Episode 46 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

In this quiz the questions have been asked to 100 people before the show

and our contestants have to come up with answers those people couldn't think of. Let's meet the players.

Now, first, we welcome Damien and Zac, our first pair on the show.

Damien, I think I know the answer. How do you two know each other?

We started in the womb and I've never been able to get away from him.

-As you probably guessed, twins.

-Not Siamese though.

-No.

-Where are you from, Damien?

-Norfolk originally, but now living in Nottingham.

-How about you, Zac?

-Strangely again, living in Norfolk, same as him,

but I now live in Colchester, so an Essex boy kind of thing.

-Damien, what are you hoping is going to come up today?

-Sport, films, any of the above.

We both love our strongman competition stuff and things like that. It's all good fun.

OK, very good. And Zac, anything you're hoping doesn't come up?

We've got all our knowledge eggs in one basket,

so anything I don't like such as art and literature, he's going to struggle as well.

OK. Very, very best of luck. Have we had many identical twins on the show?

-We've had...

-We've had twins.

-We've had a few.

Are you saying we look alike(?)

A little bit. Anyway, a very warm welcome to you, Damien and Zac. Great to have you here.

Next, we welcome Jaime and Sue. How do you two know each other, Sue?

Well, we met 38 years ago in hospital when he sort of popped out.

And where are you from, Jaime?

London originally. I now live in Brighton.

-How about you, Sue?

-I'm from Birmingham originally, but I live in Crawley now.

-Sue, what do you do?

-I'm officially retired, but I do farm-sitting.

-Farm-sitting?

-Yes.

-So, house-sitting, but for a few more acres?

-For farms, yes.

-Wow!

-Do you ever go for a spin in the tractor?

-No, I'm not good in things like that. I tend to crash them.

-So you wander round the acres...

-Yes, looking after sheep, pigs, cattle, goats, horses.

-Amazing.

-What's your favourite breed of cow?

-White Park.

-Oh, the White Park.

-Yes.

-Lovely.

-I love a White Park, do you?

-Don't you?

-Absolutely delicious.

They are, actually.

-Jaime, what do you do?

-I'm a full-time house-husband, four kids.

-Wow, four kids!

In my spare time, I make house music.

-A house-husband making house music?

-Yes.

-That's appropriate. Well, a warm welcome to the pair of you.

We welcome back Ema and Charlie who were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. Ema, remind us how you know each other.

We met when we were 15. We did a play together. We were in a play together.

Then we directed a play together last year and became really good friends.

Now, Charlie, remind us what happened last time.

We managed to get to the head-to-head, but we kind of came unstuck with Muhammad Ali.

You covered yourselves in glory. We had a pointless answer, consistent low scoring from you, Charlie.

Ema, what are you hoping is going to come up today?

To be honest, I don't actually have any strong subjects.

I don't know. Just something really obscure and I'm like, "Oh, my God, yeah, I know that!"

-LAUGHTER

-OK.

-Anything you really don't want to come up?

-So much, so much.

-OK.

Are you glad you're here?

-You do know what's going to happen, Ema?

-I'm really excited. It's just I'm not very clever.

OK, you did so well last time. Very, very best of luck. Great to have you back on the show.

Finally, we've got Gemma and Helen. How do you know each other, Gemma?

We met back in school, then we worked together in our part-time jobs

and lived together throughout university.

-Where are you from, Helen?

-We're from Newry in County Down.

-What do you do, Helen?

-I'm a student. I'm studying Medicine.

-And Gemma...?

-I'm a student also. I'm studying Architecture.

-What year are you in?

-We're...

-We're...

-Sorry. We're in third year.

Is it your final year? Or another year to go after that?

-I have another two to go.

-Another two.

-I have another four altogether.

-Wow, wow!

-What are your hobbies, Helen?

-We don't have any hobbies.

Don't you worry. It's great having you on the show. Very best of luck.

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

There's only one person left for me to introduce. If he were a king, he'd be Richard the Obscure,

-wowing his subjects with his wisdom. It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

-Hiya. Hello.

-Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon.

-We've only got one returning pair,

but they made quite an impression last time. They were very good.

-Charlie particularly smart, Ema hiding her light under a bushel thus far.

-That's my tactic.

It's one of those shows where we've got literature, music, all sorts of high culture and low culture.

-It should be an absolute cracker, but I think Charlie and Ema will be the pair to beat.

-Thanks, Richard.

All our questions were put to 100 people before the show. To reach the final and try to win our jackpot,

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

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

Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people knew.

Each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot. Nobody won the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that and today's jackpot starts off at £4,250.

APPLAUSE

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 is eliminated, so make sure that is not you.

OK, our first category today is...

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

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

OK, and the question concerns...

-Richard?

-On each pass, we'll show you seven songs with colours in their titles.

Tell us the band or the artist who first had a Top 40 hit with any of these songs.

A nice, obscure answer will score fewer points. An incorrect answer will be 100 points.

There will be 14 colourful songs in all to have a go at at home.

Thank you. Damien and Zac, you all drew lots before the show and, today, you are going to go first.

We're looking for the artists who first had a UK Top 40 hit with these songs. We have got...

I'll read them one last time.

There we are, seven colourful singles.

You have to find the most obscure one there and give us the answer,

the artist who had the first UK Top 40 hit with it. Damien?

I'm going to have to go for, um...

-True Blue, Madonna.

-True Blue, Madonna, says Damien.

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

It is right.

31.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, perfectly solid start, Damien. True Blue by Madonna comes from the album of the same name.

It sold nearly 20 million copies.

"Your heart fits me like a glove" is one of the lyrics from that song.

-Oh, right.

-That's not good, your heart fitting someone like a glove?

That's like "your skin fits me like a hat"!

-I don't think so.

-No.

-"Your liver fits me like a shoe." Oh!

Jeez, Madonna!

Sue, we're looking for the artists who had Top 40 singles in the UK with these songs.

Um...

I know two for definite.

But there's one I'm going to take a chance on

and say Silver Lady... David Soul?

David Soul says Sue for Silver Lady.

-David Soul. Jaime?

-I wouldn't have gone for that one.

-How do you know your mother's not brilliantly right?

-I don't.

-Or is that your face of appreciation?

OK, Silver Lady, David Soul, says Sue. Let's see if that is brilliantly right

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

It's absolutely right, Sue.

24.

-Great answer, great score.

-APPLAUSE

I can't believe they had so little faith in you, Sue.

-I know.

-Absolutely Silver Lady by David Soul.

-I could only think of Starsky, you see.

-He was Hutch, wasn't he, David Soul?

-Oh, was he?

-That's OK.

-He was one out of Starsky and Hutch.

-Nearly right.

You don't remember Silver Lady? Great song. That's a proper guilty pleasure song.

Anyway, Ema, we're looking for the artists who recorded these songs.

-Oh...

-Ema, this is good for you.

-This is not good for me.

-Isn't it?

No, I'm just toying...

I don't know any of them.

I'm going to guess one and it's not right.

I'm going to go Violet Hill,

Coldplay.

You did this last time in Round One. Let's see. Coldplay, says Ema, for Violet Hill.

Shall we see if it's right?

-Absolutely right, Ema.

-No way! Oh, my God!

Absolutely right.

And it scores 8.

-APPLAUSE

-Yes, yes.

Just about the best score so far.

-You knew that.

-No, I had no idea!

I think I had an idea, but I thought, "That's so embarrassing if it's not them."

Cos I... Yeah.

-She knew that. Don't you think?

-Yeah, I think so.

It was free for download off their website and two million people downloaded it in a week.

-Good song.

-Good band. Do you like Coldplay, Ema?

Y-Yes.

LAUGHTER

It's hard when you're 18 and people ask if you like something. "A, do I like it? B, can I admit I like it?"

-No, I do. I do. I don't care. I do.

-There you go.

-See? That's someone grown up right there.

-There you are.

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

so you can take us through it if you like.

The only one I knew was Violet Hill, Coldplay.

I've no idea of the rest.

I'm just going to give an actual punt and go for The Lady In Red

by Police.

OK, The Lady In Red by The Police.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 knew that answer.

Bad luck.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, so you score 100 points.

But I envy you an existence unsullied by The Lady In Red!

LAUGHTER

-You've never heard it?

-No.

-You see, that's why you look so young.

Life has beaten you down yet.

It's actually by Chris de Burgh, The Lady In Red.

It's a big scorer though, 68 points.

There's a much bigger scorer, one of the greatest songs ever written,

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John. 69 points.

-If you don't know that song, download it immediately. Fade To Grey, do you know that?

-Visage.

Absolutely right. Would have scored 22.

And the best answer on the board is Pink Cadillac, Natalie Cole.

6 points. Very well done if you got all seven of those.

Thanks, Richard. Let's take a look at those scores.

The best score of the pass was yours, Ema. Fabulous answer with Coldplay, Violet Hill, scoring 8.

Then we travel up to 24 where we find Sue and Jaime,

up to 31 where we find Damien and Zac, then I'm afraid up to 100 where we find Helen and Gemma.

Gemma, you get first pick of the next board,

so pick a really low-scoring answer and maybe it will see you through.

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

OK, we're going to put seven more songs on the board. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

We're looking for the artist who had Top 40 singles in the UK with these songs.

Gemma, you'll try and find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew and it really has to be the fewest.

I think this board is a bit better than the last one, but I'm going for Fields Of Gold and Eva Cassidy.

Eva Cassidy, Fields Of Gold. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.

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

Bad luck, Gemma. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer which means you score the maximum of 100 points,

taking your total up to an unbeatable 200. I'm sorry.

Eva Cassidy did do a cover version, but not the original and it wasn't a hit.

-I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.

-Charlie, you are through to the next round.

-Didn't Ema do well?

-She's absolutely brilliant. She's a bit of a trickster, a dark horse.

-I always thought she was.

-Yeah, I think so.

-I know a few of them.

But I think I'm going to go for White Flag

and Dido.

Dido, says Charlie for White Flag. Let's see how many people said Dido for White Flag.

Absolutely right.

27.

APPLAUSE

27 takes your total up to 35.

He's rock-solid, Charlie.

The 2004 award for Best British Single at the Brits, White Flag by Dido.

Jaime, you are also through to the next round. You won't overtake the high score of Gemma and Helen.

We're looking for the artists who recorded these songs. What are you going to say?

I know two of them. I'm just going to take a punt and say Orange Crush, B*Witched.

Orange Crush, B*Witched, says Jaime. Let's see if it's right and how many people said it.

Bad luck. Doesn't matter. It scores you 100 points and takes your total up to 124, but you're still through.

-Zac, it doesn't matter what you say.

-Would you like me to clear up the board?

-I'd be delighted if you did.

Don't know, don't know, don't know, don't know, Yellow Submarine taken as granted I would say The Beatles,

but I'll take a punt at Blue Velvet as Bobby Vinton or Vince...

Bobby Vincent.

-Bobby Vincent?

-Something like that.

-Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many said Bobby Vincent.

Bad luck, Zac. An incorrect answer scores you 100 points and takes your total up to 131, but you're through.

-Richard?

-You did the right thing, Zac, going for an obscure one.

Before you settled on Vincent, you stumbled across his name. It's Bobby Vinton.

It would have scored 8 points. Let's go through some of the wrong answers we've had.

Fields Of Gold is by Sting. Helen said The Police with the previous answer. That would have scored 34.

And Orange Crush, not by B*Witched. I'm not sure if they've done a cover version. It's by REM.

It would have scored 11 points.

Yellow Submarine, obviously by The Beatles, but a big scorer - 93.

Green, Green Grass Of Home, that's Tom Jones. Would have scored 68.

-The best answer is Black Coffee. Any ideas with that?

-No.

3 points to anyone who said All Saints. Terrific answer.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of our first round, the pair who are leaving us, it's Gemma and Helen.

But well done with not knowing about Lady In Red. That is something marvellous.

Truly marvellous. I'm afraid from now on, you are going to hear that song a lot.

# The lady in red... #

Ah!

# Is dancing with me

# Cheek to cheek

# There's nobody here... #

-I think that's enough.

-Oh, man, I tell you what, I love The Police!

LAUGHTER

Gemma and Helen, we'll see you again next time. Thank you very much for playing. Great contestants.

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

So, sadly, another pair is going to be leaving us at the end of this round.

Our category for Round Two is...

Spy Fiction. Can you decide in your pairs who's going first and second?

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many of Ian Fleming's Bond novels and short stories as they could. Richard?

We're looking for the title of any novel or short story by Ian Fleming

which featured the character James Bond.

If they appeared in a collection, we want the name of the individual short story, not the collection.

So any novel or short story with James Bond. Best of luck.

OK, thanks very much indeed. Damien...

Oh, it's a bit of a mental wrestling contest, this.

There's so many options and which is the most obscure?

I think I'm going to just shoot for Moonraker.

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

It's right.

25.

APPLAUSE

The original title in America was Too Hot To Handle.

The closing credits of the movie say it was shot on location in Brazil, Guatemala, USA and Outer Space.

-But it wasn't.

-Brilliant.

-They didn't go to Guatemala(!)

-LAUGHTER

Jaime...?

I don't know whether to take a risk on one I know is a film, but not necessarily a book.

Yeah, I'm going to go for A View To A Kill.

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

Bad luck, Jaime. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. That scores you 100 points. Richard?

Sorry, Jaime, that's tough luck. Not the title of an Ian Fleming novel, I'm afraid.

Now then, Ema...

Um...

I'm just going to... I know Bond movies.

And I'll say the first one that I can think of which is Thunderball.

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

It is right.

Very well done. 19, Ema.

The lowest score of the pass.

Yeah, another good answer, Ema. The book was published in 1961 and the film came out in '65.

We're halfway through the round. Let's look at our scores.

Ema and Charlie look strong on 19, then up to 25 for Damien and Zac,

then up to 100 where we find Jaime and Sue.

Sue, you're a long way ahead, but if you know a brilliant answer

for the next pass, maybe it'll keep you in the game.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, Charlie, we're looking for any Bond novel or short story written by Ian Fleming.

OK, this is a specialist subject of mine, I hope,

and I think I'm going to say For Your Eyes Only.

For Your Eyes Only, says Charlie. The high scorers are Sue and Jaime on 100. You're on 19.

A score of 80 or less will keep you in the game. If you get below the red line, you're in the next round.

For Your Eyes Only, is it right, how many people said it?

Absolutely right and you're through.

4.

-APPLAUSE

-Very well done, Charlie.

It takes your total up to 23.

Well done, Charlie. For Your Eyes Only is one of Fleming's short stories actually featuring Bond.

Sue, you're the high scorers on 100. We need a really low score from you.

I don't know whether the one I'm thinking of is a book, but I'll try The Living Daylights.

The Living Daylights, says Sue. Let's see if that's right.

It's absolutely right.

3, Sue.

-APPLAUSE

-Best score of the round.

3 for The Living Daylights. Takes your total up to 103.

Great answer, Sue. Another short story by Fleming.

It just provides the very first scene of the film, The Living Daylights.

Now then, Zac, the high scorers are Sue and Jaime on 103. You're on 25.

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

So we want any of Ian Fleming's Bond novels or short stories.

It basically boils down to - is one of these movies a book or not? There's plenty of movies in my head.

I'm going to go for Goldfinger.

Goldfinger, says Zac. Here is your red line.

If you get below that, you are in the head-to-head. Is it right, how many people said Goldfinger?

It is right.

And you are through to the head-to-head. 61, though.

Good enough. It takes your total up to 86.

Well done, Zac. Played it fairly safe, but got yourself through. Published in 1959, Goldfinger.

The unluckiest person here is Jaime. You said A View To A Kill.

It's actually based on a Fleming short story, From A View To A Kill.

So just one word out and it would have scored only 1 point. That would have been a terrific answer.

That's very unlucky. There are three pointless answers. They are all short stories.

The first one is 007 In New York where 007 goes to New York.

LAUGHTER

Risico, which forms part of the plot for For Your Eyes Only.

The Hildebrand Rarity forms part of the plot for Licence To Kill, which is not an Ian Fleming novel.

Other low scorers, The Property Of A Lady, From A View To A Kill and Living Daylights with 3.

Let's take a look at the top answers which most of our 100 people said.

The most well known are Casino Royale on 42...

..Dr No on 45, so Zac can tell you what the top one is.

-It's Goldfinger with 61 at the top of the pile.

-Thanks, Richard.

So, at the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score, Sue and Jaime.

-Bad luck.

-Can I hit him now?

-I should hit him now and later.

Sue, he was very unlucky. He was one word away from a very good answer.

-Never mind.

-Brilliant low score from you, Sue.

-Jaime, yes, you were one word out from being very good indeed.

-The story of my life.

-Really?

-Yeah.

On the next show, tell us all about that.

Meanwhile, Sue and Jaime, lovely having you on the show.

-We'll see you again next time and we look forward to that.

-Thank you.

But for the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Ema and Charlie, Damien and Zac. You are only one round away from our final

and a chance to win the jackpot which currently stands at £4,250.

APPLAUSE

You will now go head-to-head and the first pair

to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot, but you are now allowed to confer.

-Ema and Charlie, you've been here before.

-Hopefully, this time, we'll go one step further

-and go for the trophy maybe.

-Yeah.

That's reckoning without Damien and Zac who can now pool their resources.

-Yeah, hopefully, we'll do quite well.

-Let's hope so.

Let's play the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

OK, here comes your first question

and it concerns...

-Richard?

-We'll show you five pictures of people who have won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

Tell us which sport these people won that award for. Can you pick the most obscure of the five? Good luck.

Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five BBC Sports Personalities of the Year. We have got...

So there we are. Ema and Charlie, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you go first.

WHISPERING

-OK.

-OK?

We're going to go for B, snooker.

OK, B, snooker, say Ema and Charlie. B, snooker.

Damien and Zac?

We'd considered that one ourselves.

You can talk us through the whole board if you like.

A, we have an idea, but it feels like too large a gamble.

-Stirling Moss.

-Stirling Moss, motor racing.

Michael Owen is football,

Greg Rusedski is tennis and Nick Faldo is obviously golf.

I think golf being obscure maybe?

-Possibly.

-Well, obscure-ish.

-Yeah, go for E?

-We'll go for E, golf.

OK, E, golf, say Damien and Zac.

Ema and Charlie said snooker for B. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 said it.

Absolutely right. 48, though.

Damien and Zac have said E, golf. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 said golf.

It's right.

Yeah, very well done. That pips it, 28 for golf. Good enough.

So, Damien and Zac, after one question, you are up 1-0. Richard?

Yes, Steve Davis there with snooker is the biggest answer on the board,

so golf and everything else beat it.

You were right about A. It was Stirling Moss and motor racing. It would have scored 18 points.

C, you were right again, Michael Owen, football. That would have only scored 39.

And D, Greg Rusedski, tennis.

Another fairly low score - 24.

Thanks very much. Here comes your second question.

This is the one, Ema, you and Charlie have to win to stay in the game. It concerns...

-Richard?

-We'll give you five sets of initials now and dates which represent a famous war in history.

Can you tell us what these initials stand for? In each case, the W stands for War or Wars.

OK, let's reveal our five wars. Here they come. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

There we are. Now then, Damien and Zac, you go first this time.

WHISPERING

We're not gloriously confident.

Yeah, I think we're going to try CW, the Crimean War.

OK, Crimean War, say Damien and Zac.

Crimean War there, 1853 to 1856.

Now, Ema and Charlie, you can talk us through the rest of the board. Do your thinking out loud.

Well, I think SCW is Spanish Civil War

and VW is Vietnam War.

But I think we will go for...

TYW, which is the Thirty Years' War.

OK, TYW, the Thirty Years' War. So we have the Crimean War versus the Thirty Years' War.

Damien and Zac have said Crimean War. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.

Absolutely right.

30.

-APPLAUSE

-30 for the Crimean.

Ema and Charlie have gone for the Thirty Years' War.

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

Absolutely right.

Yeah, you've done it. 18, very well done.

Ema and Charlie, you've done it. You're back in the game. After two questions, it's 1-1.

VW was Vietnam War, but you did well to avoid it because it would have scored 62 points.

Spanish Civil War, if you'd said that, you would have won the point

because that only scored 22.

And SDW is the best answer on the board.

That's the Arab-Israeli Six Day War and would have scored 7 points, so well done if you said that.

Thanks, Richard. Here is your third question which will decide who goes through to the final.

Best of luck, both pairs. It concerns...

-Richard?

-For this decisive point, we're going to show you five questions about San Francisco.

The pair who picks the most obscure answer is going to go through to the final.

Let's reveal our five questions about San Francisco and here they come. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are, five clues to facts about San Francisco. Ema and Charlie, you go first.

WHISPERING

OK, we're going to go for the bridge with the red-orange tint completed in 1937 as the Golden Gate Bridge.

OK, the Golden Gate Bridge, say Ema and Charlie.

Damien and Zac, what are you thinking?

We've struggled over the whole board, really, apart from what we think is one obvious answer.

Which is the famous prison, Alcatraz, which is going to have to be our answer.

OK, Alcatraz. So, Ema and Charlie have said the Golden Gate Bridge, Damien and Zac have said Alcatraz.

Golden Gate Bridge, Ema and Charlie, is it right, how many people said it?

Absolutely right.

59.

OK, 59 is what you score for Golden Gate.

Damien and Zac have gone for Alcatraz.

Whoever wins this plays for the jackpot. Alcatraz, is it right, how many people said it?

It's right. Will it beat 59?

Oh!

74.

APPLAUSE

Which means, very well done, Ema and Charlie. After three questions, you are through to the final 2-1.

-Yeah, the two biggest answers. Were you tempted to go for the century the cable cars were installed?

-18th?

-It was the 19th actually.

-I was thinking 19th, so we would have had an argument!

It would have scored 24 points and seen you into the final.

The baseball team, the World Series winners - the San Francisco Giants.

That would have scored you 6 points.

The top one is pointless - the name before San Francisco was adopted.

Anybody at home who said Yerba Buena, pointless answer, very, very well done. Yerba Buena.

-What a shame!

-You think it's a better name?

-Much better.

-San Francisco is quite a good name.

-There are far too few cities beginning with a Y.

-Do you think?

-Yeovil and Yerba Buena.

-Yeovil's not a city.

Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.

Wow!

Thanks, Richard. So, our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, it's Damien and Zac.

Nothing wrong, I can't fault you at all. You were just beaten by Ema and Charlie when it came down to it.

We'll see you again next time.

-Meanwhile, thanks very much for playing - Damien and Zac!

-Thank you very much.

For Ema and Charlie, it's time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Ema and Charlie. You have fought off the competition

and won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end of today's show, it stands at £4,250.

APPLAUSE

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

an exemplary performance, it has to be said.

I honestly can't believe it.

-And real teamwork.

-I actually got some of them in the head-to-head.

-You got the answers in both head-to-heads.

-You got Amsterdam last time.

-Yeah.

-We had...

-Thunderball, yeah.

-Thunderball. There we are. And For Your Eyes Only.

-Yeah.

-Only 4 for that. It's been great.

-Really good.

The rules are very simple. All you have to do to win that money is to find a pointless answer.

We haven't had any pointless answers today. You only have to find one now to go home with that £4,250 jackpot.

First, you've got to choose a category. This is the hard bit. You have five choices. Good luck.

OK, not 20th... Actually, are you good at Dramatists?

-We're Drama students.

-I'm absolutely terrible.

LAUGHTER I'm doing Drama at university, so I hope they don't see this.

-What do you think?

-Not Works of Art.

-What's best for you?

I mean, probably World Leaders.

-There are so many vague answers out there.

-Do you want to do World Leaders?

-Yeah.

-We've already got a trophy.

-We've got a trophy. We're going to go for World Leaders.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...as many Prime Ministers of Canada since 1900. Richard?

Yeah, I've had this category up my sleeve for some time, I'm afraid.

We're looking for the name of any Prime Minister of Canada from 1900 to the beginning of 2012, please.

Very best of luck. We need first names and surnames.

OK, you have up to one minute to come up with three answers and all you need to win that £4,250

is for one answer to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-I don't know any.

-Oh, my God!

-Canada?

-Yeah.

OK, so Canada... Let's think. Not American Presidents.

-No, Prime Ministers.

-They're Prime Ministers.

-Think of Canadian names.

-Canadian names...

We've got to give three answers.

-And the time is going.

-You don't know any? Charlie, you do know.

-I don't know any.

I've never been. No-one knows about Canada.

-LAUGHTER I really like Canada.

-Yeah, it's nice.

Let's just say Robert Jones.

No, that's Welsh. LAUGHTER

-OK...

-Charlie, think.

Let's say something Frenchy.

French. Oh, let's say...

Jacques...

-..Jones.

-OK, Jacques Jones. LAUGHTER

-Regine...

-Richard...

-Ten seconds.

-Richard Pointless.

-Brown.

-Regine Canada.

-Thomas.

-Let's do Regine because that's a French name. Regine Thomas.

OK.

OK, there we are, you'll be very pleased to hear your time is up.

-Yeah.

-We're looking for Prime Ministers of Canada since 1900.

I now need your three answers.

-We're going to go for Regine Thomas.

-Regine Thomas, good.

-Yeah.

Jack Jones, or Jacques.

-Jacques Jones.

-Jacques.

-Jacques Jones.

-And...

-Who did we say?

Brian...Fellowes.

Of those three, do you want to put one as your most likely?

-I think Jacques is the most likely.

-We'll put Jacques Jones last.

-Shall we put Regine first?

-Yeah, because we're not quite sure on that one(!)

-It might have been earlier than 1900.

-That's the thing.

-Let's put this up on the board in that order.

And here they are.

-Regine Thomas.

-Oh, my God!

Brian Fellowes... I'm glad they spelt that correctly with the E!

And Jacques Jones.

We're looking for Prime Ministers of Canada since 1900.

-Regine Thomas, you thought this was your least likely answer to be right.

-Yeah, least likely.

It might be pointless or maybe about 20?

Listen, you only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £4,250.

Let's see how many people said Regine Thomas. Good luck.

Bad luck. Unfortunately, not a pointless answer.

Brian Fellowes, I think, is going to be very well known, as you said.

Jacques Jones, though, what if that were...pointless

and you won £4,250?

-Ema, what would you do with that?

-We would go to Canada. Definitely.

-We'd meet Jacques.

-We'd meet him.

Two more chances to win the jackpot. Your next answer is Brian Fellowes.

Let's see, is it right, how many people said it? This for £4,250. Good luck.

Good luck, I say!

There we are, only one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything, as ever, riding on Jacques Jones. There he is, Jacques Jones.

For the jackpot of £4,250, this has to be right and pointless.

Jacques Jones, is it right, how many people said it?

No. Bad luck.

APPLAUSE

Well...

-Unfortunately, you had a pig of a category...

-We did.

And for all sorts of understandable reasons, you couldn't find a pointless answer.

You don't win today's jackpot, but you still take home the Pointless trophy. Very well done for that.

-That was richly deserved.

-APPLAUSE

Yeah, I'm going to say the toughest category ever.

-Thank you.

-Unless you're actually from Canada.

-Even if you are from Canada.

Looking at the pointless answers, even if you are from Canada, it might have been quite tricky.

Let's take a look at the three pointless answers. You'll kick yourself when you see them(!)

John Diefenbaker, the Progressive Conservative Prime Minister from '57 to '63.

-Famously beat Brian Fellowes in the election that year(!)

-LAUGHTER

Louis St Laurent was the Prime Minister before Diefenbaker.

-And Richard Bennett - that's the sort of name you could've guessed.

-Yeah.

Anyone who is not Canadian and got one of those at home, I think maybe a doping inquiry is needed.

-Don't you think?

-Yes.

-We'll send the IOC round to anyone's house who got one of those.

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Ema and Charlie.

-It's been brilliant having you on the show.

-Thank you.

You've been great entertainment and really good contestants. Thanks so much for playing. Ema and Charlie!

Ema and Charlie didn't win our jackpot today, so it rolls over on to the next show

when we'll be playing for £5,250.

APPLAUSE

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

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me!

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