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APPLAUSE

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Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

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the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.

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APPLAUSE

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So first we welcome Darren and Russell. You are our first pair on the show today.

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-How do you know each other?

-We both work for a famous English shoe company.

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-One of us is a creative-design type.

-And I'm a product analyst.

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Russell, your shoes! Look at your co-respondent shoes there!

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Are you responsible for the design of those?

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No, a good friend of mine who works in Northampton got me these shoes.

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-Northampton's a big shoe place, isn't it?

-It is.

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-It's still the centre of the shoe world.

-I originally designed men's shoes in Northampton,

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-and now I design children's shoes.

-I see. Darren, where are you, where are you based?

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I'm in Street in Somerset with Russell as well.

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-Side by side, almost? Is it a massive company?

-No, I'm sort of more figures,

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so making sure that the shoes that Russell's making or designing

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-actually make money.

-I see.

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-So you might have to send them back and say, "Kid leather. That is not going to work!"

-No.

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"Not going to be efficient."

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

-Er, art...

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I like the arts. I sort of take the family round the art galleries when I'm in London,

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and films. I'm a big film lover.

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Very good. Well, it's great to have you on the show. Welcome to Pointless and good luck.

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Next we welcome back Kurt and Chris. You were on the show last time. Remind us what happened.

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-We came a bit unstuck with the periodic table, with the chemical elements beginning with T.

-Yeah.

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You'd imagine standing here with the pressure off, I'd be able to think of lots of answers,

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and I was thinking, "Chemical elements beginning with T?" Richard, what are you playing at?

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-Yes, it's a really obscure question, isn't it?

-It really was.

-Yeah, tin!

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-Who's heard of that tungsten? Titanium?

-Yes, all right, tin, tungsten, titanium...

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-What else?

-You only need to give one answer, though.

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-And tin would have won it.

-Well, we drilled the message home when we got back to the hotel.

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-We cracked open a fair few tinnies each!

-Yeah.

-To try and drill the message home.

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Well, listen, welcome back to the show. Very best of luck.

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Now we welcome back Hilary and Will. You were also here last time.

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Everyone gets two chances to reach our Pointless final. Remind us how you did.

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A bit of a disaster. The category was mushrooms,

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and the answers that I wanted to give were taken by the people ahead of me,

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but, to be honest, they gave really good answers, so there wasn't much competing.

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-Edible mushrooms. Yeah, it was tough.

-Tough, but educational!

-Yeah.

-We got something out of it.

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Very good. Will, what would you like to come up this afternoon?

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I suppose probably geography or global politics or something like that.

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Hilary, what would you like to come up?

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Yeah, same again. Geography, animals... Maybe something a bit sciencey,

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like I quite liked the idea of that periodic table. I might have given a good guess to that.

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It's great to have you back on the show and let's have you longer than just one round!

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-Let's hope so.

-Fingers crossed, best of luck.

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And finally we welcome Ron and Pauline. How do you two know each other?

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-Ronnie's my eldest brother and we are a family of six.

-A family of six?

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-So, Ron, you're the oldest?

-I'm the oldest.

-Where do you come in the run, Pauline?

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-I'm in the middle.

-In the middle?

-Uh-huh.

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-What do you do, Ron?

-I was a PSV fitter, I repaired buses.

-Very good.

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-How about you, Pauline?

-I used to work in a glass factory that produced your light bulbs

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-and your fluorescent tubes.

-Wow!

-And your Christmas decorations.

-Yes, we...

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-Just Alexander's light bulbs?

-Yep.

-That is quite a niche factory.

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-Although you've got a big house.

-And when it comes to Christmas...!

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Yes. Well, very best of luck. It's lovely to have you here.

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We'll find out more about all of you as the show progresses.

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There's only one person left for me to introduce. He farms the fields of knowledge,

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planting seeds of obscurity that will one day grow into unusual facts and figures.

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-He is my Pointless friend, he's Richard.

-Hiya.

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-Good afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon to you.

-Should be a fun show today. We've got two returning pairs.

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Kurt and Chris did do rather well last time, got to the head-to-head.

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And Hilary and Will who were unlucky last time, I think. I think there's perhaps more to come from them.

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There's some lovely questions today, so it should be a really tight show. It should be very good, I think.

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Very good. Thanks very much, Richard.

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We put all our questions to 100 people before the show, but this is Pointless,

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so we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.

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To stay in the game with a chance to win our jackpot, our players have to score as few points as possible.

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What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

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

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so today's jackpot starts off at...

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Right, let's play Pointless!

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APPLAUSE

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

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Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

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If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they will score the maximum of 100 points. OK...

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Our first category this afternoon is...

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Can you decide on your pairs, who's first, who's second.

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

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OK, let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

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Simply any nation that won a gold medal in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, please.

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Thank you. Right, Darren and Russell, you drew lots before the show and you get to go first.

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-So, Darren...

-Yes?

-Mmm. Olympics.

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-A good subject for you?

-I did watch some of it, some of the sports, not all of them.

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I think I've got a couple of sort of good answers, potential good answers for this.

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-So the one I will say is Germany.

-Germany?

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OK. Germany. You're hoping to score as few points as possible.

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Let's see if Germany's right, and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said Germany.

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Well, it's right.

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Not bad, 29.

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-Not a bad score at all for Germany, 29. Richard?

-Yeah, well done, Darren.

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They're a Winter Olympics powerhouse. They've topped the medals table

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in the last three Winter Olympics.

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Chris, what is the most obscure Winter Olympics gold-medal winning nation of 2010

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you can think of? I've a feeling you'll be good at this.

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-I wouldn't go with your feelings.

-Did you watch it?

-No.

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I'm not really into the Olympics that much. I like the opening ceremony and that, but I'm too busy.

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-If it was football, yeah, I'd watch the World Cup.

-Yeah.

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In the haze of my mind that's going on, I'm pulling Canada out of there.

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I think they'd have been really good at the Winter Olympics.

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I think they would be very good. You're hoping to score as few points as possible.

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I've got a feeling they're going to score less than Germany, but I think it's right anyway.

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Sounds good to me. Canada, you're saying. Let's see if it's right and how many people said Canada.

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It's right.

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-40 for Canada. Richard?

-Well, Germany topped the gold-medal table in the last three Olympics,

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and Canada did it this time on their home ground of Vancouver.

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-OK, so, Will...

-Yes?

-We come to you.

-OK.

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-Now, do you watch the Winter Olympics at all?

-If it's on,

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and I happen to be home, I might watch it, but I prefer the Summer Olympics.

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They're a bit more exciting. But I study Russian, so I guess I would have to say Russia,

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-and hope that they did.

-OK, you're hoping to score as few points as possible with Russia.

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Let's see if it's correct and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said Russia. Good luck.

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-Very well done, Will.

-Hey!

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Down it comes.

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Wow!

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-The lowest score so far!

-That's better... Yeah.

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-23 for Russia, Richard.

-Yeah, they only got three gold medals. They were very disappointed with it.

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They're hosting the next one in 2014, but Medvedev refused to go to the closing ceremony,

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because they'd done so badly. That's a rumour, that's apparently. He was certainly due to be there,

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-and he wasn't there.

-Pauline?

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-Pauline, did you watch the 2010 Winter Olympics?

-No.

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-No?

-I was on holiday.

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-The only one I can think of that probably is obscure is Jamaica.

-OK.

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-Jamaica.

-Mm-hm.

-You're hoping to score as few points as you possibly can with this.

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Let's see if Jamaica is correct and, if it is, let's see how many people said Jamaica.

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-What do you think, Ron?

-Cool Runnings.

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-That's what I'm thinking.

-LAUGHTER

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Fingers crossed.

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Is it right? How many people said Jamaica?

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

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which means you're scored a maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry. Richard?

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Yeah, sorry, Pauline. They did participate in 2010. Obviously, they had the famous bobsleigh team

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from 1988, featured in Cool Runnings, but they didn't trouble the goldsmiths, I'm afraid.

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OK. Well, we're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

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Will and Hilary looking very, very strong.

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Then up a few to 29 for Darren and Russell.

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Then up to 40 for Chris and Kurt.

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All relatively close there and then way out in front there

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are Pauline and Ron.

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Ron, you're going to have to find a really low-scoring answer in the next part to stay with us.

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OK, back down the line. Can the second players please take their places?

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OK, we are looking for 2010 Winter Olympic gold-medal winning nations.

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-Now, then, Ron...

-I must admit I didn't really watch the Olympics.

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But I would imagine Norway would be pretty low down in the list.

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-Norway. A lot of nods from across the line there.

-Yeah.

-OK, well, Norway you are saying.

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There's no red line for you, because you are the highest scorers,

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so let's hope Norway goes down.

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Is it right and how many people said it?

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It's right.

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Very well done!

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11, Ron.

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The lowest score of the round so far. Takes your total up to 111. Will it be enough

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to see you through? Richard?

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Very well played, Ron. As Alexander said, it's the best answer yet.

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One of the traditional Winter Olympic powerhouses, they won nine golds in Vancouver.

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Hilary, we're looking for 2010 Winter Olympic gold-medal winning nations.

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You're on 23. The high scorers on 111 are Ron and Pauline.

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If you can score 87 or less, you are through to the next round.

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Yeah, hopefully, this isn't a great category for me. I'm not really much of a sports fan.

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I'm going to have to go out on a limb a bit.

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I'm thinking I'm going to go for Switzerland,

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-cos I know they ski quite a bit and I have vague memories...

-They do...

-..Of watching them ski quite well,

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-so I say Switzerland.

-Switzerland.

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Let's hope Switzerland's right and gets you a score below 87.

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Here's your red line, nice and high. If Switzerland gets you below that,

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you are through to the next round. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Switzerland.

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Yes, it's right and you are through to the next round. That's all you had to do.

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Wow! 12.

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12 takes your total up to 35.

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-Only 12 people for Switzerland.

-You'd think a lot of people would have guessed that,

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but, yeah, six golds, and all in skiing, actually.

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Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Kurt and Chris. You're on 40.

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Ron and Pauline are still the high scorers on 111.

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If you can score 70 or less, you are through to the next round.

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-What do you think, Kurt?

-I'm just basing my answer on countries that have snow, really.

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So I'll go for Sweden.

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Sweden.

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OK, you're saying Sweden.

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Here's your red line. Below that red line, you're through to the next round.

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Is Sweden right, and if it is, how many people said it?

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Sweden.

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Well done. It's right.

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And you are through to the next round!

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Very well done.

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Still going down. 11!

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Very well done. That takes your total up to 51. Sweden, Richard?

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Well played, Kurt. Good tactics. Five golds for the Swedes in Vancouver.

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-Very good. Now, Russell...

-Yes, sir?

-You are the last to answer on this.

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The high scorers are still Ron and Pauline on 111.

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You're on 29, which means you could score 81 or less and still get through.

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I think, at the last Winter Olympics, the winner of the skeleton bob was from Great Britain.

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So, Great Britain is your answer.

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There it is, there's the red line. Let's see if Great Britain can get us below that red line.

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Best of luck, Russell. Is that right, Great Britain, and, if it is, how many people said it?

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Quite right, Russell.

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And you are through to the next round.

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Look at that, 48.

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Very solid answer takes your total up to 77. Richard?

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A very big score for the UK. It was Amy Williams who won it.

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The first woman to win an individual Winter Olympic gold for Britain for 58 years, Amy Williams.

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Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers, though.

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There were some low answers. The Netherlands is a good answer. Would have scored you 1.

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They won a lot of medals in the speed skating. Not a traditional winter nation, but a good answer.

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Three pointless answers.

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The Czech Republic won two medals in speed skating.

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There's Poland who won in the cross country,

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and Slovakia who won in the women's biathlon.

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Let's take a look at the most popular answers, the ones most people said.

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Starting in 3rd, there's Canada with 40 which we already heard from Chris.

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Then we got Great Britain, which we also just heard from Russell.

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And right at the top the United States with 54, which nobody mentioned.

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OK, thanks, Richard. So at the end of round 1 the losing pair with the highest score,

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I'm sorry to say, Ron and Pauline. So, yes, Jamaica...

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-That's not where you were on holiday?

-No, but I watched Cool Runnings!

-Yeah!

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Well, you had a light-bulb moment there. It was just a previous Winter Olympics, 1988. What a shame.

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We will see you next time, though, when I'm sure we will see you go much further than round 1,

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but meanwhile, thanks very much for playing, Ron and Pauline.

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

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Now, there's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head,

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

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Our category for round 2 is...

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Books. Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first and who's going to go second?

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

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OK, so our round 2 question concerns...

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We're going to show you two lists of six literary works which have living creatures in their titles.

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We asked 100 people who wrote these works.

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The more obscure ones will score you fewer points.

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If you give us an incorrect answer, you'll score 100 points. There's 12 works in all,

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-12 authors ton guess at home. Best of luck.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

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So we are looking for the authors of these books with living creatures in their titles. Chris, worried?

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I am worried!

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OK, good luck. Here we go. We've got...

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I'll read those one more time.

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There they are. Now, Russell...

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you need to give me the most obscure answer you can from that board,

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the one that you hope the fewest of our 100 people were able to name.

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I think maybe the most obscure one was one of my all-time favourite films,

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and that's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest that was written by Ken Kesey.

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Ken Kesey, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Ken Kesey says Russell.

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Is that right and, if it is, how many people knew that answer? Ken Kesey.

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Very well done, Russell.

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Very well done!

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6 points for Ken Kesey. Richard, Ken Kesey?

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Very good answer, Russell. Very well played. Great book, great film with Jack Nicholson.

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Based on his experiences working in veterans' hospital in California.

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-Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Kurt, Chris wasn't at all happy with this topic.

-Me neither!

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-You neither!

-Have absolutely no idea about any of them.

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I think I'm going to have to take a guess even though I know it's wrong, to be honest.

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The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin, Beatrix Potter.

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Even though you know it's wrong, you are saying The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin, Beatrix Potter.

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What do you think, Chris?

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I heard them giggling behind me, so it can't be good.

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No, I couldn't have guessed any of them. As I say, good on him for getting...

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even knowing who Beatrix Potter is. Good on him.

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Well, Kurt, let's see what happens. Beatrix Potter, is that right? The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin.

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Absolutely spot-on! Very well done.

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The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin, Beatrix Potter. How many people said it?

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A legend!

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Very well done, Kurt.

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36 points for The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin.

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-Richard?

-Yeah, that's one way to play the game. The follow-up to The Tale Of Peter Rabbit.

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-The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin.

-Hilary, we're looking for the authors of these books.

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You're the last person to have this board, so you can talk us through all the books there, if you like.

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Well, I can't really, but I was going to go for Squirrel Nutkin.

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That's the one I was absolutely certain of, so I'm raging you got that, but fair play, good guess.

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I think...I'm not 100% sure now, but I'm going to go with The Growing Pains Of Adrian Mole.

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-I think it was Sue Townsend who wrote it.

-Sue Townsend for The Growing Pains Of Adrian Mole.

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OK, is that right and, if it is, how many people knew that answer?

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Yes, it's right. Very well done.

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31 for The Growing Pains Of Adrian Mole.

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Now, Kurt, you were nodding at that. Did that mean you might have actually known that?

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-Absolutely not, no!

-Oh, I see! That was just nodding at the sheer pleasure of Hilary getting it right?

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-Very well done. Richard?

-I think he was still nodding at the awesomeness of his Beatrix Potter answer.

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He'll be nodding for a while to come. Very well played, Hilary.

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It's the second book in the Adrian Mole series. Let's take a look at all of the answers.

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Neither of you wanted to go for The Hound Of The Baskervilles?

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-Nothing?

-Not heard of it, that one.

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It would have only scored 29 points, written of course by Arthur Conan Doyle,

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probably the most famous of the Sherlock Holmes stories, but just 29 points.

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The Day Of The Jackal. Alexander?

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-Frederick Forsyth.

-Absolutely right, would have scored you 7.

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-And The Eagle Has Landed?

-Jack Higgins, I think.

-Yes. I said Alistair MacLean, but you're right.

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Jack Higgins would have scored you 3 points. Best answer on the board.

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Well done if you said that. Some good answers up there.

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OK, let's take a look at the scores. We're halfway through the round.

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6 is our lowest score, Russell and Darren looking very, very strong there.

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Then up to 31 where Hilary and Will are residing.

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And then up a little way to 36.

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So, yes, Will and Chris, the tussle is between you to see who is going to be going through

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to the head-to-head, I reckon. OK, back down the line.

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

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OK, we're going to put six more books on the board, and here they are.

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I'll read those all again.

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Now, remember, we are looking for the authors of these books with living creatures in their titles.

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And remember you're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

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-Now, Will...

-Yeah.

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I don't really like this category that much, but I think I know at least one.

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I might have a couple of clues about a few of them,

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but I'm going to try and play it a bit safe and say Dr Seuss for The Cat In The Hat.

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-Dr Seuss for The Cat In The Hat.

-Yeah.

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OK. Well, you aren't the highest scorers. The highest scorers are Chris and Kurt on 36,

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but it's a close-run thing. There's your red line quite a long way down.

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Let's see if Dr Seuss with The Cat In The Hat gets you near or even below that red line.

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Is it right, how many people said it?

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It's right.

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Ooh!

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-OK.

-Very popular answer, that. 49. That takes your total up to 80.

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Well, it's the biggest answer, that, actually. Theodor Geisel is his real name. Seuss was his middle name.

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OK, thanks very much, Richard. Now, then...

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Chris and Kurt, you're on 36. The highest scorers are Will and Hilary on 80.

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That means you have to score 43 or less with this answer to be through to the head-to-head.

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-Now, Chris, do you know any of those?

-Do you know what? I've read a couple of them...

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I've seen the films of a couple of them,

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and I haven't even bothered to see who the author is.

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-I'm going to have to have a punt.

-You're going to have to.

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But I'm sure I've seen this on the bathroom floor and my dad's been reading it.

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I'm going to say, I'm sorry, I'm going to say Tom Clancy for The Pelican Brief.

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Tom Clancy for The Pelican Brief.

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OK, well, there is your red line. If you can get below that red line with Tom Clancy for The Pelican Brief,

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you're through to the head-to-head. Very best of luck.

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Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said Tom Clancy for The Pelican Brief.

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Bad luck, Chris. Unfortunately that is a wrong answer

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which means you've scored a maximum of 100 points.

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That's takes your score up to 136,

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which I'm afraid is an unbeatably high score for this round.

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-Richard?

-Yeah, sorry, Chris. The luck finally runs out.

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-I won't give you the answer just in case Darren wants to have a go at the same question.

-Darren...

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the good news is you are through to the next round whatever happens.

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You're on 6. Even if you score 100 you won't overtake Chris and Kurt's high score of 136.

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You're the last person to have this board, so why not talk us through it?

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Well, I was given a bit of a lifeline there, cos I'm only certain of one.

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I should know A Bear Called Paddington. He lived with the Browns, I think,

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but I just cannot remember the author.

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Rabbit Run, no idea. Wolf Hall, again, haven't got a clue.

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And The Pelican Brief, I mean, it was the film with Julia Roberts,

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but I can't remember who wrote it, but the one I do know,

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read it at school, so that is the one I do know. I don't think it's going to be pointless,

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but I'll go Of Mice And Men and it's John Steinbeck.

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John Steinbeck, Of Mice And Men. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it.

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No red line. You're through, come what may.

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It's right.

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That's a great score.

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Takes your total up to 31.

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-Richard?

-Yeah, well played, Darren. It's an eternal GCSE set text, isn't it?

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Of Mice And Men, none the worse for it.

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Let's take a look at the rest of the answers. I'll put you out of your misery with Paddington.

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-One of those one that I bet everyone knows but very hard to bring to mind. Do you know it?

-Michael Bond.

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Exactly right, would have scored 9 points.

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We'll leave Rabbit Run for a moment. The Pelican Brief,

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it's not Tom Clancy, it's John Grisham.

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Would have scored 15 points. One of the best-selling authors in the world.

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Wolf Hall won the 2009 Booker Prize. Do you know that one?

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-It is...

-Hilary Mantel.

-Hilary Mantel.

-Hilary Mantel, that would have scored you 3 points.

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And Rabbit Run is a pointless answer, so very well done if you said that.

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-Do you know that one?

-No.

-John Updike.

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Well worth reading. Wrote Witches Of Eastwick amongst other things, didn't he, John Updike.

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Very good. Well, thanks, Richard.

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So at the end of round 2, the losing pair with the highest score is Kurt and Chris.

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And after that brilliant answer from you, Kurt,

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I thought you were going to somehow magic your way through to the head-to-head, but...

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Bad luck. John Grisham, is that now ringing a bell? Are those the words you're seeing on the bathroom floor?

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It probably wasn't even The Pelican Brief!

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-I think it was a newspaper or something.

-Or perhaps just a pair of pelican briefs...

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kicking around the floor. Oh, dear, oh, dear. Well, I'm really sorry.

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It's very sad to be saying goodbye to you. You've been fantastic. Thanks so much for playing.

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Thank you.

0:26:090:26:11

But for the remaining two pairs,

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things are about to get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head!

0:26:130:26:17

Well done, Darren and Russell, Hilary and Will. You've made it through to the head-to-head.

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Now obviously only one pair can make it through to today's final and play for the jackpot,

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which currently stands at...

0:26:330:26:36

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

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For each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer, but you are now allowed to confer.

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All you have to do is come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair

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and you will win that question.

0:26:520:26:55

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless!

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Here is your first question.

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We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Blondie UK Top 40 singles as they could.

0:27:070:27:16

-Richard?

-Yeah, we're looking for any single by the band Blondie that reached the UK Top 40

0:27:160:27:19

prior to April 2011. Where there was a double-A side, we'll accept either answer. Best of luck.

0:27:190:27:25

Thank you very much, Now, Darren and Russell, you've played best so far,

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so you get to go first. We're looking for Blondie UK Top 40 singles.

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We're going to go for Atomic.

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Atomic? OK. Atomic, we have. Hilary and Will, you can confer out loud if you like now.

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-Heart Of Glass would be one.

-Yeah.

-And what was the other one you said, Maria?

-I think Maria.

0:27:460:27:51

-I think maybe Maria.

-Shall we go for Maria?

-You think?

-Sure.

-Maria, please.

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Maria, OK. So we have Atomic and we have Maria in the order they were given.

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

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28 for Atomic.

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Hilary and Will, you have gone for Maria.

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

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Yes, it's right.

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Will it go down lower than Atomic?

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Yes, it will! Look at that! Very good. 15!

0:28:300:28:33

15 for Maria beats 28 for Atomic,

0:28:370:28:39

-which means after the first question Hilary and Will are up 1-0. Richard?

-Yeah, well played.

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In fact, both of those singles were number 1 19 years apart from each other,

0:28:440:28:49

Maria, the sort of come-back single. Let's take a look at all the answers.

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There's five pointless answers...

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one of which was one of their biggest hits.

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War Child, Nothing Is Real But The Girl, Island Of Lost Souls, Good Boys, another come-back single,

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(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear, pointless, surprisingly.

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Rapture, one of the first Top 40 hits to feature any sort of rapping.

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Maria was their sixth number 1.

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The other answer you were going to go for Heart Of Glass would have lost you the points. Well played.

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Well done if you got any of those pointless answers.

0:29:290:29:32

Thanks, Richard. Very well done, Hilary and Will.

0:29:320:29:35

OK, here is your second question. Darren and Russell, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

0:29:350:29:40

Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

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Yeah, at the 2010 UK General Election, ten parties won at least one seat in Westminster.

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We're looking for the leaders of those parties at the General Election.

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Independents don't count.

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Just the leaders of the ten parties who won at least one seat in the UK General Election.

0:30:000:30:04

OK, thank you very much indeed.

0:30:040:30:06

We are looking for the leaders whose parties were elected to the House of Commons in 2010.

0:30:060:30:11

-Hilary and Will, you go first this time.

-Yeah, UK politics.

0:30:110:30:17

I'm going to be really embarrassed if I get this wrong now,

0:30:170:30:19

-but I think the BNP got some seats, so I'm going to say Nick Griffin.

-Nick Griffin, you are saying.

0:30:190:30:26

Darren and Russell?

0:30:260:30:29

-We'll say Alex Salmond.

-Alex Salmond. OK.

0:30:290:30:34

Nick Griffin and Alex Salmond. Hilary and Will went Nick Griffin.

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OK. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.

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Nick Griffin.

0:30:420:30:44

-Oh!

-I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which means, Darren and Russell, you only have to be correct

0:30:460:30:52

to win this point. You said Alex Salmond. How many people said Alex Salmond?

0:30:520:30:57

Yeah, it's right.

0:30:570:30:59

There we are.

0:31:040:31:06

-Well done.

-10 for Alex Salmond.

0:31:060:31:09

Darren and Russell win that point which means after two questions you are 1 point apiece. Richard?

0:31:090:31:15

Well played, Darren and Russell.

0:31:150:31:17

There's three pointless answers. You could have gone to Northern Ireland for all your pointless answers.

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There's Peter Robinson from the DUP.

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There's Margaret Ritchie from the SDLP.

0:31:250:31:26

David Ford from the Alliance Party, all of those would have seen you through to the final.

0:31:260:31:31

Ieuan Wyn Jones from Plaid Cymru would have scored you 1. Caroline Lucas of the Green Party, 2.

0:31:310:31:36

Gerry Adams would have scored you 3 points and seen you through to the final.

0:31:360:31:39

Alex Salmond of the SNP, quite right, scored you 10 points.

0:31:390:31:43

Gordon Brown, remember him? 54 points for the Labour Party.

0:31:430:31:46

Nick Clegg, remember him? 74 points for the Liberal Democrats.

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And David Cameron right at the top there on 82.

0:31:490:31:53

OK, Richard, thank you very much. Here is your third question.

0:31:530:31:57

Whoever wins this question will be going through to the final and playing for that £8,000 jackpot.

0:31:570:32:02

Here it comes. Very best of luck to both pairs.

0:32:020:32:05

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

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Any film that received a general cinema release between 1 January 1980 and 31 December 1989.

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Give you some idea. Days Of Thunder is his first '90s film, so anything before that. Very best of luck.

0:32:210:32:27

Now, then, Darren and Russell, you get to go first this time.

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OK...Tom Cruise films of the '80s. I'm probably guilty of having watched quite a few of these!

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The one I'm going to go for is where he played the wood boy or the sort of forest boy

0:32:370:32:45

-in the film Legend.

-Legend. OK, Darren and Russell are saying Legend.

0:32:450:32:52

Hilary and Will, over to you, You can confer out loud.

0:32:520:32:56

Well, OK, we're having a bit of trouble differentiating the 1980s from the 1990s.

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We could have Cocktail... I'm just thinking Far And Away, but I think that's the 1990s.

0:33:010:33:06

Yeah...I don't know. I'll have to defer to you here. I really don't know.

0:33:060:33:10

-Which seems the oldest? Risky Business? Cocktail.

-I haven't seen any of them.

0:33:100:33:15

-OK...

-Take the first one.

-Risky Business? OK, Risky Business, it is.

0:33:150:33:22

-You're going to say Risky Business?

-Yes.

-So we have Legend, we have Risky Business.

0:33:220:33:27

Oh, it's very exciting! Whoever wins this goes through to the final.

0:33:270:33:32

In the order they've been given, Darren and Russell, Legend.

0:33:320:33:36

Is it a 1980s Tom Cruise film? Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it.

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Legend...

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It's right.

0:33:430:33:45

Now, how far down is this going to go?

0:33:460:33:48

6!

0:33:500:33:52

6 for Legend.

0:33:530:33:55

-What do you think, Hilary?

-I think we're going home!

0:33:580:34:01

-Yeah.

-The aptly named Risky Business. This will decide whether you are staying or going.

0:34:010:34:09

-OK.

-Risky Business, is it right,

0:34:090:34:11

and, if it is, how many people said it? Will it go down lower than 6?

0:34:110:34:15

It's right!

0:34:170:34:19

It's right. It has to go down lower than 6.

0:34:190:34:22

Come on!

0:34:220:34:24

No! Bad luck! Oh, that's close.

0:34:240:34:27

Risky Business, 10. A brilliant low score, but Legend...

0:34:320:34:36

..a fantastic low score! Which means after three questions, Darren and Russell are through to the final,

0:34:370:34:43

2-1.

0:34:430:34:45

-Richard?

-Terrific head-to-head between two very good teams, so well played, everybody.

0:34:450:34:49

If you had said Far And Away, it was released in 1992.

0:34:490:34:52

Let's take a look at the answers that would have won it for you.

0:34:520:34:55

Very well done if you got any of those at home.

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There's Legend on 6.

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Cocktail which is the other one you were thinking of going for, 34,

0:35:160:35:19

and Top Gun right at the top with 75.

0:35:190:35:21

OK. Well, thank you very much, Richard.

0:35:210:35:25

So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, Hilary and Will. But what a fantastic head-to-head!

0:35:250:35:31

-You've been fantastic contestants.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

0:35:310:35:34

I'm afraid you only made it to the first round last time, but this time you've more than atoned for that,

0:35:340:35:38

through to the head-to-head, and very nearly through to the final.

0:35:380:35:41

So very, very well done. Lovely having you on the show. Thanks for playing.

0:35:410:35:45

APPLAUSE

0:35:450:35:48

But, for Darren and Russell, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £8,000.

0:35:490:35:55

Well, congratulations, Darren and Russell, you've fought off all the competition

0:36:010:36:06

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy. Well done.

0:36:060:36:08

APPLAUSE

0:36:080:36:12

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

0:36:140:36:17

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...

0:36:170:36:19

APPLAUSE

0:36:190:36:23

Now, the rules are very simple. To win that money all you have to do is find a pointless answer,

0:36:250:36:30

an answer that none of our 100 people could think of. We haven't had any today.

0:36:300:36:34

You only have to find one now and you go home with that money. First, you have to choose a category.

0:36:340:36:40

You can choose from these three options...

0:36:400:36:42

Well, playwrights could be any era, going back a long way.

0:36:490:36:52

-Er...

-I think reality TV's probably a no.

-Reality TV's a no-no.

0:36:520:36:58

I think we're going to be forced into tennis.

0:36:580:37:00

-Sport?

-Yeah.

-I think we're going to go for tennis.

0:37:000:37:04

Tennis. How good's your tennis knowledge?

0:37:040:37:06

-I'm...

-I thought you wanted a game!

-How good's your backhand, Russell?

0:37:060:37:11

-Better than my forehand!

-Right, OK.

-I know a bit about general sport, so...depends what it is.

0:37:110:37:18

-What would you like it to be?

-Wimbledon winners.

0:37:180:37:22

-Right, yeah.

-That would be reasonably good.

-OK. Well, very best of luck.

0:37:220:37:26

OK, let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

0:37:260:37:33

-Male French Open winners. Richard?

-Yeah, any player who's won a French Open men's singles title

0:37:350:37:41

from 1946 all the way through to 2010, please.

0:37:410:37:45

OK, you have up to one minute to come up with three answers. All you need to win that £8,000

0:37:450:37:51

is for just one of the answers to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.

0:37:510:37:55

-Definites?

-Jim Courier. Yannick Noah.

-Edberg did back in the '80s.

-Yeah.

0:37:550:38:02

-Boris Becker never won the French.

-No.

-Neither did McEnroe.

-Ivan Lendl did.

-Yes.

0:38:020:38:07

-Michael Chang won the French...

-One of the early ones, sort of '60s, '70s.

0:38:070:38:13

-Well, you've probably...

-I think Vitas Gerulaitis won in the '80s.

-Yeah.

0:38:130:38:19

-I think Chang's a good one. Michael Chang. Yannick Noah.

-Yeah.

0:38:190:38:23

-Being French.

-He only won once.

0:38:230:38:26

I think the others ones were before that, like Rene Lacoste.

0:38:260:38:30

-I think Mats Wilander might have won the French.

-In the '70s...

-One of the Spaniards...

0:38:300:38:36

-Early or...?

-Begin with a B. No, in the '80s. His surname began with a B.

0:38:360:38:40

It escapes me.

0:38:400:38:42

-I can't think of it.

-Er...

0:38:420:38:44

There was the Brazilian guy recently.

0:38:440:38:47

5 seconds.

0:38:500:38:52

-I think it's Chang.

-OK. I'll go with Noah.

0:38:520:38:56

OK, your time is up.

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We were looking for male post-war French Open winners. I now need three answers from you.

0:39:000:39:04

-We are going to go with an American, Jim Courier.

-Jim Courier.

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-Another American, Michael Chang.

-Michael Chang.

0:39:090:39:14

-And a Frenchman, Yannick Noah.

-Yannick Noah.

-Yeah.

0:39:140:39:17

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

0:39:170:39:21

-Chang, probably.

-Yeah, Chang and Noah only won it once.

-So Michael Chang we'll put last.

0:39:210:39:27

-Yeah.

-Which is your least likely, therefore, Jim Courier?

-Probably Jim Courier.

-Probably Jim Courier.

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Let's put them on the board in that order, and here they are!

0:39:330:39:37

OK, we were looking for male post-war French Open winners.

0:39:420:39:45

You said this was your least confident answer. You only have to find one pointless

0:39:450:39:49

to win that £8,000 jackpot.

0:39:490:39:51

Jim Courier. Let's see if it's right.

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And, if it is, how many people said Jim Courier.

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Good luck.

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Jim Courier's right. A correct answer. The only other thing it has to be is pointless.

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If this goes all the way down to 0, you leave here with £8,000.

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Teens, single figures.

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Jim Courier, 4!

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4. Unfortunately, that's not a pointless answer.

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But that gives us a pretty good indication of what our 100 people know about the French Open.

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Four of them said Jim Courier.

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You had no hesitation putting Jim Courier as your least likely pointless answer.

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I would say there are grounds for optimism here.

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You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot. What would you do with £8,000?

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I've got two daughters and a wife, so I wouldn't do much with it at all!

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That's got shoes and handbags written all over it! Darren?

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I think I'd like to do the transatlantic cruise over to New York and have a few days there,

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-avoid the jet lag.

-Very good, very good indeed.

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Well, we are looking for male post-war French Open winners.

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Your next answer is Yannick Noah. Yannick Noah.

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Let's see if it's right and let's see how many of our 100 people said Yannick Noah.

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Well, it's right. Jim Courier went down to 4.

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Yannick Noah, down he goes.

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If this goes down to 0, you leave here with £8,000!

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Down it goes to 1...

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Very well done! Wow, that's fantastic!

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Very good.

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Brilliant.

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-Oh, dear!

-Oh, fantastic!

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Very well done, you! That's brilliant. You found that all-important pointless answer

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which means you do go home with that jackpot of £8,000!

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-Brilliant. Well, Richard, what about that?

-Fantastic, guys. Very well played. Three very good answers.

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If we had gone on to Michael Chang, it would have scored you 4 points.

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So Yannick Noah. Yannick Noah won it in 1983.

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It's the only grand slam title that he won. Fantastic answer!

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A lot of the other answers you went through. Lendl would have scored you 10, Mats Wilander, 1.

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The Spaniard you were thinking of was Sergi Bruguera. He would've got you 1.

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The Brazilian was Gustavo Kuerten, he would have scored you 6.

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So Yannick Noah is a very, very good answer.

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Well done if you said Yannick Noah at home.

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There's a few more pointless answers as well.

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Andres Gomes, the Ecuadorian.

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Fred Stolle, one of the many great Aussies of the '60s and '70s.

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The wonderful Guillermo Vilas. Well done if you said any of those three.

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Jan Kodes from Czechoslovakia as it was at the time.

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Ken Rosewall and Lewis Hoad, two more Australians.

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All of those are pointless. And there's Yannick Noah at the bottom of the list,

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-who's just won you £8,000!

-Fantastic! Well, thank you once again to our winning players, Darren and Russell,

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who go away with today's jackpot of £8,000!

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Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

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-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

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