0:00:20 > 0:00:22APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:25 > 0:00:31Welcome to Pointless where we put obscure knowledge to the test. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33APPLAUSE
0:00:34 > 0:00:39First, we welcome back Jack and Hattie. You were on the show last time.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. This is your second chance.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48- Jack, remind us how you know each other.- We're brother and sister.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53- Hattie, what happened last time? - We got to the head-to-head, so we avoided embarrassment, I think.
0:00:53 > 0:00:58- You did incredibly well. Three very well played rounds. - I think we got lucky.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Jack, what do you hope is going to come up today?
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Hopefully, sport. With a bit of luck, that might pop up.
0:01:05 > 0:01:11- OK.- A bit of history and geography as well.- Any particular era of history you feel confident in?
0:01:11 > 0:01:16Well, quite modern history, so from 1900 onwards
0:01:16 > 0:01:21- and a bit of Republic of Ireland history, their relations with England. I know.- OK.
0:01:21 > 0:01:27- Anything you're dreading? - Politics would be terrible, although I could do Presidents.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31- OK...- I don't like those word ending ones either.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Fingers crossed, they won't come up. You did very well last time.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Let's hope we see even more of you this time.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Next, we welcome Jackie and Laura. How do you two know each other?
0:01:41 > 0:01:46Well, this is my daughter Laura, so I've known her a long time.
0:01:46 > 0:01:52- Not that long though, eh, Laura? - Too long.- What do you do, Laura?
0:01:52 > 0:01:56I'm a PA at a local hospital and I'm also a swimming instructor.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58How long have you done that for?
0:01:58 > 0:02:03- Ten years now. - Any heavy petting, bombing, diving, any of this sort of stuff going on?
0:02:03 > 0:02:09Well, I did say at one point I was going to have put on my tombstone, "Don't run."
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Jackie, what do you get up to?
0:02:14 > 0:02:20- I like travelling, reading, cooking. - These are all very good Pointless categories.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24- They'll feed directly into your success today.- Let's hope so.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26What do you like reading? Any kind of book?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28I like historical novels mostly.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32- Good.- But I like detective adventure stories, Rebus and...
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Harlan Coben, I don't know if you know him.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40- He's an American detective. - I'm going to nod and pretend. It looks like I know who he is.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44- I love Harlan Coben as well. - I think SHE writes very well.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49LAUGHTER You would like him because he writes with some fantastic one-liners.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- Really? Good. - Really witty, brilliant, yeah.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55I will and, thank you, I'm flattered by that association.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59No, what she's saying is you need material.
0:02:59 > 0:03:05Yeah... Very good. Jackie and Laura, welcome to the show. It's lovely to have you here.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Dan and Dave, we welcome next. How do you two know each other?
0:03:09 > 0:03:15We've worked together as civil servants for seven years. We're still friends, so things are going well.
0:03:15 > 0:03:20- Where are you from, Dave? - Carlisle.- Which department of the civil service are you in?
0:03:20 > 0:03:24- It's for the Rural Payments Agency, part of DEFRA.- All right.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27What category would be great for you today?
0:03:27 > 0:03:32- Only Fools And Horses or football. - Dan, anything you would like to see come up?
0:03:32 > 0:03:36I wouldn't mind anything on sharks. I'm big into sharks, so something like that.
0:03:36 > 0:03:42The Simpsons? And I'm ashamed to admit it, but maybe Disney films as well.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- We'll see what we can do. Very best of luck, Dan and Dave.- Thanks.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Finally, we have Jane and Caroline. How do you two know each other?
0:03:50 > 0:03:54We went to primary school together. We've known each other over 50 years.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58- Wow! Have you been close friends all that time?- Yes.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02- That's probably a record. How old were you when you first met?- Four.
0:04:02 > 0:04:07- Four?- Yeah. Infant school, junior, secondary, right the way through. - Good Lord!
0:04:07 > 0:04:11- Where are you from, Caroline? - Blackpool.- What do you do there?
0:04:11 > 0:04:14I work with my husband in the family building company.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19- Jane, how about you? - I worked for a large bank for 30 years, but I'm now retired.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Jane, what would you like to see come up today?
0:04:22 > 0:04:26Anything about films, television, America, politics.
0:04:26 > 0:04:32- Anything you're dreading?- Science, nature, "words ending in" as well.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36- Oh, right. Oh, dear. No-one likes "words ending in".- No.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41- Caroline, how about you? - Food and drink. I did well on that lettuce question a few weeks ago.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46- Oh, we'll never forget the lettuce question!- So that would be good.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50And TV and, you know, current affairs, politics type of thing.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:04:54 > 0:05:00There's only one person left for me to introduce. He's the champion of Trivial Pursuit in the Osman home.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- It's my Pointless friend, Richard. - Hiya.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- APPLAUSE - Hiya.
0:05:07 > 0:05:13- Good afternoon to you.- The top of the afternoon to you.- 50 years' friendship - that's not bad, is it?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- Yeah, wow!- We've known each other 20-odd years, haven't we?
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- 23 years.- 23 years. Amazing, isn't it?
0:05:19 > 0:05:23- Yeah.- We've been friends for seven or eight months of that.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28So Hattie and Jane, neither of them like "words ending in" rounds.
0:05:28 > 0:05:33- I thought people liked "words ending in".- I like "words ending in" rounds.- I like them.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36(It's why I put one on today's show.)
0:05:36 > 0:05:43But the good news is... The good news is it's Round 2, so you might have been knocked out by then.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45LAUGHTER
0:05:45 > 0:05:50Thanks, Richard. All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53To get to the final round and try and win our jackpot,
0:05:53 > 0:05:57our contestants want the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get,
0:05:57 > 0:06:02so the fewer of our 100 people who knew the answer, the fewer points they will score.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Everyone wants a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave
0:06:06 > 0:06:10and each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:06:10 > 0:06:15Kriss and Lyn won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:06:22 > 0:06:28In this first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:06:28 > 0:06:33Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35OK, our first category today is...
0:06:37 > 0:06:42Actors. Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:06:42 > 0:06:46And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51OK, our question concerns...
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Films And Their Knights, Richard?
0:06:57 > 0:07:03On each pass, I will show you seven films. Each one features a male actor who has been knighted.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07Can you name that actor? A more obscure answer scores fewer points.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10An incorrect answer will be 100 points.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14There are 14 films and 14 knights to guess. Some of them are pretty tough.
0:07:14 > 0:07:20OK, Jack and Hattie, you all drew lots before the show and today, you are going first.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24So, we are looking for the knighted actors who star in these films.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46I'll read all of those films again.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50- Oh, that's tough.- There may be some 100s coming up, yeah.- Yeah.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10There we are, seven films starring acting knights.
0:08:10 > 0:08:17Jack, what is the most obscure acting knight you can think of starring in one of these films?
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Well, I've only seen one of them.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25I've seen two of them, but one, I think, I've seen a remake of, judging on the dates.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30So I'm praying that I don't know he's been knighted and that he actually has.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34I'm going to say Sean Connery for The Rock?
0:08:34 > 0:08:40Sean Connery for The Rock. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer.
0:08:40 > 0:08:46Hattie's not confident at all. Is it right, Sean Connery? How many people said it?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Well done, Jack. It's the right answer.
0:08:53 > 0:08:5518.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57APPLAUSE
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- That's amazing.- 18. In your face, Hattie!
0:09:00 > 0:09:04- I put my hands up. - 18 for Sean Connery.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Well done, Jack. He was knighted in 1999.
0:09:07 > 0:09:13- One of the great moments when you're right and your sister's wrong. - Thank you!- They don't come often.
0:09:13 > 0:09:19- No.- No. Now then, Laura, what do you make of this round?
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- It sounded fun.- Yeah. - Until the board went up.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26I do know some of them, but I don't think they'll be very obscure.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30So I'm going to go with Bridge On The River Kwai
0:09:30 > 0:09:34- and Sir Alec Guinness. - Sir Alec Guinness, says Laura.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41It's absolutely right.
0:09:45 > 0:09:4721.
0:09:47 > 0:09:52- 21 for Bridge On The River Kwai starring Sir Alec Guinness. - Well played, Laura.
0:09:52 > 0:09:58Very solid start to your Pointless career. He was knighted in 1959, Sir Alec Guinness.
0:09:59 > 0:10:05Now, Dave, the board is getting more and more difficult as the easier answers are being picked off.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09There's only one that's been made since I was born and it's been taken.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13So...I'm struggling a bit.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17I'm going to have a bash with Live And Let Die.
0:10:17 > 0:10:22I don't know if he's been knighted or not, but I'll take a gamble with Roger Moore.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Roger Moore, says Dave. Let's see if that's right.
0:10:26 > 0:10:32Roger Moore, has he been knighted? Is he the knighted star of Live And Let Die? Let's find out.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Absolutely right, it is Roger Moore.
0:10:37 > 0:10:3940.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- APPLAUSE - 40 for Roger Moore.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44High score, that.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Yes, knighted in 2003, Sir Roger Moore.
0:10:47 > 0:10:53Caroline, you're the last person to have this board, so you can talk us through your musings.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Well, film was going to be my worst category.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02- And the couple that I did know obviously have gone.- Right.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05I don't know whether you can have a female knight.
0:11:05 > 0:11:11- It's male actors.- In that case, I'm just going to have to have a stab and have a guess.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Were you going to go for "Sir Gourney" Weaver(?)
0:11:15 > 0:11:19LAUGHTER No, I was going to go for Dame Glenda Jackson.
0:11:19 > 0:11:25- Oh.- But I'm just going to have a guess at The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin.
0:11:25 > 0:11:31Charlie Chaplin. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Charlie Chaplin.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Absolutely right.
0:11:38 > 0:11:4026.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43APPLAUSE
0:11:43 > 0:11:4626. Not a bad score at all, Caroline. Richard?
0:11:46 > 0:11:52Well played, everyone. That was very good. I would say "full marks" to everyone, but I don't mean that.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57He was knighted in 1975, Sir Charlie Chaplin. Let's fill in the rest of the board.
0:11:57 > 0:12:03The remaining three answers are all very low. Women In Love, do you know who was knighted in that?
0:12:03 > 0:12:07- It's Sir Alan Bates.- Alan Bates was knighted?- Yeah, he was. 4 points.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Death In Venice?
0:12:10 > 0:12:15- No.- Sir Dirk Bogarde. - I didn't even know he was knighted either.- 3 points.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19And Alien, do you know who the knight is in Alien?
0:12:20 > 0:12:24- It's one point if you said Ian Holm. - Ian Holm.- Ian Holm.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28If anyone got all seven, it's very impressive. Seven more to come too.
0:12:28 > 0:12:34Tough board. Very well played, everybody. Really well done for nobody getting 100 on that round.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38Halfway through the round, let's take a look at the scores.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43Jack and Hattie, lovely low score of 18, then we creep up to 21 where we find Laura and Jackie,
0:12:43 > 0:12:48then up to 26 where we find Caroline and Jane, then up to 40, not a bad score, for Dave and Dan,
0:12:48 > 0:12:54but it means you are the high scorers, so, Dan, we need some good, obscure answering on the next board.
0:12:54 > 0:13:00We'll come back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:13:01 > 0:13:06OK, we'll put seven more films on the board and here we are. We have got...
0:13:25 > 0:13:28I'll read those all one last time.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46Remember, we are looking for the acting knights who starred in these films
0:13:46 > 0:13:50and you're trying to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Jane, you're on 26. The high scorers are Dan and Dave on 40.
0:13:53 > 0:13:58- A score of 13 or less will keep you in the game.- OK.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03There are two or three I know. It's just trying to decide which is the lowest one.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06I'm going to go with Arthur - Sir John Gielgud.
0:14:06 > 0:14:13Sir John Gielgud, says Jane. Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16There's your red line. It's quite low.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Absolutely right.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26A-ha-ha! 15.
0:14:26 > 0:14:3215, it scores you. It takes your total up to 41. It's probably enough to keep you in the game. Richard?
0:14:32 > 0:14:37Well played. He was knighted in 1953. Do you know what John Gielgud's real first name is?
0:14:37 > 0:14:38Arthur.
0:14:38 > 0:14:44- There you go.- There you go. - Why didn't he stick with Arthur Gielgud?- I don't know.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Or maybe someone had already got it in Equity.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51Why didn't you stick with Deirdre Armstrong? Perfectly nice name.
0:14:51 > 0:14:56- Do you know, I would have... - But there was another one in Equity. - Yeah.- Yeah.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Dan, the high scorers are now Jane and Caroline on 41.
0:15:00 > 0:15:06You're on 40, so a pointless answer will keep you from becoming the new high scorers.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10There's only one that I'm confident enough on, I think,
0:15:10 > 0:15:12and I need to really take a risk,
0:15:12 > 0:15:16but I think I'll have to go with The Silence Of The Lambs
0:15:16 > 0:15:20- and Anthony Hopkins.- Anthony Hopkins says Dan for Silence Of The Lambs.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Is it right, how many people said it?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Absolutely right.
0:15:29 > 0:15:3138.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- APPLAUSE - 38 takes your total up to 78.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Our new high score. Richard?
0:15:36 > 0:15:42It's going to be a tense rest of the round. He won a Best Actor Oscar for Silence Of The Lambs.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47He's only on screen for 16 minutes, the second shortest ever appearance for an Oscar-winning actor.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- Really?- 16 minutes in the whole of Silence Of The Lambs.
0:15:50 > 0:15:56David Niven is the only person to have acted for a shorter amount of time and won a Best Actor Oscar.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- That was in Separate Tables. - Good, good, good.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04Now then, Jackie, you are on 21. The high scorers on 78 are Dan and Dave.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08If you can score 56 or less, through you go to Round 2.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15I think I'll take a chance and say Sir Laurence Olivier for Marathon Man.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20- Marathon Man, Sir Laurence Olivier, you are saying.- That's right. - There's your red line.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24If you get below that, you are through to the next round.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Marathon Man, how many people said that, is it right?
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Absolutely right, Jackie. Very well done.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34And you are through to the next round. That's all that matters.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Down to 12, lovely low score.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38APPLAUSE
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Very well played. He was knighted and was made a life peer in 1970.
0:16:46 > 0:16:52So, Hattie, we come to you. You're on 18. The high scorers on 78 are still Dan and Dave,
0:16:52 > 0:16:56which means a score of 59 from you will get you into the next round.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00- What do you think of the board behind me?- I only knew one of them.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04Unfortunately, all those films are a little bit old for me,
0:17:04 > 0:17:09so I think this is going to be the end of the line for us, sadly.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14I'll go for The Wicker Man and I'll say Ben Kingsley.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19The Wicker Man, Ben Kingsley. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23Your red line is in the middle of the board. Is Ben Kingsley right?
0:17:25 > 0:17:32No, bad luck, Hattie. I'm sorry. I'm afraid Sir Ben Kingsley is not a correct answer for The Wicker Man,
0:17:32 > 0:17:38which means you score the maximum of 100 points, taking your total up to an unbeatable 118, I'm sorry to say.
0:17:38 > 0:17:43Yeah, sorry, Hattie. He is an acting knight, but not in The Wicker Man.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47The knight in The Wicker Man is Sir Christopher Lee.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50It would have scored you 8 points.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55- Death On The Nile, which knight... - Peter Ustinov.- Absolutely right. Would have scored 22 points.
0:17:55 > 0:18:00- My Fair Lady?- Rex Harrison. - Yes, Sir Rex Harrison is the knight in that - 12 points.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Now, Demolition Man, 1993...
0:18:04 > 0:18:10I'm going to give a doff of the invisible cap to anybody at home who got this one.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16Sir Nigel Hawthorne is in the Stallone movie, Demolition Man.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19A pointless answer, so very well done if you said that.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24Thanks, Richard. At the end of our first round, the losing pair with the highest score,
0:18:24 > 0:18:27I'm very sorry to say, Hattie and Jack.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- AUDIENCE: Aw! - Oh dear, oh dear.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34- Just unlucky.- Head-to-head last time in a really tough round.
0:18:34 > 0:18:39- We've enjoyed ourselves, so can't complain.- Thanks very much for having us.- Not at all.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43- Hattie and Jack, great contestants. Thanks so much.- Thank you.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round 2.
0:18:54 > 0:19:01There's only room for two pairs in our head-to-head round, so one pair will leave us after this round.
0:19:01 > 0:19:06A very interesting first round, Jackie and Laura our lowest scorers there by quite a way.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Which pair would you fancy seeing in the head-to-head round?
0:19:10 > 0:19:12- Us?- Well, yes, I know, but...
0:19:12 > 0:19:18- LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE - No, I'm assuming if you were to go... Yeah, good answer.
0:19:18 > 0:19:24If you were to go through to the head-to-head round, which pair would you want to be against?
0:19:24 > 0:19:29- I'm sure whichever pair will be excellent.- Beautifully put.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Our category for Round 2 today is...
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Oh, no!
0:19:35 > 0:19:39Can you decide who's going first, who's going second?
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Whoever's going first, step up to the podium.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:19:48 > 0:19:56We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many words ending in "...light" as they could.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Words ending in "...light".
0:19:58 > 0:20:05- Richard?- We want any word that has an entry in the Oxford Dictionary of English that ends in "...light".
0:20:05 > 0:20:12As always, no hyphenated words or proper nouns and the word "light" itself won't be accepted.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15OK, now then, Jackie...
0:20:17 > 0:20:21I can't think of anything inspiring,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24so I shall just have to say "delight".
0:20:24 > 0:20:29- Delight.- Yes.- Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said "delight".
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Absolutely right.
0:20:40 > 0:20:4129.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43APPLAUSE
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Nothing wrong with that, Jackie. 29 for "delight".
0:20:47 > 0:20:50To please someone greatly - delight.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54- Dave...- I wish I'd paid attention in English.
0:20:57 > 0:21:04- Starlight.- "Starlight," says Dave. Let's see if that's right and how many people said "starlight".
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Absolutely right.
0:21:10 > 0:21:1222.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15APPLAUSE
0:21:15 > 0:21:21- 22, not a bad score at all. Richard? - My definition says, "Starlight - the light that comes from the stars."
0:21:21 > 0:21:25I honestly don't know what you'd do without me.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Now then...
0:21:28 > 0:21:33- Caroline.- I can think of a few, but not any very low, I don't think.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37- But I'll go with the theme. Twilight.- Twilight.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41Let's see how many people said twilight.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Absolutely right.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48We've been in the 20s so far.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52Where will twilight end up? 21! There we are.
0:21:53 > 0:22:00- 21 for twilight.- Soft, glowing light when the sun is beyond the horizon. Used to mean morning and evening,
0:22:00 > 0:22:07- but now usually just evening.- OK. Let's look at the scores as they stand. The best score is Caroline's.
0:22:07 > 0:22:13Twilight there, scoring only 21. So Caroline and Jane looking very strong indeed.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Up to 22, Dave and Dan. And 29, Jackie and Laura.
0:22:17 > 0:22:23OK, we'll come back down the line. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:22:23 > 0:22:27OK. We are looking for words ending in "..light".
0:22:27 > 0:22:32Jane, you're the low scorers on 21. The high scorers are on 29.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36If you can score 7 or less, you will avoid becoming the high scorers.
0:22:36 > 0:22:42This was the one round I didn't want so I'll say the first thing in my head. Pre-Raphaelite.
0:22:42 > 0:22:48OK, Jane is saying pre-Raphaelite. There's your red line. Below that, through to the next round.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Let's see if it's right and how many people said pre-Raphaelite.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59- Bad luck, Jane. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.- L-I-T-E.
0:22:59 > 0:23:04That scores the maximum 100 points and takes your total to 121.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09You're right. It doesn't end "..light". It's "lite" and it's hyphenated as well.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Anyway, Dan.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14The high scorers on 121 are now Jane and Caroline.
0:23:14 > 0:23:20You're on 22. A score of 98 or less from you will see you into the Head To Head.
0:23:20 > 0:23:26I had one in my head, but I don't know whether I just made it up. It was a bit risky.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29I'm going to be sensible and say flight.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Flight says Dan. Is flight right? How many people said flight?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Absolutely right.
0:23:39 > 0:23:4443 for flight. It takes your total up to 65.
0:23:44 > 0:23:51- You are through to the next round. - The action of flying or the little bit on the end of a dart.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52Laura,
0:23:52 > 0:23:56the high scorers remain on 121. You're on 29.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01So 91 or less sees you into the next round.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03This is my nightmare round.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06I have a word. I hope it's correct.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- Blight.- Blight.
0:24:09 > 0:24:14Blight says Laura. I think that's a great answer. There is your red line.
0:24:14 > 0:24:21Lovely and high. But blight, my money is on that being the lowest scorer of our round so far.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27But let's see. What do I know? How many people said blight?
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Absolutely right.
0:24:37 > 0:24:3932.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44That takes your total up to 61. Like I said, blight,
0:24:44 > 0:24:51- very high-scoring. - Strictly speaking, a plant disease, but used more generally these days.
0:24:51 > 0:24:57Jane, there's a whole number of ones that would have scored quite low. Highlight, headlight,
0:24:57 > 0:25:01flashlight, skylight, spotlight. All of those were quite low scorers.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06- I knew this would be it. - Let's look at the pointless answers.
0:25:06 > 0:25:13There's only eight of them. Catchlight is the reflection of light in the eyes in a photograph,
0:25:13 > 0:25:19deadlight, which is a porthole on a ship that would never open, earthlight,
0:25:19 > 0:25:25that's a pointless answer. Fireblight, which again is a plant disease, usually on roses.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29Overflight, preflight is a pointless answer.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34- It's in the first line of Rocket Man by Elton John.- There we are, yeah.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38Rushlight and safelight. Very well done if you said any of those.
0:25:38 > 0:25:45Thanks very much, Richard. So at the end of Round Two, the losing pair is Jane and Caroline.
0:25:45 > 0:25:50It had been very close up until that point. Pre-Raphaelite was a good pointless sort of answer.
0:25:50 > 0:25:57Oh, it would have been a great answer if it hadn't been hyphenated and was spelt "..light" at the end!
0:25:57 > 0:26:03- But...- What are you gonna do? - This all bodes very well for your next appearance on Pointless.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07I'll be very surprised if this comes back. It's been lovely having you.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10We'll see you next time. Great contestants, thank you.
0:26:12 > 0:26:18But for the remaining two pairs things are about to get even more exciting with the Head To Head.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26Well, congratulations, Jackie and Laura, Dan and Dave.
0:26:26 > 0:26:32You are now only one round away from our final and a chance to play for the jackpot, which stands at £1,000.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35You're now going to go head to head.
0:26:35 > 0:26:42The first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot. From here on in, you're allowed to confer.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47So you can play as a team. Usually question one is a picture round.
0:26:47 > 0:26:52I'll assume it is this time as well. What would you like that to be?
0:26:52 > 0:26:56Well, for me The Beatles. Or sci-fi.
0:26:56 > 0:27:03- Here are five Beatles. Tell us which one...- You could have the houses and have to say which is which.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07- Which Beatle's house?- Yes. - That's quite niche!
0:27:07 > 0:27:12Pretty good. Dan and Dave, what would you like it to be?
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Footballers, beautiful ladies.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Match the footballer to these beautiful ladies.
0:27:19 > 0:27:26- That would be good!- OK.- This next question is going to be a crushing disappointment to everybody.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Let's play the Head To Head.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37OK, here comes your first question.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41And it concerns... parliament buildings.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44There we are. Parliament buildings.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- Richard?- Who's excited? Come on!
0:27:47 > 0:27:53I'm going to show you five pictures of buildings which contain parliaments or legislatures.
0:27:53 > 0:27:59You just need to tell me in which city would you find these buildings. Very best of luck.
0:27:59 > 0:28:04OK, thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five parliament buildings. Here they come.
0:28:20 > 0:28:25So there we are. Five parliament buildings.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Jackie and Laura, you've played best so far, so you go first.
0:28:28 > 0:28:33(B is Washington, A is Berlin. So shall we go C, Greece?)
0:28:33 > 0:28:35OK.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38- OK.- OK, we have an answer?- Yeah.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42- We're going to say C is Gr... - Athens!
0:28:42 > 0:28:45OK, you're going to say C, Athens.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Dan and Dave.
0:28:48 > 0:28:54- OK, we're pretty confident on two. - Do you want to talk us through the ones you know?
0:28:54 > 0:28:58D would be London. I hope!
0:28:58 > 0:29:00B, Washington, DC.
0:29:00 > 0:29:05If Athens is right, I don't think either of those will beat that,
0:29:05 > 0:29:10so we might have to guess or hope that Athens is wrong.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13E looks like it's in space. Could be that.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17- We'd need a city in space. - Space City.
0:29:19 > 0:29:24We'll play safe, I think. We'll go with B, Washington, DC.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28- You're saying B, Washington, DC. - Yeah.- OK, Jackie and Laura
0:29:28 > 0:29:34have said that C is Athens. Let's see if that's right and how many said it. C, Athens.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39It's absolutely right!
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Well done.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47Down it goes. Oh, look at that! A pointless answer!
0:29:47 > 0:29:54Very, very well done indeed, Jackie and Laura. That adds £250 to today's jackpot.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57That takes the total up to £1,250.
0:29:57 > 0:30:02It scores nothing. Beat that, Dan and Dave!
0:30:02 > 0:30:06- We'll go for a tie! - With Washington, DC.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11OK, Washington, DC, for B say Dan and Dave. Let's see how many people said that.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Absolutely right.
0:30:16 > 0:30:1860.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24It was a safe answer and was going to struggle to beat Athens.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28That was a brilliant answer there. Jackie and Laura are up one-nil.
0:30:28 > 0:30:33Well played. Terrific answer. The Hellenic Parliament building.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37Although it has just been bought by Paul McCartney, so...
0:30:37 > 0:30:39He picked it up for a song.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43- LAUGHTER - I didn't mean that as a pun!
0:30:43 > 0:30:46A you also knew. It's the Reichstag in Berlin.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49It would have scored you 5 points.
0:30:49 > 0:30:56- D. How many points do you think D scored? - Either 99...or 17.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58It scored 85 points.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01- GASPS - 85 points.
0:31:01 > 0:31:06- Wow!- But how about this? Wouldn't you like this as your parliament?
0:31:06 > 0:31:08E, that's terrific, isn't it?
0:31:08 > 0:31:15It's designed by the modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer. It's in Brasilia.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18Brazil's parliament building.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Terrific, isn't it? 2 points.
0:31:21 > 0:31:27- So, actually, the Greek parliament was the best answer.- Jackie and Laura, you had no hesitation.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31- Do you know Athens well? - I've just seen it on the news.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35Dan and Dave, this is the question you have to win to stay in the game.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39Here it comes. Our second question concerns...chess.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41It concerns chess. Richard?
0:31:41 > 0:31:47We'll give you five clues to facts about chess. Can you give us the most obscure answer, please?
0:31:47 > 0:31:51Let's reveal our five clues to facts about chess.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53HE READS THE LIST
0:32:09 > 0:32:11I'll read those one last time.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31There we are. Five facts about chess.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33Dan and Dave, you are to go first.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42OK, Dan and Dave?
0:32:42 > 0:32:48We'll go for number of pieces on the board at the game's start and we'll say 32.
0:32:48 > 0:32:5032.
0:32:50 > 0:32:5332 pieces on the board at the start of the game.
0:32:53 > 0:32:58- Now then, Jackie and Laura. - Well... What shall we do?
0:32:59 > 0:33:04- You can talk us through the board if you like.- We only know two, or think we know two.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07I don't know which one to...
0:33:07 > 0:33:12- You can give us both answers. - The US World Champion we think is Bobby Fischer.
0:33:13 > 0:33:18And pieces which can move only diagonally is the bishop.
0:33:18 > 0:33:23- Go for Bobby Fischer. Go on. - Go on, then.
0:33:23 > 0:33:28- OK, we'll go for Bobby Fischer. - Bobby Fischer, US World Champion.
0:33:28 > 0:33:33So in the order they were given, we have Dan and Dave saying 32 pieces on the board at the start.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Absolutely right.
0:33:41 > 0:33:4249.
0:33:46 > 0:33:4749.
0:33:47 > 0:33:53Well, everything is going to hang on whether or not Bobby Fischer is right. It sounds good.
0:33:53 > 0:33:58Bobby Fischer. Is that right? US Champion from 1972-1975.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01How many people said it? Is it right?
0:34:02 > 0:34:05- Absolutely right!- Yes!
0:34:05 > 0:34:08Is it going to beat 49? Yes, it is!
0:34:09 > 0:34:1020.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Very, very well done indeed.
0:34:15 > 0:34:21And that's checkmate. After two questions, Jackie and Laura are through to the final, two-nil.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25That's the way to do it. Fascinating character, Bobby Fischer.
0:34:25 > 0:34:30He's very, very interesting. Let's look at the rest of the board.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34The piece which can move diagonally was the biggest answer. Bishop.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37It would have scored you 57.
0:34:37 > 0:34:43- The name of the IBM computer that beat Garry Kasparov? - Deep Thought?- Deep Blue.
0:34:43 > 0:34:50- Deep Thought is Douglas Adams. - First ever computer to beat a reigning world champion.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54And the world governing body, founded in 1924, was FIDE.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58Federation Internationale des Echecs. That would have scored one.
0:34:59 > 0:35:05Thank you very much, Richard. So the losing pair, I'm afraid it's Dan and Dave.
0:35:05 > 0:35:12- You were just roundly beaten by the tour de force that is Jackie and Laura.- Ooh!
0:35:12 > 0:35:18- We'll see you again next time and look forward to that. Thanks very much for playing.- Cheers.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22But for Jackie and Laura, it's time for our Pointless final.
0:35:27 > 0:35:33Congratulations, Jackie and Laura. You have fought off the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:37 > 0:35:44You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, which now stands at £1,250.
0:35:48 > 0:35:56You have performed so well on this show. That £250 was one of yours. Athens was yours, Laura.
0:35:56 > 0:36:01- Yes.- But Jackie, it's been brilliant teamwork. The pair of you have come up with great answers
0:36:01 > 0:36:04all the way through.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07They're quite tough, these last rounds, the categories.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11- Is there anything you'd like to see? They're quite specific.- No.
0:36:11 > 0:36:16- Just take a chance!- OK, well, best of luck. The rules are very simple.
0:36:16 > 0:36:22All you have to do is find another pointless answer. We've had one and it was yours.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26You just have to find one more. First you have to choose a category.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30We have five options for you and they are.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32HE READS THE LIST
0:36:37 > 0:36:44- There's only two there. You do crime writers. - Crime writers or pop divas.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48You're better at pop divas than I'd be at crime writers.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51It's going to be really difficult.
0:36:51 > 0:36:56- But crime writers is such a huge... - But so is pop divas.
0:36:56 > 0:37:02- I think you're stronger on that than me.- You're not going to shout at me?- I won't shout at you.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05- You go for it.- Pop divas, then.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09You're going to go pop divas. Let's find out what the question is.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:37:12 > 0:37:17Mariah Carey UK Top 40 singles as they could. Richard?
0:37:17 > 0:37:23We're looking for any single released by Mariah Carey or which has her as a named artist
0:37:23 > 0:37:27that has reached the UK Top 40 prior to May, 2012, please.
0:37:27 > 0:37:32Any single released by Mariah Carey that's reached the UK Top 40. Very best of luck.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40All you need to win that £1,250 is for just one answer to be pointless.
0:37:40 > 0:37:46- Over to you.- Are you ready?- Yes. - OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Your time starts now.
0:37:48 > 0:37:53OK, the most obscure one I can think of is the one that she did with Westlife.
0:37:53 > 0:37:59- Oh, yes!- It's just gone out of my head! It was the film...
0:37:59 > 0:38:02Collins. Against All Odds. I'm sure she did it.
0:38:02 > 0:38:07- OK, yeah.- Then there's the obvious All I Want For Christmas.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11And...I can't remember the other one. Dreamlover.
0:38:11 > 0:38:17- That's it.- Any more? - I can't think of any more. I'm not a big Mariah Carey fan.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21- OK, let's go for it.- That's it.- If you're happy, we'll stop the clock.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25Wow. Good Mariah Carey work. Or maybe not. I don't know.
0:38:25 > 0:38:30We'll soon discover. We were looking for Mariah Carey UK Top 40 singles.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33- I now need your three answers. - Against All Odds.- Against All Odds.
0:38:33 > 0:38:39- Dreamlover.- Dreamlover. - All I Want For Christmas.- Which do you think is your best punt?
0:38:39 > 0:38:43- Against All Odds. - Against All Odds we'll put last.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48- Which is least likely?- All I Want For Christmas.- We'll put it first.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52And the other one in the middle. Let's put them up.
0:38:52 > 0:38:58We have got All I Want For Christmas, Dreamlover and Against All Odds.
0:38:58 > 0:39:03Your least likely shot at a pointless you thought was All I Want For Christmas.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07Let's see how many people said All I Want For Christmas.
0:39:09 > 0:39:10Oh!
0:39:11 > 0:39:17- Laura, you're nodding as if you always knew that was wrong. - I think I got the title wrong.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19OK. Unfortunately, not pointless.
0:39:19 > 0:39:26Only two more chances to win. What would you do, Jackie, with £1,250?
0:39:26 > 0:39:31- I think that's a holiday. - Where would you go, Jackie?
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Oh...Italy.
0:39:33 > 0:39:39- Laura, what would you do with £1,250?- It's going straight back into the cat fund.
0:39:39 > 0:39:44- You have a lot of cats?- No, a very expensive cat that's uninsurable.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48- Wow!- It's had a rough life. - I see. That kind of expensive.
0:39:48 > 0:39:53- OK, well, best of luck. Let's hope one of these answers... - Will pay for the cat!
0:39:53 > 0:39:58..will keep the cat fund going and get you abroad, Jackie.
0:39:58 > 0:40:04Dreamlover. Let's hope it's correct and let's hope nobody says it. Dreamlover.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07It's right.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11OK, your first answer, All I Want For Christmas, was incorrect.
0:40:11 > 0:40:16Dreamlover, on the other hand, still going down. Into the teens.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Into single figures... Nine!
0:40:18 > 0:40:20I'm happy with that.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Nine.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26- What do we feel about nine? Good? - Yeah, that's fine.
0:40:26 > 0:40:31- We thought it was quite well known. - Yeah.- We thought it would be more.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35- This is very good news.- It is. - You only have one more chance.
0:40:35 > 0:40:42Everything is resting on her Westlife collaboration, Against All Odds. You think it's obscure?
0:40:42 > 0:40:48- So obscure it could be wrong! - I'm hoping! So obscure it's probably wrong, yeah!
0:40:48 > 0:40:54- You thought it was the best shot at a pointless.- Yes.- It has to be pointless to win that £1,250.
0:40:54 > 0:40:59Let's see how many people said Against All Odds. Is it correct?
0:41:03 > 0:41:07Ooh, it's right! That's the first thing it had to be.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11All I Want For Christmas was not right. Dreamlover was. It scored 9.
0:41:11 > 0:41:16Against All Odds into single figures. Still going down. Oh, three!
0:41:16 > 0:41:21- Never mind. - A good answer, though.- Yeah.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23- Three!- Good answer.
0:41:23 > 0:41:30It was all going in the right direction, but unfortunately you didn't find that pointless answer.
0:41:30 > 0:41:35- But you do still get to take home a Pointless trophy. Very well done. - Thank you.
0:41:37 > 0:41:44Yes, unlucky, Jackie and Laura. It's All I Want For Christmas Is You. It would have scored four.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48Let's look at the pointless answers. Some quite big songs.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52She had a big hit with Anytime You Need A Friend, Boy (I Need You),
0:41:52 > 0:41:56Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica), which featured Mystikal.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00A very big hit with Luther Vandross, Endless Love.
0:42:00 > 0:42:05Heartbreaker with Jay-Z, another Top 10 hit, My All.
0:42:05 > 0:42:11Shake It Off, Someday and the US Number One, a big hit here as well, Thank God I Found You.
0:42:11 > 0:42:16And Emotions and Get Your Number. Well done if you said any of those.
0:42:16 > 0:42:21- Did you know any of those?- No. - Not even Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)?- No!- Sure?
0:42:21 > 0:42:26- I wouldn't admit to that.- As I said, I'm not a big Mariah Carey fan.
0:42:26 > 0:42:31Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you. It's been great.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35- Thank you so much for playing. Brilliant.- Thank you very much.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41Jackie and Laura didn't win our jackpot, so it rolls over
0:42:41 > 0:42:44and we will be playing for £2,250.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50- Join us then. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53And goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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