Episode 46 Pointless

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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

the quiz show where questions have been asked to 100 people.

All our contestants have to do is come up with the answers people couldn't think of.

Let's meet today's players.

APPLAUSE

Couple number one.

Hi. My name's Ryan from Worthing in Sussex.

-And this is my uncle David...

-Hello there.

-..from Westcliff in Essex.

-Couple number two.

-Hi. I'm Stephanie. I'm from Ealing.

This is Jade from Gillingham. We're old school friends.

-Couple number three.

-Hi. I'm Chris.

This is my fiancee Emma and we're from Bristol.

-And couple number four.

-Hi. I'm Eric.

This is my friend Joe. We work together in Aberdeen.

These are today's contestants.

APPLAUSE

Thanks to all of you. We'll be finding out more about you throughout the show.

There's only one person left to introduce. As well read as a magazine in a doctor's waiting room,

-my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

-Hiya.

Hello. Hi, everyone.

-Hello, there.

-Hello. How are you?

-I'm really well.

-The jackpot keeps going up.

-It's scary.

-A record jackpot. We can't get rid of it.

A lot of money at stake for anyone who wants to take hold of it today.

Jade and Stephanie are back. They got through to the head-to-head.

They got a darts question to get there. They've something about them.

But Eric and Joe, we saw far less of.

Thank you. All our questions have been put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants must find obscure answers the 100 people didn't get.

Everyone wants a pointless answer, which none of our 100 people gave.

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

Matt and Graham didn't win the jackpot.

We add another £1,000 to that. Today's jackpot starts on £22,500.

WHOOPING AND APPLAUSE

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

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

The pair with the highest score at the end will be eliminated.

Try and make sure that's not you.

Our first category today is...

STEPHANIE SIGHS

-Stephanie, what's wrong?

-I hate the words round.

-You don't know what it is yet.

-It's probably awful.

Let's just wait and see. Can you decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

OK, let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many words ending in LK as they could.

Words ending in LK. Richard.

We're looking for any word in the Oxford Dictionary of English that ends LK.

As always, no proper nouns and no hyphenated words.

There's about 50 words in the Oxford Dictionary of English that end LK.

-There's a fair few pointless ones. Good luck at home.

-Thanks very much.

David, welcome to the show. Good to have you here.

Thank you for wearing a tie.

-Thank you very much.

-Have people worn ties before?

We've had ties, cravats, it doesn't happen often.

-What do you do, David?

-I'm an occupational therapist. I drive around in my little car.

I can get stairlifts for people who need them and ramps. That kind of thing.

-Very good. You live where? Where are you from?

-Westcliff-on-Sea.

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

A very long time ago when I was a young man, 1996, I was Mr England.

-So I spent...

-Just stop right there, David.

-You were Mr England?

-Yes, I spent ten days in Ireland at the International Bachelor Festival.

They put the name of my country on the car. I had a female chauffeur.

We were driven everywhere doing work sort of like Miss World.

Smiling and waving. We had to do talent.

There was no swimsuit, thank goodness.

-There was an eveningwear round. It was nice.

-And you won Mr England?

I was Mr England. In the international competition, I wasn't the winner.

Was this just within the United Kingdom?

-I was Mr England and then I was at the international but that was as far as it went.

-Wow!

We are looking for words ending in LK.

Living near the seaside, I'm going to go for whelk. W-H-E-L-K.

Whelk. And you're going to spell it as well. Whelk. OK.

Let's see if whelk is right. Let's see how many people said whelk.

Absolutely right.

14.

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There we are. 14 for whelk.

Well played. Useful seaside knowledge. A marine mollusc.

-A whelk.

-Mmm. Mmm.

Mmm.

Now then, Jade, welcome back to the show.

-Head-to-headers you were last time.

-I know.

Oh, you could almost smell the jackpot from there, couldn't you?

We're looking for words ending in LK.

-Nice obscure one.

-There's a couple I know. One is a bit safer.

Stephanie and I said we would go pointless or go home.

Hopefully, it will be the former. I'm going to go with caulk.

I think it's C-A-U-L-K.

C-A-U-L-K. Caulk says Jade. C-A-U-L-K. Sounds good to me.

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

It's a great answer, Jade.

14 our best score so far. Our only score so far.

Caulk smashes through that. 9 it goes down to.

Very well done indeed.

APPLAUSE

-Good work, Jade.

-Caulk.

Good answer. I like it when they go obscure early. Everyone has to raise their game.

It's a sealant, a filler. Caulk, a waterproof thing used by builders.

-Chris, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here. Where are you from?

-Bristol.

-What do you do there?

-I'm a civil servant.

-Can I probe any further?

-I'm not allowed to say any more.

-Oh, right!

-What are your hobbies?

-I'm absolutely mad about VW camper vans.

-Absolutely love them. Obsessed would be an understatement.

-Wow!

A long-suffering look on Emma's face.

Yes, this is true.

What sort of form does this obsession take, Chris?

Magazines, 35 of the T-shirts I own have camper vans on.

We go to the shows. You name it, I'm into it.

So it's camper-van merch.

-Have you got a camper van?

-No. They're way out of my price range.

Are they really? I suppose they've become collector's items.

-30 grand for one I'd be happy with.

-That's a lot.

-Got to get married first apparently.

-Nice use of the word "apparently".

LAUGHTER

-Win the jackpot and you're most of the way there.

-Nearly.

If Emma would allow you to buy a camper van.

-A bit...

-Yeah, um.

There we are. We are just one very well chosen... Two very well chosen words ending in LK

away from you getting to the next round.

I'm struggling. My mind's escaped me. I'm going to go with sulk.

Sulk, says Chris. Sulk. Let's see if sulk's right and how many people said it.

9 and 14 we've had so far. 29 for sulk.

APPLAUSE

Pretty good answer. A safe one. 29 might be a big score in this round.

-Do you need me to define sulk?

-No.

-No.

Eric, welcome back.

-Hey.

-Welcome back. You're on the same podium as last time.

-Remind us what you do.

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

What do you do in your spare time?

I attempt to play golf but recently it's not gone so well.

Does anyone ever play any golf on the rigs?

They could have a range on the rig, it would be quite good fun.

It's not their scene. Maybe watching too much Armageddon recently.

Oh, right. Anyway, Eric, we're looking for words ending in LK.

I'm torn between going overly risky or playing it safe.

But I hope Joe has a really good answer, so I'll go bulk.

Bulk. Bulk is your safe option. OK.

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

Absolutely right.

29 our highest score so far.

Ooh! 38 for bulk.

APPLAUSE

Yes, suitably bulky score for bulk.

-Need me to define bulk?

-Oh, go on, for fun. Go on.

-Bulk. It's a mass of something large.

-There you are.

I knew you could do it. Halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

9 very much the best score of that part.

Jade, very well done indeed. Up to 14 David and Ryan.

Up to 29 where Chris and Emma are.

And 38, Eric and Joe quite far out in front.

Eric was hoping you had a good answer, Joe. I'm hoping so too

because you're going to need one. You are well out in front.

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

OK. Remember, we are looking for words ending in LK.

Words ending in LK.

-Joe, you are also a drilling engineer.

-That's correct.

You said last time you were a rower.

-Yeah, I am.

-I don't imagine you do any offshore rowing.

-No.

That would be quite vomit inducing. When I'm back.

Bit of time off, got plenty of time to train.

-A good bit of exercise.

-Very good.

-What sort of rowing do you do?

-Not the same standard as the Olympics but that sort of thing.

-Are you in a four? Are you quad sculls?

-A bit of everything.

There's four or five guys in the squad and we'll do fours,

-singles, whatever it takes really.

-Good stuff.

A word ending in LK. A low-scoring one to keep you in the game.

-Yeah.

-We can't see you leaving at the end of the first round again.

No. Well, I'm going to have a bit of a gamble and go for it.

-The word I'd like to have is baulk. B-A-U-L-K.

-B-A?

Like baulk end in a game of snooker perhaps.

B-A-U-L-K. Baulk, says Joe. Baulk.

No red line as you are the high scorers.

Let's see how many people said baulk.

It's right.

25.

25. Joe, a bit disappointed with that.

You hoped that would go down further.

63 is your total. Richard.

It's a big score for baulk. It's got two meanings. Hesitating when you're unwilling to do something.

I wonder if the fact that the baulk end of a snooker table is well known and that's why it scored 25 points

Yeah, maybe.

-Now then, Emma, welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

-What do you do?

-I work for the probation service in a prison.

-Very good indeed.

In your spare time, what are your hobbies?

Chris probably won't want me to tell you but we both play bingo quite regularly.

LAUGHTER

What's the best thing you've ever won playing bingo?

I did win £100 once but that's over many, many occasions.

I once won some salad cream.

Yep.

Good times. Um...

The high scorers are Joe and Eric on 63. You're on 29.

-33 or less sees you through to the next round.

-OK.

Forget that. I only have two in mind and Joe said one of them.

It makes my decision easier. And I will say bilk.

Bilk. Bilk, says Emma. There is your red line.

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

Absolutely right.

You are through to round two. It's still going down. Look at that. 3.

Only the best score of the round, Emma, very well done. Takes your total to 32.

Bilk.

Well played. Word used in association with con men. Obtaining money or withholding money from them.

-To bilk someone.

-There we are.

-Now then, Stephanie. Welcome.

-I hate the word round.

-Welcome back.

-Really?

-Really.

-You've heard some really good words now. You've had some good ideas.

-A few avenues you could go down.

-Yeah.

And Jane's set you up well. Look, 9. 9 plays 63.

-Come on.

-OK.

Um...

Backtalk. I'm not 100% sure it's all one word. So...

-But we did say go for it or might as well go home. Backtalk.

-Backtalk.

-Yeah. Can't change it now.

Backtalk, says Stephanie. Backtalk.

You need to score 53 or less with backtalk. There is your red line.

Let's see how many people said backtalk. Is it right?

Oh, no!

Bad luck. Bad luck. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points.

It's not going pointless is all I'm going to say.

Takes your total to 109. Richard.

Sorry. Back talk is two words. You can have backchat but not back talk.

I suspect Jade will be having a talk to you on the way home this evening.

LAUGHTER

Thank you very much. Now then,

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

-I work for a pharmaceutical company that treats allergies.

-Very good.

-All kinds of allergies?

-Specific.

-Hay fever?

-Pollens, pet hairs.

-Things like that. Mites.

-What do you do in your spare time?

I've got a season ticket for football. I like to go and watch.

-What's your team?

-Chelsea.

-Don't hold it against me.

-I... I... I won't.

OK, so football's a big part of your life. How about words ending in LK?

Um...

Luckily, the wrong answer means I can play it safe.

So I'm going to says stalk.

Stalk. OK. Stalk.

Stephanie and Jade are the high scorers on 109.

You're on 14. 94 or less gets you into the next round.

There's your red line. Let's see if stalk is right and how many of our 100 people said stalk.

Yep, very well done. You go through.

22.

22 takes your total up to 36.

All you had to do. Well played.

There's a few pointless answers. Let's take a look. Do you want a guess?

-It hasn't been a very productive round for me this one.

-Really?

-The one I've been thinking of...

-You like to put words on other words.

Like back talk. That's the sort of thing that often works.

-Pillowtalk was...

-Two words.

-Yeah, it's two words.

-Embulk, is that a word?

-Embulk?

-You're saying embulk?

-It's not a word. I made it up.

-I'm checking you're going with embulk.

-It could be.

-To embulk.

-To embulk.

Could you use it in a sentence for me?

LAUGHTER

Yeah. We're trying to embulk him so he can, er...

-Win Mr England.

-Yeah, so he can win Mr England.

LAUGHTER

-I'm afraid it's an incorrect answer.

-Yeah.

-Sorry.

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

-Fisherfolk.

-Are you genuinely giving me fisherfolk as an answer?

-Yes.

-Use that in a sentence.

The pub was full of sailors and fisherfolk

from the environs.

Sea shanties from dawn 'til dusk.

-Are you done?

-Yep.

-Fisherfolk was a pointless answer.

-Yes!

-Well done.

APPLAUSE

Well done.

Quite a few of those folk words were pointless answers. Let's look at

the pointless answers. Crosstalk not "back talk" would have got you the points.

Duckwalk, which Chuck Berry used to do. There's fisherfolk.

-There you go.

-Well done. That was your third answer, you're out.

-I know.

-Jaywalk would have been a pointless answer.

Kinsfolk. Outwalk.

Spacewalk. Townsfolk. Womenfolk.

Also pointless answers. Er, gentlefolk was a pointless answer.

Rather a nice one. Very well done if you got any of those at home.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of the round,

the pair who will leave us with their high score of 109,

it's our lovely returners Stephanie and Jade.

-She did say she hated the words round.

-I did.

-She did. I'll give her that.

-I would have scored 100 as well.

-You would have scored 200.

-So I would.

You're right. 200. Yes, no shame in that. Stephanie, Jade, it's been great having you on both shows.

-Sorry we have to say goodbye. Thanks for playing.

-Thank you.

APPLAUSE

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

Sadly, at the end of this round, we'll say goodbye to another pair.

All three pairs in front of me have not made it to Round Two before.

Two are newcomers to the game and Joe and Eric went out in Round One last time. How are you feeling?

-Ecstatic.

-Yeah.

You were the high scorers at one point.

Yeah, I think he definitely bailed us out more than ever.

Well, you're here, that's the main thing.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is...

Films. Decide who's going first and who's going to go second.

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

OK. And the question concerns

films and their cities.

-Films and their cities, Richard.

-Nice simple one.

We're going to show you six films, you need to tell us in which city

are they principally set, please.

An obscure answer will score fewer points. An incorrect answer is 100 points.

12 to have a go at at home. Good luck.

Thanks. We're looking for the cities in which these films are set. Here's our first board.

I'll read those one last time.

There we are. Six films.

We want the cities in which they're set.

Ryan, is film a good category for you?

Er, yeah. Just not these ones.

-Yeah.

-Um, I'm going to have to just go with the obvious one,

which I'm 99% sure is correct. That's The Full Monty and Sheffield.

The Full Monty, Sheffield, says Ryan. Let's see if it's right and how many people said Sheffield.

Absolutely right.

46.

-46 for Sheffield.

-Better safe than sorry, Ryan.

Very big film in America but they had to have special glossaries of English language.

-On screen? Or were they given it?

-It was handed out at the cinema.

OK. Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

-Now then, Chris.

-Real struggle. Ryan nicked the answer I was going to go for.

I feel like I should know Slumdog Millionaire.

The only one I can go for and know is right is Mary Poppins in London.

Mary Poppins and London. There we are. Mary Poppins, London, says Chris.

Let's see if it's right and how many people knew the answer.

Absolutely right.

59.

59 for London, Mary Poppins.

Well done, Chris. Winner of five Oscars,

including best actress for Julie Andrews.

And shot entirely in California.

I know that's not surprising as it's shot in a studio but still.

They had to fly Dick Van Dyke over from the East End of London to do his part.

-Extraordinary.

-Must've cost a fortune.

-Yeah, must've done.

Now then, Joe. You're the last person to have this board.

-Do you watch a lot of films?

-No. I really don't. No.

I'd have thought on an oil platform, that was a big...

A lot of guys do. I spend most of my downtime sleeping, eating.

-Not a big film buff.

-OK.

Fortunately, I have seen at least one of these.

Home Alone, I was contemplating Chicago but I'm not too sure.

Slumdog Millionaire I'm pretty sure is Mumbai.

That's the answer I'd like to go for.

Mumbai for Slumdog Millionaire, says Joe.

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

It's absolutely right. 59's our highest score. 46 the low.

You've gone through both of those. 35. Very well done.

Good answer. Mumbai.

Well done, Joe. Let's fill in the rest of the board.

Joe could have gone with Home Alone. It would've been a terrific answer and scored you 7 points.

-Cabaret.

-Berlin.

-Berlin. Absolutely right.

Would have scored 24. And Lantana is an Australian movie.

Anthony LaPaglia is in it and Geoffrey Rush.

It's set in Sydney and it's a pointless answer. Well done if you've seen it and said it.

Thanks. Halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

Joe, the best scorer, 35. Joe and Eric looking fairly strong.

Up to 46, Ryan and David, looking pretty good.

59 the highest score there, Chris and Emma.

How good are you on movies? It depends on what the board is.

-Yeah, we'll wait and see.

-Would you say you're quite confident on film?

No.

Anything can happen in the next pass. Best of luck, everyone.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

Let's put six more films on the board. Here they come. We've got...

I'll read those all again.

There we are. Six films, six cities.

We need to know which cities they are set in predominantly.

Eric, Joe did pretty well there. You're the low scorers.

How do you feel about this board?

-Not as good as the first one.

-Do you watch many films?

-Not that many. I do sometimes.

-Sure.

-Not a lot.

-OK.

The high scorers are Emma and Chris on 59. A score of 23 or less

will stop you becoming the new high scorers.

I've not seen any of these films.

But I think Casino is set in Las Vegas.

Casino, Las Vegas, says Eric. Casino, Las Vegas. Here's your red line.

If you get below that, you're through to the next round.

Let's see if Las Vegas is right and how many said it.

Absolutely right.

You're through to the next round.

20. 55 your total. Through you go.

Good work, Eric and Joe.

-Sailing through to the head-to-head. Sharon Stone's only Oscar nomination.

-There we are.

Emma, you remain the high scorers. We need a low-scoring answer.

-What do you make of the board?

-I prefer the last one.

There's one I do know but I think it's the most obvious.

Lost In Translation, I can picture scenes from the film,

or certainly the film I think it is. And I'm going to say Tokyo.

Tokyo, says Emma, for Lost In Translation. Tokyo.

No red line, you are the high scorers. Let's see how many said Tokyo. Is it right?

It is right.

Down it goes. Not bad at all. Look at that. 9. That's a great answer, Emma.

APPLAUSE

68 your total. We have a game on our hands. Very exciting. Well done.

You might've kept yourself in it. Lost In Translation is right.

-With Bill Murray in it. Great film.

-Great film. Fantastic film.

Now then, David. Not quite as easy for you as it might have been.

Emma with as very low score. 68 is the high score. You're on 46.

So 21 or less is what we need to keep you in the game.

Talk us through the board. Are you big on film?

There's some I know. Frustratingly, I knew Casino, Las Vegas.

Likewise, I knew Lost In Translation.

Moving down the board, The Commitments.

Niamh Kavanagh was in that and she won the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland.

So I'm suspecting that's probably Dublin.

The Big Easy was before my time. I don't know that.

And Moulin Rouge with Nicole Kidman.

I'm fairly sure that's Paris. That's the name of the club.

But that's going to be too high. That won't get us under. What number do I need?

-21.

-21.

-You keep talking us through.

-OK. Right.

-Everything you're thinking.

-We'll go with Dublin for The Commitments.

-Dublin.

-Go out in a blaze of glory. Do our best.

-I can't fault your reasoning.

Sounds fantastic. 21 is what you need. Here's your red line.

If you get below you're through to the head-to-head.

Dublin, said David, for The Commitments. Is it right? How many people said it?

It's absolutely right. Well done. It has to get below that red line.

-Oh, no! Bad luck.

-Sorry. I couldn't do any more.

Bad luck, David. 29 takes your total to 75.

It's not a ridiculously high score but it is the highest score.

Sorry, David. Let's look at the rest of the board.

Moulin Rouge. It was Paris.

It would've scored too many points. 82 points.

The Big Easy. Don't need to see the film, it's the nickname of this city.

-New Orleans.

-Right. Would have scored you 8 points.

And Don't Look Now. That's a scary film.

It's in Venice. Would have scored 14. The Big Easy is the best answer there.

And Don't Look Now is the scariest answer there.

-Have you not seen it?

-No, I haven't.

-Ugh!

-Really?

-Yeah, really, yeah. I hate canals, so, yeah.

-That would do it.

-Yeah.

Thanks very much. At the end of Round Two, our losing pair with a score of 75 are David and Ryan.

But it was a very, very close round. Very exciting.

And you kept us on the edge of our seats until the end there, David.

-Thank you.

-Good answer. Two good answers there.

The Full Monty was a little bit too high.

Never mind. You acquitted yourselves well. We look forward to seeing you next time. David and Ryan.

APPLAUSE

The remaining pairs are about to go one step closer to the final

with a chance of winning the jackpot as we enter the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

Congratulations, Emma and Chris, Eric and Joe.

You're one round away from the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot, which stands at £22,500.

WHOOPING AND APPLAUSE

Only one pair will play for that money.

We have to decide which pair. You're now going to go head-to-head.

The difference is, you're allowed to confer.

The first to win two questions will play for that jackpot.

Eric and Joe, our two drilling technicians.

Round One last time. Head-to-head this time.

Very exciting. Emma and Chris. Chris remains a mystery.

-We don't know what he does.

-We know nothing about him. Can I ask,

-does Emma know what your job is?

-Yes, Emma's allowed to know.

-Do you have a Christmas party at your job?

-We do have a Christmas party.

-How many people are allowed to come to the party?

-Only those who get an invite.

-Yeah.

Security clearance must be massive for that.

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

APPLAUSE

OK. Here comes your first question and it concerns...

-England cricketers.

-We're going to show you five pictures

of England cricketers all of whom have taken over 200 test wickets.

Can you identify the most obscure of these five?

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

There we are. Five England cricketers.

Emma and Chris played best so far, so you get to go first.

Of the three I know, I think B will be the most obscure.

-You know it?

-Um-hmm.

-OK.

We're going to say D is Darren Gough.

Darren Gough. D - Darren Gough.

Eric and Joe. The board is yours, take us through it.

OK. A is Ian Botham.

B - Steve Harmison. C - Freddie Flintoff.

-E is Matthew Hoggard.

-Hoggard, yeah.

-Hoggard.

What's the most obscure? It won't be A or C.

Yeah, let's go.

E - Matthew Hoggard.

You're going with Hoggard. So we have Gough and Hoggard.

Darren Gough, say Emma and Chris. Let's see if it's right and how many people said Darren Gough.

It's right.

Oh, it's a good answer. Look at that. 16. Very well done. 16 for Darren Gough.

APPLAUSE

Eric and Joe are saying E - Matthew Hoggard.

E - Matthew Hoggard. Let's see if it's right and how many people said that.

Absolutely right.

16 is what you have to beat, though.

Going to be very close.

You've done it. Well done. 10.

10 for Matthew Hoggard. Well done. Eric and Joe, after one question,

you are up 1-0.

Well played, Erica and Joe. Took us perfectly through the board.

-A is Ian Botham. That haircut will never go out of fashion.

-Never.

63 points he would have scored you.

B is Steve Harmison.

Slightly better answer. Would've scored 7 points.

Best answer up there.

And C is Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff.

He would have scored you 42.

Thanks. Here comes your second question, Emma and Chris.

You have to win this one to stay in the game. It concerns...

-Picasso.

-We'll give you five clues to facts about Picasso.

Can you give us the most obscure answer?

Let's reveal our five clues. Here they come. We have got...

I'll read all of those again.

There we are. Five clues to facts about Picasso.

Eric and Joe, you go first.

I know the country.

ERIC AND JOE WHISPER

OK. We think the movement he founded was Cubism.

Cubism, say Eric and Joe. Cubism.

Emma and Chris, talk us through the rest of the board.

-Chance would be a fine thing.

-We can't.

We think his first name is Pablo.

Um, I had an answer for the movement but it wasn't the same as their answer.

Um, and that's about it.

-We can't answer any of the others. Let's go with it.

-OK.

We'll go with his first name. Pablo Picasso.

Pablo Picasso, say Emma and Chris. Pablo Picasso.

Cubism, say Eric and Joe. Cubism.

If Eric and Joe win this question, they go through to the final.

Cubism, is it right? What was your answer going to be?

Impressionist. I don't think that's right. But I don't think it's that.

OK.

Let's find out. Eric and Joe said Cubism. Is it right? How many people said it?

It is right.

It is right. Still going down. Look at that. Down it goes. 13.

APPLAUSE

13 for Cubism, Eric and Joe.

Emma and Chris have said Picasso's first name is Pablo.

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

It is right. 13 is what it has to beat, though.

Ooh! It's not going to do that, I'm afraid.

Very well done, Eric and Joe. After two questions, you are through to the final 2-0.

Well played. Pablo is one of those names. Very few famous people called Pablo.

Ask anybody to name famous people called Pablo, they'll say the same two.

Pablo Picasso and disgraced drug lord Pablo Escobar.

-They won't say anything else. Try it out.

-I will.

Let's go through the rest of this board.

The country he moved to was France.

It would have scored you 20 points.

The Basque town. Do you know? One of his most famous paintings.

-Guernica.

-Ah.

Would have score you 18.

And the title of his 1906-7 work.

-It's another town.

-It's D'Avignon.

-D'Avignon.

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. That would have scored 4. Best answer.

-Well done if you got that.

-Thank you very much, Richard. OK. So our losing pair

is Emma and Chris.

The lowest-scoring pair coming in to the head-to-head.

Not a score at all in the head-to-head.

There were two good answers from you. Darren Gough.

I guess you owe that high score to strictly, probably...

-Not cricket.

-And Pablo. Picasso not a great subject for you there.

-Not at all.

-It means we get to see you again next time.

If you'd got through to the final, that would have been it. We look forward to that. Thanks for playing.

APPLAUSE

For Eric and Joe, it's time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations. You fought off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot. At the end of the show,

it stands at a record-breaking £22,500.

WHOOPING AND APPLAUSE

It's our team from Aberdeen. All driller, no filler.

LAUGHTER

Well, halfway through Round One, you might have been leaving again.

But baulk rode to the rescue.

-There it was.

-You sailed through Round Two. 2-0 in the head-to-head.

I guess it showed the questions that came up. Good knowledge.

Matthew Hoggard, Cubism, saw you right.

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

-Maybe sport questions.

-American football.

-Geography, maybe.

-OK.

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

Do that and you leave here with £22,500.

You choose a category from five options.

You can choose from...

I don't think either of us are playwrights or poetry.

-Tennis.

-US politics.

I think that's good. I think we could.

It's all right if it's men's tennis.

I don't know anything about female tennis.

US politics then?

I'll leave it to you. You can pick.

LAUGHTER

We'll go US politics.

US politics it is.

LAUGHTER

-God!

-Controversial choice with our audience there.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many running mates in post-war US presidential elections

as they could. Richard.

Any vice-presidential candidates or running mates for the Republicans

or Democrats in elections since the end of the Second World War, please.

Anyone who's been a running mate to a presidential candidate

since the Second World War for the Republicans or Democrats. Best of luck, guys.

You have one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that £22,500

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Are you ready? OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

-Joe Biden. Barack Obama.

-Yep.

-Sarah Palin. John McCain.

-John McCain.

-Let's do John McCain.

-Ronald Reagan.

-Who was the vice president?

-Put that in there.

He's famous. But I know he definitely...

-I think he got into office.

-OK. OK. Ronald Reagan.

-Al Gore. But he's really famous. He'll be very popular.

-Put it in.

OK.

-I think Sarah Palin.

-Sarah Palin. Ronald Reagan and who else?

-John McCain.

-John McCain.

-I don't know if any will be pointless.

Well, can you think of anyone else?

I'm struggling.

Al Gore.

-Palin. Who was with Kennedy?

-I don't know.

-10 seconds left.

-Jimmy Carter.

-Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and John McCain.

-Yeah.

OK. You've reached your answers. That's your time up.

Running mates in post-war US presidential elections.

I now need your three answers.

-Jimmy Carter.

-Jimmy Carter.

-Ronald Reagan.

-Ronald Reagan.

-And John McCain.

-And John McCain.

Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Reagan.

-Yeah.

-Put Reagan last. Least likely?

-John McCain probably.

-Yeah.

John McCain we'll put first. Jimmy Carter in the middle. OK.

Put them up in that order. And here they are. We have got...

We're looking for running mates in post-war US presidential elections.

John McCain was your least confident answer.

Your least likely to be pointless.

You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £22,500 jackpot.

Let's see how many people said John McCain.

Is it right? Is it pointless?

Oh!

Bad luck. John McCain an incorrect answer.

Obviously not a pointless answer.

Only two more chances to win today's jackpot of £22,500. Eric,

if you were to win that, what would you do with £22,500?

-I'm getting married next year.

-Congratulations.

-It'd go towards that.

-It would go quite a way towards that I'd hope.

-Very good. Joe, how about you?

-Um...

I think it'd be a treat to myself. maybe a boat for the rowing club.

A nice holiday. Treat my girlfriend. Treat myself.

Best of luck. You've got two good-looking answers.

Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Either of those could be pointless.

We're looking for running mates in post-war US presidential elections.

Let's hope nobody said Jimmy Carter.

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

For £22,500 how many people said Jimmy Carter?

Oh, no! No!

Another incorrect answer.

It's always a bit of a punt this one.

A lot of people who went on to become president

served as vice presidents or vice-presidential candidates.

OK. Only one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is now resting on your final answer Ronald Reagan.

You were pretty sure, Eric, weren't you, that he ran?

I think he maybe took over from Nixon maybe.

Don't know.

You're pretty sure he was a running mate.

-I think so.

-It has to be right, obviously.

It has to be right and it has to be pointless.

Running mates in post-war US presidential elections. Your final answer Ronald Reagan.

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

For £22,500 this has to be pointless.

Let's find out how many people said Ronald Reagan. Is it right?

Oh, no! Bad luck.

APPLAUSE

I'm really sorry, guys. Three perfectly plausible-sounding answers.

Sadly three incorrect answers.

That means you didn't find the pointless answer you needed to win the jackpot of £22,500.

That rolls over on to the next show. You've been fantastic contestants.

And you do get to take home our Pointless trophy. All is not lost.

APPLAUSE

Sorry. All three answers you gave, all ran for president, none ran for vice president.

John McCain's running mate was Sarah Palin, she scored 9 points.

Reagan's running mate was George Bush senior. He scored 3.

Carter's running mate was Walter Mondale. He was a pointless answer.

Well done if you said Walter Mondale.

Let's look at the other pointless answers.

Bob Dole ran alongside Gerald Ford. They lost to Carter in '76.

Earl Warren was Thomas Dewey's deputy in 1948. A very obscure one. Well done if you said that.

Henry Lodge who ran alongside Nixon when they lost very narrowly to Kennedy.

Hubert Humphrey was Lyndon Johnson's vice president and his running mate.

Jack Kemp ran alongside Bob Dole when he ran for president.

Joseph Lieberman was a recent one, he ran alongside Al Gore

when they lost to George Bush very narrowly.

Sargent Shriver ran alongside George McGovern.

There's Walter Mondale. And William Miller who was Barry Goldwater's running mate.

Very well done if you got any of those.

A couple of answers people would have got if they know their American politics.

Did you know any of those answers?

-Bob Dole.

-Bob Dole.

-But I never went for it.

Well, unfortunately, we have to say goodbye.

It's been brilliant having you on the show. Eric and Joe, everyone.

APPLAUSE

Well, Eric and Joe didn't win our jackpot. Which means it rolls over on to the next show

where we will be playing for £23,500.

WHOOPING AND APPLAUSE

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

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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