Episode 31 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed.

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless.

The quiz show where obvious answers mean nothing

and obscure answers mean everything.

Let's meet today's players.

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And couple number one...

Hi, I'm Michael, this is Rachael.

-We're from Peterborough and we're newlyweds. Aw!

-Aw!

-Couple number two...

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Sorry, I don't want to crash your applause there. Couple number two...

Hi, my name's Fergus and this is my daughter Heather.

I'm from Nottingham, she's from Leicester.

-And couple number three...

-Hi, I'm Tom.

This is my housemate Krishna and we're from London.

-And our fourth and final couple...

-Hi, I'm David. This is Katie.

We're partners and we're from Darlington.

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

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

as it goes along.

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

astute, well-read and fiercely intelligent.

Is there anything he won't write down and make me say?

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

-Hiya.

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We don't often get a round of applause when the teams introduce themselves, do we?

Very, very seldom.

Impressive - people should get newlywed more often, shouldn't they?

-Perhaps we should get married.

-What, you and me?

-Don't know, see if it gets us more applause.

-Oh, for more applause? Yes!

If we came on now and said,

"Just one person I would like to introduce, he's..."

My civil partner, Richard Osman!

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Thank you.

-Look at that!

-ALEXANDER LAUGHS

-Yeah.

-That would work.

-We should put together a wedding list.

-We must.

-Cos I need a toaster.

Anyway, that aside...

-Round One in your honour. Round One's one of those rounds you like.

-Get in!

Thanks very much, Richard.

All our questions on Pointless were put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers

our 100 people didn't get.

Everyone's looking for a pointless answer,

one of those answers none of our 100 people got,

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

Rob and Konnie didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off at...

-AUDIENCE:

-Ooh!

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

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OK, in this round I will take an answer from each of you,

but there's no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated,

so try and make sure that's not you.

OK, our first category today is...

It's Words. These are my favourite rounds.

Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first,

who's going to go second?

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

OK, let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..as they could. "I-C-E."

-Richard.

-We're looking for any word that has its own entry

in the Oxford Dictionary of English, please, that ends I-C-E.

As always, no proper nouns or abbreviations or anything like that.

We also won't accept the word "ICE" itself, I'm afraid.

Thank you very much. Now then, Rachael. Oh, Rachael...

-So, how long have you been married, then?

-For five months.

-Wow.

-Yeah.

-That's very exciting. How long were you engaged?

For about two and a half years - we had quite a long engagement!

-Michael!

-It ain't cheap!

I know, OK, fair enough. Fair enough.

-Where did you go on your honeymoon?

-California.

-Oh, good.

-It was wonderful.

-Fabulous. What do you do, Rachael?

I work for City University as a development manager

and I get to speak to a lot of the alumni of the university.

To try and get some funds from them, get a bit of money out of them?

That, and reconnecting them to the students, as well.

But mainly to get some money out of them. Anyway, listen, Rachael.

You've had a bit of time now to think of a word...

-Thank you very much...

-..ending in I-C-E.

-I think I'm going to go for ADVICE.

-ADVICE.

-Yes.

OK, you are going to go for ADVICE.

Let's see what people made of ADVICE.

-Oh.

-Right.

10.

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This is good ADVICE. Well done.

-10.

-Not a bad score at all from podium one, Rachael.

-Well done, good start.

-Thank you.

Now then, Fergus. Welcome back.

So, Fergus, whose idea was it to come on Pointless?

It was Heather's, actually. She thought it might be a nice idea,

but I watch the programme, as well, so was quite keen, too.

You were keen to come along... Heather, was he your first choice?

Kind of.

I would have asked my husband, but he's really shy,

so I asked my dad instead.

-He's doing all right, though, isn't he?

-So far.

What are you going to go for?

I'm hoping you'll accept this - DORMICE.

DORMICE.

OK, DORMICE, says Fergus.

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

Oh, no!

-Well, there you go!

-I'm afraid an incorrect answer scores you

the maximum of 100 points. Sorry.

Yeah, it has DORMOUSE but the plural doesn't have its own entry,

I'm afraid.

That's very unlucky.

Anyway, there we are. Yeah, bad luck.

Krish. Remember, we are looking for words ending in I-C-E.

Well, with that last answer, I think I'm going to play it a bit safe

and go for THRICE.

Yeah. Oh, very good. I like that. THRICE, says Krish.

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

24.

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24 for THRICE.

That got such a good appreciative murmur from the audience, you hear that?

They loved that as an answer. It's a lovely word, isn't it? THRICE.

-Quite a big score, though.

-It is quite big.

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

-I'm a physiotherapist.

-A physiotherapist?

-Yep.

Any particular kind of physiotherapy that you specialise in?

I work in the community, so it's mainly a lot of elderly rehab, really.

-I help old people walk.

-Oh, that's a...

I can't remember when I've heard of a worthier vocation.

I like the fact we get a round of applause for being married,

but not for helping elderly people walk.

Thank you, there we are.

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-How long have you done that for, Katie?

-Six years.

-Very good.

OK, have you come up with a brilliant word ending in I-C-E?

-I hope so. I'm going to go for POLICE.

-POLICE.

OK, let's see if that is right, then see how many people said POLICE.

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14.

-14 for POLICE.

-Good answer, Katie.

Scores less than THRICE, I guess cos it doesn't end with the sound "ICE"

and if you're listing loads and loads,

perhaps you're just in your head going through all the ICE words.

-Yeah.

-But "EES."

-"EES."

-POL-EES.

-There you go.

-There we go.

Well, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

10, the best score of the round!

Very well done, Rachael! Very good.

Then up to 14, where we find Katie and David.

Up to 24, where we find Krish and Tom

and up to 100 - Fergus, I'm...

ALEXANDER SIGHS

Dormice-gate.

-I've got one of those.

-Yeah?

-It's so much smaller than a child-gate.

-Yeah.

Cos you don't want to lie awake all night worrying about them going down the stairs, do you?

Exactly right. I literally made it out of lollipop sticks. Really works.

Ah...

Heather, you've got a bit of a mountain to climb in the next pass.

We're going to come back down the line.

Second players, please take your places at the podium.

OK, we are looking for words ending in I-C-E. Now then, David.

David from Darlington. What do you do?

I work for a vehicle-hire firm and I'm studying journalism.

What kind of journalism do you want to do?

At the moment, I'm just working with local news.

I've done a few pieces for my local paper,

but maybe specialising in business

because I did a degree in that at uni.

Very good. Very good indeed.

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

I like playing music, listening to music and watching football.

-What do you play?

-The guitar.

-Very good.

David, a word ending in I-C-E.

I'm going to go with SPLICE.

SPLICE, says David. Well, you're on 14.

100 is our high score - Heather and Fergus are on that.

That means you want to be scoring 85 or less and there's your red line.

If you get below that with SPLICE, which I think you might,

you are through to the next round.

SPLICE - how many people said it?

Well done, you're through.

Well, 10's our lowest score so far. 14 for SPLICE.

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Good work, David. Safely through to the next round.

Yeah, to join together - usually by weaving - to SPLICE.

-Tom. Tom, how are you feeling about this?

-Not too bad.

-Not too bad?

-Remind us what you do.

-I'm a recruitment and HR manager.

And you and Krish are housemates...

having met on your university placement?

-That's right, yeah.

-Very good. What d'you get up to?

As housemates, do you have any rituals that you do...?

I mean, not strange ones!

But just, you know, housemates quite often have...

We do sort of Man Versus Food challenges every so often.

Krish is a particularly strong competitor.

What, this is the number of things you can eat or how quickly you can eat?

-A bit of both.

-What's the most impressive record, Krish?

I ate a double burger, chips and that was with egg and bacon

and everything in seven minutes. So...

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-Really?

-He didn't even win the contest in our house.

-In SEVEN minutes?

-He didn't even beat our other housemates.

-Why did that get a clap?! That's rubbish!

-They'll clap at anything now,

-just in case they get in trouble for not clapping.

-Oh, I see.

-I would say seven minutes is roughly the time it takes, is it not?

-Yeah.

-It's really big.

-It's a big burger.

-Oh, a big...? You should have said.

Then, you know what, I... APPLAUSE

That's better.

Very good. Well, it's Man Versus Words ending in I-C-E, Tom.

Based on Richard's advice about how the word sounds when it ends,

-I'm going to try SERVICE.

-SERVICE.

You're on 24 - high scorers on 100 are Heather and Fergus.

SERVICE - how many people said it?

Very well done. Down it goes. 10, our lowest score so far.

Still going down.

Ooh, look at that! 4!

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Very well done, Tom.

Good answer, Tom. Safe and sound, as well. All sorts of meanings - SERVICE.

-Now then, Heather. Remind us what you do.

-I'm a dog walker.

How many dogs do you have in your care, generally?

How many clients do you have?

At the moment, I've only got one permanent person.

-Do they have lots of dogs?

-They had two and now they only have one.

-Oh, please, tell me that didn't happen on your watch?

-No. No, no, no!

Now then, we want a word ending in I-C-E.

I'm going to say PUMICE.

PUMICE. I think it's very good. How many people said it? PUMICE.

It's right. I think it's going to be a brilliant score, this.

And it is, look at that! 4, Heather!

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Well played, Heather. I thought that was going to go lower. It deserved to go lower.

-It's a light volcanic rock that we use in our everyday life.

-Exactly.

Michael. Listen, I always like to say this...

when somebody comes on who I think is a lookalike.

Michael, you look so alike my friend Jim Howick, the lovely comic actor.

D'you know who I mean?

I can just imagine he's a handsome guy you're talking about.

I tell you what, he is...

I think he looks like a young, baby-faced Liam Neeson.

I've been called much worse. I'll take that!

Michael. What do you do?

I'm a regional fundraising manager for Arthritis Research UK, so...

-Very good.

-We will be doing a collection at the end.

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-Thank you!

-Wow.

Real happy-clappies in today. What is it?

-And how quick can you eat a burger? And I'm talking a big burger.

-Quick!

-Very quick.

-Very good. What do you get up to in your spare time?

It's probably linked with the charity,

but I'm a bit of an adrenaline junkie,

so, bungee jumps, skydived...

I did the London Marathon a while back...

So, yeah, I'll try anything once - twice if I enjoy it.

Michael, words ending I-C-E...

OK.

The high scorers - just to put you in some sort of context -

are Heather and Fergus on 104.

You're on 10. If you can score 93 or less...

you'll be through.

I actually loved the answer POLICE. I was going to go for that.

I feel the pressure because Rach had such a good answer,

but I'm going to go for...SLICE.

-SLICE?

-Yep.

SLICE. OK, there is your red line. Let's see how far SLICE gets you.

I think it'll get you through to the next round.

-It's definitely a word!

-It's right, and you're through.

There we are, that's all that really counted.

-17.

-I'm surprised!

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17 takes your total up to 27,

the LOWEST total of the round, by the way. Very well done.

Well done, Michael,

you admirably resisted the temptation to go for an obscure one there.

-There would have been a divorce!

-I think that's why he resisted it.

-Do you have an answer for us?

-DISSERVICE.

-DISSERVICE?

-Yeah.

Did me a great... Ooh, I...

-Well, if you had said DISSERVICE...

-Yeah...

-It's a pointless answer.

Oh!

-Very happy with that.

-As in, "Vicar, DIS SERVICE is terrible!"

-Yeah.

Let's take a look at some of the other pointless answers up here.

CAPRICE - a sudden sort of change of mood.

DIRECTRICE - a female director.

It would have been a pointless answer.

There's DISSERVICE, look at that.

Some very common words here...

EDIFICE - a huge building. INVOICE was a pointless answer.

DEVOICE also a pointless answer,

which is a talent show with Tom Jones.

MALPRACTICE - also a pointless answer.

OVERNICE - which actually means overfussy,

so the old-fashioned sense of the word "nice."

POULTICE - something you put on a sore or something

and SOLSTICE, also a pointless answer.

You could also have had ARMISTICE and AUSPICE, both were pointless.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

At the end of our first round, the losing pair with their high score of 104...

I'm so sorry, Heather and Fergus.

And with PUMICE, we had a bit of an insight there

to the kind of minds we were dealing with.

Really good, and DORMICE, had it been allowed,

I would imagine would have been a very low-scoring one.

Anyway, Heather and Fergus, we have to say goodbye to you,

but thanks very much for playing.

-Heather and Fergus.

-Thank you very much.

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

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Obviously, there's only going to be room for two pairs in our head-to-head round,

so one of the pairs in front of me now will be leaving us.

Ooh, that was very close. VERY close. 28 to 28 to 27...

-Rachael and Michael. Teacher's pets. 27.

-Of course(!)

Very well done. They would seem to be the pair to beat.

Anyway, our category for Round Two is...

US Sport.

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

who's going to go second?

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

OK, the question concerns...

-Richard.

-On each pass we're going to show you six pairs of sports teams.

They are respectively the American football team

and baseball team of particular American cities.

You just need to name those cities, please.

There's going to be 12 pairs in all to have a go at at home.

What cities share these American football and baseball teams?

Thanks very much indeed.

We are looking for the US cities that are home to these

pairs of football and baseball teams and we have on our first board...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are.

Six pairs of football and baseball teams. Michael.

There's one I think I might know, which will make me look

even more stupid when I get it wrong.

I'm going to go for... I believe it's the Chicago Bears.

The Chicago Bears and therefore the Chicago Cubs.

The Chicago Bears, says Michael. Shall we see if it's right?

How many people said it?

-Not stupid at all.

-Where did that come from?!

Down it goes, 36. Well done, Michael.

Very well done.

The Chicago Bears - the American football team -

and the Chicago Cubs, the baseball team.

Formed just ten years after the end of the Civil War,

that's how long baseball's been going in the United States.

-It's a good game.

-Yeah.

-Good organisation there.

So, Krish.

I do quite like sport, but I don't know any of the ones on this board.

-OK.

-Unfortunately.

Somewhere, are there any sort of glimmers of recognition?

I'm racking my brains, but...

OK, I'm going to take a punt.

San Antonio Mariners and Seahawks?

The San Antonio Mariners and Seahawks? San Antonio, says Krish.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many said San Antonio?

Ooh, bad luck. Bad luck.

I'm afraid an incorrect answer

scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Sorry, Krish.

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

But, Katie...

-Katie...

-Horrendous round.

-Oh, really?

-Yeah.

Is it going to have to be a complete guess?

There's one I think I might know and there's one

which I could probably guess at but it would be a gamble...

-Yeah.

-So I'm going to go for the one that I think might be right,

which is the 49ers/Giants, New York.

49ers and Giants, New York, says Katie. Let's see if that's right

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

Oh, no! Bad luck, Katie.

I'm afraid, another incorrect answer, also scoring you 100 points.

-It's gone very well, this round.

-It's gone terrifically.

It is, funnily enough, one of those rounds that people ask for a lot,

and I know an awful lot of people at home will have gone

straight down that board, got every single one of them.

-Are you any good at this?

-Er...

er...oh, d'you know, San Francisco.

Absolutely right, San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Giants,

would have scored 17. Then it's the Houston Texans

and the Houston Astros.

Would have scored six. The clue's in the second one there.

Philadelphia Eagles and the Philadelphia Phillies,

would have scored 40.

Not San Antonio but the Seattle Seahawks, the Seattle Mariners,

would have scored 14.

And it's the St Louis Rams and the St Louis Cardinals,

which has got three points. The best answer on the board,

but some people at home I know, will have got all of those.

Very well done if you did. Six more to come.

There we are, tricky board.

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

36, Michael. Look at that.

You are way ahead there.

36, very well done, and then the other two pairs, Krish and Tom

and David and Katie tied on 100, so, yes,

Tom and David.

Which one of you knows the most about American sports?

Well, we'll find out in a second.

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

OK, we're going to put six more pairs of American football

and baseball teams on the board and here they come. We have got...

I'll read those all again.

Remember, we are looking for the US cities that are home to these

pairs of American football and baseball teams.

Now then, David, this is really important.

One of you will be leaving us at the end of this round,

and the others will be going through to the head-to-head

and playing towards that final and that jackpot.

What are you going to say?

Right, er, I'm going to go for the Steelers

and Pirates being from Pittsburgh.

-Pittsburgh. Krish, d'you think that's good?

-Yeah, that's right.

Big nod from Krish. Pittsburgh Steelers and Pirates.

No red line for you, you're joint high scorers,

but if Pittsburgh is right, how many people said it?

Absolutely right.

23.

Best score so far, David. 123, your total.

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Good work, David. Pittsburgh Steelers,

the first team to win six Super Bowls.

Thanks very much. Now then, Tom.

We now have something to work towards, you have a target.

The high scorers are now David and Katie on 123.

You have to score 22 or less, or that is the end

of your Pointless career. I'm sorry, that sounds terrible!

I mean, it'll be the end of your time here on Pointless.

I'm sure about one of the answers,

but I think it'll be higher than 23, so I'm going to take

a slight risk and say Cleveland for the Browns and Indians.

Cleveland Browns and Indians.

There's your red line. If you get below that, head-to-head.

Cleveland, is it right? How many people said it?

It's right. Is it going to go below 23, though?

Oh, it's getting very close.

Oh, you've done it!

You've done it, 13.

Very well done, Tom.

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113, your total, your place is assured in the head-to-head.

Well played, Tom. I think Tom knows his stuff.

The Cleveland Browns were sold in 2012 for over 1 billion.

Now then, Rachael.

I love the way your names are essentially the same,

with just Ra and Mi

at the beginning. That's nice.

You could have Chael as your surname if you wanted.

The high scorers are David and Katie

on 123. If you can score 86 or less with this,

you are through to the head-to-head.

Now, d'you know any of these? You can talk us through the board

and just do your thinking out loud, if you like.

I don't know any of them.

If I was sitting at home on my sofa

more things would come to mind,

so I'm going to base an answer on our favourite takeaway

and go for Kentucky for the Chiefs and the Royals.

The Kentucky Chiefs and Royals.

How many people said Kentucky, is it right?

-Ohhhh!

-I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, Rachael. Kentucky, an incorrect answer, I'm afraid,

scoring you 100 points and taking your total up to 136.

Sorry, Rachael, not a city, Kentucky.

You got the K right, though, it's Kansas City.

Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals.

Would have scored five points.

Dolphins and Marlins, there's a clue there

-so it's somewhere by the coast. D'you know that one?

-Miami.

Absolutely right. At the top there, the Redskins and the Nationals?

-Washington.

-It is, yeah. Washington Redskins, Washington Nationals.

And the best one up there is the Raiders and the Athletics.

-Have you seen Moneyball, the Brad Pitt film?

-Yes.

-That's set entirely in the Athletics of this city.

-Oakland.

Oakland, absolutely right.

Would have scored one point, best answer up there.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So at the end of Round Two, our losing pair

with a high score of 136, it's Ra and Mi Chael!

I'm so sorry,

but you were so nearly there

with the K and that.

It's just it was Kansas, not Kentucky.

Yeah, but we will be back.

I have no doubt of that, we look forward to that very much.

Rachael and Michael, great contestants.

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But for the two remaining pairs, they're one step closer to the final

and a chance of taking home our jackpot

as we enter the head-to-head.

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Congratulations, Krish and Tom, Katie and David,

you are only one round away from the final and a chance to

play for the jackpot which currently stands... There it is - £6,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Only one pair can play for that money.

To decide which pair it's going to be,

you're now going to go head-to-head.

This time, you're allowed to confer

and the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for that jackpot.

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

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OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...

-What, like on holiday?

-Yeah, if you like. Enjoying a bit of down time.

We're going to show you five statues, now, of foreign historical figures.

Can you identify the most obscure person depicted?

Thank you very much. Let's reveal our five historical statues,

and here they are...

There we are, five historical statues.

Krish and Tom, you've played best throughout the show so far,

so you get to go first.

-What d'you reckon?

-(C and D...)

THEY WHISPER

OK, I think we're going to go for D as Julius Caesar.

D, Julius Caesar, say Krish and Tom.

Katie and David, talk us through the others.

Er, you thought A was Beethoven.

He looks more like Sweeney Todd!

-B, I've got no idea.

-Don't know. C, we think is Gandhi.

We knew Julius Caesar, we think, and we don't know E.

So we're going to go for A, Beethoven.

A, Beethoven, say Katie and David.

So we have Julius Caesar and we have Beethoven.

Krish and Tom said Julius Caesar.

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

Absolutely right.

65.

Quite a popular choice, that one.

Katie and David have said that A is Beethoven.

That's what you're saying for A. Let's see if that's right

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

Absolutely right.

Oh, and you've taken it!

Down it goes.

-15.

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15, which means, Katie and David,

after one question you are up one-nil.

Well played, Katie and David, and well played both teams

for avoiding the very obvious one in the middle there.

B is a pointless answer. That's Nikola Tesla.

Would have added £250 to the jackpot.

Very well done if you got that at home. That's a terrific answer.

C, it's Mahatma Gandhi, how many d'you think he scored?

-Quite high. I think he's going to be in the high 80s.

-93.

Good for him!

Good work, Gandhi. 93, and E is Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.

Can't believe you didn't recognise him. Would have scored one point,

so, again, very well done if you said that at home.

Thank you, Richard. So, here comes your second question.

Krish and Tom, we need you to win this question to stay in the game.

It concerns...

..the Bronte Sisters. Richard.

Going to show you five clues to facts about the Bronte sisters.

Which of these is the most obscure?

Thanks very much.

Let's reveal our five clues to facts about the Bronte sisters.

And here they come.

I'll read them all one last time.

There we are, five clues to facts about the Bronte sisters.

Katie and David, you go first.

We don't know any of these ones, so it's going to be a pure guess.

Er, shall we just...? Yeah,

we'll just go for the occupation of their father and say doctor.

Doctor, OK. Katie and David say doctor.

Krish and Tom.

The only thing we know about either of them are their names,

so we're going to go for the sister to marry.

We haven't decided which. Shall we rock, paper, scissors for it?

If I win, it's Emily, if you win, it's Charlotte.

One, two, three.

Emily.

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That's exactly how they decided which one was going to get married!

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Amazing. OK, Emily Bronte, say Krish and Tom. So we have Doctor vs Emily.

Katie and David say Pa Bronte was a doctor.

If that's right, let's see how many people said it.

Ohhh!

You just have to be right with Emily. Are you?

Ohhh! So there we are. After two questions,

Katie and David, you remain ahead, one-nil, Richard.

You're rock-instead-of-papers away from getting the point.

It's Charlotte Bronte. Would have scored ten points.

The occupation of their father was a clergyman.

Would have scored 25 points.

They all adopted the same surname for publication of their books,

and it was Bell.

Would have scored seven. Their brother was Branwell.

Branwell Bronte, would have scored 14.

And the county in which they spent most of their lives was Yorkshire.

-24 points there.

-Thank you, Richard. OK, here comes your third question.

Krish and Tom, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

It concerns...

Singles by the Beach Boys, Richard.

Going to give you the names of five Beach Boys hits here,

but with alternate letters removed. Can you fill in the gaps?

OK, let's reveal our five Beach Boys singles, and here they come.

We have got...

I'll read them again.

Now then, Krish and Tom, you go first again this time.

THEY CONFER

OK, well, we know three of them, but we think the one with

the lowest points will be the top one, which we think is Break Away.

Break Away, you're going to say, for the top one.

Katie and David, take us through the board.

Er, right, we think the second one is God Only Knows.

-Not sure about the middle one.

-California Girls.

Second to bottom is California Girls and the bottom one is Kokomo

and we think we'll go for Kokomo.

Kokomo. OK, so we have Kokomo, we have Break Away.

Krish and Tom have gone for Break Away.

Let's see if that's right

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

It's absolutely right.

46.

APPLAUSE

Katie and David have gone for Kokomo.

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

Kokomo.

You've done it, very well done indeed.

13.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Which means, after three questions,

David and Katie are through to the final two-nil.

Well played, David. Well played, Katie, terrific work.

You would have also got through to the final

with God Only Knows, as well.

It's a wonderful song and would have scored 21 points.

California Girls, big scorer, 81 points, that would have got you.

-And d'you know the one in the middle?

-Then I Kissed Her.

Then I Kissed Her, absolutely right. That is the best answer on the board.

Three points. Well done if you said that at home.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So, our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,

I'm afraid it's Krish and Tom.

Well, very hard fought, that one,

and you were so close to getting a point there.

-I'll remind him about that.

-What, for having scissors?

-Yeah.

It's been great having you on the show, Krish and Tom.

We have to say goodbye to you now, but thanks so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

But for Katie and David, it's time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Katie and David. You've fought off 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 £6,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well, you're here as newcomers.

It was your first and only Pointless appearance.

I think we've put you through your paces.

We had our words round, words ending in ICE.

US sport, that was unfortunate, the New York one there.

Then we had famous statues abroad,

the Bronte sisters and the Beach Boys, Kokomo. Great answer.

So, what would you like to see in this round?

-Oh, er, music, maybe some football, perhaps.

-Yeah.

-If it falls right, we'll see.

-Musicals.

OK, well, very best of luck. The rules are simple.

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

Do that, and you go home with that £6,000 jackpot.

First, you need to find a category, and you have a choice of five.

Here they are.

It's either Scottish Actors or...

Scottish Actors...

Are you any good at Boxing? Scottish Actors, going to have to.

-Yeah, Scottish Actors.

-Scottish Actors it is.

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

..as they could. Richard.

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

for which Gerard Butler has received an acting credit

up to the end of September 2012, please.

No TV films, documentaries, short films, anything like that,

but voice performances do count.

Very best of luck, guys.

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

and all you need to win that £6,000

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

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

-There they are, your time starts now.

-Right, I know a few.

-PS I Love You.

-Phantom Of The Opera.

-300.

Er, The Bounty Hunter.

Er...

He's in that new soccer one, but that's not out yet. Er...

I'm trying to think, what leading ladies has he been with?

Er...Gerard Butler...

I think we'll go for PS I Love You, The Bounty Hunter...

-Phantom Of The Opera?

-And Phantom Of The Opera.

I think 300's quite well known, isn't it?

Er, I'm just trying to think...

What else...?

Shall we just go for those? Cos we know they're right.

We know they're correct, at least. Yeah.

OK, you've got your three... OK, we'll stop the clock.

There we are. OK, so we were looking for Gerard Butler films.

I now need your three answers.

PS I Love You, Phantom Of The Opera, The Bounty Hunter.

And of those three, which d'you think

-is your best crack at a pointless answer?

-The Bounty Hunter.

The Bounty Hunter, we'll put that last, and your least likely?

-Phantom Of The Opera.

-We'll put that first.

OK, well, let's put those up on the board in that order,

and here we are. We have got...

OK, so we were looking for Gerard Butler films.

The Phantom Of The Opera was your least confident crack

at a pointless answer. You only have to find one pointless answer

to win that jackpot of £6,000,

so let's see how many people said Phantom of the Opera.

It's right.

Down it goes. If this goes all the way down to zero,

you can leave here immediately with £6,000 in your pocket.

Down it goes. Right down!

Look... Ooh! Three.

APPLAUSE

That's a brilliant answer. Think how pleased you'd be with that normally!

Three points, fantastic.

However, this is the last round - we are only interested in pointless answers,

so, unfortunately, not a pointless answer.

Looks pretty good for the others, though.

Now, if you were to win that jackpot, Katie,

-what would you do with it?

-Oh, gosh, I'd go on a big shopping spree.

-Maybe go on holiday, have a cruise next year.

-City break, maybe.

I turn 30 next year. Maybe...I'd like to go to New York, but I don't know.

-We'll see.

-David?

-Go on holiday, definitely. That'd be top priority.

OK, well, best of luck. We're looking for Gerard Butler films.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer, PS I Love You.

This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

So, for £6,000, let's see how many people said PS I Love You.

OK, well, it's also right.

Phantom Of The Opera took us all the way down to three.

PS I Love You, taking us down

through the 20s,

down through the teens.

Into single figures,

down... Ooh, six!

APPLAUSE

Six. It's gone in the wrong direction, but that's OK.

You were pretty certain this was your best answer, The Bounty Hunter.

-I think so.

-We have to hope so,

because everything now rests on The Bounty Hunter.

This is your third and final answer,

the one you had the most confidence in for it to be pointless.

To win that jackpot of £6,000, it has to be pointless. This is it.

How many people said The Bounty Hunter?

Well, it's right.

Phantom Of The Opera took us down to three.

PS I Love You then took us down to six.

The Bounty Hunter, your final answer taking us down into single figures,

-Oh, seven! Oh, no!

-Oh, well.

-Hard luck.

-We tried.

APPLAUSE

Three really good answers there, though.

All in single figures, all fantastic answers, but, I'm afraid,

in this round, only the pointless answers count.

So, I'm afraid you didn't manage

to find that all-important pointless answer,

so you don't win today's jackpot, which rolls over onto the next show.

But you've played really well throughout the show.

And you do get to take home our pointless trophy, so, very well done.

APPLAUSE

Terrific performance, guys,

especially for your first appearance on the show.

Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.

He was Beowulf in Beowulf & Grendel.

Butterfly On A Wheel was a pointless answer,

he was in that with Pierce Brosnan. He was the lead in Dear Frankie.

He was Dracula in Dracula 2001 -

that was pointless, would have won the money.

Fast Food, one of his early films.

Harrison's Flowers from the following year, from 2000.

He was Yasha in The Cherry Orchard - such a long time ago, he was credited

as Gerald Butler in that - and The Game Of Their Lives from 2005.

Those were the only pointless answers.

Well done if you said any of those, and tough luck, guys.

Three single-figure answers is pretty good going.

Didn't know any of those, which makes me feel better.

That's a relief, isn't it?

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you,

Katie and David, but it's been brilliant having you on the show.

Thank you so much, played so well. Brilliant.

APPLAUSE

Katie and David didn't win our jackpot today, so it rolls over,

which means, on the next show, we'll be playing for £7,000.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Join us then 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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