Episode 16 Pointless

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

the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

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First off we welcome Ann and Andy -

you're our first pair this afternoon and you were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the final. Remind us what happened.

It was a bit of a fail on war films or films set in wartime situations

and where they were situated.

-We had...

-I

-had definitely no clue.

-We had Bridge Over The River Kwai in China.

-Yes.

Andy, how do you two know each other?

We met 14 years ago, moved in together

and have been together ever since.

And Ann is still waiting, Andy. Let's see your fingers, there.

-Oh dear! Quite as naked as the day she was born, Andy.

-Yep!

At the church of Pointless, we have discovered that...

-Legally, we are allowed to marry people.

-Oh, wow.

-There's no better place!

-So, maybe after the show today...

-Or during the show.

-Any time you...

Do we need to do it before the end of Round One just in case

we have an absolute stinker today?

Tell you what - let's agree if you get through Round One, you get married.

What about that? Very best of luck to the pair of you.

Let's hope we see lots more of you this afternoon.

Next we welcome Dan and Andrew. How do you two know each other?

We've known each other since we started playing rugby together,

under-15s. We work together, we live opposite each other.

We used to live together for a little bit, as well.

-And you come from Scotland?

-Correct!

-No, where are you from?

-Port Talbot,

-near Swansea.

-Port Talbot. Andrew - what do you do?

-I work in the steelworks, purchasing electrical components.

-Very good.

-How about you, Dan?

-I work in the steelworks.

-The same steelworks?

The same steelworks.

Dan, what are you hoping will come up that afternoon?

-Anything sport related.

-Andrew?

-The Midwest I hope comes up.

I lived there for six months.

-Is that the midwest of Wales, or...?

-What,

-the West Midlands?!

-In America.

-What were you doing out there?

I was coaching soccer.

-Soccer is quite a niche sport out there, isn't it?

-It's developing.

-It's getting bigger.

-Lovely to have you here, Dan and Andrew.

Very best of luck on the show.

Next, we welcome Georgia and Val - how do you two know each other?

-Georgia's my daughter.

-And where are you from, Georgia?

-We're from Stoke-on-Trent.

-Stoke-on-Trent.

What do you hope is going to come up?

-I'd love anything musicals - musical theatre, anything like that.

-Val?

-Horror films, maybe.

-Excellent. Georgia, what you do?

-I work as a customer account advisor for a betting company.

-Good. Val?

PA and costume maker for Georgia's twin, my other daughter.

-PA and costume maker?

-And everything else. General dogsbody.

-What does she do?

-She's a singer.

Lovely to have you here - very, very best of luck.

And finally we welcome back Rob and Zack. You were on the show last time, remind us how you did.

-We were ill-fated.

-We had Pointless and 100.

-Remind us how you know each other.

-Grandfather and grandson.

I think you are our first grandfather and grandson pair.

Rob, what you hope is going to come up today?

War, because I'm a bit of an anorak on war.

-Zack, what would be great for you?

-1950s music.

-What - swing, or early rock'n'roll?

-Early rock'n'roll,

Chuck Berry, Bill Haley. Buddy Holly, people like that.

It's lovely to have you back on the show. I have high hopes.

I hope we see much more of you.

We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show as it goes on.

There's only one person left to introduce -

knowledge bursts out of him like the meat from a hot sausage.

-He's my pointless friend - he's Richard.

-Hia.

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-How are you this afternoon?

-I can't complain.

Should be a good show today.

Some fun returning pairs who didn't make as much of the last show as they could have done.

Looking back at the stats, the times we've had grandfather/grandson combinations,

100% of the time, they've gone out in Round One.

But Georgia, if you want musical theatre, that's exactly what we've got in Round One.

-It's very rare that we have the exact thing someone's asked for.

-Thanks, Richard.

All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show,

but we're looking for the obscure answers that they couldn't get.

To stay in the game for the chance to win our jackpot, our players must score as few points as they can.

What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer -

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

and each time that happens,

we will add £250 to the jackpot. Nobody won the jackpot last time,

so we had another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £3,250.

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Right, let's play Pointless.

OK. In this round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.

Whichever pair has the highest score will be eliminated.

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer,

they will score the maximum of 100 points, so try and avoid those if you can.

Our first category this afternoon is...Musicals.

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

who's going to go second.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many songs

featured in We Will Rock You as they could. Richard.

We're looking for any song that features in the Queen and Ben Elton musical We Will Rock You.

Has to be on the official soundtrack, done by the original London cast.

We won't accept the song We Will Rock You, or any instrumentals.

-Best of luck.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

Andy and Ann - you drew lots before the show and you are going first.

-Andy, have you seen We Will Rock You?

-No.

Although I do know quite a lot of Queen songs.

Would you like to see We Will Rock You?

That's an official answer.

A) Yes. B) No. Or C)...

You're going for C... OK.

But you know enough about Queen songs to be able to have a punt?

-I'll go for The Show Must Go On.

-The Show Must Go On.

Most certainly a Queen song. Best of luck with that, Andy.

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

Ooh!

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer -

you score the maximum of 100 points.

Andrew. We're looking for songs from the musical We Will Rock You.

-We Are The Champions.

-Is it right? And if it is, how many people said it?

It is right - phew!

There we are - 28. Very well done, Andrew.

28 for We Are The Champions.

Well done, Andrew.

It was a hit in 1977, number two.

According to the Guinness Book Of Records,

it's the most sung song ever by sports crowds.

Now then, Georgia - you wanted musicals - you've got them.

I'm going to say...Radio Gaga.

That's a great answer. Radio gaga.

If that's not in that musical,

I'm going to have words with the West End.

Radio Gaga - is it right? How many people said it? Yes, it's right.

Very well done, Georgia.

Down it goes. 23 - best score so far.

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-Very well done.

-Radio Gaga.

-Well done, Georgia.

-It's the main musical number of the show.

-OK... Rob.

We're looking for songs from the musical We Will Rock You.

I've not seen We Will Rock You,

but I've seen Queen live in the '70s and I saw them again last year.

In 2011 there was a big resurgence of Queen. Lots of documentaries.

-You're thinking of

-the

-Queen. LAUGHTER

Hang on... They're different?

Rob.

I Want To Break Free.

I Want To Break free - let's see if that's right,

and if so, how many people said I Want To Break Free.

Good luck, Rob.

It's right!

Very well done - look at that. Down it goes - 13. Best score so far.

I Want To Break Free.

Well done, Rob.

In the musical, it's sung by Galileo Figaro.

We're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores.

So, Rob and Zack -

best score so far - 13.

Then up to 23 where we find Georgia and Val.

Up to 28 where Andrew and Dan are currently residing

and then Andy - I'm so sorry.

-It was such a good guess.

-All Ben Elton's fault.

Not his fault. Ben Elton's fault.

But Ann - anything could happen in the next pass

and I have high hopes for you.

Coming back down the line,

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

Remember, we're looking for songs from the musical

We Will Rock You, by Queen and Ben Elton.

Zack - thanks to Rob's brilliant answer in the last pass,

you're on 13. The highest scorers are Ann and Andy on 100.

If you can score 86 or less with this answer,

you are through to the next round.

-86 or less.

-One popped straight into my head. As soon as you said it...

I hope it's going to be right. It's Hammer To Fall.

Hammer To Fall.

OK - there's your red line. Hammer To Fall. Is it right?

And if it is, how many people said it?

It's right!

And you're through to the next round.

Heavy sigh there from Zach.

Fantastic! Look! One point.

Only one person said Hammer To Fall. That scores you one.

Take your total up to 14.

After two answers, it's still the lowest score on all the boards.

Great answer, Zack. Safely through to Round Two, which makes a change. Well played.

Sung by Galileo and Scaramouche.

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Val. The high scorers are Ann and Andy. You're on 23.

A score of 76 or less sees you comfortably through

to the next round.

OK, well I've never seen it either. I do know a few Queen songs.

-I'm going to go with It's A Kind Of Magic.

-Good luck. Is it right?

How many people said It's A Kind Of Magic?

It's right.

You're through to the next round.

Very well done indeed, Val - nine. Nine takes your total up to 32.

Richard?

Written by Roger Taylor.

Now then... Dan. You're on 28.

The highest scorers on 100 are Anne and Andy. A score of 71 or less will do nicely.

-Are you confident?

-No.

-Do you like Queen?

-No.

-Have you seen We Will Rock You?

-No.

I'd be so thrilled he said, "Oh yes!" Do you know Queen's back catalogue?

-I know one song that hasn't been said.

-Come on then, Dan.

-Bohemian Rhapsody.

-I thought that's what you were going to say.

OK, there is your red line, Dan.

If Bohemian Rhapsody gets you below that red line, you're through to the next round.

It has to be right. As few people as 71/100 need to have said it.

Bohemian Rhapsody.

It's right.

Oh, and you've done it - you're through. Down it goes.

27! 27.

Takes your total up to 55.

Fewer people said Bohemian Rhapsody than We Are The Champions.

Very surprised - their biggest seller. It's been number one twice.

-It's the show's closing number.

-It's got all the names

-of all the characters from the show in it.

-It does, rather.

-Thanks, Richard.

Ann and Andy - I have terrible news for you.

You haven't yet given your answer,

and you're already the highest scores.

So no proposal.

We get evicted from the chapel if we don't get to the end of Round One?

-No, we can still do it. Rich?

-We don't marry people who get knocked out in Round One.

We could make an exception. 14 years, she's been waiting.

OK - if you agree here and now to get married, we'll do it.

THEY LAUGH NERVOUSLY

OK! What's your answer?

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We are looking for songs from the musical We Will Rock You.

This is my thinking. OK?

I'm trying to think of songs that might have something to do

with a character - a person's name in it.

So I'm going to say Killer Queen.

Very well done.

Killer Queen - let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said it.

It's right.

22. 22 - not a bad score at all.

Sadly, too little, too late.

-Is there a character in it called Mr Fahrenheit?

-I don't think there is.

-That's a trick they've missed.

-I'll say.

Killer Queen's the head of Globalsoft -

the company that run the world in which musical instruments are banned.

There are a few pointless answers here. Let's take a look at them.

One Vision would have been pointless.

These Are The Days Of Our Lives was also a pointless answer

and a lovely song as well.

A few low-scorers - we had Hammer To Fall,

Who Wants To Live For Ever would have scored one point, Play The Game too.

Well done if you said any of those. We've seen the top scorers already -

We Are The Champions and Bohemian Rhapsody.

OK - thank you very much, Richard.

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

Ann and Andy.

Oh, dear. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

And you knew one of those pointless ones.

Well, you know the song and you might've even said it.

I knew These Are The Days Of Our Lives, cos it was the one

they re-released after Freddie Mercury died

and they re-released Bohemian Rhapsody.

That was the B-side. But I didn't think it would have been in the musical.

There's no logic in that at all.

You'll have to take it up with Ben Elton, I'm afraid.

-I thought you were ready for great things.

-We were hoping!

Me too! Not least,

possibly a quick marriage some time in the middle of the head-to-head.

But it wasn't to be.

-I'm sure the marriage still

-is,

-I'm not saying that's not on the cards,

but we have to say goodbye to you now and it's a great shame.

-Thank you so much for playing.

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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 will be leaving us at the end of this round.

Our category for around two is... Geography. It's geography.

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

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

OK, so our geography question concerns...

volcanoes and their countries.

Volcanoes and their countries, Richard.

We'll show you a list of six volcanoes on each pass.

You must tell us in which country they're located.

If you give us a nice obscure answer, one that most of 100 people didn't know, you'll do very well.

Give us an incorrect answer, you'll score 100 points.

12 volcanoes in all, 12 countries to get at home.

By country, we mean a sovereign state, which is a member of the UN in its own right.

Thank you, Richard.

So we're looking for the countries in which you'd find these volcanoes.

And we have got...

I'll read those all one more time.

There they are. Six volcanoes -

I now need a country from you.

Andy, you're trying to find the one that you think the fewest

of our people knew.

-You big on volcanoes?

-No, unfortunately.

Tough one, that, isn't it?

Mount Fuji - Japan.

Mount Fuji - Japan.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many of our 100 people knew that answer.

It's right.

35.

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-Not bad at all.

-Well done, Andy.

That's damage limitation if you know nothing about volcanoes.

Features very heavily in Japanese art and culture. Mount Fuji.

Thank you very much. Now, Val.

-What's the board now looking like, without Mount Fuji?

-Awful!

There's a couple I think I know. I think...

-Mount St Helens is in the USA.

-Mount St Helens in the USA,

says Val. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people knew that answer.

It's right. Very well done, Val.

25.

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-Good, safe score. Richard?

-Well done, Val.

-It famously erupted in 1980. Remember that?

-No.

-Do you not?

-No.

-It was all over the news at the time.

-Yeah, I was ten.

-I was chasing butterflies, Richard.

-Were you?

-No.

Don't know what I was doing. Watching telly - but not the news.

-Well, it erupted.

-OK, there we are. Mount St Helens. 1980? Hm.

Zack. You're the last person to have this board.

You can talk us through all those volcanoes and locate them for us.

I think Mount Etna is in Italy.

Popocatepetl - I'm a bit rusty round that.

I think it's in Malaysia,

but I don't know if that's a region or country.

I should do. And Mount Rainier and Cotopaxi, I wouldn't know. So...

I'm going to go for Mount Etna - Italy.

Mount Etna - Italy, says Zack.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Mount Etna is in Italy.

It's right.

46.

It's a pretty high score, but it's a lot better than 100.

-46 for Mount Etna.

-A very safe one.

Malaysia is a country, but Popocatepetl is not in it.

-That's good!

-Luckily, you didn't know was a country.

It's actually in Mexico. It would've scored 11 points.

-How did you pronounce it?

-Popocatepetl.

-Popocatepetl.

Popocatepetl. Popocatepetl.

Well, I would say Popo-CAT-epetl, but what do I know?

-Mount Rainier - do you know where that is?

-No.

It's actually also in the USA. It's very near Mount St Helens.

Slightly rainier there - that's why it gets its name. Five points.

And Cotopaxi - Any idea?

-It's a pointless answer.

-South America.

-It is, yes.

I don't know... Paraguay. No idea.

Anybody at home who is shouting "Ecuador!" at the TV screen,

-very well done. That's a pointless answer.

-Very good. Thanks, Richard.

We're halfway through the round - let's look at those scores.

Val and Georgia looking extremely strong.

Lovely low score of 25.

Well done, well.

35 is where we find Andrew and Dan, then up to 46, Zack and Rob.

Rob, I'm hoping and slightly suspecting that you have

quite a good volcano knowledge.

OK, we're coming back down the line.

Can the second players please step up to the podium.

OK, we're going to put six more volcanoes on the board

and here they come.

We have got...

Krakatoa,

Vesuvius, Santorini,

Mount Meager,

Mount Ararat

and Ey...

LAUGHTER

And...

Eyjafjallajokull.

I'll read those all one more time!

Say that again(!)

HE ATTEMPTS TO PRONOUNCE IT

Yeah!

HE STUMBLES OVER PRONUNCIATION

-Be a good name for one of those probiotic yogurts.

-Yes.

Except, by the time you've said it, it's probably gone off.

Anyway, there we are. Rob - you're the highest scorers on 46.

You just have to score as low as you possibly can.

What does that board look like to you?

There's a couple I think I know, but I'm going to go for Santorini,

-in Greece.

-Santorini - Greece, is it right? How many people said it?

Well done, Rob - it's right.

You were the highest scorers in that pass.

That's a lovely low score. 15. Very well done indeed.

The lowest score of the round so far, takes your total up to 61.

-Richard?

-You might've saved yourself in this round. It's on the island of the same name.

Georgia - Val did well on that last round, scoring only 25.

The high scorers are now Rob and Zack on 61.

A score of 35 or less will see you through to the head-to-head.

I have no idea. So...

I'm going to guess...

Krakatoa sounds like it could be Japan.

Krakatoa - Japan, says Georgia.

You get below that red line, you are in the next round. Krakatoa, Japan.

Is that right? If so, how many of our 100 people said it?

Bad luck, Georgia - that's an incorrect answer.

You score the maximum 100 points. That takes you up to 125.

Now then, Dan - the highest scorers are now Georgia and Val on 125.

You are on 35.

A score of 89 or less will see you through to the head-to-head.

I recognise two of them -

Krakatoa and Vesuvius.

I'm going to go Krakatoa, I'm going to say Fiji.

Krakatoa - Fiji.

Fiji has to be right and it has to go below that red line.

If it does both, you're in the head-to-head.

Fiji - is it right? How many people said it?

Oooh, bad luck, Dan. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Great news for Georgia and Val.

But I'm afraid that scores you 100 points, takes your total up to an unbeatable 135. Richard.

Sorry, Dan - Krakatoa is not Fiji and it's not Japan.

It is Indonesia. Would have scored 12 points.

You'll all kick yourself at the bottom one -

it's the very famous one in 2010 that caused all the travel disruption.

It's on Iceland.

27 points. Let's take a look at the rest of the answers.

-Vesuvius - want to have a go at that?

-Italy?

-Yes. Would have scored 40 points. Mount Ararat?

-Turkey, I think.

It IS in Turkey - very famous. Mount Meager is a pointless answer.

Anybody at home shouting New Zealand at the screen -

you just got it wrong. It's in Canada.

-Well done if you got that.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

So, at the end of Round Two,

the losing pair with the highest score, it's Dan and Andrew.

-Did you know Indonesia?

-No, I knew Vesuvius.

Dan and Andrew, we look forward to seeing you next time

I hope you'll go much further.

Maybe even to the final, but for now, thanks very much for playing.

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For the remaining two pairs,

things are about to get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations Rob and Zack, Georgia and Val.

You're one round away from the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £3,250.

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Only one pair can play for that money, but to decide which pair

it's going to be, you are now going head-to-head.

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

Each pair picks one option, but you are now allowed to confer.

You must score less than the other pair and you will win that question.

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

Let's play head-to-head.

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OK, here comes your first question.

It concerns film directors.

Richard.

We'll show you five pictures of famous film directors.

We showed these pictures to our 100 people -

can you guess which of them is the most obscure?

-Best of luck.

-Thanks, Richard.

So, let's reveal our five film directors. We have got...

There are our five film directors.

Rob and Zack, because you played best throughout the show so far,

you get to go first.

We've got an answer, and it's the only one that we absolutely

recognise up there and we're going to play safe.

Alfred Hitchcock, which is D.

D, Alfred Hitchcock. There he is.

Georgia and Val, you can talk us through all the others

if you like, then submit your answer.

We think we know A and C.

-Are we going for C?

-Yes, C.

-C is Martin Scorsese.

Martin Scorsese is C, say Georgia and Val.

In the order they've been given,

Rob and Zack have said Alfred Hitchcock, D.

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

Yes, it's right.

Where's it going to stop? 50.

50 for Alfred Hitchcock.

Quite a popular answer, that one.

Georgia and Val have said Martin Scorsese for C.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people said Martin Scorsese?

It is right.

Will it go below 50? Yes, it will!

Wow - 14 for Martin Scorsese. Very well done, Georgia and Val.

After one question, Georgia and Val are up, 1-0. Richard.

Well played. Good answer. Perhaps most famous for working with Robert De Niro

in Goodfellas, Casino, Cape Fear - all sorts of things.

-A is... Alexander, I bet you can do most of these.

-Quentin Tarantino.

16 points, he would have scored. Do you know B?

The absolute toast of Hollywood.

It's... I know exactly who he is - he did 40-Year-Old Virgin.

-Judd Apatow.

-Absolutely right.

Produced and directed huge hit comedies over the last five years.

He's a pointless answer, so very well done if you said that.

Scorsese we've seen, Hitchcock we've seen, and E - do you know E?

-I don't, no.

-Leni Riefenstahl.

Made The Triumph Of The Will for the Nazis. Back in the '30s.

German filmmaker. One point, that would have scored you.

-Wow, she wasn't pointless and Judd Apatow was?

-Yeah.

There you go. Here's your second question now, Rob and Zack,

you must win this question to stay in the game.

Here it comes - it concerns...

Airports named after famous people.

Richard.

We'll show you a list of five cities

and next to those five cities will be a set of initials.

Those initials are concerned with the person whose name

is in the airport of that city.

The most obscure one of those will win you the point.

OK, thank you very much. Let's reveal our five airports.

Here they come.

I'll read those all one more time.

Georgia and Val, you go first this time.

-Hm.

-I think I only know Liverpool.

Yeah, I think we're going to have to play it safe.

Liverpool - that's John Lennon.

Liverpool - John Lennon, say Georgia and Val.

Rob and Zack, you can talk us through the board if you like.

I think we'd rather not! Er...

Got a feeling about the top one.

-We'll go for it.

-Go on, then.

I'm going to say Washington - Ronald Reagan.

Washington, Ronald Reagan.

Let's see if that's right.

John Lennon was the first answer, Georgia and Val.

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

Yes, it's right. Ooh! Wahey!

90 people knew JL stood for John Lennon.

Rob and Zack have said Ronald Reagan for Washington.

Let's see if that's right and if so, how many people said it. You must win this to stay in the game.

So it has to be right and go lower than 90. Ronald Reagan for Washington.

Yep, it's right. And you are still in the game.

Very well said - 46.

That's what you needed to do.

After two questions, you are absolutely evenly matched, 1-1.

Well played, Rob and Zack.

It's the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Put his name on it in the '90s. John Lennon is Liverpool.

The motto of that airport is, "above us only sky".

-Venice. Hazard a guess?

-Marco Polo.

You would be right.

-That would have scored you 33. New Orleans...?

-Louis Armstrong.

Absolutely right. Nine points.

And Burbank is the best answer on the board - any ideas?

It's in California, if that helps.

This gentleman had a private plane there. It is Bob Hope.

Four points, so very well done if you said that at home.

Thank you, Richard. So here comes your third question.

And it concerns...

the works of George Orwell. Richard.

Our five options are all going to be clues to facts about George Orwell.

We put these clues to 100 people - which is the most obscure of them?

Very best of luck to both pairs.

So which one of you will be going through to the final?

Let's reveal our five facts about George Orwell - here they come.

The French historical figure

after whom the chief pig in Animal Farm is named.

The major conflict chronicled in Homage To Catalonia,

the title of the Asian-set debut novel by George Orwell.

The creatures that Winston Smith most feared in Room 101

and the houseplant named in the title of his 1936 novel.

I will read those again.

There we are -

five clues to facts relating to the works of George Orwell.

Now then - Rob and Zack, you go first this time.

I think the best one we can go for is the creatures

that Winston Smith most fears in Room 101.

Which is something that a lot of people are afraid of - that's rats.

OK. Rats, say Rob and Zack.

Georgia and Val - take us through the board.

I think I know three.

The second one - that's the Spanish Civil War.

The top one is maybe Napoleon - I'm not sure.

But I think we're going to go for the houseplant, aspidistra.

Aspidistra. The 1936 novel. So, rats and aspidistra.

Rob and Zack said rats - let's see if that's right,

and if so, let's see how many of our 100 people said rats.

It's right.

17 for rats.

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-Was that a guess?

-Yes.

-Calculated.

-Very good guess. 17.

So, aspidistra. Is that going to go down below 17?

If it does, you are through to the final

and will be playing for that £3,250 jackpot.

Aspidistra, say Georgia and Val -

the houseplant named in the title of the 1936 novel.

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

It is right.

Yes, you've done it! Very well done. Down to 8.

Very well done.

That means, after three questions,

Georgia and Val are through to the final, 2-1.

-Richard.

-Very well played, Georgia and Val.

Keep The Aspidistra Flying was his third novel.

Let's look at the board.

The ones you knew would've handed the points to your opponents,

they would've scored too many points.

The French historical figure is Napoleon.

That would have scored you 38 points.

The major conflict is indeed the Spanish Civil War.

That would've got you 19 points, and seen you cruelly knocked out.

The title of his Asian-set debut novel - do you know that one?

Er... Burmese Days.

Yes, he spent five years in the Indian police force over in Burma.

Would have scored one point, so very well done if you got that.

Well done to anyone who got all 15.

Very well done indeed to Georgia and Val.

The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head I'm sorry to say, Rob and Zach.

Sorry we have to say goodbye now,

I thought you were certainly hot contenders to be finalists

at the top of the show, but Georgia and Val whipped it from under your noses.

They played so well in that head-to-head.

We have to say goodbye, but thank you for playing, lovely contestants.

-Thank you.

-Thanks.

But for Georgia and Val, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Georgia and Val.

You fought off all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £3,250.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

OK, the rules are very simple.

To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

We haven't had any pointless answers today.

You only have to find one now to go home with that money.

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

-Father and son actors, do you think?

-Yes, I think so.

-Father and son actors.

-OK, let's find out what your question is - here it is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

Martin and Charlie Sheen films as they could.

-Richard.

-We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release

for which either Charlie Sheen or Martin Sheen has received

an acting credit prior to the beginning of 2012.

No TV films, short films or documentaries.

Voice performances do count. They have to be credited in these films.

OK, there we go. You now have up to 1 minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that £3,250 jackpot

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Are you ready? Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are.

Your time starts now.

-Do you know any Charlie Sheen ones?

-What's that one he did in the '90s?

Hotshots! And Hotshots Part Deux. He was in the spoof Top Gun thing.

Scary Movie 3. Charlie Sheen was in that.

-Martin Sheen was in Dead Zone.

-Is that a film?

Yes, it was a film before it was a TV series!

Erm, that's it...

There was one where he... Like a horror film,

where he was a driver of a car that killed everyone.

-Do you know the name?

-No!

It's definitely Hotshots?

Ghost Rider or Ghost something.

-So we've definitely got Hotshots! Scary Movie 3.

-Hotshots!

-Scary Movie 3 and what's that one, Dead Zone?

-Dead Zone.

-Is that...? I can't think of any more!

-Hotshots, or the second one?

Ten seconds left.

Are you going for Hotshots for the second one? No, the first one.

-Is he definitely in that?

-And Scary Movie 3.

-OK.

There's your time up and you seem to have three answers.

We were looking for Martin or Charlie Sheen films.

-I now need your three answers.

-Martin Sheen was in Dead Zone.

-Dead Zone.

-Charlie Sheen was in Scary Movie 3.

-Scary Movie 3.

-And...Hotshots?

-Hotshots!

Of those three, which do you think is your best punt at the pointless answer?

-Dead Zone, maybe.

-We'll pop Dead Zone in third place.

-Which do you think is your least likely?

-Scary Movie 3.

OK, let's put them on the board in that order and here they are.

Scary Movie 3, Hotshots! and The Dead Zone.

There are your answers. We were looking for Martin and/or Charlie Sheen films.

Your first answer was Scary Movie 3,

you said this was your least confident shot.

Remember, you only need one pointless answer

to win that jackpot of £3,250.

Let's see how many people said Scary Movie 3.

It's right..

It's right. If this goes all the way down to zero,

you will be leaving here right now with £3,250 in your back pockets...

Down it goes into single figures...

Oh!

Wow!

Scary Movie 3 - only one person knew.

Unfortunately, not a pointless answer. But pretty good.

-Hopefully the next one.

-That was your least confident shot.

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

What would you do with £3,250, Georgia?

Probably go on holiday... or buy lots of shoes.

-Val?

-Holiday. Cuba.

-Cuba!

-Bit of Cuban music.

-Very good.

-That would be fun.

OK, we're looking for Martin or Charlie Sheen films.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Hotshots!

Let's see if it is right, and if so, how many people said Hotshots!

Also correct. Scary Movie 3 went all the way down to one.

If this goes down to zero,

you are leaving here with £3,250 in your back pockets.

Oof!

Hotshots! 15.

Oh, I wasn't sure about that one, so I'm just glad it was right.

-It was just filling a place.

-Yeah!

Everything actually is resting on The Dead Zone.

If it goes down to zero, you will be leaving here with £3,250.

This has to be pointless, let's find out if Dead Zone is pointless..

How many people said Dead Zone?

It's right.

So we went down to one with Scary Movie 3.

We went down to 15 with Hotshots!

This you said was your most confident answer.

Down it still goes. If it goes down...

-It does!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very, very, very well done.

Brilliant!

Wow - congratulations!

Dead Zone was a pointless answer,

which means you are going home with a jackpot of £3,250.

Havana, here we come! Richard.

Terrific. You played well throughout.

-You said you liked horror films!

-That's one of my favourite films.

David Cronenberg film from 1983, based on the Stephen King novel.

Let's look at some other pointless answers -

I suspect people at home would've got a few.

Being John Malkovich, Charlie Sheen.

Bobby, which is directed by Emilio Estevez, another one of Martin's sons. Martin's in that.

Martin's always in the adaptation of Catch-22 as well -

all of those pointless.

Gandhi - Martin Sheen is in Gandhi.

Charlie Sheen, you'll be very surprised to hear, is in Loose Women.

Charlie Sheen also in Red Dawn,

set in World War 3 with Patrick Swayze.

Terminal Velocity - another Charlie Sheen film.

Martin Sheen is in The American President, the Michael Douglas film.

And there's The Dead Zone - right at the end.

-Well done if you got any of those at home.

-Well done indeed.

Thanks once again to our winning players, Georgia and Val,

who go away with today's jackpot of £3,250.

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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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