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Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong.

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Welcome to Pointless, the quiz show where obscure answers mean everything.

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Let's meet today's players.

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First up, we welcome Darren and Caroline. How do you two know each other?

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We met when we were working at a supermarket. I was her manager.

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-We kissed at one Christmas party.

-Ah...

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-But then never spoke to each other for two years after that.

-Oh, Darren.

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And then seven years ago we was out for a friend's birthday party and the rest is history.

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-Was he a good manager?

-No.

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-LAUGHTER

-Why?

-Just not to me. To everyone else he was all right.

-Darren!

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-A love/hate relationship.

-He kissed you.

-He loved me, I hated him.

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Really? But you kissed him, though.

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-I think I was a little bit...

-Drunk.

-That's it.

-OK.

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How do you like that? Darren, what do you hope comes up?

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Em, sport. Most types of sport. Football, particularly. TV and films, not too bad.

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-Caroline?

-I just don't want history, politics...

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-Everything apart from that.

-I'm rubbish at that.

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Very best of luck. Lovely to have you. Next we welcome back Pete and Berni.

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Everyone gets two cracks at the final. Remind us what happened.

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-We failed on rivers.

-Yeah, we had the Trent in Derby.

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Well, it's not too far away, but it isn't that close.

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-Remind us how you know each other.

-Husband and wife. We're married.

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She added.

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For clarification. What would be your dream round, Pete?

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-Maybe some history, science, maybe a bit of sport.

-OK.

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-How about you, Berni?

-Something about food, cooking techniques.

-Cooking techniques?

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-That would be cracking.

-Old movie stars.

-Very good. Best of luck.

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Let's hope you go even further.

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-Next we welcome Pauline and Rachel. How do you know each other?

-Rachel and I are friends.

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And we are avid theatregoers. We hit the Chichester plays every season.

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-You get brilliant things.

-Absolutely.

-You see the lot?

-Yes.

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-Most of them.

-What's been your favourite recently?

-I just went to see Basket Case

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with Nigel Havers in. And he is so lovely, so that was a nice one.

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-You've fallen for Havers.

-Yes.

-Look at that - coquettish. That's what coquettish is.

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-How about you, Rachel?

-The Madness of King George.

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-So theatre is a strong suit. What else?

-Geography. I like to travel.

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-OK.

-I'm reluctant to say I'm strong in anything in case I get it wrong!

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That's the trouble! Keep the cards close to your chest.

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-Pauline?

-I would like the Tudors to come up. Henry VIII and his wives.

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-I like to think I'd have given him a good run for his money.

-I bet you would.

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But probably I'd have lost my head!

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OK, very good. Let's hope all of these things come up. Best of luck. It's lovely to have you.

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-And, finally, Rolf and David. How do you know each other?

-We used to work together. I've retired.

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-What are you doing now, Rolf?

-I work in security for a major supermarket chain,

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-but also I'm an aspiring poet.

-An aspiring poet!

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-How long have you been writing poetry for?

-All my life, but now we've got some books published

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-and hopefully that'll be the occupation in future.

-So what do you hope comes up?

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Geography, history, sport. That would be fine.

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-Have you been a team before?

-Yes.

-I sense that. Formidable duo.

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At British Telecom, yes, in national competitions.

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-Did you do brilliantly well?

-We made the final three years in a row.

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Came second the first two times and then won it by 27 points.

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-Wow. Wow.

-APPLAUSE

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Other telecommunications quizzes are available. This is quite scary all of a sudden.

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Very best of luck if you need it. Lovely to have you.

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We'll find out more about you all.

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Only one person left. If he were a farmyard animal, he'd be the black sheep.

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-He's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya. Hello.

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-I would be the black sheep?

-Yes.

-Why so?

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-Slightly rarer. I don't know.

-LAUGHTER

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-You could just say, "He's a good friend, a hell of a guy. Here's Richard."

-Wouldn't life be easier?

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One person left to introduce. He's a hell of a guy. He's Richard.

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-That's much nicer.

-I can do that every time.

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I was going to say we have an open show with only one returning pair,

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who did fairly well last time, but then Rolf and David come along.

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Our first ever published poet, I think. I suspect they will run away with it.

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-What are the questions like?

-I think we've got some quite tough ones today.

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-Not tough for Rolf and David, but tough for everybody else.

-LAUGHTER

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All our questions have been put to 100 people, but we are looking for the obscure answers they didn't get.

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Our players need to score as few points as they possibly can. Everyone wants a pointless answer

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that none of our 100 people gave. Each time that happens, we add £250 to our jackpot.

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It was won last time, so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.

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OK, let's play Pointless.

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OK, in this first round each of you gives me one answer and you cannot confer.

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Whichever pair has the highest score will be eliminated. An incorrect answer scores 100 points,

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so try to avoid those if you can.

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Our first category this afternoon is...Sport.

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Sport. Can you all decide who goes first and who goes second?

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

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OK, let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

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to name as many competing teams at the 2010 Commonwealth Games as they could.

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-Competing teams at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Richard?

-Yeah, I'll say this is geography.

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Any of the teams that competed in the 2010 Games - countries and territories and dependencies.

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OK, there we are. Nice little tip there from Richard.

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Caroline and Darren, you drew lots and you get to go first.

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So, Caroline, geography with a side serving of sport. Good for you?

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-No.

-No. I'm not very good at either.

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Did you watch the Commonwealth Games at all? No.

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Do you know what they are at all? No...

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-Not really.

-OK, here's fun.

-I think they're like Olympics, aren't they?

-Yeah.

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But this is where I get a bit silly now. It's everywhere, isn't it?

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-It's the Commonwealth Games, Caroline.

-OK.

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-I've just got to take a stab. Australia.

-Australia.

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-Australia, says Caroline. What do you reckon, Darren?

-Dunno.

-OK, Darren doesn't know.

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Let's see if it's correct and how many people said Australia.

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It's right.

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67. Not a bad stab in the dark, Caroline.

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-Australia. Richard?

-If you're going to take a stab, at least it's not wrong - 67 instead of 100.

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OK, now then, Berni. What is the most obscure country in the Commonwealth Games you can think of?

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-I'm going to go for...Jamaica.

-Jamaica, says Berni. Let's see if that's right

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and how many people said Jamaica.

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It's right.

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26.

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26. Not a bad score at all.

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-Richard?

-They've got 42 golds in the history of the Commonwealth Games up to 2010. Jamaica.

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There we are. Now, Pauline, we're looking for competing nations in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

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I was going to say Jamaica! But, wild stab, Kenya?

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Pauline says Kenya. Is that right and how many people said it?

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It's right.

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Oh, it's good, Pauline. Brilliant! Look at that - 7!

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That's a great answer.

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-Seven.

-One of the dominant countries in middle and long-distance running.

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OK, and David, we want competing nations in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. What do you think?

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Well, I'm possibly going to go out on a little bit of a limb here.

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I know that Mozambique is a member of the Commonwealth, even though it's a former Portuguese colony.

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They do produce some long-distance runners, so Mozambique.

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Well, we shall see. Is it right and how many of our 100 people said Mozambique?

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It's a correct answer, David.

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It's going to be low-scoring.

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Down it goes... Very well done!

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

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It takes the total up to £1,250. And, David, it scores you absolutely nothing.

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Very well done indeed.

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Would we have expected any less? Joined the Commonwealth in 1995. Won four medals in the women's 800m.

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Very good indeed. We're halfway through. Let's look at the scores.

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David and Rolf, brilliant score there. Zero - look at that.

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Then we go up to 7 for Pauline and Rachel,

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then up to 26 for Berni and Pete, then 67 for Caroline and Darren. Not bad for a stab in the dark,

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but Darren needs a really good low scoring answer to stay in the game.

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

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Remember, we are looking for competing nations in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

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Now then, Rolf, you're the low scorers on 0.

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High scorers are on 67. Score 66 or less and you are through.

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-I'd like to go for Guernsey.

-Guernsey.

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-I wouldn't even have thought of Guernsey.

-Well, you're no Rolf.

-I am no Rolf.

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-They usually do well in the bowls.

-Usually do well in the bowls.

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He's just rubbing it in.

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There's your red line, Rolf. Below that and you and Guernsey are through.

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Is it right? How many said it?

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It's right!

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You're through.

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Three! That's fantastic.

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-Three for Guernsey.

-Yeah. I'm a bit disappointed in Rolf. Three points.

-Me, too.

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David was all zero points, which I was impressed with, but three?

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I've seen lower. That's all I'm going to say.

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OK, Rachel. Competing nations in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

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You're on 7, thanks to Pauline's brilliant answer in the first pass.

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High scorers are still Darren and Caroline on 67. 59 or less will see you through.

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-Difficult decision whether to play a bit safe or take a risk.

-Do you watch the Commonwealth Games?

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I didn't in 2010. I wasn't in the country very much.

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I was not in the Commonwealth, so it wasn't being shown there.

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-Right.

-So I think I will say...

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-South Africa.

-South Africa says Rachel. Here's your red line.

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Below that, you're through. Is it right and how many said it?

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It's right.

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

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13! That's a great score. 13 takes your total up to 20.

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-So, Richard...

-Safely through. Came back in for the 1994 Games.

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They've won over 300 medals.

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Pete, we want competing nations in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

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The high scorers are still Darren and Caroline on 67.

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If you score 40 or less, you are through and we say goodbye to Darren and Caroline.

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I've got two answers. One's a safe one and one could be pretty good.

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I think I'll take a punt at this and go for the more obscure one.

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-This is what I like to hear.

-I'm going to go for the British Virgin Islands.

-British Virgin Islands.

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There's your red line. Let's see if it gets you below it.

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The BVI. Is it right and how many people said it?

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It's right! I think that's going to be a brilliant answer.

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It gets you through. Down it goes... Oh, one!

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That's a fabulous score - one. Takes your score up to 27. Richard?

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Good answer. Took an educated guess and it paid off.

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-Have they won a medal?

-No. Not so much.

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Now Darren and Caroline, I have bad news for you.

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You will be leaving us at the end of this round.

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Nobody has overtaken your high score. But you can have some fun!

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Em, obviously, we're unable to go through, so I'll try for another pointless answer.

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I think I'll go for Malta.

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Malta says Darren. Very selflessly looking for a pointless answer

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to swell the jackpot for those who will come after him. OK, Malta.

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Competing nations in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Is that right and how many people said Malta?

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It's right.

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Down it goes... Look at this! Four! Look at that.

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Well done. Takes your total up to 71. It was exactly what you needed to do, Darren.

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Sadly, everyone else scored very low in that last pass. Malta?

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Strong end to the round. Bodes well for next time.

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One of the old tenets of Pointless is, if in doubt, say Central African Republic or Tuvalu.

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Central African Republic, no. But Tuvalu was a pointless answer. Brunei also pointless,

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Gibraltar a pointless answer, Isle of Man a pointless answer,

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Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, all pointless.

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St Lucia, Tanzania and even Uganda, they've won 44 medals, but that's a pointless answer.

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And lots of smaller islands like Antigua, Anguilla, St Nevis, St Kitts.

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All of those are pointless. Let's look at the high scorers.

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New Zealand, 47.

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Canada, 53. Sorry, Caroline - it's Australia right at the top with 67.

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A lot of people said United Kingdom, who don't play in the Commonwealth, so England, Scotland, Wales,

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-Northern Ireland, Isle of Man...

-Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair,

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I'm sorry, it's Darren and Caroline. That round got easier. It sounded like a pig to start with

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if you didn't know your Commonwealth Games nations, but it boils down to islands that might be part of it.

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-If I'd gone last, I probably would have known.

-Stormed it!

-Pointless.

-You'd have got Tuvalu, probably.

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-Well, we will see you again. Thank you, Darren and Caroline.

-Thank you.

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For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.

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There's only room for two pairs in the Head to Head, so one team leaves after this round.

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Our category for Round Two is... Famous People. Famous People.

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Decide who is going to go first and who will go second.

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

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So our Round Two question concerns...Famous Doctors.

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-Famous Doctors. Richard?

-Six clues on each pass to the identity of famous people who trained

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or qualified as doctors. A nice, obscure answer scores fewer points. An incorrect one scores 100.

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-12 doctors in all to guess at home.

-OK, thanks.

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-We are looking for these famous doctors. And here they are.

-HE READS THE LIST

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I'll read all those one more time.

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There are our doctors. You want the one the fewest people knew.

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-Berni...

-Yes.

-Famous People. Does this turn out to be a good category for you?

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Not too bad. I'm going to take quite a safe option, I think.

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I'll go for the founder of psychoanalysis - Dr Sigmund Freud.

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

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It's correct.

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39.

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Not a bad score. Freud.

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No Freudian slip there. Well done. 39 points.

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-Rachel, remember, we are looking for the names of these famous doctors.

-I'm a nurse. I should know more!

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Em, I think I know one definitely and one maybe, so I'm going to go with the definite,

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which is the successful human heart transplant. Christiaan Barnard.

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Christiaan Barnard you say for the first human heart transplant.

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

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It's right.

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24.

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-24 for Christiaan Barnard.

-Performed it in Cape Town in 1967.

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Rolf, you are the last person to have this board of doctors.

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If you want to talk us through all of them, please feel free.

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Those two I knew. I think Roger Bannister will be too high, so I'll go for Che Guevara

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-for author of The Motorcycle Diaries.

-OK. Dr Che Guevara says Rolf

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for author of The Motorcycle Diaries. How many people knew that?

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It's right.

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Down it goes! Look at that. Five! That's a great answer, Rolf.

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Five for Che Guevara.

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Well done, Rolf. Do you know what his family name was?

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-No.

-Lynch.

-Really?!

-His family were Irish immigrants.

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-He was a keen rugby union player.

-I had no idea. Really?

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-Any Lynches out there may be related to Che Guevara.

-A Lynch went out...

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There's two very famous clarets, Lynch-Bages and Lynch-Moussas, both Irish...

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cos I know everyone's fascinated by that(!)

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Any wine lovers out there.

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-Oh, clarets! I see what you mean.

-Yeah, listen.

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-You want to know more about this, press the red button now.

-LAUGHTER

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That red button's the one that turns the telly off.

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Let's go through the rest. Rolf was right to avoid Roger Bannister.

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He would have scored 39 points, same as Freud. Presenter of Child of Our Time is Dr Robert Winston.

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That would have scored 21. The first woman to qualify is a pointless answer.

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Well done if you said Elizabeth Blackwell. And well done if you got all of them, especially.

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OK, we're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

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No surprise. Rolf and David, amazingly low score there, five.

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Then we come up to 24 with Rachel and Pauline

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and then 39 for Pete and Berni. Not bad scores any of them, but Pete, you are out in front.

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You need a really obscure doctor if there are any left when we get back to you. Good luck.

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Now can the second players please take their places at the podium?

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OK, we're going to put six more doctors on the board. Here we are.

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HE READS THE LIST

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I'll read those one more time.

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OK, we are looking for the doctors that these clues describe. You want the one the fewest people knew.

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Now, David, you're the low scorers on five. The high score is 39. If you can score 33 or less,

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you are through to the Head to Head. What does that board look like?

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There's two which I know. I think I'll go for the father of antiseptic surgery.

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That's Dr Joseph Lister.

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Joseph Lister says David.

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Let's see if that's right and how many said Lister. There's your red line.

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It's right.

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And you are through. Well done. 13 for Lister!

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Takes your total up to 18. Very well done.

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An incredibly important figure in modern medicine.

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Pauline, we're looking for the names of these famous doctors. You're on 24. The high score is 39.

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If you can score 14 or less, you are definitely in the Head to Head.

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Well, I can't believe I don't know any of them. I don't know that this can be a right answer,

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but I'm going to go for presenter of TV Burp.

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-Is his name Dr Harry Hill?

-Harry Hill.

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That's what Pauline's saying. Here's your red line. It's quite low.

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Is Harry Hill correct and how many people said it?

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Oh!

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Oh! I think that was obscure only to you.

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There's everything you needed to know - he's a doctor, everyone knows.

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Poor old Josephine... Josephine Lister(!)

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-The man's just being dragged through the mud! In this, his 100th year.

-How about that?

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-82 that scores you. Takes your total up to 106. Richard?

-Yeah.

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Real name, Matthew Hall. Trained as a doctor in London.

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-And a great deal better known than Joseph Lister.

-OK, Pete.

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We're looking for famous doctors. The high scorers are now on 106. You're on 39.

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So 66 or less will be enough to get you through.

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-Talk us through the board if you like.

-It won't take a lot of doing!

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I knew Harry Hill and Joseph Lister. But the rest, apart from one of The Goodies...

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Having watched a lot of that as a young boy, I've got a feeling the doctor was...

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-Graeme Gardner.

-OK, Pete has said Graeme Gardner. There is your red line.

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Below that and you are through. Is it right and how many of our 100 people said Graeme Gardner?

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Unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer.

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That's a relief for Pauline and Rachel! That scores 100 points

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-and takes you up to 139. Richard?

-Unlucky, Pete.

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Right man, but the wrong name. It's Graeme Garden.

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-Very, very sorry. You've worked with him?

-I haven't. I've met him.

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-He's one of the loveliest, funniest men I've ever had the pleasure to work with.

-Yeah.

-A lovely man.

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And he scored 18 points. Let's take a look at the rest. All authors.

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-The author of Jurassic Park?

-Crichton?

-Michael Crichton. That would have scored 22 points.

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-Author of A Study In Scarlet?

-Conan Doyle.

-Yes, the first ever Sherlock Holmes story. One point.

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And a pointless answer - the writer of Of Human Bondage.

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Somerset Maugham. Pointless answer. Very well done if you swept the board.

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Thank you, Richard. At the end of Round Two, the losing pair are Pete and Berni!

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Dear, oh, dear. That was really unfortunate.

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-Lost in translation.

-Literally. The game was lost in translation.

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If Graeme Garden's watching - we flatter ourselves, but say he was - he'll be saying, "Garden!

0:27:060:27:13

"Not Gardner!" And I'm afraid he'll have been vindicated.

0:27:130:27:17

I'm really sorry we have to say goodbye. It's been brilliant.

0:27:170:27:21

-Pete and Berni, great contestants! Thank you.

-Thank you.

0:27:210:27:26

But for the remaining two pairs things get even more exciting as we enter the Head to Head.

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Congratulations, Rolf and David, Pauline and Rachel. You are now only one round away from the final

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and your chance to play for the jackpot, which stands at £1,250.

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Only one pair can play for that money and to decide which pair you will now go Head to Head.

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For each question, you'll be shown five options on the board. You give one answer and you can confer.

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All you have to do is score less than the other pair and you win.

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The first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot. Let's play the Head to Head.

0:28:120:28:18

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

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-Richard?

-We'll show five pictures of famous people born in Northern Ireland. We need their full names.

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The most obscure one will win.

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OK, thanks very much. Let's reveal our five people born in Northern Ireland.

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There they are. Now, Rolf and David, you've played best so far and get to go first.

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There are your five people born in Northern Ireland. You want the one that the fewest people knew.

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-We're going to go for A.

-A.

-And we think it's Patrick Kielty.

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Patrick Kielty, you say. Pauline and Rachel,

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you can talk us through them all or even go for A if you disagree with David and Rolf's call.

0:29:250:29:32

B looks very familiar, but we can't put a name.

0:29:320:29:36

-D is in The Sound of Music.

-We know the first name.

-Connie.

0:29:360:29:41

-We don't know the second name!

-So, regrettably, we're going to have to go with E, which is George Best.

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OK, you're going to go with George Best, E.

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So we have Patrick Kielty and George Best. Rolf and David went for A,

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who they believe is Patrick Kielty. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

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It's right.

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25.

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25. Pauline and Rachel have had to go for E, so obscure they named an airport after him(!)

0:30:150:30:22

LAUGHTER

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George Best. Let's see if that's right. George Best, E.

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How many people said it?

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Oh! 91.

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Bad luck. Pretty comprehensive there. Rolf and David, you are up one-nil. Richard?

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Yeah, a big score there. It must be strange to be the most recognisable person ever in your country.

0:30:400:30:48

We'll go through the rest. You were very close with D.

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A, Patrick Kielty. B is Margaret from The Apprentice.

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-Do you know who I thought that was?

-Who?

-I thought it was Emma Thompson with dyed hair!

0:30:560:31:02

-Did you?

-It might have been for a role.

0:31:020:31:06

Well, she'll be perfect to play Margaret Mountford in Apprentice - The Movie. That scored 2 points.

0:31:060:31:13

C is the actor Sam Neill, whose father was a New Zealand serviceman stationed in Omagh.

0:31:130:31:19

Now D, you're absolutely right. It's Connie Fisher.

0:31:190:31:24

She would have won you the point as she'd have only got eight.

0:31:240:31:29

-And there's George Best at the end on 91.

-Sam Neill, though!

0:31:290:31:34

I was thinking it could be Liam Neeson or Ewan McGregor.

0:31:340:31:40

-To be fair, you think Margaret from The Apprentice is Emma Thompson(!)

-But...

0:31:400:31:45

-You probably thought George Best was Brian Blessed.

-LAUGHTER

0:31:450:31:50

-Yeah, I'd give you that.

-Best answer up there was Margaret Mountford. Well done if you said it.

0:31:500:31:57

Thank you. Here comes your second question and it concerns... Washington, DC.

0:31:570:32:03

-Richard?

-We'll give you five clues to facts about Washington, DC.

0:32:030:32:08

The more obscure the answer, the fewer points.

0:32:080:32:11

So here are your five facts about Washington, DC.

0:32:110:32:16

I'll read those again very quickly.

0:32:310:32:33

There we are. Pauline and Rachel, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

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It's all I'm going to say.

0:32:490:32:52

-What's DC for? Washington...

-I can't even think now.

0:32:520:32:57

We're going to have to say the obvious, I'm afraid. Neither of us have been there.

0:32:570:33:02

-The man it's named after is George Washington.

-George Washington say Pauline and Rachel.

0:33:020:33:09

So, Rolf and David, you can talk us through the board if you like.

0:33:090:33:13

We're pretty sure we know all the rest. DC is District of Columbia.

0:33:130:33:19

The city was probably Philadelphia. Washington Redskins.

0:33:190:33:23

-But we'll go for the river. The Potomac.

-The Potomac. OK.

0:33:230:33:28

So we have the Potomac. Pauline and Rachel have answered George Washington for the name.

0:33:280:33:35

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

0:33:350:33:39

-Down it goes. 53!

-Oh, well.

-Wow.

0:33:400:33:44

And Rolf and David have gone for the River Potomac. Let's see if it's right and how many said it.

0:33:490:33:55

It's correct.

0:33:550:33:57

Yup, that wins it.

0:33:590:34:01

25!

0:34:010:34:03

So there we are. After only two questions, Rolf and David are through to the final.

0:34:060:34:12

-Only 53 people knew Washington, DC, was named after George Washington.

-The rest thought Denzel Washington.

0:34:120:34:19

-Ah, yes.

-Good answer. The Potomac was a good answer as well.

0:34:190:34:24

The problem is Pauline and Rachel were playing Name Famous Georges.

0:34:240:34:29

Which I have to say you have done in exemplary fashion.

0:34:290:34:34

Well played, guys. We suspected from the start you'd do rather well.

0:34:340:34:39

Let's go through the rest. You were right - DC is District of Columbia and would have scored 31 points.

0:34:390:34:45

The American football team is the Redskins. It scored 17,

0:34:450:34:49

a better answer than Potomac.

0:34:490:34:52

And it succeeded Philadelphia as the capital of the USA. That was the best answer with six.

0:34:520:34:58

OK, thanks very much, Richard. So the losing pair, I'm sorry to say,

0:34:580:35:03

-is Pauline and Rachel.

-They were such tough guys to beat!

-They were tough guys to beat.

0:35:030:35:10

-You had them pointed out.

-I did warn you.

-Tough categories.

0:35:100:35:14

-But I have been to Washington, which is embarrassing.

-Now she tells us!

-I didn't know that!

0:35:140:35:21

-She snuck away without telling you?

-Yes!

-Have you seen that amazing statue of Denzel Washington...?

0:35:210:35:28

-The Smithsonian Institute I was hoping would come up!

-Ah!

0:35:280:35:33

-But we get to see you again.

-Good.

-We'll see you again next time.

0:35:330:35:38

I hope we have categories you know completely. Thanks so much for playing. Great contestants.

0:35:380:35:44

But for Rolf and David it's now time for our Pointless final.

0:35:460:35:51

Congratulations, Rolf and David. You fought off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

0:35:550:36:03

You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end of today's show it stands at £1,250.

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

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We've had one. David, it was yours with Mozambique. You need one more to get the money.

0:36:250:36:31

Firstly, you've got to choose a category and we have five options.

0:36:310:36:35

-Not operas and ballets, please.

-No.

-And not horse racing.

0:36:450:36:50

I'd be torn between animated films and 1970s music.

0:36:500:36:56

-I'm not hot on 1970s music.

-How about animated films?

0:36:560:37:00

-Not particularly hot.

-That's probably my two strongest.

-That's a bit of a problem.

0:37:000:37:07

What are we going to do now?!

0:37:070:37:10

-I'd feel more comfortable with the animated films.

-I'd go for that as well, then. Animated films.

-OK.

0:37:100:37:17

Animated films. Let's find out what the question is.

0:37:170:37:20

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many films nominated for Best Animated Feature Oscar

0:37:200:37:27

-as they could. Richard?

-Yeah, any film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

0:37:270:37:35

from when it was first introduced in 2002, right through to 2011.

0:37:350:37:40

OK, there we are. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

0:37:400:37:45

All you need to win that £1,250 is for one answer to be pointless. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

0:37:450:37:52

-Your time starts now.

-Right, the first one was Shrek. That was what started them.

0:37:530:37:59

But that probably is too well-known.

0:37:590:38:02

-Ratatouille.

-Ratatouille, yes. That's more recent.

-Yeah.

0:38:020:38:06

-Finding Nemo was one.

-Finding Nemo, yeah.

0:38:060:38:10

-Any others spring to mind?

-I'm trying to think. Is Madagascar pre-2002?

0:38:100:38:16

I'm not sure if it was one. Happy Feet was, the penguin one.

0:38:160:38:21

-What about Wallace and Gromit?

-Yeah, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

0:38:210:38:27

-OK, so Curse of the Were-Rabbit?

-Yes.

-Happy Feet.

-Happy Feet.

0:38:270:38:31

-And Ratatouille?

-Ratatouille. OK.

0:38:310:38:34

You're going to stop there? OK, stop the clock. You have your three answers.

0:38:340:38:39

We were looking for films nominated for Best Animated Feature.

0:38:390:38:43

I now need your three answers.

0:38:430:38:45

First, the least hopeful I would say is Ratatouille.

0:38:450:38:50

-Ratatouille.

-Then Happy Feet. Then best option is Wallace and Gromit's Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

0:38:500:38:56

Curse of the Were-Rabbit. OK, we'll put them in that order.

0:38:560:39:00

And here they are.

0:39:000:39:02

We were looking for films nominated in the Best Animated Feature at the Oscars.

0:39:070:39:12

Ratatouille was your first and least confident pop at the jackpot. You only need one pointless answer

0:39:120:39:19

to win that £1,250. So, Ratatouille. Is it right and how many people said it?

0:39:190:39:25

Ratatouille.

0:39:250:39:27

It's right.

0:39:280:39:30

If this were to go all the way down to zero, you'd leave with £1,250.

0:39:300:39:35

You weren't that confident, but it goes down to single figures! Two!

0:39:360:39:42

Two for Ratatouille.

0:39:440:39:46

-Rats!

-Unfortunately, not a pointless answer, but you have two more chances to win.

0:39:470:39:53

You put that one first deliberately. You thought it was most obvious.

0:39:530:39:58

Films nominated in the Best Animated Feature category of the Oscars. Let's hope nobody said the next one.

0:39:580:40:04

-What would you do with £1,250, David?

-Ah, it would probably go towards a holiday.

0:40:040:40:11

-Rolf?

-I think the wife's got it already spoken for!

-Oh, really?

0:40:110:40:16

Let's see if Happy Feet can win it for her. It has to be pointless to win that jackpot of £1,250.

0:40:160:40:22

Let's see if it's right and how many people said Happy Feet.

0:40:220:40:27

OK, well, it's right.

0:40:280:40:30

Ratatouille went down to two. Let's see how far Happy Feet goes down.

0:40:300:40:35

If this goes down to zero, you will win that jackpot of £1,250.

0:40:350:40:40

Down it goes... Five!

0:40:400:40:42

Five for Happy Feet. So everything is resting on Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

0:40:470:40:54

It's your last shot at the jackpot, but you thought this would be the most obscure of your answers.

0:40:540:41:00

We were looking for films nominated for the Best Animated Feature at the Oscars.

0:41:000:41:07

Your last answer. Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Is it right and how many said it?

0:41:070:41:14

Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

0:41:140:41:16

Yes, it's right.

0:41:180:41:20

We went down to two and then down to five.

0:41:200:41:24

And this is your most confident. Let's see if you put it in the right place...

0:41:240:41:30

Yes! Very well done!

0:41:300:41:33

You did exactly the right thing. Brilliant. Fabulous. Very well done.

0:41:330:41:38

Very, very well done. Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit was a pointless answer.

0:41:420:41:48

-Do you remember how it did? Didn't it win?

-It did win.

-Appropriately enough.

0:41:480:41:54

And now so have you. You have won our jackpot of £1,250. Well...

0:41:540:42:00

Very good.

0:42:000:42:02

-Richard?

-Well played, gents. All three of your answers won the Oscar.

0:42:060:42:11

Curse of the Were-Rabbit was the only winner that was pointless.

0:42:110:42:16

People at home may have got these. Coraline was a pointless answer, Fantastic Mr Fox, brilliant film.

0:42:160:42:23

Howl's Moving Castle, another great film. Persepolis, not one for the kids.

0:42:230:42:29

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. Surf's Up - better than you think.

0:42:290:42:33

Princess and the Frog, Triplets of Belleville and there's Wallace and Gromit. Well done if you got those.

0:42:330:42:41

Thanks once again to our winning players, Rolf and David, who go away with today's jackpot of £1,250.

0:42:410:42:48

-Join us next time when we put more obscure knowledge to the test. Goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

0:42:500:42:57

And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

0:42:570:43:00

Very well done.

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