Episode 25 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong

and a very warm welcome to a special 200th edition of Pointless

where we put obscure knowledge to the test.

To celebrate this landmark episode, we've invited back four pairs who have one thing in common -

they are all members of the Pointless 200 Club.

They were each knocked out of the show by scoring the maximum of 200 points.

That's two wrong answers in one round.

In this special one-off show, we are giving them one more chance to make it to the Pointless final.

Let's meet our 200 Club.

APPLAUSE

First we welcome back Annie and Cathy.

APPLAUSE

Now remind us how you came to be in the 200 Club.

We both got wrong answers.

What was it that got you into the 200 Club?

It was Roman...Emperors?

You can't even remember what the title was!

-I know what my answer was.

-Annie, help her.

It was Roman Emperors and I chose Maximus Decimus because that's my husband's name - Max.

-Maximus Decimus.

-So I thought that's a good one to go to.

I chose Brutus because he sounded...brutish.

LAUGHTER

-They were both colossally wrong.

-That's what we're working with here today.

-Yeah. Oh, yeah.

What have you learnt since we last saw you on Pointless?

That I'm quite thick. LAUGHTER

I don't believe that for a second.

-Very best of luck. It's lovely to have you back. Who knew you'd be back on?

-I know!

-What a treat! Lovely to have you here.

-Thank you.

-It's lovely to be here.

-And next we welcome back Paul and Susan.

APPLAUSE

We have to go back into the Pointless annals to see when you were here. It was a while back.

-It was in Series One.

-It was a long time ago.

It was very, very different. This was steam-powered then.

-Remind us what it was that entered you into the 200 Club.

-The category was Strictly Come Dancing.

Winners or participants. I can't remember exactly.

Sue said Malandra Burrows which was a pointless... Sorry, which was a wrong answer.

-It's important to distinguish between the two.

-That's why we're here!

-We can't distinguish.

I think I came up with Suranne Jones which again was a wrong answer.

It was the wrong show.

-Remind us how you know each other.

-We met in school. I was teaching and Paul came in...

-As a pupil?

-No, not quite.

LAUGHTER Not quite.

30 students realised straight away that I fancied him.

Right. Very good. So you're both teaching?

-We are, yes.

-You both still teach?

-Yes.

-What subjects do you teach?

I teach ICT and Business Studies. Paul teaches Design Technology. We left Yorkshire to teach in Essex.

Very best of luck. It's lovely having you back on the show.

-Thank you.

-And we welcome Andy and Rob. It seems like only yesterday you were on the show.

-APPLAUSE

-Look at them. There they are.

-Andy and Rob, what was it that got you into the 200 Club?

-Rod Stewart.

He's got a few people into a few other clubs in his day, Rod Stewart.

I didn't like the chap that much before, but I like him even less now.

-Yeah.

-I wasn't ever a fan.

-I tried getting into the 200 Club three times, but Rob let me down twice.

-I'm not sure you've given an answer on Pointless...

-I'm yet to answer a question right.

-..that hasn't scored 100 points.

-That's right.

-Wow!

I got home, turned the radio on and a Rod Stewart song was on. I thought, "You're just mocking me now!"

We were getting the train home and there was a big Rod Stewart banner. We're haunted by Rod Stewart.

-Very best of luck. It's great to have you back.

-Thanks.

And finally, we welcome back Mike and Kirsty.

APPLAUSE

Ah! Mike and Kirsty, remind us how you two know each other.

Kirsty is my daughter and the big mistake I made on the last show was disclosing her age.

So as long as I don't tell you how old she is,

we might not be as blighted...

I think it might have been divine intervention.

What questions did you go out on?

It was about the Commonwealth. We had to name Commonwealth countries.

-Yours used to be in though, didn't they?

-They did, but you're just being kind.

-Whereas mine never were.

-It was realms of the Commonwealth.

-I said Trinidad and Tobago and that's no longer in the Commonwealth.

I also said Bermuda when I should have said the Bahamas.

-Kirsty, what was your answer?

-I said the Falkland Islands.

Cos obviously that's never been in the Commonwealth countries,

so obviously that was an immediate 100 points.

Mike, Trinidad and Tobago is a member of the Commonwealth,

not a realm of the Commonwealth. The Queen is not the head of state.

You also got the reason you got your wrong answer wrong...wrong.

LAUGHTER

It's great to have you back on the show, Mike and Kirsty. Very best of luck.

Let's hope you all avoid scoring another 200 points today because that would be terrible.

There's only one person left for me to introduce.

200 shows, over 1,000 contestants, but still only one pointless friend - he's Richard.

Hello.

-APPLAUSE

-Hiya.

-Hello there.

-How are you?

-I'm really well. I'm so chuffed we've got to 200 episodes.

-It's lovely.

-I know, it's brilliant.

Normally, people who have been on the show before, it's an advantage. You come back, you get better...

But all of these people have been on the show before a couple of times and they didn't get better.

So it's very, very difficult to call this, I have to say.

It's lovely to have all of them back. They're all great contestants.

Who's going to win, I don't know.

One thing I will say is quite early in Pointless... I'm always thinking of different things you can ask.

Quite early, I had an idea for a question I really liked

and I thought I'd save it for a special occasion because it was such a good question.

It might be my favourite question of all time and it's Round 1 today.

-Ooh!

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

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

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

When that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.

In honour of reaching our 200th episode and for today only, we start off with a jackpot

-of £2,000. There it is.

-APPLAUSE

Right, let's play Pointless.

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.

OK, our first category this afternoon is...Food.

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

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

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many varieties of potato as they could.

-Varieties of potato, Richard?

-Yeah?

-Yes.

The correct answers in this round will all be varieties of potato for cooking or eating. Good luck.

Especially for you.

Annie and Cathy, you all drew lots before the show and you get to go first.

-Good luck.

-Thank you.

-We'll give you a choice of seven possible answers for each pass.

Your first set of seven answers reads like this.

I'll read those again.

At least one of those answers is pointless, but at least one is incorrect.

Pick an incorrect one and you score the maximum of 100 points.

So, Cathy...

I know a few, so I'm going to go careful and I'm going to go for Anya.

Anya. OK, let's see if Anya is right and if it is, let's see how many people said Anya.

It's right.

Ooh!

Very, very well said, Cathy.

-APPLAUSE

-The Anya potato.

-You've broken the 100 jinx.

-Yeah!

-You've scored 2.

That's a great answer, Cathy.

Yeah, the Anya was bred 15 years ago by the Scottish Crop Research Institute.

-Quite a nutty potato, very good in salads.

-Thank you.

Now, Susan... Potatoes.

There's only two there that really come to mind,

so I'll have to go safe and go with Rooster.

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

It's right.

Down it goes. 12.

-APPLAUSE

-12. It was a good answer, Susan.

-Richard?

-Well done, Susan. A red potato, good for mashing, in fact, the Rooster.

-Now then, Rob, nobody's found a pointless answer on this pass yet.

-Yeah.

-I was going to say Rooster.

-Uh-huh.

So...there's one I definitely know,

but I am going to go with Marfona.

Marfona. There it is at the bottom - Marfona.

Is it right and if it is, how many people said Marfona? Good luck, Rob. Marfona...

It's right. Well played, sir.

Oh, very, very well done.

-APPLAUSE

-1! Only the best score so far, Rob.

Look at that!

-1 point for Marfona.

-Well played, Rob. Everyone's doing brilliantly.

-I know.

Marfona, very good baking potatoes. They're often sold in packs of four for baking.

Mike, you're our only hope of a 100 score in this round.

-Or for a pointless, of course.

-Yeah, well, it's a risk, isn't it?

There's one there that stands out as an obvious potato.

The others that I'm left with, I don't really know.

It's a question of a toss-up between Sante and Harmony.

-You're steering clear of Gelbart, I notice there.

-Oh, no. That's...

Oh, that one as well.

LAUGHTER I'd lost it. Don't worry.

Yeah, I'll go for Gelbart, seeing as I missed it.

Gelbart is what Mike says. Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Gelbart. Good luck.

No!

-400 Club!

-Oh, Mike!

I am so sorry. Gelbart is an incorrect answer which scores you the maximum of 100 points. Richard?

-Larry Gelbart is the man who created the TV show M*A*S*H.

-Oh, really?

-It was a great question, though. I really enjoyed it.

-Thank you.

-Thank you very much.

Let's go through the rest of this board.

You would have been fine with any other answer. Maris Piper, quite right to have avoided cos it was 62.

-But the other two were both pointless answers.

-Oh!

Harmony and Sante, both pointless answers. You did very well to avoid them both(!)

Thank you. I worked hard at it.

Thank you very much, Richard. We're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at those scores.

Rob and Andy looking very, very strong indeed on just 1,

as are Cathy and Annie on 2, then up to 12 for Susan and Paul,

then, I'm sorry, Mike, way up to 100 where we find you and Kirsty.

Kirsty, a lovely, obscure potato from you on the next pass and hope someone else trips up along the way.

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

OK, we're going to put seven more answers on the board.

And here they are.

I'll read all those again.

At least one of those answers is pointless and at least one is incorrect.

Pick an incorrect one and you score the maximum of 100 points.

Now, Kirsty...

-Am I first?

-You are first on this pass.

OK, well, I definitely know one that I think is popular,

so since we're in this situation, I think I'll have to make a guess.

-Yes, you are the high scorers by a margin.

-Try and find a pointless.

So this really is eeny-meeny-miny-mo, wherever it goes,

and I'll go with, I might get another 100 points here,

but I'm going with Nadine.

Let's see if Nadine is right.

There's no red line for you because you are the high scorers.

Nadine, is it right? How many people said it?

It's right. It's right, Kirsty.

This could be a lovely low score.

-CHEERING

-Very well done, a pointless answer!

It adds £250 to today's jackpot and it takes the total up to £2,250.

It scores you nothing and leaves your total at 100 points. Let's hope it keeps you in the game.

-Richard?

-Well played, Kirsty. It might keep you in the game.

Andy's next and he's never got a right answer.

Nadine, again good for mashed potato.

I did quite a lot of research into potatoes for this round.

I'll tell you a couple of interesting things about the Nadine.

-It's got a double eelworm resistance and it's got a high common scab tolerance, the Nadine.

-Brilliant.

-Now then, Andy... Andy...

-Hello.

-You're on 1. The high scorers are Kirsty and Mike on 100.

If you can score 98 or less, through you go to the next round.

I'm going to try and play really tactical

and hope that not everybody knew that King Edward was a potato.

I expect 100 people know, but either way, I score 100, don't I? King Edward.

King Edward, says Andy. I think that could be a very, very very shrewd bit of tactics there.

There's your red line just below the pink line.

King Edward, is it right? How many people said it?

This could be your first ever correct answer on Pointless.

You've done it, Andy!

74. That's perfect. Did exactly what it needed to do.

It takes your total up to 75. Very well done.

Well done, Andy. You can be pretty pleased with yourself.

King Edward, so called because they were introduced into Britain during the week of Edward VII's coronation.

Now then, Paul, remember, we are looking for varieties of potato.

Paul and Susan are on 12. The high scorers are Kirsty and Mike on 100.

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

I think I'm going to follow Kirsty's lead and go with a lady's name, so I'll go with Desiree.

Desiree, says Paul. Here's your red line, nice and high.

If Desiree goes below that red line, you are through to the next round.

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

It's right and you are through.

24.

24 for Desiree takes your total up to 36.

Very well done, Paul.

-Richard?

-Well played, Paul. Very good for jacket potatoes and potato wedges.

-We never had potato wedges when we were kids.

-No.

-We just had chips.

-The only wedges we got were...

-LAUGHTER

-If you got your potatoes in there, you really were...

-Wedges, not wedgies.

-Oh!

-Yeah.

Maybe I should have one.

Now then, Annie...

Annie, the high scorers are Kirsty and Mike still on 100 points.

You are on 2 points thanks to Cathy's excellent answer of Anya.

If you can score 97 or less, you are through to the next round.

OK, there's only one on there that I think is a potato

and because it's another girl's name, I'm worried because they can't all be girls' names.

I'll have to go for Charlotte because I feel sure that is a potato.

-I think it's a new potato, a little one.

-You're going for Charlotte. Well, if it helps, Rob is nodding.

-Is he?

-Yeah.

-I think it's all right.

-Oh, thanks, Rob.

-There's your red line, Annie. If you come below it, you are through to the next round.

Let us see if Charlotte is indeed a potato and if it is, let's see how many people said Charlotte.

Yes, you've done it. Well done.

Charlotte is a potato

and it's a lovely low-scoring potato at 15.

Very well done. Well done, Rob.

You were right. It takes your total up to 17. Well done, Annie.

Yeah, very well played, Annie, the best pair of the whole round. Very good.

-It's a long...

-Amazing!

-That's a first!

To be fair, though, they are all losers.

But you're the best losers.

Yeah, it's a long, oval potato, ideal for potato salads.

Let's take a look at the rest of the board. Lady Balfour, that is a potato. Would have scored 1.

Estelle is a lady's name, Carlingford less so. Which one of those is...?

I think Carlingford is pointless and Estelle is make-believe.

Estelle Harris voiced Mrs Potato Head in Toy Story 2 and 3. That was incorrect.

Carlingford would have been a pointless answer, a pointless potato if there is such a thing.

-Very well done if you said that at home.

-Thank you, Richard.

At the end of Round 1, the losing pair with the highest score, I'm so sorry, Mike and Kirsty, it's you.

-We're used to it.

-And Kirsty with Nadine, what a great answer!

-Fantastic. Total fluke, obviously.

-It was good.

-And Nadine Gelbart is Larry Gelbart's daughter.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Wow!

-So it's almost like it was written that you would go out at the end of this round.

-Yeah.

-Thank you so much for coming back.

-Thanks for having us.

I'm sorry that we're saying goodbye to you so soon. Kirsty and Mike, worthy members of the 200 Club!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

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

OK, our category for Round 2 is Film.

Can you decide who's going first, who's going second?

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

Our Round 2 question this afternoon concerns chart-topping movie stars.

We'll show you six films on each pass. Each of these films has had a star in them

who has had a UK No.1 single up to May 2011.

We asked 100 people who that star was.

A nice, obscure answer will score you fewer points. An incorrect answer will score you 100 points.

12 films in all, 12 stars to get at home. Best of luck.

OK, thank you very much. So we are looking for the stars of these films who have had UK No.1 singles.

Here's our first list.

I'll read those one more time.

OK, there are the six films.

Each of those films has a star in them

who has had a UK No.1.

Cathy, you're going to try to find the most obscure one.

I'd just be happy to find one! So I'm going to have a stab...

and I'm going to say Madonna and Desperately Seeking Susan.

Desperately Seeking Susan. Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it.

It's only right!

59!

Not a bad score at all, Cathy. 59, for Madonna. Desperately Seeking Susan.

-Well played, Cathy. Starred with Rosanna Arquette in that.

-Thank you.

There we are. Now, Susan, what does that list look like?

Very good. I know three or four.

It's just a case of trying to find the pointless one.

Labyrinth. David Bowie.

Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.

It's right.

45.

45. Labyrinth,

-David Bowie.

-Yeah, another pretty big score, but a good answer.

He plays the Goblin King, Jareth.

There we are. OK, Andy, you are the last person to have this board.

We are looking for the stars of these films who have had a number one in the UK.

It's not a bad board for me.

Wild Wild West I'm pretty sure is Will Smith,

but I'm pretty sure I saw Kylie Minogue in Street Fighter.

I'm going to go Kylie Minogue, Street Fighter.

Street Fighter, Kylie Minogue. Is it right? How many said it?

Very well done, Andy. It's a great answer.

Down it goes. Down, down, down. 14!

The best score of the pass by a considerable margin. Richard?

Very good answer, Andy. She plays Jean-Claude Van Damme's assistant, Cammy, in Street Fighter.

If I were you I'd take my word and not watch it.

Let's look at the rest of the board. Wild Wild West was Will Smith, it was 47. Fight Club?

Do you know which number one artist it is? I couldn't get it. Meat Loaf.

Meat Loaf is in it. 6 points. And The Faculty is pointless.

-St Winifred's School Choir.

-Solo artist.

-Usher.

-It is Usher! How did you know that?

-I...

-It's a 1998 horror film

-and Usher is in that. Well played.

-Thank you. We're halfway through.

Let's take a look at the scores.

Andy and Rob, look at that - 14! Then we go up to 45 to find Susan and Paul.

And then we go up a little bit more and find Cathy and Annie languishing on 59.

Annie, let's have a lovely obscure answer from you in the next pass to save your bacon.

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

OK, we'll put six more films on the board. And here they come.

HE READS THE LIST

Let me read those one more time.

We're looking for the stars who had had a solo number one UK hit.

You want the one the fewest people knew, but you knew that, Rob.

-It's an awful category for me.

-Is it?

-My two weakest subjects.

-No! A confluence of your two biggest nightmares.

-Yeah. But...

I think I know that Eminem was in 8 Mile.

8 Mile, Eminem. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it. The high scorers are on 59.

You're on 14. If you can score 44 or less, you're through to the Head to Head.

There's your red line. Below that, you're through. Eminem, 8 Mile.

Is it right and how many people said it? ..It is right.

61!

61. That takes your total up to 75.

Very exciting. It's all very close.

Biggest score yet, Rob, but a right answer.

Eminem starred in it and won the Oscar for Best Song with Lose Yourself.

OK, Paul, we are looking for the stars of these films who have had a number one hit

in the UK. You are on 45. Rob and Andy are now on 75.

If you can score 29 or less, you're in the next round.

Right. I'll try Buster and Phil Collins.

Buster and Phil Collins says Paul.

There's your red line. Below that, you're through.

Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that answer.

50!

50 knew that film and they knew it starred Phil Collins.

That takes your total up to 95. You are now the high scorers. Richard?

Another pretty big answer, but might see you through.

He played Buster Edwards, the Great Train robber.

Great news for Rob and Andy.

Annie and Cathy, you are on 59. The high scorers are now Paul and Susan on 95.

If you can score 35 or less, Annie, 35 or less...

-Sorry, Cathy!

-..we shall see you in the Head to Head.

There's only one there that I know and I'm even not quite 100% sure that that's right.

I know all the actresses in Witches of Eastwick, but I don't know any of them as singers.

So I'm just going to go for GI Blues and say Elvis.

GI Blues, Elvis, says Annie. Let's see if that's right.

There's your red line. Below that and Elvis will see you through to the next round. ..It's right.

-Look at that!

-No way!

-Wow!

15!

-15 people said GI Blues, Elvis. That takes your total up to 74.

-I am flabbergasted.

You are through. Many congratulations. Richard?

A lot of big scores, but Elvis is not one of them. Let's look at the rest. The three witches are

Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon and Cher. Cher was the answer.

It would have scored 32 points. Out of Sight is George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez. That scored 4.

The Last Samurai. It's a pointless answer. An absolute medal for anybody at home who got this.

Billy Connolly is the answer to that.

-What?!

-Billy Connolly. He plays a former colleague of Tom Cruise.

-He had a number one with D.I.V.O.R.C.E., 28 years before.

-Wow.

-If you got that,

I doff my imaginary cap to you.

Thanks very much, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score is Paul and Susan.

You played remarkably well. I'm sorry this is where we say goodbye,

-but Paul and Susan, worthy members of the 200 Club, we salute you.

-Thank you.

For the remaining two pairs, we enter the Head to Head.

Very well done, Annie and Cathy, Andy and Rob.

You've made it through to the Head to Head!

Oh, happy day!

Now only one pair can make it through to today's final and play for the jackpot of £2,250.

ANNIE AND CATHY: Wooo!

Now then, for each question, each pair gives me one answer,

but you can now confer. Just come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair.

The first pair to win two questions will play for today's jackpot.

Let's play Pointless.

Here is your first question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many sports represented by winners of BBC Sports Personality of the Year as they could.

-Richard?

-Any sport represented by any winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year,

from 1954 right through to 2010.

Annie and Cathy, you've played best so you get to go first.

OK, so Annie and Cathy, what are you going to give me?

-Boat racing.

-Boat racing? OK.

Boat racing.

We're not convinced that boat racing is a sport, so we will say rowing.

-I think we'll say rowing.

-You're going to go with rowing.

OK, we have boat racing... and we have rowing.

-That's what we meant!

-OK.

LAUGHTER

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

No... Bad luck!

I know what you meant! But I'm afraid it has to be an accurate answer.

Andy and Rob say rowing. Is that right and how many said it?

It's right. That's all it had to be.

18.

That's a great answer.

-After one question, Andy and Rob are ahead 1-0. Richard?

-Well played.

Couldn't accept boat racing. There's yachting, sailing, rowing. So Andy and Rob get the point.

Let's look at all the answers. Figure skating - Torvill and Dean, Robin Cousins and John Curry.

Motorcycling - John Surtees, three points.

David Broome won for show jumping, seven points. Snooker, nine.

Horse racing, 11 - AP McCoy won recently. Cycling, 12.

Eventing, 12 - Zara Phillips and the Princess Royal both won it.

Rowing, 18 - Steve Redgrave in 2000.

Golf, 19 - Dai Rees and Nick Faldo won for that.

Swimming, 22 - Anita Lonsbrough.

Boxing, 23, and cricket, 25.

Formula 1, 25. Numerous winners for these.

Rugby union, 26. Tennis, 29. Athletics, 29.

-And football right at the top on 59.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

Here is your second question. Annie and Cathy, you have to win it.

Very, very best of luck. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many countries that border India as they could.

Any of the six countries that share a land border with India.

We mean a member of the UN that is a sovereign state.

Ok. Now then, Andy and Rob, you go first this time.

-We have an answer.

-Yeah, we're going to go for Pakistan.

Pakistan. OK, Pakistan. Annie and Cathy, you can now do your reasoning out loud if you like.

-Well...

-Geography is, again, our worst subject ever.

-I'm probably going to say something miles away, but we're going to say Kazakhstan.

-Kazakhstan.

OK, we have Pakistan and Kazakhstan.

In the order they were given, Andy and Rob have said Pakistan. Let's see if that's right

and how many people said it. ..It's right.

Whoo!

It's right, but it's a high score.

Annie and Cathy have gone with Kazakhstan.

Let's see if it's right.

Ohh!

Bad luck, Annie and Cathy! I'm afraid an incorrect answer,

which means, Andy and Rob, you are through to the final, 2-0.

Yes!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Kazakhstan - an impressive sounding answer, but they're quite distant.

They're about 1,000 miles apart.

But that's not that far. Let's take a look at all six of the countries.

Some people will have all six. Burma shares a very small border.

Bhutan, a small north-eastern border, 17. Nepal, that would have scored you 46.

China, 47. Bangladesh, 48. And Pakistan right at the top, 88.

Very well done if you got all six.

Thank you, Richard. Now the losing pair is Annie and Cathy! Oh, dear, oh, dear.

You've done so well. So well.

Stormed it through and then, I'm afraid,

-two categories that haven't really served you very well.

-No.

-No. Never mind.

Never mind, beautifully in unison.

It's been lovely having you back. A real treat to see you again.

-You are worthy members of the 200 Club.

-Thank you! Good luck.

But for Andy and Rob, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win £2,250.

Now congratulations, Andy and Rob, you fought off all the competition and have one our Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot. The jackpot stands at...

£2,250.

Now the rules are very simple.

All you have to do is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people could think of.

We've had one today. Find one more now and you go home with that money.

First, choose a category from these three options.

-Forget about Oscars.

-Crime writers, I'd know a few, but not many.

-It depends what comes up, golf-wise.

-Golf would be stronger...

Ah, no. LAUGHTER

-How strong are you on crime writers? You're into your books.

-Yeah, but...

I can help you out slightly on golf, but you can't help on crime writers.

-Yeah, go golf. No?

-Oh...

-Yeah?

-Yeah, go golf. I only know the well-known crime writers.

-We'll take a punt at golf.

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many European Ryder Cup golfers as they could.

-Richard?

-Yes, specifically, we're looking for any golfer who has played for Europe in the Ryder Cup

up to the 2010 tournament, but nobody from the UK or Ireland.

Just European golfers. Not UK and Ireland. Anyone who represented Europe.

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

All you need to win that £2,250 is for one to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.

-Right, Sergio Garcia.

-Miguel Jimenez.

-That sounds good.

-I've never heard of him.

-Sergio Garcia...

-I'm out.

-Right. I'm not doing a lot better!

-Sergio Garcia...

European.

European golfers.

-Trying to go back a bit as well.

-Ernie Els, is he Irish?

-He's South African.

-Not European.

Em...

-Come on, one more.

-Em...

I've gone blank. Em...

A Frenchman? French golfers?

-No.

-Portuguese? Spanish?

Luxembourg? Belgium?

-Bernhard Langer, Germany.

-Right. Well, we've got three.

-I think that's pretty much...

-Bernhard Langer.

-Five seconds left.

OK, there's your minute.

We were looking for European Ryder Cup golfers.

-It's going to have to be those three!

-I now need your three answers.

-Sergio Garcia.

Sergio Garcia.

-Miguel Jimenez.

-Miguel Jimenez.

-And we're going Bernhard Langer.

Bernhard Langer. OK.

-Which is your best punt at a pointless answer?

-Miguel Jimenez.

Which is your least likely punt?

-Sergio Garcia.

-Sergio Garcia we shall put first.

Let's put them up in that order.

-We were looking for European Ryder Cup golfers. This was your least confident answer.

-Yeah.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £2,250 jackpot.

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

It's right.

You were pretty sure it was right, but down it goes.

If this goes all the way down to zero, you leave with £2,250.

Down into the teens... Seven!

If Garcia's there, we have a good chance.

So, unfortunately, that's not a pointless answer,

-but that was your obvious one. Seven points!

-Yeah.

-Only seven people remembered Sergio Garcia.

-There we are. This gives us grounds for hope.

-It does, yeah.

Let us see what Bernhard Langer does for you.

Bernhard Langer. You only have two more chances. Bernhard Langer is your next answer.

It has to be right and pointless. If it's both of those things, you leave here with £2,250.

Sergio Garcia scored seven. Let us see where Bernhard Langer ends up.

Is it right? How many people said Bernhard Langer? Best of luck.

It's right. It's right.

If this goes all the way down to zero, you leave with £2,250.

Down into the 20s, the teens, down into... Oh, ho ho!

Nine.

-So obviously not pointless. I think you'd be surprised if he was the pointless one.

-Yeah.

-It's all waiting for Miguel Jimenez.

-Come on, Jimenez!

-Come on!

Let's just find out. Miguel Jimenez. Everything hinges on him. £2,250.

If it's right and pointless, that's what you leave with. Let's put it to the test. Miguel Jimenez.

It is right.

We've gone from seven up to nine. Miguel has to take it back down

and if he does that you leave with £2,250.

Down into single figures... Oh, no!

Aww!

-Three cracking answers there. Think how pleased you'd be in normal play.

-Not bad.

-Brilliant.

-A better performance this time round.

-But you didn't find that pointless answer,

so you don't win today's jackpot of £2,250, but you do take home our Pointless trophy.

-Happy with that.

-Cheers, thank you.

Sorry, guys. Thanks for coming back. You proved yourselves this time.

Great performance and three good answers. Miguel Angel Jimenez played in four Ryder Cups.

Bernhard Langer played in ten. Sergio's played in six so far.

Let's look at the pointless answers.

A lot of Spaniards. Antonio Garrido, played in '79, he was pointless.

His son, Ignacio Garrido, played in '97. Jarmo Sandelin, the Swede, played in 1999.

Another man in '99 was Jean Van Der Velde. Jesper Parnevik,

who introduced Tiger Woods to his wife. Good work, Jesper.

Jose Maria Canizares. He played in four Ryder Cups, the Spaniard.

Jose Rivero, another Spaniard, Pierre Fulke played in one

and Soren Hansen, the Dane, played in 2008. Manuel Pinero,

Costantino Rocca, the Italian, who scored a hole in one.

Very well done if you got one at home. Tough luck, guys.

-You knew quite a few of those.

-We just knew Jesper Parnevik, so... Yeah.

Not too disappointed there.

Well, that's good. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye,

but it has been such good fun. You've been just brilliant.

And worthy members of the 200 Club. Excellent.

-So from this special 200th edition of Pointless, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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