you're going to say. Let's see if it's right,
0:20:15 > 0:20:19and if it is, how many people said Pompeii, Italy.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Very well done.
0:20:24 > 0:20:2661, that scores you.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Not a terrible score at all. 61 for Pompeii, Italy, Richard.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38It's a little like being at the International Symposium of Historians.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Isn't it?
0:20:40 > 0:20:44Er, yes. Pompeii, Italy, Dr Who. Absolutely right,
0:20:44 > 0:20:46and I'm looking forward to your thesis.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48LAUGHTER
0:20:48 > 0:20:52Shall we fill in the board? Alexander, do you fancy any of these?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Jesse Owens was actually a very high scorer.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- Germany, is it? - Yes, it was the Berlin Games,
0:20:58 > 0:21:01- so it's in Germany. The Boer War? - South Africa.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Absolutely right. Would have scored 40.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06The best answer is Biafra declares independence.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10- Well done if you got that. Any ideas? - Nigeria.- Nigeria. Exactly right.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14It would've scored eight points, so well done if you got that at home.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Let's take a look at the scores, as we are halfway through the round.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20On 29, Jo.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23- 29!- Not bad!
0:21:23 > 0:21:26It's like having Simon Schama standing in front of me.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30Then we come to Barney and Jake. Dr Who.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32- All about Dr Who.- All about Dr Who.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Taught me pretty much everything I know.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39On 61, and then on 68, not very far ahead, Pamela and Stephanie.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Stephanie, nominally you are the high scorers,
0:21:43 > 0:21:45but I wouldn't say there's that much in it.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48So anything can happen in this next pass.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:21:54 > 0:21:57We're going to put six more historic events on the board,
0:21:57 > 0:21:59and here they are.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Remember we're looking for the modern-day country
0:22:25 > 0:22:27in which these events took place,
0:22:27 > 0:22:31and you're trying to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35Now, then, Jake, you're on 61. You're not the high scorers.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38The high scorers are Stephanie and Pamela on 68.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41If you can score six or less with this answer,
0:22:41 > 0:22:45you are through to the head-to-head.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47I do know some of them,
0:22:47 > 0:22:49so I'm going to go for...
0:22:50 > 0:22:54I'm going to go ancient Olympics and Greece.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58Let's see if Greece is indeed the answer to the ancient Olympics,
0:22:58 > 0:23:00and if it is, how many people said it.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03There. We're gone.
0:23:04 > 0:23:0671.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09APPLAUSE
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Quite a high-scoring one, not surprisingly,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14and that takes your score up to 132. Richard.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18Er, yeah. The first champions were recorded in 776 BC
0:23:18 > 0:23:20in the Olympic Games.
0:23:20 > 0:23:25Now, then, Richard, you are through to the next round whatever happens.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27You are on 29. Even if you score 100,
0:23:27 > 0:23:32there's no way you will overtake Jake and Barney's high score of 132.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35I think I'm going to try and have a bit of a guess then,
0:23:35 > 0:23:38at the storming of the Winter Palace.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Oh, I don't know.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Norway. HE CHUCKLES
0:23:43 > 0:23:48Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said it. Norway.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Bad luck. Unfortunately Norway's an incorrect answer,
0:23:55 > 0:23:58but who cares? You're through to the next round.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Your score total is 129. Richard?
0:24:00 > 0:24:05Yes. Not Norway, I'm afraid, unless we've uncovered a whole new strain
0:24:05 > 0:24:08of historical thought, which I'm not ruling out.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10I won't say what the answer is,
0:24:10 > 0:24:13just in case the other team want to have a go.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Now, then, Stephanie, you are on 68.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18If you can score 63 or less,
0:24:18 > 0:24:21you are through to the head-to-head.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Remember, we are looking for the modern-day country
0:24:24 > 0:24:27in which these historic events took place.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29I'm going to say India
0:24:29 > 0:24:32and the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36India, the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Here comes your red line.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40If you can get below that red line, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44If you're not, we say goodbye to you,
0:24:44 > 0:24:47and Jake and Barney go through to the head-to-head.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50OK. Let's see if India is right
0:24:50 > 0:24:52for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi,
0:24:52 > 0:24:55and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:24:57 > 0:24:58It's right.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Oh!
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- HE LAUGHS - Oh!
0:25:02 > 0:25:0564, that scores you.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08It takes you to precisely 132.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- Very, very exciting. - APPLAUSE
0:25:17 > 0:25:20That means you are both joint high scorers.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24There is going to have to be a tiebreak. Richard?
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Yeah. It's not highbrow, but it's quite exciting.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30- THEY LAUGH - Yeah!
0:25:30 > 0:25:35Yeah, Mahatma Gandhi is 64 points. 1948, he was assassinated.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Well, this is ridiculously exciting.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41The tied pairs have to give me one more answer each.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Now, your scores are going to be reset to zero,
0:25:43 > 0:25:46and the pair that gets the lowest score will win.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51You are now allowed to confer - for what it's worth.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53THEY LAUGH
0:25:53 > 0:25:55We're looking for the modern-day country
0:25:55 > 0:25:57in which these events took place.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00OK. Stephanie and Pamela, you are going to go first.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Whoo!
0:26:02 > 0:26:04What answer are you going to give me?
0:26:04 > 0:26:08I'm going to plump for, because I'm pretty sure about it,
0:26:08 > 0:26:11storming of the Winter Palace, and that's Russia.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people knew it.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17SHE WHISPERS
0:26:17 > 0:26:19It's right.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23- 38. - CHEERING
0:26:23 > 0:26:25It's a good one.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27APPLAUSE Yeah.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31OK. 38 for you, Stephanie and Pamela.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Now, then, Jake and Barney...
0:26:33 > 0:26:3638 is the score you must be lower than.
0:26:37 > 0:26:38- OK. - THEY LAUGH
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- OK. Here we go. - Are you ready for this?
0:26:41 > 0:26:44We're going to go for the Hundred Flowers Campaign,
0:26:44 > 0:26:48- which, of course, was in the Netherlands.- Netherlands.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50OK. Let's see if that is a correct answer,
0:26:50 > 0:26:52and if it is, how many people said it.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55The score you have to get lower than is 38.
0:26:55 > 0:26:5837 or less will see you through to the head-to-head,
0:26:58 > 0:27:00but it has to be correct. Netherlands.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Bad luck! That is an incorrect answer.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10You score 100 points.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12So, Stephanie and Pamela,
0:27:12 > 0:27:15you are through to the head-to-head. Richard?
0:27:15 > 0:27:19That sound you can hear is a nation of history teachers sighing.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21THEY LAUGH
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Watergate everyone avoided, and it is a big score,
0:27:24 > 0:27:28so the United States, and the high scorer on the board with 66.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31The bombing of Guernica is, of course, Spain.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35The Germans bombed it and it inspired Picasso's famous painting.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39The Hundred Flowers Campaign. Do you know? It's not the Netherlands.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41It's not Belgium, either.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- It's China.- China!- It's China.
0:27:44 > 0:27:471956, Mao Zedong's attempt
0:27:47 > 0:27:51to get people to tell him what they thought about Communism.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Well done if you got that. It's the best answer on the board.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Thanks, Richard. So, at the end of round two,
0:27:57 > 0:28:00the losing pair with the high score, I'm afraid it's Jake and Barney.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04Well, you made it through to round two, which was good.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06- Better than last time. - Better than last time.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10But alas, no trophy. But thank you very much for playing.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14You've been great contestants. Thanks very much.
0:28:16 > 0:28:21For the remaining two pairs, things will get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Well done, Jo and Richard, Stephanie and Pamela.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33You've made it through to the head-to-head.
0:28:33 > 0:28:38Only one pair can make it through to the final and play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £1,500.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46You'll go head-to-head on the best of three questions. For each one,
0:28:46 > 0:28:49each pair needs to give me just one answer.
0:28:49 > 0:28:54You are now allowed to confer. Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair,
0:28:54 > 0:28:59and you will win that question. The first pair to the best of three will play for today's jackpot.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01Let's play Pointless.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07Here is your first question. Good luck.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:29:10 > 0:29:16to name as many pedestrian crossings with animal names as they could.
0:29:16 > 0:29:21Pedestrian crossings with animal names. Richard?
0:29:21 > 0:29:26Yeah. A good question. In the Highway Code up to the start of 2011,
0:29:26 > 0:29:30under rules for pedestrians, there are four crossings listed
0:29:30 > 0:29:32which have animals in their names.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Which is the most obscure of those crossings?
0:29:35 > 0:29:38Phew! Right. Jo and Richard, because you played best
0:29:38 > 0:29:41throughout the show so far, you get to go first.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45We are looking for pedestrian crossings with animal names.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- We'll go for that one, then.- We're going to go for pelican crossing.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51You're going to go for pelican? OK.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55- Stephanie and Pamela?- We're going to have to go for "zeebra". Or zebra.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58- "Zeebra".- Tomato, "tomayto". - Potato, "potahto".
0:29:58 > 0:30:01I will call the whole thing off, actually, if you...
0:30:01 > 0:30:03THEY LAUGH
0:30:03 > 0:30:06OK. We have pelican, we have zebra. In the order they were given,
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Jo and Richard went for pelican. Let's see if it's right,
0:30:09 > 0:30:12and if it is, how many people said it. Pelican crossing.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15- It's right. Ooh!- Ooh...
0:30:17 > 0:30:21Got a high score there. 91 for pelican crossing.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Zebra crossing. Let's see if that's right,
0:30:24 > 0:30:27and if it is, how many people said zebra crossing.
0:30:29 > 0:30:30- Ooh!- Oh!
0:30:30 > 0:30:3594! So, after the first question it is one-nil to Jo and Richard.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39APPLAUSE
0:30:42 > 0:30:46- Richard?- As we can see there, everyone knows zebra and pelican.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49It's a question of what are the other two.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Let's take a look. They're all rather well-named, I think.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Puffin crossing, which is like a pelican crossing,
0:30:55 > 0:30:58but if you press the light and walk across before it goes red,
0:30:58 > 0:31:03it will cancel it, so it's pedestrian user-friendly intelligent crossing.
0:31:03 > 0:31:09Er, toucan crossing, which is again like a pelican crossing
0:31:09 > 0:31:11but one that bikes can use as well, so "two can",
0:31:11 > 0:31:14so they call it the toucan crossing. Pelican crossing,
0:31:14 > 0:31:19which comes from pedestrian light-controlled crossing, 91,
0:31:19 > 0:31:23and zebra crossing, 94. So toucan crossing and puffin crossing.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- You learn something new every day, don't you?- You really do, Richard.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29- Thank you very much for that. - Absolute pleasure.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32OK. Here is your second question.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36Jo and Richard, if you win this, you are straight through to the final.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40Stephanie and Pamela, you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:31:42 > 0:31:47to name as many double-letter states as they could.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50- Double-letter states, Richard. - Yeah. There are nine US states
0:31:50 > 0:31:53that contain at least one double letter -
0:31:53 > 0:31:55that's the same letter occurring next to each other.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59OK. Thank you very much indeed.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Stephanie and Pamela, you get to go first this time.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07- Tennessee? Mississippi?- Tallahassee.
0:32:07 > 0:32:12- OK.- I think we're going to go for Tallahassee.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15- Tallahassee?- Yeah.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17- Jo and Richard? - Shall we go for Dallas, then?
0:32:17 > 0:32:21- Yeah, Dallas.- We've been through a few, but we'll go for Dallas.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23You're going for Dallas.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25We have Tallahassee and we have Dallas.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28Let's put them to the test in the order they were given.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32Stephanie and Pamela said Tallahassee. If that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:32:33 > 0:32:38No. Unfortunately that's an incorrect answer.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42Jo and Richard have gone for Dallas. All it needs to be is correct
0:32:42 > 0:32:44at this stage.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49Ooh, that's not correct either. Richard?
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Yeah. Shall we forget this one ever happened, as well?
0:32:51 > 0:32:55Stephanie and Pamela, Tallahassee's in Florida,
0:32:55 > 0:32:57- and Dallas is in Texas.- Texas.
0:32:57 > 0:33:02Neither of them are states. Let's look at nine things that are states.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Pennsylvania would have scored two, Minnesota seven,
0:33:05 > 0:33:09Connecticut eight. There's Tennessee, so a very good answer on nine,
0:33:09 > 0:33:11and Missouri on nine as well.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Massachusetts and Illinois both on 11,
0:33:14 > 0:33:17Hawaii with a double I at the end there on 17,
0:33:17 > 0:33:21and the classic of all double-letter states, Mississippi, on 49.
0:33:21 > 0:33:26OK. Thanks very much, Richard. Here is your third question.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29Again, Jo and Richard, if you can get this question,
0:33:29 > 0:33:31you are straight through to the final.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:33:33 > 0:33:40to name as many D.I.S.C.O. words as they could. Richard?
0:33:40 > 0:33:42They can put any of the words or phrases
0:33:42 > 0:33:44for which the letters D.I.S.C.O. stand
0:33:44 > 0:33:48in the song by Ottawan. There are 16 different phrases or words,
0:33:48 > 0:33:52and where it's a phrase, we'll need all the words of it, please.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55OK. Jo and Richard, you get to go first this time.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57I'm not going to say it.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Which one do you want? Shall we go for the...
0:34:00 > 0:34:03- THEY WHISPER - Super sexy.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06We think I is irresistible.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08I, irresistible.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10OK.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13We have irresistible from Jo and Richard.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17- Stephanie and Pamela? - I'm going for S, super sexy.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20- Super sexy.- S, super sexy.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Let's take them in the order they've been given.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26Jo and Richard are going for irresistible.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said it.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Well done. It's right.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38- Down it goes. 13! - CHEERING
0:34:41 > 0:34:4413 for irresistible.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Stephanie and Pamela have gone for super sexy.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people said it.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53Super sexy.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55It's right!
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Will it go down further than irresistible?
0:35:00 > 0:35:02Ooh!
0:35:02 > 0:35:0417.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08Which result means that, after three questions,
0:35:08 > 0:35:12Jo and Richard are through to the final two-nil.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15- Richard?- They were actually the top two answers.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19There were a couple of "S"s, though, that were pointless.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22Instead of saying super sexy, if you'd said superficial
0:35:22 > 0:35:25or super special, you'd have won the point. They were pointless.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Disastrous and complicated were both pointless.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31Crazy, crazy and candy both would have scored you one point.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34Sensational, two, impossible, two, delightful, five,
0:35:34 > 0:35:38incredible, seven, delirious, eight.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Actually, I must listen to this song less.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42LAUGHTER
0:35:42 > 0:35:46Oh, oh, oh is nine, cutie, ten, desirable, 11,
0:35:46 > 0:35:50and there's the two everybody heard - irresistible, 13, and super sexy, 17.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54OK. Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,
0:35:54 > 0:35:56I'm afraid it's you, Stephanie and Pamela.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59Never mind. We will see you again next time
0:35:59 > 0:36:02when you'll bring all this newfound Pointless know-how to play,
0:36:02 > 0:36:05and I'm sure you will do fantastically well.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08Thanks so much for playing. Great contestants. Thank you.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14But for Jo and Richard, it's now time for our Pointless final,
0:36:14 > 0:36:17and the chance to win our jackpot of £1,500.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29Congratulations, Jo and Richard. You've seen off all the competition,
0:36:29 > 0:36:32and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy. Very well done.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Brilliant.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:36:44 > 0:36:49At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,500.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54The rules are very simple. To win that money,
0:36:54 > 0:36:56all you have to do is find a pointless answer,
0:36:56 > 0:36:59an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01We've had two pointless answers today.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03You only have to find one more.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05First you've got to choose a category,
0:37:05 > 0:37:08and you can choose from these three options. Here they are.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Which do you want?
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- Um... - I don't think American fiction.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19- No.- That's out straight away. - Wildlife...
0:37:19 > 0:37:22- HE CHUCKLES - Possibly. Media...
0:37:22 > 0:37:26- I think we're going to know more about media.- Let's hope so.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Yeah. We're going to go for media.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31OK. Well, let's find out what the question is.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Here goes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:37:34 > 0:37:40to name as many directors-general of the BBC as they could.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Directors-general of the BBC, Richard.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45We're looking for any permanent general manager
0:37:45 > 0:37:48or director-general of the BBC from 1922
0:37:48 > 0:37:50right through to the start of 2011.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53We're not looking for anyone who's had that post
0:37:53 > 0:37:55on a temporary basis, in case you were tempted
0:37:55 > 0:37:59to give us one of their names. Any permanent director-general,
0:37:59 > 0:38:03as it's now known, of the BBC. I wish you all the luck in the world.
0:38:03 > 0:38:08OK! You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers,
0:38:08 > 0:38:10and all you need to win that £1,500
0:38:10 > 0:38:13is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Your 60 seconds start now.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18- I've got no idea.- Right!
0:38:18 > 0:38:20THEY LAUGH
0:38:20 > 0:38:22That's a good basis, then.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26So, er... Oh, blimey! Directors-general of the BBC.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28It's kind of current affairs, isn't it? But, um...
0:38:28 > 0:38:31- the names escape me. - I haven't even got...
0:38:31 > 0:38:34I can picture one guy, but I can't remember his name.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36I haven't got an inkling.
0:38:36 > 0:38:41I don't know if Adam Crozier was director-general of the BBC.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44He did a couple of things. He was the FA, wasn't he?
0:38:44 > 0:38:47I think he went to the Post Office. He might have been at the BBC.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50Um... Isn't it Eric...
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Oh, I can't remember his name. Terry...
0:38:53 > 0:38:56John Birt as well, I think.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59And there's another guy, but I can't remember.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04Um... I want to say Eric Sykes, but I don't think it's him.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06THEY LAUGH But it's something like that.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Um...
0:39:11 > 0:39:12Five seconds.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16Just...give the two you've given, and make someone up.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20OK. There is your minute up.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22We were looking for directors-general of the BBC.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25I now need three answers from you.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27I think there's a guy called John Birt.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30- John Birt. - We'll go for Adam Crozier.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Adam Crozier.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36And I can't think of this other guy's name,
0:39:36 > 0:39:41so, um, we will go for...um, somebody who came from media, so...
0:39:41 > 0:39:45- somebody like Alan Sugar. It's not going to be Alan Sugar, but...- OK.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48- But Alan Sugar. - Why not? Why not?- Of those three,
0:39:48 > 0:39:51which is your most confident answer to be pointless?
0:39:51 > 0:39:55- The most confident to be pointless I guess would be John Birt.- OK.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58We'll put him last. Shall we put Alan Sugar first?
0:39:58 > 0:40:02- Yeah.- Lovely. We'll put them up on the board in that order.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11There they are. We were looking for directors-general of the BBC.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14You said this was your least-confident answer.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £1,500 jackpot.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22So let's see if your first answer is correct,
0:40:22 > 0:40:25and if it is, let's see if anyone said Alan Sugar.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Yeah. OK. Well, we knew that, we knew that.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Unfortunately that is not a pointless answer.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34That was just one to fill a place.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40£1,500. How would you spend that?
0:40:40 > 0:40:44We're hoping to move house, so it would help a little towards that.
0:40:44 > 0:40:49Very good. OK. Well, we were looking for directors-general of the BBC.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51Let's hope nobody said your next answer,
0:40:51 > 0:40:56Adam Crozier. You mentioned the Post Office and the FA.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00Did he also head the BBC?
0:41:00 > 0:41:04Let's find out. Is it right, and if it is, how many people said Adam Crozier?
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Well, it was a good guess.
0:41:08 > 0:41:13Happens to be wrong, so I'm afraid that also isn't a pointless answer.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Now, this last one - where did this name come from?
0:41:20 > 0:41:22I don't know. I don't know where it's come from,
0:41:22 > 0:41:25so it could be completely made up.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29You said this was the answer you had most faith in.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31It's your best shot at a pointless answer.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34Let's see if it's right. If it's right, it could go a long way down,
0:41:34 > 0:41:38maybe. This for the jackpot of £1,500.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Let's see if John Birt is right, and if it is,
0:41:41 > 0:41:44let's see how many people said it. John Birt.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48It's right!
0:41:48 > 0:41:50It's right.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55Down it goes. 50s. 40s. This has to go all the way down.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59Into the teens. Single figures! Down it goes. Six!
0:41:59 > 0:42:00- Oh! - APPLAUSE
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Close!
0:42:04 > 0:42:07That was a good answer, Richard. A good answer.
0:42:07 > 0:42:12Scored you six. You didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,
0:42:12 > 0:42:14so you don't win today's jackpot of £1,500,
0:42:14 > 0:42:18which rolls over to the next show, but you have been amazing contestants.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21You do take home our Pointless trophy, of course.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23APPLAUSE
0:42:24 > 0:42:28- So, Richard... - Yeah. Unlucky, Jo and Richard.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32I think the Eric Sykes you're thinking of may be Greg Dyke.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35- Yeah. - He would have scored 17 points,
0:42:35 > 0:42:37so he's not a pointless,
0:42:37 > 0:42:41but he was a director-general. There's only five pointless answers.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Lots of the directors-general got points.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Let's look at the five pointless ones.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Cecil Graves, who was director-general briefly
0:42:49 > 0:42:51during the Second World War, Charles Curran,
0:42:51 > 0:42:55who was director-general from 1969 to '77,
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Hugh Carleton Greene, who was Graham Greene's brother
0:42:57 > 0:43:00and Charles Curran's predecessor. Ian Trethowan.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03He took over from Charles Curran,
0:43:03 > 0:43:05and Ian Jacob. Those were all pointless.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Very well done if you got any of those.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12Thank you. Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you, Jo and Richard.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15It's been great having you on the show. Thank you.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17APPLAUSE
0:43:19 > 0:43:22Nobody's won our jackpot today, which means it rolls over
0:43:22 > 0:43:27onto the next show, when we will be playing for £2,500.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29CHEERING
0:43:31 > 0:43:34Join us next time to see if someone can win it.
0:43:34 > 0:43:38- Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard... - Goodbye.- And from me. Goodbye.
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