Episode 16 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you very much.

I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz where obvious answers mean nothing

and obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's players.

First we welcome Sarah and Kris, our first pair today.

-How do you two know each other?

-We're boyfriend and girlfriend.

We met through internet dating and we fell in love on the first date

and moved in after six weeks and we've been together ever since.

-And where are you from, Kris?

-From Aberdeen, up in Scotland.

From Aberdeen. Now, Sarah, something tells me you're not entirely from Aberdeen, are you?

No, I've been there for about nine years but I'm originally from Arizona in the States.

Very good. Kris, what are you hoping is going to come up today?

Football, for definite, that's my strongest subject

but music I'd be really happy with.

And the football, English and Scottish?

Yeah. I'm a Rangers and a West Ham supporter,

so I travel to see them as much as I can.

OK, well, very, very best of luck to the pair of you. It's great to have you on.

Next we welcome back Peter and Laura.

You were on the show last time. Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

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

We're father and daughter.

For the last 31 years, anyway.

Laura, what happened last time?

Well, my dad had not great knowledge of Rowan Atkinson films,

so we were expelled.

Anyway, that's behind us now.

Peter, what's going to be brilliant today?

History, geography, sport.

-Laura?

-Books, films. American politics again would be fantastic if we can,

although obviously now we have competition on that part, so we'll see.

OK, well, lovely to have you back on the show.

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

And next we welcome back Rhianna and Chris,

who were also on the show last time.

Rhianna, remind us how you know each other.

We're flat mates from uni since September.

-You're in your first year at Nottingham Trent.

-Yes.

-Is that right? And you're both lawyers.

-Trying to be.

-Chris, what happened last time?

-Oh, I had a miserable round.

Famous Liverpudlians and I got the lead guitarists of the Beatles mixed up.

But who's heard of the Beatles, anyway? No-one knows the Beatles.

Anyway, that was last time. We're going to see you go much further this time.

What's going to get you through? What's your dream Pointless category?

Erm... Alcohol?

That's what's going to get you through. OK, yeah.

Yeah, you and me both.

Erm... OK. Very good.

Well, very best of luck. Please stay with us beyond the first round.

And finally, we've got Glenn and Arthur.

How do you two know each other?

We met at the steelworks in Redcar 26 years ago.

26 years ago.

And we've gone to quizzes together throughout that time,

-so we've done a lot of quizzing.

-A lot of quizzing.

-Always on the same team?

-Always on the same team.

-Are you very competitive?

-Try to be.

-Ah!

-A Pointless trophy would be nice.

-Wouldn't it?!

-It would.

What do you do with your time now, Glenn?

I do a lot of open mics. I play guitar and blues harmonica.

-Do you?

-Yeah.

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

-Bob Dylan, anything to do with Bob Dylan.

You know? Painting, art and literature.

-Very good.

-Stuff like that.

-OK.

Arthur, anything you'd particularly like?

I don't mind science, like astronomy or inventors.

-Astronomy.

-Yeah.

-Very good.

OK, well, very best of luck to the pair of you.

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

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

He's invented a new scale of measurement - the Osum.

It measure obscurity. It's my pointless friend, it's Richard.

Hiya. Hello. Hiya. APPLAUSE

The first two rounds are that classic Pointless high culture, low culture split.

It'll be tough to get through to the head-to-head

but a good team will find themselves in the head-to-head.

And you know how sometimes I like to point out some lookalikes?

I do know that you like to do lookalikes.

I occasionally like to point out some lookalikes.

He's not going to thank me for this

but Silvio Berlusconi, there - Peter.

LAUGHTER

That might be your best yet.

Will you give me that?

Erm, no, I think it's absurd but I think it's fair enough.

I thought you were going to say...

Arthur looks like he should look like someone.

Eric Bristow I've been called downstairs.

I don't know if you remember him?

He's got a look of the Crafty Cockney.

-I think he looks more like Eric Bristow than Peter looks like Silvio Berlusconi.

-Really?

-I'll be brutally frank with you.

-OK.

Thanks very much, Richard.

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

In order to get to 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 knew the answer,

the fewer points they will score.

What everyone is trying to do is to find a pointless answer,

that's an answer that none of our 100 people gave

and each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.

Chris and Matt won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.

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

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

The pair with the highest score at the end of the round

will be eliminated, so try and make sure that's not you.

OK, our category for round 1 is...

It's '80s music.

Can you all decide who's going to go first and who's going to go second?

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

OK, so the question concerns...

-Richard?

-This is one of these new round 1s that we do occasionally,

where instead of asking about one artist,

we're going to give you a list and you can choose from any of them.

We're looking for any solo single by any of the artists you're about to see

that reached the UK top 40 between January 1980 and December 1989.

Only solo singles, so anything they did in collaboration with another artist won't count.

And this is according to the Official Charts Company.

-Very, very best of luck.

-OK, thanks, Richard.

Now, then, Sarah and Kris, you all drew lots and today you are going first.

As Richard just mentioned, we're going to put six artists on the board

and we are looking for any solo single by these artists

from the 1980s and we have got...

I'll read them again.

There we are. So we're looking for solo UK top 40 singles

from the 1980s by these artists.

-Sarah?

-OK. Well, I happened to be a huge Madonna fan in the '80s

and I'm hoping this one's right.

-I'm going to go with La Isla Bonita.

-La Isla Bonita says Sarah.

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

It's right.

-Three, Sarah!

-APPLAUSE

Very, very well done indeed. Very strong start to the round.

Lovely low score, there.

Well played, Sarah. It was actually written for Michael Jackson

but Madonna took it after he turned it down and wrote new lyrics for it.

-Now, then, Laura.

-Madonna is probably where I'm going to go as well.

I'm going to have a little bit of a guess and go with Dress You Up.

-Dress You Up says Laura.

-Yes.

-Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Dress You Up for Madonna.

Absolutely right.

-CHEERING

-Pointless, Laura.

There we are. Very, very well done indeed.

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

It takes the total up to £1,250 and it scores you nothing.

Very, very strong start to our round, a three then a pointless, Richard.

Well played, Laura. A number five hit from 1985.

Now, then, Rhianna.

Well, I've been working in an '80s bar at uni,

so I should know some but I don't, so...

I'll go for George Michael, Club Tropicana.

Club Tropicana says Rhianna for George Michael.

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

Oh, bad luck, Rhianna.

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

-Richard?

-Sorry, Rhianna, it was a hit in 1983 for Wham!, rather than George Michael solo.

-Oh, whoops!

-What year were you born in?

-'93.

-'93!

-I'd even left university.

-I know.

Everyone else would trade all of their points to have been born in 1993, to be fair,

so it's not all bad.

Now, then, Arthur.

They're good categories for me, actually.

I do know quite a few for quite a lot of them

and I'll go for Kylie Minogue, The Locomotion.

The Locomotion, says Arthur. The Locomotion.

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

Absolutely right.

-16.

-APPLAUSE

-16 for The Locomotion.

-Well played, Arthur. From 1988.

-A number two hit.

-Thanks, Richard.

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

Fabulous low score from Laura and Peter,

then up to 3 for Sarah and Kris, also looking pretty strong.

Then up to 16, where we find Arthur and Glenn

and then, oh, dear, Rhianna and Chris, it's big hike up to 100.

We'll just have to keep our fingers crossed.

Very best of luck.

Right, can the second players please take their places at the podium?

OK, so we're looking for solo hits of the 1980s by these six artists.

-Glenn?

-I think I'll play it safe and I'll do David Bowie, China Girl.

China Girl. OK, well, you want to be scoring 83 or less with this.

Here is your red line. You get below that red line, you are through to the next round.

Let's see - China Girl. Is it right? How many people said it?

Absolutely right.

-Ten!

-APPLAUSE

Ten takes your total up to 26.

Well played, Glenn. Very good answer. It was a number two hit from 1983.

Now, then, Chris. You are the high scorers on 100.

-Yes.

-We just need a really, really low score from you.

Is this any good for you as a round?

Erm... Not really.

-It's not... No.

-Were you also born in '93?

-Yes. '93, yes.

-Yeah.

Erm... I'll probably have to go with Like A Virgin

but I'm not sure it was in the '80s.

You really were born in 1993, weren't you?

OK, erm... OK, Like A Virgin, says Chris.

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

Of course it's from the '80s!

32! 32 for Like A Virgin takes your total up, I'm afraid,

to an unbeatable 132.

It's a right answer, though. That's good.

-I can't believe it.

-How does that feel?

-It feels great, actually.

-Wow!

-Now, then, Peter.

Peter, the high scorers on 132 are Chris and Rhianna.

You are on nothing. The good news is even if you score 100 points you are through to the next round.

But I have a feeling you'll probably know a good answer.

Music is not my strong point.

I'm just going to say...

-Thriller.

-OK. Thriller, says Peter.

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

-Wow! 44.

-APPLAUSE

Well played, Peter. 44 takes your total up to 44. Richard?

Yes, from 1983, with a 14-minute video.

-It only got to number ten in the charts, though.

-Did it?

-Yeah.

Now, then, Kris. Again, you're already through to the next round.

The high scores on 132 are Chris and Rhianna. You're on three.

I'm going to go for a Madonna track called Gambler.

-Gambler.

-Yeah.

-Gambler, says Chris.

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

He's right.

It's right.

-Yes! Very well done, Kris.

-CHEERING

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

It takes the total up to £1,500, it scores you nothing

and it leaves your total at an immaculate 3.

Very, very good low scoring, there.

Brilliant answer, Kris. It's from the soundtrack of Vision Quest, as well.

Three points as a team. That is testament to internet dating, isn't it?

-Isn't it?

-How about that?

Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers. There's plenty of them up there.

Absolute Beginners, the David Bowie song, is a pointless answer.

Other Bowie songs - you could have had Up The Hill Backwards, Blue Jean, Cat People, Wild As The Wind.

Dear Jessie by Madonna, Express Yourself by Madonna,

those were both pointless.

I Just Can't Stop Loving You by Jacko.

You could have had Wanna Be Starting Something by him.

Kissing A Fool and Monkey, both by George Michael.

One Day In Your Life is another Michael Jackson one.

Truly by Lionel Ritchie and Wouldn't Change A Thing by Kylie Minogue.

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

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So at the end of our first round, the losing pair with the highest score,

Chris and Rhianna, once again, I'm sorry to say, it's you.

-Our score's getting better, though.

-Yeah, this time 132.

So that's good.

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

Chris B, Rhianna, thanks so much for playing.

-Thank you.

-APPLAUSE

But for the remaining three pairs it's now time for round 2.

Now, obviously there's only room for two pairs in the head-to-head round,

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

Well, that round, very, very exciting. Two pointless answers.

Kris and Sarah are probably the pair to beat at this stage

but as always, anything can happen.

Our category for round 2 this afternoon is...

There we are. I said anything could happen - it's just happened.

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

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

OK, so our question concerns...

-Richard?

-Yes, on each pass we're going to show you six pairs of prime ministers.

In each pair, the first one replaced the second one as prime minister.

Tell us in which year that happened.

An obscure answer will score you fewer points.

An incorrect answer, though, as always, 100 points.

There's going to be 12 in all to have a go at at home.

It will be impressive if anyone gets all 12.

-A proper British history lesson, this one.

-Mm.

OK, so we are looking for our first six pairs of prime ministers. Here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

We are looking for the years in which these events took place.

Now, then, Sarah.

Is there anything you can grab onto there?

No, I don't know a single one of these.

I was afraid this category would come up,

so I'm just going to have to take a complete guess

and Kris is probably going to kill me for getting this wrong

but I'm going to say Tony Blair replaced John Major in 1998.

1998, says Sarah, for Tony Blair replacing John Major. 1998.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer. 1998.

Bad luck, Sarah. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

-I'm sorry. Richard?

-Yes, sorry, Sarah. I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.

Now, then, Laura.

-Yes...

-Is this good for you?

-No. Not at all, in fact.

I'm going to have a guess at the same question.

Tony Blair replacing John Major, I think, was 1997.

1997. OK, let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer. 1997.

Absolutely right.

-33.

-APPLAUSE

33. That'll do.

Very well played, Laura. Sarah just one year out, there.

Yeah, Labour victory in 1997.

-They won 419 seats, their biggest ever.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

Now, then, Arthur, you are the last person to have this board,

so if you like, you can talk us through it.

Erm, Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain

round about, I would say, 1949 for that.

1964, I think, for Harold Wilson.

David Lloyd George, I don't know that one.

I know it's quite early.

Margaret Thatcher I do know because as a way to remember it,

if you look at 1997 for Tony Blair,

it should be 1979 for Margaret Thatcher

and Harold Wilson replaced Edward Heath, I think, in 1976.

So the one I would go for, I think, is 1979, Margaret Thatcher.

OK. 1979, Margaret Thatcher replaced James Callaghan.

Arthur, I've just got to say, you got a nod from Glenn for that

but on your other dates, Glenn was just shaking his head.

Every time you said something he went...

Anyway, I think he likes the one you've gone with.

1979, Margaret Thatcher replaced James Callaghan.

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

Very well done. 29, Arthur.

-Very well done indeed.

-Well played, Arthur.

As you say, '79 and '97 are mirror images of each other.

A huge Conservative win in '79.

Let's test some of Glenn's head-shaking, shall we, here?

So Arthur went for '64 for Harold Wilson replaced Alec DouglasHome.

Is that right or wrong, do you think, Glenn?

I'm not sure but I don't think it was '64.

It was '64, actually.

That would have scored six points. That would have been a terrific answer.

Churchill replaced Chamberlain '49?

-I think it would be 1940.

-1940 is exactly right. Just after the war started.

19 points for that.

Lloyd George replaced Herbert Henry Asquith. It was very early.

It was 1916.

That would have scored you four points.

And Wilson replacing Heath - do you think that was '76?

Were you shaking your head there as well? It was '74, the answer to that.

1974 would have scored you eight points.

-Very well done if you got those.

-Thank you, Richard.

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

Lowest score of the pass, Arthur's, there.

So Arthur and Glenn looking particularly strong on 29.

Up to 33, where we find Laura and Peter

and then all the way up to 100, where we find Sarah and Kris.

So, Kris, we really need a very low-scoring answer from you on this next pass.

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

OK, we're going to put six more pairs of prime ministers on the board,

six more pairs and here they are.

We have got:

I'll read those all one more time.

We're looking for the years in which...

Those are the years we are asking for.

-Glenn?

-I've never studied the years

but I think Clement Attlee replaced Churchill when the war finished

-in 1945, so I'll go for 1945.

-1945 says Glenn,

for Clem Attlee replacing Winston Churchill.

If you get below the red line, you are into the head-to-head.

Let's see. 1945. Is that right? How many people said it?

Absolutely right.

And you are through. Very, very well done, Glenn.

14.

That's a great answer. It takes your total up to 43.

Churchill's approval ratings were as high as 83% during 1945

but beaten by Attlee - very good answer.

Thanks very much indeed.

Now, then, Peter. You're on 33. The high scorers remain Kris and Sarah on 100.

That means if you can score 66 or less,

you are through to the head-to-head.

Yes, erm, I think I know the top one and the bottom one

and I'm not sure about the three in the middle,

so I think I'll go with the bottom one,

Gordon Brown replacing Tony Blair in 2008.

2008 says Peter for Gordon Brown replacing Tony Blair. 2008.

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

Here's your red line. Below that, you are in the head-to-head. 2008.

Bad luck, Peter. That's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

That takes your total up to 133.

-Richard?

-I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.

OK. Wow, Kris. Peter and Laura are now the high scorers on 133.

A score of 32 or less from you and you are into the head-to-head.

I'm going to go for the James Callaghan replacing Harold Wilson answer.

And I'm going to... Oh, I don't know.

I'll go for Gordon Brown replacing Tony Blair

and I'm going to go for 2009.

2009, says Kris, for Gordon Brown replacing Tony Blair.

There is your red line.

Below that red line, you are through to the head to head.

Is it right and how many people said it?

Bad luck, Kris, bad luck.

That's an incorrect answer, so you score the maximum of 100 points.

That takes your total up to 200.

-Richard.

-Yes, sorry, Kris. It was 2007.

And also that would have only scored you 19 points.

Oh!

-If you had gone for Callaghan replacing Wilson, what would you have gone for?

-I would have went 1974.

It was '76. That would have scored you six points.

Cameron replacing Gordon Brown, wouldn't have seen you through.

That was 2010 but would have scored 46 points.

-Only 46?

-That's so recent, even Rhianna and Chris were born when that happened.

Eden replaced Winston Churchill in 1955.

That would have scored you seven points.

And Macmillan replaced Antony Eden two years later in '57.

That's the best answer on the board. One point.

Very well done to anyone who got all of those. It's very impressive.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So at the end of round two, the pair with the highest score, I'm sorry to say,

Kris and Sarah, who came so close.

Sorry to say goodbye to you. We will see again next time,

where I'm sure you will do much better.

-Kris and Sarah, thanks for playing. Thank you.

-Cheers

-APPLAUSE

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

as we enter the head-to-head.

Well, congratulations, Glenn and Arthur, Peter and Laura.

You are now only one round away from the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £1,500.

APPLAUSE

You're now going to go head to head.

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

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

You can actually play as a team. Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, here comes your first question

and it concerns...

-Richard?

-Yes, for this question we're going to show you five coloured lines

and you have to tell us which London underground lines those colours represent. Very best of luck.

OK. Thank you. Let's reveal our five London underground lines

and here they are. We have got...

OK, there we are.

Five London underground lines indicated by their colour codes.

Now, then, Glenn and Arthur, you've played best so far

so you get to go first.

What are you thinking?

-We'll go for that one.

-We'll go for D.

As we're northern lads, we're going to go for D as the Northern Line.

D the Northern Line, say Glenn and Arthur.

D, Northern. Peter and Laura.

-We're going to go for B, Jubilee.

-B, Jubilee.

Glenn and Arthur went with D, the Northern Line.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 people said D, the Northern Line.

Absolutely right.

-APPLAUSE

-31

31. That's not bad.

Peter and Laura, you have said B, the Jubilee Line.

B, the Jubilee line.

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

Absolutely right.

Will it go down lower than 31?

-Yes, it will. Very well done indeed. 17 for Jubilee Line.

-APPLAUSE

Very well done. That means after one question, Peter and Laura, you are up one-nil.

-Richard.

-Yes, well played Laura, there. Inaugurated in 1979, the underground's newest line.

There was an early day motion in parliament

to rename it the Elizabeth Jubilee line.

Let's go through the rest of them.

A was the Piccadilly line.

That would have scored 19 points.

Now, C, is the best answer on the board.

It only has two stops, which are Waterloo and Bank,

and it's the Waterloo and City Line.

Very well done if you said that

because that only scored five points.

We've seen the Northern Line and E is the Hammersmith and City Line,

which would have scored you nine points.

-Stops just outside the BBC, as well.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

OK, here comes your second question.

Glenn and Arthur you have to win this question to stay in the game.

Very best of luck. Here it comes. It concerns...

-Richard?

-Yeah, we're going to show you five clues now

to facts about the English Grand National.

Can you pick the most obscure answer from these? Very best of luck.

OK, thanks very much, Richard.

Peter and Laura, you look very happy with that.

No, not really, but I can give this over to my dad

-and lose all responsibility, which I like.

-OK.

Very good indeed. Right, well, let's reveal our five facts

about the Grand National and here they are.

We have got:

I'll read all those one more time.

There you are. Five clues to facts about the Grand National.

Peter and Laura, you go first this time.

Erm... I certainly could give you three of them.

They cross the Melling Road.

The Melling Road, says Peter. The Melling Road.

OK. Glenn and Arthur, what do you want to go for?

Yeah, the fence named after the '67 winner is Foinaven.

The Foinaven fence. OK, the Foinaven fence.

So we have the Melling Road and we have the Foinaven fence.

Glenn and Arthur, this is the one you have to win.

Peter and Laura have said the Melling Road.

Let's see how many people said the Melling Road.

Absolutely right.

Ten!

Thank goodness.

Ten for the Melling Road. Very well done indeed.

Lovely low score, there.

Glenn and Arthur, that is what you have to beat - ten -

with the Foinaven fence.

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

Very well done. It's right. The question is, will it go down below ten?

It's still going down.

Yeah, you've done it! Very well done.

Glenn and Arthur, you are back in the game.

After two questions, it's one all. Richard.

Well played, Glenn and Arthur. Peter gave us the second best answer

and then you just went under him, the best two answers up there.

Let's take a look at the others.

It usually takes place at Aintree, of course.

That would have scored you 52 points.

The Elizabeth Taylor film in which it features, that's National Velvet.

That would have scored you 39.

And the first woman to train a winner was the trainer of Corbiere, Jenny Pitman.

That would have scored you 12 points. You got the best answers.

Foinaven, the best answer on the board.

Thanks very much, Richard.

OK, it goes down to a third question.

Whoever wins this question wins the round

and goes through to the final to play for that jackpot. Here it comes. Best of luck.

It concerns...

-Richard?

-Yeah, we're going to show you the English title of five operas

but we've left out the last word - can you fill in those last words, and pick the most obscure.

-Good luck to both teams.

-OK, thanks very much.

Let's reveal our five operas and here they are. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time. And we've got:

Glenn and Arthur, you go first this time.

We'll go for the top one. I think it's Eugene Onegin.

Eugene Onegin, say Glenn and Arthur.

-Peter and Laura.

-We think we know the bottom two.

OK, we'll go for the bottom one.

Orpheus In The Underworld.

Orpheus In The Underworld.

So we have Eugene Onegin and Orpheus In The Underworld.

Glenn and Arthur, you went for Eugene Onegin. Let's see if that's right

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

Absolutely right.

-Very well done indeed, Glenn and Arthur.

-APPLAUSE

Five for Eugene Onegin.

Now, then, Peter and Laura have gone for Orpheus In The Underworld.

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

This will let us know who is going through to the final.

Orpheus In The Underworld.

It's right.

Is it going to go down lower than five, though?

-Oh! 21!

-APPLAUSE

Well done, guys.

21. Which means after three questions, Arthur and Glenn are through to the final, two-one.

-Very well done.

-A terrific head-to-head from both teams.

For the second question in a row you got the best two answers on the board.

Orpheus In The Underworld by Offenbach and Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky.

The Flying Dutchman, Wagner's opera.

That would have scored you 26.

The Magic Flute. That's Mozart, of course.

That would have scored you 34.

And The Barber Of Seville, Rossini,

which would have scored you 48.

So the best two answers. Well played, both teams.

Thanks very much. So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,

I'm afraid it's Peter and Laura.

But what an exciting head-to-head that was.

Great contestants. Peter and Laura.

But for Glenn and Arthur it's now time for our Pointless final.

Well, congratulations, Glenn and Arthur,

you've seen off the competition and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £1,500.

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Well, you said you wanted to take a Pointless trophy back up to Hartlepool

and you will.

There we go. Horse racing and opera. Lowest two scores on the boards.

I mean, an admirable breadth of knowledge there,

so no flies on you.

Now, the rules are very simple.

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

We've had two pointless answers today. You have to find one more

and you will leave here with that £1,500 jackpot.

Firstly, you've got to choose a category and you can choose from these five options. They are:

What do you think? Novelists or film duos for me.

-Novelists...

-You like motorsport.

-Yeah, motorsport would do.

-Yeah.

United Nations comes up quite regular, doesn't it?

So that could be a bit tougher.

What do you think? Film duos do you think or...?

-Go for film duos, if you like.

-We'll try film duos.

OK, film duos it is. Film duos it is.

Let's find out what the question is and here we go.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many films starring The Odd Couple actors as they could.

-Right.

-Richard?

-Yeah, we're looking for any feature film made for cinema release

for which either Jack Lemmon or Walter Matthau received an acting credit.

As always, no short films, TV films or documentaries

but voice performances do count.

We won't accept The Odd Couple or The Odd Couple 2, I'm afraid.

So any film starring Jack Lemmon or Walter Matthau.

Very, very best of luck.

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

and all you need to win that £1,500 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-We are.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

Walter Matthau was in Hello, Dolly!, wasn't he?

-The Fortune Cookie, he was in that.

-Fortune Cookie.

-Jack Lemmon was in Mister Roberts with Henry Fonda.

-Yeah.

That sounds good. Take that.

-Erm...

-Erm...

-Jack Lemmon. What was that one?

-Dennis The Menace, the kids' film.

Yeah, he was in Dennis The Menace. That's correct, yeah.

Erm... It's a question of which is the least obvious, isn't it?

-Erm...

-We're running out of ideas.

What about the Wacky Races one? Jack Lemmon was in that, wasn't he?

-The...

-Oh, he was, yeah, the...

-Monte Carlo Or Bust.

-Monte Carlo Or Bust, he was in.

Or was it The Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines?

-No, Monte Carlo Or Bust.

-I think that was Terry Thomas.

-Yeah.

Erm...

We'll go for the old one, Mister Roberts.

-The Fortune Cookie. I like that.

-The Fortune Cookie.

-10 seconds left.

-And Dennis The Menace, I think.

-Yeah.

-OK, those are your three?

-Yeah.

OK, we'll stop the clock there.

We were looking for Jack Lemmon or Walter Matthau films.

I now need your three answers.

-Er, what did we say? Dennis The Menace.

-Dennis The Menace.

-The Fortune Cookie.

-The Fortune Cookie.

-What was the other one? Mister Roberts.

-Mister Roberts.

-And Mister Roberts.

-I didn't know that one.

OK. Dennis The Menace, The Fortune Cookie and Mister Roberts.

Of the three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-A think Mister Roberts because he didn't know it.

-There's not a lot I do know!

Arthur doesn't know it, so Mister Roberts goes last.

-Which shall we put first?

-Dennis The Menace.

-Dennis The Menace.

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

We have got:

OK, so we were looking for films starring either Jack Lemmon or Walter Matthau.

Your first answer, the one you thought was least likely to be pointless, was Dennis The Menace.

Remember, you only have to find one pointless answer

to win that jackpot of £1,500.

Let's see how many people said Dennis The Menace.

It's right. Dennis The Menace gets us off to a good start.

Down it goes. If this goes all the way down to zero,

you leave here immediately with £1,500.

Down into single figures. Still down it goes.

-One! One!

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-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

-Who was that person?

It was your first one, it's fine.

Wow! Well, it's looking very good for The Fortune Cookie and Mister Roberts, isn't it?

You had no hesitation putting Dennis The Menace as your least likely shot.

That would be the one, his most recent, we would look at

and if people can't remember them ones, then...

-He has a lucky fortune cookie at home.

-I do.

I always put a snooker and I always say I've got my lucky fortune cookie.

-That's why I always beat him.

-I've never seen so many flukes.

That was not a pointless answer,

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

£1,500. What would you do with £1,500, Glenn?

Erm, my grandson wants to learn to drive, he's 18,

so I'd do that

and I'd probably have a holiday - try to go maybe to the States,

-Nashville or somewhere.

-Very good indeed, yeah.

Arthur, how about you?

Erm, well I've got a 13-year-old son and I've got a dog

and they both like going to Center Parcs, so I think that may be me.

-There we are.

-Yeah.

That's... That's a foregone conclusion, there. Center Parcs it is.

Other holiday venues are available.

OK, we are looking for films starring Jack Lemmon or Walter Matthau.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer - The Fortune Cookie.

Has to be right, it has to be pointless.

If it's both of those things, you leave here with £1,500.

Let's see. How many people said The Fortune Cookie?

Well, it's right.

Dennis The Menace got us off to a rolling start there,

taking us down to one.

The Fortune Cooking falling similarly.

If this goes down to zero, you leave here with £1,500.

-Yes, you've done it!

-CHEERING

Very well done!

-Very good. Well done.

-Get in there.

-Brilliant. That's brilliant. Superb.

Many congratulations. That's wonderful.

Well, congratulations. The Fortune Cookie was a pointless answer

which means you go home with that jackpot of £1,500.

Very, very well done indeed.

Well played, guys. You chose the right category, didn't you?

No flukes needed whatsoever with that Fortune Cookie.

If we had to go on to Mister Roberts,

it would have scored one point, as well. AUDIENCE OOHS

-Just like...

-That was your answer.

-Just like Dennis The Menace.

It's called Dennis in the UK but Dennis The Menace in the States, so we accepted that.

Very well played.

You could do worse than spend a weekend watching Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon films.

There's some brilliant films, there.

Let's take a look at some of the other pointless answers.

The wonder Glengarry Glen Ross Jack Lemmon is in that.

Grumpier Old Men, the follow-up to Grumpy Old Men, had both of them in it.

Hello, Dolly! which you mentioned, it was Walter Matthau. That was pointless.

JFK, that's got both of them in it.

That's Life!, that's Jack Lemmon, and The China Syndrome as well.

And The Fortune Cookie should really double your money, because it's got both of them in it.

Very good indeed.

Well, thanks again to our winning players, Glenn and Arthur,

who go away with today's jackpot of £1,500.

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Join us next time, when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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