Episode 22 Pointless

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

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

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

-How do you know each other?

-We both work for a famous English shoe company.

-One of us is a creative-design type.

-And I'm a product analyst.

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

Are you responsible for the design of those?

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

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

-It is.

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

-I originally designed men's shoes in Northampton,

-and now I design children's shoes.

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

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

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

-No, I'm sort of more figures,

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

-actually make money.

-I see.

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

-No.

"Not going to be efficient."

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

-Er, art...

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

and films. I'm a big film lover.

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

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

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

-Yeah.

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

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

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

-It really was.

-Yeah, tin!

-Who's heard of that tungsten? Titanium?

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

-What else?

-You only need to give one answer, though.

-And tin would have won it.

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

-We cracked open a fair few tinnies each!

-Yeah.

-To try and drill the message home.

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

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

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

A bit of a disaster. The category was mushrooms,

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

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

-Edible mushrooms. Yeah, it was tough.

-Tough, but educational!

-Yeah.

-We got something out of it.

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

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

Hilary, what would you like to come up?

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

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

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

-Let's hope so.

-Fingers crossed, best of luck.

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

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

-A family of six?

-So, Ron, you're the oldest?

-I'm the oldest.

-Where do you come in the run, Pauline?

-I'm in the middle.

-In the middle?

-Uh-huh.

-What do you do, Ron?

-I was a PSV fitter, I repaired buses.

-Very good.

-How about you, Pauline?

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

-and your fluorescent tubes.

-Wow!

-And your Christmas decorations.

-Yes, we...

-Just Alexander's light bulbs?

-Yep.

-That is quite a niche factory.

-Although you've got a big house.

-And when it comes to Christmas...!

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

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

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

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

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

-Hiya.

-Good afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon to you.

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

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

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

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

Very good. Thanks very much, Richard.

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

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

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

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

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

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

so today's jackpot starts off at...

Right, let's play Pointless!

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

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

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

Our first category this afternoon is...

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

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

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

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

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

-So, Darren...

-Yes?

-Mmm. Olympics.

-A good subject for you?

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

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

-So the one I will say is Germany.

-Germany?

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

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

Well, it's right.

Not bad, 29.

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

-Yeah, well done, Darren.

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

in the last three Winter Olympics.

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

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

-I wouldn't go with your feelings.

-Did you watch it?

-No.

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

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

-Yeah.

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

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

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

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

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

It's right.

-40 for Canada. Richard?

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

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

-OK, so, Will...

-Yes?

-We come to you.

-OK.

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

-If it's on,

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

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

-and hope that they did.

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

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

-Very well done, Will.

-Hey!

Down it comes.

Wow!

-The lowest score so far!

-That's better... Yeah.

-23 for Russia, Richard.

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

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

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

-and he wasn't there.

-Pauline?

-Pauline, did you watch the 2010 Winter Olympics?

-No.

-No?

-I was on holiday.

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

-OK.

-Jamaica.

-Mm-hm.

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

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

-What do you think, Ron?

-Cool Runnings.

-That's what I'm thinking.

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Fingers crossed.

Is it right? How many people said Jamaica?

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

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

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

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

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

Will and Hilary looking very, very strong.

Then up a few to 29 for Darren and Russell.

Then up to 40 for Chris and Kurt.

All relatively close there and then way out in front there

are Pauline and Ron.

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

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

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

-Now, then, Ron...

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

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

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

-Yeah.

-OK, well, Norway you are saying.

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

so let's hope Norway goes down.

Is it right and how many people said it?

It's right.

Very well done!

11, Ron.

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

to see you through? Richard?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-They do...

-..Of watching them ski quite well,

-so I say Switzerland.

-Switzerland.

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

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

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

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

Wow! 12.

12 takes your total up to 35.

-Only 12 people for Switzerland.

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

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

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

Ron and Pauline are still the high scorers on 111.

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

-What do you think, Kurt?

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

So I'll go for Sweden.

Sweden.

OK, you're saying Sweden.

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

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

Sweden.

Well done. It's right.

And you are through to the next round!

Very well done.

Still going down. 11!

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

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

-Very good. Now, Russell...

-Yes, sir?

-You are the last to answer on this.

The high scorers are still Ron and Pauline on 111.

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

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

So, Great Britain is your answer.

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

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

Quite right, Russell.

And you are through to the next round.

Look at that, 48.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Three pointless answers.

The Czech Republic won two medals in speed skating.

There's Poland who won in the cross country,

and Slovakia who won in the women's biathlon.

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

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

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

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

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

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

-That's not where you were on holiday?

-No, but I watched Cool Runnings!

-Yeah!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Our category for round 2 is...

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

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

OK, so our round 2 question concerns...

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

We asked 100 people who wrote these works.

The more obscure ones will score you fewer points.

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

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

-Thanks very much, Richard.

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

I am worried!

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

I'll read those one more time.

There they are. Now, Russell...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Very well done, Russell.

Very well done!

6 points for Ken Kesey. Richard, Ken Kesey?

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

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

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

-Me neither!

-You neither!

-Have absolutely no idea about any of them.

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

The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin, Beatrix Potter.

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

What do you think, Chris?

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

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

even knowing who Beatrix Potter is. Good on him.

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

Absolutely spot-on! Very well done.

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

A legend!

Very well done, Kurt.

36 points for The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin.

-Richard?

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

-The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin.

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

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

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

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

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

-I think it was Sue Townsend who wrote it.

-Sue Townsend for The Growing Pains Of Adrian Mole.

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

Yes, it's right. Very well done.

31 for The Growing Pains Of Adrian Mole.

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

-Absolutely not, no!

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

-Very well done. Richard?

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

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

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

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

-Nothing?

-Not heard of it, that one.

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

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

The Day Of The Jackal. Alexander?

-Frederick Forsyth.

-Absolutely right, would have scored you 7.

-And The Eagle Has Landed?

-Jack Higgins, I think.

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

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

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

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

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

Then up to 31 where Hilary and Will are residing.

And then up a little way to 36.

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

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

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

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

I'll read those all again.

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

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

-Now, Will...

-Yeah.

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

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

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

-Dr Seuss for The Cat In The Hat.

-Yeah.

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

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

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

Is it right, how many people said it?

It's right.

Ooh!

-OK.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-You're going to have to.

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

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

Tom Clancy for The Pelican Brief.

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

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

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

Bad luck, Chris. Unfortunately that is a wrong answer

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

That's takes your score up to 136,

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

-Richard?

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

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

-Darren...

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

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

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

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

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

but I just cannot remember the author.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's right.

That's a great score.

Takes your total up to 31.

-Richard?

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

Of Mice And Men, none the worse for it.

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

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

-Michael Bond.

Exactly right, would have scored 9 points.

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

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

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

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

-It is...

-Hilary Mantel.

-Hilary Mantel.

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

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

-Do you know that one?

-No.

-John Updike.

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

Very good. Well, thanks, Richard.

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

And after that brilliant answer from you, Kurt,

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

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

It probably wasn't even The Pelican Brief!

-I think it was a newspaper or something.

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

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

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

Thank you.

But for the remaining two pairs,

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

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

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

which currently stands at...

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

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

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

and you will win that question.

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

Here is your first question.

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

-Richard?

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

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

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

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

We're going to go for Atomic.

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

-Heart Of Glass would be one.

-Yeah.

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

-I think Maria.

-I think maybe Maria.

-Shall we go for Maria?

-You think?

-Sure.

-Maria, please.

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

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

28 for Atomic.

Hilary and Will, you have gone for Maria.

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

Yes, it's right.

Will it go down lower than Atomic?

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

15 for Maria beats 28 for Atomic,

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

-Yeah, well played.

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

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

There's five pointless answers...

one of which was one of their biggest hits.

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

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

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

Maria was their sixth number 1.

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

Well done if you got any of those pointless answers.

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

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

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

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

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

Independents don't count.

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

OK, thank you very much indeed.

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

-Hilary and Will, you go first this time.

-Yeah, UK politics.

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

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

-Nick Griffin, you are saying.

Darren and Russell?

-We'll say Alex Salmond.

-Alex Salmond. OK.

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

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

Nick Griffin.

-Oh!

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

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

Yeah, it's right.

There we are.

-Well done.

-10 for Alex Salmond.

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

Well played, Darren and Russell.

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

There's Peter Robinson from the DUP.

There's Margaret Ritchie from the SDLP.

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

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

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

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

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

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

And David Cameron right at the top there on 82.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-in the film Legend.

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

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

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

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

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

-Which seems the oldest? Risky Business? Cocktail.

-I haven't seen any of them.

-OK...

-Take the first one.

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

-You're going to say Risky Business?

-Yes.

-So we have Legend, we have Risky Business.

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

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

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

Legend...

It's right.

Now, how far down is this going to go?

6!

6 for Legend.

-What do you think, Hilary?

-I think we're going home!

-Yeah.

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

-OK.

-Risky Business, is it right,

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

It's right!

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

Come on!

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

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

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

2-1.

-Richard?

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

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

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

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

There's Legend on 6.

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

and Top Gun right at the top with 75.

OK. Well, thank you very much, Richard.

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

-You've been fantastic contestants.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

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

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

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

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

You can choose from these three options...

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

-Er...

-I think reality TV's probably a no.

-Reality TV's a no-no.

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

-Sport?

-Yeah.

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

Tennis. How good's your tennis knowledge?

-I'm...

-I thought you wanted a game!

-How good's your backhand, Russell?

-Better than my forehand!

-Right, OK.

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

-What would you like it to be?

-Wimbledon winners.

-Right, yeah.

-That would be reasonably good.

-OK. Well, very best of luck.

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

-Male French Open winners. Richard?

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

from 1946 all the way through to 2010, please.

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

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

-Definites?

-Jim Courier. Yannick Noah.

-Edberg did back in the '80s.

-Yeah.

-Boris Becker never won the French.

-No.

-Neither did McEnroe.

-Ivan Lendl did.

-Yes.

-Michael Chang won the French...

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

-Well, you've probably...

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

-Yeah.

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

-Yeah.

-Being French.

-He only won once.

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

-I think Mats Wilander might have won the French.

-In the '70s...

-One of the Spaniards...

-Early or...?

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

It escapes me.

-I can't think of it.

-Er...

There was the Brazilian guy recently.

5 seconds.

-I think it's Chang.

-OK. I'll go with Noah.

OK, your time is up.

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

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

-Jim Courier.

-Another American, Michael Chang.

-Michael Chang.

-And a Frenchman, Yannick Noah.

-Yannick Noah.

-Yeah.

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

-Chang, probably.

-Yeah, Chang and Noah only won it once.

-So Michael Chang we'll put last.

-Yeah.

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

-Probably Jim Courier.

-Probably Jim Courier.

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

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

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

to win that £8,000 jackpot.

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

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

Good luck.

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

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

Teens, single figures.

Jim Courier, 4!

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

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

Four of them said Jim Courier.

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

I would say there are grounds for optimism here.

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

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

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

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

-avoid the jet lag.

-Very good, very good indeed.

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

Your next answer is Yannick Noah. Yannick Noah.

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

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

Yannick Noah, down he goes.

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

Down it goes to 1...

Very well done! Wow, that's fantastic!

Very good.

Brilliant.

-Oh, dear!

-Oh, fantastic!

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

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.

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

So Yannick Noah. Yannick Noah won it in 1983.

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

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

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

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

So Yannick Noah is a very, very good answer.

Well done if you said Yannick Noah at home.

There's a few more pointless answers as well.

Andres Gomes, the Ecuadorian.

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

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

Jan Kodes from Czechoslovakia as it was at the time.

Ken Rosewall and Lewis Hoad, two more Australians.

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

-who's just won you £8,000!

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

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.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

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