Episode 58 Pointless

Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless, the quiz that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

And first we welcome back Libby and Lotti. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the final. What happened?

-We failed...

-Quite epically.

-..in the first round.

-200 points.

-We can't do worse.

-We physically couldn't.

Let's not rake over the coals. What's going to happen this afternoon? Let's look forward.

-What do you do as a hobby, Lotti? Do you have fun hobbies?

-No, I'm quite boring. I like cooking.

-We cook a lot together.

-We do.

-Do you watch a lot of cookery programmes?

-Saturday Kitchen.

-That's your favourite?

-Yeah.

-And the Hairy Bikers.

-We love them.

-What do you do, Libby?

-I go to Comic-Con every year.

-What's Comic-Con?

-The London film and comic book convention.

-Do you dress up as a comic character?

No, because we go up on the train and before you get there, you look crazy. When you're there, fine.

But the travelling, you look crazy.

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

-Thank you.

-Next we welcome Catherine and Elizabeth. How do you know each other?

-We did supply teaching.

I was sitting in the staff room looking a bit lost and lonely,

-so Elizabeth talked to me and was really kind.

-A supply teacher is always feeling a bit lonely.

-Of course you are. No friends.

-And the teachers are too busy. They've got enough to do.

-Have you been supply teaching at the same time since?

-Yes.

-I don't do it any more.

-What do you do now?

-I run an introductions agency.

Ah! I notice you're saying introductions agency. Different from a dating agency?

Slightly different because it's nothing to do with the internet. It's more traditional.

-So who would you put together for Richard?

-Oh, my goodness.

-I'd have to find him a very classy lady.

-Oh, no. Let me tell you now...

They do not need to be classy.

I would almost go as far as to say quite the opposite.

-I don't have anyone like that on my books at the moment.

-Oh, dear.

-What would you like to see come up?

-I'd like something about animals. I know obscure facts about them.

Well, very best of luck to you. Lovely to have you.

-Next we welcome Ciara and Malachy. Now where have you come from?

-We've come over from Belfast.

-And how do you know each other?

-We met about four years ago in a pub.

-Through mutual friends.

-And we've known each other ever since.

-Whose idea was this?

-Definitely Malachy's!

-Oh, really?

Did you take a lot of persuading?

-Not too much, no.

-She watches it all the time, so I thought she'd want to go on it.

-Very good.

When you're watching it, have you seen a question and thought, "I'd love that to come up"?

Yes, sort of things like pop music. A Lady Gaga question came up one time. That would be great.

-That would be great.

-Sex and the City.

-And Friends.

-Malachy, what other subjects?

-Well, Ciara can have those ones. I would prefer history and sport.

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

Finally, we welcome back Jonny and Stephen.

-Remind us what happened.

-We got to the second round

and had a tricky question on native languages. Hope to go a bit further next time.

-That's right. 200 points in the second round.

-Yes!

-Jonny, what would you like to see?

-I'd like a bit of sport now.

OK, sport. Stephen, obviously sport as well for you.

-You were a professional footballer.

-Yes. A bit of science. I did science for my A levels. Biology.

-That would be nice to come up.

-Do you do other things, Jonny?

I like to do a bit of golf, other sports. And one of the things we like to do is geocaching.

You're not the first on this show! This is some weird website thing, isn't it?

-It's a bit like The Goonies with a GPS.

-But you hide stuff?

-Yeah.

-For other people to find.

-Yeah, that's right.

-We used to have a dog that did that.

It wasn't always a pleasing experience to discover the things he'd left, but there you are.

Very best of luck to you. We'll find out more about all of you.

There's only one person left. He regularly writes to his MP demanding greater obscurity.

-He's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya.

Hiya. Thank you.

-Afternoon to you.

-A very, very good afternoon.

We've got two returning pairs. They both joined the 200 Club.

We might expect more. It's a fairly open field.

Ciara, if you can stick around to Round 2, it might suit you.

-Catherine, if you like animals, Round 1 might be for you.

-Very good indeed.

We put all our questions to 100 people before the show, but we want obscure answers they didn't get.

To stay in the game, you need to score as few points as you 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's won it, so we add another £1,000.

Today's jackpot starts off at £7,750.

Right. Let's play Pointless.

Each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.

The team with the highest score will be eliminated. Our first category this afternoon is...

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many lizards

-as they could. Lizards, Richard.

-Yes, it's one of those slightly complicated ones.

The correct answers will all be types of lizard.

-LAUGHTER

-OK.

Right, Libby and Lotti, you all drew lots and you get to go first.

In this round, we'll give you a choice of seven possible answers.

Your first set of seven answers reads like this.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read them one more time.

Now at least one is pointless, but be very careful because at least one is incorrect.

Pick that and you score 100 points.

-So then, Libby.

-I have absolutely no idea. I know nothing about lizards.

Lotti will poke me if I'm wrong. She knows about lizards.

So I'm going to go for Basilisk. I think I've seen it on a programme about zoos.

There it is. Basilisk. Let's see if it's right and how many said it.

It's right!

Very well done, Libby.

Down it goes. It's pointless! What a brilliant start!

That's how you do it. That adds £250 to today's jackpot and takes the total up to £8,000.

-And it scores you nothing. Very well done. Richard?

-Great start.

Also known as the Jesus lizard because it can run across water.

-It runs across water?!

-It does. There's also a '90s grunge band called the Jesus Lizard,

-but that needn't detain us.

-Now, Catherine. Feeling at home?

-I am feeling at home with lizards.

-Good, good.

So I am going to say...

-Skink.

-Skink. There it is. One up from the bottom.

Let's see if Catherine is right and how many people said skink.

It's right.

Oh, very well done, Catherine! Five.

Five for skink. Richard?

Very well played. Good start. There are over 1,000 different varieties of skink.

-Good. Ciara, remember we're looking for types of lizard.

-No idea! At all.

-I'm going to guess mullion.

-A mullion lizard.

-Sounds good.

-I'm not so sure any more.

Is it right and how many people said it? Mullion lizard.

Bad luck, Ciara. Mullion is an incorrect answer and you score 100 points. Sorry.

-Richard?

-Sorry. Mullion is a cove on the Lizard Peninsula.

So, Stephen, you're the last person to have this board.

We've had a pointless and an incorrect answer. See if you can find another pointless answer.

I really want to say Gila Monster,

-but I'm going to go for...gecko.

-Gecko you're going to go for.

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

It's right.

46.

Quite a high score, but not so bad.

Famous for their ability to walk up walls and sheer surfaces. You should have gone for gila monster.

It would have scored you two points. Well done if you said that at home.

Komodo dragon, the heaviest lizard of them all.

That would have scored 16. Racerunner - pointless or incorrect?

-What do you think?

-Em...I think it's pointless.

Yeah. Also known as the whip tail. Very well done if you got that.

Thanks. We're halfway through, so let's look at the scores. Libby and Lotti looking fantastic

with a lovely low score of nothing.

Then five where Catherine and Elizabeth are, 46 Stephen and Jonny,

and then way, way up to 100 where Ciara and Malachy currently reside.

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

OK, we'll put seven more answers on the board. And here they are.

We're looking for types of lizard.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one more time.

At least one answer is pointless and at least one is incorrect.

Steer clear of those incorrect ones or you'll score 100 points.

Now, Jonny, Malachy and Ciara are on 100. You're on 46.

Score 53 or less and you are definitely through.

I'm not going to have a stab this time. I'm going to go for a safe answer of...chameleon.

Chameleon. OK. There's your red line.

Below that, you're through. Is it right and how many said it?

It's right.

And you're through. Very well done. 35.

That did everything you needed to do and takes your total up to 81.

-Richard?

-Well played, Jonny. Safely through. Chameleons famous for their colour-changing ability.

I've actually got one here. You can see... See that?

-Yes, I can. Brilliant.

-There you go.

In rehearsals we had an agitated one. This is a calmer chameleon.

GROANS AND LAUGHTER

Now then, Malachy. You're the high scorers on 100.

You have to find the most obscure answer you can and hope it's enough.

Only because I can't think of any reason why it would be on there, I'm going to say Sleepy.

There it is. Third one down. It has to be right, obviously.

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

Very well done, Malachy. It's right.

Very well done, indeed.

Oh, very well done!

That's a pointless answer. It adds £250 to today's jackpot and takes the total to £8,250.

It scores you nothing and leaves your total at 100. Well done.

That's exactly what we needed.

Very well played. Excellent answer. Very common as pets.

They get used to humans quickly.

Now then, Elizabeth. You are on five. The high scorers are on 100.

If you can score 94 or less, you're through to the next round.

I think I saw one of these in Queensland. In fact, I know I did. It was Monitor.

The Monitor lizard. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.

It's right and you're through.

Very well done. 15.

15 takes your total up to 20.

-Richard?

-Well played, Elizabeth. Another one that can go very big.

-They can be six feet in length.

-I'm glad there isn't a six-foot whip tail!

-Oh...

-Or a six-foot long Jesus lizard! Waaay!

Waay!

-That would be fun.

-It'd be good.

Now then, Lotti. We come to you. The high scorers are Malachy and Ciara on 100.

If you can score 99 or less, you're through to the next round.

I knew five of the ones off the other screen. I'd have been better then, but Libby got a pointless.

So I think I'm going to go with... I'm going to go Bearded Dragon.

-Bearded Dragon.

-Yes.

-OK, there it is. Second one down.

-You know this to be true?

-Yes. My partner is trying to convince me to buy one!

-What are your reasons for not buying one?

-I want a snake first.

Of course you do!

So a bearded Dragon. Is that right and how many said it? There's your red line.

-Yes, and you're through!

-Yay!

Very well done.

-It's lower than I thought it'd be!

-Very well done. Seven!

Seven for Bearded Dragon gives you the best total with seven.

-Richard?

-Well played. It has a deep pouch on the base of its head.

Let's look at the rest of the board. Iguana is the obvious answer.

That would have scored 37 points.

-Those other two... One is pointless, one is incorrect.

-If there is a legless lizard,

surely there would be 500 clubs up and down the country called The Legless Lizard!

-Wouldn't there?

-So you think incorrect?

-By that reasoning, yes, I do.

No, it's a pointless answer. Very similar to a snake, a legless lizard.

-It is literally legless?

-Yeah. Hence the name.

Why didn't they call it a snake?

-I think because it's not a snake.

-That would be a good halfway house between bearded dragon and snake.

-I want a snake! I want to call it Fluffy.

-I could not be more on your boyfriend's side.

Yeah, if you want to tell the difference between a legless lizard and a snake,

it has eyelids. A snake doesn't. And King Crimson, the band from the '70s, had an album called Lizard.

-So that's an incorrect answer.

-Thanks, Richard.

So the losing pair with the highest score is Ciara and Malachy.

We have to say goodbye to you. Far too soon, but we will see you again next time

and hope you do much better. Thanks, meanwhile. Great contestants.

For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round 2.

There's only room for two pairs in the Head to Head, so one team will go. Our category is...

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

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

OK, so our Round 2 question concerns US TV characters and their actors.

US TV characters and their actors.

We'll show you a list of six US TV characters from past and present.

We asked 100 people who originally played these characters. A nice obscure answer scores fewer points,

an incorrect answer scores 100. So there's 12 in all. 12 answers to guess at home.

OK, thanks, Richard. We are looking for the actors who played these characters. And we have got...

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one more time.

There they are. We are looking for the names of the actors. You want the one the fewest people knew.

-Lotti...

-I actually only know one of those, I'm afraid to admit.

It's the most obvious, I imagine, but I have to go with it.

-Rachel Green is Jennifer Aniston.

-Rachel Green, Jennifer Aniston. Is it right and how many knew it?

It's right.

Go down!

-Oh, that's all right.

-25.

-That's OK.

Nothing wrong with 25. Richard?

Well done, Lotti. She won both an Emmy and a Golden Globe.

-Now, Elizabeth...

-That WAS the obvious one.

But I think there's one that's almost as obvious.

-I'll go for Jessica Fletcher.

-Yep.

-And I think it's Angela Lansbury.

-Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that answer.

31!

31 for Angela Lansbury. Richard?

More obvious than the Friends answer. Nominated for 12 consecutive Emmys for Murder She Wrote.

Wow.

Now then, Jonny, you're the last person. You can fill in all the blanks for us.

Arthur Fonzarelli is Fonzie out of Happy Days.

Just got to try to think of his name. ..I can't remember.

I'll be here all day. I can't remember his name. I'll go for...

Howard...

..Evans.

OK, Howard Evans. Let's see if it's right and how many people said Howard Evans for Arthur Fonzarelli.

Bad luck. That's an incorrect answer. It scores you 100 points.

-Richard?

-Yeah, sorry. Tough luck.

He was played by Henry Winkler.

Would have scored you 23 points. Michaela Quinn, better known as Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman,

played by Jane Seymour, 12. Tony Soprano, James Gandolfini. It would have scored you seven.

-And Olivia Walton. Do you know who played her?

-No.

-It's a pointless answer. Michael Learned.

Michael Learned.

-Michael Learned being a lady.

-I was just going to say...

-She is a lady.

-Called Michael.

-She used to be billed as Miss Michael Learned because she wasn't well known then.

As opposed to now(!)

Very good. Thank you, Richard. Let's take a look at the scores.

The best answer of that pass, Lotti and Libby, looking very strong indeed,

then up to 31 where Elizabeth and Catherine are,

then way up to 100, Jonny and Stephen, where we find you.

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

OK, we're going to put six more US TV characters up on the board and here they are.

I'll read them all one more time.

You are looking for the actors who played these characters

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

Stephen, what do you think? You're on 100. It has to be a low-scoring answer.

I haven't got a clue, absolutely no idea whatsoever.

Carrie Bradshaw...

Helen Chamberlain, there we go.

Helen Chamberlain. Let's see if that's right for Carrie Bradshaw

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

-Bad luck, Stephen.

-I'm not surprised.

Helen Chamberlain didn't play Carrie Bradshaw.

That scores you 100 points and it takes your total up to that impressive 200.

-Richard?

-Yeah, sorry, Stephen.

Another 200. The lovely Helen Chamberlain presents Soccer AM on Sky amongst other things,

but up to the date of recording has not played Carrie Bradshaw.

-Never mind.

-She'd be a good Carrie Bradshaw.

-She'd be wonderful.

-If you're watching.

Catherine, I've got great news for you.

Stephen and Jonny are on 200.

There's no way you'll overtake them even if you score 100 now.

I think I'll go for Ally McBeal.

I think it's Calista Flockhart.

Let's see if it is right, Calista Flockhart for Ally McBeal, and how many people said it if it is.

It's right.

Very well done. 17.

-APPLAUSE

-17 for Calista Flockhart.

It takes your total up to 48. Richard?

Well played, Catherine. Calista Flockhart married Harrison Ford.

That's not true.

I know, it is.

-Yeah, it is true. He was nearly 70 when they married.

-Wow!

He was Han Solo. That's fair enough.

-If you've been Han Solo and Indiana Jones, you marry who you like, when you like.

-That's the rule.

Libby...

You are through to the head-to-head, come what may. You'll never overtake the high score of Stephen and Jonny.

What about that board behind me, Libby? I think you might be rather good at this.

I know a few. Ally McBeal was going to be my choice, but I'm going to go for Hugh Laurie as Gregory House.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Hugh Laurie, Gregory House.

32.

-APPLAUSE

-It takes your total up to 57.

Yeah, well done, Libby. Hugh Laurie is the star of the biggest TV show in the world, he's a comic genius,

he rowed in the Boat Race, he's an accomplished blues musician,

but can he do this?

LAUGHTER

Yeah, I don't think so, Hugh.

Just an ordinary pen. It's just an ordinary pen.

Let's fill in the rest of the board.

JR Ewing was Larry Hagman and it was a fairly obvious answer, but only 25 points.

Carrie Bradshaw, not Helen Chamberlain, it's Sarah Jessica Parker. Would have scored you 13.

Jim Rockford was played by James Garner. That would have scored you 28 points.

Don Draper is from Mad Men and played by Jon Hamm.

Best answer there. That scored 3 points. Well done if you got that.

Thank you very much, Richard.

So at the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score, it's Jonny and Stephen.

It's the 200 Club again. Oh, dear, oh, dear. It was a tough board.

I don't watch American TV at all.

-I knew Rachel.

-We knew Rachel Green.

-Rachel Green.

-That's the only one I knew.

-Oh, well...

I'm afraid we have to say goodbye, Jonny and Stephen. You've been fantastic contestants.

I'm sorry to have to say goodbye to you so soon, but thank you so much for playing.

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

Very well done, Libby and Lotti, Catherine and Elizabeth.

Only one pair can make it through to today's final

and play for the jackpot which currently stands at £8,250.

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

If your answer scores less than the other pair, you will win that question.

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

OK, here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

-to name as many England World Cup managers as they could.

-Oh, God!

-Richard?

-We're looking for any of the seven men who have managed England at a World Cup tournament

from 1950 right through to the 2010 finals, please.

Thank you. Libby and Lotti, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.

We are looking for England managers at the FIFA World Cup.

WHISPERING

-It's up to you.

-Glenn Hoddle?

-Are you sure?

-Yeah.

-Go on then.

OK. You've got too much faith in me. We'll go with Glenn Hoddle.

Glenn Hoddle, says Libby.

Glenn Hoddle. Catherine and Elizabeth, what are you going to go for? You can confer out loud.

I think I'm going to play safe and I can actually remember the 1966 World Cup.

And I think I'll go for Alf Ramsey.

So we have Glenn Hoddle and we have Alf Ramsey. Libby and Lotti, you've gone for Glenn Hoddle.

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

Well done. It's right.

-Keep going, keep going.

-Down it goes

-16.

-APPLAUSE

16 seems pretty good. Catherine and Elizabeth have gone for Alf Ramsey.

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

It's right.

23.

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Libby and Lotti. You've won that with Glenn Hoddle.

After just one question, Libby and Lotti are up 1-0. Richard?

Well played. Two good answers. Only two answers would have beaten Glenn Hoddle.

The first one is pointless, which is Walter Winterbottom

who was our manager from '50 to '62.

Ron Greenwood, who managed in 1982, scored 5.

There's Glenn Hoddle on 16. Alf Ramsey won the World Cup in 1966 and managed in '70 as well - 23.

Fabio Capello from 2010 would have scored you 36,

Bobby Robson, which was '86 and '90, 45,

and at the top, SvenGoran Eriksson who managed in 2002 and 2006.

If you go out with Ulrika Jonsson, it makes you more famous than winning the World Cup.

OK, thank you very much, Richard. Here is your second question.

Catherine and Elizabeth must win this question to stay in the game.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many rabbits in the film Watership Down as they could.

Rabbits in Watership Down. Richard?

We're looking for any named rabbit listed on the credits of the 1978 film Watership Down, please.

None of the rabbit gods and spirits are acceptable.

Just any of the rabbits with names at the end of that film, please.

Now then, Catherine and Elizabeth, you go first this time.

OK, we know a couple of these,

so I think we're going to go for...

-The one you said.

-Hazel.

Hazel. OK, Hazel, say Catherine and Elizabeth.

-Libby and Lotti, rabbits in Watership Down, is this good for you?

-No!

-No, not at all.

-I've never seen it.

-I have seen it, but only as a very, very small child.

I think we'll just go for a generic rabbit name.

Choose a rabbit name.

-Can we choose Thumper even though that's Bambi?

-Yeah, go on.

-Can we have Thumper?

-Thumper.

-You're going to say Thumper.

-We know it's from Bambi.

-We have Hazel and we have Thumper.

Catherine and Elizabeth went with Hazel. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.

It's right.

22.

22 for Hazel.

Libby and Lotti, you have gone for Thumper. Let's see if that's right and if it is, if anyone said it.

Yeah, as we were expecting, that is an incorrect answer.

After two questions, you are one-all. Richard?

It's one of those ones where people either know none or quite a lot of them. Let's take a look.

There's lots of pointless answers.

Captain Campion was voiced by Nigel Hawthorne.

Pipkin was Roy Kinnear.

Hazel was voiced by John Hurt.

Right at the top, Hazel's brother Fiver, played by Richard Briers.

-Very well done if you got any pointless answers.

-Thank you. Here comes your third question.

Whoever wins this question will be going through to the final and playing for £8,250.

Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many US states with five letters or fewer as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for the name of any US state which has five letters or fewer in its name.

See how many you can get at home.

OK, now then, Libby and Lotti, you go first this time.

I'm just trying to think if there's any more.

Idaho. I-D-A-H-O.

-Idaho.

-OK, you're going to go for Idaho.

Catherine and Elizabeth, you can confer out loud now.

-We thought of a few.

-We thought of a few.

-What did we think of?

-We thought of Maine, Ohio, Iowa.

-Shall we go for Iowa?

-Go for Iowa.

You're going to go for Iowa. OK, we have Idaho and we have Iowa.

Libby and Lotti have gone for Idaho. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Idaho.

It's right.

-40.

-I thought that'd be a lot lower than that.

-That's not bad.

-40 for Idaho. Something tells me this is going to be very, very close.

Iowa... Do you think it's going to go lower than 40?

-I wouldn't like to say.

-Yeah, maybe.

-I'm not sure.

-A definite maybe.

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

-Oh, you've done it. 37.

-37!

Wow, very close indeed!

That means after three questions, Catherine and Elizabeth are through to the final, 2-1. Richard?

It doesn't get much closer than that. Well played, both teams.

If you've got six of them on your list at home, you've got them all. Let's take a look.

The best answer was Maine at 35. That would've got you to the final.

Iowa 37, Idaho 40,

Utah 53, Ohio 58

and Texas right at the top on 61.

Thank you, Richard. So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, Libby and Lotti.

Bad luck, but some great answers. Glenn Hoddle was a brilliant answer.

-Well done, Libby.

-I'm quite proud of myself.

-Very well done. Thumper..

-Did you recognise those names?

-When I saw them, I recognised a couple,

but I wouldn't have thought of them, no matter how much time you gave us.

I'm sorry we have to say goodbye now, but thank you. Libby and Lotti, excellent contestants!

But for Catherine and Elizabeth, it's time for our Pointless final

and the chance to win our jackpot of £8,250.

Congratulations, Catherine and Elizabeth.

You have 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 today's show,

the jackpot stands at £8,250.

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

that none of our 100 people could think of. We've had two pointless answers on the show today.

Just find one more now and you'll go home with that money. First, choose a category from these three options.

-Um...

-British Olympians, I think.

-Do you know a lot about that?

-No, bu I know nothing about the other two.

-I know nothing about the first one.

-And I know nothing about Soul Divas.

We'll go for British Olympians. We know nothing about the other two.

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many British Olympic cycling medallists since 2000 as they could.

-Richard?

-Yeah, any member of Team GB to have won a cycling medal in the 2000, 2004 or 2008 Olympics.

So any member of Team GB to have won a bronze, silver or gold at any of those three Olympics, please.

You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers and all you need to win that £8,250

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

-There's Chris Hoy, but he won't be...

-I don't know anything. I couldn't name one...

I can name one, but everyone else can name him. It's Chris Hoy.

There's a lady called Victoria somebody, but I can't think what her second name is.

I'm just trying to think.

-What is that lady's name? Victoria...

-Victoria Beckham?

No, it's not Victoria Beckham. I can't think what her name is.

Chris Hoy...

-Victoria Station(!)

-No.

Not Victoria Station, no. Victoria...

Something beginning with R? I can't remember.

I'm no help. I'm sorry. I don't know

I can't think of any of the men either.

-It's not a good round for us.

-Five seconds left.

-No.

-You can't remember?

-No, we'll have to make up some names.

OK, there is your minute up.

We were looking for British Olympic cycling medallists since 2000. I now need three answers from you.

We can give you one.

-Half of one.

-No, we've got Chris Hoy

-So, Chris Hoy?

-Yes.

Two more answers.

-Victoria Pendleton?

-We'll take that as your second answer.

-And...

-Do we have a third one?

-I don't have a third one. Let's make up a name.

Let's make up, um...

Martin Jefferson.

Martin...Jefferson!

-Have you not heard of Martin Jefferson...

-Of course. Everyone's..

-..the world-famous cyclist?

-Absolutely.

So there are our three answers - Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton and Martin...Jefferson.

Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Victoria.

-Victoria Pendleton. We shall put her last.

-Which is your least likely?

-I think it's Martin...

-Martin Jefferson.

-You think people will remember him before the others?

-He's very good.

Let's put them up on the board in that order and here they are.

We were looking for British Olympic cycling medallists

since 2000.

-You said this was your least confident answer.

-Totally.

-Yes.

You only need one pointless answer to win that £8,250 jackpot.

Let see how many people said Martin Jefferson and if it's right. It just might be.

Oh!

-Oh, no(!)

-Unfortunately, an incorrec answer.

-He must have come fourth(!)

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

£8,250 - what would you do with that?

-I'd have a huge party for everybody and I'd go on a trip to Transylvania.

-Brilliant.

-Why particularly Transylvania?

-I love classic horror films and anything to do with Dracula,

-so I have to go to Transylvania.

-Very good indeed.

-Elizabeth?

-I've got a big birthday next year and I'd have an enormous party at somewhere really nice.

Brilliant. I would love it if both of these answers are pointless, but at least one of them,

so these things can come to pass.

We are looking for British Olympic cycling medallists since 2000.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer - Chris Hoy.

It has to be right and pointless if you're to win that jackpot.

This is your second shot at that £8,250. Chris Hoy, is it right, how many people said it?

It's right.

It's right. This just has to go all the way down to zero

and you leave here with that money. Let's see how far it goes down.

30.

APPLAUSE

-It's obviously not a pointless answer.

-We knew that.

You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot. This was the answer that you were most confident with.

If it's right and it's pointless, you walk away with a jackpot of £8,250.

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

-It's right.

-Oh, wow!

-It's right.

-My goodness!

-Very well done, Elizabeth.

Now, down it goes. 30 for Chris Hoy. Down it goes into the 20s.

Down into the teens.

Oh!

-APPLAUSE

-I'm amazed.

-A brilliant answer and 11 is a great score, only in this round, it has to be pointless.

-Yeah.

I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that crucial pointless answer,

so you don't win today's jackpot of £8,250, which will roll over on to the next show,

but you have been brilliant contestants and you do take home our Pointless trophy. Very well done.

APPLAUSE

Very well played. Victoria Pendleton won gold in the individual sprint in 2008.

Chris Hoy has won four golds and a silver since 2000.

Let's take a look at some pointless answers. Some people at home will know a few of these.

Bryan Steel won a bronze in 2000, Craig MacLean won a silver in 2000,

Ed Clancy won gold in 2008 in the team pursuit.

Emma Pooley won silver in the time trial in 2008,

Jason Queally won a gold and a silver in 2000.

Nicole Cooke won the road race in 2008.

All three of these won for the individual pursuit -

Steven Burke got a bronze in 2008,

Wendy Houvenaghel got a silver in 2008

and Yvonne McGregor got a bronze in 2000.

Very well done if you got any of those at home.

-You've done incredibly well.

-And we get a trophy!

-Yes.

We have to say goodbye to you, Catherine and Elizabeth, but thank you so much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Brilliant.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Nobody's won our jackpot today, so it rolls over again

and on the next show, we will be playing for £9,250.

-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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