Episode 53 Pointless

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Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and 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, we welcome Tristan and Laura who were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

This is your final chance.

Tristan, remind us how you know each other.

We worked together and then started dating.

-Laura, what happened last time?

-We got through to the head-to-head,

but the question was about Desert Island Discs.

We knew the answers, but we chose the wrong one,

so hopefully, we'll choose better this time.

Anything you'd like to see come up, Laura?

Film probably or maybe music. Maybe something more modern.

The questions last time were a bit maybe on the older side, which...

-Wow!

-Whoa!

-That lands at your door, Richard.

You do know this isn't easy, don't you? You're aware of that?

Welcome back to the show.

-You did really well last time. Very best of luck.

-Thank you.

Next, we welcome Michael and Josh who were also on the show last time.

Remind us how you know each other.

We've been friends ever since I moved to this country from Australia.

We were at school together,

we went to university together and lived there together.

How long have you lived here, Michael?

-I've been in England since '97.

-'97, so 15 years?

-Yeah, a little while.

-Now, Josh, do you have faith in Michael's grounding in British culture?

If weird sitcoms from our childhood were to come up...

The beauty of being a student is you can watch a lot of daytime TV,

so hopefully we picked something up.

OK, very good. Josh, what happened last time?

We got to the second round and, unfortunately,

I got placed in rather a large hole

as Mike got 100 on the first way through.

Michael, what are you hoping is going to come up?

Hopefully, music, film, we could be OK on.

Sport is our strongest point, so I hope something like that comes up.

Anything you want to add to that, Josh?

Maybe something historical perhaps or geographical again.

It was Round Two last time.

Let's hope it's a bit further this time, maybe even the final.

Who knows?

Next, we welcome Owen and Tim. How do you two know each other, Owen?

Well, Tim's my brother, my little brother by ten minutes.

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

When I go travelling, I do a lot of scuba-diving.

I did my PADI course for that,

so I do that as often as I can, once every couple of months.

A lot of sport, a lot of football, a lot of tennis, a lot of golf.

-Very good. How about you, Tim?

-I produce music.

-What kind of music?

Anything. I've played the piano for as long as I can remember.

I went through the grades when I was younger,

but now I just work at my keyboard, my computer.

-What are you hoping comes up today, Tim?

-Films. Christian Bale films.

In particular, Christian Bale films. And Owen?

General sport, perhaps World Cup managers for football.

That would be quite interesting.

Best of luck. Welcome to the show.

Finally, we've got Alice and Jeff. How do you know each other, Alice?

-Jeff's my dad.

-We've had quite a few father and daughter teams recently.

-Yeah.

-They always do well.

Well...

-They always do QUITE well.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, quite well.

-Alice, where are you from?

-Dover.

-And what do you do, Alice?

-I'm a cashier at a bank.

-But I'm actually leaving to travel in a couple of weeks.

-Wow!

-Where are you going?

-Canada.

-Fantastic.

How long are you going for?

-A year to begin with, hopefully, then we'll see what happens.

-Wow!

I'm hoping to get into the ski side of things, maybe ski patrol,

ski instructing eventually.

-You've done a lot of skiing already?

-Yeah, absolutely.

Jeff, wow, that's quite sad, isn't it?

It may be a little sad, but sometimes when I look in her bedroom

and see how untidy it is, it's not very sad.

And think of what the lodgers are going to bring in!

-Jeff, what do you do?

-I'm a master baker.

-I've got my own family business, third generation.

-Third generation?

-Yes.

-Wow! Speciality breads, do you do those?

Yes, yes, all types of breads, cakes.

I don't know about you.

I cannot wait to see what Jeff has brought in for us.

-What do you think he's brought for us?

-I don't know.

He's probably got something behind the podium.

-It's probably on a trolley somewhere.

-Oh, yeah.

He'll have brought some of his under-bakers.

There'll be a big cloud of flour and they'll come out pushing something.

That'll be amazing. I can't wait.

When do you think he'll do it? Thank you so much.

Just before the head-to-head?

-That would be perfect.

-Lovely.

A slice of cake. Hmm! I'm looking forward to that, Jeff, so much.

What are you hoping is going to come up?

I like my sport and I like my film and I like my music.

-I don't like my English literature very much.

-Right.

Alice, obviously, skiing will be good for you.

Have you done lots of travel yet?

I used to be a holiday rep in Gran Canaria. I've done some travelling.

-What else would you like to see come up?

-Pop music.

-OK.

Some old '70s, '80s music would be quite good.

-Very best of luck, Alice and Jeff.

-Thank you.

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

There's only one person left to introduce.

At the buffet of obscurity, he overfills his plate

-and still he goes back for seconds - my Pointless friend Richard.

-Hiya.

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-Hello.

-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

-This will be an interesting one.

We've got two returning pairs, both of whom were strong last time

and quite unlucky to get knocked out,

so they'll be very tough to beat and we've got a very big jackpot.

It'll be super-competitive for our new pairs

and for the pairs coming back.

Whoever gets through to the jackpot round will have a real opportunity.

Very exciting indeed. And the cake shortly before our head-to-head.

I cannot wait!

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

To get to our final round and have a chance of winning the jackpot,

our contestants must find the obscure answers

those 100 people couldn't get.

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

Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer

that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.

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

Today's jackpot starts off at £12,000.

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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 is eliminated, so try and make sure that's not you.

Our first category today is...

Can you decide who's going first, who's going second?

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

OK, our question concerns...

Richard?

On each pass, we're going to show you the names of seven famous cities

as they're known in their own native languages.

Tell us the English name of those cities.

A nice, obscure answer will score fewer points,

but an incorrect answer will score you 100 points.

There'll be 14 cities in all to have a go at at home.

Thanks very much indeed.

Laura and Tristan, you drew lots before the show and you are going first.

We are looking for the English names of these cities

and our first board reads like this.

I'll read those all one last time.

OK, Laura, there we are - seven cities in the native language.

I'm not 100% sure on any of them, so I'm going to have to just guess.

And Munchen sounds a bit like Munich, it sounds a bit German.

-You're saying Munich for Munchen?

-Yeah.

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

Absolutely right.

71.

-It's a high score though.

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-Munich?

-Yeah, Munchen,

the third largest city in Germany, the capital of Bavaria.

There we are. Now, Michael, how is this for you?

I'm not recognising as many as I thought I might

when you said what the category was, but I think I know a couple.

The one I'm going for is Wien which I believe is Vienna.

OK, Wien, Vienna, says Michael.

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

Absolutely right.

44.

-44 for Vienna.

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Yeah, the capital of Austria.

It's another one of those rounds

where knowing about sport is very helpful.

If you know about European football,

you often see the names as they're written in their own countries.

Now then, Owen, so we are wanting to know what the names of these cities are in English.

Well, I'm not 100% on any of them,

which doesn't play well.

But by a process of eliminating one letter,

I'm going to go for La Habana as Havana.

Havana, says Owen for La Habana.

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

It's right.

37.

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37 for Havana.

Yes, the capital of Cuba and the largest city in the Caribbean.

I'm amazed that only scores 37.

-As you say, the clue is there in its name.

-Yeah.

Jeff, you are the last person to have this board.

You can talk us through it if you like.

I'd like to talk you through it.

I wonder whether the top one might be Florence,

but the actual one I'm going to go for is Den Haag,

which I think is in Amsterdam - The Hague.

The Hague, says Jeff, for Den Haag.

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

Absolutely right.

40.

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-40 for The Hague.

Good answer. The Hague is where the government sits in the Netherlands,

but the capital is Amsterdam.

You'd have been absolutely safe

and sound with Firenze as Florence as well.

That would have scored you 42 points.

Al-Jazair?

-Have a guess.

-Is it Algiers?

-It is. Would have scored 5.

And Lefkosia scores more points than that, but I think it's harder.

No.

It's Nicosia in Greek - Lefkosia.

7 points for that. Very well done if you said that.

Thanks very much, Richard.

We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.

The best score of the pass was Owen and Tim,

looking pretty strong on 37,

up to 40 where we find Jeff and Alice,

up to 44 where we find Michael and Josh, so far, so very close,

and then up to 71 where we find Laura and Tristan,

so, Tristan, we'll need a really low score from you

and hope that keeps you in the game.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

We're going to put seven more cities on the board. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Remember, we are looking for the English names of these cities

and you'll try and find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

Alice, you are on 40. The high scorers on 71 are Tristan and Laura.

If you score 30 or less, you will avoid becoming the new high scorers.

What do you make of that board?

Geography is not a strong point at all for me.

-Think back. You were a travel rep in Gran Canaria.

-I know.

There are two on there that look kind of familiar.

But I'm going to go with Moskva

and take a punt at Moscow.

Moscow is the punt you're going to take. Here is your red line.

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

Is Moscow right for Moskva and if it is, how many people said it?

It's right.

Oh, it's a high score.

73 for Moscow takes your total up to 113.

Yeah, another big score.

It couldn't be anything other than Moscow, could it, Moskva?

It used to be the capital of Muscovy in Russia

which is why people from Moscow are called Muscovites.

Now then, Tim, the high scorers are now Alice and Jeff on 113.

You're on 37. If you score 75 or less, you are through to the next round.

A lot of them seem familiar to me,

but I'm going to go for Praha which I hope is the Czech capital, Prague.

OK, Prague, says Tim, for Praha.

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

Absolutely right.

And you're through to the next round. Very well done. 53.

53 takes your total up to 90.

Yeah, another good answer. Well played.

It was the capital of Bohemia, then of Czechoslovakia,

then became capital of the Czech Republic.

Now then, Josh, the high scorers remain Alice and Jeff on 113. You're on 44.

If you can score 68 or less, you are through to the next round.

Remember, we are looking for the English names of these cities.

There's one I think that I know

and one that I'm not so sure on, but I think would be a lower score.

I'm not sure whether or not I need to gamble with this points differential.

Learning from our last answer, I'm going to play it a bit safer

and I'm going to say Koln and Cologne.

Koln and Cologne.

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

Very well done, Josh.

And you're through to the next round. Well played. 51.

It takes your total up to 95.

Well played, Josh. Good answer.

It famously gives its name to "eau de cologne"

as its inventor, Johann Maria Farina, moved there in 1709.

Tristan, the high scorers on 113 are Alice and Jeff.

You're on 71. Your target is 41 or less.

You're the last person to have the board, so you can talk us through it. How is this for you?

It'll be a very short talk-through.

There's only one I think I will have a guess at.

I'm going to take Richard's advice and think about football teams.

I seem to remember that Juventus play against Padova in the Turin derby,

so I'm going to say Turin.

OK, you're going to say Padova, Turin.

Let's see, is it right? How many people said Turin for Padova?

Torino! Oh, well...

Bad luck, Tristan. That's incorrect.

It scores you 100 points and takes your total up to an unbeatable 171.

That's a relief for Alice and Jeff there. Richard?

Yeah, that's tough luck, Tristan.

The second you said it, you realised it was Torino. Bad luck.

Padova is actually Padua.

It's a very ancient Italian town supposedly founded by the Trojans.

It would have scored you 16.

Beograd would have sent you through. That's Belgrade.

It would have scored 40 points.

I didn't get Kaapstad. Did you get Kaapstad?

On the second reading - Cape Town.

Yeah, that is Cape Town in Afrikaans,

one of the languages of South Africa.

It would have scored 6 points.

-And Al-Qahira?

-Cairo.

Cairo is exactly right. That's the best answer - 4 points.

Very well done to anyone who got all of those. The clue is in the name almost always.

-Something like Al-Qahira. Kaapstad...?

-Yeah.

There we are. Thanks, Richard. At the end of our first round,

the losing pair with the highest score, it's Tristan and Laura. Double pointless last show!

-No Scandinavian countries. If I'd had a Scandinavian city, but...

-Dear, oh, dear.

I'm sorry we have to say goodbye so soon. It wasn't what I was expecting.

Tristan and Laura, thanks so much for playing. Great contestants.

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

Sadly, at the end of this round, another pair will be leaving us.

I wonder which pair that will be?

Alice and Jeff, you had a lifeline thrown you at the last moment.

-We certainly did, didn't we?

-Did you know Padova?

-No.

I knew Prague. That was the other one.

Here you all are. Owen and Tim, lovely low scoring from you,

and only five points behind them, Michael and Josh.

-This was the end of the line for you last time.

-This is our jinx round.

OK. Keep your heads.

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...

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

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

OK, our question concerns...

-Richard?

-In a moment,

Zander is going to show you a board with six classic game shows on it.

We're looking for anyone who has ever been the main regular presenter

of any of those shows, please.

So, anyone who has been the main regular presenter of the six shows.

And we're not counting co-hosts,

even though by and large they do pretty much all the work.

Them's the breaks, Richard.

Yeah. You know what? At least I get to sit down.

Thanks very much. OK, so here are the six game shows and they are...

I'll read those all one last time.

Josh, you are to go first.

OK, I think I know four.

-OK. Well, the most obscure...

-That's the problem.

The most obscure one is the one I'm slightly unsure of,

but I think the other three will be really high.

Also bear in mind that Michael may not have the grounding you have,

so you might have to score even lower.

I'm going to go with Stars In Their Eyes...

..and I believe that's Michael Kelly.

Michael Kelly, says Josh.

OK, let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Michael Kelly.

Oh, Josh!

I'm afraid that's incorrect and that scores you the maximum of 100 points. I'm really sorry.

And I kind of strong-armed him into that.

He doesn't look like he could be strong-armed into anything, Josh, to be fair.

-I think if there was a strong-arm contest, he'd beat you.

-Yeah.

Not one of the hosts of Stars In Their Eyes, I'm afraid.

OK, now then, Owen, we come to you.

There's a few I know and I don't know whether to go for modern or past,

so I'm going to assume not many people watch it

and Vernon Kay for All Star Family Fortunes.

You're going to assume that not many people watch it?

LAUGHTER I don't, so...

Viewing figures we could only dream of.

But when it goes head-to-head with Pointless Celebrities, we beat it.

It's true. We do. Yeah, good point.

Yeah.

Vernon Kay, says Owen. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Vernon Kay.

It's right.

It's a good answer. There we are, Owen.

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-20. Good work.

-20 for Vernon Kay.

-Well played, Owen.

He's hosted the All Star version since 2006

and a very nice man as well.

Most certainly.

Now then, Alice, we are looking for anyone who has been the main host of any of these UK game shows.

This is actually quite a good board for me.

-I'm going to go with Stars In Their Eyes...

-Yeah.

And not the person that Josh was trying to say,

-but I think Cat Deeley.

-Cat Deeley, says Alice.

Let's see if that's right and how many people said Cat Deeley.

It's right.

Oh, very well done, Alice.

-1 point for Cat Deeley.

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That is a good answer, Alice. She hosted it from 2004 to 2006.

Also hosted the US show, So You Think You Can Dance.

Very big hit there.

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

Alice, brilliant low score of 1,

so Alice and Jeff looking particularly strong at this point,

then up to 20 where we find Owen and Tim,

and then, I'm afraid, a long way up to 100 where we find you, Josh,

so, Michael, we just have to hope you've got a brilliant answer somewhere up your sleeve.

Best of luck. We'll come back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, Jeff, we are looking for any presenter

who has been the main host of one of these UK game shows.

You're currently on 1. The high scores on 100 are Michael and Josh.

If you can score 98 or less, you are through to the next round.

I'm going to keep it in the family and go for Stars In Their Eyes

and tonight, Alexander, I'm going to say Matthew Kelly.

Matthew Kelly. OK, there is your red line.

Let's see if Matthew Kelly is right. Will he get you below that red line?

Yes, he will.

17.

-Well done, Dad.

-17 takes your total up to 18.

Very well done, Jeff.

Yes, sorry, Josh, it was Matthew Kelly,

the long-running host of Stars In Their Eyes.

He gave up TV presenting to be an actor.

-And then did brilliantly.

-Yeah, won Olivier Awards and everything.

He was a brilliant TV presenter too.

-It's a shame he doesn't do it any more.

-Some people do both.

-Yeah, I think that... Really?

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Name anyone.

-Stephen Fry.

-Oh, yeah, he does both.

But mainly you're one or the other.

-Yeah.

-So me and you, game show hosts.

Because, you know, I've seen you act.

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It's fine. It depends what you mean by acting, doesn't it?

If you mean that slightly pantomimey thing that you do ever so well...

-Yeah.

-That slightly over-the-top, not really acting stuff,

then you'd be an actor, but not like an "actor" actor.

-Not like Matthew Kelly or David Tennant.

-No, not that.

-You're no Ross Kemp, my friend.

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Thank you very much, Richard. Now then, Tim, Tim...

You're on 20. The high scorers on 100 are Michael and Josh.

If you score 79 or less, you are through to the next round.

I'm torn between Countdown and Family Fortunes.

Which is more popular?

I'm going to go for...

..Family Fortunes and I'm going to say Les Dennis.

Les Dennis, says Tim. Here is your red line.

Get below that and you are in the head-to-head.

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

Absolutely right

and you are through.

27.

It takes your total up to 47. Very, very well done, Tim.

Les Dennis, another very lovely man

and a nice, big score for him as well.

Yeah, very good indeed.

Now then, Michael, I have terrible news for you.

You haven't yet given your answer

which I have no doubt will be a brilliant answer,

but you are the high scorers.

The writing's on the wall already. There's not a lot I can do.

I don't think I was going to come up with a particularly great one.

Name That Tune, I've never heard of that show.

A couple of others I think I'd be OK on.

The one I would have gone with is, I'm not 100% on his surname,

but Nick from The Apprentice hosts Countdown.

I think his surname's Hewer. Nick Hewer for Countdown?

Nick Hewer, says Michael.

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

It's right.

It's right.

That's a brilliant, brilliant answer, Michael.

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1. 1 for Nick Hewer.

It takes your total up to 101.

-Richard?

-Well played, Michael.

Sorry it's not enough to save you. Nick Hewer scored 1 point.

Some of the other Countdown hosts -

Des Lynam would have scored 6, Jeff Stelling would have scored 7, Des O'Connor would have scored 10.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers now.

There was a daytime version of Family Fortunes

which Andy Collins hosted.

Davina McCall hosted various Stars In Their Eyes celebrity specials.

Jools Holland took Name That Tune to Channel 5 in the late '90s.

And Leslie Crowther, the first host of Stars In Their Eyes, was a pointless answer.

-Shall we take a look at the top answers?

-Yeah.

Richard Whiteley, of course, from Countdown - 29 points.

Terry Wogan, Blankety Blank, would have scored you 46.

And right at the top,

Bruce Forsyth got 75 as host of The Generation Game.

Jim Davidson got 3.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our second round, the losing pair with the highest score, it's Michael and Josh.

Michael, you came in with 1, Nick Hewer.

Josh, Matthew Kelly scored 17.

You'd be on 18. You'd be on exactly the same score as Jeff and Alice.

-Yeah.

-The curse of the second round strikes again for us, I think.

Dear, oh, dear.

-I'm afraid, yes, it's the second round hoodoo.

-Yeah.

I'm so sorry we have to say goodbye to you.

I thought you were going to do so much better this time. You so nearly did. Michael Kelly...

-Tonight, Michael...?

-It's going to haunt me for ever.

-Tonight, Matthew.

Yeah, I know. I know now!

Michael, Josh, thank you for playing. It's been great having you on the show. Brilliant contestants.

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

Congratulations, Alice and Jeff, Owen and Tim.

You are now only one round away from the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £12,000.

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

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

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

You've seen off our two returning pairs. You've sent them packing.

Easy.

Two brand-new pairs of contestants

and straight through to the head-to-head.

Your answers have scored pretty evenly, apart from, Alice,

your Cat Deeley answer, a lovely low score.

We will see what happens when you put your heads together.

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

Here comes your first question and it concerns...

Colourful birds, Richard?

We'll show you five pictures

and they're of birds which have a colour in their name.

Tell us the names of these birds.

These are according to the British Ornithologists' Union website in 2011.

Thanks very much indeed.

Let's reveal our five colourful birds.

There we are, five birds with colours in their names.

Alice and Jeff, because you've played best throughout the show so far, you get to go first.

WHISPERING

We're going to take a punt on C.

-Red kite.

-Red kite for C, say Alice and Jeff. Red kite.

-Owen and Tim, talk us through the board.

-I think I know them all.

So we've got A, the red woodpecker.

B, is that the blue finch?

D is a blackbird and E is a grey heron.

We're going for E, the grey heron.

E, the grey heron, say Tim and Owen. Grey heron.

We have red kite, we have grey heron.

Alice and Jeff said red kite. Bit of a punt on C.

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

Absolutely right.

I hadn't a clue.

It's a great answer. Look at that.

-10.

-Well done.

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10 for the red kite.

Owen and Tim have gone for E and have said the grey heron.

Grey heron for E. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said grey heron.

It's absolutely right.

Is it going to beat 10?

Yes, it is. 8 for grey heron.

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Very, very well done, Owen and Tim.

-After one question, you are up 1-0. Richard?

-Yeah, very well played.

-Did you say A was a red woodpecker?

-Yes.

-It's a green woodpecker.

I was just checking what you said.

Green woodpecker scored 13 points, so lucky you didn't say it.

-And you said B was...?

-Blue finch?

-Bluethroat, I'm afraid.

So really lucky you went for the grey heron!

That would have scored 3 points, so a very good answer.

D is the blackbird. You got that one. That would have scored 73.

But grey heron, a terrific answer, as was red kite.

-Very good play from both teams.

-Thanks, Richard.

Here comes your second question. Alice and Jeff, you have to win this to stay in the game. It concerns...

-Richard?

-We'll show you the names of five famous people now and an initial after their name.

That initial is of one of their children

who is named after a geographical location.

Can you find the most obscure answer? Good luck.

OK, let's reveal our five clues.

I'll read those all one last time.

Now then, Owen and Tim, you go first this time.

WHISPERING

We're going to go for Hillary Clinton - Chelsea.

Hillary Clinton, Chelsea, say Owen and Tim.

Now then, Alice and Jeff, an opportunity here, if you know your celebrity children,

to tell us everything you know on that board.

-What do you know?

-I know Victoria Beckham's son is called Brooklyn.

I'm unsure of the others and I think we're going to have to go with what you think.

Because that will be higher than Hillary Clinton's Chelsea. I'm sure it will be.

-I don't know. It might be wrong.

-Well, if it's wrong, it's wrong.

I don't know why, but I think for some reason that Gwen Stefani could have a daughter called Kansas.

It's a complete stab in the dark.

Kansas. Kansas Stefani.

So we have Chelsea Clinton versus Kansas Stefani.

Let's find out. Owen and Tim have said Chelsea Clinton.

Let's see if that's right

and if it is, how many people said Chelsea Clinton.

It's right.

61.

61 for Chelsea Clinton.

Now then, Alice and Jeff,

this is the one you have to win to stay in the game.

And somewhere from the back of your mind,

-you think Kansas rings a bell.

-Uh-huh.

Kansas Stefani, is it right? How many people said it if it is?

-Oh!

-Sorry.

Bad luck, Alice and Jeff. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

so, Owen and Tim, after only two questions,

you are through to the final 2-0. Very well done indeed.

-Yeah, not Kansas, I'm afraid. Sounds convincing, doesn't it?

-Hmm.

She's a big ska and reggae fan

and she called her child Kingston after the capital of Jamaica.

She's got another child called Zuma.

Kingston scored 6 points, a very good answer.

Victoria Beckham wouldn't have won you the point.

It's Brooklyn, as you rightly said, but it would have scored 79.

Grace Slick, the lead singer of Jefferson Airplane and Starship,

her daughter is called China. That would have scored 2.

The best answer is Sarah Palin's daughter

who got into trouble during the Presidential elections...

Bristol. That would have scored you 1 point.

Named after Bristol Bay where the family go fishing.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,

-it's Alice and Jeff. That was quite tough.

-Yeah.

-We came across a good ornithologist, I think, didn't we?

-Well, yes.

Good in parts. Good in parts.

The good news is we'll see you again next time, Alice and Jeff. Thanks very much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Thank you. APPLAUSE

But for Owen and Tim, it's time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Owen and Tim.

You've fought off all the competition

and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show, it stands at £12,000.

CHEERING

Well, you've done so well, so well.

-You weren't our low scorers in the first two rounds.

-We're consistent.

Solid performance. Then where it really counts in the head-to-head,

-2-0, good ornithology there.

-Yeah.

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

We haven't had any pointless answers today.

Find one now and you will go home with that jackpot of £12,000.

First, you've got to choose a category

and you have a choice of five options. They are...

Theatre, no.

-Political History?

-Hmm...

-No.

British Actresses, could be good, could be awful.

European Authors, it's literature, I wanted to avoid literature.

-Football Managers, I guess.

-Could be World Cup managers!

Football Managers.

OK, Football Managers it is. Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many teams managed by Roy Hodgson as they could.

Richard?

We're looking for any professional club or international team

managed by Roy Hodgson

prior to his appointment as England manager in 2012, please.

Very, very best of luck.

You have one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that £12,000 jackpot

is for just one answer to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Right, Inter Milan.

-Inter Milan, yeah.

-Inter Milan was one.

I know he managed Swedish clubs, but I don't know any of those names.

-West Brom, Fulham.

-I wouldn't go for Fulham or West Brom.

We need three answers though.

-Norway?

-Did he do Norway?

-I think he's done some international teams.

I think Norway.

I'm pretty sure he did Norway and he did some Swedish club football.

I don't remember the names.

-I don't know any Swedish clubs.

-FC Stockholm?

-Gothenburg? Where's Gothenburg?

-I don't think that's...

-Grasshoppers?

What are we going to go for? We're going to go for Inter?

Inter, Norway and...

There's got to be something... It's got to be something Swedish.

-I don't remember any of the names.

-I'm trying to think of the Swedish league.

-12 seconds.

-Ten seconds left.

-What did you say?

-FC Stockholm.

-It's not going to be that.

-No, but we've got no choice. West Brom?

It wasn't the Swedish national team?

OK, your time is up. We were looking for teams managed by Roy Hodgson. I now need your three answers.

-We're going to go for Inter Milan.

-Inter Milan.

-Norway.

-Norway.

And we're going to go for...

-It's got to be Stockholm.

-FC Stockholm?

-FC Stockholm.

There we are. Of those three answers, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-I don't know.

-Norway.

-Norway, I think.

OK, we'll put Norway last. Which is your least likely?

-FC Stockholm.

-FC Stockholm we'll put first.

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

OK, so we were looking for teams managed by Roy Hodgson.

FC Stockholm was your least confident answer. You only need one pointless answer to win £12,000.

So let's see how many people said FC Stockholm.

Bad luck.

An incorrect answer, as I think you probably thought it might be.

Not a pointless answer. You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot of £12,000.

Owen, what would you do with that jackpot?

Well, with my half I will perhaps go on another holiday.

I recently went on holiday, so I've still got to pay that off, buy some scuba-diving equipment.

-Tim?

-I'd like to buy a baby grand piano.

I've always had an electric piano, but I'd love a real one.

-I've played the piano for years, but never had a real piano.

-Excellent.

Let's hope one of your two remaining answers will secure that jackpot.

We're looking for teams managed by Roy Hodgson.

Let's hope nobody said Inter Milan.

This has to be right and pointless if you're going to win £12,000.

Let's see. How many people said Inter Milan?

It's right.

Your first answer, FC Stockholm, was incorrect,

but Inter Milan is absolutely on the money.

Down it goes, into the 20s, into the teens.

13.

-APPLAUSE

-13.

We only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

We're looking for teams managed by Roy Hodgson.

Your third and final answer, your most confident answer you thought was Norway.

To win the jackpot, again it has to be correct, then it has to be pointless.

So let's find out. Your last shot at that jackpot, Norway, is it right, is it pointless?

Oh, no.

-Oh, bad luck, bad luck.

-APPLAUSE

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer,

-so you don't win the jackpot, but you do take home a Pointless trophy. Very, very well done.

-Thank you.

Sorry, gents. He never managed Norway. Before England,

the country sides he managed were Switzerland, which scored 19,

Finland, 6, and the United Arab Emirates, 2.

You gave us Inter Milan. Udinese in Italy would have scored you 1.

You also gave us FC Stockholm.

If you'd just gone one country over and said FC Copenhagen,

you would have got a pointless answer.

During your minute, you also mentioned Grasshopper

which is a Swiss league team, who Roy Hodgson did manage.

It would have just won you £12,000.

-GROANS FROM AUDIENCE

-Thank you(!)

-A pointless answer.

Can we just rewind?

Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers here.

There's FC Copenhagen, there's Grasshopper.

Another Swiss club, Neuchatel Xamax, would also have been pointless.

And then two teams that he managed in Sweden in the early '80s -

Oddevold and Orebro as well.

Halmstads, another Swedish team, scored 1 point.

Well done if you got any pointless answers at home.

Thank you very much. Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Owen and Tim,

-but it's been brilliant having you on the show. Fantastic contestants. You've done so well.

-Thank you.

Owen and Tim didn't win our jackpot today, which means it rolls over

on to the next show when we'll be playing for £13,000.

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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