Episode 5 Pointless

Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless, the quiz show

where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

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First up, we welcome back Maria and Jamie.

You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

This is your second chance. What happened last time, Maria?

We didn't have much luck with currencies.

Yes, you proposed a new currency called the Lima.

-I did, yeah.

-For Portugal. What do you want to come up today?

Human anatomy would be a good one.

History, as well.

-I always had an interest in history since school, so that would be good.

-That would be good.

OK. Last time, you made it to the second round.

This time, as a returning pair, we hope to see you in the head-to-head, if not further.

The very best of luck, Maria and Jamie.

And next, we welcome Mike and Jane. How do you know each other?

We met at the airport nine years ago.

You met at the airport nine years ago?

Yeah. Well, we both work at the airport.

Oh, I see. We met at the airport where we work,

nine years ago. What are your interests, Mike?

For a year and a half, I've started writing poetry.

-Will there be a Pointless poem soon?

-Yeah, I could read you part of a Pointless poem.

-You have a Pointless poem already?

-Yes, I have.

Here we go.

Presented by Alexander and Richard, too.

An exciting quiz for you to view.

Test your knowledge and you will find

Those obscure answers in the back of your mind.

100 points is no good at all

Make the wrong choice and you will fall

Three is great, 70 is a lot

Let's hope for ten grand in that pot.

Oh, wow.

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I would say three is great, 70 is a lot. Byron is a poet, Mike, maybe not.

LAUGHTER

I'm joking.

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

Um, I quite like dramas, soaps,

music, pop music, really.

Very best of luck. Great to have you here.

And next, we welcome Malcolm and Laura.

How do you two know each other?

Father and daughter.

Father and daughter teams are always...

Not always good. Sometimes terrible.

But statistically, usually pretty good.

Malcolm, what do you hope comes up?

Sport. Um, music.

Preferably '60s, '70s, '80s.

Laura, any particular favourite topics?

Um... Everything that he doesn't know anything about,

so fashion, make up,

Madonna is a good one.

Very best of luck.

Great to have you on the show. Finally, we've got Dan and Martin. How do you two know each other?

-We went to primary and high school together.

-Martin, what do you do?

I'm a supermarket fishmonger.

How long do you have to wash for before you...?

A good half hour.

It's a long process.

Seriously, I have met a few fishmongers in my time

and quite often, I don't have to ask them what they do.

LAUGHTER

Dan, what do you do?

I'm a graduate management trainee for an electrical wholesaler.

What else do you like to get up to?

I play a lot of sport.

I've played football, basketball, American football.

Anything in particular you'd like not to see, Dan?

Er...books.

Anything to do with books, literature.

Great to have you on the show. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.

There's only one person left to introduce.

We have to sneak him round the back door when he arrives,

because it's like a Justin Bieber gig out there, honestly!

-It's My Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya.

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Round two today is one of those questions that

people are always asking for.

A certain generation of people are always asking for question two. I've finally buckled.

-Round two.

-Yeah.

Thank you very much, Richard.

All our questions on Pointless were put to 100 people before the show.

In order to get through to the final round and our jackpot,

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

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

Everyone's trying to find a Pointless answer,

an answer that none of our 100 people knew

and then, we add £250 to the jackpot.

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

Today's jackpot starts off at...

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If everyone is ready, let's play Pointless.

In this first round, each of you must give me an answer and you cannot confer with your partner.

Whoever has the highest score at the end will be eliminated.

Try and make sure it's not you.

OK, our first category today is...

Oh, Dan. I think this is what you said you wanted, right?

Yeah, I'll call a taxi.

Could you all decide who is going to go first and who is going to go second.

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

OK, our first question concerns...

Richard.

We're going to show you seven works of literature and their authors.

Each has a bird in the title, but we've left out the name of the bird. Can you fill in that blank?

A nice obscure answer scores fewer points.

An incorrect answer, Dan, is going to score you 100 points.

14 in all to guess at home. Very, very best of luck.

OK, Maria and Jamie, you all drew lots before the show and today, you get to go first.

We are looking for the birds that complete the titles of these literary works and we have got...

I'll read those all one more time.

There we are. Works of literature with birds in the title.

OK, Maria, you have to find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

I'm glad I'm going for this, because I only know one.

That's The Owl And The Pussycat.

The Owl And The Pussycat, says Maria.

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

Absolutely right.

78. It's a lot better than 100.

78 for Owl.

Yes, from 1846. It's a big old score, though, isn't it?

Mmm. Now then, Mike.

Right, OK, I'm going to go for Jonathan Livingstone, Seagull.

Seagull. Jonathan Livingstone, Seagull. Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.

Absolutely right.

24.

Not bad at all. 24.

Well played, Mike. Good answer, from 1970.

About a bird determined to have a meaningful existence.

Malcolm.

There's only one I definitely know,

but I'm going to have to go safe, for The Maltese Falcon.

The Maltese Falcon. That's what you're saying.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people knew that answer.

Absolutely right.

65.

65 for The Maltese Falcon.

Dashiell Hammett wrote lots of stories featuring Sam Spade -

Humphrey Bogart played him

in the film, famously.

-Now then, Dan.

-I think I might be able to salvage something.

I'm going to go with A Kestrel For A Knave.

A Kestrel For A Knave, says Dan. A Kestrel For A Knave.

At the top of the board.

-What do you think, Martyn?

-Kes. It's local.

Let's see if it's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.

Absolutely right, Dan.

Down it goes, great answer.

Still going down.

Oh, look at that! The best answer of the pass.

A masterstroke, Dan, that scored you 8.

-A Kestrel For A Knave.

-Yeah, well played, Dan.

That's not just salvaging something, that's the best score of the round.

It was adapted by Ken Loach for the film Kes.

A Kestrel For A Knave. Let's take a look at the rest of the board.

-You'll be good at these, I suspect. John Keats, Ode to a...

-Nightingale.

Would have scored you 30.

-Wild...

-Swans.

Absolutely right.

Would have scored you 13 points, Wild Swans. And To A...

This is the best answer on the board.

I can't think what it is. I'm going to kick myself.

To A Skylark. Three points, very well done if you said that at home.

Thank you, Richard.

Let's take a look at those scores as they stand. Dan and Martyn -

what a triumph! 8 points. That's a brilliant score.

Then we travel up to 24, where we find Mike and Jane,

up to 65, where we find Malcolm and Laura.

78 - not a bad score, but you are quite far in front.

So Jamie, a little bit of pressure on you.

OK, can the second players

please take their places at the podium?

OK, we're going to put seven more literary works on the board,

with the name of a bird missing from their title. And we have got...

I'll read those all one final time.

Remember, you are looking for the bird that is missing

from each of those literary works' names, and obviously, you're trying

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

Martyn, you're on 8.

Cracking low score there from Dan,

the high scorers on 78 are Jamie and Maria.

If you can score 69 or less, you are definitely in the next round.

OK. Well, I know a few.

I'm torn between two, but I'm going to go for

The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe.

The Raven, says Martyn.

You're on 8 -

there is your red line.

If you come below that red line, you are definitely in the next round.

Let's see. Is it right?

How many people said The Raven, for Edgar Allan Poe?

Yep, you've done it. Very well done.

Down it goes, 23. Great score.

Takes your total up to 31.

-Dan and Martyn mean business, don't they?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Pretty strong team.

Yeah, The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe. Absolutely right.

That's a wonderful poem.

There's also an episode of The Simpsons where Bart Simpson goes through the whole poem.

It's rather wonderful as well.

There we are. Laura, you're on 65.

The high scorers are still Jamie and Maria on 78,

which means a score of 12 or less

will definitely secure you a place in the next round.

There's no hope. Literature is my worst subject,

but I do have two.

I'm going to go with one.

I'm hoping it's less than the other one,

but it's not going to be less than 12.

The Pelican Brief.

The Pelican Brief, says Laura. The Pelican Brief by John Grisham.

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

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55. Well, not bad. Takes your total up to 120.

Yes, solid answer, Laura.

Makes the end of the round very interesting, though.

Also a film in 1993, starring Julia Roberts.

Now then, Jane, you are currently on 24.

The high scorers are Laura and Malcolm on 120.

If you can score 95 or less, you are through to the next round.

Unfortunately, I only know one and that's The Eagle Has Landed.

OK, that's the one you're going to go for.

The Eagle Has Landed, says Jane.

The Eagle. How many people said that?

Absolutely right.

Oh, 78. A high score

but it gets you through. Takes your total up to 102.

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Good answer. Also gives us an answer to that question,

"What rhymes with seagull?"

Doesn't it? There you go. Mike went first, he said, "Seagull."

Jane went next, she said, "Eagle."

-That's a poem.

-Yeah.

-To all intents and purposes.

-Yeah.

Now then,

moment of truth.

Jamie, the high scorers are now Laura and Malcolm. You're on 78.

A score of 41 or less

and you're through to the next round.

-Talk us through the board.

-I think I know two.

The bottom one, I believe, would be Lark Rise To Candleford

but I think that would be quite a high scorer.

And I think...

the one above it, DH Lawrence, is The White Dove.

So, I think I'll go with The White Dove.

You're going to go with The White Dove. What do you think, Maria?

I haven't got a clue.

Here comes your red line.

Below that red line, through you go.

The White Dove. Is it right?

How many people said it?

Bad luck, Jamie. Bad luck.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

That takes your total up to 178. I'm sorry. Richard.

Yeah, sorry, Jamie.

It sounds right, doesn't it? It's actually the toughest answer on the board.

-That is DH Lawrence's first ever novel.

-The White Peacock.

The White Peacock. Absolutely right. It would have scored one point,

so very well done if you said that at home.

Let's go through the rest of the board.

You were right with Lark Rise To Candleford

but it would've knocked you out, you're right. It's a very big score. 64 points.

The blank Road, Xander?

-I don't know that one.

-It's The Crow Road.

-Oh, I should have known that one.

-13 points. And Flaubert's...?

-Parrot.

Parrot. By Julian Barnes. Absolutely right. Would have scored 4.

Well done to anybody who went all the way through that board.

OK, well, thanks very much, Richard.

So, at the end of the first round, the pair who are leaving us,

I'm afraid, Jamie and Maria, our returning pair.

It wasn't meant to play out like this.

-No.

-Oh, dear, oh, dear.

-I'm so sorry.

-Nevermind.

-Anyway, I'm sorry,

we have to say goodbye,

-but thank you very much for playing. Jamie and Maria.

-Thank you.

But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

So, four pairs become three pairs.

At the end of this round, three pairs will become two.

Well, I have to say, Dan and Martyn,

we nearly fell for that bluff.

Yeah, "Oh, nothing from books." The lowest score by miles.

Everyone else was in the hundreds.

31 was your score.

Anything else you don't want to come up?

American sports, football...

Very good, indeed.

Well, Dan and Martyn would seem to be the pair to beat.

Certainly, based on that round. Good luck, all pairs.

Our category for round two today is...

Music.

Can you all decide in your pairs

who's going to go first and who's going to go second?

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

OK, let's find out what our question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Elvis Presley UK Top 40 singles as they could.

Elvis UK Top 40 singles. Richard.

Yes, we are looking for any single released by Elvis Presley

or which has him as a named featured artist

to reach the UK Top 40 prior to the end of March 2012, please.

Double A-sides will count as separate answers

but we won't accept EPs, such as Strictly Elvis or Follow That Dream.

So, any Elvis Top 40 hit according to the Official Charts Company website.

There's a huge amount of answers, as you might imagine.

Very best of luck and very best of luck at home.

OK, thank you, Richard. Now then, Mike, how is Elvis for you?

Um, yeah, not too bad.

I'll try Wooden Heart.

Sounds like a brilliant answer.

Let's see if it's right and, if it is,

how many of our 100 people said it. Wooden heart.

Absolutely right.

10.

A good answer, a great score. Very well done, Mike.

-A Wooden Heart.

-Yeah, very well played.

It's from the soundtrack of GI Blues. It's adapted from a German folk song.

When it was number one, it was his seventh number one,

he became the first person ever to have seven number ones.

-Wow. How many did he have in the end?

-More than seven.

-I'll say.

-Knowing me, it'll come to me.

-Laura, is this a good subject for you?

-We'll see.

We'll go with Love Me Tender.

Love Me Tender, says Laura. Love Me Tender.

Let's see if it's right and,

if it is, let's see how many people said Love Me Tender.

Absolutely right.

20.

Not a bad score.

20 for Love Me Tender.

Very well played. It's the title track from his first film, Love Me Tender.

Now then, Martyn.

Martyn, a nice, obscure Elvis hit.

To keep the rhyming theme going,

I'm going to go for Return To Sender.

Return To Sender.

OK, let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Return To Sender.

Absolutely right.

Great answer! What about that, Martyn?

Very well done, indeed.

3 for Return To Sender.

Richard.

Credited as Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires.

And with that song, he became the first artist

to have 13 UK number ones. Was his 13th number one.

How many number ones did he have, Richard?

I think he had... I think he had 21 number one singles in all.

It's a lot, isn't it?

Good going. Anyway, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores, as they stand.

Martyn and Dan, once again,

asserting their seniority on this round.

Lovely low score of 3.

Then we travel up to 10, where we find Mike and Jane

and then up to 20, where we find Laura and Malcolm.

It's not an especially high score, but you are out in front.

So, Malcolm, luckily,

I think you're going to be brilliant on this.

I'm banking on that. Very best of luck.

We're going to come back down the line.

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

OK, so we are looking for UK Top 40 singles released by Elvis.

Now then, Dan, you're on 3.

The high scorers are Malcolm and Laura on 20.

If you can score 16 or less, you are through to the next round.

Well, I don't think I'm going to get that but I'll go with

Heartbreak Hotel.

Heartbreak Hotel, says Dan. Here comes your red line.

Quite low. Below that red line, you're definitely in the next round.

OK, how many people said Heartbreak Hotel?

You've done it. Very, very well done, indeed.

9 takes your total up to 12.

Well done, Dan. What a team.

It was his first UK hit and it was a Top 40 hit three times,

Heartbreak Hotel.

Malcolm, you're the high scorers on 20.

What are you going to give me?

It's going to have to be very low.

I'm going to go for The Girl Of My Best Friend.

The Girl Of My Best Friend, that sounds like a brilliant answer.

Let's see if it is. How many people said The Girl Of My Best Friend?

It's right.

Very, very well done, indeed, Malcolm.

That's exactly what we needed from you, a pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £2,250.

It scores nothing and it leaves your score at 20.

Very, very well done, indeed. Let's hope that's enough

to keep you in the game. Richard.

Well played, Malcolm.

You said you had to score low, that's as low as you can score.

The Girl Of My Best Friend. It was a Top 10 hit in 1976.

OK, well, thank you, Richard.

Now then, very dramatic end to the round here, Jane.

The high scorers are Malcolm and Laura on 20.

You have to score 9 or less to stay in the game.

Have you got a good answer?

Err... Caught In A Trap.

Caught In A Trap, says Jane. Here is your red line. Quite low.

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

Caught In A Trap. Is it right, and how many people said it?

Bad luck, Jane.

Bad luck. I'm afraid that's incorrect,

which means you score a maximum of 100 points,

taking your total up to an unbeatable 110. I'm sorry.

-Richard.

-Unlucky. It's a lyric. You're thinking of Suspicious Minds.

"We're caught in a trap."

If you had said Suspicious Minds, you'd have scored 11 points.

You would have been knocked out.

So very unlucky.

Let's take a look at some pointless answers, though. There's quite a few.

A Fool Such As I, Blue Moon, that was a top ten hit for Elvis,

his cover version of Green Green Grass Of Home was number one for Tom Jones,

not for Elvis, though.

Love Letters was a pointless answer, another top ten hit.

My Baby Left Me, that was re-released in 2007 on the 30th anniversary

of Elvis's death, so it's a very recent one. That was a pointless answer.

His version of My Way, also pointless. It was a top 40 hit.

Stuck On You, again, was a pointless hit.

There's The Twelfth Of Never, and You Don't Have To Say You Love Me,

which was a top 40 hit three times for Elvis.

There are other names there. Big Hunk Of Love would have been pointless,

Beyond The Reef, Indescribably Blue, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Moody Blue, Party, Paralyzed, Rip It Up.

Lots of pointless answers. Very well done if you got one of those at home.

Do you want to look through the top three?

Number three, we've already heard from Laura, actually, it's Love Me Tender, 20 points.

Number one and number two actually got the same score,

so they're both joint number one.

-So the most famous Elvis song ever...

-Jailhouse Rock.

Jailhouse Rock, and Blue Suede Shoes is the other one. Both scored 25.

Well, thank you very much, Richard. So at the end of that round,

our losing pair with the highest score, it's Mike and Jane.

And do you know what, actually, you were so nearly right,

but this always happens with songs, you can never quite remember

what's the title of the song and what's just a lyric.

It's been great having you on the show, we'll look forward to seeing you next time.

-And Mike, let's have a poem next time. Specially commissioned for the occasion.

-Indeed.

Thanks very much, Jane and Mike.

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

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

Congratulations, Dan and Martyn, Malcolm and Laura,

you're now only one round away from the final, and the chance

to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £2,250.

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You're now going to go head-to-head,

and the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot.

The great news is, from here on in, you can confer.

Well, it's been quite a game so far.

Dan and Martyn, did you think you were going to end up here?

First round, Literature.

-No.

-Not at all, no.

Yeah, I don't believe a word you say!

LAUGHTER

You see, I don't even believe you're a fishmonger, Martyn.

LAUGHTER

-Fishmonger!

-Maybe I'm not!

-Yeah!

Malcolm and Laura, you can now combine your talents.

You said that you each knew things the other one didn't.

Now we get the two halves together.

You're going to be unstoppable. Very exciting head-to-head.

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

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

-Famous cathedrals, Richard.

-We'll show you five pictures of famous cathedrals from around the world.

We simply need you to tell us in which city are each of these cathedrals.

Very, very best of luck. The most obscure answer wins.

Thanks very much. Let's reveal our five cathedrals, and here they are. We have got...

There we are. Five cathedrals.

You just have to tell us which city they are in.

Dan and Martyn, you've played best throughout the show so far,

so you get to go first.

THEY WHISPER

(I don't recognise any of those.)

OK?

Right, erm... We've got it narrowed down to two, I think.

Neither of us are certain. So I'm going to say A is New York.

A - New York.

A - New York, say Dan and Martyn. Malcolm and Laura.

Talk us through the rest of the board.

-Erm... What did you think B was?

-B, we thought was Notre Dame in Paris.

Notre Dame.

We thought A was possibly New York. We weren't sure, though.

C, we think is Coventry.

And E, we thought was Moscow.

So we're going to go with C, Coventry.

C, Coventry, you're saying. So, we have..

A - New York, from Dan and Martyn.

A - New York, let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said New York for A.

Absolutely right.

-13!

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That's a good score.

13 for New York. Malcolm and Laura are saying Coventry is C.

Let's see if that's right,

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

13 is what you have to beat.

Oh!

Ooh!

Not Coventry, as it turns out. An incorrect answer.

So after the first question, Dan and Martyn, you are ahead 1-0.

It's actually Liverpool. It's the Catholic cathedral in Liverpool.

Yeah. And would have scored 33 points, so actually wouldn't have seen you through.

However, Laura, you were absolutely right about B, it is Notre Dame in Paris,

-and would only have scored ten points.

-Wow!

Yeah.

That would have won you the point there.

The best answer on the board... Let's clear up E, as well,

cos you gave us that. It is Moscow, but again, quite a high scorer.

Scored 32 points.

And the best answer on the board is D.

Do you know, for a moment I was thinking that was

St Giles in Edinburgh, but actually, blue sky!

LAUGHTER

Yeah.

-Erm... I think it could be Winchester.

-It IS Winchester.

-It is Winchester?

-It is Winchester.

One point, that would have scored you. The best answer on the board. Well done if you said that at home.

Now, then. Malcolm and Laura.

We need you to win this question to stay in the game. Here it comes.

It concerns...

Marilyn Monroe. Richard.

We will give you five clues which will lead to facts about people

or things associated with Marilyn Monroe.

Can you give us the most obscure answer, please?

OK, let's reveal our five facts about Marilyn, and here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are, five clues to facts about Marilyn Monroe.

Malcolm and Laura, you go first this time.

THEY WHISPER

-(Kennedy was the president...)

-OK?

-Yes.

We're going to go with... My Week With Marilyn.

The actress is Michelle Williams.

Michelle Williams, you're saying, who played her in the film,

My Week With Marilyn.

Michelle Williams.

Dan and Martyn.

I think, if that's right, we'll not beat it,

so we'll play safe and go for the song. It's Candle In The Wind.

Candle In The Wind.

OK, Malcolm and Laura, you have to win this question.

You have been given Dan and Martyn's endorsement.

Let's see, Malcolm and Laura, Michelle Williams, is that right?

How many people said it?

Absolutely right.

11!

APPLAUSE

That's a great score.

And I'm guessing that's going to keep you in the game.

Dan and Martyn say Candle In The Wind is the song Elton John wrote specially for her.

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

-60.

-APPLAUSE

As you suspected.

Which means after two questions, we are absolutely evenly tied, one-all.

-Richard.

-Got two good teams here, haven't we?

Yes, Michelle Williams, she received her third Oscar nomination for playing Marilyn in that film.

Let's take a look at the others.

-The president to whom she famously sang Happy Birthday...

-John F. Kennedy.

-Absolutely right.

That would have scored 71 points. The cover girl...

It's Playboy Magazine, actually. Would have scored 25.

And the last completed film?

It's actually also the last completed film of Clark Gable, as well.

It was The Misfits.

Would have scored five points, the best answer on the board.

-Well done if you got that, well done if you got all five.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

Well, very exciting head-to-head.

It has come down to this deciding question.

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

Here it comes. It concerns...

20th century UK prime ministers. Richard.

We're simply going to show you the names of five people

who were 20th century UK prime ministers.

But we've missed out every alternate letter of their name.

Very best of luck, both teams.

OK, Dan and Martyn did say they particularly didn't want politics.

Good luck.

Let's reveal our five UK prime ministers of the 20th century,

and here they are.

I'll read them one more time.

Here we go.

There we are. Now then, Dan and Martyn, you get to go first.

THEY WHISPER

(That's good.)

OK, Dan and Martyn, you've arrived at an answer.

Er...yeah. I've got a pretty good idea for at least four of them.

I'm going to go with one I think will be low.

I'm not certain of it. I think it's Andrew Bonar Law.

Andrew Bonar Law.

Now then, Malcolm and Laura.

I think you've got it, that one, there. I'm sure you have. Erm...

We're going to go for Anthony Eden.

Anthony Eden. So we have Andrew Bonar Law and Anthony Eden.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final place for our jackpot.

Dan and Martyn, you've said Andrew Bonar Law.

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

14.

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14.

That's going to be a tough one to beat, I think.

You have gone for Anthony Eden.

Let's see how Anthony Eden does. 14 is what you have to beat.

Anthony Eden.

It's right.

How far down is it going to go? Ooh! 41! Well done.

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Wow.

Well, that's decisive.

Which means, after three questions,

Dan and Martyn are through to the final 2-1.

Very well done.

A very high-quality head-to-head, there.

It's actually the best two answers up on that board as well.

Andrew Bonar Law, nicknamed the Unknown Prime Minister, rather aptly.

Served for just 209 days in 1922 and 1923.

David Lloyd George would have scored you 53.

John Major would have scored you 91. Good score.

-He'll be pleased with that, won't he, if he's sitting at home?

-Yeah!

LAUGHTER Yeah, that'll perk him up!

And Harold Wilson would have scored you 75,

so as I say, great head-to-head. Well done if you got all five

of those at home. I suspect we'll see great things from you next time.

Thank you very much, Richard.

So our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid,

Malcolm and Laura.

Creditable performance, though.

You would have got Bonar Law, I'm sure. There you go.

Malcolm and Laura, the great news is, we'll see you again next time.

We'll look forward to that very much, indeed. In the meantime, thank you very much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Thanks.

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But for Dan and Martyn, it's now time for our Pointless final.

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Well, congratulations, Dan and Martyn.

You've seen off all 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 £2,250.

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Well, you've made very, very quick work of that. You just rinsed it.

In fact, no, what you've done is you've descaled it,

topped and tailed it and filleted it.

Amazing. What are you hoping is going to come up in this round?

-What would be the perfect choice?

-Football.

-Football. American football?

-Or basketball, even better.

-Basketball.

The work of Armstrong and Miller.

Really?

-Oh, really?

-LAUGHTER

Oh!

You are definitely winning. Very good.

OK, so, the rules are very simple. To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

You've had one pointless answer on the show today,

you only have to find one more, and you will go home with that jackpot.

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

Erm... Well... International Statistics is ambiguous.

It's between two, Film and International Statistics.

20th century, something like that...

-No!

-It's going to be...

-No, we lucked through Literature once,

we're not going to do it again!

Erm... I think Film.

-Yes.

-I genuinely think Film.

-International...

-Film and just hope for a bit of luck, I think.

-Yeah.

See what's...

-Just hope it's something that we know!

-OK, Film.

Film it is. Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Jack Black films as they could.

-Richard.

-Yes, any feature film made for cinema release

for which Jack Black has received an acting credit

prior to the beginning of May 2012, please.

As always, no TV films, documentaries or short films,

but voiced performances do count.

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 £2,250

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yep.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

Right, straightaway, Anchorman.

Dogma.

Actually, he might not be in Dogma.

He's in Anchorman, cos he kicks Will Ferrell's dog over the bridge.

His best film ever is High Fidelity,

-which I don't think a lot of people will know.

-Yes.

-With John Cusack.

-Yeah, great film. High Fidelity, erm...

-Anchorman...

-School Of Rock, probably.

-School Of Rock.

-King Kong, is it?

-Borrowers?

-Borrowers?

Yeah, he's in that new... with the little people.

-I could go with Borrowers.

-Is it The Borrowers? Or is it Robinson Crusoe?

Oh... It is... But is that out yet?

Yeah, it's out, but...it's going to be high.

-OK, High Fidelity... You've got Kung Fu Panda?

-Yeah, Kung Fu Panda!

-What about the...

-Kung Fu Panda 2.

Nacho Libre, people might not remember that.

Nacho Libre, Kung Fu Panda 2, and High Fidelity.

No, Anchorman.

Guarantee, Anchorman, he's in it for about two seconds.

Nacho, Anchorman...

-High Fidelity.

-Yeah. Right, let's go.

-Ten seconds, you've got... you've got them!

-Yeah!

Wow, you're spoilt for choice. OK, we'll stop the clock.

We were looking for Jack Black films. I now need to know which three you're going to submit.

-We'll go for Anchorman.

-Anchorman.

-Er...

-High Fidelity.

-High Fidelity.

-And Nacho Libre.

-And Nacho Libre.

Of those three, which do you think is your best?

High Fidelity?

High Fidelity, I'd say. It's very obscure.

High Fidelity.

OK, High Fidelity last.

-Yep, Nacho Libre first.

-Nacho Libre first.

-And Anchorman.

-And Anchorman in the middle. OK.

Let's put them on the board in that order.

We have got...

OK, we were looking for Jack Black films.

You said Nacho Libre was your least likely shot at a pointless answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer, remember, to win that £2,250.

What would you do with that, Martyn? 2,250 quid.

-I'm thinking I'd spend it on holidays, pretty much.

-Very good.

-Me and my girlfriend want to see a few places.

-Excellent. Dan?

Probably the same, probably go away this summer somewhere.

-So...

-Very nice, indeed.

OK, well, very best of luck. Let's see if your first film will do it.

Nacho Libre, you said.

It has to be right, it has to be pointless,.

If it's both of those things, you will leave here with £2,250.

Nacho Libre, how many people said it?

Absolutely right.

Well, down it goes.

If this goes all the way down to zero, you leave here with £2,250.

Still going down, into single figures, still going down!

Oh! Two!

-Ha ha ha ha!

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Wow.

-Right, OK. Well, that's the kind of ballpark where in, then.

-Yeah.

-Two for Nacho Libre.

OK, only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

It is all riding on High Fidelity and Anchorman.

Your next choice was Anchorman.

-Anchorman. You're absolutely certain, you remember him in it?

-Dead certain.

He kicked Will Ferrell's dog over the side of a bridge.

LAUGHTER

After being knocked off his bike by a burrito.

-I'm certain of it.

-OK, well, let's hope nobody said Anchorman.

Let's hope it's right.

It's your second shot at that jackpot, £2,250,

how many people said Anchorman?

It's right.

Nacho Libre took us down to two.

Anchorman.

You were pretty sure no-one would know this,

down it goes into single figures, still going down, down it goes...

-You've done it!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very, very well done, indeed.

-It doesn't get better than that!

-Oh!

-Fabulous.

-Thank you.

Very well done. Yes, well done. Armstrong and Miller...!

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Whoo!

That was brilliant, and I have to say, richly, richly deserved,

not only the way you've played all the way through the show,

-but saying Armstrong and Miller like that, as you did.

-LAUGHTER

I think that really is a very impressive turn.

Very well done. Anchorman, a pointless answer,

which means you do take home our jackpot today of £2,250.

Very well done.

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How about that?

Yeah, very good. Well played, Dan and Martyn. Quite right,

very brief cameo from Jack Black, where he does exactly what you said

he did to the dog which you said he did that thing to, as well.

High Fidelity, your other answer, would have scored you four points.

So it was a good job Anchorman was pointless.

Well remembered. Let's look at some other pointless answers.

Airborne would have been pointless. Two Tim Robbins movies, here,

Bob Roberts and Cradle Will Rock, both of those pointless.

Demolition Man, he's in. Evil Woman, Ice Age, where he plays Zeke,

that's a voiced performance, those were pointless.

Johnny Skidmarks, Orange County with Colin Hanks,

and Waterworld, he's also in.

Could have also had Shark Tail, Cable Guy, Envy, Run Ronnie Run.

Very well done if you got any of those at home.

But congratulations for Anchorman, a very good spot, and very well remembered.

Very well done, indeed.

And thanks, once again, to our winning players, Dan and Martyn,

who go away with today's jackpot of £2,250.

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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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