0:00:18 > 0:00:20CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:22'Thank you very much indeed.'
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:24 > 0:00:27the quiz show where the aim of the game is to score as few points
0:00:27 > 0:00:29as you possibly can and to do that,
0:00:29 > 0:00:32you need to come up with the answers no-one else could think of.
0:00:32 > 0:00:33Let meet today's players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35APPLAUSE
0:00:38 > 0:00:40First up, we welcome Annika and Ruth.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42How do you two know each other, Annika?
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Well, we went to secondary school together in Kent
0:00:45 > 0:00:48- and now we both live in York. - Very good.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Ruth, what's going to be good for you?
0:00:50 > 0:00:51I've got two things.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55Lord Of The Rings and fruit and veg. And that's all I know.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57That's three things. Lord Of The Rings, fruit, veg. Come on.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58It's looking up.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Fruit and veg. As a grower? Or a devourer?
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Both. I was a greengrocer when I was growing up, for six years,
0:01:06 > 0:01:08so I've absorbed a lot of information.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- Hang on, you were a greengrocer when you were growing up?- Yes.- Wow.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14- You WORKED in a greengrocers or you WERE a greengrocer? - I worked in a greengrocer's,
0:01:14 > 0:01:16but it was me serving customers...
0:01:16 > 0:01:18I'll have a pound of carrots, I gave them a pound of carrots.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Worked in a greengrocer's, I think.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Annika, what are you hoping's going to come up today?
0:01:23 > 0:01:28I would like to see maybe some Harry Potter, maybe types of cheese.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31OK, Potter, cheese, Lord Of The Rings, fruit and veg.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- Done.- Very best of luck. Lovely to have you on the show.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Next, welcome back Emma and Bob. This is your second time on Pointless, you were on last time.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Everybody gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45This is your second chance. Emma, what happened last time?
0:01:45 > 0:01:46We did quite well.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51We got to the head to head, then a category came up about magicians
0:01:51 > 0:01:55and we had two answers, but we just picked the wrong one.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Right you are. Bob, remind us how you and Emma know each other.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Emma's my daughter, I've known her all her life.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Father, daughter, known her all her life.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Anything you're dreading Emma, today?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09I discovered I'm not very good geography, really.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Anything to do with boats.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14I'm not very good at golf, or cricket.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18You won't have to play anything, it's just whether it comes up.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20I don't know anything about cricket.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- Bob, anything you'd like to nominate?- Pet hates? Pop music.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28- ALL pop music?- Well, back to about 1968.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Hey, but early Beatles...
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- We're fine.- Fine.- OK, Gerry and the Pacemakers, fine.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36- Well, you're pushing things.- OK.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Well, Emma, Bob, you did brilliantly last time, head to head then.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Let's hope you do better, even, today.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Very best of luck, lovely to have you back on the show.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Next, we welcome Caroline and Alec.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Caroline, how do you two know each other?
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Alec and I are boyfriend and girlfriend.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52But we also work together as well.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56- Caroline, what are you hoping's going to come up?- Right...
0:02:56 > 0:02:58I don't think these are really topics,
0:02:58 > 0:03:01but I've got quite a keen interest in Dolly Parton songs.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04I'm quite a fan, I don't really know much about her life,
0:03:04 > 0:03:06so to speak, but I absolutely love her music.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Alec?
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Probably a little bit embarrassing, professional wrestling...
0:03:11 > 0:03:15Hey, professional wrestling? Really, do you have a favourite wrestler?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- I do, yes. The Rock.- The Rock. Caroline, do you have a favourite?
0:03:18 > 0:03:22- I do, we're big fans together actually. I love the Miz.- The Miz?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- Yes.- OK, good, right.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27They're not the same person, are they, the Rock and the Miz?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29LAUGHTER
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Yes, the Rock and the Miz, yes, interesting. Ooh, yes.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37Big fan myself... Of, er, of the wrestling.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Anyway, very best of luck to Caroline and Alec.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Finally, welcome Mark and Jack. How do you to know each other?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Well, Mark here is my dad and I've dragged him along
0:03:46 > 0:03:47against his free will today to try,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49because I think he might be good at this show.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53He's going to be fantastic. Mark! Where have you come from, Mark?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55- Stourport-on-Severn in Worcestershire.- Excellent.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57- What do you do, Mark? - I'm a postman.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01- Postman. Father and son team, always do well.- Postmen...
0:04:01 > 0:04:02Postmen always deliver.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04GROANS AND LAUGHTER
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Jack, what do you do?
0:04:07 > 0:04:09I'm a student at the University of Portsmouth.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- Right you are and what are you studying?- Music technology.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16- Mark, what are you hoping's going to come up?- Um...- Postcodes.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Yes, letterboxes would be a good one.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22I would think Eurovision definitely.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Do you mean you've watched Eurovision every year
0:04:25 > 0:04:27or STUDIED Eurovision every year?
0:04:27 > 0:04:30I've watched Eurovision since I was about eight.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- Do you remember everything though? - I remember quite a bit,
0:04:33 > 0:04:36because it is that bad, it is difficult to forget.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38LAUGHTER
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Anyway, Mark and Jack, lovely to have you on the show.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42A warm welcome to Pointless.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44We'll find out about all of you throughout the show.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46There's only one person left for me to introduce.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49A thinking cap is the only hat he'll ever wear.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hiya.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Hello. APPLAUSE
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- Afternoon. - Top of the afternoon to you.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04So, Emma and Bob, our only returning pair, got through to the head-to-head last time,
0:05:04 > 0:05:06so will be very difficult to beat.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- But you've got to like the look of Mark and Jack, don't you?- Yeah.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Father and son team, awesome.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Postman, always awesome.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Ask them what subjects they want, they say Eurovision.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20I would say it's statistically almost impossible to beat them. LAUGHTER
0:05:20 > 0:05:22There, I've said it.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24OK. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27All our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31To get to the final round and have a chance of winning the jackpot,
0:05:31 > 0:05:34our contestants need to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37So the fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer,
0:05:37 > 0:05:40the fewer points they will score. What everyone is trying to do
0:05:40 > 0:05:43is to find a pointless answer. That's an answer none of our 100 people gave.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46And each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52So today's jackpot starts off at...
0:05:54 > 0:05:56CHEERING
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Now, in this first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18So, try and make sure it's not you. OK, our first category today is...
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Deciding in your pairs who's going first, who's going second.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34OK, our question concerns...
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Possessive Books, Richard.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Yeah, on each pass, I'm going to give you the names of seven books,
0:06:42 > 0:06:44each of which have a possessive noun in their title.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47All of them are missing a word. Can you fill in the blank words, please?
0:06:47 > 0:06:49We'll also give you the authors.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51There's going to be 14 to guess at home. Very best of luck.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Thanks very much.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Now then, Ruth and Annika, you all drew lots before the show,
0:06:56 > 0:06:58and today, you are going first.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01So, we are looking for the missing words in these book titles.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02And we have got...
0:07:19 > 0:07:22I'll read those all one last time.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39There we are. Seven book titles with a missing word.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43Now then, Ruth, can you fill in the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew?
0:07:43 > 0:07:48I know a few, but I think they're the really popular ones.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50And the one I think might be less high-scoring,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53I'm not convinced it's correct.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58So, I'm going to go with...
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Lady Chatterley's Lovers.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- Lady Chatterley's Lovers. - Yes, please.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08OK, Lady Chatterley's Lovers, you are saying.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Bad luck, Ruth. Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:08:20 > 0:08:24which means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- Great.- I'm sorry. Richard.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31- Yeah, sorry, Ruth. I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.- OK.- Emma.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36I'm going to go with my favourite childhood book,
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- which is Charlotte's Web. - Charlotte's Web, says Emma.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Let's see if that's right,
0:08:41 > 0:08:44and if it is, let's see how many people knew that. Charlotte's Web.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Absolutely right.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- 55. - APPLAUSE
0:08:52 > 0:08:5555 for Charlotte's Web. Richard.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Yeah, it's written by EB White, published in 1952.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- Elwyn Brooks White.- Caroline.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05There's a couple on there that I am familiar with.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08I'm going to say The Time Traveller's Wife.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11The Time Traveller's Wife, says Caroline.
0:09:11 > 0:09:16Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many people said The Time Traveller's wife.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Absolutely right.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- 55. Again. - APPLAUSE
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- Richard.- Well played, Caroline. By Audrey Niffenegger.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33And the main couple in the book, Clare is six when she meets Henry, who is 36.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36And she marries him when she's 22 and he's 30.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Time traveller, you see? That's how that works.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Those crazy time travellers!
0:09:41 > 0:09:42- Ugh!- Ugh!
0:09:42 > 0:09:47- OK, now then, Mark. You're the last person to have this board.- Mm-hmm.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49If you like, you can talk us through it.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51It won't take very long if I talk you through it.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54There are only two up there that I know.
0:09:54 > 0:09:59I'm guessing it's Gulliver's Travels and Lady Chatterley's Lover.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01I will go for Gulliver's Travels.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Gulliver's Travels. Let's see if it's right,
0:10:04 > 0:10:08and if it is, let's see how many people said it. Gulliver's Travels.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Absolutely right.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- 71. - APPLAUSE
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Yeah, a lot better than 100, Mark. By Jonathan Swift.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Jack Black played Gulliver in the 2010 film.
0:10:21 > 0:10:26Ruth, as I suspect you know, it wasn't "Lovers", I'm afraid. It's Lady Chatterley's Lover.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Unless you know something we don't know.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30It would've scored 72 points,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32so Mark, you're right to go for Gulliver's Travels.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Xander, you're very good at the literature ones, so I'll let you fill the rest in.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37The Handmaid's...?
0:10:37 > 0:10:42- Tale.- Tale, by Margaret Atwood. Absolutely right. Would've scored 20.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- Portnoy's...?- Complaint.- Complaint, by Philip Roth. Would've scored 8.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- And the best answer on the board, Flaubert's...- Parrot.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Parrot, by Julian Barnes. That would've scored 4.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Very well done to anyone who got all seven of those.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56OK, thanks very much, Richard. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00We're halfway through the round. Well, 55 is our low score.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Emma and Bob and Caroline and Alec find themselves on that score.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Then we go up to 71, where we find Mark and Jack.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09And then way up to 100, where I'm afraid Ruth and Annika,
0:11:09 > 0:11:11we find you. So, Annika,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14you'll be the last person to give an answer in the round.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Let's hope it's a good one and enough to keep you in the game.
0:11:16 > 0:11:17Very, very best of luck.
0:11:17 > 0:11:23We're going to come back down the line. Can the second players please their take places at the podium?
0:11:23 > 0:11:27OK, let's put seven more book titles on the board, and here they come.
0:11:27 > 0:11:28We have got...
0:11:43 > 0:11:46I'll read those all one last time.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03There we are. We're looking for the missing words in these book titles, and as ever,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06you're trying to find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew. Now then, Jack,
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Mark did OK there. 71. You're 29 points clear of our high-scorers,
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Annika and Ruth, who are on 100. So if you can score 28 or less,
0:12:14 > 0:12:16you'll avoid becoming the high scorers yourselves.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20I don't think I'll be able to do that. It's not my strongest subject.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22I know two, it's just a case of which is lower.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25So I'm going to have to go with Tom Brown's Schooldays, I think.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Tom Brown's Schooldays, says Jack. Here comes your red line.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30If you can get below that red line,
0:12:30 > 0:12:32you are definitely through to the next round.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36Good luck. Tom Brown's Schooldays, how many people said it?
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- 56. - APPLAUSE
0:12:45 > 0:12:4856 takes your total up to 127. Richard.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Yeah, well played, Jack. It'll be an interesting round,
0:12:50 > 0:12:55I think, as far as the scores are going to go. Yeah, written in 1857, Thomas Hughes.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Alec.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01The high scorers are now Jack and Mark on 127. You're on 55.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04If you can score 71 or less, you're through to the next round.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06What do you think?
0:13:06 > 0:13:08I think my brain's frozen,
0:13:08 > 0:13:11but there's one I'm going to take a punt on.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14I'm going to go for Midnight's Child, Salman Rushdie.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18Midnight's Child, Salman Rushdie. You are saying Midnight's Child.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Bad luck, Alec.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:13:27 > 0:13:31which means you score the maximum of 100 points. That takes you to 155.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35Sorry, Alec, but if you had seen the look on Jack's face, that was nice.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36You gave him some pleasure.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Again, I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.
0:13:39 > 0:13:45So, Bob, the high scorers are now Alec and Caroline on 155.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47You're on 55. If you score 99 or less,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49you are through to the next round.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54There's only one I don't know. Yeah, Midnight's Children.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Midnight's Children, says Bob. Midnight's Children.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58Let's see if that's right,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01and how many people said it. Here is your red line, lovely and high.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Absolutely right, and you're through to the next round, Bob.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12Ooh, lovely low score. Down it goes. Look at that, 13!
0:14:12 > 0:14:15APPLAUSE
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Our only double figures total. That takes you up to 68. Richard.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Well played, Bob. Sorry, Alec, so close with Midnight's Child.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27The midnight in question was 15 April, 1947,
0:14:27 > 0:14:29which was when India got independence,
0:14:29 > 0:14:32and the children are the 581 born on the stroke of midnight.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34A symbol of India's freedom.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Midnight's Children. Thank you, Richard. So, now then, Annika.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42You've been thrown a couple of massive lifelines, but the biggest was from Alec and Caroline.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46They are the high scorers, still, on 155.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49You're on 100. We need a score of 54 or less to keep you in the game.
0:14:49 > 0:14:56Erm, I'm only sure of a couple, so I could invent a mad answer.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Take us through the ones you know.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Well, I know Bridget Jones's Diary,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03and I know Angela's Ashes.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05So, Angela's Ashes, and we'll see what happens.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Angela's Ashes, says Annika.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11Let's see if Angela's Ashes is right and how many people said it.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14It's right.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20- You've done it, you're through! 43. - APPLAUSE
0:15:20 > 0:15:2343, very well done. Takes your total up to 143.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27- Richard.- Very well played, Annika. Saved Ruth there.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize, Angela's Ashes.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Let's go through the rest of the board.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Bridget Jones's Diary, you're absolutely right.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Helen Fielding, but would've seen you knocked out of the game,
0:15:37 > 0:15:39It scored 74 points. You chose well with Angela's Ashes.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Again, Xander, I'll let you fill the rest in.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Pilgrims...?
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- Progress.- Written by John Bunyan when he was in prison for preaching.
0:15:46 > 0:15:4945 points that would've scored. Cat's...?
0:15:49 > 0:15:53- Cradle.- Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut. Would've scored 8 points.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58Dropped out of university cos his scores in English were so low, Kurt Vonnegut. And Foucault's...?
0:15:58 > 0:15:59Pendulum.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Pendulum is the best answer on the board. Umberto Eco.
0:16:02 > 0:16:046 points. Very well done to anyone who got all 14.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08Thanks, Richard. At the end of our first round, the pair with the highest score
0:16:08 > 0:16:11who will be leaving us, I'm afraid, Alec and Caroline, it's you.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- 155.- AUDIENCE:- Aww!
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Well, yes, "Aww". Exactly. Very, very sorry to see you go.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Alec, Caroline, you've shown your Pointless colours, though.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24We can expect great things next time we see you.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Meanwhile, thanks very much for playing.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Great contestants, Alec and Caroline.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30APPLAUSE
0:16:30 > 0:16:33For the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41So, at the end of this round, another pair will be leaving us.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44That was a very revealing first round there.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48- Emma and Bob, great performance from you.- Thank you.
0:16:48 > 0:16:53- Both big readers.- Yeah, we liked it when the books came up, actually. - Very good.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Well, our only double-figure total.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Emma and Bob would seem to be the pair to beat.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Annika, you did some good work there on Ruth's behalf,
0:17:00 > 0:17:04getting her out of the hole after that 100 points there.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07But we're now on to Round Two with a completely new category.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Emma and Bob, as I say, would seem to be the pair to beat.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Let's play Round Two. Our category is...
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Countries. Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:17:17 > 0:17:20who's going to go second?
0:17:20 > 0:17:24And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31Here it comes. We give 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
0:17:31 > 0:17:35..as they could. Triple A Countries. Richard.
0:17:35 > 0:17:40Yes, we're looking for any country of the world that has three or more As in its English name, please.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43As always, by country, we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46And we've taken the English names as listed on the UN website.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48There's more than 30 countries on this list,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51so see how many of those you can get at home.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55There's some tough ones, cos names sometimes are quite unusual.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57- They certainly are.- Yeah.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Well, thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:17:59 > 0:18:04So, we are looking for countries with three or more As in their names.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05Now then, Annika.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Yes. OK. This is quite hard.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Erm, but...
0:18:11 > 0:18:16..I have a few, and I think I'm going to go for one with four As just to be safe,
0:18:16 > 0:18:19and I'm going to say Madagascar.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Madagascar, says Annika. Madagascar.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25Let's see it's right, let's see how many people said Madagascar.
0:18:27 > 0:18:28Absolutely right.
0:18:34 > 0:18:362!
0:18:36 > 0:18:39APPLAUSE
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Very well done, Annika. Madagascar scores you 2.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Well played, Annika. Very good answer.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48- Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, also has three As its name.- Yeah.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Annika, just the two. One at the beginning, one at the end.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Just the two, yeah. Emma.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Oh, I'm not very good at this!
0:18:56 > 0:19:00I can think of about three, and I think they're probably high-scoring.
0:19:00 > 0:19:05So I'm just going to go with Azerbaijan.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09JUST going to go with Azerbaijan, says Emma. OK, fair enough.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Well, let's see how many people said Azerbaijan.
0:19:20 > 0:19:218.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- APPLAUSE - Very well done, Emma.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Yes, Azerbaijan, host of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest,
0:19:29 > 0:19:31so you may just have stolen Mark's answer there.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Mark.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Right...
0:19:37 > 0:19:40It was in my mind, yes, obviously, with Eurovision.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45I'm going to go with another competitor from Eastern Europe, Albania.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Albania, says Mark. Let's see if that's right,
0:19:47 > 0:19:50and if it is, let's see how many people said Albania.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- 7! - APPLAUSE
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Well played, Mark. How did Albania do this year? They did better than us?
0:20:07 > 0:20:09- Yeah, not very well. - That's not saying much.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- No.- Famously, Albania, during the rule of Enver Hoxha, Norman Wisdom films
0:20:13 > 0:20:15were the only Western films they were allowed to watch.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18They loved that man! Thanks, Richard. We're halfway through the round.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Let's take a look at the scores as they stand. Annika,
0:20:21 > 0:20:25you had the shortest time to think, you came up with the best answer -
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Madagascar. Look at that. So, Ruth, phew...
0:20:27 > 0:20:31- Yeah. I need to redeem myself. - ..for the time being. Well, let's hope you can.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33You're looking pretty good for the moment.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Then up to 7 where we find Mark and Jack.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Then up to 8 where we find Emma and Bob.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41You're not ahead by much, Bob, but you are ahead,
0:20:41 > 0:20:44so you're going to need a low-scoring answer - a lower scoring answer
0:20:44 > 0:20:46than anyone else in the next pass.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Let's see. Very best of luck with that. We're going come back down the line.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:20:55 > 0:20:59OK, so we are looking for countries with three or more As in their name.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03Jack, you are on 7. The high-scorers are Bob and Emma on 8.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05If you can score a pointless answer,
0:21:05 > 0:21:07you will avoid becoming the high-scorers.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Right. This should be a good subject for me, really.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12I'm going to try and be clever
0:21:12 > 0:21:15and I'm going to say Antigua and Barbuda.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Antigua and Barbuda. Oh, it's good.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- If it's wrong, I'm sorry, Dad. - Yeah, well, we'll see.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23If it's wrong, then, obviously, it's terrible, but for now,
0:21:23 > 0:21:25I think that's really good.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Let's see if it's right, and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Absolutely right, Jack.
0:21:39 > 0:21:40One point.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43APPLAUSE
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Very, very well done indeed. That takes your total up to 8. Richard?
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Brilliant, Jack. Very well played. It's got five As in it,
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- Antigua and Barbuda. 5/17ths of its name is A.- Wow.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- Yeah.- That's an enormous constituency.- It's not bad, is it?
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- It's nearly a third. - Yeah. Oooh.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01- Aagh. - LAUGHTER
0:22:01 > 0:22:05OK, thanks very much. Imagine if your A wasn't working on your typewriter keyboard...
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Oh, that would be a nightmare.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11..and you had to send something to Ntigu und Brbud.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- LAUGHTER - Would it get there? I don't know.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16- Yeah, it probably would. - Yeah, probably.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Bob, you are joint high-scorers with Jack and Mark
0:22:19 > 0:22:21but you now have to give an answer.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24The only thing that will save you is a pointless answer
0:22:24 > 0:22:28and even then you'll remain tied high-scorers.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30- Kazakhstan.- Kazakhstan.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34Kazakhstan. Let's see. Kazakhstan.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36How many people said it?
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Absolutely right.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50APPLAUSE
0:22:50 > 0:22:54- Two takes your total up to 10.- Well played, Bob. It's a tight one, this.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57- Isn't it? It's exciting. - What a great round.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01- Kazakhstan, the largest landlocked country in the world. - Thanks very much. Now, Ruth...
0:23:01 > 0:23:03- Yeah.- Ohhh-ho!
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Wow. Very exciting. The high-scorers on 10 are Bob and Emma. You're on 2.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10A score of seven or less sees you into the head-to-head.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Well, Jack inspired me with Trinidad and Tobago.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17But I don't know if it's the same, if it's a country or if that's wrong.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- You're going to go Trinidad and Tobago?- Yeah, I am.
0:23:20 > 0:23:25- Trinidad and Tobago. What do you think, Annika?- I'm happy with this.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- Come on!- Trinidad and Tobago. There's your red line.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32If you can limbo below that, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36OK, here goes. Trinidad and Tobago. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:23:38 > 0:23:39It's right.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47You've done it. One.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50One! That's fantastic.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53The lowest score of the round - joint lowest score of the round -
0:23:53 > 0:23:57takes your total up to 3, the lowest total of the round. Richard.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Brilliant, Ruth, very well played.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02The chief town on Tobago is Scarborough.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06- Bet it's nice this time of year. - Mmm.- Mmm.- Scarborough.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09That's nice, isn't it? Let's take a look, though.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13I'm sure lots of people at home will have been thinking of some. There's some quite smart answers here.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16There's a whole bunch of pointless ones. Let's take a look.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Equatorial Guinea would have been a pointless answer,
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Guatemala, Malaysia.
0:24:22 > 0:24:28The Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Nicaragua - all of these pointless.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, a pointless answer,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34and United Arab Emirates. There's a few more.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36A few more tricksy ones as well.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Venezuela's full name is the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,
0:24:39 > 0:24:41that would have been pointless.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46Bosnia and Herzegovina would have been a good Eurovision-inspired answer, would have been pointless.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia would have been pointless. The Syrian Arab Republic,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53that would have been a pointless answer as well.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Very well done if you said any of those. Let's take a look at the worst answers,
0:24:56 > 0:24:58the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:25:04 > 0:25:09- Canada, 50% of its name is A. Amazing. Three out of six.- Yeah.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- What you reckon the biggest of all would be?- Australia.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17- Australia, Emma, is absolutely right. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21At the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid it's Bob and Emma.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- Aww.- Bob and Emma! What a shame. - AUDIENCE: Aww.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27You were semi-finalists last time. You made it through to the head-to-head.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29This time, a lovely low score - 10.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33Who would have thought that would be high enough to send you away?
0:25:33 > 0:25:36But I'm afraid it is. So we have to say goodbye, Bob and Emma.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38It's been lovely having you on the show.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40- Thank you both for playing. - Thank you very much.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42APPLAUSE
0:25:42 > 0:25:46For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get exciting as we enter the head-to-head.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54So congratulations, Mark and Jack, Annika and Ruth,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57you are now only one round away from the final
0:25:57 > 0:26:01and a chance to play for that jackpot, which currently stands at £3,250.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04APPLAUSE
0:26:04 > 0:26:05You're going to go head-to-head
0:26:05 > 0:26:08and the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13The great news is, from here on in, you are allowed to confer.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16I tell you what, when you add up all your points so far,
0:26:16 > 0:26:18there's only one point between you.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Mark and Jack, you are the lowest scorers by one point.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Annika, we've had some great scoring from you,
0:26:24 > 0:26:26some great tactical teamwork there.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Pulling it back.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Well, from here on in, you can pool your knowledge
0:26:30 > 0:26:32so anything can happen.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Very, very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37APPLAUSE
0:26:39 > 0:26:44OK, here comes your first question. And it concerns...
0:26:48 > 0:26:53- Richard.- Yes, we're about to show you five stills or publicity shots from official James Bond films.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Can you simply name the film, please? Good luck.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01OK, thanks very much. Mark and Jack, you've played best throughout the show so far
0:27:01 > 0:27:03so you get to go first.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Let's reveal our five stills from James Bond films. Here they are.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25OK, there we are, there are your five stills from James Bond films.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Mark and Jack, you go first.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30(I think A is Octopussy.)
0:27:30 > 0:27:33(E is On Her Majesty's Secret Service so I think we should go with that.)
0:27:33 > 0:27:38- I'm happy enough with that. If I get this wrong, I'll never live it down.- OK, we have an answer.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Yeah. We're going to go with E,
0:27:40 > 0:27:43On Her Majesty's Secret Service, cos I think that's George Lazenby.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46On Her Majesty's Secret Service, George Lazenby there.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50OK, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, say Jack and Mark.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Now, then, Annika and Ruth, you can talk us through the whole board if you like.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57That won't take very long. This is...
0:27:57 > 0:28:00I think we know D and I think that's what we're going to go for.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02We may have gone with C,
0:28:02 > 0:28:07the underwater element could be Octopussy but...
0:28:07 > 0:28:10- That's not our answer.- That's not our answer, that's a guess.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13We're going to say D, and I think that's Dr No.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16D, Dr No, say Annika and Ruth.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19So, On Her Majesty's Secret Service versus Dr No.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Mark and Jack, On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Is it right?
0:28:22 > 0:28:23How many people said it?
0:28:26 > 0:28:27It's right.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35APPLAUSE
0:28:36 > 0:28:4024. Now, then, Annika and Ruth have gone for Dr No.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43They are saying D is Dr No. Let's see if that's right,
0:28:43 > 0:28:46and if it is, let's see how many people said Dr No.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Absolutely right.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Oh!
0:28:54 > 0:28:56APPLAUSE
0:28:57 > 0:29:02Which means, Mark and Jack, after only one question, you are up 1-0. Richard.
0:29:02 > 0:29:03Well played, Mark and Jack.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06Dr No, the first Bond film and the biggest score on the board, actually, with 37.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Let's take a look through the others.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13- A is Octopussy, funnily enough.- Ah. - If you said Octopussy for A, you would have scored...
0:29:13 > 0:29:16It's not really particularly underwater, is it?
0:29:16 > 0:29:17No, it's got "octopus" in the title,
0:29:17 > 0:29:20that's about as far as the underwater stuff goes.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23That would have scored you nine points.
0:29:23 > 0:29:28B, the first Bond film to win an Oscar, that's Goldfinger.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31That would have scored you 33 points. Won for best sound effects.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35C is actually the best answer on the board. It's the first Bond film I went to see -
0:29:35 > 0:29:39The Spy Who Loved Me. That would have scored you eight points.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43- It's the last film Elvis Presley ever saw.- Really?- Yeah.
0:29:43 > 0:29:48- How close to his demise?- 14 seconds.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51- OK, last film he saw.- Yeah.- Wow.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Well, thank you very much, Richard. So here comes your second question.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57Annika and Ruth, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59And it concerns...
0:29:59 > 0:30:00ANNIKA LAUGHS
0:30:02 > 0:30:06- Richard.- We're going to give you five sets of initials of groups
0:30:06 > 0:30:09that had at least one number one hit in the '80s.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12Can you give us the most obscure of these? Good luck.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14OK, let's reveal our five sets of initials and we have got...
0:30:25 > 0:30:27I'll read those all one last time.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38There we are. Now, then, Annika and Ruth, you go first.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40This is a disaster.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42LAUGHTER
0:30:42 > 0:30:45- I know the first one. Do you know any of them?- No.
0:30:47 > 0:30:52- I've got the first one, I've got the first one.- That's the same one!
0:30:52 > 0:30:54I think we're going to have to go
0:30:54 > 0:30:57with the only one that we think we both know.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00New Kids On The Block.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03New Kids On The Block, say Annika and Ruth. New Kids On The Block.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07- Now, then, Mark and Jack, talk us through the board.- I know a couple.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09I'm guessing the second one down is Dexys Midnight Runners,
0:31:09 > 0:31:12then Wet Wet Wet. But then it's over to you. I don't know.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14- The Pet Shop Boys, I think, is the bottom one.- Good one.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16I think we'll go with Dexys, number two.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18- Do you want to go with Dexys? - Yeah, yeah.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21OK, we'll go with Dexys Midnight Runners.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Dexys Midnight Runners. So we have New Kids On The Block versus Dexys Midnight Runners.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28Now, then, Annika and Ruth, this is the question you have to win.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30New Kids On The Block, will that do it for you?
0:31:30 > 0:31:33How many people said New Kids On The Block, NKOTB?
0:31:35 > 0:31:37It's right.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42APPLAUSE
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Mark and Jack have gone for Dexys Midnight Runners.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people said it. Dexys Midnight Runners.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Yup, it's right. Will it go below 45?
0:31:56 > 0:31:58If it does, you go straight through to the final.
0:31:58 > 0:31:59Yup, you've done it.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03APPLAUSE
0:32:03 > 0:32:07Nine for Dexys. What about that? Very well done, Mark and Jack.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09That means, after only two questions,
0:32:09 > 0:32:11you are through to the final 2-0. Well done.
0:32:11 > 0:32:16Well played, Mark and Jack. Dexys Midnight Runners, of course, back with a new album in 2012.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20- Who, Dexys are?- Yeah.- Wow. One Day I'm Going To Soar. It's terrific.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23- What year were you born, Annika? - '87.- Well, you know what?
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Serves you right, then. That's my opinion.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28There's a lot of advantages to being born in 1987
0:32:28 > 0:32:32and this is one of the disadvantages, I'm afraid. Let's fill in the rest of the board.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35WWW is Wet Wet Wet, that would have scored you 52 points.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37AATA, any idea?
0:32:37 > 0:32:41- Adam And The Ants. - Adam And The Ants. Absolutely right.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43That would have scored you 16 points.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46And the best answer on the board, actually, PSB, Pet Shop Boys,
0:32:46 > 0:32:49- only scores two points.- No! - Two points.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Sold over 100 million records, the Pet Shop Boys.
0:32:52 > 0:32:53Anyone else who was born in 1987 at home,
0:32:53 > 0:32:56if you want to get the greatest hits of Dexys Midnight Runners
0:32:56 > 0:32:59and the Pet Shop Boys, you wouldn't be going far wrong.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02- Or Adam And The Ants, actually. - Yeah.- Cracking.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Very well done to anyone who got all five of those.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07First album I bought, Kings Of The Wild Frontier.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10- That's the first album I bought. - No, really! Put it there.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14- How about that.- Yeah. Put it there. What about that?
0:33:14 > 0:33:15APPLAUSE
0:33:19 > 0:33:22- Great record.- A great record. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, it's Annika and Ruth.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27AUDIENCE: Aww.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29What a nice audience.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33- For every pair that's left, and I am with them.- Thanks.
0:33:33 > 0:33:38The good news is I temper that with the good news that we're going to see you again next time.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42- Had you gone through to the final, that would have been it. - That's true.- That's true.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45So we get to see you twice. We look forward to that very much, Annika and Ruth.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Meanwhile, thanks very much for playing.
0:33:47 > 0:33:48APPLAUSE
0:33:51 > 0:33:54But, for Mark and Jack, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Congratulations, Mark and Jack, you have fought off all the competition
0:34:02 > 0:34:04and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:34:12 > 0:34:17and, at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £3,250.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19APPLAUSE
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Well that was a walk in the park, wasn't it? Jack, Mark?
0:34:24 > 0:34:26It was more a fluke, to be honest.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29The only films we know anything about are James Bond films, for me, personally.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32- Really?- They are the only sort of films.- Really?
0:34:32 > 0:34:37We've done geography, '80s bands, Bond. Is there anything you don't know?
0:34:37 > 0:34:41We're both Wolverhampton Wanderers season-ticket holders, so please nothing about Wolves.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43ALEXANDER LAUGHS
0:34:43 > 0:34:47You've been the low scorers just consistently and then a 2-0 victory in the head-to-head.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Amazing. Let's hope a good category comes up for you in the final.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54The rules are very simple. To win the money all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:34:54 > 0:34:55We haven't had any pointless answers on the show today.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57You only have to find one now and you'll go home with that money.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00First, you have to choose a category from these five options
0:35:00 > 0:35:02and they are....
0:35:02 > 0:35:06American Actors, Novelists, Snooker,
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Country Music, Artists.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Over to you. What do you think?
0:35:13 > 0:35:16American Actors, obviously no.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19Novelists, no. Artists, no.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21Country music or snooker, isn't it?
0:35:21 > 0:35:24I think Snooker is the only possible one we can go for, Jack.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28I don't want to do Country Music.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30We'll have a pot at Snooker.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32AUDIENCE LAUGHS
0:35:32 > 0:35:33Oh, dear.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35Let's find out what the question is, here it comes.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39We gave 100 people, 100 seconds to name as many
0:35:39 > 0:35:432012 World Snooker Championship Finalists as they could. Richard?
0:35:43 > 0:35:45We are looking for the names of any of the 32 men who qualified
0:35:45 > 0:35:50for the televised stages of the 2012 World Snooker Championships, please.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52Very best of luck.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Thanks very much. You now have one minute to come up with three answers
0:35:55 > 0:36:01and all you need to win that £3,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04- Are you ready?- Yeah.- OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08There they are, your time starts now.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11This is on you. Ali Carter?
0:36:11 > 0:36:15- Ali Carter did, Neil Robertson did. - That's too obvious.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21What about the Asian players, there's Marco Fu and what's the other one?
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Ding Junhui, but people will know that one.
0:36:23 > 0:36:28We need somebody who was sort of on the fringes.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33Ali Carter's a good one, we'll go with Ali Carter.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36- We'll go with Neil Robertson. - You think Neil Robertson?
0:36:36 > 0:36:38Yeah, we'll go with him.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41We need one better than this. Erm...
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Carter and Robertson.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49- Yeah.- Stephen Hendry got a 147, that's too obvious.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52What about Lee?
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Stephen Lee.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Stephen Lee is possible, we'll go with him.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00- We have got another 12 seconds, anyone else.- Ten seconds left.
0:37:03 > 0:37:04Stephen Lee.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08- Neil Robertson.- Ali Carter. We'll go with those.
0:37:08 > 0:37:13OK, your time is up, we were looking for 2012 World Snooker Championship Finalists.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16I now need your three answers.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18OK, we'll go with Neil Robertson.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20- Neil Robertson.- At the top.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23- Stephen Lee.- Stephen Lee. - And Ali Carter.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26And Ali Carter. It sounds like you were suggesting an order there.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30You're most likely, your best shot at a pointless answer is which one?
0:37:30 > 0:37:34- Is Ali Carter.- Ali Carter, we will put Ali Carter last.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36And we'll put Neil Robertson first.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39OK, let's put them on the board in that order and here they are.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43We have got Neil Robertson, Stephen Lee and Ali Carter.
0:37:43 > 0:37:48There we are. We were looking for 2012 World Snooker Championship Finalists.
0:37:48 > 0:37:53Your first answer, your least confident shot at a pointless answer was Neil Robertson.
0:37:53 > 0:37:59Remember, you only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £3,250.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01Now, Jack, say one of these answers is a pointless answer
0:38:01 > 0:38:05and you walk off with that money, what would you do with £3,250?
0:38:05 > 0:38:07My girlfriend says she wants a pig.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10So, I don't know how much pigs cost, could I get a pig for...?
0:38:10 > 0:38:13- A live pig, or...? - I think she wants it live.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16- If I take a pack of bacon it might...- OK.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- I'm not sure how much they cost. - I wouldn't know.
0:38:19 > 0:38:23- Could I get ten pigs for that? - How many are you after?
0:38:23 > 0:38:26- Just one, really.- Just the one? - It's just how much they cost.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28OK. Mark?
0:38:28 > 0:38:34I would love to go to Cheltenham races in a private box for the National Hunt Festival in March.
0:38:34 > 0:38:39Very good. OK, well very best of luck, let's hope one of your answers will see a pig
0:38:39 > 0:38:42and the private box at Cheltenham races.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46Let's see, Neil Robertson, is it right, how may people said it?
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Absolutely right.
0:38:50 > 0:38:55Down it goes, this is your first shot at that jackpot of £3,250.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58Still going down. Still going down into single figures.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01Still going down, Neil Robertson, two! Look at that.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03APPLAUSE
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Wow! OK, that's good.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10Unfortunately, not a pointless answer but not far off it.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14Jack, you weren't even going to put Neil Robertson on the board.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16No, I thought he was too well-known.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19I'm not sure Stephen Lee is right, though, to be honest. We'll see.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23OK, well it's looking good, anyway, either way for your next two answers.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Your next answer, Stephen Lee.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Jack's now getting cold feet over Stephen Lee. What do you think, Mark?
0:39:30 > 0:39:32He's up there, isn't he?
0:39:32 > 0:39:34I think he was there. I think he was there.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37If Neil Robertson only scored two...
0:39:38 > 0:39:40..you've got to feel good about the next two answers.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43OK, we are looking for 2012 World Snooker Championship Finalists,
0:39:43 > 0:39:45let's hope nobody said your next answer, Stephen Lee.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47It has to be right, it has to be pointless.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51If it is both of those things, you leave here with £3,250.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53Let's see how may people said Stephen Lee.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57It's absolutely right.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Now then, Neil Robertson took us all the way down to two.
0:40:00 > 0:40:05If Stephen Lee takes us down to nothing, you leave here with £3,250.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Down it goes. Still going down... Oh! One!
0:40:08 > 0:40:11APPLAUSE
0:40:13 > 0:40:17- OK.- We've had a go.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20We've gone from two to one, Stephen Lee's taken us to one.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:23 > 0:40:28Everything is now riding on Ali Carter. Let's see if he's right, let's see if he's pointless.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31We are looking for 2012 Snooker World Championship Finalists.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35Your most confident shot at the pointless answer was Ali Carter.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38Let's see if it's right. Let's see how he people said it. Ali Carter.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45It's right. Neil Robertson took us down to two.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48Stephen Lee took us down to one.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Ali Carter, your most confident answer,
0:40:50 > 0:40:53your third answer taking us down to 13.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Wow!
0:40:55 > 0:40:56APPLAUSE
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Wow, that's a bit of a spike, isn't that? 13.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04He did get a long way in the tournament.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08Well, unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer
0:41:08 > 0:41:11but you do still get to take home our fantastic Pointless trophy.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Very, very well done. A really great performance.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16APPLAUSE
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Yes, unlucky guys, a good category to choose.
0:41:21 > 0:41:2418 of those 32 men were pointless answers.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Ali Carter got through to the final, got beaten by Ronnie O'Sullivan
0:41:26 > 0:41:28so I think a lot of people remembered that.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31You've actually mentioned two of our pointless answers.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33You mentioned Ding Junhui, who would have won you the money
0:41:33 > 0:41:38and you mentioned Marco Fu who also would have won you the money.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Let's take a look at the other pointless answers.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44David Gilbert, the qualifier, he was a pointless answer.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Dominic Dale, who got knocked out by Judd Trump.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50Jamie Jones, the Welshman who got through to the quarter-finals, he was a pointless answer.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54Ken Doherty, he was knocked out by Neil Robertson, funnily enough.
0:41:54 > 0:41:55There's Marco Fu.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59Mark Davis who was knocked out by Ali Carter in the first round.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Martin Gould, he was knocked out by David Gilbert.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Peter Ebdon, the former world champion, he was on the list.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Ryan Day, another quarter-finalist, he was there.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09Other answers, Andrew Higginson, who beat Stephen Lee.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13Barry Hawkins, Cao Yupeng, Joe Perry, Liang Wenbo,
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Liu Chuang, Luca Brecel and Stuart Bingham.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18Very well done if you said any of those at home.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23- You knew a few of those.- Yes. - Yeah.- Never mind.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Well unfortunately we do have to say goodbye to you, Mark and Jack.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27It's been superb having you on the show.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30You've been brilliant contestants, absolutely wonderful. Thank you both so much for playing.
0:42:30 > 0:42:31Thank you.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34APPLAUSE
0:42:35 > 0:42:37So Mark and Jack didn't win our jackpot today which means
0:42:37 > 0:42:40it rolls onto the next show when we will be
0:42:40 > 0:42:43playing for £4,250.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46APPLAUSE
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- Join us then to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.
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