Episode 14 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless, the show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

First we welcome back John and Mick. You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

John, remind us how you know each other.

-Grandfather, grandson.

-Mick, what happened last time?

-Flowers and Blue Peter. That's what happened!

-That's not the whole story.

You went through to the head-to-head. Stormed through.

Lowest scorers in the first two rounds.

And then you came up against flowers and Blue Peter, which, John, would have been your choice, I'm sure.

-Nah, definitely not!

-No.

What are you hoping will come up? John?

-Sports, fantasy fiction would be a good one.

-Very good.

-Mick? What would you like to see?

-Certainly not what he just said!

-Again, music, a bit of history, a bit of geography.

-OK.

Very, very best of luck. Next we welcome back Keith and Calvin.

You were also on the show last time. What happened, Keith?

I kind of jumped in at the deep end first up and pulled up a 100-pointer straight away!

You substituted INXS for EMF, yeah.

-All those initials!

-Calvin, we had a great answer from you as well.

-But not quite enough to save you.

-No. Spice Girls as well.

Showing a bit of knowledge that I probably shouldn't show!

-But it was over before it got back to me cos I was last.

-Yeah.

That was a tough call. Keith, what do you want to see come up?

-Sport would be good.

-You're both semi-professional cricketers.

-Yep.

Obviously cricket would be fantastic for you. Calvin, anything else?

American comedy, that kind of stuff. Films, along those lines.

-Recent music. More recent than last. A pop music one would be good.

-Right. Last time,

it was the first round for you two, so let's hope we see more of you this time. Best of luck.

Next we welcome Martine and Jess. How do you two know each other?

-I've known her all her life cos she's my daughter.

-Mother and daughter. Where are you from, Jess?

-We're from Norwich.

-Norwich.

-Yes.

-And what do you do, Jess?

-I'm a student and I also work part-time.

-What do you do, Martine?

-I'm a fitness instructor.

-Right. How long have you done that?

-Eight years.

-So personal training?

-Yes.

-Classes, things like that? The whole lot?

-The whole lot.

-Are you attached to a gym or go to people's homes?

-I teach at gyms and people's homes. I do both.

Very good. Jess, what do you hope is going to come up?

Entertainment, music. Anything but like books and politics.

-Anything apart from books and politics.

-I don't mind books.

OK. Books. Fine for Martine, not so good for Jess.

-Lovely to have you on the show. A warm welcome to you.

-Thank you.

Finally, we've got Natasha and Graeme. How do you know each other?

-This beautiful girl is my daughter.

-Eugh!

Said Natasha, "Eugh!"

So we've got grandfather, grandson, mother, daughter, father, daughter. A family-oriented show.

-Where are you from, Natasha?

-Dudley, West Midlands.

Dudley, West Midlands. Graeme, what do you do in Dudley?

-I'm a police officer in Dudley.

-Very good. Natasha, what do you do?

I'm a student, but I also work for a hospice. I'm the manager of a charity shop

-in my spare time.

-That's a pretty full itinerary, isn't it?

-It looks good on a CV, doesn't it?

-It sounds good, yeah, even off the CV. Amazing.

Graeme, what's going to be your dream Pointless category?

-Geography, history.

-OK. What are your hobbies when you're not involved in public duties?

I'm very keen on physical fitness, weight training, cycling.

-OK.

-Swimming. Anything to do with the outside.

-Very best of luck. Great to have you here.

We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show as it goes along.

Only one person left for me to introduce.

The man who planted the tree of knowledge, my Pointless friend, Richard.

Hiya! Hello.

-Afternoon to you.

-And to you, sir.

-For a quiz show, we've got a very physical bunch on today's show.

John and Mick very good last time. Worth keeping an eye on them.

They could go all the way. And Keith and Calvin we didn't see enough of.

-No.

-They were tripped up with a question maybe slightly before their time.

So I think it's going to be a very tough show, this one.

Very tough.

We'll look forward to it. Thanks very much, Richard.

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

To get to the final round and have a chance of winning our jackpot,

contestants must find the obscure answers our 100 people didn't get.

So the fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer, the fewer points they'll score.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer, one that none of our 100 people knew.

Each time that happens, we'll add 250 quid to the jackpot.

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

So today's jackpot starts off at...

Right. If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless!

In this first round, each of you must give me one answer, and you cannot confer.

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

Try and make sure that's not you.

OK. Our first category today is...

Words. Can you decide in your pairs who's going first and who's going second.

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

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

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

Words ending in SK. Richard?

We're looking for any word in the Oxford Dictionary of English

that ends with the letters SK. As always, no proper nouns or hyphenated words.

Any word ending SK. Very best of luck, and very best of luck at home as well.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Now, Mick and John. You all drew lots before the show

and today you get to go first. Mick,

-a word ending SK.

-Um...

I can't think of too many.

I'm going to go with whisk.

Whisk, says Mick. Let's see if it's right and if so, how many of our 100 people said whisk.

It's right.

Good.

-28 for whisk.

-It's tough being on that first podium, worst for words rounds.

-Well done, Mick. Good start.

-Thanks very much, Richard. Calvin?

I've got one in mind, but I don't want to risk it

like Keith did last time,

so I might play a little bit safer

and go...

..task.

Task, say's Calvin. Task.

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many of our 100 people said task.

It's right.

61.

Yes, a piece of work to be done or undertaken.

Task. In the same way that Keith has some work that needs to be undertaken in the pass.

He does, yes.

-Martine?

-I've got several in mind, but I'm going to go "frisk".

-Frisk.

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many of our 100 people said frisk.

-24 for frisk.

-Yes, very good answer.

To pass your hands over someone's body to search for illegal... Sort of thing Graeme does!

-Graeme, do much frisking?

-I've done a bit, yes.

-There's a guy who knows how to frisk, don't you think?

-Yeah.

-The second he came in, we said, "There's a frisker!"

-Oh, yes.

Thanks, Richard. Now, Natasha.

I'm going to go with desk.

Desk. Let's see if it's right and if so, how many of our 100 people said desk.

Absolutely right.

Good girl!

-20 for desk.

-Well played, Natasha. Good answer. Good end to that pass.

Desk - it's what you keep your booze under when you're presenting a quiz show.

Thanks very much, Richard. Half way through the round. Let's look at the scores as they stand.

Desk, as it happens, the lowest score of the pass. Well done, Natasha.

On 20, Natasha and Graeme. Up to 24 for Martine and Jess.

Up to 28 where we find Mick and John. All nice and close together.

And then whoa! up to 61, where we find Calvin and Keith.

Keith, you have, as Richard said, a task ahead of you.

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

OK. We are looking for words ending in SK.

You want to find the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew. Graeme,

the high scorers on 61 are Keith and Calvin. You're on 20.

If you can score 40 or less with this, you are through to the next round.

I will try and do my daughter justice. Obelisk.

There's your red line. If you get below that red line with obelisk, you are in the next round.

Let's see how many people said obelisk.

Absolutely right.

Yep, you're through.

Very well done, indeed, Graeme.

That's more like it. Two for obelisk.

-Takes your total up to 22. Richard?

-Well played, Graeme.

He's going to be good. Yes, a tapering stone pillar. An obelisk.

Now then, Jess.

The high scorers are Keith and Calvin, still on 61.

You're on 24. If you can score 26 or less, you are through to the next round.

OK. I think I'm going to say flask.

Flask, says Jess. Flask.

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many of our 100 people said flask.

You've done it. Just!

-28 for flask takes your total up to 52.

-Well played, Jess. Good answer. Flask.

It's a container for keeping your booze in under your desk

if you're a co-presenter of a quiz show.

Yep. Now, then. Keith.

-You're the high scorers on 61.

-I've got a few in my head,

but I'm going to go for dusk.

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

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

40 takes your total up to 101. Richard?

-I thought that would go lower.

-So did I. I actually got a shock when it stopped.

-You got an actual shock?

-I literally went "Uh!"

-It's the darker stage of twilight.

-Thank you. Now, then,

the moment of truth, John. You're currently on 28.

The high scorers are Keith and Calvin on 101.

If you can score 72 or less, through you go to the next round.

I know loads, but I'm just going to say tusk.

Tusk, says John. Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said it.

Below that red line, you're in the next round. Tusk.

Yep, you're through.

-33 takes your total up to 61.

-A long pointed tooth. Very good answer, John.

There are very few pointless answers here. Unusually for a words round.

-Re-task?

-Re-task?

-Is that what you're going for?

-Yeah, I might have done that.

-Re-task would score you 100 points.

-Oh...there you are.

What you're really looking for is overtask.

-Ah.

-Overtask is a pointless answer. Well done if you said that.

Let's look at some more pointless answers.

Dehusk, meaning to dehusk something.

Fisk, a Scottish financial word.

-Lentisk, another word for the mastic tree.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

I never knew it went under another name.

-You know that mastic tree in your garden?

-Yeah!

-I said to you the other day, "Is that a lentisk?"

-I said, "No!"

-Yeah, and you haven't invited me back. Well,

-it is a lentisk.

-Wow.

-Yeah.

-It has a fruit closely related to the pistachio.

-Pistachio, yes.

-Yeah, yeah(!)

-Yeah, the mastic.

-Yeah. Let's take a look at the others.

There's overtask, photomask and tamarisk, which is an evergreen shrub.

Those were the only pointless answers. Well done if you said any of those.

-Shall we take a look at the biggest answers?

-Why not?

-High scorers.

These are the ones most of our 100 people said.

That's a pretty big score.

You know what that means, Calvin? Task was the worst answer of all.

61 points.

Oh, yeah.

-That's tough, isn't it?

-That is tough.

Thank you very much, Richard. So at the end of our first round,

the pair who'll be leaving us, I'm afraid, once again, Keith and Calvin.

Far too soon. It's been great having you on the show, albeit briefly.

-Thanks very much for playing.

-Cheers.

APPLAUSE

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

So four pairs become three pairs.

At the end of this round three pairs become two pairs for our head-to-head.

Natasha and Graeme, you were our lowest scorers by quite a way there.

Great answer from you, Graeme. Obelisk.

-I had time to think about it.

-True, you did have time to think about it.

But nonetheless, that was markedly lower than the other scores in the round.

So I have to say Natasha and Graeme seem to be the pair to beat,

but John and Mick have been here before.

They have experience on their side.

And also Martine and Jess not playing badly at all.

So I'd say it's a pretty open field. Our category for Round Two is...

Philosophy.

Can you decide in your pairs who's going first and who's going second.

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

OK. The question concerns...

Philosophers and their first names. Richard?

On each pass we'll show you the surnames of six philosophers

with their date of birth and their first initial.

Can you tell us what that initial stands for, please.

The most obscure answer scores fewer points as always. An incorrect answer will score 100 points.

There are 12 in all for you to have a go at at home.

Thanks very much, Richard. The first names of these philosophers. And we have got...

I'll read those one last time.

Six philosophers. You need to supply their first names.

-Now, then, John.

-I know one of them.

So I'm quite happy. At least I know that. But it'll be a high score. Thomas Aquinas.

Thomas Aquinas, says John. Let's see if it's right and if so, let's see how many people knew that answer.

Absolutely right.

Not a bad score.

-That's better than you were expecting?

-A lot lower than I thought.

-Very well done.

Good score.

Good answer. St Thomas Aquinas, the Italian theologian.

Martine?

-We come to you.

-That's the only one I knew.

So I'm going to have to make one up.

So I'm going to go Chomsky and I'm going to go Nicholas.

Nicholas Chomsky. Nicholas Chomsky.

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Nicholas Chomsky.

Bad luck. An incorrect answer, I'm afraid, Martine.

You score the maximum of 100 points.

Now, then. Natasha.

You're the last person to have this board. Talk us through it.

I can talk you through guesses.

I'm struggling to think where there's a yes. Chomsky or Bacon.

I think I'm going to go Chomsky, and Nathaniel.

Nathaniel Chomsky, says Natasha.

Nathaniel Chomsky. Let's see if it's right and if so, how many of our 100 people knew that answer.

I'm afraid that's another incorrect answer, which scores you the maximum of 100 points also.

-Sorry. Richard?

-The thing with Chomsky, we could be here all day guessing names starting with N.

It's Noam Chomsky.

Noam Chomsky. 17 people out of our 100 knew.

Thomas Aquinas is looking a better and better answer all the time, John.

Let's see the rest of the board. The big scorer is Bacon.

-Which is?

-Francis Bacon.

-Right. Would have scored you 62.

-A couple of other big scorers. Russell?

-Bertrand.

-That would have scored 29.

-Descartes?

-Rene.

-Rene Descartes.

Absolutely. 26.

-The best answer on the board is Wittgenstein.

-Ludwig.

-Absolutely right. Would have scored nine.

Well done if you said that at home. A good showing from our 100 people.

Yeah, good showing from them.

Thanks, Richard. We're half-way through the round. Let's take a look at those scores - both of them!

33, John and Mick, looking very strong, as ever.

And then up to 100 where we find Martine and Jess and Natasha and Graeme.

So it's a tussle between Jess and Graeme for the next pass

to see who stays with us for the head-to-head. Best of luck.

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

OK. Let's put six more philosophers on the board.

Here we go. We have got...

I'll read those one last time. Here we go.

We are looking for the Christian names of these philosophers

and, as ever, you are trying to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

I'm going to risk it.

I'm going to go with Jeremy Bentham.

Jeremy Bentham, says Graeme. Jeremy Bentham.

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

Absolutely right.

Very well done, Graeme. Eight for Jeremy Bentham. Takes your total to 108.

The English philosopher and theoretical jurist. Very good answer indeed.

-Two good answers in a row from Graeme.

-Graeme's good.

-Yeah, properly good. Actually good.

Yeah. Jess.

The high scorers are now Graeme and Natasha on 108.

You're on 100. A score of seven or less will see you comfortably into the head-to-head.

I don't know any of them. I'll have to take a guess and I'll say Andrew Rand.

Andrew Rand. OK. Andrew Rand.

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

There's your red line, quite low.

Bad luck, Jess.

That's an incorrect answer.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points.

That takes your total up to an unbeatable 200.

Richard?

Yes, sorry, Jess. Not Andrew. I'll give you the correct answer later.

Andrew Rand being the band that Simon Le Bon is lead singer of!

-No?

-No!

-OK.

Mick. Good news. You're through to the next round.

I only know one.

I don't have to have any pointless answers here, so,

-I'll just go for Karl Marx.

-Karl Marx,

says Mick. Karl Marx at the bottom of the board. Let's see if that's right and if it is,

let's see how many people said it.

Absolutely...

91, Mick. Takes your total up to 124.

But you're already through.

The most famous philosopher of them all, Karl Marx.

Published The Communist Manifesto with Engels in 1848.

Let's go through the board.

A slightly harder board, this one.

Do you want to have a go at these?

-I think I've got them all.

-Sartre?

-Jean-Paul.

-Absolutely.

That would have scored 48. Pascal?

-Blaise.

-Blaise is correct, yes.

12. Later went on to form Blazin' Squad. That was his band.

Yeah. Yeah.

-Nietzsche.

-Friedrich.

-Friedrich Nietzsche. Absolutely. 27.

And Rand?

I don't know how you pronounce it, but I think it's "Ayn".

Ayn. AYN. Would have scored you four points.

-Ayn.

-The darling of the American right, Ayn Rand. Become very popular in the last few years.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So at the end of our second round,

the pair with the highest score who'll be leaving us is Jess and Martine.

-Not a happy round, that one, for you.

-No!

-Philosophers.

Well, we can put them out of our mind, because next time you come back,

-we won't be having any more philosophers.

-Oh, good!

-Good news.

Great having you on the show, Jess and Martine.

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

But for the remaining pairs, things are about to get more exciting

as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Natasha and Graeme, John and Mick.

You are only one round away from our final

and the chance to play for the jackpot which currently stands at...

So you'll now go head-to-head, and the first pair to win two questions

will play for that jackpot.

The great news is, from here on in, you can confer.

So you become two teams. John and Mick, you've been here before.

-Last time we did our best. We gave you flowers and Blue Peter! That was fun!

-Yeah(!)

Any particular requests this time?

Film. Some more music would be nice. Sports.

OK. Natasha and Graeme, two fantastic answers from you, Graeme.

-THEY WHISPER:

-He's very good!

-I think he's good.

-Scarily good.

You know he's a copper, don't you?

Even that not withstanding, I think he is actually very good.

No, he's definitely good.

So, there we are.

Natasha, you have the great brain of Graeme, now, combined with yours. Anyway, let's play the head-to-head!

Here is your first question. It concerns...

Weather presenters. Richard?

We'll show you five photos of people who are or have been weather presenters.

Can you identify the most obscure of these?

Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five weather presenters.

Here they are. We have got...

There we are.

Five weather presenters.

Natasha and Graeme, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.

-Fish.

-We know C. We know E.

-I know D's face.

-I know his face as well.

-OK, we've made our decision.

-We have a decision. What will it be?

-E, Michael Fish.

-E, Michael Fish.

E, Michael Fish.

John and Mick. You can do all your talking out loud now.

We only knew two. E was one of them.

C is the other one.

So it's C, Ulrika Jonsson.

OK, so we have Michael Fish and Ulrika Jonsson.

Natasha and Graeme said Michael Fish. Is it right and if so, how many people said Michael Fish?

Absolutely right.

58 for Michael Fish. John and Mick, you went for Ulrika Jonsson.

C, Ulrika Jonsson

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Ulrika Jonsson?

58 is what it's got to beat.

And it beats it! Look at that! 44!

-Is that a surprise?

-Yeah.

-Very surprised.

-There we are.

-After one question, Mick and John, you are up one-nil. Richard?

-Well played, guys.

-I think Natasha and Graeme were thinking of going for Ulrika at one point.

-Might have been.

Let's look at the other answer. They would have won you the point.

A, from BBC Breakfast.

-She's lovely, isn't she?

-Mm.

I've got a thing for Carole Kirkwood, if I'm honest.

-If I'm brutally frank. Don't tell anybody!

-I won't.

Don't tell anybody. Don't tell anyone. She's lovely.

-She was on this show.

-She was.

She would have scored eight points.

B is a pointless answer.

First ever female weather broadcaster on the BBC.

Barbara Edwards. Well done if you said that.

Started in 1974 with the BBC. Now, D.

Not recognised here and a low score as well. I thought he'd be more well-known.

-Ian McGaskell?

-Ian McCaskill.

Ian McCaskill. Even had his own Spitting Image puppet at the height of his fame.

Eleven points for Ian McCaskill.

Well done if you got all five.

Well done if you got Carol Kirkwood!

Here's your second question. Natasha and Graeme, you have to win this to stay in the game.

Here it comes. It concerns...

Songs with dances in their titles. Richard?

We're going to show you the name of five songs and the act that had a hit with those songs.

We've left one word out of each title. That word is the name of a dance.

Can you identify these, please?

Thanks very much, Richard. Let's reveal our five songs with dances in the title. Here they are.

I'll read those one last time.

Five songs with the word missing, and that word is a dance.

John and Mick, you go first this time.

There's two we definitely know.

There's one we're not too sure on.

And there's one we think we might know.

But we're not going to go for it.

So we'll go for Let's Twist Again, by Chubby Checker.

Chubby Checker, Let's Twist Again.

Let's Twist Again, say John and Mick.

Natasha and Graeme, you can talk out loud now.

-Take us through the board.

-Ooh, well.

We think Humperdinck is the last dance. But we're not sure.

Modern Romance could be Everybody Dance.

Black Lace, Do The Conga.

And we think Mambo Number Five.

-Is that...

-Mambo, Mumbo, Mumbo, Mamba.

One of the M's!

So we're going to go Mambo Number 5.

-Bit of a risk, but Tasha says it's right, so it must be.

-OK.

Mambo Number 5. We have Let's Twist Again

and we have Mambo Number 5.

John and Mick say Chubby Checker, Let's Twist Again. Is it right, and if so, how many people said it?

Absolutely right.

Ooh, it's a high one.

80!

Natasha and Graeme, you think you've taken a risk with this one.

Mambo Number 5. Let's see if it's right. If it is, it has to go below 80.

If it does, it keeps you in the game.

It's right and it goes below 80. Look at that.

-Down it goes. 34!

-Ooh!

Very well done, Natasha and Graeme.

That's what you needed to do. After two questions, you are now even. One-all. Richard?

Well done. Mamba Number 5 by Lou Bega.

That's his surname, Loubega. He's called David Loubega.

-Really.

-Quite cool, isn't it?

-Like Vaughan Williams.

-Actually Ralph Vaughan Williams.

-There you go. A bit like that.

-Yeah.

We grew up in very different households, didn't we?

I almost guarantee

that everybody at home is singing at least one of these now

and annoying everyone next to them.

They're all very catchy. Let's Twist Again, Mambo Number 5.

It's The Last Waltz, Engelbert Humperdinck.

That would have scored 60.

It is Do The Conga by Black Lace.

That would have got 22.

-Do you know the Modern Romance one?

-Salsa!

-Everybody Salsa, yeah.

That's absolutely our era.

Everybody Salsa, Modern Romance. Best answer there.

-Well done if you said that.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

So, you are absolutely even. Here comes the decider, question three.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for the £10,000 jackpot.

Here it comes. Our third question concerns...

The FA Cup.

-John very happy with this.

-That's the first time I've seen John smile in two shows!

We're about to show you five clues to facts about the FA Cup.

-Give the answers to the most obscure of these, please.

-Thanks, Richard.

Here we go. Five facts about the FA Cup. We have these.

I'll read these five facts again.

There we are. Five clues to facts about the FA Cup. Natasha and Graeme, you go first.

We're not sure on any of them.

We'll go for the round in which premier league teams join the competition.

-I'll say, but I'm not sure, the third round.

-The third round,

say Natasha and Graeme. The third round, the round in which premier league teams join the competition.

John and Mick, you can now take us through the board, if you like.

I don't know about the hymn.

The club with the most wins in the final is Manchester United.

Where the trophy is presented

I think it's the stand or the balcony.

But I'm not too sure.

And the decade...

-1860, 1870? I'm not sure.

-I don't think it's that early.

I reckon it was about...

-..either 1900, like 1900 to...

-No, it's earlier than that.

-Yeah?

1880s.

That's when most of the first teams came around, the 1880s.

-1870? I'm not sure.

-I don't know.

WHISPERING

We're going to go for where the trophy was presented.

I'm going to say in the stands.

OK. In the stands.

So Natasha and Graeme are saying it's the third round of the competition

when the premier league teams join.

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said it. Round Three.

Absolutely right.

27. Now, John and Mick have said that the trophy is presented in the stands.

Trophy presented in the stands. Let's see if it's right and if so, how many of our 100 people said it.

This to decide who goes through to the final.

Bad luck, John and Mick. An incorrect answer.

Which means, Natasha and Graeme, after three questions you are through to the final, two-one.

Richard?

Sorry, John and Mick, it's in the royal box, which is in the stands,

but the stands is the whole stadium. The royal box, we were after.

Mick, what would you have gone for as the decade the tournament was first held?

-I would have said 1870s.

-Absolutely right. The 1870s.

The first one was '71/'72 when Wanderers won.

That would have scored three points. It's the best answer there.

The best answer by a mile. Very well played.

The club with the most wins, John, you're right, Manchester United.

But it wouldn't have seen you through. A big scorer.

37. They've won it 11 times up to 2012.

And the hymn you've heard many times. Abide With Me.

That would have scored 17 points and would have seen you through.

Very well done to anyone who got all of those at home.

Thanks very much, Richard. So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is John and Mick.

Second time you've stormed it through to the head-to-head

and I'm afraid for the second time we have to say goodbye to you at this stage.

John and Mick, thank you for playing. We have to say goodbye. Great contestants.

APPLAUSE

But for Natasha and Graeme, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Natasha and Graeme. You've seen off the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy!

-Woo-hoo!

-You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...

Well, you've done pretty well.

You've been our low scorers consistently.

And Graeme, some great answers from you in Rounds One and Two.

Really good. Obelisk!

Obelisk. Great! And then we had Jeremy Bentham, as well.

-Yes.

-Very well done. Two particularly good low scores there. But here you are.

New beasts to the game and already in the final.

The rules are very simple. To win that money, all you have to do

is find a pointless answer.

We haven't had any today. You only have to find one now

and you will go home with that money. First you have to choose a category.

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

-Wow.

-Wow, indeed.

I know what my gut instinct is. What's yours?

-Mine is Populations for you.

-Let's go Populations.

-Let's roll.

-OK.

Populations. Let's find out what that question is.

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

..as they could. Bordered countries with a population under one million.

-Richard?

-Any country which has a permanent population of under one million

according to the most recent CIA fact book.

However, we're not looking for any island nations.

So it must have a land border with at least one other sovereign state.

As always, by country we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN.

So countries with less than one million in population that share a land border. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that £10,000 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-I'm ready.

-Ready.

OK. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Land borders. You have to remember land borders.

-So it hasn't got a sea?

It hasn't got a sea? It's allowed part of a sea, I think.

So I'm thinking Sao Tome and Principe.

I'm also thinking the Vatican City, but I don't know if that'll be allowed

-cos it's maybe not a member nation.

-I don't think it is.

San Marino, which has a low population. You've got Andorra.

You've also got - what are the countries in Africa? We've got...

-Swaziland. Is that low? I don't know.

-I don't think so.

Gabon, possibly.

As well.

What other... Equatorial Guinea.

That's potential. But again, we don't know about that.

Ten seconds left.

-Do you know your three?

-We'll go Sao Tome and Principe,

we'll go for The Vatican, but not too sure about that.

Time is up.

We were looking for bordered countries

with a population of under one million.

I now need your three answers.

Vatican State.

Vatican City.

Sao Tome and Principe.

Sao Tome and Principe.

-San Marino.

-And San Marino.

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

-I'm hoping Sao Tome and Principe.

-OK. We'll put that last.

Which is your least likely?

-Vatican.

-Again, depending on whether it qualifies. The Vatican.

-But if it qualifies, then San Marino is the least likely.

-OK.

We'll put San Marino first, then, shall we?

Let's put them on the board in that order. Here they are.

We were looking for bordered countries with a population of under one million.

Your first answer is San Marino.

This was your least likely shot at a pointless answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £10,000 jackpot.

Natasha, what would you do with ten grand?

Go on holiday. A big holiday. New York, maybe.

-Graeme.

-We've already thought about it.

-We'd like to go on an elephant safari to Botswana.

-Very good.

Very best of luck. Let's hope one of your three answers will deliver that to you.

Your first answer, San Marino.

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many of our 100 people said San Marino.

This is for £10,000.

Well, it's right.

Let's see how far San Marino can take us.

If this takes us down to zero,

then you leave here with £10,000 in your back pocket.

Down it goes. Oh! Six!

Six for San Marino. Unfortunately, not a pointless answer.

-I think you were expecting that not to be pointless.

-Yes.

That was your least likely, you thought.

So only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

Your next answer is Vatican City.

Again, this one had a question mark over it.

You weren't entirely sure if it was going to qualify.

We'll discover soon enough.

Bordered countries with a population of under one million.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer Vatican City.

This has to be right and has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £10,000.

Let's see how many people said Vatican City.

Bad luck!

We will discover in a moment why that is incorrect,

but it is incorrect. You only have one last chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is now resting on Sao Tome and Principe.

You said it pretty early on in your deliberations.

You had no hesitation in putting it as your last answer, your most confident shot

at a pointless answer. To win £10,000, this has to be correct and it has to be pointless.

OK. Let's find out. Sao Tome and Principe.

Is it right? How many people said it? Good luck.

It's incorrect.

That's an incorrect answer. Again, we will discover why very shortly.

Unfortunately, Graeme and Natasha, you played so well.

You didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,

-but you do still get to take home our Pointless trophy. So very well done.

-Thank you!

APPLAUSE

Very unlucky. You played tremendously throughout.

Sao Tome and Principe does have a small population

and it is a country, but it's an island nation, so no borders.

And Vatican City we've had many times before. It's not a country by our definition.

A couple of other ones you did say. Andorra would have scored nine points.

Gabon. That would have been an incorrect answer.

You mentioned Equatorial Guinea.

If you'd said that, you would have just won £10,000.

It was a pointless answer. You said it right towards the end as well,

and I was willing you to go with it.

Very, very unlucky. Sorry. Let's look at some other pointless answers.

Belize has the smallest population of any of these answers. 321,000.

Brunei. Djibouti, that would have won you the money.

There's Equatorial Guinea.

So sorry. Guyana, Montenegro would have been a pointless answer.

Qatar and Suriname.

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

Thanks very much. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to Natasha and Graeme.

-Wonderful having you on the show. Thanks for playing.

-Thank you!

Natasha and Graeme didn't win our jackpot today,

so it rolls over to the next show, when we will be playing for £11,000.

-Join us 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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