Episode 62 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Thank you very much. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless, the quiz show

that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

First up, we welcome back Nick and Andrew.

You were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. This is your second chance.

Nick, remind us how you know each other.

We're friends and work colleagues.

I'm deputy head at Wigmore High School in Herefordshire,

and Andrew works with us at the moment.

-You're a French teacher.

-That's correct, yes.

And Andrew, you also, a French teacher.

Yes, sort of part time. I also farm coffee and chocolate in Peru.

Not in Herefordshire, surely!

Seriously? You farm coffee and chocolate in Peru?

-I do, yes. Near Machu Picchu.

-Wow!

Sorry, that's quite weird. So you spend half your year in Peru...

-Mm-hmm.

-..and the other half teaching French in Herefordshire.

-Yes.

He's a spy.

Yeah. I mean, well, they both are.

Herefordshire, could have done better than that, surely.

Do you trade your coffee and chocolate?

We are sort of direct trade - we usually sell straight from the farm to people.

I can't wait to see what he's brought for us.

-You think he's brought just the best chocolate imaginable.

-He will have done.

As soon as they're through Round One, he'll say, "Here you go."

-Ah.

-I love chocolate.

-And maybe with a hot cup of coffee.

That would be nice.

Oh! That would be nice.

What happened last time, Andrew?

We had a little bit of trouble with Uranus...

-LAUGHTER

-..planets, basically.

A big problem - we couldn't pick out Earth.

-Had you picked out Earth...

-We'd be in the final.

Nick, what do you hope is going to come up today? Clearly, languages.

20th century history might be OK,

and perhaps vintage pop music could be good too.

Nick and Andrew, you did so well last time,

surely you've got to be favourites today.

Very, very best of luck to you.

Next, we welcome Lynne and Pat. How do you two know each other?

We work together in an amateur dramatic company.

And Pat, what was the last part you played?

I have just finished playing Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

-You've just come off as Puck?

-Yes.

What about that. And how about you, Lynne?

I don't go on stage at all. I was doing the lighting.

Wow, very good. Is she good at lighting, Pat?

She's very good. Keeps me in the dark.

-Is she good at acting?

-Oh, very good.

-Very good.

What do you hope will come up today, Lynne?

-Erm, literature, possibly.

-Uh-huh.

Er, a bit of science, maybe.

-Er, Pat, how about you?

-Erm, yes, literature.

A little bit of human biology.

Very good indeed. Lovely to have you here.

And next, we welcome Sasha and Claire. How do you know each other?

We're best friends and we met when we were pregnant with our first child.

And where are you from, Claire?

-We're from Marlborough in Wiltshire.

-And what do you do?

I am a part-time racing secretary. We're both in horse racing.

Oh, that's good fun.

So, from the administrative side of racing?

-Yes.

-Flat, or national hunt?

I'm flat, Sasha's national hunt.

-Oh, they've got it all covered!

-They've even got nicknames.

-Have they?

-Flat and National Hunt.

-LAUGHTER

-I see. I see.

Outside of racing, though, Sasha, what are your interests?

-Probably cooking. I've got five children so I spend most...

-Five?!

-..so I spend a lot of time cooking, which luckily, I enjoy.

-Good job.

How about you, Claire?

Erm, I like to run quite a lot.

I'd like to run in the New York marathon,

but I've not quite got that far yet.

What do you hope will come up? Clearly racing, obviously.

You're geography is going to be brilliant,

all your race course geography is going to feed into that.

-Hopefully.

-Maybe.

Anything else? Any other strong suits?

-Er, reality TV.

-Good.

-Science.

-Good.

-If we could have an easy question, it would help.

I'll see what I can do.

A warm welcome to you, Sasha and Claire, lovely to have you here.

And finally, we welcome back Jonathan and Rob, who were also on the show last time.

-Remind us how you know each other, Jonathan.

-We work together.

What do you do, Rob?

We're both officers in Devon and Cornwall Police.

And what happened last time?

My...literary knowledge extended as far as Winnie the Pooh...

That's OK. It was the correct answer.

The good thing is, I didn't think Robert had read a book,

-but now I know he's read Winnie the Pooh.

-It's a start, isn't it?

-What do you hope will come up?

-Stiff Little Fingers.

Good. You're an expert on Stiff Little Fingers?

They are a punk band from the 1970s, '80s -

they were my favourite punk band growing up.

Rob, how about you?

Anything sporty. Football, mainly.

Horticulture, because I have an interest in gardening.

Very interesting. If it comes up, best of luck!

Great to have you back, Jonathan and Rob.

It was Round Two last time, so let's hope we see more of you today.

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

There's only one person left to introduce.

He's pregnant with obscurity,

his waters have just broken and he's about to go into labour.

-It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

-Hiya.

-A lovely image.

-Isn't it?

Isn't it? Two shows in a row now we've given away a jackpot.

We went a couple of weeks without giving away anything.

-How profligate we are.

-Such strong contestants we've had recently.

We've got two strong pairs coming back today -

the teachers and the coppers.

They're going to be tough to beat for our new pairs.

We'll see quite a battle.

Jonathan and Rob, I wonder if I could ask your advice.

-You're detectives?

-Yes.

-Yes.

There's somebody I know who spends six months working in a school

and six months harvesting crops in South America.

Is that someone who would be of interest to Devon and Cornwall Police?

Not to us, but I'll report it to Hereford when I get back.

I thought as much.

-Mmm.

-I suspect Jonathan and Rob will do well.

If they can make it to Round Two, I think they'll do rather well.

Very good indeed.

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

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

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

So, the fewer of our 100 people gave the answer,

the fewer points you'll score.

What everyone is trying to do is find a pointless answer -

an answer that none of our 100 people gave.

When that happens, we'll add £250 to the jackpot.

Anne and Alex won the jackpot last time,

so today's Jackpot starts at £1,000.

If everyone's ready, let's play.

OK, in this first round,

each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.

Whoever has the highest score will be eliminated.

Try and make sure that's not you. Our first category is...

It's Art.

Can you all decide who's first, who's second.

And whoever's going first, please step up.

OK, our first question concerns...

Famous artists and their first names. Richard.

On each pass, we'll show you the names of seven famous artists.

Give us their first names, or the first names by which they're most commonly known.

An obscure answer gets fewer points, an incorrect answer gets 100 points.

14 to have a go at. Good luck.

OK, thanks very much.

Now then, Nick and Andrew,

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

We are looking for the first names of these artists...

I'll read those again.

There we are. Seven artists minus their first names.

Nick, supply the first name to the most obscure artist on that board.

OK, there are a few I know,

but I think probably the ones that I know

are going to be fairly high.

So...

I think that I will have to go for Picasso,

and it's Pablo Picasso.

Pablo Picasso, says Nick.

Let's see if it's right and if so, how many people said Pablo.

Absolutely right.

53.

Yes, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso,

probably the most influential painter of the 20th century.

Pat.

How's this for you?

Erm, I knew Picasso.

The other two I know, I think,

are going to be very high scoring.

I'm not going to take a risk at this stage,

so I'll say Damien Hirst.

Damien Hirst, says Pat. Let's see.

Let's see how many people knew that. Damien Hirst.

Absolutely right.

55.

55 - Damien Hirst would be pleased with that.

Delighted. He just beat Picasso.

Absolutely right, Pat,

and it beats getting 100 points,

so tactically a very good move.

Thank you. Now then, Sasha.

We are looking for these artists'

first names.

I'll play it safe

and go for Tracey Emin.

Tracey Emin, says Sasha.

Let's see how many people said that.

It's right.

48.

All going in the right direction.

Well played - the lowest score so far.

Her bed sold for £150,000.

Charles Saatchi paid 150 grand for it.

Mmm, wow.

Yep.

Rob.

You're the last person to have this board.

You can talk us through it if you like.

I can only talk you through one I'm afraid.

I ought to know Turner,

but the only one that I do know,

well I hope I know,

is Andy Warhol.

Andy Warhol, says Rob. Let's see how many people said Andy Warhol.

Absolutely right.

67.

67. Well, his 15 minutes isn't up, is it?

-Impressive.

-A very big score.

Damage limitation from everyone there.

No-one gets 100 - very good.

In 2010, he sold one of his Brillo soap pad boxes for 3 million.

-Yeah.

-Wow. We're kind of in the wrong game, aren't we, Richard?

-Do you think?

-Yeah.

-Maybe.

-Maybe.

Let's take a look

at the rest of them.

Duchamp is Marcel.

Would have scored five.

-Do you know Miro?

-Joan.

Joan Miro, absolutely.

Would have scored six.

Turner, absolutely right,

you should know his first name,

because everyone knows his surname.

But it's actually

the best answer on the board.

-Do you know Turner's first name?

-I was going to say William.

Isn't it interesting?

He's one of the most famous English artists, but it's Joseph.

Joseph Turner would have scored two points.

Very well done if you said that.

Thanks, Richard. We're halfway through the round.

Let's look at the scores.

48, the best score. Sasha, well done, you.

We travel up from 48 to 53 where we find Nick and Andrew.

Then up to 55 where we find Lynne and Pat.

And then up to 67 where we find Jonathan and Rob.

No wrong answers in that round - well done.

Rob and Jonathan, you are ahead.

Jonathan, we need a low score.

But you'll get first dibs on the board,

which is good news. Best of luck.

Can the second players please take their places?

OK, we'll put seven more famous artists on the board...

I'll read those again.

Now, remember, first names, and Jonathan,

you're trying to find the most obscure one you can.

You're the high scorers.

It has to be a low score to keep you in the game.

I know three,

and it's a case of going for the one

that I think will score the least.

And I'll say...

David Hockney.

David Hockney says Jonathan.

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

It's right.

50.

A good answer, Jonathan. David Hockney.

Did you know he got a credit in Dynasty?

-No.

-Only for providing lithographs, but he still got a credit.

-Good for him.

-You can't say that about Joseph Turner, can you?

No. I've just remembered who William Turner is.

Was it your old PE teacher?

No, I think he was in Master and Commander.

Pirates of the Caribbean, isn't it?

That's it - not Master and Commander!

Typical me, trying to pitch it slightly upmarket there.

Pirates of the Caribbean, there we go. Claire.

The high scorers on 117 are Jonathan and Rob. You're on 48,

which means a score of 68 or less

sees you comfortably through to the next round.

What do you think?

Art is not my strong point.

I know one, but I think it'll be quite high.

Vincent van Gogh.

Vincent van Gogh, says Claire.

Here is your red line.

It's quite nice and high.

If you get below that, you're through.

Let's see. Vincent van Gogh - is it right? How many people said it?

Absolutely right.

Ooh - 71.

-Richard.

-Yes, a big score.

You did what you had to do, Claire. A big score, but two still to go.

Nearly all of his famous works

were painted in the last two years of his life.

-He sold a painting for 82 million, back in the '90s.

-Yeah.

Wow. Now then, Lynne.

-Yes.

-You're on 55.

The high scorers are now Claire and Sasha on 119.

If you can score 63 or less, you're through.

How is that board looking?

I know one or two of them,

but I think I'm going to choose...

the last one because she's a sculptress -

Barbara Hepworth.

Barbara Hepworth says Lynne.

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

It's right.

Very well done, Lynne. You've done it.

It's a great answer, look at that - 15.

Well played, Lynne - a very good answer.

One of the first abstract sculptors in Britain.

She's got a lovely museum down in St Ives in Cornwall -

a very peaceful and restful place full of her sculptures.

Hmm.

Andrew.

The high scorers are Claire and Sasha on 119. You're on 53,

so 65 or less sees you through. Talk us through the board.

I wish I could.

I have one option only.

I wish I could go for one of the others,

but I have to go for the only one I know

and it's Salvador Dali.

Salvador Dali.

OK, here is your red line.

If you get below that red line with Salvador Dali,

you're through to the next round.

If you're above that red line,

we say goodbye to you and Claire and Sasha stay on.

Salvador Dali - is it right and how many people said it?

It is right.

Well done. 53.

Exactly the same score as Nick gave in the first pass,

takes your total up to 106.

You're through to the next round.

-Very well done.

-Well played, Andrew.

A tough round for everyone there, except maybe Lynne.

Let's fill in the board.

-Do you know any of these - Bacon?

-Francis.

That would have scored 32.

-Whiteread?

-Rachel.

Absolutely. The first woman to win the Turner Prize.

Rauschenberg?

Don't know.

Robert Rauschenberg. Well done if you said that.

That was the best answer.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of our first round,

the pair who will be leaving us is Claire and Sasha.

Very close run in the end.

A photo finish, even.

But you are ahead just by a nose,

so we have to say goodbye.

We'll see you again next time,

when I hope we won't be giving you artists,

and we'll get to see a bit more of you.

Anyway, thanks so much for playing, Claire and Sasha.

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

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

I'm trying to think which pair it will be.

Nick and Andrew, you just made it through there.

Lynne and Pat, very good indeed.

Lovely low scoring. Barbara Hepworth. Do you know your art?

I like art. I do enjoy art, yes.

Very good indeed. Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is...

European football.

Can you all decide who'll go first, who'll go second.

Whoever's going first, please step up.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Champions League finalists as they could.

Champions League finalists. Richard.

Very different to Round One. We're testing the extremes.

Any team who've played in the Champions League final,

from the very first one in the 1992-93 season

right through to the 2011 final.

Any team that's contested a Champions League final.

Very best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

-So then, Andrew...

-Sport had to come around eventually.

I'm going to say...

..Bayern Munich.

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

Absolutely right.

Ten.

Not a bad score at all.

A very good start on podium one.

They won it in 2001 and they've lost a couple of finals as well.

Now then, Lynne.

I have absolutely no idea...

Erm, I shall try Chelsea.

Chelsea, says Lynne. Let's see if it's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 said Chelsea.

Absolutely right, Lynne.

39.

Yes, if we'd asked people a bit later,

it would have been a bigger score,

because they won it in 2012,

but they were runners up in 2008, so they count here.

Jonathan.

I don't know whether to take a risk,

but I know that Rob will know a really obscure one,

so I'm going to go reasonably safe and say AC Milan.

AC Milan, says Jonathan.

Let's see if that's right and how many people said AC Milan.

He's right.

Five.

The lowest score of the pass.

Brilliant, Jonathan. Yeah, winners in 2003 and 2007 - you've put yourself in a great position there.

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

Five, Jonathan just scored. A lovely low score there,

putting Jonathan and Rob in pole position at this point.

Then up to ten where we find Andrew and Nick,

then up to 39 where we find Lynne and Pat.

Pat, how confident are you on this?

Not at all.

OK, you're going to have to have a really good, obscure stab in the dark here,

I'm afraid to say, if you're going to stay in the game.

Best of luck. Can the second players please take their places?

OK, so we are looking for teams

that have played in a Champions League final since 1993.

Rob. You're the low scorers.

Pat and Lynne the high scorers on 39. If you score 33 or less,

through you go to the head-to-head.

I've changed my mind.

I had some in mind,

but in light of the AC Milan score, I'm going for Inter Milan.

Inter Milan says Rob, let's see if Inter Milan is right.

Here is your red line - below that, you're in the head-to-head.

How many people said Inter Milan?

Absolutely right.

And you're through.

Nine.

Well played again on the end podium. They won it in 2010.

Internazionale.

Pat.

You're the high scorers on 39.

Mind you, I'm not sure that Nick's too hot

on his Champions League finalists.

-All right. Sorry, Lynne.

-Doesn't matter.

-I'll have to say Liverpool.

Liverpool, says Pat. Liverpool.

No red line for you, as you are already the high scorers.

Let's see how far Liverpool takes us. Let's see if it's right.

Absolutely right, Pat.

Still going down - 37.

It's a good answer. They famously won in 2005 against AC Milan.

We're looking for any team that's played in a Champions League final.

Nick, you're currently on ten.

The high scorers are Pat and Lynne on 76,

so a score of 65 or less from you

will keep you in the game.

You're absolutely right when you say this is not my strong point.

I really have absolutely no idea. I'm in a very similar position to Lynne.

I'm just going to have to pluck a name...

and I think I'm going to say Juventus.

Juventus says Nick. Juventus.

Here is your red line.

If Juventus gets you below that red line,

you are in the head-to-head. Let's see.

Let's see how many people said Juventus.

Absolutely right. Very well done, Nick.

You are through to the head-to-head.

And it's the lowest score

of the round. Look at that.

Very well done indeed.

Juventus.

Yes, a good name to pluck, Nick.

They won it in 1996, been finalists three other times as well.

Rob, if you were in a tight corner and you had to go for an obscure one, what would you have gone for?

-Bayer Leverkusen.

-Bayer Leverkusen.

A correct answer, and a pointless answer as well.

Would have been terrific, but you didn't need to do it.

There's only four pointless answers,

only one of whom won the Champions League.

Borussia Dortmund won it in 1997.

Well done if you said any of those.

Another couple of low scorers - Ajax would have scored you one.

Marseille and Porto both would have scored you two points.

Let's have a look at the top answers.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

At the end of our second round,

the losing pair, I'm sorry to say, it's Pat and Lynne.

You did so well. 76.

Have you remembered what your answer was going to be?

I was going to say Real Madrid.

Real Madrid would have scored you 23 points.

So, Real Madrid still wouldn't have got you through,

but two perfectly good answers.

Nick, just a bit of demon guessing there?

Or maybe not?

Yep, it certainly was guessing.

But he knows Juventus are a good football team and he knows it's a good answer.

-That's the kind of guesswork we approve of.

-It is.

But it was good guesswork.

Pat and Lynne, we'll see you next time.

-Meanwhile, thanks very much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

But for the remaining two pairs,

things are about to get even more exciting

as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations, all of you.

You are now only one round away from the final

and the chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £1,000.

You're now going to go head to head.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot,

but the big news is you are now allowed to confer.

I think this is our first coppers versus teachers head-to-head,

I think, in Pointless history.

The law versus the...

the chalk.

Yeah!

That'll work. Nick and Andrew, you've been here before,

but Jonathan and Rob, virgin territory. How are you feeling?

Annoyed, because I think I should have got a pointless answer

-in the European football one.

-And Rob could have as well.

-What were you going to go for, Jonathan?

-Valencia.

-So you both could have got pointless.

We're a pair of cowards, unfortunately.

Well, tactical cowards, though.

It was tactical cowardice.

Tactical cowardice, there you go.

Anyway, very best of luck to both pairs - let's play the head-to-head.

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

Men whose surnames are girls' names. Richard.

We're going to show you five pictures

of men whose surnames are girls' names -

can you pick the most obscure of these five?

OK, let's reveal our five men whose surnames are girls' names.

And we have...

There we are.

Nick and Andrew, you've played best so far, so you go first.

THEY CONFER QUIETLY

WHISPERING: I think C is Babe Ruth.

Yes, you're right. I'd go for that.

-Um...

-I think...

Yeah, we're going to go with C and...

we think that it's Babe Ruth.

Babe Ruth, say Nick and Andrew.

Babe Ruth.

Now then, Jonathan and Rob, talk us through the board.

Nicholas Lindsay is A.

B is James Stephanie.

That's a guess, actually.

It's not true.

E is the bloke on Top Gear,

and D is Paul Casey, the golfer.

If you're sure...

D is Paul Casey, it definitely is.

-OK, go D then.

-D? D, Paul Casey.

D, Paul Casey, say Jonathan and Rob.

So, Nick and Andrew have gone for Babe Ruth.

Let's see if Babe Ruth is indeed C

and let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

18.

18. Jonathan and Rob have gone for Paul Casey for D.

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

Ooh!

Ooh, bad luck. Bad luck, an incorrect answer,

which means Nick and Andrew, after one question, you are up one-nil.

You'll kick yourself - I know what you mean

when you get the name in your head. It's actually Justin Rose.

Oh!

It would have scored six points as well - a terrific answer.

Bad luck.

A is Robert Lindsay, the actor.

Would have scored 38 points.

You'd never know he was an actor(!)

There's no clue there, is there(?)

B, I thought you would give us.

It is James - James Joyce.

That would have scored one point,

it's the best answer on the board.

There's Babe Ruth -

George Herman Ruth -

and James May, from Top Gear.

He would have scored you 45 points -

the biggest answer there.

Thanks, Richard.

Here comes your second question.

Jonathan and Rob, you have a bit of ground to make up.

You have to win this question to stay in the game.

It concerns...

The Roman Empire. Richard.

We're going to give you five clues about the Roman Empire -

can you pick the most obscure fact?

OK, here come our clues to the Roman empire - five of them.

And we have got...

I'll read them again.

There you are. Five clues to facts about the Roman empire.

Jonathan and Rob, you go first this time.

THEY CONFER QUIETLY

There are three that we know.

And there is one that I think,

hope, possibly pray is right,

which is the one we're going for.

The body of water

known to the Romans as Our Sea

hopefully is the Mediterranean.

The Mediterranean.

The Mediterranean.

Nick and Andrew...

talk us through the board.

We think between us

we might know the others.

By "between" he means

I kind of knew one and he knew the rest.

OK, I think its first emperor was Augustus.

The name of its legislature

was the Senate.

The bird which was its emblem

would have been the eagle.

And the amphitheatre

constructed in Rome in 80AD

would have been the Colosseum,

but it's a question of which of those

is going to be obscure.

I think...

How sure are we about Augustus?

Yeah, that was the one I didn't contribute to, so...

-No pressure.

-No pressure on you really at all(!)

We're going to take a bit of a risk.

We think that the Roman empire's first emperor

was the emperor Augustus.

OK, you're going to say Augustus.

Jonathan and Rob's Mediterranean

versus Nick and Andrew's Augustus.

Nick and Andrew, if you win this question,

you go through the final - straight sets.

Jonathan and Rob, Mediterranean.

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

It is right.

28.

28, so Nick and Andrew...

We have to see if you're right,

and if you are, if you beat 28.

Augustus, was he the first emperor of Rome?

Let's see how many people said it.

Absolutely right.

You've done it.

Very well done - 12.

12 beats 28, which means, after only two questions,

Nick and Andrew, you are through to the final, two-nil.

Very well done indeed. Richard.

Well played, the teachers. Unlucky, Jonathan and Rob. Another brave answer, Mediterranean.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

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

is Jonathan and Rob.

Oh! Paul Casey.

I know that when I go to work, my desk is going to be festooned with roses.

-Pictures of roses, and all sorts.

-It could be worse!

-A lot worse.

-But Jonathan and Rob, you played so well throughout the show...

We're cops, they robbed us.

Well, thanks so much for playing.

You've been brilliant both shows, actually.

Great contestants - thanks.

But for Nick and Andrew, it's now time for the final.

Well, congratulations, Nick and Andrew.

You fought the law, and the law...lost.

Yeah! You've done so well in both shows, actually.

Through to the head-to-head first time

and the second time, a two-nil win.

Fantastic. How are you feeling?

A bit sweaty.

Have we tested you on enough stuff?

-Ah...

-Languages hasn't come up.

-When art came up at the start,

-I thought, "That's it, we're going home."

-And football.

And you were the lowest scorers in that round.

I can't believe it! They were football experts, the policemen.

Well, you've done absolutely fantastically.

You've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot of £1,000.

The rules are very simple.

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

We haven't had any pointless answers on the show today.

Find one, and you get the money

Firstly, you've got to choose a category

from these five options...

-What do you reckon?

-State visits...

-Nope, forget it.

-..I don't think so.

Chemistry, absolutely not.

20th century dramatists...

I don't think so.

-No.

-Tennis is a no-no.

I think it would be between comic actors and state visits.

In that case, it's comic actors,

-I would say.

-Do you think?

State visits, literally you might as well be stood here on your own.

OK.

-Comic actors?

-I think comic actors.

OK, comic actors it is. Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Simon Pegg films

as they could. Richard.

We're looking for any feature film given a cinema release

for which Simon Pegg has received an acting credit up to May 2012.

No TV films, short films or documentaries,

but voice performances do count.

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that £1,000 jackpot

is for one of them to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yes.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

OK, I've got Shaun of the Dead, Run Fatboy Run,

erm...

-Hot Fuzz.

-Yeah.

-But I'm totally with you on this one...

-They're all big ones.

I don't know many of the small ones.

-Run Fatboy Run?

-Yeah, it's earlier than...

-Shaun of the Dead.

-Can you think of any more at all?

I'm trying to rack my brains for something more obscure.

He's done, he did...

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as well,

which was really good, but I don't know how well it did.

It's a book, so maybe people know the book.

-I don't know.

-Hot Fuzz, I think everybody's going to know.

-Do you think so?

-Yeah.

-So...

-Did you know it?

-I'd heard of it,

but I wouldn't have been able to tell you who's in it.

-We're not super-confident...

-10 seconds left.

OK, we have to go with those.

Those three are the least well-known ones that you said -

I haven't a clue.

All right.

OK, time is up. We were looking for Simon Pegg films.

I now need your three answers.

OK, I don't think they're obscure enough, but Run Fatboy Run.

-Run Fatboy Run.

-Shaun of the Dead.

-Shaun of the Dead.

-And How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.

-Of those three,

-which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-The last one.

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, put that last.

Which is your least likely?

-I think Shaun of the Dead.

-OK, we'll put that one first.

OK, let's put those up on the board in that order.

We were looking for Simon Pegg films.

Shaun of the Dead was your least confident shot

at a pointless answer.

You only need one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £1,000.

Let's see. Shaun of the Dead.

Is it right? How many people said it? £1,000.

It's right.

-It's slowing down.

-If this goes all the way down to zero...

Ooh.

So, Shaun of the Dead, 22. Unfortunately not a pointless answer,

which means you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

Andrew it looked like you had a flash of late inspiration.

-I did! Isn't it funny?

-We'll find out at the end what that was.

If you do win that £1,000 jackpot, Nick, what would you do with it?

We were lucky enough to visit family in Australia a couple of years ago,

and we absolutely loved Australia, but we hated the flight,

so my son Ben and I have got a mad project

to go back to Australia without flying.

You can get rafts really cheaply now, actually.

-It might come to that.

-OK, very good. Andrew?

Um, I would take it back to Peru,

and we've got a little hostel. I would put it in the hostel, on the shelf, in a box.

The wooden box on the top shelf?

-The one that's...

-Not that one!

-not the broken one, OK.

OK, best of luck. Let's hope one of your two remaining answers wins that jackpot for you.

We're looking for Simon Pegg films.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Run Fatboy Run.

It has to be pointless for you to win the jackpot.

So, for £1,000, let's see how many people said Run Fatboy Run.

It's right.

So, Shaun of the Dead took us down to 22.

Run Fatboy Run, taking us down...

If this takes us all the way down to zero, you leave with £1,000.

21.

Wow.

That's higher than I was expecting.

-It's going in the right direction.

-One better.

It's one better. If we had another 20 answers...

-Yeah.

-..we would be looking pretty good.

Um, however, you have only one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Your third and final answer was How to Lose Friends & Alienate People.

This was your most confident shot at a pointless answer.

It has to be pointless for you to win.

Let's find out how many people said How to Lose Friends & Alienate People.

Is it a pointless answer?

It's right.

Well, we've been down to 22 with Shaun of the Dead,

down to 21 with Run Fatboy Run,

but this feels like a really solid answer,

going down into single figures.

Four!

Four.

A much, much better answer, but I'm afraid, not a pointless answer.

I'm afraid you didn't find that pointless answer.

But you do get to take home our fabulous Pointless trophy. Very well done.

You've been terrific for two shows.

Done yourselves proud, and your school.

What was the other one you were going to go for?

I'm not as confident as I was before when I thought of it - Paul.

No, Paul was a pretty big scorer, actually - 18.

And Hot Fuzz, that was another one you mentioned, that would have scored 18 as well.

Some quite big scorers. Let's look at the pointless answers.

24 Hour Party People, he played a journalist in that.

Big Nothing, he's in that. Free Jimmy, that's an animation.

He played the character Odd.

Grindhouse - Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez -

he's in a fake trailer in that.

Guest House Paradiso - Rik Mayall and Ade Edmonson - he's in that.

Land of the Dead, he plays "Photo booth zombie".

The Good Night, with Martin Freeman and Gwyneth Paltrow.

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse,

and the Reckoning, also pointless.

Well done if you got those. They were the only nine pointless answers.

-Did you know any of those?

-No.

-None of the nine.

-No.

Well, good.

Well, unfortunately we have to say goodbye,

-but it's been great having you on the show.

-It's been fantastic.

Well, Nick and Andrew didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show,

when we will play for £2,000.

Join us to see if someone can win it. But goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

-..and goodbye from me. Goodbye.