Episode 26 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

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

Let's meet today's players.

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And we start by welcoming back Helen and Gen.

You were on the show last time,

everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final,

this is your second and final chance.

Now, remind us how you two know each other.

-Ha-ha-ha!

-There is some dispute over this.

-There is dispute over it.

I think we met at the pub,

Helen thinks we met because I was driving a truck in a...

-Carnival parade.

-Carnival parade.

-As you do!

-So, either way, you met...

-Yes.

Last time you on the show you were robbed! You went out in Round One.

-We did, we did. We...

-What was it that did for you?

Well, it was as much being first and last as it was airports

because we, sort of, knew the airports. We just...

We were in the wrong places.

So, what are you hoping is going to come up today?

I'm an Australian republican but a British monarchist.

LOVE the British Royal family!

Can even name all of Queen Victoria's nine children

so I would like something about the Royal family, please.

All right, well, we will have to see what comes up.

Very best of luck, Helen and Gen. Lovely to have you back.

And next we welcome John and Tim. Now, how do you know each other?

Well, I've worked at this printers in, just outside Hammersmith

for about 11 years now

and John was fortunate enough to join the team about six years ago.

-What do you like to do when you're not printing, John?

-Play a bit of golf.

-Hm-mm.

Not very well!

-The ball doesn't go where I hit it all the time, I don't know why.

-LAUGHTER

And I've got two lovely grandchildren who keep me on my toes, James and Lucy.

OK, well, very best of luck, don't let them down!

Tim, what do you like? Your interests?

Well, my main interest is sport, football mainly.

Anything you would hate to come up?

History is not a big one for me

-but politics is possibly the worst one for me.

-Oh, right.

-John, any bete noire for you?

-Bete noire? Well, science, I guess.

Modern-day celebrities, anything to do with, erm...

What's the cut-off point for modern day?

-I mean, celebrities of what age?

-About 1972!

-LAUGHTER

-Good. Well, very best of luck to you, John and Tim,

it's great to have year!

And next we welcome back Chris and Paul.

You were also on the show last time.

Remind us, first, how you know each other.

Well, Chris is my older brother.

-And you are down here from Aberdeen?

-We are, yes.

You were very unfortunate not to make it to the final last time.

We got all the way to the head-to-head

and, unfortunately, got a question about Napoleon,

which, even though we got a right answer,

the other guys got a better one, so...

What would you like to come up? What would be your ideal subject?

I requested music questions in the last show and nothing came up

so I'm reiterating my request for a question about music.

-OK.

-That's my passion, really.

-What's the big man saying? No!

Paul, anything you'd like Richard to be deaf to?

-I do like football so I'd like that to come up.

-OK.

-Chris, remind us what you do.

-I'm a criminal lawyer.

A criminal lawyer.

-And, Paul, what about you?

-I'm an architectural technician.

-An architectural technician.

Well, very, very best of luck to you, the pair of you.

I don't think you'll need it but we will see, who knows?

Who knows what will happen in Pointless?

And next we welcome back Jessica and Carol,

you were also on the show last time.

Remind us how you two know each other.

-We're mother and daughter.

-And remind us what happened last time.

-Disney did for us, really.

-Oh, as it does for so many.

-I know.

-Well, you know, you didn't get any wrong answers.

-No!

-And you came up with WALL-E.

-I did.

-Spectacular! One of the lowest scorers in the round, I believe.

Now then, Jessica, what would you like to see come up today?

We're both football fans, we're Arsenal supporters.

-So, you know, anything about Arsenal is fine or sport in general.

-Hm-mm.

-Books, that's it really.

-Well, of course, you work in children's literature,

you're a publicist, so we've got to hope that if that does come up

you're going to wipe the floor with everyone.

-Well, let's hope. Fingers crossed!

-And, Carol?

-Antiques, you know...

-Antiques!

Well, we discovered last time you collect smoothing irons.

-I do.

-And you also collect shoes?

-I do.

-May I see what shoes you are wearing today?

-I've got the same.

-The same ones on? Ooh! Resplendent.

-I couldn't bring too many.

-Did you not bring two pairs down?

-No, I brought three!

-And you decided that you'd wear your lucky lime ones?

-Yes.

-THEY LAUGH

-Cos they did you so well last time!

-LAUGHTER

-Well, I commend you on your shoes.

-Thank you.

-And your consistency as well!

-Thank you!

It's lovely to have you back. Let's hope we see more of you also today.

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

There's only one person left for me to introduce.

The only man I know who reads the dictionary to relax.

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

-Hiya.

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-How are you today? Are you well?

-I'm very well, thank you. How are you?

I'm well. We broke the curse of the returning contestant last time.

Alan and Phil got through to the final, which was great news.

That actually means we've got three returning pairs today

and all returning pairs - we haven't got a wrong answer from them.

The pairs that got knocked out were knocked out, unfortunately, I thought,

so it's going to be a battle royale, I suspect.

John and Tim, though, welcome! Welcome to this illustrious reunion.

LAUGHTER We meet up every now and again, the eight of us,

but you are very welcome to join us. But it should be a cracker, I think.

A little bit of sport in Round One, which is wonderful for some people,

terrible for others.

Well, all our questions on Pointless

have been put to 100 people before the show,

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

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

all our players need to do is score as few points as they possibly can.

Now, what everyone's trying to do, is to 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 add another £1,000 to that.

So, today's jackpot starts off at £4,250.

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OK, let's play Pointless.

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Now, in this first round, each of you must give me one answer

and you cannot confer with your partner.

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

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

so try and avoid those if you can.

OK, our first category this afternoon is...

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

who is going to go second?

And whoever is 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...

We're looking for any sportsman

who has won an individual medal for Team GB at any Olympics,

that's winter or summer, from 1948 through to 2010, please.

It has to be an individual medal rather than a team medal.

Very best of luck. First names and surnames, please.

Right, Helen and Gen, you all drew lots before the show

and, for the second time running, you are going first.

Helen, the Olympics. Is this good for you in any way?

No.

-You don't like the Olympics at all?

-I can think of three people but...

Are they Olympians?

They're all, sort of, like, from Who Do You Think You Are, you know?

So I'm trying to remember whether they won medals.

All of this putting off the evil moment, you know?

I'm just going to have to go with, I think he's a real person,

I think he's an Olympian!

-Steve Hoy?

-Steve Hoy, says Helen.

Let's see if that's right

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

-GROANING

-Oh, bad luck, Helen!

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

Ouch. Richard.

Yeah, sorry, Helen, not an Olympian but I'm sure he's a real person...

I'm sure there'll will genuinely be someone sitting at home called Steve Hoy going...

Calling his wife going, "I was just an answer."

"Helen's just said me."

"Helen thinks I've won a gold medal, perhaps I have!"

He'll be upstairs looking through his drawer going, "Perhaps I totally have.

"Perhaps I'm a pole vaulter."

It's unlucky, sorry.

Tim, now then. I think you might be quite good at this.

I can think of quite a few names.

Yes, I bet you can.

I'm juggling with two.

I think I might go with...

I believe he won a bronze medal in Montreal 1976,

I think it was the 5,000...

This is not going to be Steve Hoy, is it?

LAUGHTER

Is it Brendan Foster?

Brendan Foster.

I believe he was the only athlete to win a medal that year.

Brendan Foster. John looks a bit affronted by that.

Stands back in amazement.

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

It's right.

Down it goes, look at that... Oh, it's pointless, very, very well done.

Spectacular pointless answer there.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £4,500.

It scores you an admirable nothing.

There we are, very well done, Tim, what a start.

Some people hate sports, some people love sport, don't they?

He won the bronze in the 10,000 metres in Montreal, Brendan Foster.

Paul.

So we are looking for Team GB male medal-winning Olympians.

OK, there's a couple of names I know but disgracefully I'm going to have to steal Helen's Answer

and I know the fellow Scot won gold.

He's won team gold as well but I'm sure he won an individual medal.

I'm going to go with Chris Hoy.

Chris Hoy.

-Steve Hoy's now going, "Now they've got my brother on as well!"

-LAUGHTER

He's ringing up., "Chris, you'll never guess..."

Chris Hoy, let's see if it's correct

and if it is how many people said it.

It's right.

Very well done, eight.

Oh, Helen, that could have been yours.

That could've been yours. Eight points for Chris Hoy, very well done, Paul. Richard.

He has won, he's won individual and team golds. Sir Chris Hoy, of course.

Jessica.

I'm going to play it quite safe with someone who never won a gold medal but came close

and I'm going to say Colin Jackson.

Colin Jackson says Jessica.

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

It's right.

Very well done, indeed, Jessica. four for Colin Jackson.

An excellent answer.

-Richard.

-Well done, Jessica, won a silver in Seoul.

Thanks, Richard.

We're halfway through the round so let's take a look at the scores.

Tim and John, lovely low score of nothing, then we go up

to four where we find Jessica and carol,

up to eight where we find Paul and Chris

and Helen and Gen - I don't know I'm just looking down the line.

I'm just hoping something will happen that might throw you a lifeline. Who knows?

Anything could happen in the next part but very best of luck, Gen.

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

So then, Carol, we're looking for Team GB male Olympians who have won a medal.

I've got two in mind.

I'm not sure if he's won a medal but I hope he did.

I'm going to go for Roger Black.

Roger Black, says Carol.

Now, there's your red line.

Roger Black, is it right and how many people said it?

If it's right, you're through to the next round.

Oh, it's a great answer, look at that, three!

A wonderful score, Carol, takes your total up to seven.

-Roger Black, Richard.

-Won an individual silver behind Michael Johnson in 1996.

Thank you very much.

Chris, remember we are looking for athletes who have won

an individual geld medal for Team GB.

The high scorers are Gen and Helen, still on 100.

You are on 8. A score of 91 or less will see you through.

It's not a brilliant subject for me.

But I'm pretty confident of the answer I'm going to go for

and I'm going to say Linford Christie.

Linford Christie you are saying. Here's you red line.

Again, it's going to be nice and high, Linford Christie says Chris.

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

Yes, and you're through.

24.

Good enough. Takes your total up to 32.

Linford Christie.

He won silver in '88 then won gold in Barcelona in '92.

John, you are on nothing. The high scorers are Gen and Helen on 100.

Your target score is 99.

See all these young'uns at work take the mickey out us old 'uns, but we can remember a bit more.

I'm going to say, I can think of a few,

-I think he's the last boxer to win an actual gold. Chris Finnegan.

-Chris Finnegan.

-Yeah.

Can you think of the year?

'68.

Come from Buckinghamshire, I think he did.

OK. Do you remember his parents' names?

-Mr and Mrs Finnegan.

-Lovely.

There is your red line.

If you get below that, you're through to the next round.

Chris Finnegan. Is it right, how many people said it?

Yes, it's right!

Down it goes.

Yes! Ha-ha-ha! Very well done, John.

That's wonderful answer, it's a pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £4,750.

It scores you nothing.

It leaves your total at nothing. Exceptional.

An exceptional round.

How about that? First time on the show.

Double pointless. Yeah 1968, Mexico City, Chris Finnegan, a middleweight,

won the gold medal.

Not the last boxer to win a gold medal, though.

I won't say the other name just in case Gen has that in her locker.

I'll give you a clue, it wasn't Steve Hoy.

Gen, the bad news is you're the high scorers even before your answer.

I've been thinking about three different ones.

Steve Cram, Steve Ovett and Bradley Wiggins

and I'm going to go for Steve Cram.

Steve Cram, says Gen.

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

No red line for you I'm afraid as you are the highest scorers.

Yep, it's right.

11.

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11, lovely low score, takes your total up to 111.

-Richard.

-Well played, Gen, won a silver in the 1,500 metres in 1984.

Bradley Wiggins would've scored you one point. That would have been a terrific answer.

There's a lot of pointless answers. Just take a look at a few.

A few of the ones you might have got at home.

Adrian Moorhouse, the swimmer. Brendan Foster, we've already had.

Chris Brasher who won in 1956, went on to found the London Marathon.

Was also one of Roger Bannister's pacemakers for

the four-minute mile, along with Chris Chataway.

Darren Campbell won a 200m medal.

James Degale, was a gold medal-winning boxer

so he was our most recent gold medal-winning boxer.

Jason Kenny the cyclist is pointless.

Nicky Gooch, a speed skater, so he won a Winter Olympic medal,

and two more boxers there, Richie Woodhall and Terry Spinks.

Lots of other names, Alan Minter another boxer,

Andy Jameson, the swimmer, David Broome, Jason Queally the cyclist.

Tim Brabants, Nick Gillingham another swimmer.

All sorts of pointless answers on the list.

Let's take a look at the top scorers.

They've all got quite low scores cos everyone has to name an awful lot of people.

Daley Thompson would have scored you 20.

Linford Christe, 24, we've already heard.

And Seb Coe, Lord Coe right at the top with 30.

Thanks very much, indeed, Richard. So at the end of the first round the losing pair with

the highest score, this is awful, Helen and Gen, I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry, that was a pig of a round for you.

I thought he was a horse jumper.

Oh dear.

They don't do horse jumping in the Olympics...jumping over horses?

It's not erm...

You're quite right, he is one of Britain's leading horse jumpers.

That man can jump over a big horse but they haven't...

unfortunately since 1908 hasn't been in the Olympics.

Gen and Helen I can't bear it, we have to say goodbye to you.

It's such a shame, such a waste.

-We've had a great time.

-Well, so have we, but I'm very sorry to say goodbye.

Gen and Helen, brilliant contestants.

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

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

of the teams in front of me will be leaving us at the end of this round.

Obviously, John and Tim after scoring a double pointless

in the first round are the team to beat.

The category for Round Two this afternoon is...

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

who's going to go second.

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

OK, our Round Two question concerns...

On each pass we'll show you a list of six fictional characters,

all you have to do is tell us their first names.

Give us a nice obscure answer, you're going to score fewer points,

an incorrect answer though is 100 points.

There's going to be 12 in all, it's a really good round this, but very hard.

If anyone gets 12 at home you'll have done very well indeed, good luck.

Thanks very much, Richard.

We are looking for the first name of these characters. We have got...

OK, there are our fictional characters

and we are looking for the first names and you're trying to find

the first name you think the fewest of our 100 people will have known.

-John.

-Alexander.

-That's quite a scary list that, isn't it?

-Yeah.

I think I know a couple of them

but it's bouncing between gung ho and playing safe.

Ill have a punt.

Inspector Morse, his first name's Endeavour.

Endeavour. Inspector Morse, Endeavour, says John.

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

Yes.

Down it goes.

Look at that, 17, John, that's a great answer.

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17 for Endeavour Morse.

Yeah, well played, John. Colin Dexter revealed it at the end of his penultimate Morse novel.

OK, there we are.

So, Chris, remember we're looking for the first name of these

famous fictional characters.

-It's a scary-looking board to me.

-It's terrifying.

Erm, did you know any of them?

-I know one.

-Do you still know one?

Yeah. So I'm going to have to go for that.

I think it's the high-score on the board

but it's professor Albus Dumbledore.

Albus Dumbledore says Chris.

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

It's right.

Not as high as you might have thought, 32. That's not terrible.

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32 for Albus Dumbledore.

Yes, played by Richard Harris then Michael Gambon in the films.

Indeed, now then, Jessica.

You're the last person to have this board so talk us through it if you like.

Jessica who works in books is finding this a little tricky.

I don't know any of them.

I can have a guess at one,

and my guess is going to be that Miss Marple's name is Jane.

Jane Marple, says Jessica.

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

It is right. Very well done, Jessica.

Thank you.

Still it goes down, 14!

The lowest score of the pass.

Very good, Jane Marple, Richard.

Well done, an object lesson in how to play Pointless actually.

You wouldn't have gone for it if you weren't forced to but it was obviously there

in the back of your head, so it was worth it.

-Let's fill in the rest of the board. It's quite difficult. Can you fill in any, Mr Darcy?

-No.

Mr Darcy, one of the most famous characters in English literature, Fitzwilliam.

Fitzwilliam Darcy - four points.

Dr Zhivago?

Andy?

LAUGHTER

Er, it's Yuri, very close - 2 points.

And Mr Pickwick is a pointless answer, any idea?

-No.

-Samuel Pickwick.

-Samuel.

-Very well done.

I told you it was tough, well done if you got all of those. There's six more to come.

OK, thanks. Let's take a look at the scores as we're halfway through the round.

Jessica and Carol, lowest score of the pass, 14, with Jane Marple.

Then up to 17 where John and Tim are on the back of Endeavour Morse

and then Chris and Paul on 32. Albus Dumbledore.

It's not a terrible score

but, as you said, that was the highest score there.

OK, we'll come back down the line, could the second players please take there places at the podium.

We're going to put six more fictional characters

on the board and here they come.

We have got...

Remember you're looking for the first name of these fictional characters

and as always you're going to try and find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Carol, you're on 14. The high scorers are Paul and Chris.

If you can score 17 or less, you are into the head-to-head.

I don't know any of them so I'm just going to take a punt

at Dowager Countess of Grantham, Rose.

The Dowager Countess of Grantham, you're saying Rose.

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

Rose, Countess of Grantham.

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

Bad luck, Carol, I'm afraid that's incorrect which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

That takes your total up to 114 but the round is not over yet, anything could happen.

Paul, remember we are looking for the first names of these famous fictional characters.

The high scorers on 114 are now Carol and Jessica.

You're on 32 which means a score of 81 or less will see you through to the head-to-head.

I was totally hating this round when it came up but I'm going to go with the only one I know

and say Principal Skinner is Seymour.

Seymour Skinner.

There's your red line, below that you're in the head-to-head.

Principal Seymour Skinner, is it right?

If so, how many people said it?

Absolutely right, and you are through to the head-to-head.

31, that takes your total up to 63.

Seymour Skinner.

Well done, Phil, safe and sound.

As any Simpsons fan knows his real name's Armand Tamzarian.

He takes on Seymour Skinner's identity from a fellow soldier

but no-one's allowed to speak about it.

I didn't know that.

On the penalty of death, so we shouldn't have mentioned it.

At the end of the episode where that happens the real Seymour Skinner is taken away and the judge says,

"No-one's ever allowed to speak about this for the rest of Simpsons' history, on penalty of death."

Wow, thank you, Richard.

Now, Tim, you're on 17, the high scorers on 114 are Carol and Jessica,

that means a score of 96 or less will see you through to the next round.

Talk us through the board.

I could have some guesses at the bottom four and fortunately I think I know Inspector Clouseau.

-I think his name was Jacques.

-Jacques Clouseau.

-What do you think, John?

-Jacques Cousteau.

Yeah.

OK, there's your red line, Tim.

Essentially, again, all you have to be is right.

Jacques Clouseau, is that right and if it is how many said it?

It is right, very well done and your through to the next round.

21.

Very, very well played, Tim.

That takes your total up to 38.

Richard.

I think the Jacques Cousteau thing made a number of people think that perhaps it was wrong.

Let's go through the rest of this board, it's tough again.

-Any you would like to have a go at?

-No.

-Dr Watson might be easier now since the success of Sherlock on BBC1.

-John.

John Watson, absolutely right. 12 points that'd have scored you.

Lady Chatterley?

lady Chatterley is Constance.

It would've scored you 3.

the Dowager Countess of Grantham, that's Maggie Smith's character in Downton Abbey.

I haven't watched it.

It's not Rose but it's another flower, it's Violet.

Tough luck, Carol, 2 points it'd have scored you.

And Mrs Dalloway, the Virginia Woolf character, this is a pointless answer, Clarissa.

Genuine congratulations if you got all 12 of those at home.

-Think anyone got all 12?

-Wow.

-Someone would've done.

-Someone would've done.

-I'll tell you who would have got all 12.

-Steve Hoy.

-Steve Hoy.

Thank you very much, Richard.

So at the end of Round Two the losing pair with the highest score is Jessica and Carol.

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

Round Two last time, round two this time.

-Your consistency, as I've said, I've praised it before.

-It's good.

-It's held true.

-Yes.

But bad news for us, we have to say goodbye.

Thank you so much, Carol and Jessica, great contestants.

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But for the remaining two pairs, things will get more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations, John and Tim, Chris and Paul.

You are now only one round away from the final

and a chance to play for the jackpot which currently stands at £4,750.

Obviously only one player can play for that money and to decide which pair it'll be

you are now going to go head-to-head on the best of three questions.

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

And you're now, of course, allowed to confer.

This promises to be a real clash of the Pointless titans here.

We have a match on. Let's play head-to-head.

Here's your first question.

It concerns seafood and fresh water delicacies. Richard.

I'm sure someone at the beginning said they wanted a round on seafood and fresh water delicacies,

didn't they? I'm sure you did. Yeah, yeah, Tim.

We're going to show you five pictures of seafood and fresh water delicacies,

can you name any of the marine delicacies in question?

The most obscure one will win you the point.

Wow, thanks, Richard.

Let's reveal our seafood and fresh water delicacies -

only on Pointless -

and we have got...

OK, there are our five seafood and fresh water delicacies.

John and Tim, you've played best throughout the show so far so you get to go first.

THEY CONFER

We're torn between two here.

But my partner has said we can go for A, which I believe,

I hope, is a sea cucumber.

A sea cucumber.

Chris and Paul.

Great answer if it was right, we'll hope it's not right.

If it's right we're going to lose this one.

-We know D and E and we're going to go D.

-We'll go for D.

D, scallops.

OK, D, scallops you're saying.

So we have John and Tim saying A is sea cucumber.

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

Yes, you're right!

It is a sea cucumber.

Down it goes...

20!

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Chris and Paul have said D, scallops.

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

Will it go down lower than the 20 who said sea cucumber?

It's right.

47.

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Very well done, John and Tim. After one question you are ahead one-nil. Richard.

Well-played, John and Tim. Quite a tough board that.

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

Sea cucumber there with 20. B, do you now those?

-That's razor clams.

-Would've scored you 33.

So delicious if the person,

if the chef gets all the grit out.

-Less so other wise.

-Such a horrendous thing to eat if it's covered in grit.

That's the case with everything though, isn't it? It's like ice cream.

Ice cream I always think is delicious if there's no grit in it,

but if it's full of grit...less so.

Let's move on.

-C, do you know C?

-Well, no.

Large edible sea snails,

it's abalone and that would've scored you 3 points.

Good answer there, scallops and E is mussels.

That's the biggest scorer on the board, 89.

Well done if you got all of those.

What are sea cucumbers?

They are cucumbers that live in the sea.

No, they are...

Are they meat?

Can we get the picture up? They're essentially marine chocolate eclairs.

-It's just a marine creature with a very leathery skin.

-So it's a fruit, vegetable.

-No, it's an animal.

-Oh, it's an animal?!

-You're thinking of cucumbers.

-Here is your second question.

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

Here it comes.

It concerns World War One.

This question we're going to show you five clues to facts

about World War One, again, which is the most obscure? Best of luck.

OK. Thanks, Richard.

Let's reveal our five facts about the First World War

and here they come.

There are your five clues to facts about World War One,

Chris and Paul, you go first.

OK, we know a couple of them

but we're going to go for the Archduke assassinated in Sarajevo.

Franz Ferdinand.

Franz Ferdinand, that is

your answer to the Archduke assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914.

You have to win this question, remember, to stay in the game.

-Now then, John and Tim you can talk us through the board if you like.

-I think the top one is Versailles.

I think the boys have got the other one right.

I would say the Somme, Menin Gate

and the year the Yanks came in - 1917, I think.

But we'll have a punt on the Menin Gate where the Last Post is played every night.

OK, the Lutyens memorial you are saying is the Menin Gate.

Chris and Paul, you have said Franz Ferdinand is

the name of the Archduke assassinated in Sarajevo.

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

Yep, it's right.

Very well done, 13.

And John and Tim are going for the Menin Gate

the name of the Lutyens memorial

where the Last Post is played nightly, Menin Gate, is that right?

And if it is how many people said it?

It is right.

Oh, very well done, indeed!

Six for Menin Gate.

Great answer, which means after only two questions John and

Tim are through to the final two-nil.

Richard.

That's terrific, very, very well played by John there.

Particularly, went through the whole board and got every single one right.

Menin Gate, 8pm every night, they stop and the local fire brigade plays the Last Post.

Franz Ferdinand is famously one of the causes of the start of World War One

but more famous to anybody under 40 as a sort of post-punk Scottish indie band.

Let's take a look at the rest.

We've already heard all the answers from John actually,

the French palace is Versailles, that would have scored you 42.

The river in France, you're right was the Somme, would've scored 23.

And the year USA entered World War One was 1917

and would've score 18.

So actually Menin Gate was the only answer that would've won you

the points so you knew all of them and which one to choose. Very well played.

So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head I'm afraid,

Chris and Paul.

-Devastated.

-You just came up against worthy adversaries there.

-Absolutely.

-Great players.

-The best team won today, no doubt.

Well, that's very gracious of you to say -

you were robbed last time, but we thought,

"Well, you'll get another bite at this."

Them's the breaks.

Well, that's Pointless for you so I'm afraid we have to say goodbye but you've done incredibly well.

Chris and Paul, great contestants.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, John and Tim, you've seen off all the competition

and 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 £4,750.

AUDIENCE GASPS

Amazing, quite a rare thing from you we've had today, a clean sweep.

Double pointless in the first round, lowest score in the first round and in the second,

and then a clean sweep in the head-to-head,

two-nil straight through.

You haven't put a foot wrong...till now(!)

LAUGHTER

Or maybe not. The rules are very simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer.

We've had two pointless answers on the show today,

they both came from you, you only need to find one more now

and you will go home with that £4,750.

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

They are...

OK, Alexander, we'll go for Rugby Union, please.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many members of

the 2011 Welsh Rugby World Cup squad as they could. Richard.

Yeah, any player in the 2011 Welsh Rugby World Cup squad for the Rugby

World Cup in New Zealand, first names and surnames please, good luck.

-HE LAUGHS

-You're the Welsh one.

-Yeah, I'm Welsh.

OK, shouldn't have admitted that. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that £4,750 is for just one of those

answers to be pointless.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock and your time starts now.

-The captain who was sent off.

-Sam Warburton.

-Yeah, Sam Warburton.

Um...

-My mind's gone blank.

-The little winger, he's retired, Shane Williams.

He's Welsh and he played, didn't he in the World Cup?

I think there was John Yapp, was he still there?

Or was he too old, I don't know.

-Sounds good, sounds good.

-I'm trying to think of the bit-part players.

Who played full back?

Who's the front row?

Leigh Halfpenny played.

Right, that'll do. Jill's brother!

THEY LAUGH

Who've we got so far?

Was Dwayne Peel in the squad?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Rhys Priestland, he was there.

-James Hook.

-10 seconds.

Shall we go Rhys Priestland, that'd be an obvious one though, I think.

OK, your time is up.

There we are, I now need your three answers.

We're looking for member of the Welsh Rugby World Cup squad 2011.

John Yapp, Leigh Halfpenny, Rhys Priestland.

-Rhys Priestland.

-Yes.

OK, there are your three answers. Of those three which do you think

is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-We'll say John Yapp last.

-John Yapp last.

Rhys Priestland in the middle and Halfpenny first.

Leigh Halfpenny first.

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

There are your answers.

OK, we were looking for members of the Wales 2011 World Cup squad.

Leigh Halfpenny you said was your least confident punt at a pointless answer.

You only have to find one remember to win that £4,750 jackpot.

OK, so let's see, Leigh Halfpenny, is it right

and if it is how many people said it? This for £4,750.

It's right.

It's right, first thing it has to be and down it goes.

If this goes all the way down to zero you'll be leaving here with £4,750.

Down into single figures, still going down...

Oh! Two.

APPLAUSE

Two people said Leigh Halfpenny so unfortunately not a pointless answer.

Only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

What would you do, John, with 4,750 quid?

Probably a nice weekend away with the family.

I know just where I'd go.

Very good. Don't tell us or we'll all be there.

How about you, Tim?

I daresay a hard-earned week away somewhere.

Maybe go abroad, haven't been abroad for quite a few years now.

OK. We're looking for members of the Welsh Rugby World Cup squad 2011.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer which is Rhys Priestland.

This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot,

so for £4,750 let's see how many people said Rhys Priestland.

It's right.

Well, Leigh Halfpenny went down to two.

Let's see how far Rhys Priestland can take this down.

If it goes all the way down to zero, as I say, you leave with £4,750.

Down it goes...

Oh, three.

Three!

APPLAUSE

Boy!

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

It's been very exciting.

We're looking for members of the Welsh Rugby World Cup squad from 2011.

Your third and final answer, John Yapp.

-Now, if this is right, you reckon this will go all the way down.

-Hopefully.

Did you watch the World Cup?

I did, yes, screaming and shouting at the screen.

And you're Welsh, you let that one slip.

I let the neighbours know as well.

OK, OK.

So you really ought to be getting this right.

Oh, it's going to be an embarrassment.

It has to be right, it has to be pointless to win that jackpot.

Your last shot at £4,750. Let's find out John Yapp. Is it right?

Is it pointless?

Oh, no!

Oh, bad luck.

Bad Luck, John and Tim.

Unfortunately you didn't manage to find that all-important

pointless answer so I'm afraid you don't win today's

jackpot of £4,750 which will roll over on to the next show,

but you have been brilliant contestants

and you do of course get to take home our Pointless Trophy, so...

APPLAUSE

Are you ready for this bit? Richard.

Sorry, guys, you played so well throughout,

really deserved a win there.

John Yapp played in the Six Nations but wasn't in that squad I'm afraid.

Out of that whole squad, it's an extraordinary squad of players,

they had a brilliant World Cup, there's only five pointless answers.

Three of them had quite a lot to do with Wales' success in the World Cup.

Let's take a look at them now. The flanker Dan Lydiate.

George North, the winger, scored three tries, played in all seven games, he was pointless.

Luke Charteris, second row, also played in all seven games.

And then these two only played a matter of minutes each, Ryan Bevington, the prop

and Tavis Knoyle the scrum half played in one game against Namibia.

Unlucky, guys, very well done if you got those at home.

-You recognised some of them, didn't you?

-All of them, yeah.

-George North, I was trying to think of his name, couldn't think of it.

-Oh, bad luck.

Unfortunately we do have to say goodbye to you,

John and Tim, but it's been brilliant having you on the show.

Amazing stealth raid on the Pointless trophy cabinet there.

Thank you very much for playing, excellent.

APPLAUSE

Unfortunately John and Tim didn't win our jackpot today so it

rolls over which means on our next show we will be playing for £5,750.

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

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

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