0:00:15 > 0:00:18CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:00:25 > 0:00:31Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless, the quiz that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35- Let's meet today's players. - APPLAUSE
0:00:35 > 0:00:39First, we welcome back Ron and Pauline.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Remind us what happened.
0:00:46 > 0:00:52Unfortunately, we fell...slipped, I should say, at the first fence.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56- You slipped? Winter Olympics. - Winter Olympics, yes. We slipped.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01- What do you like to do, Ron? What are your hobbies?- Caravanning.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06I endeavour to find out where Jeremy Clarkson's going and get in front of him.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09LAUGHTER
0:01:09 > 0:01:13- And how often do you get away? - Most weekends, if I can.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17I usually spend July and August and most of September away.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19How about you, Pauline?
0:01:19 > 0:01:24- What are your hobbies? - I enjoy watching sport or reading.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27- Do you go on Ron's caravanning holidays?- No.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29I prefer to be looked after in a hotel.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- Not enough pampering going on in Ron's caravan?- No.
0:01:33 > 0:01:39- You've got to make your own breakfast. Forget that.- OK!
0:01:39 > 0:01:43It's wonderful to have you back. Very best of luck.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47Next, welcome Rupert and Kathryn. How do you two know each other?
0:01:47 > 0:01:51We're married. We married about six months ago.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55- Oh, congratulations.- Thank you. - What do you do, Rupert?
0:01:55 > 0:01:57I try to teach people to drive.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02- Ooh.- Occasionally.- He didn't teach you, did he, Kathryn?
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- I'm teaching her at the moment. - Ah! Is that sensible?
0:02:05 > 0:02:10- Six months into a marriage? - He's very patient.- You'd have to be.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14I mean, not with you, Kathryn! I don't mean that!
0:02:14 > 0:02:19- You obviously know her quite well. - You'd have to be, in that job.- Yeah.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- Kathryn, what do you do? - I work for a media company.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27We advise companies on what's being said about them in the media.
0:02:27 > 0:02:34If I wanted to find out what they were saying about Richard Osman in the media... I say, "If."
0:02:34 > 0:02:38- What are they saying about Richard in the media?- Tall.- That's the word?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40What should he do about that?
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Yeah, how can we put out a rebuttal?
0:02:43 > 0:02:48You want to promote your tallness. It's what makes you special.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- Keep on with that message. - LAUGHTER
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Great to have you on the show.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Next, we welcome Andy and Claire. How do you two know each other?
0:02:57 > 0:03:02NORTHERN IRISH ACCENT: We've known each other half our lives. We're 28.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Two years ago, we got married.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- Ah! You've known each other since 14.- Yes.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12See? Maths! I'm really good at that. Where are you from?
0:03:12 > 0:03:14I'm going to say Northern Ireland.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Yeah. You'd be disappointed if you were wrong.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Bitterly! And possibly deaf.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23So where are you from in Northern Ireland?
0:03:23 > 0:03:28- We're from just outside Belfast, Bangor.- From Bangor. Very good!
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- Bangor by the sea.- Andy, what are you hoping will come up today?
0:03:32 > 0:03:39Um... Maybe music, TV, geography. Anything like that would be good.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43- Claire, how about you? - Geography again.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45We travel a lot together.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49If one of us doesn't know it, probably the other one won't.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51We have shared experiences!
0:03:51 > 0:03:58Film, I really enjoy. I don't know how good my random knowledge is but I'll give it a good stab.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Very best of luck. Great to have you here.
0:04:01 > 0:04:06- Finally, Chris and Colin. Where have you two come from?- From Norwich.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11Warm welcome to you from Norwich. How do you two know each other?
0:04:11 > 0:04:15We're work colleagues, for about three and a half years.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Not afraid to mix business and pleasure!
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Does everyone at work know you're here?
0:04:21 > 0:04:25We kind of let it slip before we nipped out the office.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29- We'll leave them talking while we're not there.- What do you do?
0:04:29 > 0:04:34We work for a large insurance company in the marketing department.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38We try to make a complicated subject like insurance easy to understand.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Is it a very famous insurance company?
0:04:41 > 0:04:46- It's quite well-known.- Associated with the city you're from?
0:04:46 > 0:04:51- Now called something else?- Yes. - I've got a couple of policies with you.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55I might go through them with you after the show!
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Welcome to the show. It's brilliant to have you here.
0:04:58 > 0:05:04One person left to introduce. He fell out the tree of knowledge and hit every branch on the way down.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- He is my Pointless friend. He's Richard.- Hiya.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- Afternoon.- Good afternoon.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21We've only got one returning pair and we saw very little of them,
0:05:21 > 0:05:26due to Pauline's insistence that Jamaica were a Winter Olympics super power!
0:05:26 > 0:05:29So it's a very, very open field.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34In terms of questions, we're going high-brow, then low-brow.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- High-brow round one. Low-brow round two.- OK.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Watch those brows.
0:05:39 > 0:05:46We put all our questions to 100 people, but we are after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50To stay in the game, our players need to score as few points as they can.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,
0:05:53 > 0:05:56one that none of our 100 people gave.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.
0:06:00 > 0:06:06Darren and Russell won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14- Right, let's play Pointless. - APPLAUSE
0:06:17 > 0:06:23In the first round, each of you must give me one answer, and you cannot confer.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Whichever team has the highest score will be eliminated.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Our first category this afternoon is...
0:06:29 > 0:06:34Physics. This is the high-brow.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Can you decide who's going first, who's going second?
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46Let's find out what the first question is.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:06:50 > 0:06:54measurements of weight as they could.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59- Richard.- The correct answers in this round are terms, historic or modern,
0:06:59 > 0:07:03which refer to measurements of either mass or weight in physics.
0:07:03 > 0:07:08All the correct answers are measures of mass or weight in physics.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13Thank you very much. Ron and Pauline, you all drew lots, and you get to go first.
0:07:13 > 0:07:19We're going to give you a choice of seven possible answers in each pass.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22The first set of seven answers reads like this...
0:07:30 > 0:07:32..I'll read that one more time...
0:07:37 > 0:07:40There is at least one pointless answer on the board.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44But be very careful, there is also at least one incorrect answer.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48If you pick one of those, you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50So, Ron, measurements of weight.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54There's one or two that I know for definite,
0:07:54 > 0:07:58but it's trying to find a pointless one.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01The most obscure answers will score the lowest points.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03I will go for pennyweight.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Pennyweight, you are going for.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10Is that right and, if it is, how many people said pennyweight?
0:08:14 > 0:08:15It's right.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- Very, very well done, Ron! - CHEERS AND WHISTLES
0:08:24 > 0:08:26A spectacular start to the round.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30That's a pointless answer and adds £250 to the jackpot.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34It takes the total up to £1,250.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38- It scores you nothing. - Very well played, Ron. Good start.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42dwt, they abbreviate that as, from denarius, which is Latin for penny.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47- One of the older measurements of weight.- Thank you very much. Rupert.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- We are looking for measurements of weight.- OK.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Well, I'll have a stab at grain.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Grain, you're going to go for.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said grain.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Very well done.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Another low score, I think.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Yes! Very well done, Rupert.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14CHEERING
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Another pointless answer,
0:09:16 > 0:09:22adding another £250 to the jackpot, taking the total up to £1,500.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25And scoring you nothing. What a great start to the round.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Yeah, the Greeks and Egyptians used to use wheat seeds
0:09:29 > 0:09:32as the smallest measurement of weight.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Thank you very much, indeed.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39- Now, Claire, what are you thinking? - I've got a lot to live up to.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42I'm going to go for hundredweight, please.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Hundredweight. OK. We're looking for measurements of weight.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51Claire says hundredweight. Is it right? If so, how many people said it?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Very well done.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Not a bad score at all.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08- 20 for hundredweight. - Yes. It's not a bad score, 20.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13- Next to those two zeros, it's pretty big.- It certainly is. Colin.
0:10:13 > 0:10:18You're the last person to have this board, so talk us through it.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20I don't know whether to say safe
0:10:20 > 0:10:23or to risk it to stay competitive.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29I'm going to have a guess at wheaton.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Wheaton. That is a guess?
0:10:32 > 0:10:39- Pie in the sky. - If that's right, surely, it's going to go all the way down.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42A wheaton? What do you think, Chris?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44I'm not confident, I'll be honest.
0:10:44 > 0:10:49Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said wheaton.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Good luck, Colin.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54Ooh!
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Bad luck, Colin.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Unfortunately, wheaton, as Chris suspected,
0:10:59 > 0:11:04is an incorrect answer, which means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Sorry, Colin. It's the one red herring up there.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Wheaton is used by Wired magazine
0:11:10 > 0:11:13to measure the amount of Twitter followers.
0:11:13 > 0:11:19They compare anybody's amount of Twitter followers to the actor Wil Wheaton, for whatever reason.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21You are operating at about...
0:11:21 > 0:11:2514 milli-wheatons, your Twitter followers.
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Really?
0:11:26 > 0:11:31- Keith Chegwin is 28 milli-wheatons. - Exactly twice my rate.
0:11:31 > 0:11:36Pretty much. Well, he's twice as funny, you know.
0:11:36 > 0:11:42- LAUGHTER - That's the way that works. They judge that by wheatons.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46There is another pointless answer on the board as well.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48It's not pound.
0:11:48 > 0:11:5294 for pound. A very, very big score.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57A dram is one of the apothecary's measures of weights.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00A scruple, Latin for "small weight" is a weight.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05Another pointless answer. Very well done if you got one of those.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Let's take a look at the scores. Ron and Pauline,
0:12:09 > 0:12:13Rupert and Kathryn both looking very, very strong.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17Then we go up to Claire and Andy. Then a long way up!
0:12:17 > 0:12:21Chris, you're going to have to find a spectacular low scoring answer
0:12:21 > 0:12:24and hope somebody else trips up.
0:12:24 > 0:12:30Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:12:30 > 0:12:36We're going to put seven more answers on the board. Measurements of weight, and we have got...
0:12:45 > 0:12:48..I'll read those one more time...
0:12:53 > 0:12:59..Again, at least one of those is pointless and at least one is incorrect.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Avoid those or you'll score 100.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Now then, Chris.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Colin scored 100.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11You are 80 points clear of the rest of the field.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16- You have to score as low as you possibly can.- Right.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19There's a few obvious ones up there,
0:13:19 > 0:13:23which I'm going to stay away from, got to take a gamble.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25I'm going to go with dekagram.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Let's see if dekagram's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35There's no red line for you, Chris, because you are WAY ahead!
0:13:38 > 0:13:40It's right.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Very well done, Chris!
0:13:48 > 0:13:51That's exactly what was required.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53That scores you one.
0:13:53 > 0:13:58Is it enough, I wonder, to see you through to the next round, though?
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Very well played, Chris. I once had a dekagram at a party.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06- It's a tiny Geordie stripper. - LAUGHTER
0:14:09 > 0:14:13No, it's a measure of weight. It's ten grams.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Now, Andy.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19The high-scorers are Chris and Colin on 101. You are on 20.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21If you can score 80 or less,
0:14:21 > 0:14:25you are through safely to the next round.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27There are a couple of answers
0:14:27 > 0:14:30that are pretty high scoring, I would say.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32I don't want to gamble too much.
0:14:32 > 0:14:37- I'm going to go for carat. - You're going to go for carat.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41These are worrying times for Chris and Colin.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45The remaining two pairs are on nothing. It's all in Andy's hands.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- Yeah.- Carat, you are saying.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50If you come below that red line,
0:14:50 > 0:14:54you are through to the next round, we say goodbye to Chris and Colin.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58Carat, is it right? How many people said carat?
0:14:59 > 0:15:01You're through to the next round.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Oh, very well done! A great score.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12Takes your total up to 22. Richard.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- Well played, Andy. Very low score, isn't it, two?- Very.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18People don't realise it's a measure of weight.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23Thank you, Richard. Kathryn and Rupert, the great news for you
0:15:23 > 0:15:27is that you are through to the next round, even if you score 100 points.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31You still won't overtake Chris and Colin's high score of 101.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35Knowing that you have that safety net, let's have a pointless answer.
0:15:35 > 0:15:41I've heard of Troy ounce, so I'm going to go for Troy pound.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45You've heard of Troy ounce. Was it a measurement of weight?
0:15:45 > 0:15:50The ounce part gave it away. I think it is, yes. But you never know.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said Troy pound.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57It's right. Very well done.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Maybe this will win you that second pointless.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Yes! It's done it! Very well done.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- APPLAUSE - That is a pointless.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11It adds another £250 to today's jackpot,
0:16:11 > 0:16:14taking the total up to £1,750. It scores you nothing.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19It leaves your total at a brilliant low nothing. Richard.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23A double pointless, it's quite rare on the show. Congratulations.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27A Troy pound comes from Troyes, the French town,
0:16:27 > 0:16:29used by apothecaries but also jewellers.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33Very, very well done, Kathryn, Rupert.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35A spectacular performance in the first round.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Pauline, can you equal that?
0:16:37 > 0:16:41You are through to the next round, whatever happens.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45You have carte blanche, therefore, to try and find a pointless answer.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48There might well be another pointless answer.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Well, I don't think millihelen,
0:16:51 > 0:16:54or whatever they call it, so it would be the ruane.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57No, I'm going to play safe. I'll go for stone.
0:16:59 > 0:17:05- You don't need to.- I know I don't. - You could add £250 to the jackpot.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Never mind. You've said stone. Let's see if stone is a right answer.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12If it is, let's see how many people said stone.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- APPLAUSE - There you are. Well, 72.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23You're through to the next round.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26That's the definition of safe as houses!
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Stone does come from real stones.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32In different towns there were different stones.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35It changed from town to town. Standardised now, of course.
0:17:35 > 0:17:40Let's take a look at the rest of the board. Ounce is a correct answer.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Scored a hefty 91.
0:17:42 > 0:17:47The other two, what do you think?
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- Are they both incorrect? - Are you asking me or telling me?
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Oh, what do you think? Pauline, I think you're right.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58I can't believe a millihelen is a unit of weight.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02And a ruane... Pah. Who knows?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05A ruane, Martin Ruane was Giant Haystacks.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07That was an incorrect answer.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10A millihelen is again from wired.com.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15They said if Helen of Troy had the face that launched a thousand ships,
0:18:15 > 0:18:18a millihelen is the beauty needed to launch one ship.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22- What's your millihelen rating, Richard?- Er...
0:18:23 > 0:18:26- 4.7. - LAUGHTER
0:18:26 > 0:18:31Yours is 36 and Keith Chegwin's is 72.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34LAUGHTER
0:18:34 > 0:18:38At the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score, Chris and Colin,
0:18:38 > 0:18:41I'm very, very sorry to say.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44You suffered because all the good answers had gone.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49By the time it got to me, I had to try and gain back some ground.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51All or nothing, and this time it was nothing.
0:18:51 > 0:18:56We will see you again next time. Thanks for playing, Chris and Colin.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- Great to have you here. - APPLAUSE
0:19:01 > 0:19:05For the remaining three pairs, it's time for round two.
0:19:12 > 0:19:18There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head, so one team will leave at the end of this round.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Our category for round two is...
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Can you all decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:19:27 > 0:19:32And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Our round two question concerns...
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Pauline not impressed. This is a poor showing.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46I'm sorry,
0:19:47 > 0:19:50UK Number Two hits and their artists. Richard.
0:19:50 > 0:19:56We're going to show you two lists of six hit singles all of which reached Number Two.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00We asked 100 people which artist originally recorded these singles.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03If you give us an obscure answer, you'll score fewer points.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06An incorrect answer scores 100 points.
0:20:06 > 0:20:11There's going to be 12 singles in all to guess. Very best of luck.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Thanks very much, Richard.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18We are looking for the artists who released these singles first. And we have got...
0:20:30 > 0:20:33..I'll read those again...
0:20:37 > 0:20:42..There are six Number Two singles. We are looking for the artists
0:20:42 > 0:20:45who originally had those Number Two singles with them.
0:20:45 > 0:20:52- Pauline, you look unimpressed. - I know... Well, I know one.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54I'll say one.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55Agadoo.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- Black Lace.- Agadoo.
0:20:57 > 0:21:03Black Lace. Do you own a copy of Agadoo by Black Lace, Pauline?
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- Is the right answer. - LAUGHTER
0:21:06 > 0:21:11Let's see if that's right and how many people knew Agadoo, Black Lace.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16It's right.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26That's not a bad score at all. Well chosen. Black Lace, Agadoo.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Well done, Pauline.
0:21:28 > 0:21:33In 2003, Q Magazine readers voted it the worst single of all time.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38- Yeah.- Kept off the Number One spot by Careless Whisper.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40George Michael.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- Thanks, George. - LAUGHTER
0:21:43 > 0:21:48Kathryn, what's that look like? I think you might be good at this.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52I'm feeling quietly confident. There's a few there that I know.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54I'll plump for Yesterday Once More.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56I believe it's by the Carpenters.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00Let's see if that's right, Kathryn.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04And if it is, how many people said Yesterday Once More, the Carpenters?
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Very well done.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15- APPLAUSE - Quite a high score there.- Yeah.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19- 39 for the Carpenters, Richard. - A surprisingly big score.
0:22:19 > 0:22:24It was Number Two in 1973. Kept off the top spot by Gary Glitter.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29Claire, we're looking for the original acts to release these.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33I think I know who sang each of these songs.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35I'm going to go for Perfect 10.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39And I think that was the Beautiful South.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people knew that, the Beautiful South.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Very well done, Claire.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Down it goes.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57You've beaten all the other scores in this pass. 13.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01- 13 for the Beautiful South. Richard. - Great answer, Claire.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04From 1998. It lost out to B*Witched,
0:23:04 > 0:23:08with their huge Number One single, Rollercoaster.
0:23:08 > 0:23:13- You fans of B*Witched?- Of course. They're Irish as well.- That's true.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17- You weren't IN B*Witched, were you? - My disguise wasn't good enough!
0:23:17 > 0:23:21No. LAUGHTER
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Let's fill in the rest of the board.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Hound Dog, of course, is Elvis Presley.
0:23:28 > 0:23:33Roll With It is Oasis.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Kept off the Number One slot by Blur, Country House.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40- Rule The World? Best answer on the board.- Take That.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44Would have scored you five points. Kept off Number One by Leona Lewis.
0:23:44 > 0:23:49Thanks very much, Richard. We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:23:49 > 0:23:5313, Claire and Andy. Then we go up to Pauline and Ron.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Great answer from Pauline, Black Lace.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01Then, 39, it was right, Kathryn, but it was a big score there.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:24:07 > 0:24:11We are going to put six more Number Two hit singles on the board.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13We have got...
0:24:20 > 0:24:23..I'll read those one more time...
0:24:29 > 0:24:34..We are looking for the artists who first had a hit with these singles.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37You're trying to find the one that the fewest people knew.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Now, Andy, Claire did fantastically well.
0:24:40 > 0:24:4413 for Beautiful South. The high-scorers are Rupert and Kathryn.
0:24:44 > 0:24:51If you can score 25 or less, you're through to the head-to-head.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54- You're definitely through. - Well, I don't know all of them.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57I do know at least one, which is a relief.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01I'm going to go for Love Shack.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03I think it was by the B52s.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06B52s, you're saying, Love Shack. Here's your red line.
0:25:09 > 0:25:14If you can get below that red line, you're through to the head-to-head.
0:25:14 > 0:25:20Let's see if it's right and how many people said the B52s, Love Shack.
0:25:20 > 0:25:21Well done. It's right.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Ooh!
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Nearly!
0:25:28 > 0:25:3128 that scores you.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37That ought to be enough to see you through. Let's wait and see.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39From 1990.
0:25:39 > 0:25:44Kept off the top spot by Beats International and The Power by Snap.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48OK, Rupert. The high-scorers, at the moment,
0:25:48 > 0:25:50are Andy and Claire
0:25:50 > 0:25:51on 41.
0:25:51 > 0:25:56If you can score one or less with this,
0:25:56 > 0:25:59you are definitely through to the next round.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03Right, the one I'd pick out of those, probably,
0:26:03 > 0:26:05would be Paper Roses.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07I think it's by Marie Osmond.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Paper Roses. Marie Osmond.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14- Relation of yours, Richard?- Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18- She's my mum. - LAUGHTER
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Hi, Mum.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25You've got a problem with her?
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- LAUGHTER - What? Marie? No.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Good.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33OK, Paper Roses, Marie Osmond.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37Is that right and, if it is, how many people said it?
0:26:39 > 0:26:40It's right.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Should be quite a good low score.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Ooh! 27.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50APPLAUSE
0:26:50 > 0:26:52That takes your total up to 66.
0:26:52 > 0:26:58I wonder if that's enough to keep you in the game. Richard.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02Rupert and Kathryn both gone for '70s acts and scored quite highly.
0:27:02 > 0:27:07Marie Osmond was kept from the Number One slot by...?
0:27:07 > 0:27:09- Gary Glitter! - LAUGHTER
0:27:09 > 0:27:13How do you think I feel? He kept my mum off the Number One slot.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17LAUGHTER
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Now, Ron.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23Rupert and Kathryn are our high-scorers.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27If you can score 40 or less, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32- Well...- Talk us through the board. - Talk you through the board.
0:27:32 > 0:27:38- The world of pop music is alien to me.- Ooh, great news for Rupert and Kathryn.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42I haven't a clue about pop music.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Brown Sugar, possibly...
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Tina Turner?
0:27:47 > 0:27:51Brown Sugar, Tina Turner. There it is, third one down.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Did she sing Brown Sugar? If she did, how many people knew that?
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Good luck, Ron.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00Bad luck, Ron.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03I'm afraid Tina Turner is an incorrect answer
0:28:03 > 0:28:08for Brown Sugar, which means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10That takes your total up to 125.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14- I'm afraid you are the high-scorers. - Sorry, Ron.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18Brown Sugar was the Rolling Stones. Would have scored you 50 points.
0:28:18 > 0:28:24So wouldn't have seen you through. Let It Be is The Beatles.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Save A Prayer, Alexander?
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Duran Duran.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33Do you know Reach? I'd be surprised if you did.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35I can't think who.
0:28:35 > 0:28:41It's S Club 7. A lot of their singles were Number Twos.
0:28:41 > 0:28:47Their third Number Two in a row. It was. A lot of Number Twos.
0:28:47 > 0:28:48Wow.
0:28:48 > 0:28:53Thanks very much, Richard. So, the losing pair with the highest score,
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Ron and Pauline. Ron, for some reason,
0:28:55 > 0:28:59- I thought you'd have all those up your sleeve.- Oh, no.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04- Classical music, yes. Pop music, no. - Great shame to be saying goodbye.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07- Thanks very much for playing. - Thank you.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09APPLAUSE
0:29:11 > 0:29:16For the remaining pairs, things are about to get even more exciting, as we enter the head-to-head.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27Very well done, Andy and Claire, Rupert and Kathryn.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30You've made it through to the head-to-head.
0:29:30 > 0:29:35Only one pair can play for the jackpot which currently stands,
0:29:35 > 0:29:39thanks to those pointless answers, at £1,750.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46You go head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51Each pair needs to give one answer, but you are now allowed to confer.
0:29:51 > 0:29:56Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair to win that question.
0:29:56 > 0:30:01The first pair to win two questions will be playing for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10OK. Here is your first question.
0:30:10 > 0:30:15We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:30:15 > 0:30:21US states larger than the UK as they could.
0:30:21 > 0:30:29There are 11 US states which are larger than the UK in terms of total area. One of those 11, please.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Now, Andy and Claire, cos you played best throughout the show,
0:30:32 > 0:30:34you get to go first.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37So, US states larger than the UK.
0:30:37 > 0:30:42THEY CONFER IN WHISPERS
0:30:44 > 0:30:48Some intense conference going on here.
0:30:48 > 0:30:53Andy and Claire, I'm going to start pushing you for an answer.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57- As you gathered, it wasn't an easy decision.- No!
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Whose decision prevailed?
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Mine has prevailed.
0:31:04 > 0:31:10I'm not 100% confident, but we're going to go for Washington state.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13Washington, you are saying. Rupert and Kathryn.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16We're thinking, maybe, Wyoming?
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- Maybe Alaska. - I'm liking Alaska more than Wyoming.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23- But I'll leave it to you. - You always like the cold places.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- Alaska, Wyoming.- Alaska.- Alaska.
0:31:26 > 0:31:27We'll go with Alaska.
0:31:27 > 0:31:33OK, Alaska. We have Washington state and we have Alaska.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35Washington, said Andy. And Claire.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38- Not Claire.- No, I'm with you.
0:31:38 > 0:31:43Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said Washington.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46GROANS
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Bad luck. That's an incorrect answer.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53Rupert and Kathryn, you have gone with Alaska.
0:31:53 > 0:31:59Let's see if that's right. That's all it has to be and you will win this question. Alaska.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03It's right. You've done it.
0:32:08 > 0:32:1326 is where it happened to stop, but all it needed to be was correct.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17After one question, Rupert and Kathryn are ahead, one-nil.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Well played, Rupert and Kathryn.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23Wyoming would have been an even better answer.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25It would have scored nine points.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29So, yeah, Washington state smaller than the UK, I'm afraid.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32Let's look at all 11. See how many you got at home...
0:32:39 > 0:32:43..Wyoming, one of the biggest states has got the smallest population.
0:32:43 > 0:32:48If you fancy some peace and quiet, that's where to go...
0:32:59 > 0:33:03- ..Well done if you got all 11. - Here is your second question.
0:33:03 > 0:33:10Andy and Claire, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:33:14 > 0:33:17EM Forster novels as they could.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21- Richard.- Any of the completed novels of EM Forster, please.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24No short stories, plays, anthologies.
0:33:24 > 0:33:29He did opera librettos. We won't accept Arctic Snow, an unfinished novel.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Any of the completed novels of EM Forster.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36Thank you very much. Rupert and Kathryn, you go first this time.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38ALL CONFER IN WHISPERS
0:33:43 > 0:33:47OK, I think we've got an answer.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50- What's it going to be?- Howard's End.
0:33:50 > 0:33:55OK, Howard's End. Andy and Claire.
0:33:55 > 0:34:00You have to win this question. Is this a good category for you?
0:34:00 > 0:34:05We only know one other one, so we'll go for A Passage To India.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09We have Howard's End and we have A Passage To India.
0:34:09 > 0:34:14Rupert and Kathryn, Howard's End. Let's see if that's right. If it is, how many people said it.
0:34:17 > 0:34:18It's right.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Ten for Howard's End.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32Do you think that's enough?
0:34:32 > 0:34:34- Er...- Maybe.- Maybe.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Now, Andy and Claire.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39You have said A Passage To India.
0:34:39 > 0:34:45This has to go lower than ten for you to survive in this game.
0:34:45 > 0:34:50Good luck. A Passage To India. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Well, it's right.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55How far down's it going to go?
0:34:56 > 0:34:59- Oh! Bad luck! - APPLAUSE
0:35:01 > 0:35:0414. It's a lovely low score.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08It's just not as lovely and low as ten for Howard's End.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11After only two questions, Rupert and Kathryn
0:35:11 > 0:35:13are through to the final, two-nil.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17- Richard.- Six of them in all. Four made into successful films.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Let's take a look at them.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23The best answer you could have given was The Longest Journey...
0:35:29 > 0:35:34..A Room With A View, 12, and A Passage To India, 14.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Very well done if you got the bottom ones.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,
0:35:39 > 0:35:44I'm afraid, is Andy and Claire. Dear, oh, dear.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48You were ill-served by our categories. The US states.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53- That was tough. Really tough. - Tougher than it appeared.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56- Well, you did the right thing.- Yes.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59Just...you got it wrong.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03- We did the right thing badly! - We will see you again next time.
0:36:03 > 0:36:09This was only your first time round the track and you made it through to the head-to-head.
0:36:09 > 0:36:14We can expect great things of you. Thanks, meanwhile, for playing.
0:36:17 > 0:36:24For Rupert and Kathryn, it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £1,750.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26CHEERS AND WHISTLES
0:36:31 > 0:36:35Congratulations, Rupert and Kathryn, you fought off the competition
0:36:35 > 0:36:39and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy, very well done.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:36:45 > 0:36:50At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,750.
0:36:53 > 0:37:00All you have to do is find a pointless answer, one that none of our 100 people could think of.
0:37:00 > 0:37:04We've had three pointless answers. You're responsible for two of them.
0:37:04 > 0:37:09You only have to find one more and you will go home with that money.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13First, you've got to choose a category from these three options.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21I think we should do Countries, probably.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25- SIGHS - Sure?- Or Reality TV.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28No. Don't do Reality TV. Countries?
0:37:28 > 0:37:32Yeah. I think we'll plump for Countries.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35Let's find out what the question is.
0:37:35 > 0:37:40We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:37:40 > 0:37:45countries with fewer than one million people as they could.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49Any country with a permanent population of less than one million,
0:37:49 > 0:37:54that's according to the most recent CIA Factbook, as of April 2011.
0:37:54 > 0:37:59As always, we mean a member of the UN that is a sovereign state. Very best of luck.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03You have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07All you need, to win that £1,750, is for one of those to be pointless.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Your 60 seconds start now.
0:38:09 > 0:38:15- OK, I was thinking, maybe Vanuatu. - Is that in the UN?- I think so.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Vanuatu. Bhutan. No-one lives there.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21- Malta, something like that?- Qatar?
0:38:21 > 0:38:25I suppose there's a lot of desert, not a lot of people. Yeah.
0:38:25 > 0:38:30- Belize.- Jungle, I suppose, there. - A lot of jungle. Lot of animals.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34- So, shortlist-wise? - Belize, Bhutan, Vanuatu, maybe?
0:38:34 > 0:38:38Are we sure that Vanuatu, though, is actually in the UN?
0:38:38 > 0:38:40Yeah. I think it is.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43- We could go with Fiji. - Oh, that's not...- Fiji. Vanuatu.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48- And Belize, maybe? Or Bhutan? - Bhutan's quite safe, quite low.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50- Belize and Vanuatu, maybe?- OK.
0:38:50 > 0:38:55Is there anything else that we can think of, small island type nations?
0:38:55 > 0:38:59- Sao Tome and Principe, but I don't think it's a proper country.- OK.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03- Let's leave that, then. - There's... Where else?
0:39:03 > 0:39:06- Central Asia.- Five seconds.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10So, Belize, Bhutan and Vanuatu.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14OK, that's your minute gone. I now need three answers from you.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17- We're going with Belize.- Belize.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19- Bhutan.- Bhutan.- And Vanuatu.
0:39:19 > 0:39:24Vanuatu. Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:24 > 0:39:28- I'd say, probably, Bhutan. - Bhutan? We'll put that last.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Which is your least likely?
0:39:31 > 0:39:34We're not sure if Vanuatu is actually...
0:39:34 > 0:39:39- In the UN.- That's our least likely. - Let's put Vanuatu first.- Yeah.
0:39:44 > 0:39:50There they are. We were looking for countries with a population of fewer than one million people.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54You said this was your least confident answer.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57You only need one pointless answer to win that £1,750 jackpot.
0:39:57 > 0:40:03Let us see if Vanuatu is correct
0:40:03 > 0:40:06and, if it is, how many people said it. Vanuatu.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Vanuatu's right.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14This just has to go all the way down to pointless.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18If it does, you leave with £1,750.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Single figures.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Oh! One person!
0:40:24 > 0:40:27- ALEXANDER CHUCKLES - Wow!
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Vanuatu. One person said it.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37- Oh, well.- Unfortunately, that's not a pointless answer.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40You have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44Your next answer is Belize. There it is.
0:40:44 > 0:40:50- This has to be right. You're not sure about the population. A lot of jungle.- A LOT of jungle.
0:40:50 > 0:40:55- Maybe not a lot of people. We're hoping.- That's the rationale.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59If this is pointless, you will win that jackpot of £1,750.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03- What would you do with £1,750? - Um, put it towards a house.
0:41:03 > 0:41:08- I've got to say that.- Well, I think he'd put it towards more records.
0:41:08 > 0:41:13- We've got quite a lot of records already, so more.- Split it evenly.
0:41:13 > 0:41:171,000 on records. 750 on the house!
0:41:17 > 0:41:21You'll need more room in the house. A bigger house.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23We've got about 10,000 already.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Here we go. You seem very confident.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- Nervousness masquerading as confidence.- Yeah.
0:41:29 > 0:41:34Let's find out. Belize, is it right? If it is, how many people said Belize?
0:41:36 > 0:41:38It is right.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Vanuatu went down to one.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47If this goes down to nothing, you leave with £1,750.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53- CHEERS AND APPLAUSE - Very well done.
0:41:53 > 0:41:57Very well done, indeed. That's absolutely fantastic.
0:41:57 > 0:41:58Brilliant.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03- Very, very well done.- Brilliant!
0:42:05 > 0:42:10Congratulations. You managed to find that all-important pointless answer.
0:42:10 > 0:42:15Which means you go home with the jackpot of £1,750.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18APPLAUSE
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Richard.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24Brilliantly done, guys. 321,000 people live in Belize.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28Bhutan, also a pointless answer. You started with two pointless answers.
0:42:28 > 0:42:33You ended the show with two pointless answers. Very well played.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37Let's look at some more pointless answers. See what else was there.
0:42:37 > 0:42:42There's Belize. Brunei. The Comoros islands in Africa.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47Kiribati in the Pacific. The Marshall Islands.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51Nauru, which only has a population of 9,000.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean.
0:42:54 > 0:42:58Sao Tome and Principe, you also were going to say.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00And Suriname in South America.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04Others - Equatorial Guinea, Micronesia, Montenegro, Samoa.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07Well done if you got any of those at home.
0:43:07 > 0:43:12Thanks once again to our winning pair, who go home with today's jackpot of £1,750.
0:43:12 > 0:43:16APPLAUSE
0:43:16 > 0:43:21Join us next time, when we'll put more obscure knowledge to the test.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:23 > 0:43:29- And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye. - APPLAUSE
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