0:00:20 > 0:00:22APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless
0:00:26 > 0:00:32where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet the players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:40First up, we welcome Arnold and Sam. How do you two know each other, Arnold?
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Sam's my grandson.
0:00:42 > 0:00:48- We have far too few grandparent-grandchild partnerships. - That's nice.- Brilliant.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53- We thought there might be a nice spread because there's 50 years between us.- That's brilliant.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56You'll cover so much territory there.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01- Sam, what do you do? - I work in a restaurant. I'm going to university next year in Bristol.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Very good. Arnold, what do you do?
0:01:03 > 0:01:09- I'm retired. I used to be in the fire service.- What do you like to do with your retirement?
0:01:09 > 0:01:12I do a lot of walking in the dales and around where I live.
0:01:12 > 0:01:18I have a small dog that keeps me walking all the time because I can't just leave him inside.
0:01:18 > 0:01:23Indeed. So, local geography would be particularly good for you?
0:01:23 > 0:01:28- Wonderful.- Any other strong areas? - History, politics.- Politics. - I'm quite good at politics.
0:01:28 > 0:01:35- Sam, anything you want to add to that?- Football, music maybe. I'm quite good at geography.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Very good. Welcome, Arnold and Sam. Lovely to have you here.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42Next we welcome Tom and Alex. How do you two know each other?
0:01:42 > 0:01:49- We met at university. We were in the same halls of residence.- Where was that?- The University of Manchester.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54- Very good. What were you studying there?- I was doing Psychology, so I graduated last summer now.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58- Tom's still there, grinding on. - What are you doing, Tom?
0:01:58 > 0:02:02- Biochemistry.- How much longer have you got to go on that?
0:02:02 > 0:02:06I've got two more years. I've got a placement year, then my final year.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12- Where will your placement year be? - I'm lucky enough to be able to go to Florida to work for a year.- Oh, wow!
0:02:12 > 0:02:15- That's going to be fantastic. - I can't wait.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18- So, all science will be good for you, Tom?- Yeah, hopefully.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Although if I get one of them wrong, I will not hear the end of it.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- Alex, what are you hoping will come up?- I'm hoping more for geography,
0:02:26 > 0:02:30so things like currencies, rivers, anything to do with countries.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Anything you're dreading?
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Literature, arts, politics.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Very good indeed. Welcome to the show, Tom and Alex. Lovely to have you here.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44We welcome back Jay and Hannah who were on the show last time.
0:02:44 > 0:02:50Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. Jay, remind us how you know each other.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- We're best friends since school. - Hannah, what happened last time?
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Well, my strong subject is obviously bands with brothers in
0:02:57 > 0:03:02and sisters came up, so unfortunately, I didn't do so well and it was my fault.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07I think it started when I said, "Hannah, why don't you be my partner for Pointless?"
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Hannah, what are you hoping is going to come up today?
0:03:11 > 0:03:15- Sport - cricket, football or tennis. Any sport.- Do you play sport?
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Yeah. I used to captain the Leicestershire women's cricket team.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- Really?- Yeah, and I play football at university.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- So those would be really good? - It would be fantastic.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29- Anything you're hoping doesn't come up?- Anything to do with pop music.
0:03:29 > 0:03:34I can't go through that again. We will not be friends any more after that. This is terrible.
0:03:34 > 0:03:40- Very best of luck to Jay and Hannah. Round Two last time?- Yeah.- Let's hope we see more of you this time.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44Finally, we welcome back Carol and Matt who were also here last time.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48- Carol, remind us how you know each other.- I'm Matt's mum.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52- Matt, tell us what happened last time.- We lost in the head-to-head.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- But you did so well.- Yeah. We had an argument about Apollo 11.
0:03:55 > 0:04:01That was really hard. I can never remember which Apollo mission is which and you had a similar problem.
0:04:01 > 0:04:06- What are you hoping is going to come up today, Carol?- Any sports.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11History, things like the Tudors or the royals possibly would suit me.
0:04:11 > 0:04:18- We discovered you're a specialist nurse, so anything biological would play to your strengths?- Yes, yes.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22If I got one wrong, it won't look too good, but that would be good.
0:04:22 > 0:04:30- Matt, what are you hoping will come up?- I'd like anything... Capital cities or flags or football maybe.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35- That's good. World geography. - History, I've got a little bit of knowledge on that
0:04:35 > 0:04:38because I have to teach it, but it would be embarrassing
0:04:38 > 0:04:44- if I got a question wrong on something that I taught. - You're going to be absolutely fine.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49Primary teachers always do well on Pointless. Best of luck, Carol and Matt, head-to-headers last time.
0:04:49 > 0:04:54We expect great things from you today. We'll find out more about all of you during the show.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58There's only one person left to introduce. When his mind goes blank,
0:04:58 > 0:05:01he has an internal screensaver of obscure information.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- It's my Pointless friend Richard. - Hiya. Hiya.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12- Good afternoon.- Good afternoon to you.- Two returning pairs today.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17Both returning pairs did rather well last time, so they're going to be very tough to beat,
0:05:17 > 0:05:23but it looks like we've got two good new pairs as well. Grandfather, grandson, that's always nice.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28And the grandfather used to be in the fire service. He's a hero as well as a grandfather.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- And on the other podium we've got a biochemist.- Yeah.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36That's good. And also Round Two will suit Alex down to the ground if they can get that far.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41- Everybody's got a little something going for them today.- OK. Good.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44All our questions were put to 100 people before the show.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49To get to the final round, our contestants must find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get,
0:05:49 > 0:05:54so the fewer of the 100 people who knew the answer, the fewer points you will score.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Nobody won the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11APPLAUSE
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:06:19 > 0:06:24In this first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:06:24 > 0:06:30The pair with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated, so try and make sure that's not you.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32OK, our category for Round One is...
0:06:35 > 0:06:41Actors. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49OK, so our question concerns...
0:06:52 > 0:06:57- Richard?- In a moment, Zander's going to show you a list of six actors.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00We're looking for any film with a one-word title
0:07:00 > 0:07:05for which any of those six actors has received an acting credit prior to May 2012.
0:07:05 > 0:07:11No short films, TV films, documentaries, anything like that, but voice performances do count.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15So any of these six actors in any one-word film title. Best of luck.
0:07:15 > 0:07:21OK. Now then, Arnold and Sam, you all drew lots before the show and, today, you are going to go first.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Our six actors are...
0:07:31 > 0:07:33I'll read those all one last time.
0:07:38 > 0:07:44We're just looking for a one-word film title that one of those actors has been in.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48Sam, you'll try and find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53I'm not very good on films, so I'm going to have to go for something a bit more obvious.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Sylvester Stallone...
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Rambo.
0:07:58 > 0:08:05Rambo, says Sam. Let's see if Rambo's right and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Rambo.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08It's right.
0:08:12 > 0:08:1322.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17- APPLAUSE - 22 for Rambo.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21Yes, Rambo, of course, being the 2008 Sylvester Stallone movie,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24not the original which had a much longer title.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28But good answer, Sam. Well played.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Now then, Alex,
0:08:30 > 0:08:32is this good for you?
0:08:32 > 0:08:35It's OK. I do know some, but it's not my strongest subject.
0:08:35 > 0:08:40I think it might be quite obvious. I'm going to go for Richard Gere and Chicago.
0:08:40 > 0:08:46Chicago, says Alex, for Richard Gere. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many said Chicago.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50It's right.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Very well done indeed.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- APPLAUSE - 2 for Chicago. Brilliant.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09Well played, Alex. Earned over 300 million worldwide, won six Academy Awards as well.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13There are a lot of actors and a lot of answers, so a lot of them are very low scorers.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18People have 100 seconds to name as many as they can and after a while, you run out,
0:09:18 > 0:09:22so there are some low scores out there for some quite big films.
0:09:22 > 0:09:27- Hannah...- Everyone's done quite well, so I'll probably have to take a bit of a risk.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32I think that Tom Hanks was in Castaway.
0:09:32 > 0:09:37Castaway, says Hannah. Let's see if that's right and let's see how many of our 100 said Castaway.
0:09:40 > 0:09:46Oh, bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, so you score the maximum of 100 points. Richard?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48He's in it, but it's two words.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- Oh, really?- That's tough. Yeah, Cast Away, I'm afraid.
0:09:51 > 0:09:57Matt, a salutary lesson on the third podium. What are you going to go for?
0:09:57 > 0:10:02I'm glad she just did that. I was not sure, but I thought it was a one-word answer as well.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05I'm going to go with Mel Gibson...
0:10:07 > 0:10:10..and he had a film called Ransom.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15Ransom, says Matt. Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 said it - Ransom.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19It is right.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Oh, very, very well done indeed.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27- APPLAUSE - 2.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Great answer there, Matt.
0:10:30 > 0:10:37- Yes, a Ron Howard film. Good answer. They've started off strongly again. It's got a good plot.- It's great.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41His son is kidnapped for 2 million and instead of paying the ransom,
0:10:41 > 0:10:47- he puts it as a bounty on the kidnapper's head, so everyone is chasing the kidnapper.- Great film.
0:10:47 > 0:10:52- It is a good film.- Thanks, Richard. Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Two lovely low scores there from Alex and Matt, both of you on 2,
0:10:56 > 0:11:01so, Matt and Carol, Alex and Tom looking pretty strong at this stage, I'd say.
0:11:01 > 0:11:07Then up to 22 where we find Sam and Arnold, then up to 100 where we find Hannah and Jay.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12Jay, we need some very low scoring from you and have to hope somebody else makes a mistake.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:11:19 > 0:11:25So we are looking for films with one-word titles starring any of these actors.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- Carol, you are the joint low scorers on 2.- It's a good job!
0:11:28 > 0:11:35The high scorers are Jay and Hannah on 100. If you can score 97 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Film is not my best... I usually fall asleep. That's the main problem.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43However, I'm going to be brave, seeing as Matt's done so well,
0:11:43 > 0:11:48and I will try... Tom Hanks was in Philadelphia.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53Philadelphia, says Carol. Here comes your red line. It's very high.
0:11:53 > 0:11:59If you get below that red line, you are through. Let's see if it's right and how many said Philadelphia.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Absolutely right and you are through.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Very well done. 7.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- APPLAUSE - 7 taking your total up to a single figure, 9.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16- That's fantastic, Carol. - Well done, safely through.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21Tom Hanks won the first of his back-to-back Best Actor Oscars for Philadelphia.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26Now then, Jay, this is where the magic has to happen. You're the high scorers on 100.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30I don't think I'll be good at this either, not much better than Hannah.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33I think I'll have to take a risk
0:12:33 > 0:12:35and all I can think of is a Tom Cruise film.
0:12:35 > 0:12:40It's one of two and I hope I've picked the right one or this will be embarrassing.
0:12:40 > 0:12:46- Magnolia.- Magnolia, says Jay. There's no red line for you as you are the high scorers.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Let's see if Magnolia is right and let's see how many people said it.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Absolutely right.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Very well done, Jay.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Lowest score of the round so far - 1.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05It takes your total up to 101.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Well done, Jay. Best answer yet. That's all you could do.
0:13:08 > 0:13:13Plays a self-help guru. Got nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Magnolia.
0:13:13 > 0:13:19Thanks, Richard. So we are looking for any film that these six actors have been in with a one-word title.
0:13:19 > 0:13:25Now then, Tom, you're on 2. The high scorers on 101 are Jay and Hannah.
0:13:25 > 0:13:30If you can score 98 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:13:30 > 0:13:36I'm pretty sure that before Tom Hanks got all serious with films like Philadelphia,
0:13:36 > 0:13:39he was in a comedy called Big.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Big, says Tom. Is it right and how many people said it?
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Absolutely, well done.
0:13:49 > 0:13:5038. Wow!
0:13:50 > 0:13:52APPLAUSE
0:13:52 > 0:13:58- That's a big score for Big. 38 takes your total up to 40. - It is a big score.
0:13:58 > 0:14:04Everyone remembers Big, Tom Hanks, of course. One of those films that I think will endure, last for ever.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- That's what "endure" means. - Yes, thank you.
0:14:08 > 0:14:14Arnold, you're on 22. The high scorers on 101 are Jay and Hannah.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19If you can score 78 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22This is one of my really bad subjects,
0:14:22 > 0:14:27but I'm hoping it's one word and it will be Mel Gibson - Braveheart.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Braveheart, says Arnold. Here is your red line.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34If you get below that red line, you are through to the next round.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Let's see if Braveheart is right and how many people said it.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39It is right
0:14:39 > 0:14:41and you've done it.
0:14:44 > 0:14:4518.
0:14:45 > 0:14:4918 for Braveheart takes your total up to 40.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54Yeah, good work, Arnold. Won Best Picture and Best Director for Mel Gibson.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59He stars in it too. It's a very good answer. Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.
0:14:59 > 0:15:05Antz, Sylvester Stallone is a voice character. Plays Weaver who is Woody Allen's best friend in that film.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Assassins, that's another Stallone film with Antonio Banderas.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14Tom Hanks is in a re-make of the TV series Dragnet. That's a pointless answer.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18Gallipoli, that's Mel Gibson in an Australian war drama.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23Gigli, that's got Al Pacino. Insomnia is a Christopher Nolan film with Al Pacino in it.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Legend, the Tom Cruise film.
0:15:25 > 0:15:31Maverick, that's Mel Gibson, and Pocahontas, Mel Gibson does voice work in that.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35A few other pointless answers - Cars, Driven, Revolution, Zookeeper.
0:15:35 > 0:15:41Very well done if you said any of those at home. Shall we take a look at the most popular answers?
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Sam's already given us Rambo for 22.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Tom gave us Big for 38. What do you think is top?
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- Rocky?- Rocky.- It is Rocky.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56- Yeah, 58 points that would have scored. - Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:15:56 > 0:16:02So at the end of our first round, the pair who will be leaving us with 101, I'm afraid it's Jay and Hannah.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Bad luck. That was really unfortunate.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Had it been one word, I'm sure it would have been a very low score.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Anyway, Jay and Hannah, it's been lovely having you on the show.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Thank you for playing. Brilliant contestants.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:26 > 0:16:32So four pairs become three pairs and at the end of this round, three pairs become two pairs.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34You all did pretty well in Round One.
0:16:34 > 0:16:39Alex and Matt, you gave the lowest scoring answers which scored 2.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Alex, Richard said you were going to like Round Two.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46- How are you feeling?- Good. I'm hoping it will be geography-related.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51I'm pleased I got through that first round because actors wasn't one of my strong subjects.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Brilliant answer. Lovely low score of 2.
0:16:54 > 0:16:59Very, very best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...
0:17:00 > 0:17:06Money. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second?
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14OK, the question concerns...
0:17:17 > 0:17:21- Richard?- On each pass, we're going to show you the names of six countries.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Tell us the official currency of that country.
0:17:24 > 0:17:30A nice, obscure answer will score fewer points. An incorrect answer, as always, will be 100 points.
0:17:30 > 0:17:36We're looking for their main currency, so if it was the UK, we'd be looking for pounds, not pence.
0:17:36 > 0:17:41- Best of luck to you and at home. See how many of these 12 you can get. - Thanks, Richard.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45We're looking for the main units of currency used in these countries.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47We have got on our first board...
0:17:51 > 0:17:53I'll read those all one last time.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Now then, Sam...
0:18:01 > 0:18:02Um...
0:18:03 > 0:18:08I thought I knew Thailand, but I don't really want to take the risk,
0:18:08 > 0:18:10so I'm going to play safe
0:18:10 > 0:18:13with Germany.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17- It's the euro.- OK, that is safe. Germany, euro, says Sam.
0:18:17 > 0:18:23Let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said the euro for Germany.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26It's right.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28I might as well have got 100.
0:18:28 > 0:18:3084, Sam.
0:18:31 > 0:18:37Yeah, it's a big score, isn't it? A punishing score as well, Germany, the euro, of course.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Now then, Tom...
0:18:40 > 0:18:46I know that the bottom three, when they come up, I probably will recognise them,
0:18:46 > 0:18:50but for the moment, I can't, they're just escaping my mind.
0:18:50 > 0:18:56And with the hope that Alex will do well - no pressure - I'm going to go with India and rupees.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59OK, the rupee, says Tom, for India.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer - rupee.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06It's right.
0:19:07 > 0:19:0963.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11APPLAUSE
0:19:12 > 0:19:16Yeah, another big score, isn't it, for rupee?
0:19:16 > 0:19:23- It's supposedly a closed currency. You're not allowed to take it in or out of India.- I've got some at home.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Are you serious?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27You're not serious, though?
0:19:27 > 0:19:31- You've got rupees at home? - I smuggled them out.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34OK, just... I'll do the rest of the show.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39You've got to get home, you've got to take that money, take it to the Indian Embassy,
0:19:39 > 0:19:44put it on the doorstep of the Indian Embassy. It's the only way you'll get away with this.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47I can't believe you've done that.
0:19:47 > 0:19:54- What were you thinking?- I don't know. I just had it in my pocket. It was just for personal use.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58I literally can't believe you've said that.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01LAUGHTER
0:20:01 > 0:20:06Did you not see the poster saying, "Please don't take rupees out of the country"?
0:20:06 > 0:20:11You're going to get done by the police. You're going to go to prison!
0:20:11 > 0:20:15You're going to prison and someone else will have to present the show.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Who should we get? Sue Barker.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19She'd be brilliant.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24While you're in prison for, let's say, 30 years... How many rupees have you got?
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Quite a lot.
0:20:28 > 0:20:34Oh, you're going to prison for a long time and me and Sue Barker are going to be a new team.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36LAUGHTER
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Oh, dear... Right, Matt, Matt...
0:20:39 > 0:20:45Moment of truth. The easy ones have been taken off the table there, which might be brilliant.
0:20:45 > 0:20:51You might have to come up with an answer that you perhaps didn't know you knew. Talk us through the board.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54I think Thailand is the baht.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56I think Poland is the zloty.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Hungary, I don't know.
0:20:58 > 0:21:05Croatia, I didn't know until last week when I was talking to my deputy head in the staff room
0:21:05 > 0:21:11because she is going there on holiday and she was quizzing me when she found out I was going on Pointless
0:21:11 > 0:21:16and I think that is the kuna, so that's what I'll go for - Croatia, kuna.
0:21:16 > 0:21:22Kuna, says Matt. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer - kuna.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Very well done, indeed, Matt.
0:21:31 > 0:21:37It's a pointless answer! Very well done! That adds £250 to today's jackpot.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40It takes the total up to £2,250.
0:21:40 > 0:21:46And it scores you nothing. Very, very well played, Matt. Brilliant.
0:21:46 > 0:21:51Brilliant, Matt. Well done. KU-N-A, the kuna. Who's your Deputy Head?
0:21:51 > 0:21:57- Lindy Ackroyd. It pays to listen to your boss!- It does. Hats off, Lindy. Have fun in Croatia.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59100 lipa in a kuna.
0:21:59 > 0:22:05- That's brilliant.- You haven't got any of that at home, have you? - LAUGHTER
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Why?
0:22:11 > 0:22:17Let's take a look at the rest. Thailand, you're right is the baht. It would have scored 29.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22Poland is the zloty. It would have scored 14. Both very useful in Scrabble.
0:22:22 > 0:22:29And Hungary is the forint, which would have scored you 8 points.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34Croatia the best answer. Very well done if you got that and you're Deputy Head at Matt's school.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39There you go. Lindy Ackroyd. Thanks, Richard. Halfway through. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:22:39 > 0:22:46Fabulous low score there for Matt. Matt and Carol, once again the low scorers halfway through.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50Then we travel up to 63, Tom and Alex.
0:22:50 > 0:22:57And then up to 84, Sam and Arnold. Arnold, we need a brilliant answer from you to keep you in the game.
0:22:57 > 0:23:03We'll come back down the line now. Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:23:03 > 0:23:08OK, we are going to put six more countries on the board. We have got...
0:23:08 > 0:23:10HE READS THE LIST
0:23:16 > 0:23:19I'll read those all one last time.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27Now, remember, we are looking for the main unit of currency.
0:23:27 > 0:23:33Carol, you want the one the fewest people knew. You're on nothing. A brilliant answer from Matt.
0:23:33 > 0:23:40The high scorers are Arnold and Sam on 84. A score of 83 or less sees you through to the next round.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44It's not a good round for me, really, if I'm honest.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48It's a good job Matt's done well is what I would say.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53I think I'll play safe because it's not a strong round for me.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57I just will go with the United States and the US dollar.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59OK, the dollar says Carol.
0:23:59 > 0:24:04Here is your red line. If you come below that,
0:24:04 > 0:24:09you'll avoid becoming the high scorers and you'll go through. Is it right? How many said it?
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Wow. 97. 97 for the dollar.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18That takes your total up to 97.
0:24:18 > 0:24:24Big score. The most traded denomination in the world. Mentioned in Macbeth and The Tempest.
0:24:24 > 0:24:30The word originally comes from the mines of the Czech Republic where they got silver from.
0:24:30 > 0:24:37- They were mined in a valley called Thaler, where it came from originally.- Yes, interesting.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Now, Alex, 63 is your score. 97 is the high score.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45If you can score 33 or less, you go through to the Head to Head.
0:24:45 > 0:24:51OK. This is a good category for me. I know all of them, apart from Tunisia.
0:24:51 > 0:24:56I went to South Korea in December, actually, so I'll go with that
0:24:56 > 0:25:03- and I'll say the won.- The won, says Alex, for South Korea. Is it right? How many people said the won?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06It's right.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Yes, you're through! Very well done.
0:25:11 > 0:25:16And it's a pointless answer! Very, very well done, Alex.
0:25:16 > 0:25:22That adds another £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £2,500.
0:25:22 > 0:25:27- It scores you nothing and leaves your total at 63. - Wow. What a round.
0:25:27 > 0:25:33- Two pointless answers. Alex does know her currencies. - Thank you, Richard. Now...
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Arnold, the high scorers at the moment on 97
0:25:36 > 0:25:44are Carol and Matt. If you can score 12 or less, you'll go through to the Head to Head.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48- You can talk us through the board if you like.- I wish I could.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52There's only two there, I think, that I know.
0:25:52 > 0:25:58- I'll go for Mexico and the peseta. - Mexico, peseta, says Arnold. Mexico, peseta.
0:25:58 > 0:26:04Here's your red line. It's low. Let's see if peseta's right and how many people said it.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Bad luck, Arnold.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13That's an incorrect answer so you score the maximum 100 points.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18That takes your total up to an unbeatable 184. Sorry.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Yeah, it's the peso, I'm afraid. Even if you had said peso,
0:26:22 > 0:26:2731 wouldn't have seen you through. You had a tough choice to make.
0:26:27 > 0:26:32Switzerland is the Swiss franc. That scored 35. Two answers that would have seen you through -
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Kenya is the shilling. Well done if you got that.
0:26:35 > 0:26:40And Tunisia is the dinar. Dinar would have scored two.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44So won is the best answer on that board.
0:26:44 > 0:26:50Thanks very much, Richard. So at the end of our second round, the losing pair is Arnold and Sam.
0:26:51 > 0:26:58Arnold, Sam, we have to say goodbye, but we will see you again next time when we won't have these currencies.
0:26:58 > 0:27:03- We'll look forward to that. Thanks very much for playing. - Thank you.
0:27:05 > 0:27:11But for the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting as we enter the Head to Head.
0:27:15 > 0:27:20Congratulations, Tom and Alex, Carol and Matt. You are one round from the final
0:27:20 > 0:27:24and the chance to play for our jackpot, which stands at £2,500.
0:27:28 > 0:27:34OK, you're now going to go Head to Head and the first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38You are now allowed to confer. Carol and Matt, you've been here before.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42You have been here before, but this time you face newcomers.
0:27:42 > 0:27:49- How are you feeling? - Well, em...quietly confident, but, you know...
0:27:49 > 0:27:55all opposition is opposition and the questions are so random, you really can't say.
0:27:55 > 0:28:01- We would just say good luck and may the best man win.- Best of luck. Let's play the Head to Head!
0:28:07 > 0:28:13OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...famous musicians and their instruments.
0:28:13 > 0:28:19- Richard?- We're going to show you five pictures now of famous musicians.
0:28:19 > 0:28:24You need to tell us with which musical instrument are they most closely associated.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28OK, thanks. Let's reveal our five famous musicians.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30We have got...
0:28:44 > 0:28:49There we are. Five famous musicians.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53Tom and Alex, you've played best so far, so you go first.
0:29:02 > 0:29:07We only know one for certain. We could probably guess at the others.
0:29:07 > 0:29:14I say certain. If it's wrong now, we look stupid. We're going to go for C and violin.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16C, violin.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19C, violin. Now then, Carol and Matt,
0:29:19 > 0:29:21you can talk us through the board.
0:29:21 > 0:29:27- Over to my mum. - OK, I think that B is Acker Bilk
0:29:27 > 0:29:29and I think he was saxophone.
0:29:29 > 0:29:34I think that D might be a smiling Kenny Ball with a trumpet.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36He always had the trumpet in front.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40I'm sorry, I don't know who the scary man, E, is!
0:29:40 > 0:29:46Apologies to him. A looks a bit like a sort of Glenn Miller type of person,
0:29:46 > 0:29:50but I'm not sure. So I think we will go with...
0:29:50 > 0:29:55probably B, Acker Bilk and the saxophone.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57You're going to say B, saxophone.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01So we have C, violin, and B, saxophone.
0:30:01 > 0:30:06Tom and Alex have said violin for C. Let's see if that's right and how many said it.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Absolutely right.
0:30:12 > 0:30:1437.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22Carol and Matt have said B, saxophone.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26B, saxophone. Is that right? How many people said that?
0:30:29 > 0:30:37Bad luck, Carol and Matt. That means, Tom and Alex, you are up one-nil. Richard?
0:30:37 > 0:30:42Well played. It is Acker Bilk, the best answer, but it's clarinet.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46Sorry. Would have scored 3 points as well. Would have been terrific.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50A is a Glenn Miller type. In fact, it's Glenn Miller.
0:30:50 > 0:30:56You can't get more Glenn Millery than that. He is most associated with the trombone. 7 points.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00Another very good answer. C is Vanessa-Mae.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04D is not Kenny Ball. It's James Galway and the answer is flute.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07That would have scored 11.
0:31:07 > 0:31:13- And E. He looks a bit like Stephen King. You know who that is.- I do! - That's Julian Lloyd Webber.
0:31:13 > 0:31:18It's not a great shot of him. I sat in front of him at the football recently and in the flesh
0:31:18 > 0:31:24he looks a great deal better. Anyway, he plays the cello and that would have scored you 20 points.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Thanks very much, Richard.
0:31:27 > 0:31:32Here comes your second question. Carol and Matt, you have to win this. Very best of luck.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36Our second question concerns... vegetables.
0:31:36 > 0:31:42- Vegetables, Richard?- It gets even better. We'll show you names of five culinary vegetables,
0:31:42 > 0:31:47but in anagram form. Can you unscramble them and tell us the most obscure? Good luck.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51- And here they are. We have got... - HE READS THE LIST
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Let me read those all one last time.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07There we are. Five vegetables in anagrammatic form.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11Carol and Matt, you go first this time.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13THEY CONFER
0:32:18 > 0:32:20We'll have to go with that one.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24Air Bungee - aubergine.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27Aubergine for Air Bungee. Aubergine.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31Now then, Tom and Alex. You can talk us through the board.
0:32:31 > 0:32:36Well, the top one we've got as lettuce, Ape is pea
0:32:36 > 0:32:39and Awful Recoil is cauliflower. We'll go for Teak Choir,
0:32:39 > 0:32:45- which is artichoke.- Artichoke say Tom and Alex for Teak Choir.
0:32:45 > 0:32:51- Now, Carol and Matt, is that a glance that said, "We didn't get that!"?- That's the one.
0:32:51 > 0:32:56Let's see if our 100 people had a similar problem getting it.
0:32:56 > 0:33:02Carol and Matt went with aubergine. Is that right? How many people said aubergine for Air Bungee?
0:33:04 > 0:33:06It's right.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12Ten!
0:33:14 > 0:33:17Ten for aubergine.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Now then, Tom and Alex, you said artichoke for Teak Choir.
0:33:20 > 0:33:26If you win this question, you go straight through to the final, 2-0. Is it right?
0:33:26 > 0:33:30And if it is right, let's see if it beats aubergine.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32It's right.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40Oh, it does! Look at that - seven for artichoke! Very well done,
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Tom and Alex.
0:33:42 > 0:33:48Which means after only two questions you go through to the final, 2-0. Very well done.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52Best two answers up there. Well done, both teams.
0:33:52 > 0:33:58Aubergine, botanically, is a fruit, but counted as a vegetable in everyday use.
0:33:58 > 0:34:03Do you know where the word aubergine comes from? From the Sanskrit for "fart go away".
0:34:03 > 0:34:07- LAUGHTER - Seriously?- It didn't produce gases.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11Let's take a look at the rest. Cult Tee is lettuce.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13It would have scored 34.
0:34:13 > 0:34:19Ape, obviously, pea. That would have scored 95. Might be our biggest-ever anagram score.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23And Awful Recoil is cauliflower. That scored 24.
0:34:23 > 0:34:28- Terrific Head to Head. Well played. - Thanks, Richard. So at the end of our Head to Head,
0:34:28 > 0:34:34I'm afraid the losing pair, who will be leaving us for good, is Carol and Matt.
0:34:34 > 0:34:39You've played so well throughout both shows and come unstuck on the Head to Head.
0:34:39 > 0:34:46- Aubergine was a great answer there. A few seconds longer and maybe you'd have got artichoke.- Maybe.
0:34:46 > 0:34:51- Really tough.- I'd blame Matt's Deputy Heads for not doing anagrams.
0:34:51 > 0:34:57- Yeah.- Well, if Lindy perhaps spent a little bit more time in the staff room on anagrams
0:34:57 > 0:35:03- instead of banging on about Croatia...- I know. All right, Lindy. We've all been to Croatia, OK?
0:35:03 > 0:35:07Leave it now. Just more vegetable anagrams, please.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10- Yeah, I think so. - Poor old Matt's done nothing wrong.
0:35:10 > 0:35:15- I know.- I know you can't have a go at Lindy cos she's your boss,
0:35:15 > 0:35:20but she's let you down quite badly, hasn't she?
0:35:22 > 0:35:28Well, Carol and Matt, it's been wonderful having you on the show. You've been brilliant contestants.
0:35:30 > 0:35:35But for Tom and Alex it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:37 > 0:35:43Well, congratulations, Tom and Alex. You fought off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:35:49 > 0:35:55You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, which stands at £2,500.
0:35:58 > 0:36:03You've done incredibly well. We've taken you through films, currencies,
0:36:03 > 0:36:08musicians and their instruments, vegetables. A 2-0 victory in the Head to Head there.
0:36:08 > 0:36:13So here you are in the final round. Anything you'd like to see come up?
0:36:13 > 0:36:16I'd love football to come up.
0:36:16 > 0:36:23In my family, everyone supports football from Lincoln, Notts County, even Fulham - my sister's a fan.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27- There's pointless things about Fulham.- Don't say "even Fulham"!
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Can you believe that?
0:36:31 > 0:36:37- OK, football. Anything you'd like to see, Alex?- Again, just geography, anything related to countries.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40I'm not very good at sport, so...
0:36:40 > 0:36:44Very, very best of luck to the pair of you.
0:36:44 > 0:36:50To win, all you have to do is find a pointless answer. We've had two today. One was yours, Alex.
0:36:50 > 0:36:55So you only have to find one more to go home with that money. First, choose a category.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59You can choose from these five options.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09- That's a no brainer.- Yeah. - Of course!
0:37:09 > 0:37:15- Tom, the biochemist.- Yeah, no pressure(!) We'll go for Chemistry.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19Fair enough. Let's find out what the question is.
0:37:19 > 0:37:26We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many chemical elements with 10 or more letters in their name.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30- Richard?- Any chemical element currently in the Periodic Table
0:37:30 > 0:37:36- that has 10 letters or more in its name, please.- OK, you now have up to one minute
0:37:36 > 0:37:41to come up with three answers. All you need to win that £2,500 is for one to be pointless.
0:37:41 > 0:37:46- Are you ready?- Yeah.- OK. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:37:46 > 0:37:52- There they are. Your time starts now. - OK, I don't know any!- I have one.
0:37:52 > 0:37:57- Molybdenum. I'm pretty sure that's 10 letters.- I'm trying to think back to school.
0:37:57 > 0:38:04- There's loads beginning with U at the bottom. I should know more. - Potassium's not 10, is it?
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Einsteinium?
0:38:08 > 0:38:12Yeah, I think that's... Einsteinium.
0:38:16 > 0:38:22- Oh, I should know more than this. - Which have we got already?
0:38:22 > 0:38:24- Molybdenum.- And Einsteinium.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28Oh, I should know more.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35- I just don't know. I'm no help at all.- 15 seconds.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42- 10 seconds left.- I can't think of another one.- OK, just go with...
0:38:42 > 0:38:46- We'll have to...- Say potassium. That's not even 10 letters.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51OK, there's your time up.
0:38:51 > 0:38:56We were looking for chemical elements with 10 or more letters. I need three answers.
0:38:56 > 0:39:02OK, we're going to go for potassium, even though we're not quite sure how many letters are in it.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06- Einsteinium.- Einsteinium. - And molybdenum.- And molybdenum.
0:39:06 > 0:39:12- Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer? - Molybdenum.- We'll put it last.
0:39:12 > 0:39:17- Which is least likely?- Potassium! - It'll go first. OK.
0:39:17 > 0:39:22Let's put those up on the board in that order. Here they are.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29There we are. chemical elements with 10 or more letters to their name.
0:39:29 > 0:39:36Potassium was your least confident answer. You only need one pointless answer to win that £2,500 jackpot.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40Potassium - is it right? If it is, how many said it?
0:39:42 > 0:39:45- Ooh! Incorrect. Nine letters. - Great surprise, that one(!)
0:39:45 > 0:39:52Unfortunately, it's not a pointless answer, but to be fair to poor old potassium, it was filling a place.
0:39:52 > 0:39:58So you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot. This is where the game proper starts.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01What would you do with £2,500, Tom?
0:40:01 > 0:40:07With me going to America, it would definitely help set myself up over there,
0:40:07 > 0:40:13- you know, buy a car maybe over there and just make it more enjoyable when I first go over.- Very good.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17- Alex, how about you?- I'd learn to drive. Everyone keeps nagging me,
0:40:17 > 0:40:21- so I'm going to finally do it if I get the money.- Very good.
0:40:21 > 0:40:26Very best of luck. We want chemical elements with 10 or more letters.
0:40:26 > 0:40:32Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Einsteinium. This has to be correct, then pointless
0:40:32 > 0:40:37for you to win that jackpot. So for £2,500, how many people said Einsteinium?
0:40:39 > 0:40:43OK. Your first answer, potassium, was incorrect.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47But we're now onto your proper answers.
0:40:47 > 0:40:52This is your first of those. Down it goes. If it stops at zero...
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Very, very well done! Brilliant!
0:40:57 > 0:41:01- Superb. That's just brilliant. - Thank you.- Fantastic.
0:41:06 > 0:41:13Oh, congratulations, Tom and Alex. Einsteinium, a pointless answer, which means you go home
0:41:13 > 0:41:15with a jackpot of £2,500.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20- CHEERING - That's brilliant. Well done, you.
0:41:23 > 0:41:29Yeah, that turned out pretty nicely, didn't it, in the end? You've been terrific all the way through.
0:41:29 > 0:41:35Chemistry coming up, terrific. Einsteinium - great answer. First isolated in 1952.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39It was in the residue of the first thermonuclear test explosions.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43Molybdenum, your other answer, would have scored four points.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Oh!
0:41:45 > 0:41:48So Einsteinium was the one that did it for you.
0:41:48 > 0:41:54Let's look at the other pointless answers. You'll know some of them. Copernicium, Darmstadtium,
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Dysprosium as well.
0:41:56 > 0:42:02There's Einsteinium. Gadolinium, Meitnerium. Well done if you said that at home.
0:42:02 > 0:42:07Seaborgium, Promethium, Protactinium. All pointless.
0:42:07 > 0:42:13Very well done if you said those, but terrifically well done here. That's very, very well played.
0:42:13 > 0:42:21Very well done indeed. Thanks once again to our winners, Tom and Alex, who go away with £2,500.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29Join us next time for more obscure knowledge.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33- Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard. - Goodbye.- And goodbye from me.
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