Episode 42 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test. Let's meet the players.

APPLAUSE

Now, welcome back, Viv and Jim. You were on the show last time. Everyone gets two chances to reach the final

and this is your second and final chance. Remind us what happened.

-We got through to the head-to-head.

-You did very well!

Yes. And we took it right through to the last question and unfortunately we got beaten.

-Oh, it was a geography question.

-No.

-It was Bridget Jones.

-Oh, no, it was a Bridget Jones question.

-Correct.

That was a very tough one. What would you like to see come up? What will see you through to the final?

-SHE LAUGHS

-Erm, well, television.

-TV.

-Yes.

-Erm...

-Motoring, car-type questions.

-Animals.

-Dogs.

-Hang on, basically, you like watching telly, you own a car and you have some dogs.

-We used to.

-You used to have some dogs, OK.

Great to have you on the show again. Very, very best of luck.

Let's see if we can see you all the way through to the final this time.

And next we welcome back Nicole and Andre. You were also on the show last time. Remind us what happened.

Well, we were out in the first round, unfortunately.

But that was more to do with the fact that we had a topic that wasn't even around in Barbados ever,

-which is where Andre is from.

-Never heard of Gladiators?

-No.

-But that was a game shot though, Andre.

-Bear was the one you made up.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Better than Chicken or...

-Yeah!

-..Koala or Sloth or something.

-Much better.

-Sloth. Surely there was one of those.

-That's a great Gladiator.

-Andre, what would you like to see to make up for that? What would be great for you?

Maybe some politics.

-Are you good on British politics?

-Not so much British politics. New World politics, American, Caribbean.

Maybe a bit of British politics, but more international.

OK. Caribbean politics, Richard?

Yeah, let me take a little look... LAUGHTER

There's not a lot. There's a couple of rounds that touch upon the governmental structures

of St Vincent and Grenadines, but apart from that, we're pretty light.

-OK.

-Nicole, what about you?

Anything around music or, erm, any type of performing art, TV, that kind of thing.

Good stuff. Well, very, very warm welcome back to the pair of you. Great to have you back.

Next we welcome Fraser and Sara. How do you two know each other?

Well, we met five years ago when I was on a cricket tour to South Wales

and we've been married now and living in Scotland for four years.

Wow. He came down with a cricket bat and took you back to Scotland. What about that?

THEY LAUGH

-So you live in Glasgow now. Sara, what do you do there?

-Housewife.

-Housewife. How many children have you got?

-Three.

-So you've got your hands full there.

-What are your interests, Fraser?

-Well, I like sport.

-Cricket, I'm guessing, particularly.

-Cricket, football,

basically any sport I've ever played.

-Very good. Who do you follow as a football team?

-There is only one team in Glasgow. Partick Thistle.

THEY LAUGH

-Very good. Great to have you here.

-Thank you.

Finally, we welcome back Chrissie and Suzy who were also on the show last time. Remind us what happened.

We got through to the second round but then we were somewhat stumped by science.

Scales of measurement, that's what it was.

However, this afternoon, what would you like to see come up?

Well, I'd like to see geography come up. That's definitely my favourite topic

but I'm always scared to say that just in case I disgrace myself if it comes up.

-How about you, Suzy?

-Well, I like children's literature

or I like food and drink, so something like that would be good for me.

OK. Now, we discovered last time that you're both from Taunton.

But Chrissie, you don't sound like you're from Somerset. Where are you from originally?

-I'm originally from the Isle of Skye.

-Are you?

-That's my home.

-Are you a McLeod?

-McDonald.

I beg your pardon! Isn't everybody on Skye always called that?

I grew up on McLeod estates, so you're nearly right,

-but the blood is McDonald.

-I beg its pardon.

Well, great to have you back on the show. Very, very best of luck this afternoon.

We will find out more about all of you throughout the show. One more person to introduce.

If he were a superhero, he would be Mr Obscuro, mesmerising criminals with his strange and unusual facts.

-He is my pointless friend. He's Richard.

-Hiya.

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-Good afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon to you.

-You OK?

-Yeah, I think so.

-Glad to hear it. One of those rare occasions where we have three returning pairs

so that should be some indication of how well they're going to do.

Viv and Jim got to the head-to-head, very good. Chrissie and Suzy were good.

And Nicole and Andre were very unlucky. So three strong pairs.

I think Fraser and Sara are going to be very much the underdogs. It'll be very, very tough to win today

against three pairs who have already been on.

We put all our questions to 100 people before the show, but this is Pointless,

so we want the obscure answers they didn't get. For a chance to win our jackpot,

our players need to score as few points as they can.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,

that's an answer none of our 100 people gave.

Each time that happens, we will 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 £3,000.

APPLAUSE

-Right, let's play Pointless.

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Now, in the first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.

The team with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated. Make sure it's not you.

OK, our first category this afternoon is...

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

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

OK, let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many mythical creatures as they could. Richard.

The correct answers on the board will all be mythical creatures or races of creatures,

creatures that are known chiefly through myth rather than through verifiable historical fact.

OK. Viv and Jim, you all drew lots before the show

and this afternoon you get to go first.

As Richard said, in this round we're going to give you a choice of seven possible answers in each pass.

The first set of seven answers reads like this.

I'll read those all one more time.

I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless and at least one is incorrect.

Pick the incorrect ones and you will score the maximum of 100 points.

-So, Viv.

-Looking at the list, I think I'll play on the safe side and go for Gorgon.

Gorgon you're saying. As always, the most obscure answers will score you the lowest points.

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

-Very well done, Viv! That's a brilliant answer!

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Gorgon scores you seven. Richard.

Well played, Viv. Medusa the most famous of the Gorgons.

Would turn men to stone if they looked at them. And Perseus slew her.

-Yeah, with a shield. The reflection.

-Yeah, he used a mirror to reflect her face back at her.

-Clever.

-Yeah.

-Very clever.

-Just a myth, though. It didn't happen.

LAUGHTER

-Now then, talking of really clever, Nicole, we are looking for mythical creatures.

-OK.

It might be to my detriment, but I'm going to go with the Minotaur.

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

It's right.

-23! Not bad at all, Nicole.

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Yeah, well done, Nicole. Minotaur, half man, half bull.

Would also have been a very good answer for Andre to give on the last show about Gladiators.

-Wouldn't it?

-Yeah.

-And wrong.

-Wrong, yeah, but good.

-Brilliant.

Now then, Sara. Remember, we're looking for mythical creatures.

I'm going to play it safe and hope Fraser does better than me. So I'm going to go for Pegasus.

Pegasus you're saying. There it is, right at the top.

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

Yep, it's right.

-Nine!

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That's a great answer, Sara. Only nine for Pegasus, Richard.

Yeah, amazing. Pegasus was the son of Medusa.

He was born out of Medusa's decapitated head

and went on to serve Perseus throughout his career.

Again, not true, but that's what they say.

-Right.

-But, yeah, only nine people. It's interesting.

-A horse just born out of a severed head.

Yes. I mean, it does happen, but in this particular instance, it's not true.

LAUGHTER

Now then, Chrissie. Remember, we are looking for mythical creatures.

I'm torn between two that I know and two that I don't know,

so I'm going to go for Sphinx.

-You're going to go for Sphinx.

-Yeah.

Well, let's see if Sphinx is right, and if it is, how many people said Sphinx.

-Wow!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That was a very good answer indeed. Brilliant low score, Chrissie. One.

I think people know the statue of the Sphinx but perhaps don't realise it was based on a mythical creature.

But it is. Let's take a look at the rest of the answers. Unicorn obviously in a correct answer

but would've scored you 53, so that was well avoided.

Of the other two, Alexander, if I offered you a choice between a Reuel and a Cockatrice...

A Cockatrice every time. That's your pointless one.

Absolutely right, that's a pointless answer. Well done if you said that.

And Reuel is one of the Rs in JRR Tolkien, so it's an incorrect answer.

OK, thank you, Richard. Let's take a look at the scores as we're halfway through the round.

Chrissie and Suzy looking very strong indeed on just one.

Then up to Viv and Jim on seven. Then up to Sara and Fraser on nine.

All single figures. Very well done.

Nicole and Andre, 23. That's quite far ahead of the crowd.

Still a lovely low score, but Andre, you have to find a really obscure answer on the next pass,

maybe even a pointless. We're coming back down the line. Second players, take your places.

Remember, we're looking for mythical creatures and we're going to put seven more answers on the board.

I'll read those all one more time.

Again, I can tell you at least one of those answers is pointless and at least one is incorrect.

Try and avoid those incorrect ones.

-So Suzy, Chrissie did phenomenally well on that last pass.

-She did very well.

You're on one. The high scorers on 23 are Nicole and Andre.

If you can score 21 or less, you are definitely through to the next round.

Well, I think I'm going to try for Siren.

OK. Siren you are saying. Here is your red line. Below that, you're through to the next round.

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

It's right.

Ooh, well done! Very well done!

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Fantastic! That scores you two and takes your total up to three.

That's still a lower score than anyone got on the first pass. Richard.

Yeah, very well played. They're sea nymphs who tried to lure sailors to their deaths with their singing.

Fraser. The high scorers remain Andre and Nicole on 23.

You're on nine, which means if you can score 13 or less, you're through to the next round.

We're looking for mythical creatures.

What are you thinking?

I think I'm struggling because I know two of them

and one is far too obvious to pick.

And rather than risk a pointless answer, I'm going to say Centaur.

OK. There's your red line.

Let's see if Centaur is right and if it can get you below that red line.

Centaur, how many people said that? Is it right?

Yep, you've done it! You've done it. It's exactly what you needed. 13.

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-Takes your total up to 22. Richard.

Yeah, very low scores all round. Centaur, half man, half horse.

You find them at Centaur Parks. LAUGHTER

Now then, Andre and Nicole, you are the high scorers,

which means, Andre, we need preferably a pointless answer from you.

-We're looking for mythical creatures.

-Well, there are two answers I was going to pick

and they've been picked already, so again, this will be a bit of a gamble.

I think I'll go with Satyr.

Satyr. No red line for you because you're the high scorers.

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

It's right.

Might it be pointless?

-Oh! So nearly! So nearly, Andre.

-APPLAUSE

That scores you one, takes your total up to 24. Will it be low enough

to keep you in the game? I hope so. Richard.

Well played, Andre. Satyr, known for their lascivious appetites and mischievous behaviour.

-If I was a mythical beast, I would be a Satyr.

-Without doubt.

Largely because every day you're stood there and I'm "Satyr".

LAUGHTER

HE IMITATES CYMBAL

-I really need a hi-hat for some of these.

-Yeah.

-LAUGHTER

Very good. Now, Jim.

The high scorers on 24 are Nicole and Andre.

You're on seven. If you can score 16 or less you are through to the next round.

You're also the last person to have the board, so talk us through the board as you see it.

Yeah, I would've said that Siren and Centaur were the two I would've chosen.

Satyr would've been one I could've gone for.

I'm afraid I'm not certain of the others

so the one I would pick would be Lamia.

Lamia. Is it a mythical beast?

Please can it be pointless? We haven't had one for so long.

There is your red line. Below that red line, you are through to the next round.

Very, very best of luck. Let's see if Lamia is a correct answer

It is right! Ooh, very well done, Jim.

Let's see if this goes where I think it might.

-Yes!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very well done, that's pointless! It adds £250 to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to £3,250.

And it scores you nothing, leaving your total at seven. Very well done indeed. Richard.

Yeah, that's a very good answer, well done.

You dodged some mines there, as well. Dragon is obviously a fairly big scoring answer, 57.

Of those other two, Alexander, what do you think? Pointless, incorrect?

Well, Raphus sounds more classical and therefore more likely.

-And Labofish sounds awful.

-It does a bit.

Well, they're both incorrect, actually.

Labofish is the maiden name of Jackie Stallone. So that was an incorrect answer.

And Raphus Cucullatus is the Latin name of the dodo, so a real animal, not a mythical beast.

-So Jim, very well played for picking your way through that.

-Wow.

Thank you, Richard. At the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score,

I'm sorry to say Andre and Nicole. This is ridiculous to have to say goodbye so soon.

A great shame. I was certain you were going to go a lot, lot further this time.

But I'm afraid this is where we have to say goodbye. Andre, Nicole, thank you for playing. Great contestants.

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

APPLAUSE

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

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

Our category for round two is...

It's Actors. Can you decided in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?

Whoever's first, step up to the podium.

OK, our round two question concerns...

-Richard.

-We're going to show you six pairs of actors on each pass.

We asked 100 people to tell us the character or historical figure that they both played on film.

The more obscure answers will score fewer points but if you give us an incorrect answer, you score 100.

There'll be 12 pairs of actors in all, 12 answers to get at home.

Thanks, Richard. We're looking for the parts that both of these actors have played on film.

And we have got...

I'll read those all one more time.

There they all are.

Jim. Jim.

We're looking for the characters both of these pairs of actors have played.

Ewan McGregor and Alec Guinness

is about the only one I recognise as a double act.

And they're out of Star Wars.

Er, they've both played the same character.

Then I would go with Luke Skywalker.

OK. Luke Skywalker. Viv, what are you thinking?

-SHE LAUGHS

-No.

Good luck, Jim. Luke Skywalker.

Ooh.

Bad luck, Jim. Unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

-Richard.

-Sorry, Jim. I won't give the correct answer in case Sara or Chrissie want to have a go.

Mark Hamill was Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars movies.

Now then, Sara. Remember, we're looking for the characters

that both of these actors have played on film.

OK, there's one up there I know. Jodie Foster and Julianne Moore,

which is Clarice Starling from Silence Of The Lambs.

Jodie Foster and Julianne Moore, Clarice Starling. OK.

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

Yes!

-30.

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Cracking score there, Sara. Clarice Starling.

Yeah, very well played. Jodie Foster in Silence Of The Lambs and then Julianne Moore took over in Hannibal.

OK. So then, Chrissie.

Again, it's your job to mop up here.

Yes. I wish I could wow you with my knowledge and tell you all the answers,

but I don't know them all. I think the top one's Batman

and I only know one other, which I think I'm going to go for.

Steve McQueen and Pierce Brosnan, I think they both played Thomas Crown in The Thomas Crown Affair.

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

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Very, very well done, Chrissie. Another brilliant score. Six you get for Thomas Crown.

Well played, Chrissie. Steve McQueen in 1968 and Pierce Brosnan in 1999.

The second best answer on the board, so a good one to know. Let's take a look at the rest.

You're right, Michael Keaton and Christian Bale is Batman. Would've scored you 80.

Now, Ewan McGregor and Alec Guinness, Jim, it is Star Wars,

it's Obi-Wan Kenobi they both played. Would've scored you 40 points.

Anthony Perkins and Vince Vaughn.

Anthony Perkins famously played Norman Bates and Vince Vaughn starred in a remake of that. 12 points.

And Glen Campbell and Matt Damon, it's a pointless answer.

The film is True Grit, that was rereleased recently,

and the character is La Boeuf, played by both those actors.

Very well done if you got that at home and well done if got all six.

Thank you very much. We're halfway through the round so let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

Lovely low single-figure score from Chrissie there.

Chrissie and Suzy looking very strong.

Then up to 30 for Sara and Fraser.

And then up to 100 for Jim and Viv.

Back down the line. Second players, take your places.

OK, remember, we are looking for the characters that these pairs of actors have played.

And here they are.

I'll read those one more time.

Obviously you are trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Now then, Suzy. You are the low scorers thanks to Chrissie's excellent answer.

The high scorers are Viv and Jim on 100. If you can score 93 or less, you are through to the next round.

Remember, we are looking for the characters that both of these pairs of actors have played.

Well, I think I know two on there but I don't know which would be the lowest.

I think I'm going to say Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka.

OK, you're saying Willy Wonka for Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp.

Here's your red line. Nice and high. If you get below that red line, you are definitely in the head-to-head.

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

Well done. You are through to the head-to-head.

-32.

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Takes your total up to 38. Richard.

Very well done. Both brilliant performances. Gene Wilder in 1971 and then Johnny Depp in 2005

-in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

-Very good. Fraser and Sara, you're on 30.

The high scorers are Viv and Jim on 100. If you can score 69 or less you are through to the head-to-head.

-What are you thinking?

-I think I'm struggling because, frankly, I don't know any of them.

There are two that I can guess at. And they are stabs in the dark.

So Peter Sellers and Steve Martin, Inspector Clouseau.

If Inspector Clouseau gets you below that red line, you are through to the head-to-head.

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

It is right.

And you are through to the head-to-head.

-Very well done, 46, takes your total up to 76.

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-Richard.

-Well played, Fraser. You really needed a right answer there and you got one.

Peter Sellers played him five times and Steve Martin played him twice.

OK. Now, Viv and Jim,

I'm afraid the writing is on the wall for you. Certainly on your podium anyway.

And it's in red, so you are the high scorers even before you've given your answer.

But for fun, Vivian,

let's see if you can find a nice obscure pair of actors playing a common character.

Obscure, no. Erm, there's only one set on there that I recognise.

It's Richard Harris and Michael Gambon. And that was Dumbledore, I believe.

Richard Harris and Michael Gambon, Dumbledore.

Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said it. No red line for you.

It's right.

-19.

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Surprisingly low answer. 19. Takes your total up to 119. Richard.

Well played, Viv. Richard Harris for the first two, then Michael Gambon.

Nice way to finish. Let's take a look at the whole board. I suspect some people at home got all of these.

Do you want to have a go at those? Frank Sinatra and George Clooney?

-Danny Ocean.

-Danny Ocean, exactly right.

Not Billy Ocean. That would have been quite wrong.

Would have scored you 16. Frank Sinatra played him in Ocean's 11 and George Clooney in 11, 12 and 13.

Alec Baldwin and Ben Affleck.

You could also add Harrison Ford to that list. They've all played Jack Ryan in Tom Clancy adaptations.

Alec Baldwin in The Hunt For Red October, Ben Affleck in The Sum Of All Fears.

And Anthony Hopkins and Frank Langella?

They both were nominated for an Oscar for portraying the same person. And it's a pointless answer.

I know exactly what it was. Erm, Frost Nixon. Richard Nixon.

Richard Nixon is the right answer. Very well done if you got that at home.

Thanks. At the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score,

I'm afraid, Viv and Jim, it's you.

-Dear, oh, dear. Head-to-head last time.

-Yes.

-Round two this time. Oh, dear, oh, dear.

It's been such fun having you on the show, Viv and Jim, I'm sorry we have to say goodbye.

-But you have been brilliant contestants. Thanks for playing.

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For the remaining pairs, things get more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Chrissie and Suzy, Fraser and Sara. You made it to the head-to-head.

Only one pair can make it through to today's final and play for the jackpot which stands at £3,250.

APPLAUSE

Now, for each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer but you are now allowed to confer.

All you need is an answer that scores less than the other pair and you will win that question.

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

-Let's play Pointless.

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OK, here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Beatles UK Top 40 singles with three-word titles as they could. Richard.

We're looking for any Beatles UK single that reached the UK Top 40 whose name consists of three words.

In case of double-sided singles, we'll accept either side

and we won't accept medleys or EPs such as Twist And Shout.

But any other Beatles single with three words that entered the UK Top 40, please.

OK, Chrissie and Suzy, cos you played best throughout the show so far, you get to go first.

We are looking for Beatles UK Top 40 singles with three-word titles.

The only one I can think of is Love Me Do.

HE WHISPERS

-OK. We're ready.

-OK. We have an answer.

Erm, we hope Love Me Do.

-Love Me Do.

-Yeah.

-OK. Thank you very much indeed. Love Me Do say Chrissie and Suzy.

Fraser and Sara, if you need to talk any further, you can talk out loud if you like.

-No. I think...

-We think Ain't She Fine.

-Ain't She Fine.

Ain't She Fine and Love Me Do.

Chrissie and Suzy have said Love Me Do.

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

It's right.

-31.

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31 for Love Me Do. Fraser and Sara have gone for Ain't She Fine.

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

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which means, after one question, Chrissie and Suzy are ahead one-nil.

-Richard.

-That's very unlucky. There's I Feel Fine which would have scored you four points,

and there's Ain't She Sweet which would have been a pointless answer.

Let's take a look at all of them.

Er, Baby It's You, which was a hit in the mid-90s, would have been pointless,

there's Ain't She Sweet, recorded in Hamburg in the very early 60s,

number 29 in the charts, was a pointless answer,

I Feel Fine, four points, Strawberry Fields Forever, eight points.

Ticket To Ride, 10. Please Please Me, 12. Let It Be, 16.

All of these would have won you the points, all of them.

She Loves You, 18 and Love Me Do, right at the top on 31. Really bad luck.

-Well done at home of you got some of those pointless answers.

-Thanks very much.

So, Fraser and Sara, you have to win this second question to stay in the game.

Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

rugby world cup winning nations as they could. Richard.

We want any team that's won rugby union's world cup, also known as the Webb Ellis Trophy,

from the first one in 1987 right up to and including the 2007 tournament.

OK. Now then, Fraser and Sara, you go first this time.

-OK. We have an answer.

-South Africa.

-South Africa, you're going to go with.

-Chrissie and Suzy.

-We're going to go with France.

France. OK, so we have South Africa, we have France.

Fraser and Sara, this is the one you have to win.

Is South Africa right, and if it is, how many people said it?

-35.

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Chrissie and Suzy, you've gone with France. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.

Bad luck.

Your turn to have an incorrect answer this time round. That means after two questions, it's one-all.

-Richard.

-France lost two finals but they've never actually won it.

And South Africa is the best answer, as well.

Let's take a look through the whole board. South Africa won it in 1995 and 2007 with 35.

New Zealand won the first one in 1987, 37 points.

Australia won it in 1991 and 1999, they got 41.

And England, who beat Australia with Jonny Wilkinson's drop-kick would have scored 65, 2003 they won.

OK, thank you very much, Richard.

Here is your third question.

Whoever wins this question will be going through to the final and playing for that jackpot.

Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Cher films as they could.

-Richard.

-We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release

for which Cher received an acting credit or a voice credit up to May 2011.

We won't accept short films or documentaries

or any where she played herself like Good Times or Stuck On You.

But any Cher film up to May 2011, please.

OK, thank you very much. Chrissie and Suzy, you go first this time.

THEY WHISPER

-OK, we have an answer.

-It's probably quite well known but we're going to say Moonstruck.

Moonstruck. OK, Chrissie and Suzy say Moonstruck. Fraser and Sara.

We know a particular film that she was in about a boy who had a disfigured face.

We don't remember the name of the film so we'll say The Elephant Boy.

The Elephant Boy. OK. The Elephant Boy you are saying.

So we have Moonstruck, we have The Elephant Boy. Chrissie and Suzy, Moonstruck you say.

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

-Wow! 12.

-APPLAUSE

12 for Moonstruck. Fraser and Sara, you have gone for The Elephant Boy.

-Let's see if that's right, and if it is...

-SHE LAUGHS

-It might be right!

-There's always a chance.

There's always a chance. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said The Elephant Boy.

Bad luck. As I think you knew, that is an incorrect answer, which means after three questions,

Chrissie and Suzy are through to the final two-one.

-Richard.

-Amazing. That beautiful, sentimental film wasn't called The Elephant Boy.

What were they thinking? I tell you what it was called, it was called Mask.

But would have scored you 24 points, so wouldn't have seen you through.

Let's see all the films. There's a few pointless ones.

Come Back To The Five And Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean! from 1982. That was a pointless answer.

The Suspect where she plays a lawyer, and Faithful, both scored one,

Chastity where she's a young hitchhiker scored two, Tea With Mussolini would have scored three.

She was nominated for an Oscar in Silkwood, that would have scored you seven.

She won the best actress Oscar for Moonstruck, scored you 12, as we heard.

The Witches Of Eastwick with Michelle Pfeiffer and Susan Sarandon, 17.

Burlesque from 2010 would have scored you 18.

She was an unconventional single mother in Mermaids and released The Shoop Shoop Song from there, 23.

And Mask, AKA The Elephant Boy, 24. LAUGHTER

Thanks very much, Richard. So at the end of the head-to-head, the losing pair is Fraser and Sara.

Erm, great shame. We will see you again next time though, when I'm sure we'll see more of you.

-But thanks very much meanwhile. Great contestants. Fraser and Sara.

-APPLAUSE

But for Chrissie and Suzy, it's now time for our Pointless Final and the chance to win our jackpot of £3,250.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, congratulations, Chrissie and Suzy,

you fought off all the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

APPLAUSE

OK, you now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show it stands at £3,250.

APPLAUSE

The rules are very simple. To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer,

that's an answer none of our 100 people got.

We had a pointless answer today, you only have to find one more now and you go home with the money.

First though, you must choose a category from these three options. They are...

All the Cs. Erm, Suzy, what do you think?

-Well, I think Canada because...

-You think Canada?

-..Geography, and...

-Yeah.

-Shall we go Canada?

-Shall we go, I can't say it, Canada?

-Canada.

OK. You are going to go for Canada. Well, let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many capital cities of Canadian provinces and territories as they could. Richard.

We are looking for any of the capital cities of any of the provinces and territories that make up Canada.

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

All you need to win that £3,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Your 60 seconds start now.

-Right. This is not brilliant.

-Do you know any?

-No, I don't.

-Er, no, I only know that Calgary would be British Columbia.

-OK.

-I would guess that Halifax is...

-Nova Scotia.

-Nova Scotia or somewhere in that area. We only have to name the capitals.

-That's right.

-Halifax, Calgary...

-Prince Edward Island?

-I don't know the capital of Prince Edward Island.

-Ontario.

-Ontario.

-Is that Toronto or not?

I should imagine Quebec is a capital somewhere along the line.

-OK.

-Is that the name of the... What is the capital?

-I don't know.

-Quebec. We'll go for Quebec. I don't know the capitals per se.

Yes, I don't know the capitals of Canada either.

Or the provinces and things.

-Mm.

-So, Calgary, Quebec.

-Five seconds left.

-And what was the other one we said?

-Halifax?

-Yes, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

OK, there is your minute up.

So we were looking for capital cities of Canadian provinces and territories.

What are your three answers?

-We are going to go for Halifax.

-Halifax.

-Calgary.

-Calgary.

-And Quebec.

-And Quebec.

Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Maybe Halifax.

-We'll put Halifax last. What's your least likely?

-Quebec.

We'll put Quebec first. Let's put them up on the board in that order.

And here they are.

Right. We were looking for Canadian capitals of provinces and territories.

You said this was your least likely pointless answer. Quebec.

Now remember, you only have to find one pointless answer to win that £3,250.

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

It's right.

If this goes all the way down to zero then you will be leaving here with £3,250.

-Oh, 35.

-APPLAUSE

So unfortunately that's not a pointless answer, but you knew that. You put that first.

Which means you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

How would you spend £3,250? What would you do, Suzy?

Well, I think I might put my backpack on and run away to Peru and find my son.

I like travelling.

-And he's travelling there?

-He is.

-Phew!

-That's if I can find him.

-OK, he's not a missing person or anything?

-No, no, no.

-OK.

Very good.

Chrissie, what would you do with your jackpot spoils?

My daughter is off to Nepal to do some charity work.

And I'd love to give her some money towards the project

to buy some equipment for the school she's going out to.

And then I'd probably just go with Suzy and go to Peru with my backpack too with the rest.

-I think that's probably what I'd do.

-OK, well, let's hope you can do all of those things.

This is your second most confident answer, Calgary.

Remember, you only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot. £3,250.

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

Bad luck. Calgary an incorrect answer, I'm afraid.

So, therefore, obviously not pointless.

Which means you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot, £3,250.

Everything is now riding on Halifax.

This, you said, was your most confident answer.

Let's see if it's right, and if it's pointless.

It's your last chance to win that jackpot of £3,250.

Halifax, is it right? how many people said it?

It is right. That's the first thing it has to be.

The second thing it has to be is pointless.

If this goes all the way down to zero, you leave here with £3,250. It's still going down.

-Oh!

-APPLAUSE

Five. I'm afraid, unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer.

So I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £3,250 which rolls over to the next show.

But you have been brilliant contestants and you do get to take home the Pointless trophy.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, very unlucky. Calgary is in Alberta, and the capital of Alberta is Edmonton.

Would have scored you five points, though.

There's a few pointless answers up here, let's take a look.

Whitehorse is the capital of Yukon, which was formed during the Klondike gold rush.

That was a pointless answer. Iqaluit was the most obscure one. That's the capital of Nunavut,

which only came into being in 1999.

Yellowknife, capital of the Northwestern Territories. That was pointless.

And Victoria, which is the capital of British Columbia. It's on Vancouver Island.

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

-Thanks very much, Richard. Did you know any of those?

Victoria, yeah. I didn't know the other three.

Well, unfortunately we do have to say goodbye to you, Chrissie and Suzy,

-but it's been great having you on the show, thank you for playing.

-BOTH: Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Nobody has won our jackpot today so it rolls over

which means on the next show, we will be playing for £4,250.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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