0:00:20 > 0:00:23APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless -
0:00:27 > 0:00:29the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37And we start by welcoming back Katy and Lucy.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40You were on the show last time.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44This is your second and final chance.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48- Katy, remind us how you know each other?- Er, we're sisters.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51- I'm her big sister. - Not in height.- And Lucy...
0:00:51 > 0:00:55- Lucy, what happened last time? - We went out in the first round.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Very low high score but you were the high scorers.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00- BOTH:- Yes.- So you haven't been beyond Round One?- No.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03- You have no idea what awaits?- No, we don't know what happens afterwards.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05EVIL LAUGH
0:01:05 > 0:01:07- What are you hoping to come up today?- Biology, maybe.- OK.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Because I'm a nurse
0:01:09 > 0:01:11and any sort of celebrity questions would be good for me as well.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Celebrity questions. Lucy, what are you hoping is going to come up?
0:01:15 > 0:01:17I think similar - I have similar knowledge.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21- Also, I like musicals, any musical theatre.- Yep.- Or films maybe.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24It's lovely to have you back on the show, very best of luck.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25- BOTH:- Thank you.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27And next we welcome back Rob and James,
0:01:27 > 0:01:29who were also on the show last time.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32- Rob, remind us how you know each other.- He is my son.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Last time we got to the head-to-head but...
0:01:36 > 0:01:40- That was good.- It was very good.- We can do better this time, I'm sure.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Yeah. Well, no, you did brilliantly.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Low score, VERY low score from James, in fact.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47What do you like to get up to in your spare time?
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- What are your hobbies? - James won't like this bit
0:01:49 > 0:01:52but I sometimes do impersonations for things.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- Oh, do Richard! Do Richard, can you do Richard?- No, I can't do Richard.
0:01:56 > 0:01:57Do Richard, do Richard!
0:01:57 > 0:01:59I could have a go but I can't.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02You've got to stop telling people to do me(!)
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Yeah, that hasn't always worked, has it?
0:02:04 > 0:02:06All I can say is, "It's nice to see you, to see you..."
0:02:06 > 0:02:08AUDIENCE: Nice!
0:02:08 > 0:02:10- Yeah, marvellous.- You know what?
0:02:10 > 0:02:12That is a bit like me, I'll give you that.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14I'll tell you what though,
0:02:14 > 0:02:18James is doing a brilliant impression of an incredibly embarrassed son.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21- James, who else does your dad do?- Um...
0:02:21 > 0:02:24He says he does impersonations, he does impersonation.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- It is always Brucie, is it? - Yeah.- Yes, I'm afraid.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Best of luck, great to have you back on the show.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31And next we welcome Charlotte and Esther.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34- Now how do you two know each other? - Uh, a mutual friend?
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Yep, we met and we enjoyed drinking cocktails and watching Pointless.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42- So it was a natural friendship. - What do you do, Charlotte?
0:02:42 > 0:02:44I'm a student support worker so I work at the university
0:02:44 > 0:02:48and support students with learning difficulties and disabilities.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49How about you, Esther?
0:02:49 > 0:02:52I work at an art centre, I'm a front-of-house manager.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Excellent - Charlotte, what do YOU like to get up to?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58I like cake decorating, that's quite a good hobby I've got.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Do you make the cake as well, or just the decorating?
0:03:00 > 0:03:04- Yeah, both - bake and decorate on top as well.- Bake and decorate.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Is she good at it, Esther?
0:03:05 > 0:03:08- They're delicious cakes and they do look amazing.- Wow.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10You know how sometimes we have people who bake
0:03:10 > 0:03:12and then they DON'T bring us a cake.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15But I'm sure that's not happened here, I'm sure.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- No.- I'm sure behind the podium there, Charlotte has a cake for us.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- Yeah.- Almost certain.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23I was thinking if I go through to the next round,
0:03:23 > 0:03:25then I can make a cake.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27You can make a cake...
0:03:27 > 0:03:28before the next round?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Or, you know, on the next show.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- OK.- OK.- Or send one in the post. - Or send one in the...
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Listen, any of the above - absolutely fine by us.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Esther, what do you like to get up to? What are your hobbies?
0:03:40 > 0:03:41I'm a bit of a film buff.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44I like the cinema, so again - actors, TV as well.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45I'd hope that would come up.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Do you have any favourite kinds of series you like to watch?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Erm, I do like a lot of American dramas.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53So...maybe something a bit science-fictiony,
0:03:53 > 0:03:57or maybe cheesy, American things like the OC.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00OK, well, very best of luck, Charlotte and Esther.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Great to have you on the show and finally we welcome Liz and Jenny.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- Now how do you two know each other, Liz?- She's my mother.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10- What do you do, Liz?- I'm a manager for a large national charity.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- Very good indeed. Jenny, how about you?- I'm retired now.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17- I'm a retired teacher. You don't like teachers, do you?- No, we do!
0:04:17 > 0:04:20- We LOVE teachers(!)- You do? - We do, Richard's mum's a teacher.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23- Well, I was a head teacher. - Well, oh, OK.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25- Yeah.- Oh I take it... I take it back.- I thought you might.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- How dare you come on here(!) - I thought you might.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30No, we love teachers and my mum's a teacher.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33We love teachers, they're just terrible, that's all.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35That's the only problem - whenever they come on they just do badly.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38What are you hoping is going to come up? What's your ideal Pointless?
0:04:38 > 0:04:44- Food and drink.- Mmm.- Politics. - Food-and-drink politics?- Mmm-hmm.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48- OK. The politics behind food and drinks?- Well, that would be good.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51- Wouldn't it, though? - Yeah, really good.- Wow.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55- Anything you'd hate to see come up, Liz?- Absolutely, definitely, sport.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- Of any sort.- Liz and Jenny, it's lovely to have you here.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Very best of luck and a warm welcome to you.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02We'll find out more about all of you
0:05:02 > 0:05:04throughout the show as it goes along.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05There's one person left for me to introduce.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07If the pen is mightier than the sword,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10then his laptop is a weapon of mass destruction!
0:05:10 > 0:05:12It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Hiya, hello. Hi, everybody.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Hiya.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Lovely, as always, to have a head teacher on the show.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Because it brings an air of class to proceedings.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- You will tell us, won't you, if anybody talks?- I will.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30- Or if anybody's using a calculator. - Yeah.- OK, thank you.
0:05:30 > 0:05:35Round One should be good for Esther, if she likes American actors.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Good, we'll look forward to that.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40All questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42In order to get to the final round
0:05:42 > 0:05:45and be in with a chance of winning our jackpot, our contestants
0:05:45 > 0:05:48need to find those obscure answers our 100 people didn't get.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50So the fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer,
0:05:50 > 0:05:51the fewer points they'll score.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54What everyone's trying to do is to find a pointless answer.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56This is an answer that none of our 100 people gave
0:05:56 > 0:05:59and each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06So today's jackpot starts off at £4,000.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07There we are.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09CHEERING
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20In this first round each of you must give me one answer
0:06:20 > 0:06:22and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Whichever pair has the highest score
0:06:24 > 0:06:26at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29So try and make sure that's not you. OK, our first category today is...
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:06:34 > 0:06:35who's going to go second.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44OK, so the question concerns...
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- Richard.- Yeah, in a moment, Xander is going to show you a list
0:06:52 > 0:06:54of six US sitcoms on this board.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57We're looking for any of the leading actors
0:06:57 > 0:06:59in ANY of those six US sitcoms, please.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01We're defining leading actors by anyone who's been
0:07:01 > 0:07:03in more than half of the episodes of that sitcom.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Very, very best of luck.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06OK, thanks very much.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Katy and Lucy, you all drew lots before the show
0:07:09 > 0:07:11and today you are going to go first.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Let's show our six TV series and here they are. We have got...
0:07:23 > 0:07:25I'll read them one last time...
0:07:30 > 0:07:33You just have to give me the name of the most obscure lead actor
0:07:33 > 0:07:35you can think of from any of those series.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- So, Lucy?- I'm just trying to decide whether to play safe
0:07:39 > 0:07:41or take a bit of a risk.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44And I think I'm going to take a bit of a risk. Sorry, Katy.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47And go with Rue McClanahan.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Rue McClanahan says Lucy. Let's see if it's right.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Let's see how many of our 100 said, Rue McClanahan.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Absolutely right.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Oh, it's a good answer. Look at that - it's pointless, Lucy!
0:08:03 > 0:08:05APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:08:05 > 0:08:06That's how you start a show.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08That adds £250 to today's jackpot.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12Takes the total up to £4,250 and it scores you nothing.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Well done on all scores.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Brilliant.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19That's a brilliant answer, brilliant start to the show as well.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23She played Blanche Devereaux in The Golden Girls - 177 episodes of it.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25- That's a good start, isn't it? - Yes, superb.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Very, very well done indeed, Lucy.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29So, Rob...
0:08:29 > 0:08:32There we are, that's the kind of calibre of show this is going to be.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35I'm going to go Kirstie Alley. I think she was in Cheers.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Kirstie Alley, says Rob. Let's see if that's right
0:08:39 > 0:08:42and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Kirstie Alley.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Very well done, Rob, absolutely right.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50How far down is it going to go? It's another good answer. Eight.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51APPLAUSE
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Well played, Rob - played Rebecca in 149 episodes of Cheers.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Now then, Charlotte.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Well, there's some obvious ones and there's a few I think
0:09:05 > 0:09:07but I'm not sure if I've got the right first name.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Charlotte, don't get a high score because we want cake. Sorry.
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Um...
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Betty White?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Let's see if that's right - Betty White.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21And if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Betty White.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Absolutely right.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28Another great score.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32Look at that! Charlotte, very well done indeed.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34APPLAUSE
0:09:34 > 0:09:35Two.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Good answer, Charlotte, also from The Golden Girls, plays Rose.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42She was nominated for Emmys 60 years apart, Betty White.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- Wow.- Yeah. That's not a bad career, is it?- Not bad at all.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Now then, Liz...
0:09:49 > 0:09:53the most obscure actor you can think of from any of these TV series.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56OK, I'm going to go with The Golden Girls as well - Bea Arthur.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Bea Arthur - let's see if that's right,
0:09:58 > 0:10:01let's see how many of our 100 said Bea Arthur.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03Absolutely right.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11Another pointless answer!
0:10:11 > 0:10:13APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Very well done, Liz.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17That adds another 250 quid to today's jackpot.
0:10:17 > 0:10:22It takes the total up to £4,500 and it scores you nothing.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25- Brilliant, Liz, very well done indeed.- Terrific work, Liz.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27She played Dorothy in The Golden Girls.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30£500 added to the jackpot, no wonder they call them The Golden Girls.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33We're halfway through the round, let's take a look at the scores
0:10:33 > 0:10:36as they stand. Look, that pass was bookended by two pointless answers.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Fantastic, what a great start to the show.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Then we go up to two, where we find Charlotte and Esther.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Then up to eight, where we find Rob and James.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Who would have thought eight was going to be our highest score?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48But it is, James.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50So, yes, we need a low score from you in the next pass
0:10:50 > 0:10:53to make sure that you make it through to the next round.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Best of luck with that. We're going to come back down the line.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:10:59 > 0:11:02We are looking for lead actors who have appeared in these TV shows.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07There they are. Now then, Jenny, you are joint low scorers.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11The high scorers, on eight, are James and Rob - you're on nothing.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14If you can score seven or less, Jenny,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17you can avoid even becoming high scorers.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21I can see somebody in Cheers but I can't remember his name even.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24I don't know. So, let's have...
0:11:25 > 0:11:26..Mary Martin.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Mary Martin, says Jenny. Here is your red line.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33If you can get below that red line with Mary Martin...
0:11:33 > 0:11:36you are through to the next round. Let's see, is Mary Martin right?
0:11:36 > 0:11:39- No.- And if it is, how many people said Mary Martin?
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Bad luck, Jenny. I'm afraid, an incorrect answer,
0:11:45 > 0:11:48which means you score the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- Richard?- Sorry, Mary Martin not in any of those.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53She's Larry Hagman's mum, Mary Martin.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- That was all I could remember.- Yeah.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Well, it scored you 100. It takes your total up to 100.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02But, as I say, if either of the next two pairs score 100,
0:12:02 > 0:12:04they will be higher than you.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06There we are, Esther.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08OK, well, given that I said I liked American TV,
0:12:08 > 0:12:11I'm hoping this one will work out for me.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13The Golden Girls seem to be working out
0:12:13 > 0:12:15so I'm going to try Estelle Getty.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Estelle Getty, says Esther.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20You're on two, the high scorers are now Jenny and Liz on 100.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23If you can score 97 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:12:23 > 0:12:24Estelle Getty.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Is it right and how many people said it?
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Absolutely right and you are through.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37One.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:12:38 > 0:12:40One, if you please, for Estelle Getty.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43That takes your total up to three. Very well done, Esther.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44Yeah, good answer, Esther.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47So in six answers we've had all four of The Golden Girls.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50That's very impressive. They've scored three points between them.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Very good indeed. Now then, James. You're on eight.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56The high scorers on 100 are Jenny and Liz.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00I've only ever watched Friends out of all of that so...
0:13:00 > 0:13:03I'm going to have to play it quite safe.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06I'm going to go with the one I think people won't know.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08So, Courtney Cox?
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Courtney Cox, says James. There's your red line.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13If you get below that red line, it's good enough
0:13:13 > 0:13:14and you are through to the next round.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Is it right and how many people said it?
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Absolutely right and well done, you've done it.
0:13:24 > 0:13:2521.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- APPLAUSE - 21 takes your total up to 29.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- Very well done, James. - Well done, James.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33- There were no more Golden Girls left to have a go at, were there?- No.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Yeah, she was in 238 episodes of Friends. Played Monica.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Was first offered the role of Rachel.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Hmmm.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- Katy.- Yes.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44You're on nothing. The high scorers are Jenny and Liz on 100.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48If you can score 99 or less, you're in the next round.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50I know quite a few of them.
0:13:50 > 0:13:51I watch a lot of American TV
0:13:51 > 0:13:54but I probably am going to play it safe and go with a Friends.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57I'm going to say Matthew Perry.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Matthew Perry, how many people said it?
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Absolutely right and you're through.
0:14:08 > 0:14:0919.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10APPLAUSE
0:14:10 > 0:14:1219 takes your total up to 19.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Yes, also 238 episodes, played Chandler Bing.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19- Very good answer. Good round for everyone there, wasn't it?- Yeah.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22That was terrific. There's only ten pointless answers in all.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24We've had two of them but let's take a look at some of them.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Bea Arthur to start with.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28David Ogden Stiers - Major Charles Winchester in MASH.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Eric McCormack, who was the "Will" from Will and Grace.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32He was a pointless answer.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Debra Messing, who was Grace, would have scored you four points.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39- James Michael Tyler, do you know who James Michael Tyler plays?- No.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41He's in Friends.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Does he play the man who runs Central Park? Central Perk.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48He plays Gunther, absolutely right - it is a pointless answer.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49So very well done if you got that.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Klinger from MASH, Jamie Farr, was a pointless answer.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Mike Farrell, who was BJ from MASH, was a pointless answer.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Alan Alda would have scored you 26, a pretty big score.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00There's Rue McClanahan, a pointless answer.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Sean Hayes, who plays Jack in Will and Grace, was nothing.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Megan Mullally would have scored you one, she plays Karen.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09And William Christopher, who was Father Mulcahy from MASH,
0:15:09 > 0:15:10also a pointless answer.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12The only other pointless answer - Kellye Nakahara,
0:15:12 > 0:15:14who was in MASH as well.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17The high scorers, the ones that most of our 100 people said were...
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Alan Alda, 26, obviously he was in MASH, played Hawkeye.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex And The City, 27.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Kristin Davis would have scored you one point though.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29That would have been a terrific answer from Sex and the City.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Right at the top - Jennifer Aniston, 47 points.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- Well, that's nice for Jennifer, isn't it?- She'll be really pleased.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Thank you very much, Richard.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40At the end of our first round, the pair who'll be leaving us
0:15:40 > 0:15:42with their high score...
0:15:42 > 0:15:43I'm afraid it's Jenny and Liz.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Well, well, well.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Liz, we had a pointless answer from you and
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Jenny, for all the best reasons, I'm afraid you didn't know any answers.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53- I was far too busy to watch any TV.- Were you too busy?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Did you watch any of those shows?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57I watched Cheers quite a bit
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- and I still can't remember the name of the tall person.- Ted Danson?
0:16:00 > 0:16:05- Oh, thank you.- That's OK.- But I would have lost anyway, wouldn't I?
0:16:05 > 0:16:06If I had said Ted Danson?
0:16:06 > 0:16:09- No, Ted Danson would have scored you 21 points.- So...
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- Oh, you'd be through. - So you'd be through.- Huh!
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- Yeah.- Jenny(!) - Well, I am getting old.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17The great news is we'll get to see you again next time
0:16:17 > 0:16:19and we'll look forward to that very much indeed.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Meantime, thank you very much for playing -
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Jenny and Liz, lovely contestants.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25APPLAUSE
0:16:25 > 0:16:27But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Obviously there's only going to be room for two pairs
0:16:36 > 0:16:37in our head-to-head round.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40So one of the pairs will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Well, that was a cracking round. Charlotte and Esther!
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Very, very well played, I'm so glad.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49I was worried that maybe we weren't going to get that cake opportunity.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Charlotte and I were having you on, really.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- Because she has made us a cake. - No?- She has made us a cake.
0:16:54 > 0:16:55You have made us a cake?
0:16:55 > 0:16:59And not only has she made us a cake, I will go so far as to say...
0:16:59 > 0:17:01it is awesome.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03- Do you want to have a little look?- Yeah, it's here?- Yeah.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06It's very, very...
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- ..impressive.- Wow, look at that.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11APPLAUSE
0:17:14 > 0:17:18- There's you.- Yeah.- Look, there's me on the laptop.- OK, with some...
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- What's that there?- This looks a bit, Charlotte, if I may say so...
0:17:21 > 0:17:26- It looks a bit like we're both sitting on a small hotel bed.- Yeah.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31- And I don't know what I'm uploading on that computer, but...- Wow.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- But isn't that amazing?- Isn't that? - What sort of cake is it, Charlotte?
0:17:34 > 0:17:36- Erm, it's just sponge. - What are we made out of?
0:17:36 > 0:17:41- You're icing but you do have kebab skewers holding you in as well.- OK.
0:17:41 > 0:17:42- Can I just...?- So don't eat you.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46AUDIENCE: No!
0:17:46 > 0:17:48AUDIENCE: Aw!
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Mmm.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53That is... Don't eat my computer!
0:17:53 > 0:17:54AUDIENCE LAUGHS
0:17:56 > 0:17:59What have you got on there? That is hardcore.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02Brilliant.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10OK, our category for Round Two is...
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
0:18:15 > 0:18:16who's going second?
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24And our question concerns...
0:18:27 > 0:18:31- Richard.- On each pass we're going to show you the name of six lakes.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32You just have to tell us
0:18:32 > 0:18:35in which modern-day country you will find that lake.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37There's going to be 12 in all to have a go at home.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39OK, thanks very much. So, we are looking for the countries
0:18:39 > 0:18:42in which you'd find each of these lakes. And we have got...
0:18:51 > 0:18:53I'll read them one last time...
0:19:00 > 0:19:02There we are - six lakes.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Lucy, you're not looking happy.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07I don't know much about lakes.
0:19:07 > 0:19:13So I think I'm just going to have to say Lake Michigan and say the USA.
0:19:15 > 0:19:16OK, Lake Michigan, USA, says Lucy.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Let's see if that's right
0:19:18 > 0:19:21let's see how many people said, USA for Lake Michigan.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22It is right.
0:19:26 > 0:19:2873.
0:19:28 > 0:19:29APPLAUSE
0:19:31 > 0:19:32Not bad but quite high, Richard.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Yeah, Lake Michigan, it's the third largest of the Great Lakes
0:19:34 > 0:19:38and its name actually, mishigama, means "Great Lake".
0:19:38 > 0:19:41- So it's actually Lake Great Lake, one of the Great Lakes.- Thanks, Richard.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43- Now then, Rob. - There's only one I really know
0:19:43 > 0:19:45and I'll have to plump for that one.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49- So I'll go Lake Garda and Italy. - Lake Garda, Italy, says Rob.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Let's see if that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:19:52 > 0:19:53Absolutely right.
0:19:56 > 0:19:5842, not that bad.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06It's the largest lake in Italy. 34 miles long, Lake Garda.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10Now then, Charlotte, where would you find these lakes?
0:20:10 > 0:20:11You are the last person to have this board,
0:20:11 > 0:20:13so you can talk us through it if you like.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16The two answers I know have already gone.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21I'm just going to have to guess. Er...Great Bear Lake, Canada?
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Great Bear Lake, Canada, says Charlotte.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many people
0:20:28 > 0:20:30said Canada for Great Bear Lake.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36It's right! Very well done, Charlotte.
0:20:37 > 0:20:4041. Lowest score of the pass.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- It pays to bring in a cake.- Is there no end to Charlotte's talents?
0:20:47 > 0:20:49It's extraordinary, and a great baker, great guesser.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Terrific work.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53It's frozen eight months of the year, Great Bear Lake up in Canada.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Let's fill in the rest of the board.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Lake Annecy is France.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Would have scored you 11 points.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Lake Eyre is in Australia.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Would have scored five points.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05The best answer is Lake Biwa.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Would have scored you one point,
0:21:07 > 0:21:09and it's the largest lake in Japan.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13Very well done if you said that. That's one of Japan's greatest tourist attractions, Lake Biwa.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Thanks, Richard. So, let's take a look at the scores.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19We're halfway through the round. 41, the best score of the pass.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22So, Charlotte and Esther looking very strong, and up one click
0:21:22 > 0:21:27to 42, and then, whoa! We go up to 73 where we find Lucy and Katy.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Quite a way out in front.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32So, Katy, we'll need a really good low score from you on the next board.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33We're going to come back down the line now.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Can the second players please take their places at the podium.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43OK, we're going to put six more lakes on the board, and here they are.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44We have got..
0:21:52 > 0:21:55I'll read those all one last time.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05There we are. Six lakes.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Esther, we are looking for the countries in which these lakes are found
0:22:08 > 0:22:10and you are going to try
0:22:10 > 0:22:13and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16You're on 41. The high score is on 73, Katy and Lucy.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19So, if you can score 31 or less,
0:22:19 > 0:22:22you are through to the next round already.
0:22:22 > 0:22:23I know three of them
0:22:23 > 0:22:26but I think they're all probably quite high.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30- I'm going to guess Lake Baikal is India.- OK.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Lake Baikal, India, says Esther.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36If you can get below that red line you are through to the head-to-head.
0:22:36 > 0:22:41Best of luck. Is Lake Baikal in India? If it is, how many people said it?
0:22:45 > 0:22:46Oh, bad luck, Esther.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer which scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54That takes your total up to 141. Richard?
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Sorry, Esther. I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03So then, James, the high scorers, Esther and Charlotte, now on 141,
0:23:03 > 0:23:07you're on 42, so a score of 98 or less will see you through.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11I... I don't know any. So, um...
0:23:13 > 0:23:15This is music to Esther and Charlotte's ears.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20I'm going to go with Great Salt Lake
0:23:20 > 0:23:22and the USA.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26Let's see, Great Salt Lake, is in the USA? How many people said it?
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Well done, you've done it.
0:23:32 > 0:23:3643. Takes your total up to 85.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43Yeah, the largest salt lake in the US. You can float in it,
0:23:43 > 0:23:45like in the Dead Sea, it's so salty. About 25% salt.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51Katy, you're on 73, the high scorers on 141
0:23:51 > 0:23:53are Esther and Charlotte.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55If you can score 67 or less
0:23:55 > 0:23:58you're through to the next round.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59Talk us through the board, Katy.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02OK, that will be quick because I don't know any of them.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Talk us through your thinking if you like, sort of hazard some guesses.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07I was thinking Sweden was coming into my head
0:24:07 > 0:24:09for the first one, but I don't know why.
0:24:09 > 0:24:15So, I'm going to say Lake Maracaibo, I'm just going to say Italy.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Lake Maracaibo, Italy, says Katy. Let's find out, is that right?
0:24:18 > 0:24:22If it is, how many people said Italy for Lake Maracaibo?
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Bad luck, Katy, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:24:28 > 0:24:30which scores you the maximum of 100 points,
0:24:30 > 0:24:34and that takes your total up to an unbeatable 173, sorry.
0:24:34 > 0:24:39Yeah, Lake Maracaibo actually is a pointless answer, it's in Venezuela.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Lot of the Venezuelan oil fields are in and around Lake Maracaibo.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44An incredibly rich part of the world.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Let's take a look through the rest of them, there's only one obvious
0:24:47 > 0:24:50one on the board, that's Lake Winnipeg, which is Canada.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53That would have scored you 51 points. Lake Baikal is in Russia.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57It's 12,000 square miles, it's the deepest lake in the world,
0:24:57 > 0:25:00goes down to 5,700 feet in parts.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- Wow.- That's a big lake, isn't it? - That is a big lake.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05- You don't want to pedalo across that.- No.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07And if you said Lake Baikal, it scores ten points,
0:25:07 > 0:25:09so it's a very good answer.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Lake Balaton is in Hungary, would have scored you five points.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13This is a tough board.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16And Lake Van, one point, well done if you said Turkey.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Lake Van in Turkey.
0:25:17 > 0:25:22- Really tough board there. - Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25So our losing pair at the end of our second round,
0:25:25 > 0:25:26I'm afraid is Katy and Lucy.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29I'm so sorry, Katy and Lucy, but we have to say goodbye to you,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32but it's been lovely having you on the show both times.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35You've been brilliant, thanks so much for playing, Katy and Lucy.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38But for the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even
0:25:38 > 0:25:42more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Now, congratulations, Rob and James, Charlotte and Esther,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50you are now only one round away from the final
0:25:50 > 0:25:53and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £4,500.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55APPLAUSE
0:25:57 > 0:26:00You're now going to go head-to-head, and the first pair to win two
0:26:00 > 0:26:02questions will be playing for that jackpot.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05The big news is though you are now allowed to confer.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Here we are, we've made it to the head-to-head.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09Anything can happen from here on in.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Very, very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23OK, here comes your first question, and it concerns famous scientists.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Famous scientists, Richard.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29We're going to see pictures of five people who are famous
0:26:29 > 0:26:32in the field of science. Can you pick the most obscure of these?
0:26:32 > 0:26:35OK, let's reveal our five famous scientists, and here they come.
0:26:35 > 0:26:36We have got...
0:26:53 > 0:26:55OK, there we are, five famous scientists.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Rob and James, you've played best throughout the show so far,
0:26:58 > 0:27:00so you get to go first.
0:27:05 > 0:27:11Um, I think because this one's in colour and so I've got
0:27:11 > 0:27:15a better idea of it, we're going to go with E and Brian Cox.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16OK.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21E, Brian Cox, you are saying. Charlotte and Esther.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23You can talk us through the board if you like.
0:27:23 > 0:27:28A is Charles Darwin and D is Einstein. Albert Einstein.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31C, I had a kind of feeling it might be Robert Oppenheimer
0:27:31 > 0:27:33but I don't know for certain.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36So we're going to play with A and say that's Charles Darwin.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39A, Charles Darwin. You are saying A, Charles Darwin.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42So we have E, Brian Cox, A, Charles Darwin.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Rob and James have said E, Brian Cox.
0:27:45 > 0:27:46Let's see if that's right,
0:27:46 > 0:27:48and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Brian Cox.
0:27:50 > 0:27:51Absolutely right.
0:27:55 > 0:27:5643.
0:28:00 > 0:28:0443. Charlotte and Esther, meanwhile, have said that A is Charles Darwin.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people said that.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09A, Charles Darwin.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Yep, you've done it!
0:28:17 > 0:28:18Very well done, 18.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24Good work, Charlotte and Esther, after one question,
0:28:24 > 0:28:25you are up 1-0.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28- Richard.- Well played, Charlotte and Esther, good answer.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31You were right to avoid Einstein as well, it's a correct answer,
0:28:31 > 0:28:33but it would have scored you 77 points.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35Let's take a look at the other two.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38B is Sigmund Freud, would have scored you six points.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42- Do you know who C is?- Geoffrey Rush. - He does look like Geoffrey Rush.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46It's Schroedinger. As in Schroedinger's cat.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48It is a pointless answer, Schroedinger,
0:28:48 > 0:28:49so very well done if you said that at home.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53There we go. Thank you, Richard, now here comes your second question.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57Rob and James, you have to win this one to stay in the game. Remember.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Best of luck. It concerns...
0:29:01 > 0:29:04- Walt Disney. Richard.- We're going to give you five questions about
0:29:04 > 0:29:06the legendary filmmaker, Walt Disney.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Can you answer the most obscure of these?
0:29:09 > 0:29:12OK, let's reveal our five questions about Walt Disney,
0:29:12 > 0:29:13and here they are.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31I'll read them one last time.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46There we are. Five clues to facts about Walt Disney.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49Now then, Charlotte and Esther, you go first this time.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57It's the only one we're pretty certain.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01Voiced this character until 1947, we're going to say Mickey Mouse.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05Mickey Mouse, you are going to say, he voiced this character until 1947.
0:30:05 > 0:30:10Mickey Mouse. Rob and James, talk us through the board.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13We think the first one, opened first theme park in California.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Uh, Illinois city, we're not sure about.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20We knew he voiced this character.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23We'll go with the first theme park in this US state, California.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27OK, you're going to say California for the first theme park.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Charlotte and Esther have said Mickey Mouse, let's see
0:30:29 > 0:30:33if that's right and if it is let's see how many people said it.
0:30:33 > 0:30:34Absolutely right.
0:30:39 > 0:30:4031.
0:30:43 > 0:30:4631 people said he voiced Mickey Mouse until 1947.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Rob and James have said he opened his first theme
0:30:49 > 0:30:51park in California, let's see if that's right,
0:30:51 > 0:30:53and if it is let's see how many people said that.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57It's right. Will it beat 31?
0:30:59 > 0:31:00Yes, it will! Look at that, 26.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07That means, after two questions, Rob and James, Charlotte
0:31:07 > 0:31:10and Esther, you are one point each.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12- Richard.- Let's take a look through the rest of them.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Born in this Illinois city - Chicago.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16That would have scored you nine points.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19His middle name is Elias, that's the best answer on the board,
0:31:19 > 0:31:20two points if you said that.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23And his studio's first full-length animated feature. Do you know that?
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- Dumbo?- It's not, it's Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.- Really?
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Yep, would have scored you 22 points.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32OK, here comes your third question, this will be the decider, and it concerns...
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- Richard.- We're about to show you the names of five different types
0:31:37 > 0:31:40of penguin, but we've missed out alternate letters of their names.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Can you fill in the blanks and tell us the most obscure of these?
0:31:43 > 0:31:44Good luck to both teams.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47OK, thanks very much, Richard, let's reveal our five penguins with
0:31:47 > 0:31:49alternate missing letters, and we have got...
0:32:02 > 0:32:05I'll read those all one last time without the blanks.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19There we are, five types of penguin with missing alternate letters.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Rob and James, you go first.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Um, I only know one,
0:32:26 > 0:32:31so I'm going to go with emperor.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34OK, you're going to take emperor. Emperor.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38Now then, Charlotte and Esther, talk us through the board.
0:32:38 > 0:32:43- We're pretty much at a loss because we only knew emperor.- Macaroni fits.
0:32:43 > 0:32:44Macaroni?
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Yeah, just because it fits the letters,
0:32:47 > 0:32:50we're going to say macaroni penguin.
0:32:50 > 0:32:55- A macaroni penguin.- Yeah.- Mmm. - We're holding out so much hope.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57OK, Rob and James, emperor, let's see if it's right,
0:32:57 > 0:33:00and if it is, let's see how many people said emperor.
0:33:02 > 0:33:03It's right.
0:33:05 > 0:33:0668.
0:33:10 > 0:33:1168.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Whoever wins this question goes through to the final
0:33:14 > 0:33:15and plays for that jackpot.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Charlotte and Esther have said macaroni.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how
0:33:20 > 0:33:23many of our 100 people said macaroni penguin.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Absolutely right.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30And it wins the point!
0:33:33 > 0:33:36- 11! - HE LAUGHS
0:33:36 > 0:33:4011 for the macaroni penguin. Wow.
0:33:40 > 0:33:41Wow.
0:33:43 > 0:33:48Well done, just brilliant, brilliant guessing there.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51You thought you'd won that, didn't you, Rob and James?
0:33:51 > 0:33:54- Oh, macaroni penguin. - It's the last time I'm eating pasta.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Well done, Charlotte and Esther.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00That means after three questions you are through to the final, 2-1. Brilliant.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03That's what happens when you bake us a cake, I have to say.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06It's actually the most numerous of all the world's penguins,
0:34:06 > 0:34:08macaroni penguin, over nine million breeding pairs.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12It's close relations to the ravioli penguin and the lasagne penguin.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16Fill in the others. The top one is the chinstrap penguin.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18That would have scored six points.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Then it's the rockhopper, that would have scored 14.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24And the best answer on the board is the gentoo penguin,
0:34:24 > 0:34:26very well done if you said gentoo.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Five points.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Well, thank you very much indeed, Richard, so the losing
0:34:31 > 0:34:35pair at the end of the head to head, I'm afraid, is Rob and James.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37- It's been another rollercoaster, hasn't it?- Absolutely.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- What about that? - Lots of fun, lots of fun.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44Well, you've done phenomenally well, both times you've been on the show.
0:34:44 > 0:34:45Brilliant, brilliant contestants.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Rob, James, thank you so much for playing. Brilliant.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54But for Charlotte and Esther it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Many, many congratulations.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03Charlotte and Esther, you've fought off all the competition, you have
0:35:03 > 0:35:05won our coveted Pointless trophy, very well done.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:35:13 > 0:35:18At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £4,500.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21APPLAUSE
0:35:22 > 0:35:23What a show.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26Do you know, the only time that's ever happened before, and a
0:35:26 > 0:35:31pair came through on a complete fluke to the final, they won.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34- I'm not... I don't want to jinx it. - Don't jinx it, yeah.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37I have a good feeling. OK, the rules are very simple.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40To win the money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43We've had two pointless answers on the show today, you only have to
0:35:43 > 0:35:46find one more now and you'll leave here with that money. First though,
0:35:46 > 0:35:50you've got to choose a category. You have a choice of five options. They are...
0:35:50 > 0:35:55Film directors, artists, bestselling authors, horse racing, pop stars.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59I think we'd like... I'd like film directors, I think I'd do quite well on that.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02- Yeah, that is your area.- So we're going to go for film directors.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06Very good indeed. Let's found out what the question is, here it comes.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many winners
0:36:09 > 0:36:13of the Oscar for Best Director since 1970.
0:36:13 > 0:36:14Richard.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17We're looking for the name of any person who's won the Oscar for
0:36:17 > 0:36:21Best Director from 1970 all the way through to the ceremony in 2012.
0:36:21 > 0:36:22Very, very best of luck.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers,
0:36:26 > 0:36:29and all you need to win that £4,500 is for just one of those
0:36:29 > 0:36:31answers to be pointless.
0:36:31 > 0:36:35- Are you ready?- I hope so.- OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38There they are, your time starts now.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40- OK, well, I would say Kathryn Bigelow.- Yeah.
0:36:40 > 0:36:41Because she's a woman,
0:36:41 > 0:36:45it was relatively recently but I think she's less well-known.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48This year was Michel Haza...
0:36:48 > 0:36:52Oh, I can't say his name, but he did The Artist, so Michel Hazanavicius.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56I would actually go with him as well, maybe.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59- I think Woody Allen's won it at some point but he'll be...- Peter Jackson?
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Peter Jackson must have won for one of the Lord of the Rings films.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07I would say, um, I'm trying to think of foreign directors.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Roberto Benigni at some point I think maybe won it.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16James Cameron's won it but he's going to be really obvious as well.
0:37:16 > 0:37:21- So I'm thinking probably Michel Hazanavicius.- Yeah, go that one.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23- Because he was this year. - Kathryn Bigelow?
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Kathryn Bigelow, definitely.
0:37:27 > 0:37:28Ten seconds left.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32My mind's gone blank and I should really know this.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34- This is your topic.- Yeah, um...
0:37:39 > 0:37:41OK, your time is up.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44We're looking for winners of the Oscar for Best Director.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47I now need your three answers. What are you going to give me?
0:37:47 > 0:37:51- We're definitely going to go for Kathryn Bigelow.- Kathryn Bigelow.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53We can say this one.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57OK, if I'm pronouncing it correctly, Michel Hazanavicius...
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- Michel Hazanavicius. - ..who won for The Artist. And...
0:38:05 > 0:38:10- Maybe, we didn't discuss this, but Tom Ford.- Throw it out there.- Yeah.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13I think he might have won for A Single Man, but maybe not.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15So...
0:38:15 > 0:38:18OK, so there we have our three answers.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Shall we say Michel Hazanavicius?
0:38:24 > 0:38:26OK, Michael Hazanavicius, we will put last.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Which is your least likely, do you think?
0:38:28 > 0:38:31- Tom Ford?- Tom Ford, because I'm not sure he did actually win.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Tom Ford, we'll bung him up at the top, and we'll pop Kathryn Bigelow
0:38:34 > 0:38:36- in the middle.- Yep.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40OK, let's put them up on the board in that order, and here they are.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43We have got Tom Ford, Kathryn Bigelow, and Michel Hazanavicius.
0:38:43 > 0:38:44There we are.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47We were looking for winners of the Oscar for Best Director.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50Tom Ford you said was your least confident answer.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52You only have to find one pointless answer, remember,
0:38:52 > 0:38:54to win that jackpot of £4,500.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57You weren't entirely confident this was a correct answer.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00- I'm not sure, I can't remember. - But it's a good one, though.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02- For A Single Man.- Yeah, great film.
0:39:02 > 0:39:07OK, well, let's see. Is it right? How many people said Tom Ford?
0:39:10 > 0:39:12There's your answer.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14A good guess, but an incorrect answer, as it happens,
0:39:14 > 0:39:16so unfortunately not a pointless answer.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19So you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Charlotte, what would you do with £4,500?
0:39:22 > 0:39:25I think I'd probably like to go travelling.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29I quite like America, I've done the west coast of America.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31Go up to the Great Bear Lake in Canada.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Yes, oh definitely got to go there now.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Esther, how about you?
0:39:35 > 0:39:38As I said, I do like film, so I'd really like to travel to
0:39:38 > 0:39:41the Cannes Film Festival, so I'd probably put it towards a trip there.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45Fantastic. Very, very best of luck. Let's hope one of your two remaining
0:39:45 > 0:39:47answers will win that jackpot for you.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50So we are looking for winners of the Oscar for Best Director.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Kathryn Bigelow.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55This has to be right
0:39:55 > 0:39:57and it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot, £4,500.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Let's see, Kathryn Bigelow, how many people said it? Is it right?
0:40:04 > 0:40:05It is right.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Tom Ford, your first answer, was incorrect,
0:40:07 > 0:40:10but Kathryn Bigelow is absolutely right.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13Down it goes, into the 20s, into the teens, into single figures,
0:40:13 > 0:40:16down it goes...four, three, two, oh!
0:40:16 > 0:40:17One!
0:40:19 > 0:40:21One person!
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Oh, that was close.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31OK, you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Everything is now riding on Michel Hazanavicius.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40To win the jackpot of £4,500, it has to be pointless. Let's find out.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Michel Hazanavicius, is it right? Is it pointless?
0:40:47 > 0:40:48It's right.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51So Tom Ford turned out to be an incorrect answer,
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Kathryn Bigelow took us all the way down to one.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Michel Hazanavicius, is he going to take us
0:40:57 > 0:40:58all the way down to pointless?
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Yes he is. Yes he is!
0:41:01 > 0:41:08Very, very well done indeed. That's brilliant. Fantastic. Fantastic.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Oh, my God!
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Wow. Well, congratulations.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Michel Hazanavicius was a pointless answer,
0:41:23 > 0:41:25what a brilliant answer that was.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29That means you go home with a jackpot of £4,500.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34That was proper team-work.
0:41:37 > 0:41:38That's absolutely brilliant.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Well done, you rode your luck a couple of times during the show,
0:41:41 > 0:41:44but no luck at all in that final round, that was terrific.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47- Michel Hazanavicius, doesn't trip off the tongue, does it?- No.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49There's a reason nobody said it.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51There's a whole bunch of pointless answers here, actually.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Let's take a look at some of them. Ang Lee won for Brokeback Mountain.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57The Coen brothers for No Country For Old Men,
0:41:57 > 0:42:01that was a pointless answer. George Roy Hill won for The Sting.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Jonathan Demme won for Silence of the Lambs.
0:42:03 > 0:42:08Mel Gibson won for Braveheart. Michael Cimino for The Deer Hunter.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Oliver Stone, he won twice.
0:42:10 > 0:42:11One for Platoon and Born On The Fourth of July.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15Robert Redford for Ordinary People. Robert Zemeckis for Forrest Gump.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18You could also have had Barry Levinson, Bernardo Bertolucci,
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Bob Fosse, Franklin J Schaffner, James L Brooks.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24You could have had John G Avildsen, John Schlesinger, Robert Benton,
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Sydney Pollack, Tom Hooper, who did The King's Speech,
0:42:26 > 0:42:29he was a pointless answer, well done if you said him.
0:42:29 > 0:42:30Warren Beatty and William Friedkin.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33All of those pointless answers, so a good category to choose,
0:42:33 > 0:42:36very well done if you got any of those at home, and very well done to
0:42:36 > 0:42:38the two of you, that's terrific.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40- Thank you.- Well, thanks once again to our winning players,
0:42:40 > 0:42:45Charlotte and Esther, who go away with today's jackpot of £4,500.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge
0:42:53 > 0:42:54to the test on Pointless.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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