0:00:21 > 0:00:24CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:24 > 0:00:28Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong and a warm welcome to Pointless,
0:00:28 > 0:00:34where popular answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:38 > 0:00:44Well, we welcome back Carron and Glen. You're our first pair. You were on the show last time.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49Everyone gets two chances. Remind us how you did.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53We crashed out in the first round. By the time it had come back,
0:00:53 > 0:00:59there just wasn't anything left on the board that we could give that would have seen us through.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03- You were snookered. Stymied. Is that a word?- Yeah.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08You were stymied. Carron, what are you hoping might come up?
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Films, I think. Films.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15I like cooking. Yeah, anything like that, really.
0:01:15 > 0:01:22- Very, very best of luck. I'm pretty sure we'll see a lot more of you this time.- I hope so.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Next we welcome Sophie and Adam. How do you two know each other?
0:01:26 > 0:01:32We became friends at secondary school and despite going to different universities, we've stayed friends.
0:01:32 > 0:01:38What do you so in your spare time? We know you're students. What are you studying?
0:01:38 > 0:01:42I'm doing medicine at the moment, so I don't have much spare time.
0:01:42 > 0:01:49- Indeed. What year are you in? - Third year now.- Busier and busier. Adam, how about you?
0:01:49 > 0:01:53I do marketing at the moment and did electrical engineering.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57It's great to have you here. Next we welcome Stephen and Gary.
0:01:57 > 0:02:04This is your second chance to reach our final. Remind us what happened on the last show.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09We went out in the second round. It was a very popular subject, films.
0:02:09 > 0:02:16- And every team was strong on it. - You just happened to be the highest scorers.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Not my strongest subject. I got an answer that wasn't good enough,
0:02:20 > 0:02:25but Gary did get a pointless answer. Hopefully we'll get a couple more.
0:02:25 > 0:02:31- And add money to our jackpot. The very best of luck. Great to have you here.- Thank you.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Finally, John and Roger. How do you know each other?
0:02:35 > 0:02:40Well, long story, but 14 years ago I started a quiz night.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43I was quiz master in a brand new pub in Lincoln.
0:02:43 > 0:02:51And John was one of the first teams to sit and listen to me, somewhat badly, I suppose.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53- You remain the quiz master?- Yes.
0:02:53 > 0:03:01- Quiz master to quiz master, do you remember any of the things you ask people?- No.- No. Nor do I.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06- What do you do, John? - I'm a Health and Safety officer.
0:03:06 > 0:03:11- I am so pleased. Finally, we have got Health and Safety in. - It's about time.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15Not until now have we had someone sensible here.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19What do you make of those steps next to you, John?
0:03:20 > 0:03:25- I'm glad you said that.- Very best of luck. Great to have you here.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29We'll find out more about all of you. There's only one person left.
0:03:29 > 0:03:36He lives by the mantra, "If it's unusual or obscure, tell me more." He's my Pointless friend, Richard.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Hiya.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Hello.
0:03:40 > 0:03:41Hello there.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48- Very best of the afternoon to you, sir.- Show 153. A very special show.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Very. What's it looking like?
0:03:51 > 0:03:57- The most important thing - biggest jackpot ever on Pointless. - AUDIENCE "Oooh"
0:03:57 > 0:04:03Our biggest ever jackpot today. We've got two returning pairs.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08I think they're two very strong pairs, actually. Both were unlucky.
0:04:08 > 0:04:15- And two new pairs as well. Somebody might well be walking home with quite a lot of money.- Wow.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20- Which would be fantastic.- It would. Maybe it will happen this afternoon.
0:04:20 > 0:04:26We put all our questions to 100 people, but we are after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer that no one gave.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:04:39 > 0:04:45So today's jackpot starts off at a record-breaking...£13,250.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49Oh!
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Right, let's play Pointless.
0:04:56 > 0:05:02In the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07Whichever team has the highest score will be eliminated. Be very careful it's not you.
0:05:07 > 0:05:14An incorrect answers will score the maximum of 100 points. OK, our first category is...
0:05:14 > 0:05:16TV soaps.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21Can you all decide who is going to go first and who goes second?
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31OK, let's find out what that question is.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:05:33 > 0:05:41to name as many characters in EastEnders' live episode as they could. Richard?
0:05:41 > 0:05:48Any named and credited character who was in the first live episode of EastEnders in February, 2010.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Character names, not actors' names.
0:05:51 > 0:05:58We'll take previous names if you have them, but we want first names and surnames, please.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Carron and Glen, you drew lots and today you get to go first.
0:06:02 > 0:06:07Carron, crucial question. Are you an EastEnders' viewer?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10No, I don't watch it at all.
0:06:10 > 0:06:18OK, what's the most obscure and likely character you can think to have been in that live episode?
0:06:18 > 0:06:23I'm going to have to go with... Pauline Fowler.
0:06:23 > 0:06:30Pauline Fowler. Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said Pauline Fowler.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Oh, dear. Unfortunately, it's an incorrect answer.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40That means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45- Richard? - Yeah, a very long-running character, but left the show in 2006.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- Oh, well.- Now, Sophie, are you an EastEnders viewer?
0:06:49 > 0:06:54Very much not, I'm afraid. So I'll probably go for likely
0:06:54 > 0:06:59rather than obscure, but... Fingers crossed.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- Dot Cotton. - You're going to go Dot Cotton.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07Let's see if that's correct and how many people said it.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10It's right!
0:07:14 > 0:07:1617!
0:07:20 > 0:07:26- Well done, Sophie. Dot Cotton, a correct answer, scores you 17. Richard?- Well played.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30It's turning into, "Which EastEnders characters can you remember?"
0:07:30 > 0:07:35- Stephen, does that smile mean you watch it?- No.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42I've plucked a few names out. I'll go with Max Branning.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- Max Branning.- Yeah.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49OK, you're hoping to score as few points as possible.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54Let's see if it is correct and how many people said it.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56It's right!
0:07:57 > 0:07:59It's right, Stephen.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Down it goes to 18.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Very good answer.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13If it was a guess, extremely fortuitous guess. Scores you 18.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Well played, Stephen.
0:08:15 > 0:08:21Quite a big score because he had a very major role in that episode, Max Branning.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26Now then, Roger. We come to you. Remember,
0:08:26 > 0:08:30we're looking for characters in the live EastEnders episode.
0:08:30 > 0:08:37- I'll go for an easy one. Hopefully, it will be there. Phil Mitchell.- Phil Mitchell.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Is it right and how many people said it?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Well done, Roger. A correct answer.
0:08:47 > 0:08:4924.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52That'll do.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57- 24 points for Phil Mitchell. - Played by Steve McFadden.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01He's been there since 1990. One of the most popular characters.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06OK, let's take a look at the scores. On 17, Sophie and Adam.
0:09:06 > 0:09:13The very best answer. Just ahead of them on 18, Stephen and Gary. Very good.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Up a tiny bit, Roger and John, on 24.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20And then way, way, way out front, bad luck, Carron.
0:09:20 > 0:09:27Glenn, you have got to hope somebody else gets an incorrect answer and you need a low one.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:09:33 > 0:09:40We are looking for characters who featured in the live episode of EastEnders in 2010. John...
0:09:40 > 0:09:44- Do you watch EastEnders? - Em, not recently, no.
0:09:44 > 0:09:50- You didn't watch the live episode? - Used to.- The live episode! The landmark EastEnders.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Did you watch it even to see people forget their lines?
0:09:54 > 0:09:59- Jack Branning.- Jack Branning. OK, we've had Max Branning.
0:09:59 > 0:10:05You're putting forward Jack Branning. Here's your red line. If you get below that,
0:10:05 > 0:10:12you are through to the next round. Let's see if it's right and how many people said Jack Branning.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Well done. It's right.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18And you are through to the next round.
0:10:20 > 0:10:2113!
0:10:21 > 0:10:26Very well done. Our lowest score so far.
0:10:26 > 0:10:33- That takes you to 37. Richard?- Yeah, well played. Played by Scott Maslen, who was on Strictly Come Dancing.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37He was one of the actors who fluffed his lines.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39OK.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Characters in the live EastEnders episode.
0:10:42 > 0:10:49It was a benchmark, something like their 1,000th episode or something, wasn't it?
0:10:49 > 0:10:55- Their 25th anniversary. - Listen, when we do our 25th anniversary of Pointless,
0:10:55 > 0:11:02- there will be different presenters...- Well, there will be a different presenter.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07David Mitchell. Or I like Ben Miller. Oh, he's good.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12- He's very funny, isn't he? - Yeah.- He's quick, and bright.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17- He's charismatic and charming. - He is, isn't he?
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- Why didn't you get him? - Like we could afford Ben Miller!
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Ah...
0:11:26 > 0:11:28You're crazy.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Now then, Gary,
0:11:30 > 0:11:36- EastEnders?- I probably watch it more than I should, yes. - That's a very honest answer.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40It's time to play safe. I hope this is reasonably safe.
0:11:40 > 0:11:48- I'll go for Roxy Mitchell. - Roxy Mitchell. Stephen thinks that's good. Here is your red line.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52If you can get below that red line you are through to the next round.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56Is it right and, if it is, how many people said it?
0:11:56 > 0:11:59It's right! And you're through.
0:12:03 > 0:12:08Very well done. Lovely low score. Roxy Mitchell scores you 10
0:12:08 > 0:12:11and takes your total up to 28.
0:12:11 > 0:12:19- Richard?- Very well played, Gary. Best answer so far. Shows the advantage of watching EastEnders!
0:12:19 > 0:12:25OK, now then, Adam. We're looking for characters who featured in the live EastEnders episode.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30I don't think I've ever seen an episode of EastEnders.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34You could have sung that, as far as Glen is concerned!
0:12:34 > 0:12:42I'll take a surname that's already been said and change the first name and hope it's a family member.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Is it a name out of thin air?
0:12:44 > 0:12:50- I'm going to go with Ben Mitchell. - There's the red line. If Ben Mitchell exists and is correct
0:12:50 > 0:12:54and takes you below that red line, you are through.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02Oh, it's right! Very well done, Adam. Look at that.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Smashing through the red line.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Right, and a pointless to boot!
0:13:13 > 0:13:18That adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £13,500.
0:13:18 > 0:13:24And it scores you nothing, leaving your score at 17.
0:13:24 > 0:13:31- Richard...- Very well done, Adam. Been played by four different actors. Joshua Pascoe, currently.
0:13:31 > 0:13:39It's very bad news for Glen and Carron, though. I suspect Glen seems to know his...
0:13:39 > 0:13:43- He knows his EastEnders, I think. - I just tend to know a lot,
0:13:43 > 0:13:47but it's not serving me well, is it?
0:13:47 > 0:13:49- Once again.- It's the wrong partner.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53AUDIENCE GASPS
0:13:53 > 0:13:57I don't know. Glen, stymied though you might be,
0:13:57 > 0:14:02what about leaving in a blaze of Pointless glory?
0:14:02 > 0:14:06Let's go with...Tamwar Masood.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Tamwar Masood.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13If this is pointless, I will be so impressed.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21It IS right, Glen.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23It is right.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28Down it goes into single figures. Down to pointless!
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Down to pointless!
0:14:30 > 0:14:34It adds £250 to today's jackpot,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37taking the total up to £13,750.
0:14:37 > 0:14:44It scores you nothing and prompted you to give the most evil laugh I've ever seen.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48- Tamwar Masood, Richard.- Very good. Played by Himesh Patel.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53There's a load of pointless answers. Adam's given us Ben Mitchell.
0:14:53 > 0:14:59Chelsea Fox was pointless, Christian Clarke, John Partridge's character,
0:14:59 > 0:15:05Heather Trott pointless, Leon Small, Minty Peterson played by Cliff Parisi,
0:15:05 > 0:15:12there's two more Masoods - Syed and Zainab Masood, and Tiffany Dean.
0:15:12 > 0:15:18Well done if you said those. Let's look at the most popular answers that most of our people gave.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22There's a big, big shock at the top.
0:15:22 > 0:15:28Third place is Peggy Mitchell, Roger has already said Phil Mitchell. That was second.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31But there is an absolute revelation at number one.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34EASTENDERS DRUMS
0:15:35 > 0:15:40Stacey Slater. Stacey Slater, 28.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Wow.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Thanks very much, Richard.
0:15:47 > 0:15:52So the losing pair with the highest score...
0:15:52 > 0:15:59Glen and Carron. You'll have to have a long discussion about this, then never mention it again.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- We'll just never talk again. - Oh, Glen, come now, come now,
0:16:03 > 0:16:08- No.- I'm very sorry to say goodbye. You were excellent contestants.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Thank you so much for playing. Well done.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17For the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.
0:16:22 > 0:16:28Only two pairs can make it through to the Head to Head, so one leaves after this round.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33Our category for Round Two this afternoon is...Geography.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37Can you all decide who goes first and who's going to go second?
0:16:37 > 0:16:41And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48OK, our Round Two question concerns...
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Capital cities and their countries.
0:16:50 > 0:16:58We'll show a list of capital cities. We asked 100 people to tell us of which country they are the capital.
0:16:58 > 0:17:03- Richard?- Six capitals on each pass. You just tell us the country.
0:17:03 > 0:17:09The more obscure ones will score fewer points. An incorrect answer will score you 100 points.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Plenty of people at home are good on capitals. See how many you can get.
0:17:13 > 0:17:19Very good. So we are looking for the country of which each of these cities is the capital.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22And we have got...
0:17:22 > 0:17:24HE READS THE LIST
0:17:28 > 0:17:31I'll read those one more time.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39So there are the cities.
0:17:39 > 0:17:45You, Sophie, now need to find the most obscure country of which one is the capital.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47What are you thinking?
0:17:47 > 0:17:52I think I am going to go with Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia.
0:17:52 > 0:17:59Malaysia you are saying. As always, we are trying to find the most obscure answer there
0:17:59 > 0:18:05that the fewest people said. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Is it right and how many people said it?
0:18:05 > 0:18:07It's right.
0:18:11 > 0:18:1238.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Not bad. Richard, Kuala Lumpur.
0:18:18 > 0:18:25Well done, Sophie. Safe start. I'm looking forward to Adam making up a country and it being pointless.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29Thanks very much. Stephen, there are the cities.
0:18:29 > 0:18:36- How good are you on your capitals? - Poor. Not very good. Geography's not my best subject.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38I think I'll go for Phnom Penh.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40And I think it's...
0:18:40 > 0:18:42North Vietnam.
0:18:42 > 0:18:47Phnom Penh. And you are saying North Vietnam.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50What do you think, Gary?
0:18:50 > 0:18:52I think it might be wrong.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55LAUGHTER
0:18:55 > 0:19:02Let's find out. Phnom Penh. Is that the capital of North Vietnam and, if it is, how many knew that?
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Bad luck, Stephen. Bad luck. That is an incorrect answer.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14- You score the maximum of 100 points. Richard?- Sorry, Stephen.
0:19:14 > 0:19:21The good news is Gary was right - you are wrong. I won't give you the answer in case Roger wants a go.
0:19:21 > 0:19:27We are looking for the countries of which these cities are the capitals.
0:19:27 > 0:19:33OK, Roger, you're the last to go, so if you like you can talk us through everything on it.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37Phnom Penh, I think he was nearly right. It's North Korea.
0:19:37 > 0:19:43But I'm not 100% certain. It could be South. So I'll go to Vienna, Austria.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48Vienna, Austria, you are going to say. There it is.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51A nice, safe option
0:19:51 > 0:19:55after Stephen's high score. OK, Vienna, Austria.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59Is that right and how many people said it?
0:19:59 > 0:20:01There we are - it's right.
0:20:02 > 0:20:0373.
0:20:03 > 0:20:09It doesn't matter, though. It's lower than 100. 73 for Vienna, Austria.
0:20:09 > 0:20:15Very big score. Could keep Stephen and Gary in the game. Phnom Penh is actually Cambodia.
0:20:15 > 0:20:21It would have scored 19 points. Another very big score was Kingston, surprisingly.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26The capital of Jamaica. It would have scored 78 points.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30- Riga. Alexander? - I've been there. Latvia.
0:20:30 > 0:20:36Very popular for stag weekends. It's got more going for it than that. And Doha,
0:20:36 > 0:20:40the capital of Qatar. It would have scored you 16.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43OK, we're halfway through the round.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Well, 38, Sophie.
0:20:46 > 0:20:51Who'd have thought that would be the lowest score in this round?
0:20:51 > 0:20:57Then we go up to 73, Roger and John. Gary and Stephen are the high scorers on 100.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01You'll have to answer as cleverly as you can, Gary.
0:21:01 > 0:21:06OK, can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:21:07 > 0:21:13OK, we're going to put six more capital cities on the board and here they are.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15HE READS THE LIST
0:21:20 > 0:21:22I'll read those one more time.
0:21:27 > 0:21:32We are looking for the country of which these are the capital.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36You want the ones the fewest of our 100 people knew. John?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Right...
0:21:38 > 0:21:41I'm going to go for...
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Tehran. Capital of Iran.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Tehran, capital of Iran.
0:21:47 > 0:21:53There's your red line. If Tehran gets you below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:21:53 > 0:21:59Let's see if Tehran is indeed the capital of Iran and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Down it comes.
0:22:03 > 0:22:0555.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12Very newsworthy capital, which is probably why it scores so high.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15That takes your total up to 128.
0:22:15 > 0:22:21- Richard?- Yeah, another pretty big score. The pressure on Gary to get his team through to the next round.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Absolutely. OK, then, Gary.
0:22:23 > 0:22:28We are looking for the countries of which these cities are the capitals.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30John and Roger are on 128.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33If you can score 27 or less with this answer,
0:22:33 > 0:22:39you are through to the head-to-head and we will be saying goodbye to John and Roger.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41What do you think?
0:22:42 > 0:22:49There's one obscure one up there and I'm just not confident enough to go for that one.
0:22:49 > 0:22:54I will go for Sofia and hopefully, it's Bulgaria.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Sofia, Bulgaria. Here's your red line.
0:22:57 > 0:23:02If Sofia is indeed the capital of Bulgaria and gets you below that red line,
0:23:02 > 0:23:05you are through to the head-to-head.
0:23:05 > 0:23:10Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Sofia, Bulgaria.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12It's right. Very well done, Gary.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Down it comes.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Oh!
0:23:16 > 0:23:19APPLAUSE
0:23:21 > 0:23:2637, that scores you, taking your total up to 137.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Is that good enough?
0:23:28 > 0:23:31- Richard?- Yeah, a lot of big scores in this round.
0:23:31 > 0:23:37People do know their capitals. But the door just slightly ajar in case Adam gets a wrong answer.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42Adam, you are on 38. The highest scorers are Gary and Stephen on 137.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47If you can score 98 or less, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:23:47 > 0:23:5098 or less. Talk us through the board.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53I'm pretty certain on three of the four,
0:23:53 > 0:23:59so I'll resist the temptation to go for a low score and go for something safe, or hope it's safe.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Talk us through the ones you've got there.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06I think Canberra is Australia, I think Kabul is Iraq,
0:24:06 > 0:24:10but I'll go for Prague being the Czech Republic.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Prague, Czech Republic, you say.
0:24:12 > 0:24:18Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Prague, Czech Republic. Good luck.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Yeah, well done, it's right
0:24:22 > 0:24:25and you are through to the head-to-head. Down it comes.
0:24:25 > 0:24:2636.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31- APPLAUSE - Taking your total up to 74.
0:24:33 > 0:24:39- Richard?- Well played, Adam. What was the risky one you were thinking of, Gary?- It was Kampala.
0:24:39 > 0:24:44- But I was only going to guess at what it might be. - What would you have gone for?
0:24:44 > 0:24:50- I was thinking it might be Uganda. - You'd have been in the next round if you had said Uganda.
0:24:50 > 0:24:55Unlucky. Best answer on the board. Uganda, 12 points it would have scored you.
0:24:55 > 0:25:00You have to trust your gut instinct sometimes. Kabul is not Iraq. It's Afghanistan.
0:25:00 > 0:25:0446 points. And Canberra, a very high scorer - Australia, of course.
0:25:04 > 0:25:0783 points.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09Unlucky, guys.
0:25:09 > 0:25:15Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round 2, the losing pair with the highest score is Stephen and Gary - 137.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19Pretty close though between you and John and Roger.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- Oh, Kampala!- I know.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28It was one I wasn't totally confident on and we needed to get less than 100.
0:25:28 > 0:25:33- Yeah, yeah.- Cheers.- Thanks so much for playing. Great contestants.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35APPLAUSE
0:25:35 > 0:25:42But for the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.
0:25:47 > 0:25:52Well done, Sophie and Adam, John and Roger. You are through to the head-to-head.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57Only one pair can make it through to today's final and play for the jackpot which stands
0:25:57 > 0:25:59at a whopping £13,750.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02APPLAUSE
0:26:03 > 0:26:06You now go head to head on the best of three questions.
0:26:06 > 0:26:12For each question, each pair gives me just one answer and you are now allowed to confer.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and you will win that question.
0:26:17 > 0:26:23The pair who get the best of three will be playing for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29OK, here is your first question.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:26:34 > 0:26:39to name as many post-war Labour Chancellors as they could.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Post-war Labour Chancellors. Richard?
0:26:41 > 0:26:46Yeah, any Labour MP or peer who has been Chancellor of the Exchequer
0:26:46 > 0:26:50from after the 1945 General Election through to the start of 2011.
0:26:50 > 0:26:55There are eight names on the list. See how many you can get at home.
0:26:55 > 0:27:00Sophie and Adam, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you go first.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03We are looking for post-war Labour Chancellors.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06WHISPERING
0:27:06 > 0:27:11OK, Sophie and Adam, have we reached a consensus?
0:27:11 > 0:27:16Yeah. I think we're going to play it safe and go with Alistair Darling.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20John and Roger, you can now discuss out loud.
0:27:20 > 0:27:27- We're going back a bit further in time.- We're a bit older than them. - Yeah. A lot older in fact.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- We're going to go for Denis Healey. - Denis Healey.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34OK, we have Alistair Darling and Denis Healey. Sophie and Adam,
0:27:34 > 0:27:39Alistair Darling, let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49APPLAUSE
0:27:49 > 0:27:54A surprisingly low score there for Alistair Darling - 21.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Denis Healey, John and Roger have said.
0:27:57 > 0:28:03- How do you think he's going to perform against 21 from Alistair Darling?- We'll see.
0:28:03 > 0:28:09I think we probably will. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Denis Healey.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Yeah, it's right.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20Through it goes. Very well done indeed, down to 5.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22APPLAUSE
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Very good.
0:28:25 > 0:28:325 beats 21. John and Roger, you are ahead after our first question, one-nil. Richard?
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Well played, John and Roger.
0:28:34 > 0:28:40Denis Healey, appointed by Wilson, but was James Callaghan's Chancellor throughout the end of the '70s.
0:28:40 > 0:28:46Hugh Gaitskell, appointed by Attlee, a pointless answer. Well done if you said Gaitskell at home.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50Hugh Dalton, 1 point, resigned for leaking budget secrets.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54Stafford Cripps with 2. Roy Jenkins, 3, was one of Wilson's Chancellors.
0:28:54 > 0:29:00As was James Callaghan. He went on to lead the party. He got 5. There's Denis Healey with 5.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Alistair Darling, Gordon Brown's Chancellor, 21.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07And Gordon Brown on 51 was Tony Blair's Chancellor.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11Thanks very much, Richard. Here is your second question.
0:29:11 > 0:29:17Sophie and Adam, you must win this question to stay in the game and play for that jackpot of £13,750.
0:29:17 > 0:29:22John and Roger, if you win this question, you are through to the final.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26OK, here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:29:26 > 0:29:31to name as many Steven Spielberg films of the 1980s as they could.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35We're looking for any full-length feature film made for cinema release
0:29:35 > 0:29:41for which Steven Spielberg received a directing credit between January 1st, 1980, and December 31st, 1989.
0:29:41 > 0:29:48We're looking for any of the seven films that Steven Spielberg received a directing credit for in the 1980s.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52OK, John and Roger, you go first this time.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55Hmm... We're not sure whether it's in the '80s,
0:29:55 > 0:30:02but one of my favourite films of ever, and I hope it's him that's done it, it's ET.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05You're going to say ET, your favourite film of ever.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Of ever.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Sophie and Adam, you can now talk out loud. ET has gone.
0:30:11 > 0:30:16Well, in that case, I think we're left with Indiana Jones films.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20- And we'll go with Indiana Jones... - The later one is probably better.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22And The Temple Of Doom?
0:30:22 > 0:30:26- Temple Of Doom.- Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom.
0:30:26 > 0:30:32I'm so sorry it wasn't Sophie saying that because she'd have said "Indi-AH-na Jones".
0:30:32 > 0:30:37Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom. We have ET from John and Roger.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41We have from Sophie and Adam Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44John and Roger, ET: The Extra-Terrestrial.
0:30:44 > 0:30:50Let's see if Steven Spielberg did direct that in the 1980s and if he did, how many people said it.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54There we are, of course. It's right.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Oh, but it's a...
0:30:57 > 0:30:59APPLAUSE
0:30:59 > 0:31:03It's a safe answer, but it's definitely correct.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Sophie and Adam...
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Yours sounds good. Is it right?
0:31:09 > 0:31:14Did Steven Spielberg direct Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom?
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Only one way to find out.
0:31:16 > 0:31:22Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25It's right.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29It's right and it beats 57.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33It's still going down. Still going down... 4.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35APPLAUSE
0:31:35 > 0:31:38That's a great answer, Sophie and Adam.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41You did exactly what you had to do.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45After two questions, you are both equal, one point apiece.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49- Richard?- Yeah, very well played. ET, far and away the biggest answer.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53Let's take a look at all the films on the list.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Empire Of The Sun,
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Christian Bale played the boy in that, the JG Ballard book.
0:31:58 > 0:32:03Always with Richard Dreyfuss and Holly Hunter also scored 3.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07There's the Indiana Jones movies - Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
0:32:07 > 0:32:10and Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade which was 1989.
0:32:10 > 0:32:15Both scored 4. The Color Purple on 6, Raiders Of The Lost Ark on 8 and there's ET on 57.
0:32:15 > 0:32:21Thanks very much, Richard. OK, well, that makes this third question all the more exciting.
0:32:21 > 0:32:26Whoever wins this question is through to the final
0:32:26 > 0:32:30and will be playing for that £13,750 jackpot. Good luck, both pairs.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:32:33 > 0:32:39to name as many chess pieces that can move diagonally as they could.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43Chess pieces that can move diagonally. Richard?
0:32:43 > 0:32:49Yeah, we're looking for any chess piece that can move diagonally from a stationary position.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Sophie and Adam, you go first this time.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56We're going to go with "pawn".
0:32:56 > 0:33:00- Pawn.- Yes.- Not always the answer to everything.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03LAUGHTER
0:33:07 > 0:33:11But that is what you are going to go with in this instance.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15John and Roger, what are you going to go for? You can talk out loud.
0:33:15 > 0:33:21- Most people know the bishop.- King. - We'll go for the king. - You're going to go for the king.
0:33:21 > 0:33:26So we have pawn and we have king. In the order they were given, Sophie and Adam said "pawn",
0:33:26 > 0:33:30let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said "pawn".
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Very well done.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36It's right.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Down it goes... 40.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41APPLAUSE
0:33:43 > 0:33:47- What do you think, Sophie and Adam? 40?- It will be close.- Very close.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51- That's quite high.- It is quite high. - Higher than I was expecting.
0:33:51 > 0:33:58John and Roger, you said "king". Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said "king".
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Good luck.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03It's right.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08- APPLAUSE - 54.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13So after three questions,
0:34:13 > 0:34:19a very, very close-fought head-to-head, Sophie and Adam are through to the final 2-1.
0:34:19 > 0:34:25- Richard?- Great head-to-head. Well played, everybody. "Pawn" was the best answer up there.- Was it?- Yeah.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27Let's take a look at all four.
0:34:33 > 0:34:40OK, thanks, Richard. So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid it's John and Roger.
0:34:40 > 0:34:45- Never mind.- Well, three great answers from you there.
0:34:45 > 0:34:50- Did you know those other Steven Spielberg films, that he directed all of those?- Vaguely.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54The trouble is, it's not good enough when the pressure's on.
0:34:54 > 0:35:00- We will see you again next time. - Thank you.- When hopefully you'll make it through to the final.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05- Thanks very much for playing. You've been great contestants.- Thank you. APPLAUSE
0:35:06 > 0:35:12For Sophie and Adam, it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £13,750.
0:35:19 > 0:35:25Congratulations, Sophie and Adam. You've seen off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27APPLAUSE
0:35:31 > 0:35:35You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:35 > 0:35:41At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands, should you need to be reminded,
0:35:41 > 0:35:43at £13,750.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45APPLAUSE
0:35:46 > 0:35:51The rules are very simple. To win that money, you just have to find a pointless answer
0:35:51 > 0:35:56that none of our 100 people could think of. We've had two pointless answers today.
0:35:56 > 0:36:02You only need to find one more to go home with that money. First, you've got to choose a category from:
0:36:06 > 0:36:08I'm leaning towards Literature.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12- You're leaning towards Literature? - I'm not sure.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14- Um...- Literature?
0:36:14 > 0:36:16- Are you sure? No?- We'll go for...
0:36:16 > 0:36:20Shall we go for Hollywood Legends? Do you know more about that?
0:36:20 > 0:36:23I don't know much about either, so...
0:36:23 > 0:36:29- Shall we go with Literature? I could probably pull one out of the bag. I'll make one up.- Sure?- Yeah.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33- OK, we're going to go for Literature. - Literature?- Yeah.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38OK, let's find out what that question is.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42What would you like it to be?
0:36:42 > 0:36:46- Preferably about Harry Potter or something. - Harry Potter would be good.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50It might be. You never know. Here we go. Good luck.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:36:53 > 0:36:58to name as many Booker Prize-winning novels as they could.
0:36:58 > 0:37:04- Richard?- We're looking for the title of any novel that's won the Booker Prize since its inception in 1969
0:37:04 > 0:37:08all the way through to and including the 2010 award.
0:37:08 > 0:37:14The one thing we won't accept is the Lost Booker, the 1970 thing that they gave out recently.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17But any novel that has won the Booker Prize.
0:37:17 > 0:37:22In years where it's been given to more than one, we'll accept either of those answers.
0:37:22 > 0:37:27Thanks very much. You have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:27 > 0:37:33All you need to win that £13,750 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36Your 60 seconds start now.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39OK, I'm very sorry, Adam.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41I might as well leave.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44- I know one.- You know one? That's better than me.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48- The Life Of Pi.- The Life Of Pi. - I do know that.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- Um... But that's probably quite popular.- Yeah.
0:37:51 > 0:37:56- Other than that, I'm very stuck, I'm afraid.- Yeah, same.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Um...
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Um...
0:38:01 > 0:38:05I...really, really don't know any.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Um...
0:38:07 > 0:38:13I think... There's a book that my mum was really a big fan of and tried to make me read -
0:38:13 > 0:38:17something called Number Devil. It's all about maths.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Don't think it won the Booker Prize, but we can say it anyway.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23It had some award. That's two.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25I know Amis won one,
0:38:25 > 0:38:28but I only know London Fields by him.
0:38:28 > 0:38:34- We could say that.- Yes.- OK, we have three books. I know one of them won the Booker Prize.- Cool. All right.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36OK, you're happy with that?
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- No.- We're going to have to be.
0:38:39 > 0:38:44OK, we were looking for Booker Prize-winners. I now need your three answers.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48- OK, we're going to go for The Life Of Pi.- Life Of Pi.- The Number Devil.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52- The Number Devil.- And London Fields. - And London Fields.
0:38:52 > 0:38:57Of those three, which do you think is your most likely shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:57 > 0:39:02- Life Of Pi is the only one I know that won the Booker Prize. - We'll put that last.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06- I don't think...- We don't think the other two are Booker Prize-winners.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10Of the remaining two, which is your least likely?
0:39:10 > 0:39:16- The Number Devil.- The Number Devil. - It won some award, but I don't know which one.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20OK, let's put them up on the board in that order and here we go.
0:39:23 > 0:39:29OK, we were looking for Booker Prize-winners. You said this was your least confident answer.
0:39:29 > 0:39:35You only have to find one pointless, remember, to win that jackpot of £13,750.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38OK, let's see, The Number Devil...
0:39:38 > 0:39:43Let's see if it's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45Oh, bad luck.
0:39:45 > 0:39:50Bad luck. As you guessed, that is an incorrect answer.
0:39:50 > 0:39:56So I'm afraid not a pointless answer. You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:56 > 0:40:01£13,750. Shall we just think about that for a second? What would you do with that?
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Well, it's slipping out of our reach quickly.
0:40:04 > 0:40:09- Mind you, Ben Mitchell swam into your head at the last minute. - Indeed.
0:40:09 > 0:40:14- As if just...- If only it was EastEnders characters now. - I know. We'd be sorted.
0:40:14 > 0:40:20Who's to say London Fields or Life Of Pi isn't going to win you that jackpot?
0:40:20 > 0:40:25London Fields is your next answer. We're looking for winners of the Booker Prize.
0:40:25 > 0:40:32London Fields. This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £13,750.
0:40:32 > 0:40:38Let's see if London Fields is right and if it is, how many people said London Fields. Very, very good luck.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Hmm...
0:40:42 > 0:40:48Bad luck, an incorrect answer. Which means you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52OK, your last answer, the one that you know won the Booker Prize.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55When I say "know"...
0:40:55 > 0:40:59- This was the answer you had the most faith in to be pointless.- Yes.
0:40:59 > 0:41:05It has to be right and go all the way down to zero for you to win that jackpot of £13,750.
0:41:05 > 0:41:10Let's see if Life Of Pi did indeed win the Booker Prize and if it did,
0:41:10 > 0:41:13let's see how many people said Life Of Pi.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18Well, it's right. It's right, it did win the Booker Prize.
0:41:18 > 0:41:24This now has to go all the way down to zero. We don't know what our 100 people know about the Booker Prize.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Down it goes...
0:41:26 > 0:41:28Ohh!
0:41:29 > 0:41:31APPLAUSE
0:41:34 > 0:41:37- Never mind.- Never mind.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43But for the memories of two people,
0:41:43 > 0:41:47you would be leaving with £13,750.
0:41:47 > 0:41:53Oh, I'm so sorry. Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer,
0:41:53 > 0:41:58so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £13,750 which rolls over on to the next show,
0:41:58 > 0:42:05- but you were fantastic contestants and you do take home our Pointless trophy.- Thank you for having us.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:42:10 > 0:42:15- Richard?- Unlucky, Sophie and Adam. There were so many pointless answers as well.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19There are only 44 answers overall and 37 of them are pointless.
0:42:19 > 0:42:25The only novels that got any points - Life Of Pi, Remains Of The Day, Midnight's Children,
0:42:25 > 0:42:30Wolf Hall, The Blind Assassin, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha and Vernon God Little.
0:42:30 > 0:42:35If you said anything apart from those, you got a pointless answer.
0:42:35 > 0:42:40Here are a few of them - Ian McEwan's Amsterdam, Anita Brookner's Hotel Du Lac,
0:42:40 > 0:42:45Schindler's Ark, the book on which Schindler's List was based - Thomas Keneally.
0:42:45 > 0:42:50The Inheritance Of Loss, Iris Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea and The White Tiger.
0:42:50 > 0:42:55All of those were pointless. Very, very bad luck. You played very well throughout.
0:42:55 > 0:43:02- Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Sophie and Adam, but thank you for playing.- Thank you.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04APPLAUSE
0:43:06 > 0:43:10Nobody has won our jackpot today, which means it rolls over on to the next show
0:43:10 > 0:43:15when we will be playing for - wait for this - £14,750.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17APPLAUSE
0:43:18 > 0:43:24- Join us then to see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard. - Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me.
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