Episode 25 Pointless

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

Welcome to Pointless, the show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

First, we welcome Helen and Gen, our first pair today.

How do you two know each other?

I think that we met at the pub about 20 years ago.

You might find that Helen has a different opinion.

Am I going to! What's your opinion, Helen?

I think we met while Gen was driving a truck for a street parade.

-Two good things, you did meet...

-Yes.

-..and you are here.

-Lovely to have you here.

-Thanks.

-What do you do, Helen?

-I'm a lawyer.

-A lawyer.

-Don't hold that against me.

-I wouldn't!

-Gen, what do you do?

-I run my own management consultancy business.

What do you like to do when you're not managing and consulting?

Reading, history, family history.

-Family history?

-Yes.

-How far have you gone back?

Well, I'm 7th-generation Australian.

In Australian terms, that is aristocracy.

That's a long way back. And they were convicts!

One of them came from the Isle of Man.

She was transported in 1823 for stealing a piece of lace.

-What?

-Yes!

-Blimey.

And the fellow who married her

was transported in 1817 for stealing a horse.

-He was condemned to death.

-I see.

A horse... Australia. Lace... Australia?

-Well.

-Nah!

-It was pretty harsh in those days.

Very best of luck, Helen and Gen.

We welcome back Alan and Phil. You were on last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

-Remind us how you know each other, Alan.

-Father and son.

Phil, remind us what happened last time.

I'm not really in the blame game, but someone's knowledge of Wham! wasn't up to scratch.

I got undone by Bad Girls.

-Bad Boys.

-For the first time!

-Bad Boys!

-LAUGHTER

-Alan, remind us what you do.

-I'm retired now.

I'm enjoying retirement now.

On a Monday morning, I can take my time

instead of joining the rush.

Hang on. You retired as a Methodist preacher!

-What rush was that you were...?

-LAUGHTER

Actually, a day could be very varied.

It was a good job to have, I thought.

Absolutely. Phil is shaking his head, but...

He was eating cakes. That's all it was.

Eating cakes! And what are your interests now you're retired, Alan?

I'm writing a book at the moment.

It's all about Rome and Christian history,

-about a soldier called Germanicus.

-Excellent.

-And, Phil, we know you are a train driver.

-Yes.

What do you like doing when you're not driving trains?

Well, this week, I've been advising me dad on his book.

I've been trying to persuade him to put a love scene in it.

-Very good.

-Because sex sells!

Sex sells. That's right.

-Lovely to have you back.

-Thank you.

-Let's hope we see lots more of you.

Next we welcome Jessica and Carol. How do you two know each other?

We're mother and daughter.

-Where have you come from, Jessica?

-Twyford in Berkshire.

-Berkshire. What do you do, Carol?

-I'm retired.

-What do you do in your retirement?

-I collect smoothing irons.

What's the appeal of the smoothing iron?

Well, it's something to leave to my daughter.

-She loves them, don't you?

-I am thrilled with the collection to date!

Are you married to a scrap-metal dealer?!

No, but when I receive the irons, I may contact one.

Jessica, what do you do?

I'm a freelance publicist for children's publishers.

Very good. Very best of luck to you, Jessica and Carol.

-Finally, Chris and Paul. How do you two know each other?

-Paul's my younger brother.

And, Paul, where are you from?

-We're down from Aberdeen today.

-Excellent.

-And what do you do, Paul?

-I'm an architectural technician.

What do you like to do when you're not doing your architecture?

I like going to see Aberdeen Football Club at Pittodrie. We're both season-ticker holders.

I play a bit, but not so much any more. The fitness isn't really there.

-Chris, what about you?

-I'm a lawyer.

-A lawyer.

-What sort of law, Chris?

-I specialise in criminal law.

What do you think you should get if you stole some lace?

LAUGHTER

-Extradited?

-Yes.

-Chris, what are your hobbies?

-I'm very into music,

so going to see live music is my main thing I'm interested in.

Lovely to have you here. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.

There's one person left to introduce.

If he was a superhero, he'd be Fact Man.

He's my Pointless friend.

-He's Richard.

-Hiya! APPLAUSE

-How are you?

-I'm very well.

-You know what I'm going to talk about?

-Oh, yes!

The curse of the returning pairs.

We've now had 11 shows in a row won by first-timers.

We've got one returning pair, that's Alan and Phil.

You're our only hope to break this curse.

-It'd be nice.

-It'd be really nice.

I'm not sure what to do about Round One, because it was going to be

"Where Helen Met Gen". LAUGHTER

-That's a slight worry, isn't it?

-Yes.

Thank you, Richard! All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

We are looking for the answers that they couldn't get.

But what everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer that no-one thought of.

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

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

Today's jackpot starts off at:

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

Each of you must give me one answer

and you cannot confer with your partner.

Whichever pair has the highest score will be eliminated.

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they will score the maximum of 100 points.

Our first category is:

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

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

Our first question concerns:

Good luck, Australians. Richard.

We're going to show you a series of three-letter codes for European airports.

Tell us in which cities are those airports based.

Give us an obscure answer, you score fewer points. Give us a wrong answer - 100 points.

The very best of luck. Best of luck at home, as well.

Thanks, Richard. Helen and Gen, you drew lots before the show

and this afternoon you are going first.

We are looking for European airports.

Here are the codes we have on the board:

I'll read those all one more time.

Now then, Helen, you're trying to find the one

that you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

A little bit of performance anxiety from going first,

so I think I'll play it safe and go with Zurich for ZRH.

ZRH, Zurich, you are saying. Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that answer.

ZRH, Zurich.

It is right.

64.

Well, it's not bad. It's a lot better than 100.

-Richard?

-Tough to go first. Perfectly good answer.

It's about five miles north of Zurich City Centre.

Alan, what's that board look like to you?

I recognise a few, although I've never been to most of them.

I'm going to go for ATH, what I think could be Athens.

Athens, you are saying. ATH.

Let's see if Alan is right. Athens. ATH.

Is it right? How many people said it?

It is right. Oh, 87!

Popular answer, Alan. 87 for Athens, Richard.

-You're not helping the curse, Alan. You're really not.

-No.

Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in Athens is ATH.

So, how many miles in which direction is it from the centre of Athens?

-It's roughly... 18 miles east.

-Lovely.

Unless you go by budget airline, in which case it's 75 miles northwest!

Carol, remember, we're looking for the European cities

that have airports with these codes.

-Have you flown into any of these?

-Well, a few, yes.

But I'm going to guess that IST is Istanbul.

IST. Istanbul. Let's see if Carol's right.

Is IST Istanbul? How many people knew that answer?

It is right.

64. Identical score to Helen and Gen there.

-Istanbul, Richard?

-Big scores everywhere.

That's the code for Ataturk Airport.

Named after the first president of Turkey. Whose name was Ataturk.

-LAUGHTER

-Atta-boy!

Paul, you're the last person to have the board,

so you have the great fun of filling in all the blanks.

I wish I could.

I assume BRU is Brussels. I'm going to try a punt on FRA and say Frankfurt.

FRA, Frankfurt, says Paul.

OK, let's see. Is it Frankfurt?

Is Paul right? If so, how many people knew that answer?

It is right.

And it's the best answer so far. Ooh, 31! Very well done, Paul.

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31 for Frankfurt.

Well done, Paul. By far the busiest of all those airports.

-Do you want to have a go at filling in the board?

-They'll be terrible guesses.

-WAW?

-Warsaw?

-Absolutely right. Would've scored you 76.

-BIU?

-Brussels.

-That is Brussels. Another big score. 85.

-FCO?

-I think it's Rome.

-It is Rome.

-Is it?

-Yes, well done.

Leonardo da Vinci Airport in Rome. It's in the Fiumicino district.

It's the best answer on the board. 3 points.

Well done to Xander and well done if you got that at home. All big scores apart from that.

Thank you. Let's take a look at the scores.

On 31, Paul and Chris, looking very strong indeed.

Carol and Jessica, Helen and Gen, 64.

Not bad, as it turns out.

The high scorers, Phil and Alan, 87. You know what you've got to do, Phil.

Let's come back down the line. Can the second players take their places?

OK, we'll put seven more airport codes on the board.

We have got:

I'll read those all once more.

Remember, we are looking for the airports that these codes signify.

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

Chris, you're the low scorers on 31. The high scorers are Alan and Phil.

If you can score 55 or less, you are through to the next round.

OK, erm,

I'm taking a chance here and I'm going to say CDG for Paris.

CDG for Paris, says Chris. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

There's your red line. Below that, you're through to the next round. CDG, Paris.

It's right.

And you are through to the next round. Very well done.

-19!

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That's a great score. 19 takes your total up to 50.

-Richard.

-Well played, Chris.

Charles de Gaulle Airport.

-Jessica.

-Hello.

The high scorers remain Phil and Alan. You're on 64.

-Your target is 22.

-Some of those, I don't know at all.

I'm going to go for a punt on MUC for Munich.

MUC, Munich.

There's your red line. It's quite low.

But let's see if Munich can get you there.

MUC, Munich. Is it right? How many people said it?

It is right.

Ooh, 38.

-Not bad.

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38 takes your total up to 102.

-Richard.

-It's a good score. There's an awful lot of pressure now on Phil and Gen.

Phil, you're no longer the high scorers.

Jessica and Carol now have that honour, on 102.

You are on 87, which means 14 or less

will get you through to the next round.

Come on, Phil. Come on now. Come on.

Well, I'm a bit undecided,

but I think I'll pick the RIX

and I think that might be Riga.

RIX. Riga.

All I'm going to say, Phil, Gen was nodding a bit.

Like that.

I would feel pleased if Gen nodded a bit at my answer.

That's the red line. Below that, through to the next round.

RIX. Is it Riga? If it is, how many people said it?

Good luck, Phil.

Ooh, they're back in the game! Look at that!

Down it goes.

Yes! You've done it! 5! Well done, Phil!

That's a fabulous answer! Takes your total up to 92.

-Richard, what about that?

-That is brilliant work, Phil.

Curse! What curse?

Riga. 5 points. Terrific answer.

Brilliant answer. Now then,

Gen, the high scorers are still Jessica and Carol on 102.

You're on 64, which means 37 or less sees you through to the next round.

Well, the one I need to know is CPH,

and it's the one I don't know.

So I have a choice between AMS, Amsterdam,

MAD, Madrid and VIE, Vienna.

I'm going to go with...

..VIE, Vienna.

VIE, Vienna, says Gen.

There's your red line. Below that, into the next round you go.

Vienna. Is it right? If it is, how many people said it? Good luck.

It is right.

Oy, oy, oy!

-75.

-That's all right.

-There you go.

That takes your total up to 139. Richard.

Sorry, Gen. The best three answers had already been taken, so you were doomed by your first-round score.

None of those would've taken you through,

-even CPH, which is Copenhagen.

-Oh!

You got the other two right. Amsterdam is AMS. Would've scored 79.

And MAD is Madrid, the highest on the board. 85.

Riga, the best answer on the board. Well done if you got that at home.

At the end of Round One,

the losing pair with the highest score, Helen and Gen.

So Zurich, which seemed like such a nice, safe answer, ZRH,

it's got a "Z" in it, how obscure can it be?

-That was bad luck.

-That was really bad luck.

Next time, we'll see a great deal more of you. We will look forward to that.

-Gen and Helen, thanks so much.

-APPLAUSE

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

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.

Chris and Paul, fabulous low score in that last round. They seem to be the team to beat.

Our category for Round Two is:

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

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

OK, let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many eponymous animated Disney films as they could.

-Richard.

-We want any feature film, prior to the beginning of 2012,

that was animated and produced by Disney or Disney Pixar,

whose title is the name of a single hero or heroine.

When I say single hero or heroine, it means we wouldn't accept Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

It just has to be a name of a hero or heroine. Best of luck.

Thank you very much indeed. Alan.

OK, I'll go for Pinocchio.

-Pinocchio, says Alan.

-Yes, Pinocchio.

Let's see if that's right. If it is, how many of our 100 people said Pinocchio.

-Or PinOcchio!

-LAUGHTER

It's right.

Down it goes, Alan. Brilliant. 17.

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That's a great answer. Richard.

Yes, from 1940. Won two Academy Awards for Best Score and Best Original Song

for When You Wish Upon A Star.

-1940!

-Yes.

-That's a long time ago.

-It is.

That's when boys were still made out of wood.

-Yes...

-LAUGHTER

Jessica.

I am going to say... Cinderella.

Cinderella, says Jessica. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

It's right.

-34.

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-34 for Cinderella.

-Nominated for three Academy Awards, but didn't win any of them.

-Chris?

-OK, yes, I've got one in mind.

Hercules.

Hercules, says Chris. Is it right? How many people said it?

It's right.

Down it goes.

5! Brilliant. What a great answer, Chris.

That's fabulous. 5 points for Hercules.

Well done, Chris. From 1997.

Alan and Phil, can we just have a quick word about the curse?

-These guys are really good.

-Yes.

-They're properly good.

-Terrifyingly good.

I promise not to shave until the curse is broken.

You'll be down here. You'll look like George Bernard Shaw!

I'll think of something less obvious that I'm not going to do,

because I am going to shave!

We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

Paul and Chris, they've done it again. 5.

An immaculate score with Hercules.

Then we come up to 17, where we find Alan and Phil.

Up to 34, still not a bad score, where Jessica and Carol are.

You are the high scorers so, Carol, it falls to you

to find a really obscure answer. I hope you've got one there.

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

We are looking for eponymous animated Disney films.

Paul, you're the low scorers on 5.

The high scorers on 34 are Carol and Jessica.

A score of 28 or less will see you through to the head-to-head.

I've got a couple in mind, but I'm going to go with Mulan.

Mulan. Are they going to make it into double figures?

-Well, I know.

-Oh, right, sorry.

-LAUGHTER

Mulan, says Paul. That's what your 28-point goal looks like.

If you get below that, you are through to the head-to-head.

Mulan. Is it right? If it is, how many people said Mulan?

It is right.

It is right.

It's gone through the line.

-7!

-APPLAUSE

7 for Mulan, takes your total up to 12.

That's a great answer.

From 1998. Very good answer, Paul. That's four good answers. Very strong playing.

-Now then, Carol, you are the high scorers on 34.

-I know.

But I think you've got a brilliant answer.

WALL-E.

-WALL-EEE!

-WALL-E.

-Yes.

-OK.

-WALL-E. There's no red line for you because you're the high scorers.

-OK.

Let's see if WALL-E is right. If it is, how many people said it.

-Oh!

-It's right.

You just have to hope it goes down as far as it possibly can.

7! Very, very well done, Carol! That's a great answer.

Let's hope it's good enough to keep you in. It takes your total to 41.

Great answer. Well played. Very low score.

I think perhaps you don't think of it as the name of the character.

Well done. Phil, this is the moment of truth.

The high scorers are still Carol and Jessica on 41.

If you can score 23 or less, Phil, the curse may be broken.

I was thinking Aladdin. But the one, I've only had two,

the one I'm going to for is Pocahontas.

Pocahontas. There's your red line. If you get below that red line, Pocahontas has seen you through.

Very, very best of luck. Pocahontas. Is it right? How many said it?

Well, it's right.

You've done it! 14!

Very, very well done!

14 is your answer. Takes your total to 31.

-Pocahontas!

-Pulled it out the fire again, Phil.

Aladdin also would've seen you through. That would've scored you 16.

Let's look at the low scores. Only one pointless answer.

Well done at home anyone who said Chicken Little.

Chicken Little, a pointless answer. Winnie the Pooh scored 1. Tarzan, 3.

Bolt was another low scorer.

Take a look at the top three. These are the ones most people said.

Pinocchio, 17. Funnily enough, it's the third-highest answer.

Bambi, 23. Which means Cinderella was the top answer of all. 34.

So a low score, Jessica, but actually the top answer.

Thank you very much, Richard.

At the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score, it's Jessica and Carol.

Cinderella!

-I thought it was old.

-Who knew?

It sticks in people's minds. Did you have any others?

I was going to say Aladdin, but I thought more people would say it.

What was Aladdin?

-16. It would've seen you through.

-You would've sailed through.

-The great news is, we will see you again next time.

-Good news!

I'm sure we will see a great deal more of you. Thanks for playing.

-Carol and Jessica.

-APPLAUSE

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

Well, congratulations, Chris and Paul, Alan and Phil.

You are only one round away from the final

and a chance to play for the jackpot, which stands at:

Only one pair can play for that money.

To decide who it's going to be, you will go head-to-head on the best of three questions.

The first team to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot. You are now allowed to confer.

The very best of luck to the both of you.

Let's play the head-to-head.

Here comes your first question.

It concerns:

-Richard.

-For this first question, we'll show you five pictures of First Ladies of the USA.

We need you to tell us who they are. First name and surname.

-The most obscure one wins the point.

-Thank you, Richard.

Let's reveal our First Ladies. Here they come.

There we are. There are our First Ladies.

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

you get to go first.

THEY CONFER QUIETLY

I'm afraid we are pretty bad at this subject.

We're going to have to go with E, Hillary Clinton.

E, Hillary Clinton.

Alan and Phil, what do you think?

It's all on me dad, this one.

I'm going for C, and I believe it's Nancy Reagan.

C, Nancy Reagan.

Chris and Paul have gone for E,

who they are saying is Hillary Clinton.

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

It's right. Ooh! Look at that.

89! Wow.

Alan and Phil have said Nancy Reagan for C.

C, Nancy Reagan. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

89 is what you have to beat.

Very well done.

-51 for Nancy Reagan.

-APPLAUSE

Chris and Paul, for the first time in the game, somebody has scored below you.

Which means, after the first question, Alan and Phil are up 1-0.

Good answer, Alan. There's two answers there that would've beaten Nancy Reagan.

A, of course, is Michelle Obama,

-but would only have scored you 69 points, amazingly.

-Wow.

Clinton was actually the highest score on the board.

-B is...

-Geraldine McEwan.

LAUGHTER

Wife of James B McEwan, the 51st President of the United States(!)

No, B is Mamie Eisenhower, as played by Geraldine McEwan.

She was a pointless answer, so well done if you said that.

C, we've already seen. Nancy Reagan. Do you know D?

-No.

-Founded a very famous clinic.

-Oh, it's Betty Ford!

-Betty Ford.

-Would've scored you three points.

-Wow.

OK, here is your second question.

Chris and Paul, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

Here it comes. It concerns:

-Richard.

-We'll show you five famous film quotes

from the American Film Institute's 100 Best Movie Quotes Of All Time,

but we've missed one word out of each of them. Fill in that word.

Ooh, here's fun.

Let's reveal our five film quotes. Here they come. We've got:

I'll read those one more time without the films in brackets.

There are the film quotes.

This time, Alan and Phil, you go first.

-THEY CONFER QUIETLY

-Er...

-Go on.

I think it's the quote from Casablanca

and I think it's "We'll always have Paris".

"We'll always have Paris" say Alan and Phil.

Chris and Paul, you have to win this point, remember.

The last one is "Nobody puts Baby in a corner".

A Few Good Men is "You can't handle the truth".

I have a feeling that the Funny Girl one might be "Hello, Dolly".

I'm going to say the one I know.

"You can't handle the truth" from A Few Good Men.

You're going to say "You can't handle the truth" from A Few Good Men.

You have to win this point to stay in the game. Let's see if you have.

Alan and Phil, you have said "We will always have Paris" from Casablanca.

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

"We'll always have Paris".

It's right.

-44.

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44.

Chris and Paul, you have said "You can't handle the truth" from A Few Good Men.

44 is what you have to beat. It has to be right and it has to go below 44.

Will it go that far down? Let's see. "You can't handle the truth".

How many people said it?

It's right.

You've done it! Very well done indeed! 38!

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Chris and Paul. Extremely well played.

After two questions, it is 1-1. Well done, Chris and Paul.

-Richard.

-Well played. There's a couple of answers that would've beaten that, though.

Let's start at the bottom. "Nobody puts Baby in a corner".

That would've scored you 53 points.

"They call me Mister..."

-BOTH: Tibbs.

-Yes. Sidney Poitier. Would've scored you 26.

If you'd said "Hello, Dolly" you would've been knocked out.

Barbra Streisand says it. She plays Fanny Brice. She says it to herself in the mirror.

She also said it to the Oscar that she picked up for that role.

"Hello, gorgeous". One point that would've scored you.

-Very well done if you got that at home.

-Thank you.

Here comes the all-important third question.

Whoever wins this question

goes through to play for that jackpot.

Our third question concerns:

Richard.

Our five options for this question are all clues to facts about Napoleon Bonaparte.

Which of these is the most obscure? Best of luck, both teams.

OK. Thank you, Richard. Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Napoleon Bonaparte.

We have got:

I'll read those all one more time.

There are the five clues to facts about Napoleon Bonaparte.

We're looking for an answer that you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Chris and Paul?

It's not a good category for us, we're being honest.

We're taking a bit of a guess. Island of his birth - Corsica?

Corsica, you say. The island of Napoleon's birth.

Alan and Phil.

Well, Waterloo was his final defeat.

The woman he married was Josephine.

I know he reached an agreement, I just can't remember the title.

I think that was something like "the consensus".

He was Consul at that time.

But I'm going to go for 1804, he became Emperor.

Emperor, 1804.

Chris and Paul, Corsica, the island of Napoleon's birth.

How many people said it?

It is right.

Ooh, it's a good answer. Look at that! 27. That's great.

27.

That's a great score. But how many people knew he became Emperor in 1804, if indeed he did.

Alan and Phil, Emperor is the title he assumed in 1804.

Is it right? If it is, how many people said it?

27, the low score you have to beat.

It's right.

-You've done it!

-APPLAUSE

You have done it!

You are through to the final. 2-1 after three questions.

-And Richard can shave!

-Phew! LAUGHTER

-Wow!

-Very well played, Alan. Very good answer.

Good answers from both teams. Terrific head-to-head.

The other answers would've seen you knocked out.

You chose the right one. Let's take a look.

His battle in 1815, his final defeat, was the Battle of Waterloo.

Would've scored you 39.

The woman he married in 1796 would've scored almost as many. It's Josephine. It's 37.

The agreement he reached with the Papacy in 1801 is the Concordat.

-The Concordat!

-And that would've scored 2 points. Well done if you got that at home.

There we are. Thank you. At the end of the head-to-head,

the losing pair, I'm afraid, is Chris and Paul.

A dazzling performance.

You've cut through Pointless like a hot knife through butter!

-Well done to the guys. Great answers.

-Great answers, Alan and Phil.

I'm delighted that we've broken this curse.

As Richard said at the beginning, you were the people to do it.

Chris and Paul, fantastic performance. Great answers.

We look forward to seeing you next time, when I have no doubt you will make the final.

Thanks for playing. Chris and Paul. Brilliant.

APPLAUSE

But for Alan and Phil, it's time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Alan and Phil. You have fought off the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at:

It's been a very exciting show! You've broken our jinx

after 11 shows!

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

We haven't had any today.

You only have to find one and you will go home with £3,250.

You've got to choose a category. You can choose from these options.

They are:

I don't think you can contribute to indie music,

but we can both contribute to the sporting awards,

-I should imagine.

-OK, we'll go for that, then.

-Sporting awards.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many:

-Richard.

-We want the name of any man or woman

who's been on the shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year

from 2006, which is when the shortlist of ten was introduced,

all the way through to 2011.

So any nominee from 2006 to 2011. Best of luck.

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that £3,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

Right, well, I've got one. Phil Taylor. Erm...

What about Rebecca Adlington? Have you got any to contribute?

The jockey, what was his name? Scudamore.

Richard Scudamore?

-That boxer, David Haye.

-Ricky Hatton? Joe Calzaghe?

-Yes.

Which one shall we have? Phil Taylor?

-Joe Calzaghe?

-Yes.

-And...?

-Any from cricket?

I don't think any cricketers made it. Oh, Flintoff might have.

-We've got Phil Taylor.

-Say Flintoff.

-Freddie Flintoff?

-Yes.

-Right. Happy with that?

-Yes.

Right. I forgot what we said!

-You said Taylor.

-Taylor.

-Calzaghe.

-Calzaghe.

-Ten seconds.

-I think we've got it.

-You've got your three answers.

Let's hear your three answers.

-We're going to say Phil Taylor.

-Phil Taylor.

-Er...

-Calzaghe.

-Joe Calzaghe.

-Joe Calzaghe.

-And Andrew Flintoff.

-And Andrew Flintoff.

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

-I'd probably say Phil Taylor.

-OK, we'll put him last.

Which is your least likely?

-I reckon Andrew Flintoff.

-OK, we'll put Andrew Flintoff first.

Let's put them up on the board in that order. We have got:

There we are. We were looking for BBC Sports Personality of the Year nominees.

Flintoff was your first answer, your least confident punt at a pointless.

Remember, you only have to find one pointless answer to win that £3,250.

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

ALL: Ooh!

Ooh!

-He and you was robbed.

-Yes.

Not a pointless answer.

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

-That's brought us up short a bit.

-It has.

-It might've been before...

£3,250. Alan, what would you do with that?

I'd give some to Phil. He needs a new roof.

With the rest, I'd like to take my wife to Florida.

Very nice. So some roofing and Florida!

Phil, I'm guessing if you won, it would be largely roof.

It would be the roof or a nice family holiday in Cornwall.

Do half the roof and just go to Devon. There we are.

LAUGHTER

We are looking for BBC Sports Personality of the Year nominees since 2006.

Let's hope nobody said Joe Calzaghe.

This has to be pointless. It also has to be correct.

For £3,250, let's see if it's right and how many people said Joe Calzaghe.

It's right. That's more like it.

If this goes down to zero, you'll be leaving with £3,250.

It's still dropping down into the teens. Into single figures...

-Oh, 5! Very well done. 5!

-APPLAUSE

This is exciting!

This is exciting! It's going in the right direction.

You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

We've come from top of the column down to 5 in just two answers.

If we keep going, maybe we'll make it to pointless.

We are looking for BBC Sports Personality of the Year nominees since 2006.

Your third and final answer, Phil Taylor.

Everything riding on that.

This was your most confident answer. Joe Calzaghe scored five.

You put Taylor last. It has to be right and pointless.

If it's both of those things, you will win that jackpot of £3,250.

Very best of luck. Is it right?

Phil Taylor. How many people said it?

It is right.

It is right. Your first answer was incorrect.

Your second answer went down to five.

This, your final answer, Phil Taylor, down it goes!

Still going down.

-Oh, no!

-THEY GROAN

APPLAUSE

Oh, well!

Oh, bad luck!

Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer.

I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £3,250, which rolls over onto the next show.

-You've been fantastic contestants.

-Thank you.

-Truly brilliant. Great teamwork today.

-You do, of course, get to take home our Pointless trophy. Very well done.

-Thank you.

-Now, here's the hard bit. Richard.

-Unlucky, guys.

Freddie Flintoff won it in 2005, just before...

A lot of our 100 made the same mistake, so he wouldn't have been a pointless answer.

When you went through some of the boxers,

you had Joe Calzaghe, David Haye, as well, who was nominated twice.

If you'd said David Haye, you would've won £3,250.

-I said David Haye!

-Well, why didn't you say it?

Nominated twice but a pointless answer.

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

Amy Williams, who won the Skeleton Bob gold medal.

Ben Ainslie, the sailor.

Bradley Wiggins, the cyclist, also a pointless answer.

Christine Ohuruogu, also nominated twice. She was pointless.

There's David Haye. Graeme McDowell, the Northern Irish golfer.

James Toseland, the superbike rider. Golf's Lee Westwood

and Phillips Idowu, the triple jumper.

There's Jason Robinson, Nicole Cooke, the cyclist, nominated twice,

and Rebecca Romero, as well.

-But very well played, guys. I'm sorry.

-Thank you.

Very well done if you got any of those pointless answers.

Well, unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you.

It's been brilliant having you on. Thank you so much for playing.

-Brilliant team.

-APPLAUSE

Alan and Phil didn't win our jackpot so it rolls over,

which means we will be playing for £4,250.

-Join us then. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

-APPLAUSE

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