0:00:20 > 0:00:23APPLAUSE
0:00:23 > 0:00:26I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:29 > 0:00:34- Let's meet today's players. - APPLAUSE
0:00:34 > 0:00:40Welcome back, Dan and Bob, our first pair on the show today. You were with us last time.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44Everyone gets two chances to reach the final. This is your second and final chance.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48- Dan, remind us how you know each other. - We've been friends since school.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52When I came down from the Shetland Islands, I was sat next to Bob.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56- What happened last time you were on the show?- Sadly, Helen Sharman.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00- First Briton in space. - Yes, but not the first female.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06- Dan, what's going to be brilliant for you?- Hopefully, wildlife is OK.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10- Film, sport.- Bob, how about you? What would be great for you?
0:01:10 > 0:01:15- Computer games. Anything along those lines.- OK, you work in IT.- I do.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20- You spend a lot of your spare time on computers as well.- Too much.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Far too much, my girlfriend would say.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26OK, very good. Welcome back to the show. Great to have you here.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31Next, we welcome Helen and Dave. How do you two know each other?
0:01:31 > 0:01:35We're housemates at the University of Aberystwyth.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38- Helen, what are you studying at Aberystwyth?- I'm studying geography.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Geography kind of bleeds into everything.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Even our sports questions quite often are geographical questions.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48- Now then, Dave. - I'm studying history.- History. OK.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52You've both nailed your colours to the mast, geography and history.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55If either of these come up, we're depending on you.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59- What do you like doing when you're not doing history, Dave? - Quite a big sports fan.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03I play a lot of football. I also like a bit of tennis and cricket.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06OK. Helen, what do you like to get up to?
0:02:06 > 0:02:11- I play hockey for the university. I watch football as well.- Good stuff.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Welcome to Pointless. Very best of luck.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Next, we welcome Jude and Simon. How do you know each other?
0:02:18 > 0:02:24- We're married, been married for 18 months.- Congratulations! And where are you from, Jude?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26I'm from Portsmouth, but we live in Petersfield.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30- What do you do?- I've just come back off maternity leave and now
0:02:30 > 0:02:34I work for a charity and work in a school with children with autism.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38- Excellent. What do you do, Simon? - I'm a teacher.- Aha.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- What do you teach?- Secondary school. - What do you teach?
0:02:41 > 0:02:47- A bit of history and geography. - This is great. What do you like to get up to in holiday time?
0:02:47 > 0:02:52- Music and football, they're my two main interests.- In what way, music?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55I play in a band with my friends. Have done for some time.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- What's the name of your band? - The Point!
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- Good teachers' name. The Point.- Yeah.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03If you split up, would you be Pointless?
0:03:03 > 0:03:07AUDIENCE GROAN That's a good groan, yeah? That's a funny groan?
0:03:07 > 0:03:13- They're groaning with you, not at you.- Absolutely.- Very good.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18Great to have you on the show. And finally, we have got Nicky and Richard. How do you know each other?
0:03:18 > 0:03:24We've been friends since we were at university, about 16 years ago.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26And what do you do, Nicky?
0:03:26 > 0:03:32I'm an accountant for occupational pension schemes, which is as exciting as it sounds.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36- What do you like doing when you're not doing that? - I'm a huge Eurovision fan,
0:03:36 > 0:03:39so half of the year is taken up with the Eurovision contest.
0:03:39 > 0:03:45- All the build up and going to the contest.- You could just do that, just the evening it's on.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50- You've got the national selections from January through to March. - Oh, Nicky!
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- It's a world out there.- It is!
0:03:53 > 0:03:56But what I'm saying - there is a world out there!
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Blimey! Richard, what do you do?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02I'm a primary and infant school teacher.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- How long have you done that for? - About five years.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11- Richard, what are you hoping's going to come up today? - I do like Eurovision as well. Sport.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13And anyone who likes Eurovision
0:04:13 > 0:04:17and international football also likes flags.
0:04:17 > 0:04:23Nicky and Richard, it's great to have you on the show. A warm welcome. Very best of luck.
0:04:23 > 0:04:29There's one person left to introduce. He's the man with the most mysterious legs on telly.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hiya.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35APPLAUSE
0:04:39 > 0:04:44- Not mysterious any more though. On our 300th show, our last show, I stood up.- Yes.- I was up and about.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48- You were up and about. - Doing all sorts of things. Like a young gazelle.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53It should be a cracker. 300 was a lovely show. 301, I think, should be cracking as well.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56I like it when we've got teachers on the show.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59We've got secondary teachers versus primary school teachers as well.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03I'm hoping that Dave and Simon make it through to round two
0:05:03 > 0:05:07because Dave is a history student and Simon's a history teacher.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11I'll really enjoy watching them in that round.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15- That's a clue as to what's in that round.- Excellent.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20Our questions have been put to 100 people, but we are looking for the obscure answers they didn't get.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25To stay in the game, all our players need to do is score as few points as they possibly can.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer, an answer
0:05:28 > 0:05:31none of our 100 people gave and each time that happens,
0:05:31 > 0:05:33we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:05:33 > 0:05:40Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that. Today's jackpot starts of at:
0:05:40 > 0:05:43APPLAUSE
0:05:43 > 0:05:47- Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless. - APPLAUSE
0:05:51 > 0:05:55In this first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00Whichever pair has the highest score will be eliminated. If you give me an incorrect answer,
0:06:00 > 0:06:03you will score the maximum of 100 points.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05OK, our first category today is:
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Can you all decide in your pairs, who's going first and who's going second?
0:06:13 > 0:06:16And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Let's find out what the question is.
0:06:21 > 0:06:28We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many 2011 Grand Slam semi-finalists as they could.
0:06:28 > 0:06:35- Richard. - Yes, we're looking for the name of any male or female tennis player
0:06:35 > 0:06:39who's reached the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament in 2011.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43By Grand Slam tournaments, we mean the Australian, French, US Opens and Wimbledon.
0:06:43 > 0:06:49Anyone who's reached a semi-final in the singles of a Grand Slam tournament in 2011. Best of luck.
0:06:49 > 0:06:56OK, thank you. Dan and Bob, you drew lots before the show and today you get to go first.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57Dan.
0:06:57 > 0:07:03Erm... I will have to play relatively safe and say...
0:07:03 > 0:07:04Serena Williams.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Serena Williams, says Dan. Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11how many people said it. Serena Williams.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15It's right.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24- Not a bad score at all. 11. Well done, Dan. - APPLAUSE
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- Serena Williams.- Good start. She reached the US Open final in 2011.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Now then, Helen.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38I think this is how you say it, Christina Wozniacki, I think?
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- Christina Wozniacki?- Yeah, something like that.- That's how I say it!
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Christina Wozniacki.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Let's see if that's right and how many people said that.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Bad luck, Helen.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55That's an incorrect answer, which means you score 100 points.
0:07:55 > 0:08:00- Richard.- Sorry, Helen. I'll give all the correct answers at the end of the round.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04We're looking for any tennis player who reached the singles
0:08:04 > 0:08:08semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament in 2011. Now then, Jude.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12I'm going to say Venus Williams.
0:08:12 > 0:08:17Venus Williams, says Jude. Is that right? How many people said that?
0:08:20 > 0:08:24Bad luck, Jude. That is an incorrect answer. Scores you 100 points.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27100 each now. Or deuce, let's call it that.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31Didn't get through to any semi-finals in 2011.
0:08:31 > 0:08:38- Now then, Richard. - I'm going to go for Maria Sharapova.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43Maria Sharapova, says Richard. Is that right? If so, how many people said Maria Sharapova?
0:08:44 > 0:08:46It's right!
0:08:51 > 0:08:56Oh, very well done, Richard! The risk paid off. That scores you two.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Great answer. Maria Sharapova.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03She got through to the semi-finals of the French Open and was the Wimbledon runner-up.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Her grunts have been recorded at 100 decibels.
0:09:06 > 0:09:11Can you download her grunts as a message alert on your phone?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13You can download something very similar.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16LAUGHTER
0:09:19 > 0:09:23We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27Lovely answer from Richard. Richard and Nicky looking strong on two.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Then up to 11, where we find Dan and Bob.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33And then quite a hike up to 100, where we find Jude and Simon
0:09:33 > 0:09:35and Helen and Dave.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39Dave and Simon, it's a hustle to see who'll be leaving us
0:09:39 > 0:09:41at the end of the round.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44OK, will the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:09:48 > 0:09:54- Nicky, you're on two. Wasn't that a great answer from Richard? - It was fantastic answer.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58The high scorers, Simon and Jude, Dave and Helen, are on 100.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02A score of 97 or less will see you through to the next round.
0:10:02 > 0:10:08- I'm going to go for Sam Stosur. - Sam Stosur, says Nicky.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Now then, there is your red line, nice and high.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Sam Stosur, if it gets you below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Let's see how many people said Sam Stosur. Is it right?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23It is right. You're through.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27How far down is it going to go?
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Ooh, it's good! Oh, it's very good! Very well done!
0:10:30 > 0:10:34- APPLAUSE - Fabulous. A pointless answer.
0:10:34 > 0:10:39It adds £250 to the jackpot, taking the total up to £5,000.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42It scores you nothing and it leaves your total at a very impressive two.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47- Well done. Richard.- Very well played. Samantha Stosur, Australian.
0:10:47 > 0:10:52Won the US Open in 2011. She won a Grand Slam and it's still a pointless answer.
0:10:52 > 0:10:59Very good. Thank you. Now then, Simon. You are on 100 points.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02You are the joint high scorers with Dave and Helen.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07If you want to stay in the game, you have to find a really low-scoring answer.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Something tells me Dave might be quite good on tennis.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- I'm not.- Really?- Yeah.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- It's not a sport I'm really into. - OK.
0:11:17 > 0:11:23I'm going to be cheeky and try and salvage one of Helen's answers.
0:11:23 > 0:11:28I'm going to say CAROLINE Wozniacki.
0:11:28 > 0:11:34Caroline Wozniacki. There's no red line for you because you're the joint high scorers.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Caroline Wozniacki. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:11:39 > 0:11:40It's right.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47It's another nice low one. Oh, look at that! Well done!
0:11:47 > 0:11:49APPLAUSE
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Fantastic bit of recycling.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58Great answer, scores you 1, takes your total to 101. Richard.
0:11:58 > 0:12:03Terrific answer and very good tactics. It was not Christine Wozniacki. Very close though.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07She was semi-finalist in the US and Australian Opens.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11- She's been world number one, but never won a Grand Slam.- Thanks, Richard. Dave, we come to you.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16The high scorers are now Simon and Jude on 101. You are on 100.
0:12:16 > 0:12:22- No pressure. - If you want to avoid a tie-break, or leaving us at the end of the round,
0:12:22 > 0:12:24you'd be scoring a pointless answer.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28Considering Maria Sharapova got two, she played, I believe,
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Sabine Lisicki in the semi-finals.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Sabine Lisicki. Here is your red line.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39I promise you it's there. The naked eye can't see it, but it's there.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Sabine Lisicki. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:12:45 > 0:12:46It's right.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50Is it going to be right enough?
0:12:52 > 0:12:56- Oh, no! Two! Two! - APPLAUSE
0:12:59 > 0:13:05It's a cracking answer, Dave. But I'm afraid it keeps you the high scorers. It takes your total to 102.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09I think that is terrifically unlucky. That's what I went for before I looked at the answers.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12I was certain she'd be a pointless answer.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16And you're right, in the semi-finals at Wimbledon, but two points.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Now then, that could all change.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23- I don't know how good your tennis knowledge is, Bob.- It's pretty poor. Pretty poor.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28Well, the high scorers are on 102. That's Helen and Dave.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31If you can score 90 or less, being on 11,
0:13:31 > 0:13:33you are through to the next round.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37I'm going to go... The only ones I can remember are the big four males.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41And I'm going to go for Novak Djokovic.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Novak Djokovic, says Bob. There's your red line.
0:13:44 > 0:13:50You just have to get below that red line. Novak Djokovic, how many people said it?
0:13:52 > 0:13:54It's right, and you've done it. There we are.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58You've done it by quite a margin.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Wow! Five!
0:14:00 > 0:14:02APPLAUSE
0:14:04 > 0:14:07I was trying to provide a bit of drama there,
0:14:07 > 0:14:09expecting it to stop just below the line.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14That scores you five points, takes your total up to 16. Wow!
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- What have you got to do to be remembered in this game?- I know.
0:14:17 > 0:14:23The other three of those big four scored much more than him. Semi-finalist of the French Open
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- and won the other three as well. - Yeah.- Perhaps more importantly.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers. Perhaps the most obscure is Angelique Kerber,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34the German who was a US Open semi-finalist.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39David Ferrer was Australian semi-finalist. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, also a pointless answer.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Marion Bartoli, who was in the final of the French.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46Petra Kvitova, who won Wimbledon, was a pointless answer.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51She would have seen you through to the next round. There's Sam Stosur, Nicky gave us her.
0:14:51 > 0:14:56Vera Zvonareva and Victoria Azarenka, who was in the Wimbledon semi-finals.
0:14:56 > 0:15:01- Very well done if you said any of those at home. - Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:15:01 > 0:15:02Dave, you knew a few of those?
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Yeah, well I was going to say Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at first,
0:15:05 > 0:15:07but I thought - no offence to women's tennis -
0:15:07 > 0:15:10I thought males would be up there about higher.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Sabine Lisicki, too, was quite surprising, but, oh well.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Well, I'm afraid, at the end of our first round,
0:15:16 > 0:15:19you are our high scorers, so I'm afraid for that reason alone
0:15:19 > 0:15:21we have to say goodbye to you.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Dave and Helen, thanks so much for playing. Great contestants.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26APPLAUSE
0:15:26 > 0:15:28But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Now, there's only going to be room for two pairs
0:15:35 > 0:15:36in our head-to-head round,
0:15:36 > 0:15:40so one of the teams in front of me now will be leaving us
0:15:40 > 0:15:43at the end of this round. OK, our category for round two is...
0:15:46 > 0:15:49OK, can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, and second?
0:15:49 > 0:15:52And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56OK, our question concerns...
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Wartime events and their countries, Richard?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Yeah, this'll be very interesting for anyone who, say,
0:16:04 > 0:16:08is sitting GCSE history and their teacher is on the show.
0:16:08 > 0:16:09LAUGHTER
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- Be a good round for that, I think. - Yeah.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15On each board we're going to give you six events that took place
0:16:15 > 0:16:18between 1939 and 1945, not necessarily Second World War-related.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22You need to tell us the modern-day country in which those events took place.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26There will be six on each pass - give us a nice, obscure answer you'll score fewer points.
0:16:26 > 0:16:27An incorrect answer will be 100 points.
0:16:27 > 0:16:3012 in all. As always, by country we mean
0:16:30 > 0:16:33a sovereign state which is a member of the UN.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34Thanks very much, Richard.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Now, remember, we are looking for the countries in which
0:16:37 > 0:16:40these wartime events occurred, and we have got...
0:16:55 > 0:16:58I'll read those all one more time.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16OK, now then, Dan, there are the events.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19We want the countries in which they took place.
0:17:19 > 0:17:25I'm only certain of a couple of obvious ones, so I will try
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Leon Trotsky was attacked with an ice pick in Russia.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Russia, says Dan, for Leon Trotsky being attacked with an ice pick.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people knew Russia was the answer?
0:17:40 > 0:17:41Bad luck, Dan.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43An incorrect answer, I'm afraid,
0:17:43 > 0:17:45which means you score 100 points, I'm sorry.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Now then, Simon.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51I was going to go for the Leon Trotsky one.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54It's one of two, and I can't decide which one it is,
0:17:54 > 0:17:56so I'm going to go for safe with Franco is victorious
0:17:56 > 0:17:59in the Spanish Civil War.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01OK, very good - Spain, says Simon, for the country
0:18:01 > 0:18:04in which Franco was victorious in the Civil War.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Spain - let's see if that's right, and if it is how many people knew that answer?
0:18:14 > 0:18:1635.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18APPLAUSE
0:18:18 > 0:18:2135 for Spain. Richard?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Well played, Simon. Or I believe the expression is,
0:18:23 > 0:18:25- "Phew."- Yeah!
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Yes, defeated the loyalists in 1939 with the help of Hitler
0:18:27 > 0:18:29- and Mussolini.- Now remember,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32we are looking for the countries in which these wartime events happened.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Nicky, you're the last person to have this board,
0:18:35 > 0:18:38so you can talk us through all of it, if you like.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42I did Trotsky at A-level history, and I know it's South America,
0:18:42 > 0:18:45but I can't remember where, or Central America.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Obviously I should know where Vesuvius is,
0:18:48 > 0:18:52but being up here I have doubts about that.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Has nobody in the history of Eurovision
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- sung a song about Vesuvius? - They should have, shouldn't they?
0:18:57 > 0:19:02But I'm going to go for world premiere of Gone With The Wind
0:19:02 > 0:19:04with the USA.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06The USA, says Nicky.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09The place where the world premiere of Gone With The Wind was held.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12OK, Gone With The Wind - is the USA right
0:19:12 > 0:19:14for the premiere of Gone With The Wind? Let's see.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17It's right.
0:19:19 > 0:19:2046.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23APPLAUSE
0:19:23 > 0:19:2646, the gamble paid off. Richard?
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Yes, safe answer, Nicky, well played.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32Simon and Nicky, you were both going to have a go at Trotsky, what would you have said?
0:19:32 > 0:19:36- Mexico or Argentina. - I was sort of Mexico, Cuba...
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Yes, the answer is Mexico, so very well done,
0:19:39 > 0:19:42it would have scored 5 points so would have been a very good answer.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Vesuvius erupted where it is, which is Italy.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Would have scored you 50 points.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Future queen Margrethe was born in Denmark,
0:19:50 > 0:19:52would have scored you 8 points.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54And the best answer on the board,
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Prime Minister after Arthur Fadden resigns - any idea?
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- I'd guess Australia. - Yeah, would have scored you 4 points.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Very well done if you got that.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06We're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.
0:20:06 > 0:20:0835, our best score of the pass, from Simon and Jude.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10From Simon specifically, but Simon and Jude,
0:20:10 > 0:20:13you're looking pretty strong, I would say.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Then up to 46, where we find Nicky and Richard,
0:20:16 > 0:20:18and then up quite a hike to 100,
0:20:18 > 0:20:22where I'm afraid Dan and Bob are currently residing.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24But, Bob, you're going to be great on the next board,
0:20:24 > 0:20:27and we have to hope that's enough to keep you in the game, good luck.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29We're going to come back down the line.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:20:33 > 0:20:36OK, we're going to put six more wartime events on the board,
0:20:36 > 0:20:38and here they come.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39We have got...
0:20:55 > 0:20:57I'll read those all one more time.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17Now then, we are looking for the countries in which these wartime events took place.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Obviously, as ever,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22you're trying to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Richard, you're currently on 46.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27The high scorers are Bob and Dan on 100,
0:21:27 > 0:21:30which means 53 or less will see you through to the next round.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36I'll take a bit of a gamble and I'll go for the opera singer,
0:21:36 > 0:21:41Kiri Te Kanawa born, and I'll say New Zealand.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43New Zealand, you are saying, for Kiri Te Kanawa.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Let's see if that's right, and if it is how many people said it?
0:21:46 > 0:21:48There is your red line.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51If you get below that red line you are through to the head-to-head.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Very best of luck. Kiri Te Kanawa born in New Zealand.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Absolutely right, yeah.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02And you are through to the head-to-head, very well done. 42, that scores you.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03APPLAUSE
0:22:03 > 0:22:05That takes your total up to 88.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- Richard?- Well played, Richard, it's quite a big score,
0:22:08 > 0:22:11I think she made such an impact on Britain when she sang
0:22:11 > 0:22:13at Charles and Di's wedding, didn't she?
0:22:13 > 0:22:15So, then, Jude, we come to you.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17the high scorers are still Bob and Dan on 100.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21You're on 35, which means a score of 64 or less
0:22:21 > 0:22:23will get you through to the next round.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26I'm going to say...
0:22:26 > 0:22:30I'm going to guess - awarding of Nobel Prizes suspended,
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Germany.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Germany, you are guessing, for the suspension of the Nobel Prizes.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40There is your red line. Get below that, you're through to the head-to-head.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Let's see, Germany - is that the correct answer
0:22:43 > 0:22:46for the country in which the Nobel Prizes were suspended?
0:22:48 > 0:22:49Oh, bad luck, Jude!
0:22:49 > 0:22:52I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:22:52 > 0:22:56which scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 135.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57But the round's not over yet.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01So, we are looking for the countries in which these wartime events took place.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Now then, Bob,
0:23:03 > 0:23:06the high scorers orders are now Jude and Simon on 135, you're on 100.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10A score of 34 or less will see you straight through to the head-to-head.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13OK, um...
0:23:13 > 0:23:16There were a couple I was thinking of, but I don't think
0:23:16 > 0:23:19they'll be worth 34 or less, so I'm going to go for
0:23:19 > 0:23:22awarding of Nobel Prizes suspended,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25and I think, but I'm not sure, it's Sweden.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30Sweden, says Bob, for the suspension of the Nobel Prizes.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Let's see if Sweden is correct. There's your red line.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Below that red line, through to the next round.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Let's see if that is right, Sweden,
0:23:38 > 0:23:40and if it is right, how many people said it?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44It's right, very well done, Bob.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49And you're through to the head-to-head.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Oh, very well done, indeed, 5!
0:23:51 > 0:23:53APPLAUSE
0:23:56 > 0:23:58OK, and shake it out, Bob.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02That scored you 5, takes your total up to 105.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Very, very well done indeed.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05- Richard?- Terrific, well played, Bob.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09Of course, the birthplace of the Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Let's go through the rest of the boards,
0:24:11 > 0:24:12Do you want to have a go at this?
0:24:12 > 0:24:15- Mahatma Gandhi interned?- India?
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Absolutely right, would have scored 58.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20- Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela... - South Africa, one would imagine.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Yeah, 35.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Fulgencio Batista becomes president.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27I want to say Cuba, is that right?
0:24:27 > 0:24:30It is, absolutely right, overthrown by Castro eventually, 6 points.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34And the San Juan earthquake is a pointless answer, happened in 1944?
0:24:36 > 0:24:39- I don't know, Brazil.- Argentina.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Very well done if you said that at home.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Thanks very much, Richard. So, at the end of Round Two,
0:24:43 > 0:24:47the losing pair with the highest score is Jude and Simon.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50- I knew those two, as well. - Did you?- Yeah.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53I thought I'd try and guess.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56- Rubbish.- Oh, dear!
0:24:56 > 0:24:59OK, well, that's the lesson you carry away from Pointless.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Next time you come back on, go with the ones you know.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Anyway, we have to say goodbye to you.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06However, we'll see you again next time. We look forward to that.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Jude, Simon, you've played brilliantly, lovely to have you on the show.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11- Thanks so much.- Cheers.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13APPLAUSE
0:25:13 > 0:25:18But, for the remaining two pairs, it's about to get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Congratulations, Nicky and Richard, Dan and Bob,
0:25:26 > 0:25:29you are now only one round away from the final
0:25:29 > 0:25:34and the chance to win our jackpot, which currently stands at £5,000.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Exactly. Obviously only one pair can win that money,
0:25:37 > 0:25:41and to decide which pair you will now go head-to-head on the best of three questions,
0:25:41 > 0:25:43which basically means the first pair to win two questions
0:25:43 > 0:25:45will be playing for the jackpot.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48The great news is you are now allowed to confer.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Let's play the head-to-head.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54APPLAUSE
0:25:56 > 0:25:59And here is your first question, and it concerns...
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- famous animals, Richard? - Yes, I'm always happy
0:26:04 > 0:26:06when we show pictures of animals on Pointless,
0:26:06 > 0:26:08and we're about to show you five famous animals,
0:26:08 > 0:26:11all achieved fame for slightly different reasons.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Can you identify the most obscure? Very best of luck.
0:26:14 > 0:26:15Thank you very much.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18So, let's reveal our five famous animals, and we have got...
0:26:34 > 0:26:37There we have five famous animals.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Nicky and Richard, you've played best throughout the show so far,
0:26:41 > 0:26:43so you get to go first.
0:26:43 > 0:26:48We know two, but we can't agree which one the best answer is.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Fight.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52LAUGHTER
0:26:52 > 0:26:57- You say it.- We're going to go for E as Dolly the sheep.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01E, you are saying, is Dolly the sheep.
0:27:03 > 0:27:04Dan and Bob?
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Well, I suspect we were wrestling with the same two,
0:27:07 > 0:27:10cos we only know two, so the only one we can go with is A,
0:27:10 > 0:27:13which we think is Paul the octopus, from the 2010 World Cup.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Paul the octopus, A, Paul the octopus.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Nicky and Richard said E was Dolly the sheep.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Let's see if their right, and if they are,
0:27:21 > 0:27:23how many people said Dolly the sheep for E?
0:27:25 > 0:27:26It's right.
0:27:29 > 0:27:30APPLAUSE
0:27:30 > 0:27:3359.
0:27:34 > 0:27:3659, for Dolly the sheep.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38So, Dan and Bob, that would have been your answer,
0:27:38 > 0:27:43but your hand was forced, and you have gone for Paul the octopus.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47A you have identified as Paul the octopus.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51Are they right? And, if so, how many people said Paul the octopus?
0:27:53 > 0:27:55You're right. So, 59 to beat...
0:27:55 > 0:27:57And you have beaten it.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Wow, 21!
0:28:00 > 0:28:01APPLAUSE
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Who'd have thought?
0:28:06 > 0:28:07Paul the octopus wins it.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Which means, after one question, Dan and Bob are up 1-0. Richard?
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Yeah, who'd have predicted that?
0:28:12 > 0:28:13LAUGHTER
0:28:13 > 0:28:17Was that the other one you were thinking of going for?
0:28:17 > 0:28:18That's a shame, bad luck.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Dolly the sheep, the first mammal ever to be cloned
0:28:20 > 0:28:23from an adult cell, named after Dolly Parton.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26And Paul the octopus famously predicted
0:28:26 > 0:28:27all of Germany's World Cup results.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Let's have a look at the rest of the answers.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33B is Elsa the lioness, made famous in Born Free.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36- Would have scored you 30 points. - Wow.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39- C - do you know C? - A little Glaswegian, um...
0:28:39 > 0:28:42- That's Knut the polar bear.- Knut!
0:28:42 > 0:28:44He was born in Berlin Zoo.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46Would have scored you 5 points, Knut.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Do you know D?
0:28:48 > 0:28:51- I know exactly whose dog it is. - Yeah, it's the Obamas' dog.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Bo.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56And that would have scored one point. That's the best answer,
0:28:56 > 0:28:58very well done if you remembered Bo.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00It's a shame Bo's not a bit cuter.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Aw! Look at him, he's lovely, isn't he?
0:29:02 > 0:29:05He's a Portuguese water terrier.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Thanks very much, Richard. So, here comes your second question.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Nicky, Richard, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Best of luck. Here it comes.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16Our second question concerns...
0:29:18 > 0:29:20North American food, Richard?
0:29:20 > 0:29:24We're going to give you the name of five dishes which originated in North America,
0:29:24 > 0:29:28but we're going to give you them in anagram form, I'm afraid.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Yeah, I know, it's good, isn't it?
0:29:30 > 0:29:34Can you work out the anagram and give us the most obscure answer, please?
0:29:34 > 0:29:39Wow. OK, so let's reveal our five mixed-up North American dishes.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41And here they come. We have got...
0:29:51 > 0:29:53I'll read those one more time.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04So there we are. Five anagrams. Dan and Bob, you get to go first.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10THEY WHISPER
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Um, "eye mile kip" is key lime pie.
0:30:14 > 0:30:19Key lime pie, you're saying, for "eye mile kip".
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Nicky and Richard, you can now do your talking out loud.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25That was the only one I had. Let's have a think.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30The second-to-bottom one is eggs Benedict, I think.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32- Go for that one? - Yeah, we'll go for eggs Benedict.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36OK, you're going to say "be decent gigs" is eggs Benedict.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41So we have "eye mile kip", key lime pie, say Dan and Bob.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43Let's see if that's right,
0:30:43 > 0:30:46and if it is, let's see how many people said key lime pie.
0:30:48 > 0:30:49It is right.
0:30:54 > 0:30:5614.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01Well done. 14 for key lime pie.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05Nicky and Richard have said "be decent gigs" is eggs Benedict.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many people said that.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12You have to win this question to stay in the game, remember, Nicky and Richard.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16It's right. 14's what you have to beat.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Ooh, you've done it! Seven!
0:31:23 > 0:31:26"Be decent gigs" has done it for you. Seven.
0:31:26 > 0:31:27Which means you're 1-1.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30It's the first time we've gone to three questions for some time.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33For a while, yeah, absolutely. A very good head-to-head.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36A tough board that, really, really tough questions.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39If anybody got all five of those at home, then I tip my hat to you.
0:31:39 > 0:31:44- It's very impressive. "Lay baa jam", know that?- The only other one I knew. Jambalaya.
0:31:44 > 0:31:45That's jambalaya.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49Would've scored you 37 points. Now, these other two are very hard.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51'"Hi I owe pope" is two pieces of chocolate cake
0:31:51 > 0:31:54with frosting in the middle of it, a whoopie pie.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56- Wow.- Would've scored you one point.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59And "sin or mighty", it's one of those ones you always hear about
0:31:59 > 0:32:02on American TV and American films and stuff,
0:32:02 > 0:32:05but we don't have over here. Hominy grits.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09- Hominy grits. - Would've scored you nothing at all, it's a pointless answer.
0:32:09 > 0:32:10Very well done if you got that.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14Thank you very much, Richard. So, we go to three questions.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Whoever wins this third question will be through to the final
0:32:17 > 0:32:21and playing for that whopping jackpot of £5,000.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24So, best of luck, both pairs. Here it comes.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27Our third question concerns... the police.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29Richard.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32We're going to give you five clues to facts about the UK police force.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Can you give us the most obscure answer here, please.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39Thanks very much, Richard. Let's reveal our five clues to facts about the UK police force.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42And here they come. We've got...
0:33:03 > 0:33:05I'll read those all one more time.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27Now then, Nicky and Richard, you go first again this time.
0:33:27 > 0:33:32We're going to go for "Nickname 'bobbies' derived from the name of this PM." Robert Peel.
0:33:32 > 0:33:33Robert Peel, you're saying.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37Robert Peel. The prime minister who gave them the nickname "bobbies".
0:33:37 > 0:33:41Dan and Bob, you can do your thinking out loud if you like.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44The most senior officer outside of London
0:33:44 > 0:33:46I think is the chief superintendent.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Panda cars.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51The novelist is what I'd go for if I could remember it.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55And the non-emergency number is 101.
0:33:55 > 0:33:56I think we'll have to go for that,
0:33:56 > 0:33:59101 for the non-emergency police number.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03OK, you're going to say 101 for the non-emergency police number.
0:34:03 > 0:34:08Nicky and Richard have said that Robert Peel is the prime minister who gave the nickname "bobbies".
0:34:08 > 0:34:10If that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:34:12 > 0:34:13It is right.
0:34:16 > 0:34:1844.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20APPLAUSE
0:34:21 > 0:34:22Now then, Dan and Bob,
0:34:22 > 0:34:25are you sure about 101 being the non-emergency number?
0:34:25 > 0:34:28- No, no.- 101, Dan and Bob have said is the non-emergency police number.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Let' s see if it's right,
0:34:30 > 0:34:32and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38It's right. It's right. Will it beat 44?
0:34:38 > 0:34:41Yes, it will! You're through to the final.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44Very well done indeed. 17.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Very good indeed. That means, Dan and Bob,
0:34:52 > 0:34:56after three questions, you are through to the final 2-1. Brilliant. Richard.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Very good answer and also very useful information for people.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01999 only for emergencies.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03Very good head-to-head. Well played, everybody.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07Let's go through the rest of what's another tough board, actually.
0:35:07 > 0:35:08The animal nickname is panda.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11That would've scored 79 points, so a very high scorer.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14The rank of most senior officer in the UK forces outside of London
0:35:14 > 0:35:15is chief constable.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18Would've scored 19 points.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22And the novelist who established the early precursor to the Bow Street Runners -
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Henry Fielding.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27That would've scored you three points. A terrific answer. Well done if you got that.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30Anyone who got all 15 of those,
0:35:30 > 0:35:33that would be a world record broken, I suspect.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36Very good indeed. Our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,
0:35:36 > 0:35:38it's Nicky and Richard.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41Yeah, well, animals and food aren't two of my strong topics,
0:35:41 > 0:35:43so, you know...
0:35:43 > 0:35:47We send you away now, but we'll look forward to seeing you next time,
0:35:47 > 0:35:51when we'll see you do just as well, if not better. Nicky and Richard, thanks so much for playing.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53APPLAUSE
0:35:53 > 0:35:57But for Dan and Bob it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Congratulations, Dan and Bob.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05You've fought off all the competition
0:36:05 > 0:36:08and you've one our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16At the end of today's show,
0:36:16 > 0:36:19the jackpot stands at a very respectable £5,000.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22AUDIENCE: Woo!
0:36:24 > 0:36:25OK, the rules are very simple.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31We've only had one pointless answer on the show today.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33You only have to find one more
0:36:33 > 0:36:34and you'll go home with that £5,000 jackpot.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37Firstly you've got to choose a category.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40You have a choice of five options. They are...
0:36:47 > 0:36:51I'm drawn towards political history, personally.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53OK, let's try political history, then.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56OK, political history it is. Here it comes.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Let's find out what the question is.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:37:00 > 0:37:01to name as many prime ministers
0:37:01 > 0:37:04who have won more than one election as they could.
0:37:06 > 0:37:07Richard.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10We're looking for any politician who's become Prime Minister of the UK
0:37:10 > 0:37:14following a general election on more than one occasion,
0:37:14 > 0:37:17from the Great Reform Act of 1832 to January 1st 2012.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20The victories do not need to be consecutive
0:37:20 > 0:37:24and any PM who formed a minority or coalition government, we will also accept. Best of luck.
0:37:24 > 0:37:25OK, thanks very much.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28You now have one minute to come up with three answers
0:37:28 > 0:37:31and all you need to win that £5,000 jackpot
0:37:31 > 0:37:34is for just one of those answers to be pointless. Ready?
0:37:34 > 0:37:37We will put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Discount anyone relatively recent.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46- I'm sure Anthony Eden served twice.- I'm not sure on that one.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Churchill definitely served twice.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51Once during and once quite a bit after. Probably won't be pointless.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54I think James Callaghan was twice.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56And Harold Wilson.
0:37:56 > 0:37:57Thatcher, obviously.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00What's the earliest prime ministers you can think of?
0:38:00 > 0:38:03Disraeli, I'm not sure if he...
0:38:03 > 0:38:04What about one of the Pitts?
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Pitt The Younger definitely served twice,
0:38:07 > 0:38:09but I thought that was before the Great Reform Act.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13It might be. It's around that time, early 1800s.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15- It's worth a risk. - OK, Pitt The Younger.
0:38:15 > 0:38:16OK.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18I know Wilson, I'm pretty sure Wilson did.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Want to go for Wilson? What do you think?
0:38:21 > 0:38:25Something like Anthony Eden? James Callaghan? We'll go Disraeli.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27I'd prefer Churchill to Eden.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29I think Churchill, people will guess at Churchill.
0:38:29 > 0:38:3110 seconds left.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Most people think of him as a wartime prime minister
0:38:34 > 0:38:36and there was a gap. It wasn't back-to-back.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40- I don't think it'll be pointless. I think avoid it.- OK.
0:38:41 > 0:38:42There we are, your time is up.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45We were looking for Prime Ministers who've won more than one election.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48I now need your three answers.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51- We'll go with Pitt The Younger... - Pitt The Younger,- Disraeli...
0:38:51 > 0:38:54- Benjamin Disraeli...- Disraeli...
0:38:54 > 0:38:56- Harold Wilson.- And Harold Wilson.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58OK, there are your three answers.
0:38:58 > 0:38:59Of those three,
0:38:59 > 0:39:03which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:03 > 0:39:06If it was before the Great Reform Act,
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- probably Pitt The Younger.- Yeah.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11- It was AFTER the Great Reform Act. - Sorry, yes!
0:39:11 > 0:39:14OK, so we'll put Pitt The Younger last.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17- Which do you think is your least likely to be pointless?- Wilson.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20OK, we'll pop Harold Wilson first.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23OK, let's pop them on the board in that order, and here they are.
0:39:28 > 0:39:29OK, we were looking for
0:39:29 > 0:39:31Prime Ministers who have won more than one election.
0:39:31 > 0:39:32Your first answer,
0:39:32 > 0:39:35and least-confidence shot at a pointless answer,
0:39:35 > 0:39:37was Harold Wilson.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Remember, you that you only have to find one pointless answer
0:39:39 > 0:39:42to win that £5,000 jackpot.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45So let's see - Harold Wilson - is it right and how many people said it?
0:39:45 > 0:39:46Harold Wilson.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49OK. It's right.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53Harold Wilson was your compromise position for your first answer.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56It's a correct answer. Let's see how far down he goes.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57Still going down.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Oh, 18.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01APPLAUSE
0:40:05 > 0:40:0618 for Harold Wilson,
0:40:06 > 0:40:09so unfortunately, that's not a pointless answer.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13You only have two more shots at today's jackpot. £5,000.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Bob, what would you do with £5,000?
0:40:15 > 0:40:17I think my girlfriend would like me to say
0:40:17 > 0:40:19put it towards a deposit on a house,
0:40:19 > 0:40:21but I'd probably buy myself a new computer.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24- LAUGHTER - Dan?- A second honeymoon.
0:40:24 > 0:40:25Good. Best of luck.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28We need Prime Ministers who've won more than one election.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Let's hope nobody said your next answer,
0:40:30 > 0:40:32which is Benjamin Disraeli.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35It has to be right, and pointless. If it's both,
0:40:35 > 0:40:38you leave here with £5,000. Benjamin Disraeli.
0:40:38 > 0:40:39How many people said that?
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Oh, bad luck!
0:40:44 > 0:40:47You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51Everything is now resting on Pitt the Younger.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55ALEXANDER EXHALES
0:40:55 > 0:40:58OK, Prime Ministers who have won more than one election.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Your third and final answer was Pitt The Younger.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05This is your most confident shot at a pointless answer, if it was right.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Let's see - Pitt The Younger. It has to be right
0:41:08 > 0:41:10for you to win the jackpot of £5,000.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12It also has to be pointless. Pitt The Younger.
0:41:12 > 0:41:13How many people said it?
0:41:15 > 0:41:16Oh, bad luck.
0:41:16 > 0:41:17AUDIENCE GROANS
0:41:17 > 0:41:19You're absolutely right.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22APPLAUSE
0:41:24 > 0:41:27And when I say you're absolutely right,
0:41:27 > 0:41:30you're absolutely right about it being too early.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32It was before the Great Reform Act,
0:41:32 > 0:41:35so unfortunately, you didn't find that pointless answer
0:41:35 > 0:41:37so you don't win today's jackpot of £5,000
0:41:37 > 0:41:39which rolls over to the next show.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41You've been fantastic contestants
0:41:41 > 0:41:43and you do take home our Pointless trophy, so well done!
0:41:43 > 0:41:46APPLAUSE
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Absolutely, Pitt The Younger was before the Great Reform Act of 1832,
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Disraeli was Prime Minister twice
0:41:57 > 0:41:58but only won one general election
0:41:58 > 0:42:01and actually, a number of our 100 people said him anyway,
0:42:01 > 0:42:04so even if he had it wouldn't have worked.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07You really picked a very tough category.
0:42:07 > 0:42:08Only three pointless answers
0:42:08 > 0:42:11and they're all from the 19th century.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Let's take a look at them.
0:42:13 > 0:42:14The Earl of Derby,
0:42:14 > 0:42:17who became Prime Minister after elections in 1852 and 1859,
0:42:17 > 0:42:21Lord Palmerston, you might have had a go at, 1857 and 1865.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23And the Marquess of Salisbury,
0:42:23 > 0:42:26who won five consecutive general elections, from 1885.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29Thatcher and Blair, very much top of the board.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32We do have to say goodbye to you, Dan and Bob.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35It's been great having you. Thank you so much for playing.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37APPLAUSE
0:42:38 > 0:42:42Unfortunately, Dan and Bob didn't win the jackpot. On the next show,
0:42:42 > 0:42:44we'll be playing for £6,000.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47AUDIENCE WHOOPS
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Join us next time to see if someone can win it.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51- It's goodbye from Richard... - Goodbye.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53..and goodbye from me - goodbye.
0:42:53 > 0:42:54APPLAUSE
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