Episode 55 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

the quiz show where the obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's players.

APPLAUSE

Now, welcome back, Jeff and Andy. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final, of course.

This is your second chance. Now, Andy, how do you two know each other?

We play golf at the same club and we're part of the same quiz team with our wives and partners.

Oh, are you? You kept that very quiet, about the quiz team, last time.

I thought it was best to.

-LAUGHTER

-It all comes out now.

How well have you done in the past, Jeff?

-We've won once or twice.

-What's the name of your team?

-Cally's Heroes.

-That's...

-Because of my surname.

-Which is...

-Callaghan.

Callaghan, right you are. I see, Cally's Heroes.

Well, if you're going to be heroes today, Andy,

what's going to be the best subject to get you to the final?

Latin verbs with irregular conjugations.

LAUGHTER

-Good, yeah.

-You never know.

-OK. Yeah.

And possibly Status Quo.

LAUGHTER

-Excellent. Jeff, what would be great for you, today?

-Sport and Music.

Anything you'd particularly not like to see come up, Andy?

-Science, I think.

-Science. OK, very good.

It's great to have you back, Jeff and Andy. You are our only returning pair, in fact,

so let's hope we see a lot more of you than we did last time.

Next we welcome Tom and Linda. Now, how do you to know each other?

Well, we met about 28 years ago through a mutual friend,

and have been married for 24 of them.

Wow! 28 years ago! You must have been seven or eight.

LAUGHTER

-18.

-Really? Wow! Where you from, Linda?

We're actually from just outside Glasgow.

-Tom, anything you'd particularly not like to see come up?

-Sport.

-Sport. Across the board?

-Pretty much, yeah.

-OK. Linda?

Same for me - Sport and probably Words. I'm not so good at Words. Not so good at Words.

Right, OK. Yes, they sometimes do come up.

LAUGHTER

We use them in nearly all shows, don't we?

LAUGHTER

Very good, well,

we'll have to see what Mr Osman's got planned for us,

but very best of luck to you, Tom and Linda, is great to have you here.

And next we welcome Paul and Martin. How do you to know each other?

We went to secondary school together,

so we've known each other for 14 or 15 years, now.

-And where you from, Paul?

-From Stoke, live and work in Stoke. North Staffordshire.

Excellent. And what are your hobbies, Paul?

I like doing a bit of writing, a bit of cooking.

What sort of things do you write?

I keep a blog or two, sometimes write about cinemas and things like that,

just anything that takes my fancy, really.

-So film and TV might be good?

-Yeah, be happy with that, yeah.

Just anything... The shirt, I've been told blue is the colour of success, so...

That's why they have blue medals at the Olympics, isn't it?

-LAUGHTER

-Yes.

Bronze for third, silver - second, blue - first.

-Colour of success, yeah?

-Yeah, yeah. Martin,

what would you like to see come up today?

-Quotes from "The Rock," that'd be good.

-So, what, the film, "The Rock?"

-The film, "The Rock," yes.

-Starring Sean Connery And Nicholas Cage, that one?

-Yep, that's the one.

What's your favourite quote from "The Rock?"

"With scissors, this man can kill you."

-OK.

-LAUGHTER

There are lots of good things in "The Rock," but, dialogue?

-Very good, well, if "The Rock" comes up...

-Winner!

Winner! Well, very best of luck to you, Paul and Martin,

it's great to have you here. And finally, we've got Shalini and Keir.

-How did you two know each other?

-We're married.

LAUGHTER

You get to know people, I find, when you're married to them, yeah.

Keir, how long have you been married? Why's that so funny?

-Erm, for four years.

-Four years? Many, many congratulations.

-Thanks very much.

-Shalini clearly thinks it's a joke. Where are you from, Shalini?

-South London.

Keir, what would you like to see come up?

I studied politics and philosophy at uni, so a bit of that, bit of current affairs,

basically anything that I know, or really don't know,

but nothing that I've once known and forgotten, cos that's just really annoying.

LAUGHTER

Shalini, anything you'd particularly not like to see come up, today?

-Animals, nature, the outside, generally.

-OK, anything outside.

-Very much an inside person.

-OK, Keir, how about you?

Anything science-y, periodic table, anything like that.

Welcome to the show, Shalini and Keir. Very, very best of luck.

We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show. There's only one person left for me to introduce.

Brave, handsome, swashbuckling - is there anything this man can't spell?

-It my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE

-Good afternoon to you.

-Good afternoon. Have you...?

-You're sounding a bit cold-y, there.

-I don't feel very well.

-Got a bit of a cold.

-Yeah, you... Got a bit of a cold.

I'm being cheered up by Round One, which I think is quite fun.

And also cheered up by the fact that some people don't want science,

and there's plenty of that in the show.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

We're looking for the obscure answers they didn't get.

To stay in the game and be in with a chance,

all our players need to do is score as few points as they possibly can.

Now, what everyone's trying to do is to find a Pointless answer,

that's an answer that none of our 100 people gave,

and each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.

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

so today's jackpot starts off at £7,000.

AUDIENCE: Ooooh!

APPLAUSE

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

APPLAUSE

In this round, each of you must give one answer, and you cannot confer with your partner.

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

If you give me an incorrect answer, you will score the maximum of 100 points,

so try and avoid those if you can. OK, our first category this afternoon is...

LAUGHTER

-There you go, Linda, it's Words. It's Words.

-Oh, dear!

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many words ending in '...PHONE.' As they could.

Words ending '...PHONE,' Richard.

Yes, any word in the Oxford English Dictionary that ends in '...PHONE.'

As always, no hyphenated words and no proper nouns allowed.

We also want allow the word PHONE itself.

Be careful of trademarks, we wouldn't allow things like DICTAPHONE, LINGUAPHONE, or STYLOPHONE.

Best of luck, and see how many you can get at home. Lots on the list.

-It's a very tough one, this, isn't it?

-Mmm.

OK, thanks. Now then, Jeff and Andy, you all drew lots before the show,

and today you are going first again. You went first last time.

Jeff. Words ending '...PHONE.'

OK, I'm going to go for the extremely obvious one,

I'm going to go for TELEPHONE.

OK. Why are you going for the extremely obvious one, Jeff?

Because I don't wish to get it wrong.

Oh, I see. OK, very good. TELEPHONE, says Jeff.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is let's see how many of our 100 people said TELEPHONE.

ALEXANDER WHIMPERS

Well, it's 14 better than wrong.

86, that scores you, Jeff.

-86, that is a punishing score, isn't it?

-That's a lot.

That obviously rang a bell with lots of our hundred.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS AND GROANS

I'm ill, I am ill.

LAUGHTER

You don't need me to define TELEPHONE, I'm presuming.

-No.

-Good.

-Linda.

-OK.

-Linda.

Right. Well, the only other one that I can think of is XYLOPHONE.

XYLOPHONE says Linda.

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

It's right.

-Look at that! Linda, 22!

-Phew!

APPLAUSE

Very good indeed. 22 for XYLOPHONE.

Yeah, very good answer. Musical instrument, of course.

Martin. Now, remember, we are looking for words ending in '...PHONE.'

It's tougher than it looks, isn't it? I'm going to try EPIPHONE.

Martin is saying EPIPHONE. let's see if that's right,

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

Ooh, bad luck, Martin.

Unfortunately EPIPHONE is an incorrect answer,

which means you score 100 points. I'm sorry.

Yes, sorry, Martin. A brand of guitar, EPIPHONE, but not a word in the dictionary.

OK, thank you. Now then, Shalini.

I think I'll have to go for something quite obvious,

although I've had so much time to think about it,

I still can't think of anything less obvious than MICROPHONE.

MICROPHONE says Shalini. MICROPHONE. Is it right, how many people said it?

-30.

-APPLAUSE

Yeah, 30. Very good score, given the other scorers on the board. Well played. MICROPHONE.

One of these, one of those. A tiny phone.

LAUGHTER

We're halfway through the round, let's take a look at the scores.

The best score of the round, in fact, was Linda's.

Linda who said, "Please can I not have a Word round?"

22, you scored, Linda, so you and Tom

looking very strong indeed at this stage.

Then we go up to 30 where we find Shalini and Keir,

up to 86 where we find Jeff and Andy,

and then up to 100

where Martin and Paul are sitting on the back of their EPIPHONE.

Now then, Paul. You're not way ahead. Jeff and Andy aren't that far behind you,

but you are going to have to find a low scoring answer

to make sure you're with us to the next round.

We'll come back down the line.

Can the second players please take their places?

OK, so we're looking for words ending in '...PHONE.' '...PHONE.'

Keir, you're on 30, the high scorers are Paul and Martin on 100,

that means a score of 69 or less will see you through to the next round.

I'm going to go to the opposite end of the scale to Shalini and say MEGAPHONE.

MEGAPHONE. Right, here is your red line.

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

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

Absolutely right. Yeah, well done, you've done it.

-32.

-APPLAUSE

32 takes your total up to 62.

Richard.

Yeah, another good answer, and safely through, so very well played as a team.

We know what it means now, it used to be a hearing trumpet, used to be a MEGAPHONE.

Now it's like a funnel-shaped device you use to amplify your voice.

Paul.

I'm going to go for, HOMOPHONE.

-HOMOPHONE. SOUNDS LIKE a good answer to me.

-Hopefully.

HOMOPHONE. OK, you are on 100, you are the high scorers, so there's no red line for you,

you just have to hope this goes down as far as it can.

HOMOPHONE. Is it right, how many people said it?

It's absolutely right.

8!

APPLAUSE

8 for HOMOPHONE. Best score of the round so far, Paul.

-Well done. Richard.

-Very good answer, Paul. Well played.

Having the same sound as, particularly words which have the same sound. Hence your...

-What did you say?

-I said, "SOUNDS LIKE a good answer to me."

-Yep, good.

-Voluble support, there. Thank you.

-Yeah, some acclamation for you.

-Yeah.

Now then, Tom.

You are on 22.

The high scorers on 108 are Paul and Martin.

If you can score 85 or less, you are into the next round.

OK, Well, I'm going to go for the opposite of HOMOPHONE,

I hope, and say ANTIPHONE.

ANTIPHONE. ANTIPHONE, says Tom.

Sounds great to me. OK, here's your red line, Tom. Nice and high.

Let's see if ANTIPHONE can get you below that red line.

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

It's right, and you are through to the next round.

Look at that! Very, very well done indeed, Tom.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

That's a pointless answer, it adds £250 to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to £7,250.

It scores you nothing, and it leaves your total

at a lovely, low 22 points. Well done.

I'm going to say a bit well done, Tom.

Remind me again what ANTIPHONE is.

HE LAUGHS

I thought it might be the opposite of a HOMOPHONE, but I'm guessing not.

You guessed right.

It's actually an alternative spelling of ANTIPHON,

which is when one choir sings a sentence in response to another one.

-ANTIPHONAL singing, that's it.

-Yeah.

-Good.

There we go. Andy, we come to you.

So remember, we're looking for words ending in '...PHONE.'

Now then, you're on 86,

the high scorers on 108 are Paul and Martin.

This means there are 21 points in it, Andy,

you have to score 21 or less

to see yourselves through to the next round. Come on!

I hope it's not a brand. I'm going to say VIBRAPHONE.

VIBRAPHONE.

Well, XYLOPHONE scored 22.

VIBRAPHONE, you are hoping is going to score 21 or less. Let's see. VIBRAPHONE.

Is it right, how many people said it?

It's right!

You've done it!

Oh, very well done indeed!

APPLAUSE

It's a pointless answer, which adds another £250 to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to £7,500.

It scores you nothing, it leaves your total

at an immaculate 86. Very well done indeed. Richard.

Yeah, very well played.

VIBRAPHONE, arranged like a xylophone, but with a vibrato effect.

Let's take a look at some of the other pointless answers. See if you got any of these at home.

Cardphone, simply a public telephone that you can use a card in.

Freephone, as in freephone number. Heckelphone.

Do you know what a heckelphone is? I thought you might. It's a baritone oboe.

-Really?

-You're an oboist.

-I do, I was an oboist, yeah.

So, a cor anglais is like an alto oboe, so a heckelphone is a baritone oboe.

If you say so. Let's take a look at a couple more.

Lagerphone, which is a...

LAUGHTER It will surprise you to learn is an Australian word.

It's essentially a name for a long pole with a lager or beer bottle

on the end which is shaken as a percussion instrument. I kid you not.

Magnetophone, another instrument. Monophone, which is an animal version of monosyllable.

It's one animal sound.

Sarrusophone, satphone as in a satellite phone,

and of course, why did no-one say sphygmophone?

Which is of course a medical instrument by which

pulsations are rendered audible.

-But I don't need to tell you that.

-No, no.

Let's take a look at the top answers.

These are the ones most of our 100 people said. We've already heard them.

Shalini, you gave us microphone for 30.

Keir gave us megaphone for 32, although they're safety through,

and right at the top, we had from Jeff, telephone.

It seems like a long time ago you started this round with telephone.

And to think you're still here! What a day we're seeing.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of the first round, the losing pair with

the highest score, I'm afraid it's Paul and Martin.

It was the Epiphone. It's a guitar.

-It's a brand of guitar, yeah.

-Right, OK. Oh, dear.

-Do you play the guitar?

-Yeah.

-Do you have an Epiphone?

-I had, yeah.

-Not any more.

-Oh, dear. I'm so sorry we've to say goodbye to you now,

but we'll see you again next time.

Stick with the blue, though, Paul. I think...

LAUGHTER

I think your answer homophone was very successful. There we are.

We look forward to seeing you next time, Paul and Martin,

great contestants. Thank you.

But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

There's only room for two pairs in our head-to-head round,

so one of the pairs in front of me now will be leaving us at the end of this round.

On the strength of that first round, I have to say, Tom and Linda, you'd seem to be the pair to beat.

A lovely low score from you there. But as we know, anything can happen.

I seem to remember Richard saying this was science,

but we'll see.

The category for Round Two is:

Science! He was absolutely right.

OK, you decide in your pairs who's going to go first and who's going to go second.

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

OK, so our question concerns units of measurement.

Units of measurement. Linda, you're not fooling me with that.

I'm racking my brain this very moment thinking of all the science

lessons but I was sitting back of the class not really listening to.

Good luck. Richard, units of measurement.

OK, we're going to show you six abbreviations for units of measurement.

We'll also show you what it is they measure.

You have to tell us the name of that unit, please.

Give us a nice obscure answer, you'll score fewer points. But an incorrect answer will be 100 points.

So, 12 abbreviations. At home, see how many you can get.

Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

OK, so, we are looking for the unit of measurement

indicated by these initials, and we have got:

F, electric capacitance. Pa, pressure or stress. H, inductance.

Kg, mass. N, force.

And Hz, frequency.

I'll read those all one more time.

Jeff, units of scientific measurement.

-I am going to go for the top one, the farad.

-The farad, OK.

OK, the farad. Unit of electric capacitance. Is that right?

If it is, how many people knew that answer?

It's absolutely right.

Very, very well done, Jeff. That's a great answer. 7.

A very good answer, Jeff, well played. Named after Michael Faraday.

Now, then, Linda.

Well, there are some of them I've never even heard of before.

-So I think, I'm hoping that the N for force is for Newton?

-Newton.

You're saying the N for force, the unit of measurement of force, the Newton.

Let's see if it's right, and how many people said the Newton.

It's right.

Very well done, 25.

-Not bad at all. Richard?

-Yes, very well played.

I thought this round would cause chaos,

but we're doing rather well so far. Named after Sir Isaac Newton.

Keir, you're the last person to have this board.

If you want, you can talk us through all of it.

Oh that I could, Alexander. Science is very much not my thing.

There's only one there that I know for certain, but given

the scores that we've had so far, I'm not going to say kg, kilograms.

And I'll go for Hz, Hertz, hoping that it's both right and slightly less than kilograms.

OK, Hertz, you're saying, for frequency.

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

It's right.

And that Hertz!

AUDIENCE GROANS

-And it scores you 79. Richard?

-Yeah, a very big score.

You're quite right, though, Keir, actually it was better than

if you'd said kilograms, because that would have scored you 89 points.

Let's take a look at the other two. Do you know that one?

Pa, pressure or stress? It's the Pascal. That would have scored 14.

H for inductance is the best answer on the board.

Very well done at home if you said the Henry.

It would have scored you five points.

I just think that's hilarious. Something measured in Henrys?

Seven and a half Henrys.

Seven and a half Henrys, that was the length of the Tudor period.

LAUGHTER

Very good indeed. OK, we're halfway through the round.

Let's see the scores. Jeff, that was an amazing pass for you.

Seven, the lowest score, absolutely fantastic.

It's put you in a strong position.

Then we come up to 25, where we find Linda and Tom.

And then quite a long hike up to 79, where we find Keir and Shalini.

So, Shalini, try and find a really nice, obscure, low-scoring answer,

and hope that that's enough to keep you in the game.

Very best of luck. Can the second players please take their places at the podium.

OK, we're going to put six more initials on the board.

These all stand for units of measurement, remember, and here they are.

S, time. W, power. M, length.

Cd, luminous intensity, K, thermodynamic temperature

and S, electric conductance.

I'll read those one final time.

S, time. W, power. M, length.

Cd, luminous intensity, K, thermodynamic temperature

and S, electric conductance.

Now you are looking for the units of measurement

represented by those initials, and as ever,

you want the one that fewest of our 100 people knew.

Shalini. You are the high scorers and 79.

We need a lovely low-scoring, obscure answer from you.

OK.

It is a frightening board, but given where we are,

I'd better have an educated guess and go for K, Kelvin?

K, Kelvin. Thermodynamic temperature.

K, Kelvin, that's a guess?

OK, well, let's hope it's a good guess,

and a nice low-scoring one, too.

Is that right? How many people said it?

No red line because you are the high scorers.

Well done, it's right.

28!

28, not bad. It takes you up to 107. Is that enough to keep you in the game, I wonder. Richard?

Well played, Shalini. Named after William Thompson, who was Baron Kelvin.

-He was a Glasgow University engineer.

-Now, then, Tom.

The high scorers on 107 are Shalini and Keir. You're on 25.

81 is your target score.

Remember, we're looking at units of measurement indicated by these initials.

Well, I'm hoping my memory serves me well back to my uni days.

-I think that cd, luminous intensity, is candelas.

-Candelas.

Candela, yeah.

Candela, OK. Cd in luminous intensity, candela.

Now, there is your red line, nice and high.

Candela for luminous intensity.

Is it right, and how many people said it?

Absolutely right, and you're through, well done.

Oh, it's a great answer, Tom!

-Candela takes your total up to 30.

-Very well played, Tom.

A common candle emits light with a luminous intensity of roughly one candela.

That's what it's named after, as you can imagine. The clue's right there.

Absolutely there. Now, then, Andy. You're on seven.

The high scorers on 107 are Keir and Shalini,

which means a score of 99 or less from you will see you into the head-to-head.

-Fill in all the blanks on the board, if you like.

-I wish I could.

I think the first one at the top, second, time. Watt, power.

Metre, length.

And the one at the bottom, electric conductance, I really don't know.

-So I am going to play W, watt, power.

-W, watt, for power.

OK, here's your red line. It couldn't be higher.

Let's see if you can get below it with watt, power.

Is it right, and how many people said it?

Done it!

59.

-That takes your total up to 66.

-Yes. Watt's your answer, Andy?

There we go. Named after James Watt. There you go. I'll give you that.

Let's take a look at the rest of the board.

S is a second, and that would have scored you 82 points.

M is metre. That would have scored you 85 points, even more.

-And do you have any idea of S for electric conductance?

-None idea.

-Siemens.

The best answer on the board, would have scored you two.

-Well done anyone who got all 12, very impressive.

-Wow.

-Very impressive indeed.

-Would you like me to define what a second is?

-Yes.

-Would you indulge me and let me read it from a bit of paper?

-I'd be delighted.

-Since 1967, this has been the definition of a second.

It's 9,192,631,770 periods

of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels

of the ground state of the caesium-133 atom.

Wow.

I'm going to have that as my ring tone now.

That's amazing.

You'll never say "just a second" so casually again.

-Never. Brilliant. Thank you very much indeed.

-My pleasure.

At the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score,

I'm afraid it's Shalini and Keir.

Oh, dear. Hertz, frequency.

And Keir, I give you this, you did say Science was going to be tough for you.

-As advertised.

-Absolutely as advertised.

We'll see you again next time, and we look forward to that.

Thank you very much meanwhile for playing. Great contestants, Shalini and Keir.

For the remaining pairs, things are about to get

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

Well, congratulations, Tom and Linda, Jeff and Andy.

You're now only one round away from the final

and a chance to place our jackpot, which currently stands at £7,500.

Now, obviously only one pair can play for that money, so to decide who it's going to be,

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

That basically means the first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.

The good news is you're now allowed to confer.

Well, Tom and Linda, you've been consistently the low scorers.

Round One and Two, you came through the low scorers.

But, Jeff and Andy, we had a couple of high scores from you,

Jeff, and Andy, you've come through each time and just got yourselves through.

But you're all now allowed to confer,

so anything could happen in this third round.

Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, here comes your first question.

And it concerns Mushrooms and Edible Fungi.

Mushrooms and Edible Fungi. Are you not happy with this, Tom? Richard?

-Mm...

-Richard.

-Only on Pointless.

We're about to show you five pictures of mushrooms or edible fungi.

Can you tell us what they are, please? Very best of luck.

Yep. OK, let's reveal our five pictures of mushrooms or edible fungi,

and here they come.

We've got:

So, there we have it. Five pictures of mushrooms or edible fungi.

Now, Tom and Linda, you played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.

OK.

We'll go for B as girolle.

B, girolle. B, girolle.

Jeff and Andy, you can talk through the rest of those fungi if you like.

D is a truffle. C looks like a lobotomy.

-A, I would probably eat. We'll go D, truffle.

-D, truffle.

So, Tom and Linda have said B, girolle.

And Jeff and Andy have said D, truffle.

OK, in the order they were given,

Tom and Linda have said B is a girolle.

Let's see if that's right,

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

Oh, bad luck!

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Jeff and Andy, all you have to be at this stage is correct

with your answer of D, truffle.

Is it right?

It is right. You've done it.

41 for truffle.

Affer the first question, Jeff and Andy, you're up 1-0.

-Richard?

-Highly prized, can reach thousands of pounds per kilogram.

-Tom and Linda, did you have any ideas for the other ones?

-E for oyster.

Yes, E for oyster mushroom would have scored you 14 points, as well.

But B is actually morel,

and would score three points. Any idea on A?

-It's a giant puffball.

-I was thinking it looked like a puffball.

It would have scored you 13. And C is a pointless answer.

It's a maitake mushroom from Japan.

-So anyone who said maitake at home, very well done.

-Thanks, Richard.

Here's your second question, and Tom and Linda, you need to win this

to stay in the game.

It concerns films with a creature of the Chinese zodiac in their title.

Films with a creature of the Chinese Zodiac in their title. Richard?

Simpler than it sounds, don't panic. We're just about to show you five film titles on the board.

Each of them have got one word missing.

The word missing is a creature from the Chinese zodiac.

Can you fill in the gaps and choose the best answer?

Thanks, Richard. OK, let's reveal our five films with missing words, and here they come.

OK, I will read them one more time.

So, there you are.

Five films with missing words,

and the missing words in each case, an animal from the Chinese zodiac.

Jeff and Andy, you go first this time.

We'll go with the top one, Dog Soldiers.

Dog Solders, 2002.

Dog Soldiers say Jeff and Andy. Now, then, Tom and Linda,

talk through the rest of the board.

Well, I'm pretty sure it's A Man Called Horse.

I'm guessing Rabbit Eyes, but I'm not sure.

Enter The Dragon, and Linda thinks Tiger Bay.

But I think we'll go for A Man Called Horse.

OK, you're going for A Man Called Horse.

I need hardly remind you you have to win this to stay in the game.

A Man Called Horse. So, we have Dog Soldiers and A Man Called Horse.

Jeff and Andy went first with Dog Soldiers.

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

It's right.

39. 39 for Dog Soldiers.

-Tom and Linda, what do you think?

-It's a bit tough.

OK, A Man Called Horse, is it right, and how many people said it?

It's right.

Oh, bad luck. 50 for A Man Called Horse.

Which means that after only two questions, Jeff and Andy,

you're through to the final 2-0.

-Very well done. Richard?

-Unlucky, Tom and Linda.

If you had said Tiger Bay for the bottom one, you'd have been right,

and you'd have won the point again.

It would have scored 27 points.

If you had said oyster mushroom and Tiger Bay, you'd be in the final.

Unlucky. Let's look at the rest.

If you'd said Rabbit Eyes, you'd have just scored 100 points,

because it's Snake Eyes.

That would have scored you 20.

And Enter The Dragon, quite right, but you might well have got it wrong,

because it would have scored you 94 points. 94.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, Tom and Linda.

As Richard has spelt out,

you could easily be going through to the final 2-0 at this stage.

-Oh, dear.

-Never mind.

-Well, listen, in your first Pointless,

you're allowed to do that. Second time, you have to go for those answers at the back of your head

you're not sure about. As long as it's not Rabbit Eyes.

-No.

-LAUGHTER

Although, I would like to see that film.

We look forward to seeing you next time, Tom and Linda. Thanks so much for playing. Great contestants.

APPLAUSE

But, for Jeff and Andy, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Jeff and Andy,

you have 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 £7,500.

AUDIENCE: Ooooh!

APPLAUSE

You're our returning pair, and you've come through beautifully.

You saw off our low scorers in that head-to-head round so easily, there.

Lovely 2-0.

And we've had a pointless answer from you as well, Andy, in the early stages.

It's been an exemplary return performance, so very, very well done.

The rules are very simple. To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

We've had two pointless answers on the show today, as I said.

One from you earlier for "vibraphone."

You only have to find one more pointless answer, now, and you will go home with that money.

-Firstly, you've got to choose a category, and you can choose from these five options.

-They are -

-QUIETLY:

-Thriller Writers? Winter Olympics?

-Let's go with that.

Yeah, we said Sport was our strong point, so we'll go Winter Olympics, please.

Winter Olympics. OK, very good. Here comes your question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

Team GB Winter Olympic medallists as they could.

-Richard.

-We're looking for any members

of a Great British or Northern Irish Winter Olympic team

from 1948 all the way through to 2010

who's won a medal in any Winter Olympics.

That can be for an individual event or a team event.

The name of any individual who's won a Winter Olympic medal, please. Very best of luck.

OK, thanks very much, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers,

and all you need to win that £7,500 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Are you ready?

OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.

Your time starts now.

-QUIETLY:

-Nash and Dixon, they're up.

-Yeah, that'd be a good one.

-Torvill and Dean's far too obvious.

-There's Robin Cousins.

-John Curry?

-Yeah, yeah.

Don't think Bell's...

-What about the lass who's just won the, erm, skeleton.

-Yeah.

-Remembering her name.

-What's she called?

-It's very recent, cos she's just won world championship.

-Yeah, yeah.

-She just won it. Can't remember.

-Start going backwards, then.

-Further back than that... I can't think much further than that.

Figure skating. Skiing.

-Curling.

-The curler, the Scotland curling team.

Don't know any of the names on that, so...

-We got to go with the best option, Nash and Dixon, aren't we?

-Yeah.

-Ten seconds left.

-Robin Cousins.

-Yeah.

-Yeah. Yeah.

-OK.

-OK, we have three answers.

We were looking for Team GB Winter Olympic Medallists.

I now need those three answers from you.

-John Curry.

-John Curry.

-Colin Nash.

-Colin Nash.

-And Robin Dixon.

-And Robin Dixon.

OK, of those three answers, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Nash.

-Colin Nash.

-We'll put Colin Nash last.

-Which is your least likely to be pointless?

-Curry?

-Yeah.

-John Curry.

-OK, John Curry we'll put first.

We'll pop them on the board in that order.

We have got John Curry, Robin Dixon and Colin Nash.

There are your three answers.

So we were looking for Team GB Winter Olympic Medallists.

John Curry, you said, was your least confident answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer, remember, to win that jackpot of £7,500. OK, let's see.

Is John Curry right, how many people said it? John Curry.

It's right.

It's right. Now, if this goes all the way down to zero,

you leave here immediately with £7,500.

Down it goes, still going down. Into single figures.

Wow! 4 for John Curry!

APPLAUSE

Wow - not a pointless answer, but quite a reassuring result, though, don't you think? 4 for John curry.

Looking very good for your subsequent two answers.

OK, only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

What would you do with £7,500, Jeff?

Probably have a very, very nice holiday, pay for the weekend we just had in London.

LAUGHTER

And frivolously think about the rest of it.

Very good indeed. Andy, how about you?

I've been married 35 years in November, so it would be a very nice anniversary holiday.

Very good. Many congratulations.

OK, let's hope one of your two remaining answers

will get those things for you.

We are looking for Team GB Winter Olympic Medallists.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer - Robin Dixon.

This has to be right, and it has to be pointless.

If it's both of those things, you leave here with £7,500.

Best of luck. Let's see. Robin Dixon. Is it right, how many people said it?

It's right. So, John Curry came down to 4.

Robin Dixon, still going down.

If this goes all the way down to 0, you leave here with £7,500.

Down it goes, still going!

Yes! You've done it!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Very, very, very well done. That's brilliant, superb.

Oh, good stuff!

Very, very well done.

Robin Dixon was a pointless answer.

Which means, Jeff and Andy, you will be leaving here with our jackpot of £7,500.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

That's how you do it.

Richard, how about that?

Very well played, guys, that's terrific.

Of course, won the bobsleigh, Nash and Dixon, in 1964.

Do you know what Colin Nash would've scored you?

Erm...

100, cos it's TONY Nash.

AUDIENCE GASPS

Lucky Robin Dixon came good for you,

cos that would've been an awful way to lose, wouldn't it?

It's terrific knowledge. Very well played.

Let's take a look at some of the other Pointless answers,

see if you got any of these at home.

Alex Coomber who won the bronze in the skeleton in 2002.

She was pointless.

Deborah Knox and Fiona MacDonald, both won curling gold.

They were pointless.

As were Janice Rankin and Margaret Morton, two other members of that team.

Jeanette Altwegg, who won the gold for figure skating in 1952, she was pointless.

There's Robin Dixon and Tony Nash.

Forever known as COLIN Nash, now, to his friends and family.

And Shelley Rudman, who won a silver in the skeleton, as well.

Also, all four members of the 1998 four-man bob team were pointless, and Nicky Gooch, and John Crammond.

Very well done if you said those at home.

Well done to you, guys. Played brilliantly.

Who would have thought, when you said "telephone" 45 minutes ago that we'd be here?

LAUGHTER

-I'll be able to ring someone up, now.

-LAUGHTER

Thanks once again to our winning players, Jeff and Andy, who go away with today's jackpot of £7,500.

-Very well done.

-APPLAUSE

Cally's Heroes.

Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye!

-APPLAUSE

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