0:00:18 > 0:00:20CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Thank you very much indeed.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong, and welcome to Pointless, the quiz show
0:00:25 > 0:00:28where obvious answers score big and obscure answers score low.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37And couple number one.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Hi, I'm Darren, from Rochdale, this is my niece Grace, from Telford.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Couple number two.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Hi, I'm Sean and this is my mum, Hilary, and we're both from Chippenham in Wiltshire.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47And our third couple.
0:00:47 > 0:00:52Hi, I'm Mick, this is my son Mike, and we're from Shoeburyness in Southend-on-Sea.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54And our last couple.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58I'm Tanya, this is my boyfriend Lewis and we're from Bradford.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59And these are our contestants.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:02 > 0:01:07Thanks very much indeed, everyone. We'll find out more about you all throughout the show.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09There's only one person left for me to introduce.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13If you think you know your obscure knowledge, you're about to be taken down a peg or two.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18- He'll even tell you who made the pegs. He's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.- Hiya. Hello.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21APPLAUSE
0:01:21 > 0:01:24- Afternoon to you.- And to you, sir. - How are you?- I'm very well.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Excellent. We've got three returning pairs today.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- Lewis and Tanya were very strong last time, weren't they?- Yes.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33They'll actually be very hard to beat. They were unlucky to get knocked out in the head-to-head
0:01:33 > 0:01:36so it'll be a toughie. We only have one new pair and that's an uncle and niece.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- Quite an unusual combination on our show. It's quite nice, isn't it?- Very.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- Like it.- Yeah, I like it, too. - Must encourage more of that.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- Yes, more of that. - Aunties and nephews...- Yeah.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50- ..great uncles, great nieces, say. - Oh, that'd be great.- Cousins.- Yeah.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53What else could you have? LAUGHTER
0:01:53 > 0:01:58Like, an aunt but she's not actually your aunt but, you know, you always call her your aunt
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- cos she was always at your house cos she was your mum's friend.- Yeah.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05And so she's become more of an aunt than your actual aunt, who you don't see.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Anyway, what a show we have this afternoon. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12All our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Our contestants need to find the obscure answers that our 100 people didn't get.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20What everyone's trying to do is to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave,
0:02:20 > 0:02:24and each time that happens we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28Nobody won the jackpot last time so we add another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts off
0:02:28 > 0:02:31at a whopping £6,000.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35CHEERING and APPLAUSE
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47OK, in this round I'll take an answer from each of you but there's to be no conferring.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51The pair with the highest score at the end will be eliminated, so try to make sure that's not you.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53OK, our first category today is...
0:02:55 > 0:02:57It's Classical Music.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10OK. The question concerns...
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Composers and their countries of birth. Richard.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18We've gone high culture for question one, but don't panic.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22If you can get through this it's low culture for question two. You'll be fine.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26We'll show you the names of seven composers. You need to tell us the name of the modern-day country
0:03:26 > 0:03:28in which each was born, please.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Give us a nice obscure answer, you'll score fewer points
0:03:30 > 0:03:33but, as always, an incorrect answer will score you 100 points.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37As always, by country we mean a member of the UN that is a sovereign state.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- Very best of luck to you and to everyone at home. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44So, looking for the modern-day names of the countries in which these composers were born.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46And on our first board we have got:
0:03:57 > 0:03:59I'll read those all one last time.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11There we are. Seven composers.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15We need the modern-day name of the countries in which they were born.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19- Grace, you're going first. - OK.- What do you do, Grace?
0:04:19 > 0:04:21- I'm at uni at the moment, a student. - Whereabouts?- In Leeds.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25- I'm at Leeds Met.- And what are you studying?- Sport science.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Sport science. How's your classical music?
0:04:28 > 0:04:30- Awful. - LAUGHTER
0:04:30 > 0:04:32But I'll give it a stab. The bottom one -
0:04:32 > 0:04:35I know there's a pizza called Sloppy Giuseppe.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37LAUGHTER
0:04:37 > 0:04:40And that's Italian, so I'm going to say Italy.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41Giuseppe Verdi, Italy, says Grace.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many people said Italy for Verdi.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Absolutely right.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Not bad at all.
0:04:56 > 0:05:02Very good tactics, as you've removed an easier one to guess from the board, so well done. Richard?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04I THOUGHT it was a high-culture round. Turns out it wasn't.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06A very good way of working that out.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- Yeah, born in 1813, Giuseppe Verdi. - Thanks very much, Richard.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Now, Hilary.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15There's one I think I know but I'm...
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Yes, I'm going to go for that.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Hector Berlioz, France.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Hector Berlioz, France, says Hilary.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many said it.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Absolutely right. Very well done.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36APPLAUSE
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Brilliant. No clues in the name either.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- Great answer. France. - Yes, well done, Hilary.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43As Xander says, no clues in the name there.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46It's actual general knowledge being shown there, wasn't it?
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Hilary and Sean got knocked out in the first round last time.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53Quite unluckily too, so, fingers crossed, that might see you through this time.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57- Very well done. Now then, Mike? - Hello.- This is good for you.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- I know this plays to your strengths. - It does not, I'm afraid.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Oh, no, it was boxing, not classical music. Sorry.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06We discovered last time that you used to be a bit of a useful boxer.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- Yep, many years ago. - What are you going to go for?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11It's going to have to be a guess, I think.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14I'm going Tchaikovsky and Russia.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Tchaikovsky and Russia, says Mike.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Absolutely right.
0:06:30 > 0:06:3346 for Tchaikovsky and Russia.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37Yeah, well done, Mike. Tchaikovsky, the big Russian. The big Russky.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- Made his first composition when he was four.- Thanks, Richard.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Now, Tanya. Remind us what happened last time. Talk us through it.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46We got through to the head-to-head and obviously it didn't work out.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49They got a better answer. Fluked it, but, you know...
0:06:49 > 0:06:53- You did very well.- One better than us.- You did consistently well last time.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58- And you were Richard's tip to do well today.- No, don't say that.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Oh, no... Ooh, no, I've said it now. It's out!
0:07:01 > 0:07:04We thought you might do quite well. I'm still convinced you will.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06I think you've jinxed us.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09I'm just going to say Sibelius...
0:07:09 > 0:07:11and Greece.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Sibelius and Greece.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people knew that answer. Sibelius, Greece.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26Ooh, bad luck, Tanya, bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31That scores you the maximum of 100 points. I'm really sorry. It's a really tough board, that.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Yeah, sorry, Tanya. Sibelius is actually the best answer on the board
0:07:34 > 0:07:36so well done to everyone at home who said Finnish.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Sibelius is Finnish. It would've scored you three points.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Dvorak - where do you think he was born?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43He's either Yugoslav or Czech.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Yeah, Czech Republic, absolutely, would've scored four points.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Manuel de Falla?
0:07:48 > 0:07:52I think Manuel de Falla... Brazilian?
0:07:52 > 0:07:55He's Spanish. Would've scored you 17 points.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- The biggest score on the board is Beethoven...- Obviously Germany.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00..who is German, absolutely right. 55 points.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Well done to anyone who got them all. Very impressive.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Thanks very much. Halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10Seven, Hilary. What a beautifully low score there. Single figures.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- That felt good, didn't it?- It did. - That could've gone for ever!
0:08:13 > 0:08:17- I feel I've redeemed myself slightly.- You most certainly have. That was a brilliant score.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21Then up to 38, where we find Grace and Darren, up to 46, where we find Mike and Mick.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Oh, Tanya and Lewis! Way up on 100, I'm afraid.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27So, Lewis, luckily you know your classical composers like that...
0:08:27 > 0:08:29LAUGHTER
0:08:29 > 0:08:32..I think, so we should be fine. Very, very best of luck.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36We'll come back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42OK, we'll put seven more composers on the board and here they are.
0:08:42 > 0:08:43We have got...
0:08:53 > 0:08:55I'll read those all one last time.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Remember, we're looking for the modern-day country of birth of these composers,
0:09:08 > 0:09:12and obviously, Lewis, you'll try to find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15You are riding quite high at the moment. 100 is your score.
0:09:15 > 0:09:20Your nearest rivals are on 46. What are you thinking, Lewis?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23200? About 200.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25LAUGHTER
0:09:25 > 0:09:26Erm...
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Well, I think I know two
0:09:29 > 0:09:32but looking at the scores I don't think it's worth...
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I'm going to take a punt on Villa-Lobos
0:09:35 > 0:09:38and go for...Portugal.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Portugal.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Villa-Lobos. No red line for you, you're already the high scorers,
0:09:44 > 0:09:48but let's see, Villa-Lobos, Portugal. Is that right? How many people said it if it is?
0:09:49 > 0:09:51No. Bad luck!
0:09:51 > 0:09:54I'm sorry, Lewis, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:09:54 > 0:09:58so you score the maximum of 100 points, taking your total to 200. I'm sorry. Richard?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Yes. Sorry, Lewis. You did exactly what you had to.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04No point going for one of the obvious ones. You had to take a risk and I'm sorry it didn't pay off.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- I'll give the correct answer at the end of the pass.- Thanks, Richard.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12Mick, last time you promised us that if you came through to this show you were going to...
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Cos of course Mick is an occasional boxing MC.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20You were going to do a big boxing intro for a little bout between the big man and me.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- And then we're going to fight. - Then we're going to fight!
0:10:23 > 0:10:27- Will you do it in your biggest and best MC voice?- Right.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29- You ready?- Oh, I think so.
0:10:33 > 0:10:38BOXING-STYLE INTRO MUSIC PLAYS
0:10:38 > 0:10:40OK, ladies and gentlemen, here we go, then!
0:10:40 > 0:10:43A fight you've all been waiting for, the bout of the night,
0:10:43 > 0:10:46introducing in the Host Corner,
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Alexander "the Hammer" Armstrong!
0:10:49 > 0:10:51The Hammer?
0:10:51 > 0:10:55CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:10:55 > 0:10:58His opponent in the Laptop Corner,
0:10:58 > 0:11:03Richard "the Quizmaster" Osman!
0:11:03 > 0:11:07CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:11:09 > 0:11:12BELL RINGS
0:11:12 > 0:11:16- Let's see your reach. Do that. Do an arm up.- Oh, my God...
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- Oh, that was...- That was... - Can you come on every show?
0:11:21 > 0:11:26- Oh, wouldn't that be brilliant? - That's really buoyed me up.- Yeah!- Oh!
0:11:26 > 0:11:31That was fantastic, Mick. Very, very well done. Good news, you're through to the next round...
0:11:31 > 0:11:32AUDIENCE GROANS
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Bad news, I want an answer from you.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37OK, the high-scorers, you'll never catch up with them, Lewis and Tanya,
0:11:37 > 0:11:40they're on 200 points. You're on 46.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44But see if there's someone on that board you can name a birth country of.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48I know a few of them but, being as there's nothing to lose
0:11:48 > 0:11:51I'm going to go for Heitor Villa-Lobos,
0:11:51 > 0:11:54which sounds...Spanish.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58- You are going to say?- Spain. - Spain for Heitor Villa-Lobos.
0:11:58 > 0:12:03Let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Bad luck. Good punt, though.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10It was wrong. Scores you 100, takes your total up to 146
0:12:10 > 0:12:12but you're through to the next round so it doesn't matter.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Yeah, exactly what to do, Mick. You have to take a risk if you're going through.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20So he's not Spanish and he's not Portuguese. (What is he?)
0:12:20 > 0:12:23- What is he? He's something. - What are you, Heitor?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25LAUGHTER
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- Oh, looking to finding out!- Yeah. Sean, remind us what you do.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33I am recently graduated from a sports journalism degree
0:12:33 > 0:12:35and now I'm freelancing a bit.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39- How's classical music in your...? - It's not up there, I'm not going to lie.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42But based off some of the guesses we've had so far
0:12:42 > 0:12:45and going purely on geography,
0:12:45 > 0:12:49I am going to go Heitor Villa-Lobos...
0:12:49 > 0:12:53Do you know what? Because actually, if you don't know anything about classical music,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56knowing a bit about international football would be useful.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58It'll probably help you locate some of these.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01I wouldn't do this if we weren't already through.
0:13:01 > 0:13:02This is just a bit of fun. So...
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- It might be a pointless answer. - I'm going to go for Andorra.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:13:09 > 0:13:11That's superb, isn't it?
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Absolutely brilliant.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Heitor Villa-Lobos...
0:13:16 > 0:13:18LAUGHTER
0:13:18 > 0:13:21- I'm sensing that may not be right. - I did not think you were going to say that.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24LAUGHTER
0:13:24 > 0:13:27OK, Andorra.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31Let's see if it's right and, if it is, let's see how many people said Andorra for Heitor Villa-Lobos.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Ooh! Bad luck.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- I was so sure(!)- I'm afraid an incorrect answer, scores you 100, takes your total to 107
0:13:40 > 0:13:43but you're through to the next round so who cares.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Of all the countries left in the world...
0:13:46 > 0:13:49to pick virtually the smallest.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Again, we'll find out where he's from.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56- I hope Darren has a go as well.- He's not Central African Republic, is he?
0:13:56 > 0:14:00- That would be good.- Now, Darren, tell us a bit about yourself.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02- What do you do? - I'm a police officer.- Are you?
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- What department of policing do you cover?- I'm in safeguarding now.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- Safeguarding.- Yeah.- What is that?
0:14:08 > 0:14:12- We deal with vulnerable adults and children who...- I see.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Yeah, who might be being taken down the wrong path.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- Right. Oh, he's a NICE policeman. - Really...- Sometimes...
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Hold on, hold on, hold on.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23You're saying, "Oh, he's a nice policeman," as opposed to...?
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Well, just sometimes policemen can be quite hard, quite hard-edged.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30- Sometimes they have to be... - They have to be.- ..because of the job they do.- Exactly!
0:14:30 > 0:14:32They don't just stand up there in a suit and ask questions.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34LAUGHTER
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- That's... That is sometimes what they do.- Sometimes they do, actually. Yeah, they do.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42I'm glad they're hard-edged cos they do a difficult job, and thank you.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45There we are. I'm just saying. There we are.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Now, Darren, let's get out of this...this cul-de-sac!
0:14:49 > 0:14:54We are looking for the modern-day countries which are home to the birthplaces of these composers.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59Erm... You've probably never had the same answer four times in a pass
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- so...- OK, here goes!- ..I'll give it a go, cos Richard wants me to!
0:15:02 > 0:15:05- We'll go for Brazilian. - Darren, the nice copper,
0:15:05 > 0:15:08is going to go for Heitor Villa-Lobos,
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Brazil.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I have a very good feeling about this. There's no red line for you
0:15:12 > 0:15:16as you're already through, but Brazil, Heitor Villa-Lobos.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Is it right? How many people said it?
0:15:19 > 0:15:23- It's right! - CHEERING
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Very, very well done indeed. Down it goes, Villa-Lobos.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27Oh!
0:15:27 > 0:15:29CHEERING
0:15:29 > 0:15:31The crowning glory, Darren.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35That is a pointless answer!
0:15:35 > 0:15:40It adds 250 quid to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £6,250.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43- And it earns you a very well deserved...- Everything else had been eliminated.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45It was the only one that I could say.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49That leaves your total at a very impressive 38. Very well done. A tough round.
0:15:49 > 0:15:54Yeah. Well played, everyone, in that round, I must say. So it turns out he wasn't Andorran.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56LAUGHTER
0:15:56 > 0:15:58It turns out he was Brazilian Let's take a look...
0:15:58 > 0:16:02Blimey, look how much of the board we've got to fill in!
0:16:02 > 0:16:06- Franz Liszt, do you know that? - Well, he's sort of Eastern European.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09- He is.- He's... I'm going to plum for Hungary.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13You're absolutely right. He's Hungarian. Absolutely right. Would've scored two points.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15- Richard Wagner?- German.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Absolutely. Would've scored 40. Mozart?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- Austrian.- Austrian, yup. 49.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- Chopin?- Oh! Erm...
0:16:23 > 0:16:25I'm going to say he's...Romania.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28He's not, I'm afraid. He's from Andorra.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30LAUGHTER
0:16:30 > 0:16:33- Where is he from?- No, he's from Poland.- Oh, he's Poland.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Polish. That would have scored four.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37- John Cage? - America.- Absolutely right.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39That would've scored 12. And Edvard Grieg?
0:16:39 > 0:16:43- Norway.- Norwegian, yup. That would've scored you 13.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48Very well done if you got all those at home. Very well done if you got Brazil, and not on your fourth guess.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Thank you very much indeed, Richard. At the end of our first round
0:16:52 > 0:16:56the pair who will be leaving us with their very high score of 200 points,
0:16:56 > 0:16:59I'm really sorry to say it's our nearly elite champions of last time,
0:16:59 > 0:17:00Lewis and Tanya.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04- I knew John Cage as well.- Oh, no. So had you gone the other way round...
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Yeah, cos I'm guessing you knew something from the first.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10She could've just said Beethoven and played it safe.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14- And we'd have gone through.- Oh, well, NOW, Lewis! NOW the expert!
0:17:14 > 0:17:19Listen, Lewis and Tanya, you were brilliant last show and I know you would've been brilliant again.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Someone had to go out this question. I am afraid it was you.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25Very tough indeed but you've played so well. Sorry to say goodbye to you so soon this show.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29But, Lewis, Tanya, lovely contestants. Thanks so much for playing.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32APPLAUSE
0:17:32 > 0:17:36But for the remaining three pairs it's now time for round two.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Now, sadly, another pair will be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47I'm just wondering which pair it's going to be.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51We actually scored 400. We had four 100s in that last round.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54But Darren and Grace, not you.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56We had Verdi - great answer in from Grace.
0:17:56 > 0:18:01And, Darren - Heitor Villa-Lobos. We're never going to forget him!
0:18:01 > 0:18:05It's a bit embarrassing. I've stolen it, haven't I? Everyone else had all the obvious answers.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09It was brilliant, though. Fantastic! And a pointless to boot, so very good.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12It's a new category so anything could happen. Best of luck to all three pairs.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Our category for round two is...
0:18:16 > 0:18:18From Composers to Superheroes.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first and second.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24And whoever is going first, please step up to the podium.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29OK, and the question concerns...
0:18:33 > 0:18:36..actors who've played superheroes on film. Richard?
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Yes, in a moment Xander will show you a list of four superheroes
0:18:38 > 0:18:42and we're looking for the name of any actor who's played any of those superheroes
0:18:42 > 0:18:46in a feature film up to August 2012, please. Has to be a feature film.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51We're not looking for made-for-TV series or cartoons, voice-overs, straight-to-video,
0:18:51 > 0:18:55things like that. Just any actor who's played any of these four people in a feature film
0:18:55 > 0:18:58prior to August 2012. Very best of luck at home.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01So, as Richard mentioned, we'll put four superheroes on the board
0:19:01 > 0:19:05and they will stay there throughout the round, and they are...
0:19:11 > 0:19:13I'll read those all again.
0:19:15 > 0:19:21So remember, we are looking for the names of any actors who have played any of these superheroes.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Grace?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26OK... I don't really know anything.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28I'll just have to guess a name.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31I'll go for...Spider-Man,
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- Toby...Blackman.- Toby Blackman.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38OK, let's see if that's right, if it is, let's see how many people said Toby Blackman.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Ooh! Bad luck, Grace. Bad luck.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, as you probably suspected.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- It scores you the maximum of 100. - I knew the face, just not the name. - Bad luck.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Honor Blackman?
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- Yeah, it would also have been an incorrect answer, to be fair. - Obviously.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- Oh, no, she played Hulk, once, didn't she?- Yes. Famously.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Yeah. Yeah, sorry, Grace, can't accept it.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- Now then, Sean.- Hello.- Sean.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08You don't need to say which character it is,
0:20:08 > 0:20:10just give the name of any actor who's played one of these.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13On film.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18I think the first Batman in the feature films was Michael Keaton.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Michael Keaton, says Sean. Let's see if Michael Keaton is right,
0:20:20 > 0:20:23let's see how many of our 100 said Michael Keaton.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25There we are. It's right.
0:20:29 > 0:20:3128.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33APPLAUSE
0:20:33 > 0:20:3528 for Michael Keaton.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36Well done, Sean.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38He was in Batman and Batman Returns.
0:20:40 > 0:20:41Now then, Mick.
0:20:42 > 0:20:48I'll also go for Batman, and I think that...Val Kilmer.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Val Kilmer, says Mick.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Let's see how many of our 100 people said Val Kilmer.
0:20:59 > 0:21:0117! Very well done indeed, Mick.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Great answer. Good score.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Well played, Mick, he was in Batman Forever.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11OK, we're halfway through the round. Let's see how the scores are lying.
0:21:11 > 0:21:1417 is the lowest score, Mick and Mike,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17looking pretty strong on that. Up to 28, we find Sean and Hilary.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Then, oh no, Grace and Darren on 100.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Darren, you've got a bit of time to think of a really good answer
0:21:23 > 0:21:25that might just be enough to save you.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Who knows what might happen next pass. Best of luck.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Coming back down the line now.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Now then, Mike. Mick has left you in pretty good shape there.
0:21:38 > 0:21:4217's your score, the high score is 100, where Darren and Grace are.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46Means you can score 82 or less and still be through to the next round.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Which would be fine if I knew one.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52It's just going to have to be a guess, I think.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53Michael Caine.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Michael Caine.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57For fun, tell us which superhero...
0:21:57 > 0:22:00LAUGHTER
0:22:00 > 0:22:04- Please say Hulk.- He could have been Spider-Man!- He could have been.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06OK, here's your red line.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09If you get below that red line with Michael Caine,
0:22:09 > 0:22:11you're through to the next round.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Let's see how many people said Michael Caine.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18Bad luck, Mike.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22I'm afraid that scores you 100 points, takes you up to 117.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Sorry, Mike, obviously Michael Caine was in the recent Batman films,
0:22:25 > 0:22:27but as Alfred the butler.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Now then, Hilary. Hilary.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35You're on 28, the high scorers on 117 are Mick and Mike.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37If you can score 88 or less with this,
0:22:37 > 0:22:40you are through to the next round. How are you feeling?
0:22:40 > 0:22:43OK. Not too bad. I know a couple.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46One is really obvious, I think,
0:22:46 > 0:22:49but I think to be on the safe side
0:22:49 > 0:22:53I'll go with Christopher Reeve played Superman.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Christopher Reeve, says Hilary. There is your red line.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59If you get below that with Christopher Reeve you're through to the next round.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Let's see how may people said Christopher Reeve.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Well done, you've done it.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Wow, 29!
0:23:11 > 0:23:15That's a great score, Hilary, takes your score up to 57.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Very well done, you. Very low for Christopher Reeve, isn't it?
0:23:18 > 0:23:19It's quite low, I suppose.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22But again, you know, you're naming all the different people,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25and some of the younger people of our 100 wouldn't remember him as well.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29- Superman four times, Christopher Reeve.- OK. Thanks very much.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33So remember, we're looking for actors who have played any of these superheroes on film.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38Now then, Darren, this is exciting. High score is 117 for Mike and Mick.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42You're on 100. You have to score 16 or less to stay with us.
0:23:42 > 0:23:43Do you think you can do it?
0:23:43 > 0:23:49- I have an answer that's got a chance, I think.- This is good.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51The last Superman film,
0:23:51 > 0:23:55I think the name of the actor who played Superman was Brandon Routh.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59Brandon Routh. There's your red line.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Now, that's the sort of name that I think deserves to
0:24:02 > 0:24:04go below that red line.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Sorry, Brandon, if you're watching. I don't mean that.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09I know you've done a brilliant job on the movie.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Just, I haven't really heard of him.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15I don't suppose he's heard of me either, so that's fair.
0:24:15 > 0:24:20Brandon Routh. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said Brandon Routh.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23It's right.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28You've done it!
0:24:28 > 0:24:32Oh, very well done, Darren.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36Fantastic. Exactly what you needed to do.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39One for Brandon Routh takes your total up to 101, you are through
0:24:39 > 0:24:41to the head-to-head. Brilliantly played. Richard.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Wow - two answers, one point from Darren so far. Very good.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Yeah, 2006 he was in Superman Returns, Brandon Routh.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49There's only one pointless answer on the whole list,
0:24:49 > 0:24:51so that was a terrific answer, and that was the first ever
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Superman on feature film, played by George Reeves.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56There's Brandon Routh.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Mark Ruffalo, the Hulk in Avengers Assemble, he's brilliant in that.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02He would have scored 2 points, so that would have been a terrific answer.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04I'll go through the answers we would have accepted.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06For Batman, there's Michael Keaton, we've had him already, 28.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10Christian Bale would have scored you 21. Val Kilmer, we've had, 17.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Adam West, who was in a 1966 Batman film in the cinemas, 15.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16And George Clooney would have just scored you 12,
0:25:16 > 0:25:17he was in Batman and Robin.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Hulk, we've had Edward Norton for 4, Eric Bana for 3,
0:25:20 > 0:25:21and Mark Ruffalo for 2.
0:25:21 > 0:25:26- Spider-Man, Tobey Maguire. - I knew it was Toby! Toby!
0:25:26 > 0:25:27He was who you were thinking of.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Tobey Maguire would have scored 13 points as well.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32And more recently, Andrew Garfield,
0:25:32 > 0:25:34who took over from him, would have scored 3 points.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36And Superman - Christopher Reeve we've already had,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Brandon Routh, we've already had, and there's George Reeves.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Brilliant. Well summed up.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43And Christopher Reeve was the top answer of anyone.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Really? There you are. Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50At the end of Round Two, the losing pair, with a high score of 117,
0:25:50 > 0:25:51I'm afraid is Mike and Mick.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57- Bad luck, bad luck. Michael Caine, though.- I had to go for a punt.
0:25:57 > 0:26:02That would have been fun. He might have done, you never know!
0:26:02 > 0:26:05I'm so sorry, though. That was a tough round. We said this was back to low culture,
0:26:05 > 0:26:09- but it actually was quite a testing round.- What, who played Hulk?
0:26:09 > 0:26:13- I have no idea.- I've just told you. - I wasn't listening.
0:26:13 > 0:26:14LAUGHTER
0:26:14 > 0:26:17I could see you - oh, I saw your mouth moving!
0:26:17 > 0:26:18In my head, all I could hear was...
0:26:18 > 0:26:21HE SINGS A TUNE
0:26:21 > 0:26:24I was thinking about what I was going to have for supper.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26- Oh, what are you going to have? - Steak.- Are you?- Yeah.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28- That'll be nice.- Yeah, yeah.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32Well, Mike, Mick. I'm so sorry we have to say goodbye to you so soon
0:26:32 > 0:26:35but it's been great having you on both shows.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Thank you so much for playing. Great contestants.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39APPLAUSE
0:26:39 > 0:26:40For the remaining two pairs
0:26:40 > 0:26:42it's about to get even more exciting, in the head-to-head.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Congratulations, Darren and Grace, Sean and Hilary.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54You're one round from the final and a chance to play for the jackpot,
0:26:54 > 0:26:57- which currently stands at £6,250. - APPLAUSE
0:27:02 > 0:27:03Only one pair can play for that money,
0:27:03 > 0:27:07and, to decide which, you're now going to go head-to-head.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08You are now allowed to confer
0:27:08 > 0:27:12and the first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Well, Darren and Grace, you've done phenomenally well. Some very good scoring there.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17But I have to say,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Uncle Darren has been doing the heavy lifting, Grace.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22I need to pull my finger out.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24A little bit of input from you at this stage wouldn't go amiss.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28- All I'm saying.- I want a good subject, that's why. My subject.- OK.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31- Good subject. You heard what she said.- I'll see what I can do.
0:27:31 > 0:27:36Sean and Hilary, some fantastic consistent low answering from you,
0:27:36 > 0:27:39so very, very well done. I'm still very impressed by Hector Berlioz.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41In my opinion, the best answer of the show so far,
0:27:41 > 0:27:44so thank you very much for that. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54OK, here comes your first question. And it concerns...
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Golfers.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Golfers, Richard.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Yeah, quite a complicated one, so if you listen up carefully...
0:28:01 > 0:28:04I'm going to show you five pictures now of golfers.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Who are they?
0:28:06 > 0:28:08LAUGHTER
0:28:09 > 0:28:10Got it. OK. Thanks, Richard.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Let's reveal our five golfers, and here they come. We have got.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32OK. Now, Darren and Grace, you have played best throughout the show
0:28:32 > 0:28:34so far, so you get to go first.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36THEY CONFER
0:28:39 > 0:28:42- OK. What are we going to go for? - We're going to go for
0:28:42 > 0:28:45C, Ernie Els.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49C, Ernie Els. Sean and Hilary.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51We only know two that are up there,
0:28:51 > 0:28:53and we think they're the obvious ones.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56We're just going to have to take a complete guess.
0:28:56 > 0:28:57Were going to go for A, and Ian Poulter.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59A, Ian Poulter.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02A, Ian Poulter.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06So, we have C, Ernie Els, and A, Ian Poulter.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Darren and Grace said that C was Ernie Els, let's see if that's right
0:29:09 > 0:29:13and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14Absolutely right.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22It's a good answer. Look at that. 18. Well done.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24APPLAUSE
0:29:25 > 0:29:30Sean and Hilary have said Ian Poulter for A.
0:29:30 > 0:29:31Let's see if that's right
0:29:31 > 0:29:34and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Ian Poulter.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Bad luck. Bad luck.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Well done, though, Darren and Grace. After one question
0:29:43 > 0:29:45- you are up 1-0. - What are they teaching you
0:29:45 > 0:29:47at sports journalism college, just out of interest?
0:29:47 > 0:29:50- Not golf!- Golf wasn't a big one.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53They like wearing a hat, don't they, golfers?
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Not many sportspeople do. Imagine if football was played in hats.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00- I'd say it's the sport's loss. - Be quite fun, wouldn't it?
0:30:00 > 0:30:05A is not Ian Poulter, it's Phil Mickelson. The American.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Would have scored you 8 points.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Plays left-handed, but he's right-handed -
0:30:09 > 0:30:13he played mirroring his father. His father showed him how to play,
0:30:13 > 0:30:15so he was playing with the left hand to his father's right hand.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19- Amazing. - B is the best answer on the board.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23He's been world number one, it's the Englishman Luke Donald.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25He would have scored you 3.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Seen Ernie Els there, 18.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31D is Rory McIlroy, he would have scored 21 -
0:30:31 > 0:30:34that number will go up in the next few years, I suspect.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38And E, of course, Tiger Woods. Tiger would have scored you 74.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43Two over par. Little golf joke there. LAUGHTER
0:30:43 > 0:30:44Thanks very much indeed, Richard.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47Now here comes your second question. Sean and Hilary,
0:30:47 > 0:30:49we need you to win this question to stay in the game.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Best of luck. It concerns...
0:30:52 > 0:30:53..Dundee.
0:30:53 > 0:30:54LAUGHTER
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Dundee. Why not? Go on.
0:30:58 > 0:30:59OK.
0:30:59 > 0:31:00We're going to give you five clues now
0:31:00 > 0:31:02to facts about the Scottish city of Dundee.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06- Can you answer the most obscure of these, please?- OK. Thanks, Richard.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Let's reveal five clues to facts about Dundee.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10And here they come. We have got...
0:31:29 > 0:31:31I'll just read those again.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48There we are. Five clues to facts about Dundee.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51- Sean and Hilary, you go first. - Right.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53Not amazing, but I think that
0:31:53 > 0:31:58the nut which traditionally covers a Dundee cake is almond.
0:31:58 > 0:32:03OK, you're going to say an almond. An almond nut. Darren and Grace.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Talk us through the board.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09- THEY LAUGH - We don't know the name of the poet.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11I've seen Billy Connolly read it on the telly,
0:32:11 > 0:32:13that's as much as I know about it.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16The preserve, we could just guess at jam or marmalade, not sure.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19Going to have a guess at the polite term for a citizen of Dundee
0:32:19 > 0:32:21being a Dundonian.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25A Dundonian. So, we have almond and Dundonian.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28Sean and Hilary, hoping to win this question, you've gone for almond.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30Let's see if that's right
0:32:30 > 0:32:32and, if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said almond.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39It's right. 52.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41APPLAUSE
0:32:44 > 0:32:47- Everything now hangs on whether or not you've just made this up.- Yeah.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50But it could be right. Dundonian.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53We did make it up, but I think it might be right.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55It's polite, I'll give you that.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Dundonian, say Darren and Grace - is it right
0:32:57 > 0:33:00and, if it is, how many people said it?
0:33:02 > 0:33:05It's right! Very well done indeed.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07And it sees you through to the final, look at that.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09Brilliant. 18.
0:33:09 > 0:33:10APPLAUSE
0:33:12 > 0:33:14It's like Brazil all over again.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17Very well done indeed. Dundonian, only 18, beats almond on 52,
0:33:17 > 0:33:20which means after only two questions, Darren and Grace,
0:33:20 > 0:33:23- you are through to the final 2-0. - Brilliant. Very well played, guys.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26Famous Dundonians include Brian Cox - the actor,
0:33:26 > 0:33:29not the astrophysicist - and Edwyn Collins the singer.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31- That's as good as I can do. - It's good.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Let's look at the rest of the answers.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35The poet known for his work about the 1879 railway bridge disaster?
0:33:35 > 0:33:38- William McGonagall. - William McGonagall.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Commonly known as the worst poet in the world.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45Would have scored you 7. The preserve, it was jam or marmalade.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49- Marmalade.- Absolutely right. It would have scored you 31.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52And the firth that the city stands on is the Firth of Tay.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56- Firth of Tay, yeah. - That would have scored 12 points.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59So William McGonagall the best answer there. Worst poet, best answer.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02OK. So our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:34:02 > 0:34:05I'm afraid, Sean and Hilary. I'm so sorry.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08You've done brilliantly, very consistently throughout the show.
0:34:08 > 0:34:09- We had fun.- Great fun.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Well, it's been lovely having you on the show,
0:34:11 > 0:34:14but you came up against Darren and Grace, the unstoppable force.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16- Brilliant, yeah. - Thank you for playing,
0:34:16 > 0:34:19it's been lovely having you on the show. Great contestants.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22- Sean and Hilary. - APPLAUSE
0:34:22 > 0:34:26But for Darren and Grace it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32Well, congratulations, Darren and Grace. You fought off
0:34:32 > 0:34:35all the competition and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:34:42 > 0:34:47And at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £6,250.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49APPLAUSE
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Well, you've done very, very well so far. Still, I think
0:34:56 > 0:35:00- Uncle Darren is doing the heavy lifting.- I knew most of the golfers!
0:35:00 > 0:35:02- She knew all the golfers. - Well, there you are.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06- Who came up with Ernie Els?- Me. I knew that.- Well, there you are!
0:35:06 > 0:35:09- I take that back!- Give me some credit.- So what do you hope
0:35:09 > 0:35:12is going to come up, in this round?
0:35:12 > 0:35:15Well, I do sport science and I'm quite good at biology
0:35:15 > 0:35:17- and the body and stuff like that. - OK.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21Any other sort of weird particular things that you know lots about?
0:35:21 > 0:35:24- Pop music, current music. Stuff like that.- OK. Darren.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27What can you add to that?
0:35:27 > 0:35:31- I tend to be a jack of all trades, master of none, really.- Perfect.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34Perfect qualification. Well, the rules as you know are very simple.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37All you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40Do that, you will go home with £6,250.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44First you have to choose a category, and here are your five options.
0:35:44 > 0:35:45They are...
0:35:53 > 0:35:57We don't know most of them. Maybe a bit of Science, obviously.
0:35:57 > 0:35:58Go for Science
0:35:58 > 0:36:02- and hope we don't stand looking blankly for 60 seconds.- Yeah.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05OK. Science. Who do you think is going to be stronger on science?
0:36:05 > 0:36:06- Maybe.- This is her moment.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10- If it's not chemistry or physics, we might be all right.- OK.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Very good. Let's find out what the question is. Here it comes.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name
0:36:15 > 0:36:18as many chemical elements
0:36:18 > 0:36:22whose symbols end in a vowel as they could. Richard.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25Yes, we're looking for any established chemical element
0:36:25 > 0:36:27whose symbol ends with a vowel, please.
0:36:27 > 0:36:32We won't accept iodine, oxygen and uranium, which are I, O and U,
0:36:32 > 0:36:35but any established chemical element whose symbol ends in a vowel.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37- Very, very best of luck.- OK.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers,
0:36:40 > 0:36:42and all you need to win that £6,250
0:36:42 > 0:36:45is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49Are you ready? OK. Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51There they are. Your time starts now.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53THEY CONFER
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Is, like, boron Bo or is that just B?
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Yeah, tungsten, Tu?
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Tu. I think we just maybe...
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Tungsten, xenon.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- Beryllium?- Is helium He?
0:37:21 > 0:37:24Beryllium might be Be?
0:37:30 > 0:37:34- Right, OK.- OK, you're happy with the ones you've got?- Yes.- Very good.
0:37:34 > 0:37:35We'll stop the clock there.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38We were looking for chemical elements
0:37:38 > 0:37:40whose symbol ends in a vowel. I now need your three answers.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42What are you going to give me?
0:37:42 > 0:37:45- We're going to go for beryllium. - Beryllium.- Tungsten.
0:37:45 > 0:37:46- Tungsten.- And xenon.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50And xenon. Of those three which do you think is your best?
0:37:51 > 0:37:54- Possibly xenon.- Xenon's your best shot at a pointless answer.- Yeah.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56OK, we'll put xenon last.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- Which do you think is your least likely to be pointless?- Beryllium?
0:37:59 > 0:38:03- Yeah.- Beryllium.- Beryllium. We'll put that first. OK.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Let's pop those up on the board, and here they are.
0:38:05 > 0:38:10We've got beryllium, tungsten, xenon.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13OK. So we were looking for chemical elements whose symbols
0:38:13 > 0:38:15end with a vowel.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17You only need to find one pointless answer, remember,
0:38:17 > 0:38:21to win that jackpot of £6,250.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24So let's see how many people said beryllium.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Is it right?
0:38:28 > 0:38:29It's absolutely right.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Good start.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Down it goes into the 40s, into the 30s,
0:38:35 > 0:38:37still going down through the 20s into the teens.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Into single figures, still going down. Look at that.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Oh, 1!
0:38:41 > 0:38:42AUDIENCE GASPS
0:38:42 > 0:38:441 for beryllium!
0:38:44 > 0:38:46APPLAUSE
0:38:46 > 0:38:48That was a brilliant answer, absolutely fantastic,
0:38:48 > 0:38:52but unfortunately, just one person knew it.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Who is that person?
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Unfortunately, not a pointless answer,
0:38:56 > 0:38:59which means you have two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02Looking very strong if that was your weakest answer,
0:39:02 > 0:39:03and it scored only 1.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08So if you were to walk out of here with £6,250,
0:39:08 > 0:39:12what would be the first thing you would spend it on? Grace?
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Well, there's a few things. Obviously, I'm still at uni.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20When I leave uni I need to get some savings towards, like, a house
0:39:20 > 0:39:24and buying my own car and stuff like that, so savings.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27OK, so savings. Very good. Darren.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31My wife's been poorly this year, she's had breast cancer,
0:39:31 > 0:39:33but she's recovering now,
0:39:33 > 0:39:37so a city break for the two of us would be lovely.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39And my daughters are 12 and 13,
0:39:39 > 0:39:43so I think the Trafford Centre might benefit a little bit there as well.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45Well, very best of luck to both of you.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48We're looking for chemical elements whose symbols end in a vowel.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Let's hope nobody said your next answer, tungsten.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54Again, this has to be correct, then it has to be pointless
0:39:54 > 0:39:55for you to win that jackpot.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59If it's both those things, you leave here with £6,250.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01Let's see how many people said tungsten.
0:40:04 > 0:40:05Oh, no!
0:40:07 > 0:40:11Bad luck. An incorrect answer. We'll discover in a moment why.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14You only have one chance to win today's jackpot.
0:40:14 > 0:40:19We are looking for chemical elements whose symbols end with a vowel.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Your third and final answer was xenon.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25You thought this was your most likely shot at a pointless answer.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28So to win that jackpot of £6,250 this has to be pointless.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Let's find out how many people said xenon. Is it right?
0:40:34 > 0:40:35It's right.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38OK, beryllium took us all the way down to 1.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42Tungsten turned out to be an incorrect answer.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44But xenon, your most confident shot at a pointless answer,
0:40:44 > 0:40:46is still going down.
0:40:46 > 0:40:47Oh! 3!
0:40:48 > 0:40:493!
0:40:49 > 0:40:52APPLAUSE
0:40:56 > 0:41:00Well, out of your three answers, two of them were absolutely fantastic.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04Two really good answers. Tantalisingly close.
0:41:04 > 0:41:05That beryllium one!
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Unfortunately, though,
0:41:08 > 0:41:10I'm afraid you didn't manage to find a pointless answer,
0:41:10 > 0:41:13which means I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £6,250.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15But you've been amazing contestants,
0:41:15 > 0:41:18it's been brilliant, thank you so much for playing. Brilliant.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20APPLAUSE
0:41:23 > 0:41:26And you do of course get to take home the pointless trophy,
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- so very well done. Richard. - Yeah, tough luck.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32You played so well throughout and great answers there as well.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36Tungsten is W, comes from its old name of wolfram.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40And there is currently no chemical symbol Tu. Doesn't exist.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Something will nab it sooner or later. Quite a few
0:41:42 > 0:41:44pointless answers, you'll know some.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46People at home will have got some of these too.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Let's look at some of them.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53Cerium is Ce, cobalt is Co,
0:41:53 > 0:41:55germanium Ge,
0:41:55 > 0:41:58lutetium Lu, nickel Ni, was a pointless answer,
0:41:58 > 0:42:02Nobelium, that's No,
0:42:02 > 0:42:06plutonium, Pu, polonium, Po, selenium, Se, there's a few more.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09Bismuth, you could have had, europium, gallium,
0:42:09 > 0:42:12holmium, protactinium and tantalum. All of those pointless answers,
0:42:12 > 0:42:14so very well done if you said any of those.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18- Might you have landed on any of those?- Nickel.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21- We said it afterwards, but there you go.- Yeah. Not many.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23- It's easy after, isn't it? - It is. It always is.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26So easy when he puts them up on the board there.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Darren and Grace,
0:42:29 > 0:42:30but it's been wonderful.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Thank you so much for playing. Great contestants.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35APPLAUSE
0:42:35 > 0:42:36So nobody has won our jackpot today,
0:42:36 > 0:42:38which means it rolls over onto the next show,
0:42:38 > 0:42:42where we will be playing for £7,250.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Join us next time to see if someone can win it.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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