Episode 30 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything.

-Let's meet today's players.

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First up we welcome Ray and Kay. Ray, how do you two know each other?

We met while studying at university a long ago.

-And Kay, are you husband and wife?

-We are, yes.

-Ah, good.

-LAUGHTER

-Phew! Where are you from, Kay?

-Telford in Shropshire.

-Telford.

And what are you looking forward to seeing come up today?

-Er, sort of biology, human biology, medicine.

-Very good.

Ray, anything you are particularly hoping doesn't come up?

-Biology, human biology.

-Oh, it's OK. Kay can pick up all that.

It'll be fine. Best of luck, Ray and Kay. Lovely to have you on the show.

-I like having a husband and wife with rhyming names.

-It's nice.

-I wish more people would do that.

-I think everyone should do it.

-Yeah.

Richard would be bad. LAUGHTER

-Yeah.

-If your name rhymes with Richard and you're single, get in touch.

-LAUGHTER

-OK. Could be fun. See what happens.

Anyway, lovely to have you here, Ray and Kay. Next we welcome back Derek and Stuart.

You were on the show last time. Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

This is your final chance. Derek, how do you two know each other?

We're friends. We've been friends for a few years.

I'm a pub quiz master and this man kept coming along,

kept winning, kept annoying me,

and we just, through a mutual love of football, music and cheese,

we ended up becoming quite good friends.

Very good. Stuart, what happened last time?

Bit of a disaster, really. Category wasn't one of our strong points.

-What was it?

-It was famous scientists and their full names.

That was really hard. Really hard.

-Derek, what are you hoping will come up today?

-Well, we're hoping for any kind of sports,

music, television, geography, along those lines, really.

Anything else you'd not like to see come up?

Probably art and literature.

-Art and literature.

-Not my...

-Not your strongest suit. OK.

I'm aware that books exist, but that's...

The classics' enemy. I do read, but I don't go that far.

-It's just not my thing.

-OK.

Well, Derek, Stuart, it was the first round last time,

so let's hope we see much more of you this time.

Best of luck, Derek and Stuart.

Next we welcome back Paul and Steve, who were also on the show last time.

-Paul, remind us quickly how you two know each other.

-We both work together on the railway.

Now, you said last time, Paul, that you had visited every station

-in the country, including all the London stations.

-Yes, that's right.

When you say you've visited them, have you have your photo taken there?

At lot. Cos a lot of stations look as though they want knocking down.

So have you got an album with a picture of you on every station in Britain?

I've got 43 albums full now. Ten disks.

Do you show that to people much? LAUGHTER

Only if they ask me.

How many people have asked you? LAUGHTER

-Quite a few.

-You know what, I bet they have, as well.

-I bet people are envious. I bet there's a lot of... That's quite an impressive achievement.

-Yeah, it is.

That's a lot of stations. Very good.

So stations didn't come up yesterday, Paul. Maybe they'll come up today.

That'd be good. So stations, obviously. Steve, what would you like to see come up today?

-Books of Wally Lamb.

-Books of Wally Lamb.

-He only wrote three, didn't he?

-LAUGHTER

OK. So that'd be good. Anything you'd particularly not like to come up, Steve?

-Anything to do with railway stations.

-OK.

-LAUGHTER

OK, well, lovely to have you back, Paul and Steve. Warm welcome back.

And finally, we welcome back Mel and Pam, who were also on the show last time.

-Mel, remind us how you two know each other.

-We are married from 1964

and, er, yes, we met at a school dance

and we were romantically entwined from then on.

Aww! Pam, what happened last time?

Second round, I mispronounced a name.

-I said Anthony Banderas.

-Oh, yes!

-Instead of Antonio.

Aww. You were Anglicising it. That was very harsh, I think.

-It was too harsh.

-Well, very hard.

I tell you what's happened since last time, Mel.

Last time you came on in full teaching rig, you had a bowtie, a jacket.

You were the very acme of a school teacher. Look at you today!

-Look at you! What is it, holidays?

-LAUGHTER

-Non-uniform day.

-Ah!

But, no, the formal approach didn't work for me, so I've come casual.

Wow. So, Mel, we discovered last time

-you teach English and history.

-I taught...

You have taught English and history.

-Yes.

-So you must be hoping today that we'll have some history and English.

-Absolutely.

I'm looking for the arts side. Last time, too much on the science side of things.

-So arts and politics.

-Very good.

Mel, Pam, lovely to have you back on the show.

I'm expecting great things from you today. Very best of luck.

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

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

He's the man they like to call Rickopedia.

-He's my pointless friend, he's Richard.

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE Hello. Hiya.

Very good. Now, Round One, Mel...

They gave me some real jip about the questions, Mel and Pam.

Round One especially for you.

It's the sort of thing where you find out just how good an English teacher you were.

LAUGHTER

-This should be good, shouldn't it?

-Yeah!

-He looks delighted about that.

-He really does.

Anyone who used to be taught by Mel, keep your eye out on Round One.

-LAUGHTER

-Thank you very much, Richard.

All our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people.

In order to get through to our final round and be in with a chance of winning our jackpot,

our contestants need to find the most obscure answers

that our 100 people couldn't get.

The fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer, the fewer points they will score.

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

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

Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £9,500!

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

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

and you cannot confer with your partner.

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

so try and make sure that's not you. OK, our first category today is...

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

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many words ending in OP as they could.

Words ending in OP, Richard.

We're looking for any word which has its own individual entry in the Oxford Dictionary of English

which ends OP. No proper nouns or hyphenated words.

If you're playing at home, there are a huge amount of pointless answers.

There's some very, very well-known words that a pointless answers in this round.

So if it's played properly and bravely by everybody,

there could be an awful lot of pointless answers here, as well.

But words ending OP. Very, very best of luck.

OK. Now then, Ray and Kay, you all drew lots before the show

and today you get to go first.

Well, you heard the man, Kay. He said played properly and bravely...

Erm, stoop.

-Stoop. She's good.

-LAUGHTER

Stoop, says Kay. Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said stoop.

Absolutely right.

-22.

-APPLAUSE

Well done, Kay. Very tough being on that first podium in the words rounds. But a very safe answer.

Stoop, obviously, we know what it means. Also, in America,

it's a porch with steps leading up to a house. Stoop.

-Derek.

-Erm, now, I'm hoping this is in.

It's a bit onomatopoeic, but I'm going to go for wallop.

Wallop. Wallop, says Derek.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many of our 100 said wallop.

Absolutely right.

-Seven!

-APPLAUSE

To strike or hit very hard. Well done, Derek. Wallop.

So words ending in OP. Paul.

I think I'm going to go for slop.

OK, slop, says Paul. How many of our 100 said slop?

-29.

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Yeah, liquid spill or overflow. Slop.

Still an awful lot of pointless answers out here. An awful lot of familiar words.

If only we had an English teacher on the show.

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah.

We need some careful, careful thinking here. Let's see if we can find a pointless answer.

I did a bit of IT teaching. The word teraflop?

You never told us you taught IT, as well.

LAUGHTER

-I thought it was just English and history.

-It explains the shirt, though.

-Yeah.

-LAUGHTER

-Teraflop. Teraflop.

Teraflop. Let's see if teraflop's right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.

It's right.

-Yeah! There we are! Well done!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

There we go, Mel. Well done. That's a pointless answer, it adds £250 to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to £9,750!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-And it scores you nothing.

Yeah, well played, Mel. That's the way to do it.

He earned his spurs as an English teacher and an IT teacher. It's a unit of computing speed, teraflop,

as I'm sure you know better than I do.

Thanks, Richard. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

Mel and Pam now looking very strong after Mel's pointless answer there.

There they are on no points at all. Then we go up to seven, where we find Derek and Stuart.

Up to 22, where we find Ray and Kay. And then up to 29,

where we find Paul and Steve. It's not a terribly high score,

Steve, 29,

but you are the high-scorers, so we need a really low score from you to keep you in the game.

OK, we'll come back down the line. Second players, take your places at the podium.

OK, we're looking for words ending in OP.

Pam, the high-scorers are Steve and Paul on 29. You're on nothing.

So a score of 28 or less will keep you from becoming the new high-scorers.

-I'm going to go with croop.

-Croop, says Pam.

Let's see if that's right and how many people said it. There is your red line.

If you can get below that with croop, you are into the next round.

Croop. Is it right? How many people said it?

Oooh!

Bad luck, Pam. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

-I'm sorry.

-Yeah, sorry, Pam. Anyone with young kids

will know the word, but it's O-U-P.

-Croup.

-OK.

Steve, the high-scorers are now Pam and Mel on 100. You're on 29.

So a score of 70 or less will see you through to the next round.

Let's have another pointless answer, Steve.

I'm trying to think of a derivative of Mel's. There's got to be one.

I'm just going to say outcrop.

OK, let's see if outcrop's right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.

Absolutely right.

You're through to the next round.

-One!

-APPLAUSE

Nicely done, Steve.

That's the way to do it with these rounds. One point.

That takes your total up to 30. Richard.

Well played, Steve. Terrific answer. As I said, there are some very, very low scorers out there

and still plenty of pointless ones with very familiar words, so keep guessing.

OK, Stuart, you heard what the man said. There are lots of pointless answers out there.

-Quite familiar words.

-Well, the one I was thinking of, Derek's already said.

That was the first word that popped into my head and I wasn't sure if it was right.

So I'm going to have to go down the same root and go for another onomatopoeic word and say gallop.

Gallop, says Stuart.

The high-scorers are Mel and Pam on 100.

You are on seven. If you can score 92 or less, you're through to next round.

Gallop. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said gallop.

It's right and you're through.

-11.

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11 for gallop. Takes your total up to 18. Richard.

Well done, Steve. The fastest pace of a horse.

Or in the UK, a ground where horses are run.

So remember, we're looking for words ending in OP.

Now then, Ray, last chance for a pointless answer in this round.

You are on 22. The high-scorers are still Pam and Mel on 100.

If you can score 77 or less, you are through to the next round.

-Let's have a pointless answer.

-Well, I've got several in mind,

one of which I'm less likely to go for given the situation we're in,

-so I'm going to go for pitstop.

-Pitstop, says Ray.

Let's see if pitstop's right, and if it is, let's see how many people said.

Ooh, bad luck, Ray. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points. That takes your total up to an unbeatable 122.

Pam and Mel, welcome back to the game. Richard.

Yeah, I'm so sorry. It's two words, pit stop, I'm afraid,

certainly in the Oxford Dictionary of English.

Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers now.

See if you got any of these at home.

Barbershop would've been a pointless answer.

Bellyflop, pointless answer. We had wallop from Derek.

If we'd had codswallop, it would've been pointless.

Gollop, which is to gobble.

Hilltop. You could also have mountaintop, clifftop or treetop.

Hyssop, which is a sort of minty flower.

Moptop. Nincompoop. LAUGHTER

That's a good word to get.

And raindrop. You could also have had dewdrop or gumdrop.

There's a few others. Woodentop. Worktop. Longstop. Electropop.

-What are the high-scorers?

-The high ones, these are the ones that most of our 100 people said.

I think we avoided them, which is very rare.

Hop would've scored you 48.

Drop, 49. What do you think the top one will be?

-Stop.

-Let's take a look.

-Mop.

-Ah, there we go.

-51.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So at the end of our first round, the losing pair with the highest score, I'm afraid Ray and Kay.

Ray and Kay. Tough, that.

Really tough, but there we are.

You were doing the right thing. I was convinced it would be pointless, but there we are. Ah, well.

Thanks very much for playing. Sorry we have to say goodbye.

We'll see you again next time. We'll look forward to that. Thanks so much. Ray and Kay.

APPLAUSE

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

APPLAUSE

And so four pairs become three pairs.

And at the end of this round, three pairs become two

as another pair will be leaving us for the head-to-head.

So Pam and Mel, oh, that was a bit of a rollercoaster, wasn't it?

Oh, it would've been terrible if you'd left.

Dear, oh, dear! So, Stuart and Derek our low-scorers there.

Two lovely low-scoring answers. And Steve and Paul looking pretty nifty in the middle there.

Very best to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...

Can you decide in your pairs who'll go first, who'll go second?

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

OK, our question concerns...

Artists and their only UK number ones.

-That's a polite way of saying one-hit wonders.

-It's not.

It's acts who've only had one number one. Some have had lots of other hits as well,

but their only number-one single. On each pass we'll show you the names of six songs

which were the only number-one single for the act.

Can you give us the name of that act? A nice obscure answer will score you fewer points

but an incorrect answer will be 100 points.

And all of these bands have only had one number-one single up to May 2012.

Who's to say what the future holds?

12 songs in all, so 12 acts to guess at home.

OK. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So we're looking for the artists or groups for whom these were their only UK number ones.

And we have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

So there we are. Six number-one singles.

You just need to supply the names of the artists who had UK number ones with them.

-Now then, Derek, what do you make of that?

-I know them all.

-Brilliant.

Do you have a clear idea of which might be the lowest score?

-Actually, I don't.

-LAUGHTER

I'm going to go for All That She Wants.

-It was by Ace Of Base.

-Ace Of Base, says Derek, for All That She Wants.

Ace Of Base. Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people knew it. Ace Of Base.

Absolutely right.

-Seven!

-APPLAUSE

That feels like a lowest score to me. Seven. Great answer. Richard.

Yeah, Swedish four-piece Ace Of Base.

Never had another number-one single. The Sign was number two. Recently reformed.

-Have they?

-Half of them, yeah.

-Wow. And are they touring both their hits

-around the continent?

-Don't mock Ace Of Base.

Alejandro by Lady Gaga is very heavily influenced by Ace Of Base.

-She's a big fan. They were good.

-They were.

That's you told. LAUGHTER

Paul.

Right, er...

I'm going to go with Should I Stay Or Should I Go? by The Clash.

The Clash, Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Let's see if that's right and how many people said The Clash.

-20!

-APPLAUSE

Not bad at all. 20 for The Clash.

Yes, reached number 17 when it was first released

and then rereleased in 1991 and went to number one.

Big logical flaw in the lyrics.

If I go it will be trouble, if I stay it will be double.

-Yeah.

-Well, then, you've got to go, cos it'll be twice the trouble if you stay.

-Yeah.

I know whatever happens, there's trouble,

but there will be twice as much trouble for one of the options

and half as much trouble for the other option. He's rationally looked at the situation,

he's understood it, he's worked out the amount of trouble he's going to be in in both scenarios.

He says it will be double. OK? He says it, so he knows it.

-Yeah.

-So no need for the song. LAUGHTER

Absolutely no need for the song. Come on. Option A every time.

-It's crazy!

-Yeah. OK.

That's like that Prodigy song, I've got the poison, I've got the remedy. If you've got both, you don't need...

LAUGHTER You do not need to tell me.

You can just get on with your day. LAUGHTER

-Pam.

-I haven't got a clue.

This is the worst subject possible.

So I'm going to guess Albatross, AC/DC.

-I haven't got a clue.

-Albatross, AC/DC.

One of these days, someone's going to guess and get it spot on.

Is today that day? Albatross, AC/DC. Let's see. Is it right?

Ooh! Bad luck, Pam.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer

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

-Richard.

-Sorry, Pam, that's the only number-one single for Fleetwood Mac, Albatross.

Would have scored you 34 points.

-How are you on the rest of this board? Jealous Guy?

-Er, Roxy Music.

Yeah, absolutely right. That would've scored you 12 points.

-True.

-Spandau Ballet.

-Spandau Ballet. That was their only number-one single, 29.

-Do you know Dakota?

-It's the Stereophonics?

Yeah, best answer on the board. Stereophonics. Three points. Well done if you got all of those.

OK. Thanks very much. We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.

Derek and Stuart, looking very strong indeed. Lovely low score of seven.

Then we go up to 20, where we find Paul and Steve.

And then I'm sorry, Pam, up to 100 where we find Mel and Pam.

We'll come back down the line. Second players, take your places at the podium.

OK, let's put six more UK number-one singles on the board, and here they come. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

MMMBop, that would have been a good score in the first round.

Remember, we are looking for the artists for whom these were their only UK number ones.

And you are going to find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew. Mel?

House Of Fun sounds familiar.

-Madness?

-Madness, says Mel. Madness for House Of Fun.

You're the high-scorers on 100, so there's no red line for you.

Let's see, Madness, is that right and how many people said it?

Absolutely right.

-50.

-APPLAUSE

That scores you 50. It takes your total to 150, Mel.

Yes, a big score for Madness, I'm afraid.

They had countless top-20 hits but that's their only number-one single.

Extraordinary. OK, thanks very much.

Now then, Steve and Paul, you are through to the head-to-head.

I'm afraid Mel and Pam's high score of 150 is unbeatable.

So, yes, the remaining two pairs are now through, but Steve, you're on 20.

Let's see if you can find a really nice, low-scoring answer on that board.

I only know, well, I think I know one.

Fairground, Simply Red.

Fairground, Simply Red. Let's see if it's right, how many people said it.

13!

Very good indeed. That takes your total up to 33.

Yes, they've had over 30 top-40 hits, Simply Red, but again, only the one number one.

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

-Why not take us through it and fill in the blanks?

-Well...

I know that MMMBop was Hanson.

Cos I was a youngster when that came out.

A Little Time I've got no clue on.

I Want It That Way is The Backstreet Boys.

And the answer I'm going to give is Dare by the Gorillaz.

Dare by the Gorillaz. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many people said Gorillaz for Dare.

Absolutely right.

-Oh, very well done, indeed, Stuart!

-APPLAUSE

Scores you one. Takes your total up to eight. Very impressive low score.

-Richard.

-Well done, Stuart, the virtual hip-hop group created by Damon Albarn and Shaun Ryder

was featured on Dare.

MMMBop, you're absolutely right, was Hanson. It scored 21.

I loved MMMBop. That's a great song. Guilty pleasure but a great song.

I Want It That Way, you're right again, Stuart, that was Backstreet Boys. Would've scored you nine.

-Do you know A Little Time?

-The Beautiful South.

-The Beautiful South, absolutely right.

Would've scored four. Well done if you got those. Dare the best answer on the board.

Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of Round Two, the losing pair, Mel and Pam.

I suppose it had to come. There had to be a round where you weren't supremely equipped.

And this, I'm afraid, was that round.

I'm sorry to say goodbye, it's been great having you on the show, you've brought colour to the thing.

-Thanks very much for playing. Mel and Pam, great contestants.

-APPLAUSE

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

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Derek and Stuart, Paul and Steve,

you're now only one round away from the final and the chance to play for that jackpot,

which in case you've forgotten, currently stands at £9,750.

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

APPLAUSE

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 can start playing as teams.

I think we're set for a very exciting head-to-head.

-Let's play it.

-APPLAUSE

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

Twentieth Century Playwrights, Richard.

We're about to show you five pictures of twentieth century playwrights. We simply need their names, please.

OK. Here they come, five pictures of twentieth century playwrights, and we have got...

OK. There they are.

Derek and Stuart, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you go first.

I don't know any of them. What do you think?

The faces are not ringing any bells at all.

D looks very familiar, but I cannot think of his name.

-Stab in the dark?

-OK.

We're going to try A and we're going to have a stab in the dark and say Arthur Miller.

Arthur Miller you're saying for A, Arthur Miller.

OK, Paul and Steve. You can talk us through the board.

A is Noel Coward.

D is Peter Ustinov.

C I think is Tom Stoppard.

-I don't know the other two.

-No.

-We'll go D, Peter Ustinov.

OK, D, Peter Ustinov. So we have Arthur Miller and Peter Ustinov.

A, Arthur Miller, say Derek and Stuart. Is it right, how many people said it?

Bad luck, an incorrect answer,

which means, Paul and Steve, you only have to be correct with D, Peter Ustinov

and you will win this question. D, Peter Ustinov, is it right, how many people said it?

Absolutely right. You've done it.

-40.

-APPLAUSE

40. Very well done. Which means after one question, Paul and Steve, you are up one-nil. Richard.

Yeah, good work, Steve. Not primarily known as a playwright, of course, Peter Ustinov,

but did write a couple of plays, including Romanoff and Juliet.

Erm, and Steve, you've given us a couple of the other answers.

A, not Arthur Miller but Noel Coward.

Big scorer, though, 49 points that would have scored you.

B is a pointless answer. Do you know B, the writer of Serious Money?

-Caryl Churchill.

-Ah.

Very well done if you said Caryl Churchill at home, that's a pointless answer.

C, you're right again, Steve, it's Tom Stoppard.

Would have scored 17. That just leaves E. Any ideas on E?

-Samuel Beckett.

-Samuel Beckett. Absolutely right. Writer of Waiting For Godot. Six points.

Well done to anyone who got all five of those. Very impressive.

Thanks very much indeed. Here comes your second question.

Derek and Stuart, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

Best of luck. It concerns...

-Richard.

-Quite simply, we're going to show you five clues to facts about the state of California.

OK. Here come our five facts. And we have got...

I'll read those one last time.

Now, Paul and Steve, you go first this time.

We're going to go for the governor from 2003 to 2011.

And we're going to go for Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The Governator. Yep.

OK. Arnold Schwarzenegger, say Paul and Steve.

Now then, Derek and Stuart, you can talk us through the board if you like.

Well, we're not quite sure about the century,

or the highest mountain, or indeed the time zone.

The time zone, I'm torn between two so I'm going to go for the one we're both 200 percent on.

-That's 400 percent between you.

-That's a lot.

-LAUGHTER

It better be right, then. We're going to go for the state capital and Sacramento.

Sacramento, you're going to say, as the state capital.

So we have Arnold Schwarzenegger and we have Sacramento.

Paul and Steve are saying Arnold Schwarzenegger as the governor from 2003 to 2011.

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

Absolutely right.

-60.

-APPLAUSE

Derek and Stuart are going for Sacramento as the state capital.

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

Absolutely right. Will it beat 60?

Yep. You've done it!

11!

-Very well done indeed.

-APPLAUSE

Derek and Stuart, you're back in the game. After two questions, it's one point each.

-Richard.

-Yeah, well done, gents. A good head-to-head building up here.

Let's take a look through the rest of them.

The century it entered the union was the 19th.

Would've scored you 17 points.

Erm, what time zones were you deciding between?

I don't even know if they're right, but I was torn between Pacific Standard and Pacific Central.

Yeah, just Pacific. Pacific would have been specific enough.

13 points. And the state's highest mountain?

It's Mount Whitney, best answer on the board for three points.

OK. Now then, here comes the decider.

Question number three. Whoever wins this question goes through to the final

and plays for the jackpot of £9,750. Best of luck.

Our third question concerns...

-Card games. Richard.

-For this decisive question, we're going to show you

the names of five card games in anagram form.

Can you unscramble them and pick the most obscure? Very best of luck, both teams.

OK, let's reveal our five card games in anagram form.

And we have got...

I'll read those again.

Now then, Derek and Stuart, you go first this time.

-What you thinking?

-THEY WHISPER

Right, we're going to go for A CRAB ACT and say Baccarat.

Baccarat. OK. Baccarat, say Derek and Stuart.

Paul and Steve, you can do your thinking out loud now if you like.

We know them all.

Yeah. Top one's poker, second one is pinochle,

next one is bridge, then Newmarket.

-Oh! Pinochle.

-Pinochle, you're going to say. Pinochle.

So we have baccarat and we have pinochle.

Derek and Stuart said baccarat. How many people said that?

Absolutely right.

-22.

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22. Not bad for baccarat. Paul and Steve, this is the decider.

This will tell us who goes through to the final.

Pinochle, you are saying. It has to be right and it has to go lower than 22.

How many of our 100 people said pinochle?

Absolutely right.

Oh, and you've done it!

-Four! Very, very well done, Paul and Steve.

-APPLAUSE

Very, very, very exciting head-to-head.

But at the end of it, Paul and Steve, you have won, two-one.

-You go through to the final. Richard.

-Great head-to-head,

Well done, Paul and Steve, terrific work.

The best answer on the board, as well. So you could not have chosen better. You knew them all.

OK REP, you're right, is poker. That would have scored you 76.

EG BIRD is bridge, that would have scored you 56.

And the next best answer, KNEW A TERM, Newmarket, seven.

Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, Derek and Stuart.

Played fantastically well throughout the show,

and then you came up against Paul and Steve in that very impressive anagram round.

I'm afraid this is the end of the road and goodbye. Thanks for playing, Derek and Stuart.

APPLAUSE

But for Paul and Steve, it's now time for our Pointless final.

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Congratulations, Paul and Steve. You fought off the competition and 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 £9,750.

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Well, I have to say, that's how you do it.

We've had fireworks from other people who've had lots of low scores

and then quite high scores, but you've been consistent and solid the whole way through.

-We've been on a bit of a journey, haven't we?

-We certainly have.

-A lot of stops on the way.

-Yes.

-Thankfully we didn't get out at every single one of them.

-LAUGHTER

-But it's been fun. And you've dazzled us

with a broad base of expertise.

So, the rules are very simple. To win that money,

all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

We've had one pointless answer today. That was Mel's.

If you can find one more now, you will go home with the money.

Firstly you've got to choose a category. You have a choice of five options and they are...

-Golf didn't come up.

-No.

-THEY LAUGH

Politics not my favourite, so don't go for that.

What about American Actors?

-What do you want?

-Well, we both said American Actors.

-Yeah?

-Right.

We're going to both go for American Actors.

OK. Let's find out what our question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many Jeff Goldblum films as they could. Jeff Goldblum films.

-Richard.

-Yes, any feature film made for cinema release

for which Jeff Goldblum has received an acting credit prior to May 2012.

No short films, TV films or documentaries, but voice performances do count. Best of luck to you both.

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

and all you need to win that £9,750 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Are you ready?

OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

I only know The Fly. That's the only one I know.

-You're done? The Fly?

-Yeah. That's all I know, The Fly, yeah.

-He was in Jurassic Park, wasn't he?

-Yes.

-He was in Jurassic Park.

-Jurassic Park, The Fly and...

It's a difficult one.

-Everybody will be screaming at the telly now.

-Yeah, I know.

I feel such a fool. Erm...

Was there a Fly II?

-Yeah, there was a Fly II. Erm...

-HE LAUGHS

I don't think he was in it.

We're struggling on this one, aren't we?

-We are.

-What about that one where they take that dead body to...

-No.

-No.

-HE LAUGHS

What about the one with, erm...

-Ten seconds.

-Say it if you want.

-Yeah, go on, then.

-It'll be popular.

-Yeah, I know, yeah.

Yeah, go on, that's it. What we going to go for, then?

-What you just said.

-Aye.

-OK, there is your time up.

We were looking for Jeff Goldblum films. I now need your three answers.

-We're going to go for The Fly.

-The Fly.

-Erm, Jurassic Park.

-Jurassic Park.

And I thought When Harry Met Sally.

And When Harry Met Sally.

OK. Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-When Harry Met Sally.

-The...

-Oh, you think...

-Yeah, cos I don't think When Harry Met Sally is right.

-Right.

-I'm going to go for The Fly.

-The Fly we'll put last.

-Which should we put first? Which is your least likely?

-When Harry Met Sally.

-Yeah.

OK, we'll put that first. Let's put them up on the board in that order. Here they are.

OK, we were looking for Jeff Goldblum films.

Your first answer, your least confident shot at a pointless answer was When Harry Met Sally.

Remember, you only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot

of £9,750. So let's see.

When Harry Met Sally. Is it right? How many people said it?

Ooh. Bad luck.

OK, an incorrect answer as it turns out, so obviously not pointless.

So only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

Paul, what would you do with £9,750?

Er, I'd probably go do a lot of railway travelling abroad

and try and get a lot of the stations in the European countries.

-That's what I would like to do.

-OK. Steve, how about you?

-I think I'd buy him a new anorak.

-LAUGHTER

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-That was quick.

-Oh, that'd be quite a nice anorak, I'd have thought.

-Oh, it'd be a...

-Ooh!

-THEY LAUGH

OK, we're looking for Jeff Goldblum films

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Jurassic Park.

Has to be right, has to be pointless. If it's both of those things, you leave here with £9,750.

Let's see. Jurassic Park. How many people said it?

OK, well, When Harry Met Sally turned out to be an incorrect answer

but Jurassic Park, very much correct.

Down it goes into the 40s. Ooh, 42.

-APPLAUSE

-42.

OK, so only one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is now riding on The Fly.

You came up with The Fly quite quickly, didn't you?

-Have you thought of any other Jeff Goldblum films?

-No.

-OK.

-That's...

-Well, that's a relief, isn't it?

-It certainly is, yes.

OK, your third and final answer, The Fly. You said this was your most confident shot at a pointless.

It has to be pointless if you're going to win that jackpot.

So, for £9,750, let's see how many people said The Fly.

Well, it's absolutely right.

When Harry Met Sally was an incorrect answer.

Jurassic Park down to 42.

-55 for The Fly.

-APPLAUSE

Well, unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer.

That was a really, really tricky category.

But you do get to take home our fabulous Pointless trophy, so very well done.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, it's a real shame. You've been terrific across both shows.

It's been a real pleasure having you on.

Let's look at some of the pointless answers. Some big films in there.

Annie Hall, the Woody Allen film. Holy Man with Eddie Murphy.

Igby Goes Down. He plays Kieran Culkin's godfather in that.

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, the 1978 version.

Man Of The Year with Robin Williams. Morning Glory alongside Harrison Ford from 2010.

He's in the western Silverado. The Big Chill from 1983 he's in.

And The Right Stuff he's also in.

For train guards, you could've had Next Stop, Greenwich Village.

And Paul, you'll know this, I don't know if this is actually a station,

but St Ives would've been an answer. Is there a station at St Ives?

-Yeah. It's one of my favourite stations.

-LAUGHTER

Choosing your favourite station's not a great way to win Pointless. LAUGHTER

Although it would've just won you £9,750, but quite a random way of doing it.

-Did you know any of those pointless ones?

-I didn't.

-No.

Good. Well, that's a relief. Unfortunately, Paul and Steve, we have to say goodbye,

but it's been an enormous pleasure having you on the show. You have been fantastic across both shows.

-Thank you both so much for playing. Very well done. Paul and Steve.

-APPLAUSE

So Paul and Steve didn't win our jackpot today, which means it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for £10,750.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Join us then to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

APPLAUSE

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