Episode 33 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and a warm welcome to Pointless -

the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

APPLAUSE

First, we welcome back Ben and Lee. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the final.

This is your final chance. Remind us how you did last time.

-Unfortunately, ballet got the better of me.

-Ballet!

-And I took a hit in the first round.

-You did.

-We're back.

-Right in La Manche.

-Oh, dear, oh, dear.

-Still hurts.

I bet it does, a very sensitive part, that.

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

What do we hope for? I think Ben's quite keen on some sport maybe...

I said last time science was my strong bit,

-so some science could be good.

-OK!

-Very best of luck to the pair of you.

-Thanks.

Next, we welcome Sureeni and Olivia. How do you two know each other?

Sureeni and I met almost ten years ago in a physics lesson at school,

and we became such good friends, we same became known as Sulivia.

-So, Olivia, what do you do now?

-I'm a freelance production designer at the moment,

after I graduated from uni.

I work on events and independent films and things like that.

Very exciting. What are you working on?

Um, I'm not allowed to say. There's a lot of confidentiality around it.

Oh, just tell us, the Pointless audience. We're a discreet bunch.

I don't want to get into trouble.

OK! Sureeni, what do you do?

-I'm currently looking for work in law, basically.

-In law?

-Yeah.

Have you done a degree in law?

Yeah, in the post-graduate courses.

-You're dripping with qualifications!

-I love exams.

-I just... I feel this need to constantly be tested.

-Very good.

Let's hope you thrive under these conditions. And next, we welcome Richard and William.

-How do you two know each other?

-Hi. We came down from Somerset today.

I met William about nine years ago when I started dating his sister,

and I married his sister in 2004 and became his brother-in-law.

Does William know this? He does, yeah. Sorry.

Something got all Jeremy Kyle there!

-Right!

-Wrong show.

-Now, then, William, what do you do in Somerset?

-Well, I'm a finance clerk on a motorway service area.

Not the most popular place to work in the world,

-but someone's got to do it.

-Popular to motorists!

And they're the people that use it.

I'll be looking out next time I'm driving. What's the road you're on?

-On the M5 northbound.

-The M5 northbound!

Anyway, Richard, what do you do?

I'm a househusband. I look after my two boys, aged three and one.

What do you do in your spare time?

I like to collect various things, and I paint very small fantasy figurines

from Lord of the Rings and...

I thought you were going to say, "I paint very, very small pictures"!

Small figurines? Do you make the figurines, then...

No, no. I buy them in the shops, yeah.

You buy them plain and paint them. Why not just buy ready-painted ones?

-I've missed the point there.

-That's part of the hobby.

-Oh, I see.

Or another way to do it is not buy them at all!

LAUGHTER

Do they then have some sort of role in a wider universe?

Yeah, there's a war game that you can play.

-You can get rules for...

-I feared as much, yes.

-I thought we were...

-Yes, I'm a geek.

You're an excellent geek, Richard, and it's always a pleasure to have geeks on the show.

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

-Thank you.

-And finally, we welcome back Joyce and Howard.

You were on the show last time. Remind us how you did.

-Well, it started off pretty well. I got a pointless answer in the first round.

-Absolutely.

And then it went downhill from there.

What are you hoping for today, Joyce?

I'm hoping for the swing era.

-Lovely. And Howard?

-Films, but not musical films.

-Not musical films. Films of an altogether different bent.

-Yeah.

Right, let's leave it there!

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

There's only one person left for me to introduce.

He's a man who eats, sleeps and breathes obscure facts and figures.

-He's my Pointless friend. He's Richard.

-Hello.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Now, then, sir...

We've got two returning pairs today. I was going to say it's good news for Ben and Lee

because there's a sports question and a science question.

Joyce and Howard did rather well last time,

so I suspect they may be sticking around. It should be a very interesting show.

Very, very interesting indeed.

-Any rounds in particular we should be watching out for?

-Yep.

LAUGHTER

Thank you. We've put all our questions to 100 people,

but this is Pointless, so we're after obscure answers they didn't get.

Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer -

an answer that none of our 100 people gave,

each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Now, Josh and Rob won the jackpot last time.

That's two jackpots in two shows we've had,

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

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Let's play Pointless.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

In the first round,

each of you must give me one answer, you cannot confer with your partner.

Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round

will, of course, be eliminated.

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer,

they score the maximum of 100 points.

OK. Our first category this afternoon is...

That's what everybody always asks for - sport.

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

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

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

to name as many Commonwealth Games medallists as they could...

Commonwealth Games medallists. Richard?

Yeah, we're looking for any participating nation

that won at least one gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

That includes the Paralympians, they're included in the medal table.

So, any competing nation that won at least one gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

OK. Thank you very much, Richard. Now, then,

Ben and Lee, you all drew lots before the show, and today, you get to go first.

Ben, Commonwealth Games, I have a feeling you probably followed it.

I didn't follow it, but I imagine that the big Commonwealth countries probably did quite well.

Um, I'm going to go for...

I'm going to go for Canada.

OK. You're hoping to score as few points as possible with Canada.

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

Very well done. 19, Ben.

Not a bad score at all.

19 for Canada, Richard.

Yeah, a safe start, Ben. They won 26 gold medals, Canada,

including a clean sweep in the synchronised swimming,

won all of them.

Canada's won every single synchronised swimming gold medal

since the Commonwealth Games began.

It's a good thing to be a specialist in, isn't it?

It really is, yeah. Well done, them.

Well done. Well done, Canada. Well done, Ben, as well.

A good, nice low score there. Olivia, we come to you.

Remember, we're looking for nations that won one or more gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

-Um...

-Commonwealth at play, that's what it is.

I think I'm going to have to go for a really obvious one

because I've no clue. Australia?

-Australia.

-I don't know.

You're hoping to score as few points as possible. Let's see if Australia is a correct answer,

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

Well, it's right.

-Still going down into the 30s... 34.

-APPLAUSE

That's not a terrible answer by any means, Olivia.

Well done.

Yeah, well done, Olivia.

How many gold medals do you reckon Australia won at the Commonwealth Games?

I think maybe they won 23.

They won 74.

-Oh, God.

-That is a lot, isn't it?

I think that's too many. That's too many.

I personally think that's too many as well.

I think the Australians should probably return a few.

Now, then, Richard, you're looking for a nation that won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

And you want a nice obscure one.

I'm going to take a gamble at Nigeria.

OK. A gamble at Nigeria. Let's see if that's a correct answer,

and if it is let's see how many of our 100 people said Nigeria.

Very well done, Richard. It's going all the way down. Look at that!

Very good! Absolutely all the way down!

You took a gamble on Nigeria, it paid off massively. That's a pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £1,250,

and it scores you nothing.

Perfect answer.

Well played. They won 11 golds, including five in weightlifting.

-Very well done, Richard, great answer.

-Now, then, Joyce...

This is the worst subject I think I could have had,

but I'm going to take a bit of a gamble,

and I'm going to say Jamaica.

You're saying Jamaica. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it, Jamaica.

Very well done, Joyce.

A good answer. Down it goes.

Eight!

APPLAUSE

Jamaica scores you 8, Joyce, a lovely low score. Richard?

Well played, Joyce. You're getting hearty from Howard there.

They won two golds in athletics, despite most of their big stars not showing up.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So we're halfway through the round, let's take a look at the scores as they stand...

On no points at all, Richard and William.

Then we go up to Joyce and Howard on 8,

up to 19 for Ben and Lee,

and then a little bit out in front, Olivia on 34,

so Sureeni, you have a bit of a mountain to climb on the next pass,

but I'm sure you'll be able to do it.

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

OK. We are looking for nations that won one or more gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Now, Howard, how brilliantly did Joyce do?

-That was a great answer.

-It was, yeah.

And she was guessing, whereas she knew that you were the expert.

Now, our high scorers on 34 are Sureeni and Olivia.

If you can score 25 or less

with this answer, you are definitely in the next round.

Remember, we are looking for nations

that won one or more gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

My initial thought,

and I'm going to stick with that, is New Zealand.

-New Zealand.

-Mmm.

OK. There is your red line.

Let's see if New Zealand is right

and if it gets you below that red line.

How many people said New Zealand?

Well done. It's right.

Down it comes. Very well done indeed.

Eight.

You equal your mother's low score,

takes your total up to 16, and you are through to the next round.

-Richard, New Zealand?

-Yeah, safely through. Well, played.

Now then, William,

we are looking for nations that won at least one gold medal

at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Richard found a pointless.

As Richard found a pointless, I'm going to try and play it pretty safe.

I've got a slightly more dodgy one I was thinking of if I needed to, but I'll play it safe.

I'll go for the host nation, India.

India, right you are.

Well, Sureeni and Olivia are on 34.

You need to score 33 or less to be sure of a place in the next round.

You're going for India.

It's safe. Is it too safe? There's your red line.

Below that red line, you are through to the next round.

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

It's right.

Good enough.

Very well done, 16.

Takes your total up to 16.

Well done, William.

Yeah, well done, William. As you say, the host nation.

They won 39 golds, which is their best ever tally.

OK. Thanks very much. Now, Sureeni...

Yep.

-..you know what you have to do.

-I do.

Bearing in mind that, yeah,

this is probably a really bad category for me as well.

I'm going to just say Kenya. Hopefully...

You're going to say Kenya.

-Yeah.

-Hopefully?

-Yes.

No red line for you, Sureeni and Olivia because you are the high scorers on 34.

You just have to hope that you score as little as possible with Kenya.

Let's see if it's right. If it is, let's see how many people said Kenya.

Well done, Sureeni, very well done.

That's a brilliant, brilliant answer!

-7 takes your total up to 41. Richard, Kenya.

-Yeah, might just have kept yourself in it there,

they won 12 golds, 11 of them in athletics, 1 in swimming.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Now, then, Lee and Ben, you are on 19.

You have to score 21 or less to be sure of a place in the next round.

Sureeni and Olivia are still the high scorers on 41.

Remember, we are looking for nations that won one or more gold medals

at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. What are you thinking, Lee?

I was thinking South Africa, but I don't know if that's going to be lower than 21.

Maybe Pakistan, possibly?

-Pakistan.

-You're going to say Pakistan.

OK. There is your red line. If Pakistan is a correct answer,

let's hope it gets you below the red line, but it has to be correct. How many people said Pakistan?

Good luck, Lee.

It's right. It's right, Lee. Very well done.

And you are through to the next round.

Very, very, very good answer, Lee.

That scores you 2, takes your total up to 21 and sees you through to the next round.

Pakistan, Richard?

Well done, Lee. They won two golds, Pakistan. Do you know what they won them in?

-I don't.

-Wrestling.

-And wrestling.

-Wrestling and wrestling, yeah. Won them both in wrestling.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers. Quite a few.

Well done at home if you said any.

There's the Bahamas. They won the high jump.

Cyprus won four gold medals in shooting and gymnastics.

Malaysia won 12 gold medals.

They dominated the badminton, the Malaysians.

Let's take a look at the next page. Nauru won one. They won a weightlifting medal.

Nigeria we have had from Richard.

Samoa won three weightlifting gold medals.

Singapore, they won ten golds, five of them in table tennis, five of them in shooting.

If they combine those two games, they'll be world beaters.

St Vincent and the Grenadines won the women's 100 metres.

They won one gold, and there's Uganda. The 5,000 metres

and 10,000 metres, men's gold medals.

Let's have a look at the worst answers you could have given. The ones that most of our 100 said.

Scotland scored 21. Obviously, the UK nations compete individually in the Commonwealth Games.

Then Australia we've already heard on 34 and England up the top there on 39.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round One, the losing pair with the highest score...

Sorry it's you, Sureeni and Olivia. Sulivia. Yeah, Sulivia.

Yeah, we both knew sport would be our Achilles heel.

Oh, dear. And 41. It's a fantastic combined score.

You'll be back next time.

What lessons have you learnt from your brief time?

To learn more stuff.

Sureeni, I don't believe that I'm sure you...

I'm SURE you have learnt masses and masses.

This just fell badly for you. You didn't want the Commonwealth Games.

Hopefully, sport won't come up again.

We will look forward to seeing you next time, but for now, Sulivia, well done.

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

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

so one team will be leaving at the end of this round.

Our category for Round Two this afternoon...

Pop music.

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second?

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

OK. Our Round Two question concerns '90s albums and their artists.

'90s albums and their artists.

In this round, we're about to show you a list of titles of classic '90s albums.

We asked 100 people to tell us who released them.

-Richard?

-Yeah, we're going to show you six albums in each pass.

The more obscure the album, the fewer points you'll score for telling us the artist.

If you give us an incorrect answer, though, you'll score 100 points.

OK. Thanks, Richard.

We're looking for the artists who released these albums. Here we go.

OK, Lee. There are the albums.

You need to pick a nice obscure one and tell me who released it.

Whatever I go for is going to be a complete guess.

-Every single thing on that...

-Literally, none...

Even some of the CLASSIC albums on that... Sorry, I'm making it worse.

-The most famous albums of all time!

-I actually don't have a clue.

You are worrying Ben.

I'm worrying myself.

OK. I'm going to go for Jagged Little Pill...

Oh, no. I don't know. Oh, God!

-OK. I'm going to go for...

-Yeah?

-Dangerous.

-Yes.

Britney Spears.

I haven't got a clue.

I don't know. Dangerous... Britney Spears.

Now that the audience have laughed, maybe I should change it!

Don't take their word for it. Well, maybe do, but...

I haven't a clue. No-one looks to the name of the album. You just listen to the songs.

Exactly. Which is why everyone's in the same boat, so you might still be with us for the head-to-head.

Let's put it to the test.

Dangerous, Britney Spears.

Is Dangerous by Britney Spears? And if it is let's see how many people said Dangerous, Britney Spears.

Bad luck. Bad luck. But Lee, no. You did the right thing. You did exactly the right thing.

You took a punt. It's impossible.

If you don't know the names of the albums, you have to make something up, and that was a decent guess.

It just happened to be wrong.

-OK. And it scores you 100 points but it was a good guess.

-Thanks.

It's a good description of Britney Spears, but not a Britney Spears album.

I won't say who did do that album just in case William or Joyce want to have a go at that.

Now then, William. You have a clean board.

Pop music is not a strong point of mine,

and, like Lee, I've never heard of four of them.

And...I'm going to go for Parklife because I'm pretty sure

that Blur had a hit song with Parklife,

and I'm hoping they have an album of the same title. So I'm going to say Parklife, Blur.

Parklife for Blur.

Let's see if that's a correct answer and if so,

let's see how many people knew that Blur released Parklife.

Very well done.

58.

High score, there, William. But 58, Blur, Parklife.

Pretty big score. Reached number one in 1994. It was their third album.

Thanks very much, Richard. So, Joyce, you are the last person to have this board.

-I've never heard of any of them.

-Well, there you are, Lee, you see?

So I'm going to have a guess.

I was going to guess Parklife, but that's gone,

and I wasn't going to say Blur anyway.

I shall go for Nevermind, which is how I'm feeling,

and I will say Beyonce.

-Nevermind, Beyonce.

-Yes.

-There it is - Nevermind, Beyonce.

Let's see if that's right. If it is, let's see how many people said Nevermind was by Beyonce.

Yes.

I think you'd have been terrified if that had been right,

wouldn't you, Joyce?

That was an incorrect answer. You score the maximum of 100 points

and you're in very, very good company.

Yes, unlucky, Joyce. Another good guess. Nevermind is by Nirvana.

Would have scored you 25 points. Dangerous, not Britney Spears.

Michael Jackson, 34 points.

Automatic For The People also

would have scored you 34 points. That's REM.

Jagged Little Pill was Alanis Morissette.

That would have scored you 39, and Ten is the best answer on the board.

-Do you know who Ten is by?

-I don't know who Ten is by.

-It's by a sort of sub-Nirvana type band.

-Pearl Jam.

-It's Pearl Jam.

That's exactly the right answer.

Pearl Jam would have scored you five points, so well done if you said that.

OK, then, we're half way through the round.

What a first pass it has been! Let's take a look at the scores.

-William and Richard on 58. Who would have thought, there you are!

-Not me!

Joyce and Lee, you both did what you had to.

An almost impossible position to be in but you did admirably.

You named acts that exist, which is something.

LAUGHTER

Howard and Ben, you're going to have to jockey for whoever gets

to stay and who we'll be saying goodbye to at the end of this round.

OK, we're going to come back down the line. Can the second players please take their place?

OK, we're going to put six more classic '90s albums up on the board, and here we go.

Let me read those one more time.

OK Computer, Definitely Maybe, Play, Everything changes,

The Immaculate Collection and Music Box.

Remember, we are looking for the artists who released them.

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

-Howard?

-I was happier with the other selection.

I knew five out of the six.

I saw a two on here, so I'm going to play it safe. OK Computer, Radiohead.

OK Computer, Radiohead?

No red line for you because you are the high scorers.

You just have to hope this goes down as low as possible.

Let's see if OK Computer is by Radiohead,

and if so, how many people knew that answer.

29.

APPLAUSE

Not a bad score. It takes your total up to 129. Richard?

Yeah, well played, Howard.

In 2010, Q Magazine voted OK Computer the best album of the past 25 years.

OK, thank you very much indeed.

Now, Richard, the high scorers are Howard and Joyce with 129.

You're on 58, which means, were you to score 70 or less

with this answer, you'd go straight through to the head-to-head.

What are you thinking about that board behind me?

Er, there's a couple I think I know.

I think I'll go for Definitely Maybe, which I think was Oasis.

Definitely Maybe, Oasis. Here's your red line coming in.

If Oasis, Definitely Maybe gets you below that red line,

you're in the head-to-head. Let's see.

Definitely Maybe, is that right? Is it by Oasis?

How many people knew that answer?

Very well done, Richard.

Very well done. You are through to the head-to-head.

44, that scores you.

Takes your total up to 102.

-Richard?

-Yeah, high-scoring round, isn't it?

That's their debut album from 1994, Definitely Maybe.

Now then, Ben.

You have a bit of a job on your hands.

The high scorers are Howard and Joyce on 129.

If you can score 28 or less with this answer...

Um, the only one I can actually have a guess at,

and even this is 60%, maybe,

is Everything Changes and this is going to be way higher

than I need it to be but I can't guess,

so I'm going to guess, Everything Changes, Take That!

Everything Changes, Take That?

Lee is nodding. OK, well, there is your bar.

The red line has just come in. You want to be scoring 28 or less.

Let's see if Everything Changes is by Take That, and how many people said it.

It's right.

Ooh, down it comes.

Yes! Very well done, Ben.

Very, very well done indeed.

That scores you 23 and it takes you up to a winning 123. Richard.

-That's cheered them up, hasn't it?

-Yeah.

They loved that, yeah. Well worked out.

Everything Changes, famous Take That song. Also the name of an album, 23 points.

The rest of the board -

The Immaculate Collection is Madonna, of course, would've scored 40 points.

Play was by Moby, would've scored you 12 points

and Music Box was the best answer on the board. That was by Mariah Carey.

Nine points. Well done if you got that at home.

And well done if you got all 12.

Well done if you haven't got Music Box by Mariah Carey at home.

LAUGHTER

Thanks, Richard. So, at the end of round two,

the losing pair with the highest score is Joyce and Howard.

Everyone sad to see you go. You've been fantastic contestants.

What could we have done

to have made it better for you?

Um, not have

'90s albums.

You see, Joyce, I... A bit of swing for you?

-Yes.

-Well, thank you very much, you've been brilliant contestants.

Thank you for coming.

APPLAUSE

But for the remaining two pairs,

things get more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.

Very well done. Richard and William, Ben and Lee,

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

Only one pair can go through to the final

and Play for Today's jackpot, which currently stands at £1,250.

APPLAUSE AND WHOOPING

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

For each question, each pair needs to give me one answer,

and you are allowed to confer.

All you have to do is come up with an answer that scores less

than the other pair and you will win that question.

The pair who gets the best of three will be playing for today's jackpot.

Let's play Pointless!

OK, here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many chemical elements

with five letters or fewer in their name.

Chemical elements with five letters or fewer in their name. Richard?

Yeah, any chemical element found on the periodic table whose name has five letters or fewer,

and we're looking for the common English names as used in the Oxford Dictionary.

There are 10 elements on the list.

Thank you very much, Richard. Richard and William, because you've played best

throughout the show so far, you get to go first.

We're looking for chemical elements

with five letters or fewer in their name.

THEY CONFER INAUDIBLY

-You happy with that?

-Yeah.

-OK, we have an answer.

-Xenon.

-Xenon?

Ben and Lee cannot believe that!

Honestly, it's easy to say now, but that was the first thing I said to Lee, as soon as I saw it.

See there are obvious ones like boron, radon,

erm, xenon is going to be the best one, I think.

I don't want to say iron or lead, it's way too easy.

Erm...

-Sulphur...

-Neon?

-Neon, no, it's too easy.

-Erm...

-Just go with boron.

-OK.

I think we're going to go for boron.

-You're going for boron?

-Yeah.

OK. We have xenon and boron.

They went for Xenon. Let's see if that's right, and if so, how many people said xenon.

Eight for xenon. Where do you think boron will be in relation to that?

-Higher than that.

-I don't know. We could be all right.

Let's see. Boron is what Ben and Lee have gone for.

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

Oh, wow!

Well, there you are.

Couldn't be closer.

By a whisker, xenon wins it for Richard and William.

After the first question, they are up 1-0. Richard.

There were two answers that would've beaten xenon and you said one of them.

-You had it, but chose not to use it.

-Radon?

-Radon, exactly right.

It was the lowest answer of all.

Well done if you said radon. Let's take a look at all of them.

Radon with four, tin with seven. Everybody forgot tin.

Xenon with eight. Neon and boron with nine.

Argon, 16, zinc, 17,

lead, 19, gold, 23

and iron, 30, right at the top.

Very well done, both pairs there. Richard and William, well done.

You just pipped it. Here's your second question. Ben and Lee,

you have to get this point to stay in the game.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many presenters of Desert Island Discs

as they could. Presenters of Desert Island Discs.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any of the four presenters

of Radio 4's Desert Island Discs from its inception to the start of 2011.

-Thanks. Ben and Lee get to go first.

-We get to go first?

-Yeah.

I'm going to pass this over to Lee cos he thinks he's got an idea.

-I genuinely have never heard of it.

-I know who the current presenter is.

But I can't think of the man who presented it before her

and I'm sure there's been many other presenters before that. I'm going for Kirsty Wark.

-Kirsty Wark, OK.

-I hope she's the current presenter.

Richard and William.

I think Sue Lawley might have hosted it, but I'm not sure.

I think Kirsty Young has.

Was Roy Plomley the first? I know he came up with it.

I'm almost certain Kirsty Young has done it.

-Oh, no.

-RIPPLE OF LAUGHTER

Ah...

Kirsty Young. Well, let's just see.

Ben and Lee have gone for Kirsty Wark.

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

Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck.

Richard and William, this only needs to be correct for you to go through to the final.

You say Kirsty Young. Let's see if it's right, and if so, how many people said it.

You're through.

Surprisingly low score there for Kirsty Young. After two questions,

Richard and William are through to the final. Richard.

Bad luck, guys. I can see what you were going for.

There was one answer that would have beaten Kirsty Young.

It was Michael Parkinson, who presented from 1985 to 1987. Would have scored you six points.

There's Kirsty Young on 11, Roy Plomley, the guy who came up with it

and presented it first, on 14.

Sue Lawley, took over from Parkinson, on 16.

Thanks, Richard. The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm sorry, Ben and Lee, it's you.

You've done incredibly well. It's been a fantastic show.

You've been very entertaining. Thank you so much. Brilliant contestants.

APPLAUSE

For Richard and William, it's time for our Pointless final, and the chance to win our jackpot of £1,250.

Congratulations. You've fought off the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy. Well done.

Now you have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,250.

To win the money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer,

an answer none of our 100 people could think of.

We had one pointless answer today from Richard with Nigeria

in the first round. You only need to find one more to go home with that money.

First, choose a category from these three options.

Oh, hello!

I think I know what's coming here. >

What're you going for, Richard? It's going to be fashion, isn't it?

I think we'll have to go for fantasy fiction.

-I think you will. Very good.

-APPLAUSE

What would you like that question to be, Richard?

Something to do with Lord Of The Rings would be nice.

You know that backwards, do you?

I've read it a couple of times, yeah.

-William, do you have a say in this?

-Anything Richard can answer!

Brilliant. Let's find out what that question is. Good luck.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Discworld books by Terry Pratchett.

-Richard.

-We're looking for any Terry Pratchett book in the Discworld series.

That includes the young adult Discworld series as well.

We're not looking for guides and supplements such as Nanny Ogg's Cookbook or Where's My Cow.

We won't accept those, just any book in the Terry Pratchett Discworld series,

including the young adult Discworld series as of the start of 2011.

You have one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win is for just one of those answers to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.

It's whatever you think cos I don't know any of it.

I'm not too hot on Terry Pratchett myself, to be honest.

Wrong author for me. I haven't read any of his books.

-Do you know the titles of...?

-I think I know the title of a few.

Just think of the ones. Any of them.

I can only think of two off the top of my head. Um...

-What are they?

-I think there was one called The Colour Of Magic.

-I think there was one called Men At Arms.

-So we'll go for those two.

Something like that. I've got to be honest, I don't know.

Just come up with a possible title.

-Um...

-Five seconds.

I don't have a third one.

That is your time up.

We were looking for Discworld books by Terry Pratchett.

I now need three answers from you. Just three answers.

What can you give me?

I can only think of two.

And I'm very iffy on them, to be honest.

He's not my author at all. I haven't read any Terry Pratchett novels.

I am going to go for Men At Arms.

Men At Arms.

-The Colour Of Magic.

-The Colour Of Magic.

And we'll go for The Court Jester.

-The Court Jester.

-That's a complete guess.

-A complete guess.

One of these days, a complete guess is going to win the jackpot.

Maybe that's this afternoon.

Of those three, which do you reckon is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Probably Men At Arms.

-Men At Arms, we'll put at last.

Your least confident, we'll put The Court Jester right at the top.

We'll put them up on the board in that order and here we go.

The Court Jester, The Colour Of Magic and Men At Arms.

There they are, up on the board.

We were looking for Terry Pratchett Discworld books.

You said this was your least confident answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £1,250 jackpot.

Let's see if The Court Jester by some fluke

is a Terry Pratchett book and if it is, let's see if anyone thought of it.

The Court Jester.

-AUDIENCE GROANS

-Bad luck.

One of these days, that is going to happen.

It's going to be something in the back of your head triggered that thought.

Didn't happen today. Unfortunately, that's not a pointless answer.

You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

£1,250, how would you spend that?

I'd probably put it towards funds to help myself

-get some more tickets at the Olympics next year.

-Very good.

-What about you, Richard?

-Family day out, I think.

Family day out, excellent.

Let's hope one of these two remaining answers does it for you,

The Colour Of Magic is your second choice.

Let's hope nobody said The Colour Of Magic.

It has to be right obviously and it has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot of £1,250.

Let's see how many people said The Colour Of Magic.

It's right.

We don't at this stage know how well versed our 100 people are

in Terry Pratchett so this could go all the way down.

-Ooh, the single figures.

-APPLAUSE

Very well done. Nine. An excellent score in normal play.

Sadly, we're only interested in pointless answers at this point.

I'm afraid that wasn't a pointless answer.

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

of £1,250.

Your last answer, Men At Arms.

You said this was the answer you had most faith in.

Yeah. I vaguely remember a book. I think it was called that.

But I'm not absolutely 100% certain.

The Colour Of Magic came down to nine.

If Men At Arms is right, you think it'll go a lot further down.

-I'm hoping so!

-So do I!

Only one way to find out.

This has to be pointless to you to win that jackpot of £1,250.

Men At Arms was the answer you had the most faith in to be pointless. Let's see it it's right

and if it is, let's see how many people said Men At Arms.

Oh, it's right, Richard. It's right.

Colour Of Magic went all the way down to nine.

This is a much better shot.

Let's see, down it goes! Oh!

Wow. Well, that was close. Unfortunately, however, you didn't manage to find that all-important

pointless answer so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot,

which means that will roll over to the next show. You have been amazing contestants.

You do get to take home this Pointless trophy. Very well done.

APPLAUSE

-So, Richard?

-Valiant effort, wasn't it? Unlucky, guys.

Let's take a look at some of the answers. I hope you don't recognise any of them.

The Last Hero, The Last Continent, The Truth, they were all pointless answers.

-Nothing there?

-No.

-No.

The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents.

-No.

-That was a pointless answer. Carpe Jugulum, Jingo...

..Feet Of Clay, Monstrous Regiment and Maskerade.

All of those are pointless. Well done if you said any of them at home.

It's a bit of a relief when contestants don't know all the things!

We do have to say goodbye to you, Richard and William.

Thank you so much for playing. Great contestants.

APPLAUSE

Nobody won our jackpot today which means it rolls over to the next show,

when we will be playing for £2,250.

-Join us next time to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

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

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