Episode 34 Pointless

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

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test. Let's meet today's players.

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-Couple number one.

-My name's Norman, Wendy's my daughter

and we're from Manchester.

Couple number two.

I'm Shirley, this is Carol, my friend, and we're both from Hornchurch in Essex.

Couple number three.

My name is Keira. This is my brother, Aaron, are we're from Saffron Walden.

And couple number four.

We're Amy and Dave and we're from St Helens.

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

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We'll be finding out more about you throughout the show as it goes along.

There's only one person left for me introduce.

He's so clever, the only thing he doesn't know is how to make Fulham win the Premiership.

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

Hiya. Hi, everybody.

Oh...

-You know how to hurt a man, don't you?

-I'm sorry.

-That's OK.

Poor old Fulham. Er, another great show last time

-but this jackpot is building up again, isn't it?

-Yes.

-It's getting quite sizeable now.

-Quite embarrassing.

Interestingly, last show we set a new record because we had our oldest ever contestant on the show

and today we're setting a new record, as well.

We've got our oldest ever contestant on the show

because Norman is a bit older than he was last time. LAUGHTER

-Still 94 then, Norman?

-Still a little bit more.

-A bit more, exactly right.

Norman and Wendy were terrific last time,

they went all the way through to the head-to-head and got beaten 2-1.

They will be a formidable team to beat for some of our newcomers here.

-Carol and Shirley were with us for less time, weren't you?

-Yes.

It was brief but wonderful and so hopefully you are going to stick

-around for a little bit longer this time.

-Thank you.

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

and our contestants here need to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer that none of our

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

Toria and Micky didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

Today's jackpot starts off at £9,000.

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

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

The pair who 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

Pop Music.

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

Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

OK, and the question concerns...

Female American Pop Stars.

-Richard.

-Every question we have, I worry about Norman

but thus far you've proved me wrong every time.

We're about to show you four female American pop stars, we need

you to name us any Top 10 singles any of these four woman have had, please.

Any Top 10 single by any of these four women, or with them

as named featured artist and that's up to October 2012.

So as Richard has just mentioned, we're going to put the names

of four female American artists on the board and,

obviously, we are looking for any UK Top 10 hit by any of these artists.

And here are the artists.

I'll read those one last time.

Welcome back, Norman, I'm really sorry to welcome you back with this.

-I'm really sorry.

-There's a slap in the face.

-Tell us about last time, Norman?

-We did rather well.

-You did very well.

-We proceeded to the play-off, so to speak.

-Now I'm off, no play.

-Really?

Is this really the end of the line for you?

As far as I'm concerned, yes. I'll have to make a guess at something.

-Romantica, Christina Aguilera.

-Romantica?

-Yes.

OK, Romantica, says Norman.

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

Oh, bad luck!

-As expected.

-Bad luck, Norman.

-Brilliant, though, a good name for a...

-It's genuinely a believer.

If you had said that with absolute conviction,

I would have been going, "Romantica's on the list"

and it may well not be the last 100 we see in this round as well.

Anyway, it is an incorrect answer,

scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-Shirley, welcome back.

-Hello.

-Shirley, yes, last time.

-Tell us a little bit about last time.

-I had a brilliant answer.

You had a fantastic answer. Yeah, Nutty Professor, complete fluke.

You were thinking of someone quite else.

It turned out to score hardly anything. However, it wasn't enough, I'm afraid.

-No.

-Your combined scores were quite high.

-It was that Norman.

Yeah.

Yes. Remind us what you do, Shirley?

I work for a local pharmacy.

And tell us what you like getting up to in your spare time?

Reading, music, gardening, sun.

-Sun?

-I mean, laying in the sun.

-Yeah.

Do you travel long distances to find the sun?

I have done but not so much lately.

OK, what are we thinking about these American pop stars.

I know, oh...

Britney Spears, Baby Hit Me One More Time.

Baby Hit Me One More Time? OK.

Baby Hit Me One More Time, says Shirley.

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

Oh! Bad luck, Shirley.

I'm afraid that is also an incorrect answer which scores you

the maximum of 100 points.

It could be a lifeline for Norman and Wendy there. Richard.

Sorry, Shirley, I'll explain all at the end of the round.

-There we are, Keira.

-Hello.

Welcome to Pointless, lovely to have you here.

-You're from Saffron Walden.

-Yes.

-What do you do in Saffron Walden?

I'm actually a full-time student doing business management

at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.

I also work part-time as an accounts assistant for a super yacht broker in London.

Well, that's fun! How often do people come in and buy a super yacht?

Or, do people just browse?

It doesn't work quite that way

-but it's a really fun company to work for.

-I'll say it is, yeah.

How often do they invite you for days out on the company's super yacht?

I've been on one trip, which was good fun.

-Now, Keira, it's been quite a high-scoring round so far.

-Yeah.

In fact, we haven't had a correct answer yet.

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-I think that might be about to change.

-Yes.

I'm going to take a bit of risk because I hope it was one

of her top hits

and it's Christina Aguilera with a song called Hurt.

Hurt says Keira.

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

No!

And so it continues, another incorrect answer, I'm afraid,

and another high score of 100 points. I'm sorry, Keira.

Look at what you've started, Norman.

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Copycats!

Honestly, if anyone at any point could score underneath Norman's age, that would be brilliant.

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It was a hit for Christina Aguilera but, as you guessed perhaps,

not a Top 10 hit from 2006. Not one of her biggest.

That's a good mistake to make. An honourable pointless mistake.

-Amy, we come to you. Welcome, Amy.

-Hiya.

-What do you do, Amy?

-I'm a ranger, a park ranger.

-A park ranger.

Wow! That's basically picnic baskets

and shouting, "Oi!" at boys.

It is, it's working outside, obviously,

encouraging people to enjoy the environment

and just getting them to use the local parks, really.

-Where do you do this?

-I do that in Bolton.

-In Bolton, very good, a lot of fresh air.

-Yes.

What do you like getting up to when you're not doing that, Amy?

When I'm not doing that, I'm a member of the George Formby Society.

-Fantastic!

-I've been a member of that for a year now.

I can't play the ukelele but I do pretend I can.

-You take one along?

-Yeah, you can do the Formby Thrash at the beginning.

So even if you can't play you can just stand up, hold it and play.

That's good. Is it actually a banjolele like he plays?

-I've got a ukelele and a banjolele but I can't play either.

-Wow.

-But I do like George Formby.

-There you are.

-Now then, what are you going to go for?

-I'm going to...

This is a little bit of a guess, as well.

-I'm going to go with Womanizer, Britney Spears.

-Womanizer, says Amy.

Womanizer, let's see if it's right, let's see how may people said, Womanizer.

-It's right.

-Yay!

-Look at that.

Down it goes.

It's still going down. Still going down. Pointless!

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Our first pointless answer for I don't know how many shows

As it's a pointless answer, it adds 250 points to today's jackpot,

takes the total up to £9,250 and it scores you nothing.

Wow! Very well done, indeed.

-We're troubling both ends of the spectrum.

-Aren't we just?

-Essentially we could be playing this in binary today.

-Yeah.

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Yeah, terrific answer, number three hit from 2008, Womanizer.

It's a good song, Womanizer. There's a few good songs on this list.

Thank you very much.

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

There are two of them.

Amy and Dave, what about that? Brilliant, brilliant,

brilliant, Amy, fantastic. There you are.

Dave, I would say you are pretty much guaranteed a place in the next round on the strength of that.

All the others, Keira, Aaron, Shirley, Carol, Norman, Wendy, 100,

100, 100, 100. It's an Aaron-Carol-and-Wendy-off...

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..in this next pass. Very best of luck to you all.

We are going to come back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium?

-Dave, a warm welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-What do you do?

-Believe it or not, I'm a ranger as well.

-A park ranger...

-Don't tell me in the same park?

-No, I'm in St Helens.

-Oh, very good.

Did you request to be moved to different parks?

Erm, the further away, the better, probably. I shouldn't say that.

No, no, I've worked there for 28 years in the same place, more or less.

Very good. Very good, are you a more senior park ranger than Amy?

-No, we're on a level playing field.

-Good, good.

Very level, apart from height.

-Er, Dave, you are on nothing, everyone else is on 100.

-Right.

-If you can score 99 or less, you'll have a place in the next round.

-OK.

I could guess a few, probably Britney or Christina

-but Lady Gaga, Poker Face.

-Poker Face, says Dave.

Poker Face, here's your red line. Nice and high.

Let's see where Poker Face takes you.

Well done.

23.

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23 for Dave and Amy, very well done indeed.

Well played, Dave, that's all you had to do. Her second UK number one.

Eric Cartman in South Park does a very memorable cover version of it.

-Worth checking out.

-I'll check that out, definitely.

-Now then, Aaron, how are you? Welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

Also from Saffron Walden. What do you do?

I work in an office for a locally-based firm.

Very good, that's convenient, isn't it, the travel, being locally-based?

-Yeah. I still drive, but...

-Oh, yeah, fine.

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

I'm part of a local pool and snooker team. I enjoy that a lot.

-How often do you play?

-I play once a week for both.

Right, is that pub-based or snooker club-based?

The pool is pub-based and the snooker is club-based.

-What's your highest break?

-Highest break, 53.

-Oh, yeah.

-That's good.

-That's not bad.

Now, Aaron, you are part of the 100 club at the moment. How are you feeling on this as a round?

-OK.

-I mean, Keira overreached herself, she was trying very hard

to do something brilliant and very nearly did.

In fact, to be honest, it was Christina Aguilera's fault, really,

for not selling more records. There we are.

Aaron, what are you going to go for?

I'm going to go for Britney Spears and Toxic.

Toxic, says Aaron. There's no red line for you,

you're joint high scorers. Let's see if Toxic's right, let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

15, very well done.

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15 for Toxic takes your total up to 115.

Another good song from Britney and a number one in 2004.

Now then, Carol, this is where we have a real contest.

Carol versus Wendy.

I don't think she's got much to worry about.

-It's the wrong era for me, I'm afraid.

-Oh, dear.

Do you have a ghost of an idea?

To be honest, I think I only know one current pop record

and that's something like, I don't even know the full title,

but in the words it says something about moving like Jagger.

That's because it's my granddaughter's favourite record at the moment.

Erm, but I don't know the correct title of it

-but I'll go for Move Like Jagger.

-Move Like Jagger.

Well, you're on 100, the high scorers are Aaron and Keira on 115.

-If you score 14 or less, through you go.

-CAROL LAUGHS

Here's your red line.

Let's see if Move Like Jagger's right.

Oh! Bad luck, Carol!

I'm sorry to say that's an incorrect answer.

-Scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 200.

-Richard...

Yeah, sorry, Carol, again I'll explain all at the end of the round.

Now then, Wendy, it might have looked like a disaster at the very beginning of this round,

but you might be able to claw something back here.

The high scorers are Carol and Shirley on 200, you are on 100.

Now, at any time in your life,

have you crossed paths musically speaking with any of these people?

I don't cross paths musically speaking with anybody, really.

Erm, I did know one or two.

I even knew the pointless and that would have been my answer.

I do know Lady Gaga had a hit with Bad Romance.

Bad Romance, says Wendy. Bad Romance...

-What do you think, Norman?

-Hopeful.

-He's no idea!

WENDY LAUGHS

There you go. There's your red line.

The high scorers are Carol and Shirley on 200, you are on 100.

If you can score 99 or less, you are in the next round.

Bad Romance, says Wendy, is it right, how many people said it?

Very well done, Wendy. Fantastic!

I thought that would be high, I thought it would be well high.

6!

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That's a great score.

The second-lowest score of the whole round. Very well done, 106.

Well done, Wendy, a big hit for Lady Gaga

and Portuguese for "bad romance" is "romantica".

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I have to say, Carol and Shirley, you were unlucky there.

Well, you gave us Baby Hit Me One More Time.

It's just Baby One More Time and it was such a big hit.

Do you know what? You were even closer with Move Like Jagger.

It's Moves Like Jagger which is by Maroon 5

-but featuring Christina Aguilera.

-Oh, no!

-I knew that.

If you'd given us the full title, it'd have been a pointless answer.

-Just the S!

-I love that record.

So it's really unlucky. Let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.

Pink had a hit with Don't Let Me Get Me.

Britney's I'm Not A Girl Not Yet A Woman,

there's Moves Like Jagger, Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera.

Overprotected, that's Britney. There You Go, Pink.

Tilt Ya Head Back, that is Nelly featuring Christina Aguilera.

Who Knew is Pink. There's Womanizer, we've already had that.

That's a brilliant answer, Britney Spears and You Make Me Sick...

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-..by Pink.

-Ah, phew!

At the end of our first round, the pair leaving us with the highest score of 200,

I'm so sorry, it's our friends Carol and Shirley.

-It's been lovely having you on the show.

-Thank you.

Thank you for playing, sorry we have to say goodbye.

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

Now, sadly, at the end of this round we'll be saying goodbye to another pair.

Very, very best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is...

London 2012.

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

Whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.

OK, our question concerns

Team GB Gold Medallists at the 2012 Olympic Games.

-There we are, Richard.

-Yes, a good round this one.

On each pass we are going to show you six events in which Team GB won a gold medal at London 2012.

You just need to tell us the athlete that won that gold medal, please.

There'll be 12 in all to have a go at at home.

I suspect some people will get all 12 of these. Good luck.

Thanks very much.

OK, so we'd like you to name any of these gold medallists, if you can.

Our first board reads like this.

I'll read those again.

There we are, there are the events, you need to supply us

with the name of one of those gold medallists from Team GB.

Now, Norman, how would you feel about this?

Not a lot but I'm thinking.

Boxing...

-David Brown.

-David Brown.

David Brown, says Norman.

Let's see if that's right. If it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.

Oh!

Bad luck, Norman, I'm afraid that an incorrect answer,

which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

Yeah, sorry, Norman.

I mean, if Romantica can be a Christina Aguilera single,

I don't see why David Brown couldn't be a super heavyweight boxer. He's not, I'm afraid.

Now then, Keira, is this good for you?

I know three for definite and one I know is between two people.

I'm going to stick with one of the ones I definitely know

and that the men's long jump and I am going to go with Greg Rutherford.

Greg Rutherford says Keira.

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

Absolutely right.

15.

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15 for Greg Rutherford. Very well done, Keira.

Well played, Keira, he won that medal in the Olympic Stadium

on super Saturday.

Now then, Dave.

There's a few I could have a guess at, er, probably know for certain,

but I think I'll probably play safe

with heptathlon and say Jessica Ennis.

Jessica Ennis says Dave.

Jessica Ennis for the heptathlon, let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many said Jessica Ennis.

Absolutely right.

15 our best score so far.

23, there we are.

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23 for Jessica Ennis.

Well played, Dave, she's very famous but putting together

the event she does and her name, seems to have passed most people by.

She's not only the British heptathlon record holder,

she is the individual record holder for two of the events within it,

the high jump and the 100 metres hurdles.

-No wonder she's good at the heptathlon.

-Mmm.

Yeah, let's fill in the rest of these.

Tennis men's singles is Andy Murray.

It would have scored you 46 points.

The track cycling, women's keirin, even more famous now than

she was during the Olympics, it's Victoria Pendleton.

It would have scored nine points.

The taekwondo was the wonderful Jade Jones.

She would have scored you three

and the men's super heavyweight champion is a pointless answer,

even this soon after London 2012 and it was Anthony Joshua.

Very well done if you said that, Anthony Joshua.

Thanks very much, Richard. We're halfway through, let's take a look at those scores.

Keira and Aaron, look at that, very well done indeed.

A lovely low score of 15,

then up to 23 where we find Dave and Amy and then up to 100

where we find Norman and Wendy.

Let's see what happens in the next pass, Wendy,

but what we are definitely going to need is a good low score from you to keep you in the game.

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

OK, we're going to put six more events on the board

and here they come.

I'll read that one last time.

There we are.

Remember, we are looking for the gold medallists from Team GB

and, obviously, Amy, you're going to try and find the lowest-scoring one you can think of.

Did you watch a lot of 2012?

Actually, not the year, obviously the Olympics?

Yeah, I did but for some reason I can't remember an awful

lot about who won.

I think the athletics men's 5,000 was Mo Farah.

Mo Farah says Amy. Mo Farah.

The high scorers at the moment are Wendy and Norman on 100.

You are on 23.

If you can score 76 or less, you are through to the next round.

Mo Farah, there's your red line. Let's see if it's right, let's see how many people said it.

Absolutely right, and you are through to the head-to-head.

34.

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34, taking your total up to 57.

Well played, Amy, and it was Mo Farah, Greg Rutherford and Jessica Ennis, of course,

who won gold medals at the Olympic Stadium on Super Saturday.

Erm, now then, Aaron. You are on 15.

The high scorers remain Wendy and Norman on 100.

You have to score 84 or less to get through to the head-to-head.

-Do you think you can do that?

-I am going to try.

Very good. What are you going to go for?

I'm going to go for the men's keirin

and say Chris Hoy.

Chris Hoy says Aaron. Chris Hoy. Here's your red line.

Nice and high, if you get below that,

you're through to the next round.

Chris Hoy, how many people said it, is it right?

Absolutely right and you are through.

22.

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22 takes your total up to 37.

Sir Chris Hoy, of course, he's Britain's most successful ever Olympian up to 2012.

Now then, Wendy.

-There's terrible news.

-Yes, I know.

I'm afraid you're the high scorers even before you've given your answer.

But, if you fancied it, you could take us through the board.

I knew several on the last pass.

Triathlon, I think there were two brothers, one came first

and one came third but I'm not sure if that's the right event.

Equestrian, I've no idea.

The sailing, the only sailor I know is Ben Ainslie.

The woman is Nicola somebody, so I'd say Ben Ainslie for the sailing.

OK, Ben Ainslie says Wendy. No red line for you, I'm afraid.

Let's see how many people said Ben Ainslie, is it right?

It is right.

Oh, it's a great score, as well, 11.

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11, Wendy.

Takes your total up to 111.

It's a great answer, Wendy.

He's won medals in sailing at five different Olympic Games, Ben Ainslie,

and he was the first person down for the Olympic torch on UK soil when they did the torch relay.

Let's look at the others, the triathlon, you're right, it was two brothers who came first and third.

Third was Jonny Brownlee and the gold medal was won by Alistair Brownlee.

That would have scored you six points.

It WAS Nicola, it was Nicola Adams who won the boxing.

She would have scored you five.

There is a pointless answer for the individual dressage,

which was won by Charlotte Dujardin.

Very well done if you said that

and well done to anyone who got all 12 of those,

-I suspect there are some of you about.

-Thanks very much, Richard.

At the end of Round Two, the losing pair with the highest score,

I'm afraid, it's Wendy and Norman. Oh, such a shame.

You did so well last time.

I was convinced you're going to come back and storm through to the final.

And what do we do? We throw Britney Spears and Pink at you.

I'm really sorry, Norman, and that was tough, that round.

It's been lovely having you on the show, thank you so much for playing.

Wendy and Norman, fantastic contestants.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

For the two remaining pairs, they're getting one step closer to the final

and a chance of taking home that jackpot as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Amy and Dave, Keira and Aaron,

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

to play for the jackpot, which currently stands at £9,250.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Clearly, only one pair can play for that money and 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.

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

Let's play the head-to-head.

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

Dances Movies.

I thought it said dance moves.

Dance Movies. Dance Movies.

Dance Movies, absolutely right.

We are going to show you five stills from famous dance movies,

you need to tell us what the movies are, please. Good luck.

OK, so let's reveal our five stills from dance movies and here they are.

There you go, five stills from dance movies.

Amy and Dave, you've played best throughout the show, so far, so you get to go first.

THEY WHISPER

We are going to go for E and Chicago.

E, Chicago. E, Chicago.

Keira and Aaron, you can talk us through the board, if you like.

A is Dirty Dancing.

B is Flashdance

and D is Step Up.

I know C is Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, but I don't know the film.

-I'm not sure if you might know.

-Is B Flashdance or Fame?

No, that's definitely Flashdance. It's not Fame.

I think we should go with D, which is Step Up.

D, Step Up say Keira and Aaron.

So Amy and Dave have said, Chicago for E. E, Chicago.

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

It's right.

46.

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46 for Chicago. Now, Keira and Aaron, you have said Step Up for D.

-Are you certain about that?

-I hope so.

OK, let's find out.

Is that right and, if it is, how many people said Step Up?

It is right. 46 is what you have to beat.

And you've done it, very well done indeed.

Very well done, 11, for Step Up...

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..which means, Keira and Aaron, after one question,

you are ahead 1-0.

Well played, Keira, that's such a perfect example of a younger sister talking to an older brother there.

He actually bought me two of those films for Christmas

because I hadn't seen them, so...

That's easy, isn't it?

Anything with dancing in, perfect.

Step Up, that's Channing Tatum there.

He's a very good comic actor, he was in 21 Jump Street,

he's terrific in it. Very, very good.

A is Dirty Dancing.

A pretty big score, it would have scored 58 points.

B is Flashdance, it's not Fame.

That would have scored you 21.

C, it is Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire and they are in Top Hat.

That would have scored you 12 points.

The best answer on the board there, Step Up, well played.

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

Now then, Amy and Dave, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

It concerns...

Royal Family Residences.

Royal Family Residences, Richard.

We'll show you the names of five Royal family residences, both past and present

but we've missed out alternate letters from each. Can you tell us what the residences are, please?

OK, so let's reveal our five Royal residences and here they are.

HE GASPS

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Thank you. I'm going to read these again without the blanks.

There you go. Now then, Keira and Aaron, you go first this time.

THEY WHISPER

Go for the third one, Kensington Palace.

Kensington Palace say Keira and Aaron. Kensington Palace.

-Amy and Dave, the board is yours.

-Right.

Obviously the middle one is "Palace",

and the fourth one down is "The Royal" something,

but I'm going to go for the bottom one, and I think it's Osborne House.

Osborne House say Amy and Dave. Osborne House.

So Keira and Aaron, let's see how many people said Kensington Palace.

Absolutely right.

-43.

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Now then, Amy and Dave, you have gone for Osborne House.

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

This is the one you have to win.

Absolutely right. Is it going to beat 43?

Yes, it is! Down it goes.

18, very well done indeed. That's what you needed to do.

Amy and Dave, you're back in the game.

-After two questions, it's one apiece.

-Good answer, Dave and Amy.

Yes, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's family home

on the Isle of Wight, Osborne House.

You're right about Windsor Castle, I think everyone got that,

that would have scored you 56 points.

You're right, it's "The Royal" something, it's in Brighton.

-Pavilion.

-The Royal Pavilion, absolutely right,

would have scored two points.

-And up the top there is the Queen Mother's holiday home.

-Castle of Mey.

Absolutely right and that would have scored one point.

-So it's the best answer up there.

-OK, so it all comes down to this.

Our decider, our third question.

Whoever wins this

goes through to the final and plays for that substantial jackpot.

OK, it concerns...

-Richard.

-Yeah, simply five clues to facts about Switzerland.

The team that can pick the most obscure will play for that jackpot.

OK, let's reveal our five clues to facts about Switzerland.

I'll read those one last time.

There we are, five clues to facts about Switzerland.

Amy and Dave, you go first.

THEY WHISPER

We're going to go for the name of its capital city,

-which I think is Bern.

-Bern say Amy and Dave.

Bern for the capital city. Keira and Aaron,

talk us through the other facts.

Federer's obviously the singles champion.

Country has its longest border, might be...Italy, possibly.

Its main unit of currency is the Swiss franc, no idea on the lake.

I think Federer's going to be higher,

-so we should go for one of your two.

-Currency?

-Yeah.

We'll go for the main unit of currency, it's the Swiss franc.

The Swiss franc you are saying, the Swiss franc, main unit of currency.

So Amy and Dave said Bern, the capital, let's see if that's right.

It is right.

-31.

-APPLAUSE

31 for Bern.

Now, Keira and Aaron have said the Swiss franc is the main unit of currency.

Let's see if that's right and how many people said the Swiss franc.

It's right. Is it going to beat 31, though?

Oh, 39!

Very, very well done.

Amy and Dave, after three questions you are through to the final, 2-1.

That was a good battle. You're right that Federer wouldn't have won it,

he would have scored too many points.

The correct answer, Roger Federer, but would have scored you 43.

The country with which it has its longest border...

It has borders with Germany, France, Austria, Lichtenstein

and Italy, and the one with the longest border is Italy.

And would have scored seven points. GROANING

Would have been a big risk to take, though.

The largest alpine lake is Lake Geneva

and that would have scored 26, so that also would have got you through.

Thank you very much indeed.

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

I'm afraid, Keira and Aaron.

You played very well, though, that was real neck-and-neck head-to-head.

Great having you on the show, we'll have you again next time

and maybe you'll go through to the final that time.

Thanks, meanwhile, for playing, Keira and Aaron.

But for Amy and Dave, it's time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Amy and Dave, you've seen off all the competition

and you have 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 £9,250.

Well, what a performance. You've played so well.

Your first time on Pointless, you've had a pointless answer,

all the other teams have scored 100s.

Clean score sheet from you on that front. It's been fantastic.

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

I'm going to regret this if I get it wrong, but anything birdy.

Wildlife perhaps, Laurel and Hardy. Perhaps ancient battles, perhaps.

-Napoleonic era.

-Good, very good.

Um...George Formby.

LAUGHTER

Disney. And same as Dave, anything to do with the environment, really.

Brilliant. The rules are very simple.

All you have to do is find a pointless answer, do that

and you'll go home with £9,250.

Firstly you have to choose a category

and here are your five options.

-Do you know any father/son pop stars?

-No.

-Elections?

-No.

-What do you think, then?

American TV, but if we get something like Friends...

-Yeah, I don't know a thing about Friends.

-You pick, then.

-Chemistry.

-Chemistry. Right, we'll go for chemistry.

-OK, chemistry.

Let's find out what the question is.

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

Richard.

We're looking for any element from the periodic table

that doesn't have a vowel in its symbol.

Any elements according to the IUPAC as of October 2012,

so any element in the periodic table

without a vowel in its chemical symbol.

-Very, very best of luck.

-OK.

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

All you need to win £9,250

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

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

There they are.

-Your time starts now.

-Pb, lead.

-Mg, magnesium...

-It's got a vowel in it.

-Pb?

-Lead's got a vowel in it.

-No, but Pb hasn't.

-But it's...

-Oh, right, then, you go.

The only stuff... It's the full word, it's going to be.

-I haven't got a clue.

-They've all got to have a vowel in.

No, it's without a vowel, isn't it? That's what the question said.

Without a vowel in it. So think of something without a vowel in it.

-Every word has to have a vowel in it.

-Without a vowel!

-Go on, then, you do 'em.

-I don't know.

-Pb, lead. Mg, magnesium. Zn, zinc.

-Yeah.

-Er... Cl...

-Yeah.

10 seconds left.

Pb, lead. Mg, magnesium.

Mg, mag... Yeah.

OK, that's time up.

It was elements that do not have a vowel in their chemical symbol.

I now need your three answers.

-OK, Pb, lead.

-Pb.

-Yeah. Mg, magnesium.

-Mg.

And I'm going to... Shall we make one up? Zn.

Zinc.

Yeah, let's have a go at that.

-OK, of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Zn.

-That's if it exists.

-OK. We'll put Zn last.

Which do you think we should put first? Your least likely?

-Mg?

-Yeah.

-Mg, we'll put first.

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

OK, we were looking for elements that do not have a vowel

in their chemical symbol. Magnesium was your least confident answer.

Remember, you only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £9,250.

So let's see how many people said magnesium.

It's right. It's right. Now, down it goes.

If this goes all the way down to zero,

you'll be leaving here with £9,250.

Down it goes through the teens, 12.

Ohh! Never mind.

12 for magnesium. Not a bad score at all.

Unfortunately, we're only interested in pointless answers

at this stage and it's not a pointless answer,

so you only have two more cracks at today's jackpot.

£9,250, that is a jackpot. Amy, what would you do with that?

I'd take my grandad on a steam train,

probably the Settle and Carlisle line.

Very good indeed. Aw!

-Dave, how about you?

-I'd give Amy the money to take her grandad...

-to the railway line.

-APPLAUSE

Thank you!

With nine, I don't think she's going to need...

probably £1,000 for a new camera

and 8,000 and it will be a really good Settle to Carlisle...

-perhaps the Orient Express!

-Very good indeed.

Best of luck, let's hope one of your two answers

might win that jackpot for you.

Elements that don't have a vowel in their chemical symbol.

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

Has to be right, has to be pointless for that jackpot.

So for £9,250, how many people said lead?

It's right. So magnesium took us all the way down to 12.

Let's see how far lead can take us.

Can it take us right down to the bottom?

Going down to the teens, 16.

16 for Pb.

So everything is now riding on your very last answer, which is zinc.

You're pretty sure this was Zn, weren't you?

Yeah, but I did sort of make it up as well.

I've kind of remembered a few now. Hmm.

-Should have said.

-Never mind. It's all right.

OK, we're looking for elements that don't have a vowel

in their chemical symbol. Your third and final answer,

your most confident shot at the Pointless jackpot was zinc.

So let's see, how many people said zinc?

Absolutely right. Now, magnesium took us down to 12.

Lead then took us to 16.

But zinc is now taking us down through the 20s,

through the teens, down it goes, lowest yet...

Ohhh!

7!

They were all of them really good answers.

Really good low-scoring answers that

you'd be thrilled with in normal game play

but I'm afraid none of them pointless,

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £9,250,

which rolls over to the next show.

You have been brilliant contestants

and you do get to take home our Pointless trophy, so very well done.

Well played, Dave, well played, Amy.

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

There's quite a few. A lot of people are good at the chemistry questions.

Well done if you said caesium which is Cs. Californium, Cf.

Curium, which is Cm.

All of those pointless. Gadolinium, Gd. Hassium, Hs. Lv is livermorium.

All of those pointless. Neodymium, which is Nd.

Palladium, that's Pd and rutherfordium, that's Rf.

There's a few more.

Well done at home if you said dysprosium, fermium,

mendelevium, promethium, rhodium, rubidium, scandium or thallium.

All of those pointless as well.

-Were any of those on the tip of your tongue, Dave?

-Erm...

Rutherford-onium...

-Rutherfordium.

-Nowhere near.

I was just thinking of Margaret Rutherford.

I know it's not named after her.

Well, unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Amy and Dave.

It's been wonderful having you on the show, thank you both so much for playing.

Amy and Dave didn't win our jackpot today so it rolls over,

which means on the next show we will be playing for £10,250.

AUDIENCE WHOOPS

Join us next time 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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