Episode 7 Pointless

WHISTLING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless, the show where the lowest scorers

are the winners. Let's meet today's players.

APPLAUSE

We welcome back Sarah and James. You were on the show last time.

You get two chances to reach the Pointless final and this is your second and final chance to reach it.

-Remind us what happened last time.

-Got through to the head-to-head and then just got

dealt some questions we didn't know.

-Traveling Wilburys, that's what it was.

-I know now.

Music's a bit of a pet subject for you, isn't it? You're both trained musicians.

Sarah, remind us what you do.

I'm a pianist and I play the organ at church

-and I play the violin as well, bit of singing.

-A multi-instrumentalist.

How about you, James?

I play percussion and I play guitar and piano and all that sort of stuff.

When you're not playing music, counting out those bars and hitting things,

what else do you do?

I'm a Scout leader.

-You're a Scout leader!

-Yes, with the 1st Cardiff Scout troop.

Do you teach music to them?

No, I have invigilated a music badge in the past

but normally I just come along and generally assist

and then take them away for a camp for a week during the summer as well.

Is that fun?

Yes, it's always fun for most of the time.

-HE LAUGHS

-For most of the time. Well, very best of luck to the pair of you.

Great to have you on the show. Next, we welcome Candice and Pippa.

Now, how do you two know each other?

-We met over ten years ago at work and we've been best friends ever since.

-Yeah.

-Where are you from?

-We're from Essex.

-What do you do, Candice?

-I work - well, we both work - for Essex County Council.

I work in finance and Pippa works in the fostering service.

Were you friends at first sight?

-SHE LAUGHS

-Not really!

-No, she hated me.

-I didn't hate her.

-I liked you.

Hang on! How did this manifest itself, Pippa? What happened?

-No, no...

-Let me!

LAUGHTER

She came to my office and I was very nice and bubbly

and I even made her a cup of tea. I was really nice.

Then, apparently, when she went back,

she told everyone I was a chav.

LAUGHTER

Pippa used to have very streaky blonde hair and a tongue piercing.

I looked gorgeous.

-That was like when you and I first met, wasn't it?

-Yes!

God. I never made you a cup of tea, though.

No, you didn't, but you did have that lovely streaky blond hair, the tongue piercing...

Yeah.

-Yes. Oh, happy, happy days.

-Ah.

Hair.

LAUGHTER

Candice, what are you hoping will come up this afternoon?

-What's your specialist area?

-Probably entertainment, movies.

Music, probably.

Something a little bit less highbrow than science and nature.

OK, well, very good indeed. Pippa, how about you?

I'm going for celebs, things like that,

and also Elvis - massive Elvis fan.

Massive Elvis fan, good.

-Elvis hasn't featured for a long time on the show.

-No.

-Maybe he'll make an appearance.

-It's not about to change today either.

-Oh!

-I'm a massive Richard fan, though.

-You're a massive Richard fan?

Well, we have a massive Richard of our own. So, er...

-So that's good, isn't it?

-That pretty much describes me, doesn't it?

Yeah. That's brilliant. It's great having you on the show.

-Welcome here, enjoy it.

-BOTH:

-Thank you.

And next we welcome back Dean and Nicola. You were also on the show last time.

This is your second and final chance to reach the final. What happened last time?

It didn't go too well.

It was 200 points in the first round.

-Sausages.

-Sausages.

-Sausages, but you know what, Dean,

I applaud your determination to find a pointless answer.

Unfortunately, I found the only wrong answer on the board.

-But you did it beautifully.

-It was.

-And Nicola,

-so did you.

-Yeah.

You went out in a blaze of sausagey glory. It was fabulous,

but this time, please stay a little bit longer.

Nicola, what would be a great, great subject

to make you last with us a little bit longer?

Music or soaps - I'm quite into my soaps.

Very good. Dean, how about you?

Probably the same.

Music and I also like film and entertainment, things like that.

Well, welcome back. Lovely to have you here.

And finally, we have got Paul and Richard.

How do you two know each other? I might have an idea.

Well, I was about three years old and he started screaming.

Hang on, so he's your brother?

He's my brother, yes.

LAUGHTER

And where are you from?

Originally, Monmouth. Richard still lives there. I live in a village called Glyncoch.

-And what do you do, Paul?

-I work with...

basically, I'm a housing support worker. Currently I work with people with mental health issues.

-Very good indeed. And Richard, how about you?

-I work in packaging.

-What sort of packaging?

-Anything and everything.

What's the biggest thing you've put in a packet?

Oh...escalators.

That's the biggest packet I've ever heard of!

Six metres by two metres by two metres, a box.

-It's a big box.

-That is a big box.

Best of luck to you. It's great to have you. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.

There's only one person left to introduce. We found out on the last show

that he likes to swim in the lake of obscurity

and climb the very mountain of the lesser-known.

-He is my Pointless friend, he's Richard.

-Hi. Hello.

APPLAUSE

-How are you this afternoon?

-Extremely well. How are you?

Very well. An interesting show today - two pairs who had very different shows last time.

Sarah and James were very, very strong,

whereas Dean and Nicola had one of those rare events we love on Pointless - 200 points.

And also, I'm hoping that Candice and Pippa can prove that Essex

is God's finest county.

THEY LAUGH

And just to cheer everyone up, there's no music,

no entertainment, no celeb culture,

but plenty of highbrow.

LAUGHTER

Thanks very much, Richard. We put all our questions to 100 people before the show,

but we're after the obscure answers they didn't get.

To stay in the game with a chance to win our jackpot, our players need to score

as few points as they possibly can.

What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer, one that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

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

so today's jackpot starts off at £2,250.

APPLAUSE

Right, let's play Pointless.

OK, in the first round, each of you must give me one answer.

You cannot confer with your partner.

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

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer,

they will score the maximum of 100 points, so try to avoid those.

OK, our category this afternoon in the first round is literature.

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many non-eponymous Shakespeare plays as they could.

Non-eponymous Shakespeare plays. Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for any play from Shakespeare's First Folio which doesn't include the name

of a specific character in its title.

So, any play by Shakespeare in his First Folio that does not have the name

of a specific character in its title.

OK, thank you very much, Richard. Now, Sarah and James, you all drew lots before the show

and this afternoon you get to go first.

So, Sarah, Shakespeare plays without the name

of a specific character in the title.

Non-eponymous.

We've all learnt a new word.

Mm.

I can think of a few very obvious ones, but...

I'm not sure why this is in my head but I'm going to go with -

I hope I get it right - The Merry Wives Of Windsor.

The Merry Wives Of Windsor. Well done.

You're hoping to score as few points as you possibly can.

Let's see if The Merry Wives Of Windsor is a correct answer and if it is,

let's see how many people said it.

Very well done, Sarah.

That's a very well chosen Shakespeare play, I'd say.

Oh, brilliant!

APPLAUSE

And there is your reward.

Lovely low score there.

4 points for The Merry Wives Of Windsor. Richard.

Mistress Ford and Mistress Page are The Merry Wives of Windsor, apparently written in 14 days

at the behest of Elizabeth I.

Pippa, non-eponymous Shakespeare plays.

It's my favourite.

LAUGHTER

OK, it's going to be high-scoring, I think,

but at least I hope it's right and Candice won't hate me...forever.

I'm going to go for Much Ado About Nothing.

Much Ado About Nothing.

Let's see how many people said Much Ado About Nothing.

Well done - it's right.

Down it goes, 20s,

teens...

12!

APPLAUSE

An excellent answer. Well done.

12 points for Much Ado About Nothing.

Well played, Pippa. Very good score.

See? Essex, Shakespeare...

it does mix.

THEY LAUGH

Does mix.

Very well done, Pippa.

So, Nicola, we come to you.

What is the most obscure non-eponymous Shakespeare play you can think of?

I'm not 100% on Shakespeare - I'm not very good,

so I'll just go for A Midsummer Night's Dream.

You're hoping for as few points as possible.

Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Well done.

APPLAUSE

It's not bad at all, though, Nicola. 47.

47 for A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard.

Well played, Nicola. That's avoided the dreaded 200 this time, which is good.

Yeah, and Midsummer Night's Dream. There is no character called either Midsummer, Night or Dream in that.

So, Paul, we come to you.

I think I'll try The Taming Of The Shrew.

The Taming Of The Shrew, very well done indeed. You're hoping for as few points as possible.

Let's see how many people said The Taming Of The Shrew.

Well done - it's right.

20.

APPLAUSE

Not bad. 20 points for The Taming Of The Shrew.

Well played, Paul. Good pass from everybody there. I think it's going to get tougher as we go back.

-Kiss Me Kate is loosely based on The Taming Of The Shrew.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

Halfway through the round, let's look at the scores.

Sarah, what about that?

The Merry Wives Of Windsor - fantastic.

And then Pippa on 12, fantastic answer there.

And then we go up to Paul and Richard on 20.

And then up to Nicola

and Dean on 47.

Wasn't a bad score but nonetheless you are the high scorers

so you're going to have to try to find a really obscure

non-eponymous Shakespeare play for the next pass.

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

OK, we are looking for non-eponymous Shakespeare plays.

Now then, Richard.

You're on 20, thanks to Paul's excellent answer on the first pass.

The high scorers on 47 are Dean and Nicola.

Should you score 26 or less with this answer, you are definitely through to the next round.

-What are you thinking?

-Er...

I did Shakespeare in school but that was 30 years ago.

Two Gentlemen of Verona.

He says a disclaimer, then whooph!

Two Gentlemen of Verona.

There's your red line,

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

Two Gentlemen of Verona. How many people said it?

There we are - it's right.

Oh, 6!

APPLAUSE

-Very well done, Richard.

-Thank you.

Two Gentlemen of Verona, Richard. What about that? 6 points.

Very good answer. Good name as well.

Valentine and Proteus are the Two Gentlemen of Verona.

Do you know what's unique about the character Crab in The Two Gentlemen Of Verona?

LAUGHTER

Someone at home will know. Crab is the only dog in any Shakespeare play. Crab.

-How about that for a fact?

-Wow.

Don't switch over, come on!

LAUGHTER

OK, so now then, Dean. We come to you. This is where you have to pull one out the bag.

I'm not sure if it even is a play. I'm going to go for Twelfth Night.

Twelfth Night. Very well done, Dean. Twelfth Night, that's what you're saying.

Let's see how many people said Twelfth Night.

It's right.

20.

-APPLAUSE

-Not a bad score at all.

20 takes your total up

to 67.

Twelfth Night, Or What You Will.

Exactly - the only Shakespearean play with an alternate title,

Well done, Dean. You may have kept yourself in the game.

Candice, we come to you.

Remember, we are looking for non-eponymous Shakespeare plays.

-Pippa did awfully well.

-I know, and I'm going to be terrible.

-Much Ado About Nothing scored only 12, Candice. Only 12.

-Don't, don't!

-Pippa the chav!

-And I'm going to let the side down.

-She knew a lot about Shakespeare.

-I know - stop it!

-Oh, yes.

I was going to say Two Gentlemen Of Verona, and then I was backing it up

with Twelfth Night, and now I can't think of anything at all.

So, I'm going to say The Scottish Play, even though

I know that that's wrong.

-Macbeth.

-You're going to say Macbeth.

Which is obviously the title of Macbeth.

You're on 12.

The high scorers currently are Dean and Nicola on 67.

If you get below that red line,

you are through to the next round.

Macbeth.

Yeah!

-Apparently it's really bad luck to say that.

-I know.

I thought I'd go all out on it.

Shall we see if that bears fruit?

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

Oh!

-THEY LAUGH

-Sorry.

I'm sorry to say, Macbeth, as you might have guessed,

is an incorrect answer and that scores you the maximum of 100 points

taking your total up

to an unbeatable 112.

-Macbeth.

-Yes, unlucky, Candice.

Macbeth does have the name of a character in its title.

That character being Macbeth.

That's the character, and Lady Macbeth, as well, would be another.

Very good. So then, James, we come to you. You're on 4.

Even if you score 100 points,

you and Sarah are through to the next round,

so see if you can throw an element of caution to the wind.

I'm going to go with All's Well That Ends Well.

All's Well That Ends Well. This ends the round extremely well, I think.

All's Well That Ends Well. Is it right, how many people said it?

Well done, James. A great answer.

Brilliant.

All's Well That Ends Well scores you 7.

Takes your total up to 11.

-Richard?

-Very well played, James. As you say, a lovely end to the round.

They're not sure if it's a comedy of a tragedy, All's Well That Ends Well.

It's like the reviews of a lot of your sketch shows.

LAUGHTER

-No, no, no. I don't believe so.

-I'm joking, of course.

They are deeply tragic. Deeply.

-Very sad stories you tell.

-Yes.

-There's loads of other answers.

There's Merchant Of Venice, The Tempest, As You Like It,

but let's look at the lower answers.

Let's take a look at the best answers you could have given.

Measure For Measure would have scored 1 point.

The Comedy Of Errors would have got you 3.

Love's Labours Lost, that's 4.

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

Let's take a look at the high-scoring answers.

There's The Taming Of The Shrew, we already had that. That scored 20.

The Merchant of Venice, 32.

Right at the top, we've already heard it, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 47.

Well, thank you very much, Richard.

At the end of Round One, the losing pair with the highest score,

Candice and Pippa.

I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you,

but you will, of course, be back.

Everyone gets two chances to reach our final.

What are you going to bring back to bear? What have you learnt this time round?

New partner.

Now then, Pippa.

Enough of that, Pippa.

I was only joking, I love her really. I do.

You've been brilliant contestants, we look forward to seeing you next time.

Thanks so much, great contestants.

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

Now, obviously there's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head

so one team is going to be leaving us at the end of this round.

Our category for round two this afternoon is...

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

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

Our second-round question this afternoon concerns...

-Richard.

-You're going to see two lists of six nicknames of US cities.

We asked 100 people, "Which city is it most commonly associated with?"

An obscure answer will score fewer points

but if you give us an incorrect answer, you'll score the maximum 100 points.

See how many of the 12 you can get at home.

Thanks very much, Richard.

We're looking for the US cities that are most commonly associated

with these nicknames, and we have got...

I shall read that list again.

Now, as always on Pointless,

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

-So, Sarah, have you been to America?

-Just once.

I went to Florida one time.

That's not helping.

There's really only one I'm certain of.

The others would be big guesses

so all I can do is go for The Big Apple, New York.

Let's see if that's right and if it is,

how many people knew that answer.

The Big Apple, New York, Sarah says.

Big Apple, New York - 95 that scores you. 95 for The Big Apple.

Yeah. Big Apple, big score.

Better than 100, but no-one agrees as to where it came from.

Nicola.

I'm going to go for the obvious one,

just because of that high score,

so I'm going to go for Sin City, Las Vegas.

Sin City, Las Vegas, you are saying.

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

Sin City, Las Vegas.

APPLAUSE

38 for Sin City. Richard.

Very well played, Nicola.

Not that obvious, it turns out. Only 38 people knew that.

Called Sin City for obvious reasons.

Indeed.

Very good. Richard. We're looking for the US cities that are most commonly known by these nicknames.

I think I'm going to go with The Biggest Little City In The World -

I think it's Reno.

-Have you been to Reno?

-Never been to America in my life.

Would you like to go?

No.

LAUGHTER

Succinctly dealt with, good.

OK, Reno, The Biggest Little City In The World.

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

Well done, it's right, Richard.

Down it goes. 3!

APPLAUSE

Very, very well done, Richard.

3 points for Reno, The Biggest Little City In The World.

Well played, Richard. Best answer of the pass.

Best answer on the board as well. Where did that knowledge come from?

-Back of there somewhere.

-LAUGHTER

Let's look through the rest of the board.

Alexander, do you want to have a go at any of these? It's a difficult one.

I could guess at all of those.

OK, have a go at La La Land.

LA.

That's Los Angeles, yeah. Exactly. 27 points.

City of Witches, Salem?

City of Witches is Salem. That's exactly right.

Where the Salem Witch Trials were. That scores 18.

-And Space City.

-Houston?

Again, you'd have to guess, but it is Houston, scores 14.

Very well done at home if you said Reno.

That's the best answer up there by a mile.

Thanks very much, Richard. We're halfway through the round,

let's take a look at the scores.

Brilliant answer there from Richard,

3 points. Lovely low score.

Then up on 38, Nicola and Dean. Not bad at all, Sin City.

And Sarah, oh dear. The Big Apple!

-It's embarrassing.

-95 points.

Right, we'll come back down the line. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

We're going to put six more nicknames on the board and here they come.

I'll read those one more time.

Remember, we are looking for the US cities that are

most commonly associated with these nicknames, and obviously you're trying

to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Now, Paul, how well did Richard do? Wasn't that brilliant?

I'm glad he did so well, looking at that lot.

Well, the high scorers are James and Sarah on 95.

If you can score 91 or less with this,

you are definitely through to the next round.

Well, I'm only sure of two of them,

so I'll have to go for the least likely of those two,

so I'll go City Of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia.

City Of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, you're saying. Here's your red line.

Nice and high,

if you can get below that you are through to the head-to-head.

City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia. Is it right, how many people said it?

Very well done, Paul.

Down it goes, 10 points.

APPLAUSE

That's a fabulous answer. You are in the head-to-head, that takes your total up to 13. Richard.

Very well played, Paul, and well done if you got that at home.

-Just 10 points, very good answer.

-So then, Dean.

We come to you. James and Sarah remain the high scorers on 95.

You're on 38, if you can score 56 or less with this answer,

you are in the head-to-head.

Right, I'm not really not 100% on any of them, to be honest,

but I think The Windy City might be Kansas.

Windy City, Kansas.

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

Bad luck, Dean.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

That takes your total up to 138. Richard.

Sorry about that, I won't give you the correct answer

just in case James wants to have a go at the same question.

So then, James, that is what we call a lifeline.

Isn't it just?

Isn't it just? The high scorers are Dean and Nicola on 138.

If you can score 42 or less,

you are through to the head-to-head.

I think I know three of them.

I'm pretty sure The Windy City is Chicago.

I've a feeling The Big Easy is San Francisco

but I'm not positive on it.

I think Beantown - because I went to Boston and they talked

a lot about beans, and they kept pointing out a massive factory

where they make beans and canned beans -

I think Beantown is Boston.

-Boston, Beantown.

-I hope so, after that.

-I really...

LAUGHTER

There is your red line. If you come below that red line, you are in the head-to-head.

Above that red line,

"bean" nice having you on the show.

GROANS

Only one way to find out. Beantown, Boston.

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

Good luck.

It's right.

Very well done, James.

You are in the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

An excellent answer.

You remain in double figures.

Scores you 4, takes your total to 99.

-Richard, Beantown.

-Very well played, James.

As you rightly say, from colonial times it's been Beantown

because they make a lot of baked beans there.

Luckily they didn't call it The Windy City.

Let's look at the rest of the board. Start with The Windy City -

not Kansas, Kansas City is known as The Heart Of America,

but The Windy City is Chicago. Would have scored you 80 points.

Motown - plenty of people at home will know is Detroit.

Would have scored you 37 points.

Now, The Big Easy, James, if you had gone for that and said

San Francisco, you'd be out of the round, because it's New Orleans.

Would have scored 21.

And the best answer on the board - any idea on Alamo City?

Anybody want to hazard a guess?

-AUDIENCE MEMBER:

-San Antonio.

San Antonio is the right answer.

2 points, so very well done if you said San Antonio at home.

-That's the best answer on either board.

-Very good.

Thank you very much, Richard.

At the end of round two, the losing pair with a high score -

oh, I can't bear it - Dean and Nicola.

-You never had a chance to get your pointless answer.

-No.

-And you tried.

Oh, you tried!

-THEY LAUGH

-I'm afraid this is where the road ends.

We have to say goodbye, but you have been brilliant contestants.

Thank you so much for playing, brilliant. Dean and Nicola.

But for the remaining two pairs, things are going to get

even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.

Well done, Paul and Richard, Sarah and James, you've made it to the head-to-head.

Only one pair can make it through to today's final

and play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £2,250.

Now, you're going to go head-to-head on the best of three questions.

For each question, each pair needs to give me one answer, but you can now confer.

You have to come up with an answer that scores less than the other pair and you will win that question.

The first pair to get to the best of three

will be playing for today's jackpot.

Let's play Pointless.

APPLAUSE

OK, here is your first question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

-Richard.

-We're simply looking for the exact date

of any of the four commonly-recognised patron saints' days

of the British Isles, please.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Richard and Paul, because you've played best so far,

you get to go first.

No it isn't, that's St Stephen's.

-(St Andrew's Day is 30th November.

-Is it?

-Yeah. Right.)

We have an answer?

-Yes.

-St Andrew, 30th November.

St Andrew, 30th November.

So we come to you, Sarah and James.

We fancy St Andrew will be the best answer because we don't know it.

We're going to say St Patrick's Day - 17th March.

17th March, St Patrick's Day.

OK, Paul and Richard, you are going for 30th November, St Andrew's Day.

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

19 for St Andrew's Day.

Sarah and James, you loyally went for St Patrick, 17th March.

Let's see if that's right

and if it is, how many people said St Patrick's Day, 17th March.

Well, it's right.

As you feared, James, that's quite a high score, so after the first question,

Paul and Richard are ahead 1-0.

-Richard.

-Well played, Paul and Richard.

It's quite a tough question because we've got two very strong teams.

30th November, absolutely right.

The day after my birthday.

More importantly, we were brought up Catholic.

That was my confirmation name and so that was my Saint's Day

as I was growing up.

-It was all building towards this, Paul.

-LAUGHTER

-It's like Slumdog Millionaire, this.

-Isn't it?

-LAUGHTER

30th November is St Andrew's Day, the Patron Saint of Scotland.

Let's take a look at all four of them. See if you got these at home.

I think we've heard most of them. 30th November is St Andrew's Day, 19.

1st March, that's St David's Day, also 19, so would have tied.

There's St Patrick's Day, 17th March, 41.

And right at the top, but only with 51 points,

23rd April, St George's Day.

Thanks very much, Richard. Here is your second question.

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

Paul and Richard, if you win this point, you're straight through to the final.

Here comes your second question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Nordic countries as they could.

Nordic countries, Richard.

Any of the five north European countries that make up the Nordic Council.

As always, by country,

we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

-Sarah and James, you go first this time.

I have made the executive decision to say Denmark.

You're going to say Denmark. Richard and Paul.

-You're sure now?

-Yeah.

-You're sure that's one of them?

-Yeah.

You can talk us through what you're thinking.

I was thinking Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland.

-He reckons Iceland isn't there.

-I don't think Iceland is. We'll go for Finland.

You're going to go for Finland, so we have Denmark and Finland.

-I hadn't finished yet.

-Carry on.

-LAUGHTER

-It's an afternoon for executive decisions, Paul.

So, Denmark. What do you think?

Up against Finland?

-I thought Finland was better.

-Shhh!

Definitely Denmark.

OK, Denmark. Is it right? How many people said Denmark?

It's right.

46.

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46.

Is it enough to keep you in the game?

Paul and Richard, you have gone with Finland.

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

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-50.

Very well done, James, for going with your gut instinct there.

It was right and it's kept you in the game.

After two questions, you are absolutely even. One all.

Yes, blow for blow. Well done, James. There's five answers up there.

It's the three Scandinavian countries plus Finland and plus Iceland.

And if you had said Iceland, you'd be through to the final

because Iceland was the best answer on the board -

would have scored you 32 points.

Let's take a look at all of them.

Thanks very much, Richard. So, here is your third question.

Whoever wins this question is through to the final.

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

Richard.

20th/21st century British Prime Ministers whose surname begins with C.

For double-barrelled surnames, we'll accept either name.

Thank you very much, Richard. Paul and Richard,

you are to go first again.

Chamberlain, Churchill...

-Yeah.

-You go first then.

-We'll go for Chamberlain.

-You're saying Chamberlain.

-Neville Chamberlain.

We can think of two others, Churchill being a pretty obvious one.

-Cameron, obviously.

-Cameron, oh, there's another one.

We're going to have to go with Callaghan.

Wouldn't want to call this! Blimey!

Chamberlain, Callaghan.

Only one way to find out.

Winner goes through to the final. Paul and Richard, you said Chamberlain.

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

Down it goes. 36.

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-36 for Chamberlain.

You've gone for Callaghan.

If it goes below 36, you are through to the final

and will be playing for that jackpot.

OK, Callaghan, is it right? How many people said it? Callaghan.

It's right. Is it right enough?

Yes, it is! Look at that! 33.

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Very, very well done, Sarah and James. 33.

After three questions, you go through to the final 2-1.

-Richard.

-Very well played there, Sarah. Great head-to-head as well.

Couldn't get much closer than that. There are five answers here.

One of them is the real killer answer - very well done at home

if you said Henry Campbell-Bannerman, which would have scored you 1 point.

It's easily the best answer up there.

David Cameron scored 60!

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He's made an impact, hasn't he? Right at the top there, Winston Churchill on 76.

Very well done if you got all five of those at home,

especially Campbell-Bannerman, and well done if you got David Cameron.

You're only just in a majority.

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Well, thank you very much, Richard.

The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, it's Paul and Richard.

-That was incredibly close.

-Gutted.

It's been an incredibly impressive Pointless debut.

We will see you next time when no doubt we will see a lot more of you

but brilliant contestants. Thank you so much, Paul and Richard.

APPLAUSE

But for Sarah and James, it's time for our Pointless final

and the chance to win our jackpot of £2,250.

Congratulations, Sarah and James.

You fought off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy,

so very well done.

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You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,250.

There it is.

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The rules are very simple.

To win, all you have to do is find a pointless answer -

one none of our 100 people could think of.

We haven't had any pointless answers today. You only have to find one to go home with that money.

First, you have to choose a category from these three options. Here they are.

-I'll tell you what it's not going to be.

-Footballers?

-Definitely not footballers.

-I don't think British actresses would be good either.

-No.

I did A-level languages but I doubt it's going to be that basic.

-Just go with that?

-I can name some languages. English, that's one.

-Let's go with languages.

-We'll go languages, please.

Good luck. Let's find out what the question is.

Here goes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many official languages of India as they could.

Richard.

We're looking for any of the 23 official languages of India.

That's 22 regional and one national,

as recognised by the Indian government.

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

All you need to win that £2,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Your 60 seconds start now.

-What do you know?

-Do they speak English?

I'm positive English is one. I think Urdu and Hindi.

-Hindi's a relig...

-What?

-No, I don't...

-Hindi, I'm sure, is a language.

-OK, is Punjab a region?

-Punjabi, I think that could be right.

-Punjabi?

-I don't know.

Don't want to embarrass myself.

What do you think?

-I'm not getting anywhere near any of the others.

-Nor am I.

-Just think of the trophy. We have that.

-We've got the trophy.

-We've always got that.

What - Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi?

Is English a shout?

No, I mean, I think it's right.

-We'll just go with those three, then.

-Yeah.

We've got 13 seconds to think of anything.

-I don't think we're going to need those.

-OK, right,

we'll stop the clock there. You have come up with three answers.

We want official languages of India.

I now need those three answers.

Hindi...

..Urdu...

..Punjabi.

Which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

I have equal confidence, or lack of, in each of them.

-Shall we put...

-Urdu.

Urdu. You want to put Urdu last. Urdu goes last.

Which is your least likely?

Punjabi, we're not positive it's right.

OK, Punjabi goes first, Hindi in the middle, Urdu last.

We'll put those up on the board.

And here they are.

There they are. OK, we were looking for official languages of India.

This was your least confident answer. You only have to find

one pointless answer to win that £2,250 jackpot.

OK, Punjabi, that's your first answer.

There it is, let's see if it's right.

And if it is, let's see how many people said it. Punjabi.

It's right. This is your first shot of three at the jackpot of £2,250.

If this goes all the way down to 0,

then you are leaving here

with that money.

15.

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-15. That's a pretty impressive score, 15.

-Better than I expected.

Unfortunately, it's not a pointless answer, so you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

What would you do with £2,250?

I'd love to go to Broadway and see a show.

How about you, James?

I'd be tempted to do something sensible like spend it on rent

or something like that, but I might get a piano.

Get a piano!

The piano might then earn the rent.

That's possible, yeah.

There you are. OK, well, very best of luck.

We are looking for official languages of India.

Your second answer is Hindi. This has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot of £2,250. Let's see if it's right,

Hindi, and if it is, let's see how many people said it.

Hindi.

It's right.

Your first answer, Punjabi, went down to 15.

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Hindi only went down to 75.

Very popular answer there.

Not a pointless answer. That leaves us with just one language left.

This was the answer you were most confident with.

It has to be pointless if you're going to win that jackpot. OK, Urdu.

Is it right, how many people said it?

This is your last chance to win the jackpot. Urdu.

It's right. Down it goes.

Into the 60s, into the 50s.

Still going down. £2,250,

and I'm afraid... Oh, well.

I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer, so I'm afraid you don't win

today's jackpot of £2,250, which rolls over onto the next show, but you have been fantastic contestants

and you get to take home our Pointless trophy, so very well done.

APPLAUSE

-So Richard...

-Pretty tough question. Some of the other big scorers

there are Gujarati, Tamil, Bengali,

Sanskrit, but there will be people at home who have travelled in India

or with Indian backgrounds who have done well here,

so let's look at all the pointless answers. See if any of these ring a bell with you.

We start with Assamese, then Maithili,

then Nepali, which is spoken in West Bengal.

Oriya, which is spoken by 22 million people in Orissa State.

Santhali, Sindhi.

There's Dogri, which is a dialect of Punjabi.

Bodo, which is spoken in Assam, and Manipuri. So very well done

if you got any of those at home. You would have won!

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you,

Sarah and James, but it's been brilliant having you.

You've been fantastic contestants, thanks so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

Nobody's won our jackpot today, which means it rolls over

onto the next show, when we will be playing for £3,250.

Join us then to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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