Episode 31 Pointless

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

where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet the players.

Welcome, Fiona and Kevin. You are our first pair today. How do you two know each other?

-We live together.

-And where are you from?

-We're from Falkirk in central Scotland.

-What do you do, Kevin?

-I'm a dispatch worker in a warehouse.

-What about you, Fiona?

I work in the travel industry as a trainer.

-So you've done all the travel work and now you teach other people?

-Yeah, roughly.

-What's the furthest they've sent you?

-Florida.

-And the furthest under your own steam?

-Arizona, I think.

-Las Vegas.

-Quite a bit of North America?

-Yes.

Kevin, what would be good subjects for you?

I think I'd like some '90s rock music. Indie rock music, really.

-Of the '90s?

-Yes.

-Starting when? Which sort of bands mark the boundaries of your...?

Like sort of Oasis-type music, but more obscure than that because that won't get me far.

Fiona and Kevin, it's great to have you on the show.

-Next we welcome Steve and James. How do you two know each other?

-We've been school friends for 15 years.

Not school friends, but friends for 15 years, meeting in school.

-You're not still at school? Please tell me.

-No.

-No.

-That would be a bit weird.

-Yeah.

I can still fit into my uniform. That way, not that way.

-Where are you from, James?

-Originally from Leeds, but we're from Chepstow, both of us, now.

-What do you do, Steve?

-I work for a recruitment company in HR.

-How about you, James?

-I am a manager in a distribution company, dealing in cider distribution.

Isn't a cider distribution manager just a posh word for a barman?

Steve, what would you like to see come up?

I am a fan of WWE wrestling. I haven't seen that come up for a while, so you never know.

You never... Quite often you do know, don't you? It won't come up.

-James, how about you?

-Um, films.

A wide variety of films. My favourites are Scarface and High School Musical.

-So quite a...

-That's quite a...

-A broad spectrum.

-Anything you wouldn't like to see come up?

-Railways. Anything to do with trains.

-OK, good to be specific. And everything else is pretty good?

-Everything else is good to go.

Steve and James, it's great to have you here. Best of luck.

-Next we welcome Paul and Stephanie. How do you know each other?

-We've been married for over five years.

Very good indeed. Someone told me, apparently, I say "very good indeed" all the time.

You don't say it all the time. You say, "Tremendous." You've started saying, "Totes amaze,"

-which I think works for you.

-OK.

-Very good indeed.

-Very good indeed. Five years?

-Yeah.

-Where are you from, Paul?

-Sunny Croydon.

-What do you do in Croydon, Stephanie?

-I sell water tanks.

-The kind that people gather round and discuss last night's TV?

-No, the kind they use for sprinkler systems.

-Paul, what do you do?

-I work in operating theatres as an anaesthetic assistant.

-Wow!

-Not for the queasy?

-It's OK.

-Very, very good indeed. Anatomy will be very good for you.

-No, no.

-Really?

-No.

-Really?

-OK, yeah.

-You're going to be quite good on that.

Your basic medical stuff, you'll be quite good on that?

Not as much as German football which is more my thing.

-Are you part German, Paul?

-No, no, no. I'm just an enthusiast.

-You just like to see football played well?

-Yeah.

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

-It's quite specific.

-Dystopic science fiction.

-Dystopic?

-Yeah.

-As opposed to utopic?

-Yes.

-Utopian?

-Yes.

-Wow! OK.

Paul and Stephanie, lovely to have you here. Very best of luck.

Finally, we've got Liz and Karl. How do you two know each other?

-This is my mama and we're both from Hampshire, well, Southampton in Hampshire.

-Very good.

-Liz, what do you do?

-I'm blissfully retired now.

-Lovely.

-What do you like doing with your retirement?

-Not a lot, but I like gardening and I love cooking.

-What would you like to see come up?

-Something to do with food. I like food.

-As you can see.

-And gardening. What do you mean, "As you can see?"

-Karl, what do you do?

-I'm a community co-ordinator at a school

so we make use of the school facilities outside of school time.

Liz and Karl, it's lovely to have you on the show. We'll find out more about all of you during the show.

There's only one person left to introduce. His brain is thronging with facts. Let's unleash a few.

-He's my pointless friend. He's Richard.

-Hiya.

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-Hello.

So four new pairs again. We've had a little run of that recently. Very difficult to predict who will win.

I like Round 2 today. We've covered a lot of things in Pointless.

Round 2 is a new subject for us. I'm not sure we've seen that before.

-And anyone who wanted films, like James, Round 1 is rather good.

-Thank you, Richard.

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

but we want the obscure answers they didn'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 gave.

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

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

Today's jackpot starts off at £10,500.

APPLAUSE

Right, let's play Pointless.

In this round, each of you gives 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 if you can.

Our first category this afternoon is...

Actors. Decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second.

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

Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Robert Redford films as they could. Richard?

Yes, slightly different criteria. We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release

for which Robert Redford has received a credit as an actor or director up to the start of 2012.

As always, no TV films or short films, but voice performances count.

-So, actor or director or both.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

Now then, Fiona and Kevin, you all drew lots before the show and today, you are going first.

So, Fiona, Robert Redford films, a nice obscure one.

Any film might be nice that's right,

so I'm going to have a stab at King Of Tides.

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

Bad luck, Fiona. That's an incorrect answer, so you score 100 points. I'm sorry. Richard?

-Sorry. I don't think there is a King Of Tides. There's a Prince Of Tides, which is Nick Nolte.

-Thank you.

-Steve?

-I know that James is going to be looking right over my shoulder probably want to poke me, hit me.

He's the film buff. I'm not. I'm going to have to do the same thing and have a wild stab in the dark.

I'm going to say Prince Of Persia.

Prince Of Persia, says Steve.

Let's see if that's correct and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Prince Of Persia.

No.

Are we going to keep up this royal thing all the way through?

The criteria is different to normal, but it's not "name a film with Prince in the title".

I hope Robert Redford's not over here and watching.

Stuck in his hotel room, thinking, "I'll watch some of that famously good English TV."

He's on his way to Heathrow, as we speak. This had better be good, Stephanie.

-Come on, Stephanie.

-I'm really sorry. I can't even think who he is.

LAUGHTER

I think he might be maybe more of a classic actor, so I'm going to go for The Seven Samurai.

LAUGHTER

Seven Samurai - let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our people said The Seven Samurai.

I'm afraid, Stephanie, that scores you 100 points because it's an incorrect answer.

Everything is going so well, isn't it(?)

-On the plus side, it didn't have the word "prince" in the title, so that's something.

-Karl, please.

I was going to say, "Let's have an obscure Robert Redford film." Let's just have a Robert Redford film!

You say that, but it would be a sham not to make it a full house because I don't know anything by him either.

I'm going to say...

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.

LAUGHTER

OK, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said that.

No!

-Shocking(!)

-I'm afraid you also score 100 points.

It's an incorrect answer. I don't know about the good and the ugly, but that's just bad!

Wow! Well, we're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at the scores!

LAUGHTER

Well, let me just say this. It's neck and neck!

Blimey, OK! You all know what you have to do.

All we want is a correct answer. We'll be here for ever!

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, we are looking for Robert Redford films. Liz...

-Thank goodness for you!

-I think I could cheer you up.

The Sting.

The Sting! Lovely. You're all joint high and low scorers, so there's no red line for you.

You just have to hope this goes down as low as it can. The Sting, is it right, how many people said it?

It's correct!

19. Very well done, Liz.

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It scores 19.

Moreover, it's a correct answer. It takes your total up to 119.

-Richard?

-We salute you, Liz.

-Thank you.

-The good news is Robert Redford now wants to marry you.

-The good news is I'll accept.

-No kidding(!) From 1973.

-Won the Best Picture Oscar in 1973 and Robert Redford nominated for an Oscar as well.

-Excellent.

Paul, the high scorers are now Liz and Karl on 119. You are on 100.

If you score 18 or less, you are through to the next round. Tell me you know who Robert Redford is!

I have heard of Robert Redford. I'm aware he works in the film industry.

If he hasn't made a movie called Stakeout, he should. That's what I'm going for - Stakeout

OK, we're looking for Robert Redford films. Paul says Stakeout. There's your red line.

If you get below that red line with Stakeout...

well done, you!

LAUGHTER

Stakeout, is it right, how many people said it?

Bad luck, Paul. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. That takes your total up to 200. Richard?

It's a shame because Prince Of Stakeouts is a Robert Redford film!

LAUGHTER

James, the high scorers on 200 are Paul and Stephanie.

You're on 100, which means a score of 99 or less will see you through to the next round.

-I think I know a couple of obscure ones, but I'm going to play it safe...

-No!

..and go for The Horse Whisperer.

-Here's your red line. It's quite high.

-LAUGHTER

Let's see if The Horse Whisperer is right and if it is, how many people said The Horse Whisperer.

It's right and you are through to the next round.

19.

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Very well done indeed. That takes your total up to 119.

You are tied with Liz and Karl, but safely through. Richard?

He directed that and starred in it as the horse whisperer.

Kevin, the high scorers on 200 are Paul and Stephanie. You're on 100.

A score of 99 or less, into the next round.

I'm going to take a guess at something he might have been in.

I'll go for The Towering Inferno.

The Towering Inferno, says Kevin.

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

No!

-Surprise(!)

-I'm afraid that is an incorrect answer which takes your total up to 200.

-Richard?

-The Towering Inferno is the sort of film he might have been in.

-Yeah.

-It had Steve McQueen and Paul Newman both in Robert Redford-ish roles.

-It's a tie.

Our two tied pairs have to give me one answer each. The pair with the highest score is eliminated.

You can now confer. Like that's going to help(!)

WHISPERING

OK, we are looking for Robert Redford films. Kevin and Fiona, I would like you to go first.

-We're going to try for Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.

-OK, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.

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

Yes!

36.

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-36. It takes your total up to 236.

Paul and Stephanie...

We thought of going for Seabiscuit on the horses theme,

but if a western is a correct answer shall we go for The Magnificent Seven?

No, I did a "Seven" one, so I think we shouldn't do that.

OK. Let's go for Seabiscuit.

Seabiscuit, says Paul. Let's see if Seabiscuit is right.

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

No! Bad luck, bad luck.

Paul and Stephanie, that is another incorrect answer which takes your total up to 300.

LAUGHTER

-Is there a club for that?

-There is now.

He's been in all sorts of films -

Indecent Proposal, Great Gatsby, A River Runs Through It, Out Of Africa, Spy Game.

Let's take a look at some of the pointless ones.

An Unfinished Life, Downhill Racer about a, um...downhill racer!

Inside Daisy Clover. Downhill ski racer, I should have said.

Quiz Show, which he directed, The Legend Of Bagger Vance with Will Smith and Matt Damon.

The Milagro Beanfield War, The Natural, which is a wonderful film, Up Close & Personal as well.

The highest scorer of all was Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.

Thanks. At the end of Round 1, the losing pair with the highest score, Paul and Stephanie.

-If you're going to lose, you might as well lose in style.

-Style?

-LAUGHTER

We won't have Robert Redford next time, but, Paul and Stephanie, we will have you next time.

I'm sure we'll see much more of you then. Thanks for playing.

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

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

Our category for Round 2 is...

Historical Sites. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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

It's the first time we've had a question like this, according to Mr Osman. Let's see what it concerns.

We'll give you six clues on each pass to the name of an historic prison.

Give us an obscure answer, you'll score fewer points. Give us an incorrect answer, 100 points.

-12 prisons in all to guess at home.

-Thank you very much.

Here come our six clues to historic prisons.

I'll read those all one more time.

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

-Now then, Kevin...

-I should know the German prisoner-of-war camp.

Right, I'm going for that one. Is it something like Kadowitz?

Kadowitz, says Kevin.

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

No.

Bad luck, Kevin. That's an incorrect answer, so you score 100 points. Richard?

Another 100. The good news is, though, Kadowitz is a Robert Redford film(!)

-James, prisons?

-There's one that jumps out that I think I've got a slight inkling, so I'll go for that.

Nelson Mandela, Cook Island?

Cook Island...

OK, Cook Island, says James.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Cook Island.

No. Bad luck.

That's another 100 points.

Liz, you're the last person to have this board. You can fill in the gaps if you like!

I think I know a few of them.

I presume the German prisoner-of-war is Colditz.

I should know Nelson Mandela and I can't for the life of me remember it

New York State prison, I think, is Alcatraz, and the Bastille is France

But I think I'll go for The Ballad Of Reading Gaol, the Oscar Wilde one Reading Gaol.

Reading Gaol, says Liz. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer.

Yes, it's right.

Very, very well done, Liz.

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-Not only is it right...

..it also scores you only 7 points. Very good.

Well played, Liz. Essentially, we're playing a game of "everybody gets it wrong, then Liz gets it right".

Written under the pseudonym C33, which was Cell Block 3, Landing 3, Cell 3, which was his prison number.

-Liz, you thought you had an answer to the Nelson Mandela one?

-Robben Island?

-Yes. That scored 10 points.

Very low scorer. The highest answer on the board is the bottom one.

Liz, you're right, the Bastille.

It would have scored you 28.

-You were wrong about New York State prison. That is Sing Sing.

-Yes.

-It would have scored 5.

The German POW camp, Kevin, it's not Kadowitz, it's Colditz.

Would have scored you 11. Tough luck. And Johnny Cash made his first prison album at Folsom Prison.

12 points. Very well done if you got all of those. Very well done if you got one of them!

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

Liz and Karl...

A lovely correct answer there scoring you only seven.

And then we go up to 100 to James and Steve and Kevin and Fiona.

So, Steve and Fiona, let's hope you know your historic prisons or we'll have another tie!

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

We're going to put six more clues on the board. And here we go.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one more time.

There we are. We are looking for the historic prisons described there and you want the one

that the fewest people knew.

Karl, you're the low scorers on seven. The high scorers are on 100.

A score of 92 or less will see you through to the next round.

There's a few I know,

but I'm going to go with...

the one about Rudolf Hess, which I believe is Spandau prison.

Very good indeed. Spandau says Karl. Here's your red line coming in.

Lovely and high. Get below that and you're through.

Is it right? How many said Spandau?

Quite right, and you are through.

Very, very well done indeed, Karl. That's a great answer. Lovely low score of 9 takes your total to 16.

-Richard?

-Very well played. On the outskirts of Berlin.

Rudolf Hess was its last prisoner for over 20 years, 1966 to 1987.

Very good. Now then, Steve, you're the joint high scorers on 100.

We need a nice low score because it's between you and Fiona.

Em, it's going to have to be a guess, I'm afraid.

I will guess at "also known as The Rock in San Francisco Bay" and I'll go with Alcatraz.

OK, Alcatraz for The Rock.

There's no red line for you. Let's see if Alcatraz is right and how many people said it.

Yes, it's right!

-56.

-OK.

Not bad. That takes your total up to 156.

-Richard?

-A correct answer, Steve. There's a film called The Rock.

-Al Capone was there for 4½ years.

-OK.

Now then, Fiona, the high scorers are Steve and James on 156. You are on 100.

A score of 55 or less sees you into the Head to Head. Come on, Fiona.

I would love to fill in this whole board. However, that's not going to happen.

I think Anne Boleyn may have been executed in the Tower of London.

-You're saying the Tower of London.

-Yeah.

-OK. Tower of London. Here's your red line.

Below that, you're in the Head to Head. Is it right? How many people said the Tower of London?

It is right.

And you are through to the next round. 25! Well done!

25 takes your total up to 125.

The last person to be executed at the Tower, do you know the year?

-Shall I tell you?

-Go on.

-1941.

-What?!

-Yeah, 1941. A German spy called Josef Jakobs.

-The City of London prison pulled down in 1902? Any ideas?

-Newgate?

-Absolutely right.

Parts of the Old Bailey are on the site. 5 points.

The former leper colony in French Guiana? Where Papillon is set.

-Devil's Island.

-Absolutely right. 4 points.

-And outlaw Ned Kelly executed there in 1880?

-Old Melbourne prison.

Absolutely right. One point. Very well done if you got all 12.

-Thank you, Richard. So the losing pair with the highest score, it's Steve and James.

-Yeah.

-What can you say?

-I can say we've not seen you at your best.

-I don't think so, no.

-No.

-Next time we're going to see a lot better from you.

-Definitely.

-I think so, yes. Please.

Great to have you on the show. Thanks so much for playing.

But for the remaining two pairs things get even more exciting as we enter the Head to Head.

Congratulations, Liz and Karl, Fiona and Kevin. You are one round from the final

and a chance to play for that jackpot, which currently stands at £10,500.

Now only one pair can play for that money, so you are now going to go head to head

on the best of three questions. The first pair to win two will play for the jackpot.

You're now, of course, allowed to confer. Let's play the Head to Head.

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

-BBC Overseas Sports Personalities of the Year. Richard?

-We're going to show you five pictures

-of recipients of the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year. Can you name the most obscure?

-Thanks.

Let's reveal our five BBC Overseas Sports Personalities of the Year.

OK, there are our five BBC Overseas Sports Personalities of the Year.

Liz and Karl, you've played best and so you get to go first.

-Go on, then.

-OK, we have an answer.

-We're going to go with E, Marina Hingis.

E, Martina Hingis.

E, Martina Hingis. Fiona and Kevin, you can do all your thinking out loud now.

We have got an idea who D is, but not confident.

We know who A and B are, so it's a toss up between the two. And will we go with the golfer?

-Yeah.

-We'll go with B, Seve Ballesteros.

Seve Ballesteros. OK, we have Martina Hingis and Seve Ballesteros.

Liz and Karl, you have said E, Martina Hingis. Let's see if that's right and how many people said

Martina Hingis.

Absolutely right.

Oh, very, very well done. Down to single figures.

Nine for Martina Hingis.

And Fiona and Kevin have said B is Seve Ballesteros.

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

Nine is the score you have to beat to win this question.

It's right.

37.

-So after one question Liz and Karl are up one-nil. Richard?

-Let's look at the answers.

Only one would have beaten Martina Hingis. It's not A, Shane Warne. He would have scored you 42 points.

The late, great Seve Ballesteros, 37. Now C, some people at home will have got this. Only one point.

One of the greatest figure skaters of all time. The American Donald Jackson. He won in 1962.

And D is Olga Korbut. Olga Korbut,

who won three gold medals in the 1972 Olympics. 17 points.

-Very well done if you got all five.

-Thank you very much indeed.

Here comes your second question. Fiona and Kevin, you have to win this to stay in the game.

Here it comes. It concerns... bones of the human body.

Bones of the human body. Richard?

We're going to show you five names of bones, all in anagram form.

Can you work them out and give the most obscure answer?

OK, thanks, Richard, so let's reveal our five anagrams of human body bones. Here we go.

-We have got...

-HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one more time.

There are your anagrams of bones. Fiona and Kevin,

you go first.

-We're going to go for the All Emus.

-Yep.

-We think that's the malleus.

-The malleus.

Liz and Karl...

-Sternum might be.

-OK.

Yeah, OK.

We'll go for Men Rust and sternum.

Men Rust is sternum, say Liz and Karl. We have malleus and sternum.

Fiona and Kevin have said All Emus is malleus. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.

It's right.

Oh, it's a good score.

One! Very, very well done, Fiona and Kevin.

One for malleus. Liz and Karl have said Men Rust is sternum.

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

It's right.

24.

24, which means after two questions you are one-all. Richard?

Malleus is the best answer on the board. Let's see these.

Luna is ulna. That's the simplest one and would have scored 51.

-Ambled In. Do you know that?

-Mandible.

-Yeah, the lower jaw.

That would have scored 2 points. And Sure Hum?

-It's a big score, but I found it hard to work out. The humerus.

-Oh, of course.

Which would have scored you 46. Well done if you got all five.

Thank you, Richard. Here comes your third question. Whoever wins it will go through to the final

and play for that massive jackpot. Good luck. Your third question concerns...William Shakespeare.

William Shakespeare, Richard?

We're going to give you five clues to facts about William Shakespeare. Which of these is the most obscure?

OK, let's reveal our five clues to facts about William Shakespeare.

-And we have got...

-HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one more time.

So there we are. Five clues to facts about Shakespeare.

Liz and Karl, you go first again this time.

OK, then.

We're going for the woman he married.

-I'm going to go for Anne Hathaway.

-Anne Hathaway, say Liz and Karl, for the woman he married.

-Fiona and Kevin, you can think out loud.

-We've got an idea of the town and the actor who played him.

-Which one do you want to go for?

-Town.

-We'll go for the town

-and say Stratford upon Avon.

-Stratford upon Avon. OK, so we have two answers there.

Liz and Karl have said Anne Hathaway is the name of the woman he married in 1582.

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

It's right.

27.

27. Fiona and Kevin have said Stratford upon Avon is the town where he was born. Is that right?

It's right.

So 27 is what you have to beat.

Oh! 28!

Wow!

Very, very close indeed, but Liz and Karl pip you there with 27,

-which means Liz and Karl are through to the final, 2-1. Richard?

-Kevin, the actor would have won.

-Who did you think it was?

-Colin Farrell?

-Not Colin Farrell. Yeah, it's Joseph Fiennes.

That won the Best Picture Oscar. Three points.

The furniture left to his wife in his will. It's quite famous - his second-best bed.

We'd have taken bed. 17 points. And the mother's maiden name?

-Arden.

-That's the best answer. Two points. Very well done.

Very well done if you got 15 across those three.

Thank you, Richard. So the losing pair I'm afraid is Fiona and Kevin.

It's been quite a bumpy ride, I think we can say. But you gave a good account and malleus...!

All is forgiven from the first two rounds for malleus. Lovely answer.

Very well done indeed. We will see you again next time.

And I'm sure we'll see you in the Head to Head and beyond.

Thank you very much for playing, Fiona and Kevin!

But for Liz and Karl it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Liz and Karl. You have fought off all competition to win the coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and the jackpot stands at £10,500.

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

We haven't had any on the show. We've hardly had any right answers!

One pointless answer now and you go home with that £10,500.

First, you choose a category from these five options. They are...

HE READS THE LIST

-What would you like?

-Shall we go...boxing?

-Em...

-Give it a go.

-All right. We'll have a bash at boxing.

OK. That's the spirit!

Let's find out your question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many boxers fought professionally by Frank Bruno

as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for the name of any professional boxer who fought Frank Bruno

from the start of his career in 1982 through to his last fight in 1996.

-We need first names and surnames, please.

-OK.

You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers. All you need to win that £10,500

-is for one answer to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yes!

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Mike Tyson. That's a bit obvious. I'm trying to think of boxers from that time.

-Manny Pacquiao?

-No.

Buster Douglas was around at that time. He fought Tyson. I don't know if he fought Bruno.

-Who else was around?

-Em... I'm just trying to think.

-Mike Tyson...

-That's one, but that's obvious.

Nigel Benn, but that was a different weight. Eubank, maybe.

-Did they fight each other?

-I'm not sure.

-No.

What else have we got?

-Em... I think there was a guy called Nigel Spinks.

-There is a Nigel Spinks.

-Or is he a footballer?

-No, no, he's...

-I'm just trying to think of heavyweight boxers from that period. I don't really know.

-10 seconds.

-So Buster Douglas.

-Yes.

-Nigel Spinks.

-Yeah.

And...

-We only have two.

-There's your time.

OK, we're looking for boxers fought professionally by Frank Bruno.

-I now need your three answers.

-We're gonna go Buster Douglas.

-Buster Douglas.

-Nigel Spinks.

-Nigel Spinks.

-And Mike Tyson.

-And Mike Tyson. Which do you think is your best crack at a pointless answer?

-Buster Douglas.

-We'll put him third.

-Not sure it's right, but if it is...

-The most obvious being Mike Tyson, so we'll put him first?

-Yeah.

-Let's put them up in that order.

OK, so we were looking for boxers fought professionally by Frank Bruno. Mike Tyson, you said, was

your least confident shot at a pointless answer. Remember, you only need to find one to win.

So how many people said Mike Tyson? Is it right?

Yep, Mike Tyson is a correct answer.

Now all it has to do is go down to zero and you will leave here... Oh!

52.

Unfortunately, not a pointless answer. You have two more shots.

What would you do with £10,500, Liz?

My younger son's car could probably do with replacing.

It sounds awful!

-Karl, what would you do?

-My girlfriend wants a summer holiday.

OK, well, very best of luck. We were looking for boxers fought professionally by Frank Bruno.

Let's hope nobody said Nigel Spinks. It has to be correct and pointless for you to win.

Let's see if it's right and how many said Nigel Spinks.

Oh! Bad luck!

-Bad luck.

-Surprise.

An incorrect answer. You only have one more chance to win the jackpot.

Everything is now riding on Buster Douglas. OK.

We're looking for boxers fought by Frank Bruno. Buster Douglas has to be right

and has to be pointless. If it's both, you will win the jackpot of £10,500. Very best of luck.

Buster Douglas. Is it pointless?

Oh, no!

Bad luck!

-We tried.

-Bad luck. Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer

so you don't win today's jackpot of £10,500,

which rolls over to the next show. But you have been fantastic and you take home the Pointless trophy.

-So, Richard...

-Unlucky. Buster Douglas never fought Bruno. He did fight Tyson, very famously.

Nigel Spinks - there's Michael Spinks, who also fought Tyson, and Leon Spinks,

who fought Ali amongst others, but Nigel Spink was the Aston Villa goalkeeper

who famously won the European Cup. Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.

Boxing aficionados will know these. Anders Eklund, that was pointless.

Chuck Gardner, Floyd "Jumbo" Cummings,

Jesse Ferguson, Juan Figueroa, his very first fight against Lupe Guerra.

Rodolfo "Delfino" Marin, Tom Stevenson, Winston Allen.

Some of the bigger names - Mike Evans, Carl Williams, Jose Ribalta, James "Quick" Tillis.

-Very well done if you got those.

-Thank you, Richard. Unfortunately, we say goodbye, Liz and Karl.

-Thank you both so much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Thanks for having us.

Unfortunately, Liz and Karl didn't win our jackpot so it rolls over

and on the next show we will be playing for £11,500.

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

-Goodbye.

-And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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