0:00:14 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:31the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:31 > 0:00:36APPLAUSE
0:00:36 > 0:00:40So first we welcome Darren and Russell. You are our first pair on the show today.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43- How do you know each other? - We both work for a famous English shoe company.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48- One of us is a creative-design type. - And I'm a product analyst.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Russell, your shoes! Look at your co-respondent shoes there!
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Are you responsible for the design of those?
0:00:54 > 0:00:57No, a good friend of mine who works in Northampton got me these shoes.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59- Northampton's a big shoe place, isn't it?- It is.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04- It's still the centre of the shoe world.- I originally designed men's shoes in Northampton,
0:01:04 > 0:01:09- and now I design children's shoes. - I see. Darren, where are you, where are you based?
0:01:09 > 0:01:11I'm in Street in Somerset with Russell as well.
0:01:11 > 0:01:17- Side by side, almost? Is it a massive company? - No, I'm sort of more figures,
0:01:17 > 0:01:21so making sure that the shoes that Russell's making or designing
0:01:21 > 0:01:23- actually make money.- I see.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28- So you might have to send them back and say, "Kid leather. That is not going to work!"- No.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30"Not going to be efficient."
0:01:30 > 0:01:34- Darren, what would you like to see come up this afternoon?- Er, art...
0:01:34 > 0:01:39I like the arts. I sort of take the family round the art galleries when I'm in London,
0:01:39 > 0:01:42and films. I'm a big film lover.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Very good. Well, it's great to have you on the show. Welcome to Pointless and good luck.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51Next we welcome back Kurt and Chris. You were on the show last time. Remind us what happened.
0:01:51 > 0:01:58- We came a bit unstuck with the periodic table, with the chemical elements beginning with T.- Yeah.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03You'd imagine standing here with the pressure off, I'd be able to think of lots of answers,
0:02:03 > 0:02:07and I was thinking, "Chemical elements beginning with T?" Richard, what are you playing at?
0:02:07 > 0:02:11- Yes, it's a really obscure question, isn't it?- It really was.- Yeah, tin!
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- Who's heard of that tungsten? Titanium?- Yes, all right, tin, tungsten, titanium...
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- What else?- You only need to give one answer, though.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24- And tin would have won it. - Well, we drilled the message home when we got back to the hotel.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29- We cracked open a fair few tinnies each!- Yeah. - To try and drill the message home.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Well, listen, welcome back to the show. Very best of luck.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Now we welcome back Hilary and Will. You were also here last time.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Everyone gets two chances to reach our Pointless final. Remind us how you did.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41A bit of a disaster. The category was mushrooms,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44and the answers that I wanted to give were taken by the people ahead of me,
0:02:44 > 0:02:48but, to be honest, they gave really good answers, so there wasn't much competing.
0:02:48 > 0:02:54- Edible mushrooms. Yeah, it was tough.- Tough, but educational!- Yeah. - We got something out of it.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58Very good. Will, what would you like to come up this afternoon?
0:02:58 > 0:03:01I suppose probably geography or global politics or something like that.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Hilary, what would you like to come up?
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Yeah, same again. Geography, animals... Maybe something a bit sciencey,
0:03:08 > 0:03:13like I quite liked the idea of that periodic table. I might have given a good guess to that.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16It's great to have you back on the show and let's have you longer than just one round!
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- Let's hope so. - Fingers crossed, best of luck.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23And finally we welcome Ron and Pauline. How do you two know each other?
0:03:23 > 0:03:27- Ronnie's my eldest brother and we are a family of six. - A family of six?
0:03:27 > 0:03:33- So, Ron, you're the oldest? - I'm the oldest.- Where do you come in the run, Pauline?
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- I'm in the middle.- In the middle? - Uh-huh.
0:03:35 > 0:03:41- What do you do, Ron?- I was a PSV fitter, I repaired buses.- Very good.
0:03:41 > 0:03:47- How about you, Pauline? - I used to work in a glass factory that produced your light bulbs
0:03:47 > 0:03:53- and your fluorescent tubes.- Wow! - And your Christmas decorations. - Yes, we...
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- Just Alexander's light bulbs?- Yep. - That is quite a niche factory.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- Although you've got a big house. - And when it comes to Christmas...!
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Yes. Well, very best of luck. It's lovely to have you here.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06We'll find out more about all of you as the show progresses.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09There's only one person left for me to introduce. He farms the fields of knowledge,
0:04:09 > 0:04:14planting seeds of obscurity that will one day grow into unusual facts and figures.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18- He is my Pointless friend, he's Richard.- Hiya.
0:04:23 > 0:04:29- Good afternoon to you.- Good afternoon to you.- Should be a fun show today. We've got two returning pairs.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Kurt and Chris did do rather well last time, got to the head-to-head.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36And Hilary and Will who were unlucky last time, I think. I think there's perhaps more to come from them.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41There's some lovely questions today, so it should be a really tight show. It should be very good, I think.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Very good. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46We put all our questions to 100 people before the show, but this is Pointless,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48so we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:04:48 > 0:04:54To stay in the game with a chance to win our jackpot, our players have to score as few points as possible.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Each time that happens we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09so today's jackpot starts off at...
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Right, let's play Pointless!
0:05:18 > 0:05:19APPLAUSE
0:05:19 > 0:05:25OK, in the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:05:28 > 0:05:34If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they will score the maximum of 100 points. OK...
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Our first category this afternoon is...
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Can you decide on your pairs, who's first, who's second.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45And whoever's going first, please, step up to the podium.
0:05:48 > 0:05:54OK, let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:05:59 > 0:06:06Simply any nation that won a gold medal in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, please.
0:06:06 > 0:06:12Thank you. Right, Darren and Russell, you drew lots before the show and you get to go first.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- So, Darren...- Yes?- Mmm. Olympics.
0:06:15 > 0:06:21- A good subject for you? - I did watch some of it, some of the sports, not all of them.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26I think I've got a couple of sort of good answers, potential good answers for this.
0:06:26 > 0:06:32- So the one I will say is Germany. - Germany?
0:06:32 > 0:06:36OK. Germany. You're hoping to score as few points as possible.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40Let's see if Germany's right, and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said Germany.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Well, it's right.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Not bad, 29.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56- Not a bad score at all for Germany, 29. Richard? - Yeah, well done, Darren.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59They're a Winter Olympics powerhouse. They've topped the medals table
0:06:59 > 0:07:01in the last three Winter Olympics.
0:07:01 > 0:07:06Chris, what is the most obscure Winter Olympics gold-medal winning nation of 2010
0:07:06 > 0:07:09you can think of? I've a feeling you'll be good at this.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- I wouldn't go with your feelings. - Did you watch it?- No.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18I'm not really into the Olympics that much. I like the opening ceremony and that, but I'm too busy.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23- If it was football, yeah, I'd watch the World Cup.- Yeah.
0:07:23 > 0:07:29In the haze of my mind that's going on, I'm pulling Canada out of there.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33I think they'd have been really good at the Winter Olympics.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37I think they would be very good. You're hoping to score as few points as possible.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42I've got a feeling they're going to score less than Germany, but I think it's right anyway.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Sounds good to me. Canada, you're saying. Let's see if it's right and how many people said Canada.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49It's right.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02- 40 for Canada. Richard? - Well, Germany topped the gold-medal table in the last three Olympics,
0:08:02 > 0:08:05and Canada did it this time on their home ground of Vancouver.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10- OK, so, Will...- Yes? - We come to you.- OK.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- Now, do you watch the Winter Olympics at all?- If it's on,
0:08:13 > 0:08:17and I happen to be home, I might watch it, but I prefer the Summer Olympics.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22They're a bit more exciting. But I study Russian, so I guess I would have to say Russia,
0:08:22 > 0:08:27- and hope that they did. - OK, you're hoping to score as few points as possible with Russia.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31Let's see if it's correct and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said Russia. Good luck.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34- Very well done, Will.- Hey!
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Down it comes.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Wow!
0:08:39 > 0:08:43- The lowest score so far! - That's better... Yeah.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48- 23 for Russia, Richard.- Yeah, they only got three gold medals. They were very disappointed with it.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53They're hosting the next one in 2014, but Medvedev refused to go to the closing ceremony,
0:08:53 > 0:08:59because they'd done so badly. That's a rumour, that's apparently. He was certainly due to be there,
0:08:59 > 0:09:01- and he wasn't there.- Pauline?
0:09:01 > 0:09:06- Pauline, did you watch the 2010 Winter Olympics?- No.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- No?- I was on holiday.
0:09:08 > 0:09:13- The only one I can think of that probably is obscure is Jamaica.- OK.
0:09:13 > 0:09:19- Jamaica.- Mm-hm.- You're hoping to score as few points as you possibly can with this.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Let's see if Jamaica is correct and, if it is, let's see how many people said Jamaica.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- What do you think, Ron? - Cool Runnings.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- That's what I'm thinking. - LAUGHTER
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Fingers crossed.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Is it right? How many people said Jamaica?
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Bad luck, Pauline. I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer
0:09:38 > 0:09:42which means you're scored a maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry. Richard?
0:09:42 > 0:09:47Yeah, sorry, Pauline. They did participate in 2010. Obviously, they had the famous bobsleigh team
0:09:47 > 0:09:53from 1988, featured in Cool Runnings, but they didn't trouble the goldsmiths, I'm afraid.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57OK. Well, we're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Will and Hilary looking very, very strong.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06Then up a few to 29 for Darren and Russell.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Then up to 40 for Chris and Kurt.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11All relatively close there and then way out in front there
0:10:11 > 0:10:14are Pauline and Ron.
0:10:14 > 0:10:19Ron, you're going to have to find a really low-scoring answer in the next part to stay with us.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21OK, back down the line. Can the second players please take their places?
0:10:25 > 0:10:30OK, we are looking for 2010 Winter Olympic gold-medal winning nations.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36- Now, then, Ron...- I must admit I didn't really watch the Olympics.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42But I would imagine Norway would be pretty low down in the list.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47- Norway. A lot of nods from across the line there.- Yeah. - OK, well, Norway you are saying.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50There's no red line for you, because you are the highest scorers,
0:10:50 > 0:10:52so let's hope Norway goes down.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Is it right and how many people said it?
0:10:54 > 0:10:56It's right.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Very well done!
0:11:04 > 0:11:0611, Ron.
0:11:06 > 0:11:12The lowest score of the round so far. Takes your total up to 111. Will it be enough
0:11:12 > 0:11:14to see you through? Richard?
0:11:14 > 0:11:18Very well played, Ron. As Alexander said, it's the best answer yet.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22One of the traditional Winter Olympic powerhouses, they won nine golds in Vancouver.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Hilary, we're looking for 2010 Winter Olympic gold-medal winning nations.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29You're on 23. The high scorers on 111 are Ron and Pauline.
0:11:29 > 0:11:34If you can score 87 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:11:34 > 0:11:40Yeah, hopefully, this isn't a great category for me. I'm not really much of a sports fan.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43I'm going to have to go out on a limb a bit.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45I'm thinking I'm going to go for Switzerland,
0:11:45 > 0:11:49- cos I know they ski quite a bit and I have vague memories...- They do... - ..Of watching them ski quite well,
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- so I say Switzerland.- Switzerland.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56Let's hope Switzerland's right and gets you a score below 87.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Here's your red line, nice and high. If Switzerland gets you below that,
0:12:00 > 0:12:04you are through to the next round. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Switzerland.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08Yes, it's right and you are through to the next round. That's all you had to do.
0:12:11 > 0:12:12Wow! 12.
0:12:16 > 0:12:1912 takes your total up to 35.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23- Only 12 people for Switzerland. - You'd think a lot of people would have guessed that,
0:12:23 > 0:12:26but, yeah, six golds, and all in skiing, actually.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Kurt and Chris. You're on 40.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Ron and Pauline are still the high scorers on 111.
0:12:33 > 0:12:38If you can score 70 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42- What do you think, Kurt? - I'm just basing my answer on countries that have snow, really.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45So I'll go for Sweden.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Sweden.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49OK, you're saying Sweden.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Here's your red line. Below that red line, you're through to the next round.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Is Sweden right, and if it is, how many people said it?
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Sweden.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Well done. It's right.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01And you are through to the next round!
0:13:01 > 0:13:02Very well done.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Still going down. 11!
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Very well done. That takes your total up to 51. Sweden, Richard?
0:13:12 > 0:13:16Well played, Kurt. Good tactics. Five golds for the Swedes in Vancouver.
0:13:17 > 0:13:23- Very good. Now, Russell...- Yes, sir? - You are the last to answer on this.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26The high scorers are still Ron and Pauline on 111.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30You're on 29, which means you could score 81 or less and still get through.
0:13:32 > 0:13:38I think, at the last Winter Olympics, the winner of the skeleton bob was from Great Britain.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42So, Great Britain is your answer.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46There it is, there's the red line. Let's see if Great Britain can get us below that red line.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51Best of luck, Russell. Is that right, Great Britain, and, if it is, how many people said it?
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Quite right, Russell.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55And you are through to the next round.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Look at that, 48.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Very solid answer takes your total up to 77. Richard?
0:14:04 > 0:14:08A very big score for the UK. It was Amy Williams who won it.
0:14:08 > 0:14:15The first woman to win an individual Winter Olympic gold for Britain for 58 years, Amy Williams.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers, though.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20There were some low answers. The Netherlands is a good answer. Would have scored you 1.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24They won a lot of medals in the speed skating. Not a traditional winter nation, but a good answer.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Three pointless answers.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29The Czech Republic won two medals in speed skating.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31There's Poland who won in the cross country,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34and Slovakia who won in the women's biathlon.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Let's take a look at the most popular answers, the ones most people said.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42Starting in 3rd, there's Canada with 40 which we already heard from Chris.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Then we got Great Britain, which we also just heard from Russell.
0:14:45 > 0:14:51And right at the top the United States with 54, which nobody mentioned.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54OK, thanks, Richard. So at the end of round 1 the losing pair with the highest score,
0:14:54 > 0:14:59I'm sorry to say, Ron and Pauline. So, yes, Jamaica...
0:14:59 > 0:15:06- That's not where you were on holiday?- No, but I watched Cool Runnings!- Yeah!
0:15:06 > 0:15:13Well, you had a light-bulb moment there. It was just a previous Winter Olympics, 1988. What a shame.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18We will see you next time, though, when I'm sure we will see you go much further than round 1,
0:15:18 > 0:15:21but meanwhile, thanks very much for playing, Ron and Pauline.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round 2.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Now, there's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head,
0:15:36 > 0:15:40so one team will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Our category for round 2 is...
0:15:42 > 0:15:48Books. Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first and who's going to go second?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56OK, so our round 2 question concerns...
0:16:00 > 0:16:05We're going to show you two lists of six literary works which have living creatures in their titles.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08We asked 100 people who wrote these works.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10The more obscure ones will score you fewer points.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14If you give us an incorrect answer, you'll score 100 points. There's 12 works in all,
0:16:14 > 0:16:18- 12 authors ton guess at home. Best of luck.- Thanks very much, Richard.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23So we are looking for the authors of these books with living creatures in their titles. Chris, worried?
0:16:23 > 0:16:25I am worried!
0:16:26 > 0:16:28OK, good luck. Here we go. We've got...
0:16:40 > 0:16:43I'll read those one more time.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54There they are. Now, Russell...
0:16:54 > 0:16:58you need to give me the most obscure answer you can from that board,
0:16:58 > 0:17:02the one that you hope the fewest of our 100 people were able to name.
0:17:02 > 0:17:08I think maybe the most obscure one was one of my all-time favourite films,
0:17:08 > 0:17:12and that's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest that was written by Ken Kesey.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16Ken Kesey, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Ken Kesey says Russell.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20Is that right and, if it is, how many people knew that answer? Ken Kesey.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23Very well done, Russell.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Very well done!
0:17:30 > 0:17:356 points for Ken Kesey. Richard, Ken Kesey?
0:17:35 > 0:17:40Very good answer, Russell. Very well played. Great book, great film with Jack Nicholson.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Based on his experiences working in veterans' hospital in California.
0:17:43 > 0:17:48- Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Kurt, Chris wasn't at all happy with this topic.- Me neither!
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- You neither!- Have absolutely no idea about any of them.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56I think I'm going to have to take a guess even though I know it's wrong, to be honest.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin, Beatrix Potter.
0:18:00 > 0:18:06Even though you know it's wrong, you are saying The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin, Beatrix Potter.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07What do you think, Chris?
0:18:07 > 0:18:10I heard them giggling behind me, so it can't be good.
0:18:10 > 0:18:17No, I couldn't have guessed any of them. As I say, good on him for getting...
0:18:17 > 0:18:20even knowing who Beatrix Potter is. Good on him.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27Well, Kurt, let's see what happens. Beatrix Potter, is that right? The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Absolutely spot-on! Very well done.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin, Beatrix Potter. How many people said it?
0:18:33 > 0:18:35A legend!
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Very well done, Kurt.
0:18:39 > 0:18:4236 points for The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin.
0:18:42 > 0:18:47- Richard?- Yeah, that's one way to play the game. The follow-up to The Tale Of Peter Rabbit.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52- The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin. - Hilary, we're looking for the authors of these books.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56You're the last person to have this board, so you can talk us through all the books there, if you like.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Well, I can't really, but I was going to go for Squirrel Nutkin.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04That's the one I was absolutely certain of, so I'm raging you got that, but fair play, good guess.
0:19:04 > 0:19:09I think...I'm not 100% sure now, but I'm going to go with The Growing Pains Of Adrian Mole.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14- I think it was Sue Townsend who wrote it.- Sue Townsend for The Growing Pains Of Adrian Mole.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17OK, is that right and, if it is, how many people knew that answer?
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Yes, it's right. Very well done.
0:19:27 > 0:19:3031 for The Growing Pains Of Adrian Mole.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Now, Kurt, you were nodding at that. Did that mean you might have actually known that?
0:19:34 > 0:19:40- Absolutely not, no!- Oh, I see! That was just nodding at the sheer pleasure of Hilary getting it right?
0:19:40 > 0:19:45- Very well done. Richard?- I think he was still nodding at the awesomeness of his Beatrix Potter answer.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49He'll be nodding for a while to come. Very well played, Hilary.
0:19:49 > 0:19:54It's the second book in the Adrian Mole series. Let's take a look at all of the answers.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Neither of you wanted to go for The Hound Of The Baskervilles?
0:19:57 > 0:19:59- Nothing?- Not heard of it, that one.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04It would have only scored 29 points, written of course by Arthur Conan Doyle,
0:20:04 > 0:20:07probably the most famous of the Sherlock Holmes stories, but just 29 points.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09The Day Of The Jackal. Alexander?
0:20:09 > 0:20:12- Frederick Forsyth.- Absolutely right, would have scored you 7.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17- And The Eagle Has Landed? - Jack Higgins, I think.- Yes. I said Alistair MacLean, but you're right.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Jack Higgins would have scored you 3 points. Best answer on the board.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Well done if you said that. Some good answers up there.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27OK, let's take a look at the scores. We're halfway through the round.
0:20:27 > 0:20:326 is our lowest score, Russell and Darren looking very, very strong there.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36Then up to 31 where Hilary and Will are residing.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39And then up a little way to 36.
0:20:39 > 0:20:45So, yes, Will and Chris, the tussle is between you to see who is going to be going through
0:20:45 > 0:20:47to the head-to-head, I reckon. OK, back down the line.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:20:53 > 0:20:57OK, we're going to put six more books on the board, and here they are.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08I'll read those all again.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20Now, remember, we are looking for the authors of these books with living creatures in their titles.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24And remember you're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25- Now, Will...- Yeah.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31I don't really like this category that much, but I think I know at least one.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34I might have a couple of clues about a few of them,
0:21:34 > 0:21:40but I'm going to try and play it a bit safe and say Dr Seuss for The Cat In The Hat.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- Dr Seuss for The Cat In The Hat. - Yeah.
0:21:43 > 0:21:51OK. Well, you aren't the highest scorers. The highest scorers are Chris and Kurt on 36,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54but it's a close-run thing. There's your red line quite a long way down.
0:21:54 > 0:22:00Let's see if Dr Seuss with The Cat In The Hat gets you near or even below that red line.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Is it right, how many people said it?
0:22:02 > 0:22:04It's right.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Ooh!
0:22:09 > 0:22:15- OK.- Very popular answer, that. 49. That takes your total up to 80.
0:22:15 > 0:22:21Well, it's the biggest answer, that, actually. Theodor Geisel is his real name. Seuss was his middle name.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24OK, thanks very much, Richard. Now, then...
0:22:24 > 0:22:29Chris and Kurt, you're on 36. The highest scorers are Will and Hilary on 80.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34That means you have to score 43 or less with this answer to be through to the head-to-head.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39- Now, Chris, do you know any of those?- Do you know what? I've read a couple of them...
0:22:39 > 0:22:42I've seen the films of a couple of them,
0:22:42 > 0:22:46and I haven't even bothered to see who the author is.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48- I'm going to have to have a punt. - You're going to have to.
0:22:48 > 0:22:53But I'm sure I've seen this on the bathroom floor and my dad's been reading it.
0:22:53 > 0:22:59I'm going to say, I'm sorry, I'm going to say Tom Clancy for The Pelican Brief.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03Tom Clancy for The Pelican Brief.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07OK, well, there is your red line. If you can get below that red line with Tom Clancy for The Pelican Brief,
0:23:07 > 0:23:10you're through to the head-to-head. Very best of luck.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said Tom Clancy for The Pelican Brief.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Bad luck, Chris. Unfortunately that is a wrong answer
0:23:21 > 0:23:23which means you've scored a maximum of 100 points.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25That's takes your score up to 136,
0:23:25 > 0:23:29which I'm afraid is an unbeatably high score for this round.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32- Richard?- Yeah, sorry, Chris. The luck finally runs out.
0:23:32 > 0:23:37- I won't give you the answer just in case Darren wants to have a go at the same question.- Darren...
0:23:37 > 0:23:41the good news is you are through to the next round whatever happens.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46You're on 6. Even if you score 100 you won't overtake Chris and Kurt's high score of 136.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49You're the last person to have this board, so why not talk us through it?
0:23:49 > 0:23:54Well, I was given a bit of a lifeline there, cos I'm only certain of one.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59I should know A Bear Called Paddington. He lived with the Browns, I think,
0:23:59 > 0:24:02but I just cannot remember the author.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07Rabbit Run, no idea. Wolf Hall, again, haven't got a clue.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12And The Pelican Brief, I mean, it was the film with Julia Roberts,
0:24:12 > 0:24:15but I can't remember who wrote it, but the one I do know,
0:24:15 > 0:24:20read it at school, so that is the one I do know. I don't think it's going to be pointless,
0:24:20 > 0:24:24but I'll go Of Mice And Men and it's John Steinbeck.
0:24:24 > 0:24:29John Steinbeck, Of Mice And Men. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31No red line. You're through, come what may.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33It's right.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39That's a great score.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Takes your total up to 31.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46- Richard?- Yeah, well played, Darren. It's an eternal GCSE set text, isn't it?
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Of Mice And Men, none the worse for it.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Let's take a look at the rest of the answers. I'll put you out of your misery with Paddington.
0:24:53 > 0:24:58- One of those one that I bet everyone knows but very hard to bring to mind. Do you know it?- Michael Bond.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Exactly right, would have scored 9 points.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03We'll leave Rabbit Run for a moment. The Pelican Brief,
0:25:03 > 0:25:07it's not Tom Clancy, it's John Grisham.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12Would have scored 15 points. One of the best-selling authors in the world.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Wolf Hall won the 2009 Booker Prize. Do you know that one?
0:25:15 > 0:25:21- It is...- Hilary Mantel. - Hilary Mantel.- Hilary Mantel, that would have scored you 3 points.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25And Rabbit Run is a pointless answer, so very well done if you said that.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- Do you know that one?- No. - John Updike.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31Well worth reading. Wrote Witches Of Eastwick amongst other things, didn't he, John Updike.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Very good. Well, thanks, Richard.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37So at the end of round 2, the losing pair with the highest score is Kurt and Chris.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40And after that brilliant answer from you, Kurt,
0:25:40 > 0:25:46I thought you were going to somehow magic your way through to the head-to-head, but...
0:25:46 > 0:25:51Bad luck. John Grisham, is that now ringing a bell? Are those the words you're seeing on the bathroom floor?
0:25:51 > 0:25:55It probably wasn't even The Pelican Brief!
0:25:55 > 0:26:00- I think it was a newspaper or something.- Or perhaps just a pair of pelican briefs...
0:26:00 > 0:26:05kicking around the floor. Oh, dear, oh, dear. Well, I'm really sorry.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09It's very sad to be saying goodbye to you. You've been fantastic. Thanks so much for playing.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Thank you.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13But for the remaining two pairs,
0:26:13 > 0:26:17things are about to get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head!
0:26:24 > 0:26:29Well done, Darren and Russell, Hilary and Will. You've made it through to the head-to-head.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33Now obviously only one pair can make it through to today's final and play for the jackpot,
0:26:33 > 0:26:36which currently stands at...
0:26:41 > 0:26:45You're going to go head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49For each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer, but you are now allowed to confer.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52All you have to do is come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair
0:26:52 > 0:26:55and you will win that question.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59The first pair to win two questions will be playing for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless!
0:27:06 > 0:27:07Here is your first question.
0:27:07 > 0:27:16We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Blondie UK Top 40 singles as they could.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19- Richard?- Yeah, we're looking for any single by the band Blondie that reached the UK Top 40
0:27:19 > 0:27:25prior to April 2011. Where there was a double-A side, we'll accept either answer. Best of luck.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Thank you very much, Now, Darren and Russell, you've played best so far,
0:27:30 > 0:27:35so you get to go first. We're looking for Blondie UK Top 40 singles.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39We're going to go for Atomic.
0:27:39 > 0:27:46Atomic? OK. Atomic, we have. Hilary and Will, you can confer out loud if you like now.
0:27:46 > 0:27:51- Heart Of Glass would be one.- Yeah. - And what was the other one you said, Maria?- I think Maria.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55- I think maybe Maria. - Shall we go for Maria?- You think? - Sure.- Maria, please.
0:27:55 > 0:28:00Maria, OK. So we have Atomic and we have Maria in the order they were given.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04Darren and Russell said Atomic. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said Atomic.
0:28:14 > 0:28:1728 for Atomic.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20Hilary and Will, you have gone for Maria.
0:28:20 > 0:28:25Let's see if Maria is right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Yes, it's right.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Will it go down lower than Atomic?
0:28:30 > 0:28:33Yes, it will! Look at that! Very good. 15!
0:28:37 > 0:28:3915 for Maria beats 28 for Atomic,
0:28:39 > 0:28:44- which means after the first question Hilary and Will are up 1-0. Richard? - Yeah, well played.
0:28:44 > 0:28:49In fact, both of those singles were number 1 19 years apart from each other,
0:28:49 > 0:28:52Maria, the sort of come-back single. Let's take a look at all the answers.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54There's five pointless answers...
0:28:54 > 0:28:57one of which was one of their biggest hits.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01War Child, Nothing Is Real But The Girl, Island Of Lost Souls, Good Boys, another come-back single,
0:29:01 > 0:29:04(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear, pointless, surprisingly.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Rapture, one of the first Top 40 hits to feature any sort of rapping.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Maria was their sixth number 1.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29The other answer you were going to go for Heart Of Glass would have lost you the points. Well played.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Well done if you got any of those pointless answers.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Thanks, Richard. Very well done, Hilary and Will.
0:29:35 > 0:29:40OK, here is your second question. Darren and Russell, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:29:41 > 0:29:46Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:29:50 > 0:29:55Yeah, at the 2010 UK General Election, ten parties won at least one seat in Westminster.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58We're looking for the leaders of those parties at the General Election.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Independents don't count.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04Just the leaders of the ten parties who won at least one seat in the UK General Election.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06OK, thank you very much indeed.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11We are looking for the leaders whose parties were elected to the House of Commons in 2010.
0:30:11 > 0:30:17- Hilary and Will, you go first this time.- Yeah, UK politics.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19I'm going to be really embarrassed if I get this wrong now,
0:30:19 > 0:30:26- but I think the BNP got some seats, so I'm going to say Nick Griffin. - Nick Griffin, you are saying.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Darren and Russell?
0:30:29 > 0:30:34- We'll say Alex Salmond. - Alex Salmond. OK.
0:30:34 > 0:30:39Nick Griffin and Alex Salmond. Hilary and Will went Nick Griffin.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42OK. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44Nick Griffin.
0:30:46 > 0:30:52- Oh!- I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which means, Darren and Russell, you only have to be correct
0:30:52 > 0:30:57to win this point. You said Alex Salmond. How many people said Alex Salmond?
0:30:57 > 0:30:59Yeah, it's right.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06There we are.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09- Well done.- 10 for Alex Salmond.
0:31:09 > 0:31:15Darren and Russell win that point which means after two questions you are 1 point apiece. Richard?
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Well played, Darren and Russell.
0:31:17 > 0:31:22There's three pointless answers. You could have gone to Northern Ireland for all your pointless answers.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25There's Peter Robinson from the DUP.
0:31:25 > 0:31:26There's Margaret Ritchie from the SDLP.
0:31:26 > 0:31:31David Ford from the Alliance Party, all of those would have seen you through to the final.
0:31:31 > 0:31:36Ieuan Wyn Jones from Plaid Cymru would have scored you 1. Caroline Lucas of the Green Party, 2.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Gerry Adams would have scored you 3 points and seen you through to the final.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43Alex Salmond of the SNP, quite right, scored you 10 points.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46Gordon Brown, remember him? 54 points for the Labour Party.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Nick Clegg, remember him? 74 points for the Liberal Democrats.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53And David Cameron right at the top there on 82.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57OK, Richard, thank you very much. Here is your third question.
0:31:57 > 0:32:02Whoever wins this question will be going through to the final and playing for that £8,000 jackpot.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Here it comes. Very best of luck to both pairs.
0:32:05 > 0:32:10We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:32:13 > 0:32:21Any film that received a general cinema release between 1 January 1980 and 31 December 1989.
0:32:21 > 0:32:27Give you some idea. Days Of Thunder is his first '90s film, so anything before that. Very best of luck.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31Now, then, Darren and Russell, you get to go first this time.
0:32:31 > 0:32:37OK...Tom Cruise films of the '80s. I'm probably guilty of having watched quite a few of these!
0:32:37 > 0:32:45The one I'm going to go for is where he played the wood boy or the sort of forest boy
0:32:45 > 0:32:52- in the film Legend.- Legend. OK, Darren and Russell are saying Legend.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56Hilary and Will, over to you, You can confer out loud.
0:32:56 > 0:33:01Well, OK, we're having a bit of trouble differentiating the 1980s from the 1990s.
0:33:01 > 0:33:06We could have Cocktail... I'm just thinking Far And Away, but I think that's the 1990s.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10Yeah...I don't know. I'll have to defer to you here. I really don't know.
0:33:10 > 0:33:15- Which seems the oldest? Risky Business? Cocktail. - I haven't seen any of them.
0:33:15 > 0:33:22- OK...- Take the first one.- Risky Business? OK, Risky Business, it is.
0:33:22 > 0:33:27- You're going to say Risky Business? - Yes.- So we have Legend, we have Risky Business.
0:33:27 > 0:33:32Oh, it's very exciting! Whoever wins this goes through to the final.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36In the order they've been given, Darren and Russell, Legend.
0:33:36 > 0:33:41Is it a 1980s Tom Cruise film? Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:33:41 > 0:33:42Legend...
0:33:43 > 0:33:45It's right.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Now, how far down is this going to go?
0:33:50 > 0:33:526!
0:33:53 > 0:33:556 for Legend.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01- What do you think, Hilary? - I think we're going home!
0:34:01 > 0:34:09- Yeah.- The aptly named Risky Business. This will decide whether you are staying or going.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11- OK.- Risky Business, is it right,
0:34:11 > 0:34:15and, if it is, how many people said it? Will it go down lower than 6?
0:34:17 > 0:34:19It's right!
0:34:19 > 0:34:22It's right. It has to go down lower than 6.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Come on!
0:34:24 > 0:34:27No! Bad luck! Oh, that's close.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36Risky Business, 10. A brilliant low score, but Legend...
0:34:37 > 0:34:43..a fantastic low score! Which means after three questions, Darren and Russell are through to the final,
0:34:43 > 0:34:452-1.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49- Richard?- Terrific head-to-head between two very good teams, so well played, everybody.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52If you had said Far And Away, it was released in 1992.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Let's take a look at the answers that would have won it for you.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09There's Legend on 6.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19Cocktail which is the other one you were thinking of going for, 34,
0:35:19 > 0:35:21and Top Gun right at the top with 75.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25OK. Well, thank you very much, Richard.
0:35:25 > 0:35:31So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, Hilary and Will. But what a fantastic head-to-head!
0:35:31 > 0:35:34- You've been fantastic contestants. - Thank you.- Thank you.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38I'm afraid you only made it to the first round last time, but this time you've more than atoned for that,
0:35:38 > 0:35:41through to the head-to-head, and very nearly through to the final.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45So very, very well done. Lovely having you on the show. Thanks for playing.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48APPLAUSE
0:35:49 > 0:35:55But, for Darren and Russell, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £8,000.
0:36:01 > 0:36:06Well, congratulations, Darren and Russell, you've fought off all the competition
0:36:06 > 0:36:08and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy. Well done.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12APPLAUSE
0:36:14 > 0:36:17You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...
0:36:19 > 0:36:23APPLAUSE
0:36:25 > 0:36:30Now, the rules are very simple. To win that money all you have to do is find a pointless answer,
0:36:30 > 0:36:34an answer that none of our 100 people could think of. We haven't had any today.
0:36:34 > 0:36:40You only have to find one now and you go home with that money. First, you have to choose a category.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42You can choose from these three options...
0:36:49 > 0:36:52Well, playwrights could be any era, going back a long way.
0:36:52 > 0:36:58- Er...- I think reality TV's probably a no.- Reality TV's a no-no.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00I think we're going to be forced into tennis.
0:37:00 > 0:37:04- Sport?- Yeah.- I think we're going to go for tennis.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Tennis. How good's your tennis knowledge?
0:37:06 > 0:37:11- I'm...- I thought you wanted a game! - How good's your backhand, Russell?
0:37:11 > 0:37:18- Better than my forehand!- Right, OK. - I know a bit about general sport, so...depends what it is.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22- What would you like it to be? - Wimbledon winners.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26- Right, yeah. - That would be reasonably good. - OK. Well, very best of luck.
0:37:26 > 0:37:33OK, let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:37:35 > 0:37:41- Male French Open winners. Richard? - Yeah, any player who's won a French Open men's singles title
0:37:41 > 0:37:45from 1946 all the way through to 2010, please.
0:37:45 > 0:37:51OK, you have up to one minute to come up with three answers. All you need to win that £8,000
0:37:51 > 0:37:55is for just one of the answers to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.
0:37:55 > 0:38:02- Definites? - Jim Courier. Yannick Noah. - Edberg did back in the '80s.- Yeah.
0:38:02 > 0:38:07- Boris Becker never won the French. - No.- Neither did McEnroe. - Ivan Lendl did.- Yes.
0:38:07 > 0:38:13- Michael Chang won the French... - One of the early ones, sort of '60s, '70s.
0:38:13 > 0:38:19- Well, you've probably... - I think Vitas Gerulaitis won in the '80s.- Yeah.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23- I think Chang's a good one. Michael Chang. Yannick Noah.- Yeah.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26- Being French.- He only won once.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30I think the others ones were before that, like Rene Lacoste.
0:38:30 > 0:38:36- I think Mats Wilander might have won the French.- In the '70s... - One of the Spaniards...
0:38:36 > 0:38:40- Early or...?- Begin with a B. No, in the '80s. His surname began with a B.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42It escapes me.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44- I can't think of it.- Er...
0:38:44 > 0:38:47There was the Brazilian guy recently.
0:38:50 > 0:38:525 seconds.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56- I think it's Chang. - OK. I'll go with Noah.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00OK, your time is up.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04We were looking for male post-war French Open winners. I now need three answers from you.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09- We are going to go with an American, Jim Courier.- Jim Courier.
0:39:09 > 0:39:14- Another American, Michael Chang. - Michael Chang.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17- And a Frenchman, Yannick Noah. - Yannick Noah.- Yeah.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:21 > 0:39:27- Chang, probably.- Yeah, Chang and Noah only won it once. - So Michael Chang we'll put last.
0:39:27 > 0:39:33- Yeah.- Which is your least likely, therefore, Jim Courier?- Probably Jim Courier.- Probably Jim Courier.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37Let's put them on the board in that order, and here they are!
0:39:42 > 0:39:45OK, we were looking for male post-war French Open winners.
0:39:45 > 0:39:49You said this was your least confident answer. You only have to find one pointless
0:39:49 > 0:39:51to win that £8,000 jackpot.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54Jim Courier. Let's see if it's right.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57And, if it is, how many people said Jim Courier.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Good luck.
0:40:00 > 0:40:05Jim Courier's right. A correct answer. The only other thing it has to be is pointless.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09If this goes all the way down to 0, you leave here with £8,000.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Teens, single figures.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Jim Courier, 4!
0:40:13 > 0:40:15APPLAUSE
0:40:20 > 0:40:234. Unfortunately, that's not a pointless answer.
0:40:23 > 0:40:28But that gives us a pretty good indication of what our 100 people know about the French Open.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Four of them said Jim Courier.
0:40:30 > 0:40:36You had no hesitation putting Jim Courier as your least likely pointless answer.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40I would say there are grounds for optimism here.
0:40:40 > 0:40:45You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot. What would you do with £8,000?
0:40:45 > 0:40:48I've got two daughters and a wife, so I wouldn't do much with it at all!
0:40:48 > 0:40:52That's got shoes and handbags written all over it! Darren?
0:40:52 > 0:40:57I think I'd like to do the transatlantic cruise over to New York and have a few days there,
0:40:57 > 0:41:03- avoid the jet lag. - Very good, very good indeed.
0:41:03 > 0:41:08Well, we are looking for male post-war French Open winners.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12Your next answer is Yannick Noah. Yannick Noah.
0:41:14 > 0:41:19Let's see if it's right and let's see how many of our 100 people said Yannick Noah.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Well, it's right. Jim Courier went down to 4.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Yannick Noah, down he goes.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32If this goes down to 0, you leave here with £8,000!
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Down it goes to 1...
0:41:34 > 0:41:38Very well done! Wow, that's fantastic!
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Very good.
0:41:41 > 0:41:42Brilliant.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51- Oh, dear!- Oh, fantastic!
0:41:53 > 0:41:58Very well done, you! That's brilliant. You found that all-important pointless answer
0:41:58 > 0:42:02which means you do go home with that jackpot of £8,000!
0:42:02 > 0:42:04APPLAUSE
0:42:08 > 0:42:13- Brilliant. Well, Richard, what about that?- Fantastic, guys. Very well played. Three very good answers.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17If we had gone on to Michael Chang, it would have scored you 4 points.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20So Yannick Noah. Yannick Noah won it in 1983.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23It's the only grand slam title that he won. Fantastic answer!
0:42:23 > 0:42:29A lot of the other answers you went through. Lendl would have scored you 10, Mats Wilander, 1.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32The Spaniard you were thinking of was Sergi Bruguera. He would've got you 1.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36The Brazilian was Gustavo Kuerten, he would have scored you 6.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38So Yannick Noah is a very, very good answer.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Well done if you said Yannick Noah at home.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43There's a few more pointless answers as well.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Andres Gomes, the Ecuadorian.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49Fred Stolle, one of the many great Aussies of the '60s and '70s.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52The wonderful Guillermo Vilas. Well done if you said any of those three.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Jan Kodes from Czechoslovakia as it was at the time.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Ken Rosewall and Lewis Hoad, two more Australians.
0:42:57 > 0:43:05All of those are pointless. And there's Yannick Noah at the bottom of the list,
0:43:05 > 0:43:11- who's just won you £8,000!- Fantastic! Well, thank you once again to our winning players, Darren and Russell,
0:43:11 > 0:43:13who go away with today's jackpot of £8,000!
0:43:13 > 0:43:16APPLAUSE
0:43:19 > 0:43:23Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye. - And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.
0:43:27 > 0:43:31APPLAUSE
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