0:00:20 > 0:00:23APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:30the quiz show where the aim of the game is to score
0:00:30 > 0:00:33as few points as you can. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Now welcome back, Steven and Graham.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42You were on the show last time.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Everyone gets two chances to reach the final,
0:00:44 > 0:00:48and this is your last chance. Remind us how you two know each other.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51- We're both NVQ assessors for the same college.- Oh, that's right.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54- You on cleaning.- Correct.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56- And Steven on brick laying.- Mm-hm.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Very good indeed. Now, what happened last time, Steven?
0:00:59 > 0:01:02- We are in the 200 club. - Oh, round one.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05- Shocking.- Oh, dear, oh, dear.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Hey, well, that was last time. That was last time.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10This time, Graham, what's going to come up
0:01:10 > 0:01:13- that's going to be brilliant for you?- A bit of football, we hope.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15A bit of music, you know.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20- Any favourite kinds of music? - For me, from the '60s and the '70s.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23For my colleague, a little bit later than that.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Anything really, rock and roll.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26Steven, you're in a band?
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- Yep.- You're in a band called Stellify.- I am.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Very good, and remind us what Stellify do,
0:01:31 > 0:01:33- what kind of music they are. - Rock and roll.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- Will the rest of Stellify be watching?- They will.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40- And they'll laugh if I mess it up on rock and roll.- OK, very good.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42What would you like to see come up today, Steven?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Anything but Politics,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Science, Books, Films...
0:01:47 > 0:01:49LAUGHTER
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- Everything.- Well, let's keep our fingers crossed.
0:01:52 > 0:01:57- You simply can't get another 200 today.- Oh, no, no, no.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59- It's out of the question. - No, it's out of the question.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Very best of luck to you both. It's great to have you back on the show.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05And next, we welcome Dave and Erica. How do you two know each other?
0:02:05 > 0:02:08- Husband and wife.- We're married.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- You need her to explain. - He adds helpfully.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- Where are you from, Dave? - Plymouth.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Wow. We've had fantastic representation from Plymouth.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20- We've had a lot of Plymouth in, yeah. - Yeah, this series...
0:02:20 > 0:02:23In fact, when you drive into Plymouth, it now says "Twinned With Pointless."
0:02:23 > 0:02:24I tell you what would be amazing,
0:02:24 > 0:02:28to have someone from Plymouth get through to Round Two.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30You won't.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- Now, Erica, it's your birthday today.- It is.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35You're duty-bound to get through to the final.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39- Everyone else, let's just try and lose.- Please.- OK?- Thank you.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42So that Dave and Erica get through to the final.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44- That would be nice, wouldn't it? - It'd be very good.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- And take a Pointless trophy down to Plymouth.- Yep. Memorable day.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50I think it's important. Listen, it's lovely to have you here,
0:02:50 > 0:02:54very, very best of luck on Pointless. And next, we welcome Claire and Colum.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55How do you two know each other?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Oh, we live together, we go to university together.
0:02:58 > 0:02:59Where are you from, Claire?
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Shropshire is where I live, but I'm originally from Canada.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04I moved here about eight years ago.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06I'm just trying to hear any Canadian.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Does she have a Canadian accent, Colum?
0:03:09 > 0:03:13Yeah. Get two drinks in her, and the Canadian comes out basically.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Are you confident that you've got enough
0:03:16 > 0:03:18of a grounding in pointless British knowledge?
0:03:18 > 0:03:21There have been a lot of occasions where people have gone on about
0:03:21 > 0:03:24programmes they watched as a kid, and I have no idea what they're on about.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29- OK. Yeah, that's going to be tough. - Yeah.- How's your British geography?
0:03:29 > 0:03:32That's not very good either. When I first lived here,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34I thought Plymouth was in Wales,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37and that Essex was north of London.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41- I think Essex IS north of London. - It is, yes.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Um, Colum, how about you? What are your hobbies?
0:03:44 > 0:03:48Well, I'm in a writers' group, but I'm also quite active in politics.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Been to a couple of Labour conferences before.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54I play cricket a lot as well. I was captain of my team last year,
0:03:54 > 0:03:58and we came third-bottom in the lowest league in Cornwall.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- That's not so bad. - It's better than when I joined!
0:04:01 > 0:04:02Well, there you are. Very good.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06Claire and Colum, very best of luck. It's great to have you on the show.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09And finally, we've got Neil and John. How do you know each other?
0:04:09 > 0:04:12We are friends and work colleagues.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16- Right, you are. And what do you do? - I'm a research scientist with John.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19A research scientist? What sort of science?
0:04:19 > 0:04:21We work for a pharmaceutical company.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25Oh. Research for a pharmaceutical company?
0:04:25 > 0:04:29- We're not allowed to ask anything about that, presumably?- Top-secret.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33- Wow. What's your degree?- My degree's in chemistry, and I also did a PhD
0:04:33 > 0:04:35in organic chemistry as well.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36OK, how about you, John?
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- Exactly the same.- Also a PhD in organic chemistry?- Exactly, yeah.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Very good. This is the kind of calibre of contestant we're now getting on Pointless.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- Ever since we went HD.- It's amazing.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49I need to change some of these categories. I feel a bit embarrassed by some of them.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52You think that Martine McCutcheon round's going to have to go?
0:04:52 > 0:04:55LAUGHTER I'm not sure organic chemists are going to handle the Hi-de-Hi round,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- I'm just not sure it's going to... - You'd be surprised.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Well, very best of luck, Neil and John.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05There's only one person left for me to introduce.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07He's the man who once fired Alan Sugar.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10- He's my Pointless friend, he's Richard.- Hiya.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12APPLAUSE
0:05:18 > 0:05:21We've only got one returning pair today,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23that's Steven and Graham. They got 200 points last time,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26so we find ourselves in one of those rare positions
0:05:26 > 0:05:29where no-one here has ever answered a question correctly on Pointless.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32So hopefully we shall break that duck at some point.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36So, apart from Colum, people don't like politics questions, do they?
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- No.- No. Just thought I'd mention it. Just passing the time of day.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43So no politics coming up on today's show. No, siree.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45- I can neither confirm nor deny...- OK.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49- ..what you're asking me.- Probably no politics on today's show.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53- Interesting that people don't like politics as a question. - Interesting indeed. Thanks, Richard.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55All questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58But we're looking for the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00To stay in the game and have a chance to win our jackpot,
0:06:00 > 0:06:04all our players need to do is score as few points as they possibly can.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Now what everyone's trying to do, of course, is to find a pointless answer,
0:06:07 > 0:06:10that's an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Each time that happens, we'll add £250 to the jackpot.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18So today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26OK, let's play Pointless.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Now, in this first round, each of you must give me one answer
0:06:35 > 0:06:37and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Whichever pair has the highest score
0:06:39 > 0:06:41at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43If anyone gives me an incorrect answer,
0:06:43 > 0:06:46they will score the maximum of 100 points, so try and avoid those.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49OK, our first category is...
0:06:51 > 0:06:53LAUGHTER
0:06:55 > 0:06:58OK. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:06:58 > 0:07:01who's going to go second.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Post-war leaders of the opposition. Richard?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18We're looking for any politician
0:07:18 > 0:07:21who has been the leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition
0:07:21 > 0:07:24at any time since 1945.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27They can be a full leader or an acting leader.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Anyone since the election of July, 1945, please.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31OK, thank you very much.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35Now then, Steven and Graham, you all drew lots before the show,
0:07:35 > 0:07:37and today you are going to go first.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Graham. Post-war leaders of the opposition.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Not a category that I would wish to come up.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48However, I'm going to have a stab at...
0:07:50 > 0:07:51Jim Callaghan.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Jim Callaghan, says Graham.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Jim Callaghan. Let's see if that's right, and if it is,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59let's see how many of our 100 people said Jim Callaghan.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03He's right.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- Oh! Fantastic answer, Graham. - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:08:14 > 0:08:16It's a pointless answer. It adds £250 to our jackpot,
0:08:16 > 0:08:18which takes the total up to £2,250.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21It scores you nothing.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24No 200 club for you in this round.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- Richard.- Very well played, Graham. That feels a bit better, doesn't it?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29James Callaghan was Prime Minister for Labour
0:08:29 > 0:08:32and stayed on very briefly afterwards, in 1979 and 1980.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Thank you very much, Richard. Now then, Erica.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38- Not a good subject for me.- OK.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41I'm sorry. Erm...
0:08:41 > 0:08:45I'm going to have to say Tony Blair.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48- Tony Blair...- Sorry.- ..says Erica. No, don't be sorry at all.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Tony Blair. Let's see if that's right, and if it is,
0:08:51 > 0:08:55let's see how many of our 100 people said Tony Blair.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58It's right.
0:09:02 > 0:09:0430.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06APPLAUSE
0:09:06 > 0:09:07Not bad.
0:09:07 > 0:09:0930 for Tony Blair.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Yes, safe answer, Erica, he was opposition leader from '94-'97.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Claire.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19- Er...- Claire, how's your British politics?
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Um... I know leaders. I don't know opposition all that well,
0:09:23 > 0:09:28so mine's going to be a bit of an obvious one unfortunately.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Um, I'm going to have to go for David Cameron.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33David Cameron, says Claire. Let's see if that's right,
0:09:33 > 0:09:37and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38It's right.
0:09:42 > 0:09:4427.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46APPLAUSE
0:09:48 > 0:09:5027 for David Cameron.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Yes, leader of the Tory opposition from 2005-2010.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56Neil.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Not a good round for me unfortunately either.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Erm, I think I'm going to go for Iain Duncan Smith.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Iain Duncan Smith, says our organic chemist in the corner.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Let's see if that's right,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12It's right.
0:10:17 > 0:10:1811.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Very well done indeed.
0:10:24 > 0:10:2611 for Iain Duncan Smith.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Yeah, he was the Tory opposition leader from 2001-2003.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33He did all those speeches about being a quiet man.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36He said, "Never underestimate the determination of a quiet man."
0:10:36 > 0:10:40And the next year he said, "The quiet man is turning up the volume and he's here to stay."
0:10:40 > 0:10:43And that was his last conference speech.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47- He's been very quiet ever since. - He has. He has.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Now, we are halfway through the round.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Let's take a look at those scores. A fantastic answer from you, Graham.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54James Callaghan, scoring you absolutely nothing.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Lovely, strong position for you and Steven to find yourselves in.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Then we go up to 11, where we find Neil and John,
0:11:00 > 0:11:03then up to 27, where we find Claire and Colum,
0:11:03 > 0:11:06and then up to 30, where we find Erica and Dave.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09You're not that far in front, but you are the high scorers, Dave,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12so we'll need a low-scoring answer from you to make sure
0:11:12 > 0:11:14you don't leave us at the end of the round. Good luck.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15We're going down the line.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:11:22 > 0:11:26OK, John, we are looking for post-war leaders of the opposition.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28You are currently on 11 points.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30The high scorers on 30 are Dave and Erica,
0:11:30 > 0:11:33which means if you can score 18 or less with this answer,
0:11:33 > 0:11:35you are through to the next round.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39- OK. I think I'll go with John Smith. - Here is your red line.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40You get below that red line,
0:11:40 > 0:11:42you are in the second round.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45John Smith, is it right? How many people said it?
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Very well done, John. 12.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57APPLAUSE
0:11:57 > 0:11:59A great answer. 12 takes your total up to 23.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04- Well-played. The organic chemists are good, aren't they?- Oh, they're good.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- Look at that, 23.- 23. - It's quite something, isn't it?
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Is there nothing they don't know? Do you know about Hi-de-Hi!?
0:12:11 > 0:12:13OK.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16He was '92-'94 Labour opposition leader, and Blair took over from him.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Now, then. Colum.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22We're looking for post-war leaders of the opposition. You're on 27.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23Our high scorers on 30
0:12:23 > 0:12:25are Dave and Erica, meaning a score of 2 or less,
0:12:25 > 0:12:27you are through to the next round.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Er, well, John Smith was going to be my answer actually.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Erm... So I'm probably going to go with Michael Howard.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Michael Howard, says Colum.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Let's see if that's right, and if so, how many people said it.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42There is a red line there, it's very, very low, Colum.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45But, if you get below it, you are through to the next round.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Michael Howard.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Oh! Very, very well done indeed.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Three.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05Takes your total up to 30. Very well done. Three for Michael Howard.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Yeah, very low score for Michael Howard. He won't like that, will he?
0:13:09 > 0:13:112003-2005 for the Tories.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Now then, Dave. You're the joint high scorers at this point on 30.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Ideally a pointless answer from you...
0:13:18 > 0:13:22I'm going to play safe-ish, probably going to regret it,
0:13:22 > 0:13:24- and go William Hague. - Let's see if that's right,
0:13:24 > 0:13:26and if so, how many people said it.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29No red line for you as you are joint high scorers already.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33You just have to hope this goes down as far as it possibly can. William Hague.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34How many people said that?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37It's right.
0:13:42 > 0:13:4319.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46APPLAUSE
0:13:46 > 0:13:4819. Takes your total up to 49.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Yeah, a good answer, Dave,
0:13:50 > 0:13:54another of the many people who were leader of the opposition against Tony Blair
0:13:54 > 0:13:56alongside Iain Duncan Smith, Michael Howard.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Indeed. Now, Steven, we are looking for post-war leaders
0:13:59 > 0:14:02of the opposition. You are currently on nothing.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06Brilliant low score from Graham in the first pass.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08The high scorers on 49 are Dave and Erica,
0:14:08 > 0:14:11which means a score of 48 or less will see you through.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Not my subject.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15But I'm going to go...
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Neil Kinnock.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21There is your red line, Steven. Nice and high.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24If Neil Kinnock gets you below that red line,
0:14:24 > 0:14:26you are through to the next round.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Well done. You've done it.
0:14:34 > 0:14:3621 for Neil Kinnock.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38APPLAUSE
0:14:38 > 0:14:4121. Takes your total up to 21.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Yeah, good answer, Steven, actually the longest-serving
0:14:45 > 0:14:48leader of the opposition, Neil Kinnock, nine years, from '83-'92.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50- Wow.- Yeah, how about that?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52There's only six pointless answers here, only one Tory as well,
0:14:52 > 0:14:56very well done if you got any of these at home. Let's take a look.
0:14:56 > 0:14:57Alec Douglas-Home,
0:14:57 > 0:15:00who was Tory leader of the opposition in '64-'65, was pointless.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03George Brown, who was acting leader of the Labour Party in 1963,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Herbert Morrison, again, was an interim leader for the Labour Party
0:15:06 > 0:15:10and Peter Mandelson's grandfather as well.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Hugh Gaitskell, another Labour leader,
0:15:12 > 0:15:14and James Callaghan we already had. Very good answer there.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Shall we take a look at the top answers? These are the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23There's David Cameron, 27.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27There's Tony Blair on 30. And right at the top of the list...
0:15:27 > 0:15:29He's finally won something,
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Ed Miliband on 33.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- Well done, Ed.- Thank you very much, Richard. At the end of the round,
0:15:35 > 0:15:39our losing pair with the highest score, Dave and Erica.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Good answer, though. I mean, you know, not a bad score.
0:15:42 > 0:15:4349's really not a bad total at all.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- At least it was right.- Yeah. It's just been a very low-scoring round.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Well, I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you now, Dave and Erica,
0:15:49 > 0:15:51but we'll see you next time.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55I'm sure you'll go further. Thanks for playing. Great contestants.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11There's only room for two pairs in the head-to-heads, so one pair
0:16:11 > 0:16:13will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18Very hard to call after that first round. The lowest team were Steven and Graham.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21But probably the most consistently low-scoring pair were Neil and John.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25So very, very hard to call. Our category for Round Two is...
0:16:29 > 0:16:33The Olympics. Can you all decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41OK, our Round Two question concerns...
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Good luck, Claire.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48- Richard.- Yes, on each pass,
0:16:48 > 0:16:52we're going to give you a list of six athletes who have won an individual Olympic medal.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54All you have to do is tell us
0:16:54 > 0:16:56which individual event did they win that medal in.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Give us a nice obscure answer, you'll score fewer points.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Incorrect answer, 100 points. 12 answers in all to guess at home.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- Very best of luck. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07OK, so we are looking for the individual events
0:17:07 > 0:17:10in which these sports stars have won Olympic medals.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13And here they come. We have got...
0:17:20 > 0:17:23I'll just read those one more time.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32So, there are the athletes.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36You need to say which individual event they won their Olympic medals.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37Steven.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42I think I'm going to go with...
0:17:42 > 0:17:45..Sally Gunnell, 110 metre hurdles.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Sally Gunnell, 110 metre hurdles.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50So, Steven, let's see if that's right,
0:17:50 > 0:17:54and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Bad luck, Steven. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:18:00 > 0:18:02which scores you 100 points. I'm sorry. Richard.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06Sorry, Steven. I'll give the correct answer at the end of the pass.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Claire.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12- I know none of those names. - OK. Here's fun.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16- Erm, slightly...- Do you follow the Olympics, though?- Yeah, but...
0:18:16 > 0:18:19So individual events in the Olympics, you know?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21I know people by how they look, not their names.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25So it's the guy with the red hair or things like that.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- Do you want me to provide what they look like in brackets? - LAUGHTER
0:18:28 > 0:18:31That would be really helpful, thanks. Erm...
0:18:31 > 0:18:33I'm going to go for Allan Wells,
0:18:33 > 0:18:36complete guess, and say triple jump.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Allan Wells, triple jump, says Claire. Allan Wells,
0:18:39 > 0:18:43triple jump. Is that right? How many people knew that answer?
0:18:46 > 0:18:47Bad luck, Claire.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Very confidently given, but I'm afraid an incorrect answer.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52100 points. I'm sorry. Richard.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Sorry, Claire.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Good news for Steven, though. It's 100-100.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Again, I'll give the answer at the end of the pass.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Neil. Now remember, we are looking for the individual events
0:19:02 > 0:19:05for which these Olympians won their medals.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08You're the last person to have this board so,
0:19:08 > 0:19:10if you like, you could take us through it.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12I'll have a bash at it.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15There's a lot that I think I know, so...
0:19:15 > 0:19:20Brendan Foster, I think, is a 1,500 metres. Erm...
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Fatima Whitbread, I can't remember if it's javelin or shot put,
0:19:23 > 0:19:25so I'm just doubting myself at the moment.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Allan Wells, I think, was 100 metres.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31And Mary Peters, again, I think was a distance...
0:19:31 > 0:19:33I'm just going to play safe and go with Sally Gunnell,
0:19:33 > 0:19:35400 metre hurdles.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38400 metre hurdles, you are saying for Sally Gunnell.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many people knew that.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44Very well done, Neil.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Very good indeed. 21.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52APPLAUSE
0:19:52 > 0:19:5321 for Sally Gunnell.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Yeah, good choice, Neil. There it is, Steven.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02I assume you knew it was a choice of the two of them and you picked the 110m.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Let's fill in the rest of the board.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Fatima Whitbread, not shot put - she's javelin.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08That would have scored you 52.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11If you had said Brendan Foster and 1,500m,
0:20:11 > 0:20:15you'd have scored 100 points cos it's 10,000m - won bronze,
0:20:15 > 0:20:18and 10,000m would have scored 4. Allan Wells, absolutely right,
0:20:18 > 0:20:20is the 100m, won the gold in Moscow.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Would have scored 20 points. Mary Peters, not a distance runner,
0:20:24 > 0:20:27she won gold in the pentathlon, modern pentathlon.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28Would have scored you 11.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32And Eric Liddell, as anyone who watches Chariots Of Fire will know,
0:20:32 > 0:20:35is the 400m and that's a pointless answer. He was entered for the 100m,
0:20:35 > 0:20:37but the final was on a Sunday and he refused to run.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40So he entered the 400m instead and won a gold.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Thank you. We're halfway through the round.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Let's take a look at those scores.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48Neil and John looking very, very strong indeed on 21
0:20:48 > 0:20:50and Claire and Colum and Steven and Graham
0:20:50 > 0:20:52drawing as high-scorers on 100.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55So, Colum and Graham, it's going to be between you in the next pass
0:20:55 > 0:20:59to decide who stays with us and who leaves us. Right, we're going to come back down the line -
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:21:05 > 0:21:08OK, we're going to put six more athletes on the board
0:21:08 > 0:21:10and here they come. We have got...
0:21:18 > 0:21:20I'll read them all one more time.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28There we are, and we are looking for the individual events
0:21:28 > 0:21:31at which these athletes won their Olympic medals.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33And obviously, as always in Pointless, you're trying to find
0:21:33 > 0:21:36the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Now, then, John - you're on 21, the high-scorers,
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Graham and Steven and Colum and Claire on 100,
0:21:41 > 0:21:43means a score of 78 or less from you
0:21:43 > 0:21:45will see you through to the next round.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Yeah, so I think I'm going to play it safe
0:21:48 > 0:21:50and go with Jonathan Edwards, triple jump.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54Jonathan Edwards, triple jump says John, here's your red line.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57You get below that red line, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Let's see if that's right. Triple jump for Jonathan Edwards.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Quite right, and you're through.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10- 30. - APPLAUSE
0:22:10 > 0:22:1330 takes your total up to 51.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Well played. Jon won a gold at Sydney following up a silver at Atlanta,
0:22:17 > 0:22:21and another competitor who often refused to compete on a Sunday.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Colum, you are joint high-scorers with Graham and Steven on 100.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28You have to score as low as you possibly can.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32- How does that board look to you? - Uh, I know two of them definitely.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35One I'm a little unsure about.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40I'm going to have to go with Colin Jackson, 100m hurdles.
0:22:40 > 0:22:45100m hurdles, let's see if that's right and if it is let's see how many people said it.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48There's no red line for you as you are joint high-scorers.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Bad luck, Colum.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer,
0:22:56 > 0:22:58which means you score 100 points.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Richard will tell us why in a little while.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Graham, so we are looking for the individual events
0:23:04 > 0:23:08in which these Team GB Olympic stars won medals.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09You're the last person to have this board
0:23:09 > 0:23:13so you can talk us through the board if you like and fill in any of the blanks.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20I think Daley Thompson's decathlon, I think Liz McColgan's marathon,
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Colin Jackson's 110m hurdles.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27I don't know Germaine Mason. Linford Christie, 100m.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29I think I'll go for...
0:23:30 > 0:23:32..Colin Jackson, 110m hurdle.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38- Just to rub the salt in there, Graham. - LAUGHTER
0:23:38 > 0:23:41OK, the high scorers on 200 are Colum and Claire.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44You're on 100, which means a score of 99 or less
0:23:44 > 0:23:49will be enough to see you through to the head-to-head. Let's see if 110m hurdles is right.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Yes.
0:23:58 > 0:24:03- APPLAUSE - 15. A nice, low score there as well.
0:24:03 > 0:24:0615 takes your total up to 115, Graham. Well done.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Yeah, well played, Graham. The 110m hurdles.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12He won the silver medal in 1988. Never won another Olympic medal, strangely,
0:24:12 > 0:24:14for someone who was so dominant in that event.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15Let's take a look at the rest of them.
0:24:15 > 0:24:20Graham's taken us through most of them - Daley Thompson, absolutely right, is the decathlon,
0:24:20 > 0:24:23would have scored you 41. Liz McColgan, not the marathon, but the 10,000m.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Not a million miles off, literally. 8 points that would have scored you.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Linford Christie, 100m. He's a big scorer, though - 59.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Now, Germaine Mason is a pointless answer.
0:24:31 > 0:24:36He won a silver medal in Beijing very recently in the high jump.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39And that's pointless. Very, very well done if you said that.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Well done to anybody who went through all 12 of those. Impressive.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Very well done if you won the silver medal in Beijing for high jump.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- LAUGHTER - Sorry no-one knew. - Now people will know.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50- Yeah, they will. - That's nice, isn't it?
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Yeah, that is nice. Thank you very much, Richard.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57Now, at the end of Round Two, our losing pair with the highest score, Colum and Claire.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Bad luck. Bad luck, Colum -
0:25:00 > 0:25:03you knew very shortly after you gave that answer what you'd done wrong.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06And Claire, I can only apologise -
0:25:06 > 0:25:08sometimes we have really nice international-friendly games
0:25:08 > 0:25:11and other times they're extremely British.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- If you had pictures up, I would have been fine.- Yeah, I know, exactly.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Listen, when you come back, you've got to make it through
0:25:17 > 0:25:19to the head-to-head and we do have a picture round then.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- And maybe it'll be Olympians, who knows? - THEY LAUGH
0:25:22 > 0:25:24It's been great having you on the show,
0:25:24 > 0:25:27We'll look forward to seeing you next time, but you've done brilliantly
0:25:27 > 0:25:29- Apart from your 200 score in this... - LAUGHTER
0:25:29 > 0:25:32..but that, I think, is entirely understandable.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35- Thanks very much for playing. - APPLAUSE
0:25:37 > 0:25:44But for the remaining pairs, things are about to get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46APPLAUSE
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Oh, congratulations Neil and John, Steven and Graham -
0:25:51 > 0:25:54you are now only one round away from the final
0:25:54 > 0:25:58and a chance to pay for our jackpot, which currently stands at £2,250.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01APPLAUSE
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Now, obviously, only one pair can play for that money
0:26:04 > 0:26:06and to decide which pair it's going to be,
0:26:06 > 0:26:09you're now going to go head-to-head on the best of three questions.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12So the first pair to win two questions will play for that jackpot,
0:26:12 > 0:26:14and you are now, of course, allowed to confer.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17So we have Steven and Graham, our returning pairs,
0:26:17 > 0:26:19playing our organic chemists, Neil and John.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Now, Neil and John, the lowest scorers overall,
0:26:22 > 0:26:25but Steven and Graham, you gave us a pointless answer in Round One
0:26:25 > 0:26:29so anything could happen in this round. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- tits and finches. - LAUGHTER
0:26:42 > 0:26:45That's a gentleman's magazine, I think, isn't it?
0:26:45 > 0:26:47LAUGHTER
0:26:47 > 0:26:50For the gentleman ornithologist. Tits and finches, Richard.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Absolutely. It gets slightly worse before it gets better.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56In this round we're going to show you five pictures of tits and finches.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59And finches! We're going to show you five pictures of tits and finches,
0:26:59 > 0:27:02we need you to give us their common English name
0:27:02 > 0:27:04according to the British Ornithologists Union, please.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08I'll give you a clue - they're all followed with the word "tit" or "finch".
0:27:08 > 0:27:11- Right, "tit" is a very common name for a bird.- I know it is.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15So just get over it. Get all your laughter out of the way. LAUGHTER
0:27:15 > 0:27:17People at home are slightly more mature than you.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18They're just enjoying the show,
0:27:18 > 0:27:22they're looking forward to seeing some pictures of tits and they... LAUGHTER
0:27:22 > 0:27:24..don't need you to be laughing it up, OK?
0:27:24 > 0:27:26OK. Good. I'm there.
0:27:26 > 0:27:30- Let's take a look at them, shall we? - Let's take a look... - LAUGHTER
0:27:30 > 0:27:35- Thanks very much, Richard. Let's reveal our five pictures of birds. - LAUGHTER
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Here they are. We have got...
0:27:51 > 0:27:53The we are. Now, Neil and John,
0:27:53 > 0:27:57you've played best throughout the show so far so you get to go first.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01There are five pictures of tits and finches.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05You have to identify the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12We'll go with D being a blue tit.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16A blue tit? D, you are saying. D, a blue tit.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20Now then, Steven and Graham, you can talk out loud if you like.
0:28:20 > 0:28:26I think B is a coal tit.
0:28:27 > 0:28:28That's all I know
0:28:28 > 0:28:31and maybe E is a yellow finch.
0:28:31 > 0:28:32I haven't a clue.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34- What about you?- Whatever you think.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37I think we'll go for B and coal tit.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42B. Coal tit.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45B, coal tit, Say Steven and Graham.
0:28:45 > 0:28:50So, Neil and John have said that D is a blue tit.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Is that right, and if it is, how many people said it?
0:28:55 > 0:28:58It's right. 72.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00APPLAUSE
0:29:03 > 0:29:08Steven and Graham have said that B is a coal tit.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many people said that.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19Oh, bad luck, Steven and Graham. I'm afraid that's incorrect,
0:29:19 > 0:29:22which means that after the first question, Neil and John are up 1-0.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Sorry, Steven and Graham - B is actually a great tit,
0:29:25 > 0:29:27which is the largest tit you'll find in the UK.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29That would have scored you 19 points.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Very well done if you said great tit.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Let's go through the rest of the board.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36- A, I can give you.- Really? - It's a chaffinch.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Uh, yeah, wrong. Wrong, wrong. LAUGHTER
0:29:39 > 0:29:41- Really?- Yeah, yeah.- Is it? We've got those outside our window.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43I've always thought that was a chaffinch.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46- No, I'll tell you what you've got outside your window.- Tell me.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48A bullfinch.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51- Wow.- That's a bullfinch, that would have scored you 13 points.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54- What about that?- So that's what you've got outside your window.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56We've got bullfinches out there. Whoa, yeah.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Now, C is the best answer on the board, actually.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02It would have scored you 3 points if you'd said hawfinch. Hawfinch.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05God, he's an ugly brute, isn't he? Look at that beak.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Isn't he just? Since metrication, we don't call them hawfinches.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Instead of saying "hawfinch", we say "centimetre".
0:30:11 > 0:30:14LAUGHTER
0:30:16 > 0:30:20- Now, Steven and Graham, what did you think E was?- Yellow finch.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24It's not a million miles away. It's a greenfinch.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27- There's a clue in the colour, isn't there?- It's quite yellowy.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31And greenfinch would have scored you 24 points.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35Anyway, that's tits and finches. Think we got away with it. LAUGHTER
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Yeah. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:30:37 > 0:30:43Now, here comes your second question and it concerns Charlie Chaplin.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46Charlie Chaplin. Richard?
0:30:46 > 0:30:51We're going to show you five clues to facts about Charlie Chaplin. Which is the most obscure?
0:30:51 > 0:30:54Thanks very much. Now then, Steven and Graham, as I'm sure you're aware,
0:30:54 > 0:30:56you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Best of luck. Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Charlie Chaplin,
0:30:59 > 0:31:02and here they come. We have got...
0:31:14 > 0:31:16I'll read those all again.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31There you are. Five clues to facts about Charlie Chaplin.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Steven and Graham, not only do you have to win this question,
0:31:34 > 0:31:35you also go first.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39The type of hat, do you think?
0:31:39 > 0:31:40- Do you know any of them?- No.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Well, it's either that or he was
0:31:43 > 0:31:46- born in 1899.- Was he?- I don't know.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48- What hat is it? - I don't know. A trilby hat?
0:31:51 > 0:31:53Go on then, you say that because I've got no idea.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58We're going to guess at the hat
0:31:58 > 0:32:00being a trilby hat.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Trilby hat. Neil and John,
0:32:03 > 0:32:06you can talk us through the board.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09We would struggle. Yeah, we don't really know either.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11We think we are going to go
0:32:11 > 0:32:15for the second one as Adolf Hitler.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18OK, you're going to say Adolf Hitler the fascist leader lampooned in The Great Dictator.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23So we have from Steven and Graham a trilby hat.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:32:26 > 0:32:28let's see how many people said the trilby hat.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36Bad luck, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:32:36 > 0:32:40which means Neil and John, you merely have to be correct
0:32:40 > 0:32:41with your answer to win this question
0:32:41 > 0:32:44and go straight through to the final.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47OK, so you are saying that Hitler was the fascist leader
0:32:47 > 0:32:48lampooned in The Great Dictator.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Yep, you've done it.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01APPLAUSE
0:33:01 > 0:33:0338 people said Adolf Hitler, but all you had to be was right.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06That means after only two questions, Neil and John,
0:33:06 > 0:33:09- you are through to the final, 2-0. - Well played, Neil and John.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12It's not often you get to say that Adolf Hitler beats a trilby hat, is it?
0:33:12 > 0:33:16It's one of the nice things about Pointless. Let's go through the rest of the board.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20If you'd guessed what year he was born, what do you think you would have gone for?
0:33:20 > 0:33:23- 1899.- Well, nearly - it's 1889, actually.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27He was actually born four days before Hitler, who he went on to satirise.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29That would have scored you 4 points.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31The fourth wife with whom he had eight children was Oona O'Neill.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33That would have scored you 10.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36The type of hat worn by his tramp character -
0:33:36 > 0:33:38not a trilby, a bowler hat.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42He famously wore a bowler hat. That would have scored you 45 points,
0:33:42 > 0:33:44so it would have lost you the point anyway, actually.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47And the last feature film he acted in is a pointless answer.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Very well done at home if you said A Countess From Hong Kong.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53That's a pretty tough board, apart from a couple of obvious ones.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56It was a tough board, so very well done if you did well on that board.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Very good. Well, thank you very much, Richard.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02So at the end of the head-to-head the losing pair, I'm afraid, is Steven and Graham.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05Well, you've made it thus far which is pretty impressive.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09You were out first round with 200 in the last Pointless you played.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11This time, stormed it through to the head-to-head.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14- Did you enjoy the finches and tits round? - LAUGHTER
0:34:14 > 0:34:17- Yes. Very much.- Um, it's been lovely having you on the show.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Steven and Graham, I'm afraid this is where we say goodbye,
0:34:20 > 0:34:23but you've been fantastic contestants. Great having you on. Thanks.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25APPLAUSE
0:34:25 > 0:34:29But for Neil and John, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Congratulations Neil and John. You have fought off all the competition
0:34:38 > 0:34:41and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:34:50 > 0:34:53and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,250.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56APPLAUSE
0:34:58 > 0:35:01Well, you played it nice and steadily.
0:35:01 > 0:35:02You made it look pretty easy.
0:35:02 > 0:35:07You were the lowest scoring pair in the first two rounds taken together
0:35:07 > 0:35:12and then in that head-to-head you saw off the others 2-0. Very, very easy victory there.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15So this ought to be quite simple for you.
0:35:15 > 0:35:16You just need some good categories.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20Maybe some organic chemistry would be very good.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Well, listen - very, very best of luck. The rules are very simple.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28We've had one pointless answer on the show today,
0:35:28 > 0:35:31you only have to find one now and you will go home with that £2,250.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33First, though, you've got to choose a category.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37Here are your five options. Best of luck. You can choose from...
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Definitely not Literary Awards.
0:35:50 > 0:35:51- Yeah. Or Radio, I think.- Yeah.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53I'd probably be able to have a bash
0:35:53 > 0:35:55at Rock Bands or Film Adaptations,
0:35:55 > 0:35:58but you know you're very confident on your golf.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01I'm not very confident, but I know a little bit about golf.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04Yeah, nicely done, John. Yeah. Play it down.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06- Yeah, we'll go with Golf Courses. - OK, Golf Courses.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11Neil, you're just going to rely on John's golf course expertise here.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15- Interesting.- Very good, let's find out what the question is.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Here it comes - we gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:36:18 > 0:36:21to name as many Ryder Cup golf courses as they could. Richard?
0:36:21 > 0:36:25Yes, we're looking for any host venue that has held the Ryder Cup
0:36:25 > 0:36:28since the Ryder Cup became the USA versus Europe in 1979.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30Very best of luck, guys.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33OK. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:36:33 > 0:36:35and all you need to win that £2,250
0:36:35 > 0:36:38is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:38 > 0:36:43Are you ready? OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46There they are. Your time starts now.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49Right, we've got Valderrama.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52Valhalla, they were quite recent.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55- K Club in Ireland, I think.- That's quite a good one.- Muirfield.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57I think there's a Muirfield in the States which has held it as well
0:36:57 > 0:37:01called Muirfield Village, so I'd go with that one.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03- That's a good obscure one, yeah. - Um...
0:37:03 > 0:37:07I'd go with, probably, Valhalla. I can't really think of anything else.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10- And Valderrama. - Yeah, they're good ones.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14- I mean, is there any more... I guess we'd go for American courses. - Valhalla's American.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17That was an American one? Yeah, that was an American one.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- I'd avoid British courses. - Congressional something...
0:37:20 > 0:37:23- I don't mind congressionals. - Any other European ones?
0:37:23 > 0:37:25- Has been held much in Europe? - I can't really think.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28I think I'd just go with those, I think.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31- Yeah, because I think the Irish one was quite famous recently.- Yeah.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34And most of the British ones people will get, to be honest.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Ten seconds left.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39They had Celtic Manor this year, but I think that's still quite...
0:37:39 > 0:37:43- I'm happy with those three answers, yeah?- Yeah, so we'll go with...?
0:37:45 > 0:37:49OK, your time is up. We were looking for Ryder Cup golf courses
0:37:49 > 0:37:52and I now need your three answers.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56- OK, we'll go with Valhalla. - Valhalla.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58- Valderrama.- Valderrama.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02And I think there's one in the States called Muirfield Village or something.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Muirfield Village. Now, of those three,
0:38:04 > 0:38:07which do think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:07 > 0:38:10- Probably the third one. - Muirfield Village.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13Muirfield Village, we'll put that last.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15- And your least likely pointless answer?- I'd say Valderrama.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19- Valderrama, yeah.- Valderrama, OK. So we'll put Valderrama first.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22OK, let's put them up on the board in that order and here they come.
0:38:22 > 0:38:27We have got Valderrama, Valhalla and Muirfield Village.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31It sounds to me like you're pretty clued-up on golf, John.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34- I play a little bit of golf, yes. - You play a bit, do you watch the Ryder Cup?
0:38:34 > 0:38:36- Do you watch a lot of golf? - Yeah, usually, yeah.- OK.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40And these sound like good answers to me. But I don't know anything.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43OK, we were looking for Ryder Cup golf courses.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Valderrama, you said, was your least confident answer.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49You only have to find one pointless answer, remember,
0:38:49 > 0:38:52to win that £2,250 jackpot.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54OK, let's see. Valderrama.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57Is it right, how many people said it?
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Valderrama, this for £2,250.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07It's right.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Now, if this goes straight down to 0,
0:39:09 > 0:39:13you will be leaving here with £2,250.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17Still going down. Into single figures... Ooh, 6.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20APPLAUSE
0:39:22 > 0:39:26So six of our 100 people knew Valderrama,
0:39:26 > 0:39:29so therefore unfortunately it's not a pointless answer.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33Which means you only have two more shots at today's jackpot, £2,250.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37Neil, what would you do with £2,250?
0:39:37 > 0:39:40My girlfriend is coming to the end of her PhD.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42- so I'd like to treat her to a holiday.- Can I just make...
0:39:42 > 0:39:45Is she, I'm just going to guess, organic chemistry?
0:39:45 > 0:39:49- It's actually not, actually. It's nanotechnology, so... - LAUGHTER
0:39:49 > 0:39:52Very, very good. Now then, John.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Yeah, I'd like to go on a holiday too.
0:39:54 > 0:39:58- I think I might go to Australia or somewhere like that. I'd love to go there.- Excellent.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02We are looking for Ryder Cup golf courses.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Valhalla.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07It has to be correct and it has to be pointless.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Now, how did you come to this answer?
0:40:10 > 0:40:15I just seem to remember it because it's quite a recent American one, I think.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18But just from watching it really, that's all.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22- OK, and the name just stuck? - Yeah.- OK, well, very best of luck.
0:40:22 > 0:40:27For £2,250, let's see how many people said Valhalla.
0:40:31 > 0:40:36It's right. Now, Valderrama took you down to 6.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39If Valhalla can take you all the way down to 0,
0:40:39 > 0:40:41you leave here with £2,250.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44It's still going down, it's still going down...
0:40:44 > 0:40:48- Yes, you've done it! Very well done indeed. - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Second answer.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52That's brilliant. Superb.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Oh, congratulations, Neil and John.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Valhalla was a pointless answer,
0:41:03 > 0:41:08which means that you go home with our jackpot of £2,250.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11John, very well done.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14- Also Neil, very well done letting John take the lead there. - APPLAUSE
0:41:14 > 0:41:16- Great answer there. Richard. - Yeah, well played, Neil and John.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19Terrific answer. And as you say, quite a recent one,
0:41:19 > 0:41:222008 the Ryder Cup was played in the Valhalla, which is in Louisville, Kentucky.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26Muirfield Village also a pointless answer.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28APPLAUSE
0:41:35 > 0:41:38And there's only eight pointless answers in all,
0:41:38 > 0:41:40so you got 25% of the available pointless answers there.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Very well done. Let's take a look at all the pointless answers.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47See if you got any of these at home. Kiawah Island on South Carolina was a pointless answer.
0:41:47 > 0:41:52There's Muirfield Village, which is named after Muirfield in Scotland. Jack Nicklaus designed it.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55It's the first place that Europe had beaten America on home soil. Not the last place though,
0:41:55 > 0:41:59because we also did it at the Oak Hill Country Club. That was a pointless answer.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02We also beat them in Oakland Hills, another pointless answer.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04PGA National was pointless,
0:42:04 > 0:42:07The Greenbrier which held the 1979 Ryder Cup.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12There's Valhalla and the one European course there,
0:42:12 > 0:42:15Walton Heath, which held the 1981 Ryder Cup.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18Very well done if you got any of those at home, but very, very well done to you guys.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Terrific answers, terrific play all the way through.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25- Did you know any of the others? - No, none of them.- Oh, really?
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Well, as Richard says, you got fully 25%
0:42:27 > 0:42:31of the available pointless answers so I think you can feel quite happy with yourselves.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Well, thanks once again to our winning players Neil and John
0:42:34 > 0:42:37who go away with today's jackpot of £2,250.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40APPLAUSE
0:42:43 > 0:42:47Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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