Episode 36 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show where obvious answers mean nothing

and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.

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Welcome back, Jenny and Jeannie, you were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the final. This is your last chance.

Remind us what happened.

Well, Alexandra, in the last round,

I think we gave a doughy answer to a bread topic and...that was it.

-Bread?

-Yes.

-You were done by naan?

-We were done by naan.

-Right, OK.

-Whose idea was it to come on Pointless?

-Mine.

-Very good.

-Did Jeannie take much persuading?

-No, no she didn't.

She agreed very quickly and very willingly

because we both enjoy the show and enjoy your banter between the two of you.

How... how very flattering,

-slightly humbling.

-Didn't know we did banter.

I thought we did barely concealed hostility.

I'm sitting here enjoying the fact that Jeannie called you Alexandra.

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I have learnt to accept that as my name.

It is frequently given.

It IS a girl's name.

-But I'm, you know, I'm big enough to cope with that.

-I beg your pardon.

No, don't worry at all. Don't you worry at all.

Well, lovely to have you back,

-very best of luck to the pair of you.

-Thank you.

Next we welcome Pat and Rob. Now, how do you know each other?

Well, Alexander, we're from Hull.

I've got three children, the youngest of which is Pat.

The youngest is Pat.

Was Pat the first one you asked to join you as your teammate?

I set up the actual thing. My dad just tagged along in the end.

-Tag along.

-Tag along, I like that.

Very good. What do you do, Pat?

I work for the Citizens Advice Bureau as an advisor.

I also work part-time in a bar to pay the bills.

How long have you been doing the Citizens Advice?

-Last four months.

-Very good. Now, Rob, what do you do?

-I work for the Royal mail.

-What you do?

-I'm a delivery driver.

Right. We've had a pretty good representation

from the Royal Mail, actually.

-Yeah, we have.

-Very good indeed. A lot of post people.

It's almost as if they're often home in the afternoon, isn't it?

Watching Pointless.

Very best of luck Pat and Rob, it's great to have you here.

-Next we welcome Liz and Tom. How do you know each other?

-Hi, Alex and hi, Richard.

We both met at Northumbria University three years ago

in freshers' week and we've been a couple ever since.

-Ever since freshers' week? Wow.

-Poor Liz.

-That's fantastic.

-Mm.

-You haven't been out with anyone else for the whole of your university time?

-No.

-No.

-That's fantastic.

-What could possibly go wrong?

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-Now, Liz.

-Hi.

-What do you do?

-Um... Well, I've just finished university.

-Indeed.

And I'm a part-time sales assistant.

Very good, and, Tom, um... I have to commend you on that T-shirt.

I mean, I am a massive fan of Roy Orbison myself so I...

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-Tell us about the T-shirt, Tom.

Well, I mean, it could be recycled for Roy Orbison, I suppose,

but it's for Richard. Richard Osman over there. Big fan.

Sorry, Alex, you're one's at home.

It was a choice between the two. Richard pipped you, I'm afraid.

-Yeah.

-This is not at all awkward.

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Very good. Welcome to the show.

It's fabulous to have you here.

Finally, we welcome back James and Steve. You were also on the show last time.

-Remind us how you know each other.

-We're work colleagues.

I work as an admin assistant for a building company and Steve's the catering manager.

-Remind us what happened to you last time.

-We went out in the second round.

Um...it was fictional robots.

We knew some of the answers but we chose the wrong one.

Oh, there was one very famous fictional robot

-on there that was Pointless.

-That's right. Marvin.

Everyone stepped carefully around Marvin, didn't they?

And, actually, had you said Marvin it would have added money to the jackpot

-and kept you in the game.

-Exactly.

-Well, that's Pointless for you.

There's just no predicting, no predicting.

What would you like to see come up this afternoon, James?

James Bond films, that would be brilliant.

Or geography, that would be pretty good. My mind just smiles

when a geography question comes up on this show. It's brilliant.

I normally find a good pointless or two in there.

Very good. Of course, geography,

Steve, you're the son of a teacher man.

-Son of a geography teacher, that's right.

-Son of a teacher man.

I'd like sport or '80s pop music. That was my era.

'80s pop music. Very good. Best of luck to you.

We'll find out more about you in the show. There's only one person left for me to introduce.

He's the toast of Essex, Billericay's favourite son,

he's my Pointless friend.

-He's Richard.

-Hiya.

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-Billericay Osman, in fact.

-Yes, if you like. If you like.

-Yes.

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

neither of whom really covered themselves in glory last time,

so I would say a very open field.

Round One, one of those classic, proper geeky Pointless rounds.

-I think a lot of people will like it.

-I'm looking forward to it already.

We put our questions to 100 people but this is Pointless,

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

To stay in the game and win our jackpot,

all our players need to do is score as few points as they can.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,

an answer that none of our 100 people gave, and each time that happens,

we'll add £250 to the jackpot.

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

so, today's jackpot starts off at £2,500.

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Right, let's play Pointless.

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In the first round, each of you must give me one answer

and you cannot confer with your partner.

The team with highest score will be eliminated. If anyone gives me an incorrect answer

they will score the maximum of 100 points.

So try and avoid that. OK, our first category this afternoon is...flags.

-Oh, Jenny. Have I said the wrong thing?

-Yes.

Flags. Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

who's going to go second.

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Whoever's first, step up to the podium.

Let's find out the question. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many national flags

that contain the colour green as they could.

-National flags that contain the colour green. Richard.

-Any country whose national flag

contains the colour green. By country, we mean sovereign state, a member of the UN.

It has to be a substantial plane of green so we won't accept

countries that have a little bit of green on a crest or something.

A substantial plane of green. Any country in the world. And there's plenty.

Thank you very much, Richard. Jenny and Jeannie,

you all drew lots before the show.

This afternoon, you get to go first.

Jenny, oh, dear, I saw that face you pulled.

-Not a good subject for you?

-No.

So, Jeannie, a nice obscure flag with a substantial plane of green.

-That sounds lovely, Richard.

-Nice, innit?

-Substantial plane of green.

-Well... I'm going to go for South Africa.

-South Africa?

-Yes.

OK, very good indeed. South Africa says Jeannie.

Let's see if it's right and if it is,

let's see how many people said South Africa.

Well, it's right.

Still going down, Jeannie.

13. That's a great score.

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Very well done.

-South Africa.

-South Africa's got six colours on its flag.

-Red, yellow, black, white, blue and green.

-Thank you very much.

Now, Pat, you've come dressed in green.

Can you find an obscure flag with green in it?

I hope I can, I hope this is right, because if it's not,

I will look like an idiot.

-Green is my favourite colour, so, that's pretty cool.

-That's good.

I'm going to go for Libya.

Libya, says Pat. Let's see if that's right.

You hope to score as few points as possible.

Let's see how many people said Libya.

It's right.

Down it goes.

Very, very well done, Pat. It's a great answer.

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Well done, three points for Libya.

Very well played, Pat. Exactly right.

Well done, Pat. Three points.

So, Liz, we're looking for a nice obscure flag

-with a plane of green in it.

-Yeah.

You have a sort of face on

that suggests you're not loving this category.

I'm just trying to think back to Eurovision

because that's the only geography I know.

Nothing wrong with that.

I think I've got one, and I don't know if it's right,

but I'm going to go with Albania.

Albania. What do you think, Tom?

I have no idea, you know, Alex.

If not, we've had a lovely time, we had a lovely day out,

it's been a nice trip down and, hopefully, we'll, erm...

see you again soon.

Albania, says Liz.

There's a vote of confidence for you, Liz. I think it's a fantastic answer.

You must score as few points as possible. Is it right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said Albania.

-Oh! Bad luck, Liz.

-Sorry.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

You may well not be the last person to score 100 points in this round. Richard.

Sorry, Liz. It's red with two black eagles, the Albanian flag.

Or a black double-headed eagle, but it's much the same thing.

-I like the fact that Tom is calling you Alex.

-I'm liking Alex.

I like the Alexandra and Alex.

-I might start calling you Lexie.

-Lexo.

-You like?

-Yeah. Brilliant. We'll have that.

-Away you go, Lexie.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

Now, then. James.

I want a lovely obscure flag from you, James,

with a substantial plane of green.

And I hope to oblige, Alexander. I've been thinking very hard.

I'm a big fan of the show, seen every show and I seem to recall

the answer I'm giving was a pointless answer five times in the very first series of the show

and it's going to be the Central African Republic.

The Central African Republic, a great friend of this show.

You're hoping to score as few points as possible, James.

If that is right and doesn't go down to at least single figures,

I'll be very surprised. Let's see if it is right,

and let's see how many people said it.

Well done, James, it's right.

Down it goes, still going...

Yes!

Very well done, James. That's a pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to £2,750

and it scores you nothing.

-Well done on all counts. Richard.

-Well done, James.

Proof that watching Pointless makes you clever. Very good.

The Central African Republic, the pointless country that keeps on giving.

Blue, white, yellow, red and green in the Central African Republic flag.

-Splendid.

-What about that?

We should do a live special from the Central African Republic.

I would love that.

Tell you what I'll do, I'll find out where it is and then we'll go there.

I don't know...

I don't know which continent it's on but it sounds...sounds central.

-I think it's East Asia, I think.

-Let's go there, let's go there!

I'd like to go to other places, but I won't mention them in case

they have flags with a substantial plane of green.

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

That fantastic answer from James,

oh, richly deserved, zero there.

Wonderful. Then we come up to 3 from Pat

for his Libyan flag. Then up to 13. Great answer from Jeannie.

Then I'm sorry to say, Liz, Albania has cost you dear.

ALEXANDER SIGHS

100 points.

So, then, Tom,

you have to hope somebody else scores 100 points

and that you can score a Pointless in the next pass.

That way, you might make it through to the next round.

We come back down the line,

can the second players take their places at the podium.

Remember, we're looking for flags containing the colour green. Steve.

I've only got one answer in my head, I must be honest.

Listen, Tom and Liz are on 100 points,

you are on no points,

which means if you can score 99 or less

you are through to the next round.

-Well, I hope I'm right with Italy.

-Italy, says Steve.

Tom is nodding.

Here's your red line nice and high.

If you can get below it, you're through to the next round.

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

Very well done, you've done it, Steve.

46 for Italy.

46 takes your total up to 46. Richard.

Green white and red, of course, the Italian flag.

The other end of the scale from the Central African Republic.

Very good. Tom, this is the moment of truth.

We're looking for flags that contain the colour green.

You're the high scorers on 100 points.

Right, well, you probably couldn't have picked the worse subject for the two of us here

and I don't have a clue if I'm right

but I'm going to go with Kenya.

Kenya.

OK, well, let's see if that's right.

There's no red line for you I'm afraid so let's see

is Kenya right and if it is how many people said Kenya.

It's right.

Well done, Tom, down it goes.

Look at that!

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Tom, that was a heroic effort there.

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-Kenya scored you one point and takes your total to 101.

-Very, very well done. Richard, 101.

-Yes, very well played, Tom.

Red, black, green and white, the Kenyan flag.

-Just about kept themselves in it.

-Yes, indeed. Now, then,

Rob and Pat, you were on three,

the highest scorers remain Tom and Liz on 101.

If you can score 97 or less, Rob, you're in the next round.

I can't remember. I've got to go for...

a country that celebrates its greenness.

I'll have to go for Ireland.

Ireland, says Rob. Ireland.

Here is your red line.

If you get below that red line with Ireland,

you're through to the next round. Let's see if it's right,

and if it is, how many people said Ireland.

-You've done it.

-Yes!

Well done, Rob. 58.

58 said Ireland. That brings your total up to 61. Richard.

A safe answer and you're through to the next round.

Of course, the Republic of Ireland's flag.

-Jenny.

-Yes.

-I'm remembering the face you pulled when this round was announced.

You are on 13. The high score is 101, Tom and Liz.

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

Believe it or not, Kenya was about the only one I was sure of,

because I was there on safari last year. So now I'm stuck.

I'm going to have to take a punt.

Ooh, this is music to Tom and Liz's ears.

Um... Jamaica.

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

Is Jamaica right? How many people said it?

It is right and you are through to the next round. Very well done.

17. That's a great score! 17 takes you both up to 30.

Richard.

Well played, Jenny. Green, yellow and black, the Jamaican flag.

There are a huge amount of pointless answers on this board. Let's take a look at a few of them.

Loads of other pointless answers. There's so many, I'm just going to go through the ones that rhyme.

There's Sudan and Oman, there's Mali and Malawi and Gambia and Zambia.

All of those have green in their flags. Most of the African countries have green in their flags somewhere.

Thank you. How about our high scorers?

Let's look at the ones most of our 100 people said. We've heard some already.

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

Thank you. So at the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score,

I'm sorry, Liz and Tom. Liz, you did what you had to do.

You took a wild stab in the dark. Sadly, Albania doesn't have a plane of green on its flag.

Tom, heroic turn from you. You had to score low and you did.

That was a great answer. Sadly, though, such heroism wasn't enough to rescue you.

We have to say goodbye but we will see you again next time when I'm sure we'll see much more of you.

Meanwhile, thanks so much for playing. Tom and Liz. Brilliant.

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

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

so one of the teams will be leaving at the end of this round. Try and make sure it's not you.

Our category for round two is:

Oh, Jeannie, it's your turn. The UK charts.

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

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

Our round two question concerns:

-Richard.

-On each pass we're going to show you six albums that entered the UK charts between 2000 and 2010.

We asked 100 people to name the artist or singer who released those albums.

Give us an obscure answer, you'll score fewer points.

If you give us an incorrect answer, you'll score 100 points.

It's going to be 12 albums and all 12 artists or singers to name at home.

Thank you. We are looking for the artists who released these Top 40 albums of the Noughties.

We have got:

I'll read those again.

-Jenny. Is this better or worse than flags?

-Worse.

-Right.

You need to give me an answer and as always on Pointless,

you're looking for the answer that the fewest of our 100 people gave.

Um...

Graduation, Lady Gaga.

Graduation, Lady Gaga.

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

Bad luck, Jenny.

As I think you suspected, that is an incorrect answer, which means you score the maximum 100 points.

I'm sorry. Richard.

Not the right answer. I won't give the rightone in case the others want to have a go with it.

-Pat, we come to you.

-When I stepped up to the podium, I thought I was going to bottle it

but I know four out of six, so I think I'll go for Elephunk and that being Black Eyed Peas.

Black Eyed Peas, Elephunk. Let's see if it's right,

and if so, how many people knew that answer.

Very well done.

49.

49 for Black Eyed Peas.

Good answer. Their breakthrough album. Included Where Is The Love. First one to feature Fergie as well.

-Plenty of people knew it.

-Very good.

Steve, you're the last one so you can fill in all the blanks.

Erm... I'll fill in one of the blanks.

I think I know one and I think I can guess another.

I guess Justified is Justin Timberlake but I could be wrong.

But I'm going to go,

and it's the only one I know cos it's not my era,

American Idiot is Green Day.

-American Idiot, Green Day.

-The rest I don't know.

It doesn't matter, if that's right. Let's see. Green Day. Is it right? How many people knew that?

It's right!

52.

-52. Quite a high score there.

-Highest score on the board, actually.

From 2004, number one album that's been made into a musical, won various Tony Awards.

Let's have a look at the rest of them. If you had gone for Justified,

you're right, it's Justin Timberlake. It would've scored you lower points too. Would've scored you 35.

Graduation is Kanye West. That would've scored you 24.

Ta-Dah, it sounds like a Pet Shop Boys album,

but it's the Scissor Sisters. Would've scored you 17.

The best answer on the board is Is This It. You know that one? Another American guitar band.

-Strokes?

-The Strokes. Well done if you said The Strokes. You'd have scored 11 points.

We're halfway through the round so let's take a look at those scores.

49 is our lowest score on this pass, from Pat. Up to 52 for Steve

and up substantially to Jenny and Jeannie on 100.

You're not as far ahead as you might've been.

We've had much lower scoring rounds.

Anything can happen on the next pass provided you, Jeannie, find a nice obscure album from the Noughties.

(I don't think so!)

Well, who knows?

Back down the line. Can the second players take their places?

We're going to put six more Top 40 albums from the Noughties on our board. Here we are.

We have got:

I'll read those one more time.

We're looking for the artists who released these Top 40 albums of the Noughties,

and you're trying to find the one that the fewest of 100 people knew.

James, you've been good so far. What's the board looking like?

Not good, I'm afraid.

I'm not much of a music listener and albums a bit a worse.

I think I know Good Girl Gone Bad but I'm not certain enough,

so I'm going twith the only one I'm sure of, Back To Black, which is Amy Winehouse.

Back To Black, Amy Winehouse, you say? Let's see how you do.

The highest scorers are Jeannie and Jenny on 100.

If you can score 47 or less with this, you're definitely through to the next round.

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

Back To Black, Amy Winehouse. Is that right? How many people said it?

Well done. It's right.

56. That takes your total up to 108.

-Richard.

-Yeah, big score for Amy Winehouse.

Won five Grammys in 2008, including the title track and Rehab as well.

Thanks very much. Rob, you are on 49.

The highest scorers at the moment are James and Steve on 108.

If you can score 58 or less, you are through to the next round.

We're looking for the artists who released these albums in the Noughties.

I'll have a go at In Rainbows. Radiohead.

In Rainbows, Radiohead, says Rob. There is your red line.

Let's see if Radiohead get you below it.

In Rainbows. Is it by Radiohead, and if so, how many people knew it?

Yes, it's right.

Through you go.

Very well done indeed, Rob.

That's a fantastic answer and our lowest score of the round.

10 takes you up to 59. Richard.

Well played, Robert. Again, released in 2008.

They released it as a digital download. You could pay what you wanted for it.

-How much did you pay for it?

-My cats ran across my keyboard when I was doing it. I paid £8,000.

-Worth every penny.

-Every penny of that eight grand.

Now then. Jeannie. We're looking for the artists who released the albums in the Noughties.

Here is the moment where you could snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

The high scorers on 108 are James and Steve.

If you can score seven or less, through you go.

You can think out loud if you like, talk us through the board.

I can't talk you through the board because I don't know one there.

So I'm just going to have a big guess and it's probably going to be totally wrong.

I'm going to go with Only By The Night, The Arctic Monkeys.

Only By The Night, The Arctic Monkeys. How brilliant would it be if that were right?

-It would be a miracle.

-That would just be my favourite moment on the whole of Pointless.

Only By The Night, Arctic Monkeys. Is it right?

How many people said it? There's a red line for you and it's there.

-If you get below the line, it'll be the best thing ever.

-It will.

Only By The Night, Arctic Monkeys. Is it right?

Oh!

Bad luck, Jeannie. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer which means you scored a maximum of 100 points,

taking you're total up to 200. You join our illustrious 200 Club.

-Richard.

-I think you both struggled manfully with that round.

An impressive display.

You will kick yourself when I tell you who Only By The Night is by.

-It was by the Kings of Leon!

-Oh!

Can you believe it?!

You could've said Lady Gaga as well and told us The Fame.

That would've scored you 42 points.

-Good Girl Gone Bad. Who did you think it was, James?

-Was it Shakira?

No, it's by the Central African Republic, I'm afraid.

-Hard not to get that one!

-It's by Rihanna. That would've scored you 51.

The one that could've got you through, Jeannie, and again you'll kick yourself,

if you said Funeral by Arcade Fire. Six points would've got you through.

Your favourite Canadian multi-instrumentalists, Arcade Fire.

Well done if you said Arcade Fire at home. It's the best answer on the board.

Thank you. At the end of round two. the losing pair with the highest score, Jenny and Jeannie.

-I'm sorry. This was a stinker of a round for you, wasn't it?

-Yes.

Dear, oh, dear.

It was bread last time and albums of the Noughties this time.

Next time, maybe.

Next time, maybe. If only there were a next time.

What will you be taking away from your Pointless experience?

It's been great fun. We've met some really nice people.

The only shame for us is we haven't got to see you at your best.

I'm sure there would've been rounds which you could've dazzled us.

You've been hobbled by these, frankly, hopeless questions we've been giving you.

I'm sorry about that, but thanks very much for playing.

You've been brilliant contestants. Jenny and Jeannie. Brilliant.

For the remaining two pairs things are about to get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to head.

Very well done, Pat and Rob and James and Steve. You've made it through to the head-to-head.

Only one pair can make it through to today's final

and play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £2,750.

For each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer.

You are now allowed to confer.

Just come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and you'll win that question.

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

Let's play Pointless.

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

to name as many rhinoceroses as they could.

-Rhinoceroses. Richard.

-Not individual Rhinoceroses.

We need any of the five living species of rhinoceros.

Pat and Rob, cos you've played best throughout the show so far, you get to go first.

Rhinoceroses.

We haven't got that many answers since it's a very specific subject in rhinos-ih-si... rhinocesaur?

Rhinoceri.

But me dad said one, which must be right, the white rhinoceros.

The white rhinoceros. Sounds good to me. James and Steve.

I don't know. It's a tricky one, this.

White's an obvious one, so is black.

Steve mentioned blue but I don't know if that's right.

-What do you want, mate? Black or blue?

-Black.

-Are you sure black's right?

-Black, yes black. All right.

-Black.

-Black please, Alexander.

-We have white and we have black.

Pat and Rob went with white. Let's see if that's right and if it is

let's see how many people said white rhinoceros.

It's right.

69.

But it's in there. It's in there.

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The black rhinoceros, say James and Steve.

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said it. Will it go below 69?

Black rhino.

It's right.

Yes, you've done it. Very well done. 51.

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51 beats 69. Which means after one question,

Steve and James are ahead 1-0. Richard.

Yes, well played, guys. No blue rhino out there.

Let's take a look at all five and see what you could've won with.

The Sumatran rhino, there's only 250 of them in the world,

the smallest rhinos, would've scored six points.

The Javan rhino, also one of the world's rarest mammals,

just in Java and Vietnam, with eight.

The Indian would've scored you 15.

There's black on 51 and white with 69.

It's a mistranslation of wide, it's got a very wide mouth, the Dutch word, white rhino.

So it's not white at all.

But just wide.

OK. Here is your second question,

Pat and Rob, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Oscar-winning British actors since 2000.

Oscar winning British actors, Richard.

We're looking for the name of any British actor or actress who's won an acting Oscar

from 2000 through to the 2011 ceremony.

That's Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor, males or females.

OK, thanks very much, Richard.

James and Steve, you get to go first this time.

We're going to go with Tilda Swinton, Alexander.

Tilda Swinton. Very good. Tilda Swinton.

Pat and Rob, what are you going to go for?

Just took our answer.

-Sorry.

-I'm going to have to go for an obvious answer, Kate Winslet.

Kate Winslet. We have Tilda Swinton, we have Kate Winslet.

OK, James and Steve, we've gone for Tilda Swinton.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Tilda Swinton.

It's right.

Down it goes. Very low.

-Oh, fantastic!

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That's a pointless answer. That adds another £250 to today's jackpot,

taking the total up to a lovely, round £3,000.

Unbelievable.

And that, I'm afraid that gives Pat and Rob a score of nothing to beat.

-What's the odds of that?

-Yes.

-He got that, exactly the same.

-And that was going to be yours.

-Yes.

Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck.

So, Pat and Rob, you have a mountain to climb here

and this is the mountain that will keep you in the game.

Kate Winslet. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many people said Kate Winslet.

The best you can hope for is a draw here.

It's right.

No, 22.

APPLAUSE

Very, very bad luck.

Tough luck, tough luck.

That means after two questions only,

James and Steve are through to the final 2-0.

-Richard.

-Well played, James and Steve. They're good, aren't they?

There is another pointless answer that would've tied the point

and it's a fairly well-known one as well.

-Well done at home if you said Daniel Day Lewis.

-I said that too.

Won Best Actor for There Will Be Blood.

Tilda Swinton won Best Supporting Actress for Michael Clayton.

Rachel Weisz, Best Supporting Actress for The Constant Gardener, would've scored you 21.

Christian Bale, Best Supporting Actor for The Fighter, one.

Jim Broadbent, Best Supporting Actor for Iris, two.

Michael Caine, Best Supporting Actor for Cider House Rules, three.

Catherine Zeta Jones, Best Supporting Actor in Chicago.

Kate Winslet, who won Best Actress for The Reader. 22,

Helen Mirren, Best Actress for The Queen, 47

and Colin Firth, Best Actor for The King's Speech, 53.

Very well done if you got one of those pointless answers.

-Very, very well done if you got both of them.

-Yes, thank you.

So, the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,

I'm afraid it's Pat and Rob. Oh dear, oh dear.

That's harsh, isn't it? To have your answer taken.

But a fantastic and a very hard fought head-to-head,

dealt with in only two questions, which is rare.

But it means, when we see you next time, which we look forward to,

we shall hope for great things from you. Meanwhile, thanks for playing, Pat and Rob. Excellent contestants.

APPLAUSE

But, for James and Steve, it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £3,000.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, James and Steve. You fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.

APPLAUSE

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot. At the end of today's show,

-the jackpot stands at £3,000.

-APPLAUSE

Not bad, is it?

Now, the rules are very simple. To win that money,

all you have to do is find a pointless answer - an answer none of our 100 people could think of.

We've had two pointless answers today. You are responsible for both of them.

James, you gave us Central African Republic in Round One.

And you've just given us Tilda Swinton, so very well done.

You only have to find one more -

one more and you will leave here with that money.

First, though, you've got to choose a category.

You can choose from these three options. They are...

-Dare I ask, mate? Cricket, please, Xander.

-Cricket.

-Certainly not the other two.

-Not a moment's thought there.

Well, we see cricket matches at Headingley so it's obvious.

-Let's go cricket.

-Cricket it is. Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many cricketers who have taken more than 300 Test wickets as they could. Richard.

We're looking for any bowler

who's taken over 300 wickets in Test cricket

up to the beginning of May 2011. So not one-day internationals.

Just bowlers who've taken over 300 wickets in Test cricket,

up to the start of May 2011.

You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

And all you need to win that £3,000

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

Right. So can rule out Warne - too obvious.

What about Kapil Dev?

He's an all-rounder. Pretty well-known, I suspect.

-Shoaib Akhtar?

-Possibly.

I was trying to think of some West Indians.

-Courtney Walsh - he was very high.

-What about Ambrose?

Ambrose also took a lot but he's well-known.

-What about the '70s or '80s possibly when they were good?

-Malcolm Marshall?

I'm trying to think of some Australians.

I think maybe an outside chance, possibly Jason Gillespie?

-He got 250 in the 2005 Ashes.

-Yes.

-Did he play on after that?

-He did a bit.

-What about Malinga?

-No, I'm sure he's not that high up.

He's never retiring is Malinga. Never retired.

What about Laker, the England guy?

-Jim Laker, he took a lot of wickets - a spinner.

-Five seconds left.

-I like that. Shoaib Akhtar.

-Jim Laker and Jason Gillespie.

OK, there's your minute up.

We were looking for bowlers who've taken more than 300 Test wickets,

as of 2011. And I now need your three answers.

OK. We're going to go for Jim Laker,

Shoaib Akhtar

and the Aussie, Jason Gillespie.

Of those three,

which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-I think Laker.

-Laker.

-OK, we'll put Laker last.

Akhtar first, I think.

Shoaib Akhtar first.

And Jason Gillespie in the middle.

OK, so let's put them up on the board in that order.

And here they are.

There they are.

OK, we were looking for bowlers who had taken

more than 300 Test wickets, as of 2011.

You said this was your least confident answer.

Shoaib Akhtar, there it is.

You only have to find one pointless answer, remember, to win that £3,000 jackpot.

Let's see how many people said Shoaib Akhtar

and is that a correct answer?

Oh!

Ooh. An incorrect answer, as it turns out.

Not a pointless answer. And I'm afraid that didn't give us

an opportunity to see how much our 100 people knew about cricket.

So, you only have two more shots at that jackpot of £3,000.

What would you do with £3,000 if you went away with it now?

Holiday family for me. Take my wife off somewhere nice.

-Very good indeed. James, how about you?

-I'd use it towards a new car.

-My car's a bit out of it now, so a nice new car, yes.

-Very good indeed.

OK, well, fingers crossed. We are looking for bowlers

who have taken more than 300 Test wickets as of May 2011.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer. This has to be pointless

if you're going to win that jackpot of £3,000.

Jason Gillespie. You knew he'd taken 250 as of 2005.

Fingers crossed. Jason Gillespie, is it right? How many people said it?

No!

Another incorrect answer.

We only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

But luckily this is your most confident shot.

You said Jim Laker was the person to put last. You thought he was your best shot at a pointless answer.

We're looking for bowlers who've taken more than 300 Test wickets

as of May 2011. You said this was the answer you had the most faith in, Jim Laker.

There he is at the bottom of the table. This has to be pointless.

Very, very, very best of luck, James and Steve.

Jim Laker. Is it right? How many people said it?

Oh, no!

Oh, bad luck.

APPLAUSE

Oh, that's bad luck.

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer.

I'm afraid you don't win the £3,000 jackpot which rolls over onto the next show.

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

APPLAUSE

-Richard.

-Tough luck, guys. You played so well throughout the show.

I think maybe you over-thought this, to be honest. There are some simpler answers that were pointless.

Just to go through your answers, Jim Laker took 193 Test wickets.

Jason Gillespie has 259. He'll stay there unless he makes an unlikely comeback.

Shoaib Akhtar, 178 up to May 2011.

Some of the names you said while you were talking,

Curtly Ambrose would have scored three. Kapil Dev scored one.

If you'd said Malcolm Marshall, you would have just won the jackpot.

He was a pointless answer, I'm afraid.

Let's take a look at all the pointless answers.

And you'll recognise every name on it, I suspect.

Allan Donald of South Africa, Bob Willis of England,

Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka - all pointless answers.

Daniel Vettori of New Zealand, still playing now,

Dennis Lillee of Australia, Lance Gibbs of the West Indies.

Makhaya Ntini of South Africa would have been a pointless answer,

as is Malcolm Marshall, and as is Waqar Younis.

-Sorry.

-Yeah, over-thought it, I think.

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

-Oh, bad luck.

-You knew nearly all those names, didn't you? I say "nearly", I think you knew all of them.

-Mm-hmm.

-You even said Marshall.

-And Willis.

-And Willis.

Hey-ho. We got the trophy.

Oh, well, I tell you what - you did it honourably

because actually you were thinking very, very hard about it.

You tried to find the most obscure answers. They were so obscure, they were wrong.

Well, unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to James and Steve.

-But it's been brilliant having you on the show. Fantastic contestants. Thank you for playing.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over,

which means on the next show we will be playing for £4,000.

APPLAUSE

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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