0:00:24 > 0:00:28Thank you very much! I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:28 > 0:00:32where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Let's meet today's players.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40So, welcome, Claire and Leigh.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42How do you two know each other?
0:00:42 > 0:00:47- We're sisters. I'm the eldest one, although I claim to be younger.- Yes.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49It doesn't work very well.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50We're both from Rochdale.
0:00:50 > 0:00:55- That's such a mean trick! - It is! They tend to believe her.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58What would be your dream round?
0:00:58 > 0:01:03- Film and TV. That's basically it. - For both of you?- Yeah.- And sport...?
0:01:03 > 0:01:05We're out!
0:01:05 > 0:01:10- Next train home, I think. - Very good. Very best of luck to you.
0:01:10 > 0:01:15Welcome back to Rick and Elle. Whose idea was it to come on here?
0:01:15 > 0:01:19- Mine, I guess. I'm the big fan. - You're the big fan.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23- Elle has no idea what's going on. - I am as well!
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Thought she was coming on Mastermind!
0:01:25 > 0:01:29- I wouldn't have done very well. - I'm sure you would.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- Very best of luck to you.- Thank you.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Next, we welcome Nana and Julie. How do you two know each other?
0:01:37 > 0:01:40We've known each other for years.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42I met Julie when she was seven.
0:01:42 > 0:01:47We've been to the same primary, secondary... She follows me!
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- What do you hope comes up this afternoon?- Words.- Yeah.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55We both studied linguistics, so words.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00- She HAS followed you!- I think I started my degree before you.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05- Yeah, so...- I'm a progidy. Pro-dig-y.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07See, words, like you say!
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Not English words!
0:02:10 > 0:02:12That's your strong suit.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15The very best of luck to you.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19And, finally, Paul and Tom. How do you know each other?
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Paul is my flatmate. I met him five years ago
0:02:21 > 0:02:26- at a music gig we were both playing at.- In the same band?
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- Different bands, same show. - What were your bands?
0:02:29 > 0:02:34- I'm in a band called David Cronenberg's Wife.- Excellent.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Mine is Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40What are you greeted by when you come onstage?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- Awkward silences! - LAUGHTER
0:02:42 > 0:02:47Very best of luck to you. We'll find out more about all of you later.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50There's only one more person to introduce.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53He's the man behind all the facts and figures.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- He's my Pointless friend, Richard.- Hello.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Quite an unusual line-up today.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Fascinating! What a spectrum!
0:03:06 > 0:03:10Yeah. We've only got one returning pair - Rick and Elle.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14I thought they were rather good and unlucky to get knocked out.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19They'll be stiff competition. We've never had a progidy before!
0:03:19 > 0:03:24So that's... Julie, we're going to keep our eye on you.
0:03:24 > 0:03:25That's all I've got to say,
0:03:25 > 0:03:28except that Round One is spectacularly lowbrow,
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Round Two more highbrow.
0:03:30 > 0:03:35- You'll have to have your wits about you.- Very good.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39We put all of our questions to 100 people before the show,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42but we want the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45The fewer people who got the answer,
0:03:45 > 0:03:47the better your chance of winning.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51Everyone wants a pointless answer, one that no-one gave.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59Nobody has won the jackpot so far this series.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01We'll add another £1,000 to it.
0:04:01 > 0:04:07That means today's jackpot starts off at a dizzying £11,000.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Right. Let's play Pointless.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24Now, each of you must give me one answer, and you cannot confer.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Whichever team has the highest score
0:04:27 > 0:04:31at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34An incorrect answer scores a maximum 100 points,
0:04:34 > 0:04:36so take care not to do that.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Right, our first category is...
0:04:43 > 0:04:44I see what you're saying!
0:04:44 > 0:04:50Can you all decide in your pairs who will go first and who is second?
0:04:50 > 0:04:54And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:04:59 > 0:05:03to name as many Eurovision Song Contest host towns and cities
0:05:03 > 0:05:06as they could.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10- Richard?- We're looking for any of the 38 towns or cities that have
0:05:10 > 0:05:13hosted the Eurovision Song Contest,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16up to the 2010 contest.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18OK, thank you very much.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Claire and Leigh, you all drew lots before the show,
0:05:22 > 0:05:25and today you get to go first.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Claire, what's the most obscure Eurovision host town or city
0:05:27 > 0:05:31you can think of? Can you think of any?
0:05:31 > 0:05:35I can, but I don't know if it's right. I'm going to go for...
0:05:35 > 0:05:36It's not right, it's Eurovision.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Erm, I'm going to go for Budapest.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Hoping to score as few as possible.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Is Budapest correct and, if it is, how many people said it?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Oh, no! Budapest is an incorrect answer,
0:05:52 > 0:05:55so you score the maximum 100 points.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Richard, Budapest?
0:05:57 > 0:06:01Yeah, unlucky, Claire. All I can tell you is
0:06:01 > 0:06:04it hasn't hosted Eurovision. That's all I've got.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Well, bad luck, Claire, but...
0:06:08 > 0:06:12I like to think an honourable mistake. Elle?
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Eurovision Song Contest. Are you a devout fan?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18I haven't watched it since Cliff Richard,
0:06:18 > 0:06:22if he was in it. I've not watched it for years.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26- So you might give the most obscure answer!- No...!
0:06:26 > 0:06:29So I'm going to guess...Stockholm.
0:06:29 > 0:06:35Stockholm. You're hoping to score as few points as possible.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39Let's see if it's correct, and how many people said Stockholm.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41It's right!
0:06:42 > 0:06:44You're below 50.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Terribly good. 14!
0:06:46 > 0:06:50- Very, very well done, Elle. - Thank you.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55- Were you thinking ABBA?- Yes. - Was that your route to Stockholm?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58I was thinking that, as they won it once,
0:06:58 > 0:07:01that it possibly went back to Sweden.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05It seems perfectly reasonable. It scored you 14 points.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10Well done. They've hosted it twice, in 1975 and 2000.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Brilliant. Thank you, Richard.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15OK, Julie, we are looking for host towns and cities
0:07:15 > 0:07:17of the Eurovision Song Contest.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22Gosh. What if I pronounce it wrong? Does that matter?
0:07:22 > 0:07:26We'll all have a bit of a laugh, then...
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- Reykjavik.- Reykjavik! Is that a complete guess?
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- Yeah.- I think it's a brilliant guess.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38If it's wrong, it's still a brilliant guess.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41You're hoping that nobody said Reykjavik
0:07:41 > 0:07:44and that it's correct. Let's see.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52Oh, no! Every time I say it's a brilliant answer, it's wrong.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56- It's likely, though.- It does sound likely, doesn't it?- Doesn't it?
0:07:56 > 0:08:01Yeah. It's not, but it really does sound it.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06Fantastic news for Claire and Leigh. They're now joined on 100 points.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09But I'm afraid it is an incorrect answer,
0:08:09 > 0:08:12so you do score that maximum of 100 points.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Now, Paul, this is the moment when you dazzle us.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19There's one I want to go for, and I'll regret this...
0:08:19 > 0:08:21No, you can. There's two 100 points.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26I know I'm going to regret this as soon as I say it, but Brighton.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28I believe Brighton has hosted it.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Let's see if it is correct. Brighton?
0:08:34 > 0:08:36It's correct, Paul!
0:08:36 > 0:08:39This could go quite a long way down.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Or even all the way down.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Five!
0:08:47 > 0:08:52That's a spectacular answer, Paul. Very well done. Richard?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Very well played, Paul.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58When ABBA won with Waterloo, they won in Brighton.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01"WATER-loo". Is that how you say it?
0:09:01 > 0:09:04- "WATER-loo"?- Yeah. Like "PORTA-loo". - LAUGHTER
0:09:04 > 0:09:06- I say..."Water-LOO".- Do you?
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Not with the girly high bit.
0:09:09 > 0:09:15- Like "porta-LOO"?- "Water-LOO". I choose to put my stress there.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17"Water-LOO". On the third syllable.
0:09:17 > 0:09:22- Think about the chorus.- Oh, I see. In the song. They're from Sweden!
0:09:22 > 0:09:23LAUGHTER
0:09:23 > 0:09:30OK, we're halfway through. Let's have a look at the scores as they stand. Well, now.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35Paul, wonderful answer. Brighton. Very, very good. Five points.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40Then we come to Elle and Rick. 14 - another beautiful low score.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Then we have Claire and Leigh -
0:09:42 > 0:09:45100 points. You would be way ahead,
0:09:45 > 0:09:48had Julie and Nana not come riding to your rescue
0:09:48 > 0:09:52with their fabulous answer of Reykjavik,
0:09:52 > 0:09:55which was spectacularly incorrect.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04So, Tom, we are looking for
0:10:04 > 0:10:09host cities of the Eurovision Song Contest. Do you watch it, ever?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11I think I've watched it one time.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Yes. Do you remember where it was from?
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Erm...no.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19So are you going to be taking a massive guess?
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Well, I think there is quite a safe answer,
0:10:23 > 0:10:27which I really should say, because we have two teams on 100 points,
0:10:27 > 0:10:31but a voice is saying I should say something a little more obscure.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33I'd say go for it, Tom.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- Alexander, I'm going to say Kiev. - Kiev, you say.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39OK, let's see if it's right.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44There's your red line there. Come below that and you're through.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48Kiev - is it correct, and how many people said it?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Oh, well done, Tom! Brilliant.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Down it comes.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Will it be pointless? Ah!
0:10:59 > 0:11:03Very, very, very well done indeed. That scores you one point
0:11:03 > 0:11:08- and takes your score up to six. Brilliant.- Very well played.
0:11:08 > 0:11:09Kiev hosted it in 2005.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13That's a brilliant answer. Very well reasoned.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17Deservedly low-scoring. You are through.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Now, this is the real contest.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Ah, Eurovision... It's not something I really watch.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Oh, but you should.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32OK, we're here. I might as well just take a punt.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37- I'm going to go for Tel Aviv.- Go on. - You're going for Tel Aviv.- Yes.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42You don't have a red line, as you're the high scorers. Let's see.
0:11:44 > 0:11:49Oh, bad luck! Unfortunately, Tel Aviv is an incorrect answer,
0:11:49 > 0:11:53which means you score 100 points. It takes your total to 200.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58Our first 200-point score of this series. Richard?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Tel Aviv and Reykjavik.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04That's extremely unlucky. Genuinely. I think they're very good answers,
0:12:04 > 0:12:06but it wasn't in Tel Aviv.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Tel Aviv's loss and, more pertinently, Nana and Julie's.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Well, Rick and Elle, you're in the clear.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18- Rick, is that a massive relief? - Yes, it is.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23You can afford to find a pointless answer. You can have some fun here.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27I don't think my knowledge of Eurovision extends that far,
0:12:27 > 0:12:31but I seem to recall back in the '70s or '80s
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Ireland won it on several occasions.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Erm, so I'm going to say Dublin.
0:12:37 > 0:12:42OK. Well, you're on 14. It doesn't matter what you score here.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44You are definitely through.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48How many people said Dublin, and is it correct?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52It's right!
0:12:55 > 0:12:5940 points. Not a bad answer at all. That takes your total up to 54.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02So, Richard, Dublin...
0:13:02 > 0:13:06It's actually hosted it six times, Dublin.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09OK, Eurovision host towns or cities.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Now then, Leigh.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15You might have been helped out of a hole by Nana. Or maybe not.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17You have carte blanche to guess.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21- As long as you get it correct. Right, Claire?- It is, yeah.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24As long as you get it right. Get it right.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29I will stick with the Germans and go for Hamburg.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32If you can get 99 or less with this answer,
0:13:32 > 0:13:35- you are through to the next round.- OK.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Hamburg sounds entirely reasonable.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43Let's see if it's correct, and how many people said Hamburg.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Oh!
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Bad luck! Hamburg! An incorrect answer,
0:13:53 > 0:13:58which means we see our second 200-point score of the series.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59OK, it's a tie. Very exciting.
0:13:59 > 0:14:05You have to give one more answer each. Your scores are reset to zero.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09And the pair that gets the lowest score will win.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11You can now confer.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13All right, Claire and Leigh,
0:14:13 > 0:14:18it's you to go first. Host cities of the Eurovision Song Contest.
0:14:20 > 0:14:25Let's have a correct answer... for the love of music.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32We're going to go for...
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Istanbul.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Istanbul? OK. Let's see if it's right,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40and, if it is, how many people said it. Istanbul.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46- It's right!- Yes!- It's right.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52It's not only right, it's scoring nice and low.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Wow!
0:15:01 > 0:15:05From the ridiculous to the sublime! That is a pointless answer.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10It scores you nothing, it's correct and, moreover,
0:15:10 > 0:15:15we will add £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £11,250.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Very, very, very well done.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23Richard, do you want to chuck in anything on Istanbul?
0:15:23 > 0:15:28They hosted the contest in 2004. Very well done. Beat that!
0:15:28 > 0:15:30LAUGHTER No pressure(!)
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Now, Nana and Julie, listen...
0:15:33 > 0:15:36You've matched each other point for point so far.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41Let's have a pointless answer and add another 250 quid.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44We have a couple of safe answers.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48- We'll throw that out the window now and go for Riga.- Riga?- Yes.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Ho ho! Riga!
0:15:50 > 0:15:55- Now you come out with Riga!- Yes. - Right, let's see if Riga is correct,
0:15:55 > 0:15:59and, if it is, let's see if it is pointless. That would be fantastic.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Riga.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04It's right!
0:16:04 > 0:16:08OK, this has to be pointless for you to stay in the game.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Oh, no!
0:16:16 > 0:16:20That's a brilliant answer. Riga!
0:16:20 > 0:16:21I mean, you wait until the tie-break
0:16:21 > 0:16:26to come up with the second-best answer in the whole round!
0:16:26 > 0:16:29There we are. Scores you two. Richard?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32That's really tough luck. They hosted it in 2003.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Unfortunately, a couple of people remembered it.
0:16:36 > 0:16:41- Earlier, you said Tel Aviv. It was Jerusalem.- That's what I...!
0:16:42 > 0:16:47- Should have said.- There were a whole bunch of pointless answers.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51Near Claire and Leigh - Harrogate. That was a pointless answer.
0:16:51 > 0:16:57- They held it there.- Harrogate? Who, in the name of music...
0:16:57 > 0:17:01for the love of music, nominated Harrogate?
0:17:01 > 0:17:06It's a beautiful place, but Eurovision?! Harrogate - Eurovision?
0:17:06 > 0:17:09That's all I'm saying.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Let's look at some other pointless answers. Well done if you got these.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18Lugano in Switzerland, Frankfurt, Cannes held it a couple of times.
0:17:18 > 0:17:23Naples...Edinburgh and Millstreet,
0:17:23 > 0:17:25which is in Ireland.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30There's Istanbul, which just got you through,
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Zagreb and Hilversum, which is in Holland. Tough luck.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- A very exciting round.- Thanks.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39So at the end of Round One,
0:17:39 > 0:17:43the losing pair with the highest score - so sorry, Nana and Julie,
0:17:43 > 0:17:46with a fabulous answer, Riga, there.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49I should have been braver. I wasn't sure if it was right or not.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52And I thought of Jerusalem.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56- So did I. And Dublin. I did. - Oh, bad luck.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59It was your first shot at Pointless.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Next time, because everyone gets a second chance,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05you will know exactly what to do.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08It's been lovely having you.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11We'll see you next time and will look forward to that.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13APPLAUSE
0:18:14 > 0:18:19For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26There's only room for two pairs
0:18:26 > 0:18:30in the head-to-head, so one team will be leaving us.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33The category for Round Two is...
0:18:36 > 0:18:41Can you all decide who will go first and who will go second?
0:18:42 > 0:18:46And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50And the Round Two question this afternoon concerns...
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Characters and their Novels.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Ooh, highbrow. I see what you mean.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59We're about to show you a list of literary characters.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03We asked 100 people which work they appear in.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07- OK, Richard?- We'll show you six characters on each pass.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10The more obscure, the fewer points you'll score.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14An incorrect answer scores 100 points.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18See if you can get all six of them at home.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20So we are looking for the classic works
0:19:20 > 0:19:25in which these literary characters appear. And we've got...
0:19:34 > 0:19:36I'll read those again.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48So, Leigh, is this a strong area for you?
0:19:48 > 0:19:53- I like reading, but not really classics. So...- So...
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Holly Golightly...?
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Breakfast At Tiffany's, Holly Golightly.
0:20:00 > 0:20:05You're going Breakfast At Tiffany's for Holly Golightly.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Let's see if that's a correct answer,
0:20:07 > 0:20:11and, if it is, how many people said Breakfast At Tiffany's.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15It's right! Very well done, Leigh.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20And it's still going down. Thirties, twenties, teens!
0:20:20 > 0:20:2218 points.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26- Oh, my God!- Very well done. 18 points for Holly Golightly.
0:20:26 > 0:20:31- Very well done, Leigh. You pulled that from somewhere.- I did, yeah.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36From Truman Capote's Breakfast At Tiffany's, first published in 1958.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40Thank you very much, Richard. Now then, Rick.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44I've got one, which I hope will pull us through.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50And that is the top one. Captain Ahab.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53- I think that's Moby Dick.- Very good.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57Let's see if that is correct, and how many people said it.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Captain Ahab, Moby Dick.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Down it goes. 38.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Very well done, Rick. Richard?
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Well played, Rick.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18From Herman Melville's Moby Dick, published in 1851.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Tom.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24I was a little worried when the category came up.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27My heart was in my mouth,
0:21:27 > 0:21:32my legs went all wobbly. It felt like redoing my French Oral GCSE.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36But I think it's OK. I think I know a couple.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40And I think I'm going to go for Gabriel Oak.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- I think that is Far From The Madding Crowd.- Very good.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48Far From The Madding Crowd. Let's see if that's right
0:21:48 > 0:21:51and how many people said it.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57It's right. Well done.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Let's see how many people know their Hardy. Down it goes. 12!
0:22:07 > 0:22:1012 points for that. Richard?
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Very well done. Thomas Hardy.
0:22:12 > 0:22:17It tells us that 12 out of 100 people do Far From The Madding Crowd
0:22:17 > 0:22:18at GCSE, I suspect.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22- Very good.- Let's look at the others.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Zander, you're always rather good at literature.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29- Holden Caulfield?- I think it's either Catcher In The Rye or...
0:22:29 > 0:22:34- Yes, Catcher In The Rye. - Let's take a look.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- Phew!- Would have scored 15 points. Sancho Panza?
0:22:37 > 0:22:42- That is from Don Quixote. - Don Quixote de la Mancha.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46- And Maggie Tulliver?- I don't know. - Let's take a look.
0:22:46 > 0:22:51The Mill On The Floss. Would have scored you two points. Well done.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53OK, thank you very much, Richard.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57We're halfway through. Let's look at the scores as they stand.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Tom and Paul looking fantastic on 12.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03Very, very good answer, Far From The Madding Crowd.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Leigh, brilliant. You came out with 18.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12Now, Rick, 38 points you got for Captain Ahab.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16So, yes, Elle, you have your work cut out, I'm afraid.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Best of luck with that.
0:23:19 > 0:23:25Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:23:25 > 0:23:28OK, we'll put six more literary characters on the board.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31You tell us the novels they come from.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44I'll read those again.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57We are looking for the classic work in which these characters appear,
0:23:57 > 0:24:02and you want the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07- So, Paul, what's this new board looking like?- Slightly scary.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11It's one of these things where there's five I've heard of,
0:24:11 > 0:24:16three I think I may know the answer, but then may NOT know the answer.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19I'll go for the top one. Captain Yossarian.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22I think he is in Joseph Heller's Catch-22.
0:24:22 > 0:24:27You're saying Captain Yossarian, Catch-22.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29You are the low scorers on 12.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32The high scorers are Elle and Rick on 38.
0:24:32 > 0:24:33There is your red line.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38If Captain Yossarian gets you below that red line, you are through.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43Is it right, and how many people said it? Catch-22.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Well done.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51I think this could be a nice, low score. Yes!
0:24:51 > 0:24:55It scores you nine points. Very well done, Paul. That takes you to 21.
0:24:55 > 0:25:00- So, Richard, Catch-22. - Well played, Joseph Heller.
0:25:00 > 0:25:031961. Yossarian's exploits were
0:25:03 > 0:25:07based on Heller's own exploits as a pilot in World War Two.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11Very good, thanks. Now, Elle,
0:25:11 > 0:25:16yours is the most important answer in this pass.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19You have to score as low as you can.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Have you read books with any of these people in?
0:25:22 > 0:25:26No. I might have guessed the first.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30It really would have been a guess. So I'll take Winston Smith,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33and I'll say Chariots Of Fire.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37Let's see if it's correct and how many people said it.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Winston Smith, Chariots Of Fire?
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Bad luck.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Bad luck, Elle. That is an incorrect answer and scores you 100 points,
0:25:49 > 0:25:53taking your total up to, I'm afraid,
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- an unassailable 138. Richard? - Er, yeah.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58He is not in Chariots of Fire.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01I won't say in case Claire wants to take that one.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06Now then, Claire. You're through whatever happens.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08What do you think?
0:26:08 > 0:26:12It's a foreign language! I don't recognise any.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16Well, I think I do on one, but I think it will be quite high.
0:26:16 > 0:26:22But it's a complete guess, and I'm going to go for...
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Lucy Honeychurch, Little Women?
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Lucy Honeychurch, Little Women.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Let's see if that's right. If it isn't, it doesn't matter.
0:26:30 > 0:26:36You're through, come what may, but let's see if that's right.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:26:42 > 0:26:45so you also score 100 points,
0:26:45 > 0:26:47taking your total up to 118.
0:26:47 > 0:26:52- Richard?- It seems we're better at Eurovision towns and cities...
0:26:52 > 0:26:58- Oh, I think so.- Lucy Honeychurch - do you know what she is from?
0:26:58 > 0:27:03- I don't know.- Room With A View. That would have scored 3 points.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07And Winston Smith is from Nineteen Eighty-Four.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09It would have scored 18 points.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11There is a pointless answer.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15- It's not Edward Rochester, who is from...- Wuthering Heights?
0:27:15 > 0:27:17- Jane Eyre.- From Jane Eyre!
0:27:19 > 0:27:21That scores you 28 points.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25Philip Pirrip is... Great Expectations.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29That would have scored 19. And Frederick Henry is pointless.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33He's from Hemingway's A Farewell To Arms.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Thank you very much, Richard.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39So at the end of Round Two,
0:27:39 > 0:27:41the losing pair is Rick and Elle. Bad luck.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46Elle, what would you have liked? I have to ask.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50Films, sitcoms, anything you've been in.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Really? Oh, you are kind.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55I'm so sorry to be saying goodbye.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59I had high hopes of you making it all the way to the final,
0:27:59 > 0:28:04but that wasn't to be. Thanks for playing. Wonderful contestants.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Give us a kiss.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09For the remaining two pairs,
0:28:09 > 0:28:13things get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22So, very well done, Paul and Tom and Claire and Leigh.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Only one pair goes to the final
0:28:24 > 0:28:29and plays for today's jackpot, which currently stands at...
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Very exciting.
0:28:34 > 0:28:39Now you're going head-to-head in the best of three questions.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41For each question,
0:28:41 > 0:28:45each pair gives me one answer, and you are now allowed to confer.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49Just give me an answer that scores less than the opposing pair.
0:28:49 > 0:28:54The pair that get the best of three will play for today's jackpot.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Right, let's play Pointless.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04So - it's very exciting - here is your first question.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:29:06 > 0:29:11to name as many drivers with two or more Formula 1 titles.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14- Richard?- We're looking for any of the 14 men
0:29:14 > 0:29:17who have won more than one Formula 1 championship
0:29:17 > 0:29:21since it started in 1950, all the way through to 2010.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Right, Paul and Tom,
0:29:24 > 0:29:28because you've played best so far, you get to go first.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32We are looking for drivers with two or more Formula 1 titles.
0:29:33 > 0:29:34- OK.- What are you going to go for?
0:29:34 > 0:29:39We know some people who have won it, but whether they won it twice...
0:29:39 > 0:29:42So we'll play fairly safe and go Ayrton Senna.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Ayrton Senna. OK, Ayrton Senna.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49- Claire and Leigh?- Michael Schumacher, but he'll be very high.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51So it's either...
0:29:51 > 0:29:56We could do Graham Hill, because Dad wanted to name me after him
0:29:56 > 0:30:01- if I was a boy.- Did he? - He did. I was going to be Graham.
0:30:01 > 0:30:02You'd be Graham.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06- All right, go on.- Nigel Mansell. - You're going for Nigel Mansell. OK.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11So we have Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell. Let's put them to the test.
0:30:11 > 0:30:16Is Ayrton Senna correct, and, if it is, how many said it?
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Very well done. Ayrton Senna, 29.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30That's not a bad score, I think, that.
0:30:30 > 0:30:35Ayrton Senna, 29. Claire and Leigh have gone for Nigel Mansell.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38Is that right, and how many said it?
0:30:41 > 0:30:44- Oh!- Oh, bad luck.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46That's an incorrect answer,
0:30:46 > 0:30:50which means it is 1-0 to Paul and Tom. Richard?
0:30:50 > 0:30:56Yeah, well played, guys. Michael Schumacher would have scored 30.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00The bad news is Graham Hill would have scored 17.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02That would've been a great answer.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04There is a pointless answer here,
0:31:04 > 0:31:08Alberto Ascari, who won in 1952 and 1953.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Mika Hakkinen, Jack Brabham, both scored 1 point.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Nelson Piquet, 2, Emerson Fittipaldi, 3,
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Jim Clark, 6, Alain Prost, 7.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Some of the bigger scorers here.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Juan Manuel Fangio, 8, Niki Lauda, 10,
0:31:22 > 0:31:26Jackie Stewart, 11, Fernando Alonso, 14. Graham Hill on 17.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29Ayrton Senna, 29, Schumacher, 30.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34Thanks very much, Richard. Why didn't you go with Graham Hill?
0:31:34 > 0:31:36She never listens to me.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Oh!
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Right. Here is your second question.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:31:47 > 0:31:50to name as many girls in Mambo No.5
0:31:50 > 0:31:57- as they could. The girls in Mambo No.5. Richard?- Yeah.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00There are nine girls' names in Lou Bega's hit.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03We're looking for the most obscure.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Sing along at home.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09Wow. OK. Before I put this question to you,
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Paul and Tom are up 1-0.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15So if they win this point, Claire and Leigh,
0:32:15 > 0:32:18they are through to the final.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23To stay in the game, you have to win this question.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- OK.- OK. Rita.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30- Lou Bega...- Sorry.- You're going to go for Rita? Lovely Rita.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34- Paul and Tom?- I'm singing the song to myself in my head,
0:32:34 > 0:32:38and every time it gets to the girls' names, it goes, "Duh-duh...!"
0:32:38 > 0:32:40It doesn't really help me too much.
0:32:40 > 0:32:45- I've got a feeling... - Are you sure Duh-Duh wasn't one?
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Maybe it's Dee Dee?
0:32:47 > 0:32:52I've got a feeling a little bit of Tina's what I need. So Tina.
0:32:52 > 0:32:53Tina. Tom, have you just opted out?
0:32:53 > 0:32:58- No help.- Tom just said, "Say something!"- A little bit of Tina.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02If you can remember that, then who knows?
0:33:02 > 0:33:07We have Rita, we have Tina. Claire and Leigh, you have to win.
0:33:07 > 0:33:12If they win it, they are through. It's very exciting indeed!
0:33:12 > 0:33:16- Right, in the order they were given. Rita - does she exist?- Hopefully.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21And, if she does, how many people said Rita?
0:33:22 > 0:33:24It's right!
0:33:28 > 0:33:31It's a very good answer. Look, 23!
0:33:33 > 0:33:35We got one!
0:33:37 > 0:33:42A little bit of Tina, funnily enough, is all you need.
0:33:42 > 0:33:48If it's a lot of Tina... it's not going to work for you.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Tina, and a little bit of it. Is it correct?
0:33:55 > 0:33:57It's right!
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Is it going to beat Rita?
0:34:00 > 0:34:02It is! Look at that!
0:34:02 > 0:34:0410!
0:34:05 > 0:34:08Very, very, very well done, Paul.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Wow.
0:34:11 > 0:34:17So, after the second question, Paul and Tom are through to the final.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19What about that, Richard?
0:34:19 > 0:34:23Very well done. You never thought that would come in handy, did you?
0:34:23 > 0:34:28It's actually, "a little bit of Rita is all I need". Tina is "all I see".
0:34:28 > 0:34:32Let's look at all the women involved in this farrago.
0:34:32 > 0:34:37There's Pamela, 7. Tina was second best with 10.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41Mary with 11, Angela, 12, Sandra, 13.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47Erica, 16, Monica, 18, there's Rita on 23,
0:34:47 > 0:34:50and Jessica on top with 26.
0:34:50 > 0:34:55Very well done. So, the losing pair, I'm afraid,
0:34:55 > 0:35:01is Claire and Leigh. Two categories that you weren't bad in.
0:35:01 > 0:35:02We weren't that good!
0:35:02 > 0:35:07You could have won that first point. This is a thing for you to discuss.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Hillgate!
0:35:10 > 0:35:11You did very, very well.
0:35:11 > 0:35:16I'm afraid, though, you didn't have that pointless knowledge you needed.
0:35:16 > 0:35:21However, this was only your first shot, so we will see you next time.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25Everyone gets two shots, so we'll look forward to having you back.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Wonderful contestants. Thank you.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31But, Paul and Tom,
0:35:31 > 0:35:36it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £11,250.
0:35:43 > 0:35:48Well, congratulations, Paul and Tom. You've seen off all the competition
0:35:48 > 0:35:53and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy. Very well done.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04Very good. You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:36:04 > 0:36:10which at the end of today's show stands at £11,250.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Now, the rules are very simple.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18To win that money, you have to find a pointless answer,
0:36:18 > 0:36:20an answer none of our 100 people thought of.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24We've had one pointless answer today. You only need one more
0:36:24 > 0:36:26to go home with that money.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30First, you have to choose a category from these three options.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42- Science, World Politics or Sport. - There's only one we could do.
0:36:42 > 0:36:47- Science is a gamble. - It is. It's a wide-ranging subject.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50I don't know a huge amount.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54I'm not sure how you are. With Sport, we have more chance.
0:36:54 > 0:36:59- Let's go for Sport.- Sport? What sport would you like it to be?
0:36:59 > 0:37:03- Football?- Football.- Snooker, tennis.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07If it's curling, we'll all pack up and go home.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:37:13 > 0:37:19as many Footballers of the Year since 1970 as they could. Richard?
0:37:19 > 0:37:21We're looking for any winner
0:37:21 > 0:37:25of the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year from 1970
0:37:25 > 0:37:29through to 2010. That's for the best player in an English league.
0:37:29 > 0:37:34OK, thank you very much. You now have up to one minute
0:37:34 > 0:37:39to come up with three answers. All you have to do to win £11,250
0:37:39 > 0:37:44is to find an answer that none of our 100 people knew.
0:37:44 > 0:37:45Your 60 seconds starts now.
0:37:45 > 0:37:50- OK, Kevin Keegan's won it. - Liverpool footballers...
0:37:50 > 0:37:55Yeah, I assume Beardsley, Barnes, I'd assume John Aldridge.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57What about some more obscure ones?
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Who had a really good season?
0:38:00 > 0:38:03The year Leeds won it, Cantona? Possibly.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05- Even Gordon Strachan.- Strachan.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09- I've got a feeling for him. - Gordon Strachan.
0:38:09 > 0:38:14- And then what about the Blackburn one?- That would have been Shearer.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16It's got to be Shearer.
0:38:16 > 0:38:21- Who else? Cos '80s would be... - Liverpool.- Yeah.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24'70s? Who was winning in the '70s?
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- Before our time.- I know, but...
0:38:27 > 0:38:32- Can we go for someone kind of famous, but obscure?- '70s? Ossie Ardiles?
0:38:32 > 0:38:34- Shall we try?- Ricky Villa?
0:38:34 > 0:38:39- He's more famous for one goal. - I think Ardiles, Strachan and...
0:38:41 > 0:38:45- Five seconds left. - Colin Bell?- Go for it. That's 1970s.
0:38:45 > 0:38:51There's your time up. You've come up with plenty of names.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Of those names, let's have three.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57We're looking for Footballers of the Year since 1970.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01- Ossie Ardiles.- Ossie Ardiles. - Gordon Strachan.- Gordon Strachan.
0:39:01 > 0:39:06- Ricky Villa or Colin Bell? - Go for Colin Bell.- Colin Bell. OK.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10Of those three, which is your best punt at a pointless answer?
0:39:10 > 0:39:15They're all risky. I think Ardiles is the most likely to have won it.
0:39:15 > 0:39:16I'd say he's the best punt.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20- So we'll put him last. - We might strike out three times.
0:39:20 > 0:39:25Strachan in the middle, and Colin Bell might have won it before 1970.
0:39:25 > 0:39:30Let's put those up on the board in that order.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35There they are. OK.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39We were looking for Footballer of the Year since 1970.
0:39:39 > 0:39:44You only need one to be pointless to win that £11,250.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47This was your least confident answer.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50You only need to find one pointless answer.
0:39:50 > 0:39:56Is Colin Bell correct and, if it is, how many people said Colin Bell?
0:39:59 > 0:40:00No.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Bad luck. Bad luck.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06So, that is your first answer gone. Not a pointless answer.
0:40:06 > 0:40:11That leaves you with only two further cracks at that jackpot.
0:40:11 > 0:40:16Now then, £11,250.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18What would you do with that?
0:40:20 > 0:40:21A friend of mine,
0:40:21 > 0:40:25his 30th birthday is this year, and he's planning to go to Colombia,
0:40:25 > 0:40:28- so I hope to come along on that. - And Tom?
0:40:28 > 0:40:33Maybe go to Colombia with Paul. It sounds a pretty good party.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Colombia - what could possibly go wrong?!
0:40:36 > 0:40:38LAUGHTER
0:40:38 > 0:40:42Absolutely, yeah. Brilliant. Well, very best of luck.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46OK, we are looking for Footballer of the Year since 1970.
0:40:46 > 0:40:51We're now moving into territory where your confidence grows.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53- Not much!- Your next answer -
0:40:53 > 0:40:57Gordon Strachan. Colin Bell was a wrong answer.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00What's your feeling about Gordon Strachan?
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Paul saw Gordon Strachan on the front of something smiling.
0:41:03 > 0:41:08- One of these football annuals. - He was smiling?- He was happy.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10Leeds had won the league.
0:41:10 > 0:41:15I've got a feeling that he captained them. Someone must have played well.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17I think it may have been Strachan.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19With his silky skills.
0:41:19 > 0:41:25Well, let's hope nobody said this, and let's also hope it's right.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29It's your second shot at today's jackpot of £11,250.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33It has to be correct and pointless. Gordon Strachan.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38Oh, it's right! It's right.
0:41:38 > 0:41:44This for £11,250. It has to go all the way down to zero.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Is it going to do it?
0:41:48 > 0:41:49Yes!
0:41:49 > 0:41:51CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Very, very well done!
0:41:54 > 0:41:56That is fantastic!
0:41:56 > 0:42:01- That's amazing.- Very, very well done!
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Oh, that's superb! Congratulations!
0:42:08 > 0:42:12You've found that crucial pointless answer,
0:42:12 > 0:42:15which means you do go home with our jackpot
0:42:15 > 0:42:19- of £11,250. Well done, you! - CHEERING
0:42:22 > 0:42:25What a game, what a game!
0:42:25 > 0:42:30- So, Richard, how about that? - Fantastic. Very well played, guys.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34And your logic was impeccable. He won it in '91 with Leeds.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37There's a lot of pointless answers -
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Robert Pires, Gordon Banks, Steve Perryman, Terry McDermott.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42I know you couldn't care less,
0:42:42 > 0:42:47- because you've just won a huge amount of money.- Fascinated!
0:42:47 > 0:42:52- Congratulations.- Ossie Ardiles? - No, Ardiles. He never won it.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Well, thanks again to our winning players, Paul and Tom,
0:42:55 > 0:43:00who go away with today's jackpot of £11,250!
0:43:03 > 0:43:08Join us next time when we put more obscure knowledge to the test.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12- Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard. - Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19If you want to be on the next series of Pointless,
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