Episode 1 Pointless

Thank you very much indeed. I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless.

The quiz show where the aim of the game is to score as few points as you can.

And to do that you need to come up with the answers that nobody else could think of.

Let's meet today's players.

Welcome back, Tim and Anna. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances.

Of course, this is your last chance. Remind us what happened.

We had a question on TV detectives which is probably our worst fear

because we didn't really know many at all.

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

What are you hoping will come up?

I'm hoping things like music or celebrities or TV

and all the easy subjects.

-Tim?

-I'd like the harder stuff.

-The harder stuff?

-I'd like some science or geography or history. Real subjects.

-Wow.

OK. Very good. Well, welcome back to the show.

Lovely to have you back and next we welcome back Min and Alison, who were also on last time.

How do you two know each other, Alison?

We know each other from school.

We met in the school playground

when Min was building alligators out of breeze blocks.

Like you do.

And asked me to join in, which I very foolishly did.

And probably regretted it most of the time since.

Aw!

No, not true, not true.

What do you hope will come up?

Factual things. You know, nature and mountains and that sort of thing.

Good, good. Min, any particular favourites for you?

Well, I like serial killers

but people always look worried when I say that.

I don't know why.

-Lemurs perhaps.

-OK, serial killers and lemurs.

Just go back a little bit. Min, serial killers.

Explain this.

Well, my friend Andrew, his theory that every pub quiz team

has somebody on it that's an expert on serial killers.

-I wondered where that was going.

-And I happen to be ours.

It worries my friends. I don't know why.

Didn't we have 10 contestants?

LAUGHTER

Shhh!

Best of luck, lovely to have you back.

Next, we welcome Nicola and Carys. How do you two know each other?

Well, I've known Nicola all her life. We are mother and daughter.

Welcome. What would you like to see come up?

Geography or films maybe.

Nicola, how about you?

Probably something on pop music. A bit of cheese.

We have actually literally done cheese. But yeah, good cheesy...

That or maybe Harry Potter.

-Harry Potter?

-Yeah.

Other than Harry Potter, what do you like to do in your spare time?

Well, I like to do a bit of karaoke.

Being Welsh, I think I'm a good singer,

although I'm not necessarily that good.

What's your karaoke song?

I like to do a bit of burly chassis, as opposed to Shirley Bassey, and a bit of Big Spender.

But not today.

-Well, who knows, what if you win the jackpot?

-Maybe.

Best of luck to the pair of you. It's lovely to have you here.

And finally, we've got Jimmy and Dan. How do you two know each other?

We met in first year of uni and now we're flatmates.

-Are you still at uni?

-Fourth year.

-Oh, it's a Scottish uni?

-Edinburgh.

Edinburgh? Very, very... Jimmy, you've got a bit of a shiner there.

Just a little bit, yes. This was a football accident.

-Yeah, yeah. OK.

-LAUGHTER

-When was it?

-Well, it happened just a few days ago.

We were playing for our football team at university.

I was going up for a header and a guy just came in with his elbow and...

-Shocking.

-Not even a red card.

-No, what?

-What?

-Disgraceful.

-Did you win?

-We did win, 3-1.

-Well, there you are.

There's justice.

-Dan?

-Yep?

-What are you reading at university?

I do sport management at university.

-Sport management?

-I do indeed, yes.

Have we ever had a question on Pointless that that could translate into?

We did Man Utd managers.

We have, actually.

That's literally sport management.

Yeah, but I bet they study more than that.

Actually, maybe not!

What, you reckon they do Man City as well?

Maybe. Very good.

Lovely to have you here, Jimmy and Dan. Best of luck to you.

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

There's one person left to introduce.

He eats, he sleeps and he tweets obscurity.

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

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE

-Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you, Richard.

-How are you?

-I'm extremely well, thank you. How about you?

-I'm very well.

We've got an all-new Pointless today.

It's all-new. A lot of big changes from today onwards. Firstly.

Big shiny floor.

Lots of beams of light. We are in HD for the first time.

Oh, is that why?

Yeah, that's why you and I have been in make-up since 1:30. Yeah.

Secondly, brand-new head-to-head round today.

Brand-new, very good, very, very exciting.

And thirdly, for the first time ever on Pointless, I am wearing trousers.

-Weird.

-That's going to make your job easier, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-How incredible.

-It's good. All new Pointless.

So it should be a lot of fun. Two returning pairs,

two brand-new pairs, but a lot of different things in today's game.

Excellent. Thanks. All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

But we are looking for the obscure answers they didn't get.

To stay in the game and be in with a chance of winning our jackpot,

score as few points as possible.

But everyone's trying to find a pointless answer.

That's an answer that none of our 100 people gave

and each time one of you finds one of those, we will add

£250 to the jackpot.

Now, nobody won the jackpot last time so today we add another £1,000

to that, so today's jackpot starts off at £11,500.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Right, well, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

In this first round each of you must give me one answer

and you cannot confer with your partner.

Whichever team has the highest score at the end will be eliminated.

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they will score 100 points,

so try and avoid those if you can.

OK, our first category this afternoon is...Pop Music.

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

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

OK, let's find out the question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many UK-born females

who have had a solo UK number-one single. Richard?

Yeah, looking for any solo female singer born in the UK

who's had a number-one single in the UK charts

at any time from the beginning of the charts in 1952 all the way through to the beginning of 2012, please.

No-one who's had number-one singles as a collaboration or with a group.

Richard, thank you.

Now. Tim and Anna, you all drew lots before the show

and this afternoon you get to go first.

Now, Anna, I saw Tim pointing at you the minute this category came up.

-Almost as if you had no say in who was going to go first.

-That's fine.

-It's hard thinking about it.

-Very.

But, um, I think I've got one. I'm going to go for Emma Bunton.

From the Spice Girls, but she had... I think she had a number one on her own.

Bet no-one thought of her. Let's see if it is right. If it is, let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

Oh, look at that! 4!

Very well done, Anna. Emma Bunton scores you 4. Great answer.

APPLAUSE

-So, Emma Bunton.

-A great start to all-new Pointless.

She had a number one in 2001

with What Took You So Long?

So, Alison, we come to you.

We're looking for UK-born females

who've had a solo number-one single.

Not one of my greater categories.

Uh, I'm going to say Lulu.

OK. You're saying Lulu. Let's see if that's correct

and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Lulu.

Wow. Yeah. Never had a number-one single.

Unfortunately, it's an incorrect answer, which means you score

the maximum of 100 points. Richard.

That's very unlucky. The only number one she ever had was with Take That.

Relight My Fire. Never had a solo number one.

Anyway, Carys. We come to you.

Well, I think I've got one.

Karaoke, for heaven's sake!

-I know!

-You'll be brilliant at this.

-I'm going with my Welsh influence

and I'm going to go for Duffy.

Duffy.

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

It's right, Carys.

And it's a brilliant answer. 11.

-APPLAUSE

-Cracking score.

11 for Duffy.

-Richard.

-Well played, Carys. She had a number one in 2008 with Mercy.

Now then, Jimmy.

Looking for UK-born female artists with a solo number one.

I have a few ideas. I think I'm going to say Pixie Lott.

Dan's giving a thoughtful nod.

Let's see if Pixie Lott is a correct answer

and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said Pixie Lott.

It's right!

Don't it goes. 7.

-APPLAUSE

-Another great score.

-Pixie Lott, Richard.

-A good low-scoring answer.

We are halfway through the round.

Let's look at those scores.

Very low scoring round in nearly all cases. Anna and Tim, 4.

What a great score. Up to 7 for Jimmy and Dan. Brilliant.

Up to 11, Carys and Nicola. Hoo-hoo!

And then... 100, Alison and Min.

You are way ahead of the field, I'm afraid.

So, Min...

-Thinking hard.

-Thinking hard? OK, we can come back down the line.

Second players, please take their places at the podium.

Remember, we are looking for UK-born females who had a solo number one.

And, Dan, we come to you.

You are on 7. The high scorers on 100 are Min and Alison,

meaning a score of 92 or less would be enough

to see you through to the next round.

I've got an idea. It's a bit risky but I might give it a shot.

-Billie Piper?

-Billie Piper?

There we are. OK, there is your red line.

If you get below that, you're through.

Let's see if Billie Piper's right and how many said it.

It's a great answer, it's right, Dan.

Look at that! One point!

APPLAUSE

This is excellent work.

Your total remains in single figures.

8 - that's brilliant. Richard?

Yes, safely through, Dan. Very well played. She had three number-one singles.

Because We Want To, Girlfriend and Day And Night. All number ones. More famous as an actress, now.

Very good actress, actually.

I don't know why I'm so surprised but she is.

Are you saying she wasn't a great pop singer?

She's a brilliant actress.

LAUGHTER

Very good. Now then, Nicola.

We're looking for UK-born females who've had a solo number one.

You are on 11. The highest scorers

remain Min and Alison on 100.

That means 88 or less

is enough to see you through

-to the next round.

-I've got a bit of a risky one.

I'm not too sure about it but I'm just going to go for it.

I think Gabrielle.

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

There is your red line. Below that, through to the next round.

You're through!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Our first pointless answer.

That is brilliant.

It's a pointless answer. It adds £250 to today's jackpot.

It takes the total up to £11,750.

Nicola, you go into the history books.

The first pointless answer in HD.

What about that?

Richard?

Yeah, terrific. Very well played. Had two number ones.

Dreams, probably the most famous one, and Rise as well.

Well done if you said Gabrielle, pointless answer.

Very good indeed. So then, Min. You are the high scorer at the moment.

I think I'm going to reach back into the past

and I think she had a number-one single.

And I'm going to try for Helen Shapiro.

Ah! Helen Shapiro! Ooh, that's a great answer. If it's right.

There's no red line for you

because you are the high scorers by a margin.

Helen Shapiro - let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

It's right!

That's the first thing that had to happen.

It has to go all the way down to 0. Oh, to 1 - that will do.

1 point

takes your total up to 101. Do you want to tell us

the name of that song you're thinking of?

-Walking Back To Happiness?

-That's the one I thought of. Richard?

-Walking Back To Happiness.

And You Don't Know - number ones in 1961.

Thanks very much, Richard.

We're still looking for UK-born female artists who had a solo

number one single.

So, Tim, not out of the woods.

If you can score 96 or less, you are out of the woods.

I am so far out of my comfort zone on this that...

But I'm desperately, desperately hoping

that, with Wuthering Heights, Kate Bush got to number one.

OK, we're getting nods from the assembled company.

Nods, it's like lots of cars in a traffic jam.

With dogs on the back shelf. There is your red line.

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

Let's see if Kate Bush is right

and if it is, how many people said it.

It's right. He's done it.

11.

APPLAUSE

11 for Kate Bush. Takes your total up to 15.

Very well done. You've made it. 11 is quite a low score for Kate Bush.

It's quite low scores all-round actually.

If you look through the list. Even Leona Lewis is sort of scoring 19.

Pop music is one of those things that a lot of people know nothing about. It turns out.

Let's look at the pointless answers. There's quite a few.

Aneka, who had a number of one with Japanese Boy back in the early '80s,

she was a pointless answer. Gabrielle had two number ones.

Julie Covington, who sung Don't Cry For Me, Argentina.

Kelly Marie, pointless answer.

Lena Martell, who did One Day At A Time.

Martine McCutcheon, Perfect Moment, pointless answer.

All sorts of other names on that list. Cher Lloyd. Pixie Lott, we had.

-She had a number one?! Cher Lloyd?

-Swagger Jagger, yeah.

Lily Allen on the list. Let's take a look at

the most popular ones, the ones that most of our 100 people said.

There's Leona Lewis with 19. That's actually the third most popular answer.

Cheryl Cole, 21. Most of all?

Adele, 39. She wins everything these days.

Quite right. Thanks very much, Richard.

So at the end of the first round, the losing pair with the highest score, Min and Alison.

I'm really sorry we didn't have serial killers, Min.

-And I promised I wouldn't kill Alison if she got anything wrong.

-You're going to be gutted

when you find out what round two is.

It's been lovely having you on the show. Thank you both so much for playing. Great contestants.

APPLAUSE

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

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

so one team is going to be leaving at the end of this round. The category for Round Two is...

the USA. Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second?

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

OK, so our Round Two question this afternoon concerns...

Largest Cities in US States.

Largest Cities in US States. Richard.

I'm going to give you a list of six cities on each pass.

We need you to tell us the state in which they are the largest city.

If you give us a nice obscure answer, you'll score fewer points. Give us an incorrect answer,

-you'll score 100 points. 12 in all.

-Thanks very much, Richard. We are looking for the states in which

these are the largest cities. OK. We have got...

I'll read those one more time.

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

So, Tim, which one are you going to go for?

I know a few of them.

Which one is going to be least? Anchorage in Alaska.

Anchorage, Alaska, says Tim. Let's see if it's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer. Anchorage, Alaska.

It's right.

24.

APPLAUSE

-Richard.

-40% of Alaska's population live in Anchorage.

Eight people live there.

Not really.

Now, Carys, remember, we're looking for the US states in which these are the largest cities.

I think there's two up there that I know. One I'm more certain on than the other.

So I don't know whether to go for the one that's maybe

a little bit more obvious or to take a bit of a gamble.

-I think I'm going to go Memphis, Tennessee.

-Memphis, Tennessee, says Carys. Let's see if it's right,

and if it is, how many people said Tennessee for Memphis.

It's right.

56.

APPLAUSE

-56 for Tennessee.

-A big score, Carys, but better than 100.

Probably best known for where Elvis's mansion Graceland is.

Thank you very much. Now, Jimmy. You're the last person

to have this board, so if you like you can talk us through all of them.

Erm, I would, but I don't know any of the rest of the answers,

I don't think. But I'm going to hope, if this is right,

it's probably obvious, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Is that a gamble?

LAUGHTER

Is that a... Is that a...

Nevada for Las Vegas.

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

It's right.

Not bad. Not bad at all. 43.

APPLAUSE

-43 for Las Vegas, Nevada. Richard.

-Less than Memphis. Whenever you hear Memphis,

you often hear Memphis, Tennessee. Vegas probably a more famous place

but perhaps in a less famous state.

Let's take a look at the rest. Do you know any of these?

-Do you know Milwaukee?

-No, I don't know.

It's the best answer, Milwaukee. It's Wisconsin. Well done if you said it.

It would have scored you three points. Baltimore?

-Maryland?

-It is Maryland. Would have scored you seven points. And Charlotte?

-Is it...

-Erm, it's in the deep south, isn't it? It's...

-North Carolina.

Would have scored six points. I know lots of Pointless fans know their geography.

I suspect lots would have got all six. Very well done if you did.

Splendid. Thank you, Richard. Let's look at the scores. We're halfway through the round.

24, Tim and Anna. Anchorage, a great answer there.

Up to 43, Jimmy and Dan. Not bad at all. Carys and Nicola,

you're not that far ahead on 56. It's all pretty close grouping.

Nicola, if you can find a really low-scoring one on the next pass, that would be absolutely fantastic.

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

OK. We're going to put six more cities on the board and here we are.

We have got...

Let me read those one more time.

We are looking for the states in which these are the biggest cities

and you are trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Dan, how is American geography for you?

I knew every answer to the last one

so I think I know everything bar...

one on this one. I'll go...

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, says Dan. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people said Pennsylvania for Philadelphia.

There's your red line, nice and low there.

Very, very well done. 17 for Pennsylvania takes your total up to 60.

APPLAUSE

Well played, Dan. Proof that if you want a geography question answered,

ask a sports-management student.

There we are. Now then, Nicola, here is your moment.

Remember, we are looking for the US states in which these are the largest cities.

My geography knowledge is very, very limited and I can't say I know many.

I'm going to hazard a guess. Erm, it's probably wrong.

Detroit, Massachusetts. I can't even say it.

-Detroit, Massachusetts...

-Yeah.

..says Nicola. OK, the high scorers on 60 are Dan and Jimmy.

If you score 3 or less, you are through to the next round.

That's what 3 looks like, that's your red line there.

Let's see if Massachusetts is right for Detroit,

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

Bad luck. Bad luck. Unfortunately, an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points, which takes your total

up to an unbeatable 156, I'm sorry to say. So then, Anna.

The high scorers now Nicola and Carys, on 156.

You won't be able to overtake them, no matter what you say.

So, bearing that in mind, why not have a bit of a punt on this last board?

Erm, Jacksonville is Florida.

Detroit is Michigan.

Los Angeles is California

and Chicago's in Illinois. I'm just trying to think

which of those that I know is going to be the lowest.

Wichita, I want to say it's Wisconsin but I don't know, so...

I'm going to go for Detroit, Michigan.

Detroit, Michigan, says Anna. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people said Michigan for Detroit.

It's spot on.

21. Very good indeed.

Takes your total up to 45.

APPLAUSE

Great answer. Richard.

Good answer, and you took us through the board fairly perfectly, apart from Wichita, which we'll get on to.

Los Angeles obviously is California. Would have scored a fairly hefty 69 points.

Chicago is Illinois. That would have scored you 35 points.

Jacksonville, as you say, is Florida. Would have scored you 12.

Very well done at home if you said Wichita, that's the best answer on the board

and it's the largest city in Kansas.

Wichita, Kansas would have scored you 9 points.

Thank you, Richard. At the end of Round Two, the losing pair, I'm sorry to say, Nicola and Carys.

-Nevermind.

-We had a lovely time.

You gave us a pointless answer, our first HD pointless answer

with Gabrielle. We will see you again next time of course.

Everyone gets two cracks at the Pointless Final.

Excellent contestants. Nicola and Carys, thank you.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Tim and Anna, Jimmy and Dan.

You are now only one round away from the final

and a chance to play for that jackpot, which currently stands

at £11,750.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Obviously, only one pair can win that money.

To decide who that's going to be, you're going to go head-to-head.

For each question, you'll be shown five options on the board.

Each parent needs to answer just one of them

and you are now allowed to confer.

Score less than the other pair and you'll win that question.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.

Let's play the head-to-head.

OK. Here is your first question and it concerns...

-..Musical Productions. Richard.

-We're going to show you

five still images from major theatrical musical productions.

All you've got to do is tell us the name of the musical. Obviously, the more obscure answer the better.

OK. Thanks very much, Richard. Let's reveal the five images from musical productions. We have got...

It's useful I'm saying these letters, isn't it?!

OK. We'll put them all together. There they are.

It's like a tourist brochure for London, isn't it?

Very good. Tim and Anna, cos you've played best throughout the show so far, you get to go first.

There are the five musical productions in photographic form.

You have to look for the one you think that the fewest

of our 100 people knew.

What do you think you're going to go for?

THEY WHISPER

We're going to go with C as Wicked.

You're going to go with C and you're going to say Wicked. OK. Very good.

Jimmy and Dan.

We know A and B.

I thought I knew C but it must have a different name

to what I thought it was. D and E, no idea. I really don't know.

I'm happy to go with A.

-Let's go with A.

-We'll go for A.

-OK.

-Cats.

A, Cats. So we have C, Wicked.

We have A, Cats.

In the order they were given, Tim and Anna said Wicked.

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

It's right.

There we are. 23.

APPLAUSE

23 for Wicked.

Jimmy and Dan said A was Cats.

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

It's right.

68.

APPLAUSE

So after one question, Tim and Anna are up 1-0. Richard.

Well played, Tim and Anna. Let's take a look at all of them.

Yep, Cats was A at 68 points. B was...

-Lion King?

-Lion King, absolutely right.

Would have scored you 54 points.

C, great answer, indeed was Wicked with 23. D, do you know that one?

-I might go Blood Brothers.

-It is Blood Brothers.

Would have scored 13. Well done if you said that at home.

The best answer is actually E. What do you think that is?

-Fiddler On The Roof?

-It is Fiddler On The Roof.

Would have scored 11 points. Very well done if you got all five.

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

Listen well, Jimmy and Dan, you need to win this point

to stay in the game. Our second question this afternoon concerns...

Nelson Mandela.

Nelson Mandela. Richard.

On this board, we're going to give you five clues to facts about Nelson Mandela.

The more obscure fact you know, the better chance you'll have. The very best of luck.

Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal the five facts and we have got...

I'll read those one more time.

There are your five facts. Jimmy and Dan,

I'd like you to pick an answer to the one you think

the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-I know the prison.

-Go for it.

Was the prison Robin Island?

Robin Island. OK. That's what you are going to submit.

You have to win this point to stay in the game.

Tim and Anna.

Well, we knew Robin Island.

I assume he was born in South Africa.

Married Winnie Mandela in '58.

But I think the Nobel Peace Prize... I think it was with...

I'm hoping it was with the South African Prime Minister, erm...

FW Botha.

OK. You're going to go for the Nobel Peace Prize shared with FW Botha.

So we have Robin Island and we have FW Botha as our two answers.

In the order they were given, Jimmy and Dan, Robin Island, the prison in which he was incarcerated.

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

It's right.

19. 19 for Robin Island. Not bad at all.

APPLAUSE

And Tim and Anna, you have said FW Botha as the person with whom

he shared the Nobel Peace Prize.

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

FW Botha.

Bad luck. Bad luck. I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer.

Very well done, Jimmy and Dan. That was the point you needed to stay in the game.

So after two questions, it is 1-1. Richard.

Very well played, Dan. Really pulled your team out of the fire there.

Tim, PW Botha was South African Premier but it was FW de Klerk.

Would have scored you 4 points and seen you into the final.

Well done if you said that at home. Let's go through the board.

Country of birth is South Africa. Would have only scored you 58 points.

I don't know where people think Mandela was born but it was South Africa.

The wife he married, Winnie Mandela, absolutely right, would have scored you 56 points.

The best answer would have scored 1 point, if you knew who he founded a law firm with.

-Do you know it at all?

-Oliver Tambo.

-It is Oliver Tambo.

Very, very well done if you got that.

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

Whoever wins this question goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot of £11,750.

OK. Our final question concerns...

-..Shakespeare Quotes. Richard.

-We're going to show you five Shakespeare quotes on this board,

all with the last word removed. You've simply got to give us that last word.

Obviously, the more obscure, the better.

Thanks very much, Richard. Let's reveal those five Shakespeare quotes. We have got...

OK, I'll read those again.

So Tim and Anna, you go first. There are the quotes.

You're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people could complete.

We think we'll go with the fourth one.

-"This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle."

-Isle, OK?

Isle is what Tim and Anna are saying. Jimmy and Dan?

-Right...

-We know the first one and then the rest...

really not sure on. We're going to say the top one,

"Fire burn and cauldron boil." Possibly.

OK. "Fire burn and cauldron boil", say Jimmy and Dan.

So we have isle and boil. Let's take them in the order they were given.

Tim and Anna went with isle. Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people said it.

It's right.

Very good indeed.

44.

APPLAUSE

Jimmy and Dan have gone for cauldron boil.

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

to decide who'll go through to the final.

Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which means

Tim and Anna are through to the final, 2-1.

Very well done to them. Richard.

Well played, Tim and Anna. Jimmy and Dan, the witches in Macbeth say,

"Fire burn and cauldron bubble." That would have scored 48 points.

"It is the east and Juliet is the sun," spoken by Romeo in Romeo And Juliet.

That would have scored 20 points and also got you through to the final.

"Now is the winter of our discontent" is the opening line of Richard III.

That would have scored you 78 points.

That's impressively good scores from our 100 people.

"It is the green-eyed monster," spoken by...

-Do you know who says that line?

-It's either Othello or King Lear.

It's Iago in Othello. Absolutely right.

That would have scored 74 points.

Very well done if you got all five at home.

A special celebration to the winner who got all 15 across musicals, Nelson Mandela and Shakespeare.

OK. Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid the losing pair is Jimmy and Dan.

Bad luck, bad luck. You did very well.

You pulled it right back there with Robin Island.

Me, on the other hand, knew nothing.

Apologies, Dan. I didn't contribute there.

Well, you've done very well. You've played incredibly well

to get through to the head-to-head. This of course is only your first bite at the Pointless apple.

You will be back next time and we look forward to seeing you then.

Thanks, meanwhile, great contestants, Jimmy and Dan.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

But for Tim and Anna it's now time for our Pointless Final.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, congratulations, Tim and Anna. You've fought off the competition

and won our coveted Pointless trophy. Very well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless Jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £11,750.

CHEERING

The rules are very simple. All you has to do is find a pointless answer.

We've had one pointless answer on the show today.

You only have to find one more now.

But first you've got to choose a category

and you now have a choice of five categories

and your options are...

I know which one I'd go for.

What do you think?

I would really hope not football, especially Scottish football.

Words is really broad. New Labour...

is quite broad. 20th-century literature? What would you prefer?

-I'd prefer words out of that lot.

-OK. We'll go with words.

-You're going with words?

-Yes.

-Words it is. Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many words beginning and ending in K as they could. Richard.

We're looking for any word in the Oxford English Dictionary

which begins and ends in a K. No hyphenated words or proper nouns allowed.

Richard, thank you very much. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that £11,750 is for just one of those answers

to be pointless. Your minute begins now.

I think this is your round.

-Well, there's kayak.

-Yep.

-The little boat.

The old unit of Polish currency was the kopeck.

Does it have to be in the dictionary or is it any word?

It's in the dictionary I use for crosswords but I don't know about...

-Erm, kickback might be...

-Oh, yeah.

Kick on itself has got K on either end.

Kickback, the whole thing, I think, probably...

I'm really struggling, cos kayak was the only one I could think of.

There's probably loads of Eskimo or Inuit type words.

-I wouldn't risk those.

-Shall we stick with those three?

-Yes.

Kickback, kopeck and kayak.

-Are you happy with those?

-Yes.

-We can stop the clock.

-Let's stop the clock.

This is fantastic. You have time on your hands. We've stopped the clock ahead of time.

You have three great-sounding answers. Let's hear them.

The first one is kayak, the canoe.

The second one is kopeck, the currency.

The third one, desperately hoping there's no hyphen, is kickback.

Kickback. Now, of those three, which do you think is

-your best crack at a pointless answer?

-I think kopeck.

We will put kopeck last. Which do you think is your least likely?

Just in case it has got a hyphen, let's put kickback first.

Let's put those answers on the board and there they are.

Kickback, kayak and kopeck.

They look even better written up there.

Very good answers, I'm sure.

Kickback was your least confident answer

just because you weren't sure about the hyphen in the middle.

So let's find out. Let's see if it's a correct answer.

That's the first thing to find out. If it is, let's see how far down it goes.

How many people said kickback? Good luck.

It's right.

It's right.

Down it goes into the 40s, into the 30s.

If this goes all the way down, you will leave here with £11,750.

Down it goes! Oh!

One person...

..said kickback.

Not bad for a first answer. Unfortunately though, not a pointless answer.

You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

What would you do with £11,750, Anna?

-I'd definitely take all of my friends to Ibiza.

-Very good.

-And maybe Tim, if he's good.

-Thank you! Yes, we'd have a seriously nice family holiday somewhere.

-Excellent.

Anything else, Tim, you'd like to do with it?

I might buy a few more cake tins.

A few more cake tins?! Not with any cakes in?

No, just cake tins, so I can bake more cakes in different shapes.

Splendid.

OK, well, we were looking for words that began and ended in K,

or that DO begin and end in K.

Your second answer is kayak.

Let's hope nobody said it. Let's see if it's right,

and if it is, how many people said kayak.

It's right.

Your last answer scored 1.

If this goes lower than that, you are leaving here with £11,750.

Ah! Kayak.

APPLAUSE

11 people thought of kayak.

They won't have thought of kopeck though. Kopeck.

Kopeck, a wonderfully obscure word.

OK, only one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Kopeck, everything is riding on kopeck, all £11,750.

This was your most confident answer...

..for a reason.

Let's see if it can score your lowest score in this round.

Kopeck, is it right? How many people said it?

There we are. First answer went down to 1.

Your second answer, kayak, to 11.

This is your most confident answer, down it goes, into the teens,

into the low numbers, down it goes...

Yes!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very, very well done. Fantastic.

-Ibiza and cake tins galore.

-Wonderful.

Congratulations.

Kopeck was a pointless answer, which means

you go home with the jackpot of £11,750.

-What have you done?

-Kicked the set apart.

It's fine. You can afford it.

Very, very, very well done. Richard, what about that? Kopeck!

Very well played, kopeck. All sorts of Eastern European coins

come under that title, but an absolutely brilliant answer. There's a bunch of other pointless answers.

There's kedlock, which is a variety of field mustard plants.

Khatak, a Tibetan scarf. Kibbutznik, someone who lives on a kibbutz.

Also a good name for a band.

Next page. Kiddywink, pointless answer, well done if you said that.

Knitwork.

Knobstick.

LAUGHTER

-Is that funny?

-It's a pointless answer.

I'm just telling you it's a pointless answer.

I'm just looking at you and saying knobstick, nothing further than that.

Knockback also a pointless answer.

Knotwork. And there's kopeck at the bottom.

Also, "kuark", which is the sound a crow makes,

and "komeback", which is what Cheryl Cole needs to do.

LAUGHTER

Thanks once again to our winning players, Tim and Anna,

who go home with today's jackpot of £11,750. Very well done.

APPLAUSE

Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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