0:00:22 > 0:00:28Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless, the quiz that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Let's meet today's players.
0:00:34 > 0:00:40Welcome back, Tony and Sylvia. You were on the show last time. We give everyone two chances.
0:00:40 > 0:00:46- Remind us what happened. - Well, we gave two very good answers in the first round,
0:00:46 > 0:00:52scored a 17 and a 9, but unfortunately it was a very low-scoring round. Goodbye!
0:00:52 > 0:00:58- I know. Terrible! 26 was the total.- 26, yeah. - Nationalities ending in "ian".
0:00:58 > 0:01:04- Absolutely right, yes. - Dear, oh, dear. Sylvia, what do you hope will come up this afternoon?
0:01:04 > 0:01:10- Em, literature and football. - Literature and football. Maybe a book about football.
0:01:10 > 0:01:15If it's Leicester City, then a book about football.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18- Splendid.- Other than that, Championship teams.
0:01:18 > 0:01:25- OK, so literature, football. Tony, what would be a really strong category for you?- Literature.
0:01:25 > 0:01:31- History, classical music. - Orchestral or choral? - Both. A bit of choral...
0:01:31 > 0:01:35- I started off as a seven-year-old choirboy.- Same here, same here.
0:01:35 > 0:01:42- Do you sing any more, Tony? - Yes, I still do some singing and run a small choir as well.
0:01:42 > 0:01:49- Will they all be watching?- I hope so. If not, they'll get extra rehearsals.- Lovely to have you back.
0:01:49 > 0:01:55Very best of luck. And next we welcome back Hannah and Rae.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59God afternoon to you. Remind us what happened with you.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04We got to the Head to Head round, but were let down on Bob Marley.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08- The gaps in your Bob Marley knowledge!- Terrible.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13Shameful. Anyway, what categories would you like to see come up?
0:02:13 > 0:02:18Em, something a bit more current to do with music or films.
0:02:18 > 0:02:25- OK. You listen to a lot of music? - Yeah.- Are you good at remembering facts and figures?- Current stuff.
0:02:25 > 0:02:30- Not Bob Marley!- Rae, what would be a great category for you?- Animals.
0:02:30 > 0:02:36Human body, you know, health, that type of thing. Elvis would be fantastic.
0:02:36 > 0:02:43- So animals, human body, Elvis. - Film, TV.- Films, TV, animals, human body, Elvis.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47Well, very best of luck. Great to have you back.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51Next we welcome Jean and Paul. How do you two know each other?
0:02:51 > 0:02:58Our families have been friends for a long time. I'm friendly with Paul's mum, he's friendly with my son.
0:02:58 > 0:03:04And... There are two others, aren't there? I can't remember who they are.
0:03:04 > 0:03:10The older son and his sister are quite friendly, too. So...it's a bit sort of fluid.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15I'm impressed by your grasp of facts there, Jean(!)
0:03:15 > 0:03:21- Just no questions on our family trees, please!- You are going to be unstoppable this afternoon!
0:03:21 > 0:03:26- What do you do, Jean? - I'm sort of semi-retired.
0:03:26 > 0:03:31I volunteer at a riding stable for the disabled. Hi, girls!
0:03:31 > 0:03:35- Very good. Paul, what do you do? - I have just finished university.
0:03:35 > 0:03:41I was studying religion and ethics, so I'm waiting to start applying for jobs.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46Right. I have to ask this. Are you a member of the Magicians' Circle?
0:03:46 > 0:03:53- I'm not, but apparently I am a fawn. People compare me to Mr Tumnus. - Mr Tumnus! Fawn is good.
0:03:53 > 0:04:00- Do you not do any hypnosis?- No. - Any sleight of hand?- No, I'm no good at anything like that.
0:04:00 > 0:04:05- I've tried.- Right, OK. It's great to have you on the show.
0:04:05 > 0:04:11We'll discover more about you as we go along. Finally, Austin and Niall. How do you know each other?
0:04:11 > 0:04:18This is Niall. When I was a baby, Niall was my part-time nanny. He's also my eldest brother!
0:04:18 > 0:04:25- Now I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say I think you're from Northern Ireland.- Well stabbed!
0:04:25 > 0:04:29- Where, more specifically? - Belfast.- Belfast.
0:04:29 > 0:04:35- Very good. What do you do, Austin? - I'm a team manager for an IT company.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39It's about as exciting as it sounds!
0:04:39 > 0:04:45- And how about you, Niall? - I work in IT as well. - You're both in IT?- Yeah.
0:04:45 > 0:04:50- In completely different sectors? - For the same company.- Very good.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55- What would you like to see come up? - Probably something on geography.- OK.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59- Anything else?- Some music. Bob Marley might have been good.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04But there's others in there, too. Other Bobs are available.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09Very best of luck to you. We'll find out more about all of you.
0:05:09 > 0:05:17Only one person left. As a baby, he'd get upset and throw his entire encyclopaedia out of the pram.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22- He's my Pointless friend. He's Richard.- Hello. Hiya.
0:05:25 > 0:05:33- Afternoon to you.- Good afternoon. - Are you well?- Yeah, I think I mustn't grumble.- That's good.
0:05:33 > 0:05:39Should be a cracking show today. Two returning teams - Hannah and Rae were unlucky to get knocked out
0:05:39 > 0:05:44and Tony and Sylvia had one of the unluckiest first rounds ever.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48I suspect that they may do rather well today.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52Intriguing. We put all our questions to 100 people before the show,
0:05:52 > 0:05:56but this is Pointless. We're after obscure answers they didn't get.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00All our players need to do is score as few points as they possibly can.
0:06:00 > 0:06:05Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer that no one gave.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.
0:06:09 > 0:06:15Rob and Simon won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Right. Let's play Pointless.
0:06:26 > 0:06:31In the first round, you each give me one answer and you cannot confer.
0:06:31 > 0:06:37Whichever team has the highest score at the end is eliminated. An incorrect answer scores 100 points
0:06:37 > 0:06:39so avoid those if you can.
0:06:39 > 0:06:44OK, our first category this afternoon is...Animals.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49Can you all decide who is going to go first and who goes second?
0:06:49 > 0:06:54Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:54 > 0:07:00OK, let's find out what the first question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:07:00 > 0:07:07as many horse and pony breeds as they could. Horse and pony breeds. Richard?
0:07:07 > 0:07:11The correct answers will all be breeds of horse or pony.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- Wow.- That's why I get the big bucks.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21OK, Tony and Sylvia, you all drew lots and you get to go first.
0:07:21 > 0:07:27You'll be pleased to hear that we'll give you a choice of seven possible answers in each pass.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Your first set reads like this.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33HE READS LIST
0:07:39 > 0:07:41I'll read those one more time.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51At least one of those answers is pointless and least one is incorrect.
0:07:51 > 0:07:58Pick an incorrect one and you will score the maximum of 100 points. So, Sylvia, horse or pony?
0:07:58 > 0:08:00I think...
0:08:00 > 0:08:02I'll take a risk.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05And I'm going to go for Appaloosa.
0:08:05 > 0:08:12There is it at the bottom. Is it right and how many people said it? Appaloosa.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15It IS right! Very well done, Sylvia.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Nine!
0:08:22 > 0:08:25A great answer, Sylvia. Nine points.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Richard?
0:08:27 > 0:08:34Very good start. Well played. They came from the Palouse River in the US.
0:08:34 > 0:08:39Thank you very much. Hannah? Horse or pony from this board.
0:08:39 > 0:08:45That's the answer I was going to go with. There's only one other I know on there.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49I'm going to have to take a guess because that will be high-scoring.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51So...
0:08:51 > 0:08:56I'm going to go for the one I can't pronounce. Muenchinger?
0:08:56 > 0:09:03Muenchinger. A Muenchinger says Hannah. Is it right and how many people said it?
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Oh, no!
0:09:07 > 0:09:13Bad luck, Hannah. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. You score the maximum of 100 points. Richard?
0:09:13 > 0:09:18Sorry, Hannah. Charles Muenchinger is a creator of My Little Pony.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20LAUGHTER
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Right, OK.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Paul, horses and ponies.
0:09:25 > 0:09:30Not one of my strongest areas and there's one up there that I'm 100% sure on,
0:09:30 > 0:09:35but it would score high, so I'll take a risk and go with Dartmoor.
0:09:35 > 0:09:42Dartmoor. There it is. Dartmoor, the second one down. Jean thinks that's a brilliant answer.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Let's see if that's right and how many said it.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50It's right.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Very well done. 20.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Not bad at all, Paul.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04- 20 for Dartmoor pony.- Yes, well played, Paul. Absolutely right.
0:10:04 > 0:10:10Originally used to carry tin from the tin mines, but they were allowed to roam free on the moors.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- How many are there, roughly? - Dartmoor ponies?
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Roughly six.
0:10:17 > 0:10:23Austin, you're the last person to have this board, so you can talk us through it.
0:10:23 > 0:10:29I've no idea. I recognise Shire. That's about the only one that could definitely be right,
0:10:29 > 0:10:35but I'll throw caution to the wind and try to put more money in the jackpot for my fellow team members.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40- Very good.- I'll take a guess at Percheron. That sounds like a horse.
0:10:40 > 0:10:47Percheron. Doesn't it? Let's see if Percheron is right and, if it is, how many said it.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Very well done.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52It's correct.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55A Percheron pony.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Still galloping down - five!
0:10:57 > 0:11:04Not quite a pointless, but the best score on the board on this pass. Richard?
0:11:04 > 0:11:10Well played, Austin. There's records dating back to the 8th century of Percheron, from Normandy.
0:11:10 > 0:11:16Let's look at the rest of the board. Shire horse everybody avoided. It was a hefty score. 48 points.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20The Clydesdale is a breed native to Scotland.
0:11:20 > 0:11:26That would have scored you 12. And the pointless answer was the Noriker.
0:11:26 > 0:11:33- Very well done if you said that at home.- Thank you, Richard. Let's look at the scores as they stand.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38Austin and Niall looking very strong on five, then up to nine for Sylvia and Tony,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41up to 20 for Paul and Jean
0:11:41 > 0:11:45and then up to 100 where we find Hannah and Rae.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49OK, can the second players please take their positions at the podium?
0:11:52 > 0:11:59Remember we are looking for horse or pony breeds. We have seven more answers. Here they are.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01HE READS LIST
0:12:08 > 0:12:11I'll read those all one more time.
0:12:18 > 0:12:24Now at least one of those answers is pointless and at least one is incorrect. Pick an incorrect one
0:12:24 > 0:12:31and you will score 100 points. Now then, Niall. Remember we're looking for horse or pony breeds.
0:12:31 > 0:12:37There's a couple I recognise and one or two could be pointless, but no point in taking a chance.
0:12:37 > 0:12:43Rae and Hannah are on 100. If you can score 94 or less, you are through.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48- I'm going to go with Arabian. - You're going to go with Arabian.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52There it is. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56Here's your red line. Nice and high. Can it get you below it?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59And it does! Well done.
0:13:02 > 0:13:0740 points. Takes your total up to 45. Very well done, Niall.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11- Arabian, Richard.- Very well played. Originally bred as war horses.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16- Ridden by everyone from Genghis Khan to George Washington.- Very good.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21Jean, you are on 20. The high scorers remain on 100.
0:13:21 > 0:13:27Should you score 79 or less, you'll be joining Niall and Austin in the second round.
0:13:27 > 0:13:35- Horse or pony breeds.- I could go for one that's very risky, but I think at this point I'll not.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39I'll go comparatively safe and say Suffolk Punch.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Suffolk Punch. OK. There's your red line, Jean.
0:13:42 > 0:13:49If Suffolk punch can get you below that, you are through. Is it right and how many people said it?
0:13:51 > 0:13:53You've done it! Very well done.
0:13:55 > 0:14:01Oh, it's a brilliant answer, Jean! Look at that - nine. Takes your total to 29.
0:14:03 > 0:14:10Yeah, very good answer. The oldest breed of working horse in the world. They can trace back to one horse.
0:14:10 > 0:14:17- Wow.- Yeah.- Right, OK. Rae, you and Hannah are the highest scorers on 100.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20You have to score as low as you possibly can
0:14:20 > 0:14:23and hope that's good enough.
0:14:23 > 0:14:31I'm actually going to pick the one that I think isn't because I think it might be. Does it make sense?
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Yes!
0:14:32 > 0:14:38- Anyway, I'm going to say Tennessee Walking. - There's no red line for you, Rae.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47It's right!
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Very well done, Rae. Look at that.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54It's a brilliant answer. Yes! It's done what it had to do!
0:14:56 > 0:15:03Very well done. That's pointless. It adds £250 to today's jackpot and takes the total up to £1,250.
0:15:03 > 0:15:10And it scores you nothing, leaving you on 100 points. Let's hope it's enough. Richard?
0:15:10 > 0:15:15Well played, Rae. Good risk to take. Bred in mid-Tennessee, as you might expect.
0:15:15 > 0:15:23Now then, Tony, the high scorers are still Hannah and Rae on 100, so if you can score 90 or less,
0:15:23 > 0:15:29- you are through to the next round. - I'm pretty sure that thoroughbred would score pretty high
0:15:29 > 0:15:36and Shetland will score pretty high. The only thing I know about Catesby is the gunpowder plot.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39So I think I'll go for Welsh Mountain.
0:15:39 > 0:15:45Welsh Mountain says Tony, by a process of elimination.
0:15:45 > 0:15:50If you can get below that red line, you'll be in the second round.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Very well done. You're through.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Oh!
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Very, very well done, Tony.
0:16:09 > 0:16:15- That scores you one point and a pat on the back from Sylvia. That takes you to 10.- Well played.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Very good Round One. They're roamed the Welsh hills for 1,000 years.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24Let's take a look at the rest of the answers.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29Shetland, you're absolutely right. A correct answer, but scored 65.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33Thoroughbred would have only scored you 15 points.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36People don't realise it's a breed.
0:16:36 > 0:16:41And so the incorrect answer is Catesby. When Richard III said,
0:16:41 > 0:16:44"My kingdom for a horse," it's Catesby who replies.
0:16:44 > 0:16:51Thanks very much, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score is Hannah and Rae.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Dear, oh, dear.
0:16:53 > 0:16:58- But the Tennessee Walking horse - thank you for that, Rae. - My pleasure.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02And you have left a £250 legacy to your rivals.
0:17:02 > 0:17:08- Yes.- For which many, many thanks. It's been lovely having you. - It's been great. Thank you.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Brilliant. Rae and Hannah!
0:17:13 > 0:17:18But for the remaining three pairs it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:23 > 0:17:29There's only room for two pairs in the Head to Head, so one team will leave at the end of this round.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Our category for Round Two is...
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Musical Theatre. Another thing people ask for.
0:17:36 > 0:17:42Musical Theatre. Can you all decide who is going to go first and who is going second?
0:17:42 > 0:17:46And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:17:47 > 0:17:52So our question concerns... characters and their musicals.
0:17:52 > 0:17:58- Characters and their musicals. - We're going to show you six characters on each pass.
0:17:58 > 0:18:03We asked 100 people to tell us which West End musicals they appeared in.
0:18:03 > 0:18:09A nice obscure answer will score fewer points, but an incorrect answer scores 100.
0:18:09 > 0:18:1312 characters in all, 12 West End shows to guess at home.
0:18:13 > 0:18:20Thank you very much indeed. We are looking for the West End musicals that these characters come from.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- Here is our first list. - HE READS LIST
0:18:31 > 0:18:35I shall read all of those one more time.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45There are the characters. Sylvia...
0:18:45 > 0:18:51I would like you to name the most obscure musical that one of those characters comes from.
0:18:51 > 0:18:59I don't think I'm going to be very obscure because, looking at that list, there's only two
0:18:59 > 0:19:03that I can honestly say I know which musical they came from.
0:19:03 > 0:19:09So I'm going to go for Mr Mistoffelees and Cats.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Mr Mistoffelees and Cats. Is that right and how many knew it?
0:19:19 > 0:19:27- 39. Not bad at all. I think you picked the right one. Richard?- Well played, Sylvia.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31- Magical Mr Mistoffelees. First played by Wayne Sleep.- Very good.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Paul...
0:19:33 > 0:19:38We're looking for the musicals from which these characters come.
0:19:38 > 0:19:44- I think I'm going to go with Danny Zuko, West Side Story, but I'm not sure.- Danny Zuko,
0:19:44 > 0:19:50West Side Story. That is a stab in the dark or a bit more? A stab in the gloaming?
0:19:50 > 0:19:55West Side Story's the only one I know and Danny Zuko rung a bell.
0:19:55 > 0:20:02Let's see if it rang a bell because it's right. If it is, how many people said it?
0:20:06 > 0:20:11Bad luck, Paul. That's an incorrect answer and you score 100 points. Richard?
0:20:11 > 0:20:16- Sorry, Paul. I won't give the answer in case Niall wants a go at it. - Niall...
0:20:16 > 0:20:23You're the last person to have this board, so you can talk through it. Show us your working.
0:20:23 > 0:20:29OK, I don't recognise Deloris van Cartier at all, so I'll stay clear of that one.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34Elphaba is Wicked, Danny Zuko is Grease, Von Trapp is Sound of Music.
0:20:34 > 0:20:40Frances Houseman...I'm not sure there's a musical, but the name rings a bell from Dirty Dancing.
0:20:40 > 0:20:46- So I'll go for Frances Houseman, Dirty Dancing. - Frances Houseman, Dirty Dancing.
0:20:46 > 0:20:52Austin thinks it's a great answer. Frances Houseman, Dirty Dancing. Let's see if it's right
0:20:52 > 0:20:55and how many people knew it.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00It IS right.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Very, very well done. 16, Niall.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10A great answer and a great score. Richard?
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Yeah, well played, Niall. You took us through the board.
0:21:14 > 0:21:21Frances Houseman is the name of Baby as in, "No one puts Baby in the corner." Let's look at them all.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Captain von Trapp from The Sound of Music would have scored 89 points.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30Danny Zuko is in Grease rather than West Side Story. That scored 56.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34Elphaba, absolutely right, Niall, is from Wicked.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38It's the best answer. It would only have scored you 6 points.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42- And Deloris Van Cartier, any idea? - No.- Sister Act.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46Sister Act. It would have scored you 13 points.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50Thank you very much, Richard. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55The best score of that pass was Niall's, so Niall and Austin on 16, looking very strong,
0:21:55 > 0:22:00then up to 39 for Sylvia and Tony, and then way out in front, I'm afraid, Paul and Jean.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04Jean, I hope you know your musicals. Very best of luck.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:22:10 > 0:22:15OK, we're going to put six more characters on the board and here they are.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27I shall read those all one more time.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40We are looking for the musicals in which these characters are found.
0:22:40 > 0:22:45Austin, you're on the lovely low score of 16. The high scorers are Jean and Paul on 100.
0:22:45 > 0:22:51- If you can score 83 or less, you are through to the head-to-head.- Yeah.
0:22:54 > 0:23:00There are more names that I don't recognise than the ones that I do, so I may have to play reasonably safe.
0:23:00 > 0:23:05The one I'm going to try and go for... Eva Peron was in Evita,
0:23:05 > 0:23:09so I'm hoping Juan Peron was involved somewhere along the way. Who knows?
0:23:09 > 0:23:15- You've got to hope.- I'm going to go for Juan Peron and Evita. - Juan Peron and Evita, says Austin.
0:23:15 > 0:23:21If you can score 83 or less, it's good enough. There's your red line. Let's see if you can get below it.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Juan Peron, Evita - is it right, how many people said it?
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Yeah, you've done it. Very well done, Austin.
0:23:30 > 0:23:3152.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34That's good enough. Takes your total up to 68.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38- Richard?- Well played, Austin. Safely through to the next round.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Juan Peron - Eva Peron's husband.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43The clue's in the name.
0:23:43 > 0:23:49There we are. Now then, Jean. We need some good working here, some nifty musical work.
0:23:50 > 0:23:57The only one I know is the very obvious one, so I might have to do a bit of extremely wild guesswork.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02Tracy Turnblad, I will try The Rocky Horror Show, but I'm not convinced.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07- You're not convinced?- No.- Tracy Turnblad, you say Rocky Horror Show.
0:24:07 > 0:24:13Tracy Turnblad, Rocky Horror Show, is it right, how many people said it if it is?
0:24:15 > 0:24:19Bad luck, Jean. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.
0:24:19 > 0:24:25It scores you 100 points which takes your total up to a pretty impressive 200 points. Richard?
0:24:25 > 0:24:31Yeah, unlucky, Jean. I won't give the right answer just in case Tony wants to have a go.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Tony, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38The pressure is off. See if you can find the best answer on the board.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42We are looking for the West End musicals these characters come from.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46Well, Fagin, I have played. He's in Oliver!
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Donna Sheridan, I'm not sure of.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Jean Valjean is Les Mis.
0:24:53 > 0:24:58Tracy Turnblad, I think, is Shampoo.
0:24:58 > 0:25:04But I'm going to go for Velma Kelly in Chicago.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Velma Kelly, Chicago.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it. No red line.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14It's right.
0:25:18 > 0:25:2020.
0:25:20 > 0:25:26- It takes your total up to 59. Very well done, Tony. Richard? - Well done, Tony.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29The role won Catherine Zeta-Jones an Oscar in the film version.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33Let's fill in the rest of the board. Fagin, absolutely, is from Oliver!
0:25:33 > 0:25:36But it would have scored you 75 points.
0:25:36 > 0:25:41Jean Valjean, absolutely, is from Les Miserables. Would have scored you 15.
0:25:41 > 0:25:48Tracy Turnblad is not from Shampoo, but you'd find the musical in the same supermarket aisle - Hairspray.
0:25:48 > 0:25:49Hairspray.
0:25:49 > 0:25:55- It would have scored you 23 points. Do you know Donna Sheridan? It's the best answer on the board.- No.
0:25:55 > 0:26:012 points. Very well done at home if you said Mamma Mia! 2 points.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of Round 2,
0:26:04 > 0:26:10the losing pair with the highest score, I'm sorry to say, it's Jean and Paul,
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- but what a way to go out! - We went out with a bang.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15A big, red 200 there!
0:26:15 > 0:26:20Absolutely fantastic. You are now members of our 200 Club.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22- Wow!- Yes.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24And what are the benefits of that?
0:26:24 > 0:26:27The benefits of the 200 Club, um...
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- There's no benefits exactly. - No benefits exactly.
0:26:30 > 0:26:35We thought we might get a tie or a brooch made up or just come up with a handshake.
0:26:35 > 0:26:42- We'll do that while we...- Ridiculous to be saying goodbye to you so soon. Extremely promising contestants.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46But I'm afraid the West End musical round is where we must say goodbye.
0:26:46 > 0:26:51We'll see you again next time, but meanwhile, Jean and Paul, thanks very much for playing.
0:26:51 > 0:26:58But for the remaining two players, things get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.
0:27:03 > 0:27:09Very well done, Tony and Sylvia, Austin and Niall, you've made it through to the head-to-head.
0:27:09 > 0:27:16Only one pair can make it through to today's final and play for the jackpot which stands at £1,250.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19APPLAUSE
0:27:20 > 0:27:24For each question, each pair gives me one answer. You may now confer.
0:27:24 > 0:27:29Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and you win that question.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34The first pair to win two questions will play for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36APPLAUSE
0:27:39 > 0:27:42OK, here is your first question.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:27:45 > 0:27:50to name as many British swimmers who have won an Olympic gold medal as they could.
0:27:50 > 0:27:55- Richard?- Yeah, any British swimmer who has won an Olympic gold medal
0:27:55 > 0:27:58in the summer Olympics between 1948 and 2008 inclusive.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02- There are six names on the list. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:28:02 > 0:28:08Tony and Sylvia, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10WHISPERING
0:28:11 > 0:28:14OK, we have an answer.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17- David Wilkie.- David Wilkie.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21Very good. David Wilkie. Now, Austin and Niall...
0:28:21 > 0:28:26Well, we know there was a Sports Personality from way back in the '60s possibly.
0:28:26 > 0:28:31I think she was the first woman to win it. I'm pretty sure she was a swimmer.
0:28:31 > 0:28:37- I think we might go for Anita... - Lonsbrough.- Lonsbrough. - Anita Lonsbrough. Very good indeed.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41So we have David Wilkie, we have Anita Lonsbrough.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44They sound brilliant answers. I hope they're right.
0:28:44 > 0:28:50Tony and Sylvia said David Wilkie. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54It is right.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58This is going to be a lovely low score, isn't it?
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Look at that. Well done indeed. That's great.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04APPLAUSE
0:29:04 > 0:29:075 points. 5 for David Wilkie.
0:29:07 > 0:29:14Austin and Niall are saying Anita Lonsbrough. Let's see if that's right. Now, if that is right,
0:29:14 > 0:29:19will it go down far enough? Anita Lonsbrough, is it right, how many people said it?
0:29:19 > 0:29:22It's right. It's right.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26Down it goes.
0:29:26 > 0:29:31Yes, you've done it. Look at that, it's pointless as well!
0:29:31 > 0:29:36Fabulous. It adds another £250 to today's jackpot. It takes the total up to £1,500.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40It scores nothing. Two amazing answers there!
0:29:40 > 0:29:46But it means after the first question, Austin and Niall take a well-deserved lead, 1-0. Richard?
0:29:46 > 0:29:53Yeah, well played, guys, two very good answers. There's one other pointless answer. Let's take a look.
0:29:53 > 0:29:58There's Judith Grinham who won the 100 metres backstroke at the 1956 Olympics.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02Anita Lonsbrough won the 200 metres breaststroke in 1960
0:30:02 > 0:30:06and the first woman to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10Adrian Moorhouse won the 100 metres breaststroke in Seoul - 1 point.
0:30:10 > 0:30:15David Wilkie won the 200 metres breaststroke in Montreal. Would have scored you 5.
0:30:15 > 0:30:20Rebecca Adlington won two golds in Beijing - the 400 and 800 metres freestyle.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24And Duncan Goodhew won the 100 metres breaststroke in Moscow.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28Well done if you got all of those, particularly the pointless ones.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Thank you, Richard. Here is your second question.
0:30:31 > 0:30:37Tony and Sylvia, we need you to win this question if you're going to stay in the game.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:30:39 > 0:30:43to name as many River Danube countries as they could.
0:30:43 > 0:30:49- Richard?- We're looking for any of the ten countries through which the River Danube flows.
0:30:49 > 0:30:55As always, by country, we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58OK, Austin and Niall, you answer first this time.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00WHISPERING
0:31:05 > 0:31:09- We're not entirely sure about this one.- It's a toughie.- Yeah.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12We're going to take a punt on Slovenia.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16Slovenia, say Austin and Niall. Sounds good to me.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Tony and Sylvia, what are you going to say?
0:31:22 > 0:31:26I'm going to have a shot at...Hungary.
0:31:26 > 0:31:27Hungary.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30OK, so we have Slovenia, we have Hungary.
0:31:30 > 0:31:37Let's see. Slovenia is what Austin and Niall are saying. Is it right, how many people said Slovenia?
0:31:42 > 0:31:46Slovenia not right. Hungary, let's see if that's right.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49All it has to be is correct and you will win this question.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53It is correct. Well done, you've done it.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58And it goes down to 38.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00All it had to be was right, though,
0:32:00 > 0:32:04which means, after two questions, you are one-all. Richard?
0:32:04 > 0:32:08Yeah, good answer, and unlucky, guys. Not a bad guess, Slovenia.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Let's take a look at all of them.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14Ukraine would have scored you 2 points.
0:32:14 > 0:32:20Moldova... It's got 600 metres of the Danube in Moldova, so very well done if you said that.
0:32:20 > 0:32:232 points. Croatia 6, Serbia 7, Bulgaria 14...
0:32:23 > 0:32:28Slovakia 14, Romania 22, Hungary, there we go, on 38.
0:32:28 > 0:32:33Then the big answers - Austria on 64 and Germany on 69.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36Thank you, Richard. Here comes your third question.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40Whoever wins this question goes through to the final.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:32:42 > 0:32:46to name as many Mel Brooks films as they could.
0:32:46 > 0:32:51- Richard?- We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release prior to April 2011
0:32:51 > 0:32:55for which Mel Brooks has received a directing credit.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58No short films, TV films or documentaries.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02OK, now then, Tony and Sylvia, you go first this time.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04WHISPERING
0:33:09 > 0:33:11OK, do we have an answer?
0:33:11 > 0:33:15Yes, but I haven't got a clue, so it's all down to him.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19I think we're going to go with Young Frankenstein.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Young Frankenstein, say Tony and Sylvia.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25Now, Austin and Niall...
0:33:25 > 0:33:28- We'll try The Producers. - The Producers.
0:33:28 > 0:33:34We have Young Frankenstein and The Producers. Tony and Sylvia, you said Young Frankenstein.
0:33:34 > 0:33:39Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it - Young Frankenstein.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41It's right.
0:33:47 > 0:33:4912. 12 for Young Frankenstein.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53- APPLAUSE - That's a lovely low score there.
0:33:53 > 0:33:58The Producers... Is it right and if it is right, will it beat 12?
0:33:58 > 0:34:02If it does, you stay with us. If it doesn't, we say goodbye to you.
0:34:02 > 0:34:07The Producers, is it right, how many people said it?
0:34:08 > 0:34:10It's right.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Down it goes.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Oh, 14!
0:34:16 > 0:34:19APPLAUSE
0:34:19 > 0:34:24Oh, that's close. Very well done, both pairs. Two great answers there.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28But Tony and Sylvia pip it with Young Frankenstein
0:34:28 > 0:34:33which means after three questions, Tony and Sylvia are through to the final, 2-1. Richard?
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Great head-to-head. Let's look at all the answers.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38There's some low scorers.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42The Twelve Chairs, his 1970 comedy adventure, would have scored you 1,
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Life Stinks would have scored you 2,
0:34:45 > 0:34:49as would History Of The World: Part One and Dracula: Dead And Loving It.
0:34:49 > 0:34:54Silent Movie would have scored you 4, High Anxiety, his Hitchcock spoof, 7.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57Spaceballs, his sci-fi spoof, scored 7,
0:34:57 > 0:35:01Robin Hood: Men In Tights would have scored you 8,
0:35:01 > 0:35:04there's Young Frankenstein with Gene Wilder on 12,
0:35:04 > 0:35:07The Producers, 14, he won a script Oscar for that,
0:35:07 > 0:35:10and Blazing Saddles, his cowboy comedy, was top with 34.
0:35:10 > 0:35:17Thanks, Richard. The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm sorry to say, Austin and Niall.
0:35:17 > 0:35:23Wow, what a head-to-head! We very, very seldom get pointless answers in the head-to-head.
0:35:23 > 0:35:28We will see you again next time when I have very high hopes that you will go even further.
0:35:28 > 0:35:33Austin and Niall, thanks very much for playing. Great contestants.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35APPLAUSE
0:35:35 > 0:35:41But for Tony and Sylvia, it's now time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £1,500.
0:35:48 > 0:35:54Congratulations, Tony and Sylvia. You fought off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56APPLAUSE
0:36:00 > 0:36:07You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end of today's show, it stands at £1,500.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09APPLAUSE
0:36:11 > 0:36:17To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people thought of.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20We've had two pointless answers on the show today.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24You only have to find one more now to leave here with that money.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28Firstly, you've got to choose a category from these three options.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38- It's certainly not going to be Britpop.- Certainly not Britpop.
0:36:38 > 0:36:44- I don't really fancy Famous Foodies an awful lot.- No, Bestselling Authors.- Bestselling Authors.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47Let's find out what the question is.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:36:49 > 0:36:53to name as many Bill Bryson books as they could.
0:36:53 > 0:36:58- Richard?- We're looking for the title of any book written by Bill Bryson.
0:36:58 > 0:37:03We will accept collections, but not Icons Of England which he just edited.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06So any book written by Bill Bryson, please.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10You have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:10 > 0:37:15All you need to win that £1,500 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Your 60 seconds start now.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20You know them more than me, so...
0:37:20 > 0:37:25- There's one he did in Australia which I think is Down Under.- Right.
0:37:25 > 0:37:32- There's Notes From A Small Island. - Notes From A Small Island, but that will probably be well-known.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36I think he did another one called Here, There And Everywhere.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39- Um...- I can't think of any more.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41And he has done more than that.
0:37:42 > 0:37:47And it is very frustrating because we actually deliver books
0:37:47 > 0:37:50to people on a home library service
0:37:50 > 0:37:54and I took a Bill Bryson one to one lady last week
0:37:54 > 0:37:58and I can't remember what it's called! Hey-ho...
0:37:58 > 0:38:04Certainly Notes From A Small Island, although I don't think that'll be pointless.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07I think it's called Down Under. I'm sure he wrote...
0:38:07 > 0:38:13- I think it was Here, There And Everywhere.- Five seconds. - I think that's our best shot.
0:38:13 > 0:38:18- They're the three that we'll go for.- OK, we have three and there is your minute up.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Bill Bryson books - I now need your three answers.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- Notes From A Small Island. - Notes From A Small Island.
0:38:24 > 0:38:29- Here, There And Everywhere. - Here, There And Everywhere. - Down Under.- Down Under.
0:38:29 > 0:38:36- Which do you think is your best shot at a pointless?- If it's right, probably Here, There And Everywhere.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39We'll put that up third. Which is your least likely?
0:38:39 > 0:38:44- Notes From A Small Island.- We'll put them up on the board in that order.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Here they are.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53We were looking for Bill Bryson books.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57- You said this was your least confident answer.- Yeah.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01- You're pretty sure it's right, but quite well-known.- Yeah.
0:39:01 > 0:39:07You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £1,500 jackpot. OK, Notes From A Small Island...
0:39:07 > 0:39:10Is it right, how many people said it?
0:39:10 > 0:39:12OK, well, it's right.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16This is your first shot at that £1,500 jackpot.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20If this goes all the way down to zero, you will leave here with that money.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22Down it goes... 20.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24APPLAUSE
0:39:24 > 0:39:29- That's what I thought. - As you thought, that's quite a well-known book.
0:39:29 > 0:39:34But we now go into the slightly less well-known territory.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37- Hopefully, unknown territory. - Hopefully, unknown territory.
0:39:37 > 0:39:42Down Under is your second answer. What would you do with £1,500?
0:39:42 > 0:39:48Well, I've just been made Mayor of Lutterworth where we're from
0:39:48 > 0:39:52and one of the things that I'll be doing during the next 12 months
0:39:52 > 0:39:55is the Mayor's Appeal for local charities,
0:39:55 > 0:40:00so I shall make sure that a sizeable part of this goes to the Mayor's Appeal.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03- APPLAUSE - Very good indeed. Well done.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Excellent.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10So now for all of Lutterworth's sake,
0:40:10 > 0:40:15we have to hope that one of these last two answers will win that jackpot for you.
0:40:15 > 0:40:21Very best of luck. Down Under, let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Down Under.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Very well done. It's right.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28You weren't sure if you'd got the name right.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31You most certainly have. Down it goes.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35If this goes down to zero, you'll be leaving here with £1,500.
0:40:35 > 0:40:3610.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38OK...
0:40:39 > 0:40:43We are most definitely moving in the right direction.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46We started at 20. We're now down to 10.
0:40:46 > 0:40:52Obviously, not a pointless answer, so you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot of £1,500.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54We are looking for Bill Bryson books.
0:40:54 > 0:40:59This was your most confident answer. Here, There And Everywhere, is it right and if it is,
0:40:59 > 0:41:02how many people said Here, There And Everywhere?
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Oh, no!
0:41:05 > 0:41:07APPLAUSE
0:41:07 > 0:41:11Oh, unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer
0:41:11 > 0:41:16which means you haven't managed to find that all-important pointless answer,
0:41:16 > 0:41:21so you don't win today's jackpot, but you do leave with our fabulous trophy.
0:41:21 > 0:41:26- You've been excellent contestants. Thank you so much.- Thank you.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28APPLAUSE
0:41:30 > 0:41:35Sorry, Tony and Sylvia. You played so well. You've been a pleasure to have on the show.
0:41:35 > 0:41:41- He did do a book called Neither Here Nor There. It would have scored you 3 points.- So we wouldn't have won.
0:41:41 > 0:41:47Let's take a look at the pointless ones. I think there's a couple that people will have got here.
0:41:47 > 0:41:54A Really Short History Of Nearly Everything is his kids' version of A Short History Of Nearly Everything.
0:41:54 > 0:42:01Bryson's Dictionary was pointless, Seeing Further, his history of science and the Royal Society.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04The Complete Notes which is Small Island and Big Country.
0:42:04 > 0:42:10The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid is his account of growing up in '50s America.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14And Troublesome Words. Very well done if you got those at home.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Oh, dear, you knew some of those!
0:42:16 > 0:42:21- It's always easier to be wise after the event.- It is.
0:42:21 > 0:42:26- And it's much easier to be wise when there's not a clock ticking. - The trophy is what matters!
0:42:26 > 0:42:32Well, that's well said, Tony. I really hope you mean that!
0:42:32 > 0:42:36Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Tony and Sylvia.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40Thank you so much for playing. Brilliant - Tony and Sylvia!
0:42:40 > 0:42:43APPLAUSE
0:42:43 > 0:42:50Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over to the next show when we will be playing for £2,500.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52APPLAUSE
0:42:52 > 0:42:58- Join us then to see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard. - Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me.
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