Episode 65 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless -

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

APPLAUSE

Now, welcome back Mike and Catherine,

you were on our show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final,

this is your second chance.

Remind us how you know each other, Mike.

Well, we know each other because I met Catherine's daughter Kelly

on a bus a few years ago, and we fell in love, and got married.

So, we're mother-in-law and son-in-law.

Remind us what happened last time, Catherine.

-Oh, well, we did very well in the first round.

-Hmm.

-Yeah, we did.

And then we had to go to a head-to-head

when we came to the three, the set of three, and, erm, we lost that.

That's right, a tie in our second round.

It was a tough second round, that, wasn't it?

-It was very tough.

-Clearly, we thought so.

-TV question.

That was last time, what are we hoping is going to come up today?

Mike, what's going to be great for you?

Some sport would be great, biology, possibly, would be good -

I'm doing an Open University degree in biology.

Brilliant.

Catherine, what would you like to see today?

Erm, cookery and, er...food, drink,

also anything about animals or nature.

Very good. It's great to have you back on the show.

I think you were unlucky last time

so we are expecting great things of you this time.

Next we welcome back Jimmy and Sara. You were also on the show last time. Remind us how you know each other.

Erm, we met at university, in halls.

-In halls. And where at University, Sara?

-Exeter.

Now then, Sara, in your own words, tell us what happened last time.

I'm not going to lie, bit of a disaster!

Our newest members of the 200 club.

-Yeah, Olympics, who needs them?

-Yeah!

-Well, I know who didn't!

-LAUGHTER

Anyhow, Jimmy, today, new show, what are you hoping is going to come up?

Maybe names of insects in Spanish?

TITTERING

Why just insects in Spanish?

Because I worked in two primary schools, when I worked in Spain last year,

and for primary school children that is the key subject

-that they need to learn, so...

-OK, right.

-..that would be great,

-that would be great.

-Excellent.

-Sarah, anything in particular you would like?

-Music would be good.

I think we're both quite good at, well, '80s music at least.

'80s music? You like your big rock bands, though, don't you?

Bon Jovi I remember you saying was a...was a favourite of yours.

Yes, any '80s rock bands. We go to a lot of gigs.

-Spend a lot of money on them!

-OK, what was the last gig you went to?

Er...the last gig I went to was...

Steel Panther, Motley Crue and Def Leppard.

Good going! Very good indeed. Jimmy, were you there too?

-No, but my last gig was Tom Jones!

-LAUGHTER

-Wow!

-It was great. I sang along all the words to Sex Bomb

and the women around me waved their knickers in the air.

It was just like you would imagine!

-Do they bring them and get them out of their bags?

-I don't know.

-Or...quite a lot of this going on?

-LAUGHTER

I really hope they were spares!

-Oh, you think they're pogoing - they're not!

-LAUGHTER

Well, very best of luck to the pair of you.

It's great to have you back, I hope we see more of you than last time.

And next we welcome Allan R and Amanda.

How do you two know each other?

Well, I've known Amanda all her life, Amanda is my daughter.

-Very good. And where you from, Amanda?

-I'm from Brentwood, Essex.

YOU'RE from Brentwood. Allan, where are you from?

I'm from Rayleigh, Essex, Southend.

Now then, Allan R, what do you do?

I'm retired now.

I retired but I've now gone back to work two days a week, as an accountant,

and the other three days a week I'm probably my wife's housework slave,

I think is about the best way to put it, so...!

OK. Amanda, what do you do?

I work in recruitment for the automotive industry.

What do you like to get up to when you're not doing that, Amanda?

Erm, I like the cinema, I enjoy the cinema, erm...

Favourite kinds of film?

Comedies, dramas, erm, my boyfriend doesn't like horrors,

although I do, so I have to wait for them to come out on DVD.

-Or watch them on your own?

-Yeah.

OK, well, we'll see what the big man has in store for us

but very, very best of luck. Great to have you here.

And, finally, we've got Alan C and David.

-How do you know each other?

-We work together.

And where's that, Alan?

-We work at an RAF base in a retail furniture store.

-Whereabouts is it?

-It's in Norfolk.

-In Norfolk. So, that's not a Norfolk accent?

-No, it's not.

-No, it's absolutely not.

-Where are you from, Alan?

-Suffolk, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, I can just hear the... TITTERING

-Originally, I'm from Philadelphia, PA - Pennsylvania.

-Right.

I retired from the military about 16 years ago and stayed in England.

Very good.

And, David, what do you do in the furniture store?

I build a bit of furniture now and again.

So, some cabinet-making...?

I wouldn't call it cabinet-making, that's dressing it up a bit, really.

-Building flat-pack furniture.

-Basically, hammering.

A bit of hammering, bit of sawing...

-Some of them are cabinets. Yeah, let's say cabinet making!

-LAUGHTER

Anything you'd like to see come up, Alan? What are you hoping to see?

Erm, film, sport...

geography would be good.

David, what do you want to see come up today?

What's going to be great for you?

Music would be good, films, again, horror films, terrible horror films.

We'll discover what Richard has in store for us.

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

Best of luck to you, Alan and David.

There's only one person left for me to introduce.

The sex change didn't go well

so he is still my Pointless friend Richard.

Hiya.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-How are you?

-I am very well, thank you.

-Excellent.

We've got two returning pairs from last time, haven't we?

Jimmy and Sara, who we still haven't had the opportunity

to give us a correct answer at any point,

so it would be lovely to see if they can scramble one today.

-If they pull that off that would be great.

-Then Catherine and Mike,

-who also has a fairly high-scoring afternoon, didn't they?

-They did.

-I think, members of our 300 club.

-Yeah.

Erm, should have fun today.

Round Two, Round Two we're going to go a bit highbrow, OK?

We don't do it often.

-Wow.

-Yeah.

You know, sometimes we have Round Ones where lots of people score 100?

Round One might happen, might happen.

Could go either way, Round One.

Anyone who wants to leave now, you're very welcome, I'm not... LAUGHTER

Wow, I'm looking forward to it already. Thanks, Richard.

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

but we're looking for the obscure answers that they didn't get

to stay in the game with a chance to win our jackpot.

What our players have to do is score as few points as they possibly can.

What everyone's trying to do, of course,

is to find a pointless answer.

That's an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

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

So, today's jackpot starts off at £11,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Now, in this first round each of you must give me 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 avoid those if you can.

OK, our first category this afternoon is Movie Stars.

So far so good.

Can you all decide who is going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

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

Here it comes, we gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Samuel L Jackson films as they could. Richard.

We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release

in which Samuel L Jackson has received an acting credit prior to the beginning of 2012.

As always, no TV films, short films, documentaries, that sort of thing, but voice performances to count.

Very, very best of luck.

OK, thanks very much, Richard.

Now then, Mike and Catherine, you all drew lots before the show

and today you are going first.

Oh, I've probably got this wrong but I'm going to say Independence Day.

-Independence Day.

-Yeah.

-Independence Day, let's see if that's right.

And, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Independence Day.

Oh, and so it begins.

Unfortunately, an incorrect answer, Catherine.

I'm afraid that scores you 100 points, I'm sorry. Richard.

Sorry, Catherine, tough on that first podium. Will Smith, amongst many others, in Independence Day.

Now then. Jimmy?

Yeah, I'm going to go for Snakes On A Plane.

Snakes On A Plane, says Jimmy.

Let's see if that's right

and if it is let's see how many said Snakes On A Plane.

He's right!

23!

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Not bad at all, Jimmy. 23 for Snakes On A Plane.

Yeah, well done, Jimmy,

he plays an FBI agent on a plane full of deadly snakes.

So, remember, we're looking for Samuel L Jackson films.

Now then, Amanda.

Erm, I have two.

I know one's definitely right but I think it's going to be quite high

and the other on I'm 50/50 on whether it is right.

I'm going to take a chance and I'm going to say Leon.

-Leon.

-Hmm.

So, Amanda is saying Leon.

Let's see if that's right

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

Oh, bad luck, Amanda.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

That scores you 100 points, sorry.

Not the first hundred points of the round though.

From 1994, Leon, Luc Besson film. Jean Reno is the star of it, but no Samuel L Jackson.

Now then, David.

I've got quite a few I can mention that I think might be pointless.

But I'm going to play it safe with one I definitely know he's in.

-HE SPLUTTERS

-Take a punt. What does it say on the screen in front of you?

I still think it's going to be pointless, but not as pointless as the others.

LAUGHTER

It's popular, but I don't think many people would think of him being in it.

He's only in it for seconds. I'm going to say True Romance.

True Romance, says David. That's a great answer.

Let's see if it's right,

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

It's right.

APPLAUSE

It scores you two, David. Not a bad score at all.

-Two for True Romance.

-Well played, David. Good answer.

The Tony Scott film, written by Quentin Tarantino. He has a very small part in that. As Big Don.

We're halfway through the round. Let's have a look at those scores.

David and Alan looking very strong after David's score of two.

Then we come up to 23, where we find Jimmy and Sara.

And then all the way up to 100, where Catherine and Mike

and Amanda and Allan R are.

Allan R and Mike, it's going to be a tussle between you two to see who stays with us

and who leaves at the end of the round. Best of luck.

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

We're looking for Samuel L Jackson films. Alan C, you're on two.

The high scorers, Allan and Amanda, Mike and Catherine,

are on 100, which means a score of 97 or less will see you through.

I know a few of them. I'm going with one of my favourites, Unbreakable.

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

There's your red line. Lovely and high.

It's right and you're through.

Where will it stop?

-Eight.

-APPLAUSE

That takes your total up to ten.

-Well played, Alan. Alan and David are good, aren't they?

-Yeah.

It's from 2000, a superhero thriller.

Allan R, you are the joint high scorers.

-We have the real contest happening right now.

-Not good.

Samuel L Jackson, not one of my favourite stars.

I'm going to have to go for Pulp Fiction.

You're going for Pulp Fiction.

There is no red line for you because you're the joint high scorers.

Let's see how many people said Pulp Fiction.

It's right.

-32.

-APPLAUSE

32 takes your total up to 132.

You did exactly what you had to do there and avoided 100. Well played.

He was Oscar-nominated for his role in that Quentin Tarantino movie.

-We are looking for Samuel L Jackson films.

-Sara, you are on 23.

You are through to the next round whatever happens.

If you score 100 points, you won't overtake the current high scorers

of Allan and Amanda on 132.

-So, bearing that in mind, have you got an answer?

-I have.

It's a film that I've seen an awful lot

and every time anyone mentions Samuel L Jackson, I just picture

the scene with the arm on the shoulder.

-I'm going to say Jurassic Park.

-Jurassic Park.

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

No red line for you for the best reason, you're already through.

It's right.

Wow! Very well done.

Our second lowest score of the entire round so far.

Four for Jurassic Park, takes your total up to 27. Very well done.

Well done. Very famous film, but very low score.

He plays the head technician of Jurassic Park.

He meets an untimely end at the hands of a velociraptor.

Mike, now then.

The high scorers at the moment are Allan R and Amanda on 132.

You're on 100.

If you can score 31 or less, you are through to the next round.

I'm going to try another Quentin Tarantino film.

I'm not 100% sure he was in this film. I'm going to say Jackie Brown.

Jackie Brown. There is your red line.

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

Jackie Brown, is it right, how many people said it?

Absolutely right. And a brilliant answer, if I may say, Mike.

And it sees you through. Look at that, six!

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-Very well done. Take your total up to 106. Richard.

-Well played, Mike.

Plays Ordell Robbie, a gunrunner in that film.

At one point, Samuel L Jackson was the biggest-grossing movie star

in the history of films, if you add together all his films.

He was Mace Windu in the first three episodes of the Star Wars films.

All of them would have scored less than ten points as well.

There is a bunch of pointless answers as well, as you might imagine.

Well done to anybody who said 1408. Based on a Stephen King short story.

Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing, Sphere.

Johnny Suede, with Brad Pitt.

Kill Bill: Vol 2 would have been a pointless answer,

another Tarantino movie. Kiss Of Death.

Lakeview Terrace, Mo' Better Blues and Rules Of Engagement.

Well done if you said any of those. There's other ones as well.

Captain America. Menace II Society. The Other Guys, the Will Ferrell film.

Let's take a look at the biggest answers, the ones that most said.

Shaft, with 15, was third.

Snakes On A Plane, that Jimmy gave us, 23 points,

and Allan gave us the top answer, Pulp Fiction, with 32.

At the end of the first round, the losing pair with the highest score is Allan R and Amanda.

-Pulp Fiction, quite a surprisingly low score.

-I had that as my answer.

-I thought it would be a lot higher than that.

-Anyway, we look forward to seeing you again next time.

-Meanwhile, thanks for playing. Great to have you on the show.

-APPLAUSE

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

There's only room for two pairs in head-to-head round, one of the teams

in front of me now will be leaving at the end of this round.

Your category for round two is:

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

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

OK, our second-round question concerns:

-Richard.

-We're going to give you a list of six pieces of classical music on each pass.

Who composed each one? An obscure answer will score you fewer points,

an incorrect answer will score you 100.

12 in all to get at home to prove your highbrow credentials.

Thanks. We are looking for the composers of these classical pieces of music

and we have got:

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are.

Six pieces of classical music and you are going to try and supply

the name of the composer of the most obscure one you can think of.

-Now then, Mike.

-I'm from the school of classical music appreciation

which involves saying things like, "It's from that advert!"

But I do know a few, I think. So I'll go for Bolero and Ravel.

Ravel, says Mike, for Bolero. Let's see if that's right

and, if it is, how many people knew that answer.

-45.

-APPLAUSE

-45 for Maurice Ravel.

-Very well done.

Most famously used for Torvill and Dean's routine in Sarajevo.

They also play a version of it, quite a good version, before Fulham's games.

-Do they?

-Yes.

-Is that one of the reasons why you know it?

-Yes.

-Right.

-Jimmy. How does that board look to you?

-Amazing.

I'm going to go from Mozart because he's a big player

and I'll pair him up with Flight Of The Bumblebee.

OK, the Flight Of The Bumblebee, Mozart, says Jimmy.

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

Bad luck. Big player, yes.

Big player and writer of Flight Of The Bumblebee, no.

-I'm afraid that scores you 100 points.

-Sorry, Jimmy.

But you're right, Mozart is very much one of the big players.

-He's the Don of those guys.

-Yeah.

We're looking for the composers of these pieces of classical music.

Now then, David.

I'll just take a wild stab

-in the dark at Carmen by Handel.

-OK.

Carmen by Handel, says David. Let's see if that's right

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

Bad luck. An incorrect answer, which scores you 100 points.

I suspect it may not be the last of the round either.

-Another one of the big players though.

-Certainly.

Would you like to have a go at some of these on this board?

-I'll have a crack at it.

-Nessun Dorma?

-Puccini.

-Absolutely right.

Sorcerer's Apprentice? It's quite tough. The music used in Fantasia,

-most famously, in popular culture.

-I have no idea.

-Dukas.

-OK.

-Would have scored you three. The New World Symphony?

-Dvorak.

-Absolutely right. Carmen?

-Bizet.

-Quite right.

And the Flight Of The Bumblebee? Not Mozart but...? Rimsky-Korsakov.

-Exactly, yes.

-There we go, scored five points.

We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.

Mike and Catherine,

looking very strong indeed on a lovely low score of 45.

Jimmy and Sara, David and Alan, looking not so good

on a very high score, a shared high score, of 100.

Alan and Sara, it's going to be between you to see who stays

with us for the head-to-head and who leaves at the end of the round.

Very best of luck.

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

OK, we're going to put six more classical pieces of music on the board and here they come.

We have got:

I'll read those all one last time.

We're looking for the composers of these pieces of music

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

Alan C, you're the joint high scorers on 100 points.

You just have to hope you can score as little as possible here.

-Do you know any of those?

-No.

-I'm going to go 1812 Overture, Chopin.

-OK, Chopin.

1812 overture.

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

No red line for you because you are the high scorers.

Bad luck.

An incorrect answer, which scores you 100 points

and takes your total up to 200.

We're looking for the composers of these classical pieces. Sara, this is where the contest lies.

-Please tell me you know something on that board.

-I think I do.

-I'm going to say Fur Elise and Beethoven.

-Fur Elise and Beethoven.

The high scorers on 200 are Alan and David, you're on 100.

All you have to score is 99 or less.

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

Absolutely right. Very, very well done, Sara.

-14.

-APPLAUSE

That takes your total up to 114. Well done.

-A short instrumental composed in 1810.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

The great news for you, Catherine and Mike, is that you are through

to the next round, whatever happens. Even if you score 100 points

you will not overtake Alan and David's high score of 200.

-So, Catherine?

-I know that Eine Kleine Nachtmusik is German.

But I'm going to go for Handel's Messiah.

Handel's Messiah, Catherine is saying.

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

No red line for you as you are already through.

Alleluia!

There we are. 42.

APPLAUSE

Takes your total up to 87.

Well done, Catherine.

-We had already established he was one of the big players.

-Yeah.

One of the other big players, Mozart. He was a big player, wasn't he?

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, that was one of his. That was one of his hits.

It would have scored you 19.

Alan, were you not tempted to go for Stars And Stripes Forever?

-I was, but I don't know who did it!

-Do you know Stars And Stripes Forever?

-Sousa.

-Absolutely right. Would have scored you five points.

-1812 Overture? Not Chopin.

-Tchaikovsky.

-Absolutely right. 35.

-And Adagio For Strings?

-Samuel Barber.

-Five points, that would have scored you.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score,

it's Alan C and David. That was a really terrible round for you. You hated that.

-It couldn't have been worse.

-I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you, but we will see you again next time.

I'm sure you'll go much further then. Alan and David, thanks for playing.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Jimmy and Sara, Mike and Catherine.

You are one round away from the final and a chance to play for our jackpot, which stands at £11,000.

APPLAUSE

Only one pair can play for that money.

To decide which pair, you are going head-to-head on the best-of-three questions.

The first to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot, and you're now allowed to confer.

-Let's play the head-to-head.

-APPLAUSE

OK, here is your first question. And it concerns:

We're about to show you five pictures of celebrities

named in the lyrics to Madonna's hit Vogue. Can you name the most obscure of these?

Let's reveal our five Madonna's Vogue celebrities. Here they are. We have got:

There we are. Five celebrities who have featured in Madonna's Vogue.

Jimmy and Sara, you've played best so far. You go first.

I think I know them all. It's a song I know.

We'll go for D, Fred Astaire.

D, Fred Astaire, say Jimmy and Sara. Mike and Catherine?

B, James Dean.

B, James Dean.

OK, we have D, Fred Astaire, B, James Dean.

Jimmy and Sara said D, Fred Astaire.

Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many people said D was Fred Astaire.

Absolutely right.

-54.

-APPLAUSE

54. Mike and Catherine, you have said that B is James Dean.

B, James Dean. Is that right, how many people said it?

It's right. Will it beat 54?

Yes, it will! 53!

Wow!

-APPLAUSE

-Very well done, Mike and Catherine.

53 beats 54. After one question, you are ahead, one-nil.

Jimmy, do you think you can go through that board with your knowledge of Madonna song?

-What do you think A is?

-Is it Bette Davis?

-It is.

That would have won you the points. She would have scored 16. C?

-Is that one Grace Kelly? It's not. Catherine?

-Rita Hayworth.

Absolutely right. She would have scored you 12.

And you won the point anyway, you're OK. And E, Marilyn Monroe, of course.

-She would have scored 92. That's not bad, is it?

-Good for her.

Here is your second question.

Jimmy and Sara, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

Here it comes. It concerns:

We're going to show you the name of five deserts

but we've missed out alternate letters from their names.

Fill in the blanks and pick the most obscure desert.

OK, let's reveal our five deserts with bits missing

and here they come. We have got:

I'll read those all one last time.

Mike and Catherine, you go first this time.

OK, we're going to say Kalahara Desert.

-OK, can I have that one more time?

-The Kalahara Desert.

The Kalahara. OK. Kalahara, say Mike and Catherine.

Jimmy and Sara.

-We're going to go for...

-We think it's Kalahari.

-Kalahari.

Kalahara, say Mike and Catherine. Kalahari, say Jimmy and Sara.

In the order they were given, Kalahara, is it right and how many people said it?

No, bad luck.

Jimmy and Sara, you said Kalahari, all you have to be is right. Let's see if it is.

And it is.

-39.

-APPLAUSE

That means after two questions, you are one apiece. Richard.

Well played. You had to do it. Let's take a look at the rest of them.

The second one down was the Sahara. That would have scored 59.

The one at the top. It's in South America. It's the Atacama.

That would have scored seven.

The one at the bottom, it's a coastal desert in southern Africa.

If I had to make something up, I would say Namib,

as in the Namibia.

That's exactly the right answer. Well done. 15 points.

And H something R, that's the best answer,

it's on the Indian subcontinent, it's the Thar Desert.

That would have scored two. Well done if you knew that.

Thanks, Richard. Here is your third question.

Whoever wins this question goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot of £11,000.

Here it comes, good luck. It concerns:

-Richard.

-We're giving you five clues to facts about Judaism, can you pick the most obscure answer, please?

OK, let's reveal our five clues to facts about Judaism. Here they come. We have got:

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Five clues to facts about Judaism.

You are looking for the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew. Jimmy and Sara.

OK. We're not...

We have a few ideas but we're not 100% on anything.

But we think the Hebrew word meaning my teacher or my master,

-we're going with Rabbi.

-Rabbi, Jimmy and Sara saying Rabbi,

the Hebrew word for my teacher or my master.

Mike and Catherine, you can talk us through the board, if you like.

We think Abraham or Moses. Just talking it through.

-Day of the week on which the Sabbath begins, Saturday?

-Yes.

I believe they worship three times a day.

-Which one are you most sure about?

-I'll have to really think.

-Let's say Saturday, shall we?

-OK.

We'll save the day of the week on which the Sabbath begins, Saturday.

The day of the week on which the Sabbath begins, Saturday.

We have Jimmy and Sara saying Rabbi.

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

It's right.

-30.

-APPLAUSE

30 for Rabbi.

Mike and Catherine, you have said that the Sabbath begins on Saturday.

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

Bad luck, Mike and Catherine. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

It begins Friday night. Sorry.

After three questions, Jimmy and Sara, you are through to the final.

-Richard.

-Yes, the Sabbath begins at sunset on Friday.

It would have scored you 31 points. It wouldn't have won you the point.

-How many times do observant Jews pray in formal worship? What would you have said?

-Three.

That would have scored you seven points.

-Regarded as the first patriarch of the Jewish people?

-Moses.

-Abraham.

He would have scored you 18. The Day of Atonement is Yom Kippur.

It would have scored 18 points.

Thank you very much, Richard.

The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, it's Mike and Catherine.

Round two last time, head-to-head this time, very close run as well.

-Kalahara instead of Kalahari.

-We couldn't decide between it.

-Never mind.

-We were a team.

You were a great team and you've done awfully well.

Thank you so much for playing. Great contestants. Thanks.

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But for Jimmy and Sara, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Jimmy and Sara. You fought off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £11,000.

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You're the great survivors.

You left the show under the shadow of a 200 score last time.

But you bounced back.

In our second round today, you scored 100 points

and yet you survived.

You were one-nil down in the head-to-head and bounced back.

And here you are in the final, with this colossal jackpot.

The rules are very simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer.

We haven't had any pointless answers today.

You only have to find one and you will go home with that £11,000 pot.

First, choose a category. You can choose from these five options. They are:

For me, there's no contest. American boybands.

-I think we will go for American boybands.

-American boybands.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many:

-Richard.

-Any single by New Kids On The Block, Backstreet Boys,

or *NSync that charted in the UK top 40, collaborations do count.

But no solo singles by members of those groups.

That's up to the start of 2012. Best of luck.

You have one minute to come up with three answers and all you need to win that £11,000

is for one of those answers to be pointless.

Are you ready? Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.

If I know them, they're probably the higher ones.

-Larger Than Life, Backstreet Boys.

-I know that one.

-Bye Bye Bye, *NSync.

-If you can think of some that I don't know.

-Girlfriend?

-I don't know that.

-I think it was Girlfriend.

New Kids On The Block is a bit before my time.

-Backstreet Boys songs!

-They did that one with Lulu.

But that would be quite high. Was that Backstreet Boys?

Don't know that. Larger Than Life might be quite low.

-OK.

-You're a girl, you like boybands!

-OK, so Girlfriend.

Girlfriend. Bye Bye Bye.

-And Larger Than Life.

-Can you think of any more?

-New Kids On The Block, do you know any?

-Ten seconds left.

-I only know one.

-What is it?

-Shall we do those three?

-I guess so.

OK.

There's your time up. We were looking for *NSync, Backstreet Boys

and New Kids On The Block UK top 40 singles.

I now need your three answers.

Larger Than Life. Bye Bye Bye.

-And Girlfriend.

-And Girlfriend.

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

-I think Girlfriend.

-I'm not sure it's right. Larger Than Life.

That was on my compilation album, so I know that's definitely right.

OK, we'll put Larger Than Life last. Which is your least likely?

-Bye Bye Bye, I think that's pretty well-known.

-So Bye Bye Bye first.

Bye Bye Bye, Girlfriend, Larger Than Life.

We'll put them on board in that order. Here they are. We have got:

Your first answer, your least likely pointless answer, was Bye Bye Bye.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £11,000.

Let's hope no-one said your first answer. Bye Bye Bye.

Is it right, how many people said it?

Well, it's right. Bye Bye Bye.

If this goes all the way down to zero,

you leave here immediately with £11,000.

It's still going down, into the teens, into single figures.

-Still going down. Four!

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Unfortunately, not a pointless answer, but not bad. Four.

You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

-What would you do with £11,000, Sara?

-That's a lot of money.

-That's a lot of gigs and festivals.

-OK. Jimmy?

That would definitely help me to move to Spain next year and try

and get my dream job of being a translator.

Very best of luck. Let's hope no-one said your next answer, Girlfriend.

It has to be right and pointless if you're going to win that jackpot.

Let's see how many people said Girlfriend.

It's right.

So your first answer, Bye Bye Bye, took us all the way down to four.

Girlfriend, it's still going down, into single figures.

Still going down. Oh!

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One!

One measly person said Girlfriend.

It's all moving in the right direction.

That's cos they're *NSync. They weren't very popular over here,

I don't think, apart from Justin Timberlake.

-Who's the last one by?

-The Backstreet Boys.

-Have you heard of it?

-Yeah.

-That's not a good sign.

-Don't give up.

We are looking for *NSync, Backstreet Boys, New Kids On The Block UK top 40 singles.

Your third and final answer, Larger Than Life. This was your most confident shot.

To win that jackpot, it has to be pointless.

Let's find out if it is. Larger Than Life.

How many people said it?

OK. It's right. Your first answer,

Bye Bye Bye, took us down to four.

Your second answer, Girlfriend, took us down to one.

Larger Than Life is still going down. Down it goes. Oh, no!

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Oh! Bad luck!

-So near.

-Who was it?

-Oh, that's so unfair. Two ones. Bad luck.

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer.

You don't win today's jackpot of £11,000. It rolls over onto the next show.

You've been brilliant contestants. Three great answers. And you get to take home the Pointless trophy.

-Very well done.

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Sorry, guys. There's a huge amount of pointless answers as well.

Top-ten hits, so I hope you don't recognise any of these.

These first three, all top five hits.

Covergirl, New Kids On The Block, I Want You Back, a pointless answer,

New Kids On The Block, I'll Be Loving You (Forever).

I'll Never Break Your Heart by the Backstreet Boys,

Incomplete by the Backstreet Boys, It's Gonna Be Me, *NSync.

Summertime, New Kids On The Block's comeback single in 2008.

Tearin' Up My Heart, *NSync, and Backstreet Boys had a big number three hit with We've Got It Goin' On.

New Kids On The Block, Let's Try Again,

If You Go Away, This One's For The Children.

Backstreet Boys, Just Want You To Know and Anywhere For You.

All of those would have just won you £11,000. Sorry, guys.

-Well done if you got said any of those at home.

-I knew one. But I wouldn't have been able to say it.

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Jimmy and Sara.

-It's been great having you on the show. Thank you for playing.

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Unfortunately, Jimmy and Sara didn't win our jackpot. It rolls over.

On the next show, we'll be playing for £12,000.

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-Join us next time to see

-if someone can win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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