0:00:20 > 0:00:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:28Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Let's meet today's players.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33APPLAUSE
0:00:35 > 0:00:41First, we welcome back Fred and Mark. Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44This is your last chance. Remind us what happened.
0:00:44 > 0:00:50We got to the head-to-head. We narrowly lost out by avoiding an obvious answer,
0:00:50 > 0:00:54trying for a more obscure answer, and sadly, it backfired on us.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Ah, yes, the state of New Orleans(!)
0:00:57 > 0:01:01- Correct.- Yes. Mark, what would you like to see come up?
0:01:01 > 0:01:05- A bit of sport, a bit of music. - Any particular kind of music? What's your...?
0:01:05 > 0:01:091980s music, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, that kind of stuff.
0:01:09 > 0:01:14- What would you like to see come up, Fred?- Anything pre-1970.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18- Basically.- Anything pre-1970. Very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22Let's hope we see you all the way through to the final.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27Next we welcome back Danny and Katherine. You were also on the show last time.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31- Remind us how you two know each other.- We're brother and sister.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36She's my sister/babysitter. We only live a couple of miles apart, so we help each other out.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40- I'll do her DIY. She'll do my babysitting.- A pretty fair trade.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44- How many children have you got? - Just the one - Sophia. She's seven.
0:01:44 > 0:01:50- She brought along... - Nibbles needs no introduction to those who watched the last show.
0:01:50 > 0:01:56- Nibbles helped Katherine find a spectacular answer.- Didn't do so well for me.- Poor old Nibbles.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01We shouldn't expect too much. Katherine, what would be a great subject for you?
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Well, I did a film degree a couple of years ago.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Well, that should set you up for any cinema questions.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Absolutely anything from 1900 onwards, I think,
0:02:12 > 0:02:18- but maybe a Hitchcock question perhaps.- Very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:02:18 > 0:02:23It's great to have you back. Next we welcome Patrick and John. How do you know each other?
0:02:23 > 0:02:28- Patrick is my oldest brother. - What do you do, John? - I'm a kitchen manager/chef.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32- It's a restaurant or...? - Yeah, it's a pub/restaurant.
0:02:32 > 0:02:38- How about you, Patrick? - I'm a welder by trade. And we make hydraulic rams.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- Patrick, what are your interests? - I play a lot of darts.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46- I love football. So sport would be really nice.- Sport would be great.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49It's great to have you here. Welcome to the show.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Finally, we have Julie and Simon. How do you two know each other?
0:02:53 > 0:03:00We're partners. We met about a year and a half ago playing Scrabble on a social networking site.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05As time progressed, we met each other and never looked back. Happy as Larry.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Fantastic. So it's proved a triple word score, has it?
0:03:09 > 0:03:12- Perfect.- Fantastic. Who wins the Scrabble usually?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- It's close.- We're equal, the same.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19That's good. Do you still play, now you're together?
0:03:19 > 0:03:23- Yeah.- Yeah.- Do you play on an actual board or do you still play online?
0:03:23 > 0:03:27- Both. We play online on the same computer.- Very good.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- Where have you come from?- Guildford in Surrey.- Guildford in Surrey.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35- What do you do, Julie? - I'm a catering manager at a school.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40Wow, particularly now after Jamie Oliver, that's quite a task, isn't it?
0:03:40 > 0:03:44It's challenging. Children seem to miss their chips a bit.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47I bet! You have to insist they eat more healthy things.
0:03:47 > 0:03:53We're teaching them all about nutrition and healthy eating and they're taking it on board.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Very good. Well done. Simon, how about you?
0:03:57 > 0:04:00I'm a careers adviser in the Royal Air Force.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03I've been doing human resources with them for 23 years.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08- Welcome to the show.- Thank you. - We'll find out more about all of you during the show.
0:04:08 > 0:04:15There's only one person left for me to introduce. If he were a doctor, he would be an enyclo-paediatrician.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20- That's terrible, isn't it? - Yeah, really bad.- That really was.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24- He's my pointless friend. He's Richard.- Hello.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- APPLAUSE - Hiya.
0:04:29 > 0:04:35- I can only apologise.- That's OK. It should be a good show today. We've got two returning pairs.
0:04:35 > 0:04:41Fred and Mark did very, very well last time, Danny and Katherine less so, but they were slightly unlucky.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45And Mr Nibbles is here to help them out as well.
0:04:45 > 0:04:51The first round today has got more correct answers than any round we've ever played on Pointless, ever,
0:04:51 > 0:04:54and it should suit Julie and Simon, I think.
0:04:54 > 0:05:01- Wow!- It's the sort of round where Julie and Simon could chat each other up, I think.- Very good.
0:05:01 > 0:05:07We put our questions to 100 people before the show, but we are after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11To stay in the game, our players need to score as few points as they can.
0:05:11 > 0:05:18Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave. When that happens,
0:05:18 > 0:05:24we will add £250 to the jackpot. Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Today's jackpot starts off at £3,500.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30APPLAUSE
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Right, let's play Pointless.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44In Round 1, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48The team with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53If you give me an incorrect answer, you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Our first category this afternoon is...Words.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:06:10 > 0:06:14to name as many words ending in "ope" as they could.
0:06:14 > 0:06:21- Richard?- We're looking for any word in the Oxford English Dictionary that ends with the letters "ope".
0:06:21 > 0:06:26No hyphenated words will be allowed, no proper nouns, people's names, names of places.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31But there are over 350 words ending "ope" in the English language.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35See if you can get all of those at home(!)
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Good luck with that. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43Fred and Mark, you all drew lots before the show and you go first. So then, Fred...
0:06:43 > 0:06:47There are several that are quite obvious,
0:06:47 > 0:06:50but I'm going to take a chance on "kaleidoscope".
0:06:50 > 0:06:57Kaleidoscope. Very good. The tactic being go for a very long word and hope people didn't think about that.
0:06:57 > 0:07:03Kaleidoscope. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said "kaleidoscope".
0:07:03 > 0:07:05It's right.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Very, very well done, Fred.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14APPLAUSE
0:07:14 > 0:07:17That's a spectacular answer, Fred.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22- Lovely low score as well. Richard, kaleidoscope?- Well played, Fred.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27An instrument with reflecting panels that creates symmetrical patterns and so on.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- Danny, you haven't had long to think about this.- Not really.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34But be glad that people haven't been nicking your ideas.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39I can only think of one or two. I'm going to say "isotope".
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- Isotope?- Yeah.- I think this might be a low-scoring round.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48You hope to score as few points as possible. Let's see how many of our 100 people said "isotope".
0:07:48 > 0:07:50It's correct.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Very, very well done, Danny.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- APPLAUSE - 6 for "isotope".
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- Richard? - Yeah, very well played, Danny.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Isotopes - they're variations of chemical elements.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14OK, so, Patrick and John, words ending in "ope". Patrick?
0:08:14 > 0:08:16The only one I can think of, really...
0:08:16 > 0:08:21There is a few, but I think I'm going to go for "stethoscope".
0:08:21 > 0:08:25Stethoscope. Very good. You hope to score as few points as possible.
0:08:25 > 0:08:31We've had 2 and 6. No-one in double figures. Let's see how many doctors were in our 100 people.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Let's see if "stethoscope" is right and how many people said it.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Oh, very, very well done, Patrick.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46APPLAUSE
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Only the best score so far. "Stethoscope" scores you 1.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- Richard?- Good answer, Patrick.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Very low score. Used to listen to internal sounds by doctors.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- And vets.- And vets.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05- And safe-crackers. - Yeah, and safe-crackers as well.
0:09:05 > 0:09:11Julie, what is the most obscure word ending in "ope" you can think of?
0:09:11 > 0:09:16Well, two of them have already gone, so I'm racking my brains.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19I'm going to go with "horoscope".
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Horoscope.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Well, let's see. Horoscope.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28They're all single figures. Let's see if we can keep it that way.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said "horoscope".
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Very well done, Julie.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44APPLAUSE
0:09:44 > 0:09:48That's a great answer. Brilliant score as well - 2 for "horoscope".
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Yeah, a plan of the zodiac. Very good answers from everybody.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Let's take a look at those scores. Patrick and John,
0:09:55 > 0:09:59brilliant answer with "stethoscope", 1 point,
0:09:59 > 0:10:01then up to 2 for "horoscope",
0:10:01 > 0:10:042, Fred and Mark, with "kaleidoscope"
0:10:04 > 0:10:10and then Danny and Katherine... Who would have thought 6 would have you way out in front?
0:10:10 > 0:10:16We're going to come back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:10:19 > 0:10:24OK, we are looking for words ending with the letters "ope".
0:10:24 > 0:10:25Simon...
0:10:25 > 0:10:27I've got a couple in mind.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32One's a little bit dangerous and I think I'll just hold that back,
0:10:32 > 0:10:34so I'll stick with "periscope".
0:10:34 > 0:10:39OK. At the end of the round, I am longing to know what your dangerous word was.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43- I'll tell you if it doesn't come up.- OK.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45There's your red line at the bottom.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49Below that line, you are definitely through to the next round.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51It's correct.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01APPLAUSE
0:11:01 > 0:11:04"Periscope" scores 1. It takes your total up to 3.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Very well done. You are through to the next round.
0:11:08 > 0:11:13Well played, Simon. Periscope, most commonly used on a submarine.
0:11:13 > 0:11:18Just to let you know, Julie and Simon, that "periscope" would have scored 15 in Scrabble,
0:11:18 > 0:11:23- but "horoscope" would have scored 16, so a victory for Julie.- Thanks.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26So, John, we are looking for words that end in "ope".
0:11:26 > 0:11:30The high scorers are still Katherine and Danny on 6. You're on 1,
0:11:30 > 0:11:35so if you can score 4 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Words are definitely not strong for me.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42I could play it safe, but I don't think that will get me very far.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47So I'm going to take a punt. I'm going to go with a word that I think exists.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49I have heard it, so it must do.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- Elope.- Elope. OK, elope.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56You have a red line. There it is right down at the bottom.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Let's see if "elope" can get you below that red line.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Good luck.
0:12:08 > 0:12:1035.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12APPLAUSE
0:12:13 > 0:12:18It's right, but it's a big score. It takes your total up to 36. Richard?
0:12:18 > 0:12:21- Yeah, that's a traditional Pointless score, 35.- Yeah.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Elope - to run off, often to get married in secret.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30So then, Katherine, remember, we are looking for words ending in "ope".
0:12:30 > 0:12:32You've been thrown a lifeline there.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36The high scorers on 36 are now John and Patrick. You are on 6,
0:12:36 > 0:12:42which means if you can score 29 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46- What are you thinking?- I've got a couple of words in my head,
0:12:46 > 0:12:51but I think one is going to be too, um...too much high-scoring.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55The other word I'm a bit unsure of, but I might as well gamble,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58so I'm going to say "interlope".
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Interlope. Danny thinks that's a good answer.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05There is your red line. Below that, you are through to the next round.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13You've done it. You're through.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Very well done indeed.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21Interlope - 2 points.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26- Richard?- Yeah, very well played, Katherine. To intrude upon improperly - interlope.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30So then, Mark and Fred... Mark, you are on 2.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33The high scorers are John and Patrick on 36.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38If you can score 33 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:13:38 > 0:13:44- Have you had lots of answers that other people have said?- Yeah, I was hoping to "elope".- Right.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Microscope?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49OK, so "microscope" you are saying.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53There is your red line. Below that, you are through to the next round.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57"Microscope", is it right? How many people said it?
0:14:02 > 0:14:05You're through to the next round. Well done.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- 2 for "microscope". - APPLAUSE
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Very well done. That takes your total up to 4.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16- Microscope?- Yeah, we had a lot of "scopes" in that round and they all scored very low.
0:14:16 > 0:14:24You had "kaleidoscope, microscope, periscope, horoscope". Only "elope" went into double figures there.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28There are huge amounts of pointless answers. Lots of "scopes" -
0:14:28 > 0:14:33conoscope, colonoscope, pedoscope, rhinoscope, seismoscope, scintilloscope.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36We'll take a look at some of the other answers.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Diamonds and coal are both allotropes of carbon.
0:14:39 > 0:14:44Dispope, meaning to get rid of a Pope. There's mishope, which is despair.
0:14:44 > 0:14:50Bridelope is the oldest version of the word "wedding" they can find in the OED.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54Cardioscope and oscilloscope are both medical instruments.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Chamaeprosope, which is a type of skull.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00A koniscope and a philanthrope.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05- What was your dangerous one, Simon? - It wasn't there. It was "endoscope".
0:15:05 > 0:15:09It can be pretty dangerous in the wrong hands, certainly.
0:15:09 > 0:15:15"Endoscope" would have scored 2. It would have gone with all those other "scopes".
0:15:15 > 0:15:18These are the answers that most of our 100 said.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20It wasn't all ones and twos.
0:15:29 > 0:15:36Thanks, Richard. So at the end of Round 1, the losing pair with the highest score is Patrick and John.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41You did phenomenally well. It's just everyone else did much, much better.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46It seems very harsh to be sending you home on just 36, but that's what we have to do.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50Thanks very much for playing. Great contestants. See you next time.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52APPLAUSE
0:15:52 > 0:15:56But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round 2.
0:16:01 > 0:16:07There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head, so one team will leave us after this round.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Our category for Round 2 this afternoon is...
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Decide who's going first, who's going second.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Whoever's going first, step up to the podium.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24OK, our Round 2 question this afternoon concerns...
0:16:27 > 0:16:31We'll show you six TV characters on each pass. We asked 100 people,
0:16:31 > 0:16:35"With which profession are they most closely associated?"
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Obscure answers score fewer points. An incorrect answer scores 100 points.
0:16:39 > 0:16:44- There's 12 in all for you to have a go at at home.- Thanks, Richard.
0:16:44 > 0:16:49We are looking for the jobs most closely associated with these TV characters. And here we go.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01I'll read those one more time.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10There are the six TV characters.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14We want to find the jobs most closely associated with them.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- Fred?- Right...
0:17:17 > 0:17:21There are a couple on there that I think I know,
0:17:21 > 0:17:28so I'm going to have to go for... for me, which is obvious, and that's James Herriot is a vet.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30James Herriot, "vet" you are saying.
0:17:30 > 0:17:36Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer. James Herriot - vet.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39It's right.
0:17:40 > 0:17:4262.
0:17:42 > 0:17:47It's right, but it's a high score. 62 for "vet", Richard?
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Big score, but better safe than sorry. From All Creatures Great And Small,
0:17:51 > 0:17:55- played by Christopher Timothy. - So, Danny...
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Danny, how is that board looking to you?
0:17:58 > 0:18:02I can... Three or four are starting to set off...
0:18:03 > 0:18:08You see, the wheels are turning, but the hamster's dead.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09Blimey!
0:18:11 > 0:18:18I'm going to say Seymour Skinner, principal. Or headmaster. Principal.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Seymour Skinner, principal.
0:18:20 > 0:18:26Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Seymour Skinner - head or principal.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29It's correct.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Very well done. 21.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37APPLAUSE
0:18:38 > 0:18:42- 21 for Seymour Skinner.- Well done. Seymour Skinner is principal
0:18:42 > 0:18:45of Springfield Elementary in The Simpsons, of course.
0:18:45 > 0:18:51Julie, we are looking for the jobs that are most closely associated with these TV characters.
0:18:51 > 0:18:57You're the last person to have this board, so talk us through the board and fill in any gaps,
0:18:57 > 0:18:59then pick one to submit.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03I don't actually watch any soaps or series,
0:19:03 > 0:19:06so I'm not very good.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10I've heard of Ally McBeal, but I can't tell you what she's in.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14And the only thing I can think of is Jack Sugden.
0:19:14 > 0:19:19I think he was in Emmerdale as a farmer, but I don't know for sure.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- That's my answer - farmer. - Jack Sugden, farmer.
0:19:22 > 0:19:27Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Jack Sugden - farmer.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29It's right.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- APPLAUSE - Excellent.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41- Jack Sugden was a farmer? - Yeah. Well played, Julie. Good damage limitation.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- Thank you.- A farmer in Emmerdale, as you said.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Let's fill in the rest of the board.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Ally McBeal was a lawyer in the series of the same name.
0:19:50 > 0:19:57Josiah "Jed" Bartlet is the President in The West Wing. It would have scored you 2 points.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01There's a pointless answer there. Simon Casey, any idea? Anybody?
0:20:01 > 0:20:05He was played by Andrew Lincoln in Teachers.
0:20:05 > 0:20:10He was a teacher. Pointless answer. Very, very well done if you said that at home.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15OK, thanks very much, Richard. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:20:15 > 0:20:2021, great score for Danny and Katherine. Keep that up and you should be in the head-to-head.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Then we go up to 51 where we find Julie and Simon,
0:20:24 > 0:20:29then on to 62 where Fred and Mark are at the top of the table.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:20:35 > 0:20:39OK, we're going to put six more TV characters on the board.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41And here we go.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51I'll read those one more time.
0:20:59 > 0:21:05Remember, you are looking for the profession most closely associated with these TV characters
0:21:05 > 0:21:11- and you're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew. Now, Simon and Julie...- Right.
0:21:11 > 0:21:17I recognise five of the names, but I'm a bit unsure what a couple of the professions are.
0:21:17 > 0:21:22I'm going to go with Mitch Buchannon who I believe is a lifeguard.
0:21:22 > 0:21:27Mitch Buchannon, lifeguard. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Below that red line and you are definitely in the head-to-head.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33It's correct.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Oh, very, very nearly. Well done.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41APPLAUSE
0:21:41 > 0:21:4516, that scores you. Takes your total up to 67.
0:21:45 > 0:21:51Played by David Hasselhoff in Baywatch - the most watched series in TV history.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56- Seen regularly in over 148 countries.- Katherine, remember we are looking for the jobs
0:21:56 > 0:22:04most closely associated with these TV characters. The high scorers on 67 are Simon and Julie.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08If you can score 45 or less, you are through to the Head to Head.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13I think I'm going to go for Monica Geller. She's a chef.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Monica Geller, chef, you are saying.
0:22:16 > 0:22:22Here's your red line. Quite nice and high. If Monica Geller can get you below that,
0:22:22 > 0:22:28you are through to the Head to Head. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31It's right.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Well done, you've done it. 40.
0:22:39 > 0:22:45- Takes your total up to 61. Richard? - Very well played. Very close round,
0:22:45 > 0:22:48but you're through. Played by Courtney Cox in Friends.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53Now then, Mark, this is the moment of truth.
0:22:53 > 0:23:00You are on 62. The high scorers on 67 are Simon and Julie.
0:23:00 > 0:23:06- That means you have to score four or less.- Yes, it's got to be obscure. There's no point in going safe.
0:23:06 > 0:23:13I don't actually think this is right. I'm just going to go for Edina.
0:23:13 > 0:23:18If that's the woman, the marketing and advertising woman on Absolutely Fabulous.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20What will you describe her job as?
0:23:20 > 0:23:25- Advertising?- Advertising. Let's see if that's right.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Here's your red line. It's going to be low, I warn you.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Get below it to be in the Head to Head.
0:23:32 > 0:23:37You're saying advertising. Is it right and how many people said it?
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Advertising. Best of luck, Mark.
0:23:41 > 0:23:42Ohhh!
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Bad luck. I'm afraid advertising is an incorrect answer.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51You did exactly the right thing, but it was very hard to call.
0:23:51 > 0:23:56That scores you the maximum 100 points, taking your total to 162.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01- Richard?- Sorry, Mark. Very unlucky. It is the woman you're thinking of, Jennifer Saunders.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05She's actually in PR, a public relations woman.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10It would have scored 5 points and seen you in a tie.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14Sorry about that. Let's go through the rest.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Peggy Mitchell is a pub landlady in EastEnders, 61.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Harold Steptoe was a rag and bone man, 56.
0:24:22 > 0:24:29Now Patrick Clifton is a pointless answer. If you've got this at home, I take my hat off to you. Know him?
0:24:29 > 0:24:34- There is a clue in the name. - Pat...?- I'll tell you.
0:24:34 > 0:24:39If anyone got this, well done. It's the real full name of Postman Pat.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- Ohh!- Postman Pat's full name.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45- That's a pointless answer. That's good.- Brilliant.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Thanks very much, Richard.
0:24:47 > 0:24:54So the losing pair with the highest score, Fred and Mark. Very bad luck there, Mark.
0:24:54 > 0:24:59- It's a fine line, isn't it? - I couldn't think what her career was, either! But, though,
0:24:59 > 0:25:06- you go home knowing that Patrick Clifton is Postman Pat's real name, so we're all winners.- Absolutely.
0:25:06 > 0:25:12I'm really sorry we didn't get to see more of you. It's been brilliant. Great contestants.
0:25:15 > 0:25:22For the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting now as we enter the Head to Head.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31Well done. You've made it to our Head to Head.
0:25:31 > 0:25:38Only one pair can make it to the final and play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £3,500.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44You're going to go head to head on the best of three questions.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49Each pair gives me just one answer and you are now allowed to confer.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53Just come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair.
0:25:53 > 0:25:59The first pair to get to the best of three will play for the jackpot. Let's play Pointless.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07OK. Here is your first question.
0:26:08 > 0:26:15We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...as many First Ministers of Scotland as they could.
0:26:15 > 0:26:22We're looking for any MSP who has been First Minister of the Scottish Parliament up to April, 2011.
0:26:22 > 0:26:29Not looking for Acting First Ministers. There are four names. See if you can get them at home.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Danny and Katherine, you get to go first.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35First Ministers of Scotland.
0:26:40 > 0:26:46- We have an answer. - I can see his name... Well, I can see his face.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- I think he's called Alex Salmond. - Alex Salmond.
0:26:49 > 0:26:55- OK, Alex Salmond. We have Alex Salmond. Julie and Simon... - Yeah(!)
0:26:55 > 0:27:01- Did I just take a word out of your mouth?- Guess which one we knew!- OK.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05Time for a logical guess. I'll go for a common name.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Alan Smith.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11OK.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13LAUGHTER
0:27:13 > 0:27:20We have Alex Salmond and that other famous AS - Alan Smith.
0:27:20 > 0:27:26Danny and Katherine said Alex Salmond. Is it right and how many people said it?
0:27:26 > 0:27:28It's right.
0:27:31 > 0:27:3240.
0:27:38 > 0:27:46And let's see how our last-minute candidate, Alan Smith, does against the might of Alex Salmond.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50Is it right and, if it is, how many people said it? Alan Smith.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Bad luck. We probably were expecting that, weren't we?
0:27:55 > 0:28:02- So Danny and Katherine are ahead 1-0. Richard?- There are two English footballers called Alan Smith.
0:28:02 > 0:28:07Hundreds of thousands of Scottish viewers are screaming at their TVs.
0:28:07 > 0:28:12Let's look at all the answers. Alex Salmond from the SNP.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16Henry McLeish, very short-serving, scored 3 points. Jack McConnell, 4.
0:28:16 > 0:28:21The first First Minister, Donald Dewar, 7. And Alex Salmond on 40.
0:28:21 > 0:28:28OK, thanks very much. Here is your second question. Julie and Simon, you have to win this to stay in it.
0:28:28 > 0:28:33Good luck. Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:28:33 > 0:28:40- as many artists with 10 or more UK number one singles as they could. Richard?- Yeah, we're looking for
0:28:40 > 0:28:44any act with 10 or more UK number one singles under their own name.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48There are five acts on this list. We wouldn't accept Cliff Richard.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52He's had a few by himself, but also with The Shadows.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Five acts with 10 or more UK number one singles.
0:28:55 > 0:29:00And that's as at the beginning of April, 2011, please.
0:29:00 > 0:29:05- OK, Julie and Simon, you go first this time.- OK.
0:29:05 > 0:29:11- We're going to try Westlife. - Westlife, you're saying. OK. Thank you very much.
0:29:11 > 0:29:16- Danny and Katherine, you can confer out loud. - The obvious ones are The Beatles.
0:29:19 > 0:29:25- Elvis Presley, maybe?- Rolling Stones. Take That?- I don't know if they've had as many as ten.- Spice Girls?
0:29:25 > 0:29:27- No...- They had about ten.
0:29:27 > 0:29:34I think in the '60s, early '70s, they had every single, one after another, was number one.
0:29:34 > 0:29:39- That was The Rolling Stones. I'll say that.- Yeah.- OK.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42We have Westlife and The Rolling Stones.
0:29:42 > 0:29:49In the order they've been given, Julie and Simon said Westlife. You have to win this point
0:29:49 > 0:29:55to stay in the game. Westlife. Is it right and how many said it? ..It's right! Very well done.
0:29:59 > 0:30:0016!
0:30:04 > 0:30:0716 for Westlife.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11The Rolling Stones. Is it going to beat Westlife?
0:30:11 > 0:30:16How many people said The Rolling Stones? Is it a right answer?
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Ooh!
0:30:20 > 0:30:25How bizarre! Who'd have thought that would be an incorrect answer?
0:30:25 > 0:30:31Wow. So, after our second question, you are absolutely even, one-all. Richard?
0:30:31 > 0:30:35The Rolling Stones have had eight number ones.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39And Westlife have had 13. Let's look at all five acts.
0:30:39 > 0:30:44There's Westlife - scored 16 points. Elvis, of course, with 18.
0:30:44 > 0:30:49Madonna, 30. Take That make it onto the list with 32.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53And The Beatles at the top with 42. Well done if you got all of those.
0:30:53 > 0:31:01Thanks, Richard. Here is your third question. This will decide who wins and goes on to the final.
0:31:01 > 0:31:08We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many landlocked countries in Africa as they could.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12We're looking for any country in Africa without a coastline.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15A sovereign state that is a member of the UN.
0:31:15 > 0:31:20Danny and Katherine, you go first again this time.
0:31:21 > 0:31:22Em...
0:31:22 > 0:31:28- I hope it's landlocked. Sierra Leone.- Sierra Leone. Julie and Simon,
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Sierra Leone has gone.
0:31:30 > 0:31:35We're going to go for the Democratic Republic of Congo.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38OK, you're going to go for Congo,
0:31:38 > 0:31:41Democratic Republic thereof.
0:31:42 > 0:31:49In the order they were given, Sierra Leone - is it right and, if it is, how many people said it?
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Ohh!
0:31:54 > 0:31:59Julie and Simon have gone for Democratic Republic of Congo.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02This just has to be right. Let's see if it is right
0:32:02 > 0:32:05and how many people said it.
0:32:07 > 0:32:08Ooh!
0:32:09 > 0:32:13Right, OK. Time for a geography lesson for everybody!
0:32:13 > 0:32:18So, after three questions, you are still one-all.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23- Richard?- Both on the west coast of Africa. There's a huge number.
0:32:23 > 0:32:28Any of these would have seen you through to the final. Burkina Faso, 4.
0:32:28 > 0:32:33Swaziland, Central African Republic and Burundi on 5. Lesotho on 7.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38Rwanda, Malawi and Ethiopia all on 9. Zambia, 10,
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Niger, 12.
0:32:40 > 0:32:45There's more. Mali, 13, Chad, 14. Uganda and Botswana, 15.
0:32:45 > 0:32:51And Zimbabwe at the top on 17. So a lot of answers there. Well done if you got one of them.
0:32:51 > 0:32:58So here is your fourth question. A bit of a rarity in the Head to Head, a fourth question.
0:32:58 > 0:33:04We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many of the last 10 Bond films as they could.
0:33:04 > 0:33:10- The last 10 Bond films. - Yeah, any of the last 10 official James Bond films
0:33:10 > 0:33:18made for cinema release prior to April, 2011. These are the official feature films by Eon.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20OK, thanks very much.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23Julie and Simon start this time.
0:33:23 > 0:33:29OK, we ran through a few. The one we're going for is Tomorrow Never Dies.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33Tomorrow Never Dies. Danny and Katherine?
0:33:33 > 0:33:38We were also going to go for Tomorrow Never Dies! The World Is Not Enough?
0:33:38 > 0:33:43- Not Goldeneye?- No, Goldeneye, that was in the '60s.
0:33:43 > 0:33:48- That was...- No, Goldeneye was... Pierce Brosnan's first one.
0:33:48 > 0:33:53- Was it?- Yeah. It was. - I think The World Is Not Enough.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57She's saved the day today, so we'll go with Katherine's.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00The World Is Not Enough?
0:34:00 > 0:34:07The World Is Not Enough. OK. We have Tomorrow Never Dies, we have The World Is Not Enough.
0:34:07 > 0:34:13This will decide who goes through to the final and plays for the jackpot. In the order they were given,
0:34:13 > 0:34:19Julie and Simon, Tomorrow Never Dies. Is that right and how many people said it? ..It's right.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27Down it goes. 14!
0:34:30 > 0:34:37- 14 for Tomorrow Never Dies. Is that enough, do you think? - I think it's going to be close.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41The World Is Not Enough. Is it right and, if it is, how many said it?
0:34:41 > 0:34:43The World Is Not Enough.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53You've done it! You've done it!
0:34:55 > 0:35:00The World Is Not Enough - 13! Fantastic.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06You said it was going to be close, Simon. Boy, was it close!
0:35:06 > 0:35:10So after our fourth question, Danny and Katherine are through.
0:35:10 > 0:35:15- Richard?- Tough luck, Julie and Simon. Well played, Katherine.
0:35:15 > 0:35:21You came up with a very good answer and when your older brother tried to talk you out of it, you stuck.
0:35:21 > 0:35:27If you'd said Goldeneye, you'd be going home. It would have scored more.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31Let's look at all the answers. A few answers would have won this.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35Licence To Kill, 6. Octopussy, 7. Living Daylights, 8.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39A View To A Kill, 11. All would have seen you through.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43The World Is Not Enough, 13. 14 for Tomorrow Never Dies.
0:35:43 > 0:35:49Die Another Day, 23. Quantum of Solace, 28, with Goldeneye - Danny's answer - 28 as well.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52And top of the list, Casino Royale on 44.
0:35:52 > 0:35:57Thank you, Richard. So the losing pair, I'm afraid, is Julie and Simon.
0:35:57 > 0:36:03You've done incredibly well. Incredibly well. Alan Smith,
0:36:03 > 0:36:08if you're thinking of standing for the Scottish Parliament, give it a whirl.
0:36:08 > 0:36:14I know two people who'd vote for you. We will see you again next time and we'll look forward to that.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18You've been fantastic contestants. Thank you.
0:36:20 > 0:36:26But for Danny and Katherine it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £3,500.
0:36:32 > 0:36:38Congratulations. You fought off all the competition and have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:36:43 > 0:36:50You now have a chance to win our jackpot. At the end of today's show, it stands at £3,500!
0:36:53 > 0:37:01The rules are very simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer that no one thought of.
0:37:01 > 0:37:06We had none on the show today. Find one now and you get the money.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09First, you choose a category from these three options.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19- Got to go for cricket.- I don't know any cricketers whatsoever, so...
0:37:19 > 0:37:26- I don't know any classical musicians or teachers.- No.- Go for cricket, please, Alexander.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30- So it's just Danny and Nibbles on this one.- It is.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32OK. Cricket.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36OK, well, very, very best of luck to all three of you.
0:37:36 > 0:37:41Let's find out the question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:37:41 > 0:37:47to name as many England cricketers who were not born in England as they could.
0:37:47 > 0:37:53Any cricketer who has represented England in a one-day international or Test match since 1980
0:37:53 > 0:37:55who was not born in England.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:59 > 0:38:05All you need to win £3,500 is for one answer to be pointless. Your 60 seconds starts now.
0:38:05 > 0:38:10- Up to you. - I can only think of...Bopara.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14But whether he was born in England I don't know. Matt Prior.
0:38:14 > 0:38:15Er...
0:38:15 > 0:38:21Most ones I'm thinking of are probably English, like Collingwood, Flintoff, that sort of thing.
0:38:21 > 0:38:26- Botham.- Ian Botham. Definitely English.- He's definitely English.
0:38:26 > 0:38:31So probably Bopara... Ian Bell - is he Irish?
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Or South African? Ian Bell, Prior...
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Ronnie Bopara.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Graeme Swann's English.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42So it'll be Ronnie Bopara...
0:38:44 > 0:38:47Tendulkar's obviously Indian.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50Matt Prior, Ian Bell.
0:38:52 > 0:38:57Kevin Pietersen is South African, but that'll be too obvious.
0:38:57 > 0:39:02- We'll have to go for that, then. - Ian Bell...- Five seconds left. - Prior and Bopara.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09OK, there is your minute up. That's your time.
0:39:09 > 0:39:15We were looking for England cricketers not born in England. I now need three answers.
0:39:15 > 0:39:16Ronnie Bopara,
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Ian Bell, Matt Prior.
0:39:19 > 0:39:20OK.
0:39:20 > 0:39:26Of those, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:26 > 0:39:31I've got a feeling Matt Prior is Irish or something, so Matt Prior.
0:39:31 > 0:39:36- We'll put him last. Who's first? - Ian Bell's probably more English than I am.
0:39:36 > 0:39:42OK, well, here are the three answers you've given, in that order. And they are...
0:39:48 > 0:39:54We're looking for England cricketers not born in England. This was your least confident answer.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57You only need one pointless answer.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Let's see if Ian Bell
0:40:00 > 0:40:05is right. Now where do you think Ian Bell might have been born?
0:40:06 > 0:40:09One of many South Africans?
0:40:09 > 0:40:14Hopefully he was born in Scotland and moved to England when he was five or something.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Ian Bell. Good luck.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27Bad luck. Ian Bell. England, born and bred.
0:40:27 > 0:40:33Unfortunately, not a pointless answer. you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37So your second answer, you went with Ronnie Bopara.
0:40:38 > 0:40:45Looking for England cricketers not born in England. This is your second shot at that jackpot £3,500.
0:40:45 > 0:40:52- What would you do with £3,500? - Well, Katherine's car recently broke, so we'd get her a new car.
0:40:52 > 0:40:57Yeah, a new car. Maybe a mini holiday, perhaps.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01- A weekend away.- I thought that was the car - a Mini Holiday!
0:41:01 > 0:41:05OK, well, here we go. Your second answer. You said Ronnie Bopara.
0:41:05 > 0:41:10Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14Bad luck.
0:41:14 > 0:41:19I'm afraid you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22Everything is now resting on Matt Prior.
0:41:23 > 0:41:31Matt Prior. England cricketers not born in England. This was the answer you had most faith in.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35It has to be pointless to win that jackpot of £3,500.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Is it right and how many people said it?
0:41:38 > 0:41:40It's right!
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Matt Prior, not born in England.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47It's going down into the 30s, into the 20s.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51If this goes all the way to zero, you are leaving with £3,500. Oh!
0:42:01 > 0:42:07- Ooh, that was very exciting. - At least it was right. - It was right. It was very right.
0:42:07 > 0:42:14Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer, so you don't win £3,500.
0:42:14 > 0:42:22You have been fantastic contestants and you take home our fabulous Pointless trophy, so well done.
0:42:25 > 0:42:31- Oh, Richard.- Yeah, very unlucky, especially at the end there. Matt Prior, born in South Africa.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35Ravi Bopara, he was born in London, so wouldn't have counted.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39And Ian bell was born in Coventry, I'm afraid.
0:42:39 > 0:42:44Loads of pointless answers. '80s players like Devon Malcolm, Robin Smith, Gladstone Small,
0:42:44 > 0:42:48Derek Pringle. A couple of Welsh players - Simon Jones, Robert Croft.
0:42:48 > 0:42:54Ed Joyce from Ireland. Let's look at a few. Dougie Brown, born in Scotland.
0:42:54 > 0:43:01Played one-day cricket. Owais Shah, Simon Jones, Roland Butcher, the batsman.
0:43:01 > 0:43:06Robin Jackman, Phil Edmonds, Martin McCague. Very well done if you got them.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09OK, thanks very much, Richard.
0:43:09 > 0:43:14Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye. Thank you for playing. Great contestants.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17Thanks for having us.
0:43:17 > 0:43:24So nobody's won our jackpot today. It rolls over to the next show, where we'll be playing for £4,500.
0:43:27 > 0:43:33- Join us next time. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye. - And goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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