Episode 3 Pointless

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong, and a warm welcome to Pointless,

the quiz that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

-Let's meet today's players.

-APPLAUSE

First, welcome back, Scott and Marcus. This is your second appearance.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. Remind us how you did last time.

We didn't do very well. We got to the second round but...

tomorrow's another day, and we are ready.

-What are you hoping is going to come up?

-Music.

-How about you, Marcus?

-Serial killers.

-You never change, do you, Marcus?

-LAUGHTER

-Scott, you're a singer.

-Yeah.

-What else do you like doing?

Watching football. Armchair fan, unfortunately, with ticket prices.

-What's your team?

-Man U.

-Oh, Marcus!

-A Manchester City fan.

-What a team! Fantastic!

-LAUGHTER

Marcus, what about you, when you're not reading serial killer books?

-I'm doing bad impressions.

-Doing bad impressions?

-Yeah.

Did I hear that you were a voiceover artist?

I did a few children's learning videos.

-Usually, the robotic voice.

-Can you do that without treating your voice?

ROBOTIC VOICE: Hm! My microchips seem to have been fried!

Let's see if we can count to five! LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE

Brilliant to have you back. Very best of luck.

Next, we welcome Dale and Mary. A new pair! Where are you from?

-We're from Milton Keynes.

-How do you know each other?

Dale's my best friend. I met him 27 years ago.

I went to a gig, a rock band where my brother was the drummer.

Dale was the lead singer and I got a bit of groupie fever!

I grabbed him, eventually proposed and we've been married 20 years.

Well, many congratulations. What do you do, Dale?

-Not a lot. No...

-LAUGHTER

In the daytime, I install ATMs. In the nighttime I write songs.

The... The... The singers, the music.

We should put a band together, a super band!

What would you play, Richard?

Keyboard.

-Mary, what do you do?

-I sell cruises.

We worked on cruise ships for eight or nine years.

-Now I sell them instead.

-You've cruised everywhere. You now know...

-Except the Antarctic.

-We haven't done the Antarctic - yet.

It's brilliant having you on the show. Best of luck.

Welcome back, Stuart and Jono, the stars of the last show, albeit for just the first round.

-Yeah. We didn't have the best round.

-No. Birds of prey.

What would you like to come up?

-A bit of music. What do you want?

-Maybe sport, geography, music.

Cricket.

-You said last time.

-Yeah.

-I don't like cricket. Not really.

-# I don't like cricket... #

-Your band, The Great Gatsby, do you do a cover of that?

-I think we should.

-Now, we should. And we want two new members!

-Oh, hang on! Richard's in as well?

-Keyboard!

We think Father And Son might work well as well!

LAUGHTER

You... You don't look anything like Richard!

Shall we have a little close-up?

-No!

-No.

No. You can just have my opinion.

Well, very best of luck.

Next we welcome, finally, Hayley and Daryl. How do you know each other?

We're twins - for 22 very long years!

Hang on! "Very long years"? Daryl, that's hardly fair.

-It's a little bit harsh.

-They've been fun.

-It's interesting.

-But the twinkling of an eye.

-Yeah.

-Huh!

Hayley, what would you love to see come up this afternoon?

Um... TV, but mostly Charmed or ER.

Disney. Huge Disney fan, we both are.

Daryl, how about you?

-I don't know.

-CSI.

-Yeah. We're TV fanatics, I imagine.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-No, you're good at, um...

Oh, no. LAUGHTER

You are gonna be brilliant on this show!

-Absolutely fantastic. Welcome, and very best of luck.

-Thank you.

There is only one person left to introduce.

His knowledge is so vast, he only uses his laptop to play Dungeons & Dragons!

-I WISH that were true. He's my Pointless friend. He's Richard.

-Hiya.

-Good afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon to you, sir.

Should be a good show. A bit of proper knowledge needed in the first two questions.

We've got two returning pairs. Neither of them got to the head-to-head last time.

-They'll want to put on a good show. Should be very close.

-Very exciting.

We put all our questions to 100 people before the show.

We're after the obscure answers that they didn't get.

To stay in the game, all our players need to do is score as few points as they can.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

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

Today's jackpot starts off at...

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Right, let's play Pointless.

-APPLAUSE

In the first round, each of you must give me one answer, and you cannot confer.

Whichever team has the highest score will be eliminated.

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

Our first category today is...

..Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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

Let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many words ending in "..ult" as they could.

We're looking for any word in the Oxford English Dictionary that ends U-L-T.

No hyphenated words or proper nouns are allowed.

So names of people or places, we won't accept those. Very best of luck at home as well.

Right, Scott and Marcus, you all drew lots and this afternoon you get to go first.

We are looking for words ending in "..ult", Scott.

There's so many. The first one that came into my head I'm going with.

-"Insult".

-"Insult".

You're hoping to score as few points as possible with "insult".

Let's see if it's right...! I think it is!

Let's see how many people said "insult".

It's right!

Not a bad score, Scott, to get the ball rolling. 22 for "insult".

-Richard.

-A safe start, Scott.

It's hard to define words. You know what "insult" means.

I take it as one that you even have to ask!

Thanks very much, Richard. So, Mary.

We come to you. Words ending in "..ult".

When you're standing here, they vanish from your head.

-Don't they, just?

-And now I've got one but I can't decide if it's spelt right.

But I'm going to go for it.

So I am going to say "moult".

-"Moult".

-As in a cat moulting.

-Very good. Like what you've done there. "Moult".

VERY good. Let's see how many people said "moult".

Very well done, Mary.

Well played, Mary. The shedding of skin or feathers in an animal.

Jono, "..ult", that's what the word has to end in.

I think I've got an all-right one. I can't be getting a wrong answer.

I want to see that go down! I'm going to go with "fault".

F-A-U-L-T.

-Stu, if I get it wrong, I'll say, "It's not my fault."

-"Fault".

How many people said "fault"?

-Well done.

-Pretty big score, but not the 100 that you're used to!

-LAUGHTER

-It's not. That's good, isn't it?

If Stuart says it as well, that'll be a double fault.

-AUDIENCE GROANS

-Why don't you come up here and do it yourselves?

-So, Hayley, we come to you.

-Yeah.

A word ending in "..ult". You've had lots of time to think about one.

I did have three. One was "insult".

One was "fault".

So I'm left with my other one, which is "catapult".

"Catapult"!

Daryl thinks that's hilarious. Hoping to score as few points as possible.

Let's see how many people said "catapult".

Very good. Down it goes.

Very well done indeed!

That's a great answer, Hayley.

Well played, Hayley. Best score of the round so far, "catapult".

We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores. Hayley, brilliant answer.

The lowest score at this stage.

Then we go up to Mary and Dale.

Up, then, to Scott and Marcus.

Jono, out ahead with "fault".

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

We are looking for words ending in "..ult".

Daryl, didn't Hayley do well?

-Yeah...

-Oh, hang on! What's the reserve?

I'm normally rubbish with words but I actually came up with a few.

I'm hoping I'll do just as well as Hayley. I'm hoping!

-What's it going to be?

-"Occult".

-"Occult"?

-Yes.

-OK, "occult".

You are on ten. You are the low-scorers.

The high-scorers are Stuart and Jono.

If you can score 26 or less,

you are through to the next round.

There is your red line.

Below that, you are safe and home. "Occult".

Let's see how many people said "occult".

It's right!

Very well done, Daryl!

-APPLAUSE

-13 for "occult".

Takes your score up to 23.

You are through to the next round. Richard.

Well played both the twins. You can enjoy the rest of the round.

Splendid. Now, Stuart, this is the moment.

This is the moment

where you have to shine.

-SIGHS

-Yes.

-You're the high-scorers.

Yeah. Cheers, Jono(!)

All my words have been said,

but I thought of a last-minute one, which I think is pretty good.

I'm going to say "somersault".

-AUDIENCE MURMURS

-Listen to that murmur!

Susurration of approval from the gathered company. "Somersault".

How many people said it?

It's right!

Down it goes.

Brilliant, Stuart!

That was just what you needed!

That scores one.

Takes your total to 38.

Very, very well done. Richard.

Very good answer and only one point!

They must be head-over-heels with that!

LAUGHTER

-I am here ALL week!

-You see? It is harder than it looks.

-CHUCKLES

-Right, Dale.

The high-scorers on 38 are Stuart and Jono.

If you can score 24 or less with this answer,

you are through to the next round.

"Lult".

"Lult". How do you spell that?

-L-U-L-T.

-Is it a word you've used ever?

-No. But it sounds familiar.

-LAUGHTER

Oh, I REALLY hope it's a word, Dale! There's your red line.

If you are below that red line, "lult" has won the day.

Let's see if "lult" is a word and, if it is, how many people

have ever heard of it.

-AUDIENCE GROANS

-Bad luck, Dale.

I'm afraid that's a wrong answer. You score a maximum of 100 points.

-"Lult", Richard.

-Can you believe it? Can you believe it's not?

I think Scott and Marcus have been "lult" into a false sense of security by that!

Marcus, that was a lifeline.

-We all say thank you to Dale.

-Thank you very much, Dale!

You've had all this time to think of answers that other people have said.

Watching the football scores come in, City beating United, I'm going to go for "result".

There's your red line.

The high-scorers are Dale and Mary. You want to score 90 or less.

That's what 90 or less looks like. "Result", how many people said it?

Well done. You're through.

That IS a result, enough to see you to the next round.

-Richard.

-Well played, Marcus. Just had to keep it safe.

It's the third highest scoring answer. "Fault" was second highest and "cult" was the highest of all.

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

I'm sure people at home would have got some.

"Decult", which is "to hide". "Envault" is "to arch over".

"Hydropult" is a garden water pump.

"Jurisconsult" is someone you consult on judicial matters.

"Kidult" is quite a new word.

It means a sort of a teenager, another word for that.

Great word, "preantepenult", which means "the last but last but one".

W would be the preantepenult of the alphabet.

"Reassault" means "to assault again". That's tough!

-You don't want to be reassaulted. "Leave me alone!"

-No.

"Unadult" and "unforgult", "someone who doesn't feel guilt".

Presumably, somebody who reassaults you.

-LAUGHTER

-Thanks very much, Richard.

Well, at the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score, it's Dale and Mary.

Lult. Never mind. Maybe it'll become a word in honour of today, Dale.

It's a great shame. This is absurd. You've only just joined us!

The good news is we'll see you next time. Thanks very much for playing. You've been lovely contestants.

For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

There's only rom for two pairs in the head-to-head.

One team will leave at the end of this round. Make sure it's not you.

Our category for round two this afternoon is...chemistry.

I see what you mean. It's like proper, old-fashioned learning.

Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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

Our round two question concerns...

chemical elements and their symbols.

You're not happy with that at all, Scott!

-Richard.

-I'm going to show you six chemical elements on each pass.

We asked 100 people for the chemical symbols for those elements.

Give us a nice obscure answer, you'll score fewer points. An incorrect answer scores 100.

There's 12 for you to play along with at home.

Thanks very much, Richard.

We are looking for the symbols of these chemical elements.

Here's our first list...

..I'll read those again...

So, Marcus, I know Scott's not happy about this. Are you any happier?

No. I haven't got a clue, to be quite honest with you. Um...

I have an inkling on one,

but I don't think it's right.

So I'm going to go for lead and "Ph" I think, for some strange reason.

"Ph" for lead. Let's see if it's right and, if it is,

let's see how many people knew that answer - "Ph", lead.

AUDIENCE GROANS

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

You score the maximum of 100 points.

-Richard.

-I won't give you the answer in case anyone wants a go at it.

Stuart, we come to you.

Yeah, um... I hate to say it. I'm actually quite glad Marcus got lead wrong because I think I know it.

I think I'm going to go for "Pb".

-"Pb" for lead?

-Yeah.

-OK, that's what you're saying.

There is lead, three down.

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

It's correct.

39. "Pb", lead.

Well done, Stu. It's after the Latin for lead, which is "plumbum",

-or "plumBUM", if you want to read it that way.

-To have a laugh.

-Yeah.

Very good. "PlumBUM", brilliant.

Daryl, we come to you.

You're the last person to have this table of elements.

I have a feeling in the back of my mind that argon is "Ar",

because I know some others with A which aren't "Ar".

LAUGHTER What?

I'm not sure if calcium is "Cl" or not,

so I'd like to go with argon and "Ar".

-Argon, "Ar".

-Yeah.

Hayley, what do you think?

Honestly...! I think I knew calcium, but I don't know.

The whole twin thing wasn't quite working.

-Apparently, she's going with argon.

-Yeah.

OK. You're going with argon, "Ar", let's see if that's right

and, if it is, how many people knew that answer - argon, "Ar".

It's right!

Yes!

APPLAUSE

Not a bad score!

In the context, extremely good.

Yeah, the best answer we've had so far.

Hayley, if you had managed to get calcium across, what would you have said?

-"Ca"?

-It's right, but would have scored a lot more points!

I know loads of people at home will be very good at this one.

Calcium, "Ca", scored 54.

Mercury, which is "Hg", would have scored you 19 points.

Tin, which is "Sn", would have scored 11 points.

-The best answer on the board, do you know antimony?

-Oh, come on!

Very well done if you said "Sb".

It was a pointless answer, so a very good answer.

We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.

Daryl and Hayley looking very strong in this pretty impossible round.

Stuart and Jono, not bad at all.

Marcus and Scott,

luckily, Scott is a chemist of no small importance(!)

LAUGHTER

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

We're going to put six more chemical elements on the board.

And we have got...

..I'll read those one more time...

..We're looking for the chemical symbols that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Hayley, didn't Daryl do well?

Amazing! I didn't even know she knew argon!

Come on, Hayley. Dazzle us!

I'm going to play it safe and I'm going to go for...

silver, which is "Ag". I think.

You're saying "Ag", silver.

-Yes.

-There is your red line.

Below that red line, you're in the head-to-head.

Let's see if it's right. "Ag", how many people said it?

Well done! You're through!

Not a bad score. Takes your total up to 67.

Very well played, Hayley.

"Ag", silver. It's from "argentum", which is the Latin for silver.

-It's where we get Argentina as well.

-Very good. Now then, Jono.

We are looking for the chemical symbols of these elements.

Do you know what? Chemistry is like the worst subject to come up for me.

I'm trying to go back to year seven.

I had my periodic table out, but I think I was drawing on it so I don't really know.

I'm going to have to guess, and I apologise to Stu cos it is a guess.

I'm going to go with silicon and go "Sc"?

-Silicon, "Sc".

-Yeah. Let's go for that.

There's your red line. Ah! Silicon, "Sc".

Is that right? If it is, how many people said it?

Bad luck, Jono.

Unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer and you score 100 points.

Takes your score up to 139.

That's a lifeline for Scott and Marcus.

Is it enough, though? Richard.

I won't say what the answer is, in case Scott wants a go at that.

OK, Scott, the high-scorers are now Jono and Stuart.

You are on 100. If you can score 38 or less, you are home and dry.

-LAUGHING:

-What do you think?

You're the last person to have this board, so talk us through it.

Can I just cry instead? This is definitely a poor subject for me.

For one reason, I've got one sticking out and I don't know why,

because I'm sure it's wrong, but I'm going to go with gold, "Ai".

-"Ai"?

-Yeah.

There's your red line. Below that, you stay in the game.

Let's see if it's right. "Ai", gold. How many people said it, if it is?

Ooh! Bad luck!

"Ai" is incorrect, which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

That takes your total up to an unbeatable 200. Jono and Stuart!

-Great answer! He's done well!

-Richard.

Sorry, Scott. You were one vowel away from the head-to-head.

"Au", so thinking along the right lines.

"Au" would have scored 38 points.

Silicon, "Si", would have scored you 25 points.

Sodium, which is "Na", a slightly bigger score, that's 37.

Platinum, "Pt", 15 points. And gadolinium,

the best answer on the board, very well done at home if you said "Gd".

Would have scored you seven points for gadolinium.

So, at the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid it's Scott and Marcus.

Both of you hung your heads when this question came up.

-And I now see why! What a shame!

-LAUGHTER

You've been excellent contestants. Thanks very much for playing.

For the remaining pairs, things are getting even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

Well done, Hayley and Daryl, Stuart and Jono, you made it to the head-to-head.

Obviously, only one pair can get through to today's final and play for the jackpot,

which currently stands at...

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Now you go head-to-head on the best of three questions.

Each pair gives me just one answer, but you are allowed to confer.

Score less than the other pair and you will win that question.

The first pair to the best of three 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...

..as they could.

Any feature film for cinema release in the UK between the start of 2000

and the end of 2009 for which Kate Winslet received an acting credit.

As always, no short films, TV films, documentaries or uncredited appearances.

But voice appearances do count. Very best of luck.

Hayley and Daryl, cos you played best so far, you get to go first.

We are looking for Kate Winslet films of the noughties.

ALL WHISPER

-OK?

-Yeah.

-We have an answer?

-We think so.

-We know so! We have an answer.

-Hayley knows so, anyway!

Ha ha ha! Get your insurance in, Daryl! Very good.

-Hayley, what do you think?

-I think we're...we, us...

are going to go with Enigma.

Enigma has gone, Stuart and Jono, if that's what you were thinking of.

It's not really our strongest subject!

Hang on! That's what you say ALL the time!

It's cos we're stupid!

We're going to go for The Holiday.

-The Holiday.

-Yeah.

-OK. We have Enigma. We have The Holiday.

Hayley and Daryl, Enigma. Is it right and how many people said it?

Enigma.

Yes, it's right, Daryl!

Very good indeed!

Not just right, but fantastically low-scoring.

Stuart and Jono have gone for The Holiday. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

Another low answer...

APPLAUSE

Very well done both pairs. Two good low scores but Enigma wins it.

Hayley and Daryl are up, one-nil.

-Richard.

-Well played Hayley. There are four pointless answers.

The Fox And The Child, she was the narrator of that.

Flushed Away, the animated movie,

she played Rita the rat.

Quills and All The King's Men, one point each.

The Life Of David Gale with Kevin Spacey...

..Christmas Carol The Movie scored three.

Finding Neverland about JM Barrie, five.

Revolutionary Road with Leonardo DiCaprio, eight.

There's The Holiday that she was in with Jude Law, Jack Black and Cameron Diaz.

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, 13, and The Reader with 23.

Thanks very much, Richard. Here is your second question.

Stuart and Jono, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

Caribbean countries as they could.

Any country that lies in the Caribbean Sea.

As always, we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN.

Countries with a Caribbean coastline don't count.

Just countries in the Caribbean Sea.

Thanks very much, Richard. Stuart and Jono, you get to answer this time first.

WHISPER Yeah. Go on.

-Right.

-OK, we have an answer.

Is this a strong category for you?

I thought it would be, but... No. I know some but, um...

I think we're going to go St Lucia.

St Lucia. Stuart and Jono are saying St Lucia.

Hayley and Daryl, St Lucia has gone.

I didn't know it was!

-It wasn't one of our answers.

-You can talk out loud.

-We only had two.

-And we don't know about one of them.

Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, but I don't know even if it's part of the Caribbean.

-So we think...

-I want to go Jamaica.

-Jamaica?

-I think St Lucia's definitely right.

-But if we go one each...

-Go for it!

-I want to go with Jamaica.

-OK.

-Please.

-Jamaica?

-Yes.

We have Jamaica. We have St Lucia.

Stuart and Jono went with St Lucia. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.

It's right.

22 for St Lucia.

It's a pretty solid score, I think.

Jamaica. Are you confident, Hayley?

I liked the other answer better, but Daryl wants to play it safe.

She's boring like that. DARYL LAUGHS

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

64 for Jamaica.

Right, but a high score.

So, after two questions, you are even,

on one-all. Richard.

Playing it a bit too safe! Trinidad and Tobago was correct.

Would have scored you 24. Still would have lost but very close.

Lots of people at home will have done well. Let's look at some answers.

There's no pointless ones but some very low scorers...

..Dominican Republic, 11. Haiti, 16.

All of those would have won...

..Trinidad and Tobago, 24...

..Jamaica was certainly safe! It was way out on top with 64.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Here is your third question. Whoever wins this is through to the final

and will be playing for that £3,500 jackpot.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

U2 Top 40 albums as they could.

We're looking for any studio album released by U2 that got into the UK Top 40 album charts before May 2011.

No live albums, greatest hits albums or EPs. Just studio albums of U2.

Thank you very much.

Hayley and Daryl, you get to go first.

WHISPER

All right. Say that, then. That's fine.

-We have an answer.

-Yeah.

-Well...

Come on, the pair! I've never seen less unanimity.

We don't actually know any U2 songs.

-Let alone albums.

-We're going on the basis that a lot of groups

-name an album after their...

-After themselves.

So we're going to go with U2.

U2, U2.

-Yes.

-Yes.

-You two!

-GIGGLE

Stuart and Jono, this could be your moment.

-Yes, we're happy.

-It's music!

-Yeah. We are quite happy with this.

I know, I'm pretty sure, a definite one.

That's what we're going for.

That is How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.

How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.

We have U2, U2 and How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.

Let's see if either of those are right and how much they scored.

-U2, U2. This could be pointless.

-Have faith.

-You never know.

Is it correct and, if it is, how many people said U2, U2?

Oh! Bad luck!

An incorrect answer. Stuart and Jono, you merely have to be correct.

How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, is it right? How many people said it?

Stuart and Jono are in the final.

It's a nice low score as well.

Very well done.

Eight is your score for How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.

So, after three questions,

Stuart and Jono are through to the final.

Yeah. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, very good answer.

Their first album, Boy, only got to 52.

So these are the ones that got in the Top 40...

No Line On The Horizon was a Number One album.

All That You Can't Leave Behind, another Number One album.

How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, another Number One...

..Achtung Baby, never a Number One. It was a Number Two album.

All of these were Number Ones...

..The Joshua Tree right at the top on 36.

Well, thank you very much, Richard.

So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Hayley and Daryl.

-Yeah.

-Oh, dear.

You've done very well. You've stormed through the show.

-Somehow!

-LAUGHS

-Not very nice.

-Thank you.

-We did well!

-We did very well.

Yes. You have done very well. You managed to find argon, for example.

You had some very tough rounds but you've somehow managed to find the answer.

-Yes.

-Apart from this one.

-Yeah.

-Apart from this one.

It's good news for us because we will see you next time for your second shot at a Pointless final.

Meanwhile, it's been lovely having you on the show.

APPLAUSE

But for Stuart and Jono, it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £3,500!

AUDIENCE: Oooh!

Stuart and Jono, you fought off all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, which stands at £3,500.

The rules are very, very simple.

Find a pointless answer, an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

We haven't had any today. You only have to find one to go home with that money.

First, you've got to choose a category from these three options...

-Not politicians.

-No! Comic strip books?

-No.

-We're going to have to go with pop divas.

-That's the least bad.

Maybe we can sneak a little pointless answer. Pop divas, yeah?

Yeah.

Pop divas it is. Let's find out the question.

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

..as they could. Richard.

Any solo single released by Cher that's reached the UK Top 40, prior to May 2011.

No remixes, collaborations or duets, such as those with Sonny Bono.

Double A sides, we'll accept two separate answers.

Essentially, any Cher Top 40 British single. Very best of luck.

You have up to a minute to come up with three answers. All you need is for one of them to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

-Terrible for me.

-I know a few.

-We've got that Believe song.

-That's obvious.

-Yeah. Believe.

That one with little girls in the video. Can't think what it's called.

-I literally don't know anything.

-What's it called?

You don't know any other songs?

-No.

-Aargh!

-Don't know anything about Cher.

-I can't think either.

-It's the sort of thing you might know, something random.

-I don't know.

-Can you not think of anything?

-What's that stupid song?

Little girls in it... In the video.

Um...

-Argh!

-Can't think of anything else?

Cher. Cher. Cher.

Can't think of anything, really.

-Nothing springs to mind? Nothing.

-Apart from Believe.

Believe! A stupid song, Believe!

Five seconds.

-It's not good, is it?

-No. Believe's the only one we know.

Your time is up. I want three answers.

We've got Believe. That's the one we know but that's quite obvious.

That's not going to get a pointless.

Give It Away, we'll go for that.

-Believe, Give It Away.

-That's a guess. The one about the eyes!

Just put, um...

-Eyes.

-Eyes.

LAUGHTER

So Believe, Give It Away and Eyes.

Which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Believe's the one we know, but it's not pointless.

-It doesn't matter.

-We'll say Believe's our best answer.

-OK, we'll put that last.

-Shall we put Eyes first, maybe?

-Put Eyes first. Yeah.

-Ah!

Up they go in that order.

We were looking for Cher UK Top 40 singles.

This was your least confident answer. You only need one pointless to win that £3,500 jackpot.

Let's see, just in case, let's see if Eyes is a correct answer.

Eyes.

-Well, we knew. We knew.

-We knew.

Great shame, but we knew, didn't we, that wasn't a Cher single, so that's not a pointless answer.

You have two more chances.

Your second answer, Give It Away, was this in the back of your head?

-Yeah. I don't know why. I just thought...

-Give It Away.

OK, we were looking for Cher UK Top 40 singles.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer and it is correct.

If this is right and it goes down to pointless,

you leave here with £3,500.

Give It Away. Is it right? How many people said it?

AUDIENCE GROANS

-Bad luck!

-We knew that was going to happen.

-You have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

This we know is a Cher single.

-Uniquely.

-We know it is.

-Everyone will say it.

-Everyone in the audience can come on holiday with us if it's right.

Where will you take us? Shepherd's Bush?

-It's lovely this time of year.

-Oh! Won't knock it!

This was the answer you had most faith in. This has to be pointless to win that jackpot, £3,500.

Let's put ourselves out of our misery. Believe, is it right? How many people said it?

Believe.

There you are! It's right!

That's the first and most difficult part.

If this goes all the way to nothing, and it could...

APPLAUSE We did our best!

Bad luck.

Unfortunately, that scored 20, so it wasn't pointless.

You didn't find a pointless answer so you don't win the jackpot

of £3,500, which rolls over onto the next show.

You have been fantastic contestants and you get to take home our Pointless trophy.

APPLAUSE

Richard.

Let's look at some of the pointless ones...

..Love And Understanding, probably the most famous one on this list.

One By One, that was pointless...

..and her cover of The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore.

-The Music's No Good Without You.

-Say goodbye to our holiday.

-She didn't sing that, did she?

-LAUGHTER

-I'm afraid we have to say goodbye. It's been fantastic having you on.

-Thank you very much.

APPLAUSE

Nobody's won the jackpot and it rolls over to the next show, when we will be playing for...

AUDIENCE: Oooh!

-Join us next time. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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