0:00:15 > 0:00:18CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:00:24 > 0:00:28Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:28 > 0:00:31the quiz that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35- Let's meet today's players. - APPLAUSE
0:00:37 > 0:00:42First, we welcome Tony and Vicki. How do you two know each other?
0:00:42 > 0:00:47I met Tony nine years ago, when I joined a band called Aerosol,
0:00:47 > 0:00:50- which he plays the guitar in. - Aerosol?- Aerosol.- Yes.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53- You've got to be careful how you say that.- Exactly.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56- What do you do, Vicki? - I'm one of the singers.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01- One of the singers?- There's three. - THREE singers?- Yes.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- Tony, you're the guitarist.- Yes.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08- Is it your band?- I was the one who originally picked up the phone
0:01:08 > 0:01:11and dialled all the numbers.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Right now, there are four members of Aerosol going, "Did you see Tony?
0:01:14 > 0:01:17He said, 'I was the one who put it together!'"
0:01:17 > 0:01:24- They'll sue you and next year there'll be Aerosol, New Aerosol... - CFC-Friendly Aerosol.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28- And Roll-On coming from nowhere! - LAUGHTER
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Tony, what's your specialist subject?
0:01:31 > 0:01:35- A bit of Roman history would be nice.- What particularly?
0:01:35 > 0:01:39- In Britain?- Yeah. I collect Roman coins.- How about you, Vicki?
0:01:39 > 0:01:44I'm a little more fickle. Entertainment, music.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- You know, all that kind of thing. - All that kind of thing!
0:01:47 > 0:01:50- Well, very best of luck.- Thank you.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Next, we welcome Sharon and Catherine back to the show.
0:01:53 > 0:01:58Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02- Remind us what happened. - We went out in the first round.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04We were pretty dismal, to be honest.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09- It was the subject of Star Wars. - Star Wars?- Yeah.
0:02:09 > 0:02:14- Not a subject close to your hearts, was it?- No.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18You wouldn't know this, but they're twins. Who'd have thought(?)
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Twins? Yeah.
0:02:20 > 0:02:27- What are your interests, Sharon? - Swimming, going to the gym and 1980s pop music.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30- How about you, Catherine? - Belly dancing.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- LAUGHTER - Belly dancing?- Yes. I love it.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- Is there a particular technique? - Yes. Certain moves.
0:02:37 > 0:02:43- I apologise to all the belly dancers watching. I didn't realise. - There are certain moves.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- Can you demonstrate any?- Of course.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Figure of eight. The shimmy.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53- The shimmy. The figure of eight. - Can I ask a question?
0:02:53 > 0:02:58How come you were so much less interested in Roman coins?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01That's a very good point.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05You didn't ask Tony five additional questions, did you?
0:03:05 > 0:03:08LAUGHTER
0:03:08 > 0:03:12Well, it's wonderful having you both here.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16I'm sure there's more we need to know about belly dancing!
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Very best of luck to you. Next, we welcome, Dave and Andy.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24- How do you know each other? - We met at the pub quiz that I run.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28- You're massive quizzers, aren't you? - I think- I- am.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- But he knows more than me. - He just sets the questions.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36- He's got the answers on his card. - It doesn't mean you remember them.
0:03:36 > 0:03:41No. It's easy to look intelligent when you've got the answers.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46- What do you do, Dave?- Me? Well, I'm a postman at the moment.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50I was a builder for 24 years, but I just fancied a change.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- I like walking.- How about you, Andy?
0:03:53 > 0:03:56I'm a youth worker. I work with teenage kids.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Teenage kids by day, then fanatical quizzers by night.
0:04:00 > 0:04:05- Something like that. - Well, very best of luck. It's fabulous to have you here.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Finally, Gina and Ross. How do you know each other?
0:04:08 > 0:04:15We met a couple of years ago at a pop punk club night through mutual friends in Kingston.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19We dated for a while, but we're now just good friends.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- LAUGHTER - I think that's commendable.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26They're now good friends. But you MUST be good friends.
0:04:26 > 0:04:32- You've agreed to come on Pointless. That's the ultimate test of friendship.- Yeah.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Gina, when you're not following pop and punk, what do you like to do?
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- I love to bake!- Do you?- Yeah. I love to bake.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43- My and my housemate are constantly baking.- Cakes?- Cup cakes mostly.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47We like to practise decorating them.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52- Ross, how about you?- Punk is my main... I've just started a band.
0:04:52 > 0:04:58"Band". We don't have a drummer or a bassist yet but we're planning on making it a band.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03I know a band that's got way more singers than they need.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07- If you need some vocalists... - I'll get in touch.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11- Have you got a name for your band? - We've mooted a name of Deathletes.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Like "athletes" with "de" on the front. It's very dark.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17That IS dark!
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- Did you say "dark" or "bad"? - No, it's dark.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25It combines goths with... being very fit.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29- Two things you don't...- You could call yourselves The Fit Goths.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33It's brilliant having you on the show. The very best of luck.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37There's one person left to introduce.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42If obscurity's on the menu, he always has second helpings. He's my Pointless friend.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- He's Richard.- Hiya. - APPLAUSE
0:05:50 > 0:05:53How are you today? You OK?
0:05:53 > 0:05:59- No, I'm fine.- Have you got over the belly dancing talk?- Not really. No.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03Yeah. Actually, Sharon and Catherine are our only returning pair.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08They got knocked out very early, so it'll be interesting to see how they do now.
0:06:08 > 0:06:14- I've forgotten. Did anyone want their first round about chemistry? - No.- Oh, that's awkward.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17- LAUGHTER - Thank you very much, Richard.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20We put all our questions to 100 people.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25This is Pointless. We're after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29All our players need to do is score as few points as they possibly can.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer, one that none of our 100 people gave.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Today's jackpot starts off at...
0:06:46 > 0:06:48AUDIENCE: Ooooh!
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Right, let's play Pointless.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03In the first round, each of you must give me one answer, and you cannot confer.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07Whichever team has the highest score will be eliminated.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they will score the maximum of 100 points.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Our first category this afternoon is...
0:07:15 > 0:07:18There it is! Chemistry!
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:07:21 > 0:07:26And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:07:37 > 0:07:39..as they could.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44Any element on the periodic table whose English name does not end "..ium",
0:07:44 > 0:07:48as verified by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
0:07:48 > 0:07:54Any element that has a temporary name, as of April 2011, we won't accept.
0:07:54 > 0:08:00- Anything on the periodic table that does not end "..ium". Very best of luck.- Tony and Vicki.
0:08:00 > 0:08:06You all drew lots, and you get to go first, you lucky things. Tony.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09There's a couple I can think of.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14- Nearly all of them end in "..ium", but, er...- Good(!)
0:08:14 > 0:08:18I think I'll take a gamble and say antimony.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22I never know how to pronounce that. "ANTimony"? "AntIMony"?
0:08:22 > 0:08:28Let's see if Antimony is a correct answer and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Antimony.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33It's right, Tony.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Down it goes.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Oh! It's brilliant!
0:08:40 > 0:08:43CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:08:43 > 0:08:45A spectacular start to the game.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49It's a pointless answer. It adds £250 to today's jackpot.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53It takes the total up, therefore, to...
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- It also scores you nothing. - Brilliant start to the show, Tony.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02Antimony. A very good name for a band, if you lose the rights to Aerosol.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Or possibly a song.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Thank you very much. Now, Sharon, elements that don't end "..ium".
0:09:09 > 0:09:16- Not so bad, is it?- I quite enjoyed chemistry when I was in school, all those many years ago. Um...
0:09:16 > 0:09:18So, um...
0:09:18 > 0:09:24- I think I'll go for...bromide. - Bromide.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28You're hoping to score as few points as possible with bromide.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said bromide.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38AUDIENCE GROANS
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Bad luck, Sharon.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Bromide is an incorrect answer,
0:09:42 > 0:09:47which means you score the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51- I'll explain why that's wrong at the end of the round.- Thank you.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56- Now, Andy, we come to you. - ALEXANDER SIGHS
0:09:56 > 0:09:59I think you're gonna be good at this.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03I say this to everyone, obviously, but you all look like chemists.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06I was pretty hopeless at chemistry.
0:10:06 > 0:10:11I'm thinking of one of the earlier ones in the table. I'm going for boron.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many people said boron.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Well done.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Come on. Come on.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27APPLAUSE
0:10:27 > 0:10:30That's a great score, Andy.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34- Seven points for boron. - Boron, very good answer.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- People do seem to know their chemistry.- They certainly do.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Gina, don't shake your head!
0:10:40 > 0:10:42- I bet you do!- No, really, I don't.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46I should apologise to Ross. This is going to be terrible.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49I don't think the answer's right.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54I'm going to sound stupid, but...carbon dioxide?
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Carbon dioxide, you are saying.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00We were looking for elements whose names do not end in "..ium".
0:11:00 > 0:11:03That doesn't end in "..ium".
0:11:03 > 0:11:08Carbon dioxide. Is it right and, if it is, how many people said it?
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- Oh, bad luck.- I knew it was wrong!
0:11:14 > 0:11:18That's an incorrect answer. You score the maximum of 100 points.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Again, I'll say why that's wrong at the end of the round.
0:11:22 > 0:11:27Ross doesn't look happy. You might have to go out with him again!
0:11:27 > 0:11:29I'm sorry.
0:11:29 > 0:11:34We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Tony and Vicki on nothing,
0:11:36 > 0:11:40thanks to the brilliant answer antimony from Tony.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Seven, Andy and Dave with boron.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48Then we have, right at the top end, Sharon and Catherine
0:11:48 > 0:11:51and Gina and Ross on 100.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55It's essentially going to be a battle between Ross and Catherine.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:12:03 > 0:12:07We are looking for elements whose names do not end in "..ium".
0:12:07 > 0:12:11- Now, Ross.- Right.- Now, then, Ross.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14You have to find a brilliant answer.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19You are joint high-scorers with Catherine and Sharon.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23I think I'm just going to go for it and say fluorine.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said fluorine.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30It's right! Very well done, Ross.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40- CHEERS AND APPLAUSE - That's a great score, Ross.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45Very well done. Second best score so far. Takes your total up to 106.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49Really well played, Ross. That's why we put people in teams.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51It puts all the pressure on Catherine.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Now then, Dave.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57The high-scorers on 106 are Ross and Gina.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01If you can score 98 or less with this, 98 or less,
0:13:01 > 0:13:05you are through to the next round. What are you thinking?
0:13:05 > 0:13:09It's a slight gamble, but I'm going to go for...
0:13:09 > 0:13:10cobalt.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15- Cobalt.- Yeah. - A very firm nod there from Andy.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Cobalt. There's your red line.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Below that, you're through to the next round.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said cobalt.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Well done, Dave, you're through.
0:13:36 > 0:13:41- CHEERS AND APPLAUSE - Tremendous score there.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Takes your total up to 11. Richard.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Very well played.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48A good low-scoring answer. Very well done.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52- And so, Catherine, we come to you. This is the moment of truth.- Yes.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56Ross threw down the gauntlet with six points.
0:13:56 > 0:14:01You're going to have to score five or less to stay in the game.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Luckily, chemistry is something about which you know a great deal.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07It is. Yes.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- Xenon. - There's your red line.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13If xenon gets you below that red line,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16you're through to the next round.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Very exciting indeed. Xenon, is it right? How many people said it?
0:14:23 > 0:14:24It's right.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Down it goes.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Oh, no!
0:14:32 > 0:14:34APPLAUSE
0:14:37 > 0:14:42It's not all over. We have a tie scenario.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46I love it when this happens! Xenon scored you six.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51- Yes.- Takes you to 106. You are exactly tied with Gina and Ross.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- Richard. - Yes, xenon, very, very good answer.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59You may have kept yourself in the show. From the Greek for "strange".
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Vicki,
0:15:01 > 0:15:06- thanks to Tony's fantastic answer... - Yes.- ..you are in the next round,
0:15:06 > 0:15:08- come what may.- Good job.
0:15:08 > 0:15:13You'll never overtake Catherine and Sharon, and Ross and Gina.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17We are looking for elements whose names do NOT end in "..ium".
0:15:17 > 0:15:23- What are you going to give me? - Probably nothing. I've no clue about chemistry whatsoever.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28- An element?- I'm just going to guess mercury.- Mercury.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Sounds reasonable to me. Doesn't end in "..ium".
0:15:31 > 0:15:35Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said mercury.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- Really?- That's right.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43And pretty good score. Very well done, Vicki.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47APPLAUSE
0:15:47 > 0:15:52- Richard.- Learn something new every day, Vicki. Mercury.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56Named after the messenger of the gods in Roman mythology.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00- The mercury is certainly heating up. - Yes.- We've got a tie.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05Yeah. Who will the PRIZE go to in this round?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- Oh, the Mercury Prize. - It's a bit rubbish.
0:16:07 > 0:16:12Better than "the mercury's heating up", which doesn't mean anything.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16- Mercury's RISING.- Ah! Of course. - The mercury's rising.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Shall we get on?
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Yeah.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Right, well, as it's a tie,
0:16:21 > 0:16:24your scores are going to be reset.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27I'm hoping that when this goes out, they'll have some...
0:16:27 > 0:16:31- HUMS - ..sound of monks singing.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34- Duka-duka-duka-duka-duk. - HUMS
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- DRAMATICALLY:- It's a tie!
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Who's it a tie between, voiceover man?
0:16:40 > 0:16:45- DRAMATICALLY:- It's a tie between Ross and Gina
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- and Catherine and Sharon! - LAUGHTER
0:16:48 > 0:16:51- It's very exciting, isn't it? - Really exciting.
0:16:51 > 0:16:56- We should do this more often.- Yeah. Your scores are reset to zero.
0:16:56 > 0:17:02The tied pairs give me one more answer each. The pair that gets the highest score will be eliminated.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04You can now confer.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- Oh! - LAUGHTER
0:17:06 > 0:17:12Catherine and Sharon go first. Elements with names that don't end "..ium".
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- Have you conferred?- Yes.- We have.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17What are you going to say?
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- Krypton.- Krypton.- Yes.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24Let's put it to the test. Krypton, is it right?
0:17:24 > 0:17:27If it is, how many people said krypton?
0:17:29 > 0:17:31It's right.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36It's a low-scorer.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Four! Very well done!
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Four for krypton.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Ross and Gina, you can confer.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Or have you conferred?
0:17:51 > 0:17:54- I've conferred - with myself!- Yeah!
0:17:54 > 0:17:56LAUGHTER
0:17:58 > 0:18:00And...I'm struggling.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02I'll...
0:18:02 > 0:18:07I'll go for argon, but I don't think it's going to be good enough.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09- Argon.- Yes.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11You have to score three or less with argon
0:18:11 > 0:18:13to beat Catherine or Sharon.
0:18:13 > 0:18:18Let's see if argon's right. If it is, how many people said argon?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23It's right.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Down it goes.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30AUDIENCE GROANS AND APPLAUDS
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Bad luck, Ross. That was a very good try.
0:18:35 > 0:18:3919 for argon, which means, I'm afraid, you are...
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Have you thought of another one?
0:18:41 > 0:18:44No. I just realised the joke I set myself up for.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48I'm afraid you "are gone".
0:18:48 > 0:18:51LAUGHTER
0:18:51 > 0:18:55- I'm afraid you've been "krypton". - LAUGHTER
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Richard, we're going to come to you.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05That's really unlucky, Ross. Very well played, Catherine.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09We didn't allow bromide. Bromine is the element.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13We didn't allow carbon dioxide for a whole number of reasons.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17We would have allowed carbon. Carbon would have scored 22.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20We would have allowed oxygen, which would have scored 48.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Surprisingly, there's only five pointless answers.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25People genuinely did very well at this.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29Let's take a look at the five pointless ones, see how you did...
0:19:29 > 0:19:33Antimony, obviously, we've already heard from Tony.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37Bismuth, lanthanum. All those were pointless.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39There's only two more...
0:19:41 > 0:19:45..Very well done if you said any of those.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Let's look at the popular answers that most of our 100 people said...
0:19:54 > 0:19:57..And we've already heard, oxygen, the biggest answer on 48.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Well, thank you very much, Richard.
0:20:00 > 0:20:06At the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid, Gina and Ross.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Oh, dear. I'm sorry, Gina. You know why that was wrong now.
0:20:09 > 0:20:16That was my worst fear - anything to do with chemistry or science in general!
0:20:16 > 0:20:19The good news is, we get to see you again next time.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23- Thank you very much for playing. - APPLAUSE
0:20:25 > 0:20:29For the remaining three pairs, it's time for round two.
0:20:35 > 0:20:42There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head, so one team will leave at the end of this round.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Our category for round two is...
0:20:46 > 0:20:52Can you decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00So, our round two question concerns...
0:21:04 > 0:21:07- Richard.- We're going to show you six descriptions.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11We asked 100 people which famous Smith they refer to.
0:21:11 > 0:21:16The most obscure answers will score you the fewest points. An incorrect answer will score 100 points.
0:21:16 > 0:21:2012 descriptions of famous Smiths for you to have a go at at home.
0:21:20 > 0:21:27Thank you very much, Richard. We are looking for the famous Smiths that are here described. We have got...
0:21:48 > 0:21:50..I'll read those one more time...
0:22:03 > 0:22:06..There are our famous Smiths.
0:22:06 > 0:22:12- Vicki, pick a nice obscure Smith from the board.- I can't.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13I don't know any,
0:22:13 > 0:22:17apart from the actor once known as the Fresh Prince.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22- Will Smith.- You are saying the actor once known as the Fresh Prince.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25And you are saying Will Smith.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said Will Smith.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31It's right.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- APPLAUSE - That's an expensive one!
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Well, it's a lot better than 100.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- Yes.- 71 for Will Smith.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46Will Smith, married to Jada Pinkett Smith.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50- Their children are Willow and Jaden. - OK. 71 points to Vicki.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Now, Sharon, we come to you. Famous Smiths.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58- How many do you think you know? - At the moment, one.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00One I'm pretty sure of.
0:23:00 > 0:23:05So, going to go with Labour Home Secretary, John Smith.
0:23:05 > 0:23:11Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people knew that answer, John Smith.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Mm, bad luck, Sharon.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22You score the maximum of 100 points.
0:23:22 > 0:23:28- Richard. - Sorry, I won't give you the answer, in case Andy wants a go at it.
0:23:28 > 0:23:33So Andy, we're looking for the first names of these famous Smiths.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37I've got to say, there's only one I definitely know.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39I think I definitely know.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44I think Wilt was an '80s British movie.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47And I think that it's Mel Smith.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51Mel Smith, you are saying. Let's see if that's right.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54If it is, how many people said Mel Smith?
0:23:55 > 0:23:58That's right. It is right.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01I think that's a great answer, Andy.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07- APPLAUSE - Very well done, indeed.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11- Very well done. Mel Smith. - Very good answer, Andy.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14It's quite a tough board. Let's fill it in.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19- The economist who wrote Wealth Of Nations?- Adam.- Absolutely.
0:24:19 > 0:24:24- The Labour Home Secretary 2007-2009? - Jacqui.- Yeah. Jacqui Smith.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28First ever female Home Secretary.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30The West End star of Legally Blonde?
0:24:30 > 0:24:36- Sheridan Smith.- Who was in Gavin and Stacey and The Royle Family.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39The poet, author of Not Waving But Drowning?
0:24:39 > 0:24:43- Yeah.- Best answer on the board. - I know.- I'll give it to you.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Stevie Smith. Well done if you said Stevie Smith.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50- That's the best answer up there. - Thank you very much, Richard.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54We're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at the scores.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Andy and Dave looking very strong.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01Then we've got quite a long way to Vicki and Tony.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06Then we go up a little bit further to Sharon and Catherine.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11On the second pass, Catherine, it's between you and Tony.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:25:15 > 0:25:21We're going to put six more famous Smiths on the board. Here we go...
0:25:36 > 0:25:39..I'll read those one more time...
0:25:49 > 0:25:52..We are looking for the first names that the fewest
0:25:52 > 0:25:54of our 100 people knew.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59Dave, you're in a strong position. Andy managed to score you 16.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02The high-scorers are Sharon and Catherine.
0:26:02 > 0:26:07If you can score 83 or less, you're through to the head-to-head.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09I'm going to play it safe
0:26:09 > 0:26:11and go for the leader of the Labour Party in the 1990s,
0:26:11 > 0:26:13which was John Smith.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17You're saying John Smith. Let's see if that's right.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19If it is, how many people said it?
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Very well done. You're in the head-to-head.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30- APPLAUSE - Playing it safe.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Takes your total to 59.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Well played, Dave. Familiar name, John Smith.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39He also served as a minister under Callaghan and Wilson.
0:26:39 > 0:26:44Thank you, Richard. Now, Catherine, you have a mountain to climb.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46I have.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50- You have to find the lowest scoring answer.- Yes.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54I will go for the one who will be the lowest, hopefully.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58That is the original Charlie's Angel,
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Jacqui Smith.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03The original Charlie's Angel, Jacqui Smith.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05- Yeah.- Let's see if that's right.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08If it is, how many people said Jacqui Smith?
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- AUDIENCE GROANS - Unfortunately, Catherine,
0:27:14 > 0:27:20that is an incorrect answer, which means you score 100 points.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Taking your total up to an impressive 200.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25I think you've worked out your mistake.
0:27:25 > 0:27:30I won't give the answer in case Tony wants to have a go at the question.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Thank you very much, Richard.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Tony, we come to you.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39You are through to the head-to-head. Talk us through the board.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43To be honest, there's only one that I know out of those.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Fortunately, they've left it for me.
0:27:46 > 0:27:52Let's try for a pointless. TV chef and Norwich City Fan, Delia Smith.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Delia Smith. You think she's going to be pointless?
0:27:55 > 0:28:00- I hope so.- Oh! - No?- We'll see. Whatever happens, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04Delia Smith. Is that right? How many people said Delia Smith?
0:28:06 > 0:28:07Yeah, it's right.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Very popular!
0:28:10 > 0:28:13- APPLAUSE - Very popular indeed!
0:28:13 > 0:28:16That takes your total up to 145.
0:28:16 > 0:28:21Quite a high winning score, 145! Let's take a look at the rest.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24The Charlie's Angel. Jacqui Smith was the Home Secretary.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Jaclyn Smith.
0:28:28 > 0:28:34- The knighted fashion designer, Alexander?- Sir Paul.- Sir Paul Smith.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38Founded a chain of newsagents?
0:28:38 > 0:28:41I only know WH, but um...William?
0:28:41 > 0:28:43It is William! Yeah.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47Too risky to guess, I suspect. Well done if you got that.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50The best answer on the board is songwriter with the album Easter.
0:28:50 > 0:28:56- Oh, it's Patti Smith. - Exactly right. Very well done if you got that at home.
0:28:56 > 0:29:01So, at the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score, I'm sorry to say,
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Catherine and Sharon, it's you.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06I hope you've enjoyed your time.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09- We have.- You've learnt lots of things to take away!
0:29:09 > 0:29:13Use longer names! Don't abbreviate names!
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Don't abbreviate... Poor Jaclyn.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19I'm afraid this is where we have to say goodbye.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23You've been wonderful contestants. Thank you so much for playing.
0:29:25 > 0:29:31For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting, as we enter the head-to-head.
0:29:38 > 0:29:43Very well done, Andy and Dave, Tony and Vicki, you have made it to the head-to-head.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47Only one pair can make it to the final and play for the jackpot,
0:29:47 > 0:29:51which currently stands at...
0:29:51 > 0:29:55AUDIENCE: Ooooh!
0:29:55 > 0:29:58You're going to go head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:29:58 > 0:30:03Each pair gives me just one answer, but you are now allowed to confer.
0:30:03 > 0:30:08Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair to win that question.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12The first pair to get to the best of three will play for today's jackpot.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- Let's play Pointless. - APPLAUSE
0:30:18 > 0:30:21OK, here is your first question.
0:30:21 > 0:30:26We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:30:29 > 0:30:31..as they could.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Any country whose English name begins and ends in A.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38As always, we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN.
0:30:38 > 0:30:43We're looking for the full name, as listed on the UN's website English page.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46So any country that begins and ends in an A, please.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50Dave and Andy, because you played best so far,
0:30:50 > 0:30:54- you get to go first. - WHISPERING
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Yeah, yeah.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01We're going to try for Armenia.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05Armenia. OK. Thank you very much. Armenia.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08Tony and Vicki, you can confer out loud, if you like.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10- Um...- We thought of two, didn't we?
0:31:10 > 0:31:12- So you go. Go on.- Albania?
0:31:12 > 0:31:17- Is a possibility. What do you fancy? - Or Andorra.- Or Andorra.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21I don't know.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24- Go on...- Albania.- Go for it. - We'll play Albania.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Albania. OK, we have Armenia. We have Albania.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31In the order they've been given. Dave and Andy went Armenia.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said Armenia.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44APPLAUSE
0:31:46 > 0:31:5019 for Armenia. Tony and Vicki, you have gone for Albania.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said Albania.
0:31:54 > 0:31:5619 is what you have to beat.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02It's going to be close.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Ooh!
0:32:05 > 0:32:08- APPLAUSE - 25 for Albania.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10So, after the first question, Dave and Andy
0:32:10 > 0:32:12are ahead one-nil.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15- Richard.- Well played, Dave and Andy.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19Andorra would have scored 22, so would have lost you the point.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23Two answers would have won the point and there is a pointless answer.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Very well done if you said Antigua and Barbuda,
0:32:26 > 0:32:30which was pointless and would have added money to the jackpot.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34Angola also would have won the point...
0:32:36 > 0:32:39..Some of the bigger scorers here...
0:32:43 > 0:32:49- ..Australia at the top on 71. Very well done if you got all of those. - Thank you very much, Richard.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Here is your second question.
0:32:51 > 0:32:57Tony and Vicki, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:33:05 > 0:33:10..as they could. Artists who had a Christmas Number One in the 1990s.
0:33:10 > 0:33:16- Richard.- Any act who topped the UK chart at Christmas from 1990
0:33:16 > 0:33:19to Christmas 1999, please.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23Any act that did it more than once will only be accepted once.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25Now, Tony and Vicki, you go first this time.
0:33:27 > 0:33:32I'm relying on Vicki for this one. WHISPERING
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Really don't know if it's the '90s.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39I'm going to go with Band Aid II.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42Band Aid II? It was Do They Know It's Christmas?
0:33:42 > 0:33:47- OK, Band Aid, it was a rerelease... - Different people singing it. Yeah.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49Band Aid II.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51OK, Dave and Andy.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54- I think... - ANDY CHUCKLES
0:33:54 > 0:33:57We're going to go for Mr Blobby.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00You're going to go for Mr Blobby.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02We have Band Aid II.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05- And we have Mr Blobby. - LAUGHTER
0:34:05 > 0:34:10- I never bought it. - Neither did I!
0:34:10 > 0:34:13- You KNOW about it, Dave. - Andy told me.
0:34:13 > 0:34:18Band Aid II. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said Band Aid II.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24Oh, bad luck! That is incorrect!
0:34:24 > 0:34:27Which means, Dave and Andy,
0:34:27 > 0:34:30that if Mr Blobby is right,
0:34:30 > 0:34:33Mr Blobby - who'd have thought it? -
0:34:33 > 0:34:36you will have to thank for being in the final
0:34:36 > 0:34:40and playing for that jackpot of £7,750. Mr Blobby.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Is it right? How many people said it?
0:34:45 > 0:34:47You've done it!
0:34:51 > 0:34:53Very good. Mr Blobby is right.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56- APPLAUSE - Goes down to 21.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58But it was right,
0:34:58 > 0:35:02which means that Dave and Andy are through to the final.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05- Richard.- Well played. Vicki, that is genuinely unlucky.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09Band Aid II was Number One in 1989.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13It was the Christmas Number One in 1989. Very bad luck.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Let's look at all the answers.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19Whitney Houston, I Will Always Love You.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21Michael Jackson with Earth Song.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25Queen with Bohemian Rhapsody and These Are The Days Of Our Lives.
0:35:25 > 0:35:30Westlife, I Have A Dream, Seasons In The Sun.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34East 17, Stay Another Day. All of those would have won the point.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Mr Blobby there, 21.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41Spice Girls had three Christmas Number Ones - '96, '97 and '98.
0:35:41 > 0:35:46Cliff Richard, Christmas Number One with Saviour's Day, 1990.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, Tony and Vicki.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56Bad luck! That was a tough round. Band Aid II.
0:35:56 > 0:36:02Nearly a brilliant answer. Just a fortnight away from the '90s.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05- Such is Pointless, though. - It makes it worse.
0:36:05 > 0:36:10The good news is this was only your first shot at the Pointless final.
0:36:10 > 0:36:16You'll have another shot next time. Maybe you'll make it all the way to the final.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- Meanwhile, brilliant contestants. Thanks for playing.- Thank you.
0:36:23 > 0:36:29For Dave and Andy, it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £7,750!
0:36:36 > 0:36:40Congratulations, Dave and Andy, you fought off the competition
0:36:40 > 0:36:44and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48CHEERS AND WHOOPING
0:36:48 > 0:36:50You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54At the end of today's show the jackpot stands at...
0:36:55 > 0:36:58AUDIENCE: Ooh!
0:36:58 > 0:37:00The rules are very simple.
0:37:00 > 0:37:06All you have to do is find a pointless answer, one that none of our 100 people gave.
0:37:06 > 0:37:12We've had one pointless answer. Find one more now and you will go home with that money.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16First, choose a category from these options, and they are...
0:37:20 > 0:37:25I don't have to look at him and I know what he's going to say to me!
0:37:25 > 0:37:28- Fashion.- Fashion.- Really?- No.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31- It's all on you, Dave.- Thanks(!)
0:37:31 > 0:37:33- It's going to be golf.- Golf.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36Let's find out what the question is.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:37:44 > 0:37:46..as they could.
0:37:46 > 0:37:51- Richard.- We're looking for any member of the European or American team at the 2010 Ryder Cup.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55We will accept the captains, but not vice-captains and other staff.
0:37:55 > 0:38:01- First name and surname, please. - You now have one minute to come up with three answers.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03All you need, to win that £7,750,
0:38:03 > 0:38:07is for just one of those to be pointless.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Your 60 seconds start now.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13- Well, I think we should go more on the American side.- Yeah.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15Jeff Overton.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19- Go for Bubba Watson.- Yeah.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- And...- That's why I brought you! ANDY LAUGHS
0:38:22 > 0:38:26- Bubba Watson...- One of the...
0:38:26 > 0:38:32I would go for Hunter Mahan, but he lost to McDowell in that crucial point that they got.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35- What was the first name? - Jeff Overton.- Yeah.
0:38:35 > 0:38:40- Bubba Watson.- And...? What did you just say then? McDowell?
0:38:40 > 0:38:44- No. Hunter Mahan?- Hunter Mahan? - Hunter Mahan.- That'll do.
0:38:44 > 0:38:49- I'm not going to come up with three better than that.- Happy?- Yeah.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51Stop the clock!
0:38:51 > 0:38:55We were looking for 2010 Ryder Cup golfers.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57I now need your three answers.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00- We're going for Jeff Overton. - Jeff Overton.
0:39:00 > 0:39:05- Bubba Watson.- Bubba Watson. - And Hunter Mahan.- Hunter Mahan.
0:39:05 > 0:39:10Of those, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:10 > 0:39:14- Probably Jeff Overton. - We'll put him last.- Yeah.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18- Which is your least likely? - Hunter Mahan.- You think? OK.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22- Hunter Mahan.- Yeah.- We'll put them up on the board in that order.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24Here they are...
0:39:31 > 0:39:35..There they are. We were looking for 2010 Ryder Cup golfers.
0:39:35 > 0:39:41This was your first answer, the answer you had least faith in being pointless.
0:39:41 > 0:39:49You only have to find one pointless answer, remember, to win that £7,750 jackpot.
0:39:49 > 0:39:54Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:39:54 > 0:39:55Hunter Mahan.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Well, it's right.
0:40:00 > 0:40:04If this goes all the way down to zero, you are leaving with £7,750.
0:40:04 > 0:40:09This is your first of three shots at the jackpot. Down it goes...
0:40:09 > 0:40:12Oh! Ho ho ho ho!
0:40:12 > 0:40:16CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Well!
0:40:20 > 0:40:25- One person had Hunter Mahan. - Who knows Hunter Mahan?
0:40:25 > 0:40:28He lost to McDowell for that crucial point.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Unfortunately, that is not a pointless answer.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36You have two more chances to win today's jackpot, £7,750.
0:40:36 > 0:40:41- What would you do with £7,750? - It'd have to be a trip to Australia and New Zealand for me.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45I've got a 17-year-old son who needs car insurance, and that'd be that!
0:40:45 > 0:40:47LAUGHTER
0:40:47 > 0:40:51- You're a big golf fan, Dave? - I do like me golf, yeah.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54- Especially the Ryder Cup. - This is a perfect category for you.
0:40:54 > 0:40:59- Let's hope so.- We are looking for 2010 Ryder Cup golfers.
0:40:59 > 0:41:04This is your second answer, Bubba Watson. This has to be pointless.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08None of our 100 people can have said it, if you are to win that jackpot.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10£7,750.
0:41:10 > 0:41:15Let's find out. Bubba Watson. Is it right? How many people said Bubba Watson.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Well, it's right.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Hunter Mahan went down to one.
0:41:23 > 0:41:28If Bubba Watson can go lower than that, you leave with £7,750.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31Down it goes...
0:41:31 > 0:41:34CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:41:34 > 0:41:37WHISTLES
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Well done, you! That's brilliant.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46Get in! AUDIENCE CHEERS
0:41:50 > 0:41:54Very, very, very well done indeed!
0:41:54 > 0:41:59Congratulations, you found that all-important pointless answer.
0:41:59 > 0:42:04You go home with the jackpot of £7,750! Fantastic!
0:42:04 > 0:42:08- That car SHALL be insured! - I can't believe I said it now.
0:42:08 > 0:42:13- Richard, what about that? - Well played throughout, gents.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17Well played, Dave. The postman certainly delivered there!
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- LAUGHTER - Bubba Watson, a great answer.
0:42:20 > 0:42:26Most the American Ryder Cup team would be hard pushed to name Jeff Overton.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29- He was also a pointless answer. - That's brilliant!
0:42:37 > 0:42:43There were only four pointless answers, so you got half. There's two others up there.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Let's take a little look.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49Matt Kuchar was the other American. There's a European on the list!
0:42:49 > 0:42:54- Well done at home if you said Miguel Angel Jimenez.- Really?
0:42:54 > 0:43:01Only four pointless answers. You got two and walked off with £7,750! Very well played, guys.
0:43:07 > 0:43:11Very well done. Thanks once again to our winning players, Dave and Andy,
0:43:11 > 0:43:15who go away with today's jackpot of £7,750.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:43:21 > 0:43:25Join us next time, when we'll put more obscure knowledge to the test.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:27 > 0:43:33- And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye. - CHEERS AND WHISTLES
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