Episode 68 Pointless

APPLAUSE

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

the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.

Let's meet today's players.

First up, we welcome Douglas and Niamh.

-How do you know each other?

-We're boyfriend, girlfriend.

-And where are you from, Douglas?

-Originally, Dublin in Ireland.

-And where are you from now?

-I live in Oxford now.

-And what do you do in Oxford, Niamh?

-I work for the University of Oxford.

-Douglas, what do you do?

-I work in IT, so I'm a desktop support administrator.

And what do you like to do when you're not doing that?

I usually just play football, go see movies, go to see bands.

Niamh, what do you get up to in your spare time?

I have to accompany him. Not to the football.

-Not football. But the bands.

-Yeah, we go to quite a lot of live gigs,

-work at festivals, things like that.

-Very good.

Well, a warm welcome to the show. Lovely to have you here.

And next we welcome back Ben and Tom, who were on the show last time.

Everyone gets two chances to reach the Pointless final.

This is your second and last chance.

Now, then, Ben, remind us how you know each other.

He's my dad.

-And, Tom, last time it was round one.

-I'm afraid it was, yes.

We got confused and gave two popular answers rather than...

Yeah, they were both correct but they were just high-scoring.

Anyway, what are we hoping is going to come up today, Tom?

-I know a little about a lot.

-This is perfect.

But nothing about anything, really,

so I'm hoping that Ben's going to pull me through.

-And how are you going to do that, Ben?

-No idea.

-Erm, films, football...

-Good, good.

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

-Soaps.

-And reality TV.

-But your dad, Tom, will be able to get you through that.

I will barely understand the question.

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It's lovely to have you back. It was round one last time.

We've got to hope we see much more of you today. Very best of luck to the pair of you.

And next we welcome Toby and Dan. How do you two know each other?

-We're brothers.

-And where are you from, Dan?

-From Yorkshire.

East Yorkshire.

-And what do you do, Dan?

-I worked as an interpreter for eight years

-at the European Union.

-Wow!

-So that's real-time interpretation?

-That's simultaneous interpretation.

So you're getting something in your ear and giving it...

-How many languages do you do?

-I worked on three languages - French, Italian and Spanish.

-And you'd just hop from one to the other?

-One to the other.

-Did you ever have those moments where you think, "Oh, er, the thing, the thing, the thing..."

-Oh, yes.

But colleagues were fantastic. You always work in a team,

so if you don't know the word, someone would scribble it down and help you out.

-So you'll be prepared for Pointless, then, after the hothouse atmosphere!

-Pretty much!

Toby, what do you do?

I work for the RSPB, which is a nature conservation charity.

I work with birds, do bird surveys

and do habitat management on our reserves, things like that.

Dan, what are you hoping is going to come up?

I'm very big on languages, obviously.

That would be quite a bonus if that came up.

Geography, presumably, comes hand in hand with that.

Because EU countries come up a lot, I've noticed

and I've been desperately thinking of countries that end in Y,

things like that.

Very good. Well, very, very best of luck to you, Toby and Dan.

It's great to have you on the show.

And finally, we welcome back Vivianne and Barbara,

who were on the show last time as well.

-Remind us how you know each other.

-We are social members of a bowling club in Aberdare.

And what happened last time, Barbara?

I failed. I had 100.

You gave us Katie Price as a Blue Peter presenter,

for which... For which I shall be eternally grateful.

Ah!

What do you hope is going to come up today, Vivianne?

-Anything that I can answer.

-Fair enough.

Barbara?

-Literature, books, films.

-Literature.

Erm, Man United.

Fair enough, yeah. They come up.

Vivianne, anything you'd particularly not like to see?

Definitely not science and definitely nothing to do with numbers.

OK, very good. Well, we'll do our best.

A warm welcome back to you.

-It was round two for you last time, wasn't it?

-Yes.

Let's hope we see more of you again today.

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

There's only one person left to introduce,

a man who eats, sleeps and breathes obscurity.

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

-Hiya.

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-Hiya.

Hiya.

-It's a special occasion today.

-It is.

It's our 400th ever episode.

-It is.

-Can you believe it?

-I can't wait to see what you've got for me.

-400?

-Yeah.

-It doesn't feel like any more than 390-odd, does it?

-No.

-Not at all.

-It's amazing how time has flown.

-Amazing.

-And you look younger, if anything.

-Get out of town.

You're half the man you were, but in some ways twice the man you were.

-Thank you.

-But congratulations on reaching 400.

-And to you. Congratulations.

-Congratulations.

-I appreciate that. That's very kind.

-You know on the last show...

-Yeah?

-..we came up with a new TV show,

which features Tom, Tom Thomas,

because he's a retired vicar who lives in the Lake District.

So we think Tom Thomas as a detective is a big-hit TV show.

Since the last show I've been in to pitch it to various other broadcasters -

all of whom are interested, by the way -

but word has got out and now the big movie studios are involved.

-Oh!

-LAUGHTER

So this morning, I was on a conference call.

-Fox have got Anthony Hopkins lined up to play Tom.

-Brilliant!

Could be pretty good. Columbia TriStar want Denzel Washington to play you.

-He'd be a pretty good, Tom, I think.

-Yeah.

You're still involved as the idiotic cop.

That's good. Oh, very good.

-HE PANTS

-"All right, Mr Thomas? All Right?"

-That's...

-That's you.

That's my part.

That aside, we should probably get on with episode 400 of Pointless.

I have to say, in the last 399 episodes of Pointless,

I don't think a category has come up so perfectly for anybody

as round two has come up for Dan today,

so if you can make it through, it will rather fall into your lap.

Very good indeed. Good stuff. We look forward to that.

Thanks very much, Richard.

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

In order to get through to the final round

and have a chance of winning our jackpot,

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

The fewer of the 100 who got the answer, the fewer points you score.

Now, what everyone is trying to do is to find a pointless answer,

an answer that none of our 100 people gave,

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

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

so today's jackpot starts off at £3,000.

WHOOPING

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

Now, in this first round, each of you must give me one answer and you cannot confer.

The pair with the highest score will be eliminated,

so try and make sure that's not you.

OK, our category for Round One is:

US politics. Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going second.

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

OK, the question concerns:

Presidents of the USA. Richard.

Yes, in a moment, Xander is going to show you six first names up on the board.

We need you to tell us any President of the United States

who's had one of those first names or a derivation of that first name.

So any President who's had one of the six names you're about to see.

-Very, very best of luck.

-OK, thanks very much indeed.

Now, then, Doug and Niamh, you drew lots and you're going first.

Here are the six first names and they are:

I'll read those all one last time.

We are looking for

Presidents of the United States

with one of these first names.

Niamh?

Not my strongest subject.

Erm, so I'll have to go

with the obvious

and say George Bush Senior.

George Bush Senior, says Niamh.

George Bush Senior.

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

Absolutely right.

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-24.

-24.

-Yeah, George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President of the United States.

So, we're looking for any US President

who had one of these first names.

Ben?

I think, Franklin D Roosevelt.

OK, you're going to say

Franklin D Roosevelt.

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

Absolutely right.

-62.

-APPLAUSE

Yeah, that's a pretty high score for FDR.

The only President to be elected four times.

Also the first ever President to appear on TV, in 1939.

He was on America's Got Talent.

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

Dan.

I'm going to take a bit of a risk

and I'm going to say James Madison.

James Madison, says Dan. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said James Madison.

It's right.

It's a great answer. Very well done indeed. One!

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Perfect answer.

-James Madison.

-No risk at all, Dan. That's a terrific answer.

The father of the constitution. He was the fourth President.

-He was the shortest President, as well.

-Really?

-Five foot four.

-No!

-Yeah.

-Now, then, Vivianne.

-Oh, gosh.

I know all the first names

but remembering the surnames...

I'm going to go with one

which is probably quite high,

John F Kennedy.

John F Kennedy, says Vivianne.

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

Absolutely right.

-25.

-APPLAUSE

25 for JFK, Richard.

Yeah, the first Roman Catholic president, John F Kennedy.

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

Dan and Toby look very strong after that lovely low score of 1 from Dan.

Then up to 24, where we find Niamh and Douglas.

Up to 25, where we find Vivianne and Barbara

and then, I'm afraid, quite a hike up to 62,

where we find Ben and Tom.

So, Tom, we need a low score from you in the next pass.

Very best of luck with that.

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

OK, we are looking for Presidents of the USA

with these first names.

There they are.

Now, then, Barbara.

You're on 25.

The high scorers on 62 are Tom and Ben.

If you can score 36 or less,

you're through to the next round.

Erm...

William Clinton.

William Clinton.

Here is your red line.

If you can get below that red line, you're through to the next round.

Let's see if William - Bill - Clinton is right

and if it is, let's see how many people said it.

Absolutely right.

-55.

-APPLAUSE

It's not bad. It takes your total up to 80.

I think that's probably enough to see you through. We shall discover.

-Richard.

-It certainly makes it interesting.

Bill Clinton, born William Blythe, actually.

He was the first Democrat since FDR

to win a second term, as well.

Toby.

Well, after Dan's given

such an amazing answer,

I think I'll play it safe -

hopefully safe -

George Washington.

George Washington, says Toby.

You're on 1. The high scorers on 80

are Barbara and Vivianne.

There's your red line. Get below that, you're through.

Let's see how many people said George Washington.

It's right. And you're through. Very well done.

-50.

-APPLAUSE

50, taking your total up to 51.

Yeah, good tactics, there. Did exactly what you needed to do.

First President of the United States in 1789, George Washington.

Tom.

The high scorers on 80 are Barbara and Vivianne.

You're on 62,

so a score of 17 or less will see you through.

I'm not even sure whether he was,

so I'll have to go for a name

and hope that it's low.

Andrew Litton.

Andrew Litton.

Andrew Litton, says Tom.

Here is your red line. It's low.

Andrew Litton. Is it right? How many people said it?

Oh, no, Tom!

Oh, bad luck! I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points,

which takes your total up to an unbeatable 162.

Yeah, sorry, Tom. Your first case might have to be, "Who on earth is Andrew Litton?"

That might be...

I don't know, perhaps he works in a solicitors in Reigate,

something like that.

But you know what? Perhaps he dreams that one day

he may enter the Oval Office President Litton.

This would be a good first episode.

Actually, it would probably be a good third episode of the Tom Thomas story.

This could be a sub-plot in the film.

He solves a couple of crimes in the Lake District

and then he comes to London to be on a quiz show

and during Round One someone is murdered.

-Oh! During Round One?

-Yeah.

And in the end he works out that Toby did it.

-With a er...

-Why me?

Cos you're the only person with access to the poison

that comes from the feathers of a particular Arctic tern.

Of course, of course.

You see? And Tom works that out.

Then I barge in and go...

"Sorry. Oh, I'm sorry, Rev Tom-Toms,

"I missed that bit. I was just coming out...

"Oh, right, we're off. OK."

-That's a hit.

-That role -

I'm going to steal the show with that, aren't I?

Anyway, thank you.

Now, then, Douglas. Douglas, you're through to the next round.

Even if you score 100 points,

you won't overtake the high score of Tom and Ben.

I think you may have a good answer for this.

You've had the whole round to think.

OK, erm...

I've two choices.

I think I can go for John Adams.

Or I might go for William Taft.

William Taft, says Douglas.

Let's see if that's right. No red line as you are already through.

Is William Taft right?

It's right.

-Oh, very well done indeed, Douglas.

-CHEERING

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

which takes the total up to £3,250.

It scores you nothing, leaves your total at 24.

Very, very well done indeed. Great answer.

How about that? Well played, Doug.

One answer on Pointless, one pointless answer.

William Taft was the 27th President. He was the heaviest President.

-Was he?

-Yeah. He once got stuck in the bath in the White House.

-Whoa!

-That's how big he was.

He was a big old unit.

Now, of all the answers on this board,

there is only pointless answer, it's the only one, so very well done.

There's a couple of other low scorers, though.

We've already seen one of them.

Doug gave us William Taft.

Franklin Pierce would have scored one.

James Madison we heard from Dan. That scored one as well.

John Quincy Adams would have scored one,

not John Adams by itself - that would have scored nine.

The following would all have scored you two points -

James Buchanan, James K Polk,

John Tyler, William Henry Harrison or William McKinley.

Another couple of low scorers. Andrew Johnson would have been eight,

James Monroe four and James Garfield three.

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

George W Bush was in third with 60.

James Carter, Jimmy Carter, of course, 61.

And top the list, Franklin D Roosevelt.

-Absolutely top of the pile.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So at the end of our first round, our losing pair with their high score of 162,

-I'm so sorry, Tom and Ben, it's you.

-Yeah.

Now, then, Tom, tell us about Andrew Litton.

I can't think where I got the name from.

I was just kind of struggling in the dark.

Still, it sounded great.

Sadly, it was quite, quite wrong.

Thank you so much for playing, Tom and Ben.

-Cheers.

-You've been great contestants.

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

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

I wonder which pair it's going to be.

Toby and Dan, fantastic answers from you.

James Madison - a great answer.

And then William Taft! Oh! The best answer of the whole round.

The best answer possible, in fact.

You have one more round you have to get through on your own

and then you can put your heads together,

so very, very best to all three pairs.

Dan, we've been told this is a round perfectly made for you.

Very best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is:

There we are.

Can you decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

OK and the question concerns:

-French words in English. Richard?

-Absolutely.

This is a round about French phrases that are commonly used in English.

On each pass, we're going to show you six literal translations of those French phrases.

You need to give us the phrase in French, please.

A nice obscure answer will score fewer points.

An incorrect answer scores 100 points.

They're not necessarily definitions of the phrases

but they are literal translations from the Oxford Dictionary of English.

-Very, very best of luck.

-Thanks, Richard.

So here are six phrases in English.

We need the French phrases that are the literal translations of these.

And we have got:

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are.

Looking for the French phrases

that are literal translations

of these English phrases.

-Douglas?

-OK. I'm not very good at French.

I'm going to take a stab in the dark, here.

I'm just going to say bonjour for good journey.

Bonjour, says Douglas, for good journey.

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

Oh, bad luck! I'm afraid, an incorrect answer, Douglas,

scoring you the maximum 100 points. I'm sorry. Richard.

Like a tourist seeing the sights, you've done everything you can on Pointless already.

You've had a pointless answer

and a 100 in just two answers. Not bad going, is it?

I'll give the correct answer at the end.

Dan.

Yeah, OK.

That was a bit of luck. Thank you for that one.

I'm going to go for false step is a faux pas.

A faux pas. A faux pas, says Dan, for false step.

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

It's right.

Very well done indeed, Dan.

Faux pas scoring you eight.

Yeah, very well played, as we would expect.

In French, it can also mean literally losing your balance.

It can be a physical act. A faux pas.

Now, then, Barbara. You're the last person to have this board,

so you can take us through the whole board, if you like.

Erm, I know one.

Nouveau riche for new rich.

Nouveau riche. Nouveau riche, says Barbara, for new rich.

Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said nouveau riche.

-APPLAUSE

-36.

36 for nouveau riche.

Applying to people who've made their wealth during their own generation.

Let's go through the rest of the board and while we've got Dan here, we might as well make use of him.

Erm, burnt cream, Dan?

-Creme brulee.

-Creme brulee.

I'm not even going to do the pronunciation.

22 that would have scored.

Let's do good journey for Douglas.

-Bon voyage.

-Bon voyage, Douglas. Absolutely right.

Would have scored 38.

-Black beast?

-Bete noire.

Bete noire, absolutely.

That would have scored 14.

-And allow to do?

-Laissez-faire.

Laissez-faire. Four points.

That's the best answer on the board.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard and Dan.

Let's take a look at our scores.

Dan, lovely low score of eight, there.

So Dan and Toby looking pretty sturdy at this stage of the game

Then up to 36, where we see Barbara and Vivianne

and then up to 100, I'm afraid, where Douglas and Niamh are.

So, Niamh, we need a brilliant answer from you.

-How good's your French?

-Erm... Un peu.

LAUGHTER

Good enough.

Let's hope that's enough

to get you through to the next round.

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

OK, we're going to put six more English translations of French phrases on the board

and here they come. We have got:

I'll read those all one last time.

Looking for the common French phrases

of which these are the literal English translations

and, Vivianne, you're going to find

the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

You are on 36, a pretty good score.

Niamh and Douglas are way ahead on 100,

so if you can score 63 or less, you are through to the head-to-head.

I'm afraid I've no idea at all.

I'll go household of three -

chateau trois?

Chateau trois drinking very well this year.

-LAUGHTER

-Mm.

Here is your red line. There it is.

If you go below that with chateau trois...

I'll eat the column.

Let's see if it's right. How many people said chateau trois?

Bad luck, Vivianne.

Brave effort but I'm afraid an incorrect answer.

It takes your total up to 136.

Yeah, sorry, Vivianne.

Terrific news for Niamh, though. It's game on now, I think.

Now, then, Toby. You are through to the next round.

Even if you score 100 points, you won't overtake the high score of Vivianne and Barbara.

I think you're going to be pretty good at this as well, aren't you?

I'll give it a shot.

I'm not sure if my pronunciation

is going to be as good as Dan's

but I would say famous case -

cause celebre.

Cause celebre, says Toby.

Cause celebre. No red line for you, you're already through.

Let's see how many people said cause celebre.

-Very well done. Eight!

-APPLAUSE

You matched Dan's score on the first pass.

Your total is 16. Very well done indeed. Richard?

Yes, well played, Toby. Sailing through.

It means a case arousing widespread controversy -

cause celebre.

Niamh. Now we have a game.

The high scorers on 136

are Vivianne and Barbara.

You're on 100. You need to score 35 or less.

Could you talk us through the board, Niamh?

There's two

that I'm pretty sure are right,

already seen and joy of living,

so I think I've survived

by the skin of my teeth on this one.

I'll go with joy of living, joie de vivre.

Joie de vivre, says Niamh.

Joie de vivre.

There is your red line.

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

Let's see how many people said joie de vivre.

It's right.

Oh! No! 37.

You needed 35!

Oh, dear, oh, dear.

That takes your total up to 137.

-Oh!

-That was pretty close, wasn't it?

Yeah, if you'd said deja vu

you'd have been right, it is already seen -

-it would have scored you 29 points.

-AUDIENCE GROAN

It would have seen you safely through.

Dan, do you fancy finishing these off for us?

Household of three is not chateau trois.

Menage a trois.

Yes, something very different altogether.

Yeah, absolutely. That would have scored 28 points.

-Blow of state?

-Coup d'etat.

That would have scored five points.

Sweet note is a pointless answer.

Well done if you said...

-Billet doux.

-Billet doux.

Absolutely. A love letter.

APPLAUSE

Thank you very much, Richard and Dan.

So at the end of our second round,

the losing pair with their high score of 137,

oh, Niamh, that was bad luck!

That was bad luck.

Nearly went for deja vu, which would have seen you through.

But two correct answers.

I'm afraid, Douglas,

it was your high score of 100

that doomed you.

But we will see you again next time. We look forward to that very much.

-Meanwhile, thanks for playing, Niamh and Douglas.

-Thank you.

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

Congratulations, Toby and Dan, Vivianne and Barbara.

You are now only one round away from the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £3,250.

WHOOPING

You're now going to go head-to-head

and the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot

but you're now allowed to confer.

So, Toby and Dan, some great answering from you. Lovely low scores there.

But I'm particularly impressed that you had identical scores in Round Two.

-I know.

-Very brotherly, I felt.

-Absolutely.

-Yeah.

But he gets paid to do that, so I think should get a special point.

Maybe, maybe.

And Vivianne - chateau trois.

-Did you think...?

-When it came up, I remembered it, but...

Well, you got the trois right.

It's just a slightly grander household than we were after.

-A castle!

-There we are.

Very, very best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, here comes your first question and it concerns:

Girl band members. Richard.

Yes, we're going to show you five pictures of women

who've been members of girl bands who've had one or more UK top ten singles.

With which girl bands are the following most associated?

-Very best of luck.

-OK, thanks, Richard.

Let's reveal our five girl band members and here they come. We have got:

There we are. Five girl band members.

Toby and Dan, you've played best so far, so you go first.

Do you know...?

-Erm...

-Do you know any of them?

-Yes.

I think we can get maybe three of them.

-Really?

-So, I think, A - Destiny's Child.

Destiny's Child - A, say Toby and Dan.

Vivianne and Barbara, the board is yours.

Talk us through it.

Well, I only know B and E.

B is Girls Aloud

and E is the Spice Girls.

I don't know the others.

So we'll go for B - Girls Aloud.

B - Girls Aloud, say Vivianne and Barbara. B - Girls Aloud.

So Toby and Dan have said A - Destiny's Child.

Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people

said Destiny's Child.

It's right.

23.

23. Very well done indeed.

Vivianne and Barbara have said B - Girls Aloud.

B - Girls Aloud.

Let's see if that's right

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

It's right.

43!

Very well done. Toby and Dan, after one question you are up 1-0.

-Richard.

-Well played, gentlemen.

Let's take a look through the rest of them.

C. Do you know C?

-Bananarama.

-Yes, Keren Woodward from Bananarama. Absolutely right.

It would have scored four points.

Well done if you said that at home.

There's another good answer, D.

That's Alesha Dixon and she was in Mis-Teeq.

12 points.

And Emma Bunton, obviously, the last one, who was in the Spice Girls.

But that was a big score, as you'd expect. 59 points for Emma Bunton.

-Biggest answer on that board.

-Thanks very much.

Now, here comes your second question.

Vivianne and Barbara, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

It concerns:

-Two-word film titles beginning with "The..."

-Absolutely.

We're going to show you five titles of such films

and we're going to show "The..." and the first initial of that film

and a pair of actors who appeared in the film.

Can you name any of these five films, please?

Thanks, Richard. So let's reveal our two-word film titles

and here they are. We have got:

I'll read those all one last time.

Vivianne and Barbara,

you go first this time.

Exorcist. Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair is The Exorcist, I think.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

Are you sure?

We'll go for Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair, The Exorcist.

The Exorcist, you are saying. The Exorcist.

Now, then, Toby and Dan, you can talk aloud now and take us through the board.

Yeah. The Graduate is Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft.

The Sting, but I think they'll both be higher than The Exorcist.

-I'm hesitating between The Sting and The Birds.

-I think The Birds.

-OK.

-We're going for The Birds.

-So Dan and Toby are saying The Birds.

Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren.

So we have The Exorcist versus The Birds.

Vivianne and Barbara said The Exorcist. Let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

-Oh, very well done. 16. That's a great score.

-APPLAUSE

Very well played.

I wonder if that could keep you in the game. It might well.

Toby and Dan have gone for The Birds.

Let's see if that's right

and how many people said it.

It's right. It's got to beat 16.

-22.

-APPLAUSE

-Well done.

-Thank you.

22. Very well done, Vivianne and Barbara.

That's exactly what you needed to do. You're back in the game.

-It's 1-1.

-Well played, Vivianne and Barbara.

There's only answer that would have beaten The Exorcist,

so you put them in a tough position, and that is the second one down.

Burton was nominated for an Oscar for it.

It was the first ever film in CinemaScope

and it was called The Robe.

Three points. The Robe. Well done if you got that.

The G is The Graduate. That would have scored 38 points.

And The Sting would have scored you more then The Birds.

It would have scored you 28.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So here comes the third question, our decider.

Whoever wins this question goes through and plays for the jackpot.

It concerns:

-Mozart. Richard.

-Yes, we're going to show you five clues now

leading to facts about the composer Mozart.

Whoever gives us the most obscure answer is playing for the jackpot, so best of luck.

OK, let's reveal our five clues to facts about Mozart and here they come. We have got:

I'll read all those one last time.

Now, Toby and Dan,

-you answer first again this time.

-OK.

Which do you know?

I think I know all but one.

I'm going to go for the composer,

which is Antonio Salieri.

-Salieri.

-Salieri.

Salieri, the composer who is accused, in fiction,

of poisoning Mozart.

Vivianne and Barbara, the board is yours.

Well, we think his first name

by what he's known

is Amadeus.

Amadeus.

Amadeus, you are saying.

So we have Salieri versus Amadeus.

Toby and Dan, Salieri.

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

It's right.

It's a great answer. Look at that - 12! Very well done indeed.

APPLAUSE

Vivianne and Barbara have said Amadeus

was his first name by which he was known.

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

Bad luck, bad luck. An incorrect answer, I'm afraid,

which means Toby and Dan, after three questions,

you are through to the final, 2-1.

-Very well done indeed.

-Well played, Toby and Dan.

It's Wolfgang - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, absolutely right.

That would have scored you 33, so it wouldn't have seen you through.

There's one answer that would but let's look at the others.

The country in which he was born was Austria.

That would have scored you 45.

He lived, of course, in the 18th century.

That would have scored you 26.

And the best answer was the first name of his wife.

-Constanze.

-Constanze, absolutely right, Dan.

Constanze for two points,

well done if you said that at home.

-You're showing off.

-Thanks very much indeed.

So our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid it's Vivianne and Barbara.

-But you put up a good fight.

-Oh, yes!

You did very well. The Exorcist, a great answer, there.

Girls Aloud, a good answer, too, but beaten by Destiny's Child.

But you've played very well. I'm sorry this is where we say goodbye.

-Vivianne and Barbara, thanks so much for playing.

-Thank you.

But for Toby and Dan, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Toby and Dan, you've fought off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at...

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

You've done so well. You've just done brilliantly.

Great answering the whole way through the show

and I was particularly impressed in that last head-to-head question, the Mozart question.

You went for Salieri but you had a better answer in reserve.

-You know Constanze.

-I wasn't sure.

-OK.

But there you are. You had an answer to back up.

Now, the rules are very simple.

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

We've had one pointless answer on the show today.

You only have to find one more to go home with our jackpot.

Firstly you've got to choose a category

and you have a choice of five options. They are:

Erm... Place names, surely?

-Place names?

-Yeah.

-OK.

Do you fancy 20th century dramatists?

No, not so much.

Funky music sounds the most fun

but...

Toby is very funky, so I'm tempted but...

-We'll play place names. That's fine.

-Place names?

-Yeah.

-Place names it is.

-Place names.

-Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many:

Richard? Yes, we're looking for any country of the world

whose common English name is a single word

consisting of ten letters or more, please.

As always, by country we mean a member of the UN

that is a sovereign state.

So one word, non-hyphenated, with ten letters or more, please.

-Best of luck.

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

and all you need to win that £3,250

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-I guess so.

-As we'll ever be, yeah.

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

Your time starts now.

-OK, erm...

-Well, Madagascar...

-Guatemala?

-Guatemala's good.

Erm, there's... It's amazing. Your mind goes blank.

Madagascar's very good.

Guatemala I like. Venezuela.

That's long enough, I think.

-We need to do it. We need...

-Yeah.

-Erm...

-I like Guatemala.

-We'll go for Guatemala?

-We need more.

-Sorry, we need three.

-Yeah.

Focus, job, focus.

Er...

Zimbabwe's not enough.

No. I'm not good enough at maths.

-Erm... What about Kurdistan? Kyrgyzstan.

-Kyrgyzstan.

-Kyrgyzstan.

Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan. That's a very good one.

-Turkmenistan.

-Turkmenistan, oh, that's a good one.

-Ten seconds left.

-Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Guatemala.

-And Guatemala. OK.

-Yeah. Yeah, we've got them.

-OK, you've got three.

We'll stop the clock.

We were looking for one-word countries with ten or more letters.

-I now need your three answers.

-OK.

-So, Kyrgyzstan.

-Kyrgyzstan.

-Yeah. Turkmenistan.

-Turkmenistan.

-And Guatemala.

-And Guatemala.

Now, of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

I think Turkmenistan.

-Turkmenistan. We'll put that one last.

-OK.

-Which is your least likely, do you think?

-Guatemala.

-Guatemala we'll put first.

-Yeah.

OK, let's put those up on the board in that order and here they are.

OK, we were looking for one-word countries with ten or more letters.

Guatemala was your first answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer, remember,

to win that jackpot of £3,250.

So let's see. Guatemala - is it right?

-No.

-Not a great spot.

I think we've... Unfortunately not a pointless answer.

But to be honest, Guatemala, it was just a filler, wasn't it?

You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

Toby, what would you do with £3,250?

Erm, one of the things we were hoping to do,

is Dan's been quite ill recently,

so we're hoping to give it to the hospital that's been supporting Dan.

Very, very well done. Good.

Very good. Well, very, very best of luck.

Let's hope one of these two remaining answers wins it for you.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Kyrgyzstan.

It has to be right, then it has to be pointless.

If it's both of those things, you leave here with £3,250.

So let's see how many people said Kyrgyzstan.

Well, it's right.

Your first answer, Guatemala, didn't quite add up,

but Kyrgyzstan most certainly does.

It's in the twenties, the teens, into single figures.

If it goes to zero, you leave with the jackpot.

-CHEERING

-Very well done! You've done it.

That's a brilliant, brilliant answer.

-Very well done, you.

-Thank you very much. Thank you.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Congratulations. Kyrgyzstan was a pointless answer, so you go home with the jackpot of £3,250.

-Brilliant.

-CHEERING

-Very, very well played. Richard?

-Very well played, guys.

You've been a class act since the moment you appeared on the show.

Turkmenistan, your other answer, would have scored two points.

-Ooh!

-AUDIENCE OOHS

So well done, Kyrgyzstan.

There's only four pointless answers on the whole list.

Let's see if you got any of these at home.

Kyrgyzstan at the top. Mauritania was a pointless answer.

Micronesia another good one. Well done if you got that.

Montenegro would have been a pointless answer

and Seychelles, also a pointless answer.

Turkmenistan has got 12 letters. It's the second-longest on the list.

There's only one country that has a single word with more letters than Turkmenistan.

-Do you know what that is?

-No, no idea.

-Liechtenstein.

-Oh!

-Liechtenstein, the longest of them all.

Liechtenstein would have scored you two points, though, but it's the longest.

There we are. Thanks once again to our winning players, Toby and Dan,

who go away with today's jackpot of £3,250.

CHEERING

Join us next time when we put more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

-RICHARD:

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