Episode 6 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you very much! I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,

the show where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's players.

First we welcome Dean and Nicola, our first pair today. Where are you from?

-We're from Broxbourne, Hertfordshire.

-Broxbourne.

-How do you know each other?

-We've been together for seven years and married for three.

-Congratulations. Nicola, what do you do?

-I work in personnel for a college.

-In Epping.

-Dean, how about you?

-I'm a train driver.

-A train driver!

Have you wanted to be a train driver since you were little?

-It's every small boy's dream!

-Do you get to wear a hat?

-Unfortunately not!

-It's just too upsetting!

-No hat!

-I know.

-When did they stop wearing hats? In the 19th century!

-So what's the route you drive?

-London, Liverpool Street to Hertford East.

-Cambridge, Stansted and Chingford.

-That's just fantastic.

Fantastic. I know that route well.

-I've been on that train!

-So have I. You're on it all the time.

-A bit bumpy.

-I'm sorry!

-When I do it, it's beautifully driven!

-Thank you.

-Beautifully smooth. Some of those junctions, I wouldn't have known they were there!

Best of luck to the pair of you. Great to have you here.

Next we welcome Helen and Glyn. How do you know each other?

We met in Newcastle 15 years ago. I asked if she'd have a coffee with me.

She kindly said yes. Two years later we married and have been happy ever since.

Fantastic. Glyn, what do you do?

I'm a retired train driver!

-And I don't have a hat!

-Did you ever wear a hat?

-No, never.

-What was your route?

-All over the north-east. The metro system and so on.

And Helen, what do you do?

-I'm a retired caterer.

-Retired caterer. What sort of things did you cater?

-Everything.

-I can't imagine a caterer saying, "No, we don't cater for those! No.

"Not for that, no."

-Helen, what do you hope may come up today?

-Cookery, food and drink.

-Cookery, food, drink.

-Films. Cinema.

-Films.

Glyn, what would be a great subject for you?

'50s and '60s music. Geography.

-OK. Metro stops would be right up your street.

-All the way round!

-It's lovely having you here. Best of luck to you.

-Thank you.

Next we welcome back Sue and Ann. Your second time on Pointless.

Everyone gets two chances at the final. Remind us what happened last time.

We were quite unlucky to lose out.

Unfortunately, we were just pipped!

-It was prime ministers of Israel.

-Yes.

-That was a tough one, Richard!

What do you want, metro stops?

Yes!

-OK, if that's what everybody wants, we'll do metro stops!

-No!

It's brilliant having you here. Welcome back. I have high hopes of you making it to the final.

Finally, we welcome Sarah and James. How do you know each other?

Sarah's my elder sister. She was born, then two years later I was born.

-We haven't done much else since!

-You were born and you just turned up here? Come on!

-What do you do, James?

-I'm a student physics teacher.

-Where do you do that?

-In Leeds.

-Sarah, what about you?

-I'm a solicitor.

-Whereabouts?

-In County Down, a little town called Downpatrick.

-Downpatrick, County Down.

-How long have you been doing that?

-I'm only recently qualified. A year.

All very exciting. A new practice there.

What do you like to do when you're not sol... "Soliciting?" Whoa!

What was I about to say?

What do you like to do when you're not being a solicitor?

I'm also the church organist in the church I grew up in and I lead the choir as well.

-You take choir practice?

-Yes.

-Friday evenings?

-Thursday evenings.

-Do you do an anthem on Sundays?

-We do.

-As well as all the hymns.

Good. James, are you musical as well?

-Yes, I'm a percussionist.

-Are you? You play the full array of percussion?

-Yes.

-Cymbals to side drums.

-Anything you can hit with anything else!

With anything else!

Very best of luck to the pair of you.

We'll find out more about all of you during the show.

One more person left for me to introduce. When they were handing out obscurity, he got lots!

-He's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya. Hiya.

Handing out obscurity - that's a nonsense!

-A lot of the times you introduce me, it's nonsense. Haven't you spotted that?

-Nonsense.

You've had me on a mountain of obscurity, in a lake of obscurity.

-I'm an obscurity tri-athlete, as far as you're concerned!

-Yeah!

We've only got one returning pair, Sue and Ann, who got to the head-to-head last time and did well.

They'll be tough to beat for our newcomers.

First time in Pointless history that we've had 25% of our contestants qualified to drive a train!

-First time in history.

-25%?

-Yeah.

-One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Yes, that's right! Sorry!

-There you go.

Maths is not my strong suit!

-Helen, you'll be pleased to hear the first round is about food!

-Lovely. Thank you!

Second round is about metro stops!

OK. Thanks, Richard. We put our questions to 100 people before the show.

But we're after the obscure answers they didn't get. To stay in the game,

all our players need to do is score as few points as they possibly can.

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

When that happens, we'll add £250 to the jackpot.

Now, Paul and Colin won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.

OK, let's play Pointless!

In the first round, each of you must give me one answer

and you cannot confer with your partner.

The team with the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

Our first category today is...

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

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

Let's see what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

Richard?

-You don't get this on other quiz shows!

-No!

The answers are types of cooked, cured or uncooked sausage.

The incorrect answers will not be sausages at all. Sausages is what we're talking about!

Right. Dean and Nicola, you drew lots earlier. You get to go first.

You have a choice of seven possible answers in each pass.

Your first set of answers reads like this.

Falukorv.

Baloney.

Salami.

..Merguez. Or "mergueth"? I'm guessing.

My "gueth" is as good as yours!

Frankfurter.

Knackwurst.

Turija.

I'll read those again.

At least one of those answers is pointless,

but be careful because at least one of those is incorrect.

An incorrect one scores the maximum of 100 points. Now, then.

-Dean.

-Right.

-Dean, a sausage man?

-No...

-You like a sausage, Dean! Come on!

What's that list looking like to you?

-A little bit confusing.

-Yeah.

I think I'll go for the bottom one. Is it turija?

-Turija.

-Yes.

What do you think that might be?

I have no idea, but I saw it straightaway and went with it.

I commend your bravery. Brilliant. Let's hope that's a correct answer.

If it is, how many people said turija?

Oh, Dean!

Unfortunately, turija is an incorrect answer so you score the maximum 100 points.

-Sorry. Richard?

-Sorry, Dean,

Turija is the name of a village in Serbia which is the home of the World Sausage Festival!

Well, now. Helen, we are looking for types of sausage.

What are you thinking about when you look down that board behind me?

-Are there any sausages leaping out at you?

-Knackwurst.

-Knackwurst.

-Yes.

-Knackwurst.

-Sorry.

That's how I've chosen to pronounce it, but I could be wrong!

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

It's right.

And it's going a long way down.

Very well done, Helen! Wonderful!

A cracking score. Knackwurst, two.

Well played, Helen. Comes from the German meaning to make a cracking sound.

As it does when you bite into it.

Sounds dreadful, doesn't it?

-Like most German sausages.

-A cracking sound?

-Yeah.

-Think how taut the skin must be!

An explosion of processed pork in your mouth.

Flavoured with cumin and parsley, in case you're interested. In the unlikely event you're interested.

I could do with a knackwurst now, couldn't you?

-Well done, Helen, two points.

-Thank you.

-Sue.

We come to you. Types of sausage. Do you like sausages?

Not a lot, no!

-OK.

-But I think I'll go for a load of old baloney!

A load of old baloney. There it is, second from top. Baloney.

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

Oh, wow!

Not a load of old baloney! A pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot, taking the total up to...

And it scores you nothing!

Very well done indeed. Richard?

Yes, baloney, another name for Bologna sausage from Italy.

-A pointless answer.

-Who'd have thought?

-I guess people don't realise baloney is a sausage.

Sarah.

-Sausages.

-I used to have a part-time job on a butchery counter in a supermarket.

This is just... All your Christmases have come at once!

You are the last person to have this board so talk us through the sausages that remain.

Well, I think I'd better stay safe

and the only two I'm pretty sure are sausages are salami and frankfurter.

I'm going to keep it safe and go for salami.

Salami. OK.

I have a hunch that's a sausage. Let's see how many people said salami.

40.

Not a bad score in the context, by any means. 40.

-Salami.

-A large Italian sausage. It's a high score, but with Dean scoring 100, not a bad tactic.

There's a couple more pointless up there. Let's look at the board.

The other two, the falukorv and the merguez were both pointless answers.

Three pointless answers today. Well done if you got those at home.

Half-way through the round, let's look at the scores.

Brilliant pointless answer with baloney from Sue.

Two points, appropriately, for our caterer, Helen.

Then up to 40 for Sarah and James

and Dean and Nicola way ahead on 100. Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, seven more answers on the board.

Types of sausage, in case you'd forgotten! Here they are.

I'll read those one more time.

Guess which one of those I really like saying?

There is at least one pointless answer on that board.

There is at least one incorrect answer

so try and avoid those.

-James. Did you ever work behind the sausage counter?

-I did not, no.

-Did you ever go there when Sarah was there?

-Occasionally, to buy a sausage roll.

-I'm not sure what sausage goes into a sausage roll.

-They don't like you to know!

I think I'm going to play relatively safe and hope it's enough

to get through and I'm going to go for chorizo.

You're going for chorizo.

Well, below that red line, you're through.

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

Well done, you're through, James. Very well done.

Down it goes. 14, that's a great score.

-Chorizo.

-Well played, James. You and Sarah played safe and got through.

Chorizo is a Spanish sausage flavoured with paprika or red peppers.

Thanks. Now, then.

-Ann, didn't Sue do well?

-She did.

Wonderful. A pointless answer with baloney.

I think that because we have got a pointless answer,

I might go for something a bit obscure.

Just because I like hearing you say it so much,

I'm going to go for feuchtwanger.

Feuchtwanger. Feuchtwanger.

If my sister worked behind the sausage counter, I'd be asking for feuchtwanger every day!

OK. Feuchtwanger.

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

Your red line is just below the pink.

Sorry!

I'm afraid that's incorrect, so you score a maximum of 100 points.

-Richard?

-Unlucky, Ann. It's the surname of Antoine Feuchtwanger,

a German who many people claim is the inventor of the hot dog.

He was a sausage seller in Missouri in the late 19th century.

The sausages were so hot, he'd sell them with gloves.

You'd be given a glove, but people would take the glove away and he lost a lot of money.

So he went to a baker and got buns made for the sausages. That's where the hot dog was born, they say.

Antoine Feuchtwanger.

Right. Glen and Helen.

We are looking for types of sausage.

You are on two. Great answer from Helen on the first pass.

The high scorers remain Nicola and Dean and Ann and Sue.

If you score 97 or less with your answer, you are through, home and dry.

I think I know three up there already, apart from the chorizo.

But I'm going to play a bit safe and pick the train driver's sausage,

-the saveloy.

-The saveloy.

-Yes.

-The sausage of train drivers!

OK, saveloy. There's your red line. If you're below that, you're through to the next round. Saveloy.

Is it right, and if it is, how many people said it?

Well done. You're through.

Very good! Only five points for saveloy, taking your total to seven.

-Saveloy, only five points?

-Very low score. The train driver's sausage.

It got its name from the French cervelas because they used to make it with brains.

It used to contain brains, the saveloy.

Nicola, normally I'd say you can talk us through the board.

But there is more than an even chance we might have a tie here.

So don't talk us through the board. Just pick a sausage.

-Have you got your eye on one?

-I have. I can't pronounce it, but abineri. Is that right?

I've no idea, either, now you ask!

You are the joint highest scorers so no red line for you.

Let us see. It's great if abineri is a pointless answer.

It'll add 250 quid to the jackpot and there'll be an exciting tie.

I always like a tie!

Abineri. How many people said it? Is it right?

Oh, no! Bad luck, Nicola!

Unfortunately, abineri is not a sausage.

So you score the maximum of 100 points again, taking your total to an impressive 200 points!

Richard?

Nicola, you had to go for an obscure one.

Daniel Abineri played Frank-n-Furter in the Rocky Horror Picture Show!

There was a pointless answer that would have got you a tie.

Saucisson. It's not only the French word for sausage, but also a dry French sausage itself.

That would have tied it. Well done if you said that at home.

-Well done if you got that.

-Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round One,

the losing pair with the highest score is Dean and Nicola. So sorry! You've gone out in a blaze of glory.

It's the only way to do it.

We'll see you next time. Thanks very much for playing.

Lovely to see you.

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

Only room for two pairs in the head-to-head, so one of you will leave at the end of this round.

The category for Round Two this afternoon is...

Decide in your pairs who's going first and who second.

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

OK. Our Round Two question concerns...

We'll show you a list of colleges and universities.

We asked 100 people in which UK town or city are these based.

We'll show you six on each pass. The obscure answers score fewer points.

An incorrect answer scores 100 points.

We want the UK towns and cities

in which these colleges or universities are located.

We have got...

I'll read those one more time.

We are looking for the UK towns and cities

in which these colleges and universities are located.

As always, you are looking for the answer that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Glyn, it falls to you to get the ball rolling in this round.

What does that list look like to you?

I know about three, I would say. But I'm going to play it safe.

-I'm going for Northumbria University.

-Which is located?

-In Newcastle.

Newcastle. OK. Northumbria in Newcastle.

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

It's right.

24.

Not a bad score, Glyn!

-Northumbria, Richard?

-That fell very nicely for you, Glyn.

The former Newcastle Polytechnic became a university in 1992.

Ann, we come to you.

Yes. There's only one I know for sure. So I'm going to say that.

That's Aston University, which is Birmingham.

Aston, Birmingham. Very good. Let's see if that's right

and if so how many people knew that answer.

It's right.

58.

A high score.

Aston, 58.

Big score, but a correct answer.

Now, then, Sarah. The UK towns and cities in which these colleges and universities are located.

You're the last person to have this board.

Talk us through the answers if you like.

I know one for definite because I went there!

That's the Queen's University of Belfast.

I've a feeling Heriot-Watt is in Scotland, possibly Edinburgh.

The others I'm not sure of.

-I'll have to go for Queen's University, Belfast.

-Queen's, Belfast, you are saying.

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

Queen's University, Belfast.

Wow, 16! A great answer, Sarah, very well done.

16 for Queen's, Belfast.

Opened in 1849 as Queen's College, Belfast.

Famous students include Seamus Heaney, Liam Neeson and Sarah! Fortunately for you!

Let's look at the rest.

University of East Anglia is in Norwich.

That scored a hefty 42 points.

Heriot-Watt, you're right, is in Scotland. It's in Edinburgh. That scored 17.

And Sidney Sussex college is the best answer on the board.

Just eight points, and it's in Cambridge. Well done if you said that at home. Cambridge.

We're half-way through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

Queen's University, Belfast, stood you in excellent stead.

An impressive low 16.

Then up to Glyn for Northumbria on 24.

Then Ann. Wow, that was expensive. Aston University. So well-known.

Sue, you'll have to pull it out of the bag

in this next pass. Best of luck with that.

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

OK, we'll put six more universities and colleges on the board.

We have got...

I'll read those one more time.

We want the UK towns and cities in which these colleges and universities are located.

Try to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew. James,

you are the low scorers on 16. The high scorers are Sue and Ann on 58.

If you can score 41 or less with your answer, you're through to the next round.

I was rather hoping Queen's might have come up on my pass!

But it hasn't, obviously. I can honestly say I'm not sure of any of them.

But I can probably take a guess at a couple.

And because I believe Middlesbrough is sometimes referred to as Teesside,

I'm not even sure of that, but I think it maybe is,

I'll have to say Teesside University, Middlesbrough.

Teesside University, Middlesbrough.

I can't fault your reasoning at all.

There is your red line. Below that line, through to the head-to-head. Best of luck.

Teesside, Middlesbrough. Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said it.

It's right!

Very well done, James!

You're in the head-to-head.

27 for Teesside. Brilliant.

That takes your total up to 43. Richard?

Well played, James. It's Middlesbrough University.

A very good partnership with your sister. Both rounds, you solidly got through.

Sue, the UK towns and cities in which these colleges and universities are located.

I can't risk guessing any of them because there's only one I think is right.

It's going to be high, but I'm going to say LSE in London.

LSE, London is what you're saying.

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said LSE, London.

It's correct.

55.

It scored lower than Aston, Birmingham!

Your total is 113.

-Richard?

-Big score, but better than 100. Formed in 1895, the London School of Economics.

Formed by members of the Fabian Society including George Bernard Shaw.

Thank you very much, Richard. Now, then, Helen.

The high scorers are Sue and Ann on 113.

If you can score 88 or less with your answer,

you are through to the head-to-head.

Talk us through the board, Helen.

The two that I knew have gone.

This could be good news for Sue and Ann.

I'm not sure of any of the rest.

I'll try the University of Wales Institute.

Cardiff.

Cardiff. University of Wales Institute.

Cardiff. Is that a guess?

Yes. Very much!

Very much. Good luck with it. There's your red line.

Below that red line, University of Wales Institute in Cardiff has got you through.

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

It's right!

You're through to the head-to-head, Helen. Well done.

Very good indeed. That score takes your total up to 65.

Richard?

Very well done, Helen. A smart guess to make at the end of the round.

It's been there in various forms since 1865. Let's see the rest of the answers.

The University of West of England, that's in Bristol. Scored 17 points.

Somerville College, Oxford.

That scored 13.

The best answer on the board is the University of Surrey.

-Do you know where that is?

-Guildford.

-Guildford.

That would have scored eight points, so well done if you got it.

Thank you, Richard. At the end of Round Two the losing pair are Sue and Ann.

Oh, dear, oh, dear!

Aston, Birmingham. The most expensive answer you could have given.

I thought that would be a low scorer.

-Never mind!

-Sorry to have to say goodbye to you. Lovely to have you on the show. Thanks for playing.

For the remaining two pairs, things get more exciting now in the head-to-head.

Well done, Helen and Glyn, Sarah and James. You're in the head-to-head.

Only one pair can make it to the final and play for the jackpot,

which currently stands at £1,250.

Head-to-head on the best of three questions.

For each question, each pair needs to give just one answer

but you may now confer.

Come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and you win that question.

The first pair to the best of three plays for our jackpot.

Let's play Pointless!

OK. Here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

Madonna films as they could.

Any feature film made for cinema release

for which Madonna has received an acting credit prior to April 2011.

Short films, TV films, documentaries or things where she played herself don't count.

She made an uncredited appearance in Die Another Day so we won't accept that.

But any film for which Madonna has received an acting credit. Good luck.

Yeah,

best of luck. Helen and Glyn, because you've played best, you get to go first.

We are looking for Madonna films.

-OK?

-Yes.

-What are you going to say?

-We're going to say Evita.

Evita.

Very good. Evita.

Sarah and James?

We only had Evita.

We're going to choose one of her songs and hope it was the title of a film she was in!

Is it even one of her songs?

-We're going to say...

-It's looking brilliant!

-We're going to say Material Girl.

-Material Girl.

We have Evita. We have Material Girl.

Helen and Glyn have gone for Evita.

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

It's right.

43 for Evita. Sarah and James are taking a stab in the dark.

Material Girl. Is it right and if so, how many people said it.

Bad luck.

You're not too surprised about that?

Material Girl is incorrect so after the first question, Helen and Glyn are in the lead.

-Richard?

-It would be a good name for a film, Material Girl.

There's Material Girls, but not a Madonna film. There are a lot of pointless Madonna films.

Arthur and the Invisibles, she was a voice-over artist.

If we leave that page up for a second, that's also the worst weekend you could have,

watching those films!

Imagine a DVD marathon of that!

You'd want to be swept away!

Let's see the more famous of her films - I won't say popular as that would be pushing it!

Shanghai Surprise, eight. League of Their Own, 13.

Quite a good film. She was rubbish in it. Dick Tracy, 16.

Who's That Girl, 18. Desperately Seeking Susan, 33.

Evita at the top of the pile with 43.

Thanks, Richard. Here's your second question.

Sarah and James, you have to win this question to stay in the game. You have to win it.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many members of the Traveling Wilburys as they could.

Any of the five musicians who were in the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys.

They released two albums. Traveling Wilburys Volume 1 and Traveling Wilburys Volume 3.

There were five people in that supergroup.

OK. Sarah and James, this time you get to answer first.

What are you going to say, James?

I've a feeling that Paul McCartney might be in it.

-Or was in it.

-You're going for Paul McCartney.

-Paul McCartney. Helen and Glyn, members of The Traveling Wilburys. Have you done your conferring?

-Yes.

Paul McCartney, in case you were wanting to say that, has gone.

-We're going to change to another one. Roy Orbison.

-Roy Orbison.

We have Paul McCartney and Roy Orbison.

Sarah and James, Paul McCartney you're saying.

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said it. Paul McCartney.

Bad luck!

I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer.

-Which means Helen and Glyn - you were going to say Paul McCartney.

-Yes.

I thought he was, actually.

Phew!

-Back to train driving!

-Instead of which you went for Roy Orbison.

-Yes.

Let's see if it's right. At this stage, all it has to be is right.

Doesn't matter what it goes down to.

Roy Orbison. Is it right?

It is right! Helen and Glyn, you are through to the final.

Good answer. 35 for Roy Orbison.

Very good indeed.

That means that after only two questions, Helen and Glyn are through in straight sets.

-Richard?

-Well played, Helen and Glyn.

There was an ex-Beatle in the Traveling Wilburys, but it was George Harrison.

Let's see if anybody at home got all five.

George Harrison, 30. It would have won you the point if you'd said that.

Roy Orbison at the top with 35.

Well done if you got all five.

Thank you very much, Richard.

The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Sarah and James.

But you played fantastically well.

You played a sure and steady game right at the end of the line.

You've come through every round fantastically, through to the head-to-head.

This always bodes well for a subsequent appearance.

Sorry we have to say goodbye but look forward to seeing you again.

Thank you.

But for Helen and Glyn it's time for our Pointless final and a chance to win our jackpot of £1,250.

Congratulations, Helen and Glyn. You've beaten the competition

and won our coveted Pointless trophy! Very well done.

Now a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...

The rules are very simple. To win that money, just find a pointless answer

that none of our 100 people thought of. We've had one pointless answer today.

Just find one more and you'll go home with the money.

First you have to choose a category from these three options. They are...

-Comic strip books. Do you know anything?

-Footballers, yes,

but it could be going back 50 or 60 years.

I know footballers. You'd have more chance with comic strips.

-No, I won't...

-Dandy, Beano, Topper, Beezer.

It might be that type of thing.

People that don't know Roy of the Rovers and things like this.

I don't know. Or do you want to chance footballers?

-It's up to you.

-Comic strip books. We'll go for comic strip books.

You've got a chance then, yourself. Comic strip books, please.

Comic strip books. OK. Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Asterix books as they could.

Asterix books. Richard.

Any of the English language titles of any of the Asterix books published up to April 2011.

Any of the Asterix books written by Albert Uderzo and Rene Goscinny

up to April 2011.

OK. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that £1,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

The only one I know about in that kind of thing

is Hagar, Hagar the Horrible.

That's the only one I know.

-In the newspapers...

-What's the other one?

What was the other one? The Vikings?

That's Hagar, isn't it?

-The Viking?

-And there was another one.

-With a Viking name.

-Aye.

That's a different one.

I can't think of it.

Are these paper ones from the newspapers, such as that?

-I don't know.

-Strips.

-Strips. Comic strips.

-We'll have to have Hagar and chance two other ones.

-We'll just make up two.

-What do they call that Viking one?

-Vulcan the Viking or something?

-Five seconds.

-We'll just have to chance it, yes?

-Yeah.

OK. That's your time up. We were looking for Asterix books.

I now need three answers from you.

Well, the only one that we could come up with

was Hagar the Horrible.

Hagar the Horrible. OK.

I think there's one called Vulcan the Viking.

-Vulcan the Viking.

-Let's go back to languages!

We have metro stops, if you like!

-Yes!

-We'll have that!

-Brilliant.

-Lovely.

I can't think of another one. Can you?

-Rupert. Rupert.

-And Rupert.

-OK.

-Not Rupert the Bear. Rupert.

-Doesn't sound very Asterix.

-Just Rupert.

-Yes.

-OK.

Hagar the Horrible, Vulcan the Viking and Rupert.

-Of those, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Hagar.

-Hagar.

-We'll put Hagar the Horrible last. And put Rupert first?

-I think so!

-We'll get rid of him.

-Get him up front. OK.

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

We were looking for Asterix books.

You said this was your least confident answer.

Obviously it has to be pointless if you're going to win that £1,250 jackpot!

It's going to happen one of these days that the answer people make up will actually be a pointless answer.

Let's see if Rupert is that moment!

Rupert. Is it right? How many people said Rupert?

I didn't expect that!

I'm afraid that is not a pointless answer.

So only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

£1,250. What would you do with it?

-We'd have a holiday.

-A holiday.

-Holiday.

-We love holidays.

-Fantastic.

-That's all we do, holidays!

-Yep.

We might take some of the family. If they behave!

Only to wave us off!

LAUGHTER

Help with the bags and then...

We were looking for Asterix books.

Your second answer was Vulcan the Viking.

Again, this has to be correct and it has to be pointless.

If both of those things come to pass, you'll leave here with £1,250.

Vulcan the Viking. Is it right and how many people said it?

-Ooh!

-Two out of three. We're doing well.

-Two out of three. Bad luck.

Only one more chance to win today's jackpot of £1,250.

We're looking for Asterix books. Hagar the Horrible.

Let's put it to the test. It has to be correct and it has to be pointless.

Hagar the Horrible. Is it right? How many people said it. Good luck.

Three jackpots, then!

We got the jackpot.

Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer.

So you don't win the jackpot of £1,250 which rolls over to the next show.

But you have been fantastic contestants and you take home our Pointless trophy.

That's what we came for. That's what we came for.

-Richard?

-You've got to admire that consistency.

-Yes.

That really was 100, 100, 100. Just like that. Solid as a rock!

Hagar the Horrible is a cartoon strip, but nothing to do with Asterix.

Vulcan the Viking. There's an oil supply vessel called that,

but not a comic strip book, I'm afraid!

Rupert, obviously is Rupert Bear. His middle name is "the"!

But I know there'll be lots of Asterix fans at home, shouting at the screen.

Let's see if you got any pointless answers. There's plenty of them.

Asterix and the Vikings was a pointless answer. That's one you might have stumbled upon.

Let's take a look at some more.

Asterix and Obelix's Birthday was the 50th anniversary book.

Those are all pointless. There's more here.

They visit Rome to get Caesar's laurel wreath.

A couple more.

They try to build a housing estate on the village of the Gauls.

Well done if you got any at home.

-Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you. It's been fantastic having you on the show.

-Thank you.

So nobody's won our jackpot today so it rolls over to the next show when we'll be playing for...

-Join us next time to see if someone can win it. But it's goodbye from Richard.

-Bye.

And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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