0:00:24 > 0:00:28Thank you. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,
0:00:28 > 0:00:34the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37Couple number one.
0:00:37 > 0:00:43Hi, I'm Micky. This is the eldest of my four daughters, Toria. We come from Barry, South Wales.
0:00:43 > 0:00:49- Couple number two. - Hi, I'm Rachael. This is Michael and we are newlyweds from Peterborough.
0:00:49 > 0:00:56- Couple number three.- I'm Brian and this is Arthur, my much older brother, and we're from Gateshead.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01- And couple number four.- I'm Steve and this is my friend, Mark. We're from Berkshire.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05These, ladies and gentlemen, are today's contestants.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12Thank you all very much indeed. We'll find out more about all of you as the show goes along.
0:01:12 > 0:01:18Only one person left to introduce. He's only one factual inaccuracy away from a long career in panto.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22- It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hiya.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Hi, everyone. Hiya.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31- How are you today?- Very well.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36- We so nearly gave the jackpot away last time.- I know!- Still, good news. More money for you guys.
0:01:36 > 0:01:42We've only got one returning pair, Rachael and Michael, who got to Round Two last time.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44They have to be favourites today.
0:01:44 > 0:01:50Surely. Thanks, Richard. All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show
0:01:50 > 0:01:54and our contestants need to find the obscure answers they couldn't get.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58Everyone wants a pointless answer which no one gave.
0:01:58 > 0:02:04Then we'll add 250 quid to the jackpot. As Richard said, Katy and David didn't win it last time,
0:02:04 > 0:02:09so we add another £1,000 to that. Today's jackpot starts off at £7,000.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24In this round I'll take an answer from each of you, but there's no conferring.
0:02:24 > 0:02:30The pair with the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Our first category today is... Famous People.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Can you all decide who is going to go first and who goes second?
0:02:37 > 0:02:42And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46OK, and the question concerns...
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Famous Australians.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- Famous Australians, Richard. - On each pass we'll give you clues
0:02:52 > 0:02:57to the identities of seven famous people born in Australia. An obscure answer scores fewer points,
0:02:57 > 0:03:03a wrong answer scores 100. There will be 14 Australians to guess at home. Good luck.
0:03:03 > 0:03:09Thanks very much indeed. So we're looking for these famous Australians.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12- And here they are... - HE READS THE LIST
0:03:32 > 0:03:34I'll read those all one last time.
0:03:54 > 0:04:00- There we are. Toria, welcome. Where are you from?- Barry. - Very, very famous now, of course.
0:04:00 > 0:04:08- Yeah.- Do you get a lot of Gavin and Stacey fans coming along?- We do. From all over the world as well.
0:04:08 > 0:04:15- What do you do there?- I'm a mum and full-time student.- What do you study?- Early years development.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19- What do you think of this board? - Not much! I know two.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24I'm going to have to go for the least popular of the two.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27That would be played The Joker. Heath Ledger.
0:04:27 > 0:04:32Heath Ledger, says Toria. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Absolutely right.
0:04:39 > 0:04:4121!
0:04:42 > 0:04:44That'll do.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49Yeah, good answer, Toria. A very good start to the show.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53He won a posthumous Oscar. 21 points.
0:04:53 > 0:04:58As with all Australian actors, he was briefly in Home and Away. It's a legal requirement.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02- It's like national service, essentially.- Yeah.
0:05:04 > 0:05:12- Michael, welcome back. Remind us what you do.- Regional fundraising manager for Arthritis Research UK.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17- And what are your hobbies? - I'm a huge film buff, so this could come in handy.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22The annoying thing is Moulin Rouge is one of my favourite films.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25- Can I say that, being a guy? - LAUGHTER
0:05:25 > 0:05:31- It's out now.- But I can only get the first name, so I'll have to rely heavily on the wife and say
0:05:31 > 0:05:35the singer of I Should Be So Lucky is Kylie Minogue.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39OK. Kylie Minogue, you're saying. Kylie Minogue.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Oh, that's a punishing score there! 81. Well, it's right.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57- But it's 81.- That's really relying on your wife, Michael!- Yeah!
0:05:59 > 0:06:05So we're looking for the names of these famous Australians. Now, Brian, welcome to the show.
0:06:05 > 0:06:12- What do you do?- I work for a foreign exchange brokerage house.- Wow. What other jobs have you had?
0:06:12 > 0:06:19I've worked as a barman, floor cleaner and I had a stint at trying to be a professional footballer.
0:06:19 > 0:06:25- Who did you play for? - I was at Coventry City for a few years.- Wow. That's exciting.
0:06:25 > 0:06:31- How are you feeling about these Australians here?- Er, not bad.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Kylie Minogue at 81 helped a bit.
0:06:34 > 0:06:39Could go safe, but I'm going to go for the author of The Female Eunuch.
0:06:39 > 0:06:46- Germaine Greer.- Germaine Greer, says Brian. Is that right? How many of our 100 people said it?
0:06:54 > 0:06:58- 25. Not bad at all. - Thought it'd be more than that.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04- 25 for Germaine Greer. - Good answer, Brian.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08- She used to go out with Warren Beatty.- Germaine Greer?!- Yeah.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13Thank you very much. Now, Mark, how have you prepared for Pointless?
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Mainly playing the board game. Endlessly.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21- And studying maps of the world. Weak subject is geography.- Ssh!
0:07:21 > 0:07:23LAUGHTER
0:07:23 > 0:07:30Mark, you're the last person to have this board. See if you can talk us through it.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34I can't think of the swimmer's name, so I'd be struggling with that one.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38The cricketer, I think, is Shane Warne.
0:07:38 > 0:07:44And I can't think of the name of the Dame Edna Everage, so I'm going to go for the top one.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48I think the director of Moulin Rouge was Baz Luhrmann.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Baz Luhrmann, says Mark. How many people said it?
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Absolutely right.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Nine!
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Very well done indeed, Mark. Nine for Baz Luhrmann.
0:08:08 > 0:08:14That's a terrific answer, Mark. He also directed Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Kylie, of course, was in Moulin Rouge.
0:08:17 > 0:08:23Let's take a look through the rest. The swimmer you can't remember has size 17 feet. It's Ian Thorpe.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28- Really?- Yeah.- Size 17! He'd go to a clown shop, basically.
0:08:28 > 0:08:36I don't know. He probably gets them made by sponsors, although who sponsors shoes for swimmers? Nobody.
0:08:36 > 0:08:43- The comedic characters are played by...- Barry Humphries.- Absolutely right. Would have scored 37.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48- And the spin bowler?- Shane Warne. - Yeah. Would have scored 20.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53Thank you, Richard. We're halfway through. Let's look at the scores.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56The best score was Mark's. They look good on nine.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00Up to 21, Toria and Micky. 25, Brian and Arthur.
0:09:00 > 0:09:05And then, Michael... Oh, well. Are you feeling lucky, lucky, lucky, Rachael?
0:09:05 > 0:09:11- I wouldn't swap him for the world. - That's not what I asked, but there we go!
0:09:11 > 0:09:16You're on 81. You need to score very low. Very best of luck.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21We'll come back down the line. Can the second players please take their places?
0:09:21 > 0:09:26OK, we'll put seven more clues on the board. Here they come.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28HE READS THE LIST
0:09:46 > 0:09:48I'll read those again.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08There we are. Seven Australians.
0:10:08 > 0:10:15- Steve, Mark did very, very well. - No pressure.- Well, not too much, actually. Rachael and Michael on 81,
0:10:15 > 0:10:19you being on nine, if you can score 71 or less, you're in Round Two.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23- What are your hobbies, Steve? - Well, I'm a huge movie fan.
0:10:23 > 0:10:30And I'm a fan of Birmingham City, but I like to keep it on the down low at the moment.
0:10:30 > 0:10:36- It's just our little secret. OK, what do you make of these Australians?- Not too bad.
0:10:36 > 0:10:43My girlfriend's Australian. I'll be in trouble if I don't get anything. There's a few on there that I know.
0:10:43 > 0:10:49I'm going to go for the Men's Singles Wimbledon Champion, 2002,
0:10:49 > 0:10:55- and say Pat Cash. - Pat Cash. Let's see if that's right. Here is your red line.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59Get below that, you're through. How many people said it?
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Oh, no, Steve!
0:11:04 > 0:11:10Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. You score the maximum 100 points,
0:11:10 > 0:11:12taking your total up to 109.
0:11:12 > 0:11:19- Sorry, Steve. Pat Cash was 1987 Wimbledon Champion.- Thanks very much indeed. Now then, Arthur.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24- Now what do you do? - I'm a senior support worker.
0:11:24 > 0:11:30I work supporting adults with learning disabilities to live as independently as possible.
0:11:30 > 0:11:37- Very good. What do you like to get up to when not doing that? - I'm a massive fan of Newcastle Utd.
0:11:37 > 0:11:43- I'm a season ticket holder. As you'll appreciate, coming from our part of the world...- Indeed.
0:11:43 > 0:11:49- ..it's more of a religion than a sport. I also like to spend time with my family.- OK.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54- Well, what do you make of this? - I'm feeling a lot happier now
0:11:54 > 0:12:00that Pat Cash wasn't Wimbledon Champion in 2002. I think I'll play it safe this time round
0:12:00 > 0:12:06and I'll go with the infamous bushranger hanged in 1880 as Ned Kelly.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11Ned Kelly, says Arthur. The high scorers are on 109. You're on 25.
0:12:11 > 0:12:1883 or less sees you through. There is your red line. How many of our 100 people said Ned Kelly?
0:12:19 > 0:12:24It is right. And you are through to Round Two.
0:12:25 > 0:12:2639!
0:12:28 > 0:12:32- Takes your total up to 64. Very well done.- Well played, Arthur.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36- Arthur and Brian seem pretty good. - They do.- A quiet, calm confidence.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40He's been played on film by Mick Jagger and Heath Ledger.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Now then,
0:12:42 > 0:12:45phew-ee, Rachael! What about that?
0:12:45 > 0:12:50- Yeah.- There's a lifeline. You're still on 81. They're on 109.
0:12:50 > 0:12:57So 27 or less is what you require. Now then, remind us what you do, Rachael.
0:12:57 > 0:13:03- I am a development manager at City University in London.- Very good. And what do you get up to?
0:13:03 > 0:13:08I like to go to the cinema with Mike. We love going to watch films.
0:13:08 > 0:13:14I enjoy reading books, even though literature isn't really my strong subject!
0:13:14 > 0:13:20- You read them, but don't remember them!- Yeah. And maybe not the real highbrow stuff.- OK.
0:13:20 > 0:13:26So we're looking for the names of these famous Australians. Do you think you can score 27 or less?
0:13:26 > 0:13:32That's the problem. I know three and possibly a fourth. It's just knowing which one to go to.
0:13:32 > 0:13:38So I'm just going to go with hoping that not many people know that Wolverine is Hugh Jackman.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42Hugh Jackman, says Rachael. There's your red line. Hugh Jackman.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Let's see if it gets you below it.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48It's right.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55You've done it! Very well done! 22. Brilliant.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59103, your total.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05Well played, Rachael. You bailed Michael out there.
0:14:05 > 0:14:12- He was eating 6,000 calories a day as Wolverine.- That's nearly as much as you'd have, 6,000 a day.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15I would do about 6,000 at breakfast. I do a lot of thinking.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20And that takes it out of me. I also pedal away under the desk.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23- You are powering the column. - Pretty much.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26OK, thanks, Richard.
0:14:26 > 0:14:33Now then, Micky. The best 'til last, Micky. What do you do in Barry?
0:14:33 > 0:14:38I'm a fire and safety loss prevention officer in a large American company.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42- Very good. Nice place to work? - Very good.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44And what do you like getting up to?
0:14:44 > 0:14:51Well, I've packed it in now, but I used to do karate, which was quite good. I used to enjoy that.
0:14:51 > 0:14:57- Did you do it to quite a high level? - Not really. I was just a reasonable amateur.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01- I think he's lying. - Absolutely hard as nails.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05- OK, now then, Micky, this board is yours. Talk us through it.- Right.
0:15:05 > 0:15:11The Formula 1 champion I'm thinking is probably round about the Alan Jones era.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Media magnate, the name's gone completely out of my head.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18UK number one single...
0:15:18 > 0:15:21and I think it might be Rick Ashley.
0:15:22 > 0:15:30Rick Ashley. Let's see if Rick Ashley is right, shall we? And, if it is, how many said it.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32There's your red line.
0:15:32 > 0:15:38Oh, bad luck, Micky. I'm sorry. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43It scores you the maximum 100 points and takes your total up to an unbeatable 121.
0:15:43 > 0:15:49Far be it from me to correct a karate expert, but there's a whole series of problems with that answer.
0:15:49 > 0:15:55It's Rick Astley, he's not Australian and he didn't have a hit with that. Apart from that, great.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58It's actually Jason Donovan.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01It would have scored 42.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05More importantly, you knew the top one. Alan Jones.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09And it's a terrific answer. It would have scored eight.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13- I want to physically hurt you, I do. - And I deserve it.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20Let's look at the rest. The media magnate is Rupert Murdoch. 49.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24- The Men's Singles Champion is not Pat Cash.- Lleyton Hewitt?
0:16:24 > 0:16:27It is. Would have scored seven.
0:16:27 > 0:16:33And the 400 metres Olympic Champion was Cathy Freeman. 17 points.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- Alan Jones was the second best answer.- Thanks, Richard.
0:16:36 > 0:16:44So the pair who will be leaving with their high score of 121 and possibly a lot to discuss are...
0:16:44 > 0:16:46I won't be saying much!
0:16:46 > 0:16:52..are Micky and Toria. Well, you've learnt a valuable lesson. You can take that away.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56Take your time next time. There is a next time.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Micky and Toria, thanks so much for playing.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05But for the remaining three pairs it's now time for Round Two!
0:17:10 > 0:17:16Now there's only room for two pairs in our Head to Head round, so one pair will leave after this round.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is... Education.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25Can you all decide who is going to go first and who's going second?
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:29 > 0:17:34OK, let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:17:34 > 0:17:41to name as many universities in the top 50 of the QS world rankings as they could.
0:17:41 > 0:17:46Universities in the top 50 of the QS world rankings.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50- Question of Sport? - It's not Question of Sport.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55We're looking for any of the 50 universities on the QS world universities ranking list in 2012.
0:17:55 > 0:18:00Any of the 50 leading universities of the world. Very best of luck.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Thank you very much indeed. Now then, Michael,
0:18:04 > 0:18:08world rankings of universities. The top 50.
0:18:08 > 0:18:15For no particular reason, I'm just going to go out there with Warwick University.
0:18:16 > 0:18:22Warwick University. Any particular reason? Sorry, you said no particular reason.
0:18:22 > 0:18:28- I went there.- She went there. Our game plan is I have a really bad answer and then she saves the day.
0:18:28 > 0:18:33- I don't know if it is, so... - OK, Warwick. Very good university.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Is it right? How many said it?
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Oh, bad luck, Michael!
0:18:40 > 0:18:44I'm sorry. An incorrect answer. Scores you the maximum 100 points.
0:18:44 > 0:18:50Not a bad answer at all. A very highly-ranked university, but not in the top 50 in the world.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53I'm going to put it 59th.
0:18:53 > 0:18:58We are looking for the top 50-ranked universities in the world. Brian.
0:18:58 > 0:19:04I think it might be high, but it may be one that people wouldn't necessarily think of.
0:19:04 > 0:19:10So I will go for MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15- MIT. He's very good, Brian. - You don't know if it's right yet.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18I don't, but if it is wrong, it's wrong in a way that I like.
0:19:18 > 0:19:24MIT says Brian. Is that right? And, if it is, how many of our 100 said MIT?
0:19:26 > 0:19:28And it is right.
0:19:33 > 0:19:3411.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39That's how you do it. 11 for MIT.
0:19:41 > 0:19:47Yes, the number one university in the world, MIT. Kofi Annan and Buzz Aldrin both went there.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Now, Steve, Steve...
0:19:50 > 0:19:53What's your considered response?
0:19:53 > 0:19:56My considered response is this isn't a great topic for me.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00I'll go for something which will probably score high,
0:20:00 > 0:20:03but it's better than 100. I'll say Harvard University.
0:20:03 > 0:20:08Harvard, says Steve. Let's see if Harvard's right and if it is, how many of our 100 said it.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Absolutely right.
0:20:14 > 0:20:1662.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19APPLAUSE
0:20:21 > 0:20:25Much better than 100, Steve. The oldest university in the United States.
0:20:25 > 0:20:31It's produced eight Presidents and there are 60 living billionaires who went to Harvard.
0:20:31 > 0:20:3460 living billionaires? That's a lot.
0:20:34 > 0:20:39- Yeah. Coincidentally, it's also the richest university in the world. - There we are.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Halfway through the round, let's look at those scores.
0:20:43 > 0:20:4611 very much the best of that pass, Brian,
0:20:46 > 0:20:52then up to 62 where we find Steve and Mark, then up to 100 where we find Michael and Rachael.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Again, Rachael, the ball is in your court. How are you feeling?
0:20:55 > 0:20:58I work for a university. I should know.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02You should. We need a really obscure one. Best of luck.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:21:07 > 0:21:12OK, so we are looking for the Top 50 universities in the world.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16Mark, the high scorers are Rachael and Michael on 100. You're on 62.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20If you can score 37 or less, you're in the head-to-head.
0:21:20 > 0:21:27OK, so I'm going to stick with an American theme and I'm going to go for Yale.
0:21:27 > 0:21:32Yale, says Mark. Here is your red line. If you get below that, you are in the head-to-head.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Let's see how many people said Yale.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Absolutely right.
0:21:41 > 0:21:4245.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45APPLAUSE
0:21:45 > 0:21:4845 takes your total up to 107.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52Yeah, Yale's only produced five Presidents.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- So, 1-0 to Harvard.- Yeah.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01- Now then, Arthur... - Not my best topic, I must admit.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Mark and Steve have given you quite a margin. They're on 107.
0:22:04 > 0:22:10You're on 11, thanks to Brian's brilliant answer. If you score 95 or less, you sail through.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15I have another American one, but I'm not sure if it'll be in the Top 50.
0:22:15 > 0:22:20I'll play safe and go for one of the top British ones and I'll say Cambridge.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Cambridge, says Arthur. Let's see. Here is your red line.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Let's see if Cambridge can get you below that red line.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Absolutely, it does. 86.
0:22:32 > 0:22:38That did the job it needed to do. 97 is your total and you are in the head-to-head. Richard?
0:22:38 > 0:22:44Very well done. Yes, number two in the world behind MIT, so you've chosen the top two between you.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49They've split the atom there, they've discovered the structure of DNA there,
0:22:49 > 0:22:54Newton developed the theory of gravity, Darwin developed the theory of evolution.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57- We went to that party that time. - Yeah.
0:22:57 > 0:23:03- So, you know, we've added to the greatness of the place. - Of the place, yes.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- Number two in the world, eh? - In the world.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Good stuff. Thank you now.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13Now, Rachael, here we go. Mark and Steve are on 107. You're on 100.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16You want to be scoring 6 or less.
0:23:16 > 0:23:22It's difficult. I think UCL, LSE, Columbia, that I'm thinking of, will all be quite high.
0:23:22 > 0:23:28- So I'm going to take a punt at one that might not even be anywhere near the Top 50.- That's very sensible.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31I'm going to go for St Petersburg in Russia.
0:23:31 > 0:23:37- St Petersburg?- Yeah.- Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it. Good luck.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Oh, bad luck, Rachael.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Very well done though. I'm afraid, an incorrect answer.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Scores you the maximum of 100 points and takes your total up to 200.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54We all knew what you were doing there and you had some good answers.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59Sorry, Rachael. UCL would have scored you 8 points, so would have knocked you out by 1.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02LSE is not in the Top 50. Columbia would have scored you 1 point.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06- No!- It would have been a terrific answer, Columbia.
0:24:06 > 0:24:11I'll mention a few British ones in the Top 50. Edinburgh would have scored 13 points.
0:24:11 > 0:24:17Manchester would have scored 9 points, Imperial London would have scored 6 and Bristol 6 as well.
0:24:17 > 0:24:23And King's College London would have scored 3. Let's take a look at some pointless answers now.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28The Australian National University in Canberra was a pointless answer.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32The California Institute of Technology was pointless.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Carnegie Mellon University, which is in Pittsburgh.
0:24:35 > 0:24:40Cornell University in New York State, Duke University, North Carolina,
0:24:40 > 0:24:44ETH Zurich, which I think is in Zurich, was pointless.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54Very well done if you said any of those. Let's take a look at the three highest scorers.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Harvard University, we had from Steve, 62.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Cambridge, Arthur gave us that, 86.
0:24:59 > 0:25:06And Oxford, below Cambridge on the list of best universities, but just above it on Pointless with 88.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10Thank you, Richard. At the end of Round 2, our losing pair with a high score of 200,
0:25:10 > 0:25:14I'm afraid it's the "Chaels", Ra and Mi.
0:25:14 > 0:25:20I'm so sorry. That was a joke from last time. It wasn't any funnier then either!
0:25:20 > 0:25:24- I'm so sorry. How gutting, Columbia! - Columbia!
0:25:24 > 0:25:30- Who knew? It's been lovely having you on the show.- Thank you. - Thanks so much for playing.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32- Rachael and Michael!- Thank you. APPLAUSE
0:25:32 > 0:25:36But for the two remaining pairs, it's one step closer to the final
0:25:36 > 0:25:40and a chance of winning our jackpot as we enter the head-to-head.
0:25:45 > 0:25:51Congratulations, Brian and Arthur, Steve and Mark, you are only one round away from the final
0:25:51 > 0:25:55and a chance to play for that jackpot which stands at £7,000.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57APPLAUSE
0:25:57 > 0:26:04Obviously, only one pair can play for that money. To decide which pair it will be, you now go head-to-head.
0:26:04 > 0:26:10You are now allowed to confer and the first pair to win two questions will go through to the final.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20OK, here's your first question
0:26:20 > 0:26:22and it concerns...
0:26:24 > 0:26:30- Richard?- We're going to show you five stills now from films directed by Danny Boyle.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Can you identify the films, please?
0:26:32 > 0:26:37OK, let's reveal our five stills and here they are. We have got...
0:26:53 > 0:26:57There we are, five films directed by Danny Boyle.
0:26:57 > 0:27:02Brian and Arthur, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06WHISPERING
0:27:08 > 0:27:14We think we know four out of the five and we could hazard a guess at B, but we're not sure about B.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17It's a toss-up between C and D, but we'll go for C.
0:27:17 > 0:27:24- 28 Days Later.- 28 Days Later, say Brian and Arthur for C. Steve and Mark, the board is yours.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26We're the same. We know four of them.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28A, Slumdog Millionaire,
0:27:28 > 0:27:31B, haven't a clue,
0:27:31 > 0:27:33D, 127 Hours,
0:27:33 > 0:27:36and E is The Beach.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39So, again it's deciding which one of those.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43- I think we should go for... Go for E, The Beach?- Yeah.
0:27:43 > 0:27:48- We'll go for E, The Beach. - E, The Beach.
0:27:48 > 0:27:53Brian and Arthur said 28 Days Later for C. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57It's right.
0:28:01 > 0:28:0313.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05APPLAUSE
0:28:09 > 0:28:1313 for 28 Days Later. Steve and Mark have said E is The Beach.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17Let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said it.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20It's right.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Oh, it's going to be close.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Oh, 20.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29APPLAUSE
0:28:29 > 0:28:3120 for The Beach.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35Very well done. Brian and Arthur, after one question, you are up 1-0.
0:28:35 > 0:28:42Well played. And faulty radar from you two as one of the answers you knew would have won you the point.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45Not Slumdog Millionaire, that was a much bigger scorer.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47It would have scored you 49.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50But you were right about 127 Hours
0:28:50 > 0:28:52and it would have scored you 12.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55It would have just seen you nick through.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59- Brian, you said you might have an idea for B.- Is that Morgan Freeman?
0:28:59 > 0:29:02It is not. That's Delroy Lindo.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06- I don't know it then.- It's A Life Less Ordinary.- A Life Less Ordinary.
0:29:06 > 0:29:12With Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz and it was a pointless answer, so very well done if you said that.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16Thanks very much indeed, Richard. OK, here comes our second question.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20Steve and Mark, you have to win this to stay in the game. It concerns...
0:29:22 > 0:29:28- Richard?- We'll give you five song titles now by Frank Sinatra, but we've missed out the final word.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Can you fill in that word, please?
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Let's reveal our five song titles and here they are.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45I'll read those all again.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Now then, Steve and Mark, you go first this time.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56WHISPERING
0:30:06 > 0:30:11We think we know between us three, but we're not 100% sure,
0:30:11 > 0:30:13so we're going to go with the second one.
0:30:13 > 0:30:19- Somethin' Stupid.- Somethin' Stupid. Somethin' Stupid, say Steve and Mark.
0:30:19 > 0:30:24- Now then, Brian and Arthur, talk us through the board.- I wish!
0:30:24 > 0:30:29I think the bottom one is I've Got You Under My Skin, but I think that will be a high score.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31I think the top one is High Society.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33I think we'll go with High Society.
0:30:33 > 0:30:38High Society. So we have Somethin' Stupid and we have High Society.
0:30:38 > 0:30:43Steve and Mark said Somethin' Stupid. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45It's right.
0:30:49 > 0:30:5125.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53APPLAUSE
0:30:53 > 0:30:5925 for Somethin' Stupid. Brian and Arthur have said High Society for the top one.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03Let's see if that's right and how many people said it if it is.
0:31:05 > 0:31:06Oh!
0:31:06 > 0:31:12Steve and Mark, very well done. You're back in the game. After two questions, the scores are even, 1-1.
0:31:12 > 0:31:17Yeah, very well played. It's not High Society. It's High Hopes.
0:31:17 > 0:31:23Won an Oscar for Best Song. 14 points it scored, so it would have seen you through to the final.
0:31:23 > 0:31:28You're right about I've Got You Under My Skin, but it would have scored 82.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Me And My...Shadow.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32It would have scored you 39.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35And the best answer on the board is Summer Wind.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40It would have scored 4 points. Very well done if you said that at home.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44Thanks very much indeed. It's all down to this, the third question,
0:31:44 > 0:31:47which will decide who goes through and who leaves us.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50Our third question concerns...
0:31:51 > 0:31:58- Moscow, Richard?- Simply five clues to facts about Moscow here, guys. Very best of luck.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00OK, let's reveal our five clues.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19I'll read those one last time.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Now, Brian and Arthur, you go first this time.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43WHISPERING
0:32:44 > 0:32:49We think the best answer... We hope the best answer is the bottom one.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53And that is G-UM. GUM.
0:32:53 > 0:32:59GUM. Brian and Arthur are saying GUM. Steve and Mark, talk us through the board.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02I wish we could.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05I think the top one is the Bolshoi Ballet.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09The official residence of the President - the Kremlin.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12Square that is the site of St Basil's Cathedral...
0:33:12 > 0:33:14- Red Square?- Yeah, Red Square.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18Author of the play Boris Godunov... Don't know.
0:33:18 > 0:33:24So I guess it's choosing which one of the top three, if they're all right, will be the lowest.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26I think we'll have to take a punt
0:33:26 > 0:33:31and go for the top one, so the theatre founded in the 1770s is the Bolshoi Ballet.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34The Bolshoi, say Steve and Mark.
0:33:34 > 0:33:40Brian and Arthur have said GUM. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 said GUM.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Absolutely right.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47That's a great answer.
0:33:47 > 0:33:509. Very, very well done, Brian.
0:33:50 > 0:33:51APPLAUSE
0:33:54 > 0:34:01Steve and Mark have gone for the Bolshoi. Let's see if that's right and how many people said that.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04Absolutely right.
0:34:08 > 0:34:0931.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11APPLAUSE
0:34:11 > 0:34:1331.
0:34:13 > 0:34:19After three questions, Brian and Arthur are through to the final, 2-1. Very well done indeed.
0:34:19 > 0:34:24Really good head-to-head. Hats off to Brian for GUM. That's a terrific answer.
0:34:24 > 0:34:30You were right about the other two, guys. The official residence is the Kremlin. That would have scored 50.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34And it's Red Square. That would have scored you 32.
0:34:34 > 0:34:39- You would have won the point with the other answer. Brian and Arthur, do you know that one?- Chekhov?
0:34:39 > 0:34:45It's not Chekhov. You went for the right one. It would have scored you 3 points. It's Alexander Pushkin.
0:34:45 > 0:34:51- Very well done if you said that. They love him over there, Pushkin. - Hmm, love a bit of Pushkin.
0:34:51 > 0:34:57Thank you very much. Our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head, I'm afraid, it's Steve and Mark.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01But you played incredibly well. Three really good answers there.
0:35:01 > 0:35:07The good news is we'll see you another time. Meantime, thanks very much for playing, Steve and Mark!
0:35:07 > 0:35:08APPLAUSE
0:35:09 > 0:35:13But for Brian and Arthur, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21Congratulations, Brian and Arthur, you've seen off all the competition
0:35:21 > 0:35:25and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.
0:35:30 > 0:35:36You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and, at the end of today's show, it stands at £7,000.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38APPLAUSE
0:35:39 > 0:35:43You've been our consistent low scorers throughout the whole show.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46What would you like to see come up in this round?
0:35:47 > 0:35:52- The life and career of Muhammad Ali or boxing or football.- Sport.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54- Any kind of sport.- Any sport.
0:35:54 > 0:36:01You've been pretty knowledgeable on all sorts of quite obscure subjects, so I think you'll do quite well.
0:36:01 > 0:36:06The rules are very simple. To win the money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:36:06 > 0:36:12Do that and you will go home with £7,000. First, you choose a category and here are your five options.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24It's got to be, yeah. No doubt, we'll have a go at the cricket.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28- Cricket.- Bowl us a good one.- OK, let's find out what the question is.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:36:30 > 0:36:35to name as many Wisden Cricketers of the Year as they could.
0:36:35 > 0:36:42- Richard?- We're looking for any cricketer named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year by Wisden
0:36:42 > 0:36:47all the way through from the 2000 Wisden, which was for the 1999 season, through to 2012.
0:36:47 > 0:36:52So any of the five Cricketers of the Year from the 2000 edition to the 2012 edition. Best of luck.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56Thanks very much. You now have up to one minute to find three answers.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00To win that £7,000, you just need one answer to be pointless.
0:37:00 > 0:37:06- Are you ready?- Yeah.- Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:06 > 0:37:12It's probably a bit too recent, but Graeme Swann was definitely one of the five. Jayasuriya was one of them.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14I think Dilshan is one as well.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19Shane Warne will have won it, but they'll be too obvious.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Women cricketers as well, but I don't know any of them.
0:37:22 > 0:37:27Oh, well, there's the girl who plays for England, Charlotte...
0:37:27 > 0:37:31I can't remember her second name. Captain of England, Charlotte...
0:37:31 > 0:37:33- Edwards.- Charlotte Edwards.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38- Is it Charlotte Edwards?- She's not the round-the-world yachtswoman?
0:37:38 > 0:37:42Charlotte Edwards is a cricketer. I don't know if she's been on that.
0:37:42 > 0:37:48- You can go back and you can have... How far back do you go? - 2000, he said.- Oh, 2000.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52Ponting, but they're all going to be high.
0:37:52 > 0:37:57- Did you say Sangakkara? - I didn't, but he'd be up there. Mohammed Yousuf...- Ten seconds left.
0:37:57 > 0:38:03..scored the most runs in a Test match in a year, but I don't know if he'd be a Cricketer of the Year.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07So what three are we going for? Charlotte Edwards...
0:38:07 > 0:38:13OK, that's time up. We were looking for Wisden Cricketers of the Year. I now need your three answers.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17- Graeme Swann.- Graeme Swann.- Charlotte Edwards.- Charlotte Edwards.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20- And Jayasuriya.- Jayasuriya.
0:38:20 > 0:38:26There are your three. Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:26 > 0:38:32- Charlotte Edwards.- Charlotte Edwards. We'll put her last. And Graeme Swann, your least likely?
0:38:32 > 0:38:35- Yeah.- Graeme Swann, we'll put him first.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39Let's put those up on the board in that order. Here they are.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48There are your three answers. We were looking for Wisden Cricketers of the Year.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52Your first answer, Graeme Swann, was your least likely to be pointless.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56You only have to find one pointless answer to win £7,000.
0:38:56 > 0:39:01So let's find out, for that £7,000 jackpot, how many people said Graeme Swann.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05It's right.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09OK, well, let's see how far down Graeme Swann takes us.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12If this goes down to zero, you leave here with £7,000.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14Down into single figures.
0:39:14 > 0:39:154.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18APPLAUSE
0:39:21 > 0:39:274 for Graeme Swann. Not a pointless answer, so you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:39:27 > 0:39:32£7,000, Arthur, what's the first thing you'd want to do with that?
0:39:32 > 0:39:35Uh...share it with him.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37£3,500, Arthur.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- Probably pay for a nice holiday. - Lovely.
0:39:41 > 0:39:47- Brian?- That's my season ticket at Newcastle United, my golf membership sorted out.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- The girls can blow the rest. - Brilliant. Very good indeed.
0:39:50 > 0:39:55Let's hope one of your two remaining answers will win that jackpot for you.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58We're looking for Wisden Cricketers of the Year.
0:39:58 > 0:40:03Your next answer, Sanath Jayasuriya. This has to be right and it has to be pointless.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07So for £7,000, let's see how many people said Sanath Jayasuriya.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Oh, bad luck.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17An incorrect answer, as it turns out.
0:40:17 > 0:40:23You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot. We're looking for Wisden Cricketers of the Year.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27Your third and final answer was Charlotte Edwards.
0:40:27 > 0:40:33This was your most confident shot at a pointless answer. To win £7,000, it has to be right and pointless.
0:40:33 > 0:40:38Let's find out how many people said Charlotte Edwards. Is it a pointless answer?
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Oh, bad luck.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44APPLAUSE
0:40:49 > 0:40:53Bad luck. Three very good answers there.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57That last one incorrect. Graeme Swann was along the right lines.
0:40:57 > 0:41:03You didn't find that all-important pointless answer, so you don't win today's jackpot of £7,000.
0:41:03 > 0:41:08That rolls over on to the next show, but you have been brilliant contestants. Thank you so much.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12And you take home your Pointless trophy, so very well done.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15APPLAUSE
0:41:15 > 0:41:18You played terrifically. I thought you were going to win that one.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22Jayasuriya was a Cricketer of the Year, but in 1997,
0:41:22 > 0:41:26so just before our time for him, I'm afraid.
0:41:26 > 0:41:32Charlotte Edwards not, but Claire Taylor was a Cricketer of the Year. She would have scored you 1 point.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36During your deliberations, you mentioned Sangakkara.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39- That was a pointless answer.- Oh!
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Mohammed Yousuf, you mentioned. Pointless answer as well.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46You'll recognise everyone on the list, but let's go through them.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49We'll see if anybody at home got some of these.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52Adam Gilchrist was a pointless answer.
0:41:52 > 0:41:58Some of the Aussies you could have had - Michael Clarke, Tom Moody, Justin Langer, Jason Gillespie.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00Adam Hollioake, Andy Caddick...
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Three more Englishmen here.
0:42:14 > 0:42:19There's other names - Graeme Smith and Rahul Dravid were pointless. Some big names there.
0:42:19 > 0:42:25Chanderpaul was pointless. Very well done if you said any of those at home. Tough luck, guys.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- You deserved to win that.- Thank you. - Thanks very much.
0:42:28 > 0:42:33Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Brian and Arthur, but thank you so much for playing.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36- Thank you very much.- Thank you. APPLAUSE
0:42:36 > 0:42:41Brian and Arthur didn't win our jackpot today, which means it rolls over on to the next show
0:42:41 > 0:42:44when we will be playing for £8,000.
0:42:45 > 0:42:51- Join us then to see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard. - Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me.
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