0:00:22 > 0:00:24Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Let's meet today's players.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Welcome, Sherri and Tony, you are our first pair on the show today.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43- How do you two know each other? - We met on a train.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Yeah, we were on, actually,
0:00:45 > 0:00:49on the way to work sitting on the train and he started talking to me.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51As you do.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53He hadn't been following you for years, had he?
0:00:53 > 0:00:57No, but it is something that I've actually suspected.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Very good indeed. Whose idea was it to come on Pointless?
0:01:00 > 0:01:01It was actually Tony's.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05- It was Tony's. Did you take a lot of persuading, Sherri?- No, not at all.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06Not at all.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08No, generally, when we meet up, cos I live in Suffolk
0:01:08 > 0:01:10and Tony lives down in Essex,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13so he comes, you know, he pops up to see me from time to time.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16- We generally do a quiz. - And we quiz.- Oh, I see, you quiz.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Tony, what are you hoping is going to come up this afternoon?
0:01:20 > 0:01:21History, perhaps.
0:01:21 > 0:01:27- Sport, politics.- Politics. Sherri, how about you? What would be...?
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Anything that Tony knows, I'll be happy with.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32- Best of luck to the pair of you. - Thank you.- Great to have you here.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Next, we welcome Annie and Nicki. Now, how do you two know each other?
0:01:35 > 0:01:38We met at university about ten years ago
0:01:38 > 0:01:41and we've been friends ever since.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44- Well, actually, I tripped over the guide dog first.- Oh, right.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46You tripped over Nicki's guide dog?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Yeah, I thought she was, for some reason,
0:01:49 > 0:01:52leading around a little woollen rug, for some reason.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59- What do you do, Annie?- I'm a reporter.- A reporter, whereabouts?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01At a magazine for disabled people.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04I write about a lot of features, about the various things
0:02:04 > 0:02:05happening at the moment.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Excellent. And, Nicki, how about you?
0:02:08 > 0:02:10I am a guide dog awareness trainer.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12I go around schools and other community groups,
0:02:12 > 0:02:16giving talks about supporting guide dog owners, helping guide dogs
0:02:16 > 0:02:19and just, generally, guide doggy-type things.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Presumably, teaching people like Annie not to trip over them as well.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- Exactly.- Yes, yes. Annie didn't come to that lesson, though.- No, my bad.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31What are you hoping will come up this afternoon, Nicki?
0:02:31 > 0:02:35I'd like a bit of horse racing and something to do with nature because
0:02:35 > 0:02:40I presented a show on my local radio station for two years about nature.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43- So, I like to think of myself as quite a...- Quite a naturalist.- Yes.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47Very good, indeed. I think I said that right, didn't I?
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Cos naturalist, I have to tread very carefully on that one.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Well, great to have you both on the show. Very best of luck to you.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55And next, we welcome back Fraser and Sara.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57You were on the show last time.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02And this is your last chance. Remind us how you did.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07We got to the head-to-head and we lost two-one in the semi-final.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11- We got mixed up over Beatles songs. - Yeah.- That's right.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Ain't She Fine, instead of Ain't She Sweet.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18And that would've been pointless. You would have gone through to the final.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20We took a 0-answer and a 2-answer,
0:03:20 > 0:03:21added them up and came up with 100.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25Oh, dear. But the good news is, we get to see you twice.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27- Fantastic.- So, there we are.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30What are you hoping is going to see you through to the final, Sara?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Just general trivia that I know.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Fair enough. How about you, Fraser?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37What would be a good category for you?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Well, I heard horse racing and I like sport,
0:03:40 > 0:03:42and horse racing's one of the sports that I follow.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- That would be good. - Great to have you back on the show.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48Finally, we've got Graham and Richard. How do you two know each other?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Well, I have the absolute pleasure of being born three years
0:03:50 > 0:03:53after Graham, which makes him my brother.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55I've been suffering ever since for it.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59He loves me so much that when I went travelling last year, he was
0:03:59 > 0:04:01standing in the pub, in the middle of the day, crying,
0:04:01 > 0:04:02when I was leaving.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03Tears of joy.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Graham, to be honest though, I've seen you standing
0:04:05 > 0:04:08in the middle of the pub in tears many, many times.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- Many a time.- Yeah. And what do you do, Richard?
0:04:12 > 0:04:16I'm a digital content creator, which involves writing content
0:04:16 > 0:04:19and entering data for websites for a web consultancy in Liverpool.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Graham, what about you? What do you do?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Self-employed plumber and builder.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- How long have you been doing that? - Just over three years now.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Very good. Plumbers, the most popular people around, aren't they?
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- Supposedly.- Yeah. Very, very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39There's only one person left for me to introduce.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40He has climbed the mountain of knowledge
0:04:40 > 0:04:43and planted a flag of obscurity at its very peak.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- He is my Pointless friend, he is Richard.- Hiya. Hiya.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- Afternoon.- Good afternoon, Richard. - How are you, are you well?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- I'm very well, thank you.- Excellent.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01We've only got one returning pair today. That's Fraser and Sara.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03They were very, very strong last time.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06So, it should be quite a tricky show for the rest of you, I suspect.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10Good news for Tony, though. Round One is Politics. Good news for Sara.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Round Two is general trivia that Sara knows.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Very good indeed. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19We put all our questions to 100 people before the show,
0:05:19 > 0:05:20but this is Pointless,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22so we are after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25To stay in the game, with a chance to win our jackpot,
0:05:25 > 0:05:27all our players need to do is score as few points as they can.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer,
0:05:29 > 0:05:32that's an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35And each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Nobody won the jackpot last time. So, we add another £1,000 to that.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43So, today's jackpot starts off at £4,250.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Right, let's play Pointless.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Now, in the first round, each of you must give me one answer
0:05:58 > 0:06:00and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round
0:06:02 > 0:06:05will be eliminated. If anyone gives me an incorrect answer,
0:06:05 > 0:06:07they will score the maximum of 100 points.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08Try and avoid those if you can.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11OK, our first category this afternoon is...
0:06:12 > 0:06:16Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:06:16 > 0:06:17who's going to go second?
0:06:17 > 0:06:22And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25OK. Let's find out what that first question is.
0:06:25 > 0:06:31We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many UK Cabinet posts
0:06:31 > 0:06:33as they could.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35UK Cabinet posts, Richard.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37We're looking for any Cabinet position in the UK government,
0:06:37 > 0:06:39according to the UK Parliamentary website.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41There are certain ministers, such as whips or members of
0:06:41 > 0:06:43the Cabinet office who are invited to Cabinet.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45We won't accept them.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46When one post has more than one remit,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49we'll accept just one answer, but any Cabinet position
0:06:49 > 0:06:52in the UK government as of May 2011, please.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55OK, thank you very much, Richard.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Right, Sherri and Tony, you all drew lots before the show
0:06:58 > 0:07:00and this afternoon, you get to go first.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Sherri?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05I will go for Foreign Secretary.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08You're hoping to score as few points as possible.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Let's see if Foreign Secretary is right.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12And if it is, let's how many people said it.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20APPLAUSE
0:07:20 > 0:07:2244.
0:07:22 > 0:07:2544 for Foreign Secretary, not many.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Full title is Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Also in charge of the government's wine cellars.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34It's got £2 million worth of wine down there.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39- Wow.- Not bad, is it? - Not bad at all. OK. Annie?
0:07:39 > 0:07:44I'm going to go with... Nicki, it was nice to know you, by the way,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46I apologise.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48I'm going to go with, is this going to be a mistake?
0:07:48 > 0:07:51I'm going to go with Defence Secretary.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Defence Secretary, says Annie.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56You're hoping, as always, to score as few points as possible.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Let's see if Defence Secretary is right.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02And if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03It's right.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11APPLAUSE
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Very, very well done, Annie. 22, exactly half
0:08:14 > 0:08:15of the previous score.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Well played. Very good answer. Secretary of State for Defence.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Now then, Sara, we are looking for Cabinet positions.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- US Secretary. - US Secretary, says Sara.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29You're hoping to score as few points as possible.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Let's see if US Secretary is right.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33And if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Bad luck, Sara.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which means
0:08:40 > 0:08:42you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- Sorry, Richard.- Yeah, sorry, Sara.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48I think they tend to leave the Foreign Secretary to deal with
0:08:48 > 0:08:50that sort of thing. The US.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51Now then, Richard.
0:08:51 > 0:08:56- Richard.- Yes.- We've heard some Cabinet posts so far.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58There are plenty more.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03I'm going to try, because it's the only one I think I've heard of,
0:09:03 > 0:09:04Home Secretary.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Home Secretary, you say with a degree of uncertainty, there.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Anything to do with politics is uncertain. It's as certain as I'm going to be in this.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15OK, Home Secretary. Well, let's see if that's right.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18And if it is, let's see how many people said Home Secretary.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19Yep, it's right.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25APPLAUSE
0:09:29 > 0:09:33- 36. 36, for Home Secretary. - I know, it's extraordinary, isn't it?
0:09:33 > 0:09:35You'd think it was one of the great offices of state.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37The Secretary of State for the Home Department.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39OK, well, we're halfway through the round,
0:09:39 > 0:09:42so let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Annie and Nicki, way ahead of the field there, on 22.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Lovely low score.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Then, up to 36 for Richard and Graham.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Then, up to 44 for Sherri and Tony.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55And then, I'm afraid, right at the front, by quite a long way,
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Sara and Fraser.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Fraser, you're going to have to find a really obscure
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Cabinet post to make sure you stay with us beyond the end of this round.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05OK. We're going to come back down the line.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13OK, so we are looking for Cabinet positions
0:10:13 > 0:10:15in the UK government as of May 2011.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Now then, Graham, how confident are you feeling?
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Not very, with Politics.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Have you had a few answers that other people have said?
0:10:23 > 0:10:26No, the one I'm thinking of, nobody's said so far.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30- So, fingers crossed.- That bodes either very well or very badly.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- Secretary of Transport. - Transport Secretary, says Graham.
0:10:35 > 0:10:36There is your red line,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39if you can get below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Let's see if it's right.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45And if it is, let's see how many people said Transport Secretary.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46Yes, it's right.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Well done, you're through.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52APPLAUSE
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Very well done. 19 takes your total up to 55.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00You're through to the next round.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01- Richard.- Well played, safely through.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Founded in 1919, it's the Ministry of Transport, which is, of course,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06where we get MOT from.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Thank you very much.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Now, Fraser, you're the high-scorer, you and Sara.
0:11:10 > 0:11:16You're on 100, which means you have to score as low as you possibly can.
0:11:16 > 0:11:21It's not a good topic for us. This is a Cher moment from last time.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24But Minister for Agriculture.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Minister of Agriculture, you are saying.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29No red line for you, obviously, Fraser, cos you're the high-scorers.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Let's see if Minister of Agriculture is right. And if it is,
0:11:32 > 0:11:33let's see how many people said it.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37Bad luck.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer, which means you score
0:11:40 > 0:11:43the maximum of 100 points, taking your total up
0:11:43 > 0:11:46to an impressive 200 points. Richard.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Yeah, sorry, Fraser, I'll explain at the end of the round, just in case
0:11:49 > 0:11:52anyone else wants to have a go at that post.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54- OK, now, Nicki, we come to you.- Oh, dear.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57We are looking for Cabinet positions in the UK government.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00You are through to the next round, whatever happens.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06- Minister for Department of Work and Pensions.- Work and Pensions.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Let's see if that's right.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11There's no red line for you, as you are through to the next round, whatever happens.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16Let's see how many people said Minister for the Department of Work and Pensions.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Very well done, it's right.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25- Oh, a spectacular answer. - APPLAUSE
0:12:25 > 0:12:306, Nicki. A brilliant answer.
0:12:30 > 0:12:346 takes your total up to 28. The lowest score on the board. Richard.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35Well played, best answer so far.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38It's actually the biggest of all government departments.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Thank you very much, Richard. And, Tony.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43I had three in mind and two have just gone.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47Well, the good news is you're through, whatever happens.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- Right, I'm going to go for Environment.- OK.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53- Secretary of State for the Environment.- Yes.- Says Tony.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Let's see if that's right.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57And if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:12:59 > 0:13:00It's right.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Very well done.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09APPLAUSE
0:13:09 > 0:13:114, takes your total up to 48.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13Richard.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16It's actually the Secretary of State for Environment,
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Food and Rural Affairs, which is what the Minister of Agriculture now is.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Should be worth pointing out, Fraser and Sara, that,
0:13:21 > 0:13:23given you're Scottish and Welsh,
0:13:23 > 0:13:26if you'd said Secretary of State for Scotland and Secretary of State for Wales,
0:13:26 > 0:13:30you would have sailed through this round, by an absolute mile.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Which I'm sure you don't want to hear, but happens to be true.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35There are some pointless answers up here. There are a few pointless
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Cabinet ministers, believe it or not. Let's take a look at some of them.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40International Development Secretary.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Clare Short was the first person to hold that post.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Leader of the House of Lords is a Cabinet post.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46The Communities & Local Government Secretary.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Let's take a look at the most popular answers.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51These are the ones you'd imagine that most people would say.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53But shockingly low scores for all of them.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Chancellor of the Exchequer, 42.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00- Prime Minister, there you go. 44. - Wow.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03And the Foreign Secretary as well, 44.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05We see bigger scores than that when we do, you know,
0:14:05 > 0:14:07the hits of Chas and Dave, don't we?
0:14:07 > 0:14:09To be fair.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Honestly, 56 out of 100 people don't know that those people
0:14:11 > 0:14:12are in the Cabinet.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Perhaps we should rethink the way we vote, I don't know.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Do you think? Cos I think we shouldn't.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20I believe in universal suffrage,
0:14:20 > 0:14:23but I know you're a great deal posher so, maybe, you think that...
0:14:23 > 0:14:26What... What... What do you mean, coming at me with a brand like that?
0:14:26 > 0:14:29You liked it in the old days when only landowners could vote, didn't you?
0:14:29 > 0:14:30LAUGHTER
0:14:30 > 0:14:32You had a bit more say.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36So, Secretary of State of Scotland would have scored 4 points.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Secretary of State for Wales would have scored 2 points.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Would have been the best two answers we had in the whole round.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46- Thanks very much, Richard.- Pleasure.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50So, at the end of Round One, the losing pair with the highest score,
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Fraser and Sara.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53With that ringing in your ears, oh! Dear, oh, dear.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58- It was another Cher moment.- Yes. - It was.- Oh, no.- We go home in shame.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59I'll tell you what,
0:14:59 > 0:15:04you join the August ranks of the Pointless 200 club.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- Welcome aboard, it's good to have you here.- Do we get a trophy?
0:15:08 > 0:15:12You may do. Perhaps we could make you one.
0:15:12 > 0:15:13Well, I'm afraid we have to say goodbye.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17It's a great shame, our loss. Sara and Fraser, thank you so much.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19APPLAUSE
0:15:21 > 0:15:25But for the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Now, obviously, there's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36So, one of the pairs in front of me will be
0:15:36 > 0:15:37leaving us at the end of this round.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40OK, our category for Round Two is...
0:15:42 > 0:15:45OK, can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:15:45 > 0:15:49And whoever's going first, please, step up to the podium.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56OK, so our question concerns...
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Rhyming answers, Richard.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Yeah, we're going to give you six clues on each pass.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Each of which will lead to a two-word answer where both words rhyme.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08So, if I was to say actor and School Of Rock,
0:16:08 > 0:16:10the answer would be Jack Black.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12We gave all of these clues to 100 people.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15If you give us an obscure answer, you're going to score fewer points.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18If you give us an incorrect answer, you're going to score 100 points.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20There's going to be 12 clues in all, 12 rhyming answers,
0:16:20 > 0:16:22see how well you get on at home.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23Thank you very much.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26So we are looking for rhyming two-word answers,
0:16:26 > 0:16:28suggested by these clues. And we have got...
0:16:45 > 0:16:48I'm going to read those all again, one more time.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Now, Nicki, I've got a Braille card for you with those on.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- There you are.- Thank you, Alexander.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14OK, so, remember, we are looking for the rhyming two-word answers,
0:17:14 > 0:17:18suggested by those clues. Sherri, what are you thinking?
0:17:18 > 0:17:23I'm thinking, don't like that very much at all,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26but I do know a couple of them.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29But I'm going to go with Daredevil Cyclist.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Evel Knievel.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35Evel Knievel, says Sherri. Let's see if that's right.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39And if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer. Evel Knievel.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40It's right.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47APPLAUSE
0:17:49 > 0:17:5144, for Evel Knievel, Richard.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Same start as Round One, isn't it? 44 points.
0:17:54 > 0:17:55His real name, Robert Craig Knievel.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Claims to have broken every single bone in his body.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Nicki, we are looking for rhyming two-word answers,
0:18:03 > 0:18:05described by those clues.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08There's one that I'm half sure about and there's one
0:18:08 > 0:18:09that I am sure about.
0:18:09 > 0:18:15So, I'm going to be playing safe. French President from 1995-2007.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19And I hope that it is Jacques Chirac.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Jacques Chirac, says Nicki.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26French President 1995-2007, Jacques Chirac.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27Let's if that's right.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30And if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32It's right, very well done.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37- Down it goes, 28.- Yay!
0:18:37 > 0:18:39APPLAUSE
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Very well done.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- 28 for Jacques Chirac. - Yeah, well played, Nicki.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Also former Mayor of Paris and former Prime Minister.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Jacques Chirac, accused of corruption after his term ended.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Now then, Graham.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56So, remember, we are looking for the rhyming two-words
0:18:56 > 0:18:58that these clues suggest.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01You're the last person to have this board, so you can fill in
0:19:01 > 0:19:06all the blanks for us and then pick a nice, low-scoring answer.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08I think I'm going to have to play it safe on this one,
0:19:08 > 0:19:10cos I'm not too sure.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14So, I'll go for the Stage Name of Jamiroquai Lead Singer, Jay Kay.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Jay Kay, you are saying. Jay Kay, let's see if that's right.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19And if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Very well done, it's right.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27APPLAUSE
0:19:31 > 0:19:3461. More people knew Jay Kay was the lead singer of Jamiroquai
0:19:34 > 0:19:36than knew the Prime Minister was in the Cabinet.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- Yeah, I know, it's amazing, isn't it? - It's good, that, isn't it?
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- Not bad, is it?- Yeah. - Not bad. He was born Jason Cheetham.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Let's go through the rest of the board, shall we?
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Now, egg-shaped nursery rhyme character.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- Do you want to hazard a guess at that?- Humpty Dumpty.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51It's a fairly massive 83 points.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55- The duo who sang, Girl I'm Gonna Miss You.- Now, that, I don't know.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56I'll give you a clue.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58They had a Grammy taken away from them.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- Scritti Politti.- Not Scritti Politti.- Oh, no. Oh, no...
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- Milli Vanilli. - Milli Vanilli, exactly right.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Very well done if you said that. Would have scored you 6 points.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10- And the Libyan Defector. - My favourite. Moussa Koussa.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Moussa Koussa, from 2011, would have scored you 7 points.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Well done if you got either of those last two at home.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Thank you very much, Richard. OK. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20We're halfway through the round. The lowest score there, 28.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Nicki and Annie, looking very strong indeed.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Then we go up to 44 for Sherri and Tony.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Then up to 61 for Graham and Richard.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32So, Richard, you have your work cut out on this next part.
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Very best of luck with that.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35We're going to come back down the line.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:20:40 > 0:20:42OK.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Remember, we are looking for the rhyming two-word answers
0:20:44 > 0:20:45suggested by these clues.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48We're going to put six more clues on the board. Here they are.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07I'll read those all one more time.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28So, yes, we are looking for the rhyming two-word answers
0:21:28 > 0:21:30described by those clues. And, as ever,
0:21:30 > 0:21:34you're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew. Now, Richard?
0:21:34 > 0:21:36I studied journalism when I was at university.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40So, I should really know the London road associated with newspapers.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43So, I'm going to for that one. I'm going to say Fleet Street.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Fleet Street. OK. That's what you're saying.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48There's no red line for you because you are the high-scorers.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50You just have to hope it goes down as far as possible.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Fleet Street, says Richard. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:21:55 > 0:21:56It's right.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00APPLAUSE
0:22:00 > 0:22:0247 takes your total up to 108.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- Richard.- Yeah, there were newspapers printed there from 1702.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13- The Daily Courant was the first ever one.- Thank you very much, indeed.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16OK, so remember, we are looking for the rhyming two-word answers
0:22:16 > 0:22:18suggested by these clues.
0:22:18 > 0:22:19Now then, Annie.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21You and Nicki are on 28, the high-scorers are now
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Richard and Graham, on 108.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28Which means, if you can score 79 or less with your answer,
0:22:28 > 0:22:30you are through to the head-to-head.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33I don't really know any of them.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37Well, OK, I know one, and I think I'm just going to play safe.
0:22:37 > 0:22:44I'm going to say May Day, which, hopefully, won't be too high.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49OK, you're saying May Day for the British Bank Holiday in the spring.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52As I say, you want to score 79 or less, there's the red line.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54If you can get below that red line,
0:22:54 > 0:22:56you are through to the next round. Good luck.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Let's see if May Day is right.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01If it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Well done, you're through.
0:23:04 > 0:23:0577, that scored.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08APPLAUSE
0:23:08 > 0:23:10I'm going to cry.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Well done, that takes your total up to 105.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- Richard.- Yeah, that is cutting it pretty fine, 3 points, there.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18May Day, the first Monday in May. They are talking about moving it.
0:23:18 > 0:23:24There we go. So, Tony, this is the moment of truth.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28The high-scorers, on 108, are Richard and Graham.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29You're on 44, which means,
0:23:29 > 0:23:3363 or less is enough to see you through to the head-to-head.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35- Right, I don't know the bottom one. - OK.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38And I'm very embarrassed, I don't know Looby Loo either.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42I know Griffith-Joyner. I think I know the Howard Hughes aeroplane.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45- Right.- I think the Howard Hughes aeroplane is going to be a lot lower
0:23:45 > 0:23:46than Flo-Jo.
0:23:47 > 0:23:53- OK.- So, I'm going for the Howard Hughes aeroplane. Spruce Goose.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56The Spruce Goose. Very well said. Here is your red line coming in.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59If Spruce Goose can get you below that, you are in the head-to-head.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Very, very best of luck.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02Let's see if Spruce Goose is right.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04And if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Well done, Tony, it's right.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08And you are through to
0:24:08 > 0:24:11the head-to-head, very well done.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Down it goes, look, 8 points.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14APPLAUSE
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Very good indeed. Takes your total up to 52.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22- Richard.- That's a great answer, Tony. Very well done.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23Best answer so far.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Yeah, it's designed to carry 750 passengers, but only flew once.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Howard Hughes flew it himself, flew one mile, never flew again.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Let's take a look through the rest of the board.
0:24:31 > 0:24:32You're quite right, Tony.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Flo-Jo is the nickname of Miss Griffith-Joyner, the sprinter.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36Would've scored you 10 points.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39The Friend of Looby Loo is Andy Pandy.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Would have scored 34. And alternative
0:24:41 > 0:24:43name of film director Duncan Jones.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45- Zo-e Bow-ie or Zowie Bowie. - You're absolutely right,
0:24:45 > 0:24:49David Bowie's son is the director of Source Code and Moon.
0:24:49 > 0:24:50That would have scored you 4 points.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52So, very well done if you said that home.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54OK, thank you very much, Richard.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57So, at the end of Round Two, the losing pair
0:24:57 > 0:25:00with the highest score, I'm sorry to say, it's Graham and Richard.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01Bad luck, there.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03You were right on both answers, they were just
0:25:03 > 0:25:06very, very high-scoring ones, that's the trouble.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08It's been great having you on the show.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you so soon,
0:25:10 > 0:25:13but we will see you next time, look forward to that very much.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Excellent contestants, thank you, Richard and Graham.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18APPLAUSE
0:25:20 > 0:25:23But for the remaining two pairs, things are about to get
0:25:23 > 0:25:25even more exciting now, as we enter the head-to-head.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36So, well done, Sherri and Tony, Annie and Nicki,
0:25:36 > 0:25:37you've made it through to the head-to-head.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Only one pair can make it through
0:25:39 > 0:25:41to today's final and play for the jackpot,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44which currently stands at £4,250.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53Now, for each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56But you are now allowed to confer. That's the good news.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58You have to come up with an answer that scores
0:25:58 > 0:26:01less than the other pair and you'll win that question.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03The first pair to win two questions will be
0:26:03 > 0:26:04playing for today's jackpot.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Let's play Pointless.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14OK, here is your first question.
0:26:14 > 0:26:19We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many boxing weight
0:26:19 > 0:26:23categories for the 2012 London Olympics as they could.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25- Richard.- We're looking for any
0:26:25 > 0:26:27of the weight categories, male or female,
0:26:27 > 0:26:30that will be competed in at the London 2012 Olympics, please.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33There are ten different weight categories.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35OK, thank you, Richard.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Now, Sherri and Tony, cos you played best throughout the show so far,
0:26:38 > 0:26:39you get to go first.
0:26:39 > 0:26:44Boxing weight categories to be used for the London Olympics 2012.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51- OK.- We have an answer.- Yes. Super heavyweight.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56Super heavyweight, say Sherri and Tony. Now, Annie and Nicki?
0:26:56 > 0:26:58I know, in normal boxing language, they have
0:26:58 > 0:27:02things like bantamweight, flyweight, featherweight.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Let's go with your... I don't have a clue.
0:27:04 > 0:27:09- What do you like? Shall we go for...?- What sounds nice? - Bantamweight?
0:27:09 > 0:27:13- Oh, yeah, I like the word, yeah. - OK. You've arrived at an answer?
0:27:13 > 0:27:16- Yes.- And your answer is? - Bantamweight.- Bantamweight.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19So, we have super heavyweight, we have bantamweight.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Sherri and Tony, you went first with super heavyweight.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Let's see if it's right.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27And if it is, let's see how many people said super heavyweight.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Super heavyweight is right.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32Down it goes.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36- Oh, 6.- Woo!
0:27:41 > 0:27:436 for super heavyweight.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47That's what you've got to beat, Annie and Nicki, with bantamweight.
0:27:47 > 0:27:48Let's see if bantamweight is right.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51And if it is, let's see how many people said that.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Absolutely right.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57Down it goes.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- 16.- Oh.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03At least it was right.
0:28:05 > 0:28:10So, 16 for bantamweight, I'm afraid, beaten by 6 for super heavyweight.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13So, after one question, Sherri and Tony are up one-nil. Richard.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Good answers from both teams.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17There's a couple of weights that would've beaten super heavyweight.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Let's take a look at all of them.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22There is a pointless answer here as well, which is light welterweight.
0:28:22 > 0:28:23Very well done if you said that.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Light flyweight, that's the lightest,
0:28:25 > 0:28:27that's under 48 kilogrammes
0:28:27 > 0:28:28for the men, 1 point.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32Super heavyweight, that's above 91 kilogrammes, scored you 6 points.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Light heavyweight, 6 points. Welterweight, 15.
0:28:36 > 0:28:37There's bantamweight, on 16.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40These next three are all being fought for by women as well.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Flyweight, on 17. Middleweight, 23.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Lightweight, 30. And heavyweight,
0:28:44 > 0:28:45up the top there, on 47.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Well done if you got all of those.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51OK, thank you very much. Here is your second question.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55Annie and Nicki, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:28:55 > 0:28:56Here it comes.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:29:00 > 0:29:01chemical elements beginning with P,
0:29:01 > 0:29:05as they could. Chemical elements beginning with P.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Nicki very pleased with that. Richard.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Yeah, we're looking for any chemical element whose common English name
0:29:10 > 0:29:15begins with a P, as verified by the IUPAC as of May 2011, please.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Any chemical element beginning with P.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20OK, Annie and Nicki, you go first this time.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23I don't think there is one called promethium. I thought there might be,
0:29:23 > 0:29:24but I don't think there is.
0:29:24 > 0:29:29- Oh, OK, we're just going to go for really obvious.- Platinum.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Yes, thank you, we'll go with that.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34- Platinum.- It'll be the highest one.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37Better than what our one was going to be. We're going to go with that.
0:29:37 > 0:29:38OK. Platinum,
0:29:38 > 0:29:42- you are going to say. Sherri and Tony?- (Plutonium.)
0:29:42 > 0:29:46- Yeah, that's a good one.- OK, we're going to go with plutonium.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51Plutonium. OK, we have platinum and we have plutonium.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56Now then, Annie and Nicki, you have to win this one to stay in the game.
0:29:56 > 0:29:57Platinum, you said. Let's see if it's right.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01And if it is, let's see how many people said platinum.
0:30:02 > 0:30:03It's right.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05It's right, down, 70s, 60s,
0:30:05 > 0:30:0650s, 40s, 30s.
0:30:08 > 0:30:09APPLAUSE
0:30:13 > 0:30:1729. Now, plutonium, say Sherri and Tony.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22Is that going to beat platinum on 29, I wonder?
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Plutonium, is it right? How many people said it?
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Yes, it's right. 80s, 70s, 60s,
0:30:28 > 0:30:2950s, 40s.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33APPLAUSE
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Very well done, Annie and Nicki. Platinum wins it for you.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44So, after two questions, it is one-all. Richard.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Great head-to-head so far.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Well done, Annie and Nicki. Nicki, during your deliberations,
0:30:48 > 0:30:51- you gave an even better answer, which was promethium.- Oh, no.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Which would've scored you 2 points.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56- Oh, my goodness.- Shall we edit, undo that bit and do it again?
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Let's take a look at all the Ps.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00There's a pointless answer here as well.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Protactinium was a pointless answer.
0:31:02 > 0:31:03Very well done if you said that.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05Praseodymium would have scored you 1 point.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07There's promethium, 2 points, very good answer
0:31:07 > 0:31:09if you'd gone for that. Polonium, nine.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12Palladium, 13. There's platinum, 29.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Phosphorus would have scored you 35.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Plutonium, 39. And potassium, 56.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19I'm sure some people at home will have got all of those.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Very well done if you did.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23OK, thank you very much. Here is your third question.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25This is the question that will decide who goes through to the final
0:31:25 > 0:31:29and plays for that jackpot. Here it comes.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:31:32 > 0:31:36countries larger than India as they could. Richard.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Yeah, we're looking for any of the countries of the world
0:31:38 > 0:31:41which are larger than India in terms of land area. As always, by country,
0:31:41 > 0:31:44we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47OK, thank you very much, Richard.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51Sherri and Tony, you go first this time.
0:31:57 > 0:32:02- OK, we have an answer?- Yes, Brazil. - Brazil, say Tony and Sherri.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Annie and Nicki, you can confer out loud.
0:32:05 > 0:32:11- Mongolia is absolutely huge, and so is Canada.- I was thinking Canada.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13But I think your Mongolia one sounds...
0:32:13 > 0:32:15But I'm not totally convinced of it.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18I'm more convinced of Canada.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Mongolia, I read a book about these people that went across Mongolia
0:32:21 > 0:32:25and it took over six chapters for them to get from beginning to end.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Then it's got to be long.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30- I'm just... - Are you feeling dangerous, Nicki?
0:32:30 > 0:32:31That's the question.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35No, I can't risk it. I can't risk not going through to the final
0:32:35 > 0:32:37because we're not sure.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40If you want to go with Canada, let's go with Canada.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42- Yeah.- Shall we? We're going to go with Canada.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45- OK, you're going to say Canada. - Yeah.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48So, we have Brazil and we have Canada.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51Sherri and Tony said Brazil. Let's see if that's right.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53And if it is, let's see how many people said Brazil.
0:32:55 > 0:32:56It's right.
0:32:58 > 0:32:59Down it goes. 50s, 40s,
0:32:59 > 0:33:0030s, 20s.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03APPLAUSE
0:33:08 > 0:33:1022.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15That's a good, low score. Is it low enough, do you think?
0:33:15 > 0:33:19Now, Annie and Nicki, you have said Canada. Let's see if that's right.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23And if it is, let's see how many people said it. Canada.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26It's right. Down it goes.
0:33:26 > 0:33:2760s, 50s, 40s.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Oh, no.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31APPLAUSE
0:33:35 > 0:33:39So, Brazil beats Canada there.
0:33:39 > 0:33:40So, after three questions,
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Sherri and Tony are through to the final, two-one.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45- Richard.- Yeah, again, great head-to-head.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48Those are actually the best two answers on the board.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Mongolia is the 19th largest country in the world by terms of land area.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54It took six chapters to get from one end to the other.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57Let's take a look at all the answers. You'll see, you've given us the best.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Brazil, 22, that's the fifth largest.
0:33:59 > 0:34:00Canada, 43, that's the second
0:34:00 > 0:34:02largest country in the world
0:34:02 > 0:34:03for land area.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05China, 51. Australia, 61,
0:34:05 > 0:34:07that's the sixth largest.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Russia, 69, the largest of all.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11And the United States on 79,
0:34:11 > 0:34:12the third largest.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15OK, thank you very much.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17So, the losing pair, at the end of the head-to-head,
0:34:17 > 0:34:20it's Annie and Nicki. Bad luck.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23As Richard said, a fantastically well played head-to-head.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25What will you be taking away?
0:34:25 > 0:34:30- What will be your tactics when you come back next time?- Cheating.- Yes.
0:34:30 > 0:34:31- That's how I'd do it.- Um, tactics?
0:34:33 > 0:34:36I don't know. Write 50 lines of, must try harder.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38I think that would be the best way.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40I think it would be hard to try harder, you did incredibly well.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44I would go with cheating, I think that sounds a lot easier, doesn't it?
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Absolutely fail-safe.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48The good news for us is we will see you again next time.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50But, meanwhile, thank you very much for playing.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Annie and Nicki, wonderful contestants.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01But for Sherri and Tony, it's now time for our Pointless final
0:35:01 > 0:35:05and the chance to win our jackpot of £4,250.
0:35:12 > 0:35:13Congratulations, Sherri and Tony.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15You have fought off all the competition and won
0:35:15 > 0:35:17our coveted Pointless trophy. Very well done.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £4,250.
0:35:35 > 0:35:36Now, the rules are very simple.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42That's an answer that none of our 100 people could think of.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45We haven't had any pointless answers on the show today.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48You only have to find one now and you will go home with that money.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50First, you've got to choose a category.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53And you can choose from these three options. They are...
0:35:57 > 0:36:02- Well, Classical Music, out. Out. - Celebrities, could be anything.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Celebrities could be anything. Do you know much about snooker?
0:36:05 > 0:36:07You need to know a lot about snooker.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12I'm, um, I'm quite good at snooker, but it could be...
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Well, same with celebrities. Or do you fancy celebrities more?
0:36:15 > 0:36:18What do you think? You know a lot about snooker.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21- Go on.- We'll go with Snooker. - You're going to go with Snooker.
0:36:21 > 0:36:22- Yes.- Oh, dear.
0:36:22 > 0:36:27Tony, what, if you could choose your question, what would it be?
0:36:27 > 0:36:29What would be a category for you that would be...?
0:36:29 > 0:36:31I suppose, perhaps, World Champions.
0:36:31 > 0:36:36But it won't be that, World Champions. That would be...
0:36:36 > 0:36:38It's probably vaguer than that. I'm sure it's vaguer than that.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40OK, well, let's find out what it is.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:36:43 > 0:36:47snooker players with a maximum break as they could.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Snooker players with a maximum break, Richard.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52Yeah, we're looking for any snooker player who's recorded a maximum
0:36:52 > 0:36:54break in a professional competition.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56That's according to worldsnooker.com.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:00 > 0:37:04All you need to win that £4,250 is for just one of those answers
0:37:04 > 0:37:06to be pointless.
0:37:06 > 0:37:07Your 60 seconds start now.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Well, you've all the obvious ones, but we'll forget the obvious.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12- Well, the first person was Cliff Thorburn.- Yes.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15And Kirk Stevens has done it as well.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17And then, after that, I'm sort of struggling.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20Well, you know, O'Sullivan, he's done it. Mostly, they...
0:37:20 > 0:37:23But you've got to, you're looking at a player that's...
0:37:23 > 0:37:30- What about Ebbo, what's his name? Something Bo?- Fu.- Fu.
0:37:30 > 0:37:31OK, Ebdon.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35Probably Peter Ebdon probably has, yes.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- I think you're looking at players from a long time ago.- OK.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- If Thorburn was the first, that's... - OK, we'll go with him.- Early '80s.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45- Just think of some more. - Kirk Stevens. That's two.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Thorburn, Stevens, and one more.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49I'm just trying to think, just say someone obscure.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Graeme Dott might have done.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55Graeme Dott, yeah, but he's not that obscure, is he?
0:37:55 > 0:38:00- No.- Can you think of any others? What's the chap who died? Paul?
0:38:01 > 0:38:04- What? Werbenuik? No, it wouldn't be him.- Five seconds left.
0:38:09 > 0:38:10OK, that's your minute up.
0:38:10 > 0:38:15- We were looking for snooker players with a maximum break.- Yes.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21- And I now need your three answers. - Peter Ebdon.- Peter Ebdon.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25- Cliff Thorburn.- Cliff Thorburn. - And Kirk Stevens.- And Kirk Stevens.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Are you happy with those, Sherri?
0:38:28 > 0:38:31Not really, but I can't improve on it, I'm afraid.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34- Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?- Kirk Stevens.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37- Probably Kirk Stevens. - Kirk Stevens, we'll put third.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40- What about your least likely? - Probably Peter Ebdon, I would think.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Peter Ebdon, and Cliff Thorburn in the middle.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45OK, we'll put them up on the board in that order.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51There they are.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54OK, we were looking for snooker players with a maximum break.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57You said this was your least confident answer.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59You only have to find one pointless answer, remember,
0:38:59 > 0:39:01to win that jackpot of £4,250.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Let's see, Peter Ebdon, there he is.
0:39:05 > 0:39:11Is it right? And if it is, how many people said Peter Ebdon? Good luck.
0:39:11 > 0:39:12It's right.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14It's right. That's the first thing it had to be.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16Now it just has to go down to 0
0:39:16 > 0:39:18and you leave here with £4,250.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20It's still going down. Single figures.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22Look at that, down it goes, wow!
0:39:23 > 0:39:25APPLAUSE
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Peter Ebdon.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH
0:39:31 > 0:39:34OK, unfortunately, that's not a pointless answer,
0:39:34 > 0:39:37but you knew it wasn't. You put him first.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42- What would you do with £4,250? - Go on holiday.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46- Not together, but we would go on holiday.- We would go on holiday.
0:39:46 > 0:39:47Where would you go?
0:39:47 > 0:39:50I actually want to climb Machu Picchu
0:39:50 > 0:39:53before I get too old to be able to get up there.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55- Very good. So, off to South America with you.- Yes.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59- Tony, what about you?- Cruise, I think. Baltic cruise.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01Very good. Well, very best of luck.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Let's hope Cliff Thorburn can get you there.
0:40:04 > 0:40:05He won't.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Cliff Thorburn, it has to be correct and it has be pointless.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11If it's both of those things, you leave here with £4,250.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Let's see. Is it right?
0:40:13 > 0:40:16And if so, how many people said Cliff Thorburn?
0:40:18 > 0:40:19It's right.
0:40:20 > 0:40:21It's right.
0:40:21 > 0:40:26Now, if this can go all the way down to 0, you leave here with £4,250.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Peter Ebdon got you down to 2.
0:40:28 > 0:40:29Oh, 12.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32APPLAUSE
0:40:36 > 0:40:40Everything is now hinging on Kirk Stevens.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45You said this was the answer you were most confident in.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48This has to be pointless, if you're going to win that jackpot
0:40:48 > 0:40:49of £4,250. Let's see.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Kirk Stevens. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Good luck. Kirk Stevens.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02OK, there we are, it's right.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Went up from 2, up to 12.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Now we have to come down to 0.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Down it comes.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11This is your last chance to win
0:41:11 > 0:41:12the jackpot of £4,250.
0:41:12 > 0:41:13Bad luck.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16APPLAUSE
0:41:16 > 0:41:177.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find
0:41:21 > 0:41:23that all-important pointless answer.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25So, I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £4,250,
0:41:25 > 0:41:27which will roll over on to the next show.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30But you have been brilliant contestants
0:41:30 > 0:41:33- and you do, of course, get to take home our Pointless trophy. - Thank you.
0:41:33 > 0:41:34CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:37 > 0:41:39That was tough luck. There's lots of names on the list, actually.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41The most popular answers were
0:41:41 > 0:41:45Steve Davis, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Jimmy White, as you'd expect.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Marco Fu, who you mentioned, would've scored you 2 points.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50Graeme Dott, you also mentioned, would've scored you 2.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54There are some very big names at the end of this list.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56There's couple of World Champions on this list.
0:41:56 > 0:41:57The Canadian Alain Robidoux.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Andrew Higginson and David McDonnell all scored professional 147s.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04James Wattana, the Thai player, scored three maximums.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Jason Prince and Marcus Campbell.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08This is the page you don't want to look at, though.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Neil Robertson, the 2010 World Champion, he scored a 147
0:42:11 > 0:42:13against Peter Ebdon.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16Shaun Murphy, also a World Champion. Stephen Maguire.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17All of those pointless answers.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Well done if you said those.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21One name, also, that could have been on the list is Jamie Burnett,
0:42:21 > 0:42:25who scored the highest break in professional snooker.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29- He scored 148.- Oh, wow. - 148, never been bettered.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33- Well, you knew some of those, didn't you?- Yes, those three.- Oh, dear.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Never easy to see names you know on that board.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39Well, unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Sherri and Tony.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41But it's been brilliant having you on the show.
0:42:41 > 0:42:42Thank you so much for playing.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45- Thank you. - Great contestants, thank you.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over, which means
0:42:51 > 0:42:55on the next show, we will be playing for £5,250.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Join us next time to see if someone can win it.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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