Episode 9 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless

where popular answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's players.

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First, we welcome Irene and Tom. You're our first pair this afternoon.

-How do you two know each other?

-We're work colleagues and we've been best of friends for 36 years.

-Fantastic. Where do you work?

-We work in our local leisure centre.

I was going to say, Tom, you use that leisure centre well, don't you?

-I get my money's worth.

-You certainly do. My goodness!

-What do you do there?

-I'm a duty officer at the leisure centre along with Irene.

-And I take fitness classes, boxercise.

-I'll say you do!

-Very well attended classes, I should think.

-Thank you.

-It's great to have you on the show. Best of luck.

Next we welcome back Ed and Laura. You were on the show last time. Remind us what happened.

We suffered in Round 2 when Laura's knowledge of rivers through capitals fell a little bit short.

It was tough. It was a very, very tough round.

-It was close, but we're back now, so second chance.

-OK.

You're a formidable team and I would predict that you are the team to watch this afternoon. Best of luck.

Next we welcome Jennie and Joan.

How do you two know each other?

I met Jennie about five years ago at our local golf club.

Three years ago, Jennie was lady captain and we play quite regularly together.

-Who's the better player of the pair of you?

-Questionable.

-She is.

-It's Joan, is it?

-It is Joan.

-The lady captain says it's Joan.

-Lady captains have to be honest.

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

Finally, we welcome back James and Matt, back in the same position. Remind us what happened last time.

We got stumped on Carry On films because my brother was out playing football on Bank Holiday Mondays

-instead of staying in, watching Carry On films.

-Which is what you're meant to be doing.

-Not a good category.

-Matt, what would you like to see come up?

Ironically, I wouldn't mind films again, but based on last time,

it's probably not a good one for the pair of us.

We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.

There is only one more person for me to introduce. He pours scorn on the obvious and celebrates the obscure.

-He's my pointless friend, Richard.

-Hello.

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Hiya.

How are you today?

I'm very well. Last time, you weren't so. Are you any better now?

You know what? I'm a lot better.

You're looking much as you did.

-Quite. That's make-up.

-Yeah.

Yeah, we've got a really good show today.

You know when we say, "What would you like to come up," people always say, "TV, soap operas..."

Question two is for all those people who have been on the show and it didn't come up. It's come up today.

Two returning pairs. Ed and Laura were very strong.

Ed, you've got to forgive Laura her rivers knowledge of last time.

That's all water under the bridge, albeit water she is unable to name.

James and Matt, you were unlucky. They have something to prove. The two returning pairs might do well.

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

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

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

Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer and when that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.

Nobody won the jackpot last time, so another £1,000 is added to it,

so today's jackpot starts off at £3,250.

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Right, let's play Pointless.

In the first round, each of you must give me one answer

and you cannot confer with your partner.

The team has the highest score at the end of the round

will be eliminated. Make sure that's not you.

Our first category this afternoon is...

Decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second.

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

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Australian towns and cities...

-Richard?

-The correct answers in this round will all be towns and cities in Australia,

including the island of Tasmania.

Irene and Tom, you all drew lots before the show and you get to go first.

In this round, we're going to give you a choice of seven possible answers in each pass.

The first set of seven answers reads like this...

I'll read those again.

At least one of those answers is pointless, but there is at least one incorrect answer on the board.

Land on one of those and you will score the maximum of 100 points.

So then, Irene?

Well, the one that SPRUNG to mind was Alice Springs,

so I will go for Alice Springs.

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

It's right.

Down it goes.

25.

Not bad. Not a bad score at all, Irene.

-Alice Springs, Richard?

-Yeah, very well done. Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.

Alice was the wife of the superintendent of telegraphs.

-Alice Springs was found when they lay the telegraphs across Australia.

-Interesting.

Laura?

-There's a couple there which either are going to be really good or sound like jokes.

-Yes.

And there are a couple of obvious ones which sprung to mind.

And I don't really want to mess it up for Ed again.

So I'm going to go with Adelaide because at least I know it's right.

-You know Adelaide is right.

-Yeah.

-And of the ones you know that are right...

-I think that's better.

You think that's the lower-scoring one. Where do you think Adelaide will score?

-Probably about 40.

-About 40.

-Maybe more.

OK, let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people did say Adelaide.

47.

47, a safe answer.

Pretty big score, but better safe than sorry. Founded in 1836.

Named after King William IV's wife, Queen Adelaide.

We are looking for Australian towns and cities.

Joan, I can't work out if you are gleeful because it's a subject you know so much about...

Oh, I know everything about Australia(!)

I think you're about to demonstrate how right that is.

I know so much about Australia

that I'm confidently going to say Brisbane!

-LAUGHTER

-OK. OK...

You're going to say Brisbane. I have a hunch it might be correct. Let's see how many people said Brisbane.

28.

What about that, Laura? You'd have gone Brisbane if you thought it would score that low.

I thought Brisbane would be more than Adelaide, but I expect people at home are yelling, "No, you stupid girl!"

-What can you say?

-Brisbane, 28, not a bad score.

-Richard?

-It's an amazingly low score. Named after Sir Thomas Brisbane.

-OK, there we are.

James, we are looking for Australian towns and cities.

-The three that I was going to pick have gone.

-There is at least one pointless answer up there.

I watch a lot of Ray Mears and he went round the outback with a bush tucker man.

I'm sure Wagga Wagga is actually a place.

Wagga Wagga. Everybody who didn't pick Wagga Wagga is now nodding, going, "Yes, it is."

Then why didn't you pick it?

Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Wagga Wagga. Maybe this is pointless.

It's right.

It's not pointless, but it goes all the way down to 2. Very good answer.

Richard?

Very good answer. It's in New South Wales, Wagga Wagga.

"Wagga" means "crow" in Aboriginal, so it means "the place of the crows".

-Two crows.

-Two crows. But Wagga Wagga sounds more fun.

-Yeah.

Everything else on that board is either incorrect or pointless.

-Do you want to see if you can sort the wheat from the chaff?

-I think I can.

Quorn, for heaven's sake...

-Is...?

-Is not an Australian place.

-Quorn IS an Australian place.

-No?

-It's pointless, so very well done if you said that.

Quorn is in South Australia.

-The other two?

-Woomerang, I think, is nonsense.

You're absolutely right. Woomerang is an incorrect answer.

It was an old-fashioned name for a boomerang, funnily enough. Sounds like a female boomerang - Woomerang.

And Rockhampton is also a pointless answer. Well done if you said that.

-Rod Laver was from Rockhampton. They called him the Rockhampton Rocket.

-Thanks, Richard.

Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

James, forced into a position of Wagga Wagga, and as it turns out, it suited you well.

It scored you a fabulous, low 2 points.

Next up, we have Irene. 25 you scored there for Alice Springs, not bad at all.

Up to Joan and Jennie, just ahead there.

And Laura, Adelaide, your reasoning was spot-on, but you are out in front

by quite a way.

Best of luck on the next pass. You know what you must do, Ed.

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

We're going to put another seven answers on the board.

We are looking for Australian towns and cities and your second set reads like this.

-LAUGHTER

-I don't know why you're laughing.

At least one of those answers is pointless and at least one of those answers is incorrect.

If you pick an incorrect one, you will score 100 points.

-Right, Matt?

-Um...

-You are 44...

-Let's play safe - Perth.

-You're going to play safe with Perth?

-Yeah.

If you can score 44 or less, you are through to the next round.

There is your red line. Below that red line, through to Round 2.

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

It's right.

58.

Very popular, high-scoring choice there.

That takes your total up to 60. Richard?

That will make the round more nerve-wracking. Perth is the capital of Western Australia.

-Big score.

-You are now the high scorers, Matt and James, but you're the first to answer on this pass,

so anything could yet happen.

-Jennie...

-Mm-hm.

-High scorers there on 60.

If you can score 31 or less with this answer...

We are looking for Australian towns and cities.

I think I'm going to go for Fremantle.

Fremantle. That's a confident choice?

-Dodgy.

-Dodgy?

-I think I've heard of it, but I'm not sure it was in Australia.

OK, there is the red line.

My feeling is if that is right, I think that will get you below that line.

That's my hunch. Let's see if it's right and let's see how many people said Fremantle.

It's right.

Very good. Very good indeed, Jennie.

Fremantle scores you 5. It takes your total

up to a very safe 33.

Jennie, great answer. Fremantle is a major seaport in Western Australia.

-Ed, you are on 47.

-There's a few up there that I recognise, so that's reassuring.

-That is reassuring.

-But do you go for the one which looks like if it were right, it would be pointless,

or do I go for something a little bit safer?

-Let me help you make your decision.

-What's the advice?

My advice is you want to score 12 points or less with this answer to avoid becoming the high scorers.

Well, I'm pretty sure that Newcastle is a place.

In England, it obviously is, and also in Australia,

-so I'm hoping that the 100 people asked aren't from up north and I'll go with Newcastle.

-Newcastle.

Here's the red line, quite far down.

Let's see if Newcastle is going to do it for you.

Newcastle, is it right and if it is, how many people said it?

It's right.

It's right.

Oh, well done. Very good.

Nice, low score. Newcastle scores you 4.

It gives you a total of 51. Richard?

Well played, Ed. It's one of the largest cities in New South Wales.

Established as a convict camp in 1801 and a rather unpleasant one.

OK, so, Tom...

Tom, you know what you have to do. The high scorers are still James and Matt on 60.

If you can score 34 or less with your answer, you are through.

There is at least one pointless and one incorrect answer on that board.

You can talk us through the board because you're up last.

I'm pretty sure of one. I just wonder if it's going to get me enough points to get us through.

-I'll have to go for it as I'm not positive enough on the others.

-OK.

I'm going to go for Hobart which I think is the capital of Tasmania.

Hobart, capital of Tasmania. There is your red line.

If you're below that red line, we say goodbye to Matt and James. Above it and we say goodbye to you.

Hobart, is it right? If it is, let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

Go, go, go! Go, go, go!

Yeah, it's done it. Down to 16.

Very well done. That takes your total up to 41.

So, Richard, Hobart?

Well played, Tom. It is the capital of Tasmania. Also started life as a penal colony.

Let's take a look at the rest of the answers here.

Again everything here is incorrect or pointless. What do you think?

I can't believe that Humpty Doo is up there without actually being a legitimate answer.

You wouldn't make up a word like Humpty Doo.

That's a pointless answer, so well done if you said Humpty Doo at home.

The other two are both incorrect. Uluru, we know it better as Ayers Rock.

And Gillard is the Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard.

Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of Round 1, the losing pair with the highest score, it's Matt and James.

-Gutted.

-What's gone wrong?

-This number four...

-I tell you, that podium...

-It's no good.

I convinced myself that Uluru was Ayers Rock,

then I thought, "No, I'll play safe," and that was the wrong answer.

-It was the wrong answer.

-Yeah, it was the wrong answer.

-He'll suffer later.

-You've been great contestants. Sorry to say goodbye to you so soon.

-Thank you.

For the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round 2.

There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head, so one team will leave us at the end of this round.

Make sure it's not you. The category for Round 2 is...

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

OK, this afternoon's Round 2 question concerns...

In this round, we will show you a list of actors.

We asked 100 people to tell us their EastEnders characters.

-Richard?

-We'll show you six actors in each pass.

The more obscure the actor, the fewer points.

If you give us an incorrect answer, you score 100 points. We would accept first names

or names that these characters are commonly known by as well.

And we have got...

I'll read those all again.

Right, Tom?

Tom, are you a fan of the 'Enders?

I don't watch any soaps whatsoever.

But I've got a feeling I know at least one of those and the character.

-Good.

-So I'm going to go for Anita Dobson and I think she used to play Angie Watts.

-Angie Watts?

-Yeah.

-Oh, well done.

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

It's right. Well done, Tom.

46.

46, not a bad score at all. What do you think, Irene?

-Not bad.

-Not bad at all.

-Considering he doesn't watch.

He remembered not just one name, but both names!

-Angie Watts?

-Yeah, very well played, Tom. She was one of the original cast members from 1985.

She had her funeral in 2002, the character.

Splendid, Richard. Thank you.

Ed, we want the EastEnders characters played by these actors.

-Do you watch EastEnders?

-I've not seen it once. As soon as I hear that familiar drumbeat, it's channel over.

But luckily, I'm a massive Ricky Gervais fan and in Extras,

-I'm pretty sure that Shaun Williamson had a recurring role as a sort of bumbling assistant.

-He did.

They always referred to him as Barry because the joke was he was known as "Barry from EastEnders",

rather than calling him "Shaun". It might be a popular answer, but I think Shaun Williamson is Barry.

-A lifeline from Shaun Williamson.

-Yeah.

OK, you're saying Barry for Shaun Williamson. Let's hope it's right

and if it is, let's hope hardly anyone said it.

Barry - Shaun Williamson.

Not bad. Still going down.

-30.

-That's all right.

-Yeah.

-Good answer.

Barry - Shaun Williamson, Richard?

Yeah, poor old Barry. He was there from 1994 until he fell to his unfortunate death in 2002.

Right, Joan, as always on Pointless, you are looking for the answer that the fewest of our 100 people gave.

You can talk us through this board.

-What do you think?

-It's my worst nightmare.

-It's everyone's worst nightmare.

-I never watch soaps.

I also, as soon as the music strikes up, turn it off. I'm absolutely not interested.

You know what they call it in EastEnders, the "doof, doof, doof"? The "diggity-digs" or something.

-Have you never been on EastEnders?

-No, I've never been on it.

-COCKNEY ACCENT:

-They've never asked me!

Doof, doof, doof, doof-doof...

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-Joan, sorry. What are you going to go for?

-I'll just give it my best shot.

And it's mostly a guess.

But I'm going to hope

that Leslie Grantham was Dennis...Watts?

Dennis Watts... Leslie Grantham.

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

It's right.

58.

Not a bad answer at all.

A correct answer and scoring you 58 points. Dennis...

Well done, Joan. Good answers from three people who have never watched any EastEnders. Very impressive.

Yeah, he's been killed off twice, Dirty Den.

Let's take a look at the rest. Bill Treacher was Arthur Fowler. That would have scored 31.

Gretchen Franklin is Ethel Skinner. That would have scored you 15.

And the lowest score - Deepak Verma played Sanjay Kapoor.

Way back in the early days. He was addicted to gambling, had an affair with his wife's sister

and was arrested for the murder of his wife. That's a busy week!

Thank you very much, Richard. So let's look at the scores. Well, Ed, as it turns out,

fantastic answer from you. The lowest so far.

-Tom, not a bad answer at all. Irene, do you watch EastEnders? You do?

-Sometimes.

-I'm not committing myself in case I get it wrong.

-Of course!

-Jennie? How's your EastEnders knowledge?

-Good. Hopefully!

Well, it'll need to be. You are the highest scorers on 58.

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

OK, we're going to put six more actors on the board.

And we've got...

I'll read those one more time.

We are looking for their EastEnders characters. You're trying to find a really nice obscure one.

-Now, Jennie...

-I know all those actors and actresses,

but I can't remember some of their names.

-In EastEnders.

-So I'll have to go...

-You are the high scorers.

-I know.

-I'll have to go for Martine McCutcheon. I think she played Tiffany.

-Martine McCutcheon, Tiffany.

OK. There's no red line for you.

Let's see if that's right and how many said Martine McCutcheon, Tiffany.

It's right.

34.

34 that scores you. It takes your total to 92.

-Richard?

-Good answer. She was killed in 1998 and went on to have a Number One in 1999.

-How does that work?

-Very good.

-OK, Laura, you are on 30. If you can score 61 or less with this answer...

-OK.

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

The two actors I wanted to come up haven't, but there are two on there where I know the actors,

but I can only remember who one of them has played. I'll have to go for it.

So I'm going to go for Ross Kemp playing Grant Mitchell.

All right. There's your red line. If you get below there, you're through. Let's see.

How many people said it?

It's correct!

Yes, it's got you through. 46.

Very good. Good tactics as it turns out. Richard?

Well played, Laura. Ross Kemp has gone on to do interesting documentaries on Sky

with gangs and soldiers.

Our high scorers are Jennie and Joan on 92.

If you can score 45 or less, you are through.

-Talk me through it, Irene.

-I think the first two would be quite popular.

-Yes.

-You can give us the answers.

-That's Bianca and Pat.

-And Pat?

-Yeah.

Now I think Laila Morse plays Mo.

And I think Michael Cashman played Colin many years ago, but I'm not oversure on that.

So I will go with Laila Morse and Mo.

Laila Morse and Mo you say. Maybe that's a pointless.

Who knows? There's your red line. If you're below that red line, Mo has got you through.

Let's see if it's right and how many said it. Laila Morse.

It's right! Well done.

A home run!

Very good. 11 points that scores you and it takes your total up to 57.

-Richard?

-Very well played, Irene. She's Gary Oldman's sister, Laila Morse.

-She's not!

-She is.

Let's take a look at the rest. Pam St Clement is Pat Butcher or Pat Evans.

Pat Wicks as well, I think. 53 points.

Patsy Palmer was 50 points. She, of course, is...

Bian'a!

And Michael Cashman, you're exactly right. He was Colin. He had the first gay kiss on a prime time soap.

Scored 3 points. He's now an MEP, Michael Cashman.

So at the end of Round 2, the losing pair, I'm afraid, is Jennie and Joan.

-When you see the answers on the board, do you think, "I sort of knew that"?

-I couldn't remember Colin.

-I did know Michael Cashman played that chap that had the kiss.

-Joan, you're blissfully unaware.

-On another planet!

-I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you so soon, but we'll see you next time.

Thanks so much for playing. Thank you.

For the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

Well done, Tom and Irene, Ed and Laura.

You've made it to the head-to-head. Only one pair will make it to the final

and play for the jackpot which currently stands at...

OK, you're going head-to-head on the best of three. Each pair gives me just one answer

and you are now allowed to confer. All you need is an answer that scores less than the other pair

and the pair that gets the best of three will play for the jackpot.

Right, let's play Pointless.

Here is your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Prime Ministers under Queen Elizabeth II as they could.

-Richard?

-Any of the 12 British Prime Ministers in office since Queen Elizabeth II was crowned

-in 1953, up to the beginning of 2011.

-OK.

Irene and Tom, you've played best, so you get to go first.

OK. Tom and Irene seem happy with their answer. What are you going to give me?

I think we're going to play safe a little bit and go for Ted Heath.

Ted Heath. OK, Ted Heath.

-That was one we thought of...

-What are your other ones?

-James Callaghan, Harold Wilson,

-and Macmillan.

-Harold.

-Is it Harold as well? OK, I'll go with Harold Wilson, I think.

-Wilson? Not Macmillan?

-Either.

-Oh, I don't know.

-It's definitely Harold Wilson you're going for?

-Yeah.

-OK.

So we have Ted Heath and Harold Wilson. Tom and Irene said Ted Heath. Let's see if it's right

and how many people said it.

Ted Heath - 35.

-Ed and Laura have gone for Harold Wilson

-Yep. This is all on me.

OK, Laura, you said Harold Wilson. Is it right and how many said it?

Oh!

Bad luck.

-Ted Heath wins it. After the first question, it is one-nil to Tom and Irene. Richard?

-Well played.

If you'd said Macmillan, you'd have just won the point.

And with James Callaghan as well. The only answer that would have lost it for you was Harold Wilson.

Let's look at all 12 names.

The best answer was Alec Douglas-Home, 5 points.

Anthony Eden took over from Churchill. He was 11.

James Callaghan, 22. Winston Churchill in his second period as PM was 24,

as was Macmillan. Edward Heath, 35.

And some of the more modern ones.

Harold Wilson, 39. John Major, 59.

Gordon Brown, 69, alongside David Cameron.

Margaret Thatcher, 79. And way out at the top, Tony Blair, 92. Well done if you got all 12.

OK, thanks very much. Here is your second question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many annual US federal holidays as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any of the names given to days designated as annual federal public holidays

in the United States by the US Government. We won't accept Inauguration Day,

but any US federal public holidays,

as of the start of 2011.

-Ed and Laura, you get to go first.

-We've heard of it and we hope it's fitting for this.

-We'll go for Labor Day.

-Labor Day.

-Yes.

Tom and Irene, what do you think?

Founders Day.

-Founders Day?

-That's good!

Labor Day and Founders Day.

Ed and Laura, Labor Day. Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it.

It's right.

23.

23 for Labor Day. Tom and Irene, what do you think? 23. That's quite a tough score.

OK, let's see if Founders Day is correct and, if it is, how many people said it.

-Ah!

-Oh!

Bad luck. Founders Day is an incorrect answer.

-So, Ed and Laura...

-Lifeline!

A stay of execution. It is now one-all.

-Richard?

-Unlucky. Let's look at the whole list of US holidays.

A pointless answer - Columbus Day, for Columbus finding America.

Memorial Day would have scored 2.

Veterans Day on November 11th to celebrate the Armistice, 6.

President's Day on George Washington's birthday, 9.

Martin Luther King Junior Day, that's 21 points.

Labor Day, there we go, with 23.

New Year's Day they celebrate. I don't know what that's about. 27.

Christmas Day, 53. Independence Day, 66. And Thanksgiving Day, 72. They have a lot of holidays.

They sure do. OK, here's your third question. Whoever wins this point is going through to the final.

OK, we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many members of the Jackson Five

-as they could.

-We're looking for any member of the original line-up of the Jackson Five,

-as inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. There are five possible answers here.

-No(!)

Tom and Irene, you go first.

-We're very torn, but we're going to go for...

-Tito.

-Tito.

-Tito Jackson.

-Right, Ed and Laura?

We did think of that as well. We'll have to go with our other one.

-So we're going to go with Jermaine Jackson and hope that is...

-We think Tito's probably better.

-So you may have stolen that from us.

-OK.

Tito and Jermaine. We'll take them in the order they were given to decide who plays for our jackpot.

OK, Tom and Irene said Tito. Is it right and how many said it?

22.

OK, Tito has gone. Jermaine is the only one you could think of after Tito.

Is it right and how many said it?

It's right.

Bad luck.

Tito beats Jermaine, 22 to 37, which means after three questions

Tom and Irene are through to the final, two-one. Richard?

Very well played. There were two answers that would beat Tito.

Let's take a look. Marlon and Jackie Jackson, whose real name is Sigmund Jackson.

Tito there with 22, Jermaine with 37.

And Michael right at the top there with 92.

Thank you. So the losing pair I'm afraid is Ed and Laura.

-It's been a merry dance.

-A game of fluke!

-That's what you've led us.

-Who's going to take the blame?

-I think it has to be equal.

-Hang on. Sorry?

-Let's both have our say.

-LAUGHTER

-Who's going to take the blame, Ed?

-That politics question we didn't get, Laura does Law and Politics.

-It's just a thought.

-Who didn't know a single American holiday?

I knew Christmas.

-We all knew Christmas.

-OK, that'll be a fun journey back to Cardiff. You can discuss that all the way.

I'm so sorry. You have done very well. Thank you very much for playing. Great contestants.

But for Irene and Tom it's time for our Pointless final and a chance to win £3,250!

Congratulations. You've seen off all the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

Very, very good indeed. You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot. It stands at...

Now the rules are very simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 got.

We haven't had any pointless answers today. You only need to find one to go away with that money.

First, you must choose a category from these three options.

-One, two, three...

-Dogs!

-Well, that didn't take long at all!

-Cycling and British Actors are terrible subjects? Or Dogs is brilliant?

-We both love dogs.

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

to name as many Crufts Best In Show terriers and spaniels as they could. Richard?

We're looking for any breed of dog with spaniel or terrier as part of its name

that has won Best In Show at Crufts ever since its inception in 1928, right up until 2010.

Any Best In Show winner with spaniel or terrier in its name.

You have one minute to come up with three answers. All you need is one of them to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

-I'm thinking of a Skye terrier.

-A Kerry Blue definitely has.

-OK. That's a spaniel, is it?

-Yeah, Kerry Blue.

It's a terrier. Borders and stuff. Irish Water spaniel.

-Just say water spaniel.

-OK, non-specific.

-Yeah, em...

-Terriers and spaniels.

Yeah. And then...

-(Has a Bedlington terrier won it?)

-You can speak up, if you like.

-Has a Bedlington terrier won it?

-We're pretty sure of two, we think. We're trying to think of a third.

-What'll we go for?

-The water spaniel?

-Water spaniel.

-Your...

-Kerry Blue.

-And...

-What about Bedlington terrier?

-I don't think it's won Crufts.

I don't think so. We'll say... Skye terrier?

-Cocker?

-OK. Have you got your three?

Stop the clock right there. Very good. Playing to your strengths.

We were looking for Crufts Best In Show terriers and spaniels.

I now need your three answers.

-We'll go for a water spaniel.

-A water spaniel.

-Kerry Blue.

-Kerry Blue.

-Kerry Blue spaniel.

-And...

-Is that a spaniel?

-Terrier.

-Terrier, sorry.

-And...?

-American Cocker.

-American Cocker.

OK, of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

Tom's water spaniel.

A water spaniel. OK. We'll put that up last. What about your least confident?

-American Cocker.

-Yeah.

-OK, let's put those up on the board

in your preferred order.

There they are. We were looking for Crufts Best In Show winners

with the words terrier or spaniel in their name. OK, here we go.

How many people said your first answer, American Cocker Spaniel?

Let's see if it's right.

And if it is, how many people said American Cocker Spaniel?

-Oh, no!

-Oh!

-Good start(!)

-Hang on. You weren't confident about that one.

It's an incorrect answer. You have two more chances at the jackpot.

£3,250 - how would you spend that, Tom?

I haven't been on holiday for about 10 years, so I might have...

-A well-earned break.

-Yeah.

-How about you, Irene?

Yeah, similar, really. And if we did win, we'd go to some sporting event, wouldn't we?

Best In Show terriers and spaniels. Let's hope nobody said your next answer - Kerry Blue Terrier.

This is your second of three shots at today's jackpot of £3,250.

It has to be pointless to win.

Kerry Blue Terrier.

It's right.

Kerry Blue, down it goes.

This for £3,250!

Still going down...down it goes!

Oh!

Sorry about that.

-Blimey.

-LAUGHTER

I thought that was going all the way. Kerry Blue Terrier.

Scoring just 2.

This is your most confident answer. A Water Spaniel.

If this goes down to nothing, you are leaving here with £3,250.

The Kerry Blue went down to 2.

It's looking very good. This has to be pointless.

It has to be pointless for you to win. Let's see if it's correct and, if it is, how many people said

Water Spaniel.

-Oh!

-Oh!

-Never mind.

-We had to go for it, didn't we?

Bad luck, bad luck.

-We had to go for it.

-Yes.

Unfortunately, you didn't find that pointless answer so you don't win the £3,250

which rolls over to the next show, but you have been fantastic and you take home our Pointless trophy.

Thank you.

Richard...

Unlucky, Tom and Irene. There were three pointless answers. A couple are very recent winners.

Lakeland terrier has won twice, the last time in 1967.

The Norfolk terrier won in 2005

and a Sealyham terrier won in 2009.

-Would you have got those?

-We went for what we thought was most obscure. I'd heard of those.

Oh, bad luck. Well, unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to Irene and Tom.

-It's been great having you on.

-Thank you very much.

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

so on the next show we'll be playing for...£4,250.

-Join us next time to see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

-And from me.

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