Episode 16 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

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

APPLAUSE

Welcome, Paul and Ian. You are our first pair on the show. How do you know each other?

We're brothers. Ian's the baby of the family, I'm the oldest brother, and we have two sisters in between.

-So you're the bookends.

-Yes.

-The bookends of the family.

-Ian, what do you do?

-I work in IT support.

So it's my job to stop people throwing their computers out of the window in frustration.

-Riding to their rescue.

-Absolutely.

-Being carried aloft on people's shoulders as you leave.

-And if things go wrong, I get the blame.

-And then you come back in. Paul, how about you?

I now work for a very small charity in Liverpool. Prior to that, I was a locksmith.

-I spent five and a half years working in Kazakhstan.

-Cracking locks in Kazakhstan.

-I was.

-Safes, as well.

-What about that? Fantastic.

-It was a great experience.

What do you like to do, Ian? What are your hobbies?

I'm a bit of an adrenaline junkie, so I like to do things to get the old heart racing.

A bit of fast go-kart racing, I've done a tandem freefall jump, that's the best thing so far.

-How about you, Paul?

-I like to try to play golf.

Many years back, I used to do jujitsu and I used to teach jujitsu.

-Really?

-I taught my daughters, as well.

-Wow.

Very best of luck to you. Great to have you here. Next we welcome Hannah and Jess.

-How do you two know each other?

-We met on our first day in our halls of residence at university in Bristol

-and we've lived together ever since.

-Aww!

Is that this year or last year or several years ago?

-This is our third year.

-Oh, well done! Very good!

-Are you a good team?

-Yes, definitely.

We work together quite a lot. We bake cakes together often.

-Do you?

-Yeah. We know how we work.

-Yeah. We bake some interesting cakes.

-What kind of cakes do you make?

-We've made a roast chicken cake, a Dick Van Dyke cake.

-We've all done that.

-Naturally.

You made a Dick Van Dyke cake?

-Er, which of the great Van Dyke roles was he in?

-Oh, Diagnosis Murder.

-Very good. Not the chim-chimney or the...

-No.

-Very interesting.

-Hannah, what would you like to see come up this afternoon?

-My degree is in history

-so something...

-Anything but history, then.

-Well, certain aspects of history.

-OK.

You've staked your claim to history now, so be careful.

-Jess, how about you?

-I do an arts degree, so I suppose arts is the answer I should say.

-Maybe TV and film would be great.

-TV and film. Best of luck. Lovely having you here.

And next we welcome back Richard and Ian. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the final. This is your last chance. Tell us about last time.

Well, we got to the final head-to-head round.

The final head-to-head round?

We like to call it the final head-to-head cos it makes us a little bit closer to that prize.

But today, when you're going to storm through to the final,

what's going to help you on your way?

Anything to do with television or movies, perhaps.

Maybe pop music again, cos we seemed to do quite well at that,

-although I suspect it won't come up today.

-It may not. Ian, what do you like to do?

-Well, I've lately started to turn my hand to a bit of gardening.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-It's weirdly addictive, isn't it?

-Yeah. You get started and see where you can go.

Absolutely. How about you, Richard?

As I explained on the previous show, I dance for a drag queen,

so I kind of like dancing and doing anything creative and performancey, really.

-Well...

-I can teach you a few moves if you want.

-You could if you like, yeah. We've got time, haven't we?

-Yeah, absolutely.

What am I talking about? No! Never in a million years!

Erm, yeah, nice try.

Best of luck to the pair of you. It's great to have you back.

And finally we've got Joe and Hazel. How do you know each other?

I've never met him before in my life! He's my husband.

-Very good.

-Eight years.

Eight years. Very good. What do you do, Joe?

Well, I'm retired now. At 78, I don't work.

But I've been three times black belt and I used to be on London transport.

-The resident black belt on London transport?

-I used to teach on London transport.

Did you? I didn't know they were taught... What particular martial art were you teaching?

Judo, Karate and Aikido.

-Paul, fancy a fight?

-No thank you.

I'd rather tell jokes than make anybody hurt.

-Hazel, what do you do?

-Well, I'm just an ordinary housewife now.

-What did you do?

-Well, I used to be a machinist and I was a cleaner in the later years, and school dinners.

Very good indeed. What would you like to see come up today?

Ooh, movies with the great hunks, like John Wayne and Gregory Peck and all that.

And animals. That's my thing.

-Movies with hunks in and animals.

-Mm.

-OK. Joe, what would you like to see come up?

-Music, sport, anything like that.

It's lovely to have you here. Very best of luck.

We'll find out more about all of you later. Only one person left to introduce.

He remains oblivious to the obvious, but he's always open to the obscure. He is my Pointless friend, Richard.

Hiya. APPLAUSE

-Good afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon to you, Richard.

Only one returning pair, Richard and Ian. They did well last time.

This is their last chance to make it to the final.

Everybody's asked for a film question, I think,

and you'll be very pleased in round one, it is a film question.

-Maybe not one of the legends you're looking for, Hazel.

-Oh, dear.

Well, thank you very much, Richard.

We put all our questions to 100 people before the show. We want the obscure answers they didn't get.

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

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

Steve and Kathy won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000. There it is.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Let's play Pointless.

-APPLAUSE

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

The team with highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated. An incorrect answer will score

the maximum of 100 points. Try to avoid those.

Our first category this afternoon is...Movie Stars.

Movie Stars. Can you all decide in your pairs who will go first, who will 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 Demi Moore films,

or "Duh-mee" Moore films, as some people like to say. Richard.

Yes, not John Wayne. We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release

for which Demi Moore has received an acting credit prior to April 2011.

We won't accept short films, TV films, things just released at festivals.

Any Demi Moore film prior to April 2011, please.

She has made a lot of pointless films.

LAUGHTER

Thank you very much, Richard. Paul and Ian, you all drew lots before the show and you get to go first.

So Ian, do you say "Dem-ee" Moore or "Duh-mee" Moore?

-I say "Dem-ee".

-Yeah, I'm with you there.

It's short for Demitria, so I don't know if that helps us one way or another.

-Demi Moore films, Ian.

-LAUGHTER

-I'd like to give you a long list of obscure films.

-That would be wrong...

Or say I've got a long list in my head, but unfortunately, I don't.

Erm... I can at least, hopefully, give you a correct answer, which won't be 100 points.

So I'm going to plump for Ghost.

Ghost. What do you think, Paul?

I think it's going to be right but it's going to be high.

Right but high. Well, better than wrong and very high. You're hoping to score as few points as possible.

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

APPLAUSE

There we are. That scores you 70. 70 points for Ghost. Richard.

Yeah, a very big score. From 1990. Whoopi Goldberg won an Oscar, best supporting actress, in that film.

OK. Jess, what is the most obscure Demi Moore film you can... Have you ever made a Demi Moore cake?

No. Probably because I don't really know who she is.

-SHE LAUGHS

-And I would only have said one answer, which would've been Ghost.

Ah. Tactics, you see, Ian. I see what you've done there.

Yeah. Erm... I'm just going to have to take a complete guess

and go for a completely random film.

I'm going to go for Flashdance.

Is Flashdance right? And if it is, how many people said it? Best of luck, Jess.

Ohh! Unfortunately, Demi Moore is not in Flashdance,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

-Bad luck. Richard.

-Sorry, Jess. Tough start.

Jennifer Beals is the lead in Flashdance. Demi Moore is nowhere to be seen.

OK, then, Richard.

What is the most obscure Demi Moore film you can think of?

I only know one Demi Moore film. It is completely obscure

because it is a Disney film.

It would've been released at the cinema

and I believe Demi Moore did the voice of Esmeralda

in Disney's The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.

-The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. Or "No-tra Dame" as they like to call it.

-Yes.

OK. You're hoping to score as few points as you possibly can with Hunchback Of Notre Dame

Let's see if that's right. That could be a brilliant answer. If it is, how many people said it?

-Very well done indeed! That's a fabulous answer!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well done, Richard, that's pointless.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot,

taking the total up to £1,250, and it scores you nothing.

Very, very well done indeed. Richard.

Yeah, well played. Brilliant start. From 1996, voiced Esmeralda.

-That's a good answer.

-Great answer. Very well done indeed.

Hazel, we come to you. Not John Wayne, not Gregory Peck, but Demi Moore.

Erm, I can think of one. GI Jane.

GI Jane. You're hoping to score as few points as you can with GI Jane.

Let's see if that's correct, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said GI Jane.

It's correct!

Down it goes. Look at that! 28, Hazel!

-APPLAUSE

-That's a great answer. 28 for GI Jane. Richard.

Well done, Hazel. From 1997. She won the Golden Raspberry for worst actress in that film.

It's like the anti-Oscars, the Golden Raspberries.

We're halfway through the round so let's look at the scores. Richard and Ian, look at that!

A brilliant pointless answer. Very, very low score there of nothing.

Then up to 28 for Hazel and Joe. Then up to 70 for Ian and Paul.

And Jess and Hannah, I'm afraid, on 100.

Bad luck. Luckily, Hannah, I think you know masses about Demi Moore,

so you're going to be able to dig yourselves out of that hole in the next pass.

Second players, take your places at the podium.

OK, we are looking for Demi Moore films.

Joe, how well did Hazel do? 28. What are you thinking, Joe? Are you a fan of Demi Moore?

I don't know any Demi Moore films at all,

but at the same time, I have a feeling she might have had a voiceover in Shrek.

OK, you're going to say Shrek. The high scorers are Hannah and Jess on 100 points.

If you can score 71 or less, you are through to the next round.

Shrek. There's your red line. Below that, through to the next round.

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

Bad luck, Joe. That is an incorrect answer, which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

That takes your total up to 128. Not out of the game yet.

You may yet be through to the next round, but we'll have to see. Richard.

Sorry, Joe. Good guess. Cameron Diaz is the main female voice in the Shrek movies.

OK. Now then, Ian, how well did Richard do? That's amazing.

-He did very well.

-A pointless answer.

-I'm quite pleased.

The good news is, you're through to the next round. Even if you score 100,

you'll never overtake Joe and Hazel on 128.

But, bearing that in mind, maybe you can find a really obscure Demi Moore film.

There's only one I can think of. I haven't seen it,

so she might not even be in it, but I'm going to give it a whirl. Striptease.

Striptease.

Yeah, that rings a bell. I think she might be in that.

-LAUGHTER

-She might be. I don't know.

Anyway, there's no red line for you. You're through come what may.

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

Yes, she is in that!

-27. Very well done.

-APPLAUSE

27 for Striptease. Takes your total up to 27. Richard.

Weird. Both of you have heard of it, neither of you have seen it.

-You haven't...

-I haven't seen it, no.

-No, of course you haven't. From 1996.

She also won a Golden Raspberry for that, worst actress.

-She must have a whole punnet of those!

-Yeah.

Blimey. Very well done.

Now then, Hannah. This is where the game is played out.

You are on 100 points, Joe and Hazel are on 128.

If you can score 27 or less, which I think you can, you are through to the next round.

-Striptease is the only film I could think of.

-Oh, no!

So I'm in Jess's boat, as well. I can't think of anything,

so I'm going to say a film we saw a few days ago and it had lots of celebrities in,

so she might have been in it, as well. How To Lose Friends And Alienate People.

I have absolutely no idea if she's in it or not, but it's a film.

How To Lose Friends And Alienate People, the Toby Young film. Well, here's your red line.

Below that, through to the next round.

Let's see if How To Lose Friends And Alienate People is right,

and if it is, how many people said it. Good luck, Hannah.

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

which means you score the maximum of 100 points, which takes your total up to an unbeatable 200.

-I'm sorry. Richard.

-Yeah, that's how to lose Pointless and alienate Jess.

It is a film. It is a film. Kirsten Dunst is in it,

-Gillian Anderson, but no Demi Moore. Sorry.

-Hm.

Now then, Paul, the good news is, you are through to the next round whatever happens.

-Well, I also haven't seen Striptease.

-Right.

-LAUGHTER

-All the answers have gone that I was going to use,

so because I have nothing to lose, I'm going to go for another obscure one which I think won a Raspberry,

even by the sounds of the title, and it was called Tank Girl.

-Tank Girl.

-I've no idea if she was the star, but it was a female lead in that.

-Do you think she was in it?

-There was a female star in it that sunk without a trace

-so I'm hoping it was Demi Moore.

-Tank Girl. OK, let's see if it's right. Tank Girl.

As I say, you're through to the next round whatever happens. There's no red line.

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

Bad luck. An incorrect answer, but it hardly matters.

That scores you 100, takes your total up to 170. You are through to the next round.

Yeah, good risk to take, Paul. It's Naomi Watts and Lori Petty.

No Demi Moore, though.

But worth a go. Let's look at all the pointless answers. There's quite a few.

There's Bobby, which was the last hours of Bobby Kennedy.

Deconstructing Harry, the Woody Allen film.

Happy Tears, that's pointless.

No Small Affair, Nothing But Trouble, Now And Then.

One Crazy Summer. The Butcher's Wife, that's another Golden Raspberry nomination.

There's The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, very good answer.

Let's take a look at that most popular answers.

Striptease. Nobody's seen it.

-No.

-But a lot of people have heard of it. She got paid 12 million for that.

The biggest ever fee to an actress at the time. Would've scored you 27.

There's GI Jane that we had from Hazel. 28.

And Ghost, right at the top with 70. Way ahead.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score, Hannah and Jess!

Oh, dear! That's not right! I was hoping we'd all get on really well and you'd make us a cake.

Maybe if we do better next time, we'll see what we can do.

Very good! Yeah! So, cakes. It's going to be cakes next time.

But in the meantime, thank you very much for playing. You've been excellent.

APPLAUSE

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

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

so one of the team will leave us at the end of this round.

Our category is...Travel.

Decide in your pairs who'll go first, who'll go second. Whoever's going first, step up to the podium.

OK, our round two question this afternoon concerns...

European landmarks and their cities. Richard.

We'll show you six European landmarks on each pass. We asked 100 people which city they are in.

If you give us a nice obscure answer, you'll score fewer points. An incorrect answer scores 100 points.

There'll be 12 landmarks in all, 12 European cities to guess.

Thanks, Richard. We're looking for the cities in which these landmarks are located.

European cities. And we have got...

There are six landmarks, Ian.

I need you to find a nice obscure one and locate it in a European city for me.

Well, being first, I'm a bit wary of taking too much of a chance.

I might leave that to Paul.

So I think I'll go for a safe one. It's a toss up between two.

I'm going to go for, it's probably the top answer, but Westminster Abbey, London.

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

-Ooh!

-APPLAUSE

Well, it's right, Ian, but it scores you 91 points.

-Westminster Abbey, Richard.

-Yeah, that's really playing it safe. It is in London. Nine people didn't know.

Richard, we come to you.

We're looking for the European cities in which these landmarks are to be found.

OK, there's only one other up there that I know,

but again, I think it's one of the ones a lot of people will know.

Hopefully it'll score lower than 91,

but I'm going to go with the Parthenon being in Athens.

The Parthenon, Athens, you are saying.

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

-56.

-APPLAUSE

56 for the Parthenon being in Athens. Richard.

Yeah, a better score. Work started on the Parthenon in 447BC.

Very good. Thank you very much. Joe, we come to you. You're the last person to have this selection.

-I've been to most of them.

-You've been to all of them?

-Most of them.

Since I can't help anybody else,

I think Checkpoint Charlie is in Berlin

and the Spanish Steps are in Paris.

And that's the one I'll go for. Spanish Steps.

Spanish Steps, Paris. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people knew that answer.

Oooh! Bad luck, Joe!

You're going to kick yourself in a second. I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer

so you score the maximum of 100 points. Richard.

-Sorry, Joe, it's Rome.

-Rome!

-Rome is the Spanish Steps, I'm afraid.

Would've scored you a fairly low 36 points. Perhaps you should've gone for Checkpoint Charlie.

That was Berlin. Would've scored you 62 points, but it's better than 100.

St Basil's Cathedral. Alexander, do you know that?

-That is Moscow, isn't it?

-Yeah. Would've scored you 18 points.

And the Alhambra is the best answer on the board.

Very well done if you said Granada in Spain.

Would've scored you nine points. Best answer there.

OK. Thank you, Richard. Let's take a look at those scores as we're halfway through the round.

56, Richard and Ian. Who'd have thought? That's the lowest score of the round

so you are looking very strong for the head-to-head.

Then up to 91 for Ian and Paul.

Then 100, bad luck, Joe.

So Hazel, you'll have to find a really good low-scoring answer in the next pass

to make it to the head-to-head. We'll come back down the line. Second players, take your places.

OK, we'll put six more landmarks on the board and here they come.

We have got...

Remember, we're looking for the European cities in which these landmarks are to be found

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

Hazel, what do you think of that list?

-Dreadful.

-Really? Have you been to any of those places?

-No, unfortunately.

-Have you heard of any of those places?

-I know of one.

I think the Spanish Riding School is in Spain.

Madrid? I think.

-I'll go with that.

-Spanish Riding School in Madrid.

I may as well take a chance.

OK. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said Spanish Riding School, Madrid.

Bad luck, Hazel. Well, you did the right thing in taking a chance

but I'm afraid it was a wrong answer, which means you score the maximum of 100 points,

taking your total up to an unbeatable 200. Richard.

Sorry, Joe and Hazel. Undone by the Spanish Steps and Spanish Riding School.

-I won't give you the correct answer in case Ian or Paul want to guess the same one.

-OK, Ian.

We're looking for the European cities in which these landmarks are to be found.

You are through to the head-to-head whatever happens.

Tell us what you're going to pick on that board.

There's only one that I know definite where it is,

but I've never been to it. I've never been on any of them.

So I should probably still play safe and go for Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Eiffel Tower, Paris. OK. Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people said that.

-Ohh!

-APPLAUSE

The scores you 95, taking your total up to 151. Richard.

Yeah, big score. A very iconic landmark.

Hitler ordered it to be taken down and his general in Paris disobeyed him, thankfully.

Paul, 91 is your score. Even if you score 100 points,

you will not overtake Hazel and Joe on 200. You're through to the next round. Talk us through this board.

-Fill in the gaps.

-I think I know two of them.

I'm not sure if the Winter Palace might be Versailles.

The Holyrood Palace I think is in Ireland.

The only other one I know, which I was going to go for anyway,

was the Spanish Riding School which I think is in Vienna.

Spanish Riding School in Vienna.

Let's see. Is that right? If it is, how many people said Spanish Riding School, Vienna?

Course it is. There it is.

Down it comes. 23! A great score!

-APPLAUSE

-Well played, Paul. 23 for that.

114 is your total. You are through to the head-to-head. Richard.

Well done, Paul. The Spanish part is because that's where the horses came from in the riding school.

Let's take a look at the rest, see if anybody at home got all of them.

Holyrood Palace, not in Ireland, it's in Edinburgh. Would've score 57.

The Winter Palace is in St Petersburg. 14.

Now the home of the Hermitage Museum. It's a very beautiful place.

The Doge's Palace in Venice. Would've scored you 32.

And the best answer on the board, very well done if you got Gellert Baths, they're in Budapest.

Would've scored you three points.

Thanks, Richard. So at the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score, it's Joe and Hazel.

Bad luck. And Joe, you gave that answer with such confidence. Hazel, I'm so sorry.

We haven't served you very well. It was a very hard list.

It happens. I didn't know it, so it was just a chance I took.

-I knew Paris and the Eiffel Tower, but I had to go for it, so I went for it.

-Quite right.

Quite right. You did the right thing.

We will see you again next time. We'll look forward to that.

APPLAUSE

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

Very well done, Richard and Ian, Paul and Ian, you've made it through to the head-to-head.

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

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

You'll 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.

Just come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair to 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 members of the Bronte family as they could. Members of the Bronte family. Richard.

We're looking for the names of any of the six children of Patrick Bronte,

the 18th century clergyman. Any of the six famous Bronte brothers and sisters.

OK. Richard and Ian, because you've played best so far, you get to go first.

We're looking for members of the Bronte family.

-OK.

-OK, we can only think of two,

but we'll go with the one that's least likely to be known,

which is Charlotte Bronte.

-Charlotte Bronte.

-Yes.

-OK, Charlotte Bronte. Paul and Ian.

We also can only think of two, I'm afraid, Charlotte being one of them,

and the other one we're going to go for is Emily Bronte.

Emily. OK. We have Charlotte and we have Emily in that order.

Richard and Ian went with Charlotte. Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people said Charlotte.

It's right. Ooh, look at that.

-83.

-APPLAUSE

-Ooh. Higher than you were expecting.

-Mm.

That's quite punishing, isn't it? 83 for Charlotte Bronte.

Paul and Ian have gone for Emily Bronte. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people said Emily Bronte.

-It's right. Ooh.

-APPLAUSE

92 for Emily Bronte, 82 for Charlotte beats it.

So after the first question, Richard and Ian are up one-nil. Richard.

As I say, six answers in all. Four fairly well-known, two more obscure ones.

Let's look at all of them. The bottom two both died of TB.

Elizabeth was six, Maria was seven.

Then there's Branwell Bronte with 17.

His real name was Patrick, but he was called Branwell, which was his mother's maiden name.

Anne Bronte, 51. Would've won the points.

Charlotte Bronte with 83 and Emily Bronte with 92.

Wrote Wuthering Heights, of course, and then died the following year, aged just 30.

Thank you, Richard. Here is your second question.

Paul and Ian, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

-as many bones mentioned in the song Dem Bones.

-LAUGHTER

-Richard.

-Simply any of the bones of the body mentioned in the spiritual song for children

written by James Weldon Johnson, please. Any bones in Dem Bones.

OK, thank you, Richard. Paul and Ian, you get to go first this time.

OK, Paul. Paul and Ian.

OK, we know lots of bones in the body that are hopefully mentioned in the song,

I'm trying to sing through it in my head. We'll go for knee bone.

OK, we have knee bone from Paul and Ian. Richard and Ian.

To be honest, I've never heard the song at all and neither has Ian,

so it'll be a complete stab in the dark.

I'm going on...

Well, we're going to go on previous songs that mention dancing and movement

and we're going to go for spine.

Because people say, "Shivers down the spine" and it's a bone

and if it's quite dancey, it might have a spine in there somewhere.

Good luck. Paul and Ian, you have to win this point to stay in the game.

Richard and Ian are going to submit spine.

So we have knee from Paul and Ian and spine from Richard and Ian.

Paul and Ian, knee. Is that right? How many people said it?

-60.

-APPLAUSE

60 for the knee bone.

Richard and Ian have gone for spine.

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

Bad luck! Spine is in the song, but it's backbone.

-It's the same thing!

-I know, but it's in the song. It's backbone.

So that means, after the second question,

Paul and Ian are now level with Richard and Ian, one-all.

-Richard.

-You can stop singing Dem Bones at home now.

Let's a look at all the answers. Toe bone is the best answer, 15.

Shoulder, 17. Head, 23. Neck and back, both 27.

Foot, 31.

Ankle, 33. This is like the beginning of a doctor's exam, isn't it?

Leg, 40. Hip, 45. Knee, 60. And thigh right at the top with 81.

-Have you really never heard Dem Bones?

-Never.

-Ever, ever?

-Can you sing it for us?

-No!

-LAUGHTER

-Anyway, here's your third question.

Whoever wins this question will be through to the final and will be playing for that jackpot.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

England footballers named Peter or Paul as they could.

England footballers named Peter or Paul. Richard.

Specifically, England footballers named Peter or Paul since 1980 through to 2010

who've been in a squad for a European Championship or a World Cup, please.

OK. Richard and Ian, you get to start again this time.

THEY WHISPER

OK. We're going to go for Peter Beardsley.

OK, Peter Beardsley you are saying.

Er, Paul and Ian?

Well, I'm going to go for a footballer who played for my home team.

-I'm going to go for Peter Reid.

-Peter Reid.

We have Peter Beardsley and Peter Reid.

Very good. In the order they were given, Beardsley first, from Richard and Ian. Let's see if it's right,

and if it is, how many people said it. Peter Beardsley.

-Very good.

-APPLAUSE

31 for Peter Beardsley.

Paul and Ian are going for Peter Reid. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Peter Reid.

If this goes lower than 31, you are through to the jackpot final.

It's right.

Down it goes.

Yes, you've done it, you're through. Very well done indeed, Paul and Ian.

Five for Peter Reid which beats the 31 for Peter Beardsley.

So after three questions, Paul and Ian are through to the final, 2-1. Richard.

Well played, Paul and Ian. There were four answers that would have beaten Peter Reid.

Well done if you got any of these at home. Let's take a look.

Paul Merson, one point, the Arsenal player.

Peter Withe of Aston Villa would've scored you two, as would Paul Mariner, the Ipswich player.

Peter Reid, five. Paul Robinson, the goalie, also on five.

Paul Parker on 19, the Man United defender.

Paul Ince on 25. There's Peter Beardsley on 31.

Paul Scholes, 39. Peter Crouch, 40.

Peter Shilton, 46. And right at the top, Gazza, Paul Gascoigne with 60.

Thanks very much, Richard. So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,

I'm sorry, Richard and Ian, it's the end of the road for you.

-Could've guaranteed a football question would get us knocked out.

-You did very well, Peter Beardsley.

-That's a very good Peter.

-We did well enough.

-You did well.

You were at least halfway down the table with that.

-You made it to the head-to-head last time, and again this time.

-I know.

-We always miss out, Paul, at that last hurdle, every time.

-Oh, dear.

Well, you've done brilliantly and you've been excellent contestants. Thanks for playing, Ian and Richard.

-APPLAUSE

-Best of luck.

-Hard luck, mate.

But for Paul and Ian, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £1,250.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, congratulations, Paul and Ian. You've fought off all the competition

-and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, that jackpot stands at £1,250.

APPLAUSE

The rules are very simple. To win that money, you need a pointless answer,

that's an answer none of our 100 people gave.

We've had one pointless answer today. You only need one more now and you go home with that money.

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

Classical Music, Horse Racing, Education.

We probably won't have Classical Music.

We have got a history of horse racing in the family. Our dad was a jockey.

Er, Education, it's been a while since I've been in education.

I'd be tempted to plump for Horse Racing.

Yeah, I think because of the family link there, we'll plump for Horse Racing.

OK, Horse Racing it is. Let's find out what the question is. What would you like the question to be?

What's your specialist area in horse racing?

-Race courses in the UK, maybe. Famous jockeys.

-Yeah.

OK. Good luck. Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Grand National winning jockeys as they could. Grand National winning jockeys. Richard.

We're looking for any jockey who's won the Aintree Grand National

from 1980 through to the 2011 race, please.

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

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

Your 60 seconds start now.

-Who's the guy who had cancer?

-Er, Bob Champion.

-Bob Champion is going to be a big answer.

-Ruby Walsh, maybe.

-Jonjo O'Neill.

-Tony McCoy has just won it.

-He chased it for years. Tony McCoy would be a good one.

-We need an old one.

-Bob Champion.

-Yeah.

-So, Jonjo O'Neill?

-He was a trainer.

-He was a jockey first, wasn't he?

-Yeah.

John Francome. John Francome. John Francome.

-John Francome.

-John Francome, yes.

-Bob Champion.

-Yeah.

-Peter Scudamore ever win the National?

-I don't think so. I'm not sure.

Do you want to go with Jonjo O'Neill, Ruby Walsh.

-So we'll go for Bob Champion?

-Yeah.

I'm trying to think of an old one. Tony McCoy. We've got Tony McCoy.

-Jonjo O'Neill.

-Yeah.

-Or Ruby Walsh?

-Jonjo O'Neill.

-OK.

-Five seconds left.

-OK.

-OK, you've got your three.

Your minute is up. We were looking for Grand National winning jockeys. I now need your three answers.

-Er, I think Bob Champion.

-Bob Champion.

-Tony McCoy.

-Tony McCoy.

-Tony McCoy.

-And Jonjo O'Neill.

-Jonjo O'Neill.

-And Jonjo O'Neill.

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

Well, Bob Champion rode Aldaniti. He recovered from cancer.

We thought that was our favourite one, but thinking about it, it might stick in people's minds.

I think Jonjo O'Neill might be the least one.

OK, so we'll put Jonjo O'Neill last, shall we?

And which one is least likely to be a pointless answer?

-Probably Bob Champion for the reason Paul's given. I think he's so well-known.

-OK.

-Tony McCoy somewhere in the middle.

-And here they are.

There they are. We were looking for Grand National winning jockeys.

You said this was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £1,250 jackpot.

OK, let's see how many people said Bob Champion. This is your first shot at the jackpot.

It has to be right, and it has to be pointless.

Bob Champion.

It's right. The question is, how many people have forgotten about Bob Champion?

Will this go all the way down to zero?

If it does, you will be leaving with £1,250.

-APPLAUSE

-No.

Unfortunately that is not a pointless answer, so you have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

He had a film made about him and he scored ten!

-It's looking very good for your next two answers.

-Fingers crossed.

OK, we were looking for Grand National winning jockeys.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Tony McCoy.

This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot, £1,250.

-What would you do with £1,250?

-Take the family on a holiday.

-Very good. You too, Ian?

-I'd probably spend it on something ridiculous like go-kart racing.

-Something fun. Life's too short.

-Quite right. Quite right. OK.

Good. For £1,250, let's see how many people said Tony McCoy.

Is it right? How many people said it? Tony McCoy.

It's right.

Bob Champion went down to ten.

Let's see if Tony McCoy can go down any further.

He was a more recent winner. There we are.

-APPLAUSE

-25.

-Of course, he won the 2010 Grand National, so I suppose more people will remember that.

-Yeah.

So we've gone from ten to 25.

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

Jonjo O'Neill.

-There he is. You remember him as a trainer.

-Yeah.

Are you sure he was a National winning jockey?

-I'm not.

-50-50.

-This was our gamble answer.

-Yeah.

Very best of luck. This for £1,250. This was the answer you had the most faith in.

Let's see if your faith was well-placed. This has to be pointless.

Jonjo O'Neill. Is it right? How many people said it?

Bad luck, Paul and Ian!

APPLAUSE

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

so you don't win today's jackpot, £1,250, which rolls over onto the next show.

But you've been fantastic contestants and you do get our Pointless trophy.

-So...

-APPLAUSE

-So, Richard.

-Tough luck. Jonjo O'Neill rode in the National seven times and never completed the course.

He trained Don't Push It, the 2010 winner, ridden by Tony McCoy.

There's a load of pointless answers here. I suspect if you know your jockeys, you'll know some of these.

Let's look. See how people at home did. Ben De Haan won on Corbiere, Jenny Pitman's horse.

Carl Llewellyn won twice on Party Politics and Earth Summit.

Charlie Fenwick won it on Ben Nevis in 1980.

Dick Saunders was 48 when he won on Grittar, just after Bob Champion.

Graham Lee won on Amberleigh House. Jim Culloty won on Bindaree.

Jimmy Frost won on Little Polveir. Liam Treadwell won on the 100-1 shot Mon Mome in 2009.

And Marcus Armytage won the fastest ever Grand National on Mr Frisk.

-Any of those ring a bell?

-No. The only one to say is Ruby Walsh, I'm glad not to see that there.

-We didn't say that one.

-Well, that's a relief. Some consolation, anyhow.

Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you both, but you've been brilliant. Thank you for playing.

-APPLAUSE

-So nobody's won our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show, when we will be playing for £2,250.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Join us then. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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