Episode 45 Pointless

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

where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's players.

Welcome back, Drew and Lloyd. You're our first pair this afternoon.

You were on the show last time, remind us what happened.

We fell down by only knowing that Ringo Starr

was a member of the Beatles.

Not me though, that was Drew. I know that he was a member.

We got it right, OK?

-But you scored 98.

-Yes.

-It's not 100.

-Two better than wrong, Drew. Two better than wrong.

We discovered you are both studying at Bangor.

-We are.

-When you're not doing that, what do you like to do? Lloyd?

-Me?

-Yes.

-Well, I like to dance.

I'm a disco dance champion.

Oh, Lloyd.

Oh, Lloyd.

You're going to make me do it, aren't you?

I'm going to enjoy this.

I'm the master at the hand jive.

-Are you?

-I'll only do it if you do it with me.

In that case, we shall just have to take your word for it.

THEY LAUGH

What do you do with your feet while you're doing this with your hands?

-What do I do with my feet?

-Yes.

-They're moving too.

-OK.

Very best of luck. Great to have you back on the show.

Next, we welcome, Benali and Freyja. How do you know each other?

We both go to the University of Sussex, doing postgrad study there.

What are you studying, Freyja?

I'm doing an MPhil in American literature,

so, my kind of specialist, if I can say that, subject is Kerouac.

Kind of 50s, 60s American literature.

OK, so beat literature of the 60s would be right up your street.

That would be perfect.

-Benali, what are you studying?

-I'm doing a PhD In psychology,

specifically researching schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia questions we don't really have, do we?

-No?

-Yes, not so much.

-Not so much.

-Not so much, no.

Benali and Freyja, it's lovely to have you here.

Best of luck this afternoon.

Next, we welcome Paul and Eddie.

Now how do you two know each other?

We've known each other quite a long time because we happen to be brothers.

-So quite a while, really.

-Can't argue with that.

Quite a while. Where are you from, Paul and Eddie?

At the moment, we live in Clacton-on-Sea, in Essex.

What do you do in Clacton?

At the moment, we're between jobs.

We had a pool club in Clacton we had for five years,

and we sold that a little while ago.

So, what's next?

I've applied for HM Coastguard.

-Have you really?

-Yes, I have.

-You patrol, do you?

No, shore based. Shore based.

Hang on, you mean like Baywatch? In Essex?

LAUGHTER

You're basically Hasselhoff?

With this figure?

A couple of months on Baywatch, you'd be as svelte as you like,

running up and down Clacton-on-Sea.

-I like you. I like you a lot.

-There you are.

Paul, what are your plans?

I've recently finished a course for my SIA badge, which is security systems,

I'm going to get into the security game.

CCTV, observation, that type of thing.

-I see, so you're not a mercenary?

-No, no, no.

Not that kind of security.

-When we go to the bar.

-Yes!

Paul and Eddie, it's fabulous to have you here.

Very best of luck to the pair of you.

Finally, we've got Gwyn and Matt. Now how do you do know each other?

I know Matt because Matt is my son.

We met quite a long time ago, 34 years ago.

If you think he looks bad now, you should've seen him then,

he looked like a shrivelled prune.

-I'm guessing he didn't have the sideburns then?

-Not at that stage.

Because that would be scary, wouldn't it?

A baby coming out, looking like Alvin Stardust.

No, his mum had the sideburns! No, no, she didn't.

LAUGHS

No, she didn't.

So where have you come from? I think I have a rough idea.

We've come from Cardiff, South Wales.

Very good. Matt, what do you do there?

I work for a large arts centre,

but I work for the cinema department within that arts centre

and I organise and run the education programme

for the cinema department.

You do realise you have now set yourself up for any film questions?

I get to watch a lot of children's films.

-Gwyn, how about you, what do you do?

-I like to play pool.

I used to be a good,

well, I could've been a good snooker player, but never got the break.

Have you ever been to Clacton-on-Sea and played any pool there?

There was a brilliant pool hall. I don't know what's happened...

No, it was a front. That was a front.

Oh, yes. They weren't making their money from pool.

I did wonder because I never saw a single person playing pool.

I heard one of them now, he's going to work for the coastguard?

And the other one is in to CCTV?

-Doesn't look good, does it?

-Not at all.

Gwyn, I'm not sure we've had parrots yet on shirts.

-Have we? I think it's a first.

-I think he may be a fashion leader.

I believe that it reflects my personality. It's bright,

it's colourful and it keeps repeating itself.

I say, it keeps repeating itself.

It's great to have you both here. Very best of luck to you.

We'll find out more about you as we go on.

There's only one person left to introduce.

He's the yeoman warder of the obscurity crown jewels,

there as both security and a national tourist attraction.

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

-Hiya.

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Hello. How are you? All right?

Yes, very well.

Well, what a bunch we've got with us today.

-You're telling me.

-Blimey.

The first round is one of those ones that has been asked for most

ever in Pointless history. People in the studio and street,

say, why don't you do a round on this?

Round one today is a thing I've been asked for

more than any other round in Pointless history, I think.

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

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

For a chance to win our jackpot,

all you need to do is score a few points as you can.

What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer,

that's an answer none of our 100 people gave

and each time that happens we will add £250 to the jackpot.

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

so today's jackpot starts off at £6,250. There we are.

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Right, let's play Pointless.

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

and you cannot confer with your partner.

Whichever team has highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

OK, our first category this afternoon is...

fashion.

Can all decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many types of trouser

as they could. Oh, you're right...

-People always ask for it.

-They always ask you for types of trouser.

People say, can we do musicals or types of trouser.

We said one day it will come up.

All the correct answers in this round will be types of trouser or short.

Trouser or short.

Now then, Drew and Lloyd, you all drew lots before the show

and this afternoon, you get to go first.

In this round, we'll give you a choice

of seven possible answers on the board in each pass.

Your first set of seven possible types of trouser reads like this...

Now I can tell you that at least one of those answers is pointless

and at least one of those answers is incorrect.

Pick one of those and you will score the maximum of 100 points.

So then, Drew,

it falls to you to get the ball rolling this afternoon.

Got to start somewhere.

I know a few of those in my head.

I'm going to go for,

pronunciation probably wrong, shalwar?

-Shalwar.

-Shalwar.

-Let's see if it's right,

and if it is, let's see how money people said shalwar.

It's right.

Now this could be very, very good, Drew. Look at that.

Yes! Very, very well done.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's a pointless answer, Drew.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £6,500

and it scores you nothing. Very, well done indeed.

Yes, it's a loose trouser, usually worn on the Indian subcontinent

that tapers into the ankle.

Brilliant. Benali?

Well, I was going to go for that, so I'll have to extend myself more

but I think I am going to go for, plus fours?

OK, you're saying plus fours.

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

It's right.

14.

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14 for plus fours. Richard.

Yeah, good, safe answer, Benali.

It's a baggy trouser worn to just below the knee.

-Thank you very much. Now, Paul. Types of trouser.

-Yeah.

I might go outrageous and try the top one, braccae.

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

It's right!

It's right. Down it goes.

-Yes! Very well done.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's pointless. It adds another £250 to today's jackpot.

It takes the total up to 6,750

and it scores you nothing. Not only our second pointless,

also our second slightly skewed high-five there.

Two people very nearly...

He's too tall for me, that's why.

-I asked him for a low-five earlier - it didn't happen.

-He missed that as well.

-LAUGHTER

-Richard.

-Another pointless answer.

I knew trousers would be a good round. Knew it.

Braccae is actually Latin for "trousers" and refers to

-a type of woollen trouser.

-That's what I said to my brother.

-I heard you.

-LAUGHTER

-Gwyn, you're the last person to have this rack of trousers,

so you can talk us through them if you like.

And tick them off as you go down them and pick one to submit.

Well, I'm running out of options.

I was going to see braccae, honest.

-And normally I'm, as you can tell, a fashion guru.

-Indeed.

-LAUGHTER

Unfortunately I don't know a lot about trousers. I think...

I will take a chance on pantaloons.

Let's see if pantaloons is right

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

Very well done. It's right.

Look at that.

-Very well done, Gwyn.

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Four points for pantaloons.

-Richard.

-Well done, Gwyn. Very low scoring round, isn't it?

Long tight-fitting trousers that go over the feet like tights.

Let's take a look at the rest of the board. Flares - obviously. That would have scored you 38.

Cords would've scored you 24.

Now, by process of elimination, islips is an incorrect answer.

Do you know why it's incorrect?

-No.

-Very obscure one.

You know the video for Baggy Trousers by Madness?

It's filmed at Islip Street School in Kentish Town, North London.

-Wow.

-Yeah.

-OK, let's take a look at those scores

halfway through the round. Drew and Lloyd, Paul and Eddie,

fantastic answers from the pair of you pairs.

Then up to 4 for Gwyn and Matt.

Who would've thought 14 would be the highest score in that pass?

But I'm afraid, Benali, it is.

We're coming back down the line. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

We're putting seven more answers on the board.

We're looking for types of trouser, in case you'd forgotten.

Our second set of seven reads like this...

I'll read them one more time...

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

and at least one of those answers is incorrect.

Pick an incorrect one and you will score 100 points.

So then, Matt, you're on 4.

The highest scorers are Freyja and Benali on 14, which means

if you can score 9 or less

you are through to the next round.

-What do you think?

-Um...

So, I'm going to go for something

that probably isn't one of the obvious ones,

but I'm going to go for chaps.

OK, chaps, you're saying. There they are, second one down.

Here is your red line. If you can get

below that red line with chaps,

you are through to the next round.

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

Yup.

-Oh, very, very well done!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Spectacular, Matt. That's a pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot and takes the total up to £7,000.

It scores you nothing and leaves your total at 4. Well done. Richard.

Yeah, well done. Chaps, short for chaparreras.

Stoat leather trousers worn by cowboys to protect their legs.

Now then, Eddie. The highest scorers are still Freyja and Benali on 14.

You are on nothing.

Should you score 13 or less, you are through to the next round.

Well...

I've heard of one, but I don't know if they're trousers or not.

I'm going to go for it. And I'm going to say salopettes.

Salopettes, you are seeing. There at the bottom of the screen.

Is salopettes is right? How many people said it?

Very well done.

Yeah, you've done it.

Oh, it's another one!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's another pointless answer. It adds a further £250

to today's jackpot. Takes the total up to 7,250.

It scores you nothing and leaves your total at nothing.

-Very well done.

-Yeah, well played, Eddie.

Very rare double pointless there. Salopettes are worn for skiing.

They're quilted trousers held on by shoulder straps.

-Double pointless, you see.

-It's all about the trousers!

-All about the trousers.

-Shall we do trousers every day?

No, no. Not every day. Keep trousers special.

LAUGHTER

-Every couple of days or something?

-Yeah, that'll do it.

OK, Freyja. You are on 14 which means you are still

the high scorers. How can this possibly be?

I think I'm at a disadvantage of being

the only person not wearing trousers

-on the show.

-Can I just say, I'm not wearing trousers either.

LAUGHTER

There's a few I know,

but I'm obviously just going to have to take a risk.

-I'm going to go for paderborns and hope.

-Paderborns.

-Yeah.

-Have you ever heard of paderborns? Does it sound faintly familiar?

-I...

-Benali, paderborns?

-I know it's a city in Germany.

-Oh, no!

LAUGHTER

I hope they're from there.

Maybe it'll be a mad

third pointless on this board. Good luck.

Let's hope so. Is paderborns right?

How many people said it?

No!

Oh, bad luck. I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer

which means you score the maximum of 100 points,

taking your total up to an unassailable

114. Richard.

Yeah, sorry, Freyja. Benali, you're right. It's a German city, Paderborn.

Annually, they celebrate, rather uniquely, no pants day

in Paderborn.

What, just chaps?

No, women as well. LAUGHTER

Now then, Lloyd.

It is your privilege

to mop up at the end of this round.

Take us through everything on that board

and either have a guess at it or...whatever.

I know three and don't know one,

so I'll go for churidars.

Churidars. OK, let's see if

churidars is a right answer. If so, let's see how many people said it.

It's right!

That might mean it's only going in one direction, this.

And it is!

-What about that, Lloyd?

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's yet another pointless.

It adds yet another £250 to today's jackpot.

It takes the total up to £7,500.

It scores you nothing, leaving your total at a brilliant nothing.

Drew gave us shalwar, you gave us churidars.

They're from India as well. A tight long-fitting trouser.

That's five pointless answers in one round.

It's literally the most successful round we've had in Pointless history.

Let's fill in the rest of the board.

Jeans was the highest scoring by quite a long way.

88 points.

Bell-bottoms would've scored you 11 points.

And capris would've scored you 9 points.

Well done if you got any pointless answers on either bored at home.

Thank you, Richard. So, at the end of Round One,

the losing pair with the highest score is Benali and Freyja.

Well, dear oh dear oh dear.

Somebody had to score high

and afraid it was you. We can discount the 100

because you had to find something really low scoring.

14, who would have thought that would be a score

-to put you into that position?

-Obviously I have to spend more time at home wearing trousers.

Just a bit of time at home wearing trousers might be a start, Benali.

I am a student. We do spend a lot of time not dressed.

That's true.

LAUGHTER

Speak for yourself!

The great news is we will see you again next time. Look forward to that.

Meanwhile, thank you for playing, Freyja and Benali. Brilliant.

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But, for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.

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Now, obviously there's only room for two pairs

in the head-to-head, so one of the teams

will be leaving at the end of this rhyme.

OK, our category for Round Two is...

Comedy.

Decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second.

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

And our Round Two question concerns...

comedians and comedy partners.

-Comedians and their comedy partners, Richard.

-We'll show you

six comedians on each pass. We asked 100 people

the comedy partner with which they are most commonly associated.

A nice obscure answer, will score fewer points,

but an incorrect answer will score 100 points.

So there's going to be six on each pass. 12 answers for you to get at home. Good luck.

Thank you. So, we are looking for the comedy partners

who most famously partner these people. Let's see.

Our first list reads like this...

I'll read those all one more time...

Now then, Drew.

OK, I'm not too good at this, but quite enjoy the show

so I'm going to go with David Mitchell and Howard Webb.

David Mitchell and Howard Webb.

We will see if that is right and,

if it is, let's see how many people said David Mitchell and Howard Webb.

Bad luck, Drew.

Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

-Richard.

-Sorry. I won't give you the right answer in case Paul or Gwyn want to have a go at that one,

but I will say Howard Webb is the English referee who officiated the last World Cup final.

-LAUGHTER

-I knew him from somewhere, knew him from somewhere.

OK. Now then, Paul.

Yeah. Well, there's a few obvious ones there,

so I'm going to try Stephen Fry

-and Hugh Lloyd.

-Let's see if that's right.

If it is, let's see how many people knew that answer. Hugh Lloyd.

Unfortunately that's an incorrect answer, I'm afraid,

which means you also score the maximum of

100 points. Wow.

-From our lowest scoring round possibly to our highest.

-Shall we go back to trousers?

-LAUGHTER DREW:

-Please. Thank you very much.

I won't give you the right answer in case

Gwyn wants to have a go at that one.

So, then, Gwyn. You're the last present this board.

You can fill in all the pieces there if you like.

I don't know whether this is a dream question for me

or whether I'm in a dream. It could be either.

But I think I'll go for Mel Smith

and Griff Rhys Jones.

Griff Rhys Jones. OK. That's what you're saying for Mel Smith.

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

let's see how many people said it.

Yes, it's right.

44.

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44.

Very well done.

Well done, Gwyn. They starred together on Not the Nine O'Clock News

and then Alas Smith and Jones.

I suspect you could probably fill in this board. Dawn French?

-Jennifer Saunders.

-Would have scored you 71. Ronnie Corbett?

-Ronnie Barker.

-Yup. Would've scored you 60, quite low.

Stephen Fry - his partner is?

-Hugh Laurie.

-Yeah. 47. David Mitchell?

It's not Howard Webb, it's...?

-You know, I haven't even heard of either of them.

-LAUGHTER

Isn't that ridiculous?

I've got to say I am very, very big fan of them.

But I like sketch comedy.

Yours... I know you do a sketch show as well,

which, to me, that's a bit mucky.

LAUGHTER

I quite like Mitchell and Robert Webb.

Stewart Lee is the best answer. Used to have a double act with?

-Richard Herring.

-Would've scored 2 points, so very well done if you said that.

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

Gwyn and Matt. Very much the kings of the castle there on 44.

Then Paul and Eddie, and

Drew and Lloyd very much

the dirty rascals there on 100.

We're going to come back down the line.

Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK, we're going to put six more comedians on the board

and here they are...

I'll read those one more time...

Now, remember, we are looking for

the famous comedy partners of these comedians.

You're trying to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

So, Matt,

your father scored the only correct answer in the first pass.

The high scorers on 100 are these other pairs.

If you can score 55 more or less, you're through to the head-to-head.

In that case,

I think I'm going to go for...

Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.

There he is, bottom of the table. Is that right?

How many people said it?

Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.

65.

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65 takes your total up to

109. Not bad at all, Matt.

Well played. Should see you safely through.

Stars of Big Night Out, all sorts of things, Vic and Bob.

Now then, Eddie.

The highest scorers are now Matt and Gwyn on 109.

If you can score 8 or less,

you are through to the head-to-head.

-Well, I know a couple of them up there.

-Mm-hmm.

But there is only one I'm going to go for.

The great Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. Is it right? How many people said it?

It's right.

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51. Takes your total up to

-151. Richard.

-Good answer, Eddie. It's a correct answer.

We'll have to see if it's good enough to get you through.

The great Peter Cook and the great Dudley Moore.

Indeed. Now then, Lloyd.

Lloyd, the high scorers are Paul and Eddie on 151.

You're on 100. If you can score 50 or less,

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

-Good round for me. I love entertainment.

So, fingers crossed I get this person right.

But I don't know who Steve Punt is.

Ant McPartlin's obviously Declan Donnelly.

Noel Fielding, Mighty Boosh with Julian - I don't know his surname.

So I am going to go for Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.

So, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins. Very well said, Lloyd.

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

Yes! You've done it.

Very, very well done.

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10 points for that takes your total to 110.

Great answer, Lloyd.

Very well played. Lovely Mel and lovely Sue.

Mel and Sue. Let's go through

-the rest of the board. Ant McPartlin?

-Declan Donnelly, as we heard.

It would have scored 74 points. Steve Punt?

-Hugh Dennis.

-Absolutely right. Now starring in Outnumbered.

That would have scored you 21. And Noel Fielding - you're right it is Julian.

It's Julian Barratt in the Mighty Boosh - would've scored 1 point.

-Best answer on the board. So, well done if you got that.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

So, at the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score, Paul and Eddie.

-It was a tough round, that one.

-Yeah.

-From double pointless...

-To 100 for me.

-..to 151. Well, it was a tough board.

Did you know any of them when we started filling them in?

When I said Hugh Lloyd, I meant Laurie, but I'd said it.

It come out as Hugh Lloyd, yeah.

Well, it's a great shame to be saying goodbye to you so soon,

but we will see you again next time Look forward to it.

-Meanwhile, thanks for playing. Eddie and Paul, brilliant.

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

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Well done, Drew and Lloyd, Gwyn and Matt.

You're through to the head-to-head.

Obviously, only one pair can make it through to today's final

and play for the jackpot which currently stands at

-a whopping £7,500.

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

You are now allowed to confer. All you have to do

is answer to score less than the other pair to 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 give 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Von Trapp children as they could. Richard.

We're looking for first names of any of the seven Von Trapp children from the musical, The Sound of Music.

OK. Now then, Drew and Lloyd, because you've played best

throughout the show so far, you get to go first.

THEY WHISPER

Em, Kurt.

-You're going to go for Kurt?

-Yes.

Gwyn and Matt?

-Let's go Maria?

-No.

-Let's go Greta.

-Greta?

-Shall we go Greta?

-OK.

-Greta.

-You're going to go for Greta. We have Kurt, we have Greta.

Lloyd and Drew have gone for Kurt. Let's see if that's right and,

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

It's right.

14 for Kurt.

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14 for Kurt.

Now then, Gwyn and Matt have gone for Greta.

-A complete guess?

-Yeah.

Greta. Let's find out. Is it right? How many people said it if it is? Greta.

Bad luck. Unfortunately, Greta an incorrect answer

which means after the first question,

Drew and Lloyd are up 1-0. Richard.

Well played, Drew and Lloyd. You very nearly fluked that, though.

There's not a Greta, but there is a Gretl.

So, you were one letter away. And Gretl would've scored you 12 points.

Let's take a look at all seven

and see if anyone at home's got all of these.

Louisa, 7, Brigitta, 9, Friedrich, 11.

There's Gretl, 12, Kurt, 14,

Marta, 16, and Liesl, up the top on 25.

Well done if you got of them.

Here is your second question. Now, Gwyn and Matt

you have to win this question to stay in the game. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

political party leaders since 1990 who were born in Scotland

as they could. Richard.

We're looking for any leader of the Conservative, Labour or Liberal Democrat party

from 1990 right up through to May 2011

who was born in Scotland, please. Best of luck.

OK, now Gwyn and Matt, you go first this time.

Did he say that was from any political party?

Any political party...

Charles Kennedy.

Now then, Drew and Lloyd, you can continue conferring out loud should you need to.

No, we don't need to.

OK, going to the leaders and I can't think of many...

I can name them but I can't say where they were born.

So we're going to go with the obvious one with Gordon Brown.

All we can say.

Gordon Brown, you're going to say.

We have Charles Kennedy

and we have Gordon Brown.

In order, Gwyn and Matt said Charles Kennedy. Is that right?

If it is, how many people said it?

Yes. It's right.

Very well done.

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Very well done.

So, Drew and Lloyd, let's see. Gordon Brown.

Is that right? And, if it is, how many people said that?

It's right.

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It's a very high score. Very well done, Gwyn and Matt.

You've won that point which means, after two questions,

it's 1-1. Very exciting, Richard.

There's six names on this list. Six party leaders since 1990. Let's see if you got them.

Iain Duncan Smith for the Tories - born in Edinburgh -

would've scored 9.

Menzies Campbell for the Lib Dems -

born in Glasgow - would've scored you 12.

John Smith, the former Labour leader would've scored you 14.

There's Charles Kennedy, 15 - led the Lib Dems, of course.

Born in Inverness. Tony Blair - born in Edinburgh - would've scored 22.

Would have been a very good answer.

And Gordon Brown, 67 points - born in Glasgow.

Thank you very much. Now here is your third question.

Whoever wins this question is through to the final

and playing for that massive jackpot. OK, here we go.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

Barbra Streisand films as they could.

Richard.

Yeah, looking for any Barbra Streisand film

made for general cinema release up to April 2011.

She has to have an acting or a voice credit.

As always, no short films, TV films, anything like that.

OK. Now then, Drew and Lloyd, you go first this time.

I know she's a singer. I know she was in...

Anything?

It's not right, I know, but Little Women? I can't name anything.

OK. Little Women, you're saying.

Gwyn and Matt, it's over to you.

We've got some answers, but we're not sure on either of them.

And then my dad pulled another corker from the bag.

-If it's right.

-A corker.

It's called Yentl.

-Yentl.

-I think that's a good film. I think so.

Whoever wins this question goes through to the final to play for a jackpot of £7,500.

OK, Little Women, say Drew and Lloyd.

Let's see if that's right.

No! I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer.

Bad luck, Drew and Lloyd.

Yentl is what Gwyn and Matt are seeing.

All it has to be is correct. Let's see if it is. Yentl. Is it right?

It is! Well done.

Very well done. 14 for Yentl.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's a great answer.

A lovely low score but all it had to be was correct.

But it means that, after three questions,

Gwyn and Matt are through to the final 2-1.

Well played. She starred, produced and co-wrote Yentl.

She did it all.

Let's look at all the answers. There's a few pointless ones. Let's look through them all.

She plays a New York housewife in Up the Sandbox. That was a pointless answer.

She directed and starred in The Prince of Tides - pointless as well.

The Main Event and All Night Long - both pointless answers.

Nuts and For Pete's Sake both scored 1.

Well done if you got any there.

The Owl and the Pussycat, 1.

The Mirror Has Two Faces with Jeff Bridges scored 1.

The musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever scored 1.

Funny Lady, the follow-up to Funny Girl, would've scored two.

The wonderful What's Up, Doc? with Ryan O'Neal scored 4.

A Star Is Born, 6.

Hello Dolly, 7. There's Little Fockers, the follow-up to Meet the Fockers,

that scored 9. That's the closest we got to Little Women there.

The Way We Were, 11. Yentl, 14. Meet the Fockers, 20.

And Funny Girl, top of the pile, with 21.

So, the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Drew and Lloyd.

Dear oh dear. Did you know any of those ones on the board?

Yes. Once you see them, you know them, don't you?

I find I almost invariably do.

LAUGHTER

It has been a real treat having you both on the show.

You're been fantastic contestants, Drew and Lloyd. Thanks for playing.

APPLAUSE

For Gwyn and Matt, it's now time for our Pointless final

and the chance to win our jackpot of £7,500.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Gwyn and Matt. You've fought off

-all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

-APPLAUSE

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

-the jackpot stands at £7,500.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That would be nice! Ho ho!

Now, the rules are very simple.

To win, you have to find a pointless answer - one that none of our 100 people gave.

Then you get the money. First, choose a category. You can choose from these three options.

They are...

-I'd be inclined to probably go towards Cities.

-Geography.

-We like geography.

-Classical Music...

-It depends who, but I haven't got a broad enough knowledge for that.

-Me neither.

-I think we're going to choose Cities.

-Cities it is.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

Commonwealth capitals as they could. Commonwealth capitals, Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for any capital city of any country which is

a member of the Commonwealth of Nations as of May 2011.

Where a country has more than one capital,

we will accept any of those as an answer. Best of luck, guys.

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

All you need to win that £7,500

is for just one those answers to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

-All right.

-Countries...

-What countries do you know in the Commonwealth?

-Only the obvious ones. Canada, New Zealand.

-Australia.

-OK. Know the capital cities for them?

-Yeah.

OK, so that's three.

They're the more obvious ones, though.

Let's try and think of the least obvious Commonwealth capitals

and see if we know the capitals for them.

Like what? Give me a name of another least obvious Commonwealth?

Some of the African nations are part of the Commonwealth, aren't they?

Kenya perhaps? Is Kenya part of the Commonwealth?

It may have been at one time.

What about India, Sri Lanka?

There's a couple in Sri Lanka.

Shall we go with Sri Lanka? Formerly known as Ceylon.

Colombo, is it? Is it still Colombo?

-Or have they changed their name?

-I don't know.

-Five seconds left.

OK, there is your minute gone.

We were looking for Commonwealth capitals.

I now need three answers from you.

-Um, Nairobi.

-Nairobi.

-Ottawa.

-Ottawa.

-Colombo.

-Colombo.

Of those three,

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

-I'd say Colombo was probably the best.

-OK, we'll put Colombo third.

-Nairobi in the second place.

-OK, Nairobi in second place.

Ottawa first. So, Ottawa, Nairobi, Colombo. There we are.

We'll put them on the board in that order. Here they are...

Right. We were looking for Commonwealth capital cities.

You said this was your least confident answer. You only have to find one pointless answer

to win that £7,500 jackpot.

Let's see how many people said Ottawa. Is it right?

How many people said it?

It's right.

This is your first shot at that jackpot of £7,500.

If this goes all the way down to 0, you leave you with that money.

Down into the 20s it goes.

And there it stays.

APPLAUSE

26. So, unfortunately, that's not a pointless answer.

But, you sort of knew that. You put it first.

OK, you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

What would you do with £7,500, Gwyn?

-Give me half!

-LAUGHTER

What would you do with £3,750, Gwyn!?

You're good at maths! I would probably get a campervan

and take my family around parts of the UK that we haven't seen.

-So probably go round and...

-The British Isles? Very nice indeed.

How about you, Matt?

Eh, at the moment, I get around on a pushbike

and there's a really nasty hill that I have to do

at least three times a day.

So, a car might be useful.

OK, well, £3,750 would be quite a help, wouldn't it?

Let's hope one of these remaining two answers will win it for you.

Your second answer was Nairobi. This has to be right

and it has to be pointless for you to a jackpot of £7,500.

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

It's right.

It's right. 26, Ottawa scored.

Let's see how Nairobi fares for you.

This has to go all the way down to 0 for you to leave with that money.

Down it goes to single figures... 7!

APPLAUSE

Never mind.

We're travelling very much in the right direction.

We've come from 26 down to 7.

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

You said this was the answer you had the most faith in to be pointless,

but it has to be pointless for you to win £7,500.

Let's see if it's right, that's the first thing has to be.

And then let's see how far down it goes.

Colombo. Very, very best of luck.

It's right! It's right.

We've gone from 26 for Ottawa down to 7 for Nairobi.

Let's see how far down we can go with Colombo.

It's into single figures. Down it goes. Still going.

Yes! You've done it! Very well done.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Fantastic.

MATT SCREAMS

We got it, mate, we got it!

Yes!

Yes!

-Yes!

-Well done. That's nice.

Very well done, Matt. Very well done.

-And the trophy!

-LAUGHTER

-Congratulations.

-Oh, beauty!

-You manage to find that all-important elusive pointless answer

which means you go home with the jackpot of £7,500.

Very, very well done.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very well played. Good answer, Gwyn. There's two capitals of Sri Lanka - both pointless.

There's Colombo and Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte.

-And I'm amazed you went for Colombo.

-That's a type of flower pot, isn't it!

Let's take a look at the rest of the pointless answers. See if you got some of these at home.

Bloemfontein, which is the judicial capital of South Africa.

Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa.

Funafuti, which is Tuvalu. All of those pointless answers.

Georgetown, which is Guyana, Kampala in Uganda,

Nicosia in Cyprus - all of those pointless.

Abuja of Nigeria, that's also pointless. A few others as well.

Very well done if you got any of those pointless ones. Well done, guys.

A brilliant jackpot, brilliant play throughout and a great answer with Colombo.

Well, thanks once again to our winning players,

Gwyn and Matt, who go away with today's jackpot of £7,500.

APPLAUSE

will you say that again?

-Brilliant!

-Absolutely brilliant.

Join us next time to put more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless. It's goodbye

-from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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