Episode 30 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 today's players.

APPLAUSE

So, welcome to Elizabeth and Krystyna,

you're our first pair on the show this afternoon.

-How do you two know each other?

-We're mother and daughter.

Elizabeth is the youngest of my three daughters.

-The youngest of three daughters?

-Yes.

-All daughters?

-Yes.

-Oh, my goodness! where have you come from?

-Folkestone in Kent.

Folkestone in Kent. What do you do, Krystyna?

I'm a retired primary school head teacher.

Wow! You've got all bases covered. How about you, Elizabeth?

I'm a student and I'm training to be a primary teacher, so...

-Very best of luck to the pair of you.

-Thank you.

Next, we welcome back Roy and Thomas, 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.

-Pretty well. We got to the head-to-head.

Unfortunately, a lack of Coronation Street knowledge...

-Coronation Street?

-Yeah.

-If only you'd spent more time in front of the telly.

-Yeah!

-Roy,

-what would you love to see come up this afternoon?

-Something about tropical fish, perhaps.

-What?!

LAUGHTER

-Anything other than Coronation Street.

-Really? Tropical fish?

-Are you good on tropical fish, or...

-I'm being facetious.

-You're being ribald? I see. I see.

Thomas, do you want to add to the fun?

I'll be more sensible. Medieval history.

-Medieval history? That's your particular area.

-Yeah.

-Medieval history?

-No. Tropical fish, yes.

LAUGHTER

-Really?

-No.

-No!

-LAUGHTER

Best of luck to you. Next, we welcome back Trisha and Ernie,

who were also on the show last time. What happened with you?

We got a very high score in the second round

because my knowledge of television was not as good as what I thought.

Again, if only more of you just spent your time watching telly...

-What are you hoping is coming up this afternoon?

-Definitely geography.

And Ancient Egypt.

-Geography and Ancient Egypt?

-Geographical Egypt would be great.

All right, best of luck to the pair of you. Great to have you back.

Finally, we have Paul and Yvonne. How do you two know each other?

We met on the beautiful Greek island of Lesbos, 20-something years ago.

-Our eyes met over a clay pot of moussaka.

-Ah!

A holiday romance still going strong. That's fabulous.

-What are your hobbies, Paul?

-Scuba diving, mountain biking,

-anything dangerous.

-Liking things that are dangerous,

you are going to be the perfect Pointless contestant. You're going to go

out onto the thin ice, aren't you?

-You'll be taking risks at every turn, isn't he, Yvonne?

-Erm...

-Maybe.

-Anyway, very best of luck to the pair of you.

It's great to have you here.

We'll find out more about all of you in the show. There's only one person left to introduce.

In the search of obscure facts and figures, he will boldly go

where no man has gone before.

-He is my Pointless friend, he is Richard.

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE A really good show today.

Two returning pairs. Roy and Thomas were terrific last time, weren't they? A very strong pair.

So I suspect they're the people to beat, but Trisha and Ernie -

Trisha, I think is very, very keen...

-to win the show today.

-She wants to hoist the trophy.

I think so. She has a steely look in her eye.

It should be a very good show. The first question is one...

where you either know it or you don't. It could be tricky for some people.

Now, we put all of our questions to 100 people before the show,

but this is Pointless, so we are after the obscure answers they didn't get,

but what everyone is trying to do is find a Pointless answer -

an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

And 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 at £9,750.

APPLAUSE

Right, let's play Pointless.

The first round, each of you must give me one answer. You can't confer with your partner.

The team with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they will score the maximum of 100 points.

Our first category this afternoon is...

-celebrities. Krystyna looks thrilled with that!

-No.

-Can you all decide in your pairs

who's going first, who's going second?

Whoever's going first, step up to the podium.

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

we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many 2010 Strictly Come Dancing contestants as they could. Richard.

We're looking for any celebrity who took part in the eighth series of

BBC Strictly Come Dancing in 2010.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Elizabeth and Krystyna, you drew lots before the show and,

this afternoon, you get to go first.

-Did you watch any of Strictly?

-No.

-Do you ever?

-No...

but I do sometimes see in passing.

-Do you hear about the best and the worst?

-Yes, I think I've got an idea.

-Come on, then, let's hear.

-I'm going to try Matt Baker.

Matt Baker, very good. You're hoping to score as few points as possible with Matt Baker.

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

Well done.

It's the right answer!

Very, very well done!

APPLAUSE

Matt Baker scores you 16.

A very good answer, Krystyna. Well done.

Matt Baker started his career on Blue Peter.

-Now does The One Show, amongst other things.

-Well done.

Now, then, Roy, the thing about Strictly is,

-you either watch it or you don't. Do you watch it?

-Yeah, obviously.

I watch it all the time.

I'm partial to a bit of a pasodoble, so...

You see, him with his tropical fish, I just don't know if I believe him.

-LAUGHTER

-Do I believe this?

-Does he watch it, Thomas?

-Yeah. I think we both sort of watch it.

-It's just sort of on in the background.

-OK.

-A guilty pleasure.

OK. Now, then... OK. 2010.

2010, I'm going to go for Goldie,

who I think was the first person knocked out.

OK, Goldie, you're going to say.

You're hoping to score as few points as possible.

If it's right, let's see how many people said Goldie.

It's right.

Down it goes. Very, very well done, Roy.

APPLAUSE

Extremely good. Goldie scoring you four points.

-So, Goldie, Richard?

-Yeah, well played, Roy. Goldie

is not the old Blue Peter dog, but the drum 'n' bass DJ.

He was also on Maestro, where he learned to conduct an Orchestra.

Now, Trisha, again, I have an inkling you're going to be very, very good at this.

-I love it.

-I just knew you were going to say that!

So for you, it's just a matter of working out strategically

-which is the lowest scoring one of all the names in front of you?

-Maybe.

-Yeah.

-I'm going to go for Paul Daniels.

-Well, you don't hear that very often!

LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE

You're hoping to score as low as you possibly can with Paul Daniels.

I think you might. Let's see if it's a correct answer.

I have a hunch it probably is. If it is, how many people said Paul Daniels?

It's right.

Very well done.

APPLAUSE

-Very well done indeed, Trisha. Paul Daniels scoring you nine.

-Good answer, Trisha,

he was the second one voted out after Goldie, in fact.

Very good. Now, then, Yvonne.

-Do you watch Strictly?

-No. Never.

-Oh, dear. Exactly, you see.

-Does Paul watch Strictly?

-No, never.

-Wow.

-You're just going to have to take a wild stab in the dark.

-OK.

-Right. The stab I'm going to go for is Pamela Stephenson.

-Pamela Stephenson,

you're hoping to score as few points as possible. Let's see if it's right

and how many people said it. Pamela Stephenson.

Well done. It's right.

22.

APPLAUSE

That's not bad.

-22, very well done. Pamela Stephenson.

-Yeah, well done, Yvonne.

-She came third.

-She came third?

-Yeah.

-Oh, she was good?

-Yeah.

-Or just loved?

-A little bit of both.

-OK, we're halfway through,

let's take a look at the scores as they stand. On 4 points,

Roy and Thomas.

Then we come up to Trisha and Ernie on 9. Lovely low score there.

Krystyna, 16, not bad.

A little bit ahead of you, Yvonne and Paul on 22,

considering that was an amazing score.

-I'm astonished.

-Considering.

However, this is about staying in the game.

So, Paul, you're going to have to wrack your brains

and try and come up with an obscure answer.

Likewise, Elizabeth, I hope you watched it as well

to come up with a decent answer to stay in the game.

OK, can the second players take their places at the podium?

So, we are looking for 2010 Strictly Come Dancing contestants.

Paul, as we gather,

you don't really watch it.

-No.

-But you must be aware of some of the names?

-We were even out of the country for most of 2010.

-Is it a deliberate move?

-Just to avoid Strictly Come Dancing, yeah.

-Well, we can't put this off any longer, Paul,

you're going to have to... Have you got a name?

It may even be the wrong show, but I distinctly remember a retired,

distinguished broadcaster by the name of John Sergeant.

OK. John Sergeant, you are saying. You are the high scorers on 22.

There's no red line for you to come below. John Sergeant. Let's see if that's right

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

Good luck, Paul.

Yes, I'm afraid that,

like John Sergeant doing Strictly, was wrong.

And it scores you the maximum of 100 points,

taking you up to a total of 122.

-Richard, John Sergeant.

-Yes, it was two years back, in fact,

in series six 2008, John Sergeant was in it.

I am quite proud not to know that.

I'm quite proud of you, you can hold your heads up high,

as you leave the show which, I'm afraid...

LAUGHTER

..is what you're going to be doing at the end of this round, because nobody,

even if they score 100, will be able to overtake your exceptional high score of 122.

So, Ernie, we come to you. Pressure off.

We're looking for 2010 Strictly contestants.

Yeah, I don't think this person was on there, but she certainly seemed to be on everything else.

I'll go for Carol Vorderman. She's not there, but I'll go for Carol Vorderman.

You're on 9 points, so it doesn't matter, you're through to the next round. Let's see if

she was on Strictly 2010, and how many people said Carol Vorderman. Good luck.

Bad luck, Ernie. As you suspected, that is an incorrect answer.

Takes your score up to 109.

-Doesn't matter, you're through. Richard?

-Yes, she was on series two,

Carol Vorderman, but I think you were answering the question -

-who do you fancy most on television, weren't you?

-Yep.

Now, then, Thomas, I think if anybody can pluck a Pointless answer

out of the ether, I think it's you.

I think, embarrassingly, you're right.

-Yeah, I'll probably go with Patsy Kensit, maybe.

-Patsy Kensit, maybe.

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

It's right.

Might this be Pointless? That'd be brilliant...

Almost!

APPLAUSE

Scores you 6, takes your total up to 10.

So, Richard,

-Patsy Kensit?

-Another good answer from Thomas. I might get you to name some more at the end. But 10 points,

a very good score between two.

Elizabeth, you are on 16. Like all the others,

it doesn't matter what you score now, you're through to the next round.

All the others barring Paul and Yvonne.

-It's definitely a relief, cos I don't watch it.

-You don't want Strictly?

No. I do know who was on it, kind of.

Not all of them, but I've got a couple of names that no-one else has said,

but I'm going to go for Kara Tointon.

-Kara Tointon?

-Yes.

Very good, let's see how many people said Kara Tointon.

Wow!

APPLAUSE

11. Very well done. Elizabeth, takes your total up to 27.

Well played, Elizabeth. Kara Tointon, the EastEnders actress who won series eight.

There are three Pointless answers here...

Scott Maslen, the EastEnders actor who played Jack Branning.

Tina O'Brien, from Coronation Street. She was also Pointless,

And the actor Jimi Mistry. All three are Pointless answers.

Well done if you said any of those at home.

Let's take a look at the highest scorers,

these are the ones that most people said. Most of our 100.

Matt Baker was the third highest scorer of all, with 16.

Pamela Stephenson, 22. And right at the top,

the John Sergeant of 2010, I would say, Ann Widdecombe, on 55.

Thank you, Richard. So, at the end of Round One,

the losing pair with the high score, I'm so sorry, Paul and Yvonne.

-So, what have you learnt on your brief spell?

-Just to try to remember

-what year is which, really, I suppose.

-Yes. Well,

we'll see the next time. We'll look forward to it. Excellent contestants,

-Thanks very much for playing.

-APPLAUSE

For the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.

APPLAUSE

Now, only two pairs can make it through to the head-to-head.

So, one of the teams will be leaving at the end of this round.

Your category for Round Two this afternoon is...

transport.

Transport. Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

who's going to go second? Whoever's going first, step up to the podium.

So, our round-two question this afternoon concerns

international car registrations.

In this round, we're about to show you a list of abbreviations,

used as international car registrations.

We asked 100 people to tell us which country each set of letters represents.

-Richard.

-In each pass, we're going to show you six international car registrations.

Tell us the country they come from. The more obscure answers will give fewer points.

If you give us an incorrect answer, it will score you 100 points.

Thank you very much, Richard. So, we're looking for the country that each of these

sets of letters represents. And we have got...

GB, IS, MAL, ET, D, RWA.

I'll read those again.

-Elizabeth?

-There's a few, a couple that I'm sure of.

-Then maybe...

-Yes.

Maybe a couple that I could have a guess at. I'm going for ET...

-Yes?

-..and say Estonia.

-You're going to say Estonia for ET?

-Yes.

-ET, Estonia.

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

ET, Estonia.

Oh, bad luck, Elizabeth.

Something tells me you won't be alone on that high score this round.

Unfortunately, that is a wrong answer, you score the maximum of 100 points. Richard.

I won't tell you what ET is, just in case Roy or Ernie would like to have a go at that one.

Roy?

-Yes.

-Roy, what's that board looking like behind me?

It's not looking very attractive,

but I like to live life on the edge.

So, as one country beginning with E has already gone,

I'm going for another one and say that ET is Ethiopia.

-Ethiopia?

-Yes.

-ET, Ethiopia, says Roy.

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

Bad luck, Roy.

A very high scoring round, this one!

Ernie, you don't need to do anything, really, do you?

Ethiopia, a very, very brave life-on-the-edge kind of a choice,

But I'm afraid it was wrong, so it scores you the maximum of 100 points. Richard.

You guys are finding it harder to find ET than those government scientists.

-LAUGHTER

-Ernie, you're the last person

-to have this board.

-Yep.

-Remember, we are looking for the country that is

represented by these car registrations.

I think RWA is possibly

a West African republic, or something in Africa.

D, Germany.

ET, I've a feeling Egypt.

But I'm going to try IS. I think it's Iceland.

-You think it's Iceland?

-Yeah.

OK, IS, Iceland, you are saying. Let's see if that's right

and, if it is, how many people said it. IS, Iceland. Good luck, Ernie.

It's right! Very well done.

Down it goes.

Five!

APPLAUSE

That was a great answer, Ernie.

-And it paid off, scored you five.

-Well played, Ernie.

-Trisha and Ernie mean business, don't they?

-Oh, yeah.

-They really do.

Very good answer, yes. The Icelandic spelling of Iceland begins IS. The others.

We should probably do ET first.

Not Estonia, not Ethiopia, but, as Ernie thought, Egypt.

It would have scored one point.

Let's go right up the top now, GB, is obviously United Kingdom.

Almost as bad as a wrong answer, 97 points.

D is Germany, it would have scored you 61.

-RWA, any ideas?

-Rwanda?

Rwanda, exactly right.

It would have scored 39.

Now, MAL, what do you think?

Malta, no. Malawi, no. Maldives, no.

It is Malaysia. Malaysia. It would have scored you

-a fairly hefty 20 points.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.

Well, now, Ernie and Trisha, five.

Iceland, it was.

Very brave, very brave indeed. Not to say that

Elizabeth and Roy weren't equally brave.

They were just wrong.

LAUGHTER

But it's nice to have two on 100, because it means Thomas and Krystyna

have a proper, proper tussle in the next pass.

Otherwise, it just wouldn't be any fun at all.

Right, can the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK, we're going to put six more abbreviations on the board,

and we have got...

I'll read those one more time.

We are looking for the country that each of these sets of letters represents.

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

Trisha, you're on five,

courtesy of Ernie's excellent answer.

If you can score 94 or lower,

you are through to the head-to-head.

I'm thinking CH...

..I think.

Switzerland?

Very good.

Let's see if that is right.

Here comes your red line.

There it is. If you get below that red line with Switzerland,

you are through to the head-to-head.

Is it right? Let's see how many people said CH, Switzerland.

Well done, it is right, you are through to the head-to-head.

36, very well done, Trisha.

36 takes your total up to 41.

-Richard?

-Sailing through to their head-to-head.

CH stands for Confederation Helvetique.

Very well done. Now, Thomas, the heat is on.

It's between you and Krystyna.

Yeah, my dad didn't leave me in the best of positions.

He didn't leave you in the best of positions, no.

I don't know whether to risk it,

or go for an easy one...

Yes.

I'm going to go for CDN and say Niger.

CDN, Niger.

CDN, Niger. There it is at the top of the board.

Let's find out if it is right.

And if it is, how many people said it.

There's no red line for you because you are joint high scorers.

Bad luck, Thomas.

Bad luck. I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer.

Which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

Which takes your total up to 200. Richard.

Unlucky, Thomas, you've to take a risk, though.

I won't say what CDN is in case Krystyna would like to have a go.

Krystyna?

There are none of those that I'm absolutely 100% about.

I think I'm going to try JA

and say Japan.

Japan, you are going to say for JA.

Well, there is your red line.

It's right below the pink line.

If Japan is right, I think you'll be through to the head-to-head.

Let's see if it is. And how many people said it. Japan.

Ooh.

This is very exciting indeed. I'm afraid that is wrong.

Which means, you score the maximum of 100 points,

taking your total up to 200. Richard.

-A tough round, isn't it?

-Tough!

-And more to come.

-And more to come.

So, a lifeline has been thrown to you, Thomas and Roy

and Krystyna and Elizabeth. This is incredibly exciting.

It's a tie, so the tied pairs have to give one more answer each.

Your scores are going to be reset to zero.

Look at that, beautifully synchronised.

The pair that gets the lowest score will win. You can now confer, OK.

So, Elizabeth and Krystyna, you are to go first,

from the remaining answers on the board.

THEY CONFER

Um. We're going to go for IRL and say Ireland.

IRL.

The Republic of Ireland.

OK. Well let's see if that's right.

And if it is, let's see how many people said it. IRL. Ireland.

Yes, it's right.

But it might as well not have been.

91 points for that.

Thomas and Roy?

IND is either Indonesia or India, I'm guessing.

T could be Thailand, any country beginning with T.

CDN.

Possibly Canada.

I think it's the other way around, Canada.

I think JA is not too bad a one.

It's the one we are more confident on. We are going JA, Jamaica.

JA, Jamaica.

OK. Well, 91 is the score you have to beat.

Here's your red line coming in.

Below that red line and you will be through to the head-to-head.

Jamaica, JA. Let's see if it's right,

and if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.

Very good. Well done, you are through.

It was all you had to do.

APPLAUSE

Very good.

That scores you seven. And it sees you through to the head-to-head.

Richard, I suppose that's why "Ja" features in so many reggae songs?

LAUGHTER

It's exactly right. Very well played, guys.

Let's take you through the rest of the board. Everyone avoided IND,

it could be India to Indonesia or India - it is India.

Indonesia is RI for Republic of Indonesia.

CDN, which confused everyone, is Canada,

but it's short for Canadian Dominion. That's what they have on their plates, CDN.

And T, as you say it could be any country beginning with T

but we've had a tie, and if you were a Thai, you'd have had a T on your car, cos it's Thailand.

Would have scored 5 points, the best answer the board. Very well done if you said that.

OK, thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of Round Two, with the losing pair with the highest score,

I'm afraid it's Krystyna and Elizabeth. Dear, oh, dear.

Well, you did incredibly well and right down to a tiebreak as well.

-Yes.

-Yes.

-Well, we will see you again next time

-when I hope you'll be on the show for even longer, but thanks very much for playing.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

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

So, very well done, Trisha and Ernie, Roy and Thomas,

you've made it through to the head-to-head.

Now, obviously only one pair can make it through to the final

and play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £9,750.

APPLAUSE

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

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

All you have to do is give an answer that scores less than the other pair

and you will win that question.

The pair with the best of three will play for today's jackpot.

Let's play Pointless.

Right, here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

north, south, east and west football teams as they could.

North, south, east and west. Richard.

We're looking for any team playing in English League football at the start of 2011.

That's Premier League, Championship, League One and Two.

Any English league team which have any of those words in their name

as a word or part of their name.

For example, if we were accepting non-league teams,

Eastbourne Borough would be acceptable.

Any team that has north, south, east or west anywhere in its name.

There are six answers on the list.

So see how many of those you can get at home while they're conferring.

Trisha and Ernie, you played best so far, so you get to go first.

We have an answer.

What's it going to be?

Preston North End.

Preston North End we have from Trisha and Ernie.

Now, then, Roy and Thomas, you can do your thinking out loud.

That's one we didn't think of, that's a very good one.

Northampton, Southampton, West Brom, West Ham,

sees Preston North End, so...

What about Northampton Town, then?

Yeah, Northampton, I think.

Northampton, so we have Preston North End and Northampton.

Two northerly answers.

Trisha and Ernie went for Preston North End, let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many said Preston North End.

It's right.

Oh, it's good. 17, very well done.

Very well done.

Roy and Thomas, you've gone for Northampton.

Let's see if that's right,

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

Will it beat Preston North End?

-It's another low score.

-21.

Very close.

But Preston North End wins it.

So after the very first question, Trisha and Ernie are winning 1-0.

-Richard?

-Well played, Trisha and Ernie.

Thomas you went through every single answer apart from the one

that would have beaten Preston North End.

For 11 points, it would have been Southend United.

Preston North End on 17,

West Bromwich Albion, on 20, Northampton Town 21,

Southampton 40, and West Ham United right at the top on 52.

OK, thanks very much, Richard. Here is your second question.

Roy and Thomas, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

Trisha an Ernie, if you win this you're straight through to the final.

Good luck. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many teenage mutant hero turtles.

Teenage mutant hero turtles, Richard?

We're looking for the names of any of the four teenage mutant turtles,

which is the most obscure of those?

OK, now, Roy and Thomas, you get to go first this time.

Um...we're going to go with Raphael, I think.

-Raphael.

-Yeah, pretty sure he's one.

OK, we have Raphael.

Trisha and Ernie, you can do all your talking out loud now.

Well, we knew two of the others. We were struggling on the third, weren't we?

There's Donatello... and Michelangelo.

We'll go for Donatello, please.

Donatello.

OK, we have Raphael and Donatello.

Trisha and Ernie, if you win this point

you're straight through to the final.

Roy and Thomas, Raphael, let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

Is that a good score? I don't know?

Yeah. You don't know at all.

Trisha and Ernie, what are you thinking?

It's going to be close.

I think it'll going to be close.

OK, Donatello, you have gone for, let's see if that is right,

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

This will decide, possibly, who goes through to the final.

APPLAUSE

So, well done, Roy and Thomas, you get that one.

After two questions it is one point apiece. Richard?

Yeah, they were all very close.

Once again, Ernie, it was the one you couldn't remember,

because it would have tied with Raphael.

Raphael and Leonardo both scored 31 points.

Michelangelo, 35 and Donatello the most popular answer of all, 37.

OK, here is your third question.

This is the decider, whoever wins this question goes through

to the final and will be playing for £9,750.

Good luck. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many chemical elements that end in "ON" as they could.

Chemical elements ending in "ON". Richard?

Yeah, we're looking for any of the nine elements

in the periodic table ending "ON".

And we're taking their English names as listed in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, as of the start of 2011.

Very best of luck.

OK, Trisha and Ernie, you go first.

Boron.

-Boron.

-B-O-R-O-N.

Very good, slightly scary delivery there, Trisha.

I appreciate this is a high-tension moment.

Boron. Roy and Thomas.

Boron has gone.

It's a good answer.

You are looking confident here. Are you familiar?

I know a few others, but whether they're less popular than boron, I don't know.

But I think xenon might be a possible one.

So, I'm going to go for xenon.

Xenon. OK, so we have boron, we have xenon.

Trisha and Ernie have gone for boron.

Is it right, and if it is, how many people said boron?

Boron, 20.

Roy and Thomas, you've said xenon. Let's see if its right,

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

This will see who goes through to the final.

It's right.

Oh, look at that!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Just three points in it.

But xenon pips it by going down to 17.

So after the third question, Roy and Thomas are through to the final, 2-1.

Richard?

Another great battle, there were two answers that would have beaten xenon.

One of them is surprising, let's take a look, silicon with ten.

Krypton with 12, radon 18 and boron on 20.

Then the big ones at the top, carbon 23, iron 35,

argon 36 and neon, top of all with 42.

OK, thank you very much, Richard.

So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Trisha and Ernie.

Amazingly played, that was incredibly exciting.

That could have gone either way. How are you feeling, Trisha and Ernie?

They are very worthy winners. They've given us a good battle.

Good luck getting that money.

You can always share it with us if you want.

We did agree that off stage, actually!

Very good. But, no, you have played fantastically well

on both shows you've been on.

-Brilliant, brilliant contestants, thank you so much for coming along.

-Thank you.

But for Roy and Thomas it's time for our Pointless final

and the chance to win our jackpot of £9,750.

So, congratulations, Roy and Thomas,

you've seen off all the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy. Well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £9,750.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Now, the rules are simple - to win that money,

all you have to do is find a Pointless answer

that none of our 100 people can think of.

We haven't had any Pointless answers today.

You only have to find one now and you will go home with that money.

First, though, you've got to choose a category

and you can choose from these three options. Here you are.

You can have American sport, UK politics or film directors.

American sport, UK politics or film directors. What do you think?

Pretty much rule out American sport straightaway.

I have no clue about that.

-It could be basketball teams, football teams.

-Baseball.

Not strong, really.

Film directors, we could be lucky.

It could be a director we know, a director we have no idea about.

They're all pretty broad.

So, what are you going to go for?

Going to go for film directors.

Film directors.

Would you like to say roughly where you'd like it to be?

Any particular film director you feel comfortable answering on?

-It would have to be someone fairly recent.

-Yeah.

-The Cohen Brothers.

-Danny Boyle.

OK, well, let's find out what that question is.

Good luck.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many directors

who have won more than one Oscar as they could.

Richard?

Yeah, we're looking for any director who's received more than one

Academy Award for Best Director

up to and including the 82nd Oscars in 2010.

So, any director who's won two or more Oscars.

OK, thanks very much, Richard.

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

All you need to win that £9,750 jackpot is for just one of those answers to be Pointless.

Your 60 seconds starts now.

That revision would have come in handy!

Steven Spielberg?

Star Wars. Tim Burton, that's not bad.

George Lucas.

Yeah.

Danny Boyle's won one.

Best Film.

Who else can we think of?

Anyone earlier?

Someone like...

Can we change the subject!

What's the name, the Gran Torino bloke, Million Dollar Baby?

Quentin Tarantino, no.

No.

So, who we going for?

I think Tim Burton, but it's like Steven Spielberg seems obvious,

but if we don't have anyone else...

Five seconds.

Think of anyone else?

There is your time up.

It's a tough one, we were looking for directors who've won more than one Oscar.

I now need three answers from you.

OK, we'll go for Tim Burton.

Tim Burton.

We'll go for George Lucas.

George Lucas.

And...

Just say Danny Boyle. It could possibly.

All right, Danny Boyle.

And Danny Boyle.

Of those three, which is your most confident answer,

your best shot at a Pointless answer?

I think if anyone's going to be Pointless

Tim Burton's more likely out of the three.

OK, we'll put him last.

What's your least confident?

George Lucas.

Which puts Danny Boyle in the middle.

OK, let's put them up on the board in that order, and here they are.

George Lucas,

Danny Boyle

and Tim Burton.

There we are, there are your three answers.

We were looking for directors who have won more than one Oscar.

You said this was your least confident answer.

You only have to find one Pointless to win that jackpot of £9,750.

So let's put your first one to the test

and let's see if George Lucas is a correct answer and if it is,

let's see how many people said George Lucas.

Unfortunately, that's incorrect, so not a Pointless answer,

which means you only have two more shots at today's jackpot.

£9,750 - what would you do with that?

Probably wine, women and song and the rest we'd probably waste!

-Very good.

-It's not very original, but...

Very good.

OK.

We were looking for directors who've won more than one Oscar.

-Your second answer, Danny Boyle,

-let's hope nobody said that.

It has to be correct, and it has to get all the way down to zero.

Let's find out, is it right, and how many people said Danny Boyle?

Oh, dear!

Bad luck, also an incorrect answer.

He's definitely won one, we know that.

Slumdog Millionaire, yeah.

OK, you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot,

but this is the answer you had most faith in.

You thought this was most likely to be a Pointless answer.

OK, well let's put it to the test, there it is, Tim Burton.

This has to be right and it has to go all the way down to zero.

Let's find out.

Tim Burton - is it right and if it is, how many people said Tim Burton?

Oh, dear!

Bad luck.

Really, really tough category.

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that Pointless answer,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £9,750,

which will roll over to the next show,

but you have been fantastic contestants

and you do get to take home our Pointless trophy, so very well done.

So, Richard?

Yes, you played so well throughout, tough category.

Danny Boyle has won one, the other two haven't won any, I'm afraid.

Let's take a look at the Pointless answers,

see how many you got at home.

Elia Kazan won two Oscars

for Gentlemen's Agreement and On The Waterfront.

Frank Borzage won the first Best Director's Oscar for Seventh Heaven,

Fred Zinnemann won for From Here to Eternity,

and for A Man For All Seasons.

The next page, George Stevens won twice including for Giant,

Joseph L Mankiewicz won twice including for All About Eve,

Leah McCarey won it twice, these are all Pointless answers.

Another early one, Lewis Milestone and then two bigger names,

Milos Forman, who won for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus,

and then Oliver Stone, won for Platoon and Born On The 4th Of July.

So, again, very well done if you got any of those at home.

Well.

Did you recognise any of those?

Oliver Stone, possibly would be the only one I would have got out of them.

The others were tough, weren't they? Quite specialist.

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you Roy and Thomas.

You've been great contestants, it's been fantastic having you on the show.

Thanks so much for playing, thank you.

So, nobody's won our jackpot today, which mean it is rolls over

to the next show, when we will be playing for £10,750.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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