Episode 21 Pointless

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless, the quiz where the questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants have to come up with the answers those 100 people couldn't think of.

-Let's meet today's players.

-APPLAUSE

-Couple number one.

-Hello, I'm Pat. This is my husband, Alan, and we're from Exeter.

-Couple number two.

-My name's Stuart from Dunham. This is my friend Chris from Retford.

-Couple number three.

-I'm David. This is my wife, Caroline. We're from Burton-on-Trent.

And our fourth and final couple.

I'm Chris. I'm from north Cornwall. This is my sister, Sarah.

-These, ladies and gentlemen, are today's contestants.

-APPLAUSE

We'll find out more about you throughout the show.

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

Saving us from a sea of misinformation, like a bespectacled David Hasselhoff.

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

-RICHARD LAUGHS

-Hiya. Hello.

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Yeah, you are.

-Oh, that's good.

-I'd like to be a bespectacled David Hasselhoff. God! That's hard to say!

-It is!

-How are you this afternoon?

-I couldn't be better.

We've got two returning pairs who last time should have gone through.

Both knew right answers and went for something else.

So they're both very strong pairs, which I know is bad news for our two new pairs.

I'd be very surprised if one of them doesn't win, surely.

Surely.

-Surely.

-Thank you very much indeed.

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

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

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer, one that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time, we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Ron and Emma didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000.

So today's jackpot starts off at...

AUDIENCE: Oooh!

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

In this first round, I'm going to take an answer from each of you, but there's no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score will be eliminated, so try and make sure it's not you.

Our first category today is...

It's authors. Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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

The question concerns...

..Literary works written under a pen name. Richard.

On each pass, we're going to show you seven books that were written under a pen name.

We'll also give you the real name of the person who wrote that book.

Tell us the pen name under which each of these was written.

A nice obscure answer scores fewer points. An incorrect answer, that's 100 points.

-14 in all to have a go at at home. Very good luck.

-OK.

So, we're going to give you the names of literary works and the name of the author in brackets.

We just need the pseudonym under which they wrote those works.

Here is our first board...

..I'll read those one last time...

Seven literary works.

We are looking for the pen names under which the authors wrote them.

Alan, welcome back to the show.

Everyone gets two shots at the Pointless final.

What happened last time?

We got to the head-to-head and I never had the courage to go for an answer which I knew.

-And, er...we lost.

-It's very hard.

Do you go for a really obscure one where you only have a 50% certainty that it might be right?

I wish I had, because I'm struggling here.

Yeah. Quite a tough subject this one.

-Is literature a good one for you?

-Not at all.

-Do you read much?

On holiday.

I've read All Creatures Great And Small.

I can't remember. I'm going to have to take a guess.

It's a silly guess, but A Clergyman's Daughter,

-Shakespeare.

-Now, Alan!

-LAUGHTER

-Now, come on.

You're going to go for A Clergyman's Daughter, Shakespeare, says Alan.

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

-AUDIENCE GROANS

-Bad luck, Alan.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. That score the maximum of 100 points.

Genuinely, that's what podium one can do. We've seen a whole show of Alan last time.

We genuinely know you answered every single thing last time very well.

The lights come on, podium one comes on. There's a board that panics you.

And suddenly, you're saying Shakespeare on national television.

-LAUGHTER

-And you know it's not right.

I could see the inside of your brain screaming.

-But we've seen Alan before.

-We've seen Alan before. He'll be back.

I don't know if he'll bounce back from this, but he's put in some groundwork so we know he's good.

It may not be the last 100 score in this round.

Anyway, now then, Stuart. Welcome back to the show.

-You did a very brave thing last time.

-Was it brave or stupid?

Genuinely, I think that was very brave, indeed.

-You had an answer, Ainsley Harriott.

-Yeah.

You thought, "That's going to score too much." So you took a massive gamble on something you didn't know.

-And Ainsley Harriott would have got you through.

-It's the risk you've got to take, but never mind.

Yeah. Anyway, good to have you back. What are your hobbies?

I like a round of golf, although I'm not particularly good at it.

Going to gigs, going out for a few pints.

-Favourite band?

-Probably Oasis. Interpol, the National.

-The Fall. Quite an obscure mix.

-Very good.

-Now then, Stuart.

-Yeah.

-We can put it off no longer.

-How does this board look to you?

-It looks terrible.

Will you be joining Alan up there?

More than likely. I sort of know one.

All Creatures Great And Small is James Herriot.

Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 said it. James Herriot.

It's right.

APPLAUSE

-34 for James Herriot.

-Alf White created the pseudonym

because he didn't want to offend anyone in his community.

Hugely successful book series, TV series, films.

-A little bit of everything.

-Indeed.

-Caroline, welcome.

-Hello.

-Now, tell us what you do, Caroline.

-I'm a foot health practitioner.

-Oh, very good! A foot health practitioner.

-Yes.

-Have you always been a foot health practitioner?

-No.

I was a registered nurse for quite a few years.

-Then you spotted there were more openings in feet?

-Yes!

-How long have you been doing it for?

-Two and a half years.

-Very good.

-So, David, you get a bit of foot work done, do you?

-Occasionally, when she has time.

Oh, very nice indeed. Now, Caroline, do you get time to read books?

-No, not really.

-Written under pen names?

-No.

-Very tough round, this one.

-Yes, it's awful.

-I only knew one and that's gone.

-LAUGHS NERVOUSLY

-I'm going to have to make up a name as well.

-Excellent.

-Are you going to...

-I'm going to do it as well.

-..use a bit of reason?

I don't think so. I'm going to say something just as ridiculous.

Now, which one should I choose?

-A Clergyman's Daughter...

-Ooh, yeah. Gone for that one again!

Agatha Christie.

-Yes. I...

-LAUGHTER

LAUGHS

Yes, who knows? Maybe Eric Blair was her real name.

LAUGHTER

Eric Blair, Agatha Christie? Is that right?

If it is, how many people said it?

-Oh, that's a surprise!

-Bad luck, Caroline.

That's an incorrect answer. Scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-I think I would have gone for a man.

-LAUGHTER

I think.

I mean, often pseudonyms are non gender specific.

Certainly. I won't mention any, but yeah.

But, er... Yeah. Incorrect.

As it turns out. Eric Blair not Agatha Christie.

-So, who dunnit, A Clergyman's Daughter?

-LAUGHTER

-Now, then. Chris G.

-Hello.

-Welcome. And you have come from Cornwall.

-That's correct.

-What do you do in Cornwall?

-I'm a designer for a newspaper company.

-Several newspapers?

-Yeah, we produce three different newspapers from our office.

And we produce brochures and guides and things like that as well.

-What do you like to get up to when you're not doing that?

-I'm a keen darts player.

I represent Cornwall at darts.

And during summer, I play cricket for a team in the league.

-Quite sporty.

-This is serious. You represent your county at darts.

-I can be serious.

-That's a proper county. They like their darts down there.

-That's not an easy team to get into.

-How many are there in the team?

In the county team, we have a squad of 36 players.

24 men and 12 ladies.

-Including this lady!

-Ah!

We both play for the Cornwall darts A-team.

Very good. It's impressive.

Chris, you're the last person to have this board.

We are looking for the pseudonyms

under which these authors wrote these literary works.

I thought I might be able to have a go.

I'm a bit more confident now there's been a couple of wrong answers.

I think I know the top one.

I've never read it, but I know there was a movie

and it was titled Lemony Snicket's, A Series Of Unfortunate Events.

-I'll try Lemony Snicket, please.

-Lemony Snicket, says Chris G,

for A Series Of Unfortunate Events.

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

It's right.

Well done, Chris. 34 our best score so far.

16, very well done, indeed.

-16's a lovely finish for a darts player.

-One of my favourites.

Nice number to leave yourself on. Lemony Snicket, absolutely right.

He's written 13 of that series.

Now, A Clergyman's Daughter. You weren't written by Shakespeare.

That much we know! You weren't written by Agatha Christie.

Who WERE you written by? Xander, you'll know this.

-It's George Orwell.

-Eric Blair writes under the name George Orwell.

52 points. A Clockwork Orange was...?

I always think it's Guy Burgess but it's not. He's the spy.

-It's the other Burgess.

-Anthony Burgess.

That would have scored 11.

Heart Of Darkness?

-Is Conrad.

-Joseph Conrad. Yeah. Seven points.

A Fatal Inversion. Ruth Rendell obviously writes under her own name.

When she writes darker psychological books, she writes under the name,

Barbara Vine. Two points. And one point...

-This I know!

-Much more famous for writing something else.

-He's known as...?

-Herge!

-The writer of Tintin. One point.

-Herge because it was GR backwards.

-FRENCH PRONUNCIATION:

-"R-G".

-RG.

-The Seven Crystal Balls is a Tintin book without the name Tintin in it.

-Slightly doesn't give you the clue.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

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

Chris G and Sarah,

very well done with Lemony Snicket. Cracking answer.

And commensurate cracking score.

Then up to 34, where we find Stuart and Chris C.

Then up to 100, where we find Caroline and David and Alan and Pat.

Everything to play for in this pass.

David and Pat, you'll have to jockey it out to see who is going to stay.

Very best of luck. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

We're going to put seven more literary works on the board. Here they come...

-..Agatha Christie. Ooh...

-LAUGHTER

..I'll read those one last time...

..There are the literary works

and the real names of the authors.

What you need to do is supply their pen names. Now, then, Sarah.

Oh, Sarah!

Tell us about your life in north Cornwall. What do you do?

-I've just started a new job.

-Is it good?

-I'm a teaching assistant.

-Are you enjoying it?

-Loving it.

-So far, they seem fine?

-They're lovely.

-What do you do in your spare time?

-I play darts for Cornwall!

-So I gather.

-Yeah.

-What are you going to go for, Sarah?

-Um...

I don't know!

I'll go Through The Looking Glass And What Alice Found there,

CS Lewis, I've no idea! Sorry.

CS Lewis.

Well, the high-scorers are David and Caroline and Pat and Alan on 100.

You're on 16 which means, if you score 83 or less, you're through to the next round.

Thanks to Chris's answer, you're in a strong position.

There is your red line. CS Lewis, says Sarah.

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

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

It scores you 100 points. Takes your total to 116.

-Richard.

-Sorry, Sarah. Getting more 100s than I thought we would.

-Yeah.

-Plenty of 100s.

-Yeah.

-Now, David.

Welcome to the show. What do you do, David?

I was a teacher for 36 years. Now I've changed profession and I walk dogs.

-How many dogs do you walk?

-I walk four at the moment, plus my own.

-Not all together. All separately.

-Oh, really?

-Yes.

-Wow! On a sort of rota?

-Yes.

Is it your choice not to walk them all together or do they not get on?

They probably wouldn't get on but it's my choice.

-You get a LOT of walking done.

-Yeah.

-What did you teach, David?

-I taught history.

-Ah. I wish he'd said English.

-LAUGHTER

How are you feeling about this board? You're only 15 points behind the high-scorers, Sarah and Chris.

So you really want to be scoring low here,

to get through to the next round.

We need some very good answering. Our lowest score has been 16.

It has to be lower than that.

OK.

I'll go Smiley's People, John le Carre.

John le Carre, says David, for Smiley's People.

Here's your red line. Below that, you're through to the next round.

Let's see how many of our 100 said John le Carre.

Absolutely right.

You've done it!

Very well played, David.

You and Caroline are through to round two.

That's the stuff, David.

-He might be my favourite author, John le Carre.

-He's very good.

Often called a spy-turned-writer. He says, "No. I was always a writer.

"I happened to spend a couple of ineffectual years as a member of British Intelligence."

-Now then, Chris C. Remind us what you do.

-I'm a retail manager for a well-known supermarket.

-Very well-known supermarket.

-Very well-known.

-What do you like to get up to in your spare time?

-A lot of sport.

-Watching films, watching television.

-Reading books?

Ah. Not REALLY.

OK. Now, Chris. We are looking for the pen names under which these literary works were written.

-How does that board look?

-To be honest, it looks awful.

It looks truly, truly awful.

The only thing I'm going on - it's probably really outrageous -

but The Lorax, I'm going to go for Dr Seuss.

Dr Seuss says Chris C for The Lorax. There's your red line.

If you get below that red line, you're into the second round -

one round away from being able to put your heads together and confer.

Is it right? How many people said Dr Seuss?

It's right.

You are through to the next round.

APPLAUSE

That's good enough. Takes your total up to 78. Very well done indeed.

Well done, Chris. You did know it. Absolutely. Dr Seuss.

It was his mother's maiden name.

-She's from Bavaria, so it would have been pronounced "Zoiss".

-Oh.

-Dr "Zoiss".

-Dr "Zoiss".

-There we are.

Brilliant. Now then, Pat.

Oh! The most dramatic moment comes here.

The high-scorers on 116 are Sarah and Chris G. You are on 100.

You have to score 15 or less, otherwise it's goodbye, Pat and Alan.

How does the board look to you?

It's not great. I knew John le Carre.

The bottom one is Lewis Carroll.

The only other one I can remember

is The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, which is Mark Twain.

That's the one you're going for?

Mark Twain, you are saying, for Samuel Clemens.

Here's your red line. It's low.

But maybe people won't know that. Let's find out how many people said Mark Twain.

It's right.

Oh, 30! Pat!

Takes your total up to 130.

-Richard.

-Unlucky, Pat.

Perfectly good answer, Mark Twain.

Famously got that name - it's a boatman's thing about marking two fathoms down in a river.

Mark Twain. Let's take a look at the rest of the board.

Through The Looking Glass was Lewis Carroll rather than CS Lewis.

It's one of those you get mixed up in your head. 32 points.

The Running Man? Stephen King wrote a series under a different name.

-Yes, he did.

-Richard Bachman.

-Ah!

That would have scored seven points. Candide?

-It's Voltaire.

-Absolutely right. Would have scored you five.

Agatha Christie wrote six novels under a pseudonym,

more sort of tragic, romantic novels under the name...

Mary Westmacott.

That would have scored two points. It's a terrific answer.

Should have gone with Eric Blair!

At the end of our first round, the losing pair with the high score of 130,

it's Pat and Alan!

Head-to-headers last time. Rounder oners this time, I'm afraid.

It's been great having you on the show. So sorry we have to say goodbye.

-I honestly thought you were going to be through to the final.

-Yes. But...

Thanks very much for playing. Alan and Pat, great contestants.

APPLAUSE

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

There's only room for two pairs in our head-to-head round,

so one of the pairs in front of me will sadly be leaving at the end of this round.

We had three 100s in the last round - Pat and Alan,

David and Caroline, Chris and Sarah. Nothing from you, Stuart and Chris.

-That'll have settled your nerves.

-Yeah.

Very best of luck for this round. Our category for round two is...

Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many actors in The Godfather trilogy as they could.

We're looking for any actor who's received a credit

in any of the movies in The Godfather trilogy, according to IMDB.

Any actor who's received a credit in one of those movies.

Very best of luck. There's a huge amount of answers.

OK, thanks very much indeed.

-Stuart...

-Yeah.

-Do you know and love The Godfather trilogy?

-I have actually only seen the third one.

-That'll do.

-Any actor or actress in the third one.

-OK.

I can name one. He's probably going to score pretty high.

I'll have to go with it. Andy Garcia.

Andy Garcia, says Stuart.

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

Absolutely right.

Ooh, it's not bad.

Very well done, indeed. Four for Andy Garcia.

He plays Vincent Mancini, so very well played. Good start.

Now then, Caroline. You've seen The Godfather films.

-I have, but I can't remember today.

-LAUGHTER

Blank. Um...

-Al Pacino?

-Al Pacino, says Caroline.

Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 said Al Pacino.

It's right.

He plays Michael Corleone and he's in all three films, Al Pacino.

-Now then, Chris G.

-Oh.

We are looking for any actor or actress who appeared in any of The Godfather films.

This is one trilogy I've never seen.

You've seen ALL the other trilogies?

LAUGHTER Yeah. I've seen them all.

-Chris.

-I'm really struggling with this. I'm going to have to say Marlon Brando.

Marlon Brando. Let's see how many of our 100 people said Marlon Brando.

It's right.

He plays Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather trilogy. His real name is...

-Agatha Christie! His real name.

-LAUGHTER

Changed it when he was a young actor cos there was another Agatha Christie working in American film.

Thank you very much, Richard. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

Four is the lowest score, Stuart. Very well done there.

Stuart and Chris looking extremely strong.

Then up to 47, we find Caroline and David.

Then up to 66, Chris G and Sarah.

We're going to need some good scoring from you, Sarah.

Oh, dear. Anyway, best of luck.

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

Sarah, we are looking for the name of any actor or actress who appeared in any of The Godfather films.

-You're shaking your head.

-I've no idea.

-Have you seen The Godfather films?

-No. No.

Um... Oh, my days!

I don't even know an actor. I'll just say John Goodman.

John Goodman, says Sarah. You're the high-scorers on 66.

No red line for you.

Just have to hope John Goodman's right and very obscure.

He's one of those things in this context, certainly!

Let's see if John Goodman was in any of The Godfather films and how many people said it.

Ooh, bad luck! Great actor, though.

Love John Goodman. I'm afraid he wasn't in The Godfather trilogy.

You score the maximum of 100 points.

But again, it does show the pressure.

I know you literally couldn't think of the name of an actor.

It just gets inside your head. But you did come up with an actor.

OK, David, the pressure's off a little bit.

The high-scorers are Sarah and Chris on 166.

You'll never overtake their high score. Phew!

We're looking for the name of anyone who appeared in The Godfather films.

-Did you see all The Godfather films?

-I did, but an awful long time ago.

Ooh, yes.

I THINK James Caan was in it.

James Caan. No red line, you're already through to the next round.

Let's see how many people said James Caan.

It's right.

Very well done indeed, David.

63 is your total. Richard.

Well done, David. James Caan played Sonny Corleone in the first film,

the violent and impulsive child of Don Vito.

Chris, again, good news. You're through to the next round.

So the pressure is off. However, how well did Stuart do?

-Stuart thought it was going to be a high score.

-Very well indeed.

For the sake of honour, we should have another low score from you.

I would LOVE to give a low score, however, I've never seen the films.

-The terror in me wants to try and beat Stu.

-You still could.

The only actor that I can envisage from back then is probably Joe Pesci.

-You're going for Joe Pesci. What do you think, Stuart?

-I think so.

-Sounds like a cracking answer.

-Got an Italian sounding name.

LAUGHTER

OK, let's see if Joe Pesci is right.

And if it is, let's see how many people said Joe Pesci.

Ooh, no! Bad luck.

But a brilliant guess. You're through to the next round anyhow.

-Richard.

-Yeah, Joe Pesci's brilliant in Goodfellas but not in The Godfather trilogy.

There's an awful lot of answers.

If you got a name not on this list but is on IMDB, you got a pointless answer.

One point for Richard Castellano, Sterling Hayden, Richard Conte and Gianni Russo.

Two points for Talia Shire, Sofia Coppola and John Cazale.

We had four points for Andy Garcia. Robert Duvall scored nine.

Diane Keaton would have scored you 11.

We've had James Caan. Robert De Niro would have scored you 20.

Those are the only people who got any points.

Let's look at some pointless answers, some more familiar ones.

Bridget Fonda, pointless answer.

Bruno Kirby, more well-known for comedy films -

When Harry Met Sally and Spinal Tap. Danny Aiello was a pointless answer.

Eli Wallach, George Hamilton was a pointless answer,

that famously permatanned actor, was in the third part of the trilogy.

Harry Dean Stanton, was in Paris, Texas, all sorts of cool films.

Joe Mantegna, Lee Strasberg - more famous as an acting coach -

and Troy Donahue, all of those pointless.

-If I didn't read out one, whatever answer you got was pointless.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

At the end of round two, our losing pair with their score of 166,

it's Sarah and Chris - that was really tough, wasn't it?

-Tough if you haven't seen it.

-Yeah.

Mind you, Chris C hadn't seen it! He came up with Joe Pesci.

-Obviously, it was wrong, but...

-LAUGHTER

You did very well and I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you. We'll see you next time.

Thanks very much for playing, Sarah and Chris.

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

Congratulations, David and Caroline, Stuart and Chris,

you are only one round away from the final and a chance to play for our jackpot, which stands at...

AUDIENCE: Oooh!

Obviously, only one pair can play for that money. You're now going to go head-to-head.

This time, you are allowed to confer.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that money.

Now, we've had a lot of 100s scored this game.

Five of them, and we've had one each from you.

We had Joe Pesci and we had Agatha Christie.

-THEY LAUGH

-Of those two, I know which I prefer.

-LAUGHTER

-You can now put your head together.

Anything can happen in this round. Very best of luck. Let's play the head-to-head.

Here comes your first question and it concerns...

New York City attractions. Richard.

We're going to show you five pictures of famous landmark buildings in New York City.

Can you name any of these buildings?

So, let's reveal our five photos of landmarks in New York.

We have got...

..Five New York City attractions.

David and Caroline, you played best throughout the show so far, so you go first.

THEY WHISPER

LAUGHING: We don't actually know any.

But we're going to go for D,

Grand Central Station.

Grand Central Station, D.

Very good indeed, Grand Central Station, they are saying, is D.

-Stuart and Chris.

-We thought about going for that one as well.

-Talk us through the board.

I thought A was Trump Tower - and that was it!

I don't know C, don't know E.

We're going to have to go for B, which is the Chrysler Building.

You're going to say B, the Chrysler Building.

So we have Grand Central Station and we have the Chrysler Building.

Caroline said Grand Central Station. Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 said it.

It's right.

That's pretty good. You happy with that?

Stuart and Chris have gone for the Chrysler Building.

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

It's right.

Will it beat 19?

Ooh, yes it will! Chrysler Building goes down to ten.

-You look a bit surprised. Was that a guess?

-No.

-A stab in the dark?

I recognised it cos it's got them funny triangle things.

He was saying the Empire State Building to try and fool us.

Very well done, Stuart and Chris.

After one question, you are up, one-nil. Richard.

Chrysler Building, briefly the tallest building in the world.

Grand Central has more platforms than any station in the world.

-It's got 44 platforms.

-Wow! That IS grand!

-Isn't it, though?

-And very centrally located.

-LAUGHTER

A, not Trump Tower, so would have lost you the point.

It's the headquarters of the UN.

Would have scored you eight points.

C is a pointless answer.

It's got "Music Hall" written there. It's got "Andrew Car...".

It's Carnegie Hall.

Well done if you said that at home.

And E is on the intersection of Broadway and Fifth Avenue.

Very distinctive shape. Would have scored nine points.

Thanks very much indeed. OK, here comes our second question.

David and Caroline, we need you to win this to stay in the game.

Best of luck. It concerns...

Liberal Democrat Members of Parliament. Richard.

We're going to show you five anagrams of MPs

who've represented the Liberal Democrats in the Houses of Parliament since the 1980s.

Let's reveal our anagrams of Lib-Dem MPs, and here they are.

We have got...

..I'll read those one last time...

..Stuart and Chris, you go first.

I don't know whether to risk it or go for one that we know.

CHRIS WHISPERS

Yeah, we're going to take a little risk

and go for "SEEK DRY CHANNEL" is Charles Kennedy.

"SEEK DRY CHANNEL", Charles Kennedy, you are going to say.

Now, then, David and Caroline. The board is yours. Talk us through those other anagrams, if you can.

I think number four's Paddy Ashdown.

I'm going to go - you might have asked a lot of young people -

with the bottom one, David Steel.

OK, David Steel.

So, we have Charles Kennedy and we have David Steel.

Stuart and Chris, you've said Charles Kennedy.

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

It's right!

Four! Now then, David and Caroline going for David Steel.

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

David Steel.

It's absolutely right.

Will it beat four? It needs to if you're going to stay in the game.

Ooh!

Two great answers, but Charles Kennedy pips it,

just because it's a more tricky anagram, I think, but Stuart and Chris, very well done.

After two questions, you are through to the final, two-nil.

Good thinking, David, to go for the older one, but too many points.

You were right about Paddy Ashdown, but he would have scored too many.

The biggest score is "CANCEL VIBE", which is...?

-Vince Cable.

-Absolutely.

There is an answer that would have beaten Charles Kennedy.

Very well done to anyone who got that.

So, the losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, it's David and Caroline.

Two brilliant answers. You scored under 20 in each of those.

You were just up against Stuart and Chris, who found fantastic form with the Chrysler Building.

-I think you were surprised that the Chrysler Building beat Grand Central.

-Definitely.

-Amazing.

-But...

-Anyway, it did.

No fault of yours, David and Caroline. A very hard-fought close head-to-head.

We'll really look forward to seeing you next time when I'm sure you'll do just as well, if not better.

Thanks very much for playing, David and Caroline.

APPLAUSE

But for Stuart and Chris, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Stuart and Chris, you fought off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance of winning our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at...

AUDIENCE: Ooooh!

-What would you like to see in this round?

-Football or music, maybe.

-Capital cities, perhaps, but definitely football.

-OK. The rules are very simple.

All you have to do is find a pointless answer and you will leave with £4,250.

First, you choose a category and here are your five options. Good luck...

LAUGHTER

THEY WHISPER

Distinguished people could be anyone from the Royal family.

I don't fancy classical music. Distinguished people, no.

Katie Price, not a bad shout.

-I like world geography.

-Yeah.

-We're going to go for world geography.

-OK, world geography.

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many capital cities of countries beginning with S

as they could - capital cities of countries beginning with S.

-Richard.

-So any country in the world beginning with S,

we're looking for the capital city of one of those countries.

So any country beginning with S, the capital city.

Very best of luck. As always, by country, we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN.

You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that jackpot of £4,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

Your time starts now.

Capital of Suriname is Paramambo.

Yeah. And I think Damascus is the capital of Syria.

How do you pronounce Para... Para... Paramambo?

Para... I haven't got a clue.

So, Suriname. We've got Paramambo.

Damascus, Syria. Think of another country beginning with S.

-Spain.

-Stockholm, Sweden.

South Africa.

-Keep saying them.

-Johannesburg.

Keep saying the countries. S. Sudan.

Sudan. Senegal.

Senegal is Dakar.

-Do that?

-Yeah. We've got Paramambo...

-Yeah.

-You can stop the clock.

-Oh, this is impressive! Very good work.

We're looking for capital cities of countries beginning with S.

-I now need your three answers.

-We'll say the capital of Suriname is Paramambo.

-Paramambo.

-Yeah.

-The capital of Syria is Damascus.

-Damascus.

-What was the last one?

-Um, Senegal.

-The capital of Senegal is Dakar.

-Dakar.

Of those three, which do you think is your most likely shot at a pointless answer?

Capital of Suriname, I believe, is probably our most likely shot of a pointless answer.

-We'll put that last.

-We'll put Syria first. I'm not sure whether Damascus is the capital.

And Dakar in the middle. Let's put those up on the board in that order.

We have got...

We were looking for capital cities of countries beginning with S.

Damascus was your least confident answer.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £4,250.

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

It's right.

If this takes us all the way down to zero,

you are leaving with £4,250 in your pockets.

Down into single figures.

Not a pointless answer, but you'd have been surprised. It was kind of filling a space.

Lots of people have heard of Damascus. It's in the news a lot.

Only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

We're now into the serious game here.

-Two very good answers.

-I'm starting to think this might be wrong.

Well, £4,250. Chris, what would you do with that?

I've always wanted to go to New York.

I think I'm going to go and take a picture of me in those locations.

-Definitely.

-If we win.

Definitely, yes. Stuart, how about you?

I'd probably just go on a big spending spree or treat myself to a little holiday.

-Maybe not as exotic as New York.

-Well, very, very best of luck.

Let's hope one of your next two answers wins that jackpot for you.

Next answer was Dakar.

To win the jackpot, let's see how many of our 100 people said Dakar.

It's right.

Your first answer of Damascus took us all the way to eight.

Dakar, slightly better, more obscure answer...

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Very well done. That's brilliant.

Very well done. Brilliant!

Absolutely fantastic!

Dakar was a pointless answer, which means you go home with that jackpot of £4,250.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well played, Stuart and Chris. You've been brilliant both shows. You really deserve that.

If we'd had to go on to your final answer, Paramambo, I wouldn't have accepted it. It's Paramaribo.

If you had said Paramaribo, though, it would have scored one point.

Oh, God! And we only just threw Senegal in as... Well.

You said it right at the last second.

It was the only pointless answer you said during your consultation with each other.

St Lucia, Castries, would have been one point, and Victoria of the Seychelles.

Let's look at the other pointless answers. Sit back and enjoy these.

Apia, the capital of Samoa.

Basseterre's the capital of St Kitts and Nevis.

Bloemfontein is one of the capitals of South Africa.

There's Dakar! It's just won you the money.

Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands.

Well done to anyone who said Juba, the capital of South Sudan,

the newest country in 2012.

Kingstown, the capital of St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Mbabane, the capital of Swaziland.

Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, thank you,

which is one of the capitals of Sri Lanka.

There's another couple. Lobamba is another capital of Swaziland.

And Sao Tome, the capital of Sao Tome and Principe.

Very well done if you said any of those. But guys, Dakar, terrific answer. Well deserved jackpot.

Well, thanks once again to our winning players, Stuart and Chris,

who go away with today's jackpot of £4,250 - very well done.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

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