0:00:15 > 0:00:18CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Thank you very much indeed!
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:26 > 0:00:28the quiz show where the aim of the game
0:00:28 > 0:00:30is to score as few points as you can, and to do that
0:00:30 > 0:00:32you need to come up with answers no-one else can think of.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38APPLAUSE
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Now, first up, we welcome Gemma and James.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Gemma, how do you two know each other?
0:00:43 > 0:00:45We met six years ago, and we're a couple,
0:00:45 > 0:00:47- and we've been living together for five years.- Excellent.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49What do you do, James?
0:00:49 > 0:00:53I'm a journalist. I write stuff for papers, and things like that.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55- LAUGHING:- A journalist?- Yeah.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57- What sort of things do you cover? - Comedy, mainly.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00- Oh, really, do you?- Yeah. - You review it?
0:01:00 > 0:01:04I write... I preview it, so I only write about it positively.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07I don't give out star ratings, and say if people are good or bad.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10- I say everything's great.- Who's your favourite comic of the moment?
0:01:10 > 0:01:12I like Stewart Lee, but everyone does.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Obviously, Love the Armstrong & Miller Show.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16- Thank you.- Goes without saying.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18- LAUGHTER - You shall win Pointless.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Gemma, what do you do?
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- I'm an English teacher. - Very good indeed.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27- Very brave to state that right upfront of the show.- Why?
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Just in case. Some people like to keep that information back -
0:01:30 > 0:01:31what if an English question comes up
0:01:31 > 0:01:33and you don't have a brilliant answer?
0:01:33 > 0:01:37I only know the five books that are on the GCSE syllabus, so it's fine.
0:01:37 > 0:01:38Oh, that's fine?
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Of Mice And Men, To Kill A Mockingbird, Romeo And Juliet.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44- I don't know any other books. - Hang on, that's only three.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48- Good job you don't teach maths! - I know the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy, and war poetry.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50OK. There we go. Brilliant.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Very good. A warm welcome to Pointless, Gemma and James,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- it's great to have you here. Very best of luck.- Thank you.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Next, we welcome back Alice and Jeff, who were on the show last time.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04This is your second and final chance.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- Alice, remind us how you know each other.- Jeff's my father.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12- And Jeff, last time, head-to-head? - Yes, yes.- You did very, very well.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16- We didn't do too badly.- But then, once you got the head-to-head...
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- We were trumped by the twins. - You were.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23- Anyway, what are you hoping comes up today, Jeff?- We quite fancy...
0:02:23 > 0:02:26- Well, I fancy sport, that'd be good.- Yeah.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28I'm an avid football watcher.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31My local town, Dover Athletic,
0:02:31 > 0:02:34and I also support the mighty Irons,
0:02:34 > 0:02:38now back in the Premier Division, where they belong.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42You'll have to explain to Xander who the mighty Irons are, I'm afraid.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44- West Ham! West Ham! - Sorry?- West Ham!
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Someone's just whispered it in my ear.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48LAUGHTER
0:02:48 > 0:02:52Oh, yeah, I'm down with the mighty... What were they? Irons?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Yes, yes, the mighty Irons!
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Yes, the...them.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Up the Hammers.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Um, yeah, good.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Alice, what would you like to add to that?
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Music, I think I'd like to have come up
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- we're both quite good with music. - Favourite bands, types of music?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Ellie Goulding I love. A bit of dubstep.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17- A broad range.- Again, you'll have to explain Xander what dubstep is.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21- This whole show could take a long time.- What?!
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Actually, yes, you are going to have to explain what dubstep is.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27It's kind of dance music with a really heavy bass line in it.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Right, brilliant. Good.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Wow. Have we got any of that in the show today, Richard?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Oh, well, there's a shame.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- Should be great. You did very well last time.- Thank you.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Surely you'll make it to the head-to-head, at least, again today.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Very, very best of luck to you. Next, we welcome Jerry and Steve.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45How do you two know each other? Jerry?
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Basically, we went to school together.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Steve's a few years older than me.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Then we happened to bump into each other in rather boozy circumstances
0:03:54 > 0:03:57back in the '70s, so, you know, being Welsh,
0:03:57 > 0:03:59I think it goes hand in hand...
0:03:59 > 0:04:02And he's been a best mate ever since.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05And he lives about 50 yards up the road from me now,
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- so I can't get away from him! - Fantastic.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11- What you like to get up to in your spare time, Steve?- I play golf.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13And drink with Jerry, I'm guessing?
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- Yes, goes hand in hand. - What, the golf and the drinking?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Yes, but it doesn't work out that way, really.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21If I can't find my ball, I go then.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26- The 19th!- Jerry, how about you? What do you do? Or did you?
0:04:26 > 0:04:31Well, I'm into motorbiking. I like my sport, stuff like that.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- But bikes is my passion, motorbikes.- That is good.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35Well, listen, a warm welcome to the show.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37It's lovely to have you here, Jerry and Steve.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41And finally, Sophie and Jessica. How do you two know each other?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44We're at Bournemouth University and we live in the same halls.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48- Right you are. What are you studying? - Multimedia journalism.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51- And you, as well?- Yeah, we met on the course.- Very good indeed.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53What do you hope will come up today, Sophie?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55I quite like cooking, so maybe...
0:04:55 > 0:04:59I work in an Italian restaurant, so maybe something along those lines?
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- Italian food?- Yeah, Italian food, but then if that comes up
0:05:03 > 0:05:06and I don't know something, I'm going to look not so great.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- Maybe TV, as well. - OK. Jess, how about you?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Probably TV, as well. The kind of trashy reality shows,
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- like Strictly Come Dancing, The X Factor.- Good.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19Well, best of luck to you, Sophie and Jess. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21There's only one person left for me to introduce.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23If something has slipped into obscurity,
0:05:23 > 0:05:27he'll drag it back out, dust it off and use it as a question.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- It's my Pointless friend - it's Richard.- Hiya. Hello.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32APPLAUSE
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- Good afternoon. - Good afternoon to you.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Now, what are we going to do about this jackpot of ours?
0:05:40 > 0:05:44- I know!- We're desperately trying to give it away.- We so nearly have.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48Please, SOMEBODY, take this money off our hands. Anybody.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52- First person to put their hand up. - There you go - well done, Jess.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55There's a media student for you. Question one,
0:05:55 > 0:05:59almost uniquely, it'll be good for everybody who said they like sport,
0:05:59 > 0:06:01but will also be good for anyone who's an English teacher.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06Very exciting. Look forward to discovering what that is.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09All our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12To get the final round and have a chance of winning the jackpot,
0:06:12 > 0:06:16our contestants need to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18The fewer of our 100 people who knew the answer,
0:06:18 > 0:06:20the fewer points they will score.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25an answer none of our 100 people gave,
0:06:25 > 0:06:28and each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Like the man said, nobody won the jackpot last time,
0:06:31 > 0:06:34so we add another £1,000 to that. There it is - £1,000.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36So, today's jackpot starts off at £13,000.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Right, if everybody is ready, let's play Pointless.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51OK. Now, in this first round, each of you must give me one answer,
0:06:51 > 0:06:55and you cannot confer. Whichever pair has the highest score
0:06:55 > 0:06:57at the end of the round will be eliminated,
0:06:57 > 0:07:01so try and make sure that's not you. OK, our first category today is...
0:07:02 > 0:07:06Can you all decide in your pairs, who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09And, whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14OK. Let's find out what the question is.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:07:18 > 0:07:22as many words ending in "B-A-L-L" as they could.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Words ending in "B-A-L-L". Richard?
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Yeah, we're looking for any word that has its own entry
0:07:28 > 0:07:31in the Oxford Dictionary Of English that ends in the letters B-A-L-L.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34As always, no hyphenated words or proper nouns,
0:07:34 > 0:07:37and we won't accept the word "ball" itself.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40- It would be a terrible answer, even if we did, wouldn't it?- Yeah.
0:07:40 > 0:07:45As so often with these word rounds, plenty of pointless answers here.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46OK, thanks very much.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Now, then, Gemma and James, you drew lots before this show,
0:07:49 > 0:07:51and today, you are going first.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55- Gemma, this is just a gift for an English teacher.- It is.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58It might be quite high-scoring, and I'm not even sure if it's right,
0:07:58 > 0:08:00but it's a guess, so...
0:08:00 > 0:08:03My mind's gone a little bit fuzzy.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07I'm going to go for handball.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Handball, says Gemma. Handball. Let's see if it's right.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Let's see how many of our 100 people said handball.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16It's completely right.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Still going down... 38!
0:08:20 > 0:08:22APPLAUSE
0:08:22 > 0:08:24- 38 for handball.- That's good.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Well done, Gemma, it's a good answer.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32It's a team game, similar to soccer, but played with the hands.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36- Very, very big around the rest of the world, actually. Not big here. - I knew it was an Olympic sport.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39It is an Olympic sport, absolutely right.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Now, then, Alice.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49I've got two, but I'm trying to think which one's going to be the most obscure.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I'm going to say...
0:08:52 > 0:08:54mirrorball.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Mirrorball. Very good indeed.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Mirrorball - let's see if it's right, and if it is,
0:08:59 > 0:09:02let's see how many of our 100 people said mirrorball.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Absolutely right, Alice.
0:09:11 > 0:09:12There we are!
0:09:12 > 0:09:14APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Brilliant answer, a pointless answer,
0:09:17 > 0:09:20it adds 250 quid to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £13,250,
0:09:20 > 0:09:23and it scores you nothing.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24What a brilliant answer, Alice.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- Very well done indeed. - Excellent, Alice.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29A great start to the show. Terrific stuff.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31A mirrorball is rotating ball covered in small mirrors.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Very good indeed. Mirrorball.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Steve, what is the most obscure word ending in "ball"
0:09:36 > 0:09:38that you can think of?
0:09:38 > 0:09:41I can think of two. I'm glad they haven't gone.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45- I'm going to go for rollerball. - Rollerball, says Steve.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Rollerball - let's see if that's right.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Let's see how many of our 100 people said rollerball.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54It's right.
0:09:59 > 0:10:004 for rollerball.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03APPLAUSE
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Very well done indeed, Steve.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Yes, well played, Steve. You can relax now.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Rollerball is a thinner version of a ballpoint pen.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Also, the ball underneath a mouse for a computer.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18There we are. Sophie, we come to you.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21I'm literally going to have to hazard a guess.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25- I'm going to go for softball.- OK, softball. Let's see if it's right.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Let's see how many of our 100 people said softball.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32It's right.
0:10:36 > 0:10:3719.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40APPLAUSE
0:10:40 > 0:10:4219 for softball.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Well done, Sophie. it's a sport, of course, softball.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Similar to lots of other sports, which I'm not allowed to name,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- because they all end in the word "ball".- Fair enough.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55- It's quite hard on this round. - It's very hard indeed.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- You did a brilliant job earlier. - Oh, did you see that?- I spotted that.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- A little body swerve.- Deft. - Thanks.- Deft.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04OK, we're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.
0:11:04 > 0:11:070 the best score. Alice, very, very well done.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Consequently, Alice and Jeff looking extremely strong
0:11:10 > 0:11:11at this stage of the game.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Then we travel up to 4, where we find Steve and Jerry,
0:11:13 > 0:11:16up to 19, where we find Sophie and Jess,
0:11:16 > 0:11:18and up to 38, with Gemma and James.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20I'm sorry, it's always the penalty of being on that first podium.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23You just don't have the time to think about it.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Also, other people give you ideas, which you don't have the benefit of.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28But you did brilliantly.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32James, I know, will have a brilliant answer for the end of this pass.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33Best of luck with that, James.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35We're going to come back down the line now.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:11:39 > 0:11:42OK, we are looking for words ending in B-A...
0:11:42 > 0:11:43I'm going to stop being so coy.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Words ending in "ball". Come on.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Words ending in "ball". Jess, you're on 19.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53The high scorers on 38 are James and Gemma.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57A score of 18 or less will stop you becoming the new high scorers
0:11:57 > 0:11:59I have a couple, but they're quite obvious,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01so I'm going to go with one, I know it's a film,
0:12:01 > 0:12:05and I have played it at school, so I'm going to go with dodgeball.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Dodgeball. Dodgeball, says Jess. Here is your red line.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10If you can get below that red line with dodgeball,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12you're doing very well indeed,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15and you're through to the next round before anyone else has answered.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Dodgeball - is it right? How many people said it?
0:12:20 > 0:12:22It's right.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29You've done it! Fantastic. 6!
0:12:29 > 0:12:31APPLAUSE
0:12:32 > 0:12:346 takes your total up to 25. Very well done, Jess.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37- Oh, that was a good answer, wasn't it?- Yeah.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Again, it's something they play in America far more than over here.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45- How do you play dodgeball?- Have you not seen the film, Dodgeball?- No.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49- You'd love it.- No, I haven't seen it. I've seen the trailer.- OK!
0:12:49 > 0:12:53- That's a great film, Dodgeball. Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn...- Yeah.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Essentially, you have to hit your opponents' team with a ball
0:12:57 > 0:13:00while avoiding being hit with a ball yourself.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04It sounds quite dull.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Well, if you describe any sport, they sound quite dull.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10That's true, that's true. You're quite right. You're right.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Although dodgeball is quite dull.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- But the film's good? - It's a good film.- I shall...
0:13:15 > 0:13:18I need to start writing all these things down that you tell me I have to watch.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20What is this dub...dubstep?
0:13:20 > 0:13:22LAUGHTER
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Hmm, I shall look that up, yes. Oh, yes.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Jerry, you're on 4.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31James and Gemma remain the high scorers, on 38.
0:13:31 > 0:13:3433 or less will be enough to see you through to the next round.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Well, I'm going to plump
0:13:36 > 0:13:38for mothball, I think.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39Very good.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Mothball, says Jerry. There is your red line.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Let's see if mothball gets you below that red line.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46If it does, you're through to the next round.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Mothball - how many people said it? Is it right?
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Absolutely right.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57You are through to the next round.
0:13:57 > 0:13:587.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01APPLAUSE
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Taking your total up to the fabulously low 11.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Very well done indeed, Jerry.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09Well played, Jerry. Pretty strong team there, on podium three.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- Do you think they're going to win our jackpot?- I hope so.- It'd be nice.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15It's just burning a massive hole in our pockets.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19And I appreciate that not being a sport, as well, which means I can talk about it.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Mothball - it's a small pellet you put in amongst clothes to stop moths.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27- Also a verb, as well, which is fun.- Yes, to mothball.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Now, then, Jeff,
0:14:28 > 0:14:30you're on 0. James and Gemma on 38.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32If you can score 37 or less,
0:14:32 > 0:14:35you are through to the next round.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38It's probably a good job we're on nothing,
0:14:38 > 0:14:41cos I can't think of anything particularly good,
0:14:41 > 0:14:45- so I'm going to go for baseball. - Baseball, says Jeff.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Baseball - how many people said it?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52It's right.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56You've done it. 37!
0:14:56 > 0:14:57APPLAUSE
0:14:57 > 0:14:59It's exactly what you needed.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Phew!
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Well done, Jeff. That takes your total up to 37.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11- Jeff, very, very lucky Alice got a pointless answer there.- Yeah.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Baseball, absolutely right. I can safely say it's a bit like softball,
0:15:15 > 0:15:17because we've already had softball.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Now, then, James, I'm sorry to say you are the high scorers,
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- even before you've given us your answer.- I'm sorry about that.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28However, as the man said, there are some pointless answers there,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31and I just wonder if you mightn't have found one.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32You could add it to the jackpot,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35and if no-one wins that this time, you can pick it up next time.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37I'll give it a punt.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39I'll go for racquetball.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41Racquetball.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Racquetball.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46No red line for you as you're the high scorers.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Let's see, Racquetball - is it right? How many people said it?
0:15:52 > 0:15:53Absolutely right.
0:15:58 > 0:16:004! 4 for racquetball,
0:16:01 > 0:16:03taking your total up to 42.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05- Good answer, though, James. - It is.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08I have to say, well played, all four teams, in that round.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10It's a shame someone had to get knocked out.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13It's not a million miles away from squash, racquetball.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers. Have you got any?
0:16:16 > 0:16:17Yeah. Furball.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21- Furball? Furball would have scored you one point.- Oh!
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Anything else?
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Butterball.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Butterball would have scored you...
0:16:30 > 0:16:322 points.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33Oh!
0:16:33 > 0:16:36You're getting worse. Shall we look at some pointless ones
0:16:36 > 0:16:40and then you can pretend you thought of some of these?
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Broomball - that is a sport not unlike ice hockey, but not on ice.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Cornball - meaning trite and sentimental,
0:16:45 > 0:16:49- or someone who is trite and sentimental. Goalball.- What's that?
0:16:49 > 0:16:52It's a sport played by blind people, played by teams of three.
0:16:52 > 0:16:53They had it at the Paralympics.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Korfball - which is sort of Dutch basketball, with very high baskets.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Mirrorball we've already had, which is a terrific answer.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Puffball - which can be a fungus or a skirt.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05You can't say that about many words.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- Sleazeball.- Wow.- A good answer.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Scuzzball. Also, you could have had a spitball.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Other words you could have had - fastball would've been a pointless answer.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- Goofball.- Goofball is a pointless answer. Very well done.- Yay!
0:17:17 > 0:17:20It's way outside the time limit, but very well done.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22LAUGHTER
0:17:22 > 0:17:26You could've had fastball, punchball, kickball, speedball...
0:17:26 > 0:17:28- Lots of pointless balls there. - There we are.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Shall we take a look at the high-scoring answers,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33the ones that most of our 100 people said?
0:17:38 > 0:17:40What do you think is top?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Football.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Yeah, which I managed to avoid earlier, by saying "soccer".
0:17:44 > 0:17:48- 90 points.- Wow.- That might be our biggest ever score in a words round.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Yeah, that's impressive.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Very good. Well, thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55We are at the end of round one,
0:17:55 > 0:17:57and I'm sorry to say that our losing pair is Gemma and James.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00I'm so sorry, but you did very well, and 42 is not a bad score at all.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Ridiculous, really, that you should leaving us, with such a low score.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08You are the high scorers, but we'll see you again next time.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09We'll look forward to that.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Thanks very much for playing, Gemma and James. Great contestants.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Good luck, guys.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Now, sadly, at the end of this round,
0:18:24 > 0:18:26another pair will be leaving us.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29I wonder who that pair are going to be.
0:18:29 > 0:18:35Alice and Jeff - brilliant, a pointless answer there,
0:18:35 > 0:18:40- but then Jeff... - Close.- Very, very high score. 37.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42But it was good enough to keep you in.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Jerry and Steve, fantastic.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Lovely low scoring from both of you there.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51And, Sophie and Jess - admirable, straight, solid performance.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54So very, very best of luck to all three pairs.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Our category for Round Two is...
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Can you all decide in your pairs
0:18:59 > 0:19:01who's going to go first and who's going to go second?
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08OK. Our question concerns...
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- Richard.- Yes, we'll show you the titles of 12 top 10 singles
0:19:16 > 0:19:18produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman,
0:19:18 > 0:19:20along with the year in which they were a top 10 single,
0:19:20 > 0:19:24you need to tell us which artist had a hit with them in that year.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Give us a nice, obscure answer, you'll score fewer points,
0:19:26 > 0:19:29but a wrong answer is going to score you 100 points.
0:19:29 > 0:19:3112 in all to have a go at at home. Good luck.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36So, we are looking for the acts who released these top 10 singles,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38and here's our first board. We've got...
0:19:52 > 0:19:54I'll read those all one last time.
0:20:08 > 0:20:13There we are. Six singles produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Jeff, what is the most obscure artist you can think of
0:20:17 > 0:20:19who had a UK top 10 hit with one of these singles?
0:20:19 > 0:20:24I know the man that sang the top one, but I can't think of...
0:20:24 > 0:20:25I'm sure it was a group.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Um... I'm going to have to go for the bottom one,
0:20:28 > 0:20:30which is Never Gonna Give You Up. That's Rick Astley.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Rick Astley, says Jeff, for Never Gonna Give You Up.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36Let's see if that's right and how many people knew that answer.
0:20:42 > 0:20:4343 for that, Jeff.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46APPLAUSE
0:20:46 > 0:20:4943 for Rick Astley.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Yeah, pretty big score, but safe, Jeff.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55We may see 100 in this round.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Won the Best British Single in the 1988 Brit Awards.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Number one in 1987.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- It's the second time it's made an appearance on Pointless.- Yeah.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05We did the question, "Things Rick Astley ain't never gonna do."
0:21:05 > 0:21:06That's right.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08That was fun, it was a good question.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Probably one of my favourite questions, so far. Very good.
0:21:11 > 0:21:12Now then, Steve.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Steve, is this good for you?
0:21:14 > 0:21:16There's some classics there, isn't there?
0:21:17 > 0:21:21Yeah, I think I'm going to go with Sealed With A Kiss,
0:21:21 > 0:21:23and Jason Donovan.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Jason Donovan, says Steve, for Sealed With A Kiss.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Let's see if it's right and how many people knew that answer.
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Absolutely right.
0:21:37 > 0:21:3918, Steve. Very well done.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42APPLAUSE
0:21:42 > 0:21:46You could just tell Steve didn't want to give that answer.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49He didn't really want to admit that he knew it.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Thanks very much. Sophie, you're the last person to have this board.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Talk us through the board and fill in all the gaps.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Oooh... The only one I think I might know is the top one,
0:21:57 > 0:22:00and I'm going to say
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Pete Burns - You Spin Me Right Round (Like A Record).
0:22:03 > 0:22:05OK, Pete Burns, says Sophie. Let's see if that's right
0:22:05 > 0:22:08and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Pete Burns?
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Oh, bad luck, Sophie.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer
0:22:16 > 0:22:18which means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20- I'm sorry, Richard.- Sorry, Sophie.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23It's a good wrong answer, though. It was Pete Burns, but it was with his band, Dead Or Alive.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Dead Or Alive was the answer we were looking for.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29He did a cover when he came out of Big Brother...
0:22:29 > 0:22:31That's right, it wasn't from that year, unfortunately.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33It would have scored 11 points, as well.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36If it makes you feel better we'll do a thing we do occasionally
0:22:36 > 0:22:38to depress ourselves on Pointless.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41- You can tell us all what year you were born in.- 1993!
0:22:43 > 0:22:44SHE LAUGHS
0:22:46 > 0:22:49You see, I think I would trade my age and no points
0:22:49 > 0:22:52for 100 points and being born in 1993.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Let's take a look through the rest of them.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- Tears On My Pillow. Xander, do you know any of these? - Kylie Minogue?
0:23:00 > 0:23:01That was Kylie Minogue.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03- I'm afraid I do know it.- 20 points.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05You'll Never Stop Me Loving You?
0:23:05 > 0:23:06Sonia.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07Oh... Ahh!
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Sonia would have scored you 5 points.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13I will give you £100 to the charity of your choice
0:23:13 > 0:23:16if you can answer He Ain't No Competition, 1998.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22It's a pointless answer. It was Brother Beyond.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24I was going to make something up...
0:23:24 > 0:23:26No, I would never have made that up, but still, for 100 quid,
0:23:26 > 0:23:28the charity of my choice!
0:23:28 > 0:23:30It was worth doing!
0:23:30 > 0:23:31ALEXANDER LAUGHS
0:23:31 > 0:23:36- But, good news to my charity which now gets £100.- Oh, does it?
0:23:36 > 0:23:40- That's pretty much what we said, wasn't it?- Yeah. What? From me?!
0:23:40 > 0:23:42In not giving £100 to my charity, jeez!
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- To your charity?- Yeah.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Brother Beyond.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Well done if you got that as a pointless answer, terrific work.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53OK, we're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:23:53 > 0:23:5618 very much the best score of that pass, Steve. Very well done there.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Once again, Steve and Jerry looking pretty dangerous.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Then up to 43 where we find Jeff and Alice, then I'm sorry to say,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04up to 100, where we find Sophie and Jess.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08But you never know, anything could happen in the next pass.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12Jess, if you can score brilliantly and very, very low,
0:24:12 > 0:24:14you'll have first choice on the next board.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17It might stand you in good enough stead to keep you in the game.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Best of luck with that. We're going to come back down the line.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:24:24 > 0:24:27We're going to put six more singles on the board, and here they come.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28We have got...
0:24:41 > 0:24:43I'll read those all one last time.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55Now then, Jess.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Remember, we are looking for the acts who released these singles
0:24:58 > 0:25:00and you're going to try and find the one you think
0:25:00 > 0:25:01the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05OK, well I only actually know one of the songs on there,
0:25:05 > 0:25:08- but I don't know who sang it, so... - OK.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10I'm going to guess with maybe a band from that era,
0:25:10 > 0:25:11but I don't think they were.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15I'm going to go Blame It On The Boogie, and Shalamar.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Blame It On The Boogie and Shalamar, says Jess.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21You're already the high scorers so there's no red line for you.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Let's see if Shalamar, Blame It On The Boogie is right.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Oh!
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Bad luck, Jess, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:25:30 > 0:25:32which means you score the maximum of 100 points.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36That takes your total up to 200. Sorry.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38I have to say though, for two people born in the '90s,
0:25:38 > 0:25:41they're two perfectly acceptable answers.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44- It bodes well for the next show. - Yeah, absolutely right.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46That's a very tough category.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Jerry. Good news - you're through to the head-to-head.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Let's have a brilliant answer from you, though.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Well, not my favourite year,
0:25:53 > 0:25:55but I'll have a stab in the dark.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet...
0:26:01 > 0:26:02Was it Sylvester?
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Sylvester, I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet, says Jerry.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07No red line for you, you're already through.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11Let's see if it's right, though, Sylvester, and if it is, how many people said it?
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Oh! Bad luck.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18An incorrect answer which also scores you 100 points,
0:26:18 > 0:26:20taking your total up to 118.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Not Sylvester. A big disco star but didn't have a hit with I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Which means, Alice, we come to you.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29You are on 43, the high scorers are Jess and Sophie,
0:26:29 > 0:26:31way out of your reach on 200.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- You are through to the head-to-head whatever happens.- OK.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35I've heard of four of them.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37I know...
0:26:37 > 0:26:39I sing a couple in the band that I'm in.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41I'm going to go safe,
0:26:41 > 0:26:44because I can't think of the names of some of the bands
0:26:44 > 0:26:46and I'm going to say Blame It On The Boogie and Michael Jackson.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Blame It On The Boogie - Michael Jackson, says Alice.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53Let's see if that's right and how many people said that.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56- Ooh!- Oh!
0:26:56 > 0:27:00Wow! So, in this pass it's been three 100 scores.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02There we are, an incorrect answer scores you 100,
0:27:02 > 0:27:04takes your total up to 143.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Doesn't matter though, you're through anyway. Richard.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Sorry, Alice. The Jacksons did do a version of Blame It On The Boogie.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11It wasn't Michael Jackson,
0:27:11 > 0:27:13but it was the Jacksons.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15But this was a bigger hit than the Jacksons' version
0:27:15 > 0:27:17and it was by Big Fun.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18It would have scored you 8 points.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20When you look at those years
0:27:20 > 0:27:22and the years on the previous board, it is extraordinary
0:27:22 > 0:27:25the amount of hits they had with different acts in that period.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27That four or five years of the late '80s.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Amazing.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34Let's look through the rest of these, cos that was a disastrous pass.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Blame It On The Boogie - Big Fun.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet - not Sylvester.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40It was actually a hit... Do you remember this?
0:27:40 > 0:27:44For Pat and Mick - Pat Sharp and Mick Brown, the DJs.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46It would have scored you 2 points.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47- Wow.- Toy Boy?
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Um...
0:27:49 > 0:27:51I-I-I do know this.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Simon Cowell's friend, Sinitta.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Sinitta, absolutely right.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57It would have scored 21 points.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59The bottom two, a bit easier.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Respectable?
0:28:01 > 0:28:03- Mel and Kim.- Absolutely right, would have scored 24.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Love In The First Degree?
0:28:05 > 0:28:07- Bananarama.- Absolutely right - 17.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10And there's a pointless answer there - Say I'm Your Number One?
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Princess.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Well done if you said that at home.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Anybody who got all 12 of those, um...
0:28:18 > 0:28:19seek help.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22LAUGHTER
0:28:22 > 0:28:23Thanks very much, Richard.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25So, we come to the end of our second round
0:28:25 > 0:28:28and our losing pair with the highest score is Sophie and Jess.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29Oh dear, I'm so sorry.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31That was a really tough board for you, wasn't it?
0:28:31 > 0:28:34The good news is we get to see you again next time.
0:28:34 > 0:28:35We look forward to that very much.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38Meantime, thanks very much for playing. Jess and Sophie.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40APPLAUSE
0:28:40 > 0:28:43For the remaining two pairs, things are about to get even more exciting
0:28:43 > 0:28:44as we enter the head-to-head.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47APPLAUSE
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Well, congratulations, Jerry and Steve, Alice and Jeff.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55You are now only one round away from the final
0:28:55 > 0:28:58and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at...
0:29:00 > 0:29:01CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Very, very exciting.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05You are now going to go head-to-head,
0:29:05 > 0:29:07and the first pair to win two questions
0:29:07 > 0:29:09will be playing for the jackpot,
0:29:09 > 0:29:12but the big news is you are now allowed to confer.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Good luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16APPLAUSE
0:29:20 > 0:29:24Here comes your first question, and it concerns...
0:29:27 > 0:29:28England Cricketers, Richard.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31We're about to show you five pictures of cricketers
0:29:31 > 0:29:34who've scored more than 5,000 Test runs for England.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- Can you identify the most obscure of these, please?- OK, thanks very much.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Let's reveal our five cricketers, and here they are.
0:29:40 > 0:29:41We have got...
0:29:55 > 0:29:57There we are.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Five England cricketers.
0:29:59 > 0:30:00Now, Jerry and Steve, you've played
0:30:00 > 0:30:02best throughout the show so far
0:30:02 > 0:30:03so you go first.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08- STEVE:- (B - Nasser Hussain.)
0:30:08 > 0:30:11We'll go with B -
0:30:11 > 0:30:12Nasser Hussain.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Nasser Hussain you're saying for B.
0:30:14 > 0:30:15Nasser Hussain.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19- Alice and Jeff, talk us through the board.- We're uncertain of A.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22C is Ian Botham.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24D is David Gower
0:30:24 > 0:30:25and E is Kevin Pietersen.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27I'm a bit worried that...
0:30:27 > 0:30:30I think both C, D and E
0:30:30 > 0:30:31are going to be higher
0:30:31 > 0:30:32than Nasser Hussain.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36This is your... I don't know any of them.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40I can't take a chance on A, so I'm going to go for D - David Gower.
0:30:40 > 0:30:41Can I ask, before you do that,
0:30:41 > 0:30:43if you were going to take a chance on A, who would you say?
0:30:43 > 0:30:47- Maybe Len Hutton?- OK, but you're going to say David Gower - D.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50So, Jerry and Steve have Nasser Hussain for B.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52Let's see if that's right
0:30:52 > 0:30:56and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Nasser Hussain?
0:30:58 > 0:30:59Absolutely right.
0:31:04 > 0:31:05Brilliant. 10.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08APPLAUSE
0:31:08 > 0:31:1010 for Nasser Hussain.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15Alice and Jeff have said D - David Gower.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22Absolutely right.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Will it go down lower than 10, though?
0:31:26 > 0:31:2822.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31APPLAUSE
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Which means, Jerry and Steve,
0:31:34 > 0:31:36after one question you are up 1-0.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Only one answer that would have beaten Nasser Hussain.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41As you can imagine, it is A.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43And A is...
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Sir Len Hutton.
0:31:45 > 0:31:46Ooh!
0:31:46 > 0:31:48It would have scored 2 points.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50It would have been worth the risk cos, as you suspected,
0:31:50 > 0:31:53none of the others would have beaten Nasser.
0:31:53 > 0:31:54C is Ian Botham.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57That would've scored 42.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59And E is Kevin Pietersen,
0:31:59 > 0:32:01which would have scored you 21.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03He's called Kevin Peter Pietersen
0:32:03 > 0:32:05and he was born in Pietermaritzburg.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07- There you go, KPP.- There you go.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Ian Botham, still beating Kevin Pietersen.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12- He's not going to like that. - Twice as many.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14OK, well, thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Here comes your second question and it concerns...
0:32:21 > 0:32:22Richard.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25We'll give you five clues to people and places
0:32:25 > 0:32:27associated with the US civil rights movement.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Can you give us the most obscure answer up there? Good luck.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33Alice and Jeff, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37So, let's reveal our five clues to facts about the civil rights movement,
0:32:37 > 0:32:39and here they are. We have got...
0:32:57 > 0:32:58I'll read those one last time.
0:33:17 > 0:33:18There we are.
0:33:18 > 0:33:19Five clues to facts
0:33:19 > 0:33:21about the civil rights movement.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Alice and Jeff, you go first this time.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26- What do you...?- Right.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28THEY WHISPER
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Um... The bottom one -
0:33:36 > 0:33:38President Who Signed The 1964 Civil Rights Act...
0:33:40 > 0:33:41JF Kennedy.
0:33:41 > 0:33:46JF Kennedy - The President Who Signed The 1964 Civil Rights Act.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50Jerry and Steve, what are you going to go for?
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Yeah, we were going to go for that, as well!
0:33:54 > 0:33:57The only one we sort of know is "I Have A Dream" -
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Martin Luther King.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02OK, Martin Luther King, say Jerry and Steve,
0:34:02 > 0:34:03for the "I Have A Dream" Speech.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06In the order they were given Alice and Jeff said JFK -
0:34:06 > 0:34:09the President Who Signed The Civil Rights Act.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 people said it?
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Ooh!
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Gerry and Steve, all you have to be is correct with Martin Luther King.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Let's see if you are.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Very well done indeed. You've done it.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30APPLAUSE
0:34:32 > 0:34:34That means after only two questions,
0:34:34 > 0:34:38Jerry and Steve are through to the final, 2-0.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Yeah, I'm afraid Kennedy was assassinated in 1963,
0:34:40 > 0:34:43so that civil rights act was signed by his successor,
0:34:43 > 0:34:44Lyndon B Johnson.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Well done if you said that at home.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48That would have scored 15 points.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50The Last Name At Birth of Malcolm X?
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Another tough one.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Malcolm Little...
0:34:54 > 0:34:55would have scored you 3 points.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59The city at which marches converged was Washington DC.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01That would have scored 12.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03The other one was a pointless answer -
0:35:03 > 0:35:06Who "Painted Southern Justice And The Problem We All Live With?"
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Norman Rockwell is the answer to that one.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11Well done if you got all of that board,
0:35:11 > 0:35:13that's a very tough one.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,
0:35:17 > 0:35:18I'm afraid it's Alice and Jeff.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21- Oh dear, you've been thus far before.- Yes, yeah.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23And once again, you make it to the head-to-head
0:35:23 > 0:35:26having performed brilliantly throughout the show
0:35:26 > 0:35:28and I'm afraid this is where you have to leave us.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30But thank you for playing, you've been brilliant.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33- Alice and Jeff, everyone.- Thank you!
0:35:33 > 0:35:35- APPLAUSE - Thank you. Well done.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39But for Jerry and Steve it's now time for our Pointless Final.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42APPLAUSE
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Well, congratulations, Jerry and Steve.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47You've fought off all the competition
0:35:47 > 0:35:49and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,
0:35:56 > 0:36:00and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at...
0:36:00 > 0:36:03APPLAUSE AND CHEEERING
0:36:03 > 0:36:05Wow.
0:36:05 > 0:36:06Well, you've done incredibly well.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Your first appearance on Pointless - straight through to the finals.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12You did very well on the words round.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Slightly less well on the second round,
0:36:14 > 0:36:17but that head-to-head, that fitted very well.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Ooh, you had a lucky escape there!
0:36:19 > 0:36:22- You were going to go for JFK, weren't you, had you gone first? - Yeah, yeah.- Big fluke.
0:36:22 > 0:36:27- Well, you dodged it and here you are.- Dodgeball.- Exactly!
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Well, through you came 2-0. The rules are very simple.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33To win that colossal jackpot, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37We've had one on the show today, you only have to find one more and you will leave here with the money.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Firstly, you've got to choose a category. This is the tough bit.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43You have a choice of five options and they are...
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Oh dear. Right. Place Names, what can that be?
0:36:55 > 0:36:58- Country Music.- European Theatre's out, mate.- Yeah.- Horse Racing...
0:36:58 > 0:37:02- You said about that earlier. - I know.- That's out. Cartoons?
0:37:02 > 0:37:04I think that's our best bet, mate.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Cartoons, then?
0:37:06 > 0:37:09- Cartoons. - You can tell the level we're at!
0:37:09 > 0:37:10- LAUGHING:- OK, Cartoons it is.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13Let's find out what the question is, and here it comes.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many
0:37:17 > 0:37:22Voice Actors In The Simpsons as they could. Richard.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25We're looking for anyone who's received a voice acting credit
0:37:25 > 0:37:28in five or more episodes of The Simpsons according to IMDB, please.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31It doesn't have to have been the same character they played,
0:37:31 > 0:37:35but anyone who has been credited in five or more episodes of The Simpsons.
0:37:35 > 0:37:36Very best of luck.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:37:40 > 0:37:45and all you need to win that £13,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47- Are you ready?- Yep.- Yep.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55- Mike Tyson.- Is it?- Yeah, Mike Tyson.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- Whoopi Goldberg?- Ronaldo.- Yeah.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00He's been on there.
0:38:01 > 0:38:02JEFF SIGHS
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- Was Whoopi Goldberg on there? - I'm not sure.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08I think she might have been. I don't know any of the...
0:38:10 > 0:38:14What's-his-name? The actor who's married to what's-her-face?
0:38:14 > 0:38:16LAUGHTER
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Not a clue!
0:38:19 > 0:38:20(Come on, who else was?)
0:38:20 > 0:38:22Robert De Niro.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26Yeah, go on then. So what have we got? De Niro...
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Ronaldo and Tyson.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Yeah? There we are then.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33- You're happy with those? Shall we stop the clock?- Stop the clock.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35There we are, we shall stop the clock.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38We were looking for voice actors from The Simpsons.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40I now need your three answers and they are...
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Ronaldo.
0:38:43 > 0:38:44Mike Tyson.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46And Robert De Niro.
0:38:46 > 0:38:47Now, of those three,
0:38:47 > 0:38:50which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:50 > 0:38:54- I would say Ronaldo, perhaps. - OK, Ronaldo. We'll put Ronaldo last.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58- Which is your least likely to be pointless?- Mike Tyson?
0:38:58 > 0:39:01OK, let's put those up on the board in that order, and here they are.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05We've got Mike Tyson, Robert De Niro and Ronaldo.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08OK, we were looking for voice actors in The Simpsons.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12Mike Tyson, you said, was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14You only have to find one pointless answer, remember,
0:39:14 > 0:39:17to win that jackpot of £13,250.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21Let's see, how many people said Mike Tyson? Is it pointless?
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Oh!
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Bad luck. An incorrect answer, I'm afraid.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30So therefore not a pointless answer,
0:39:30 > 0:39:33which means you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37Now, what would you do with £13,250, Jerry?
0:39:37 > 0:39:40Buy my dream motorcycle, Alexander.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42And that is what?
0:39:42 > 0:39:46A Softail Heritage Harley-Davidson. Anniversary edition.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Wow. Steve, what would you do?
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Have a jolly good time.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53LAUGHTER
0:39:53 > 0:39:55- I bet you would!- With the family.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Very good.
0:39:57 > 0:39:58OK, well, you have two more answers,
0:39:58 > 0:40:01two more chances for those dreams to come true.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03OK, we are looking for voice actors in The Simpsons.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Robert De Niro.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08It has to be correct and it has to be pointless.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11If it's both of those things you win £13,250.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Robert De Niro - how many people said it? Is it right?
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Ooh!
0:40:19 > 0:40:22Bad luck. Only one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Everything is now riding on Ronaldo.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27We are looking for voice actors in The Simpsons.
0:40:27 > 0:40:32Your third and final answer, your most confident answer was Ronaldo.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37Let's find out. For £13,250, is it right? How many people said it?
0:40:40 > 0:40:42- Oh, bad luck!- Never mind, bad luck.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Bad luck!
0:40:44 > 0:40:46APPLAUSE
0:40:52 > 0:40:56I'm afraid that's just a really, really tough, tough category, that one.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Completely wrong tangent, I think.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00They always are, these final rounds,
0:41:00 > 0:41:02and you either know them or you don't.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08But you do still get to take home a Pointless trophy,
0:41:08 > 0:41:11- so very, very well done. - That's what we're here for.- Yep.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13- Richard.- Yeah, tough luck, guys.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16Ronaldo was in one episode of The Simpsons, he was credited there.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20Mike Tyson's never been in it. There is a character who's a bit like Mike Tyson -
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Drederick Tatum, but he's played by Hank Azaria
0:41:22 > 0:41:24who plays lots of the characters like Moe -
0:41:24 > 0:41:25he would have scored you 8 points.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Dan Castellaneta, who plays Homer, would have scored you 9,
0:41:28 > 0:41:31and Julie Kavner, who plays Marge, would have scored 5.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33De Niro - not in The Simpsons ever, either.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38Some Simpsons fans would have got these,
0:41:38 > 0:41:41especially on the last page, there's a couple of regular voice artists there.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44The wonderful actor Albert Brooks has appeared in six episodes.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Greg Berg, who's done lots of minor characters,
0:41:46 > 0:41:49but also provided the voice for Huckleberry Hound and other cartoons.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51The veteran New York comic Jackie Mason,
0:41:51 > 0:41:53who plays Krusty The Clown's father.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56He would have been a pointless answer, well done if you said that.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Jan Hooks, Jane Kaczmarek, who's from Malcolm In the Middle -
0:41:59 > 0:42:00she plays a judge character.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03Jon Lovitz, who plays Artie Ziff, who used to go to school with Marge
0:42:03 > 0:42:06and becomes an internet millionaire, is a pointless answer.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10Maggie Roswell and Tress MacNeille are both very regular Simpsons character actors.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Tress MacNeille plays Agnes Skinner and Maggie Roswell
0:42:13 > 0:42:15plays Helen Lovejoy, so they're always in the credits.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17I suspect some people will have got that.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20And Maurice LaMarche also a pointless answer.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22So very well done if you got any of those at home.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26Unlucky, guys, you were terrific throughout and a tough category for you.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you. It's been brilliant having you on the show.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33You've been fantastic contestants. Thank you so much for playing.
0:42:33 > 0:42:34APPLAUSE
0:42:34 > 0:42:38Well, Jerry and Steve didn't win our jackpot today,
0:42:38 > 0:42:40which means it rolls over on to the next show
0:42:40 > 0:42:43when we will be playing for £14,250.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:42:45 > 0:42:46Join us to see if someone can win it.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53APPLAUSE
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