Episode 15 Pointless

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

Welcome to Pointless. This is the quiz show

where the questions have been asked to 100 people before the show

and all our contestants have to do

is come up with the answers those 100 people couldn't think of.

Let's meet today's players.

-Couple number one.

-I'm Chris.

This is my friend Paul and we're from Middlesbrough.

Couple number two.

I'm Andy, this is my friend Rob, and we met as students in Manchester.

Couple number three.

I'm Daniel, this is my sister Natalee, and we're from Manchester.

And our fourth and final couple.

I'm Ivor and this is my daughter Lindsay

and we're both originally from Southampton.

And these, ladies and gentlemen, are today's contestants.

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Thanks very much, all of you, we'll find out more about you

throughout the show as it goes along.

There's only one person left for me to introduce.

He frowns at Einstein's theory of relativity - too obvious.

-It's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya.

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-What a cracking show we had last time.

-Oh, wow!

We had four VERY strong pairs, and three of those pairs are back,

as well. It's going to be a cracker.

Matt and Grace all the way to that final,

-absolutely thought they were going to nail it.

-And that jackpot...

-The jackpot remains.

-It's swelling.

-They didn't win it.

Didn't see as much of Paul and Chris, they got knocked out in the first round, but two very strong pairs.

Ivor and Lindsay, you're in the lions' den here with these three pairs,

so very best of luck. Lots of money, lots of very good contestants.

Great questions, should be an absolute cracker.

Very good, thanks very much, Richard. All of our questions

on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers our 100 people didn't get.

So everyone's looking to find a Pointless answer that

none of our 100 people gave.

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

Matt and Grace didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £19,000.

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

In this round, I'll take an answer from each of you,

and there's no conferring.

Whichever pair have the highest score at the end

of the round will be eliminated, so try and make sure that's not you.

Our first category today is...

European Countries.

Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first,

who's going to go second, and whoever is going first,

please step up to the podium.

OK, and the question concerns...

-Italian towns and cities.

-Richard.

On each pass, we're going to give you seven clues to Italian towns and cities.

You just have to name that town or city, please.

A nice obscure answer will score you fewer points,

but an incorrect answer will score you 100 points.

There's going to be 14 Italian towns and cities in all to name at home.

Good luck. I didn't know there WERE 14 famous Italian towns and cities. LAUGHTER

To be honest, I think some of them are doubling up.

Thanks very much, Richard.

OK, we are looking for Italian towns and cities,

revealed by these clues, and here they are. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Now, Chris, tell us what happened last time.

We fell down on the artists. It wasn't my strong subject.

Unfortunately, my husband has a picture framing gallery...

-You didn't say that last time.

-I know, I forgot.

-You were so close!

Had you said "Pablo" instead of "Paolo" Picasso,

-you'd have had the lowest score by miles.

-I know, I know.

Paul scored 2. I don't want to rub it in, but...

-That makes it worse!

-So, Chris, what are you going to go for?

I'm going to have to have a guess.

It's not my favourite category, yet again.

City which surrounds Vatican City, is it Rome?

City which surrounds Vatican City, is it Rome, says Chris?

Let's find out how many people said Rome.

It's right...

69. It's a lot better than 100, Chris.

Yes, the Eternal City, Vatican City,

one of those answers that always scores 100, isn't it?

-Yes, very well done indeed, Chris. Now, Andy.

-Hello.

Andy, also part of a returning pair from last time, Andy and Rob.

We saw you out in the second round.

Little bit unfortunate, some great answering from you.

Just almost too... In fact, too obscure. You went off the other end.

-Yes, on football, which is a shame. But these things happen.

-Indeed.

That's exactly what they do, they happen, these things.

Now, then, Andy. Remind us what your strong suits are.

Ironically, football, which is what we fell down on.

I'm OK on geography, so this might be OK,

but I don't want to jinx it, and pop music, as well.

Between us, I like the less credible music, and Rob likes credible music.

OK, talk us through your answer from this board.

I think, I might be wrong,

but I think the 12th-century birthplace of St Francis is Assisi.

Assisi, says Andy. St Francis of Assisi.

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

It's absolutely right, 69 our high score so far,

and you've gone through that...

39, there we are.

39 for Assisi.

Yes, St Francis of Assisi, of course,

a famous Roman Catholic shrine there even now.

OK, Daniel, also a returning pair, Daniel and Natalee.

Remind us what happened last time.

There was some question about some sort of scandal,

there was a gate and there was water, it didn't go well.

-It didn't for you, or for Nixon, in fact, did it?

-No.

-No.

But you made it all the way through to the head-to-head, you were

our best performing pair throughout the whole show, so remember that.

-Take heart from it.

-Yeah, take heart from that.

-Now, then, what do you make of this board?

-Not good.

Well, I'll use the clever plan and say I know two,

-but they've both gone.

-Oh, right, so you're drawing a blank now?

-Yeah.

I'll have to take a guess at the birthplace of The Lady With The Lamp. It may have been Florence.

You're going to say Florence,

the birthplace of The Lady With The Lamp.

Florence, says Daniel, let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people knew that answer.

Absolutely right, Daniel.

39 our best score so far,

and you've smashed through that.

28, very well done indeed. You see!

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Yes, the second of two daughters,

born during an extended European honeymoon.

-That really is an extended honeymoon.

-That's a long honeymoon, isn't it?

-If you manage to fit two daughters in.

-Wow.

OK, now, then, Ivor, welcome to Pointless.

I don't think we've had many Ivors on this show.

I don't think so, Ivor. LAUGHTER AND GROANING

Oh, come on, come on.

Oh, they can't decide, it is an "Oooh" or a "Ha-ha"?!

It's "Ivor, or", isn't it?

-LAUGHTER AND GROANING

-Ivor, what do you do?

I'm retired now,

but my wife and I owned restaurants in Majorca for a few years.

-Oh, that's fun.

-It was enjoyable.

-I bet it was.

It was in Majorca, we enjoyed the weather, the people,

-the Spanish people are just...wonderful.

-Ah!

-Fantastic. But you no longer live out in Majorca?

-No, no.

-We are back in a little place near Southampton.

-Very good indeed.

Now, Ivor, did you ever hop across to Italy?

Yes, a couple of times, but not in the last 40 years!

-I think "I'vor" answer...

-I like it, good.

See, you don't have a go at HIM, do you? That's OK, is it? LAUGHTER

I'm a bit iffy about the Winter Olympics,

but I think "Has hosted the Italian Formula One Grand Prix every year",

I believe that to be Monza.

Monza, says Ivor.

Monza hosted the Italian F1 GP every year since 1981, let's see

if that's right, let's see how many people said Monza.

It's correct!

Very well done indeed.

18, our best score so far.

Well played, Ivor, claimed to be the fastest track in the world, Monza. Let's take a look at the rest.

Tell me how you pronounce the dessert in this next one.

-Well, zabaglione, some people say "zab-ag-li-on-e".

-I say "zab-ag-li-on-e".

-What do you think that is?

-It's a marsala.

It is a marsala, yeah, very well done if you said that.

Terrific answer, five points. Home of Europe's oldest university?

You either know it, or you don't, it's Bologna.

Bologna, that would have scored two points.

And host of the 2006 Winter Olympics,

surprisingly difficult, because it's quite recent.

It was Turin, absolutely right. Would have scored seven points,

so the best answer on the board there is Bologna.

We're halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.

Very best score of the round, of course, was Ivor's,

lovely low score for Monza with 18.

And then we travel up the line in that order.

28, Daniel and Natalee, pretty good, 39, where we find Andy

and Rob, and then 69, Chris and Paul, quite far out ahead.

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

OK, we're going to put seven more clues on the board

and here they are.

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

We are looking for the Italian towns and cities described by these clues.

Lindsay, you're going to try and find

the lowest scoring answer you can on that board.

-Lindsay, what do you do?

-I stay at home with my children at the moment.

-How many children have you got?

-Three.

Now, Ivor's left you in a very good position, Lindsay. Nice low score.

-Have you been to Italy much?

-I've never been to Italy.

What are you going to go for?

I'm going to go for the home of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet,

-Verona.

-Verona, says Lindsay,

Verona. Now, the high scorers on 69 are Paul and Chris, you're on 18.

If you can score 50 or less, you're through to the next round.

There's your red line. How many people said Verona? Is it right?

Absolutely right.

And you're through, very well done.

-29 for Verona.

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Your total is now 47.

Yes, in northern Italy, lots of very beautiful Romanesque

-and Gothic architecture in Verona.

-A huge arena there, as well.

The Roman Arena in Verona.

-LAUGHTER The Roman Arena of Verona.

-Yeah.

-I saw Rihanna at the Roman Arena of Verona.

-Oh, yeah?

-LAUGHTER

-How was Rihanna at the Roman Arena in Verona?

-Er, I would say...

-LAUGHTER

-Sorry!

-Yeah, she was OK.

-Very good.

Good stuff, now, then, Natalee.

So, last time, you did fantastically well.

Lovely low score for you in the second round.

-Remind us what you scored.

-3!

-3.

Which I was very pleased with.

-It was a cracking score with Zenit St Petersburg.

-Indeed.

-Ah!

-Great skills.

-I would like to think I could get 3 in this round

-but I don't think it's going to happen.

-Have you been to Italy?

I've been, yes, I've been once to Italy.

I think that place is on there, but I think it would be quite obvious.

I'm going to go for "Famous for its unperpendicular bell-tower",

and say Pisa.

Pisa. Pisa, says Natalee.

The high scorers at the moment are still Paul and Chris on 69,

you're on 28. A score of 40 or less for Pisa will keep you in the game.

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

Absolutely right.

Ooh, 61. 61 for Pisa takes your total up to 89.

Might be all right, might be all right by the end of the round.

I don't think it would be quite as popular a tourist attraction

if it was called the "unperpendicular bell-tower of Pisa", don't you think?

-Yeah.

-Good word, though. You'd probably pronounce it differently.

No, I genuinely say unperpendicular when I say it,

-which is only twice in my life so far.

-Both in the last five minutes.

I don't think I've ever said "unperpendicular" before. I suspect I never will again.

OK, Rob, last time, it was you who "over-Pointlessed" us, didn't you?

You went over-obscure. Remind us of what your team was? Bayer...?

-Bayern Leverkusen, which was...

-Bayern Leverkusen.

-..so Pointless it was wrong.

-Yeah. Yeah.

No danger of you doing that on this board, of course.

-Hopefully not, no.

-No.

-So, a lot of the answers I knew have gone.

These are the less obvious ones. So I'm going to go for

where gondolas ply on canals and say Venice.

OK. Where gondolas PLY on canals.

Now, the high scorers are Natalee and Daniel on 89. You're on 39.

If you can score 49 or less, you are through to the next round.

Let's see, Venice. Is it right? How many people said it?

Oh, 95. Oh, that's a high one. Rob.

That takes your total to 134. Richard.

That's a big score. Yes.

Five points better than you scored last time though. Which is good.

If you were with us for another 19 shows, you'd get a Pointless answer, which would be great.

The good news is, the three obvious ones are gone, so Paul has

been left with a very tricky board there, so you may still be in it.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now then. Paul.

-Tell us what happened last time.

-Well, we were very unlucky.

One letter put us out. Really unfortunate.

-So, one of those things, I suppose.

-OK.

Well, we are expecting great things this time.

Paul, we have new high scorers.

On 134 we have Rob and Andy,

Paul and Chris, you are on 69.

The board is yours. Fill in all the gaps.

That's easier said than done in this case as far as myself is concerned.

Sardinian city, I know most of the Serie A teams, but I wouldn't

like to have a stab at something and it be the wrong one.

I'm going to take a huge risk

and it's the one I've got to go for, I think.

And I'm going to go for known to the Romans as Mediolanum - as Milan.

Simply because Milan hasn't come up yet.

And it does have all of the letters of Milan in the word.

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Faultless reasoning. Oh, please can it be right! Mediolanum - Milan.

Here's your red line.

Get below that, you're through to the next round.

Paul, if this happens to be wrong, I'm just going to tell you now, I salute you.

Very well done.

That's guts. Mediolanum, is it Milan?

It's right! Very well done.

And you are through. Richly deserved.

-5.

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5, taking your total up to 74. Great answer, Paul. Richard.

Well played, Paul. That was very, very gutsy.

Milan, famous for art, fashion and football.

Let's look at the rest of the board. It's tough, the rest of the board.

-What would you have gone for the Serie A team, if you had to go for that?

-Well, I don't think it's

Juventus or Lazio, because they're in Turin.

I wonder if we should have Rob and Andy have a little swansong

-and see if they know it?

-Is it Cagliari?

-It's Cagliari, yes.

Very well done. 7 points that would have scored.

-Host of the Palio Horse Race?

-That is Siena.

-Siena. Absolutely right.

-It would score you 6 points. And where Amati and Stradivari violins come from?

-I don't know.

-Cremona.

-Cremona.

-Best answer there. One point.

Very well done to anyone who got that. Anyone that got all 14 of those really knows their Italy.

-Very impressive.

-Very good indeed. Thank you, Richard.

So, at the end of our first round, the losing pair with

the high score of 134, I'm afraid, Rob and Andy, it's you.

I'm really sorry. Two perfectly correct answers there.

It was the blooming gondolas plying on their canals there.

-That's what it was. It was probably the plying that threw you.

-Probably. Yeah.

Listen, it's been lovely having you on the show.

-Thank you so much for playing. Cheers. Great contestants.

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But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

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

I'm wondering which pair it will be. Very hard-fought, that last one.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for round two is UK Politics. There we are. UK Politics.

Decide in your pairs who will go first and second.

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

OK. Our question concerns the 1992 UK Cabinet.

1992 UK Cabinet, Richard.

We're about to show you a photograph now of the new Cabinet after

the Tory election win of 1992.

We need you to name any of the people on that photograph, please.

-Any of the people you are about to see.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

OK, so here's that image of the 1992 Cabinet.

There we are. OK. Now, Chris, the 1992 Cabinet.

-Have you had a good look?

-I have.

-Scoured the picture.

-Yes.

-And have you decided who you're going to name?

-I think, it's a bit difficult, I think I recognise John Prescott.

-OK.

OK. John Prescott is your answer. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said John Prescott.

Yes, unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer, I'm afraid, Chris.

-That scores you the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry.

-Sorry, Chris.

Last show, you were one letter away from a correct answer.

This time, you are a whole political party and five years

and just a huge conversion by Prescott away from a correct answer.

There we are. Now, Natalee.

Yes, I recognise a few faces on there.

And I either go safe or I'm anticipating that this isn't

going to be a good round for Dan, so I think I'm going to have to

take, it's not an enormous risk, but a bit of a risk for me,

I think the guy in the middle, I'm hoping, is Michael Howard.

Michael Howard says Natalee. Michael Howard. Let's see if that is right?

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Michael Howard.

Absolutely right.

Oh, down it goes. Michael Howard. Down into single figures.

Down to 2! Wow!

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-2, for Michael Howard.

-Well played, Natalee.

Natalee has got everything, hasn't she? Everything we throw at her. You're quite right.

There he is in the middle, Michael Howard, now in the House of Lords.

And when you said this would be a bad round for Dan, he was just nodding like that.

OK. Thank you very much indeed, Richard. Now then, Lindsay.

-Lindsay, how are you feeling about this question?

-OK.

-I remember a lot of these from Spitting Image.

-I know, yes.

Spitting Image was brilliant for this.

That was my political education from about the age of eight.

It's all I know, really. I'm going to go Kenneth Clarke.

Kenneth Clarke, says Lindsay.

Kenneth Clarke, let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

Absolutely right.

34 for Kenneth Clarke.

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Very solid answer. He was the Home Secretary at the time. Still around now, of course.

-He claims credit for England winning the 1966 World Cup final.

-Yes.

He said he was sitting right behind the Russian linesman

and shouted "it's a goal" when it went over the line,

which, despite the fact the Russian linesman shows no

understanding of English, apparently swayed the...

-Yes, that would have done it.

-That would have done it.

So, yeah, well done him, the unsung hero of '66(!)

Very good. Thanks very much. Now, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at those scores. Natalee, you have done it again.

Another brilliant low score, 2,

so Daniel, I would say you're looking pretty safe.

Anyway, best of luck.

Lindsay, lovely low score from you, 34, so Lindsay and Ivor

also looking pretty safe, certainly in the context of 100.

I'm sorry, Chris and Paul, that is a high score.

Paul, you might be called upon to do your special trick again,

and we just have to hope it would be enough to keep you in the game.

Good luck with that. We're going to come back down the line now,

can the second players please take their place on the podium.

OK, so remember, we are looking for members of the 1992 Cabinet,

and obviously, Ivor, you're going to try

and find one that nobody else can think of. A lovely low-scoring one.

The high scorers on 100, Paul and Chris. You're on 34.

If you can score 65 or less, you're in the head-to-head.

Now, 1992, you were probably living the high life out in Majorca?

-Having a whale of a time!

-You couldn't have cared less

-about the Cabinet.

-Not a bit.

-No, no, no. Little did you know...

-Yeah, little did I know.

-..that sometime, everything was

going to hang on your recognition skills.

-How are you feeling about this, Ivor?

-Awesome.

Yeah, I think I can name them all.

On the right-hand side at the back,

trying to dodge behind the pillar, is Michael Portillo.

Michael Portillo. Michael Portillo, says Ivor. There's the red line.

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

How many of our 100 people said Michael Portillo?

It's right. You've done it. Very well done, Ivor.

Oh, it's still going down, look at that. 11.

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-Wow.

11 for Michael Portillo, takes your total to 45. Well done. Richard.

It's a very young-looking Michael Portillo there.

Of course now, better known for his broadcasting work, no longer an MP.

Now, Daniel, for some reason, Natalee didn't have much

faith in your political recognition skills from 1992.

-How old were you in 1992, Daniel?

-Three.

Then you should know these guys like the back of your hand.

I've got a feeling that guy sat right in the middle,

it might possibly be John Major.

The man in the middle, John Major, says Daniel. John Major.

You're on two. Brilliant low score from Natalee in the first pass.

The high score is 100 with Paul and Chris still.

Here's your red line, lovely and high.

Let's see if John Major gets you below that red line. Is it right?

How many people said it?

It's right and you've done it. Wow.

And it goes 54.

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-Wow.

54 of our 100 people managed to recognise the Prime Minister.

-How about that. That's low.

-Well done, you're through, you're in the head-to-head.

Now, Paul, even your low answering skills,

and I am looking forward to this,

I think you've got a Pointless answer up your sleeve.

No, I just think you have. In fact I'm certain of it.

Even that won't be enough to save you, I'm afraid, I'm sorry to say.

Talk us through the board. Fill in some of these anonymous faces.

Well, I want to take a bit of a chance.

I think that's him second from the left, I'm not absolutely sure, but nothing to lose.

-Malcolm Rifkind.

-Malcolm Rifkind. There you are. Malcolm Rifkind.

Let's see if that's right. No red line for you, because you're the highest scorers,

but let's see how many people said Malcolm Rifkind.

-5.

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5, taking your total up to 105, that's a great answer.

Second lowest score of the entire round. Very well done, Paul.

-Richard.

-Secretary of State for Defence, and a nice way to leave us, Paul, well played.

-There are a few Pointless answers here, as you can imagine.

-Let's have a crack.

-OK, go on then.

-Keith Joseph.

-No.

-Peter Lilley.

Peter Lilley, there he is, next to Michael Howard, Pointless answer.

Oh, there we are.

APPLAUSE Very well done.

So who is the guy between Lamont and Major?

That's Lord Mackay of Clashfern. Who's a Pointless answer.

There are a few other Pointless answers as well.

John MacGregor, the Secretary of State for Transport, there he is.

Well done if you said him. Richard Ryder. On the top, the top left.

Well done if you got him. Robin Butler, the Cabinet Secretary, there he is.

And William Waldegrave,

that's one of the better-known of the Pointless answers, there he is.

Some of the low scorers, Lord Wakeham, there's John Patten.

-Virginia Bottomley.

-Yes.

-Would've scored you 2 points.

Patrick Mayhew, 2. Tony Newton, 2.

Michael Heseltine, of course, would have scored 12.

Norman Lamont would have scored 15.

And the three biggest scorers, Douglas Hurd, 16.

Ken Clarke, we've already heard, 34. And Daniel gave us John Major, 54.

-That's the biggest scorer of all.

-Wow.

OK, well, thanks very much, Richard. At the end of our second round,

the losing pair with the highest score, 105, Paul and Chris.

-I'm so sorry.

-It looks easier at home.

Well, I would've said Keith Joseph, I'd have been straight out!

-Is that what you would have gone for?

-Probably not, actually, no, but if I really had to

-go for something.

-What would you have gone for?

-Virginia Bottomley, nice, safe, low scorer.

I'd have gone for William Waldegrave, because I've got the answers in front of me.

So we'd have got 2 points between us,

we'd be through to the next round. We should play this game.

Look at the size of that jackpot. You and I should play this game.

But Paul and Chris, you made it to the second round,

I honestly had you down as, beyond this,

you could put your heads together and every thing would be fine.

I had you down as finalists, but I'm sorry that we have to

say goodbye so soon, but it's been great having you on the show. Thanks so much for playing. Paul and Chris.

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-Back to the two remaining pairs,

they are now getting one step closer to the final and the chance of taking home

that massive jackpot as we enter the head-to-head.

Well, congratulations, Ivor and Lindsay, Natalee and Daniel,

you are now only one round away from the final

and a chance to play for the jackpot which currently stands at £19,000.

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Very exciting. Now, obviously, only one pair can play for that money,

and to decide which pair, you are now going to go head to head.

The difference is, you are now allowed to confer.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.

Very, very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

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OK, here's your first question, and it concerns...

The Williams sisters. Richard?

We're going to give you a list of clues to facts about the famous

tennis siblings, you need to give the most obscure answer, please.

All of these facts are correct up to October 2012.

OK, thanks, Richard, let's reveal our five clues to

facts about the Williams sisters, and here they are.

We've got...

I'll read those all again.

Now then, Ivor and Lindsay,

you played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.

THEY CONFER

We thought about it and we'll go for the country

of their birth which was the United States of America

-and let them worry about the next.

-OK.

You're going to say the USA, the country of their birth.

Now then, Natalee and Daniel. The board is yours. Talk us through it.

I think they possibly won their first Olympic gold in 2000.

We don't know the cartoon.

We're thinking Wimbledon for the Grand Slam

and we don't know about the NFL team

but I've got Tampa Bay in my head as a Floridian American sports team.

-I think go Wimbledon.

-Right, we're going to say Wimbledon.

You are going to go with Wimbledon. It's not a certain answer.

OK, so we have United States of America. We have Wimbledon.

Ivor and Lindsay,

you've said their country of birth is the United States.

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

Absolutely right.

Ooh, that's high.

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76.

But at least it was certain.

Natalee and Daniel, you've taken a bit of a punt here.

You've said Wimbledon. Let's see if it's right.

If it is, let's see how many people said Wimbledon.

It is right. Very well done and it wins you the point.

Very well done indeed. 28.

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But importantly, it beats 76 which means Natalee and Daniel,

after one question, you are up 1-0.

Richard.

Well played, Natalee and Daniel.

They won Wimbledon five times each as of 2012.

Let's take a look at the rest.

The year they first won Olympic gold. If you'd gone for 2000,

you'd have been right.

Won in 2000, 2008 and 2012.

7 points, that would have scored.

The cartoon in which they both made a cameo was another big scorer,

it was The Simpsons.

It would have scored you 40.

The NFL team, it's not the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It's the Miami Dolphins.

That would have scored 3 points, the best answer there.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, here comes your second question.

Ivor and Lindsay, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

It concerns:

Cake mixes. Cake mixes, Richard.

We're going to show you the names of five types of cake

but we've mixed up the letters. It's an anagram round.

The names of five types of cake.

We've removed the word "cake" from each of the anagrams

so it would be a something cake.

Can you find the most obscure of these five?

OK, thank you, Richard. Let's reveal our five anagrams of cakes.

I like this, Richard, by the way. Here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are.

Five anagrams of types of cake.

Natalee and Daniel, you go first.

THEY CONFER

I don't know, I don't know. What's that one at the bottom?

Um... We know two really.

(Sponge?)

What do you think?

Right, we're going to go for Battenberg as bang better.

Bang better, Battenberg.

OK, Battenberg, say Natalee and Daniel.

Now, Ivor and Lindsay, what are you going to go for?

-We knew four of them.

-Talk us through the board.

I think the second one is sponge.

Below that, carrot.

The bottom is ice cream, I think.

I've no idea about the wounded nipple pipes.

Upside-down apple pie?

-You sure?

-It might be.

Are you sure? It's not enough letters.

OK, I'm going to need an answer from you, Ivor and Lindsay.

Apple upside-down.

Apple upside-down. OK, Apple upside-down.

Natalee and Daniel went with Battenberg.

Let's see if that's right and if it is,

let's see how many people said it. Battenberg.

It's right.

19.

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Apple upside-down is what Ivor and Lindsay have gone for.

Apple upside-down. Let's see if that's right and if it is,

let's see how many of our 100 people said that.

Bad luck.

I'm afraid an incorrect answer which means after only two questions,

Natalee and Daniel, you are through to the final. Well done. Richard.

Absolutely talked yourself out of a point. There's an extra N in there.

-It's pineapple upside-down cake.

-Oh!

Pineapple upside-down cake would have scored 4 points.

But you should have gone for ice-cream cake.

It would have won you the point.

Absolutely right and would have been 12.

No pegs is sponge but would have been too many points, 41.

Or cart, right again, carrot. Too many points at 32.

Pineapple upside-down cake, the best answer there.

Thanks very much, Richard.

The losing pair at the end of our head-to-head round is Ivor

and Lindsay. Pineapple upside-down cake. Were you going to say that?

No, at no point was I thinking to say pineapples at all.

Anagrammatically, that was fantastic.

-I couldn't see the wood for the trees.

-Yeah.

Ivor and Lindsay, it's been lovely having you on the show

and we'll see you again next time, where on the strength of this

performance, we'll expect great things from you.

Great contestants, Ivor and Lindsay.

APPLAUSE

But for Natalee and Daniel, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Well, congratulations, Natalee and Daniel, you 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 £19,000.

APPLAUSE

Well, I think we've tested you pretty well.

We've had Italian towns and cities,

the 1992 Cabinet,

the Williams sisters,

we've had cake mix.

What's the final ingredient you'd like thrown into that?

-I think we'd like something a bit trashier!

-OK.

We're looking for pop stars or film stars or some more

sport would be good.

Definitely not 1992 politics again, or anything like that.

I think we've done 1992 politics, at least for now.

The rules are very simple.

To win that money, all you have to do is find a Pointless answer.

Do that and you'll go home with that £19,000.

Firstly, you have to choose a category.

Here are your five options. They are:

-You don't want to do cricket?

-No.

I think we're going to go for Hollywood actresses.

Hollywood actresses it is. Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many

Sharon Stone films as they could. Richard.

We're looking for any feature film made for cinema release for which

Sharon Stone has received an acting credit at the end of October 2012.

No short films, TV films or documentaries,

but voice performances do count.

Very, very best of luck.

You have up to one minutes to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that £19,000 is for just one of those

answers to be Pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Right, do you know any?

-Who is she?

-Right, OK.

She was in Basic Instinct. I think there was a Basic Instinct 2.

She was in Casino.

She might have been in like Goodfellas but after that,

I don't know.

-No Pointless answers.

-I don't think so.

I'm just trying to think of any voice performances

she would have done.

-I know who you mean but I don't...

-You know who I mean?

Like 50s, blonde, from...

Would she have been in anything like...

gangstery that you've seen?

Was she in a film called Gangsta's Paradise?

Was she in Gangsta's Paradise, that film Coolio did?

-No, that's Michelle Pfeiffer.

-Just go with what you know.

If we go for Basic Instinct 2,

Casino, and...

10 seconds left.

..Goodfellas.

-Yeah.

-I don't even know if she was in Goodfellas.

Have you got anything else? No, go for it then.

OK. We're going to stick with those three answers. Your time is now up.

We were looking for Sharon Stone films. I now need those answers.

OK.

-Basic Instinct 2.

-Basic Instinct 2.

-Casino.

-Casino.

-And Goodfellas.

-And Goodfellas.

Of those three, which is your most likely shot at a Pointless answer?

I think Basic Instinct 2.

Basic Instinct 2. We'll put that last. Your least likely, Goodfellas?

Goodfellas, because I don't think it's right.

OK, we'll put Goodfellas first.

Let's pop those up on the board in that order and here they are.

OK, so we were looking for Sharon Stone films.

Goodfellas, your first answer, was the one you were least sure of.

You're not quite sure if it's correct.

Certainly not sure if it's going to be Pointless but let's find out,

for £19,000, is it right? How many people said Goodfellas?

Well, you were right, absolutely right.

It's an incorrect answer so not a Pointless answer.

Only two more shots at that jackpot of £19,000.

Now, let's just suppose, because obviously these 100 people

are chosen completely at random and from all demographics and all

age groups. Let's just suppose none of them knows who Sharon Stone is.

Let's hope!

And you leave here with £19,000.

Daniel, what would be the thing you'd most want to do with

-that £19,000?

-I guess I would have to halve it to begin with.

I hadn't thought of that.

If we could arrange for it not to be...

He works in a bank!

LAUGHTER

I think I've always wanted to go to Las Vegas

so I would turn it into £109,500.

Because that's what always happens.

There we are. Very good. Natalee, how about you?

I've just bought a flat so it would be nice to get bits

up around there and then I think a nice long holiday would be lovely.

Excellent. OK, so we're looking for Sharon Stone films.

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

We're back on safer ground. This has to be right.

That's good to know.

It also has to be Pointless. Let's find out for £19,000.

Let's see how may people said Casino.

OK. Well it's going down in the right direction.

Your first answer, Goodfellas, was incorrect

but Casino is very much on the money. Down it goes.

Through the 20s, through the teens, into single figures...just.

9.

APPLAUSE

Not bad at all. That would be a cracking answer in normal gameplay.

9. A very good low score.

Unfortunately, not a Pointless answer though,

so I'm afraid everything is now resting on your last answer

but it was your most confident answer. Basic Instinct 2.

Now I'm hoping she was in it and it wasn't a remake with somebody else.

That's good.

This is precisely the kind of doubt which will have racked our 100.

We're looking for Sharon Stone films.

Your third and final answer was Basic Instinct 2.

It has to be Pointless for you to win that jackpot.

Let's see, for £19,000, it's it right?

How many people said Basic Instinct 2?

It's absolutely right. Goodfellas, an incorrect answer.

Casino took us all the way down to 9.

Basic Instinct 2, now taking us down through the teens

into single figures...

9 again!

APPLAUSE

Well done. Two very good answers there.

But unfortunately you didn't manage to find that vital Pointless

answer so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot

of £19,000 which rolls over onto the next show.

You've been fantastic contestants.

It's been brilliant having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing.

And you do get to take home our Pointless trophy so well done.

APPLAUSE

You played so well throughout.

People need to stop going for actors and actresses.

It's always very hard and there's always someone out there who knows

and the Pointless ones are difficult.

People see it up there and I think they feel familiarity.

The biggest scorers there, Basic Instinct as you can imagine,

Total Recall was a big scorer.

Let's look at the Pointless ones though.

Five Dollars A Day she made with Christopher Walken.

A Different Loyalty. She made that with Rupert Everett.

Was with Forest Whitaker in Diary Of A Hitman.

Comedy drama, He Said, She Said with Kevin Bacon was a Pointless answer.

Another comedy drama, If I Had Known I Was A Genius.

She plays herself, a cameo in Schwarzenegger's Last Action Hero.

That would have been a good answer.

Stardust Memories, the Woody Allen film would have been Pointless.

The Burma Conspiracy, a thriller from 2011, a Pointless answer.

A thriller from 20 years previous, Year Of The Gun was also Pointless.

There are a few others - Intersection, Last Dance,

Picking Up The Pieces, The Year Of Getting To Know Us,

When A Man Falls In The Forest and Where Sleeping Dogs Lie.

Very well done if you said any of those.

When A Man Falls In The Forest. Wow!

I bet that's a good film.

Yeah, when a man goes to see When A Man Falls In The Forest.

Does he make a sound?

If no-one goes to see When A Man Falls In The Forest,

was it really a film?

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Natalee and Daniel,

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

Thank you both so much for playing. Brilliant.

APPLAUSE

So, Natalee and Daniel didn't win our jackpot today which means

it rolls over onto our next show when we'll be playing for £20,000.

AUDIENCE: Ooh!

Join us next time. See if someone can win it.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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