Episode 18 Pointless

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

the quiz show where the aim of the game is to score as few points as possible.

To do that you need to come up with the answers that no-one else could think of.

Let's meet today's players.

First up, we welcome Rhian and Richeldis,

you're our first pair on the show.

What two excellent names, Rhian and Richeldis.

How do you two know each other?

We're friends from uni and housemates.

Richeldis, where does Richeldis come from?

There's a place in Norfolk called Walsingham,

it's a place of pilgrimage for Christians,

and there was a lady called Richeldis de Faverches.

Richeldis de Faverches?

Yes, and it comes from there.

-OK, very good. Good name. Rhian?

-Yes.

-What do you like to get up to?

I watch a lot of telly in my spare time.

We tend to go to a lot of pub quizzes...

How well do you do in pub quizzes?

We get over 50%.

Well, that's good for us.

OK, not bad.

We've won once and come second once, as well.

But the time we won was cos there were two teams.

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OK, well still, that's not bad. Not bad at all.

Best of luck, it's great to have you on the show.

And next we welcome Sarah and Ed. How do you two know each other?

-We're friends.

-And where are you from, Ed?

-We're from Weymouth in Dorset.

-Sarah, what do you do?

I'm a research data administrator for the NHS.

-Ed, what are your hobbies?

-I like playing tennis an awful lot.

Are you a good tennis player?

According to the LTA rankings

I'm the 683rd best player in the country,

not that I...

Not that I know about these things.

But 683rd... Are you fiercely competitive?

I'd say I am, yes.

I'm saying you are, yes. There's something about your mien that tells me you are fiercely competitive.

Sarah and Ed, great to have you on the show. Very best of luck to the pair of you.

Next, we welcome back John and Val, who were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances, remember to reach the Pointless final.

This is your second and final chance.

John, tell us how you know each other.

-We've known each other since 1958.

-7.

-And we've been married for most of that time.

-Married for 52 years?

-We met on a tennis court.

-Did you?

Those days I used to play tennis but I was only 684th, I think.

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Val, remind us what happened last time.

We were knocked out in the head-to-head.

What a tight fought head-to-head that was.

What would you like to see come up today, Val?

I'd quite like the history of the monarchy. So, anything in that line.

History of the monarchy would be good. John, what would you love to see?

Geography or perhaps some film musicals.

Excellent, any of those in the show today? No?

Very good. John and Val, welcome back to the show.

You made it through to the head-to-head last time, let's hope you make it there again and further.

And finally, we welcome back

Gary and Neil who were also on the show last time.

Gary, how do you two know each other?

-Brothers.

-Neil, what happened last time?

Last time, we went out in the first round where we discovered

that I know absolutely nothing about Justin Bieber.

All credit to you, Neil,

all credit to you for knowing nothing about the Bieber.

Gary, what do you hope is going to happen today?

Hopefully we can shine a bit better than we did last time,

hopefully get past the first round, that's all you can really ask for.

Neil, any particular method you might be able to employ

to get through to the head-to-head and beyond?

I think getting correct answers is probably is a good way.

Correct answers are good. Low-scoring correct answers even better.

Gary, we didn't have any animation last time,

you're a graphic artist, we let you down.

-Oh, well, hopefully this time, fingers crossed.

-Fingers crossed.

Great to have you back, best of luck. We'll find out more about you as the show goes along.

There's only one person left to introduce, without him

the show would just be me talking to strangers.

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

Hiya.

They're not strangers, are they?

No, no such as thing as strangers on this show.

Because some of them have been here before, John and Val aren't strangers, are they?

-No, no.

-We know them very well from last time.

I don't feel like Rhian and Richeldis are strangers, either.

(They are a bit.)

By Round Two they won't be.

But now, I'm still a bit shy, I'm shy of the new contestants.

Now Round One, Gary in particular is going to like it.

OK.

But you know, who's going to win, of course?

Ed thinks he's going to win, but that's by the by, he can win next time.

-Val, obviously.

-Val, Yeah.

-Cos so unlucky last time, Val and John.

Just terrific all the way through so everybody else,

you're really going to have to go it some to beat John and Val today.

There we are. 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 the jackpot, our contestants must find

the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.

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

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

this is one of those answers that none of our 100 people could think of.

Each time that happens we 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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If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

In this first round, each of you must give me one answer.

You can't confer with your partner.

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round

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

Our first category today is...

Decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second.

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

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

Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters.

Richard.

We gave our traditional 100 people the traditional 100 seconds

to name as many characters as they could in a picture.

You're about to see that picture and you need to name one of those characters, too.

Very, very best of luck.

Thanks, Richard. Rhian and Richeldis,

you all drew lots before the show and today you are going first.

In this new round, we're going to show you an image containing cartoon characters.

You just need to give us the name of the most obscure character

you can see in that picture.

OK. And here is our image.

There we are.

The Hanna-Barbera family.

What is the most obscure character shown here that you can think of?

Richeldis.

I think I know a few of them.

I think the one I'm going to go with

is relatively well known.

Err...

ooh, no.

I'm going to go for Scrappy-Doo.

Scrappy-Doo, says Richeldis, Scrappy-Doo.

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

Absolutely right.

37 for Scrappy-Doo.

Well done, Richeldis, full name Scrappy Cornelius Doo.

-Absolutely ruined that show, didn't he?

-Terrible.

-Uh, he stunk the place up, didn't he?

-Oh, yes. Sarah.

Hanna-Barbera good for you?

Yeah, I think so.

I recognise a lot of those but I'm going to play it a little bit safe

and say Betty Rubble.

Betty Rubble, says Sarah. Betty Rubble.

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

It's right.

Very well done indeed. 34 for Betty Rubble.

Well played, Sarah, her maiden name was Betty Bricker.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

-Really?

-Yeah.

-She must have been thrilled when she met...her husband.

-Who shall remain nameless for now.

-Who shall remain nameless.

Now then, Val. Is this a good round for you?

Well, yes, they're all very familiar, but um...

but I'm going to go with Pebbles Flintstone.

Pebbles Flintstone, says Val.

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

40. Very tight grouping here, isn't it?

It is, it's quite a big score for Pebbles Flintstone.

-Born at the end of the third series of Flintstones.

-Now then, Gary.

We are looking for the names of the cartoon characters

in this picture.

I'm guessing this is going to be just food and drink to you.

Well, I do know quite a few of them but it's trying to pick out one

that maybe not a lot of other people are going to know.

Um, I think I'm going to go for...

Judy Jetson.

Judy Jetson, says Gary.

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

Ooh. Bad luck, Gary.

Unfortunately, an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

I wonder why, Richard.

Sorry, Gary, there is a Judy Jetson but not in that picture I'm afraid.

Ooh.

-Are you OK?

-I'm feeling Gary's pain.

OK, we're halfway through the round,

let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

34 is the best score so far

from you Sarah, lovely answer there.

Then up to 37 where Richeldis and Rhian are,

then up to 40 where we find Val and John.

Then quite a hike up to 100

where we find Gary and Neil.

So, yes, Neil, we'll need some good answering from you

on the next pass and hope that maybe someone else has a disaster

and that might be enough to keep you in the game. Very best of luck.

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

We are looking for the names of these cartoon characters.

You are going to try to find the one

you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Neil, you're the high-scorers on 100.

We need a low score from you.

There's a few up there that I recognise.

Given our situation I may have to have a guess.

I think there's one up there called Elroy Jetson.

Elroy Jetson, says Neil. Elroy Jetson.

There's no red line for you as you are already the high-scorers, but let's see.

Elroy Jetson is that right, and how many people said it?

It's right.

Oh, it's a great answer.

Look at that!

Very, very well said, Neil.

3 for Elroy Jetson takes your total up to 103.

I wonder if that's going to be enough to keep you in the game, let's hope it is.

Well done, Neil, given yourself a big chance there.

The son of the Jetsons, Elroy Jetson. Very good answer.

Now then, John,

the high-scorers are Neil and Gary on 103, you're on 40,

a score of 62 or less from you

will keep you in the game.

Remember, we're looking for the names of any character in this picture.

It's an interesting picture, I recognise quite a few of them,

there's some of them I don't know their names,

but I think at the front there is Boo-Boo.

Boo-Boo, says John.

Let's see if Boo-Boo is right, how many people said it.

It's right.

You've done it.

Taking your total up to 67.

Richard.

Well played, John. First appeared in 1958

with another character we can't name.

Thanks very much. Now then, Ed.

You're on 34, the high-scorers

remain Neil and Gary on 103.

If you can score 68 or less you are into the next round.

I'm torn between the safe option

and a risky one, but I think,

considering all, I'm going to have to go for Wilma Flintstone.

Wilma Flintstone, says Ed,

Wilma Flintstone. There is your red line,

below that red line you go through to the next round.

Wilma Flintstone.

How many people said it?

You've done it.

51, taking your total up to 85.

Yes, Pebble Flintstone's mum, Wilma Flintstone.

Rhian, the last throw of the dice for this round.

You're on 37, the high-scorers are still Neil and Gary

on 103.

You have to score 65 or less to stay in the game.

Is this a good round for you?

It wasn't when you said Hanna-Barbera,

but when the picture came up it got better.

OK.

But I still only really know the popular ones.

So, I know Top Cat, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, obviously.

But I think I'm going to go for...

Bamm-Bamm Rubble.

Bamm-Bamm Rubble.

Bamm-Bamm Rubble.

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

Let's see if it's right and how many people said it. Bamm-Bamm Rubble.

It's right.

And you are through to the next round.

40 takes your total up to 77.

Well played, all those other ones you mentioned

would have scored too many points and knocked you out.

So, Bamm-Bamm Rubble was a very good answer.

Now, Gary, just to clear yours up,

Judy Jetson is the daughter,

I think the only Jetson who's not there, cos Jane Jetson is there.

Jane Jetson would have scored you 1 point, George Jetson 5 points,

Astro the dog from the Jetsons would have scored you 1 point, as well.

But no Judy. Sorry about that.

There's only one pointless answer up there at all

from Quick Draw McGraw, it's Doggie Daddy,

would have been a pointless answer.

Then Johnny Quest would have scored you 1. Then Huckleberry Hound on 13.

Other ones up there, Dino from the Flintstones,

would have scored you 16, and the top answers,

Barney Rubble would have scored 64, Top Cat 76, Fred Flintstone 79,

Yogi Bear 83, so right at the top of the pile,

84, Scooby Doo.

OK, thanks very much, Richard.

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

I'm afraid is Neil and Gary.

And, Gary, you could so easily have been the lowest-scorers there.

Judy...I did know some of the other ones.

Did you know any of the other Jetsons?

I knew George Jetson, it was a toss-up between George and Judy...

George was only 1 point.

-5.

-Oh, it was 5.

Oh, well. Neil, Gary,

it's been great having you on the show,

I'm sorry we have to say goodbye so soon, but thank you for playing.

Great contestants.

Thank you.

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

Sadly, at the end of this round another pair will be leaving us,

which pair is it going to be?

John and Val, once again, showing their absolute quality there,

our lowest-scorers.

Rhian and Richeldis, you did very well there.

What was the percentage of those you knew?

Um, 70-ish?

That's pretty good.

I knew all the Jetsons as well but I couldn't think...

-How did you know all that?

-Were they still on telly when you were young?

-A bit, yeah.

-Yeah.

-I loved Top Cat, and Yogi Bear.

-Ah, very good.

OK, very good luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...

Can you decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

Our question concerns...

Richard.

On each pass I'm going to give you the name of six famous sporting venues,

you just have to tell me in which town or city they are situated.

Give us a nice obscure answer,

you score fewer points, give us an incorrect answer, that'll be 100 points.

There will be 12 in all to have a go at home.

We are looking for the cities in which these famous sporting venues are to be found.

And we have got...

I will read all those one last time.

There we are. Six sporting venues.

We are looking for the six cities in which you would find them.

-Now then, Rhian.

-Yes.

I don't know any of them.

OK.

I'm going to have a crack at Stade Roland Garros.

Cos it sounds a bit Spanish,

I'm going to go for Madrid.

Stade Roland Garros, Madrid says Rhian.

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

No, bad luck, Rhian.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry.

Richard.

Sorry, Rhian, give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.

Now then, Sarah. That's a lovely smile, I hope that means

you're very confident and you know all these answers.

I'm very, well, mildly confident I know one answer,

so I'm going to say Madison Square Garden and say New York.

New York, says Sarah.

Let's see if that's right and if it is then let's see how many people knew New York.

Absolutely right.

It's a whole lot better than 100 though. 59.

Home of the New York Knicks and lots of events.

It's the fourth Madison Square Gardens that's been on that venue. PT Barnum opened the first one.

-Did he? I didn't know that.

-Yeah.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

Now then, Val. We are looking for the cities

in which you would find these famous sporting venues.

The board is yours,

talk us through it.

I'm afraid I can't, not certain of any of them that are left.

But Stade Roland Garros, I'm going to say Paris.

Paris for Stade Roland Garros.

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

It's right.

Val does it again.

Fabulous answer, the lowest answer of the round so far. Paris.

-Well done, Val, she never puts a foot wrong, does she?

-Never.

The Stade Roland Garros,

the clay court stadium in Paris. It's on Rue Avenue Gordon Bennett.

-No!

-Yeah.

-Let's fill in the rest of the board. Croke Park?

-I think that's Dublin.

It is Dublin, national stadium of the Gaelic Athletic Association.

That would have scored you 20. The Maracana?

I'd be tempted to say, er...

Rio.

Built for the 1950 World Cup. In Rio.

Absolutely right, would have scored you 3 points.

The Gabba, you probably know that.

-Is Brisbane.

-Brisbane.

The cricket ground, would have scored 6,

and the best answer on the board, Cresta Run.

I don't know...

-It's in St Moritz, 2 points so well done if you said that.

-St Moritz.

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

Val and John looking spectacular once again

on 15, lovely low score there,

then we scoot up to 59 where we find Sarah and Ed,

and then all the way up to 100 where we find Rhian and Richeldis.

Richeldis, we're going to rely on you to find a really

low-scoring answer. Something like Cresta Run on the next pass.

Definitely.

We hope that's enough to get you through to the next round.

Good luck. We're going to come back down the line,

can the second players please step up to the podium?

Let's put six more sporting venues on the board and here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time...

There we are, remember, we are looking for the cities

in which you would find these sporting venues,

you're trying to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Now, John. Richeldis and Rhian are on 100 points, you are on 15,

so a score of 84 or less will see you through to the head-to-head.

I think the Louisiana Superdome is in New Orleans.

New Orleans, say John, for the Louisiana Superdome.

There is your red line,

if you come below that red line you are in the head-to-head.

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, indeed. 7.

7 takes your total up to 22. Richard.

-John's good as well, isn't he?

-He is good.

-That's the secret to being married for 52 years.

Just both be awesome all the time.

-Yeah.

-Simple when you know how.

Home to the New Orleans Saints, the NFL team,

it's the largest fixed-dome structure in the world.

-Thank you.

-There it is.

So many things I didn't know, that's brilliant.

Ed, you're on 59.

The highest scorers are still Richeldis and Rhian on 100.

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

So in which cities would you find these sporting venues?

Yes, I think I'm going to go for...

..um, to try and make sure

I'll go for Ellis Park Stadium

which is in Johannesburg.

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, you are saying.

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg.

Here's your red line, if you get below that you're in the head-to-head.

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

Absolutely right, Ed.

And you are through to the next round.

3.

That takes your total to 62, very good indeed.

Good answer, Ed, primarily known as a rugby venue,

hosted the 1995 Rugby World Cup final that South Africa won.

Now then. Richeldis, I'm afraid I have bad news,

which is even before you've given your answer you are the highest scorers on a 100,

so you will be leaving us at the end of this round.

However, have some fun with this board.

I haven't a clue.

On any of them?

At least I can blame her for going out. Absolutely clueless.

-Do you want to do your blaming of Rhian now?

-It's your fault.

-Quickly.

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-OK, got that all out your system?

-No, she'll get it later.

Murrayfield,

I will go for Glasgow.

Let's see. Murrayfield. Is it in Glasgow? And if it is, let's see how many people said it.

There's no red line for you, I'm afraid, cos you're already the highest scorers.

Is it right, how many people said it?

Bad luck, Richeldis, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer

which means you also score the maximum of 100 points.

Rhian, you can speak at will.

-I have no words.

-HE LAUGHS

I know two on this board.

That takes your total up to 200, bad luck.

-Richard.

-Not a million miles away, it is the home of Scottish Rugby but it's in Edinburgh, I'm afraid.

I was going to go for that. Oh, well.

It would have scored you 31 points.

Let's go through the rest. The National Stadium aka The Bird's Nest.

-Beijing.

-Beijing. Absolutely right. Would have scored 12.

-Millennium Stadium?

-Cardiff.

-Cardiff. Absolutely.

It's a wonderful stadium, the Millennium Stadium. 53 points.

And Eden Gardens is a pointless answer.

It's the second biggest cricket ground in the world,

after the MCG, in Kolkata.

Pointless, so very well done if you said that. Very good answer.

-Is Kolkata what we used to call Calcutta?

-Yes.

-Wow, when did they do that?

-It was in 1999 it changed its name.

Oh, right, interesting. I'm ear to the ground.

I just thought people were saying it in a funny voice.

-Col-catt-a.

-LAUGHTER

Well, OK, thank you very much, Richard.

So, at the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score

I'm afraid is Richeldis and Rhian.

But what a score!

But, do you know what, this happens so often, that actually had you gone

the other way round, you might still be in with

a really good chance because Rhian,

you knew two on that board, didn't you?

-Yeah, I'm surprised Beijing was so low, actually.

-I know.

-I would have avoided it.

-Yes, well there you are.

Richeldis, did you know anything on the previous board?

-No.

-OK, oh well, there we are. Anyway, it's been lovely having you on the show.

We will have you back on the show next time

and we'll look forward to that very much,

but thank you very much for playing, Richeldis and Rhian.

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But for the remaining two pairs things will get

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

Congratulations, John and Val, Sarah and Ed, you're now only one round

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

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You are now going to go head-to-head and the first pair to win

two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

The great news is you are now allowed to confer.

Well, John and Val, you've done it again, there you are,

our lowest scoring couple in the head-to-head round.

Sarah and Ed, again pretty consistent scoring, not bad at all.

I mean, in the rankings of today, Ed, I would certainly say you were in the top four.

LAUGHTER

Anything can happen now, suddenly all bets are off because you can now confer.

You can pool your knowledge. It's very exciting.

-Let's play the head-to-head.

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

-Animal Proverbs. Richard.

-Yes, we're going to show you

five proverbs all listed in the Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs.

Each one is missing a word, and that word is the name of an animal.

Can you fill these in, please, and pick the most obscure?

OK. Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five animal proverbs.

And here they are, we have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

John and Val, you've played best throughout the show so far so you get to go first.

THEY CONFER

We'll go for the top one. A Cat May Look At A King.

A Cat May Look At A King, say John and Val, A Cat May Look At A King.

Now then, Sarah and Ed, the board is yours, talk us through it.

Well, we think we know a couple.

I know one but it's not an animal so I'm not going to say that.

-I think we're going to have to go for the last one.

-Yup, I think so.

Yeah. It's The Last Straw That Breaks The Camel's Back.

The camel's back.

OK, we have a cat in the first one

and a camel in the last.

John and Val have said cat, let's see if that's right,

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

It's right.

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21 for a cat.

Sarah and Ed, you said camel, let's see if camel is right,

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

Absolutely right. Ooh!

89.

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So, John and Val, after one question, you are ahead 1-0.

-Richard.

-Yes, there's only one answer that would have beaten that score,

let's go through all of them.

The best answer on the board, it's not one I'd heard before, it's rather good.

He Who Rides A Tiger Is Afraid To Dismount.

-It's rather good, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-6 points.

If you embark on a dangerous or troublesome venture, best see it through to the end.

-Very good.

-Good, isn't it?

-Thanks very much, Richard.

OK, so here is the second question.

Sarah and Ed, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

Here it comes. It concerns...

The Regency, Richard.

Yeah, we're going to give you five clues to facts about the Regency of Prince George (1811-1820),

can you give us the most obscure answer, please?

OK, thanks very much.

Let's reveal our five clues to facts about the Regency and here they are. We have got...

I'll read all of those again.

There we are, five clues to facts about the Regency.

-Sarah and Ed, you go first.

-Oh, right, OK.

THEY CONFER

Erm, the Parliament bought this Lord's marbles

for the British Museum and that's Elgin.

Elgin, you are saying. Elgin.

John and Val, the board is yours, talk us through it.

We agree with the one that they said,

we think the Prime Minister

who was assassinated may have been Spencer Perceval,

we know Beau Brummell,

and it was probably the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo,

but Val will tell you who Prince George's unlawful wife was.

-I believe she was Maria Fitzherbert.

-Maria Fitzherbert.

OK, so we have Elgin versus Maria Fitzherbert.

Sarah and Ed, this is the question you have to win to stay in the game.

Good luck. Elgin, you are saying.

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

It's absolutely right.

-Oh.

-43.

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43 for Elgin. John and Val have given us Maria Fitzherbert.

Let's see if that's right and if it is,

let's see how many of our 100 people said it. If you win this question, you go straight though to the final.

It is right.

And you are through to the final.

Oh, look at that!

APPLAUSE

So nearly pointless as well. That's an excellent answer,

Maria Fitzherbert beats Elgin, which means after only two questions

you are through to the final 2-0. Very well done.

And once again as so often before you've given us the best answer on the board there as well,

you took us through the board perfectly, and every single answer

you gave us would have won the point. So let's fill in the ones you got...

Maria Fitzherbert was the best answer on the board. Well done if you got all those at home.

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

Dear, oh dear. Performed very solidly throughout the show

-but then you came up against John and Val in the head-to-head.

-Yes.

They just know stuff.

And they have very good judgement when it comes to picking low scoring answers. Amazing.

However, you can take all this away with you, think about it and we will see you next time

when you can bring all the tactics you've learned at the knee of John and Val to bear

and maybe you will triumph, too.

Thanks very much for playing meanwhile, Sarah and Ed, fantastic competitors.

But for John and Val it's now time for our Pointless Final.

Well, congratulations, John and Val, you've seen off all the competition,

and you have 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...

Well, both of your appearances on Pointless have been pretty triumphant.

You made pretty quick work of getting through to the head-to-head in each case

and here you are, richly, deservedly in the final.

Now the rules are very simple,

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

We haven't had any pointless answers today, you only have

to find one now and you will go home with that money.

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

-What do you think?

-OK, Islands if you like.

-Islands is OK.

-Crime Writers. What about Artists?

-Shall we go with Artists?

-Crime Writers would put it very much in my court, wouldn't it?

-What about Islands then?

-Islands, yes.

-Are you sure?

-Yes. You know loads of Geography.

-Right.

We'll go for Islands.

Islands it is. OK, let's find out what the question is, here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many of the Channel Islands and The Isles Of Scilly as they could.

OK, Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for the names of any of the Channel Islands or Isles of Scilly

that have a permanent human population, please. We will accept the names of islands

that are dependencies of other Channel Islands as long as they have permanent residents.

We are not counting islands that are under French jurisdiction or islands

such as Jethou that are privately leased to one individual.

So we're looking for the names of any of the Channel Islands or the Isles of Scilly.

-Very, very best of luck.

-Thank you.

OK, thanks very much, you now have up to one minute to come up with

three answers and all you need to win that £2,000 is for just

one of those answers to be pointless.

Are you ready?

-Yes.

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

There they are, your time starts now.

Right, you know all the Scilly Isles.

The Scilly Isles. I think the Channel Islands will be more...

-That would be too easy.

-I think you're looking for...

-The Scilly Isles.

-St Martin's...

-St Agnes...

-Tresco, after that I'm stuck, do you know any more?

-No.

-Go back to the Channel Islands.

-Sark, Alderney.

Alderney might be one.

Which one of the others do you want to leave out for Alderney?

What do you think?

I don't know. I think we might be better off staying with the three.

-With the three Scilly Isles?

-Yes. St Martin's, St Agnes and Tresco.

-How much longer have we got?

-We've still got 15 seconds.

-Right, which do you think would be...

-Erm.

-Ten seconds.

-I think St Agnes would be too obscure,

then St Martin's, then Tresco.

OK, you've settled on your three answers, very good.

OK, well,

we were looking for islands in the Channel Islands or the Scilly Isles.

I now need your three answers.

We've chosen Tresco...

-Tresco.

-St Martin's.

-St Martin's.

-And St Agnes.

-And St Agnes.

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

-We think St Agnes.

-St Agnes we'll put last?

-Yes.

Which should we put first? Your least likely.

-Tresco.

-OK, Tresco first. Brilliant.

We'll put them up on the board in that order. And here they are, we have got...

OK, so we were looking for islands in the Channel Islands and the Scilly Isles.

Tresco you said was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £2,000.

What would you do with your £2,000 winnings, John?

I think we'd possibly have a holiday...

and some treats for the family.

-Very good. Val, anything else?

-Go to the Scilly Isles!

Perfect. OK, well, this for £2,000.

Let's see how many people said Tresco.

It's absolutely right.

Down it goes, if it goes all the way down to 0 of course you'll be

leaving here immediately with £2,000.

Down it goes into the teens, into single figures...

9. OK. Tresco.

So unfortunately not a pointless answer,

-but Tresco is probably the most obvious of the three.

-Yes.

OK. Only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

We were looking for islands in the Channel Islands or the Scilly Isles,

let's hope nobody said your next answer, St Martin's. This has to be right, obviously,

and it has to be pointless if you're to win that jackpot of £2,000.

So let's see how many people said St Martin's.

It's right.

So here we go, Tresco took us down just into single figures

stopping on 9. St Martin's.

Now going down into single figures.

If it stops at 0 you leave here with £2,000.

-It stops on 2.

-APPLAUSE

That stops on 2.

Would you say that St Agnes was less well known than St Martin's?

-I think so.

-Well this is perfect, then.

-On paper.

-Let's hope. Keep our fingers tightly crossed.

You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot, everything is now riding on St Agnes.

We're looking for islands in the Channel Islands and the Scilly Isles.

Your third and final answer,

your most confident shot at a pointless answer was St Agnes.

It has to be right, it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £2,000.

St Agnes, how many people said it? Good luck.

Well, it's right.

Tresco took us down to 9.

St Martin's then took us down to 2, within touching

distance of a pointless answer,

St Agnes still going down. Down it goes.

Yes! Very well done!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Brilliant.

Thank you very much.

Very well done indeed, what a great joint effort there.

Well congratulations, St Agnes was a pointless answer which means you go home with the jackpot of £2,000.

APPLAUSE

Very well done, indeed.

Well played, Val and John, that's terrific, rarely has a jackpot win been so well deserved.

You've played so well across two shows, terrific.

You gave us the second, third and fourth largest Isles of Scilly

in order there as well, with the largest being St Mary's which would have scored you 15.

There's only one pub on the whole of St Agnes, The Turk's Head.

I suggest you go there with some of your money and spend it.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers, there are only three so you did very well to get one.

The only Channel Island, Brecqhou, owned by the Barclay brothers, that was a pointless answer,

Bryher is the smallest of the inhabited isles of Scilly -

was a pointless answer, and St Agnes as well which has won you the £2,000.

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

Well, thanks once again to our winning players,

John and Val, who go away with today's jackpot of £2,000.

-APPLAUSE

-Well done.

Join us next time as we put more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

-So it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

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