Episode 10 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test. Let's meet today's players.

And first we welcome Davyd and Wesley. Where are you from?

-From Stevenage in Hertfordshire.

-Very good. How do you know each other?

We met 13 years ago at university on the same course.

-What was the course?

-Music and drama degree.

-Are you involved in music and drama to this day?

-Yeah, a little bit.

Davyd does some songwriting and I still sing.

-Is that a profession, Davyd?

-No, it's more of a hobby now.

-And by light of day, what do you do?

-My day job, I'm a retail manager.

-How about you, Wesley?

-I'm a business improvement manager for a housing company in Stevenage.

I see. Right. It's great to have you here. Welcome to the show.

And next we welcome Sharon and Catherine. How do you know each other?

BOTH: We're twin sisters. LAUGHTER

-Are you identical twins?

-BOTH: We are, yes.

-Do you have similar interests?

-BOTH: We do, yes.

-LAUGHTER

-I think we might have to...

How good is your ESP? Are you very good at just thinking something?

Catherine, can you think something so Sharon can say it?

It might be rude, so I'd rather not.

-It was.

-LAUGHTER

What are your interests, Sharon?

Mainly 1980s pop music.

I love Ultravox, Midge Ure.

-Sharon, I want you to think of an Ultravox single.

-Mm.

Not the famous one that didn't get to number one,

another one, any of the other Ultravox singles, any of them.

And Catherine, I want you to tell us which one she's thinking of.

Reap The Wild Wind.

-Was it?

-It was.

-THEY LAUGH

APPLAUSE

It actually was.

That has ruined the Ultravox round I had planned.

LAUGHTER

-It's fabulous having you on the show. Welcome to it.

-Thank you.

And next we welcome back Betty and Sophie. This is your second time on the show.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the final and this is your last chance.

-Remind us what happened last time.

-We got knocked out in the second round, unfortunately.

-Didn't deserve to.

-No, you didn't. Remind us what it was.

-Erm, postcodes. British postcodes.

-Milton Keynes.

-You're from Milton Keynes.

-City of dreams.

And you're from Lincoln, which is near Hull.

-And I thought it was Huddersfield.

-Absolute nightmare.

-We're going to do better today.

-Yeah.

-Both of you are studying illustrating at Lincoln.

-Mm-hm.

When you're not illustrating at Lincoln, what do you like to do?

I like to watch soaps. That's my biggest hobby.

-You're a student.

-Yeah.

-LAUGHTER

-And quiz shows, presumably.

-Oh, of course, yes. Number one.

Are you a good team? Have you worked as a team before?

We have branded ourselves "The Quizards".

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah? OK.

Well, listen, Team Quizard, the very best of luck to you. Great to have you back.

Finally we welcome Christine and Ron. You were also on the show last time.

-Remind us what happened to you.

-We got through to the head-to-head

-and we went out on...

-Land borders with Brazil.

-That's right.

-Geography not our strong point.

-Argentina.

-Yes, that was tough, though.

-We had a bit of luck because we had three on our side.

Of course, yes.

Very good. And that is the first grandfather-granddaughter-great -grandchild team we've yet fielded.

You are watching Pointless history, ladies and gentlemen.

Listen, it's wonderful to have you back. Welcome back to the show.

Enjoy it and very best of luck. We will find out more about all of you throughout the show.

Only one person left to introduce.

He takes the greatest pleasure from the most obscure things. He is my Pointless friend, he's Richard.

Hiya. APPLAUSE

-Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon, Richard.

-Should be a good show. Two very good returning pairs.

Christine and Ron got knocked out in the head-to-head. Usually a good sign.

And Betty and Sophie slightly unlucky to get knocked out. So both very strong.

A huge advantage to be twins and to be psychically linked.

-Is that cheating, technically?

-Perhaps we should put a lead-lined partition between them.

-Would you mind, Sharon and Catherine?

-Of course not.

-Are you sure? Should be a good show. Round one might be

-the first in Pointless that my ten-year-old son would do better at than me.

-Very good.

Because he's an expert in ancient Etruscan art.

That's what round one is about. LAUGHTER

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.

For a chance to win our jackpot, players need to score as few points as they can.

What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £6,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Let's play Pointless.

OK, 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. Our first category is...

Decide in your pairs who'll go first, who'll go second.

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Star Wars characters as they could.

All the correct answers are characters from any of the six live-action Star Wars films.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Davyd and Wesley, you all drew lots before the show and you get to go first.

Wesley, in this round, you'll be delighted to hear,

we're going to give you a choice of seven possible answers.

Your first seven reads like this.

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

but there's also at least one incorrect answer.

Pick an incorrect answer and you will score the maximum of 100 points. Wesley.

Right.

I'm going to go with a stab in the dark.

I think this is a character

but the only ones I know I think will be very popular ones.

I'm going to go with Max Rebo.

-Max Rebo.

-Yeah.

-It's a guess.

-Yes.

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

It's right.

Very well done, Wesley!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's a pointless answer. It adds £250 to today's jackpot,

taking the total up to £6,250

-and scores you nothing.

-Well done, Wesley. Took a risk and it paid off.

Sometimes they don't. Max Rebo is a musician in Return Of The Jedi.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Very well done, Wesley.

Now then, Catherine. Star Wars.

-You know Star Wars.

-I was hoping that it would be Star Trek.

Oh, no.

I think I will play it safe and say Chewbacca.

-You're going to say Chewbacca?

-Yes.

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

It's right!

-43.

-APPLAUSE

43. It's right.

-Quite a big score, though.

-Yeah, better safe than sorry, though.

-Chewbacca the Wookiee, of course. Appears in the original trilogy and in Revenge Of The Sith.

-OK.

Thank you. Now then, Betty, Betty,

Star Wars, something I think you might know a lot about.

Well, I'm going to be brave and I really, really hope that Sophie won't hate me.

I'm going to make a guess. So I am going to say Count Dooku.

-Count Dooku.

-Yeah. I think he might be blue, but that's just me.

OK. Count Dooku. One up from the bottom. Let's see if it's right, and if it is,

let's see how many people said it. Count Dooku. Good luck.

Very well done, Betty. Very well done.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Very, very well done, Betty.

-Is he blue?

We'll discover in a second. Count Dooku was a correct answer and a brilliant score.

-Richard.

-Count Dooku is not blue, I'm afraid.

He's a Jedi knight gone bad, played by Christopher Lee.

-Ooh!

-Yeah. Pretty good, eh?

-Sounds sexy.

Erm, yeah. LAUGHTER

If you like non-blue Jedi knights, yeah, he's pretty sexy. THEY LAUGH

I don't want to boast, but I can usually do two out of three of the Count Dookus

-on the back of the Times.

-LAUGHTER

You know, I don't want to boast.

OK, now then, Christine.

-Yes.

-Christine. Star Wars characters.

-You've seen all the Star Wars films.

-I have. I've seen all six of them.

This is your board. You can talk us through the board if you like

-and then pick one at the end.

-Well, I know there's a CP3O.

But I don't know about a TC-14 or a DC-01.

Ko-Ko, I've no idea.

But I know that Anakin Skywalker was the young Darth Vader, so I'm going to go with that one.

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

-Down it goes. 14!

-APPLAUSE

That's a great answer, Christine. Well done. Anakin Skywalker, 14.

Yeah, well played, Christine. The central character in the prequel trilogy, later to become Darth Vader.

There is a couple of incorrect answers. Ko-Ko is not from Star Wars.

From The Mikado. That was an incorrect answer.

And of those other two, TC-14 and DC-01,

one of those is a correct answer and one of those is pointless.

I think I use TC-14 on my contact lenses every morning.

-So I'm going to go DC-01.

-DC-01 is a vacuum cleaner, I'm afraid.

So not a Star Wars character. Incorrect answer.

TC-14 is a droid from The Phantom Menace. A pointless answer.

Very well done if you said TC-14 or Max Rebo.

Thank you, Richard. We're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at those scores.

Wesley, well! What can I say?

-On a guess.

-A pointless answer straight out of the stalls. Look at that. Brilliant.

Then we go up to Betty and Sophie, not far ahead on two.

Then up to 14, Christine and Ron. And then 43, Catherine and Sharon.

That's not a terrible score but I'm afraid it does put you considerably ahead of the field,

so Sharon, you're going to have to find a really good answer on the next pass to stay in the game.

We'll come back down the line. Second players, take your places.

OK, we're going to put seven more answers on the board.

We are looking for Star Wars characters and we have got...

Again, at least one of those answers is pointless

and at least one of those answers is incorrect.

Try and avoid those incorrect ones.

Oh, Ron.

-Did you ever watch any of the Star Wars films?

-Certainly not.

Well, nor did Wesley, to be fair,

and look. Pointless.

Right, I'll have a stab. Jar Jar Binks.

You're going to go for Jar Jar Binks. There's your red line.

If Jar Jar Binks gets you below that red line,

you are through to the next round. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said it.

Very well done, Ron! Look at that! Brilliant!

APPLAUSE

13 that scores you. Takes your total up to 27. Very well done.

-Jar Jar Binks, Richard.

-Well done. Avoided the incorrect answers.

Has a fairly big part in The Phantom Menace, Jar Jar Binks,

severely reduced after that. A huge backlash from Star Wars fans.

I would say, by a margin, the most irritating character yet to appear on screen.

Yeah. I don't think many people would disagree with you.

So then, Sophie, the high scorers remain Sharon and Catherine on 43.

You and Betty are sitting on two. If you can score 40 or less with this answer,

you are through to the next round. Is this a good category for you?

Not particularly. My housemates will be screaming at the television.

I just haven't a clue really, but there is one that I recognise,

so I think I'll go for that, having got a nice low score

and say Han Solo.

Han Solo. There he is. One up from the bottom. Han Solo you are saying.

There's your red line. If Han Solo gets you below that red line,

you are through to the next round. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said it.

Ooh!

APPLAUSE

Well, that scored you 42, takes your total up to 44. Don't worry, it's not the end of the world.

There are still two pairs left to answer. Anything could happen. Richard.

Yeah, very close now. Played by Harrison Ford

in the original three films. Mercenary and smug.

Thank you very much. So Sharon, we come to you.

We're looking for Star Wars characters.

You aren't the high scorers. The high scorers are a point ahead of you on 44, Sophie and Betty,

which means if you want to be absolutely certain of staying in the game,

-you have to score a pointless answer here.

-Right.

I have seen Star Wars films with my children,

but I didn't particularly take any interest in the characters.

So this is going to be a complete gamble.

I'm going to go for Yossarian.

Yossarian. There it is.

Let's see if Yossarian is a correct answer.

There is a red line for you, but you won't be able to see it.

-THEY LAUGH

-It's right down there.

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

Ooh! Bad luck!

Bad luck, bad luck. I'm afraid Yossarian is an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points, taking your total up to 143.

-Bad luck. Richard.

-Yeah, Yossarian. I suspect some people at home will know,

he's the main character in Catch 22, the Joseph Heller novel.

So we come to you, Davyd and Wesley. Now, thanks to Wesley's fantastic low score,

you have been looking pretty good all the way through,

but now, thanks to the high score of Sharon and Catherine, 143,

you are definitely through. Even if you score 100 points, you won't overtake them.

We're looking for Star Wars characters, Davyd. Did you watch all six of them?

-I haven't seen any of them.

-OK. Here's fun.

Because it doesn't matter what you score and there is still at least one pointless answer on that board,

see if you can equal Wesley's pointless answer by finding another

and adding another £250 to the jackpot.

From the bottom, Greedo,

that sounds more Lord Of The Rings.

Bossk I like the look of.

Qui-Gon Jinn, no idea.

And Ban Ki-Moon I would love to be right.

I have no idea, so I'm going to guess Bossk.

Bossk you are going to say.

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

Well done. It's right.

Look at that! Very, very well done indeed, Davyd!

That is fantastic! A pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot, take the total up to £6,500.

It scores you nothing and leaves your total at nothing. A brilliant total. Richard.

That's certainly one way to play the game. Absolute blind luck.

That might be our first ever blind luck double pointless. So congratulations.

Let's take a look at the rest of the board. Qui-Gon Jinn is the Liam Neeson character.

Would've scored you a very, very low one point.

Two answers left. One is pointless, one is incorrect.

One of them is a bounty hunter from Tatooine.

The other one is the current Secretary General of the United Nations. Which is which?

Senor Greedo, UN Secretary General.

Oh, you're so close! Greedo was from the original Star Wars film.

It was a pointless answer. And as of April 2011,

Ban Ki-Moon is the Secretary General of the UN. An incorrect answer.

Very well done if you said Greedo or Bossk at home. Those are the pointless answers.

Thank you very much, Richard. At the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score,

I'm afraid Sharon and Catherine. You see, there's not point having ESP between you

if neither of you knows the category. I'm sorry about that.

However, you didn't do badly with Chewbacca. Yossarian could easily have been a Star Wars character.

But, alas, he wasn't.

But it's been lovely having you on the show. We'll see you again next time. Thank you.

APPLAUSE

But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

There's only room for two pairs on the head-to-head round

so one team will leave us at the end of this round. Make sure it's not you.

The category for round two this afternoon is...

Football. Can you decide in your pairs who'll go first, who'll go second?

Whoever's first, step up to the podium.

And our round two question concerns...

-Richard.

-On each pass, we'll show you a list of six professional football teams

from Europe. We asked 100 people, "In which country do they play?"

The more obscure answers will score you fewer points. An incorrect answer will score you 100 points.

Thanks, Richard. We're looking for the European countries

in which these football teams play professionally. And we have got...

There are the six teams. You need to give me the countries

in which those football clubs play professionally.

Now then, Davyd, is this a good category for you?

-This probably couldn't get any worse for me.

-OK.

-I'm going to give one a guess.

-What's it going to be?

I'm going to go for Saint-Etienne

and I'm going to say France and hope I don't look really silly.

Saint-Etienne, France. Well, sounds fair enough to me.

Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people knew that. Saint-Etienne, France. Good luck.

It's right!

-APPLAUSE

-56, though.

It's quite a high score but it's a lot better than 100.

Well done. Saint-Etienne, France.

Very big in the 70s, Saint-Etienne. Fallen on harder times since.

Thank you very much, Richard. Now, Sophie.

This is terrible because my dad is a sports journalist. He'll know all of these

-and him and my brother will be screaming...

-It's postcodes all over again.

-Postcodes all over again.

I'm going to go for Anderlecht and I think that that sounds German.

Anderlecht, German.

-Mm-hm.

-Sometimes I can tell from the murmur or the inhalation from the crowd...

-Oh, no.

..whether or not that's right. I can't.

-I think I can.

-I can't. There's only one way to find out.

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

Ohh! Bad luck, Sophie! I'm afraid that's what that noise meant.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. You score the maximum of 100 points.

-Anderlecht, Richard.

-Yeah, sorry, Anderlecht not German.

-I won't say what they are in case Christine wants to have a go.

-OK, Christine.

You're the last person to have this board

so you can talk us through every team on it if you like.

If my husband was here, he would start from the top

and read them all out and probably get them all right,

but I have not got a clue.

I've heard of Juventus, and the rest of them, I haven't even heard of them.

So I think I'll have to go for Juventus and I think it might be Italy.

Juventus, Italy, you're saying. OK. Very good. Juventus, Italy.

Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said Italy for Juventus.

Well done. It's right.

-Down it goes. 43.

-APPLAUSE

The best answer on the pass.

-Juventus, Richard.

-Yeah, well done. European champions in 1985 and 1996.

Let's take a look through the rest of the board. Not really a football board.

A lot of it is geography. Real Sociedad, Spain. They are a Spanish team. 39 points.

Anderlecht is not Germany. Sounds like it is, but they're a Belgian team.

Belgian champions 30 times. Would've scored you 24 points.

Steaua Bucharest are based in Bucharest, so they are Romanian. Would've scored you 15.

And Red Star Belgrade, obviously in Belgrade which is Serbia.

Seven points. Well done if you said that. Best answer on the board.

Thank you, Richard. We'll have a look at the scores as we're halfway through the round.

Christine and Ron, the best score there, 43. Very well done with Juventus.

Then Davyd and Wesley on 56, thanks to Saint-Etienne.

And bad luck with Anderlecht, Sophie. That cost you dear.

Back down the line. Second players, take your places at the podium.

OK, we'll put six more teams on the board and here they are.

We have got...

Remember, we're looking for the European countries in which these teams play

and you're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew. Ron.

I'm all right on English football, but not this.

They're all such long names, as well.

I'll go for Panathinaikos, Greece.

Panathinaikos, Greece, you are saying. The high scorers are Betty and Sophie on 100.

If you can score 56 or less with Panathinaikos, Greece,

you're through to the head-to-head. There's your red line. Below that, you've done it.

Panathinaikos, Greece. Is it right? How many people said it?

Well done, Ron. Head-to-head.

-APPLAUSE

-48 that scored you.

Takes your total up to 91.

-Richard.

-Yeah, well done, Ron, safely through. Panathinaikos there.

-Champions League regulars from Greece.

-Now then, Betty.

These next two answers are going to be crucial.

At the moment, you are the high scorers on 100.

You just have to score as low as you possibly, possibly can.

Now, I'm really hoping that somewhere on that board

is a team you've heard of and you know which country it's from.

-Oh, no!

-I prefer rugby cos I think the men have nicer thighs.

-Yeah.

-And I like men with beards and they have... You know. Sorry.

Anyway, I am just going to take a guess.

I think Sophie would do the same as me. I'm going to go with Rosenborg.

-Rosenborg.

-I'm going to say Sweden.

Rosenborg, Sweden.

OK. There's no red line for you cos you are the high scorers.

Rosenborg. Is it right. How many people said it if it is?

Rosenborg, Sweden.

-Ohh.

-Sorry.

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

so you score the maximum of 100 points, taking your total up to an unbeatable 200 points.

-Richard.

-Yeah, unlucky, Betty. I won't give you the answer in case Wesley wants to have a go.

So then, Wesley. The good news is, you and Davyd, once again, can answer in the second pass

-knowing that you are through to the next round.

-Er, there's a couple I think...

Well, FC Shakhtar Donetsk

sounds like a mixture between an Israeli and a Russian team.

So I don't know. And I'm thinking SL Benfica

might be a Spanish team, but we've already had Spain,

so I don't know if we can have more than one team in a country.

I'm going to go with St Patrick's Athletic and Ireland.

Stands to reason, doesn't it? St Patrick's Athletic, Ireland. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people said it. No red line cos you're already through to the head-to-head.

Yes, it's right. Well done, Wesley.

-51 that scores you! Takes your total up to 107.

-APPLAUSE

-Richard.

-Yeah, well done. Irish champions eight times.

Let's take a look at all of the answers, then.

The biggest scorer on that board that we haven't done is Benfica who are Portuguese. 26 points.

Next it's Young Boys, known as Young Boys of Bern, and they are from Switzerland. 18.

FC Shakhtar Donetsk, I had the great pleasure of watching Fulham beat them

in the Europa Cup. They're from Ukraine. Would've scored you ten points.

And Rosenborg are from Norway, I'm afraid. Would've scored you six points. Based in Trondheim.

That was a much harder board. Very well done if you got one of those low scorers.

Thank you, Richard. At the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score,

I'm afraid Betty and Sophie.

-Oh, we haven't looked after you at all well, have we?

-You're terrible.

Yeah, we've given you European football clubs, Star Wars. I'm sorry.

You went out in round two last time and this time.

It's consistent, but I'm disappointed. I was hoping to see you hold aloft the Pointless trophy.

That's all we came for. We don't really care about the money, we just wanted the trophy.

I'm sorry, it's not to be. Anyway, it's been lovely to have you. Thanks for playing.

APPLAUSE

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

Very well done, Davyd and Wesley, Christine and Ron, you've made it to the head-to-head.

Only one pair can make it to the final and play for the jackpot,

which currently stands at £6,500.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

You're going to go 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.

Get an answer that scores less than the other pair and you win that question.

The first pair to get to the best of three will play for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless.

OK, here is your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Monopoly spaces worth £200 or more.

There are 16 spaces on the standard UK London Monopoly board

that are worth £200 or more. Which is the most obscure of those?

How many can you name at home?

Thank you very much, Richard.

Davyd and Wesley, because you played best so far, you get to go first.

We're looking for Monopoly spaces worth £200 or more.

THEY WHISPER

-Yes.

-OK, we have an answer.

We're going to say the Strand.

The Strand. OK, the Strand.

Christine and Ron, a Monopoly space worth £200 or more. The Strand has gone.

We do not play a lot of Monopoly.

So I think they're probably quite popular ones,

but we can only think of Mayfair or Park Lane,

so I think we'll go with Mayfair.

-Mayfair, yes.

-Mayfair you are saying.

OK. We have the Strand and we have Mayfair.

OK. The Strand. Let's see if it's right,

and if it is, how many people said the Strand.

Very well done. It's right.

-15!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's a great answer. 15 for the Strand.

Christine and Ron, you have gone for Mayfair.

I think a lot more people will have said it than 15.

Only one way to find out. Mayfair. Is it right, and if it is, how many people said it?

Very well done. It's right.

-65.

-APPLAUSE

As you guessed, that was a high score for Mayfair.

Which means after the first question, Davyd and Wesley are ahead one-nil.

-Richard.

-Yeah, well played. It's actually the highest scorer, Mayfair.

Let's take a look at the things that would've beaten the Strand.

Coventry Street. Well done if you said that. Two.

Kings Cross Station, six. Vine Street, seven.

Liverpool Street Station, eight. Fenchurch Street Station, ten. And Marylebone Station on 11.

There's the Strand, 15. Leicester Square, 20.

Trafalgar Square, 26 and Oxford Street, 27.

And the big hitters here. Piccadilly, 29.

Bond Street, 30. Regent Street, 31.

And at the top, the two most valuable, Park Lane with 52 and Mayfair with 65.

Thank you very much, Richard. Here is your second question.

Christine and Ron, you have to win this to stay in the game.

Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Herbie films as they could.

We're looking for any feature films which had a general cinema release which starred the VW Beetle Herbie.

No TV films or TV series. Any Herbie film up to April 2011, please.

Thank you, Richard. Christine and Ron, you get to go first.

THEY WHISPER

Well, we don't know. This is a complete...kind of guess.

It's come out of my head from somewhere. We'll go for Herbie Rides Again.

-Herbie Rides Again. OK. That's just come from thin air.

-Yes.

Herbie Rides Again. Good luck with that.

Davyd and Wesley, what are you going to say?

I love the Herbie films, so it's just which one between Herbie Goes Bananas,

Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo.

-And The Love Bug originally.

-The Love Bug.

-What do you reckon, Bananas?

-Why do we know this?

-I know! Great!

-Do you want to go Bananas?

-Yes.

-We'll go Bananas. Herbie Goes Bananas.

-Herbie Goes Bananas.

We have Herbie Rides Again and Herbie Goes Bananas.

-Herbie Rides Again, you said, Christine. And you plucked it from nowhere.

-I don't know.

Just from the back of your head, somewhere there it was lodged.

Herbie Rides Again. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how it did.

Herbie Rides Again.

Look at that! Absolutely right.

-Very well done. 33.

-APPLAUSE

Not a bad score at all, Christine.

The question is, will Herbie Goes Bananas beat it?

Only one way to find out. If this wins, Davyd and Wesley, you are through to the final

to play for that jackpot of £6,500.

Herbie Goes Bananas, is it right? How many people said it?

It's right!

-You've done it.

-APPLAUSE

-You've done it! 24. Beats 33.

Which means after only two questions, Davyd and Wesley are through to the final two-nil.

-Richard.

-Well played. It's a category you think you don't know, but it's tucked away.

You mentioned all the films except the best score of all,

which is the most recent one with Lindsay Lohan,

which is Herbie Fully Loaded, would've scored you four.

There's The Love Bug, the original film. That scored 14. Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo, 15,

during which Herbie goes to Monte Carlo.

Herbie Goes Bananas on 24, don't know what happens in that one,

and Herbie Rides Again, the second film, with 33 points.

Well done if you got all five at home.

I say well done... LAUGHTER

Thank you very much, Richard. So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Christine and Ron.

Through to the head-to-head, which is no mean feat, in both Pointless episodes you've been in.

It's been fabulous. Thank you for playing. Brilliant. Christine and Ron.

APPLAUSE

But for Davyd and Wesley, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £6,500.

Congratulations, Davyd and Wesley. You fought off all the competition

-and won our coveted Pointless trophy. So very well done.

-APPLAUSE

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

And at the end of the show, the jackpot stands at £6,500.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

that none of our 100 people got. We had two pointless answers today,

and you are responsible for both of them. You only have to find one more and you will go home with £6,500.

Firstly, you've got to choose a category from three options.

They are...

-I think we can safely rule out golf.

-Immediately.

Erm, American novelists could be modern

or it could be something we know nothing about.

We're thinking song titles, but if it was a completely obscure band we've never heard of...

-I think it's our best shot, though.

-It's our best shot, isn't it, yeah.

-Song titles, please.

Song titles it is. Let's find out what the question is. What would you like it to be?

-What would be a good category?

-Britney Spears songs. Ace it!

-LAUGHTER

-And Wesley?

-Or musical song titles.

Let's find out. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many UK hit singles with New York in the title.

Guys, we're looking for any single that's reached the UK top 40 that has the words New York in its title,

prior to the beginning of April 2011.

Thank you very much, Richard. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that £6,500 jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Your 60 seconds start now.

-OK. New York, New York.

OK, that'd be really popular but that is one.

-Isn't there one, New York State Of Mind?

-Empire State Of Mind. I don't know if New York's in the title.

-OK.

-She did a single, Empire State Of Mind Part Two, but I don't think New York is in the title.

-Right, OK.

So, we've got New York, New York. Is there something, New York Times?

There's a song with the word times.

-Er... Do you know any songs with New York in the title, Wes?

-THEY LAUGH

No. Oh, no. Erm... Right, OK.

Well, we've obviously got New York, New York. We've got, erm, er...

Oh, no! Erm...

Erm... We're going to have to make something up. Is there something called New York Tale?

-A Tale Of New York?

-Tale Of Two Cities, that's...

No. Is there a song called New York Tale or Story?

-New York City?

-That sounds good.

-HE LAUGHS

Well, we're going to have to just make them up.

-Five seconds.

-Not that have been in the top 40 singles.

-Are we going to make something up?

Yeah, we're going to have to.

OK. There is your minute.

OK, here's fun.

We were looking for songs with New York in the title.

-I now need your three answers.

-OK.

-First one.

-No point saying New York, New York, so what's the one you made up? New York Tale.

-If we're saying three, we may as well...

-OK, let's say it, New York, New York.

-New York, New York.

-Shall we say New York Tale?

-New York Story.

-New York Story.

-New York Story.

And the third one is?

Is there one, Only In New York? Something like that?

-Once Upon A Time In New York.

-Yes. Go for it.

-Once Upon A Time In New York.

I tell you, Davyd, if someone else hasn't written that song, you get yourself straight to the piano.

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

Well, I think...

New York Story, if it's a right answer, will be pointless.

-Either of the second two, if they exist.

-OK, New York Story we'll put last.

-Which shall we put first, your least likely punter?

-New York, New York.

-So New York, New York,

Once Upon A Time In New York, New York Story. Let's put them up on the board in that order.

And here they are. New York, New York.

Once Upon A Time In New York. And New York Story.

OK, we were looking for UK top 40 singles with New York in the title. This is your least confident answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £6,500 jackpot.

So, New York, New York, let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said New York, New York.

Well, it's right. You thought this might be quite a high scorer. Let's find out. Yes, it is!

-70.

-APPLAUSE

70. Now, unfortunately, that is not a pointless answer.

You only have two more chances to win our jackpot of £6,500.

If you were to win £6,500, if you walk away with £6,500, what would you do with it?

-Go to New York.

-LAUGHTER

That is actually what we would do. It really is what we'd do.

A friend of ours lives in New York and we haven't seen him for a while.

-We were going to go out to visit him.

-OK. So a trip to New York. And then some, I should think. OK.

Here is your second answer. Once Upon A Time In New York.

This has to be pointless to win £6,500. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said

Once Upon A Time In New York.

Oh!

That's a song yet to be written. Bad luck. That's an incorrect answer.

You have only one more chance to win today's jackpot. New York Story.

New York Story. You were pretty sure there was a story somewhere, wasn't there, a New York Story?

-Tale?

-Yeah, something with the word story connected to it,

-or maybe Tale of New York, New York Story.

-Yeah.

OK, songs with New York in the title.

This was the answer you were most confident with.

This has to be pointless to win the jackpot of £6,500.

New York Story. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said it.

New York Story. Best of luck.

Oh! Bad luck.

APPLAUSE

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

You don't win today's jackpot of £6,500 which rolls over to the next show.

You've been fantastic contestants and you get take home our Pointless trophy.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

So, Richard, what were the pointless answers?

Unlucky guys. The most famous tale of New York is Fairytale of New York,

the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, number two originally.

It's been in the charts virtually every year since. There's Englishman In New York, a high scorer.

Native New Yorker, a big scorer. Let's look at the pointless answers. There's some fairly big songs.

People at home may have a pointless here. Let's see.

A Night In New York by Elbow Bones and the Racketeers.

Boy From New York City by Darts. A number two hit. That's pointless.

From New York To LA, another top ten hit, Patsy Gallant in the late 70s.

King Of New York, Fun Lovin Criminals. REM had a top ten single with Leaving New York.

New York City Boys, Pet Shop Boys. That was pointless.

New York City Cops by the Strokes. New York Groove was a top ten hit for Hello.

The Bee Gees' first ever hit single was New York Mining Disaster 1941.

Very well done if you got any of those at home.

We have to say goodbye, Davyd and Wesley. It's been brilliant having you on the show. Thank you.

-Brilliant contestants.

-APPLAUSE

Nobody's won our jackpot, which means it rolls over to the next show,

when we will be playing for £7,500.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Join us then to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

-..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye!

-APPLAUSE

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