0:00:22 > 0:00:28Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless, the quiz that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Let's meet today's players.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38First we welcome back Natalie and Vanessa. You were here last time.
0:00:38 > 0:00:44Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. This is your second and final chance.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49- Remind us how you know each other. - We met through an online forum for Japanese culture.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54- Vanessa, what happened last time? - We did well in the first round,
0:00:54 > 0:00:58then the second round came up on cookbooks and their authors.
0:00:58 > 0:01:04I know cooking and I love to cook, but I don't...I can't pair up.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07- They were quite hard. - Incredibly difficult.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11A few from the '60s and '70s. I thought they'd all be recent ones.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15- I was only born in the '80s. - There you are. It was tough.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Natalie, what do you hope comes up?
0:01:18 > 0:01:24It would be nice if some film or TV came up.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28- Vanessa?- Maybe gaming, computer gaming consoles.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33- Something like that.- All sounds very good. Welcome back to the show.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37You made it to the second round last time. Let's hope we see more today.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42Next we welcome back Carrie and Mary. How do you know each other?
0:01:42 > 0:01:48- Carrie's actually my partner. - And, Carrie, what happened last time?
0:01:48 > 0:01:53We had capital cities, which Mary remembered after the show! So...
0:01:53 > 0:01:57You came up with a good answer, a right answer.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02Just a very high-scoring one. Mary, what are you hoping to see today?
0:02:02 > 0:02:08- Possibly sport of some nature. - You're a massive Newcastle United fan.- I am, yes.- OK.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13- What are your hobbies, Mary?- We do most sports - football, netball.
0:02:13 > 0:02:19- We surf and body board. We like to do pub quizzes. - Excellent.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24Pub quizzes are good training ground for Pointless. Carrie?
0:02:24 > 0:02:28- I wouldn't mind a bit of literature, geography, some history.- Excellent.
0:02:28 > 0:02:34Next we welcome back Jemma and Martin, also on the show last time. Jemma, how do you know each other?
0:02:34 > 0:02:41- We're father and daughter.- Martin, what happened last time?- We lost in the Head to Head.- Well, yes...
0:02:41 > 0:02:46You did, but you made it all the way through to a needle Head to Head.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Martin, what do you hope comes up?
0:02:49 > 0:02:56- As I messed up sport, perhaps I better not say sport this time. - You hope to redeem yourself?
0:02:56 > 0:03:01- Or history or even pop music if it's...Sixties, Seventies.- OK.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05Sixties, Seventies. Jemma, what would be good for you?
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Yeah, film, pop music, but Nineties and Noughties, please.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13Great. You pick up where Martin leaves off. Anything you dread?
0:03:13 > 0:03:19- Politics.- Politics. It occasionally comes up, but it's quite rare.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Very best of luck. You did so well.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27- And, finally, we've got Susan and Wayne. How do you know each other? - We are married.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32- And where are you from?- Northampton. - Wayne, what do you do in Northampton?
0:03:32 > 0:03:37Well, I live there, but I work in Southampton, which is bizarre.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42- They sound like they should be neighbours.- It's a bit of a drive.
0:03:42 > 0:03:48- Why not live near Southampton? - Oh, yeah!- That's a good idea. Let's move.- OK, we will.- We'll move.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53- There we are. We've resolved something.- Thank you. - That's the service we offer.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58- They could have worked that out themselves, I think.- Doh! - Do you think?
0:03:58 > 0:04:06- Susan, what do you do?- I'm a midwife.- Do you get a bit bored or is each birth a thrilling moment?
0:04:06 > 0:04:12- Every single birth is a really lovely experience.- Imagine we're not being filmed. Do you get bored?
0:04:12 > 0:04:17Yes. No! It's really just not boring. It's very long hours,
0:04:17 > 0:04:23- it's very hard work, very stressful, but very rewarding.- Stimulating. Have you ever had to catch a baby?
0:04:23 > 0:04:28- Quite a lot. Literally, goalie gloves on.- Wow!
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Well, anatomy, biology, all these things will be good.
0:04:32 > 0:04:39- Female reproductive system would be brilliant.- Richard, I keep asking, "Please can we have that?"
0:04:39 > 0:04:42I know you do. Although you don't put it in those terms.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45No.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52A very warm welcome. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:04:52 > 0:04:58There's only one person left to introduce. He needs no introduction and yet I do one every day.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01- He's my Pointless friend, Richard. - Hiya. Hello.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Afternoon to you.
0:05:06 > 0:05:13- Top of the day to you, sir. - So three returning pairs, all familiar faces, which is nice.
0:05:13 > 0:05:18- Quite a little jackpot boiling up. - Massive now! Getting quite scary.
0:05:18 > 0:05:24Yes, it is. It's going to be very tense. We've got some very competitive pairs, good pairs.
0:05:24 > 0:05:31Round One is one of those ones you should have learnt about at school. So we'll all be terrible.
0:05:31 > 0:05:37Something you said earlier made me laugh...which is rare. That's why I remembered it.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42- You said politics very occasionally comes up, but it's very rare. Didn't you?- Yeah.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- Yeah. - LAUGHTER
0:05:44 > 0:05:51- Comes up sometimes, though.- It does. - People love it when a politics question comes up.- They always do.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55- Good!- A nice surprise in Round Two.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Excellent. There's a treat.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04All our questions have been put to 100 people. To get to the final round with a chance of our jackpot,
0:06:04 > 0:06:09our contestants need the obscure answers the 100 people didn't get.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13The fewer people who knew the answer, the fewer points they score.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Everyone wants a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Each time that happens, we add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25Now nobody won the jackpot last time so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Today's jackpot starts off at £12,500.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35There we are. Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45Now each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.
0:06:45 > 0:06:51Whichever pair has the highest score at the end will be eliminated, so try to make sure it's not you.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55Our first category today is... languages.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00Languages. Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first?
0:07:00 > 0:07:04And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10OK, the question concerns...
0:07:13 > 0:07:19- French words for fruits and vegetables.- I told you to think back to your school days.
0:07:19 > 0:07:25We'll show you 14 French words for fruits and vegetables. Just give us the English translation.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Very best of luck at home.
0:07:27 > 0:07:34OK. Now then, Natalie and Vanessa, you all drew lots before the show and today you are going first.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39We're looking for English words for these French fruits and vegetables. And we have got...
0:07:39 > 0:07:41READS LIST IN HEAVY ACCENT
0:07:41 > 0:07:46Sorry. You just have to forgive me. I enjoy this more than I should.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48CONTINUES READING
0:07:54 > 0:07:56I'll read those one last time.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Natalie.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11It's been quite a while since I did any French,
0:08:11 > 0:08:13but I recognise a few of them.
0:08:14 > 0:08:20But based on the fact that I think the French for green is "vert",
0:08:20 > 0:08:25I'm going to go "un citron vert" being lime.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30Citron vert, lime, says Natalie. Let's see if that's right and how many people knew it.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Absolutely right, Natalie.
0:08:37 > 0:08:3938.
0:08:39 > 0:08:4438. That seems like a pretty good score. We'll know soon enough.
0:08:44 > 0:08:50- Richard?- Well played, Natalie. Well worked out as well. Translates as a green lemon.
0:08:50 > 0:08:56- Very nice way to describe a lime. - Isn't it? Well done, the French. It's good.
0:08:56 > 0:09:03- Mary...- As Natalie's pinched my answer, and French is really a language I use every day,
0:09:03 > 0:09:08I'll go for "un abricot" as apricot.
0:09:08 > 0:09:13Apricot, says Mary, for "abricot". Is that right and how many people knew that answer?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Absolutely right.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Ooh, that's a high score, Mary.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28- 70 for apricot.- Yeah. There's 30 people looking at "abricot"
0:09:28 > 0:09:33and thinking, "What can that be? What is that?
0:09:33 > 0:09:38"I don't know. Is it a carrot? It's got a T in it."
0:09:38 > 0:09:42Yeah, apricot. Dried apricots keep their colour using sulphur dioxide.
0:09:42 > 0:09:48- They inject them with it to keep them that lovely colour. - They INJECT them with it?
0:09:48 > 0:09:52How else will you get sulphur dioxide in them?
0:09:52 > 0:09:54There you go. Now then, Jemma.
0:09:54 > 0:10:01Unfortunately, the children learn French in my class, but I don't teach it.
0:10:01 > 0:10:09- Do they teach you?- Yes, but... we do a lot of greetings and numbers and colours.- Right.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13I think I know a few, but I'm not 100% certain.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17I'm going to go for "une cerise" being a cherry.
0:10:17 > 0:10:23"Une cerise", cherry, says Jemma. Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that answer.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29It's absolutely right.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36- Very well done. Lowest score so far, Jemma.- Brilliant.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- Very good. 29 for cherry. - Well done, Jemma.
0:10:39 > 0:10:45I love the thought that there's 30 six and seven-year-olds shouting answers at you through the telly.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50How many in your class, if you said "un abricot" would get apricot?
0:10:50 > 0:10:54- I think all 30 of them. - I think all 30 would as well.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59Susan, you're the last to go. We want the English words for these French terms.
0:10:59 > 0:11:04"Une pomme" would be the most obvious one as an apple, maybe.
0:11:04 > 0:11:09I think "une prune" sounds a bit obvious. Is it a prune or a date?
0:11:09 > 0:11:15"Cassis" - I know creme de cassis is alcohol, but I can't remember which fruit it is.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18It might be a blackberry. So I'll go for "une framboise",
0:11:18 > 0:11:20which I think is raspberry.
0:11:20 > 0:11:26OK, you say "une framboise", raspberry. Let's see if that's right and how many knew it.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28"Framboise", raspberry.
0:11:34 > 0:11:3524!
0:11:38 > 0:11:4024 for raspberry.
0:11:41 > 0:11:48Best answer of the round so far. "Framboise", raspberry. Also the alcohol distilled from raspberries.
0:11:48 > 0:11:54Let's look at the rest. You're quite right about "pomme", apple. It would have scored 60.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59- "Prune", though...- It's actually a plum.- Absolutely right.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03It would have scored 12 points. What we call a prune is a dried plum.
0:12:03 > 0:12:08- "Du cassis" - not blackberry, but... - Blackcurrant.- Blackcurrant. Absolutely right.
0:12:08 > 0:12:13Very well done to anyone who got all of those, especially Jemma's class.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Thanks. Let's look at the scores.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20Well, best score so far, Susan. Very well done.
0:12:20 > 0:12:26Then up to 29, where we find Jemma and Martin. Up to 38, where we find Natalie and Vanessa.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Then quite a long way up to 70 where we find Mary and Carrie.
0:12:30 > 0:12:36We need a nice low score from you, Carrie, and let's hope it's enough to keep you in the game.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:12:41 > 0:12:47OK, we'll put seven more French terms for fruit and veg on the board. Here they are. We have got...
0:12:47 > 0:12:50HE READS THE LIST
0:12:57 > 0:12:59I'll read those one last time.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12There we are. We're looking for the English translations of these.
0:13:12 > 0:13:18Wayne, you want the one the fewest of our 100 people knew. The high scorers are Carrie and Mary
0:13:18 > 0:13:24on 70. If you can score 45 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:13:24 > 0:13:31OK. I think I know two, but I'm going to go for "une fraise" as strawberry.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36Strawberry, "fraise", says Wayne. Is it right? How many said it?
0:13:36 > 0:13:41There's your red line. Get below that and you're through to the next round for sure.
0:13:47 > 0:13:53Yup. You've done it. You're through - 39! Very well done. That takes your total up to 63.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Safely through. The strawberry plant is a member of the rose family.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Martin...
0:14:01 > 0:14:04What do you make of the board?
0:14:05 > 0:14:09I could have a guess at two or three of them.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Could I try the bottom one? Grenadine?
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Grenadine. "Grenade".
0:14:15 > 0:14:20OK, grenadine says Martin. Let's see if it's right and how many said it.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26No! Bad luck, Martin.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30Good effort, but an incorrect answer as it turns out,
0:14:30 > 0:14:34which scores you the maximum of 100 points and takes you to 129.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39- Richard?- Sorry, Martin. I'll give the correct answer at the end.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43Now then, Carrie. You're currently on 70.
0:14:43 > 0:14:49The high scorers are now on 129. If you can score 58 or less, you're through for sure.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Right, em...
0:14:51 > 0:14:58I kind of know some of them, but I feel I've got to have a guess to try to get to the next round.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02- So I'm going to try for "une noix de coco" as coconut.- OK.
0:15:02 > 0:15:09You're going to say coconut. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12It's right.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Yep, well done. You're through.
0:15:16 > 0:15:1815.
0:15:18 > 0:15:2115 takes your total up to 85.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28- Richard?- Well played, Carrie. We'd have hated to see you go out in the first round both times.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33The coco in coconut comes from the Portuguese for bogeyman.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37- Because a coconut looks like a scary face.- Wow. There you go.
0:15:37 > 0:15:43Vanessa, you're on 38. The high scorers are Martin and Jemma on 129.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46A score of 90 or less keeps you in the game.
0:15:46 > 0:15:51- Is this good for you?- Well, I did study French for seven years.
0:15:51 > 0:15:57- So take us through the board where you can.- I'm trying to hark back to my French days.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01Un chou-fleur I think may be cauliflower.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06Un ananas... may be banana, I think.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10Un poireau... I'm not entirely sure.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Un oignon must be onion.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16And I'm not sure what une grenade is.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20I don't think they taught us that in A Level French.
0:16:20 > 0:16:25I might just go for the safe answer
0:16:25 > 0:16:29- and say une oignon, onion.- OK.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Oignon, onion, you're saying.
0:16:31 > 0:16:37There's your red line. If you get below that with onion, you are through. Best of luck.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Is onion right? How many people said it?
0:16:42 > 0:16:46It's right and you're through! Very well done. 73. Good enough.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51Good enough. Takes your total up to 111.
0:16:51 > 0:16:57Perfect tactics there, Vanessa. I think you did the right thing there going for oignon.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01A couple could have knocked you out. Chou-fleur was fine, cauliflower.
0:17:01 > 0:17:07- That would have scored 32. Un ananas is...- Pineapple! - I got them mixed up.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11So that would have knocked you out. 27 points. Une grenade?
0:17:11 > 0:17:15You're right about grenadine. That's the syrup from this fruit.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20- It's pomegranate. Four points. And poireau?- Pear?
0:17:20 > 0:17:24- It's not pear.- Not a pear. - Poire is pear.
0:17:24 > 0:17:29Un poireau. It's a pointless answer. Very well done if you said leek.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- It's a leek.- Ah!
0:17:32 > 0:17:35So the famous Belgian detective Hercule Leek.
0:17:35 > 0:17:40- It doesn't sound quite as good. - I don't know. It has a ring to it.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45Thanks. At the end of Round One, our losing pair are Martin and Jemma.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Dear, oh, dear.
0:17:47 > 0:17:54Cook books very nearly saw you off last time, Martin, but somehow you managed to get through,
0:17:54 > 0:17:59- but this time round it was French. French and cooking...- No good. - ..have let you down.
0:17:59 > 0:18:04Your father needs to brush up on his pointless French.
0:18:04 > 0:18:10Anyway, such a shame to say goodbye. Thank you both so much for playing. Great contestants.
0:18:13 > 0:18:18But for the remaining three pairs it's now time for Round Two.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25So sadly at the end of this round another pair will be leaving us.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28That was a very interesting round.
0:18:28 > 0:18:34Very revealing and slightly surprising. Our newcomers, Susan and Wayne, lovely low scoring there.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38Were you dreading that round at all? Or were you pretty confident?
0:18:38 > 0:18:45- We were lucky.- I was more worried with Wayne as his knowledge of French is really abysmal!
0:18:45 > 0:18:49- We've been to France...- Really? - ..and I talked a bit loudly.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53- And just said... - And Italian. It's really bad.
0:18:53 > 0:19:00- Do you say, "Garcon! Garcon!"? - We went to Italy and he basically kept saying, "Gracias" all the time!
0:19:00 > 0:19:05- Gracias?- Yeah, thank you. - I'm a Brit abroad. Apart from the knotted hankie.
0:19:05 > 0:19:11Very best of luck to all three pairs for Round Two. Our category is...politicians.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15Can you all decide who is going to go first and who goes second?
0:19:15 > 0:19:19Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:19:22 > 0:19:28We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many UK MPs called David, Nick or Ed.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32UK MPs named David, Nick or Ed, Richard.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36Any male UK Member of Parliament as of May, 2012,
0:19:36 > 0:19:41called David, Nick or Ed or any derivation thereof.
0:19:41 > 0:19:46There's loads on the list and plenty of pointless politicians.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Thank you very much indeed.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54Now then, Vanessa, is this good for you?
0:19:54 > 0:20:01- UK MPs. It's fun, isn't it? - Well, it depends on what your definition of fun is.- This.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- This is my definition of fun. - My definition of fun.
0:20:04 > 0:20:05Um...
0:20:05 > 0:20:10Not really a big fan of politics, not really up to date.
0:20:10 > 0:20:16The only one I can give with somewhat confidence is Ed Miliband.
0:20:16 > 0:20:23OK, so that's your answer. Ed Miliband. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27It's right.
0:20:27 > 0:20:2874.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38- Yeah, Ed Miliband. He's called Ed. You've got to give him that.- Yeah.
0:20:38 > 0:20:44Now then, Mary, MPs called David, Nick or Ed. That's what we're after.
0:20:44 > 0:20:50Political knowledge is as good as my French, so I'll have to pick Ed Balls.
0:20:50 > 0:20:56Ed Balls says Mary. Let's see if that's right and how many said it.
0:21:01 > 0:21:0361.
0:21:08 > 0:21:15- Richard?- The Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls. Again, a big answer, but acceptable. Ed is his name.
0:21:18 > 0:21:23- Wayne... - Apart from the obvious, Mr Cameron,
0:21:23 > 0:21:28I'm probably going to go for Ed's brother, David Miliband.
0:21:28 > 0:21:34David Miliband says Wayne. Is that right? How many people said David Miliband?
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Absolutely right.
0:21:40 > 0:21:4149.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Which is better.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Yes, the Labour MP for South Shields, David Miliband.
0:21:50 > 0:21:56We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores. 49, the best score of the pass.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59That's Wayne and Susan again looking very strong.
0:21:59 > 0:22:05Then we travel up to 61 where we find Mary and Carrie, then up to 74 where we find Vanessa and Natalie.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Natalie, you'll be the last person to answer in this round,
0:22:09 > 0:22:13so we'll need a brilliant answer from you and hope that's enough to keep you in the game.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:22:20 > 0:22:25OK, so we're looking for any MPs called David, Nick or Ed, Susan.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29You'll try and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:22:29 > 0:22:35We haven't gone off the main drag here. We've kept pretty much on the big Nicks, Davids and Eds.
0:22:35 > 0:22:41- I think we'll continue in that vein. - The high scorers on 74 are Natalie and Vanessa. You're on 49.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46If you can score 24 or less, you can avoid becoming the high scorers.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50I'm definitely not going to score 24 or less.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53It's a really bad subject for me.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57I literally can't think of anybody else apart from Nick Clegg.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00OK, Nick Clegg. Here is your red line.
0:23:00 > 0:23:05Let's see where Nick Clegg gets you. Nick Clegg, how many people said that?
0:23:07 > 0:23:09It's right.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13APPLAUSE
0:23:13 > 0:23:14Wow!
0:23:15 > 0:23:2090 points for Nick Clegg. Takes your total up to 139. Wow!
0:23:20 > 0:23:25- He is the Deputy Prime Minister. - I know.- And he is called Nick.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- I know. Ed Miliband only 74. - Yeah, it's more than that.
0:23:28 > 0:23:33I'll give you that. He's quite famous. He's kind of Will-i-am famous.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- I guess.- He's that sort of level.
0:23:36 > 0:23:41He's not as famous as Tom Jones. More famous than Danny from The Script.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43He's a big fan of Prince, Nick Clegg.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47- Is he really?- Yeah.- Is he really?
0:23:47 > 0:23:52Now then, Carrie. The high scorers are now Susan and Wayne on 139. You're on 61.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56A score of 77 or less keeps you in the game.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Yes, I just cannot think of anything
0:23:59 > 0:24:03I'm going to have a bit of a guess and say David Davies.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07David Davies, says Carrie. David Davies. Here is your red line.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10If you get below it, you are through to the head-to-head.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14Let's see how many people said David Davies.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Absolutely right and you are through.
0:24:24 > 0:24:263.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- APPLAUSE - There we go, Carrie - 3.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33It takes your total up to 64. Very well done indeed. Great answer.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37Yeah, the Tory MP for Monmouth, David Davies.
0:24:37 > 0:24:43- Thank you very much. Now then, Natalie.- Hello.- The high scorers are now Susan and Wayne on 139.
0:24:43 > 0:24:49You're on 74. If you can score 64 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54I don't think that will happen. Politics is not my strong point. I apologise, Vanessa.
0:24:54 > 0:25:00I'm not going to go for the obvious, Mr Cameron, because I think that will put me out,
0:25:00 > 0:25:06so I'm going to pick one at random and choose a colour and hope that it works out.
0:25:08 > 0:25:14Mary took Ed Balls which I knew and David Miliband I knew. I don't know any other ones.
0:25:14 > 0:25:20So I'm going to take a random stab in the dark and say Nick Brown and hope for the best.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Nick Brown, says Natalie.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Let's find out. Nick Brown, how many people said it?
0:25:28 > 0:25:30It's right.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34And you are through to the next round.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38And it's pointless!
0:25:38 > 0:25:40LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:25:40 > 0:25:45Natalie, that's absolutely fantastic. That adds £250 to today's jackpot
0:25:45 > 0:25:48and takes the total up to £12,750.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52It scores you nothing, it leaves your total at 74
0:25:52 > 0:25:58and it sees you neatly into the head-to-head. Very well done, you. That's brilliant.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01That is the flukiest pointless answer I have ever seen.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04When you said, "I'm just going to pick a colour,"
0:26:04 > 0:26:09I was looking through and I was thinking, "There's Nick Brown, but that's it."
0:26:09 > 0:26:15Any other combination of name and colour wouldn't have won it for you, so very, very well played.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Let's look at some of the pointless answers.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23David Mowat, Conservative, he was pointless. David Nuttall, also Conservative.
0:26:23 > 0:26:28David Willetts, the Minister for Universities and Science, was pointless.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32Edward Leigh, the right-wing Tory, was pointless, Edward Timpson, Ed Vaizey.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Nick de Bois, Nick Harvey, the Lib Dem minister, Nick Hurd.
0:26:36 > 0:26:43David Lammy, also a pointless answer, for Labour. We'll look at the three highest scoring ones.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46We've already heard two of them. There's Ed on 74.
0:26:46 > 0:26:51There's Nick Clegg on 90. And Cameron, what do you think he scored?
0:26:51 > 0:26:55- 98.- 97, so not too bad. That's "Tom Jones" famous.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58- Well done, David Cameron. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02At the end of Round 2, the losing pair with the highest score,
0:27:02 > 0:27:07I'm sorry to say, it's our newcomers Susan and Wayne. I mean, really, you didn't do badly.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11Actually, what am I talking about? What am I saying?
0:27:11 > 0:27:15- Nick Clegg, yeah, 90. Whoa! - I'm really embarrassed.
0:27:15 > 0:27:21- The good news is we'll see you again next time. Susan and Wayne, thanks for playing.- Thank you.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23APPLAUSE
0:27:23 > 0:27:28But for the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.
0:27:33 > 0:27:39Congratulations, Carrie and Mary, Natalie and Vanessa. You are now only one round away from the final
0:27:39 > 0:27:43and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £12,750.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46CHEERING
0:27:46 > 0:27:52You now go head-to-head and the first pair to win two questions will play for that money.
0:27:52 > 0:27:57You are now allowed to confer, so you can put your heads together and chat.
0:27:57 > 0:28:02The big thing, Natalie, I have to say, in the entire history of Pointless,
0:28:02 > 0:28:05there has never been, there has never been an answer like that
0:28:05 > 0:28:10where somebody has just formulated a winning answer and a pointless answer.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Where did that come from?
0:28:13 > 0:28:15I have absolutely no idea.
0:28:16 > 0:28:21What was going to be a fairly common surname? Colours are generally common surnames.
0:28:21 > 0:28:26Brown. The one in the middle was Nick, so... I'm still recovering
0:28:26 > 0:28:29I'm so proud of her, so proud!
0:28:29 > 0:28:34Suffice to say, I thought that was brilliant, fantastic, absolutely brilliant.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Mary, Carrie, you've done phenomenally well.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41Carrie, you've answered so well in your entire Pointless career.
0:28:41 > 0:28:47You now put your heads together, you play as teams, so anything can happen. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:29:00 > 0:29:04Biopics of twentieth century figures, Richard?
0:29:04 > 0:29:08We'll show you five stills of actors playing famous people in biopics.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Can you tell us who they are playing, please?
0:29:11 > 0:29:16OK, let's reveal our five stills and here they are. We have got...
0:29:35 > 0:29:39There we are, five stills from biopics.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43We would like to know who the subjects are.
0:29:43 > 0:29:49Now then, Carrie and Mary, you have played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53WHISPERING
0:29:57 > 0:30:01We're going to try one that we're not entirely sure of,
0:30:01 > 0:30:06but we hope it might be a good score and say C and Edith Piaf.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08Edith Piaf, C, say Carrie and Mary.
0:30:08 > 0:30:13Natalie and Vanessa, what are you going to go for? You can talk us through the board.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15We don't know A at all.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20B might be Louis Armstrong, but we're not sure.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23C, we knew was Edith Piaf.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27D is Gandhi and E is Coco Chanel.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30So we're going to go for E, Coco Chanel.
0:30:30 > 0:30:36E, Coco Chanel. So we have C, Edith Piaf, and E, Coco Chanel.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41Carrie and Mary went for Edith Piaf. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Absolutely right.
0:30:50 > 0:30:5222.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54APPLAUSE
0:30:56 > 0:31:0022 for Edith Piaf. Natalie and Vanessa are going for Coco Chanel.
0:31:00 > 0:31:05Let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said that.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Absolutely right.
0:31:09 > 0:31:1222 is what you have to beat. Can you do it?
0:31:12 > 0:31:16Yes, you can. Very well done - 10 for Coco Chanel.
0:31:19 > 0:31:25Very well done indeed. After one question, Natalie and Vanessa, you are ahead 1-0. Richard?
0:31:25 > 0:31:30Two good answers - Audrey Tautou as Coco Chanel and Marion Cotillard as Edith Piaf.
0:31:30 > 0:31:35A is Angela Bassett playing Tina Turner in What's Love Got To Do With It?
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Would have been a good answer and scored 11 points.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42B is not Louis Armstrong. It's Forest Whitaker as Charlie Parker.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44That would have scored you 3 points.
0:31:44 > 0:31:49And D is Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52That would have scored 93 points.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54That's more than Nick Clegg.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Thanks, Richard. Here comes your second question.
0:31:57 > 0:32:02Carrie and Mary, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04OK, it concerns...
0:32:07 > 0:32:11Countries with the same endings, Richard?
0:32:11 > 0:32:15We'll show you five pairs of countries which share the same ending to their name.
0:32:15 > 0:32:21We'll show you the first one and we've left the second one blank. Can you guess what the second one is?
0:32:21 > 0:32:25Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five countries and here they are.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44I'll read those all once again.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02Natalie and Vanessa, you go first this time.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10OK, we were torn between two,
0:33:10 > 0:33:14but the one we're going to go with is the bottom one -
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Latvia and Bolivia.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20Latvia and Bolivia, you are going to say.
0:33:20 > 0:33:25Now then, Carrie and Mary, what can you give us here?
0:33:25 > 0:33:27You have to win this question, remember.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30We're going to go for Rwanda and Uganda.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Rwanda and Uganda.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36So we have Latvia and Bolivia from Natalie and Vanessa.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40Let's see if that's right and how many people said it - Bolivia.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Absolutely right.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Wow, 3!
0:33:54 > 0:33:56APPLAUSE
0:33:58 > 0:34:003 for Bolivia.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04Carrie and Mary, that is what you have to beat to stay in the game.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07You have said Uganda, paired here with Rwanda.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11Let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said Uganda.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17It's right.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21Another good answer. Down it goes.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24Oh, 9.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26APPLAUSE
0:34:27 > 0:34:329 for Uganda, which means, Natalie and Vanessa, after only two questions,
0:34:32 > 0:34:36you are through to the final 2-0. Very, very well done.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41Nothing you could have done there because Bolivia is the best answer.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44You gave us the second best answer, so, very, very tough.
0:34:44 > 0:34:49- The top one is Canada. It only scored 11 points, amazingly.- Wow!
0:34:49 > 0:34:54Paraguay and Uruguay... It's the biggest score up there - 42.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Do you know the last one? Senegal...?
0:34:56 > 0:34:59- Portugal.- Absolutely right. 28 points.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03So Nick Brown carries you all the way through to the final.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06- Wow!- How about that?- Very good. Thanks, Richard.
0:35:06 > 0:35:11So the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, Carrie and Mary.
0:35:11 > 0:35:17Two perfectly good answers in both of those questions, but you just reckoned without Natalie and Vanessa
0:35:17 > 0:35:21who in both cases managed to get the answer that beat yours.
0:35:21 > 0:35:26- It's been great having you on the show, Carrie and Mary. Thank you so much for playing.- Thank you.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32But for Natalie and Vanessa, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39Natalie and Vanessa, hearty congratulations.
0:35:39 > 0:35:46You have fought off all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot
0:35:53 > 0:35:58and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £12,750.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00CHEERING
0:36:00 > 0:36:03You've done exactly what we asked of you.
0:36:03 > 0:36:09You made it to the second round last time and this time you've come all the way through.
0:36:09 > 0:36:15I won't bang on about Nick Brown, but if you win the jackpot, at least send him a bottle of something.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20Knowing the way luck has fallen for you tonight, maybe it will continue.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24To win the money, all you have to do is to find a pointless answer.
0:36:24 > 0:36:29We've had one pointless answer on the show today and that was yours, Natalie.
0:36:29 > 0:36:34You only have to find one more now and you'll go home with £12,750.
0:36:34 > 0:36:39First, you've got to choose a category from these five options.
0:36:45 > 0:36:51Actresses or music stars. I'm fine with either, but it depends who comes up.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53- Yeah.- What do you want to...?
0:36:53 > 0:36:59- I'm leaning more towards music stars.- Shall we go for music? - Let's go for music stars.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02OK. Let's find out what the question is.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:37:05 > 0:37:11- as many Janet Jackson UK Top 40 singles as they could. - LAUGHTER
0:37:11 > 0:37:16- Richard?- We're looking for any single released by Janet Jackson or which featured her
0:37:16 > 0:37:21as a named featured artist which reached the UK Top 40, prior to May, 2012.
0:37:21 > 0:37:26Remixes won't be allowed. Any Janet Jackson UK Top 40 hit. Very best of luck.
0:37:26 > 0:37:31OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:31 > 0:37:37And all you need to win that £12,750 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:37 > 0:37:43- Are you ready?- Yep.- Yep. - OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.
0:37:43 > 0:37:48- Thank God for this category. - You're better on this than I am.
0:37:48 > 0:37:54- Doesn't Really Matter, I Get So Lonely, Scream with Michael.- That'll be high, though.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58I Get So Lonely... Doesn't Really Matter. Um...
0:37:58 > 0:38:03- What Have You Done For Me Lately? - Yeah, What Have You Done For Me Lately?
0:38:03 > 0:38:07- Er, We Go Deep. It's called Go Deep.- Yeah.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10- That'll be quite a good one.- Yeah.
0:38:10 > 0:38:16- What's the one that she did... - I had a Best of Janet Jackson. - Just A Little While.- Yeah.
0:38:16 > 0:38:21Just A Little While. Shall we do Just A Little While, Go Deep and...
0:38:21 > 0:38:26- I Get So Lonely? Those three?- Yeah. - OK, we'll do those three.
0:38:26 > 0:38:32- You've got your three. You don't want any more time?- No. - We'll stop the clock.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36We're looking for Janet Jackson UK Top 40 singles. I need three answers.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40- Go Deep.- Go Deep. - I Get So Lonely.- I Get So Lonely.
0:38:40 > 0:38:48- And, um, Just A Little While. - Just A Little While. Of those three, which do you think is the best shot?
0:38:48 > 0:38:54- You're better at this, so you can decide.- Probably, um, Just A Little While.- We'll put that last.
0:38:54 > 0:39:01- What's your least likely? - Probably I Get So Lonely. It's famous.- So we'll put that one first.
0:39:01 > 0:39:06Let's pop them up on the board in that order. We have got...
0:39:09 > 0:39:15We're looking for Janet Jackson UK Top 40 singles. Your first answer, the least likely to be pointless,
0:39:15 > 0:39:19was I Get So Lonely.
0:39:19 > 0:39:25You only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £12,750.
0:39:25 > 0:39:31- £12,750! Natalie, what would you do with it?- Probably put a little bit towards my wedding.
0:39:31 > 0:39:36We haven't set a date yet. It would be nice to have money for that.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40- And some would go towards a holiday. - Lovely.
0:39:40 > 0:39:46- Vanessa, how about you?- It has to be a trip to Japan. I'm obsessed with Japan and I've never been.
0:39:46 > 0:39:52That'll be a nice nest egg. A bunch of us are planning to go next year. That'll go towards that.
0:39:52 > 0:39:57Very good indeed. Very best of luck. Three great-sounding answers there.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01Let's see. I Get So Lonely. How many people said it?
0:40:05 > 0:40:06Ohh!
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- Must not have been released.- Oh!
0:40:10 > 0:40:14An incorrect answer, so not a pointless answer.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:18 > 0:40:23Janet Jackson UK Top 40 singles. Let's hope nobody said Go Deep.
0:40:23 > 0:40:29This has to be right and then it has to be pointless to win that £12,750.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33Let's see. How many people said Go Deep?
0:40:35 > 0:40:37It's right.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42So I Get So Lonely was incorrect, but Go Deep is absolutely correct.
0:40:42 > 0:40:47Down it goes. If this goes to zero, you leave with £12,750.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50Down it goes... YES!
0:40:52 > 0:40:57Very, very well done. You've done fantastically well. Brilliant.
0:41:01 > 0:41:02Wow!
0:41:07 > 0:41:13That's brilliant. Very well done, indeed. Congratulations.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16Wow. Go Deep was a pointless answer,
0:41:16 > 0:41:22which means you go home with your jackpot shared between you. £12,750.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25- Wow.- Wow. Very well done.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Rewind to when you were trying to think of a politician...
0:41:30 > 0:41:3410 minutes later, you're £12,750 better off. Very, very impressive.
0:41:34 > 0:41:41- Just A Little While, your third answer, was also pointless. - APPLAUSE
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Oh, gosh.
0:41:46 > 0:41:53- It helps being a fan. - I Get So Lonely is I Get Lonely and it would have scored one point.
0:41:53 > 0:41:58You also mentioned Doesn't Really Matter. It doesn't matter, but pointless as well.
0:41:58 > 0:42:04So very well done. Let's look at a few more pointless answers for people at home.
0:42:04 > 0:42:10They won't get as much money. Because Of Love, Come Back To Me, Doesn't Really Matter,
0:42:10 > 0:42:15Escapade, Girlfriend-Boyfriend released with Blackstreet, Miss You Much,
0:42:15 > 0:42:21Runaway, Son of a Gun featuring Carly Simon, What's It Gonna Be?! with Busta Rhymes.
0:42:21 > 0:42:27Very, very well done. You rode your luck, but not in that final. Terrific. Congratulations.
0:42:27 > 0:42:32- Thank you.- Absolutely fantastic. Very, very well done indeed.
0:42:32 > 0:42:39Thanks once again to our winning players, Natalie and Vanessa, who go away with £12,750!
0:42:44 > 0:42:49- Join us next time to put more obscure knowledge to the test. It's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51And goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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