0:00:16 > 0:00:20CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:29 > 0:00:32the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Let's meet today's players.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37APPLAUSE
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Now, first, we welcome back Grant and Dan. You're our first pair on the show this afternoon.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47You were with us last time. Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51This is your second chance. Remind us how you to know each other.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55We met when we worked together at a certain megastore record shop.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58- At a very famous megastore record shop.- Absolutely.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00On Princes Street in Edinburgh. Know it well.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02And what happened last time?
0:01:02 > 0:01:05- Fruit And Veg.- Fruit And Veg happened. Out first round.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07It's ironic because we're both vegetarians.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09LAUGHTER
0:01:09 > 0:01:11But what a way to go out, though.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14You came up with something called a champagne mushroom.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- Sounds plausible.- Yeah.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Yeah, it does. But, vegetarians, come on, you should know all of this.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Vegetarians living in Scotland.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28- If you deep fry a Mars Bar, it's still vegetarian so...- Ah, yeah, I see what you're saying!
0:01:28 > 0:01:32For anyone who wasn't watching last time, champagne - it's a type of rhubarb.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33I know it.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34I think you're a very strong pair.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37I think you'll go a long way this afternoon.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39It's great to have you back.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Next we welcome Owen and Jamie. How do you two know each other?
0:01:42 > 0:01:45We met at Army Officer Selection.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48So Owen's completed and he's going to Sandhurst in May
0:01:48 > 0:01:50and I'm still halfway through.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Halfway through. I thought you were saying you didn't make the grade!
0:01:53 > 0:01:55That would have been awful.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57So you're halfway through selection?
0:01:57 > 0:01:59I've got one stage left to go, this summer.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00This summer.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03- You'll hear when?- If I make it to Sandhurst, I'll go in 2014.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Right you are. OK. Owen, what about you? You're not there now.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11- No, off in May, having graduated in the summer.- Very good, indeed.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15But this is like a children's army, surely?
0:02:15 > 0:02:19I know we're cutting back, but really?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- You're getting older. - No, I'm aware I'm getting older.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26Even taking THAT into account, aren't they a bit young to be soldiers?
0:02:26 > 0:02:30When they have all the camouflage stuff on, they'll probably quite scary.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Yeah, camouflage. Camouflage is very ageing.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Best of luck to you. Very nice to have you on the show.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Next, we welcome back Ingrid and Dave.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42You were on the show last time. Remind us how you did.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Second round. We went down on a Film question which was a struggle.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50Danny DeVito. What's going to come up this going to be brilliant for you this afternoon?
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Well, literature, characters in books.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55Dave?
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Football would be good, and cricket, some geography, but it depends.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- You're a marathon runner, aren't you, Dave?- Yes.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- How many marathons have you run? - Nine.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Have you gone abroad to run marathons?
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Yes, I've been lucky enough to run in America and have done New York.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15So New York would be a good topic for you, then?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- American things is one of my favourites.- Very good. Very good.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23Very best of luck. Let's hope we see you dazzle us later on this afternoon.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Finally, we welcome Sally and Jennifer. How do you know each other?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29We've been friends since we were five.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Yeah, went to school together, now at the same university.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34- Which university?- Edinburgh.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36You're at Edinburgh? What are you studying there?
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- I'm doing law. - I do medical sciences.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Now, Jennifer, what would you like to see come up this afternoon?
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Maybe sciences. I should be good at that, technically.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49And maybe musicals or music.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54- Sally, what are your hobbies? - I love films, and musicals.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57I'm in quite a lot of musicals and shows.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Oh, really? What have you been in?
0:03:59 > 0:04:02I was in the fringe, just for one night and one night only,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05in a hip-hop musical.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- What was it called? - One of my friends wrote it.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09It was called Lord Of The Blings.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11LAUGHTER
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Very best of luck. Lovely to have you here.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15We'll find out more about all of you as the show goes on.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17There's one person left for me to introduce,
0:04:17 > 0:04:20a man who stands tall in the pantheon of obscurity.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22He's my Pointless friend, he's Richard.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Hello. Hiya.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27APPLAUSE
0:04:30 > 0:04:34- Afternoon to you.- Good afternoon to you.- Are you well?- Very well, yeah.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Excellent. We have two returning pairs today but neither
0:04:36 > 0:04:40made it through the head-to-head so it's a very open field today.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Ingrid and Dave and Grant and Dan will want to do better,
0:04:44 > 0:04:47but should be a cracker, I think. Should be very evenly matched.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51- Any questions we can be looking out for in particular? - I knew I'd forgotten something!
0:04:51 > 0:04:55- Will you give me ten minutes while I write some questions?- Yeah.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Anyone who's interested in literary characters.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01- Ingrid might be happy with Round Two. - Thank you, Richard.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05All our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show
0:05:05 > 0:05:08but we want the obscure answers that those 100 people didn't get.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11To stay in the game with a chance to win our prize,
0:05:11 > 0:05:14all our players need to do is score as few points as possible.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer - one nobody gave.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Every time that happens, we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Nobody won the jackpot last time so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27So today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Right, well, if everyone is ready, let us play Pointless.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46In this first round, each if you must give me one answer
0:05:46 > 0:05:48and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51The team with the highest score of the end will be eliminated.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54If you give me an incorrect answer, you will score
0:05:54 > 0:05:57the maximum of 100 points, so try and avoid those if you can.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01Our first category this afternoon is...
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Can you decide in your pairs who'll go first, who'll go second?
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14OK, let's find out what the first question is.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:06:21 > 0:06:23..as they could. Richard.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26We're looking for any country that is wholly or partly
0:06:26 > 0:06:30on the African mainland, which has a coastline that borders a sea or ocean.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34By country we mean a member of the UN that is a sovereign state in its own right.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36We are not accepting island nations,
0:06:36 > 0:06:38so Seychelles and Madagascar wouldn't count.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Very good. Thanks, Richard.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Grant and Dan, you drew lots before the show
0:06:42 > 0:06:47and today, once again, you are on the first podium.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48So, Grant...
0:06:48 > 0:06:49I've got lots in my head.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53I'm just fine to work out which one is going to be the best answer.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55I'm going to go for Eritrea.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59Eritrea. Very good. Let's see if that's a correct answer.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Eritrea.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04Very well done, Grant.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Look at that! 3, very well done, indeed.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Cracking answer, Eritrea!
0:07:17 > 0:07:20That feels a lot better than last time, doesn't it, Grant?
0:07:20 > 0:07:21That settled you.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25It's got over 700 miles of coastline on the Red Sea, Eritrea.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30- There we are. Now then, Jamie.- I've got one or two that I'm not sure of.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32That could be brilliant answers.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- Could be potentially but not sure I want to risk it just yet.- Yeah.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38- So I think I'll say Kenya. - OK, Kenya, says Jamie.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Let's see if that's right
0:07:40 > 0:07:43and, if it is, let's see how many people said Kenya.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53APPLAUSE
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Good, safe answer there.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- 35 for Kenya.- Yeah, safe answer. On the Indian Ocean, Kenya.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00Ingrid.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05Remember, we're looking for mainland African countries with a coastline.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09OK, I'll go with Tunisia.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Tunisia, says Ingrid. Sounds good to me.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Let's see if that's right
0:08:13 > 0:08:17and, if it is, let's see how many people said Tunisia.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18It's right.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Good answer, Ingrid. 29.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26APPLAUSE
0:08:28 > 0:08:29Tunisia.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Yeah, In North Africa on the Mediterranean, of course, Tunisia. Good answer.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Sally, remember we're looking for mainland African countries
0:08:37 > 0:08:38with a coastline.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41I'm going to go with the only African country I've been to.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44I'm pretty sure it had a coast. Tanzania.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Tanzania. Let's see if that's right
0:08:47 > 0:08:50and, if it is, let's see how many people said Tanzania.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52It's right.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00Look at that! 9 points, Sally. That's a cracking answer.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02APPLAUSE
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- Nine for Tanzania. - Yeah, well played, Sally.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Turns out that was a very good place to visit, again, on the Indian Ocean.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12There we are. We're halfway through the round
0:09:12 > 0:09:14so let's look at the scores as they stand.
0:09:14 > 0:09:173, Grant and Dan, lovely low score.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19then we come to 9 for Sally and Jennifer.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Then up to 29 for Ingrid and David and then up to 35,
0:09:23 > 0:09:25where we find Jamie and Owen.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Who would have thought 35 would be the highest score at this stage?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Well, Owen, you know what you've got to do.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32We'll come back down the line.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:09:38 > 0:09:39There we are.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Now, Jennifer, if you can score 25 or less,
0:09:43 > 0:09:46you are definitely in the next round.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Like Sally, have you been to mainland Africa?
0:09:48 > 0:09:49No.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54I know some obscure countries but I'm not sure they have coastline.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56I'm going to go with Mauritania.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- Mauritania?- I hope that it's right!
0:09:59 > 0:10:01There's your red line.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Below that, you are through to the next round. Good luck.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Mauritania, says Jennifer. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:10:09 > 0:10:10It's right.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16That's a brilliant answer. Look at that, Jennifer, right down.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17Down to 4!
0:10:17 > 0:10:20The second best answer of the round.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Takes your total up to 13.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27Yeah, well played, Jennifer. On the Atlantic Ocean, Mauritania.
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Very good.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Now, Dave, remember we're looking for
0:10:31 > 0:10:34mainland African countries with a coastline.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37- I've got several in mind. - You're on 29.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39- The high scorers are on 35. - We need something good.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Yeah, if you can score 5 or less...
0:10:42 > 0:10:44I hope Namibia is good enough.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Namibia you hope is good enough. You're sure it's got a coastline?
0:10:47 > 0:10:51- Have you been there?- No.- You haven't run the Namibian marathon?!
0:10:51 > 0:10:54- Even- I've- done that!
0:10:54 > 0:10:56'Fraid not.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01OK, Namibia, says Dave. Here is your red line, nice and low.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03If you can get all the way down there,
0:11:03 > 0:11:05you are definitely through to the next round.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Let's see. Namibia, is it right and how many people said Namibia?
0:11:09 > 0:11:10It's right.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Down it goes. 11, I think that's good enough, Dave.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23I'm pretty sure that'll be good enough. Takes your total up to 40.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Yeah, Namibia,
0:11:24 > 0:11:28it's got almost 1,000 miles of coastline on the Atlantic Ocean.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Now then, Owen you are no longer have the highest scorers.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Date and Ingrid are the highest scorers on 40. You're on 35.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37If you can score 4 or less,
0:11:37 > 0:11:40then you are definitely through to the next round.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43I think if there is time for a punt, it's now.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46I think this is... Well, I know it's a country in Africa,
0:11:46 > 0:11:49and I think it's on the coast. I'll go for the Gambia.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54The Gambia? There's a red line coming in. It's very low.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56If you can get below that red line with the Gambia,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59you are definitely through to the next round.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Let's see if it's right.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04If it is, let's see how many people said the Gambia.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05It's right.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Very well done. Look at that, 7!
0:12:15 > 0:12:197, it scores you, taking your total up to 42.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Richard, the Gambia?
0:12:20 > 0:12:24The relief on Dave's face there was something to behold.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27It's only got 50 miles of coastline, again on the Atlantic.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29All of which is just a sideshow, Dan.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33This is the real contest. You are currently on 3.
0:12:33 > 0:12:38The highest scorers, on 42, are Owen and Jamie.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41If you can score 38 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Is this a good subject for you, Dan?
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Not so much from me.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- I tend to defer to Grant in matters of geography.- OK.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Well, you're the last person to play so talk us through everything.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Do all your thinking out loud, if you like.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56I have got a few in my head.
0:12:56 > 0:13:01It's just a question of playing it safe versus taking a real punt.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Grant saying Eritrea put Ethiopian into my head,
0:13:03 > 0:13:05as they're neighbouring countries.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08I'm pretty sore Cameroon has a coast across on the other side.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11My other possibility is Botswana, way down south.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15I don't want to play it too safe. I'll go for Ethiopia.
0:13:15 > 0:13:20Ethiopia? Here's your right line. Quite high.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23If you get below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24Let's see if Ethiopia is right
0:13:24 > 0:13:29and, if it is, let's see how many people said Ethiopia.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Ooh!
0:13:31 > 0:13:33- Oh, Dan!- It's all right.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer,
0:13:35 > 0:13:40which means you score the maximum of 100 points, taking total up to 103.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- Well, I wasn't expecting that at all.- Yeah, so sorry, Dan.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47It is bordered by Eritrea as you say but no coastline. Very tough luck.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50If you'd said Cameroon, not only does it have a coast
0:13:50 > 0:13:54but it would've scored one point. Would have been a brilliant answer.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57If it makes you feel any better, Botswana was wrong.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00I'm just hoping you haven't booked an Ethiopian beach holiday this year. LAUGHTER
0:14:02 > 0:14:06There's only one pointless answer. Very well done if you said Guinea-Bissau.
0:14:06 > 0:14:07That was a pointless answer.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Equatorial Guinea would've scored 1. Cameroon would've scored 1.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11There's a few more.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15There's Democratic Republic of the Congo, that was a one-pointer,
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Togo, Benin, Djibouti, all of those were very low scorers.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Well done if you said any of those at home.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Let's look at the top scorers, ones most of our 100 people said.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Egypt would have scored you 36 points, Morocco 37,
0:14:26 > 0:14:30and right at the top, South Africa would have scored you 51 points.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- Only 51 people got South Africa? - As having a coastline, yeah.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Ah, well, there we go. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39End of Round One, the losing pair with the highest score,
0:14:39 > 0:14:43it pains me to say it's Dan and Grant.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47You went out in Round One last time with a champagne mushroom.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51And this time it's the Ethiopian coastline. I'm so sorry.
0:14:51 > 0:14:52What have you learned?
0:14:52 > 0:14:55What are the messages you will pass on to those who come after you?
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Have fun and enjoy it and don't take it too seriously.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01- Are you saying that to yourself?- No.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05That's the definition of gritted teeth, right there, isn't it?
0:15:05 > 0:15:10- Yeah. Dan?- Don't overthink it. - Oh, I'm so sorry. I really am.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12It's been lovely having you on the show.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14I'm so sorry we have to say goodbye so soon.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18But thanks for playing, Dan and Grant, excellent contestants.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19APPLAUSE
0:15:19 > 0:15:22But the remaining three pairs, it's time for Round Two.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26APPLAUSE
0:15:28 > 0:15:32Obviously, there's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head,
0:15:32 > 0:15:36so one of the teams will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39The category for Round Two this afternoon is...
0:15:39 > 0:15:43can you decide in your players who'll go first, who'll go second?
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Our Round Two question concerns...
0:15:58 > 0:15:59Richard.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01We'll show you six characters each pass.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04All you have to do is tell us the name of the play they appear in.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06More obscure answers will score you fewer points.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Give an incorrect answer, it's 100 points.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12So, 12 characters in all, 12 answers for you to get at home.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13Thanks very much.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17So we are looking for the plays in which these Shakespeare characters appear.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18And we have got...
0:16:26 > 0:16:28I'll read those all one more time.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35There they are.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Jamie, you look pretty happy with that selection there.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41- Mm, all right. - Are there any you don't know?
0:16:41 > 0:16:45Yeah, there are three I don't know, which I'm a little bit annoyed by,
0:16:45 > 0:16:48because the other three, to me, are all quite obvious.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50So I'm trying to figure out which one would be the least.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54The least obvious of those three.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56I think I'll say Macduff, Macbeth.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Macduff, Macbeth, says Jamie. Let's see if that's right
0:16:59 > 0:17:03and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people knew that answer.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06It's right.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- 43. - APPLAUSE
0:17:14 > 0:17:1643 for Macbeth. Richard?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19You're not supposed to say Macbeth, are you, in a studio?
0:17:19 > 0:17:21No, stage weight! CRASH!
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- Hasn't happened. - But we've all said it now.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Mind you, 43 points, quite a big score.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- Perhaps that's all the bad luck out of the way.- Yeah!
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Thought if I was in the audience, I'd be looking up.
0:17:30 > 0:17:31LAUGHTER
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- Actually that does look a little bit...- It looks a bit iffy.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36- ..loose there, doesn't it?- Yeah.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- Oh, it'll be fine.- Should be fine. Yeah. It'll be fine. Yeah.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43Ingrid, remember we are looking for the Shakespeare plays
0:17:43 > 0:17:46in which these characters appeared.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49There's two there I think I know.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Well, you said characters from books but characters from plays? Good.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Good, OK.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59I'm going to go with Shylock.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01And that's Merchant Of Venice.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Shylock, The Merchant Of Venice. Let's see if it's right
0:18:03 > 0:18:06and, if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09It's right.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16APPLAUSE
0:18:18 > 0:18:23- Was that another one you knew? - It was, indeed, yeah.- There we are.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Six points in it. Who'd have thought. Richard.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Here, slightly better answer, Ingrid. Well done.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31From The Merchant of Venice, the moneylender, Shylock.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Sally, finally, for this board.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Remember, we are looking for the Shakespeare plays
0:18:35 > 0:18:38in which these characters appeared.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41You can talk as through the board, you're the last to have this selection.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42Any you don't know?
0:18:42 > 0:18:45I don't know Achilles, I don't think.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Not sure on Cordelia, but I know Rosencrantz and Tybalt.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Tybalt's Romeo and Juliet
0:18:51 > 0:18:54but I think I'm going to go for Rosencrantz, which is Hamlet.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Rosencrantz from Hamlet. Let's see if that's right
0:18:57 > 0:19:00and, if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11APPLAUSE
0:19:11 > 0:19:12Wow, that's a great answer!
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Rosencrantz, Hamlet.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Yeah, absolutely, perhaps made more famous
0:19:19 > 0:19:22by Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, the Tom Stoppard play.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26Very good score. 10 points. If you had said Tybalt, it would've scored 13 points.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Absolutely right, it's in Romeo and Juliet.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Slightly better answer, Cordelia, who was in...?
0:19:31 > 0:19:33King Lear.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Yeah, scored 29 points. The best answer was Achilles.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37- Do you know that? - Troilus and Cressida.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Yeah, it would've scored 1 point,
0:19:39 > 0:19:42so very well done for getting that and well done if you got all six.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46OK, we're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Sally, great answer from you. Lovely low score of 10.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Up to 37 where we find Ingrid and Dave
0:19:53 > 0:19:56and then a little bit higher up, we find Jamie and Owen so, yes,
0:19:56 > 0:19:59once again, Owen, you know what you got to do in the next pass.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Good luck with that. We'll come back down the line.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:20:07 > 0:20:10OK, we're going to put six more Shakespearean characters
0:20:10 > 0:20:13on the board and here they are. We've got...
0:20:19 > 0:20:22I'll read those all one more time.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Remember, we are looking for the Shakespearean plays
0:20:31 > 0:20:33that these characters appear in.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37And, obviously, you're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42So, Jennifer, is that a smile of supreme confidence?
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Er... Of course, of course! No.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Erm, I don't really know any of them, to be fair,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51but I'm going to take an educated guess.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54- Good luck.- I'm going to guess Puck, Midsummer Night's Dream?
0:20:54 > 0:20:58Sounds like a good guess to me. Let's see if that's right.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01If it is, how many people said Puck, Midsummer Night's Dream.
0:21:01 > 0:21:06There's your red line. Below that first line, through you go to the head-to-head.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07Well, it's right.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11AUDIENCE GROANS
0:21:13 > 0:21:15APPLAUSE
0:21:15 > 0:21:2037 takes your score up to 47. You are the new high scorers. Richard.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Well done, Jennifer. Pulled that out from somewhere.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Aka Robin Goodfellow, was Puck. Does Oberon's bidding.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27Dave.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31We are looking for the Shakespeare plays in which these characters appeared.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35A score of 9 or less will guarantee you a place in the head-to-head.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38I did Shakespeare at school, as a lot of us have done,
0:21:38 > 0:21:40and my specialist book that we did was The Tempest,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43and I don't see any Tempest people up there.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45So mine's a bit of a punt, really,
0:21:45 > 0:21:48and the only one I really recognise is Iago,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51and I think he's in the Two Gentlemen Of Verona.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Iago, Two Gentlemen Of Verona.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57OK, here comes your red line. It's quite low.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Let's see if Iago crops up in Two Gentlemen Of Verona
0:22:01 > 0:22:06and, if he does, let's see how many people knew that.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08AUDIENCE GROANS
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Bad luck, Dave. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer which means
0:22:11 > 0:22:16you score the maximum of 100 points, taking your score up to 137.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Now then, Owen, phew, that was a lifeline there, wasn't it?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- Yes.- You are now on 43.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25The high scorers are David and Ingrid on hand and 37.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29If you can score 93 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Normally I'd be confident.
0:22:31 > 0:22:36I recognise a couple of names. I'm not sure I can put them to plays.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38This is great news for David and Ingrid.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41I possibly would have said Rosalind's in Twelfth Night
0:22:41 > 0:22:43but I studied Romeo and Juliet,
0:22:43 > 0:22:47and I think Petruchio is a minor character in it.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49That's more of a punt than the Gambia.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Is that the one you're going to submit, then?
0:22:51 > 0:22:55- Petruchio, Romeo and Juliet. - Petruchio, Romeo and Juliet.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59OK, there is your red line. It's a lovely high red line.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02All you have to do is get below it. Romeo and Juliet. Is it right?
0:23:02 > 0:23:04How many people said it?
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Bad luck, Owen. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13It scores you the maximum of 100 points,
0:23:13 > 0:23:17which takes your total up to an unbeatably high 143.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19- Ohhh!- Yeah, sorry, Owen.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Perhaps you were thinking of Mercutio,
0:23:22 > 0:23:26- who was in Romeo and Juliet. - I don't think I was, but...- OK.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30- But it was wrong anyway. - I was just trying to be helpful!
0:23:30 > 0:23:34Er, I do think it's a much tougher board, this one, actually.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38- So, do you know Hermione? - A Winter's Tale.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Absolutely right. Would have scored you 4 points.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Iago is actually in Othello.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45It would have scored 12 points.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49- Benedick?- Much Ado About Nothing. - Yep, that would have scored 6.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54Petruchio is in The Taming Of The Shrew, I'm afraid.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59- That would've scored 3 points and Rosalind?- As You Like It.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Very well done. 13 points.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Well done if you got all of those.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Thank you, Richard. At the end of Round Two,
0:24:05 > 0:24:08the losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid, Owen and Jamie.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11It's very close, very, very close.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Bad luck. Shakespeare, a bit of a gap there.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18- I had them all on the first board. - I know, a much easier first board.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20I had one on the second, so that's how it goes.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22We look forward to seeing you again.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25I'm sure you'll go much further, but it's been great having you.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Thanks so much, Owen and Jamie, great contestants.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31APPLAUSE
0:24:31 > 0:24:35For the remaining pairs, things get more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38APPLAUSE
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Congratulations, Sally and Jennifer, Ingrid and Dave.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47You are only one round away from the Final
0:24:47 > 0:24:49and a chance to play for our jackpot,
0:24:49 > 0:24:52which currently stands at £2,000.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Only one pair can play for that money
0:24:58 > 0:25:01and, to decide who it'll be, you'll go ahead-to-head.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02For each question,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05you're going to be shown five options on the board.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Each pair needs to answer just one of them.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09You are now allowed to confer.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12All you have to do is score less than the other pair
0:25:12 > 0:25:13and you will win that question.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19Let's play head-to-head.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22APPLAUSE
0:25:25 > 0:25:28OK, here is your first question, and it concerns...
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Richard.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35We'll show you five pictures of members of current or past
0:25:35 > 0:25:38boy bands who've had number one singles.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40You've got to tell us the name of the band.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43The most obscure one will obviously win the point. Very best of luck.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45OK, thanks very much, Richard.
0:25:45 > 0:25:50Let's reveal those pictures of members of boy bands. Here they are.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51We have got...
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Which boy band are they in?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10There you go. There they are.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15Sally and Jennifer, as you have played the best throughout the show, you get to go first.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18There are five members of boy bands.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21You have to pick the most obscure one
0:26:21 > 0:26:22and name the boy band.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Hear'Say, I think.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31- OK?- We're going to go with A, The Wanted.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34A, The Wanted.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35Ingrid and Dave.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Ingrid, I know you are jumping up and down to answer this one.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41- LAUGHTER - Oh, dear.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44- C is Take That.- OK.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47We're going to play C as Take That.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49OK.
0:26:49 > 0:26:50C, Take That.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54We have A, The Wanted and C, Take That.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Sally and Jennifer went for A, The Wanted.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Let's see if that's right
0:26:58 > 0:27:01and, if it is, let's see how many people said The Wanted.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05It's correct.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11APPLAUSE
0:27:11 > 0:27:14That's a great answer. Very, very well done.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21Ingrid and Dave have said Take That and C. Is it right?
0:27:21 > 0:27:24How many people said Take That?
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer which means,
0:27:30 > 0:27:34after one question, Sally and Jennifer are up one-nil.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Very good answer, The Wanted, Sally and Jennifer,
0:27:36 > 0:27:40especially as every time you mention The Wanted on TV, Twitter goes mad.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42- You trend on Twitter.- Really? - Yeah, they love it.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46- Will we be trending on Twitter? - I'd think so as we have a lovely picture of...
0:27:46 > 0:27:49To know who that is from The Wanted? I'll tell you. It's Max.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Very much my favourite member of The Wanted.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Who's your favourite member of The Wanted?
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Mine's Max, as well.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57LAUGHTER
0:27:57 > 0:27:58We love you, Max.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01- Who's yours, Sally?- Bob.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04- Ingrid?- Max!
0:28:04 > 0:28:06- Mm, Max.- Yeah.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Max from The Wanted - had their first number one
0:28:09 > 0:28:12in 2010 with All-Time Low, actually a very good song, 12 points.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- B?- Him off of Blue.- Duncan James.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Th½ey had three number one singles.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19That would have scored you 43.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20Now, C, it's not Take That.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23It's Brian Harvey of Take That's rivals at the time, East 17.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Had a Christmas number one with Stay.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Wouldn't have won you the point as it was 28 points.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32D is Aston Merrygold from JLS.
0:28:32 > 0:28:3551 points, had their first number one with Beat Again.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37E would've won you the point.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40It's actually an almost an recognisable photo of... Do you know?
0:28:40 > 0:28:43He's looking good now in a different way to how he used to.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45- It's Matt Goss, from Bros.- Is it?!
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Yeah. And that would've scored you 28 points.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51That was the best answer in the round, so well done if you got that.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55Well, thank you very much, Richard. So here comes your second question.
0:28:55 > 0:28:56Ingrid and Dave, best of luck.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00If you win this question, you are still in the game.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Our second question concerns...
0:29:03 > 0:29:05- Richard.- Yeah.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08We're going to show you five clues to facts about Cornwall.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11You've described pick the most obscure of those and get it right.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15OK. Thank you, Richard. Let's reveal our five clues.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32I'll read those again.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50There we are. There are the five clues to facts about Cornwall
0:29:50 > 0:29:53and you're trying to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56So, Ingrid and Dave, you go first.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59This plays into your hands, I think, doesn't it?
0:29:59 > 0:30:03- We live...- You're West Country. - Not in Cornwall but relatively near.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07- Let's just say it's better than Boy Bands, I think.- Yes.- A lot better.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10And we're going to go for the literary one, I think,
0:30:10 > 0:30:12the team thinks, as they used to say.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16Yeah, Winston Graham's series of novels set there is Poldark.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18Poldark.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20OK, very well done. Poldark.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Sally and Jennifer?
0:30:22 > 0:30:26I only know the greenhouse one, too. We've never been to Cornwall.
0:30:26 > 0:30:27No, is a bit faraway!
0:30:27 > 0:30:31We're going to go for the attraction featuring the world's largest greenhouse,
0:30:31 > 0:30:33which is the Eden Project.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35The Eden Project, very good.
0:30:35 > 0:30:40So we have Winston Graham's series of novels set their, Poldark
0:30:40 > 0:30:43and attraction featuring world's largest greenhouse, Eden Project.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46Ingrid and Dave went with Poldark.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it?
0:30:50 > 0:30:51It's right.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59APPLAUSE
0:30:59 > 0:31:00Very, very well done.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07Very well done, Ingrid and Dave. That's a cracking score.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Sally and Jennifer went for the Eden Project.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13Let's see if that's right. If it is, many people said it.
0:31:13 > 0:31:14It's right.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Is it going to go down as low as six, though?
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Ooh! 40.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22APPLAUSE
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Well, that's even things up.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27After two questions, Ingrid and Dave and Sally and Jennifer
0:31:27 > 0:31:29are on one point apiece. Richard.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31Yes, the best answer on the board, Ingrid.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Nothing Sally and Jennifer could have done.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36Let's go through the answers, see how you did at home.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39The only county it borders - the biggest answer there - is Devon, of course.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Would've scored 75 points.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45The island group 28 miles of its West Coast are the Scilly Isles.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47That would have scored you 24.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51- And its Cornish name. That's a good one. Do you know that one?- Kernow.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53Kernow, absolutely right. Would have scored 12 points.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56- Well done if you got those. - OK, here is your third question.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59Whoever wins this question is through to the final.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Our third question this afternoon concerns...
0:32:05 > 0:32:07We'll show you the names of five works of art,
0:32:07 > 0:32:11alongside the initials of the artist responsible.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14You've got to tell us the most obscure artist you can, please.
0:32:14 > 0:32:19OK, thanks very much, Richard. Here are our five works of art
0:32:19 > 0:32:21and the initials of their artists.
0:32:36 > 0:32:37I'll read those again.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53OK, there they are. There are our five works of art.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56Now, Sally and Jennifer, you go first this time.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58I think we know three of them perhaps
0:32:58 > 0:33:01- but I think we'll go with... - Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Pablo Picasso.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07OK, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Pablo Picasso, you are saying.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11Ingrid and Dave, talk us through the rest of the board, if you like.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Campbell's Soup Cans, we know that one, Andy Warhol.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16We're a bit thin on The Derby Day one. I ought to know this.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20I think it's the guy who painted horses a lot.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24So we're going to hope that the Arnolfini Portrait will do us well.
0:33:24 > 0:33:25It's Jan van Eyck.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Jan van Eyck. So we have Picasso and van Eyck.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Sally and Jennifer went with Pablo Picasso. Let's see if that's right
0:33:31 > 0:33:35and, if it is, let's see how many people said Pablo Picasso.
0:33:35 > 0:33:36It's right.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41Ooh, down it goes, 18!
0:33:41 > 0:33:44APPLAUSE
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Great answer.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Ingrid and Dave, this is the decider.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54It will let us know who goes through to the Final to play for the jackpot.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Jan van Eyck, say Ingrid and Dave.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59Is it right and, if it is, how many people said it?
0:34:02 > 0:34:03It's right.
0:34:05 > 0:34:06Will it go lower than 18?
0:34:08 > 0:34:11Yes, it will! Look at that. 12 for Jan van Eyck. Very, very well done.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18Great answers from both of you, but particularly well done by Ingrid and Dave who,
0:34:18 > 0:34:22after three questions, are ahead two-one and through to the final.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25Yeah, well played, both teams there.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28The Arnolfini Portrait's in the National Gallery in London.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31The best thing about mentioning Jan van Eyck is you trend on Twitter -
0:34:31 > 0:34:34all his fans, they go crazy if you mention him.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37- Which is your favourite van Eyck? - Jan.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39I love that guy. Love him.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41Let's take a look at all the answers up there.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44Campbell's Soup Cans is Andy Warhol, as you rightly say,
0:34:44 > 0:34:46but that would have scored 53 points.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49Mona Lisa would've scored you more as you'd expect.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51That's Leonardo da Vinci, of course.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53That would've scored you 85 points.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55The best answer, The Derby Day one,
0:34:55 > 0:34:57it's not Stubbs, I think was probably
0:34:57 > 0:34:59the painter you were thinking of.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01It's William Powell Frith, who painted that.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03Would have scored you five points.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Well done if you got that at home.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Thank you very much, Richard.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid to say, is Sally and Jennifer.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15But you played fantastically well. You had a blinding head-to-head.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18Any particular messages for yourselves to remember next time?
0:35:18 > 0:35:22- I think we'd do what we did today, just a bit better and we'll be fine.- Yeah.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25I think if you do exactly what you did today and, yeah,
0:35:25 > 0:35:28just hope you're not up against brains such as these.
0:35:28 > 0:35:34Sally and Jennifer, we look forward to seeing you next time. Thank you so much for playing. Brilliant!
0:35:34 > 0:35:37APPLAUSE
0:35:37 > 0:35:40But, for Ingrid and Dave, it's now time for our Pointless Final.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50Congratulations, Ingrid and Dave. You fought off all the competition
0:35:50 > 0:35:54and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very, very well done.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,000.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:36:11 > 0:36:13The rules are very simple.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16To win the money, you must find a pointless answer.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18We haven't had any pointless answers on the show today.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21You only have to find one now and you'll go home with that money.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Firstly, choose a category
0:36:23 > 0:36:26and you now have a choice of five categories from which to choose.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Your options are...
0:36:36 > 0:36:41I think I know what we're comfortable with but I'll tell you why we're ruling out the other ones.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43- I'm not that keen on Katie Price. - LAUGHTER
0:36:43 > 0:36:46I've never played rugby, soccer's my game.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51Indie music, if it was some sort of different music, I'd probably say yes.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Let's skip the fathers and sons cos that could be very dodgy.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56We like American history.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58- American history. - We like American history.
0:36:58 > 0:36:59Very good indeed.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:37:11 > 0:37:15We're simply looking for any of the names of any of the signatories of
0:37:15 > 0:37:18the American Declaration of Independence which was adopted in 1776.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20OK, so there we are.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers,
0:37:24 > 0:37:29and all you need to win that £2,000 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33OK, 60 seconds are on the clock. Your time starts now.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35- Adams, yeah.- Robert Adams?
0:37:35 > 0:37:37John Adams.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40George Washington must have signed.
0:37:44 > 0:37:45Struggling for any more.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Adams... Erm...
0:37:49 > 0:37:53Who was the third president? Did Grant follow...?
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Think of some of the generals in the War of Independence.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05You know, the big generals that were fighting Cornwallis.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09- Well, Grant was one of them. - So Grant, Adams...
0:38:11 > 0:38:13..and George Washington.
0:38:13 > 0:38:18- That's the only three we know, isn't it?- Washington, Grant and Adams.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21- Yeah.- Yeah. Yeah, it's going to have to be those.
0:38:21 > 0:38:26When he asks us for the order, I would have thought Grant.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29- OK, what's Grant's first name? - Ulysses.- OK.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35- And your time is up. OK, it sounds like you have three answers.- Yep.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Let's have them.
0:38:37 > 0:38:42George Washington, Ulysses Grant and John Adams.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:45 > 0:38:48I think Adams is probably the...
0:38:48 > 0:38:51George Washington is so known, I think he's...
0:38:51 > 0:38:56- Put him first, put John Adams last and Ulysses- S- Grant.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58I think so. Yes, there's an S in there somewhere.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Ulysses S Grant in the middle.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04OK, let's put them up on the board in that order and here they are.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12OK, we were looking for the names of the signatories
0:39:12 > 0:39:15of the American Declaration of Independence.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17These are the answers you have given.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21You said this was your least confident answer, George Washington.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24You only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £2,000.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Let's see if George Washington is right
0:39:27 > 0:39:30and, if it is, how many people said George Washington?
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Your first shot at £2,000.
0:39:35 > 0:39:36Ooh!
0:39:38 > 0:39:41Ooh! Well, unfortunately, not a pointless answer,
0:39:41 > 0:39:42not a correct answer, as it turns out.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Richard will tell us why.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46You have two more chances to win the jackpot.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48£2,000, what would you do with that?
0:39:48 > 0:39:50- Put it in the holiday pot.- Yeah.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53Is it quite a big holiday pot?
0:39:53 > 0:39:57We've got a big holiday already planned so it will help us to go a little bit further.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01Very good, indeed. Good, good, good. Well, very best of luck.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Your second answer was Ulysses Grant.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07- You confident about Ulysses Grant? - Not ever so.- Not sure.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Was he a signatory? Let us find out.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13It has to be right and it has to be pointless.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Let's see if it's right and how many people said Ulysses S Grant.
0:40:18 > 0:40:19Ooh, dear!
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Another non-signatory.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Only one answer but I think, to be honest,
0:40:24 > 0:40:27this was the one you had everything riding on, wasn't it?
0:40:27 > 0:40:30John Adams, this one you knew. You said pretty much immediately.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34OK, here we go, John Adams. It has to be right, it has to be pointless.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37If it's both of those, you'll leave with £2,000.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Very, very best of luck. John Adams, is he right?
0:40:39 > 0:40:42How many of our 100 people said John Adams?
0:40:44 > 0:40:46He's right.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50It's right. You were wrong with George Washington,
0:40:50 > 0:40:54wrong again with Ulysses Grant but John Adams you were sure of,
0:40:54 > 0:40:56and it's proving to be a low score.
0:40:56 > 0:40:57Oh, dear!
0:40:57 > 0:41:01APPLAUSE
0:41:07 > 0:41:09It was great answer, 6.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Sadly, it's not a pointless answer.
0:41:11 > 0:41:17You didn't manage to find that crucial pointless answer that would have one you today's jackpot.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20That will roll over to the next show. You have been fantastic
0:41:20 > 0:41:23and you do get to take home the Pointless trophy, so very well done.
0:41:23 > 0:41:24Thank you.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26APPLAUSE
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Richard?
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Yeah, you played well throughout.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37There are 56 signatories to the Declaration of Independence, Washington not amongst them.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Ulysses S Grant, long before his time, he was a Civil War general,
0:41:40 > 0:41:43not born till the middle of the 19th century.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45John Adams, good answer obviously,
0:41:45 > 0:41:48the first Vice President under Washington and later president.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Let's take a look at some of the answers.
0:41:51 > 0:41:56Benjamin Harrison, whose son went on to become president, he was a signatory.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Francis Lightfoot Lee, who signed for Virginia.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07The big answers were Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and John Hancock.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10Are you any the wiser? I mean, did you know a lot of those names?
0:42:10 > 0:42:13- Didn't know them. - Should have known Franklin. - (I didn't know one!)
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Franklin, obviously, Jefferson...
0:42:15 > 0:42:18Yeah, we could have put them in the pot, couldn't we?
0:42:18 > 0:42:19But those others, George Wythe?
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Big George Wythe, he was around in the old days of
0:42:22 > 0:42:26the Declaration of Independence, wasn't he, George? In fact, he signed it!
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Right. Well, unfortunately, we have to say goodbye, Ingrid and Dave.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32It's been brilliant having you on the show.
0:42:32 > 0:42:37You've been fantastic contestants in both shows. Thank you both so much for playing. Ingrid and Dave!
0:42:37 > 0:42:40APPLAUSE
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Unfortunately, Ingrid and Dave didn't win our jackpot today
0:42:45 > 0:42:48so it rolls over, which means, on the next show,
0:42:48 > 0:42:50we will be playing for £3,000.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52AUDIENCE: Woo!
0:42:52 > 0:42:56Indeed. Join us next time to see if someone wins it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59- Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02APPLAUSE
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