Episode 65 Pointless

APPLAUSE

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

where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet the players.

First up, we welcome Arnold and Sam. How do you two know each other, Arnold?

Sam's my grandson.

-We have far too few grandparent-grandchild partnerships.

-That's nice.

-Brilliant.

-We thought there might be a nice spread because there's 50 years between us.

-That's brilliant.

You'll cover so much territory there.

-Sam, what do you do?

-I work in a restaurant. I'm going to university next year in Bristol.

Very good. Arnold, what do you do?

-I'm retired. I used to be in the fire service.

-What do you like to do with your retirement?

I do a lot of walking in the dales and around where I live.

I have a small dog that keeps me walking all the time because I can't just leave him inside.

Indeed. So, local geography would be particularly good for you?

-Wonderful.

-Any other strong areas?

-History, politics.

-Politics.

-I'm quite good at politics.

-Sam, anything you want to add to that?

-Football, music maybe. I'm quite good at geography.

Very good. Welcome, Arnold and Sam. Lovely to have you here.

Next we welcome Tom and Alex. How do you two know each other?

-We met at university. We were in the same halls of residence.

-Where was that?

-The University of Manchester.

-Very good. What were you studying there?

-I was doing Psychology, so I graduated last summer now.

-Tom's still there, grinding on.

-What are you doing, Tom?

-Biochemistry.

-How much longer have you got to go on that?

I've got two more years. I've got a placement year, then my final year.

-Where will your placement year be?

-I'm lucky enough to be able to go to Florida to work for a year.

-Oh, wow!

-That's going to be fantastic.

-I can't wait.

-So, all science will be good for you, Tom?

-Yeah, hopefully.

Although if I get one of them wrong, I will not hear the end of it.

-Alex, what are you hoping will come up?

-I'm hoping more for geography,

so things like currencies, rivers, anything to do with countries.

Anything you're dreading?

Literature, arts, politics.

Very good indeed. Welcome to the show, Tom and Alex. Lovely to have you here.

We welcome back Jay and Hannah who were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final. Jay, remind us how you know each other.

-We're best friends since school.

-Hannah, what happened last time?

Well, my strong subject is obviously bands with brothers in

and sisters came up, so unfortunately, I didn't do so well and it was my fault.

I think it started when I said, "Hannah, why don't you be my partner for Pointless?"

Hannah, what are you hoping is going to come up today?

-Sport - cricket, football or tennis. Any sport.

-Do you play sport?

Yeah. I used to captain the Leicestershire women's cricket team.

-Really?

-Yeah, and I play football at university.

-So those would be really good?

-It would be fantastic.

-Anything you're hoping doesn't come up?

-Anything to do with pop music.

I can't go through that again. We will not be friends any more after that. This is terrible.

-Very best of luck to Jay and Hannah. Round Two last time?

-Yeah.

-Let's hope we see more of you this time.

Finally, we welcome back Carol and Matt who were also here last time.

-Carol, remind us how you know each other.

-I'm Matt's mum.

-Matt, tell us what happened last time.

-We lost in the head-to-head.

-But you did so well.

-Yeah. We had an argument about Apollo 11.

That was really hard. I can never remember which Apollo mission is which and you had a similar problem.

-What are you hoping is going to come up today, Carol?

-Any sports.

History, things like the Tudors or the royals possibly would suit me.

-We discovered you're a specialist nurse, so anything biological would play to your strengths?

-Yes, yes.

If I got one wrong, it won't look too good, but that would be good.

-Matt, what are you hoping will come up?

-I'd like anything... Capital cities or flags or football maybe.

-That's good. World geography.

-History, I've got a little bit of knowledge on that

because I have to teach it, but it would be embarrassing

-if I got a question wrong on something that I taught.

-You're going to be absolutely fine.

Primary teachers always do well on Pointless. Best of luck, Carol and Matt, head-to-headers last time.

We expect great things from you today. We'll find out more about all of you during the show.

There's only one person left to introduce. When his mind goes blank,

he has an internal screensaver of obscure information.

-It's my Pointless friend Richard.

-Hiya. Hiya.

-Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you.

-Two returning pairs today.

Both returning pairs did rather well last time, so they're going to be very tough to beat,

but it looks like we've got two good new pairs as well. Grandfather, grandson, that's always nice.

And the grandfather used to be in the fire service. He's a hero as well as a grandfather.

-And on the other podium we've got a biochemist.

-Yeah.

That's good. And also Round Two will suit Alex down to the ground if they can get that far.

-Everybody's got a little something going for them today.

-OK. Good.

All our questions were 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 people who knew the answer, the fewer points you will score.

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

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

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

Today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.

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Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

In this first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer with your partner.

The pair with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated, so try and make sure that's not you.

OK, our category for Round One is...

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

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

OK, so our question concerns...

-Richard?

-In a moment, Zander's going to show you a list of six actors.

We're looking for any film with a one-word title

for which any of those six actors has received an acting credit prior to May 2012.

No short films, TV films, documentaries, anything like that, but voice performances do count.

So any of these six actors in any one-word film title. Best of luck.

OK. Now then, Arnold and Sam, you all drew lots before the show and, today, you are going to go first.

Our six actors are...

I'll read those all one last time.

We're just looking for a one-word film title that one of those actors has been in.

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

I'm not very good on films, so I'm going to have to go for something a bit more obvious.

Sylvester Stallone...

Rambo.

Rambo, says Sam. Let's see if Rambo's right and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Rambo.

It's right.

22.

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-22 for Rambo.

Yes, Rambo, of course, being the 2008 Sylvester Stallone movie,

not the original which had a much longer title.

But good answer, Sam. Well played.

Now then, Alex,

is this good for you?

It's OK. I do know some, but it's not my strongest subject.

I think it might be quite obvious. I'm going to go for Richard Gere and Chicago.

Chicago, says Alex, for Richard Gere. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many said Chicago.

It's right.

Very well done indeed.

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-2 for Chicago. Brilliant.

Well played, Alex. Earned over 300 million worldwide, won six Academy Awards as well.

There are a lot of actors and a lot of answers, so a lot of them are very low scorers.

People have 100 seconds to name as many as they can and after a while, you run out,

so there are some low scores out there for some quite big films.

-Hannah...

-Everyone's done quite well, so I'll probably have to take a bit of a risk.

I think that Tom Hanks was in Castaway.

Castaway, says Hannah. Let's see if that's right and let's see how many of our 100 said Castaway.

Oh, bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, so you score the maximum of 100 points. Richard?

He's in it, but it's two words.

-Oh, really?

-That's tough. Yeah, Cast Away, I'm afraid.

Matt, a salutary lesson on the third podium. What are you going to go for?

I'm glad she just did that. I was not sure, but I thought it was a one-word answer as well.

I'm going to go with Mel Gibson...

..and he had a film called Ransom.

Ransom, says Matt. Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 said it - Ransom.

It is right.

Oh, very, very well done indeed.

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-2.

Great answer there, Matt.

-Yes, a Ron Howard film. Good answer. They've started off strongly again. It's got a good plot.

-It's great.

His son is kidnapped for 2 million and instead of paying the ransom,

-he puts it as a bounty on the kidnapper's head, so everyone is chasing the kidnapper.

-Great film.

-It is a good film.

-Thanks, Richard. Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

Two lovely low scores there from Alex and Matt, both of you on 2,

so, Matt and Carol, Alex and Tom looking pretty strong at this stage, I'd say.

Then up to 22 where we find Sam and Arnold, then up to 100 where we find Hannah and Jay.

Jay, we need some very low scoring from you and have to hope somebody else makes a mistake.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

So we are looking for films with one-word titles starring any of these actors.

-Carol, you are the joint low scorers on 2.

-It's a good job!

The high scorers are Jay and Hannah on 100. If you can score 97 or less, you are through to the next round.

Film is not my best... I usually fall asleep. That's the main problem.

However, I'm going to be brave, seeing as Matt's done so well,

and I will try... Tom Hanks was in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, says Carol. Here comes your red line. It's very high.

If you get below that red line, you are through. Let's see if it's right and how many said Philadelphia.

Absolutely right and you are through.

Very well done. 7.

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-7 taking your total up to a single figure, 9.

-That's fantastic, Carol.

-Well done, safely through.

Tom Hanks won the first of his back-to-back Best Actor Oscars for Philadelphia.

Now then, Jay, this is where the magic has to happen. You're the high scorers on 100.

I don't think I'll be good at this either, not much better than Hannah.

I think I'll have to take a risk

and all I can think of is a Tom Cruise film.

It's one of two and I hope I've picked the right one or this will be embarrassing.

-Magnolia.

-Magnolia, says Jay. There's no red line for you as you are the high scorers.

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

Absolutely right.

Very well done, Jay.

Lowest score of the round so far - 1.

It takes your total up to 101.

Well done, Jay. Best answer yet. That's all you could do.

Plays a self-help guru. Got nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Magnolia.

Thanks, Richard. So we are looking for any film that these six actors have been in with a one-word title.

Now then, Tom, you're on 2. The high scorers on 101 are Jay and Hannah.

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

I'm pretty sure that before Tom Hanks got all serious with films like Philadelphia,

he was in a comedy called Big.

Big, says Tom. Is it right and how many people said it?

Absolutely, well done.

38. Wow!

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-That's a big score for Big. 38 takes your total up to 40.

-It is a big score.

Everyone remembers Big, Tom Hanks, of course. One of those films that I think will endure, last for ever.

-That's what "endure" means.

-Yes, thank you.

Arnold, you're on 22. The high scorers on 101 are Jay and Hannah.

If you can score 78 or less, you are through to the next round.

This is one of my really bad subjects,

but I'm hoping it's one word and it will be Mel Gibson - Braveheart.

Braveheart, says Arnold. Here is your red line.

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

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

It is right

and you've done it.

18.

18 for Braveheart takes your total up to 40.

Yeah, good work, Arnold. Won Best Picture and Best Director for Mel Gibson.

He stars in it too. It's a very good answer. Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.

Antz, Sylvester Stallone is a voice character. Plays Weaver who is Woody Allen's best friend in that film.

Assassins, that's another Stallone film with Antonio Banderas.

Tom Hanks is in a re-make of the TV series Dragnet. That's a pointless answer.

Gallipoli, that's Mel Gibson in an Australian war drama.

Gigli, that's got Al Pacino. Insomnia is a Christopher Nolan film with Al Pacino in it.

Legend, the Tom Cruise film.

Maverick, that's Mel Gibson, and Pocahontas, Mel Gibson does voice work in that.

A few other pointless answers - Cars, Driven, Revolution, Zookeeper.

Very well done if you said any of those at home. Shall we take a look at the most popular answers?

Sam's already given us Rambo for 22.

Tom gave us Big for 38. What do you think is top?

-Rocky?

-Rocky.

-It is Rocky.

-Yeah, 58 points that would have scored.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So at the end of our first round, the pair who will be leaving us with 101, I'm afraid it's Jay and Hannah.

Bad luck. That was really unfortunate.

Had it been one word, I'm sure it would have been a very low score.

Anyway, Jay and Hannah, it's been lovely having you on the show.

Thank you for playing. Brilliant contestants.

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

So four pairs become three pairs and at the end of this round, three pairs become two pairs.

You all did pretty well in Round One.

Alex and Matt, you gave the lowest scoring answers which scored 2.

Alex, Richard said you were going to like Round Two.

-How are you feeling?

-Good. I'm hoping it will be geography-related.

I'm pleased I got through that first round because actors wasn't one of my strong subjects.

Brilliant answer. Lovely low score of 2.

Very, very best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...

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

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

OK, the question concerns...

-Richard?

-On each pass, we're going to show you the names of six countries.

Tell us the official currency of that country.

A nice, obscure answer will score fewer points. An incorrect answer, as always, will be 100 points.

We're looking for their main currency, so if it was the UK, we'd be looking for pounds, not pence.

-Best of luck to you and at home. See how many of these 12 you can get.

-Thanks, Richard.

We're looking for the main units of currency used in these countries.

We have got on our first board...

I'll read those all one last time.

Now then, Sam...

Um...

I thought I knew Thailand, but I don't really want to take the risk,

so I'm going to play safe

with Germany.

-It's the euro.

-OK, that is safe. Germany, euro, says Sam.

Let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said the euro for Germany.

It's right.

I might as well have got 100.

84, Sam.

Yeah, it's a big score, isn't it? A punishing score as well, Germany, the euro, of course.

Now then, Tom...

I know that the bottom three, when they come up, I probably will recognise them,

but for the moment, I can't, they're just escaping my mind.

And with the hope that Alex will do well - no pressure - I'm going to go with India and rupees.

OK, the rupee, says Tom, for India.

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

It's right.

63.

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Yeah, another big score, isn't it, for rupee?

-It's supposedly a closed currency. You're not allowed to take it in or out of India.

-I've got some at home.

Are you serious?

You're not serious, though?

-You've got rupees at home?

-I smuggled them out.

OK, just... I'll do the rest of the show.

You've got to get home, you've got to take that money, take it to the Indian Embassy,

put it on the doorstep of the Indian Embassy. It's the only way you'll get away with this.

I can't believe you've done that.

-What were you thinking?

-I don't know. I just had it in my pocket. It was just for personal use.

I literally can't believe you've said that.

LAUGHTER

Did you not see the poster saying, "Please don't take rupees out of the country"?

You're going to get done by the police. You're going to go to prison!

You're going to prison and someone else will have to present the show.

Who should we get? Sue Barker.

She'd be brilliant.

While you're in prison for, let's say, 30 years... How many rupees have you got?

Quite a lot.

Oh, you're going to prison for a long time and me and Sue Barker are going to be a new team.

LAUGHTER

Oh, dear... Right, Matt, Matt...

Moment of truth. The easy ones have been taken off the table there, which might be brilliant.

You might have to come up with an answer that you perhaps didn't know you knew. Talk us through the board.

I think Thailand is the baht.

I think Poland is the zloty.

Hungary, I don't know.

Croatia, I didn't know until last week when I was talking to my deputy head in the staff room

because she is going there on holiday and she was quizzing me when she found out I was going on Pointless

and I think that is the kuna, so that's what I'll go for - Croatia, kuna.

Kuna, says Matt. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people knew that answer - kuna.

Very well done, indeed, Matt.

It's a pointless answer! Very well done! That adds £250 to today's jackpot.

It takes the total up to £2,250.

And it scores you nothing. Very, very well played, Matt. Brilliant.

Brilliant, Matt. Well done. KU-N-A, the kuna. Who's your Deputy Head?

-Lindy Ackroyd. It pays to listen to your boss!

-It does. Hats off, Lindy. Have fun in Croatia.

100 lipa in a kuna.

-That's brilliant.

-You haven't got any of that at home, have you?

-LAUGHTER

Why?

Let's take a look at the rest. Thailand, you're right is the baht. It would have scored 29.

Poland is the zloty. It would have scored 14. Both very useful in Scrabble.

And Hungary is the forint, which would have scored you 8 points.

Croatia the best answer. Very well done if you got that and you're Deputy Head at Matt's school.

There you go. Lindy Ackroyd. Thanks, Richard. Halfway through. Let's take a look at the scores.

Fabulous low score there for Matt. Matt and Carol, once again the low scorers halfway through.

Then we travel up to 63, Tom and Alex.

And then up to 84, Sam and Arnold. Arnold, we need a brilliant answer from you to keep you in the game.

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

OK, we are going to put six more countries on the board. We have got...

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one last time.

Now, remember, we are looking for the main unit of currency.

Carol, you want the one the fewest people knew. You're on nothing. A brilliant answer from Matt.

The high scorers are Arnold and Sam on 84. A score of 83 or less sees you through to the next round.

It's not a good round for me, really, if I'm honest.

It's a good job Matt's done well is what I would say.

I think I'll play safe because it's not a strong round for me.

I just will go with the United States and the US dollar.

OK, the dollar says Carol.

Here is your red line. If you come below that,

you'll avoid becoming the high scorers and you'll go through. Is it right? How many said it?

Wow. 97. 97 for the dollar.

That takes your total up to 97.

Big score. The most traded denomination in the world. Mentioned in Macbeth and The Tempest.

The word originally comes from the mines of the Czech Republic where they got silver from.

-They were mined in a valley called Thaler, where it came from originally.

-Yes, interesting.

Now, Alex, 63 is your score. 97 is the high score.

If you can score 33 or less, you go through to the Head to Head.

OK. This is a good category for me. I know all of them, apart from Tunisia.

I went to South Korea in December, actually, so I'll go with that

-and I'll say the won.

-The won, says Alex, for South Korea. Is it right? How many people said the won?

It's right.

Yes, you're through! Very well done.

And it's a pointless answer! Very, very well done, Alex.

That adds another £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £2,500.

-It scores you nothing and leaves your total at 63.

-Wow. What a round.

-Two pointless answers. Alex does know her currencies.

-Thank you, Richard. Now...

Arnold, the high scorers at the moment on 97

are Carol and Matt. If you can score 12 or less, you'll go through to the Head to Head.

-You can talk us through the board if you like.

-I wish I could.

There's only two there, I think, that I know.

-I'll go for Mexico and the peseta.

-Mexico, peseta, says Arnold. Mexico, peseta.

Here's your red line. It's low. Let's see if peseta's right and how many people said it.

Bad luck, Arnold.

That's an incorrect answer so you score the maximum 100 points.

That takes your total up to an unbeatable 184. Sorry.

Yeah, it's the peso, I'm afraid. Even if you had said peso,

31 wouldn't have seen you through. You had a tough choice to make.

Switzerland is the Swiss franc. That scored 35. Two answers that would have seen you through -

Kenya is the shilling. Well done if you got that.

And Tunisia is the dinar. Dinar would have scored two.

So won is the best answer on that board.

Thanks very much, Richard. So at the end of our second round, the losing pair is Arnold and Sam.

Arnold, Sam, we have to say goodbye, but we will see you again next time when we won't have these currencies.

-We'll look forward to that. Thanks very much for playing.

-Thank you.

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

Congratulations, Tom and Alex, Carol and Matt. You are one round from the final

and the chance to play for our jackpot, which stands at £2,500.

OK, you're now going to go Head to Head and the first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot.

You are now allowed to confer. Carol and Matt, you've been here before.

You have been here before, but this time you face newcomers.

-How are you feeling?

-Well, em...quietly confident, but, you know...

all opposition is opposition and the questions are so random, you really can't say.

-We would just say good luck and may the best man win.

-Best of luck. Let's play the Head to Head!

OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...famous musicians and their instruments.

-Richard?

-We're going to show you five pictures now of famous musicians.

You need to tell us with which musical instrument are they most closely associated.

OK, thanks. Let's reveal our five famous musicians.

We have got...

There we are. Five famous musicians.

Tom and Alex, you've played best so far, so you go first.

We only know one for certain. We could probably guess at the others.

I say certain. If it's wrong now, we look stupid. We're going to go for C and violin.

C, violin.

C, violin. Now then, Carol and Matt,

you can talk us through the board.

-Over to my mum.

-OK, I think that B is Acker Bilk

and I think he was saxophone.

I think that D might be a smiling Kenny Ball with a trumpet.

He always had the trumpet in front.

I'm sorry, I don't know who the scary man, E, is!

Apologies to him. A looks a bit like a sort of Glenn Miller type of person,

but I'm not sure. So I think we will go with...

probably B, Acker Bilk and the saxophone.

You're going to say B, saxophone.

So we have C, violin, and B, saxophone.

Tom and Alex have said violin for C. Let's see if that's right and how many said it.

Absolutely right.

37.

Carol and Matt have said B, saxophone.

B, saxophone. Is that right? How many people said that?

Bad luck, Carol and Matt. That means, Tom and Alex, you are up one-nil. Richard?

Well played. It is Acker Bilk, the best answer, but it's clarinet.

Sorry. Would have scored 3 points as well. Would have been terrific.

A is a Glenn Miller type. In fact, it's Glenn Miller.

You can't get more Glenn Millery than that. He is most associated with the trombone. 7 points.

Another very good answer. C is Vanessa-Mae.

D is not Kenny Ball. It's James Galway and the answer is flute.

That would have scored 11.

-And E. He looks a bit like Stephen King. You know who that is.

-I do!

-That's Julian Lloyd Webber.

It's not a great shot of him. I sat in front of him at the football recently and in the flesh

he looks a great deal better. Anyway, he plays the cello and that would have scored you 20 points.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Here comes your second question. Carol and Matt, you have to win this. Very best of luck.

Our second question concerns... vegetables.

-Vegetables, Richard?

-It gets even better. We'll show you names of five culinary vegetables,

but in anagram form. Can you unscramble them and tell us the most obscure? Good luck.

-And here they are. We have got...

-HE READS THE LIST

Let me read those all one last time.

There we are. Five vegetables in anagrammatic form.

Carol and Matt, you go first this time.

THEY CONFER

We'll have to go with that one.

Air Bungee - aubergine.

Aubergine for Air Bungee. Aubergine.

Now then, Tom and Alex. You can talk us through the board.

Well, the top one we've got as lettuce, Ape is pea

and Awful Recoil is cauliflower. We'll go for Teak Choir,

-which is artichoke.

-Artichoke say Tom and Alex for Teak Choir.

-Now, Carol and Matt, is that a glance that said, "We didn't get that!"?

-That's the one.

Let's see if our 100 people had a similar problem getting it.

Carol and Matt went with aubergine. Is that right? How many people said aubergine for Air Bungee?

It's right.

Ten!

Ten for aubergine.

Now then, Tom and Alex, you said artichoke for Teak Choir.

If you win this question, you go straight through to the final, 2-0. Is it right?

And if it is right, let's see if it beats aubergine.

It's right.

Oh, it does! Look at that - seven for artichoke! Very well done,

Tom and Alex.

Which means after only two questions you go through to the final, 2-0. Very well done.

Best two answers up there. Well done, both teams.

Aubergine, botanically, is a fruit, but counted as a vegetable in everyday use.

Do you know where the word aubergine comes from? From the Sanskrit for "fart go away".

-LAUGHTER

-Seriously?

-It didn't produce gases.

Let's take a look at the rest. Cult Tee is lettuce.

It would have scored 34.

Ape, obviously, pea. That would have scored 95. Might be our biggest-ever anagram score.

And Awful Recoil is cauliflower. That scored 24.

-Terrific Head to Head. Well played.

-Thanks, Richard. So at the end of our Head to Head,

I'm afraid the losing pair, who will be leaving us for good, is Carol and Matt.

You've played so well throughout both shows and come unstuck on the Head to Head.

-Aubergine was a great answer there. A few seconds longer and maybe you'd have got artichoke.

-Maybe.

-Really tough.

-I'd blame Matt's Deputy Heads for not doing anagrams.

-Yeah.

-Well, if Lindy perhaps spent a little bit more time in the staff room on anagrams

-instead of banging on about Croatia...

-I know. All right, Lindy. We've all been to Croatia, OK?

Leave it now. Just more vegetable anagrams, please.

-Yeah, I think so.

-Poor old Matt's done nothing wrong.

-I know.

-I know you can't have a go at Lindy cos she's your boss,

but she's let you down quite badly, hasn't she?

Well, Carol and Matt, it's been wonderful having you on the show. You've been brilliant contestants.

But for Tom and Alex it's now time for our Pointless final.

Well, congratulations, Tom and Alex. You fought off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, which stands at £2,500.

You've done incredibly well. We've taken you through films, currencies,

musicians and their instruments, vegetables. A 2-0 victory in the Head to Head there.

So here you are in the final round. Anything you'd like to see come up?

I'd love football to come up.

In my family, everyone supports football from Lincoln, Notts County, even Fulham - my sister's a fan.

-There's pointless things about Fulham.

-Don't say "even Fulham"!

Can you believe that?

-OK, football. Anything you'd like to see, Alex?

-Again, just geography, anything related to countries.

I'm not very good at sport, so...

Very, very best of luck to the pair of you.

To win, all you have to do is find a pointless answer. We've had two today. One was yours, Alex.

So you only have to find one more to go home with that money. First, choose a category.

You can choose from these five options.

-That's a no brainer.

-Yeah.

-Of course!

-Tom, the biochemist.

-Yeah, no pressure(!) We'll go for Chemistry.

Fair enough. Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many chemical elements with 10 or more letters in their name.

-Richard?

-Any chemical element currently in the Periodic Table

-that has 10 letters or more in its name, please.

-OK, you now have up to one minute

to come up with three answers. All you need to win that £2,500 is for one to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-OK. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

-There they are. Your time starts now.

-OK, I don't know any!

-I have one.

-Molybdenum. I'm pretty sure that's 10 letters.

-I'm trying to think back to school.

-There's loads beginning with U at the bottom. I should know more.

-Potassium's not 10, is it?

Einsteinium?

Yeah, I think that's... Einsteinium.

-Oh, I should know more than this.

-Which have we got already?

-Molybdenum.

-And Einsteinium.

Oh, I should know more.

-I just don't know. I'm no help at all.

-15 seconds.

-10 seconds left.

-I can't think of another one.

-OK, just go with...

-We'll have to...

-Say potassium. That's not even 10 letters.

OK, there's your time up.

We were looking for chemical elements with 10 or more letters. I need three answers.

OK, we're going to go for potassium, even though we're not quite sure how many letters are in it.

-Einsteinium.

-Einsteinium.

-And molybdenum.

-And molybdenum.

-Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Molybdenum.

-We'll put it last.

-Which is least likely?

-Potassium!

-It'll go first. OK.

Let's put those up on the board in that order. Here they are.

There we are. chemical elements with 10 or more letters to their name.

Potassium was your least confident answer. You only need one pointless answer to win that £2,500 jackpot.

Potassium - is it right? If it is, how many said it?

-Ooh! Incorrect. Nine letters.

-Great surprise, that one(!)

Unfortunately, it's not a pointless answer, but to be fair to poor old potassium, it was filling a place.

So you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot. This is where the game proper starts.

What would you do with £2,500, Tom?

With me going to America, it would definitely help set myself up over there,

-you know, buy a car maybe over there and just make it more enjoyable when I first go over.

-Very good.

-Alex, how about you?

-I'd learn to drive. Everyone keeps nagging me,

-so I'm going to finally do it if I get the money.

-Very good.

Very best of luck. We want chemical elements with 10 or more letters.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Einsteinium. This has to be correct, then pointless

for you to win that jackpot. So for £2,500, how many people said Einsteinium?

OK. Your first answer, potassium, was incorrect.

But we're now onto your proper answers.

This is your first of those. Down it goes. If it stops at zero...

Very, very well done! Brilliant!

-Superb. That's just brilliant.

-Thank you.

-Fantastic.

Oh, congratulations, Tom and Alex. Einsteinium, a pointless answer, which means you go home

with a jackpot of £2,500.

-CHEERING

-That's brilliant. Well done, you.

Yeah, that turned out pretty nicely, didn't it, in the end? You've been terrific all the way through.

Chemistry coming up, terrific. Einsteinium - great answer. First isolated in 1952.

It was in the residue of the first thermonuclear test explosions.

Molybdenum, your other answer, would have scored four points.

Oh!

So Einsteinium was the one that did it for you.

Let's look at the other pointless answers. You'll know some of them. Copernicium, Darmstadtium,

Dysprosium as well.

There's Einsteinium. Gadolinium, Meitnerium. Well done if you said that at home.

Seaborgium, Promethium, Protactinium. All pointless.

Very well done if you said those, but terrifically well done here. That's very, very well played.

Very well done indeed. Thanks once again to our winners, Tom and Alex, who go away with £2,500.

Join us next time for more obscure knowledge.

-Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And goodbye from me.

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