0:00:20 > 0:00:24WHISTLING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Welcome to Pointless, the show where the lowest scorers
0:00:29 > 0:00:32are the winners. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35APPLAUSE
0:00:37 > 0:00:40We welcome back Sarah and James. You were on the show last time.
0:00:40 > 0:00:45You get two chances to reach the Pointless final and this is your second and final chance to reach it.
0:00:45 > 0:00:50- Remind us what happened last time. - Got through to the head-to-head and then just got
0:00:50 > 0:00:52dealt some questions we didn't know.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55- Traveling Wilburys, that's what it was.- I know now.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Music's a bit of a pet subject for you, isn't it? You're both trained musicians.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Sarah, remind us what you do.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03I'm a pianist and I play the organ at church
0:01:03 > 0:01:07- and I play the violin as well, bit of singing. - A multi-instrumentalist.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09How about you, James?
0:01:09 > 0:01:12I play percussion and I play guitar and piano and all that sort of stuff.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16When you're not playing music, counting out those bars and hitting things,
0:01:16 > 0:01:18what else do you do?
0:01:18 > 0:01:19I'm a Scout leader.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23- You're a Scout leader!- Yes, with the 1st Cardiff Scout troop.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Do you teach music to them?
0:01:25 > 0:01:28No, I have invigilated a music badge in the past
0:01:28 > 0:01:31but normally I just come along and generally assist
0:01:31 > 0:01:34and then take them away for a camp for a week during the summer as well.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Is that fun?
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Yes, it's always fun for most of the time.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- HE LAUGHS - For most of the time. Well, very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Great to have you on the show. Next, we welcome Candice and Pippa.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Now, how do you two know each other?
0:01:48 > 0:01:52- We met over ten years ago at work and we've been best friends ever since.- Yeah.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- Where are you from? - We're from Essex.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00- What do you do, Candice? - I work - well, we both work - for Essex County Council.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04I work in finance and Pippa works in the fostering service.
0:02:04 > 0:02:05Were you friends at first sight?
0:02:05 > 0:02:08- SHE LAUGHS - Not really!- No, she hated me.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10- I didn't hate her.- I liked you.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15Hang on! How did this manifest itself, Pippa? What happened?
0:02:15 > 0:02:17- No, no...- Let me!
0:02:17 > 0:02:18LAUGHTER
0:02:18 > 0:02:22She came to my office and I was very nice and bubbly
0:02:22 > 0:02:25and I even made her a cup of tea. I was really nice.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Then, apparently, when she went back,
0:02:28 > 0:02:30she told everyone I was a chav.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31LAUGHTER
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Pippa used to have very streaky blonde hair and a tongue piercing.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37I looked gorgeous.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- That was like when you and I first met, wasn't it?- Yes!
0:02:40 > 0:02:42God. I never made you a cup of tea, though.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47No, you didn't, but you did have that lovely streaky blond hair, the tongue piercing...
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Yeah.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- Yes. Oh, happy, happy days.- Ah.
0:02:52 > 0:02:53Hair.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54LAUGHTER
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Candice, what are you hoping will come up this afternoon?
0:02:58 > 0:03:02- What's your specialist area? - Probably entertainment, movies.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Music, probably.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Something a little bit less highbrow than science and nature.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09OK, well, very good indeed. Pippa, how about you?
0:03:09 > 0:03:12I'm going for celebs, things like that,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14and also Elvis - massive Elvis fan.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15Massive Elvis fan, good.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19- Elvis hasn't featured for a long time on the show.- No.- Maybe he'll make an appearance.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- It's not about to change today either.- Oh!
0:03:24 > 0:03:28- I'm a massive Richard fan, though. - You're a massive Richard fan?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Well, we have a massive Richard of our own. So, er...
0:03:31 > 0:03:34- So that's good, isn't it?- That pretty much describes me, doesn't it?
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Yeah. That's brilliant. It's great having you on the show.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40- Welcome here, enjoy it. - BOTH:- Thank you.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44And next we welcome back Dean and Nicola. You were also on the show last time.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48This is your second and final chance to reach the final. What happened last time?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50It didn't go too well.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53It was 200 points in the first round.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- Sausages.- Sausages. - Sausages, but you know what, Dean,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59I applaud your determination to find a pointless answer.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Unfortunately, I found the only wrong answer on the board.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07- But you did it beautifully.- It was. - And Nicola,
0:04:07 > 0:04:08- so did you.- Yeah.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12You went out in a blaze of sausagey glory. It was fabulous,
0:04:12 > 0:04:17but this time, please stay a little bit longer.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Nicola, what would be a great, great subject
0:04:19 > 0:04:21to make you last with us a little bit longer?
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Music or soaps - I'm quite into my soaps.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Very good. Dean, how about you?
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Probably the same.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Music and I also like film and entertainment, things like that.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Well, welcome back. Lovely to have you here.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36And finally, we have got Paul and Richard.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39How do you two know each other? I might have an idea.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Well, I was about three years old and he started screaming.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Hang on, so he's your brother?
0:04:46 > 0:04:47He's my brother, yes.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48LAUGHTER
0:04:48 > 0:04:50And where are you from?
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Originally, Monmouth. Richard still lives there. I live in a village called Glyncoch.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- And what do you do, Paul? - I work with...
0:04:57 > 0:05:03basically, I'm a housing support worker. Currently I work with people with mental health issues.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- Very good indeed. And Richard, how about you?- I work in packaging.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10- What sort of packaging? - Anything and everything.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13What's the biggest thing you've put in a packet?
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Oh...escalators.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17That's the biggest packet I've ever heard of!
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Six metres by two metres by two metres, a box.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- It's a big box.- That is a big box.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28Best of luck to you. It's great to have you. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31There's only one person left to introduce. We found out on the last show
0:05:31 > 0:05:34that he likes to swim in the lake of obscurity
0:05:34 > 0:05:37and climb the very mountain of the lesser-known.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41- He is my Pointless friend, he's Richard.- Hi. Hello.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43APPLAUSE
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- How are you this afternoon? - Extremely well. How are you?
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Very well. An interesting show today - two pairs who had very different shows last time.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Sarah and James were very, very strong,
0:05:58 > 0:06:04whereas Dean and Nicola had one of those rare events we love on Pointless - 200 points.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07And also, I'm hoping that Candice and Pippa can prove that Essex
0:06:07 > 0:06:09is God's finest county.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10THEY LAUGH
0:06:10 > 0:06:13And just to cheer everyone up, there's no music,
0:06:13 > 0:06:15no entertainment, no celeb culture,
0:06:15 > 0:06:17but plenty of highbrow.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18LAUGHTER
0:06:18 > 0:06:22Thanks very much, Richard. We put all our questions to 100 people before the show,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25but we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29To stay in the game with a chance to win our jackpot, our players need to score
0:06:29 > 0:06:31as few points as they possibly can.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer, one that none of our 100 people gave.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that,
0:06:42 > 0:06:47so today's jackpot starts off at £2,250.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49APPLAUSE
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Right, let's play Pointless.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02OK, in the first round, each of you must give me one answer.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04You cannot confer with your partner.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08The team with the highest score at the end will be eliminated.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10If anyone gives me an incorrect answer,
0:07:10 > 0:07:13they will score the maximum of 100 points, so try to avoid those.
0:07:13 > 0:07:19OK, our category this afternoon in the first round is literature.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:07:31 > 0:07:36as many non-eponymous Shakespeare plays as they could.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Non-eponymous Shakespeare plays. Richard.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43Yeah, we're looking for any play from Shakespeare's First Folio which doesn't include the name
0:07:43 > 0:07:46of a specific character in its title.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50So, any play by Shakespeare in his First Folio that does not have the name
0:07:50 > 0:07:53of a specific character in its title.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58OK, thank you very much, Richard. Now, Sarah and James, you all drew lots before the show
0:07:58 > 0:08:01and this afternoon you get to go first.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04So, Sarah, Shakespeare plays without the name
0:08:04 > 0:08:06of a specific character in the title.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Non-eponymous.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10We've all learnt a new word.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Mm.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16I can think of a few very obvious ones, but...
0:08:16 > 0:08:19I'm not sure why this is in my head but I'm going to go with -
0:08:19 > 0:08:21I hope I get it right - The Merry Wives Of Windsor.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23The Merry Wives Of Windsor. Well done.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26You're hoping to score as few points as you possibly can.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Let's see if The Merry Wives Of Windsor is a correct answer and if it is,
0:08:30 > 0:08:32let's see how many people said it.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Very well done, Sarah.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38That's a very well chosen Shakespeare play, I'd say.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Oh, brilliant!
0:08:40 > 0:08:42APPLAUSE
0:08:42 > 0:08:44And there is your reward.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Lovely low score there.
0:08:46 > 0:08:494 points for The Merry Wives Of Windsor. Richard.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53Mistress Ford and Mistress Page are The Merry Wives of Windsor, apparently written in 14 days
0:08:53 > 0:08:55at the behest of Elizabeth I.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Pippa, non-eponymous Shakespeare plays.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00It's my favourite.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01LAUGHTER
0:09:01 > 0:09:03OK, it's going to be high-scoring, I think,
0:09:03 > 0:09:07but at least I hope it's right and Candice won't hate me...forever.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09I'm going to go for Much Ado About Nothing.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Much Ado About Nothing.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Let's see how many people said Much Ado About Nothing.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Well done - it's right.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Down it goes, 20s,
0:09:22 > 0:09:24teens...
0:09:24 > 0:09:2512!
0:09:25 > 0:09:27APPLAUSE
0:09:27 > 0:09:29An excellent answer. Well done.
0:09:29 > 0:09:3112 points for Much Ado About Nothing.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Well played, Pippa. Very good score.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36See? Essex, Shakespeare...
0:09:36 > 0:09:37it does mix.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38THEY LAUGH
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Does mix.
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Very well done, Pippa.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43So, Nicola, we come to you.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48What is the most obscure non-eponymous Shakespeare play you can think of?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51I'm not 100% on Shakespeare - I'm not very good,
0:09:51 > 0:09:54so I'll just go for A Midsummer Night's Dream.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56You're hoping for as few points as possible.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said A Midsummer Night's Dream.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Well done.
0:10:07 > 0:10:08APPLAUSE
0:10:08 > 0:10:11It's not bad at all, though, Nicola. 47.
0:10:11 > 0:10:1347 for A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Well played, Nicola. That's avoided the dreaded 200 this time, which is good.
0:10:17 > 0:10:22Yeah, and Midsummer Night's Dream. There is no character called either Midsummer, Night or Dream in that.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24So, Paul, we come to you.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27I think I'll try The Taming Of The Shrew.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32The Taming Of The Shrew, very well done indeed. You're hoping for as few points as possible.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Let's see how many people said The Taming Of The Shrew.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Well done - it's right.
0:10:42 > 0:10:4320.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45APPLAUSE
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Not bad. 20 points for The Taming Of The Shrew.
0:10:50 > 0:10:55Well played, Paul. Good pass from everybody there. I think it's going to get tougher as we go back.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59- Kiss Me Kate is loosely based on The Taming Of The Shrew. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Halfway through the round, let's look at the scores.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05Sarah, what about that?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07The Merry Wives Of Windsor - fantastic.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11And then Pippa on 12, fantastic answer there.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14And then we go up to Paul and Richard on 20.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15And then up to Nicola
0:11:15 > 0:11:18and Dean on 47.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Wasn't a bad score but nonetheless you are the high scorers
0:11:21 > 0:11:24so you're going to have to try to find a really obscure
0:11:24 > 0:11:27non-eponymous Shakespeare play for the next pass.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:11:33 > 0:11:38OK, we are looking for non-eponymous Shakespeare plays.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39Now then, Richard.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42You're on 20, thanks to Paul's excellent answer on the first pass.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45The high scorers on 47 are Dean and Nicola.
0:11:45 > 0:11:50Should you score 26 or less with this answer, you are definitely through to the next round.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- What are you thinking?- Er...
0:11:52 > 0:11:55I did Shakespeare in school but that was 30 years ago.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Two Gentlemen of Verona.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01He says a disclaimer, then whooph!
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Two Gentlemen of Verona.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05There's your red line,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Two Gentlemen of Verona. How many people said it?
0:12:14 > 0:12:15There we are - it's right.
0:12:21 > 0:12:22Oh, 6!
0:12:22 > 0:12:24APPLAUSE
0:12:28 > 0:12:30- Very well done, Richard.- Thank you.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Two Gentlemen of Verona, Richard. What about that? 6 points.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Very good answer. Good name as well.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39Valentine and Proteus are the Two Gentlemen of Verona.
0:12:39 > 0:12:44Do you know what's unique about the character Crab in The Two Gentlemen Of Verona?
0:12:45 > 0:12:47LAUGHTER
0:12:47 > 0:12:52Someone at home will know. Crab is the only dog in any Shakespeare play. Crab.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- How about that for a fact?- Wow.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Don't switch over, come on!
0:12:56 > 0:12:58LAUGHTER
0:12:59 > 0:13:03OK, so now then, Dean. We come to you. This is where you have to pull one out the bag.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07I'm not sure if it even is a play. I'm going to go for Twelfth Night.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12Twelfth Night. Very well done, Dean. Twelfth Night, that's what you're saying.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Let's see how many people said Twelfth Night.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18It's right.
0:13:22 > 0:13:2320.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27- APPLAUSE - Not a bad score at all.
0:13:27 > 0:13:2920 takes your total up
0:13:29 > 0:13:30to 67.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Twelfth Night, Or What You Will.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Exactly - the only Shakespearean play with an alternate title,
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Well done, Dean. You may have kept yourself in the game.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Candice, we come to you.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Remember, we are looking for non-eponymous Shakespeare plays.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48- Pippa did awfully well.- I know, and I'm going to be terrible.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52- Much Ado About Nothing scored only 12, Candice. Only 12.- Don't, don't!
0:13:52 > 0:13:56- Pippa the chav!- And I'm going to let the side down.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- She knew a lot about Shakespeare. - I know - stop it!- Oh, yes.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03I was going to say Two Gentlemen Of Verona, and then I was backing it up
0:14:03 > 0:14:07with Twelfth Night, and now I can't think of anything at all.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12So, I'm going to say The Scottish Play, even though
0:14:12 > 0:14:13I know that that's wrong.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17- Macbeth.- You're going to say Macbeth.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Which is obviously the title of Macbeth.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22You're on 12.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26The high scorers currently are Dean and Nicola on 67.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28If you get below that red line,
0:14:28 > 0:14:31you are through to the next round.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Macbeth.
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Yeah!
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- Apparently it's really bad luck to say that.- I know.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39I thought I'd go all out on it.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Shall we see if that bears fruit?
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Macbeth. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Oh!
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- THEY LAUGH - Sorry.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54I'm sorry to say, Macbeth, as you might have guessed,
0:14:54 > 0:14:58is an incorrect answer and that scores you the maximum of 100 points
0:14:58 > 0:14:59taking your total up
0:14:59 > 0:15:02to an unbeatable 112.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04- Macbeth.- Yes, unlucky, Candice.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Macbeth does have the name of a character in its title.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09That character being Macbeth.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13That's the character, and Lady Macbeth, as well, would be another.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Very good. So then, James, we come to you. You're on 4.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Even if you score 100 points,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22you and Sarah are through to the next round,
0:15:22 > 0:15:25so see if you can throw an element of caution to the wind.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28I'm going to go with All's Well That Ends Well.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33All's Well That Ends Well. This ends the round extremely well, I think.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36All's Well That Ends Well. Is it right, how many people said it?
0:15:38 > 0:15:42Well done, James. A great answer.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46Brilliant.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50All's Well That Ends Well scores you 7.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Takes your total up to 11.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- Richard?- Very well played, James. As you say, a lovely end to the round.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00They're not sure if it's a comedy of a tragedy, All's Well That Ends Well.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02It's like the reviews of a lot of your sketch shows.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04LAUGHTER
0:16:05 > 0:16:10- No, no, no. I don't believe so. - I'm joking, of course.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12They are deeply tragic. Deeply.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18- Very sad stories you tell.- Yes. - There's loads of other answers.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20There's Merchant Of Venice, The Tempest, As You Like It,
0:16:20 > 0:16:22but let's look at the lower answers.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Let's take a look at the best answers you could have given.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Measure For Measure would have scored 1 point.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30The Comedy Of Errors would have got you 3.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Love's Labours Lost, that's 4.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Let's take a look at the high-scoring answers.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42There's The Taming Of The Shrew, we already had that. That scored 20.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44The Merchant of Venice, 32.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48Right at the top, we've already heard it, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 47.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Well, thank you very much, Richard.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54At the end of Round One, the losing pair with the highest score,
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Candice and Pippa.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you,
0:16:58 > 0:17:00but you will, of course, be back.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Everyone gets two chances to reach our final.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06What are you going to bring back to bear? What have you learnt this time round?
0:17:06 > 0:17:08New partner.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Now then, Pippa.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Enough of that, Pippa.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15I was only joking, I love her really. I do.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19You've been brilliant contestants, we look forward to seeing you next time.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Thanks so much, great contestants.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Now, obviously there's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head
0:17:35 > 0:17:38so one team is going to be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Our category for round two this afternoon is...
0:17:46 > 0:17:50Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to first, who's going to go second?
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Our second-round question this afternoon concerns...
0:18:04 > 0:18:08- Richard.- You're going to see two lists of six nicknames of US cities.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12We asked 100 people, "Which city is it most commonly associated with?"
0:18:12 > 0:18:14An obscure answer will score fewer points
0:18:14 > 0:18:18but if you give us an incorrect answer, you'll score the maximum 100 points.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21See how many of the 12 you can get at home.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Thanks very much, Richard.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27We're looking for the US cities that are most commonly associated
0:18:27 > 0:18:29with these nicknames, and we have got...
0:18:39 > 0:18:41I shall read that list again.
0:18:48 > 0:18:49Now, as always on Pointless,
0:18:49 > 0:18:52you are looking for the answer that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- So, Sarah, have you been to America? - Just once.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I went to Florida one time.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04That's not helping.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07There's really only one I'm certain of.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10The others would be big guesses
0:19:10 > 0:19:15so all I can do is go for The Big Apple, New York.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:19:17 > 0:19:19how many people knew that answer.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22The Big Apple, New York, Sarah says.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33Big Apple, New York - 95 that scores you. 95 for The Big Apple.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Yeah. Big Apple, big score.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Better than 100, but no-one agrees as to where it came from.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Nicola.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43I'm going to go for the obvious one,
0:19:43 > 0:19:45just because of that high score,
0:19:45 > 0:19:48so I'm going to go for Sin City, Las Vegas.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49Sin City, Las Vegas, you are saying.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Sin City, Las Vegas.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03APPLAUSE
0:20:06 > 0:20:0838 for Sin City. Richard.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Very well played, Nicola.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Not that obvious, it turns out. Only 38 people knew that.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Called Sin City for obvious reasons.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Indeed.
0:20:17 > 0:20:23Very good. Richard. We're looking for the US cities that are most commonly known by these nicknames.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26I think I'm going to go with The Biggest Little City In The World -
0:20:26 > 0:20:28I think it's Reno.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31- Have you been to Reno? - Never been to America in my life.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32Would you like to go?
0:20:32 > 0:20:34No.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36LAUGHTER
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Succinctly dealt with, good.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41OK, Reno, The Biggest Little City In The World.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Well done, it's right, Richard.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Down it goes. 3!
0:20:53 > 0:20:55APPLAUSE
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Very, very well done, Richard.
0:21:00 > 0:21:033 points for Reno, The Biggest Little City In The World.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Well played, Richard. Best answer of the pass.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Best answer on the board as well. Where did that knowledge come from?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11- Back of there somewhere. - LAUGHTER
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Let's look through the rest of the board.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Alexander, do you want to have a go at any of these? It's a difficult one.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18I could guess at all of those.
0:21:18 > 0:21:19OK, have a go at La La Land.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21LA.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24That's Los Angeles, yeah. Exactly. 27 points.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25City of Witches, Salem?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27City of Witches is Salem. That's exactly right.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30Where the Salem Witch Trials were. That scores 18.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32- And Space City.- Houston?
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Again, you'd have to guess, but it is Houston, scores 14.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Very well done at home if you said Reno.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40That's the best answer up there by a mile.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Thanks very much, Richard. We're halfway through the round,
0:21:43 > 0:21:45let's take a look at the scores.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Brilliant answer there from Richard,
0:21:47 > 0:21:493 points. Lovely low score.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53Then up on 38, Nicola and Dean. Not bad at all, Sin City.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56And Sarah, oh dear. The Big Apple!
0:21:56 > 0:21:57- It's embarrassing.- 95 points.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04Right, we'll come back down the line. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:22:06 > 0:22:10We're going to put six more nicknames on the board and here they come.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20I'll read those one more time.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Remember, we are looking for the US cities that are
0:22:29 > 0:22:33most commonly associated with these nicknames, and obviously you're trying
0:22:33 > 0:22:36to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Now, Paul, how well did Richard do? Wasn't that brilliant?
0:22:38 > 0:22:41I'm glad he did so well, looking at that lot.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46Well, the high scorers are James and Sarah on 95.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48If you can score 91 or less with this,
0:22:48 > 0:22:51you are definitely through to the next round.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52Well, I'm only sure of two of them,
0:22:52 > 0:22:56so I'll have to go for the least likely of those two,
0:22:56 > 0:23:00so I'll go City Of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03City Of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, you're saying. Here's your red line.
0:23:03 > 0:23:04Nice and high,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06if you can get below that you are through to the head-to-head.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia. Is it right, how many people said it?
0:23:13 > 0:23:14Very well done, Paul.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Down it goes, 10 points.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22APPLAUSE
0:23:22 > 0:23:27That's a fabulous answer. You are in the head-to-head, that takes your total up to 13. Richard.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Very well played, Paul, and well done if you got that at home.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34- Just 10 points, very good answer. - So then, Dean.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38We come to you. James and Sarah remain the high scorers on 95.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42You're on 38, if you can score 56 or less with this answer,
0:23:42 > 0:23:44you are in the head-to-head.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Right, I'm not really not 100% on any of them, to be honest,
0:23:48 > 0:23:52but I think The Windy City might be Kansas.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Windy City, Kansas.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03Bad luck, Dean.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:24:05 > 0:24:08which means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10That takes your total up to 138. Richard.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Sorry about that, I won't give you the correct answer
0:24:13 > 0:24:15just in case James wants to have a go at the same question.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18So then, James, that is what we call a lifeline.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Isn't it just?
0:24:21 > 0:24:25Isn't it just? The high scorers are Dean and Nicola on 138.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27If you can score 42 or less,
0:24:27 > 0:24:29you are through to the head-to-head.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33I think I know three of them.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36I'm pretty sure The Windy City is Chicago.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39I've a feeling The Big Easy is San Francisco
0:24:39 > 0:24:42but I'm not positive on it.
0:24:42 > 0:24:47I think Beantown - because I went to Boston and they talked
0:24:47 > 0:24:51a lot about beans, and they kept pointing out a massive factory
0:24:51 > 0:24:54where they make beans and canned beans -
0:24:54 > 0:24:58I think Beantown is Boston.
0:24:58 > 0:25:03- Boston, Beantown. - I hope so, after that.- I really...
0:25:03 > 0:25:05LAUGHTER
0:25:05 > 0:25:10There is your red line. If you come below that red line, you are in the head-to-head.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Above that red line,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15"bean" nice having you on the show.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17GROANS
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Only one way to find out. Beantown, Boston.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23Is it right and if it is, how many people said Boston, Beantown?
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Good luck.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27It's right.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Very well done, James.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32You are in the head-to-head.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34APPLAUSE
0:25:34 > 0:25:36An excellent answer.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38You remain in double figures.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Scores you 4, takes your total to 99.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- Richard, Beantown. - Very well played, James.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46As you rightly say, from colonial times it's been Beantown
0:25:46 > 0:25:48because they make a lot of baked beans there.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Luckily they didn't call it The Windy City.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Let's look at the rest of the board. Start with The Windy City -
0:25:53 > 0:25:57not Kansas, Kansas City is known as The Heart Of America,
0:25:57 > 0:26:01but The Windy City is Chicago. Would have scored you 80 points.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Motown - plenty of people at home will know is Detroit.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Would have scored you 37 points.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Now, The Big Easy, James, if you had gone for that and said
0:26:09 > 0:26:13San Francisco, you'd be out of the round, because it's New Orleans.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Would have scored 21.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17And the best answer on the board - any idea on Alamo City?
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Anybody want to hazard a guess?
0:26:19 > 0:26:21- AUDIENCE MEMBER:- San Antonio.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22San Antonio is the right answer.
0:26:22 > 0:26:262 points, so very well done if you said San Antonio at home.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30- That's the best answer on either board.- Very good.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31Thank you very much, Richard.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35At the end of round two, the losing pair with a high score -
0:26:35 > 0:26:38oh, I can't bear it - Dean and Nicola.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42- You never had a chance to get your pointless answer.- No.- And you tried.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Oh, you tried!
0:26:44 > 0:26:47- THEY LAUGH - I'm afraid this is where the road ends.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50We have to say goodbye, but you have been brilliant contestants.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Thank you so much for playing, brilliant. Dean and Nicola.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59But for the remaining two pairs, things are going to get
0:26:59 > 0:27:02even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13Well done, Paul and Richard, Sarah and James, you've made it to the head-to-head.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Only one pair can make it through to today's final
0:27:15 > 0:27:20and play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £2,250.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Now, you're going to go head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33For each question, each pair needs to give me one answer, but you can now confer.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37You have to come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and you will win that question.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39The first pair to get to the best of three
0:27:39 > 0:27:41will be playing for today's jackpot.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42Let's play Pointless.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45APPLAUSE
0:27:49 > 0:27:51OK, here is your first question.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:27:58 > 0:28:02- Richard.- We're simply looking for the exact date
0:28:02 > 0:28:06of any of the four commonly-recognised patron saints' days
0:28:06 > 0:28:08of the British Isles, please.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09Thank you very much, Richard.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13Richard and Paul, because you've played best so far,
0:28:13 > 0:28:15you get to go first.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17No it isn't, that's St Stephen's.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21- (St Andrew's Day is 30th November.- Is it?- Yeah. Right.)
0:28:21 > 0:28:23We have an answer?
0:28:23 > 0:28:26- Yes.- St Andrew, 30th November.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30St Andrew, 30th November.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32So we come to you, Sarah and James.
0:28:32 > 0:28:37We fancy St Andrew will be the best answer because we don't know it.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41We're going to say St Patrick's Day - 17th March.
0:28:41 > 0:28:4317th March, St Patrick's Day.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47OK, Paul and Richard, you are going for 30th November, St Andrew's Day.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:29:00 > 0:29:0219 for St Andrew's Day.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08Sarah and James, you loyally went for St Patrick, 17th March.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Let's see if that's right
0:29:10 > 0:29:15and if it is, how many people said St Patrick's Day, 17th March.
0:29:17 > 0:29:18Well, it's right.
0:29:23 > 0:29:28As you feared, James, that's quite a high score, so after the first question,
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Paul and Richard are ahead 1-0.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33- Richard. - Well played, Paul and Richard.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36It's quite a tough question because we've got two very strong teams.
0:29:36 > 0:29:3830th November, absolutely right.
0:29:38 > 0:29:39The day after my birthday.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42More importantly, we were brought up Catholic.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45That was my confirmation name and so that was my Saint's Day
0:29:45 > 0:29:47as I was growing up.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51- It was all building towards this, Paul. - LAUGHTER
0:29:51 > 0:29:55- It's like Slumdog Millionaire, this.- Isn't it? - LAUGHTER
0:29:56 > 0:30:0030th November is St Andrew's Day, the Patron Saint of Scotland.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Let's take a look at all four of them. See if you got these at home.
0:30:03 > 0:30:08I think we've heard most of them. 30th November is St Andrew's Day, 19.
0:30:08 > 0:30:121st March, that's St David's Day, also 19, so would have tied.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15There's St Patrick's Day, 17th March, 41.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18And right at the top, but only with 51 points,
0:30:18 > 0:30:2023rd April, St George's Day.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Thanks very much, Richard. Here is your second question.
0:30:24 > 0:30:29Sarah and James, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33Paul and Richard, if you win this point, you're straight through to the final.
0:30:33 > 0:30:34Here comes your second question.
0:30:34 > 0:30:40We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Nordic countries as they could.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44Nordic countries, Richard.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47Any of the five north European countries that make up the Nordic Council.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50As always, by country,
0:30:50 > 0:30:52we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN.
0:30:52 > 0:30:57- Thank you very much, Richard.- Sarah and James, you go first this time.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10I have made the executive decision to say Denmark.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14You're going to say Denmark. Richard and Paul.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17- You're sure now?- Yeah.- You're sure that's one of them?- Yeah.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19You can talk us through what you're thinking.
0:31:19 > 0:31:24I was thinking Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28- He reckons Iceland isn't there. - I don't think Iceland is. We'll go for Finland.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32You're going to go for Finland, so we have Denmark and Finland.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34- I hadn't finished yet.- Carry on.
0:31:34 > 0:31:39- LAUGHTER - It's an afternoon for executive decisions, Paul.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42So, Denmark. What do you think?
0:31:42 > 0:31:44Up against Finland?
0:31:44 > 0:31:46- I thought Finland was better.- Shhh!
0:31:47 > 0:31:50Definitely Denmark.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53OK, Denmark. Is it right? How many people said Denmark?
0:31:56 > 0:31:57It's right.
0:31:58 > 0:32:0046.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02APPLAUSE
0:32:02 > 0:32:0346.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Is it enough to keep you in the game?
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Paul and Richard, you have gone with Finland.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Is it right? How many people said it? Finland.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22- APPLAUSE - 50.
0:32:24 > 0:32:29Very well done, James, for going with your gut instinct there.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32It was right and it's kept you in the game.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35After two questions, you are absolutely even. One all.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39Yes, blow for blow. Well done, James. There's five answers up there.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43It's the three Scandinavian countries plus Finland and plus Iceland.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46And if you had said Iceland, you'd be through to the final
0:32:46 > 0:32:49because Iceland was the best answer on the board -
0:32:49 > 0:32:51would have scored you 32 points.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Let's take a look at all of them.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Thanks very much, Richard. So, here is your third question.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10Whoever wins this question is through to the final.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Richard.
0:33:20 > 0:33:2420th/21st century British Prime Ministers whose surname begins with C.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27For double-barrelled surnames, we'll accept either name.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Thank you very much, Richard. Paul and Richard,
0:33:32 > 0:33:34you are to go first again.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36Chamberlain, Churchill...
0:33:40 > 0:33:43- Yeah.- You go first then. - We'll go for Chamberlain.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46- You're saying Chamberlain. - Neville Chamberlain.
0:33:48 > 0:33:54We can think of two others, Churchill being a pretty obvious one.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58- Cameron, obviously. - Cameron, oh, there's another one.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04We're going to have to go with Callaghan.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07Wouldn't want to call this! Blimey!
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Chamberlain, Callaghan.
0:34:10 > 0:34:11Only one way to find out.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15Winner goes through to the final. Paul and Richard, you said Chamberlain.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Is it right and if so, how many people said it?
0:34:24 > 0:34:26Down it goes. 36.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30- APPLAUSE - 36 for Chamberlain.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34You've gone for Callaghan.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37If it goes below 36, you are through to the final
0:34:37 > 0:34:39and will be playing for that jackpot.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43OK, Callaghan, is it right? How many people said it? Callaghan.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50It's right. Is it right enough?
0:34:50 > 0:34:53Yes, it is! Look at that! 33.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55APPLAUSE
0:34:55 > 0:34:59Very, very well done, Sarah and James. 33.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03After three questions, you go through to the final 2-1.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06- Richard.- Very well played there, Sarah. Great head-to-head as well.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10Couldn't get much closer than that. There are five answers here.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13One of them is the real killer answer - very well done at home
0:35:13 > 0:35:18if you said Henry Campbell-Bannerman, which would have scored you 1 point.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20It's easily the best answer up there.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25David Cameron scored 60!
0:35:25 > 0:35:28LAUGHTER
0:35:28 > 0:35:31He's made an impact, hasn't he? Right at the top there, Winston Churchill on 76.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34Very well done if you got all five of those at home,
0:35:34 > 0:35:38especially Campbell-Bannerman, and well done if you got David Cameron.
0:35:38 > 0:35:39You're only just in a majority.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41LAUGHTER
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Well, thank you very much, Richard.
0:35:43 > 0:35:48The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, it's Paul and Richard.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50- That was incredibly close.- Gutted.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52It's been an incredibly impressive Pointless debut.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56We will see you next time when no doubt we will see a lot more of you
0:35:56 > 0:35:59but brilliant contestants. Thank you so much, Paul and Richard.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01APPLAUSE
0:36:03 > 0:36:06But for Sarah and James, it's time for our Pointless final
0:36:06 > 0:36:09and the chance to win our jackpot of £2,250.
0:36:15 > 0:36:16Congratulations, Sarah and James.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20You fought off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy,
0:36:20 > 0:36:21so very well done.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23APPLAUSE
0:36:27 > 0:36:30You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,250.
0:36:34 > 0:36:35There it is.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38APPLAUSE
0:36:39 > 0:36:41The rules are very simple.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44To win, all you have to do is find a pointless answer -
0:36:44 > 0:36:46one none of our 100 people could think of.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51We haven't had any pointless answers today. You only have to find one to go home with that money.
0:36:51 > 0:36:56First, you have to choose a category from these three options. Here they are.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06- I'll tell you what it's not going to be.- Footballers?
0:37:06 > 0:37:10- Definitely not footballers. - I don't think British actresses would be good either.- No.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14I did A-level languages but I doubt it's going to be that basic.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19- Just go with that?- I can name some languages. English, that's one.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22- Let's go with languages. - We'll go languages, please.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27Good luck. Let's find out what the question is.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31Here goes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:37:31 > 0:37:37as many official languages of India as they could.
0:37:38 > 0:37:39Richard.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43We're looking for any of the 23 official languages of India.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45That's 22 regional and one national,
0:37:45 > 0:37:47as recognised by the Indian government.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:50 > 0:37:55All you need to win that £2,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Your 60 seconds start now.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- What do you know? - Do they speak English?
0:38:00 > 0:38:05I'm positive English is one. I think Urdu and Hindi.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08- Hindi's a relig...- What? - No, I don't...
0:38:08 > 0:38:12- Hindi, I'm sure, is a language. - OK, is Punjab a region?
0:38:12 > 0:38:16- Punjabi, I think that could be right.- Punjabi?- I don't know.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Don't want to embarrass myself.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21What do you think?
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- I'm not getting anywhere near any of the others.- Nor am I.
0:38:24 > 0:38:29- Just think of the trophy. We have that.- We've got the trophy.- We've always got that.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36What - Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi?
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Is English a shout?
0:38:38 > 0:38:40No, I mean, I think it's right.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- We'll just go with those three, then.- Yeah.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46We've got 13 seconds to think of anything.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48- I don't think we're going to need those.- OK, right,
0:38:48 > 0:38:52we'll stop the clock there. You have come up with three answers.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55We want official languages of India.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57I now need those three answers.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Hindi...
0:39:01 > 0:39:02..Urdu...
0:39:04 > 0:39:06..Punjabi.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09Which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:09 > 0:39:15I have equal confidence, or lack of, in each of them.
0:39:15 > 0:39:16- Shall we put...- Urdu.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20Urdu. You want to put Urdu last. Urdu goes last.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22Which is your least likely?
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Punjabi, we're not positive it's right.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29OK, Punjabi goes first, Hindi in the middle, Urdu last.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31We'll put those up on the board.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33And here they are.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41There they are. OK, we were looking for official languages of India.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45This was your least confident answer. You only have to find
0:39:45 > 0:39:48one pointless answer to win that £2,250 jackpot.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50OK, Punjabi, that's your first answer.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53There it is, let's see if it's right.
0:39:54 > 0:39:58And if it is, let's see how many people said it. Punjabi.
0:40:00 > 0:40:07It's right. This is your first shot of three at the jackpot of £2,250.
0:40:07 > 0:40:08If this goes all the way down to 0,
0:40:08 > 0:40:10then you are leaving here
0:40:10 > 0:40:11with that money.
0:40:11 > 0:40:1215.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14APPLAUSE
0:40:17 > 0:40:22- 15. That's a pretty impressive score, 15.- Better than I expected.
0:40:22 > 0:40:28Unfortunately, it's not a pointless answer, so you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30What would you do with £2,250?
0:40:30 > 0:40:32I'd love to go to Broadway and see a show.
0:40:32 > 0:40:33How about you, James?
0:40:33 > 0:40:37I'd be tempted to do something sensible like spend it on rent
0:40:37 > 0:40:39or something like that, but I might get a piano.
0:40:39 > 0:40:40Get a piano!
0:40:42 > 0:40:43The piano might then earn the rent.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45That's possible, yeah.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48There you are. OK, well, very best of luck.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52We are looking for official languages of India.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Your second answer is Hindi. This has to be pointless
0:40:55 > 0:40:59for you to win that jackpot of £2,250. Let's see if it's right,
0:40:59 > 0:41:02Hindi, and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Hindi.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07It's right.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Your first answer, Punjabi, went down to 15.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12APPLAUSE
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Hindi only went down to 75.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Very popular answer there.
0:41:18 > 0:41:23Not a pointless answer. That leaves us with just one language left.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26This was the answer you were most confident with.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30It has to be pointless if you're going to win that jackpot. OK, Urdu.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32Is it right, how many people said it?
0:41:32 > 0:41:35This is your last chance to win the jackpot. Urdu.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42It's right. Down it goes.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45Into the 60s, into the 50s.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Still going down. £2,250,
0:41:47 > 0:41:51and I'm afraid... Oh, well.
0:41:53 > 0:41:58I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer, so I'm afraid you don't win
0:41:58 > 0:42:03today's jackpot of £2,250, which rolls over onto the next show, but you have been fantastic contestants
0:42:03 > 0:42:08and you get to take home our Pointless trophy, so very well done.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12APPLAUSE
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- So Richard...- Pretty tough question. Some of the other big scorers
0:42:17 > 0:42:20there are Gujarati, Tamil, Bengali,
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Sanskrit, but there will be people at home who have travelled in India
0:42:23 > 0:42:26or with Indian backgrounds who have done well here,
0:42:26 > 0:42:30so let's look at all the pointless answers. See if any of these ring a bell with you.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35We start with Assamese, then Maithili,
0:42:35 > 0:42:38then Nepali, which is spoken in West Bengal.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43Oriya, which is spoken by 22 million people in Orissa State.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Santhali, Sindhi.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51There's Dogri, which is a dialect of Punjabi.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55Bodo, which is spoken in Assam, and Manipuri. So very well done
0:42:55 > 0:42:58if you got any of those at home. You would have won!
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you,
0:43:00 > 0:43:03Sarah and James, but it's been brilliant having you.
0:43:03 > 0:43:07You've been fantastic contestants, thanks so much for playing.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10APPLAUSE
0:43:10 > 0:43:13Nobody's won our jackpot today, which means it rolls over
0:43:13 > 0:43:18onto the next show, when we will be playing for £3,250.
0:43:20 > 0:43:24Join us then to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27- Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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