Episode 23 Pointless

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Thank you very much! Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.

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

Let's meet today's players.

First, we welcome back Jane and Caroline. You were on our show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

This is your last chance. Jane, remind us how you know each other.

-We've known each other since infant school.

-Since you were four?

-Yes.

So fifty-something years.

Caroline, what happened last time?

We went out on the second round, which was words.

-Which we had made quite clear we really didn't want.

-That was last time.

-Jane, what do you hope comes up today?

-Films, politics, America.

Anything you dread coming up today, Caroline?

-I'm really not very good at film and sport's a bit of a mystery.

-Things that Jane loves!

-Yes...

-We thought it would make us a good combination.

-It will,

from Round Three on. Just imagine if you can pool your resources.

-That's the aim.

-It'll be amazing.

Make sure you're here for the head-to-head. Very best of luck. Lovely to have you back.

Next we welcome back Dan and Dave, who were also on the show last time.

-Dan how do you know each other?

-We've worked together for seven years now, in an office.

-We occasionally have the odd drink or two together.

-Whose idea was it to come on the show?

-It was yours!

-It was yours!

Oh! No-one prepared to own up to that one?

Interesting. Dan, was Dave the obvious choice as team mate?

Last resort, to be honest.

-But last time, head-to-head.

-Yeah.

-We got to head-to-head and it was just the topics that just...

-Horrible.

-The topics were hard. Chess. Chess?

-Parliament buildings.

Could we not have snakes and ladders, instead?

Yes, snakes and ladders. Can you think of five facts about snakes and ladders?

-There's 100 squares on it.

-Is there?

Now we can't use that question, so we need five more!

Dan and Dave, welcome back. Great to have you here. Best of luck.

Next we welcome Emma and Bob. Emma, how do you know each other?

-Bob is my dad.

-Very good. Where are you from, Bob?

-Swansea.

-Swansea. What do you get up to in your spare time?

-I play short mat bowls.

-Short mat bowls? Tell me what short mat bowls is.

It's bowls you play on a mat, but you have a wooden block in the centre

that you have to negotiate the woods around.

-Wow.

-You play it the same way as bowls, basically.

-So you have to lob your boule over the wooden block?

-No, no, round.

-Around it?

-Are you aware of bowls, the game?

MOUTHS

-I kind of thought I was.

-You roll.

-I can play petanque.

-No, that's boules.

-Yeah. Boules.

He is SO posh! We're talking about bowls!

-You know, crown green bowling...

-Isn't that like boules?

-No, you don't throw it in the air, you roll it along the ground.

-Ah!

I'm so sorry to all the people who play bowls. Sorry, I had no idea. Wow! Short mat.

Emma, what do you get up to in your spare time?

-I do a bit of running, a bit of zumba.

-Wow.

Very best of luck, Emma and Bob. Lovely having you on the show.

Finally, we've got Sam and Josh. How do you know each other, Sam?

-I'm Josh's mum.

-Very good. Josh, what do you like to get up to?

I'm a pretty big sports fan.

-So I play football, watch football, and play tennis.

-Right you are.

Sam, what do you get up to in your spare time?

What little spare time I do have, I like to do photography and go to art galleries.

Sam and Josh, lovely having you on the show. A very warm welcome to you.

We'll find out more about you during the show.

Only one person left for me to introduce.

A man who refuses to swivel in his chair,

-it's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya!

-If I had a swivel chair, I'd swivel all the time.

-I swivel a bit.

A bit.

I swivel where I need to. Look at the camera.

Say hi to you. Talk to the contestants.

-Nah.

-Occasionally chat to the audience. Back to the camera.

Back to you. Look at the board. That's all I need to do.

Just the four positions. And you've got a chair. A chair!

-Tell you what, just for this afternoon, do you want to sit and have a swivel?

-Yes!

-All right. Come on.

-Come on! You stand over there.

-Nice.

-It's all right, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-So let me work out what you do.

Um...

What do you say? "That's a magnificent answer. Absolutely terrific.

"Richard."

Yes.

And by countries, we mean sovereign states that are recognised by the UN.

-Are you going to do a swivel?

-I might just, yes.

Wa-hey! Look at that!

This... Oh! Oh!

This is...

-Enjoy that?

-I'm enjoying that. Brilliant.

-Shall we get on?

I think so. Very good.

-Very good. Well, that ain't bread.

-That's toast.

-That's our new catchphrase.

-We're trying to kick-start that one. We might test you on that later.

It works with the audience, too. I have to say, "That ain't bread",

and you have to say, "That's toast."

-So if I say, "That ain't bread."

-That's toast!

Sometimes, you can all say, "That ain't bread." And we'll say, "That's toast."

-That's harder, because the spontaneity among...

-It's three, two, one.

After three, two, one, you have to say, "That ain't bread."

-Three, two, one.

-That ain't bread.

-That's toast.

-This is like the best catchphrase ever.

-It's brilliant.

-Tell you what we should do.

-Yeah?

-The show!

Very good.

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

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

our contestants need to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.

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

What everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer, one that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time that happens, we'll 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...

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

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

and you cannot confer 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...

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

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

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

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

..as they could. Richard?

At Easter 2012, Radio 2 did a run-down of the top 40 best-selling albums in the UK

of all time, according to the official charts company.

We need you to give us the name of any act who were represented on that list.

Any act who've released one of the 40 biggest-selling UK albums of all time.

Best of luck. Good luck at home as well.

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

Now, then, Jane.

First you have to think what those 40 best-selling albums have been in the UK.

Then you have to try and think what one of the most obscure might be.

Given what happened last time, I'm going to play safe and I'm going to say Elton John.

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

Ooh. Unfortunately, Jane, an incorrect answer.

Wow. Incorrect answer scores you 100 points. I'm sorry.

You would think Elton John was safe. He's sold a lot of records in his time,

but none of those individual albums have been in the top 40 of all time,

-I'm afraid. Tough.

-Yeah, isn't it?

I would have thought that was a very safe answer.

Woo. Dan?

Um, I've got a few in my head. That's thrown me a little bit.

I'm going to say Michael Jackson.

Michael Jackson, says Dan.

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

Absolutely right.

That's a bit more like it. 29 for Michael Jackson.

At the time of the list, he had two albums in that list. Thriller at number five, and Bad at number nine.

Now, then. Emma.

-What are you thinking?

-Um, Pink Floyd.

Pink Floyd.

Let's see if it's right. How many people said Pink Floyd. Is it right?

It's right.

Very well done, Emma.

Down it goes. Ooh, 15! That's a great answer.

-15 for Pink Floyd.

-Very good answer, Emma. Dark Side of the Moon was number eight

on the list. Stayed in the US charts for over a decade!

Wow!

Wow! Now then. Josh.

I'm going to play it safe as well, and go with Queen.

Queen says Josh. Queen sounds good to me.

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

Absolutely right.

28 for Queen.

Well played, Josh. Another act with two albums on that list.

They've got the number one best-selling UK album of all time.

Their first Greatest Hits. 5.8 million copies, it sold.

And their second Greatest Hits is at number 10 on the list as well.

They've done three Greatest Hits albums and sold 12 million copies in the UK between them.

Wow!

OK. We're half-way through the round. Let's look at the scores as they stand.

Emma, a great answer from you. Pink Floyd, scoring only 15.

Then we travel up to 28 where we find Josh and Sam.

And up one to 29 where we find Dan and Dave.

Then it's a bit of a hike I'm afraid to 100 where we find Jane and Caroline.

Caroline,

you're going to have to find a really low scoring answer in the next pass.

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

OK. Now, then, Sam. You are on 28. The high scorers are Caroline and Jane on 100.

So a score of 71 or less from you now will see you into the next round.

-I'm going to play it safe, I hope, and say ABBA.

-ABBA.

-ABBA.

-Is it right? How many of our 100 people said ABBA?

There is your red line. Below that line, you are through to the next round.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said ABBA.

Absolutely right.

And you are through to the next round. Well done, Sam.

Wow! Down it goes to 18.

Second lowest score of the round.

That takes your total up to 46.

Well played, Sam. Gold Greatest Hits from 1992. Number three on the list.

Third biggest-selling album in the UK of all time.

Thanks very much. Now, Bob. The high scorers remain Caroline and Jane on 100.

You're on 15, so a score of 84 or less from you

will keep you in the game.

-Rolling Stones. I'm going to play safe.

-Rolling Stones, says Bob.

Best of luck. Let's see how many people said the Rolling Stones.

Wow! Unfortunately, Bob, that is an incorrect answer.

It scores you the maximum 100 points and takes your total up to 115.

-Sorry.

-Another one of those acts, like Elton John.

They released a lot of albums, all of which were successful,

but never quite had that absolute smash.

Like Queen and these other bands we've had.

Now, then.

Dave, the high scorers are now Bob and Emma on 115.

You're on 29. If you can score 85 or less, through you go.

I'm scared to say anything, now!

I'm pretty sure this has got to be a sure bet. Oasis.

Oasis, says Dave. How many people said Oasis? Is it right?

Absolutely right. And you are through. Very well done.

Best score so far, Dave.

Takes you up to 40.

Well played. It's number four on the list, What's The Story, Morning Glory.

-Sold over 12 million worldwide as well.

-Wow.

It spent 147 weeks on the UK top 40.

So, Caroline. It was all looking like it was going to be over. And then Bob

brilliantly came riding to your rescue with the Rolling Stones.

The high scorers now are Bob and Emma with 115. You're 100.

If you can score 14 or less,

-it would have to be quite a low scorer.

-It would.

If you have thought of a brilliant answer, you will stay with us at the end of this round.

I haven't thought of a brilliant answer, but I don't think I can play safe

at this stage in the game. So I'm going to take a punt on Susan Boyle.

Ooh, that's a brilliant answer. Susan Boyle

says Caroline.

I know you alone account for 20 million of her sales.

-You are...

-Big fan.

Yeah. You are a "Boyler", aren't you?

Yeah.

OK. Caroline, there is your red line.

If you get below that red line, you are brilliant. Susan Boyle.

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

No! It was such a good answer. Such a well thought through answer.

Unfortunately, an incorrect answer.

It must have been close.

So you score the maximum of 100 points, taking your total up to a very high score of 200

that doesn't really tell the whole story at all.

Sorry, Caroline. Very unlucky.

Susan Boyle and Elton John scoring 200 points there.

Neither of them in that top 40.

They should team up, the two of them.

-That's... Release an album.

-A match made in showbiz heaven.

There were huge first week sales of her debut album,

but unfortunately not one of the biggest sellers in the UK.

There are only two pointless answers in all. Let's take a look.

Jeff Wayne, who released the War of the Worlds soundtrack.

A huge selling album.

And the Scissor Sisters, whose debut album was a huge selling album of 2004.

Very well done if you said either of those two at home.

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

Queen we've already had. 28 points.

Michael Jackson we've had, 29 points.

-And who do you think is at the top?

-That'll be the Beatles.

-The Beatles.

They had two albums on the list. 64 points.

Sergeant Pepper's was on the list,

also 1, their album of number ones, was also in the top 40 best sellers.

Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of our first round, the losing pair with the highest score is Caroline and Jane.

But a really valiant attempt. Very good lateral thinking.

Caroline, Jane, it's been great having you on the show. Thanks for playing. Caroline and Jane.

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

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

Which pair is it going to be?

Here we go. All new category. Anything could happen.

Our category for Round Two is...

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

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

OK. Our question concerns...

Richard?

On each pass, we'll give you six pairs of sporting terms.

Each pair is most closely associated with one particular sport.

Simply name that sport. The most obscure answer will score fewer points.

An incorrect answer will give you 100 points.

12 pairs in all to guess at home. Good luck.

Thanks very much. We're looking for the sports in which you'd find these sporting terms.

And we have got...

I'll read those one last time.

Six pairs of terms from sport.

Now, Dan. What do you make of that?

There's a few I'm pretty certain of.

But which is the most obscure I'm not too sure.

Three I genuinely haven't a clue.

So I think I'm going to go with

accidental butt/ low blow, boxing.

Accidental butt/ low blow, boxing,

says Dan. Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people knew that answer.

It's right.

Seems fair.

-39 for boxing.

-Well played, Dan.

Good answer. Accidental Butt is a good name for a band, isn't it?

Don't you think? Low blow is punching below where you're legally allowed to.

A very famous boxer, Andrew Golota, used to do it a lot.

Got into a lot of trouble for it. Do you know what his nickname was?

-Low Blow Golota?

-No, they called him the Nutcracker!

I wonder why?

Because of his love of ballet!

-Bob?

-I'll go for chukka/ pony goal, which is polo.

Polo, says Bob, for chukka/ pony goal.

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

Absolutely right.

56 for polo.

Yeah, pretty big score. Chukka is the period of play. Seven and a half minutes, usually.

There's six of them. And pony goal is when the pony rather than the player kicks the ball into the goal.

OK. Josh. You're the last person to have this board,

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

I believe loosehead prop/ blindside flanker is rugby.

Albatross/ double bogey would be golf.

Don't know what cradling/ poke check is.

I'm tempted to go derny/ team pursuit,

which I believe is cycling.

Yeah, I'll go derny/ team pursuit and take a stab at cycling.

OK. Derny/ team pursuit, cycling, says Josh.

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people knew that. Cycling.

Absolutely right.

-Best score of the round.

-Good answer, Josh.

You were right to risk it.

The derny is the small moped they have that leads the bikes out in the keirin race.

And the team pursuit is obviously when you get the two teams cycling against each other

on the same velodrome.

Let's look at the other three. Loosehead prop/ blindside flanker is rugby union.

Albatross and double bogey is golf.

-Do you know cradling and poke check?

-I'd guess at lacrosse.

You'd be absolutely right. Two points. Very well done if you said that.

Thank you very much. Let's take a look at the scores.

We're halfway through the round. 31 is the best score. Josh and Sam looking very strong with that.

Then up to 39 where we find Dan and Dave.

Then up to 56 where we find Bob and Emma.

Emma, you're not too far in front.

But we'll need a nice low score from you to keep you in the game.

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

OK. We'll put six more sporting terms on the board. Here they come.

I'll read those one final time.

You are trying to find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Sam, you're on 31. The high scorers are Emma and Bob on 56.

A score of 24 or less from you will keep you in the game.

I've got an idea on a few of them.

I'm going to play it relatively safe and go for one I definitely know.

Wing Attack/ Goal Shooter is netball.

Wing Attack/ Goal Shooter is netball, says Sam.

Here is your red line. If you get below that line, you're definitely in the head-to-head.

Wing Attack/ Goal Shooter, netball.

Not bad. Takes your total up to 67.

Good answer, Sam. You're through to the head-to-head.

Wing Attack and Goal Shooter play together. Wing Attack passes to the Goal Shooter.

-Who then shoots.

-Emma.

The high scorers are Sam and Josh now on 67. You're on 56.

If you can score ten or less, you will avoid becoming our high scorers again.

Well, Tight Ends I haven't heard of, but Wide Receivers I think are American Football.

American Football, says Emma for Tight Ends/ Wide Receivers.

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

There's your red line, quite low.

Absolutely right, Emma.

23 takes your total up to 79.

That may be enough to keep you in the game. Let's see.

Well played, Emma. You did what you needed to do.

Tight End is another player who's somewhere between the Wide Receiver and the Offensive Tackle.

-If that clears it up!

-Now, then. Dave.

Talk us through the board. You are on 39. The high scorers on 79 are Emma and Bob.

Which means if you can score 39 or less, you are through to the next round. That's your target.

I think I know a few of them.

Go on. Fill in the blanks.

Silly Point and Short Leg, I'd say cricket.

Double Top and Three in a Bed is darts.

Second Baseman and Shortstop I think is baseball.

I'll go Double Top/ Three in a Bed, darts.

Darts, says Dave for Double Top/ Three in a Bed.

Is it right and if so, how many people said it.

Here's your red line. If you can get below that, you're through to the head-to-head.

Best of luck.

Ooh!

Ooh, the 100 have spoken!

I'm afraid they knew their darts.

74 is what that scored, taking your total up to 113.

Oh, that's punishment.

-Ouch!

-Yes, 74 is a very big number.

The guys have done so well in the previous rounds, you would have had to go for Ball Handler/ Swing Man.

What would you have gone for if...

Ball Handler/ Swing Man?

I've not got a clue, to be fair.

A Swing Man can play in defence and offence in basketball.

That would have scored two points.

Best answer on the board. You were right about the others.

Silly Point/ Short Leg is cricket.

And Second Baseman/ Short Stop would have scored 55.

Everyone played very well in that round.

Very well done if you got all 12 of those at home.

Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of Round Two,

the losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid, Dave and Dan.

You were victims of the board there.

I'm really sorry, Dave and Dan. We have to say goodbye.

It's been great having you on the show. Thank you for playing. Great contestants.

For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting in the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Sam and Josh, Emma and Bob.

You are now only one round away from our final and the chance to play for the jackpot which stands at...

You'll now go head-to-head. The first pair to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot. The great news is you are now allowed to confer.

You now play as a team.

Let's play the head-to-head.

Here comes your first question.

It concerns...

Statues of historical figures. Richard.

We'll show you five pictures of statues of historical figures.

You just have to tell us who these statues represent. Give us the most obscure answer. Best of luck.

OK. Thanks very much, Richard.

Let's reveal our historical figures in statue form. Here they are.

There we are.

Five historical statues.

Sam and Josh, you've played best throughout the show, so you go first.

I'm going to have to go for probably the most obvious one.

D, Queen Victoria.

D, Queen Victoria, say Sam and Josh.

Now, then, Emma and Bob. You can talk us through the rest of the board, if you like.

Um, Nelson, is it, A?

Don't know who B is.

E might be George Bernard Shaw.

C we thought we'd go for - Oliver Cromwell.

So you're going to go C, Oliver Cromwell.

OK. C, Oliver Cromwell.

Sam and Josh have said D, Queen Victoria.

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

Absolutely right.

Emma and Bob have said C, Oliver Cromwell.

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

Absolutely right.

And you've won the question.

13. Very good.

13 for Oliver Cromwell means, Emma and Bob,

that after one question you are up one-nil. Richard?

Well played, Emma and Bob. That statue is outside the Palace of Westminster in London.

Let's look at the others and see what would have won the points.

A is Nelson, as I think you both knew, but would have scored 76.

B is a pointless answer. It's in Parliament Square.

-It's one of the leaders of the Suffragettes.

-Emmeline Pankhurst.

Emmeline Pankhurst. Well done if you said that.

Pointless answer, E. It's not George Bernard Shaw.

It's Charles Darwin.

-That would have scored 28 points.

-Thanks very much.

Here's your second question. Sam and Josh have to win this to stay in the game. Best of luck.

Our second question concerns...

-Asian countries. Richard?

-We're going to list five Asian countries

but we've missed out alternate letters in their name.

Name the most obscure of these countries.

OK. Let's reveal our five Asian countries with missing letters.

Here they are. We have got...

I'll read them without the blanks.

Emma and Bob, you go first this time.

Any ideas?

We'll just have to go for that one.

We'll just have to go the second one, Kuwait.

Kuwait, you say. The second one down, Kuwait.

Now, then, Sam and Josh.

We've um'd and ah'd a few of them.

We're going to go with the fourth one down and go Bahrain.

Bahrain, you're saying, for the fourth one down.

So we have Kuwait and we have Bahrain.

Emma and Bob said Kuwait. Is it right, and how many people said Kuwait?

Absolutely right.

45, Kuwait. Sam and Josh have gone for Bahrain.

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

Absolutely right.

Yep, you've done it.

Four for Bahrain means Sam and Josh, you are back in the game.

After two questions, it's one apiece. Richard?

Very well played, Sam and Josh. It's the best answer on the board.

Best answer you could have given. Terrifically played.

The third one down is Bangladesh.

Do you know the bottom one, Alexander?

-They're surprisingly difficult, these.

-Yeah. Really hard.

-No.

-The bottom one is Vietnam.

-Vietnam!

-Would have scored 12. And the top one?

It's Nepal. Would have scored eight points.

Well done if you got all those at home.

Good. Good round. Very well done, Sam and Josh.

Here comes the third question, the decider.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for the jackpot.

Best of luck both pairs.

It concerns...

-Richard?

-Five clues relating to facts about magicians of all kinds.

Can you give the most obscure answer. Best of luck, both teams.

Let's reveal our five magician facts. Here they are. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

Now, then, Sam and Josh.

It's yours again to start.

-OK.

-OK.

We know, we think, three of them.

So it's deciding which will be the lowest score.

I think the stage name of Erik Weisz was Harry Houdini.

Harry Houdini, say Sam and Josh.

Harry Houdini for Erik Weisz.

Emma and Bob?

Um...

-Don't know the Russian roulette.

-Don't know that one.

-Penn and...

-Penn and Teller.

-Yes.

-I think it's Prince Charles, is it?

-Could be Prince Charles

for the royal family.

Penn and Teller.

Hmm.

-I think.

-All right, then. We'll go for Teller, then.

-Best answer.

-Teller, then, please.

-OK, you say Teller

is the illusionist partner of Penn Jillette.

So.

Sam and Josh went for Harry Houdini as Erik Weisz' stage name.

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many 100 people said Harry Houdini.

It's right.

21 for Harry Houdini. Emma and Bob, you've gone for Teller

as Penn's illusionist partner.

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

Absolutely right.

Will it go down below 21?

28. Which means, after three questions,

Sam and Josh you are through to the final two-one.

-Well done.

-That was a great head-to-head.

Teller's real name is actually just Teller now.

He legally changed it. He was Raymond Joseph Teller but changed it.

You were choosing between two answers there,

between Teller and you thought the member of the royal family was...

-Prince Charles.

-You're right. It was Prince Charles.

It would have scored you nine points.

It would have seen you into the final.

Married to "The lovely Debbie McGee", Paul Daniels, of course.

And played Russian Roulette Live is Derren Brown.

That also would have seen you through to the final with 14 points.

Very well played Sam and Josh. Tough luck for you guys.

Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, is Emma and Bob.

-But you had a winning answer with Prince Charles.

-Never mind.

Nearly went for it. We'll see you again next time. We look forward to it. Emma and Bob, thanks for coming.

But for Sam and Josh, it's time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Sam and Josh.

You've fought off all the competition and you're through to the final.

And you have 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...

We've had a whistle-stop tour around top selling albums,

sporting terms.

Anything you'd particularly like to see come up?

They're usually quite specific, our jackpot questions.

-Josh is very good at sports. So if sport comes up.

-No pressure!

Any sport, that will be yours.

Or films. Actors, actresses.

OK. Very best of luck. The rules are very simple.

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

We haven't had any on the show today.

You only have to find one now and you'll go home with £2,250.

First, you have to choose a category from these five options.

They are...

What do you want to go for?

-I'm not great at snooker.

-Do you want to chance rock stars?

-Rock stars could be absolutely anything.

-So could fiction, though.

Try rock stars and hope it's some we know.

-Or maybe English fiction. You choose.

-Go rock stars.

-Rock stars.

-OK.

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

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

..as they could.

-Richard?

-Any single released by Bryan Adams or which had him as a named featured act

which reached the UK Top 40 chart prior to May 2012, please.

Best of luck.

OK. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that £2,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are.

Your time starts now.

We should have gone for modern fiction!

-Bryan Adams. Can you think of any at all?

-(Everything I Do) I Do It For You.

Yeah, well, it's right.

If you can think of any featuring he's done?

THEY WHISPER

We should make up a few and hope they're right.

-What are you thinking?

-There's lots of songs about love!

-We really should have gone for modern fiction.

-Um...

That's the only one I actually know.

Let's make a couple up then. What about, um...

Yeah, go with that.

And...

Ten seconds left.

Let's do that.

-OK. You've got your three answers?

-Yeah.

-We'll stop the clock.

We were looking for Bryan Adams UK Top 40 singles.

I now need your three answers. What are they going to be?

-Everything I Do...

-I Do It For You.

(Everything I Do) I Do It For You.

-Love Forever, was it?

-Love Forever.

-Love Forever.

-Crying For You.

-And Crying For You.

OK. There we are.

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

None of them!

-The last two were completely made up.

-Crying For You.

-We don't know Bryan Adams.

-Yeah, Crying For You.

-Crying For You we'll put last.

-Which is your least likely?

-Everything I Do.

The one you know he actually sang. Right, we'll put that first. OK,

let's pop those on the board. Here they are.

We have got...

OK. We're looking for Bryan Adams UK Top 40 singles.

Your first answer, (Everything I Do) I Do It For You.

This was the one you thought was least likely to be pointless.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £2,250.

Let's see how many people said (Everything I Do) I Do It For You.

Well, it's right.

Which, I think, might make it unique!

Down it goes.

Still going down to the thirties, twenties!

Number One for a ridiculously long time.

Only 14 people remembered it. Not bad.

In normal Pointless, you'd be thrilled with that answer.

14 is a great score. Unfortunately, not a pointless answer.

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

If, by some freaky chance,

Love Forever did turn out to be a little-known Bryan Adams hit,

what would you spend that £2,250 on, Sam?

I had quite a long list. Mainly the Silverstone track day for my husband.

-Josh?

-Towards the holiday fund. I want to do a trip round Europe next year.

But it's not looking that good at the moment!

Well, hang on. How do you know? Love Forever.

We are looking for Bryan Adams UK Top 40 singles.

Let's hope he wrote Love Forever, released it, and nobody remembered it.

If all of those things happened, you leave here with £2,250.

Love Forever. Is it right? How many people said it?

Bad luck.

Bryan Adams has yet to release Love Forever! So you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is riding on Crying For You.

They do sound quite likely. They're very plausible.

Bryan Adams UK Top 40 singles. Your third and final answer was Crying For You.

Normally we'd say this was your most confident shot at a pointless answer.

I'm not so sure! Anyway,

let's see. Is it right? How many people said it.

This for £2,250.

Bad luck! I'm afraid, as you suspected, an incorrect answer.

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that crucial pointless answer.

But you do still get to take home a Pointless trophy.

Very well done.

Sorry, Sam. Sorry, Josh. It's always fun when people make up answers!

-Yeah.

-You never know. One of these days!

Let's look at the pointless answers. There's a few big songs here.

Well done to anyone who said any of these.

18 Til I Die. That was a big number three hit.

Do I Have To Say The Words. Flying, from 2004.

I Finally Found Someone, a duet with Barbra Streisand.

I'm Ready. Another top ten hit, Let's Make A Night To Remember. All pointless.

On A Day Like Today and Star, both Top 20 hits.

And The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You, another big hit.

The only two others were There Will Never Be Another Tonight

and Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven.

Very well done if you got any of those.

Thanks very much. Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Sam and Josh.

It's been great having you on the show. Thank you for playing.

Great competitors.

Sam and Josh didn't win our jackpot today so it rolls over to the next show

when we will be playing for...

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-It's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye!

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye!

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