0:00:20 > 0:00:22APPLAUSE
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,
0:00:28 > 0:00:33the show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet our players.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42First, we welcome back Nana and Julie. You were on the show last time.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Everyone gets two shots at the Pointless final. This is your final chance.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49- How did you do last time? - It was a bit of a mixed bag.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53We did really badly, and then we did really well!
0:00:53 > 0:00:56You scored 200 points in the first round. But then...
0:00:56 > 0:01:02- ..in the tie-breaker... - In the tie-break you had "regal" which scored two points.- Yeah.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Sadly, the other people came up with something that scored no points.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08There we are. Such is Pointless.
0:01:08 > 0:01:14Best of luck this afternoon. I hope we see you go further than Round One.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19Secondly, we welcome Andy and David. How do you know each other?
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Andy and I work for Bereavement Services in Sheffield
0:01:22 > 0:01:25and we've known each other for 15 years
0:01:25 > 0:01:30since Andy joined me, cos I've been working there for 23 years.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32So have you taught him everything you know?
0:01:32 > 0:01:34No, I know nothing!
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Next we welcome Claire and Leigh back to the show. Last time, remind us what happened.
0:01:41 > 0:01:48We got through to the head-to-head after, like you say, a mixed bag
0:01:48 > 0:01:53- of doing very badly, then...- A mixed bag. Our two 200 scorers are back!
0:01:53 > 0:01:58Then we managed to pull a pointless answer out of the bag. Sheer fluke!
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- You did.- Then we got through into the head-to-head
0:02:01 > 0:02:08and got stuck on Formula One where we had a slight disagreement!
0:02:08 > 0:02:12- Have you resolved that?- She won't talk to me on the train home!
0:02:12 > 0:02:17Listen, I think we'll see you all the way to the final. That's my hunch!
0:02:17 > 0:02:18Don't let me down!
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Best of luck. Finally, we welcome Ed and Jenny.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27- How do you know each other?- We've known each other all our lives as we're mother and son!
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- All YOUR life, Ed! All your life. - True!
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- True.- There was life before Ed!
0:02:31 > 0:02:34That's an awful thing to say!
0:02:34 > 0:02:38- But it's biologically possible and, in fact, true.- Yes.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- What do you do for a living, Ed? - I'm a DJ and promoter.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43- DJ and promoter.- Yes.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- Jenny, how about you? What do you do?- I'm retired,
0:02:47 > 0:02:49doing next to nothing all day but enjoying myself!
0:02:49 > 0:02:51That's the best answer I've heard.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56- Where do you next to nothing? - In Lymington, Hampshire.- Next to nothing, next to the sea!
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01We'll find out more throughout the show.
0:03:01 > 0:03:07Only one person left to introduce, the man whose wealth of knowledge is the envy of quiz masters everywhere,
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- he's my Pointless friend, Richard. - Hello!
0:03:16 > 0:03:20The envy, the envy you inspire!
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Extraordinary, isn't it?
0:03:22 > 0:03:26They covet you, quiz masters up and down the country!
0:03:26 > 0:03:31We've got two returning pairs today. Claire and Leigh were in the head-to-head last time.
0:03:31 > 0:03:38We have a long history of if you're in the head-to-head the first time, often you go through to the final.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Nana and Julie, we probably didn't see the best of them.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Despite getting 200 points, they were rather good.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46It was a good 200 points!
0:03:46 > 0:03:51We've seen worse 200 points in our time! That's all I'll say.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54I'm saying it's not the worst we've ever seen.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- That's OK, then(!) - If that makes you feel better.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01I think they might do well today. I think they've got something to prove.
0:04:01 > 0:04:06Thanks very much, Richard. We put all our questions to 100 people before the show.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11But this is Pointless, so we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15The fewer people who got the answer, the better your chance of winning.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19You want to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23When that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:04:23 > 0:04:29Paul and Tom won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Right, let's play Pointless.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47Right. In the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55So, our first category this afternoon is...
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Human anatomy. Is that you thrilled, Julie, or despairing?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Um... Poker face.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06OK.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10Can you decide in your pairs who's going first and who second.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Whoever's going first, step up to the podium.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:05:20 > 0:05:26to name as many bones of the body as they could.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Bones of the body. Richard?
0:05:28 > 0:05:31The answers here are all bones found in the human skeleton
0:05:31 > 0:05:34"of an average person"!
0:05:34 > 0:05:36LAUGHTER
0:05:36 > 0:05:40So none of those extra bones that some people have! None of those.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- Of an average person. - "Average person"?- Yeah.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46The bones of the body is an easier way of saying that.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Thanks very much. Nana and Julie, you drew lots before the show.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Today, you get to go first.
0:05:53 > 0:05:58We'll give you a choice of seven possible answers on the board in each pass.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Your first set of seven answers reads like this.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30Be careful, because there's at least one incorrect answer on the board.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Pick one of those and you'll score the maximum 100 points.
0:06:33 > 0:06:39- Nana, are you feeling better now you've seen these on the board? - A little bit.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43It's all come flooding back from GCSE biology.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48I'm going to go for phalanges,
0:06:48 > 0:06:50which I think are your fingers.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- The bones in your fingers. - Phalanges.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59Let's see if that's a correct answer and if so, how many people said phalanges.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Well done, Nana.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Phalanges doing awfully well. Down it goes.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10Fabulous, three!
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Brilliant answer. Three points.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- Rich?- Well played, Nana. Very good start to the show.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23You're right. They're the bones of your fingers and toes.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27You have three in each finger and toe, apart from your thumb and big toe.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30OK. Andy, we come to you.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33We are looking for bones of the body.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38Well, I have nothing flooding back. There's two that I do know.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41I'll have to go for one of those.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Phalanges crossed you've got the right one!
0:07:44 > 0:07:46- Sternum.- You're going for sternum.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50There it is. Second one down.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Sternum. Where do you think your sternum is?
0:07:54 > 0:07:55I've no idea!
0:07:55 > 0:07:59If it's right, let's see how many people said sternum.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04It's right.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Not a bad answer at all, Andy.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11That scores you 17 points.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Sternum, Richard. Where is it?
0:08:15 > 0:08:19It's your breast bone, your sternum. Attaches to the upper pair of ribs.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- Andy, well done. 17 points. Leigh.- Yes.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25How are you on the bones of the body?
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Not particularly brilliant, no.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31I'm going to go for...malleus.
0:08:32 > 0:08:38- Is that one you think you know or are you...- Well, it's between two.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- So I'm going for that one. - Going for malleus.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45- Take my chance there.- For fun, where do you think your malleus is?
0:08:45 > 0:08:50- No idea!- So you don't know your malleus from your elbow!
0:08:50 > 0:08:52- No, absolutely!- Right!
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Let's see if there is such a thing in your body.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01Made of bone. And if there is, how many people said it? Malleus.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05It's right!
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Might this be a pointless one?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Let's see.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Very, very good!
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Very well done.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Malleus scores you two.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- Richard?- Well done, Leigh.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26The malleus is better known as the hammer and is a small bone in your ear.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30- Along with the anvil and the stirrup.- Very good. Thank you.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34So, Ed, we are looking for bones of the body.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36It's been a low-scoring round so far.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Nobody has yet found the pointless answer.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Nobody has as yet landed on the incorrect answer.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46What do you think? Talk us through the board.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48I knew four of them when it came up.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51They've picked out three of them.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55- Right.- And there's an obvious one staring me in the face.- Right.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Which leaves some slightly baffling ones there.
0:09:58 > 0:10:04They could be parts of an engine, or could be bones or...
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- I've heard of a spine. - Ingredients in a cake. I don't know.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12I don't know whether to risk it or...
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Very low-scoring round, Ed.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18I'm going to go for farian.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Farian.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23That's the one I thought was a cake ingredient!
0:10:23 > 0:10:26What do you think the farian is?
0:10:26 > 0:10:30I'm going to say it's in my foot.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Are you an average person, though?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Is it in everyone's foot?
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Farian. Is it correct, and if so, how many people said it?
0:10:42 > 0:10:45It's in a cake!
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Sorry. I'm sure it's not in a cake.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Unfortunately, farian is an incorrect answer
0:10:50 > 0:10:54which means, I'm afraid, you score 100 points.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- What is farian?- Unlucky, Ed.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Frank Farian is the producer behind Boney M!
0:11:01 > 0:11:04I'm afraid. Ed, I'm not saying he's not in your foot,
0:11:04 > 0:11:07but he's not in everyone's, I'm afraid.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10You were going to say fibula, I think, as the obvious one.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14That would have scored you 47 points.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15A pretty big score.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19One of those, Alexander, is pointless, and one is incorrect.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23I'm thinking maxilla is probably the pointless one
0:11:23 > 0:11:26because spinello is in there
0:11:26 > 0:11:30because you wanted to lead us on a merry dance.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Because it has spine in it.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38Have you ever played the game Operation where you pick the bones out of the body?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40It was invented by John Spinello.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42- So that's an incorrect answer.- Good.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46Well done at home if you said maxilla, which is the upper jaw.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48That was a pointless answer.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52We're half-way through the round. Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Well, now. Leigh, Claire,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57with your two points there for malleus.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59- Brilliant.- Thank you.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Then Nana and Julie, three points there for you phalanges.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Very well done. Better still, you knew what they were,
0:12:07 > 0:12:11- which is more than can be said for Andy with his sternum! - I was just joking!
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Of course, you knew where your sternum was.
0:12:13 > 0:12:18There you are on 17. I'm afraid, way out in front is Ed and Jenny with 100.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Jenny, if you can find a pointless answer in the next pass,
0:12:21 > 0:12:26and one of the others scores 100 you'll be through to the next round.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30OK. Can the second players please take their places at the podium.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36We're putting another seven answers on the board.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37We want bones of the body.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39And we have got...
0:12:50 > 0:12:55Again, at least one of those is pointless and at least one is incorrect.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59- Now, then, Jenny.- Yes.- We're looking at another new list of seven there.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03I think on that list you probably know a fair few of them.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07Well, I know three. Which is not a fair few!
0:13:07 > 0:13:09- It's a few!- It's a few, yes!
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Well, as we've got 100 I'm going to have a guess and go for furcula.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Well done. My favourite on the list.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Furcula. Let's see if it's right
0:13:18 > 0:13:21and if it is, how many people said furcula.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24Oh, no!
0:13:26 > 0:13:34Oh, I'm so sorry! Unfortunately, furcula... How can that not be a bone in the body?
0:13:34 > 0:13:38- It's such a great name.- It should be.- From now on, it will be.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40That's an incorrect answer,
0:13:40 > 0:13:45which means you've scored 100 points, taking your total to 200.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47I'm so sorry, Jenny. Richard?
0:13:47 > 0:13:51The furcula is a bone, but not a human bone. It's the wishbone in a bird!
0:13:51 > 0:13:54The wishbone in your Christmas turkey is the furcula.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Claire and Leigh, David and Andy, Julie and Nana.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00I can tell you now you're all through to the next round
0:14:00 > 0:14:03as whatever you score in the rest of this round,
0:14:03 > 0:14:08you'll never overtake Jenny and Ed's very brave and rather brilliant 200 points.
0:14:10 > 0:14:16Bearing that in mind, Claire, on that board is at least one pointless answer.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20It's worth £250 onto the jackpot.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23We're looking for bones of the body, Claire.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25What are you going for?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27I want to go for the coccyx.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Please.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30OK. You're going for the coccyx.
0:14:30 > 0:14:36Let's see if it's a correct answer, and if so, how many people said coccyx.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46- Ooh.- Very good.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54Very well done. That scores you five, taking your total to a low seven.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59- Richard?- The coccyx is the lowest bone of the backbone. Like a tail.
0:14:59 > 0:15:04It's a cartilage when you're born. It can take 30 years for it to become a bone.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08Well done, Claire. Great answer. Lovely low score. David,
0:15:08 > 0:15:13as with Claire and Leigh, it doesn't matter what you say, you're in the next round.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Find a pointless answer. There might be two on the board.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Let's try and get them.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21I'll try the top one. Lacrimal.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23You're going for lacrimal.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Where do you think the lacrimal bone might be?
0:15:30 > 0:15:32I don't know. No idea.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- Ooh! Here, possibly.- OK.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40Let's see if it is a bone. If it is, how many people said lacrimal?
0:15:43 > 0:15:44It's right!
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Very well done, David. Let's see how far this one goes down.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51It might be going all the way. And it is! Well done!
0:15:54 > 0:15:59Well done. Lacrimal is a pointless answer. It scores you nothing.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01It leaves your total at 17
0:16:01 > 0:16:05and takes today's jackpot up to £1,250.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13- Very well done. Richard?- Well done, David. Great way to start your show.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17You're right. They're in your eye socket. Thin bones in the eye socket.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Lacrimal bones.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Thanks very much, Richard.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Finally, Julie. Remember, we're looking for bones of the body.
0:16:25 > 0:16:31OK. I know one. I know two, but there's one I'm not sure about.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32I'll go for that one.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35I'm going to say ulna.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40You say ulna. Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said it. Ulna.
0:16:49 > 0:16:5121.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55That takes your total up to 24.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Richard. Ulna.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Yes, the ulna is in your forearm.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Look at the rest. The femur is the longest bone in the body,
0:17:03 > 0:17:07in the upper leg, that would score a hefty 46.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09The humerus is in the upper arm.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12That would have scored 19.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17Zygomatic. Do you think that's pointless or is it incorrect?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- I think it's pointless.- Sure?
0:17:19 > 0:17:24I'll give you one chance to change your mind. Is it pointless or incorrect?
0:17:26 > 0:17:29I'm going to... I'm going to...
0:17:29 > 0:17:32I'll go with it. I think it is. I think it's a bone.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Very good. It's the bone just underneath your eye. Zygomatic.
0:17:36 > 0:17:41It also forms part of the cheek bone, the zygomatic arch.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45So a pointless answer. Well done if you said zygomatic.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of Round One, the losing pair
0:17:48 > 0:17:54with the highest score, I'm sorry, Ed and Jenny, it's you. I'm so sorry.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59- But what a way to go! Immense style. - Oh, yeah. We burned out. We loved it.- Yeah?
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Listen, we will, of course, see you again next time.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. This was your first.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13I hope next time we have you for more of the game. Brilliant contestants. Thank you.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21For the remaining pairs, it's time for Round Two.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35So one team will be leaving us disappointed at the end of this round.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38The category for Round Two is...
0:18:42 > 0:18:48I love that acting. It's, "Oh, no! Political leaders!"
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first and who second.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Whoever's first, please step up to the podium.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04OK. Your Round Two question concerns...
0:19:09 > 0:19:14In this round, we'll show you the names of some political leaders of the 1990s.
0:19:14 > 0:19:19We asked 100 people to tell us which countries they led. Richard?
0:19:19 > 0:19:25In each pass we'll show you six political leaders as of 1 January 1990. By country,
0:19:25 > 0:19:29as always, we mean a sovereign state that is a UN member in its own right.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34Thank you very much, Richard. So, we are looking for the countries these political leaders led
0:19:34 > 0:19:37in the 1990s. Here we go.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02There they are. Nana, what do you think of that little lot?
0:20:03 > 0:20:04Awful!
0:20:07 > 0:20:10I don't know whether to go for an obvious one, or take a risk.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16I think I'll just play a little bit safe. Sorry!
0:20:16 > 0:20:18That's all right.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21I'm going to go for...
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Fidel Castro, Cuba.
0:20:24 > 0:20:30Fidel Castro, Cuba. Let's see if that's right and if so, how many people knew that answer.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40OK. Well, that's better than 100 points. Remember that.
0:20:40 > 0:20:46- Fidel Castro scores you 92. Richard? - That's a big score, 92.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48His PR people will be delighted.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51He was the leader of Cuba from 1959 till 2008.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55First prime minister, then president. Nearly 50 years.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59Very good. Thanks, Richard. So, Andy,
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Fidel is off the board.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04What about the rest of those names?
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Doesn't look very sporty to me, that.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08You say that.
0:21:11 > 0:21:12There's two that I know,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15but whether they were in the '90s, I'm not sure.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18They're all in the '90s.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20We wouldn't catch you out that way.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23- Francois Mitterrand, then. - You're going with him.- France.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Francois Mitterrand, France.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29Let's see if that's right, and if so, how many people knew that answer.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39That scores you 90 points. Richard?
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Francois Mitterrand, another very big score. President for 14 years,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46longer than anyone since the 1789 revolution.
0:21:46 > 0:21:47Leigh?
0:21:47 > 0:21:50You can talk us through the names on the board
0:21:50 > 0:21:53because you're the last person to have a selection.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55What are you thinking?
0:21:56 > 0:22:00I'll have to go safe and go for Margaret Thatcher. I think she was still in.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04- Great Britain, Margaret Thatcher. - Margaret Thatcher, Great Britain.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08I predict the grouping on this will be spectacular!
0:22:08 > 0:22:11We've had 92. We've had 90.
0:22:11 > 0:22:17I'm going out on a limb and saying Andy and David, you'll be our low scorers. We'll see.
0:22:17 > 0:22:23Margaret Thatcher. Let's see if it's correct, and if so, how many people knew that answer.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Margaret Thatcher, Great Britain.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33You'd never have thought that one!
0:22:36 > 0:22:39That scores you 79 points.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Fabulous low score there, Leigh(!)
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Richard?
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Only 79. Fidel Castro will be absolutely delighted, won't he?
0:22:47 > 0:22:53Margaret Thatcher ruled the kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. But Great Britain's OK.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Let's look at the other three.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01Hosni Mubarak is Egypt. That would have scored 27 points.
0:23:01 > 0:23:07- Brian Mulroney. Do you know that? - Canada.- That would have scored six.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10- And Carlos Salinas de Gortari? - Don't know.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14Mexico. It would have scored you four. Well done if you got all six.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18Let's take a look at the scores. We're half-way through the round.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20A very high-scoring round, that.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24But fabulous low score from Leigh and Claire,
0:23:24 > 0:23:29with the little-known - am I saying that right? Margaret That-cher. Is that right?
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Who knew that? She was leader of the UK back in the '90s.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37Then we have Andy and David who came in with Francois Mitterrand, scoring 90.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42And Nana and Julie, 92.
0:23:42 > 0:23:48You're not that far ahead of the rest, so anything could happen on this next pass.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52Make sure you answer as obscurely as you possibly can.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:24:00 > 0:24:04We'll put six more names of political leaders on the board.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05Here they are.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16I'll read those one more time.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28We are looking for the countries they led.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32You're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34So, then, Claire.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37You're the low scorers on 79.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40- Not for long!- You say that,
0:24:40 > 0:24:42if you score 12 or less with this answer,
0:24:42 > 0:24:44you are through to the next round.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- Can you do that?- I'm going for...
0:24:48 > 0:24:52..F.W. De Klerk. Is it South Africa?
0:24:52 > 0:24:56F.W. De Klerk, South Africa, you're saying. Here's your red line.
0:24:56 > 0:25:01If you go below that red line, you're definitely through to the next round.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05Don't worry if it's above that, because the others have yet to answer.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09Let's see if F.W De Klerk, South Africa is correct, and if so, how many people said it?
0:25:12 > 0:25:13It's right.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Oh!
0:25:15 > 0:25:1879. You've matched your score. Fantastic.
0:25:18 > 0:25:2179 again. That takes your total up to 158.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- Richard?- Might be a highest scoring ever round!
0:25:24 > 0:25:28Yes, it's a good answer. He was president from '89 to '94.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31F.W. De Klerk. He won the Nobel Peace prize with Nelson Mandela.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33OK. David.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34You are on 90.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39If you can score 67 or less with your answer,
0:25:39 > 0:25:41you are definitely through to the head-to-head.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Do any of these names ring a bell?
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Oh, yes. At least three of them. But it's the countries that go with them.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53I've got to go with the one that I really do know, and that's George W.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55George H.W.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57- H.W.- George H.W.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00- USA.- USA.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02If you can score 67 or less with this,
0:26:02 > 0:26:06let's keep hoping. George H.W. Bush. There's your red line.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09If you go below that line, you're through to the next round.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Is it correct and if so how many people said George H.W. Bush, USA.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24That's one point better than getting it wrong!
0:26:26 > 0:26:32That scores you 99 and takes your total up to 189.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- Richard?- George Herbert Walker Bush.
0:26:34 > 0:26:40He was president of America, as everyone apart from one person knows.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44- OK. Well, now. Julie.- Yes.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48You've been handed a fantastic lifeline there by David.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51They are the high scorers on 189.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55If you can score 96 or less with this answer,
0:26:55 > 0:26:58you are through to the head-to-head. Now, then,
0:26:58 > 0:27:00you can talk us through the board.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03I think I know the first one.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06And I know Benazir Bhutto.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08I'm going for Benazir Bhutto.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10My heart... Oh, my gosh!
0:27:10 > 0:27:14And I'm going to say Pakistan.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Pakistan for Benazir Bhutto. OK.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20There's your red line. Look how high it is! Look how high!
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Benazir Bhutto.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26Pakistan. Is it right, and if so, how many people said it?
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Well done!
0:27:34 > 0:27:3651!
0:27:36 > 0:27:41Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan, scores you 51 points, taking your total to 143.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Richard?
0:27:44 > 0:27:49Well played, Julie. Benazir Bhutto was the first woman to be elected head of an Islamic state.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51A very good answer.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Let's look at the others.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Bob Hawke, probably the most famous there. Australia.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58That scored 74 points.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02- Do you know Corazon Aquino? - Yes, the Philippines.- Yes.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Absolutely. That would have scored 15.
0:28:04 > 0:28:09And Paul Biya is harder. Just scores two points. Well done if you got it at home.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12- What are you saying?- Cameroon. - Is exactly right.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16OK. Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of Round Two,
0:28:16 > 0:28:20the losing pair with the highest score - oh, I'm sorry, David and Andy -
0:28:20 > 0:28:21it's you.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23We have to say goodbye to you.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27We'll see you next time. Everyone gets two shots at the final.
0:28:27 > 0:28:32This was only your first. Thank you so much. You've been great contestants.
0:28:33 > 0:28:38For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting in the head-to-head.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50So very well done, Claire and Leigh, Nana and Julie,
0:28:50 > 0:28:54our two returning pairs. You've made it through to the head-to-head.
0:28:54 > 0:29:01Only one pair can make it through to today's final and play for the jackpot, which stands at £1,250.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09It's head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12For each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer
0:29:12 > 0:29:15and you are now allowed to confer.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19You have to give an answer that scores less than the other pair to win that question.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23The pair who gets the best of three plays for the jackpot.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24OK. Let's play Pointless.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Here is your first question.
0:29:32 > 0:29:39We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many members of the Sex Pistols
0:29:39 > 0:29:41as they could.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45- Richard?- We want anyone who's been a full-time member of the Sex Pistols
0:29:45 > 0:29:48since their formation up to the start of 2011.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50There are five names on the list.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56Claire and Leigh, you've played best so far so you get to go first.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00We are looking for the names of The Sex Pistols.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06- Yeah?- We're going to go for Johnny Rotten, or John Lydon.
0:30:06 > 0:30:12- Johnny Rotten, aka John Lydon. - John Lydon, yeah.- OK. Very good.
0:30:12 > 0:30:18- Nana and Julie.- I'm thinking Sid Vicious, but I'm not even sure he was a member of The Sex Pistols.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20- But that's all we have.- Sid Vicious.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23We have Johnny Rotten and we have Sid Vicious.
0:30:23 > 0:30:28Let's take them in the order they were given. Johnny Rotten, say Claire and Leigh.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Is it correct and if so, how many people said Johnny Rotten.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35It's right.
0:30:37 > 0:30:3957.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46Nana and Julie have gone for Sid Vicious.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48- What do you think?- No.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52- Are you confident?- No, not at all!
0:30:52 > 0:30:57Not at all. OK. Let's see if it's right, and if so, how many people said Sid Vicious.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03Yes, it's right.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12It beats Johnny Rotten.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19- So, after the first question, it is one-nil to Nana and Julie.- Ha!
0:31:19 > 0:31:20Bit of a surprise?
0:31:21 > 0:31:26- There we are.- You didn't think you'd be winning a question about The Sex Pistols!- No!
0:31:27 > 0:31:31- There's three other names on the list.- I can get two of them.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34- Glen Matlock and Paul Cook.- Yeah.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Only missing the guitarist.
0:31:36 > 0:31:37Let's take a look.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40- Paul Cook.- Steve Jones! - Paul Cook, the drummer.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Steve Jones, the guitarist, on 11.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45Glen Matlock, the original bassist, 12.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47He was replaced by Sid Vicious, 44.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51And Johnny Rotten, as you say, John Lydon, at the top with 57.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54OK. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Here is your second question.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:31:59 > 0:32:05as many vowels in the phonetic alphabet as they could.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07- No.- Phew.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Vowels in the phonetic alphabet.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14- Is that...- No, because we should be good at this, so, you know.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17We both studied linguistics, so we should be good at this.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21- Maybe you will be.- OK! We'll see! - I have every faith.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Vowels in the phonetic alphabet.
0:32:23 > 0:32:28We're looking for any of the words that signify a vowel in the NATO phonetic alphabet,
0:32:28 > 0:32:31that's A, E, I, O and U. Very best of luck.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36Before you give your answer, I'll tell you how the land lies.
0:32:36 > 0:32:42Claire and Leigh, you have to win this point to stay in the game and go through to the final.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46Nana and Julie, if you win this point, you're straight through to the final.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50Nana and Julie, it's your turn to answer first, as well.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53We're going to go for U for uniform.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57- You say uniform.- Yeah.- OK. Uniform.
0:32:57 > 0:33:02Claire and Leigh, what are you going to give me?
0:33:02 > 0:33:04We're going to go for indigo.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07You're going to go for indigo. OK.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09I - indigo. U - uniform.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Nana and Julie said uniform.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Is that right, and if so, how many people said it?
0:33:22 > 0:33:24Very good.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Very good.
0:33:28 > 0:33:3030.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34- Claire and Leigh are going for indigo. Are you worried?- Yes.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38It's India! She just said, "It's India, isn't it?" And we both went, "Yeah."
0:33:38 > 0:33:43- So, never mind.- We have to take your first answer.- Yeah. Not to worry.
0:33:43 > 0:33:48Well, indigo. Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said indigo.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57Bad luck, Claire and Leigh. That's an incorrect answer.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00That means that after only two questions,
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Nana and Julie are through to the final, two-nil.
0:34:08 > 0:34:09Very well done.
0:34:13 > 0:34:18- Richard?- That's really unlucky, Claire and Leigh. As you say, it's India.
0:34:18 > 0:34:24And it would also have scored 30 points. It would have been a tie.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27There is one answer that beats uniform, surprisingly,
0:34:27 > 0:34:30which is Oscar which would have scored 29.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32Uniform and India on 30,
0:34:32 > 0:34:35Echo, 49 and Alpha at the top with 58.
0:34:37 > 0:34:42Thanks, Richard. The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Claire and Leigh.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Dear, oh dear. Head-to-heads haven't been kind to you.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49- No.- Not really.- Who'll be watching at home, Claire and Leigh?
0:34:49 > 0:34:55- My 13-year-old son will be. - My kids will be hanging their heads in shame, probably.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58- I'm sure they won't be. - They were already!
0:34:58 > 0:35:00You made it to the head-to-head. Twice.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04- Yeah.- They should be justly proud. - They should.- Certainly should.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08- It's just the age they're at.- It is.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10No reflection on your performance!
0:35:10 > 0:35:15- You've been fabulous contestants. Thank you for playing. - Thank you. Good luck!
0:35:15 > 0:35:17I hope you win!
0:35:18 > 0:35:21But for Nana and Julie it's now time for our Pointless final
0:35:21 > 0:35:24and the chance to win our jackpot of £1,250.
0:35:31 > 0:35:38Congratulations, Nana and Julie. You've fought off the competition and won our coveted trophy!
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Well done.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Very well done.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51You have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54The jackpot stands at £1,250.
0:35:59 > 0:36:04The rules are very simple. To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer
0:36:04 > 0:36:06that none of our 100 people thought of.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10We've had one pointless answer today. You only have to find one more
0:36:10 > 0:36:14and you go home with that money. First you have to choose a category
0:36:14 > 0:36:16from these three options.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31It's going to be science, I know!
0:36:31 > 0:36:33- Definitely not science.- No.- Ah.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37American singers... TV talent shows. What if it's something before we were born?
0:36:37 > 0:36:42- What's that one they all talk about? Something Faces.- I don't know.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46- If it's American Idol or Pop Idol or something.- That's all right.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49- Could be winners...- American singers could be...- Anyone.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53TV talent shows could be the winners of something which we know.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57- Shall we go for it?- I don't know! - I don't mind. Whichever one.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59We've got the Pointless trophy, so...
0:37:01 > 0:37:05- Shall we go for talent shows? - Yeah, sure.- OK. TV talent shows.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09TV talent shows. OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:37:09 > 0:37:15We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:37:17 > 0:37:20..as they could. Richard?
0:37:20 > 0:37:25Any professional dancer who's partnered one of the celebrities in any series of Strictly,
0:37:25 > 0:37:30from the first series in 2004 all the way to the 2010 series.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38All you need to win that £1,250 is for just one of those answers
0:37:38 > 0:37:39to be pointless.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Your 60 seconds start now.
0:37:41 > 0:37:46- I don't watch Strictly. - Obviously there's Anton Du Beke.
0:37:46 > 0:37:51- I don't know their surnames. - What about the one that's going out with Cheryl Cole?
0:37:51 > 0:37:55- Or is that Dancing With The Stars? - I don't think he's on that.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Um, what about...
0:37:58 > 0:38:01I know the American ones.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04- Is there a Maxim?- No. Oh, my gosh!
0:38:06 > 0:38:10I'm sorry I can't help. I don't watch it.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12- I've gone blank. - What about the females?
0:38:12 > 0:38:14- Yeah.- Isn't there an Ola?
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Yeah, but their surnames as well.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Don't know the surnames.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21- Do we need their surnames? - Yes, sorry.
0:38:21 > 0:38:22OK. So...
0:38:24 > 0:38:25Kristina?
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- Smirnoff?- They're all people but...
0:38:29 > 0:38:31..what's the surnames? Nine seconds.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34And it can fly by.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Five seconds left.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42OK. That is your time up.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46We're looking for Strictly Come Dancing professionals.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48I now need your three answers.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51I'm so looking forward to this!
0:38:51 > 0:38:53What are your answers going to be?
0:38:53 > 0:38:55- Anton Du Beke.- Anton Du Beke.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58- I'm going to go for Kristina Smirnoff.- Good.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01Kristina Smirnoff. Brilliant.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05- Who else shall we have? - Ola something.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Ola. Ola Magdelena.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10Ola Magdelena.
0:39:10 > 0:39:16I shouldn't laugh. There are people watching called this name!
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Kristina Smirnoff is jumping up and down, going, "That's me!"
0:39:22 > 0:39:27OK. Of those three, which is your most confident answer?
0:39:27 > 0:39:31- Anton Du Beke.- Anton Du Beke. OK, we'll put him last, then.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35And of Ola Magdelena and Kristina...
0:39:36 > 0:39:38..Kristina Smirnoff!
0:39:38 > 0:39:42- Which would you like to put first and second, or is it really not... - You choose.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46Brilliant. I'll put Ola Magdelena first, if I may.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Here they are.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01We were looking for Strictly Come Dancing professionals.
0:40:01 > 0:40:07This was your least confident answer. You only need one to be pointless to win that money.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10You never know! Ola Magdelena.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14Let's see... Just let's see if it's correct.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17If it is correct, how many people said Ola Magdelena?
0:40:21 > 0:40:24- Bad luck.- Darn!
0:40:24 > 0:40:27I was really sure about that, as well.
0:40:28 > 0:40:33Unfortunately, and I think you're not surprised, that is not a pointless answer.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37You only have two more chances to win that jackpot.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42We will try your second... Your second answer now!
0:40:43 > 0:40:45So sorry!
0:40:45 > 0:40:47We will try your second answer now.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52Let's see if it's a correct answer,
0:40:52 > 0:40:55and if it is, let's see if anybody said Kristina Smirnoff.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59Your second shot at that jackpot of £1,250.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Sadly...
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Kristina Smirnoff has yet to dance!
0:41:10 > 0:41:13You have one last crack at that jackpot.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17And this, I think you have some faith in this answer.
0:41:17 > 0:41:22Anton Du Beke, your third and final answer.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25We're looking for Strictly Come Dancing professionals.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27This was your most confident answer.
0:41:27 > 0:41:32This has to be pointless to win that jackpot. Is that right and if so, how many people said it?
0:41:36 > 0:41:37It's right.
0:41:40 > 0:41:41Down it goes.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44You made it below 50.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Bad luck. Bad luck.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer
0:41:55 > 0:42:01so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,250 which rolls over to the next show.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05But you've been fantastic contestants and you get to take home our trophy.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07APPLAUSE
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Richard?
0:42:13 > 0:42:16What were the answers to that question?
0:42:16 > 0:42:23Firstly, bad luck because you've been fantastic and it's a shame to come across that category.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25There is an Ola - Ola Jordan.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28She would have scored six points.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Unbelievably,
0:42:30 > 0:42:34there is someone very similar to Kristina Smirnoff,
0:42:34 > 0:42:37- Kristina Rihanoff. - That's why I thought...
0:42:38 > 0:42:43But if you had said that, that would have gone all the way down to one!
0:42:43 > 0:42:48There's a load of pointless answers here. I suspect you won't recognise them. I hope not.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54All pointless answers.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Well done if you got any of those at home.
0:43:00 > 0:43:05Thanks, Richard. Unfortunately we have to say goodbye, Nana and Julie.
0:43:05 > 0:43:09You've been fantastic. You've been great contestants in both shows.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11Thanks so much for playing.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14APPLAUSE
0:43:17 > 0:43:21Nobody's won our jackpot today so it rolls over. Next show we'll be playing for...
0:43:28 > 0:43:30Join us next time to see if someone can win it.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye. - And it's goodbye from me.
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