Episode 45 Pointless

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Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

Couple number one...

Hello, I'm Jade, this is Stephanie,

and we're old school friends from Medway and Ealing respectively.

And couple number two...

Hi. I'm Matt, this is Graham, and we're friends from West Sussex.

-And couple number three...

-I'm Sue, this is Emily, my elder daughter,

and we both live in Darlington.

And couple number four...

Hi, I'm Joe, this is my friend Erik, and we both work in Aberdeen.

These, ladies and gentlemen, are today's contestants.

Thank you all very much. We'll find out more about you all throughout the show.

There's one person left to introduce -

a man whose good looks make it difficult for people to appreciate his brains,

which is a cross some of us just have to bear -

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

-Don't look at me like that!

-Hiya!

Hi, everyone.

-Good day.

-Yes, good day. Good day.

-I still haven't quite got over the last show.

-I know.

We walked into the Final Round, the jackpot round, on the last show,

it was lovely Lisa and Tom,

-and Singles of the Manic Street Preachers was their subject.

-Yes.

They gave three answers. The first one...

-..got all the way down to one.

-AUDIENCE: Oh.

The second one...

-..went all the way down to one.

-AUDIENCE: Ohh!

-But the third one did not go down to one.

-No.

-It went down to two.

-AUDIENCE: Ohhhh!

Do you know what they said?

That lie, "We only came for the trophy".

-That's what they always say!

-Well, it's all they got.

But they were absolutely lovely. We've had a couple of such close shaves with this jackpot.

It's the biggest we've ever had.

One of these pairs could be going home with an awful lot of money.

Thanks, Richard. All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants here need to find the obscure answers they didn't get.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer.

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

Lisa and Tom narrowly didn't win, so we add another £1,000 to that.

Today's jackpot starts off at a brand-new Pointless record...

AUDIENCE CHEER

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

I'll take an answer from each of you but there's no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score will be eliminated. Try and make sure that's not you.

Our first category today is...

Authors.

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

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

OK, the question concerns...

Famous Writers and their First Names.

We're going to show you the surnames of seven famous writers and their dates of birth.

We just need you to tell us their first names.

There's 14 to have a go at at home. Good luck.

We are looking for the first names of these famous writers.

Here is our first board.

Let me read those again without the dates.

There are the famous surnames. We need the first names.

Jade, welcome. Great to have you here.

-What do you do?

-I'm an administrator for a double glazing firm.

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

I'm an enthusiastic amateur dramatist.

Good for you. What was the last role you played?

I played Charlotte in a play called Female Transport,

which is about female prisoners on the boat to Australia, which I directed, as well.

-Good work!

-Thank you.

-Good stuff.

How are we feeling about these famous writers?

I know a couple of initials, a couple of first names,

-so...

-OK.

Erm, Evelyn Waugh.

Evelyn Waugh, says Jade.

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

Absolutely right.

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Not a bad score at all for Evelyn Waugh.

-Well played. Quite a good score for Evelyn Waugh from our 100.

-Not bad.

His most famous work, Brideshead Revisited.

Now then, Graham...

-Hello.

-Graham, welcome to the show. What do you do?

-I'm a teacher.

-What do you teach?

-Media and film.

Where do you teach that?

I teach down in Burgess Hill, in a school called St Paul's.

You get quite a lot of time off. I say time off... Holidays!

There's no such thing as time off for a teacher.

-Not in media and film...

-LAUGHTER

No, because watching telly is research, isn't it?

-It is, yes!

-Yes.

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

I'm part of an amateur dramatics society, as well.

Ahh! Very good.

What about these authors? There are six remaining.

There are two up there that I know and there's one that's a bit risky.

I'm going to go for Murdoch, and it's Iris.

Iris Murdoch, says Graham.

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

It's absolutely right.

-Ooh, down it goes. 22.

-APPLAUSE

That's a good answer, Graham.

Well played, Graham.

St Paul's I know very well, St Paul's School.

Where I went to school, which is Warden Park down in Sussex,

we had two big rivals.

One was St Paul's and the other was Oathall.

I've already talked to these guys, and Matt went to Oathall.

I'm Warden Park, Graham's St Paul's and Matt is Oathall.

This could kick off any second! LAUGHTER

-OK.

-No, I wish you well. I wish you well.

That doesn't make it any less menacing!

-I hope it goes really well for you guys.

-Yes, best of luck, guys.

Sue, you brought in two amazing scarves last time

with, er, with our faces knitted onto them.

-They were brilliant.

-They were.

-I took mine straight home, did you?

-Mine's being framed, as we speak.

-LAUGHTER

Sue, there are the surnames of the famous authors.

What are their first names?

I definitely know one of them and I think I know another one,

so I'm going to take a risk and say Bram Stoker.

Bram Stoker, says Sue.

Let's see if that's right and let's see how many people knew Bram Stoker.

Well, it's right. 45 our high score at the moment. 22 our low.

59 is what Bram Stoker scores.

Still, not a bad score.

Bram Stoker wrote 18 books in his lifetime,

but most famous for Dracula.

I'm going to watch that film tonight about the person who's amazing at making scarves.

"Scarf Ace". LAUGHTER

Now then, Erik, welcome to the show.

Tell us what you do. You're from Aberdeen.

-I'm a drilling engineer for an offshore oil and gas company.

-Wow!

-Do you get to watch a lot of Pointless?

-No.

-Too busy drilling, of course.

-Yes.

What do you make of this board?

You can fill in the gaps for us if you like.

I won't be filling in much.

The only one that I know that's left is the really obvious one,

Enid Blyton.

-That's the one you're going for?

-Yes.

-Enid, says Erik, for Blyton.

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

It's right. Ooh!

-90.

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-Well, that's 10 better than 100, Erik.

-Yep.

Big score for Enid Blyton, isn't it? Her first ever published work was in a magazine in 1917,

a poem called "Have You...?"

An extraordinary career after that.

Let's fill in the board. You'll be good at these.

Lawrence is DH Lawrence. What does the "D" stand for?

-I think it's David. It is.

-David Herbert, yes.

Would've scored 9.

Kundera?

-I don't...

-Milan.

-Milan Kundera!

-That would've scored 8.

The best answer on the board is Cabot.

She's the author of The Princess Diaries.

-Meg Cabot.

-Meg Cabot.

-Very well done if you said that at home.

It's the best answer. 2 points, that would've scored you.

Very good. Thanks, Richard.

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

22 is the best score of that pass. Graham, well done with Iris Murdoch.

Graham and Matt looking pretty strong.

Then up to 45, where we find Jade and Stephanie.

Up to 59, where we find Sue and Emily,

and then Erik and Joe, a little bit ahead there on 90.

Joe, we need some good answering from you on the next pass to keep you in the game.

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

OK, let's put seven more famous surnames on the board.

We have got...

I'll read those again without the dates.

We're looking for the first names of these famous authors.

Joe, you need to find the one that'll score you the fewest points.

Joe, welcome along. Are you in the same line of work as Erik?

That's it, yes. We met at work when we started last year.

I do much the same as him.

-What are your hobbies, Joe?

-I like cycling, rowing.

I'm generally into sports.

How about literature?

Erm, I like to read, but mainly autobiographies.

That doesn't hold me in good stead. Fortunately, I know some answers.

-Very good.

-I would like to go with Welsh

-and I'm going to say Irvine Welsh.

-Irvine Welsh, says Joe.

There's no red line for you. You just have to hope this goes down as far as it can.

Irvine Welsh. Let's see how far it does go down.

It's right.

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-Very well done indeed. 18.

The best score so far. Takes your total to 108.

Made his name with Trainspotting.

Has published many brilliant things since then, too.

-Emily, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Remind us what you do.

-I'm a teacher.

And a follower of lots of bands that happen to begin with the letter "K".

I don't know whether that's coincidence, with a C.

Yes, the Kings of Leon you'd seen...?

-32 times.

-32 times.

You haven't seen them since the last show?

-No.

-I though it might've gone up.

-And The Killers you've now seen ten times.

-Ten times.

-OK.

Keane?

-That's a good one.

-Once.

-Once?

-Once.

-The Kooks?

-Ohh...

-No.

-Oh, you should go and see them! They begin with "K".

-Yes.

I shall put them on my list.

Now then, authors, first names...

How do you feel about this?

I said when I come on, I'd go with my gut instinct.

Now I'm thinking that's maybe not a good idea.

The high scorers are Joe and Erik. They're on 108. You're on 59.

You can score 48 or less and still get through to the next round.

I'll go with my gut instinct and say Malorie for Blackman.

Malorie Blackman. Malorie Blackman.

Here's your red line. Below that, you are through to the Second Round.

Is Malorie right? How many people said, it if it is?

It's absolutely right. Very well done, Emily.

You are through to the next round.

Look at that! It's a pointless answer!

-APPLAUSE

-Well done, that gut!

That adds £250 to today's jackpot. It takes the total up to £21,500,

breaking new ground there.

-It also scores you nothing and leaves your total at 59. Very well done.

-Thank you.

-Ooh, that feels good, doesn't it?

-It does feel good!

-Brilliant!

That's terrific. Very well played. Malorie Blackman, a pointless answer. She's brilliant.

What a fantastic author.

Anyone with teenage kids - brilliant books.

Excellent. Good recommendation.

Matt, welcome. Good to have you here.

How do you and Graham know each other?

We first met, er, about five years ago

when I joined the theatre company

that Graham was already a member of.

He produced a show that I was in, and we were in another show.

-What's the most recent you've done?

-I'm rehearsing with the very wonderful Burgess Hill Theatre Club.

-Yes, I've heard of them!

-Absolutely.

-They are very wonderful.

-We're...

-Don't have a pop at Burgess Hill.

-Mm?

Listen, if you carry on like this,

you'll get Warden Park, Oathall and St Paul's ganging up against you.

-That's something you don't want.

-Boy, you don't want that!

-That happened to Downlands once.

-That's true.

-Is that another school?

-Yes. "Was".

WAS another school... LAUGHTER

Oh, dear!

You're on 22. The high scorers on 108 are quite a long way ahead of you.

If you can score 85 or less, you are in the next round.

-What do you think of this board?

-There's two that I definitely know, one risky one.

As you say, we're in a relatively good position

so I think I'll go with Noel Coward.

You're going to go with Noel Coward.

There is your red line. Below that, through to the next round.

How many people said Noel Coward?

Absolutely right. You are through. Well done.

Ooh, look at that! Just!

-76.

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You've judged that beautifully, Matt. 98, your total.

An admirably big score for Noel Coward. 76.

Now then, Stephanie,

you're on 45. The high scorers are Joe and Erik.

If you can score 62 or less, you're in Round Two.

-What do you make of this board?

-I think I know all of them.

I'm fairly sure it's Neville Shute.

Salinger's "JD", so on the balance of probability, it's probably John.

William Shakespeare.

I think I'm going to go with Dante Alighieri.

Which should at least give me intellectual credibility.

AUDIENCE CHUCKLE

-IF it's right...

-If it's right.

-Let's see.

Dante Alighieri, says Stephanie.

She's on 45. Here is your red line.

If you get below that, you're through to Round Two.

Dante Alighieri. How many people said that?

Absolutely right. Very well done.

And you're through to Round Two.

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Very good indeed. Takes your total up to 52,

-the lowest total of the round.

-Brilliant work, Stephanie.

Neville Shute, absolutely right, but would've scored you 30 points.

It is JD Salinger, but it's not John.

It's a low scorer because it's Jerome.

That would've scored you 2 points.

Now, Shakespeare... This is one of those worrying times.

We asked 100 people to give us the first name of Shakespeare,

1564 to 1616.

-What do you think that scored?

-Maybe it is 100. Maybe it's one of those occasions.

Let's take a look.

-Yes! Yay. 100.

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-Thank God.

-Phew!

I was genuinely nervous for a moment.

-That's nice, isn't it?

-That is nice. Well done if you're watching, William.

-LAUGHTER

-Thank you, Richard.

At the end of our first round, our losing pair, with 108,

are Joe and Erik, I'm afraid.

Brilliant answer with Irvine Welsh.

-But I'm afraid old Enid... She's just too popular!

-She is.

We'll see you again next time.

But thanks for playing. Joe and Erik...

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

There's only room for two pairs in our head-to-head

so we say goodbye to another pair at the end of this round.

Sue and Emily, well done.

Here we are in the rarefied, heady atmosphere of Round Two.

-Fun, isn't it?

-Yes!

-You did very well.

Malorie Blackman, you went with.

What was your safe one?

-Noel Coward.

-Phew!

-Phew.

-Well done, you, going with your gut there.

-Thank you.

-Very good tactics.

Best of luck to all three pairs. It's time for Round Two.

Our category is...

..Darts.

There you go. Can you all decide who's going to go first and second?

Whoever's going first,

please step up to the oche.

Let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

British World Darts Champions.

We're looking for any male British darts player

who's won the BDO or the PDC World Darts Championships.

The BDO started in 1978 and the PDC in 1994.

Anyone who's won that up to 2012, please.

I need first names and surnames. Nicknames only will not be allowed.

Now then, Stephanie...

-Yes.

-You get to go first.

I only know the one darts player, which is why I'm going first.

Eric Bristow.

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

It's right.

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Not a bad score.

He won five BDO titles. Eric Bristow, The Crafty Cockney.

And made famous to a new generation by "I'm A Celeb..." obviously.

Now then, Graham...

-Is this -

-I know two darts players.

-This is brilliant.

-It's going to be very easy for you.

-That was the first one!

I'm going to go for Phil Taylor, or Phil "The Power" Taylor.

Phil "The Power" Taylor, says Graham. Let's see if that's right

and how many people said Phil Taylor.

Absolutely right.

38, our best score so far.

You've beaten that. 26.

-Very well done.

-APPLAUSE

Well done, Graham. He won the PDC title 13 times up to 2012,

and also the BDO title twice, as well.

Now then,

the two big giants of darts have now been cleared from the board.

It's going to be interesting to see where we go from here on in.

-So, Sue... Sue...

-Right.

-How do you feel about this?

Two names immediately sprung to mind,

one of whom has gone.

I was eternally grateful the lads didn't pick the only other name,

which I'm now worried is going to be wrong.

Charlie George.

Charlie George, says Sue.

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

Oh, no! Bad luck, Sue! I'm afraid an incorrect answer.

-That scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-Sorry.

-That's all right.

-Sorry.

Sorry, Sue. He's a footballer, Charlie George.

Famously played for Arsenal in the '70s.

He can throw an arrow, though, can't he?

I'm not saying he's never played darts! He may well have done.

-He's just never been a world champion.

-Ah.

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

26, the best score of that pass. Graham, well done.

Graham and Matt, I would say, looking strong on the back of that.

38, Stephanie and Jade. And then up to 100, where we find Sue and Emily.

That is quite a mountain you have to climb, Emily. Best of luck.

We'll come back down the line. Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, we want you to name any British World Darts Champion.

Now then, Emily, how are you feeling about this?

There's a song...

..by a band...

Does the band begin with "K"?

No. I think it's Dexys Midnight Runners,

and they sing about someone who sounds like a darts player,

but I can't remember the name of the person that they sing about.

So I can't remember the darts player!

-Harry George.

-Harry George.

-Yes.

Harry George, says Emily. You're the high scorers. There's no red line.

We just have to hope Harry George is right.

Is it, and how many people said it? Harry George.

Oh, bad luck, Emily. I'm sorry.

Another incorrect answer. It scores you another 100 points.

Takes your total up to 200.

Sorry, Emily. What a dreadful category for you. That's not fun at all.

Harry George - not even a footballer! LAUGHTER

Matt, listen, here's great news.

Emily and Sue have taken a fall for you. They will be leaving us.

You are through, partly on the back of Graham's extremely good answer.

Lovely low score in the first pass.

But, yes, you are through to the head-to-head.

Any British world darts champion...

Yes, I think Emily was thinking of Jocky Wilson.

They famously on Top of the Pops when it was "Jackie Wilson Said",

they put a picture of Jocky Wilson on there by mistake.

-I'm going to go for that.

-You're going for Jocky Wilson.

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

No red line for you. You're already through.

Absolutely right.

APPLAUSE

25 takes your total up to 51.

He only scores one less than Phil Taylor.

Presumably, that's largely on the back of that story.

Well, no. In the real heyday of darts, in the '70s and '80s,

Jocky and Eric Bristow were the absolutely massive names.

Thanks, Richard. Jade...

-Yes.

-You're through to the next round. This is great news.

I think you might have a pointless answer.

I am so relieved because I have no idea whatsoever!

The only name I can think of,

I think I pulled it out of thin air so it may not be a darts player,

-is David Bishop.

-Did you craft that name or...?

I thought John Bishop and then I thought, "No, that's a comedian."

Then I thought, "What's another common English name? David."

So that was my thought process.

LAUGHTER

I'm never going to say it's foolproof!

It has every chance of being someone's name.

-LAUGHTER

-David Bishop, says Jade.

Let's see if that's right. You're through to the next round so there's no red line.

-No. Bad luck, Jade, but a great name!

-Thank you.

That's an incorrect answer. It scores you 100 points. Takes your total up to 138.

You are already through, so very well done. Richard.

Very well played.

Sue and Emily, to clear up yours, the guy you were thinking of was Bobby George.

But he never won the world title. Been in two and never won it.

But a very famous, flamboyant player, and commentator, as well.

There's no pointless answers at all, but there's some low ones.

Let's go through the best answers you could've given.

John Boy Walton would've scored you 1 point.

Steve "The Adonis" Beaton would've scored you 1, as well.

Andy "The Viking" Fordham only scores 2 points.

Richie Burnett would've scored 3, Dennis "The Menace" Priestley would've scored 3.

Bob Anderson, The Limestone Cowboy, would've scored 3.

Er, Les Wallace, Bravedart,

he would've scored... LAUGHTER

In fact, he's not Bravedart. Jamie Harvey is Bravedart. Les Wallace is just Scottish.

He's not Jamie "Just Scottish" Wallace? Les Wallace, sorry...

Les Wallace is McDanger.

-LAUGHTER

-That's nice.

You could've had Ted Hankey. It would've scored you 4. The Count, of course.

You could've had Martin "Wolfie" Adams. It would've scored you 6. BDO Champion many times.

Leighton Rees, one of the old school, would've scored 7.

The 2011-2012 Champion Adrian Lewis, he would've scored you 9.

Keith Deller. John Lowe would've scored 24.

The top three, the ones that most of our people said,

we've had all three - Jocky, Phil "The Power" and Eric Bristow.

Very good indeed. Thanks. At the end of Round Two,

our losing pair with 200, I'm afraid it's Sue and Emily.

I thought you were going to go through to the head-to-head and beyond.

I thought this was going to be your show. That was before I saw Darts come up! Oh, dear.

You were excellent in the first round. I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you now.

In both shows, it's been great having you on.

-Emily and Sue, thanks for playing.

-Thank you.

The remaining pairs are one step closer to the final

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

Congratulations, Matt and Graham, Jade and Stephanie.

You are one round from the final and a chance to play for our jackpot

which currently stands at a record-breaking £21,500.

AUDIENCE CHEER

Only one pair can play for that money.

To decide which pair it'll be, you are going to go head-to-head.

The big news is, you're now allowed to confer.

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

Matt and Graham, you came through pretty well in that darts round.

If you'd been elsewhere, I think that could all have gone very dangerous, couldn't it?

Jade and Stephanie, very well done. Do you play darts?

-No!

-Not at all.

-Dave Bishop, though... David Bishop!

-LAUGHTER

I was trying to think what David Bishop's nickname would be.

-The Chessmaster.

-The Pontiff.

The Cleric from Berwick!

That's good, IF he was from Berwick.

Well, we can make that up, can't we?

-The Cleric from Berwick.

-There you go!

Oh, nice!

He's even got a trademark throw! What about that?

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

Here comes your first question. It concerns...

-Richard...

-We'll show you five pictures of acts who performed

at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Hackney 2012.

-Can you identify any of these, please?

-OK. Thanks.

Let's reveal our five performers. We have got...

There we are. Five performers from the BBC's Big Weekend.

Now then, Matt and Graham, you've played best so far

so you get to go first.

I think I know all of them,

but it's about which one is the lowest answer

and if A is definitely the one I think it is.

I'm going to go for B, and that's Rita Ora.

Rita Ora, say Matt and Graham.

Jade and Stephanie?

I know D.

Definitely know D, definitely know C.

A and E... I've seen E. I have no idea what he's called.

-A, I don't know.

-You're very much on your own here, darling!

-Er...

I'd say D is Jessie J.

Jessie J, you're going to say for D.

So we have Rita Ora versus Jessie J. Matt and Graham said Rita Ora.

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

-Very well done. 18 for Rita Ora.

-APPLAUSE

Very good. Jade and Stephanie have said Jessie J for D.

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

Absolutely right.

-APPLAUSE

-Big score for Jessie J there.

Which means, Matt and Graham, after one question, you are one up 1-0.

You have to give respect to Graham. He spends all week teaching 14 to 18 years olds.

That's a good question to get right. Did you have an idea for A?

Is "A" Frank Ocean?

It's not, although it would've been a terrific answer if it was.

It's a pointless answer.

It was one of Radio 1's Sounds of 2012,

it's Michael Kiwanuka.

Pointless answer. Very well done if you said that at home.

C is obviously Will.i.am.

That would've scored you 65.

And E is the Canadian electro-house act deadmau5.

Oh, it's "Dead Mouse"(!) Oh, deadmau...

-..deadmau5.

-LAUGHTER

He only spells it like that so he can get a personalised number plate easier.

He would've scored you 8 points. Joel Zimmerman is his real name.

Here comes your second question. Jade and Stephanie, this one you need to win.

It concerns...

-LAUGHTER

-Castle Terminology. Richard.

You can't say we don't have range on this programme, to be fair to us!

We'll show you five terms associated with castles.

We've removed alternate letters. Can you fill in the gaps

and give us a piece of castle terminology?

OK. Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five pieces of castle terminology.

Here they are. We have got...

I'll read those again.

There we are. Now then, Jade and Stephanie, you go first.

I know a couple of terms but I can't think what they line up to.

I know the one beginning with "T" is the one you pull down.

There's only one we're sure on and it's going to be the most obvious.

We're racking our brains desperately to try and think of another one!

-It's not going well!

-I don't think it's going to happen, to be frank!

-Do you want to say it?

-The top one's "moat".

Moat, say Jade and Stephanie. Moat.

Matt and Graham, the board is yours. Talk us through it.

We won't be doing a lot of talking!

We think the second one is "turret."

OK. You're going to go with turret. We have moat versus turret.

So moat went first. Jade and Stephanie said moat.

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

Absolutely right with moat.

-Ooh, 67. That's a high score.

-APPLAUSE

Matt and Graham have gone with turret.

If you win this question, you go through to the final 2-0.

This is a crucial score. Turret. Let's see how many people said that.

It's right.

And you've done it. Very well done. Look at that. 53 for turret.

Congratulations, Matt and Graham. You are through to the final 2-0.

Very well played, gents. The other three all would've won the points.

-Those bottom two go nicely together.

-I know those two.

-Which are?

-Motte and bailey.

-Absolutely right. Motte would've scored 15.

Bailey would've scored you less. It would've scored you 12.

The middle one, it's the high portion of a battlement. It's a merlon.

1 point, so very well done if you said that.

Thanks very much. Our losing pair, I'm afraid, Jade and Stephanie.

We'll say goodbye to you now but we get to see you again, which is great news for us.

Thanks so much for playing. Jade and Stephanie...

But for Matt and Graham, it's time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Matt and Graham! You fought off the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our record-breaking Pointless jackpot,

which stands, at the moment, at £21,500!

AUDIENCE CHEER

This is Pointless history in the making.

We've never had people standing there

looking at a jackpot of £21,500 before!

Ohh...

Back at St Paul's in Burgess Hill,

a lot of people cheering you on.

-Oathall, maybe not so much.

-Probably not.

-Warden Park are booing! They are booing, they are!

-Yes!

They are booing their heads off, and rightly so. You keep it up, guys.

Sorry, Matt, I neglected to mention all your am-dram friends, as well,

-who'll be rooting for you.

-Oh, yes.

-In very dramatic ways...

To win the money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

Do that and you leave here with £21,500.

You've got to choose a category. You have five to choose from. They are...

-LAUGHTER

-Nice!

That's what I listen to when I play darts!

I'd only go for Hollywood Actors out of those.

Boxing. If it was British Champions, I could go back to the '70s.

World Heavyweight Champions, ages...

-I'd be no help for you, though.

-Yes.

-Hollywood Actors, we might be able to help each other.

-We may well.

-Hollywood Actors?

-OK. Hollywood Actors.

-Hollywood Actors.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many Robert Downey Jr as they could.

-Richard.

-We're looking for any film, made for cinema release,

for which Robert Downey Jr has received an acting credit, up to the beginning of October 2012.

As always, no short films, no TV films or documentaries, but voice performances do count.

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

All you need to win that £21,500

is for just one of them to be pointless.

Are you ready?

-Yes.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

-The obvious ones are Iron Man 1 and Iron Man 2.

-Mm.

I don't know if he's been in the American Avengers yet.

-His character was. I don't know if he turned up in it.

-Right.

Going back to the '80s would be where his key performances were.

-I'm trying to rack my brains here.

-You're as on your own as I would've been on boxing.

Er...!

My guts are going Iron Man 1 and Iron Man 2

because sometimes they forget the sequels.

-Sherlock Holmes.

-He was in Sherlock Holmes.

-What's the second one called?

-Sher...

Sherlock Holmes 2? Can we get away with that?

Erm...

-Back in the '80s...

-Was he in The Fabulous Baker Boys or was I imagining things?

No. It was, erm...

10 seconds left.

He wasn't in the one where...

..Leonardo DiCaprio played the same actor in prison, either?

OK. That's your time up.

We were looking for Robert Downey Jr films.

I now need your three answers.

We'll go for Iron Man 1, Iron Man 2...

Iron Man 1, Iron Man 2.

And we'll go for Sherlock Holmes 2.

And Sherlock Holmes 2.

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

-Sherlock Holmes 2.

-Sherlock Holmes 2. Put that last.

-And your least likely?

-Iron Man 1.

-Iron Man 1.

Let's pop those up on the board in that order. Here they are.

Iron Man, of course, not called Iron Man 1!

LAUGHTER

OK. So we were looking for Robert Downey Jr films.

Iron Man, you said, was your least confident answer.

You only have to find one, remember, only one,

to win that jackpot of £21,500.

How many people said Iron Man?

Well, it's right.

OK, down it goes. If this happens to go all the way down to zero, and maybe it could,

you'll be leaving here with...

APPLAUSE

34.

34. Quite a high score for Iron Man. But a very well-known film.

Unfortunately, not a pointless answer.

You only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

But there is always a chance that one of those answers

might have escaped our 100 people

and you'll be leaving here with £21,500.

Matt, what would you be doing with £21,500?

I've got one daughter at university and another who'll go next year,

-so that'll take a big chunk out of it.

-Yes.

Also, it was my 25th wedding anniversary last year,

and we planned to go on holiday but we couldn't because we were a bit skint,

so we'd probably plan that special holiday.

Very nice indeed. Graham, how about you?

I'd probably buy a dartboard.

I would also go on a nice holiday because I don't think we get enough as teachers.

No. You just don't.

As long as you don't watch any telly or films while you're away.

We are looking for Robert Downey Jr films.

Let's hope nobody said Iron Man 2.

This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot.

For £21,500, let's see how many people said Iron Man 2.

Well, it's also right.

Iron Man itself took us down to 34.

Iron Man 2, a more recent film, but takes us a bit further down.

Ooh. 19.

APPLAUSE

19 for Iron Man 2, which means you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

We're looking for Robert Downey Jr films.

Your third and final answer was Sherlock Holmes 2.

You said this was your most confident shot.

To win the jackpot of £21,500, this has to be pointless.

Let's find out, Sherlock Holmes 2, is it right, is it pointless?

No!

Bad luck. Bad luck.

Well, two good answers there, the third one an incorrect answer.

You didn't manage to find that all-important pointless answer

so you don't win today's jackpot of £21,500,

which rolls over onto the next show.

You have been brilliant contestants and you do, of course, take home the Pointless trophy.

APPLAUSE

Unlucky, Graham and Matt. I think you chose the wrong category.

It's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, so we can't accept Sherlock Holmes 2.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers. For proper film fans, there's a couple you will get here.

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints.

Bowfinger, with Eddie Murphy and Steve Martin.

Do you remember that, Graham? That was a pointless answer.

Danger Zone.

In Dreams, he was in with Annette Bening.

He was in the Ian McKellen version of Richard III.

He played Lord Rivers. Would've been a pointless answer.

And a couple of big films on this last page, as well.

The Gingerbread Man. The Singing Detective,

the Hollywood version of the Dennis Potter play.

And the Wonder Boys, alongside Michael Douglas.

There's a few more. You could've had Baby It's You, Fur,

Home For The Holidays and Short Cuts, as well, the Robert Altman film.

Very well done if you got any of those.

From one Mid Sussex boy to two other Mid Sussex boys, unlucky.

Did you know some of those?

Sadly, we teach one of them, so my colleagues are going to be screaming.

-We teach Bowfinger.

-Oh...

-We teach it to year 10!

-Oh, no!

-You know we mentioned boxing earlier...?

-Yes!

Well, on that note, unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Matt and Graham.

It's been great having you on the show. Thank you for playing.

-Matt and Graham...

-BOTH: Thank you.

Matt and Graham didn't win our jackpot. It rolls onto the next show,

when we will playing for £22,500.

AUDIENCE CHEER

Join us next time.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

-..and it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

-APPLAUSE

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