0:00:20 > 0:00:24APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong
0:00:26 > 0:00:30and welcome to Pointless, where the obvious answers mean nothing
0:00:30 > 0:00:33and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Welcome, Faris and Shankar. You are our first pair on the show today.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44- How do you two know each other? - We've been at the same school
0:00:44 > 0:00:47for the past six and a half-odd years
0:00:47 > 0:00:50and have been good friends ever since, really.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52- From about year seven. - From year seven.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Whose idea was it to come on the show?
0:00:54 > 0:00:57It was very much my idea. Shankar hadn't really seen the show,
0:00:57 > 0:01:01but I convinced him that it was a good idea and we're glad to be here.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03What do you hope is going to come up today, Faris?
0:01:03 > 0:01:08Er, I'm a big film fan, actually, so I'd love anything to do with films.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11My dad owned a DVD shop for most of my life,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14so I've grown up seeing a lot of films.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18- Any other categories you'd like to see come up?- Football as well.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21I'm currently a Fulham season ticket holder and...
0:01:21 > 0:01:26- Hey!- Big fan, yes. - I knew there were two of us!
0:01:26 > 0:01:27- Absolutely knew it.- Wow.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Er, Shankar. What would you like to see come up today?
0:01:30 > 0:01:33It's quite unlikely, but maybe computer hardware, things like that.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36OK, so computer hardware questions. They've never yet come up
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- but that's no reason why they shouldn't today.- Always a first.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42I'm guessing you're doing some science-based A-levels.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Yeah. Biology, Chemistry and Maths.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Right you are, and how about you, Faris?
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- I'm doing English, History and Maths.- Bit of a Maths overlap there,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53but otherwise you complement each other pretty well.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Listen, very warm welcome to both of you.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59It's great to have you on the show. Next we welcome back Laura and Mick.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00You were on the show last time.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Everyone gets two chances to reach the final.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04This is your second and final chance.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Remind us how you know each other, Laura.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11Michael is my partner's best friend, so there's a connection there.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- You're from Stockton-on-Tees?- Yes. - Mick, what happened last time?
0:02:14 > 0:02:17We had a bit of a poetry question and Laura, brilliantly,
0:02:17 > 0:02:21rattled out all the answers and then picked the one she'd got wrong.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- We went out in the head-to-head.- You made it through to the head-to-head
0:02:24 > 0:02:26but then suddenly it all went wrong.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Mick planted the seed of doubt, I think.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- Bit of finger-pointing going on here.- No, no.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Really? "Mick planted the seeds of doubt,"
0:02:34 > 0:02:37"Laura didn't name the right person..."
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Listen, that was last time. Today, we move forwards.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42What's going to be great for you today, Laura?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Film again. I don't really think I can compete
0:02:45 > 0:02:47with a broad a knowledge as Faris.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Faris, he's clearly going to have that sewn up.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52I'm quite into my British, gritty, kitchen sink-type movies.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Ah, very good. So, of the old, of the '50s and '60s, those ones?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- More sort of Mike Leigh. Bit more modern.- Mike Leigh.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- Mick, what about you? What'd be good for you?- Geography, geology.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04I did a bit of a geology degree, so I've got a bit of knowledge there.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Well, listen, Laura and Mick, it's great to have you back on the show.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Very best of luck. And next we welcome back Richard and Vanessa.
0:03:11 > 0:03:12You were also on the show last time.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16- Remind us how you two know each other.- This is my dad.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- And you've come from south Devon? - Yes, we have, yeah.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- Remind us what you do, Richard.- I'm a sub-editor on a local newspaper.
0:03:22 > 0:03:23- Indeed.- Sports editor.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Now, then, Richard, remind us how far you got last time.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29We got, well, we made it through to Round Two.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Round Two, yes, Famous Charlies.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36Yeah, I mean, I played my part quite successfully, and what did you do?
0:03:36 > 0:03:40- Made a bit of a Charlie of myself and got it wrong!- I remember now.
0:03:40 > 0:03:46Yeah, it was the Charles who was the Irish Prime Minister,
0:03:46 > 0:03:50and you said, "I'm going to pick an Irish-sounding surname...
0:03:50 > 0:03:51"Abraham!"
0:03:52 > 0:03:58- Yes, I know.- Erm, what do you hope is going to come up today, Richard?
0:03:58 > 0:04:02Sport, obviously. I'm a great lover of most types of music.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05- Comedy, I'm a great fan of comedy as well.- What's your favourite comedy?
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Pretty big fan of music-hall type comedy,
0:04:08 > 0:04:11people like, going back to Roy Hudd, Ken Dodd.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Anyway, Richard and Vanessa, lovely to have you on the show.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Very best of luck. And we welcome back, finally, Ming and Eric.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20You were also on the show last time. Three returning pairs.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Remind us how you know each other, Eric.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26We're twins, as you can see, but he's a little bit younger than me.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Yeah, father and son.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31And you have, actually, you've got almost identical beards there.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Ming, did you model your beard on your father's
0:04:33 > 0:04:34or go straight for Flash Gordon?
0:04:34 > 0:04:39- It's the other way round. He modelled his on mine.- Ah.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43- And you are both, we discovered last time, retired police officers.- Yes.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Ming, what's going to be good for you today?
0:04:45 > 0:04:50Natural history, animals, fish, fishing, anything like that.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- Anything outside-based, quite happy with.- You are a martial artist.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- Yeah, karate black belt. - Karate black belt.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- He's quite, actually, he's quite scary, isn't he, Ming?- Ming, yeah.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Certainly if we were deciding
0:05:02 > 0:05:05who's Good Retired Cop, who's Bad Retired Cop,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08I know who I'd rather be left in an interview room with.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- Don't underestimate Eric. - Actually, d'you know what?
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Eric'll probably...you'd probably be in trouble either way, wouldn't you?
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Yeah. Now, then, Eric. What are you hoping's going to come up today?
0:05:18 > 0:05:23Well, basically words, language, wildlife, anything of that sort.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27- Anything but soaps. - Anything but soaps.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31It's lovely having you back, Ming and Eric. Very best of luck to you.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36There's only one person left to introduce.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38He will be presiding over obscurity
0:05:38 > 0:05:40like a referee during a feisty FA Cup tie.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42It's my Pointless friend, Richard.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Hiya.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:05:48 > 0:05:50It's a good bunch today, isn't it?
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Three returning pairs we know fairly well already,
0:05:53 > 0:05:56and Faris and Shankar. Everyone quite good last time.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58People didn't get knocked out for bad reasons.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00People tended to get knocked out for good reasons.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Ming and Eric, we didn't see much of them. I suspect we might see more.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Do we know, definitely, that he's no longer a serving police officer?
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Cos it's possible... He can't hear, can he?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14It's possible that he's undercover.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16D'you think he's been sent in to check us out?
0:06:16 > 0:06:20I think there may be an arrest before Round Three.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Thank you very much, Richard.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Now, all our questions have been put to 100 people before the show,
0:06:26 > 0:06:29but we are looking for the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31To be in with a chance of winning our jackpot,
0:06:31 > 0:06:34all our players need to do is score as few points as they possibly can.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Each time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51So today's jackpot starts off at £9,500.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:06:56 > 0:06:58OK, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06OK, in this round, each of you must give me one answer
0:07:06 > 0:07:09and you cannot confer. Whichever pair has the highest score
0:07:09 > 0:07:11at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14If anyone gives me an incorrect answer they will score the maximum
0:07:14 > 0:07:17of 100 points, so try and avoid those if you can.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Our first category today is...
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:07:25 > 0:07:26who's going to go second?
0:07:26 > 0:07:30And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Let's find out what the question is.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:07:40 > 0:07:42..as they could.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- Words ending in P-E-T, Richard. - Surprisingly tricky, this one.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48There's plenty of words, but we're looking for any word
0:07:48 > 0:07:50in the Oxford English Dictionary that ends P-E-T.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52No proper nouns and no hyphenated words.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55We also won't allow the word pet,
0:07:55 > 0:07:57in case anyone was thinking of using it.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00OK, Faris and Shankar, you all drew lots before the show,
0:08:00 > 0:08:01and today, you are going first.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05And Shankar, you have elected to step up first.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Very brave, get the ball rolling
0:08:07 > 0:08:09with a nice obscure word ending in P-E-T.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11I'm going to give you a couple of moments
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- just to marshal your thoughts. - I can think of some obvious ones,
0:08:14 > 0:08:16but more obscure ones are a bit more difficult.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- Ah!- I think I've got one. - He's got one.- Hope so.- He's got one.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26- What's it going to be?- Uh, snippet. - Oh, it's good.- That's good.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Yeah, that is good. Snippet, says Shankar. Let's see if that's right.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Let's see how many people said snippet.
0:08:33 > 0:08:34It's right.
0:08:39 > 0:08:44Oh, it's fantastic, Shankar! Very well done indeed.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:08:46 > 0:08:48- Six for snippet. - Yes, a terrific answer, Shankar.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Well done. A small fragment
0:08:50 > 0:08:52cut off something or a fragment of a literary work.
0:08:52 > 0:08:59- A snippet.- Laura, a nice obscure word ending in P-E-T.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03- Erm, I think I'm going to say parapet.- Parapet.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06These are all excellent words. Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:09:06 > 0:09:08how many of our 100 people said parapet.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09It's correct.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- Wow.- I know.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21- 28?- Shame.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25That doesn't seem fair at all. 28 for parapet, perfectly good word.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27I'd have thought that would be a bit more obscure.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30I'd have thought it would be lower. People know about parapets.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33They're the raised bits on the top of walls or ramparts,
0:09:33 > 0:09:37or it can just mean a big mound of earth, anything that conceals troops.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Very popular word for one that's not used quite so much.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45Vanessa, a nice obscure word, please, ending in P-E-T.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Pipette.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50OK, Vanessa, I'm going to ask you just to spell pipette for us.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54P-I-P-E-T,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57as in the pipette that you use for chemistry.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00P-I-P-E-T. OK, let's see if that's right,
0:10:00 > 0:10:05and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said pipet.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06It's right.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Oh, very well done indeed, Vanessa!
0:10:14 > 0:10:16CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Very well done, that's a pointless answer.
0:10:18 > 0:10:23It adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £9,750.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27It scores you nothing, your second pointless answer
0:10:27 > 0:10:30in two consecutive shows. Very well done. Richard.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Yes, however, I'm delighted to see the money added to the jackpot,
0:10:33 > 0:10:37I'm going to put that in the drawer marked, "Very, very, very lucky."
0:10:37 > 0:10:40- Pipette, the one used in chemistry, is spelled differently.- Is it?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42But pipet, the way you spelt it, is a word.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45It's, as you probably know, a variation of pipit,
0:10:45 > 0:10:46a small brown bird.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51- No!- So, that's the answer you gave so that's the answer we take.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55Er, thank you very much. So, then, Ming.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00What is the most obscure word ending in P-E-T that springs to mind?
0:11:00 > 0:11:01Strumpet.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Strumpet.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Let's see how many of our 100 people said strumpet.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11It's correct.
0:11:15 > 0:11:1718.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Not bad. Not bad at all.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Strumpet, Richard.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Well played, Ming.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26A debauched or unchaste woman.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29OK, we're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Vanessa and Richard
0:11:31 > 0:11:34looking very strong indeed on that lovely pointless answer.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Shankar and Faris, great answer from you, score of six.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Then up to 18, where we find Ming and Eric, then up to 28,
0:11:40 > 0:11:42where we find Laura and Mick.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44So, Mick, little bit of pressure on you
0:11:44 > 0:11:47to find a nice low-scoring word ending P-E-T.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:11:53 > 0:11:59OK, remember, we are looking for words ending in P-E-T. Now, then, Eric.
0:11:59 > 0:12:00You are currently on 18.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02The high scorers on 28 are Mick and Laura.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04If you can score nine or less,
0:12:04 > 0:12:09you are definitely in the next round.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Ming stole mine. Erm, whippet.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Whippet.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Here's your red line, it's quite low. Sort of whippet height.
0:12:17 > 0:12:18Let's see if whippet
0:12:18 > 0:12:22can get you down there. How many people said whippet?
0:12:22 > 0:12:23It's right.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Looking very good for whippet.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Ooh, 13.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Not bad at all. Let's hope that's enough to see you through.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- That takes your total up to 31. Richard.- Well played, Eric.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39It's a mix of a greyhound
0:12:39 > 0:12:41and a terrier or spaniel.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Be interesting to see
0:12:42 > 0:12:46if 31 is enough to go through. It's going to be a very interesting
0:12:46 > 0:12:48- end of round, this, I think.- Yeah.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50It's all in Mick's hands, I would say.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Richard, you are on nothing. The highest scorers
0:12:54 > 0:12:56are Eric and Ming at the moment on 31.
0:12:56 > 0:12:57A score of 30 or less
0:12:57 > 0:13:00and you are comfortably through to the next round.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02I'll go for crumpet.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05OK, crumpet, says Richard. Crumpet.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Let's see how many of our 100 people said crumpet.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11There is your red line, a little bit higher than Eric and Ming's.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Crumpet.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15It's right.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Yeah, ooh, not quite!
0:13:20 > 0:13:2431, that scores you.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28You are joint high scorers with Eric and Ming. Richard.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Yes, that's very interesting, now, isn't it?
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Obviously we know what crumpet means. It's a crumpet.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36Mmm, crumpet.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42A toasted teacake. There we are. So, then, Mick.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Now, Mick, you are on 28.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48The joint high scorers are Eric and Ming, Richard and Vanessa.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Oh, it's very exciting indeed. If you want to avoid
0:13:51 > 0:13:53becoming the high scorers, all we need from you,
0:13:53 > 0:13:57no pressure at all, is a score of two or less.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Well, seems like I may as well
0:14:01 > 0:14:03just invent something out of thin air and hope that it exists.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Yeah, mmm...
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Oh, I'm just going to go for poppet.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Poppet. OK, poppet...
0:14:10 > 0:14:13The term of endearment rather than the little chocolate sweets.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16OK, poppet, says Mick. Here's your red line, it's very low.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19It is very, very low indeed. But you never know.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Poppet might do it for you. Let's see. Poppet.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Is it right? How many people said it?
0:14:25 > 0:14:26It's right.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Oh! Five!
0:14:33 > 0:14:36APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Five takes your total up to 33.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44You are currently the high scorers. Richard.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47This is a cracking round, isn't it? Yeah, poppet, a small, dainty person,
0:14:47 > 0:14:49or it's a term of endearment
0:14:49 > 0:14:51for a woman or a child.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Now, then, Faris. You're on six. The high scorers
0:14:55 > 0:14:57are now Mick and Laura on 33,
0:14:57 > 0:15:00which means a score of 26 or less will see you into the next round.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01Have you got a great word?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03You've had a lot of time.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06- I had a few of the answers everyone else has given.- That will happen.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10I've resolved that trumpet is my best shot,
0:15:10 > 0:15:14although I'm a bit doubtful that it'll go lower than 26.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16You're going to go for trumpet.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- Trumpet, as in the musical instrument.- Yeah, OK.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Trumpet, oh, THAT trumpet?!
0:15:21 > 0:15:23There is your red line.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26That is what 26 looks like. You have to get below that red line.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Below that red line, through to the next round.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30How many people said trumpet?
0:15:32 > 0:15:33It's right.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Oh, 46!
0:15:41 > 0:15:4446 for trumpet, which takes your total up to an unbeatable 52.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48- Richard.- Tough luck, Faris. You were in a very difficult position there,
0:15:48 > 0:15:51going eighth on that board,
0:15:51 > 0:15:52and everyone else had done so well.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54There wasn't an awful lot you could have done.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58Let's look at the pointless answers. See if you got any of these at home.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01If instead of saying trumpet, you'd have said betrumpet,
0:16:01 > 0:16:04would have been a pointless answer. To betrumpet.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06A crampet, which is a type of crampon or wool hook.
0:16:06 > 0:16:13Cyberpet, now in the OED. Foppet, shrimpet, which is a small shrimp.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Slappet, which is a mining term from Derbyshire.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Telepuppet.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19I'm looking at no-one in particular.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22A telepuppet is like, it's like a remote control device,
0:16:22 > 0:16:25but that you control from a long distance.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28It's like things they use in space, where you're not in the vicinity
0:16:28 > 0:16:30of the thing you're controlling.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34A whappet, which is a rather lovely name for a small dog
0:16:34 > 0:16:36that's addicted to barking or yelping.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39And yappet means to bark sharply.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43So if you've got a yappeting whappet next door...man, you are in trouble.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45What about our high scorers?
0:16:45 > 0:16:48These are the high scorers that most of our 100 people said.
0:16:48 > 0:16:49In fourth place was muppet.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52- Rather nice.- Really?- But let's take a look at the top three.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55We managed to avoid these until we got to Faris, unfortunately.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Limpet would have scored 34.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Trumpet, there you go, 46.
0:17:00 > 0:17:01And right up the top,
0:17:01 > 0:17:04covering everything, carpet. 70.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Very good indeed, thank you so much, Richard.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10At the end of the first round, the losing pair with the highest score,
0:17:10 > 0:17:12I'm afraid it's Faris and Shankar.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14AUDIENCE: Aw-w-w-w.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Now, Faris, what other ones did you have?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19I had crumpet at the start. I was dwelling on puppet and muppet,
0:17:19 > 0:17:21but I thought those were more obvious, to be honest.
0:17:21 > 0:17:26Yeah. Well, very, very bad luck indeed. We'll look forward
0:17:26 > 0:17:29to seeing you next time, I'm sure you'll go much further.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33It's been great having you on the show. Faris and Shankar.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Obviously, there's only going to be room for two pairs
0:17:45 > 0:17:49in the head-to-head, so one of the teams will be leaving us
0:17:49 > 0:17:52at the end of this round. Our category for Round Two is...
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Can you decide in your pairs
0:17:55 > 0:17:57who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:17:57 > 0:18:01And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06OK, our Round Two question concerns...
0:18:08 > 0:18:12- Richard.- On each pass, we're going to show you six comic strips,
0:18:12 > 0:18:15animations or animated characters. Can you tell us the cartoonist
0:18:15 > 0:18:18who created them? A nice obscure answer, score you fewer points.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21An incorrect answer, though, will score 100 points.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24There's a lot of people who know a lot about cartoons at home.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26It's 12 in all to get here. See how well you do.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32OK, so we are looking for the creators of these cartoons,
0:18:32 > 0:18:33and we have got...
0:18:40 > 0:18:42I'll read them all one more time.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52OK, there are the names of the cartoons.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57We need the names of the creators, and as always, you're trying to find
0:18:57 > 0:19:00the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew. Mick.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04I only know the answer to the two most clearly obvious ones.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07I'm going to go with The Simpsons and Matt Groening.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Matt Groening, you're saying. Good pronunciation.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13OK, Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:19:15 > 0:19:18let's see how many people knew that answer. Matt Groening.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Absolutely right.
0:19:23 > 0:19:2528.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27APPLAUSE
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Not bad at all.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31- 28 for Matt Groening. - Yeah, good answer, Mick.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Surprisingly low score as well for Matt Groening.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37We were using the OED in that first round,
0:19:37 > 0:19:39and d'you know what word went into the OED in 2001?
0:19:39 > 0:19:44- D'oh!- D'oh. Absolutely right. That's nice, isn't it?- Isn't it?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46That is nice. Now, then, Vanessa. Is this good for you?
0:19:46 > 0:19:49One of them definitely is good for me.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- One of them is good. Which one's that?- Donald Duck.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- Good.- At least I'm not going to get 100, I hope!
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- Walt Disney.- Walt Disney, Donald Duck, says Vanessa.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Walt Disney, the creator of Donald Duck.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:20:04 > 0:20:06let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07It's right.
0:20:10 > 0:20:1157.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14That's a long way off 100. 57 points for Donald Duck.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Yeah, again, better than 100, but a pretty big score.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- D'you know what Donald Duck's middle name is?- Reginald.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- Fauntleroy.- Fauntleroy? - Yeah, Donald Fauntleroy Duck.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Ming, you're the last person to have this board. Talk us through it.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32- Well, the two that I knew have gone.- Ah.
0:20:32 > 0:20:38So, something in the back of my mind says Tintin was Herge.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41- Herge.- Herge's Adventures of Tintin.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46Herge, says Ming. Eric is nodding.
0:20:46 > 0:20:47Herge. Let's see if that's right
0:20:47 > 0:20:51and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Of course it is. Georges Remi.
0:20:57 > 0:20:5915.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01APPLAUSE
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- 15 for Herge.- Good answer, Mick.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05As you say, the pen name of Georges Remi.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07You know, he didn't always use to have a quiff.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10In his first ever adventure there's a car chase.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13It blows up like that during a car chase and stays that way
0:21:13 > 0:21:16throughout every other book. Let's go through the rest of the board.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Watterson, would have scored you one point.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Garfield is Jim Davis, that would have scored you four points.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Now, the Smurfs, very, very well-known films, books, everything,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28but it's a pointless answer.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32The person who created them, he's a Belgian cartoonist called Peyo.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Pointless answer. Very well done if you said that at home.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40- D'you know how tall Smurfs are? - About four, three apples.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- Yeah, three apples tall.- Hate the Smurfs.- You hate the Smurfs?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47I just find it very hard to be excited about the Smurfs.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50- I'm not a big fan of the Smurfs. I'll grant you that.- Thank you.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52OK, well, we're halfway through the round.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Let's take a look at the scores. Well, Ming and Eric, 15.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59See, forced into a corner like that
0:21:59 > 0:22:01and it turns out you knew the answer. Then we go up to 28,
0:22:01 > 0:22:04where we find Mick and Laura,
0:22:04 > 0:22:06then up to 57, where we find Vanessa and Richard.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09- Richard, you know what you have to do in the next pass.- I do.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10Good luck with that.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:22:15 > 0:22:17OK, we're going to put six more cartoons on the board,
0:22:17 > 0:22:21and here they come. We have got...
0:22:28 > 0:22:30I'll read them all one more time.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Now, remember, you are looking for the creators of these cartoons,
0:22:36 > 0:22:38and obviously, you are trying to find the one you think
0:22:38 > 0:22:40the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Now, then, Eric, you're the low scorers on 15.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45The high scorers on 57
0:22:45 > 0:22:47are Richard and Vanessa, which means a score
0:22:47 > 0:22:52of 41 from you or less is enough to see you through to the head-to-head.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54It would be very nice, but I don't know any of 'em.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58- Really?- Erm, well, only the obvious one.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02Well, I think I've got to play safe and go Mickey Mouse,
0:23:02 > 0:23:04and Walt Disney again.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07Here is your red line.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11If you get below that red line, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Very best of luck. Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney. Is it right?
0:23:14 > 0:23:16How many people said it?
0:23:16 > 0:23:18It is right.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21APPLAUSE
0:23:21 > 0:23:22Yeah, 82.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25That's a high score.
0:23:25 > 0:23:26That takes your total up to 97.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28- Richard.- A big score, Eric,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31but nothing else you could do there if that was the only one you knew.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34His first ever words were "Hot dogs," Mickey Mouse.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38- Really?- Yeah. I have no information on his middle name.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- I know Rupert Bear's middle name. - Do you always add...?
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- The.- The. Yeah, yes.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- Why hot dogs?- Why hot dogs? - Yeah.- Why not hot dogs?
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Well, why not? Now, then, Richard and Vanessa, you were on 57.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52The high scorers are now Eric and Ming on 97.
0:23:52 > 0:23:57A score of 39 or less, Richard, and you're through
0:23:57 > 0:23:58to the head-to-head.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Well, there's three I think I know.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04I shall go with Andy Capp and Reg Smythe.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Reg Smythe, says Richard. Reg Smythe.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10There is your red line. If you get below that red line, you're through.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Let's see if Reg Smythe is right
0:24:12 > 0:24:13and how many people said it.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15It's right.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Very well done, Richard.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Oh, three!
0:24:24 > 0:24:25That's a superb answer.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Takes your total up to a lovely round 60.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29Richard.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Great answer, Richard. Very well played. Yeah, Reg Smythe,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34more obscure than Walt Disney, it turns out.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Now, Andy Capp, in France, he's known as Andre Chapeau,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40- which is fair enough.- No! - Yeah, Andre Chapeau,
0:24:40 > 0:24:44and d'you know what he's known as in Germany? Willi Wacker.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Thank you, Richard. Now, then, Laura.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49- You're on 28.- Yeah.
0:24:49 > 0:24:50On 97, we find Eric and Ming.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54Which means you are 68 points clear of them.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- Unfortunately, I think I'm about to get 128.- Are you really?
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Yeah, honestly. I've seen so many episodes of Family Guy,
0:24:59 > 0:25:03and my mind's just gone completely blank.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04I'm going to be kicking myself.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Eric and Ming, this is a lifeline, possibly.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10- You're going to have to make something up, Laura.- I know.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11Unfortunately, I'm going to have to say
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Charlie Brown for Peanuts, because I've got nothing else.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Now, OK, there's your red line, Laura.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20You are saying Charlie Brown was the creator of Peanuts.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:25:22 > 0:25:24let's see how many people said it.
0:25:24 > 0:25:25Bad luck, bad luck.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28At least we went out with a bang.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Yes, you did, but that was unfortunate.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34You're going to kick yourself, I think, when you see these names.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Bad luck. It's awful when your mind goes blank like that.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 128. I'm sorry.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- Richard.- Yeah, sorry, Laura. I'm sure you know that Charlie Brown
0:25:44 > 0:25:46is a character in Peanuts. I have to say,
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Mick's body language is quite something.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51You weren't crossing your arms before.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Last show, when she was getting right answer after right answer,
0:25:54 > 0:25:58he seemed happy as Larry. That's unfortunate. You played brilliantly.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00I don't think I'm going to live that down.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02The creator of Peanuts is Charles Schultz.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06Had a readership of 355 million at its peak.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08And talking of... 22 points that would have scored you.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Would have seen you safely through.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Talking of popularity, after JK Rowling, the best-selling author
0:26:14 > 0:26:19of the noughties is the writer of the Mr Men books, Roger Hargreaves.
0:26:19 > 0:26:24Would have scored you 21. Family Guy is Seth MacFarlane.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Does lots of the voices, including Peter Griffin.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30And Beavis and Butt-head is a pointless answer. It's Mike Judge.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34Mike Judge, also made Office Space, which is rather a good film.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Pointless. Very well done if you got him at home.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- Some people will have done. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41At the end of Round Two, the losing pair,
0:26:41 > 0:26:43it's Laura and Mick.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46- Oh, well, never mind.- Oh, bad luck. Seth MacFarlane!- Rr-r! Never mind.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48You'll never forget that
0:26:48 > 0:26:50ever, ever again. You'll never be able to watch
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Family Guy again, either, without having a slight twinge, thinking
0:26:53 > 0:26:56"Aw-w!" There we are. I'm afraid this is the end
0:26:56 > 0:26:59of your Pointless road. I'm sorry to say we have to say goodbye.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02It's been lovely having you on the show. Laura and Mick.
0:27:02 > 0:27:03Great contestants.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05APPLAUSE
0:27:05 > 0:27:08For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get
0:27:08 > 0:27:11even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Well, congratulations, Richard and Vanessa, Eric and Ming.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22You are now only one round away from the final and a chance
0:27:22 > 0:27:25to play for that jackpot, which currently stands at £9,750.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27APPLAUSE
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Now, only one pair can play for that money,
0:27:31 > 0:27:34and to decide which, you're going head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37So basically, the first pair to win two questions
0:27:37 > 0:27:42will be playing for that jackpot, and you are now allowed to confer.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Maybe there'll be a pointless answer.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Sometimes we have them in the head-to-head. We can knock that jackpot up
0:27:47 > 0:27:51to a nice, round £10,000. You know, there's very little to divide you.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53First round, you both had exactly the same score.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Second round, Richard and Vanessa,
0:27:55 > 0:27:58you were just slightly ahead of Eric and Ming,
0:27:58 > 0:28:01but it is father and daughter versus father and son.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Anything could happen. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13OK, here comes your first question. And it concerns...
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Yes, on this question, we're going to show you five pictures
0:28:18 > 0:28:21of tall buildings from around the world.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23You just have to pick the most obscure. Good luck.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26OK, thanks very much. Let's reveal our five tall buildings.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28Here they come. We have got...
0:28:39 > 0:28:41GIGGLING IN AUDIENCE
0:28:41 > 0:28:44I don't see what's so funny about E.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46There they are. Five tall buildings.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50Richard and Vanessa, because you've played best
0:28:50 > 0:28:52throughout the show so far, you go first.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55THEY CONFER
0:28:55 > 0:28:58- OK?- Yes.- What's it going to be?
0:28:58 > 0:29:00A, and we think it's the Empire State Building.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04Richard and Vanessa are saying A, the Empire State Building.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10Eric and Ming. It's over to you. You can do all your conferring out loud,
0:29:10 > 0:29:12if you need to. You can also submit another answer for A,
0:29:12 > 0:29:14if Richard and Vanessa are wrong.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17I don't think we'll be submitting another answer for A.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Go on, yeah, yeah.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22E. Blackpool Tower.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24E, Blackpool Tower.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28So, we have A, the Empire State Building
0:29:28 > 0:29:30and we have E, the Blackpool Tower.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33Richard and Vanessa have said A, the Empire State Building.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many
0:29:36 > 0:29:39of our 100 people said the Empire State Building.
0:29:40 > 0:29:41Absolutely right.
0:29:45 > 0:29:4658.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53Eric and Ming, you have said that E is the Blackpool Tower.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:29:56 > 0:29:59how many people said E was the Blackpool Tower.
0:29:59 > 0:30:0158 is the score you have to beat.
0:30:01 > 0:30:02It's right.
0:30:04 > 0:30:0572.
0:30:06 > 0:30:0872.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Right, that means, after one question,
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Richard and Vanessa are ahead 1-0.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17Yeah, all the others would have won the point. Let's take a look at them.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21B is in Kuala Lumpur, it's the Petronas Towers.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25Would have scored you 18 points. C is the best answer on the board,
0:30:25 > 0:30:27would have just scored you one point.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29It's the Coit Memorial Tower in San Francisco.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Very well done if you said that one.
0:30:31 > 0:30:36And D is the tallest building in the world.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40It's 828 metres, that's nearly a kilometre high.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44It's the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. It would have scored four points.
0:30:44 > 0:30:49- Went there last year. I'll tell you what, it is tall.- And that from you?
0:30:49 > 0:30:52That is a big... You could put four of me up on top of each other
0:30:52 > 0:30:55and it would...it would still be taller.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59Wow. OK, here comes your second question. Eric and Ming,
0:30:59 > 0:31:00it is imperative that you win this.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03It's so lovely to see a father and son!
0:31:03 > 0:31:05Eric, you are just, you are prototype Ming!
0:31:05 > 0:31:08Seeing you together, exactly the same!
0:31:08 > 0:31:10You've got to win this question.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Here comes your second question. It concerns...
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- Richard.- Yes, for this question,
0:31:16 > 0:31:20we're going to show you the titles of five Stephen King novels,
0:31:20 > 0:31:23but we've left out the last word of the title. Can you fill in that word,
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- and pick the most obscure? - OK, here they come.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30Five Stephen King novels, with the last word missing. We've got...
0:31:39 > 0:31:40I'll read them all one more time.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51So there you are. Five Stephen King novels with the last word missing.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53Eric and Ming, it's your turn to answer first,
0:31:53 > 0:31:55and you have to win this question
0:31:55 > 0:31:56to stay in the game.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58All right, we'll go safe. Salem's Lot.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02Salem's Lot, say Eric and Ming. OK.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06Now, then, Richard and Vanessa, you can do all your conferring out loud.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09- Was that the only one you knew? - That was the one we knew.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11That's what Eric and Ming were banking on, I think.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15- You've got Bag of Bones? - Yeah, that's a good guess.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19Bit like a comedy novel, the Bag of Bones. Erm, shall we go with that?
0:32:19 > 0:32:23- Yeah, try it. - We'll go for Bag of Bones.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25You're going to say Bag of Bones. That's a guess.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28Bag of Bones. So, we have
0:32:28 > 0:32:32Salem's Lot and we have Bag of Bones.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34Eric and Ming, Salem's Lot. Let's see if that's right
0:32:34 > 0:32:39and if it is, let's see how many people said Salem's Lot.
0:32:39 > 0:32:40Yep, it's right.
0:32:42 > 0:32:4361.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48It's a high score,
0:32:48 > 0:32:52but I think you cornered the only one that people knew on the board.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54So, then, Richard and Vanessa, you have decided
0:32:54 > 0:32:58Bag of Bones. OK, Bag of Bones. Let's see if it's right
0:32:58 > 0:33:01and if it is, let's see how many people said Bag of Bones.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04It's right!
0:33:04 > 0:33:06It's right, Bag of Bones.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Wow, look at that. 25!
0:33:11 > 0:33:12APPLAUSE
0:33:14 > 0:33:17Cor, Bag of Bones. What a fluke.
0:33:17 > 0:33:18That was a complete guess.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20It was a great guess! Brilliant guess, in fact.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Bag of Bones wins it for you.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24Which means, after only two questions,
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Richard and Vanessa, you are through to the final, 2-0.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31- Richard.- Yeah, and Vanessa, we can officially award you
0:33:31 > 0:33:33the title of Pointless' luckiest ever contestant.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35I think that was Dad, that one. It wasn't me.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37- But you're on his team.- Pipet!
0:33:37 > 0:33:39I think pipet and Bag of Bones is not bad going.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42Tough luck, guys. Very, very unlucky to get knocked out.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46Let's fill in the rest. All of these would have won you the points.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50Dolores is Dolores Claiborne. That's a novel and a film,
0:33:50 > 0:33:52would have scored 19.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54The Dead is The Dead Zone, also made into a film.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58That would have scored 20. And this is one of his more recent novels,
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Duma Key would have scored seven points.
0:34:00 > 0:34:01Very well done if you got those at home.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Thank you very much, Richard.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06So, the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, Eric and Ming.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Wow, that was unlucky.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Got a Stephen King book in me bag. I read it
0:34:10 > 0:34:12on the train on the way down, and it's not up there.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Would have been perfect.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16So, you had a risky one, Ming and Eric.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18- What was that one going to be? - No, it was wrong.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21I thought it was The Dead Pool, not The Dead Zone, and we weren't sure.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23So we thought we'll take the safe one.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Someone'll have to guess to get a result.
0:34:25 > 0:34:26Good guess.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30- And they did. Well, it was a risk. - It was a risk, but...
0:34:30 > 0:34:31- Paid off.- It paid off.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34It's been brilliant having you on the show,
0:34:34 > 0:34:37and well done. You made it all the way to the head-to-head.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39I'm sorry you haven't made it into the final,
0:34:39 > 0:34:41by the skin of your teeth.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45It's been great having you, though. Eric, Ming. Thank you so much.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47APPLAUSE
0:34:47 > 0:34:50But for Richard and Vanessa, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57Well, congratulations, Richard and Vanessa.
0:34:57 > 0:34:58You have fought off the competition
0:34:58 > 0:35:00and won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:35:08 > 0:35:13and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £9,750.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:35:16 > 0:35:20You've done incredibly well this time. You had the lowest score total
0:35:20 > 0:35:23from Rounds One and Two, then in the head-to-head,
0:35:23 > 0:35:27you saw off the others. Ming and Eric, they didn't get a look in.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29And a fantastic bit of luck.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32And of course, a pointless answer from you in the first round.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34So yeah, been a pretty epic Pointless, I would say.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36The rules are very simple.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43We've had one pointless answer on the show today from you, Vanessa.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46You only have to find one pointless answer and you'll leave with £9,750.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49OK, first you've got to choose a category, though,
0:35:49 > 0:35:52and you can choose from these five options. They are...
0:36:01 > 0:36:04- I think so.- Got to be.- Jockeys. - Yes, it's got to be Jockeys.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08- Got to be Jockeys.- A sports editor. You love horse racing, don't you?
0:36:08 > 0:36:10- Yes, he does.- Vanessa likes horses.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12- She's a bit of a horse racing fan as well.- Very good.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many..
0:36:21 > 0:36:25- ..as they could. Richard.- We're looking for the name of any jockey
0:36:25 > 0:36:28who's won the British flat racing jockey's championship from 1950
0:36:28 > 0:36:31all the way through to 2011, please. Very best of luck.
0:36:31 > 0:36:35OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers,
0:36:35 > 0:36:37and all you need to win that £9,750
0:36:37 > 0:36:40is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47- Your time starts now.- Right, we've got to rule out Lester Piggott.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50- Yeah.- People like Pat Eddery, possibly Willie Carson.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54- One I can think of is one of my favourite jockeys, Seb Sanders.- OK.
0:36:54 > 0:36:59- Erm, we'll go for somebody like Martin Dyer.- OK.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02- Seb Sanders, Martin, I really like Seb.- OK.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07Erm, we need to get... Sorry, you know jump jockeys,
0:37:07 > 0:37:10which won't really help us very much.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Erm, let's go back to the '70s.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17Brian Taylor, Willie Carson, I've said.
0:37:19 > 0:37:24What if we go Eddery, Martin Dyer and Seb Sanders?
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Yeah, that's fine. Yeah, I think...
0:37:26 > 0:37:30We've got 19 seconds, so I can still wrack my brains a bit more.
0:37:30 > 0:37:31Yeah, cos you've got three.
0:37:31 > 0:37:36- Erm, no, I can't.- So, you're going to go for those three?
0:37:36 > 0:37:38- My mind's gone a bit blank. - OK, five seconds left.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Yeah, we going to go for those three? Got them in your head?
0:37:41 > 0:37:44- Yes, I think so. - OK, there's your time up.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48I now need your three answers. What are you going to go for?
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- I'm going to go for Joe Mercer.- Joe Mercer.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54- Martin Dyer.- Martin Dyer. - Dwyer. Martin Dwyer.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57- Martin Dwyer.- And Seb Sanders. - And Seb Sanders.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00OK, there are your three answers. Of those three,
0:38:00 > 0:38:03- I'm guessing you're going to put Seb Sanders last.- I am, yes.
0:38:03 > 0:38:04He's your best shot.
0:38:04 > 0:38:10- Who d'you want to put first?- Martin Dwyer first.- Martin Dwyer first.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12- Joe Mercer... - Joe Mercer in the middle.- Yeah.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16OK, let's pop them up on the board in that order, and here they are.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20We have got Martin Dwyer, Joe Mercer and Seb Sanders.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24There we have your three answers. Now, we were looking for jockeys
0:38:24 > 0:38:27who have won the British Flat Racing Championship.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30Martin Dwyer, you said, was your least likely pointless answer.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34You only have to find one pointless answer, remember,
0:38:34 > 0:38:37to win that £9,750 jackpot.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41OK, let's see. How many people said Martin Dwyer? Is it right?
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- Ohhhh!- Dad!
0:38:46 > 0:38:49OK, Martin Dwyer. Not a pointless answer.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52Not, as it turns out, a correct answer.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot. £9,750.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Vanessa, what would you do with that?
0:38:57 > 0:39:00I'd probably take my children to Disneyland,
0:39:00 > 0:39:03cos I know that my eldest would love to go.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05I'd like to buy myself a horse
0:39:05 > 0:39:08but whether I'm allowed one or not is another matter!
0:39:08 > 0:39:09It'd be fitting, wouldn't it?
0:39:09 > 0:39:12- It would be.- If you win on this. How about you, Richard?
0:39:12 > 0:39:14I think it's just a nice giant family holiday.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17- The family, my partner. Get us all together somewhere.- Lovely.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19- Think that'd be nice, really. - Well, very best of luck.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23Let's hope one of your two remaining answers will win that jackpot.
0:39:23 > 0:39:24OK, we're looking for jockeys
0:39:24 > 0:39:27who have won the British Flat Racing Championship.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Joe Mercer.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33This has to be right, it has to be pointless,
0:39:33 > 0:39:35if it's both of those things, you win £9,750.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38Let's see how many people said Joe Mercer.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41It's right.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43OK, Martin Dwyer let you down there.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47Joe Mercer, on the other hand, going strong.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50There he goes, down into the teens, down into single figures.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54If he goes down to zero, you leave here... Oh, ho, ho!
0:39:54 > 0:39:56OK...
0:39:56 > 0:39:58OK.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02Oh, Joe Mercer!
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Oh, he rode it all the way down.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07- I should have been.- Yeah, you should have been! Not a pointless answer.
0:40:07 > 0:40:13You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot. £9,750.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15We are looking for jockeys
0:40:15 > 0:40:18who have won the British Flat Racing Championship.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20This was your last answer. You had no,
0:40:20 > 0:40:23you had no hesitation putting this last. You were certain
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Seb Sanders was your most likely shot at a pointless answer.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29When did he win? D'you remember, Richard?
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Oh, it might have been about eight years ago, but he shared it.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35- I think he shared the title.- OK. - I can't remember who with.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Why d'you think that he would be...?
0:40:37 > 0:40:40He's a favourite jockey of mine and I remember,
0:40:40 > 0:40:43I was so pleased that he won, he shared the title.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45OK, well, let's hope he does something for you here.
0:40:45 > 0:40:50To win that jackpot of £9,750, this has to be pointless.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53OK, let's find out. Seb Sanders. Is it a pointless answer?
0:40:53 > 0:40:56Very, very best of luck.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59It's right.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01OK, so Martin Dwyer was an incorrect answer.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04Joe Mercer took us all the way down to one.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06Seb Sanders, down he goes.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08It's all right so far.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10If he goes down to zero, you leave here with £9,750!
0:41:10 > 0:41:12You've done it!
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Very, very, very well done.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Come here, that's just wonderful!
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Brilliant. Brilliant.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24That was incredible, Dad.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:30 > 0:41:33- Well, congratulations.- I'm sorry.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Oh, no, wonderful. Don't you worry, Richard.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Seb Sanders, a pointless answer,
0:41:37 > 0:41:40which means you go away with the jackpot of £9,750.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43I've got some of the money back I've lost on him!
0:41:43 > 0:41:44LAUGHTER
0:41:46 > 0:41:48- Very, very well done. - I cannot believe it.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Excellent. Richard, what about that for a winning answer?
0:41:51 > 0:41:55I'll tell you what, if he was a favourite jockey of yours before...
0:41:55 > 0:41:58- Oh, yes.- How about now? Terrific, very well done.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01He won in 2007, and he shared it, as you say,
0:42:01 > 0:42:03with another pointless answer who was Jamie Spencer.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05- Of course, yes. - Who also won it in 2005.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08There's only five pointless answers up here,
0:42:08 > 0:42:10so you did terrifically well.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14First one is Jamie Spencer. Kevin Darley, who won it in 2000.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Michael Roberts won it in 1992.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Scobie Breasley won it four times, the Australian,
0:42:20 > 0:42:23and there's Seb Sanders, right at the bottom. You know what?
0:42:23 > 0:42:26You had a bit of luck during the show, but no luck involved there.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30You did terrifically well. Congratulations. Well done if you got
0:42:30 > 0:42:33any of those at home, Unfortunately, no money for you.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36Well, thanks once again to our winning players,
0:42:36 > 0:42:41Richard and Vanessa, who go away with today's jackpot of £9,750.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
0:42:45 > 0:42:50Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.
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