Episode 42 Pointless

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

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

First we welcome Carron and Glen, you're our first pair on the show today.

How do you know each other?

Well, she's my mum so we know each other quite well.

Just quite well.

Just quite well, yeah. We're quite competitive.

We play the quiz every week

so that's why we're here. We're looking to win.

I can feel the competitive spirit there, Richard.

It's good to come out with it.

Cor, isn't it though?

Straight to the point.

It makes the fall a bit further but that's OK.

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Where've you come from, Carron?

We've come from Southampton.

And what are you hoping is going to come up this afternoon?

History. I'm a teacher, when I am not studying.

I'm studying at the moment for an MA,

but I was teaching in sixth form, history and classics.

Wow!

Everyone else may as well just go home now.

-Well, very best of luck. It's great to have you here.

-Thank you.

Next, we welcome back Imogen and Imelda. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach our final and this is your second chance.

You did brilliantly well.

Well, we did well but we didn't win.

You didn't win, but it was very, very hard fought.

It was luck of the draw.

What do you hope is going to come up this afternoon, Imelda?

I like general knowledge and I don't mind sport.

OK. Well, we shall see.

What do you do in your spare time, Imogen?

I collect vintage knitting patterns.

Finally, somebody else who does that.

I honestly thought it was just you.

LAUGHTER

Which is your favourite vintage knitting pattern?

Vintage knitted swimwear, that's the best

because you have these men posing in knitted trunks

which obviously don't keep the shape when they come out of the water...

Knitted swimwear?! Blimey.

Yeah, it was a big thing in the '40s.

Indeed. Very best of luck. It's lovely having you back.

-I hope you'll make it through to the head-to-head and beyond.

-Thank you.

Next, we welcome Stephen and Gary. How do you two know each other?

Stephen and I have been friends for six, seven years...

67 years! How's about that?

A round of applause. 67 years.

APPLAUSE

That would be six OR seven years.

All right.

We found we had a common interest in following

our local non-league football team, Barrow AFC.

So you meet on the terraces?

On the terraces. We're also in a pub quiz team together.

Very good.

If you have a pub quiz team, presumably it has a name. What's it called?

We're the Vic Park Half-Wits.

What do you mean, half-wits? Come on. There are two of you.

That's a whole-wit.

There's two others in the team.

That's more wits than you need.

Very good. It's brilliant having you here and best of luck on the show.

Finally, we welcome back Lynn and Neil. You were also on the show last time.

This is your second and final chance to reach our final. Remind us what happened.

We lost.

You didn't lose.

On art unfortunately.

No-one loses on Pointless, no-one loses.

-You went out very graciously with tremendous aplomb...

-Thank you.

..in the second round.

Do you have any surprising little niche interests, Lynn?

Sorry, I'm not prying.

You mean with a name like Lynn? No, I don't dress up.

I wasn't going to say but...

I'm just wondering. Sometimes, people have spectacular knowledge

of some tiny little slightly left-field...

Nothing at all.

Horse racing, golf, rugby, that's me.

Neil, how about you?

I do know quite a bit about conspiracy theories.

You shouldn't have asked that question.

What's the most convoluted, barking mad conspiracy theory

you've come across, Neil?

It's got to be the Moon landings one, hasn't it?

Where do you come down on that one, Neil?

I think they obviously landed on the Moon.

Ah, you're such a sucker.

LAUGHTER

I've been to the Moon more times than Neil Armstrong.

Like HE exists(!)

OK, well...

very best of luck to you this time round, Lynn and Neil.

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

There's only one person left to introduce.

He is a ray of sunshine in the murky world of obscurity.

He is my Pointless friend.

-He's Richard.

-Hiya.

Should be a cracking show. Four very good pairs there.

What about it? Yeah.

Everyone seems to know what they're doing.

We've got Glen who's a genius,

a certified genius,

he has essentially told us.

It should be a very very good show. We've got some good questions

which I think are going to test the knowledge of our people.

We've got a question on films so that should please a few people. It should be a cracker.

No idea who's going to win this one.

Very hard to call.

We put all our questions to 100 people before the show

but this is Pointless so we are after the obscure answers that they didn't get.

What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer,

that's an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

Now, nobody won the jackpot last time

so we add another £1,000 to that

so today's jackpot starts off at an unbelievable £12,000.

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Right, let's play Pointless.

In the first round, each of you must give me one answer

and you cannot confer with your partner.

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

Our first category this afternoon is...

There we are. History, Glen.

Could be good, depends on the... topic.

Couldn't get the words out!

He is a genius, isn't he?

-He doesn't even need words.

-Yeah.

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

as many World War II aircraft as they could.

World War II aircraft. Richard.

The correct answers in this round will all be World War II aircraft

flown on active service in World War II

by either the RAF or the Royal Navy.

Carron and Glen. You all drew lots before the show

and you get to go first. In this round, you'll be pleased to hear,

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

Your first set of seven answers reads like this. Here we go.

I'll read those one more time.

I can tell you that at least one of those answers is Pointless,

but be careful because at least one of those answers is incorrect.

Pick an incorrect one and you will score the maximum of 100 points.

Now then, Glen.

Yeah,

there's one that's an obvious one

but I shall pick something different.

I'm going to go for the Sunderland, fly around in a Sunderland, why not?

The Sunderland. OK, let's see if that's a correct answer

and if it is, how many people said Sunderland. Good luck, Glen.

He's right. Very well done.

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Very well done, Glen.

That scores you two points.

A great answer.

Sunderland, Richard?

Well played, Glen.

The Short Sunderland is a flying boat, actually.

It's the last flying boat the RAF ever used, used for 20 odd years.

The Germans used to call it the "Flying Porcupine".

Thanks very much, Richard. So...

remember we are looking for World War II aircraft. Imogen.

What do you think?

Well, my grandfather flew aeroplanes in the Second World War,

but none of those.

I am going to play safe and go Mosquito.

-Mosquito?

-Yeah.

OK.

Let's see if Mosquito is a correct answer

and if it is, let's see how many people said Mosquito.

It's right.

Down it comes. Look at that. 10.

Not a bad score at all, Imogen.

10 points for Mosquito. Richard.

Well done. The de Havilland Mosquito, constructed with a wooden frame.

They used it as a night fighter.

What do the Germans call that?

They call it the Flying Mosquito.

OK, thanks very much, Richard.

Now then, Stephen. We are looking for World War II aircraft.

I think I'm going to go for the Halifax.

The Halifax?

Yeah, a bit of a punt.

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

It's right.

Look at that. 5!

Very well done there, Stephen.

You are joining the low scorers with Halifax. Richard.

Well played, Stephen.

It's a four-engined heavy bomber, the Halifax.

It had a wingspan of over 100 feet.

OK, then. Neil, we are looking for World War II aircraft.

OK, I am going to go for...

..the Blenheim.

The Blenheim. Is it right

and if it is, how many people said it?

Good luck. Let's see.

Very well done.

8.

Well done, well done.

Right in among the low scores there, Neil. Very well answered. Richard.

Well-played, Neil. Well-played, everybody. The Bristol Blenheim

is a twin-engined bomber. Let's take a look at the rest of the list.

The Hurricane, of course, played a major part in the Battle of Britain.

That would have scored you 41 points, not a massive score.

So, Gladiator or Battleaxe,

one of those is Pointless, one of those is incorrect.

I'd go Battleaxe is right and I'd say Gladiator is wrong.

Exactly incorrect.

The Gladiator is actually the last of the RAF bi-planes.

The Gladiator would have been a pointless answer

and Battleaxe, incorrect I'm afraid, not a plane.

There was an Operation Battleaxe in the war but not a plane.

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

An amazingly low scoring round.

Glen, genius(!)

Certified genius.

On 2 points. Up from you, just a couple of notches, we come to Stephen and Gary on 5.

Up a little bit from them, we come to Neil and Lynn on 8.

There on 10, by no means a high score,

but it just happens to be our highest score, Imogen and Imelda.

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

OK, we're going to put seven more answers on the board.

Remember, we are looking for World War II aircraft.

And we have got...

There we are. I can tell you that at least one of those is pointless

and at least one of those is incorrect

so try and avoid those incorrect ones.

-Now then, Lynn.

-Mm-hm.

-The high scorers are Imelda and Imogen on 10.

If you can score one point with this answer...

I didn't say I was that good!

One point and you are definitely through.

I'm telling you, there is at least one pointless answer on that board.

I'm going to go for Swordfish.

Swordfish. Let's see if Swordfish is a correct answer

and if it is, let's see how many people said Swordfish.

It's right.

Down it goes.

Very, very, well done, Lynn.

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That's a great answer.

I'm sure that will see you through. That scores you 2.

Takes your total up to 10. Richard, Swordfish.

Very well played. It's the Fairey Swordfish which sounds like a children's book but it's not.

The Fairey Swordfish was another bi-plane, actually, an open cockpit bi-plane.

OK, very well done, Lynn. Very well done indeed.

Gary, you are on 5.

The high scorers jointly are Imelda and Imogen on 10

and Lynn and Neil on 10.

If you can score four points or less, you are definitely through to the next round.

Remember, we're looking for aircraft from World War II.

There's one that's standing out to me

as I don't think it is a World War II plane,

so I'll try somewhere else,

and I'll go for Albacore.

Albacore. It sounds right, doesn't it?

Albacore at 12 o'clock.

LAUGHTER

Anyway, only one way to find out. Good luck.

Albacore, is it right, how many people said it?

It's right. Very well done, Gary.

Maybe this will add another £250 to our massive jackpot.

Yes, it does!

That is a pointless answer. It adds 250 quid to today's jackpot,

taking the total up to £12,250.

It scores you nothing

and it leaves your total at a very impressive low 5. Richard.

Well played, Gary. Another aircraft made by Fairey, actually.

It was designed to take over from the Swordfish but was less effective than it.

Now then, Imelda, Imogen,

the high scorers are Lynn and Neil and you.

Ideally, you would find another pointless answer on that board.

It'll have to be a complete guess.

I'm going to go for Wellington.

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

It's right.

9.

Scores you 9, takes your total up to 19. Richard.

Well done, you've given yourself a chance.

The Vickers Wellington bomber. It was built in greater numbers than any other bomber during the war.

OK, thanks very much. Now, Carron, you're on 2

thanks to Glen's brilliant answer in the first pass.

If you can score 16 or less with this answer,

you are through to the next round.

Sorry, Glen. I'm going to go for the Laika.

Ly-ka, Lay-ka.

-Glen's not very happy.

-Sorry, Glen.

I don't think it's right.

I think that's a Russian dog that went to space.

He's a genius.

LAUGHTER

Genius.

OK, let's see if Laika is the correct answer, and if it is,

how many people said Laika. Good luck, Carron.

Thank you.

Ohhhh, dear. Bad luck, Carron.

I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer

which means you score the maximum of 100 points

and that takes your total up to an unbeatable 102.

Richard.

Glen had heard of Laika, but unfortunately

Carron was a Laika virgin and hadn't.

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

Spitfire, obviously, a very big score, 75.

The Lancaster, the Lancaster bomber, would have scored you 41.

And Firefox, do you think that's pointless

or do you think that's incorrect?

I've never heard of a Firefox plane.

It's a plane in a Clint Eastwood movie, the Firefox.

It's an incorrect answer.

Very good.

I've just remembered what the Germans called the Wellington.

Das Boot.

LAUGHTER

HE LAUGHS SARCASTICALLY

Wow. Thank you, Richard.

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

I'm afraid it's Carron and Glen.

-Never mind.

-Dear, oh-dear, oh-dear. You were a victim of Pointless.

I was.

I tell you what, when you come back you can be thrilled

that we won't have this round again.

-And you have the genius that is Glen.

-Yes.

I am sure that next time we will see a great deal more of you.

-Thanks very much for playing.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

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

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

so one team is going to be leaving at the end of this round.

OK, our category for Round Two is...

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

who's going to go second.

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

And our Round Two question concerns...

We're about to show you a list of actors. We asked 100 people

to tell us the film for which they won an Oscar for Best Actor.

Richard.

We're going to show you six names on each pass,

each of them have the year in which they won the Best Actor Oscar.

You've just got to tell us what film it was for.

Give us the more obscure answers, you'll score fewer points.

Give us an incorrect answer, you'll score 100 points.

There's six on each pass, twelve for everyone at home to have a go at.

OK, so we're looking for the films these actors won their Best Actor Oscar for. OK, here we go.

We have got...

I'll read through that list one more time.

Imelda.

Yeah, there's a few that I know.

I'm going to go Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote.

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

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote.

Brilliant.

Very well done, Imelda.

That's a lovely low score there.

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote, scoring you 6 points.

Richard.

Yes, it's a terrific answer, Imelda.

He played Truman Capote in the film.

Now then, Gary. You like films?

I do, I do. I think I'll probably go

and try Gene Hackman for The French Connection.

Very good, let's see if that's right and if it is,

let's see how many people knew Gene Hackman, The French Connection.

Very well done.

12.

APPLAUSE

-12 for The French Connection. Richard.

-Well played, Gary.

Won an Oscar for his portrayal of Popeye Doyle in The French Connection.

-Lynn?

-Mm.

We're looking for the names of the films

for which these actors won their Best Actor Oscar in the year shown.

-I think I know them all.

-Talk us through the board and then you can pick your favourite.

Sean Penn for Milk, Ben Kingsley for Ghandi.

The only one I'm not sure of is Alec Guinness.

I think it was Kind Hearts And Coronets

and Anthony Hopkins for Silence Of The Lambs.

I'm going for Sean Penn, Milk.

Very good. Let's see if it's right, and if so, how many people knew that answer.

Sean Penn, Milk.

Well done, Lynn, that's right.

Down it comes.

10.

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I can't fault your grouping. That's fantastic. That scores you 10.

-Milk, Richard.

-He won his second Oscar for the portrayal of the gay rights activist Harvey Milk.

You were right about Ben Kingsley, he was Ghandi. Would have scored you 34.

You're right about Anthony Hopkins as well. That would have scored you 38.

-If you were tempted to go for Kind Hearts And Coronets, it's lucky you didn't.

-Ladykillers?

Not that. It's a very different film.

It was for The Bridge On The River Kwai that he won in '58.

It would have scored you 7 points. So that's a very, very good answer.

Phillip Seymour Hoffman, the best answer on the board.

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

Incredibly close. Imelda, a wonderful answer from you, sees you looking the most secure.

Lynn and Neil on 10, Gary and Stephen on 12. Stephen, Neil, you have a contest on your hands.

OK. Can the second players take their places at the podium.

We're putting six more actors on the board, and the years in which they won their Best Actor Oscar.

Here they are.

I'm going to read that board again.

Neil and Lynn, you're on 10. The highest score is with Stephen and Gary on 12.

If you can score one point with this

you'd be through to the next round. What are you thinking, Neil?

I know nearly all of them. There's only one I'm not sure on.

I'm going for Gregory Peck, To Kill A Mockingbird.

Gregory Peck, To Kill A Mockingbird. Let's see if it's right, and if so, how many people said it.

Well done, it's right.

Vey well done, Neil. That's a great score. 12.

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That takes your total up to 22.

-Richard.

-Well played, Neil. It was his fifth Oscar nomination, his only win, Gregory Peck.

His character, Atticus Finch,

was named the greatest screen hero of all time by the American Film Institute.

Now then, Stephen, you're on 12.

The highest scores are currently Lynn and Neil on 22.

Should you score nine or less with this answer,

you would be through to the head-to-head.

Eh... I'll go with Yul Brynner,

The King And I.

There he is, second on the board, 1957, The King And I.

There's your red line. If you go below it you're through to the next round. But this has to be right.

Let's see if that is correct, Yul Brynner and The King And I.

And if it is, how many people said it.

It's right.

35.

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35 takes your total to 47. Richard.

Big score, probably his most famous role by quite some way.

He also played the same role on stage and won a Tony for it.

He played that role 4,525 times.

Phew!

Right. So, Imogen, you are on six.

If you can score 40 or less, you will avoid overtaking Stephen and Gary

who are the current highest scorers, on 47.

I think Forest Whitaker won it for The Last King Of Scotland.

Russell Crowe won it for A Beautiful Mind, I think.

Not sure about Paul Scofield.

I've got A Man For All Seasons in my head,

but I don't know if that's right.

Jack Nicholson... I think that's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

But I think I'm going to go with Forest Whitaker and The Last King Of Scotland.

-Forest Whitaker, Last King Of Scotland.

-Yeah.

OK, here's your red line.

If you can get below that red line with Forest Whitaker, Last King Of Scotland

you are through to the head-to-head.

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

It's right.

And you are through to the head-to-head.

There we are. 15 it scores you, taking your total to 21.

A very good answer, well played. You nearly went through the rest of the board as well.

Paul Scofield is the best answer for A Man For All Seasons.

It would've scored 7 points, so well done if you got that at home.

Jack Nicholson was One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest in 1976, 20 points.

But Russell Crowe was Gladiator in 2001. 48 points for that.

Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid Stephen and Gary, it's you.

47, normally a very respectable score, even just on one pass.

You were up against stiff competition.

But we'll see you again next time.

Meanwhile, thank you very, very much for playing. It's been brilliant having you on the show.

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

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Lynn and Neil, Imogen and Imelda.

You have made it through to the head-to head.

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

and play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £12,250.

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.

You are now allowed to confer.

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

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

Let's play Pointless.

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OK, here is your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Ivy League universities as they could.

Ivy League universities. Richard?

We're looking for any of the eight American universities that make up the Ivy League.

OK. Lynn and Neil, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.

We are looking for Ivy League universities.

-We're going to go for Berkeley.

-You're going for Berkeley.

-We've got Yale, Harvard, Princeton... Brown?

-I don't know.

-We'll go Brown.

-Brown.

-Brown. OK, we have Berkeley, we have Brown.

Berkeley and Brown. Lynn and Neil said Berkeley.

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

Berkeley is an incorrect answer, I'm afraid.

So, Imogen and Imelda, all you have to get

is a correct answer at this stage to win the point.

-Brown. How are you feeling now, Imogen?

-Really, really, really not confident.

-We should've just said Yale!

-Yeah, we should've done!

Too late now. You've gone Brown. Let's see. Is it right, and if it is, how many people said Brown.

It just has to be right.

Very well done. It's right.

Very, very good.

After the first question, it is one-nil to Imogen and Imelda.

-Richard.

-Let's look at all eight of them. At the bottom, University of Pennsylvania.

There's Dartmouth College. They would've scored 2.

Columbia University 4, Cornell University 5.

There's Brown on 9, in Providence, Rhode Island.

Princeton 20, Yale 46,

and Harvard at the top on 56.

Here is your second question.

Lynn and Neil, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many original euro currency countries as they could.

Original euro currency countries. Richard.

We're looking for any of the 11 countries

that initially signed up to the euro in 1999, please.

OK, thank you, very much.

-Now then, Imogen and Imelda, you go first this time.

-OK.

-OK.

THEY CONFER

-OK.

-Do you want to go with that?

-Yep.

-We'll say the Netherlands.

The Netherlands. OK, you are saying the Netherlands.

-Lynn and Neil, what are you going to give me?

-Right, OK.

So we've got France, Germany, Spain, Portugal...Belgium...

Uh...

Well, Italy, Greece...

You have to win this question to stay in the game, remember, Lynn and Neil.

We'll try Luxembourg.

Luxembourg, you're going to say Luxembourg.

We have the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Imogen and Imelda, you went with the Netherlands.

Let's see if that is right, and, if it is,

let's see how many people said the Netherlands.

It's right.

Oh, keep going, keep going.

34.

-APPLAUSE

-34.

Lynn and Neil have gone with Luxembourg. Let's see if that is right.

More crucially, let's see if it beats the Netherlands.

How many people said Luxembourg?

It's right.

Yep, you're in the game.

17.

APPLAUSE

Very, very, very, well said.

So, after two questions, one apiece.

Yeah, very, very well played, guys. You were almost out of that,

-because I think you were going to say Greece at one point...

-No, he was.

..which is an incorrect answer.

You were going to say Portugal, which would have scored more points.

But you settled on one of the only three answers that would have beaten the Netherlands.

Let's take a look at all the answers.

Finland was the best score on the board, 8.

It's the only score that would have beaten Luxembourg.

Luxembourg 17. Austria 20, that's another one no-one mentioned.

Netherlands 34, Republic of Ireland 43,

Belgium 45.

Then the top five. Portugal 45, Italy 72,

Germany 82, Spain 91, and France at the top with 93.

OK, thanks very much, Richard.

Here is your third question, this is very important.

Whoever wins this question is through to the final

and will be playing for that £12,250 jackpot.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Narnia characters as they could.

-Narnia characters. Richard.

-Yes, specifically, we're looking for

the names of any of the four Pevensie children

-in The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe.

-OK.

Lynn and Neil, you answer first this time.

HE LAUGHS

Can you think?

Narnia, hmm...

OK, right, I've seen one of the films.

Have you?

-I hope you've seen them.

-HE WHISPERS

I don't know.

I don't know, either.

Shall we go with that?

OK.

Lynn and Neil, sounds like you've arrived at a name, anyway.

We've just got a name, yes, plucked out of the air.

-We're going to go with Peter.

-Peter.

OK, we have Peter.

Imogen and Imelda, you can now speak up.

We're really not sure, we just can't recall it at the moment,

I think it's the nerves getting to us,

but we're just going to go with Jane.

-As we say, we're not sure.

-Jane.

So, we have Peter and Jane.

Stars of the very first book I ever read.

LAUGHTER

OK, Peter and Jane.

Lynn and Neil have plucked a name out of thin air - Peter.

Let's see if that's correct, and if it is,

let's see how many people said Peter.

Very well done.

Peter is the name of one of the characters in the Narnia books.

21.

APPLAUSE

What about that?

Imelda and Imogen - Jane.

Let's see it Jane is correct, and if it is,

let's see how many people said Jane.

Bad luck, Imogen and Imelda.

So, after three questions, Lynn and Neil are through to the final, 2-1.

-Richard.

-Yeah, it obviously stuck in there somewhere, at the back of the brain,

that's a useful time to bring it out, I would say.

Let's take a look at all four of them, see if any of them are familiar.

It's Susan...on 15.

Edmund 20, Peter there on 21 and Lucy at the top with 26.

-Very well done if you got all of those at home.

-Thank you very much.

The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Imogen and Imelda. Well, how are you feeling?

It's not for broadcast.

LAUGHTER

-Have you read the Narnia books?

-Yeah, loads of times.

-My mind just went completely blank.

-Ah.

You've been fantastic, an amazing pair.

You've done a great job on both Pointless shows you've been on.

I'm afraid this is where we say goodbye to you,

-but brilliant contestants, thank you so much.

-APPLAUSE

But for Lynn and Neil it's now time for our Pointless final

and the chance to win our jackpot of £12,250.

APPLAUSE

Well, congratulations, Lynn and Neil,

you have seen off all the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy, well done.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £12,250.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

The rules are very simple.

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

that none of our 100 people could think of.

We've had one pointless answer on the show today,

you only need to find one more now and you will go home with that money.

First you've got to choose a category, and you can choose from these three options. Here we go.

What do you think?

Oh, dear.

-Well, Literature's out.

-Literature's definitely out.

-World Geography...

-I know loads about World Geography.

-Do you?

-Yeah, and you do.

-Do I?

-You've been abroad.

-I've been abroad!

Right, OK. The criteria for us doing this is that we've been abroad?

World Geography. We'll go for World Geography.

World Geography.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm not happy, but we'll go for it.

Listen, Lynn, do you want to go for Music Awards?

would you like to go for Music Awards?

No, no, because I'll never hear the last of it, right?

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

I will never hear the last of it.

Right, it is World Geography?

Yeah, it is, yeah.

Let's find out what the...

HE LAUGHS

Let's find out what the question is. Best of luck, guys.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many of the world's longest rivers as they could.

-Richard.

-Specifically, we're looking for the English name

of any river or river system that is longer than the Danube.

So the English name of any river or river system

longer than 1,770 miles, according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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

All you need to win that £12,250

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

Well...

What do you think?

I don't know, you said World Geography!

The one that goes through Washington...

Mississippi...

Delaware...

Potomac...

That's a good one.

But is it 1,700...you know.

You've got the Amazon, the Nile, you've got, you know...

You've got the Taff in Wales.

The Taff!

-The what?

-The Yellow River.

Yellow River?

OK, so we've got to get three, right?

So, shall we say the Potomac?

-I don't know if the Potomac's long though.

-Well, neither do I.

-Mississippi?

-Yeah.

-OK, and what else?

-Hudson?

Hudson River... Hmm, I don't know. No, don't think so.

Mississippi, Yellow...

Yellow River, yeah.

Five seconds...

Potomac - you said it goes through Washington.

OK, that is your minute up.

We were looking for the world's longest rivers,

I now need three answers from you.

We'll go for Mississippi...

The Mississippi.

-The second answer we'll go for, you said the Yellow River.

-Yellow River.

-The Yellow River.

-I thought it was a song.

-That's Moon River.

Oh, right, OK.

And the third answer...

We will go for the Potomac.

OK, the Potomac.

Now then, of those three,

which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

Yellow, probably.

Yeah.

OK, Yellow we will put up last.

-Which should we put up first, your least confident?

-Mississippi - no, the Potomac.

Potomac, Mississippi, Yellow River.

We'll put them on the board in that order.

There they are.

We were looking for the world's longest rivers.

This was your least confident answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer, remember,

to win that £12,250 jackpot.

So, let's see if the Potomac is right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said it - the Potomac.

Bad luck, bad luck.

That is an incorrect answer.

So, not a pointless answer.

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

£12,250 - what would you do with that?

Las Vegas.

I'd give some to my children...

Well, I'd give some to my...

I'd obviously give some to my children!

APPLAUSE

We are looking for the world's longest rivers.

Your next answer, the Mississippi.

This has to be correct,

and it has to go all the way down to zero for you to win that jackpot.

Good luck. Mississippi.

It's right.

It is a correct answer, down it comes.

This has to go all the way down to zero... Oh.

APPLAUSE

39 for Mississippi, so not a pointless answer.

But it was right.

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

We are looking for the world's longest rivers. The Yellow River,

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

It has to be pointless if you're going to win that jackpot, £12,250.

Let us see if it is a correct answer,

and if it is, let's see how many people said the Yellow River.

This is your last chance, so the very, very best of luck.

The Yellow River.

It's right.

We went down to 39 with Mississippi.

There's £12,250 riding on this.

If this goes all the way down to zero...

Oh!

-APPLAUSE

-Single figures!

Not bad.

That was a great answer.

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's record-equalling jackpot of £12,250,

which rolls over onto the next show.

But you have been fantastic contestants

and you do get to take home our Pointless trophy, so...

-Thank you.

-Very well done.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

So, Richard.

Yeah, very tough luck, guys, and if any of Neil's relatives are watching,

will you just let us know he gets home safely?

Let's take a look at the pointless answers here.

There's a couple of rivers I suspect people may have got at home.

The Amur-Shilka, which forms part of the border between Russia and China.

The Mackenzie-Peace-Finlay, which is in Canada.

The Madeira river, which is a major tributary of the Amazon.

The Purus, which rises in Peru, the Sao Francisco in Brazil,

and the Yukon there, possibly the best known of the pointless answers,

which goes from Canada through Alaska and into the Bering Sea.

Hopefully none of those were on the tip of your tongue.

No, no.

Well, that's a relief, at least.

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Lynn and Neil,

but it has been brilliant having you on the show, extremely good fun.

Thank you both so much for playing, thank you.

APPLAUSE

So, nobody won our jackpot today, so it rolls over,

which means, on the next show, we'll be playing for our highest ever total of £13,250.

APPLAUSE

Join us to see if someone can win it.

-It's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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