Episode 39 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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

the quiz show where the aim is to score as few points as you can.

To do that, you need to come up with answers no one else can think of. Let's meet today's players.

APPLAUSE

Couple number one.

Hi, I'm Mark. This is Martin. We've been mates for 12 years.

We live in Leeds but are originally from Lancashire.

-Couple number two.

-I'm Christine. This is my friend Jacky.

We've been friends since we were 10-years-old. We're from Cardiff.

-Couple number three.

-Hello, I'm Jane. This is my mum Kate. We come from Surrey.

-And couple number four.

-Hi, I'm Wayne. This is my brother Greg.

And we come from Perthshire in Scotland.

And these are today's contestants.

APPLAUSE

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

There's one person to introduce. We've dumbed him down more than a GCSE but still can't understand him.

-It's my Pointless friend Richard.

-Hiya. Hi, everybody. Hiya.

-That is very unfair, GCSEs are not dumbed down.

-No.

As a father of a daughter doing GCSEs, they do more work than we did

through our O-levels.

-Shows how old we are.

-Doesn't it?

-They are not dumbed down.

WHISPERS: They are a bit dumbed down.

LAUGHTER

We had a brilliant show last time. A really high-quality show.

We had Wayne and Greg on, who were terrific,

to the extent they even got Miley Cyrus as an answer at one point.

A couple of tough panel beaters from Scotland.

We got a classic Pointless first round.

You'll have to go at some to beat Greg and Wayne, everybody.

Thank you very much, Richard. Our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

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

They try to find a pointless answer none of the 100 gave.

Each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.

Kathy and Robert didn't win the jackpot, so we add £1,000.

So today's jackpot starts off at £15,000.

APPLAUSE

Right, let's play Pointless.

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

The pair with the highest score is eliminated. Try to make sure that's not you.

Our first category today is US states.

It's US states. Decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

OK. And the question concerns US states beginning with...

US states beginning with dot, dot, dot. Richard?

Xander will show you four letters of the alphabet,

we need you to tell us any of the 50 US states that begin with one of those letters.

Any US state that begins with the letters you are about to see.

That information is correct as of September 2012.

OK. Thank you, Richard. Let's reveal those four letters. Here they come.

M, N, O, P.

M, N, O, P.

-There we are. Mark, a warm Pointless welcome.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Mark?

-I work in the very exciting world of logistics.

-Whoa!

-It's amazing.

-Well, that gets the show going, doesn't it?

-Good stuff.

-It's really not very exciting.

-OK.

I'll take your word for it. I won't pursue it. What do you do in your spare time?

I love playing golf, football.

I have a little boy called Freddie, so I have a bit of family time.

Very good indeed. OK, Mark,

M, N, O or P are your initial letters.

OK. Right, I'm going to take O.

And I'm going to say Oregon.

Oregon, said Mark. Let's see if that's right and how many people said Oregon.

It's absolutely right.

56.

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Big score, Mark, for Oregon. In the Pacific Northwest.

-Portland the biggest city and Salem the capital.

-Excellent.

Thank you. Jacky.

Welcome back. Remind us what you do, Jacky.

I used to be a bingo caller. I gave it up to be a carer for my mum.

Did you... When you were a bingo caller, did you ever make up...?

-Two fat ladies, we know that. Did you make up...?

-Don't get personal.

LAUGHTER

Why pick "two fat ladies"? Why not "two little ducks"?

You're putting words into my mouth. That's just not fair. Did you ever make up your own thing?

No. There is a strict criteria for that.

Very important, or you'd be booted out of the bingo callers' circle.

And that would be terrible.

We have states beginning with M, N, O or P.

-I'm going to say Philadelphia.

-Philadelphia. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said Philadelphia.

Bad luck, Jacky. An incorrect answer scoring you the maximum of 100 points.

-Sorry, Jacky. Philadelphia is not a state.

-It's a great cheese.

-It's a cheese, it's a city.

-It's a film.

-It's a film.

But, yeah, not a state.

It's so many things. It would be such a good answer for so many rounds.

Round Two is soft cheeses.

LAUGHTER

-Now then, Jane, welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Jane?

I am a historian of medicine.

-Wow!

-Bit unusual.

-It's extremely unusual. In what sort of capacity?

-At the moment, I'm doing a research job.

-Right.

I have done a bit of teaching. But I only finished my PhD 18 months ago.

-So I'm still new at it.

-It's an academic pursuit?

-Yes.

-How many other historians of medicine are there?

-A surprising number.

-There's quite a lot of us.

-That's what my daughter's doing at GCSE.

-It is. Her history syllabus is the history of medicine.

-It's popular.

-It's a very popular subject at GCSE these days.

-There we are. Very good.

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

-I like skiing when I get the chance.

And I sometimes go rollerblading with my sister. It fits in with the skiing, gets the old legs ready

-for the winter season.

-Very good.

Some rollerbladers like to pretend they're cars and rollerblade on the streets.

-I don't go on the road, it's too scary.

-I'm glad to hear it.

-I like to go round Dulwich Park.

-Very good.

-I like to pretend I'm a car.

-You could get away with it.

-Don't you like to pretend you're a car?

-You'd be a long vehicle.

MAKES CAR NOISES

-Come on, admit you like to pretend to be a car.

-Not so much, no.

MAKES SKIDDING NOISES

LAUGHTER

Anyway, Jane, any state beginning with M, N, O or P?

-Zhhoop! Just putting my window up.

-Oh, I see.

That's good. Yeah, it was getting a bit draughty.

Jane, what are you going to go for?

I think Jacky's done me a favour,

because I think I know what the right answer is that she meant to have said.

I think Philadelphia is in Pennsylvania. I'm going to say Pennsylvania

-because I couldn't think of one with P for ages, so hopefully.

-OK.

Jane is going to say Pennsylvania.

Let's see how many people said Pennsylvania.

Absolutely right.

48.

Our lowest score so far, Jane.

APPLAUSE

Philadelphia is in Pennsylvania, I'm afraid, Jacky.

Nearly 30% of Pennsylvanians have German ancestry.

-Interesting.

-Yeah.

Anyway, Wayne, welcome to Pointless again.

A fantastic performance last time. Tell us about the Head-To-Head.

We were one-nil up on pictures of people on bikes.

And it went down to anagrams of Shakespeare characters, which wasn't up our street.

-You did pretty well.

-I got a decent answer.

-You did pretty well.

We had Portia from you, didn't we? Also a very good car.

LAUGHTER

What are we thinking? You've had a bit of time to think of a very good

low-scoring state beginning with M, N, O or P.

Not great for me. Geography in general is not my strong point

but we'll have a punt on Massachusetts with M.

Massachusetts. Let's see if that's right.

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

Absolutely right. 48 our best score so far.

Massachusetts goes down. Oh, look at that. The teens.

18 for Massachusetts.

APPLAUSE

That's another good answer. Up in the north-east of America.

One of the smallest states. Boston, of course, is in Massachusetts.

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

18, as Wayne has just scored. Very much the best score of that part.

Up to 48, Jane and Kate. Up to 56, Mark and Martin.

Then, yes, Jacky and Christine a little bit ahead there on 100.

Anything can happen in the next part, so best of luck.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

Now then, Greg. Greg, remind us what you do.

Um, I'm a panel beater. I work in the family business.

-We refurbish lorries and commercial vehicles as well.

-Very good indeed.

What else do you get up to, Greg?

I'm a very keen golfer in the summertime.

Um, play a bit of football, I like watching football.

Sports in general.

In winter, um, I like to go down and have a game of darts with my mates.

-Maybe a game of snooker.

-Very good. How have you been preparing for Pointless?

Just... Not really.

There's not much you can do. Some people say they swot up.

I was awful at revising at school. I couldn't put my mind to it. I'm not that way inclined.

You're more than likely to go through on something you've read on the back of a cereal packet.

than anything you swotted up on. We're looking for a state beginning with M, N, O or P.

There's two or three but I'm worried that they're cities and not states.

But I'm fairly certain that North Dakota is a state.

North Dakota, says Greg.

You're on 18. The high scorers on 100 are Christine and Jacky.

If you can score 81 or less with North Dakota, you are through to Round Two.

Here's your red line. If you get below that, you are in Round Two.

You've done it.

18, our best score so far. Ooh, look at that. 8. Very well done indeed.

APPLAUSE

-Your total is 26.

-Good answer, Greg.

Even on a subject they say is not one of their best, the best two answers we've had so far.

Well done. North Dakota is bigger than England but it's home to only 700,000 people.

-Wow!

-Got 53 million people in England. North Dakota's 20,000 square miles bigger.

Do they all huddle together or do they like to...?

-Some of them huddle together.

-Yeah.

-Some of them are loners.

-Yeah, I bet.

-Some of them have formed into communities

they call cities.

How quaint.

LAUGHTER

-Kate, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Kate?

I'm an independent market researcher.

Quite right. You fight your own corner there, Kate.

-An independent market researcher.

-I work on a freelance basis.

-Right. In what corner of the market?

-In healthcare, pharmaceuticals.

-So you can help Jane with her homework.

Yes, potentially. Or she can help me.

-Kate, what are you thinking?

-I'm thinking this is not bad for me.

I happened to have a little look through on the internet yesterday

and this was actually one of the topics I looked at.

-Very good.

-So I've got a number of options.

Um, I think I'm going to go with Maine.

Maine. Maine, says Kate.

You're on 48. The high scorers are Christine and Jacky on 100.

If you can score 51 or less, you are in Round Two.

There's your red line. Let's see how many people said Maine.

Absolutely right.

And you've done it. Very well done indeed. 33 for Maine.

APPLAUSE

81, your total.

Good answer. It's lovely when something you've revised comes up.

Turn over that paper and you think, "Thank goodness." Crop rotation.

LAUGHTER

Very good. Now then, Christine.

100 is your score.

-Yeah.

-You are out in front. It's between you and Martin.

And Martin's got a head start. How are you feeling about this?

I actually gave Jacky a list of capitals of states.

-Well, that didn't help her.

-Exactly.

LAUGHTER

If you gave her the list, did you look at it first?

Yeah. And then I lost it.

Ah. Yeah. So, Christine,

-how are we feeling about this?

-I think I can name a state.

-Well, that's good.

North Dakota was Greg's answer.

Lovely low score of 8. That's the lowest score so far.

-So, um...

-I don't think mine will be as low.

But I'm going for - I hope it's a state - Minnesota.

Minnesota. Minnesota, says Christine. No red line for you

as you are the highest scorers. Let's see how many said Minnesota.

Absolutely right.

Oh, it's a good answer. 28.

APPLAUSE

-28 takes your total up to 128.

-Still in with a shout. Well played.

-A lot of Norwegians in Minnesota.

-In Minnesota? Yeah, on holiday, yeah.

LAUGHTER

There's a strong Norsk contingent. A lot of names end in "qvist".

-The Norwegian Minnesotans.

-Yes.

-Really worth a visit.

-People never go to Minnesota, do they?

-Not so much.

When people say they've gone to America, they've gone to Miami.

People don't go, "I'll tell you where I went - Wisconsin."

-More fool them.

-Can I just say, I have been to Minnesota.

They've got the biggest, or they had the biggest mall at the time I was there.

-A lot of Norwegians.

-I thought they were Swedish.

-Maybe they're Swedish.

You may be right. I just thought.

-Blondes. They were all blondes.

-There you are.

-If you like blondes.

-If you like blondes, it's the place to go.

-We should work for the Minnesotan tourist board.

-We are.

-Unwittingly. They've reeled us in.

-Nice, innit?

-Thank you, Richard.

Now, Martin, it's all in your hands.

Will you stay or will you go?

The high scorers, Christine and Jacky, on 128. You're on 56.

71 or less will see you through. It has to be right and less than 71.

-What do you do, Martin?

-I'm an engineer.

I work for a company that designs and builds water-treatment works and sewage works.

Very good indeed.

LAUGHTER

Don't laugh.

-Everybody needs them.

-We do. At both ends.

It's important.

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

-I have two little children.

One's only four-weeks-old.

That keeps me quite busy, changing nappies, all that kind of thing.

-And I like watching sport and playing sport.

-Very good indeed.

Now then, any states beginning with M, N, O or P?

I've had a long time to think but everyone keeps thinking the same answers I was thinking.

I'm going to go with North Carolina.

North Carolina. Very well done. North Carolina. Sounds like a good answer.

There is your red line. Get below that, you're in Round Two.

How many people said North Carolina?

Absolutely right.

And you are through. Very well done.

8 has been our lowest score so far.

10. Second-lowest score of the round.

Very well done. Takes your total to 66.

APPLAUSE

Well played, Martin. Pretty good round there, everybody.

There's no pointless answers at all. There's only 50 states and 100 people know their stuff.

The best answer anyone could have given is North Dakota.

So very well done, a terrific answer there.

The other best ones you could have had.

I'll go through them because people would've tried to guess the answers.

Montana, 14. New Mexico, 14.

Oklahoma, 15. New Jersey, 16. Massachusetts we've had on 18.

Michigan and Missouri both scored 25.

Mississippi would have scored you 27.

Minnesota, 28. Nevada, 29. Nebraska, 32.

New York would have scored you 43, New York State.

Let's look at the top three.

The ones that most people said.

Pennsylvania, the third highest on 48.

Oregon we've heard as well, on 56.

And the biggest of all, Ohio would have scored 64.

It's quite often the vowels go first in those rounds.

Yes. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

The end of our first round. The losing pair with a high score of 128, Christine and Jacky.

Philadelphia saw you off, I'm afraid.

Oh, dear.

Did you have lots of other answers as well?

-Ohio would have been mine.

-You would have been in with a shout with that.

It's been great having you on the show. Thanks for playing. Sorry you're leaving so soon.

Thank you.

For the remaining pairs, time for Round Two.

There's room for two pairs in our Head-To-Head Round.

So one of the pairs will have to leave at the end of this round.

Greg and Wayne. They're panel beaters and they're panel beaters.

They're beating this panel, certainly. Fantastic performance.

-Kate and Jane, how are you feeling?

-OK.

-You made it through Round One.

-Mark and Martin, OK?

-Yes.

-Got our nerves settled.

-Exactly.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is Biopics.

Biopics. Decide who is going to go first and who is going second.

-Shall I go?

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

OK. And the question concerns...

..Sporting Biopics.

-Richard.

-We're going to show you descriptions of six films which are based on true sporting events.

You have to tell us what the films are.

Six on each part, so 12 films to guess at home. Good luck.

Thank you, Richard. We are looking for sporting biopics described by these clues. We have got...

I'll read those all again.

There we are. Six descriptions, sporting biopics.

-Mark, you take your pick.

-Mmm. Well, there are some challenges there.

Maybe know two or three. Can't quite know if I've got the name correct.

But I'm going to go for the Matt Damon one. Invictus.

Invictus. Invictus, says Mark. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many said Invictus.

He's right.

Oh, very well done indeed, Mark.

You might have taken the best answer on the board there.

-5 for Invictus.

-Very good start to the round, Mark.

Clint Eastwood directed it. Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman nominated for Oscars for their performances.

Kate. Kate, how are we feeling about this?

Not really my strong suit, this.

Hmmm.

So I'm going to have to guess because I don't know any of them.

Oh.

-None at all.

-Right.

So I'm just going to pluck something from the air.

And I think I'm going to go for John Candy plays coach of Jamaica's first bobsleigh team.

And I expect there was a film called Cresta.

Jane seems to think not.

LAUGHTER

Let's see if that's right. How many people said Cresta?

-I'm not surprised.

-Bad luck.

-You'll kick yourself when you see the answer.

An incorrect answer, scoring you the maximum of 100 points.

It's not Cresta, I'm afraid. It's a perfectly valid guess.

It's impossible to read, "John Candy plays coach

"of Jamaica's first bobsleigh team" without smiling a little.

Lovely film.

Wayne, remember we're looking for sporting biopics described by these clues.

You are the last to have this board. I have a feeling you could take us through it.

Er, I certainly know a few of them.

The top one is Moneyball. The second one I don't know.

Cool Runnings is the John Candy one.

Ali is the bottom one. I think the Tobey Maguire one is Seabiscuit.

But not 100% on that.

-I'll just play safe with Moneyball up the top. Brad Pitt.

-Moneyball,

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

Absolutely right.

6.

APPLAUSE

The boys do it again.

6 for Moneyball.

Good answer. Great film. Nominated for six Oscars.

Funnily enough, you weren't playing it safe.

If you had gone for Seabiscuit, it would have scored you more points. It would have scored 20 points.

The former boxing world champion - Ali - would have scored 30 points.

John Candy, you were right, he plays the coach of Jamaica's first bobsleigh team in Cool Runnings.

-Does it ring a bell?

-Not really.

-That's good.

-I thought you'd know.

That is something. That would've scored you 39 points. The biggest scorer on the board.

And Graeme Obree, a famous cycling Scotsman, Johnny Lee Miller plays him in The Flying Scotsman.

1 point. Well done if you said that. It's the best answer.

Thanks, Richard. We're halfway through. Let's take a look at the scores.

5, the best score of that part. Very well done there.

6, just one point ahead, Wayne and Greg.

-Then I'm sorry, Kate and Jane. It's just one of those rounds.

-Sport.

Sport and films. Well, with the low scores we've had so far, I'm afraid you are a long way ahead.

So you have a sporting challenge of your own.

-Takes the pressure off in a way.

-It does, I suppose, yes.

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

OK. We're going to put six more descriptions of biopics on the board. Here they come.

We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Now there we are. Greg,

six sporting biopics.

Um... I know a couple.

I preferred the first board.

But, yeah. I'm going to go for Robert De Niro plays Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull.

Raging Bull, says Greg. Raging Bull. Now, the high scorers are

Jane and Kate on 100. You only have to score

93 or less to see yourself through to the Head-To-Head.

There's your red line. Let's see if Raging Bull can get you below it.

Absolutely, it does.

By quite a margin. Look at that.

Down it goes. 26. Very well done indeed.

32 your total.

APPLAUSE

Sailing through, Greg and Wayne, aren't they?

Based on Jake LaMotta's memoirs, directed by Martin Scorsese.

-Jane?

-Well, I know one. Rah!

I was worried. I only knew two on the last board.

I've only got one option. I'm sure it will be a high scorer.

I know that Michael Sheen stars as Brian Clough in The Damned United.

The Damned United. You said you knew one.

I thought you'd go for a higher-scoring one. Good answer.

The Damned United. No red line for you, alas. You are the high scorers.

Let's see how many people said Damned United.

Ooh, it's a good score. Look at that. 10. Very well done, Jane.

That's a great answer. But I'm afraid it takes your total up to an unbeatable 110.

A valiant attempt. It's a terrific film, The Damned United, as well.

-I cried at the end of The Damned United.

-Did you?

-Yeah.

-Ah.

A little bit.

-Now then, Martin, it's good news.

-Yep.

-It's good news.

You are through to the Head-To-Head. You have the luxury of it not mattering what you score.

So, talk us through the board. Then take a punt at a low-scoring one.

The pressure's off, so that's quite a relief.

I think I only really know one answer for definite on there.

That's the British film about two athletes preparing for the Olympics.

Which is Chariots Of Fire.

Chariots Of Fire. No red line. You're already through.

Let's see how many people said Chariots Of Fire.

50.

50. Takes your total up to 55.

APPLAUSE

Safe and sound. It's one where the clue looks complicated, doesn't it? But everyone's heard of the film.

A tougher board, that second one.

If you add the scores, they only add up to 100.

Let's look at the three we haven't got.

Sandra Bullock won best actress at the 2010 Oscars for The Blind Side.

Would've scored 8 points. Based on a Michael Lewis book, same as Moneyball.

Both terrific books as well. Denzel Washington

plays Ruben Carter in The Hurricane, Ruben "Hurricane" Carter.

Would've scored 4.

And, up the top, best answer on the board - Gary Cooper played Lou Gehrig in the Pride Of The Yankees.

That would've scored 2 points. That's a terrific answer.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of Round Two, our losing pair, with their high score of 110,

are Jane and Kate. But that was a valiant attempt, as Richard said.

10, a good score. I thought you'd say Chariots Of Fire.

I don't know why I knew that. I was aware of the advertising or something.

-I've not seen it.

-It's a great film, a great film.

-Kate, I'm sorry. We didn't give you a nice board.

-I could have got Chariots Of Fire on the second one.

-There we are.

-Never mind.

-We look forward to seeing you next time.

We'll try to serve up better categories for you.

I can only apologise about the biopics one. Thanks for playing, Jane and Kate.

For the remaining pairs, things get more exciting as we enter the Head-To-Head.

Congratulations, Greg and Wayne, Mark and Martin, you are through to the Head-To-Head.

Only one round away from the final and a chance to play for the jackpot, which stands at £15,000.

APPLAUSE

Now, sadly, only one pair can play for that money.

We have to decide which it will be. You'll go head-to-head.

This time, you're allowed to confer. The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.

Greg and Wayne, you've been here before.

This time, you are our lowest-scoring pair.

How are you feeling?

-Nervous. We'll wait and see what category comes up.

-OK.

You've done an amazing job with what we've thrown at you.

As have you, Mark and Martin. Not a great deal in it.

You can put your heads together, so anything can happen. Let's play the Head-To-Head.

APPLAUSE

OK. Here's your first question, and it concerns...

LAUGHTER

Famous Bald People.

Just going to show you five photos now of famous bald people.

Can you identify the most obscure of these?

Thank you very much. Let's reveal our five famous baldies.

Here they are. We have got...

There we are. Five bald people.

Greg and Wayne, you've played best so far, so you get to go first.

WHISPER TO EACH OTHER

I'm done.

I think we're going to go for D, which we think is Seal.

D - Seal. D - Seal,

say Greg and Wayne. Mark and Martin, the rest of the board is yours.

Yeah, I'm thinking that's going to be the best answer.

We've got Patrick Stewart, Harry Hill, E is Agassi

We're going to go for C and say George Foreman.

George Foreman - C.

So, we have Seal

and we have George Foreman.

Greg and Wayne, let's see if Seal's right and how many people said Seal.

46 for Seal.

APPLAUSE

Mark and Martin have gone for George Foreman - C.

Is it George Foreman? If it is, how many people said George Foreman?

Not George Foreman, as it turns out.

So after one question, Greg and Wayne are up one-nil. Richard.

Well played, Greg and Wayne. C is not George Foreman.

If we were playing this show in America, I suspect he would've got 100 points.

He's regarded by some as the greatest basketball player of all time. Michael Jordan.

But, over here, he scores 2 points.

There are two answers here. Patrick Stewart would have scored you 37.

B is Harry Hill and he would have scored you 58.

The biggest answer there.

And you knew Agassi. He would have scored you just 26 points.

There we are. Here comes your second question.

Mark and Martin, you need to come back by winning this question.

You get to answer first, so there is that.

It concerns...

Jazz Standards, which I should imagine are very high.

They're changeable, that's the main thing about them.

We'll show you five titles of jazz standards

but we've missed out the last word from each. Can you fill that word in?

Thanks very much. Let's reveal five jazz standards. Here they come.

I'll read those all one last time.

Now then, Mark and Martin.

Stepped Out Of The Rain is a guess.

What about Jitterbug Boogie?

Well, if you think you're right.

Um, we're going to take a bit of a gamble, could be way off,

but we're going to say Jitterbug Boogie.

Jitterbug Boogie, say Mark and Martin. Now then, Greg and Wayne.

Not a jazz fan.

If there was any type of music I wouldn't want to listen to it would be jazz.

Mack The Knife. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.

We're pretty certain it's Mack The Knife.

And Smoke In Your Eyes. Gets In Your Eyes.

I think we're going to go with Mack The Knife,

in case Jitterbug Boogie isn't correct.

Mack the Knife, say Greg and Wayne.

So we have boogie and knife.

Let's see if Jitterbug Boogie is right. If it is, how many said Jitterbug Boogie?

Oh, no. Bad luck. Jitterbug Boogie.

It's a line from a song, "jitterbug boogie."

-That's what I was thinking.

-Not the name of it. I thought that.

I've no idea what that is. Greg and Wayne have gone for Mack The Knife.

On the off chance Jitterbug Boogie was wrong. It is.

You just have to be correct with Mack The Knife.

And you are.

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You are through to the next round. Very well done, Greg and Wayne.

After only two questions, two-nil is your score.

Well played. "Jitterbug boogie" is a line from T. Rex's I Love To Boogie.

Jitterbug boogie. The jitterbug there is a pointless answer.

The jazz standard we were looking for is Jitterbug Waltz.

Very well done if you said that at home - pointless.

You Stepped Out Of A Salon. Not really. You Stepped Out Of A Dream.

Would have scored you 24 points.

Polka Dots And Moonbeams.

That was Frank Sinatra's first ever hit, Polka Dots And Moonbeams.

And it's Smoke Gets In Your Eyes but it's the biggest scorer of all - 88.

Thank you, Richard. Our losing pair at the end of the Head-ToHead is Mark and Martin.

Two spirited answers there. Um, I'm afraid, incorrect, though.

Missing out on the most famous basketball player of all time.

There we are. It's been great having you on the show.

We'll have you next time. Let's hope you get through to the final.

-It's been great having you.

-Thank you.

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But for Greg and Wayne, it's now time for our Pointless Final.

Congratulations, Greg and Wayne, you fought off the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £15,000.

APPLAUSE AND WHOOPING

Well, you've just done so well.

So well in this game. We've given you American states, biopics,

we've given you bald people,

we've given you jazz standards. Even jazz standards, which was tricky for you.

You knocked it out the park. Very well done indeed.

The rules are simple. To win, you must find a pointless answer.

Do that and you will go home with £15,000.

You have to choose a category from five options. They are...

-What do you think? Motor racing?

-It's going to have to be.

-Welsh bands.

-Not a great board, to be honest.

But I think we'll have to go for Motor Racing. Motor Racing.

Motor Racing. Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many winners of the Monaco Grand Prix as they could.

-Richard.

-We're looking for any winners of the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix

from 1955 to the 2012 race, please.

-Any winner of the Monaco Grand Prix. Very best of luck, guys.

-OK.

All you need to win that £15,000 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yep.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

Right. We're not going to know specifically who won the Monaco Grand Prix.

Let's name good drivers who were the most successful and obscure.

David Coulthard, possibly.

-Eddie Irvine had a good season one year for Ferrari.

-OK.

-Um, older drivers.

-Jackie Stewart, did he ever win it?

-He probably did.

-Too obvious.

-People would have a guess at that.

Um...

-Any recent?

-Niki Lauda.

Yeah. Yeah. Um...

Can you think of any more successful motor racers

that have slipped people's memory?

-There's Ralf Schumacher.

-Ralf Schumacher.

Um...

-Niki Lauda.

-Niki Lauda.

-Ralf Schumacher.

-Ten seconds left.

-Eddie Irvine.

-Eddie Irvine. Unless you want to go...

-No.

BOTH MUMBLE

No. No. What you said earlier.

That's time up. We were looking for winners of the Monaco Gran Prix.

I now need your three answers.

-OK. We're going to go with Niki Lauda.

-Niki Lauda.

-Eddie Irvine and Ralf Schumacher.

-Ralf Schumacher.

Of those three, which is your most likely shot at the pointless answer?

-Maybe Eddie Irvine.

-We'll put Eddie Irvine last.

What about your least likely?

-I don't think there's much in it. Niki Lauda.

-Niki Lauda we'll put first.

Let's pop them on the board in that order. Here they are. We have...

We were looking for winners of the Monaco Grand Prix.

Your first answer, Niki Lauda, you thought was the least likely to be pointless.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £15,000.

Niki Lauda. How many people said it?

Ooh, it's right. Niki Lauda, your first shot at the jackpot.

Correct answer. He was a winner of the Monaco Grand Prix.

Down it goes, Into the 20s, into the teens. Still going down.

Ooh, 7.

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7.

-We got that one right.

-Yeah.

You landed a hit with your first answer - Niki Lauda.

-You weren't entirely sure about any of these, were you?

-No.

That's a great answer - 7. Brilliant score in normal game play.

In this round, it's pointless answers we're interested in.

That means you only have two more shots at today's jackpot.

Your next answer. Let's hope nobody said Ralf Schumacher.

Again, this was a bit of a punt. But an informed punt.

Informed enough. It has to be pointless to win the jackpot. It has to be right.

Let's see. For £15,000, how many people said Ralf Schumacher?

Bad luck. An incorrect answer, which means you only have one more shot

at today's jackpot. Your final answer - Eddie Irvine.

If this is right, it has the feel of a pointless answer. Eddie Irvine.

It does. To win the jackpot of £15,000, it has to be pointless.

Let's find out: A - is it right? B - is it pointless?

How many people said Eddie Irvine?

Oh, no!

APPLAUSE

Oh, bad luck.

Oh, Greg, Wayne, I'm so sorry. Three great-sounding answers.

Turns out only Niki Lauda was correct.

You didn't find that all-important pointless answer, so you don't win today's jackpot of £15,000.

That rolls over onto the next show.

But you have been superb on both shows you've been on.

-Brilliant contestants. You do get to take home our Pointless trophy. Well done.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

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Unlucky, guys. You've been terrific. Eddie Irvine was a good answer.

He did have a couple of strong seasons. Nearly won the title one year but never won in Monaco.

I know a lot of the F1 fans are brilliant at this sort of thing.

There'll be names up here you'll know.

There'll be names you know but whether you could have got them is another matter.

The Argentinian Carlos Reutemann won in 1980.

Denny Hulme, the New Zealander, he won it in '67.

Gilles Villeneuve who won it in '81, the French Canadian, would've been a pointless answer.

Jarno Trulli won it in 2004, he's the latest name on the list.

Jochen Rindt. Jody Scheckter the world champion, won the Monaco Grand Prix and was a pointless answer.

Juan Pablo Montoya won it, the Columbian. I'm sure people got him.

Keke Rosberg, he won it. A hugely experienced driver, the father of Nico Rosberg.

And Riccardo Patrese as well, the Italian.

There's another couple of answers.

Patrick Depailler and Ronnie Peterson.

Very well done to people who got some of them at home.

-Any of those names ringing a bell?

-Might have got Gilles Villeneuve.

-Yeah.

-But not to be.

We must say goodbye. It's been great having you on the show.

-Thank you both for playing. Greg and Wayne.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Sadly, they didn't win our jackpot, which means

it rolls over onto the next show when we will be playing for £16,000.

APPLAUSE AND WHOOPING

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

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

APPLAUSE

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