0:00:14 > 0:00:16APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:24 > 0:00:28Thank you very much! I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,
0:00:28 > 0:00:33the show where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Let's meet today's players.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43First we welcome Dean and Nicola, our first pair today. Where are you from?
0:00:43 > 0:00:47- We're from Broxbourne, Hertfordshire.- Broxbourne.
0:00:47 > 0:00:52- How do you know each other?- We've been together for seven years and married for three.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57- Congratulations. Nicola, what do you do?- I work in personnel for a college.
0:00:57 > 0:01:03- In Epping.- Dean, how about you? - I'm a train driver.- A train driver!
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Have you wanted to be a train driver since you were little?
0:01:06 > 0:01:10- It's every small boy's dream! - Do you get to wear a hat?
0:01:10 > 0:01:13- Unfortunately not! - It's just too upsetting!
0:01:13 > 0:01:18- No hat!- I know.- When did they stop wearing hats? In the 19th century!
0:01:18 > 0:01:23- So what's the route you drive? - London, Liverpool Street to Hertford East.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28- Cambridge, Stansted and Chingford. - That's just fantastic.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Fantastic. I know that route well.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- I've been on that train!- So have I. You're on it all the time.
0:01:34 > 0:01:40- A bit bumpy.- I'm sorry!- When I do it, it's beautifully driven!
0:01:40 > 0:01:46- Thank you.- Beautifully smooth. Some of those junctions, I wouldn't have known they were there!
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Best of luck to the pair of you. Great to have you here.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54Next we welcome Helen and Glyn. How do you know each other?
0:01:54 > 0:02:01We met in Newcastle 15 years ago. I asked if she'd have a coffee with me.
0:02:01 > 0:02:06She kindly said yes. Two years later we married and have been happy ever since.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Fantastic. Glyn, what do you do?
0:02:08 > 0:02:10I'm a retired train driver!
0:02:11 > 0:02:15- And I don't have a hat! - Did you ever wear a hat?- No, never.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20- What was your route?- All over the north-east. The metro system and so on.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22And Helen, what do you do?
0:02:22 > 0:02:27- I'm a retired caterer.- Retired caterer. What sort of things did you cater?
0:02:27 > 0:02:33- Everything.- I can't imagine a caterer saying, "No, we don't cater for those! No.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35"Not for that, no."
0:02:35 > 0:02:39- Helen, what do you hope may come up today?- Cookery, food and drink.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43- Cookery, food, drink. - Films. Cinema.- Films.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Glyn, what would be a great subject for you?
0:02:45 > 0:02:48'50s and '60s music. Geography.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- OK. Metro stops would be right up your street.- All the way round!
0:02:52 > 0:02:56- It's lovely having you here. Best of luck to you.- Thank you.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Next we welcome back Sue and Ann. Your second time on Pointless.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05Everyone gets two chances at the final. Remind us what happened last time.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07We were quite unlucky to lose out.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Unfortunately, we were just pipped!
0:03:10 > 0:03:15- It was prime ministers of Israel. - Yes.- That was a tough one, Richard!
0:03:15 > 0:03:17What do you want, metro stops?
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Yes!
0:03:19 > 0:03:24- OK, if that's what everybody wants, we'll do metro stops!- No!
0:03:24 > 0:03:30It's brilliant having you here. Welcome back. I have high hopes of you making it to the final.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Finally, we welcome Sarah and James. How do you know each other?
0:03:34 > 0:03:39Sarah's my elder sister. She was born, then two years later I was born.
0:03:39 > 0:03:45- We haven't done much else since! - You were born and you just turned up here? Come on!
0:03:45 > 0:03:50- What do you do, James? - I'm a student physics teacher.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- Where do you do that?- In Leeds.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- Sarah, what about you? - I'm a solicitor.- Whereabouts?
0:03:57 > 0:04:02- In County Down, a little town called Downpatrick. - Downpatrick, County Down.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- How long have you been doing that? - I'm only recently qualified. A year.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09All very exciting. A new practice there.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13What do you like to do when you're not sol... "Soliciting?" Whoa!
0:04:14 > 0:04:16What was I about to say?
0:04:16 > 0:04:20What do you like to do when you're not being a solicitor?
0:04:20 > 0:04:26I'm also the church organist in the church I grew up in and I lead the choir as well.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- You take choir practice?- Yes.- Friday evenings?- Thursday evenings.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- Do you do an anthem on Sundays? - We do.- As well as all the hymns.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Good. James, are you musical as well?
0:04:37 > 0:04:44- Yes, I'm a percussionist.- Are you? You play the full array of percussion?
0:04:44 > 0:04:48- Yes.- Cymbals to side drums.- Anything you can hit with anything else!
0:04:48 > 0:04:50With anything else!
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55We'll find out more about all of you during the show.
0:04:55 > 0:05:00One more person left for me to introduce. When they were handing out obscurity, he got lots!
0:05:00 > 0:05:04- He's my Pointless friend, Richard. - Hiya. Hiya.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Handing out obscurity - that's a nonsense!
0:05:12 > 0:05:18- A lot of the times you introduce me, it's nonsense. Haven't you spotted that?- Nonsense.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22You've had me on a mountain of obscurity, in a lake of obscurity.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- I'm an obscurity tri-athlete, as far as you're concerned!- Yeah!
0:05:26 > 0:05:31We've only got one returning pair, Sue and Ann, who got to the head-to-head last time and did well.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34They'll be tough to beat for our newcomers.
0:05:34 > 0:05:40First time in Pointless history that we've had 25% of our contestants qualified to drive a train!
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- First time in history.- 25%?- Yeah.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50- One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Yes, that's right! Sorry!- There you go.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Maths is not my strong suit!
0:05:53 > 0:05:59- Helen, you'll be pleased to hear the first round is about food! - Lovely. Thank you!
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Second round is about metro stops!
0:06:02 > 0:06:07OK. Thanks, Richard. We put our questions to 100 people before the show.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11But we're after the obscure answers they didn't get. To stay in the game,
0:06:11 > 0:06:16all our players need to do is score as few points as they possibly can.
0:06:16 > 0:06:22Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25When that happens, we'll add £250 to the jackpot.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Now, Paul and Colin won the jackpot last time,
0:06:28 > 0:06:31so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39OK, let's play Pointless!
0:06:44 > 0:06:47In the first round, each of you must give me one answer
0:06:47 > 0:06:49and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53The team with the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Our first category today is...
0:06:58 > 0:07:03Can you decide in your pairs who's going first and who's going second.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Let's see what the question is.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Richard?
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- You don't get this on other quiz shows!- No!
0:07:24 > 0:07:27The answers are types of cooked, cured or uncooked sausage.
0:07:27 > 0:07:33The incorrect answers will not be sausages at all. Sausages is what we're talking about!
0:07:33 > 0:07:40Right. Dean and Nicola, you drew lots earlier. You get to go first.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43You have a choice of seven possible answers in each pass.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Your first set of answers reads like this.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Falukorv.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49Baloney.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50Salami.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54..Merguez. Or "mergueth"? I'm guessing.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57My "gueth" is as good as yours!
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Frankfurter.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Knackwurst.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01Turija.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04I'll read those again.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16At least one of those answers is pointless,
0:08:16 > 0:08:19but be careful because at least one of those is incorrect.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24An incorrect one scores the maximum of 100 points. Now, then.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28- Dean.- Right.- Dean, a sausage man?
0:08:28 > 0:08:31- No...- You like a sausage, Dean! Come on!
0:08:31 > 0:08:33What's that list looking like to you?
0:08:33 > 0:08:37- A little bit confusing.- Yeah.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40I think I'll go for the bottom one. Is it turija?
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- Turija.- Yes.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45What do you think that might be?
0:08:45 > 0:08:50I have no idea, but I saw it straightaway and went with it.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54I commend your bravery. Brilliant. Let's hope that's a correct answer.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57If it is, how many people said turija?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Oh, Dean!
0:09:01 > 0:09:07Unfortunately, turija is an incorrect answer so you score the maximum 100 points.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- Sorry. Richard?- Sorry, Dean,
0:09:10 > 0:09:16Turija is the name of a village in Serbia which is the home of the World Sausage Festival!
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Well, now. Helen, we are looking for types of sausage.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25What are you thinking about when you look down that board behind me?
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- Are there any sausages leaping out at you?- Knackwurst.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33- Knackwurst.- Yes.- Knackwurst.- Sorry.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37That's how I've chosen to pronounce it, but I could be wrong!
0:09:37 > 0:09:41Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said knackwurst.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44It's right.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47And it's going a long way down.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Very well done, Helen! Wonderful!
0:09:53 > 0:09:57A cracking score. Knackwurst, two.
0:09:57 > 0:10:03Well played, Helen. Comes from the German meaning to make a cracking sound.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05As it does when you bite into it.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Sounds dreadful, doesn't it?
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- Like most German sausages. - A cracking sound?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14- Yeah.- Think how taut the skin must be!
0:10:14 > 0:10:18An explosion of processed pork in your mouth.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28Flavoured with cumin and parsley, in case you're interested. In the unlikely event you're interested.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31I could do with a knackwurst now, couldn't you?
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- Well done, Helen, two points. - Thank you.- Sue.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40We come to you. Types of sausage. Do you like sausages?
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Not a lot, no!
0:10:43 > 0:10:49- OK.- But I think I'll go for a load of old baloney!
0:10:49 > 0:10:53A load of old baloney. There it is, second from top. Baloney.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said baloney.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Oh, wow!
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Not a load of old baloney! A pointless answer.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14It adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to...
0:11:17 > 0:11:19And it scores you nothing!
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Very well done indeed. Richard?
0:11:21 > 0:11:26Yes, baloney, another name for Bologna sausage from Italy.
0:11:26 > 0:11:31- A pointless answer.- Who'd have thought?- I guess people don't realise baloney is a sausage.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Sarah.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38- Sausages.- I used to have a part-time job on a butchery counter in a supermarket.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42This is just... All your Christmases have come at once!
0:11:42 > 0:11:50You are the last person to have this board so talk us through the sausages that remain.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Well, I think I'd better stay safe
0:11:54 > 0:11:58and the only two I'm pretty sure are sausages are salami and frankfurter.
0:11:58 > 0:12:03I'm going to keep it safe and go for salami.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Salami. OK.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11I have a hunch that's a sausage. Let's see how many people said salami.
0:12:17 > 0:12:1840.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22Not a bad score in the context, by any means. 40.
0:12:24 > 0:12:30- Salami.- A large Italian sausage. It's a high score, but with Dean scoring 100, not a bad tactic.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34There's a couple more pointless up there. Let's look at the board.
0:12:37 > 0:12:42The other two, the falukorv and the merguez were both pointless answers.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46Three pointless answers today. Well done if you got those at home.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Half-way through the round, let's look at the scores.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Brilliant pointless answer with baloney from Sue.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56Two points, appropriately, for our caterer, Helen.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Then up to 40 for Sarah and James
0:12:58 > 0:13:05and Dean and Nicola way ahead on 100. Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:13:08 > 0:13:11OK, seven more answers on the board.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Types of sausage, in case you'd forgotten! Here they are.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28I'll read those one more time.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Guess which one of those I really like saying?
0:13:40 > 0:13:45There is at least one pointless answer on that board.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47There is at least one incorrect answer
0:13:47 > 0:13:50so try and avoid those.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56- James. Did you ever work behind the sausage counter?- I did not, no.
0:13:56 > 0:14:01- Did you ever go there when Sarah was there?- Occasionally, to buy a sausage roll.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05- I'm not sure what sausage goes into a sausage roll. - They don't like you to know!
0:14:07 > 0:14:13I think I'm going to play relatively safe and hope it's enough
0:14:13 > 0:14:18to get through and I'm going to go for chorizo.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19You're going for chorizo.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Well, below that red line, you're through.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Let's see if chorizo is right and if so, how many people said chorizo.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Well done, you're through, James. Very well done.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Down it goes. 14, that's a great score.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46- Chorizo.- Well played, James. You and Sarah played safe and got through.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51Chorizo is a Spanish sausage flavoured with paprika or red peppers.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Thanks. Now, then.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57- Ann, didn't Sue do well?- She did.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01Wonderful. A pointless answer with baloney.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05I think that because we have got a pointless answer,
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I might go for something a bit obscure.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Just because I like hearing you say it so much,
0:15:11 > 0:15:15I'm going to go for feuchtwanger.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Feuchtwanger. Feuchtwanger.
0:15:18 > 0:15:24If my sister worked behind the sausage counter, I'd be asking for feuchtwanger every day!
0:15:24 > 0:15:26OK. Feuchtwanger.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said feuchtwanger.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Your red line is just below the pink.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Sorry!
0:15:37 > 0:15:41I'm afraid that's incorrect, so you score a maximum of 100 points.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46- Richard?- Unlucky, Ann. It's the surname of Antoine Feuchtwanger,
0:15:46 > 0:15:50a German who many people claim is the inventor of the hot dog.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53He was a sausage seller in Missouri in the late 19th century.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57The sausages were so hot, he'd sell them with gloves.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02You'd be given a glove, but people would take the glove away and he lost a lot of money.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07So he went to a baker and got buns made for the sausages. That's where the hot dog was born, they say.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Antoine Feuchtwanger.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Right. Glen and Helen.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14We are looking for types of sausage.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18You are on two. Great answer from Helen on the first pass.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23The high scorers remain Nicola and Dean and Ann and Sue.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28If you score 97 or less with your answer, you are through, home and dry.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33I think I know three up there already, apart from the chorizo.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38But I'm going to play a bit safe and pick the train driver's sausage,
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- the saveloy.- The saveloy.- Yes. - The sausage of train drivers!
0:16:41 > 0:16:49OK, saveloy. There's your red line. If you're below that, you're through to the next round. Saveloy.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Is it right, and if it is, how many people said it?
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Well done. You're through.
0:17:02 > 0:17:08Very good! Only five points for saveloy, taking your total to seven.
0:17:08 > 0:17:13- Saveloy, only five points?- Very low score. The train driver's sausage.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17It got its name from the French cervelas because they used to make it with brains.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20It used to contain brains, the saveloy.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Nicola, normally I'd say you can talk us through the board.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28But there is more than an even chance we might have a tie here.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32So don't talk us through the board. Just pick a sausage.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36- Have you got your eye on one? - I have. I can't pronounce it, but abineri. Is that right?
0:17:36 > 0:17:40I've no idea, either, now you ask!
0:17:40 > 0:17:44You are the joint highest scorers so no red line for you.
0:17:44 > 0:17:49Let us see. It's great if abineri is a pointless answer.
0:17:49 > 0:17:54It'll add 250 quid to the jackpot and there'll be an exciting tie.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56I always like a tie!
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Abineri. How many people said it? Is it right?
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Oh, no! Bad luck, Nicola!
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Unfortunately, abineri is not a sausage.
0:18:07 > 0:18:13So you score the maximum of 100 points again, taking your total to an impressive 200 points!
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Richard?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Nicola, you had to go for an obscure one.
0:18:17 > 0:18:23Daniel Abineri played Frank-n-Furter in the Rocky Horror Picture Show!
0:18:23 > 0:18:26There was a pointless answer that would have got you a tie.
0:18:26 > 0:18:33Saucisson. It's not only the French word for sausage, but also a dry French sausage itself.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36That would have tied it. Well done if you said that at home.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- Well done if you got that.- Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round One,
0:18:49 > 0:18:56the losing pair with the highest score is Dean and Nicola. So sorry! You've gone out in a blaze of glory.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58It's the only way to do it.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02We'll see you next time. Thanks very much for playing.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03Lovely to see you.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10For the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.
0:19:17 > 0:19:22Only room for two pairs in the head-to-head, so one of you will leave at the end of this round.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26The category for Round Two this afternoon is...
0:19:27 > 0:19:31Decide in your pairs who's going first and who second.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35Whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42OK. Our Round Two question concerns...
0:19:46 > 0:19:49We'll show you a list of colleges and universities.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53We asked 100 people in which UK town or city are these based.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57We'll show you six on each pass. The obscure answers score fewer points.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00An incorrect answer scores 100 points.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02We want the UK towns and cities
0:20:02 > 0:20:05in which these colleges or universities are located.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07We have got...
0:20:17 > 0:20:20I'll read those one more time.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31We are looking for the UK towns and cities
0:20:31 > 0:20:34in which these colleges and universities are located.
0:20:34 > 0:20:39As always, you are looking for the answer that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Glyn, it falls to you to get the ball rolling in this round.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47What does that list look like to you?
0:20:47 > 0:20:51I know about three, I would say. But I'm going to play it safe.
0:20:51 > 0:20:57- I'm going for Northumbria University.- Which is located? - In Newcastle.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Newcastle. OK. Northumbria in Newcastle.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people knew that answer.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05It's right.
0:21:10 > 0:21:1224.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Not a bad score, Glyn!
0:21:17 > 0:21:22- Northumbria, Richard?- That fell very nicely for you, Glyn.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26The former Newcastle Polytechnic became a university in 1992.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27Ann, we come to you.
0:21:27 > 0:21:34Yes. There's only one I know for sure. So I'm going to say that.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37That's Aston University, which is Birmingham.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Aston, Birmingham. Very good. Let's see if that's right
0:21:40 > 0:21:43and if so how many people knew that answer.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45It's right.
0:21:48 > 0:21:5058.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52A high score.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55Aston, 58.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Big score, but a correct answer.
0:21:58 > 0:22:05Now, then, Sarah. The UK towns and cities in which these colleges and universities are located.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07You're the last person to have this board.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Talk us through the answers if you like.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13I know one for definite because I went there!
0:22:13 > 0:22:16That's the Queen's University of Belfast.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20I've a feeling Heriot-Watt is in Scotland, possibly Edinburgh.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22The others I'm not sure of.
0:22:22 > 0:22:27- I'll have to go for Queen's University, Belfast. - Queen's, Belfast, you are saying.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people knew that.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Queen's University, Belfast.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Wow, 16! A great answer, Sarah, very well done.
0:22:45 > 0:22:4816 for Queen's, Belfast.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Opened in 1849 as Queen's College, Belfast.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56Famous students include Seamus Heaney, Liam Neeson and Sarah! Fortunately for you!
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Let's look at the rest.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01University of East Anglia is in Norwich.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04That scored a hefty 42 points.
0:23:04 > 0:23:10Heriot-Watt, you're right, is in Scotland. It's in Edinburgh. That scored 17.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13And Sidney Sussex college is the best answer on the board.
0:23:13 > 0:23:18Just eight points, and it's in Cambridge. Well done if you said that at home. Cambridge.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21We're half-way through the round.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27Queen's University, Belfast, stood you in excellent stead.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29An impressive low 16.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Then up to Glyn for Northumbria on 24.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Then Ann. Wow, that was expensive. Aston University. So well-known.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Sue, you'll have to pull it out of the bag
0:23:39 > 0:23:43in this next pass. Best of luck with that.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Can the second players please take their places at the podium.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53OK, we'll put six more universities and colleges on the board.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54We have got...
0:24:04 > 0:24:06I'll read those one more time.
0:24:13 > 0:24:19We want the UK towns and cities in which these colleges and universities are located.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23Try to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew. James,
0:24:23 > 0:24:28you are the low scorers on 16. The high scorers are Sue and Ann on 58.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33If you can score 41 or less with your answer, you're through to the next round.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37I was rather hoping Queen's might have come up on my pass!
0:24:37 > 0:24:41But it hasn't, obviously. I can honestly say I'm not sure of any of them.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44But I can probably take a guess at a couple.
0:24:44 > 0:24:50And because I believe Middlesbrough is sometimes referred to as Teesside,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53I'm not even sure of that, but I think it maybe is,
0:24:53 > 0:24:57I'll have to say Teesside University, Middlesbrough.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Teesside University, Middlesbrough.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02I can't fault your reasoning at all.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06There is your red line. Below that line, through to the head-to-head. Best of luck.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11Teesside, Middlesbrough. Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said it.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13It's right!
0:25:13 > 0:25:14Very well done, James!
0:25:15 > 0:25:17You're in the head-to-head.
0:25:17 > 0:25:2027 for Teesside. Brilliant.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24That takes your total up to 43. Richard?
0:25:24 > 0:25:28Well played, James. It's Middlesbrough University.
0:25:28 > 0:25:33A very good partnership with your sister. Both rounds, you solidly got through.
0:25:33 > 0:25:40Sue, the UK towns and cities in which these colleges and universities are located.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45I can't risk guessing any of them because there's only one I think is right.
0:25:45 > 0:25:50It's going to be high, but I'm going to say LSE in London.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53LSE, London is what you're saying.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said LSE, London.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59It's correct.
0:26:02 > 0:26:0455.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11It scored lower than Aston, Birmingham!
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Your total is 113.
0:26:13 > 0:26:19- Richard?- Big score, but better than 100. Formed in 1895, the London School of Economics.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23Formed by members of the Fabian Society including George Bernard Shaw.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27Thank you very much, Richard. Now, then, Helen.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30The high scorers are Sue and Ann on 113.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33If you can score 88 or less with your answer,
0:26:33 > 0:26:36you are through to the head-to-head.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Talk us through the board, Helen.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42The two that I knew have gone.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45This could be good news for Sue and Ann.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47I'm not sure of any of the rest.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52I'll try the University of Wales Institute.
0:26:53 > 0:26:54Cardiff.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Cardiff. University of Wales Institute.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Cardiff. Is that a guess?
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Yes. Very much!
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Very much. Good luck with it. There's your red line.
0:27:05 > 0:27:11Below that red line, University of Wales Institute in Cardiff has got you through.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said it.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16It's right!
0:27:16 > 0:27:19You're through to the head-to-head, Helen. Well done.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26Very good indeed. That score takes your total up to 65.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Richard?
0:27:28 > 0:27:33Very well done, Helen. A smart guess to make at the end of the round.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37It's been there in various forms since 1865. Let's see the rest of the answers.
0:27:37 > 0:27:42The University of West of England, that's in Bristol. Scored 17 points.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Somerville College, Oxford.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47That scored 13.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51The best answer on the board is the University of Surrey.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55- Do you know where that is? - Guildford.- Guildford.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59That would have scored eight points, so well done if you got it.
0:27:59 > 0:28:05Thank you, Richard. At the end of Round Two the losing pair are Sue and Ann.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Oh, dear, oh, dear!
0:28:07 > 0:28:11Aston, Birmingham. The most expensive answer you could have given.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13I thought that would be a low scorer.
0:28:13 > 0:28:19- Never mind!- Sorry to have to say goodbye to you. Lovely to have you on the show. Thanks for playing.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29For the remaining two pairs, things get more exciting now in the head-to-head.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40Well done, Helen and Glyn, Sarah and James. You're in the head-to-head.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Only one pair can make it to the final and play for the jackpot,
0:28:43 > 0:28:47which currently stands at £1,250.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58For each question, each pair needs to give just one answer
0:28:58 > 0:29:00but you may now confer.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and you win that question.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08The first pair to the best of three plays for our jackpot.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Let's play Pointless!
0:29:15 > 0:29:18OK. Here is your first question.
0:29:18 > 0:29:23We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Madonna films as they could.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29Any feature film made for cinema release
0:29:29 > 0:29:33for which Madonna has received an acting credit prior to April 2011.
0:29:33 > 0:29:38Short films, TV films, documentaries or things where she played herself don't count.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42She made an uncredited appearance in Die Another Day so we won't accept that.
0:29:42 > 0:29:47But any film for which Madonna has received an acting credit. Good luck.
0:29:47 > 0:29:48Yeah,
0:29:48 > 0:29:52best of luck. Helen and Glyn, because you've played best, you get to go first.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56We are looking for Madonna films.
0:30:04 > 0:30:08- OK?- Yes.- What are you going to say? - We're going to say Evita.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Evita.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Very good. Evita.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Sarah and James?
0:30:14 > 0:30:16We only had Evita.
0:30:18 > 0:30:23We're going to choose one of her songs and hope it was the title of a film she was in!
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Is it even one of her songs?
0:30:25 > 0:30:28- We're going to say... - It's looking brilliant!
0:30:28 > 0:30:32- We're going to say Material Girl. - Material Girl.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35We have Evita. We have Material Girl.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38Helen and Glyn have gone for Evita.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Evita.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45It's right.
0:30:52 > 0:30:5843 for Evita. Sarah and James are taking a stab in the dark.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02Material Girl. Is it right and if so, how many people said it.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Bad luck.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08You're not too surprised about that?
0:31:08 > 0:31:13Material Girl is incorrect so after the first question, Helen and Glyn are in the lead.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- Richard?- It would be a good name for a film, Material Girl.
0:31:16 > 0:31:23There's Material Girls, but not a Madonna film. There are a lot of pointless Madonna films.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35Arthur and the Invisibles, she was a voice-over artist.
0:31:48 > 0:31:53If we leave that page up for a second, that's also the worst weekend you could have,
0:31:53 > 0:31:55watching those films!
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Imagine a DVD marathon of that!
0:31:58 > 0:32:01You'd want to be swept away!
0:32:01 > 0:32:05Let's see the more famous of her films - I won't say popular as that would be pushing it!
0:32:05 > 0:32:08Shanghai Surprise, eight. League of Their Own, 13.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Quite a good film. She was rubbish in it. Dick Tracy, 16.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15Who's That Girl, 18. Desperately Seeking Susan, 33.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Evita at the top of the pile with 43.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21Thanks, Richard. Here's your second question.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25Sarah and James, you have to win this question to stay in the game. You have to win it.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:32:30 > 0:32:34as many members of the Traveling Wilburys as they could.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38Any of the five musicians who were in the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys.
0:32:38 > 0:32:43They released two albums. Traveling Wilburys Volume 1 and Traveling Wilburys Volume 3.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46There were five people in that supergroup.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50OK. Sarah and James, this time you get to answer first.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58What are you going to say, James?
0:32:58 > 0:33:04I've a feeling that Paul McCartney might be in it.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07- Or was in it.- You're going for Paul McCartney.
0:33:07 > 0:33:15- Paul McCartney. Helen and Glyn, members of The Traveling Wilburys. Have you done your conferring?- Yes.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19Paul McCartney, in case you were wanting to say that, has gone.
0:33:19 > 0:33:24- We're going to change to another one. Roy Orbison.- Roy Orbison.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27We have Paul McCartney and Roy Orbison.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Sarah and James, Paul McCartney you're saying.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said it. Paul McCartney.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Bad luck!
0:33:39 > 0:33:42I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46- Which means Helen and Glyn - you were going to say Paul McCartney.- Yes.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48I thought he was, actually.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Phew!
0:33:51 > 0:33:55- Back to train driving!- Instead of which you went for Roy Orbison.- Yes.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59Let's see if it's right. At this stage, all it has to be is right.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Doesn't matter what it goes down to.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Roy Orbison. Is it right?
0:34:06 > 0:34:10It is right! Helen and Glyn, you are through to the final.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Good answer. 35 for Roy Orbison.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19Very good indeed.
0:34:19 > 0:34:24That means that after only two questions, Helen and Glyn are through in straight sets.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26- Richard?- Well played, Helen and Glyn.
0:34:26 > 0:34:31There was an ex-Beatle in the Traveling Wilburys, but it was George Harrison.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Let's see if anybody at home got all five.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45George Harrison, 30. It would have won you the point if you'd said that.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47Roy Orbison at the top with 35.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Well done if you got all five.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Thank you very much, Richard.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Sarah and James.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57But you played fantastically well.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01You played a sure and steady game right at the end of the line.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05You've come through every round fantastically, through to the head-to-head.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09This always bodes well for a subsequent appearance.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12Sorry we have to say goodbye but look forward to seeing you again.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14Thank you.
0:35:16 > 0:35:22But for Helen and Glyn it's time for our Pointless final and a chance to win our jackpot of £1,250.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32Congratulations, Helen and Glyn. You've beaten the competition
0:35:32 > 0:35:35and won our coveted Pointless trophy! Very well done.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Now a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...
0:35:51 > 0:35:55The rules are very simple. To win that money, just find a pointless answer
0:35:55 > 0:35:59that none of our 100 people thought of. We've had one pointless answer today.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02Just find one more and you'll go home with the money.
0:36:02 > 0:36:07First you have to choose a category from these three options. They are...
0:36:13 > 0:36:16- Comic strip books. Do you know anything?- Footballers, yes,
0:36:16 > 0:36:19but it could be going back 50 or 60 years.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22I know footballers. You'd have more chance with comic strips.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25- No, I won't...- Dandy, Beano, Topper, Beezer.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27It might be that type of thing.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31People that don't know Roy of the Rovers and things like this.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34I don't know. Or do you want to chance footballers?
0:36:34 > 0:36:39- It's up to you.- Comic strip books. We'll go for comic strip books.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43You've got a chance then, yourself. Comic strip books, please.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Comic strip books. OK. Let's find out what the question is.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:36:50 > 0:36:56as many Asterix books as they could.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Asterix books. Richard.
0:36:59 > 0:37:05Any of the English language titles of any of the Asterix books published up to April 2011.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09Any of the Asterix books written by Albert Uderzo and Rene Goscinny
0:37:09 > 0:37:12up to April 2011.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16OK. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:16 > 0:37:22All you need to win that £1,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:22 > 0:37:23Your 60 seconds start now.
0:37:23 > 0:37:28The only one I know about in that kind of thing
0:37:28 > 0:37:30is Hagar, Hagar the Horrible.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33That's the only one I know.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36- In the newspapers... - What's the other one?
0:37:36 > 0:37:40What was the other one? The Vikings?
0:37:43 > 0:37:45That's Hagar, isn't it?
0:37:45 > 0:37:47- The Viking? - And there was another one.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49- With a Viking name.- Aye.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52That's a different one.
0:37:57 > 0:37:58I can't think of it.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05Are these paper ones from the newspapers, such as that?
0:38:05 > 0:38:07- I don't know.- Strips.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11- Strips. Comic strips.- We'll have to have Hagar and chance two other ones.
0:38:11 > 0:38:16- We'll just make up two.- What do they call that Viking one?
0:38:16 > 0:38:18- Vulcan the Viking or something? - Five seconds.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21- We'll just have to chance it, yes? - Yeah.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27OK. That's your time up. We were looking for Asterix books.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31I now need three answers from you.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35Well, the only one that we could come up with
0:38:35 > 0:38:37was Hagar the Horrible.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Hagar the Horrible. OK.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42I think there's one called Vulcan the Viking.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46- Vulcan the Viking. - Let's go back to languages!
0:38:46 > 0:38:49We have metro stops, if you like!
0:38:49 > 0:38:52- Yes!- We'll have that! - Brilliant.- Lovely.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55I can't think of another one. Can you?
0:38:55 > 0:38:58- Rupert. Rupert.- And Rupert.
0:38:58 > 0:39:04- OK.- Not Rupert the Bear. Rupert. - Doesn't sound very Asterix. - Just Rupert.- Yes.- OK.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Hagar the Horrible, Vulcan the Viking and Rupert.
0:39:06 > 0:39:11- Of those, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?- Hagar.- Hagar.
0:39:11 > 0:39:16- We'll put Hagar the Horrible last. And put Rupert first?- I think so!
0:39:16 > 0:39:19- We'll get rid of him. - Get him up front. OK.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23Let's put them up on the board in that order. Here they are.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32We were looking for Asterix books.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35You said this was your least confident answer.
0:39:36 > 0:39:42Obviously it has to be pointless if you're going to win that £1,250 jackpot!
0:39:42 > 0:39:49It's going to happen one of these days that the answer people make up will actually be a pointless answer.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53Let's see if Rupert is that moment!
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Rupert. Is it right? How many people said Rupert?
0:40:00 > 0:40:02I didn't expect that!
0:40:06 > 0:40:09I'm afraid that is not a pointless answer.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12So only two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16£1,250. What would you do with it?
0:40:16 > 0:40:18- We'd have a holiday.- A holiday.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20- Holiday.- We love holidays.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22- Fantastic.- That's all we do, holidays!- Yep.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26We might take some of the family. If they behave!
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Only to wave us off!
0:40:29 > 0:40:31LAUGHTER
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Help with the bags and then...
0:40:33 > 0:40:36We were looking for Asterix books.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40Your second answer was Vulcan the Viking.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45Again, this has to be correct and it has to be pointless.
0:40:45 > 0:40:50If both of those things come to pass, you'll leave here with £1,250.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53Vulcan the Viking. Is it right and how many people said it?
0:40:55 > 0:40:59- Ooh!- Two out of three. We're doing well.- Two out of three. Bad luck.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03Only one more chance to win today's jackpot of £1,250.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07We're looking for Asterix books. Hagar the Horrible.
0:41:07 > 0:41:12Let's put it to the test. It has to be correct and it has to be pointless.
0:41:12 > 0:41:17Hagar the Horrible. Is it right? How many people said it. Good luck.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22Three jackpots, then!
0:41:22 > 0:41:24We got the jackpot.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38So you don't win the jackpot of £1,250 which rolls over to the next show.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42But you have been fantastic contestants and you take home our Pointless trophy.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45That's what we came for. That's what we came for.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53- Richard?- You've got to admire that consistency.- Yes.
0:41:53 > 0:41:57That really was 100, 100, 100. Just like that. Solid as a rock!
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Hagar the Horrible is a cartoon strip, but nothing to do with Asterix.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04Vulcan the Viking. There's an oil supply vessel called that,
0:42:04 > 0:42:07but not a comic strip book, I'm afraid!
0:42:07 > 0:42:10Rupert, obviously is Rupert Bear. His middle name is "the"!
0:42:10 > 0:42:15But I know there'll be lots of Asterix fans at home, shouting at the screen.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19Let's see if you got any pointless answers. There's plenty of them.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23Asterix and the Vikings was a pointless answer. That's one you might have stumbled upon.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Let's take a look at some more.
0:42:25 > 0:42:30Asterix and Obelix's Birthday was the 50th anniversary book.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35Those are all pointless. There's more here.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43They visit Rome to get Caesar's laurel wreath.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45A couple more.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53They try to build a housing estate on the village of the Gauls.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Well done if you got any at home.
0:42:55 > 0:43:01- Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you. It's been fantastic having you on the show.- Thank you.
0:43:05 > 0:43:10So nobody's won our jackpot today so it rolls over to the next show when we'll be playing for...
0:43:16 > 0:43:20- Join us next time to see if someone can win it. But it's goodbye from Richard.- Bye.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22And goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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