0:00:20 > 0:00:23APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless -
0:00:28 > 0:00:30the quiz show where the obvious answers mean nothing,
0:00:30 > 0:00:33and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37APPLAUSE
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Welcome, Richard and Vanessa.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42You are our first pair on the show today.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43How do you know each other?
0:00:43 > 0:00:46- We're father and daughter. - And where are you from, Vanessa?
0:00:46 > 0:00:48We're from Kingsteignton in South Devon.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Kingsteignton in South Devon.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Richard, what do you do?
0:00:52 > 0:00:55I'm a subeditor with a local newspaper.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Sports editor, actually.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59OK, so anything involving South Devon sports
0:00:59 > 0:01:02this afternoon, you are quids in.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03- Yes, yes.- Right.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06How are you on the national stuff?
0:01:06 > 0:01:08All right, unless it's Grand Prix racing.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11But I've got an expert with me on Grand Prix racing.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Vanessa, Formula 1. You're picking up the loose balls there?
0:01:13 > 0:01:15- Well, apparently! - Good luck with that.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18- So I've been told! - Yes! What do you do, Vanessa?
0:01:18 > 0:01:21I'm an accounts manager for a tree surgery company.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Very good indeed. And what you like doing when you're not doing that?
0:01:24 > 0:01:28I like horses, and I'm also into classic Minis.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29Classic Minis?
0:01:29 > 0:01:32- Into them, in the sense that..? - I've got two in the family.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33- You've got two?- Yes, we have.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Good to have you here, Richard and Vanessa.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Very best of luck.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Next, we welcome Laura and Mick.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40How do you know each other?
0:01:40 > 0:01:43She is my best friend's girlfriend.
0:01:43 > 0:01:44Your best friend's girlfriend.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Whose idea was it to come on the show, Laura?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- It was Michael's.- Ah, Michael.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Yeah, it turned from a bit of a conversation in the pub
0:01:52 > 0:01:53to actually being here.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Now you're here and you're now thinking, "What?!" Just sobered up.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Have you quizzed together before?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Erm, badly, in pub quizzes.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Yeah, just lots of Trivial Pursuit. Endless Trivial Pursuit.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Who's better at Trivial Pursuit?
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Oh, I would have to say it was me, but I think she would disagree.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10Yeah, but only because
0:02:10 > 0:02:12he's sort of memorised all the cards from playing so often.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15LAUGHTER
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Listen, I can think of worse ways to train for Pointless, to be honest!
0:02:18 > 0:02:20So, Mick, why did you pick Laura?
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Because out of everyone I know,
0:02:22 > 0:02:25she's the only person that's halfway decent at quizzing.
0:02:25 > 0:02:26AUDIENCE: Ooh!
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- Wow!- Thanks!
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- What a compliment! - THEY LAUGH
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Well, very best of luck to you, Laura and Mick.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37It's great to have you here. Next, we welcome Heather and Fiona.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40How do you two know each other?
0:02:40 > 0:02:41She's my wee sister.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- And where have you come from? - Glasgow.- From Glasgow.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- What you do, Fiona? - I'm a biomedical scientist.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50So obviously science as a general field
0:02:50 > 0:02:52is going to be very good for you today.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Anything else? Anything else you'd like to nominate?
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Crime, thrillers, fiction. Generally very good.
0:02:59 > 0:03:00Heather, what do you do?
0:03:00 > 0:03:04I work as a planner for a global drinks company.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06I'm based in a whisky bond.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07In a whisky bond?
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Where they bottle the whisky.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11That's a brilliant place to be based, isn't it?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13LAUGHTER
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Well, great to have you on the show. Very best of luck.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18And finally, we have Ming and Eric.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Ming...
0:03:20 > 0:03:24I suppose I have to ask you why you're called Ming.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27I know what the answer's going to be, I think.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Obviously from Flash Gordon. There's a similarity apparently.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32- I can't see it.- Really?
0:03:32 > 0:03:33Everybody tells me.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35You're not wearing a cape today, I spot.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- I have one, believe it or not. - I'm not surprised, strangely enough.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Now, Ming and Eric, how do you two know each other?
0:03:41 > 0:03:42Father and son.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Father and son.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46- Eric, where are you from? - I'm from Essex.- From Essex.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48- And Ming?- I've travelled down from Barnsley.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- From Barnsley, Yorkshire?- Yes.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52And what do you do, Ming?
0:03:52 > 0:03:56- I'm a retired policeman. - Eric, how about you?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Yes, I'm a retired police officer as well.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00How long were you on the force?
0:04:00 > 0:04:03I was in the force for 16 years, but before that,
0:04:03 > 0:04:04I was in the Royal Air Force for 24 years.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Right you are. Ming, how about you?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08I did 34-and-a-half years.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Four different forces, all round the country.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13What would be good for you if it came up today?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Natural history, animal world.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19If you mention football, I'm looking at him.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21OK, so, Eric, football's going to be good for you, apparently.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25Well, I like sport. I once did get football muddled up.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29I switched from football to hockey, and jumped up and headed the ball.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31- LAUGHTER - Ow!
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Oy, that's not a mistake you make twice!
0:04:34 > 0:04:36I didn't score, because I was in hospital.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39LAUGHTER
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Well, it's great having you here, Ming and Eric.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Very, very best of luck on Pointless.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48There's only one person left for me to introduce.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51He's the BBC1 record holder for the longest spin in a chair.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53He's my pointless friend. He's Richard.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Hiya!
0:04:55 > 0:04:58APPLAUSE
0:05:00 > 0:05:02But, boy, were you dizzy after that?!
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Yeah, what was that I did? 47 minutes, didn't I?
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Started at the start of the show. Still going when news started.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- Yeah.- Ugh!
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Four new pairs today.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I fear, I do fear, on question one,
0:05:15 > 0:05:17the last thing I want to do,
0:05:17 > 0:05:20genuinely, is anger Ming.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23It's the last thing I want to do. You know that. But...
0:05:23 > 0:05:25looking at the questions,
0:05:25 > 0:05:29(he might not like question one.)
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- OK. Round One's going to be tough on Ming?- Yes.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34It's not Ming-friendly, question one.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36LAUGHTER
0:05:36 > 0:05:39All our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people
0:05:39 > 0:05:42but we're looking for the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44To stay in with a chance of winning our jackpot,
0:05:44 > 0:05:45all our players need to do
0:05:45 > 0:05:48is score as few points as they possibly can.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Now what everyone is trying to do is find a pointless answer.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54That's an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04So today's jackpot starts off
0:06:04 > 0:06:05at £8,250.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07APPLAUSE
0:06:10 > 0:06:11OK, let's play Pointless.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Right, in this first round, each of you must give me one answer
0:06:19 > 0:06:21and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23The pair with the highest score
0:06:23 > 0:06:25at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28If you give me an incorrect answer,
0:06:28 > 0:06:30you'll score the maximum of 100 points.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31So please try and avoid those if you can.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34OK, the first category is...
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- LAUGHTER - Oh, Ming!
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first
0:06:41 > 0:06:43and who's going to go second?
0:06:43 > 0:06:45And whoever's going first, step up to the podium.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:06:54 > 0:07:00as many teams that failed to qualify for Euro 2012 as they could.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Teams that failed to qualify. Richard?
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Yes, I'm going to say this is as much
0:07:04 > 0:07:06a geography question as a football question.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08We're looking for any team that failed
0:07:08 > 0:07:11to qualify for the Euro 2012 championships this year.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Any team that attempted to qualify but failed,
0:07:13 > 0:07:16either in the group stages or in a play-off.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Very best of luck.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Thank you very much, Richard.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Now then, Richard and Vanessa, you all drew lots before the show
0:07:23 > 0:07:25and today you are going first. Richard?
0:07:25 > 0:07:29I shall go for Luxembourg.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Luxembourg, says Richard.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Let's see if that's right,
0:07:33 > 0:07:37and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Luxembourg.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40It's right.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Very, very well done, Richard!
0:07:48 > 0:07:51APPLAUSE
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Very good. 7 for Luxembourg. Richard?
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Well done, Richard.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56They finished bottom of Group D.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58That's the first time they've ever scored 7.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02LAUGHTER
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- Now then, Laura.- Hello. - Is this any good for you?
0:08:05 > 0:08:09No, this is an absolute nightmare! A great start(!)
0:08:09 > 0:08:12We did always say that if I didn't know the answer to the question,
0:08:12 > 0:08:13I was going to say Slovenia.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15So I'm going to say Slovenia.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Slovenia, says Laura.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Let's see if Slovenia is right and how many people said it.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23It's right.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Well done, Laura! Look at that!
0:08:30 > 0:08:31- 2!- Yeah!
0:08:31 > 0:08:34APPLAUSE
0:08:34 > 0:08:38That's why Mick brought you with him. 2 for Slovenia.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Yeah, well done, Laura. I've always said it. If in doubt, say Slovenia.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46I've had my chance now. That's good!
0:08:46 > 0:08:47We're looking for teams
0:08:47 > 0:08:50that failed to qualify for Euro 2012.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51Now then, Heather.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Having been to some of the qualifiers,
0:08:54 > 0:08:56I'm going to say Liechtenstein.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Liechtenstein, says Heather. Let's see if that's right,
0:08:59 > 0:09:01and if it is, let's see how many people said Liechtenstein.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05It's absolutely right.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Oh! Very, very well done indeed!
0:09:12 > 0:09:16APPLAUSE
0:09:16 > 0:09:21Well, our sports correspondent has the highest score so far!
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Liechtenstein, 1 point, Richard.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25Well played, Heather.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Bottom of Group I, Lichten...Liechtenstein.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30- It's hard to say, isn't it?- Isn't it?
0:09:30 > 0:09:33You made it sound very easy. I was quite cocky then.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Ming.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38It's a wild guess.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39Estonia.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Estonia, says Ming. Let's see if it's right,
0:09:41 > 0:09:43and how many people said Estonia.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47It's right.
0:09:52 > 0:09:53Very well done, Ming!
0:09:53 > 0:09:54Look at that, 2 for Estonia!
0:09:54 > 0:09:57APPLAUSE
0:09:57 > 0:10:00It's a great answer. Estonia.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Very good answer, Ming, very well played.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Sort of like a geography round, isn't it?
0:10:04 > 0:10:07They actually nearly qualified. Got into the play-offs.
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Just lost in a play-off.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10We're halfway through the round.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Let's look at those scores.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Heather and Fiona, wonderful low score from you of 1.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Then up to 2, where we find Ming and Eric, and Laura and Mick.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21And then up to 7, where we find Richard and Vanessa.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22So a very low-scoring round.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25But Richard and Vanessa, the highest scorers of the path.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28So, Vanessa, we are going to rely on you
0:10:28 > 0:10:30to find an obscure, low-scoring answer in the next one.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33And hope that's enough to keep you in the game.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:10:41 > 0:10:44We're looking for teams that failed to qualify for Euro 2012.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47And obviously you're trying to find the one
0:10:47 > 0:10:49you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54Eric, lovely low score from Ming there, of 2.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57The high-scorers on 7 are Vanessa and Richard.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Which means a score of 4 or less at this stage
0:10:59 > 0:11:02would guarantee you a place in the next round.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07- I'm supposed to be the one that knows about football. - LAUGHTER
0:11:07 > 0:11:08Northern Ireland.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Northern Ireland, says Eric.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12There's your red line.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14It's very low.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16If you get below that red line,
0:11:16 > 0:11:17you are through to the next round.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Northern Ireland. Is it right, and how many people said it?
0:11:28 > 0:11:3010!
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- APPLAUSE - Our first double-figure score.
0:11:33 > 0:11:3610 takes your total up to 12. Richard?
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Yeah, good answer. They came fifth in their group.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Fiona, you're the low-scorers on 1.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45The high-scorers on 12 are Eric and Ming.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48That means a score of 10 or less will be enough
0:11:48 > 0:11:51to see you comfortably through to the next round.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54I know one that definitely didn't qualify,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57but I think it will be quite a high score.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Erm, so I'm going to go for...
0:12:00 > 0:12:04- Lithuania.- Lithuania, says Fiona.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Let's see if Lithuania's right, and how many people said it.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09There's your red line. Lithuania.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12It's right.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19You've done it! Very well done! 1!
0:12:19 > 0:12:23APPLAUSE
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Takes your total up to a lovely low score of 2. Richard?
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Well played, Fiona. Lithuania and Liechtenstein both
0:12:29 > 0:12:32in a group with that country which you're not mentioning
0:12:32 > 0:12:34for obvious reasons. LAUGHTER
0:12:34 > 0:12:38Remember we are looking for teams that failed to qualify
0:12:38 > 0:12:39for Euro 2012.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Now then, Mick. You are on 2.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44The high-scorers on 12 are Eric and Ming.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46That means a score of 9 or less
0:12:46 > 0:12:50will see you through to the next round.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Hmm. I'm kind of running out of Eastern European countries here.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57But I don't think anyone's said Latvia yet, have they? No?
0:12:57 > 0:12:58I'll go for Latvia.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Latvia, says Mick. There's your red line.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04If you get below that red line,
0:13:04 > 0:13:05Latvia will have seen you through.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10It's right.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Very well done, Mick!
0:13:17 > 0:13:191 for Latvia!
0:13:19 > 0:13:21APPLAUSE
0:13:21 > 0:13:24It's a great answer. A pair of great answers. Slovenia and Latvia.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Taking your total up to 3. Richard?
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Yes, continuing our sedate cruise around the Baltic states.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Latvia. Very good.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- Very low scoring round, isn't it? - Isn't it?
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Vanessa, Eric and Ming are on 12.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41You are on 7, which means a score of 4 or less will see you
0:13:41 > 0:13:43comfortably into the next round. 4.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- It doesn't give me much leeway, does it?- Not much.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49It's going to have to be a complete guess,
0:13:49 > 0:13:51but I'm going to go for Macedonia.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56Macedonia, says Vanessa. Macedonia.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Let's see if it's right, and how many people said it.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01There is your red line. It's very low.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Best of luck, Vanessa, with Macedonia.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06It's right.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Yep, you've done it!
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- APPLAUSE AND CHEERING - Oh, very, very well done!
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- The best till last!- Fantastic!
0:14:18 > 0:14:21That's pointless! It adds £250 to today's jackpot.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Takes the total up to £8,500.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28It scores you nothing. It leaves your total at 7,
0:14:28 > 0:14:31and it sees you straight through to the next round.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Very, very well done, Vanessa. Richard?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Yeah, brilliant, Vanessa. Very well played.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39There's only six pointless answers.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Let's see if you got any of these at home.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Albania would have been pointless. Armenia, Belarus.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50Bulgaria, a pointless answer. FYR Macedonia and Kazakhstan.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54All of those pointless. Let's take a look at the top scorers.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55Very low scorers, all the top ones.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57In fact, Northern Ireland, actually
0:14:57 > 0:15:00the third high scorer of all, unbelievably. 10 points.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Then Wales, 25.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05And, Heather and Fiona, can you guess what's at the top there?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- Scotland? - Scotland, absolutely right.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11You said Lithuania and Liechtenstein, both in their group.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13- Did you go and see either of those games? BOTH:- Yes.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Did you think it'd get you through on Pointless?
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- No! - LAUGHTER
0:15:18 > 0:15:19Thanks very much, Richard.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22At the end of Round One, the losing pair with the highest score,
0:15:22 > 0:15:25- it's Eric and Ming.- AUDIENCE: Aw!
0:15:25 > 0:15:27I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29And a lovely low score of 12, as well.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Who'd have thought that would be a losing high score?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34And actually, Ming, as it turns out,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Estonia a lovely low score of 2.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39What are the lessons you're going to take from your first appearance?
0:15:39 > 0:15:42I know more about football than he does.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44LAUGHTER
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Very good. Lovely to have you here.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48We'll look forward to seeing you next time.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Thanks so much for playing.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51APPLAUSE
0:15:51 > 0:15:56But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04There's only room for two pairs in our head-to-head
0:16:04 > 0:16:06so one of the teams in front of me
0:16:06 > 0:16:09will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12OK, the category for Round Two is...
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Famous People.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:16:17 > 0:16:19and who's going to go second?
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Whoever's going first, step up to the podium.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28OK, so our Round Two question concerns...
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Famous Charlies.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32- Famous Charlies, Richard.- 'Fraid so.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37Yes, we're going to give you six famous people on each board
0:16:37 > 0:16:39who are called Charles, Charlie, or Chuck.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Can you give us their surnames?
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Nice obscure ones score you fewer points.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45An incorrect answer will score you 100 points.
0:16:45 > 0:16:4712 famous Charlies to get at home.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49OK, thank you very much.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51So we are looking for famous Charlies and we have got -
0:17:12 > 0:17:15I'll read those all one more time.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37OK, so there we are, Richard.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Six Charlies, and you are going to try and find
0:17:39 > 0:17:40the most obscure one there.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44The one you think the fewest of our 100 people will have known.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Well, I'll take a bit of a gamble,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49and I'm going to go for the jazz musician,
0:17:49 > 0:17:51and I'll say Parker.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Charlie Parker, you are saying.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Charlie Parker, also known as Bird.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Let's see if that's right, and if it is,
0:17:59 > 0:18:01let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:18:09 > 0:18:1121.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15- APPLAUSE - Not a bad score at all.
0:18:15 > 0:18:1721 for Charlie Parker.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Yes, Charlie 'Bird' Parker. Very good answer, Richard.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Two explanations for his nickname, neither of them interesting.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26So I shan't bother you with them. LAUGHTER
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- Mick.- I only know one. It's probably the highest-scoring.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33I'd take a guess at the novelist, but I'm going to play it safe
0:18:33 > 0:18:36and go with Charles Kennedy for Lib Dem leader.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Charles Kennedy, Lib Dem leader 1999-2006.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Let's see if that's right,
0:18:40 > 0:18:42and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43Charles Kennedy.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47It's right.
0:18:50 > 0:18:5236.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55APPLAUSE
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Not a bad score. 36 for Charles Kennedy.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Yes, born in Inverness
0:18:59 > 0:19:02and grew up in a remote crofter's cottage in the Highlands.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Heather, you're the last person to have this board of Charlies.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07I don't know two of them.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10One would be a guess, so I'll have to go for the one I do know,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13which is the star of the Death Wish films. It was Charles Bronson.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Charles Bronson, says Heather, is the star of the Death Wish films.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Let's see if that's right,
0:19:18 > 0:19:21and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Charles Bronson.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24It's right.
0:19:27 > 0:19:2850. Exactly half of them knew that.
0:19:28 > 0:19:34APPLAUSE
0:19:34 > 0:19:3650 for Charles Bronson, Richard.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Yeah, a big score, but better than 100.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Michael Winner directed the first three Death Wish films.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Heather, were you thinking of taking a risk on one of the others?
0:19:43 > 0:19:47I would have guessed the dog show one being Charles Cruft.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48Yeah, you would have been right.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51And if you'd said that, you would have scored 27 points.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53The novelist whose early work was titled Sketches By Boz
0:19:53 > 0:19:56is Charles Dickens. That would have scored 16,
0:19:56 > 0:19:58I think because the clue was maybe slightly obscure.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01And the Iraq-born advertising guru is Charles Saatchi.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04That would have scored 12. That's the best answer on the board.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06So well done if you said that.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Thank you, Richard. We're halfway through the round,
0:20:08 > 0:20:10so let's look at those scores.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Lovely low score from Richard and Vanessa there.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Richard's answer of Charlie "Yardbird" Parker, 21.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Then up to 36, where we find Mick and Laura.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22And then up to 50, where we find Heather and Fiona.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25You're not massively out in front but you have find
0:20:25 > 0:20:28a low-scoring answer to ensure a place in the head-to-head.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30But you will have first pick of the next board.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31We're going to come back down the line now.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:20:36 > 0:20:39OK, we're going to put six more Charlies on the board
0:20:39 > 0:20:41We have got...
0:21:00 > 0:21:03I'll read those all one more time.
0:21:18 > 0:21:23Remember, you are looking for the names of these famous Charlies,
0:21:23 > 0:21:25and you are trying to find the one
0:21:25 > 0:21:27you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Fiona, how does that look?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31There's a couple that I think I know.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37I think I'll go for the US aviator.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Charles Lindbergh.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Charles Lindbergh, you are saying.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43You are the high-scorers on 50.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45There's no red line. You just have to hope
0:21:45 > 0:21:47it's going to go down as far as it possibly can.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48How many people said that?
0:21:50 > 0:21:51It's right.
0:21:56 > 0:21:5727.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00- APPLAUSE - 27. Not a bad score at all.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Takes your total up to 77.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Let's see if that's enough to keep you in the game. Richard?
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Very good answer. He won 25,000 prize for completing that feat.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Six aviators had tried to win that prize before and all had died.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Now remember, we are looking for famous people named Charles.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18Laura.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21This is really not good at all.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24OK, well, the high scorers are Fiona and Heather on 77.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26You're on 36, which means a score
0:22:26 > 0:22:28of 40 or less will see you through to the head-to-head.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31I'm pretty sure that's not going to happen!
0:22:31 > 0:22:33I think we've chosen the wrong boards each.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Unfortunately, I'm going to have to play it extremely safe
0:22:35 > 0:22:37and the only one I know I'm going to get right
0:22:37 > 0:22:42is Charlie Chaplin for the comedian most famous for Little Tramp.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45OK, well, let's see. Charlie Chaplin, you're saying,
0:22:45 > 0:22:47for the comedian most famous for Little Tramp.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Here is your red line.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53Let's see how many of our 100 people said Charlie Chaplin.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55It's right.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59- Oh, never mind!- OK, 61.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03- APPLAUSE - Oh, well!
0:23:03 > 0:23:0561 takes your total up to 97.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07The round isn't over yet, Laura.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Charlie Chaplin, Richard.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Yes, died in 1977.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15- Do you know his body was stolen by kidnappers and held to ransom?- No!
0:23:15 > 0:23:19For 11 weeks, yes. Trying to extort money out of his family.
0:23:19 > 0:23:20Whoa!
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Yeah, that's pretty low, isn't it?
0:23:22 > 0:23:27- So where they ever found and caught? - They were, yeah, they caught them.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29They had a high-speed silent chase,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32during which buckets of water and planks of wood fell on them.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Were some of them on one of those trains that you power...?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Yeah, that's how they tried to get away.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Wow!
0:23:39 > 0:23:43Now then, Vanessa. The moment of truth.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45The high-scorers are Laura and Mick on 97.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47You're on 21, which means a score of 75 or less
0:23:47 > 0:23:49will see you through to the next round.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53However, that will require you to know an answer on that board.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55How's that board looking to you?
0:23:55 > 0:23:58- Terrible! - SHE LAUGHS
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Which doesn't give Dad much hope!
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Well, I'm just going to guess the Irish Prime Minister
0:24:03 > 0:24:06and give him an Irish surname and hope it's right!
0:24:06 > 0:24:10- SHE LAUGHS - OK, well, Laura's smiling again.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12They might be all right!
0:24:12 > 0:24:15- OK, well, you know what his Christian name is, anyway. - Well, yeah!
0:24:15 > 0:24:19I'm going to say Abraham, but that's a complete guess.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Nice Irish name, yeah!
0:24:20 > 0:24:25- HE LAUGHS - OK. Charlie O'Braham.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28- LAUGHTER - It's probably wrong!
0:24:28 > 0:24:31OK, here is your red line. If Charles Abraham...
0:24:31 > 0:24:34LAUGHTER
0:24:34 > 0:24:37..Charles Abraham gets you below that red line,
0:24:37 > 0:24:39- you're through to the next round. - HE LAUGHS
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Could you not have picked a more Irish name, possibly?
0:24:42 > 0:24:45- LAUGHTER - Anyway, there we go.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Charles Abraham, is it right? How many people said it?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Yeah, bad luck.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55APPLAUSE
0:24:55 > 0:24:58I'm afraid Charles Abraham is an incorrect answer,
0:24:58 > 0:25:00which scores you 100 points
0:25:00 > 0:25:04and takes your total up to an unbeatably high 121. Richard?
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Yes, he was prime minister three times in three different decades,
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Charles Haughey.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11It would have scored you 14 points.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13It's a very good answer.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16The former star of Two And A Half Men would have been a winning answer.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19It's Charlie Sheen. Charlie Sheen, 46 points.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23Had a UK number one single with She - French singer.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Charles Aznavour.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Absolutely right. That would have scored you 38.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32And the best answer on the board... I used to love this guy in the '70s.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Just a name that's stuck with me. First man to break the sound barrier.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36Don't know.
0:25:36 > 0:25:384 points, Chuck Yeager.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Chuck Yeager, 4 points.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43So very well done if you got that.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Well done if you got all 12 Charlies. Very impressive.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Thank you very much. So at the end of Round Two,
0:25:48 > 0:25:50the losing pair with the highest score,
0:25:50 > 0:25:53I'm afraid it's Vanessa and Richard.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Charlie Parker was a nice low score, and then...
0:25:55 > 0:25:56- Abraham, not so good! - A tough board.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59You would have been hard-pressed to come up with Haughey as a guess.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03Yeah, think I would have been.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Well, we will see you next time. We'll look forward to that.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08But thank you for playing. Great contestants.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12BOTH: Thank you. APPLAUSE
0:26:12 > 0:26:13For the remaining pairs,
0:26:13 > 0:26:15things are about to get more exciting
0:26:15 > 0:26:18- as we enter the head-to-head. - APPLAUSE
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Well, congratulations, Fiona and Heather, Laura and Mick.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29You're one round away from the Final and the chance to play for that jackpot
0:26:29 > 0:26:31which currently stands at £8,500.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Now obviously only one pair can play for that money,
0:26:38 > 0:26:39and to decide which pair it's going to be,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42you're going head-to-head on the best of three.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Basically, that means the first pair to win two questions
0:26:44 > 0:26:46will be playing for that jackpot.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50And the great news is you are now allowed to pool your knowledge,
0:26:50 > 0:26:51as you may now confer.
0:26:51 > 0:26:57- Let's play the head-to-head. - APPLAUSE
0:26:58 > 0:27:00OK, here comes your first question.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02And it concerns...
0:27:02 > 0:27:03Poets.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- Poets, Richard.- Yes, quite high-brow this one, for us.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Anyone who gets all five of these at home gets a special prize.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12We're going to show you five pictures of poets.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14You tell us which ones you recognise,
0:27:14 > 0:27:16and which of those is the most obscure.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19OK, five pictures of poets.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Let's reveal them. Here they come. We've got...
0:27:33 > 0:27:35There you are. They're our five poets.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Now then, Heather and Fiona,
0:27:39 > 0:27:43you played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- THEY LAUGH - I'd guess at D being Sylvia Plath.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47Maybe.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53We'll go for D being Sylvia Plath.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Sylvia Plath, D, you're saying. D, Sylvia Plath.
0:27:57 > 0:27:58Laura and Mick, you can talk us
0:27:58 > 0:28:01through the board out loud, if you like.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Well, that was the only one we were sure about.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07I know a lot of poets, but not to match them up with pictures.
0:28:07 > 0:28:13I think that A is probably William Blake. Maybe.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16I think B might be Carol Ann Duffy,
0:28:16 > 0:28:19and C, we're a bit stuck on.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22- It could be Rudyard Kipling, but I'm not sure.- I think it's TS Eliot.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24She thinks it's TS Eliot.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Erm...right, well, we'll say William Blake for A.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31You're going to say A, William Blake.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34So, we have Heather and Fiona saying D, Sylvia Plath.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37We have Laura and Mick saying A, William Blake.
0:28:37 > 0:28:42In the order they were given, Fiona and Heather, Sylvia Plath.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45D,- Sylvia Plath. Let's see if that's right, and if it is,
0:28:45 > 0:28:47let's see how many people said Sylvia Plath for D.
0:28:49 > 0:28:50It's right.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Very well done indeed. 21.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00APPLAUSE
0:29:00 > 0:29:01Very well done indeed.
0:29:01 > 0:29:06Now then, Laura and Mick, you are saying that A is William Blake.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08A, William Blake. Let's see if that's right,
0:29:08 > 0:29:11and if it is, let's see how many people said A was William Blake.
0:29:11 > 0:29:1421 is what you have to beat.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21Oh! Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24After one question, Fiona and Heather, you're up 1-0. Richard?
0:29:24 > 0:29:29Yes, Laura, you should trust your instincts a little bit more,
0:29:29 > 0:29:32because you could have very easily won that point.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34A is not William Blake. A is John Keats.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36It would have scored you 7 points.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39- But if you had said...what would you have said for B?- Carol Ann Duffy.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Carol Ann Duffy, you would have just won the point,
0:29:42 > 0:29:45because she would have scored you 15, the current Poet Laureate.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47And who would you have said for C?
0:29:47 > 0:29:49- TS Eliot. - You would have one point as well.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Best answer on the board. 1 point.
0:29:51 > 0:29:52Never mind.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55And E is Benjamin Zephaniah,
0:29:55 > 0:29:58and he would have scored 18 points.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00So Sylvia Plath, a very good answer.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04Laura and Mick, they must be sick. LAUGHTER
0:30:04 > 0:30:06- You should be up there. - I should...well, you know?
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Seriously. Get that anthology out.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12- LAUGHTER - You should do.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14- I will get my anthology out. - Get your anthology out.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17OK, here comes your second question.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21Laura and Mick, you heard what the big man said.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Trust your instinct there. You were right.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26You have to win this next question to stay in.
0:30:26 > 0:30:27OK, your second question.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29It concerns...
0:30:32 > 0:30:35South American Countries And Their Capitals.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38- Richard?- We're going to show you five South American countries
0:30:38 > 0:30:41and their capitals, but we're only giving you
0:30:41 > 0:30:44the first and last letter of each of those words.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47So can you give us the country and the capital, please?
0:30:47 > 0:30:49OK, good luck.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Let's reveal our five clues
0:30:51 > 0:30:54to South American countries and their capitals.
0:30:54 > 0:30:55And we have got...
0:31:13 > 0:31:15I'll read those all one more time.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32Now then, Laura and Mick, you go first this time.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34I'll leave this choice up to you, I think.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36We know quite a few of them.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39It's just trying to pick which one is the lowest score.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42- Shall we go for the second one? - Yeah, OK. Yeah.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46OK, with going to go with Colombia and Bogota.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Colombia and Bogota.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51OK, Colombia and Bogota, say Laura and Mick.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Fiona and Heather, you can talk us through the rest of the board,
0:31:54 > 0:31:58if you like, and then choose which one you want to submit.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00This is actually a strong subject,
0:32:00 > 0:32:02because this is one of the things we did look up.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04We know all of the rest.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07The top one is Brazil - Brasilia.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Then it's Colombia - Bogota.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Peru - Lima. Paraguay - Asuncion.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15And Chile - Santiago.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17But the one we're going to go for
0:32:17 > 0:32:19is Paraguay and Asuncion.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23Paraguay and Asuncion.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- SPANISH ACCENT:- Asuncion. Probably.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27So this is all revision before the show?
0:32:27 > 0:32:31- It is.- It's all paid off. Very good indeed.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33OK, Laura and Mick,
0:32:33 > 0:32:36this is the question you have to win to stay in the game.
0:32:36 > 0:32:37Did you know all of them?
0:32:37 > 0:32:41The only one was that Paraguay and Asuncion, so...you know,
0:32:41 > 0:32:43- what does that say?- Yeah.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45OK, Laura and Mick have gone with
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Colombia and Bogota.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Let's see if that's right, and how many people said it.
0:32:51 > 0:32:52It's right.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01- Ooh, 15! - APPLAUSE
0:33:01 > 0:33:02Not bad.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05- Not bad, not bad. - Not a bad score at all.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Well, we will discover.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11Heather and Fiona have said Paraguay and Asunth...Asuncion.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13I've no idea if it's...Asuncion.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said it.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21It is right. 15 is what you have to beat.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25And if you win this point, you're straight through to the final.
0:33:25 > 0:33:26Yes, you've done it!
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Very well done! 4.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31APPLAUSE
0:33:31 > 0:33:35Now that's very, very good revising.
0:33:35 > 0:33:384 beats 15, which means after only two questions,
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Fiona and Heather, you are straight through to the final, 2-0.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44- Very well done indeed. Richard?- Yes, very well played, Heather and Fiona.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47You took us through the board and picked exactly the right answer.
0:33:47 > 0:33:48You couldn't have done it better.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52Brazil, quite right, is Brasilia.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54That would have scored you 29 points.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Peru is Lima.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59That's the biggest answer on board. It would have scored you 47.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02And Chile is Santiago. 16.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05The best answer the board, Asuncion. Well done if you said it at home.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07Thank you very much, Richard.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,
0:34:10 > 0:34:12it's Laura and Mick.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Bad luck. You played very consistently throughout the show.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19And very strong showing in the head-to-head, actually.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21As it turns out, you could have won that first question.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24I know, I'll be kicking myself over that. Whoops.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27Well, the good news for us as we get to see you next time,
0:34:27 > 0:34:29- Yes, absolutely. - You made it to the head-to-head,
0:34:29 > 0:34:33so no reason why you shouldn't get through to the final next time.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35- Maybe we'll do a bit of revision! - A bit of revision, exactly!
0:34:35 > 0:34:37It pays off! Thanks so much for playing.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41- Great contestants. Thank you. - APPLAUSE
0:34:41 > 0:34:44But for Heather and Fiona, it's now time for our Pointless Final.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Well, congratulations, Fiona and Heather.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53You fought off the competition
0:34:53 > 0:34:55- and won our coveted Pointless Trophy.- BOTH: Woo-hoo!
0:35:01 > 0:35:02You now have a chance...
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Is that all you could muster for the Pointless Trophy?
0:35:04 > 0:35:06LAUGHTER
0:35:06 > 0:35:07- FAINTLY:- "Woo-hoo!"
0:35:07 > 0:35:09You now have a chance to win our jackpot.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands
0:35:12 > 0:35:14at a pretty impressive £8,500.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18APPLAUSE
0:35:18 > 0:35:21Well, it's been a pretty textbook Pointless performance,
0:35:21 > 0:35:22I would say, actually.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26Lowest scorers in Round One, lowest scorers in Round Two,
0:35:26 > 0:35:28and straight sets victory in the head-to-head.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Although that doesn't tell the complete story.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32You were quite lucky there with the poets.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35But here you are in the final with an impressive jackpot to play for.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37The rules are very simple, to win that money,
0:35:37 > 0:35:39you have to find a pointless answer.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42We've had one pointless answer on the show today.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45You only have to find one now and you will go home that £8,500.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48First, you've got to choose a category from these five options.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01- What do you think? I'm thinking actresses.- Actresses or literature.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03I don't know much about actresses, but...
0:36:03 > 0:36:06I know nothing about politics, nothing about TV writers,
0:36:06 > 0:36:08nothing about tennis.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11- American actresses, then. - We'll go for American actresses.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15American actresses it is. OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:36:19 > 0:36:23as many Jamie Lee Curtis films as they could.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26- Richard?- Yeah, again, no Canadian politics.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29It's like the unloved puppy in the Pointless pet shop, isn't it?
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Yes, we're looking for any feature film made for cinema release
0:36:31 > 0:36:34for which Jamie Lee Curtis has had an acting credit,
0:36:34 > 0:36:36up to the end of 2011. As always, no TV films,
0:36:36 > 0:36:38short films, documentaries,
0:36:38 > 0:36:41but voice performances do count. Very best of luck.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48And all you need to win that £8,500 jackpot
0:36:48 > 0:36:51is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Your time starts now.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59- It's not the best choice ever. - Was she in Red?- Red? No.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02- Was she not in that?- She was in the original Halloween.
0:37:02 > 0:37:03She was in Halloween.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05What was the one she did with Arnold Schwarzenegger?
0:37:05 > 0:37:09- True Lies?- I think True Lies.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11I think they are all going to be quite high scoring.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15- Where they were both spies in it. - I don't know any obscure ones.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18She was in Halloween, the original. Was she in the remake, as well?
0:37:18 > 0:37:22Yes, Halloween H20.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Halloween H20...Halloween...
0:37:25 > 0:37:29I can't think of any other ones at all. True Lies...
0:37:29 > 0:37:33I can't think of any either. We'll just need to go for those three.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Can't even think of any voice-overs she's done, or anything.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38No, I can't think of a single voiceover she's done.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Is it definitely True Lies that movie's called?
0:37:40 > 0:37:41I'm 99% sure it's True Lies.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44So we'll go with True Lies, Halloween, and Halloween H20.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Ten seconds.
0:37:48 > 0:37:49I can't think of any more at all.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58OK, your time is now up. We were looking for Jamie Lee Curtis films.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01I now need your three answers.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05- We're going to go for Halloween. - Halloween.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08- Halloween H20.- Halloween H20.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11- And True Lies.- And True Lies. OK. There are your three answers.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Of those three, which would you like to put last?
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Which do you think is your best shot at a pointless?
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Probably Halloween H20.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Halloween H20 we'll put last. And which should we put first?
0:38:21 > 0:38:22True Lies is going to be the most obvious.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25True Lies we shall put first.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29OK, let's put them up on the board in that order. And here they come.
0:38:29 > 0:38:34We have got True Lies, Halloween, and Halloween H20.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36We were looking for Jamie Lee Curtis films.
0:38:36 > 0:38:37True Lies was your first answer,
0:38:37 > 0:38:40your least confident shot at a pointless answer.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Remember, you only have to find one pointless answer
0:38:43 > 0:38:45to win that jackpot of £8,500.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48Let's see how many people said True Lies.
0:38:50 > 0:38:57It's right. It's your first shot at that jackpot of £8,500. True Lies.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59If this goes all the way down to 0,
0:38:59 > 0:39:01you will leave with that money.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05- APPLAUSE - 14.
0:39:05 > 0:39:0914. Is that about what you were expecting?
0:39:09 > 0:39:12- Lower than I thought. - Well, that's quite reassuring.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14So obviously, not a pointless answer.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16But you weren't expecting it to be a pointless answer.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22What would you do with £8,500, Fiona?
0:39:22 > 0:39:25I would go on a really good holiday.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27- Yeah.- A really good holiday. - Heather?
0:39:27 > 0:39:30I would finish decorating my flat, then go on a really good holiday.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32LAUGHTER
0:39:32 > 0:39:35OK, well, we were looking for Jamie Lee Curtis films.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Halloween.
0:39:38 > 0:39:39This has to be correct,
0:39:39 > 0:39:43and it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £8,500.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45How many people said Halloween?
0:39:48 > 0:39:49It's right.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52Well, 14 people said True Lies.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Halloween is making its way down through the 30s,
0:39:55 > 0:39:57into the 20s...
0:39:57 > 0:40:00- Ooh! 26! - APPLAUSE
0:40:02 > 0:40:04But again, you'd be very surprised
0:40:04 > 0:40:07if Halloween had been a pointless answer.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15Everything is now hanging on the sequel, Halloween H2O.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18- You're sure she was in it?- No!- 95%.
0:40:18 > 0:40:2195% certain she was in it.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24OK, we were looking for Jamie Lee Curtis films.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Your third and final answer was Halloween H2O.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29This, you said, was your most confident shot
0:40:29 > 0:40:31at a pointless answer.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34To win that jackpot of £8,500, it has to be correct
0:40:34 > 0:40:36and it has to be pointless.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40Let's find out if it is. Halloween H20. How many people said it?
0:40:43 > 0:40:46OK, it's correct. Your first answer True Lies, went down to 14.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Your second answer, Halloween, went down to 24.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50OK, this is going down.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52It's beaten your previous two answers.
0:40:52 > 0:40:53Into single figures,
0:40:53 > 0:40:54down it goes...oh! 2!
0:40:54 > 0:40:59APPLAUSE
0:41:03 > 0:41:06Two people.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that pointless answer.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13So I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £8,500,
0:41:13 > 0:41:15which rolls over to the next show.
0:41:15 > 0:41:16You have been fantastic contestants,
0:41:16 > 0:41:18really an exemplary turn on Pointless,
0:41:18 > 0:41:21and you do, of course, get to take home our Pointless trophy.
0:41:21 > 0:41:22So very, very well done.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24APPLAUSE
0:41:30 > 0:41:32It's very hard to think of
0:41:32 > 0:41:35a Jamie Lee Curtis film that isn't well-known.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38- A popular one.- Anyway, we're going to hear some now. Richard?
0:41:38 > 0:41:42Yeah, we are indeed. Halloween was actually her first ever screen role.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45You could have had Halloween 2, but that would have scored you 2 points.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Halloween Resurrection would have scored you 1,
0:41:47 > 0:41:50so would have prolonged the agony.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Let's look at some pointless answers. There's a few big films in here.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Beverly Hills Chihuahua, which I've had the pleasure to watch,
0:41:56 > 0:41:57was a pointless answer.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Blue Steel, the Kathryn Bigelow film.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Christmas With The Kranks, based on a John Grisham story.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03She stars opposite Tim Allen.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07Drowning Mona, with Danny De Vito and Bette Midler.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11Forever Young, where Mel Gibson plays a cryogenically frozen test pilot.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15Homegrown, a crime caper with John Lithgow, that's a pointless answer.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Perfect, where she stars as an aerobics instructor
0:42:17 > 0:42:19with John Travolta.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Queens Logic with Kevin Bacon and John Malkovich.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25And The Tailor of Panama, obviously alongside Pierce Brosnan.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28Well done if you said any of those answers at home.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Thanks, Richard. It sounded like you knew some of those.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34- Two of them. - Which ones did you know?
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Christmas With The Kranks, and Forever Young,
0:42:37 > 0:42:38which I only watched about a month ago.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42Oh, no! Bad luck!
0:42:42 > 0:42:43We have to say goodbye to you
0:42:43 > 0:42:45but it's been wonderful having you on.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Thank you so much for playing. Great contestants.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51APPLAUSE
0:42:51 > 0:42:54Unfortunately, Heather and Fiona didn't win our jackpot,
0:42:54 > 0:42:55so it rolls over,
0:42:55 > 0:42:58which means on the next show we will be playing for...
0:42:58 > 0:43:02- £9,500. - APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:43:02 > 0:43:06Join us to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08- Goodbye. - And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12APPLAUSE
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