Episode 7 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,

the show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet our players.

First, we welcome back Nana and Julie. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two shots at the Pointless final. This is your final chance.

-How did you do last time?

-It was a bit of a mixed bag.

We did really badly, and then we did really well!

You scored 200 points in the first round. But then...

-..in the tie-breaker...

-In the tie-break you had "regal" which scored two points.

-Yeah.

Sadly, the other people came up with something that scored no points.

There we are. Such is Pointless.

Best of luck this afternoon. I hope we see you go further than Round One.

Secondly, we welcome Andy and David. How do you know each other?

Andy and I work for Bereavement Services in Sheffield

and we've known each other for 15 years

since Andy joined me, cos I've been working there for 23 years.

So have you taught him everything you know?

No, I know nothing!

Very best of luck to the pair of you.

Next we welcome Claire and Leigh back to the show. Last time, remind us what happened.

We got through to the head-to-head after, like you say, a mixed bag

-of doing very badly, then...

-A mixed bag. Our two 200 scorers are back!

Then we managed to pull a pointless answer out of the bag. Sheer fluke!

-You did.

-Then we got through into the head-to-head

and got stuck on Formula One where we had a slight disagreement!

-Have you resolved that?

-She won't talk to me on the train home!

Listen, I think we'll see you all the way to the final. That's my hunch!

Don't let me down!

Best of luck. Finally, we welcome Ed and Jenny.

-How do you know each other?

-We've known each other all our lives as we're mother and son!

-All YOUR life, Ed! All your life.

-True!

-True.

-There was life before Ed!

That's an awful thing to say!

-But it's biologically possible and, in fact, true.

-Yes.

-What do you do for a living, Ed?

-I'm a DJ and promoter.

-DJ and promoter.

-Yes.

-Jenny, how about you? What do you do?

-I'm retired,

doing next to nothing all day but enjoying myself!

That's the best answer I've heard.

-Where do you next to nothing?

-In Lymington, Hampshire.

-Next to nothing, next to the sea!

Very best of luck to the pair of you.

We'll find out more throughout the show.

Only one person left to introduce, the man whose wealth of knowledge is the envy of quiz masters everywhere,

-he's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hello!

The envy, the envy you inspire!

Extraordinary, isn't it?

They covet you, quiz masters up and down the country!

We've got two returning pairs today. Claire and Leigh were in the head-to-head last time.

We have a long history of if you're in the head-to-head the first time, often you go through to the final.

Nana and Julie, we probably didn't see the best of them.

Despite getting 200 points, they were rather good.

It was a good 200 points!

We've seen worse 200 points in our time! That's all I'll say.

I'm saying it's not the worst we've ever seen.

-That's OK, then(!)

-If that makes you feel better.

I think they might do well today. I think they've got something to prove.

Thanks very much, Richard. We put all our questions to 100 people before the show.

But this is Pointless, so we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.

The fewer people who got the answer, the better your chance of winning.

You want to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.

When that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Paul and Tom won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.

Right, let's play Pointless.

Right. In the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.

Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

So, our first category this afternoon is...

Human anatomy. Is that you thrilled, Julie, or despairing?

Um... Poker face.

OK.

Can you decide in your pairs who's going first and who second.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many bones of the body as they could.

Bones of the body. Richard?

The answers here are all bones found in the human skeleton

"of an average person"!

LAUGHTER

So none of those extra bones that some people have! None of those.

-Of an average person.

-"Average person"?

-Yeah.

The bones of the body is an easier way of saying that.

Thanks very much. Nana and Julie, you drew lots before the show.

Today, you get to go first.

We'll give you a choice of seven possible answers on the board in each pass.

Your first set of seven answers reads like this.

I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless.

Be careful, because there's at least one incorrect answer on the board.

Pick one of those and you'll score the maximum 100 points.

-Nana, are you feeling better now you've seen these on the board?

-A little bit.

It's all come flooding back from GCSE biology.

I'm going to go for phalanges,

which I think are your fingers.

-The bones in your fingers.

-Phalanges.

Let's see if that's a correct answer and if so, how many people said phalanges.

Well done, Nana.

Phalanges doing awfully well. Down it goes.

Fabulous, three!

Brilliant answer. Three points.

-Rich?

-Well played, Nana. Very good start to the show.

You're right. They're the bones of your fingers and toes.

You have three in each finger and toe, apart from your thumb and big toe.

OK. Andy, we come to you.

We are looking for bones of the body.

Well, I have nothing flooding back. There's two that I do know.

I'll have to go for one of those.

Phalanges crossed you've got the right one!

-Sternum.

-You're going for sternum.

There it is. Second one down.

Sternum. Where do you think your sternum is?

I've no idea!

If it's right, let's see how many people said sternum.

It's right.

Not a bad answer at all, Andy.

That scores you 17 points.

Sternum, Richard. Where is it?

It's your breast bone, your sternum. Attaches to the upper pair of ribs.

-Andy, well done. 17 points. Leigh.

-Yes.

How are you on the bones of the body?

Not particularly brilliant, no.

I'm going to go for...malleus.

-Is that one you think you know or are you...

-Well, it's between two.

-So I'm going for that one.

-Going for malleus.

-Take my chance there.

-For fun, where do you think your malleus is?

-No idea!

-So you don't know your malleus from your elbow!

-No, absolutely!

-Right!

Let's see if there is such a thing in your body.

Made of bone. And if there is, how many people said it? Malleus.

It's right!

Might this be a pointless one?

Let's see.

Very, very good!

Very well done.

Malleus scores you two.

-Richard?

-Well done, Leigh.

The malleus is better known as the hammer and is a small bone in your ear.

-Along with the anvil and the stirrup.

-Very good. Thank you.

So, Ed, we are looking for bones of the body.

It's been a low-scoring round so far.

Nobody has yet found the pointless answer.

Nobody has as yet landed on the incorrect answer.

What do you think? Talk us through the board.

I knew four of them when it came up.

They've picked out three of them.

-Right.

-And there's an obvious one staring me in the face.

-Right.

Which leaves some slightly baffling ones there.

They could be parts of an engine, or could be bones or...

-I've heard of a spine.

-Ingredients in a cake. I don't know.

I don't know whether to risk it or...

Very low-scoring round, Ed.

I'm going to go for farian.

Farian.

That's the one I thought was a cake ingredient!

What do you think the farian is?

I'm going to say it's in my foot.

Are you an average person, though?

Is it in everyone's foot?

Farian. Is it correct, and if so, how many people said it?

It's in a cake!

Sorry. I'm sure it's not in a cake.

Unfortunately, farian is an incorrect answer

which means, I'm afraid, you score 100 points.

-What is farian?

-Unlucky, Ed.

Frank Farian is the producer behind Boney M!

I'm afraid. Ed, I'm not saying he's not in your foot,

but he's not in everyone's, I'm afraid.

You were going to say fibula, I think, as the obvious one.

That would have scored you 47 points.

A pretty big score.

One of those, Alexander, is pointless, and one is incorrect.

I'm thinking maxilla is probably the pointless one

because spinello is in there

because you wanted to lead us on a merry dance.

Because it has spine in it.

Have you ever played the game Operation where you pick the bones out of the body?

It was invented by John Spinello.

-So that's an incorrect answer.

-Good.

Well done at home if you said maxilla, which is the upper jaw.

That was a pointless answer.

We're half-way through the round. Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

Well, now. Leigh, Claire,

with your two points there for malleus.

-Brilliant.

-Thank you.

Then Nana and Julie, three points there for you phalanges.

Very well done. Better still, you knew what they were,

-which is more than can be said for Andy with his sternum!

-I was just joking!

Of course, you knew where your sternum was.

There you are on 17. I'm afraid, way out in front is Ed and Jenny with 100.

Jenny, if you can find a pointless answer in the next pass,

and one of the others scores 100 you'll be through to the next round.

OK. Can the second players please take their places at the podium.

We're putting another seven answers on the board.

We want bones of the body.

And we have got...

Again, at least one of those is pointless and at least one is incorrect.

-Now, then, Jenny.

-Yes.

-We're looking at another new list of seven there.

I think on that list you probably know a fair few of them.

Well, I know three. Which is not a fair few!

-It's a few!

-It's a few, yes!

Well, as we've got 100 I'm going to have a guess and go for furcula.

Well done. My favourite on the list.

Furcula. Let's see if it's right

and if it is, how many people said furcula.

Oh, no!

Oh, I'm so sorry! Unfortunately, furcula... How can that not be a bone in the body?

-It's such a great name.

-It should be.

-From now on, it will be.

That's an incorrect answer,

which means you've scored 100 points, taking your total to 200.

I'm so sorry, Jenny. Richard?

The furcula is a bone, but not a human bone. It's the wishbone in a bird!

The wishbone in your Christmas turkey is the furcula.

Claire and Leigh, David and Andy, Julie and Nana.

I can tell you now you're all through to the next round

as whatever you score in the rest of this round,

you'll never overtake Jenny and Ed's very brave and rather brilliant 200 points.

Bearing that in mind, Claire, on that board is at least one pointless answer.

It's worth £250 onto the jackpot.

We're looking for bones of the body, Claire.

What are you going for?

I want to go for the coccyx.

Please.

OK. You're going for the coccyx.

Let's see if it's a correct answer, and if so, how many people said coccyx.

-Ooh.

-Very good.

Very well done. That scores you five, taking your total to a low seven.

-Richard?

-The coccyx is the lowest bone of the backbone. Like a tail.

It's a cartilage when you're born. It can take 30 years for it to become a bone.

Well done, Claire. Great answer. Lovely low score. David,

as with Claire and Leigh, it doesn't matter what you say, you're in the next round.

Find a pointless answer. There might be two on the board.

Let's try and get them.

I'll try the top one. Lacrimal.

You're going for lacrimal.

Where do you think the lacrimal bone might be?

I don't know. No idea.

-Ooh! Here, possibly.

-OK.

Let's see if it is a bone. If it is, how many people said lacrimal?

It's right!

Very well done, David. Let's see how far this one goes down.

It might be going all the way. And it is! Well done!

Well done. Lacrimal is a pointless answer. It scores you nothing.

It leaves your total at 17

and takes today's jackpot up to £1,250.

-Very well done. Richard?

-Well done, David. Great way to start your show.

You're right. They're in your eye socket. Thin bones in the eye socket.

Lacrimal bones.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Finally, Julie. Remember, we're looking for bones of the body.

OK. I know one. I know two, but there's one I'm not sure about.

I'll go for that one.

I'm going to say ulna.

You say ulna. Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said it. Ulna.

21.

That takes your total up to 24.

Richard. Ulna.

Yes, the ulna is in your forearm.

Look at the rest. The femur is the longest bone in the body,

in the upper leg, that would score a hefty 46.

The humerus is in the upper arm.

That would have scored 19.

Zygomatic. Do you think that's pointless or is it incorrect?

-I think it's pointless.

-Sure?

I'll give you one chance to change your mind. Is it pointless or incorrect?

I'm going to... I'm going to...

I'll go with it. I think it is. I think it's a bone.

Very good. It's the bone just underneath your eye. Zygomatic.

It also forms part of the cheek bone, the zygomatic arch.

So a pointless answer. Well done if you said zygomatic.

Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of Round One, the losing pair

with the highest score, I'm sorry, Ed and Jenny, it's you. I'm so sorry.

-But what a way to go! Immense style.

-Oh, yeah. We burned out. We loved it.

-Yeah?

Listen, we will, of course, see you again next time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. This was your first.

I hope next time we have you for more of the game. Brilliant contestants. Thank you.

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

There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head.

So one team will be leaving us disappointed at the end of this round.

The category for Round Two is...

I love that acting. It's, "Oh, no! Political leaders!"

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first and who second.

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

OK. Your Round Two question concerns...

In this round, we'll show you the names of some political leaders of the 1990s.

We asked 100 people to tell us which countries they led. Richard?

In each pass we'll show you six political leaders as of 1 January 1990. By country,

as always, we mean a sovereign state that is a UN member in its own right.

Thank you very much, Richard. So, we are looking for the countries these political leaders led

in the 1990s. Here we go.

There they are. Nana, what do you think of that little lot?

Awful!

I don't know whether to go for an obvious one, or take a risk.

I think I'll just play a little bit safe. Sorry!

That's all right.

I'm going to go for...

Fidel Castro, Cuba.

Fidel Castro, Cuba. Let's see if that's right and if so, how many people knew that answer.

OK. Well, that's better than 100 points. Remember that.

-Fidel Castro scores you 92. Richard?

-That's a big score, 92.

His PR people will be delighted.

He was the leader of Cuba from 1959 till 2008.

First prime minister, then president. Nearly 50 years.

Very good. Thanks, Richard. So, Andy,

Fidel is off the board.

What about the rest of those names?

Doesn't look very sporty to me, that.

You say that.

There's two that I know,

but whether they were in the '90s, I'm not sure.

They're all in the '90s.

We wouldn't catch you out that way.

-Francois Mitterrand, then.

-You're going with him.

-France.

Francois Mitterrand, France.

Let's see if that's right, and if so, how many people knew that answer.

That scores you 90 points. Richard?

Francois Mitterrand, another very big score. President for 14 years,

longer than anyone since the 1789 revolution.

Leigh?

You can talk us through the names on the board

because you're the last person to have a selection.

What are you thinking?

I'll have to go safe and go for Margaret Thatcher. I think she was still in.

-Great Britain, Margaret Thatcher.

-Margaret Thatcher, Great Britain.

I predict the grouping on this will be spectacular!

We've had 92. We've had 90.

I'm going out on a limb and saying Andy and David, you'll be our low scorers. We'll see.

Margaret Thatcher. Let's see if it's correct, and if so, how many people knew that answer.

Margaret Thatcher, Great Britain.

You'd never have thought that one!

That scores you 79 points.

Fabulous low score there, Leigh(!)

Richard?

Only 79. Fidel Castro will be absolutely delighted, won't he?

Margaret Thatcher ruled the kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. But Great Britain's OK.

Let's look at the other three.

Hosni Mubarak is Egypt. That would have scored 27 points.

-Brian Mulroney. Do you know that?

-Canada.

-That would have scored six.

-And Carlos Salinas de Gortari?

-Don't know.

Mexico. It would have scored you four. Well done if you got all six.

Let's take a look at the scores. We're half-way through the round.

A very high-scoring round, that.

But fabulous low score from Leigh and Claire,

with the little-known - am I saying that right? Margaret That-cher. Is that right?

Who knew that? She was leader of the UK back in the '90s.

Then we have Andy and David who came in with Francois Mitterrand, scoring 90.

And Nana and Julie, 92.

You're not that far ahead of the rest, so anything could happen on this next pass.

Make sure you answer as obscurely as you possibly can.

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

We'll put six more names of political leaders on the board.

Here they are.

I'll read those one more time.

We are looking for the countries they led.

You're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

So, then, Claire.

You're the low scorers on 79.

-Not for long!

-You say that,

if you score 12 or less with this answer,

you are through to the next round.

-Can you do that?

-I'm going for...

..F.W. De Klerk. Is it South Africa?

F.W. De Klerk, South Africa, you're saying. Here's your red line.

If you go below that red line, you're definitely through to the next round.

Don't worry if it's above that, because the others have yet to answer.

Let's see if F.W De Klerk, South Africa is correct, and if so, how many people said it?

It's right.

Oh!

79. You've matched your score. Fantastic.

79 again. That takes your total up to 158.

-Richard?

-Might be a highest scoring ever round!

Yes, it's a good answer. He was president from '89 to '94.

F.W. De Klerk. He won the Nobel Peace prize with Nelson Mandela.

OK. David.

You are on 90.

If you can score 67 or less with your answer,

you are definitely through to the head-to-head.

Do any of these names ring a bell?

Oh, yes. At least three of them. But it's the countries that go with them.

I've got to go with the one that I really do know, and that's George W.

George H.W.

-H.W.

-George H.W.

-USA.

-USA.

If you can score 67 or less with this,

let's keep hoping. George H.W. Bush. There's your red line.

If you go below that line, you're through to the next round.

Is it correct and if so how many people said George H.W. Bush, USA.

That's one point better than getting it wrong!

That scores you 99 and takes your total up to 189.

-Richard?

-George Herbert Walker Bush.

He was president of America, as everyone apart from one person knows.

-OK. Well, now. Julie.

-Yes.

You've been handed a fantastic lifeline there by David.

They are the high scorers on 189.

If you can score 96 or less with this answer,

you are through to the head-to-head. Now, then,

you can talk us through the board.

I think I know the first one.

And I know Benazir Bhutto.

I'm going for Benazir Bhutto.

My heart... Oh, my gosh!

And I'm going to say Pakistan.

Pakistan for Benazir Bhutto. OK.

There's your red line. Look how high it is! Look how high!

Benazir Bhutto.

Pakistan. Is it right, and if so, how many people said it?

Well done!

51!

Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan, scores you 51 points, taking your total to 143.

Richard?

Well played, Julie. Benazir Bhutto was the first woman to be elected head of an Islamic state.

A very good answer.

Let's look at the others.

Bob Hawke, probably the most famous there. Australia.

That scored 74 points.

-Do you know Corazon Aquino?

-Yes, the Philippines.

-Yes.

Absolutely. That would have scored 15.

And Paul Biya is harder. Just scores two points. Well done if you got it at home.

-What are you saying?

-Cameroon.

-Is exactly right.

OK. Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of Round Two,

the losing pair with the highest score - oh, I'm sorry, David and Andy -

it's you.

We have to say goodbye to you.

We'll see you next time. Everyone gets two shots at the final.

This was only your first. Thank you so much. You've been great contestants.

For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting in the head-to-head.

So very well done, Claire and Leigh, Nana and Julie,

our two returning pairs. You've made it through to the head-to-head.

Only one pair can make it through to today's final and play for the jackpot, which stands at £1,250.

It's head-to-head on the best of three questions.

For each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer

and you are now allowed to confer.

You have to give an answer that scores less than the other pair to win that question.

The pair who gets the best of three plays for the jackpot.

OK. Let's play Pointless.

Here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many members of the Sex Pistols

as they could.

-Richard?

-We want anyone who's been a full-time member of the Sex Pistols

since their formation up to the start of 2011.

There are five names on the list.

Claire and Leigh, you've played best so far so you get to go first.

We are looking for the names of The Sex Pistols.

-Yeah?

-We're going to go for Johnny Rotten, or John Lydon.

-Johnny Rotten, aka John Lydon.

-John Lydon, yeah.

-OK. Very good.

-Nana and Julie.

-I'm thinking Sid Vicious, but I'm not even sure he was a member of The Sex Pistols.

-But that's all we have.

-Sid Vicious.

We have Johnny Rotten and we have Sid Vicious.

Let's take them in the order they were given. Johnny Rotten, say Claire and Leigh.

Is it correct and if so, how many people said Johnny Rotten.

It's right.

57.

Nana and Julie have gone for Sid Vicious.

-What do you think?

-No.

-Are you confident?

-No, not at all!

Not at all. OK. Let's see if it's right, and if so, how many people said Sid Vicious.

Yes, it's right.

It beats Johnny Rotten.

-So, after the first question, it is one-nil to Nana and Julie.

-Ha!

Bit of a surprise?

-There we are.

-You didn't think you'd be winning a question about The Sex Pistols!

-No!

-There's three other names on the list.

-I can get two of them.

-Glen Matlock and Paul Cook.

-Yeah.

Only missing the guitarist.

Let's take a look.

-Paul Cook.

-Steve Jones!

-Paul Cook, the drummer.

Steve Jones, the guitarist, on 11.

Glen Matlock, the original bassist, 12.

He was replaced by Sid Vicious, 44.

And Johnny Rotten, as you say, John Lydon, at the top with 57.

OK. Thank you very much, Richard.

Here is your second question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

as many vowels in the phonetic alphabet as they could.

-No.

-Phew.

Vowels in the phonetic alphabet.

-Is that...

-No, because we should be good at this, so, you know.

We both studied linguistics, so we should be good at this.

-Maybe you will be.

-OK! We'll see!

-I have every faith.

Vowels in the phonetic alphabet.

We're looking for any of the words that signify a vowel in the NATO phonetic alphabet,

that's A, E, I, O and U. Very best of luck.

Before you give your answer, I'll tell you how the land lies.

Claire and Leigh, you have to win this point to stay in the game and go through to the final.

Nana and Julie, if you win this point, you're straight through to the final.

Nana and Julie, it's your turn to answer first, as well.

We're going to go for U for uniform.

-You say uniform.

-Yeah.

-OK. Uniform.

Claire and Leigh, what are you going to give me?

We're going to go for indigo.

You're going to go for indigo. OK.

I - indigo. U - uniform.

Nana and Julie said uniform.

Is that right, and if so, how many people said it?

Very good.

Very good.

30.

-Claire and Leigh are going for indigo. Are you worried?

-Yes.

It's India! She just said, "It's India, isn't it?" And we both went, "Yeah."

-So, never mind.

-We have to take your first answer.

-Yeah. Not to worry.

Well, indigo. Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said indigo.

Bad luck, Claire and Leigh. That's an incorrect answer.

That means that after only two questions,

Nana and Julie are through to the final, two-nil.

Very well done.

-Richard?

-That's really unlucky, Claire and Leigh. As you say, it's India.

And it would also have scored 30 points. It would have been a tie.

There is one answer that beats uniform, surprisingly,

which is Oscar which would have scored 29.

Uniform and India on 30,

Echo, 49 and Alpha at the top with 58.

Thanks, Richard. The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Claire and Leigh.

Dear, oh dear. Head-to-heads haven't been kind to you.

-No.

-Not really.

-Who'll be watching at home, Claire and Leigh?

-My 13-year-old son will be.

-My kids will be hanging their heads in shame, probably.

-I'm sure they won't be.

-They were already!

You made it to the head-to-head. Twice.

-Yeah.

-They should be justly proud.

-They should.

-Certainly should.

-It's just the age they're at.

-It is.

No reflection on your performance!

-You've been fabulous contestants. Thank you for playing.

-Thank you. Good luck!

I hope you win!

But for Nana and Julie it's now time for our Pointless final

and the chance to win our jackpot of £1,250.

Congratulations, Nana and Julie. You've fought off the competition and won our coveted trophy!

Well done.

Very well done.

You have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

The jackpot stands at £1,250.

The rules are very simple. To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer

that none of our 100 people thought of.

We've had one pointless answer today. You only have to find one more

and you go home with that money. First you have to choose a category

from these three options.

It's going to be science, I know!

-Definitely not science.

-No.

-Ah.

American singers... TV talent shows. What if it's something before we were born?

-What's that one they all talk about? Something Faces.

-I don't know.

-If it's American Idol or Pop Idol or something.

-That's all right.

-Could be winners...

-American singers could be...

-Anyone.

TV talent shows could be the winners of something which we know.

-Shall we go for it?

-I don't know!

-I don't mind. Whichever one.

We've got the Pointless trophy, so...

-Shall we go for talent shows?

-Yeah, sure.

-OK. TV talent shows.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..as they could. Richard?

Any professional dancer who's partnered one of the celebrities in any series of Strictly,

from the first series in 2004 all the way to the 2010 series.

You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that £1,250 is for just one of those answers

to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

-I don't watch Strictly.

-Obviously there's Anton Du Beke.

-I don't know their surnames.

-What about the one that's going out with Cheryl Cole?

-Or is that Dancing With The Stars?

-I don't think he's on that.

Um, what about...

I know the American ones.

-Is there a Maxim?

-No. Oh, my gosh!

I'm sorry I can't help. I don't watch it.

-I've gone blank.

-What about the females?

-Yeah.

-Isn't there an Ola?

Yeah, but their surnames as well.

Don't know the surnames.

-Do we need their surnames?

-Yes, sorry.

OK. So...

Kristina?

-Smirnoff?

-They're all people but...

..what's the surnames? Nine seconds.

And it can fly by.

Five seconds left.

OK. That is your time up.

We're looking for Strictly Come Dancing professionals.

I now need your three answers.

I'm so looking forward to this!

What are your answers going to be?

-Anton Du Beke.

-Anton Du Beke.

-I'm going to go for Kristina Smirnoff.

-Good.

Kristina Smirnoff. Brilliant.

-Who else shall we have?

-Ola something.

Ola. Ola Magdelena.

Ola Magdelena.

I shouldn't laugh. There are people watching called this name!

Kristina Smirnoff is jumping up and down, going, "That's me!"

OK. Of those three, which is your most confident answer?

-Anton Du Beke.

-Anton Du Beke. OK, we'll put him last, then.

And of Ola Magdelena and Kristina...

..Kristina Smirnoff!

-Which would you like to put first and second, or is it really not...

-You choose.

Brilliant. I'll put Ola Magdelena first, if I may.

Here they are.

We were looking for Strictly Come Dancing professionals.

This was your least confident answer. You only need one to be pointless to win that money.

You never know! Ola Magdelena.

Let's see... Just let's see if it's correct.

If it is correct, how many people said Ola Magdelena?

-Bad luck.

-Darn!

I was really sure about that, as well.

Unfortunately, and I think you're not surprised, that is not a pointless answer.

You only have two more chances to win that jackpot.

We will try your second... Your second answer now!

So sorry!

We will try your second answer now.

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

and if it is, let's see if anybody said Kristina Smirnoff.

Your second shot at that jackpot of £1,250.

Sadly...

Kristina Smirnoff has yet to dance!

You have one last crack at that jackpot.

And this, I think you have some faith in this answer.

Anton Du Beke, your third and final answer.

We're looking for Strictly Come Dancing professionals.

This was your most confident answer.

This has to be pointless to win that jackpot. Is that right and if so, how many people said it?

It's right.

Down it goes.

You made it below 50.

Bad luck. Bad luck.

Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,250 which rolls over to the next show.

But you've been fantastic contestants and you get to take home our trophy.

APPLAUSE

Richard?

What were the answers to that question?

Firstly, bad luck because you've been fantastic and it's a shame to come across that category.

There is an Ola - Ola Jordan.

She would have scored six points.

Unbelievably,

there is someone very similar to Kristina Smirnoff,

-Kristina Rihanoff.

-That's why I thought...

But if you had said that, that would have gone all the way down to one!

There's a load of pointless answers here. I suspect you won't recognise them. I hope not.

All pointless answers.

Well done if you got any of those at home.

Thanks, Richard. Unfortunately we have to say goodbye, Nana and Julie.

You've been fantastic. You've been great contestants in both shows.

Thanks so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

Nobody's won our jackpot today so it rolls over. Next show we'll be playing for...

Join us next time to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me.

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