0:00:23 > 0:00:25Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong
0:00:25 > 0:00:29and welcome to Pointless, the quiz where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Now, first up, we welcome back Luke and Ben, who were on the show last time.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. This is your second chance.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Now then, Luke, remind us how you know each other.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48We are good mates and we met at a dinner party two or three years ago.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50And what happened last time, Ben?
0:00:50 > 0:00:54We got to head-to-head but we lost 2-0.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56- On some quite tough categories, actually.- They were tough.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00- Yeah. WI?!- What do we know about the WI?
0:01:00 > 0:01:02- Good jam.- Yeah, we know that.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04- Jam didn't come into it, though, did it?- No.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08- What do you hope will come up today, Luke?- Just something that I know. - Fair enough.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12Well, great to have you back, Luke and Ben. Head-to-headers last time.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15You've got to be a shoo-in for the final today, I would have thought.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17- Don't jinx us like that.- No, that's a lot of pressure, that is.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19- It is a bit. Well, listen. - Can we just have fun?
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Yeah, let's have fun and win.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24- If you must.- Sorry, no fun. Sorry guys. Not today.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28Anyway, warm welcome back to the show, Luke and Ben. Very, very best of luck.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30And next we welcome Helen and Josie.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Now, how do you two know each other, Helen?
0:01:32 > 0:01:35We went to school together from year 7 onwards.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38And then we also go to the same university, in Leeds.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40- She followed me there. - Is this true, Josie?
0:01:40 > 0:01:42No. No, it's not.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46She just likes to pretend, but you know.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Helen, you're at university, at Leeds. What year are you in?
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- I'm in second year.- Second year. And what are you reading?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53I study physics with nanotechnology.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55- It's a bit weird.- Wow. Nanotechnology.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57- Yeah.- Josie, what are you reading?
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Advanced colouring in. No, not really. I do geography.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Helen and Josie, a lovely warm welcome to you.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07It's great to have you here. And next we welcome Tom and Ellie.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Now, how do you two know each other, Tom?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11We're father and daughter.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Father and daughter. Always do well, father and daughter teams on Pointless.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- And what do you do, Ellie? - I've just finished my degree, so...
0:02:17 > 0:02:19What was your degree in?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22A bit of a minority specialist subject. German.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- Wow. I've heard of that.- Yeah.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Yeah, I've heard of that.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29How is your German? Did you spend a lot of time in Germany?
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Mein Deutsch ist perfekt, naturlich.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Naturlich. Ach so.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Ah! Yeah.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39And Tom, what do you do?
0:02:39 > 0:02:42I'm a professor of water sciences.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47We get professors on Pointless, you see.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Well, we've had one, and you are it.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55You are he. Water science? What, you make flumes?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58No, it's a euphemism for sewage treatment.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Yeah, that sounds more like Pointless, OK.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09- I did a degree in water science. - Did you?- Yeah.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Yeah, I got a 2:2.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Anyway, Tom and Ellie, a very warm welcome to you, it's lovely to have you on the show.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19And finally, we welcome back Malcolm and John.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22You were also on the show last time. Malcolm, remind us how you two know each other.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25We work with each other, for the Department for Work and Pensions.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29- Up in Newcastle?- Yep.- And John, what happened last time?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31We sort of got stuck on the trains, I'm afraid.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- Oh, it was Thomas And Friends. - Thomas And Friends.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- I didn't realise he had so many friends.- Oh, he's got millions of friends.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Malcolm drummed up only one so, between us, we were a complete and abject failure.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Anyway, that was last time. John, what are you hoping is going to come up this time?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Something kind of blokish, you know, films, TV, drinks.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Malcolm, anything you'd particularly like to add to that?
0:03:48 > 0:03:52- Probably rugby union. - Right.- Horse racing.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54- Anything you really hope doesn't come up?- Yeah.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58Nanophysics, German and water treatment.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Very good indeed. Very best of luck, Malcolm and John.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07You made it to the second round last time. I'd like to think at least the head-to-head today.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Best of luck. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show as we go along.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12There's only one person left to introduce.
0:04:12 > 0:04:17Direct from opening a hospital, he's about to open your mind, he's my pointless friend, he's Richard.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Hiya. Hello.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Hello, everyone.
0:04:26 > 0:04:27- What a fun bunch.- Yeah, great bunch.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Don't you think? I would go so far as to say, possibly cleverest show ever?
0:04:31 > 0:04:35- Yeah, I think so.- Don't you think? Helen's doing a Masters in nanotechnology.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Yeah.- So, you think that's as clever as we're going to get.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39And then Tom is a professor.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42I mean, of effluence, but he's still a professor.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44What a gang of swots.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52Unbelievable. I have to say, I'm looking forward to round two, if Ellie gets through.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Brilliant. Me, too. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58All our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01To get through to the final round and be in with a chance of winning our jackpot,
0:05:01 > 0:05:05our contestants need to find the obscure answers our 100 people couldn't get.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09So the fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer, the fewer points you will all score.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Now, what everyone's trying to do is find a pointless answer.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14That's an answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17And each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23So today's jackpot starts off at...
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43In this first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated,
0:05:46 > 0:05:50so try and make sure that's not you. OK, our category for round one is...
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59And, whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05OK, so our question concerns...
0:06:08 > 0:06:12- Richard.- Yeah. Xander's about to reveal to you six surnames
0:06:12 > 0:06:14of famous families from literature.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18You have to give us any of the siblings from any of those families.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21So any of the siblings from any of the families you're about to see.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22- Very best of luck.- Thanks very much.
0:06:22 > 0:06:27Now then, Luke and Ben, you all drew lots before the show and, today, you are going first.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32OK. So I'm going to reveal those six family names on the screen now. And they are...
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Let me read that board again.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00So, remember, we are looking for the names of siblings who shared these surnames.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03- Luke.- OK. Perfect.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- Wendy Darling, Peter Pan. - Wendy, says Luke. Wendy.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many people said Wendy.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Absolutely right.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22- 35.- Well done.
0:07:24 > 0:07:25Good work.
0:07:25 > 0:07:2935 for Wendy Darling.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30RICHARD LAUGHS
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Yeah, absolutely right. Wendy, darling.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Good answer, Luke. Wendy Darling. They say it's where the name Wendy originated.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40It's certainly where it was popularised. But he didn't make it up.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43It used to be a shortening of Gwendolyn, for example.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Now then, Helen.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48The most obscure sibling from any of these families.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53I know there are some twins in the Weasley family and I think one of them is called George.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58George Weasley, let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 people said George Weasley.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00It's right.
0:08:05 > 0:08:0713, Helen.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Very well done. 13.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Well played, Helen. Exactly right. George Weasley.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Born on April Fool's Day. Ends up opening up a joke shop in Diagon Alley.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Don't ruin it for me!
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Sorry. No, all right. Ends up dying in book seven.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34Ellie. So, remember, we are looking for the names of siblings who shared these surnames.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39I'm going to go for Meg March from Little Women.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Let's see if that's right. Meg March. How many of our 100 said Meg March?
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Absolutely right.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Wow!
0:08:54 > 0:08:55Very, very well done, Ellie.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Three for Meg March.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Terrific answer, Ellie. The eldest of the March sisters.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Ellie edging ever nearer to round two,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- which I look forward to seeing her in.- Yes.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Now then, John.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13A nice, obscure sibling from one of these literary families.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Good news, I know three.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Bad news, they've all gone.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23So I'm having a punt at one of the Famous Five.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Georgina?
0:09:25 > 0:09:30Georgina. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Georgina.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer,
0:09:39 > 0:09:42which means you score the maximum of 100 points. Richard.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47Yeah. Sorry, John. Georgina is the cousin, I'm afraid, of that family.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49She's a cousin, not one of the siblings.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Well, halfway through the round, let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Well, Ellie, what an amazing score that was.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Meg March, scoring you a lovely low score of three.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Then, we go up to 13, where we find Helen and Josie.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Up to 35, where we find Luke and Ben.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06And then, oh, it's quite a dizzy height we then go up to,
0:10:06 > 0:10:08where we find John and Malcolm on 100.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11So, Malcolm, we're going to need a brilliant low score from you.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13We hope that's going to be enough to keep you in the game.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Best of luck. We'll come back down the line now.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:10:21 > 0:10:25OK, so we are looking for siblings who shared these surnames in literature.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Malcolm, you're the highest scorers on 100 points.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32All we need from you is a low-scoring answer.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34I'll go Darling and George.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38George, says Malcolm. Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41No red line for you, as you are already the high scorers.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Oh, bad luck, Malcolm.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49George. An incorrect answer scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54Takes your total up to 200. I'm sorry. Richard.
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Did you say George Darling?
0:10:55 > 0:10:56Yes, darling.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Yeah, again. It's the name of the father, George Darling, in those books.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03So, both of you have come up with very good answers, but not siblings.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06A very tough 200, that, I would say.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09So, Tom. Good news. You're through to the next round.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13Doesn't matter what you score now, you still won't overtake Malcolm and John's high score of 200.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15But maybe you have a nice, low-scoring answer
0:11:15 > 0:11:18that'll match Ellie's brilliant answer in the first pass.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21I don't think there's much chance of me matching Ellie.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23And the only one I can think of,
0:11:23 > 0:11:25and I hope it's right,
0:11:25 > 0:11:28is Lizzie Bennet in Pride and Prejudice.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Lizzie Bennet, says Tom. Let's see if it's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Absolutely right.
0:11:39 > 0:11:4023.
0:11:43 > 0:11:4523 takes your total up to 26.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Yes, the main character in Pride and Prejudice, the second eldest. Very well played.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Now, Josie. You're on 13. And, again, you're already through to the next round.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58You won't be able to overtake the high score of John and Malcolm.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01But have you got a good, low-scoring answer?
0:12:01 > 0:12:02Well, I hope so.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06I'm going to go with the second oldest Weasley and say Charlie?
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Charlie Weasley, says Josie. Let's see how many people said Charlie Weasley.
0:12:12 > 0:12:13Absolutely right.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Well, Helen went down to 13, where's Charlie going to go down to?
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Oh, one!
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Wow.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30That's a cracking answer. One takes your total up to 14.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32- Very well done, Josie. - Yeah. Very well played, Josie.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Second oldest of the Weasley siblings. Absolutely right.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Now then, Ben.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- You're through, by the way. - We're through.- Hey, good news, you're through.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43So, there are a few I know on there but I thought,
0:12:43 > 0:12:47since we're already through, I'll take a punt on one I think might be quite a good answer, if it's right.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49I'll go for Lydia Bennet.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53Lydia Bennet, says Ben. How many people said Lydia Bennet? No red line, you're already through.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00I can tell this is going to be a good one, Ben.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Very well done indeed!
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Four for Lydia Bennet, takes your total up to 39. That's an excellent total.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Yeah, very well played. The youngest Bennet sister, of course,
0:13:15 > 0:13:18ends up running off with George Wickham, doesn't she, in that?
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Josie's answer of Charlie, actually, that's the joint best you could have done.
0:13:20 > 0:13:25Other scores which would have scored you one... Bill Weasley would have scored you one point.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29So, Bill and Charlie Weasley. Three points for Dick Kirrin. Dick from The Famous Five.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32So Meg March, again, was a terrific answer, cos that's three.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Mary Bennet would have scored you four. Julian Kirrin also would have scored you four.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Percy Weasley, that would have scored you four. Those are the best answers there.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Let's take a look at the worst answers, though, the ones that most of our 100 people said.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Elizabeth, which we already heard.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Elizabeth Bennet would have scored you 23.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Wendy, Wendy Darling, 35.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54And right at the top, Ron, of course. Ron Weasley, 38 points.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57- Thank you very much. - That was a good round, wasn't it?
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Very good. Yeah, everyone did pretty... Ah.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05No, no, but you did badly very well, though.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Two Georges you submitted were nearly right.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14It's amazing cos I had all of the Kirrin names and I chose the wrong one.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Cos I could have done the other three children.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20- Crazy.- Bad luck. Well, I'm really sorry. This is where we have to say goodbye to you.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24It's been lovely having you on both shows. Thank you for playing. Malcolm and John, great contestants.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31But, for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Well, three pairs have made it past the first hurdle
0:14:41 > 0:14:44but another pair will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Best of luck for round two. Our category is...
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02OK, our question concerns...
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Yes!
0:15:09 > 0:15:10There we go.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- Richard?- That is genuinely the luck of the dice.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14That's how it comes up sometimes.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16We're going to give you, on each pass, six clues
0:15:16 > 0:15:19that will lead you to a famous German town or city.
0:15:19 > 0:15:24Can you name that town or city, please? A nice, obscure answer, Ellie, will score you very few points
0:15:24 > 0:15:28but an incorrect answer will score you 100 points. Twelve in all to have a go at at home.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32Thanks very much indeed, Richard. So we are looking for the German towns or cities
0:15:32 > 0:15:34described by these clues and we have got...
0:15:53 > 0:15:54I'll read those one last time.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13There we are, six clues to towns or cities in Germany.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Luke, you are going first. What do you make of that board?
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- I want to cry a little bit. - Really?
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Yeah. I'll guess at something, I guess.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- OK.- Most populous city, Berlin?
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Berlin, says Luke, Berlin.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Berlin.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- Absolutely right. - Good guessing, there.
0:16:36 > 0:16:3751.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40It's right.
0:16:42 > 0:16:4451, anyway, 51. Not a bad score.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47That's quite a low score for "Name the capital of Germany" isn't it?
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Yeah. Now then, Helen.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51I think I'm going to go for Oktoberfest,
0:16:51 > 0:16:54which is somewhere I'd really like to go, and I think it's in Munich?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57You're going to say Munich for the Oktoberfest.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many people said Munich.
0:17:02 > 0:17:03Absolutely right.
0:17:06 > 0:17:0836. Very well done, Helen.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Yeah, very well done. The majority of Oktoberfest takes place in September,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19though always ends on the first Sunday of October.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22So, if you're going over, go in September.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Now then, Ellie, you have the pick of the board.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28OK. Well, obviously, even in my wildest dreams,
0:17:28 > 0:17:31I could not have imagined that such a round would come up.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34The first one would be Frankfurt.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38The oldest university in modern-day Germany is Heidelberg.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43Then, Goering would have been found guilty of war crimes in Nuremberg.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48And the annual Wagner festival actually takes place
0:17:48 > 0:17:51near where I went on exchange every year in Bayreuth.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53I think I'm going to go with that one.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55- Bayreuth.- Yeah.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57OK. Bayreuth, says Ellie.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Absolutely right.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Brilliant, Ellie. Two.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16- Well done.- Very, very well done indeed.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Yeah. Bayreuth, very good answer, in northern Bavaria.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25It's very lucky sometimes, isn't it, if your absolute speciality comes up?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Though I have to say, Tom, your speciality is not coming up in round three.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Let's go through the rest of the board. We don't have to
0:18:32 > 0:18:35cos Ellie's just done it and with better pronunciation than me.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Goering was found guilty in Nuremberg.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Absolutely right. Would have scored 26. Frankfurt or "Frankfoort".
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- Frankfoort.- I'm going to say Frankfoort from now on.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Would have scored you 14.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50And you're absolutely right about the university, it's Heidelberg, would have scored seven.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52So, Bayreuth, actually the best answer on that board.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- Very well done if you got that at home.- Thanks very much indeed.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Ellie, I'm delighted to say,
0:19:00 > 0:19:02you have the lowest score of the pass. Two.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Then we come up to 36, where we find Helen and Josie.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Up to 51, where we find Luke and Ben. Good luck with that.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Thank you. I'm feeling confident.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Good. You're going to need it.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17We're going to come back down the line. Can the second players please take their places at the podium.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23OK. We're going to put six more clues to German towns and cities on the board.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25And here they are. We have got...
0:19:46 > 0:19:48I will read all of those again.
0:20:07 > 0:20:12Now, there we are. We are looking for the names of the German towns or cities described here.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Tom, as ever, you're looking to find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20Now, good news, Tom. Ben and Luke are on 51. You're the low scorers on two.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24If you can score 48 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:20:25 > 0:20:30I'm going to go with one that I'm certain of, which is the top one
0:20:30 > 0:20:31and it's Aachen.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Known to the French as Aix-la-Chapelle. Aachen.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Absolutely right. Very, very well done, Tom.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43And you are through.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49Oh, very, very well done indeed. Equalling Ellie's low score of two.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53That takes your total up to four. Fantastic.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56- Well done, Tom. They're good, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Tom and Ellie, that's very impressive.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Yeah, one of the great historic cities in Europe, Aachen. A very beautiful place as well.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- Two points. Very good answer. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09Now then, Josie. High scorers remain Ben and Luke on 51. You're on 36.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13You need to be scoring 14 or less if you want to avoid becoming the high scorers yourselves.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Yeah, that's probably not going to happen.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20But I think it's the Pied Piper of Hamelin?
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Hamelin you're going to say, for the Pied Piper.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Let's see if Hamelin's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29It's right.
0:21:31 > 0:21:3355.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40- 55 takes your total up to 91. Richard.- Yes, a big score, Josie.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- Makes the last answer very interesting, doesn't it?- Doesn't it?
0:21:43 > 0:21:47Of course, the famous Pied Piper of Hamelin. Well, now, Ben.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49The high scorers are now Josie and Helen on 91.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52You're on 51, so a score of 39 or less
0:21:52 > 0:21:54and you are in the head-to-head.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57The canal, I'm guessing, is the Suez but I'm not sure.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Bonn, I think, was replaced as capital.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06And I think Hamburg lost to Liverpool in the '77 European Cup final. I'm not sure about the water.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09But I'm going to go with Hamburg for the European Cup final one.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12European Cup final, Hamburg.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Lets see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said that.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Oh, bad luck, Ben. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:22:24 > 0:22:26which means you score the maximum of 100 points,
0:22:26 > 0:22:29taking your total up to an unbeatable 151.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Yeah, it's not Hamburg I'm afraid. They were very strong at that time
0:22:33 > 0:22:36but it was Borussia Moenchengladbach.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39So Moenchengladbach would have been the answer.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Would have scored six points. That's the old joke.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Who's the most unpopular man on the terraces at Borussia Moenchengladbach?
0:22:45 > 0:22:47The man who goes, "Give me a B!"
0:22:49 > 0:22:54Let's take a look at the rest. Replaced as capital, you were absolutely right, it was Bonn.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00Should have gone with that, would have scored you 28 points and seen you into the next round, I'm afraid.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02The perfumed water invented here.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05You do know it when you see the answer, it's Cologne.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Or Koln, as they say in Germany. 29 points.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11And shares its name with a canal linking the North Sea and the Baltic Seas.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13It's not Suez. Ellie, do you know that one?
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- I actually don't. That's the only one I didn't know.- Yes! Yes!
0:23:16 > 0:23:18How about that?
0:23:18 > 0:23:20High five.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24- But, apparently, he knows it. - I know it.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27I don't care if he knows it.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30- What is it, Tom? - Is it the Kiel Canal?
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Yeah, Kiel is the answer. Absolutely right. Well done.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36That would have scored 11 points. So, the best answer on the board there, Aachen.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39So on both passes, Tom and Ellie got the best answers. Well done.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Thank you very indeed, Richard. So, at the end of round two,
0:23:41 > 0:23:44the losing pair with the highest score, Ben and Luke.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47- That was bad luck.- C'est la vie. - C'est la vie.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49- We had a good time.- We had fun. - You've been brilliant.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52You've been fantastic contestants. It's been fun having you on the show.
0:23:52 > 0:23:57I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you now. I thought you were going to be finalists, I really did.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01Thank you so much for playing so well. Ben, Luke, great contestants. Thank you.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Well, congratulations Tom and Ellie, Helen and Josie.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22You are only one round away from the final and a chance to play for our jackpot, which stands at...
0:24:29 > 0:24:33You'll now go head-to-head and the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37The difference is, from here on in, you are allowed to confer.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Helen and Josie, you were the low scorers in the first round.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44Tom and Ellie, low scorers by a massive, whopping margin in the second.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Ellie, how was that?
0:24:46 > 0:24:50Yeah. In my wildest dreams, as I said, I could not have dreamt of a better round.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54Yeah. And, in your wildest dreams, did your dad know the answer to something you didn't know?
0:24:56 > 0:25:00As much as I hate to admit it, it has been known to be possible.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Hey, from now on, it doesn't matter
0:25:03 > 0:25:07cos you are now teams and you can confer all you like.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08Let's play the head-to head.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19OK, here comes your first question. And it concerns...
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Yeah. We're going to show you five photographs from films directed by David Fincher.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Can you name the most obscure of these, please?
0:25:29 > 0:25:32OK. Thanks very much, Richard. Let's reveal our five David Fincher feature films.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34And here they are. We have got...
0:25:49 > 0:25:52There we are. Five David Fincher films.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Now, Tom and Ellie, because you played best throughout the show so far, you get to go first.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07The only one I might have any idea is D, which I think is Aliens.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Aliens, say Tom and Ellie for D.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Aliens, D. Now then, Helen and Josie, you can talk us through the board, if you like.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18We had no idea who David Fincher even was when his name came up
0:26:18 > 0:26:19but, luckily, we know some of those films.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21I know that B's The Social Network.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25And C's Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Also, conflictingly, I think that D is Alien Resurrection, not Aliens.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31But I think we're going to go for C.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Yeah, we're going to go for C, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36C, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40So, Tom and Ellie have said Aliens. Let's see if that's right
0:26:40 > 0:26:42and, if it is, let's see how many people said it. Aliens.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Helen and Josie, you might have been right there.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53But that's not the one you went with. You have said that C is The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Let's see if that's right.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57And it is right.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Down it goes. 14. Very well done.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13But it was right, which means, after one question, Helen and Josie, you are up 1-0.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Well played, Helen and Josie. Good answer. He's a terrific director, David Fincher.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20As you say, you may not know the name, but you recognise the films, at least some of them.
0:27:20 > 0:27:26A is a brilliant film, a bit grim, but brilliant. Zodiac, with Jake Gyllenhaal there and Mark Ruffalo.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28That would have scored you three points.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32You were absolutely right about B, the Oscar-nominated The Social Network.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Won for best adapted screenplay, as well.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37That would have scored you 15 points.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40D, it's not Aliens I'm afraid, it's Alien 3.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42That would have scored you nine points.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45And the last one on the board.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Seven. It is Seven. Absolutely right.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman and Gwyneth Paltrow there.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54And that would have scored you 16 points.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Now, OK. Here comes your second question.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59And it concerns...
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Tom and Ellie, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Best of luck. Richard.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Yeah. We'll show you the years that five World Cup finals took place.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13I'm going to show you the initials of the man who won the Golden Boot
0:28:13 > 0:28:16for the highest scorer in those tournaments.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Can you name any of those Golden Boot winners, please? Best of luck.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23OK. Let's reveal our initials of Golden Boot winners and here they are.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25We have got...
0:28:34 > 0:28:37I'll read those one last time.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51There we are. Five initials of Golden Boot winners.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55Now, Helen and Josie, you go first this time.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57WHISPERING
0:28:59 > 0:29:03- Football isn't quite our strongest point.- Not this old, anyway.
0:29:03 > 0:29:08Yeah, not this old, but we're going to go for Gary Lineker, 1986.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Gary Lineker, 1986.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Now then, Tom and Ellie.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Well, I know that E,
0:29:15 > 0:29:18well, I think E is Eusebio from 1966.
0:29:20 > 0:29:221970, GM,
0:29:22 > 0:29:26sticking with the German theme, might be Gerd Muller.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29- So, which one shall we say? - Are you certain on Gerd Muller?
0:29:29 > 0:29:32- Yeah, has to be Gerd Muller. - OK. Yeah, whatever. Let's go for it.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34- Yeah.- Gerd Muller.- Gerd Muller. - Germany's done us OK.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36We have Gary Lineker, we have Gerd Muller.
0:29:36 > 0:29:41Now, Helen and Josie have gone for Gary Lineker. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Absolutely right.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47That's a surprise.
0:29:48 > 0:29:5027.
0:29:54 > 0:29:5527.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Now, Tom and Ellie, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Let's see if Gerd Muller is going to do it for you.
0:30:00 > 0:30:0427's what you have to beat if Gerd Muller is right. Let's see if it is right.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09It is right. Can you get down lower than 27?
0:30:11 > 0:30:12Yes you can!
0:30:12 > 0:30:1511! Very well done indeed. Gerd Muller.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Tom and Ellie, you're back in the game.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Very, very well done. After two questions, it's 1-1. Richard.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Yeah, well played. As you say, West Germany,
0:30:25 > 0:30:29Gerd Muller. Scored 10 goals in the 1970 World Cup finals.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33Gary Lineker, the only Englishman ever to win the Golden Boot, scored six in 1986.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37Let's go through the rest of the board. There's another German up there.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40It's not PR. That is Paolo Rossi, the Italian,
0:30:40 > 0:30:42would have scored you seven points.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46MK, he is a German. That's Miroslav Klose.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Would have scored you four.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52And you're absolutely right, Tom. E was Eusebio.
0:30:52 > 0:30:56Also would have won you the point but only just. 26 that would have scored you.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Thanks very much. Now, here comes your third question, the decider.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03Whoever wins this question goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot of £7,500.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05Very best of luck, both pairs.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08Our third question concerns...
0:31:09 > 0:31:14- Richard.- Yes, a suitably highbrow end to the cleverest episode of Pointless ever.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18We're going to show you five clues to facts about Marie Curie.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22Can you give us the most obscure answer, please? Very, very best of luck to both teams.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Thanks, Richard. So let's reveal our five facts about Marie Curie.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Here they are. We've got...
0:31:41 > 0:31:43I'll read those all one last time.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56There we are. Five clues to facts about Marie Curie.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Tom and Ellie, you go first.
0:32:03 > 0:32:08OK. So, we know a couple, or we think we know a couple.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12But we're going to go with the country she was born in,
0:32:12 > 0:32:15which we reckon is Poland.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18You're going to say Poland, the country she was born in.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Now then, Helen and Josie, you can talk aloud now.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Her husband was definitely called Pierre,
0:32:23 > 0:32:26but I think that would score a lot more
0:32:26 > 0:32:28than the country she was born in.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32- She discovered radon.- Yeah. - Or I think it might be radium.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36Go for that. We'll say she discovered radium.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38- Radium.- And hope it's...
0:32:38 > 0:32:40In the order they were given, we have Poland, we have radium.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Tom and Ellie have said she was born in Poland.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46Whoever wins this question goes through to the final.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Very exciting. Poland, is that where she was born?
0:32:48 > 0:32:51If so, how many people said it?
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Absolutely right.
0:32:59 > 0:33:0011.
0:33:04 > 0:33:0711 is what you score.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Wow. Helen and Josie, that's what you're up against.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12- What do we think?- Not good.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Well, who knows? Radium.
0:33:16 > 0:33:21Radium is what Helen and Josie are submitting as the element she discovered.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25Let's see if it's right, radium, and, if it is, let's see if it might beat that low score of 11.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30It is right.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Ooh, 44.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43Two great answers but Poland pipped radium, I'm afraid.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47Which means, after three questions, Tom and Ellie, you are through to the final, 2-1. Richard.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49Very well played, Tom and Ellie.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53Helen and Josie, you're absolutely right that it was Pierre Curie.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Wouldn't have actually saved you, as it would have scored you 13 points.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00There's a pointless answer up there, which is the first name of her Nobel Prize winning daughter,
0:34:00 > 0:34:03which is Irene. Very well done if you said that at home.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08Now, you would be in the final right now, Helen,
0:34:08 > 0:34:11if you had said to that bottom question the subject that you've been studying.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15- If you'd said physics...- I thought it might have been chemistry.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17- You'd now be in the final. - I thought that.
0:34:17 > 0:34:18Four points that would have scored you.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21- I picked the best partner, clearly.- Hey.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26- What a terrific head-to-head, wasn't it?- Amazing.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Brilliant head-to-head, though. I mean, really good.
0:34:28 > 0:34:33Sadly though, we have to say goodbye to a pair, and the pair we have to say goodbye to is Helen and Josie.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36However, there's a silver lining, which is we get to see you again next time.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39So, if you had gone through to the final, that would be it.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42So we'll see you again next time. We look forward to that. Helen and Josie, great contestants.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50But, for Tom and Ellie, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59Well, congratulations, Tom and Ellie, you fought off all the competition valiantly
0:34:59 > 0:35:01and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...
0:35:19 > 0:35:24The rules are very simple. To win the money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26We haven't had any pointless answers today.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30You only have to find one now and you will go home with that £7,500.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34Firstly, you've got to choose a category. Here are your five options. You can choose from...
0:35:43 > 0:35:45OK. So, under no circumstances British actors.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49I'm not that great on country music, either.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53- I think we should go with novelists. - Yeah, we'll go for novelists. - We'll go for novelists.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56Novelists. OK. Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:35:58 > 0:36:02to name as many Julian Barnes novels as they could.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Julian Barnes novels. Richard.
0:36:05 > 0:36:10Yeah, and just a pause to say that this is the 2,000th question in Pointless history.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12- Can you believe that?- Wow. Yes.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15That's brilliant.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17And what questions they've been.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21So fingers crossed you win it, guys. We're looking for any novel
0:36:21 > 0:36:23written by the Booker Prize winning author Julian Barnes,
0:36:23 > 0:36:26up to the beginning of May 2012, please.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29We are not counting non-fiction, short stories or collections,
0:36:29 > 0:36:32nor his detective fiction published as Dan Kavanagh.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Just any of the novels published by Julian Barnes.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37Very, very best of luck.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45And all you need to win that £7,500 jackpot
0:36:45 > 0:36:48is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Are you ready?
0:36:51 > 0:36:53OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57There they are. Your time starts now.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59- Do you know any Julian Barnes novels?- I have read some of his novels.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03- OK, something about George, is that one?- George?- No, go on then, if you've read some.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06I know one called Flau... There's one called Flaubert's Parrot.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09- Certain about that? - I'm certain about that one. - OK, we'll go with that.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11- But I think people will know that. - Really? OK.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15I feel like there's something Arthur and George, is that Julian Barnes?
0:37:15 > 0:37:18- I don't know.- That sounds like something, quite a recent one.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20But I'm not certain. We could put that as a bottom answer.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23He started writing, I think, in the '80s. And I'm sure I read a couple
0:37:23 > 0:37:27- and I think there was one called Metroland.- Metroland, ooh, I recognise the name of that.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31- I think I've seen it on the shelf. - And was there one... I might be confusing him with another author.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35- I thought there was one called An Ice Cream War.- I don't know. - I'm not sure that was Julian Barnes.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39- I really don't know. So we'll go with Metroland. - I think that was by Julian Barnes.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42Yeah, I feel like I've seen that on the bookshelf. Haven't read it, but...
0:37:42 > 0:37:46- So, shall we go with that?- But I haven't read any of his recent ones.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49- 10 seconds left.- Metroland, Flaubert's Parrot, cos we know that's certain.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53- And let's try An Ice Cream War. I'm not sure if... - Or Arthur and George?
0:37:53 > 0:37:57- Let's try Ice Cream War.- No, I'm not certain. We'll try Ice Cream War.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00OK, there's your time up. We were looking for Julian Barnes novels.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02I now need your three answers. They are...
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- OK, so we're going to go for Metroland.- Metroland.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09- Flaubert's Parrot. - Flaubert's Parrot.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- And what was the last one? - An Ice Cream War.
0:38:12 > 0:38:13And An Ice Cream War.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17- Yeah.- Now, of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:17 > 0:38:22- Probably, if it's right, An Ice Cream War.- An Ice Cream War. We'll put that last.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26- Then Metroland, because it was the...- Second. - I think the parrot one.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28- We'll put Flaubert's Parrot first.- Yeah.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32OK, let's put those on the board in that order. And here they are. We have got...
0:38:37 > 0:38:39OK. We were looking for Julian Barnes novels.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41You only have to find one pointless answer, remember,
0:38:41 > 0:38:44to win that jackpot of £7,500.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47What would you do with £7,500, Tom?
0:38:48 > 0:38:52Well, I did say I would pay off some of Ellie's student loan.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57- Boring.- But, I might also buy myself a Bedford Rascal van.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Very good. Ellie?
0:39:00 > 0:39:03Well, I've wanted to go to Istanbul for quite a long time.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07So, I guess, it would finance a trip to Istanbul.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10OK. Well, very, very best of luck. Let's see. Flaubert's Parrot.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14Let's see if it's right. Let's see how many people said it. Flaubert's Parrot.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Absolutely right.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21This is your first shot at that jackpot of £7,500.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24And down it goes, into the teens.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Into single figures. Still going down. Look at that. Two!
0:39:28 > 0:39:30Wow!
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Wow.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38Now that's one of Barnes' better known books.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Unfortunately, not pointless.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Still, that means you have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:44 > 0:39:49We're looking for Julian Barnes novels. Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Metroland.
0:39:49 > 0:39:54Now, if this is pointless, you will leave here immediately with £7,500 in your back pockets.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Metroland, let's see, is it right? How many people said it?
0:40:00 > 0:40:02It is right.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05Down it goes. Well, Flaubert's Parrot took us down to two.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Metroland still going down.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11If this takes you all the way down to zero, you leave with £7,500.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13And down it goes. Oh, two again.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16The same people.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20The same people.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24But you know what, Metroland, you said it yourself, Ellie,
0:40:24 > 0:40:27- you think you'd seen it on a shelf.- Yeah.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30You remember Metroland.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33You don't remember An Ice Cream War. Well, Tom does.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37I can see the book cover, I think, but I'm not sure that it said Julian Barnes.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40- But it was around that time. - You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44Everything is resting on An Ice Cream War. We're looking for a Julian Barnes novel.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Let's see An Ice Cream War.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48Is it right? How many people said it?
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Oh, no!
0:40:57 > 0:40:59- Oh, well.- Never mind. We get the trophy.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05Bad luck. An incorrect answer, which means, unfortunately,
0:41:05 > 0:41:08you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11But you do still get to take home our Pointless trophy.
0:41:11 > 0:41:12So very well done for that.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21Yeah. Sorry Tom, sorry Ellie. Our 2,000th question, you made a valiant effort.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25An Ice Cream War, it's one of his contemporaries. It's William Boyd, wrote the Ice Cream War.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30Now, a little bit earlier on, Tom, you knew Kiel and Ellie didn't.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32And, you know, so that was 1-0 to you.
0:41:32 > 0:41:37I'm afraid that Ellie knew an answer here that you didn't know, which was Arthur and George,
0:41:37 > 0:41:39and it was a pointless answer.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47- Sorry.- I thought you were going to say it, right up to the last second.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50I've never even read a Julian Barnes book.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54You'll never read one now, I assure you. Let's take a look at the pointless answers.
0:41:54 > 0:41:55Some of his biggest books up here.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03Arthur and George. Pointless answer, would have won you £7,500.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Love, Etc, which was the follow-up to Talking It Over, which wasn't pointless.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15And his 2011 Booker Prize winner, The Sense Of An Ending.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Also a pointless answer, amazingly.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:42:20 > 0:42:25Honestly, a lot of those are very worth reading, but I wouldn't recommend it for you, I think.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Imagine that.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31Oh, that's hard to swallow, isn't it? Oh, Arthur and George.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Tom and Ellie.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36It's been great having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38Brilliant, brilliant contestants.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45So, Tom and Ellie didn't win our jackpot today,
0:42:45 > 0:42:47which means it rolls over onto the next show,
0:42:47 > 0:42:48when we will be playing for...
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Join us next time to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59- Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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