0:00:18 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:28I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless, the quiz that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:28 > 0:00:34- Let's meet today's players. - APPLAUSE
0:00:34 > 0:00:39Welcome, Ali and John, our first pair today. How do you know each other?
0:00:39 > 0:00:43- We play in the same quiz team.- Ah! - In the Chiltern quiz league.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48- Where are you in the league? - I think we came second last season.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53- Oh, second?- I know. Pretty dismal. We didn't really want to show off.
0:00:53 > 0:01:00- When you're not quizzing, Ali, what do you like to do?- Amateur dramatics and a lot of reading.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04- This is all going to stand you in such good stead.- Let us hope so.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09- John, what do you do?- I'm a mature student, taking my second degree.
0:01:09 > 0:01:15- What's your second degree in? - My second degree is now in politics, economics.
0:01:15 > 0:01:23- I'm trying to work out what areas are not covered by the two of you. - Nuclear physics.- OK. Good.
0:01:23 > 0:01:29Very best of luck to the pair of you. I'm sure you don't need it. You're going to storm it!
0:01:29 > 0:01:36- Marco and Martin, how do you know each other?- We're in the military. Well, Martin's RAF - close enough!
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- He's said that before! - Once or twice.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43- Marco, what element of the services are you in?- The army.
0:01:43 > 0:01:49- What do you do? - I fixed helicopters for 15 years and now they've got me as an IT geek.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- Wow! So you travel all over?- Yes.
0:01:52 > 0:01:57All the sunny hotspots that the military send us to!
0:01:57 > 0:02:00I'm glad we caught you on a day you were here!
0:02:00 > 0:02:04- What would you like to see come up, Martin?- Films.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08Which can be a bit broad, but we're hedging our bets towards that.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13- Marco, anything you'd like to see come up?- TV cartoons would be nice.
0:02:13 > 0:02:19Try and avoid food and drink, although to look at us, you'd think it'd be the perfect subject.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Don't want questions on them.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25- ALEXANDER LAUGHS - What are your hobbies, Marco?
0:02:25 > 0:02:29- Help For Heroes takes up most of my time.- Very good indeed.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33A group of us went up Kilimanjaro a year ago.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Raised £170,000. APPLAUSE
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Very, very well done.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- You made it all the way up, all the way back down?- I did, yes.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50I don't remember the bit at the top but I have seen photos to prove it.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Well, very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58- Next, we welcome Kat and Gemma. How do you know each other? - We're sisters.- Where are you from?
0:02:58 > 0:03:03- We're from Manchester. - What do you do, Kat?- I work in PR.
0:03:03 > 0:03:09- Just setting up my own company with a friend, so it's quite exciting. - Very exciting. How about you, Gemma?
0:03:09 > 0:03:12I work in very exciting legal recruitment.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17- Legal recruitment.- Yeah. Living the dream!- Living the dream!
0:03:17 > 0:03:20What would you like to see come up, Gemma?
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Ooh, anything that's popular culture focused, ideally.
0:03:24 > 0:03:31Literature of certain types - either contemporary or classic, nothing in between!
0:03:31 > 0:03:36- Yeah, those would be my favourites. - Kat, how about you?
0:03:36 > 0:03:40- Probably geography. Definitely not politics.- No!
0:03:40 > 0:03:45We tried to revise and we can't get it to stay in our brains.
0:03:45 > 0:03:51- Just going to have to hope that it's not that.- What revising do you do for Pointless?
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Well, you just take... We've actually got the board game.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59- So we've been playing that! - Very good. Yeah!
0:03:59 > 0:04:05We've been drawing all our friends and family in to put us under pressure, see how we do.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09Very good indeed. Very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:04:09 > 0:04:15Finally, welcome back Ciara and Malachy. Everyone gets two chances to reach the final.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20- Remind us what happened last time. - We got hit with a question about lizards.
0:04:20 > 0:04:26- Got put out in the first round. - Yeah.- Lizards! Oh, they were tough!
0:04:26 > 0:04:31It was the mullion lizard, Ciara. The mullion lizard did for you.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Malachy, what's going to see you further than round one?
0:04:35 > 0:04:41I don't think it would happen, but a category on professional wrestling, I could do that.
0:04:41 > 0:04:48- Professional wre... We've never had a professional wrestling category. - I'd like that.- You would love that!
0:04:48 > 0:04:54- You love a bit of professional wrestling.- I don't mind a bit of AMATEUR wrestling.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56On my days off!
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- Yeah?- Yeah.- Yeah? - LAUGHTER
0:04:59 > 0:05:05- Ciara, what about you?- Something about Gaelic football in Ireland. - Gaelic football.
0:05:05 > 0:05:11- Another subject we haven't really troubled.- We were hoping you'd have exhausted everything else.
0:05:11 > 0:05:17- And these'll be the first two categories.- This could be the show, Malachy and Ciara!
0:05:17 > 0:05:24It's lovely to have you back. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:05:24 > 0:05:30One person left to introduce. On the path to knowledge, he walks on the obscure side of the street.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- He is my pointless friend, Richard. - Hiya.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41- Hey there.- Hey!- Are you well? - I'm very well. How are you?
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Not bad at all. We've only got one returning pair, Malachy and Ciara.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48We only saw them for one round, so a really open field.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52I've been asked for Gaelic football, nuclear physics and wrestling.
0:05:52 > 0:05:59Not a huge amount of that, but Marco and Martin, you might like round one, I suspect.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Marco and Martin! Round one! Here goes.
0:06:02 > 0:06:07We put all our questions to 100 people. We're after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:06:07 > 0:06:13For a chance to win our jackpot, all our players need to do is score as few points as they can.
0:06:13 > 0:06:18Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave,
0:06:18 > 0:06:21then we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27So today's jackpot starts off at...
0:06:29 > 0:06:32AUDIENCE: Ooooh!
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- Right, let's play Pointless. - APPLAUSE
0:06:41 > 0:06:45In the first round, each of you gives me one answer, and you cannot confer.
0:06:45 > 0:06:51Whichever team has the highest score will be eliminated. Try and make sure that's not you.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56An incorrect answer will score the maximum of 100 points.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Our first category this afternoon is...Actresses.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17Let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:07:17 > 0:07:22Sigourney Weaver films as they could. Richard.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27Any feature film for cinema release for which Sigourney Weaver received an acting credit, prior to May 2011.
0:07:27 > 0:07:33No TV films, short films or documentaries, but voice performances do count.
0:07:33 > 0:07:39OK. Now, Ali and John, you all drew lots before the show and you get to go first.
0:07:39 > 0:07:45- So, Ali, Sigourney Weaver films. - I can only think of the very obvious ones.
0:07:45 > 0:07:50- One of which is Ghostbusters. - You're hoping to score as few points as possible.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said Ghostbusters.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57It's right.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03APPLAUSE
0:08:03 > 0:08:05That's not a bad score at all.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09- 24. Richard.- Correct answer.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14From 1984. Sigourney Weaver plays the owner of an apartment who hires the ghostbusters.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Splendid, thank you. Now, Marco.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Richard said this was going to be a good one for you.
0:08:20 > 0:08:27Nothing like the pressure! The dementor's kiss, we call it, when Richard tips you to win.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31- Come on! You've been up Kilimanjaro. You can handle this.- Um...
0:08:31 > 0:08:39There's a film that my kids are big fans of and I'm pretty sure she's in it. I'm going for Galaxy Quest.
0:08:39 > 0:08:45Galaxy Quest. Let's see if Galaxy Quest is right and, if so, how many people said it.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Good luck, Marco.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49It's right.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Oh! Very, very well done, Marco! Three!
0:08:58 > 0:09:03- Very, very good score indeed. - Yeah, very well played, Marco.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06It's a good film, Galaxy Quest.
0:09:06 > 0:09:11She plays a former cast member of an old sci-fi drama alongside Alan Rickman and Tim Allen.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Aliens come down and they mistake her for the real thing.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- Have you seen it?- No.- It's funny. - I'll have to look it out.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23- Gemma, Sigourney Weaver. - She's not one of my favourites.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27I haven't seen a massive amount of her films, apart from obvious ones.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31The least obvious one to me that I can think of is Copycat.
0:09:31 > 0:09:37Copycat? Very good indeed. Let's see if Copycat's right.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40And if it is, how many people said it. Copycat.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42It's right.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Oh, very well done indeed, Gemma!
0:09:51 > 0:09:55- A great score. Richard. - Well played, Gemma.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00She plays an expert on serial killers. Harry Connick Jr is the serial killer.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Ciara, Sigourney Weaver films?
0:10:04 > 0:10:07My mind has gone completely blank.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12I don't know if there was a sequel, but I'm going to say Ghostbusters II.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- In case there was! - GIGGLES
0:10:15 > 0:10:21Ghostbusters II. I can't fault your logic. Ghostbusters II, says Ciara.
0:10:21 > 0:10:27Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30It's right!
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- LAUGHING:- Very well done, Ciara!
0:10:35 > 0:10:39That's a great answer!
0:10:39 > 0:10:44Four points for Ghostbusters II. That's impeccable logic.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48- And well rewarded. Richard. - That takes a certain sort of genius!
0:10:48 > 0:10:54To have nothing in your head and have the presence of mind! Yeah, from 1989.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56She was, indeed, in the sequel.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Brilliant! Hats off to you, Ciara!
0:10:58 > 0:11:02We're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at the scores.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Three is where we find Marco and Martin.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Up to four, we find Ciara and Malachy.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12Up to five, we find Gemma and Kat. Then substantially up to 24.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17Ali and John. So, John, pressure on you to find a really good,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20obscure Sigourney Weaver film in the next pass.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:11:27 > 0:11:29We're looking for Sigourney Weaver films.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33Malachy, you're on four. John and Ali are on 24.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36If you score 19 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41- Are you good on this subject? - I only know a few of her movies.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Ciara really helped me out there!
0:11:44 > 0:11:46I'll say Alien.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Alien. Here is a red line.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Let's see if Alien's right and how many people said Alien.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Very well done.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04Ooh, bad luck, Malachy. I'm afraid that's a very popular answer.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09The most popular, I'd have thought. Takes your total up to 71. Richard.
0:12:09 > 0:12:14Yeah, obviously very famously in that film. Only her third ever film.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19Kat, you are on five. The high-scorers are Malachy and Ciara on 71.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23If you can score 65 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27OK, Gemma and I have got very similar tastes.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32That's the one that was in my head. I'm glad she got it, but gutted for me!
0:12:32 > 0:12:37I'm thinking, it's the only other one I know, and that's Avatar.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40You're saying Avatar. There's your red line.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45If Avatar gets you below that line, you're through to the next round.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Let's see how many people said Avatar, if it's right.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54You've done it! Very well done.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Look at that! 17!
0:12:56 > 0:12:58APPLAUSE
0:12:58 > 0:13:0017 for Avatar takes you up to 22.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05- Brilliant score. Richard.- Yeah, safely through to the next round.
0:13:05 > 0:13:11She's been in a lot of good films. Plays Grace, head of the Avatar programme.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Now, Martin. Remember, we are looking for Sigourney Weaver films.
0:13:15 > 0:13:20You're on three. The high-scorers are Malachy and Ciara on 71.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24If you can score 67 or less, you're through to the next round.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29I'm going to play a little bit safe and go down the sequels route.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34- I'm going to say Alien 3.- Alien 3. OK, let's see if that's right.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37If it is, let's see how many people said Alien 3.
0:13:37 > 0:13:42There's your red line. Below that, you are through to the next round.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48You've done it!
0:13:51 > 0:13:55Very well done, Martin. Scores you 16, takes your total up to 19.
0:13:55 > 0:14:01- Richard.- Well played, Martin. The film round has served you guys well, as expected. From 1992.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05- Directed by David Fincher. - Now, John, you are on 24.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09The high-scorers are Malachy and Ciara on 71.
0:14:09 > 0:14:15- You have to score 46 or less. Have you had good answers other people have taken?- Yes.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17I'm going down the sequel route as well.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21- I think the last Alien one was Alien 4.- You are saying Alien 4.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25Let's see if that's right. Here is your red line coming in.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30If you can get below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Alien 4. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35It's right.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40And you've done it!
0:14:42 > 0:14:4412! Takes your total up to 36.
0:14:44 > 0:14:50I have to say, though, John, you are luckier than you imagine.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53It wasn't Alien 4 in the UK, but Alien: Resurrection.
0:14:53 > 0:14:59I asked for general cinema release. In some territories it WAS Alien 4 so, by the skin of your teeth...
0:14:59 > 0:15:04You got through. People have been knocked out on worse luck before.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.
0:15:07 > 0:15:12Baby Mama with Tina Fey. Be Kind Rewind, the Jack Black film.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15She was in Eyewitness with William Hurt.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20Happily N'Ever After, she plays the voice of Cinderella's stepmother.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24Infamous, a Truman Capote movie, she is in.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27The Tale of Despereaux, she is the narrator.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32In Vantage Point, she witnesses an attempted assassination.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37Very well done if you said any of those. Let's take a look at the ones most of our 100 people said.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Ghostbusters, third most popular answer.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Aliens, which was the follow-up film to Alien.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47And Alien, right up the top on 67.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Thanks very much, Richard.
0:15:49 > 0:15:55At the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score, it's Malachy and Ciara.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59- Ciara, you were heroic!- Thank you. - That was a fantastic answer.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Then I'm afraid Malachy went back into the jaws of defeat!
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- With Alien! - I'm a wee bit gutted with myself.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10If you'd just put an S on the end of that, Aliens...
0:16:10 > 0:16:15you'd probably still be leaving us, but with less of a deficit, anyway!
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Well, such are the pitfalls of Pointless. Completely unpredictable.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22You've been fantastic contestants.
0:16:22 > 0:16:28I'm really sorry we have to say goodbye. Malachy and Ciara! Brilliant contestants.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.
0:16:38 > 0:16:45There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head so one of the teams will leave at the end of this round.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Our category for round two is...
0:16:48 > 0:16:53Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:16:53 > 0:16:57And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02So, our round two question concerns...
0:17:05 > 0:17:09- Richard.- We're going to show you six footballers on each pass.
0:17:09 > 0:17:14We asked 100 people to tell us which national teams they played for.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19Give us an obscure answer, you'll score fewer points. An incorrect answer scores 100 points.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23So 12 national teams to guess at home. Best of luck.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28So, we're looking for the national teams these players have played for.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30And we have got...
0:17:38 > 0:17:41..I'll read those one more time...
0:17:49 > 0:17:54There are the footballers. Ali, I want you to find an obscure one.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58The one that the fewest of our 100 people will have known.
0:17:58 > 0:18:03Just supply the country. That's pretty much all you have to do.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07- I'll get my coat now.- Oh, dear.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12I have never heard of any of them. I'm sorry to shock the public!
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Fernando Torres plays for Spain.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19Fernando Torres, Spain, says Ali. Let's see if that's right.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22If it is, how many people knew that?
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Very well guessed!
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- APPLAUSE - Not bad at all!
0:18:32 > 0:18:37Yeah, that's damage limitation, Ali. Fernando Torres plays for Spain.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42He was sold from Liverpool to Chelsea for £50 million!
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Then went on a spectacularly long run of not scoring a goal.
0:18:45 > 0:18:52Martin, I want you to give me the name of a national team for which one of these players has played.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57- Try and find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.- I know them.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02The national teams I've now got all scrambled in my head.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06- OK.- So I am going to have to guess.
0:19:06 > 0:19:11I'm going to guess at Craig Bellamy, Northern Ireland.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Craig Bellamy, Northern Ireland.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people knew that.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Ooh, bad luck.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21That's an incorrect answer.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25- It scores you the maximum of 100 points. Richard.- Sorry, Martin.
0:19:25 > 0:19:31- I can't give you the correct answer in case Kat wants a go at that one. - Kat, you're the last person.
0:19:31 > 0:19:36You can fill in all the blanks, then submit your favourite answer.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40I do actually like football so I know a few of these.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Agbonlahor, I think he plays for England.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48Luka Modric, he's at Tottenham, but I don't know his national team.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Mascherano is Argentina. Bellamy's Wales.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Santa Cruz is at City at the moment,
0:19:54 > 0:19:58but I don't know which is his national team. So I think I'll go...
0:19:58 > 0:20:01for Mascherano and Argentina.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05OK, you say Mascherano for Argentina.
0:20:05 > 0:20:10Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that answer.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Yup, that's right.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Down it goes.
0:20:16 > 0:20:21It's a brilliant answer! Very well done, Kat!
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Spectacular! Very well done.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27Well played, Kat. You took us through the board fairly well.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29We'll fill in a few of the gaps.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Gabby Agbonlahor plays for Aston Villa and plays for England!
0:20:33 > 0:20:38Would have been a good answer. Craig Bellamy, you're right, is Wales.
0:20:38 > 0:20:43Luka Modric plays for Tottenham. Also plays for Croatia.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46The best answer on the board is Roque Santa Cruz,
0:20:46 > 0:20:53played for Man City and Blackburn, and his national team, Paraguay.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57- Very well done if you said that. - OK, we're halfway through the round.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Let's take a look at the scores.
0:20:59 > 0:21:05By far the best score was Kat and Gemma. Brilliant score!
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Up to 48, Ali and John.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11Then way, way up to 100, where we find Martin and Marco.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Marco, you'll have to answer very carefully
0:21:14 > 0:21:18and hope it's enough to see you through to the head-to-head.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:21:24 > 0:21:28We are looking for the national teams of these footballers...
0:21:38 > 0:21:41..I'll read those one more time...
0:21:50 > 0:21:56We are looking for the national teams they have played for. Gemma, how well did Kat do there?
0:21:56 > 0:22:01She's fab, isn't she? She did really well. I'm very pleased.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06Similarly with Kat, I could tell you all of the teams they play for,
0:22:06 > 0:22:11but when it comes to distinguishing between their national teams.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13I know...four of them.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15I'm going to go for...
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Michael Essien and France.
0:22:19 > 0:22:25Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said Michael Essien, France.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Here's your red line. Below that, you're through to the head-to-head.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Michael Essien, France.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35No?!
0:22:36 > 0:22:40Ooh! Unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer, Gemma.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44I'm afraid that means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48Might not be devastating. We'll have to wait and see.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52- Richard.- Yeah, sorry, Gemma. Good look of shock, though!
0:22:52 > 0:22:55A great "shocked" look.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00I won't give you the answer in case Marco or John want a go at Essien.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Now, Marco, that is what we call a lifeline.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Indeed.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09Of course, being a West Ham fan, I know nothing about football!
0:23:09 > 0:23:14I was looking up there and, although I recognise most of the names,
0:23:14 > 0:23:17I'm going to have to go for Michael Ballack,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20and I believe he plays for Germany.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Michael Ballack, Germany.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26You have to score seven or less
0:23:26 > 0:23:30- to be sure of a place in the head-to-head.- How hard can it be?
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Michael Ballack, Germany.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37That's what seven looks like on our stack here.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41If you get below that, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Michael Ballack, Germany. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47It IS right.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Now then. Here we go.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55APPLAUSE
0:23:57 > 0:24:0219 that scores you. Gemma and Kat, you're through to the head-to-head.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07Martin and Marco, your total is 119. You are the high-scorers. Richard.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Not a bad score, Marco.
0:24:09 > 0:24:14The former Chelsea player captained and played many times for Germany.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18- So then, John. Good subject for you? - Terrible subject for me.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23I think I know two of them. Arshavin.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25I think he plays for Arsenal.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30That's kind of a swear word to a Spurs supporter.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Robin van Persie.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Adebayor, no, or Darren Fletcher.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39So I'm going to stick with Andrey Arshavin.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42I think he plays for Russia.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45You're going to say Russia for Andrey Arshavin.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49There's your red line. Below that red line, you stay.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Above that red line, we say goodbye.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Arshavin, Russia.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57It's right.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59And you've done it!
0:25:01 > 0:25:03APPLAUSE
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Takes your total up to 60. Richard.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Well done, John. An Arsenal player has seen you to the head-to-head.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Does a lot better for Russia than he's ever done for Arsenal.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21- Shall we clear up Michael Essien? - I can just see the blue shirt.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25- It's obviously his Chelsea shirt. - Do you know that, Kat?
0:25:25 > 0:25:30- I thought it was France as well. Is it the Ivory Coast?- It's Ghana.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35And was a very good answer, the best answer on the board.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Let's clear up some of the bigger scorers.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42Robin van Persie, another Arsenal player, plays for Holland.
0:25:42 > 0:25:48Darren Fletcher, Man Utd mid-fielder is a Scottish international.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53Emmanuel Adebayor is Togolese.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57So, at the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score,
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Marco and Martin.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Ooh, bad luck. Craig Bellamy was the expensive mistake.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08He is for several clubs! ALEXANDER LAUGHS
0:26:08 > 0:26:13- I knew it was a UK team. Just got the wrong one.- Yeah. Bad luck.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18I think we've seen enough to know that when you come back next time,
0:26:18 > 0:26:20we can expect great things from you.
0:26:20 > 0:26:26We have to say goodbye, but we will see you next time. Marco and Martin, great contestants.
0:26:26 > 0:26:33For the remaining pairs, things get even more exciting, as we enter the head-to-head.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Ali and John, Kat and Gemma, you've made it to the head-to-head.
0:26:42 > 0:26:49Only one pair can make it to today's final and play for that jackpot, which currently stands at £9,250.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56For each question, each pair gives me just one answer,
0:26:56 > 0:26:58but you are now allowed to confer.
0:26:58 > 0:27:04All you have to do is come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair to win that question.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07The first to win two questions plays for today's jackpot.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Let's play Pointless.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Here is your first question.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:27:22 > 0:27:29- ..as they could.- Any song on the original soundtrack of the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,
0:27:29 > 0:27:32apart from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the main title music.
0:27:32 > 0:27:38Ali and John, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Songs from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
0:27:40 > 0:27:46We know where it was filmed, but it's a long time since we saw the film.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50- Um...Truly Scrumptious. - Truly Scrumptious.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Thank you very much. Truly Scrumptious.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Kat and Gemma, you can talk out loud if you like, if you need to.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00That was the only one we knew!
0:28:00 > 0:28:04We've been trying to remember when there were songs in the film.
0:28:04 > 0:28:11- They get caught by... - The dream catcher. No.- I know who you mean.- The child catcher.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15There's a bit where they're toy models and do some kind of song.
0:28:15 > 0:28:21- I don't know what they're called. - Shall we just say, We Are Toys?
0:28:21 > 0:28:25- LAUGH We don't...- We Are Statues.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28- We Are Statues.- It's as good as any!
0:28:28 > 0:28:31- Is that your answer? - Yeah. We don't know, unfortunately.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35We have Truly Scrumptious and we have We Are Statues.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38Truly Scrumptious, is it right? How many people said it?
0:28:38 > 0:28:40It's right.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48APPLAUSE
0:28:48 > 0:28:53- Now then, Kat and Gemma, We Are Statues.- You never know.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56- Sometimes you do! - Stranger things have happened.
0:28:56 > 0:29:02We Are Statues, is it right? How many people said We Are Statues? Good luck.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08Bad luck. An incorrect answer, which means, after one question,
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Ali and John are in the lead.
0:29:10 > 0:29:16- Richard.- Good name for a song, We Are Statues, but not in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18There's a few pointless ones.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22The Roses Of Success sung by Grandpa Potts and the inventors.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Lovely Lonely Man by Truly Scrumptious.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Doll On A Music Box, pointless...
0:29:38 > 0:29:42..Well done if you got any of those pointless answers.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46Thank you very much, Richard. Here is your second question.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49Kat and Gemma, you have to win this to stay in the game.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:29:54 > 0:29:57..as they could.
0:29:57 > 0:30:04Any President of the United States who served two full terms or more up to the inauguration of Barack Obama.
0:30:04 > 0:30:10- Where Presidents share the same surname, we'll ask you specify which one you mean.- Thank you very much.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Kat and Gemma, you go first this time.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17THEY WHISPER
0:30:17 > 0:30:19OK?
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Yeah. We did actually revise lots of US Presidents,
0:30:22 > 0:30:28but we didn't revise how long they served for, so kicking ourselves now.
0:30:28 > 0:30:34- Gemma, go with what you think. - Well, we'll go for a really obvious... George Washington?
0:30:34 > 0:30:36George Washington.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40George Washington say Kat and Gemma. Ali and John?
0:30:40 > 0:30:44- Which one did we decide? - Well, we went through the Bushes.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Clinton.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Roosevelt.
0:30:49 > 0:30:50< Franklin Roosevelt.
0:30:50 > 0:30:55- Yeah, FDR.- Franklin D Roosevelt, OK.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58We have George Washington and we have Franklin D Roosevelt.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01Kat and Gemma said George Washington. Is that right?
0:31:01 > 0:31:04If it is, how many people said it?
0:31:05 > 0:31:07It's right.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13It's a good answer!
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- That's a great answer! - APPLAUSE
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Good score.
0:31:18 > 0:31:23Ali and John have gone for FDR. Let's see if that's right...
0:31:23 > 0:31:28- Do you know that to be right?- It's right, but we think it's higher.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32OK, how many of our people said Franklin D Roosevelt?
0:31:33 > 0:31:35It's right.
0:31:39 > 0:31:40Ooh!
0:31:40 > 0:31:47There we are, 24 for FDR, which means, after two questions, you are one-all. Very close indeed.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51- Richard.- Well played, Kat and Gemma. First President, George Washington.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55Roosevelt's the only President ever to have served more than two terms.
0:31:55 > 0:32:00Because it was during the war, he came back for a third time.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Let's take a look at all the answers...
0:32:05 > 0:32:10..Grover Cleveland, who did it non-consecutively...
0:32:18 > 0:32:22..All of those would have beaten George Washington.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25There's FDR, who scored you 24...
0:32:32 > 0:32:38..Here is your third question. Whoever wins this goes through to the final. Here it comes.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:32:44 > 0:32:51- ..as they could.- Any of the eight men who've led England to an Ashes victory since 1945
0:32:51 > 0:32:54up to May 2011, please.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58Ali and John, you go first this time.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01We just love sport(!)
0:33:01 > 0:33:06I'm going to go for a Yorkshireman. I'm going for Ray Illingworth.
0:33:06 > 0:33:11Ray Illingworth. Very good. Kat and Gemma.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15- This is a guess. Michael Atherton. - Michael Atherton.
0:33:15 > 0:33:21Ali and John, Ray Illingworth. Is it right and how many people said it?
0:33:22 > 0:33:24It's right.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32It's a great answer. Four! Very well done!
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Kat and Gemma have gone for Mike Atherton.
0:33:37 > 0:33:42Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Bad luck.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47Bad luck. An incorrect answer, I'm afraid.
0:33:47 > 0:33:52That means Ali and John are through to the final, two-one.
0:33:52 > 0:33:59- Richard.- Ray Illingworth, very good answer. He took over from Colin Cowdrey in the '70-'71 Ashes.
0:33:59 > 0:34:05If Michael Atherton is watching, at least he'll be delighted someone THOUGHT he won the Ashes!
0:34:05 > 0:34:08One answer would have beaten Ray Illingworth.
0:34:08 > 0:34:13Very well done if you said Sir Len Hutton, who won two series.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Mike Brearley also won two series.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19David Gower won in '85.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23Peter May scored eight. Michael Vaughan ten...
0:34:24 > 0:34:28..Most recently of all on that list, Andrew Strauss.
0:34:28 > 0:34:33So, the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, it's Kat and Gemma.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37What a fantastic game you've had! You've played incredibly well.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Very close-run head-to-head,
0:34:40 > 0:34:44- despite We Are Statues and Mike Atherton! - THEY LAUGH
0:34:44 > 0:34:48You won that second question extremely well.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52But this is where we say goodbye. We will see you again next time.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56Thank you very much for playing. Brilliant contestants.
0:34:56 > 0:35:02For Ali and John, it's time for our Pointless final and a chance to win our jackpot of £9,250!
0:35:08 > 0:35:11Congratulations, Ali and John. You fought off all the competition.
0:35:11 > 0:35:16You have won our coveted Pointless trophy! Very well done.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:35:19 > 0:35:26You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, and at the end of today's show it stands at...
0:35:26 > 0:35:29AUDIENCE: Oooh!
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Now, the rules are very simple.
0:35:31 > 0:35:37All you have to do is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people could think of.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41We haven't had any today. Find one now and you'll go home with that money.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45First, you've got to choose a category from these three options.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55- Probably have more of an inkling with Politicians.- Just about.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59Can we go home, do the next one and have a nicer choice? Politicians?
0:35:59 > 0:36:01Politicians.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05Politicians it is. Let's find out what the question is.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:36:07 > 0:36:12to name as many post-war Home Secretaries as they could.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16- Richard.- We're looking for any politician of any party
0:36:16 > 0:36:21who held the post of Home Secretary at any point from August 1945
0:36:21 > 0:36:24through to the beginning of April 2011, please.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28You have one minute to come up with three answers.
0:36:28 > 0:36:34All you need, to win that £9,250, is for one of those to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38You've got the present one, Theresa May. John Major.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42- Was Stafford Cripps ever Home Secretary?- Foreign Secretary.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46Macmillan was Home Secretary, wasn't he? Or was he?
0:36:46 > 0:36:48I don't know. Was he?
0:36:48 > 0:36:52Could have Selwyn Lloyd. He was also Chancellor of the Exchequer.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55- Bevin was Home Secretary, wasn't he? - I think so.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58- Shall we have him?- Yeah. - Selwyn Lloyd?
0:36:58 > 0:37:01Selwyn Lloyd. Theresa May?
0:37:01 > 0:37:06- She'll be well-known.- Mind you, who knows the Home Secretaries?
0:37:06 > 0:37:10John Major was. Wasn't Healey Home Secretary?
0:37:10 > 0:37:12No, he was Chancellor.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15Are you sure Stafford Cripps wasn't?
0:37:15 > 0:37:19- Go for Stafford Cripps. - He may be pre-war, I can't remember.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23- Was Eden Home Secretary? - I don't know.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27- We don't go back that far. We're not that old.- I am nearly!
0:37:29 > 0:37:31- So we go for those?- Five seconds.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34- Oh, well. OK. - ALI LAUGHS
0:37:34 > 0:37:37That's your time up. I now need your three answers.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41We were looking for post-war Home Secretaries.
0:37:41 > 0:37:46- Selwyn Lloyd.- Selwyn Lloyd. - Stafford Cripps?- Stafford Cripps.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50- Roy Jenkins?- Go for Roy Jenkins. - Roy Jenkins.- Roy Jenkins.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53OK, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:37:53 > 0:37:57- Selwyn Lloyd, I think. - We'll put Selwyn Lloyd last.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00What's your least likely pointless answer?
0:38:00 > 0:38:05- I've forgotten what we said! - Stafford Cripps?- Stafford Cripps.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07We'll put Stafford Cripps first.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11Let's put them up on the board in that order. Here they are.
0:38:17 > 0:38:23We were looking for post-war Home Secretaries and we only have to find one pointless answer
0:38:23 > 0:38:26for you to win that jackpot of £9,250.
0:38:26 > 0:38:32You said this was your least confident shot at the jackpot. That was to do with the timing.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36You weren't sure if Stafford Cripps fitted into this period.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Let's find out. Stafford Cripps. Is it right?
0:38:39 > 0:38:42If it is right, how many people said Stafford Cripps?
0:38:42 > 0:38:46This is your first shot at that jackpot of £9,250.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Stafford Cripps, an incorrect answer.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53- Sorry, John.- That's all right.
0:38:53 > 0:38:59Not a pointless answer. You only have two more shots at that jackpot.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01What would you do with £9,250?
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Well, my car's making very sinister noises.
0:39:04 > 0:39:09It may be time for the scrapheap in the sky and another car.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11John, how about you?
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Um, I'd like to take my wife back to Egypt.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Back to Egypt? When did you last go?
0:39:17 > 0:39:19About seven years ago.
0:39:19 > 0:39:24- So, take her to the bits she missed out last time.- Very good indeed.
0:39:24 > 0:39:29Let's hope one of these answers will see both of those things fulfilled.
0:39:29 > 0:39:34We were looking for post-war Home Secretaries. Roy Jenkins.
0:39:34 > 0:39:40This has to be pointless and it has to be correct if you're going to win that jackpot of £9,250.
0:39:40 > 0:39:45Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Roy Jenkins. Good luck.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50It's right.
0:39:50 > 0:39:56If this goes all the way down to zero, you are leaving with £9,250.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59Into single figures...
0:39:59 > 0:40:02- Oh! - APPLAUSE
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Ooh. Two people.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14- We'd like to find those two people. - Speak to them very sternly!
0:40:14 > 0:40:21Two people said Roy Jenkins, so everything is now hanging on Selwyn Lloyd. Phwar!
0:40:21 > 0:40:25- Was he even a politician? - Who said Selwyn Lloyd?
0:40:25 > 0:40:27- Ali.- You didn't argue!
0:40:27 > 0:40:30- What vintage is Selwyn Lloyd? - I think, 1950s.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Yes, I would say '50s, '60s.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36- Douglas Home vintage? - I think he was a tad before.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40Macmillan's era, I think. Might be making it up. Don't know.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44- Sounds brilliant.- Doesn't it?
0:40:44 > 0:40:48- Yes. Might be an illusion, though. - Sounds fantastic, Selwyn Lloyd.
0:40:48 > 0:40:56This was the answer you were most confident would be pointless. It has to be correct.
0:40:56 > 0:41:01Then it has to go down to zero and if it does, you leave with £9,250.
0:41:01 > 0:41:06Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said Selwyn Lloyd. Very best of luck.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Selwyn Lloyd.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12Oh, no!
0:41:12 > 0:41:16- APPLAUSE - Oh, bad luck!
0:41:16 > 0:41:18So sorry!
0:41:18 > 0:41:22- Oh, it sounded so good, didn't it? - He was something, I'm sure!
0:41:22 > 0:41:26You didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,
0:41:26 > 0:41:31so you don't win today's jackpot of £9,250. I'm so sorry.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35That will roll over, but you have been brilliant contestants.
0:41:35 > 0:41:40- But you do take home our Pointless trophy.- That's what we came for.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47Unlucky, Ali and John. Selwyn Lloyd was Macmillan's Chancellor.
0:41:47 > 0:41:52He was also Foreign Secretary at the time of the Suez Crisis.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56Stafford Cripps, again, was Chancellor but never Home Secretary.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00Let's look at the pointless answers. There will be names you recognise.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe served under Churchill.
0:42:04 > 0:42:10The most recent name, David Waddington, served under Thatcher. He was her Home Secretary.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Frank Soskice served under Harold Wilson.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16Gwilym Lloyd-George, David Lloyd-George's son,
0:42:16 > 0:42:19Home Secretary under Churchill and Eden.
0:42:19 > 0:42:24Henry Brooke, Home Secretary under Macmillan, the last to allow a death penalty to be carried out.
0:42:24 > 0:42:29James Chuter Ede, Clement Attlee's first Home Secretary.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33Merlyn Rees was Home Secretary under James Callaghan in the '70s.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37Reginald Maudling, Heath's Home Secretary in the early '70s.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:42:40 > 0:42:45Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Ali and John.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48- You've been absolutely fantastic. - APPLAUSE
0:42:48 > 0:42:56Nobody's won our jackpot today which means it rolls over to the next show when we will be playing for...
0:42:56 > 0:42:58AUDIENCE: Ooooh!
0:42:58 > 0:43:02- Join us then. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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