Episode 31 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.

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First, we welcome back Elizabeth and Krystyna. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. Remind us how you did.

We got to the second round, but it was the international car registrations that caught us out.

-They were tough.

-They were.

-What are you hoping will come up today, Krystyna?

I'm really keen on books and literature because I read quite a lot,

so that's probably my favourite.

Books and literature, we haven't had that for a while.

-Round Two today.

-Round Two, Krystyna.

-Literature.

-It's always tricky. You say that and you get one that you don't know and you feel more of a fool.

-I know.

You cannot go back now, I'm afraid.

-You're going to be champion of that round.

-She's going to be awesome.

Mark and Tessa, how do you two know each other?

We met about 13 years ago. We were at different universities,

but we both did debating at university and we used to meet at national competitions.

Very good. Mark, what are your specialist subjects?

Well, we're both quite good on movies.

I work in politics, so I probably should know a little bit about that.

OK. Yeah, you really should do.

-What do you do?

-I work as a researcher for a Member of the Scottish Parliament.

You can't afford to let anything slip through your fingers. Thanks, Mark and Tessa. Very best of luck.

Next we welcome back Paul and Yvonne. This is their second chance to reach the Pointless final.

-Remind us how you did, Paul.

-We were undone in the first round.

-Strictly...

-Undone.

-Yeah. By a combination of John Sergeant and Ann Widdecombe.

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-Remind us what you do, Paul and Yvonne.

-I'm a part-time handyman.

-Very good. Yvonne, how about you?

-I work as a volunteer services assistant at a zoo.

-Do you work with the animals?

-I do.

Part of my job is looking after a collection of animals,

the volunteer collection of animals, from ferrets to cockroaches.

I was hoping ferrets were going to be the bottom of the scale.

OK, very best of luck to you, Paul and Yvonne. Lovely to have you back.

Finally, we welcome Josh and Rob. How do you two know each other?

Me and Josh both go to Newcastle University. We're both studying Geography.

-Both studying Geography?

-Yeah.

-That's right.

So, apart from Geography and possibly Newcastle, what are your strong suits?

Sport is pretty good. Pretty confident with that.

-Football.

-Football.

-I'm into politics and film, but we've got some film buffs over there,

so I'll keep my other sort of strong subjects closer to my chest.

Very good. We'll find more out about all of you throughout the show.

There is one person left for me to introduce.

He cocks a snook at popularity and wallows in the obscure, my pointless friend... You do. I've seen you.

-He's Richard.

-Hiya.

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-Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon. How are you?

-Yeah, I'm very well. How are you?

-I'm fine.

-That's good. For once, we've got questions that people have asked for.

Normally, we do things like car registration plates,

but we've got Sport, Literature and Film, something for everyone.

We've got a couple of returning pairs. We didn't see much of Paul and Yvonne because of Paul's dislike

of Strictly Come Dancing, which does him great credit.

And Elizabeth and Krystyna did rather better, but I suspect both will be looking to go all the way.

It should be a very good show. We've got two very bright new pairs.

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

so we're after the obscure answers they didn't get. Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer

that none of our 100 people gave and each time that happens, we add 250 quid to the jackpot.

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

so today's jackpot starts off at £10,750.

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Right, let's play Pointless.

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

The team with the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated,

so be very careful that's not you.

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

OK, our first category this afternoon is...

Can you decide in your pairs who will go first and who will go second?

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

OK, let's find out what the first question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Michael Douglas films as they could.

We want any feature film made for cinema release for which Michael Douglas received an acting credit,

including as a voice artist.

We don't accept TV films, short films, documentaries, things where he's played himself

or films where he was uncredited, so any Michael Douglas film and that's up to the start of 2011.

You all drew lots before the show and Krystyna and Elizabeth, you get to go first. Krystyna...

-Are you a fan?

-No, I would say not particularly.

I've got a couple of ideas.

I think I'm going to have to say Wall Street.

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

42. That's not bad at all.

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-Richard?

-Yeah, Wall Street from 1987. Michael Douglas won an Oscar for his portrayal as Gordon Gekko.

-Thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Tessa...

-OK.

-Michael Douglas films.

-OK.

-Have you got a few in your mind?

I know a few more obvious ones, but I've got a couple that might be a bit more obscure.

Mark's told me to play safe, but I'm tempted to go for my obscure ones.

He's told you to play safe? Has he watched the game?

-I think he doesn't trust me.

-I see, I see.

-But I'm going to defy our team tactics.

-Well done, well done.

-I think he was in a movie called Coma.

-Let's see if Michael Douglas was in Coma

and if he was, let's see how many people said it - Coma.

It's right. Well done.

Very well done, Tessa.

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That's a fabulous answer. It scores you 1 point.

-Richard?

-Great answer. Well played, Tessa, and an object lesson for Mark as well to trust Tessa.

-From 1978, directed by Michael Crichton.

-Thanks, Richard.

-So then, Yvonne, Michael Douglas films...

-Not good.

-Really?

-No.

Ah... This is a struggle. Um...

-Hard Rain.

-Hard Rain. You're hoping to score as few points as possible. You're saying Hard Rain.

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

Oh, Yvonne!

Unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer, so you score the maximum of 100 points.

Bad luck, Yvonne. Richard?

Yeah, I'm afraid Hard Rain was 1998, Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater.

No Michael Douglas.

Bad luck, Yvonne. Rob?

-Yeah.

-Michael Douglas films...

Now, you're quite good on film.

-I'm not on this particular category.

-Not on this category. Have you seen any Michael Douglas films?

I remember seeing him in one film which I cannot remember the name of.

-OK...

-So that's not very helpful,

but I'm going to guess where it was based and hope maybe that was what it was called and go with Manhattan.

Well, let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Manhattan. Good luck, Rob.

Bad luck, Rob.

That is incorrect and it scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-Richard?

-Rob, the bad news is that's a Woody Allen film without Michael Douglas,

but the good news is you've really cheered up Yvonne.

We're halfway through the round, so let's look at the scores as they stand.

On 1 point, Tessa.

Fantastic. Then we come up a little bit to Krystyna and Elizabeth on 42.

Not a bad score, given the context,

because then Yvonne and Paul and Rob and Josh are on 100,

so the real contest will be between Josh and Paul in the next pass.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, remember, we're looking for Michael Douglas films.

Josh, Michael Douglas films, what are you thinking?

A film buff, but not on this.

This is a... My heart sank.

What type of films do you like, Josh?

James Bond. Why couldn't you have asked for Roger Moore or something?

Well, anyway, I'm going to have to go for an educated guess

and I'm going to go for a film called Out Of Africa.

You are the high scorers on 100 points. There's no red line for you.

Let's see if Out Of Africa is right and if it is, let's see how many people said it - Out Of Africa.

Oh!

Bad luck. Unfortunately, that is an incorrect answer,

so you also score the maximum of 100 points, taking your total up to 200.

-Richard?

-Yes, sorry, Josh. Out Of Africa was with Robert Redford.

-But again the good news is you've cheered up Paul.

-Now then, Paul...

The high scorers are Josh and Rob on 200.

If you can score 99 or less with this answer, you are through to the next round.

When you asked the question, my mind went blank. I didn't know at all until Yvonne said Hard Rain

and that reminded me of a film called Black Rain.

Black Rain - let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.

Your red line is just below the pink line. Let's see if Black Rain can get you down below it.

Well done.

Very well done indeed, Paul.

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Very good, low-scoring answer. It scores you 3 and takes your total up to 103.

-Black Rain, Richard?

-Well played. Was that the film you were thinking of, Yvonne?

-Yeah.

Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia play New York cops and they take on the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Mark, whatever happens, you are through to the next round.

Look on this as an opportunity to dazzle us with a pointless Michael Douglas film

and add 250 quid to the jackpot.

Well, I've got two in my head that I'm weighing up which I think are relatively obscure,

so it's a question of which one of those I pick.

I'll go with one that I went to the cinema to see, but it didn't do so well and it's called The Game.

There's no red line. You're through, whatever happens.

Let's see if The Game is right and if it is, let's see if Mark has found a pointless answer.

It's right.

Oh!

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It's a great answer, Mark. It wasn't pointless, but brilliant low score - 7. Takes your total to 8.

-Richard?

-Well done, Mark. Not as good as Tessa, but that's what we expect from Tessa.

Yeah, it's quite a good film, The Game, done by David Fincher.

Thank you. Elizabeth and Krystyna, you're on 42. It doesn't matter what you score, Elizabeth.

That's good. I'm not a fan either.

-I have got a couple in my head, so hopefully...

-Very good.

-..it won't be wrong.

I'm going to say Romancing The Stone.

Let's see if Romancing The Stone is right and if it is, how many people said it - Romancing The Stone.

It's right.

17. Brilliant answer.

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-It takes your total up to 59.

-Richard, Romancing The Stone?

-Yeah, Romancing The Stone from 1984, one of his most popular films.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers. There were quite a few.

The American President, written by Aaron Sorkin who went on to create The West Wing,

The China Syndrome with Jack Lemmon,

the comedy One Night At McCool's - all pointless answers.

It Runs In The Family where he starred with both parents, Kirk and Diana, and his son Cameron,

The In-Laws, The Ghost And The Darkness about hunting lions.

Beyond A Reasonable Doubt, Napoleon And Samantha and Solitary Man were all pointless,

so very well done if you said any of those at home.

Let's see the answers that most of our 100 people said.

We've just heard the third most which was Romancing The Stone with 17,

then Basic Instinct on 19

and we've heard the top answer as well. You gave that, Krystyna - Wall Street on 42.

Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of Round One, the losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid,

Josh and Rob. Two spectacular high scores there.

Well, at least we didn't embarrass ourselves(!)

-LAUGHTER

-You will be back next time when I'm sure we will see more of you.

Thank you very much for playing. You've been great contestants.

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

Only two pairs can make it through to the head-to-head, so one team is leaving at the end of this round.

Your category for Round Two this afternoon is...

There you are, Krystyna - Literature.

Can you decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second?

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

OK, our Round Two question this afternoon concerns...

American Novels And Their Writers.

We'll show you a list of titles of classic American novels.

-We asked 100 people to tell us who wrote them. Richard?

-We'll show you six novels on each pass.

The more obscure the novel, the fewer points you'll score. An incorrect answer scores 100 points.

Thank you, Richard. We are looking for the authors of these classic American novels.

We have got in our first pass...

I'll read all those again.

Elizabeth, there are the novels. We are looking for the authors.

You're going to try and find the most obscure one on that board. What do you think?

Um...there's three that I'm definitely sure of,

one that I think I know

and the other two I'm not sure,

but, um...

I'm going to say Moby-Dick and Herman Melville.

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

Herman Melville...

Very well done.

19.

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-Very well done, Elizabeth.

19 for Herman Melville, Moby-Dick.

Well played, Elizabeth, from 1851.

Superb. Now then, Tessa... Behind me are the American novels.

I want an author for the most obscure one you can find on that board.

Literature is among my worst subjects. However, I do recognise some of these.

And I know, I think, three or four that are left.

I'm going to go for, I think, To Kill A Mockingbird.

It might be the least common that I might know the answer to.

-And I think it's Harper Lee.

-Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew Harper Lee wrote To Kill A Mockingbird.

It's right.

20.

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-Not bad at all, Tessa.

That scores you 20 points.

Well done, Tessa, from 1960. It's the only book she ever wrote, Harper Lee.

Thanks, Richard. Harper Lee, good answer, Tessa. Now then, Yvonne...

We are looking for the authors of these American novels. Feel free to talk about all of them if you like.

I know The Great Gatsby, The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

and Carrie, I think.

Atlas Shrugged, I don't even recognise the title, to be honest, let alone know the author.

On the basis that people might forget it was F Scott Fitzgerald, rather than Scott Fitzgerald,

I'll say F Scott Fitzgerald for The Great Gatsby.

F Scott Fitzgerald for The Great Gatsby. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, if your strategic thinking has paid off.

Well, it is right.

How many people knew that name?

24.

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24 for The Great Gatsby.

Yeah, the F for Francis, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, from 1925, a wonderful, wonderful novel.

Let's look at the rest of the board.

Beating all those novels is Carrie by Stephen King

which would have scored 36 points.

The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain with 32.

-Do you know Atlas Shrugged?

-No.

-It was much in the news over the American elections

because it's a book that's loved by the American right wing.

It's Ayn Rand and would've scored you 4 points. Well done if you got that at home.

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

Elizabeth, the best answer in that round, you're on 19,

which puts Krystyna ahead on the next pass.

Just ahead, Tessa and Mark on 20,

then a little bit out in front, Yvonne and Paul on 24.

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

We're going to put six more classic American novels on the board.

Here they are.

I'll read those again.

We are looking for the authors and you are trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-Paul?

-I'm going to go straight in with Catch-22 and Joseph Heller.

You are our high scorers on 24.

You want to score as little as possible with Joseph Heller.

No red line because you are the high scorers. Joseph Heller?

Well done, it's right.

Down it goes. Very good, our lowest score so far.

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17 takes your total up to 41. Richard?

Well done, Paul. It's going to be a very, very close round. From 1961, Catch-22.

OK, so the high scorers now are Paul and Yvonne on 41. Mark, you are on 20.

If you can score 20 or less, you are through to the head-to-head.

I should've gone first. I knew all the ones on the last board, but only a couple on here,

one of which has already gone, so sorry.

I'm going to go for, as Tessa did, I think this was the only novel that he wrote...

I'll go for The Catcher In The Rye and JD Salinger.

JD Salinger for The Catcher In The Rye. Here is your red line.

It's quite low, but then it's quite a low-scoring round.

If you can score 20 or less with Salinger,

you are through to the next round.

Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said JD Salinger for The Catcher In The Rye.

It's correct.

Oh! Whoa-oa!

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24, that scores you, and it takes your total up to 44. Richard?

Yeah, from 1951, the famously reclusive JD Salinger. He did write other things.

There are 15 unpublished novels sitting in a safe which may see the light of day one day.

It'd be nice, wouldn't it?

Hmm. OK, thanks very much.

We are looking for the authors of these classic American novels.

Now, Krystyna, we have a contest on our hands here. The high scorers are Mark and Tessa on 44.

You are on 19. If you want to stay in the game, you have to score 24 or less.

You can talk us through the board. You're the last person to have it.

I wish I could remember the author of The Hunt For Red October,

as I think that will be the lowest one, and I can't.

I do know the other three, so Gone With The Wind is Margaret Mitchell,

The Da Vinci Code is Dan Brown

and A Farewell To Arms is Ernest Hemingway.

But I'm not sure which...

I think Dan Brown will be the most popular, but I'm not sure of the other two.

I'm going to go A Farewell To Arms, Ernest Hemingway.

Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell To Arms. There is your red line. If you get below it

with Ernest Hemingway, you are through to the head-to-head.

Let's see if Ernest Hemingway is right and if it is, how many people said it. Good luck.

It's right.

-Yes!

-Oh, well done.

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-Well done, Ernest Hemingway scoring only 13,

the lowest score in the whole round, taking your total up to 32. You are in the head-to-head. Richard?

Well played, Krystyna, Hemingway's semi-autobiographical novel from 1929 set in World War One.

There have been some great novels and works of literature on both of these lists

and far and away the most popular and successful of all, The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown,

which would've scored you 48 points.

Gone With The Wind, you were quite right, Margaret Mitchell. That only scored 14.

-The Hunt For Red October was Tom Clancy.

-I knew I'd know it when I heard it.

-The best answer on the board, just 9 points.

-I thought it would be.

Very well done if you got all 12 at home especially.

At the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score, Mark and Tessa. How on earth?

-This was not meant to be at all.

-It's a marathon, not a sprint.

-It was a very low-scoring round.

Literature was never going to go well. It was doomed from the beginning.

You did incredibly well - 20 points for To Kill A Mockingbird.

You've ended up with the highest scores, so we have to eliminate you,

-but we will see you next time. Thank you so much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

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

Elizabeth and Krystyna, Paul and Yvonne, you're in the head-to-head.

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

and play for the jackpot which currently stands at £10,750.

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You're going to go head to head on the best of three questions.

For each question, each pair must give me just one answer

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

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

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OK, good luck.

Here is your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Wimbledon 2010 men's quarter-finalists as they could.

Richard?

We're looking for any player who reached at least the quarter-finals of the 2010 Wimbledon tournament.

There are, you'll be amazed to learn, eight names on the list.

This is the singles tournament in the 2010 Wimbledon championships.

Elizabeth and Krystyna, because you played best throughout the show, you get to go first.

So we are looking for those Wimbledon 2010 men's quarter-finalists.

WHISPERING

I think that's a good one.

OK, you've got one?

-Yes, we're going to say Tomas Berdych.

-Tomas Berdych?

-Yeah.

Paul and Yvonne, you can do your thinking out loud for us.

-You're great on tennis, aren't you?

-I'm not great on sport at all.

This is definitely over to Paul, I think. Sorry.

-I think it's a gimme. We're going to have to say Roger Federer because I can't think of his name.

-OK.

-Roger Federer.

-Roger Federer. Elizabeth and Krystyna have gone for Tomas Berdych.

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

It's correct.

I think this is going to go a long way down.

3.

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Very, very, very good answer, Elizabeth and Krystyna.

Tomas Berdych, just 3 there.

-Paul and Yvonne have gone for Roger Federer.

-It's in the bag(!)

LAUGHTER

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

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Well, you suspected that would be a high scorer and indeed it was.

After our first question, Elizabeth and Krystyna are ahead 1-0. Richard?

Berdych beats Federer and that's exactly what happened at Wimbledon. He lost in the final to Nadal.

Let's take a look at all eight.

The best answer was Yen-Hsun Lu who scored 1 point,

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2 points, Tomas Berdych 3,

Robin Soderling, the Swede, on 4.

There's Novak Djokovic on 10, Nadal, the eventual winner, with 39,

Federer 40, and Andy Murray at the top, 59 points for Murray.

Thanks, Richard. Here is your second question.

-Paul and Yvonne, you must win this question to stay in the game.

-Easy!

OK, good luck. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Simon and Garfunkel singles as they could.

We want any single released by Simon and Garfunkel that made it into the UK Top 40 before the start of 2011.

Where they've done double "A" sides, both songs will count separately.

We don't want individual tracks by Garfunkel or Simon,

just Simon and Garfunkel songs in the Top 40. Very best of luck.

Very best of luck. Paul and Yvonne, you go first this time.

WHISPERING

-Okey-dokey.

-We have an answer?

-Homeward Bound.

-Homeward Bound.

OK, Elizabeth and Krystyna, Homeward Bound has gone. You can now do your discussion out loud.

-Well, I'm probably one of the world's greatest Simon and Garfunkel fans.

-Oh, no.

That doesn't make it easier because I know all their songs,

but not necessarily if they were singles.

You're in the same predicament as in the American literature round.

Yes, so Bridge Over Troubled Water and The Boxer...

El Condor Pasa, which is another song from that album,

which I think, because it's a tricky name, people might not remember.

-Was that a single?

-I think so.

And Cecilia?

-Yeah.

-OK, let's have an answer from you.

-Shall I go for El Condor...?

-Yeah.

-I think I'm going to go for El Condor Pasa.

-El Condor Pasa.

Homeward Bound is what Paul and Yvonne are saying.

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

It's right.

Go on. Lower, lower, lower.

Oh, 16.

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16.

El Condor Pasa, Elizabeth and Krystyna have submitted.

Krystyna, admittedly a lifelong fan of Simon and Garfunkel, possibly their biggest.

-Yes, possibly.

-El Condor Pasa...

If you win this point, you are straight through to the final

and you'll be playing for that £10,750 jackpot. Good luck.

El Condor Pasa, is it right?

If it is, how many people said it?

-It wasn't a single.

-Oh, dear!

An incorrect answer, I'm afraid, which means, after two questions, it is one apiece.

-Richard?

-Not a single in the UK, I'm afraid. That's very tough luck.

Let's take a look at all the answers. There's one you said here that would have won you the point.

There's Silent Night - Seven O'Clock News. That was a pointless answer.

Very well done if you said that. That was a double "A" side with Hazy Shade Of Winter which scored 2.

America with 3, I Am A Rock, 7.

The Boxer would have seen you through to the final - 14 points.

Homeward Bound, 16, Mrs Robinson, 25,

and their only UK No.1, Bridge Over Troubled Water, scored 62 points.

There aren't that many singles.

It's all the album tracks which I know really well, off by heart probably.

Well, that was very exciting and it's left us one-all.

So whoever wins this next question will be playing for that jackpot.

Here is your third question. Good luck.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Democratic US Presidents as they could.

We're looking for any Democratic President of the USA from 1945 through to the beginning of 2011,

so any Democratic President since Roosevelt. There are six names.

Elizabeth and Krystyna, you go first this time.

WHISPERING

I think we're going to go with Lyndon B Johnson.

Lyndon B Johnson. Lyndon B Johnson, you are saying.

Paul and Yvonne...

Let's have a look - Harry S Truman,

John F Kennedy...

..Lyndon B Johnson,

Jimmy Carter,

Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.

-I reckon Harry S Truman then.

-We're going to say Harry S Truman.

Harry S Truman.

OK, so we have Lyndon B Johnson, we have Harry S Truman.

Whoever wins this point, and I think it will be close fought,

is through to the final to play for that massive jackpot of £10,750.

Elizabeth and Krystyna said Lyndon B Johnson. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many people said it - Lyndon B Johnson.

7.

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-7.

Paul and... Paul, what are you thinking - 7?

-I'm thinking that's a good score, a good, low score.

-A good, low score.

Harry S Truman is what you are saying.

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

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Wow, Harry S Truman scores only 4 points!

So, after three questions, Paul and Yvonne are through to the final, 2-1. Richard?

Well played, both pairs. They were the best two answers you could have gone for.

Let's look at how all six scored.

Harry S Truman with 4, Lyndon B Johnson with 7,

Jimmy Carter, 25, John F Kennedy, 33,

Barack Obama, 43, and Bill Clinton at the top on 50.

Very good head-to-head. Well played.

So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, Elizabeth and Krystyna, by a whisker.

What an amazing head-to-head that was!

-For a time there, we thought you'd waltz off with that, Krystyna.

-Yeah.

Simon and Garfunkel looked very much like it was playing into your hands.

-I think you can sometimes know too much, can't you? You know too much detail.

-You knew too much, exactly.

A really brilliantly well-fought head-to-head round. I'm very sorry we have to say goodbye to you.

But you have been great contestants. Thank you so much for playing.

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But for Paul and Yvonne, it's now time for our Pointless final

and the chance to win our jackpot of £10,750.

Well, congratulations, Paul and Yvonne. You've fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

APPLAUSE

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at a dizzying £10,750.

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The rules are very simple. To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

-We haven't had any pointless answers on the show today.

-No.

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

Firstly, you've got to choose a category and you can choose from these three options.

Fashion, as you can tell,

I'm an icon, Yvonne not so good(!)

LAUGHTER

I'll re-run that. As you can tell, Yvonne's an icon. I'm not so good.

-I think we meet in the middle on UK politics, don't we?

-Yes.

-UK Politics.

-UK Politics.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many members of Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet as they could. Richard?

We're looking for any MP or peer who had a seat on any Cabinet under Margaret Thatcher's premiership.

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

and all you need to win that £10,750 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Yeah.

-Your 60 seconds start now.

-OK.

-Norman St John-Stevas springs to mind.

-Yeah.

-Come on.

-Was Francis Maude in...?

-No.

-No, a long way out.

-He may have been a junior minister.

-Right, OK.

-Who used to be our MP in Bristol North?

-William Waldegrave.

-He was a junior minister.

He was a Foreign Office minister under William Hague.

-No, not under William Hague.

-Under Margaret Thatcher.

He could have been in John Major's government, you see.

-OK. So what was her term?

-Her term of office?

-Yeah.

-That's not going to help, I don't think.

-No?

-1979 to...1990.

-Right.

So we've got two possible names there.

-Anything else?

-We need something vague.

-Yeah.

-We don't want to get too many points here.

-No.

Let's keep going, keep rolling.

-Tebbit is too obvious.

-Too obvious.

-Five seconds.

-It's too obvious.

OK, I think we'll have more than enough.

OK, your time is up.

We were looking for members of Margaret Thatcher's Cabinets. I now need your three answers.

-Norman...

-Norman St John-Stevas.

Norman St John-Stevas.

We'll keep Willie Waldegrave in the bag.

He's our ace in the hole.

-Lord Young.

-Lord Young?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-So, Lord Young, William Waldegrave and Norman St John-Stevas.

-Of those three, who do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Willie Waldegrave?

-Willie Waldegrave, I think would go number three.

-OK.

-Who shall we put first? Who's your least likely?

-Lord Young because I don't think he was, in reflection.

Let's put those up on the board in the order you have ordained.

There they are.

We were looking for members of Mrs Thatcher's Cabinets.

These are your three answers.

This was your least confident answer. You only need one of these to be pointless to win £10,750.

Your first answer was Lord Young.

Let's see if this is right. Let's see if Lord Young was indeed a member of a Mrs Thatcher Cabinet

and if he was, how many people said him. This has to be pointless for you to win £10,750.

Good luck.

It's right.

There he is. He has to go all the way down to zero

if you're going to win that jackpot of £10,750.

It's still going down...

Oh!

-APPLAUSE Oh, no.

-Oh, dear!

Right...

-That was close.

-That was very close.

Unfortunately, it's not a pointless answer. You now have only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

We are looking for members of Mrs Thatcher's Cabinets.

Your next answer, Norman St John-Stevas, you came up with very quickly.

-How confident are you about that?

-I think people would remember...

-It's such a funny name.

-Yeah.

-What would you do with £10,750?

-We've planned a trip to Eastern Europe,

-so we would blow a fair bit on that, but I think we want to go to Madagascar.

-And Antarctica. And/or.

Antarctica. Very good. We're two questions away.

Is Norman St John-Stevas correct and if it is, how many people said it - Norman St John-Stevas?

Wow! Well, it's right.

Lord Young went all the way down to 1.

Norman St John-Stevas, you had a bit more faith in.

Let's see how far he'll take you. Single figures, still going down...

Oh, no. APPLAUSE

That's two very, very close calls.

-Yes.

-You have been a hair's breadth away from £10,750 twice now,

but this was your most confident answer, your ace in the hole.

-Well...

-I'm not so sure.

-Your politician.

-Yeah.

-Your own MP.

This was your most confident answer.

This has to go all the way down to zero if you're going to win that jackpot of £10,750.

It takes me nearly five seconds to say that massive amount of money.

William Waldegrave, is it right? If it is, how many people said it?

It's right. It's right.

We've been down to 1 with Lord Young and with Norman St John-Stevas.

This has to go all the way down to zero. Is it going to win you the jackpot?

-Yes, it is!

-SHE SCREAMS WITH DELIGHT

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's superb.

Very well done.

-Very good. Thank you.

-Thank you very much.

Very well done.

Wow!

Well, congratulations.

Cor blimey! You managed to find that all-important pointless answer,

which means you go home with our jackpot of £10,750.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

There we are.

-Richard, what about that?

-Yeah, and by the skin of your teeth as well.

William Waldegrave was Secretary of Health in the dying days of Thatcher's reign.

I mean, literally days as well.

-Oh!

-It must have been...

-Those days have won you £10,750,

which is very good for your health.

Let's look at some more pointless answers. Lots of people at home will have got a pointless answer.

John Selwyn Gummer, a pointless answer, as was Lord Carrington and Lord Hailsham - three big hitters.

Lord Havers, Nigel Havers' father, Michael Jopling, Nicholas Ridley.

No-one can remember any of these - Paul Channon, Tom King.

-There's William Waldegrave and somebody remembered him.

-Yes.

Very, very good. Well, thanks again to our winning players, Paul and Yvonne, who go away

with the jackpot of £10,750.

-Very well done.

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Brilliant.

Join us next time on Pointless. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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