Episode 28 Pointless

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

that puts obscure knowledge to the test. Let's meet today's players.

We start by welcoming back Paul and Shane. Everybody gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

-Remind us how you know each other.

-We work together at the same school.

-You're teachers.

-Yeah.

-Paul, you're a modern languages teacher, Shane, a maths teacher.

-You gave us a problem last time.

-I did. I cannot believe how quick Richard was with that problem.

By the time I'd finished it, he'd told me the answer. However, you needed a bit longer.

Yeah, mental arithmetic, not so good.

Paul, what's going to be great this afternoon for you?

-I would like some geography questions.

-Spoken like a linguist(!)

-And obviously, some language ones if there were any.

-OK.

-And '80s pop music.

-Who was your favourite band in the '80s?

Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, all that New Romantic stuff I was into in the '80s.

-Shane, what's going to be good for you?

-I'm hoping some maths, science or geography might come up.

If not, current music,

especially boy bands.

-'90s boy bands would be a good one to come up.

-They do from time to time.

-Favourite boy band?

-I've got to say Boyz II Men.

Now we really have come to the end of the road.

-We have.

-Very best of luck to you, Paul and Shane. It's great to have you back.

Next, we welcome back Simon and David. Remind us how you two know each other.

-We work together.

-Simon, what are you hoping is going to happen this afternoon?

We did OK on geography last time, so maybe some more of that, possibly some history ones.

Maybe more lists of countries or elements or things like that.

-David, what would be great for you?

-Politics, any current affairs. Entertainment would be good.

Current affairs, how far back? It becomes history after a while.

-I studied history at university.

-You cover all the bases?

-Hopefully.

-Anything from sort of early man...

-I wouldn't go that far.

-All right.

It's great to have you back. You were so unlucky last time.

Brilliant performance through to the head-to-head and just one point in it,

so we have high hopes for you. Best of luck.

-Next, we welcome Alan and Jenny. How do you two know each other?

-We're father and daughter.

-I'm hoping it's obvious which one is which.

-You'd hope!

-I've got good news for you. It's pretty plain.

-That's good to know.

-Alan, where have you come from?

-St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex.

-You're not fooling anyone. That's a West Midlands accent!

-It's not as bad as it once was.

-Really?

-I'm from Birmingham originally. We've lived on the south coast for just over 20 years now.

-What are you hoping will come up?

-I used to be keen on pop music many years ago.

-What's your era?

'70s, '80s and up to the mid-'90s probably. I used to enjoy doing pop music quizzes.

That's 15 years or so. It's kind of...

-Jenny, what do you do?

-I'm a housewife.

-What do you like doing? What's your escape?

-I have a ten-month-old, so there's not much time for anything.

-There's no escaping that.

-Is that your first?

-Yes.

-So children's TV and books, just not quite there, are you?

-If Raa Raa the Noisy Lion comes up, I'm sorted!

-So what would you like to see come up, Jenny?

-Literature. 19th century literature or films would be good.

-Excellent. Good.

Very best of luck, Alan and Jenny. Lovely having you here. Finally, we welcome back Faith and Lorraine.

-Remind us how you two know each other.

-Lorraine's my mum, so we've known each other for a while!

-All her life.

-So once again, for the second show running, we have two parent-child teams.

A parent-child team won the last show.

-Remind us how you did.

-Not very well. We went out in the first round.

-It was the decades, the history question.

-That's right.

-What is your strong point, Faith?

-I'd love films, television, literature. That would be amazing.

-Favourite film?

-American Beauty.

-Great film. Any others you'd like to name?

-I like the James Bond films a lot.

You're studying for a BA in Theology at Cardiff.

So, anything on religion... All religions? Do you cover most bases?

-It's mainly Christianity we do.

-Not Jedi?

I might be able to answer on the Jedi, but that is not related to my degree.

-Lorraine, what would you like to see come up?

-Any sort of celebrity gossip -

who's going out with who, who's had babies when, that sort of thing.

-Who's Had Babies When - we should do that.

-That's a good category.

-Round 2 is Who's Had Babies When.

-Yeah.

-Who's The Father?

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-I love the royal family.

-We nearly called the show Who's The Father, Who's The Daddy?

-Anything like that.

-Royal weddings, royal family?

-Royal family.

-Are you good on royal history?

-No, but I love this royal family.

-OK, current royal family.

It's lovely having you both back. Very best of luck.

Let's hope we see more of you this afternoon than we did last time.

There's only one person left for me to introduce. If obscurity is your bag, he'll pack it for you.

-It's my pointless friend Richard.

-Hiya. Hello.

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I'm very much an unexpected item in the bagging area.

-Yes.

-It should be a good show. We've got three returning pairs, a very open field.

There is a case to be made for each pair winning.

Simon and David were very close last time, really close, within one point of the final.

Paul and Shane have got a lot of kids watching from their school, so they'll want to do very well.

Faith is going to be very happy about Round One

and Alan and Jenny have the massive advantage of our current magic Alan run.

In two out of the last three shows, we've had winners called Alan.

It's like Alan is magnetically attracted to the trophy.

If you don't win, Alan, you'll be one of the few Alans not to win.

It's very Alan-friendly, this show. We are "Allen"-key.

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-Anybody's game.

-Anybody's game. Well, thanks very much, Richard.

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

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

To stay in the game, our players need to score as few points as they can.

Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people could give.

Every time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.

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

Today's jackpot starts off at £7,000.

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OK, let's play Pointless.

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

The pair with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they will score 100 points, so try and avoid those.

OK, our first category this afternoon is...

Decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second. Whoever's going first, step up to the podium.

Let's find out what that first question is going to be.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many eponymous James Bond theme songs as they could.

Oh, Faith, this is going to be great, isn't it?

-Eponymous James Bond theme songs.

-I'm hoping so.

-Richard?

-We're looking for the name of any James Bond film whose theme song had the same title.

We're looking for the 22 official Eon-produced James Bond films.

We won't accept On Her Majesty's Secret Service because that was an instrumental.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Paul and Shane, you all drew lots before the show and today, you are going first.

So then, Shane, is this good for you, Bond films?

-It's not good for me.

-Oh, Shane, you say that every time.

-I absolutely hate James Bond films.

If any of your pupils said to you, "The reason I didn't do my homework is because it was maths,

-"you need to give me physics homework, languages homework," what would you say to them?

-I would...

You'd say, "This is a maths lesson." And this is a quiz show.

So you will answer the question you're given.

Shall I go and stand in the corner?

-Any more lip, yes.

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I'm really struggling with this. I'm trying to think, "What have I seen?"

I can only think of one and I can't say that because it's the most obvious one.

I'm going to have to go with the onl one I can think of. Sorry, Paul. He's going to kill me for this.

Goldfinger.

OK, Goldfinger, says Shane. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Goldfinger.

It is right.

-Oh, dear!

-80.

-80 for Goldfinger.

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-Richard?

-That is a big score. How many less than 100 is that?

-20.

-Correct. You see? You can do it.

-Why couldn't you have given me that?

-Shirley Bassey, Goldfinger, her biggest hit in the US.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

David, what's the most obscure James Bond film with an eponymous theme tune you can think of?

I can think of a few, but they're al obvious. I might try Die Another Day

Die Another Day. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.

It's right.

That's about the best answer you could have given, David.

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-3 for Die Another Day.

They played terrifically last time. Looks like they'll do the same again. By Madonna.

She was the first act ever to have done the Bond theme and appear in the same film.

Jenny, what is the most obscure James Bond film with an eponymous song?

I can think of a few James Bond films, but I can't say if their theme tunes are eponymous or not.

I'll go with a James Bond theme and keep my fingers crossed.

So I'm going to say... Tomorrow Never Dies.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Tomorrow Never Dies. Good luck.

Yeah, it's right.

Oh, very well done.

Another low score of 3. Well done, Jenny.

Tomorrow Never Dies.

Another good answer, from 1997. It was by Sheryl Crow.

Interesting fact - she's married to the union official, Bob Crow.

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-That's right. Thanks very much, Richard. Faith?

What's the most obscure James Bond film you can think of?

You said James Bond was your bag.

I think I've set myself up a bit.

I know a few, but I'm trying to thin which ones people won't know.

It looks like the Brosnan films have been scoring quite low,

so I think I'm going to go for GoldenEye,

which I think was sung by Tina Turner.

You say GoldenEye by Tina Turner. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.

It is right.

Very well done - 12.

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-Not bad at all. 12 for GoldenEye.

-Good answer, Faith, and it was Tina Turner, written by Bono and The Edge from U2.

-I didn't know that.

-Yeah.

Thanks, Richard. Halfway through the round, let's look at the scores.

Jenny and Alan and David and Simon, lovely low scores of 3 for both of you there,

then up to 12 where we find Faith and Lorraine, then up to 80, Shane.

What's the difference between 12 and 80?

-Quite a lot.

-Sixty...

-..seven.

-68.

-68, yeah.

Yeah, I'm good at this. Now, Paul, you know what you have to do. This feels quite familiar, doesn't it?

Mm-hm.

This feels weirdly familiar. You have to find a low-scoring answer and hope it keeps you in the game.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

So we're looking for James Bond films with eponymous theme tunes.

Lorraine, you're on 12. The high scorers on 80 are Paul and Shane.

If you can score 67 or less, you are through to the next round.

I can think of a couple of theme songs, but I can't remember if they were the same as the film.

I think I'm going to go for A View To A Kill.

Duran Duran, I think it was.

You don't have to supply the artist, but nice of you to do so.

-Thank you.

-If you get below that red line, A View To A Kill will see you through to the next round.

Is it right, how many people said A View To A Kill?

It's right.

-And you are through to the next round.

-Well done.

Very well done indeed - 11.

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-It takes your total up to 23.

-A View To A Kill, Richard?

-Well played and as you say, Duran Duran.

It's the biggest hit of any Bond theme. It got to No.2.

Alan, you're on 3. The high scorers are Paul and Shane on 80.

If you can score 76 or less, you are definitely in the next round.

You have the calm look of a man, the Zen-like look of a man who has found his Bond song.

When the subject came up, I thought of going for one of the earlier films,

but it looks like the later ones are more difficult to guess, so I'll go for The World Is Not Enough.

There is your red line. If you get below it, you are in the next round.

Let's see if The World Is Not Enough is right and if it is, how many people said it.

It's right and you are in the next round.

Oh, very well done, the lowest score.

The lowest score so far - 2. It takes your total up to 5.

-Brilliant. Richard?

-Yeah, a No.11 hit for Garbage.

Simon and David, you're on 3. The high scorers remain Paul and Shane on 80.

If you can score 76 or less, you are through to the next round. Simon?

-Hmm...

-Have you got a good one?

-I did have until they said it.

I know a few James Bond film titles, but I don't know if they're the same name as the song

I might have to say the only one I know. It's probably quite a high one. Diamonds Are Forever.

Diamonds Are Forever. There's your red line. If you get below that, you are through to the next round.

Diamonds Are Forever - is it right, how many people said it?

It's right.

You're through.

41. There you are. Brilliant.

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That takes your total up to 44.

-Richard?

-Another Shirley Bassey song. She was the first artist

-to do two Bond themes, but scored considerably fewer points.

-Now, Paul and Shane, I hate to tell you this.

Your score, even before Paul has given his brilliant answer,

is the highest score on anyone's board.

Paul, you gave us a pointless answer on the last show.

-It helped Shane out there.

-Just wait till we get back, basically.

I would have said View To A Kill, I must admit, with the Duran Duran link,

but I'm going for the '80s again and I'm going for For Your Eyes Only Sheena Easton.

For Your Eyes Only, says Paul. Is it right, how many people said it?

It's right.

9.

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It's a great answer. It takes your total up to 89.

-Richard?

-Good answer, Paul. Sheena Easton, No.8 hit as well.

I do feel a bit sorry for Shane because we haven't given him a maths question.

Can I give you a maths question? Is that OK, just to give you the opportunity? Is that all right?

-It's one of those posers.

-Please get this wrong!

If Shane scores 80 points and Paul scores 9 points, whose fault is it that they lost Pointless?

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There's only one pointless answer. Very well done if you said Licence To Kill which was by Gladys Knight.

And there's The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day.

Shall we take a look at the top answers?

Live And Let Die, 31, which was Paul McCartney and Wings.

There's Diamonds Are Forever on 41 and Goldfinger on 80, on top of the pile.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of the first round, the losing pair with the highest score is Paul and Shane.

It's the curse of the teachers!

-It's a good score, 89. If we were playing a different game show, we'd be winning.

-Yeah, yeah.

What do you think about the score, Paul?

I'll save my comments for later.

-We've thoroughly enjoyed it. We've had a great time.

-It's been brillian having you on the show.

I'm so sorry to have to say goodbye to you so soon. Paul and Shane, excellent contestants, great fun!

But for the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round 2.

There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head, so one team will be leaving us after this round.

Alan and Jenny, an amazing low score in that last round, you are clearly the pair to beat.

Our category for Round 2 is...

Decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second. Whoever's going first, step up to the podium.

Our question concerns...

Political leaders and their countries, Richard?

On each board, you'll see the names of six Presidents or Prime Ministers of their country at the end of 2011.

If you give us an obscure answer, you score fewer points. A wrong answer, as always, is 100 points.

-By country, we mean a member of the UN that's a sovereign state.

-Thanks, Richard.

We are looking for the countries of which these people are the political leaders and we have got...

I'll read those all one more time.

There are our six political leaders. You need to supply the name of the countries.

You're looking for the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-David, what does that board look like to you?

-There's a couple of obvious ones.

It's whether to take a risk or go for an obvious one. I'll go for Jacob Zuma with South Africa.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Zuma, South Africa.

Yeah, it's right.

Very well done. 16.

-That's a great score, David.

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Richard?

Well played, David. President since 2009. He's been married five times, got 20 children.

He's currently got three wives. Beat that, David Cameron!

Jenny, is this good for you?

I only recognise one from there.

I'm afraid I'll have to go with President Nicolas Sarkozy and France

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer - Sarkozy, France.

It's right.

75.

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-75.

-Big score, isn't it?

-Hmm.

-Yeah, France. Just the one wife for him.

Now then, Lorraine, we are looking for the countries with these leaders at the start of 2012.

Well, I was thinking of guessing this Dmitry guy. He either sounds Greek or Russian.

And then there's Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

And...I think I'll have a punt at him and say Canadian.

Donald Tusk. You are saying Canadian.

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

-Oh!

-Sorry.

-Bad luck, Lorraine.

That's an incorrect answer and you score the maximum 100 points. Richard will tell us why.

Full marks if you got this. He's the prime minister of Poland.

-Poland. Are there many Poles called Donald?

-There are a lot of connections with Scotland.

Bonnie Prince Charlie's mother was half-Polish, for example. A lot of Scots in Poland.

-Very interesting.

-Very well done if you got that. No clue in the name.

Dmitry Medvedev is President of Russia. Would have scored 40 points.

Dilma Rousseff - another of the world's biggest countries. President of Brazil.

That scored 4. Now Prime Minister Faustin-Archange Touadera.

-It's...it's...African.

-Yeah.

-For fun.

-If in doubt...

-Central African Republic?

-Yes.

-And it's pointless!

Very well done if you guessed that at home.

We're halfway through the round. 16, David, as it turns out is the best score of the pass.

Then up to 75 to Jenny and Alan, then 100 for Lorraine and Faith.

However, Faith, you get first pick of the next board.

Find a nice low-scoring answer if you can. Best of luck.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, let's reveal our next board of political leaders. Here they are.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read them all one more time.

We are looking for the countries of which these people are the political leaders.

And you want the one that the fewest people knew. Now then, Faith, you are the high scorers on 100.

Let's have a nice low-scoring answer from you.

I mean, I know a couple on this board,

but they are going to be high-scoring, so I think it's probably good to avoid them.

So I think it sort of sounds a bit like it, so I think I'm going to go for

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and guess Japan.

Japan you are saying for Yoshihiko Noda at the bottom.

Let's see if that's right and how many said it. No red line because you are the high scorers.

Yoshihiko Noda.

It's right.

31.

31. Not a bad score at all, Faith. Takes your total up to 131. Richard?

-Yes. He's been Prime Minister since September 2011.

-Thanks.

Now then, Alan and Jenny, the high scorers are on 131.

If you can hit 55 or less, through you go.

Well, there's a couple I know and a couple I think I know.

Given the score we need to get, I'm going to have to say Julia Gillard, Australia.

Julia Gillard, Australia. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

There is your red line. Below that, you're in the Head to Head.

Well done, Alan.

You are through. 32 - exactly what you needed.

Takes your total up to 107.

-Richard?

-The Alan magic continues.

The first female Prime Minister of Australia. Born in Barry in Wales.

So, Simon, you're through whatever happens.

Even if you score 100 points, you won't overtake Lorraine and Faith.

-Can you fill in all those gaps on the board for us?

-No...is the short answer!

Obama is obviously the USA. Hu Jintao sounds like China.

And Sheikh Hasina sounds Arabic, but I don't know any more than that.

I will guess at... Hu Jintao for China.

Hu Jintao, China. No red line. Let's see if it's right

and how many people said it.

It's right.

26.

-Takes your total to 42. Richard?

-He's been President since 2003.

Let's look at the rest of the board.

President Barack Obama is the United States and would have scored 96.

-Prime Minister Mark Rutte?

-Dutch?

He IS Dutch. Would have scored 2. And Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the best answer on the board?

Bangladesh. The daughter of Bangladesh's first Prime Minister.

-Very well done if you got that pointless answer.

-Thanks, Richard.

At the end of Round 2, the losing pair I'm afraid is Faith and Lorraine.

-Not bad. 31, Noda, that was a bit of a stab in the dark.

-I'd not a clue!

A very well-informed stab! And Lorraine was unlucky. Donald Tusk - who knew?

It was just one of those things. We've had a great time, anyway.

I'm sorry we haven't given you better questions. That's just luck.

But thank you very much, Faith and Lorraine. Excellent contestants.

Thank you. Thank you.

Good luck.

But for the remaining two pairs it gets even more exciting as we enter the Head to Head.

Well, congratulations, Simon and David, Alan and Jenny.

You are one round from the final and a chance to play for the jackpot, which stands at £7,000.

Obviously only one pair can play for that money, so you now go Head to Head, best of three questions.

The first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot and you're now allowed to confer.

Let's play the Head to Head.

OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...

aerial views of famous structures. Richard?

We'll show you five pictures of famous structures from above. Can you identify the most obscure?

OK, five pictures from above of famous structures. We've got...

There we go. There are the five famous structures seen from above.

Simon and David, you go first.

I think we'll go for D, Edinburgh Castle.

D, Edinburgh Castle. You are saying D, Edinburgh Castle. Alan and Jenny, what do you think?

Well, A is the Colosseum or the Flavian Amphitheatre,

B is the Pentagon, C is the Statue of Liberty, D I thought was Colditz.

-And E is the Bird's Nest in Beijing.

-The Chinese Olympic stadium.

-Will we go for the Bird's Nest?

-Is that its name?

-E, the Olympic Stadium, Beijing. The Bird's Nest.

-The Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing, you are saying.

So in the order they were given, Simon and David said Edinburgh Castle.

Is that right and how many said it?

It's right.

40.

-40 for Edinburgh Castle. So not Colditz.

-Looks like it!

Alan and Jenny, you have said that E is the Bird's Nest Olympic stadium in Beijing.

Let's see if that's right and how many said that. 40 is the score you have to beat.

It's right.

Oh, you've done it!

Wow. 19 for Beijing.

19 beats 40, which means Alan and Jenny are ahead one-nil.

-An interesting set of scores.

-The best answers you could go for. They were all quite high-scoring.

A, as you said, is the Colosseum.

That would have scored 66 points.

B is the Pentagon.

That would have scored 60. It's got 6.6 million square feet of office space. Isn't that extraordinary?

-17½ miles of corridor.

-Slightly bigger than Simon Cowell's house.

-C is the Statue of Liberty.

-It looks so good from above.

-That's lovely, what they've done there.

-Nice shot.

93 points. Everyone recognises it.

-And we've had the other two - Edinburgh Castle and the National Stadium, Beijing.

-Excellent.

Thank you, Richard. Here comes your second question.

Simon and David, you have to win this to stay in the game.

Your second question concerns... David Beckham.

-David Beckham, Richard?

-We'll give you five clues to facts about David Beckham. Which is the most obscure?

OK, here come our five clues.

-And they are...

-HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one more time.

There are five clues to facts about David Beckham. Alan and Jenny, you go first.

We only know a couple. Daughter?

His daughter's first name is Harper.

Harper. OK, Harper.

Simon and David, talk us through it.

We know which football team he played for and we think it's MBE for the award,

but we might take a risk and go for UNICEF. Do you want to?

-Unless we stick with one we know and hope it's lower. Shall we try the football team?

-LA Galaxy?

-Shall we try that?

-Go on, then. LA Galaxy is the football team.

-LA Galaxy you are saying.

Remember, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

So we have Harper as the first name of his daughter. Is that right and how many people said Harper?

It's right!

38.

38. Simon and David, you have said LA Galaxy as the name of the US soccer team.

Let's see if that's right and how many people said it. 38 is the score you have to beat.

LA Galaxy.

It's right.

Oh! 47!

Which means the luck of the Alans persists. After only two questions, Alan and Jenny are through.

-Richard?

-Yeah, Harper Seven is the name of the child. The next one will be Quarter to Eight.

Let's look at the rest of the board. Guys, if you'd said UNICEF, not only is it right,

but it would have scored 11 points. That was the one to go for.

The award given by the Queen was an OBE, actually.

That would have scored 16. And his aftershave was pointless.

I hesitate to say very well done if you knew this, but very well done if you said Instinct.

A pointless answer.

There you go.

Brilliant. Thank you, Richard. So the losing pair, I'm afraid, is Simon and David.

-Should have taken the risk.

-Head to Head last time and this.

You've had the prize whisked away from under your noses each time.

You've played phenomenally well. Thank you. I'm sorry we say goodbye so soon.

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

Congratulations, Alan and Jenny. You have seen off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end of today's show it stands at £7,000.

It's been a pretty good show for you, actually. You were the lowest scorers with 5 in the first round.

Slightly trickier second round, but the Head to Head was 2-0.

-We got lucky!

-Extremely lucky.

-You feel the hand of Alan...!

The Pointless Alan advantage. OK, the rules are very simple.

All you have to do is find a pointless answer. We haven't had any today. You need to find one now.

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

They are...

-We'll have to go for Pop Duos.

-Yeah, we'll have to.

-Dramatists? Canadian Politics?! Good grief.

-It's not my area.

-I think we have to.

-UK Pop Duos.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Eurythmics Top 40 hits as they could.

Any single released by the Eurythmics that was a UK Top 40 hit prior to the beginning of 2012.

With double A sides, we will accept either answer.

OK, thank you, Richard. You now have up to one minute to find three answers.

All you need to win that £7,000 is for just one answer to be pointless.

OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are. Your time starts now.

-I'm afraid it's with you.

-Sweet Dreams, There Must Be An Angel Playing With My Heart...

And I'm struggling to think of any others now.

Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart...

Oh, goodness me.

There's so many. Em...

Eurythmics, Eurythmics, Eurythmics.

Er...

It's My Party And I'll Cry If I Want To was, I think, Dave Stewart. And Lesley Gore.

Em... Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, the Eurythmics...

Er...

-No, I can't think of any others.

-Have you got three?

-No, I haven't.

-I've only got Sweet Dreams and There Must Be An Angel.

-OK. There is your time up.

We were looking for Eurythmics UK Top 40 hits.

I now need three answers from you.

Oh, dear. I feel awful. I should be able to get more, but my mind's a blank.

-Angel, There Must Be An Angel Playing With My Heart and Sweet Dreams.

-OK.

Angel, There Must Be An Angel Playing With My Heart and Sweet Dreams.

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

-If it's right, Angel!

-OK, Angel we'll put last. Least likely?

-Sweet Dreams.

OK, let's put them up on the board in that order. Sweet Dreams,

There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) and Angel.

OK, so we are looking for Eurythmics Top 40 hits. Sweet Dreams was your least confident answer.

You only have to find one to win that jackpot of £7,000.

Let's see how many people said Sweet Dreams. This is your first shot at that jackpot of £7,000.

Sweet Dreams is correct. It has to go down to pointless...

-That's a lot, isn't it? 44!

-It's definitely not pointless!

-Has there been a higher one?

Well, we've had a lot of 100s!

It wasn't that. It was correct. It's sadly not pointless, though.

You have two more chances to win. Let's just imagine...

Maybe Angel IS a pointless answer. What would you do with £7,000?

-My son would absorb quite a bit of it.

-Alan?

-It's my partner Jacqui's 50th birthday.

-I'd like to take her on the Orient Express.

-Fantastic. Best of luck.

We're looking for Eurythmics hits. Let's hope nobody said There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart).

Let's see if it's right and how many said it. For £7,000.

Well, it is right.

Sweet Dreams only went down to 44.

If this can go all the way down to zero, you'll leave with £7,000.

Down it goes into the teens... Oh! 9!

-That's not an embarrassing answer.

-That's not bad at all. Sadly, not pointless, though.

Only one more chance to win that jackpot of £7,000.

Now you somewhere can remember Angel?

I'm convinced that Annie Lennox... She might have done it as a solo artist.

-I could be completely wrong.

-OK. We are looking for Eurythmics Top 40 hits. Your final answer is Angel.

It was your most confident answer. It just has to be right and there's every chance,

and you'll leave with that £7,000. Very best of luck to you.

Angel. How many people said it? And is it right?

It IS right!

It is right.

OK, let's see how far down this goes. 44, down to 9.

If this goes all the way down to zero, you leave with £7,000! No!

Well done, though.

Oh, for a moment I thought that was...

I thought the Orient Express was definitely taking you away there.

I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £7,000, which rolls over, but you've been brilliant.

-You played so well! Three great answers there.

-Three correct answers.

-You do, of course, take home our Pointless trophy.

-Thank you.

-This is the point where you kick yourself.

-This is going to be tough, isn't it?

-Richard, what were the pointless answers?

-You didn't let anyone down, Alan.

Some of the bigger answers - Love Is A Stranger, Here Comes The Rain Again, Who's That Girl.

Let's look at the pointless ones. A couple you might have got.

17 Again, that was one of their comeback singles, Beethoven, I Need A Man - all pointless.

These were all quite big hits. I Saved The World Today, It's Alright, Right By Your Side.

Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves, with Aretha Franklin.

The King and Queen of America and When Tomorrow Comes. Very well done if you got any of those.

-You knew a few of those.

-Well, yes, now.

-Now we've been shown them!

-I'll never forget them!

It's so hard when the pressure's on. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Alan and Jenny.

It's been brilliant. Thank you both so much for playing. Brilliant.

Unfortunately, they didn't win our jackpot so it rolls over.

On the next show we will be playing for £8,000.

-Join us then to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And me. Goodbye.

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