Episode 12 Pointless

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

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

Now, first up we welcome Louise and Karen.

-How do you know each other?

-Mother and daughter.

Mother and daughter. Where are you from, Louise?

-Cramlington, in Newcastle.

-What do you like to get up to in your spare time, Karen?

-We go to a spiritualist church.

-Do you now?

What happens in a spiritualist church?

We go to an open circle. There's two or three meetings a week

and we sit around and we tune in, go into a trance-type state

and then we see if we can get any messages from the other side.

Are you hoping you'll get some messages while...?

I'm hoping I get lots of words in my ear.

Yeah, I get lots in my ear, certainly.

OK, well, a very warm welcome to you, Louise and Karen.

Great to have you on the show. Next, we welcome back Dave and Steve.

This is your second appearance on Pointless. Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless Final.

This is your second chance. Dave, remind us how you know each other.

We work together for the Royal Mail in Kidderminster.

Kidderminster in Worcestershire. Steve, you're neighbours as well.

We are. We live two doors away from each other.

Do you spend all your time together?

-Not quite.

-I wouldn't say so, no.

Steve, what are your hopes for today?

Hopefully something on football comes up or music.

Anything else, Dave, you'd like to see?

-Well, I love all sport, I mean, a bit of darts.

-Darts.

I play to a terrible standard but...

Richard is very big on his darts, aren't you?

-Yeah, I like some darts, yes.

-If you fancy a game any time, Richard.

-Now?

-Yeah.

-Would that be all right? You can hold the fort.

Listen, if you two just want to go off and have a quick game, we can...

Could you put that up to 180?

Anyway, a warm welcome back to the show, Dave and Steve.

Next, we welcome back Heather and Graham, who were also on the show last time.

Heather, remind us how you know each other.

We are married.

And, Graham, what happened last time?

Well, there wasn't such a thing as television

when the actual kids were young and it was children's TV programmes.

-Yes, it was.

-So, I didn't have a clue.

-Tough category.

-Yes, it was.

-That was really tough.

Anyway, that was last time, today is a new day.

-What are you hoping is going to come up, Graham?

-Sport. Very good at sport.

That would be good. Heather, anything you'd particularly like to see come up?

Geography, because we like to travel

and we've been lots of places around the world.

So that would be nice. And cookery.

Very best of luck to you.

-Let's hope we see you go a bit further than you did last time.

-Thank you.

Great to have you back on the show.

And, finally, Claire and Rich. How do you two know each other?

-We are engaged.

-Oh, congratulations.

-Thank you.

-Thank you very much.

-We've had a few engaged couples on the show.

Richard and I are now licensed, of course, to conduct weddings

and civil ceremonies.

-Are you free September next year?

-We are free right now.

-Let's do it.

Not without the dress.

No, we've both got dresses, that's fine.

That's fine. That's fine, then.

Claire, what are you hoping will come up today?

I'd love anything on reality TV

so The Only Way Is Essex, Made In Chelsea, The Apprentice.

Very good. Rich, what would you like to see come up?

Sport, really. Football, cricket, anything like that. I don't mind geography as well.

Very warm welcome to the show. Lovely to have you here.

We'll find out more about you later in the show.

There is only one person left for me to introduce -

a man so obscure that the Higgs boson is looking for him.

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

-Hiya. Hello.

-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you, sir.

-Are you well?

-Yeah, I'm very well.

-Excellent.

Lots of people have asked for sport today, haven't they? In fact, even more specifically, football.

But we haven't had a sports question for ages, is the truth.

-It's been even longer since we've had a football question.

-Yeah, yeah.

-Just putting that out there.

-OK.

All our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.

In order to get to the Final Round and be in with a chance

of winning our jackpot, our contestants

need to find the obscure answers those 100 people couldn't get.

The fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer, the fewer points you'll score.

What everyone is trying to do, of course, is find a pointless answer.

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

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

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

So today's jackpot starts off at...

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

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

and you cannot confer with your partner.

Whoever has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

Now, in this round we are going to show you a list of things

which have a common connection.

All we want you to do is to find the most obscure answer

that you possibly can.

OK, our category for Round One is...

It's Football. What about that?

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 Round One question concerns...

-Richard.

-Yeah, this is one of my slightly new Round Ones.

-Remember when we did one another day?

-Yeah.

-A slightly different way of doing it.

Where, ordinarily, I might say,

"Tell us a professional team David Beckham has played for?"

In this one, I'll give a list of six England football team captains.

You just have to tell us any club that any of them

have played for, please. So, any league club that any of these England team captains

have played for during their professional career.

Very, very best of luck.

Yes, indeed. Louise and Karen you all drew lots before the show

and today you are going to go first.

As Richard has just mentioned,

we are going to put up six England football team captains

and here they are. We have got...

I'll read them all one last time.

And what you have to do is name any football team they have played for.

And, obviously, you're going to try and find the one you think

the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Now then, Louise.

Football. Being from Newcastle, I'm going to say, "Alan Shearer."

You're going to say, "Alan Shearer, Newcastle."

OK, Newcastle for Alan Shearer. Let's see if that's right

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

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-72 for Newcastle.

-Yeah, it's a big score but it's damage limitation.

You're right, he played for Newcastle and also Kevin Keegan played for Newcastle.

So, Newcastle is now out as a...

-Out of the game.

-Out of the game.

-Newcastle no longer exists.

No longer exists. See what you've done?

OK, Dave, we are looking for any club that any of these

England captains have played for.

OK, I'm going to go for...

..Bryan Robson,

West Bromwich Albion.

West Bromwich Albion, Bryan Robson.

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

Very well done, 11.

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11 for West Brom.

Well played, Dave.

He played for West Brom in that great team between '74 and '81, Bryan Robson.

Thanks, Richard.

-Now then, Graham, this is more like it, isn't it, Graham?

-Yes, it is.

-Much more.

-There we are.

-I think I know several of them.

I think Bobby Moore might be good,

West Ham United.

West Ham, Bobby Moore. Is it right? How many people said it?

Absolutely right.

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31 for West Ham for Bobby Moore.

Yes, made over 500 appearances for West Ham between 1958 and 1974.

Thanks, Richard.

Claire, we are looking for any club teams that these England captains have played for.

I'm going to go, then, for David Beckham,

Real Madrid.

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

21, Claire. Very well done.

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Real Madrid.

Well played, Claire. He played for Real Madrid between 2003 and 2007.

We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores as they stand.

Dave and Steve looking very strong indeed.

Lovely low score of 11, there.

Then, up to 21, where we find Claire and Rich.

Graham and Heather on 31

and then up to 72. Karen, we're going to need

a nice low score from you in the next pass to keep you in the game. Best of luck.

We'll come back down the line.

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

So, we're looking for any club team

that these England captains have played for.

Rich, you're on 21.

The high scorers are Karen and Louise on 72.

If you can score 50 or less, you are through to the next round for sure.

I'm going to follow Claire's lead and go with David Beckham

and I think he had a spell on loan

at Preston North End.

Sounds like a very good answer.

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

Is it right, Preston North End, and, if it is, how many people said it?

Yeah, you're through.

Very, very well said, Rich.

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Best score of the round so far.

5 takes your total up to 26.

Well played, Rich, yeah, another one of David Beckham's teams.

He only played five games with Preston North End when on loan.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Now then, Heather, the high scorers are still

Karen and Louise on 72.

You're on 31. If you can score 40 or less, you're in the next round.

I know David Beckham went to play in America.

I think it was Galaxy.

OK, Galaxy.

Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Galaxy.

Absolutely right.

And you are through. Very well done indeed, Heather.

25. A good answer.

Takes your total up to 56.

-Beckham's popular, this round, isn't he?

-Isn't he?

Joined LA Galaxy in 2007 and he, sort of, comes back and forth.

Thanks, Richard.

Now then, Steve, you are on 11.

The high scorers are still Karen and Louise on 72.

To stay in the game, you want to be scoring less than 60.

We are looking for any club teams that these England captains have played for.

I'm going to go for

Scunthorpe United.

I think that was Kevin Keegan's first club.

Scunthorpe United. Let's see if that's right

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

Absolutely right.

And you are through, very well done.

Can you get lower than Rich and Claire, I wonder?

Yes, you can.

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Very well done indeed. 6, Steve, takes your total up to 17,

the lowest total of the round.

Yeah, well played. Very good answer.

As you say, Kevin Keegan started at Scunthorpe.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now then, Karen, I have sorry news.

I know.

You are the high scorers, even before your answer.

Alan Shearer! How could he do that

-to a north-easterner?

-How could he do that to us?

But maybe you can find

a brilliant low score.

No.

Not a good subject for me.

-OK.

-I can pick two, that's it.

And they're going to be probably more than 72.

So, I'll say,

"John Terry, Chelsea." That's it.

"John Terry, Chelsea," says Karen.

Let's see what John Terry, Chelsea scores.

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58 takes your total up to 130, Karen.

-Richard.

-Yeah, two correct answers.

High scores but they're right answers.

Been there since 1998,

John Terry, over 500 appearances.

There's five pointless answers but we've already heard some of the lower ones as well, though.

Hamburg, where Keegan played, would have scored 7.

Fulham, where Bobby Moore played, would have scored you 7.

Middlesbrough, Bryan Robson. That would have scored 6.

And AC Milan for David Beckham.

That would have scored you 5 points.

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

Blacktown City in Australia. Keegan played there very, very briefly.

Herning Fremad.

Bobby Moore played there in the Danish league, again, briefly.

Nottingham Forest is a terrific pointless answer if you got that.

John Terry made six appearances for Nottingham Forest on loan in 2000.

Very well done if you said that.

San Antonio Thunder and Seattle Sounders.

Both US teams who Bobby Moore played for.

So, very well done if you got any of those pointless answers.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So, at the end

of our first round, the losing pair with the highest score, I'm sorry to say, it's you, Karen and Louise.

As Richard said, two correct answers there.

It wasn't really your category, was it?

-No.

-No, not at all.

Oh, dear.

But we'll look forward to seeing you again next time.

-Meanwhile, thanks so much for playing.

-Thank you.

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

And so we become three pairs.

At the end of this round, we become two pairs for our head-to-head

so one of the pairs in front of me now will be leaving us.

Very exciting round, that one.

Claire and Rich, as the newcomers, how are you feeling?

-Relieved.

-Nervous, still.

-Great performance there.

-Rich, I've got to commend you on your beachwear.

-Thank you very much.

It's good, I like that.

-It brings a, sort of, an atmosphere of sun.

-A lot of people think they need to dress up to come on TV.

All Claire's influence.

I didn't pick that.

Don't blame me for that.

Not even married yet. Brilliant.

Anyway, very, very best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

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

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

OK, our question concerns...

-Richard.

-On each pass, we are going to give you clues

to the identities of six famous people born in Russia or the USSR.

If you give us a nice obscure answer, you'll score fewer points.

Give us a wrong answer, that'll be 100 points.

Going to be 12 clues in all, 12 famous Russians to guess at home.

OK, thanks very much.

So, we are looking for the famous Russians described here and we have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are, six famous Russians.

Dave, what do you make of them?

Not good.

But I know who bought Chelsea FC in 2003.

Roman Abramovich.

Roman Abramovich who bought Chelsea FC in 2003.

Let's see if that's right

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

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39 for Roman Abramovich.

That's a lot lower than I was expecting.

Yeah, it is quite low, actually. In 2010, he bought the world's most expensive yacht.

250 million he spent on a yacht.

It's got a disco in it. It's got a cinema.

It's got a choice of helipads. How many helipads has your yacht got?

Three.

Now then, Graham, famous Russians.

I knew the first one.

That was the only one I knew for sure.

But I'll have a punt at

Navratilova.

Navratilova.

Yeah, the ladies' singles champion.

OK, you're going to say, "Navratilova,"

for the ladies' singles champion 2004 at Wimbledon.

Let's see if Navratilova is correct and,

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

Bad luck, Graham. Afraid that's an incorrect answer

which means you score

the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry, Graham.

Sorry, Graham, it was after her time for singles

and she was born in Czechoslovakia.

But I'll give the correct answer at the end of the round.

Thanks very much.

Claire, you're the last person to have this board so you can talk us through it, if you like.

Well, I can't.

The October Revolution,

Stalin?

Wrote the ballet Swan Lake, I'm going to go for that.

I'll go for Tchaikovsky. Is that how you say it?

-"Tchaikovsky," you say, as the composer of Swan Lake.

-Yeah.

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

Absolutely right.

Very well done.

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Best score of the round, so far,

Claire, 30.

-IN RUSSIAN ACCENT:

-Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Absolutely right. I was about to ask you his first name. He's the most famous of the Russian composers.

But the first name, less well-known.

Let's fill in the rest of the board.

You'll be all right for some of these. Masterminded the October Revolution?

-Lenin.

-Lenin. Absolutely right.

Of course, that would have scored you 29.

Let's take a look at that ladies' singles champion, Graham.

It wasn't Martina Navratilova, it was...

-Sharapova.

-Maria Sharapova.

-Are you saying, "Let's take a look at her?"

Have you got a pic?

-The physiologist famed for dog experiments.

-Pavlov.

-Pavlov's dogs, of course.

Ivan Pavlov would have scored 18.

Do you know the pioneer of abstract art?

-Kandinsky.

-Yeah, Wassily Kandinsky, absolutely right.

Best answer on the board, 2 points. Well done if you got all of those.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

OK, we are halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores.

30 for Claire and Rich.

Good score, there. Nice low score.

Snapping at your heels

are Dave and Steve on 39.

And then up to 100, I'm afraid, we find Graham and Heather.

So, Heather, we need some good answering

from you on the next pass.

We'll hope that's enough to keep you in the round.

OK. Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, we are going to put six more famous Russians on the board

and here we have got...

I'll read those all one more time.

There we are. Six famous Russians.

Rich, the high scorers are Heather and Graham

on 100. You are on 30.

A score of 69 or less

will see you through to the next round.

Russians aren't my best subject,

but I'm going to go with the leader credited as architect...

as Stalin.

Stalin the architect of Glasnost, says Rich. There is your red line.

Below that red line you are through to the next round for sure.

Let's see if Stalin's right,

and if so, how many of our 100 people said it.

-Ooh, bad luck, Rich.

-Sorry.

That's an incorrect answer,

which scores the maximum 100 points.

I'm sorry. That takes your total to 130.

Heather, we come to you.

The high scorers are now Rich and Claire.

They've thrown you a lifeline.

So if you score 29 or less, you're through to the next round.

We want these famous Russians.

The only Russian I know is Tolstoy.

Was he the Mad Monk?

I'll go for that.

The Mad Monk, Tolstoy, says Heather.

Let's see if that's right.

And if it is, how many people said that. Tolstoy.

Bad luck, I'm afraid.

Another incorrect answer, Heather.

-You have now joined the 200 club.

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-Hooray!

Now then, Steve. Great news, you are through anyway.

Better still, you can tidy up

the board for us.

There's only one there

I could even hazard a guess at

and that's the Mad Monk.

And I'm going to say Rasputin.

Rasputin, says Steve. No red line, you're already through.

Let's see if Rasputin is the Mad Monk,

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

Absolutely right.

32 for the Mad Monk being Rasputin.

Takes your total up to 71.

Yeah, very well played, Steve. Good answer.

Says he was Grigori Rasputin.

But he was actually born Ra Ra Rasputin. That was his birth name.

Have you ever listened to the lyrics of Ra Ra Rasputin by Boney M?

"Lover of the Russian queen"?

There are some absolute crackers. One bit of it goes "most people look at him with terror and fear,

"but to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear."

-"Such a lovely dear"?

-Yeah.

-So, Heather, the only Russian you know is...?

-Tolstoy.

-Leo Tolstoy.

He's up there. I promise you that.

Do you want to have another go

-at which one he might be?

-No.

-Tolstoy wrote Anna Karenina.

-Did he?

-Yeah.

It would have scored you 34 points.

It would have still seen you knocked out,

-cos you'd have been on 134.

-That's all right.

And the leader credited as architect of Glasnost - Gorbachev.

Mikhail Gorbachev. Absolutely right.

12 points that would have scored you.

Wrote Dr Zhivago?

-Pasternak.

-Yeah. Boris Pasternak, very well done.

Would have scored 8 points.

-Wrote the symphony known as The Leningrad?

-Dmitri Shostakovich.

I'll give you that. Would have scored 1.

The other one is a Pointless answer.

The Noble Prize winner who worked with Rutherford?

-I'm assuming you don't know this one.

-I don't.

Very well done anyone who said Peter Kapitsa.

I could do with a 'Peter Kapitsa' now!

-Oh, it'd be lovely, wouldn't it?

-Yum-yum.

-Ooh.

-Wouldn't that be nice?

-A game of darts and a 'Peter-Kapitsa' on the way home.

-Ooh!

-Oh, lovely!

-Mm-num-num-num!

-LAUGHTER

Well, thanks very much, Richard.

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

I'm sorry, it's Heather and Graham.

-200 club.

-That's an honour.

It is an honour. A great honour.

We must say goodbye, Heather and Graham.

-It's been lovely. Thank you so much for playing.

-Thank you.

But for the remaining two pairs,

things get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

Many congratulations, Dave and Steve, Claire and Rich,

you're one round away from the final,

and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at...

OK, you are now going to go head-to-head.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

The great news is, you are now allowed to confer.

So, Dave and Steve, you were in the head-to-head last time.

-Here you are once again. How are you feeling?

-Erm, apprehensive.

You played very well.

Claire and Rich, straight through to the head-to-head.

-Are you feeling prepared for this?

-As long as there's no more Russians.

-Now you can confer.

-I can share my knowledge.

-There you are!

So, I would say a very open field. Very best of luck to both of you. Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, here comes your first question, and it concerns...

We'll show you five photographs taken from major stage musicals,

you just have to tell us what the musical is, please.

And try to pick the most obscure.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

OK, let's reveal our five photos from musicals. And we have got...

OK, there we are. Five musicals.

Dave and Steve, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.

Two or three we think we know.

And I think we're going to go for...

C, Carousel.

C, Carousel, say Dave and Steve. Claire and Rich?

A would be Singing in the Rain, B, we think, is Mamma Mia.

-D, we're thinking, is My Fair Lady. Let's go for Mamma Mia.

-Yeah.

-We'll go for B, Mamma Mia.

-OK, you say B, Mamma Mia.

Dave and Steve said C was Carousel.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Carousel for C.

Absolutely right.

23 for Carousel. So, Claire and Rich you have said that B is Mamma Mia.

Let's see how many said B was Mamma Mia.

Absolutely right.

So after one question, Steve and Dave, you are up 1-0. Richard.

Well played, Steve and Dave.

You knew a couple of others, Claire and Richard.

Should you have chosen one of those? You knew A was Singing In The Rain.

But that would have scored you...

75 points.

You knew that D was My Fair Lady.

And you should have gone with it.

It would have scored you 11 points.

Tough luck.

And E, the best answer on the board, The Phantom of the Opera.

It would have scored 2 points. SHE GROANS

-Did you know that one as well?

-Yes!

-Bad luck. You DID know it?

Yeah. I only went to see it three months ago.

-Well, we've all learnt something, haven't we?

-Yes.

Second question, Claire and Rich.

You have to win this question to stay in the game, remember.

Our second question concerns...

Crufts Champion Breeds, Richard?

I'm going to give you names of five breeds that've been Crufts Supreme Champions

since 1980, but we're leaving out alternate letters from their names.

Can you identify these breeds?

Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five breeds with alternate letters omitted.

We have got...

I'll read those again without saying blank.

Five breeds of dog. Claire and Rich, you go first this time.

We don't know many, so we're going with toy poodle.

Toy poodle, at the bottom. Toy poodle.

Now then, Dave and Steve, this is your chance.

Claire and Rich, you have gone for toy poodle.

If you can win this question, you go straight through to the final.

-We'll go with the third one. Giant...

-(I think it's schnarzer.)

'Schnarzer.'

-If you spell it, that would be...

-S-C-H-N-A...

-What do you reckon? R?

-R.

-R.

Z-E-R.

-OK, schnarzer.

-Yeah.

Claire and Rich, you have gone with toy poodle.

You have to win this question, remember, to stay in the game.

Let's see if it's right, and how many of our people said toy poodle.

It's absolutely right.

-Not bad.

-Fine.

Dave and Steve have gone with giant schnarzer.

Let's see if that's right.

And if it is, how many of our 100 people said giant schnarzer.

If it's right, 24 is what you have to beat.

Bad luck, Dave and Steve. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Claire and Rich, you are back in the game.

After two questions it's 1-1.

-Richard?

-Sorry, guys. Just one letter out - giant schnauzer.

That's a U instead of an R.

Would have scored you 2 points there, too.

Would have seen you into the final.

Used to go out with a girl with a giant schnauzer.

-LAUGHTER

-Did you?

Fill in the rest of the board.

The top one is a whippet. That would have scored 63.

-The second one is Lhasa apso.

-Yes.

-It would have scored them 9.

And this other one will cause some people problems,

but it's a very well known dog. 14 points for Irish setter.

Very well done if you got all five of those.

Very well done. Yes. Here's your third question. The decider.

Whoever wins this question goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot of £8,000.

It concerns, this third question,...

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OK, Gordon Brown. Richard?

Yes, your fate is in the hands of Gordon Brown. Just like the old days.

I will show you five clues to facts about Gordon Brown.

Give us the answer to the most obscure. Good luck, both teams.

OK, here are five facts about Gordon Brown.

Five clues to facts about Gordon Brown. Dave and Steve, you go first.

I think I know his wife's first name.

I also know who he replaced as Prime Minister.

-Shall we go for his wife's first name?

-Yeah, you go with that.

OK, I think his wife's first name is Sarah.

Sarah. You're saying Sarah.

Claire and Rich, you can talk us through the rest of the board, if you like.

I wish I could. See, I do like Gordon Brown.

I know he lost the sight in his eye playing rugby.

He replaced Tony Blair, I don't know how many years

he was Chancellor. Do you? Was it the whole time Labour was in, before he took over?

-So Labour....

-'97.

-97 to 2000 and... Was it '9 or is it '8?

-I think it would be 11 years.

-It's whatever you think.

-(I think the rugby could be better.)

-Do you think it will score lower?

-Shall we go for rugby?

-Yeah, rugby.

-Rugby.

-OK, you're saying rugby.

A rugby accident. In which he lost the sight in his eye. OK.

Dave and Steve, you have gone for Sarah, the name of his wife.

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

Absolutely right.

36 for Sarah.

Claire and Rich, you have said it was a rugby accident in which he lost the sight in his eye.

Is that right, and if so, how many people said it?

This will decide who stays and plays for that jackpot.

Very, very best of luck.

It's right. Now will it go below 36?

No!

Which means after three questions,

Dave and Steve, you are through to the final, 2-1.

-Richard?

-Unlucky, Claire and Rich.

-What would you have said for his years as Chancellor?

-I think 11.

-11.

It was ten years in the end.

It would have seen you through, if you'd gone ten, at 14 points.

He was Chancellor the whole time Tony Blair was PM.

The person he replaced was Tony Blair.

But it would have scored 82 points. And the first name he doesn't use?

-His real name is James Brown. Yeah.

-Wow.

LAUGHTER

-James would have scored you 5 points. He uses his middle name.

-Thank you, Richard.

So the losing pair, at the end of the head-to-head, is Claire and Rich.

Did you know any of those lower-scoring answers in that?

I did know his first name. It just came to me as you said it.

-And you knew My Fair Lady!

-I know.

-And you knew Phantom Of The Opera which only scored 2!

-I know.

-Claire...

-I'm going to be in bad books.

Rich, time for a bit of a Pointless briefing. See you next time.

Meanwhile, thanks very much for playing.

But for Dave and Steve, it's now time for our Pointless Final!

Congratulations, Dave and Steve. Our two postmen.

You have fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

Or rather you would have won it,

but I tried to deliver it and you were out.

Oh, no!

So you're going to have to turn up at some depot in the middle of bloomin' nowhere and...

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £8,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

A head-to-head in your first show, through to the final in your second.

This is how we do it! How are you feeling? Are you confident?

We've got as far as we like. Obviously, the money would be nice.

OK. Any particular category you'd love to see up there?

Darts has got to come up, hasn't it?

-Surely.

-Surely!

Well, the rules are very simple.

To win that money, just find a pointless answer.

We haven't had any pointless answers today.

Find one now and you will leave here with £8,000.

You have a choice of five options and they are...

I mean, "art" is in "darts".

-Yeah.

-Yes, you're right.

Well, I think you can get rid of playwrights

and probably art and fictional characters.

Yep, how's your golf?

Not great but it's probably better than your music.

-It's up to you.

-Well, we'll go for...

-Do you want to go for golf?

-We'll go for golf.

-OK.

-Yeah.

OK, we'll go for golf. Let's find out what that question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Ryder Cup captains as they could.

Ryder Cup captains, Richard?

Yes, we're looking for any man who's been named Ryder Cup captain for either team

from when the competition became USA versus Europe in 1979,

-all the way through to the 2012 competition. Good luck.

-OK.

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that £8,000 jackpot

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-Yep.

OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There you are. Your time starts now.

-I know Tony Jacklin, Bernard Gallacher...

-Ben Crenshaw.

-Ben Crenshaw, OK.

-I know another American....

-Was Curtis Strange...

-Curtis Strange was.

-Yeah.

-Cos he cried when they lost.

-Yeah.

-Bernard Gallacher.

Bernard Gallacher. I remember him.

-Seve.

-Seve, but he'd be too...

-Yeah, obviously Woosnam.

-Faldo...

-Woosnam... Faldo.

-Montgomerie.

-Montgomerie has.

-He'd be a popular answer.

-Yeah.

-Crenshaw...

-We'll go for Crenshaw.

-Strange, do you reckon?

-Curtis Strange? Who was the other one you said first?

-Bernard Gallacher.

-Yes, Curtis Strange.

-Tony Jacklin, that's the only one.

-Yeah, there's another American...

-Tom Watson.

-Nicklaus has.

-What about Kite?

-Was there a Kite, Tom Kite?

-Yeah, Tom Kite.

-Tom Kite, has he...?

-Yeah, Tom Kite has.

There's another American I can't quite think of at the moment.

-It's, um...

-Ten seconds.

-Lee? Not Lee.

I don't know any more. I'm pretty much out, I think.

-Calcavecchia?

-No, he hasn't.

OK, your time is up.

We were looking for Ryder Cup captains.

I now need your three answers.

-Ben Crenshaw.

-Ben Crenshaw.

-Curtis Strange.

-Curtis Strange.

-Curtis Strange.

Tom Kite. No?

-Tom Kite or Bernard Gallacher?

-We'll go with Bernard Gallacher.

Bernard Gallacher. OK, there are the three answers.

Of those three, which do you think is your best shot of a Pointless answer?

-Ben Crenshaw.

-Ben Crenshaw, put him last. Who's your least likely?

-Probably Bernard Gallacher.

-Bernard Gallacher, we'll put first.

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

OK, so we were looking for Ryder Cup captains.

You only need to find one pointless answer to win that £8,000 jackpot.

-Steve, what would you do with eight grand?

-I've recently got engaged.

-Congratulations.

-It would pay for a nice honeymoon.

APPLAUSE

Very good. Dave, how about you?

Oh, I might treat the wife to a new iron or ironing board.

-LAUGHTER

-A popular move, I imagine.

But seriously, it would be a lovely holiday with the children and the wife.

OK, well, let's see. Your first answer is Bernard Gallacher.

Let's see how many people said it, it has to be pointless

if you're going to win that £8,000 jackpot.

How many people said Bernard Gallacher?

Absolutely right. Bernard Gallacher, down it goes.

If this goes all the way down to 0, you leave here with £8,000.

Into the teens, into single figures, down it goes.

Still going. Four!

Four.

You weren't expecting that to be pointless, really, were you? No.

Not a pointless answer. Curtis Strange was your next answer.

Let's hope it's correct, obviously. Let's hope nobody said it.

This for £8,000, Curtis Strange.

OK, it's right. Bernard Gallacher took us down to four.

Curtis Strange, if he can take us all the way down to 0,

you are leaving here with £8,000.

Down it goes, still going.

Oh, one!

OK, we're getting in the right region. We really are.

-Also, Curtis Strange is a name you remember.

-It's a STRANGE one.

Yes, it's a strange name, thank you.

Ben Crenshaw, on the other hand, who's going to remember that?

We have to hope that it's right, we have to hope it will be pointless.

This is your last chance to win today's jackpot of £8,000.

We're looking for Ryder Cup captains.

Let's see if Ben Crenshaw is right

and if it is, how many people said it. Good luck.

OK, well, it's right. Bernard Gallacher took us down to four.

Curtis Strange took us right down to one.

Ben Crenshaw, if he goes down to 0, you leave with £8,000.

Still going... Oh, no!

Who was it?

-One person.

-Who was he?

-I don't know. Or she.

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

I'm so sorry. Three brilliant answers there.

You do at least get to take home a Pointless trophy, so there we are.

Richly deserved.

Unlucky guys, good category for you

and you nearly went with Tom Kite instead of Bernard Gallacher.

It would have scored one point as well.

Was Lanny Wadkins pointless?

Let's have a look at the Pointless answers in a moment.

There's a few more one-pointers - Corey Pavin, Mark James.

Look at the pointless answers,

the more familiar ones are at the end of the list.

Billy Casper and Dave Marr who were the US captains in '79 and '81.

Dave Stockton who brought the trophy back to the States in '91.

Hal Sutton, Lanny Wadkins, who was the captain in 1995.

John Jacobs, the only European on that list,

he was the losing captain in '79 and '81.

A couple more big names as well. Ray Floyd and Tom Lehman as well.

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

That is tough luck, guys.

We have to say goodbye Dave and Steve,

it's been great having you on the show.

Brilliant contestants. Great, great play.

So Dave and Steve didn't win our jackpot today

which means it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for £9,000.

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

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