Episode 23 Pointless

Thank you! Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.

Welcome, Kyle and David. You are our first pair today. How do you two know each other?

David and I have been very good friends for 35 years and we were big followers of Carlisle United

-and punk rock. And we still are.

-Very good! So Carlisle and punk rock music

still live on. David, what do you do?

-I'm manager at a local building society.

-And how about you, Kyle?

-I'm a publican. We've got a pub.

-Excellent. That's a great way to keep up with your friends.

-It is.

-And Dave plays in my darts team.

-Is he good?

-No.

-Very good.

-Do you have a quiz night?

-We don't actually, no.

-Might you start, maybe?

-The next half hour will sort that out!

-Have you quizzed ever before as a team?

-No.

-35 years of friendship and you've never quizzed before?

-Never.

-Except on national television.

-First time for everything.

It's great to have you. Very best of luck.

-Next we welcome Jude and Chris. How do you two know each other?

-We met each other in college

40 years ago, over 40 years ago, and we've been friends ever since. We were training to be teachers.

-Both became teachers and I stayed in teaching for 39 years.

-What did you teach?

-PE to start off with

and then when I couldn't stand up any longer, I taught maths. Which seemed a good idea.

-What about you, Chris? You stopped teaching.

-I managed 2½ years of PE teaching.

-I managed to stay standing, which was more than Judith did.

-Then what?

I moved across into sport and leisure and stayed until last May when I retired.

-Have you taken up any interesting hobbies?

-We joined a Senior Citizens Going To The Pictures class!

Very good! I like that it's a class. And where have you come from, Jude?

-From Yorkshire.

-Good stuff. It's lovely to have you here.

Next we welcome Ian and Steph. How do you two know each other?

We met a couple of years ago and we've been boyfriend and girlfriend for a year and a half.

-I'm guessing you're from Northern Ireland.

-Yeah.

-Whereabouts?

-Belfast.

Belfast. Now Steph, take me through your piercings.

-It's not that hard. Just two piercings.

-Is that a thing you'd seen or are you a pioneer of that?

No, our friends are into piercings as well. And tattoos.

-But the two there.

-Yeah.

-Really? I need to get out more!

-LAUGHTER

-You've only got the one piercing, haven't you?

-Just the one.

LAUGHTER

-Steph...

-LAUGHTER

-What would you like to see come up?

-Well, I study film, and specifically I love horror films.

-Ian, how about you?

-I would like to see science fiction come up,

especially Star Trek. I've been a huge Star Trek fan since I was a kid because of my daddy.

-He is an avid Star Trek fan. So am I.

-Good stuff.

It's great to have you. Welcome.

Next we welcome back Jeannie and Jean. You were on last time.

-Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. Remind us how you did.

-Go on!

Not too well.

The first subject was cricket and... we didn't disgrace ourselves.

You didn't. By no means. That's right, it was nations competing in the Cricket World Cup.

And somebody stole my answer before I said it,

-so I had to pick something else quickly.

-It's quite hard, that.

So to make up for that, what will come up and be brilliant for you?

Em...geography. Particularly American geography.

Food, drink, nature... That sort of thing.

-OK. Jean?

-Anything to do with France, musicals, TV and film musicals,

breeds of dog would be nice.

It's lovely to have you back. We hope to see much more of you this time.

We'll find out more about all of you. There's only one person left.

-Asking the questions Mastermind wouldn't dare, it's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya.

Hiya.

I'm not certain they wouldn't dare. I think they wouldn't bother.

Now we have the curse of the returning contestants. Nine shows in a row won by first-time contestants.

No returning pair has won for nine shows, Jean and Jeannie, so a lot of pressure on you.

The first question today is very good if you do film studies.

-Even better for a senior citizens going to the pictures class.

-LAUGHTER

-Very, very good.

-It's about film.

-Yeah.

Oh, I see! Right.

Thanks, Richard. All our questions have been put to 100 people,

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

Our players need to score as few points as possible.

Everyone wants to find a pointless answer that none of the 100 gave.

When that happens, we'll add £250 to the jackpot. Damien and Chris won it last time, so we start at £1,000.

Right, let's play Pointless.

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

The pair with the highest score will be eliminated. And an incorrect answer scores 100 points,

so do try to avoid those. OK, our first category this afternoon is...

film directors.

There we are. Can we all decide who's going first and second?

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Tim Burton films as they could.

-Tim Burton films. Richard?

-Any full-length feature film or animated film on cinema release

for which Tim Burton has received a director's credit, prior to the end of 2011. Best of luck.

Kyle and David, you all drew lots and you are going first.

-Kyle, Tim Burton. Are you a fan?

-No. I have never heard of him.

-Never...

-I'm in big trouble here.

-..heard of him?

-Well, I have, but I wouldn't know his films.

-OK.

-So that's probably a problem.

-Oh, not necessarily. Well, actually, yes.

Em...

Tim Burton films. I am going to say...

The King's Speech.

-I would pay good money...

-LAUGHTER

..to see that. OK, The King's Speech. Let's see if it's right and how many of our 100 said it.

No!

Bad luck, Kyle. Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, as you probably knew.

-It scores 100 points. Richard?

-Yeah, that was Tom Hooper, although it'd be a cracking film.

-Tim Burton's The King's Speech. Perhaps he'll do a remake. You never know.

-I'd love to see it.

-Now then, Jude, Tim Burton films.

-I, too, have never heard of him,

but as you mentioned animation, I'm going to say The Wrong Trousers.

The Wrong Trousers.

-LAUGHTER

-Directed by Tim Burton? Is it right and, if so, how many said it?

Oh, dear, Jude. I'm afraid that's the wrong answer and scores 100 points. Richard?

-I hope he's not watching at home.

-So do I!

He'll be sitting there, he'll have called his wife in. "Honey, my films are on Pointless. It's awesome!

"We'll see which of my films is the most popular. Let's settle down."

-The Wrong Trousers.

-LAUGHTER

OK. Puts a lot of pressure on everyone else. Tim Burton is watching, on the verge of tears.

You can stop that happening.

Steph, we're looking for films directed by Tim Burton.

I wish I knew a really obscure one. I think I know one he did, but I don't want to risk it.

-I'll go for Edward Scissorhands.

-Let's see if it's right and how many people said Edward Scissorhands.

It's right!

23!

-Very well done. 23 for Edward Scissorhands.

-Well played, Steph.

From 1990. You just cheered Tim Burton up.

-Now then, Jean, it's in your hands.

-I'll do my best.

-I would say The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

-The Legend of Sleepy Hollow says Jean.

Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said it.

-Oh!

-Oh, no!

-Oh...

-Shoot.

Unfortunately, that's incorrect, which means you score 100 points.

-Richard?

-Sorry, Jean. I can't accept The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. I'll explain why at the end.

OK, we're halfway through. Let's look at the scores. A very high-scoring round for all but one.

Steph and Ian looking very strong there with a score of 23.

Very, very low in this context.

Jean and Jeannie on 100, Jude and Chris on 100 and Kyle and David on 100.

Tim, do keep watching. It's going to get so much better.

So Jeannie, Chris and David, the battle is on for who will be leaving at the end of this round.

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

OK, we're looking for films directed by Tim Burton.

Jeannie, you are joint high scorers on 100. Just name a Tim Burton film that's a really low scorer.

Well, I can name one, but I don't know if it'll be low. Sweeney Todd.

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

It's right!

19!

Very, very well done. 119 is your total.

-Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Very well done. It stars Johnny Depp.

-Ian...

Films by Tim Burton. You are on 23. The high scorers on 119 are Jean and Jeannie.

If you can score 95 or less, you are through to the next round.

OK, well, I'll play it safe and say Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Here comes your red line. Lovely and high.

If you get below that, you're through to the next round. Is it right and how many said it?

Yes! And yes. You are through.

15 - that's a great answer, Ian.

Very impressive total. Tim will be pleased. 38.

-Richard?

-Well done. Lowest score yet. Starring, of course...

-Johnny Depp.

LAUGHTER

So, Chris, you are on 100. Our high scorers are Jeannie and Jean on 119.

A score of 18 or less will see you into the next round.

-Do you know who Tim Burton is?

-I've heard of him.

So a good guess - I think it's a bit better than The Wrong Trousers,

but...Scream?

Here's your red line. Quite low.

If you get below that, you are through. Let's see if Scream is right and how many people said it.

Bad luck, bad luck. I'm afraid that's another incorrect answer and scores the maximum 100 points.

That takes your total up to 200.

-Richard?

-Sorry, Chris. Sorry, Tim. That was Wes Craven, I'm afraid, who directed Scream.

And so, David, we're looking for films directed by Tim Burton. I'll put things in context here.

Chris and Jude are the high scorers on 200. You are on 100. A score of 99 or less...

sees you through to the next round.

-Do you know who Tim Burton is?

-I know he's a director.

-LAUGHTER

-Do you know any of his films?

I hope I can guess at one, yes.

-OK.

-One of my guesses has gone,

-but I'll go for Alice in Wonderland.

-Alice in Wonderland.

That is the red line. Alice in Wonderland. Is it right and, if it is, how many said it?

Oh! Very well done, David. Very well done, indeed.

Down it goes. 21!

That's a great answer. 21 takes your total up to 121. Richard?

Very well played, David. Cool under pressure. From 2010. Starring...?

-Johnny Depp?

-Johnny Depp. If this had been Johnny Depp films,

we'd have had the same right and wrong answers.

Let's look at the answers. Only one pointless answer, so well done if you said Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.

One of his very early films. Planet of the Apes scored two and Mars Attacks! was four.

Those were the lowest ones there.

I couldn't give you The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. There was a film called that, a TV film,

but his version was called Sleepy Hollow. So I couldn't accept it, but you got through anyway.

And also Tim Burton wouldn't have been unhappy with your answer.

-He'd go, "She knows the film. She's totally seen it."

-Yeah, yeah.

-He'd have been fine with that.

-Jean and Jeannie, very impressive.

-Thank you.

-The interesting thing about Sleepy Hollow - do you know who stars in that?

-Johnny Depp.

-Johnny Depp.

There we go. Thank you, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score is Jude and Chris.

Oh, dear. Good news - you are members of our 200 Club.

This is great. It's lovely for us. Welcome aboard.

Second bit of great news is there are a lot of good Tim Burton films to go and see.

There's nearly a year's worth of trips for the Senior Citizens Going to the Pictures club...class.

We will see you again next time. Any tips you've picked up from your brief appearance so far?

-Films are out of the way now, hopefully.

-Yes.

-It can only get better.

-It can only get better.

We'll see you again next time. Meanwhile, Chris and Jude, thank you so much for playing.

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

Only two pairs go to the Head to Head, so one team leaves after this round.

OK, our category for Round Two is... famous women.

Can you all decide who's going to go first and who goes second?

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

OK, our Round Two question concerns...

famous Barbaras.

-Famous Barbaras, Richard.

-I get a lot of letters asking for a round on famous Barbaras.

I've finally caved in. On each pass, six clues to famous women called Barbara.

Give us a nice obscure answer to score fewer points. An incorrect answer is 100 points.

There's 12 Barbaras in all. Pens at the ready. Let's Barbara.

LAUGHTER

OK, so we are looking for famous Barbaras and here they come.

We have got...

HE READS THE LIST

I will read all of those one more time.

OK, so there are six Barbaras.

All you have to do is find the one that you think the fewest of our 100 people would have known.

-Now, David...

-I'm going to go for famous for saying, "Walkies!". I'll go for Barbara Woodhouse.

Barbara Woodhouse. Let's see if that's right and how many knew it.

It's right.

34.

-34 for Barbara Woodhouse.

-She was so famous in the '80s.

Literally anybody under 30 is going to go, "Huh?"

And everybody over 30 will go, "Barbara Woodhouse!" She was very famous for training dogs.

There we are. Barbara Woodhouse.

-Steph...

-The only one I know is the one David didn't go for, so I'm really glad he didn't.

I hope it's right. I think the US First Lady is Barbara Bush.

Barbara Bush says Steph. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

It's right!

51.

-51, Richard.

-Only the second woman in history to be wife and mother to a President.

Abigail Adams being the other one.

-It's gone AA, BB so far.

-Alliterative.

-Interesting.

-So Christina...someone has to be President...

-Or how about Chelsea Clinton?

That's clever.

And then...

-Diana Dors. Less likely.

-Less likely.

Jeannie, you're the last person to have these Barbaras.

We have a new batch of Barbaras for the next pass, so take your pick of those while they're still hot.

-There's one I think I know...

-Talk us through them all if you like.

I don't know some of them. I think I know one and I'm sure of the other,

-so I think I'm going to play safe and say Mrs Ringo Starr was Barbara Bach.

-Barbara Bach.

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

It's right.

Absolutely right. 19 - the lowest score of the pass. Very well done.

-Richard?

-Good answer. She was in The Spy Who Loved Me and married Ringo in 1981.

-Was there another one you were tempted to go for?

-I think the sculptor was Barbara Hepworth.

Absolutely right. Best answer on the board. It would have scored six points, so very good answer.

Debut novel A Woman Of Substance? Alexander?

-Barbara Taylor Bradford?

-Absolutely right. 17 points.

-And the Hollywood star?

-Streisand?

-Barbara Stanwyck.

-Stanwyck!

-It was before Streisand's time. 9 points.

-Well done if you got all those. Good Barbara work.

-It's not over.

We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores. 19 for Jean and Jeannie. Lovely.

Then up to 34 for David and Kyle, then up to 51 for Steph and Ian.

Ian, good luck with your Barbara-ing.

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

OK, we're going to put six more Barbaras up on the board.

-We've got...

-HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one more time.

So there are our famous Barbaras. You want the one that the fewest people knew.

Jean, you're the low scorers on 19. The high scorers are on 51.

A score of 31 or less will see you comfortably into the next round. How many Barbaras do you know?

Well, it's finding the one that the whole population doesn't know!

I know a couple.

I'm going to go with the UK number one single with Elaine Paige - Barbara Dickson.

Barbara Dickson you are saying. Here comes your red line.

Below that, you are comfortably through. Is it right and how many people said it?

It's right.

Very well done! You are through.

16 - that's brilliant!

-Takes your total up to 35. Richard?

-Is this the end of the curse of the returning pairs?

-Ssh!

-The single, I Know Him So Well, the biggest-selling single in UK history by a female duo.

-Really?

-Yep. Peter Kay and Susan Boyle did a cover of it for Comic Relief.

Thanks, Richard. So, Ian, we come to you.

You are the high scorers on 51. We need a nice low answer from you or we'll be saying goodbye to you.

-We're looking for famous Barbaras.

-There's only one that I know and I think it'll be a high scorer.

I just have to say it. From Carry On to EastEnders, Barbara Windsor.

Barbara Windsor says Ian. Let's see if Barbara Windsor is right and how many people said it.

It is right. Oh!

What about that?! 90 people knew that.

That takes you to an unbeatable 141.

-Richard?

-That is a famous Barbara.

-Yeah!

That is quite something. See, Tim Burton? That's famous.

Right there.

Kyle, good news - you're through to the next round.

Bad news, I'd like you to fill in this board for us.

I can't fill in the board, but there's two there where I'd have an educated guess.

The profilic...whatever the word is, "pink" British writer.

Barbara Cartland.

Barbara Cartland. I now understand what that meant!

It's THAT Barbara. How could you not mention pink?

Or is it? I don't want to spoil the jeopardy.

Let's have a look, see if it's right and how many it scored.

LAUGHTER

Good. Um...let's see if that's right, Kyle, and if it is

let's see how many people said Barbara Cartland.

Come on.

There we are! Yes, it is right.

42! That's a great answer. Takes your total to 76.

But you are through anyway.

-Richard...

-Well played, Kyle. Let's look through the rest.

-Do you know who introduced the breathalyser?

-No idea.

-A Labour politician.

-Oh, Barbara Castle.

-Absolutely right. Would have scored you 7.

The pseudonym of Ruth Rendell? It's very good as well.

-My mum's favourite. My mum prefers her to Ruth Rendell.

-I know...

-Barbara V...

-Vine!

-Well done. I'll give you that. 4 points.

-Former MP married to author Ken is a pointless answer.

-Barbara Follett.

Well done if you got all those and if you got all 12 Barbaras.

A whole lot of Barbara there. Thanks.

The losing pair with the highest score is Ian and Steph with 141.

Dear, oh, dear. But who knew that Barbara Windsor would be... You might as well have got it wrong!

-Everyone.

-So manifestly famous is she.

Listen, we will see you again next time. We've done Barbaras now.

-It's out of the way.

-There's more Barbaras where that came from.

-LAUGHTER

Ian and Steph, sorry to be saying goodbye to you so soon. Next time we'll see much more of you.

-Thanks so much. Great contestants.

-APPLAUSE

But for the remaining two pairs things are about to get even more exciting in the Head to Head.

Congratulations, Jeannie and Jean, Kyle and David. You are now only one round away from the final

and a chance to play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £1,000.

Now obviously only one pair can play for that money and you're now going to go head to head

on the best of three questions. The first pair to win two plays for the jackpot.

And you are now allowed to confer. Let's play the Head to Head.

OK, here is your first question. It concerns...museums and galleries of the world.

-Museums and galleries of the world. Richard?

-We'll show you five pictures of museums and galleries.

We showed these to our 100 people. You have to tell us in which city are these located.

-The most obscure answer will win you the point.

-Let's reveal the five.

And we have got...

OK. There are five museums or galleries

and we want you to supply the name of the most obscure one you think you recognise,

which fewest of our 100 people knew. Jeannie and Jean, you played best so far and you go first.

Em, we think C is the Guggenheim in New York.

C. The Guggenheim you are saying. The Guggenheim in New York.

-Kyle and David, you can now do all your thinking out loud.

-I definitely know A,

but I don't think it'll be a better answer than the ladies have given, so we'll take a guess at B

and say Madrid.

You're going to say Madrid for B.

So we have New York from Jeannie and Jean and Madrid from Kyle and David.

C is New York say Jeannie and Jean. Let's see if that's right and how many said it.

It's right.

Very well done! Seven!

Seven for New York. Very well done, Jean and Jeannie.

Kyle and David have said Madrid for B. B, Madrid.

-Complete shot in the dark?

-I've been to the Prado, but...

So it's a shot in the dark! I don't think that's it.

Ah, well, OK. Kyle and David have said that B is Madrid.

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

It is right!

That's fantastic.

And it wins you the point!

What about that?

That was a museum entrance fee very well spent, I'd say, Kyle.

Madrid, a correct answer and it scores only two.

So Kyle and David are ahead one-nil.

Not only right, but the best answer on the board. Unbeatable.

It was right as well to avoid A. It is Paris, the Louvre,

but would have scored 43 points.

The Prado in Madrid scores two, the Guggenheim seven.

D is the Tate Modern in London. It scored 16 points.

Very low scorer.

And E is a wonderful museum in a wonderful city. St Petersburg and the Hermitage Museum.

It would have scored nine points.

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

Jean and Jeannie have to win this to stay in the game. Good luck.

Our second question concerns African countries. Richard?

We'll now show you a list of five African countries, but sadly for you they're all in anagram form.

Can you, like our 100 people, solve those anagrams and, if you can, which is the most obscure?

Thank you. Let's reveal our five African countries in anagram form.

Here they are.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those one more time.

So there you are. Kyle and David, you go first this time. I'll give you a while to think.

I'm going to have a go for the top one, Release Iron.

-It's Sierra Leone.

-Sierra Leone for Release Iron.

OK, Jeannie and Jean, take us through the board if you like and pick whichever one you want.

We think the bottom one is Mozambique.

The next one up is Angola.

-Liberia.

-Yeah.

-Not sure about the other one.

-I think we go for Angola, don't we?

-Yeah.

-Angola.

-Angola.

-Angola you are saying.

So we have Sierra Leone and Angola. Jean and Jeannie, we really need you to win this one.

We need you to stay and break the curse of the returning pairs!

Kyle and David, you went first and went for Sierra Leone.

Let's see if Release Iron is indeed Sierra Leone and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.

It's right.

Oh, it's low. Oh, it IS low. Look at that.

Eight.

Eight for Sierra Leone.

Jean and Jeannie, so you have said Analog, Angola.

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

It's right.

Eight is what it has to beat.

Oh, 47!

Wow.

The curse goes on!

After two questions only, Kyle and David are through to the final, two-nil. Richard?

Well played. I think you would have said Sierra Leone.

Let's get to the one that would have won it for you. Do the others first.

Be A Quiz Mom is Mozambique.

Very hard to do an anagram of a word with a Z and a Q.

Air Bile is Liberia. It was slightly better, but still scored 20 points.

And Deep Crave would have won it. It was one point - Cape Verde.

Cape Verde. A series of islands off the coast of Africa.

Thanks very much, Richard.

-So at the end of the Head to Head, our losing pair is Jean and Jeannie.

-AUDIENCE "Ahh"

"Ahh" indeed. You played so well throughout the show

and here we are. We've come to the Head to Head and Kyle and David have whipped it away from you.

Out in Round One last show, but you played phenomenally well.

I'm so sorry we have to say goodbye, but thanks. Excellent contestants.

But for Kyle and David it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Kyle and David. You fought off the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot. The jackpot stands at £1,000.

Well, you survived a 100-pointer in the first round.

And came through to a straight two sets victory in the Head to Head.

Very good. And you've now got a nice new ornament for your pub.

-Absolutely.

-You want to put that somewhere well back from the bar.

-Yeah.

Somewhere up among the single malts.

-We never get them down.

-Oh, right.

Oh, dear.

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

We haven't had any today. Find one now and you go home with the money.

First, you've got to choose a category from these five options.

They are...

HE READS THE LIST

-What are you thinking?

-What do you think?

-Football.

-Yeah.

-Sixties is probably too early for us.

-Probably not!

-If you want to go for Sixties Singers we could do.

-If it was Seventies Singers...

-Will we go for football?

-Yeah.

-We'll go for football.

-Football it is. OK.

Let's find out what the question is going to be. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

FIFA World Cup winning captains as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any player who captained a winning side in the final of a World Cup,

from its inception in 1930, right through to the 2010 tournament.

-So the final or the deciding game, as it was in some tournaments.

-OK.

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

All you need to win that £1,000 is for one to be pointless. Ready?

OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.

Your time starts now.

-Germany, Beckenbauer. Argentina - could Kempes have been captain?

-No, Maradona.

-No, the earlier one.

-Kempes, yeah.

-And...another one...

-France.

-Italy.

Was Bettega the captain? I don't think they won it when he was captain.

-Brazil, '70. 1970. Brazil in 1970.

-Socrates.

-Was he?

No, it's too late for him.

-We'll have to start thinking about what we're going to say. Beckenbauer.

-Yeah.

-A safe one.

-I'll say Kempes is an outsider.

-Yeah.

-And...

-Socrates, was he playing for Brazil?

-He's later.

Did they win...?

-'74 was in Spain, wasn't it?

-No, '82 was Spain.

10 left.

-Will we go for Socrates?

-Just as a guess.

-Yeah, we will.

-OK, you have your three answers?

-We have.

-Your minute is now up.

FIFA World Cup winning captains.

I now need your three answers.

-Right. The first one we'll go for is Franz Beckenbauer.

-Beckenbauer.

-The second one is Socrates.

-Socrates.

-And the third one we'll go for is Kempes.

-Kempes.

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

-The only one we're sure of is Beckenbauer!

No, I don't think that will be pointless. Go with an obscure one.

-So we'll go for...

-Socrates.

-Socrates, then.

-So put him in last.

-Yeah.

-Which is your least likely?

-I think Beckenbauer.

So Beckenbauer first, Kempes second, Socrates last. OK, let's put them up on the board in that order.

OK, we were looking for FIFA World Cup winning captains.

Franz Beckenbauer was your least confident shot.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win.

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

It's right.

It's right. Here we will discover how much our 100 people know about FIFA World Cup captains.

If this goes to zero, you leave...

I was about to say with £1,000. Unfortunately, it wasn't pointless, but you kind of knew that.

You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot. £1,000.

-What would you do with that, David?

-I think I'd take my wife on another honeymoon.

Six months ago we went on honeymoon and our luggage didn't turn up

-so I'll treat her to a honeymoon again.

-OK.

We are looking for... Kyle, I didn't even ask you!

Because I'm not sure we'll win, I'll go on record and say I'll buy everyone in the pub a drink

-that's in to watch it live.

-Very good.

There you are. A little half of lemonade for everyone.

OK, we are looking for FIFA World Cup winning captains. Let's hope that nobody said Mario Kempes.

This has to be right. Do you think it's right?

We're just guessing for a pointless answer.

-So if it is right, there's every chance.

-Hopefully.

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

Mario Kempes. This is for £1,000.

Bad luck! That's an incorrect answer. You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

We were looking for FIFA World Cup winning captains. Your third and final answer is Socrates.

-You put him last as he had a better chance of being pointless than of being right.

-Correct.

-There's logic in that.

-There is.

-Somewhere.

-There is!

Let's see. It has to be pointless to win that jackpot of £1,000.

Let's see. Socrates. How many people said it? Is it right?

-No! Bad luck!

-Never mind.

Well, unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer, so you don't win today's jackpot,

which will roll over to the next show, but you have been fantastic. And you take our Pointless trophy.

This is always the tough bit. Richard?

Valiant wrong answers, though. Socrates was the captain in the '82 World Cup for Brazil,

but they didn't win. It was Italy under Dino Zoff, who was 3 points.

And Mario Kempes played for the 1978 World Cup winning team.

-The captain was a pointless answer. Daniel Passarella.

-Ah, I wouldn't have got that.

Let's look at the pointless ones. Passarella probably the easiest.

Fritz Walter won for Germany in '54, Giuseppe Meazza won for Italy in '38.

Mauro Ramos was the 1962 captain for Brazil.

And Obdulio Varela was the captain of Uruguay in 1950.

People out there knew the very first World Cup winning captains in 1930 and '34.

Bright people amongst our 100. Unlucky, guys.

Well done if you got those at home.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye, but it's been brilliant. Thank you so much for playing.

Unfortunately, Kyle and David didn't win our jackpot so it rolls over and on the next show we play for...

£2,000!

-Join us next time. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And goodbye from me.

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