Episode 35 Pointless

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

This is the quiz show where the questions have been asked to 100 people before the show

and all our contestants here have to do is come up with the answers those 100 people

couldn't think of. Let's meet today's players.

Couple number one.

Hello. I'm Krissy, this is Linda, and we're colleagues in Inverness.

Couple number two.

I'm Aaron, this is my sister Keira, and we're from Saffron Walden.

Couple number three.

I'm Russ, this is my daughter MJ.

I'm from Cheshunt, she's from Reading.

-And couple number four.

-I'm Eileen,

this is my lovely husband David, and we're from Hertfordshire.

Thank you very much. And these, ladies and gentlemen, are today's contestants.

APPLAUSE

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

He's the perfect mix of book-smarts and street-smarts,

so don't be surprised to find him explaining string theory

whilst stealing your wallet. It's my Pointless friend - it's Richard.

Hiya. AUDIENCE CHEERS

-Afternoon to you.

-And to you.

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

-It is.

-So we've been up to 20 before.

-Yeah.

-We're sort of nearly halfway there now.

-Yeah.

-But we've nearly given it away a few times.

Last show it was Amy and Dave, the chemical symbols.

-They got three very low scorers, but not a pointless answer, sadly.

-Hmm.

So, you know, could go today. We've got Keira and Aaron back again.

-Strong last time.

-Certainly were.

Plenty of money to play for, everybody.

Very exciting. Now, all our questions on Pointless

have been put to 100 people before the show,

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

Everyone's looking to find a pointless answer which none of our 100 people gave,

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

Now, Amy and Dave didn't win the jackpot, as Richard says,

last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £10,250.

AUDIENCE: Woo!

There we are. Right, so 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 highest-scoring pair at the end of the round is out,

so try and make sure that's not you. OK. Our first category today is...

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

(Will I go first?)

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

OK. And the question concerns...

Capital Cities, Richard.

On each pass, we're going to give you clues to seven capital cities of the world.

Give us a nice obscure answer, of course you score fewer points,

but give us a wrong answer, you score 100.

There's going to be 14 capitals described in all up here,

so very best of luck at home.

OK. So, we are looking for the capital cities of the world

described by these clues. And here they are. Our first board reads like this.

I'll read all of those again.

There we go. Seven clues

to capital cities.

What are those capital cities?

Now, Linda, welcome to the show.

You are from Inverness. Now, how do you and Krissy know each other?

-We work together.

-What do you do?

-We're nurses.

-What do you like getting up to in your spare time, Linda?

I like gardening. Reading.

I'm interested in history.

Are you interested in capital cities?

Well, yeah, I suppose.

OK. What are you going to go for?

I can't think of many of them.

Home to skyscraper district of Beijing?

Home to the skyscraper district of Shinjuku.

-You're going to say Beijing for that?

-Beijing.

-OK. Very good. Is this is a guess, Linda?

-Yes.

-It is.

I'm quite good at Shinjuku. I do it quite often...

ALL LAUGH

It just fills a spare moment.

OK. Let's see if Beijing is right for that,

and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Shinjuku.

AUDIENCE: Aah!

Bad luck, Linda. I'm sorry.

Lovely parallel move you made there.

Wow. Thank you for that answer. I'm afraid, an incorrect one, though.

100 points it has scored you. I'm sorry, Linda.

Yeah, sorry, Linda. Feels even worse that you've come all the way from Inverness

to stand on podium one and get 100 points. That seems a bit harsh.

ALL LAUGH

Keira, welcome back to the show. You were in the head-to-head last time.

Yes, we were in the head-to-head.

What happened?

Um, we got to the third question and it was one-all.

-Then we had a question about Switzerland.

-Aah.

And they went first and got the capital city of Bern,

and we said the Swiss Franc for the currency.

But just before we took that option, Aaron actually said Italy

as being the longest border,

and it would have got us through if we'd taken that risk.

It would have done.

Anyway. So there you are. You're back today.

You'll do very well indeed. What do you make of this board?

Um, I have to admit, geography's not a strong point of mine at all.

Um, but I'm going to go with one which I'm hoping is right,

which is where Lenin's corpse was displayed in 1924,

and hope that it's Moscow.

Moscow, says Keira. Moscow.

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

It's true.

35.

35 people said Moscow.

Well played, Keira. Very good answer.

There's over 100 museums in Moscow.

-Is that out of the ordinary?

-That's quite a lot.

-In the Soviet era, they used to call it "The City of Museums."

-Right.

And they liked a museum.

-Ho! The Soviets?

-Yeah.

-They loved a museum.

-They did love a museum.

-Yeah.

Russ, welcome to the show. What do you do, Russ?

I'm a trader in biscuits.

LAUGHS

That is brilliant.

Where do you trade them?

Anywhere in Europe and North Africa.

Where's the biscuit-eating centre of the world?

-Britain.

-AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Doesn't surprise me. Have you ever had any other jobs along the way?

Yeah, one or two.

What else have you done?

I've, um, bought and sold showjumpers.

-Show... Do you mean horses?

-Yes.

-Not very smart jerseys?

-No, no, no.

-AUDIENCE LAUGHS

-OK

OK, Russ, listen.

This just plays right to your strengths, doesn't it, Russ?

-There's a lot of foreign words on that board.

-Yup.

I'm going to have a shot at Oscar Niemeyer.

-Yup.

-He sounds like the sort of guy who would have designed Brasilia.

Brasilia, says Russ. Brasilia for Oscar Niemeyer.

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

He's right!

AUDIENCE: Whoa!

-Three.

-APPLAUSE

Very, very well done indeed, Russ.

Three for Brasilia.

Very well played, Russ. It's a terrific answer.

It was built from scratch in 1956, and he planned it and built lots of the buildings.

-An extraordinary place, as well. That's a good answer from Russ, isn't it?

-Very good.

-I'd love to be a biscuit trader.

-Yeah.

-Much more than showjumpers. I think you've landed on your feet there.

-You hobnob with all sorts of people.

-There we go. That's it.

-Now...

-There we are.

-Now let's go.

-Don't encourage him.

I'll tell you what. MJ is someone who's heard that joke 70 or 80 times before.

ALL LAUGH

Thanks very much indeed. Now, then, Eileen.

Welcome to the show. Eileen, where are you from?

Originally from Liverpool.

We're currently relocating from Hertfordshire to Liverpool.

-Oh, you're moving back, a homecoming?

-We are, yes.

-Very good.

What do you do, Eileen?

I've latterly been a director of a charity working with

homeless Scots in London,

which is how I always say I met David.

ALL LAUGH

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

One of the things I like is singing in a community choir.

The choir down South was called "Singing for the Terrified,"

-which about summed it up, I think.

-Oh, good.

-I hope you got a bit less terrified.

-A bit less, yes.

So what sort of things do they sing?

Erm, all sorts. We sang at a National Trust property. We sang Christmas carols for

their Christmas show. We sang round the wards of the local hospital.

The choir was based in the hospital.

And it was great fun, great fun.

Very good. Listen. You're the last person to have this board. Five answers still left on that board.

I think the home to the Prado Museum is Madrid.

Berlin was divided by a wall.

And my husband will kill me that I can't remember the capital of America,

whether it's Washington or New York.

So I'm going to play safe and go for Berlin.

Very good. Eileen says Berlin. Let's see if that's right,

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

Very high.

78. 78 for Berlin.

So, that's a big score, Eileen. Berlin, yeah.

It's the second-largest city in the European Union, Berlin.

-Shall we go through the rest of the board?

-Let's.

-Shall we do that? Home to the Prado Museum. It is Madrid.

It would've been a much better answer, because it would've scored you 13 points.

Now, Shinjuku.

It's not Beijing.

You might guess, if it's not Beijing, it's Tokyo.

Capital of Japan would've scored you 20 points.

Er, "It Lies on the Potomac River." The capital of the USA,

it's Washington, DC. Would've scored 30.

And the best answer on the board is the birthplace of Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

He is Egyptian and was born in Cairo. That would've scored you two points, so very well done if you said that.

Thank you, Richard. We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.

Russ, very well done there. Lovely low score of three for Russ and MJ.

Then up to 35 where we find Keira and Aaron,

up to 78, where we find Eileen and David,

and then up to 100, where we find Linda and Krissy.

So yes, Krissy, you're not miles out in front.

But significantly, shall we say, in front,

so we need a nice, low score from you to keep you in the game. Best of luck with that.

We'll come back down the line now. Can the second players please take their places at the podium.

OK. We're going to put seven more clues on the board.

And here they come. We have got...

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

I'll read those again.

There we are. We're looking for the capital cities described by these clues.

Now, David, welcome.

Welcome. So you're in the process of packing up everything and heading up to the Mersey?

We are, yeah. We've got a nice flat there overlooking the sea

where we can get a telescope out and spy on the ships going past.

-Wow. That's incredible.

-AUDIENCE LAUGHS

-That's a powerful telescope. Or you live very close to the sea?

-We do, yes.

Very good. OK, so, you've got a brand-new board there. What do you make of that?

I think I know most of them. I'm just trying to think what the most obscure one might be.

Um, I think I'll go for, uh...

In English, its name means "Good Airs." I think that's Buenos Aires.

Buenos Aires, says David. Buenos Aires.

Let's see if that's right. Here is your red line.

The high scorers are Krissy and Linda on 100. You're on 78.

If you can score 21 or less, you are through to the next round.

Let's see if you can get below that red line with Buenos Aires.

He's right.

Ooh, you've done it. Very well done indeed. 16.

Good work. 94 is your total, David.

Terrific work, David. Well played.

Buenos Aires is a beautiful city. It lies on the River Plate, which is incredibly wide.

You'll think you're seeing the sea when you see the River Plate.

-But you're not. You're seeing a river.

-You're seeing a river.

-Yeah. The River Plate, in fact.

-Wow.

MJ. Welcome to the show.

What do you do, MJ, in Reading?

I'm a student at the university.

-And what are you studying?

-Er...

Biomedical Science and...

I know that it's now going to put me in the worst position

if anything related to biology or chemistry comes up.

-Because students are renowned for doing...

-To be fair, what year are you in?

-First year.

You've only just started doing biomedical science. I think you can be forgiven

a couple of little gaps in your knowledge. And who knows?

Maybe biomedical science won't come up till the third round.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

By which time, you can confer with Russ, who, as we now know, knows everything.

ALL LAUGH

"Biscuit trader."

OK, now then. What does MJ stand for, MJ?

It stands for Meriel-Jo.

-Meriel-Jo?

-Yeah.

-It's my grandmother's name.

-Lovely.

It is a very nice name.

Now then. Let's have an answer from you.

How are you feeling about the board behind me?

Erm, I knew two.

One of which has gone.

And I'm not entirely sure whether I should guess at a wrong answer,

guess at something, because the only other one I know

is quite possibly going to get 100 anyway.

Well, here we are. Krissy and Linda are on 100.

You're on three, thanks to Russ's fantastic answer in the first pass.

You have a margin of 96 points, there.

Let's hope that the great public weren't paying attention.

I'm very sorry, Dad.

Hosted the 2012 Olympics.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

London.

At least you got it right.

ALL LAUGH

Let's see how many people said it.

London.

Oh, look at that!

APPLAUSE

Wow. 100 people out of 100.

I'm quite glad, actually.

-Are you?

-...That that's happened.

So you're glad. Your dad, less so, I'm going to say, by the expression on his face.

But you're still only three points ahead of the highest scorers.

As you say, at least 100 people knew it.

-Yeah.

-I do hope you stay in, though, cos I have more questions about biscuit-trading, I'll be honest.

-Yeah.

-Delve slightly deeper into that world.

Into the bottom layer?

ALL LAUGH AND GROAN

Aaron. Aaron, welcome back. Remind us what you do, Aaron.

I work in an office in my hometown.

Right you are. What do you get up to in your spare time?

-I play pool and snooker.

-Excellent.

Now then, Aaron. You're on 35.

Our high scorers now are MJ and Russ on 103.

If you can score 67 or less, you're in Round Two.

I'm going to go with "overlooked by the Parthenon,"

-and say Athens.

-Athens, says Aaron.

Overlooked by the Parthenon. Here is your red line.

You get below that, you're in Round Two.

Let's see if Athens is right.

Absolutely right - ooh, look at that. Very well done.

67 you needed, 66 you got.

Takes your total up to 101.

Yeah. Constructed around 447BC. The Parthenon.

I tell you what, that's a very funny answer to "what do you do?"

"I work in an office in my hometown."

That's the answer of a spy.

ALL LAUGH

You couldn't get more vague.

"What do I do? I work in an office in my home town."

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Krissy. Krissy.

Right. We have a target here that you have to reach,

otherwise it's goodbye to Krissy and Linda.

103 is the high score. MJ and Russ are on 103.

You are on 100. You have to score two or less.

What do you think, Krissy? Talk us through the board.

I wish.

Erm...gosh.

We'll have a guess.

I'm saying The Third Man was in...

Amsterdam.

Amsterdam, says Krissy. Let's see if it's right, and if it is,

let's see how many people said Amsterdam for The Third Man.

-Oooh.

-I'm afraid not Amsterdam, Krissy, and I'm afraid that's another incorrect answer

and another high score of 100 points taking you up to 200.

Sorry, Krissy. You have just made a biscuit trader very happy, though.

So that is something. The setting for The Third Man is actually...do you know that one?

-Vienna.

-Vienna, absolutely right. Capital of Austria. Would've scored you 15 points.

The city modernised by Baron Haussmann...

-Paris.

-Paris, absolutely.

Would've scored you ten points.

Now, these other two are very good answers.

It lies across the Congo from Brazzaville.

It's the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It's Kinshasa.

Would've scored you two points. Terrific answer.

And the best answer here - this is a pointless answer. If anyone knows this, very well done.

The African city laid out roughly in the shape of a Union Jack?

It's Khartoum.

Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.

So terrific work if you got that.

Thank you, Richard. So, at the end of our first round,

the losing pair, with their high score of 200,

our newest members of the 200 club,

are Krissy and Linda.

Aw, that was a tough round.

-It was.

-That was a tough round.

I applaud that kind of bravery, though. Pointless rewards brave players, normally.

Except in this case.

Not if they're wrong. But, Krissy and Linda, we'll see you again next time.

We'll look forward to that very much indeed. Thanks very much for playing. Krissy and Linda.

APPLAUSE

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

Now, sadly, at the end of this round, another pair will be leaving us.

Of course, your scores were all very close there. Very close.

Very best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is...

Classic Movies. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second.

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

OK. Let's find out what the question is.

And here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many of The Dirty Dozen and the Magnificent Seven actors as they could.

-Richard.

-We're looking for the name of any performer who received an acting credit

for either of those movies, please. Magnificent Seven or Dirty Dozen.

Just the original movies, not the sequels.

So any actor that received an acting credit in either of those films. Best of luck.

Thanks very much indeed.

So, Keira.

This is not good for me at all.

Totally out of my age range completely.

I'm going to take a complete stab in the dark

and go for Kirk Douglas.

Kirk Douglas, says Keira. Kirk Douglas.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is,

let's see how many of our 100 people said Kirk Douglas.

Ooh, bad luck, Keira.

It was a good guess.

I'm so sorry. That scores you the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry, Keira.

It was a good guess. It's absolutely the sort of person who would've been in them.

-We've had a lot of 100s today already, haven't we?

-Loads.

Might not be the last one of this round, either.

Thanks, Richard.

Now then, Russ.

-How do you feel about this?

-Er...

I'll go for Charles Bronson.

Charles Bronson, says Russ. Charles Bronson.

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

He's right.

25.

APPLAUSE

Very well done, Russ.

Well done, Russ. He's in both of those films, actually, Charles Bronson.

-Can I ask a very quick question about biscuit trading?

-Yes.

So when you say "biscuit trader," is that like a biscuit salesman?

Because it sounds like you sit in front of a computer screen

and look at the price of Hobnobs going up and down

and then try...is that what you do?

Yeah. Sometimes Digestives.

Who's sitting around with stocks of Digestives?

My grandmother used to.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Now then, Eileen.

Eileen. So, remember, we are looking for any actor who appeared in

The Magnificent Seven or The Dirty Dozen.

Bit of a guess, but, um, I'll take a punt on Steve McQueen.

Steve McQueen, says Eileen. Steve McQueen.

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

Absolutely right, Eileen.

25 our best score so far.

Down it goes - ooh!

You equal that score.

APPLAUSE

25 for Steve McQueen.

Yeah, well done, Eileen. He plays Vin Tanner in The Magnificent Seven. Very good answer.

Well, we're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.

Russ and MJ, Eileen and David, all looking very strong indeed on 25.

Keira and Aaron looking a little bit shaky on 100.

OK. We'll come back down the line now.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

Now then, David.

David, Eileen has put you in a very strong position.

You're on 25. The high scorers are Aaron and Keira on 100.

If you can score 74 or less

you are in the head-to-head.

OK. Um...

I'm just trying to remember who some of the obscure ones were in The Dirty Dozen.

Um...I think I'm going to go for John Cassavetes.

John Cassavetes.

There is your red line.

Nice and high. Let's see if John Cassavetes is right,

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

It's absolutely right, and you are through to the head-to-head.

Look at that. Down it goes. 25 our best score. You've smashed through that.

Oh, look at that! David, very, very well done indeed.

That's a pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot. Takes the total up to £10,500.

It scores you nothing, leaving your total at a very impressive 25.

Well done, David.

Brilliant answer, David. Very well done.

Yeah, John Cassavetes. Actor, director, been nominated for Oscars for all sorts of things.

Directing, acting, screenplay. And he was one of The Dirty Dozen.

-That was good.

-Very good indeed.

Now, MJ.

Yeah.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

We are looking for any actor who appeared in The Magnificent Seven or The Dirty Dozen.

I'm trying to think of old actors.

-Less of the old.

-Sorry.

I'm just going to have to have a very random guess.

And go for...James Brown.

That would've been fun.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

It needed a funk soundtrack, definitely,

The Magnificent Seven.

OK. So, James Brown, says MJ. James Brown.

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

MJ GASPS, ALL LAUGH

-You are through to the next round.

-LAUGHS

And it's a pointless answer!

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

MJ.

That is another pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot. Takes the total up to £10,750.

It scores you nothing.

ALL STILL LAUGHING

It leaves your total at 25.

What?

Oh, MJ. I've seen some luck in my time on this show.

I really have. James Brown the soul singer wasn't in the film,

but there's an old American actor called Jim Brown.

His real name's James Nathaniel Brown.

And he was in the Dirty Dozen.

ALEXANDER LAUGHS

Wow.

APPLAUSE

-James Nathaniel Brown.

-Yup.

Well, I was going to say, "how jammy is that?"

but in terms of biscuits, I'm not going to go into that.

But how lucky...really, last series, someone guessed Nick Brown

as a Labour politician as well, didn't they?

Brown is the one to go for every time, surely?

-Go for Someone Brown.

-Yeah.

Very good. That's incredible.

Incredible. Now then.

Aaron.

Oh, dear.

I have terrible news. I'm afraid you're already our high scorers.

And you haven't yet given your brilliant answer, Aaron. I'm sorry.

Maybe that takes a bit of pressure off, actually.

What are you thinking?

The only two I knew were Charles Bronson and Steve McQueen,

so they'd already gone.

So I'll have a stab at...Clint Eastwood.

Clint Eastwood, says Aaron. Clint Eastwood.

Let's just see how many people said Clint Eastwood.

Ooh, bad luck.

It's because it has "Dirty" in one of the titles. You think maybe Clint Eastwood might've been in that.

But no, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. Scores you 100 points. Takes your total up to 200.

-Richard.

-Yeah, sorry, Aaron. That's very, very unlucky.

George Kennedy, Trini Lopez, Brad Dexter and Val Avery all would've scored you one point.

Donald Sutherland would've scored two points. A very good answer.

Clint Walker, three. Ernest Borgnine and Eli Wallach would've scored four as well. They'd have been good.

James Coburn was in it. Would've scored you 11. Robert Vaughn,

course, later starred in The Hustle on British TV, 11.

Lee Marvin, 17. Telly Savalas. He would've scored you 19.

And the biggest score of all?

Yul Brynner, on 49.

Thank you, Richard. So, at the end of Round Two, our losing pair with their high score of 200,

our second 200 of the show, it's Aaron and Keira.

Anyway, we have to say goodbye to you, Aaron and Keira. Great shame,

but it's been great having you on the show. Thank you very much for playing. Aaron and Keira.

APPLAUSE

But, for the two remaining pairs, they're getting one step closer to the final and a chance

to take home the jackpot, as we enter the head-to-head.

Well, congratulations David and Eileen, Russ and MJ.

You're now only one round away from our final and a chance of playing for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £10,750.

AUDIENCE: Whoa!

Now, clearly 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.

The only difference is, you are now allowed to confer.

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

You both had identical scores in that last round.

25.

Amazing.

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

OK, here comes your first question.

And it concerns...

Young American Politicians, Richard.

Going to show you five pictures now

of famous American politicians when they were young.

Can you identify the most obscure of these? Good luck.

OK. Thank you very much indeed.

Let's reveal our American politicians when they were young. And here they are. We have got...

There we are. Five American politicians from when they were young.

Now, David and Eileen, you played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.

I'm not sure, but maybe 2 is Clinton.

Um...

I think I'll play safe and go for B, which is Bill Clinton.

B, Bill Clinton.

B, Bill Clinton, say David and Eileen.

Now, Russ and MJ. The board is yours.

Well, we think A is Ronald Reagan.

We think they're right with Clinton.

I guess C is Kennedy.

I'd like to have a shot at D.

But...let's go for A, and Reagan.

OK, you're going to say Reagan for A. Ronald Reagan.

So we have Bill Clinton and we have Ronald Reagan.

David and Eileen said Bill Clinton.

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

It's right.

You said you were playing safe. Seems to be going down a long way.

Oh, it's pointless! What about that?

-I'm surprised.

-Wow.

Well, that's a pointless answer.

And, as ever, pointless answers add £250 to today's jackpot.

so that takes us up to £11,000. Very, very well done indeed.

Yeah. Beat that, Russ and MJ.

-Yeah.

-With Ronald Reagan. Let's see, though.

You never know. Ronald Reagan, A, you are saying.

How many people said Ronald Reagan?

Absolutely right.

33.

Well done.

33 for Ronald Reagan. Which means, David and Eileen, after one question you are up one-nil.

Well, that's a surprise.

Yeah. I thought he was fairly recognisable there.

Er, with his goofy grin.

But apparently not.

C, you're absolutely right, Russ, is John F Kennedy.

Would have scored you 40 points.

Now, D.

Nixon.

-You wouldn't recognise him, would you?

-I might say Mitt Romney.

Seven people did, though.

And E...

Now, he wasn't President, but he ran for President.

This was taken after he was a prisoner of war for six years in Vietnam.

This was taken on his return. John McCain.

Would've scored you one point.

Interesting. There we are.

Well, thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Here comes your second question, Russ and MJ.

You need to win this one to stay in the game.

Good luck.

It concerns...

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

There we are, Russ.

Spice Girls UK Number One Singles. Richard.

We're going to show you the names of five UK Spice Girls number one singles, but in anagram form.

Can you unscramble them and...it gets better, doesn't it, David?

-Yeah.

-Can you unscramble them and pick the most obscure?

OK. Let's reveal our Spice Girls number ones

and here they are in anagram form.

I'll read all of those again.

There you are.

Five Spice Girls singles.

Now, Russ and MJ, you go first this time.

OK. There's only three we know.

Luckily. I think that stands us in good stead.

Um...Viva Forever, number three.

Number three, Viva Forever, Via Verve For.

David and Eileen.

Just because anagrams are good for us, not Spice Girls,

we're going for the top one of Wannabe.

Yeah. Nicely said, Eileen. Yeah.

Wannabe, says Eileen.

So we have Viva Forever versus Wannabe.

Russ and MJ said Viva Forever. Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said Viva Forever.

It's right. This is the one you have to win, remember.

Down it goes.

Ooh, that's good. 28.

That looks good to me. Now, David and Eileen have gone for Wannabe.

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

It's right.

It's got to beat 28 though...ooh, and it does, look at that. Wannabe, 18.

Wow.

Very well done indeed, David and Eileen.

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

Yeah. Good anagram work there as well.

There's another one anagram fans can work out without Spice Girls knowledge.

That's the bottom one. Ouch Tom is Too Much.

That scores ten points, so would've been a good answer.

The other two though, you have to know your Spice Girls.

A Hide Thou Wonky Or You

is Who Do You Think You Are.

Would've scored you five points.

And Curse Yuppie Foil

is Spice Up Your Life.

That would've scored four. Very well done to anyone who got all five of those.

-It's a very good combination of skills.

-Very good indeed, yeah.

Er, skill. Spice Skills.

-Yeah.

-Very good. Thank you, Richard.

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

I'm afraid it's Russ and MJ. Fantastic performance throughout the show, though.

And then you came up against David and Eileen. A pointless answer in the head-to-head.

Pointless answers in the head-to-head round are very rare. You've done incredibly well.

We say goodbye to you now. We'll see you again next time. We look forward to that very much. Russ and MJ.

But for David and Eileen it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, David and Eileen.

You fought off all the competition and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy. So very well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

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

AUDIENCE WHOOPS

Well, you've done so well!

You've been our lowest scorers consistently, the whole way through the show today.

We had one pointless answer from you, David. Who came up with Bill Clinton? Who spotted Bill Clinton?

-Well...

-Both from you.

-I didn't think Clinton would be pointless, to be honest.

-I didn't think so.

As you say, I was a bit surprised by that.

Anyway, has that calmed your nerves a bit?

-I think so.

-A little bit, yeah.

What are you hoping's going to come up in this final round?

I don't know. Maybe films?

Something in the Arts perhaps for me, yeah.

OK. Well, very best of luck.

The rules are very simple. To win the money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

You've found two so far, David.

Do that, and you will go home with that £11,000 jackpot.

Firstly, you have to choose a category, and here are your five options. They are...

-Do you want to try Football?

-If you'd like to go with Football, we'll try Football.

-We'll go with Football.

-You're going with Football? OK.

Let's see what the question is. Here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Scorers Of Five Or More Goals At FIFA World Cup Finals as they could.

-Richard.

-We're looking for the name of any footballer who scored five or more goals

across their whole career in FIFA World Cup Finals. That's the Finals tournament, obviously.

So any footballer who scored five or more goals across their career in FIFA World Cup Finals tournaments.

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

All you need to win that jackpot of £11,000

is for just one of those to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-I think so, yep.

-Yes.

OK. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Gerd Muller I think was one of them.

-Sounds good to me.

Pele could be, but I think he's probably too obvious. Uh...

Eusebio might be a possible answer.

-Yeah.

-And...uh...

There was a Croatian that scored a lot.

Not last World Cup, but the one before, but I can't remember his name.

-Uh...

-Did he play in a British team?

-No.

I can't remember his name.

I think it was...

Er, Sucre, or it was Italian, his family name.

What's his name?

-York scored a hat-trick, but...

-I'm not good on Europe, if I'm honest.

I don't know if he scored that many goals.

Just Fontaine was a Frenchman from a long time back,

-so he might be a possibility.

-That sounds good, going back.

-We're good with that one now.

-OK, so, Just Fontaine, Eusebio and Gerd Muller.

-OK.

-You got the first name?

-Ten seconds left.

-Just, I think it was.

-Yeah.

-OK.

-OK, I think we're ready.

OK, we'll stop the clock. Very good indeed.

You have your three answers. We were looking for

the scorers of five or more goals in the FIFA World Cup Finals.

I now need your three answers.

We're going to go with Gerd Muller.

Gerd Muller.

-Eusebio.

-Eusebio.

-And Just Fontaine.

-And Just Fontaine.

Of those, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Best answer.

-Probably Fontaine.

-OK. Fontaine we'll put last.

What's your least likely answer?

-I think the most popular one will be Gerd Muller.

-Gerd Muller.

OK. We'll pop those up on the board in that order, and here they are. We have got...

There we are. So we are looking for players who scored five or more goals

in FIFA World Cup Finals.

Your first answer, Gerd Muller.

You thought this was your least likely shot at a pointless answer.

Remember, you only have to find one pointless answer to win that jackpot of £11,000. So let's see.

For £11,000, how many people said Gerd Muller? Is it right?

It is right.

Down it goes, confidently through the 60s, through the 50s, into the 40s. If this goes all the way down

to zero, you leave here with £11,000.

You're into single figures. Seven.

Well done, though.

That's really not bad at all.

Not bad at all. And that was your first answer.

You thought that was your least likely to be pointless. Seven.

Very good. Sadly not a pointless answer, which means you only have two more chances

to win that jackpot of £11,000. What would you be doing with £11,000, David?

I think our plan is, we'd like to go on a round the world trip.

It would be our honeymoon. We got married five years ago.

We haven't had a proper honeymoon yet, so...

-Perfect.

-We would take that.

-Brilliant. Very best of luck.

Let's hope one of your two remaining answers...they look brilliant, I have to say.

Eusebio, Just Fontaine. There we are. Let's hope one of those two

will see you walking with that jackpot and off around the world. That would be fantastic.

OK. We're looking for scorers of five or more goals in the FIFA World Cup Finals.

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

It has to be pointless, obviously. It has to be correct for you to win that jackpot.

So, for £11,000, let's see how many people said Eusebio.

Well, it is also correct. Gerd Muller took us down to seven.

How far down the column is Eusebio going to take us?

Down into the teens...will it go to single figures? Yes, it will.

Still going down. Four.

Ooh, it's getting better.

We're gone from seven to four, David and Eileen. This is very exciting indeed.

Only one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is now riding on your third and final answer,

Just Fontaine.

We were looking for scorers of five or more goals in FIFA World Cup Finals.

You thought this was likely to be your best shot at a pointless answer.

We've come from seven to four.

Surely it has to score lower than that.

If it goes down to zero, you leave here with £11,000. Let's see how many people said Just Fontaine.

OK. Well, it's correct.

Gerd Muller, as I say, took us down to seven.

Followed by Eusebio who took us down to four.

Just Fontaine is taking us down. Down it goes,

past four. Down it goes to - oh, one!

EVERYBODY GROANS

-What a shame.

-Oh well.

Oh, David.

Oh, that's agonising.

AUDIENCE: Aah.

I thought that was going to go all the way down.

-It was just one person who got Just Fontaine.

-Just one.

-"Just" one.

-Oh, yeah.

ALL LAUGH

Unfortunately, I'm so sorry. That means you haven't found the pointless answer you need

to win our jackpot of £11,000.

You don't win that.

That rolls over onto our next show. But you have been fantastic.

Fantastic contestants the whole way through the game.

-We've had a great time.

-It's been lovely having you.

And you do, at least, get to take home our Pointless trophy. So well done for that, anyhow.

That was unlucky, wasn't it? That was unlucky.

I suspect, if you had a few minutes, you could've named a lot of players on this list. It's hard.

One point. There's a few other very big names on one point.

Dennis Bergkamp would've scored you one. Michel Platini, Lothar Matthaus, Rau would've scored you one point.

Mario Kempes, Roberto Baggio.

But let's take a look at some of the pointless answers now.

There will be names on this list that you recognise, I'm afraid.

The Italian Christian Vieri scored nine goals.

David Villa scored eight goals for Spain.

Diego Forlan, the Uruguayan, scored six goals in two World Cups.

-Franz Beckenbauer.

-Oh.

-Scored five goals across his career in three World Cups.

Would've been a pointless answer. Henrik Larsson, the Swede. Lukas Podolski,

the German, plays for Arsenal. He was a pointless answer.

Rivaldo, the Brazilian.

Thomas Muller scored five goals at the 2010 World Cup,

and Wesley Sneijder, the Dutchman. You were talking about a Croatian who scored a few goals in one World Cup.

Was it Davor Suker you were thinking of? That's it.

Suker. He was a pointless answer, I'm afraid.

Would've been lovely if you'd said him.

Hierro, Morientes, Gabriel Batistuta, would've been a pointless answer.

Stoichkov, the Bulgarian, would've been a pointless answer.

could've had Johnny Rep, the Dutchman. Could've had Landon Donovan from the USA.

He scored five or more in his career.

Roger Miller, the Cameroonian guy who was 45 years old or whatever.

Used to run round the corner flag.

Teofilo Cubillas, the Peruvian, scored ten goals.

Boniek as well, and Dzeko. All of those would've been pointless answers,

so well done if you said any of those at home.

Oh, and you knew some of those.

Oh well.

Ah. Bad luck.

We had...we made a good attempt.

You surely did that. You did much more than that.

You made a fantastic attempt.

Um, heartbreaking not to see you walk away with that jackpot. I'm so sorry.

Sadly, we have to say goodbye to you, David and Eileen,

but it's been great having you on the show. Thank you both so much for playing. David and Eileen.

David and Eileen didn't win our jackpot today,

which means it rolls over onto the next show, when we will be playing for £12,000.

AUDIENCE: Woo!

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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