Episode 3 Pointless

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Thanks very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong

and welcome to Pointless, the quiz show where the popular answers mean nothing

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

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We start by welcoming back Louise and Jon. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final and this is your last chance. How did you do?

Last time, we went out in the second round, so that was disappointing.

-AA Milne.

-Yes.

-You'll never forget that.

-I know.

-Jon, what do you hope is going to come up this afternoon?

-Geography and sport would be preferences.

-Haven't really had sport, have we?

-No. Something like that would be useful.

-OK, we'll see what we can do, eh, Richard?

-Yeah.

Very best of luck to you. Then, next, we welcome back Jimmy and Andy.

Fabulous to have you back on the show. Remind us how you did last time.

We didn't do too well. We went out first round.

-But I did score a pointless answer.

-You did fantastically well. Drakensberger, I remember.

Well, very best of luck to the pair of you.

I'm sure we'll see a lot more of you this show. I hope so. Then we welcome Ashley and Mel.

-How do you know each other?

-I met Mel about seven years ago

when she was going out with my nephew, Andrew.

-Sorry.

-Anthony.

-I meant Anthony!

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Just a small senior moment there.

-OK. Is there an Andrew, as well?

-I do have another nephew called Andrew.

-I guess that's some sort of relief for everyone apart from Mel.

-I've not met him before!

-Who, Ashley?

-HE LAUGHS

-Or Andrew.

-But the other nephew,

-the one you were going out with...

-Anthony.

-Anthony, yeah.

-They got married.

-Oh, that's good! Brilliant!

Very best of luck to the pair of you. Lovely to have you here. And finally, Fiona and Simon.

-How do you two know each other?

-We were both at university

-and several years later, Fiona's lucky enough to be married to me.

-THEY LAUGH

And there you have the potted history of Fiona and Simon.

Fiona, does that tally with your account of things?

-Roughly. I think he's lucky to be married to me.

-Quite right.

Best of luck. Great to have you here. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.

There is one more person I do have to introduce. He is the man never short of an obscure fact or figure.

-In fact, he's just never short. He's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya.

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I have to accept, I'm quite tall. I will give you that. I'm six-foot-seven.

That should stop everybody on the street asking me how tall I am.

Six-foot-seven. There you go. That's why they have me sitting down.

-That's right.

-No-one realises you're five-foot-three. No-one will ever know.

-No.

A good show today. Jimmy and Andy were out early last time. Hopefully we'll see more of them.

We put all our questions to 100 people, but we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.

The fewer people who got the answer, the better the chance of winning.

What everyone's looking to do is find a pointless answer,

an answer none of our 100 people gave, and each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

No-one has won the jackpot yet this series,

so from last time, we add another £1,000.

That means today's jackpot starts off at £6,750.

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-Very nice indeed.

OK, let's play Pointless.

In the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.

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

OK, guys, our first category this afternoon is...food.

Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many French cheeses as they could.

-Richard.

-Yeah, the correct answers are all varieties of cheese that originated in France.

As always, there's at least one pointless answer and at least one incorrect answer, so be careful.

OK, thanks, Richard. Louise and Jon, you all drew lots before the show and today, you get to go first.

In this round, we'll give you a choice of seven possible answers on the board in each pass.

The first set of seven answers reads like this.

I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless

and at least one is incorrect.

If you pick the incorrect one, you will score 100 points.

-So then, Jon, Louise has volunteered you to go first.

-She has, again.

Right. How confident are you?

I recognise some of those cheeses on there.

Have you travelled a lot in France?

Erm, a little bit.

Not as much as Louise.

-OK.

-But I'm going to go for Gouts De Luxe.

Gouts De Luxe. Is it a right answer, and if it is, let's see how many people said it. Gouts De Luxe.

Ah! Jon!

Ooh, bad luck. Unfortunately, that is an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

-Richard.

-Yeah, it sounds French. It is French, but it's an '80s French pop band.

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So cheesy perhaps, but not cheese, I'm afraid.

-It translates roughly as a taste of luxury.

-Wow.

OK, bad luck, Jon. 100 points.

-On to Andy.

-OK.

-Do you like cheese?

Er, I do, yeah. I like my Cheddars, my Leicesters. French cheese, don't do a lot of.

Because I'm an Evertonian, I'm going to go with Bleu De Bresse.

Bleu De Bresse. As good a reason as any to pick Bleu De Bresse.

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

It's right.

It could go quite a long way down, this one.

-It's done it all the way, Andy! Well done!

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The second pointless answer from Andy in two shows.

That is pointless, scores you nothing and it adds £250 to today's jackpot,

-takes the total up to £7,000.

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-Very, very well done indeed. Richard, Bleu De Bresse.

-Yeah, turns out that's the way to play the game.

Anything that sounds a bit like something to do with Everton. See if that works throughout the whole show.

You never know. It's a semi-hard cheese from the Bresse province of France. Very well done.

-Thank you.

-OK, Ashley. We are looking for French cheeses.

-Er, I think I'm going to go for Comte.

-You're going to go for Comte.

-Mm-hm.

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

It's a good one, Ashley.

Very good indeed! Three points for Comte.

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-Richard.

Very well played, Ashley. Very good start. Comte cheese is a French version of Gruyere.

Now, Simon, we are looking for French cheeses. You're the last person to have this board.

My knowledge of cheese is pretty poor, as is my knowledge of the French, so...

-The French generally?

-Generally.

-Everything.

-Yes.

-Is that a deliberate...

I'm not xenophobic, but it's not really a country that I've visited much.

I know that Brie is obviously a French cheese.

-There could easily be a pointless answer in there.

-I'll go for Port Salut.

You're going for Port Salut. Let's see if that's correct, and if it is, how many people said Port Salut.

It's right.

-Down it goes to ten!

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Not a bad answer at all. Port Salut scores you ten.

-Richard.

-Very well played, Simon. Port Salut was first created in 1816 by Trappist monks,

but they don't like to talk about it. LAUGHTER

Let's take a look at the rest of the board. Brie, obviously, is a French cheese,

would've scored you the highest score on the board of 70.

-Now, Munster is a French cheese.

-It is.

Believe it or not. Would've scored you a very low two points.

And Feta is an incorrect answer. It's a Greek cheese.

There you are. OK, we're halfway through the round, so let's look at the scores as they stand.

A fabulous answer from Andy means that Andy and Jimmy are looking very strong with nought on the board.

Closely followed by Ashley and Mel, great answer from you, three.

Simon, ten points, not bad, either. Fiona, keep that up, you should make it through to the head-to-head.

Jon and Louise, you are a clear 90 points ahead of your nearest rivals.

OK. Back down the line. Second players, please take your places at the podium.

We're going to put another seven answers on the board. We are looking for French cheeses.

And your possibilities are...

-..Banon!

-LAUGHTER

-I'll read those again.

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..and Banon. There they all are. Fiona.

-Hello.

-I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless

and there is also at least one incorrect answer, so try and avoid those.

You are on ten. You are 90 points behind the high scorers, Louise and Jon.

You score 89 or less, you are definitely through to the next round. What do you think?

Erm, I am going to play it a little bit safe

with a correct answer and go for Roquefort.

You're going to go for Roquefort. OK, there it is, second one down.

There's your red line. Below that, you are through to the next round.

Good enough, Fiona.

-20, that scores.

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-Takes your total up to 30 points. Roquefort, Richard.

-Safe and sound, through to the next round.

You've come up with a new catchphrase. Safe and sound, through to the next round.

-Four series, it's taken you.

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Roquefort. Only cheese made in the ancient caves near Roquefort is allowed to be called Roquefort.

Good. That's as it should be. Thanks.

Mel, you are a good 97 points clear of the high scorers, Louise and Jon.

-Score 96 points or less, you are assured a place in the next round.

-Sounds easy.

-What are you thinking?

-There's still a pointless answer on that board.

-I'm thinking I know one that's clearly a cheese,

but there's one that's just pulling me in and I think if it was a cheese, I'd like to try it,

so I'm going to go for that one and that logic

-and it's the Crottin De Chavignol.

-Crottin De Chavignol!

-Yeah, it just sounds quite nice.

-Doesn't it? I'm glad you picked that, cos I quite like saying it.

OK, let's see. Is it a cheese, the Crottin De Chavignol?

-Possibly not.

-Ashley's hoping it is. Louise is hoping it's not.

There's your red line. That's how far you have to go

to be through to the next round. Let's see if Crottin De Chavignol is indeed a cheese,

and if it is, how many people said it.

It's right! Well done, Mel. This could go a long way down.

It does! Well done! Fantastic!

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-The Crottin De Chavignol is a pointless answer.

It scores you nothing, gives you a total of three,

and it adds another £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total to £7,250.

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Very, very well done. The Crottin De Chavignol.

Excellent. That jackpot is going higher and higher. How do you pronounce it again?

-Crottin De Chavignol.

-Actually pronounced "Crott-in Duh Chav-ig-nol".

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-That's what it is.

-Yeah.

-No, it comes from the Chavignol, which is near Sancerre.

-And do you know what crottin translates as?

-Crottin! Non.

It translates as horse droppings.

LAUGHTER Yeah, "Crott-in Duh Chav-ig-nol". Lovely.

I'm having some right after this. Well done, Mel, fantastic answer.

Our second pointless answer in this round. Now, Jimmy. Andy's found a pointless answer is the first pass.

I have a hunch there might be a second pointless answer in this round.

There probably is, but finding it is another question.

There is also an incorrect answer still on the board, at least one. What do you reckon?

Cheeses, food and drink, I'm not very good at,

but something's coming to mind. I don't know if it's the correct pronunciation, Camembert, is it?

Camembert. There it is.

OK, you're going to go with Camembert, one up from the bottom. You are on nothing.

If you can score 99 or less with Camembert, that's all you need.

If Camembert is right, it's sure to get you through.

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

Well done, you're through.

-55.

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It just needed to be lower than 99.

That scores you 55.

-Camembert.

-Yeah, a big score, but safely through. Very well know, Camembert.

Actually the subject of John Lennon's thing when he said the Beatles were more famous than cheeses.

He was talking about Camembert.

Now, then, Louise, I'm sorry to say, the writing is on the wall for you.

It doesn't matter what you score here, I'm afraid you are going to be saying goodbye to us

at the end of this round. Nonetheless, there could easily be another pointless answer

and your legacy on this show could be to leave £250 to the remaining pairs.

Erm, Langue De Chat, I think that's a biscuit, not a cheese.

Souris means mouse, but it could be a cheese, as well.

Erm, Beaufort, I think, is a cheese.

I don't know about Banon, but I'm going to say Banon, because it's most likely to be pointless.

That's very good of you. Banon.

Out in a blaze of glory. Let's see if Banon is a cheese, and if it is, how many people said it.

It's right.

I have a hunch this might be another £250.

-Not quite!

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-A very, very good answer, Louise.

Well done. That scores you two, takes your total up to 102. Richard.

Well played, Louise. And bad luck to be knocked out. It's a goat's cheese from Banon in Provence.

Let's go through the rest of the board.

Louise, you've virtually done my job for me. You're exactly right.

Lange De Chat is, indeed, a biscuit, so it's incorrect.

Souris is French for mouse. Also an incorrect answer.

And Beaufort would've scored you one point. Would've been a very good answer.

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

I'm afraid, is Louise and Jon. You did the right thing.

You went out on a limb. It's been fabulous having you on the show. Great contestants. Thank you.

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But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head, so one team will leave us at the end of this round.

The category for round two is sport.

Can you decide who'll go first and who'll go second?

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

And the question concerns...

Sports people and their sports. OK, in this round, we'll show you a list of famous sports people.

We asked 100 people to tell us which sport they play.

-Richard.

-We're going to show you six sports people in each pass and you have to tell us at which sport

they represent or have represented their country as of the start of 2011.

The more obvious ones will score you bigger points.

The less obvious ones will score you fewer points. If you give us an incorrect answer,

you'll score 100 points. See if you can get them all at home.

OK. Thanks, Richard. So, we have got...

I'll just read those out again.

So, then, Jimmy.

I think I'll go with Jonah Lomu, who's rugby league.

-Jonah Lomu, rugby league.

-Played for New Zealand.

As always on Pointless, you are looking for the answer that the fewest people knew.

You're going to say Jonah Lomu. Let's see if that's right, rugby league,

and let's see how many people knew that answer.

Bad luck, Jimmy. I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer, which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

-Richard.

-Incorrect. I can't say why until the end of the round, but you may have worked it out.

Bad luck. Now, then, Ashley.

Ashley. You have six names still left on the board to choose from.

I seem to remember, in the one before last Winter Olympics,

Rhona Martin led the Scots curling team.

Well, you're going with Rhona Martin, curling.

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

Well done, Ashley. A correct answer.

Down it goes.

-12! Well done indeed!

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Very good answer indeed. Rhona Martin, curling.

Yeah, brilliant answer. She was the captain of the British team that won gold in Salt Lake City in 2002.

OK, very well done, Ashley. A fantastic answer. So, Fiona, we come to you.

-I have a feeling you are going to tidy up here.

-SHE LAUGHS

I'm trying to decide whether to gamble on Beth Tweddle.

I think she might be a swimmer, but I'm not 100 percent sure.

I think I'm going to just avoid a 100-point answer and got for David Beckham as a footballer.

-You think that might avoid 100 points?

-Maybe not, no, actually!

OK, let's see. You're saying David Beckham is a footballer.

Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that.

-It's not 100!

-93. You're absolutely right.

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93 is better than 100. David Beckham, football.

He is a footballer, yes. Very well done if you got that at home.

LAUGHTER Seven people didn't know. I'm trying to read Simon's expression.

-I'm glad she didn't say Beth Tweddle, cos that would've been worse.

-It would have,

cos she's not a swimmer, she is a gymnast.

-OK.

-And that would've scored 27 points.

Jonah Lomu, you know now, he's a rugby union player for the All Blacks.

Would've scored 50 points. A fairly hefty score.

And two more hefty scores, Michael Phelps. He is a swimmer.

Would've scored you 56.

And Ricky Ponting, 42 points.

Very good. Thank you, Richard. We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.

Ashley and Mel looking fantastic on 12. Great answer from Ashley with Rhona Martin.

Fiona, well, you're right. David Beckham was better than 100 points. 93 that got you.

Jimmy and Andy, you're not that far ahead of the field.

So, Andy, a bit of clever answering from you

and hope that Simon makes a mistake in the next pass

and you might be through to the head-to-head. Best of luck.

Back down the line. Second players, take your places at the podium.

OK, we're going to put six more sports people up on the board. And we have got...

We are looking for the sport that they play and you're trying to find the one that fewest people knew.

Simon, you're on 93. You are seven points behind the leaders at the moment.

If you can score six or less with this answer, you are definitely through to the head-to-head.

Something tells me you're quite comfortable in this area.

I know all of them. I'm just trying to put them in the order

-that's going to be the closest to pointless.

-Right.

-I've got it down to two.

I'm going to go for Marco Fu, snooker player.

Marco Fu, a snooker player. OK. Let's see if that's correct.

Here is your red line. Get below that, you are definitely through to the next round.

Let's see if Marco Fu and snooker can do it for you.

-38. Not a bad score.

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Marco Fu scores you 38, gives you a total of 131. Richard.

Good answer, but surprisingly high. Marco Fu is a Hong Kong-born snooker player,

sometimes nicknamed Cue-man Fu.

-Not a terrible nickname.

-I think it's quite good.

-Not bad.

-Now then, Mel.

-Yes.

It doesn't matter what you score with your answer

because Ashley has put you in such a sweet position, you can't lose.

You are definitely in the head-to-head.

Bearing that in mind, see if you can find a nice pointless answer maybe on that board. There might be one.

I recognise quite a few of those, which is quite surprising.

I do hope I'm right, cos I'm not that good with names, but Tom Daley,

isn't he the little diver, I think?

-He's an Olympic diver.

-He's a little diva.

-Diver.

-That's what you're trying to say.

-I'm sure he's very young.

-I'm sure he's not a diva.

I don't know what I'm saying. Right, OK, Tom Daley you are saying is a diver.

There's no red line for you. You're through, come what may. Let's see if you are right

and how many people said Tom Daley was a diver.

Not a bad score at all. 47, taking your total up to 59.

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-Richard.

Tom Daley is very well known now. He was only 14 when he competed in the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

OK, thanks, Richard. Now then, very interesting.

A needle match on our hands, Andy. You know what you've got to do.

You're on 100. If you can score 30 or less with this answer, you are through to the head-to-head

and we will be saying goodbye to Simon and Fiona. Are you confident?

Er, I think there's one there that may score less that 30.

Sharapova, I think she's a tennis player.

Lance Armstrong, probably one of the most famous cyclists ever.

-One of the most famous Armstrongs, certainly.

-Tiger Woods plays the greatest game ever invented, golf.

And I think Katarina Witt is a ice skater.

-I'm going to go with Katarina Witt.

-Katarina Witt, ice skater, you're hoping for 30 points or less.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people said Katarina Witt, ice skater.

There's your red line.

It's right, Andy.

Is it going to go down far enough?

Yes, it is! Well done!

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-Very, very well done. Katarina Witt scores an impressively low 16,

giving you a total of 116 points.

That is brilliantly played, Andy. 1984 and 1988 Olympic gold-medal winner, Katarina Witt.

Won it for East Germany. Let's go through the rest of the board.

Unsurprisingly, Tiger Woods, golf, would've been a very big score.

91 that would've scored you. But, surprisingly big scores from the other two.

Maria Sharapova, who is a tennis player, would've scored 73.

And Lance Armstrong would've scored 48.

So Katarina Witt was the only answer that would've got you through, so well done.

Very well done! Thanks, Richard. At the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score,

it's Simon and Fiona. Bad luck. What happened there?

If I'd got the second board, I knew five of them!

-Well, easily said. You got it right, it was just...

-So did the rest of the world.

-Yeah.

-Simon, are you going to forgive her?

-In time, maybe.

Well, a great shame to be saying goodbye to you so early. But this is only your first appearance,

so we will see you again next time. Look forward to seeing you then. Thanks.

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

Well done, Ashley and Mel, Jimmy and Andy. You made it to the head-to-head.

Only one pair can make it through to the final and play for today's jackpot,

which currently stands at £7,250.

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That's worth winning. Right, you're going head-to-head on the best of three questions.

For each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer and you are now allowed to confer.

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

The pair who gets the best of three will be playing for today's jackpot. OK, let's play Pointless.

Right, here's your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

Meet The Parents actors as they could. Richard.

Specifically, we're looking for the four actors who play the parents

of Teri Polo and Ben Stiller's characters, so Pam and Greg's characters.

-The four people who play the parents of the main characters in Meet The Parents.

-OK.

Thanks. Ashley and Mel, because you've played best so far,

you get to go first. What are you going to go for?

I don't know her name.

Shall we go for Barbra?

OK.

We can't remember the name of the one we'd like to give,

-so we're going to give Barbra Streisand.

-Barbra Streisand.

OK. Jimmy and Andy. Barbra Streisand has gone.

-Yeah, well, the others...

-De Niro.

-De Niro, Hoffman and Diane Keaton.

-Diane Keaton.

-Keaton.

Diane Keaton.

Diane Keaton. OK.

We have Barbra Streisand, we have Diane Keaton. OK.

In the order they were given, Ashley and Mel went for Barbra Streisand.

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

-37. 37 for Barbra Streisand.

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Jimmy and Andy have gone for Diane Keaton. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people said it.

Sadly, Diane Keaton is an incorrect answer. So, after the first question,

it is 1-0 to Ashley and Mel. Richard.

It's an interesting category. There's three very well-known answers, De Niro, Streisand and Dustin Hoffman.

But Blythe Danner, who's Gwyneth Paltrow's mother in real life,

would've got you nine points. Hoffman with 29. Barbra Streisand, 37.

And Robert De Niro, top of them all with 48. Unlucky with Diane Keaton.

-You had to try and guess the...

-Other one.

-The other one, yep.

OK, there we are. 1-0 to Ashley and Mel after one question. Here is your second question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many six-letter EU capitals as they could.

-Richard.

-We're looking for EU member states whose capital city is six letters long.

The common English name of their capital city is six letters long, up to the start of January 2011.

By country, we mean a member of the UN which is a sovereign state.

Any EU country whose capital has six letters. There are nine answers. See if you can get all nine at home.

OK, thank you, Richard. Jimmy and Andy, you are to go first.

-What's it going to be?

-THEY WHISPER

You've reached a decision nice and quickly there.

-What's it going to be?

-It's going to be Lisbon.

-Lisbon.

-Yeah. Capital of Portugal.

-Very good indeed. Lisbon.

OK, Lisbon has gone. Ashley and Mel, what are you going to go for?

I think we'll take a chance and hope that the capital of Monaco is Monaco.

You are 1-0 up.

If you win this point, you are through to the final to be playing for that jackpot.

Jimmy and Andy, you really have to hope you're going to win this point.

You're going with Lisbon. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said Lisbon.

-26 for Lisbon!

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Seems pretty good.

Ashley and Mel are taking a punt on Monaco. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said it.

Bad luck. That's an incorrect answer.

So, after the second question, it is one-all. Richard.

Unlucky, Ashley. Monaco, not a member of the EU,

so we can't allow the answer. There were four answers that would've beaten Lisbon

and seen you through to the final. Let's take a look.

Dublin would've scored you the same as Lisbon, 26.

45 people neglected to mention London.

Very interesting. OK.

After two questions, it is one apiece.

Whoever wins this next point is through to the final with a chance to play for that massive jackpot.

Here's your third question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Abba repeated-word song titles.

-Richard.

-We're looking for any Abba top 40 UK singles

which consist entirely of the same phrase or word repeated at least once. There are four songs.

Four songs on this list. See if you can get them.

OK, Ashley and Mel.

Oh, OK, I'm doing this one.

It's going to be a really obvious one, but I think Gimme Gimme Gimme A Man After Midnight.

Gimme Gimme Gimme you're going for. OK.

Jimmy and Andy.

I think the best one we're going to go for is I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do.

I Do, I Do, I Do.

OK, you're going for I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do.

Ashley and Mel went for Gimme Gimme Gimme. Let's see if that's right, and how many people said it.

-18!

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Pretty good score. What do you reckon to I Do, I Do, I Do, Mel?

-I think that's going to be lower.

-Lower than 18?

-I think so, yeah.

Surprisingly low, 18. OK, well, only one way to find out.

I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do is what Jimmy and Andy said.

Let's see if that is good enough to get them through to the final. I Do, I Do, I Do.

It's right.

Is it going to go down further than 18?

-It is! Wow, down to 8.

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-Well done!

-So, after three questions,

Jimmy and Andy are through to the final, 2-1. Richard.

Well played, Jimmy and Andy. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

reached number 38 in 1975 and is now the theme tune of the Bigamist Association.

LAUGHTER There was one answer that would've beaten it, though.

Let's take a look. Ring Ring, Abba's second hit, that got 5 points.

I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, 8.

Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight), that got 18.

And top of the pile, Money Money Money, 61.

OK, thanks very much, Richard. The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Ashley and Mel.

You've done so well. Did you have Ring Ring anywhere in there?

Not until I saw it. Then it came to me.

-Too late.

-Too late.

But this, of course, was your first time on the show,

so we will see you next time. What would be your ideal subject?

I think a thousand years of English queens would be very good.

A thousand years of English queens. That sounds like a book you've been writing.

It's been great having you on the show. Sorry you haven't made it through to the final,

but there's always next time. You've been great contestants. Thanks for playing.

APPLAUSE

But for Jimmy and Andy, it's now time for our Pointless final and a chance to win our jackpot of £7,250.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Jimmy and Andy, you fought off the competition. You win our coveted Pointless trophy.

That's what you came for. Now, you now have a chance to win our pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £7,250.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-As you know, the rules are very simple.

To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer, an answer none of our 100 people gave.

We've had two pointless answers on the show today. You only need one more to go home with the money.

Right, first you've got to choose a category from these three options.

You can go for...

Being a couple of Liverpudlians, I have a hunch

there might be one of those that stands out.

-It's your era.

-Not my era, but...

-I was born in the 60s, you grew up in the 60s.

-What about politics?

-Politics is not good for me, mate.

-Fashion?

-Well, obviously, yeah.

-LAUGHTER

-We'll pass on that one.

-60s pop.

-60s.

-Yeah.

-60s pop.

-Yeah.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Kinks top 40 hits as they could. Kinks top 40 hits. Richard.

We're looking for any single released by the Kinks or had them as a featured artist

which reached the UK top 40. We won't accept EPs.

Up to the beginning of 2011.

They've had 20 top 40 hits. Very best of luck.

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

All you need to win that £7,250 jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Your 60 seconds start now.

-Right. Lola.

-Summertime.

-Summertime.

The Kinks. Ray Davis.

Yeah, Ray Davis. Did he go with anyone else?

In The Summertime. Lola.

-Girl, You Really Got Me.

-Yeah, You Really Got Me.

They're the obvious three ones.

-I can't think of any others.

-I'm not a big Kinks fan.

-No, I'm not myself.

Erm...

-Anything else?

-Nothing's coming to mind, I'm afraid.

-Take yourself back to the 60s.

-Top Of The Pops.

-It wasn't going then.

-It was.

Erm...

-Anything else?

-Nothing. We'll have to go for them three.

So we're going for...

Something blues comes to mind. Something blues.

No? I'm absolutely stuck on this.

-Five seconds.

-The blues something.

No?

OK, there's your minute up. OK. We were looking for Kinks top 40 hits.

-I now need your three answers.

-Erm...

-In The Summertime.

-In The Summertime.

-Girl You Really Got Me.

-Girl You Really Got Me.

I think... No, there's something... Blueberry Hill. Something's come to mind. Blueberry Hill.

OK, Blueberry Hill. A last-minute entry.

Of those three, which is the one you are most confident in?

-I'm not confident, really, on any of them.

-Summertime.

-In The Summertime.

-Could be.

-OK. We'll put that last.

Which is the one you are least confident in?

-Er, Blueberry Hill.

-OK.

So, let's put those up on the board in that order. Blueberry Hill.

Girl You Really Got Me.

And In The Summertime.

OK, there they are. Right, we were looking for Kinks top 40 singles.

This was your least confident answer. You only need one to be pointless to win that £7,250.

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

This for £7,250.

That is, unfortunately, an incorrect answer so it is not pointless. You have two more cracks at the jackpot.

7,250 quid. How would you spend that?

Quickly.

-THEY LAUGH

-I'd fill the car up, I think.

-THEY LAUGH

-Just get back home.

OK. We're looking for Kinks top 40 hits.

Let's hope your next answer is correct.

Girl You Really Got Me. Let's hope nobody thought of it.

This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

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

Ohh!

That, apparently, is incorrect. So, not a pointless answer.

You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

-Are you confident?

-BOTH: No. LAUGHTER

This was your most confident answer, though. In The Summertime.

We're looking for Kinks top 40 hits.

If this is pointless and goes all the way down to nothing, you'll leave here with £7,250.

In The Summertime. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, let's hope nobody said it. In The Summertime.

Ohh! Ohh, back luck!

APPLAUSE

Well, we will discover what's happened there, but unfortunately, you didn't find a pointless answer

so you don't win today's jackpot of £7,250,

which rolls over to the next show. But you have been fantastic.

You do get to take home our Pointless trophy.

APPLAUSE

-Rich?

-Yeah, unlucky, guys. But at least you're consistent.

That's good. And at least all three were wrong for slightly different reasons.

Blueberry Hill, as you say, was a punt. It's a Fats Domino song.

It's You Really Got Me, not Girl You Really Got Me.

Anyway, it would've scored you 21 points.

And the third one, In The Summertime, that's a Mungo Jerry song. I think you were thinking of Sunny Afternoon.

-Sunny Afternoon, yeah.

-Sunny Afternoon would've scored you six.

-Ohh.

Lots of famous Kinks songs. Waterloo Sunset, 14.

Dedicated Follower Of Fashion, 11. All Day And All The Night.

There were three pointless answers. All of these would've sent you home with £7,250.

Set Me Free and Till The End Of The Day, both top ten hits in 1965.

And a later one, Victoria. All of those would've won the money. Well done if you got them at home.

-Tough luck, guys. You played so well.

-Thank you.

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Jimmy and Andy. You've been great. Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over.

On the next show, we'll be playing for £8,250.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Join us next time to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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