0:00:19 > 0:00:21CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:26I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29the quiz that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:29 > 0:00:34- Let's meet today's players. - APPLAUSE
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Welcome, Faith and Lorraine.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41You are our first pair today. How do you know each other?
0:00:41 > 0:00:43I'm Faith's mum,
0:00:43 > 0:00:47so we've known each other for all of HER life, anyway.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51- A good 19 years. - Where are you from, Faith?
0:00:51 > 0:00:55From Bracknell, but I spend most the year in Cardiff. I'm studying there.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59- At university?- Yeah.- What are you reading?- Religion and theology.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03OK. She's stuck her head on the block there.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- Any theology questions. - Set myself up a bit.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- Faith! Great name for the course! - So my lecturers tell me.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12- Lorraine, what do you do? - I'm a housewife.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15I look after my four children.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18And what hobbies do you have, Lorraine?
0:01:18 > 0:01:22I like to read, play a bit of online poker and...
0:01:22 > 0:01:27- Do you play online poker where you actually gamble?- Yes. - I don't dare do that.
0:01:27 > 0:01:33- That's what I do pretty much the whole way through the show.- OK!
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- Faith and Lorraine, very best of luck.- Thank you.
0:01:36 > 0:01:41- Welcome, Simon and David. How do you know each other? - We work together.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44- What do you do, David? - I work in a credit risk department.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49- Where are you from, Simon? - I'm from Leeds. - David?- Burnley, but I live in Leeds.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53What do you like to get up to, David?
0:01:53 > 0:01:57I play a lot of sports, watch a lot of sports, occasionally go out drinking.
0:01:57 > 0:02:03- Might you be able to answer questions on food and drink?- If it's the ales and beers of the north.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08- You're quite loyal to local beers? - They make better beers up north.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12I'm not going to argue! Simon, what's a good area for you?
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Maybe science or the elements or something like that.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- OK.- I know some of those.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22- Some music as well. - What music do you particularly like?
0:02:22 > 0:02:25I like the older stuff - Bob Dylan, Eagles.
0:02:25 > 0:02:30OK. Well, very best of luck, Simon and David. Next, we welcome Alan and Gareth.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- How do you know each other? - Well, he's my dad.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37So we've known each other 31 years to the day today.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Just work out what that means.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43- Happy birthday, Gareth.- Thank you. CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Very good.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- And you are spending it on Pointless.- Yes.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55- Well, many happy returns of the day. - Thank you.- Many happy returns.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00- What do you do, Alan?- I'm retired. I know it's hard to believe!
0:03:00 > 0:03:05- Yes, been retired for three years. - What did you do? - I was a graphic designer.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09- Gareth, what do you do?- I work for a small animal hospital...
0:03:09 > 0:03:12An animal hospital that's not yet a very big one or...?
0:03:12 > 0:03:17- A hospital for small animals. Yes. - What's the cut-off level?
0:03:17 > 0:03:19LAUGHTER Big dog.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24- Big dog.- A big dog would be the cut-off level. No small horses. No.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Even if it's smaller than a big dog? I have seen them smaller than dogs.
0:03:28 > 0:03:33- Cats and dogs, essentially. - Well, welcome to the show, Alan and Gareth.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37Finally, welcome Paul and Shane. How do you know each other?
0:03:37 > 0:03:40We work together in a school.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Oh, yes. I see. You work in a school. In a teaching capacity?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- Y-yes, we do. - Good, well, Paul and Shane.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50- Paul, what do you teach? - Languages. I'm also a form tutor.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54- Shane, what do you teach?- I teach maths. I really enjoy teaching it.
0:03:54 > 0:03:59I enjoy teaching it in different ways to normal kinds of maths teachers.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01How do you do it?
0:04:01 > 0:04:05I do kind of a weekly event for the school news
0:04:05 > 0:04:10where I sing a brain teaser, a Benton's Brain Teaser.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12- Do you have any examples?- Well.
0:04:12 > 0:04:17Saying that, I've actually written a brain teaser.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20- OK. A teaser?- Yeah. Are you ready?
0:04:20 > 0:04:24"Here we are with Shane and Paul. Let's hope today we're on the ball.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29"I am a singing mathematics teacher Coming with a sum I hope will beat you.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32"Alexander, Richard and the Pointless staff
0:04:32 > 0:04:35"Switch on your brains and get amongst it.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37"Start off with five. Add on seven.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40"Square what you've got. Multiply by three.
0:04:40 > 0:04:45"Have you got the answer? I'm not done yet. Cut this in half and you tell me.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- "What have you got?" - 216.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Yes! Come on! APPLAUSE
0:04:52 > 0:04:55I'm still timesing 144 by three.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Oh, that was good.
0:04:58 > 0:05:04- That WAS good.- He's like Eminem meets Carol Vorderman.- Yeah.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Listen, Paul and Shane, it's great to have you here.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12There's one person left to introduce.
0:05:12 > 0:05:18If knowledge is power, stand back. It's my Pointless friend, Richard.
0:05:25 > 0:05:31- If knowledge is power, stand back? - Yeah.- What does that mean? - You're all-powerful.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- Why stand back?- Because of the power.- It's terrible.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38Don't get too close. Don't fly a kite near the power.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- LAUGHTER - That's what I'm saying.
0:05:41 > 0:05:46- You're talking about electricity, rather than power.- Yes. Yeah.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- Anyway, are you well? - Well, all right.- Good.
0:05:50 > 0:05:56It's one of those rare occasions, very rare, when we've got four new pairs all at once.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Difficult to pick a winner. However, it is Gareth's birthday.
0:06:00 > 0:06:06If anybody deserves a win, it's him. Round two today is going to be a lot of fun.
0:06:06 > 0:06:12Don't know if it's going to be fun for you guys, but fun for us and everyone at home.
0:06:12 > 0:06:17All our questions have been put to 100 people. We are looking for the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20To be in with a chance of winning our jackpot,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23our players need to score as few points as possible.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer
0:06:26 > 0:06:28that none of our 100 people gave.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Today's jackpot starts off at...
0:06:39 > 0:06:42AUDIENCE: Whooo!
0:06:45 > 0:06:50Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57In the first round, each of you must give me one answer.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00You cannot confer with your partner.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03The pair with the highest score will be eliminated.
0:07:03 > 0:07:08If you give me an incorrect answer, you will score the maximum of 100 points.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Our first category is...
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?
0:07:19 > 0:07:23And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29So, our question concerns...
0:07:32 > 0:07:36..19th and 20th century events and their decades. Richard.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40We're going to show you a list of events.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44Tell us in which decade did that event take place.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48An obscure answer scores fewer points. 100 points for an incorrect answer.
0:07:48 > 0:07:5114 in all to have a go at at home. Pens at the ready.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Thank you, Richard. Now, Faith and Lorraine.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59- You all drew lots and today you go first.- Lucky me(!)- Lucky us(!)
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Lucky you, Lorraine!
0:08:01 > 0:08:06We are looking for the decades in which these events took place, and we have got...
0:08:22 > 0:08:24..I'll read those one more time...
0:08:37 > 0:08:39..There are our seven events.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Lorraine, find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew
0:08:43 > 0:08:47and supply the decade in which it happened.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49- 19th or 20th centuries.- OK.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53There's only one on there, or two, that I think I know.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55One I'm slightly more certain of.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59That is the fall of the Berlin Wall.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01I hope that was in the '80s.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06- Which century?- 1980s. Sorry. - No, that's OK. 1980s.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Let's see if that's right.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12If it is, how many people knew that answer. 1980s.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16It's right.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- Better than 100.- Yeah. - Not bad. 49.
0:09:23 > 0:09:289th November 1989, the fall of the Berlin Wall.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33- David, is this a good area for you? - It should be. I studied history at university.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- It should be! - I might play a bit safe, though.
0:09:37 > 0:09:42First British female Prime Minister, Thatcher in '79. So, the 1970s.
0:09:42 > 0:09:461970s for the first British female Prime Minister.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people knew that answer.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52It's right!
0:09:56 > 0:09:59APPLAUSE
0:09:59 > 0:10:03You played it safe. Maybe too safe. That's quite a high score. 58.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Yes, Margaret Thatcher in 1979.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10- The easy answers have been stripped from the board.- True.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12The birthday boy, Gareth.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15The two I knew for sure have gone.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19I'm going to go for the UK food rationing ending,
0:10:19 > 0:10:23which I'm presuming was a little bit after the war ended, so the 1950s?
0:10:23 > 0:10:28Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people knew that answer.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31It's right. Very well done, Gareth.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37APPLAUSE
0:10:39 > 0:10:44- Richard.- Well played, Gareth. That process started in the late '40s.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48The final end of rationing of meat and bacon was 1954.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Shane, we're looking for the decades in the 19th or 20th centuries
0:10:52 > 0:10:55when these famous events took place.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00Because I don't think the Scottish Parliament has been founded for long,
0:11:00 > 0:11:03I have to go for the 1990s, the Scottish Parliament founded.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07The 1990s. Let's see if it's right.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10If it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14- It's right!- Yes! Come on!
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Best score so far - by a margin!
0:11:19 > 0:11:23- Come on!- Very well done, Shane.
0:11:23 > 0:11:29- 17.- Well done, Shane. Let's look at the rest of the answers, though.
0:11:29 > 0:11:35Napoleon died on St Helena in the 1820s.
0:11:35 > 0:11:41- The California goldrush begins. - 1840s?- Absolutely right.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44The Lumiere brothers' first public film showing?
0:11:44 > 0:11:48- 1890s?- Correct answer. Best answer on the board as well.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Very well done if you got all those.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Shane and Paul, 17 is where we find you.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02We come up to 42 for Gareth and Alan.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Up to 49, Lorraine and Faith.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Then up to 58, David and Simon.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11You're the high-scorers. Simon, pressure on you to find a low answer
0:12:11 > 0:12:15and hope that'll be enough to see you through to the next round.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:12:20 > 0:12:26We're going to put seven more events on the board. We have got...
0:12:42 > 0:12:45..I'll read those all one more time...
0:12:59 > 0:13:03..We are looking for the decades in which these events took place
0:13:03 > 0:13:05in the 19th or 20th centuries.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08You're trying to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Paul the high-scorers are Simon and David.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15You're on 17, which means a nice score of 40 or less
0:13:15 > 0:13:17will see you through to the next round.
0:13:17 > 0:13:23OK, I THINK I know when Queen Victoria was born.
0:13:23 > 0:13:30I'm going to go for the 1810s. I think it was in 1819.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34- You're saying in the 1810s.- Yeah. - Here is your red line.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Below that with the 1810s, and you are through to the next round.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said the 1810s.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Very well done, Paul.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50That sees you through.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52It's a great answer!
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Seven takes your total up to 24.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Well played, Paul. Got the year right as well.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05- Born 24 May 1819 in Kensington Palace.- Thank you very much.
0:14:05 > 0:14:11Alan, you're on 42. The high-scorers are still Simon and David on 58.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15A score of 15 or less will see you comfortably into the next round.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17What's the board look like to you?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19It's not looking too bad.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22I think I'm going to go for...
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Howard Carter discovers Tutankhamun's tomb.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27I think that was the 1920s.
0:14:27 > 0:14:33The 1920s, Howard Carter discovers Tutankhamun's tomb. Is that right?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35If so, how many people said it?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38It's right.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45You've done it! Well done! Just!
0:14:45 > 0:14:48- APPLAUSE - You are comfortably through.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52Very, very well done. Takes your total up to 56. Richard.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56- Another good answer. November 1922. - Simon.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59You're the high-scorers.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03We are looking for the decades in which these events took place
0:15:03 > 0:15:05in the 19th or 20th centuries.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10We might be in territory of taking a risk, with the scores as they are.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13If I say...
0:15:13 > 0:15:17first British women given the right to vote,
0:15:17 > 0:15:19- the 1910s?- The 1910s.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22For the first British women given the right to vote.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26Is it right and, if it is, how many people said the 1910s?
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Absolutely right, Simon. Very well done.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36APPLAUSE
0:15:36 > 0:15:40A cracking score takes your total up to 66.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45- Richard.- Terrific from everyone in this round so far.
0:15:45 > 0:15:491918 women over the age of 30 were given the right to vote.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Faith, you are on 49.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55The high-scorers on 66 are Simon and David.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00A score of 16 or less will get you through to the next round.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05I think that the first test tube baby was the '60s or '70s.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09But I think I'm going to go for...
0:16:09 > 0:16:15the 1960s for the first successful test tube baby.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17First test tube baby, 1960s says Faith.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Very best of luck. That is your red line.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24If it goes below that you are through to the next round.
0:16:24 > 0:16:30Is it right, the 1960s for the first test tube baby? If so, how many people said it?
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Oh! Bad luck.
0:16:34 > 0:16:39I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. I think you know why.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43You score the maximum of 100 points. That takes your total up to
0:16:43 > 0:16:45an unbeatable 149. Richard.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49Yes, it was Louise Brown. She was born in 1978, I'm afraid.
0:16:49 > 0:16:56Let's take a look at the board. Everyone knew England won the World Cup in the 1960s.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01- Hong Kong was returned to China. - 1990s.- 1990s. Absolutely right.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05Krakatoa's major eruption? That's the toughest answer up there.
0:17:05 > 0:17:10- Don't know.- Very well done anyone who said 1880s. Best answer.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16At the end of the first round, our losing pair with the highest score,
0:17:16 > 0:17:18it's Faith and Lorraine.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21The Berlin Wall was a high scorer.
0:17:21 > 0:17:27- I left her an impossible job. She would have known the ladies voting. - I knew a couple.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Very bad luck, but we will see you again next time.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Thanks very much, Faith and Lorraine. Great contestants.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.
0:17:45 > 0:17:52There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head so one of the teams will leave at the end of this round.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Anyway, our category for round two is...
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Can you decide who's going first and who's going second?
0:18:01 > 0:18:05Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:18:10 > 0:18:14words ending in Z-Z-Y
0:18:14 > 0:18:19- as they could. It's going to be fun!- Yeah, it is!
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Any word in the Oxford English Dictionary that ends Z-Z-Y.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27No hyphenated words and no proper nouns, please. Very best of luck.
0:18:27 > 0:18:33So, then, Simon. What is the most obscure word ending Z-Z-Y that you can think of?
0:18:33 > 0:18:37I can't think of too many, to be honest.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40"Fuzzy", I think.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43"Fuzzy" says Simon. Let's see if that's right.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46If it is, how many of our 100 people said "fuzzy"?
0:18:48 > 0:18:49It's right.
0:18:57 > 0:19:0119 looks pretty good to me. "Fuzzy", Richard.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05The definition is "covered in fuzz, forming a mass of tight curls".
0:19:05 > 0:19:07LAUGHTER
0:19:09 > 0:19:12There you go. Right. Alan.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15What is the most obscure word ending in Z-Z-Y?
0:19:15 > 0:19:21I'm going to say a word. I hope it's in there. I've used it many times.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22"Scuzzy".
0:19:22 > 0:19:26Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said "scuzzy".
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Nicely done, Alan.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Good score!
0:19:40 > 0:19:43- "Scuzzy", Richard. - Yes. "Dirty, grimy or murky."
0:19:43 > 0:19:47- Believed to have come from North America in the 1960s.- Really?
0:19:47 > 0:19:50I thought it was an abbreviation of "disgusting".
0:19:50 > 0:19:54They think maybe it comes from a combination of "scummy" and "fuzzy".
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Or an abbreviation of "disgusting".
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- Apparently, not. - I'm saying it surely does.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- I don't see why I should be any less of an authority.- Hold on.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Let me get the OED on my pretend phone.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09LAUGHTER
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Hi, it's Richard. Yeah.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- LAUGHING:- Yeah! No. Oh, yeah! You old dog!
0:20:15 > 0:20:18I'm here with Xander. We're talking about "scuzzy".
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Yeah. You don't need to know why.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25He's saying that it comes from "disgusting".
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- LAUGHS - He is, isn't he? All right.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31I'll talk to you later. Bye.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36- Apparently not. - LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Alan, that's a great answer.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Shane, we come to you.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47A nice obscure word ending in Z-Z-Y.
0:20:47 > 0:20:53I'm going to go for types of liquids I like to drink, and go for "fizzy".
0:20:53 > 0:20:57- "Fizzy".- Yeah.- "Fizzy" says Shane.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Let's see if that's right and how many people said "fizzy".
0:21:02 > 0:21:04It's right.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Ooh!
0:21:07 > 0:21:12Shane! I think a lot of people like to drink those liquids.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16- 58.- It's a big score, but it's one of the first ones you think of.
0:21:16 > 0:21:22- I suppose.- If you do more raps, you should call yourself Fizzy Rascal.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Alan and Gareth, very good
0:21:29 > 0:21:32with that derivative of "disgusting", "scuzzy".
0:21:32 > 0:21:36Lovely low score there. Up to 19 for "fuzzy" for Simon and David.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Then up to 58 for "fizzy".
0:21:39 > 0:21:44Paul, you know what you've got to do. We need a brilliant word ending in Z-Z-Y.
0:21:44 > 0:21:50OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:21:50 > 0:21:54Splendid. So we're looking for words ending in Z-Z-Y.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59Paul, you're the high-scorer, quite a long way ahead of the field.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02- I'm going to go for "snazzy". - "Snazzy".
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Let's see how many people said it. Is it right?
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Yup. It is.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17It's a brilliant answer, Paul. It's a pointless answer!
0:22:17 > 0:22:22Exactly what you needed. Adds £250 to today's jackpot.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Takes it up to a lovely round £6,000.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28It scores you nothing and it leaves your total at 58.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Will it be enough?
0:22:30 > 0:22:34- I hope so. Richard.- Great play, Paul. Means "stylish or flashy".
0:22:34 > 0:22:38That's another American term, first recorded in 1931.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Gareth, you're on 12. The high-scorers are Paul and Shane.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44If you could score 45 or less,
0:22:44 > 0:22:47you'd be safely through to the head-to-head.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50A nice obscure word ending in Z-Z-Y.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52I think I'm going to go for...
0:22:54 > 0:22:58..it's the same name as my girlfriend's cat, which is "jazzy".
0:22:58 > 0:23:03You get below that red line, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Let's see if "jazzy" is right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10It's right.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13You've done it.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19- APPLAUSE - 17 takes your total up to 29.
0:23:21 > 0:23:26- "Jazzy", Richard. - It can refer to jazz or can mean much the same as "snazzy".
0:23:26 > 0:23:30David, it's all in your hands. Have you got a good answer?
0:23:30 > 0:23:36I was going to go for something obvious like "frizzy". I'll just see if "bizzy" is on there.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38There is your red line.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42Below that, "bizzy" will see you to the next round.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47Let's see if "bizzy" is right and, if it is, how many people said "bizzy".
0:23:47 > 0:23:49It's right!
0:23:52 > 0:23:54You are through to the next round.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Hooray! Very well done!
0:24:01 > 0:24:04That takes your total up to 28.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07- Richard.- Yeah, colloquial term for a policeman.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11Let's take a look at the pointless answers. There's a few of them.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14"Huzzy", another way of saying "hussy".
0:24:14 > 0:24:16"Nazzy" is a Yorkshire term for being drunk.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20"Pozzy" is British military slang for jam or marmalade.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22- You might have got "showbizzy".- Ah!
0:24:22 > 0:24:25And we've already had "snazzy" from Paul.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32So, at the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34it's the teachers, Paul and Shane.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37You'll have to come up with a pointless rap.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39- May have "fizzy" in it.- Oh, dear.
0:24:39 > 0:24:44We will see you again next time. I'm sure you'll go a lot further.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- Great contestants. Paul and Shane. - APPLAUSE
0:24:49 > 0:24:54For the remaining pairs, things are about to get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04Congratulations, Alan and Gareth, Simon and David.
0:25:04 > 0:25:10You are now only one round away from the final and a chance to play for that jackpot which stands at...
0:25:10 > 0:25:12AUDIENCE: Whooo!
0:25:15 > 0:25:21Only one pair can play for that money. You now go head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:25:21 > 0:25:26The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Now, you are allowed confer. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Here is your first question.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39It concerns...
0:25:41 > 0:25:44- LAUGHTER - Famous moustaches. Richard.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48We're going to show you five pictures of people with moustaches.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52- Tell us who they are, please. - You say "moust-OSH".
0:25:52 > 0:25:55- Yeah, what do you say? - I say "moust-ARSH".
0:25:55 > 0:26:00- Let's call the whole thing off. - It's almost identical.- "Moust-OSH".
0:26:00 > 0:26:03I'm struggling to hear the difference.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05- "Moust-ARSH".- Yeah.- "Moust-OSH".
0:26:05 > 0:26:07- OK.- "Moust-ARSH", "moust-OSH".
0:26:07 > 0:26:10So, five people with moust-OSHES. Here they come.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13We reveal them. You have to name them. We have...
0:26:20 > 0:26:22..My favourite so far...
0:26:26 > 0:26:30..There they are. Five wonderful moustaches.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34Alan and Gareth, you've played best throughout the show so far.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37So you get to play first.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40LOW VOICE: That's Daley Thompson.
0:26:40 > 0:26:46I think we'll go for B, which is Daley Thompson.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48B, Daley Thompson.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Simon and David, you can confer out loud, if you need to any further.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57We think we know a couple of them.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01We think a couple might be obvious, A and D.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05- So shall we say E, which is Peter... - Mandelson.
0:27:05 > 0:27:10- Peter Mandelson for E.- You're going to say Peter Mandelson for E.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14We have Alan and Gareth saying B, Daley Thompson.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said B, Daley Thompson.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22It's good. It's right.
0:27:25 > 0:27:2746! Ooh!
0:27:30 > 0:27:34That's what you've got to beat with Peter Mandelson,
0:27:34 > 0:27:37who you are identifying as moustache E.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Is that right? How many people said it?
0:27:40 > 0:27:42It's right.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Yup. You've done it.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Very good.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Very well done, which means, after one question,
0:27:55 > 0:27:59Simon and David are ahead, one-nil. Richard.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04Peter Mandelson. One of the few men to be sacked from Cabinet twice.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08The first one is the man who was originally to play Indiana Jones
0:28:08 > 0:28:13but wasn't allowed out of his TV contract playing Magnum.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17There's Daley Thompson, 46.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20C, quite clearly the best answer on the board.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Best moustache!
0:28:22 > 0:28:27He said there are no facts, only interpretations.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31- Would have been a terrible Pointless player.- Yes.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34D, of course...
0:28:36 > 0:28:40Nietzsche the best answer on the board. First time I've said that.
0:28:40 > 0:28:45Here comes our second question. Alan and Gareth, you have to win this to stay in the game.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Our second question concerns...
0:28:50 > 0:28:56- Richard.- We're going to show you five clues to facts about Top Of The Pops. Which is the most obscure?
0:28:56 > 0:29:01Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Top Of The Pops. They are...
0:29:16 > 0:29:18..I'll read those one more time...
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Simon and David, you go first.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37THEY WHISPER
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Co-host of both first and final, Jimmy Savile.
0:29:44 > 0:29:50Jimmy Savile, you are nominating as the co-host of both the first and final weekly episode.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54Alan and Gareth, you can do your thinking out loud, if you need to.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58Yes, I think it began around about 1964.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02It was originally recorded in Manchester, perhaps?
0:30:02 > 0:30:08I think the dance troupe, it's either Legs & Co or the other lot.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11- Pan's People.- Pan's People, yeah.
0:30:11 > 0:30:16We're going for the Led Zeppelin song. It's Whole Lotta Love.
0:30:16 > 0:30:21So, we have Jimmy Savile and we have Whole Lotta Love.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Simon and David said Jimmy Savile was the co-host.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31It's right.
0:30:39 > 0:30:4436 for Jimmy Savile. Alan and Gareth have named Whole Lotta Love
0:30:44 > 0:30:48as the Led Zeppelin song performed by CCS as the theme.
0:30:48 > 0:30:5136 is the score you have to beat.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54It's right.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Yup! You've done it!
0:31:05 > 0:31:08That did what it needed to. That evened the scores.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12Alan and Gareth, Simon and David, you are drawn, one-all.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16- Richard.- Alan, I'm going to let you go through the rest of the board.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20- The dance troupe is...? - Is it Pan's People?- It is.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- The city it was originally recorded? - Manchester?
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Absolutely right.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30- The year it began?- 1964. - Very, very well done.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34Did the whole board. Best answer on the board.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36APPLAUSE
0:31:40 > 0:31:44OK. Here is your third question.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Whoever wins this goes through to the final.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50It concerns...
0:31:51 > 0:31:55- Richard.- I'll show you a list of five capital cities.
0:31:55 > 0:32:00They're all in anagram form. Can you work out the anagrams and tell us the most obscure?
0:32:00 > 0:32:05Thank you, Richard. Let's reveal our five anagrams of capital cities...
0:32:14 > 0:32:18..And read as a sentence, "Hasten more stonking animal saunas."
0:32:18 > 0:32:20LAUGHTER
0:32:20 > 0:32:25There are the five anagrams. Alan and Gareth, you go first.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27THEY WHISPER
0:32:31 > 0:32:35I think the bottom one is Nassau, capital of the Bahamas.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39Nassau, capital of the Bahamas, say Alan and Gareth.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Simon and David.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44The second one will be Rome.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46The third one is Kingston.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50I think the one underneath is Manila.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54- I can't think what the top one is. - What do you reckon?- Manila.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Manila, please.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58You're going to say Animal, Manila.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01So, we have Saunas, Nassau.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04And Animal, Manila.
0:33:04 > 0:33:09In the order they were given, Alan and Gareth have given us Nassau.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said Nassau.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Very well done.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28I wouldn't want to call this at all.
0:33:28 > 0:33:3313 is the score you have to beat. Manila, is it right? How many people said it?
0:33:36 > 0:33:38It's right.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45- Oh! - AUDIENCE GROANS
0:33:51 > 0:33:52Wow!
0:33:52 > 0:33:57Very, very well done, both pairs. Great answers.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01Which means Alan and Gareth are through to the final, two-one.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05- Richard.- Two very good answers. One answer could have won you the point.
0:34:05 > 0:34:10It's not More, because that's Rome and would have scored you 99.
0:34:10 > 0:34:15A fairly spectacular score. Stonking is Kingston, Jamaica.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18Have you worked out Hasten yet?
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Yes, Athens.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23The best answer on the board.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27Very, very well done if you got all five of those, if you got Athens.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32So, the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Simon and David.
0:34:32 > 0:34:37Hardly "losing pair". The "just defeated" pair, Simon and David.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39You'll be back next time.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43I'm sure you'll do just as well, if not better.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Thanks so much, Simon and David. Great contestants.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52But for Alan and Gareth, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Congratulations, Alan and Gareth.
0:34:59 > 0:35:04You've seen off the competition and have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:10 > 0:35:15You now have a chance to win a perfect birthday present, Gareth,
0:35:15 > 0:35:19in the shape of our Pointless jackpot, which stands at...
0:35:21 > 0:35:23AUDIENCE: Whooo!
0:35:27 > 0:35:32The rules are very simple. To win all that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:35:32 > 0:35:38We've had one pointless answer today. Find one more and you will leave with that £6,000 jackpot.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42First, choose a category from these five choices...
0:35:49 > 0:35:52..Are there any birthday presents in there?
0:35:52 > 0:35:55I'm a big film fan, but it's quite vague.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58It's modern film that I'm more interested in.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02If you want to go for Film, it's fine by me.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06At the risk of embarrassing myself completely, I'll go for film.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08- We'll go for film! - We'll go for film.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11Let's find out what the question is.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:36:18 > 0:36:20..as they could.
0:36:20 > 0:36:25- Richard.- Any feature film that's had a general cinema release up to the start of 2012
0:36:25 > 0:36:29for which either Matthew Broderick or Sarah Jessica Parker received an acting credit.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32No TV films, documentaries, that sort of thing.
0:36:32 > 0:36:38Voiced performances do count. So, any Matthew Broderick OR Sarah Jessica Parker films.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Thank you very much.
0:36:40 > 0:36:46You have one minute to come up with three answers and all you need to win that £6,000
0:36:46 > 0:36:49is for just one of those to be pointless.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53- Are you ready?- Yes. - Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57- Your time starts now. - Gareth, you're on your own.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01OK. I know quite a few, actually. I'm just trying to think.
0:37:01 > 0:37:07- It doesn't have to be all three of one? It can be a mixture of the two? - Mm-hm.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11We've got Sarah Jessica Parker, Hocus Pocus. That's quite obscure.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15All the Sex And The City will be high scoring.
0:37:15 > 0:37:20Matthew Broderick did a film called Election, which is an indie film.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24Godzilla, I think he was in, but that might be too high.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Will people remember he's in it?
0:37:26 > 0:37:30- Ferris Bueller was his most famous one.- Election would be...
0:37:30 > 0:37:34Election. Hocus Pocus for Sarah Jessica Parker.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36What was her recent one?
0:37:36 > 0:37:40That was...? She did one with Hugh Grant which I can't...
0:37:41 > 0:37:44..I can't remember the title of, though.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Ten seconds left.
0:37:46 > 0:37:51- So what are we going for? Election, Hocus Pocus...- And her recent one.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53I Don't Know How She Does It.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57- I think... - There's your time up.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00We were looking for Sarah Jessica Parker or Matthew Broderick films.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02I now need your three answers.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06OK, well, Matthew Broderick was in a film called Election. Election.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10The others are Sarah Jessica Parker, which are Hocus Pocus. Hocus Pocus.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13Which was quite a while ago now, and...
0:38:13 > 0:38:16- I Don't Know How She Does It. - I Don't Know How She Does It.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20Which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- Election, I think. - We'll put that one last.
0:38:23 > 0:38:30- Which is your least likely? - Probably the most recent one is going to be fresh in people's minds.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33- I Don't Know How She Does It.- Yeah. - We'll put that first.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Let's put those up on the board, and here they are...
0:38:43 > 0:38:48..We were looking for Sarah Jessica Parker or Matthew Broderick films.
0:38:48 > 0:38:54The one you think is least likely to be a pointless answer is I Don't Know How She Does It.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £6,000 jackpot.
0:38:58 > 0:39:03Let's see if it's correct and, if it is, how many people said I Don't Know How She Does It.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07It's right.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09If this goes down to zero,
0:39:09 > 0:39:12you are leaving with a birthday present of £6,000.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Into the teens.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Into single figure... Oooh!
0:39:17 > 0:39:18Six.
0:39:21 > 0:39:27So, unfortunately, not a pointless answer. You have two more shots at today's jackpot of £6,000.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30What would you do with the £6,000, Alan?
0:39:30 > 0:39:34I'd buy that new acoustic guitar I've promised myself for years.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37- It's been hanging in the window of the shop?- Yes.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Me nose pressed up against it.
0:39:39 > 0:39:44- What about you, Gareth?- I'm getting married this year, actually.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47- Congratulations. - So a lot of it will go on that.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- A nice honeymoon as well. - Very good indeed.
0:39:50 > 0:39:57Very, very best of luck. We are looking for Sarah Jessica Parker and/or Matthew Broderick films.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Let's hope nobody said Hocus Pocus.
0:39:59 > 0:40:04This has to be right, has to be pointless and you will leave here with £6,000.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07Hocus Pocus. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:40:07 > 0:40:09It's right.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13Your first answer, I Don't Know How She Does It, went down to six.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16If this goes down to zero,
0:40:16 > 0:40:19you leave with £6,000.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31Ooh! OK. You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:31 > 0:40:36Election, though. You were quite clear that was the most obscure.
0:40:36 > 0:40:41I think it's quite... It's sort of an indie film. It wasn't very big.
0:40:41 > 0:40:46- It wasn't a big budget thing. - How long ago was it?
0:40:46 > 0:40:48Ten years?
0:40:48 > 0:40:51We're looking for Sarah Jessica Parker or Matthew Broderick films.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Your last shot at the jackpot of £6,000.
0:40:54 > 0:41:00Everything riding on Election. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Election.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07Come on! OK. Your first answer went down to six.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Your second answer went down to three.
0:41:10 > 0:41:15This you had no hesitation putting as your last answer.
0:41:15 > 0:41:16Oh, no!
0:41:16 > 0:41:18No!
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Never mind.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- Oh!- Oh! - I was sure that was going down.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Me, too.
0:41:31 > 0:41:36You didn't find that all-important pointless answer, so you don't win today's jackpot of £6,000,
0:41:36 > 0:41:40which rolls over to the next show, but you've been amazing contestants.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44You do, of course, take home our Pointless trophy.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47APPLAUSE Thank you.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53They didn't put a foot wrong throughout the show.
0:41:53 > 0:41:57The film with Hugh Grant was Did You Hear About The Morgans?
0:41:57 > 0:42:00- That's it.- That would have scored you one point.
0:42:00 > 0:42:06- That would have been worse. - Let's look at the pointless ones. They're pretty tough.
0:42:06 > 0:42:11Deck The Halls, Matthew Broderick, an Xmas film with Danny DeVito.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15Failure To Launch, probably the most famous, with Matthew McConaughey.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19Family Business is Matthew Broderick as well.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Mars Attacks! she's in.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25Mrs Parker And The Vicious Circle, Matthew Broderick's in that.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Smart People, Sarah Jessica Parker.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31Next two, Sarah Jessica Parker,
0:42:31 > 0:42:33and Torch Song Trilogy with Matthew Broderick.
0:42:33 > 0:42:38- Well done if you got any of those. - Oh, well. We got the trophy.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42Exactly. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Alan and Gareth.
0:42:42 > 0:42:47It's been lovely having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55Unfortunately, Alan and Gareth didn't win our jackpot today,
0:42:55 > 0:42:59which means on the next show, we will be playing for £7,000.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02AUDIENCE: Whooo!
0:43:02 > 0:43:06- Join us then. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10- And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye. - APPLAUSE
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