0:00:15 > 0:00:18APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Thank you! I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:32where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet our players.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Welcome back, Nadia and Yasmin. You were on the show last time.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Everyone has two chances at the final. This is your second. What happened?
0:00:46 > 0:00:50There was a question about comics. Not really my strong point!
0:00:50 > 0:00:55And it was French comics, to make it a bit more difficult!
0:00:55 > 0:01:00- My mind just went blank and I didn't know what I was doing on that one! - Asterix.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04They're not things you can guess. You either read them or you don't.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07What do you like to do for fun, Nadia?
0:01:07 > 0:01:13- I quite like karaoke.- Really? Do you have a particular song that's your star turn?
0:01:13 > 0:01:18- I tend to start off with... - Start off with?!
0:01:18 > 0:01:22- I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor. - Splendid.- Gets the crowd going!
0:01:22 > 0:01:28- What tends to be your last song? - I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor!
0:01:30 > 0:01:36Very good indeed. Let's hope we see more of you this time round. Very best of luck.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Welcome, Patrick and Chris. How do you know each other?
0:01:40 > 0:01:44We met originally online. But for whatever reason, we didn't hit it off.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48But then a year later, by happenstance, we met in a bar.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52- That's when it started.- How did you remember that you'd met online?
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- He made a good impression. - But you didn't hit it off.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Or had you hit it off so badly that you remembered each other?
0:02:00 > 0:02:06- It was like, "Do we actually go on the date?" And it never came about. - That's what it was.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11- What do you do, Patrick?- I'm working at the Olympics with a security firm.
0:02:11 > 0:02:17I basically induct 40 to 50 grumpy builders every morning!
0:02:17 > 0:02:22- Quite exciting to be on the site of something as international. - It's awesome.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26I know all the facts about it now, so I have to do it every morning.
0:02:26 > 0:02:33- What's the most interesting fact about the stadium?- It's on a bowl, nine metres below ground level.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38Building it in a bowl means all 80,000 spectators get a better view of the action.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- I do that every morning!- That was... - That was good.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45That's going to ruin Round Two - facts about the Olympic stadium!
0:02:45 > 0:02:49- Chris, what do you do? - I'm a PhD student at the London School of Economics.
0:02:49 > 0:02:55- Very good. In what?- History. - Which particular period?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58American diplomatic history from the mid-20th century.
0:02:58 > 0:03:04- Oh, there goes Round Three! - Excellent. Very best of luck to you.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Welcome back, Nick and Charlie. You were on the show last time. What happened?
0:03:08 > 0:03:14We went out on the second round. I mucked up on initials of people.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19- It was not a good round! - It wasn't Pointless's proudest moment, I must say.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24The board was pretty much as empty at the end of the round as it was at the beginning!
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Nick, what might see you through to the head-to-head, maybe beyond?
0:03:28 > 0:03:33We're hoping for something quite scientific. Latin America-related would be fine.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Any Latin American authors, we'll power through.
0:03:36 > 0:03:42- Very good.- Did he say "we"?- Best of luck to you. Great to have you back.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Finally, we have Mick and Cheryl. How do you know each other?
0:03:45 > 0:03:49We're father and daughter from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54I'm a retired fire officer. I worked for London fire brigade.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56How long did you do that for?
0:03:56 > 0:04:01- 30 years' service.- 30 years!- That's normal for a fire-fighter.- Yeah.
0:04:01 > 0:04:06- What about you, Cheryl?- As well as being a mum to two young daughters,
0:04:06 > 0:04:10- I'm a planning officer.- Very good. How old are your daughters?
0:04:10 > 0:04:14- They're one and two.- You're looking very fresh, considering!
0:04:14 > 0:04:16I had a good night's sleep!
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- Exactly. Who's looking after them now?- My husband.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Is he good at that? You seem remarkably relaxed!
0:04:23 > 0:04:26He's pretty good. I'm hoping they'll be OK when I get home.
0:04:26 > 0:04:33Very good. Best of luck to the pair of you. We'll find out more about all of you later in the show.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38One person left to introduce. Don't play him at Scrabble - he knows every single word!
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- He's my Pointless friend, Richard. - Hiya!
0:04:46 > 0:04:51- How are you this afternoon? Are you well?- I am well, thanks, Richard.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Glad to hear it. Two returning pairs today. Both pairs were very unlucky last time.
0:04:55 > 0:05:01Nadia and Yasmin had a tough category in Round One. Nick and Charlie were close to the head-to-head.
0:05:01 > 0:05:07So we should see more from both teams. I think we've got four very strong pairs today.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Thanks very much, Richard.
0:05:09 > 0:05:15We put our questions to 100 people before the show. We're after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20To have a chance to win our jackpot, our players need to score as few points as possible.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24You need to try and find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Each time that happens, we'll add £250 to the jackpot.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Nobody won it last time, so we add £1,000 to it.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34So today's jackpot starts off at £5,250.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Right, let's play Pointless!
0:05:45 > 0:05:50In the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54The team with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Our first category today is...
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Decide who's going first and who's going second.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:08 > 0:06:15Let's see what the question is. We asked 100 people to name as many gemstones as they could.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16Richard?
0:06:16 > 0:06:21All the correct answers will be precious or semi-precious gems used in jewellery.
0:06:21 > 0:06:28Nadia and Yasmin, you drew lots earlier. You get to go first again.
0:06:28 > 0:06:33We're going to give you a choice of seven possible answers on the board in each pass.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37Your first set of seven answers reads like this.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45I'll read those again.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56At least one of those answers is pointless and at least one is incorrect.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59An incorrect one scores the maximum of 100 points.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Nadia?
0:07:01 > 0:07:05I'm thinking I may have to go for an obvious one.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Just to be safe and not do what I did in the last round!
0:07:10 > 0:07:14So I'm going to go for ruby.
0:07:14 > 0:07:21Ruby. OK. Is that right, and if so, how many people said ruby? Good luck!
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Quite a high score. 88 for ruby. Richard?
0:07:30 > 0:07:35A mineral form of aluminium oxide. Slightly less appealing!
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Chris. Gemstones.
0:07:37 > 0:07:44I don't know many of them. So do I risk one of the obscure answers
0:07:44 > 0:07:46or answer with one of the obvious ones?
0:07:46 > 0:07:49I'm going to risk it and answer aquamarine.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Aquamarine. OK.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Is it right and if so, how many people said aquamarine.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Yes, it's right!
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Seven for aquamarine. Richard?
0:08:10 > 0:08:15Good answer, Chris. A pale blue, yellowish gemstone found in Brazil.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Birthstone of anyone born in March. Aquamarine.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Thank you. Nick, do you recognise any of those gemstones?
0:08:22 > 0:08:26There are a couple there that are quite obvious, really.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28I'm tempted to take a punt.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31I don't know why. It's probably a foolish moment.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34I'm sure Charlie's glaring at me as I speak!
0:08:34 > 0:08:38But I'm going for it, and I'll take a shot with jasper.
0:08:38 > 0:08:44Jasper. OK. Sounds good to me. Is it right, and if so, how many people said jasper?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47It's right!
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Very well done, Nick!
0:08:57 > 0:08:58Well done, a pointless answer!
0:08:58 > 0:09:04It adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total to £5,500
0:09:04 > 0:09:08- and it scores you nothing! Well done. Richard?- Well played, Nick.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12It's an opaque variety of the silica mineral chert, as you know!
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Don't know how many carats it is!
0:09:16 > 0:09:21Well done, Nick. Great answer. Cheryl, you're the last person to have this board.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26Take us through all the stones, if you like, and then pick one.
0:09:26 > 0:09:32- I was going to say jasper.- There might be another pointless answer on that board.- I know.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36If I run through the board, pearl and emerald are obvious ones.
0:09:36 > 0:09:41I'm not sure between aberdevine and tourmaline.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46But I think I'm going to shut my eyes and go with tourmaline.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Tourmaline.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Is that right, and if so, how many people said tourmaline. Good luck!
0:09:53 > 0:09:55It's right!
0:09:55 > 0:09:56It's right.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Very well done!
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Two points for tourmaline.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14Well played. It can be pink, green or colourless, an alkaline mineral.
0:10:14 > 0:10:20Let's take a look at the board. There are some obvious ones. Emerald would have scored 65.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Pearl would have scored 24.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27By a process of elimination, aberdevine is an incorrect answer.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30It's a small bird resembling a goldfinch.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Nick and Charlie very strong on nothing. Great answer there.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Up to two, Cheryl and Mick also looking strong.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Seven for Chris and Patrick, also very strong.
0:10:44 > 0:10:50And Nadia and Yasmin way out in front there on 88.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Back down the line. Can the second players take their places?
0:10:57 > 0:11:01Seven more answers on the board. We're looking for gemstones.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10I'll read those one more time.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18I can tell you at least one of those is pointless
0:11:18 > 0:11:20and at least one is incorrect.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24An incorrect one scores 100 points. Mick?
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Of those, I can see a couple I might know.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31But I think - I'm not sure - but I'll go for moonstone.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Moonstone. What do you think, Cheryl?
0:11:34 > 0:11:37She just made this face - she went...
0:11:37 > 0:11:40I probably wouldn't have gone for moonstone,
0:11:40 > 0:11:44but he wouldn't have gone for tourmaline! Fingers crossed.
0:11:44 > 0:11:49OK, is it right and if so, how many people said it. There's your red line.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Below that line, you're in the next round.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54It's right! And you're through.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Very well done indeed, Mick!
0:12:03 > 0:12:05That's a cracking score!
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Takes your total up to five. Richard?
0:12:07 > 0:12:13A beautiful stone with a silvery blue iridescence. Almost all from Sri Lanka, moonstones.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17- Charlie?- I know a couple, I think,
0:12:17 > 0:12:21especially from a computer game, weirdly,
0:12:21 > 0:12:27where you used to emboss swords with gemstones. So...
0:12:27 > 0:12:29and they gave them magical powers as well.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31LAUGHTER
0:12:31 > 0:12:36- So I'm going to go for topaz. - Topaz, you say.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41Topaz, second one down. Is it right, and if it is, how many people said it.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Here's your red line, nice and high. Topaz.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Well done. You're through.
0:12:57 > 0:12:5926 for topaz, Richard.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04An aluminium silicate. Maybe the geekiest answer we've had on Pointless.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08You get topaz all over. In the UK, in the Cairngorms. Good topaz.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11We're looking for precious and semi-precious gems
0:13:11 > 0:13:14used to make jewellery. Patrick, you're on seven.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17The high scorers are still Yasmin and Nadia on 88.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22If you can score 80 or less, you're through to the next round.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27I think I'll play it safe, cos it's only 80 needed.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32- I'll go with opal.- Opal. There it is. Third one down.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Opal. Here's your red line.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Get below that line, you're through. Is opal right,
0:13:38 > 0:13:40and if it is, how many people said it.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Well done. Yep, you've done it.
0:13:45 > 0:13:4745 for opal.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Takes your total up to 52.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Well played, Patrick. Perfect tactic.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57The traditional gemstone of people born in October. The opal.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01- Black opals particularly precious. - Very good.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Yasmin, terrible news. You are the high scorers.
0:14:05 > 0:14:10Before you even answer. This happened last time.
0:14:10 > 0:14:17But you have the opportunity to leave another £250 in the jackpot.
0:14:17 > 0:14:18A parting gift.
0:14:18 > 0:14:23I think I'll go for corbomite.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Corbomite, you're going to go for.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27One up from the bottom.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Corbomite. What do you think, Nadia?
0:14:30 > 0:14:34- Yes, um...- Maybe a corbomite... - Possibly.- ..necklace.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- Might be nice!- Quite possibly. Let's hope so!
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Let's see if it's right. If it is, how many people said corbomite.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45No red line. You're already the high scorers.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Oh, bad luck!
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Bad luck, but well tried. That's an incorrect answer.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55It scores 100 points, taking your total to 188. Richard?
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Unlucky, Yasmin.
0:14:57 > 0:15:02Corbomite is an imaginary substance dreamt up by Captain Kirk on Star Trek.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07The Enterprise was once under attack and he warned them not to attack
0:15:07 > 0:15:12or the ship's supply of corbomite might explode. It's both fictional and imaginary.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Which is about as wrong as an answer can be!
0:15:15 > 0:15:20Let's look at the board. Diamond would have scored a very hefty 93.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25- Of those others, Alexander, what do you think? - Malachite I've heard of.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29Malachite is a pointless answer. Well done if you said that at home.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33- And Alexandrite?- I'll say that's pointless, too.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37- Absolutely right. Well done if you said those at home.- Thanks.
0:15:37 > 0:15:43At the end of Round One, the losing pair with the highest score is Nadia and Yasmin.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47- Yes.- Dear, oh, dear. Again we have to say goodbye to you. Far too soon.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51- But we've had a really good time. - It's been brilliant.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56- We wish the others...- Best of luck. - Lovely having you on the show. Thanks for playing.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- Brilliant contestants. - Thank you very much!
0:16:01 > 0:16:03For the remaining pairs, time for Round Two.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15Only room for two pairs in the head-to-head, so one team will leave at the end of this round.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Our category for Round Two this afternoon is...
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Decide in your pairs who's going first and who second.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Our Round Two question concerns...
0:16:36 > 0:16:43We'll show you six songs on each pass. We asked 100 people for which shows were these the credit song.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48If you give an obscure answer, you score fewer points. An incorrect answer scores 100 points.
0:16:48 > 0:16:5212 songs across the two passes. 12 shows to guess. Best of luck.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56The TV shows to which these were the theme tunes.
0:16:56 > 0:16:57We have got...
0:17:06 > 0:17:08I'll read those again.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20There are the six songs.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24We want the TV shows to which they were theme tunes. Patrick?
0:17:25 > 0:17:30- Uh, yeah, hmm!- Do you know any of these?- No!
0:17:30 > 0:17:33I'll have to completely wild guess on this.
0:17:33 > 0:17:34It's hard, yes.
0:17:34 > 0:17:39Um, I'm going to have to guess. Thank You For Being A Friend,
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Ever Decreasing Circles.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Wild, wild, guess.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48One of them's a song, the other is a TV series.
0:17:48 > 0:17:54Let's see if they match. Thank You For Being A Friend, Ever Decreasing Circles, says Patrick.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people knew that answer.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Bad luck.
0:18:01 > 0:18:06- What a surprise(!)- That was an incorrect answer, so you score the maximum of 100.
0:18:06 > 0:18:11Sorry, Patrick. I won't give the correct answer in case Charlie or Cheryl go for that.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16- Charlie?- I'll go for Handbags and Gladrags being The Office.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21Handbags and Gladrags, The Office. Is it right? If it is, how many people knew that answer?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23It is right.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34- 26. Not a bad score at all. - Good answer, Charlie.
0:18:34 > 0:18:41Hit for Chris Farlowe, Rod Stewart, The Stereophonics, and used on The Office.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Cheryl, you're the last person to have this board.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Talk us through any of the ones you know and then pick one.
0:18:49 > 0:18:56That was the only one I knew. So like Patrick, I'll have to take a wild guess.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59But I just don't even recognise the songs.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04So I wouldn't know who sung them or what the words were.
0:19:04 > 0:19:10So I'm going to go with On The Inside and say Porridge.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14On The Inside, Porridge.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18Let's see if that's right and if so, how many people knew that answer.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20On The Inside, Porridge.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21No surprise!
0:19:21 > 0:19:26That's also an incorrect answer. You score the maximum of 100 points.
0:19:26 > 0:19:32- You're in good company! Richard? - Your logic is impeccable. It's from Prisoner: Cell Block H.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- That was in my head, but I thought, "Ridiculous!"
0:19:34 > 0:19:38It was a number three hit in 1989.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42There are some very big scorers there. I'll Be There For You is Friends
0:19:42 > 0:19:46- by The Rembrandts. Scored 66. - I didn't know it was called that.
0:19:46 > 0:19:53Suicide is Painless, the most successful sitcom in history, M*A*S*H, would have scored 39.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57Thank You For Being A Friend, another US sitcom, is from The Golden Girls.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Scored 15.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Overkill is a pointless answer, but everyone out there would recognise it.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06The famous theme tune used for 25 years for The Bill.
0:20:06 > 0:20:11- The Bill, but a pointless... - They weren't kidding when they called it Overkill!
0:20:11 > 0:20:17Very well done if you got that at home. That was very tricky.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19OK, let's take a look at those scores.
0:20:19 > 0:20:25Charlie and Nick, congratulations. Great answer, Charlie. 26, great score. Patrick and Chris,
0:20:25 > 0:20:30and Cheryl and Mick on 100. So Mick and Chris,
0:20:30 > 0:20:35you'll have to fight it out to see who stays and who leaves at the end of this round.
0:20:35 > 0:20:40Can the second players please take their places at the podium.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44We'll put six more song titles on the board.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57I'll read those once more.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10We're looking for the TV shows that had these songs as their theme music.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14You're after the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew. Mick,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17you're the joint high scorers on 100 points.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19It's a stab in the dark for me.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- Do you know any of those? - I can't recognise any.
0:21:22 > 0:21:28This Wheel's On Fire, was that The Young Ones?
0:21:28 > 0:21:32This Wheel's On Fire, The Young Ones, says Mick.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37Is it right and if so, how many people knew that answer? No red line for you as the high scorers.
0:21:40 > 0:21:45Bad luck. That's another incorrect answer. You score the maximum 100 points.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50That takes your total to an impressive 200. Richard?
0:21:50 > 0:21:55- I won't give the correct answer in case Nick or Chris want to go for the same one.- Nick,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58we want the TV shows that had these songs as their theme tunes.
0:21:58 > 0:22:07- Didn't Charlie do well?- He did. - 26. Lovely low score.- I was very pleased.- You're looking strong.
0:22:07 > 0:22:12Luckily, I think... I only know one. So I have to go for it.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16Where Everybody Knows Your Name I believe would be Cheers.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Where Everybody Knows Your Name, Cheers.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23Let's see if it's right. No red line for you because you are through.
0:22:29 > 0:22:35Perfectly decent score. That takes your total to 81. Richard?
0:22:35 > 0:22:41Very good score. Well known song. Written by an out-of-work songwriter, Gary Portnoy.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Chris, this is the moment of truth. The high scorers are Mick and Cheryl on 200.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49If you score 99 or less with this answer, you're in the next round.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53Normally I'd ask you to talk us through, but don't, just in case.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56In case it ends up being a tie.
0:22:56 > 0:23:04I can say one thing, up until about a second ago, the only one I knew was Where Everybody Knows Your Name.
0:23:04 > 0:23:11But I think I have a correct answer for another one. Hope it's right.
0:23:11 > 0:23:16With A Little Help From My Friends I believe was the theme song to The Wonder Years.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19The Wonder Years. Patrick, did you know the right answer?
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- No, I'm just hoping. - You think that sounds great.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26With A Little Help From My Friends, The Wonder Years.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31Is it right, and if so, how many people knew it. There's your red line.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Yes, it is, Chris!
0:23:34 > 0:23:35You've done it.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Eight! That's a great score.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Takes your total up to 108.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47- Well done. Richard? - Well played, Chris.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51The Joe Cocker version of the Lennon and McCartney song.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55People ask for TV questions and I thought this was an easy round
0:23:55 > 0:23:58with big scores. But it tripped everyone up.
0:23:58 > 0:24:03- I Could Be So Good For You.- Minder. - Yeah, one of the most famous theme tunes ever. 41 points.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06This Wheel's On Fire is not from the Young Ones,
0:24:06 > 0:24:09but is sung by a member of the Young Ones' cast,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Ade Edmondson, for his wife's Absolutely Fabulous.
0:24:12 > 0:24:18- 36 points, that one. Who Are You? Do you know that?- The Who's Who Are You?
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Yes, used for the original CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25And Way Down In The Hole is a pointless answer. Do you know that?
0:24:25 > 0:24:30It's a Tom Waits song. A different person sings it on every new series of The Wire.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34That's the theme tune to that. Very well done if you got that answer.
0:24:34 > 0:24:41Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score is Cheryl and Mick.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46That was very hard. Mick, you were on the right lines with The Young Ones.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51Yeah, I guessed Absolutely Fabulous. Now I remember it.
0:24:51 > 0:24:56Tough. Very tough round. We'll see you next time. We look forward to it.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Thanks for playing. Great contestants.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05For the last two pairs, things get more exciting in the head-to-head.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Well done, Nick and Charlie, Patrick and Chris.
0:25:16 > 0:25:22You're in the head-to-head. Only one pair can make it to the final and play for the jackpot
0:25:22 > 0:25:25which stands at £5,500.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32For each question, each pair needs to give me one answer,
0:25:32 > 0:25:34but you're now allowed to confer.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and you win that question.
0:25:38 > 0:25:43The first pair to win two questions plays for our jackpot. Let's play Pointless.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51And here is your first question.
0:25:51 > 0:25:57We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many characters in Hamlet as they could.
0:25:57 > 0:26:04- Characters in Hamlet.- Any of the characters listed in the Dramatis Personae of Hamlet.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08We won't accept Hamlet himself or any characters in The Mousetrap,
0:26:08 > 0:26:10the play within a play in Hamlet.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Best of luck at home on this one.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17Nick and Charlie, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Well, we haven't got a clue!
0:26:27 > 0:26:35Which is great(!) So... If it counts as a character, it's going to be high, but Yorick.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Yorick.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Patrick and Chris?
0:26:40 > 0:26:46I did a little acting when I was younger. I actually taught at a Shakespeare camp!
0:26:46 > 0:26:49So if I get this wrong, I can never go home!
0:26:51 > 0:26:53I think I'm going to go for Polonius.
0:26:53 > 0:26:58Polonius. So we have Yorick and Polonius. What do you know about Yorick?
0:26:58 > 0:27:04- Do you remember?- There's a famous line. I think he's dead all the way through!
0:27:04 > 0:27:09Well, he gets a name check! Let's see if it's a right answer. Yorick.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Bad luck!
0:27:13 > 0:27:18Bad luck. That's an incorrect answer. That means Polonius merely has to be correct
0:27:18 > 0:27:22and you've won this question. Let's see. Polonius. Is that right?
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Yes, well done.
0:27:30 > 0:27:31Ten!
0:27:35 > 0:27:38There you are. All it had to be was correct and it was.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41After one question, Patrick and Chris are up one-nil.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46Well done, Chris. Polonius, the Lord Chamberlain and father of Ophelia and Laertes.
0:27:46 > 0:27:51There are a few pointless answers. Marcellus, Fortinbras and Barnardo.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55Well done if you said those. Reynaldo, Osric and Cornelius scored two.
0:28:13 > 0:28:19Yorick is just a deceased court jester. He only appears as a skull.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Thank you, Richard. Here's your second question.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Nick and Charlie, you have to win this to stay in the game.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:28:33 > 0:28:38Any professional club that Jose Mourinho has managed up to the start of May 2011.
0:28:38 > 0:28:43OK. Patrick and Chris, you go first this time.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Um... OK. Um...
0:28:47 > 0:28:51- Yeah.- We're going to go with Real Madrid.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Real Madrid. OK. Real Madrid
0:28:53 > 0:28:57say Patrick and Chris. Nick and Charlie?
0:28:57 > 0:29:00We believe there are four.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04- So...- It's which one.- Exactly.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08I believe Real Madrid is right. He's the current manager.
0:29:08 > 0:29:13Then there's Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17- I think Porto.- We'll say Porto, yes.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19We have Real Madrid and we have Porto.
0:29:19 > 0:29:24Patrick and Chris said Real Madrid. Is that right and how many people said it?
0:29:24 > 0:29:26It's right.
0:29:31 > 0:29:32Not bad.
0:29:34 > 0:29:39Nick and Charlie have said Porto. Is it right? If so, how many people said Porto?
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Yep, you've done it.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Very good. 23 for FC Porto.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Well played, Nick and Charlie. That's what you needed to do.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58After the second question it's one-all. Richard?
0:29:58 > 0:30:02There are six clubs on the list. The one at the bottom is very tough.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06Well done anybody that said Uniao Desportiva De Leiria.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11A Portuguese club, fourth in their premier league. Scored one point.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15One of our 100 knows that. Benfica, three, his first managerial job.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18FC Porto, won the Champions' League with them.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21Inter Milan, won the Champions' League with them,
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Real Madrid, where he moved in 2010, 52.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28And Chelsea, 78. Won two premiership titles with them.
0:30:28 > 0:30:33Thanks, Richard. Here's the third question that will decide who goes through to the final.
0:30:33 > 0:30:38We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Reservoir Dogs actors as they could.
0:30:38 > 0:30:45- Reservoir Dogs actors.- Any of the six actors who played characters named after colours.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49Nick and Charlie, you go first, this time.
0:30:51 > 0:30:56OK, I'm the only one of us who's seen it and I can't remember anyone in it!
0:30:56 > 0:31:01So we went for some random person that Nick suggested.
0:31:01 > 0:31:06- We're going to go for Jimmy Nails. - Nail.- Nail, if that helps.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08- Jimmy Nail.- Still might not be a person.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Jimmy Nail.
0:31:10 > 0:31:15- Patrick and Chris?- I've never seen it, so I can't help you.
0:31:15 > 0:31:21- It's probably wrong, but John Travolta.- John Travolta. OK.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24So we have Jimmy Nail, we have John Travolta.
0:31:24 > 0:31:30Nick and Charlie said Jimmy Nail. Is it right and how many people said it?
0:31:34 > 0:31:39Patrick and Chris said John Travolta. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Well.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49John Travolta is in Pulp Fiction, but not Reservoir Dogs.
0:31:49 > 0:31:54And Jimmy Nail, you're the only people to get Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Reservoir Dogs mixed up!
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Somebody has to! Somebody has to!
0:31:56 > 0:32:00Let's see. If you've watched Reservoir Dogs, you'd like it.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Mr Blue was played by former convict Edward Bunker, for one point.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07Steve Buscemi played Mr Pink, much to his chagrin. Six points.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11Quentin Tarantino was Mr Brown. Scored seven.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14Michael Madsen was the vicious Mr Blond, seven.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18Harvey Keitel, Mr White, 11, and Tim Roth, Mr Orange, on 14.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23Thank you, Richard. I said that question would be the decider. I lied!
0:32:23 > 0:32:29This question will be the decider. Whoever wins this question will go through to the final
0:32:29 > 0:32:31and play for that massive jackpot.
0:32:31 > 0:32:38We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many capital cities of South America as they could.
0:32:38 > 0:32:43- Richard?- Any capital city of any country in South America.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46By country we mean a member of the UN as a sovereign state.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50Where countries have more than one capital, we'll accept either.
0:32:50 > 0:32:55The land mass of South America, everywhere south of Panama. Any capital.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58OK, Patrick and Chris, you go first this time.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01- Do you know?- Yeah, I do know one.
0:33:01 > 0:33:07My geography's good. I remember they're good at Latin American things, so it has to be good.
0:33:07 > 0:33:12- A-ha.- I'm going to go for Paraninebo.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16- Paraninebo.- I'm not sure I've got the pronunciation,
0:33:16 > 0:33:18but it's the capital of Suriname.
0:33:18 > 0:33:24Paraninebo. OK. Paraninebo say Patrick and Chris.
0:33:24 > 0:33:30That's exactly what I was going to go for, except I don't know how pronunciation comes into it.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34I'm pretty sure that's not quite right. So can I say the same one?
0:33:34 > 0:33:37If it's substantively different, yes.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41OK. I believe the capital of Suriname is Paramaribo.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45AUDIENCE: Oooh!
0:33:45 > 0:33:49Having lived in South America for 18 months, can you give me the benefit of the doubt?
0:33:51 > 0:33:57Paraninebo and Paramaribo.
0:33:57 > 0:34:02- I just never heard it spoken before. - It's just pronunciation, isn't it?
0:34:02 > 0:34:06- I would say it's spelt differently as well.- Spelt differently.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10Patrick and Chris have gone with Paraninebo. Is it right
0:34:10 > 0:34:13and if it is, how many people said Paraninebo.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Bad luck. Bad luck.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23Nick and Charlie, Paramaribo.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26Is it right, and if so, how many people said it.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28It's right!
0:34:34 > 0:34:36One point!
0:34:44 > 0:34:49- Whoa! Wow! Well...- Might be the best ever end to a head-to-head!
0:34:49 > 0:34:53It's the best answer on the board. Let's see how it's spelt.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57It's Paramaribo, capital of Suriname, scored one.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Sucre is one of the capitals of Bolivia.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04Georgetown, Guyana, two. Asuncion, Paraguay, five.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06Quito, Ecuador, ten.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Caracas, Venezuela, 14.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12La Paz, the other capital of Bolivia, 15.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16Montevideo, Uruguay, 15. Bogota, Colombia, 18.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19Santiago, Chile, 22. Brasilia, Brazil, 27.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23Lima with 30 and Buenos Aires, 34.
0:35:23 > 0:35:27- Well played, both teams. - Thank you very much, Richard.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30So the losing pair at the end of a very hard-fought head-to-head
0:35:30 > 0:35:33is Patrick and Chris.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35- Oh, well.- That's really tough.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37You were thinking of the same place.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39But he's been there, so...
0:35:39 > 0:35:42I haven't, actually!
0:35:42 > 0:35:45- You've been near it!- Yes. - You've been near it.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48Patrick and Chris, you've done really well.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51That was a really exciting head-to-head.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54But for the Jimmy Nail/John Travolta fiasco...
0:35:54 > 0:35:58It's been a great round, the whole show you've done so well.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02Sorry we have to say goodbye to you. Thanks very much for playing.
0:36:06 > 0:36:13But for Nick and Charlie, time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £5,500.
0:36:18 > 0:36:24Congratulations, Nick and Charlie. You've fought off the competition and won our Pointless trophy!
0:36:30 > 0:36:32You now have a chance to win our jackpot.
0:36:32 > 0:36:37At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £5,500.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43The rules are very simple.
0:36:43 > 0:36:48To win the money, just find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people knew.
0:36:48 > 0:36:53We only had one pointless answer today. Nick, you gave us that with jasper.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56You only have to find one more pointless answer now
0:36:56 > 0:37:01and you go home with that money. First, choose a category from these three options.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10I personally think singer-songwriters.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14- That could be...- Could be impossible.- Could be really dark!
0:37:14 > 0:37:18- It could be 1920 to...- Do you want popular fiction, then?
0:37:18 > 0:37:19Not desperately!
0:37:19 > 0:37:23OK, which would you prefer?
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- No pressure!- Popular fiction could come up with something we know.
0:37:26 > 0:37:31- Five-and-a-half grand on something we MAY know.- Singer-songwriters, I know about two!
0:37:31 > 0:37:35OK. Popular fiction. Let's do it. Popular fiction, please.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Popular fiction it is. OK.
0:37:37 > 0:37:42Let's see the question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:37:42 > 0:37:48as many authors in the BBC Big Read Top 100 as they could. Richard?
0:37:48 > 0:37:53In 2003, the BBC conducted a poll to find the nation's best loved novel.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57We want any author who's got one or more books in that top 100.
0:37:57 > 0:38:02- Where a book is written by more than one person, we'll accept either. - Thanks, Richard.
0:38:02 > 0:38:07You have one minute to find three answers. All you need to win that £5,500
0:38:07 > 0:38:09is for one of those answers to be pointless.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12Your 60 seconds start now.
0:38:13 > 0:38:18- I don't really know.- There's loads of obvious ones we can discount.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22- Derren Brown.- I was thinking Michael Morpurgo.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25Michael... Really? Really?
0:38:25 > 0:38:30I was thinking somebody like Raymond E. Feist.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32He writes fantasy and stuff.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34- Would it not...- It was.- Was it?
0:38:34 > 0:38:39- I'm almost 100 per cent confident it was.- I thought of that as well.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Let's try that. I like that.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45Someone who writes like... John Grisham, obvious. People like that.
0:38:45 > 0:38:51- What about old novelists?- Old? You mean like Austen and Bronte and those other famous people?
0:38:51 > 0:38:57- We've only got one answer.- I read a book when I was travelling called Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell.
0:38:57 > 0:39:03Which is very good. He's famous. He's got an advert for a popular smart phone.
0:39:03 > 0:39:08- And also, let's just do the obvious. - Five seconds left.- Like...
0:39:08 > 0:39:12I don't know. Emily Bronte or something!
0:39:14 > 0:39:16OK. There is your minute up.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19We wanted authors in the BBC's Big Read Top 100.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21I need three answers from you.
0:39:21 > 0:39:26- OK. We're going to say Raymond E. Feist.- Raymond E. Feist.
0:39:26 > 0:39:31- David Mitchell.- David Mitchell. - And D.H. Lawrence.- D.H. Lawrence.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:34 > 0:39:38- Probably Raymond E. Feist. - Raymond E. Feist we'll put last.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- Who's your least likely? - D.H. Lawrence.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Let's put them on the board in that order.
0:39:48 > 0:39:49There they are.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53We're looking for authors in the BBC's Big Read Top 100.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57This is your least confident answer. You only need one pointless answer
0:39:57 > 0:39:59to win that £5,500 jackpot.
0:39:59 > 0:40:04Let's see. D.H. Lawrence. Is that right and if so, how many people said it?
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Very, very best of luck.
0:40:08 > 0:40:13D.H. Lawrence is an incorrect answer, not a pointless answer.
0:40:13 > 0:40:19You have two chances left to win that jackpot. £5,500. What would you do with that, Charlie?
0:40:19 > 0:40:22I think I'd go for a very nice holiday.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25I've got a month off and I'd like to do something.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29- I could go a long way with that. - Nick, how about you?
0:40:29 > 0:40:34My best friend is living in Ecuador, as are my godchildren.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38- I'd like to go and see them. - Very good.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41We want authors in the BBC's Big Read Top 100.
0:40:41 > 0:40:47Your next answer has to be correct and pointless to win that jackpot of £5,500. Let's see.
0:40:47 > 0:40:53Is David Mitchell correct, and if it is, how many people said David Mitchell.
0:40:58 > 0:41:03Ooh. You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06No D.H. Lawrence. No David Mitchell.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09It's a blow to the kidneys.
0:41:09 > 0:41:14- Well.- I don't know. It was 2003. Maybe it's too recent.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16- Quite a long time ago.- OK.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20Let's see. Raymond E. Feist.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23This is your last answer, your best shot at a pointless answer.
0:41:23 > 0:41:28You only have to find one pointless answer. It has to be right and it has to be pointless
0:41:28 > 0:41:31for you to win that jackpot of £5,500.
0:41:31 > 0:41:36Is it right, and if it is, how many people said Raymond E. Feist.
0:41:38 > 0:41:39It's right!
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Raymond E. Feist is a correct answer.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45The second thing it has to be is pointless.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49If this goes down to zero, you leave with £5,500.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Yes!
0:41:53 > 0:41:55You've done it! Very, very well done!
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Very well done indeed! Fantastic.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Well...
0:42:10 > 0:42:14Congratulations. You managed to find an all-important pointless answer.
0:42:14 > 0:42:19So you go home with our jackpot of £5,500. Very well done.
0:42:25 > 0:42:26We're rich!
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Very well played. Paramaribo and Raymond E. Feist,
0:42:30 > 0:42:31that's the way to end the show!
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Your answers, D.H. Lawrence, not in that Top 100.
0:42:34 > 0:42:39David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, 2004, that came out, so too late for the list.
0:42:39 > 0:42:44And Raymond E. Feist's Magician was number 89 in the Top 100.
0:42:44 > 0:42:49Lots of pointless answers. Here's a few. Alexandre Dumas, Count of Monte Cristo.
0:42:49 > 0:42:53Anna Sewell, Black Beauty. Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones's Diary.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Louis de Bernieres, Captain Corelli's Mandolin
0:42:58 > 0:43:01and Margaret Mitchell, Gone With The Wind.
0:43:01 > 0:43:06Mario Puzo, The Godfather. Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children was number 100.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09And Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White. Well done if you got any.
0:43:09 > 0:43:14Gabriel Garcia Marquez, John Fowles, Dostoevsky. All sorts of people on the list.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18- Well done.- Very well done. Thanks to our winning players, Nick and Charlie,
0:43:18 > 0:43:22who go away with today's jackpot of £5,500.
0:43:27 > 0:43:31Join us next time when we'll put more obscure knowledge to the test.
0:43:31 > 0:43:35- It's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye. - And goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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