Episode 60 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed. 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.

APPLAUSE

Now, welcome back, Robyn and Sam. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

This is your second and final chance.

Now, Robyn, remind us how you know each other.

We're boyfriend and girlfriend and we met at university.

-And Sam, what happened last time?

-We did well on the first round.

-We got the lowest score in the first round.

-Cracking score!

And then TV Hospitals came up on the second round.

That was the hardest board we've ever had.

I wouldn't have lasted a minute on that round. Didn't know a thing.

But today, Robyn, we're going to see much more of you.

What's going to be your favourite category, if it comes up?

Maybe a bit of music. I like listening to music.

Or I've just done a placement, cos I'm doing a PGCE,

and I've actually been teaching things like myths and legends

and the Tudors, so I know that quite well at the moment. So if something like that came up...

OK. And this is to be a primary school teacher?

-Yes.

-Perfect grounding for Pointless, you see. Excellent.

Sam, what are you hoping will come up today?

-Films. I usually do well on films.

-Sam, any hobbies?

Music, playing music. I play the guitar and I play the drums as well,

so I used to do that quite a lot.

-You could just do it all yourself, for heaven's sake.

-I could do.

-You haven't got a home studio, have you?

-Unfortunately, no.

-No.

-No, I don't. No.

-You need it.

-Yeah.

-Very good.

Robyn and Sam, great to have you back on the show.

Let's hope we see more of you than we did last time.

And next, we welcome Sue and Annette.

-Now, how do you two know each other?

-We're sisters.

Sisters. And Sue, where are you from?

-I live near Winchester in Hampshire.

-Annette, how about you?

-I live in Norfolk, in a village just outside Norwich.

-Excellent.

And would you do, Annette?

I'm a probation officer.

OK, and what you like to get up to when you're not...probating?

LAUGHTER

When I'm not probating, I like to play volleyball,

and I'm a great reader as well.

Sue, what do you do?

I'm a paramedic. Emergency care practitioner.

Very good indeed. Down in Hampshire?

-Yeah, at Basingstoke in Hampshire.

-Basingstoke, excellent.

What do you like to do when you're not working?

We both have a hobby that Annette didn't mention.

We're both assistant leaders at Brownie packs.

-Are you? That's brilliant.

-I'm Tawny Owl, Annette's Snowy Owl.

-Wow!

Well, many congratulations.

So, Sue, good topics for you?

-Probably the human body.

-Human body, yeah, yeah. Medicine.

Would be very useful, but I'm sure that won't come up.

-And, well, geography I'm reasonable at.

-Good.

-Not very good at art.

Annette, how about you? What's going to be good for you? Obviously, books.

Yeah, I used to be a nurse, so I'm also quite strong on medicine and biology science.

Welcome to you both, Sue and Annette. Lovely to have you here.

And next, we welcome... This is just becoming a habit.

Having pairs where they have the same name.

Andrew D and Andrew B, welcome to the show.

-How do you two know each other?

-We work together in car insurance.

-Car insurance?

-Yeah.

Which department are you in?

-I work in complaints. Well, we both work in complaints.

-Complaints.

Andrews, when you're not doing car insurance, or basically, listening to people shouting at you,

-what do you like to get up to? Andrew D?

-I like to play music,

-I play a couple of instruments reasonably well.

-What do you play?

-Primarily, I play bass guitar.

-Yeah?

-I play guitar a bit as well.

-And I listen to quite a bit of it as well.

-Any good on classical music?

I'm OK on classical music.

And modern music, I lost interest about three or four years ago.

-Right.

-But '90s music, perfect.

-'90s music?

-That would be great?

-That would be perfect.

-Andrew B, what do you like to get up to?

-Go to the cinema,

I watch huge amounts of sports, ranging from football...

-I quite like my American football as well.

-Oh, good. Very good.

Very, very best of luck to you, Andrews. Great to have you here.

And finally, we've got Sally and Robert. Welcome to Pointless.

-How do you to know each other?

-We're married.

-LAUGHTER

-Good.

-Very good in...

-18 years.

-18 years. And where did you meet, Sally?

-Behind the curtain.

LAUGHTER

-Amateur dramatics.

-Oh, I see! Very good.

Sally, where are you from?

-Buckinghamshire.

-Buckinghamshire. And what do you do, Robert?

I'm retired nowadays. Have been for about 12 years.

-Sally, would do you do?

-I'm a part-time cook.

Are you? For whom?

I work for a local sports and squash club.

-That's good. And do you enjoy that?

-I do. I love it, yeah.

And what other hobbies do you have, Robert?

I'm very interested in natural history,

and in particular, butterflies and moths.

I used to collect them, but that's something which people don't do now,

and so I collect books on them instead,

of which I calculated I've got over 300 on the shelves at home.

And what else do you collect? Do you collect other bits and pieces?

Oh, now we get on to the sad side of it,

because I've made collections of some quite unusual things,

of which I think perhaps paperclips is the saddest one.

You COLLECT paperclips?

-Wow, OK.

-He actually brought it with him today.

For luck?

LAUGHTER

No. One of the programme researchers was very interested,

but she's not here today, apparently.

Yeah, yeah, that's right. Yes, I'm...

LAUGHTER

Right, well, back to the show.

-What categories would you like to see come up, Sally?

-Penguins.

I can name...

-I can name all species of penguins.

-This is brilliant!

Welcome to the show. It's great to have you here.

We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.

Only one person left to introduce. He's tied to his desk again.

Well, we tied his shoelaces to his chair.

-It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

-Hiya. Hiya. Hello.

CHEERING

-Well, that was an unexpected chat, wasn't it?

-Wasn't it?

Don't think we've had penguins and paperclips as things people have asked for before.

We're not going to do them on the show, but it's interesting.

Only one returning pair today, it's Robyn and Sam.

We didn't see much of them last time either, but they did rather well

in the rounds they were in, so I suspect they may do well today.

Thank you very much, Richard.

All questions on Pointless are put to 100 people before the show, but we're looking for obscure answers.

To be in with a chance of winning our jackpot,

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

Now, what everyone is trying to do, is to find a pointless answer.

That being 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 add another £1,000 to that.

So, today's jackpot starts off at...

WHOOPING AND APPLAUSE

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

APPLAUSE

OK, in this first round, each of you must give me one answer,

and you cannot confer with your partner.

The pair with the highest score at the end is eliminated.

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

so do try and avoid those.

OK, our first category is...

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.

OK, so, our Round One question concerns...

Song Titles Which Are Girls' Names.

Yeah, we're going to show you seven song titles on each pass.

All you have to do is tell us the artist who first had

a UK top 40 hit with that song.

Very best of luck. There's 14 in all to have a go at at home.

Thanks very much. Now, then, Robyn and Sam.

You all drew lots, and once again, today, you are going first.

OK, so we are looking for the artists or groups

who first had UK top 40 hits with these songs.

And we have got...

I'll read them all one more time.

There we are. Robyn.

Yeah. I got really excited when I heard the name of the round,

cos I thought I'd be really good at this.

But looking at that, I only know one,

and I'm not even 100% sure about that.

I'm going to go with Delilah and Tom Jones.

Delilah, Tom Jones, says Robyn. Let's see if that's right,

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

Tom Jones.

Absolutely right.

52.

APPLAUSE

That's not bad. 52 for Delilah.

A safe answer, Robyn. A number two hit for Tom Jones in 1968.

Thanks very much. Now then, Sue.

-Yes.

-Your name is on that board.

It is.

But, I think... I think I know a couple of them.

I'm going to go Barbara Ann, the Beach Boys.

Barbara Ann, the Beach Boys, says Sue.

Let's see if that was sung by the Beach Boys, and if so,

how many people knew that answer.

It is.

19.

APPLAUSE

Very well done. 19 for the Beach Boys.

Well played, Sue. Actually a cover version. A cover version of a song

by The Regents, but the Beach Boys had the first UK top 40 hit with it.

Number three hit.

Excellent. Andrew B.

Remember, we're looking for artists or groups who had UK top 40 hits

with these songs.

Think I'm going to play it safe and say Nikita, Elton John.

Nikita, Elton John. Sally furious with that.

LAUGHTER

She was going to go for that. OK, Nikita, Elton John, says Andrew B.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many

of our 100 people said Elton John.

It's right.

30.

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Perfectly respectable score there, Andrew B.

Good answer. Number three in 1985, with a video directed by Ken Russell.

-Really?

-Mm.

Now then, Sally. I know your pain.

-You've just had your answer stolen.

-I have, yeah.

I think, though, you might owe Andrew B something,

cos he might force you into coming up with something you perhaps

half know that'll be a lower score. Talk us through the board.

Last person to have it, so you can do your thinking out loud.

Well, I think Peggy Sue is Buddy Holly.

Caroline - Neil Diamond?

I'm going to go Peggy Sue, Buddy Holly.

Buddy Holly, says Sally for Peggy Sue.

-Hopefully.

-Let's see if it's right,

and if so, let's see how many people said Buddy Holly for Peggy Sue.

Absolutely right.

-22.

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Not bad at all, Sally.

22 for Buddy Holly.

Well played, Sally. Surprisingly low score, actually. From 1957.

It was originally called Cindy Lou, after his niece.

-Ah!

-They renamed it Peggy Sue after the...

-You know, "C-C-C-C-C-Cindy Lou" would send weird.

-Yeah, exactly.

-Sound like a Phil Collins song.

-It would, yeah.

They named it Peggy Sue after Jerry Allison -

the drummer in The Crickets - after his girlfriend.

Let's go through the rest of the board. Now, Jolene...

-Do you know Jolene?

-Yes, Olivia Newton-John.

Not Olivia Newton-John. Dolly Parton.

-Dolly Parton.

-Dolly Parton!

-Yeah, 45 points as well.

God, of course it's Dolly Parton!

Caroline. Caroline's not Neil Diamond. That's Sweet Caroline.

-Status Quo.

-Status Quo. That's it, well done. You got that soon enough!

-Yeah, yeah.

-Six points. And Rosanna - do you know Rosanna?

-It's from 1983.

-Yes, I know!

It's one of those American bands.

It's sort of like Chicago or...

It's almost exactly sort of like Chicago. Toto.

So Rosanna and Caroline, best answers on that board.

Very well done if you got those.

We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores as they stand. 19, the best score, Sue.

Very well done. Then we travel up to 22, where we find Sally and Robert.

Up to 30, where we find the Andrews both.

And then up to 52, where we find Robyn and Sam.

So Sam, this is going to be a familiar position for you.

You are going to have the last pick of this board.

You need to hope there's an answer that you know and it's a low scorer

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

We'll come back down the line. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

We'll put seven more song titles on the board, and here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those one more time.

Remember, we're looking for the artists or groups who first had UK top 40 hits with these songs

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

Now then, Robert, you're on 22. The high-scorers on 52 are Sam and Robyn.

A score of 29 or less will ensure you a place in the next round.

I'd rather have had the first board. This one's not doing a lot for me.

But I'm going to have to go for Maggie May and Rod Stewart.

Maggie May and Rod Stewart. Sally approves of that.

Here's our red line.

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

Maggie May. Is it Rod Stewart? How many people said it?

It's right.

51.

APPLAUSE

51 takes your score up to 73. Richard.

A hefty score but a lot better than 100.

His first substantial hit as a solo performer.

-It launched him as a solo performer.

-Andrew D.

We're looking for the artists or groups who first had a top 40 hit with these songs.

You're on 30. The high scorers are now Robert and Sally on 73.

If you can score 42 or less, you are through to the next round.

There's a couple I'm pretty confident on.

This is a good category for you, cos you play lots of instruments.

Yeah. I'm going to go for Lyla, Oasis.

Lyla, Oasis.

Three up from the bottom. Lyla, Oasis. There is your red line.

You get below that red line, you're through to the next round.

Let's see. Is Lyla an Oasis song? How many people said it?

Yep, it is.

And you are through to the next round.

14.

APPLAUSE

Cracking answer there, Andrew D.

14 takes your total up to 44. Richard.

-It was Oasis's seventh number one single, Lyla.

-Annette.

The high scorers are still Robert and Sally on 73.

You are on 19, which means if you can score 53 or less,

you are definitely in the next round.

There's an obvious one there but I think that will be too high a score

so I'll have to take a bit of a guess.

I recognise Sandy but I'm not sure it's the right version,

but John Travolta sang it in Grease so I'm hoping it's John Travolta.

John Travolta, you're saying, singing Sandy.

Here's your red Line. Let's see, John Travolta, Sandy.

Is that right and if it is, how many people said it? Good luck.

Absolutely right.

And you're through to the next round. Very well done.

21. Takes your total up to 40, the lowest total of the round.

-Very well done indeed.

-Very well played, Annette.

That was a risk well worth taking.

Number two hit from 1978. It's from Grease, of course.

Sam.

You are on 52. The high scorers at the moment are Robert and Sally on 73.

If you can score 20 or less, you are through to the next round.

Robyn is shaking her head. Prove her wrong. Talk us through the board.

There was only two on there I knew.

I knew Lyla and then there's an obvious one at the bottom

which everybody has avoided - Billie Jean, which I think is Michael Jackson.

I think that's going to be too high.

So I think I'll have to take a guess.

I think it's the only way I might get through.

I'm going to say Angie.

Er... Billy Joel.

Angie. Billy Joel. Sounds good to me. There's your red line.

Angie, Billy Joel.

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

Who knows. Maybe it is.

Bad luck.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which scores you 100 points.

That takes your total up to an unbeatable 152. Sorry, Sam.

-Unlucky, Sam. Do you know who Angie is by?

-No.

Rolling Stones.

That would've scored you 16 points. It would've been a great answer.

Billie Jean would not have saved you

but it would have scored a pretty hefty 83 points.

Carrie-Anne is by The Hollies. That would have scored you five.

And the best answer on the board is Diana. Any idea on that?

-No.

-Paul Anka. That would've scored you four points.

Very well done if you got Carrie-Anne or Diana. Best answers on the board.

Thank you very much, Richard.

The end of our first round, the losing pair with the highest score...

Oh, Robyn and Sam!

You're our returners, our returning pair. That was just hard, though.

You didn't know anything and you did exactly the right thing,

you didn't go for the answer you knew would be a high scorer.

Round two last time, round one this time.

Sam and Robyn, I'm afraid it's goodbye.

Thank you so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

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

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

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

Our category for round two is Formula 1.

The only people who don't look distraught by that are the two Andrews.

Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first?

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many nationalities

of Formula 1 world champions as they could. Richard.

We're looking for any nationality, other than British, of any person

who's been Formula 1 world racing champion

from 1951 all the way through to 2011, please.

-Very best of luck.

-OK. Now then, Annette.

-Is this a good category for you?

-No.

No, it's not. I'm trying to think of some world champions I do know.

-I'll go with Brazilian.

-Brazilian.

OK, let's see if that's a correct answer and if it is,

let's see how many of our 100 people said Brazilian.

Absolutely right.

37.

APPLAUSE

37 for Brazilian.

Well played, Annette. That's damage limitation.

Three Brazilian world champions. Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet and Emerson Fittipaldi.

Andrew D. What is the most obscure nationality of a Formula 1 champion you can think of?

I've got a couple of ideas but there's a distinct chance they'll be wrong.

Quite a high score, first. I think I'll play it safe and say German.

Sally. Every time when Andrew gives an answer,

Sally has this tick where she goes, "Gah!"

LAUGHTER

OK, you're going to play it safe.

-And say German.

-And say German.

Play it safe and say German.

Well let's see if that's a correct answer and if so,

let's see how many of our 100 people said German.

It's right.

56.

APPLAUSE

56. That's all kinds of safe, 56.

Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel are the two German world champions.

OK, Sally.

They're the only two that I knew, so I'll have to have a guess.

I'll go for Italy.

-Italy.

-Yes.

-Italian.

OK, Sally is saying Italian. Let's see if that's right, and if it is,

let's see how many people said it.

There you are. Andrew D did you a favour.

22.

APPLAUSE

You see? The same score as round one, the lowest score of the pass.

They love Formula 1 in Italy, but have only ever had two world champions,

and the last time was 1953.

Haven't had a world champion in nearly 60 years. Isn't that amazing?

Isn't that amazing? Thank you very much.

We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

22, Sally. Lovely position that Andrew forced you into.

Otherwise you'd have said German and you'd be the highest scorers!

And then up to 37, where we find Annette and Sue,

and then up to 56, where we see the Andrews.

Very high score courtesy of your German answer there.

Andrew B, you have a job to do in the next pass

to make sure we see you after this round.

OK, good luck with that.

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

We're looking for the nationalities of Formula 1 champions.

Robert, thanks to Sally's answer, you're looking very strong on 22.

The high scorers are the Andrews on 56,

which means if you can score 33 or less,

you are through to the next round comfortably.

I'm torn between what I think is probably a safe answer

and one that I think is right...

I believe Graham Hill was a New Zealander.

New Zealand.

Sally's brow is knitted, I'm not going to lie to you, Robert.

There's your red line. Graham Hill. Was he a New Zealander?

Let's find out.

It's true! He was! Look at that!

Very, very well done indeed.

That's a great answer. Robert, look at that!

APPLAUSE

A spectacular answer. The best score of the game so far.

-Takes your total up to 24.

-Robert, can I ask you a question?

Do you have any lucky paperclips?

LAUGHTER

I must have but I didn't know about it.

You really must have, cos Graham Hill was born in North London,

but 1967 world Formula 1 champion Denny Hulme was born in New Zealand.

LAUGHTER

-Still, fortune favours the brave.

-Doesn't it! Anyway.

Thank you very much, Richard. What a great answer. Brilliant.

Andrew B. You know what you have to do.

We need a very low score from you.

You're the high scorers on 56 at the moment.

I've got a few obscure ones, I think.

I am pretty sure Mika Hakkinen won it in the 1990s

and I'll say Finnish.

Finnish. Let's see if that's right and if it is,

let's see how many people said Finnish. No red line for you.

Yep. Absolutely right.

14.

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14, Andrew, takes your total up to 70. Richard.

Three Finnish world champions. Mika Hakkinen won it twice.

Kimi Raikkonen, and Keke Rosberg as well.

Sue. Now then, the high scorers at the moment are the Andrews on 70.

You're on 37, which means 32 or less will keep you in the game.

You can do your thinking out loud if you like.

What I'm thinking is that my husband will be sat at home shouting at the television.

-Don't think about that so much, no.

-And I haven't got a clue.

Because as Annette says...

A reasoned guess, then.

I think Niki Lauda might have done and I think he might've been Austrian.

There's your red line, Sue. Niki Lauda, Austrian.

Austrian is all we need. Let's see if that's right,

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

It's right!

You've done it! It's still going down, 13.

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13 takes your total up to a nice round 50. Richard.

Very well played.

You've actually got the lowest score of any of the teams that haven't

had a fluke in one of their answers, which is terrific.

Niki Lauda was three-time world champion.

Jochen Rindt was also an Austrian world champion.

There's no pointless answers at all.

The best answer, actually, we've already had from Robert, which was New Zealand.

South African, Jody Scheckter won the world title. He was for three points.

Canadian would've scored eight, Jacques Villeneuve.

Let's look at the most popular answers.

Spanish would've scored you 30.

Annette gave us the next one up, Brazilian.

And we've already seen the one right at the top, Andrew gave us German.

Other answers you could've given - American, Argentinian, Australian and French.

Very well done if you got all of those at home.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score -

it's the Andrews.

Andrew B, Andrew D, we look forward to seeing you next time.

It's been great having you. Sorry we have to say goodbye so soon.

Great contestants.

APPLAUSE

But for the remaining two pairs,

it's about to get more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Sue and Annette, Sally and Robert.

You are now only one round away from the final

and a chance to play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £5,500.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Obviously, only one pair can play for that money

so to decide which pair, you're now going to go head-to-head on the best of three questions.

That means the first pair to win two questions will be playing

for that jackpot, and you are now allowed to confer.

Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, here comes your first question.

It concerns UK Foreign Secretaries. Richard.

We're going to show you five photos of people who've been appointed Foreign Secretary.

-Can you name the most obscure?

-OK, thanks, Richard.

Let's reveal our five Foreign Secretaries, and here they come.

There we are. Sue and Annette played best throughout the show so far,

so you get to go first.

We're struggling a bit on this one.

We're going to try A, he's now Lord Carrington.

Lord Carrington. A, Lord Carrington.

Now then, Sally and Robert. Lord Carrington has been said.

You can also have another crack at A. You can talk out-loud.

We're recognising faces but can't put names to them,

which is a nuisance.

William Hague. We'll go for B and William Hague.

You'll say B, William Hague.

We have Sue and Annette saying A is Lord Carrington.

Let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said it.

-It's absolutely right. Very, very well done.

-Brilliant.

Brilliant. There's your reward.

APPLAUSE

13 for Lord Carrington. Great answer.

Sally and Robert are saying B, William Hague.

Let's see how many people said B was William Hague.

It's obviously right.

Yes. 65. Sue and Annette, very well done for taking that risk.

It's paid off because after one question, you are ahead 1-0.

Lord Carrington was Mrs Thatcher's first Foreign Secretary.

William Hague, David Cameron's first Foreign Secretary.

C would've won you the point.

C was Jim Callaghan's Foreign Secretary, Tony Crosland.

He would've scored you one point, so he would've been a terrific answer.

Well done to anyone who said that at home.

D, Margaret Beckett, who was Foreign Secretary under Tony Blair,

and she took over from E. He would've scored you 42 points.

William Hague, the biggest answer on the board there.

Thanks very much, Richard. Here comes your second question.

Sally and Robert, we need you to win this question,

if you're going to stay in the game.

It concerns...

Merseyside.

We're going to show you five clues to facts about Merseyside, Liverpool, and its environs.

Can you give us the answer to the most obscure of these, please?

Let's reveal our five clues to fact about Merseyside.

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Five clues to facts about Merseyside.

Sally and Robert, you go first this time.

Well, we think the football team named the Toffees is Everton.

Everton.

OK, you're going to say Everton for the Toffees.

Sue and Annette.

Well, we know Knotty Ash's leader of the Diddymen is Ken Dodd.

But that's probably fairly high-scoring, isn't it?

The artist of the statues on Crosby Beach...

I went to see them last year, and I can't remember his name at all!

It's completely gone! I'm racking my brains.

The four-time PM... I don' think we know that one either, do we?

So we're going to have to go with Ken Dodd, yeah?

We'll have to go with Ken Dodd. It's the only answer we do know.

Yeah, Knotty Ash's leader of the Diddymen, Ken Dodd.

Knotty Ash's leader of the Diddymen, Ken Dodd. OK.

So we have the Toffees, Everton.

Are you sure, or is that a bit of a punt?

-I think I've heard it.

-You're pretty sure of that.

Sally and Robert are saying Toffees is a nickname for Everton.

Let's see if that's right,

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

-Ooh, 69.

-Oh, no!

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69 for Everton.

So Sue and Annette, you have named Ken Dodd as Knotty Ash's

leader of the Diddymen. Ken Dodd.

It's right. Will it go down below...

oh, ho-ho! Wow!

THEY LAUGH

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Ah, this is the best outcome!

Much more exciting!

So that means, Sally and Robert,

after two questions, you are absolutely even.

1-all. Richard?

Yes, that lucky paperclip again!

Let's take a look at the other three answers.

They all would have won the point.

The model village was built by William Lever of Lever Bros

and later, Unilever, Port Sunlight.

It would've scored ten points.

The artist of the statues of Crosby Beach,

the same sculptor who did the Angel of the North.

-She's remembered now!

-Antony Goulman?

Antony Gormley.

So you wouldn't have got it, I'm afraid.

Two points, that would have scored you.

Would have seen you safely through.

And the four-time PM born on Rodney Street in Liverpool

is William Gladstone.

And that would've scored you one. So very well done

to anyone who got all five of those.

Thank you, Richard. Here is your third question.

Your decider. Whoever wins this goes to the final

and plays for that jackpot.

Here it comes.

OK, it concerns...

..Famous Architects.

We're going to show you the names of five architects,

but we're only showing you the first letters

and last letters of each of their names.

Can you fill in the gaps, please?

So let's reveal our five architects with bits missing.

So we have...

I'll read them one last time.

Five architects. Now then, Sue and Annette,

you go first this time.

We only know the top two,

and I think the second one is more obvious.

So we'll go for the top one, which is Norman Foster.

OK, you're going to say Norman Foster.

Sally and Robert.

Well...

-Christopher Wren.

-We recognise Christopher Wren, the second one.

But we're going for the bottom one,

which is Frank Lloyd Wright.

Frank Lloyd Wright. OK.

So we have Norman Foster and we have Frank Lloyd Wright.

This will decide who leaves us this round,

and who goes through to the final to play for that jackpot.

Now, in the order they were given, Sue and Annette

have gone for Norman Foster. Norman Foster.

Let's see if that's right,

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

Yep, it's right.

Wow, ten!

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Ten for Norman Foster.

That's low!

Yeah, lower than I thought it would be!

Sally and Robert have gone for Frank Lloyd Wright at the bottom there.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is,

let's see how many people said Frank Lloyd Wright.

It's right.

It has to go down below ten.

Will it do that?

Ooh!

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-21!

Wow, 21 for Frank Lloyd Wright.

Which means, after three questions, Sue and Annette,

you are through to the final, 2-1.

Very well played.

Norman Foster designed London City Hall,

the Gherkin, Stansted Airport.

To fill in the rest of them, Christopher Wren, absolutely right.

But it would've scored you a fairly hefty 43.

That next one down looks rude!

It's actually Frank Gehry,

who designed the Guggenheim in Bilbao, as well as many other things.

It would've scored six points.

And this one is the best answer on the board by a mile.

It's the Brazilian architect, Oscar Niemeyer,

who designed a lot of Brasilia.

Like the president's palace and all sorts of buildings there.

And he would've scored you two points.

Very well done to anybody who got those.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So, the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, Sally and Robert.

I suppose it's because it was... his middle name was spelt out.

I suppose that must be the reason.

I thought you were going to run away with that one.

I thought so!

We'll look forward to seeing you next time, Sally and Robert.

And I have every confidence you will

make it through to the head-to-head again.

Anyway, thanks very much for playing. Great contestants.

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For Sue and Annette, it's time for our Pointless final.

Well, congratulations, Sue and Annette,

you have fought off all the competition and you have won

our coveted Pointless trophy. Well done!

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £5,500.

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The rules are very simple.

To win, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

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

You only have to find one, and you will leave with that £5,500.

First thing, you've got to choose a category.

You can choose from these five options. They are...

Horse Racing, Carry On Stars,

Statistics, Playwrights, Pop Stars.

What do you think?

Do you know any Carry On stars?

-No, Carry On was never...

-Nothing.

Shall we go pop stars, then?

Pop stars, I think.

You're going to go pop stars?

-By default, yes!

-Very best of luck!

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many

solo UK top 40 hits by members of the Spice Girls as they could.

Richard?

We're looking for any UK top 40 single to feature

Geri Halliwell, Victoria Beckham,

Mel C, Mel B, or Emma Bunton, up to the end of 2011,

outside of their work with The Spice Girls.

Very, very best of luck.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

and all you need to win that £5,500

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

Can you think of any?

I know Mel C did one with Bryan Adams,

but I can't remember what it was called.

Baby, When You're Gone? That was the first line.

# Baby, when you're gone. #

-I can't think.

-Geri Halliwell?

I don't remember her doing anything.

Emma Bunton? Posh Spice? Nope.

Geri Halliwell, I can...

She didn't do It's Raining Men or something like that? A cover of it?

We'll try it. Let's try that one.

And who's the other one? I've forgotten her name.

Emma Bunton did one.

Scary Spice...

I've no idea what Scary Spice did.

She did a collaboration with somebody,

because she married somebody, didn't she? I think.

-Yeah.

-Ten seconds left.

-So we've got...

-Baby, When You're Gone.

We'll need to make one up.

-It's Raining Men, and...

-Forever.

OK, that's time.

Now, we were looking for UK top 40 solo hits

by members of the Spice Girls.

I now need your three answers.

Well, we've got two.

Baby, When You're Gone. Is that right?

-Baby, When You're Gone.

-Yes, which Mel C did with Bryan Adams.

If that's the correct title of it.

And we're hoping Geri Halliwell covered It's Raining Men.

It's Raining Men.

And we haven't got a clue for the third one,

-so we're going to say, Forever.

-Forever.

-It's a great name for a song!

-That's what I thought!

Quite often when people are wrong and under the spotlight,

they really do come up with something terrible!

-THEY LAUGH

-Forever.

Perfectly plausible!

Of those three, which do you think

is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Probably the Mel C one.

-Baby, When You're Gone.

What's your least... We'll put Forever at the top.

OK, and we've got It's Raining Men in the middle.

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

We've got Forever, It's Raining Men,

and Baby, When You're Gone.

So we were looking for solo UK top 40 hits

by members of the Spice Girls.

Forever was the one you've made up!

But it sounds so plausible! What if it's right?

What if it's right and pointless?!

It would be a miracle!

It hasn't happened yet! But maybe today's the day!

You only have to find one pointless answer

to win that £5,500 jackpot.

OK, let's see if Forever was a single

and if it was, let's see if anyone said it.

Oh, what a shock (!)

So, no former member of the Spice Girls

sang a song called Forever.

And, frankly, more fool them!

LAUGHTER

An incorrect answer, so therefore not pointless.

You only have two more shots at today's jackpot.

£5,500! Now that's an exciting jackpot!

Annette, what would you do with that?

I think I'd go on a holiday with that one.

And maybe a designer bag. A little treat.

I should think a designer bag,

at the very least, yes. Sue?

I think I'd have a holiday as well.

I could do with a nice holiday. Somewhere hot.

Somewhere hot. Best of luck.

We are looking for solo UK top 40 hits by members of the Spice Girls.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, It's Raining Men.

-This is a bit of a punt.

-Yeah.

Let's find out if it's right. It then has to be pointless,

for you to win the jackpot of £5,500. Let's see.

It's Raining Men. Is it right? How many people said it?

It is right! So, Forever was an incorrect answer.

It's Raining Men, back on track. A correct answer.

Still going down, into the 20s, into the teens...

ooh, 11!

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11!

-That's more like it!

-Yeah!

You only have one more chance to win the jackpot.

Everything is now riding on

Baby, When You're Gone.

-Now, Annette, you remembered this.

-Yeah, I remember

because I'm a Bryan Adams fan.

But I don't know whether that's the correct title.

We're looking for solo UK top 40 hits by members of the Spice Girls.

Your third and final answer, Baby, When You're Gone,

was your most confident answer.

You reckon this was your best shot at a pointless.

It has to be right, and be pointless

if you're going to win that jackpot.

So, for £5,500, how many people said Baby, When You're Gone? Good luck!

Oh, no!

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Well, we will discover from Richard in a moment why that was wrong.

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find

that all-important pointless answer,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £5,500,

which rolls over onto the next show.

You've been brilliant contestants,

and you do get to take home our Pointless trophy.

So very well done.

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-Richard?

-It's just called When You're Gone. Bryan Adams and Mel C.

But it would have scored you four points anyway.

But let's take a look at some pointless answers.

A Mind Of Its Own, by Victoria Beckham.

Geri's number one hit, Bag It Up, was a pointless answer.

You must remember Emma Bunton's Crickets Sing For Anamaria?!

LAUGHTER

Feels So Good, that's a Mel B top five hit.

Here It Comes Again, that was Mel C.

And I'll Be There, that was Emma.

All of those, top ten hits.

Lift Me Up, another Geri number one single.

Not Such An Innocent Girl, that was Posh Spice.

Ride It, that's another top ten hit for Geri.

Other top ten hits you could have had,

Calling by Geri, Next Best Superstar by Mel C as well.

Very well done if you said any of those at home.

Well, unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you,

but it has been wonderful having you on. Thank you both for playing.

-BOTH: Thank you!

-Very well done.

APPLAUSE

Well, unfortunately, Sue and Annette didn't win today's jackpot,

so it rolls over.

Which means on the next show,

we will be playing for £6,500.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Join us next time to see if someone can win.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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