Episode 27 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show where popular answers mean nothing

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

APPLAUSE

First we welcome back Alexandra and Francis. You're our first pair this afternoon.

You were on the show last time. Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

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

-We got to the head-to-head.

-Oh, dear.

-African countries was our downfall. Beginning with S.

-Beginning with S.

-What categories are you hoping come up today?

-Er, film

-and, erm, playwrights would be quite nice.

-Film and playwrights.

-THEY LAUGH

-And Francis?

-Astronomy. I used to be a member of the British Astronomical Association.

-So no longer?

-An astronomer manque. Manque, not monkey.

-THEY LAUGH

-And, of course, maths.

-Yes.

-That would be a marvellous thing to come up.

Francis is a maths teacher. He's too modest to tell you himself.

-THEY LAUGH

-Very, very good to have you with us. Best of luck.

Next we welcome Roger and Zoe. How do you two know each other?

Hello, Alexander. We work together. We've been work colleagues for two years.

But more importantly, we've lived together for 18 years as man and daughter.

-THEY LAUGH

-Oh!

Oh, back from the brink there, Roger!

-LAUGHTER

-Good lord! You work together?

-Yes, we do.

Do you go in together, ride in together, have lunch together?

I cycle to work, Zoe pays for a taxi.

Very good. Is that true?

Not all the time, I sometimes walk, but Dad likes to be up really early

-and cycle or run into work, so...

-Run?

-Run? Have you ever run in with him?

-Oh, no!

-No.

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

And next we welcome David and Mike. How do you two know each other?

I met David about five years ago when I joined Woldingham Golf Club.

-I have to commend you on your shirt.

-Thank you. I knew that was coming.

It really... I can tell you, you are brightening up people's afternoons across the country.

-Thank you.

-Wonderful. Do not adjust your set.

That's Mike's shirt. Well, very best of luck to the pair of you. It's great to have you here.

And finally, we welcome back Sarah and Caz. You were on the show last time. Remind us how you did.

Er, we went out in the second round

with questions about both Sarah's and my worst possible subject, geography and travel.

-So we're hoping for Luton Town questions, please.

-OK, Luton Town questions.

-We are pretty Luton Town heavy on this show, yeah.

-LAUGHTER

-Very good.

-Thank you.

-It's a great pleasure having you back on the show.

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

There is, however, one person left for me to introduce.

He is a man who revels in the unusual. He's my Pointless friend, Richard.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Hello.

-Good afternoon to you.

Good afternoon to you. We've got two returning pairs.

-Alexandra and Francis were very strong last time.

-Yep.

-We're both a little bit scared of Francis.

-A little bit.

Cos he's a maths teacher. Not scared, but I think respectful.

I think very much he's in charge today.

But Sarah and Caz will be looking to go further than they did last time.

It should be a very good show. But I will say, question one of today's show,

probably the single most exciting question

we have ever, ever done.

Everybody here, strap yourselves in.

Everyone at home, strap yourselves in.

My friend, it is going to be quite something.

I'm going to ride this bareback. I'm not strapping in at all.

I'm looking so forward to that. Right!

We put all our questions to 100 people before the show, but this is Pointless,

so we're after the obscure answers they didn't give.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

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

so today's jackpot starts off, would you believe, at £5,500.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Right! Let's play Pointless!

Right, in the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.

Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

So try and make sure that's not you.

OK, our first category this afternoon is...

Can you decide in your pairs who'll go first, who'll go second?

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

OK, let's find out what the first question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

-as many types of lettuce...

-LAUGHTER

-APPLAUSE

-OK, the correct answers in this round will all be well-known names of lettuce leaves

or other edible salad leaves.

Alexandra and Francis, you all drew lots before the show

and you get to go first this afternoon.

In this round, we'll give you a choice of seven possible answers in each pass. A bit of a relief.

OK. The first set of seven answers reads like this.

Right, I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless, but be careful

because there is at least one incorrect answer. Pick an incorrect answer and you score 100 points.

Alexandra, it is your privilege to start off this, the most exciting round in Pointless to date.

-Do you like food?

-I like food but I really don't like lettuce.

-You genuinely don't like lettuce?

-No.

-You abhor lettuce?

-Yes.

But I do recognise two and I just want to make sure I get a right one.

I'll go for rocket.

-You're going to go for rocket.

-Yeah.

-There it is, second one down.

OK, let's find out if rocket is correct, and if it is, how many people said it.

Very good.

-APPLAUSE

-26.

You got two thumbs up from Francis, which I think we'd all be very pleased with.

-26, that scored you. Rocket, Richard.

-Yes, rocket has a rich, peppery taste.

They even make a liqueur, rockolini, from it.

-Rocket liqueur?

-Mm.

-I think that's too far.

-Do you think?

-Too far.

-It's apparently very nice. Like a grappa or a limoncello.

-Too far.

-LAUGHTER

-I will talk to them.

-Let them know. Thank you.

Now then, Roger. We're looking for types of lettuce.

-Yes.

-Rocket has gone.

-I think I'll go wild

and hope to goodness that deer tongue is a type of lettuce.

-Deer tongue.

-And not something that you find down the butchers. THEY LAUGH

Oh, neither of them are particularly appetising.

-No.

-Deer tongue.

There is it, one up from the bottom. It could be the pointless, Roger.

Let's find out. Is deer tongue an edible leaf? And if so, how many people said it?

Well done, Roger! Look at that! It's correct.

I have a feeling deer tongue will take us a long way down.

Yes, it is!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very well done, Roger, that's a pointless answer. It adds 250 quid to today's jackpot,

taking the total up to £5,750, and it scored you nothing. Very well done. Richard, deer tongue.

Well played, Roger. These lettuces are awesome, aren't they?

Its shape is like a deer's tongue, pointed and triangular.

-Ah, deer's tongue. They're not triangular.

-I beg to differ.

Who cares? It was a pointless answer, Roger. Brilliant answer.

Mike, remember, we're looking for types of lettuce or salad leaf.

Well, there's one answer I'm certain of.

I think I'll play safe and say iceberg. Iceberg.

Slightly Titanic ring to it.

-THEY LAUGH

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

how many people said iceberg. Good luck, Mike.

76. It's a big score.

-But better than 100. Richard, iceberg.

-Yeah, very big score.

-Developed in America. Used to be packed in ice, that's where the name iceberg comes from.

-Well done, Mike.

Sarah. Are you a bit of a lettuce aficionado?

-No.

-No.

The two answers that I thought were have gone.

So I'm going to take another guess.

Truss.

-Truss.

-Yes.

-OK.

Let's see if truss is indeed a lettuce varietal

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

Ohh! Bad luck, Sarah.

Truss is not a type of lettuce

so I'm afraid you score the maximum of 100 points. Richard.

Yes, sorry, Sarah, the book Eats Shoots And Leaves was written by Lynne Truss

but truss is not a type of lettuce. Let's look at the rest.

Lollo rosso is a lettuce. That would've scored you ten points.

Out of those other two, there is an incorrect answer. What do you think?

Cabbage looper, to me, sounds like a butterfly.

So I'm going to say not cabbage looper. I'm going to say oak leaf.

Oak leaf is indeed a real lettuce. Would've scored you two points.

Cabbage looper is a pest that attacks lettuce.

The very enemy of lettuce, the cabbage looper.

-If I see one of those cabbage loopers...

-Ohh!

-LAUGHTER

-Thanks, Richard. We're halfway through the round,

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

What a broad, broad score board we have there.

On no points at all, Roger and Zoe. Congratulations.

Then we leap up to 26, Alexandra, not a bad answer with rocket.

Then we leap up a bit, up to 76 for Mike and David.

And then, oh dear, way at the front of the field there,

way at the front, Sarah and Caz on 100 points.

Caz, your job in the next pass is to answer as low as possible.

You need to score next to nothing, in fact, nothing would be best.

OK, we'll come back down the line. Second players, take your places.

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

We are looking for types of lettuce. And we have got...

Again, at least one of those is pointless

but at least one of those is incorrect.

Pick an incorrect one and you will score the maximum of 100 points.

Caz, what a lovely list of lettuces

-or potential lettuces there.

-Absolutely.

I'm going to say black seeded Simpson. SHE LAUGHS

Right, OK, black seeded Simpson.

They're growing beautifully, the black seeded Simpson.

LAUGHTER

OK, there's no red line for you because you are the high scorers.

Let's see if black seeded Simpson is correct, and if it is, how many people said it.

It's right. Well done, Caz.

-Very well done!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very well done, black seeded Simpson is a pointless answer.

Is adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £6,000.

And it scores you absolutely nothing. Leaves your total at 100.

-Lettuces get more and more exciting.

-Don't they?

The black seeded Simpson, you hardly need me to tell you, is a hardy, fast-growing lettuce

with crunchy, sweet-tasting leaves.

This round could go on forever as far as I'm concerned.

-LAUGHTER

-Now then, David, congratulations for being part of this.

-Thank you.

-It's a privilege.

-It is, isn't it?

If you can score 23 or less with this, you're definitely in the next round.

I know two definites, but I think they'll score high.

So it's whether I gamble, which I think I'm going to have to do.

I'm going to go for buttercrunch.

Buttercrunch. OK, there's your red line. If you get below that red line,

you are through to the next round. Is buttercrunch right or wrong? If it's right, how many people said it?

It's right! Un-crunch.

You are through to the next round.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very, very, very well done. That's another pointless answer.

It adds another £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £6,250

and it scores you absolutely nothing, leaving you with a total of 76.

-Very good.

-Who would've thought there were so many pointless lettuces?

Very well played, David. Very good answer.

Now then, Zoe. We have never had three pointlesses in a row on this show.

I wonder. It could happen right now. Roger's shaking his head and looking skywards.

Don't let that put you off, Zoe. I have every faith.

-I know one for definite.

-Mm-hm.

Probably much to my Dad's disgust, I think I'm going to gamble it

and I'm going to go for lollo biondo.

Lollo biondo.

There is it at the top of the board. Lollo biondo.

What are you thinking, Roger?

I'm thinking there might be a tiebreak.

LAUGHTER

Oh, ye of little faith.

Let's see. Is lollo biondo a correct answer, and if it is, how many people said it?

Lollo biondo. Good luck, Zoe.

Well done, Zoe! What about that?

You are through to the next round.

-Oh!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very, very well done you, Zoe! Lollo biondo.

A brilliant answer.

Justly rewarded with two points. Richard.

Yeah, well done. Lollo biondo is like lollo rosso but without the red tinge.

I'd just like to say, Zoe and Roger, father and daughter, much as you love each other,

-both times you've given an answer, the person behind has gone...

-LAUGHTER

"This is so typical. Wrong, again."

And you've both got it right.

Francis. You are on 26.

The high scorers remain Caz and Sarah on 100.

If you can score 73 or less with this answer,

you are through to the next round.

Remember, we're looking for types of lettuce or salad leaf.

Well, I know two of them, obviously, we all do.

They all could be lettuces, couldn't they? Oh...

Playing it dead safe, little gem.

Little gem. You need to be scoring 73 or less with this answer. Here is your red line.

If little gem gets you below that red line,

you are through to the next round and we say goodbye to Caz and Sarah.

Is it right? And if it is, how many people said it?

Down it goes. Through you go.

25. Very well done. Takes your total up to 51.

APPLAUSE

-Little gem, Richard.

-Yeah, well played, Francis.

Little gem, the perfect note to leave the round on cos it was a little gem.

Cos was a pretty high scorer. Would've scored you 56.

Radicchio would've scored you 9.

And the nerello mascalese is a grape. It was an incorrect answer.

Very well done if you got any of those pointless answers.

OK, thanks, Richard. At the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score, it's Sarah and Caz.

This is exactly what I told you mustn't happen.

-What have you done?

-I know.

-It was my fault.

-You've "lettuce" down.

THEY GROAN/LAUGH

Well, you've been fantastic contestants. I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you so soon.

-Thanks for playing.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

For the remaining three pairs, time for round two.

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

so one of the three pairs in front of me now will be leaving us at the end of this round.

OK, the category for round two is...

A simultaneous shrug from at least two of you.

Decide in your pairs who'll go first, who'll go second. Whoever's first, step up to the podium.

Very good. And our second round question this afternoon concerns...

In this round, we're about to show you a list of names given to inhabitants of certain cities.

We asked 100 people to tell us which cities these people come from. Richard.

We'll give you six names on each pass. You've got to tell us the city that these people come from.

The more obscure ones will score you fewer points. If you give us an incorrect answer, you'll score 100.

So there'll be six in each pass, that's 12 at home to have a go at.

OK. Thanks, Richard. We're looking for the cities these people come from. Here's our first list.

-So, Alexandra.

-Well, I know a few there, it's just trying to go for the least obvious one.

I'll go for Muscovites and say Moscow.

Muscovites, Moscow. Francis is shaking his head.

You think Muscovites not from Moscow?

Oh, no, they're from Moscow all right.

-SHE LAUGHS

-I see.

-I'm thinking of the score.

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

59.

Francis not happy. Oh, my goodness, if you'd been given that look

at any time during your school career, it was a look of disappointment.

Just seeing that look has made me do some maths homework.

LAUGHTER

Muscovites, Moscow.

It's right but it scores you 59.

That look said, "Could do better." Richard.

Yeah, Moscow. Well done. It's got more billionaires than any other city, Moscow.

OK, so, Roger, we are looking for the cities that these people live in.

There are two which may look obvious but might be tricky,

but I think I'll go for...

..Madrilenians and Madrid.

Madrilenians, Madrid.

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

It's right. Very well done, Roger.

-57. Only two better than Muscovites.

-Was obvious, then.

-Richard, Madrilenians.

-Yes, some big scores in this round,

but a good answer. Also known as gatos sometimes, which is Spanish for cats.

David. You're the last person to have this board.

And this board has yielded us pretty high scores.

We've 59, we've had 57.

There's two that I'm not going for.

Mancunians is Manchester, Scousers is Liverpool.

And Mancunians will score higher than Scousers because Manchester always score more than Liverpool.

-LAUGHTER/BOOING

-Listen to that.

So I'm going to go for Dundonians, which I believe is Dundee.

Dundonians. Francis says yes.

-Roger also concedes that is probably likely.

-LAUGHTER

Dundonians, Dundee. Let's see if it's a correct answer,

and if it is, how many people said it. Dundonians, Dundee.

It's right.

Oh, dear, oh, dear. That's a high score, David.

77 for Dundonians.

Were the 100 people asked in Scotland?

-LAUGHTER

-I think they're all just fans of marmalade and cake.

LAUGHTER

Now, let's see whether Manchester always beats Liverpool.

Manchester, Mancunians, scores 92.

And the Scousers, there's one point in it.

-91.

-I rest my case.

Sorry, Liverpool. There is one low answer on the board.

This scores two points. Cariocas. What do you think?

The name of the city is in there. It's Cacas.

-No, Rio, sorry.

-They are from Rio, yes. Very well done.

That would've scored two points, so well done if you said Cariocas, Rio.

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

Well, it's been a high scoring round.

The lowest score, on 57, Roger and Zoe. There we are.

Then just up a little bit from you, Alexandra and Francis on 59.

Then a bit of a jump to David and Mike, rather surprisingly

with that Dundonian answer there, on 77.

So, Mike, you've got it all to do in the next pass.

Having said that, it's very, very close, anything could happen.

This will decide who goes through to the head-to-head. We'll come back down the line.

Second players, take your places at the podium?

OK, we're going to put six more names of inhabitants on the board.

Inhabitants of various cities. Here they are.

Remember, we are looking for the cities that these people come from

and you're trying to find the one that fewest of our 100 people knew. Mike, you're the high scorers on 77.

You're going to have to pull something out of the bag.

One or two obvious ones again.

I'll go for Varsovians, Warsaw.

Varsovians, Warsaw. There it is at the bottom.

Does sound like a Scottish football team.

-LAUGHTER

-Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people said it. No red line because you are the high scorers.

It's right.

-Wow!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Our first, possibly only, single-figure score in this round.

Varsonians, Warsaw scores you 8, takes your total up to 85.

-Well done. Richard.

-Very well played, Mike. That's put you right back in it.

Zoe, we come to you. The high scorers are now David and Mike on 85.

You are on 57. If you can score 27 or less with this answer,

you are through to the next round, you'll be in the head-to-head.

I don't really want it to be wrong, so I think I'm going to have to play it kind of safe

and go with Athenians and Athens.

Athenians, Athens. Let's see if Athenians are indeed from Athens,

and if they are, how many people said it. There is your red line. If you get below that,

you are through to the head-to-head. Good luck. Athenians, Athens.

Ooh. That was a costly one. Athenians, Athens is right

but it scores you 81. That takes your total up to 138. Richard.

Yeah, the area of Athens has been inhabited for 5,000 years.

Thanks very much, Richard. Francis.

It falls to you now. You are on 59. The high scorers are Zoe and Roger on 138.

If you can score 78 or less, you are through to the next round.

I think they're all pretty obvious, aren't they?

I'm assuming Angelenos is Los Angeles.

But, er, I'll take a gamble on this one. I've got a bad feeling here.

Neapolitans, Naples.

Neapolitans, Naples. There's your red line.

Let's hope Neapolitans, Naples gets you below that red line.

If it does, you are through to the head-to-head. Let's find out. Is it right? How many people said it?

Very well done. 61.

APPLAUSE

Takes your total up to 120.

-So, Richard.

-Yeah, well done, Francis.

Very good answer. All big scorers, so you had to find something

that scored you 78 or less.

You were quite right that Angelenos was Los Angeles.

That also would've seen you through cos that only scored 41.

Melburnians, you'll be shocked to learn, are inhabitants of Melbourne.

That would've scored you 82, so that would've seen you knocked out.

Glaswegians, which is Glasgow, the biggest score of all, 97.

-Wow.

-97.

OK, thanks, Richard. At the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score

is Zoe and Roger.

Roger, what have you learnt from your time on Pointless?

We didn't get anything wrong, we can hold our heads high and come back again and be even better.

You will come back again. We'll see you again next time.

-It's been great having you on the show. Thanks for playing.

-Thank you. APPLAUSE

But for the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

Very well done, David and Mike, Alexandra and Francis, you've made it through to the head-to-head.

Only one pair can make it through to today's final

and play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £6,250.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Now that's a jackpot.

You're going to go head-to-head on the best of three questions. For each question, each pair

needs to give me one answer. You can confer.

Just come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and you win that question.

The first pair to get to the best of three will play for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless.

OK, here is our first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Wallace and Gromit films as they could. Wallace and Gromit films.

-Richard.

-We're looking for any film which stars the animated characters Wallace and Gromit.

It can be a cinema film, TV film or short film.

The things we won't accept are Cracking Contraptions, which was a series of short films,

and their World Of Invention, which was a TV series, or any DVD compilations.

So any of the five Wallace and Gromit films released up to the start of 2011.

Thanks, Richard. OK, Dave and Mike, because you've played best so far, you get to go first.

We're looking for Wallace and Gromit films.

THEY WHISPER

-OK, we have answer.

-Yeah, we're going to go for the first one, which was A Grand Day Out.

A Grand Day Out. OK, very good.

Alexandra and Francis, you can now speak out loud if you like.

There's The Wrong Trousers or Curse Of The Were-Rabbit. I think it's Were-Rabbit.

Erm... We're going to go for Curse Of The Were-Rabbit.

OK. So we have A Grand Day Out, we have Curse Of The Were-Rabbit.

David and Mike said A Grand Day Out. Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people remembered that.

A Grand Day Out.

Very well done. It's right.

Down it goes. 17!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

17 for A Grand Day Out.

Alexandra and Francis have gone for Curse Of The Were-Rabbit.

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

30.

So, after our first question, David and Mike are ahead one-nil.

-Richard.

-Grand Day Out was the very first Wallace and Gromit film

and Curse Of The Were-Rabbit was the first to be released in cinemas.

There were two answers that would've beaten A Grand Day Out.

A Matter Of Loaf And Death. A Close Shave would've been 12 points.

A Grand Day Out, 17 points.

It was part of Nick Park's graduation film from the Film and Television School.

-Wow.

-Peter Sallis was paid £50 for his role as Wallace.

The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit with 30 and right at the top, The Wrong Trousers on 53.

Thanks, Richard. Here is your second question.

Alexandra and Francis, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

US presidents whose surname begins with C as they could.

Yeah, we're looking for any US president

up to the start of 2011 whose name begins with C.

I won't tell you how many there are, but see how many you can name at home.

OK. Alexandra and Francis, you get to go first this time.

-We'll go for Calvin Coolidge.

-Calvin Coolidge.

-David and Mike.

-We can think of Clinton and Carter.

I don't think we can beat Coolidge, so we'll go for...

-Yeah, I think so, Jimmy Carter.

-Jimmy Carter. OK.

We have Jimmy Carter and Calvin Coolidge. Alexandra and Francis, this is a point you have to win

to stay in the game. Let's hope Calvin Coolidge does it for you.

Is it right? How many people said Calvin Coolidge?

-Very good. 17.

-APPLAUSE

David and Mike have 17 to beat. Will Jimmy Carter do it?

Let's find out.

-36.

-APPLAUSE

Very exciting indeed. After two questions, it is one point apiece. Richard.

Yeah, there was one answer that would beat Calvin Coolidge and it was Grover Cleveland,

which would've scored you 5. He's the only president in history to serve two non-consecutive terms.

Calvin Coolidge on 17. He's the only president in history to have a pet pygmy hippopotamus.

-LAUGHTER

-Jimmy Carter, 36, and Bill Clinton at the top on 60.

Whoever wins this question will be playing for that jackpot in the final.

Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Mock The Week comedians as they could.

-Richard.

-We're looking for anyone who's appeared on the comedy panel show Mock The Week

ten or more times up to the beginning of 2011

according to the Internet Movie Database.

Thanks. David and Mike, you get to go first this time.

-Erm, Ed Byrne.

-Ed Byrne we have from David and Mike.

Alexandra and Francis, you can talk out loud.

There's Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Russell Howard.

-Obvious ones.

-Erm...

Well, we're just going to go for Gina Gershon.

-Gina Gershon.

-Gershon.

OK, so we have Ed Byrne from David and Mike

and we have Gina Gershon from Alexandra and Francis.

Dave and Mike, Ed Byrne, let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said Ed Byrne.

It's right.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Wow. Ed Byrne scores you two.

Alexandra and Francis have gone for Gina Gershon.

-No, I think that's...Gina Yash...

-The surname's wrong.

-Yeah.

-The surname's wrong.

Let's see. Is Gina Gershon right, and if it is, how many people said it?

Bad luck, Alexandra and Francis. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Which means, after three questions, very well-fought head-to-head round,

David and Mike go through to the final 2-1.

-Richard.

-Yeah, Gina Gershon is an American actress. Gina Yashere you were thinking of.

-She hasn't been on the show ten times or more.

-Oh, right.

Ed Byrne, a very good answer.

-A fan of the show, Ed Byrne.

-Fan of this show?

-Yeah.

-Ed!

-So if he's watching...

-LAUGHTER

If he's watching, you just put somebody in the final.

David Mitchell was the only answer that would've beaten Ed Byrne. It would've scored 1.

There's Ed Byrne with 2. Rory Bremner with 5.

Andy Parsons with 10.

Russell Howard, 13.

Hugh Dennis, 15. Frankie Boyle, 16.

And Dara O'Briain right at the top, the host of the show, with 26.

OK, thanks very much. So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, it's Alexandra and Francis.

Oh, dear, oh, dear. Now you're giving me that look!

-LAUGHTER

-What better could I have done?

LAUGHTER

I'm so sorry that we don't get to see you in the final

because I'm sure you would clean up there.

But you have been excellent contestants. Thank you so much.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

But for David and Mike, it's now time for our Pointless final

and the chance to win our jackpot of £6,250.

Congratulations, David and Mike, you've made it through to the final

and you have fought off all the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy. Well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at a staggering £6,250.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

The rules are simple. To win the money, all you have to do

is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people could think of.

We've had three pointless answers today. You're responsible for at least one of those.

OK, you only need to find one more to go home with that money.

First you've got to choose a category from these three options.

Actors is not too bad. American fiction, I don't think so.

No. Soul singers, possibly.

-Shall we go for the middle one, then?

-Go for actors.

-Actors.

-You're going to go for actors?

-We'll try actors. Hopefully it's one we know.

What do you hope it might be? What would be a good category for you?

-Something we've mugged up on.

-OK.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Kevin Spacey films as they could.

-Kevin Spacey films. Richard.

-We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release

for which Kevin Spacey has received an acting credit prior to the beginning of 2011.

Short films, TV films, documentaries, anything where he plays himself don't count.

Anything where he's a voice actor does count.

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that £6,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

There was the one he won an Oscar for, but everyone will know that.

-There's not many more.

-Do speak up.

I'm not sure... Was he in Waterworld?

I can't remember. Erm...

-Not one of the stars.

-Dances With Wolves, was he in that?

-Possibly.

-I think he might have been.

Waterworld, I have a feeling he might have had a small part.

And Dances With Wolves.

There was a space one, wasn't there?

No, I can't remember one to do with space.

-Erm...

-We've still got 20 seconds. Erm...

-Dances With Wolves.

-Yeah.

-Waterworld.

-And...

-Was he in...

-What was the one he won the Oscar for?

-Can't remember.

American Beauty. I think we'll have to go for that.

-Yeah, go for that.

-OK.

-We'll go for those three.

-Yep.

OK, you have your three. I will stop the clock there.

Right you are. There we are. We were looking for Kevin Spacey films.

I now need three answers from you.

-American Beauty.

-American Beauty.

-Waterworld.

-Waterworld.

-And Dances With Wolves.

And Dances With Wolves.

OK. Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Waterworld.

-OK, we'll put Waterworld last.

-Which is your least likely?

-American Beauty because he won the Oscar for that.

American Beauty. OK. We'll put those up in that order. Here they are.

There they are. We were looking for Kevin Spacey movies.

Let's see if your first answer is right, American Beauty,

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

It's right. You thought this might be a high scoring one

because he won the Oscar for it. Down it goes.

-22.

-APPLAUSE

22. Unfortunately, not a pointless answer.

But you said this was the one you had the least faith in.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win the jackpot.

Let's try your next answer.

Dances With Wolves. There it is. This has to be pointless

if you're going to win that jackpot of £6,250.

If you won £6,250, what would you do with it?

Give the grandchildren some money.

Ditto with the grandchildren and a new bathroom.

Grandchildren and a new bathroom.

Well, let's hope Dances With Wolves gets you that bathroom

and those happy grandchildren, of course. Dances With Wolves.

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

Ohh. Bad luck. Bad luck.

That's an incorrect answer, which means you only have one more shot

at today's jackpot.

-Waterworld. You've seen Waterworld?

-Yeah.

-David?

-Yes. Years ago.

-Years ago.

OK, this is for the jackpot. This is your third and final shot at the jackpot of £6,250.

Let's see if it's a correct answer, and if it is, how many people said Kevin Spacey was in Waterworld.

Oh, bad luck! Bad luck!

APPLAUSE

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

so you don't win today's jackpot of £6,250

which rolls over to the next show. But you have been amazing and you do get our Pointless trophy.

-Very well done.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-So, Richard.

-American Beauty was actually the highest scoring of any of the films,

followed by Usual Suspects, Seven, Superman Returns.

Glengarry Glen Ross he's in, LA Confidential, Bug's Life.

There's only five pointless answers amongst those 41.

Most of his films are of a certain standard that people remember. Let's look at the pointless ones.

The Father Of Invention, which was from 2010, with Johnny Knoxville.

Hurlyburly, that was with Sean Penn.

The Clint Eastwood film Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil,

with Jude Law and John Cusack.

Outbreak he was in, the Morgan Freeman, Dustin Hoffman film.

And a crime movie that he was in with Don Cheadle, The United States of Leland.

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

-Did you know any of those films?

-No.

-No. Never heard of them.

Well, unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, David and Mike. A great shame.

But you have been fantastic contestants.

-It's been great having you on the show. Thanks for playing.

-Thank you. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Nobody's won our jackpot today. It rolls over, which means on the next show we'll be playing for £7,250.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Join us next time, see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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