Episode 50 Pointless

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

where the obvious answers mean nothing and the obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet the players.

First, we welcome Stu and Craig. How do you two know each other?

Well, we're both maths teachers and we work in the same school together.

Everyone will be watching. This is the thing about being teachers.

-Yeah.

-Between you, how many children do you teach?

We've got five classes and it's up to 30 in a class, so there's probably about 140 each.

There are thousands - my maths isn't very good - thousands of children watching you, cheering you on.

I have a foolproof way of working out who's the best maths teacher.

-Eight times seven?

-56.

-Boom! There we go, we have a winner.

That's the hardest sum I know.

-Craig, what are you hoping might come up?

-Some road-related stuff.

-Road?

-Yeah. I've driven every A-road with two digits in Scotland.

That's 68 up to 99, just for the sake of it. I like visiting motorway service stations.

-You do know you've just said that in front of all of your kids?

-Yeah.

Wow!

Best of luck to the pair of you. It's great having you on the show.

Next, we welcome Miriam and Sallyanne. How do you two know each other?

I met Sallyanne when I was eight.

I came home from church. I was greeted at the door by Mummy

who said, "Brunch is ready and this is your baby sister."

Aw!

-What about that?

-Isn't that nice?

-Isn't that nice?

-What did you have for brunch?

-Fun. LAUGHTER

-Miriam, what do you do?

-I'm actually a recipe tester and a product tester.

They send you great big products and when you've tested it, you keep what's left, which is rather nice.

-But maybe not always. You can't choose the products.

-I've only had one product that wasn't very nice.

-Grouting or something? What was it?

-No, it was a face thing, so I gave it to a friend.

LAUGHTER She's not a friend any more!

-Sallyanne, what are your hobbies?

-I like riding my motorbike.

-Wow!

-What is it?

-It's a BMW F650CS called Brenda.

-Christened by you?

-Yes... No, she told me what her name was.

Miriam...

Listen, very best of luck to the pair of you. It's great to have you on the show.

Next, we welcome back John and Simon. Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

-Remind us what happened.

-We fell foul of the fictional sleuths category.

-Not a great success.

-And we got to join the 200 Club.

-There's no shame in joining...

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Yes, quite right.

There is no shame in being a member of the 200 Club.

Of course, you're brothers. One of you is currently at Oxford.

-That's right.

-Simon, you're applying to Oxford?

-I've got an offer to go there next year.

-You've got to get your "A" levels?

-I've got to get my grades.

-How is it looking?

-It should be all right.

-What have they predicted?

-Three A's. I need three A's.

-What are your three "A" levels?

-Maths, Physics and Further Maths.

Maths, more maths and then a bit more maths.

-Wow!

-Yeah.

-Stu and Craig, have you got your maths trousers on?

Listen, John and Simon, very best of luck to you. Let's hope we see a lot more of you this show.

Finally, we've got Roland and Janice. How do you two know each other?

I joined the Long Eaton Indoor Bowls Club and that's where Janice was already a member.

She asked me to join her team and asked me if I'd skip the team.

After a few weeks, it dawned on her that she was a better player than me.

-But she's now stuck with you as a skipper?

-Yes.

-Oh, dear.

Janice, what do you do when you're not bowling?

I belong to a walking group and we go for walks on a Monday morning.

And come back sometimes as late as Friday?

No, we don't walk very far.

We end up in the pub.

-I belong to one of those walking groups.

-We have an amble around and end up in the pub.

-Monday morning?

-Yes.

-I like the sound of your week.

-It gets it off to a good start.

-Absolutely.

Very best of luck, Roland and Janice. We'll find out more about all of you during the show.

There's only one person left to introduce. He has inspired a new generation of celebrities -

-VOPs, Very Obscure People. He is my pointless friend Richard.

-Hiya.

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-Good afternoon to you.

-Very good afternoon to you.

We've only got one returning pair - John and Simon. Last time I thought they would go the whole way,

then in Round 2, they said the same wrong answer and scored 200 points.

And Stu and Craig, maths teachers, we might have a math-off later between Simon and Stu and Craig.

-A math-off? That would be good.

-I'm writing a new question as we speak.

I've crossed out my A-roads of Scotland question. I'm putting in a five-figure prime numbers question.

I will look forward to that! We put all our questions to 100 people before the show,

but we are after the obscure answers they didn't get.

To stay in the game, our players try to score as few points as they can.

Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot. Nobody won the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that and today's jackpot starts off at £6,250.

Let's play Pointless.

In Round One, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.

The team with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.

An incorrect answer will score the maximum of 100 points.

Do try and avoid those. Our first category this afternoon is...

Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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

Let's find out what the first question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many landlocked countries of the world as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any country that has no coastline on any sea or ocean.

By country, we mean a member of the UN that's a sovereign state in its own right.

If it's got only an inland sea, we will allow it, but other than that, no sea or ocean coastline.

OK, Stu and Craig, you all drew lots before the show and this afternoon, you get to go first.

Stu, landlocked countries of the world...

I'm trying to think of some of my Eurovision skills here because I do like watching Eurovision.

They didn't compete in this year's competition, but I think I'm going to go for Andorra.

Andorra... Miriam, absolutely furious with that!

-So did I.

-Well picked, Stu. Bad luck, Miriam.

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

Well done.

It's a great answer, Stu. Well done.

-It scores you 11.

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-Andorra, Richard?

-Nestled in the Pyrenees between France and Spain,

although again you've just revealed to all your pupils that you like Eurovision.

Now, Miriam... You had Andorra. You were thrilled with Andorra.

Look what it would have scored you - 11!

I'm going to guess at Vatican City.

Vatican City. Let's see if it's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Vatican City.

No, I'm afraid it's an incorrect answer, Miriam, I'm sorry to say.

You score the maximum of 100 points. Richard?

Sorry, Miriam, not a UN member in its own right, the Vatican City.

Now then, John. Here we are. I think this is a great subject for you, isn't it?

I think I'm going to have a gamble, have a punt, go for it.

Lesotho is what I'm going to say.

-Lesotho?

-Yes.

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

Very well done, John. That gamble has paid off fabulously.

Let's see if it goes down as far as it deserves to.

Very well done indeed.

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2.

That's the spirit. Richard?

Well played, John. It's completely surrounded by South Africa, Lesotho.

Thank you. Now then, Janice...

What is the most obscure landlocked country you can think of?

Well, I had thought of Lesotho, so I'm going to have to go with my other one - Rwanda.

You're hoping as few of our 100 people as possible said Rwanda.

Let's see if it's right and how many people did say it - Rwanda.

It's right.

Down it goes.

Very well done indeed, Janice.

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-That's a spectacular score.

-3 for Rwanda.

-Another very good answer. Well played, Janice.

Rwanda is a few degrees south of the Equator in the middle of Africa.

Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

John and Simon are looking very strong indeed on 2,

then up just one to Janice and Roland,

11, we find Stu and Craig,

then, I'm afraid, up at 100, we find Miriam and Sallyanne.

You are quite a long way ahead, but anything could happen in the next pass.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, so we are looking for landlocked countries.

Landlocked countries of the world. Roland, you are on 3.

The high scorers are Sallyanne and Miriam on 100. If you score 96 or less, you are in the next round.

-Well, um...

-Are you well-travelled, Roland?

Well, in Europe. I've been to Africa as well and America.

I'm torn between two.

We'll go for Tibet.

OK, here is your red line, Roland.

Nice and high, as you see. If Tibet gets you below that red line, you are through to the next round.

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

Oh, bad luck, Roland.

Unfortunately, Tibet is an incorrect answer which means you score 100 points.

-It takes your total up to 103.

-Yeah, sorry, Roland.

-Tibet is not a member of the UN, I'm afraid.

-Right, OK.

Simon, the high scorers on 103 are Roland and Janice. You are on 2.

Whatever you score, you are through to the next round. You won't overtake their score.

What are you going to say?

Bearing that in mind, I'll go for a bit of a risk. I'll go for Liechtenstein.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many said Liechtenstein.

Very well done. 7.

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It takes your total up to a very smart, single-figure 9. Richard?

Good answer, Simon. That's a good, low-scoring answer. Very well done.

Now then, Sallyanne, you've been thrown a massive lifeline by Roland.

If you can score 2 or less, then you are through to the next round.

I'm going to really, really take a huge, massive gamble.

I am going to say...

Turkmenistan.

OK... Turkmenistan is what you are saying.

There is your red line right at the bottom of the column.

Is that the floor?

Yeah.

-Let's see if Turkmenistan can get you below that red line. Obviously, it has to be correct.

-Yeah!

But if it is, maybe it will get you down there. Turkmenistan, is it right, how many people said it?

-It's right.

-Oh!

It's right.

Down it goes, down it goes.

Yes, you've done it!

SQUEALS OF DELIGHT I've won!

That is amazing. That scores you one point. It takes your total to 101. You are through to the next round.

Very well played, Sallyanne. You pulled that out of the bag.

That's why you mustn't go on a Turkmenistani beach holiday!

Now then...

Craig and Stu, you are on 11.

The high scorers are still Roland and Janice on 103.

If you score 91 or less, you are through to the next round.

Maths, we know you're good at. What about geography?

I'm going to plump for the Central African Republic.

-The Central African Republic.

-The name suggests it should be in the middle.

Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Central African Republic.

Yes, you are through to the next round.

Oh!

It scores you 2. It takes your total to 13. Very well done.

-Richard?

-That's about the first time Central African Republic hasn't been pointless.

All this PR we've been doing for it, suddenly, it's getting a profile. There are some pointless answers.

Very well done at home if you said Ethiopia is a landlocked country,

Moldova and Burkina Faso.

Loads of low scorers - Kazakhstan, Swaziland, Turkmenistan, Burundi. Lots and lots of low scorers.

Let's take a look at the most popular answers.

Thank you very much, Richard.

After Round One, the losing pair with the highest score, Roland and Janice.

How did you feel when Sallyanne suddenly pulled a oner out of the bag?

I can't really say.

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-Yeah, family show.

I didn't think anyone would beat Janice's score with 100 on the board,

so I decided to gamble, rather than go safe.

-Which all bodes very well for when we next see you.

-I hope so.

-I hope so very much.

-Anyway, Roland and Janice, thank you for playing. Brilliant contestants.

-Thank you.

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

There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head, so one team will leave us after this round.

Our category for Round Two is...

-Oh, no!

-Pop Music. Sallyanne thrilled with that!

Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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

OK, so our Round Two question concerns "novelty" songs and their artists.

Novelty songs and their artists, Richard?

We'll show you six novelty songs on each pass. We asked 100 people

to tell us the act which had a UK Top 40 hit with the song.

An obscure answer will score fewer points. An incorrect answer will score 100 points.

There's 12 novelty songs in all. Very best of luck.

Thank you very much, Richard. We are looking for the artists who had a hit with these novelty songs.

And here they come. Our first six reads like this.

I'll read all of those again.

I would now like from you, Craig, the most obscure artist responsible for one of those novelty songs.

You're looking for the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

I know five of them. I'm ashamed to say I know five of them!

I would guess the lowest one will be The Winner's Song which will be Geraldine McQueen.

Geraldine McQueen, The Winner's Song.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Geraldine McQueen.

It's right.

Very well done.

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-5 points. 5 for Geraldine McQueen, Richard?

Well played, Craig. Credited to Geraldine, written by Peter Kay and Gary Barlow.

Sallyanne... You said, "Oh, no," when this category came up.

-Do you feel any better now you've got a board of songs there?

-Not at all.

No, I don't.

I'm going to take a stab at My Old Man's A Dustman

and say Lonnie Donegan.

Lonnie Donegan and My Old Man's A Dustman. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.

It's right.

Very well done, Sallyanne.

58, though.

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-You got it right.

-It's right.

58 is a high score for that, isn't it?

Famous song. He was the King of Skiffle, Lonnie Donegan. He played at the Liverpool Empire in 1956.

Paul McCartney was in the audience, always said he was a big influence.

Thank you very much. John...

You're last to have this board, so you can take us through all those songs and nominate one at the end.

I'm in the same position as I was last time. I knew one of the answers - The Winner's Song.

I've also heard of The Funky Gibbon and I think it may have been The Goodies.

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

It's right.

Well done, John. That's a great answer - 38.

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Very good indeed.

Richard?

Well played, John, a No.4 hit in 1975, written by Bill Oddie.

-Let's go through the rest of the board. Laughing Gnome?

-David Bowie.

Yeah, would've scored you 23.

-Achy Breaky Heart?

-Billy Ray Cyrus.

-Yeah.

Father of Hannah Montana, would've scored 21. And Who Let The Dogs Out?

-The something Gang?

-No, nearly. It was a hit in 2000 for the Baha Men. It would've scored you 9 points.

Let's take a look at the scores.

Craig and Stu looking very strong with 5, lovely low score there,

then up to 38 for John and Simon, then 58 for Sallyanne and Miriam.

-It's a lot better than 100.

-It certainly is.

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

OK, we're going to put six more novelty hits up on the board.

Here they come. We have got...

I'll read those again.

We are looking for the artists who had a hit with these novelty songs

and you want the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Now, the high scorers are Miriam and Sallyanne on 58.

Simon and John, you are on 38. If you score 19 or less, you are definitely in the head-to-head.

I don't think this will score 19 or less.

-This isn't a great category for me.

-It's a tough board.

I know one which is Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport with Rolf Harris.

OK, Rolf Harris you're saying. Let's see if that's right.

There's your red line. That's what 19 looks like.

Below that, you are definitely in the Head to Head. Rolf Harris.

It's right. Oh!

-Better than 100.

-That's a high score. 86.

-Takes your total up to 124.

-A huge score.

A top ten hit in the UK in 1960 and a top ten hit in the States.

Miriam and Sallyanne are on 58. The high scorers on 124 are Simon and John.

If you can score 65 or less, Miriam, you are through.

Mm. OK.

I know the two from It Ain't Half Hot, Mum did Whispering Grass,

but I have a feeling somebody did it before him. The only one I've got a bit more of a chance of getting,

I think, is Agadoo,

which I think was Black Lace.

Black Lace, Agadoo. Is she right? How many said it?

It's right.

-Oh!

-And you are through to the next round.

-22!

-Ooh!

-22 takes your total up to 80. Richard?

-Well played. A number two hit from 1984.

It haunted us throughout that year. Voted the worst song of all time by readers of Q.

Very good indeed. Very well done, Miriam and Sallyanne. You are through.

Now then, Stu, you are also through to the Head to Head. The writing is on the wall for Simon and John.

Their high score of 124, you will never overtake it.

We are looking for the artists who had hits with these novelty songs.

I'm going to go for I Am A Cider Drinker and I will have a shot at The Wurzels.

The Wurzels, I Am A Cider Drinker. Let's see if that's right and how many said The Wurzels.

It's right.

52. Not a bad score at all, Stu.

Takes your total up to 57, but you're through anyway.

-Richard?

-Yeah, The Wurzels. It's a really tough board.

Agadoo is the most recent on it, from 1984.

You were right, Miriam, about Whispering Grass. It was Don Estelle and Windsor Davies.

It would have scored 7. Right Said Fred gave its name to a band.

-It was by...?

-Bernard Cribbins!

-17.

-And What Are We Gonna Get 'Er Indoors?

-Not a clue.

-There's a clue in the title.

-Arthur Daley!

-George Cole!

-George Cole and Dennis Waterman.

A number 21 hit. And one person - I'm sure you know who you are - remembered that.

Thanks very much, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score is John and Simon. Again!

-What is it with this Round Two?

-First round specialists.

-Clearly. Very, very strong indeed.

-What can we say?

-I should listen to more Wurzels.

-I think everyone should.

-That is a good rule for life.

-Stu is president of the Wurzels fan club.

-Oh, yeah.

-Doesn't like to talk about it.

-So what have you learnt, Simon and John?

-I hope you'll take something away.

-It's been great fun, even if we weren't great contestants!

You've been great contestants. We gave you terrible categories. We have to say goodbye to you.

Best of luck with your A Levels and continue well with your studies.

Great having you on the show. Thanks very much, Simon and John.

But for the remaining two pairs it gets more exciting now as we enter the Head to Head.

Very well done, Stu and Craig, Miriam and Sallyanne. You made it.

Only one pair can make it through to the final and play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £6,250.

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

Just come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair.

The first pair to win two questions will play for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless.

Here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many surnames of US Presidents that end in N as they could. Richard?

The surname of any US President prior to Barack Obama ending in N.

If more than one share a surname, we'll only accept it once.

There are 14 names on this list.

Thank you. Stu and Craig, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.

Presidents whose names end in N.

-We're going to go with Johnson.

-You're going with Johnson. Miriam and Sallyanne?

-We'll go with Woodrow Wilson.

-Woodrow Wilson.

Let's see. Stu and Craig went with Johnson.

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

It is right.

Oh, 18!

18 for Johnson.

-Miriam and Sallyanne have gone for Woodrow Wilson.

-I don't think it'll be that low.

Is it right? How many people said Woodrow Wilson?

It's right.

Will it go below 18? That's the question.

It does! Look at that - 7!

7 for Woodrow Wilson, which means after one question Miriam and Sallyanne are up one-nil.

Woodrow Wilson, good answer. Andrew Johnson and Lyndon B Johnson. 14 answers in all.

One of them is pointless. Very well done if you said Martin van Buren - a pointless answer.

James Madison scored 1. Benjamin and William Henry Harrison would have scored 1.

James Buchanan also scored 1.

Andrew Jackson on 5, Woodrow Wilson 7,

Harry S Truman would have scored 10,

Thomas Jefferson 15, both the Johnsons on 18,

George Washington 30, Ronald Reagan 33, Bill Clinton 47,

Abraham Lincoln 48 and Richard Nixon 75. I'm sure somebody at home would have got all 14.

Thank you very much, Richard. Here is your second question.

Stu and Craig, you have to win this to stay in the game.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Scottish national football team managers since 1970

as they could. Sorry it's not playing more to your strengths, Stu and Craig(!)

Sorry. They are randomly assigned, these questions. A stroke of luck!

Anyone who's managed the Scottish national team from 1970 through to May, 2011,

-including caretaker managers.

-OK. Miriam and Sallyanne, you are first.

Oh, we've got to go first as well?! Oh, lord!

Are you ready?

Because we've got a brother who is an Everton fan,

we think Walter Smith might be a Scotland manager.

-Walter Smith.

-Yeah.

-Stu and Craig, you can do your conferring out loud.

-That's a very good answer.

-There's Andy Roxburgh.

-There's Jock Stein, who died on the job.

Alex Ferguson was the caretaker in '86.

-Yeah.

-What about...?

-Craig Brown, Berti Vogts.

-Forgot about him.

-Ally MacLeod. Ally's Tartan Army.

-We'll go with Andy Roxburgh.

-Andy Roxburgh. OK, we have Walter Smith and Andy Roxburgh.

Miriam and Sallyanne, Stu and Craig said Walter Smith is a great answer.

Let's see. Walter Smith - is it right and how many people said it?

Oh!

It's right.

It's still going down. Still going down - 9!

That's a fantastic answer. Walter Smith!

-Brilliant.

-Thank you, little brother!

-Thanks!

Now then, Stu and Craig, you have to get lower than 9 or we say goodbye to you.

-Andy Roxburgh.

-Not confident.

-You're not?

-This is as many points as Berti Vogts picked up!

Andy Roxburgh - is it right and how many people said it? Good luck.

It is right.

Can it go lower than 9?

It can! Look at that!

Fabulous! That's a pointless answer. It adds £250 to today's jackpot.

It takes the total up to £6,500.

It scores you nothing, which means you win that point.

After two questions, it's one-all. Very well done. Richard?

Let's look at all the names. There's another pointless answer.

The man who took Scotland to the 1974 World Cup. Willie Ormond.

Tommy Docherty and Tommy Burns, both scored 1. Bobby Brown was manager until 1971.

Beat England 3-2 at Wembley. Berti Vogts on 2 points, Craig Levein on 3.

George Burley 4, Jock Stein 5, Craig Brown 5, Ally MacLeod 5,

Alex McLeish 7, Walter Smith 9 and Alex Ferguson on top with 12.

Thanks very much, Richard. Here is your third question. Whoever wins it goes through

and plays for that jackpot of £6,500.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many people depicted in da Vinci's The Last Supper

-as they could. Richard?

-Any of the people in Leonardo da Vinci's painting The Last Supper.

-Where more than one person has the same name, we'll only accept it once.

-OK, thanks, Richard.

Stu and Craig, you go first.

Right. Em...

Not overly sure, but I think what we are going to go for is Bartholomew.

Bartholomew.

-Miriam and Sallyanne?

-She did wash his feet.

-I know.

-Did she stay for the meal?

-I don't know!

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-We're arguing about Mary Magdalene.

-She did the old feet washing...

But we don't know if they let her stay and have something to eat.

Sorry about this. Just talk among yourselves.

-Oh, blow it. Go for it.

-Go on.

-Are you sure?

-No. But go on.

-Mary Magdalene.

-Sorry.

-Mary Magdalene.

So we have Bartholomew and Mary Magdalene. St Bartholomew.

Let's see if that's right and how many said it.

It's right!

It's right.

Very, very well done - 4!

And Miriam and Sallyanne have gone for Mary Magdalene.

Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said Mary Magdalene.

-Oh!

-Bad...

-They didn't let her stay for the meal. The rotten lot!

Or she didn't stay for the picture.

Stu and Craig, well done. You win that point, which means at the end of this round

Stu and Craig are through to the final, 2-1.

Yes, it's a terrific answer, Bartholomew. Mary Magdalene not in the picture.

She ate before she left. Let's look at all the answers.

It's the original Celebrity Come Dine With Me. Philip and Bartholomew, the best answers.

Jude on 6 points, Andrew on 7, Simon the Zealot on 13,

James, son of Zebedee, 16,

Thomas, the original Doubting Thomas, 22,

Matthew, who wrote one of the Gospels, 47, Peter 50, Judas Iscariot 55,

John 59 and Jesus right at the top with 80. Very much the host.

Thank you very much, Richard.

-So the losing pair are Miriam and Sallyanne.

-That's not a problem.

Well, some great answers from you. Wilson, lovely answer. Walter Smith!

Brilliant. The great news is we will see you again next time, but you have been fantastic contestants.

Thank you so much for playing - Miriam and Sallyanne!

But for Stu and Craig it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £6,500.

Well, congratulations. You've fought off all the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of the show the jackpot stands at £6,500.

Now the rules are very simple. To win, just find a pointless answer

that none of our 100 people could think of. We've only had one pointless answer today.

It was yours with Andy Roxburgh. Another Scottish football category and you're laughing!

You only have to find one more.

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

-There you go.

-Well, 20th century dramatists. We're only... You're 27?

-Yeah.

We've not been around the 20th century that long

-and we're both very picky food eaters.

-Just put it in the microwave!

-So we'll try tennis.

Here is your question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Australian Wimbledon champions as they could.

Any Australian-born tennis player who has won a singles or doubles title at Wimbledon

from 1980 all the way through to 2010. Very best of luck.

You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers. All you need to win

is for one answer to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.

-Philippoussis. Did he win it?

-He didn't win the singles. There's Pat Cash and Lleyton Hewitt.

-I think doubles is the way to go. You've got Mark...Woodforde?

-I really don't know.

-And Todd Woodbridge.

-Yeah.

-You've got the two Woodies - Todd Woodbridge, Mark Woodforde.

-Mark Philippoussis.

-Possibly any women?

-They're probably least likely.

-There's Alicia Molik.

Em...

-Has she won anything?

-I really don't know.

Jelena Dokic used to play for Australia,

but I'm not really too sure. I think the Men's Doubles are possibly...

-the way to go.

-You're better than me.

-Wait, Todd...Woodbridge,

Mark Woodforde. I hope we've got them the right way round!

-5 seconds left.

-It has to be.

-Woodbridge.

-Todd Woodbridge.

-OK, there's your time up.

Australian Wimbledon champions. I now need three answers from you.

OK, we'll go for Todd Woodbridge. Mark Woodforde.

-And Mark Philippoussis.

-Mark Philippoussis.

-Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless?

-I would say Todd Woodbridge.

We'll put Todd Woodbridge third. Which is your least likely?

-Probably Philippoussis. He's the one I've heard of!

-Yeah.

-OK, we'll put him first.

Here they are.

There they are. We were looking for Australian tennis champions.

This was your least confident answer. You only need one pointless answer to win that £6,500.

How many people said Mark Philippoussis? Is it right and how far down will it go?

Mark Philippoussis.

OK, that's fine. We've got him out the way. We knew that wouldn't be pointless.

You have two more chances to win today's jackpot. What would you do with £6,500? Craig?

I want to drive across America, so I'd put it towards that.

-Which roads are you going to go on?

-Probably Route 66.

-I'll look at the map and see!

-OK, very good. Stu, how about you?

There's a whole load of stuff we need doing to our house, my wife and myself.

-So it would go to that.

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

will see you able to do those things. Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Mark Woodforde.

This has to be right and it has to be pointless. We were looking for Australian Wimbledon champions.

For £6,500, let's see how many people said Mark Woodforde. Very best of luck.

It's right! It's right.

It has to be pointless. If this goes down to zero, you're leaving here with £6,500.

Mark Woodforde is still going down... Oh, three!

Three for Mark Woodforde.

Someone knew Mark Woodforde. You only have one more chance.

Todd Woodbridge. Everything hangs on that. The answer you were most confident in.

We wanted Australian Wimbledon champions. Todd Woodbridge. Is it right? How many people said it?

Oh, it's right! It's right.

You kind of knew that. Mark Woodforde went down to three.

Can Todd Woodbridge go all the way to pointless? If this goes to zero, you leave with £6,500...

Oh, no!

Two spectacular answers there, though. Unfortunately,

you didn't manage to find that vital pointless answer, so you don't win that £6,500,

which will roll over. But you have been brilliant contestants and you take our Pointless trophy. Richard?

You've done yourselves proud and can hold your head up high when you go back to school.

The Woodies won six doubles titles. Todd Woodbridge won three more with Jonas Bjorkman.

They both won a mixed doubles as well. Lleyton Hewitt, Pat Cash, they were big scorers,

but there are six pointless answers. All doubles players.

John Fitzgerald won two doubles and a mixed with Liz Smylie, another pointless answer.

She also won a women's doubles. Rennae Stubbs won two doubles titles.

Samantha Stosur won mixed doubles, Stephen Huss won a men's doubles and Wendy Turnbull,

she won in '83 and '84 with Britain's John Lloyd. Well done if you got any of those.

-Tough category.

-Very tough. And you knew...

-Sam Stosur.

-Sam Stosur. Dear, oh, dear.

-Means nothing to me.

-Never mind.

But we do have to say goodbye to you. It's been brilliant having you. You've been a credit to the school.

-Thank you very much for playing.

-Thanks.

Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over and on the next show we're playing for £7,500.

-Join us next time to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And from me.

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