Episode 66 Pointless

APPLAUSE

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

the show that puts obscure knowledge to the test. Let's meet today's players.

Welcome back, Alan C and David. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

Alan C, remind us how you know each other.

We work together at a retail furniture store.

A retail furniture store with a difference though.

-It's at an RAF base.

-That's right, in Norfolk.

-Yes.

David, remind us what happened last time.

We went out on a disgraceful classical music question.

You had Handel as the composer of Carmen.

That was last time, today's a whole new show.

-What are you hoping is going to come up today?

-'60s, '70s music would be real good.

Do you have any sort of interesting hobbies that might give you some good pointless ground?

I spend a lot of time with my grandson and there's another granddaughter on the way.

-That'll keep me busy.

-Wouldn't Alan just be the best grandad?

-Amazing.

-That would be brilliant.

-Are you available for hire?

-Possibly!

Wouldn't it be good to have a wise American grandfather with a long beard?

Just brilliant. A grandfather who looks like he's in ZZ Top.

LAUGHTER

That's just brilliant. Just brilliant.

David, what would you like to see today to atone for the classical music round?

Something about the Mafia maybe?

LAUGHTER

-Menacing.

-Greatest mob hits of the '70s.

-Still quite menacing.

Have you ever killed a man?

-He's not good to say that on BBC One at 5:15.

-He might do. Watch.

-There's still time.

-Welcome back. It's great to have you back on the show.

Let's hope we serve you better with questions this time.

Next, we welcome Richard and Lyn. How do you know each other?

-We've been married for 34 years.

-Many congratulations.

-Where are you from?

-Somerset.

-From Somerset.

-Yes.

-What do you do, Richard?

-Retired.

In your retirement, what do you like to get up to?

Reading, walking when I can, watch a lot of television.

-Listen to music, watch films.

-Do you have favourite books, in particular?

-Crime, maybe.

-Really? OK.

-Again!

-A very warm welcome. It's great to have you on the show. Best of luck.

We welcome Allan R and Amanda. Remind us how you know each other.

-We are father and daughter.

-Amanda, tell us what happened last time.

-It was Samuel L Jackson films.

-That's right.

-I came up with Leon.

I was 50-50 as to whether he was in it, but obviously he wasn't.

Anyway, today is a new show. What are you hoping is going to come up today?

-Only Fools And Horses would be good. Very specific.

-Good to be specific.

-Allan, anything you'd like to see?

-I would like football to come up.

I'm a big Southend United fan. Should I be saying that?

There was a sole Southend fan out there. Either that or someone smuggled an owl into the audience.

-Yes, sport would be good. Crime?

-Funny you should say that,

but I actually take a monthly subscription to a crime magazine as well.

LAUGHTER

We're in the wrong game, Richard.

We're not in the wrong game, we are in the wrong room.

LAUGHTER I think Allan, you're an accountant,

he would be a very good accountant in a proper British gangster film.

The accountants have always got that Essex accent but they're very suave

and come across as very law-abiding and very dapper.

-Exactly.

-Welcome back to the show, Allan R and Amanda.

You were first-round leavers last time.

Let's hope we see much more of you this time. Very best of luck.

And finally, Lucy and Charlotte. How do you know each other?

-We went to school together.

-What do you do now?

-I study film and American studies.

-What do you think your favourite genre of film is at the moment?

I quite like films that have isolated moments of extreme violence in them.

LAUGHTER

-Oh. Leave now.

-No idea.

I've no idea who to back furthest away from.

LAUGHTER

This lot would be the most awesome criminal gang

in the history of the world.

-They've got everything.

-Lucy, what are you doing at the moment?

I'm studying European and international law at the University of Sheffield.

-I think that's verging on the normal.

-No, no.

They always have a lawyer, don't they?

We've got our accountant, we've got our lawyer.

They always have a money person, they always have a lawyer and always have a doctor.

We don't have a doctor.

When one of them gets shot, which will probably happen

before the end of the show, you can't take them to a proper hospital.

Well, listen...

Oh, Lord!

Lucy and Charlotte, welcome to the show.

It's great to have you here. We'll be finding out more throughout the show.

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

the BBC have caved into his wage demands so he's still here,

my pointless friend Richard.

Hiya. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Afternoon.

-Top of the afternoon to you.

-Do you know something about today's show?

It is provably the most terrifying episode of Pointless we've ever had.

Absolutely terrifying. The only person I trust at all is Lyn.

That makes me think she must be the evil mastermind because in the film,

you're thinking, they're all psychopaths apart from Lyn.

-And it was Lyn all along! Are you an evil mastermind, Lyn?

-Yes!

-LAUGHTER

Question one today is the sort of question

that half the people at home will be punching the air in delight

-and the other half will be groaning with despair.

-OK. Thanks very much, Richard.

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

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

To stay in the game, all our players need to do is score as few points as they possibly can.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,

an answer 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. We add another £1,000 to that.

Today's jackpot starts off at £12,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

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

Whichever pair has the highest score will be eliminated.

If anyone gives me an incorrect answer, they will score the maximum of 100 points.

Our first category today is...

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

and who's going to go second? And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

OK, our first question concerns...

We're going to show you the names of seven football grounds.

You need to tell us in which town or city are they situated.

If you give a nice obscure answer, you will score fewer points.

Give us an incorrect answer and you will score 100 points.

-14 in all to have a go at at home.

-Thanks very much indeed.

Alan C and David, you drew lots before the show. Today, you go first.

We're looking for the UK towns or cities which these football grounds are located and we have got...

I'll read them one last time.

-David, what's that board looking like to you?

-It could be worse.

I think I'll go for the Etihad Stadium and that is in Manchester.

Etihad Stadium in Manchester. Let's see if that's right

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

Absolutely right.

-20.

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20 for Manchester.

Well played. Home to Manchester City, of course. Also known as the City Of Manchester Stadium.

Lyn... Lyn, how does that board look to you?

I know one.

So I'm going to say Ashton Gate, Bristol.

Ashton Gate, Bristol, says Lyn. Let's see if that's right

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

-18.

-APPLAUSE

-Very well done. 18 for Ashton Gate, Bristol.

-Well played.

Nice and local to you in Somerset as well. Interestingly, for Amanda,

there's a block of flats behind Ashton Gate, Nelson Mandela House.

So they hold a lot of the Only Fools And Horses Appreciation Society things down at Ashton Gate.

-Filmed in the car park. All sorts of things.

-Thanks very much. Amanda, how is this for you?

-Terrible.

-Really? Do you know any of those?

-I think so.

-I'm going to say Anfield, Liverpool.

-Anfield, Liverpool, says Amanda.

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

Yes.

-Yes, but!

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-Better than a wrong answer. 70 for Liverpool.

-Yes, it's a high-scoring answer but absolutely right.

Home of Liverpool FC. Originally home of Everton, in the 19th century.

-Really?

-Yes.

-Lucy, you're the last person to have this board. Do you have any ideas?

Amanda took my answer, which I was going to give wrong. I thought Anfield was Arsenal in London.

So I'm going to say Hampden Park, Hampden.

LAUGHTER

OK, Hampden Park in Hampden.

Let's see if it's right, Hampden Park, Hampden.

Oh, bad luck. I'm sorry, Lucy.

That's an incorrect answer, which means you score 100 points.

-Can you believe it?

-No.

-Not in Hampden.

It's actually the home of the Scottish national team and Queens Park FC, it's in Glasgow.

It was the largest stadium in the world when it was built in 1903.

It was until 1950. Would have scored 35 points.

Carrow Road, you will know.

-Norwich.

-Your team. That would have scored 27. Pride Park?

-Derby.

It is, well done. Would have scored 29 points. And Home Park?

Home Park is the best answer on the board, Plymouth.

-Very well done if you said Plymouth at home.

-Thanks very much indeed.

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

The best answer of the round was Lyn's.

18. Lovely low score. 18 for Ashton Gate Stadium.

We come up to 20, where we see David and Alan C looking very strong.

Up to 70, Amanda and Allan R,

and then hop up to 100 where we find Lucy and Charlotte.

Quite far ahead of the pack there.

Charlotte, you get first dibs on the next board.

Let's hope it has an answer that you know that's really low scoring.

Good luck. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK, we're going to put seven more football grounds on the board

and here they are. We have got...

I'll read them one last time.

You're looking for the towns or cities in the UK where these football grounds are situated.

As ever, you're trying to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-Charlotte, you're the high scorers. How's the board looking?

-Not good.

I don't know any of them. But I am actually going to guess a place.

So... Yeah, I'm going to guess, I'm going to say Windsor Park

-and say Leicester.

-Windsor Park, Leicester.

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

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

Unfortunately, an incorrect answer.

That scores you 100 points

and takes your total up to an unbeatable 200.

Sorry, Charlotte. But Leicester is a place. So that's good.

-I'm better than you!

-Thanks, Richard. Allan R.

The high scorers are out of reach.

Charlotte and Lucy are way ahead on 200.

Even if you score 100 points, you're still through to the next round.

I think you might have a good low scoring answer.

I've been to at least two of those with Southend United.

Looking through there,

I think I probably pick Fratton Park as Portsmouth.

-I think I'll go for that.

-Fratton Park, Portsmouth, says Allan.

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

No red line for you. You're already through to the next round. Fratton Park, Portsmouth.

-28.

-APPLAUSE

28 takes your total up to 98.

-Richard.

-Yes, home of Portsmouth FC.

Built by Archibald Leitch, the real name of Cary Grant, but not the same one.

Richard, you're on 18, it doesn't matter what you score.

-You're still through to the next round.

-I'm struggling a bit.

-Apart from one. Elland Road, Leeds.

-Elland Road, Leeds, says Richard.

Is it right, how many people said it?

There we are. 49.

-APPLAUSE

-Takes your total up to 67.

Well done. Built in 1897.

Home to Leeds United, previously home to Leeds City, until they were disbanded.

And Alan C, the good news is, you're through to the next round whatever happens.

I think I know a couple of them.

I'm not sure Deva Stadium, I don't have a clue.

I'd like to go with Portman Road, Ipswich.

Portman Road, Ipswich, says Alan C. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, how many people said Ipswich for Portman Road.

Absolutely right.

-Very well done. 18.

-APPLAUSE

-18 takes your total up to a lovely low 38.

-Well played.

Probably the closest team to you in Norfolk.

Let's have a look through the rest of the board. St Mary's Stadium?

-No idea.

-Portsmouth's biggest rivals, that Southampton.

Would have scored you 23. Riverside Stadium?

-It's from your neck of the woods.

-Middlesbrough.

-Absolutely right.

Would have scored 32. Windsor Park?

The home of Linfield and the Northern Ireland football team, Belfast.

The Deva Stadium, you will know if you've got obscure

football knowledge or obscure Roman history knowledge.

It's in Chester.

-Just four points. Well done if you said that.

-Thanks very much.

At the end of the first round, the losing pair with the highest score, Lucy and Charlotte.

-Our latest members of the 200 Club.

-At least we did it in style.

You did, you did it in great style.

Windsor Park, sadly not in Leicester. And most annoyingly, Hampden Park was not in Hampden.

We will see you again next time. We look forward to that very much.

-Thanks so much for playing.

-APPLAUSE

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

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

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

Our category for round two is...

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

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

Let's find out what the question is.

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

-Richard.

-We're looking for any film that had a cinema release for which any

of the six main Friends actors has received an acting credit prior to the end of 2011.

No TV films, short films, documentaries,

but voice performances do count and the six actors are of course,

Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer,

-Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc. Best of luck.

-Good luck everyone. David.

Films starring any of the six main Friends actors.

-I think I got a good one.

-I bet you have!

David Schwimmer was in it, I think he played a schoolteacher,

it was a Bryan Singer film and it was called Apt Pupil.

Apt Pupil. Apt Pupil, says David. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Apt Pupil. It's right.

How far down is it going to go?

All the way! Very well done, David!

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

takes the total up to £12,250.

It scores you nothing. That's a great answer, very well done.

As you said, from 1998, a Bryan Singer movie.

-It's based on a Stephen King short story.

-Lynn.

I'm thinking of a Jennifer Aniston film.

Struggling to think of the title. I'm going to have to say Three Killings.

-Is that a film you'd like to see?

-It's one I've seen.

But I don't think it's the right title.

It doesn't sound like the kind of film she makes but there we are. OK.

She's definitely the boss. Three Killings!

She's essentially just ordered a hit via the television.

Three Killings. Let's see if it's right

and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Three Killings.

Bad luck. That's an incorrect answer,

which means you score 100 points.

Allan. We're looking for films starring the main Friends actors.

Right, I'm sort of struggling, a bit like Lyn.

But I think I remember Matthew Perry

in a film called The Whole Nine Yards.

The Whole Nine Yards, Allan R. Let's see if it's right

and how many of our 100 people said The Whole Nine Yards.

Very well done.

APPLAUSE

Four.

-Four for The Whole Nine Yards. Great answer. Great score.

-Great answer. From 2000.

Matthew Perry plays a dentist who lives next door to a hitman,

who is wanted by the mob. LAUGHTER

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

Nothing is what David scored.

David and Alan looking extremely strong for the next round.

As indeed are Allan and Amanda, with a lovely low score of four.

And then we come up an awfully long way to 100,

where we find Lyn and Richard.

Richard, I'm hoping, you've just got a blinding Lisa Kudrow film

that you're going to give us in the next pass.

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

Now then, Amanda,

we're looking for films starring any of the six main Friends actors.

I've got loads in my mind.

-Let's have another pointless answer.

-No.

The high scorers are Richard and Lyn on 100.

-Richard hasn't even given an answer yet.

-I'm going to play safe.

-Amanda!

-Listen, what's the name of the show?

-Pointless.

-Yeah.

Amanda, a nice risky, potentially pointless, answer.

Jennifer Aniston and Along Came Polly.

HE SIGHS

OK, let's go through the motions, shall we? There's your red line.

If you get below that red line,

you're through to the head-to-head.

It is and you're through.

-Five. Not bad.

-APPLAUSE

-Not bad. That takes your total up to nine.

-Well done, Amanda.

-One of Jennifer Aniston's almost endless stream of rom-coms. That one with Ben Stiller.

-Now then, Richard.

We're looking for films starring any of the six main Friends actors.

You are the high scorers on 100.

You just have to hope you have a nice low scoring answer.

I think Matt LeBlanc was in a remake of the Forbidden Planet.

Let's see if that's right.

No red line for you, Richard, as you are the high scorers. Forbidden Planet, is it right?

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

That scores you 100 points and takes your total up to an impressive 200.

Now then, Alan C.

David found a pointless answer. Even if you score 100 points,

you are still in the head to head.

Why not see if you can get another pointless answer?

To be honest, I'm not sure of either one of them,

but I'm going... I was thinking 51 First Dates,

but I'm not sure if the blonde actress was in there.

But the one I think I'm going to try is Lost In Space.

OK, Lost In Space, says Alan C.

No red line for you, you're through already.

Let's see if it might add another 250 quid to our jackpot.

It is right, Alan, well done.

APPLAUSE

-Five for Lost In Space. Takes your total up to five.

-Well played.

That's the film you're thinking of, Richard, I think. Amanda, now we're safe and sound,

-do you want to have a go at some pointless answers?

-Romy And Michelle's High School Reunion.

-Would have said scored one point.

-Picture Perfect, Jennifer Aniston.

-Two points.

-And then final one, Rumour Has It. Jennifer Aniston.

Rumour Has It, Jennifer Aniston, you've gone one point then two points, it's a pointless answer.

Well done. Let's take a look at some more pointless answers.

Courteney Cox was in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. That was a pointless answer.

David Schwimmer starred alongside Simon Pegg in Big Nothing.

Matt LeBlanc, Charlie's Angels Full Throttle.

Jennifer Aniston, Just Go With It. Also Office Space and She's The One.

Leprechaun, Jennifer Aniston starred alongside Warwick Davis.

Madagascar 2. David Schwimmer provides the voice of the giraffe.

The Opposite Of Sex, that's Lisa Kudrow with Christina Ricci.

Three To Tango, Matthew Perry. And Wonderland, which is Lisa Kudrow.

-Very well done if you got any of those at home.

-Thanks very much.

At the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score, it's Richard and Lyn.

Bad luck. Three Killings. We'll never know.

Perhaps it should stay that way.

Richard, Lost In Space, that was bad luck.

But I'm afraid this is where we say goodbye. The good news is, we will see you again next time,

where I'm sure you will go even further. But in the meantime, thanks for playing.

APPLAUSE

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

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Alan C and David, Allan R and Amanda. You're now one round away from the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £12,250.

APPLAUSE

Obviously, only one player can play for that money.

To decide which pair it will be, you're going to go head-to-head on the best-of-three questions.

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.

-APPLAUSE

Here comes your first question. And it concerns...

My favourite bit of the show, we're going to show you five pictures of animals native to Australia.

We need you to give us the name of the animal, the general common name, rather than the species.

Name the most obscure animal you can see. Best of luck.

Lest let's reveal our five Australian animals

and here they are. We've got...

-Aw!

-Aw!

-Aw!

-Aw!

-He looks a bit worried.

-It's OK. It's OK.

Meh.

Yeah.

Aw! What you doing!

Aw! What?!

OK, there we are. Five Australian animals.

Alan C and David, you've played best throughout the show so far, you get to go first.

I think we've got one.

-What's it going to be?

-E, the duckbilled platypus.

E, the duckbilled platypus, say Alan C and David.

Allan R and Amanda, you can now talk us through the rest of the board.

That's the one we were going to go with, duckbilled platypus.

-It probably only leave us A and probably C.

-A obviously is koala.

-C, we think is emu.

-B, that looks like a bush baby.

-I don't know.

-We're going to have to go with emu on C.

-Yeah.

You're saying emu, C.

I think that's Sinead O'Connor.

But anyway, we'll see.

Alan C and David are saying that E is the duckbilled platypus.

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

It is right.

That was a very high score.

Allan R and Amanda, you have said that C is an emu. C, emu.

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

81 is the score you have to beat.

Yes, you've done it.

-58.

-APPLAUSE

Alan C and David, you were outmanoeuvred. There we are.

Allan R and Amanda, you are ahead after one question.

One of those words, isn't it, duckbilled platypus, once you hear it, you don't forget it.

And emu scored a lot less because a lot put ostrich.

It split the vote. Let's have a look at the cute ones. A is a koala.

-How many people do you think said koala?

-98.

-96. Big score.

-Four people not recognising it. Do you know B?

-I think that's a possum.

It is a possum. 23 points.

No Australian animals were harmed during the taking of these photographs.

Apart from the koala, which sadly passed away.

It didn't really. He's fine. He's absolutely fine. And D.

It's got a famous name, but perhaps you wouldn't recognise it.

I think I heard somebody conferring. Someone said Tasmanian Devil.

It is a Tasmanian Devil. Absolutely right.

That would have scored 15 points.

The best answer on the board is the Tasmanian Devil. Very well done if you said that at home.

-Alan C, you said Tasmanian Devil.

-Sure did.

That would have been a much better answer than duckbilled platypus.

All is not lost. As long as you win this question.

You have to win this to stay in the game.

Your second question, it concerns...

Quite simply, we're going to give you five questions about the Lord Of The Rings.

Which has the most obscure answer?

OK. Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Lord Of The Rings. Here they come. We have got...

I'll read that one more time.

So there are five clues to facts about the Lord Of The Rings.

Allan R and Amanda, you go first this time.

I think we're going to have to take a flyer on this one.

-Go for the country.

-The country where JRR Tolkien was born, Norway.

You're going to say Norway,

the country in which JRR Tolkien was born.

-Alan and David.

-We think the books were published in the '50s.

Erm... I don't know what Gandalf's horse is.

We're going to say the title of the second book is the Two Towers.

The Two Towers, the title of the second book.

We have Norway and the Two Towers.

Allan R and Amanda have said Norway as the country where JRR Tolkien was born.

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

That's an incorrect answer, which means Alan C and David,

you merely have to be correct with this answer.

The Two Towers. Let's see if it's right.

Absolutely right, well done. That's what you needed.

Nice low score. 28.

APPLAUSE

Exactly what you needed to do, Alan C and David.

-After two questions, you are now one-all.

-Well played.

He wasn't born in Norway, he was born in South Africa.

Settled in England at the age of four, near Birmingham.

Alan and David knew the best answer. They were published in the '50s. That would have scored two points.

The name of Gandalf's horse, very well done anyone at home

who said Shadowfax. Would have scored 14.

And the area of Middle Earth ruled by Sauron.

-Mordor.

-Absolutely right. That would have scored 19.

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

This will decide who goes through to the final in place for that enormous jackpot.

Our third question concerns...

On this board, with going to give you the Imperial names of five

Roman emperors and the dates of their reigns but we're only giving you the first and last letters.

Can you fill in the gaps and give us the most obscure answer?

Let's reveal the five Roman emperors and here they are.

So we have...

There they are. This time, Alan C and David, you go first.

The only one we definitely know,

we hopefully definitely know is right, is the last one, Nero.

Nero. OK. You're going to say Nero. Allan R and Amanda.

You can talk us through the board, if you like.

No, I don't think we can take you through the board. We knew Nero.

The only other one that we know is the top one

and we think that's Caligula.

Caligula. OK, we have Nero and we have Caligula.

This to decide who goes through to the final.

Alan C and David, Nero, is it right, how many people said it?

Absolutely right.

APPLAUSE

46 for Nero. Allan R and Amanda, you are saying Caligula.

Let's see if that's right

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

46 is the score to beat, Caligula.

Absolutely right. Will it go down below 46?

Yes, it has! Look at that! You've done it!

-Ten!

-APPLAUSE

Ten for Caligula, which means after three questions,

Allan R and Amanda, you are through to the final 2-1.

-Richard.

-So Nero and yet so far-o.

That is very tough luck. Let's go through the rest of the board.

-Do you want to have a quiet any of these?

-Hadrian.

-Absolutely right.

-That would have scored 15 points. PX?

-No.

It's the best answer. Two points if you'd said Pertinax.

-And CE?

-Constantine.

Would have scored three points and seen you through to the final.

-Very well done if you got the whole board.

-Thanks, Richard.

The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, Alan C and David.

The platypus. And you knew the Tasmanian Devil.

-We gave it our best shot. They were worthy winners.

-Graciously said.

You did give it your best shot. It's been brilliant having you on the show.

-Thank you so much, Alan C and David, great contestants.

-APPLAUSE

But for Allan R and Amanda, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Allan and Amanda. You fought off the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our jackpot

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £12,250.

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The rules are very simple.

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

We had one pointless answer today. You have to find one more

and you will go home with that jackpot of £12,250.

Firstly, choose a category.

You have a choice of five options. They are...

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Crime writers would probably be all right but the one up there for me is snooker.

-Shall we go for snooker?

-Yeah.

-We'll go for snooker.

You're going for snooker. Let's find out what the question is.

Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

We're looking for the name of any player who is lost in the final

of a World Snooker Championships from 1969, all the way through to 2011.

They might have won in other years but as long as they have lost a world snooker final. Very best of luck.

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

and all you need to win that 12,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.

-OK. John Parrott.

-John Parrott, OK.

-Erm... Jimmy Young?

-Jimmy White. Not Jimmy Young.

-Erm... Going back.

-Stephen Hendry, maybe.

-Stephen Hendry.

-I don't know.

-I'm just trying to name snooker people.

-Davis.

-Davis?

Erm... Who's the one with the big glasses?

Erm...

Dennis.

Let's think.

Oh, dear.

-This is difficult.

-Dennis Taylor?

-Dennis Taylor lost...

-Ten seconds left.

-He might have lost in another year.

-It could be any year, even if they've won and then lost.

-OK.

OK, you think you've got your three answers. Your time is up.

I now need your three answers.

-OK, we're going to go with John Parrott, Jimmy White.

-Dennis Taylor.

And Dennis Taylor. Of those three,

-who do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Jimmy White?

-Maybe Jimmy White.

We'll put Jimmy White last. Your least likely?

-Dennis Taylor.

-Dennis Taylor, we'll put him first on the list.

Let's pop them up on the board in that order and here they are.

We've got Dennis Taylor, John Parrott and Jimmy White.

We were looking for losing snooker world championship finalists.

Dennis Taylor was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £12,250.

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

It's right. It's right.

That's the first thing it had to be. If this goes down to zero,

you are walking out of here with £12,250.

It's still going down.

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-OK. Right. That was exciting.

-It was.

-It was getting very exciting.

-Three people...

-Three people.

-..said Dennis Taylor.

A great answer, but unfortunately not a pointless answer.

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

What would you do with £12,250, Amanda?

-I would probably go on a shopping spree in New York.

-Good answer.

-Allan, what would you do?

-It's my 40th wedding anniversary this year. My wife and I both played golf.

We would like to go to Pebble Beach to celebrate our 40th anniversary.

-It would be fantastic.

-Very best of luck. Fingers crossed.

We're looking for losing snooker world championship finalists.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, John Parrott.

Has to be right, has to be pointless, for you to leave with the jackpot.

For £12,250, let's see how many people said John Parrott.

OK, it's also right.

Dennis Taylor went down to three.

Let's see how far John Parrott will go down. Down he goes.

Into single figures.

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-Seven.

Seven for John Parrott. You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

We are looking for to losing World Snooker Championship finalists.

Your third and final answer, you said, was Jimmy White.

You said that was the most confident shot at a pointless answer.

He lost a lot of times. But who knows.

To win the jackpot of £12,250, this has to be pointless. Let's find out.

Jimmy White. How many people said it?

It's right.

Now then, Dennis Taylor took us all the way down to three.

John Parrott stopped at seven. Jimmy White, your most confident answer.

-Oh!

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25.

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

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £12,250,

which rolls on to the next show, but you been fantastic contestants.

Brilliant. You do get to take all our pointless trophy. Well done.

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You played so well, against very tough opposition as well.

Jimmy White, of course, lost six finals. Never won one as well.

John Parrott famously lost 18-3 in a final to Steve Davis.

But did win a world title another time.

Dennis Taylor lost to Terry Griffiths. There's a lot of pointless answers.

Mark Selby, Ken Doherty, Matthew Stevens,

all pointless, Let's take a look at a few more.

Ali Carter, who lost to Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Eddie Charlton lost twice, both times to Ray Reardon.

Gary Owen, lost in the 1969 final to John Spencer.

Graham Miles lost to Reardon, also in the '70s.

Joe Johnson, who won the year before then lost it to Steve Davis.

John Pullman, who lost it in 1970, also to Ray Reardon.

There's John Spencer. He lost to Alex Higgins in 1972.

Nigel Bond lost to Stephen Hendry.

And Shaun Murphy, a world champion, but lost in 2009 to John Higgins.

Warren Simpson also a pointless answer. Very well done if you got any of those at home.

-Thanks so much, Richard. It sounded like you knew quite a number of those.

-I knew three of those.

-John Spencer. We've had a fantastic time.

-We have.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye, Allan and Amanda, but it's been great having you on the show.

-Thank you for playing. Great contestants.

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Allan and Amanda didn't win our jackpot today, so it rolls over.

On the next show, we will be playing for £13,250.

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-Join us to see if someone can win it. In the meantime, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

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