Episode 36 Pointless

Thank you very much indeed.

I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show where the lowest scorers

are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.

We welcome back Tim and Adam. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

This is your second chance. How do you know each other, Tim?

We both go to university in Glasgow.

-We're flatmates as well.

-Do you watch Pointless together?

-We do.

Is it part of your daily routine? Get up,

have your cereal...switch on.

LAUGHTER

-I wish!

-I wish!

-Yeah.

-How'd you do last time, Adam?

-All right. First round was quite good.

-We were the lowest scoring pair.

-But then, unfortunately,

-the second round didn't go brilliantly.

-US Presidents?

-Yeah.

-What are you hoping is going to come up, Adam?

-I'd quite like sport

and history.

-Tim, how about you?

-I'd love nature because I like nature watching

up in Orkney, where I'm from.

Anything sciencey, that kind of thing.

-You're both training to be vets. Anything you're dreading?

-Film.

Film, definitely film. If film comes up, we've lost straight away.

We'll see what comes up. Very best of luck to you.

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

And next, we welcome back Steve and Denise,

also on the show last time.

Another returning pair. Remind us what happened last time, Steve?

-We reached the head to heads.

-You did indeed.

Beaten by a very good couple.

Remind us how you know each other.

Well, we're partners and we've been together for 26 years.

And where are you from?

Brentwood in Essex.

Now Steve, what would be brilliant for you today?

-Films, movies.

-Films.

-Yes.

Denise, what would be great for you?

Food and drink. I quite like cooking.

I also quite like animals, nature, so that would be quite good, maybe.

-OK, anything you'd hate to see?

-History.

-History.

Well, it's great to have you back. Very best of luck this afternoon.

And next welcome Ray and Marion. Now how do you two know each other?

-We met at amateur operatics, that old cliche.

-No amateur dramatics,

amateur operatics is a nice, novel new spin on that.

I was on the stage and he walked in the hall

and I said, "I want a piece of that."

LAUGHTER

-And the rest is history. That was...

-Doomed.

Did she get a piece of that, Ray?

Eventually, yes. During Carousel.

-That was 25 years ago.

-During Carousel?!

He had to carry me off and we rehearsed it quite a lot.

What do you do when you're not doing your operatics, Ray?

-I'm an artist in burnt clay.

-OK.

LAUGHTER

I'm guessing there's an explanation for that.

Most people know me as a bricklayer.

I see, OK. I'll give you both of those, yes.

What are you working on now, what's your next opera?

We're not doing anything at the moment.

We're resting. Waiting for something to turn up.

-What's been your favourite role to date?

-Guys and Dolls, best show.

Sky Masterson, I was Sky Masterson.

So, we'll have a Sky-off.

-No, you

-played

-Sky Masterson. >

You weren't him.

Do you know what? How many times are we going to have to go over this?

-You know you're not, don't you?

-No.

LAUGHTER

I'm Sky. I'm Sky Masterson.

Yes, I was Sky Masterson.

Ray and Marion, it's wonderful to have you on the show, very best of luck.

And finally, we welcome back Gill and Lorna.

You were on the show last time. Now remind us how you know each other?

We met at university. We were in the flat next door to each other.

And what happened last time, Gill?

We found out that for English students, we're not so good at words.

Particularly words ending in U-M-E.

Yes, they had you stumped.

Anyhow, we're not going to have a word round this time.

I'm assuming we're not. Assume. Hmmm...

You know what happens when you assume.

Exactly, yes. It makes an ass of you and me.

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

-Sport, probably.

-OK.

-Music and sport would be the two really bad ones.

-Who's going to be watching back at uni?

-We watch it, every Pointless,

religiously, like every single night with our flatmates,

so they'll probably be watching.

-There'll be a big crowd of you.

-We're like, obsessive.

-Someone might have a poster of Richard in their room.

-We love Richard.

LAUGHTER

There you go, Richard.

-Someone does have a poster of me in my room.

-Yes.

-It's me.

LAUGHTER

Where did you get a poster of me?

Like you did, you draw them, don't you?

Well, he was voted Weird Crush of the Year.

And he's wearing a nice crown in the picture.

-It was a nice crown, Richard.

-Thank you.

A nice bit of ermine as well.

Shall we move on and do the quiz?

Gill and Lorna, wonderful to have you back on the show, very best of luck,

please can we see more of you than we did last time.

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

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

A man so full of knowledge, he sees Google as a sign of weakness.

-It's my pointless friend, it's Richard.

-Hiya.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Well, ahoy there.

-And the same to you.

We've got three returning pairs today, which is quite fun, so we know them all quite well.

Ray and Marion joining us, but I feel we know them quite well as well now.

Maybe a tiny bit too well. But that's OK.

It should be a good show.

I was thinking Gill and Lorna will go a bit further

than they did last time but Gill said she didn't like music or sport

and then I look at the first couple of questions

and now I fear for them a tiny bit.

-That's all.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

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

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

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

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

What everyone is trying to do of course is find a pointless answer,

an answer none of our 100 people gave and each 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,

so today's jackpot starts off at a very decent £3,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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

and you cannot confer with your partner.

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

If you give me an incorrect answer, you will score the maximum of 100 points,

so try and avoid those if you can.

OK, our first category this afternoon is...

..pop music.

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

who's going to go second.

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many chart-topping girl groups since 1980 as they could.

-Richard.

-We're looking for the name of any girl group

who's had a UK number one single from January 1980

all the way through to the end of 2011.

By girl group, we mean a group of two or more members where every member is female.

So any girl group that's had a number one single

from January 1980, through to the end of 2011, please.

Tim and Adam, you all drew lots before the show

and today, you get to go first.

Girl groups since 1980.

I should imagine there are quite a few pointless answers there.

I think I'm going to go for a safer one

and hope Adam knows his girl groups.

So I'm going to go with Destiny's Child.

Destiny's Child, says Tim. Destiny's Child. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Destiny's Child.

It's right.

-24.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

24. Sounds like a reasonable score,

but we'll discover what sort of score that is as other people give their answers.

-Richard.

-Well done, Tim. They've had two UK number one hits, Destiny's Child.

-They formed when Beyonce was nine, the first Destiny's Child.

-Wow.

Denise, girls groups since 1980.

Yes. I've got a couple going in my mind, but,

-OK, Atomic Kitten.

-Atomic Kitten. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Atomic Kitten.

It's right.

-19.

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

19 for Atomic Kitten.

Well played, Denise. They've had three number one singles.

Just brilliant, Atomic Kitten.

Kerry Katona, Liz McClarnon and Natasha Hamilton.

-Liz McClarnon.

-Jenny Frost joined later.

-Jenny Frost, yes.

-Exactly.

-But, Liz McClarnon.

-Do you like Liz McClarnon?

-Yes.

You've got a poster of Liz McClarnon your bedroom wall, haven't you?

I drew it myself.

Ray, chart-topping girl groups since 1980, that's what we're looking for.

Did you have Atomic Kitten ready to give?

No, I've got two in mind,

but I'm beginning to doubt myself because of the year.

I think I'm going to go with...

..Sister Sledge.

Sister Sledge.

An appreciative murmur from the audience there.

Sister Sledge, says Ray. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Sister Sledge.

It's a cracking answer, Ray.

Down it goes.

Oh, brilliant, Ray. One.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's how you do it.

One point for Sister Sledge.

That's exactly how you do it. They've only had one number one. Do you know what their number one was?

-Frankie.

-It was Frankie.

We Are Family very much their most famous song, but Frankie in 1985.

Lorna, so remember we're

looking for chart-topping girl groups since 1980.

I've got three in mind, I guess they're chart-topping.

They're probably the three most obvious answers that'll come up.

I'll have to go with Girls Aloud.

Girls Aloud.

OK, Girls Aloud, says Lorna.

Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

Ee!

Wow. 74.

APPLAUSE

74, that is high.

I knew it would be.

Well, it's correct. it's a lot better than 100.

Yes, a right answer.

They had three number ones, Girls Aloud,

you'd think they'd have more than Atomic Kitten.

-Yeah.

-Why are we talking about this?

OK, well, we're halfway through the round

so let's take a look at the scores.

Ray and Marion, look at that.

Standing apart from the crowd there with just 1.

And then we travel up to 19, where we find Denise and Steve,

then up to 24 where we find Tim and Adam

and then we trot all the way up to 74, where we find Lorna and Gill,

so Gill, please can you have a really nice obscure girl band,

maybe even a pointless one, for the next pass,

and hope that that's enough to see you through to the next round.

OK, we're going to come back down the line.

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

OK, we're looking for Chart-Topping Girl Groups Since 1980

and Gill, I think you have a brilliant answer.

I've got two in mind that might be obscure but I'm not sure

if they're all-girl bands and I'm not sure if they're chart-topping.

OK, well listen, you are the high scorers on 74

so we need something quite obscure.

Take a risk and say Mis-Teeq.

You're going to say Mis-Teeq.

There's no red line for you

because you are the high scorers, so you just have to hope Mis-Teeq

goes down as far as it possibly can and obviously that it's right.

Mis-Teeq, is it right, how may people said it?

No. Bad luck, Gill.

Bad luck, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer

which means you score 100 points.

That takes your total up to an unbeatable 174, I'm sorry.

Richard.

Sorry, Gill, that's what we call a very good wrong answer.

They had two number two singles, Mis-Teeq,

Scandalous and All I Want.

Alesha Dixon was famously in them.

-Spelt the name Mis-Teeq.

-Yeah.

-Nothing wrong with that.

Nuttin' wrong with that. No.

OK, well, thank you very much indeed.

Marion, you're through, even if you score 100 points.

That's very good news.

You won't overtake Gill and Lorna's 174.

No excuse, however, Marion, you with all your opera and all.

Not quite sure why that would help with girl bands since 1980,

but it may feed into it.

Let's have a pointless answer.

The first one that popped into my head,

I don't know if they're chart-topping, was Bananarama.

If they're not chart-topping I'll eat that column.

Bananarama, is it right and if it is how many people said it?

No red line for you because you're through whatever happens.

Bananarama.

Oh.

Ooh. Knife and fork.

LAUGHTER

Oh, I shall enjoy this.

LAUGHTER

Hm.

-Isn't that amazing?

-Wow.

Unfortunately, Marion, that scores you 100 points

which takes your total up to 101,

but doesn't matter, you're through anyway, so there we are.

OK, we're looking for Chart-Topping Girl Groups Since 1980.

Steve, whatever you score you're still through to the next round.

I seem to remember one called B*Witched. Four young ladies.

Oh, in jeans.

OK.

B*Witched, let's see if that's right

and if it is, how many people said it.

B*Witched.

It's right.

8. That's a great answer.

8 for B*Witched takes your total up to 27. Richard.

Good answer, Steve, they had four number-one singles.

Wow.

How about that?

C'est La Vie, the first one, went straight in at number one.

Two of them are Shane Lynch's sisters, twin sisters.

Adam, you're through to the next round, it doesn't matter what you score.

So I'm going to go for something and I think they chart-topped with

their first single so I'm going for The Cheeky Girls.

If ever there was a pointless girl group, surely this is it.

LAUGHTER

The Cheeky Girls, let's see, is it right?

How many people said The Cheeky Girls?

Oh no.

I was convinced that was 250 quid straight into the jackpot

but evidently not.

There's some justice, they didn't get to the top of the charts.

Oh well, there we are, never mind, that scores you 100 points,

takes your total up to 124, but who cares,

you're still through to the next round. Richard.

Very good attempt, Adam,

to get a pointless answer, which is what this is all about.

They had a number two,

the Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum), it got to number two.

Yeah. I've got one. Las Ketchup.

Is a pointless answer!

APPLAUSE

The Ketchup Song from 2002.

-That was a truly dreadful song.

-I quite liked it. It was catchy.

-Yes, definitely catchy.

-Any others?

-Mel and Kim.

Pointless answer.

Number one with Respect in 1987.

-There's only one other pointless answer.

-Wow!

-Let's take a look.

-And the third one is T.A.T.U. -

All The Things She Said. The Russian band.

I quite like that.

These are the ones most of our 100 people said.

The most obvious answers.

Sugababes with 24.

There's been an awful lot of members of Sugababes over the years.

Sugababes was a replacement for the YTS scheme!

LAUGHTER

They were third, second Girls Aloud, we've already heard, 74

and the Spice Girls, 93.

-It's a big old score.

-It sure is. Thanks, Richard.

At the end of the first round the losing pair with the highest score,

Gill and Lorna, it's you again.

We did say we weren't good at music!

-Music and sport, the two things you didn't want.

-Oh, well.

It's been lovely having you on the show. I'm sorry we haven't seen much much more of you.

We've given you bad categories, I'm afraid.

-Yeah, that's the reason(!)

-That's Pointless, I'm afraid.

A real shame, thank you so much for playing. Lovely to have you.

APPLAUSE

But for the remaining pairs, it's time for round two.

Obviously there's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head.

One of the teams will have to leave at the end of this round.

Our category for round two is Sporting Greats.

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second.

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

OK, our round two question concerns Sporting Knights and Dames. Richard.

We'll give you six clues to people from the world of sport

who've received either a knighthood or damehood.

If you give us a nice obscure answer, you score fewer points,

if you give us an incorrect answer, It'll be 100 points.

12 clues in all, 12 sporting personalities to guess at home.

So, the sporting knights or dames described by these clues.

We've got:

I will read those all one last time:

There we are. Sporting Knights and Dames.

Six clues, six answers to be found.

Tim, you'll want the fewest of our 100 people knew. What will you say?

Well, sport isn't a strong point of mine.

I think I know one and possible with another

but I'll go with the one I think I know. I hope Adam, who's good at sport, can recover it.

I'm going for won three cycling golds at the 2008 Olympics,

Chris Hoy.

Chris Hoy, Sir Chris Hoy.

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

It's good.

10!

That's a good enough answer, Tim. 10 for Chris Hoy.

Yes, Sir Chris Hoy, that's a very low score for Sir Chris.

Won three Olympic golds, the most won by any Briton since 1908 when Henry Taylor did the same.

-An incredible achievement.

-Very good, Denise.

How are you feeling about this board?

I think I know two, but the one I'm going for, cos I'm sure

about this one, nicknames include Beefy and Guy Gorilla is Ian Botham.

Ian Botham you're saying, his nicknames include Beefy

and Guy the Gorilla.

Let's see, Sir Ian Botham. And if so, how many knew the answer.

Yep, it's right.

34.

It's absolutely right, quite a high score.

Had an extraordinary cricketing career for England

but knighted for services to charity rather than cricket.

Ray, you're the last to have this board.

You can talk us through it and fill in any of the answers you know and submit your favourite.

There's only two I think are OK.

The rowing gold I think is Steve Redgrave

but I think that will be higher than 34.

So, I might take a chance on the Flying Scot and say Jackie Stewart.

OK, Jackie Stewart for the Flying Scot.

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

Jackie Stewart.

It's right!

Very well done, eight points for Jackie Stewart.

Richard.

Ray's good. First Sister Sledge and now Sir Jackie Stewart.

That's breadth of knowledge! Let's look at the other answers.

You're quite right, it was Sir Steve Redgrave won rowing gold, a low score, 29 points.

The 2004 Olympic 800 and 1500 metres champion only scores 13 points.

-Dame Kelly Holmes.

-Only 13 points.

Extraordinary.

And the 2003 England World Cup England manager, seven points if you said Sir Clive Woodward.

-Very well done if you went through the board.

-Let's look at the scores.

Eight, lovely low score once again from Ray which puts

Ray and Marion in a good position.

Then, 10 for Tim and Adam, another lovely low score.

Up quite a bit to 34, still a low score,

but you're substantially ahead of the others.

Steve, we'll need a good answer from you

if you're to make it through to the head-to-head.

We'll come back down the line, can a second players please take their places at the podium?

We'll put six more clues on the board and here they come.

I will read those all one more time.

Remember, we're looking for the names of these knights or dames described by these clues.

Obviously, Marion, you're looking for the one the fewest people knew.

How does that board look to you?

Absolutely terrible!

You're the lowest scorers on eight and the high scorers

are Steve and Denise which means a score

of 25 or less at this stage will see you through to the next round.

-Do you know any of them?

-Yes, but the ones I know will be lots of points.

Sir Henry Cooper, he knocked Cassius Clay down in 1963.

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

There's your red line, nice and low. Below that, you're through to the next round.

Sir Henry Cooper.

It's right!

Oh! Very, very nearly.

28 takes your total up to 36.

-Richard.

-Yes, Cassius Clay, later Muhammad Ali, floored him

with a left hook that travelled 5.5 inches at 30 miles per hour

delivering a force of 60 times greater than gravity.

It's not bad.

-They called it, 'Enry's 'Ammer.

-'Enry's 'Ammer?

-Yeah.

Steve.

You're on 34, the high scorers are Marion and Ray on 36.

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

How does the board looked to you?

I know two definites, one will be fairly high.

I'm going to choose ran the first recorded sub-four minute mile

as Sir Roger Bannister.

Sir Roger Bannister, you're saying for the runner of the first sub-four minute mile.

Here comes your red line.

It will be quite hard to distinguish from the floor!

But there it is, I promise. OK, Roger Bannister. Is that right and if it is,

how many people said it?

It's right!

Good, 22.

I wonder if it's good enough.

That takes your total to 56, Steve.

A surprisingly low score for one of the greatest achievements

-in sporting history. At Iffley Road running track in 1954.

-Thank you.

Adam, Tim did say you had a drum roll, Adam knows his sport.

I am looking forward to an amazing score!

When your mind goes blank, it's not great.

Talk as through the board and do your thinking out loud.

Definitely don't know the 1972 pentathlon champion.

The sailor who won the damehood I should know but can't remember.

I have an idea for the horse trainer and I think it could be Henry Cecil.

But, as I am not totally sure, I am going for one I definitely know

and Manchester United manager, which is Sir Alex Ferguson.

-But I think that will be quite high.

-OK, Tim looking to the heavens!

Here's your red line. It's not quite as high as you might like.

Sir Alex Ferguson, let see if it's right and how many people said it.

It's right!

You've done it!

41 takes your total to 51.

Very well done. That was exciting.

One of the most successful managers in British footballing history.

He was sacked in 1978 by St Mirren for unpardonable swearing at a lady.

Good for St Mirren. Ill-judged but... Good for them!

Funnily enough, if you'd said Sir Henry Cecil it would have been

a brilliant answer scoring one point.

The best answer on the board.

-The sailor who received a damehood.

-Ellen MacArthur.

-12 points.

And another low scorer, 1972 Olympic pentathlon champion Dame Mary Peters.

-That would have scored four points.

-Thank you, Richard.

At the end of Round Two the losing pair with the highest score

is Steve and Denise.

But I think you were nearly thrown a lifeline.

Sir Alex Ferguson might have brought you back into the game. But Adam got through and you don't.

But it's been great having you on the show.

I'm afraid this is where we say goodbye.

Steve and Denise, thank you for playing.

For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even

more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Ray and Marion, Tim and Adam.

You're only one round away from the final and chance

to play for the jackpot which currently stands at £3,000.

APPLAUSE

Obviously, only one pair can play for that money

and to decide which pair you'll go head-to-head on the best

of three questions so the first pair to win two questions will be

playing for the jackpot, you're now allowed to confer.

Well, it's our two operatical stars versus our veterinary students.

Very, very hard to call this. You've both played well so far.

Ray and Marion just getting in as the lower scorers of the pair.

But it will be an evenly matched third round.

Let's play head-to-head!

Here comes your first question and it concerns Impressionists. Richard.

Yes, we'll show you five pictures of TV impressionists,

can you tell us which of these is the most obscure?

Thank you, let's reveal the five impressionists and here they are.

OK, there are your five impressionists.

Ray and Marion, you've played best so far so you pick first.

I think we'll go with C, Faith Brown.

Faith Brown, C. Faith Brown.

Tim and Adam, it's all yours.

-You can talk through all the board if you like.

-We only know one!

But we'll go for the one we know, we reckon D, is Rory Bremner.

D, Rory Bremner. Ray and Marion have said C is Faith Brown.

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

It's right!

Very well done, 26.

26 for Faith Brown. Tim and Adam have gone for Rory Bremner, D.

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

It's right. 26 if the score to beat to win the question.

55.

Unsurprising, I think. Ray and Marion.

You're ahead, 1 to 0 after one question.

Rory Bremner was the biggest score on that board.

There are two answers beating Faith Brown.

One is A, Debra Stephenson from The Impression Show with Culshaw and Stevenson.

She'd have scored you 14. B is Alistair McGowan who scored 29.

Faith Brown and Rory Bremner and E, Phil Cornwell.

From Dead Ringers and Stella Street among many other things.

One point for him, very well done if you said that.

Thank you, Richard. Here comes your second question.

And it concerns Australia. Richard.

For this question, five clues about facts about Australia. Which of these is the most obscure?

Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Australia

and here they come. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

OK, there we are. Now this time, Tim and Adam, you go first.

Yeah, OK.

Remember, Tim and Adam, you need to win this point to stay in the game.

So, I think we're going to go...

We know two, one of which I think is going to be quite high.

The other one we'll go for,

we'll go for the island state being Tasmania.

Tasmania, Tim and Adam say,

for the island state. Tasmania.

Ray and Marion, talk us through the board.

Well, there's only one we know

other than the island state

and that's the national capital - we hope we know it,

and that's Canberra.

Canberra.

Canberra, the national capital.

So we have Tasmania

and we have Canberra.

Tim and Adam named the island state as Tasmania.

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

Good luck. You need to win this question, remember.

It's right.

46.

APPLAUSE

Is that going to do it for you, do you think? It's quite high,

-isn't it?

-Yeah, it is quite high.

Yeah, I was thinking it might go a bit lower.

Ray and Marion said the national capital is Canberra.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is,

let's see how many people said it.

46 is what you need to beat...

Oh! 72.

APPLAUSE

72. Well done, Tim and Adam.

That was what you had to do. It means after two questions,

you are one-all. Richard.

Big advantage to Tim and Adam, going first.

You both knew those two and none of the others. Let's go through them.

The national anthem since 1984

is Advance Australia Fair. That would've scored you ten points.

At the bottom, the constellation on the national flag

is the Southern Cross. That would have scored you 13.

The best answer, which appeared on Pointless before in various guises,

the first female prime minister,

Julia Gillard,

would have scored you six points.

Very well done if you got all five of those.

Thank you, Richard. Here comes your third question, the decider.

Whoever wins this goes into the final to play for the jackpot.

Here it comes. It concerns...

Greek and Roman Gods.

-Richard.

-Yeah, the Greeks and Romans often had different gods

for the same thing. We're going to show you five pairs of gods,

one Greek, one Roman. The gods are the same thing.

But we're only giving you the first and last letters of each.

Can you name both of the gods, please?

Good question. Right, let's reveal our Greek and Roman gods.

The names on the left are Roman,

the names on the right are Greek.

I'll read them all one more time.

Ray and Marion, it's you to go first again.

I think we're going to go

with the top one.

Neptune and Poseidon.

Neptune and Poseidon,

say Ray and Marion.

Tim and Adam, talk us through the board, if you like.

OK, I know them all, I think.

I think the second one is Venus and Aphrodite,

the third one's Saturn and Cronus,

the third one's Mars and Aries

and the bottom one's Jupiter and Zeus.

I think we'll go for the middle one, which is Saturn and Cronus.

Saturn and Cronus,

very, very well done, Tim and Adam.

APPLAUSE

Ray and Marion, Neptune and Poseidon. Let's see if that's right

and if so, let's see how many of our 100 people said Neptune, Poseidon.

It's right.

Lovely low score. 22!

APPLAUSE

Tim and Adam are going for Saturn and Cronus.

22 is the score you have to beat. This will decide who goes through

to the final and plays for that jackpot.

Saturn, Cronus. Is it right? How many people said it?

Yes, it is right.

Is it going to beat 22?

Yes, it is!

Oh, look at that! It's pointless!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very, very well done, Tim and Adam.

It's a pointless answer. It adds £250 to the jackpot,

takes the total up to £3,250.

It means you very deservedly win that third question

and with a score of 2-1,

you win the head-to-head.

Very well played, Tim and Adam, very exciting.

Not a lot you could do with that, is there, Ray and Marian?

Tim, do I take it that Greek and Roman gods is a subject you like?

I read a lot of Horrible Histories as a kid

and it seems to have paid off.

You did it perfectly. You took us through the board,

then chose the best answer you could have given. We've heard them all,

Venus and Aphrodite - 17,

Jupiter and Zeus, down at the bottom,

the highest scorer on the board, would have scored you 33,

and Mars and Ares would have scored you four points, the gods of war.

Very well played. Well done if you got all those at home as well.

Thank you very much, Richard.

So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Ray and Marion.

That was a really exciting head-to-head.

Exactly as it should be.

The best till last, a real needle match.

Sorry we have to say goodbye now, but we'll see you again next time and look forward to that.

Meanwhile, Ray and Marion, excellent, excellent team.

APPLAUSE

But for Tim and Adam, time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Tim and Adam. You have fought off

all the competition and won the coveted Pointless Trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £3,250.

APPLAUSE

-You made it to the second round last time.

-We did, yep.

-This time,

you've played a blinder, fantastic, some lovely low scores from you,

then a nail-biter for the head-to-head.

All you have to do

to win that money in the jackpot is find a pointless answer.

We've had only one pointless answer on the show today,

the one you just gave us, Saturn and Cronus.

You only have to find one more pointless answer and you'll go home

with that £3,250. Firstly, you've got to choose a category.

You can choose from these five options. They are...

-Definitely not celebrities.

-No.

-I think we decided not celebrities.

Definitely not.

Political history, based on our last show, is not a strong point.

-Bridges and tunnels could be OK. It depends what it is.

-Yep.

Even though I like horses, I don't know enough about jockeys

-or as many jockeys.

-We know some literary greats but not others,

-so will we go for...

-I think bridges.

-Bridges and tunnels?

-Let's go for bridges and tunnels.

-Bridges and tunnels, please.

Wow, brilliant. I hope it pays off.

I hope it will, too!

Well done. Let's find out what your question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

New York bridges and tunnels as they could.

-Richard.

-We're looking for any bridge or tunnel that has a road link

from Manhattan to any other body of land.

It can carry people or all sorts of things.

As long as it has a road link, we will accept it. Very best of luck.

Thank you, Richard.

You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that £3,250

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-OK...

-Golden Gate Bridge.

-That's San Francisco.

-Oh, is it? OK.

-That's a struggle.

Right, OK, there's a tunnel, I know there is a tunnel,

but I can't remember what it's called.

-That's helpful.

-We're going to struggle on this, I think.

-I don't know. I have no idea.

-No.

But we can make up some names of bridges. This should be fun. Um...

OK. Er...

-Can you think of anything?

-No, I can't, no.

Think of places in New York, what they might have called it after.

-Long Island.

-Long Island Bridge, yeah. Or Long Island tunnel.

-Yep.

-Um...

-Rhode Island.

-Rhode Island bridge, yeah. Might as well.

-Definitely Long Island.

Is there a Washington... Or Lincoln, is there a Lincoln Bridge?

-Could be.

-We'll try that. Lincoln Bridge.

So, Lincoln Bridge, Long Island Tunnel...

-Long Island Tunnel, Rhode Island Bridge or something?

-Yeah.

-That sounds good.

-Yeah.

-OK, you sure you're...happy?

-I think so.

-I think we're happy.

-As good as it's going to get.

-OK, well, we'll stop the clock.

Your time is now up.

We were looking for New York bridges and tunnels.

I now need your three answers.

We think there might be a Lincoln Bridge.

-And then we've got two guesses.

-Yes.

-Which is the Long Island Tunnel...

-Yeah.

-And the Rhode Island Bridge.

Of those three, which do you think

is your best shot at a pointless answer?

Probably the Lincoln Bridge

cos it's the only one that I think might be real.

LAUGHTER

OK, the Lincoln Bridge we will put last.

Which do you think is your least likely?

-Probably Rhode Island.

-Rhode Island Bridge, I think is the least likely.

-And what was your middle one?

-Long Island Tunnel.

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

Rhode Island Bridge,

Long Island Tunnel,

Lincoln Bridge.

OK, we were looking for the bridges and tunnels of New York.

Your first and least confident answer was Rhode Island Bridge.

Remember, you only need one pointless answer to win the jackpot.

Rhode Island Bridge. Is it correct,

and if it is, how many people said it? This for £3,250.

No! Bad luck!

There's no Rhode Island Bridge, I'm afraid.

-That's not a pointless answer, so only two more shots at today's jackpot.

-Fair enough.

If you won that £3,250, what would you do with it, Tim?

There's a volunteer project in Africa that I'd like to go on.

I'd also probably donate some money

to a charity event I'm helping to organise

at a vet school called the Rodeo.

Very good indeed. Very good. Adam.

I'd also donate to the same charity event as well,

cos we're both involved in it.

I'd probably also put some money away, just for general university

and then go on holiday, I think.

General university, brackets - drink.

LAUGHTER

OK, now, we are looking for New York bridges and tunnels.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer - Long Island Tunnel.

It has to be correct, it has to be pointless,

and if it's both those things, you'll win that jackpot of £3,250.

Long Island tunnel. Is it right? How many people said it?

No!

Bad luck.

Only one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything - everything - is riding on the Lincoln Bridge.

We wanted bridges and tunnels of New York.

To win that jackpot, £3,250, this has to be correct and pointless.

Lincoln Bridge.

No!

Bad luck! I'm sorry.

APPLAUSE

Tough. Really tough.

Yeah.

Unfortunately, you didn't manage

to find that all-important pointless answer,

or indeed that all-important correct answer.

You had a good crack at it. You don't win today's jackpot

of £3,250, which will roll over, but you've been superb contestants.

It's been brilliant having you on Pointless,

and you do take away our Pointless Trophy, so very well done.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

-Yeah, no Lincoln Bridge. There is a Lincoln Tunnel, though.

-Oh...

But it would have scored one point, so would've been upsetting, I think.

During your deliberations, talking about Lincoln,

you talked about Washington.

If I gave you a choice of two,

would you have gone for Washington Bridge or George Washington Bridge?

Just Washington Bridge, probably.

Both pointless answers.

Both of them. AUDIENCE GROANS

Let's look at some of other pointless answers.

145th Street Bridge, Alexander Hamilton Bridge,

Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge. All of those pointless.

George Washington, there it is. Henry Hudson, Madison Avenue.

Robert F Kennedy Bridge, Third Avenue Bridge and University Heights Bridge.

One of those where you can take a guess, and you did your best.

It was tough luck, but well done, anyone at home who got those.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye,

Tim and Adam, but it's been great having you on the show.

Thank you both so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

Sadly, Tim and Adam didn't win our jackpot today

which means it rolls over onto the next show,

when we will be paying for £4,250.

-Join us to see if someone wins it. Meanwhile, bye from Richard.

-Bye.

And it's bye from me. Goodbye.

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