Episode 18 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

APPLAUSE

First, we welcome back Fred and Mark. Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

This is your last chance. Remind us what happened.

We got to the head-to-head. We narrowly lost out by avoiding an obvious answer,

trying for a more obscure answer, and sadly, it backfired on us.

Ah, yes, the state of New Orleans(!)

-Correct.

-Yes. Mark, what would you like to see come up?

-A bit of sport, a bit of music.

-Any particular kind of music? What's your...?

1980s music, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, that kind of stuff.

-What would you like to see come up, Fred?

-Anything pre-1970.

-Basically.

-Anything pre-1970. Very best of luck to the pair of you.

Let's hope we see you all the way through to the final.

Next we welcome back Danny and Katherine. You were also on the show last time.

-Remind us how you two know each other.

-We're brother and sister.

She's my sister/babysitter. We only live a couple of miles apart, so we help each other out.

-I'll do her DIY. She'll do my babysitting.

-A pretty fair trade.

-How many children have you got?

-Just the one - Sophia. She's seven.

-She brought along...

-Nibbles needs no introduction to those who watched the last show.

-Nibbles helped Katherine find a spectacular answer.

-Didn't do so well for me.

-Poor old Nibbles.

We shouldn't expect too much. Katherine, what would be a great subject for you?

Well, I did a film degree a couple of years ago.

Well, that should set you up for any cinema questions.

Absolutely anything from 1900 onwards, I think,

-but maybe a Hitchcock question perhaps.

-Very best of luck to the pair of you.

It's great to have you back. Next we welcome Patrick and John. How do you know each other?

-Patrick is my oldest brother.

-What do you do, John?

-I'm a kitchen manager/chef.

-It's a restaurant or...?

-Yeah, it's a pub/restaurant.

-How about you, Patrick?

-I'm a welder by trade. And we make hydraulic rams.

-Patrick, what are your interests?

-I play a lot of darts.

-I love football. So sport would be really nice.

-Sport would be great.

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

Finally, we have Julie and Simon. How do you two know each other?

We're partners. We met about a year and a half ago playing Scrabble on a social networking site.

As time progressed, we met each other and never looked back. Happy as Larry.

Fantastic. So it's proved a triple word score, has it?

-Perfect.

-Fantastic. Who wins the Scrabble usually?

-It's close.

-We're equal, the same.

That's good. Do you still play, now you're together?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Do you play on an actual board or do you still play online?

-Both. We play online on the same computer.

-Very good.

-Where have you come from?

-Guildford in Surrey.

-Guildford in Surrey.

-What do you do, Julie?

-I'm a catering manager at a school.

Wow, particularly now after Jamie Oliver, that's quite a task, isn't it?

It's challenging. Children seem to miss their chips a bit.

I bet! You have to insist they eat more healthy things.

We're teaching them all about nutrition and healthy eating and they're taking it on board.

Very good. Well done. Simon, how about you?

I'm a careers adviser in the Royal Air Force.

I've been doing human resources with them for 23 years.

-Welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

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

There's only one person left for me to introduce. If he were a doctor, he would be an enyclo-paediatrician.

-That's terrible, isn't it?

-Yeah, really bad.

-That really was.

-He's my pointless friend. He's Richard.

-Hello.

-APPLAUSE

-Hiya.

-I can only apologise.

-That's OK. It should be a good show today. We've got two returning pairs.

Fred and Mark did very, very well last time, Danny and Katherine less so, but they were slightly unlucky.

And Mr Nibbles is here to help them out as well.

The first round today has got more correct answers than any round we've ever played on Pointless, ever,

and it should suit Julie and Simon, I think.

-Wow!

-It's the sort of round where Julie and Simon could chat each other up, I think.

-Very good.

We put our questions to 100 people before the show, but we are after the obscure answers they didn't get.

To stay in the game, our players need to score as few points as they can.

Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave. When that happens,

we will add £250 to the jackpot. Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.

Today's jackpot starts off at £3,500.

APPLAUSE

Right, let's play Pointless.

In Round 1, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.

The team with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.

If you give me an incorrect answer, you score the maximum of 100 points.

Our first category this afternoon is...Words.

Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many words ending in "ope" as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any word in the Oxford English Dictionary that ends with the letters "ope".

No hyphenated words will be allowed, no proper nouns, people's names, names of places.

But there are over 350 words ending "ope" in the English language.

See if you can get all of those at home(!)

Good luck with that. Thanks very much, Richard.

Fred and Mark, you all drew lots before the show and you go first. So then, Fred...

There are several that are quite obvious,

but I'm going to take a chance on "kaleidoscope".

Kaleidoscope. Very good. The tactic being go for a very long word and hope people didn't think about that.

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

It's right.

Very, very well done, Fred.

APPLAUSE

That's a spectacular answer, Fred.

-Lovely low score as well. Richard, kaleidoscope?

-Well played, Fred.

An instrument with reflecting panels that creates symmetrical patterns and so on.

-Danny, you haven't had long to think about this.

-Not really.

But be glad that people haven't been nicking your ideas.

I can only think of one or two. I'm going to say "isotope".

-Isotope?

-Yeah.

-I think this might be a low-scoring round.

You hope to score as few points as possible. Let's see how many of our 100 people said "isotope".

It's correct.

Very, very well done, Danny.

-APPLAUSE

-6 for "isotope".

-Richard?

-Yeah, very well played, Danny.

Isotopes - they're variations of chemical elements.

OK, so, Patrick and John, words ending in "ope". Patrick?

The only one I can think of, really...

There is a few, but I think I'm going to go for "stethoscope".

Stethoscope. Very good. You hope to score as few points as possible.

We've had 2 and 6. No-one in double figures. Let's see how many doctors were in our 100 people.

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

Oh, very, very well done, Patrick.

APPLAUSE

Only the best score so far. "Stethoscope" scores you 1.

-Richard?

-Good answer, Patrick.

Very low score. Used to listen to internal sounds by doctors.

-And vets.

-And vets.

-And safe-crackers.

-Yeah, and safe-crackers as well.

Julie, what is the most obscure word ending in "ope" you can think of?

Well, two of them have already gone, so I'm racking my brains.

I'm going to go with "horoscope".

Horoscope.

Well, let's see. Horoscope.

They're all single figures. Let's see if we can keep it that way.

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

Very well done, Julie.

APPLAUSE

That's a great answer. Brilliant score as well - 2 for "horoscope".

Yeah, a plan of the zodiac. Very good answers from everybody.

Let's take a look at those scores. Patrick and John,

brilliant answer with "stethoscope", 1 point,

then up to 2 for "horoscope",

2, Fred and Mark, with "kaleidoscope"

and then Danny and Katherine... Who would have thought 6 would have you way out in front?

We're going to come back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, we are looking for words ending with the letters "ope".

Simon...

I've got a couple in mind.

One's a little bit dangerous and I think I'll just hold that back,

so I'll stick with "periscope".

OK. At the end of the round, I am longing to know what your dangerous word was.

-I'll tell you if it doesn't come up.

-OK.

There's your red line at the bottom.

Below that line, you are definitely through to the next round.

It's correct.

APPLAUSE

"Periscope" scores 1. It takes your total up to 3.

Very well done. You are through to the next round.

Well played, Simon. Periscope, most commonly used on a submarine.

Just to let you know, Julie and Simon, that "periscope" would have scored 15 in Scrabble,

-but "horoscope" would have scored 16, so a victory for Julie.

-Thanks.

So, John, we are looking for words that end in "ope".

The high scorers are still Katherine and Danny on 6. You're on 1,

so if you can score 4 or less, you are through to the next round.

Words are definitely not strong for me.

I could play it safe, but I don't think that will get me very far.

So I'm going to take a punt. I'm going to go with a word that I think exists.

I have heard it, so it must do.

-Elope.

-Elope. OK, elope.

You have a red line. There it is right down at the bottom.

Let's see if "elope" can get you below that red line.

Good luck.

35.

APPLAUSE

It's right, but it's a big score. It takes your total up to 36. Richard?

-Yeah, that's a traditional Pointless score, 35.

-Yeah.

Elope - to run off, often to get married in secret.

So then, Katherine, remember, we are looking for words ending in "ope".

You've been thrown a lifeline there.

The high scorers on 36 are now John and Patrick. You are on 6,

which means if you can score 29 or less, you are through to the next round.

-What are you thinking?

-I've got a couple of words in my head,

but I think one is going to be too, um...too much high-scoring.

The other word I'm a bit unsure of, but I might as well gamble,

so I'm going to say "interlope".

Interlope. Danny thinks that's a good answer.

There is your red line. Below that, you are through to the next round.

You've done it. You're through.

Very well done indeed.

Interlope - 2 points.

-Richard?

-Yeah, very well played, Katherine. To intrude upon improperly - interlope.

So then, Mark and Fred... Mark, you are on 2.

The high scorers are John and Patrick on 36.

If you can score 33 or less, you are through to the next round.

-Have you had lots of answers that other people have said?

-Yeah, I was hoping to "elope".

-Right.

Microscope?

OK, so "microscope" you are saying.

There is your red line. Below that, you are through to the next round.

"Microscope", is it right? How many people said it?

You're through to the next round. Well done.

-2 for "microscope".

-APPLAUSE

Very well done. That takes your total up to 4.

-Microscope?

-Yeah, we had a lot of "scopes" in that round and they all scored very low.

You had "kaleidoscope, microscope, periscope, horoscope". Only "elope" went into double figures there.

There are huge amounts of pointless answers. Lots of "scopes" -

conoscope, colonoscope, pedoscope, rhinoscope, seismoscope, scintilloscope.

We'll take a look at some of the other answers.

Diamonds and coal are both allotropes of carbon.

Dispope, meaning to get rid of a Pope. There's mishope, which is despair.

Bridelope is the oldest version of the word "wedding" they can find in the OED.

Cardioscope and oscilloscope are both medical instruments.

Chamaeprosope, which is a type of skull.

A koniscope and a philanthrope.

-What was your dangerous one, Simon?

-It wasn't there. It was "endoscope".

It can be pretty dangerous in the wrong hands, certainly.

"Endoscope" would have scored 2. It would have gone with all those other "scopes".

These are the answers that most of our 100 said.

It wasn't all ones and twos.

Thanks, Richard. So at the end of Round 1, the losing pair with the highest score is Patrick and John.

You did phenomenally well. It's just everyone else did much, much better.

It seems very harsh to be sending you home on just 36, but that's what we have to do.

Thanks very much for playing. Great contestants. See you next time.

APPLAUSE

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

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

Our category for Round 2 this afternoon is...

Decide who's going first, who's going second.

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

OK, our Round 2 question this afternoon concerns...

We'll show you six TV characters on each pass. We asked 100 people,

"With which profession are they most closely associated?"

Obscure answers score fewer points. An incorrect answer scores 100 points.

-There's 12 in all for you to have a go at at home.

-Thanks, Richard.

We are looking for the jobs most closely associated with these TV characters. And here we go.

I'll read those one more time.

There are the six TV characters.

We want to find the jobs most closely associated with them.

-Fred?

-Right...

There are a couple on there that I think I know,

so I'm going to have to go for... for me, which is obvious, and that's James Herriot is a vet.

James Herriot, "vet" you are saying.

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

It's right.

62.

It's right, but it's a high score. 62 for "vet", Richard?

Big score, but better safe than sorry. From All Creatures Great And Small,

-played by Christopher Timothy.

-So, Danny...

Danny, how is that board looking to you?

I can... Three or four are starting to set off...

You see, the wheels are turning, but the hamster's dead.

Blimey!

I'm going to say Seymour Skinner, principal. Or headmaster. Principal.

Seymour Skinner, principal.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Seymour Skinner - head or principal.

It's correct.

Very well done. 21.

APPLAUSE

-21 for Seymour Skinner.

-Well done. Seymour Skinner is principal

of Springfield Elementary in The Simpsons, of course.

Julie, we are looking for the jobs that are most closely associated with these TV characters.

You're the last person to have this board, so talk us through the board and fill in any gaps,

then pick one to submit.

I don't actually watch any soaps or series,

so I'm not very good.

I've heard of Ally McBeal, but I can't tell you what she's in.

And the only thing I can think of is Jack Sugden.

I think he was in Emmerdale as a farmer, but I don't know for sure.

-That's my answer - farmer.

-Jack Sugden, farmer.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Jack Sugden - farmer.

It's right.

-APPLAUSE

-Excellent.

-Jack Sugden was a farmer?

-Yeah. Well played, Julie. Good damage limitation.

-Thank you.

-A farmer in Emmerdale, as you said.

Let's fill in the rest of the board.

Ally McBeal was a lawyer in the series of the same name.

Josiah "Jed" Bartlet is the President in The West Wing. It would have scored you 2 points.

There's a pointless answer there. Simon Casey, any idea? Anybody?

He was played by Andrew Lincoln in Teachers.

He was a teacher. Pointless answer. Very, very well done if you said that at home.

OK, thanks very much, Richard. Let's take a look at the scores.

21, great score for Danny and Katherine. Keep that up and you should be in the head-to-head.

Then we go up to 51 where we find Julie and Simon,

then on to 62 where Fred and Mark are at the top of the table.

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

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

And here we go.

I'll read those one more time.

Remember, you are looking for the profession most closely associated with these TV characters

-and you're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew. Now, Simon and Julie...

-Right.

I recognise five of the names, but I'm a bit unsure what a couple of the professions are.

I'm going to go with Mitch Buchannon who I believe is a lifeguard.

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

Below that red line and you are definitely in the head-to-head.

It's correct.

Oh, very, very nearly. Well done.

APPLAUSE

16, that scores you. Takes your total up to 67.

Played by David Hasselhoff in Baywatch - the most watched series in TV history.

-Seen regularly in over 148 countries.

-Katherine, remember we are looking for the jobs

most closely associated with these TV characters. The high scorers on 67 are Simon and Julie.

If you can score 45 or less, you are through to the Head to Head.

I think I'm going to go for Monica Geller. She's a chef.

Monica Geller, chef, you are saying.

Here's your red line. Quite nice and high. If Monica Geller can get you below that,

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

It's right.

Well done, you've done it. 40.

-Takes your total up to 61. Richard?

-Very well played. Very close round,

but you're through. Played by Courtney Cox in Friends.

Now then, Mark, this is the moment of truth.

You are on 62. The high scorers on 67 are Simon and Julie.

-That means you have to score four or less.

-Yes, it's got to be obscure. There's no point in going safe.

I don't actually think this is right. I'm just going to go for Edina.

If that's the woman, the marketing and advertising woman on Absolutely Fabulous.

What will you describe her job as?

-Advertising?

-Advertising. Let's see if that's right.

Here's your red line. It's going to be low, I warn you.

Get below it to be in the Head to Head.

You're saying advertising. Is it right and how many people said it?

Advertising. Best of luck, Mark.

Ohhh!

Bad luck. I'm afraid advertising is an incorrect answer.

You did exactly the right thing, but it was very hard to call.

That scores you the maximum 100 points, taking your total to 162.

-Richard?

-Sorry, Mark. Very unlucky. It is the woman you're thinking of, Jennifer Saunders.

She's actually in PR, a public relations woman.

It would have scored 5 points and seen you in a tie.

Sorry about that. Let's go through the rest.

Peggy Mitchell is a pub landlady in EastEnders, 61.

Harold Steptoe was a rag and bone man, 56.

Now Patrick Clifton is a pointless answer. If you've got this at home, I take my hat off to you. Know him?

-There is a clue in the name.

-Pat...?

-I'll tell you.

If anyone got this, well done. It's the real full name of Postman Pat.

-Ohh!

-Postman Pat's full name.

-That's a pointless answer. That's good.

-Brilliant.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So the losing pair with the highest score, Fred and Mark. Very bad luck there, Mark.

-It's a fine line, isn't it?

-I couldn't think what her career was, either! But, though,

-you go home knowing that Patrick Clifton is Postman Pat's real name, so we're all winners.

-Absolutely.

I'm really sorry we didn't get to see more of you. It's been brilliant. Great contestants.

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

Well done. You've made it to our Head to Head.

Only one pair can make it to the final and play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £3,500.

You're going to go head to head on the best of three questions.

Each pair gives me just one answer and you are now allowed to confer.

Just come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair.

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

OK. Here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...as many First Ministers of Scotland as they could.

We're looking for any MSP who has been First Minister of the Scottish Parliament up to April, 2011.

Not looking for Acting First Ministers. There are four names. See if you can get them at home.

Danny and Katherine, you get to go first.

First Ministers of Scotland.

-We have an answer.

-I can see his name... Well, I can see his face.

-I think he's called Alex Salmond.

-Alex Salmond.

-OK, Alex Salmond. We have Alex Salmond. Julie and Simon...

-Yeah(!)

-Did I just take a word out of your mouth?

-Guess which one we knew!

-OK.

Time for a logical guess. I'll go for a common name.

Alan Smith.

OK.

LAUGHTER

We have Alex Salmond and that other famous AS - Alan Smith.

Danny and Katherine said Alex Salmond. Is it right and how many people said it?

It's right.

40.

And let's see how our last-minute candidate, Alan Smith, does against the might of Alex Salmond.

Is it right and, if it is, how many people said it? Alan Smith.

Bad luck. We probably were expecting that, weren't we?

-So Danny and Katherine are ahead 1-0. Richard?

-There are two English footballers called Alan Smith.

Hundreds of thousands of Scottish viewers are screaming at their TVs.

Let's look at all the answers. Alex Salmond from the SNP.

Henry McLeish, very short-serving, scored 3 points. Jack McConnell, 4.

The first First Minister, Donald Dewar, 7. And Alex Salmond on 40.

OK, thanks very much. Here is your second question. Julie and Simon, you have to win this to stay in it.

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

-as many artists with 10 or more UK number one singles as they could. Richard?

-Yeah, we're looking for

any act with 10 or more UK number one singles under their own name.

There are five acts on this list. We wouldn't accept Cliff Richard.

He's had a few by himself, but also with The Shadows.

Five acts with 10 or more UK number one singles.

And that's as at the beginning of April, 2011, please.

-OK, Julie and Simon, you go first this time.

-OK.

-We're going to try Westlife.

-Westlife, you're saying. OK. Thank you very much.

-Danny and Katherine, you can confer out loud.

-The obvious ones are The Beatles.

-Elvis Presley, maybe?

-Rolling Stones. Take That?

-I don't know if they've had as many as ten.

-Spice Girls?

-No...

-They had about ten.

I think in the '60s, early '70s, they had every single, one after another, was number one.

-That was The Rolling Stones. I'll say that.

-Yeah.

-OK.

We have Westlife and The Rolling Stones.

In the order they've been given, Julie and Simon said Westlife. You have to win this point

to stay in the game. Westlife. Is it right and how many said it? ..It's right! Very well done.

16!

16 for Westlife.

The Rolling Stones. Is it going to beat Westlife?

How many people said The Rolling Stones? Is it a right answer?

Ooh!

How bizarre! Who'd have thought that would be an incorrect answer?

Wow. So, after our second question, you are absolutely even, one-all. Richard?

The Rolling Stones have had eight number ones.

And Westlife have had 13. Let's look at all five acts.

There's Westlife - scored 16 points. Elvis, of course, with 18.

Madonna, 30. Take That make it onto the list with 32.

And The Beatles at the top with 42. Well done if you got all of those.

Thanks, Richard. Here is your third question. This will decide who wins and goes on to the final.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many landlocked countries in Africa as they could.

We're looking for any country in Africa without a coastline.

A sovereign state that is a member of the UN.

Danny and Katherine, you go first again this time.

Em...

-I hope it's landlocked. Sierra Leone.

-Sierra Leone. Julie and Simon,

Sierra Leone has gone.

We're going to go for the Democratic Republic of Congo.

OK, you're going to go for Congo,

Democratic Republic thereof.

In the order they were given, Sierra Leone - is it right and, if it is, how many people said it?

Ohh!

Julie and Simon have gone for Democratic Republic of Congo.

This just has to be right. Let's see if it is right

and how many people said it.

Ooh!

Right, OK. Time for a geography lesson for everybody!

So, after three questions, you are still one-all.

-Richard?

-Both on the west coast of Africa. There's a huge number.

Any of these would have seen you through to the final. Burkina Faso, 4.

Swaziland, Central African Republic and Burundi on 5. Lesotho on 7.

Rwanda, Malawi and Ethiopia all on 9. Zambia, 10,

Niger, 12.

There's more. Mali, 13, Chad, 14. Uganda and Botswana, 15.

And Zimbabwe at the top on 17. So a lot of answers there. Well done if you got one of them.

So here is your fourth question. A bit of a rarity in the Head to Head, a fourth question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many of the last 10 Bond films as they could.

-The last 10 Bond films.

-Yeah, any of the last 10 official James Bond films

made for cinema release prior to April, 2011. These are the official feature films by Eon.

OK, thanks very much.

Julie and Simon start this time.

OK, we ran through a few. The one we're going for is Tomorrow Never Dies.

Tomorrow Never Dies. Danny and Katherine?

We were also going to go for Tomorrow Never Dies! The World Is Not Enough?

-Not Goldeneye?

-No, Goldeneye, that was in the '60s.

-That was...

-No, Goldeneye was... Pierce Brosnan's first one.

-Was it?

-Yeah. It was.

-I think The World Is Not Enough.

She's saved the day today, so we'll go with Katherine's.

The World Is Not Enough?

The World Is Not Enough. OK. We have Tomorrow Never Dies, we have The World Is Not Enough.

This will decide who goes through to the final and plays for the jackpot. In the order they were given,

Julie and Simon, Tomorrow Never Dies. Is that right and how many people said it? ..It's right.

Down it goes. 14!

-14 for Tomorrow Never Dies. Is that enough, do you think?

-I think it's going to be close.

The World Is Not Enough. Is it right and, if it is, how many said it?

The World Is Not Enough.

You've done it! You've done it!

The World Is Not Enough - 13! Fantastic.

You said it was going to be close, Simon. Boy, was it close!

So after our fourth question, Danny and Katherine are through.

-Richard?

-Tough luck, Julie and Simon. Well played, Katherine.

You came up with a very good answer and when your older brother tried to talk you out of it, you stuck.

If you'd said Goldeneye, you'd be going home. It would have scored more.

Let's look at all the answers. A few answers would have won this.

Licence To Kill, 6. Octopussy, 7. Living Daylights, 8.

A View To A Kill, 11. All would have seen you through.

The World Is Not Enough, 13. 14 for Tomorrow Never Dies.

Die Another Day, 23. Quantum of Solace, 28, with Goldeneye - Danny's answer - 28 as well.

And top of the list, Casino Royale on 44.

Thank you, Richard. So the losing pair, I'm afraid, is Julie and Simon.

You've done incredibly well. Incredibly well. Alan Smith,

if you're thinking of standing for the Scottish Parliament, give it a whirl.

I know two people who'd vote for you. We will see you again next time and we'll look forward to that.

You've been fantastic contestants. Thank you.

But for Danny and Katherine it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £3,500.

Congratulations. You fought off all the competition and have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our jackpot. At the end of today's show, it stands at £3,500!

The rules are very simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer that no one thought of.

We had none on the show today. Find one now and you get the money.

First, you choose a category from these three options.

-Got to go for cricket.

-I don't know any cricketers whatsoever, so...

-I don't know any classical musicians or teachers.

-No.

-Go for cricket, please, Alexander.

-So it's just Danny and Nibbles on this one.

-It is.

OK. Cricket.

OK, well, very, very best of luck to all three of you.

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

to name as many England cricketers who were not born in England as they could.

Any cricketer who has represented England in a one-day international or Test match since 1980

who was not born in England.

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

All you need to win £3,500 is for one answer to be pointless. Your 60 seconds starts now.

-Up to you.

-I can only think of...Bopara.

But whether he was born in England I don't know. Matt Prior.

Er...

Most ones I'm thinking of are probably English, like Collingwood, Flintoff, that sort of thing.

-Botham.

-Ian Botham. Definitely English.

-He's definitely English.

So probably Bopara... Ian Bell - is he Irish?

Or South African? Ian Bell, Prior...

Ronnie Bopara.

Graeme Swann's English.

So it'll be Ronnie Bopara...

Tendulkar's obviously Indian.

Matt Prior, Ian Bell.

Kevin Pietersen is South African, but that'll be too obvious.

-We'll have to go for that, then.

-Ian Bell...

-Five seconds left.

-Prior and Bopara.

OK, there is your minute up. That's your time.

We were looking for England cricketers not born in England. I now need three answers.

Ronnie Bopara,

Ian Bell, Matt Prior.

OK.

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

I've got a feeling Matt Prior is Irish or something, so Matt Prior.

-We'll put him last. Who's first?

-Ian Bell's probably more English than I am.

OK, well, here are the three answers you've given, in that order. And they are...

We're looking for England cricketers not born in England. This was your least confident answer.

You only need one pointless answer.

Let's see if Ian Bell

is right. Now where do you think Ian Bell might have been born?

One of many South Africans?

Hopefully he was born in Scotland and moved to England when he was five or something.

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

Ian Bell. Good luck.

Bad luck. Ian Bell. England, born and bred.

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

So your second answer, you went with Ronnie Bopara.

Looking for England cricketers not born in England. This is your second shot at that jackpot £3,500.

-What would you do with £3,500?

-Well, Katherine's car recently broke, so we'd get her a new car.

Yeah, a new car. Maybe a mini holiday, perhaps.

-A weekend away.

-I thought that was the car - a Mini Holiday!

OK, well, here we go. Your second answer. You said Ronnie Bopara.

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

Bad luck.

I'm afraid you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is now resting on Matt Prior.

Matt Prior. England cricketers not born in England. This was the answer you had most faith in.

It has to be pointless to win that jackpot of £3,500.

Is it right and how many people said it?

It's right!

Matt Prior, not born in England.

It's going down into the 30s, into the 20s.

If this goes all the way to zero, you are leaving with £3,500. Oh!

-Ooh, that was very exciting.

-At least it was right.

-It was right. It was very right.

Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer, so you don't win £3,500.

You have been fantastic contestants and you take home our fabulous Pointless trophy, so well done.

-Oh, Richard.

-Yeah, very unlucky, especially at the end there. Matt Prior, born in South Africa.

Ravi Bopara, he was born in London, so wouldn't have counted.

And Ian bell was born in Coventry, I'm afraid.

Loads of pointless answers. '80s players like Devon Malcolm, Robin Smith, Gladstone Small,

Derek Pringle. A couple of Welsh players - Simon Jones, Robert Croft.

Ed Joyce from Ireland. Let's look at a few. Dougie Brown, born in Scotland.

Played one-day cricket. Owais Shah, Simon Jones, Roland Butcher, the batsman.

Robin Jackman, Phil Edmonds, Martin McCague. Very well done if you got them.

OK, thanks very much, Richard.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye. Thank you for playing. Great contestants.

Thanks for having us.

So nobody's won our jackpot today. It rolls over to the next show, where we'll be playing for £4,500.

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

-Goodbye.

-And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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