Episode 5 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

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Now, first, we welcome back Grant and Dan. You're our first pair on the show this afternoon.

You were with us last time. Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

This is your second chance. Remind us how you to know each other.

We met when we worked together at a certain megastore record shop.

-At a very famous megastore record shop.

-Absolutely.

On Princes Street in Edinburgh. Know it well.

And what happened last time?

-Fruit And Veg.

-Fruit And Veg happened. Out first round.

It's ironic because we're both vegetarians.

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But what a way to go out, though.

You came up with something called a champagne mushroom.

-Sounds plausible.

-Yeah.

Yeah, it does. But, vegetarians, come on, you should know all of this.

Vegetarians living in Scotland.

-If you deep fry a Mars Bar, it's still vegetarian so...

-Ah, yeah, I see what you're saying!

For anyone who wasn't watching last time, champagne - it's a type of rhubarb.

I know it.

I think you're a very strong pair.

I think you'll go a long way this afternoon.

It's great to have you back.

Next we welcome Owen and Jamie. How do you two know each other?

We met at Army Officer Selection.

So Owen's completed and he's going to Sandhurst in May

and I'm still halfway through.

Halfway through. I thought you were saying you didn't make the grade!

That would have been awful.

So you're halfway through selection?

I've got one stage left to go, this summer.

This summer.

-You'll hear when?

-If I make it to Sandhurst, I'll go in 2014.

Right you are. OK. Owen, what about you? You're not there now.

-No, off in May, having graduated in the summer.

-Very good, indeed.

But this is like a children's army, surely?

I know we're cutting back, but really?

-You're getting older.

-No, I'm aware I'm getting older.

Even taking THAT into account, aren't they a bit young to be soldiers?

When they have all the camouflage stuff on, they'll probably quite scary.

Yeah, camouflage. Camouflage is very ageing.

Best of luck to you. Very nice to have you on the show.

Next, we welcome back Ingrid and Dave.

You were on the show last time. Remind us how you did.

Second round. We went down on a Film question which was a struggle.

Danny DeVito. What's going to come up this going to be brilliant for you this afternoon?

Well, literature, characters in books.

Dave?

Football would be good, and cricket, some geography, but it depends.

-You're a marathon runner, aren't you, Dave?

-Yes.

-How many marathons have you run?

-Nine.

Have you gone abroad to run marathons?

Yes, I've been lucky enough to run in America and have done New York.

So New York would be a good topic for you, then?

-American things is one of my favourites.

-Very good. Very good.

Very best of luck. Let's hope we see you dazzle us later on this afternoon.

Finally, we welcome Sally and Jennifer. How do you know each other?

We've been friends since we were five.

Yeah, went to school together, now at the same university.

-Which university?

-Edinburgh.

You're at Edinburgh? What are you studying there?

-I'm doing law.

-I do medical sciences.

Now, Jennifer, what would you like to see come up this afternoon?

Maybe sciences. I should be good at that, technically.

And maybe musicals or music.

-Sally, what are your hobbies?

-I love films, and musicals.

I'm in quite a lot of musicals and shows.

Oh, really? What have you been in?

I was in the fringe, just for one night and one night only,

in a hip-hop musical.

-What was it called?

-One of my friends wrote it.

It was called Lord Of The Blings.

LAUGHTER

Very best of luck. Lovely to have you here.

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

There's one person left for me to introduce,

a man who stands tall in the pantheon of obscurity.

He's my Pointless friend, he's Richard.

Hello. Hiya.

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-Afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon to you.

-Are you well?

-Very well, yeah.

Excellent. We have two returning pairs today but neither

made it through the head-to-head so it's a very open field today.

Ingrid and Dave and Grant and Dan will want to do better,

but should be a cracker, I think. Should be very evenly matched.

-Any questions we can be looking out for in particular?

-I knew I'd forgotten something!

-Will you give me ten minutes while I write some questions?

-Yeah.

Anyone who's interested in literary characters.

-Ingrid might be happy with Round Two.

-Thank you, Richard.

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

but we want the obscure answers that those 100 people didn't get.

To stay in the game with a chance to win our prize,

all our players need to do is score as few points as possible.

What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer - one nobody gave.

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

Nobody won the jackpot last time so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Right, well, if everyone is ready, let us play Pointless.

In this first round, each if you must give me one answer

and you cannot confer with your partner.

The team with the highest score of the end will be eliminated.

If you give me an incorrect answer, you will score

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

Our first category this afternoon is...

Can you decide in your pairs who'll go first, who'll go second?

Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

OK, let's find out what the first question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..as they could. Richard.

We're looking for any country that is wholly or partly

on the African mainland, which has a coastline that borders a sea or ocean.

By country we mean a member of the UN that is a sovereign state in its own right.

We are not accepting island nations,

so Seychelles and Madagascar wouldn't count.

Very good. Thanks, Richard.

Grant and Dan, you drew lots before the show

and today, once again, you are on the first podium.

So, Grant...

I've got lots in my head.

I'm just fine to work out which one is going to be the best answer.

I'm going to go for Eritrea.

Eritrea. Very good. Let's see if that's a correct answer.

If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Eritrea.

Very well done, Grant.

Look at that! 3, very well done, indeed.

Cracking answer, Eritrea!

That feels a lot better than last time, doesn't it, Grant?

That settled you.

It's got over 700 miles of coastline on the Red Sea, Eritrea.

-There we are. Now then, Jamie.

-I've got one or two that I'm not sure of.

That could be brilliant answers.

-Could be potentially but not sure I want to risk it just yet.

-Yeah.

-So I think I'll say Kenya.

-OK, Kenya, says Jamie.

Let's see if that's right

and, if it is, let's see how many people said Kenya.

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Good, safe answer there.

-35 for Kenya.

-Yeah, safe answer. On the Indian Ocean, Kenya.

Ingrid.

Remember, we're looking for mainland African countries with a coastline.

OK, I'll go with Tunisia.

Tunisia, says Ingrid. Sounds good to me.

Let's see if that's right

and, if it is, let's see how many people said Tunisia.

It's right.

Good answer, Ingrid. 29.

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Tunisia.

Yeah, In North Africa on the Mediterranean, of course, Tunisia. Good answer.

Sally, remember we're looking for mainland African countries

with a coastline.

I'm going to go with the only African country I've been to.

I'm pretty sure it had a coast. Tanzania.

Tanzania. Let's see if that's right

and, if it is, let's see how many people said Tanzania.

It's right.

Look at that! 9 points, Sally. That's a cracking answer.

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-Nine for Tanzania.

-Yeah, well played, Sally.

Turns out that was a very good place to visit, again, on the Indian Ocean.

There we are. We're halfway through the round

so let's look at the scores as they stand.

3, Grant and Dan, lovely low score.

then we come to 9 for Sally and Jennifer.

Then up to 29 for Ingrid and David and then up to 35,

where we find Jamie and Owen.

Who would have thought 35 would be the highest score at this stage?

Well, Owen, you know what you've got to do.

We'll come back down the line.

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

There we are.

Now, Jennifer, if you can score 25 or less,

you are definitely in the next round.

Like Sally, have you been to mainland Africa?

No.

I know some obscure countries but I'm not sure they have coastline.

I'm going to go with Mauritania.

-Mauritania?

-I hope that it's right!

There's your red line.

Below that, you are through to the next round. Good luck.

Mauritania, says Jennifer. Is it right? How many people said it?

It's right.

That's a brilliant answer. Look at that, Jennifer, right down.

Down to 4!

The second best answer of the round.

Takes your total up to 13.

Yeah, well played, Jennifer. On the Atlantic Ocean, Mauritania.

Very good.

Now, Dave, remember we're looking for

mainland African countries with a coastline.

-I've got several in mind.

-You're on 29.

-The high scorers are on 35.

-We need something good.

Yeah, if you can score 5 or less...

I hope Namibia is good enough.

Namibia you hope is good enough. You're sure it's got a coastline?

-Have you been there?

-No.

-You haven't run the Namibian marathon?!

-Even

-I've

-done that!

'Fraid not.

OK, Namibia, says Dave. Here is your red line, nice and low.

If you can get all the way down there,

you are definitely through to the next round.

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

It's right.

Down it goes. 11, I think that's good enough, Dave.

I'm pretty sure that'll be good enough. Takes your total up to 40.

Yeah, Namibia,

it's got almost 1,000 miles of coastline on the Atlantic Ocean.

Now then, Owen you are no longer have the highest scorers.

Date and Ingrid are the highest scorers on 40. You're on 35.

If you can score 4 or less,

then you are definitely through to the next round.

I think if there is time for a punt, it's now.

I think this is... Well, I know it's a country in Africa,

and I think it's on the coast. I'll go for the Gambia.

The Gambia? There's a red line coming in. It's very low.

If you can get below that red line with the Gambia,

you are definitely through to the next round.

Let's see if it's right.

If it is, let's see how many people said the Gambia.

It's right.

Very well done. Look at that, 7!

7, it scores you, taking your total up to 42.

Richard, the Gambia?

The relief on Dave's face there was something to behold.

It's only got 50 miles of coastline, again on the Atlantic.

All of which is just a sideshow, Dan.

This is the real contest. You are currently on 3.

The highest scorers, on 42, are Owen and Jamie.

If you can score 38 or less, you are through to the next round.

Is this a good subject for you, Dan?

Not so much from me.

-I tend to defer to Grant in matters of geography.

-OK.

Well, you're the last person to play so talk us through everything.

Do all your thinking out loud, if you like.

I have got a few in my head.

It's just a question of playing it safe versus taking a real punt.

Grant saying Eritrea put Ethiopian into my head,

as they're neighbouring countries.

I'm pretty sore Cameroon has a coast across on the other side.

My other possibility is Botswana, way down south.

I don't want to play it too safe. I'll go for Ethiopia.

Ethiopia? Here's your right line. Quite high.

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

Let's see if Ethiopia is right

and, if it is, let's see how many people said Ethiopia.

Ooh!

-Oh, Dan!

-It's all right.

Unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points, taking total up to 103.

-Well, I wasn't expecting that at all.

-Yeah, so sorry, Dan.

It is bordered by Eritrea as you say but no coastline. Very tough luck.

If you'd said Cameroon, not only does it have a coast

but it would've scored one point. Would have been a brilliant answer.

If it makes you feel any better, Botswana was wrong.

I'm just hoping you haven't booked an Ethiopian beach holiday this year. LAUGHTER

There's only one pointless answer. Very well done if you said Guinea-Bissau.

That was a pointless answer.

Equatorial Guinea would've scored 1. Cameroon would've scored 1.

There's a few more.

There's Democratic Republic of the Congo, that was a one-pointer,

Togo, Benin, Djibouti, all of those were very low scorers.

Well done if you said any of those at home.

Let's look at the top scorers, ones most of our 100 people said.

Egypt would have scored you 36 points, Morocco 37,

and right at the top, South Africa would have scored you 51 points.

-Only 51 people got South Africa?

-As having a coastline, yeah.

Ah, well, there we go. Thanks very much, Richard.

End of Round One, the losing pair with the highest score,

it pains me to say it's Dan and Grant.

You went out in Round One last time with a champagne mushroom.

And this time it's the Ethiopian coastline. I'm so sorry.

What have you learned?

What are the messages you will pass on to those who come after you?

Have fun and enjoy it and don't take it too seriously.

-Are you saying that to yourself?

-No.

That's the definition of gritted teeth, right there, isn't it?

-Yeah. Dan?

-Don't overthink it.

-Oh, I'm so sorry. I really am.

It's been lovely having you on the show.

I'm so sorry we have to say goodbye so soon.

But thanks for playing, Dan and Grant, excellent contestants.

APPLAUSE

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

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Obviously, there's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head,

so one of the teams will be leaving us at the end of this round.

The category for Round Two this afternoon is...

can you decide in your players who'll go first, who'll go second?

Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

Our Round Two question concerns...

Richard.

We'll show you six characters each pass.

All you have to do is tell us the name of the play they appear in.

More obscure answers will score you fewer points.

Give an incorrect answer, it's 100 points.

So, 12 characters in all, 12 answers for you to get at home.

Thanks very much.

So we are looking for the plays in which these Shakespeare characters appear.

And we have got...

I'll read those all one more time.

There they are.

Jamie, you look pretty happy with that selection there.

-Mm, all right.

-Are there any you don't know?

Yeah, there are three I don't know, which I'm a little bit annoyed by,

because the other three, to me, are all quite obvious.

So I'm trying to figure out which one would be the least.

The least obvious of those three.

I think I'll say Macduff, Macbeth.

Macduff, Macbeth, says Jamie. Let's see if that's right

and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people knew that answer.

It's right.

-43.

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43 for Macbeth. Richard?

You're not supposed to say Macbeth, are you, in a studio?

No, stage weight! CRASH!

-Hasn't happened.

-But we've all said it now.

Mind you, 43 points, quite a big score.

-Perhaps that's all the bad luck out of the way.

-Yeah!

Thought if I was in the audience, I'd be looking up.

LAUGHTER

-Actually that does look a little bit...

-It looks a bit iffy.

-..loose there, doesn't it?

-Yeah.

-Oh, it'll be fine.

-Should be fine. Yeah. It'll be fine. Yeah.

Ingrid, remember we are looking for the Shakespeare plays

in which these characters appeared.

There's two there I think I know.

Well, you said characters from books but characters from plays? Good.

Good, OK.

I'm going to go with Shylock.

And that's Merchant Of Venice.

Shylock, The Merchant Of Venice. Let's see if it's right

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

It's right.

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-Was that another one you knew?

-It was, indeed, yeah.

-There we are.

Six points in it. Who'd have thought. Richard.

Here, slightly better answer, Ingrid. Well done.

From The Merchant of Venice, the moneylender, Shylock.

Sally, finally, for this board.

Remember, we are looking for the Shakespeare plays

in which these characters appeared.

You can talk as through the board, you're the last to have this selection.

Any you don't know?

I don't know Achilles, I don't think.

Not sure on Cordelia, but I know Rosencrantz and Tybalt.

Tybalt's Romeo and Juliet

but I think I'm going to go for Rosencrantz, which is Hamlet.

Rosencrantz from Hamlet. Let's see if that's right

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

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Wow, that's a great answer!

Rosencrantz, Hamlet.

Yeah, absolutely, perhaps made more famous

by Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, the Tom Stoppard play.

Very good score. 10 points. If you had said Tybalt, it would've scored 13 points.

Absolutely right, it's in Romeo and Juliet.

Slightly better answer, Cordelia, who was in...?

King Lear.

Yeah, scored 29 points. The best answer was Achilles.

-Do you know that?

-Troilus and Cressida.

Yeah, it would've scored 1 point,

so very well done for getting that and well done if you got all six.

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

Sally, great answer from you. Lovely low score of 10.

Up to 37 where we find Ingrid and Dave

and then a little bit higher up, we find Jamie and Owen so, yes,

once again, Owen, you know what you got to do in the next pass.

Good luck with that. We'll come back down the line.

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

OK, we're going to put six more Shakespearean characters

on the board and here they are. We've got...

I'll read those all one more time.

Remember, we are looking for the Shakespearean plays

that these characters appear in.

And, obviously, you're trying to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew.

So, Jennifer, is that a smile of supreme confidence?

Er... Of course, of course! No.

Erm, I don't really know any of them, to be fair,

but I'm going to take an educated guess.

-Good luck.

-I'm going to guess Puck, Midsummer Night's Dream?

Sounds like a good guess to me. Let's see if that's right.

If it is, how many people said Puck, Midsummer Night's Dream.

There's your red line. Below that first line, through you go to the head-to-head.

Well, it's right.

AUDIENCE GROANS

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37 takes your score up to 47. You are the new high scorers. Richard.

Well done, Jennifer. Pulled that out from somewhere.

Aka Robin Goodfellow, was Puck. Does Oberon's bidding.

Dave.

We are looking for the Shakespeare plays in which these characters appeared.

A score of 9 or less will guarantee you a place in the head-to-head.

I did Shakespeare at school, as a lot of us have done,

and my specialist book that we did was The Tempest,

and I don't see any Tempest people up there.

So mine's a bit of a punt, really,

and the only one I really recognise is Iago,

and I think he's in the Two Gentlemen Of Verona.

Iago, Two Gentlemen Of Verona.

OK, here comes your red line. It's quite low.

Let's see if Iago crops up in Two Gentlemen Of Verona

and, if he does, let's see how many people knew that.

AUDIENCE GROANS

Bad luck, Dave. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer which means

you score the maximum of 100 points, taking your score up to 137.

Now then, Owen, phew, that was a lifeline there, wasn't it?

-Yes.

-You are now on 43.

The high scorers are David and Ingrid on hand and 37.

If you can score 93 or less, you are through to the next round.

Normally I'd be confident.

I recognise a couple of names. I'm not sure I can put them to plays.

This is great news for David and Ingrid.

I possibly would have said Rosalind's in Twelfth Night

but I studied Romeo and Juliet,

and I think Petruchio is a minor character in it.

That's more of a punt than the Gambia.

Is that the one you're going to submit, then?

-Petruchio, Romeo and Juliet.

-Petruchio, Romeo and Juliet.

OK, there is your red line. It's a lovely high red line.

All you have to do is get below it. Romeo and Juliet. Is it right?

How many people said it?

Bad luck, Owen. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

It scores you the maximum of 100 points,

which takes your total up to an unbeatably high 143.

-Ohhh!

-Yeah, sorry, Owen.

Perhaps you were thinking of Mercutio,

-who was in Romeo and Juliet.

-I don't think I was, but...

-OK.

-But it was wrong anyway.

-I was just trying to be helpful!

Er, I do think it's a much tougher board, this one, actually.

-So, do you know Hermione?

-A Winter's Tale.

Absolutely right. Would have scored you 4 points.

Iago is actually in Othello.

It would have scored 12 points.

-Benedick?

-Much Ado About Nothing.

-Yep, that would have scored 6.

Petruchio is in The Taming Of The Shrew, I'm afraid.

-That would've scored 3 points and Rosalind?

-As You Like It.

Very well done. 13 points.

Well done if you got all of those.

Thank you, Richard. At the end of Round Two,

the losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid, Owen and Jamie.

It's very close, very, very close.

Bad luck. Shakespeare, a bit of a gap there.

-I had them all on the first board.

-I know, a much easier first board.

I had one on the second, so that's how it goes.

We look forward to seeing you again.

I'm sure you'll go much further, but it's been great having you.

Thanks so much, Owen and Jamie, great contestants.

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For the remaining pairs, things get more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

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Congratulations, Sally and Jennifer, Ingrid and Dave.

You are only one round away from the Final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £2,000.

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Only one pair can play for that money

and, to decide who it'll be, you'll go ahead-to-head.

For each question,

you're going to be shown five options on the board.

Each pair needs to answer just one of them.

You are now allowed to confer.

All you have to do is score less than the other pair

and you will win that question.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.

Let's play head-to-head.

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OK, here is your first question, and it concerns...

Richard.

We'll show you five pictures of members of current or past

boy bands who've had number one singles.

You've got to tell us the name of the band.

The most obscure one will obviously win the point. Very best of luck.

OK, thanks very much, Richard.

Let's reveal those pictures of members of boy bands. Here they are.

We have got...

Which boy band are they in?

There you go. There they are.

Sally and Jennifer, as you have played the best throughout the show, you get to go first.

There are five members of boy bands.

You have to pick the most obscure one

and name the boy band.

Hear'Say, I think.

-OK?

-We're going to go with A, The Wanted.

A, The Wanted.

Ingrid and Dave.

Ingrid, I know you are jumping up and down to answer this one.

-LAUGHTER

-Oh, dear.

-C is Take That.

-OK.

We're going to play C as Take That.

OK.

C, Take That.

We have A, The Wanted and C, Take That.

Sally and Jennifer went for A, The Wanted.

Let's see if that's right

and, if it is, let's see how many people said The Wanted.

It's correct.

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That's a great answer. Very, very well done.

Ingrid and Dave have said Take That and C. Is it right?

How many people said Take That?

Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer which means,

after one question, Sally and Jennifer are up one-nil.

Very good answer, The Wanted, Sally and Jennifer,

especially as every time you mention The Wanted on TV, Twitter goes mad.

-You trend on Twitter.

-Really?

-Yeah, they love it.

-Will we be trending on Twitter?

-I'd think so as we have a lovely picture of...

To know who that is from The Wanted? I'll tell you. It's Max.

Very much my favourite member of The Wanted.

Who's your favourite member of The Wanted?

Mine's Max, as well.

LAUGHTER

We love you, Max.

-Who's yours, Sally?

-Bob.

-Ingrid?

-Max!

-Mm, Max.

-Yeah.

Max from The Wanted - had their first number one

in 2010 with All-Time Low, actually a very good song, 12 points.

-B?

-Him off of Blue.

-Duncan James.

Th½ey had three number one singles.

That would have scored you 43.

Now, C, it's not Take That.

It's Brian Harvey of Take That's rivals at the time, East 17.

Had a Christmas number one with Stay.

Wouldn't have won you the point as it was 28 points.

D is Aston Merrygold from JLS.

51 points, had their first number one with Beat Again.

E would've won you the point.

It's actually an almost an recognisable photo of... Do you know?

He's looking good now in a different way to how he used to.

-It's Matt Goss, from Bros.

-Is it?!

Yeah. And that would've scored you 28 points.

That was the best answer in the round, so well done if you got that.

Well, thank you very much, Richard. So here comes your second question.

Ingrid and Dave, best of luck.

If you win this question, you are still in the game.

Our second question concerns...

-Richard.

-Yeah.

We're going to show you five clues to facts about Cornwall.

You've described pick the most obscure of those and get it right.

OK. Thank you, Richard. Let's reveal our five clues.

I'll read those again.

There we are. There are the five clues to facts about Cornwall

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

So, Ingrid and Dave, you go first.

This plays into your hands, I think, doesn't it?

-We live...

-You're West Country.

-Not in Cornwall but relatively near.

-Let's just say it's better than Boy Bands, I think.

-Yes.

-A lot better.

And we're going to go for the literary one, I think,

the team thinks, as they used to say.

Yeah, Winston Graham's series of novels set there is Poldark.

Poldark.

OK, very well done. Poldark.

Sally and Jennifer?

I only know the greenhouse one, too. We've never been to Cornwall.

No, is a bit faraway!

We're going to go for the attraction featuring the world's largest greenhouse,

which is the Eden Project.

The Eden Project, very good.

So we have Winston Graham's series of novels set their, Poldark

and attraction featuring world's largest greenhouse, Eden Project.

Ingrid and Dave went with Poldark.

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

It's right.

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Very, very well done.

Very well done, Ingrid and Dave. That's a cracking score.

Sally and Jennifer went for the Eden Project.

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

It's right.

Is it going to go down as low as six, though?

Ooh! 40.

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Well, that's even things up.

After two questions, Ingrid and Dave and Sally and Jennifer

are on one point apiece. Richard.

Yes, the best answer on the board, Ingrid.

Nothing Sally and Jennifer could have done.

Let's go through the answers, see how you did at home.

The only county it borders - the biggest answer there - is Devon, of course.

Would've scored 75 points.

The island group 28 miles of its West Coast are the Scilly Isles.

That would have scored you 24.

-And its Cornish name. That's a good one. Do you know that one?

-Kernow.

Kernow, absolutely right. Would have scored 12 points.

-Well done if you got those.

-OK, here is your third question.

Whoever wins this question is through to the final.

Our third question this afternoon concerns...

We'll show you the names of five works of art,

alongside the initials of the artist responsible.

You've got to tell us the most obscure artist you can, please.

OK, thanks very much, Richard. Here are our five works of art

and the initials of their artists.

I'll read those again.

OK, there they are. There are our five works of art.

Now, Sally and Jennifer, you go first this time.

I think we know three of them perhaps

-but I think we'll go with...

-Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.

Pablo Picasso.

OK, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Pablo Picasso, you are saying.

Ingrid and Dave, talk us through the rest of the board, if you like.

Campbell's Soup Cans, we know that one, Andy Warhol.

We're a bit thin on The Derby Day one. I ought to know this.

I think it's the guy who painted horses a lot.

So we're going to hope that the Arnolfini Portrait will do us well.

It's Jan van Eyck.

Jan van Eyck. So we have Picasso and van Eyck.

Sally and Jennifer went with Pablo Picasso. Let's see if that's right

and, if it is, let's see how many people said Pablo Picasso.

It's right.

Ooh, down it goes, 18!

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Great answer.

Ingrid and Dave, this is the decider.

It will let us know who goes through to the Final to play for the jackpot.

Jan van Eyck, say Ingrid and Dave.

Is it right and, if it is, how many people said it?

It's right.

Will it go lower than 18?

Yes, it will! Look at that. 12 for Jan van Eyck. Very, very well done.

Great answers from both of you, but particularly well done by Ingrid and Dave who,

after three questions, are ahead two-one and through to the final.

Yeah, well played, both teams there.

The Arnolfini Portrait's in the National Gallery in London.

The best thing about mentioning Jan van Eyck is you trend on Twitter -

all his fans, they go crazy if you mention him.

-Which is your favourite van Eyck?

-Jan.

I love that guy. Love him.

Let's take a look at all the answers up there.

Campbell's Soup Cans is Andy Warhol, as you rightly say,

but that would have scored 53 points.

Mona Lisa would've scored you more as you'd expect.

That's Leonardo da Vinci, of course.

That would've scored you 85 points.

The best answer, The Derby Day one,

it's not Stubbs, I think was probably

the painter you were thinking of.

It's William Powell Frith, who painted that.

Would have scored you five points.

Well done if you got that at home.

Thank you very much, Richard.

The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid to say, is Sally and Jennifer.

But you played fantastically well. You had a blinding head-to-head.

Any particular messages for yourselves to remember next time?

-I think we'd do what we did today, just a bit better and we'll be fine.

-Yeah.

I think if you do exactly what you did today and, yeah,

just hope you're not up against brains such as these.

Sally and Jennifer, we look forward to seeing you next time. Thank you so much for playing. Brilliant!

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But, for Ingrid and Dave, it's now time for our Pointless Final.

Congratulations, Ingrid and Dave. You fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very, very well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

The rules are very simple.

To win the money, you must find a pointless answer.

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

You only have to find one now and you'll go home with that money.

Firstly, choose a category

and you now have a choice of five categories from which to choose.

Your options are...

I think I know what we're comfortable with but I'll tell you why we're ruling out the other ones.

-I'm not that keen on Katie Price.

-LAUGHTER

I've never played rugby, soccer's my game.

Indie music, if it was some sort of different music, I'd probably say yes.

Let's skip the fathers and sons cos that could be very dodgy.

We like American history.

-American history.

-We like American history.

Very good indeed.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

We're simply looking for any of the names of any of the signatories of

the American Declaration of Independence which was adopted in 1776.

OK, so there we are.

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

and all you need to win that £2,000 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

OK, 60 seconds are on the clock. Your time starts now.

-Adams, yeah.

-Robert Adams?

John Adams.

George Washington must have signed.

Struggling for any more.

Adams... Erm...

Who was the third president? Did Grant follow...?

Think of some of the generals in the War of Independence.

You know, the big generals that were fighting Cornwallis.

-Well, Grant was one of them.

-So Grant, Adams...

..and George Washington.

-That's the only three we know, isn't it?

-Washington, Grant and Adams.

-Yeah.

-Yeah. Yeah, it's going to have to be those.

When he asks us for the order, I would have thought Grant.

-OK, what's Grant's first name?

-Ulysses.

-OK.

-And your time is up. OK, it sounds like you have three answers.

-Yep.

Let's have them.

George Washington, Ulysses Grant and John Adams.

Which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

I think Adams is probably the...

George Washington is so known, I think he's...

-Put him first, put John Adams last and Ulysses

-S

-Grant.

I think so. Yes, there's an S in there somewhere.

Ulysses S Grant in the middle.

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

OK, we were looking for the names of the signatories

of the American Declaration of Independence.

These are the answers you have given.

You said this was your least confident answer, George Washington.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £2,000.

Let's see if George Washington is right

and, if it is, how many people said George Washington?

Your first shot at £2,000.

Ooh!

Ooh! Well, unfortunately, not a pointless answer,

not a correct answer, as it turns out.

Richard will tell us why.

You have two more chances to win the jackpot.

£2,000, what would you do with that?

-Put it in the holiday pot.

-Yeah.

Is it quite a big holiday pot?

We've got a big holiday already planned so it will help us to go a little bit further.

Very good, indeed. Good, good, good. Well, very best of luck.

Your second answer was Ulysses Grant.

-You confident about Ulysses Grant?

-Not ever so.

-Not sure.

Was he a signatory? Let us find out.

It has to be right and it has to be pointless.

Let's see if it's right and how many people said Ulysses S Grant.

Ooh, dear!

Another non-signatory.

Only one answer but I think, to be honest,

this was the one you had everything riding on, wasn't it?

John Adams, this one you knew. You said pretty much immediately.

OK, here we go, John Adams. It has to be right, it has to be pointless.

If it's both of those, you'll leave with £2,000.

Very, very best of luck. John Adams, is he right?

How many of our 100 people said John Adams?

He's right.

It's right. You were wrong with George Washington,

wrong again with Ulysses Grant but John Adams you were sure of,

and it's proving to be a low score.

Oh, dear!

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It was great answer, 6.

Sadly, it's not a pointless answer.

You didn't manage to find that crucial pointless answer that would have one you today's jackpot.

That will roll over to the next show. You have been fantastic

and you do get to take home the Pointless trophy, so very well done.

Thank you.

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Richard?

Yeah, you played well throughout.

There are 56 signatories to the Declaration of Independence, Washington not amongst them.

Ulysses S Grant, long before his time, he was a Civil War general,

not born till the middle of the 19th century.

John Adams, good answer obviously,

the first Vice President under Washington and later president.

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

Benjamin Harrison, whose son went on to become president, he was a signatory.

Francis Lightfoot Lee, who signed for Virginia.

The big answers were Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and John Hancock.

Are you any the wiser? I mean, did you know a lot of those names?

-Didn't know them.

-Should have known Franklin.

-(I didn't know one!)

Franklin, obviously, Jefferson...

Yeah, we could have put them in the pot, couldn't we?

But those others, George Wythe?

Big George Wythe, he was around in the old days of

the Declaration of Independence, wasn't he, George? In fact, he signed it!

Right. Well, unfortunately, we have to say goodbye, Ingrid and Dave.

It's been brilliant having you on the show.

You've been fantastic contestants in both shows. Thank you both so much for playing. Ingrid and Dave!

APPLAUSE

Unfortunately, Ingrid and Dave didn't win our jackpot today

so it rolls over, which means, on the next show,

we will be playing for £3,000.

AUDIENCE: Woo!

Indeed. Join us next time to see if someone wins it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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