Episode 37 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless -

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

And we start by welcoming back Katy and Lucy.

You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

This is your second and final chance.

-Katy, remind us how you know each other?

-Er, we're sisters.

-I'm her big sister.

-Not in height.

-And Lucy...

-Lucy, what happened last time?

-We went out in the first round.

Very low high score but you were the high scorers.

-BOTH:

-Yes.

-So you haven't been beyond Round One?

-No.

-You have no idea what awaits?

-No, we don't know what happens afterwards.

EVIL LAUGH

-What are you hoping to come up today?

-Biology, maybe.

-OK.

Because I'm a nurse

and any sort of celebrity questions would be good for me as well.

Celebrity questions. Lucy, what are you hoping is going to come up?

I think similar - I have similar knowledge.

-Also, I like musicals, any musical theatre.

-Yep.

-Or films maybe.

It's lovely to have you back on the show, very best of luck.

-BOTH:

-Thank you.

And next we welcome back Rob and James,

who were also on the show last time.

-Rob, remind us how you know each other.

-He is my son.

Last time we got to the head-to-head but...

-That was good.

-It was very good.

-We can do better this time, I'm sure.

Yeah. Well, no, you did brilliantly.

Low score, VERY low score from James, in fact.

What do you like to get up to in your spare time?

-What are your hobbies?

-James won't like this bit

but I sometimes do impersonations for things.

-Oh, do Richard! Do Richard, can you do Richard?

-No, I can't do Richard.

Do Richard, do Richard!

I could have a go but I can't.

You've got to stop telling people to do me(!)

Yeah, that hasn't always worked, has it?

All I can say is, "It's nice to see you, to see you..."

AUDIENCE: Nice!

-Yeah, marvellous.

-You know what?

That is a bit like me, I'll give you that.

I'll tell you what though,

James is doing a brilliant impression of an incredibly embarrassed son.

-James, who else does your dad do?

-Um...

He says he does impersonations, he does impersonation.

-It is always Brucie, is it?

-Yeah.

-Yes, I'm afraid.

Best of luck, great to have you back on the show.

And next we welcome Charlotte and Esther.

-Now how do you two know each other?

-Uh, a mutual friend?

Yep, we met and we enjoyed drinking cocktails and watching Pointless.

-So it was a natural friendship.

-What do you do, Charlotte?

I'm a student support worker so I work at the university

and support students with learning difficulties and disabilities.

How about you, Esther?

I work at an art centre, I'm a front-of-house manager.

Excellent - Charlotte, what do YOU like to get up to?

I like cake decorating, that's quite a good hobby I've got.

Do you make the cake as well, or just the decorating?

-Yeah, both - bake and decorate on top as well.

-Bake and decorate.

Is she good at it, Esther?

-They're delicious cakes and they do look amazing.

-Wow.

You know how sometimes we have people who bake

and then they DON'T bring us a cake.

But I'm sure that's not happened here, I'm sure.

-No.

-I'm sure behind the podium there, Charlotte has a cake for us.

-Yeah.

-Almost certain.

I was thinking if I go through to the next round,

then I can make a cake.

You can make a cake...

before the next round?

Or, you know, on the next show.

-OK.

-OK.

-Or send one in the post.

-Or send one in the...

Listen, any of the above - absolutely fine by us.

Esther, what do you like to get up to? What are your hobbies?

I'm a bit of a film buff.

I like the cinema, so again - actors, TV as well.

I'd hope that would come up.

Do you have any favourite kinds of series you like to watch?

Erm, I do like a lot of American dramas.

So...maybe something a bit science-fictiony,

or maybe cheesy, American things like the OC.

OK, well, very best of luck, Charlotte and Esther.

Great to have you on the show and finally we welcome Liz and Jenny.

-Now how do you two know each other, Liz?

-She's my mother.

-What do you do, Liz?

-I'm a manager for a large national charity.

-Very good indeed. Jenny, how about you?

-I'm retired now.

-I'm a retired teacher. You don't like teachers, do you?

-No, we do!

-We LOVE teachers(!)

-You do?

-We do, Richard's mum's a teacher.

-Well, I was a head teacher.

-Well, oh, OK.

-Yeah.

-Oh I take it... I take it back.

-I thought you might.

-How dare you come on here(!)

-I thought you might.

No, we love teachers and my mum's a teacher.

We love teachers, they're just terrible, that's all.

That's the only problem - whenever they come on they just do badly.

What are you hoping is going to come up? What's your ideal Pointless?

-Food and drink.

-Mmm.

-Politics.

-Food-and-drink politics?

-Mmm-hmm.

-OK. The politics behind food and drinks?

-Well, that would be good.

-Wouldn't it, though?

-Yeah, really good.

-Wow.

-Anything you'd hate to see come up, Liz?

-Absolutely, definitely, sport.

-Of any sort.

-Liz and Jenny, it's lovely to have you here.

Very best of luck and a warm welcome to you.

We'll find out more about all of you

throughout the show as it goes along.

There's one person left for me to introduce.

If the pen is mightier than the sword,

then his laptop is a weapon of mass destruction!

It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Hiya, hello. Hi, everybody.

Hiya.

Lovely, as always, to have a head teacher on the show.

Because it brings an air of class to proceedings.

-You will tell us, won't you, if anybody talks?

-I will.

-Or if anybody's using a calculator.

-Yeah.

-OK, thank you.

Round One should be good for Esther, if she likes American actors.

Good, we'll look forward to that.

All questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.

In order to get to the final round

and be in with a chance of winning our jackpot, our contestants

need to find those obscure answers our 100 people didn't get.

So the fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer,

the fewer points they'll score.

What everyone's trying to do is to find a pointless answer.

This is an answer that none of our 100 people gave

and each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.

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

So today's jackpot starts off at £4,000.

There we are.

CHEERING

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

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...

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

who's going to go second.

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

OK, so the question concerns...

-Richard.

-Yeah, in a moment, Xander is going to show you a list

of six US sitcoms on this board.

We're looking for any of the leading actors

in ANY of those six US sitcoms, please.

We're defining leading actors by anyone who's been

in more than half of the episodes of that sitcom.

Very, very best of luck.

OK, thanks very much.

Katy and Lucy, you all drew lots before the show

and today you are going to go first.

Let's show our six TV series and here they are. We have got...

I'll read them one last time...

You just have to give me the name of the most obscure lead actor

you can think of from any of those series.

-So, Lucy?

-I'm just trying to decide whether to play safe

or take a bit of a risk.

And I think I'm going to take a bit of a risk. Sorry, Katy.

And go with Rue McClanahan.

Rue McClanahan says Lucy. Let's see if it's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 said, Rue McClanahan.

Absolutely right.

Oh, it's a good answer. Look at that - it's pointless, Lucy!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

That's how you start a show.

That adds £250 to today's jackpot.

Takes the total up to £4,250 and it scores you nothing.

Well done on all scores.

Brilliant.

That's a brilliant answer, brilliant start to the show as well.

She played Blanche Devereaux in The Golden Girls - 177 episodes of it.

-That's a good start, isn't it?

-Yes, superb.

Very, very well done indeed, Lucy.

So, Rob...

There we are, that's the kind of calibre of show this is going to be.

I'm going to go Kirstie Alley. I think she was in Cheers.

Kirstie Alley, says Rob. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Kirstie Alley.

Very well done, Rob, absolutely right.

How far down is it going to go? It's another good answer. Eight.

APPLAUSE

Well played, Rob - played Rebecca in 149 episodes of Cheers.

Now then, Charlotte.

Well, there's some obvious ones and there's a few I think

but I'm not sure if I've got the right first name.

Charlotte, don't get a high score because we want cake. Sorry.

Um...

Betty White?

Let's see if that's right - Betty White.

And if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Betty White.

Absolutely right.

Another great score.

Look at that! Charlotte, very well done indeed.

APPLAUSE

Two.

Good answer, Charlotte, also from The Golden Girls, plays Rose.

She was nominated for Emmys 60 years apart, Betty White.

-Wow.

-Yeah. That's not a bad career, is it?

-Not bad at all.

Now then, Liz...

the most obscure actor you can think of from any of these TV series.

OK, I'm going to go with The Golden Girls as well - Bea Arthur.

Bea Arthur - let's see if that's right,

let's see how many of our 100 said Bea Arthur.

Absolutely right.

Another pointless answer!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Very well done, Liz.

That adds another 250 quid to today's jackpot.

It takes the total up to £4,500 and it scores you nothing.

-Brilliant, Liz, very well done indeed.

-Terrific work, Liz.

She played Dorothy in The Golden Girls.

£500 added to the jackpot, no wonder they call them The Golden Girls.

We're halfway through the round, let's take a look at the scores

as they stand. Look, that pass was bookended by two pointless answers.

Fantastic, what a great start to the show.

Then we go up to two, where we find Charlotte and Esther.

Then up to eight, where we find Rob and James.

Who would have thought eight was going to be our highest score?

But it is, James.

So, yes, we need a low score from you in the next pass

to make sure that you make it through to the next round.

Best of luck with that. We're going to come back down the line.

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

We are looking for lead actors who have appeared in these TV shows.

There they are. Now then, Jenny, you are joint low scorers.

The high scorers, on eight, are James and Rob - you're on nothing.

If you can score seven or less, Jenny,

you can avoid even becoming high scorers.

I can see somebody in Cheers but I can't remember his name even.

I don't know. So, let's have...

..Mary Martin.

Mary Martin, says Jenny. Here is your red line.

If you can get below that red line with Mary Martin...

you are through to the next round. Let's see, is Mary Martin right?

-No.

-And if it is, how many people said Mary Martin?

Bad luck, Jenny. I'm afraid, an incorrect answer,

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

-Richard?

-Sorry, Mary Martin not in any of those.

She's Larry Hagman's mum, Mary Martin.

-That was all I could remember.

-Yeah.

Well, it scored you 100. It takes your total up to 100.

But, as I say, if either of the next two pairs score 100,

they will be higher than you.

There we are, Esther.

OK, well, given that I said I liked American TV,

I'm hoping this one will work out for me.

The Golden Girls seem to be working out

so I'm going to try Estelle Getty.

Estelle Getty, says Esther.

You're on two, the high scorers are now Jenny and Liz on 100.

If you can score 97 or less, you are through to the next round.

Estelle Getty.

Is it right and how many people said it?

Absolutely right and you are through.

One.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

One, if you please, for Estelle Getty.

That takes your total up to three. Very well done, Esther.

Yeah, good answer, Esther.

So in six answers we've had all four of The Golden Girls.

That's very impressive. They've scored three points between them.

Very good indeed. Now then, James. You're on eight.

The high scorers on 100 are Jenny and Liz.

I've only ever watched Friends out of all of that so...

I'm going to have to play it quite safe.

I'm going to go with the one I think people won't know.

So, Courtney Cox?

Courtney Cox, says James. There's your red line.

If you get below that red line, it's good enough

and you are through to the next round.

Is it right and how many people said it?

Absolutely right and well done, you've done it.

21.

-APPLAUSE

-21 takes your total up to 29.

-Very well done, James.

-Well done, James.

-There were no more Golden Girls left to have a go at, were there?

-No.

Yeah, she was in 238 episodes of Friends. Played Monica.

Was first offered the role of Rachel.

Hmmm.

-Katy.

-Yes.

You're on nothing. The high scorers are Jenny and Liz on 100.

If you can score 99 or less, you're in the next round.

I know quite a few of them.

I watch a lot of American TV

but I probably am going to play it safe and go with a Friends.

I'm going to say Matthew Perry.

Matthew Perry, how many people said it?

Absolutely right and you're through.

19.

APPLAUSE

19 takes your total up to 19.

Yes, also 238 episodes, played Chandler Bing.

-Very good answer. Good round for everyone there, wasn't it?

-Yeah.

That was terrific. There's only ten pointless answers in all.

We've had two of them but let's take a look at some of them.

Bea Arthur to start with.

David Ogden Stiers - Major Charles Winchester in MASH.

Eric McCormack, who was the "Will" from Will and Grace.

He was a pointless answer.

Debra Messing, who was Grace, would have scored you four points.

-James Michael Tyler, do you know who James Michael Tyler plays?

-No.

He's in Friends.

Does he play the man who runs Central Park? Central Perk.

He plays Gunther, absolutely right - it is a pointless answer.

So very well done if you got that.

Klinger from MASH, Jamie Farr, was a pointless answer.

Mike Farrell, who was BJ from MASH, was a pointless answer.

Alan Alda would have scored you 26, a pretty big score.

There's Rue McClanahan, a pointless answer.

Sean Hayes, who plays Jack in Will and Grace, was nothing.

Megan Mullally would have scored you one, she plays Karen.

And William Christopher, who was Father Mulcahy from MASH,

also a pointless answer.

The only other pointless answer - Kellye Nakahara,

who was in MASH as well.

The high scorers, the ones that most of our 100 people said were...

Alan Alda, 26, obviously he was in MASH, played Hawkeye.

Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex And The City, 27.

Kristin Davis would have scored you one point though.

That would have been a terrific answer from Sex and the City.

Right at the top - Jennifer Aniston, 47 points.

-Well, that's nice for Jennifer, isn't it?

-She'll be really pleased.

Thank you very much, Richard.

At the end of our first round, the pair who'll be leaving us

with their high score...

I'm afraid it's Jenny and Liz.

Well, well, well.

Liz, we had a pointless answer from you and

Jenny, for all the best reasons, I'm afraid you didn't know any answers.

-I was far too busy to watch any TV.

-Were you too busy?

Did you watch any of those shows?

I watched Cheers quite a bit

-and I still can't remember the name of the tall person.

-Ted Danson?

-Oh, thank you.

-That's OK.

-But I would have lost anyway, wouldn't I?

If I had said Ted Danson?

-No, Ted Danson would have scored you 21 points.

-So...

-Oh, you'd be through.

-So you'd be through.

-Huh!

-Yeah.

-Jenny(!)

-Well, I am getting old.

The great news is we'll get to see you again next time

and we'll look forward to that very much indeed.

Meantime, thank you very much for playing -

Jenny and Liz, lovely contestants.

APPLAUSE

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

Obviously there's only going to be room for two pairs

in our head-to-head round.

So one of the pairs will be leaving us at the end of this round.

Well, that was a cracking round. Charlotte and Esther!

Very, very well played, I'm so glad.

I was worried that maybe we weren't going to get that cake opportunity.

Charlotte and I were having you on, really.

-Because she has made us a cake.

-No?

-She has made us a cake.

You have made us a cake?

And not only has she made us a cake, I will go so far as to say...

it is awesome.

-Do you want to have a little look?

-Yeah, it's here?

-Yeah.

It's very, very...

-..impressive.

-Wow, look at that.

APPLAUSE

-There's you.

-Yeah.

-Look, there's me on the laptop.

-OK, with some...

-What's that there?

-This looks a bit, Charlotte, if I may say so...

-It looks a bit like we're both sitting on a small hotel bed.

-Yeah.

-And I don't know what I'm uploading on that computer, but...

-Wow.

-But isn't that amazing?

-Isn't that?

-What sort of cake is it, Charlotte?

-Erm, it's just sponge.

-What are we made out of?

-You're icing but you do have kebab skewers holding you in as well.

-OK.

-Can I just...?

-So don't eat you.

AUDIENCE: No!

AUDIENCE: Aw!

Mmm.

That is... Don't eat my computer!

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

What have you got on there? That is hardcore.

Brilliant.

OK, our category for Round Two is...

Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

who's going second?

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

And our question concerns...

-Richard.

-On each pass we're going to show you the name of six lakes.

You just have to tell us

in which modern-day country you will find that lake.

There's going to be 12 in all to have a go at home.

OK, thanks very much. So, we are looking for the countries

in which you'd find each of these lakes. And we have got...

I'll read them one last time...

There we are - six lakes.

Lucy, you're not looking happy.

I don't know much about lakes.

So I think I'm just going to have to say Lake Michigan and say the USA.

OK, Lake Michigan, USA, says Lucy.

Let's see if that's right

let's see how many people said, USA for Lake Michigan.

It is right.

73.

APPLAUSE

Not bad but quite high, Richard.

Yeah, Lake Michigan, it's the third largest of the Great Lakes

and its name actually, mishigama, means "Great Lake".

-So it's actually Lake Great Lake, one of the Great Lakes.

-Thanks, Richard.

-Now then, Rob.

-There's only one I really know

and I'll have to plump for that one.

-So I'll go Lake Garda and Italy.

-Lake Garda, Italy, says Rob.

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

Absolutely right.

42, not that bad.

It's the largest lake in Italy. 34 miles long, Lake Garda.

Now then, Charlotte, where would you find these lakes?

You are the last person to have this board,

so you can talk us through it if you like.

The two answers I know have already gone.

I'm just going to have to guess. Er...Great Bear Lake, Canada?

Great Bear Lake, Canada, says Charlotte.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many people

said Canada for Great Bear Lake.

It's right! Very well done, Charlotte.

41. Lowest score of the pass.

-It pays to bring in a cake.

-Is there no end to Charlotte's talents?

It's extraordinary, and a great baker, great guesser.

Terrific work.

It's frozen eight months of the year, Great Bear Lake up in Canada.

Let's fill in the rest of the board.

Lake Annecy is France.

Would have scored you 11 points.

Lake Eyre is in Australia.

Would have scored five points.

The best answer is Lake Biwa.

Would have scored you one point,

and it's the largest lake in Japan.

Very well done if you said that. That's one of Japan's greatest tourist attractions, Lake Biwa.

Thanks, Richard. So, let's take a look at the scores.

We're halfway through the round. 41, the best score of the pass.

So, Charlotte and Esther looking very strong, and up one click

to 42, and then, whoa! We go up to 73 where we find Lucy and Katy.

Quite a way out in front.

So, Katy, we'll need a really good low score from you on the next board.

We're going to come back down the line now.

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

OK, we're going to put six more lakes on the board, and here they are.

We have got..

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Six lakes.

Esther, we are looking for the countries in which these lakes are found

and you are going to try

and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

You're on 41. The high score is on 73, Katy and Lucy.

So, if you can score 31 or less,

you are through to the next round already.

I know three of them

but I think they're all probably quite high.

-I'm going to guess Lake Baikal is India.

-OK.

Lake Baikal, India, says Esther.

If you can get below that red line you are through to the head-to-head.

Best of luck. Is Lake Baikal in India? If it is, how many people said it?

Oh, bad luck, Esther.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer which scores you the maximum of 100 points.

That takes your total up to 141. Richard?

Sorry, Esther. I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.

So then, James, the high scorers, Esther and Charlotte, now on 141,

you're on 42, so a score of 98 or less will see you through.

I... I don't know any. So, um...

This is music to Esther and Charlotte's ears.

I'm going to go with Great Salt Lake

and the USA.

Let's see, Great Salt Lake, is in the USA? How many people said it?

Well done, you've done it.

43. Takes your total up to 85.

Yeah, the largest salt lake in the US. You can float in it,

like in the Dead Sea, it's so salty. About 25% salt.

Katy, you're on 73, the high scorers on 141

are Esther and Charlotte.

If you can score 67 or less

you're through to the next round.

Talk us through the board, Katy.

OK, that will be quick because I don't know any of them.

Talk us through your thinking if you like, sort of hazard some guesses.

I was thinking Sweden was coming into my head

for the first one, but I don't know why.

So, I'm going to say Lake Maracaibo, I'm just going to say Italy.

Lake Maracaibo, Italy, says Katy. Let's find out, is that right?

If it is, how many people said Italy for Lake Maracaibo?

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

which scores you the maximum of 100 points,

and that takes your total up to an unbeatable 173, sorry.

Yeah, Lake Maracaibo actually is a pointless answer, it's in Venezuela.

Lot of the Venezuelan oil fields are in and around Lake Maracaibo.

An incredibly rich part of the world.

Let's take a look through the rest of them, there's only one obvious

one on the board, that's Lake Winnipeg, which is Canada.

That would have scored you 51 points. Lake Baikal is in Russia.

It's 12,000 square miles, it's the deepest lake in the world,

goes down to 5,700 feet in parts.

-Wow.

-That's a big lake, isn't it?

-That is a big lake.

-You don't want to pedalo across that.

-No.

And if you said Lake Baikal, it scores ten points,

so it's a very good answer.

Lake Balaton is in Hungary, would have scored you five points.

This is a tough board.

And Lake Van, one point, well done if you said Turkey.

Lake Van in Turkey.

-Really tough board there.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So our losing pair at the end of our second round,

I'm afraid is Katy and Lucy.

I'm so sorry, Katy and Lucy, but we have to say goodbye to you,

but it's been lovely having you on the show both times.

You've been brilliant, thanks so much for playing, Katy and Lucy.

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

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

Now, congratulations, Rob and James, Charlotte and Esther,

you are now only one round away from the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £4,500.

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 big news is though you are now allowed to confer.

Here we are, we've made it to the head-to-head.

Anything can happen from here on in.

Very, very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

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

Famous scientists, Richard.

We're going to see pictures of five people who are famous

in the field of science. Can you pick the most obscure of these?

OK, let's reveal our five famous scientists, and here they come.

We have got...

OK, there we are, five famous scientists.

Rob and James, you've played best throughout the show so far,

so you get to go first.

Um, I think because this one's in colour and so I've got

a better idea of it, we're going to go with E and Brian Cox.

OK.

E, Brian Cox, you are saying. Charlotte and Esther.

You can talk us through the board if you like.

A is Charles Darwin and D is Einstein. Albert Einstein.

C, I had a kind of feeling it might be Robert Oppenheimer

but I don't know for certain.

So we're going to play with A and say that's Charles Darwin.

A, Charles Darwin. You are saying A, Charles Darwin.

So we have E, Brian Cox, A, Charles Darwin.

Rob and James have said E, Brian Cox.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Brian Cox.

Absolutely right.

43.

43. Charlotte and Esther, meanwhile, have said that A is Charles Darwin.

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

A, Charles Darwin.

Yep, you've done it!

Very well done, 18.

Good work, Charlotte and Esther, after one question,

you are up 1-0.

-Richard.

-Well played, Charlotte and Esther, good answer.

You were right to avoid Einstein as well, it's a correct answer,

but it would have scored you 77 points.

Let's take a look at the other two.

B is Sigmund Freud, would have scored you six points.

-Do you know who C is?

-Geoffrey Rush.

-He does look like Geoffrey Rush.

It's Schroedinger. As in Schroedinger's cat.

It is a pointless answer, Schroedinger,

so very well done if you said that at home.

There we go. Thank you, Richard, now here comes your second question.

Rob and James, you have to win this one to stay in the game. Remember.

Best of luck. It concerns...

-Walt Disney. Richard.

-We're going to give you five questions about

the legendary filmmaker, Walt Disney.

Can you answer the most obscure of these?

OK, let's reveal our five questions about Walt Disney,

and here they are.

I'll read them one last time.

There we are. Five clues to facts about Walt Disney.

Now then, Charlotte and Esther, you go first this time.

It's the only one we're pretty certain.

Voiced this character until 1947, we're going to say Mickey Mouse.

Mickey Mouse, you are going to say, he voiced this character until 1947.

Mickey Mouse. Rob and James, talk us through the board.

We think the first one, opened first theme park in California.

Uh, Illinois city, we're not sure about.

We knew he voiced this character.

We'll go with the first theme park in this US state, California.

OK, you're going to say California for the first theme park.

Charlotte and Esther have said Mickey Mouse, let's see

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

Absolutely right.

31.

31 people said he voiced Mickey Mouse until 1947.

Rob and James have said he opened his first theme

park in California, let's see if that's right,

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

It's right. Will it beat 31?

Yes, it will! Look at that, 26.

That means, after two questions, Rob and James, Charlotte

and Esther, you are one point each.

-Richard.

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

Born in this Illinois city - Chicago.

That would have scored you nine points.

His middle name is Elias, that's the best answer on the board,

two points if you said that.

And his studio's first full-length animated feature. Do you know that?

-Dumbo?

-It's not, it's Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

-Really?

Yep, would have scored you 22 points.

OK, here comes your third question, this will be the decider, and it concerns...

-Richard.

-We're about to show you the names of five different types

of penguin, but we've missed out alternate letters of their names.

Can you fill in the blanks and tell us the most obscure of these?

Good luck to both teams.

OK, thanks very much, Richard, let's reveal our five penguins with

alternate missing letters, and we have got...

I'll read those all one last time without the blanks.

There we are, five types of penguin with missing alternate letters.

Rob and James, you go first.

Um, I only know one,

so I'm going to go with emperor.

OK, you're going to take emperor. Emperor.

Now then, Charlotte and Esther, talk us through the board.

-We're pretty much at a loss because we only knew emperor.

-Macaroni fits.

Macaroni?

Yeah, just because it fits the letters,

we're going to say macaroni penguin.

-A macaroni penguin.

-Yeah.

-Mmm.

-We're holding out so much hope.

OK, Rob and James, emperor, let's see if it's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people said emperor.

It's right.

68.

68.

Whoever wins this question goes through to the final

and plays for that jackpot.

Charlotte and Esther have said macaroni.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how

many of our 100 people said macaroni penguin.

Absolutely right.

And it wins the point!

-11!

-HE LAUGHS

11 for the macaroni penguin. Wow.

Wow.

Well done, just brilliant, brilliant guessing there.

You thought you'd won that, didn't you, Rob and James?

-Oh, macaroni penguin.

-It's the last time I'm eating pasta.

Well done, Charlotte and Esther.

That means after three questions you are through to the final, 2-1. Brilliant.

That's what happens when you bake us a cake, I have to say.

It's actually the most numerous of all the world's penguins,

macaroni penguin, over nine million breeding pairs.

It's close relations to the ravioli penguin and the lasagne penguin.

Fill in the others. The top one is the chinstrap penguin.

That would have scored six points.

Then it's the rockhopper, that would have scored 14.

And the best answer on the board is the gentoo penguin,

very well done if you said gentoo.

Five points.

Well, thank you very much indeed, Richard, so the losing

pair at the end of the head to head, I'm afraid, is Rob and James.

-It's been another rollercoaster, hasn't it?

-Absolutely.

-What about that?

-Lots of fun, lots of fun.

Well, you've done phenomenally well, both times you've been on the show.

Brilliant, brilliant contestants.

Rob, James, thank you so much for playing. Brilliant.

But for Charlotte and Esther it's now time for our Pointless final.

Many, many congratulations.

Charlotte and Esther, you've fought off all the competition, you have

won our coveted Pointless trophy, very well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £4,500.

APPLAUSE

What a show.

Do you know, the only time that's ever happened before, and a

pair came through on a complete fluke to the final, they won.

-I'm not... I don't want to jinx it.

-Don't jinx it, yeah.

I have a good feeling. OK, the rules are very simple.

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

We've had two pointless answers on the show today, you only have to

find one more now and you'll leave here with that money. First though,

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

Film directors, artists, bestselling authors, horse racing, pop stars.

I think we'd like... I'd like film directors, I think I'd do quite well on that.

-Yeah, that is your area.

-So we're going to go for film directors.

Very good indeed. Let's found out what the question is, here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many winners

of the Oscar for Best Director since 1970.

Richard.

We're looking for the name of any person who's won the Oscar for

Best Director from 1970 all the way through to the ceremony in 2012.

Very, very best of luck.

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

and all you need to win that £4,500 is for just one of those

answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-I hope so.

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

There they are, your time starts now.

-OK, well, I would say Kathryn Bigelow.

-Yeah.

Because she's a woman,

it was relatively recently but I think she's less well-known.

This year was Michel Haza...

Oh, I can't say his name, but he did The Artist, so Michel Hazanavicius.

I would actually go with him as well, maybe.

-I think Woody Allen's won it at some point but he'll be...

-Peter Jackson?

Peter Jackson must have won for one of the Lord of the Rings films.

I would say, um, I'm trying to think of foreign directors.

Roberto Benigni at some point I think maybe won it.

James Cameron's won it but he's going to be really obvious as well.

-So I'm thinking probably Michel Hazanavicius.

-Yeah, go that one.

-Because he was this year.

-Kathryn Bigelow?

Kathryn Bigelow, definitely.

Ten seconds left.

My mind's gone blank and I should really know this.

-This is your topic.

-Yeah, um...

OK, your time is up.

We're looking for winners of the Oscar for Best Director.

I now need your three answers. What are you going to give me?

-We're definitely going to go for Kathryn Bigelow.

-Kathryn Bigelow.

We can say this one.

OK, if I'm pronouncing it correctly, Michel Hazanavicius...

-Michel Hazanavicius.

-..who won for The Artist. And...

-Maybe, we didn't discuss this, but Tom Ford.

-Throw it out there.

-Yeah.

I think he might have won for A Single Man, but maybe not.

So...

OK, so there we have our three answers.

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

Shall we say Michel Hazanavicius?

OK, Michael Hazanavicius, we will put last.

Which is your least likely, do you think?

-Tom Ford?

-Tom Ford, because I'm not sure he did actually win.

Tom Ford, we'll bung him up at the top, and we'll pop Kathryn Bigelow

-in the middle.

-Yep.

OK, let's put them up on the board in that order, and here they are.

We have got Tom Ford, Kathryn Bigelow, and Michel Hazanavicius.

There we are.

We were looking for winners of the Oscar for Best Director.

Tom Ford you said was your least confident answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer, remember,

to win that jackpot of £4,500.

You weren't entirely confident this was a correct answer.

-I'm not sure, I can't remember.

-But it's a good one, though.

-For A Single Man.

-Yeah, great film.

OK, well, let's see. Is it right? How many people said Tom Ford?

There's your answer.

A good guess, but an incorrect answer, as it happens,

so unfortunately not a pointless answer.

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

Charlotte, what would you do with £4,500?

I think I'd probably like to go travelling.

I quite like America, I've done the west coast of America.

Go up to the Great Bear Lake in Canada.

Yes, oh definitely got to go there now.

Esther, how about you?

As I said, I do like film, so I'd really like to travel to

the Cannes Film Festival, so I'd probably put it towards a trip there.

Fantastic. Very, very best of luck. Let's hope one of your two remaining

answers will win that jackpot for you.

So we are looking for winners of the Oscar for Best Director.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Kathryn Bigelow.

This has to be right

and it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot, £4,500.

Let's see, Kathryn Bigelow, how many people said it? Is it right?

It is right.

Tom Ford, your first answer, was incorrect,

but Kathryn Bigelow is absolutely right.

Down it goes, into the 20s, into the teens, into single figures,

down it goes...four, three, two, oh!

One!

One person!

Oh, that was close.

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

Everything is now riding on Michel Hazanavicius.

To win the jackpot of £4,500, it has to be pointless. Let's find out.

Michel Hazanavicius, is it right? Is it pointless?

It's right.

So Tom Ford turned out to be an incorrect answer,

Kathryn Bigelow took us all the way down to one.

Michel Hazanavicius, is he going to take us

all the way down to pointless?

Yes he is. Yes he is!

Very, very well done indeed. That's brilliant. Fantastic. Fantastic.

Oh, my God!

Wow. Well, congratulations.

Michel Hazanavicius was a pointless answer,

what a brilliant answer that was.

That means you go home with a jackpot of £4,500.

That was proper team-work.

That's absolutely brilliant.

Well done, you rode your luck a couple of times during the show,

but no luck at all in that final round, that was terrific.

-Michel Hazanavicius, doesn't trip off the tongue, does it?

-No.

There's a reason nobody said it.

There's a whole bunch of pointless answers here, actually.

Let's take a look at some of them. Ang Lee won for Brokeback Mountain.

The Coen brothers for No Country For Old Men,

that was a pointless answer. George Roy Hill won for The Sting.

Jonathan Demme won for Silence of the Lambs.

Mel Gibson won for Braveheart. Michael Cimino for The Deer Hunter.

Oliver Stone, he won twice.

One for Platoon and Born On The Fourth of July.

Robert Redford for Ordinary People. Robert Zemeckis for Forrest Gump.

You could also have had Barry Levinson, Bernardo Bertolucci,

Bob Fosse, Franklin J Schaffner, James L Brooks.

You could have had John G Avildsen, John Schlesinger, Robert Benton,

Sydney Pollack, Tom Hooper, who did The King's Speech,

he was a pointless answer, well done if you said him.

Warren Beatty and William Friedkin.

All of those pointless answers, so a good category to choose,

very well done if you got any of those at home, and very well done to

the two of you, that's terrific.

-Thank you.

-Well, thanks once again to our winning players,

Charlotte and Esther, who go away with today's jackpot of £4,500.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge

to the test on Pointless.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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