Episode 51 Pointless

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

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

-Let's meet today's players.

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Welcome, Dan and Ciaran. You're our first pair on the show today. How do you know each other?

Dan's my boss. We both work together for an insurance company

-in London. I've worked for him for about...five years, I suppose.

-Five years.

-Is he a good boss, Ciaran?

-Do you know, he normally is.

He takes me out for drinks, buys me breakfast.

-He's really actually excellent.

-What department of insurance are you in?

We do catastrophe modelling, actually.

Catastrophe modelling, I've done a bit of that.

-You're catastrophe modellers?

-Yeah.

-Wow.

-That's the best job anyone has ever had.

-Ever. Very good. So you

-basically live in a world of worst-case scenarios?

-Afraid so.

-Maths, really. It's just maths.

So when people on the news, they always say, any catastrophe,

"This is likely to have cost in the region of so-and-so,"

you come up with that figure?

-Along with a lot of other people, but...

-Yeah.

They take all the figures, add them up,

-divide them by the number of you.

-Exactly.

-Splendid.

What would be the catastrophe model for this afternoon? What's the worst-case scenario?

The best scenario is we walk away with some money, worst case is I walk away holding a P45.

-There you go.

-That's what I'd say.

-Yes, yeah.

Dan, what would you like to see come up? What'd be a great category?

Considering what we do, geography is always going to be nice.

Although Ciaran's a film buff. I fancy my chances on a bit of film

but that's a strong category for us as well.

-Film, and what kind of films do you like?

-Predator.

LAUGHTER

-Quite good.

-OK, anything in the Predator camp! Very good.

Maybe that will come up. You never know.

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

-Thank you.

Next we welcome Rob and Katie. How do you two know each other?

We have a shared interest in horror acting

and we worked at various horror attractions around the country dressing up as disgusting creatures.

-That is just brilliant. You're horror actors?

-Yes.

I've done a fair bit of that in my time as well, as it turns out.

I tell you what, catastrophe modelling seems a bit boring now. HE YAWNS

LAUGHTER

What do you specialise in, Rob?

I specialise in big, gruff Victorian men with cut faces.

-Or just a bit of zombie-ing.

-Go on, do some zombie-ing!

-You want me to do a zombie?

-Yes!

All right, I'll do it.

HE GRUNTS

Something like that, you know.

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It's like looking in a mirror.

That's...

That would really, really scare me. Well, it DID scare me actually. Katie, what do you specialise in?

My favourite ever was when I was a zombie in a cornfield once.

-Wasn't a job, it was just...

-Put your hair forwards... It wasn't a job!

-No, just I fancied it!

-Fantastic.

Do you want to demonstrate for us now? Go on, go on.

-OK, I could be a zombie.

-It's going to be scary.

SHE SNORTS AND GNASHES

That's just brilliant.

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-That's just brilliant.

-Do you know what though?

Generally, statistically, people turn on TV shows all the time,

there'll be a number of people

who turned on between you asking her to like a zombie and that happening.

Some will just think, "What the... Oh, it's Pointless,

"those crazy guys at Pointless!" Oh, dear. That's absolutely fantastic.

Best luck to you. Welcome to the show - great to have you.

We welcome back Roland and Janice. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets TWO chances to reach the final.

This is your second chance. Remind us what happened.

Well, Janice had got a very good answer which I think scored three points

so I decided that I wouldn't play safe and I would gamble.

-The question was landlocked islands.

-Landlocked countries.

-Landlocked countries and I went for Tibet.

-Tibet,

-not a member of the UN.

-That's right.

-But that's the gamble I took.

-Yeah.

-And there we go.

Janice, what would you like to see come up?

History, I quite like history and books, literature.

How about any gruesome history of Derbyshire?

-I don't know much, I'll leave that to the experts!

-OK, OK, history.

-Roland, what about you?

-Probably geography.

-Geography. Well, very, very best of luck to you.

-And next we welcome back Miriam and Sallyanne. You were on the show last time.

-We were.

Remind us what happened.

-Mary Magdalene and the Vatican City did us in.

-Oh, didn't they! They conspired.

-And Dan Brown's got a lot to answer for.

-He has.

-You were rewriting theology there.

-Yes.

We suddenly had Mary Magdalene at the Last Supper. Well, she WAS there

but she wasn't in the Da Vinci photograph... Photograph?!

-LAUGHTER

-What? Yes, you didn't know that, did you?

Yes. What's going to see you get through to the head-to-head

and beyond, Sallyanne, this afternoon?

I'd really like a subject to come up on tweets by Richard Osman.

-I follow him on Twitter, you see and I know those ones.

-They're good.

They're worth waiting for, aren't they?

-Osman's tweets.

-Oh, with bated breath.

-Yes.

Best of luck, lovely to have you back. We'll find out more through the show.

There's only one person left to introduce.

At his village fete he takes charge of

the "Guess The Weight Of The Helium Atom" Competition.

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

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE Hiya.

-Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you, Richard.

What a show we'll have. Two returning pairs. Roland and Janice, very unlucky.

Very good but only saw them for the first round.

Miriam and Sallyanne we saw an awful lot of.

They lasted all the way through to the head-to-head. They made their presence felt.

But now we've got the horror actors versus the catastrophe modellers. LAUGHTER

-That's awesome, isn't it?

-Yes.

-That's a Predator movie for you.

It should be a very good show, I think.

-We've got four very good pairs here today.

-Splendid.

Thank you, Richard. We've put all our questions to 100 people before the show

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

To stay in with a chance to win our jackpot,

all our players need to do is score a few points as they can.

Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer,

one 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 £7,500.

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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. Whoever has the highest score at the end will be eliminated.

Our category for the first round is...music.

Can you all decide in your pairs who will go first and second?

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

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

-percussion instruments as they could.

-All the correct answers in this round will be

percussion instruments. That's any that can be played by striking with a hand, stick or beater, or shaking.

-The incorrect answers in this round won't be musical instruments at all.

-OK. Now then, Dan and Ciaran.

You all drew lots before the show and this afternoon you get to go first.

You'll be delighted to hear in this round

we'll give you a choice of seven possible answers on the board for each pass.

The sighs from everyone there! Almost enough to blow me over.

OK, your first set of seven answers reads like this.

I'll read there's one more time.

There we are. I can tell you

at least one of those answers is pointless

but be careful because at least one of those is incorrect.

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

-So then, Ciaran.

-Yes.

-Percussion instruments.

Yeah, I'm not a terribly musical individual. I haven't got an awful lot of rhythm

and I'm not good at playing any instruments.

Who could ask for anything more(?)

Yeah, and I'm terrified of getting off to a bad start

so I think I've got something solid.

-OK, very good. Well, use that, Ciaran!

-Castanets, please.

-You're going to go for castanets.

-Yes, please.

You're trying to pick obscure answers.

You're saying castanets, hoping that's the one that the fewest of our 100 people said.

Let's see if it is. Is it right, how many people said castanets?

It's right.

Very well done, 11.

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-11 for castanets. Richard.

-Yeah, well played, Ciaran.

Most famously used by the Spanish in flamenco music and what-have-you.

Thank you very much. Now then, Katie.

-Yes.

-Katie, is this a good subject for you?

-This isn't my subject of choice.

-OK.

And Ciaran stole my castanets, so I'm quite upset right now.

There was a couple on there I think are percussion instruments

and there's a couple of obscure ones

and I'm going to go for an obscure one, I think.

I might say claves.

-Claves.

-Claves.

-At the top there.

Let's see if it's a correct answer and if it is, let's see how many people said claves. Good luck.

It's right.

Very well done indeed, Katie. Down it goes. Still going down.

Yes! Very well done.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That adds £250 to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to £7750.

Best of all, it scores you nothing, Katie. Very well done. Richard.

Yes, well played, Katie. Great start to the game.

Claves are two cylindrical sticks. They come from Cuba.

Cuban in origin.

You play them with cupped hands to make the noise.

Roland, we come to you. Roland, percussion instruments.

I know some of them, but I'm also torn whether to gamble or not,

because I know one of the words is in a song called Sway.

Actually, I don't know whether it's a percussion instrument,

so I'm going to play safe and I'm going to go with tambourine.

There we are. You're going with tambourine.

Very well done. That sounds like a cracking answer to me.

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

It is right.

43.

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It's not a bad answer, but it's quite a high score. Richard.

Yes, pretty high score. It's of Middle Eastern origin.

Now then, Miriam,

you're the last person to have this board, Miriam,

so take us through everything and fill in the missing bits.

Well, I know the miriba... that one, I know it's in that song,

but I don't know whether it's the rhythm or an instrument

and I have a funny feeling the vibraphone

is what we used to have the toilet paper and the comb and goes...

MAKES BUZZING NOISE

-Vibraphone.

-Vibraphone. OK, vibraphone, says Miriam.

You changed your mind about what it was.

You thought it was the comb, now you think it's percussion.

OK, let's see, is it right? How many people said it?

-It's going to go red.

-LAUGHS

-Yes, it's right.

-You're joking.

Very, very well done indeed.

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That scores Miriam only one point. Richard.

Yes, also known as the vibes, first started as a jazz instrument.

It's metal tubes you hit with a padded hammer.

This is actually very similar to the marimba, the marimba rhythms,

which is in Sway but is also an instrument. If you'd said that, you would've scored two points.

Let's go through the rest of the board. Drum obviously is a correct answer.

Would've scored you a very hefty 74, so well avoided.

And Matzerath, by process of elimination,

that's the incorrect answer up there.

-That's the name of the family in The Tin Drum, Matzerath.

-Thanks, Richard.

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

Katie and Rob looking fantastic there.

Lovely score of nothing. Brilliant answer, the claves.

Then we go up to one,

where Miriam and Sallyanne are, looking very strong indeed,

up to 11, where Ciaran and Dan currently reside, and then,

we go up quite a long way to 43, where we find Roland and Janice.

Janice, you have a mountain to climb on the next pass.

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 seven more names on the board and here they are...

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

Again, I can tell you at least one answer is pointless

and at least one of those answers is incorrect,

so try and avoid those incorrect answers if you possibly can.

Remember, we are looking for percussion instruments. Sallyanne?

I'm going to play it relatively safe and I'm going to say timpani,

because I think, if I'm right, I think they're a type of drum.

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

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

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

It's right.

Well done, you've done it, you're through.

Wow. Seven.

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That scores you seven and takes your total up to eight.

Very well done, Sallyanne.

Well played, Sallyanne. They're European kettledrums.

Very useful in an orchestra because they're all set to a different pitch.

-Now then, Janice, you're on 43. You are the high scorers.

-Yes.

-Um, I only know three for certain.

-Yes.

But I'm going to have to gamble.

I'm going to go for tabor.

-Tabor.

-I think it's a kind of drum.

What do you think, Roland?

I'll agree with Janice.

FAINT LAUGHTER

Very politic. OK, tabor.

Let's see how many people said tabor. Good luck, Janice.

There's no red line for you because you're the high scorers.

It's correct.

Down it comes.

Tabor...

-Very well done, Janice!

-APPLAUSE

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

takes the total up to £8,000, it scores you nothing.

It leaves your total at 43.

Is that going to be enough to save your bacon? I wonder.

-Let's find out. Richard.

-Very well played, Janice. It's a small drum,

usually played with a pipe in folk music. It's from mediaeval times,

but they still use it today in folk bands and what-have-you.

We're looking for percussion instruments.

Now then, Rob, you are currently on nothing.

Janice and Roland are still the high scorers on 43.

If you score 42 or less, you're through to the next round.

-What do you think about this board?

-There's two fairly obvious ones up there.

-Yes.

-I'm torn between going for one of them,

but they might be worth more than what we need.

And I might take a risk with dermatome.

Dermatome.

Because it sounds quite rhythmical.

-It sounds good or it's something you have to apply morning and night.

-Yes.

I said to the face, it might go anywhere. Who knows? There's your red line.

If you get below that red line, you are through to the next round.

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

Very best of luck.

Oh no!

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

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

I had such a good feeling about that. That takes your total up to 100. Richard.

Yes, sorry, Rob. It is an instrument,

but it's a medical instrument. It's a cutting tool for cutting skin.

Dan.

-Hello.

-The high scorers are Rob and Katie on 100. You are on 11.

If you can score 88 or less, you are through to the next round.

As we might say, what's the worst that could happen, Dan?

It's depends on... triangle is going to be too high.

Two of them on there, I don't know.

Tabla? I think I'm going to have to try and play cymbals

and hope it's less than the magic number.

OK, you're going to go for cymbals. Cymbals, there they are.

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

There's your red line, nice and high.

Is it right? How many people said it?

It's right. Yes, you've done it.

54. Very well done, 54 for cymbals. It takes your total up to 65.

Richard.

That's using all the skills of a catastrophe modeller.

You worked out the worst-case scenario, that it was still OK and went for it.

Let's look at the rest of the board.

Triangle obviously is a percussion instrument, would've scored 37.

Of those other two, Alexander,

what do you think? One of those is incorrect.

A tabla is definitely an instrument.

Yes, it's a small Indian hand drum, the tabla.

Gerber, do you think that's pointless or incorrect?

-I think it's incorrect.

-It is, yes.

Gerber is the company that makes Um Bongo.

Thank you very much. At the end of Round One,

the losing pair with the highest score is Rob and Katie.

Aw!

Oh, dear, dear, dear! I tell you what, though,

that is the spirit of Pointless right there.

You scored a pointless answer in the first pass.

Rob, you were trying very hard. Dermatome, for my money,

was a shoo-in as a pointless rhythm instrument.

Anyway, we have to say goodbye to you, which is a shame.

But we will see you again next time.

Rob and Katie, excellent contestants, thanks very much.

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

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

so one team will be leaving us at the end of this round.

Our Round Two category is Cinema.

Can you decide who's going to go first and second?

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

OK, our question concerns film duos and their films.

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

We asked 100 people to tell us the name of the film in which that pair

played the title characters.

So for example, if it said Harry Enfield and Kathy Burke,

that would be Kevin And Perry Go Large.

Give us an obscure answer, you'll score fewer points.

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

There are 12 pairs of actors, 12 films to guess.

OK. Thank you very much. We are looking for the names of the films

in which these actors play the title roles.

And we have got...

There we are. I'll read them one more time.

There we have them. Dan, how does that board look to you?

-Not the best.

-OK. Remember, we are looking for the films in which

these pairs of actors played the lead characters,

the title characters of the film.

Then, I think I've only really got one.

Newman and Redford in Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.

You're hoping to score as few points as possible. Is it right,

and if it is, how many of our 100 people said it?

It's right.

-Wow, 20.

-I'll take that.

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Yeah, I'd take that. Not bad. 20 for Butch Cassidy.

Good answer. It's a tough board. From 1969, won four Oscars.

There's lots of bicycle stunts in the film.

Paul Newman had to do the bicycle stunts because his stuntman couldn't ride a bike.

Very good at jumping off cliffs and so on,

but not so hot on the old bike.

Wow.

Roland, I fancy you might be quite good at this.

-It's not my subject, really.

-Really?

But I'm going to play safe

and I hope that it's the right answer, and I'm going to go for

Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in Bonnie And Clyde.

Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Bonnie And Clyde, says Roland.

Is it right, and if it is, how many people knew that answer?

Bonnie And Clyde.

Yes! It's right.

24 for Butch Cassidy.

19 for Bonnie and Clyde!

-Very good. Richard?

-Yes, well done, Roland.

They played Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, of course, from 1967.

-Good answer.

-Thanks very much. We're looking for the films

in which these pairs of actors play the title characters.

Now, Miriam, I think this will be very good for you.

You must be very good at this. Really?

I know the names, but I can't put the films to them.

The only one I've got an idea, probably wrong,

but I've got an idea,

I think Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, I think they did The Beach.

The Beach. Let's see if that's right,

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

-No, I didn't think so.

-Bad luck.

That's an incorrect answer, which means you score 100 points.

Sorry. Richard?

Yes, sorry, Miriam.

We're looking for films in which they play the TITLE characters.

-Oh, of course!

-I know the answer.

It's a really tough board, I think.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes is the biggest scorer.

It's Romeo And Juliet,

Baz Luhrmann's 1996 version. Would have scored 45.

Amy Adams and Meryl Streep, do you know that on? It's a recent film.

Julie And Julia. Would have scored you ten points.

Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson have been in lots of films together,

-but one where they play the title characters...

-Starsky And Hutch.

Absolutely right, would have scored 13.

Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb. Early Gary Oldman film.

-Sid And Nancy.

-Sid And Nancy, exactly.

Would have scored three points. Well done if you said that.

OK, let's look at the scores. We're halfway through the round.

19, Roland and Janice, the best score of the pass.

Then we go up to 20, Dan and Ciaran.

And then we go way up to 100,

where I am afraid Miriam and Sallyanne are sitting.

Sallyanne, you're going to have to find

a really obscure answer on the next pass

and hope that's enough to see you through to the head-to-head.

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

Six more answers on the board. Here we go. We have got...

I'll read those one more time.

We are looking for the films in which

these pairs of actors play the title characters.

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

-Sallyanne, you're the high scorers on 100 by quite a margin.

-Yes.

So I'm hoping that somewhere on that board, you have found

a really obscure pairing and you know the title characters.

I've got two options. I either try and get a really, really low score,

or I play safe and hope someone else goes wrong.

Ooh! Yes! Now, what were they called?

Yes, Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino - Frankie And Johnny.

Frankie And Johnny, Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino.

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

You're the high scorers, so there's no red line.

You just have to hope it's a low score.

Frankie And Johnny.

It's right.

It's right. Down it goes. It's a great answer.

Look at that!

SHE SCREAMS

That scores you one. It takes your total up to 101.

Is it enough to keep you in the game?

Very well played, Sallyanne. From 1991.

There's a scene where Al Pacino has to act surprised.

They were filming one of the Star Trek movies nearby,

so the director arranged so that when he opened the door,

Kirk and Spock were standing there.

-Quite good, isn't it? That's the story.

-Very good.

Now, then, Janice.

You are on 19. The high scorers

are Sallyanne and Miriam on 101,

which means if you score 81 or less,

you're through to the next round.

I knew three on the first board, and I only know one on this one.

So I'm going to go with Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep,

-Kramer Vs Kramer.

-Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Kramer Vs Kramer,

There's your red line. If you can get below that red line,

you are in the head-to-head.

Let's see if Kramer Vs Kramer is right for

Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep.

It is right

and you are through to the next round. Well done.

That's a great answer and a great score.

Takes your total up to 33.

Well played. Another very good answer.

-They both won Oscars for that film, from 1979.

-Very good.

-Now then, Ciaran, we come to you.

-Yes.

You're the last person to have this board, so you can mop up.

Now, the high scorers are Sallyanne and Miriam on 101.

You're on 20. If you can score

80 or less, you are in the head-to-head.

-OK.

-You said Film was a good category for you.

-It is.

I'm pretty happy with that board, but I suppose it comes down to

whether or not it's going to be less than I need.

They're all quite popular, the ones that are left.

So I'm going to go for the Sly and Kurt Russell, Tango And Cash.

Tango And Cash, Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell.

There's your red line.

Get below that, you're through to the head-to-head.

Is it right, and if it is, how many people said Tango And Cash?

Yes, it's right.

You are through to the next round. Well done.

Oh, it's a brilliant answer! Seven points.

Takes your total up to 27.

-Richard?

-Really well played, Ciaran. Your job is safe for another round.

From 1989, that film.

If that had scored you 82 points, you'd have been gutted.

Let's take a look at the rest of the answers.

Batman And Robin.

-Do you know that? Slightly trickier.

-I don't know that one.

That's Romy And Michelle's High School Reunion.

Well done if you said that one. Ten points.

Best answer on the board is Frankie and Johnny.

Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of Round Two, the losing pair, Miriam and Sallyanne.

-And you got the best answer on the board!

-I know!

That came at the last moment, didn't it?

You went through to the head-to-head last time.

-Very narrowly beaten, actually.

-I know.

You could have easily been through to the final.

I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you.

A great shame, and our loss. It's been lovely having you on the show.

Brilliant contestants, thanks for playing.

Things are about to get more exciting

as we enter the head-to-head.

Very well done. Roland and Janice,

Dan and Ciaran, you've made it to the head-to-head.

Only one pair can make it through to the final

and play for the jackpot which stands at £8,000.

For each question, each pair needs to give me just one answer,

but you are now allowed to confer. You have to 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 be playing for the jackpot. Les's play Pointless.

Here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Olympic host cities

beginning with L has they could.

Olympic host cities beginning with L.

We're looking for any city which has hosted a Summer or Winter Olympics

right from the first Olympics of 1896 up to and including 2010, please.

Roland and Janice, you've played best throughout so far,

so you get to go first.

THEY CONFER

-Lillehammer.

-Lillehammer. Very good.

Roland and Janice say Lillehammer.

Dan and Ciaran, if you need to confer any more,

you can do it out loud.

Yeah, I think...

We were thinking about Lillehammer, obviously.

There's a few others - Los Angeles, London.

-But we're going to go for Lisbon.

-Lisbon.

So, we have Lillehammer and we have Lisbon.

Roland and Janice said Lillehammer - is it right,

and if it is, how many people said it?

Very well done. It's right.

0h, it's a brilliant answer! Very well said, Roland.

Lillehammer scores you just eight.

Dan and Ciaran, you're going for Lisbon. Let's see if that's right,

and it is, how many people said Lisbon?

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

Which means, after one question, Roland and Janice are ahead 1-0.

Well played. 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

One answer would have beaten it, another Winter Olympics venue -

Lake Placid would have scored seven points.

Hosted two Winter Olympics there.

Lillehammer with eight,

Los Angeles, 36, and London 72.

Thank you. Here is your second question.

Dan and Ciaran, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

fire and water signs of the zodiac as they could.

Fire and water signs of the zodiac.

We're looking for up any star sign of the Western zodiac

characterised as a fire sign or a water sign.

-There are six possible answers.

-OK, thanks very much.

-Dan and Ciaran, you go first.

-We are not really zodiac people, really.

-But I don't know, Sagittarius?

-Oh, but you are!

Oh! Are we, though?

I think I'm going to say Sagittarius as a fire one.

OK. Sagittarius, you're saying. Roland and Janice?

THEY CONFER

-Pisces.

-Pisces. So we have Sagittarius and we have Pisces.

Dan and Ciaran, you have to hope that that wins,

because if it doesn't, we say goodbye to you.

Sagittarius. Is it right? How many people said it?

Come on!

It's right.

Down it goes.

19! Very well done.

19 for Sagittarius.

Roland and Janice, you have gone for Pisces.

If you win this question, you are through to the final.

Pisces. Is it right? How many people said it?

Well done, it's right.

61, very high.

Well done, Dan and Ciaran.

-After two questions, it's 1-1. Richard?

-Well played.

Sagittarius, a fire sign, Pisces, a water sign.

Sagittarius is the best answer. Couldn't have beaten it.

Let's take a look. Sagittarius, 19, a fire sign.

Scorpio, that's a water sign, 24.

Aries, fire, 27.

Leo, fire, 34. And the top two are both water signs.

Cancer, 35,

Pisces right at the top on 61. Very good head-to-head.

Very good. Very close indeed.

Here is your third and final question.

Who ever wins this question goes through to the final

and plays for that massive jackpot.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

US states on the historic route Route 66 as they could.

We're looking for any of the eight US states

through which you travel if you drove the historic Route 66.

OK, Roland and Janice, you go first this time.

-It's not one I know.

-Arizona.

Arizona - say Roland and Janice.

Dan and Ciaran, if you need to chat any more you can do it out loud.

I think we're all right. I think we know where it starts.

Um, I'm pretty sure it starts in Illinois.

So I'm going to go for that.

Illinois. OK, we have Arizona and we have Illinois.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final.

Roland and Janice said Arizona. Let's see if that's right. If it is,

let's see how many people said Arizona.

It's right.

Down it goes.

21. 21 for Arizona.

Very, very exciting.

Is that going to be enough?

Illinois - Dan and Ciaran.

You think this is right?

Well, I was until that happened. I was surer, yeah.

-If it is right, it could be good enough to beat the 21?

-I think so.

-If it's right.

-Very, very, very best of luck.

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

It is right!

Will it go lower than 21?

Yes, it does! Very well done - 9.

9 for Illinois. Which means after two questions,

Dan and Ciaran are through to the final. 2-1. Richard?

Well played both teams. Terrific head-to-head. Let's look at all 8 states.

Oklahoma was the best answer, 3. New Mexico, 4.

Missouri and Kansas, both 7.

There is Illinois, 9. Texas, 18.

Arizona 21. And California 47.

One of our hundred people thought it went through Yorkshire. LAUGHTER

Which it doesn't.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, it's Roland and Janice.

Bad luck. That was a very hard-fought head-to-head there.

Round One last time.

This time storming through to the head-to-head

and very, very close it was.

A great shame we have to say goodbye to you now.

Thank you very much for playing, Roland and Janice.

Great contestants.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

But for Dan and Ciaran it's time for our Pointless final

and the chance to win our jackpot of £8000.

Congratulations, Dan and Ciaran.

You've fought off all the competition and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy,

so very well done.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £8 000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

That's an answer none of our 100 people though of.

Now we've had two pointless answers on the show today.

You only have to find one more and you will go home with that money.

Firstly, you have to choose a category.

You can choose from these three options -

-Oh!

-First impression, not famous foodies.

No, famous foodies I can't do. You're good at your literature.

-Yeah, but you spend your life watching pop videos.

-I do.

But then, you know, I'd back myself on that.

I'd back you on the top one.

No, let's go for that. That could be so fast.

You reckon?

There are a lot of people in the US listening to a lot of music.

-No, let's go there.

-OK, fine. We will go for US pop stars.

OK, US pop stars. Let's find out what the question is.

We give 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

Prince top 40 singles as they could.

Prince top 40 singles. Richard?

We are looking for any single released by Prince or which has him as a named featured artist

which has reached the UK top 40 prior to April 2011, please.

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

All you need to win that £8,000

is for one of those answers to be Pointless.

Your 60 seconds starts now.

So, have you got any?

I hate him, I haven't got a single one. Purple Rain, that's it.

-Party Like It's 1999. None of these are going to be Pointless.

-No.

-We are in trouble.

-I haven't got a single one, mate.

-I don't like Prince. No one likes Prince.

-Prince likes Prince.

-OK.

-Honestly, I've got nothing.

He had that album that he gave away, which someone gave me.

Didn't he have one quite recently? There must have something on that.

Surely there is something on that did well.

Mate, I've got nothing.

-Sorry, pal.

-That's all right.

-Damn, £8,000.

-Yeah.

Yeah, I've got Purple Rain which everyone knows.

That's all I've got. I've not even got three.

No, that's bad.

Has he...like, duetted on anything?

Yeah, probably. No, we're in trouble.

Five seconds remaining.

-Sorry, I think...

-We're done.

OK, that is your minute up. There it is.

We were looking for Prince UK top 40 hits.

I now need three answers from you.

-What did you have?

-Purple Rain.

-And?

-Party Like It's 1999.

Yeah, and I can't even think of anything else he's done.

OK, Purple Rain, 1999 and let's have a third answer.

Get In My Car.

Get In My Car.

Oh, yeah, I know that one. It's good. It's catchy.

Get In My Car.

OK, here we go. What of those three,

which one is your best shot at a pointless answer?

Get In My Car.

OK, we'll put that last.

Which is your least likely?

Purple Rain.

OK, let's put them up on the board in that order.

And here they are.

We are looking for Prince UK top 40 singles.

You said this was your least confident answer.

Let's see how many people said Purple Rain.

This is your first shot at the jackpot.

Well, it's right.

You never know, our 100 people may not know anything about Prince.

Oh!

-61.

-61.

All right, they know something about Prince.

But that's not a pointless answer.

You have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

Let's just say Get In My Car or 1999 were pointless,

what would you spend eight grand on?

-I think I would have to...

-A Prince album, probably.

-It would be my first purchase.

-A sort of penance, you mean?

-Yes.

-The whole back catalogue.

-The whole back catalogue, all of it.

OK, let's hope nobody said your next answer which is 1999.

Maybe it'll go down to pointless.

It has to if you're going to win that jackpot of £8,000.

1999 - how many people said it? Is it right?

It is right. Let's see if we can break the first hurdle which is 61.

Yes! Down it goes. Into 40s, into 30s... 34!

AUDIENCE GROANS

I thought it would be a lot higher.

Well, that's better.

That's much better.

You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot. If it is not a pointless answer.

Listen, it is the sort of song he might have written - Get In My Car.

Let's see. This for the jackpot of £8,000.

Is that right?

Ooh-hh!

APPLAUSE

Well, unfortunately you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer.

You don't win today's £8,000 jackpot, which rolls over to the next show.

But you've been brilliant contestants and you take home our Pointless trophy.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Richard?

-Yeah, unlucky, guys.

Prince top 40 singles. Get In My Car is not by Prince.

It's by David Hasselhoff.

More importantly it wasn't called that, it was called Jump In My Car.

It was a top 40 hit. One out of three is not bad.

-Xander, you're a big Prince fan.

-I am genuinely a Prince fan.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Having a crack at a Pointless answer?

-I think so. Diamonds And Pearls.

-Er, nope. That would have scored you 7.

-Gett Off.

Gett Off would have scored you 4.

I Can Never Take The Place Of Your Man.

If you'd said I Can Never Take The Place Of Your Man,

Pointless answer.

There you go - Sign Of The Times!

APPLAUSE

Very well done.

Let's take a look at a few more of the pointless answers.

Glam Slam from the Lovesexy album.

Anotherloverholeinyourhead - that was a pointless answer.

Batdance, which was a US number one. Betcha By Golly Wow

which he released as The Artist Formerly Known As Prince.

Controversy, Dinner With Dolores - both pointless.

Eye Hate U. Girls And Boys. And 7 - all Pointless answers.

Well done if you got any of those or if you got I Could Never Take the Place Of Your Man.

-A very good answer.

-Splendid. It was.

Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you, Dan and Ciaran.

It has been brilliant having you on. Thank you both for being great contestants.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Nobody has won our jackpot today sow it rolls over,

which means on the next show, we will be playing for £9,000.

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

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

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