Episode 5 Pointless

APPLAUSE

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

the quiz show where the aim of the game is to score as few

points as you can, and to do that you need to come up with

the answers that no-one else could think of.

Let's meet today's players.

-Our first couple.

-Hello. I'm Richard. This is my daughter Lucy.

We're from the Wirral. She's a student and I'm a urologist.

-Our second couple.

-Hi, I'm Ellen.

This is my boyfriend Jonathan and we're both from Hull.

-Our third couple.

-Hi, my name is Clare.

This is my good friend Sue and I work as a resuscitation officer.

We're both from Woking in Surrey.

-And our final couple.

-Hi, I'm Dan. This is my really good mate Ollie

and we're friends from secondary school.

And these are our contestants.

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Thank you very much, all of you.

We'll find out more about all of you as we go through the game.

There's only one person left to introduce.

He's been re-elected as the President of Pointless and he's back in office for another term.

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

-Hiya.

APPLAUSE Hiya.

-Afternoon.

-Good afternoon.

-Four new pairs playing today.

One our contestants today is training to be a Viking.

-Guess which one that is.

-Training to be a Viking.

-Yeah.

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-I know.

-You know?

No. I could take a good guess.

-Well, you never know.

-I never do.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

All our questions on Pointless have been put

to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers

those 100 people didn't get.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,

that's an answer none of our 100 people gave,

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

Nobody won the jackpot last time so we add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off at...

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

In this round I'll take an answer from each of you

and there's to be no conferring.

The pair with the highest score at the end of the round

will be eliminated, so try and make sure that isn't you.

Our first category today is...

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

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many artists who released...

-Good question.

-You're already thinking, aren't you?

On May 7th, 2012, Radio One presented a run down of the 100

best-selling singles of the 21st century.

We're looking for any artist who had a single on that list, please,

any artist who's released one of the hundred best-selling singles of the 21st century.

There's more than 100 on this list because some of were collaborations between different artists.

If so, we'll except either name.

Very best of luck in the studio, best of luck to everyone at home.

-Thanks. Now then, Richard, you're a urologist.

-That's right.

Tell me what... I think I have a clue.

-That's basically wee, isn't it?

-It is, yeah.

It's your bladder, prostate, kidneys.

And how's the Viking training going?

-You knew!

-No, it's you! Oh, no!

I was just going to ask everyone that until I got the right answer!

Ah, you fell for my trap. I'm wasted in this job.

-You didn't think it was him, did you?

-No, I was convinced it was Jonathan.

No kidding.

If ever a man looked like a Viking, Jonathan, for heaven's sake.

I think he's already been through Viking training.

-What are you learning?

-It's the rowing. We're doing the rowing bit.

We've got to bring the boat into harbour in Birkenhead.

Is it an authentic long boat then?

It's a 30-metre long replica long boat that an eccentric

Norwegian millionaire has built.

He's going to be touring it around Europe in a couple of summers' time.

Excellent. OK. Now then, Richard.

How good are you on the top 100 top-selling singles

since 2000, do you think?

It's a tricky one. I'm probably going to go for Beyonce, I think.

-Beyonce.

-Beyonce Knowles.

-Beyonce Knowles says Richard.

Let's see if that's right, and so, let's see how many of our 100 people said Beyonce Knoweles.

It's right.

Oh, it's a good answer. Look at that. Down it goes.

Oh, seven!

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Very, very well done indeed.

Lucy can't quite believe it, I think.

-I just wasn't expecting such a low number.

-Very well done indeed.

-Beyonce.

-Very good answer, Richard.

Good from that first podium, cos it's a tough one.

She had two songs in the top 100, the top one of which was

If I Were A Boy at number 80.

Thank you very much. Now then. Ellen.

What do you do, Ellen?

I organise support for disabled students at the University of Hull.

And what do you like to get up to when you're not doing that?

I'm big into sort of 40s, 50s vintage. I do Lindy Hop dancing.

-Do you?

-I do. Badly, but I do.

-Really hard, Lindy Hop dancing, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Is there a big scene up in Hull?

-There is.

-There's a really brilliant weekly group.

-Indeed. OK.

I think you're going to be quite good on this.

Have you thought of a good obscure answer for the top 100 selling singles?

-I hope so. I'm going to try Kanye West.

-Kanye West.

OK, let's see if Kanye West is right,

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

Oh, no!

-Uh-oh!

-I thought that was a really good answer. Kanye West? How come?

Clearly hasn't been selling enough.

Don't know what to say. Unfortunately, that's an incorrect answer, scores you 100 points.

-Richard.

-I think that's a big surprise.

I felt sure he'd be on the list,

but 143 was his highest entry with American Boy, him and Estelle.

Well. There you go.

So, Sue, welcome. How do you two know each other, Sue?

-We met 16 years ago at antenatal classes.

-And Sue, what do you do?

I'm a stay at home mum. Very good.

We want any of the artists or groups who released

the top 100 selling singles since 2000 in the UK.

How good are you on this, do you think?

If it would've been pre-2000, I would've been more confident.

-21st century bit's quite hard, isn't it?

-Erm...

But I think I'm OK and I'm going to go for Lady Gaga.

Lady Gaga. Surely. Surely.

Let's see if that's right, and if so, let's see how many of our 100 people said Lady Gaga.

It is right.

Seven our best score so far.

Ten for Lady Gaga. Very well done.

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Good answer, Sue. She's got five tracks in that top 100, Lady Gaga,

the highest ever which was Poker Face at number 14, and also was

featured on Telephone with Beyonce, which is number 90 on the list.

Thanks, Richard. So, Dan, welcome to the show. Where are you from, Dan?

I'm originally from Poole, but I'm in Birmingham University.

-What are you studying there?

-I do physics.

-What year are you in?

-Second year.

-Second year.

Have you worked out what you want to do afterwards?

Just something that just makes me really rich and happy would be...

There you are. Physics maybe.

Erm... Perfect.

Is there anything on Pointless that would really scare you if it came up?

Um...

Something girly like flowers maybe.

Or...I don't...

Anything before I was born would be, that wouldn't be too good.

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Oh, what if we had flowers from pre-1970? That would be a nightmare.

The trouble is almost everything is before you were born,

that's the problem.

There is that, I mean, literally apart from sport, music,

-film...

-They're very young, aren't they?

Yeah, even then almost everything is before.

We're so old, don't you think?

-Yeah.

-You're a little bit older than me even, aren't you?

-Ah!

I'm really old.

Now then, Dan.

Dan, I think you're going to be good on this, though,

this is very much since you were born.

-That's true.

-You were around for all of this time.

-I have... Yeah.

-You were around and listening to music as well.

-I think, er...

As one of the other teams has got 100 points,

it takes a bit of the jeopardy off.

-I'm going for MGMT.

-MGMT?

OK, let's see MGMT is right and if it is,

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

Oooh, bad luck, Dan.

Now, two people have got 100, but takes a lot of jeopardy off.

I'm afraid an incorrect answer scores you 100 points.

-I'm sorry, Dan.

-Yes, sorry, Dan.

This is a subject where every single answer happened

-when you were born as well.

-I've got no excuse, really.

MGMT, much as I admire them,

I don't think came anywhere close to the top 100.

Big album, but it's no Kanye West of an answer, I'm afraid.

Well, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

Richard and Lucy, look at that, 7 points.

Looking very, very strong indeed.

Up to 10, where we find Sue and Clare.

And then, I'm afraid, 100 points where Dan,

Ollie, Ellen and Jonathan are to be found. So, yes, Jonathan and Ollie,

it's going to be between you in the next pass to see who stays

and who leaves us. Very best of luck.

We're going to come back down the line now.

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

OK, we are looking for artists or groups who released

the top 100 selling singles since 2000 in the UK.

Now then, Ollie, where are you studying at the moment?

I'm at Royal Holloway, that's part of the University of London.

I'm doing music and I'm in my second year.

What are you wanting to do with that when you leave?

I'd quite like to just be able to make a living off being a musician

and composing and performing and stuff like that.

-This is more classical music?

-Yeah, more like that.

-What do you play?

Violin's my first one and then I just sort of go from there.

I do saxophone, piano, guitar, bass, drums

and I have a very, very limited ability on the trumpet.

-You are a whole band.

-Yeah.

The high score at the moment is 100

and that's your score as well as Jonathan and Ellen's,

so we need a really good low-scoring answer from you.

-Ollie, what are you going to go for?

-I think mine might be quite safe.

-I'm going to go to Coldplay.

-Coldplay. Coldplay says Ollie.

There is no red line you for you, Ollie, as you are the joint

high scorers, but let's see, Coldplay - how many people said it?

If it's right, will it be enough to get you through, I wonder.

He's right.

7.

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You have equalled the lowest score so far, so very well done.

That takes your total up to 107.

-Well done, Ollie.

-Well played, Ollie.

They only had one song in the top 100 selling singles of the 21st-century.

-Hazard a guess at which one that was?

-Um...Fix You? I don't know.

-Paradise.

-Of course, Paradise.

-Number 55 on that list.

-Wow! The only one.

-Yeah.

-Isn't that extraordinary?

Now then, Clare. Clare, what does a resuscit...?

What did you say you were? You're a resuscitation officer.

Resuscitation officer. Basically, it means...

I'm a nurse by background

and I teach the resuscitation to mainly hospital staff,

but GPs, dentists, nurses, anybody that needs updating,

which is everybody, really, in resuscitation techniques.

That's pretty brilliant. I wish I knew about resuscitation.

-I can teach you.

-Yeah.

Very good indeed.

You've had a bit of time to think of a good answer for this.

-Have you got one?

-Yes, I'm thinking... I'm just trying...

I don't want to make a silly mistake,

-so I'm going to say Take That.

-You're going to go for Take That.

Nice safe option. You're on 10.

The high scorers currently are Ollie and Dan on 107,

so you have a margin of 96.

I think you should be all right. There's your red line.

Below that red line, you are through to the next round.

Let's see. Take That says Clare. Let's see if it's right

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

It's right.

25.

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Very well done. That takes your total to 35,

-sees you comfortably into Round Two. Well done, Clare.

-Well done, Clare.

They had two songs in the top 100 -

Patience at 95 and Rule The World at 39.

-Now then, Jonathan, what are you studying?

-I'm a nursing student.

I'm studying learning disability nursing.

Very good and those Viking classes, you're just...

-I finished that before I started...

-Of course you did.

-..in nursing.

-You've got to get your certificate in that first.

-Yeah.

What you like to get up to, Jonathan?

Well, I'm really into music.

This isn't really my specialist area of music...

-Or just the vintage.

-Pretty much, yeah, all my stuff's on vinyl.

Very few of these on vinyl, I should think.

It's going to have to be low-scoring because it's between you

and Ollie and Dan. You're on 100, they're on 107.

You really should be scoring 6 or less with this.

Well, it's going to have to be a punt.

I've got no idea whether this is going to be good,

but I'm going to say, because they've got an annoying song, which

is on football adverts and things, I'm going to say The Fratellis.

-The Fratellis?

-Mmm.

-Oh, The Fratellis. Good call, yes,

that gets under your skin, that song, doesn't it?

There you go. Well, OK. Well, here's your red line, it's quite low.

If you get below that with The Fratellis,

you're through to the next round.

I reckon if The Fratellis goes anywhere,

-it will go below that.

-Yeah, it's either going to be 100 or...

The Fratellis, is it right? How many people said it if it is?

No! Bad luck, Jonathan.

You did what you had to do, but I'm afraid it wasn't right.

It scores you 100 points, takes you your total up to 200. I'm sorry.

-Richard.

-Yeah, sorry, Jonathan.

Chelsea Dagger, the one that's always on the football

-but nowhere near the top 100, I'm afraid.

-Oh, dear.

It's worse news for them than it is you in some ways.

Well, yeah. Well, not really, no.

-Now then, Lucy.

-Hello.

You are through to the next round whatever happens.

-That's good news.

-It's very good news.

Richard said that you are a student at Edinburgh.

-Yeah, I do civil engineering.

-Civil engineering? What year are you in?

-Second.

-What you like to get up to? What are your hobbies?

Kind of embarrassing, really.

I do lots of things that old people like doing, like knitting

and sewing and baking and cooking. I'm middle-aged before my time.

I wouldn't say that, no, very current. All of these things.

-How are you on your music?

-Um...OK.

I'm happy at 21st century, rather than 20th.

You're through to the next round

whatever happens, cos the high scorers,

Jonathan and Ellen, have got 200 and you won't overtake them

-even if you score 100.

-OK, well, I was thinking, the Kings Of Leon.

I wasn't totally sure with Sex On Fire, but I think now I'm safe,

-I'll go with that.

-You're going with Kings Of Leon?

-Yes.

-Kings Of Leon,

OK, no red line for you for the good reason that you are already through.

Let's see if the Kings of Leon is right.

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

It's right! Very well done, Lucy.

2.

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Brilliant answer.

Takes your total up to 9, a single-figure total,

-very impressive indeed. Richard.

-Yeah, very well played, Lucy.

That's the best answer of the whole round, in fact,

you two got the best two answers of the round, which is terrific work.

Yeah, Sex On Fire was the ninth biggest-selling single

of the 21st century. And You Somebody also on that list at 32.

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

There's quite a few. Go through a few of them for you.

The Baha Men, Who Let The Dogs Out?

Ellie Goulding, her version of Your Song, the Elton John song,

that's in the top 100, Eminem's got three songs in there,

Lose Yourself, Love The Way You Lie and Stan.

James Blunt, You're Beautiful, Jay-Z who contributed to Umbrella

and Empire State Of Mind, which are both in that top 100.

Katie Perry, she's got three songs in there as well, including Firework.

Military Wives, who had the Christmas No.1, of course.

That's one of the 100 bestselling singles.

Rage Against The Machine, another Christmas No.1, Killing In The Name,

and Snow Patrol, Chasing Cars, was number 38.

Let's take a look at the most obvious answers -

the ones that most of our 100 people said.

Number three was Adele - she had the second biggest-selling single

of the 21st century with Someone Like You.

Robbie Williams would have scored you 24 points and we've already

heard the biggest score from Clare, Take That, with 25.

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

the pair who will be leaving us with their high score of 200.

I tell you what, that score belies the thinking

that went behind your answers.

A lot of thought went into that.

You might easily have said one of those, mightn't you?

We're not pop fans.

-Really?

-We're just not.

-Well, listen, we'll see you again

when you'll have every opportunity to display other

areas of pointless knowledge. We'll look forward to that very much.

Ellen and Jonathan, thanks very much for playing. Great contestants.

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Back to the remaining three pairs. It's now time for Round Two.

Now, sadly, at the end of this round,

another pair will be leaving us,

so we will just be left with our two pairs for the head-to-head.

Which pair is that going to be?

Quite a medical show today with our resuscitation officer

and our wee doctor. Fantastic.

We can cover everything between us, can't we?

Fainting and... passing.

OK, our category for Round Two, let's hope it's that, is, er...

Oh, famous Europeans. There we are.

Can you decide in your pairs who is going to go first,

who's going to go second?

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

OK, our question concerns... famous Spanish people.

Famous Spanish people, Richard?

Yeah, we're going to show you a set of 12 clues now of famous

people whose birthplace was in Spain.

Give us a nice low answer, you're going to score fewer points

but an incorrect answer, as always, will score you 100 points.

12 in all to have a go with at home. Good luck.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So we're looking for famous Spanish people and we have got...

I'll read those all very quickly one last time.

There we are, there are six clues to six famous Spanish people.

Now then, Richard. What do you make of that?

Not much, thank you very much, Alexander.

I'm not sure if I've got a surname right but I think the opera singer

-might be Montserrat Caballe.

-Montserrat Caballe.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.

Absolutely right.

12.

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12 for Montserrat Caballe or Ca-ba-yey.

-I don't know how you pronounce that.

-Yes, Montserrat Ca-ba-yey.

-Ca-ba-yey.

Had a hit with Barcelona which is also the theme tune to

-the 1992 Olympics.

-Excellent.

-Thank you, Richard.

-Now then, Clare.

Unfortunately, I did know that one.

I know everyone says that, but I did.

Of the others, the only one I know I think is going to be the most

obvious - Seve Ballesteros for the golfer who won The Open three times.

OK, Seve Ballesteros says Clare. Let's see if that's right

and those see how many people said Seve Ballesteros.

It's right.

44.

-Could be a lot worse, 44.

-Yes, a safe answer.

Much better than 100, Clare. Yeah, won the Open three times.

Won the Masters twice as well. The wonderful Seve Ballesteros.

-Very big hands. He could hold 11 golf balls in each hand.

-Very good.

Now then, Dan.

You're the last person to have this board of Spaniards.

Unfortunately, my brother is obsessed with Spain.

-He has gone there for six weeks.

-Why is that unfortunate?

He loves speaking Spanish.

I don't share his enthusiasm for the country,

but one of the ones that I think I do know is left and that's

Formula One World Champion - I'm going to go for Fernando Alonso.

Fernando Alonso.

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

Fernando Alonso.

17.

-Really not bad at all, Dan. 17 for Fernando Alonso.

-Well played, Dan.

A relief that it stayed on the board right till the end?

-Yeah, it was.

-He won in 2005, 2006 with Renault.

Let's take a look at the rest of the board.

The 16th century conquistador

who led the conquest of the Aztec empire was Cortes.

Hernan Cortes would have scored you 13 points.

The director of All About My Mother - Xander, do you know that?

-Yes, Almodovar.

-Pedro Almodovar.

How do you...?

-Is it Almoo-dover or Alma-dover, or...?

-Al-modovar, I've always said.

Three points, and the playwright who wrote The House of Bernarda Alba?

It's got Garcia in his name, it's the middle... I can't remember...

It's Lorca. Federico Garcia Lorca. That would have scored one point.

That's the best answer on the board so well done if you said that.

Thank you very much, Richard.

Halfway through the round, the scores...

Our very best score of that pass

was Richard's once again.

Looking very strong on 12. Up to 17 where we find Dan and Ollie.

Then up to 44, quite a hike up there where we find Clare and Sue.

Sue, a bit of pressure on you on the next pass.

Best of luck with that.

Coming back down the line now. Second players, please take your places at the podium.

OK, we're going to put six more clues on the board for famous Spanish people.

Here they come. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

Now remember, Ollie, we are looking for the famous Spanish person

described by each of these clues and you're looking

for the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

What do you reckon to that?

I know Don Quixote and I should know The Mask Of Zorro actor,

but I'm going to have to play it safe

and go for Enrique Iglesias for the singer.

OK, you're going to go for Enrique Iglesias.

The high scorers at the moment are Sue and Clare on 44, you're on 17.

If you can score 26 or less you're through to the head-to-head.

That is your red line.

Good luck. Enrique Iglesias - is it right?

Will it get Ollie below that red line?

Very well done. Oh, just, look at that, 24!

24 takes your total up to 41. You're in the head-to-head.

Well played, Ollie.

It's an answer in the previous round as well, Enrique Iglesias.

-It would have scored you one point in the previous round.

-Wow.

If you had gone the whole show and just said Enrique Iglesias you'd have got through to the head-to-head.

Now then, Sue. You're still the high scorers on 44.

We need a low-scoring answer from you here.

-What do you think of that board?

-I don't think you're going to get one!

Really?

I know I'm going to kick myself - the tennis champion -

but I can't think who it is, so I'm going to have to play safe

and say Antonio Banderas for The Mask of Zorro.

Antonio Banderas, says Sue.

No red line for you cos you're the high scorers.

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

how many of our 100 people said it?

It is right.

28, another high score.

Takes your total up to 72.

Yeah, a nervous time now, Sue. Antonio Banderas.

Banderas is Spanish for flags, so his name is Tony Flags.

-Altogether a better name. Tony Flags.

-Like a Ray Winstone type.

Yeah.

Now then, Lucy.

You're on 12, the highest scorers on 72 are Sue and Clare.

If you can score 59 or less

you're through to the next round.

-Do you know any of the answers on that board?

-No.

Really?

I feel like I should know the author of Don Quixote, but I don't.

And the tennis one - I want to say Nadal

but I don't know his first name.

I can't even think of a Spanish...

I don't even know if he's Spanish. This is a guess - Rafael Nadal?

I don't even know if he's Spanish, but it's my best shot!

OK, Rafael Nadal. Plucked out of thin air.

I think he might be French.

Let's just hope he's Spanish for now, shall we?

There is your red line.

If Rafael Nadal is right and gets you below that red line, you are through to the head-to-head.

Let's see, is it right? How many of our 100 people said Rafael Nadal, if it is?

It's right. And you're through to the head-to-head, very well done.

35.

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Absolutely brilliant, Lucy. Very well done indeed.

Inspiration came just in the nick of time.

I have no idea where that came from!

Scores you 35, takes your total up to 47.

Well done.

Well played, Lucy. Must have been in there somewhere, mustn't it?

-Nadal in Catalan means Christmas.

-Ah, no!

-So he's Ralph Christmas.

-Flags and Christmas.

-Yeah, that's nice. Tony Flags and Ralph Christmas.

-Aw.

-That's nice. Plays left-handed but was born right-handed.

His uncle Tony made him play left-handed cos he thought...

-His uncle Tony Flags?

-Tony Flags is not his uncle, unfortunately.

Tony Christmas is his uncle.

Oh, right.

Yeah, he thought it would be an advantage in the world of tennis.

-Seems to be working fairly well so far, doesn't it?

-Yeah.

Let's look at the rest of these.

The author of Don Quixote is...

Cervantes.

Yeah, Miguel de Cervantes. Would have scored you six points.

-The artist who painted The Persistence of Memory...

-Salvador Dali.

Absolutely right, 9. The best answer on the board.

The Double World Rally Championship winner which I won't come to you for.

-No idea!

-It's Carlos Sainz.

Very well done if you said Carlos Sainz.

Very good. Well, thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So at the end of Round Two, our losing pair with a high score of 72 -

-not that high a score...

-No.

But I'm afraid in the world of Spaniards that is a high score.

72 - yeah, that was tough! You had to go with Antonio Banderas.

When we went through the board did you suddenly find yourself thinking, "Actually, I did know that"?

-Yeah.

-Dali.

-Dali and Nadal.

-Yeah.

-But I blanked, unfortunately.

-Well, it happens. It happens a lot.

It's very hard. Particularly on your first appearance.

When people come back for a second appearance on Pointless,

that's when they tend to go right through to the final and carry off the trophy.

Lovely having you on the show.

We will see you again next time, Sue and Clare, and we look forward to that very much.

-Meantime, thanks so much for playing. Great contestants.

-Thanks.

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But for the two remaining pairs they're about to get one step closer to the final

and the chance of taking home the jackpot as we enter the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Lucy and Richard, Ollie and Dan.

You are now only one round away from the final and a chance

to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £7,250.

-AUDIENCE:

-Ooh!

Only one pair can play for that money and to decide which pair it's going to be

you're now going to go head-to-head.

This time you are allowed to confer.

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

-So, Lucy, what have we learnt today?

-Nadal is Spanish, not French!

More importantly, we've learnt to go with our gut.

-Ollie and Dan, what else have we learnt today?

-Try and not get 100!

Yeah, but anyway, listen, the head-to-head,

this is where all the rules change.

You are now allowed to put your heads together.

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

OK, here is your first question. And it concerns...

-Richard.

-We're going to show you five pictures now,

publicity shots or stills from Meryl Streep films.

Can you name the most obscure of these films, please?

Thanks very much, Richard. Let's reveal our five stills from Meryl Streep films and here they are.

We have got...

There we are, five Meryl Streep films.

Now, Lucy and Richard, you've played best throughout the show so far

so you get to answer first.

(I know three of them. C is Silkwood.)

We're going to go for C - Silkwood, Alexander.

Silkwood, you're going to go for. C - Silkwood.

There we are. Now, Ollie and Dan.

You have four films left to choose from.

In fact, you can also put another answer in for C

if you think that Richard and Lucy are wrong.

Talk us through the board if you like. Do all your chatting out loud.

We're pretty confident on A being Mamma Mia,

but I think as long as there's a few housewives in the 100,

we're probably not going to get that one any lower than C if it's right.

We're just trying to sort of see if we can get an answer for E

which we kind of half recognise.

Do we want to risk it or should we go for the safe one?

Based on the fact that we don't know any of the others...confidently,

we're going to go A and hope that they have made a horrible mistake.

-OK, you're going to go for A and say...

-A - Mamma Mia.

Mamma Mia, OK.

So we have C - Silkwood from Lucy and Richard.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many of our 100 people said Silkwood for C?

It's right.

10.

APPLAUSE

Very well done indeed. 10 for Silkwood.

Ollie and Dan are saying that A is Mamma Mia.

A - Mamma Mia.

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

67.

APPLAUSE

There we are, very well done.

Lucy and Richard, after one question you are up 1-0.

Yeah, Lucy and Richard are good, aren't they?

Good all the way through. Yeah, you had to go for the one you knew, guys.

B is the best answer up there, actually.

That is Postcards From The Edge. It would have scored you two points.

Very well done if you said that.

Do you know D?

It's The French Lieutenant's Woman.

Yeah, I should have known that, for heaven's sake!

That would have scored you 20 points.

And E - guys, what were you going to say for E?

I think it's something like Truth or Guilt.

Yeah, you're not a million miles away, it's Doubt.

Doubt is the answer,

so the right ballpark.

Would have scored four points.

A really good answer, would have won you the point.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. OK, here comes your second question.

Ollie and Dan, this is your chance to get back in the game.

You have to win this question, though, to do that. Our second question concerns...

Green food. Richard.

Yes, simply going to show you five anagrams now of foods

which are commonly green.

Can you unscramble them and choose the most obscure?

OK, thanks, Richard.

Let's reveal our five green food anagrams and here they are. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we go. Five anagrams of green fruit.

Ollie and Dan, you can have a moment or two to think and then you go first.

Ah, yeah, I think we're going to go with CRUMB CUE for CUCUMBER.

OK, CUCUMBER - CRUMB CUE, say Ollie and Dan.

Lucy and Richard, talk us through the board if you can.

I'm quite proud. TAUT GNOME - MANGETOUT, I think.

I don't know if MANGETOUT is green but I quite like anagrams, so...

-KIWI FRUIT at the bottom.

-Oh, yeah! I don't know what ERECT GOUT is.

MANGETOUT is green, isn't it?

Yeah. MANGETOUT.

MANGETOUT you are going to say for TAUT GNOME.

So we have CUCUMBER and MANGETOUT.

Ollie and Dan said CUCUMBER, let's see if that's right

and if it is, how many people said it? CUCUMBER.

Absolutely right.

72.

APPLAUSE

Lucy and Richard have gone for MANGETOUT for TAUT GNOME.

Let's see if that's right, if it is, how many people said it?

This to decide whether or not Ollie and Dan stay with us

or whether or not Lucy and Richard go through to the final.

Oh, well done!

22.

APPLAUSE

Very well done. Lucy and Richard, after only two questions you are through to the final 2-0.

Yeah, tough luck, Ollie and Dan. Met a bit of a steamroller there.

Very well played. You've taken us through a few of the others as well.

APE obviously is PEA. That would have scored you 92.

That shows what anagrams, you know...

WIKI IF RUT - you're right, Richard - it's KIWI FRUIT.

That would have been a better answer, actually,

that would have scored you 12 and the best answer is ERECT GOUT.

Do you know that one?

-Courgette.

-Absolutely, it's the best answer up there, actually.

It would have scored seven points.

Very good. Thanks, Richard.

Our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head,

it's Ollie and Dan.

You've played well throughout, nice consistent answering.

Then you came up against the steamroller that is Lucy and Richard

who I'm afraid have just been our low scorers every single round.

We will see you again next time

and I'm sure you'll do just as well, if not better.

We look forward to that. Ollie and Dan, thanks so much for playing.

APPLAUSE

But for Lucy and Richard, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Lucy and Richard, you've fought off all the competition

and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £7,250.

-AUDIENCE:

-Ooh!

I think we've tested you pretty well today.

We started off with 21st-century singles, bestselling singles,

then we had Spanish people, then we had Meryl Streep,

then we had green food.

Is there anything else we haven't really tapped yet?

Em, my specialist subject is Harry Potter.

So that would be great for the final then?

Yeah, slightly embarrassing, but I'm a bit obsessed.

Like, if it was a character list or something, I'd be in there.

Right, OK, so anything to do with Harry Potter?

Not ANYTHING to do with Harry Potter,

but I've got a broad range, you know? It's a good...

I'm well studied!

OK, well, the pair of you have done so well so far,

it's been a clean sweep the whole way through.

It looks pretty good for this round. Very, very best of luck.

The rules are very simple.

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

do that and you will go home with that £7,250.

Firstly, you've got to choose a category. Here are your five options. They are...

Not Hip-Hop Stars, definitely not Hip-Hop Stars.

Not Basketball Stars!

-I'd be tempted by Children's Books.

-There's books, OK.

Harry Potter is a children's book, kind of. Or Film Trilogies.

-Children's Books, I think, probably.

-D'you think?

-Oh, I feel like it's down to me now.

-No, I was a child once as well!

-OK, yeah, Children's Books.

-Children's Books it is.

OK, let's find out what the question is. Very best of luck.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...

Richard.

Yes, we are looking for any of the Mr Men or Little Miss characters whose

name is Mr or Little Miss followed by a word beginning with S, please.

We are just looking for any of the official books published

under the name Roger Hargreaves as listed on their website.

So any of the Mr Men or Little Miss characters whose name

begins with S up to the beginning of 2012.

And we will need you to specify

whether it's a Mr or a Little Miss and the answer you're giving us.

Very best of luck.

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that £7,250 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yep.

-OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

-There they are, your time starts now.

-Sunshine, Little Miss Sunshine.

-Is there a Sleepy?

-Well, it's worth a try.

Mr Sleepy maybe? I don't know.

-Sneezy?

-Don't know. I can think of plenty that aren't Ss.

-Mr Bump was my favourite, but...

-Mr Smelly maybe?

Maybe!

Would it be Little Miss? No, it wouldn't... Mr Smelly.

-But it's a guess.

-Mr Spaniard! I don't know! Probably not.

What are characteristics? Smiley? Little Miss Smiley? Little Miss Smiley maybe?

-Think there's only one Little Miss, isn't there?

-What, ever?

-Little Miss Sunshine.

-She's not the only Little Miss.

-OK, well...

-Square, there's a square guy.

-Mr Square?

I don't know if he's called Mr Square, that sounds a bit stupid.

-That's a good one, Square, Sunshine...

-Sunshine won't be zero.

It's right, but it won't be zero. We've only got 12 seconds. Aah!

Ten seconds left.

-Well, we've got to put one in right.

-OK, Little Miss Sunshine.

-Mr Square.

-Mr Smelly.

-OK!

-OK, there are your three.

OK, time is now up.

We were looking for Mr Men and Little Miss characters beginning with S.

I now need your three answers.

-Little Miss Sunshine.

-Little Miss Sunshine.

She's definitely one.

-Mr Square.

-Mr Square.

The well-known cartoon character(!) And Mr Smelly?

And Mr Smelly.

Of those three,

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

-Mr Square, probably.

-Mr Square do you think? OK.

-Or Mr Smelly.

Little Miss Sunshine won't be pointless.

But she's definitely right, let's get some points on the board.

-We'll put her first.

-She is our first one.

-OK, she can go first.

Which one do you want to put last? Your most likely to be pointless.

-You choose.

-Mr Square. I can imagine a square red man.

I can see a square red man. He might be called Mr Square.

-He might not be!

-So we'll put him last. There we are.

Let's pop those up on the board in that order and here they are. We have got...

OK, we were looking for Mr Men and Little Miss Characters beginning with S.

Little Miss Sunshine was your first answer.

You're pretty sure this is right.

In fact, I think this is the only one you were confident was right,

-but you think it unlikely to be pointless.

-Yeah.

Well, let's find out. Little Miss Sunshine.

You only have to find one pointless answer, remember, to win that jackpot.

So for £7,250, let's see how many people said Little Miss Sunshine.

It's right.

How far down is it going to go? It's still going down through the 50s.

You've reached the halfway mark and beyond.

24.

APPLAUSE

24 for Little Miss Sunshine.

So unfortunately, that's not a pointless answer.

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

Were one of these two remaining answers to be pointless

and you were to win that jackpot of £7,250,

what would you do with that money, Lucy?

I would probably buy a car.

I saw online a little old-fashioned Mini with the racing stripes

-and I'd love one. But I'm not that confident! So...

-Richard?

-Well, I'm in need of a full Viking regalia.

-Of course you are!

-Gold and silver...helmet would look good.

-There you are.

OK, well, we were looking for Mr Men and Little Miss characters

beginning with S, let's hope nobody said your next character, Mr Smelly.

Let's also hope Mr Smelly is right.

Oh, that's a book, if that hasn't yet been written, surely!

Anyway, this has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £7,250.

So let's see, how many people said Mr Smelly?

Oh!

-Mr Stinky!

-Bad luck. Bad luck, an incorrect answer.

So you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

So Mr Smelly didn't exist.

Mind you, I can't picture what Mr Smelly would look like.

-I'm pretty sure I'd definitely know what Mr Square would look like.

-Yeah!

We're looking for Mr Men and Little Miss characters beginning with S.

Your final answer was Mr Square.

You were confident that if this was right it might be pointless.

Who would think of Mr Square?

OK, well, to win that jackpot of £7,250 this has to be pointless.

So let's find out - is Mr Square right? Is it pointless?

How many people said it?

APPLAUSE

Well, unfortunately you didn't manage to find

that all-important pointless answer,

which means you don't win today's jackpot of £7,250

which rolls over onto the next show.

But you have been fantastic contestants

and you do, of course, get to take home our Pointless trophy. So very well done.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, I think the Mr Square character you're thinking of is Mr Strong...

-Oh, yeah.

-..who was a red square. He would have scored nine points.

Mr Smelly - there's no Mr Smelly

but five of our 100 people made the same mistake.

They also named Mr Smelly, but he doesn't exist I'm afraid.

Only three pointless answers. I'll go through some of the lower ones.

Mr Slow would have scored you three. Mr Snow would have scored you two.

Then a load of Little Misses - Little Miss Scatterbrain, Splendid and Star all would have scored you one.

Here are the three pointless answers. These would have won you the money.

Little Miss Scary - she likes horror films and scaring people.

Little Miss Somersault and Little Miss Stubborn.

All of those would have won you the jackpot.

Very well done to anybody of any age who got any of those at home.

Thanks, Richard. Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Lucy and Richard,

but it's been great having you on the show. Thank you both so much for playing. Great contestants.

APPLAUSE

So nobody's won our jackpot today which means it rolls over onto the next show

when we will be playing for £8,250.

-AUDIENCE:

-Ooh!

Join us then to see if someone can win it.

-It's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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