Episode 26 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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

Welcome to Pointless, the show where obvious answers mean nothing

and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.

-Couple one.

-Hi, I'm Lorraine and this is Carolyn.

We're friends from university in Glasgow.

-Couple two.

-I'm Laurence. This is my brother, Danny.

I'm from Bicester in Oxfordshire and Danny's from Rochester in Kent.

-Couple three.

-My name's Jamie. This is Tom, my partner.

We're from King's Heath in Birmingham.

-And couple four.

-Hi, my name's Geoff. This is my daughter, Rebecca.

I'm from Camberley, Surrey and she's from near Bristol.

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

Thanks very much. We'll find out more about you throughout the show as it goes along.

Only one person left for me to introduce.

He's our resident super-computer.

So if he freezes, we just turn him off and turn him back on again.

It's my pointless friend, Richard.

Hiya! Hi, everybody.

A great show last time. A terrific head-to-head.

And a terrific jackpot round. They walked away with the money, very deservedly.

-It was good stuff.

-Yeah.

-Geoff and Rebecca were so good in that head-to-head.

-Yes.

I suspect they'll do well again today, though for substantially less money.

But it's the winning that counts, right?

-Of course.

-Thank you very much, Richard.

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 looking to find a pointless answer which none of our 100 people gave.

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

As Richard said, Charlie and Johnny won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000. Right,

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

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

The pair with the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

OK. Our category today for Round One is...

Football. Can you decide in your pairs who's going first and who's going second.

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

OK. And the question concerns...

Managers during Sir Alex Ferguson's tenure at Manchester United.

-Richard?

-Sir Alex Ferguson's been Manchester United manager since November 1986.

In a moment, we'll show you the names of four other football teams.

You need to tell us anyone who's managed any of those teams during that time.

Anyone who's managed any of the teams you're about to see

between November 1986 and the beginning of September 2012, please.

During the time that Sir Alex has been manager of Man Utd,

these four teams have had nearly 50 managers between them.

OK. Thank you very much indeed.

So, as Richard has just said, I'll put the names of four teams on the board. Here they are.

They will remain on the board throughout the whole round.

We're looking for anybody who has managed any of those teams

during Sir Alex Ferguson's tenure at Manchester United,

so since November 1986.

-Now, then. Welcome back Carolyn.

-Hi, there.

Great to have you back on the show. What happened last time?

We unfortunately went out in Round Two.

We had a good score, but our fellow players were better than us that time.

-You were on 29.

-29, yes.

-29.

-It was a very low scoring... This was English-speaking nations.

-It was indeed.

Now, Carolyn, what do you like to get up to? What are your hobbies?

-I enjoy tap dancing. I've been tap dancing for 25 years.

-Really. You still do that?

-I do, yes.

-How regularly do you do that?

-Once a week.

-Keeps me fit.

-Is that solo or part of a group?

-Part of a group. A dancing class I've been going to for a very long time.

-Very good.

OK. Carolyn, have you got an answer?

I do. I'm not great on football, I have to admit,

but if I don't get one right, my husband wouldn't be too happy.

So I'm going to go for Avram Grant

who I believe did manage Chelsea at one point.

OK. Avram Grant. Let's see if that's right and if it is,

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

Absolutely right.

Five!

Very, very good start to the game, Carolyn.

Five for Avram Grant.

Well played. Good start. Avram Grant was Chelsea manager for eight months,

making him the third longest manager in Chelsea's history!

Thanks, Richard. Laurence. Welcome to Pointless. What do you do, Laurence?

-I'm a personal fitness instructor.

-How long have you done that?

-Near on 15 years.

-15 years. Have you kept clients all the way through?

All the way through. I do personal clients and group classes.

Do you find January, February, March you have lots of new clients,

-and then they tail off?

-All the New Year's resolutions!

-Yes.

I've done that every year!

-What are your hobbies, Laurence?

-I like sports generally. Watching and taking part.

My current hobby is my daughter. She's three months old.

Congratulations.

Football, is that one of your hobbies?

I watch football, but I don't pay as much attention as I probably should.

OK. Do you support a team?

I support Arsenal and I follow Fulham.

Because that's where we're from.

Right you are. OK.

-Carolyn did very well there with Avram Grant.

-She did!

I'm also going to go to Chelsea, and I will choose Ruud Gullit.

Ruud Gullit, says Laurence. Is it right, and if so, how many of our 100 people said it.

Absolutely right.

Five our best score so far.

Oh, very well done!

Down we go. A new low. Four.

Well played, Laurence. He was player manager at Chelsea.

The first overseas manager ever to win the FA Cup.

Now, then, Tom.

A warm welcome to Pointless. Where are you from, Tom?

-Birmingham.

-And what do you do there?

I'm a creature designer and maker, basically.

I do film work and prosthetics and stuff.

Oh, fantastic! A creature designer in film.

So you work in latex, do you?

Latex, anything I can find. Wire, bits around that I find. Junk and stuff.

How amazing. How long have you done that for?

Since I was a kid, when I had washing up bottles and bits of cardboard hanging around.

Good stuff. So that's a dream job, really? Something you love doing.

That's what I do in my own time as well as doing it part time in film and stuff.

Brilliant. Good stuff. How about football?

-Not great, to be honest!

-OK.

-Really quite bad.

But I'd say probably - I don't think it'll be a good score,

and I'm not even sure if it's the right football team -

-but Arsenal, Arsene Wenger.

-Arsene Wenger, says Tom.

Let's see if it's right and how many of our 100 said Arsene Wenger.

Absolutely right.

50.

-A popular answer, Tom, but a correct answer. Arsene Wenger.

-Absolutely.

Much better than 100. Another very long-serving manager.

Now, then. Geoff.

Welcome back to Pointless. You were on the show last time.

As Richard said, you were through to the head-to-head

and had a very, very tight head-to-head there.

Unlucky not to get through to the final.

Remind us what you do, Geoff, or what you did, I should say.

What I did. I'm currently retired and intend staying retired for the rest of my life!

Surprisingly! Prior to that, I worked in the gaming industry,

setting up casinos in various parts of the world.

What's your favourite way of spending time now, Geoff?

I'm a regular tennis player. I play five or six times a week.

That would suggest I'm quite good, but that would be totally wrong!

I'm an enthusiastic amateur.

Very good. Five times a week, though! You must be getting better!

I would like to think so, but I'm probably not the right person to ask.

OK. What about football? Do you follow that?

I thought I was keen on football and quite knowledgeable until I stood here!

The old brain feels a bit addled

-and it's difficult coming up with good answers.

-OK.

What are you going to go for?

Someone mentioned Arsene Wenger

and I think the manager prior to Wenger was a guy called Bruce Rioch.

Bruce Rioch says Geoff.

Let's see if that's right and if so, how many of our 100 said Bruce Rioch.

Absolutely right.

Four is our best score so far.

Oh, look at that! Very well done, Geoff.

Taken the crown there. A lovely low score of one.

For Bruce Rioch.

Great work, Geoff. As you say,

he was just before Arsene Wenger. Went on to manage Wigan and Norwich.

Then headed off to Denmark.

Thank you. Now, we're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores as they stand.

Geoff, with this answer there, Bruce Rioch, scoring the lowest score of that pass.

Well done. Geoff and Rebecca looking pretty strong.

Then up to four where we find Laurence and Danny. Five where we find Carolyn and Lorraine,

and then I'm sorry, Tom and Jamie.

A hike up to 50 where we find you.

-Jamie, how's your football?

-OK. I'll give it a go.

-I've got some answers there, so...

-Very good.

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

OK. Rebecca, welcome back.

How brilliant was Geoff's answer there?

-Fantastic.

-Fantastic.

Fantastic. Now, you didn't look too happy with this, when football came up.

No. I should know Liverpool managers,

because my father is an avid Liverpool fan.

He'll be sitting there, shouting them all out.

But I might have picked up on one or two names.

So I've got one that I'll go with.

-OK.

-That's Rafa Benitez.

-Rafa Benitez.

Rafa Benitez, says Rebecca.

You're on one. The high scorers are Jamie and Tom on 50.

If you can score 48 or less, you're through to the next round.

There's your red line. Below that, you avoid becoming the new high scorers.

How many of our 100 said Rafa Benitez?

You've done it. Very well done, Rebecca.

Still going down. Ten.

That gives you a total of 11.

Well played, Rebecca. Yes, Liverpool manager from 2004 to 2010.

Won the Champions League, amongst other things.

He was appointed Chelsea manager at the end of 2012.

Now, then, Jamie. Here we are. What do you do, Jamie?

-I'm a gardener, self-employed.

-How long have you done that for?

I went to college about five years ago and worked for a couple of companies.

-Then started off by myself.

-How's it going?

-Pretty good. I've been fully booked.

Good stuff. So, football.

-Football, Jamie.

-Yeah.

-Do you have the football knowledge to save yourself and Tom?

I'll give it a go!

OK. You're quite far ahead. It has to be a low-scoring answer.

I'm going to go for Roy Evans.

Roy Evans, says Jamie. Roy Evans.

There's no red line for you as the high scorers.

Let's see. Roy Evans. Is it right, and if it is, how many people said Roy Evans?

Absolutely right.

Two! Very well done, indeed, Jamie. That's a fantastic answer.

Lovely low score, taking your total up to 52.

-Is it good enough to keep you in the game, I wonder. Richard?

-Good answer, Jamie.

Puts the pressure on the last two podiums. Liverpool manager from '94 to '98.

Thank you very much, Richard. Now, then, Danny.

-Hello.

-What do you do, Danny?

I'm a chef in a pub in Rochester.

Do you like cooking other than in the pub?

-Sometimes, but not really.

-Not so much.

-If I could choose not to, I wouldn't.

I'd rather call the kebab man!

-He's only...

-You have a kebab man who delivers?!

-Yeah, he's brilliant.

-Wow.

-Mmm!

He knows me. I ring up and he goes, "All right, Danny?"

He says, "Usual?"

Good stuff. Do you follow football as well?

-Yes, I follow football. I'm a Fulham supporter.

-Yay!

-Come on, you Whites!

-There you are.

Very good, Danny. Have you got a good answer?

The high scorers are Jamie and Tom on 52.

You're on four. If you can score 47 or less,

you're fine.

I'm gonna go with Chelsea again.

I'm gonna go Gianluca Vialli.

Gianluca Vialli, says Danny. Gianluca Vialli.

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

Gianluca Vialli. How many people said it? Is it right?

It is right.

And you are through to the next round.

Five!

Very well done, Danny. Nine our lowest total so far. Richard?

Well done, Danny. He took over from Ruud Gullit.

-Are you really a Fulham fan?

-Yes.

It won't put the Chelsea answer right.

There's been millions of them, though, that's the thing.

They have a new one every two weeks or so!

It's like the 94 bus up there at Stamford Bridge!

Now, then, Lorraine. Here we have a game on our hands.

Jamie and Tom on 52. You're on five.

-Lorraine, do you have any interest in football?

-None whatsoever!

-What are your hobbies, remind us.

Um, I like film and TV and reading horror.

So football is a no-no!

-OK. This is kind of horror for you, then!

-Definitely!

-Horror.

-You've got a lovely low score courtesy of Carolyn's brilliant answer.

-I'm so sorry!

I'm going to score really high.

I know a really well-known manager.

I don't want to say this, but I know Jose Mourinho did Chelsea. But I think that'll be too high.

Harry Redknapp springs to mind.

I don't know if that's Newcastle or Liverpool!

Or neither!

I'm just gonna go Jose Mourinho cos I don't know if Harry Redknapp's right.

-Jose Mourinho.

-Jose Mourinho, says Lorraine. Jose Mourinho.

You want to score 46 or less. There's your red line.

Best of luck. Jose Mourinho. Is it right? How many people said it?

It's right.

You've got it!

You've done it! 22!

Very, very well done indeed!

A great bit of teamwork there, Carolyn. You earned that space there.

22 your score, 27 your total. Well done.

Well done, Lorraine.

That's yet another Chelsea manager. There you go.

It's nice to make people happy, isn't it?

At tea-time. That's good.

There's a bunch of pointless answers. Let's look at a few of them.

I'm sure some of you will have got some of these.

Glenn Hoddle, Chelsea, a pointless answer.

Howard Kendall and Joe Royle both managed Man City.

Pat Rice, Arsene Wenger's assistant for many years,

was caretaker/manager Arsenal.

Phil Neal, caretaker/manager, Ray Wilkins, caretaker/manager of Chelsea.

Ronnie Moran, caretaker/manager at Liverpool,

Steve Coppell at Man City and Stewart Houston, another caretaker, at Arsenal.

The other pointless answers, Asa Hartford, Brian Horton, David Webb,

Frank Clarke, Graham Rix, Ian Porterfield, Jimmy Frazelle,

Mel Machin and Tony Book.

Well done if you said any of those at home.

-What were the big ones?

-The biggest scorers, we've seen a couple already.

Lorraine's given us Jose Mourinho,

the third biggest scorer of all, 22 points.

Kenny Dalglish is second, two spells at Liverpool, 34 points.

So Tom, your answer was very costly, I'm afraid.

Arsene Wenger, 50 points. Biggest of the lot.

Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of our first round,

the losing pair with their high score of 52, I'm afraid it's Jamie and Tom.

Not a bad total, really. Actually not that big, really.

We've sent people off with far more than that!

A cracking answer from you there, with Roy Evans.

-Arsene Wenger, as we saw...

-Football's not my thing!

-A big one.

Well, that was a credit to you both.

No incorrect answers.

Very well done. And your team score, really not bad at all.

We'll look forward to seeing you next time

when I'm sure we'll see much more of you.

-Jamie and Tom, thanks for playing. Great contestants.

-Thank you.

-Thanks.

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

Obviously, there's only room for two pairs in our head-to-head.

One of these pairs will be leaving us at the end of the round.

Our two returning couples remain with us.

Rebecca and Geoff, Lorraine and Carolyn.

That was a bit of a... Oooh!

You climbed out of that one pretty well, Lorraine. Not bad at all.

But you both have to be careful because Laurence and Danny know what they're about.

Very good scoring from them in that last round.

Our category for Round Two is...

Poetry. Decide in your pairs who's going first and who's second.

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

OK. The question concerns...

Lines from famous poems. Richard?

On each pass, we'll show you six lines from famous poems

but on each one we've left out a word.

Just tell us what that word is, please.

We'll tell you the name of the poets as well.

Just one word missing from each one. There are 12 in all to have a go at at home.

Good luck at home. Good luck here. Good luck, audience.

-Good luck, Tsander.

-Thank you.

-Let's do this.

Yeah.

We're looking for the words that complete these famous lines of poetry.

We've got six on our first board:

I'll read those a bit more quickly!

Phew! There we are. Carolyn.

Carolyn, you get the pick of that.

OK. I'm pleased to see some Rabbie Burns.

I am a fan.

I do know two answers. I'm trying to work out which is best to go for.

I'm going to go for Lear,

and say "In a beautiful pea-green boat."

In a beautiful pea-green boat. Boat is the missing word says Carolyn.

Is it right? How many people said boat?

Absolutely right.

A big score, but better safe than sorry. At least not 100.

Exactly. Danny.

Hello.

-This is not a strong subject for me at all.

-OK.

-OK. How many on that board do you think you might know?

-None.

So I think I'm just going to have to go for a guess

on Marvell, and go "fair" as the missing word.

Had we but world enough and time, this "fair", lady, were no crime.

Fair, says Danny. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.

Bad luck, Danny. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

-That scores the maximum of 100 points. Sorry.

-Sorry, Danny.

I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.

OK. Now, then, Geoff.

-This board is all yours.

-Hmm.

If you fancied it, you could talk us through it and see if you have any ideas of some of those blanks.

Well, the Burns one is probably "rose".

But I don't think that's gonna score very well.

I'm going to opt for the first one.

I think it's "Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough."

Slough, says Geoff. Slough. Is it right and how many of our 100 people knew that answer. Slough.

It's right!

12.

12. Very well done. Our best score of the round so far.

I knew Geoff wouldn't let us down. I just knew it.

Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough. It isn't fit for humans now.

His daughter said he regretted writing it because it gave Slough such a bad name.

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

-Now, "season of mists and..."

-Mellow.

-"..mellow fruitfulness."

Keats. Absolutely right. 19 points.

-"The curfew tolls the..."

-Knell.

-"..the knell of parting day."

It is "My luve's like a red, red rose." The Burns one.

It's actually a fairly low scorer.

It scored less than the 64.

53 points, that would have got you.

And the best answer on the board,

"Had we but world enough, and time,

-"this..."

-Coyness.

-"..coyness, lady, were no crime." Andrew Marvell.

Absolutely right. One point. Well done if you said that.

-Well done for saying that.

-Thank you very much.

Let's look at the scores half-way through the round.

12 our best score of that pass. Geoff and Rebecca looking particularly strong.

Up to 64 where we find Carolyn and Lorraine.

Then up to 100 where Danny and Laurence are.

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

OK. We'll put six more lines of poetry on the board.

Here they come. We have got...

I'll read those all a bit more quickly.

We are looking for the words that complete these famous lines.

Rebecca, you want to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

How do you feel about this, Rebecca?

The first board was better, for me.

I'll go with the second one.

"Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink."

Nor any drop to drink, says Rebecca.

You're on 12. The high scorers are Laurence and Danny on 100.

If you can score 87 or less, you're through to the next round.

OK. There is your red line.

Drink. Is that right? How many people said it, if it is.

Absolutely right and you're through.

48, your total.

Rock solid again on podium three.

From the rhyme The Ancient Mariner. Often misquoted as "but not a drop to drink."

-Laurence.

-Hi.

-How are we feeling about this board?

I'm feeling great!

I can see a very high score coming from this.

-Do you know any of them?

-I would have known drink.

And I've heard of a couple of them, but I don't know them.

So I'm going to take a guess.

I'm going to guess

that October is the cruellest month.

October. Why particularly October?

It just sounded better. I went through them all, you see.

I thought, "Which one sounds better?"

"Which is the cruellest?" "October." "Oh, you're right, it is!"

Ah.

Let's find out if Eliot thought that was the case.

October. Is it the cruellest month?

I'm afraid it's not. There's a crueller month than October!

I'm sorry to say that's an incorrect answer and cruelly that scores 100, taking your total up to 200.

Yes, sorry, October is the second cruellest month, I'm afraid.

So you were very, very close.

-I'll give the correct answer at the end of the pass.

-Now, then, Lorraine.

-The board is yours.

-Well...

I studied Philip Larkin at high school, but I don't know the answer.

So I think the top one is, "Will you walk a little faster?" said a tortoise to a snail.

And I think Matilda told such dreadful lies.

But I'm not 100% on either.

I think I'm going to go for the top one and say "tortoise".

You say "tortoise" for the Carroll. Let's see if tortoise is right.

You're through to the next round, whatever happens. So pressure is off.

But let's see how many people said tortoise, and if it's right.

An incorrect answer, as it turns out. Scores you 100 points.

But you're through anyway. Your total is 164. Richard?

I wonder how many people at home said tortoise.

It sounds right. It's actually whiting.

It would have scored five points. Would have been a very good answer.

Now, the cruellest month. Not October.

It's April. April is the cruellest month, apparently.

Ten points that would have scored.

Should have gone for Matilda told such dreadful lies.

"Matilda told such dreadful lies, they made one gasp and stretch one's eyes."

Hilaire Belloc. 20 points.

-"I wandered lonely as a..."

-Cloud.

Well done. Wordsworth. 62, though. You'd think it would have scored more.

Now this is a pointless answer. "Man hands on..." Do you know it?

-It's misery, I think.

-It is misery.

"Man hands on misery to man." By Philip Larkin.

-One of his...

-Cheerier.

-..cheerier numbers!

-Yeah.

Absolutely. Laurence hands on misery to Danny.

In fact, it was Danny hands on misery to Laurence!

It's a two-way street!

Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of Round Two,

our losing pair with their high score of 200,

I'm afraid, Laurence and Danny... Oh, you were so good in Round One.

The pair, very much, the pair to beat.

And the pair everyone beat, as it turns out!

In this second round, poetry not really your thing.

But you'll be back next time

and we look forward to seeing you when you come back. Thanks for playing.

But the two remaining pairs are one step closer to the final

with the chance of taking home our jackpot as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Rebecca and Geoff, Lorraine and Carolyn.

You're one round away from the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £1,000.

Obviously only one pair can play for that money.

To decide which pair, you'll now go head-to-head.

This time you can confer. The first pair to win two questions will play for that jackpot.

So, Lorraine and Carolyn. Back you come for a second time and you're in the head-to-head.

-How are you feeling?

-We're feeling good.

We had some stiff competition, so we're pleased to make it this far.

-Some quite testing rounds, as well.

-Definitely.

You've made it through them. Rebecca and Geoff, you've been here before.

This time, you're in the position of the lower scorers.

So you get to start. And you all get to confer,

so you can put your heads together. Anything can happen. Very exciting.

Let's play the head-to-head.

Here's your first question. And it concerns...

We'll show you five pictures of UK royal weddings.

We need you to tell us the person in the picture

who was not a member of the royal family before the wedding.

So the person marrying into the royal family, please.

Give us their names before they were married. Very best of luck.

Thanks very much, Richard. Let's reveal our five royal wedding couples.

Here they are. We have got...

There we are. Five royal couples.

We want the names of the commoners

who are marrying into the royal family in each case.

Rebecca and Geoff, you've played best throughout the show so far so you go first.

OK.

We're going to go for B.

And it's Anthony Armstrong-Jones.

OK. B. Anthony Armstrong-Jones.

Lorraine and Carolyn.

-Um...

-We know a couple.

We know a couple but I think we're gonna go for E.

-Mark Phillips.

-E. Mark Phillips.

We have Anthony Armstrong-Jones and we have Mark Phillips.

Rebecca and Geoff went for Anthony Armstrong-Jones.

Is that right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.

It's correct.

Absolutely right. 15.

That's a great score.

Lorraine and Carolyn have said Mark Phillips.

Is it right, and if so, how many of our 100 people said Mark Phillips.

It's right.

37. So Rebecca and Geoff, after one question, you are up one-nil.

-Richard?

-Let's go through a couple of the bigger answers first.

C is obviously Sarah Ferguson.

Quite low, I'd have thought.

D, marrying Prince Edward, is Sophie Rhys-Jones.

That's very low.

A is a pointless answer.

Marrying Sarah Armstrong-Jones, Daniel Chatto.

Very well done if you said that.

A pointless answer.

Thank you very much. Here's your second question.

Lorraine and Carolyn, you have to win this one to stay in the game. It concerns...

-Florida. Richard.

-Quite simply, five clues to facts about Florida.

-Which of these is the most obscure?

-Thanks very much.

Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Florida. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

Five clues to facts about Florida.

Lorraine and Carolyn, you go first.

There's a couple that I think I know the answer to, but I'm not sure.

So I'll go for the one we're 100% on,

and that is the Kennedy Space Centre.

The Kennedy Space Centre, you say.

The Kennedy Space Centre.

Rebecca and Geoff, take us through the board and fill in the blanks.

I think its most populous city would probably be Miami.

The name of the subtropical wetlands would be the Everglades.

The chain of islands would be the Florida Keys.

And the state capital... Some of these state capitals are vague.

They're not necessarily the town you think it would be.

Maybe it's Tampa, I don't know.

-What do you want to go for?

-The Everglades?

-Everglades?

-OK.

-We'll go for the Everglades.

The Everglades, say Rebecca and Geoff.

So, we have Kennedy versus the Everglades.

Let's see who wins. Lorraine and Carolyn went for Kennedy,

the president after which the space centre is named.

Is it right? How many of our 100 people said Kennedy?

It's absolutely right.

Rebecca and Geoff have named the subtropical wetlands as the Everglades.

Is it right, and how many of our 100 people said the Everglades.

It's absolutely right.

And it wins the question for them.

34. Very well done indeed.

Which means, Rebecca and Geoff, after only two questions

you are through to the final two-nil.

Yeah, the brilliant performance continues from Rebecca and Geoff. Very well played.

You were right about the chain of islands.

The state capital, it's never what you think it's going to be.

Now, the other one is a pointless answer.

Jacksonville, a pointless answer.

Thank you very much, Richard.

So our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, is Lorraine and Carolyn,

when you've done so well. Really, really well.

It was Round Two last time. This time sailing through to the head-to-head.

And two great answers there. You just had Rebecca and Geoff to deal with!

They pipped you on each one.

-It's been lovely having you on the show. Thank you both so much for playing.

-Thank you!

But for Rebecca and Geoff, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Rebecca and Geoff. You've seen off all the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy!

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £1,000.

You've done so well today.

Through to the head-to-head, two-nil this time.

It was very hard-fought last time and you very narrowly lost.

But this time you sailed right through.

What would you like to see come up in this final round?

Films by Pedro Almodovar.

Wow. You answered that straight off.

Yes. My favourite director.

OK. Very good indeed. Geoff, how about you?

I guess my most... '60s pop would be great.

-'60s pop.

-That would be my strongest subject.

OK, so we're looking for '60s pop or Spanish cinema! There we are!

The rules are very simple. To win the money, just find a pointless answer.

Do that and you go home with that jackpot of £1,000.

First, you need to choose a category. Here are your five options. They are...

I don't like any of them, really!

-What about you?

-It depends what kind of detective fiction it is.

QUIET CONFERRING

OK. We're gonna go for Detective Fiction.

Very good. Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Inspector Morse and Jack Frost novels as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any novel that features either Inspector Morse

or Jack Frost, written by Colin Dexter and R.D.Wingfield respectively.

Not short stories or collections of stories, just any novel featuring any of those two characters,

up to the end of September 2012. Very best of luck.

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

All you need to win that £1,000 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.

-I can't think of any.

-Not a single one.

The last one, with Morse, was it called Endeavour?

-Didn't they reveal his name?

-His middle name was Endeavour.

No, that was his first name.

-Oh, it was his first name? Right.

-Was it called Endeavour?

I don't know. We might as well give it a bash.

Uh...

-I don't know any more.

-No, I don't know any at all.

They were both television programmes, weren't they?

-Both television programmes.

-So we'll try one as Endeavour.

-I've got no clue. I don't even think I could guess.

-The Oxford Murders?

The Oxford Murders! What about that?

What was the name, was it Denton, the name of the village where Jack Frost lives?

-Yeah.

-Something about Denton. The Denton Murders!

Ten seconds left.

-Death in Denton.

-Death in Denton? Yeah, I like that!

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-We'll do that.

-Right.

-Brilliant.

-That's what we'll do.

OK. That's time up.

We were looking for Inspector Morse or Jack Frost novels.

I now need your three answers.

-We're sadly lacking here, I'm afraid.

-OK.

So it's going to be educated guesses.

-Good.

-Uneducated guesses!

-OK. What are you going to go for?

Well, we know that the Jack Frost novels took place in a town called Denton.

-Right.

-So we're going to go for Death in Denton.

-Death in Denton.

-A Death in Denton.

-A death. A death.

Important, yes, let's get it right!

-A Death in Denton.

-Cos I don't think Death in Denton was one!

LAUGHTER

-A Death in Denton.

-Yes, definitely.

-Endeavour.

-Because that Morse's first name,

-we're going to call one Endeavour.

-Endeavour.

And because a lot of his detective adventures took place in Oxford,

we're going to call it The Oxford Killings.

-Are we?

-Are we?

No, I like it. Let's go with that.

-The Oxford Killings.

-Yeah.

-Yes.

OK. Of those three,

which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-I think we're confident on all of them.

-Yeah!

LAUGHTER

Which shall we put last, for form's sake?

-Shall we say...

-Endeavour.

-Endeavour.

OK. We'll put Endeavour last.

And which... Maybe A Death in Denton?

-Make that second.

-Shall we put that second?

-Put that second. I don't think we'll get that far, but...

So The Oxford Killings we'll bung up at the top of the list.

Well, it sold very well, that one.

Very good indeed. Let's pop those up on the board. Here they are.

We have got...

So we were looking for Inspector Morse or Jack Frost novels.

Your first answer was The Oxford Killings.

Shall we just see, shall we?

-This was your least confident shot at a pointless...

-Tense, isn't it?

-Isn't it?

OK. For £1,000, shall we see if anyone said...The Oxford Killings.

-Oh, no! I know.

-What?!

Well, we must have... Maybe it is... It'll just be The Oxford Killing, maybe.

Maybe it's single. Unfortunately not a pointless answer, I'm afraid.

So only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

Let's just suppose, cos I think one of your answers sounds quite plausible.

Let's say one of those won the jackpot, what would you do with the £1,000, Geoff?

I think I'd have a night out in Denton!

All I'd say is, "Careful!"

-Rebecca?

-I'd just save it.

Just put it away for a rainy day.

-Yeah.

-OK. Very good.

Inspector Morse or Jack Frost novels. Let's hope nobody said A Death in Denton.

This has to be correct. Then it has to be pointless.

Shall we see? Did anybody say A Death in Denton? Is it right?

Bad luck! I'm afraid an incorrect answer, as it happens!

Only one more chance to win today's jackpot. Everything is riding on Endeavour.

I think we're now back on solid ground here.

-Endeavour.

-I'd like to think so.

-We know it was his first name. You thought his middle name.

-Yes, but Rebecca corrected me.

-His first name being, of course, "Inspector"!

Inspector Morse or Jack Frost novels.

Your third answer, your most plausible answer, is Endeavour.

If this is right and it's pointless,

you'll leave here with £1,000.

Let's find out. Did anybody say Endeavour?

Oh, no!

Bad luck!

I'm so sorry!

Pedro Almodovar didn't come up!

'60s music didn't come up.

-Damn!

-I'm afraid Inspector Morse and Jack Frost did.

Unfortunately, you didn't happen to know any answers for that category.

It's a great shame you didn't find that all-important pointless answer.

So you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000, which rolls over to the next show.

But you've been brilliant contestants. It's been great having you on both shows.

Thank you. And you do get to take home our Pointless trophy. Well done.

That's really unlucky. You covered yourself in glory from the moment you arrived on the last show.

It was a tough category.

Endeavour was the name... ITV did a series, a prequel to Morse,

about the early days. That was called Endeavour.

And you were right about Denton, that's where the Jack Frost novels are set.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers.

There's nine of them.

These are all Morse novels.

Three more Morse novels.

-I wonder what the secret was?

-No-one knows.

-I wonder that the riddle was?

I wonder what the jewel was?

The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn has been adapted for TV and radio.

The Way Through the Woods, won the Gold Dagger in 1982.

And the only Frost answer.

All the other Frosts scored points.

Winter Frost, the fifth Frost novel.

Well done if you said any of those at home. Tough luck, guys, you've been brilliant.

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Rebecca and Geoff.

It's been wonderful. Thank you both for playing. Rebecca and Geoff.

Thank you!

Sadly, they didn't win our jackpot, so it rolls over to our next show

when we'll be playing for £2,000.

-Join us to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye!

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye!

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