Episode 42 Pointless

Thank you very much. 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.

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First up, we welcome Abi and Andy. Now, Abi, how do you two know each other?

-Father and daughter.

-Father and daughter,

traditionally a very, very strong suit on Pointless.

They always do well, fathers and daughters. Andy, where are you from?

-Stoke-on-Trent.

-Stoke-on-Trent.

And what do you like to get up to in your spare time, Abi?

-I'm in a street dance group.

-Are you?

-We're not very good.

Have you yet been on Britain's Got Talent?

I think Stoke's Got Talent's probably more our scale.

OK, OK. Very good.

Andy, what do you like to get up to?

Not a lot, really. Watching Pointless mostly.

-That's good.

-Rush home from work so that I can watch it

but, other than that, it's a lot of watching sport and stuff like that.

OK. Well, best of luck. Abi and Andy, great to have you on the show.

And next we welcome Becky and Shaun. Now, how do you two know each other, Shaun?

-We're engaged to be married.

-Engaged to be married.

How long have you been engaged, Becky?

We've actually been engaged about six months

but we've been together for eight years.

-Shaun!

-I've been waiting a long time.

-Eight years.

Blimey. Shaun, what do you hope is going to come up today?

I'm hoping maybe sport, I'm a big Norwich City fan.

Maybe some really detailed questions on Alan Partridge

or life and works of Steve Coogan.

OK, Becky, anything you want to add to that?

Any sort of TV. I watch a lot of television,

or I know a lot about celebrities.

Who's putting on weight, who's losing weight.

That sort of important stuff.

Now, there's a round. There's a round.

People who are losing weight. Very good indeed.

Shaun and Becky, warm welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.

And next we welcome Tony Snr and Tony Jnr.

-How do you two know each other, Tony Snr?

-Father and son.

What are your hobbies, Tony Jnr?

-I've been doing close-up magic for about 14 years.

-Wow.

So I've done quite a few weddings.

Dad showed me a couple of card tricks when I was younger.

And it's very much now the sort of apprentice becoming the master.

Very exciting indeed.

So, Tony Jnr, what do you hope is going to come up today?

TV and film, I love TV and film.

If you go into my spare room, I've got... last count of about 900 DVDs.

Do you watch them or do you just keep them and cherish them?

No, no, no I watch them all, all in alphabetical order.

Um...

Tony Snr, what do you hope is going to come up today?

-Sport. Much as everybody else.

-Sport.

Music. '80s, '70s, '80s.

OK, that kind of music. Lovely to have you on the show, Tonys.

Very, very best of luck to you.

And, finally, we welcome back Max and Martyn,

our only returning pair today. You were on the show last time. Everyone gets two chances

to reach the Pointless final, this is your second and final chance.

Max, remind us how you two know each other.

Through Martyn's fiancee, who's my cousin.

-So you're about to become cousins-in-law?

-Yes.

Oh...yes.

Now, Martyn, what happened last time?

I think we had a bad case of the Lloyd Webbers last time. We got to the head-to-head.

You got to the head-to-head. You did really well.

-Yeah, up until...

-Fashion designers came up and you beat the ladies.

-Surprisingly well on fashion designers.

-Really surprisingly well.

It was a complete guess.

Yeah, yeah. A complete guess.

What do you hope is going to come up today, Max?

Anything that we'd know.

Film, science fiction, anything like that.

You know, I'm a bit of a sci-fi fan.

-Wrestling, obviously.

-Obviously.

Max is a professional wrestler.

Mad Max Fury, that's him. I know, I know, it's him.

Crazy. Sorry, mad, mad. Martyn?

Geography, maybe.

OK. We didn't have any of that last time, so maybe that will be coming back.

Well, Max and Martyn, great to have you back on the show.

Very, very best of luck to you as well.

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

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

A man who examines cultures of trivia on the Petri dish of obscurity.

-It's my Pointless friend. It's Richard.

-Hiya.

Hello.

-Hello there.

-Hello there.

Quite often on this show, we have all sorts of different types of questions

and there's a big behind-the-scenes team who help with all the questions.

Some of them are simple and some of them are not. Question one on today's show,

I think, probably took the most man and woman hours to write,

to verify, to work out, of any question we have ever had.

It's really quite a spectacular feat of question writing from the team.

I've never heard the word "woman hours" before.

-Can I just take my hat off to you?

-Woman hours?

-Yeah.

Well, that's what I do between six and eight every evening.

Those are my woman hours.

-When everyone's out.

-And the rest.

Thank you very much, Richard. Well, all our questions on Pointless

have been put to 100 people before the show.

In order to get through to the Final Round and be in with a chance of winning our jackpot,

our contestants must find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.

So the fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer, the fewer points you'll score.

Now, what everyone's trying to do is to find a pointless answer.

That's an answer that none of our 100 people knew

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

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

So today's jackpot starts off at...

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.

The pair with the highest score at the end of the round

will be eliminated, so make sure that's not you.

Our category for Round One is...

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

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

...as they could. World currencies. Richard.

Yes. We're looking for the unit of official national currency

of any country in the world, please.

So, any unit of official national currency.

We're not looking for the country and the currency,

so where more than one country shares the same named currency, we'll only accept it once,

or if the currency is essentially the same one as from another country.

And, for each of those countries, we're looking for the main unit of currency, not any sub-units,

just the main unit of currency for any of those countries.

And, as always by country, we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN.

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much, Richard. Now then, Abi and Andy,

you all drew lots before the show and, today, you are going first.

Well, other than using money,

it's not probably my strong point and I apologise already

cos it's probably high-scoring but I'm going to go for the yen.

The yen, says Abi, the yen.

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

Absolutely right.

Not much wrong with that, Abi. 25 for yen.

Yes, a safe answer from podium one there.

A yen is worth roughly 0.8p. And there's 100 sen in a yen.

Wow.

So one sen is not worth a lot.

Oh, I must pay you that five cen I owe you.

Yes.

Now then, Becky.

This isn't a great subject for me.

I haven't travelled very far, so I don't know many currencies

but Shaun's sister has just emigrated to Australia,

so I think I'll go for the Australian dollar.

The Australian dollar, says Becky.

Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said the Australian dollar.

It's right.

54, Becky.

Yes, so the unit there is dollar. So that's dollar for all the countries it's used in.

It's used in all sorts of places. Antigua and Barbuda, New Zealand,

Saint Vincent, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, United States.

All sorts of places use the dollar.

Very good, right. The Tonys. Tony Jnr.

Well, I had my stag do

about four years ago in Poland,

and I seem to recall paying for some very cheap beer in zlotys.

Zlotys. Let's see if zloty is right and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said zloty.

It's absolutely right.

Very, very well done indeed. That scores you 2.

If the beer was that cheap, I congratulate you

on remembering anything, frankly. Richard.

Well played, Tony Jnr. 100 groszy in a zloty.

Zloty is Polish for gold coin.

Now then, Max. So, remember, we're looking for any main unit of currency.

Well, I've travelled near and far, and I'm going to go for Thai baht.

The baht. The Baht. OK. Let's see if that's right and, if it is,

let's see how many of our 100 people said baht.

It's right.

Very well done, Max. 9.

Yeah, absolutely. From Thailand, which is where I spend a lot of my woman hours.

Yeah. OK, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores.

The Tonys looking very strong indeed,

after Tony Jnr's brilliant answer of the zloty on 2.

Then we're up to nine, where we find Max and Martyn.

Up to 25, where we find Abi and Andy.

And then up to 54, where we find Becky and Shaun.

So, yes, you are quite significantly ahead there, Shaun.

You'll have to find a good, low-scoring answer in the next pass.

We'll hope that's enough to keep you in the game.

We'll come back down the line now. Can the second players please take their places at the podium.

There we are, Martyn.

Remember we are looking for any main unit of national currency.

You're on 9, the high scorers Shaun and Becky on 54.

If you can score 44 or less, you are through to the next round.

I've done a fair bit of travelling and one place I went to was China,

-where they use the yuan.

-The yuan, says Martyn.

Here's your red line. You get below that red line with yuan

and you are through to the next round. How many people said yuan?

Very well done. You're through.

The lowest score so far. Very, very well done, Martyn.

That takes your total up to a very impressive, low 10.

-Richard.

-Good answer, Martyn. Very low score for yuan.

Only one person in 100 knew it which, given we'll all be using it

in 25 years' time is quite bad, isn't it?

Amazing.

Now then, Tony Snr.

The high scorers are still Shaun and Becky on 54, you're on 2.

A score of 51 or less sees you through to the next round.

OK. Well, I don't think I've done enough stag dos as I should have.

Perhaps I'd have known a few more answers.

But...I think...

-South African rand.

-The rand, says Tony Snr.

The rand. Here's your red line.

If the rand gets you below that, you're through to the next round.

How many people said the rand?

Yep, you've done it.

Very well done indeed. Takes your total up to 11.

Very good.

Well done. Through to the next rand.

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Only used in South Africa, the rand.

Shaun, you're the high scorers on 54.

We need a very low-scoring answer from you.

-We need a minus answer, a negative answer.

-Yes.

-I'm going to go for the Russian rouble.

-The rouble, says Shaun.

There's no red line for you because you're the high scorers.

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

It's right.

6 for the rouble, takes your total up to 60.

-The rouble, Richard.

-Let's see if that's enough to keep you in the round.

Used in Russia, of course. Used in Belarus under a slightly different name. Worth about 2p.

-And there's 100 kopecks in a rouble.

-Good. Andy.

Well, I'm really glad I'm on the end of the row

because Tony pinched my first answer and Max pinched my second one,

so I've had time to think of a third, fourth and fifth.

Very good. Well, let me tell you, the high scorers are Shaun and Becky on 60 now,

so if you can score 34 or less,

-you will go through to the next round.

-Right.

-What have you got?

I'm setting myself up for a fall here, cos I'm going to say, well, I used to collect coins.

Yeah, OK. So, here's the fall.

I think, I'm not sure exactly which Scandinavian country,

but there's definitely a currency called an ore.

-O-R-E.

-An ore.

I think it might be Swedish or Danish, don't know.

OK, the ore.

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

Here is your red line. If you can get below that red line with ore,

you are through to the next round.

Let's see, is ore right? How many people said it if it is?

-Oh, bad luck, Andy.

-Sorry.

-It's all right.

Ore is an incorrect answer, which means you scored the maximum of 100 points.

I'm sorry, that takes your total up to 125.

-But it was a valiant attempt.

-No, it was silly.

Yeah. Sorry, Andy. Almost any other answer would have won it for you.

Too smart there, it's a sub-division of the krone, so...

Yeah, that's why I know it,

-cos I've seen little coins with ore written on it.

-Yeah, absolutely.

And big coins with krone written on it.

That is very tough luck. There's a lot of pointless answers here.

I'll take you through a few of them.

For everybody, let's get it out of the way now,

everyone's shouting "dong" at the screen, that would have scored 1 point.

So not a pointless answer but let's take a point at some of the pointless answers.

-The Afghani. Do you know where they use that?

-Erm...

It's Afghanistan, that. That would have been 1 point.

-Bolivar, do you know where they use that?

-Venezuela.

-It is Venezuela.

You're supposed to say Bolivia. Yeah, that's Venezuela.

The Boliviano, that is Bolivia, a pointless answer.

They use the colon or co-lon...

-They use that in Costa Rica and El Salvador.

-Do you get a semi co-lon?

Semi co-lon's worth about 50p, yeah.

The escudo. They used to use that in Portugal.

They use that in the Cape Verde Island.

The kwanza, they use in Angola.

Albania use the lek, Bulgaria use the lev

and the quetzal is the currency of, of course, Guatemala.

Lots of pointless answers on the list.

Very well done if you got any of those ones.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of our First Round,

the pair who'll be leaving us, with their high score of 125,

I'm afraid is Andy and Abi.

I thought that was going to be a brilliant answer.

-I was too clever by half. Sorry, Abi.

-It's all right.

-You were actually too clever by 100th.

-Yes. Exactly.

So, listen, we will see you again next time, Andy and Abi,

where I know we will see a lot more of you.

Plenty more you have to offer Pointless. But, meanwhile, thanks for playing.

Great contestants. Andy and Abi.

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

Now, there's only going to be room for two pairs in the head-to-head round,

so one of the pairs in front of me now will be leaving us at the end of this round.

OK. Our category for Round Two is...

People. 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 our question concerns...

Essex boys and girls. Richard.

Yeah. On each pass, I'm going to give you clues to six famous people who were born in Essex.

All you have to do is solve the clues and give me the names, please.

An obscure answer will score fewer points.

An incorrect answer, though, will be 100 points.

12 people born in Essex to guess at home. Good luck.

OK. Thanks very much. So here are six clues to people born in Essex.

And we have got...

I'll read those six clues again. And here we go.

There we are. Six clues to six Essex boys or girls.

-Becky.

-Oh, dear.

I feel like I should know who presents The X-Factor but I really can't think.

I'm going to have to go for presenter of Deal Or No Deal.

-Noel Edmonds.

-Noel Edmonds, says Becky. Noel Edmonds. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Noel Edmonds.

Absolutely right.

-52 for Noel...

-Yes, Noel Edmonds. Born in Ilford.

-I was born in Essex, of course.

-So you were.

-I'm not on the board, though.

-I was slightly hoping you might be.

-Do you think?

-Might be a bit... Slightly...

No, cos we're looking for famous people born in Essex, unfortunately.

I'll just say big up to the Billericay massive.

-As you were.

-Tony Jnr.

Tough round. I should know the guy who plays Ash in Alien

and there's only one male presenter that I can think of

but it doesn't sound like an Essex name.

I'm going to have to plump for he became presenter

of The X-Factor in 2007, with O'Leary?

Dermot O'Leary, says Tony Jnr. Let's see if that's right.

If it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Dermot O'Leary.

Absolutely right.

Well done, Tony.

-Dermot O'Leary. Born in Colchester. A lovely man.

-Very nice man.

His name doesn't sound like he's from Essex, does it? Dermot O'Leary.

It's not actually the name he was born with. That's why.

His actual name is Sean Dermot Fintan O'Leary, so...

-Wouldn't have helped, would it?

-No.

No indeed. Max, you're the last person to have this board,

so you can talk us through it, if you like.

I'd love to. I really would. But, unfortunately,

I don't know any of them, so I'm going to go with hurdler

and I don't even know if it's a hurdler, so it's a shot in the dark.

-Sebastian Coe.

-Sebastian Coe, says Max.

Sebastian Coe. Let's see if that's right.

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

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

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

Yeah. Sebastian Coe, he's no more a hurdler

than he is a wrestler, Max, I'm afraid.

-He was born in Chiswick, as well, Sebastian Coe, in London.

-Was he?

But the hurdler who won Olympic gold is Sally Gunnell.

She was born in Chigwell. Appointed Home Secretary in 1997

and born in Buckhurst Hill, it was Jack Straw.

Would have scored three points. Played the title character, Miss Jean Brodie.

A daughter of Ilford this time. Maggie Smith. Dame Maggie Smith.

Would have scored 14. And the actor who plays the android Ash in Alien

is a pointless answer. It's Ian Holm.

Ian Holm. Very well done if you said that at home.

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

The Tonys looking great on 16. Lovely low score there.

Then up to 52, where we find Becky and Shaun.

Then up to 100, where we find Max and Martyn.

Yes, well, Martyn, that means you're going to have to find a really good low score on the next pass.

We hope that's enough to keep you in the game. Best of luck with that.

We'll 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 clues to Essex boys and girls on the board

and here we have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

So we are looking for the names of these famous people born in Essex.

Martyn, you're going to try and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Now, Martyn, you're the high scorers on 100, there.

Yeah. Do know a few.

It's just figuring out which one's going to be the lowest.

I think the most obscure one is going to be Derek to Peter Cook's Clive

-And I think that's Dudley Moore.

-Dudley Moore, says Martyn.

Derek to Peter Cook's Clive. Let's see if Dudley Moore's right.

There's no red line for you because you're the high scorers.

Let's see how many people said Dudley Moore.

Absolutely right.

28 takes your total up to 128.

-Richard.

-Not a bad answer. Born in Dagenham, Dudley Moore.

-Derek and Clive, of course, were their notoriously filthy alter egos, weren't they?

-Really filthy.

Now then, Tony Snr, you're through to the next round.

Even if you score 100, you won't overtake Martyn and Max's high score.

Well, that was the only one I knew at the bottom.

There's two I've got an idea on, so I will go for

author of Riders and Rivals, Jilly Cooper?

Jilly Cooper, says Tony Snr. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Jilly Cooper. No red line for you because you're already through.

Absolutely right.

Very well done. Takes your total to 30.

Well played, Tony Snr. She's from a famous Yorkshire family but she was born in Hornchurch.

Now then, Shaun. The high scorers, on 28, are Martyn and Max.

You're on 52. A score of 75 or less sees you through.

You can talk us through the board.

I should know the first one.

I can picture her but I can't remember her name.

She used to do breakfast shows, I think.

I can't remember the name of who married Katy Perry but he's got a Russell in his name.

Fourth one down, I'm not sure, which leads me probably to the most obscure one anyway.

I think the person who appeared in 24 Carry On films was Hattie Jacques.

Hattie Jacques, you're going to go for. Hattie Jacques, says Shaun.

Here is your red line.

If you get below that line, you are through to the next round.

Is Hattie Jacques right and, if it is, how many people said it?

Oh, bad luck, Shaun. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100,

to take your total up to an unbeatable 152.

Phoowee. Martyn and Max, you're back in the game. Richard.

Hattie Jacques, only in 14 Carry On films and born in Kent, as well.

The woman who holds the record for the most uninterrupted Carry On films, 20 in a row, 24 in all,

was Joan Sims. Joan Sims. 2 points. She was born in Laindon.

The Big Breakfast presenter. She does present breakfast shows.

You're right. It's Denise Van Outen. Would have scored 25.

Married Katy Perry in 2010, Russell Brand. 36.

And wrote the controversial play Blasted is a pointless answer.

Do you know that one? The late Sarah Kane. That was a pointless answer,

-so well done if you said that at home.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

So, at the end of Round Two, the pair with the highest score,

who'll be leaving us, I'm afraid it's Shaun and Becky.

Well, you had a good stab at that. That was tough, though. Joan Sims.

Yeah. Russell Brand, I should have got. Got his book at home. Can picture him.

Well, you got the Russell bit. It would have come, I think, if you'd thought about it.

But there we are. Oh, well, we'll see you next time, Shaun and Becky. We'll look forward to that.

Meantime, thank you very much for playing. Great contestants. Thank you.

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For the remaining players, things are about to get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Tony Snr, Tony Jnr, Max and Martyn. You are now only one round away

from the final and our jackpot, which currently stands at...

OK. You're now going to go head-to-head.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

But, of course, from hereon in, you are allowed to confer.

So, Max and Martyn, where we were last time. How are you feeling this time?

-They don't look like Andrew Lloyd Webber fans, so I think...

-We're all right there.

Very, very best of luck to both pairs.

Anything can happen. Let's play the head-to-head.

OK. Here comes your first question and it concerns...

-Dances. Richard.

-Yeah. We gave you fashion designers last time, Max and Martyn.

Today we're going to show you five pictures of well-known dances.

Can you pick the most obscure out of these? Good luck.

OK. Let's reveal our five dances and here they are...

So there we are. Five famous dances.

The Tonys, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you go first.

WHISPERING

OK. We'll...we'll go for A and The Twist.

A, The Twist. A, The Twist.

Max and Martyn, talk us through the board.

Well, I think A, possibly they've got that right.

B looks like a Tango, maybe?

C's the limbo. E is the can-can

and I think we're going to go with D, which looks like the Charleston.

The Charleston, you are saying, for D.

The Charleston. So we have A, the twist and D, the Charleston.

So the Tony's have said A, twist. Let's see if that's right.

And, if it is, let's see how many people A was the twist.

Absolutely right.

51 for the twist.

Max and Martyn are saying that D is the Charleston.

Let's see if that's right. How many people said Charleston?

Oh, very well done.

12 said Charleston.

Once again, Max and Martyn knowing rather more than they're letting on.

After one question, they're up 1-0. Richard.

Yes, very well played. It's the best answer on the board, actually, the Charleston,

and you took us through the whole board. Let's see what the others would have scored, though.

The tango would have beaten the twist, funnily enough. Would have scored 49 points.

-They're dancing very late, Richard.

-Very late?

Well, yeah, it's nearly quarter past midnight. I mean, that's...

-No, that's a lunchtime tango class.

-Oh, OK. Fair enough.

-They're dancing very early, Richard.

-But also don't forget that's in Argentina,

so you've got to take the time difference into account.

They've got an English clock in Argentina. There's the problem.

C is limbo. That would have scored 64 points.

And the biggest scorer of all is the can-can,

which is E and that would have scored 88 points.

OK. Thanks very much indeed. Here comes your second question.

The Tonys, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

Best of luck. Our second question concerns...

-Richard.

-We're going to show you the names of five types of cat but we've removed all of the letters,

apart from the first and the last. Can you name the cats, please?

OK. Let's reveal our five types of cat with missing letters and here they are...

All those dashes, obviously, stand for missing letters.

I'm going to read them again without the blanks.

There we go. Five different cats. Max and Martyn, you go first.

WHISPERING

I think we're struggling a bit on this,

so we're going to play safe and say cheetah.

Cheetah, you are saying.

Cheetah, in the middle there. The Tonys, it's your turn.

You can talk us through the board. You're the last people to have it.

So we've got puma as the top one. Bobcat for the second one.

Tiger is number five. Haven't got a clue for number four.

I think, out of all of that, we'll go for bobcat.

OK. Bobcat say the Tonys. So we have cheetah and bobcat.

Max and Martyn. Cheetah, they said. Is it right? How many people said it? Cheetah.

Absolutely right.

Ooh, that's high. 78.

The Tonys have gone with bobcat. Let's see if that's right.

It is right. Will it beat 78? Yes, it will.

4 for bobcat. Very well done indeed.

Well done. That's what you needed to do. You're back in the game.

-After two questions, it's 1-1. Richard.

-Terrific answer.

Great head-to-head, both teams.

The bobcat is a very solitary, nocturnal cat

that's native to North America.

One answer would have beaten bobcat. You can work out which one it is.

It's not puma, at the top, cos that would have scored 47.

It's not tiger, at the bottom, which would have scored 87.

It's this one. It's the jaguarundi.

The jaguarondi, which would have scored 1 point, so one of our 100 people knew it.

And that's native to Central and South America.

Brilliant. Thank you very much. Here comes your third question.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.

Best of luck, both teams. Our third question concerns...

-Richard.

-Yeah. We're just going to show you five clues

to facts about men's golf majors.

Can you give us the best answer, please? Very, very best of luck to both teams.

OK. Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five clues to facts about men's golf majors.

And here we are. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

There we are. Five clues to facts about men's golf majors.

Now then, the Tonys. You are to go first.

WHISPERING

We're going to play it safe, just in case we get a wrong answer and get 100,

so the colour of the jacket worn by the Masters winner is green. Green jacket.

OK. The green jacket. The green jacket.

-Now then, Max and Martyn, you can talk us through the board, if you can.

-If we can.

I think the golfer who participated

in 44 consecutive US Opens was...

I think that's probably what we'll go for...Jack Nicklaus?

OK. You're going to say Jack Nicklaus.

So, the colour of the jacket is green and Jack Nicklaus is the golfer

who participated in 44 consecutive US Opens.

The Tonys have said the colour of the jacket is green.

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

It's right.

49. Max and Martyn have named Jack Nicklaus as the golfer

who participated in 44 consecutive Opens.

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

It's right. 49's what you have to beat. If you do, you go through to the final.

You've done it! Very well done.

11 for Jack Nicklaus.

Very, very well done indeed, Max and Martyn.

After three questions, you are through to the final, 2-1. Richard.

Yeah. There's only one answer that would have beaten that on the board.

Let's go through all of them.

The youngest player to win all four majors in a career.

For the second board in a row, Tiger is an answer.

There he is, Tiger Woods, would have scored you 39.

The city which hosts the US Masters. Augusta,

would have scored 13 points, so wouldn't have saved you.

And the only Canadian to win a major. It's a pointless answer.

Very well done at home. Winner of the 2003 Masters,

Mike Weir. So it's a terrific answer.

Thanks, Richard. So the losing pair, at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid it's the Tonys.

But what an amazing contest that was. I mean, really.

You came right back with bobcat. Fantastic answer to the second question.

Great answers to all questions, in fact.

I thought you were going to get that. I thought golf was very much your subject.

Yeah. I wasn't too sure about Augusta, that's the only thing. Had to play safe.

-I thought it was Jack Nicklaus. But there's a couple that it could have been, so...

-Yeah.

The good news is we get to see you next time, so we'll look forward to that.

-Tonys, thanks so much for playing. Brilliant contestants.

-Thank you.

CHEERING, APPLAUSE

But, for Max and Martyn, it's now time for our Pointless Final.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Max and Martyn,

you have fought off the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and, at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...

Well, head-to-head last time and through to the final this time.

-I know. Very luckily through, I think.

-Yeah.

-On the last one.

You did great. That was really exciting, that head-to-head.

All been pretty good, apart from your hurdling! Max.

A fellow sportsman, Seb Coe?

The only hurdler I could think of was Colin Jackson,

I know he's Welsh, so...I just went for somebody completely random.

If I was going to go out, I was going to go out in a blaze of glory.

Well, you've stayed in on a blaze of glory, so there we are. Fantastic.

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

We haven't had any on the show today.

You only have to find one now and you'll go home with that £6,000 in your back pockets.

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

I don't know...European Theatre or Political History,

so either Pop Stars or British Actresses.

-Yeah, I was thinking the same. So...

-Pop Stars.

-Films.

We've not had a film question, so...

-Go for that?

-Go for British Actresses.

-Happy with that?

Do we know any? Judi Dench. Maggie Smith.

-Let's go with British Actresses.

-Yeah. OK.

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

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

...as they could. Richard.

Yeah, any feature film made for cinema release

for which Emma Thompson has received an acting credit prior to May 2012, please.

As always, no short films, TV films or documentaries but voice performances do count.

-Very good luck, guys.

-OK. Thanks very much.

You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need, to win that £6,000, is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-OK. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

Nanny McPhee. You've got two. Nanny McPhee, Nanny McPhee 2.

-Is it called Nanny McPhee 2?

-I don't know.

She was in Remains Of The Day with Anthony Hopkins.

I think. Pride And Prejudice, I think.

What about that one that's the Ben Elton adaptation?

Inconceivable. Maybe Baby.

OK. Well, let's go with Maybe Baby.

-Nanny McPhee 2.

-And Remains Of The Day.

-Happy with that?

-I think so. I can't think of any others. That'll do.

-OK. You're happy?

-Yeah.

-Sure?

We'll stop the clock there. Well, there we are.

You're happy. You've got three answers. We want Emma Thompson films.

I now need to know what those there answers are.

-Nanny McPhee 2.

-Nanny McPhee 2.

-Maybe Baby.

-Maybe Baby.

-And Remains Of The Day.

-And Remains Of The Day.

OK. Now, of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Maybe Baby.

-Maybe Baby.

-Maybe Baby, we'll bung that last.

Which is your least likely?

-Remains Of The Day is quite a well-known...

-Yeah.

So's Nanny McPhee 2, so either or.

-Either or. Nanny McPhee 2, probably.

-Nanny McPhee 2.

OK. We'll put that first. OK. Let's put those up on the board in that order and here they are.

OK. So we were looking for Emma Thompson films.

You said Nanny McPhee 2 was your least confident answer.

You weren't sure if that's the name of the film, but there has been a sequel, definitely, hasn't there?

Now, remember, you only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £6,000.

What would you do with £6,000, Martyn?

I've got my wedding coming up, so I might...

buy myself new car.

LAUGHTER

Very good indeed. Max?

I was thinking about getting a second-hand Harley

but Martyn and Paula have done a lot for me over the years,

so I'd probably give it all to him for his wedding, to be fair.

-AUDIENCE: Aww! XANDER:

-Aw.

Can I have that written down?!

OK. Well, let's hope one of these three answers will win that jackpot for you.

OK. Nanny McPhee, your first answer. Has to be right.

Has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £6,000.

So, for £6,000, how many people said Nanny McPhee 2?

Oh. Bad luck.

An incorrect answer, so unfortunately, obviously, not a pointless answer,

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

Your next answer was The Remains Of The Day.

You were very confident about this. You're certain it's a correct answer.

Question is, how many people said it? Has to be pointless for you to win that money.

So, for £6,000, your second shot at the jackpot.

How many people said The Remains Of The Day?

There we are. It's correct. So Nanny McPhee 2 turned out to be an incorrect answer

but The Remains Of The Day, very much correct.

Down it goes. Into the 20s. Into the teens.

Still going down. Still going.

5. OK. So everything is now riding on Maybe Baby.

And you're pretty sure she's in Maybe Baby?

Pretty sure. I think it's a typical kind of Emma Thompson film

with English actors in it, so...

-Maybe.

-OK. Well, very best of luck. We are looking for Emma Thompson films.

Your third and final answer was Maybe Baby.

You said this was your most confident shot at a pointless answer.

Has to be right and it has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

This is your last shot at it. So, for £6,000, let's find out.

Maybe Baby. Is it pointless?

It's right.

Nanny McPhee 2 was incorrect,

The Remains Of The Day took us down to 5.

Maybe Baby, absolutely bang on the money,

down it goes, still going down.

Yes! You've done it!

Very, very well done. That's brilliant. Fabulous.

Brilliant. Superb.

Wow. Well done.

Oh, congratulations. Maybe Baby was a pointless answer,

which means you go home with our jackpot of £6,000.

Very, very well done.

WHOOPING

Brilliant. So pleased for you guys. Very well played. 2000,

that film was, based on the Ben Elton novel Inconceivable.

Nanny McPhee 2 was actually called Nanny McPhee And The Big Bang

or Nanny McPhee Returns in the States.

With that money, you could force Sebastian Coe to hurdle for you(!)

Let's take a look at more pointless answers.

There's quite a few well-known films up here.

An Education. She plays a headmistress in that.

Imagining Argentina, where she's married to Antonio Banderas.

Impromptu from 1991.

In The Name Of The Father, she was Oscar-nominated for that.

The story of the Guildford Four.

There's Maybe Baby, that just won you £6,000.

Peter's Friends. Peter there, of course, being Stephen Fry.

Primary Colors, she plays the first lady to John Travolta's president in that.

Stranger Than Fiction, she plays an author.

And she's also a voice in the 2002 animation Treasure Planet.

You could also have had Carrington and The Winter Guest.

Very well done if you got any of those.

No money for you, I'm afraid, but congratulations, guys.

Very, very well-earned.

Well, thanks once again to our winning players, Max and Martyn,

who go away with today's jackpot of £6,000. Very well done.

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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