Episode 58 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet the players.

First up, we welcome back Alex and James.

You were on the show last time. Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

-Alex, remind us how you know each other.

-We are friends. We went to school, then uni together.

-James, what happened last time?

-It was a weak subject for me, football.

I took a shot in the dark and it certainly didn't hit the target.

It was winners of the leagues. Yeah, league winners since 2000.

-You actually need to be quite clever to know those things.

-Or like football.

-Or really like football.

-Or if he'd said Manchester United, they would have gone through.

-We talked about that a lot.

Your tactics were spot-on. What do you hope will get you through to the final, so you can win it, Alex?

A bit of geography. It didn't come up last time. History would be nice.

World geography, are you good on that?

Yeah, a bit of European, maybe EU or something like that.

-James, how about you?

-I hope geography doesn't come up. That's another weak one down with sport.

-Football would be a disaster.

-That would be unfair. A warm welcome back.

-Next, we welcome Julie and Hannah. How do you two know each other?

-Hannah is my daughter.

-Hannah, what do you like to get up to?

-I work a lot and I look after my little boy.

-How old is your boy?

-He's 20 months old now.

-Children's TV will be good for you, children's books.

-Yeah, I think so.

-Yeah.

-I go to the gym as well, but other than that, it's piano, things like that.

-Piano?

-How long have you been playing the piano?

-I started when I was 11.

-Do you know enough about music for it to be a strong category for you?

-Maybe, yeah.

-Julie, what's going to be good for you?

-I like the American space programme.

-I love the American space programme.

-That's a bit specialised.

-If that came up, you'd be good?

-I'd be really happy about that.

-Don't tell me about the American space programme. I've recorded it.

I don't want to know how it ends.

-They got to the moon.

-Oh, Julie!

-LAUGHTER

Anything you hope doesn't come up, Julie?

Yeah, popular culture or soaps I'm not terribly good at because I don't watch any.

-Hannah, do you?

-Popular culture, entertainment.

-That would be fine?

-We're completely opposite.

-You are the perfect partnership in Pointless.

Best of luck. Lovely having you on the show.

Next, we welcome back Kris and Lynn who were on the show last time.

-Kris, remind us how you two know each other.

-I worked with Lynn's husband for a few years.

Kris, what we remember last time more than anything was your fabulous answer of Preston North End.

-A pointless answer.

-Yeah, I've been contacted by Preston to become their new Mayor. I said no.

-You said no?

-I said no. I prefer to stay over here in London.

-OK, fair enough.

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

-I like reading. I read a lot of crime thrillers.

-Good.

History. Geography I'm not too bad on either.

-Some sport. Not football, not rugby.

-OK, lovely to have you back on the show, Kris and Lynn.

You did so well last time. Let's hope that luck doesn't run out for you.

Finally, we've got Allan and Evelyn. How do you two know each other?

We got married in 1969, 43 years ago.

-Wonderful.

-We met in the army, in the NAAFI. Our eyes met.

Said, "Mine's a vodka and lime," and that's it. She got me.

-Where are you from, Evelyn?

-We live in Glenrothes in Fife.

-What do you do, Evelyn?

-I'm retired.

-What did you do?

-I worked for the local authority as an admin assistant.

-Allan, what do you like to get up to?

-I'm working full-time still.

-I retire in four weeks' time.

-Four weeks' time?

-I'll be 65.

-Wow!

-I'll probably stay on. She's a very expensive woman.

-LAUGHTER

Hillwalking when I get the chance. Scotland's fantastic for walking.

-What are you hoping will come up? What would be your perfect category?

-Military history.

-Any particular periods?

-Right back to ancient times. Roman, Greek, love it.

Swords and sandals films, love them.

-Evelyn, what would you like to come up?

-Travel. We do quite a bit of travelling, visiting the children.

-Where are your children?

-We've got one in Australia and one in Hong Kong.

-Wow!

Welcome to the show, Allan and Evelyn. We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show.

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

He's the founding member of a now defunct '80s pop band - Obscurity,

-who, unfortunately, lived up to their name. He's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE Hi, everyone.

-How are you?

-I'm very well.

-We still can't give away our record jackpot.

-We can't.

-We still can't give it away.

Two returning pairs today. Kris and Lynn were on last time, as were Alex and James.

I think they'll be a fairly good pair,

although one of them wants geography and one of them doesn't,

so I'm looking forward to Round One!

-LAUGHTER

-Brilliant.

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

To get to the final round, our contestants must find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get,

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

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

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

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

so today's jackpot starts off at £17,500.

APPLAUSE

If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

In Round One, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

OK, our first category today is...

Countries. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many country names that contain their initial letter as they could.

-Country names that contain their initial letter, Richard?

-Confused?

-A bit.

We're looking for any country in the world which starts with a particular letter

and has that same letter somewhere else in its name.

If Narnia were real, that would be acceptable

as it starts with an N and has an N elsewhere in its name.

It has to start with the letter and contain that same letter somewhere else in its name.

We're looking for the English names of any country.

-By country, what do you mean?

-I'm glad you asked(!)

-I mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN in its own right.

-In its own right, good.

Thanks very much, Richard. Alex and James, you all drew lots before the show

and today, you are going first.

So, James...

-Yeah.

-Yes.

-As I say, geography is not my biggest subject.

-Yeah, but names of countries isn't really geography.

-No, you can work those out.

Current affairs you could almost call it.

I think I'm going to go with the Central African Republic.

Wow, there we go, Central African Republic.

Always a friend on this show. Let's see if it's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.

Absolutely right.

There we are, James.

Living up to its promise there.

-Lovely low score of 1.

-Terrific, James.

The Central African Republic has been our most pointless answer.

It scores 1, so things are looking up for the Central African Republic.

It starts with a C. It's also got a C at the end of the word Republic and in the word African.

-Yeah, yeah, the thing is just bursting with Cs.

-Got a lot of Cs.

-Yeah.

Now then, Julie, a nice, obscure country that contains its initial letter somewhere in its name.

I'm going to go for Turkmenistan.

Turk...menistan.

Could you tell the way I said it very slowly that I was just checking, just scanning,

thinking, "Really? Oh, yes."

Turkmenistan, says Julie. Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Turkmenistan.

It's a good answer.

Oh, very well done indeed, Julie.

-2 for Turkmenistan.

-APPLAUSE

Terrific answer, Julie. It's a very good round so far. Yeah, Turkmenistan in Central Asia.

-Begins with a T, got a T in it. That's how the round works.

-As simple as that. Lynn...

We're looking for countries which contain their initial letter elsewhere in their name.

I'm going to go for a new country - South Sudan.

South Sudan, says Lynn. South Sudan.

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

There we are.

There we are! Very well done indeed, Lynn.

That's a pointless answer. It adds £250 to today's jackpot.

It takes the total up to £17,750

and it scores you nothing.

Always nice to welcome a new country into the fold.

South Sudan is very much the new Central African Republic. Brilliant scoring. They want that jackpot!

-Yeah.

-It became a member of the UN in 2011, South Sudan.

Evelyn, we come to you.

Mine is not as exciting as theirs. I'm going to say New Zealand.

New Zealand, says Evelyn.

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

32.

APPLAUSE

-32 for New Zealand.

-Yeah, it's a bigger score, New Zealand.

-It's going to be tough on the second pass, looking at the other scores.

-It certainly is.

Thanks, Richard. Let's look at the scores. The best score, Lynn, was yours,

so Lynn and Kris looking very strong at this juncture,

then up to 1 where we find James and Alex,

then up to 2 where we find Julie and Hannah,

then, I'm afraid, up 30 to 32 where we find Evelyn and Allan.

Allan, you'll have your work cut out in this next pass, but very best of luck with it.

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

OK, so we are looking for countries with their initial letter elsewhere in their name.

Allan, you are the high scorers on 32, so we need a nice, low-scoring answer from you. Have you got one?

I've got two. I'm just taking a chance on one. It's risky, but you're only here once.

-You'll be here twice.

-That's true!

How about Papua New Guinea?

Papua New Guinea. Let's see how many of our 100 people said that.

It's right.

Oh, it's a great answer, Allan. Very well done indeed.

3 for Papua New Guinea. It takes your total up to 35.

Terrific answer. You might have kept yourself in it.

Now then, Kris...

After that fantastic score from Lynn in the first pass,

I wonder if you can equal her brilliant answer with another pointless answer.

My brain went absolutely blank

and I think of two.

One is really risky because I don't think it's a country in itself.

So I'm going to play it safe...

..and, well, it's the best I can come up with.

-I'll just say it.

-Aruba.

-Aruba...

-It's not a country.

-..says Kris.

There's your red line. If you get below that, you are through.

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

Bad luck, Kris. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. It scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-Richard?

-Sorry, Kris. As you say, not a country, I'm afraid.

Now then, Hannah, you're on 2.

The high scorers on 100 are Kris and Lynn.

If you can score 97 or less, you are through to the next round.

Right, I'm going to say...

I think it's a country. Uruguay.

Uruguay, says Hannah. Uruguay. Here is your red line.

If you get below that, you are through to the next round. How many people said Uruguay?

You've done it.

It's a good answer, Hannah.

-5. Very well done indeed.

-APPLAUSE

Our lowest total so far. It takes it up to 7.

Another good answer. Yeah, Uruguay in South America.

Alex, you're on 1. The high scorers on 100 are Kris and Lynn. If you score 98 or less, you are through.

Have you got a pointless answer, do we think?

Well, I had one that I was saving just in case it was close.

Tell us what it would have been.

Well, my long shot was Trinidad and Tobago, which I'm pretty sure is a country.

But because I'm not certain, I'm just going to play it safe

and hope that Argentina scores less than 98.

Argentina, you're saying. Here's your red line.

Nice and high.

How many people said Argentina?

Absolutely the right thing to do. It's seen you through.

24.

-APPLAUSE

-It takes your total up to 25.

Yeah, bordering Uruguay. Good answer.

If you had gone for Trinidad and Tobago, it is a country and it was a pointless answer as well.

It would have added £250 to the jackpot. There are only nine pointless answers.

We've had South Sudan. Trinidad and Tobago would have been a second one. Let's take a look at the others.

Costa Rica was a pointless answer,

Equatorial Guinea, terrific if you've got that, Seychelles.

The Solomon Islands, there's South Sudan, St Kitts and Nevis - we see that quite a lot.

When you see St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines is usually not far behind.

There's Timor-Leste and Trinidad and Tobago. Very well done if you said those.

Let's take a look at the biggest scorers that most of our 100 people said.

New Zealand scored 32, the third biggest scorer of all.

34 for Austria

and so no surprises what's top -

Australia, 58.

Thank you, Richard. So at the end of Round One, our losing pair with the highest score,

-I'm sorry to say, Kris and Lynn, it's you.

-Sorry.

-That's all right.

A crying shame. It's been lovely having you on the show. Kris and Lynn, thanks so much for playing.

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

There's only going to be room for two pairs in the head-to-head,

so one team will be leaving us at the end of this round. I wonder which one it's going to be?

Julie and Hannah, not you, surely, after that fantastic low score? 7 was your total that round.

-Yeah.

-Very good indeed. And not a great deal between the other two pairs.

Very well played, Allan and Evelyn, and Alex and James as well.

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

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

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

OK, our question concerns...

Scottish singers and their hit records.

On each pass, we'll show you the names of six hit singles and the year in which they were a hit.

Tell us the Scottish act who had a hit with that single.

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

There will be 12 songs to guess the Scottish artists of at home.

Thanks very much. We are looking for the Scottish acts who released these Top 40 singles.

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are - six UK Top 40 singles by Scottish acts.

Alex, name the most obscure act.

Oh, no. I know...

I know the songs. It's just, um...

I'm not so sure of the artists.

The one I've got my eye on is Baker Street at the bottom.

I'm not sure of his first name. Um...

So I've got two names in my head

and I'm just going to hope and say George Rafferty.

George Rafferty, says Alex. Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said George Rafferty.

Oh, no!

Bad luck, Alex. I'm afraid an incorrect answer, so you score the maximum of 100 points. Richard?

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

-Hannah?

I don't know Scottish singers at all, really.

The only one that popped out for me there is Suddenly I See

and I think I know the singer.

Suddenly I See, I think it's sung by KT Tunstall.

KT Tunstall, says Hannah. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer.

It's right.

Very well done, Hannah.

3.

APPLAUSE

That's a great score.

Yeah, well done, Hannah. Kate Victoria Tunstall, born in St Andrews.

-I love Suddenly I See.

-Good song.

-Great song.

-Allan, you're the last person to have this board.

You can fill in all the blanks.

For Your Eyes Only, Sheena Easton, Japanese Boy, Aneka, Love Is All Around, Wet Wet Wet,

If I Was, Midge Ure, Baker Street, Gerry Rafferty.

APPLAUSE

But it's trying to find the right one.

-I'll go with Japanese Boy, Aneka.

-Japanese Boy, Aneka.

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

4.

-APPLAUSE

-That's a great answer. Very, very well done indeed, Allan.

-Wow!

-You're not short of confidence, Allan, are you?

You did very well. You also chose the best one you could have chosen there as well, so well done.

For Your Eyes Only, Sheena Easton, would have scored 28.

Love Is All Around, Wet Wet Wet, would have scored 31.

If I Was, Midge Ure, would have scored 14.

Baker Street, it's not George Rafferty, it's Gerry Rafferty,

and it scored 30.

English masters up and down the country hated If I Was.

-Because it should be If I Were?

-Yeah, subjunctive. Eluded Midge Ure there.

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

3 very much the best score there. Hannah, very well done. Julie and Hannah looking very strong.

As, I have to say, are Allan and Evelyn at this point.

Alex and James... Who knows what might happen on the next board though?

There might be lots of difficult ones there that nobody knows the answer to.

James, we need you to have a lovely low score and maybe that'll keep you in the game.

-I hope so.

-Best of luck. Can the second players take their places at the podium?

We're going to put six more Top 40 singles on the board by Scottish artists and here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

We are looking for the Scottish acts who released these singles

and you'll try and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew. Evelyn, you're on 4.

The high scorers on 100 are James and Alex. Score 95 or less and you are through to the head-to-head.

I know three of them. I'll go for the bottom one and say Marmalade.

Marmalade, says Evelyn, for Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.

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

There is your red line, lovely and high. Let's see if Marmalade can get you below it.

Absolutely right. You're through to the head-to-head.

15.

-APPLAUSE

-Very well done. 15 takes your total up to 19.

Well played, Evelyn. Written by Lennon and McCartney.

Julie, you're on 3. The high scorers remain James and Alex on 100.

If you can score 96 or less, you're in the head-to-head.

I only know two, but I think Bye, Bye, Baby, was that The Bay City Rollers?

The Bay City Rollers, says Julie. Is it right? How many people said it if it is?

Absolutely right. You're through.

41 for Bye, Bye, Baby, Bay City Rollers. Takes your total up to 44.

-It's good enough.

-Yeah, good answer. Another Number 1 single in 1975.

-They had an American Number 1 the same year with Saturday Night. That's when you know you've made it.

-Yes.

-Have you ever had a Number 1 hit in America?

-Three, in fact.

-You've had three Number 1s?

-Yeah.

-Which ones?

The double-A side which wasn't released over here, which was Respect and Shoo-Na-Na.

I used to love it when you guys did Shoo-Na-Na live. Just do a little bit of it.

I can't... Seriously, my back. I can't do that, the old Shoo-Na-Na.

-Go on. Who wants to hear him sing Shoo-Na-Na? ALL:

-Yeah!

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, well, I'm afraid you're just going to have to download it.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

James, listen, terrible news. Terrible, terrible news.

You are the high scorers even before you've given your answer.

But maybe there's a brilliant low-scoring answer on that board that you know the answer to.

We need the names of the Scottish acts who released these UK singles.

Scottish pop music isn't really my forte and I don't even know if I know a Scottish pop artist,

but I'll have a stab in the dark,

so I think I'll go for My Old Man's A Dustman, I'm not sure if he's Scottish, and Bob Dylan.

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

Bad luck.

I'm afraid an incorrect answer which scores you 100 points and takes your total up to an impressive 200.

I think I'd be even more excited at hearing Bob Dylan singing My Old Man's A Dustman

than I would hearing you singing Shoo-Na-Na.

Lonnie Donegan is the answer to that one. He had a hit with My Old Man's A Dustman in 1960.

Scottish-born. Would have scored 25 points.

Do you know any of these others? You'll know a couple. Wild Horses? It was a cover version.

-Susan Boyle.

-Susan Boyle is the right answer. It would have scored you 8.

-Letter From America?

-The Proclaimers.

-It would have scored you 29. Feels Like I'm In Love?

-1980, I should know that.

-Kelly Marie. Kelly Marie.

It would have scored 2 points. Best answer on the board. Very well done if you got all 12.

Thanks, Richard. After Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score, it's James and Alex,

and what a score!

-You really weren't good at that round, were you?

-No.

-Scottish artists...

-Yeah, indeed.

Did you know any of them once they were put up on the board?

-Maybe The Proclaimers.

-Really?

-But I would have had no idea that they sang that song.

Fair enough. James, Alex, it's been great having you on the show.

You've been great contestants. Thanks for playing.

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

Congratulations, Julie and Hannah, and Allan and Evelyn.

You are only one round away from the final and a chance to play

for our jackpot which currently stands at £17,750.

APPLAUSE

You now go head-to-head and the first pair to win two questions will play for that jackpot.

The big difference is you are now allowed to confer.

So, Julie and Hannah... Arguably, Allan and Evelyn lucked out a little bit in that last round.

It was Top 40 singles by Scottish artists. Anything you'd like to see come up in this round?

I'm not saying Richard is going to pull it out of the bag for you.

I think thanks to our jobs, we'd like a bit of biology, anatomy, things like that,

but Bon Jovi, anything to do with Bon Jovi.

So Bon Jovi or parts of the body.

Fair enough. Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, here comes your first question.

And it concerns...

-Richard?

-We're going to show you five pictures for this question

and those pictures will represent a phrase from Cockney rhyming slang.

Tell us what that phrase refers to. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much, Richard. Let's reveal our five examples of Cockney rhyming slang. We have got...

There we are.

Five pictorial clues, we'll say, to Cockney rhyming slang phrases.

Julie and Hannah, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.

WHISPERING

Go for that one then.

We think we'll go for E...

because we think

mince pies are eyes.

-Mince pies, eyes.

-We think.

-Mince pies, eyes, OK.

-She agreed.

-Allan and Evelyn?

-Um...

We think... Is dog and bone - phone?

Dog and bone, phone, say Allan and Evelyn.

So we have mince pies, eyes. We have dog and bone, phone.

Julie and Hannah said E, mince pies, eyes. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.

Absolutely right.

-56.

-APPLAUSE

56. Quite high. Allan and Evelyn have gone for dog and bone, phone, C.

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

85!

So, Julie and Hannah, after one question, you are up 1-0. Richard?

Yeah, the two biggest scorers on the board.

-Do you want to have a go at these? A is pen and ink.

-Stink.

-Stink, yeah.

That would have scored 47.

-B?

-Thief.

-The tea leaf, yeah.

It would have scored 38.

The best answer on the board is D.

Which is plod, isn't it? No.

-No, it's Sweeney Todd, flying squad.

-Oh, flying squad?

As in The Sweeney. That would have scored 6 points, so very well done if you said that.

Thanks very much, Richard. Here comes your second question.

Allan and Evelyn, you have to win this one to stay in the game. Best of luck. You get to answer it first.

It concerns...

-Richard?

-We're going to show you five imperial units of volume used to measure liquids,

but we'll show you the first and last letters with blanks in between.

Can you fill in those blanks and give us the most obscure answer?

OK, thanks very much. Let's reveal our five units of volume and here they are.

I'll read them without the blanks, you'll be pleased to hear.

There we are. Now then, Allan and Evelyn, you go first this time.

WHISPERING

We know about four of those, but I think we'll go for the third one, gill.

-G-I-L-L.

-G-I-L-L, gill, say Allan and Evelyn.

Julie and Hannah, you can talk us through the board if you like.

-I don't know one and two.

-No.

-Four is obviously pint.

-The last one is fluid ounce.

I think we'll go for fluid ounce.

Fluid ounce, say Julie and Hannah.

So we have gill versus fluid ounce.

Allan and Evelyn went for gill. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.

It's right.

48.

APPLAUSE

Julie and Hannah have gone for fluid ounce. Let's see if that's right and how many people said fluid ounce.

This could decide who stays and who goes through.

It's right.

It's gone past 48 down to 20. What about that?

APPLAUSE

Wow, there's a surprise!

Goodness! Julie and Hannah, after only two questions, you are through to the final 2-0. Very well done.

-Allan and Evelyn, did you know the top two? They would have won the point.

-Is the second one halfyard?

-It's not, so you would have lost the point. It's hogshead.

-Is it peak or something like that?

No, it's a peck which is a quarter of a bushel.

Hogshead would have scored 6 and peck would have scored 12

and pint wouldn't have saved you either. It's the biggest scorer - 88 points.

Thanks very much, Richard. So our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, it's Allan and Evelyn.

You played fantastically well. They were quite tough. Fluid ounce?

Who would have thought that was going to score less than gill? There we are.

Anyway, we will see you again next time and that's great news.

If you'd gone through to the final, you'd have only been in one show. We look forward to that very much.

Allan and Evelyn, thanks so much for playing. Lovely contestants.

But for Julie and Hannah, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Julie and Hannah, you've fought off the competition

and you've 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 £17,750.

CHEERING

Our biggest ever, ever jackpot. History could be about to be made, Pointless history.

You've done so well. First round, lovely low score - Turkmenistan,

Uruguay, cracking answers.

You weren't quite the low scorers in the second round, but then back in the head-to-head, 2-0.

We just feel like we've been going through with luck.

Well, you've done so well, so well. Very, very best of luck for this last round.

To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer. We've had one pointless answer today.

You only have to find one more now and you will go home with that money. First, choose a category.

You have a choice of five options and they are...

I just... I don't know.

Chemistry, isn't that all science and, um...?

It might be things off the Periodic Table.

-I'm not very good at that.

-Contemporary Playwrights and Modern Artists aren't really me.

Well, I would say Modern Artists more than any of the others for me.

You think you know enough about Modern Artists?

-I think I could do.

-I don't know anything though. I'd be relying on you.

What do you know more about? What do you feel like you know more about on there?

-In all honesty, nothing about anything.

-At least you're honest. Five categories...

Please choose one to win 17,750.

-Please don't keep saying that.

-No pressure!

-Modern Artists?

-Yeah.

-It'll be all your knowledge, Hannah, cos I know nothing.

OK, yeah, we're going to go for Modern Artists.

Best of luck. Let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many artists who have been nominated for the Turner Prize as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any artist who has been nominated for the Turner Prize

from 1984, its inception, according to the Tate Britain website.

So any artist ever nominated for the Turner Prize. Very best of luck. It's a huge jackpot.

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

and all you need to win that £17,750 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Right.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. And your time starts now.

-What's the Turner Prize?

-LAUGHTER

-I know one.

-I'm sorry.

-I know the one that everybody is going to know and that's Tracey Emin.

What is the Turner Prize? If I can think of what it is...

-It's the one where they win it for awful art.

-Awful art?

-Yes.

-Bad songs?

No, artists say it's good art, but everybody looks at Tracey Emin's Unmade Bed

and says, "I did that this morning."

I thought Modern Artists was like pop music!

-No.

-Oh, no!

OK, I know nothing about art!

All right. I guess we'll have to...

-OK, we're going to have to make some names up then.

-Right.

Modern Artists. Who was the one you said?

Tracey Emin, but everybody will know that.

-Bill Smith?

-Bill Smith.

-Let's think of some artists' names.

-Leonardo da Vinci?

-Ten seconds left.

-I don't think he's done it since 1984! I don't think he'll be there.

-We'll just make up two names.

-OK.

-Bill Smith and, um...

Time is up, I'm sorry to say.

We're looking for artists who have been nominated for the Turner Prize. I now need your three answers.

-Hannah, I'm so sorry.

-I thought it was pop.

I did think it was a bit weird that you knew about modern artists, to be fair.

-OK, what are your three answers?

-We'll have to go for Tracey Emin. She's the only one I know.

-We'll go for somebody Smith. Think of a modern name.

-Paul Smith.

-Paul Smith.

-Paul Smith.

-Yeah, and Jones is another good name.

Yeah, um...

-Katie Jones.

-And Katie Jones.

-Those will have to go one and two, I think.

-OK, Tracey Emin, Paul Smith and Katie Jones.

-Yeah.

Of those three, which do you think is your strongest answer?

-Tracey Emin.

-We'll put her last.

-Which do you think is your weakest between Katie and Paul?

-Paul probably.

-OK, we'll put him first.

Let's put them up on the board in that order and here they are.

They've spelt Katy wrong(!)

-LAUGHTER

-We're looking for artists who have been nominated for the Turner Prize.

Your first answer is Paul Smith, your least confident answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win £17,750.

So let's see, Paul Smith, is it right?

No! His painting's not that good(!)

-Bad luck.

-Just not that good at all.

-I don't think he was ever really in the running.

-No.

So, unfortunately, not a pointless answer. You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

One of those answers you know to be right. What if our 100 people just knew nothing about the Turner Prize?

-It could happen.

-I'd cry.

-It could happen.

-I would actually cry.

It would mean that you would win £17,750. Julie, what would you do with that?

Probably go on holiday.

-Hannah?

-I'd be happy with 750 quid. I'd be happy with the 50 quid.

I can't even think about 17 grand, but I'll be giving her a couple of grand. I owe them for a car.

Very good. Well, let's hope. Let's hope one of these two remaining answers...

-Just maybe it might.

-Yeah.

-We're looking for artists who have been nominated for the Turner Prize.

Let's hope nobody said Katie Jones and it's right.

So, for £17,750, let's see if Katie Jones is right and if anyone said it if it is.

-Oh!

-There's a surprise(!)

There we are - Katie also never made it on to the Turner Prize nomination list.

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

This is your last answer, your most confident shot at that jackpot.

We're looking for artists nominated for the Turner Prize.

Your final answer is Tracey Emin.

Tracey Emin, is it right and if it is, how many people said it?

It has to be right and pointless for you to win that £17,750.

It is right.

So our moment of truth.

Paul Smith and Katie Jones both let us down,

but Tracey Emin is now taking us down into the teens.

Down she goes - 10.

APPLAUSE

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

-but you do still get to take home our Pointless trophy, so very, very well done for that.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, unlucky, you had to guess. There's no Pauls, no Smiths, no Katies and no Joneses on the list.

There's over 100 names on the list and only 12 people scored any points at all.

If you knew your modern art, the money was there to be won. Tracey Emin is the biggest scorer on 10.

Damien Hirst and Grayson Perry were the only other people who got more than 2.

Let's look at some of the pointless answers.

Some people at home will be kicking themselves that they're not here.

Chris Ofili won the Turner Prize. He worked with elephant dung. That's what he was famous for.

Jake and Dinos Chapman, the painter, sculptor, video artist Mark Wallinger.

Martin Creed, who turned a light on and off in his Turner Prize winning show.

Phil Collins... If you had mentioned pop artists, you might have got him! But it's not that Phil Collins.

Richard Hamilton, the seminal British pop artist.

Simon Starling, who turned a shed into a boat, then back into a shed.

Steve McQueen, the video artist, now a film director, and Gillian Wearing as well.

If you said anyone apart from the very well-known ones, Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor

and the ones I've said, you would have got a pointless answer and won a huge amount of money.

-Sorry it was a bad category.

-Did you know any of those?

-No.

-That's a sort of relief.

-Richard Hamilton...

-I don't think it's that Richard Hamilton.

-Is it the Richard Hamilton from...

-Top Gear?

-Top Gear?

-He's called Richard Hammond.

-He's Richard Hammond!

-That would be quite something, wouldn't it?

I told you we managed to come here just purely out of luck!

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Julie and Hannah. Thank you both so much for playing!

-Great contestants.

-APPLAUSE

Julie and Hannah didn't win our jackpot today which means it rolls over on to the next show

when we will be playing for £18,750.

APPLAUSE

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

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me!

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