Episode 6 Pointless

Thank you very much! I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

So, welcome, Claire and Leigh.

How do you two know each other?

-We're sisters. I'm the eldest one, although I claim to be younger.

-Yes.

It doesn't work very well.

We're both from Rochdale.

-That's such a mean trick!

-It is! They tend to believe her.

What would be your dream round?

-Film and TV. That's basically it.

-For both of you?

-Yeah.

-And sport...?

We're out!

-Next train home, I think.

-Very good. Very best of luck to you.

Welcome back to Rick and Elle. Whose idea was it to come on here?

-Mine, I guess. I'm the big fan.

-You're the big fan.

-Elle has no idea what's going on.

-I am as well!

Thought she was coming on Mastermind!

-I wouldn't have done very well.

-I'm sure you would.

-Very best of luck to you.

-Thank you.

Next, we welcome Nana and Julie. How do you two know each other?

We've known each other for years.

I met Julie when she was seven.

We've been to the same primary, secondary... She follows me!

-What do you hope comes up this afternoon?

-Words.

-Yeah.

We both studied linguistics, so words.

-She HAS followed you!

-I think I started my degree before you.

-Yeah, so...

-I'm a progidy. Pro-dig-y.

See, words, like you say!

Not English words!

That's your strong suit.

The very best of luck to you.

And, finally, Paul and Tom. How do you know each other?

Paul is my flatmate. I met him five years ago

-at a music gig we were both playing at.

-In the same band?

-Different bands, same show.

-What were your bands?

-I'm in a band called David Cronenberg's Wife.

-Excellent.

Mine is Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences.

What are you greeted by when you come onstage?

-Awkward silences!

-LAUGHTER

Very best of luck to you. We'll find out more about all of you later.

There's only one more person to introduce.

He's the man behind all the facts and figures.

-He's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hello.

Quite an unusual line-up today.

Fascinating! What a spectrum!

Yeah. We've only got one returning pair - Rick and Elle.

I thought they were rather good and unlucky to get knocked out.

They'll be stiff competition. We've never had a progidy before!

So that's... Julie, we're going to keep our eye on you.

That's all I've got to say,

except that Round One is spectacularly lowbrow,

Round Two more highbrow.

-You'll have to have your wits about you.

-Very good.

We put all of our questions to 100 people before the show,

but we want the obscure answers they didn't get.

The fewer people who got the answer,

the better your chance of winning.

Everyone wants a pointless answer, one that no-one gave.

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

Nobody has won the jackpot so far this series.

We'll add another £1,000 to it.

That means today's jackpot starts off at a dizzying £11,000.

Right. Let's play Pointless.

Now, each of you must give me one answer, and you cannot confer.

Whichever team has the highest score

at the end of the round will be eliminated.

An incorrect answer scores a maximum 100 points,

so take care not to do that.

Right, our first category is...

I see what you're saying!

Can you all decide in your pairs who will go first and who is second?

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Eurovision Song Contest host towns and cities

as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any of the 38 towns or cities that have

hosted the Eurovision Song Contest,

up to the 2010 contest.

OK, thank you very much.

Claire and Leigh, you all drew lots before the show,

and today you get to go first.

Claire, what's the most obscure Eurovision host town or city

you can think of? Can you think of any?

I can, but I don't know if it's right. I'm going to go for...

It's not right, it's Eurovision.

Erm, I'm going to go for Budapest.

Hoping to score as few as possible.

Is Budapest correct and, if it is, how many people said it?

Oh, no! Budapest is an incorrect answer,

so you score the maximum 100 points.

Richard, Budapest?

Yeah, unlucky, Claire. All I can tell you is

it hasn't hosted Eurovision. That's all I've got.

Well, bad luck, Claire, but...

I like to think an honourable mistake. Elle?

Eurovision Song Contest. Are you a devout fan?

I haven't watched it since Cliff Richard,

if he was in it. I've not watched it for years.

-So you might give the most obscure answer!

-No...!

So I'm going to guess...Stockholm.

Stockholm. You're hoping to score as few points as possible.

Let's see if it's correct, and how many people said Stockholm.

It's right!

You're below 50.

Terribly good. 14!

-Very, very well done, Elle.

-Thank you.

-Were you thinking ABBA?

-Yes.

-Was that your route to Stockholm?

I was thinking that, as they won it once,

that it possibly went back to Sweden.

It seems perfectly reasonable. It scored you 14 points.

Well done. They've hosted it twice, in 1975 and 2000.

Brilliant. Thank you, Richard.

OK, Julie, we are looking for host towns and cities

of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Gosh. What if I pronounce it wrong? Does that matter?

We'll all have a bit of a laugh, then...

-Reykjavik.

-Reykjavik! Is that a complete guess?

-Yeah.

-I think it's a brilliant guess.

If it's wrong, it's still a brilliant guess.

You're hoping that nobody said Reykjavik

and that it's correct. Let's see.

Oh, no! Every time I say it's a brilliant answer, it's wrong.

-It's likely, though.

-It does sound likely, doesn't it?

-Doesn't it?

Yeah. It's not, but it really does sound it.

Fantastic news for Claire and Leigh. They're now joined on 100 points.

But I'm afraid it is an incorrect answer,

so you do score that maximum of 100 points.

Now, Paul, this is the moment when you dazzle us.

There's one I want to go for, and I'll regret this...

No, you can. There's two 100 points.

I know I'm going to regret this as soon as I say it, but Brighton.

I believe Brighton has hosted it.

Let's see if it is correct. Brighton?

It's correct, Paul!

This could go quite a long way down.

Or even all the way down.

Five!

That's a spectacular answer, Paul. Very well done. Richard?

Very well played, Paul.

When ABBA won with Waterloo, they won in Brighton.

"WATER-loo". Is that how you say it?

-"WATER-loo"?

-Yeah. Like "PORTA-loo".

-LAUGHTER

-I say..."Water-LOO".

-Do you?

Not with the girly high bit.

-Like "porta-LOO"?

-"Water-LOO". I choose to put my stress there.

"Water-LOO". On the third syllable.

-Think about the chorus.

-Oh, I see. In the song. They're from Sweden!

LAUGHTER

OK, we're halfway through. Let's have a look at the scores as they stand. Well, now.

Paul, wonderful answer. Brighton. Very, very good. Five points.

Then we come to Elle and Rick. 14 - another beautiful low score.

Then we have Claire and Leigh -

100 points. You would be way ahead,

had Julie and Nana not come riding to your rescue

with their fabulous answer of Reykjavik,

which was spectacularly incorrect.

OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium?

So, Tom, we are looking for

host cities of the Eurovision Song Contest. Do you watch it, ever?

I think I've watched it one time.

Yes. Do you remember where it was from?

Erm...no.

So are you going to be taking a massive guess?

Well, I think there is quite a safe answer,

which I really should say, because we have two teams on 100 points,

but a voice is saying I should say something a little more obscure.

I'd say go for it, Tom.

-Alexander, I'm going to say Kiev.

-Kiev, you say.

OK, let's see if it's right.

There's your red line there. Come below that and you're through.

Kiev - is it correct, and how many people said it?

Oh, well done, Tom! Brilliant.

Down it comes.

Will it be pointless? Ah!

Very, very, very well done indeed. That scores you one point

-and takes your score up to six. Brilliant.

-Very well played.

Kiev hosted it in 2005.

That's a brilliant answer. Very well reasoned.

Deservedly low-scoring. You are through.

Now, this is the real contest.

Ah, Eurovision... It's not something I really watch.

Oh, but you should.

OK, we're here. I might as well just take a punt.

-I'm going to go for Tel Aviv.

-Go on.

-You're going for Tel Aviv.

-Yes.

You don't have a red line, as you're the high scorers. Let's see.

Oh, bad luck! Unfortunately, Tel Aviv is an incorrect answer,

which means you score 100 points. It takes your total to 200.

Our first 200-point score of this series. Richard?

Tel Aviv and Reykjavik.

That's extremely unlucky. Genuinely. I think they're very good answers,

but it wasn't in Tel Aviv.

Tel Aviv's loss and, more pertinently, Nana and Julie's.

Well, Rick and Elle, you're in the clear.

-Rick, is that a massive relief?

-Yes, it is.

You can afford to find a pointless answer. You can have some fun here.

I don't think my knowledge of Eurovision extends that far,

but I seem to recall back in the '70s or '80s

Ireland won it on several occasions.

Erm, so I'm going to say Dublin.

OK. Well, you're on 14. It doesn't matter what you score here.

You are definitely through.

How many people said Dublin, and is it correct?

It's right!

40 points. Not a bad answer at all. That takes your total up to 54.

So, Richard, Dublin...

It's actually hosted it six times, Dublin.

OK, Eurovision host towns or cities.

Now then, Leigh.

You might have been helped out of a hole by Nana. Or maybe not.

You have carte blanche to guess.

-As long as you get it correct. Right, Claire?

-It is, yeah.

As long as you get it right. Get it right.

I will stick with the Germans and go for Hamburg.

If you can get 99 or less with this answer,

-you are through to the next round.

-OK.

Hamburg sounds entirely reasonable.

Let's see if it's correct, and how many people said Hamburg.

Oh!

Bad luck! Hamburg! An incorrect answer,

which means we see our second 200-point score of the series.

OK, it's a tie. Very exciting.

You have to give one more answer each. Your scores are reset to zero.

And the pair that gets the lowest score will win.

You can now confer.

All right, Claire and Leigh,

it's you to go first. Host cities of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Let's have a correct answer... for the love of music.

We're going to go for...

Istanbul.

Istanbul? OK. Let's see if it's right,

and, if it is, how many people said it. Istanbul.

-It's right!

-Yes!

-It's right.

It's not only right, it's scoring nice and low.

Wow!

From the ridiculous to the sublime! That is a pointless answer.

It scores you nothing, it's correct and, moreover,

we will add £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £11,250.

Very, very, very well done.

Richard, do you want to chuck in anything on Istanbul?

They hosted the contest in 2004. Very well done. Beat that!

LAUGHTER No pressure(!)

Now, Nana and Julie, listen...

You've matched each other point for point so far.

Let's have a pointless answer and add another 250 quid.

We have a couple of safe answers.

-We'll throw that out the window now and go for Riga.

-Riga?

-Yes.

Ho ho! Riga!

-Now you come out with Riga!

-Yes.

-Right, let's see if Riga is correct,

and, if it is, let's see if it is pointless. That would be fantastic.

Riga.

It's right!

OK, this has to be pointless for you to stay in the game.

Oh, no!

That's a brilliant answer. Riga!

I mean, you wait until the tie-break

to come up with the second-best answer in the whole round!

There we are. Scores you two. Richard?

That's really tough luck. They hosted it in 2003.

Unfortunately, a couple of people remembered it.

-Earlier, you said Tel Aviv. It was Jerusalem.

-That's what I...!

-Should have said.

-There were a whole bunch of pointless answers.

Near Claire and Leigh - Harrogate. That was a pointless answer.

-They held it there.

-Harrogate? Who, in the name of music...

for the love of music, nominated Harrogate?

It's a beautiful place, but Eurovision?! Harrogate - Eurovision?

That's all I'm saying.

Let's look at some other pointless answers. Well done if you got these.

Lugano in Switzerland, Frankfurt, Cannes held it a couple of times.

Naples...Edinburgh and Millstreet,

which is in Ireland.

There's Istanbul, which just got you through,

Zagreb and Hilversum, which is in Holland. Tough luck.

-A very exciting round.

-Thanks.

So at the end of Round One,

the losing pair with the highest score - so sorry, Nana and Julie,

with a fabulous answer, Riga, there.

I should have been braver. I wasn't sure if it was right or not.

And I thought of Jerusalem.

-So did I. And Dublin. I did.

-Oh, bad luck.

It was your first shot at Pointless.

Next time, because everyone gets a second chance,

you will know exactly what to do.

It's been lovely having you.

We'll see you next time and will look forward to that.

APPLAUSE

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

There's only room for two pairs

in the head-to-head, so one team will be leaving us.

The category for Round Two is...

Can you all decide who will go first and who will go second?

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

And the Round Two question this afternoon concerns...

Characters and their Novels.

Ooh, highbrow. I see what you mean.

We're about to show you a list of literary characters.

We asked 100 people which work they appear in.

-OK, Richard?

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

The more obscure, the fewer points you'll score.

An incorrect answer scores 100 points.

See if you can get all six of them at home.

So we are looking for the classic works

in which these literary characters appear. And we've got...

I'll read those again.

So, Leigh, is this a strong area for you?

-I like reading, but not really classics. So...

-So...

Holly Golightly...?

Breakfast At Tiffany's, Holly Golightly.

You're going Breakfast At Tiffany's for Holly Golightly.

Let's see if that's a correct answer,

and, if it is, how many people said Breakfast At Tiffany's.

It's right! Very well done, Leigh.

And it's still going down. Thirties, twenties, teens!

18 points.

-Oh, my God!

-Very well done. 18 points for Holly Golightly.

-Very well done, Leigh. You pulled that from somewhere.

-I did, yeah.

From Truman Capote's Breakfast At Tiffany's, first published in 1958.

Thank you very much, Richard. Now then, Rick.

I've got one, which I hope will pull us through.

And that is the top one. Captain Ahab.

-I think that's Moby Dick.

-Very good.

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

Captain Ahab, Moby Dick.

Down it goes. 38.

Very well done, Rick. Richard?

Well played, Rick.

From Herman Melville's Moby Dick, published in 1851.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Tom.

I was a little worried when the category came up.

My heart was in my mouth,

my legs went all wobbly. It felt like redoing my French Oral GCSE.

But I think it's OK. I think I know a couple.

And I think I'm going to go for Gabriel Oak.

-I think that is Far From The Madding Crowd.

-Very good.

Far From The Madding Crowd. Let's see if that's right

and how many people said it.

It's right. Well done.

Let's see how many people know their Hardy. Down it goes. 12!

12 points for that. Richard?

Very well done. Thomas Hardy.

It tells us that 12 out of 100 people do Far From The Madding Crowd

at GCSE, I suspect.

-Very good.

-Let's look at the others.

Zander, you're always rather good at literature.

-Holden Caulfield?

-I think it's either Catcher In The Rye or...

-Yes, Catcher In The Rye.

-Let's take a look.

-Phew!

-Would have scored 15 points. Sancho Panza?

-That is from Don Quixote.

-Don Quixote de la Mancha.

-And Maggie Tulliver?

-I don't know.

-Let's take a look.

The Mill On The Floss. Would have scored you two points. Well done.

OK, thank you very much, Richard.

We're halfway through. Let's look at the scores as they stand.

Tom and Paul looking fantastic on 12.

Very, very good answer, Far From The Madding Crowd.

Leigh, brilliant. You came out with 18.

Now, Rick, 38 points you got for Captain Ahab.

So, yes, Elle, you have your work cut out, I'm afraid.

Best of luck with that.

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

OK, we'll put six more literary characters on the board.

You tell us the novels they come from.

I'll read those again.

We are looking for the classic work in which these characters appear,

and you want the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-So, Paul, what's this new board looking like?

-Slightly scary.

It's one of these things where there's five I've heard of,

three I think I may know the answer, but then may NOT know the answer.

I'll go for the top one. Captain Yossarian.

I think he is in Joseph Heller's Catch-22.

You're saying Captain Yossarian, Catch-22.

You are the low scorers on 12.

The high scorers are Elle and Rick on 38.

There is your red line.

If Captain Yossarian gets you below that red line, you are through.

Is it right, and how many people said it? Catch-22.

Well done.

I think this could be a nice, low score. Yes!

It scores you nine points. Very well done, Paul. That takes you to 21.

-So, Richard, Catch-22.

-Well played, Joseph Heller.

1961. Yossarian's exploits were

based on Heller's own exploits as a pilot in World War Two.

Very good, thanks. Now, Elle,

yours is the most important answer in this pass.

You have to score as low as you can.

Have you read books with any of these people in?

No. I might have guessed the first.

It really would have been a guess. So I'll take Winston Smith,

and I'll say Chariots Of Fire.

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

Winston Smith, Chariots Of Fire?

Bad luck.

Bad luck, Elle. That is an incorrect answer and scores you 100 points,

taking your total up to, I'm afraid,

-an unassailable 138. Richard?

-Er, yeah.

He is not in Chariots of Fire.

I won't say in case Claire wants to take that one.

Now then, Claire. You're through whatever happens.

What do you think?

It's a foreign language! I don't recognise any.

Well, I think I do on one, but I think it will be quite high.

But it's a complete guess, and I'm going to go for...

Lucy Honeychurch, Little Women?

Lucy Honeychurch, Little Women.

Let's see if that's right. If it isn't, it doesn't matter.

You're through, come what may, but let's see if that's right.

Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

so you also score 100 points,

taking your total up to 118.

-Richard?

-It seems we're better at Eurovision towns and cities...

-Oh, I think so.

-Lucy Honeychurch - do you know what she is from?

-I don't know.

-Room With A View. That would have scored 3 points.

And Winston Smith is from Nineteen Eighty-Four.

It would have scored 18 points.

There is a pointless answer.

-It's not Edward Rochester, who is from...

-Wuthering Heights?

-Jane Eyre.

-From Jane Eyre!

That scores you 28 points.

Philip Pirrip is... Great Expectations.

That would have scored 19. And Frederick Henry is pointless.

He's from Hemingway's A Farewell To Arms.

Thank you very much, Richard.

So at the end of Round Two,

the losing pair is Rick and Elle. Bad luck.

Elle, what would you have liked? I have to ask.

Films, sitcoms, anything you've been in.

Really? Oh, you are kind.

I'm so sorry to be saying goodbye.

I had high hopes of you making it all the way to the final,

but that wasn't to be. Thanks for playing. Wonderful contestants.

Give us a kiss.

For the remaining two pairs,

things get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

So, very well done, Paul and Tom and Claire and Leigh.

Only one pair goes to the final

and plays for today's jackpot, which currently stands at...

Very exciting.

Now you're going head-to-head in the best of three questions.

For each question,

each pair gives me one answer, and you are now allowed to confer.

Just give me an answer that scores less than the opposing pair.

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

Right, let's play Pointless.

So - it's very exciting - here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many drivers with two or more Formula 1 titles.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any of the 14 men

who have won more than one Formula 1 championship

since it started in 1950, all the way through to 2010.

Right, Paul and Tom,

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

We are looking for drivers with two or more Formula 1 titles.

-OK.

-What are you going to go for?

We know some people who have won it, but whether they won it twice...

So we'll play fairly safe and go Ayrton Senna.

Ayrton Senna. OK, Ayrton Senna.

-Claire and Leigh?

-Michael Schumacher, but he'll be very high.

So it's either...

We could do Graham Hill, because Dad wanted to name me after him

-if I was a boy.

-Did he?

-He did. I was going to be Graham.

You'd be Graham.

-All right, go on.

-Nigel Mansell.

-You're going for Nigel Mansell. OK.

So we have Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell. Let's put them to the test.

Is Ayrton Senna correct, and, if it is, how many said it?

Very well done. Ayrton Senna, 29.

That's not a bad score, I think, that.

Ayrton Senna, 29. Claire and Leigh have gone for Nigel Mansell.

Is that right, and how many said it?

-Oh!

-Oh, bad luck.

That's an incorrect answer,

which means it is 1-0 to Paul and Tom. Richard?

Yeah, well played, guys. Michael Schumacher would have scored 30.

The bad news is Graham Hill would have scored 17.

That would've been a great answer.

There is a pointless answer here,

Alberto Ascari, who won in 1952 and 1953.

Mika Hakkinen, Jack Brabham, both scored 1 point.

Nelson Piquet, 2, Emerson Fittipaldi, 3,

Jim Clark, 6, Alain Prost, 7.

Some of the bigger scorers here.

Juan Manuel Fangio, 8, Niki Lauda, 10,

Jackie Stewart, 11, Fernando Alonso, 14. Graham Hill on 17.

Ayrton Senna, 29, Schumacher, 30.

Thanks very much, Richard. Why didn't you go with Graham Hill?

She never listens to me.

Oh!

Right. Here is your second question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many girls in Mambo No.5

-as they could. The girls in Mambo No.5. Richard?

-Yeah.

There are nine girls' names in Lou Bega's hit.

We're looking for the most obscure.

Sing along at home.

Wow. OK. Before I put this question to you,

Paul and Tom are up 1-0.

So if they win this point, Claire and Leigh,

they are through to the final.

To stay in the game, you have to win this question.

-OK.

-OK. Rita.

-Lou Bega...

-Sorry.

-You're going to go for Rita? Lovely Rita.

-Paul and Tom?

-I'm singing the song to myself in my head,

and every time it gets to the girls' names, it goes, "Duh-duh...!"

It doesn't really help me too much.

-I've got a feeling...

-Are you sure Duh-Duh wasn't one?

Maybe it's Dee Dee?

I've got a feeling a little bit of Tina's what I need. So Tina.

Tina. Tom, have you just opted out?

-No help.

-Tom just said, "Say something!"

-A little bit of Tina.

If you can remember that, then who knows?

We have Rita, we have Tina. Claire and Leigh, you have to win.

If they win it, they are through. It's very exciting indeed!

-Right, in the order they were given. Rita - does she exist?

-Hopefully.

And, if she does, how many people said Rita?

It's right!

It's a very good answer. Look, 23!

We got one!

A little bit of Tina, funnily enough, is all you need.

If it's a lot of Tina... it's not going to work for you.

Tina, and a little bit of it. Is it correct?

It's right!

Is it going to beat Rita?

It is! Look at that!

10!

Very, very, very well done, Paul.

Wow.

So, after the second question, Paul and Tom are through to the final.

What about that, Richard?

Very well done. You never thought that would come in handy, did you?

It's actually, "a little bit of Rita is all I need". Tina is "all I see".

Let's look at all the women involved in this farrago.

There's Pamela, 7. Tina was second best with 10.

Mary with 11, Angela, 12, Sandra, 13.

Erica, 16, Monica, 18, there's Rita on 23,

and Jessica on top with 26.

Very well done. So, the losing pair, I'm afraid,

is Claire and Leigh. Two categories that you weren't bad in.

We weren't that good!

You could have won that first point. This is a thing for you to discuss.

Hillgate!

You did very, very well.

I'm afraid, though, you didn't have that pointless knowledge you needed.

However, this was only your first shot, so we will see you next time.

Everyone gets two shots, so we'll look forward to having you back.

Wonderful contestants. Thank you.

But, Paul and Tom,

it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £11,250.

Well, congratulations, Paul and Tom. You've seen off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy. Very well done.

Very good. You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

which at the end of today's show stands at £11,250.

Now, the rules are very simple.

To win that money, you have to find a pointless answer,

an answer none of our 100 people thought of.

We've had one pointless answer today. You only need one more

to go home with that money.

First, you have to choose a category from these three options.

-Science, World Politics or Sport.

-There's only one we could do.

-Science is a gamble.

-It is. It's a wide-ranging subject.

I don't know a huge amount.

I'm not sure how you are. With Sport, we have more chance.

-Let's go for Sport.

-Sport? What sport would you like it to be?

-Football?

-Football.

-Snooker, tennis.

If it's curling, we'll all pack up and go home.

OK, let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

as many Footballers of the Year since 1970 as they could. Richard?

We're looking for any winner

of the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year from 1970

through to 2010. That's for the best player in an English league.

OK, thank you very much. You now have up to one minute

to come up with three answers. All you have to do to win £11,250

is to find an answer that none of our 100 people knew.

Your 60 seconds starts now.

-OK, Kevin Keegan's won it.

-Liverpool footballers...

Yeah, I assume Beardsley, Barnes, I'd assume John Aldridge.

What about some more obscure ones?

Who had a really good season?

The year Leeds won it, Cantona? Possibly.

-Even Gordon Strachan.

-Strachan.

-I've got a feeling for him.

-Gordon Strachan.

-And then what about the Blackburn one?

-That would have been Shearer.

It's got to be Shearer.

-Who else? Cos '80s would be...

-Liverpool.

-Yeah.

'70s? Who was winning in the '70s?

-Before our time.

-I know, but...

-Can we go for someone kind of famous, but obscure?

-'70s? Ossie Ardiles?

-Shall we try?

-Ricky Villa?

-He's more famous for one goal.

-I think Ardiles, Strachan and...

-Five seconds left.

-Colin Bell?

-Go for it. That's 1970s.

There's your time up. You've come up with plenty of names.

Of those names, let's have three.

We're looking for Footballers of the Year since 1970.

-Ossie Ardiles.

-Ossie Ardiles.

-Gordon Strachan.

-Gordon Strachan.

-Ricky Villa or Colin Bell?

-Go for Colin Bell.

-Colin Bell. OK.

Of those three, which is your best punt at a pointless answer?

They're all risky. I think Ardiles is the most likely to have won it.

I'd say he's the best punt.

-So we'll put him last.

-We might strike out three times.

Strachan in the middle, and Colin Bell might have won it before 1970.

Let's put those up on the board in that order.

There they are. OK.

We were looking for Footballer of the Year since 1970.

You only need one to be pointless to win that £11,250.

This was your least confident answer.

You only need to find one pointless answer.

Is Colin Bell correct and, if it is, how many people said Colin Bell?

No.

Bad luck. Bad luck.

So, that is your first answer gone. Not a pointless answer.

That leaves you with only two further cracks at that jackpot.

Now then, £11,250.

What would you do with that?

A friend of mine,

his 30th birthday is this year, and he's planning to go to Colombia,

-so I hope to come along on that.

-And Tom?

Maybe go to Colombia with Paul. It sounds a pretty good party.

Colombia - what could possibly go wrong?!

LAUGHTER

Absolutely, yeah. Brilliant. Well, very best of luck.

OK, we are looking for Footballer of the Year since 1970.

We're now moving into territory where your confidence grows.

-Not much!

-Your next answer -

Gordon Strachan. Colin Bell was a wrong answer.

What's your feeling about Gordon Strachan?

Paul saw Gordon Strachan on the front of something smiling.

-One of these football annuals.

-He was smiling?

-He was happy.

Leeds had won the league.

I've got a feeling that he captained them. Someone must have played well.

I think it may have been Strachan.

With his silky skills.

Well, let's hope nobody said this, and let's also hope it's right.

It's your second shot at today's jackpot of £11,250.

It has to be correct and pointless. Gordon Strachan.

Oh, it's right! It's right.

This for £11,250. It has to go all the way down to zero.

Is it going to do it?

Yes!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very, very well done!

That is fantastic!

-That's amazing.

-Very, very well done!

Oh, that's superb! Congratulations!

You've found that crucial pointless answer,

which means you do go home with our jackpot

-of £11,250. Well done, you!

-CHEERING

What a game, what a game!

-So, Richard, how about that?

-Fantastic. Very well played, guys.

And your logic was impeccable. He won it in '91 with Leeds.

There's a lot of pointless answers -

Robert Pires, Gordon Banks, Steve Perryman, Terry McDermott.

I know you couldn't care less,

-because you've just won a huge amount of money.

-Fascinated!

-Congratulations.

-Ossie Ardiles?

-No, Ardiles. He never won it.

Well, thanks again to our winning players, Paul and Tom,

who go away with today's jackpot of £11,250!

Join us next time when we put more obscure knowledge to the test.

-Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me.

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