Episode 37 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you very much indeed. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong,

and welcome to Pointless, the quiz show where the aim of the game

is to score as few points as you possibly can. Let's meet today's players.

Welcome, Fiona and Paul. You're our first pair on the show.

How do you two know each other?

We're married and we're bridge partners.

-Good! Which came first?

-The bridge partners.

-Really?

-Yes.

-And where are you from, Fiona?

-We're from St Albans, Hertfordshire.

-St Albans in Hertfordshire. And what do you do when you're not playing bridge?

-I'm a JP.

-Right.

-A magistrate.

-Yes, of more than 21 years' experience.

Paul, how about you? What do you do when you're not playing bridge?

I like to keep fit, and it's quite a job looking after Fiona, basically.

Being married now, my second marriage,

I have to do a lot of interesting stuff.

-I think it's, "I have to do... what I'm told."

-Yeah!

Well, listen, lovely to have you on the show. The very best of luck.

And next we welcome back Ray and Marion.

You were on the show last time - we give everyone two chances to reach the Pointless final,

this is your second chance. Remind us how you two know each other.

We met at the amateur operatic society.

The thing you need to know about Ray and Marion

is that they rehearse a lot together.

-You met rehearsing.

-On Carousel.

You became great friends, rehearsing.

And now you're together.

I had to carry her off into the woods during Carousel,

-and that was it.

-OK!

-The woods in the show, or actually, literally...?

-In the show.

OK, in the show. And remind us how you did last time, Ray and Marion?

-We got to the head-to-head.

-You did!

-Yes!

-You did very well indeed.

-Yes!

It's lovely to have you back on the show. The very best of luck

and let's hope we see you in the head-to-head and maybe even beyond.

Welcome, Steve and Gareth. How do you two know each other?

I've known Steve a couple of years. He's also my sister's boyfriend.

And where are you from, Steve?

South Wales, about halfway between Newport and Chepstow,

a little village called Rogiet.

-Called Rogiet?

-Rogiet.

-And what are you hoping's going to come up?

Sport, maybe a bit of music.

Films, I suppose.

-Quite broad in all three subjects, I would say.

-OK.

How about you, Steve?

-I'm really geeky about geography.

-Like what?

Like, I used to carry an atlas around with me, which I still have,

-when I was about five.

-To be familiar with where you are, or the world in general?

Just the world in general, and I've still got it,

-and it's falling apart.

-Very good.

I think my parents hoped that this would work on us.

We used to have a poster of, you know, of the world, flags,

kings and queens.

I LOOKED at them... I never remembered any of it.

The very best of luck to you, Steve and Gareth. Great to have you here.

And finally, we've got Mark and Bevis.

How do you two know each other?

I've been waiting years to say this, but Bevis is my pointless brother.

LAUGHTER

-So, Mark.

-Yes.

-Where are you from?

-I'm from Epsom in Surrey.

Epsom. And how about you, Bevis?

-I'm from London originally, and Torquay in Devon now.

-Right you are.

-And what do you do down there?

-I work for a social housing company.

-I'm a housing support worker.

-How about you, Mark? What do you do?

-I'm a police photographer. So I specialise in crime scenes.

-Wow!

Do you do other photography too?

I've been asked to do weddings, but sometimes I like it

when they lie down and I just draw a line round them.

-It's easier.

-Mark and Bevis, it's great to have you here.

The very, very best of luck.

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

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

The knowledge pours out of him

like water from a Harlem fire hydrant on a hot summer's day.

-My pointless friend, here he is.

-Hiya. Hello. Hiya.

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-There you go!

We've only got one returning pair today, that's Ray and Marion,

who were very good last time. They were unlucky in that head-to-head.

They're going to take some beating today. Can I ask Mark and Bevis a question?

-How old are you?

-I'm 47.

-46.

-They don't look 40.

-No, they don't at all.

-What's the secret?

-Moisturiser.

-LAUGHTER

So it's moisturiser and photographing corpses.

I knew it! I knew it. Two very different rounds -

Round One and Round Two today will take very different specialisms.

So anyone who gets through to the head-to-head will have earned it today, I think.

Thank you, Richard. All our questions are put to 100 people before the show,

but we're looking for the answers they didn't get. To stay in the game and be in

with a chance of winning our jackpot, our players need to score as few points as they can.

What everyone is trying to do is find a pointless answer - an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

And each time that happens we'll add £250 to the jackpot.

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

so today's jackpot starts off at £4,250.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Right, if everyone is 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.

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

An incorrect answer will score the maximum of 100 points,

so try and avoid those if you can.

OK, our first category is...

Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first

and who's going to go second?

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Ben Stiller films as they could. Richard.

We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release for which

Ben Stiller has received an acting credit, up to the end of 2011.

As always, no short films, TV films, documentaries

or playing himself, but voice performances do count.

OK, thank you very much. Now then, Fiona and Paul.

You all drew lots before the show and today you go first.

So Fiona, are you a fan of Ben Stiller?

-I have never even heard of Ben Stiller.

-Good-oh(!)

So this is going to be quite tricky.

Yes, I think we could be entering the 200 Club fairly quickly.

I'll just have to make a guess at the only comedy film that I know of.

"Airplane!"

-"Airplane!"

-Yes?

Have you not seen a comedy since the very early '80s?

I think I've only been to the cinema four times in the last eight years.

Paul? You heard that. Come on.

OK, Fiona is saying "Airplane!"

Let's see if "Airplane!" is right and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said "Airplane!"

-That doesn't surprise me.

-I'm very sorry. Unfortunately that's an incorrect answer, Fiona.

You score 100 points, I'm sorry. Richard.

Sorry, Fiona, from 1980, "Airplane!" But if you've never heard of Ben Stiller,

-there's a lot of good films to catch up on.

-Yeah! Ray. Have you heard of Ben Stiller?

I've heard of him, yes, but whether it's the person

I've got in mind for this film is another question.

I'm going to have to try

Night At The Museum 2.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said it.

It's right!

14.

Good answer, Ray.

And if I may say, wonderful use of the sequel there.

That's professional Pointless playing. From 2009, very well done.

-He plays a security guard, Larry Daley.

-Thank you.

Gareth, we're looking for Ben Stiller films.

Erm... I'm going to go for Tropic Thunder.

Tropic Thunder, says Gareth. Very good. Is it right and how many people said it?

It's right.

-Six!

-APPLAUSE

Very well done. That's a great answer.

-Tropic Thunder.

-Good answer, Gareth. He plays Tugg Speedman.

Robert Downey Jr got a nomination

-for Best Supporting Actor for the same film. He directed it as well, Ben Stiller.

-Mark.

Not a big fan of Ben Stiller.

But I do believe he had a voiceover role in Madagascar.

Madagascar, is it right? If it is, how many people said Madagascar?

Oh, very well done, Mark! Phew!

-Nine!

-APPLAUSE

It all paid off. A lovely low score there.

-Well done. Madagascar.

-Well done. He voices Alex the Lion. Chris Rock does a voice,

David Schwimmer, Sacha Baron Cohen does one.

We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.

The lowest score so far, Gareth.

Gareth and Steve looking particularly strong.

Then up to nine, where we find Mark and Bevis.

Up to 14, where we find Ray and Marion.

Fiona and Paul, you are a long way ahead on 100.

Paul, I'm hoping you have an obscure Ben Stiller film stashed away that might be a pointless answer.

We'll have to hope that's enough to see you through to the next round.

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

We're looking for Ben Stiller films. Bevis, you're on nine.

The high-scorers are Paul and Fiona on 100.

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

I'm going to play it safe, now Mark's done the hard work.

I'll say Dodgeball.

Dodgeball. There is your red line, nice and high.

Get below that and you're through to the next round. Dodgeball. How many people said that?

It's right and you're through.

-Seven.

-APPLAUSE

Second lowest score so far, takes your total up to 16.

-Very well done.

-Yes, safely through.

Dodgeball, A True Underdog's Story. He plays White Goodman.

-It's a good film. Have you not seen it?

-No.

-You'd love Dodgeball.

-Seen the trailer.

-Oh, you don't need to see the rest. It's like that, but longer.

Steve. Six is your score, 100 remains the high score.

Paul and Fiona on 100. 93 or less, you are through to the next round.

Hopefully, I should be OK. I'm not a massive fan.

I'm going to say Meet The Fockers.

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

Yep. And you're through.

-15.

-APPLAUSE

15 takes your total up to 21. You're through to the next round.

He plays Gaylord Focker in that film. The American censors forced the filmmakers to find a real person

in America with that surname before they allowed the title through. That's quite good, isn't it?

-Gaylord just got waved through.

-Yeah, that's fine.

He calls himself Greg in the film.

Now then, Marion. Your score is 14.

Paul and Fiona remain the high-scorers on 100.

If you can score 85 or less, you're through.

-Ben Stiller films.

-I'm just going to have to go with...

Night At The Museum.

Ray, you did something so selfless there.

I thought that was tactics, coming in with a sequel when in fact,

you were doing something absolutely brilliant.

You were laying a little clue there.

I thought the others might take it as well.

What a gent.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Night At The Museum. There's your red line.

Yep, you've done it.

-28.

-APPLAUSE

28 takes your total up to 42. Richard.

-That's teamwork, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-That's impressive.

From 2006, the original Night At The Museum, with Robin Williams amongst others.

-I haven't seen that either.

-Have you not?

-No. Children.

-When your kids get a little bit older, you've got some treats in store.

-Yeah.

It'll be payback time for about four years of not seeing any films.

-Yeah, and having to watch Peppa Pig endlessly.

-Nothing wrong with Peppa Pig, Richard.

LAUGHTER The stories are good. It's the voice work in Peppa Pig.

Nothing wrong with the voice work.

-There's a dog in it. What's the name of the dog?

-Captain Dog.

Played by somebody with a passing acquaintance with the English language.

And some sort of appalling voice defect. LAUGHTER

That was what I was trying to achieve with Captain Dog.

-Captain Dog.

-Captain Daddy Dog, yeah.

-Captain Daddy Dog.

-Yup!

-Ask the question in the voice of Captain Daddy Dog.

-No.

-LAUGHTER

-AS CAPTAIN DADDY DOG:

-Now, Paul...

-LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

-He's a sailor.

Thank you very much. Erm...Paul.

I'm afraid you are the high-scorers even before you've answered.

So in many ways it's irrelevant what you say.

You will be leaving us at the end of this round.

So a lovely opportunity for you to find an absolutely pointless

Ben Stiller film and add 250 quid to the jackpot.

-Can you do it?

-I can try There's Something About Mary.

There's Something About Mary, says Paul.

Let's see how many people said it. No red line for you, I'm afraid, as you're the high-scorers.

It's right.

-Down it goes, look at that! Ten!

-APPLAUSE

It's a great answer, Paul.

-110 is your total. Richard.

-Good answer.

It bodes well for next time we see you.

With Cameron Diaz as Mary in that film. Some good answers there.

-Some very good answers.

-And "Airplane!" LAUGHTER

There are some pointless answers. Let's take a look at some of them. Well done if you got any of these.

Anchorman, he's got a part in that, as has his dad, Jerry Stiller.

-He's also in Empire Of The Sun.

-Who knew that?!

-No-one.

-Well, there you are!

-Hot Pursuit, a pointless answer.

Next Of Kin, Reality Bites, School For Scoundrels, all of these Pointless.

The Suburbans, Your Friends And Neighbours and Zero Effect.

Well done if you got those. Let's see the most popular answers, the ones most of our 100 people said.

-Now that's a good film. Have you seen Zoolander?

-I have.

-Not a fan?

-Not so much.

-Really?

-Yeah. He's not a tremendously subtle comic actor.

Whoo! That is... That is quite something, coming from you.

LAUGHTER

If you look at something like, I don't know, Captain Daddy Dog...

A masterclass in subtlety.

Oh-aahr!

That would have scored you 17 points.

Meet The Parents with 18, the original of Meet The Fockers.

And Night At The Museum, right at the top on 28.

Thank you, Richard.

So at the end of Round One, the losing pair, I'm afraid, it's Fiona and Paul.

-Did you recognise any of those?

-I think I've vaguely heard of Night At The Museum, but nothing else, no.

-Paul, take Fiona to the cinema, for heaven's sake!

-I do!

-It's time she saw some comedies.

Anyway, I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you so soon,

but I feel sure next time we'll see a great deal more of you.

-Thanks for playing. Paul and Fiona.

-APPLAUSE

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

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

One of the teams will be leaving us at the end of this round.

Our category for Round Two is...

Decide in your pairs who's going first and who's going second.

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

So our question concerns...

European Writers. Richard.

We'll show you six works whose writers were born on the continent of Europe. Tell us who the writer is.

If you give us an obscure answer, you'll score fewer points. An incorrect answer scores 100 points.

For the purposes of this question, Russia is part of Europe.

So we're looking for the European authors of these literary works and we have got...

I'll read them all one more time.

There we are. There are our European works of fiction.

We are looking for the authors.

-Ray.

-I'm going to have to try The Iliad.

And Homer.

Homer, you're saying. Homer for The Iliad.

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

It's right.

-27.

-APPLAUSE

-Homer scores you 27. Richard.

-A safe start for Ray. Well done.

From the 8th century BC, one of the oldest existing works of Western literature.

Indeed. Now then, Steve.

We're looking for the European authors of these literary works.

-How does that board look to you?

-Horrible.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Do you know any of the ones on it?

-No.

Do you think you might have a glimmer of a clue?

I'm going to go for the French one, The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame,

and pick a French writer that I know, which is Jules Verne. I know that's wrong.

OK. Jules Verne, you are saying, for The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame.

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

Bad luck, Steve. An incorrect answer, as I think you knew.

It scores you 100 points. OK, Bevis. The board is yours.

-You can fill it in, if you like. Or talk us through it anyway.

-I'm not too sure.

The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame, I'm going for that one. I think it's Victor Hugo.

Victor Hugo, for The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame. Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

-13.

-APPLAUSE

-There's a great answer. Victor Hugo.

-Yeah, well done, Bevis.

Quasimodo's named after Quasimodo Sunday, which is the Sunday after Easter in France.

-Is it? But only in France?

-That's the day he was born.

-Ah.

Let's fill in the rest of the board, see how well you did at home.

-The Little Mermaid?

-The only one I don't know.

-A Danish writer.

Hans Christian Andersen. Would have scored you 19.

-Then Crime And Punishment.

-Dostoevsky.

-From Russia, 9 points.

-The Divine Comedy?

-Dante.

-From Italy. Would have scored you five.

-The best answer, Death In Venice?

-Thomas Mann.

-Yeah, the German writer. Four points.

-Very well done if you got all six of those.

-OK, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores. Bevis and Mark, the low-scorers.

Looking strong on 13.

Then up to 27, where we find Ray and Marion.

Then up to 100, Steve and Gareth.

Gareth, we need a brilliant low-scoring answer from you

and hope that's somehow going to be enough to see you into the next round.

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

OK, we're going to put six more literary works on the board and here they come.

We have got...

I'll read them one more time.

We're looking for the European authors of these literary works.

You're trying to find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Mark, you're on 13. The high-scorers on 100 are Gareth and Steve.

A score of 86 is all you need to get through to the head-to-head.

Yes, I'm going to have to try

and remember The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo...

is...Stephen Stieg.

Stephen Stieg, you are saying, for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

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

There is your red line. Below that, through to the next round.

Stephen Stieg, says Mark.

Bad luck. An incorrect answer, which means you score 100 points.

113 is your total. This could be good news for you, Gareth.

Sadly, it's not. I think me and Steve are going to prove our ignorance here

when it comes to literature. I can't even think of a name.

I'm going for War And Peace and I'm going for Richard Alexander.

You might notice what I've done there.

-It's quite exciting. I want to find out now.

-LAUGHTER

Richard Alexander. Is that right and how many people said it?

Oh, bad luck, Gareth.

That scores you 100 points

and I'm afraid takes you up to an unassailable 200.

Marion, we're looking for the European authors of these works.

I think The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is Stieg Larsson.

Stieg Larsson. There's no red line for you, for the best reason.

Even if you score 100 points, you won't overtake Gareth and Steve.

You are through whatever happens. Stieg Larsson sounds like a good answer. How many people said it?

-Ten!

-APPLAUSE

Ten takes your total up to 37. Very well done, Marion. Richard.

Well played. The late Swedish writer, Stieg Larsson.

It sold over 30 million copies, that book. Let's take a look at the rest of the board.

War And Peace, it's not Richard Alexander, but it's a hearteningly high score.

47 people knew it was Leo Tolstoy, the Russian.

The Count Of Monte Cristo?

-I think it's Alexandre Dumas.

-It is, the French writer. The Metamorphosis?

-Ovid?

-Franz Kafka.

-Oh, sorry.

-Would have scored you seven.

Born in Prague, which was then in Austro-Hungary but now is the Czech Republic.

-Remembrance Of Things Past?

-Marcel Proust.

-The Frenchman, would have scored five.

The best answer is The Unbearable Lightness Of Being.

-Another Czech writer.

-Can't remember.

-Milan Kundera.

That's the best answer - would have scored you two points.

Very well done to anyone who went through both boards.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So at the end of Round Two, the losing pair, Steve and Gareth.

This is your first time on the show. Anything you've learned from this?

-Any tips you'll bring back next time?

-Maybe we should read a bit.

-Yeah.

-Bit late for that(!)

Next time, I hope we'll see much more of you. Thanks, Gareth and Steve. Great contestants.

-APPLAUSE

-For the remaining two pairs, it's about to get even more exciting,

as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Ray and Marion, Mark and Bevis.

You are one round away from the final and a chance to play

for the jackpot, which currently stands at £4,250.

APPLAUSE

Only one pair can play for that money. To decide which pair it's going to be,

you're now going head to head on the best of three questions.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.

You're now allowed to confer. Let's play the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

Here comes your first question. And it concerns...

Royal Residences, Richard.

We're going to show you five pictures of royal residences, either official or privately owned.

Can you name the most obscure?

Thank you, Richard. Let's reveal our five royal residencies.

And here they are. We have got...

Ray and Marion, you played best throughout the show, so you go first.

Do you recognise any of them?

Is A Glamis Castle, where the Queen Mum used to stay?

We've got an answer. Whether it's right or not is another thing.

But we're going with A and Glamis Castle.

Glamis Castle, you are saying for A.

A, Glamis Castle. Mark and Bevis, you can talk out loud now.

-I was going to say maybe A was Balmoral.

-C looks more like Balmoral to me.

-For the stonework.

-We can go with that if you like.

-C, Balmoral.

OK, C, Balmoral.

Ray and Marion said Glamis for A. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many people said it.

Bad luck. That's incorrect, which means, Mark and Bevis,

you only have to be right when you say that C is Balmoral.

Is it Balmoral? How many people said it?

Yep, you've done it.

-11.

-APPLAUSE

11, which means, after one question, Mark and Bevis are ahead 1-0.

-Richard.

-A was actually the best answer on the board.

Glamis Castle was the Queen Mother's childhood home, but this was one of her holiday homes in Caithness.

It's the Castle of Mey.

It's the most northerly mainland inhabited castle.

Two points, so it would have been a brilliant answer.

B also would have won the point. It's in Norfolk. It's Sandringham.

Ten points, it would have scored you.

And the last two are the biggest scorers. D is Windsor Castle.

It would have scored you 62. And E, Buckingham Palace.

That would have scored you 83.

Here comes your second question. Ray and Marion, you need to win this second question.

Your second question concerns...

Richard.

We'll give you the names of five songs with a number in their title.

We're only giving you the initials. Can you tell us what the songs are?

Pick the most obscure.

Thank you. Songs with a number in the title. Here they come.

We've got...

I'll read those all again.

Mark and Bevis, you go first this time.

OK, we're going to go for Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Two Tribes.

Two Tribes, say Mark and Bevis. Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

Now then, Ray and Marion, we have to have a correct answer

and we have to have a winning answer.

That was the only one we knew. So we'll have to go with Sting and...

-Are you going to make it up?

-Yes.

Seven Days.

Sting and Seven Days. That's a pretty good made-up title.

Anyway, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Two Tribes, say Mark and Bevis.

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

It's right.

-29.

-APPLAUSE

29.

Ray and Marion, in what I think might be a brilliant

bit of deduction, have said Seven Days for Sting.

Let's see if that's right. This is going to be brilliant, if it's right.

It IS right!

It is right, so 29's the score to beat! And you've done it!

-APPLAUSE

-Very well done indeed! 11 for Seven Days.

Very, very well done indeed. That was exactly what you needed to do.

-You're back in the game after two questions.

-Unbelievable!

I'm trying to decipher that look on Mark and Bevis's face. Easier to decipher the look on Marion's face.

-Don't ask us to sing it!

-Let's look at the rest of the board.

29 is the highest score up there.

-Katie Melua is Nine Million Bicycles.

-Nine... Nine Million Bicycles.

Would have scored 28. The Commodores is Three Times A Lady. Would have scored you 18.

The best answer on the board, Mark Owen, Four Minute Warning.

That would have scored you eight points.

Here comes your third question.

Whoever wins this question goes through to the final and will be playing for that jackpot.

Your third question concerns...

A kind of busman's holiday for you, Mark. Richard.

For this deciding question, we're going to show you five clues to facts about blood.

Can you give us the answers and pick the most obscure? Very best of luck.

Let's reveal our five clues to facts about blood. We have got...

I'll read those all one more time.

There we are, our five facts about blood.

Now then, Ray and Marion, you go first this time.

-What helps blood to clot?

-I can't really think, but I think we'll have to go with the straw-coloured

clear liquid that carries the solid cells and go with plasma.

Plasma, say Ray and Marion,

for the straw-coloured clear liquid that carries solid cells.

-Mark and Bevis, talk us through the board.

-The first one is probably...

-We're thinking rhesus for the first one.

-The vessels that carry blood to the heart is arteries.

-They're the easy ones. And then...

-Go for rhesus.

That's going to be a more obvious one.

-I think we may as well go for it, shall we?

-Yep.

-Yeah?

-You can talk us through your answers.

-We're probably wrong and we don't want to look silly.

So we'll go for... This may be wrong as well.

I think the common name for thrombocytes which help blood to clot could be haemoglobin.

OK, you're saying haemoglobin, the common name for thrombocytes.

We have plasma and haemoglobin. Ray and Marion said plasma for the straw-coloured clear liquid.

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

It's right.

-42.

-APPLAUSE

42. Mark and Bevis have said haemoglobin is the common name

for thrombocytes, which help blood to clot.

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

Oh! Bad luck, Mark and Bevis. That's an incorrect answer.

After three questions, Ray and Marion, you are through to the final, 2-1. Richard.

APPLAUSE

Very well played, Ray and Marion.

Haemoglobin is a right answer to a different question.

It's the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.

It would have scored you 34 points.

And the thrombocytes which help blood to clot are platelets.

That would have scored 15.

You're right about RH, that stands for rhesus. That would have scored you 63 points.

And the blood vessels that carry blood to the heart,

if you'd said arteries, you'd have scored 100.

They're the veins. Arteries carry blood from the heart.

Veins would have scored 28.

Platelets being the best answer on the board.

-Well done if you got all five.

-Thank you very much indeed.

The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Mark and Bevis.

Well, you've played phenomenally well.

You seemed to be cruising it until Ray and Marion suddenly picked Seven Days out of nowhere.

We'll see you next time when I'm sure we'll see you do just as well, if not better.

-Thanks for playing. Mark and Bevis.

-APPLAUSE

But for Ray and Marion, it's time for our Pointless final.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Ray and Marion. You fought off all the competition and you won our Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at an impressive £4,250.

APPLAUSE

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

We haven't had any pointless answers. Find one now and you'll go home with the money.

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

Well... What would you fancy?

-Well...

-I think it's got to be Literature or Football Managers.

-What do you think?

-I think we'll go for Football Managers.

-Football Managers.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many FA Cup winning managers since 1970 as they could.

-Richard.

-Any manager who's guided a team to an FA Cup final victory

from 1970, all the way through to 2011.

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

All you need to win that £4,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Okey-doke.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Do you know any?

-Bob Stokoe.

-Oh, that sounds good.

-Tommy Docherty?

-OK.

-People like Alex Ferguson are going to be too obvious. Erm...

-I was thinking of Bill Nicholson, but that was the '60s. '61.

-Yeah.

-Well, Bob Stokoe is good.

-Bob Stokoe is good.

Bob Stokoe, Tommy Docherty... Can you think of...?

-Who is that Scottish one...?

-Oh, Gordon Strachan?

-Was he...?

-I know he was at Wembley.

Was he doing a Scottish team or an English team? Who's taken over...?

The Irishman that's taken over... With the glasses.

-Oh, Martin O'Neill.

-Yeah, has he won one?

-I wouldn't know.

-Shall we put him in?

-Ten seconds left.

-Martin O'Neill.

-Is Bob Stokoe very old, though?

-Well... Yeah, we'll go for him.

OK, your time is up.

We were looking for FA Cup winning managers since 1970.

-I need your three answers.

-We'll go with Bob Stokoe.

-Bob Stokoe.

-Tommy Docherty.

-Tommy Docherty.

-And Martin O'Neill.

-And Martin O'Neill.

Which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-The best one would be Bob Stokoe.

-Bob Stokoe, we'll put last.

-Your least likely?

-Tommy Docherty?

-Yeah, Tommy Docherty.

We'll put him first. Let's put them up on the board in that order and here they come.

We have got...

We were looking for FA Cup winning managers since 1970.

Tommy Docherty was your least confident answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £4,250.

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

It's right.

Oh!

APPLAUSE

Wow!

Unfortunately, not a pointless answer. By the skin of your teeth!

One person said Tommy Docherty. That's a great answer. That was your least likely punt.

That was the least likely shot at the jackpot, so it's looking very good.

-£4,250, what would you do with it, Marion?

-Oh, jewellery!

LAUGHTER

Ray, what would you do with it?

-Probably go towards a camera, but...

-Camera and jewellery.

Or a nice exotic holiday.

Very nice indeed.

Well, it's all hanging on Martin O'Neill and Bob Stokoe.

We're looking for FA Cup winning managers since 1970. Your next answer is Martin O'Neill.

This has to be right and pointless for you to win that jackpot, £4,250.

Let's see if it is right and how many people said Martin O'Neill.

Oh, bad luck. Bad luck. You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is riding on Bobby Stokoe. How did you come by this?

I just remember him running around the pitch. Ecstatic that he'd won.

-Which you might see me doing if it's a pointless answer!

-OK.

We were looking for FA Cup winning managers since 1970.

Your final answer, the answer you decided was your best shot, was Bobby Stokoe.

To win that jackpot of £4,250, it has to be pointless. Let's see.

Bob Stokoe.

It's right! It's right. Well, Tommy Docherty took you down to one.

Martin O'Neill was an incorrect answer, but Bob Stokoe, down he goes.

If this goes down to pointless, you leave here with £4,250. Oh, no!

APPLAUSE

Unfortunately, I'm afraid you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer.

You don't win today's jackpot. It will roll over onto the next show.

You have been fantastic contestants. You take home our Pointless trophy. Well done.

APPLAUSE

-Richard.

-Yeah, very unlucky. You played very well for two shows.

Bob Stokoe won for Sunderland in 1973.

He managed Sunderland and Tommy Docherty, Man United in '77.

Martin O'Neill's never won the FA Cup. He's won a couple of League Cups.

Let's take a look at all the pointless answers. Bobby Gould, who won for Wimbledon, in '88.

Dave Sexton won with Chelsea in 1970. Guus Hiddink also won with Chelsea.

Joe Royle won it with Everton in 1995. John Sillett, Coventry in 1987.

Keith Burkinshaw won it twice for Spurs, 1981 and 1982.

Terry Neil for Arsenal in '79 and Terry Venables for Spurs in '91.

-Very well done if you got any of those at home.

-Well, thank you, Richard.

We have to say goodbye to you, Ray and Marion, but it's been a pleasure having you on the show.

-Thank you for playing. Very well done.

-APPLAUSE

Ray and Marion didn't win our jackpot today.

It rolls over, which means on the next show, we will be playing for £5,250.

-APPLAUSE

-Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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