0:00:22 > 0:00:27Thank you very much. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:34where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Well, first we welcome you, Ben and Lee.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42- How do you two know each other? - We went to school together.
0:00:42 > 0:00:47We now go to different universities, but we've stayed very good friends.
0:00:47 > 0:00:53- Competitive?- Too competitive! - You are absolutely neck and neck on height there.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Ben, what are you hoping is going to come up?
0:00:56 > 0:01:00I'm a big fan of sport, so hopefully we'll get sport.
0:01:00 > 0:01:07- How about you, Lee? - Science is probably my strong one. Human-y sciences, that kind of stuff.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Very good. Very best of luck. It's great to have you here.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16- Next we welcome Joyce and Howard. How do you know each other? - Joyce is my mum.
0:01:16 > 0:01:21- I'm her oldest child.- Whose idea was it to come on Pointless?- Mine.
0:01:21 > 0:01:27Ah, very good. Was it a moment's decision which of your children you'd bring on?
0:01:27 > 0:01:31- No.- I'm the only one that would come.- Oh, really?
0:01:31 > 0:01:36- What do you do, Joyce? - Well, I'm retired,
0:01:36 > 0:01:41but I do a lot of work with the University of the Third Age.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43It's for retired people.
0:01:43 > 0:01:51And, as it happens, we belong to Harrow University of the Third Age, which is a very big one.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55There's about 1,400 members and you can learn practically anything.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00What a fantastic idea. Lovely to have you here. Very best of luck.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05Next, we welcome back Mark and Tessa. Remind us what happened.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:02:09 > 0:02:16- I don't read enough books and neither does Mark.- To be fair, American books. American classics.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Yeah, My English literature knowledge is no good, I'm afraid.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Who's watching at home, Tessa?
0:02:22 > 0:02:28I've got a three-and-a-half year old daughter, so we might put her in front of the telly!
0:02:28 > 0:02:34- Mark, who's watching for you? - My wife, Louise, who is incredibly jealous that I'm meeting you.
0:02:34 > 0:02:41- Oh, really?- She thinks you're dishy. - Oh, my goodness...- Not to inflate your ego or anything!
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- You do look a bit like a dish. - Thank you very much, Richard(!)
0:02:44 > 0:02:48Well, my best regards to you, Louise.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Thank you for watching.
0:02:52 > 0:02:57And, finally, we welcome Josh and Rob back to the show. You were on last time.
0:02:57 > 0:03:02This is your second and final chance. Remind us how you did.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07- Brilliantly, last time(!) - You did!- We got 200 last time.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09We can't really do much worse.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12It was Michael Douglas, though.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17- Josh, what would you love to come up?- Being geography students,
0:03:17 > 0:03:24- a bit of geography would just give us a break...- Yeah. A bit of geography.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28- No.- Promising(!) How about politics as well?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- A bit of politics?- Nope.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35- Again!- I can do this all day, Josh. - LAUGHTER
0:03:35 > 0:03:42Well, listen, I'm sure something will come up that you can do some creditable turn on. Here's hoping.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Very best of luck. We'll find out more about all of you.
0:03:46 > 0:03:52There is, however, one person left for me to introduce. He is a catalogue of obscure facts.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- He is my Pointless friend, Richard. - Hello.
0:04:00 > 0:04:05It should be a very good show. Two returning pairs. We've got Josh and Rob.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10You said you can't do much worse than 200. You can't so ANY worse!
0:04:10 > 0:04:17That's as bad as it gets. Mark and Tessa, too. We haven't seen much of either of those pairs.
0:04:17 > 0:04:23I suspect one will go further. All University of the Third Agers, my mother included,
0:04:23 > 0:04:28will be cheering Joyce along. It should be a very good show.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- A few shows ago we had types of lettuce as a category.- Yes.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36That was the best Pointless we've ever done.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Amazing, wasn't it? There was a carnival atmosphere.
0:04:39 > 0:04:44Question two has an interesting vegetable connection as well.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Oh!
0:04:46 > 0:04:51- There you go, so...- "An interesting vegetable connection."
0:04:51 > 0:04:55- In Round Two. - Come on, Round Two! Come on!
0:04:55 > 0:05:02We put all our questions to 100 people, but we're after the obscure answers that they didn't get.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06Everyone is trying to find a Pointless answer that no one gave.
0:05:06 > 0:05:13Each time that happens, we'll add £250 to the jackpot. Paul and Yvonne won the jackpot last time,
0:05:13 > 0:05:17so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000. There it is.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Right, let's play Pointless.
0:05:29 > 0:05:35In the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.
0:05:35 > 0:05:41Whichever team has the highest score will be eliminated. OK. Our first category this afternoon is...
0:05:43 > 0:05:48Can you all decide who will go first and who will go second?
0:05:48 > 0:05:53Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Let's find out what the question is.
0:05:57 > 0:06:05We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...ballet terms as they could.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Josh, this is just brilliant, isn't it?
0:06:08 > 0:06:13- Richard, ballet terms.- The correct answers will all be ballet terms
0:06:13 > 0:06:18that refer to movement, attire or poses. Ballet terms.
0:06:18 > 0:06:26OK, thank you very much, Richard. You all drew lots and Ben and Lee, you get to go first.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31We're going to show you a choice of seven possible answers on the board in each pass.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- Here we go. - READS LIST
0:06:41 > 0:06:44I'll read those one more time.
0:06:51 > 0:06:59At least one of those answers is pointless, but be very careful - at least one is incorrect.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Pick one of those and you score 100 points.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07Lee, I can see from your poise, from your stature,
0:07:07 > 0:07:11that you're down there with ballet. You know what you're doing.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13I'm torn between two.
0:07:13 > 0:07:19- I'm going to go for Pointe. - Pointe. Let's see if that's right
0:07:19 > 0:07:21and how many people said Pointe.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Well, it's right.
0:07:30 > 0:07:3218, Lee. Not a bad score at all.
0:07:35 > 0:07:42- 18 points for Pointe.- Well done. Pointe is the tip of the toe. En Pointe is on the tips of the toes.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46OK, thank you very much. Now, Joyce.
0:07:46 > 0:07:52- I do know a few of those. - I have a feeling you might know more than a few.- No...
0:07:52 > 0:07:57I'm trying to work out which one is the wrong one.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02I think I'll take the easy way out and go for Jete.
0:08:02 > 0:08:08You're going to go for Jete. Let's see if it's right and how many people said Jete.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12It's correct.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Very well done. Down it goes. 14!
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Very good answer there, Joyce.
0:08:22 > 0:08:27- Two quite close scores at this stage.- Good start. Jete is a spring,
0:08:27 > 0:08:31jumping off on one foot and landing on the other.
0:08:31 > 0:08:38We are looking for ballet terms. Mark, there is at least one pointless answer on that board.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41And at least one wrong answer on that board.
0:08:41 > 0:08:46I can see one answer there that is going to be very obvious.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50And I can't see any that are obviously wrong.
0:08:50 > 0:08:58So I'm going to apologise profusely to Tessa and take a risk and go for Demi-Plie.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01You're going to go for Demi-Plie.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Is it correct and, if it is, how many people said it? Good luck.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09It's right, of course!
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Now how far down will that come?
0:09:11 > 0:09:16It's the best answer yet! Look at that, Mark!
0:09:20 > 0:09:25- That scores you one. Demi-Plie. Richard?- Good answer.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27That's half a plie.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Another way of saying I'm not quite sure what a Demi-Plie is.
0:09:31 > 0:09:38Very good. Now then, Josh. I think the stage is set for you to find a pointless answer.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43I'm going to have to go for it. I have to go for an obscure answer.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- Port de Bras.- Port de Bras.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51- What do you think it is? - I think of a nice glass of port,
0:09:51 > 0:09:54but I have no idea.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57It's an absolutely dreadful round.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00OK, is it a good answer?
0:10:00 > 0:10:05And if it is, how low will it score? Good luck, Josh. Port de Bras.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07How many people said that?
0:10:09 > 0:10:12It's right, Josh. Very well done.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Big sigh from Rob there.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18Down it goes. Oh, very, very well done!
0:10:22 > 0:10:27Very well done indeed, Josh. That adds £250 to today's jackpot,
0:10:27 > 0:10:34taking the total up to £1,250 and it scores you nothing. Very good indeed.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- Port de Bras, Richard. - Yeah, very well done, Josh.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Port de Bras is something to do with the arms.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- ALEXANDER LAUGHS - Let's see the rest of the board.
0:10:45 > 0:10:51Pirouette, obviously, is a ballet term. It would have scored 38, the biggest answer.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54First Position also a ballet term.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57It would have scored 6 points,
0:10:57 > 0:11:02which means Cuisses de Grenouille is an incorrect answer. Do you know what it is?
0:11:02 > 0:11:06- I actually do. Frogs' legs. - It's frogs' legs.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11Thank you very much, Richard. Let's take a look at those scores. What scores they are!
0:11:11 > 0:11:15On no points at all, Josh and Rob.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Mark and Tessa, brilliantly done, with one point.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23Then we go up to Joyce on 14 and then to 18 for Lee and Ben.
0:11:23 > 0:11:28So the real contest, Ben and Howard, is between you, but anything could happen.
0:11:28 > 0:11:35We're going to come back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:11:35 > 0:11:40OK, we'll put seven more answers on the board. Ballet terms.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- And here is your second list. - HE READS IT
0:11:50 > 0:11:53I'll read those one more time.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04At least one answer is pointless and at least one is incorrect.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08Pick an incorrect one and you will score 100 points.
0:12:08 > 0:12:14Rob, we are looking for ballet terms. You want to pick the most obscure one possible
0:12:14 > 0:12:17- if you possibly can. - One of them is obvious.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20I'm going to go for...
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Raclette.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33There was an involuntary spasm from some members of the audience.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37There is the red line. If you are below that with Raclette
0:12:37 > 0:12:43you are through to the next round. Is it right and how many people said it?
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Raclette.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Bad luck, Rob.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54- Unfortunately, that is incorrect. - Never mind.- It scores 100 points.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59- It takes you up to 100. Richard? - Raclette is a Swiss dish
0:12:59 > 0:13:03- of potatoes and melted cheese. - Thank you very much, Richard.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07Now, Tessa. Remember, we are looking for ballet terms.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11There's the board behind me. How good is your ballet terminology?
0:13:11 > 0:13:19- I do recognise three from there. One's obvious, but they've scored 100...- They are the high scorers.
0:13:19 > 0:13:25- If you can score 98 or less... - Yes, so I'll just go for the obvious
0:13:25 > 0:13:28and assume that 98 people won't have said it.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33- No, I'm not. I'm going for Pas de Deux.- Pas de Deux.- Yeah.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37There is your red line. Let's see if Pas de Deux is right
0:13:37 > 0:13:42and if it gets you through to the next round. Pas de Deux.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Well done, Tessa. Very well done.
0:13:50 > 0:13:5122.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56That takes your total to an impressively low 23.
0:13:56 > 0:14:01- Richard?- Yeah, a dance for two people. Safely through.
0:14:02 > 0:14:08OK. So, Howard, we come to you. The high scorers are Rob and Josh on 100.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12You are on 14. You need to be scoring 85 or less
0:14:12 > 0:14:16to ensure you get through to the next round.
0:14:16 > 0:14:23Well, there's one that I'm positive is the right answer, but I can't be sure it'll be low scoring enough.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27- Right.- I'm going to take a guess
0:14:27 > 0:14:30and I'm going to go for Epaulement.
0:14:30 > 0:14:36Epaulement. There it is - Epaulement.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41- What do you think Epaulement is? - Something to do with the shoulder? - I thought that!
0:14:41 > 0:14:43A sort of shoulder pass.
0:14:43 > 0:14:48There is your red line. If it gets you below that, you're through.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52Maybe it's a pointless answer. Best of luck. Epaulement.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57It's right and you're through to the next round.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Very, very well done, Howard!
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Epaulement is a pointless answer.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14It adds £250 to today's jackpot and brings the total to £1,500.
0:15:14 > 0:15:19And it scores you nothing, leaving your total at a very impressive 14.
0:15:19 > 0:15:25- Richard?- Very well played. It's to do with the shoulders. One shoulder forward, one back
0:15:25 > 0:15:32- and then looking over the forward shoulder with your head. - You do that a lot, Richard.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- Don't you? Yeah, there!- There you go.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Very good. Now then, Ben.
0:15:37 > 0:15:43You are on 18. The highest scorers remain Rob and Josh on 100.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47If you can score 81 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50What are you thinking?
0:15:50 > 0:15:55Well, I knew Raclette was food. There's still one obvious answer,
0:15:55 > 0:16:03which I think might be too high scoring. So it's between the other three and I'm really unsure.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07There might easily be another pointless answer on that board.
0:16:07 > 0:16:12- Or another incorrect answer. - I want to avoid the incorrect one.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16"Entre" is, I think, between in French.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19But "chat", that's cat.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24It happens in every ballet I've ever seen.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29- I'm going to go for... La Manche.- La Manche, OK.
0:16:29 > 0:16:36There is your red line. If La Manche gets you below that, you are through to the next round.
0:16:36 > 0:16:41Is it correct and how many people said it? Good luck, Ben.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Oh, dear! Bad luck!
0:16:46 > 0:16:51I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer. Great news for Rob and Josh.
0:16:51 > 0:16:57Very terrible news for you. That takes your score to 118. Richard?
0:16:57 > 0:17:02La Manche is what the French call the English Channel.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06It's the only answer there that would have knocked you out.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11Tutu wasn't high enough. It only scores 29 points.
0:17:11 > 0:17:16The other two are both ballet terms. It would have scored you 9.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19And Entrechat would have scored 2.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23Well done at home if you got Epaulement.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27- Richard, what is the between cat, then?- It's a leap into the air
0:17:27 > 0:17:33- where you cross your feet and bang your heels together. - That's entrechat.- Entrechat.
0:17:33 > 0:17:41Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score... Oh, bad luck, Ben.
0:17:41 > 0:17:46- I can see that hurts you bad. - Yeah.- Oh, dear.
0:17:46 > 0:17:52- And Tutu would have got you through! - I assumed when anyone mentioned ballet, the response would be Tutu.
0:17:52 > 0:17:59It stands to reason, but this was a very low-scoring round, actually.
0:17:59 > 0:18:05We will see you next time and I'm sure you'll do better. Great contestants.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11For the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19Now only two pairs will make it through to the Head to Head,
0:18:19 > 0:18:24so one of the three teams will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Our category for Round Two is...
0:18:28 > 0:18:33Can you all decide who is going to go first and who goes second?
0:18:33 > 0:18:38Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42And our Round Two question this afternoon concerns...
0:18:44 > 0:18:46LAUGHTER
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Is this our exciting vegetable connection?
0:18:56 > 0:19:02OK, we're about to show you a list of clues describing famous Swedish people or groups.
0:19:02 > 0:19:08We asked 100 people to tell us who each clue describes. Richard?
0:19:08 > 0:19:15We'll show you six descriptions on each pass. People who were born in Sweden or became Swedish nationals.
0:19:15 > 0:19:21The more obscure will score fewer points. An incorrect answer will score 100 points.
0:19:21 > 0:19:27- There's 12 in all. See how many Swedes you can get. - OK, thanks very much, Richard.
0:19:27 > 0:19:33We're looking for the people or groups described by these clues. And we have got...
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Let me read that again.
0:20:08 > 0:20:15There we go. OK, so there are the clues describing famous Swedish people
0:20:15 > 0:20:22or groups. Howard, you have to find a nice obscure one. We are looking for the lowest possible score.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24There's a few obvious ones up there.
0:20:24 > 0:20:32But I'm going to take a bit of an educated guess on directed The Seventh Seal.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37- I think it was Strindberg? - Strindberg, you're going to say? - Yeah.- Let's see.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42Is Strindberg correct and how many people knew that?
0:20:46 > 0:20:51Bad luck, Howard. Very bad luck. That is an incorrect answer
0:20:51 > 0:20:55so it scores you the maximum of 100 points. Richard?
0:20:55 > 0:21:01I won't give the right answer in case Tessa or Josh would like to have a go at that question.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03OK, thanks. Now then, Tessa.
0:21:03 > 0:21:10- That board of Swedes. - A vegetable-based one might have been better!
0:21:10 > 0:21:12I know two.
0:21:12 > 0:21:20I probably know three. Good Morning Britain weather girl is probably really obvious.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23It's Ulrika Jonsson.
0:21:23 > 0:21:29You are going to go for Ulrika Jonsson. Let's see if that's correct and how many people said it.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34It's right!
0:21:37 > 0:21:3847.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44Not a bad score in the context, Tessa. Ulrika Jonsson.
0:21:44 > 0:21:51- Born in Sollentuna in Stockholm in 1967.- Remember, we are looking for the names
0:21:51 > 0:21:55of famous Swedish people or groups described by these clues.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00- Josh.- Right.- You're the last person to have this board of Swedes.
0:22:00 > 0:22:07There's good old Sven, who Ulrika obviously had a... Well, I don't know what you would call it.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- She stepped out with him.- Yes.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13But I reckon he'll be... And Howard got 100.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18I'm tempted by the Millennium Trilogy and Stieg Larsson.
0:22:18 > 0:22:23- Stieg Larsson.- Yeah, I'll go for that.- OK, Stieg Larsson.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27- Millennium Trilogy.- Yeah. - How sure are you?
0:22:27 > 0:22:31I know it's something like that. It's a funny old first name.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35- Stieg Larsson.- Yeah. - Sounds Swedish to me.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40Let's see if it's right and how many people knew Stieg Larsson.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Very well done, Josh.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Very, very good answer. A lovely low score there, Josh.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00No one knows how to pronounce it. He's called The Stieg.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04- LAUGHTER - Very good.
0:23:04 > 0:23:10Stieg Larsson, very well done. Sold millions worldwide, but passed away before any of that success.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Let's go through the rest.
0:23:12 > 0:23:19The former England football manager who stepped out with Ulrika Jonsson was Sven-Goran Eriksson.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22That would have scored 56 points.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26The director of The Seventh Seal was Ingmar Bergman.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28It would have scored you 5 points.
0:23:28 > 0:23:33- The pop band... - The Cardigans.- Exactly right.
0:23:33 > 0:23:40That would have scored 13. And the UN weapons inspector in Iraq was the best answer.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44- Hans Blix?- Hans Blix, exactly. It scored 2 points.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Very well done if you got that.
0:23:46 > 0:23:51OK, we're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Look at that lovely low score of 8, Josh and Rob.
0:23:55 > 0:24:00Then we come to Tessa and Mark on 47. Not a bad score.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04On our way up to 100 and Howard and Joyce.
0:24:04 > 0:24:09Joyce, you'll need to find a really good low-scoring answer.
0:24:09 > 0:24:14OK, can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:24:17 > 0:24:23OK, we're going to put six more clues describing famous Swedish people or groups on the board.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25HE READS LIST
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Let me read those one more time.
0:24:53 > 0:24:59Remember, we are looking for the group or person that each of those clues describes.
0:24:59 > 0:25:04Rob, you're going to try to find the most obscure one you can.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Well, there's one that I'm fairly confident on.
0:25:07 > 0:25:14But given the fact that we only need 91, I'm going to go for...
0:25:14 > 0:25:161970s pop superstars - ABBA.
0:25:16 > 0:25:211970s pop superstars - ABBA. Josh...chewing his lip there.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Chewing his lip. There's your red line.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29If ABBA gets you below that line, you are through.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33Let's see if it's right and how many people said ABBA.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36It's right, you're through.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Very well done. That scored 74, Rob,
0:25:40 > 0:25:45but it did everything it had to do. It's taken you up to 82.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Absolutely. Safely through. Probably the most famous Swedes.
0:25:49 > 0:25:55- Now, Mark, we come to you. You're on 47. The high scorers are Joyce and Howard on 100.- Yes.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00If you can score 52 or less, we will see you in the Head to Head.
0:26:00 > 0:26:06Yeah. Mild sense of deja vu here. The last time, Tessa went first and I knew every single answer
0:26:06 > 0:26:12on that board. But, luckily, I know a couple here.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15I like what you did there, Mark.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18I know that the inventor of dynamite,
0:26:18 > 0:26:26who later decided to put his name to a number of prizes is Alfred Nobel.
0:26:26 > 0:26:33Very well done. Alfred Nobel. Here is your red line. If Alfred Nobel can get you below that line,
0:26:34 > 0:26:39you'll be through. Let's see if it's right and how many people knew that.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Alfred Nobel.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Very well done!
0:26:47 > 0:26:50And down it goes to 17.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53It takes your total up to 64.
0:26:55 > 0:27:02- Alfred Nobel.- Yeah, well played. People believe he created the Peace Prize in response to this.
0:27:02 > 0:27:08When his brother died, a French newspaper thought he had died and head the obituary,
0:27:08 > 0:27:15"The merchant of death is dead". And that was when he decided to do something about his legacy
0:27:15 > 0:27:20- and so the Peace Prize was born. - Very good. Joyce,
0:27:20 > 0:27:24I'm afraid the writing is on the wall and it is in red.
0:27:24 > 0:27:29You are the high scorers even before you have answered, which is a shame,
0:27:29 > 0:27:36but you have an answer in hand and a board behind me, so find a nice obscure Swede.
0:27:36 > 0:27:42I still know a couple there, but I'll go for the actress who wanted to be left alone.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45And that's Greta Garbo.
0:27:45 > 0:27:50Greta Garbo. Very good indeed. There's no red line for you because you're leaving us,
0:27:50 > 0:27:56but let us see if Greta Garbo is right and, if it is, how many people said Greta Garbo?
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Very well done.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09Very well done indeed. That scores you 16,
0:28:09 > 0:28:13but it takes your total up to the unbeatable 116.
0:28:13 > 0:28:18- Richard?- Well played, Joyce. Born Greta Gustafsson in 1905.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22Let's go through the rest of the board.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26Five-time Wimbledon winner is Bjorn Borg and would have scored 38.
0:28:26 > 0:28:33- The pop group dressed for success. Do you know that?- No, I'm trying to think what that clue means.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37- They had a hit with that.- I see. - Roxette. It would have scored 6.
0:28:37 > 0:28:42I'm going to ask Howard the answer to this last a pointless answer.
0:28:42 > 0:28:49- Would it be Strindberg? - Yeah, it would be! A pointless answer, the best one on the board.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52- Well done if you got that at home. - Thanks, Richard.
0:28:52 > 0:28:58At the end of Round 2, the losing pair I'm sorry to say are Joyce and Howard.
0:28:58 > 0:29:05- You picked the pointless Swede on the second board! You'd have got that the other way round.- Yeah.
0:29:05 > 0:29:12A great shame to be saying goodbye, but you'll be back. Great contestants. Thank you for playing.
0:29:15 > 0:29:21For the remaining two pairs, things will get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.
0:29:24 > 0:29:29Very well done, Mark and Tessa, Josh and Rob. You've made it through to the head-to-head.
0:29:29 > 0:29:35Only one pair can make it through to the final and play for today's jackpot
0:29:35 > 0:29:38which currently stands at £1,500.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41APPLAUSE
0:29:41 > 0:29:44You'll go head to head on the best of three questions.
0:29:44 > 0:29:50For each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer and you are now allowed to confer.
0:29:50 > 0:29:56Just come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and you will win that question.
0:29:56 > 0:30:01The pair who get the best of three will play for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06OK, here comes that first question.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:30:09 > 0:30:15to name as many teams who have played in every season of the Premier League...
0:30:15 > 0:30:22- Richard?- We're looking for any football club that's played in every season of the English Premier League
0:30:22 > 0:30:26from its inception in 1992 through to the 2010-2011 season.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29There are seven teams. See how many you can get at home.
0:30:29 > 0:30:34Mark and Tessa, you've played best throughout the show, so you get to go first.
0:30:34 > 0:30:39We're looking for teams that have played in every one of those Premier League seasons.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44WHISPERING
0:30:48 > 0:30:51I've contributed greatly to this, obviously(!)
0:30:51 > 0:30:56- Very good.- We're going to go with Everton.- You'll go with Everton.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00Josh, you were nodding. You seemed very happy with that.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04Well, it's a good round, but that's a cracking answer.
0:31:04 > 0:31:09- Can we list them?- Yeah, you can talk through them all.- There's Man U, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham.
0:31:09 > 0:31:14- Blackburn, I think, Everton... - And Aston Villa, I'm thinking.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16So, Blackburn or Aston Villa?
0:31:16 > 0:31:22- Blackburn have won it, so... Aston Villa is more well known.- I've got a feeling they've been relegated.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26- I think Aston Villa.- Go with that, OK.- Aston Villa, Alexander.
0:31:26 > 0:31:32- OK, Aston Villa. - Everton's a cracking answer.- Mark and Tessa have gone with Everton.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36Is it right and if it is, how many people said Everton?
0:31:39 > 0:31:41It's right.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Down it goes...
0:31:43 > 0:31:4635.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48APPLAUSE
0:31:50 > 0:31:5235 for Everton.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56Josh and Rob are saying Aston Villa. Is it right?
0:31:56 > 0:32:01And if it is right, will it score lower than Everton?
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Well, it's right.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Oh, look at that, down it goes - 26.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12APPLAUSE
0:32:14 > 0:32:18Very well done. It's going to be a tightly fought head-to-head.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22After the first question, it is 1-0 to Josh and Rob. Richard?
0:32:22 > 0:32:25Those were the best two answers on the board.
0:32:25 > 0:32:32Josh very smartly took control of the situation as Blackburn were relegated after they won the title,
0:32:32 > 0:32:37so Blackburn would have been incorrect and only Aston Villa beat Everton.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Let's take a look at all seven.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Aston Villa on 26, Everton 35,
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Spurs 41, Chelsea 66,
0:32:44 > 0:32:46Arsenal 69, Liverpool 70,
0:32:46 > 0:32:50and Manchester United, where they belong, right at the top on 90.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52LAUGHTER AND GROANS
0:32:52 > 0:32:56I don't know why I said "where they belong". I'm not a Man United fan.
0:32:56 > 0:33:02- Statistically, it's where they belong. That's where they usually are.- Here is your second question.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06Mark and Tessa, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10Josh and Rob, you win this, you are straight through to the final.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:33:12 > 0:33:16to name as many countries that border Austria...
0:33:16 > 0:33:21We're looking for any of the eight countries that border Austria.
0:33:21 > 0:33:27By country, we mean a UN member that's a sovereign state. See if you can get all eight at home.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Right now, Josh and Rob, you go first this time.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32WHISPERING
0:33:32 > 0:33:37- OK, we're going to go for the Czech Republic.- You're going to say the Czech Republic.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40OK, Mark and Tessa, the Czech Republic has gone.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44We're in a difficult position cos they're both Geography students.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48- We are feeling a little disadvantaged.- Oh, dear.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50However, we have got an answer.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54Yeah, this is purely based on knowledge of history
0:33:54 > 0:33:59and the fact that they used to be together in an empire. We'll go for Hungary.
0:33:59 > 0:34:04OK, we have the Czech Republic and we have Hungary.
0:34:04 > 0:34:10Very, very exciting. This will decide possibly who goes through to the final.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Mark and Tessa,
0:34:13 > 0:34:16you have to win this question.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20Josh and Rob, you have gone for the Czech Republic.
0:34:20 > 0:34:26Let's see if that's right. If it is, let's see how many people said the Czech Republic.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29Well, it's right.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Down it comes, very low.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Look at that - 8.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38APPLAUSE
0:34:38 > 0:34:43The Czech Republic scores you 8.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47This will decide whether or not you stay in the game, Mark and Tessa.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50This has to go below 8 for Hungary.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53Is it right and if it is, will it go below 8?
0:34:53 > 0:34:55Hungary...
0:34:58 > 0:35:00Well, it's right.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04It's right. It's going to be close.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06Look at that - 10!
0:35:06 > 0:35:09APPLAUSE
0:35:09 > 0:35:1210 for Hungary.
0:35:12 > 0:35:17Very, very, very close again. An extremely hard-fought head-to-head.
0:35:17 > 0:35:22After only two questions, Josh and Rob, you are through in straight sets to the final.
0:35:22 > 0:35:27- Richard?- Well played, Josh and Rob. Three answers would have beaten the Czech Republic.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31Liechtenstein would have scored you 3 points, Slovenia 5, Slovakia 6.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34There's the Czech Republic on 8.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38Hungary on 10, then the top three - Italy 35, Switzerland 40
0:35:38 > 0:35:44and Germany, very much the Manchester United of European countries, on 69.
0:35:44 > 0:35:49Very good. So the losing pair after the head-to-head is Mark and Tessa.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52What have you learnt from your time on Pointless?
0:35:52 > 0:35:55That I don't read enough American literature
0:35:55 > 0:36:01- and that I don't know as much about football as I thought I did.- Tessa?
0:36:01 > 0:36:04I know as much about football as I thought I did.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07- LAUGHTER - Oh, dear.
0:36:07 > 0:36:12It's a great shame to be saying goodbye to you. You've been fantastic contestants.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Thank you so much for playing.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18APPLAUSE
0:36:18 > 0:36:25But for Josh and Rob, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £1,500.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31APPLAUSE
0:36:31 > 0:36:37So, congratulations, Josh and Rob. You've fought off the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:36:42 > 0:36:47Very well done. You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:36:47 > 0:36:52At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,500.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55APPLAUSE
0:36:55 > 0:36:57The rules are very simple. To win that money,
0:36:57 > 0:37:03all you have to do is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people could think of.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07We've had two pointless answers today. One was from you, Josh.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11You only need to find one more pointless answer to win that money.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15Firstly, you've got to choose a category from these three options.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24I think... I think it's obvious because...
0:37:24 > 0:37:30- Yeah, well, if it's American Sport, that could be basketball teams, baseball teams.- Hockey.
0:37:30 > 0:37:36- Football teams. I think I know a fair amount of those.- Fantasy Fiction? What is Fantasy Fiction?
0:37:36 > 0:37:42- I'm bad enough with ordinary fiction. I think...- American Sport. - American Sport.
0:37:42 > 0:37:48American Sport is the one you're going to go for. What would you like the question to be?
0:37:48 > 0:37:55- What are your strongest areas? - Well, basketball teams, baseball, something like that would be good.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59Let's find out what that question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:37:59 > 0:38:04to name as many NBA teams as they could.
0:38:04 > 0:38:10- NBA teams. Richard?- We're looking for any of the teams in the NBA as of the 2010-2011 season.
0:38:10 > 0:38:15- We need the full name of any team you come up.- OK, thanks very much.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:38:18 > 0:38:25All you need to win that £1,500 is for just one answer to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.
0:38:25 > 0:38:31OK, there's obvious ones like Miami Heat, LA Clippers, but they're not going to be pointless.
0:38:31 > 0:38:36- You know Tottenham Hotspur? There's a Spurs.- Yeah, San Antonio.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- San Antonio Spurs. - All right, we'll go with that.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43There's Bobcats. What are they called?
0:38:43 > 0:38:47Charlotte Bobcats, I think is one, but I'm not sure.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Yeah, I think so. We'll go for that.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52Let's think of some other ones.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Um...
0:38:54 > 0:38:59I'm getting confused with the different sports. They might not be...
0:38:59 > 0:39:02- We've got San Antonio. - San Antonio Spurs is one.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04- Bobcats.- Charlotte Bobcats.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08There's a Timber... Minnesota Timber...
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Timberwolves? Is that Minnesota?
0:39:11 > 0:39:15I think. I'm pretty sure. That sounds pretty obscure.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17There are all these leagues.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21- There's LA Clippers as well. - Five seconds left.
0:39:21 > 0:39:26- We'll go for those three, I think. - Yeah.- OK, you have three answers. Your minute is up.
0:39:26 > 0:39:31We were looking for NBA teams. I now need to know what your three answers are.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35First, we'll go for Minnesota Timberwolves.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Minnesota Timberwolves.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41- Second, San Antonio Spurs. - The San Antonio Spurs.
0:39:41 > 0:39:46And this is a bit of a dodgy one, but we're going to go for Charlotte Bobcats.
0:39:46 > 0:39:51Charlotte Bobcats. Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:51 > 0:39:57- Charlotte Bobcats is the most obscure, but I don't know if it's correct.- Shall we put that last?
0:39:57 > 0:40:02- Yeah, put that last.- Charlotte Bobcats we'll put up last.- Yeah.
0:40:02 > 0:40:08- Who do you want to put up first, your least likely?- The Spurs. - San Antonio Spurs?- Yeah.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11OK, let's put them up in that order. Here they come.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23There they are. Those are your three shots at our Pointless jackpot.
0:40:23 > 0:40:28We were looking for NBA teams. This was your least confident answer.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32You only need to find one pointless answer to win that £1,500 jackpot.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37Let's see how many people said the San Antonio Spurs.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42Is it right and if it is, how many people knew the San Antonio Spurs?
0:40:45 > 0:40:47It's right.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50It's right, but it has to go all the way down to zero
0:40:50 > 0:40:54if you are going to win that jackpot of £1,500.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56It's still going down.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Oh, 2!
0:40:58 > 0:41:01- APPLAUSE - It's 2.
0:41:03 > 0:41:09Unfortunately, it is not a pointless answer. You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11What would you do with 1,500 quid?
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Spend it.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15LAUGHTER
0:41:15 > 0:41:22- A few good nights out in Newcastle with that.- With our housemates who are all watching at home.- Very good.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25We are looking for NBA teams.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Here is your second answer, the Minnesota Timberwolves.
0:41:29 > 0:41:35- What are you thinking about this? - I think it's better than San Antonio Spurs.- That scored 2.
0:41:35 > 0:41:40If it is one and I'm not getting confused, then hopefully, fingers crossed.
0:41:40 > 0:41:46OK, let's put it to the test. Is it right and if it is, how many people said the Minnesota Timberwolves?
0:41:49 > 0:41:52OK, it's correct. Let's just take stock.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56Your first answer, the San Antonio Spurs, went down to 2.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00Minnesota Timberwolves into single figures, down it goes...
0:42:01 > 0:42:05- Yes! Very well done indeed. - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Very, very, very well done.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Superb. Congratulations. Very good.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Good job, mate.
0:42:18 > 0:42:23Very well done. Congratulations. You managed to find that pointless answer
0:42:23 > 0:42:29which means you go home not just with our Pointless trophy, but also with our jackpot of £1,500.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31APPLAUSE
0:42:35 > 0:42:41Very well played, guys. Your other answer, Charlotte Bobcats, would have scored 2 points,
0:42:41 > 0:42:44so the Timberwolves was a very good answer.
0:42:44 > 0:42:50They were named in a fans' poll, which is an object lesson in not letting fans name your team.
0:42:50 > 0:42:55There's only four pointless answers, so you did very well to get the Timberwolves.
0:42:55 > 0:43:01Well done at home if you said the Indian Pacers, the Milwaukee Bucks, the Minnesota Timberwolves
0:43:01 > 0:43:06or the Portland Trail Blazers. They were pointless. Very well played.
0:43:06 > 0:43:11- Thank you.- Thank you. - Very good. Thanks once again to our winning players, Josh and Rob,
0:43:11 > 0:43:16- who go away with today's jackpot of £1,500. Very well done. - APPLAUSE
0:43:19 > 0:43:25Join us next time on Pointless. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28- Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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