0:00:20 > 0:00:23CHEERING / APPLAUSE
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Thank you very much. Hello! I'm Alexander Armstrong,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
0:00:29 > 0:00:33the show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Let's meet today's players.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42First we welcome Abi and Tracy,
0:00:42 > 0:00:45our first pair on the show this afternoon.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48- How do you two know each other? - We started working together
0:00:48 > 0:00:51about three years ago, and became firm friends quite quickly on.
0:00:51 > 0:00:56- What are you hoping will come up today?- History or science fiction.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58History or science fiction. How about you, Abi?
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Science fiction, probably. Biology, that kind of...
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Oh, very good! Why biology specifically, Abi?
0:01:05 > 0:01:09I've got a degree in forensic science and I specialise in anthropology.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12- I think that's coming up in round two, isn't it?- Yeah.- Yes!
0:01:12 > 0:01:15On this edition of CSI Pointless. LAUGHTER
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Fabulous. Well, very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22Great to have you here. And next we welcome Richard and Terry.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24- How do you two know each other? - We were neighbours.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27We lived next door to each other for about five years,
0:01:27 > 0:01:29and our children grew up together.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- Richard, what do you do? - I work for a high-street bank.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37- Terry, how about you?- I have opened up my own traditional sweetie shop
0:01:37 > 0:01:41- in the village where I live. - That's the best answer you could have given!
0:01:41 > 0:01:44- You run a sweetie shop! - Sounds great.- Doesn't it?
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Toasted teacakes, bonbons, flying saucers...
0:01:47 > 0:01:49I could go on for an awfully long time.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56And next we welcome Roger and Zoe. You were on the show last time.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Everyone gets two shots at reaching the Pointless final.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04- Remind us how you did last time. - We got to the second round,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07where unfortunately we fell afoul to some Athenians -
0:02:07 > 0:02:10or, as it turned out, quite a lot of Athenians.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Yes, that's right. Ooh, that was a tough one.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Zoe, what are you hoping will come up this time?
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Maybe a little history. I do like my history,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- so that would be good. - Well, very best of luck to you.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26And finally we welcome Patrick and Chris. How do you know each other?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Well, we've been dating for about two years.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Very good indeed. What do you do, Chris?
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- I'm a graduate student.- Whereabouts? - London School of Economics.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37That's not a London accent. I'm good at accents.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42- I'm a Henry Higgins of, er... - It's sort of a Surrey accent.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Surrey with a little bit of West Country thrown in.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Maybe born near Devizes and has moved nearer London.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- Let's find out.- A little further west than the West Country.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- Canada.- Oh, I see.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- Canada.- I thought so. - I'm going to say Ottawa.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59- Where are you from?- Ottawa!
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Look at that!
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- You see?- That's very good.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- Yes.- Patrick, what do you do?
0:03:06 > 0:03:10I'm a stage-door keeper and barman at a West End theatre.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- At the same time? - Yeah.- Which queues get longer,
0:03:13 > 0:03:16the ones at the bar or the ones at the stage door?
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- Oh, it's always the bar. - Always the bar.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Will theatre be a strong subject for you, or more food and drink?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Well, I come from a theatrical family,
0:03:25 > 0:03:30so I'd say theatre and television's going to be quite a subject for me.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Very best of luck. Great to have you on the show.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38We'll find out more about you later. There is one further person for me to introduce.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42He is a man who delights in obscurity. He is my Pointless friend. He is Richard.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- Hiya. Hello. - CHEERING / APPLAUSE
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- Hello, there. - So, Richard, hello there.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- How are you?- I can't complain.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56We've only got one returning pair, Roger and Zoe,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59who were quite good last time. Roger, I think, very competitive.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01- Slightly.- Yeah, slightly.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04I suspect he's got all his tactics worked out,
0:04:04 > 0:04:07so it may be tough for our other three pairs.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11- Well, Richard, here's to it. - Here's to it.- Thank you very much.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13We put all our questions to 100 people before the show,
0:04:13 > 0:04:17but this is Pointless, so we're after the answers they didn't get.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer, one none of our 100 people gave.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25Each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Now, nobody won the jackpot last time,
0:04:27 > 0:04:29so we'll add another £1,000 to that.
0:04:29 > 0:04:35So today's jackpot starts off, if you please, at £7,250.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Let's play Pointless.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49In the first round, each of you must give me one answer,
0:04:49 > 0:04:51and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55The team with the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58If anyone gives me an incorrect answer,
0:04:58 > 0:05:00they will score the maximum of 100 points,
0:05:00 > 0:05:05so do be careful. OK. Our category for round one is...
0:05:06 > 0:05:10..words. Decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:05:21 > 0:05:25to name as many words ending in R-A-I-N as they could.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Words ending in "rain", Richard.
0:05:27 > 0:05:32Yeah. We're looking for any word in the Oxford English Dictionary
0:05:32 > 0:05:37that ends R-A-I-N. No proper nouns and no hyphenated words,
0:05:37 > 0:05:39and we won't accept the word "rain" itself.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42And that's as of the start of 2011.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Thank you very much, Richard. So, Tracy and Abi,
0:05:45 > 0:05:49you drew lots before the show, and today you get to go first.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- Tracy, how you feeling about this? - Terrified!
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Really?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Words ending with "rain".
0:05:56 > 0:05:59I'm going to say quatrain.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04That's the bizarrest thing ever. I just thought of that very word.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06- I was thinking...- I did as well.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11- When I saw the question, it was the first thing I thought of.- Quatrain.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14That's a great answer, but three of us simultaneously got it.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16There must be a bit of a quatrain thing.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20It happens! Eh? Beaming down.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22OK, quatrain! I think it's a great answer.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said quatrain.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Very well done.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Down it goes.
0:06:34 > 0:06:40Very, very well done indeed, Tracy. Quatrain scoring you two points.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- Brilliant. Richard? - APPLAUSE
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Yeah. Well played, Tracy, and well played, Alexander.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Quatrain. It's four lines of verse with alternate rhymes.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- A quatrain. - Very good indeed. Thank you.
0:06:52 > 0:06:58Now, then, Richard, we're looking for words ending in R-A-I-N. Rain.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Mm. I think I'm going to go for "refrain".
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- Refrain?- Yeah.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06OK. Refrain.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Let's see if refrain's right,
0:07:09 > 0:07:12and if it is, let's see how many people said refrain.
0:07:22 > 0:07:2629, that scores you, Richard. Not a bad score at all.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- Refrain, Richard.- Refrain, yeah. Can mean a recurring phrase,
0:07:30 > 0:07:32- or to keep oneself in check. - Now, then, Roger.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Words ending R-A-I-N. You're hoping to score as few points as possible.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Yes.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- Nice obscure word.- Terrain.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45Terrain. Let's see how many of our 100 people said terrain.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49It's right.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- 39. - APPLAUSE
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Not a bad score. Richard, terrain. - Yeah. Well done, Roger.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02As in "I must get an umbrella, it's just started 'terrain'".
0:08:02 > 0:08:04- HE LAUGHS - Very good, Richard. Thank you.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08Now, then, Patrick - the best till halfway through.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12- Words are not my best subject. - They're everyone's best subject.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14We use them daily.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17I'm going to have to go for one that's going to be a high scorer.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18Strain.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22- Strain.- Yeah.- OK. You're hoping to score as few points as possible,
0:08:22 > 0:08:25and you are saying "strain". Let's see if it's correct,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28and if it is, how many people said it. Strain.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- 39. - APPLAUSE
0:08:42 > 0:08:44- Strain. - Yeah, pretty big score for that.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Someone from Australia.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48- LAUGHTER - Yeah. So, Australian.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52We're halfway through. Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Well, Tracy and Abi are on two.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57A wonderful low answer there.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Then Richard and Terry on 29,
0:09:00 > 0:09:04then we go up to Roger and Zoe and Patrick and Chris on 39.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07So you all know what you have to do.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Remember, we are looking for words ending in R-A-I-N.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Chris?
0:09:18 > 0:09:21I'm going to go for "ingrain".
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Ingrain. You have no red line because you are the high scorers.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28You have to hope "ingrain" will score as little as possible.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Let's see if it does. Ingrain.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Very well done, Chris.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44APPLAUSE
0:09:44 > 0:09:47That's exactly what you had to do. That's scored you one,
0:09:47 > 0:09:51- and takes your total up to 40. - Very well played. Good answer.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54It's to dye thoroughly into fabric,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57and also posh people have "ingrain" toenails, as well.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59LAUGHTER
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Thanks very much, Richard. Now, then, Zoe,
0:10:03 > 0:10:07you are on 39. The high scorers are Chris and Patrick on 40.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Ideally you want to be scoring a pointless answer here
0:10:10 > 0:10:14to make sure you go straight through to the next round.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18- Have you got a word in your mind? - I have. It won't be pointless,
0:10:18 > 0:10:21but I'm going to have to go with "restrain".
0:10:21 > 0:10:26Restrain. Let's see how it does for you. Good luck, Zoe. Restrain.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Ten!
0:10:37 > 0:10:38APPLAUSE
0:10:38 > 0:10:41No mean score at all, there, Zoe. Very well done.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Ten takes your score total up to 49. Richard?
0:10:45 > 0:10:48That's a pretty good answer, with two teams still to go.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50To check or hold back. To restrain.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53OK. Now, then, Terry.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Now, then, the high scorers are Zoe and Roger on 49.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00If you can score 19 or less with your answer,
0:11:00 > 0:11:03you are through to the next round.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07- How many words have you had in mind that other people have said?- Two.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10- Quatrain. I know.- Yeah, quatrain.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Er, so I hope I don't let Richard down.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17The only one I can think of is "sprain".
0:11:17 > 0:11:20OK. Sprain. Here's your red line.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23If "sprain" gets you below that red line,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26you are through to the next round.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30Let's see what happens. Sprain. How many people said it?
0:11:36 > 0:11:39- It's done it! - SHE LAUGHS
0:11:39 > 0:11:41- 13! - APPLAUSE
0:11:42 > 0:11:4713 points for sprain, takes your total up to 42.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51Yeah. Well played, Terry. Very close, isn't it?
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Sprain is to twist or wrench ligaments or muscles.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Strain, 39, sprain, 13.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- I know.- All I'm saying...
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- LAUGHTER - There's no science to it, Richard.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- You make a very good point.- Don't I?
0:12:06 > 0:12:08- Yeah.- Eloquent.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Certainly as eloquent as you ever get, yeah.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14- Thank you. - HE LAUGHS
0:12:14 > 0:12:20Now, Abi, you are the last to play. The OED is your oyster.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22- I wouldn't go that far. - No, but it is.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27It is. You are on two. The high scorers, on 49, are Roger and Zoe.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31If you can score 46 or less...
0:12:31 > 0:12:34OK. Well, it's a bit of a risk
0:12:34 > 0:12:36because I don't know if it's hyphenated,
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- but I'm going to try "wholegrain". - Wholegrain.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Well, here is your red line, Abi.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47If wholegrain is right and it gets you below that red line,
0:12:47 > 0:12:52you are through to the next round. Good luck.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said it.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Oh, I knew it! I knew it!
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Unfortunately, unfortunately,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08wholegrain is not a correct answer,
0:13:08 > 0:13:10which means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- It's hyphenated, isn't it?- Oh, bad luck! That takes your total to 102.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17- Oh, I'm so sorry.- Richard? - That's really hard luck,
0:13:17 > 0:13:21because you often see it not hyphenated, but in the OED,
0:13:21 > 0:13:24wholegrain is hyphenated. Ironically, if you'd said "grain",
0:13:24 > 0:13:27you would have scored 46 points and you'd be through by one.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31- I nearly did that!- That's very, very tough luck, I think.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Everyone is gutted except for Roger, who is having the good grace
0:13:34 > 0:13:39- not to be going, "Come on!" - I wouldn't blame you.- I am inside.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Inside that's exactly what he's doing.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Oh, bad, bad luck.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers. There were all sorts.
0:13:47 > 0:13:52Aerotrain is a pointless answer, as was skytrain and turbotrain.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55They're all pointless answers. Chamfrain,
0:13:55 > 0:13:57which is a lovely, bubbly drink from France.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01It's not. It's the front of an armed horse.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Interstrain,
0:14:03 > 0:14:05a strain of two different species.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09Anyone who said quatrain might have said octrain as well.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Petitgrain, souterrain, which is underground.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Suzerain, which is a feudal overlord,
0:14:15 > 0:14:17then unstrain and withstrain.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20There was also a lovely word "pickbrain", which was pointless.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24- A pickbrain?- Someone who picks someone's brains is a pickbrain.
0:14:24 > 0:14:29A pickbrain. I'm glad it's that and not a menacing bird.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- That would be bad. - That would be bad.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35Let's take a look at the most popular answers as well,
0:14:35 > 0:14:38the ones most of our 100 said, so the worst ones to have said really.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42We avoided all of them. Drain would have scored 56,
0:14:42 > 0:14:47brain 67, and right at the top, the train, on 74.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Thanks, Richard. At the end of round one, the losing pair
0:14:50 > 0:14:53with the highest score, it's Abi and Tracy.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58You did everything right. You did absolutely everything right.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02- Not to worry.- I'm hoping this won't blunt your edge
0:15:02 > 0:15:05- when you come back next time. - Not at all.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09I hope you haven't been put off going out there and finding obscure answers,
0:15:09 > 0:15:14- because that is what the show is all about. Next time round, through to the final.- Absolutely.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18Thank you so much for playing. You've been brilliant contestants.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20APPLAUSE
0:15:20 > 0:15:24But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Only two pairs can make it through to the head-to-head,
0:15:32 > 0:15:36so one of the three pairs will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39OK. This afternoon's round-two category is...
0:15:40 > 0:15:45..newspapers. Decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second,
0:15:45 > 0:15:49and whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54And the question concerns...
0:15:55 > 0:15:59..newspapers and their countries. Newspapers and their countries.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02In this round we'll show you a list of newspaper titles.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07We asked 100 people to tell us in which countries they were published.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10We'll show you six newspapers in each pass.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14The more obscure ones will score you the fewer points.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19If you give us the wrong country, you'll score 100 points.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22So six in each pass. See if you can get all 12 of them at home.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26OK. Thanks, Richard. We are looking for the countries
0:16:26 > 0:16:29in which these newspapers are published, and we have got...
0:16:38 > 0:16:40I'll do that one more time.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50OK, Terry. There they are. There are the newspapers.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Do you take a newspaper?
0:16:53 > 0:16:58No, because I don't want to read about all the bad things that are happening in the world.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01I like to be in my own little nice bubble.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06And newspapers would destroy that. Even Dagens Nyheter?
0:17:06 > 0:17:09LAUGHTER Yeah.
0:17:09 > 0:17:14The one I'm going to go for is Le Monde, which means "The World"
0:17:14 > 0:17:17in French, so France.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Let's see if that is right, and if it is, how many people knew it.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Le Monde, France.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27It's right. Very well done, Terry.
0:17:27 > 0:17:2959.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33It's a whole lot better than 100, Terry.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- Le Monde, France. Richard? - Yes, Le Monde. A big score.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Founded in 1944. It's been going ever since.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- Never missed a day.- Yeah.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Thank you very much, Richard. Now, then, Roger -
0:17:46 > 0:17:50Roger, Roger, Roger. Le Monde has gone.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Le Monde was one of the two for sure that I knew.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56- OK.- The other one that I know for sure I'm not going to say,
0:17:56 > 0:17:58because I think it might be the same amount of points,
0:17:58 > 0:18:01and that's not the point of the game, is it?
0:18:01 > 0:18:03It's not. Well done, Roger.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07So, on the back of drinking Asahi Japanese beer,
0:18:07 > 0:18:10I'll go for Asahi Shimbun in Japan.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13What - you drank beer before coming on the show?
0:18:13 > 0:18:17Did you not have a beer before you came on today?
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- We all did. We all went for a drink. - I'm creme de menthe, like always.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22LAUGHTER
0:18:22 > 0:18:27OK. You're going for Asahi Shimbun. Japan, you're going to say.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people knew it.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Asahi Shimbun.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Very well done, Roger. Look at that. Down it goes. Very, very well done!
0:18:42 > 0:18:44APPLAUSE
0:18:46 > 0:18:52A brave guess, and it's earned you a creditable three points. Richard?
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Very well played. It literally means "The Morning Sun" in Japanese.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58First published in Osaka in 1879.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Very good, Roger. Well done. Now, then, Patrick,
0:19:01 > 0:19:05we are looking for the countries in which these newspapers are published.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Well, I don't really know any of them,
0:19:07 > 0:19:10except for one. I'm going to hazard a guess.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13For fun, do you want to hazard some guesses?
0:19:13 > 0:19:16The Globe And Mail... I don't know.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Um... Could be America or anything,
0:19:19 > 0:19:21but I don't think I would go with that.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24And then... How do you pronounce that one?
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- Komsom-...- Komsomolskaya!
0:19:26 > 0:19:29- LAUGHTER - Easy!
0:19:30 > 0:19:33I'm going to go with Die Welt and Germany.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37OK. Die Welt, Germany.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42OK. Let us see if Die Welt is indeed from Germany, and if it is,
0:19:42 > 0:19:44how many people knew that answer. Die Welt, Germany.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Very well done.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53- 58! - APPLAUSE
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Second-best score out there, Patrick. Very well done.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Die Welt, Germany, Richard. Die Welt. Also means "The World".
0:20:01 > 0:20:05It was founded in 1946 by the British occupying forces,
0:20:05 > 0:20:08to try and make a newspaper like The Times.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Chris's eyes must have been boring into your back there,
0:20:11 > 0:20:15because Globe And Mail is Canada's largest-circulation newspaper,
0:20:15 > 0:20:19the Toronto Globe And Mail, so it's an unfortunate way round there.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23That would have scored you three. That would have been a great answer.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26There's Komsomolskaya Pravda, which would have scored a hefty 25.
0:20:26 > 0:20:31It's Russia, of course. And Dagens Nyheter also scores three points.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35It's Sweden. Very well done if you got that at home.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Let's look at the scores. We're halfway through. On three points,
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Roger and Zoe. Very, very well done. Lovely low score there.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Then we creep up to Patrick and Chris,
0:20:45 > 0:20:48way ahead on 58, and just one point ahead of them,
0:20:48 > 0:20:52Terry and Richard on 59. Now, then, Chris and Richard,
0:20:52 > 0:20:56it's going to be a tussle between the pair of you in the next pass.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:21:02 > 0:21:06We're looking for the countries in which these newspapers are published,
0:21:06 > 0:21:10and we're going to put six more titles on the board. Here they come.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14La Repubblica, Al-Ahram...
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Are you liking my accent there?
0:21:16 > 0:21:20I am looking forward to you doing the sixth one on the list.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24I am going to sit back and enjoy your pronunciation of that.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27OK. Here goes. The Sowetan, Wall Street Journal,
0:21:27 > 0:21:30El Pais, and Eleftherotypia.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32In your face, Osman.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35- It's good. It's good. - APPLAUSE
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- I shall read those one more time. - HE READS LIST
0:21:49 > 0:21:53We are looking for the countries in which these newspapers are published,
0:21:53 > 0:21:57and you're trying to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02Now, Chris, Richard and Terry are only one point ahead on 59.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06Ideally, to be sure of a place in the next round, the head-to-head,
0:22:06 > 0:22:08you want to be scoring a pointless.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12I'm 90 percent sure of this. I really hope I am.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16I'm going to go with El Pais, and I'm pretty sure that's Spain.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18El Pais. You're saying Spain.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said El Pais.
0:22:30 > 0:22:3329, that scores you.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35APPLAUSE
0:22:35 > 0:22:39That takes your total up to 87. Richard.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Well played. Nice safe answer. El Pais means "The Country",
0:22:42 > 0:22:46and it's the largest-circulation non-sports newspaper in Spain.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Right. Now, then, Zoe, you are on three.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Our highest scorers are Chris and Patrick on 87.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54If you can score 83 or less with this answer,
0:22:54 > 0:22:56you are through to the head-to-head.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59What do you think?
0:22:59 > 0:23:03Not the best subject, so I think I'm going to play it safe
0:23:03 > 0:23:07and go with Wall Street Journal, and America.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Wall Street Journal and America. Your father approves of that.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Here is your red line. If the Wall Street Journal gets you below it,
0:23:15 > 0:23:19you are through to the next round. Very best of luck.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Let's see if it does. Wall Street Journal, America.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Well done!
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Well done indeed! That scores you 82.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35Takes your total up to 85. Well done, Zoe.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37That was a bit too close for comfort, wasn't it?
0:23:37 > 0:23:42Founded in 1889, it's America's largest-circulation newspaper.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Thank you very much. Now, then, Richard,
0:23:45 > 0:23:48the grouping is very, very tight indeed.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51We have Chris and Patrick on 87, Zoe and Roger on 85.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55You are currently on 59. 27 points is your target.
0:23:55 > 0:23:5927 or fewer, and you are definitely in the head-to-head.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04I think I know one, but whether it's low enough for us to get through...
0:24:04 > 0:24:08I don't think so. I think I'm going to have to gamble
0:24:08 > 0:24:12- at the bottom one.- Do you want to have a crack at saying it?
0:24:12 > 0:24:15No. I'll leave that to the professionals,
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- that being you. - HE LAUGHS
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Eleftherotypia?
0:24:19 > 0:24:22There we are. There it is at the bottom.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26Er, sounds a bit Greek to me, so I'm going to go Greece.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30- You're going to say Greece for Eleftherotypia.- Yep.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35There's your red line. If Eleftherotypia is right,
0:24:35 > 0:24:37and below that red line, you are through.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Let's see. Is Eleftherotypia a newspaper from Greece,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43and if it is, how many people knew that answer?
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Well done, Richard! It's correct.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54Down it goes, and through the red line!
0:24:54 > 0:24:56CHEERING / APPLAUSE
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Very, very well done.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02That scores you seven, takes your total up to 66.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06- Richard?- Yes, very well played. That's really well played, Richard.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10It was a good risk to take. Eleftherotypia means "Free Press"
0:25:10 > 0:25:13in Greek. Let's take a look at the rest of them.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17The Sowetan, obviously South Africa, would have scored you a low 21.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21La Repubblica is Italy, would have scored you 17.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24And Al-Ahram - where do you think that's from?
0:25:24 > 0:25:26- The Al-Ahram?- Yeah.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- Egypt, I think.- It is Egypt, and it was the best answer on the board.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Would have scored three points. Do you know what Al-Ahram means?
0:25:33 > 0:25:35The Sun.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38- THEY LAUGH - No, I'm joking.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40- I've no idea. - It means "The Pyramid".
0:25:40 > 0:25:44That's the best answer. Very well done if you got Al-Ahram at home.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Very good. Thank you so much, Richard.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50At the end of the round two, the losing pair, it's Chris and Patrick.
0:25:50 > 0:25:55That was a very exciting round, and had you gone first, Chris,
0:25:55 > 0:25:58you would possibly have the lowest score.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02- Maybe.- Maybe you wouldn't have known the Globe And Mail was Canadian?
0:26:02 > 0:26:04I don't know everything about Canada!
0:26:04 > 0:26:07- THEY LAUGH - Did you know?
0:26:07 > 0:26:09- Yeah.- OK. - LAUGHTER
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Yeah. Quite right. Great shame to be saying goodbye to you,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16but we will see you next time, and I'm sure you'll go further.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Thanks for playing, Chris and Patrick. Well done.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22- APPLAUSE - For the remaining two pairs
0:26:22 > 0:26:25things will get even more exciting now, as we enter the head-to-head.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Very well done, Richard and Terry, Roger and Zoe.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Obviously only one pair can make it through to today's final
0:26:37 > 0:26:40and play for the jackpot, which currently stands...
0:26:40 > 0:26:44at £7,250!
0:26:47 > 0:26:50You're going to go head to head on the best of three questions.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53For each question, each pair needs to give me one answer,
0:26:53 > 0:26:57and you are now allowed to confer. If you come up with an answer
0:26:57 > 0:27:01that scores less than the other pair, you will win that question.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04The first pair to the best of three will play for today's jackpot.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Let's play Pointless.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13OK. Here is your first question.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:27:16 > 0:27:20to name as many Dustin Hoffman Oscar nominations
0:27:20 > 0:27:23as they could. Dustin Hoffman Oscar nominations, Richard.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release
0:27:27 > 0:27:32prior to the start of 2011, in which Dustin Hoffman has either won an Oscar or been nominated for one.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36He's been nominated seven times, so there are seven films on the list.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38See how many of those you can get at home.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Thanks very much, Richard. Richard and Terry,
0:27:41 > 0:27:44because you played best so far, you get to go first.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47We are looking for Dustin Hoffman Oscar nominations.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50THEY WHISPER
0:27:54 > 0:27:55THEY WHISPER
0:27:56 > 0:28:00- Go on, then. Go for that one. - OK. Do we have an answer?
0:28:00 > 0:28:04Yeah. I think we're going to go for Midnight Cowboy.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Midnight Cowboy.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09- That was one of our three. - HE LAUGHS
0:28:09 > 0:28:14So, er, we've got Tootsie. I don't know if he won or was nominated.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17I would imagine he'd have been nominated for that one.
0:28:17 > 0:28:22Also Kramer Versus Kramer, and Zoe tells me he was in the Sleepers,
0:28:22 > 0:28:25but whether that was a nomination or not, we're not sure.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27So I think we'll go for Kramer Versus Kramer.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Kramer Versus Kramer. So we have Midnight Cowboy
0:28:30 > 0:28:33and we have Kramer Versus Kramer. OK, Richard and Terry,
0:28:33 > 0:28:37Let's see if Midnight Cowboy's right, and how many people said it .
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Midnight Cowboy.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Very good!
0:28:48 > 0:28:50APPLAUSE
0:28:52 > 0:28:54So, 12 for Midnight Cowboy.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58Let's see if Kramer Versus Kramer can beat that.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Good luck, Roger and Zoe.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09It's another low one. Oh! 17.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12APPLAUSE
0:29:12 > 0:29:14That's incredibly close.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18After the first question, Richard and Terry are up one-nil.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20- Richard?- Well played, Terry.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23There are two answers that would have won it, though,
0:29:23 > 0:29:26that would have beaten Midnight Cowboy. Let's see them all.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30Lenny, where he played Lenny Bruce, is a pointless answer,
0:29:30 > 0:29:33so well done if you got that. Wag The Dog scored one.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36There's Midnight Cowboy with 12, The Graduate with 14,
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Kramer Versus Kramer, for which he won an Oscar, 17,
0:29:39 > 0:29:43Tootsie 29, and another Oscar-winning performance at the top, Rain Man,
0:29:43 > 0:29:47- with 52. - OK. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:29:47 > 0:29:52Here is your second question. Richard and Terry, if you win this,
0:29:52 > 0:29:54you are straight through to the finals.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58Roger and Zoe, you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00OK. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:30:00 > 0:30:06to name as many post-war speakers of the House of Commons as they could.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Post-war speakers of the House of Commons. Richard?
0:30:09 > 0:30:14One of those questions where we're looking for a pointless politician.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Anyone who's held the post of speaker of the House of Commons
0:30:17 > 0:30:21from 1945 right through to the beginning of 2011.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23There are ten names on the list.
0:30:23 > 0:30:28OK. Thank you very much indeed. Roger and Zoe, you go first.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30THEY WHISPER
0:30:35 > 0:30:39I'm not sure I've got the name right, so we could be straight out,
0:30:39 > 0:30:43but I think there was a Welsh guy. He was called George Thomas.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46George Thomas.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Richard and Terry?
0:30:48 > 0:30:51I think there was a guy called Bernard Deverell.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55- Bernard Deverell. - Are you sure? Are you sure?
0:30:55 > 0:30:59We have George Thomas and we have Bernard Deverell.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Roger and Zoe, you have to win this point to stay in the game.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Let's see. Is it correct, and if it is,
0:31:04 > 0:31:08how many people said George Thomas?
0:31:09 > 0:31:11It's right.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17It's a low score. Look at that. Five!
0:31:17 > 0:31:20- Very well done, Roger! - APPLAUSE
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Very well done indeed.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30Now, then, Richard and Terry have said Bernard Deverell.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35Of course, if you win this point, Richard and Terry, you are through
0:31:35 > 0:31:37to the final. OK, Bernard Deverell. Is it right?
0:31:37 > 0:31:40How many people said it? Bernard Deverell.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45- SHE GASPS - Oh!
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50Bernard Deverell an incorrect answer.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54Which means, after two questions, it is one point apiece. Richard?
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Well, it's very, very bad luck. It's Bernard Weatherill.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01He was actually the successor to George Thomas,
0:32:01 > 0:32:04who's probably better known as Viscount Tonypandy.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Let's take a look at all the answers.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11William Shepherd Morrison, Sir Harry Hylton-Foster and Selwyn Lloyd,
0:32:11 > 0:32:17they were all Conservative speakers of the House, all pointless answers. Very well done if you said those.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Dr Horace King was the first Labour speaker.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23Douglas Clifton-Brown, or Viscount Ruffside, was also pointless.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26There's Bernard Weatherill. Very, very tough luck.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29George Thomas, or Viscount Tonypandy, there with five,
0:32:29 > 0:32:32Michael Martin with seven. The current speaker in 2011,
0:32:32 > 0:32:36John Bercow, with 11, and way out in front,
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Betty Boothroyd, 35.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Thanks very much, Richard.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42So, here is your third question.
0:32:42 > 0:32:47Whoever wins this question goes through to the final
0:32:47 > 0:32:49to play for that massive jackpot. OK.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:32:53 > 0:32:59to name as many US states with "New" in their name
0:32:59 > 0:33:02as they could. US states with "New" in their name, Richard.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06Yeah. Simple one, this. Just any of the 50 United States of America
0:33:06 > 0:33:10that has the word "New" in its name. Which the most obscure of them?
0:33:10 > 0:33:13OK. Richard and Terry, you go first.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15THEY WHISPER
0:33:20 > 0:33:24So it could be "New" something...
0:33:24 > 0:33:26SHE WHISPERS
0:33:26 > 0:33:28HE WHISPERS Yes, OK.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33- OK, we're finally there. - You got there?
0:33:33 > 0:33:36We're going to go for New Mexico.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38- New Mexico?- Yeah.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41- Roger and Zoe? - We're going to go for New Hampshire.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43- New Hampshire.- New Hampshire.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47We have New Mexico, we have New Hampshire.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50OK. Well, we have to take them in order they've been given.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Whoever wins this point goes through to the final.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56Richard and Terry have said New Mexico. Let's see if that is right,
0:33:56 > 0:33:59and if it is, let's see how many people said New Mexico.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09- APPLAUSE - 32.
0:34:15 > 0:34:1932. Richard and Terry, you think New Hampshire will be lower than that?
0:34:19 > 0:34:23Yeah. Yeah. I think New Hampshire's going to be lower, yeah.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27- Are you kicking yourselves for not having thought of it?- Yeah.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30OK. Well, let's see if New Hampshire's right,
0:34:30 > 0:34:34and if it is, let's see if it beats New Mexico.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38New Hampshire. This will decide who goes through to the final.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48TERRY GASPS
0:34:48 > 0:34:54- APPLAUSE - 34 for New Hampshire!
0:34:54 > 0:34:57Which means, after three questions,
0:34:57 > 0:35:01Richard and Terry are through to the final two-one.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04- Richard.- Yeah. So close. - If I might just say...
0:35:04 > 0:35:06LAUGHTER
0:35:06 > 0:35:10You know, for once you're quite right. You are quite right.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Very, very close, and you could not have beaten New Mexico.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17It's the best answer there. There are four states with "New" in their name.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Let's take a look at how they scored.
0:35:19 > 0:35:24New Mexico 32, New Hampshire 34. There's New Jersey on 51,
0:35:24 > 0:35:27and New York right at the top with 81.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30Well played, both teams. Really good head-to-head.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33Very, very well done indeed. So the losing pair,
0:35:33 > 0:35:35I'm afraid it's you, Roger and Zoe,
0:35:35 > 0:35:39but what a very, very close-fought head-to-head that was!
0:35:39 > 0:35:42Brilliant. Very, very well done indeed.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45I'm afraid you were just beaten on the day by Richard and Terry.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49You have been fantastic contestants. Thank you so much for playing.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51APPLAUSE
0:35:53 > 0:35:56But for Richard and Terry, it's time for our Pointless final,
0:35:56 > 0:35:59and the chance to win our jackpot of £7,250.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01CHEERING / APPLAUSE
0:36:05 > 0:36:08Well, congratulations, Richard and Terry.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10You've fought off all the competition
0:36:10 > 0:36:14and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £7,250.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32CHEERING / APPLAUSE
0:36:33 > 0:36:37The rules are very simple. To win that money, find a pointless answer,
0:36:37 > 0:36:40an answer none of our 100 people could think of.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44We haven't had any pointless answers on the show today. You only have to find one now,
0:36:44 > 0:36:49and you go home with that money. First, though, choose a category from these three options.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00I think we should leave American Sport. That's just too random.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Soul Singers could be anything. I think British Sitcoms.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06I think that's the best out of the three. We'll go for British Sitcoms.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09- British Sitcoms.- British Sitcoms.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13- That sounds more like by a process of elimination than...- Yeah.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- ..a particularly strong category for you.- Yeah.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20Let's find out what that question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:37:20 > 0:37:26to name as many of the cast of The Office as they could.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28- Richard?- We're looking for any actor or actress
0:37:28 > 0:37:31who's appeared in over ten episodes of The Office.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33There are 12 names on the list.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37You now have one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39All you need, to win that £7,250,
0:37:39 > 0:37:42is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45- Your 60 seconds start now. - You've got Ricky Gervais,
0:37:45 > 0:37:48- Martin Short... - Martin... Martin Freeman, yeah.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Oh, yeah. Martin Freeman.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53A good bet might be Stephen...
0:37:53 > 0:37:55- What's he called?- Merchant.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59- Cos he was in, but only fleetingly. - Well, that's it. It's...
0:37:59 > 0:38:01- Martin Freeman.- Ricky Gervais...
0:38:01 > 0:38:04What's that other fella called, with the blond hair
0:38:04 > 0:38:08- and the glasses? - He plays Gareth.- Yeah.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10And the girl. I can't remember what her name is.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14- Er... She's Sophie something. - I don't know. I can't remember.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17- I can't remember, Rich. - Gareth's name...
0:38:17 > 0:38:20- Mackenzie Crook.- Mackenzie Crook.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23Mackenzie Crook, Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25It's that girl. It's that girl, isn't it?
0:38:25 > 0:38:29- She's Jasper Carrott's daughter. - Sophie Carrott?
0:38:29 > 0:38:31LAUGHTER
0:38:31 > 0:38:34What's Jasper Carrott's... That's going to be a stage name.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37What's his... Go through the alphabet. A, B, C, D...
0:38:39 > 0:38:42- Five seconds. - I would go for Stephen Merchant,
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- or Mackenzie... - We could go for Mackenzie Crook.
0:38:45 > 0:38:50OK. Your time is up. We were looking for the cast of The Office.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53I now need three answers from you.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Right. Definitely Mackenzie Crook.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58- Yeah.- Mackenzie Crook.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01- Martin Freeman...- Martin Freeman.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04- Martin Freeman.- And Ricky Gervais is an obvious one,
0:39:04 > 0:39:08- so if you want to have a punt on... - Though he was a co-writer,
0:39:08 > 0:39:10he was in it very fleetingly. Stephen Merchant.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- Over the period of... - Stephen Merchant.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16OK. Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:16 > 0:39:20- Mackenzie Crook. - OK. We'll put him last.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22What's your least likely pointless?
0:39:22 > 0:39:25- Because we're not sure he was in ten episodes...- Stephen Merchant.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29Yeah. And then Martin Freeman's probably in the middle.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31Martin Freeman's probably the most popular.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33I can't remember the name of that girl!
0:39:33 > 0:39:37OK. Well, we were looking for the cast of The Office.
0:39:37 > 0:39:42Here are your three answers, in the order you have put them.
0:39:47 > 0:39:52There they are, up on the board. You said this was your least confident answer.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Let's see how many people said Stephen Merchant.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Did he appear in enough episodes to qualify? That's the thing.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01But who knows? There's only one way to find out.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Is it right, and if it is, how many people said it?
0:40:04 > 0:40:07This the first of your three shots at the jackpot.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10£7,250. Stephen Merchant.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15Oh! Bad luck.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19Bad luck. That's an incorrect answer, so therefore not pointless.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22You only have two more shots at the jackpot.
0:40:22 > 0:40:27Your second answer is Martin Freeman.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29You think probably, after Ricky Gervais,
0:40:29 > 0:40:32- probably the most popular.- Yeah.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35It may be that they were all very low scoring,
0:40:35 > 0:40:38and Martin Freeman perhaps slipped their minds.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42- Let's hope so. - Let's hope so.- I doubt it.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Let's hope nobody said your next answer.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47This is your second shot at the jackpot. Martin Freeman.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51Well, it's right.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Down it goes. In the 60s. 50s.
0:40:54 > 0:40:5640s. Has to go all the way down to zero.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Into the 20s and the teens! Look at that!
0:40:59 > 0:41:02- Single figures! Nine. - APPLAUSE
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Now I think we have a final on our hands.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13Martin Freeman, possibly the most popular name in the entire cast
0:41:13 > 0:41:15of The Office, scored only nine.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21You only have one more shot at today's jackpot.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24OK. Well, you said this was the answer you had most faith in.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27- There it is. Mackenzie Crook. - SHE WHISPERS
0:41:27 > 0:41:30Not a name that springs to mind. Everyone remembers Gareth.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Everyone knows what he looks like. But Mackenzie Crook...
0:41:33 > 0:41:37This has to be pointless if you're going to win that jackpot of £7,250.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said it.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Mackenzie Crook.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Well, it's right.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52As I said, Martin Freeman scored nine,
0:41:52 > 0:41:55so Mackenzie Crook is surely going to score less than that.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Down it goes into single... Oh, no.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00APPLAUSE
0:42:02 > 0:42:04APPLAUSE
0:42:06 > 0:42:11Bad luck. Unfortunately you didn't find that pointless answer,
0:42:11 > 0:42:14so you don't win today's jackpot of £7,250,
0:42:14 > 0:42:16which rolls over to the next show.
0:42:16 > 0:42:21But you have been fantastic contestants, and you do get to take home our Pointless trophy.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24APPLAUSE
0:42:24 > 0:42:28- Richard?- Yeah. Well played throughout. Unlucky on the final.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31Stephen Merchant was in three episodes only, I'm afraid.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33And the receptionist is Lucy Davis.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36Oh, there you go. You're all right now.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Robert Davis, Jasper Carrott's real name.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42There are a bunch of pointless answer's, but by and large
0:42:42 > 0:42:46they were the people who hang around in the back and have occasional lines
0:42:46 > 0:42:49so very difficult. All these answers appeared in 14 episodes.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52There's Alexander Perkins, Ben Bradshaw and Emma Louise Manton.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55There's Ewen MacIntosh, who played Keith,
0:42:55 > 0:42:59the guy with the Scotch egg. Jamie Deeks played Jamie.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Jane Lucas...
0:43:01 > 0:43:06and Philip Pickard. Very well done if you said any of those at home.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10We have to say goodbye to you, but it's been fabulous having you on the show.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12Thank you so much for playing. Thank you.
0:43:12 > 0:43:16So nobody's won our jackpot today, which means it rolls over
0:43:16 > 0:43:18onto the next show,
0:43:18 > 0:43:22when we will be playing for £8,250.
0:43:25 > 0:43:29- Join us to see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard... - Goodbye.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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