0:00:15 > 0:00:18CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30Welcome to the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:30 > 0:00:36- Let's meet today's players. - APPLAUSE
0:00:36 > 0:00:41- Welcome back, Elaine and Jan. - Thank you. - This is your second appearance.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48- Remind us what happened last time. - We got to the head-to-head.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53We were beaten by very worthy opponents and it was very close.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57It was very close indeed. Came down to countries with four letters.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01We had Mali playing Oman. There's a match I'd watch!
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Such fantastic players.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09Very nearly in the final. What are you hoping's going to happen this afternoon?
0:01:09 > 0:01:11We're hoping to get in the final!
0:01:11 > 0:01:15What are you hoping will happen between now and then?
0:01:15 > 0:01:18We're hoping not to get any answers completely wrong,
0:01:18 > 0:01:22and we're hoping there are no more Welsh questions.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26OK, any other weak spots in your knowledge, Elaine?
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- Sports.- Sports.- Yeah.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- Just blanket sports?- And pop music. - Sport and pop music.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37- And nature.- Oh, hang on! Hang on a minute!
0:01:37 > 0:01:42- And science.- Sports, pop music, nature and science.
0:01:42 > 0:01:49Right. OK. Very best of luck, Elaine and Jan. Next, we welcome Chris and Gaz.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52You were also on last time. Remind us what happened.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55We scored 200 points, unfortunately.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59- There is no shame... Well, there's some shame.- There is.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- Christian Bale.- Shirley Bassey.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Oh! Who'd win in that fight?
0:02:04 > 0:02:08- Christian Bale. - Shirley Bassey? Come on!
0:02:08 > 0:02:12A 75-year-old woman is going to lose to Christian Bale in a fight?
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Christian Bale is always losing weight for films.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20- He's got to be weak, weak as a puppy. - LAUGHTER
0:02:20 > 0:02:25Let's get it on. Unless Shirley's scared. Perhaps she's scared.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29- Maybe Bale's a bit scared. - I don't think he is.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Hold on. No. He's not scared.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34- LAUGHTER - He is bang up for it.
0:02:34 > 0:02:39OK. Well, I'm looking forward to it. Chris and Gaz.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Bale and Bassey between them got you out of the show.
0:02:43 > 0:02:50- What are you hoping's going to keep you in?- A sport subject would be good. Maybe geography. Not science.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53What are your interests, Gaz? You're both postmen.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Is there any time for you to pursue other interests?
0:02:57 > 0:03:02Got all afternoon to go out and do stuff, shopping, cooking, pub quizzes with Chris.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- That's it, mainly. - Enough to be going on there.
0:03:07 > 0:03:12- The pub quiz covers all sorts of bases.- It's a good night out.
0:03:12 > 0:03:18Very best of luck to you. Please let's have you longer than the first round.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Next, we welcome Stephen and Stuart. How do you know each other?
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Obviously, I'm the father. He's the son.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29Obviously, you are the father. He is THE son.
0:03:29 > 0:03:34- Where have you come from, Stephen? - Preston in Lancashire. - You too, Stuart?
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- That's right.- Stephen, what would you like to see come up?
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Pop music of the '60s and '70s.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Films from the '60s and '70s would be a strong subject for me.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49- A bit of geography. - Stuart, what about you?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51I more like the '80s music, closet fan.
0:03:51 > 0:03:57This "closet" word. You're implying there's some sort of shame to knowing about '80s music.
0:03:57 > 0:04:03- Some say there's shame to liking Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. - Nothing wrong with Spandau Ballet.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- No shame.- I'd even answer a Bucks Fizz if I had to.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11Some shame is beginning to attach itself to your '80s music interest.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14- OK. I'll stop there. - Yeah. Stop there.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Stephen, what are your interests?
0:04:17 > 0:04:20I like going out with the wife and our cocker spaniel.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25- We do play table tennis a lot, me and my dad.- A bit of...?- Yes.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29- Yeah. Going on from before. Very competitive.- Oman, Mali.
0:04:29 > 0:04:34- Who do you fancy in that?- If Mali's the better team, he's Mali.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36- OK.- Even though he's senior to me,
0:04:36 > 0:04:40he beats me ten out of ten times.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Stephen and Stuart, welcome to Pointless.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47Finally, we have Gemma and Hywel. How do you know each other?
0:04:47 > 0:04:53We met in Swansea University and we've been going out for two and a half years.
0:04:53 > 0:04:58- Gemma, what would you like see come up this afternoon?- Horror films.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01- Mm-hm.- I think it's very unlikely,
0:05:01 > 0:05:07but I think we'd have an advantage over the other couples if Ultimate Frisbee came up.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12- Trouble is, we've had a lot of Frisbee in recent shows.- Ahhh!
0:05:12 > 0:05:20- I'd therefore be surprised if it came up. Hywel, what would you like to see come up?- Generally, films.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24A bit of geography, maybe. I play Ultimate Frisbee in my spare time.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29- Are you an Ultimate Frisbee expert? - I wouldn't say I'm an expert.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33But who would you say would win an Ultimate Frisbee game
0:05:33 > 0:05:37between Christian Bale and Shirley Bassey?
0:05:37 > 0:05:41Depends who else they had on their team. There's six other people.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- Ducks the question. Notice that? - Yeah.
0:05:44 > 0:05:50- What are you studying at university? - I did geography. Gemma's at university. I've left.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54- What are you doing, Gemma? - I'm doing mental health nursing.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Very good. Very best of luck to all of you.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01There's only one more person left for me to introduce.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06He spends his Saturdays checking the indexing at his local library.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- He is my Pointless friend. He's Richard.- Hiya.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19To be fair, I do Ultimate Indexing. Very, very different.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23- Not Dewey Decimal! - Not just standing round in a circle.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25It should be a cracking show today.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Question two's a lovely question.
0:06:28 > 0:06:33Thank you very much, Richard. We put all our questions to 100 people,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36but we are after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:06:36 > 0:06:41All our players need to do is score as few points as they possibly can.
0:06:41 > 0:06:47Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer, one that none of our 100 people gave.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Today's jackpot starts off at £5,500.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02AUDIENCE: Wooo!
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- Right, let's play Pointless. - APPLAUSE
0:07:08 > 0:07:13In the first round, each of you gives me one answer, and you cannot confer.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18Whichever team has the highest score will be eliminated.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22Our category for round one this afternoon is...
0:07:23 > 0:07:28..Zoology. Can you all decide who's going first, who's going second?
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Let's find out what the question is.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:07:40 > 0:07:44to name as many whales as they could.
0:07:44 > 0:07:50- Richard.- The correct answers will be species of swimming mammals commonly known as whales.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Incorrect answers won't be whales.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54There we are.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58Elaine and Jan, you all drew lots and you get to go first.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02You may be delighted to hear, we are giving you a choice
0:08:02 > 0:08:05of seven possible answers in each pass.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08The first set of seven reads like this...
0:08:15 > 0:08:18..I'll read those one more time...
0:08:23 > 0:08:27..Remember, we are looking for types of whale, Elaine.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29At least one of those is pointless.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34At least one is incorrect, pick one of those and you score 100 points.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40I only know a couple of those. I have to play it safe.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- I'll go for humpback.- Humpback. Let's see if that's right.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Let's see how many people said humpback.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51It's right.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57APPLAUSE
0:08:57 > 0:09:01- That's a pretty decent score, Richard, of 40.- Yes.
0:09:01 > 0:09:07Found in coastal waters all around the world. They communicate using that distinctive song.
0:09:07 > 0:09:13- Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley? - That's how they communicate. Yeah.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- That is amazing.- Yeah.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Chris, remember, we are looking for whales.
0:09:19 > 0:09:25There's one I know for definite. One, I THINK I know, but not 100%.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28I think I'm going to play safe
0:09:28 > 0:09:30and go for sperm whale.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33You're going for sperm. Let's see if that's right.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36If it is, how many people said sperm whale?
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Very well done.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- 44, Richard.- Well done, Chris.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53It's got a massive square head and they're quite bad-tempered.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Often ram boats.
0:09:55 > 0:10:01Don't mess with a sperm whale. Don't mess with any whales, especially not the sperm whale.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Stephen, we are looking for whales.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06There's one I'm quite sure of.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08One I'm 50% sure of.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12I think I'll go for the one that I'm pretty sure of, minke.
0:10:12 > 0:10:19Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said minke.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Well done.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Very well done.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31That's a great score, Stephen.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Very fast swimmers, minke whales, at 21 miles per hour.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40- It's not that fast.- It's quite fast.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45- It's faster than I can swim.- It's a bit show-offy to say they're fast.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49- Moderate speed.- Faster than a sperm whale.- Thank you.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54Now then, Hywel. You're the last person to have this board.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58There's still a pointless answer. That would add £250 to the jackpot.
0:10:58 > 0:11:04- We are looking for whales.- There's one I'm pretty sure is a whale.
0:11:04 > 0:11:09There's definitely a wrong one and a pointless one, so I want to guess,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12but I don't want to risk getting 100 points.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15I'm going to say gray whale.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Let's see if it's correct and, if it is, how many people gray whale.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22It's right. Well done, Hywel.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Very well done indeed! The best score of the pass!
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Five points for gray whale.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40Well played, Hywel. Well done if you said gray whale at home.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45Let's fill in the rest of the board. All are incorrect or pointless.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48I'm going to say keiko is a whale.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50OK. That's wrong.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55But let's go on. Keiko is the name of the whale in Free Willy.
0:11:55 > 0:12:00- Sorry. Did I not say that? - No, you left that bit out.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Ginko-toothed HAS to be a whale.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05It is, ginko!
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- It's the one with the ginko teeth. - Correct.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12That's a pointless answer, so well done if you said that. Bowhead?
0:12:12 > 0:12:16It's a... It's a... It's a...whale.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20Otherwise known as the Greenland whale. Two pointless answers.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Let's take a look at the scores. Cracking answer from Hywel.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26The gray whale. Five points to him.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Up a tiny bit, to Stephen and Stuart.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Then up quite a lot to Elaine and Jan.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38Then a smidge ahead of them, Chris and Gaz.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43So can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:12:43 > 0:12:48We're going to put seven more answers on the board and we are looking for whales, remember.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51We have got...
0:12:56 > 0:12:58..I'll read those one more time...
0:13:04 > 0:13:08..I can tell you again that at least one of those is pointless.
0:13:08 > 0:13:13At least one is incorrect. Pick an incorrect one and score 100 points.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Now, Gemma.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- Whales.- Yeah. Um...
0:13:18 > 0:13:21I'm really torn, actually.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24There's only one I know, a really obvious answer.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27I'm going to go for a blue whale.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30A blue whale. There it is.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Blue whale. There's your red line.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Below that, through to the next round.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said blue whale.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Ooh, that's a high score. 71, Gemma.
0:13:46 > 0:13:5171 takes your total up to 76. Richard.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54The largest animal ever to have lived.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- They average 150 tonnes.- Wow.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00- They're not swimming at 21 miles an hour, are they?- Noo.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Nooo!
0:14:02 > 0:14:04So, Stuart.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Remember, we are looking for whales.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10The high-scorers are Gemma and Hywel. You're on eight.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12If you can score 67 or less...
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Um...
0:14:15 > 0:14:18I think I've heard of this one.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22I don't have a clue what it looks like or where it's from.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27But I think there's a pilot whale so I'm going to go for pilot.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32Let's hope it looks like a whale and it's from the sea! Pilot whale.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36If you get below that red line, through to the next round you go.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Pilot whale. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Very well done, Stuart.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47And you are through to the next round.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52That's a spectacular answer!
0:14:52 > 0:14:57It's a pointless answer. It adds £250 to today's jackpot.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Taking the total up to £5,750.
0:14:59 > 0:15:04And it scores you nothing, leaving your total at eight. Richard.
0:15:04 > 0:15:09They're very social animals. They go round in pods of hundreds.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Gaz, you WERE the high-scorers on 44,
0:15:12 > 0:15:16till Gemma rode to your rescue.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19They are now the high-scorers.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23Should you score 31 or less, you're through to the next round.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25We are looking for whales.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30I'll take a risk and go for Cuvier's beaked.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33OK. There's your red line.
0:15:33 > 0:15:38Below that red line, through you go to the next round. Cuvier's beaked.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42Is it right? If it is, how many people said it?
0:15:44 > 0:15:47It's right. Very well done, Gaz.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Yes!
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Very well done, indeed!
0:15:54 > 0:15:57That's another pointless answer.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59It adds £250 to today's jackpot.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Takes the total up to a whopping £6,000.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08- It scores you nothing. Very well done. Richard.- Well done, Gaz.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Beaked whales probably the least studied mammals on the planet.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17They live very deep. They dive to two kilometres to catch their prey.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19What's their prey? Old ships?
0:16:19 > 0:16:23Squid, that sort of thing, stuff that lives that far down.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27And there's not much that does. Very, very hard to study them.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31Jan,
0:16:31 > 0:16:36the high-scorers, should you need to be reminded, are Gemma and Hywel.
0:16:36 > 0:16:4135 or less is what we require from you to keep you in the game.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Remember, we are looking for whales.
0:16:43 > 0:16:49- Talk us through the board. - Did I not say we didn't want any more questions about "Wales"?
0:16:49 > 0:16:53- You wanted nothing else about Wales. - It wasn't what I had in mind.
0:16:53 > 0:16:58Corwen is IN Wales, therefore that is probably a wrong answer.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Um...
0:17:01 > 0:17:07Tashtego could be some sort of Japanese type species of whale.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09But I've never heard of it.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Um, white whale, I'm not sure of either.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16I THINK, it's a stab in the dark,
0:17:16 > 0:17:21that I have heard of a narwhal whale so that's what I'm going for.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Narwhal. There's your red line, Jan.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Please can narwhal get you below that red line.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- Elaine, what do you think? - I'd have gone for that.
0:17:33 > 0:17:39OK, is it a right answer and, if it is, how many people said Narwhal?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42It's right.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49And gets you through to the next round.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50Very well done!
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Very well done, Jan. Richard.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Well done, Jan. It's a small Arctic whale.
0:17:58 > 0:18:03Distinctive features, it's got a very long tightly spiralled tusk.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07It can be up to nine feet in length. Let's look at the rest of the board.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10White whale would have seen you through.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Would have scored you 13 points.
0:18:13 > 0:18:19You didn't fall into our trap. Corwen is a place IN Wales.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24Tashtego, also an incorrect answer, is a character from Moby-Dick.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28Thank you very much, Richard. So, at the end of round one,
0:18:28 > 0:18:33the losing pair with the highest score, I'm sorry to say, Gemma and Hywel, it is you.
0:18:33 > 0:18:39Gray whale, nothing wrong with that. Blue whale, nothing wrong with that.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44But not only the biggest whale in the world, also the biggest score.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47I'm afraid you suffer as a result of it.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50I hope we will see more of you next time.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Meanwhile, thanks very much for playing.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00For the remaining three pairs, it's time for round two.
0:19:05 > 0:19:12Now, only room for two pairs in the head-to-head so one of the teams will leave at the end of this round.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16Our category for round two is...languages.
0:19:16 > 0:19:22Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:19:22 > 0:19:27And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Our round two question concerns...
0:19:33 > 0:19:35..Greetings in foreign languages.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39On each pass, we'll show you six greetings in foreign languages.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43We asked 100 people, "In which languages are these greetings used?"
0:19:43 > 0:19:49A nice obscure answer is going to score fewer points. An incorrect answer is going to score 100 points.
0:19:49 > 0:19:5212 greetings, 12 languages to guess at home.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56We are looking for the languages in which these are used as greetings.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58We have got...
0:20:06 > 0:20:10..I'll read those again...
0:20:15 > 0:20:18..There are our six greetings.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22What I want from you is the language in which those are greetings.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Try to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27Jan.
0:20:27 > 0:20:33Languages has never really been my forte. I did French at school.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Which isn't going to help me today.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40I guess that a couple of those are really quite obscure.
0:20:40 > 0:20:45I'm going to go with kalimera, which, I believe, is Greek.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Let's see if that's right
0:20:47 > 0:20:51and, if it is, how many people said kalimera, Greek.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Yes. It's right.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01That's a great score.
0:21:03 > 0:21:08- Greek, Richard, kalimera. - Yeah. It's a lovely round, this.
0:21:08 > 0:21:13- If you're going on holiday, you'll learn something from this. - Yeah.- Kalimera, Alexander.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18Top of the morning to you. I'm replying in Irish there.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Now, Chris.
0:21:21 > 0:21:26We are looking for the languages in which these terms are greetings.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30There's two that I'm sure of, but they'll both be high scorers.
0:21:30 > 0:21:36- I'm going for guten Tag, German. - Guten Tag, says Chris, German.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people knew that.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42ALEXANDER LAUGHS
0:21:42 > 0:21:48- Ho ho ho! Oooh, Chris.- Blimey. - That's three better than wrong.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50We rarely see scores that high.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54- Means "good day" in German. - It's nice that so many people
0:21:54 > 0:21:58in our fair country know a nice greeting in German.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Stephen, you're the last person to have this so you can talk us through
0:22:02 > 0:22:04all of these greetings.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09I've just come back from the Greek islands. I'd have gone for kalimera.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12I'm struggling now so I've got to go for the top one.
0:22:12 > 0:22:17- Buongiorno, Italian. - Buongiorno, Italian.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22Let's hope that goes down lower than guten Tag did for Chris and Gaz.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Is that right? How many people knew that answer?
0:22:27 > 0:22:29It's right. Down it goes.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Good answer, as it turns out.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41- Buongiorno, Richard. - Buongiorno yourself. Yeah, Italian.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44A better score than guten Tag, but still pretty high.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Let's fill in the board. Do you know dzien dobry?
0:22:47 > 0:22:49- Polish.- Exactly right.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51- Dia duit?- No.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Gaelic or Irish.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57It actually means "God be with you". Two points.
0:22:57 > 0:23:02- Selamat siang is a pointless answer. Do you want to have a...?- Thailand.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07Not Thailand. Indonesia. Very well done if you got that at home.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Unless you're Indonesian, in which case, come on!
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Thank you very much, Richard. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Jan and Elaine, very much the best score.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21Then up quite a long way to Stephen and Stuart.
0:23:21 > 0:23:26Then up nearly all the way to Chris and Gaz.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30Gaz, you'll have to find a really obscure greeting
0:23:30 > 0:23:33if you want to make it through to the head-to-head.
0:23:33 > 0:23:39Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:23:41 > 0:23:44We're going to put six more greetings on the board. We have...
0:23:52 > 0:23:55..I will read those again...
0:24:02 > 0:24:08..The high-scorers are Gaz and Chris. You are on 64.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11If you can score 32 or less, you are in the head-to-head.
0:24:11 > 0:24:17- We are looking for the languages in which these terms are greetings. - OK, um...
0:24:17 > 0:24:20I THINK, I know the one I'm going to guess for
0:24:20 > 0:24:25because a teacher was trying us out with some Welsh once.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30And I'm pretty sure that bore da is Welsh for "good day".
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Bore da, there it is. You're hoping that is Welsh.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37Wales featuring a lot in this show, isn't it?
0:24:38 > 0:24:40There's your red line.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Below that red line, head-to-head time.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48Bore da. Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said Welsh.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52You're quite right, Stuart.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Will it get you through...?
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Yes, it will!
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Extremely well done.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04- That takes your total to 90. Richard.- Well played, Stuart.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Well played to your teacher as well. It means "good morning" in Welsh.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Now, Gaz,
0:25:11 > 0:25:13what we require from you
0:25:13 > 0:25:15is a lovely low score.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18I can probably predict four of them.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21I'll go for shalom and Israel.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25- Shalom, you're saying Israel. - Yeah. I've been there.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Many years ago.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30You're the high-scorers, so there's no red line.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34You just have to hope this is going to score as little as possible.
0:25:34 > 0:25:39Israel, says Gaz. Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Bad luck.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:25:48 > 0:25:52which means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Sorry, Gaz. I won't give the answer, in case Elaine wants to have a go.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00Elaine, here is the good news. Gaz has taken a hit there.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Taken their score to 197, which is so high you won't overtake it,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07even if you score 100 points.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11Knowing that, take us through the board and submit an answer.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15We are looking for the languages in which these terms are greetings.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18I think I know three for definite.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Shalom is Hebrew, bonjour is French
0:26:21 > 0:26:23and hola is Spanish.
0:26:23 > 0:26:28I'm going to guess at the second one down that I can't pronounce.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Xin chao!
0:26:30 > 0:26:32- I'm going to say Chinese. - Is that Chinese?
0:26:32 > 0:26:37If it is, how many people said it? No red line for you. You're through.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Incorrect. That scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48It couldn't matter less. You are through to the next round.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Good risk to take. Xin chao is Vietnamese.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54It would have scored one point. Best answer on the board.
0:26:54 > 0:26:59You've been through the rest for us. Shalom, I'm afraid Gaz, is Hebrew.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01We were looking for the languages.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05They do speak it in Israel, of course.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09Hola, Spanish, would have scored 64.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Hyvaa huomenta is Finnish.
0:27:12 > 0:27:17Bonjour, let's see if the French can beat the Germans.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21- Bonjour is French and would have scored you 98 points.- 98!
0:27:21 > 0:27:25- 98 points. - Very well done, those French.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29At the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score,
0:27:29 > 0:27:32bad luck, Gaz and Chris.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35You've done much better this time. Nice low score.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38And 197 is a LOAD better than 200.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- Just. - Sadly, this is the end of the road.
0:27:41 > 0:27:47- We have to say goodbye, but thank you very much for playing, Chris, Gaz.- Thank you.
0:27:49 > 0:27:55For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting, as we enter the head-to-head.
0:28:00 > 0:28:05Stephen and Stuart, Elaine and Jan, you've made it to the head-to-head.
0:28:05 > 0:28:11Only one pair can play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £6,000!
0:28:11 > 0:28:13AUDIENCE: Woooo!
0:28:13 > 0:28:18For each question, give me just one answer. You are allowed to confer.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and you win that question.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26The first pair to win two questions plays for today's jackpot.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Let's play Pointless.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35OK, here is your first question.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:28:39 > 0:28:42subjects in Wonderful World as they could.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45We're looking for any of the academic subjects
0:28:45 > 0:28:49mentioned in the lyrics of Sam Cooke's hit Wonderful World.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53Those are the many things he "don't know much about".
0:28:53 > 0:28:58Stephen and Stuart, because you've played best so far, you get to go first.
0:28:58 > 0:29:03WHISPER
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Stephen and Stuart.
0:29:06 > 0:29:11- Red roses, we're going for. - Red roses you are saying. Red roses.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Elaine and Jan.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17- Well, we're going to go for history. - History.
0:29:17 > 0:29:22We have red roses and we have history.
0:29:22 > 0:29:28Stephen and Stuart, let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people knew that answer.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32That's an incorrect answer.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36Elaine and Jan, you've gone for history.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40It needs to be correct and you will win this question. History, is it right?
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Yup. It's right. Well done.
0:29:47 > 0:29:4954, it goes down to.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53All it needed to be was right, and it was.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57After one question, Elaine and Jan are up one-nil.
0:29:57 > 0:30:02Stephen and Stuart, you're thinking of Louis Armstrong's What A Wonderful World.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06This is Sam Cooke's "Don't know much about history..."
0:30:06 > 0:30:10Let's take a look at all the things he don't know much about...
0:30:17 > 0:30:20Very well done if you got those low-scorers.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Thank you very much. Yes, listen to Richard is the answer to that.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Here is your second question.
0:30:26 > 0:30:32Stephen and Stuart, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:30:35 > 0:30:40of the original NATO countries as they could. Richard.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44Any of the 12 countries that signed the North Atlantic Treaty
0:30:44 > 0:30:48in Washington in 1949, the treaty that formed NATO.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52Thank you very much. Elaine and Jan, you go first.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54WHISPERING
0:30:57 > 0:31:02- OK.- OK, we think Netherlands.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06The Netherlands. Stephen and Stuart.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09We've agreed to go for Norway.
0:31:09 > 0:31:14So we have the Netherlands and we have Norway.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18This will decide whether or not you stay with us,
0:31:18 > 0:31:22or whether or not Elaine and Jan go through to the final.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25You have to win this point, Stephen and Stuart.
0:31:25 > 0:31:30The Netherlands, let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said the Netherlands.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33It's right.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41APPLAUSE
0:31:41 > 0:31:45Stephen and Stuart, nine is what you have to beat.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48- Tough. - You've gone for Norway.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52Let's see if Norway's right and, if it is, how many people said Norway.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56It's right.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05AUDIENCE: Ooooh!
0:32:05 > 0:32:08Oh, very, very well done.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11That means, after two questions,
0:32:11 > 0:32:14Elaine and Jan are still up, one-nil. Richard.
0:32:14 > 0:32:19Let's take a look at all 12. A couple would have won the point.
0:32:19 > 0:32:24Luxembourg and Iceland, both part of that original NATO treaty...
0:32:36 > 0:32:40..Good answers from both teams. Well done if you beat them, though.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43Here is your third question.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47Again, Stephen and Stuart, you have to win this to stay in the game.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:32:51 > 0:32:54Stanley Kubrick films as they could.
0:32:54 > 0:33:01Any feature film made for cinema release for which Stanley Kubrick received credit as director.
0:33:01 > 0:33:08- No short films or documentaries, just feature films made for cinema release.- Thank you very much.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12- Stephen and Stuart answer first. - ALL WHISPER
0:33:16 > 0:33:21OK, right. There was one that we couldn't think of the title of.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24We thought it would have been a good one!
0:33:24 > 0:33:27- Yeah.- That's kind of by the bye!
0:33:27 > 0:33:31So we're going to go for, I think it was his last film
0:33:31 > 0:33:36- with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, Eyes Wide Shut.- Eyes Wide Shut.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Elaine and Jan?
0:33:39 > 0:33:43- We were going for that one as well! - So we're going to take a risk.
0:33:43 > 0:33:48- We're going to go for Dr Strangelove.- Dr Strangelove.
0:33:48 > 0:33:54We have Eyes Wide Shut and we have Dr Strangelove. That's a risk there?
0:33:54 > 0:33:59Stephen and Stuart, again, you have to win this to stay in the game.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03If Elaine and Jan win this question, they are through to the final.
0:34:03 > 0:34:09Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said Eyes Wide Shut.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22Not a bad score at all.
0:34:22 > 0:34:2813. Elaine and Jan, Dr Strangelove. How confident are you?
0:34:28 > 0:34:32- Not very.- This is a shot in the dark, to some extent.
0:34:32 > 0:34:37Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said Dr Strangelove.
0:34:40 > 0:34:41It's right.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Very well said, Elaine and Jan.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Will it go below 13?
0:34:46 > 0:34:50It will! Very well done, indeed!
0:34:50 > 0:34:53That's done exactly what it had to do.
0:34:53 > 0:34:59After three questions, Elaine and Jan are through to the final, two-nil.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01You knew it, somewhere in your head.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05Dr Strangelove, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Peter Sellers nominated for Best Actor.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Let's look at all of Kubrick's films.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14There is one pointless answer, his second film, Killer's Kiss...
0:35:40 > 0:35:42..Thank you very much, Richard.
0:35:42 > 0:35:47The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, Stephen and Stuart.
0:35:47 > 0:35:52That was very hard-fought. Some great answers from you there.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54You were beaten in the end by,
0:35:54 > 0:35:59by this dazzling pair, Elaine and Jan.
0:35:59 > 0:36:04They've come right through in both of their Pointless shows.
0:36:04 > 0:36:10We will see you again next time, when I hope you'll go even further. Thank you very much for playing.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Good luck.
0:36:12 > 0:36:18For Elaine and Jan, it's our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £6,000!
0:36:23 > 0:36:27Congratulations, Elaine and Jan, you fought off all the competition
0:36:27 > 0:36:30and won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32APPLAUSE
0:36:35 > 0:36:38You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £6,000!
0:36:42 > 0:36:44AUDIENCE: Woooo!
0:36:46 > 0:36:50To win that, all you have to do is find a pointless answer,
0:36:50 > 0:36:52one that none of our 100 people could think of.
0:36:52 > 0:36:58We've had two pointless answers today. You only have to find one more to go home with that money.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02First, you've got to choose a category from these three options...
0:37:08 > 0:37:11- You choose.- Yeah.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15- We'll go UK geography, please. - UK geography.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19OK, we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:37:19 > 0:37:26as many cities granted city status since 1900 as they could. Richard.
0:37:26 > 0:37:34We're looking for any town in the UK that's been granted city status from 1900 right up to 2011, please.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38Phew. You now have one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:38 > 0:37:43All you need, to win that £6,000, is for one of those to be pointless.
0:37:43 > 0:37:44Your 60 seconds start now.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Right, well, Wolverhampton.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50Definitely in the last few years.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53- Is Milton Keynes one?- I'm not sure.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57- Wakefield was another one. - All right.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02There's... Let me think...
0:38:02 > 0:38:07- We can discount Birmingham, Manchester!- Yeah!- What else?
0:38:07 > 0:38:11- Swansea, maybe?- Yeah.
0:38:11 > 0:38:19There are some that have been granted status in the last couple of years but I can't think of them.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23- Do you think Warrington? - Warrington is one, yeah.
0:38:23 > 0:38:28- So, Wolverhampton...? - Wakefield, Warrington.- All Ws!
0:38:28 > 0:38:30I'm not sure.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34- Can you think of anything else?- No.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- Wigan?- Wigan...
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Five seconds remain.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48That's your time up.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52We were looking for cities granted city status since 1900.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55I now need your three answers.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59- Wolverhampton.- Wolverhampton. - Wakefield.
0:38:59 > 0:39:00Wakefield.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04- And... And Warrington.- Warrington. - All the Ws.
0:39:04 > 0:39:10Very good indeed. Which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:10 > 0:39:12- Wakefield.- Wakefield we'll put last.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14And your least likely?
0:39:14 > 0:39:16- Warrington.- Warrington.
0:39:16 > 0:39:21Let's put them up on the board in that order, and here they are...
0:39:25 > 0:39:30..We were looking for cities granted city status since 1900.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32This was your least confident answer.
0:39:32 > 0:39:37You only have to find one pointless answer to win the jackpot of £6,000.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41Let's see if Warrington's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Warrington.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51- You weren't sure of that one.- No. - So no massive loss.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58What would you do with £6,000?
0:39:58 > 0:40:01I'd either take my husband on holiday
0:40:01 > 0:40:05or put a down payment on a camper van and take my husband on holiday!
0:40:05 > 0:40:09You could tour all the places beginning with W!
0:40:09 > 0:40:11- How about you, Jan?- A new camera.
0:40:11 > 0:40:16I guess there'd be something in it for the children and grandchildren.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20OK, we were looking for cities granted city status since 1900.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23Let's hope nobody said your next answer.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26This has to be pointless if you're going to win £6,000.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30It also has to be correct. You know it's correct, don't you?
0:40:31 > 0:40:38Maybe being down at the far end of the alphabet, it'll be one that people didn't think of.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42Wolverhampton, is it right? How many people said it? Very best of luck.
0:40:45 > 0:40:46It's right.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50The next thing it has to be is pointless.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52Into the 40s, into the 30s.
0:40:52 > 0:40:57If this goes to zero, you leave with £6,000!
0:40:57 > 0:41:02- Five for Wolverhampton! - AUDIENCE GROANS
0:41:02 > 0:41:07But you had one other brilliant answer up your sleeve.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11Wolverhampton, only five, not a pointless answer.
0:41:11 > 0:41:16You have a last chance to win today's jackpot of £6,000.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18- What are you thinking?- Help!
0:41:18 > 0:41:22You had no problem at all putting this one further down your list.
0:41:22 > 0:41:27It's one that probably people wouldn't think of immediately.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30That's what we're hoping, anyway.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Whatever happens, we've had a great time.
0:41:33 > 0:41:38This is very exciting. Everything is now hanging on Wakefield.
0:41:38 > 0:41:43You said this was the answer you were most confident with.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47This has to be pointless. Very, very, very best of luck.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50Wakefield, is it right? How many people said it?
0:41:53 > 0:41:54Oh, no!
0:41:54 > 0:41:56AUDIENCE GROANS
0:41:56 > 0:42:00- Oh, no!- OK. Well... APPLAUSE
0:42:01 > 0:42:07You didn't find that pointless answer so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £6,000.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Never mind. We've got the trophy.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Quite right. That jackpot will roll over to the next show.
0:42:12 > 0:42:17You've been fantastic contestants and you do take home our Pointless trophy.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21Very unlucky. Wakefield, it is a city, but was granted city status
0:42:21 > 0:42:24before the time we're talking about.
0:42:24 > 0:42:29There's 22 cities that have been granted city status since 1900. Wakefield before that.
0:42:29 > 0:42:35Cambridge, Southampton, Cardiff, all since 1900 all been made cities.
0:42:35 > 0:42:41There's only three pointless answers. It was a very tough category to pick.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Let's take a look at all three of them.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48There is Armagh, which was made a city in 1994.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Lancaster was made a city in 1937
0:42:50 > 0:42:53for its long association with the Crown.
0:42:53 > 0:42:58And Stirling for the Queen's golden jubilee in 2002.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Very well done if you got any of those.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04- We wouldn't have got any of those. - Only three of them!
0:43:04 > 0:43:10- That's one of the toughest jackpot rounds we've yet had!- No problem.
0:43:10 > 0:43:14You've made it to the head-to-head and right through to the final.
0:43:14 > 0:43:20We have to say goodbye, Elaine and Jan, but it's been brilliant having you on the show.
0:43:22 > 0:43:30Nobody's won our jackpot today so it rolls over, which means on the next show we will be playing for £7,000!
0:43:30 > 0:43:32AUDIENCE: Woooo!
0:43:32 > 0:43:36- Join us then. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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