Episode 59 Pointless

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

-Let's meet today's players.

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Welcome, Ali and John, our first pair today. How do you know each other?

-We play in the same quiz team.

-Ah!

-In the Chiltern quiz league.

-Where are you in the league?

-I think we came second last season.

-Oh, second?

-I know. Pretty dismal. We didn't really want to show off.

-When you're not quizzing, Ali, what do you like to do?

-Amateur dramatics and a lot of reading.

-This is all going to stand you in such good stead.

-Let us hope so.

-John, what do you do?

-I'm a mature student, taking my second degree.

-What's your second degree in?

-My second degree is now in politics, economics.

-I'm trying to work out what areas are not covered by the two of you.

-Nuclear physics.

-OK. Good.

Very best of luck to the pair of you. I'm sure you don't need it. You're going to storm it!

-Marco and Martin, how do you know each other?

-We're in the military. Well, Martin's RAF - close enough!

-He's said that before!

-Once or twice.

-Marco, what element of the services are you in?

-The army.

-What do you do?

-I fixed helicopters for 15 years and now they've got me as an IT geek.

-Wow! So you travel all over?

-Yes.

All the sunny hotspots that the military send us to!

I'm glad we caught you on a day you were here!

-What would you like to see come up, Martin?

-Films.

Which can be a bit broad, but we're hedging our bets towards that.

-Marco, anything you'd like to see come up?

-TV cartoons would be nice.

Try and avoid food and drink, although to look at us, you'd think it'd be the perfect subject.

Don't want questions on them.

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

-What are your hobbies, Marco?

-Help For Heroes takes up most of my time.

-Very good indeed.

A group of us went up Kilimanjaro a year ago.

Raised £170,000. APPLAUSE

Very, very well done.

-You made it all the way up, all the way back down?

-I did, yes.

I don't remember the bit at the top but I have seen photos to prove it.

Well, very best of luck to the pair of you.

-Next, we welcome Kat and Gemma. How do you know each other?

-We're sisters.

-Where are you from?

-We're from Manchester.

-What do you do, Kat?

-I work in PR.

-Just setting up my own company with a friend, so it's quite exciting.

-Very exciting. How about you, Gemma?

I work in very exciting legal recruitment.

-Legal recruitment.

-Yeah. Living the dream!

-Living the dream!

What would you like to see come up, Gemma?

Ooh, anything that's popular culture focused, ideally.

Literature of certain types - either contemporary or classic, nothing in between!

-Yeah, those would be my favourites.

-Kat, how about you?

-Probably geography. Definitely not politics.

-No!

We tried to revise and we can't get it to stay in our brains.

-Just going to have to hope that it's not that.

-What revising do you do for Pointless?

Well, you just take... We've actually got the board game.

-So we've been playing that!

-Very good. Yeah!

We've been drawing all our friends and family in to put us under pressure, see how we do.

Very good indeed. Very best of luck to the pair of you.

Finally, welcome back Ciara and Malachy. Everyone gets two chances to reach the final.

-Remind us what happened last time.

-We got hit with a question about lizards.

-Got put out in the first round.

-Yeah.

-Lizards! Oh, they were tough!

It was the mullion lizard, Ciara. The mullion lizard did for you.

Malachy, what's going to see you further than round one?

I don't think it would happen, but a category on professional wrestling, I could do that.

-Professional wre... We've never had a professional wrestling category.

-I'd like that.

-You would love that!

-You love a bit of professional wrestling.

-I don't mind a bit of AMATEUR wrestling.

On my days off!

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

-LAUGHTER

-Ciara, what about you?

-Something about Gaelic football in Ireland.

-Gaelic football.

-Another subject we haven't really troubled.

-We were hoping you'd have exhausted everything else.

-And these'll be the first two categories.

-This could be the show, Malachy and Ciara!

It's lovely to have you back. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.

One person left to introduce. On the path to knowledge, he walks on the obscure side of the street.

-He is my pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya.

-Hey there.

-Hey!

-Are you well?

-I'm very well. How are you?

Not bad at all. We've only got one returning pair, Malachy and Ciara.

We only saw them for one round, so a really open field.

I've been asked for Gaelic football, nuclear physics and wrestling.

Not a huge amount of that, but Marco and Martin, you might like round one, I suspect.

Marco and Martin! Round one! Here goes.

We put all our questions to 100 people. We're after the obscure answers they didn't get.

For a chance to win our jackpot, all our players need to do is score as few points as they can.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave,

then we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000.

So today's jackpot starts off at...

AUDIENCE: Ooooh!

-Right, let's play Pointless.

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In the first round, each of you gives me one answer, and you cannot confer.

Whichever team has the highest score will be eliminated. Try and make sure that's not you.

An incorrect answer will score the maximum of 100 points.

Our first category this afternoon is...Actresses.

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

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

Let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

Sigourney Weaver films as they could. Richard.

Any feature film for cinema release for which Sigourney Weaver received an acting credit, prior to May 2011.

No TV films, short films or documentaries, but voice performances do count.

OK. Now, Ali and John, you all drew lots before the show and you get to go first.

-So, Ali, Sigourney Weaver films.

-I can only think of the very obvious ones.

-One of which is Ghostbusters.

-You're hoping to score as few points as possible.

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

It's right.

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That's not a bad score at all.

-24. Richard.

-Correct answer.

From 1984. Sigourney Weaver plays the owner of an apartment who hires the ghostbusters.

Splendid, thank you. Now, Marco.

Richard said this was going to be a good one for you.

Nothing like the pressure! The dementor's kiss, we call it, when Richard tips you to win.

-Come on! You've been up Kilimanjaro. You can handle this.

-Um...

There'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.

Galaxy Quest. Let's see if Galaxy Quest is right and, if so, how many people said it.

Good luck, Marco.

It's right.

Oh! Very, very well done, Marco! Three!

-Very, very good score indeed.

-Yeah, very well played, Marco.

It's a good film, Galaxy Quest.

She plays a former cast member of an old sci-fi drama alongside Alan Rickman and Tim Allen.

Aliens come down and they mistake her for the real thing.

-Have you seen it?

-No.

-It's funny.

-I'll have to look it out.

-Gemma, Sigourney Weaver.

-She's not one of my favourites.

I haven't seen a massive amount of her films, apart from obvious ones.

The least obvious one to me that I can think of is Copycat.

Copycat? Very good indeed. Let's see if Copycat's right.

And if it is, how many people said it. Copycat.

It's right.

Oh, very well done indeed, Gemma!

-A great score. Richard.

-Well played, Gemma.

She plays an expert on serial killers. Harry Connick Jr is the serial killer.

Ciara, Sigourney Weaver films?

My mind has gone completely blank.

I don't know if there was a sequel, but I'm going to say Ghostbusters II.

-In case there was!

-GIGGLES

Ghostbusters II. I can't fault your logic. Ghostbusters II, says Ciara.

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

It's right!

-LAUGHING:

-Very well done, Ciara!

That's a great answer!

Four points for Ghostbusters II. That's impeccable logic.

-And well rewarded. Richard.

-That takes a certain sort of genius!

To have nothing in your head and have the presence of mind! Yeah, from 1989.

She was, indeed, in the sequel.

Brilliant! Hats off to you, Ciara!

We're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at the scores.

Three is where we find Marco and Martin.

Up to four, we find Ciara and Malachy.

Up to five, we find Gemma and Kat. Then substantially up to 24.

Ali and John. So, John, pressure on you to find a really good,

obscure Sigourney Weaver film in the next pass.

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

We're looking for Sigourney Weaver films.

Malachy, you're on four. John and Ali are on 24.

If you score 19 or less, you are through to the next round.

-Are you good on this subject?

-I only know a few of her movies.

Ciara really helped me out there!

I'll say Alien.

Alien. Here is a red line.

Below that red line, you are through to the next round.

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

Very well done.

Ooh, bad luck, Malachy. I'm afraid that's a very popular answer.

The most popular, I'd have thought. Takes your total up to 71. Richard.

Yeah, obviously very famously in that film. Only her third ever film.

Kat, you are on five. The high-scorers are Malachy and Ciara on 71.

If you can score 65 or less, you are through to the next round.

OK, Gemma and I have got very similar tastes.

That's the one that was in my head. I'm glad she got it, but gutted for me!

I'm thinking, it's the only other one I know, and that's Avatar.

You're saying Avatar. There's your red line.

If Avatar gets you below that line, you're through to the next round.

Let's see how many people said Avatar, if it's right.

You've done it! Very well done.

Look at that! 17!

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17 for Avatar takes you up to 22.

-Brilliant score. Richard.

-Yeah, safely through to the next round.

She's been in a lot of good films. Plays Grace, head of the Avatar programme.

Now, Martin. Remember, we are looking for Sigourney Weaver films.

You're on three. The high-scorers are Malachy and Ciara on 71.

If you can score 67 or less, you're through to the next round.

I'm going to play a little bit safe and go down the sequels route.

-I'm going to say Alien 3.

-Alien 3. OK, let's see if that's right.

If it is, let's see how many people said Alien 3.

There's your red line. Below that, you are through to the next round.

You've done it!

Very well done, Martin. Scores you 16, takes your total up to 19.

-Richard.

-Well played, Martin. The film round has served you guys well, as expected. From 1992.

-Directed by David Fincher.

-Now, John, you are on 24.

The high-scorers are Malachy and Ciara on 71.

-You have to score 46 or less. Have you had good answers other people have taken?

-Yes.

I'm going down the sequel route as well.

-I think the last Alien one was Alien 4.

-You are saying Alien 4.

Let's see if that's right. Here is your red line coming in.

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

Alien 4. Is it right? How many people said it?

It's right.

And you've done it!

12! Takes your total up to 36.

I have to say, though, John, you are luckier than you imagine.

It wasn't Alien 4 in the UK, but Alien: Resurrection.

I asked for general cinema release. In some territories it WAS Alien 4 so, by the skin of your teeth...

You got through. People have been knocked out on worse luck before.

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

Baby Mama with Tina Fey. Be Kind Rewind, the Jack Black film.

She was in Eyewitness with William Hurt.

Happily N'Ever After, she plays the voice of Cinderella's stepmother.

Infamous, a Truman Capote movie, she is in.

The Tale of Despereaux, she is the narrator.

In Vantage Point, she witnesses an attempted assassination.

Very well done if you said any of those. Let's take a look at the ones most of our 100 people said.

Ghostbusters, third most popular answer.

Aliens, which was the follow-up film to Alien.

And Alien, right up the top on 67.

Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of round one, the losing pair with the highest score, it's Malachy and Ciara.

-Ciara, you were heroic!

-Thank you.

-That was a fantastic answer.

Then I'm afraid Malachy went back into the jaws of defeat!

-With Alien!

-I'm a wee bit gutted with myself.

If you'd just put an S on the end of that, Aliens...

you'd probably still be leaving us, but with less of a deficit, anyway!

Well, such are the pitfalls of Pointless. Completely unpredictable.

You've been fantastic contestants.

I'm really sorry we have to say goodbye. Malachy and Ciara! Brilliant contestants.

But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head so one of the teams will leave at the end of this round.

Our category for round two is...

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

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

So, our round two question concerns...

-Richard.

-We're going to show you six footballers on each pass.

We asked 100 people to tell us which national teams they played for.

Give us an obscure answer, you'll score fewer points. An incorrect answer scores 100 points.

So 12 national teams to guess at home. Best of luck.

So, we're looking for the national teams these players have played for.

And we have got...

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

There are the footballers. Ali, I want you to find an obscure one.

The one that the fewest of our 100 people will have known.

Just supply the country. That's pretty much all you have to do.

-I'll get my coat now.

-Oh, dear.

I have never heard of any of them. I'm sorry to shock the public!

Fernando Torres plays for Spain.

Fernando Torres, Spain, says Ali. Let's see if that's right.

If it is, how many people knew that?

Very well guessed!

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-Not bad at all!

Yeah, that's damage limitation, Ali. Fernando Torres plays for Spain.

He was sold from Liverpool to Chelsea for £50 million!

Then went on a spectacularly long run of not scoring a goal.

Martin, I want you to give me the name of a national team for which one of these players has played.

-Try and find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-I know them.

The national teams I've now got all scrambled in my head.

-OK.

-So I am going to have to guess.

I'm going to guess at Craig Bellamy, Northern Ireland.

Craig Bellamy, Northern Ireland.

Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people knew that.

Ooh, bad luck.

That's an incorrect answer.

-It scores you the maximum of 100 points. Richard.

-Sorry, Martin.

-I can't give you the correct answer in case Kat wants a go at that one.

-Kat, you're the last person.

You can fill in all the blanks, then submit your favourite answer.

I do actually like football so I know a few of these.

Agbonlahor, I think he plays for England.

Luka Modric, he's at Tottenham, but I don't know his national team.

Mascherano is Argentina. Bellamy's Wales.

Santa Cruz is at City at the moment,

but I don't know which is his national team. So I think I'll go...

for Mascherano and Argentina.

OK, you say Mascherano for Argentina.

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

Yup, that's right.

Down it goes.

It's a brilliant answer! Very well done, Kat!

Spectacular! Very well done.

Well played, Kat. You took us through the board fairly well.

We'll fill in a few of the gaps.

Gabby Agbonlahor plays for Aston Villa and plays for England!

Would have been a good answer. Craig Bellamy, you're right, is Wales.

Luka Modric plays for Tottenham. Also plays for Croatia.

The best answer on the board is Roque Santa Cruz,

played for Man City and Blackburn, and his national team, Paraguay.

-Very well done if you said that.

-OK, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores.

By far the best score was Kat and Gemma. Brilliant score!

Up to 48, Ali and John.

Then way, way up to 100, where we find Martin and Marco.

Marco, you'll have to answer very carefully

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

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

We are looking for the national teams of these footballers...

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

We are looking for the national teams they have played for. Gemma, how well did Kat do there?

She's fab, isn't she? She did really well. I'm very pleased.

Similarly with Kat, I could tell you all of the teams they play for,

but when it comes to distinguishing between their national teams.

I know...four of them.

I'm going to go for...

Michael Essien and France.

Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said Michael Essien, France.

Here's your red line. Below that, you're through to the head-to-head.

Michael Essien, France.

No?!

Ooh! Unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer, Gemma.

I'm afraid that means you score the maximum of 100 points.

Might not be devastating. We'll have to wait and see.

-Richard.

-Yeah, sorry, Gemma. Good look of shock, though!

A great "shocked" look.

I won't give you the answer in case Marco or John want a go at Essien.

Now, Marco, that is what we call a lifeline.

Indeed.

Of course, being a West Ham fan, I know nothing about football!

I was looking up there and, although I recognise most of the names,

I'm going to have to go for Michael Ballack,

and I believe he plays for Germany.

Michael Ballack, Germany.

You have to score seven or less

-to be sure of a place in the head-to-head.

-How hard can it be?

Michael Ballack, Germany.

That's what seven looks like on our stack here.

If you get below that, you are through to the head-to-head.

Michael Ballack, Germany. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.

It IS right.

Now then. Here we go.

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19 that scores you. Gemma and Kat, you're through to the head-to-head.

Martin and Marco, your total is 119. You are the high-scorers. Richard.

Not a bad score, Marco.

The former Chelsea player captained and played many times for Germany.

-So then, John. Good subject for you?

-Terrible subject for me.

I think I know two of them. Arshavin.

I think he plays for Arsenal.

That's kind of a swear word to a Spurs supporter.

Robin van Persie.

Adebayor, no, or Darren Fletcher.

So I'm going to stick with Andrey Arshavin.

I think he plays for Russia.

You're going to say Russia for Andrey Arshavin.

There's your red line. Below that red line, you stay.

Above that red line, we say goodbye.

Arshavin, Russia.

It's right.

And you've done it!

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Takes your total up to 60. Richard.

Well done, John. An Arsenal player has seen you to the head-to-head.

Does a lot better for Russia than he's ever done for Arsenal.

-Shall we clear up Michael Essien?

-I can just see the blue shirt.

-It's obviously his Chelsea shirt.

-Do you know that, Kat?

-I thought it was France as well. Is it the Ivory Coast?

-It's Ghana.

And was a very good answer, the best answer on the board.

Let's clear up some of the bigger scorers.

Robin van Persie, another Arsenal player, plays for Holland.

Darren Fletcher, Man Utd mid-fielder is a Scottish international.

Emmanuel Adebayor is Togolese.

So, at the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score,

Marco and Martin.

Ooh, bad luck. Craig Bellamy was the expensive mistake.

He is for several clubs! ALEXANDER LAUGHS

-I knew it was a UK team. Just got the wrong one.

-Yeah. Bad luck.

I think we've seen enough to know that when you come back next time,

we can expect great things from you.

We have to say goodbye, but we will see you next time. Marco and Martin, great contestants.

For the remaining pairs, things get even more exciting, as we enter the head-to-head.

Ali and John, Kat and Gemma, you've made it to the head-to-head.

Only one pair can make it to today's final and play for that jackpot, which currently stands at £9,250.

For each question, each pair gives me just one answer,

but you are now allowed to confer.

All you have to do is come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair to win that question.

The first to win two questions plays for today's jackpot.

Let's play Pointless.

Here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

-..as they could.

-Any song on the original soundtrack of the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,

apart from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the main title music.

Ali and John, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.

Songs from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

We know where it was filmed, but it's a long time since we saw the film.

-Um...Truly Scrumptious.

-Truly Scrumptious.

Thank you very much. Truly Scrumptious.

Kat and Gemma, you can talk out loud if you like, if you need to.

That was the only one we knew!

We've been trying to remember when there were songs in the film.

-They get caught by...

-The dream catcher. No.

-I know who you mean.

-The child catcher.

There's a bit where they're toy models and do some kind of song.

-I don't know what they're called.

-Shall we just say, We Are Toys?

-LAUGH We don't...

-We Are Statues.

-We Are Statues.

-It's as good as any!

-Is that your answer?

-Yeah. We don't know, unfortunately.

We have Truly Scrumptious and we have We Are Statues.

Truly Scrumptious, is it right? How many people said it?

It's right.

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-Now then, Kat and Gemma, We Are Statues.

-You never know.

-Sometimes you do!

-Stranger things have happened.

We Are Statues, is it right? How many people said We Are Statues? Good luck.

Bad luck. An incorrect answer, which means, after one question,

Ali and John are in the lead.

-Richard.

-Good name for a song, We Are Statues, but not in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

There's a few pointless ones.

The Roses Of Success sung by Grandpa Potts and the inventors.

Lovely Lonely Man by Truly Scrumptious.

Doll On A Music Box, pointless...

..Well done if you got any of those pointless answers.

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

Kat and Gemma, you have to win this to stay in the game.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..as they could.

Any President of the United States who served two full terms or more up to the inauguration of Barack Obama.

-Where Presidents share the same surname, we'll ask you specify which one you mean.

-Thank you very much.

Kat and Gemma, you go first this time.

THEY WHISPER

OK?

Yeah. We did actually revise lots of US Presidents,

but we didn't revise how long they served for, so kicking ourselves now.

-Gemma, go with what you think.

-Well, we'll go for a really obvious... George Washington?

George Washington.

George Washington say Kat and Gemma. Ali and John?

-Which one did we decide?

-Well, we went through the Bushes.

Clinton.

Roosevelt.

< Franklin Roosevelt.

-Yeah, FDR.

-Franklin D Roosevelt, OK.

We have George Washington and we have Franklin D Roosevelt.

Kat and Gemma said George Washington. Is that right?

If it is, how many people said it?

It's right.

It's a good answer!

-That's a great answer!

-APPLAUSE

Good score.

Ali and John have gone for FDR. Let's see if that's right...

-Do you know that to be right?

-It's right, but we think it's higher.

OK, how many of our people said Franklin D Roosevelt?

It's right.

Ooh!

There we are, 24 for FDR, which means, after two questions, you are one-all. Very close indeed.

-Richard.

-Well played, Kat and Gemma. First President, George Washington.

Roosevelt's the only President ever to have served more than two terms.

Because it was during the war, he came back for a third time.

Let's take a look at all the answers...

..Grover Cleveland, who did it non-consecutively...

..All of those would have beaten George Washington.

There's FDR, who scored you 24...

..Here is your third question. Whoever wins this goes through to the final. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

-..as they could.

-Any of the eight men who've led England to an Ashes victory since 1945

up to May 2011, please.

Ali and John, you go first this time.

We just love sport(!)

I'm going to go for a Yorkshireman. I'm going for Ray Illingworth.

Ray Illingworth. Very good. Kat and Gemma.

-This is a guess. Michael Atherton.

-Michael Atherton.

Ali and John, Ray Illingworth. Is it right and how many people said it?

It's right.

It's a great answer. Four! Very well done!

Kat and Gemma have gone for Mike Atherton.

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

Bad luck.

Bad luck. An incorrect answer, I'm afraid.

That means Ali and John are through to the final, two-one.

-Richard.

-Ray Illingworth, very good answer. He took over from Colin Cowdrey in the '70-'71 Ashes.

If Michael Atherton is watching, at least he'll be delighted someone THOUGHT he won the Ashes!

One answer would have beaten Ray Illingworth.

Very well done if you said Sir Len Hutton, who won two series.

Mike Brearley also won two series.

David Gower won in '85.

Peter May scored eight. Michael Vaughan ten...

..Most recently of all on that list, Andrew Strauss.

So, the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, it's Kat and Gemma.

What a fantastic game you've had! You've played incredibly well.

Very close-run head-to-head,

-despite We Are Statues and Mike Atherton!

-THEY LAUGH

You won that second question extremely well.

But this is where we say goodbye. We will see you again next time.

Thank you very much for playing. Brilliant contestants.

For Ali and John, it's time for our Pointless final and a chance to win our jackpot of £9,250!

Congratulations, Ali and John. You fought off all the competition.

You have won our coveted Pointless trophy! Very well done.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, and at the end of today's show it stands at...

AUDIENCE: Oooh!

Now, the rules are very simple.

All you have to do is find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people could think of.

We haven't had any today. Find one now and you'll go home with that money.

First, you've got to choose a category from these three options.

-Probably have more of an inkling with Politicians.

-Just about.

Can we go home, do the next one and have a nicer choice? Politicians?

Politicians.

Politicians it is. Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many post-war Home Secretaries as they could.

-Richard.

-We're looking for any politician of any party

who held the post of Home Secretary at any point from August 1945

through to the beginning of April 2011, please.

You have one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need, to win that £9,250, is for one of those to be pointless. Your 60 seconds start now.

You've got the present one, Theresa May. John Major.

-Was Stafford Cripps ever Home Secretary?

-Foreign Secretary.

Macmillan was Home Secretary, wasn't he? Or was he?

I don't know. Was he?

Could have Selwyn Lloyd. He was also Chancellor of the Exchequer.

-Bevin was Home Secretary, wasn't he?

-I think so.

-Shall we have him?

-Yeah.

-Selwyn Lloyd?

Selwyn Lloyd. Theresa May?

-She'll be well-known.

-Mind you, who knows the Home Secretaries?

John Major was. Wasn't Healey Home Secretary?

No, he was Chancellor.

Are you sure Stafford Cripps wasn't?

-Go for Stafford Cripps.

-He may be pre-war, I can't remember.

-Was Eden Home Secretary?

-I don't know.

-We don't go back that far. We're not that old.

-I am nearly!

-So we go for those?

-Five seconds.

-Oh, well. OK.

-ALI LAUGHS

That's your time up. I now need your three answers.

We were looking for post-war Home Secretaries.

-Selwyn Lloyd.

-Selwyn Lloyd.

-Stafford Cripps?

-Stafford Cripps.

-Roy Jenkins?

-Go for Roy Jenkins.

-Roy Jenkins.

-Roy Jenkins.

OK, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Selwyn Lloyd, I think.

-We'll put Selwyn Lloyd last.

What's your least likely pointless answer?

-I've forgotten what we said!

-Stafford Cripps?

-Stafford Cripps.

We'll put Stafford Cripps first.

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

We were looking for post-war Home Secretaries and we only have to find one pointless answer

for you to win that jackpot of £9,250.

You said this was your least confident shot at the jackpot. That was to do with the timing.

You weren't sure if Stafford Cripps fitted into this period.

Let's find out. Stafford Cripps. Is it right?

If it is right, how many people said Stafford Cripps?

This is your first shot at that jackpot of £9,250.

Stafford Cripps, an incorrect answer.

-Sorry, John.

-That's all right.

Not a pointless answer. You only have two more shots at that jackpot.

What would you do with £9,250?

Well, my car's making very sinister noises.

It may be time for the scrapheap in the sky and another car.

John, how about you?

Um, I'd like to take my wife back to Egypt.

Back to Egypt? When did you last go?

About seven years ago.

-So, take her to the bits she missed out last time.

-Very good indeed.

Let's hope one of these answers will see both of those things fulfilled.

We were looking for post-war Home Secretaries. Roy Jenkins.

This has to be pointless and it has to be correct if you're going to win that jackpot of £9,250.

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

Roy Jenkins. Good luck.

It's right.

If this goes all the way down to zero, you are leaving with £9,250.

Into single figures...

-Oh!

-APPLAUSE

Ooh. Two people.

-We'd like to find those two people.

-Speak to them very sternly!

Two people said Roy Jenkins, so everything is now hanging on Selwyn Lloyd. Phwar!

-Was he even a politician?

-Who said Selwyn Lloyd?

-Ali.

-You didn't argue!

-What vintage is Selwyn Lloyd?

-I think, 1950s.

Yes, I would say '50s, '60s.

-Douglas Home vintage?

-I think he was a tad before.

Macmillan's era, I think. Might be making it up. Don't know.

-Sounds brilliant.

-Doesn't it?

-Yes. Might be an illusion, though.

-Sounds fantastic, Selwyn Lloyd.

This was the answer you were most confident would be pointless. It has to be correct.

Then it has to go down to zero and if it does, you leave with £9,250.

Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said Selwyn Lloyd. Very best of luck.

Selwyn Lloyd.

Oh, no!

-APPLAUSE

-Oh, bad luck!

So sorry!

-Oh, it sounded so good, didn't it?

-He was something, I'm sure!

You didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,

so you don't win today's jackpot of £9,250. I'm so sorry.

That will roll over, but you have been brilliant contestants.

-But you do take home our Pointless trophy.

-That's what we came for.

Unlucky, Ali and John. Selwyn Lloyd was Macmillan's Chancellor.

He was also Foreign Secretary at the time of the Suez Crisis.

Stafford Cripps, again, was Chancellor but never Home Secretary.

Let's look at the pointless answers. There will be names you recognise.

David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe served under Churchill.

The most recent name, David Waddington, served under Thatcher. He was her Home Secretary.

Frank Soskice served under Harold Wilson.

Gwilym Lloyd-George, David Lloyd-George's son,

Home Secretary under Churchill and Eden.

Henry Brooke, Home Secretary under Macmillan, the last to allow a death penalty to be carried out.

James Chuter Ede, Clement Attlee's first Home Secretary.

Merlyn Rees was Home Secretary under James Callaghan in the '70s.

Reginald Maudling, Heath's Home Secretary in the early '70s.

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

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Ali and John.

-You've been absolutely fantastic.

-APPLAUSE

Nobody's won our jackpot today which means it rolls over to the next show when we will be playing for...

AUDIENCE: Ooooh!

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

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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