Episode 38 Pointless

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong, and a warm welcome to the quiz show

where popular answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.

-Let's meet today's players.

-APPLAUSE

First, we welcome Jen and Morgan. How do you know each other?

We met at university ten years ago. We worked in the student bar and have been friends since.

-Morgan, what do you do?

-I'm an environmental crime officer for the Environment Agency.

-Oh! That's exciting!

-Yes. It's good fun.

-CSI every day!

-Kind of!

-How about you, Jen?

I work at the Environment Agency, but communications work. Not as exciting as Morgan, unfortunately.

Welcome back Stephen and Samantha. Remind us how you did last time.

We got to the second round but went down in flames - 200 points!

200 points!

-What are your hobbies, Samantha?

-I enjoy playing badminton.

I play it with Stephen. However, I'm yet to win a game.

-He has the height advantage.

-Yes.

-At least it's not volleyball.

-Yes! That's true!

-Very best of luck to the pair of you.

Now, Will and Matt, how do you two know each other?

We're just mates, basically.

We met on the first day of secondary school, 11 years ago.

Since then, been travelling around the world.

We live in a horrible flat in Bristol now.

-What's horrible about it?

-We got it unfurnished and we didn't have any money.

-We had to get odds and ends. It's a very mixed look.

-Eclectic.

-Yes.

-Were you to win our jackpot today, maybe a couple of beds?

-I could do with a bed.

-I've just got two mattresses on top of each other.

-You DO need a bed!

The box you use as a bedside table would be too small if you had a bed.

Definitely need to win now!

Very best of luck. Finally, welcome Pete and John. How do you know each other?

My daughter was also in a bijou flat in Bristol! Not with these guys, living on her own.

And every time we phoned, this bloke would answer the phone.

After a couple of years, they were married

-and he's now my son-in-law.

-Ah!

-What do you do, Pete?

-I work at the Intellectual Property Office.

I'm a patent examiner. I mostly deal with chemical technologies.

I've done some well-boring as well.

-There's nothing boring about that!

-LAUGHTER

-John, how about you? What do you do?

-I'm a retired GP.

When I had a mid-life crisis,

I joined the Civil Service as a medical advisor.

Now I am a volunteer with Citizens Advice.

Very, very worthy career. We will find out more about you all later.

One more person for me to introduce, an oasis in the desert of obscure knowledge, my pointless friend,

-Richard.

-Hiya.

-Good afternoon to you.

-A VERY good afternoon, sir.

-Are you well?

-I AM well, thank you.

-It should be a good show. Only one returning pair.

Stephen and Samantha only made it to the second round so very untried. Could be anyone's game.

Very rarely on this show someone has a job then a question comes up about that job, but it's happened today.

We have a number of well boring questions on today's show!

Very good. Thank you, Richard. We put our questions to 100 people.

This is Pointless, so we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

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

Today's jackpot starts off at £7,500!

AUDIENCE: Ooooh!

Right, let's play Pointless.

In the first round, each of you gives one answer. You cannot confer.

Whichever team has the highest score at the end will be eliminated.

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

Our first category this afternoon is...

Words. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first and who's going 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...

..as they could. Richard.

We're looking for any word that ends "..ond" in the Oxford English Dictionary, up to the start of 2011.

-Hyphenated words and proper nouns don't count.

-Thank you very much.

Now, Jen and Morgan, you drew lots before the show

and you get to go first.

Morgan, slightly on the spot, aren't you, being first off the mark?

VERY on the spot. This would be my worst nightmare of a category.

R-right.

I think I'm going to try for one that is a bit risky.

-And I'm going to go for "unibond"?

-Unibond? What is a unibond?

-Do you think?

-I'm not sure, now you've said it back to me.

Let's see if "unibond" is correct and, if it is, how many people said "unibond".

Bad luck, Morgan. I'm afraid "unibond" is an incorrect answer.

You score the maximum of 100 points.

-Richard.

-Sorry, Morgan. Good word.

-GREAT word! Should have been there.

Not an actual word, but it is a good word.

Stephen, we come to you. We are looking for words ending in "..ond".

I'm going with the first word that came into my head, "abscond".

"Abscond". Very good. You're hoping to score as few points as possible.

Let's see if that's correct and, if it is, how many people said "abscond".

12 for "abscond", Richard.

Well done, Stephen. "To flee", "to abscond".

-That didn't come into your head because you hated the round?

-I was a bit nervous.

-Glad you stayed.

-Matt.

-Yes.

-What are you going to say, Matt?

I would love to be able to go for a risky word but I can't think of any.

Of the 55, I've got about three. I'm going to say "almond".

You're hoping to score as few points as possible with "almond".

Let's see if it's right...

We KNOW it's right! Let's see how many people said "almond".

Another 12!

"Almond", Richard.

This is the bit where they expect me to tell you what an almond is.

I am depending on it.

-You know almonds?

-Yeah.

-It's one of them.

-Like the nuts?

-Yeah. A bit like the nuts.

Oh, yeah! Very well done, Matt. 12 points. So, then, John.

What is the most obscure word ending in "..ond" that you can think of?

Well, I was really hoping nobody would think of "abscond".

-Yeah.

-So I am forced to say...

-"Frond".

-"Frond".

Not a bad answer at all.

You're hoping to score as few points as possible with "frond". How many people said "frond"?

Not a bad score at all.

-"Frond".

-Quite a big score, though, isn't it, for "frond"?

I thought it was more obscure. It's loosely used to mean large leaves of palm trees.

Well, we're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

Well, it's quite a broad field.

Matt and Will

and Stephen and Samantha equal low-scorers on 12.

John and Pete on 25, not bad at all.

Morgan and Jen way out in front.

Mind you, these words ending in "..ond" are being ticked off, so anything could happen.

Could the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK, we are looking for words ending in "..ond".

Pete, you're on 25.

Jen and Morgan are the high-scorers. If you score 74 or less, you are through to the next round.

I don't know if I've got my spelling right. I hope I have.

I'm going to say..."beyond".

"Beyond". There is your red line.

If you can come below that, you are through to the next round.

"Beyond". Let's see how many people said "beyond".

Well done. You're through.

APPLAUSE

That takes your total up to 43 for "beyond".

Scored less than "frond", "beyond". You'd think that'd be a big scorer.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Will and Matt, the high-scorers remain Jen and Morgan.

-You need to score 86 points or fewer.

-Right.

Words ending in "..ond".

I'm going to go for "second".

"Second", you're saying. Here's your red line.

If "second" gets you below that, you're through to the next round.

How many people said "second"?

Well done. You're through.

Quite a high score there.

Takes your total to 64, but you are through to the next round.

-Richard.

-Yeah, big score but safely through.

-Now then, Samantha.

-SHE GIGGLES

-You're on 12.

-Yeah.

-Jen and Morgan are on 100.

You need to score 87 or less.

If you do, you are through to the next round.

I'm not confident enough to make a word up that could be 100 points.

What I'm going to say could, potentially, be 100 anyway!

-"Pond".

-"Pond"?

-Mmm.

-You're saying "pond".

There's your red line. Below that, you are through to the next round.

-"Pond". What do you think, Stephen?

-SAMANTHA CHUCKLES

It probably will be about 95.

How deep is your pond? Let's see. How many people said "pond"?

Well done. You're through to the next round.

That scores you 66 and takes your total up to 78. Richard.

"Pond" is an interesting word.

It actually means "a small body of still water".

Sometimes in the countryside you'll see a small area of flat water.

-You could call that a "pond".

-LAUGHTER

A "pond".

-Oh. Now, then, Jen and Morgan.

-Yes.

I'm very sorry to tell you that you are still the high-scorers,

even before you've given your answer.

This is a great shame.

Nonetheless, let's have a crack at it, Jen.

I've had quite a while to think about it.

-I'm going for a word that ends in "..ond". I'm going to say "respond".

-"Respond".

Let's see how many people said "respond".

Very well done, Jen!

You've done everything you had to do.

Scores you seven.

-Richard.

-Well done, Jen.

There's all sorts of pointless answers, as you can imagine.

We've had "pond" and "second", and you'd find pointless answers if you put words in front of them.

Let's take a look.

Not hyphenated, "fishpond" and "millpond".

Both are pointless answers. "Keeshond" is a breed of dog.

-Then we get on to the "seconds"...

-GROANING

There are more obscures ones, but "millisecond" is a pointless answer.

Do you know what "voicespond" means?

-No.

-It means when you leave someone a message.

-No?

-To leave a voicemail or answer a machine message is to "voicespond".

"Gamond" is a leaping movement in dance.

"Overfond" means to be... overfond of somebody.

Let's look at the worst answers. Some of these will be familiar.

These are ones that most of our 100 people said...

..If only there was a "unibond"...

..That's "pond", 66, as Samantha found out.

Thank you very much, Richard.

At the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score is Jen and Morgan.

-What a shame! You were under pressure.

-I was. I cracked.

You were on the first podium. It's tough with these word things. You need time to let it steep.

You'll have time to let your Pointless experience steep.

I'm sure you'll come back and storm through to the final.

Meanwhile, thank you for playing. You've been brilliant contestants.

For the remaining three pairs, it's time for round two.

Only two pairs can make it through to the head-to-head.

One team is leaving us at the end of this round. The category is...

..Catchphrases. Samantha looks very happy with that!

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

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

And the question concerns...

..We'll show you a list of catchphrases.

We asked 100 people to tell us the celebrities most closely associated with them.

-Richard.

-We're going to show you six catchphrases in each pass.

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

We are looking for the celebrities most closely associated with these catchphrases.

And we have got...

..Don't they just come alive when said by me(?)...

..There we are. There are the catchphrases.

We need you to supply the celebrities most closely associated with them

and try to find the most obscure one possible. Stephen.

I thought it was going to be easy going first but my mind's gone.

I think "It's the way I tell 'em" is the comic Frank Carson.

"It's the way I tell em", Frank Carson you are saying.

Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it. Could be a very good answer.

It's right.

Not a bad score at all.

-Richard.

-Yeah, Frank Carson. Very well done.

-His other catchphrase, "It's a cracker."

-Now then, Will.

This is really annoying. I hear "Super, smashing, great" going round in my head.

I just can't see who's saying it!

I'm going to have to go for the obvious one.

Cilla Black for "Lorra lorra laughs".

"Lorra lorra laughs", is that Cilla Black? If it is, how many people said it?

Very popular woman. Very popular catchphrase.

-71 for "Lorra lorra laughs".

-Very big score, isn't it?

She used to say it on Blind Date.

It was a good answer, Will, but a very high scoring one.

-So, Pete, we come to you.

-Yeah, I recognise a few of those.

Do you have any catchphrases at the chemical patent office?

-Um...

-"Don't drop it!"

-LAUGHTER

"Super, smashing, great" is haunting me as well.

It's from Bull's Eye but I can't remember the chap's name.

"Shut that door", I'm pretty sure is Larry Grayson.

"Like this, not a lot", I'm sure is Paul Daniels.

"Titter ye not", I don't know. Somebody from a by-gone era.

I'm going to go for... Larry Grayson hasn't been around for longer.

Larry Grayson, "Shut that door".

Larry Grayson, "Shut that door". Let's see if it's right.

If it is, let's see how many people said Larry Grayson.

It's right.

Still a very, very popular catchphrase.

59 for Larry Grayson. Richard.

-A big score for somebody who hasn't been on TV.

-Is he still with us?

-He's not.

-That door finally closed.

-Yeah.

Let's look at the rest of the answers...

He did give fair warning. Paul Daniels...

LAUGHS

.."Super, smashing, great", to put you out your misery, Jim Bowen.

-That would have scored you 15.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

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

A lovely low score for Stephen and Samantha.

Then Pete and John on 59. A very high score for Larry Grayson.

Will and Matt, 71 for "Lorra lorra laughs", Cilla Black.

So the contest in this second pass

is going to be between Matt and John, I would say.

Especially you, Matt, have to find a low-scoring obscure catchphrase.

Samantha, you should be through to the head-to-head.

Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

We are looking for the celebrity most closely associated with saying these catchphrases.

We're going to put six more up on the board...

..I'm going to read those again...

..The celebrities most closely associated with these catchphrases.

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

-John, I think you're going to be rather good at this.

-I recognise all of them.

It's very difficult to put names to them.

-I'm going to go for "Know what I mean, 'Arry?" and say Frank Bruno.

-Very good indeed.

You are on 59. The high-scorers are Matt and Will.

Should you score 11 points or fewer with "Know what I mean, 'Arry?",

you'll be certain of a place in the head-to-head.

You're saying Frank Bruno. Here is your red line.

Below that, you are definitely through.

"Know what I mean, 'Arry?" Was that Frank Bruno and, if so, how many people said it?

Scores you 41. Takes your total up to a nice round 100.

-Richard.

-Well played, John.

Of course, he used to say it to Harry Carpenter.

Matt, you are on 71.

The high-scorers are Peter and John. Should you score 28 or less,

you are definitely through to the next round.

There's one that I'm confident on,

but I'm not confident it will score under 28.

So I'm going to completely guess one of the other ones.

I'm going to go with "And there's more",

and I'm going to say Bernard Manning.

You want to be scoring 28 points or less. There's your red line.

Below that, you're through to the next round. It has to be correct.

Bernard Manning, "And there's more". Let's see if it's right.

Bad luck, Matt. Bad luck.

It scores you the maximum of 100 points. Takes your total to 171.

-An unbeatable 171.

-Unlucky, Matt. You've got to have a go.

Bernard Manning's catchphrases were slightly different to that!

-Samantha.

-Yeah.

-Whatever you say, you are through to the next round.

-Mm-hm.

-That's nice to know, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-How does the board behind me look?

The first one, I think, is said in Irish but I'm not sure who it is.

Second one is Bruce Forsyth.

Not sure on, "Ooh, I could crush a grape" and "Nah! Luton Airport".

I think the last one,

"Just like that", is Tommy Cooper.

-That is going to be your answer?

-Yes.

-Tommy Cooper, "Just like that".

Let's see if that's a right answer and how many people said it.

Quite a high score, but who cares?

You're still through to the next round.

-Richard.

-Yeah. Let's go through the rest...

.."Nah! Luton Airport", do you remember that?

-I don't.

-Lorraine Chase, from an advert.

39 points! From a '70s advert.

"And there's more" wasn't Bernard Manning. It was Jimmy Cricket.

"Ooh, I could crush a grape"? That's from our childhood.

-Stu... Crackerjack man!

-Yeah.

From Crackerjack, it was Stu Francis.

So, at the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid, it's Will and Matt.

Bad luck, guys. We have to say goodbye to you now.

We will see you next time, when you come back rejuvenated, refreshed,

keen to get right through to the final, which I'm sure you will.

You've been great contestants. Thank you.

APPLAUSE

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

Pete and John, Stephen and Samantha, you've made it to the head-to-head.

Only one pair can play for the jackpot,

which currently stands at...

AUDIENCE: Oooh!

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

For each question, give me one answer. You are allowed to confer.

Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and win that question.

The pair who get to the best of three play for today's jackpot.

-Let's play Pointless.

-APPLAUSE

Here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..as they could. Colours of Trivial Pursuit categories.

-Richard.

-Any of the colours of the six categories in the original Genus edition of Trivial Pursuit.

Peter and John, because you've played best so far, you get to go first.

We are looking for the colours of the Trivial Pursuit categories.

ALL WHISPER

-We're going to say brown.

-Pete and John are saying brown.

Stephen and Samantha.

-OK, um...

-We think brown's probably the best answer! Shall we go yellow?

-Pink's a bright colour. People remember bright colours.

-OK.

We'll go for yellow.

-Yellow?

-Yeah.

-We have brown. We have yellow.

-You think brown's the best answer?

-Possibly, yeah.

-Golly. How do you work that out?

-LAUGHTER

I know! We can put it to the test. Pete and John said brown.

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

APPLAUSE

Stephen and Samantha, 45, what are you thinking?

-You think yellow is going to be higher?

-46, probably.

OK. Is yellow right and, if it is, how many people said yellow?

Ooh, no!

Wow!

Yellow, 83. So, after the first question, Pete and John

are up one-nil.

-Richard.

-Yeah, brown's a good answer.

One colour would have beaten brown, that very bright one. Pink was the most obscure answer.

Pink, entertainment, 44.

Brown, arts and literature, 45.

Orange, sport and leisure, 61. That's what I always went for.

Yellow, 83. That's history.

Green, science and nature, 89.

Blue, which is geography, right at the top on 93.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Before our second question, Stephen and Samantha,

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

Pete and John, if you win this question, you are through to the final.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

That is brilliant!

Things that Rick Astley is "never gonna" do.

-Richard.

-Any of the six phrases that follow "never gonna" in Rick Astley's hit.

We need the whole phrase or line that follows "never gonna", please.

Brilliant!

"Never gonna make you cry".

"Never gonna make you cry", Stephen and Samantha are saying.

-Pete and John.

-He'll know a lot more than me.

There's no way I'm owning up to knowing that.

I'm going to take a total stab in the dark. I haven't got a clue.

"Never gonna run around and desert you".

-I've got no idea.

-A total stab in the dark(!)

-No idea(!)

If you'd locked an infinite number of monkeys in a room...

they might have come up with "run around and desert you".

So we have Stephen and Samantha with "make you cry". Is it right?

-Are you confident?

-We think it's right.

-98% yeah.

Let's see how many people said "make you cry".

Well done. It's good.

APPLAUSE

Pete and John have never even heard of Rick Astley.

They literally put some letters together

in the hope that they formed words that might to be in a Rick Astley song.

They've said, "Never gonna run around and desert you".

-LAUGHTER

-Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right!

Very close!

That's what you had to do, Stephen and Samantha.

And you have done it. It's one-all.

-Richard.

-There's one answer that would have beaten "make you cry".

Let's take a look at all six. I'm going to read them from the top.

# Never gonna give you up #

67.

# Never gonna let you down #

45.

# Never gonna run around and desert you #

That's 24.

# Never gonna make you cry #

20.

# Never gonna say goodbye #

24.

# Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you #

Best answer on the board, 12.

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

Here is your third question.

Whoever wins this question is through to the final

and will be playing for that colossal jackpot, £7,500. Good luck.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..as they could. Bank holiday months.

-Richard.

-We're looking for any month that has one or more bank holidays in England and Wales in 2011.

Pete and John, you go first this time.

WHISPER

This is a hard one cos we know them all.

So which one are we going to go for? I think we'll go for August.

You're going to go for the August bank holiday. Stephen and Samantha?

-Shall we take a punt on the royal wedding?

-April?

-We're going to go April, royal wedding.

-April, OK.

So we have August and we have April.

-You think because that's a floating bank holiday, people might...?

-Yeah.

You said 2011 so we've gone with that.

Well, whoever wins this question is through to the final.

Pete and John said August.

Let's see if that's right and how many people said August.

Sorry.

-What do you think, Samantha?

-Ooh, I don't know.

-It's tricky.

-Let's find out.

How many people said April?

Well done!

APPLAUSE

Very well done indeed. After three questions, Stephen and Samantha

-are through to the final.

-Well played, Stephen and Samantha.

2011, April, three bank holidays - Good Friday, Easter Monday and the royal wedding. Let's take a look.

Thank you very much, Richard. So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Pete and John.

We had two quite tough judgment answers in the head-to-head.

-Very tough.

-We will see you again next time.

Who knows? Maybe we will have more chemistry questions and well-boring.

Meanwhile, it's been wonderful having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

For Stephen and Samantha, it's our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £7,500!

Many congratulations, Stephen and Samantha.

You fought off the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy!

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £7,500!

AUDIENCE: Ooooh!

The rules are very simple.

Find a pointless answer, one that none of our 100 people can think of.

We haven't had any pointless answers today. You only need one now to go home with that money.

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

-..What are you thinking?

-Opera, I don't think either of us are brilliant at opera.

-We'll have to say no to that one.

-What about American authors?

I know a little bit, but I don't know whether I'm confident enough. Are you?

Can we get a pointless answer out of it?

-Not sure! What about golf?

-I know a little bit about golf.

But it depends what golf question comes up.

-Would you say you know more about golf than American authors?

-Definitely.

-So let's go for golf.

-It's all me?

-Yeah.

-All right.

-OK, it's on your head, Stephen.

-As always!

What would you like the question about golf to be, what category?

Oh, um... I don't know. British Open winners? Something like that.

Let's find out what the question is. Good luck to both of you.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many US Masters winners

since 1960, as they could. Richard.

We're looking for any of the 30 golfers to have won the US Masters held at Augusta National

between 1960 and 2010, inclusive.

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

All you need to win that £7,500 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

It's a green jacket, so anyone you remember who's worn a green jacket.

-Green jacket?

-That's what you get when you win.

Vijay Singh, he won it.

-Obviously, Mickelson and Tiger Woods.

-They're too popular.

Vijay Singh is probably a good one.

Tom Hamilton won the BRITISH Open!

Geoff Ogilvy won something. It might have been the USPGA.

-We might have to say him.

-Since 1960?

Ben Hogan seems to be in my head, so I could say him - if you want.

-How confident are you with Ben Hogan?

-Literally popped into my head now.

Vijay Singh, Ben Hogan, Geoff Ogilvy. We've still got time.

Geoff Ogilvy, who is he?

He is an Australian.

Who else? Greg Norman. He may have won it as well.

They'll remember that cos he collapsed. Faldo... Argh!

-Geoff Ogilvy, when was he?

-Not that long ago.

But I think he might be quite good.

Oh, God!

OK, There is your minute.

We're looking for US Masters winners since 1960. I need three answers.

I'm going to say... Do you know what?

I've got one just popped into my head. Davis Love III.

-Davis Love III.

-Ben Hogan.

-Ben Hogan.

-And...

-Vijay Singh.

-Vijay Singh.

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

Davis Love came into my head at the end, so let's toss that one in!

-Let's toss Davis Love III...

-Maybe just chip it in.

-Let's chip Davis Love III in third.

-Yeah.

-Who's your least likely pointless?

-I think Vijay's right.

-We'll put Vijay first.

-Vijay Singh?

-Yeah.

-Ben Hogan.

-Yeah.

-Davis Love III.

-Yeah.

-Let's put them on the board in that order.

Here they are...

..There they are.

So we were looking for US Masters winners since 1960.

You said this was the least confident answer, Vijay Singh.

You knew it was right.

You didn't think it was necessarily going to be pointless.

You only need one pointless answer to win that £7,500 jackpot.

Vijay Singh, let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said Vijay Singh.

Looking for some idea of how much our 100 know about the US Masters.

APPLAUSE

Wow!

That's not a pointless answer but it looks like we've got a game on our hands!

-This is very exciting indeed. That went down to two, Stephen.

-Oh!

Amazing.

-It's looking exciting, isn't it, Samantha?

-Very exciting.

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

£7,500! What would you do with that?

-Nice holiday would be quite nice.

-Oh, I should think!

-Yeah.

-What else, Stephen?

-I don't know. Maybe ask a question...perhaps.

AUDIENCE: Oooh

-Now, that would be exciting.

-LAUGHS

We are looking for winners of the US Masters since 1960.

Your first answer, Vijay Singh, your least confident answer, scored two!

Let's hope nobody said Ben Hogan. Let's hope it's correct.

And let's hope it goes all the way down to nothing.

It has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

Fingers tightly crossed. Ben Hogan, is it right?

How many people said it?

AUDIENCE GROANS

WHISPERS: Never mind.

-Unfortunately, an incorrect answer.

-It was a bit of a punt.

-Definitely a punt.

-You only have one more chance.

How sure are you about Davis Love III?

Not very sure now, no. He popped into my head for some reason, so...

-You see!

-Thought I'd go with it.

-Popped into your head.

Davis Love III.

OK, this is your last chance

to win our jackpot of £7,500.

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

It just has to be correct, then has to go all the way down to nothing.

Is it right and, if it is, how many people said Davis Love III?

Oh, no!

-APPLAUSE

-Oh, no!

Oh, no! Unfortunately, you didn't find our crucial pointless answers.

You don't win today's jackpot of £7,500, more's the pity, and it rolls over to the next show.

You've been brilliant contestants and take home our Pointless trophy.

APPLAUSE

So sorry you didn't win that. Richard.

Davis Love III came second twice!

He won the USPGA championship but didn't win the Masters.

Given that love endures longer than money, you could ask her anyway!

LAUGHTER

Let's take a look at the pointless answers. There will be a few names you recognise, I suspect.

The 2009 winner, Angel Cabrera...

..Larry Mize hit the most famous shot when he beat Seve Ballasteros

when he chipped in on the last green...

..All of those were pointless. Very, very tough luck.

Ben Hogan, this was way after his time.

He did win. He won in '51 and '53.

Oh, dear. You knew some of those, didn't you?

I've heard of them but they didn't pop into my head at the right time, so...

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye, Stephen and Samantha.

It's been brilliant having you on the show. Thank you.

APPLAUSE AND WHISTLES

Nobody's won our jackpot, which means on the next show

we will be playing for £8,500!

AUDIENCE: Ooooh!

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

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

-APPLAUSE AND WHISTLES

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