Episode 44 Pointless

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Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,

the show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

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Welcome, Tristan and Fi. You are our first pair on the show today.

How do you two know each other, Tristan?

We're boyfriend and girlfriend. That's how.

Took a little while to think about it! Fi, where are you from?

-I'm from Edinburgh.

-What do you do in Edinburgh?

I'm a finance officer at a hotel in the city centre.

Very good, indeed. And how about you, Tristan?

I'm a sales manager at a kilt-making firm in Glasgow.

Oh, that's just wonderful!

-Pretty typical Scotsman.

-Yeah!

Exactly. So you'll be great on tartans.

If tartan comes up, yeah, I'd be quite hopeful of doing well.

-It never has yet, but...

-Fingers crossed.

So what exactly do you do?

Sell kilts, rent kilts, generally,

for people getting married,

Scottish people wanting to dress up,

-visitors...

-A lot of tourists, I should think,

who want to take a kilt back home - to America.

-There is that.

-And do you have to say,

"Yes, of course I'll find a tartan for you"?

I did measure David Hasselhoff about three months ago

-for a kilt.

-Did he go for the Hasselhoff hunting tartan?

He got what fitted on him, which wasn't a lot. He's a big guy.

Excellent. Fi, what would you like to see come up?

TV, films, bit of music, maybe some food and drink.

Of course, you're in the hospitality industry.

Food and drink would be food and drink to you.

Great to have you here, Tristan and Fi. Welcome to Pointless.

Next we welcome back Arthur and Katie. You were on last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

This is your last chance.

Arthur, remind us how you two know each other.

She's my daughter.

-Lovely girl, as well.

-Katie, what happened last time?

I think we just got a bit unlucky with the final question.

You made it all the way to the head-to-head. You did very well.

Yeah, thanks to my dad, the vat of knowledge,

because I didn't know much.

Arthur, what would be great for you today?

Geography, music and musicals,

food and drink, obviously.

And Katie, anything you'd not like to see?

As I discovered, geography isn't my best subject.

-Well, we've done geography.

-Yes.

-We have to hope that doesn't come back.

-Erm,

popular culture would be good for me,

politics would be bad for me.

Very good indeed. Welcome back, Arthur and Katie.

Let's hope we see you to the head-to-head at least.

Welcome back next, Jamie and Terry.

You were also on the show last time. You didn't have such a good time.

-No, no, we didn't.

-It was Round One for you.

Unfortunately, yep.

Dear, oh dear. Bond actors.

-Yep.

-We had no wrong answers.

Yeah, it wasn't too shameful,

but yeah, first round, not ideal.

Anyway, that was last time.

-Today will be different. We'll see more of you today, Terry.

-Hopefully.

What'll see you through to the head-to-head and maybe beyond?

Possibly biology, literature, maybe.

Biology, of course. We discovered last time what your job used to be.

-Yes.

-Remind us.

I used to spread poo on jelly.

There we go. Just for fun!

What was the official name of that?

A medical laboratory scientist.

Very good. Jamie, what would you like to see come up?

I'd really like to see pop music come up today.

Pop music. What's your era?

The '80s, definitely.

It's great to have you back, Jamie and Terry. Very best of luck today.

Finally, we have Oliver and Zack. Welcome to Pointless.

-How do you know each other?

-We met at university.

We go to university together in Nottingham.

Oliver, what are you studying?

-I'm doing Finance Accounting and Management.

-And how about you, Zack?

International Relations.

Very good.

Now, International Relations, surely - world geography,

-that's going to fall right into your hands, isn't it?

-I'm hoping so.

You can sweep up the politics

-other people don't like.

-I don't want to jinx it.

-OK!

Zack, what do you like to do when you're not studying?

Football is a big hobby of mine, following it. Big Arsenal fan.

-Right you are.

-Yep.

Best of luck to you both, Oliver and Zack. Great to have you here.

We'll find out more about you all as the show goes on.

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

If obscurity were a tabloid newspaper,

he would be the banner headline.

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

-Hiya.

-There we are.

-Hello.

You'd be the racy banner headline with an exclamation mark after it.

Lovely, that'll do me.

Got two returning pairs who had very different shows last time.

Arthur and Katie nearly went all the way,

knocked out on the final question in the head-to-head.

Pairs like that usually do very well next time,

so fingers crossed they will.

but Jamie and Terry, we didn't see the best of.

They were unfortunate. Both got correct answers

but both got knocked out in our James Bond round.

Last time, on the show, in that Bond question,

you said that you were expecting quite a lot of hundreds.

A lot of incorrect answers.

And actually, as it happened, there weren't any

and we'd been talking in the introduction to Jamie,

who said he made oak leaf wine.

You did say...

I said if anyone didn't get 100 I would drink some oak leaf wine,

-is what I said.

-I think you said you'd, erm...

Oh, man...

We have here, look at that.

But there you go... Allow me, allow me, sir.

You're very kind.

-Is it really oak leaf wine?

-Look at that. There we are.

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-Is that to Sir's liking?

-Not really, not really.

You've got to pay your bets, haven't you?

-There you go.

-That's...

Whoa!

-That's fine by me.

-Look at that.

-Mm...

-What is this, is this a 2012?

-That's just past.

-Oh, you can...

I tell you what, you can smell the oak leaves

and there's a slightly chemical, toilety aroma.

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-OK.

-There we are.

OK, there we go. I can smell that from here.

-That is, er...

-Ah...

Oh, that is bad.

Oh!

-Have a sip before you put it back.

-I might...

Let me just have one more sip to see if I was right.

-What are you making of that?

-It's delicious.

Mmm, that is, oh...

If it's a refreshing lift you're after, that's the tops.

I tell you what... Quite why they're still making

wine with grapes when you could be making it with oak leaves...

I do not know, that is quite something.

Isn't it? That is amazing. That's, erm...

Mmm...

I'm going...

Well, there we are, a little treat there.

Well, good, thank you...

You've honoured your debt.

I am never, ever going to...

I say I'll never make a prediction again

because that was genuinely unpleasant.

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I think someone'll get 100 in the first round today.

OK, fair enough. Thank you very much, Richard.

All our questions on Pointless were put to 100 people before the show

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

To stay in the game, and have a chance of winning our jackpot, our players need to

score as few points as possible.

What everyone's trying to do is to find a pointless answer,

an answer that none of our 100 gave.

Each time that happens we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.

Shaun and Angus won the jackpot last time

so today's jackpot starts at £1,000. If everyone's ready...

Let's play Pointless.

In this round, each of you must give me one answer

and you cannot confer with your partner.

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

If you give me an incorrect answer you will score 100 points.

Try and avoid those if you can. OK, our first category today is...

Astronomy.

Can you all decide who's going first and who's going second.

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

OK, so our first round question today concerns...

Star Constellations With Animal Names. Richard...

On each pass we'll show you the name of seven star constellations.

We need you to tell us what animal name features in there. English names, please.

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

give us a wrong answer, as always, that's 100 points.

There's going to be 14 in all to get at home, 14 animals to guess.

OK, thank you very much, Richard. Now then, Tristan and Fi,

you all drew lots before the show and today you are going first.

We are looking for the animal names that are featured in the English translations

of these constellations, and we have got:

OK, I'll just read that board one more time.

Here it comes...

Now then, Tristan.

Ha, ha... I think I'm going with the bottom one.

I'm going to go with the logic that that's linked to Pisces,

-the fish, so I'll say, fish.

-Fish.

Fish, says Tristan. That sounds reasonable for Piscis Austrinus.

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

It's right, well done.

70!

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Something tells me that may not be the highest score in this round.

70 for Piscis Austrinus.

Yeah, it beats 100, doesn't it? It's the southern fish,

looking like a fish lying on its back, sipping from Aquarius's urn.

Wow! That really is too much information.

Thank you very much!

-Arthur?

-I think I know two or three but I'm going to play it safe

-and go with Ursa Minor which is a bear.

-Ursa Minor, the bear.

Ursa Minor, the bear, says Arthur. Let's see if that's right

and, if it is, how many people knew that, Ursa Minor the bear.

Absolutely right.

26!

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Lovely score there, Arthur.

26 for bear.

Yeah, well played, Arthur, surrounds the northern celestial pole.

Of course, Polaris, which is our current pole star.

Remember we are looking for the animals that feature in the English names

of these constellations. Jamie?

The two answers I was going to give are gone,

so I'm going to have to take some kind of a guess

and I'm going to go for Canis Major and say that that's a dog.

Canis Major, dog... Canis Major, dog, says Jamie.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people said Canis Major was a dog.

It's right!

46!

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46 for dog.

Well done, Jamie, it contains Sirius the Dog Star

which is the brightest star in our night sky.

-Indeed...

-Canis, like canine, like canary, in fact,

Canary Islands comes from dog, as well.

Ah, thank you very much, Richard. Now, Zack, you're the last person to have this board.

Well I did Latin A-level so I should be quite good at this.

I think I know three of the last four.

I think Delphinus is dolphin.

Camelopardalis is camel.

But the one I'm going to go for is Lepus, wolf.

Lepus, wolf you are saying. Lepus, wolf...

-What did you get in your A-level?

-I got an A

but I'm hoping my teachers aren't watching if I get it wrong.

If I get it right, maybe I can thank them.

OK, let's find out is it thanks or blame that are due them.

Let's see, Lepus, wolf, says Zack.

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Oh, bad luck. Unfortunately, an incorrect answer which means you score 100 points, I'm sorry to say.

-Richard...

-I hope your A-level Latin teachers are not watching.

It's actually the hare, and scored one point. It would have been an excellent answer.

Perhaps you should have gone for Camelopardalis. What were you saying for that?

-Camel.

-Yeah, it's giraffe.

That would have scored you...

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That would have scored you four, well done if you got that at home. That's quite good, isn't it?

Delphinus?

I don't want to say it now. I said, dolphin.

It's the right answer!

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It's the right answer and scored 32.

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And Corvus is crow,

which would have scored you six points.

Lepus, hare, that's the best answer. Very well done if you got all seven.

Thanks, Richard, let's look at the scores because we're half way through the round.

The best score of that pass

was Arthur, lovely low score of 26.

Then we travel up to 46 where we find Jamie and Terry.

Then up to 70 where we find Tristan and Fi.

Then up to 100 where we find Latin scholar Zack and Oliver.

Yes, Oliver, though, you are the high scorer so we're relying on you to get a low score

to keep you in the game.

Can the second players take their places at the podium.

We're putting seven more constellations on the board and here they are. We have got...

I'll read those all one more time.

Remember we are looking for the animals that feature in the English names of these constellations

and, as always, you're trying to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-Now then, Oliver, you're the highest scorers.

-Yeah.

You're not that far ahead, so a low score might keep you in the game.

I'm going to go for Scorpius and scorpion.

I'm hopefully playing it safe, I don't know the answer.

-OK, Scorpius, scorpion.

-I don't know.

-Scorpius, scorpion, says Oliver.

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

There's no red line because you are the high scorers.

Yep! It's right.

58.

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Not a bad score. It takes your total to 158.

-Richard?

-A pretty big score but you have kept yourself in the round.

It's in the Southern Hemisphere, one of the more extraordinary constellations of all, Scorpion.

Er, Terry... The high scorers are Oliver and Zack on 158.

They're out of your reach. Even if you score 100 points you are still in the game.

I know two for certain and one I think I know.

Seeing as we're still in the game, no matter what, I'm going to go for Equuleus and say, "horse."

You are going to say for Equuleus, you are going to say, horse.

That's the spirit. No red line for you for all the best reasons because you are in the game,

whatever happens. Let's see if Equuleus is horse, and if it is, how many people said it.

It's right!

29, not bad at all, Terry.

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It takes the total up to 75.

-Richard.

-Well played, Terry, the little horse,

the second smallest constellation.

-It's a hard round, isn't it?

-It is, very hard.

-Learning all sorts of things. It's essentially Latin animal names, isn't it?

-Basically, yes.

So, remember, we are looking for the animals that feature in the English names

of these constellations.

Katie, the high scorers on 158 are Oliver and Zack. You're on 26.

Even if you score 100 points, you're still through to the next round.

You won't overtake their high score. How's that board looking for you?

Not brilliant, I am going to take a totally wild guess.

I'm going to say, Dorado, donkey?

Dorado, donkey, says Katie. Let's see if that's right.

If it is, let's see how many people said, Dorado, donkey.

Nope! I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

It scores you 100 points and takes your total up to 126

but it doesn't matter at all, you're through anyway.

Now then, Fi, how are you feeling about this category?

-Oh, not the best.

-OK.

Let me just tell you, 158 is the high score.

Oliver and Zack, 88 points ahead of you,

which means a score of 87 will be enough to see you through into the next round.

I can guess a couple of them but I might try and play it safe

with Leo Minor and guess with lion.

OK, Leo Minor, you are saying, lion.

As I said, 87 is your target score.

That's what it looks like on the board, that red line.

Let's see if Leo Minor can get you below that red line.

Leo Minor, is it right, lion, and how many people said it?

It's right and you are through. Very well done, 77.

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Did everything you had to do and takes your total up to 147.

Richard...

Yes, the lesser lion, used to be part of Ursa Major.

Erm, now I have to say in Zack's defence

that he was only one letter out when he said Lepus was wolf because, of course, Lupus is wolf.

If you'd have seen it that's what you would have gone for.

It'd would have scored you 34.

Tucana, is what it sounds like, it's the toucan.

That would have scored you ten points.

Aquila, is the eagle and scored five.

Dorado is a pointless answer.

Very well done, anybody at home, who said "swordfish".

It's a swordfish. Very, very good answer.

Anyone who went through both those boards, that's very impressive going.

-Yeah.

-That's a very tough start to the show.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of the first round,

the losing pair with the highest score, it's Oliver and Zack.

Oh dear, that Latin A-level, Zack!

-A waste of time!

-Yeah.

It's been great having you on the show. We'll look forward to seeing you again next time

when I hope you'll go much further. Thanks, great contestants.

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

Now there's only going to be room for two pairs in our head-to-head.

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

Our category for Round 2 is...

-..football.

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Can you decide who's going to go first and who second.

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

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

We gave 100 people, 100 seconds

to name as many British teams that have played in the Champions League.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any British football team

that has ever qualified for the UEFA Champions' League proper from 1992/93 when it started,

all the way through to the 2011/12 season.

We're not counting anyone who played in preliminary rounds,

just the Champions' League proper. Very best of luck.

OK, thank you very much, indeed. Now then, Tristan...

I'm going to say Blackburn Rovers.

Blackburn Rovers, says Tristan. Is that right and, if it is,

let's see how many of our 100 people said Blackburn Rovers.

It's a good answer, Tristan. Look at that, five!

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Very well done, five for Blackburn Rovers. Richard.

Yes, a terrific answer, Tristan.

They had a slightly disastrous campaign in 1995/96.

In one game against Spartak Moscow, two of their players,

Graham Le Saux and David Batty famously had a fight with each other on the pitch.

It was very entertaining for everybody apart from Blackburn fans, which is almost everybody.

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Thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Arthur?

What's the most obscure British team that's played in the Champions' League?

Not my best subject.

Chelsea.

Chelsea, says Arthur. Chelsea, let's see if that's right and, if it is,

let's see how many of our 100 people said Chelsea.

It's right!

50.

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Quite a high score, but a lot better than 100. Richard.

Their most successful season was when they lost in the final in 2008.

Thanks very much, now then, Terry.

There's only one team I can say, really, Leeds United.

Leeds United, says Terry.

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

It's right!

11!

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-11 for Leeds United, Richard.

-Yeah, good answer. Qualified for the very first Champions' League.

They got knocked out in the second round.

Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

Tristan, what a great answer, Blackburn Rovers, there.

Tristan and Fi looking particularly strong on five.

Then up to 11, where we find Terry and Jamie.

Then up quite a lot to 50 where we find Arthur and Katie.

Katie, we're going to be relying on you to come up with

a brilliantly obscure Champions' League football team

to see you into the head-to-head.

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

We're looking for British football teams that have played in the UEFA Champions' League.

Jamie? That was a cracking answer from Terry.

The high scorers on 50 are Katie and Arthur.

You're on 11, which means a score of 38 or less

will see you comfortably into the head-to-head.

I'm going to say Liverpool.

Liverpool, says Jamie.

There's your target. Below that red line you are definitely in the next round.

Liverpool, is it right? How many people said it?

Oh! Not bad, not bad, 47.

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47 takes your total up to 58.

That might be enough to keep you in the game. Well done, Jamie.

It's a good safe answer, Jamie, because they won it in 2005

in one of the greatest games of football ever,

they were 3-0 down to AC Milan and came back to draw 3-3 and won on penalties.

Now then, Katie, the high scorers are now Jamie and Terry on 58.

You are on 50.

This is a bit of a disaster because I know absolutely nothing about football.

Erm, so I going to have to say, my home team, Newcastle United.

Newcastle United, says Katie.

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

There is your red line, it's very low.

It is right? How many people said it?

It's right!

Arthur is shocked.

Down it goes... 11!

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11, Katie.

It takes your total up to 61.

You might have done it. That might be enough to see you into the head-to-head. Well done.

-Newcastle United.

-And while your dad shakes his head you quietly get a score 39 points better than his.

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They qualified once in the 2002/03 season, reached the second group stage.

Thank you very much indeed.

Now then, Fi, we are looking for British football teams that have played

in the UEFA Champions' League.

The high scorers are now Katie and Arthur on 61.

You are on five. Your target is 55.

If you can get 55 or less, you are through to the head-to-head.

I could go with the obvious Scottish ones but I think they'll be quite high scoring.

I'm going to play it safe with Arsenal.

You're going to play it safe with Arsenal.

OK, 55 is what you have to score.

There's your red line, if you get below that red line with Arsenal

you are through to the head-to-head.

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

It's right.

Oh, you've done it. You have done it! 50!

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50 for Arsenal by the skin of your teeth.

It takes your total up to 55.

-Richard?

-That was fairly close, wasn't it?

The best answer was Blackburn which Tristan gave us with five points.

If you'd wanted to go for the other two best answers, it was actually Rangers and Celtic.

-Oh, really?

-Yeah. Rangers would have scored you nine points

and Celtic would have scored you ten points, brilliant answers to go for.

They're the best answers there.

Erm, other teams you could have said,

Tottenham Hotspur, Man City, we've had the others, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal.

I can show you the most popular answers, if you want.

That's if anybody wants to see a list that Man United comes top of. Does anyone want to see that?

No, let's not worry with the top thing.

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59 points Man United would have scored.

Wow! Thank you very much. At the end of Round 2,

the losing pair with the highest score, it's Arthur and Katie.

Oh, bad luck, bad luck.

Yeah, Chelsea, that's what did it for you, I'm afraid.

I was going to say Rangers, actually.

No!

Oh dear, Katie and Arthur, I'm so sorry, it's been brilliant having you on the show,

you've been fantastic contestants. Thank you so much for playing.

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But, for the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting now

as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Jamie and Terry, Tristan and Fi, you are now only one round away from the final

and a chance to play for the jackpot which stands at...

£1,000.

Obviously, only one pair can play for that money

so to decide which pair it's going to be, you're going head-to-head on the best of three questions.

Basically, the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

You are now, of course, allowed to confer. Let's play the head-to-head.

Here comes your first question and it concerns...

presidents of France.

Presidents of France, Richard.

We have five pictures of men who've been president of France.

Can you identify them and pick the most obscure, please.

We will accept surnames only.

OK. Let's reveal our five presidents of France and here they are. We have got:

There they are, five presidents of France.

Jamie and Terry, you have played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.

THEY WHISPER

We are going to go for A, President de Gaulle.

A, De Gaulle, you are saying. A, De Gaulle say Jamie and Terry.

Tristan and Fi?

Who do you think?

I would just go for E.

-E, Sarkozy is going to be more obvious.

-Take a guess.

Take a punt, yes?

Yeah, I think we'll take a bit of a guess rather than playing safe.

We're going to go for B, Mitterrand.

B, Mitterrand.

So we have Jamie and Terry who have said Charles de Gaulle for A.

A is De Gaulle. Let's see if that's right and,

if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer. A, de Gaulle.

-44.

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44.

Tristan and Fi, gone out on a bit of a limb here, a bit of a punt

and have said Mitterrand for B.

B, Mitterrand. Let's see if that's right and,

if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Mitterrand for B.

It's right.

And you have beaten Jamie and Terry, look at that, 16.

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16 for Mitterrand which means, after one question, Tristan and Fi are ahead, 1-0.

-Richard.

-Very well played there, Tristan and Fi.

You worked out that E is Sarkozy.

If you had gone for him, we would've lost the point because Sarkozy would've scored you 54 points.

Now C is the best answer, he was president during World War I.

Very well done if you know his name, it's Raymond Poincare.

Would've scored you one point.

And D is a pretty good answer.

It would have scored you four points if you had said Georges Pompidou.

Very well done if you got all of them, but well played there, guys.

There go our presidents. Tristan and Fi, you are up 1-0 which means

Jaime and Terry, you have to win this next question to stay in the game. Here it comes.

Our second question concerns...

The Sound Of Music.

The Sound Of Music! Richard.

We're giving you five questions about the 1965 musical, The Sound Of Music.

Which answer is the most obscure?

Right, OK, here come our five clues to facts about the Sound Of Music, and we have got:

There you are, five clues. I'll read them again.

OK, now then, Tristan and Fi you go first this time.

Do you know any of those?

Yeah, I'm going to go for the first name of Julie Andrews's character and say Maria.

-Maria.

-Yeah.

-Maria, the first name of Julie Andrews's character.

Now then, Jamie and Terry, you can now talk out loud.

Well...

Fill in the board for us, if you like.

We're not exactly sure of the title of the song.

We know it's about a lonely goat herd, but we don't know whether that's the title.

It's set in Austria. We don't know the director

but we think there were seven Von Trapp children so we're going to go with that.

-That's the answer you're going to give?

-Yes.

-Seven Von Trapp children.

Bearing in mind, Jamie and Terry, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

I wouldn't like to call this at all. Very, very close indeed.

Tristan and Fi have said Maria is the name of Julie Andrews's character.

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

Maria for the name of Julie Andrews's character.

It's right.

It's still going down. 42.

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Jamie and Terry are saying there were seven Von Trapp children. Let's see if that's right and,

if it is, let's see how many people said that. You have to win this.

Yeah, there were seven children.

Oh, you've done it! You have done it. 36, very well done, indeed.

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That evens the score so after two questions you are 1-1.

-Richard.

-Yeah, terrific head-to-head so far, guys. Very well done, everyone.

Let's take a look at the rest of the board.

You all did well to avoid the country it's set in, which is Austria, would have scored you 70.

You're right, it is the goatherd song, it's simply called The Lonely Goatherd.

That would have scored you 11 points.

The director of the film, he won an Oscar for West Side Story,

it is Robert Wise. It would've scored you six points, that's the best answer on the board.

Thanks very much indeed. Here comes your third question.

Whoever wins this question goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.

Your third question concerns...

words made from chemical symbols.

Words made from chemical symbols. Richard...

OK, on this next board we're going to show you five pairs of chemical elements.

If you join together the chemical symbols of those elements you form a four-letter word.

Can you give us that four-letter word and pick the most obscure. Very best of luck.

OK, let's reveal our five sets of chemical elements that make up a word.

We have got:

I'll read those all one last time.

There we go, now then Jamie and Terry, you go first again this time.

We're going to go for tin and silver and SNAG.

SNAG, you are saying for tin and silver.

Tristan and Fi, talk us through the board.

I wish I could but it's not a great subject for us.

We think we might know the top two but I think we're going to go for lithium and iron.

-LIFE.

-LIFE. SNAG and LIFE.

So Jamie and Terry are saying tin and silver is SNAG.

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

It's right.

15!

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And Tristan and Fi, you have said LIFE for lithium and iron.

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

Whoever wins this, goes through to the final.

It's right.

15 is what you have to beat.

32.

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Two very good answers. there.

SNAG, the more obscure, which means after three questions, Jamie and Terry,

you are through to the final, 2-1. Very well done, Richard.

Again, well played both teams there. Funnily enough SNAG is the best answer on the board.

Our hundred did rather well on this one.

Let's go through the rest of them. Nickel is NI and cerium is CE,

so that would have made up NICE.

That would have scored you 44.

Bromide is BR and astatine is AT, that would've made BRAT,

and that would've scored you 16 points.

Beryllium, do you know this one? Have a go.

I was thinking it might be FROW.

No, beryllium is BE and gold is AU, so it's BEAU,

and scored you 20 points. Very well done if you got any of those.

-Good scores from our 100 people.

-Good going.

-Very impressive.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Tristan and Fi.

Well, you had a great head-to-head round.

Francois Mitterrand was a brilliant answer there

but you lost to Terry who is a scientist.

He is a man who smothers poo on jelly.

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-Consolation.

-Exactly! It's swings and roundabouts.

But you'll be back next time and we look forward to that very much indeed.

Tristan and Fi, brilliant contestants,

lovely having you on the show and thanks for playing.

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But for Jamie and Terry, it's now time for our Pointless Final.

Well, congratulations, Jamie and Terry, you have fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless Trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless Jackpot, and at the end of today's show,

the jackpot stands at £1,000. There it is.

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Now, the rules are very simple, to win that money all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

We haven't had any pointless answers on the show today.

Find one now and you'll go home with that £1,000 jackpot.

Firstly, you've got to choose a category from these five options.

-How does that look to you?

-Some are... Yeah.

What do you reckon?

I think we both know a little bit about Reality TV.

You know that celebrities which...can cover Reality TV.

You know about Big Brother and all that lot.

-OK, shall we go for that then?

-Right, Reality TV.

OK, Reality TV it is. Let's find out what the question is.

Here it comes. We gave 100 people, 100 seconds to name

as many Strictly Come Dancing celebrities who were not born in the UK as they could. Richard.

We're looking for the name of any celebrity who's taken part

in any of the regular series of Strictly Come Dancing

or the Christmas specials, who are not born in UK, please.

Any of the regular series or the Christmas specials

but no other one-off events, just those two things. Good luck.

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers,

and all you need to win that jackpot of £1,000

is for one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

Well, we watch it all, my wife and myself

-but, erm...

-I don't know any.

It's whether they were born in the UK, or not.

-Tell me some.

-Mark Ramprakash may well have been born in India.

-I don't know that for certain he was.

-Come on, think of others.

Oh... Erm...

Remembering names...

What about that Nancy woman, wasn't she on it?

Nancy Dell'Olio. Yes, she's one, definitely not born in this country.

So that's Nancy Dell'Olio .

-Mark Ramprakash.

-Jason Donovan, is he?

Er, yes, Jason Donovan he was in it. Erm...

-How long has it been on for?

-About five years, six years.

They've had some of the...

Who else was on it, the soap stars, anyone else from Neighbours?

-US singers?

-Ten seconds remaining.

What about that guy, he was from The Goonies?

He was in the skating, not the dancing. Erm...

I think we're going to have to be stuck with those three.

OK, your time is up.

Right, well, we've just got the three.

Mark Ramprakash, Jason Donovan

-and Nancy Dell'Olio.

-OK, those are your three answers.

-Yes.

Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

Probably Nancy Dell'Olio.

-OK, we'll bung her in third.

-Jason will be the worst, I think.

-Nancy Dell'Olio and Jason Donovan are least likely.

-Yes.

OK, so we'll put him first and Ramprakash in the middle.

I think Ramprakash could well be wrong.

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

Jason Donovan, Mark Ramprakash and Nancy Dell'Olio.

So, we were looking for Strictly Come Dancing celebrities

who were not born in the UK.

Jason Donovan was your least confident shot

at a pointless answer.

It has to be correct and pointless, obviously,

for you to win that jackpot of £1,000.

Let's see how many people said Jason Donovan.

It's right.

It's right. He was quite recent,

though, so he might be in a lot of people's minds.

It's still going down,

if this goes down to 0 you'll leave here with £1,000.

12.

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That's quite reassuring, I think, isn't it? 12.

Unfortunately, not a pointless answer

-but you weren't expecting it to be pointless?

-No.

Only two more shots at our jackpot of £1,000.

What would you do with £1,000, Jamie?

We've got a couple of family holidays booked,

-so it would go towards paying that.

-Very good indeed.

OK, well, it's all riding on your next two answers.

Mark Ramprakash is your middle answer.

-You're not sure where he was born?

-No.

I think he might be

born in India. I know he's of Indian descent

but whether he was actually born over here

or born in India, I am not sure.

Well, let see. If it's right, it might go a very long way down. Maybe all the way down.

It has to be right and pointless for you to win

that jackpot of £1,000. Let's see how many people said Mark Ramprakash.

Oh!

Sadly, an incorrect answer, which means everything is now riding on

your last shot, which is Nancy Dell'Olio.

Where do you think she was born?

I think she's Israeli.

No, Italian, when I think about it. Yes.

OK, we were looking for Strictly Come Dancing celebrities

who were not born in the UK.

Your final answer - Nancy Dell'Olio. You said this

was your most confident shot at a pointless answer.

To win that jackpot of £1,000, it has to be correct and pointless.

Let's find out how many people said Nancy Dell'Olio.

Yes, it's right, so Jason Donovan came down to 12.

Mark Ramprakash was an incorrect answer.

But Nancy Dell'Olio - your best shot.

Oh, 19!

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Wow! 19 for Nancy Dell'Olio.

She'll be thrilled with that.

Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000, which will roll over to the next show.

You've been brilliant, absolutely fantastic performance,

and of course you get our Pointless trophy. Very well done.

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You're going to know all of these answers.

Richard.

Yes, I suspect you will, I'm afraid.

Nancy Dell'Olio, the biggest answer on the board, funny enough.

-She's Italian American. She was born in America, believe it or not.

-Right.

Mark Ramprakash a wrong answer. He was born in Bushey.

His father is of Caribbean descent.

Let us take a look at the pointless answers, though.

Here they all come.

Don Warrington the actor,

John Barnes the footballer, born in Jamaica,

Linda Bellingham was born in Canada, believe it or not,

so she's a pointless answer.

Martina Hingis from Slovakia,

Michelle Williams from America,

and Pamela Stevenson born in New Zealand.

And the last couple - Peter Schmeichel born in Denmark

and Rachel Hunter, also born in New Zealand.

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

-I'm guessing you saw those on TV.

-Yes.

Were there any you didn't know?

Rachel Hunter, I didn't know,

and there was one of the earlier ones I didn't know,

but all the others we've seen, but it's just remembering they were on.

She'll kill me when I get home!

LAUGHTER

-Pamela Stephenson!

-Yes.

-I completely forgot her.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to Jamie and Terry,

but it's been lovely having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing.

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Well, unfortunately, Jamie and Terry didn't win our jackpot today,

so it rolls over, and on the next show we will play for £2,000.

-AUDIENCE:

-Whoo!

Join us then to see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

-..and from me, goodbye.

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