Episode 3 Pointless

Thank you very much indeed! Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

Now, first we welcome back Lauren and Sarah.

You were on the show last time.

Everyone, of course, gets two chances

to reach the Pointless final.

This is your second chance.

Remind us, Lauren, what happened last time.

We got a question about sitcoms on the BBC, and we only got 15,

which normally would be quite good,

but we went out the first round, so...

-It was a very low high score.

-Yeah.

But, still. The Vicar Of Dibley.

-You only went and picked a sitcom that everyone loves.

-I know!

-It's my favourite, as well.

-Yeah, great sitcom.

Anyway, what are you hoping is going to come up today? Sarah?

Probably films again, because I love my movies.

And last year I managed to go to LA, the home of movies.

I loved it there, and we managed to see Will Smith filming

a scene from one of his movies.

-No!

-Yeah, it was one of the highlights of my life.

Was it like a studio tour?

No, we were just by the stars on the Hollywood walkway,

we were just there to see it, and they were filming a scene.

-So we were amazed, it was really good.

-You were almost in a film.

Yeah!

Lovely to have you back on the show. Very, very best of luck.

Next, we welcome Sarah and Wendy. How do you two know each other?

-We're sisters.

-And where are you from, Sarah?

-I'm from Malvern in Worcestershire.

-Wendy?

-I'm from Stafford, in the West Midlands.

-Very good indeed.

Wendy, what do you hope will come up today on Pointless? What would be good for you?

One of our favourite joint topics is The Sound Of Music,

so we'd like musicals, but particularly The Sound Of Music.

-OK.

-We have dressed up in the past to go to a sing-along.

-Have you?

What do you generally go as? Or does it change?

Last time, we went as brown paper packages tied up with string.

LAUGHTER

-That's hilarious.

-Just us and our husbands and our children.

Were you all tied together with string, or were you individually tied?

-Separate packages.

-Individually wrapped?

-Individual.

Best of luck, Sarah and Wendy. Welcome to Pointless.

Great to have you here.

Next, we welcome Jonathan and Steve. How do you two know each other?

Through football, really. We used to play football together.

Jonathan, what do you like to get up to?

In a previous life, when I was younger, I was very much interested

in watching The Fall Guy, especially Colt Seavers, and all that.

He inspired me to become a stuntman.

No! You were a stuntman?

-Yeah, trained in Australia.

-For how long?

Not very long. I did the training in Australia to get qualified

and struggled to find work, unfortunately, in Hollywood.

-But at least I gave it a shot.

-But you went out there.

-Yeah, I gave it a go.

-You didn't leave it with a limp or anything?

-No, just a bad back.

-Oh, did you? I'm sorry to hear that.

Steve, have you had a former life? What were you?

I was fortunate to play professional rugby league

for Hull Kingston Rovers.

-Did you?

-The red and whites, not the...

-Black and whites.

-Black and whites.

-Anyway, very best of luck, Jonathan and Steve.

-Great to have you here.

-Thanks.

We also welcome back Dougie and Kath.

You were on the show last time as well. Kath, tell us what happened.

I got an answer very wrong.

-It was very hard.

-It was difficult.

For me, it was.

It had to be towns and cities in France

and you gave us the answer Monte Carlo.

Yes.

Which I have since learnt is not in France.

-Dougie.

-Hello.

What's going to happen today that's going to be brilliant?

Hopefully, they'll be a round in which they ask

about Partick Thistle and its history.

Because I think I'd do quite well in that.

-OK.

-Well, it is called Pointless.

LAUGHTER

Very best of luck, Dougie and Kath. Great to have you back on the show.

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

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

He's rounded up the questions and answers like an obscurity shepherd.

He is my Pointless friend. He's Richard.

Hiya. Hello. APPLAUSE

-Afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you.

Our first two rounds today are absolute classic,

old-school Pointless.

I'd say, everyone at home, start your stretching exercises now.

The first two rounds, all doable,

but they'll start taxing the grey matter a little bit.

Good rounds, though. Good, fair rounds.

Thanks, Richard.

All of our questions on Pointless have been put

to 100 people before the show.

In order to get to the final round and be in with a chance of winning

the jackpot, our contestants need to find

the obscure answers that those 100 people didn't get.

The fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer,

the fewer points they'll score.

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

an answer none of our 100 people gave.

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

Rebecca and Ben won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off at...

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

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

You can't confer with your partner.

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

Try and make sure that's not you. Our first category today is....

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first, who's second?

You. I'm clueless.

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

Our question concerns...

Richard.

We're going to show you seven pairs of films.

We need you to tell us the name of the actor or actress who won

an Oscar for each of those films, please.

There'll be seven on each pass, 14 in all.

See how many of those you can get at home.

Thank you very much.

Lauren and Sarah, you all drew lots before the show,

and today you're going first.

We're looking for the actors who won Oscars for these pairs of films.

We have got...

I'll read them one more time.

-Lauren. How's that looking to you?

-Not very good.

So it doesn't really matter.

I was worried that I was going first, but I don't think

it really matters, cos I don't think I know any of them.

OK...I'm going to go for...

Tom Cruise with Kramer Vs Kramer and Rain Man?

OK. Tom Cruise, for Kramer Vs Kramer and Rain Man.

Tom Cruise, says Lauren. Let's see if that's right.

If so, how many people knew that answer?

Bad luck, Lauren. I'm sorry.

Unfortunately, not the right answer.

You score the maximum of 100 points.

It may very well not be the last 100-point score of this round.

Sarah.

I know the answer to the first one, but I can only see their face

and not their name.

I'll go for Dustin Hoffman in Kramer vs Kramer, please.

Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs Kramer and Rain Man. OK.

Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people knew that answer.

It's right.

44.

APPLAUSE

44 for Dustin Hoffman.

Yes, won Best Actor for both of those films.

1979 and 1988.

Jonathan.

When you first said the Oscars, I was panicking, I must admit.

But now I've seen the questions, I think I've got a good punt.

There's one or two I know, but I'm not 100% convinced.

I'll still go for On The Waterfront and The Godfather.

-I think that was Marlon Brando.

-Marlon Brando, you say.

Let's see if that's right.

If it is, let's see how many people knew that answer. Marlon Brando.

Yes, of course.

Wow, 20. Good score.

Yes, a very good start. Again, won Best Actor for both of those films.

Now, Dougie. You're the last person to have this board.

You can talk us through it, if you like.

There's probably about three of them I'm fairly certain of,

and two of those have gone.

Which really just leaves me one that I'm confident on.

And that's The Accused and The Silence Of The Lambs -

that, I think, is Jodie Foster.

Jodie Foster, you are saying,

for The Accused and Silence Of The Lambs.

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

Absolutely right.

21.

A good answer, a good score.

Yes, very well played.

She won Best Actress for both of those films,

The Accused in '89 and Silence Of The Lambs in '92.

-Very good.

-Let's take a look at the rest of the answers.

Top one there, French Connection and Unforgiven.

-You can see his face, can you remember his name?

-No.

-Do you want to have a go at that?

-Gene Hackman.

Gene Hackman, absolutely right.

13 points.

-That's correct, is it?

-Yes.

If you had described his face in detail,

-I would have accepted it as an answer.

-I'll remember that next time!

Glory and Training Day?

Won Best Actor for Training Day - it's Denzel Washington.

-Your hero.

-My favourite. 4 points there.

Sergeant York and High Noon?

I'll give you a clue.

He's the only person to have ever won an acting Oscar

with the first name Gary.

-Gary Cooper?

-Gary Cooper, absolutely right.

Gary Oldman nearly joined him. 7 points for Gary Cooper.

The Great Ziegfeld and The Good Earth is a pointless answer.

Very well done if you said Luise Rainer. A pointless answer.

Very, very good answer.

She won those in 1936 and 1937.

OK, well, we're halfway through the round, let's look at the scores.

Best score of the pass, Jonathan.

Jonathan and Steve looking very strong indeed.

Then, we go up one point, where we find Dougie and Kath on 21.

Then, up to 44, where Sarah and Wendy currently reside.

And then, I'm afraid, up to 100, Lauren and Sarah, where we find you.

-A tough board.

-We're hoping that Sarah might be OK for the next one.

Sarah, you have said Film.

You said it specifically, so...

Well, listen. You might well be forced to pick a low-scoring answer

because of your position there, but maybe that that'll be a good thing.

It might keep you in the game. Best of luck with that.

We're going back down the line.

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

We've got seven more films on the board.

Seven more pairs of films, I should say. And here they are.

I'll read them all one last time.

Remember, we are looking for the actors that won Oscars

for these pairs of films.

You are trying to find the one you think

the fewest of our 100 people know.

Kath. 21, you are on.

The high scorers at the moment are Sarah and Lauren on 100,

which means a score of 78 or less will keep you in the game.

I'll go for Sophie's Choice and The Iron Lady.

Meryl Streep.

Meryl Streep, for Sophie's Choice and The Iron Lady.

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

Here is your red line. Nice and high.

Below that red line, you are safely in that second round.

Meryl Streep, how many people said it?

It's right. And you are through to the next round. Well done, Kath.

32.

Takes your total up to 53.

Yes, well done, she won Best Actress for both of those films.

-She's had 17 nominations in all.

-Wow.

Now, Steve.

-Is this good for you, Steve?

-No.

No, not at all.

Erm, I knew that one.

The only other one I know is

Forrest Gump and Philadelphia - Tom Hanks.

Forrest Gump, Philadelphia. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said it.

Here's your red line. Nice and high.

Below that red line, you're home and dry.

Yes, it's right. And yes, you're through.

58. Just.

-58 takes your total up to 78. Richard.

-Well done.

He won Best Actor for those films in consecutive years.

He was like the Luise Rainer of his day.

Yeah. OK. Wendy.

Wendy, Wendy, Wendy.

You are on 44.

The high scorers remain Sarah and Lauren on 100.

I'm pretty sure

The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie

and California Suite - Maggie Smith?

Maggie Smith. You want to be scoring 55 or less with this answer.

You score less than 55,

we say goodbye to Sarah and Lauren.

Maggie Smith, is it right? How many people said it?

There's your red line.

It's right!

And you are through to the next round.

12!

12 is our lowest score of the round so far, Wendy. Many congratulations.

56 is your total.

You're in the second round.

That's a very good answer.

She won Best Supporting for California Suite,

Best Actress for The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie.

California Suite, she won her Oscar for playing an actress

who's just lost out on an Oscar.

-See what they did there!

-It's nice, isn't it?

Yeah, very nice. Very nice.

Sarah. Now, there's bad news.

Before you even give your answer,

I'm afraid you are the high scorers. What do you think of the board?

Is there anything left on there you know?

Yes, I think I know three of them,

and I could take a guess at one of them.

Talk us through them.

I think The Godfather and Raging Bull is Robert De Niro.

Tootsie and Blue Sky is Dustin Hoffman, maybe?

Hannah And Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules, I'm not sure.

I'd go with Michael Caine, maybe.

But I'll go with My Left Foot

and There Will Be Blood, with Daniel Day-Lewis.

Daniel Day-Lewis, says Sarah, for My Left Foot and There Will be Blood.

Is that right? How many people said it?

No red line, alas, for you, as I'm afraid

you're already leaving us

at the end of this round. Sorry.

It's right.

22. Not a bad score at all.

It takes your total up to an unbeatable 122,

I'm afraid, though. Richard.

A good way to finish.

I'm glad you got to show your knowledge there.

He won Best Actor for those. Nearly 20 years apart, those two films.

Let's go through the rest of the board. You've got a couple of them.

You're right about The Godfather and Raging Bull - Robert De Niro.

Would have scored 27.

Right about Hannah And Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules -

that was Michael Caine. That would have scored you 6.

You're incorrect about Tootsie and Blue Sky.

Do you know that one?

It's an actress. She won Best Supporting Actress for Tootsie

and Best Actress for Blue Sky. Jessica Lange.

-Oh, Jessica Lange.

-Jessica Lange, 3 points.

The best answer on the board.

Very well done to anybody who got all 14 of those.

That would have been very impressive.

Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of Round One, the losing pair

with the highest score, I am sorry to say, is Sarah and Lauren.

Yes. Tom Cruise

not in Kramer Vs Kramer.

That's what tripped you up.

I'm not too good with my Oscars. Sorry, Sarah.

-Did you know any of the others, though?

-Yes, I did. Yeah.

It's been lovely having you on the show.

I'm sorry we've never seen more of you than just Round One,

but it's been great having you here.

-Thanks.

-Thank you so much for playing.

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

At the end of this round, another pair will be eliminated,

to leave us with our two pairs for our head-to-head round.

Very hard to call, but judging on that last round alone,

Dougie and Kath were out in front.

Also you're the returning pair,

who statistically tend to do a little bit better.

So I'd say you are probably the pair to beat.

Anyway, our category for Round Two today is...

Can you decide in your pairs who is going to go first, who's second?

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

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

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

..as they could. Richard.

We're looking for any chemical element with a commonly-accepted name

that begins with a vowel - A, E, I, O or U.

We're going via the periodic table as listed on the IUPAC website,

which does not list any temporary elements.

Elements beginning with a vowel.

Best of luck, and best of luck to everyone at home.

See how many you can get.

Right. Wendy?

-Not my strongest subject.

-OK.

But, I think...

argon?

Argon. Let us see if that is right.

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

Absolutely right, Wendy.

23.

Nothing inert about that. 23 for argon.

Very safe answer, well played.

An inert gas

discovered by Sir William Ramsay.

Well done. Well done indeed, Wendy. Argon, 23. Now then, Steve.

You were shaking your head, tutting, looking very upset with that.

-Very much so, yes.

-Like a dog chewing a bee.

However, now you've had time to think about it, you've thought of some good answers!

Very much so, yes. No.

LAUGHTER

Ilium?

Classical name for Troy.

Ilium. Let's see if it's also the name of an element.

It could well be. Let's see.

Is it right? How many people said it?

Ooh. Bad luck, Steve.

I'm afraid an incorrect answer,

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

Dougie, we turn to you.

I'm going to go with uranium.

Uranium. Let's see if that's right.

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

Very good, it's right.

34.

Nothing wrong with that. Uranium, Richard.

Radioactive metallic element,

discovered by Martin Heinrich Klaproth.

So, we're halfway through the round,

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

23, Wendy and Sarah, looking very strong indeed.

Up to 34, where we find Dougie and Kath,

and then a bit of a hike to 100, where Steve and Jonathan are.

Luckily, Jonathan knows a lot about chemical elements beginning

with vowels, so I think you should be fine.

-I don't think we are!

-We'll come back down the line.

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

We are looking for...

Kath, not a bad answer from Dougie there.

No, it was one that I would have known,

and now I'm floundering.

OK, the high scorers are Jonathan and Steve on 100.

You're on 34.

If you can score 65 or less,

you're through to the head-to-head.

I have two in my head, but I'm not sure if they're right,

and I'm not sure which one to go with.

I'll just say this and hope that it's right.

Europium?

Europium?

-Have you heard of it?

-I've either made it up, or...

LAUGHTER

..or I have heard of it somewhere in trying to learn

chemical elements for this programme, cos I know nothing.

There is your red line. If you can get below that with europium...

Is it right? How many people said it?

It's right! Very well done, Kath!

And you're through to the next round.

That's a great answer.

Still going down.

Oh, look at that!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Hats off to you, Kath. That's a pointless answer.

That adds 250 quid to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to £1,250.

It scores you nothing and leaves your total at a brilliant 34.

Very well done. Richard.

Very well played, Kath.

It's used in cathode rays for TV screens, europium.

It emits a red light when its electrons are excited.

Like Amsterdam.

LAUGHTER

There we go. Now then, Jonathan.

Here's the moment.

We need a pointless answer from you.

You are the highest scorers, on 100 points.

Your nearest rivals are Kath and Dougie on 34.

It's not a strong subject for me, so I either join Smudger

on the 100-point mark and we take the ribbing together

or I go for a random punt

and hope it's a zero.

I'm not convinced it is, but I'll go for iridium.

Let's see if iridium is right.

There is no red line for you. You are the highest scorers.

We just have to hope it scores as low as possible. Iridium.

How many people said it? Is it right?

It's right.

9!

-Well done, mate.

-That's a cracking score.

A really good answer there, Jonathan. 9.

Takes your total up to 109.

Is that going to be enough to save you, though? I wonder.

-Richard.

-Well played, Jonathan. Really good answer.

Discovered in 1803 by the English chemist Smithson Tennant.

Now then, Sarah,

this is the moment of truth.

Jonathan and Steve are on 109, you're on 23.

A score of 85 or less from you will see you straight through

to the head-to-head.

-What are you thinking?

-Absolutely nothing at all at the moment.

The only one I can think of is oxygen.

Which I'm fairly sure is right,

but it's going to be high.

It's important. Doesn't mean everyone will remember it.

OK, there is our red line. Let's see

if Oxygen will get you below that.

-What do you think, Jonathan and Steve?

-Yeah.

-Even though it's well-known.

-Yeah.

-Who knows?

-OK, oxygen.

How many people said it?

Yep, very well done.

You are through.

Wow, 40 people.

40 for oxygen takes your total up to 63.

Very well done. Richard.

It's actually the highest of all the correct answers, but still only 40.

Amazing, isn't it?

-Thought to be the third most common element in the universe.

-Wow.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers.

There are only four, so europium was a terrific one.

Well done, Kath. The others are...

-I would have gone for osmium.

-Osmium?

-Which would have scored 3 points.

-Thanks, Richard.

At the end of Round Two, the pair with the highest score who'll be leaving us,

I'm afraid, is Jonathan and Steve.

Great answer, Jonathan.

Steve! Steve!

I know what you were trying to do, you were trying to get

a very low-scoring point, so you were doing an admirable thing.

It's just you went so far into pointless, you went into made-it-up.

Pretty much so, yeah.

Thanks very much for playing. See you next time.

But for the remaining two pairs, things are about to get

even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Dougie and Kath, Sarah and Wendy.

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

to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £1,250.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

You're now going to go head-to-head,

and the first pair to win two questions will be

playing for that jackpot.

The great news is, from here on in, you are allowed to confer.

So, you are properly a team, each of you.

Kath, I've got to ask, when you came up with europium,

we learnt last time your job is the further education of dental workers.

-Yes.

-Does europium maybe come into that?

-No, nothing to do with it.

I had actually revised chemical elements, because they appear

on Pointless. Knowing nothing about them, I felt I had to learn a few.

-And look where it got you!

-Look where it got me!

-Brilliant, a pointless answer.

-There we go.

Very good, our only one of the show. Anyway, Sarah and Wendy.

Very best of luck. If it helps at all, you're both in new territory.

OK, if everyone's ready, let's play the head-to-head!

OK, here comes your first question, and it concerns...

-Richard.

-We're about to show you five pictures of famous artists.

Can you tell us who they are, please? Best of luck.

OK, that's pretty simple. Let's reveal our famous artists.

Here they are. We have got...

There we are. Five famous artists.

Now, Dougie and Kath, because you've played best throughout the show

so far, you get to go first.

So, you can confer and then try and provide the name of the artist

you think is the most obscure on that board.

THEY WHISPER

We're going to go for A. It's Picasso.

Picasso, you are saying.

A, Picasso.

Sarah and Wendy, you can do your discussing out loud, if you like.

Over to you, then.

-Well, I just realised that's Picasso.

-Yeah.

Do you know, I've just realised that, just shortly after he said!

Before he spoke!

-D.

-D's Andy Warhol, I think. And E is...

Is that David Hockney? Yeah.

I think E is less recognised than D.

-Is he right?

-Oh, I don't know. I thought you said...

You said it with such confidence.

OK, we'll say E, David Hockney.

E, David Hockney, you are saying.

So, we have A, Picasso, and E, David Hockney.

In the order they were given,

Dougie and Kath have said that A is Picasso.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said A was Picasso.

Absolutely right.

13!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

13 for Picasso. Good score.

Question is...

will E, David Hockney, beat it?

Let's see if it's right,

and if it is, how many people said it.

It's right.

13 is what it has to beat.

Ooh! 14!

Very close indeed, but Picasso will win it

for Dougie and Kath, which means after one question, they are up 1-0.

-Richard.

-Pretty close.

A couple of answers would have beaten Picasso.

One of them is B.

Xander, do you know B?

Frida Kahlo.

Absolutely right, the Mexican artist.

She would have scored 10 points.

C. Do you know C?

It's Henri Matisse, I believe.

It is! And it's a pointless answer.

Very well done. APPLAUSE

Well, you see, he's very helpfully standing

in front of some of his pictures.

And D, as you knew, is Andy Warhol, but wouldn't have won you the point.

It's actually the highest scorer on the board, 33 points.

Well done if you said Matisse at home, very good answer.

OK, here comes your second question.

Now then, Sarah and Wendy,

we need you to win this question to stay in the game.

Very best of luck. Here it comes. It concerns...

-Motown. Richard.

-We're going to give you five clues

to facts about the Motown Record Corporation.

Can you pick the most obscure of these, please?

OK. Let's reveal our five facts about Motown.

We have got...

I'll read all of those one more time.

There we are. Five clues to facts about Motown.

This time, Sarah and Wendy, you go first.

The only one I know is the first one, it was Detroit.

-Yeah, cos it was Motor Town.

-Yeah.

-Do you know any of the others?

-No.

Anything else would be a guess, but I'm sure that's right.

The only one we're sure of is the city in which it was founded.

We'd like to say Detroit.

Detroit, say Sarah and Wendy.

The city in which Motown was founded.

Now, Dougie and Kath. You can do your talking out loud.

I don't know the name of its founder.

Singer, I think maybe I could guess, but I wouldn't go for it.

The singer still with Motown, is it?

-I think it might be Smokey Robinson, but I wouldn't go for it.

-OK.

We're going to go for the female group,

and we're going to say The Supremes.

The Supremes, you are saying.

The female group who recorded Motown's first UK number-one single.

So, we have Detroit, we have The Supremes.

Now then, Sarah and Wendy, you've gone with Detroit.

You have to win this to stay in the game. Good luck.

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

how many people knew Detroit was the city in which Motown was founded.

45.

APPLAUSE

45 for Detroit.

Dougie and Kathy, are you sure about The Supremes?

Or is that just a kind of...?

-Call it an inspired guess.

-OK.

-I think it was Baby Love.

-OK.

It has to be right, and it has to go below 45.

Let's see if The Supremes had Motown's first UK number-one single.

This decides who goes to the final.

Oh!

You have done it! 36.

You pipped it

with the first question.

Just slightly more than pipped it this time. Not by much.

Dougie and Kath, after two questions,

you are through to the final, 2-0.

-Very well done.

-Very well played.

It was The Supremes, and it was Baby Love as well, October 1964.

Let's have a look at the rest of the answers,

all of which would have won the point.

-The name of its founder?

-Berry Gordy.

Well, Berry Gordy Jr, but I would have given you that. Scored 6 points.

Now, the singer still with Motown since 1961, been there over 50 years?

Stevie Wonder. He was Little Stevie Wonder.

He was Little Stevie Wonder when he started.

He signed a lifelong contract with Motown.

He would have scored you 12 points.

-Best answer on the board - the film first co-produced by Motown?

-No.

Starred Diana Ross as Billie Holiday - it was Lady Sings The Blues.

That would have scored you 1 point. Best answer on the board.

-Well done if you got that, well done if you got all five.

-Thanks, Richard.

So, the losing pair at the end of

the head-to-head, I'm afraid,

Sarah and Wendy. You've done incredibly well

to come all this way on your first appearance,

and a cracking answer in the first question,

so nearly got it.

But I'm afraid Motown has seen you out.

Anyway, we'll see you again next time,

and we'll look forward to that.

-Thanks very much for playing.

-Thank you.

For Dougie and Kath, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Dougie and Kath, you have seen off

all the competition, and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,250.

Well, you've done phenomenally well,

and we've gone through a whole range of different subjects.

I'm trying to think what we've had.

-We've had Art, Music, Chemistry, Film.

-Yes, Oscars.

And here you are, still on the bucking bronco that is Pointless.

THEY LAUGH

-What a ride!

-What a ride, indeed.

Well, you said it.

The rules are very simple.

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

We've had one pointless answer today,

-and that was yours, Kath.

-Yes.

You only have to find one more now

and you'll leave here with that jackpot.

You've first got to choose one of these five categories.

You are spoilt for choice there, aren't you(?)

I could just leave now, I suppose!

Well, I know what I'd like to do, but you know...

-Could Partick Thistle come up?

-You never know!

-When I was little, I always thought it said Patrick Thistle.

-Me too.

Well, Billy Connolly once said they're called Partick Thistle Nil,

that's their actual name.

LAUGHTER

-OK.

-Do you want to go for it? Would you mind?

-I don't mind at all.

OK, we'll go for Scottish Football, please.

-Ah, there we go.

-THEY LAUGH

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...

Richard.

Yeah, we're looking for any club that has won

the Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup, most commonly

known as the Scottish Cup, from its very first year in 1873-1874.

Very best of luck.

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers,

and all you need to win that £1,250 is

for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are, your time starts now.

OK, there's three teams I can think of that are suitably obscure.

-One of them is Partick Thistle.

-SHE LAUGHS

And that is a fact. 1921, they beat Rangers in the final at Celtic Park.

Are you sure it's not just because you want to say Partick Thistle?

-Well, I've said it now.

-OK.

East Fife won it when they were in the Second Division.

East Fife four, Forfar five!

The other team who I think may have won it are not in the league anymore, called Renton.

My aunt used to live in Renton,

so therefore I know the village quite well.

-And did they win the Cup?

-I think they did.

They were called Champions of the World at one time,

because I think they won the Scottish Cup

and then they played the winners of the FA Cup and beat them.

-Oh.

-So there we go. So, I think I'm ready.

-Wow.

-Sounds like you might be, yeah!

-I think he's ready!

Stop the clock. OK, we were looking for winners of the Scottish Cup.

That's very impressive. I now need your three answers.

OK, I'm going to go with Partick Thistle, East Fife and Renton.

Three great answers.

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

-Renton, I think.

-Renton, we'll pop last. And least likely?

-I think, actually, Partick Thistle.

-Partick Thistle. OK.

Because everyone knows them, of course!

Everyone that's ever seen them has been mesmerised by them!

They've seen football that they've never believed they could ever see!

It'll be one of those scores in the high 90s. OK, right.

Let's put them up on the board in that order. We have..

OK, we were looking for winners of the Scottish Cup.

Partick Thistle was your least-confident shot

at a pointless answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer, remember,

to win that £1,250 jackpot.

Dougie, what would you do with £1,250?

Erm, I'd maybe buy Partick Thistle, but I don't know what I'd do...

LAUGHTER

I don't know what I'd do with the money that was left over!

Where would you put them?!

Kath, what would you do?

Oh, some little treats, I think. For the family, not for myself.

And I hope for yourself, too.

-I'm sure.

-Very good. OK, let's see.

Partick Thistle. Is it right, and if it is, how many said it?

It's absolutely right.

Your first shot at the £1,250.

If this goes all the way down to zero,

you can go home with the money right now.

Down it goes... 2!

-Is my sister on the panel?!

-On the 100 people!

That's nice - I can say Partick Thistle, 2!

DOUGIE CHEERS

There we are. Unfortunately, not a pointless answer.

But that's good, for all the right reasons.

Everyone remembered Partick Thistle.

-Well, 98 people didn't, but...

-LAUGHTER

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

We are looking for winners of the Scottish Cup.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, East Fife.

Has to be correct. Has to be pointless.

If it's both of those things, you leave here with £1,250.

East Fife, is it right? How many people said it?

Absolutely right.

Another correct answer.

Partick Thistle took us down to 2.

East Fife still going down.

If this takes us down to zero,

you will leave with £1,250.

3!

Partick Thistle 2, East Fife 3? No, can't believe that!

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

I have to say, I'm so glad that it's come to Renton,

cos I loved your reason for knowing that

Renton, Champions of the World,

had won the Scottish Cup.

It feels like a pointless answer to me. Let's hope it does it for you.

Renton, your most confident shot at the pointless answer.

To win that jackpot of £1,250, it has to be pointless. Let's find out.

Is it right? How many people said Renton?

It's right!

Partick Thistle took us down to 2,

East Fife down to 3.

Renton is correct, and down it goes.

Still going down.

Yes! You've done it!

That's wonderful!

Very well done.

-Absolutely brilliant. Well done.

-Thank you so much, thank you.

Fabulous play.

-Scottish Football!

-Yeah, there you are.

-I can't believe that!

-Can you believe that?!

Well, congratulations!

For the best reasons.

Renton was a pointless answer,

which means you go home with the jackpot of £1,250.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

That's terrific, very well played.

They actually won the Scottish Cup twice, 1885 and 1888.

And you're right, in 1888 they went on to play the English champions,

West Bromwich Albion, to decide who was to be

the Champion of the United Kingdom and the World.

And Renton won that as well.

Later went on to win the Europium Cup as well.

-LAUGHTER

-Go me!

But brilliant, very well played.

Also, an amazing story. As you say,

it's a tiny village in Dunbartonshire,

and they became Champions of the World, by hook or by crook.

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

I'm sure there'll be some other ones you know here if you knew those.

A few of the obscure Scottish teams are no longer with us.

But let's take a look at all of them.

All of those pointless answers. Well done if you said any of those.

There's Renton, the mighty Renton. Champions of the World!

Third Lanark, who won it twice. Beat Celtic once and Rangers once.

-That's not bad, is it?

-Not bad.

And Vale of Leven at the bottom there, who won it three times.

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

-Thank you, Richard.

And thanks once again to our winning players, Dougie and Kath,

who go away with today's jackpot of £1,250. Brilliant!

APPLAUSE

Join us next time, when we'll test more obscure knowledge on Pointless.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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