Episode 32 Pointless

Thank you very much. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,

where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.

Well, first we welcome you, Ben and Lee.

-How do you two know each other?

-We went to school together.

We now go to different universities, but we've stayed very good friends.

-Competitive?

-Too competitive!

-You are absolutely neck and neck on height there.

Ben, what are you hoping is going to come up?

I'm a big fan of sport, so hopefully we'll get sport.

-How about you, Lee?

-Science is probably my strong one. Human-y sciences, that kind of stuff.

Very good. Very best of luck. It's great to have you here.

-Next we welcome Joyce and Howard. How do you know each other?

-Joyce is my mum.

-I'm her oldest child.

-Whose idea was it to come on Pointless?

-Mine.

Ah, very good. Was it a moment's decision which of your children you'd bring on?

-No.

-I'm the only one that would come.

-Oh, really?

-What do you do, Joyce?

-Well, I'm retired,

but I do a lot of work with the University of the Third Age.

It's for retired people.

And, as it happens, we belong to Harrow University of the Third Age, which is a very big one.

There's about 1,400 members and you can learn practically anything.

What a fantastic idea. Lovely to have you here. Very best of luck.

Next, we welcome back Mark and Tessa. Remind us what happened.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

-I don't read enough books and neither does Mark.

-To be fair, American books. American classics.

Yeah, My English literature knowledge is no good, I'm afraid.

Who's watching at home, Tessa?

I've got a three-and-a-half year old daughter, so we might put her in front of the telly!

-Mark, who's watching for you?

-My wife, Louise, who is incredibly jealous that I'm meeting you.

-Oh, really?

-She thinks you're dishy.

-Oh, my goodness...

-Not to inflate your ego or anything!

-You do look a bit like a dish.

-Thank you very much, Richard(!)

Well, my best regards to you, Louise.

Thank you for watching.

And, finally, we welcome Josh and Rob back to the show. You were on last time.

This is your second and final chance. Remind us how you did.

-Brilliantly, last time(!)

-You did!

-We got 200 last time.

We can't really do much worse.

It was Michael Douglas, though.

-Josh, what would you love to come up?

-Being geography students,

-a bit of geography would just give us a break...

-Yeah. A bit of geography.

-No.

-Promising(!) How about politics as well?

-A bit of politics?

-Nope.

-Again!

-I can do this all day, Josh.

-LAUGHTER

Well, listen, I'm sure something will come up that you can do some creditable turn on. Here's hoping.

Very best of luck. We'll find out more about all of you.

There is, however, one person left for me to introduce. He is a catalogue of obscure facts.

-He is my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hello.

It should be a very good show. Two returning pairs. We've got Josh and Rob.

You said you can't do much worse than 200. You can't so ANY worse!

That's as bad as it gets. Mark and Tessa, too. We haven't seen much of either of those pairs.

I suspect one will go further. All University of the Third Agers, my mother included,

will be cheering Joyce along. It should be a very good show.

-A few shows ago we had types of lettuce as a category.

-Yes.

That was the best Pointless we've ever done.

Amazing, wasn't it? There was a carnival atmosphere.

Question two has an interesting vegetable connection as well.

Oh!

-There you go, so...

-"An interesting vegetable connection."

-In Round Two.

-Come on, Round Two! Come on!

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

Everyone is trying to find a Pointless answer that no one gave.

Each time that happens, we'll add £250 to the jackpot. Paul and Yvonne won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000. There it is.

Right, let's play Pointless.

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

Whichever team has the highest score will be eliminated. OK. Our first category this afternoon is...

Can you all decide who will go first and who will go second?

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

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...ballet terms as they could.

Josh, this is just brilliant, isn't it?

-Richard, ballet terms.

-The correct answers will all be ballet terms

that refer to movement, attire or poses. Ballet terms.

OK, thank you very much, Richard. You all drew lots and Ben and Lee, you get to go first.

We're going to show you a choice of seven possible answers on the board in each pass.

-Here we go.

-READS LIST

I'll read those one more time.

At least one of those answers is pointless, but be very careful - at least one is incorrect.

Pick one of those and you score 100 points.

Lee, I can see from your poise, from your stature,

that you're down there with ballet. You know what you're doing.

I'm torn between two.

-I'm going to go for Pointe.

-Pointe. Let's see if that's right

and how many people said Pointe.

Well, it's right.

18, Lee. Not a bad score at all.

-18 points for Pointe.

-Well done. Pointe is the tip of the toe. En Pointe is on the tips of the toes.

OK, thank you very much. Now, Joyce.

-I do know a few of those.

-I have a feeling you might know more than a few.

-No...

I'm trying to work out which one is the wrong one.

I think I'll take the easy way out and go for Jete.

You're going to go for Jete. Let's see if it's right and how many people said Jete.

It's correct.

Very well done. Down it goes. 14!

Very good answer there, Joyce.

-Two quite close scores at this stage.

-Good start. Jete is a spring,

jumping off on one foot and landing on the other.

We are looking for ballet terms. Mark, there is at least one pointless answer on that board.

And at least one wrong answer on that board.

I can see one answer there that is going to be very obvious.

And I can't see any that are obviously wrong.

So I'm going to apologise profusely to Tessa and take a risk and go for Demi-Plie.

You're going to go for Demi-Plie.

Is it correct and, if it is, how many people said it? Good luck.

It's right, of course!

Now how far down will that come?

It's the best answer yet! Look at that, Mark!

-That scores you one. Demi-Plie. Richard?

-Good answer.

That's half a plie.

Another way of saying I'm not quite sure what a Demi-Plie is.

Very good. Now then, Josh. I think the stage is set for you to find a pointless answer.

I'm going to have to go for it. I have to go for an obscure answer.

-Port de Bras.

-Port de Bras.

-What do you think it is?

-I think of a nice glass of port,

but I have no idea.

It's an absolutely dreadful round.

OK, is it a good answer?

And if it is, how low will it score? Good luck, Josh. Port de Bras.

How many people said that?

It's right, Josh. Very well done.

Big sigh from Rob there.

Down it goes. Oh, very, very well done!

Very well done indeed, Josh. That adds £250 to today's jackpot,

taking the total up to £1,250 and it scores you nothing. Very good indeed.

-Port de Bras, Richard.

-Yeah, very well done, Josh.

Port de Bras is something to do with the arms.

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

-Let's see the rest of the board.

Pirouette, obviously, is a ballet term. It would have scored 38, the biggest answer.

First Position also a ballet term.

It would have scored 6 points,

which means Cuisses de Grenouille is an incorrect answer. Do you know what it is?

-I actually do. Frogs' legs.

-It's frogs' legs.

Thank you very much, Richard. Let's take a look at those scores. What scores they are!

On no points at all, Josh and Rob.

Mark and Tessa, brilliantly done, with one point.

Then we go up to Joyce on 14 and then to 18 for Lee and Ben.

So the real contest, Ben and Howard, is between you, but anything could happen.

We're going to come back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, we'll put seven more answers on the board. Ballet terms.

-And here is your second list.

-HE READS IT

I'll read those one more time.

At least one answer is pointless and at least one is incorrect.

Pick an incorrect one and you will score 100 points.

Rob, we are looking for ballet terms. You want to pick the most obscure one possible

-if you possibly can.

-One of them is obvious.

I'm going to go for...

Raclette.

There was an involuntary spasm from some members of the audience.

There is the red line. If you are below that with Raclette

you are through to the next round. Is it right and how many people said it?

Raclette.

Bad luck, Rob.

-Unfortunately, that is incorrect.

-Never mind.

-It scores 100 points.

-It takes you up to 100. Richard?

-Raclette is a Swiss dish

-of potatoes and melted cheese.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, Tessa. Remember, we are looking for ballet terms.

There's the board behind me. How good is your ballet terminology?

-I do recognise three from there. One's obvious, but they've scored 100...

-They are the high scorers.

-If you can score 98 or less...

-Yes, so I'll just go for the obvious

and assume that 98 people won't have said it.

-No, I'm not. I'm going for Pas de Deux.

-Pas de Deux.

-Yeah.

There is your red line. Let's see if Pas de Deux is right

and if it gets you through to the next round. Pas de Deux.

Well done, Tessa. Very well done.

22.

That takes your total to an impressively low 23.

-Richard?

-Yeah, a dance for two people. Safely through.

OK. So, Howard, we come to you. The high scorers are Rob and Josh on 100.

You are on 14. You need to be scoring 85 or less

to ensure you get through to the next round.

Well, there's one that I'm positive is the right answer, but I can't be sure it'll be low scoring enough.

-Right.

-I'm going to take a guess

and I'm going to go for Epaulement.

Epaulement. There it is - Epaulement.

-What do you think Epaulement is?

-Something to do with the shoulder?

-I thought that!

A sort of shoulder pass.

There is your red line. If it gets you below that, you're through.

Maybe it's a pointless answer. Best of luck. Epaulement.

It's right and you're through to the next round.

Very, very well done, Howard!

Epaulement is a pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot and brings the total to £1,500.

And it scores you nothing, leaving your total at a very impressive 14.

-Richard?

-Very well played. It's to do with the shoulders. One shoulder forward, one back

-and then looking over the forward shoulder with your head.

-You do that a lot, Richard.

-Don't you? Yeah, there!

-There you go.

Very good. Now then, Ben.

You are on 18. The highest scorers remain Rob and Josh on 100.

If you can score 81 or less, you are through to the next round.

What are you thinking?

Well, I knew Raclette was food. There's still one obvious answer,

which I think might be too high scoring. So it's between the other three and I'm really unsure.

There might easily be another pointless answer on that board.

-Or another incorrect answer.

-I want to avoid the incorrect one.

"Entre" is, I think, between in French.

But "chat", that's cat.

It happens in every ballet I've ever seen.

-I'm going to go for... La Manche.

-La Manche, OK.

There is your red line. If La Manche gets you below that, you are through to the next round.

Is it correct and how many people said it? Good luck, Ben.

Oh, dear! Bad luck!

I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer. Great news for Rob and Josh.

Very terrible news for you. That takes your score to 118. Richard?

La Manche is what the French call the English Channel.

It's the only answer there that would have knocked you out.

Tutu wasn't high enough. It only scores 29 points.

The other two are both ballet terms. It would have scored you 9.

And Entrechat would have scored 2.

Well done at home if you got Epaulement.

-Richard, what is the between cat, then?

-It's a leap into the air

-where you cross your feet and bang your heels together.

-That's entrechat.

-Entrechat.

Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score... Oh, bad luck, Ben.

-I can see that hurts you bad.

-Yeah.

-Oh, dear.

-And Tutu would have got you through!

-I assumed when anyone mentioned ballet, the response would be Tutu.

It stands to reason, but this was a very low-scoring round, actually.

We will see you next time and I'm sure you'll do better. Great contestants.

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

Now only two pairs will make it through to the Head to Head,

so one of the three teams will be leaving us at the end of this round.

Our category for Round Two is...

Can you all decide who is going to go first and who goes second?

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

And our Round Two question this afternoon concerns...

LAUGHTER

Is this our exciting vegetable connection?

OK, we're about to show you a list of clues describing famous Swedish people or groups.

We asked 100 people to tell us who each clue describes. Richard?

We'll show you six descriptions on each pass. People who were born in Sweden or became Swedish nationals.

The more obscure will score fewer points. An incorrect answer will score 100 points.

-There's 12 in all. See how many Swedes you can get.

-OK, thanks very much, Richard.

We're looking for the people or groups described by these clues. And we have got...

Let me read that again.

There we go. OK, so there are the clues describing famous Swedish people

or groups. Howard, you have to find a nice obscure one. We are looking for the lowest possible score.

There's a few obvious ones up there.

But I'm going to take a bit of an educated guess on directed The Seventh Seal.

-I think it was Strindberg?

-Strindberg, you're going to say?

-Yeah.

-Let's see.

Is Strindberg correct and how many people knew that?

Bad luck, Howard. Very bad luck. That is an incorrect answer

so it scores you the maximum of 100 points. Richard?

I won't give the right answer in case Tessa or Josh would like to have a go at that question.

OK, thanks. Now then, Tessa.

-That board of Swedes.

-A vegetable-based one might have been better!

I know two.

I probably know three. Good Morning Britain weather girl is probably really obvious.

It's Ulrika Jonsson.

You are going to go for Ulrika Jonsson. Let's see if that's correct and how many people said it.

It's right!

47.

Not a bad score in the context, Tessa. Ulrika Jonsson.

-Born in Sollentuna in Stockholm in 1967.

-Remember, we are looking for the names

of famous Swedish people or groups described by these clues.

-Josh.

-Right.

-You're the last person to have this board of Swedes.

There's good old Sven, who Ulrika obviously had a... Well, I don't know what you would call it.

-She stepped out with him.

-Yes.

But I reckon he'll be... And Howard got 100.

I'm tempted by the Millennium Trilogy and Stieg Larsson.

-Stieg Larsson.

-Yeah, I'll go for that.

-OK, Stieg Larsson.

-Millennium Trilogy.

-Yeah.

-How sure are you?

I know it's something like that. It's a funny old first name.

-Stieg Larsson.

-Yeah.

-Sounds Swedish to me.

Let's see if it's right and how many people knew Stieg Larsson.

Very well done, Josh.

Very, very good answer. A lovely low score there, Josh.

No one knows how to pronounce it. He's called The Stieg.

-LAUGHTER

-Very good.

Stieg Larsson, very well done. Sold millions worldwide, but passed away before any of that success.

Let's go through the rest.

The former England football manager who stepped out with Ulrika Jonsson was Sven-Goran Eriksson.

That would have scored 56 points.

The director of The Seventh Seal was Ingmar Bergman.

It would have scored you 5 points.

-The pop band...

-The Cardigans.

-Exactly right.

That would have scored 13. And the UN weapons inspector in Iraq was the best answer.

-Hans Blix?

-Hans Blix, exactly. It scored 2 points.

Very well done if you got that.

OK, we're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.

Look at that lovely low score of 8, Josh and Rob.

Then we come to Tessa and Mark on 47. Not a bad score.

On our way up to 100 and Howard and Joyce.

Joyce, you'll need to find a really good low-scoring answer.

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

OK, we're going to put six more clues describing famous Swedish people or groups on the board.

HE READS LIST

Let me read those one more time.

Remember, we are looking for the group or person that each of those clues describes.

Rob, you're going to try to find the most obscure one you can.

Well, there's one that I'm fairly confident on.

But given the fact that we only need 91, I'm going to go for...

1970s pop superstars - ABBA.

1970s pop superstars - ABBA. Josh...chewing his lip there.

Chewing his lip. There's your red line.

If ABBA gets you below that line, you are through.

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

It's right, you're through.

Very well done. That scored 74, Rob,

but it did everything it had to do. It's taken you up to 82.

Absolutely. Safely through. Probably the most famous Swedes.

-Now, Mark, we come to you. You're on 47. The high scorers are Joyce and Howard on 100.

-Yes.

If you can score 52 or less, we will see you in the Head to Head.

Yeah. Mild sense of deja vu here. The last time, Tessa went first and I knew every single answer

on that board. But, luckily, I know a couple here.

I like what you did there, Mark.

I know that the inventor of dynamite,

who later decided to put his name to a number of prizes is Alfred Nobel.

Very well done. Alfred Nobel. Here is your red line. If Alfred Nobel can get you below that line,

you'll be through. Let's see if it's right and how many people knew that.

Alfred Nobel.

Very well done!

And down it goes to 17.

It takes your total up to 64.

-Alfred Nobel.

-Yeah, well played. People believe he created the Peace Prize in response to this.

When his brother died, a French newspaper thought he had died and head the obituary,

"The merchant of death is dead". And that was when he decided to do something about his legacy

-and so the Peace Prize was born.

-Very good. Joyce,

I'm afraid the writing is on the wall and it is in red.

You are the high scorers even before you have answered, which is a shame,

but you have an answer in hand and a board behind me, so find a nice obscure Swede.

I still know a couple there, but I'll go for the actress who wanted to be left alone.

And that's Greta Garbo.

Greta Garbo. Very good indeed. There's no red line for you because you're leaving us,

but let us see if Greta Garbo is right and, if it is, how many people said Greta Garbo?

Very well done.

Very well done indeed. That scores you 16,

but it takes your total up to the unbeatable 116.

-Richard?

-Well played, Joyce. Born Greta Gustafsson in 1905.

Let's go through the rest of the board.

Five-time Wimbledon winner is Bjorn Borg and would have scored 38.

-The pop group dressed for success. Do you know that?

-No, I'm trying to think what that clue means.

-They had a hit with that.

-I see.

-Roxette. It would have scored 6.

I'm going to ask Howard the answer to this last a pointless answer.

-Would it be Strindberg?

-Yeah, it would be! A pointless answer, the best one on the board.

-Well done if you got that at home.

-Thanks, Richard.

At the end of Round 2, the losing pair I'm sorry to say are Joyce and Howard.

-You picked the pointless Swede on the second board! You'd have got that the other way round.

-Yeah.

A great shame to be saying goodbye, but you'll be back. Great contestants. Thank you for playing.

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

Very well done, Mark and Tessa, Josh and Rob. You've made it through to the head-to-head.

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

which currently stands at £1,500.

APPLAUSE

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

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

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

The pair who get the best of three will play for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless.

OK, here comes that first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many teams who have played in every season of the Premier League...

-Richard?

-We're looking for any football club that's played in every season of the English Premier League

from its inception in 1992 through to the 2010-2011 season.

There are seven teams. See how many you can get at home.

Mark and Tessa, you've played best throughout the show, so you get to go first.

We're looking for teams that have played in every one of those Premier League seasons.

WHISPERING

I've contributed greatly to this, obviously(!)

-Very good.

-We're going to go with Everton.

-You'll go with Everton.

Josh, you were nodding. You seemed very happy with that.

Well, it's a good round, but that's a cracking answer.

-Can we list them?

-Yeah, you can talk through them all.

-There's Man U, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham.

-Blackburn, I think, Everton...

-And Aston Villa, I'm thinking.

So, Blackburn or Aston Villa?

-Blackburn have won it, so... Aston Villa is more well known.

-I've got a feeling they've been relegated.

-I think Aston Villa.

-Go with that, OK.

-Aston Villa, Alexander.

-OK, Aston Villa.

-Everton's a cracking answer.

-Mark and Tessa have gone with Everton.

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

It's right.

Down it goes...

35.

APPLAUSE

35 for Everton.

Josh and Rob are saying Aston Villa. Is it right?

And if it is right, will it score lower than Everton?

Well, it's right.

Oh, look at that, down it goes - 26.

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Very well done. It's going to be a tightly fought head-to-head.

After the first question, it is 1-0 to Josh and Rob. Richard?

Those were the best two answers on the board.

Josh very smartly took control of the situation as Blackburn were relegated after they won the title,

so Blackburn would have been incorrect and only Aston Villa beat Everton.

Let's take a look at all seven.

Aston Villa on 26, Everton 35,

Spurs 41, Chelsea 66,

Arsenal 69, Liverpool 70,

and Manchester United, where they belong, right at the top on 90.

LAUGHTER AND GROANS

I don't know why I said "where they belong". I'm not a Man United fan.

-Statistically, it's where they belong. That's where they usually are.

-Here is your second question.

Mark and Tessa, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

Josh and Rob, you win this, you are straight through to the final.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many countries that border Austria...

We're looking for any of the eight countries that border Austria.

By country, we mean a UN member that's a sovereign state. See if you can get all eight at home.

Right now, Josh and Rob, you go first this time.

WHISPERING

-OK, we're going to go for the Czech Republic.

-You're going to say the Czech Republic.

OK, Mark and Tessa, the Czech Republic has gone.

We're in a difficult position cos they're both Geography students.

-We are feeling a little disadvantaged.

-Oh, dear.

However, we have got an answer.

Yeah, this is purely based on knowledge of history

and the fact that they used to be together in an empire. We'll go for Hungary.

OK, we have the Czech Republic and we have Hungary.

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

Mark and Tessa,

you have to win this question.

Josh and Rob, you have gone for the Czech Republic.

Let's see if that's right. If it is, let's see how many people said the Czech Republic.

Well, it's right.

Down it comes, very low.

Look at that - 8.

APPLAUSE

The Czech Republic scores you 8.

This will decide whether or not you stay in the game, Mark and Tessa.

This has to go below 8 for Hungary.

Is it right and if it is, will it go below 8?

Hungary...

Well, it's right.

It's right. It's going to be close.

Look at that - 10!

APPLAUSE

10 for Hungary.

Very, very, very close again. An extremely hard-fought head-to-head.

After only two questions, Josh and Rob, you are through in straight sets to the final.

-Richard?

-Well played, Josh and Rob. Three answers would have beaten the Czech Republic.

Liechtenstein would have scored you 3 points, Slovenia 5, Slovakia 6.

There's the Czech Republic on 8.

Hungary on 10, then the top three - Italy 35, Switzerland 40

and Germany, very much the Manchester United of European countries, on 69.

Very good. So the losing pair after the head-to-head is Mark and Tessa.

What have you learnt from your time on Pointless?

That I don't read enough American literature

-and that I don't know as much about football as I thought I did.

-Tessa?

I know as much about football as I thought I did.

-LAUGHTER

-Oh, dear.

It's a great shame to be saying goodbye to you. You've been fantastic contestants.

Thank you so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

But for Josh and Rob, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £1,500.

APPLAUSE

So, congratulations, Josh and Rob. You've fought off the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.

Very well done. You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,500.

APPLAUSE

The rules are very simple. To win that money,

all you have to do is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people could think of.

We've had two pointless answers today. One was from you, Josh.

You only need to find one more pointless answer to win that money.

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

I think... I think it's obvious because...

-Yeah, well, if it's American Sport, that could be basketball teams, baseball teams.

-Hockey.

-Football teams. I think I know a fair amount of those.

-Fantasy Fiction? What is Fantasy Fiction?

-I'm bad enough with ordinary fiction. I think...

-American Sport.

-American Sport.

American Sport is the one you're going to go for. What would you like the question to be?

-What are your strongest areas?

-Well, basketball teams, baseball, something like that would be good.

Let's find out what that question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many NBA teams as they could.

-NBA teams. Richard?

-We're looking for any of the teams in the NBA as of the 2010-2011 season.

-We need the full name of any team you come up.

-OK, thanks very much.

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

All you need to win that £1,500 is for just one answer to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.

OK, there's obvious ones like Miami Heat, LA Clippers, but they're not going to be pointless.

-You know Tottenham Hotspur? There's a Spurs.

-Yeah, San Antonio.

-San Antonio Spurs.

-All right, we'll go with that.

There's Bobcats. What are they called?

Charlotte Bobcats, I think is one, but I'm not sure.

Yeah, I think so. We'll go for that.

Let's think of some other ones.

Um...

I'm getting confused with the different sports. They might not be...

-We've got San Antonio.

-San Antonio Spurs is one.

-Bobcats.

-Charlotte Bobcats.

There's a Timber... Minnesota Timber...

Timberwolves? Is that Minnesota?

I think. I'm pretty sure. That sounds pretty obscure.

There are all these leagues.

-There's LA Clippers as well.

-Five seconds left.

-We'll go for those three, I think.

-Yeah.

-OK, you have three answers. Your minute is up.

We were looking for NBA teams. I now need to know what your three answers are.

First, we'll go for Minnesota Timberwolves.

Minnesota Timberwolves.

-Second, San Antonio Spurs.

-The San Antonio Spurs.

And this is a bit of a dodgy one, but we're going to go for Charlotte Bobcats.

Charlotte Bobcats. Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Charlotte Bobcats is the most obscure, but I don't know if it's correct.

-Shall we put that last?

-Yeah, put that last.

-Charlotte Bobcats we'll put up last.

-Yeah.

-Who do you want to put up first, your least likely?

-The Spurs.

-San Antonio Spurs?

-Yeah.

OK, let's put them up in that order. Here they come.

There they are. Those are your three shots at our Pointless jackpot.

We were looking for NBA teams. This was your least confident answer.

You only need to find one pointless answer to win that £1,500 jackpot.

Let's see how many people said the San Antonio Spurs.

Is it right and if it is, how many people knew the San Antonio Spurs?

It's right.

It's right, but it has to go all the way down to zero

if you are going to win that jackpot of £1,500.

It's still going down.

Oh, 2!

-APPLAUSE

-It's 2.

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

What would you do with 1,500 quid?

Spend it.

LAUGHTER

-A few good nights out in Newcastle with that.

-With our housemates who are all watching at home.

-Very good.

We are looking for NBA teams.

Here is your second answer, the Minnesota Timberwolves.

-What are you thinking about this?

-I think it's better than San Antonio Spurs.

-That scored 2.

If it is one and I'm not getting confused, then hopefully, fingers crossed.

OK, let's put it to the test. Is it right and if it is, how many people said the Minnesota Timberwolves?

OK, it's correct. Let's just take stock.

Your first answer, the San Antonio Spurs, went down to 2.

Minnesota Timberwolves into single figures, down it goes...

-Yes! Very well done indeed.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very, very, very well done.

Superb. Congratulations. Very good.

Good job, mate.

Very well done. Congratulations. You managed to find that pointless answer

which means you go home not just with our Pointless trophy, but also with our jackpot of £1,500.

APPLAUSE

Very well played, guys. Your other answer, Charlotte Bobcats, would have scored 2 points,

so the Timberwolves was a very good answer.

They were named in a fans' poll, which is an object lesson in not letting fans name your team.

There's only four pointless answers, so you did very well to get the Timberwolves.

Well done at home if you said the Indian Pacers, the Milwaukee Bucks, the Minnesota Timberwolves

or the Portland Trail Blazers. They were pointless. Very well played.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-Very good. Thanks once again to our winning players, Josh and Rob,

-who go away with today's jackpot of £1,500. Very well done.

-APPLAUSE

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

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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