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Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:26 | |
Welcome to Pointless, the quiz show where obscure answers mean everything. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:31 | |
Let's meet today's players. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
First up, we welcome Darren and Caroline. How do you two know each other? | 0:00:37 | 0:00:43 | |
We met when we were working at a supermarket. I was her manager. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:47 | |
-We kissed at one Christmas party. -Ah... | 0:00:47 | 0:00:51 | |
-But then never spoke to each other for two years after that. -Oh, Darren. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:57 | |
And then seven years ago we was out for a friend's birthday party and the rest is history. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:03 | |
-Was he a good manager? -No. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:05 | |
-LAUGHTER -Why? -Just not to me. To everyone else he was all right. -Darren! | 0:01:05 | 0:01:11 | |
-A love/hate relationship. -He kissed you. -He loved me, I hated him. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:15 | |
Really? But you kissed him, though. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:19 | |
-I think I was a little bit... -Drunk. -That's it. -OK. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:24 | |
How do you like that? Darren, what do you hope comes up? | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
Em, sport. Most types of sport. Football, particularly. TV and films, not too bad. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:35 | |
-Caroline? -I just don't want history, politics... | 0:01:35 | 0:01:39 | |
-Everything apart from that. -I'm rubbish at that. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:43 | |
Very best of luck. Lovely to have you. Next we welcome back Pete and Berni. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:49 | |
Everyone gets two cracks at the final. Remind us what happened. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:54 | |
-We failed on rivers. -Yeah, we had the Trent in Derby. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:58 | |
Well, it's not too far away, but it isn't that close. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:03 | |
-Remind us how you know each other. -Husband and wife. We're married. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:08 | |
She added. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:10 | |
For clarification. What would be your dream round, Pete? | 0:02:10 | 0:02:15 | |
-Maybe some history, science, maybe a bit of sport. -OK. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:20 | |
-How about you, Berni? -Something about food, cooking techniques. -Cooking techniques? | 0:02:20 | 0:02:25 | |
-That would be cracking. -Old movie stars. -Very good. Best of luck. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:30 | |
Let's hope you go even further. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:33 | |
-Next we welcome Pauline and Rachel. How do you know each other? -Rachel and I are friends. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:39 | |
And we are avid theatregoers. We hit the Chichester plays every season. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:46 | |
-You get brilliant things. -Absolutely. -You see the lot? -Yes. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
-Most of them. -What's been your favourite recently? -I just went to see Basket Case | 0:02:50 | 0:02:56 | |
with Nigel Havers in. And he is so lovely, so that was a nice one. | 0:02:56 | 0:03:01 | |
-You've fallen for Havers. -Yes. -Look at that - coquettish. That's what coquettish is. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:07 | |
-How about you, Rachel? -The Madness of King George. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:12 | |
-So theatre is a strong suit. What else? -Geography. I like to travel. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:17 | |
-OK. -I'm reluctant to say I'm strong in anything in case I get it wrong! | 0:03:17 | 0:03:22 | |
That's the trouble! Keep the cards close to your chest. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:26 | |
-Pauline? -I would like the Tudors to come up. Henry VIII and his wives. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:31 | |
-I like to think I'd have given him a good run for his money. -I bet you would. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:37 | |
But probably I'd have lost my head! | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
OK, very good. Let's hope all of these things come up. Best of luck. It's lovely to have you. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:47 | |
-And, finally, Rolf and David. How do you know each other? -We used to work together. I've retired. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:54 | |
-What are you doing now, Rolf? -I work in security for a major supermarket chain, | 0:03:54 | 0:04:00 | |
-but also I'm an aspiring poet. -An aspiring poet! | 0:04:00 | 0:04:05 | |
-How long have you been writing poetry for? -All my life, but now we've got some books published | 0:04:05 | 0:04:11 | |
-and hopefully that'll be the occupation in future. -So what do you hope comes up? | 0:04:11 | 0:04:17 | |
Geography, history, sport. That would be fine. | 0:04:17 | 0:04:21 | |
-Have you been a team before? -Yes. -I sense that. Formidable duo. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:26 | |
At British Telecom, yes, in national competitions. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:30 | |
-Did you do brilliantly well? -We made the final three years in a row. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:35 | |
Came second the first two times and then won it by 27 points. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:40 | |
-Wow. Wow. -APPLAUSE | 0:04:40 | 0:04:44 | |
Other telecommunications quizzes are available. This is quite scary all of a sudden. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:52 | |
Very best of luck if you need it. Lovely to have you. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:56 | |
We'll find out more about you all. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:58 | |
Only one person left. If he were a farmyard animal, he'd be the black sheep. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:04 | |
-He's my Pointless friend, Richard. -Hiya. Hello. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:08 | |
-I would be the black sheep? -Yes. -Why so? | 0:05:11 | 0:05:15 | |
-Slightly rarer. I don't know. -LAUGHTER | 0:05:15 | 0:05:19 | |
-You could just say, "He's a good friend, a hell of a guy. Here's Richard." -Wouldn't life be easier? | 0:05:19 | 0:05:25 | |
One person left to introduce. He's a hell of a guy. He's Richard. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:30 | |
-That's much nicer. -I can do that every time. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:34 | |
I was going to say we have an open show with only one returning pair, | 0:05:34 | 0:05:38 | |
who did fairly well last time, but then Rolf and David come along. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:42 | |
Our first ever published poet, I think. I suspect they will run away with it. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:48 | |
-What are the questions like? -I think we've got some quite tough ones today. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:54 | |
-Not tough for Rolf and David, but tough for everybody else. -LAUGHTER | 0:05:54 | 0:05:59 | |
All our questions have been put to 100 people, but we are looking for the obscure answers they didn't get. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:06 | |
Our players need to score as few points as they possibly can. Everyone wants a pointless answer | 0:06:06 | 0:06:13 | |
that none of our 100 people gave. Each time that happens, we add £250 to our jackpot. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:19 | |
It was won last time, so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:24 | |
OK, let's play Pointless. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
OK, in this first round each of you gives me one answer and you cannot confer. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:41 | |
Whichever pair has the highest score will be eliminated. An incorrect answer scores 100 points, | 0:06:41 | 0:06:48 | |
so try to avoid those if you can. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
Our first category this afternoon is...Sport. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:54 | |
Sport. Can you all decide who goes first and who goes second? | 0:06:54 | 0:06:59 | |
And whoever's going first please step up to the podium. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:04 | |
OK, let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds | 0:07:06 | 0:07:11 | |
to name as many competing teams at the 2010 Commonwealth Games as they could. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:17 | |
-Competing teams at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Richard? -Yeah, I'll say this is geography. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:24 | |
Any of the teams that competed in the 2010 Games - countries and territories and dependencies. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:31 | |
OK, there we are. Nice little tip there from Richard. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:35 | |
Caroline and Darren, you drew lots and you get to go first. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:39 | |
So, Caroline, geography with a side serving of sport. Good for you? | 0:07:39 | 0:07:44 | |
-No. -No. I'm not very good at either. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:47 | |
Did you watch the Commonwealth Games at all? No. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:52 | |
Do you know what they are at all? No... | 0:07:52 | 0:07:56 | |
-Not really. -OK, here's fun. -I think they're like Olympics, aren't they? -Yeah. | 0:07:56 | 0:08:01 | |
But this is where I get a bit silly now. It's everywhere, isn't it? | 0:08:01 | 0:08:06 | |
-It's the Commonwealth Games, Caroline. -OK. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:11 | |
-I've just got to take a stab. Australia. -Australia. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:15 | |
-Australia, says Caroline. What do you reckon, Darren? -Dunno. -OK, Darren doesn't know. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:22 | |
Let's see if it's correct and how many people said Australia. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:27 | |
It's right. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:29 | |
67. Not a bad stab in the dark, Caroline. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:34 | |
-Australia. Richard? -If you're going to take a stab, at least it's not wrong - 67 instead of 100. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:41 | |
OK, now then, Berni. What is the most obscure country in the Commonwealth Games you can think of? | 0:08:41 | 0:08:47 | |
-I'm going to go for...Jamaica. -Jamaica, says Berni. Let's see if that's right | 0:08:47 | 0:08:54 | |
and how many people said Jamaica. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:56 | |
It's right. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
26. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
26. Not a bad score at all. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:08 | |
-Richard? -They've got 42 golds in the history of the Commonwealth Games up to 2010. Jamaica. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:15 | |
There we are. Now, Pauline, we're looking for competing nations in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:21 | |
I was going to say Jamaica! But, wild stab, Kenya? | 0:09:21 | 0:09:25 | |
Pauline says Kenya. Is that right and how many people said it? | 0:09:25 | 0:09:29 | |
It's right. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:33 | |
Oh, it's good, Pauline. Brilliant! Look at that - 7! | 0:09:36 | 0:09:40 | |
That's a great answer. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
-Seven. -One of the dominant countries in middle and long-distance running. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:50 | |
OK, and David, we want competing nations in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. What do you think? | 0:09:50 | 0:09:57 | |
Well, I'm possibly going to go out on a little bit of a limb here. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:03 | |
I know that Mozambique is a member of the Commonwealth, even though it's a former Portuguese colony. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:10 | |
They do produce some long-distance runners, so Mozambique. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:15 | |
Well, we shall see. Is it right and how many of our 100 people said Mozambique? | 0:10:15 | 0:10:21 | |
It's a correct answer, David. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:24 | |
It's going to be low-scoring. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:28 | |
Down it goes... Very well done! | 0:10:28 | 0:10:31 | |
It's a pointless answer. It adds £250 to today's jackpot. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:35 | |
It takes the total up to £1,250. And, David, it scores you absolutely nothing. | 0:10:35 | 0:10:41 | |
Very well done indeed. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:43 | |
Would we have expected any less? Joined the Commonwealth in 1995. Won four medals in the women's 800m. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:50 | |
Very good indeed. We're halfway through. Let's look at the scores. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:55 | |
David and Rolf, brilliant score there. Zero - look at that. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:59 | |
Then we go up to 7 for Pauline and Rachel, | 0:10:59 | 0:11:03 | |
then up to 26 for Berni and Pete, then 67 for Caroline and Darren. Not bad for a stab in the dark, | 0:11:03 | 0:11:09 | |
but Darren needs a really good low scoring answer to stay in the game. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:14 | |
Can the second players please take their places at the podium? | 0:11:14 | 0:11:19 | |
Remember, we are looking for competing nations in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:25 | |
Now then, Rolf, you're the low scorers on 0. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:30 | |
High scorers are on 67. Score 66 or less and you are through. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:35 | |
-I'd like to go for Guernsey. -Guernsey. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
-I wouldn't even have thought of Guernsey. -Well, you're no Rolf. -I am no Rolf. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:46 | |
-They usually do well in the bowls. -Usually do well in the bowls. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:50 | |
He's just rubbing it in. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:52 | |
There's your red line, Rolf. Below that and you and Guernsey are through. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:58 | |
Is it right? How many said it? | 0:11:58 | 0:12:01 | |
It's right! | 0:12:01 | 0:12:03 | |
You're through. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:05 | |
Three! That's fantastic. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:10 | |
-Three for Guernsey. -Yeah. I'm a bit disappointed in Rolf. Three points. -Me, too. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:23 | |
David was all zero points, which I was impressed with, but three? | 0:12:23 | 0:12:27 | |
I've seen lower. That's all I'm going to say. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:31 | |
OK, Rachel. Competing nations in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:37 | |
You're on 7, thanks to Pauline's brilliant answer in the first pass. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:42 | |
High scorers are still Darren and Caroline on 67. 59 or less will see you through. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:48 | |
-Difficult decision whether to play a bit safe or take a risk. -Do you watch the Commonwealth Games? | 0:12:48 | 0:12:54 | |
I didn't in 2010. I wasn't in the country very much. | 0:12:54 | 0:12:58 | |
I was not in the Commonwealth, so it wasn't being shown there. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:02 | |
-Right. -So I think I will say... | 0:13:02 | 0:13:06 | |
-South Africa. -South Africa says Rachel. Here's your red line. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:12 | |
Below that, you're through. Is it right and how many said it? | 0:13:12 | 0:13:17 | |
It's right. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:20 | |
And you're through to the next round. Very well done. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:25 | |
13! That's a great score. 13 takes your total up to 20. | 0:13:25 | 0:13:30 | |
-So, Richard... -Safely through. Came back in for the 1994 Games. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:35 | |
They've won over 300 medals. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
Pete, we want competing nations in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:43 | |
The high scorers are still Darren and Caroline on 67. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:48 | |
If you score 40 or less, you are through and we say goodbye to Darren and Caroline. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:54 | |
I've got two answers. One's a safe one and one could be pretty good. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:59 | |
I think I'll take a punt at this and go for the more obscure one. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:04 | |
-This is what I like to hear. -I'm going to go for the British Virgin Islands. -British Virgin Islands. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:12 | |
There's your red line. Let's see if it gets you below it. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:16 | |
The BVI. Is it right and how many people said it? | 0:14:16 | 0:14:20 | |
It's right! I think that's going to be a brilliant answer. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:25 | |
It gets you through. Down it goes... Oh, one! | 0:14:25 | 0:14:30 | |
That's a fabulous score - one. Takes your score up to 27. Richard? | 0:14:33 | 0:14:38 | |
Good answer. Took an educated guess and it paid off. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:41 | |
-Have they won a medal? -No. Not so much. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:45 | |
Now Darren and Caroline, I have bad news for you. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:49 | |
You will be leaving us at the end of this round. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:53 | |
Nobody has overtaken your high score. But you can have some fun! | 0:14:53 | 0:14:57 | |
Em, obviously, we're unable to go through, so I'll try for another pointless answer. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:04 | |
I think I'll go for Malta. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:06 | |
Malta says Darren. Very selflessly looking for a pointless answer | 0:15:06 | 0:15:11 | |
to swell the jackpot for those who will come after him. OK, Malta. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:16 | |
Competing nations in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Is that right and how many people said Malta? | 0:15:16 | 0:15:23 | |
It's right. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:25 | |
Down it goes... Look at this! Four! Look at that. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:33 | |
Well done. Takes your total up to 71. It was exactly what you needed to do, Darren. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:39 | |
Sadly, everyone else scored very low in that last pass. Malta? | 0:15:39 | 0:15:44 | |
Strong end to the round. Bodes well for next time. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:47 | |
One of the old tenets of Pointless is, if in doubt, say Central African Republic or Tuvalu. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:54 | |
Central African Republic, no. But Tuvalu was a pointless answer. Brunei also pointless, | 0:15:54 | 0:16:00 | |
Gibraltar a pointless answer, Isle of Man a pointless answer, | 0:16:00 | 0:16:05 | |
Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, all pointless. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:09 | |
St Lucia, Tanzania and even Uganda, they've won 44 medals, but that's a pointless answer. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:16 | |
And lots of smaller islands like Antigua, Anguilla, St Nevis, St Kitts. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:21 | |
All of those are pointless. Let's look at the high scorers. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:25 | |
New Zealand, 47. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:27 | |
Canada, 53. Sorry, Caroline - it's Australia right at the top with 67. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:32 | |
A lot of people said United Kingdom, who don't play in the Commonwealth, so England, Scotland, Wales, | 0:16:32 | 0:16:39 | |
-Northern Ireland, Isle of Man... -Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair, | 0:16:39 | 0:16:44 | |
I'm sorry, it's Darren and Caroline. That round got easier. It sounded like a pig to start with | 0:16:44 | 0:16:50 | |
if you didn't know your Commonwealth Games nations, but it boils down to islands that might be part of it. | 0:16:50 | 0:16:57 | |
-If I'd gone last, I probably would have known. -Stormed it! -Pointless. -You'd have got Tuvalu, probably. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:04 | |
-Well, we will see you again. Thank you, Darren and Caroline. -Thank you. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:11 | |
For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:15 | |
There's only room for two pairs in the Head to Head, so one team leaves after this round. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:26 | |
Our category for Round Two is... Famous People. Famous People. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:31 | |
Decide who is going to go first and who will go second. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:35 | |
Whoever's going first please step up to the podium. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:39 | |
So our Round Two question concerns...Famous Doctors. | 0:17:42 | 0:17:47 | |
-Famous Doctors. Richard? -Six clues on each pass to the identity of famous people who trained | 0:17:47 | 0:17:53 | |
or qualified as doctors. A nice, obscure answer scores fewer points. An incorrect one scores 100. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:59 | |
-12 doctors in all to guess at home. -OK, thanks. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:03 | |
-We are looking for these famous doctors. And here they are. -HE READS THE LIST | 0:18:03 | 0:18:09 | |
I'll read all those one more time. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:24 | |
There are our doctors. You want the one the fewest people knew. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:43 | |
-Berni... -Yes. -Famous People. Does this turn out to be a good category for you? | 0:18:43 | 0:18:50 | |
Not too bad. I'm going to take quite a safe option, I think. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:55 | |
I'll go for the founder of psychoanalysis - Dr Sigmund Freud. | 0:18:55 | 0:19:01 | |
Dr Sigmund Freud. Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that answer. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:08 | |
It's correct. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:10 | |
39. | 0:19:14 | 0:19:15 | |
Not a bad score. Freud. | 0:19:18 | 0:19:20 | |
No Freudian slip there. Well done. 39 points. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:24 | |
-Rachel, remember, we are looking for the names of these famous doctors. -I'm a nurse. I should know more! | 0:19:24 | 0:19:31 | |
Em, I think I know one definitely and one maybe, so I'm going to go with the definite, | 0:19:31 | 0:19:38 | |
which is the successful human heart transplant. Christiaan Barnard. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:43 | |
Christiaan Barnard you say for the first human heart transplant. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:48 | |
Let's see if that's right and how many people said it. | 0:19:48 | 0:19:52 | |
It's right. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:54 | |
24. | 0:19:58 | 0:20:00 | |
-24 for Christiaan Barnard. -Performed it in Cape Town in 1967. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:08 | |
Rolf, you are the last person to have this board of doctors. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:13 | |
If you want to talk us through all of them, please feel free. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:17 | |
Those two I knew. I think Roger Bannister will be too high, so I'll go for Che Guevara | 0:20:17 | 0:20:23 | |
-for author of The Motorcycle Diaries. -OK. Dr Che Guevara says Rolf | 0:20:23 | 0:20:28 | |
for author of The Motorcycle Diaries. How many people knew that? | 0:20:28 | 0:20:33 | |
It's right. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:35 | |
Down it goes! Look at that. Five! That's a great answer, Rolf. | 0:20:38 | 0:20:42 | |
Five for Che Guevara. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
Well done, Rolf. Do you know what his family name was? | 0:20:47 | 0:20:51 | |
-No. -Lynch. -Really?! -His family were Irish immigrants. | 0:20:51 | 0:20:56 | |
-He was a keen rugby union player. -I had no idea. Really? | 0:20:56 | 0:21:00 | |
-Any Lynches out there may be related to Che Guevara. -A Lynch went out... | 0:21:00 | 0:21:05 | |
There's two very famous clarets, Lynch-Bages and Lynch-Moussas, both Irish... | 0:21:05 | 0:21:11 | |
cos I know everyone's fascinated by that(!) | 0:21:11 | 0:21:15 | |
Any wine lovers out there. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:18 | |
-Oh, clarets! I see what you mean. -Yeah, listen. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:22 | |
-You want to know more about this, press the red button now. -LAUGHTER | 0:21:22 | 0:21:28 | |
That red button's the one that turns the telly off. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:32 | |
Let's go through the rest. Rolf was right to avoid Roger Bannister. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:37 | |
He would have scored 39 points, same as Freud. Presenter of Child of Our Time is Dr Robert Winston. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:44 | |
That would have scored 21. The first woman to qualify is a pointless answer. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:50 | |
Well done if you said Elizabeth Blackwell. And well done if you got all of them, especially. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:56 | |
OK, we're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores. | 0:21:56 | 0:22:02 | |
No surprise. Rolf and David, amazingly low score there, five. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:07 | |
Then we come up to 24 with Rachel and Pauline | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
and then 39 for Pete and Berni. Not bad scores any of them, but Pete, you are out in front. | 0:22:10 | 0:22:16 | |
You need a really obscure doctor if there are any left when we get back to you. Good luck. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:22 | |
Now can the second players please take their places at the podium? | 0:22:22 | 0:22:27 | |
OK, we're going to put six more doctors on the board. Here we are. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:33 | |
HE READS THE LIST | 0:22:33 | 0:22:35 | |
I'll read those one more time. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:48 | |
OK, we are looking for the doctors that these clues describe. You want the one the fewest people knew. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:07 | |
Now, David, you're the low scorers on five. The high score is 39. If you can score 33 or less, | 0:23:07 | 0:23:13 | |
you are through to the Head to Head. What does that board look like? | 0:23:13 | 0:23:18 | |
There's two which I know. I think I'll go for the father of antiseptic surgery. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:25 | |
That's Dr Joseph Lister. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:27 | |
Joseph Lister says David. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:29 | |
Let's see if that's right and how many said Lister. There's your red line. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:35 | |
It's right. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:38 | |
And you are through. Well done. 13 for Lister! | 0:23:41 | 0:23:45 | |
Takes your total up to 18. Very well done. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:50 | |
An incredibly important figure in modern medicine. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:54 | |
Pauline, we're looking for the names of these famous doctors. You're on 24. The high score is 39. | 0:23:54 | 0:24:01 | |
If you can score 14 or less, you are definitely in the Head to Head. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:06 | |
Well, I can't believe I don't know any of them. I don't know that this can be a right answer, | 0:24:07 | 0:24:14 | |
but I'm going to go for presenter of TV Burp. | 0:24:14 | 0:24:18 | |
-Is his name Dr Harry Hill? -Harry Hill. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:22 | |
That's what Pauline's saying. Here's your red line. It's quite low. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:27 | |
Is Harry Hill correct and how many people said it? | 0:24:27 | 0:24:31 | |
Oh! | 0:24:33 | 0:24:35 | |
Oh! I think that was obscure only to you. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:39 | |
There's everything you needed to know - he's a doctor, everyone knows. | 0:24:40 | 0:24:46 | |
Poor old Josephine... Josephine Lister(!) | 0:24:46 | 0:24:51 | |
-The man's just being dragged through the mud! In this, his 100th year. -How about that? | 0:24:51 | 0:24:57 | |
-82 that scores you. Takes your total up to 106. Richard? -Yeah. | 0:24:57 | 0:25:01 | |
Real name, Matthew Hall. Trained as a doctor in London. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:05 | |
-And a great deal better known than Joseph Lister. -OK, Pete. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:10 | |
We're looking for famous doctors. The high scorers are now on 106. You're on 39. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:16 | |
So 66 or less will be enough to get you through. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:21 | |
-Talk us through the board if you like. -It won't take a lot of doing! | 0:25:21 | 0:25:26 | |
I knew Harry Hill and Joseph Lister. But the rest, apart from one of The Goodies... | 0:25:26 | 0:25:31 | |
Having watched a lot of that as a young boy, I've got a feeling the doctor was... | 0:25:31 | 0:25:38 | |
-Graeme Gardner. -OK, Pete has said Graeme Gardner. There is your red line. | 0:25:38 | 0:25:45 | |
Below that and you are through. Is it right and how many of our 100 people said Graeme Gardner? | 0:25:45 | 0:25:51 | |
Unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer. | 0:25:56 | 0:26:00 | |
That's a relief for Pauline and Rachel! That scores 100 points | 0:26:00 | 0:26:05 | |
-and takes you up to 139. Richard? -Unlucky, Pete. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:10 | |
Right man, but the wrong name. It's Graeme Garden. | 0:26:10 | 0:26:14 | |
-Very, very sorry. You've worked with him? -I haven't. I've met him. | 0:26:14 | 0:26:18 | |
-He's one of the loveliest, funniest men I've ever had the pleasure to work with. -Yeah. -A lovely man. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:24 | |
And he scored 18 points. Let's take a look at the rest. All authors. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:29 | |
-The author of Jurassic Park? -Crichton? -Michael Crichton. That would have scored 22 points. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:35 | |
-Author of A Study In Scarlet? -Conan Doyle. -Yes, the first ever Sherlock Holmes story. One point. | 0:26:35 | 0:26:41 | |
And a pointless answer - the writer of Of Human Bondage. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:46 | |
Somerset Maugham. Pointless answer. Very well done if you swept the board. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:51 | |
Thank you, Richard. At the end of Round Two, the losing pair are Pete and Berni! | 0:26:51 | 0:26:57 | |
Dear, oh, dear. That was really unfortunate. | 0:26:57 | 0:27:01 | |
-Lost in translation. -Literally. The game was lost in translation. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:06 | |
If Graeme Garden's watching - we flatter ourselves, but say he was - he'll be saying, "Garden! | 0:27:06 | 0:27:13 | |
"Not Gardner!" And I'm afraid he'll have been vindicated. | 0:27:13 | 0:27:17 | |
I'm really sorry we have to say goodbye. It's been brilliant. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:21 | |
-Pete and Berni, great contestants! Thank you. -Thank you. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:26 | |
But for the remaining two pairs things get even more exciting as we enter the Head to Head. | 0:27:27 | 0:27:34 | |
Congratulations, Rolf and David, Pauline and Rachel. You are now only one round away from the final | 0:27:38 | 0:27:44 | |
and your chance to play for the jackpot, which stands at £1,250. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:50 | |
Only one pair can play for that money and to decide which pair you will now go Head to Head. | 0:27:54 | 0:28:01 | |
For each question, you'll be shown five options on the board. You give one answer and you can confer. | 0:28:01 | 0:28:08 | |
All you have to do is score less than the other pair and you win. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:12 | |
The first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot. Let's play the Head to Head. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:18 | |
OK, here is your first question. And it concerns... | 0:28:20 | 0:28:25 | |
-Richard? -We'll show five pictures of famous people born in Northern Ireland. We need their full names. | 0:28:28 | 0:28:35 | |
The most obscure one will win. | 0:28:35 | 0:28:38 | |
OK, thanks very much. Let's reveal our five people born in Northern Ireland. | 0:28:38 | 0:28:44 | |
There they are. Now, Rolf and David, you've played best so far and get to go first. | 0:29:01 | 0:29:07 | |
There are your five people born in Northern Ireland. You want the one that the fewest people knew. | 0:29:07 | 0:29:15 | |
-We're going to go for A. -A. -And we think it's Patrick Kielty. | 0:29:17 | 0:29:22 | |
Patrick Kielty, you say. Pauline and Rachel, | 0:29:22 | 0:29:25 | |
you can talk us through them all or even go for A if you disagree with David and Rolf's call. | 0:29:25 | 0:29:32 | |
B looks very familiar, but we can't put a name. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:36 | |
-D is in The Sound of Music. -We know the first name. -Connie. | 0:29:36 | 0:29:41 | |
-We don't know the second name! -So, regrettably, we're going to have to go with E, which is George Best. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:49 | |
OK, you're going to go with George Best, E. | 0:29:49 | 0:29:53 | |
So we have Patrick Kielty and George Best. Rolf and David went for A, | 0:29:53 | 0:29:57 | |
who they believe is Patrick Kielty. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it. | 0:29:57 | 0:30:03 | |
It's right. | 0:30:04 | 0:30:06 | |
25. | 0:30:10 | 0:30:11 | |
25. Pauline and Rachel have had to go for E, so obscure they named an airport after him(!) | 0:30:15 | 0:30:22 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:30:22 | 0:30:24 | |
George Best. Let's see if that's right. George Best, E. | 0:30:24 | 0:30:28 | |
How many people said it? | 0:30:28 | 0:30:30 | |
Oh! 91. | 0:30:30 | 0:30:33 | |
Bad luck. Pretty comprehensive there. Rolf and David, you are up one-nil. Richard? | 0:30:33 | 0:30:40 | |
Yeah, a big score there. It must be strange to be the most recognisable person ever in your country. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:48 | |
We'll go through the rest. You were very close with D. | 0:30:48 | 0:30:52 | |
A, Patrick Kielty. B is Margaret from The Apprentice. | 0:30:52 | 0:30:56 | |
-Do you know who I thought that was? -Who? -I thought it was Emma Thompson with dyed hair! | 0:30:56 | 0:31:02 | |
-Did you? -It might have been for a role. | 0:31:02 | 0:31:06 | |
Well, she'll be perfect to play Margaret Mountford in Apprentice - The Movie. That scored 2 points. | 0:31:06 | 0:31:13 | |
C is the actor Sam Neill, whose father was a New Zealand serviceman stationed in Omagh. | 0:31:13 | 0:31:19 | |
Now D, you're absolutely right. It's Connie Fisher. | 0:31:19 | 0:31:24 | |
She would have won you the point as she'd have only got eight. | 0:31:24 | 0:31:29 | |
-And there's George Best at the end on 91. -Sam Neill, though! | 0:31:29 | 0:31:34 | |
I was thinking it could be Liam Neeson or Ewan McGregor. | 0:31:34 | 0:31:40 | |
-To be fair, you think Margaret from The Apprentice is Emma Thompson(!) -But... | 0:31:40 | 0:31:45 | |
-You probably thought George Best was Brian Blessed. -LAUGHTER | 0:31:45 | 0:31:50 | |
-Yeah, I'd give you that. -Best answer up there was Margaret Mountford. Well done if you said it. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:57 | |
Thank you. Here comes your second question and it concerns... Washington, DC. | 0:31:57 | 0:32:03 | |
-Richard? -We'll give you five clues to facts about Washington, DC. | 0:32:03 | 0:32:08 | |
The more obscure the answer, the fewer points. | 0:32:08 | 0:32:11 | |
So here are your five facts about Washington, DC. | 0:32:11 | 0:32:16 | |
I'll read those again very quickly. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:33 | |
There we are. Pauline and Rachel, you have to win this question to stay in the game. | 0:32:43 | 0:32:49 | |
It's all I'm going to say. | 0:32:49 | 0:32:52 | |
-What's DC for? Washington... -I can't even think now. | 0:32:52 | 0:32:57 | |
We're going to have to say the obvious, I'm afraid. Neither of us have been there. | 0:32:57 | 0:33:02 | |
-The man it's named after is George Washington. -George Washington say Pauline and Rachel. | 0:33:02 | 0:33:09 | |
So, Rolf and David, you can talk us through the board if you like. | 0:33:09 | 0:33:13 | |
We're pretty sure we know all the rest. DC is District of Columbia. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:19 | |
The city was probably Philadelphia. Washington Redskins. | 0:33:19 | 0:33:23 | |
-But we'll go for the river. The Potomac. -The Potomac. OK. | 0:33:23 | 0:33:28 | |
So we have the Potomac. Pauline and Rachel have answered George Washington for the name. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:35 | |
Let's see if that's right and how many people said it. | 0:33:35 | 0:33:39 | |
-Down it goes. 53! -Oh, well. -Wow. | 0:33:40 | 0:33:44 | |
And Rolf and David have gone for the River Potomac. Let's see if it's right and how many said it. | 0:33:49 | 0:33:55 | |
It's correct. | 0:33:55 | 0:33:57 | |
Yup, that wins it. | 0:33:59 | 0:34:01 | |
25! | 0:34:01 | 0:34:03 | |
So there we are. After only two questions, Rolf and David are through to the final. | 0:34:06 | 0:34:12 | |
-Only 53 people knew Washington, DC, was named after George Washington. -The rest thought Denzel Washington. | 0:34:12 | 0:34:19 | |
-Ah, yes. -Good answer. The Potomac was a good answer as well. | 0:34:19 | 0:34:24 | |
The problem is Pauline and Rachel were playing Name Famous Georges. | 0:34:24 | 0:34:29 | |
Which I have to say you have done in exemplary fashion. | 0:34:29 | 0:34:34 | |
Well played, guys. We suspected from the start you'd do rather well. | 0:34:34 | 0:34:39 | |
Let's go through the rest. You were right - DC is District of Columbia and would have scored 31 points. | 0:34:39 | 0:34:45 | |
The American football team is the Redskins. It scored 17, | 0:34:45 | 0:34:49 | |
a better answer than Potomac. | 0:34:49 | 0:34:52 | |
And it succeeded Philadelphia as the capital of the USA. That was the best answer with six. | 0:34:52 | 0:34:58 | |
OK, thanks very much, Richard. So the losing pair, I'm sorry to say, | 0:34:58 | 0:35:03 | |
-is Pauline and Rachel. -They were such tough guys to beat! -They were tough guys to beat. | 0:35:03 | 0:35:10 | |
-You had them pointed out. -I did warn you. -Tough categories. | 0:35:10 | 0:35:14 | |
-But I have been to Washington, which is embarrassing. -Now she tells us! -I didn't know that! | 0:35:14 | 0:35:21 | |
-She snuck away without telling you? -Yes! -Have you seen that amazing statue of Denzel Washington...? | 0:35:21 | 0:35:28 | |
-The Smithsonian Institute I was hoping would come up! -Ah! | 0:35:28 | 0:35:33 | |
-But we get to see you again. -Good. -We'll see you again next time. | 0:35:33 | 0:35:38 | |
I hope we have categories you know completely. Thanks so much for playing. Great contestants. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:44 | |
But for Rolf and David it's now time for our Pointless final. | 0:35:46 | 0:35:51 | |
Congratulations, Rolf and David. You fought off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy. | 0:35:55 | 0:36:03 | |
You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end of today's show it stands at £1,250. | 0:36:09 | 0:36:17 | |
The rules are very simple. All you have to do is find a pointless answer. | 0:36:20 | 0:36:25 | |
We've had one. David, it was yours with Mozambique. You need one more to get the money. | 0:36:25 | 0:36:31 | |
Firstly, you've got to choose a category and we have five options. | 0:36:31 | 0:36:35 | |
-Not operas and ballets, please. -No. -And not horse racing. | 0:36:45 | 0:36:50 | |
I'd be torn between animated films and 1970s music. | 0:36:50 | 0:36:56 | |
-I'm not hot on 1970s music. -How about animated films? | 0:36:56 | 0:37:00 | |
-Not particularly hot. -That's probably my two strongest. -That's a bit of a problem. | 0:37:00 | 0:37:07 | |
What are we going to do now?! | 0:37:07 | 0:37:10 | |
-I'd feel more comfortable with the animated films. -I'd go for that as well, then. Animated films. -OK. | 0:37:10 | 0:37:17 | |
Animated films. Let's find out what the question is. | 0:37:17 | 0:37:20 | |
We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many films nominated for Best Animated Feature Oscar | 0:37:20 | 0:37:27 | |
-as they could. Richard? -Yeah, any film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature | 0:37:27 | 0:37:35 | |
from when it was first introduced in 2002, right through to 2011. | 0:37:35 | 0:37:40 | |
OK, there we are. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers. | 0:37:40 | 0:37:45 | |
All you need to win that £1,250 is for one answer to be pointless. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. | 0:37:45 | 0:37:52 | |
-Your time starts now. -Right, the first one was Shrek. That was what started them. | 0:37:53 | 0:37:59 | |
But that probably is too well-known. | 0:37:59 | 0:38:02 | |
-Ratatouille. -Ratatouille, yes. That's more recent. -Yeah. | 0:38:02 | 0:38:06 | |
-Finding Nemo was one. -Finding Nemo, yeah. | 0:38:06 | 0:38:10 | |
-Any others spring to mind? -I'm trying to think. Is Madagascar pre-2002? | 0:38:10 | 0:38:16 | |
I'm not sure if it was one. Happy Feet was, the penguin one. | 0:38:16 | 0:38:21 | |
-What about Wallace and Gromit? -Yeah, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. | 0:38:21 | 0:38:27 | |
-OK, so Curse of the Were-Rabbit? -Yes. -Happy Feet. -Happy Feet. | 0:38:27 | 0:38:31 | |
-And Ratatouille? -Ratatouille. OK. | 0:38:31 | 0:38:34 | |
You're going to stop there? OK, stop the clock. You have your three answers. | 0:38:34 | 0:38:39 | |
We were looking for films nominated for Best Animated Feature. | 0:38:39 | 0:38:43 | |
I now need your three answers. | 0:38:43 | 0:38:45 | |
First, the least hopeful I would say is Ratatouille. | 0:38:45 | 0:38:50 | |
-Ratatouille. -Then Happy Feet. Then best option is Wallace and Gromit's Curse of the Were-Rabbit. | 0:38:50 | 0:38:56 | |
Curse of the Were-Rabbit. OK, we'll put them in that order. | 0:38:56 | 0:39:00 | |
And here they are. | 0:39:00 | 0:39:02 | |
We were looking for films nominated in the Best Animated Feature at the Oscars. | 0:39:07 | 0:39:12 | |
Ratatouille was your first and least confident pop at the jackpot. You only need one pointless answer | 0:39:12 | 0:39:19 | |
to win that £1,250. So, Ratatouille. Is it right and how many people said it? | 0:39:19 | 0:39:25 | |
Ratatouille. | 0:39:25 | 0:39:27 | |
It's right. | 0:39:28 | 0:39:30 | |
If this were to go all the way down to zero, you'd leave with £1,250. | 0:39:30 | 0:39:35 | |
You weren't that confident, but it goes down to single figures! Two! | 0:39:36 | 0:39:42 | |
Two for Ratatouille. | 0:39:44 | 0:39:46 | |
-Rats! -Unfortunately, not a pointless answer, but you have two more chances to win. | 0:39:47 | 0:39:53 | |
You put that one first deliberately. You thought it was most obvious. | 0:39:53 | 0:39:58 | |
Films nominated in the Best Animated Feature category of the Oscars. Let's hope nobody said the next one. | 0:39:58 | 0:40:04 | |
-What would you do with £1,250, David? -Ah, it would probably go towards a holiday. | 0:40:04 | 0:40:11 | |
-Rolf? -I think the wife's got it already spoken for! -Oh, really? | 0:40:11 | 0:40:16 | |
Let's see if Happy Feet can win it for her. It has to be pointless to win that jackpot of £1,250. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:22 | |
Let's see if it's right and how many people said Happy Feet. | 0:40:22 | 0:40:27 | |
OK, well, it's right. | 0:40:28 | 0:40:30 | |
Ratatouille went down to two. Let's see how far Happy Feet goes down. | 0:40:30 | 0:40:35 | |
If this goes down to zero, you will win that jackpot of £1,250. | 0:40:35 | 0:40:40 | |
Down it goes... Five! | 0:40:40 | 0:40:42 | |
Five for Happy Feet. So everything is resting on Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. | 0:40:47 | 0:40:54 | |
It's your last shot at the jackpot, but you thought this would be the most obscure of your answers. | 0:40:54 | 0:41:00 | |
We were looking for films nominated for the Best Animated Feature at the Oscars. | 0:41:00 | 0:41:07 | |
Your last answer. Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Is it right and how many said it? | 0:41:07 | 0:41:14 | |
Curse of the Were-Rabbit. | 0:41:14 | 0:41:16 | |
Yes, it's right. | 0:41:18 | 0:41:20 | |
We went down to two and then down to five. | 0:41:20 | 0:41:24 | |
And this is your most confident. Let's see if you put it in the right place... | 0:41:24 | 0:41:30 | |
Yes! Very well done! | 0:41:30 | 0:41:33 | |
You did exactly the right thing. Brilliant. Fabulous. Very well done. | 0:41:33 | 0:41:38 | |
Very, very well done. Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit was a pointless answer. | 0:41:42 | 0:41:48 | |
-Do you remember how it did? Didn't it win? -It did win. -Appropriately enough. | 0:41:48 | 0:41:54 | |
And now so have you. You have won our jackpot of £1,250. Well... | 0:41:54 | 0:42:00 | |
Very good. | 0:42:00 | 0:42:02 | |
-Richard? -Well played, gents. All three of your answers won the Oscar. | 0:42:06 | 0:42:11 | |
Curse of the Were-Rabbit was the only winner that was pointless. | 0:42:11 | 0:42:16 | |
People at home may have got these. Coraline was a pointless answer, Fantastic Mr Fox, brilliant film. | 0:42:16 | 0:42:23 | |
Howl's Moving Castle, another great film. Persepolis, not one for the kids. | 0:42:23 | 0:42:29 | |
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. Surf's Up - better than you think. | 0:42:29 | 0:42:33 | |
Princess and the Frog, Triplets of Belleville and there's Wallace and Gromit. Well done if you got those. | 0:42:33 | 0:42:41 | |
Thanks once again to our winning players, Rolf and David, who go away with today's jackpot of £1,250. | 0:42:41 | 0:42:48 | |
-Join us next time when we put more obscure knowledge to the test. Goodbye from Richard... -Goodbye. | 0:42:50 | 0:42:57 | |
And goodbye from me. Goodbye. | 0:42:57 | 0:43:00 | |
Very well done. | 0:43:00 | 0:43:02 | |
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