Episode 58 Pointless

Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong. A warm welcome to Pointless,

where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's players.

First we welcome Jill and Frances. You are our first pair today. How do you two know each other?

-We went to library college together 30 years ago.

-Library college?

-Yes.

-We bonded over the Dewey Decimal classification system.

-Does it say, "Silence is golden"?

-Of course!

-We get stamping lessons.

-"Ssh!" Wow.

-Why didn't we go to library college?

-That would have been awesome.

-What do you hope will come up, Jill?

-I'd like geography to come up.

-That's your strong suit?

-Yeah.

-Very good. Frances, how about you?

-I'd like literature to come up.

-Wow(!)

-Of course.

I'm in a book group, so I'm hoping the books we do will come up.

-A bibliophile through and through.

-Indeed, yes.

-Very best of luck. It's great having you on the show.

Next we welcome Nina and Matt. How do you know each other?

We met two years ago at a Shaking Outs gig, which is my band.

I was just about to say you should be in a band.

-And now we live together, so yeah.

-The Shaking Outs. You are Matt of the Shaking Outs.

-You were wondering who it was. It's me.

-Very good.

-Where are you based?

-We're based in sunny Leeds.

-Excellent. Nina, what do you do?

-Em, I'm a student.

-I'm doing a Master's in Events Management.

-In Leeds?

-Yes.

-Good.

-What do you hope will come up?

-Hopefully something to do with Brazil, cos I'm from there!

When did you leave Brazil?

-When I was seven.

-I see.

-And I went to Barcelona.

When did you leave Barcelona?

-I left when I was 17 and came to London.

-To London.

-So any of these three...

-So how long have you lived in England for?

About four years now.

You speak it brilliantly, might I just say.

It's brilliant having you here.

Next, we welcome back Andy and Ian. Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

-This is your second chance. Remind us what happened last time.

-We started very well.

-Mm-hm.

Sport, then literature and then we nose-dived somewhat.

-Andy, remind us what you do.

-I'm a geography teacher.

-A teacher.

-A geography teacher.

Not an English teacher.

But you must have rubbed against a bit of English academia along the way.

I did my English GCSE without reading any of my books at all, so it didn't bode well.

-What sort of grade did you get? An A!

-I did get an A.

-Without reading any books at all.

-Without reading any of the literature set books.

Also, you've just told every one of your GCSE students

-that...

-LAUGHTER

-..you did no coursework whatsoever.

-Yeah, I didn't think that through.

Andy, what are you hoping will come up to redeem yourselves?

-I'd like sport, really.

-Sport. Ian, how about you?

-A bit of music.

-Anything on Doctor Who, please.

-Doctor Who. The new version or the old one or all Doctor Who?

-All Doctor Who, yeah.

-Right.

-Fingers crossed. Any Doctor Who?

-No, well, he'll be unannounced if he does.

He may come in from another dimension. You never know, do you?

Very best of luck to you. And finally, Kevin and Aimie. How do you know each other?

Well, as Aimie's my daughter, I've known her since she was born.

-What about that!

-She is the second daughter of a second son.

They're supposed to be incredibly lucky, so we've come here to see.

-Has this borne fruit?

-Well, not historically!

-Have you ever heard your dad say that before?

-No.

-That's probably why I've not noticed before.

-This is the first time you've been produced as a talisman.

-Good luck with that. Aimie, what do you do?

-I work for the council.

I provide a service for homeless people, people with disabilities,

-admin, school assistants. Pretty much admin with any part of the council.

-Right.

-What do you like to do?

-When we're not working, we both partake in a pantomime society,

-which has done quite recently...

-Last night.

You were just telling me you were on stage last night in Sheffield.

We were, with the little pantomime society that we both enjoy.

-What's the name of it?

-FOPS - Frecheville Original Pantomime Society.

-Will the Fops be watching?

Yes, they asked us to say a little something for them! Fingers crossed.

We will find out more about all of you. There's only one person left for me to introduce.

When the going gets obscure, he gets going.

-He's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya.

Hello.

Should be a good show. Only one returning pair.

Andy has got some making up to do in front of his many pupils.

We've got three librarians or ex-librarians. They'll enjoy Round One.

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

but we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.

Everyone's trying for a pointless answer, that none of them gave.

Then we'll add £250 to the jackpot.

Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 and today's jackpot starts off at...

£8,500.

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 will be eliminated. An incorrect answer

will score the maximum of 100 points.

OK, our first category this afternoon is...Words.

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

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

OK.

Let's see what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many words ending in "ower" as they could. Richard, what can you add to that?

Well, we're looking for any word in the Oxford English Dictionary ending "ower".

-We won't allow hyphenated words, abbreviated words or proper nouns.

-OK. Right, Jill and Frances,

you all drew lots and this afternoon you get to go first.

Frances...I just think this is a dream question for you.

I'll saw bower.

-Bower?

-Yes.

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

35.

35.

-For bower, Richard.

-It can mean all sorts of things - a dwelling, someone who makes bows.

-Now then, Nina...

-Yeah.

Mine is probably quite typical.

-I'll saw borrower. Someone that borrows.

-Borrower.

No, that's good.

She's lived in this country for four years.

She's already come up with a better answer than me.

Well done, Nina.

Let's see if borrower is correct and how many people said it. ..It's correct.

Very, very well done, Nina!

-Very well done, indeed. Borrower scores you two points. Richard?

-Yeah, great answer, Nina.

It shouldn't be a Brazilian getting that. It should be a librarian.

There you go. So then, Andy, what's the most obscure word ending in "ower"?

I can think of a few.

I think I'll have to gamble a little bit as there's been good answers. Bellower.

-A bellower.

-Someone that bellows.

-Indeed.

You are hoping to score as few points as possible with bellower. Borrower scored only two.

Let's see how bellower does.

Very well done.

Down it goes! Oh! Very well done, indeed.

That's a great answer.

-One point for bellower.

-Yeah, very well played. Nina scored two,

-but you went "below her".

-LAUGHTER

That's very good.

-Thank you.

-No, very good.

-One who bellows.

They define bellowing as making the sound of a cow or bull when it's excited.

-Aimie?

-Well, em... As the question was words ending in "ower",

I'm hoping that a different sound might help with a low answer, so I'm going to say tower.

You want as few points as possible. Let's see if it's right and how many people said tower.

It's right. ..Oh!

Sorry.

-That's quite a high score there. It was a good avenue to try, but high-scoring.

-It didn't work.

-78 that scores.

-Yeah, a big score. It can also be someone who tows.

It's one of these ones that means all sorts of different things.

Well, thank you, Richard. Halfway through. Let's take a quick look at the scores.

On one point, Andy and Ian, looking very strong indeed.

Up one from that, Nina and Matt on two. Very, very, very well done.

Then we travel up to 35, Frances and Jill. Not a terrible score.

Then we go up to 78 where Aimie and Kevin are sitting.

Kevin, you'll have to find a really, really obscure answer to stay beyond this round.

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

OK, remember we are looking for words ending in "ower".

Kevin, you're the high scorers on 78.

I can only think of the look that I gave to Aimie when she said tower, so I'll go for glower.

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

It's right!

19 that scores.

It takes your total up to 97.

-Richard.

-Yeah, good answer, Kevin. An angry or fierce look. A glower.

Now then, Ian, you're on one. You're the low scorers. The high scorers are Kevin and Aimie.

If you can score 95 or less, you are through to the next round.

The minute you said it, all sorts of words popped through my head that I'm not sure are words!

You suddenly doubt your spelling under the studio lights, so...

Since the studio lights are quite overpowering, I'm going to go for overpower.

Overpower. If that scores you under 95, you are through. Here's your red line.

Let's see how overpower does. Overpower.

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

Very good!

Wow. That's a pointless answer. It adds £250 to the jackpot, taking the total up to £8,750.

It scores you nothing, leaving you at a very impressive low one.

Very well played, Ian and Andy. Fantastic scores.

To defeat someone or something with superior force.

Very good. So then, Matt, we're looking for words ending "ower".

You are on two. The high scorers are Kevin and Aimie on 97.

If you can score 94 or less, you are through to the next round.

I won't impress you as much as Nina did. I'm going to play it safe-ish, even though now

-I don't know any words ending "ower". I thought I did, but...

-Suddenly...

-They're all gone!

They've all gone. Em, but living in Leeds,

and being a Manchester United follower, I get a lot of abuse.

So I'm going to go with follower.

Follower. There is your red line. If you can get below that,

you are through to the next round. Very best of luck. How many people said follower?

There you are. You're through. Well done.

Down it goes to seven. That's a great answer, Matt.

Lovely low score. It takes your score up to an impressive single figures nine.

Yeah, well played. Nina scored two and you couldn't quite follow 'er.

I'll tell you what follower means if you want. Somebody who follows.

-I've got to work with what I've got here.

-You're doing great stuff.

A kind of alchemy. Now then, Jill, you're on 35.

The high scorers are Kevin and Aimie on 97. If you score 61 or less,

you're through to the next round.

We're big Scrabble fans. We play with each other all the time.

-Trying to get a low score and a high-pointing Scrabble score, I came up with dower.

-Dower.

There is your red line. If you can get below that, you are through.

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

Through to the next round you go.

Ah!

-Very well done, Jill. Dower scores you 15 and takes you up to 50.

-Well played, Jill.

Dower - the act of giving a dowry.

Also the proportion of a husband's will left to a wife. And a Scrabble word!

LAUGHTER

There's lots and lots of pointless answers, some very well known words.

Cauliflower, a pointless answer. Well done if you said that.

Horsepower, again. Swallower - someone who swallows,

or it's a deep sea fish which eats fish that are bigger than it.

LAUGHTER

-Imagine such a thing.

-How?!

-It's got a distendable stomach.

-What about its jaws, poor thing?

-Let's look at some more.

Miaower. Somebody who miaows. Makes me miss my cats.

Narrower is a pointless answer, sunflower. Very well-known words.

Tomorrower. That's somebody who puts something off to tomorrow.

Wallflower and powwower. That's another lovely word.

Somebody who powwows. Well done if you got those at home. Some surprisingly well-known words.

-Yeah.

-Let's look at the most popular answers, which most of our 100 people said.

In third it was mower, which would have scored you 70 points.

Then power, 76. And I'm sorry, Aimie - top of the pile was tower with 78.

Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score - Kevin and Aimie.

You were on stage last night!

Only a matter of hours ago, you were picking up gladioli from the stage, waving them.

-What would you like to see next time?

-That again, actually!

-I'd know next time!

-On that note, we will see you again next time. I look forward to that.

Great contestants. Thank you.

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 will leave after this round.

Our category for Round Two is...

Television.

Can you all decide who is going to go first, who'll go second?

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

OK, our Round Two question this afternoon concerns...

TV shows and their settings.

We'll show you a list of TV shows. We asked 100 people to tell us in which UK town or city

-each of them is mainly or wholly set. Richard?

-We'll show you six shows on each pass.

The more obscure answers score fewer points, but an incorrect answer will score 100 points.

-Have a go at home.

-Thanks. So we're looking for the UK town or city each of these TV shows

is mainly or wholly set in. And we have got...

HE READS LIST

I'll read those one more time.

As always, you are looking for the answer the fewest people knew.

-So then, Frances, we come to you.

-Right.

-Do you watch a lot of television?

-I do, yes, but I can't remember where these were set,

so I'll go with the one I'm sure of. Our Friends In The North, it starts off in Newcastle.

OK, Newcastle. Let's see if that is right and how many people said Newcastle.

Good luck, Frances.

Very well done.

13!

A great score, Frances. Very well done.

-13 for Our Friends In The North.

-Yeah, well played, Frances.

From the '90s. It featured a future Doctor Who and a future James Bond.

-Extraordinary. And...

-Christopher Eccleston and Daniel Craig.

-And Mark Strong.

-And Gina McKee.

-For heaven's sake, what a cast! Matt...

-Right.

There are the TV shows. You need to supply me with the UK city or town

where the most obscure one was set.

I should know Inspector Morse. My dad has the soundtrack. But I don't.

I'm debating between Fawlty Towers and Phoenix Nights. I'm not so confident on Fawlty Towers,

-so Phoenix Nights, Bolton.

-Phoenix Nights, Bolton, you say.

Is that right and if it is how many people said it?

It's right.

22 for Phoenix Nights.

Not a bad score at all, Matt. Very well done.

-Phoenix Nights, 22.

-Good answer. Peter Kay's show.

Set in his home town, Bolton. It's also Vernon Kay's home town, but they are not related.

-You wouldn't know by looking at them.

-You'd never think they're twins.

-Could be brothers.

-Wow.

OK, now then, Ian. You're the last person, so talk us through them if you like.

I want you to find the most obscure one and tell me which UK town or city it is set in.

I know Taggart, I think, is in Glasgow.

I'm fairly sure Inspector Morse is Oxford. I once passed through the filming of it there.

I feel Boys From The Blackstuff is Liverpool,

but...I think I'm going to go for Fawlty Towers.

I hope people remember the action, but forgot the town.

-And I hope also it was set in Torquay.

-Torquay, you're going to say for Fawlty Towers.

HE SIGHS

Let's see if Fawlty Towers is set in Torquay and how many people knew that answer.

Very well done, Ian.

33.

Right on one score, possibly less right on the other. 33.

-Torquay.

-Well played, Ian. You gave us correct answers for them all.

Let's see if that was the answer you should have given. Taggart is Glasgow. That scored 53,

so you did well to avoid that. Inspector Morse is Oxford.

That would have scored 47. Again, well done.

Boys From The Blackstuff, Liverpool. That would have scored you 20.

But you didn't do too much damage. Our Friends In The North was the best answer, Frances.

Thanks, Richard. Let's look at the scores. On 13, Frances and Jill,

looking very strong there.

Up to Matt and Nina on 22. Not bad.

Up a little bit more, Ian and Andy quite far ahead on 33.

None of those are bad scores, but, Andy, you have the biggest job in the next pass, so good luck.

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

OK, we'll put six more TV shows on the board. Here they come.

HE READS LIST

I'll read those one more time.

We're looking for the UK town or city in which these are mainly set.

You want the one the fewest knew.

Andy, you're the high scorers on 33. You have to find the best answer.

Yeah, I think I know three of them, actually.

One is very obvious. I'll avoid it. The one I'll play is Torchwood,

which I believe is set in Cardiff.

Torchwood, Cardiff. Let's see if that is right. There's no red line for you.

How many people said Torchwood, Cardiff?

It's right.

26,

that scores you, taking your total up to 59.

-Torchwood in Cardiff, Richard.

-Well played. The Doctor Who spin-off.

-It's set and filmed in Cardiff. It's an anagram of Doctor Who.

-Nina.

The high scorers are Andy and Ian on 59. If you can score 36 or less with your answer,

you are through to the Head to Head. Did you know any of these shows?

Yeah.

I actually quite liked The Office, but I can't... I've gone blank to where that is.

And I actually knew Torchwood, but that's gone.

I watched Queer As Folk. Not a clue.

So I'll have to go with the really obvious one and say EastEnders, London.

EastEnders, London.

OK, well, let's see if that's right

and, if it is, how many people said EastEnders, London? There's your red line, Nina.

If you can get below that red line, you are definitely through.

How many people said EastEnders, London? Is it right?

Ohh!

Oh, that is high. That, I'm afraid, scores 93 points and takes your total up to 115.

I'm afraid we'll be saying goodbye to you. Richard.

Unlucky, Nina, especially when you did so well in the previous round.

Set in Walford, EastEnders.

Thanks very much.

Well, Jill, you are through, but let's see how well you know your TV show settings.

Talk us through those shows.

Apart from EastEnders, I haven't seen any of them. I know The Office is set in either Slough or Reading.

Bread, I think, was in Liverpool.

Queer As Folk, I think, is in Manchester.

And Rebus is a Scottish detective, so somewhere up in Scotland.

-Queer As Folk, Manchester.

-OK, Queer As Folk, Manchester.

Is that right and how many said it?

Wow! Very, very well done, Jill.

That scores you five and takes your total up to 18.

-Richard.

-Very good answer, Jill. Again, best answer on the board.

There's also an American version set in Pittsburgh. Let's take a look at the rest of the answers.

Bread is set in Liverpool, the Carla Lane sitcom. It scored 58.

The Office is in Slough and would have scored 27.

And Rebus, based on the Ian Rankin novels, is set in Edinburgh.

And that would have scored 20. Queer As Folk, best answer.

Thank you, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid, is Nina and Matt.

-Nina, did you recognise those?

-Em, yeah, Queer As Folk, there's an American version, which I watched.

-So I was a bit puzzled by it.

-Right.

I should have gambled, really.

Well, you did incredibly well, but we'll see you again next time.

For the remaining two pairs, it gets even more exciting as we enter the Head to Head.

Very well done, Andy and Ian, Jill and Frances. You've made it through.

Only one pair can make it through to play for today's jackpot, which currently stands at £8,750.

You're now going head to head on the best of three questions. Each pair gives me just one answer

and you are now allowed to confer. Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair to win.

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

Let's play Pointless.

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

-to name as many "Monday" singles as they could.

-Yeah, we're looking for any UK Top 40 single

with the word Monday in its title, up to the start of 2011.

That's according to the music website Every Hit. If the title's been used by more than one act,

we'll only accept it once. There are seven UK hits with Monday or one of its derivatives in them.

OK, Richard. Andy and Ian, you've played best so far and get to go first.

Difficult call. We are going to take a little risk and...

say Monday Monday.

Monday Monday.

-Jill and Frances, you can now talk out loud.

-I wouldn't say pop music was our strong suit.

-No.

We could only think of two and that was one, so we'll go with our other answer!

-Tell Me Why I Don't Like Mondays.

-Tell Me Why I Don't Like Mondays. OK.

We have that and Monday Monday.

Andy and Ian have gone with Monday Monday. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

It's right!

46.

46 for Monday Monday.

Jill and Frances have gone for Tell Me Why I Don't Like Mondays.

-Think that'll be higher or lower?

-Higher. It'll be really popular.

Tell Me Why I Don't Like Mondays. Is that right and how many said it?

Good luck, Jill and Frances.

Oh!

Very, very close indeed.

Tell My Why I Don't Like Mondays scoring 50, but just beaten by Monday Monday on 46.

-So Andy and Ian are ahead one-nil. Richard.

-Yeah, very close.

I Don't Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats and Monday Monday by the Mamas and Papas. The two top answers.

There are a few others. There is a pointless answer.

It's by the Britpop band Rialto. Monday Morning 5.19.

Very well done if you got that one.

New Moon On Monday, Duran Duran, would have scored one.

Monday Morning by the Candy Skins scored three. Blue Monday, a hit for Fats Domino and then New Order.

Manic Monday by the Bangles, 41.

And Monday Monday, 46. I Don't Like Mondays right at the top on 50.

OK, here is your second question. Jill and Frances have to win it to stay in the game.

Andy and Ian, if you win it you are straight through to the final to play for that massive jackpot.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many European teams

-who played in the 2010 World Cup. Richard?

-We want any of the 13 European nations whose team played

in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. See how you do at home.

OK, Jill and Frances, you go first.

-Right. Well, my sports expert has given me a few. We'll go for Greece.

-You're going to go for Greece. OK.

-We have Greece, Andy and Ian.

-I know a lot of football nations.

It's just what nations made it to the World Cup and what ones didn't quite make it and fell by the wayside.

At the moment, I'm tempted to go Serbia. I think I'm going to play it.

It was the first thing that came into my head, so I'll play Serbia.

OK. We have Greece and Serbia.

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

for Jill and Frances.

It's right.

Nice low score. Fantastic! Lovely low score for Greece.

Very, very well done.

Well then, Ian and Andy.

If Serbia is right and it can beat 10, come lower than 10, you are through to the final.

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

It's right.

Yes! Wow!

Almost a pointless answer. Serbia - just one person said it. Brilliant.

And it beats 10, I'm afraid, Jill and Frances, which means Andy and Ian are through, 2-0.

-Richard.

-Yeah, Greece was a very good answer, but Serbia was best.

Unbeatable. Very well played, Andy.

Let's look at all 13 answers. Serbia on one, Slovenia on three and Slovakia on five.

Then Greece on 10, Switzerland, 13,

Denmark, 14. Then a big leap up to Portugal on 43,

the Netherlands on 45,

Italy, 59, Germany, 71,

Spain, the winners, on 74, France, 75, had a terrible World Cup,

as did the top answer, England on 86.

-I don't recall us being there. Were we there?

-Briefly.

So the losing pair at the end of the Head to Head is Jill and Frances.

Very tough categories, particularly in this round. Mondays?!

-Did you know any of the others?

-Manic Monday. That was it.

We're too old.

Then Greece was a brilliant answer.

-Yeah, the guys just did better.

-Yeah.

Serbia, there's no beating that kind of knowledge,

but you played brilliantly and we shall see you again next time.

Meanwhile, thanks very much for playing.

But for Andy and Ian, our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £8,750.

Congratulations, Andy and Ian. You've seen off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

which stands at a dizzying £8,750.

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

We've had one on the show today, from you with overpower in the first round, appropriately.

You only have to find one more pointless answer.

Firstly, choose a category from these three options.

What do you think?

Composers is going nowhere with us, really.

Politicians... If it's very recent we might, but I don't think so.

We don't know anything about music awards either!

So...shall we split the middle and go music awards? Happy with that?

I'm happy. You'd be going fairly solo, but I'll give you confidence.

I will happily crash and burn.

-And there's a dog collar riding on this.

-There is.

This is from last time's promise. Was that if you got to the final or you needed divine inspiration?

I think you said if you got through to the final. I think.

You are a mine of pointless information, Richard.

Let me check on my computer.

-Yeah, you said if you got through to the final.

-Are you sure?

-Mm.

Right, on it goes. OK.

While you're putting that on...

Look at that.

-Ready for action.

-Wow.

-LAUGHTER

OK, let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Mercury Music Prize winners as they could.

We're looking for any artist or group who have won the Mercury Music Prize from its inception in 1992

through to and including 2010. There are 19 artists or groups on the list.

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

All you need to win that £8,750 is for one to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.

-Do you know anything?

-No.

-Good. Neither do I.

-Elbow won something.

-Right.

-But that's quite popular.

There was a band with Xs in their name. It might have been The XXX. Or The XXs or The X.

That would be three guesses.

Um...

Going back further in time,

I can only think of random people like Aphex Twins.

And possibly... somebody like Cud.

-I'm happy with your guesses. I don't know.

-I'm not happy!

-Elbow is good, but people will say Elbow.

-Right.

-I wish I could remember this band, The XX or X.

The Aphex Twins either didn't win it or nobody's heard of them.

-So we've got three.

-Cud.

-Cud just sounds really good.

-We could guess at Cud...

-Five seconds.

-Apart from that...

-Sorry I couldn't help you.

-OK, there is your minute up.

-OK.

-We were looking for winners of the Mercury Music Prize.

I now need three answers from you.

-OK, Elbow.

-Elbow.

We are going to go for... We'll try Aphex Twin.

-Aphex Twin.

-And we are going to try...

-The XX.

-The XX.

Of those, which is your best shot?

-If they won, the Aphex Twin.

-We'll put them last, then.

Em...

-Elbow, I'm fairly sure they won, but they're very well known.

-So we'll put that first, shall we?

Very good. We'll put them up in that order. And here they are.

Now then, we were looking for Mercury Music Prize winners.

This was your least confident answer. You only need one pointless answer to win that £8,750.

-Your first answer, Elbow, you think a lot of people know that. You know that's right.

-We think.

90%.

Let's see how many people said Elbow. Very best of luck.

Well done, it's right.

That's the first thing it has to be. The second thing is pointless.

It has to go all the way down for you to leave with £8,750.

Sadly, not on this one.

-Not bad, though.

-Not bad.

-You thought it would be well known.

Six people knew that.

-You knew it wouldn't be pointless.

-I think we did.

You only have two more chances. £8,750. What would you do with that?

-£8,750.

-Andy?

There's a bit of a mortgage to pay. I'd pay off a little chunk.

I've been out in Africa in the summer and a chap is building a school in Zambia. I'd give some to him.

-Those two things, probably.

-OK. Ian?

-There's got to be some money going to something good,

then I might try to find myself a trip to see my good friends in America.

-Very good, a proper trip.

-Make a fortnight of it.

-Excellent.

Very good. We were looking for Mercury Music Prize winners. The XX is your next answer.

Let's hope nobody said that. This has to be pointless to win that £8,750.

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

Again, it's right.

It's right. Elbow, your first answer, went down to eight.

The XX, you weren't sure of the name, but you got it right.

Down to three!

Ho ho ho!

-He's done well, fantastic.

-Fantastically well. You've done incredibly well.

-We started with eight. Down to three.

-This is where it goes to a flight of fancy.

-I'm not sure.

-It came into your mind very quickly.

-Yes, there's a lot of Mercury-nominated stuff out there.

-You're right so far.

Ok, there's only one way to find out if Aphex Twin is right or not.

It is your last chance to win our jackpot today of £8,750.

We were looking for Mercury Music Prize winners. You said instantly...

First you said this very quickly and you also said that this was your most confident shot.

-If they won, yeah, maybe, but...

-All right.

Let's find out. Aphex Twin.

Is it right and, if it is, how many people said it? For the jackpot of £8,750.

Oh!

Bad luck.

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that pointless answer, so you don't win the jackpot, £8,750,

which rolls over to the next show. You have been amazing contestants and take home our Pointless trophy.

-This is the tough bit. Richard?

-Yeah, very well played, Ian.

Very good answers there.

Anyone who can namecheck Aphex Twin and Cud will recognise these names. There's lots of pointless answers.

Let's take a look at a few of them. The indie band Gomez won it, the Klaxons, M People.

All of those were pointless. PJ Harvey, Portishead,

Primal Scream won the very first one. That was a pointless answer.

Pulp won it for Different Class. Roni Size and Reprazent and Suede,

who gave their prize money to charity. Very nice people, especially the bassist, my brother.

LAUGHTER

-There you are. Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you. Did you recognise those?

-Yeah.

-I recognised some of those!

-Bad luck. Thank you so much for playing. Thank you.

Nobody's won our jackpot, so it rolls over.

On the next show, we will be playing for £9,750.

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

-Goodbye.

And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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