Episode 48 Pointless

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

the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.

Welcome Lucy and Claire, you are our first pair on the show today.

-How do you two know each other?

-We work together. We're primary school teachers.

We've known each other for about five years or so.

-What's the name of your school?

-Aldingbourne Primary School.

-Aldingbourne?

-Are they all going to be watching?

-Yes.

Very good. Any subjects you simply can't afford to fail in?

-I'd be embarrassed if I... Yeah, history, computers.

-Oh, computers.

-I'm the science coordinator, so...

-Oh, Lucy.

-Mm.

You can't fail in that, you simply can't.

That aside, what would you like to see come up, Lucy?

-Celebrity baby names.

-Celebrity baby names, brilliant.

-Celebrity baby names. Claire?

-I'd be in trouble with anything popular culture-related.

-Yeah, science, sort of fiction, I don't know. Star Wars.

-Really?

-Star Wars, all six?

-Oh, no, not the newer ones!

-OK, good, good!

-Well, now the very best of luck to the pair of you. Great to have you here.

-Thank you.

Welcome Cliff and Nick. Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

This is Cliff's and Nick's second chance. Remind us what happened.

We got through to the head-to-head

and it was The Police that did for us.

I used to like them but I do, do dah, don't like them any more!

LAUGHTER

You couldn't remember, well, you remembered a Police song but not what it was called.

-Do you now remember what it was called?

-Do Do Da?

-Nope!

-De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da.

-De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da.

De Do Do Do, De Do Do Da.

LAUGHTER

To be fair, Sting, what were you thinking of?

Well, now, it's a new show, Cliff, Nick. We can put Do Do Do behind us.

What do you hope is going to come up?

Well, I'm hoping for board games.

I used to like board games when I was a kid

and maybe the street names from Monopoly.

What about you, Cliff, what would be great for you?

I've been revising on cardigans and jumpers. Different types...

LAUGHTER

I'm just hoping they'll come up, you know. On the off-chance.

They might. We've had trousers.

Listen, it's wonderful to have you back on the show.

Very, very best of luck to the pair of you.

I hope we'll see you even further than the head-to-head this time.

Welcome Malcolm and Alison, who were also on the show last time. Remind us what happened to you.

I think it was a wonderful performance.

-We crashed out majestically in the first round with 200 points!

-You did!

-Which I thought was quite a good score.

-It's a new show. What would you like to see come up?

Ideally, '90s kids' TV. Things like Power Rangers, Gladiators.

I wanted to be a Gladiator or a Power Ranger when I was a kid.

What would your name have been if you'd been a Gladiator?

I was going to be called Blizzard but there was one in Australia.

-Oh, no!

-So I had to find a new name.

-That was the Blizzard of Oz, wasn't it?

-You're right.

AUDIENCE GASPS

Come on!

Quick as you like, Richard. Anyway, what do you do, Malcolm?

I am a student at the University of Glasgow.

-I'm studying philosophy just now. Going into my last year.

-Very good.

-Alison, what do you do?

-I work for a publishing company in Edinburgh.

Not quite as glamorous as it sounds. I do sales and marketing so I design publicity,

I get to visit big shops and sell them books.

-If anyone wants any books, I can get you a discount!

-Very good.

It's great having you back on the show. Very best of luck

-and please can we see you beyond Round One this time.

-We'll see what we can do.

Finally, we have the Barries. Barries H and T.

How do you two know each other?

We both worked together 40 plus years ago

until Barry left to join the fire service. We lost contact then.

And how did you come back into touch?

Surprisingly enough, we met in this building.

We were in the audience to see This Is Your Life.

I was with my girlfriend and saw a couple of seats while waiting to go into the studio.

I looked at him and said, "Barry Trimmer."

How extraordinary! You've become firm friends again?

-That's right, yeah.

-Very good. What categories would you like to come up, Barry H?

'60s pop is one of my strongest subjects.

-What's your favourite band of all time?

-I've got to be a Beatles fan.

Ah, very good, very good.

Barry T, what would be a cracking category for you?

Well, strangely enough, I think imperial weights and measures

would be quite a fun subject to experience.

A nice, new meaning to the word "fun" there...

LAUGHTER

..which is good. It's brilliant having you on the show, Barries H and T.

We will find out more about all of you throughout the show as we go along.

There's only one person left to introduce.

Every year he stages his own awards ceremony, The BOFTAs.

The British Obscure Facts and Trivia Awards.

At the end of each show, he hands the top gong to himself!

-He's my Pointless friend, he's Richard.

-Hiya.

CHEERING

It should be a good show. We've got Cliff and Nick who got through the head-to-head last time.

It usually means something good the following show.

Malcolm and Alison in the 200 Club which has a rare membership

but not as rare as the Double 200 Club.

Let's see if you can get yourself in there today. That's very, very rarely.

Thanks. We put all our questions to 100 people before the show

but this is Pointless so we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.

For a chance to win the jackpot, our players need to score as few points as they possibly can.

What everyone's trying to do is found a pointless answer, an answer that 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 £4,000.

Right, let's play Pointless.

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 will be eliminated.

If anybody gives me an incorrect answer, they will score the maximum of 100 points

so try and avoid those if you can.

In this round, we're going to show you two question categories.

The first category will be played as we go up the line,

the second category will be played as we come back down.

It's crucial who goes first and who goes second.

Let's reveal those two categories. Here they are...

Beautiful People, The Beautiful Game.

OK, so, remember, Beautiful People on the way up,

The Beautiful Game on the way down.

Can you decide on your pairs, who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

Our first category is Beautiful People.

Let's find out what the question is going to be.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many countries that have won Miss World.

-Richard.

-Looking for any country that's had a Miss World winner

since the competition was first held in 1951 up to and including 2010.

OK. Before the show, you all drew lots and Lucy and Claire,

you get to go first this afternoon.

So, Claire. Countries that have won Miss World. Have you any idea?

-Absolutely none.

-Because we don't just want a correct answer, we want to know an obscure answer.

I'm not too embarrassed because this isn't something

that anyone would expect me to know!

So...

I am going to say, I'm going to play it really safe

-and say the United States.

-The United States of America.

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

Let's see if the United States is a correct answer.

If it is, let's see how man of our 100 people said it.

Of course it's right.

55.

APPLAUSE

-55, Richard.

-Pretty big score, but a correct answer.

They won it five times, including the Puerto Rican winner in 1975

who went on to marry Bruce Forsyth.

Now then, Cliff, countries that have won Miss World.

-It's not something you see on the TV now, is it?

-No.

I'd like to go with something safe...

..but, er, hoping for Miss Argentina.

Argentina. You're hoping to score as few points as possible.

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

It's right.

A great answer, Cliff.

-Argentina.

-Yes, a good answer. Won it twice in 1960 and 1978.

Now, Alison, what's the most obscure Miss World-winning country you can think of?

I can think of a few obscure countries.

I'm not sure if any of them have won Miss World.

There's one country I can think of,

I'm fairly certain won a few years... recently.

I'm going to go for Nigeria.

Nigeria, says Alison. Let's see if that's right.

You hope to score as few points as possible. How many people said Nigeria? Is it right?

It is right.

Oh, fantastic, Alison!

APPLAUSE, CHEERING

Very good! That's pointless.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to £4,250

and it scores you nothing.

Very, very well done indeed.

-Richard.

-Yeah, very well played, Alison.

It won in 2001.

Thank you very much. Now then, Barry T,

what is the most obscure nation

that has won Miss World

you can make up?

Well, no pressure now, eh?

Um, a name comes to mind and I'm hoping that it's a correct one,

and that's Miss Venezuela.

Miss Venezuela, very good indeed.

You hope to score as few points as possible.

Let's see if Miss Venezuela is right and if so, how many people said it.

It is right.

Very, very well done, Barry T!

APPLAUSE

Venezuela scores you 8.

-Richard.

-Well played, Barry. It won five times, Venezuela,

five Venezuelan Miss Worlds. Let's look at the other pointless answers.

Austria won a couple of times,

Czech Republic, Greece,

Grenada, Miss Nigeria we've already had from Alison, very good answer,

and Miss Poland, all those were pointless answers.

And Miss Turkey. Well done if you said any of those.

OK, let's take a look at the high scorers.

These are the ones that most of our hundred people said.

Brazil, 29.

There's the United States with 55.

Not the worst thing you could have said.

That would be the United Kingdom, which scored 62 points.

Thank you, Richard. We're halfway through the round

so let's take a look at the scores. Alison and Malcolm,

looking very strong indeed on nothing there.

Then we go up a couple of points to 5 where Cliff and Nick are.

Then up to 8 where the Barries are

and then I'm sorry to say we hike up to 55

-where Claire and Lucy are languishing at the moment.

-Shame!

So Lucy, your football knowledge is going to save the day?

-Oh, absolutely.

-OK, we'll come back down the line.

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

OK, so for the second pass, the category is The Beautiful Game.

Let's see what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

goalkeepers who have played for England

as they could. Goalkeepers who have played for England.

We're looking for anyone who's played in goal for England

from 1966 right through to the beginning of 2011.

They actually have to have played, no unused substitutes. Just any England goalkeepers

from 1966 to 2011, please.

OK, thank you very much. Now then, Barry H.

Goalkeepers who have played for England. Is this a good category for you?

Absolutely not. I am to football what Larry Grayson was to rugby league.

But hopefully the name Peter Bonetti has come to mind.

Right you are. The high scorers are Lucy and Claire at the moment on 55.

If you can score 46 or less, you are through to the next round.

Peter Bonetti, you are saying. Let's see if it's right.

If it is, let's see how many said it. Here's your red line. That's where

you want to get below to be sure of a place in the next round. Peter Bonetti.

It's right.

-You've done it.

-Yes!

Very well done indeed. That's great, Barry H.

You've equalled Barry T's splendid score of eight

-and your total is now 16. Richard.

-Well played, Barry.

Played seven times between 1966 and 1970 including the 1970 World Cup.

-And I went to school with his daughter.

-You went to school with his daughter?

-I did.

-I had no idea.

-How about that?

-God, you keep these things quiet.

Well, I don't like to show off.

-LAUGHTER

-Wow.

Now then, Malcolm. Remember we are looking for England goalkeepers.

I know a few but I'll go to try and emulate a lovely zero score here

and say someone I think might have been fairly recent, and Paul Robinson, hopefully?

Paul Robinson, says Malcolm.

Paul Robinson. The high scorers, still Lucy and Claire on 55.

If you can score 54 or less, through you go to the next round.

There's your red line.

Let's see if Paul Robinson can get you below it.

Is it right, how many people said Paul Robinson?

It is right, Malcolm.

You've done it.

14, very, very well done.

-Thank you.

-Good for Paul Robinson.

-14 takes your total up to 14. Richard.

-Yeah, well done, Malcolm.

Played 41 times for England, Paul Robinson.

So then, Nick. You're on 5. The high scorers, Lucy and Claire, are on 55.

49 or less will see you through to the next round.

I think I'll go for Ray Clemence, somebody from the Seventies.

Ray Clemence, OK. Let's see if Ray Clemence gets you below that red line. Is it right,

how many people said Ray Clemence?

It's right.

Yep, you've done it.

17.

-Great score. Takes your total up to 22. Richard.

-Very good answer.

-61 times, Ray Clemence played for England.

-Splendid.

-Now, Lucy, I have terrible news.

-I know.

You are already the high scorers and you haven't even submitted

-your brilliant, pointless answer.

-I know.

However, a brilliant pointless answer at this stage, what a legacy that would be?

-When the children at school... What an example.

-I'm so altruistic!

What an example.

I can imagine all their little eyes now looking up at the screen

-saying, "She'll get a pointless!"

-Oh, brimming with tears, going, "Miss'll get a pointless."

-They've got their popcorn, their drinks.

-They're all holding hands.

-"Is this it?

"Is this the moment? Please, Miss, say it is."

-Shall I give my answer anywhere?

-Yeah.

-OK.

Well, I'm going to go for Robert Green who didn't do

a brilliant job in the World Cup but...he was in goal.

Ish!

LAUGHTER

Robert Green, OK. Well, let's see.

There's no red line for you, I'm afraid.

Robert Green, is it right, how many people said it? Robert Green.

Very well done.

25.

APPLAUSE

25, that scores takes your total up to 80. Bad luck. Richard.

Well played, good answer, very tough category.

Two actually, especially going first. Played in the 2010 World Cup.

As you said, let's take a look,

see some of the pointless answers up there. I suspect some people at home said one of these.

Nigel Spink, the Aston Villa goalie, he had one cap.

Jimmy Rimmer, another Villa goalie, also one cap and Richard Wright,

the former Arsenal and Ipswich goalie.

All those were pointless, very well done if you said any.

Let's take a look at the most popular answers, that most of our 100 said.

David James with 35.

Peter Shilton, of course, 53 and right at the top of the list,

David Seaman with 55.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round One, the losing pair with the highest score,

I'm so sorry, Lucy and Claire.

-It was a...

-The shame!

No, it's such a shame. Far too soon to be saying goodbye to you but we'll see you again next time,

we'll look forward to that very much indeed. Brilliant contestants, thank you.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

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

There's only going to be room for two pairs in the head-to-head obviously.

One of the teams in front of me will be leaving at the end of this round.

Our category for round two is...

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

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

OK, so our Round Two question concerns...

US TV shows and their cities. Richard.

We're going to show you six US TV shows on each pass.

We asked 100 people in which cities are these shows predominantly set?

If you give us a nice, obscure answer you'll score fewer points.

Give us an incorrect answer though, you'll score 100 points.

There's 12 shows in all, 12 cities to guess. Very best of luck at home.

OK, so we're looking for cities in which these shows

are predominantly set and here is our first list.

I'll read those one more time.

So we are looking for the cities in which these American shows

are predominantly set and you're trying to find the one

that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-Cliff.

-I think I'll go safe and...

-we'll go for Frasier, Seattle.

-Let's see if Frasier is indeed Seattle.

If it is, let's see how many said it.

It's right.

Very well done, 20.

Not a bad score at all.

-Richard.

-Low answer, that.

Kelsey Grammer of course plays a radio therapist in Seattle.

Splendid. Now, Malcolm.

We're looking for the cities in which these US TV shows are predominantly set.

My one excellent choice I was going to go for was Frasier

which has been taken away now so I've got one other one I know.

I imagine it's going to be quite high-scoring but Friends is set in New York.

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

let's see how many people said Friends, New York.

47.

APPLAUSE

47. Well, that's a whole lot better than I thought it was going to be.

Yeah. Again, a very low score. A very popular show

but sometimes people don't pay attention to where things are set. That's why it's a tricky round.

-The last ever episode of Friends, 60 million people watched it.

-Phew.

So then, Barry H. I tell you what, you're the last person to have this board so you

-can fill in all the gaps for us...

-HE LAUGHS

..and then pick one to submit.

Well, I turn off the television as soon as any American TV comes on

-so I haven't got a clue.

-Barry, no, don't do that.

There's so much good stuff. I'll not talk about it in case...

No, it'd take a lot more convincing than that, I'm afraid.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Anyway, I shall go for ER...

-AUDIENCE LAUGHS

-..and I'll guess at Chicago.

-ER, Chicago.

-Is this a complete stab in the dark?

-Complete stab in the dark, yeah.

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

It's right.

Ha ha ha, can't believe it!

HE LAUGHS IN SURPRISE

19.

APPLAUSE

I don't believe it.

Yeah, yeah(!)

You don't believe it(!)

Old Barry Box-set over here! Yeah, just the lowest score of the pass!

That was no guess. That was, "You know what, I wouldn't watch that rubbish, I wouldn't watch it.

"Oh, ER? Chicago, yeah. Gave George Clooney his big break.

"ER, yeah, Alex Kingston. I don't watch it, I wouldn't watch it."

Yeah, as you well know, Chicago.

19 points, very well done.

I just want to fill some in. They're quite hard. Tales Of The City.

-San Francisco.

-That was four points.

Dynasty, one of the most successful shows in history, do you know where that's set?

Who would know it was Denver, Colorado?

It is Denver. Exactly right. Only one person knew that.

It would have been a very good answer to give.

Ally McBeal, another popular show, but this is a pointless answer. Ally McBeal?

-Boston, I think.

-It is in Boston.

Yeah. You wouldn't have risked it, I suspect, if you was your question.

Very well done if you said Boston for Ally McBeal.

Splendid. We are halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

The best score so far, the Barries.

And they are on 19. What a fluke!

Wait for Barry T's answer in the next pass. I can't wait for that.

Then we go up to 20, where Cliff and Nick are,

and then up to 47 for Malcolm and Alison.

OK, back down the line. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK, we are going to put six more US TV shows on the board.

And here they are. We have got...

I'll read those one more time. Cheers, Perry Mason, Dexter,

The Wire, Thirtysomething, The West Wing.

We're looking for the cities in which these shows are set.

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

Now Barry T, a brilliant turn from Barry H in the first pass,

has given you the lowest score. You're on 19.

The high scorers are Alison and Malcolm on 47.

If you can score 27 or less, you are through to the next round.

Well, I don't think I can possibly match my partner's answer.

-Yeah.

-Yeah. Wait for this!

I'm going to go for Perry Mason

and Los Angeles.

Perry Mason, Los Angeles. Let's see if that is right.

If it is, how many people said it? There is your red line.

Below that red line, you're through to the next round.

Perry Mason, says Barry T, Los Angeles.

It's right.

I know, who'd have thought it?

You're through to the next round! Three.

APPLAUSE

Wow!

Very well done, Barry T.

By hook or by crook, that was a great answer. It takes your total up to 22.

And you know it's funny because 'cos I don't even have a television!

-Was I saying that right, Per-eye Mass-on?

-Is that correct?

-Yes.

-Yeah, from the '60s, Raymond Burr played Perry Mason.

Very good answer, well done.

Now then Alison, you are the highest scorers on 47.

Yeah. I've a feeling a lot of my friends will be quite angry with me if I get this wrong.

So I am going to go with The Wire and it's set in Baltimore.

Very good. Baltimore for The Wire.

Let's see if you're right. There's no red line obviously,

because you are the high scorers. Good luck.

It's right!

Very, very well done! Seven.

It takes your total up to 54.

The Wire, very good answer. The ultimate US cult drama series.

I was talking to Barry H, who's never seen it. But he thought season three very much better than a season two!

Now then, Nick, we're looking for cities

in which these US TV shows are predominantly set.

The moment of truth. There's a tussle here,

cos the high scorers are Alison and Malcolm on 54. You're on 20.

You have to score 33 or less if you want to be in the head to head.

What are you thinking? Talk us through the board, Nick.

I think Cheers might be Philadelphia.

But, eh, daren't take the risk.

I don't know Dexter or Thirtysomething.

So I'm going to say The West Wing and Washington DC.

West Wing, Washington DC.

There is your red line. It's quite low.

It's quite low. Let's see, West Wing, Washington DC. Is it right?

If it is, how many people said it? You have to get below that red line to be in the head to head.

The very best of luck.

It's right.

You have done it! 25.

Very, very well done, Nick. 25 for The West Wing, Washington DC, take your total to 45.

-You are through to the head to head.

-Yeah, well done. Well done tactically as well, just 25 points.

Won 26 Emmys, West Wing. 26 Emmys.

Let's look at the rest of the board. Again, it is a tough board.

If you'd said Cheers, Philadelphia,

you would have been knocked out - Cheers is Boston.

It would have scored you 27. Dexter is in Miami.

That would have scored eight points.

And Thirtysomething is a pointless answer.

Really tough board. If you'd said Philadelphia for that, it would have been pointless.

Philadelphia. So very well done if you said that.

And very well done anyone who got all 12. Very, very tough round.

Very tough indeed. Thanks very much, Richard, so at the end of round two the losing

pair with the highest score is Malcolm and Alison.

It's a massive shame to be saying goodbye to you so soon.

Brilliant contestants, it's been enormous fun having you on

the show, and it's our loss but I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you

but brilliant contestants, Alison and Malcolm, thanks so much for playing. Thank you.

APPLAUSE

For the remaining two pairs it's about to get even more exciting

as we enter the head to head.

Very, very well done, Barry H, Barry T, Nick and Cliff,

you've made it through to the head to head.

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

and play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £4,250.

APPLAUSE

Now, for each question, each pair needs to give me

just one answer but you are allowed to confer.

All you have to do is come up with an answer that scores less

than the other pair and you will win that question.

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

Let's play Pointless.

OK, here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

European monarchs as they could.

European monarchs, Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for the names of any reigning European monarch as of May 2011.

Just need the name,

and we don't need to know the country just the name of a reigning European monarch.

OK, thank you very much.

Now, the Barries, you played best throughout the show so far

so you get to go first.

OK, Barries.

Eh, we're going to go for Philip, as in Greece.

OK, Philip of Greece you are saying.

Nick and Cliff?

We'll go safe, thinking there's no reigning monarch in Greece

and we'll go for Queen Elizabeth.

Queen Elizabeth.

So we have Philip of Greece and we have Queen Elizabeth.

Barry H and Barry T have gone with Philip of Greece, let's see

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

Bad luck, Barries. Cliff was right.

So, Cliff and Nick, you merely have to be correct to win this point.

LAUGHTER

Uh, Queen Elizabeth II, is it right?

89!

Very good.

89, well, it was right.

That was all it had to be which means, after one question,

Nick and Cliff are ahead one-nil.

Richard, 11 people didn't think Queen Elizabeth...

I suppose you would think European...we'll give 11 people the benefit of the doubt

-and say they were trying to think of more obscure ones.

-Yeah.

But tactically a smart move there. What would you have gone for?

Prince Rainier, I was thinking.

Ah, would have scored you 100 points.

-Our alternative was Beatrix of the Netherlands.

-We thought Beatrix too.

That would have done a lot better.

Let's take a look at all the answers. There were a few pointless ones.

Now, Nicolas, it's Nicolas Sarkozy

who, because he's President of France is also the Co-Prince of Andorra

along with Joan-Enric Vives, who is the Bishop of Urgell.

Those two are always the Co-Princes of Andorra.

Henri, who is the Grand Duke of Luxembourg,

Hans-Adam from Lichtenstein,

Harald, who is Norway, would have scored you 2,

Carl Gustaf of Sweden, 7.

Margrethe of Denmark would have scored you 9

and Albert, that's King Albert II of Belgium

and Prince Albert II of Monaco.

Beatrix would score 20 so would have been a very good answer.

Juan Carlos of Spain, 35,

and there's Elizabeth on 89.

Thank you very much, Richard.

So, here is your second question.

Now, the Barries, you need to win this question to stay in the game.

Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

days of the week in German as they could.

Richard.

Yes, any of the seven days of the week as they're known in German.

Which is the most obscure of those?

Now then, Nick and Cliff, you go first this time.

The most obscure?

-(WHISPERS)

-Dienstag?

Dienstag.

Dienstag.

OK, we have Dienstag.

Barry and Barry, what would you like to say?

Mittwoch.

So we have Dienstag and we have Mittwoch.

In the order they've been given,

Nick and Cliff went for Dienstag. Let's see if it's right, and if so, how many people said Dienstag.

It's right.

31!

APPLAUSE

And Barry H and Barry T have gone for Mittwoch.

Let's see if Mittwoch is right,

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

You have to win this question to stay in the game. Mittwoch.

It's right.

Yep, it does it! Look at that.

APPLAUSE

23 for Mittwoch.

Very well done, which means after two questions,

you are one-all. Richard.

Yeah, well played, the Barries.

Mittwoch means midweek, it is Wednesday

and Dienstag is Tuesday. Let's look at all seven.

See if you got all these.

Donnerstag, which is Thursday, would have scored you 20.

Mittwoch, Wednesday, 23.

Samstag, which is Saturday, would have scored you 27.

They also call it Sonnabend in Northern and Eastern Germany.

Dienstag, which is Tuesday, 31.

Sonntag, which is Sunday, 33.

Freitag, which is Friday, 34

and Montag, Monday, 48 at the top of the list.

OK, here is your third question.

Whoever wins this question goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot.

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

Oscar-winning Australian actors as they could.

Oscar-winning Australian actors.

-Richard.

-Yeah, we're looking for any of the six actors

who were either born in Australia or took up Australian citizenship

to have won an Oscar in any of the acting categories

up to and including the 2011 ceremony, please.

OK, now then, the Barries, you go first this time.

What's the girl's name...?

CLIFF WHISPERS

OK, Barries H and T.

We'll say Mel Gibson.

Mel Gibson.

Cliff and Nick.

We'll go for Nicole Kidman.

-You'll say Nicole Kidman?

-Yeah.

Barry H and Barry T have said Mel Gibson. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, how many people said Mel Gibson.

Best of luck. Whoever wins this goes to the final.

Ooh.

Well, for one reason or another,

that is an incorrect answer.

Richard will furnish us with the details shortly.

Nick and Cliff, once again, all you have to be is correct

and you are saying Nicole Kidman.

Let's see is that right, and if so, how may people said Nicole Kidman.

Yep! It's right. Very well done.

58, it scores. But all it had to be was correct.

APPLAUSE

Which it was. So after three questions,

Nick and Cliff are through to the final, 2-1.

-Well done. Richard.

-Yeah, it's deja vu there.

Mel Gibson has never won an acting Oscar.

Won a Best Director for Braveheart, but never won an acting Oscar.

Let's take a look at all of the names on the list.

Peter Finch, born in London but later became Australian,

won for Network. Well done if you said that. 1 point for Peter Finch.

Heath Ledger won posthumously for The Dark Knight,

would have scored 7 points.

Cate Blanchett won for The Aviator, scored 8 points.

She played Katharine Hepburn and won an Oscar,

the only person ever to win an Oscar for playing an Oscar winner. Cate Blanchett.

Geoffrey Rush won for Shine, would have scored 11 points.

Russell Crowe, who was born in New Zealand

but took Australian citizenship, 41 points, won for Gladiator.

Nicole Kidman, who was born in Hawaii but took Australian citizenship,

she won for The Hours, 58 points.

Very well done if you got all six of those.

Thanks, Richard. So, the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,

I'm afraid, is Barry H and Barry T.

You've done phenomenally well right the way through,

very solid performance, particularly in the American TV round.

Very impressive. Anyway, we will see you again next time

and I'm sure you'll go even further, but in the meantime

thank you very much for playing, Barry H and Barry T! Splendid.

APPLAUSE, CHEERING

But for Nick and Cliff, it's now time for our Pointless final

and a chance to win our jackpot of £4,250.

CHEERING

Congratulations, Nick and Cliff, you have fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless Trophy.

APPLAUSE

You have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £4,250.

AUDIENCE WHOOPS

The rules are simple. To win that money, you need a pointless answer,

an answer none of our 100 people thought of.

Now, we have had one pointless answer today.

You only need one more and you will go home with that money.

First, you'll choose a category

and you can choose from these three options. And they are...

20th Century Dramatists,

World Politics,

Sporting Greats.

Well, I think World Politics is out of the window.

Erm, Dramatists, I think that's a bit obscure, really.

I think we both know what we're going to go for, don't we?

No.

LAUGHTER

Sporting Greats, I think, Alexander.

Sporting Greats it is. Let's see the question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many boxers fought professionally by Muhammad Ali as they could.

-Richard.

-Any opponents of Muhammad Ali in a professional fight,

any one of his 61 professional fights, please,

including when he was known as Cassius Clay. Best of luck.

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

and all you need to win that £4,250

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

Do we have to say the first name as well?

Joe Bugner and, erm...

Henry Cooper.

Leon Spinks.

Sonny Liston.

There's a guy...was it Norton?

-Edward?

-No.

He's an actor. Erm...

Sonny Liston...

Rumble in the Jungle.

Joe Frazier, yeah.

It's got to be a bit obscure. Some of the...

Don't like boxing. Erm...

Come on.

So what are we going to go for?

Sonny Liston,

he was a long time ago, nobody will know him.

Course they won't. Sonny Liston...

What, Leon Spinks?

Five seconds.

Joe Bugner?

OK, your minute is up.

We were looking for boxers fought professionally by Muhammad Ali.

I now need your three answers.

-Let's go for the three we've said.

-Yeah.

-Sonny Liston.

-Sonny Liston.

-Leon Spinks.

-Leon Spinks.

-And Joe Bugner?

-Yeah.

-Joe Bugner.

Of those three, which do you think is your best shot

at a pointless answer?

-Leon Spinks?

-Yeah, perhaps.

-OK.

-I don't think any of them will be good enough but yeah,

-Leon Spinks.

-He's your best shot. Leon Spinks we'll put last.

Which is your least likely to be pointless?

Sonny Liston, I think.

-So we have Sonny Liston, Joe Bugner, Leon Spinks.

-Yeah.

Let's put them up on the board in that order. Here they come.

Sonny Liston,

Joe Bugner,

and Leon Spinks. There they are.

We were looking for boxers who fought Muhammad Ali professionally.

They only have to find one pointless answer to win that £4,250 jackpot.

OK, let's see. Sonny Liston, there he is.

Let's see how many people said Sonny Liston, and if it's correct.

OK, it's right.

That's the first thing it had to be.

This is where we discover how much our 100 people know

about Muhammad Ali and his opponents.

Still going down into the teens...

15!

APPLAUSE

15.

A very good score in normal gameplay.

Sadly, we're only interested in pointless answers at this stage.

So, obviously, that's not pointless.

You only have two more chances to win that jackpot of £4,250.

What would you do with £4,250?

Well, I'd take the family to America.

I'd like to take them to Florida or California.

Very good indeed. Cliff, how about you?

My girlfriend, Louise,

I'd take her for a trip to Australia, perhaps.

Very good. Let's hope one of these two remaining answers

will see you fulfil those.

Your next answer is Joe Bugner. Let's see if that's right.

It has to be right, it has to be pointless

if you're going to win that jackpot, £4,250.

Is it right? How many people said Joe Bugner?

It's right.

This is your second shot at that jackpot, £4,250.

If this goes all the way down to 0,

you will be leaving with that money right now.

13!

APPLAUSE

It's going in the right direction.

Everything is now hanging on Leon Spinks.

If that is right and that is pointless,

you will leave now with that jackpot.

It has to be right and pointless. Let's hope nobody said Leon Spinks.

Also a correct answer.

We had 15 for Sonny Liston,

we had 13 for Joe Bugner.

Down it goes, into the teens,

into single figures!

Leon Spinks, is it going to...?

Oh!

APPLAUSE

Oh-ho-ho! Ooh, that was close.

Four people said Leon Spinks.

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

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot.

That will roll over to the next show

but you have been fantastic contestants

-and you do of course take home our Pointless Trophy.

-That's what we came for!

Quite right, well, very good.

APPLAUSE

Unlucky, guys. Three correct answers. He fought Leon Spinks twice, lost the first one, won the second one.

Norton, who you were talking about, is Ken Norton,

did the same with him, lost then won. Would have scored 3 points.

There's a bunch of pointless answers

including Richard Dunn, the British fighter. Jerry Quarry,

let's take a look at a few more.

Chuck Wepner, he was the guy that Rocky is supposed to be based on,

a no-hoper who took Ali the distance in 1975.

Alvin "Blue" Lewis,

Trevor Berbick, he beat Ali in Ali's last ever fight,

was a pointless answer.

Zora Folley, the fight after which Ali lost his world title in the year he refused to go to Vietnam.

Sonny Banks, Don Warner, both of those pointless.

Earnie Shavers, another big name,

Billy Daniels and Lamar Clark, all pointless.

Very, very well done if you said any of those at home.

Unfortunately we have to say goodbye, Cliff and Nick

but it's been brilliant. You've been fantastic contestants. Thank you for playing.

APPLAUSE

Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for £5,250.

AUDIENCE WHOOPS

-Join us to see who can win it. Goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

CHEERING, APPLAUSE

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