0:00:21 > 0:00:26Thank you very much. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,
0:00:26 > 0:00:32where the questions have been asked to 100 people and our contestants try to find answers they couldn't.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Let's meet today's players.
0:00:38 > 0:00:44First up, we welcome Stephen and Christina. How do you two know each other?
0:00:44 > 0:00:48- We are brother and sister. - And where are you from?- Essex.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52- How about you, Christina? - I'm from Hitchin in Hertfordshire.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55What do you do in your spare time?
0:00:55 > 0:00:59I like going to watch musicals when I can.
0:00:59 > 0:01:05- I like playing Scrabble, a bit of playing the piano... - Playing the piano?
0:01:05 > 0:01:11- Yes.- Good stuff. Is that something you've taken up recently or...? - It's not good stuff, no!
0:01:11 > 0:01:15- No, I've played since I was a child. - Stephen, what about you?
0:01:15 > 0:01:21Well, I'm keen on tracing the family tree, as is my sister.
0:01:21 > 0:01:26- I've been doing that for many years. - Have you made startling discoveries?
0:01:26 > 0:01:32- Well, we've discovered that our parents were related, not too closely!- Say that quickly!
0:01:32 > 0:01:40I had to get that in, yeah. But close enough to make it worthwhile to see what else we could discover.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Very best of luck to you. Lovely to have you here.
0:01:43 > 0:01:49- Next we welcome Martin and Ian. How do you two know each other? - We met at college 10 years ago.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54We became friends and ended up in a band together.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59- Shall we try to guess what they play?- I'm guessing heavy rock.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04- Yeah.- No.- You try to steer us towards heavy rock,
0:02:04 > 0:02:09but I steer you back towards the more mainstream.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Ian, of course, is on the keyboards.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Ian on the keys. And Martin on axe.
0:02:15 > 0:02:21- Or Martin on bass. I can see Martin with a pipe. - You're right on the pipe,
0:02:21 > 0:02:26- but I play the axe, as you say, and Ian's on the bass.- What?!
0:02:26 > 0:02:32No! Because in folk rock - that's my guess, you see...
0:02:32 > 0:02:37- It's a mixture of folk rock, heavy metal and dub step and...- Wow. - Everything.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42I'm going to go out on a limb and say it sounds absolutely terrible.
0:02:42 > 0:02:49- It is.- Pretty terrible. - Now, Ian, I can't help but notice you're on crutches. What happened?
0:02:49 > 0:02:56I was run over on a zebra crossing, but nothing would stop me getting on Pointless, so I came on crutches.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00- All the way from...?- Darlington. - From Darlington!
0:03:00 > 0:03:04- Ian, what do you do?- I work at Newcastle University.- Oh, do you?
0:03:04 > 0:03:10- It was formerly Armstrong College. - It was indeed.- By an ancestor of yours, I believe.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14That's right, yeah. ..They're getting the jackpot.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20Very, very best of luck. Fantastic effort getting here, Ian.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24- Next we welcome David and Hannah. How do you two know each other? - We're married.
0:03:24 > 0:03:31- They looked dreamily at each other, just for a second. Where are you from?- We live in Tunbridge Wells.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35We grew up in Kent. We've been there for a couple of years.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40- Hannah, what do you do? - I'm a teacher.- What do you teach?
0:03:40 > 0:03:44- English and drama. - Brilliant. Good, good, good.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48- So you really hope English doesn't come up.- I'm really hoping, yeah!
0:03:48 > 0:03:53- I'm more interested in low brow. - OK. Words. Word rounds.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Words would be great, yeah.
0:03:55 > 0:04:00- David, what do you do?- I'm an engineer in the defence industry.
0:04:00 > 0:04:05What are your particular disciplines, in terms of Pointless?
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Er...geography, some elements of engineering,
0:04:08 > 0:04:13- technology...- It's about time we had some elements of engineering.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18I would also hope you're quite good at some elements of engineering.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Our defence is in his hands, so we might have hoped.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Very best of luck. Great to have you here.
0:04:24 > 0:04:30And, finally, we welcome back Arnold and Sam. Everyone gets two chances to reach our final.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33This is your second chance. Arnold, how do you know each other?
0:04:33 > 0:04:38- Grandfather and grandson. - Sam, what happened last time? - Oh, it was dreadful.
0:04:38 > 0:04:44I was trying to play it easy and it didn't work. I left him with too much to do.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49- It was countries and their currencies.- That's what I said I was strong at - geography. No.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52So what do you hope comes up today?
0:04:52 > 0:04:56I'd rather not say because last time I said that I got it wrong!
0:04:56 > 0:05:03- But sport, anything like modern sport, maybe modern music.- Arnold, anything you'd particularly like?
0:05:03 > 0:05:08- I rather enjoy history, geography again.- Yeah, good.
0:05:08 > 0:05:14- Keep away from celebrities. - Right. I should.- And film.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Great to have you back. Let's hope we see more of you this time.
0:05:18 > 0:05:24We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show. There's only one person left to introduce.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29If he fell over, obscurity would just pour out of him. It's Richard.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Hiya. Hi, everyone.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- Good afternoon to you. Are you well?- Very well.- Excellent.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44- What are you laughing at?- That look of bafflement on your face.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48- When you said "obscurity would pour out of him"?- Yeah.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52I think that's pretty weak. It could have used an extra twist.
0:05:52 > 0:05:59- Yeah?- We've got four pairings today of which we've seen many variations over the many episodes we've done.
0:05:59 > 0:06:05We've got a married couple, brother and sister, grandparent and grandchild and band-mates as well,
0:06:05 > 0:06:12which we've seen a number of times. I had somebody check which of those groups has been most successful
0:06:12 > 0:06:17- on Pointless over the years. What do you think is most successful? - Band-mates.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Band-mates, very much fourth.
0:06:20 > 0:06:26- You're going to have to tell me. - Married couples have been the more successful.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30- That's good.- Just goes to show. - Doesn't it go to show?
0:06:30 > 0:06:37- Although there's a massively high divorce rate after Pointless. That's the other problem.- Thanks, Richard.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41All our questions have been put to 100 people.
0:06:41 > 0:06:47To get to the final round and a chance of winning the jackpot, our contestants need obscure answers.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51The fewer of our 100 who knew the answer, the fewer points.
0:06:51 > 0:06:57Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer that no one gave.
0:06:57 > 0:07:02Each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot. Tom and Alex won it last time,
0:07:02 > 0:07:08so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000. If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16In this first round, each of you must give me one answer.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20The pair with the highest score after the round will be eliminated.
0:07:20 > 0:07:26Try to make sure that's not you. OK, our first category today is...football.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31Football. Can you all decide who's going first and second?
0:07:31 > 0:07:36Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42Let's find out what our question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name...
0:07:42 > 0:07:47as many members of the Euro 2012 England football squad as they could.
0:07:47 > 0:07:54- Euro 2012 England football squad. Richard?- Yeah, any of the 23-man playing squad for England
0:07:54 > 0:08:02at the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament in Poland and Ukraine. Any of the 23 players in that squad.
0:08:02 > 0:08:09- Thanks very much indeed. Christina and Stephen... You look pained! - I know! I can't.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13- It's only just been.- I know. And I watched it as well.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17- Some of it.- You all drew lots and today you are going to go first.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21Christina, you are first up.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Oh, dear. How long have you got?
0:08:25 > 0:08:30- I'll have to say John Terry. I know it's...- John Terry.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said John Terry.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Still going... Oh, 55. 55.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45APPLAUSE
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Could have been a lot worse.
0:08:47 > 0:08:55- John Terry, 55.- Much better than 100. John Terry of Chelsea and England. Chelsea captain.
0:08:55 > 0:09:02- Martin?- Well, I've tried to block out all memory of Euro 2012. It was depressing.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05But I can remember most of the team.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09I'll play relatively safe and say Jordan Henderson.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Jordan Henderson says Martin. Let's see how many people said that.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Absolutely right.
0:09:22 > 0:09:28Very well done indeed, Martin. That's a great score. Five for Jordan Henderson.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34Good answer. Liverpool midfielder. Came in as a late replacement.
0:09:34 > 0:09:40- Hannah...- This is a dreadful category for me.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44- Did you watch any of it?- I did, but I didn't pay any attention.
0:09:45 > 0:09:51- Do any of these names ring a bell? The ones we've heard.- One did.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53I knew John Terry.
0:09:53 > 0:10:01I can think of one that'll be a really big score. I don't know if this is right, but Ashley Cole.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05Ashley Cole, says Hannah. Is it right? How many said it?
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Absolutely right.
0:10:11 > 0:10:1249.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15APPLAUSE
0:10:16 > 0:10:22Another big score, but again not 100. Chelsea defender Ashley Cole.
0:10:22 > 0:10:28Thanks, Richard. Now, Arnold, the most obscure footballer in the England 2012 squad.
0:10:28 > 0:10:33The way they played, most of them were obscure, weren't they?
0:10:33 > 0:10:38- I'll have to play safe and go for Ashley Young.- Ashley Young.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Let's see how many of our 100 said that.
0:10:48 > 0:10:5020.
0:10:52 > 0:10:5520 for Ashley Young.
0:10:55 > 0:11:02Well played. Very solid answer. Ashley Young and Ashley Cole missed penalties in our defeat to Italy.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Thanks. We're halfway through. Let's take a look at our scores.
0:11:07 > 0:11:13Martin, Jordan Henderson - great answer. Lovely low score of five is your reward.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15You look pretty strong.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Up to 20 to Arnold and Sam,
0:11:17 > 0:11:23up to 49 and Hannah and David, then up a little bit to 55, Christina and Stephen.
0:11:23 > 0:11:28Stephen, you're not miles ahead, but we will need a low-scoring answer from you
0:11:28 > 0:11:31and you're the last to answer.
0:11:31 > 0:11:37We're coming back down the line. Can the second players please take their places?
0:11:37 > 0:11:43- OK, Sam, we are looking for footballers in the England 2012 squad.- OK.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46You're on 20. The high scorers on 55 are Stephen and Christina.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51If you can score 34 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:11:51 > 0:11:58- I'm not sure if I should play safe or try to go for a low score. - Always try to go for a low score!
0:11:58 > 0:12:03- All right. Daniel Sturridge. - Daniel Sturridge. Let's see if that's right. Here's your red line.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Below that, you are through. Let's see how many people said it.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18- Oh, I'm sorry, Sam. - I thought he was in the squad.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22This is an issue you'll have to take up with the FA, I think.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27- Unfortunately, an incorrect answer, which scores you 100 points. - Daniel Sturridge was injured
0:12:27 > 0:12:32- and wasn't in contention. - Oh, he was.- David...
0:12:32 > 0:12:38My mind's gone blank on the really obscure ones, so I'm going to go for the medium safe
0:12:38 > 0:12:41and say...Theo Walcott.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46Theo Walcott, says David. Here comes your red line. Quite nice and high.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50The high scorers are Sam and Arnold on 120.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55You're on 49. You want 70 or less. Will Theo Walcott get you below that red line?
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Yep, well done.
0:13:02 > 0:13:0738 for Theo Walcott. That takes your total up to 87.
0:13:07 > 0:13:13Yeah, Theo Walcott played in all four games. He scored as well against Sweden.
0:13:13 > 0:13:19Now then, Ian. You're on 5, which means you're through to the next round, essentially.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Even if you score 100, you won't overtake Sam and Arnold.
0:13:22 > 0:13:28Well, I'm tempted to go, on that basis, for something a little bit more risky.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32I think I'm going to go for... Phil Jagielka.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Phil Jagielka. Is that right and how many people said it?
0:13:37 > 0:13:39It's right.
0:13:45 > 0:13:52Four! Even better than Martin's score! What about that? Takes you up to nine. Single figures.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57- Very well done, both of you. - Yeah, disproving that curse of the band-mates.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02Very well played. Phil Jagielka. He's got Polish grandparents.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05He didn't play in any games, but was in the squad.
0:14:05 > 0:14:12Stephen, if you can score 64 or less, you're through to the next round.
0:14:12 > 0:14:18Talk us through your thoughts. Is this a nightmare for you or a great category?
0:14:18 > 0:14:23I like football and I'm sorry that Christina had to go through it first.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27I'm minded to say a goalkeeper who didn't actually play,
0:14:27 > 0:14:33but I think in his first international he had a disastrous match. And that is Robert Green.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Here is your red line. Can you get below that with Robert Green?
0:14:37 > 0:14:40How many people said Robert Green?
0:14:44 > 0:14:46You've done it.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Ten!
0:14:51 > 0:14:56Very well done. That takes your total up to 65.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Well played, good answer. Rob Green. He watches the show.
0:15:00 > 0:15:06- Does he really?- He does, yeah. - Brilliant.- He's a pal of mine, a big fan of yours.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10- Hey!- So he'll be watching. Well done, Rob.- Not bad at all.
0:15:10 > 0:15:15And back in the England fold, which is great. He was at West Ham, now QPR.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19There are no pointless answers, but some very low scorers.
0:15:19 > 0:15:25England's third-choice goalie. He didn't play. Jack Butland would have scored one.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29Leighton Baines scored one, Phil Jones, the Man U defender, three.
0:15:29 > 0:15:35There's a few other low scorers. Martin Kelly would have scored four, Stewart Downing five,
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Jermaine Defoe, 15. Those are the lower scorers.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43Let's look at the highest scorers that most people said.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Hannah gave us Ashley Cole, 49.
0:15:46 > 0:15:51Christina gave us John Terry, 55. And there's a runaway leader.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55- Who do you think that is? - Wayne Rooney.- Absolutely right.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58And his new hair. He would have scored you 85 points.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Thanks very much, Richard.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06So the losing pair with the high score of 120 are Sam and Arnold.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10- It's dreadful. - You did exactly the right thing.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14It's a kind of heroism in many ways to go out onto the thin ice
0:16:14 > 0:16:19looking for a low score. You were doing exactly the right things.
0:16:19 > 0:16:26I don't know why I said him, to be honest. I was going to say Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31I'm so sorry. We have to say goodbye to you far too soon.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35But it's been great having you on the show. Thanks for playing.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:44 > 0:16:51There's only room for two pairs in our Head to Head, so one pair will leave at the end of this round.
0:16:51 > 0:16:56Very best of luck to you all. Our category for Round Two is...
0:16:56 > 0:16:58famous Europeans.
0:16:58 > 0:17:03Famous Europeans. Can you decide who'll go first and who'll go second?
0:17:04 > 0:17:08And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:10 > 0:17:15OK, our question concerns... famous Germans.
0:17:15 > 0:17:21- Famous Germans. Richard?- On each pass we'll show six descriptions of famous people born in Germany.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25Can you tell us who they are? A nice, obscure answer scores fewer points.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30An incorrect answer is 100 points. There's 12 Germans in all to guess at home. Good luck.
0:17:30 > 0:17:36OK, thanks very much. So we are looking for the famous Germans described by these clues.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39HE READS THE LIST
0:17:51 > 0:17:53I'll read those all one last time.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14There we are. Six famous Germans. Christina...
0:18:14 > 0:18:21Well, films isn't a great category of mine, but I'll go for Lola Lola in the film Blue Angel,
0:18:21 > 0:18:27- Marlene Dietrich.- Marlene Dietrich. Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said it.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Absolutely right.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Oh, it's a good score! Look at that, Christina - 12.
0:18:40 > 0:18:47- 12 for Marlene Dietrich.- Yeah, good answer. Terrific score. Her last movie before moving to the USA.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51- The movie that made her famous. - Now then, Martin.
0:18:51 > 0:18:57- Yeah.- How's this board for you after football?- I was hoping for famous Frenchmen,
0:18:57 > 0:19:00so unfortunately... It was close.
0:19:00 > 0:19:06Em, it's probably going to be quite high, but I'll go Wimbledon Men's Championship aged 17,
0:19:06 > 0:19:12- I think it was Boris Becker. - Boris Becker. Let's see how many people said Boris Becker.
0:19:19 > 0:19:2132.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25Could be a lot worse, actually. Boris Becker getting off lightly.
0:19:25 > 0:19:31Yeah, very good answer. All sorts of records there - youngest ever Wimbledon champion,
0:19:31 > 0:19:35first German to win Wimbledon, first non-seed. Very impressive.
0:19:35 > 0:19:40Not the youngest ever Grand Slam winner. That was Michael Chang at the French Open.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Thanks, Richard. Now, Hannah...
0:19:43 > 0:19:46There's a couple on there I'm not sure on.
0:19:46 > 0:19:53But I do know that the person who wrote the play Caucasian Chalk Circle is Bertolt Brecht.
0:19:53 > 0:19:59Bertolt Brecht, says Hannah. See, that English teaching business comes in really handy sometimes.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Is that right? How many said it?
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Absolutely right.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Four!
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Very well done, Hannah. Great answer.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24Yeah, well played. Very good answer. Bertolt Brecht, born in Bavaria in 1898.
0:20:24 > 0:20:30- Let's go through the rest. The Iron Chancellor?- Bismarck. - Absolutely right. Scored 19.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34- The Formula 1 driver?- Schumacher. - Michael Schumacher, yeah.
0:20:34 > 0:20:39- 62 points that scored. The best answer is the painter of The Ambassadors.- Holbein?
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Hans Holbein, one point. Well done if you got all six.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Thanks. Let's look at the scores.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50By far the best score of that pass was yours, Hannah. Very well done.
0:20:50 > 0:20:56David and Hannah very strong on four. Up to 12, Christina and Stephen, looking pretty sturdy.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Then Martin and Ian, way out on 32.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03- Ian, we need some deft work from you.- Right.- On the next board.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05We hope that keeps you in the game.
0:21:05 > 0:21:12We'll come back down the line now. Will the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:21:12 > 0:21:16OK, we'll put six more famous Germans on the board.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- We have got... - HE READS THE LIST
0:21:32 > 0:21:34I'll read those all one last time.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53There we are, six clues to six famous Germans.
0:21:53 > 0:21:59David, you'll try and find the most obscure one you know on that board. Your score is 4 at the moment.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03The high scorers are Ian and Martin on 32, so 27 or less is your target.
0:22:03 > 0:22:09- I'll go with "came up with two theories of relativity" and Albert Einstein.- Einstein, says David.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Let's see if that's right. Here comes your red line.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16Thanks to Hannah, that's higher than it could be.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Let's see how far down the column Albert Einstein can get you.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29- 43. Not bad. - APPLAUSE
0:22:29 > 0:22:33That ought to be enough to keep you in the game. Takes your total to 47.
0:22:33 > 0:22:39- Richard?- Born in 1879, Albert Einstein. That's quite a way to sum up the great man's achievements.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42"Came up with two theories of relativity."
0:22:42 > 0:22:47It's like, "Went to the shops, came back with two pints of milk."
0:22:47 > 0:22:51- Two pints of really important milk, though.- Yeah, absolutely right.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55Now then, Ian, we require something very, very clever from you here.
0:22:55 > 0:23:01The high scorers on 47 are David and Hannah. You're on 32 which means you have a margin of 14.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- Right.- And I fear this is probably your best shot.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Stephen looks like he knows Germans back to front.
0:23:07 > 0:23:13Yeah, I fear that this won't be very high-scoring.
0:23:13 > 0:23:18- That's good. We don't want it to be high-scoring. - Sorry, the other way round, yes.
0:23:18 > 0:23:24One of them is on the tip of my tongue, but I can't remember it. I'm just going to be kicking myself.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29So I'm going to have to go for what I think will be a high-scoring one.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Andrea Merkel became the first female Chancellor in 2005, I believe
0:23:34 > 0:23:37OK, Andrea Merkel, says Ian.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- Yeah.- There's your red line.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43That's what you want to get below.
0:23:43 > 0:23:48Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Andrea Merkel.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Oh, Ian!
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Yeah, Angela Merkel.
0:23:56 > 0:24:02I'm afraid that scores you 100 points. It takes your total up to 132. I'm sorry, Ian.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07Yeah, I won't give the correct answer to that question... until the end of the pass.
0:24:07 > 0:24:13Stephen, good news. You're through to the next round. You're on 12.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Even if you score 100 points, you won't overtake 132.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20The board is yours. Cover yourself in glory and give all the answers.
0:24:20 > 0:24:26Well, if I had been put to it, I would have gone for one of the two composers.
0:24:26 > 0:24:32I'll stick with one of those. I'll go for the composer of the Ring Cycle who was Richard Wagner.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36Wagner, says Stephen. No red line for you. You're already through.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said Wagner.
0:24:47 > 0:24:4916.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51APPLAUSE
0:24:51 > 0:24:5416, taking your total up to 28.
0:24:54 > 0:25:00- Well played, Stephen. And if you'd had to go for the Eroica?- Beethoven. - Absolutely right.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03It was a better answer. It would have scored you 13 points.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07Now, the first female Chancellor, it's Andrea Merkel's sister(!)
0:25:07 > 0:25:11It's Angela Merkel, I'm afraid. Sorry, that was very tough luck.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15It would have scored 27 points and it wouldn't have seen you through.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Directed the film Paris, Texas?
0:25:18 > 0:25:24I can't remember the name of the man. I will in a second, though. I will.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28- Wim Wenders.- Absolutely right. It would have scored you 4 points.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- And the Mayor of West Berlin? - No idea.- It's Willy Brandt.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35That would have scored you 3 points. Well done if you said that.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40- Anyone who got all 12, that's very impressive. - Very impressive or German.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45Even for a German person, because they're doing this not in their first language.
0:25:45 > 0:25:50True, exactly. They'd have to understand what all "ze" clues "vere".
0:25:50 > 0:25:51LAUGHTER
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Thank you very much, Richard.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59At the end of Round Two, our losing pair with their high score of 132, it's Ian and Martin.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03It's some relief that even if you'd got Angela's name...
0:26:03 > 0:26:08- You knew it the minute I... - I did, unfortunately. Think before you leap next time.
0:26:08 > 0:26:14Bad luck, but we will see you again next time. Ian and Martin, great contestants. Thanks so much.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16APPLAUSE
0:26:16 > 0:26:21But for the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.
0:26:25 > 0:26:32Congratulations, Christina and Stephen, David and Hannah, you are only one round away from the final
0:26:32 > 0:26:34and a chance to play for our jackpot of £1,000.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36APPLAUSE
0:26:36 > 0:26:42You'll now go head-to-head and the first pair to win two questions will play for that jackpot,
0:26:42 > 0:26:46but the big difference is you are now allowed to confer.
0:26:46 > 0:26:51Both teams looking pretty good. Very best of luck to both of you. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Here comes your first question and it concerns...
0:27:02 > 0:27:09- Richard?- For this question, we'll show you five pictures of actresses born with the name Elizabeth.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Can you name the most obscure of these five, please?
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Let's reveal our five Elizabeths. Here they come. We have got...
0:27:29 > 0:27:33There we are, five acting Elizabeths.
0:27:33 > 0:27:39Christina and Stephen, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42WHISPERING
0:27:47 > 0:27:51I think I know B, but it's a bit of a risk.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Stephen thinks he knows A...
0:27:55 > 0:27:58..and as usual, I shall defer to my brother
0:27:58 > 0:28:02and we shall go for A, Elizabeth Montgomery.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Elizabeth Montgomery, you are saying for A.
0:28:05 > 0:28:11David and Hannah, it's over to you. Talk us through the board if you can.
0:28:11 > 0:28:16- Hannah thinks B is Elizabeth Taylor. - No, I don't know. I was guessing.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20- Hannah doesn't think that.- We think D is Betty... I think it's Turner?
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Betty Turner, is that her name?
0:28:23 > 0:28:25I'm not sure. E is Elizabeth Hurley.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29C looks like Nicole Kidman and we're picking up on the fact
0:28:29 > 0:28:32that you said, "Named from birth Elizabeth,"
0:28:32 > 0:28:38so we reckon that's potentially wort a shot and maybe she was named Elizabeth from birth.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42- Do you think?- Go for it.- We're going to go for C, Nicole Kidman.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45You're going to say C, Nicole Kidman.
0:28:45 > 0:28:50Christina and Stephen are going to say Elizabeth Montgomery for A.
0:28:50 > 0:28:55A, Elizabeth Montgomery. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.
0:29:04 > 0:29:0518.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07APPLAUSE
0:29:12 > 0:29:16David and Hannah have gone for C, Nicole Kidman...
0:29:17 > 0:29:20..in our Acting Elizabeths round.
0:29:20 > 0:29:25Shall we see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Nicole Kidman?
0:29:26 > 0:29:28No, bad luck.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31I see what you're saying. You're right.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35It's possibly the sort of trick Richard might play, but...
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Just not on this occasion.
0:29:37 > 0:29:44Incorrect, I'm afraid, David and Hannah, so, Christina and Stephen, after one question, you are up 1-0.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48I didn't play a trick on you. Nicole Kidman was born Nicole Kidman.
0:29:48 > 0:29:53- That's where she got her stage name from.- Is that why she calls herself Nicole Kidman?
0:29:53 > 0:30:00That's why professionally she's taken the name Nicole Kidman. She took her surname at birth - Kidman.
0:30:00 > 0:30:05That's how you get your given name. You take your surname and then you... That's right.
0:30:05 > 0:30:10You can try that at home. If you want to find what your actress name would be, take your surname,
0:30:10 > 0:30:16then take your first name at birth and put them together. Mine would be... Mine's funny.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18Mine would be Richard Osman.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20LAUGHTER
0:30:20 > 0:30:23You should use that. Mine is Alexander Armstrong.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26- That's all right. - That sounds sort of feasible.
0:30:26 > 0:30:31C is not Nicole Kidman. She's probably best known to British audiences
0:30:31 > 0:30:35as Lady Grantham from Downton Abbey. It's Elizabeth McGovern.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38It would have been a terrific answer. It scored 2 points.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42Elizabeth Montgomery was best known as Samantha in Bewitched.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45- And B, what were you going to go for?- Betty Grable.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49Yeah, it would have been a very good answer. It scored 7 points.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52- You used to have hair like that, didn't you?- Yeah, very much so.
0:30:52 > 0:30:56And look, you used to have hair like D.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02- Didn't you?- I still do, don't I?
0:31:03 > 0:31:06D is Betty Driver, not Betty Turner.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10Betty Driver is best known for Coronation Street. Scored 40 points.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12And E is Liz Hurley.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15- And she would have scored 75. - Wow!- That's a big, old score.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20Thank you, Richard. Here comes your second question.
0:31:20 > 0:31:25David and Hannah, you need to win this question to stay in the game and it concerns...
0:31:28 > 0:31:33- Richard?- We'll give you five clues to facts about the Indian leader, Mohandas K Gandhi.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37- Can you give us the most obscure answer?- Thanks very much.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Gandhi.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57I'll read those all one last time.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10David and Hannah, you go first.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12WHISPERING
0:32:14 > 0:32:16We're not really sure on a lot of them.
0:32:16 > 0:32:21We'll go for the actor who won an Oscar for playing him - Ben Kingsley.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24Ben Kingsley, say David and Hannah. Ben Kingsley.
0:32:24 > 0:32:30Stephen and Christina, you can talk us through the board if you like.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33Well, he was known as Mahatma.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36We also knew it was Ben Kingsley.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40I can't quite recall the year in which he was assassinated,
0:32:40 > 0:32:45so we're going to go for the profession which we think is the law.
0:32:45 > 0:32:50OK, you think he was studying the law in London.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54So we have Ben Kingsley versus lawyer.
0:32:54 > 0:33:00So David and Hannah have said Ben Kingsley. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many said it.
0:33:06 > 0:33:0835 for Ben Kingsley.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10APPLAUSE
0:33:12 > 0:33:16Christina and Stephen are saying he was studying law in London.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said that.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Absolutely right.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25Will it beat Ben Kingsley?
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Yes, it will.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30- By 21 to 35. - APPLAUSE
0:33:30 > 0:33:35Very well done, Christina and Stephen. After only two questions, you are through to the final 2-0.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39- Richard?- Yeah, he travelled to London to train as a barrister.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43And you're right, he was known by the title Mahatma.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Would have scored 12 points. That means "great-souled".
0:33:46 > 0:33:49The year in which he was assassinated was 1948.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Would have scored 6 points.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55And the city of his birth is Porbandar in Gujarat.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58And that's a pointless answer,
0:33:58 > 0:34:00so very well done if you said that.
0:34:00 > 0:34:06Thanks, Richard. So our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, it's David and Hannah.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10Too clever by half, I'd say, in that first round - Nicole Kidman!
0:34:10 > 0:34:13David and Hannah, we get to see you again next time.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17We look forward to that. Thanks very much for playing. Great contestants!
0:34:17 > 0:34:19APPLAUSE
0:34:19 > 0:34:23For Stephen and Christina, it's time for our Pointless final.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30Congratulations, Christina and Stephen.
0:34:30 > 0:34:35You've fought off all the competition and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:34:39 > 0:34:45You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end of today's show, it stands at £1,000.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47APPLAUSE
0:34:49 > 0:34:56You've done so well, straight through that. We've thrown football at you, we've thrown Germans at you.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00- We've thrown Elizabeths at you and Gandhi.- Yes.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04You've come through smiling, 2-0 in the head-to-head. Very impressive.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08To win the money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:35:08 > 0:35:13We haven't had any today, but if you come up with one now, you will go home with that £1,000 jackpot.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17First, choose a category and you have a choice of these five options.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25- Right...- Oh, dear.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28They're not the best...
0:35:28 > 0:35:35Pop Divas. If they're 1970s pop divas, that's fine, but anything after about 1980 is a complete no-no
0:35:35 > 0:35:38We're more mature, so they're not quite our area.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42State Visits. Well, it may not be royalty, but...
0:35:42 > 0:35:47- It could well be.- State Visits? - She's been all over the place.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50It may not be Her Majesty. It could be any of the others.
0:35:50 > 0:35:56Film Actors, again it depends. If it's before 1960, maybe, but after that, I don't know.
0:35:56 > 0:36:02- That's what I mean.- I don't know. Modern Playwrights?- I think maybe we should go for State Visits.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Maybe State Visits?
0:36:04 > 0:36:07- We both know... - We can guess royalty, can't we?
0:36:07 > 0:36:11- Yeah. By default, I think, don't you?- All right, yes, OK.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15- OK, State Visits it is.- We'll have a go.- We'll have a go at State Visits.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18OK, best of luck. Let's find out what the question is.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:36:21 > 0:36:26to name as many non-Commonwealth countries visited by Queen Elizabeth II as they could.
0:36:26 > 0:36:31- Richard?- We're looking for any country of the world not a current member of the Commonwealth
0:36:31 > 0:36:36which Queen Elizabeth II has visited on an official state visit up to May 2012,
0:36:36 > 0:36:40according to the official website of the British monarchy.
0:36:40 > 0:36:45So any non-Commonwealth country to which the Queen has made an official state visit, please.
0:36:45 > 0:36:50We mean a sovereign state which is a member of the UN in its own right.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53You have up to one minute to come up with three answers
0:36:53 > 0:36:59- and all you need to win £1,000 is for just one answer to be pointless. Are you ready?- Yes.
0:36:59 > 0:37:04Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:04 > 0:37:09She's been to the Republic of Ireland. She's probably been to Italy as a guest of the Pope.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13She's been to the USA, but that will probably be quite high.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17- What do you think? - I haven't really got much idea.
0:37:17 > 0:37:22- I can't even think of any non-Commonwealth countries. - She may have been to South Africa.
0:37:22 > 0:37:27- I don't know if that's in the Commonwealth. - What about any Asian countries?
0:37:28 > 0:37:34- Any obscure Asian countries? - She may have gone to Russia when it was in the Soviet Union.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38- Any of the Baltic states? - I'm not sure about them.
0:37:39 > 0:37:44- Norway, Denmark... - So what are we thinking that we're going to go for then, Stephen?
0:37:44 > 0:37:48- She's certainly been to the Republic of Ireland.- All right.
0:37:48 > 0:37:54- I'm guessing at everything else. She's been to the USA.- Some obscure island?- Ten seconds left.
0:37:54 > 0:38:00- I'll go for Italy only because she may have been a guest of the Pope. - Madagascar?- Not that I know of.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06There we are. That's your time up.
0:38:06 > 0:38:11We were looking for non-Commonwealth countries visited by the Queen. I now need your three answers.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- We'll go for South Africa. - South Africa.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17- We will go for Italy.- Italy.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21- And the Republic of Ireland. - And the Republic of Ireland.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:24 > 0:38:27An absolute guess was Italy, so...
0:38:27 > 0:38:29So our best shot would be...
0:38:29 > 0:38:32I don't know. The Republic of Ireland?
0:38:32 > 0:38:38- The Republic of Ireland.- We'll put the Republic of Ireland last. Which is your least likely, do you think?
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- Possibly South Africa.- South Africa.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45Let's put those up on the board in that order and here they are.
0:38:48 > 0:38:53So we were looking for non-Commonwealth countries visited by the Queen.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57Your first answer was South Africa, your least likely shot at a pointless answer.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01You only need one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £1,000.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05Let's see how many people said South Africa. Is it right?
0:39:08 > 0:39:14An incorrect answer, I'm afraid, but South Africa was just holding a place there, wasn't it?
0:39:14 > 0:39:21- We couldn't think of any others. - Not a pointless answer, so only two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24Christina, what would you do with £1,000?
0:39:24 > 0:39:29I think I would go on an English weekend away.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Lovely. Stephen?
0:39:32 > 0:39:37As my daughter's getting married next year, my share of the money will buy the first round of drinks.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41Let's hope one of your two remaining answers wins that for you.
0:39:41 > 0:39:47We're looking for non-Commonwealth countries visited by the Queen. Let's hope nobody said Italy.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51It has to be right and pointless. If it is, you leave here with £1,000.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54Let's see how many people said Italy.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59It's right. So your first answer of South Africa was incorrect.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02Italy, absolutely right.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Down it goes into the teens.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07Still going down, into single figures. If this...
0:40:07 > 0:40:096.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11APPLAUSE
0:40:11 > 0:40:14That's more like it. 6.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18So only one more chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22We're looking for non-Commonwealth countries visited by the Queen.
0:40:22 > 0:40:27Your final answer, your most likely shot at a pointless answer, is the Republic of Ireland.
0:40:27 > 0:40:33This is quite a recent visit, but you're hoping that people might have just overlooked it.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35- That's the plan.- You might be right.
0:40:35 > 0:40:40It's quite close to home. People wouldn't have thought that near to home, would they?
0:40:40 > 0:40:44You think of the African continent, really, I think.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47OK, so to win the jackpot of £1,000, this has to be pointless.
0:40:47 > 0:40:53Let's find out. The Republic of Ireland, is it right, how many people said it?
0:40:54 > 0:40:57It's right. This is your last shot at that jackpot.
0:40:57 > 0:41:02Your first shot was South Africa which was incorrect. Your second shot was Italy.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04This is going into single figures...
0:41:04 > 0:41:069. Oh, no!
0:41:06 > 0:41:08APPLAUSE
0:41:10 > 0:41:129.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer,
0:41:16 > 0:41:22- but you do still get to take home our Pointless trophy, so very well done indeed.- Thank you.
0:41:22 > 0:41:23APPLAUSE
0:41:27 > 0:41:32Sorry, Stephen and Christina. There are plenty of pointless answers. The Queen has been to many places.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36One thing you mentioned in the 60 seconds was the Baltic states.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania are all pointless answers.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Let's take a look at a few more pointless answers up here.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46In 1969, she went to Austria.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50She went to visit President Vaclav Havel in the Czech Republic.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54She visited the Shah in Iran. That was pointless as well.
0:41:54 > 0:41:59Kuwait is another pointless answer, Liberia, Mexico. She went to visit President Echeverria.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03Qatar, South Korea, she went in 1999. Thailand.
0:42:03 > 0:42:08There's other pointless answers - Jordan, Oman, Bahrain, Sudan, Ethiopia.
0:42:08 > 0:42:14You could have had Hungary, Iceland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Luxembourg. Plenty of pointless answers.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Very well done if you said any of those at home.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20How close were you to saying any of those?
0:42:20 > 0:42:25We did suggest the Baltic states, but I didn't really know. I wouldn't have pushed them.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28We have to say goodbye to you, Christina and Stephen.
0:42:28 > 0:42:33- Thank you both so much for playing. Great contestants!- Thank you.
0:42:33 > 0:42:34APPLAUSE
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Stephen and Christina didn't win our jackpot today,
0:42:37 > 0:42:41so it rolls over to the next show when we will be playing for £2,000.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43APPLAUSE
0:42:43 > 0:42:49- Join us then to see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard. - Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me.
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