Episode 3 Pointless

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

the quiz putting obscure knowledge to the test. Let's meet today's players.

So welcome to Lee and Paul. You are our first pair. How do you two know each other?

Around six years ago, we met playing a game of pub golf. We were handcuffed together - nothing weird.

It was a little bit awkward, but we drank our way through it.

-Pub golf?

-Yeah.

-Actually playing golf representing your pub or playing golf in a pub?

-Drinking pints with a par three.

-I see.

-18 pubs, pretty much.

-Did anyone else remain friends?

-No!

-They've all gone their separate ways. Where was this?

Chelmsford in Essex. Or near it.

-OK. Lee, what do you do?

-I'm a teacher.

-What do you teach?

-Business studies and economics.

-Paul, how about you?

-I'm an IT consultant.

-Welcome.

Next we welcome Eric and Margie. How do you two know each other?

-We are boyfriend and girlfriend.

-Very good. Where are you from?

-Washington, in Tyne and Wear.

-The original Washington.

-Yes.

-What would you love to come up?

Only Fools And Horses, Carry On films, musicals.

-Eric, how about you?

-Football, geography, history.

-Margie, have you got a specialist category?

-Well, I must admit, embarrassingly,

I'm Ant and Dec's biggest fan.

-Back from PJ and Duncan times?

-Oh, yeah. To this day, I've still got all the singles and albums,

posters, mugs, t-shirts.

-Have you met them?

-I have met them once, at a signing.

I know that Declan's brother is a priest.

One time I went and camped outside the church where his brother worked,

just in the hope that he would maybe go in for a service.

-Did he?

-No.

-Great to have you here. Very best of luck.

-Thank you.

Next we welcome back the Janets, W and G. You were on last time. Remind us what happened.

We went out on fashion and anagrams.

-Remind us how you know each other.

-Janet wanted a chicken costume to go to a hen party.

And I was making chicken costumes at the time, so she went dressed as a chicken.

-Of your design.

-Yes.

-Brilliant.

Very good. Very best of luck to you. Great to have you back on the show.

-And, finally, Tara and Kelly. How do you know each other?

-I work for Kelly and live with her.

I babysit her children an she's my sister.

-How do you work for her?

-We have a family pub.

She's the landlady with her husband. He's the landlord!

-And I am her...

-Second in command. My husband's at the bottom.

-Really?

-Yeah, yeah.

-So who's running the pub today?

-Who knows?

-Kids!

-Brilliant!

-The four-year-old and the two-year-old.

-Excellent.

Welcome to the show. We'll find out more about all of you.

There's only one person left. He is six foot seven inches of pure obscurity.

He is my pointless friend, Richard.

Hiya. Hello.

-Good afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon.

-Only one returning pair today, the Janets.

They performed very well. They got steamrollered in the Head to Head with Guy and James,

but they'll be very tough to beat. Margie, if you get to Round Two,

the question is members of Ant and Dec. There are two possible answers.

-Very good. We'll look forward to that.

-Yeah(!)

-Thanks, Richard.

All our questions were put to 100 people, but we want obscure answers they didn't get.

For a chance of winning our jackpot, our players must score as few points as they can.

Everyone's trying to score a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Find one and we will add £250 to the jackpot. Now Guy and James won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off again at £1,000. There it is.

OK, let's play Pointless.

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

Whichever team has the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.

If you give me an incorrect answer, you'll score 100 points, so try to avoid those.

Our first category is... Words.

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

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many words ending in "dge"

-as they could. Richard?

-Any word in the Oxford English Dictionary that ends with the letters "dge".

As always, no hyphenated words or proper nouns allowed.

OK, thank you. Lee and Paul, you all drew lots before the show

and you get to go first.

-So, Lee, "dge".

-I'm going to go with quite a childish word.

I'm not sure if it is a word. Splodge.

Splodge. It's a good word, I think. Nothing childish about it. Splodge.

Let's see if it's correct and how many of our 100 people said splodge.

It's a good answer, Lee.

Teacher from Essex. Down it goes to one! Great answer!

-Very, very well done indeed. Splodge. Richard?

-Well done. You had to think of it very quickly.

A large splash or stain. It's been around since 1854.

-Good word for an economics teacher. I hope your students are watching.

-They'll learn something.

-Literally, the first answer you give - splodge.

-Very, very well done, Lee.

So we come to you, Margie. What is the most obscure word ending with "dge" you can think of?

This probably won't do too good. I've a feeling it's hyphenated.

-I'm going to say windowledge.

-Windowledge.

Let's see if it's correct and how many of our 100 people said windowledge.

Ohh! Bad luck, Margie.

I'm afraid that's incorrect and you score the maximum 100 points.

-Damn those hyphens! Richard?

-Yeah, sorry, Margie.

-Occasionally hyphenated, more usually just two words - window ledge.

-Bad luck.

Janet W, what's the most obscure word ending in "dge" you can think of?

-Pledge.

-Pledge.

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

It's right.

17!

17 for pledge.

-Pledge, Richard.

-A solemn promise. Other polishes are available.

And Tara. Remember, we are looking for words that end in "dge".

I'm hoping that this is like those annoying little flies. So I'll go for midge.

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

-Yes!

-It's right.

Very well done! Great answer, Tara.

-Nine for midge.

-Yeah, good answer there.

One of those tiny, annoying little gnat-like things. Midge Ure.

-Know where he got his name from?

-No.

-His first name is Jim and he just reversed it.

-Seriously? Midge?

-They just reversed his name. So you would be called...

This will be hard!

-Red...

-Rednax.

Rednax? That IS what I call you.

-That's a great name. Why didn't people think of that?

-Rednax?

-Yeah!

-I'll call you that for the rest of the show and, indeed, my life.

-Whichever ends soonest.

Very good. Thank you so much.

We're halfway through the round. Let's look at those scores. Lee, what an answer! Splodge.

In there, splodge - one point. Then we go up to nine. Great answer, midge, from Tara.

Then up to 17, Janet W, and then it's a long way up to Margie.

Eric, you have a mountain to climb, but I have every confidence in you.

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

OK, we are looking for words that end in "dge".

And, Kelly, thanks to that brilliant answer from Tara, you are on nine.

If you can score 90 or less, you are through to the next round.

-I'll go for sludge.

-Sludge.

Sounds good to me. There is your red line.

If you can get below that red line, you are through.

Let's see if it's right and how many people said sludge. ..It's right! And you are through.

Six for sludge! That's a great answer. Takes your total up to 15.

Soft mud or half-melted snow. Sludge. Very well done. It's a good word, sludge, isn't it?

It's a cracking word.

Janet G, we're still looking for words ending in "dge". You're on 17.

The high scorers remain on 100. If you can score 82 or less, you're through to the next round.

-Trudge.

-Trudge.

Trudge sounds very good to me. Here's your red line.

If trudge gets you below that, you're through. Is it right and how many people said trudge?

It's right and you're through.

Two for trudge!

That's a great answer, Janet G. It takes your total up to 19.

Yeah, to walk with effort. The Janets on the march again.

A disastrous walk is a trudgedy. A trudgedy.

-Thank you.

-It was worth a go.

-Yeah, it's not bad. Very good.

Now, Eric, we're still looking for words ending in "dge".

-You have to get a pointless answer.

-I'm struggling to come up with one,

-so I'm going to have to go for... abridge.

-Abridge.

Who's to say that won't be pointless? Great answer. No red line.

You just have to hope it goes as low as it can. Is abridged right and how many people said it?

It's right.

Look - two! A great answer.

I'm afraid it's not good enough, though.

It takes you up to 102, just out of reach of Paul and Lee,

even if they score 100 points.

So, Paul and Lee, there you are. Safely through to the next round, whatever happens.

-See if you can find a pointless answer.

-I can think of plenty of words, but nothing obscure.

-I'll go with porridge.

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

No red line for you because you're already through.

It's right.

Brilliant!

Brilliant answer. Look at that. Scores you two. Takes your total up to three.

-Very impressive indeed. Richard?

-Very low score, very well played.

There's a lot of pointless answers. Some very well-known words.

You may well have got one at home. To begrudge, cartridge a pointless answer, as is drawbridge.

Fidge, which is how a child says fridge, is pointless.

Kludge, a botched or makeshift device. To misjudge, a pointless answer.

Partridge is a pointless answer, squidge and wodge.

Let's have a look at the top answers that most people said.

Ledge, 57. We had window ledge.

Edge, 66. And one at the top. Hedge, 67.

Not so well done if you got those.

Thank you very much, Richard. So the losing pair, I'm afraid, are Eric and Margie.

You did incredibly well. Abridged, Eric, was spot-on.

-Window ledge, the right idea.

-Yeah.

-What are you going to take away as your enduring lesson

-from your brief spell today?

-Not to over-complicate things.

We'll look forward to seeing you again next time, but thanks very much for playing - Eric and Margie.

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

There's only room for two pairs in the Head to Head, so one team will leave at the end of this round.

The category for Round Two is...Famous People.

Can you all decide who will go first and who will go second?

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

So our Round Two question this afternoon concerns...

Famous Christophers. Richard?

We'll give you six clues on each pass, which will lead you to the name of a famous Christopher.

A nice obscure answer will score fewer points. A wrong answer scores 100.

So 12 Chris or Christophers to get.

Thank you very much. So we are looking for the names of these famous Christophers.

-And we have got...

-HE READS LIST

I'll read those all one more time.

There are all your Chrises. Now then, Lee, what's the board like for you?

I know three of those quite well. I'm trying to work out the most obscure. I think I know which one.

That is Simply The Best, Chris Eubank.

Chris Eubank.

OK, there we are. Let's see if that's right and how many knew it.

Of course.

31.

31 for Chris Eubank.

-Richard?

-Former middleweight and super-middleweight champion of the world, Chris Eubank.

-What do you call a mass of Chrises?

-The collective noun?

-Let me think.

-I was thinking of Chris mass.

-GROANS

-Oh, that was a groan and a half.

-That's all right. A Chris mass.

-Well-deserved.

-Janet G, we are looking for the surnames

-of these famous Chrises.

-I only know one on there.

The presenter of the Breakfast Show. Chris Evans.

Chris Evans. There's another Chris.

OK, let's see if that's right and how many people said Chris Evans.

Oh!

Bad luck, Janet G. Unfortunately, that's a wrong answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

Bad luck, Janet. Tara...

-There's only two I know.

-You can tell us both and then pick.

There's Coldplay. That's Chris Martin. And I think his name is Chris Moyles for the radio show.

I don't know which one to go for. I'll go for Coldplay. Christopher Martin. Chris Martin!

Chris or Christopher Martin. Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that.

It's right.

44.

44 for Chris Martin.

Better safe than sorry. Actually, the most popular answer.

Let's look at all of them. It's not Chris Evans. It's Chris Moyles. There since 2004.

Chris Evans used to present it. Would have scored 37.

-16th century dramatist?

-Kit Marlowe.

-That is Christopher Marlowe.

That would have scored eight points. Director of Memento? He also directed Inception

-and some of the Batman movies.

-No.

-Christopher Nolan.

And the 1998 Turner Prize-winning painter is a pointless answer. It's Chris Ofili.

-Very well done if you said that or got all six.

-Very good. Thanks for that, Richard.

We're halfway through. Let's look at the scores. 31 is the lowest, Lee and Paul.

44 for Tara and Kelly, then 100 for the Janets.

It's not over, if Janet W can find a brilliant pointless answer on the next board.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, we'll put six more Christophers on the board. Here they come.

-We have got...

-HE READS LIST

Let me read those one more time.

Now remember we are looking for the surnames of famous Christophers.

You want the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Now, Kelly, you're on 44. If you can score 55 or less, you're through to the Head to Head.

I know one definite, but I think it's high, so I'm going to guess - which will also be high.

-The winner of three cycling golds was Chris Hoy.

-Chris Hoy.

-I hope.

Sounds good to me. Is that right and how many people said it?

There's your red line. Below that, you're through.

It's right.

And you are through!

Ah!

19. Very well done. Takes your total up to 63.

Yes, safely through. Sir Chris Hoy. When he got his knighthood in 2009,

his mum got an MBE on the same day for services to healthcare.

-That's nice.

-His bike cost over £80,000.

-He had to have it as a combined birthday and Christmas.

-LAUGHTER

What would you call a load of Chrises? A loadachris. Ludicrous.

-Loadachris.

-Ludicrous. Em...Janet W,

we're still looking for the surnames of these famous Chrises. You are the high scorer on 100.

What we want is a lovely low-scoring Chris.

And that might get you through to the head-to-head.

Lady In Red singer, born Christopher Davison, Chris de Burgh.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Chris de Burgh.

It's right.

49.

It takes your total up to, I'm sorry to say, an unbeatable 149. Richard?

Chris de Burgh was born in Argentina and his daughter was Miss World.

OK, thank you very much.

Paul and Lee, you are on 31. The high scorers are Janet W and G.

Even if you score 100 points, you won't overtake them,

so you can take us through the board and pick your favourite answer.

I really can't! I've got a couple of them on the tip of my tongue, but they're not coming to me.

I'll have to completely hazard a guess here

and I'll take the Lib Dem Energy and Climate Change Secretary and jus make a name up - Chris Partridge.

It did so well in the first round(!)

OK, Chris Partridge.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Chris Partridge.

-Oh, bad luck.

-Unbelievable(!)

That's a wrong answer which scores you 100 points, taking your total up to 131,

but you're through to the head-to-head.

-Richard?

-How great it would have been if that was right! As of the start of 2012, it's Chris Huhne.

Chris Huhne, MP, part of the Coalition Cabinet.

-The architect, designed the Royal Observatory?

-Wren.

Would have scored 21 points. Star of The Deer Hunter?

-Christopher Walken.

-Would only have scored 5 points. That was the best answer on the board.

-And the author of Strike Back?

-I do know this. It's Chris Ryan.

Would have scored 8 points. Well done if you got all the Chrises.

At the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score is Janet W and Janet G.

I'm so sorry. Blooming Chris Moyles did that to you.

-It was, wasn't it?

-He's guilty of so much, that man.

-And I don't even like Chris Evans.

-LAUGHTER

But you've had some great moments. You've done incredibly well.

-What will you be taking away as your enduring Pointless memory?

-Meeting Alexander Armstrong.

Aw! Thank you very much indeed. I will settle up for that later.

It's been lovely having you on the show. Wonderful contestants - Janet W and Janet G!

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

Congratulations, Tara, Kelly, Lee and Paul.

You are now only one round away from the final and the chance to play for the jackpot

which currently stands at £1,000.

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Only one pair can play for that money and to decide who that is, you are now going to go head-to-head.

For each question, you'll be shown five options on the board.

Each pair needs to answer just one of them. You are allowed to confer.

If you score less than the other pair, you win that question.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot. Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, here is your first question. And it concerns...

-Richard?

-You'll see five pictures of musical instruments.

Tell us what they are. The more obscure, the better.

OK, thanks, Richard. Let's reveal those five musical instruments and here they are.

There you are, five musical instruments.

All you have to do is name the most obscure one you can.

Tara and Kelly, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.

We might be making this up.

We're going to guess at E - harpsichord.

E - harpsichord.

Now then, Lee and Paul. You can also have a shot at E if you like.

We've got a different view on E. It doesn't mean it's correct.

We're going to say "accordion" for E.

Accordion. OK, you're both going for E.

One is saying "a harpsichord",

the other is saying "accordion".

Tara and Kelly, is that right and if it is, how many people said it?

Oh, bad luck.

Not a harpsichord.

Lee and Paul, you have gone for "accordion".

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said "accordion".

No, not an accordion.

After one question, it is still nil-nil.

-Richard?

-We should just do a whole show of "what is E".

-Do you know what it is?

-A zither.

It would have scored 11 points.

Let's look through the board and see how people at home did.

-"A" is a...

-Harmonica.

Would have scored you 96 points.

96 points, though still a better answer than harpsichord or accordion.

-B?

-It's a tenor saxophone.

Saxophone, I would have given you. Well done for the extra knowledge.

Would have scored you 83 points.

-C is a...?

-Trombone.

Another very, very big score - 60 points for a trombone.

-And D is a...?

-Bassoon.

You're good at these. Bassoon would have scored you 13 points.

You could have said any of them and got the point.

OK, here is your second question and it concerns...

-Richard?

-We'll show you five clues to facts about the River Thames or places along the river.

Just give us the most obscure fact that you can.

OK, let's reveal our five facts about the River Thames.

I'll go through those one more time.

Now, Lee and Paul, you get to go first this time.

It's not a great round. We're not really happy with those options,

but I think we're going to go with former Navy cruiser, now museum - the HMS Belfast.

HMS Belfast, say Lee and Paul.

-OK, Tara and Kelly...

-That was the one we knew.

-Oh, my hat! We know nothing.

-We don't know any of them. Shall we say "hills it rises"?

-Yeah.

-We're going to go for Black Hills.

-Black Hills?

-Somewhere in Gloucestershire.

The Black Hills in Gloucestershire? OK, so we have HMS Belfast and we have the Black Hills.

Lee and Paul, HMS Belfast, let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.

Yes, it's right.

-24.

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Very well done.

Our first right answer of the round.

Tara and Kelly, you went for the Black Hills as the source of the Thames.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said the Black Hills.

Oh, dear. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

so after two questions, Lee and Paul are up 1-0. Richard?

The Thames rises in the Cotswolds.

It scored 6 points, so it would have been a very good answer.

-The Royal Regatta location?

-Henley.

Yeah, it would have scored 49. It's the biggest answer on the board.

The local name at Oxford?

-Cherwell?

-It's the Isis. It would have scored you 19 points.

After the Cotswolds, a very good answer would be the village with two three-star Michelin restaurants.

-Bray.

-Absolutely. It's got The Waterside Inn

and Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck.

Thank you, Richard. Here is your third question and it concerns...

Tara and Kelly, you have to win this question to stay in the game. Richard?

We'll show you five sets of three words linked by one actress in films which had those words in the title.

If I said Pretty, Erin, Sweetheart,

the answer is Julia Roberts for Pretty Woman, Erin Brockovich and America's Sweethearts.

Give us the most obscure answer you can find on the board.

Thank you very much, Richard. Let's reveal those three-word clues to these actresses.

I'll read those all one more time.

So there we are. Now, Tara and Kelly, you go first this time.

-Shall we go with the second one?

-Yeah.

-We're going to go with Dolly/Funny/Were, Barbra Streisand.

Dolly/Funny/Were, Barbra Streisand.

Lee and Paul?

We don't know any of these.

I'll go for Swan/Boleyn/Vendetta... I'll say Holly Valance.

Swan/Boleyn/Vendetta, Holly Valance, you say.

Tara and Kelly went with Barbra Streisand first.

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

It's right.

-Very well done. 35.

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Lee and Paul have gone for Holly Valance.

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

Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer which means after three questions, it is one-all.

Yes. Swan/Boleyn/Vendetta, quite apart from being a very good name for a film,

it's Black Swan, V For Vendetta and The Other Boleyn Girl -

it was Natalie Portman. Would have scored you 6 points.

Barbra Streisand - Hello, Dolly, Funny Girl and The Way We Were.

-Itch/Hot/Blondes?

-Marilyn Monroe.

-Seven Year Itch, Some Like It Hot, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

-Sophie's/Vs/Lieutenant's?

-Meryl Streep.

-Sophie's Choice, Kramer Vs Kramer, French Lieutenant's Woman.

-And Born/Wizard/Louis?

-Judy Garland.

-A Star Is Born, Wizard Of Oz and Meet Me In St Louis.

There we are. So whoever wins this next question is through to the final to play for that jackpot.

Here comes your final question and it concerns...

-Richard?

-We'll give you some clues to facts about Horatio Nelson.

-The most obscure fact will score fewest points and get you through to the final.

-Thanks, Richard.

So let's reveal our five facts about Horatio Nelson.

I'll read those all one more time.

You are looking for the one that will score the fewest points, that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Lee and Paul, it is you to go first.

I went to university at Portsmouth, so I hope this is right.

The ship in the dry dock at Portsmouth - I'll say HMS Victory.

HMS Victory. OK, Tara and Kelly?

We're toying with the kissing one and the battle, but we're not sure which one we should guess.

-Hardy?

-Yeah.

He wanted to kiss Hardy.

OK. For fun, what did you think the battle was?

-Trafalgar.

-Or Waterloo. We can't decide which one.

OK, you're going to go with Hardy.

OK, so we have HMS Victory and we have Hardy.

Lee and Paul, HMS Victory, is that right and if it is, how many people said it?

It's correct.

36.

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Tara and Kelly have gone for Hardy.

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

It's right.

48.

48 plays 36, which means after four questions, we finally have a winner in the head-to-head round

and it is Lee and Paul, 2-1. Richard?

-Yeah, we got there and two right answers.

-Yeah!

Let's look through the rest of the board. Lost most of which limb?

-Arm.

-Yeah, would have scored 62 points. Very big score.

The battle during which he died was Trafalgar, but scored 40 points, so it wouldn't have seen you through.

This answer only scored 3 points. Buried in which place of worship?

St Paul's, not Westminster Abbey.

Yes, St Paul's Cathedral. Very well done if you got all of those.

Very well done if you got every answer in that round.

OK, so the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Kelly and Tara. That was a tough round for you.

-Yeah.

-Harpsichord and those mysterious Black Hills didn't do you any favours at all.

You've done very well to get to the head-to-head, but we will have to see you next time.

This is as far as you go on this episode.

We'll see you next time when maybe you'll go even further. Thank you for playing, Tara and Kelly!

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But for Lee and Paul, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Lee and Paul. You've fought off the competition

and won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end of today's show,

the jackpot stands still at £1,000.

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The rules are simple. To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

We haven't had any pointless answers today. You only have to find one now and you take that money home.

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

-What do you think?

-The first three we're looking at.

Pop Music might be earlier than our era.

British Boxers, we know a few, but not loads.

-Populations, you might know some. I think we might go for Pop Music.

-Go on then.

-We'll hit Pop Music.

-Pop Music, it is.

Let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Take That UK top 40 solo singles as they could. Richard?

Yeah, any UK top 40 single by any of the five members of Take That while Take That were in hiatus.

That's between 1996 and 2006,

so any UK top 40 hit from Robbie Williams, Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Howard Donald.

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

All you need to win that £1,000 jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

OK, your minute starts now.

-I've got Mark Owen, I've got Clementine.

-OK.

I've got either Two Minute Warning or Two Minutes Left To Go? I can't remember what it's called.

All I can do is the obvious Robbie Williams ones, so they're no good.

Two Minute Warning. Can we remember any of Barlow's?

-No, not really.

-Right. We could go with Robbie Williams' Freedom cos that was an early one.

-What did you say?

-Clementine.

-Clementine.

-And there was Two Minutes Left To Go.

-Clementine.

-Clementine.

-And Two Minutes Left To Go or Two Minute Warning.

Are you sure that's definitely...?

-The Mark Owen ones, yeah.

-You don't know the name of that other one?

-It's one of those...

-Two Minute Warning.

-Definitely?

-I'm not 100%, but I'll say Two Minute Warning.

-Ten seconds left.

-Then we'll say Freedom by Robbie Williams?

-Yeah.

-Or Lazy... Lazy Days by Robbie Williams.

-All right.

-Lazy Days.

-OK, your time is up.

I now need your three answers.

-We've got Lazy Days by Robbie Williams.

-Lazy Days.

-We've got Clementine by Mark Owen.

-Clementine.

And we have got Two Minute Warning which I think was by Mark Owen. I'm not 100% about that.

Two Minute Warning by Mark Owen.

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

-I think Clementine by Mark Owen.

-OK, we'll put that last.

-Which is your least likely?

-I'd say Two Minute Warning cos I'm not sure it's called that.

OK, we'll put that first. Two Minute Warning, Lazy Days, Clementine.

Let's put them up on the board in that order and here they are.

OK, so we were looking for UK top 40 hit singles

by members of Take That, solo singles.

Two Minute Warning was your least confident answer. You weren't sure if it was a correct name.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win £1,000, so let's see if Two Minute Warning is right

and if it is, let's see how far down the column it goes. Good luck.

Oh!

OK, we don't need that one. You've got your other two.

Two Minute Warning is not pointless or correct.

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

-What would you do with 1,000 quid?

-Probably go out tonight!

-Yeah.

-We'll get some clothes and something for your house.

-I've just bought a new house, so something for that.

We were looking for UK top 40 solo singles by members of Take That.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer which is Lazy Days.

This has to be correct and pointless.

If it is, you'll be leaving here with £1,000.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Lazy Days.

It's right.

Two Minute Warning was incorrect, but Lazy Days is correct.

If this goes all the way down to nothing, you'll be leaving here with £1,000.

Single figures... You've done it!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

You've done it. Very well done. Excellent. Very well done indeed.

-A big night out for you!

-Yeah. Well done, mate. Superb!

-Excellent.

-Who would have thought that?

-Well, many, many congratulations.

Lazy Days was a pointless answer which means you go home with £1,000. Richard?

-What about that?

-Very well done. A top ten hit for Robbie, Lazy Days.

A huge amount of his top ten hits were pointless - Misunderstood, Sexed Up, Advertising Space,

Lovelight, Something Beautiful, all of those were pointless.

Clementine, the Mark Owen hit, wasn't pointless.

It would have scored you 1 point. Lazy Days was a great answer. Let's look at more pointless answers.

Alone Without You was a Mark Owen solo single.

Antmusic was a double-A side with No Regrets, the Robbie single.

For All That You Want was Gary.

I Am What I Am was another Mark song, Makin' Out, also Mark.

Radio, a No.1 hit for Robbie, pointless as well. Well done if you got any of those at home.

Thanks once again to our winning players, Lee and Paul, who go away with today's jackpot of £1,000.

-Very well done indeed.

-APPLAUSE

Join us next time when we'll put more obscure knowledge to the test.

-It's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

-APPLAUSE

-Very well done.

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