Episode 21 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show where obvious answers mean nothing

and obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's players.

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First up, we welcome Jack and Hattie,

our first pair on the show today.

-Jack, how do you two know each other?

-We're brother and sister.

-Where are you from, Hattie?

-We are from Brighton.

-What do you do, Jack?

I've just finished a sports science degree at Brunel University.

-Hattie.

-Yeah.

-What do you do?

I'm a trainee solicitor.

OK, what do you like to get up to in your spare time, Hattie?

I sing at open mic nights from time to time.

Jack, what d'you like to get up to?

I am a sport fanatic

and a Brighton and Hove Albion season ticket holder,

but also - and I know this sounds quite lazy -

but I do love TV shows, so...

OK, anything like that would be good for you.

-Sport, obviously, would be fantastic.

-Yeah.

-Hattie, anything you are hoping will come up?

-Movie stars, the Oscars, would be really good for me.

Very good, favourite movie star?

Ryan Gosling!

-Brilliant.

-That's an honest but shallow answer.

-Yeah.

No, it's very good. It's a good answer.

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

-Thank you very much.

Next, we welcome back Matthew and Kieron.

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

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

We know each other from the schooldays.

We were good mates from then, about ten years now.

Very good. Kieron, what happened last time?

I think we did pretty well, I was happy to get to the head-to-head.

-Yeah, it was a pretty creditable performance.

-We're happy with that.

Anyway, what would you hope would come up today? What'll see you through to the final?

I'm a big sci-fi geek, I think I'd be all right with that, so...

Sport - I think we're both pretty good at as well.

Anything else you want to throw in, Matthew?

-Just not politics.

-Anything but politics.

Which came up last time, so...

Well, let's hope it doesn't rear its head again this time.

The very best of luck, Matthew and Kieron.

Great to have you back on the show. Next, we welcome Kriss and Lyn.

-How do you two know each other?

-Kriss is my youngest son.

-What do you do, Lyn?

-Well, I'm retired.

-What do you like doing with your time?

-I keep extremely busy.

-I dance a lot, I dance five or six times a week.

-Wow!

-What kind of dancing?

-I love line dancing, actually.

I was going to say, you REALLY love line dancing. Six times a week!

-No, no!

-Whoa, those belt loops must get a real workout.

Line dancing three times a week,

Scottish country dancing two or three times a week.

What's your favourite reel?

Oh, OK, Baldovan Reel.

Baldovan Reel, is that...?

Never heard of it, but I'm going to play along.

Baldovan Reel, yes, that's the...

Yes. Good.

Sort of.

Kriss, what do you do?

I'm a communications support worker,

which means I do sign language for deaf students at secondary school.

Fantastic. How long have you been doing that?

-Ooh, about nine years now.

-Could you cross over and do...?

-Cos they do signed performances in theatres and things like that, don't they?

-They do.

I originally did want to be that guy in the corner of the telly...

-Yeah!

-..but now, after being on the telly, I'm not so sure!

-Oh, really?

Very, very best of luck to you, Kriss and Lyn.

Great to have you on the show. Finally, we welcome back

Mark and Wendy, who were also on the show last time.

Now, Mark, remind us how you know each other.

-We're colleagues, we work together.

-What happened last time, Mark?

-We went out in the first round.

-You went Geoff Hoon.

-We went Geoff Hoon.

-You went defence.

-We should have gone Leon Brittan. What can I say?

There you are, should have gone Leon Brittan.

It's a problem you often have in life and...yeah.

-What do you hope will come up today, Wendy?

-Anything to do with cooking.

Very good. What kind of cooking do you like?

I like to entertain people,

so I like to push boundaries and try new foods,

but I also quite enjoy baking cakes and treating people to cake.

I wish we'd known that before this show,

we perhaps might have sent Wendy off with a list of requests.

D'you know what's happened? She's totally made us a cake and keeping it quiet, until the end.

That's what's happened.

-Yeah.

-Thanks, Wendy. That's going to be amazing.

And, Mark, what have you made us? Sorry, what are you...?

Sorry, sorry. What are you hoping is going to come up today?

Literature possibly, or plays

-and maybe '80s and '90s TV.

-Very good.

Well, Mark and Wendy, very best of luck. Great having you back on the show.

We'll find out more about you all as we go along.

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

Obscurity is his bread and butter and facts are his filling.

He's just one big Pointless sandwich.

-He is my Pointless friend... He's Richard.

-Hiya.

Hello. Hiya.

It should be a good show. Matthew and Kieron were strong last time.

They got to the head-to-head, did well. They'll be tough to beat,

but also we just didn't see the best of Mark and Wendy.

One of those occasions where they were very unlucky to go out in Round One,

so I suspect they'll go much further.

Question one...could be...

carnage.

It's one of those ones where as soon as you read the question out people just go, "Oh, really?"

But, if you think about it, everyone will have an answer.

Best of luck.

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 couldn't get.

The fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer,

the fewer points they'll score.

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

This is an answer that none of our 100 people gave

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

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

so today's jackpot starts off at...

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

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

and you cannot confer with your partner.

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

Try and make sure it's not you. OK, our first category today...

..is Chemistry.

No-one panicking at this stage?

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

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

-Richard.

-We're looking for any element on the periodic table

that has no repeated letters in its name -

that is all the letters in its name are different.

-That makes sense, doesn't it?

-Yeah.

-No repeated letters.

Jack and Hattie - you all drew lots before the show

and today you are going first.

-Hattie...

-Yes.

An element with no repeated letters in its name.

I can think of loads of elements

but they've all got repeating letters in them.

So, I will go for...

-Just checking. Radon. Please.

-OK, radon, says Hattie.

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

let's see how many of our 100 people said radon.

Absolutely right.

-5

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5, Hattie. There's a good answer.

Great score.

-Radon.

-Yeah, well played, Hattie. Very well played.

It's the densest gas of all,

radon.

Great in a bath at the end of a day. Oof! Just a bit of radon.

Seriously, don't take a bath in radon. That's not...

Do. Really do.

It's just... Oh! Relax in a radon bath.

Don't be silly, cos somebody will.

Now then. Kieron.

Well, one of my best mates back home is actually a chemist,

so he will kill me if I get this wrong.

-I want to go for argon.

-Argon, says Kieron.

Let's see if that's right, if it is, how many of our 100 people said argon?

Absolutely right.

16.

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16 for argon.

Yeah, another of the noble gases, argon.

-It makes up one percent of the atmosphere.

-Lyn.

A nice chemical element with no repeated letters.

-Short and sweet, I'll go for lead.

-Let's see if that's right.

If it is, how many of our 100 people said lead?

22.

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22 for lead.

Well played, Lyn. The heaviest common metal.

-Obviously, much less used now than it used to be.

-There we are.

Now then, Wendy.

Wendy, a nice obscure element with no repeated letters.

Not my strongest subject, I'm afraid,

but I'm going to say cadnium.

-You are going to say...?

-Cadnium.

-Let's see if that's right.

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

Bad luck, Wendy.

I'm afraid cadnium is an incorrect answer.

It scores you the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry.

Two "M"s, Wendy, I'm afraid. Cadmium.

-Right, OK.

-Bad luck.

It is an element, though.

Do you sense that we're not going to get this cake?

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Well, if we do, it's going to have quite a lot of RADON in it.

There we go. Halfway through the round,

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

Hattie and Jack...

5!

Very, very strong answer. Lovely low score.

Then up to 16, where we find Kieran and Matthew.

Up to 22, where we find Lyn and Kriss.

All of you now looking extremely strong in light of, I'm afraid,

100 for Wendy and Mark.

But who knows what might happen in the next pass.

Good luck. We're coming back down the line. Second players, take your place at the podium.

OK, so we are looking for...

Mark, you are the high scorers, I'm sorry to say, on 100 points.

Might you have a pointless answer somewhere in there?

-Barium.

-Oh, that sounds good.

Barium, is it right, how many people said it?

Absolutely right.

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The best score of the round so far, Mark.

Barium. If anything is going to get you out of difficulty,

that deserves to. Total, 102.

Yes, well played. Fingers crossed for you. An alkaline metal, barium.

Thanks very much. Now then, Kriss.

The high scorers are Mark and Wendy on 102.

You're on 22, so a score of 79 or less will see you into the next round.

Well, I think I'll go for a short and sweet one as well with zinc.

Zinc, says Kriss. Zinc. Let's see if that's right,

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

You are through to the next round, well done.

-36 with zinc.

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Takes your total up to 58.

Well played, Kriss. Safe and sound, did all you needed to do there.

Now then, Matthew.

I'm going to go for sodium.

Sodium, says Matthew. Sodium, there is your red line.

If you get below that red line, you're in the next round.

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

Absolutely right, and you're through.

-17 for sodium.

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Great answer. Takes your total up to 33.

Yes, a very light, reactive metal. It ignites if it touches water, sodium.

Now then, we come to you, Jack and Hattie.

The high scorers are Mark and Wendy on 102, you are on 5.

So, Jack, if you can score 96 or less,

you are through to the next round. Do you think he can do it, Hattie?

I don't know.

-Jack, come on.

-Cheers!

It's one of my weaker subjects,

so I'm going to play it safe and go for hydrogen.

OK, hydrogen, says Jack. Is it right, how many people said it?

Well done, you're through.

-35 for hydrogen.

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Takes you total up to 40.

-Very well done. Richard.

-Well played, Jack.

-The simplest atom of them all. It's very gutsy to go for a long word, isn't it?

-Yeah.

Every single person in the audience was doing what I was doing, which was going...

HE MUTTERS LETTERS

Just checking it through. Checking it through.

He's not a good speller either, so it was really good.

Very well played, Jack. There's a whole bunch of pointless answers.

I'm sure some people would've got these.

The chemists amongst you. Let's take a look at some of them.

Bismuth would've been a pointless answer, bohrium, cerium.

Caesium, erbium, francium.

Nobelium, scandium and thorium. Very well done if you said any of those.

Let's take a look at the worst answers. These are the ones that most of our 100 people said.

Where it should be.

-Exactly where it should be.

-Right at the top. Yeah.

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

the losing pair with the highest score, it's Mark and Wendy again.

Cadmium and Geoff Hoon. Ugh!

The pair of them between them have conspired on both shows you've been on.

It's been great having you on the show.

I'm so sorry we have to say goodbye so soon, but Mark and Wendy, great contestants, thanks for playing.

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

So four pairs become three pairs,

but sadly, at the end of this round, another pair will be leaving us.

So, very interesting first round. Matthew and Kieron.

Now, you made it through to the head-to-head last time.

Judging on that last round, which pair do you think will be tougher to beat in a head-to-head?

Kriss and Lyn, or Jack and Hattie?

I don't know, some great scores from all of them, to be honest,

-so I think it's too close to call, I think.

-Yeah.

-OK.

Very, very best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

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

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

OK, our question concerns...

Countries and their public holidays. Richard.

On each pass, we're going to give you the name of six national holidays

and the dates they usually take place. We need you to tell us

in which modern-day country do these celebrations uniquely occur, please.

Give us an incorrect answer, you'll score 100 points.

12 in all to have a go with at home. Very, very best of luck. And as always, by country,

we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN.

So we are looking for the countries where these public holidays are celebrated.

And we have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Six public holidays.

You just have to find the most obscure one. Jack?

OK, well, sadly, again, I do know a few

but they haven't showed up on the board, so I'll have to play it safe.

I'll go for Gandhi's birthday being celebrated in India.

Gandhi's birthday, India, says Jack.

Let's see if it's right, and if so, let's see how many people knew that answer. Gandhi's birthday, India.

Oh, oh, Jack!

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-91.

-That was safe.

-Yes, it was safe.

It's also the International Day of Non-violence,

Gandhi's birthday as well.

They have 17 public holidays a year in India.

-How many do we have?

-We've got eight, I think.

-Eight?

-Yeah.

-17?!

-Would be nice, wouldn't it?

-That's more like it!

And bung some on a Friday like they do in France, you have the Friday and Monday off.

They do that every week, though, don't they, in France?

Actually, that's true, they do. Good point.

Anyway, there we are. Matthew, Matthew...

This is tricky,

so I'm just going to have a guess,

and that is the Emperor's Holiday being in Thailand.

The Emperor's Holiday in Thailand.

Let's see if it's right, and if so, let's see how many of our 100 people said it was in Thailand.

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

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

Yeah, sorry, Matthew. If they had an Emperor's Holiday in Thailand,

the King of Thailand would go mental. LAUGHTER

Now then, Lyn.

So we're looking for countries where they celebrate these holidays.

I would guess the top one might be China or Japan.

I can't even read the bottom one. So I'll go for...

-Chulalongkorn?

-That's it.

I'll go for the safe one, Bastille Day is France.

I don't like this "safe one" nonsense. This is worrying me.

-Well, I have got my fingers crossed.

-OK, well, Kriss, cross yours.

Kriss...

-Kriss-cross.

-Yeah, that's good. Yeah, very good.

-OK then,

Lyn has said Bastille Day, France.

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

It's right. Ooh-hoo-hoo!

-92. Wow.

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-92 for France.

-That's a big old score, isn't it, for Bastille Day.

They have a grand military parade up the Champs-Elysees, the French, on Bastille Day.

Let's take a look at the rest of the answers. The Emperor's Holiday,

not in China, it is in Japan. It's in Japan.

So, you're not in Thailand, it is Japan.

St Wenceslas day, well, Good King Wenceslas,

the Czech Republic is Wenceslas Day. That would've scored you 7 points.

Human Rights Day is in South Africa. That would've scored you 3 points.

And Chulalongkorn Day, that's in Thailand.

Ah-h!

Would've scored you 10 points.

He was the former King of Thailand, Chulalongkorn.

The son of the king Yul Brynner plays in The King And I.

-Really?

-It's his son. He abolished slavery,

did all sorts of good things in what was Siam at the time.

Thanks, Richard. We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores.

Cor, what a round that was!

Well, Jack and Hattie, once again looking very strong on 91.

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Then we travel up to 92 where we find Lyn and Kriss, then up to 100.

Normally if you get an answer wrong, you're way out ahead

of the field, but the others are quite reassuringly close behind you. Going to come back down the line.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, we're going to put six more public holidays on the board.

And here they are. We have got...

I'll read those one last time, if I can.

So, there we are, six public holidays,

and as always on Pointless, you're trying to find the one you think

the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Now, Kriss, you're on 92,

Kieron and Matthew way ahead of you on 100.

If you can score 7 or less, you are through to the head-to-head.

Well, I'll be honest with you, I don't know any of them

except the top one, but that's going to be too high.

So I'm going to have to have a bit of a gamble...

October 12, National Day - Fiesta Nacional...

Italy.

Italy, says Kriss.

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

There is your red line, quite low.

Fiesta Nacional. Is that in Italy?

Ooh, no, bad luck, Kriss.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer

which scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Takes your total up to 192.

-Blimey, we're going to need a day off after this, aren't we?

-Yeah! Whoa.

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-It's going awfully well.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

Kieron, the high scorers are Kriss and Lyn on 192.

You're on 100.

A score of 91 or less will see you into the head-to-head.

I'm going to go for this one.

I've got no idea where it is, but the word itself looks Danish.

-So I going to go for "Konardigidag"?

-Oh!

Go on, have another go at it.

-"Kerningdigidag"?

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

-Queen's Day. Queen's Day.

-"Colonel Digidag", yes.

Yes, let's go for "Colonel Digidag", see if that takes place in Denmark.

OK. Denmark says Kieron for Koninginnedag Day.

No! Bad luck, Kieron.

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

That takes your total to an unbeatable 200, I am sorry to say.

Good shot, though.

Yeah, sorry, I'll let you know which country you offended

with your pronunciation at the end of the pass.

OK, now then, Hattie, great news. You're through to the next round.

-Luckily.

-Talk us through the board.

Well, July 4th is the USA.

Um, Queen's Day?

I think maybe Sweden. National Day, Fiesta Nacional.

That sounds Spanish to me.

But again it could be South American,

so I will go for St Rose of Lima Day,

-Peru.

-Peru says Hattie for St Rose of Lima.

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

Absolutely right. Very well done, Hattie.

There we are.

For the first time this round. 21.

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21 takes your total up to 112.

Very well played, Hattie.

As you say, Lima, capital of Peru. That was the clue there.

Now Koninginnedag - it's not Denmark.

It is the Netherlands.

It would have scored you 16 points.

If you had said Independence Day, it would have scored too many points.

It would have scored 97 points. It's the USA, of course.

The Fiesta Nacional, Hattie right again, it's in Spain,

that would have scored you 48.

Waitangi Day is in New Zealand.

That would have scored you 26 points.

And Unity Day, is the best answer on the board,

it would have scored you just one point

-if you'd said Germany.

-Ah! Of course. Very good.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of round two, the losing pair with the highest score,

it's Kieron and Matthew.

Oh, no! You were head-to-headers last time.

This time your international public holiday knowledge is really rubbish.

-Yeah, we need to get out more.

-Oh, dear.

It's been great having you on the show.

Thanks so much for playing. I'm sorry to say goodbye to you so soon.

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

as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Jack and Hattie, Kriss and Lyn.

You are now only one round away from the final and a chance

to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at...

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

And the first pair to win two questions will be going

through to the final and playing for that jackpot.

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

Kriss and Lyn, you played very solidly throughout the show.

Jack and Hattie, some great answering there from Hattie.

And some quite expensive answers from you, Jack.

So, yeah, but you can now put your heads together.

So you can pool your resources.

Kriss, can you sign this,

"and by country, we mean a sovereign state recognised by the UN"?

-What was the last bit?

-Recognised by the UN.

Hurray! There we are.

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Thank you very much indeed.

Well, very best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

Here comes your first question and it concerns...

Famous Lionels. Richard?

-I can't believe we haven't done this category before.

-No.

We'll show you five pictures of famous people called Lionel.

-Can you identify the most obscure of these, please?

-Very good.

OK, let's reveal our five Lionels, and here they come.

We have got...

There we are - five Lionels.

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

THEY CONFER

I am going to go with, or we're going to go with A.

It's the only one we know. It's Lionel Messi.

OK, Messi you are saying for A. Lionel Messi.

Now then, Kriss and Lyn, you can talk us

through the rest of the board if you like.

-And then decide which one you want to submit.

-B - we're sure of.

-Lionel Blair.

-And D. Who did you think D was?

-Lionel Jeffries.

But I'm not sure.

-So let's say for a gamble, what you think?

-Shall we gamble?

-Go on, then.

Gamble D, Lionel Jeffries.

D, Lionel Jeffries, say Kriss and Lyn.

So we have Lionel Messi for Jack and Hattie.

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

let's see how many of our 100 people said Lionel Messi.

Absolutely right.

27!

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27 for Lionel Messi.

Kriss and Lyn, you've taken a bit of a punt, you think,

and said Lionel Jeffries for D.

Let's see, D, Lionel Jeffries.

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

It is indeed Lionel Jeffries.

Now will that beat 27? Down it goes.

Oh! 30.

Wow!

Well, there's a turn up for the books.

Which means, Jack and Hattie, after one question, you are up 1-0.

-Yes, who'd have thought that as a result for Lionel Jeffries?

-Yeah, back of the net.

Famous actor, director, plays Dick Van Dyke's father

in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, despite being younger than Dick Van Dyke.

Yeah, Lionel Messi.

People call him "Leonel" but he's actually named after Lionel Richie.

So calling him Lionel, I think, is acceptable.

But only 27 points.

B, absolutely is Lionel Blair.

He's been on this show, he was lovely.

That scored 84 points.

-C is Lionel Bart.

-Lionel Bart.

The writer of Oliver.

Would have scored you seven points. It's a very good answer.

The best answer on the board is E,

-she's the author of We Need To Talk About Kevin.

-Lionel Shriver.

Lionel Shriver. The American author. That's absolutely right.

-Four points. Did you know that one, Hattie?

-I did, I did say that.

-But I wasn't 100% sure.

-You got the point, anyway.

-Yeah.

-It would only have been showing off.

-That was all Jack.

OK, very well done.

Jack, you are up 1-0.

Which means, Kriss and Lyn, you have to win this next question to stay in the game.

Very best of luck, here it comes.

It concerns...

Nursery rhyme characters. Nursery rhyme characters. Richard?

These are the ones that some love and some hate.

We'll give you the names of five nursery rhyme characters, but all as anagrams.

-Can you work them out and pick the most obscure?

-OK.

Now, then, let's reveal our five nursery rhyme characters in anagram form.

Here they are. We have...

I'll read those one last time.

There we are, five nursery rhyme characters.

Obviously, you'll try to find the line you think the fewest of our 100 people spot in 100 seconds.

Kriss and Lyn, it will be you to go first.

Eh?

We'll go for the top one then.

Top one... Little Miss Muffet.

Little Miss Muffet, you are saying for "Fleet Lifts Summit".

Now, then, Jack and Hattie?

We'll go for the last one and say Humpty Dumpty.

Humpty Dumpty, you are saying for the bottom line? Humpty Dumpty.

So we have Little Miss Muffet versus Humpty Dumpty.

Kriss and Lyn, this is the one you have to win with.

Little Miss Muffet you're saying.

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

Absolutely right.

-14!

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14 for Little Miss Muffet.

Jack and Hattie have gone for Humpty Dumpty.

Let's see if that's right and how many people said Humpty Dumpty.

It's right. Is it going to beat 14?

68.

I'd say that's a pretty comprehensive victory for Kriss and Lyn,

which means you are back in the game. After two questions it's 1-1.

Yeah, very well played there.

It's a very, very, tough board.

I wonder if anyone at home has got all five of these, very impressive if you have.

"Jolt Thick Learner"?

I think that's Little Jack Horner.

Little Jack Horner, absolutely right. That would have scored you 24 points,

so it would not have beaten Little Miss Muffet.

These other two would beat it.

"Coco Brink" would have scored one point. It's Cock Robin.

Yes, got that just.

And "Moody Long Runs" is a pointless answer.

Anyone in the audience? "Moody Long Runs"?

-Solomon Grundy?

-Solomon Grundy.

-Oh, well done.

That's exactly right.

-APPLAUSE

-That's brilliant.

Pointless answer, very well done if you got that at home.

Literally one person in the whole audience got it, so very impressive.

Here comes our third question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot. Very best of luck to both pairs.

It concerns...

Richard?

Giving you five questions about Northern Ireland. We need you to pick the most obscure answer.

Very best of luck to both teams.

OK, let's reveal our five clues to facts about Northern Ireland.

And here they are. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are, five clues to facts about Northern Ireland.

Jack and Hattie, you go first.

WHISPERING

OK, er...

We'll go for Ballybeg for the least-populated city.

Ballybeg?

Ballybeg, say Jack and Hattie.

Now then, Kriss and Lyn.

You can talk us through the board.

No, we can't!

LAUGHTER

We think the Belfast City Airport

might be George Best, but we only think.

Is that the one you're going to go for?

We're going to go for that.

OK. So we have Ballybeg from Jack and Hattie,

and Kriss and Lyn have gone for George Best

as the man after whom Belfast City Airport is named.

Ballybeg, say Jack and Hattie. Let's see if that's right

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

Oh, bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Kriss and Lyn, you just have to be correct

and you are straight through to the final.

George Best. Is that right and how many people said it?

Yep, it's right.

Very well done indeed.

-It scores 36.

-APPLAUSE

All it had to be was correct.

Which means, Kriss and Lyn, after three questions,

you are through to the final. Very well done.

Well played, Kriss and Lyn.

That was a real war of attrition.

It's been a tough show. Let's look at the rest of this board,

see how people did. George Best is the largest answer on the board.

Any other answers would have won you the points.

There's some tough ones up there.

The oldest university is Queen's University Belfast.

That would've scored 11. The largest lake is Loch Neagh.

That would've scored you five.

The only course to host the Open Golf Championship is Royal Portrush.

That would've scored two points.

And the least populated city's a pointless answer.

Ballybeg is a town in Antrim,

but the least populated city in Northern Ireland,

which would've added £250 to the jackpot, is Armagh.

Very well done if you said that at home.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So at the end of our head-to-head round, Jack and Hattie,

we say goodbye to you.

That was a really exciting head-to-head. Ballybeg, bad luck.

But Armagh, we'll all remember that now.

We look forward to seeing you again next time.

Thanks for playing. Jack and Hattie, great to see you.

APPLAUSE

But for Kriss and Lyn, it's now time for our pointless final.

CHEERING

Congratulations, Kriss and Lyn. You've seen off all the competition

and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

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

APPLAUSE

It's been a very solid and consistent performance

from you throughout the show.

We've been on a bit of a tour, haven't we?

We've had chemical elements, public holidays,

the Lionels, Northern Ireland.

What would you like to come up in the final?

Oh, well... Er...

Films might be good if it's the right type of film or actor.

I like, "The right type of film!"

LAUGHTER

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.

Find one now and you will go home with that money.

Firstly, choose a category from these five options.

They are...

Spanish pop, surely.

-What are you leaning towards?

-I would think fictional characters.

That's the only one I'd be half comfortable with.

No, fictional characters.

OK, Spanish pop.

LAUGHTER

Fictional characters. OK, let's find out what the question is.

Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many returning characters

in Doctor Who as they could. Richard?

We're looking for any species or individual named characters

who appeared in the classic era of Doctor Who and also in the new

era of Doctor Who that started in 2005 up until the end of 2011.

-Very best of luck.

-OK, thanks very much.

You have a minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that £3,250 is for one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yep.

-Yes.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Oh, I haven't watched Doctor Who for at least 25 years.

-Really?

Right, well, there's obvious ones like the Daleks and the Cybermen.

But they're going to be so high.

What about some of his assistants? Do they come back and go away?

I don't know. I haven't really watched much of the new series.

Do you remember any of the old characters

and we can just hope they've come back in?

Er, no.

-Oh, that's not helpful.

-Um, what were those things with all the...?

-I don't know.

-No, OK.

-Erm...

Sidekicks, what sidekicks? Ooh, what about...? Didn't he have a...?

He had a silver dog, didn't he? A robot dog?

Is that something else? Ah, K-9!

-Might be a different programme.

-It might be, but it's all we've got.

-Well, there's three. I just don't watch it.

-I don't either.

-I don't have a clue.

-Ten seconds left.

I don't think we're going to come up with anything.

Shall we go for those? Unless you want to say something like...

-I don't know.

-Reptilian men or something?

OK, your time is up.

Looking for returning characters on Doctor Who.

I need your three answers. What are you giving me?

-OK, well, Mum's just said Davros.

-We've got Davros, yeah.

Davros.

-We're not sure about K-9.

-K-9, we'll try.

K-9 might be a different programme.

Who else? Cybermen over the Daleks, I guess.

-I suppose so, Cybermen.

-And Cybermen. Now, of those three,

which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-None of them!

-Don't you?

-Davros.

-OK, Davros we'll put last.

-Cybermen.

Cybermen first. OK, there we are.

We'll put them up on the board in that order.

Here they are, we have got...

OK, so we are looking for returning characters in Doctor Who.

Cybermen was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer

to win that jackpot of £3,250.

OK, let's see. How many people said Cybermen?

Well, it's right.

Let's see how far down it goes.

It'll show us how much our 100 people know about Doctor Who.

It's still going down, into the 20s.

26, there we are. Not bad.

APPLAUSE

Well, unfortunately not a pointless answer, but I think

we would've been surprised if that had been.

Only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

Lyn, what would you do with £3,250?

I'd love to take my grandchildren to Eurodisney.

Very good. Now then, Kriss. What would you like to do?

Let Nan take the grandchildren.

LAUGHTER

Take them away for a couple of weeks. It'd be great!

-A couple of weeks?

-Oh, yeah.

-OK. How old are they?

My eldest is eight next week

and Archie's six.

Very good. They'll be watching right now.

OK, looking for returning characters in Doctor Who. Let's hope nobody said your next answer, K-9.

This has to be right and pointless if you are to win the jackpot.

-You think it might be from another show, don't you?

-Yeah.

OK, let's see. Is it right? How many people said K-9?

Oh, no. It's absolutely right. K-9 is certainly Doctor Who.

Cybermen took us down to 26.

How far down is K-9 going to take us? Down into single figures, yes.

Down it goes, five.

-APPLAUSE

-Very, very well done indeed. Well remembered.

This is much more like it. Still not pointless though,

so you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Your third and final answer was Davros.

We're looking for returning characters from Doctor Who. Davros.

This was your most confident shot at a pointless answer.

It has to be pointless if you're going to win that jackpot of £3,250

Let's see how many people said Davros? Is it right?

It's absolutely right.

Cybermen took us down to 26.

K-9 then took us down tantalisingly close to five.

Davros, down into single figures. Down it goes.

Oh, yes! You've done it!

CHEERING

Very well done. That's brilliant. Absolutely fantastic.

Fantastic, wow!

Well, congratulations.

That's how you do it.

Davros was a pointless answer,

which means you go home with our jackpot of £3,250.

APPLAUSE

-Eurodisney, here we come! Fantastic.

-I might tag along now!

-LAUGHTER

-Rich?

Congratulations, Kriss and Lyn. Terrific.

I've rarely seen people more surprised at having won.

Very good. He's the creator of the Daleks, of course. Davros.

Nice to see him doing good for a change.

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

Lots of people love Doctor Who, so they will have got some of these.

They'll be shocked they're pointless, but they are.

The Autons, the life-sized plastic dummies,

they were the first creatures to be brought back by Russell T Davies.

The cybermats, those are the small cybernetic creatures

that the Cybermen use. There's Davros.

Macra is a giant crustacean race who consume humans wherever possible.

The Nestene. Rassilon, who's played by Timothy Dalton

in the new incarnation.

And the Silurians, who started in 1970 with John Pertwee.

Brought back in 2010 with Matt Smith.

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

Thanks very much. Thanks once again to our winning players.

Kriss and Lyn go away with today's jackpot of £3,250.

APPLAUSE

Join us next time and we'll be putting more obscure knowledge

to the test on Pointless.

-Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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