Episode 48 Pointless

Thank you very much.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

Now, welcome, Rhiannon and Eve.

You are our first pair on the show today.

-How do you two know each other, Rhiannon?

-This is my granny.

Excellent. Eve, where have you come from?

-I've come from East Grinstead.

-From East Grinstead?

-Yes.

And you, Rhiannon?

-From Oxford today.

-From Oxford. What do you do, Rhiannon?

I'm studying a Masters in Criminology and Criminal Justice.

Wow! So, where do you want to end up?

I'd like to stay in academia, just lecture, do some research.

Lecture and write brilliant dark books.

-Yeah!

-Fantastic! So, Eve.

What do you like to do?

Well, I'm retired, so I spend quite a bit of time looking after my younger grandchildren

cos Rhiannon is the oldest.

She means favourite!

No, I don't mean that at all!

I've got two small grandchildren.

Eve, so who is your favourite, then?

I don't have favourites. Grannies are not allowed favourites!

You don't like ANY of them? LAUGHTER

Not really, no. If the truth be known, no!

No, I love them all just as much.

Rhiannon, what do you like to get up to for fun? What are your hobbies?

There's loads of things. I go to the University of Oxford,

so college events, port tasting, wine tasting, whiskey tasting.

-Things like that.

-Do you remember all the stuff?

-I do remember.

It's very... Not a drunken affair.

OK. I see. Well, very, very best of luck to you, Rhiannon and Eve.

Great to have you on the show.

Next we welcome Steven and Graham.

Now, how do you two know each other?

We both work at the same college in Salford.

Right you are. What do you do, Steven?

NVQ assessor in construction.

In construction?

So, have you worked as a builder at all?

-I'm a brickie by trade.

-Right.

And Graham, what do you do?

I'm an NVQ assessor in cleaning.

In cleaning?

So, basically, you just do a lot of rubbing your finger along?

LAUGHTER

Quite a bit, yeah.

So, Steven, what's going to be good for you today?

Sport, football, music, bit of rock 'n' roll, hopefully.

Do you play music at all yourself?

-Yeah, I'm in a band. Lead singer in a band...

-Very good.

-..Called Stellify.

-Stellify?

Graham, what would you like to see come up today?

Sport also, football, rugby,

music from late 60s, early 70s,

cheesy records etc.

Well, listen. Steven and Graham, very, very best of luck to you. It's great to have you here.

Now, next, we welcome back Will and James.

You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. This is your second chance.

Remind us how you know each other, Will.

Went to school together. We met in GCSE Business Studies.

Friends ever since.

And James, remind us what happened last time.

Well, it was my fault.

If you'd have told me that we would've had Comedy in the head-to-head,

then I would have bitten your hand off.

-But didn't go very well.

-Oh, that's right.

You confused Dylan Moran with Ed Byrne.

Yeah, thanks for the reminder(!)

Will, what would you like to see come up? What would be great?

Like these guys said, sport. Big Newcastle United fan. Something to do with that, hopefully.

-James?

-Well, they suggested music. That'd be all right by me.

-Rock 'n' roll music, though?

-Rock 'n' roll music.

-I'm a big fan of Bob Dylan and The Smiths.

-OK.

-What about Graham's cheesy hits?

-Yeah, that's all right as well.

-Like a bit of cheese.

-OK. Well, very, very best of luck.

Will and James, it's great to have you back.

Finally, we welcome back Vivienne and Tony, who were also on the show last time.

Remind us how you two know each other.

We're married.

We met in a house after my ceiling had collapsed in a flat,

so I had to go and stay with a friend

and he was already living with Tony.

OK.

I should have worked that one out! Tony, what happened last time?

We fell victim to History

and there was a round about famous people dying.

And we obviously got so upset that we couldn't go on.

Shakespeare was a high scorer there, wasn't he?

It was.

Ah, yes! That's right.

-Now, Vivienne. We discovered last time you are a drama teacher.

-I am.

Is that also literature as well? You read a lot?

-Yeah, a bit of literature.

-What else would you like to see come up?

Music. They've all been saying music.

Any favourite era of music for you?

80s.

80s. Great era.

Well, very, very best of luck to the pair of you. It's great to have you back on the show.

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

We will find out more about all of you throughout the show as it goes along.

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

A man so obscure, even his tweets come with footnotes.

It's my Pointless friend, Richard.

Hiya.

-Afternoon to you.

-Top of the afternoon to you.

So, two returning pairs today.

But more importantly,

our first ever grandmother-granddaughter pairing

-in Pointless history.

-We've had a grandfather-granddaughter.

-Yup, we certainly have. A grandmother-granddaughter. That's nice, isn't it?

-Yeah, very nice.

I think it would be the done thing for everyone else to let them win, I think would be quite nice.

-Don't you think?

-Yeah.

Come on, everybody! Do us a favour!

One interesting thing, actually.

Everybody today, pretty much every team, has asked for a music question,

which is quite good cos there are no music questions on today's show.

LAUGHTER

And Round One is about my favourite actor.

-Is it?

-Yup.

-Very good indeed. Thank you very much, Richard.

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

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

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

score as few points as they possibly can.

Now, what everyone's trying to do, of course, is to find a pointless answer.

That's an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

And every time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Now, Rich and Becky won the jackpot last time.

So, today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.

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

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

and you cannot confer with your partner.

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

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

of 100 points, so try and avoid those if you can.

OK, our first category today is...

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Denzel Washington films as they could.

Denzel Washington.

Yup, we're looking for any feature film made for cinema release

for which Denzel Washington has received an acting credit

prior to the beginning of 2012.

Please, as always, no TV films, short films or documentaries, but voice performances do count.

Very best of luck.

Shall I be saying Den-zal? Den-zal?

Well, I say that just cos I'm, you know...

We go way back.

Does he say Den-zal?

He calls... Well, if I'm round here,

he calls himself Denny.

Or sometimes D-Money.

-OK.

-Yeah.

Or the Wash Meister.

LAUGHTER

Denzel Washington films.

OK. Now then. Rhiannon and Eve, you all drew lots before the show

and today, you are going first.

Eve.

Sadly, I don't know any.

All I can go for is something like Knight Rider.

I really haven't got a clue.

Knight Rider. OK, Knight Rider says Eve.

Let's see if that's correct, and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Knight Rider.

Bad luck. Bad luck, Eve. I'm sorry.

That's an incorrect answer, which means you score 100 points.

-I'm sorry. Richard.

-Yeah, sorry, Eve. Denzel Washington not in it.

And not a film as well.

LAUGHTER

But you did come up with it very quickly,

so that's to your credit.

But another good thing is you've got all sorts of good Denzel Washington films to catch up on.

Actually, as we go through, I'll recommend some to you. If we hear any. We may not.

OK. Thanks very much.

Now then, Steven.

A nice obscure Denzel Washington film.

I think I'll be giving Eve a chance.

Oh... Denzel Washington...

I'm going to say...

Hurt Locker.

OK. The Hurt Locker says Steven. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said The Hurt Locker.

There you go, Eve. You're back in the game.

The Hurt locker an incorrect answer, I'm afraid, Steven. You score the maximum of 100 points.

-But that's a selfless thing to do.

-Yeah.

LAUGHTER

Thanks, Steven. We all appreciate that.

The good thing there is The Hurt Locker is a film as well. So, that's good.

So, you made it look like, you know, maybe it's The Hurt Locker.

-Very well acted, wasn't it?

-Yes, he is good.

I hope this isn't going to be like our Robert Redford round

or our Ralph Fiennes round when no-one knew any films at all.

No, because James is up next,

and James knows a good Denzel Washington film, don't you?

Yeah. But I'm going to take a punt.

I think he's in a film called The Hurricane, where he plays a boxer.

And Bob Dylan wrote a song about that boxer as well,

also called The Hurricane.

-Are you going to sing it?

-No.

I thought he was going to say,

"And it goes a little bit...

"# Ding ding, ding ding, ding ding, ding... #

-"A bit like this."

-He's a good singer.

-Are you?

-An excellent singer(!)

-OK.

You are going to say The Hurricane. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

Very well done, James.

APPLAUSE

A correct answer and a very nice low-scoring answer.

-Six for The Hurricane.

-Well played, James.

From 1999, and Denzel Washington plays Rubin Hurricane Carter

who absolutely is the guy that Bob Dylan wrote the song about.

And he went to prison for 20 years for murder but was then pardoned and released.

Now then, Tony. You said Film would be good.

What is the most obscure Denzel Washington film you can think of?

Bizarrely, don't know a lot of Denzel's work.

But I think I saw him in...

The Pelican Brief, Julia Roberts.

I'm hoping it was him anyway.

The Pelican Brief says Tony. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said The Pelican Brief.

It's right. Well done.

APPLAUSE

It's a great answer there, Tony.

Nine for The Pelican Brief.

Well played, Tony. Continuing with your good work from the last show as well.

He plays a political reporter in that opposite Julia Roberts.

Sometimes, you wear some pelican briefs, don't you, on the show?

That's a puffin.

LAUGHTER

It's a puffin. Sorry. My mistake.

OK, well. We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.

The best score of the round was James's.

So, James and Will, I would say,

are looking particularly strong as per usual on six.

Then we go up to nine, where we find Tony and Vivienne.

And then we jump quite a long way up to 100,

where we find Steven and Graham and Eve and Rhiannon.

So, I would suggest, Graham and Rhiannon,

it's going to be a tussle between you to see who stays and who goes at the end of the round. Best of luck.

We're going to come back down the line. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK, so we are looking for Denzel Washington films. Vivienne.

-OK.

-Vivienne.

Now, the high scorers, I say, are on 100.

The joint high scorers, Graham and Steven and Rhiannon and Eve on 100.

You're on nine, which means a score of 90 or less from you

will see you through to the next round.

OK. I'm not absolutely sure if I've got the right actor,

but I'm going to try Philadelphia.

Philadelphia says Vivienne. Philadelphia.

There is your red line.

You go below that red line, you are through to the next round.

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

It's right and you are through.

APPLAUSE

Joint lowest score of the round takes your total up to 15.

-Well done, Vivienne.

-Well done, Vivienne. Good teamwork as well.

Both players with good scores there. From 1993.

Is he a good actor, as a drama teacher?

-Is Denzel Washington a good actor, do you think?

-Ooh, yes. I think so.

There you are, you see. I knew it. I KNEW it!

Now then, Will. James scored six.

Do you think you can score less than that with your answer?

I'm not sure. Take a bit of a guess.

Cos James got such a good answer, I'm going to take a bit of a punt.

A film which I think's terrible, but I think he's in it, called Stealth.

Stealth.

OK. Stealth. There is your red line.

If you get below that red line, you're through to the next round.

Is Stealth right? How many people said it?

Oooh!

An incorrect answer as it turned out, Will.

Scores you 100. Takes your total up to 106,

but I think you will probably be all right on account of

James's excellent score with the previous pass.

You never know. With two good answers, you put yourself in the firing line.

Jamie Foxx is in Stealth, not Denzel Washington.

Now then, Graham.

You a fan of Denzel Washington?

No.

LAUGHTER

Do you know who Denzel Washington is?

Probably an American, yeah.

LAUGHTER

Yeah? Well, you've narrowed it down quite a lot.

I'm going to have a stab.

I think... I hope I'm right.

-Die Hard.

-Die Hard.

OK. Well, Will and James are currently the high scorers on 106,

which means a score of five or less from you, Graham,

will be enough to see you into the next round.

That's your red line.

Below that red line you're through to the next round.

Die Hard. How many people said that?

Oooh!

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Graham, that scores you 100 points.

Takes your total up to 200.

-Now then, Rhiannon.

-Yes.

The high scorers are now Graham and Steven on 200. You're on 100.

A score of 99 or less will see you through to the next round.

-You know who Denzel Washington is, don't you?

-Yes.

I think I'm going to go with this film. I hope he was in it.

My dad told me to watch it, but I didn't.

The Book of Eli?

The Book of Eli. OK, here's your red line.

Nice and high.

Basically, The Book of Eli just has to be right.

Let's see if it is. How many people said it?

Yup. It's right and you've done it. Very well done indeed, Rhiannon.

APPLAUSE

That's a great answer and an even better score.

Takes your total up to 108.

Yeah, well played, Rhiannon. From 2010, The Book of Eli.

So your dad did a good thing.

Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers up here.

There's a few of his bigger films here.

Crimson Tide, the submarine drama. That was pointless.

Cry Freedom, where he played Steve Biko in the Richard Attenborough film.

Devil in a Blue Dress, where he plays Easy Rawlins. All of those pointless.

For Queen & Country, he plays a former British soldier in that.

Mississippi Masala, the Spike Lee movie.

Mo' Better Blues would have been pointless. Ricochet.

The Great Debaters he was in with Forest Whitaker.

And he was a police chief in The Mighty Quinn as well.

Very well done if you got any of those at home. Let's take a look at the top answers.

These are the ones most of our people said.

All quite low scores, actually.

The Manchurian Candidate would have scored 14.

Training Day, that would have scored 15. Won an Oscar for that.

And right at the top, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 that he starred in with John Travolta, the remake, 17.

My two favourites, I like American Gangster and Inside Man.

-Have you seen that?

-No.

-That's really good.

-No.

-I'm really badly under...

-Under Denzel Washington?

-Yeah.

-Are you?

Lot of things to look forward to.

Yeah, you should catch up. Inside Man's a good film.

Spike Lee again. Clive Owen.

So, you're thinking, "This'll be bad." But isn't.

-Wow!

-But it's a really good film.

-Very good.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, the end of the first round,

the losing pair with the highest score is Steven and Graham.

Did you know any of those films?

-Yeah.

-No, I didn't.

Well, we've all got some Denzel Washington to be catching up on, haven't we?

Richard's favourite actor.

Yeah, I think so.

There we are. Brilliant. There's a recommendation.

Now then, Graham and Steven, we will see you again next time

when I'm sure we will see much more of you.

But meanwhile, thanks very much for playing. Great to have you here.

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

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

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

The category for Round Two is...

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?

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

OK, our Round Two question concerns...

Books with numbers in their titles.

-Richard.

-On each pass, we'll give you the names of six books with numbers in their titles.

You just have to tell us the authors, please.

The more obscure you go, the fewer points you'll score.

Give us an incorrect answer is 100 points.

So, 12 books in all to have a go at at home. Very best of luck.

OK. Thank you very much.

So, we are looking for the authors of these books

with numbers in their titles. And we have got...

I'll read those all one more time.

There we are. Six books with numbers in their titles.

Rhiannon, what d'you make of those books?

I recognise some of the titles, so, hopefully, that's good.

I'm going to have a guess, so I think The Sign of Four,

-was it Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

-The Sign of Four.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle says Rhiannon.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Absolutely right.

APPLAUSE

That's a great answer, Rhiannon.

Great score.

Well done, Rhiannon.

The perfect answer for a Criminology student as well.

It's the second in the Sherlock Holmes series of books.

Now then, Will. Remember, we are looking for the authors

of these books with numbers in their titles.

-Yes.

-What do you make of this category?

The category's great, but the board's not!

Fahrenheit 451 is ringing bells,

but I don't want to take a chance on it.

So, I'm going to go for one of the obvious ones, I think,

and hope James can help me out on the second pass

and say Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell?

George Orwell for Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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

It's right.

APPLAUSE

46 for George Orwell.

Yup, Orwell's last book published in 1949.

Named himself after the River Orwell in East Anglia.

Now then, Tony.

Remember, we are looking for the authors of these books

with numbers in their titles.

You are the last person to have this board.

You can talk us through it if you like.

I can talk you through the two that have already gone.

And, clearly, Dickens, Tale Of Two Cities.

Brain is telling me something about Slaughterhouse-Five,

but I'm not convinced.

What's your brain saying, just for fun?

Joseph Heller? Possibly.

And...

Seven Dials Mystery, not sure of.

Fahrenheit 451...

I think I'm going to take a punt.

Ray Bradbury.

Ray Bradbury, you're saying, for Fahrenheit 451.

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

Ray Bradbury.

It's right.

Seven. Very well done, Tony. That's a great answer.

Great score.

-Seven for Ray Bradbury.

-Well played, Tony.

In fact, the only answer to beat that would be Slaughterhouse-Five,

but it's not Joseph Heller. You're thinking of Catch-22. It's Kurt Vonnegut.

Kurt Vonnegut would have scored six points.

A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens,

as you say, would have scored 54

and The Seven Dials Mystery...

-Dorothy L Sayers?

-Agatha Christie.

Even more route one than that. 15 points that would have scored.

-Well done if you got all of those.

-OK, thanks very much.

Let's take a look at the scores. Halfway through the round.

Tony, lovely answer there, lovely low score of seven.

Then up to 18, where we find Rhiannon and Eve.

And then up to 46 where we find Will and James,

so, yes, James we really need a low-scoring answer from you

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

OK, coming back down the line, can the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK, we're going to put six more books with

numbers in the titles on the board. Here we go. We have got...

I'll read them all one final time.

We are looking for the authors of these books

with numbers in the titles and you're trying to find the one

you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Vivienne, you're the low scorers on seven.

The high scorers on 46 are James and Will.

Which means a score of 38 from you or less will ensure you

a place in the head-to-head.

I know a couple, but I don't know which one

would be lower, so I'm going to try

One Hundred Years Of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - you're saying for One Hundred Years Of Solitude.

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

There's your red line. That's your target.

It's right.

Very well done. You've done it.

Seven.

You matched Tony's brilliant low score from the previous pass.

Takes your total up to 14.

You are still the lowest scorers.

-Richard.

-Yes, very well played, Vivienne.

Born in 1928 in Colombia - Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

It sounds like one of those books that's going to be terrible -

100 Years Of Solitude, and it's brilliant.

Have you read it? It's good.

I will. I'll read it with Denzel on the screen.

LAUGHTER

Anyway, James, remember,

we're looking for the authors of these books.

You're the highest scorers on 46.

What we need from you is a really, really low-scoring answer.

What's that board look like to you?

I think I know three,

but I'm not sure which one would be higher

and I'm just going to have to go with

Around The World In 80 Days which is Jules Verne.

Jules Verne you are saying for Around The World In 80 Days.

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

No red line for you because you're the highest scorers.

It's right.

34.

APPLAUSE

34 takes your total up to 80.

Yeah, good answer. Actually the eleventh book in his series

Voyages Extraordinaires, which also includes Journey To The Centre Of The Earth

and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. Did over 50 books

-in that series.

-50?

-Yeah.

Now then, Eve, the high-scorers remain James and Will on 80,

which means a score of 61 for you, 61 or less,

will see you through to the next round. Good category for you, Eve?

Not brilliant, but I think

I might have a couple of answers.

Talk us through the board, if you like. You're the last

-to have these titles.

-I think Five To Smugglers Top would be Enid Blyton.

Twelve Red Herrings, I don't know.

The Thirty-Nine Steps - John Buchan, I think.

One Hundred And One Dalmatians...

I can only think Walt Disney or someone like that.

I'm going to go for The Thirty-Nine Steps, I think, John Buchan.

John Buchan you're saying, the author of The Thirty-Nine Steps.

Here is your red line.

If you get below that red line with John Buchan,

you're through to the next round.

Let's see if John Buchan's right and how many people said it.

Absolutely right.

Yep, you've done it.

22 for John Buchan.

APPLAUSE

Very well done. Takes your total up to 40.

Very well played, Eve, good answer. Another great book, as well.

-It's a cracking book.

-That's one of your favourites, isn't it?

-Yeah.

Let's go through the rest of the board. Quite right, Eve -

Five Go To Smugglers Top - Enid Blyton, would have scored more points, 52.

Would have seen you through, but a bigger scorer.

One Hundred And One Dalmatians written by Dodie Smith.

That would have scored eight. Do you know Twelve Red Herrings? Best answer on the board.

One point. It's a series of short stories

by Jeffrey Archer.

Well done if you said that. One point. Best answer up there.

Thank you very much indeed.

At the end of Round Two, losing pair with the highest score, it's Will and James.

-We need to start reading Jeffrey Archer, don't we!

-Dear!

If you knew your Jeffrey Archer you'd be straight through.

But yes, they were just two perfectly good answers

but just quite high, 1984 particularly.

You made it through right through to the head-to-head last time,

having cleaned up in the first two rounds,

so it seems against the grain again to be saying goodbye to you so soon.

Any risks you might have been able to take there?

-No, not for me.

-Really?

If we'd switched boards, I'd have got Kurt Vonnegut,

-but that's about it.

-Second board still terrible for me.

Oh, dear. Well, we have to say

goodbye now, James and Will. Thank you so much for playing.

-It's been brilliant having you on the show.

-Thank you very much.

But for the remaining two pairs things are about to get even

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

Congratulations Vivienne and Tony, Rhiannon and Eve.

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

to play for the jackpot which currently stands at £1,000.

APPLAUSE

Obviously only one pair can play for that money.

To decide which pair, you're now going to go

head-to-head on the best of three questions.

So, basically, the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot.

Vivienne and Tony are the returning pair. You have been the winners

in each round so far by quite a margin.

But you're now allowed to confer,

so anything can happen in the next three questions.

Let's play the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

OK, here comes your first question

and it concerns...

-UK World Heritage Sites, Richard.

-We'll show you five pictures

of sites in the UK that have UNESCO World Heritage status.

Can you identify them and can you pick the most obscure? Good luck.

OK, thanks Richard. Let's reveal our five UK World Heritage Sites.

Here they come. We have got...

There they are.

Five UK World Heritage Sites.

Now, Vivienne and Tony, you played best throughout the show so far, so you go first.

You can confer, and so can you, Rhiannon and Eve.

-Vivienne and Tony.

-OK, we're going

to go for B - The Giant's Causeway.

B - The Giant's Causeway say Vivienne and Tony.

Rhiannon and Eve, you can talk us through all the other sites,

-if you like.

-I think A is Tower Of London.

I think D is Ironbridge.

E, I recognise,

but I just can't say what it is and C, I have no idea.

-Do you?

-D looks like one of the Yorkshire mills

but I wouldn't know one that's perhaps

a World Heritage Site.

Which one do you want to go for? I'm going to leave that up to you.

-I can be blamed.

-Thank you! That's kind.

I'll go for D - Ironbridge.

D - Ironbridge.

So we have the Giant's Causeway and Ironbridge.

Vivienne and Tony said B is the Giant's Causeway.

Let's see if it's and how many people said the Giant's Causeway.

It is right.

43.

APPLAUSE

Rhiannon and Eve are saying that D is Ironbridge.

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

how many people said Ironbridge.

It's right. 43 is what you have to beat.

And you've done it. 37.

APPLAUSE

Very well done indeed. Ironbridge lowest score there.

Which means after one question Rhiannon and Eve are up 1-0

-Richard.

-Good answer. In Shropshire, Ironbridge Gorge,

seen by many as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.

Let's look at the rest of the answers. You were right with A,

it is the Tower of London and would have scored 30 points,

so would have won you the point as well.

C - Eve, you weren't a million miles away, Saltaire the village

and textile built almost entirely of salt, in West Yorkshire.

That would have scored one point. Best answer on the board.

And E, do you know E?

-It's not Blenheim or somewhere like that, is it?

-Blenheim Palace.

Absolutely right and would have scored you six points,

so another good answer.

Very well done if you got those at home.

Thank you very much. Now here comes your second question.

Vivienne and Tony, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

Our second question concerns...

Types of pepper, Richard.

Yeah, we're about to show you the names of five types of pepper

but we've removed all the vowels from the names.

Can you fill in the gaps, name the pepper

and choose the most obscure? Best of luck.

OK, let's reveal our five types of pepper with vowels removed.

And here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those all one more time.

They're a lot less...

lot less spicy if you take the vowels out.

Yeah, exactly. Always do that before you cook them.

Then wash your hands, for goodness' sake.

Don't get a vowel in your eye. If you do that... Ooh!

OK, there are the five peppers.

Rhiannon and Eve, you go first.

THEY WHISPER

OK, we're going to have a guess

because we think I'm back.

EVE LAUGHS

We're going to guess Habanero for the top one.

Habanero for the top one.

Habanero, say Rhiannon and Eve.

Vivian and Tony,

you can talk us through all the other peppers if you like.

I wish we could.

Jalapeno is presumably the J one.

The S, no idea,

the C, Cayenne

and the H,

presumably Hungarian Wax or something. I haven't heard of it.

You need to win this point to stay in the game, remember.

-Go for the Hungarian...?

-Yeah, go on.

We'll go for the Hungarian Wax.

-Hungarian Wax.

-Yes.

Have you been for a Hungarian wax before?

No, but I like the idea.

-That is really painful, isn't it?

-Yeah. Ooh!

That's like a spicy Brazilian.

LAUGHTER

OK, Hungarian Wax.

Now then, Rhiannon and Eve, you said Habanero for the first one.

Let's see if Habanero is right,

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

It's right.

14!

APPLAUSE

14 for Habanero.

Now then, Vivian and Tony, you have gone for Hungarian Wax.

It was a bit of a guess,

not entirely sure if it's right,

but you're hoping if it is right, it'll beat that 14 for Habanero.

Let's see. Hungarian Wax,

is it right? How many of our 100 people said it?

You have to win this question to stay in the game. Good luck.

It's right.

14 is what it has to beat.

Oh! 17!

APPLAUSE

So, Habanero wins it,

which means after two questions, Rhiannon and Eve,

you are through to the final 2-0. Richard.

Good head-to-head. Well played, everybody. Funnily enough,

you've also chosen the mildest and the strongest

of all the peppers we've got on the board there.

They have a scale for measuring

the pungency and intensity of a pepper, called Scoville heat units.

The Hungarian Wax has a Scoville heat unit of around 4,000

and the hottest Habanero has a Scoville heat unit

of just over half a million.

-Wow.

-That's hot, isn't it?

-Hmm.

Don't you think? You know, I could live without peppers.

-Oh, I love peppers.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Well, that's why we get along.

-Yeah.

-We're like Jack Spratt and his wife.

-We are.

-I eat all your peppers.

-Exactly, and I eat your... What don't you like?

Not much.

LAUGHTER

-That's true. There's not even any booze you don't like, is there?

-No.

-Oak leaf wine, the lot.

-Let's have a look through the rest of the board.

Jalapeno, absolutely right,

that was the J one.

That would have scored you 66.

Cayenne - an even bigger scorer, the cayenne pepper.

That would have scored you 70.

And the best answer on the board

was quite simply Serrano.

-Do you know that one?

-No, I was guessing...

That would have scored you four.

Have you ever had a Habanero pepper?

I don't know. I've had some scotch bonnets, which are quite hot.

There's a British pepper that's the hottest pepper ever made.

It's called the Infinity pepper

and it's 1.176 million on the Scoville heat unit scale.

That's 250 times hotter than Tabasco sauce.

TONY WHISTLES

Wow. Ooh. Ee. Whew.

Anyway, nice conversation to have at teatime.

Yeah. Thank you very much, Richard.

The losing pair after the head-to-head is Vivian and Tony.

Oh, dear. It's been swings and roundabouts, this game.

You came sailing through the first two rounds,

then you came up against Rhiannon and Eve in the head-to-head

and they whup you, 2-0.

Great answers from you. Hungarian Wax and Giants Causeway,

nice low-scoring answers,

but on the night, I'm afraid they just out-Pointlessed you.

You were Round Two last time. Head-to-head this time.

You made a fantastic account of yourselves on Pointless.

Thank you for playing.

-I'm sorry we won't see you in the final.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Thank you.

But for Rhiannon and Eve, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Rhiannon and Eve. You fought off the competition

and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today, the jackpot stands at £1,000. There it is.

Well, the great survivors.

You had some rocky times in the first two rounds, but came through

and then made it into that head-to-head - 2-0.

Yeah, it was a great achievement. The rules are very simple.

To win that money, you have to find a pointless answer.

We've had no pointless answers today.

Find one now and you'll win that money.

First you have to choose a category

and you have a choice of five options. They are...

-Right...

-OK, not Tennis.

Not Tennis, definitely.

Not TV Writers.

Not Music Awards.

We're reducing the list fairly quickly here.

-I'm waiting for the next list.

-I think we only get one.

What do you want to do? I don't really know playwrights,

so I don't really know artists,

but might have absorbed more about them than about playwrights.

We'll go for Contemporary Artists, then?

-Are you sure?

-Yes, I think so.

-OK.

We'll go for Contemporary Artists.

OK, Contemporary Artists it is.

Let's find out what your question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Young British Artists as they could. Richard.

We're looking for any of the artists that exhibited

in the Royal Academy Sensation exhibition in 1997

of young British artists.

If they worked as a pair, we'll accept either or both names

and also, they're not all born in Britain

but they were under the grouping Young British Artists. Best of luck.

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

To win the £1,000, you need just one of those answers to be pointless.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

Do you know any?

-No.

-No, nor me.

-We've got to come up with some names.

-OK, names.

Haven't you bought any paintings?

I have, but not recently.

1997, that's not that recent.

I did buy one.

I don't know who it was by.

-I can't think.

-This is horrendous.

Can you think of any names? Artists' names?

-Only one I can think, and he's not young...

-Who is he?

..is David Hockney.

-No, he's not young.

-Not young, definitely.

-We'll say him, because we've got to pick three.

-We'll say him for one.

So, that's one we'll have to go for.

Um...

Damien Hirst, but he's a sculptor rather than an artist, isn't he?

-He'll do.

-Damien Hirst.

Ten seconds left.

-Banksy, but everyone will know it.

-What did you...?

-Banksy.

-But everyone will know it.

-OK, we'll go with that. That's fine.

Which one's the most pointless, do you think?

OK, that is your minute up. We were looking for Young British Artists.

I now need your three answers.

Go on, then.

-David Hockney.

-David Hockney.

-Damien Hirst.

-Damien Hirst.

-And Banksy.

-And Banksy.

Now, of those three, which do you think is

your best shot at a pointless answer?

None of them?

Um... Best shot at pointless.

-What's the middle one you said?

-Damien Hirst.

-Damien Hirst?

OK, we'll put Damien Hirst last.

And your least likely?

-David Hockney.

-David Hockney.

-On account of his age.

-Yes.

-Yep.

Let's pop them up on the board in that order, and here they are.

We have got...

David Hockney, Banksy, Damien Hirst.

We were looking for Young British Artists.

Your first answer was David Hockney, the one you thought

was least likely to be a pointless answer.

You only need one pointless answer to win that £1,000, so let's see.

How many people said David Hockney?

OK...

Well, we suspected that might have been the case.

So unfortunately not a correct answer, not a pointless answer.

You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot of £1,000.

We were looking for Young British Artists.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Banksy.

Again, this has to be correct and pointless.

If it's both those things, you will win the jackpot of £1,000.

Let's see how many people said Banksy.

Oh, bad luck!

So you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot of £1,000.

-What would you do with £1,000?

-We're going on holiday.

Excellent. Where are you going to go?

I would like to go to Greece, basically.

-Santorini.

-Very good indeed.

We are looking for Young British Artists. Your third and final answer

is Damien Hirst, your most confident shot at a pointless answer.

It has to be right and pointless to win that £1,000.

OK, let's find out. Damien Hirst.

Is he a Young British Artist?

Is he correct? Is he pointless?

Yes, it's right.

Your first two answers, David Hockney and Banksy, were incorrect.

Damien Hirst a correct answer.

Down it goes. If this goes all the way down to zero,

you leave with that jackpot of £1,000...

APPLAUSE

Well, unfortunately,

you didn't manage to find that vital pointless answer

so you don't win today's jackpot, which rolls over to the next show

but you were brilliant contestants

and you do of course take home the Pointless trophy, so well done.

-Yes.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Now you know Damien Hirst was right, does that give you any other ideas

-for people you might have said?

-No, I can't think of the era, really.

Oh, well, that's a relief. OK, Richard?

Tracey Emin was the biggest scorer on the board.

Let's have a look at some of the pointless answers.

You may not recognise any. Let's hope not.

But well done at home if you got any of these.

Turner prize-winner Chris Ofili,

who famously used elephant dung in his work.

Gavin Turk once made a waxwork of himself as Sid Vicious.

Gillian Wearing, the video artist, also won the Turner prize.

Marc Quinn, Mark Wallinger,

Michael Landy, the guy who destroyed all his possessions

in an abandoned C&A on Oxford Street. He's married to Gillian Wearing.

All of those pointless.

Rachel Whiteread, who made the cast of the inside of the house

that won her the Turner prize.

Sarah Lucas, who worked a lot in the earlies with Tracey Emin

and Sam Taylor-Wood, who's now a film director.

All of those pointless

and well done if you said any of those at home. Tough category.

Very tough category, that one.

Did you recognise any of those names?

I think, Mark Wallinger, was it?

Yeah, he's had a piece on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square.

I think I did realise that one, but that was the only one.

We have to say goodbye, but it was wonderful having you on the show.

Thank you both so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

Unfortunately, Rhiannon and Eve

didn't win our jackpot, so it rolls over,

which means on the next show, we'll be playing for £2,000.

APPLAUSE

-Join us to see who can win it. For now, goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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