Episode 50 Pointless

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless, putting obscure knowledge to the test.

Let's meet today's players.

-And couple number one...

-I am Sean, this is Mike. We're friends from Sussex Uni.

-Couple number two?

-I'm Joanne, this is Marina. We're dog walking friends.

-Couple number three?

-I'm Daniella, this is Briony. We're flatmates from London.

-And couple number four?

-I'm Sarah and this is my daughter, Lottie. We're from Canterbury.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks. We'll find out more about you.

There's only one person left to introduce. His new fragrance, Obscurity for Men, is out

-massively outselling my scent, Desperation. It's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya.

Hi, everybody.

-Afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you.

-Only one returning pair.

Mike and Sean were quite unlucky. I think they're quite bright.

-And we welcome six new players, all female. Nice.

-That is nice.

-Six newcomers, all ladies.

-Very good.

-Mike and Sean, the classy thing would be to throw this,

but you play it however you want. That would be a nice thing to do.

-That's a really good excuse for them.

-Depends if we're gentlemen.

Well, we'll discover.

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

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers they didn't get. Everyone wants a pointless answer

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

Alan and Donna didn't win it last time, so we add another £1,000 and today start off with £2,000.

OK, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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

The pair with the highest score will be eliminated.

Our first category today is... Shakespeare.

Shakespeare. Can you all decide who's going first and who's second?

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

OK, let's find out the question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Shakespeare tragedy and history plays as they could.

-Richard?

-Any play listed as a tragedy or history in Shakespeare's First Folio.

Any tragedy or history. Where a play is in more than one part, we need the part name as well.

Any Shakespearean history or tragedy. Very best of luck.

Thank you. OK, welcome back, Mike. Good to have you back. What happened last time?

Em, we went out on Round Two. We had UK politics.

Prime Ministers that served longer than five years. I went with Tony Blair. Should have taken a punt.

Well, it was a high score. It was a high score.

75 for Tony Blair. Whereas Sean came in fantastically low with Lord Palmerston.

So then, Mike, put that behind us.

-Remind us what you do.

-I'm a student at Sussex University studying Computer Science.

-So, Shakespeare - how good is your knowledge?

-It's not great!

-Tragedy and history plays.

-Em, yeah, I think going first may be a slight advantage here.

-If the obvious ones go, I'm a bit knackered, I think!

-OK.

I'm going to go with... Richard III.

Richard III says Mike. Is it right? How many people said it?

Absolutely right.

22.

-22 for Richard III. 22, Richard.

-Good start.

-Written around about 1592.

-Now then, Joanne.

-Welcome to Pointless. You're dog walking pals.

-We are, yes.

-What's your dog?

-I have two Lurchers. One's called Archie, one's Sadie.

Very good. And what do you like to get up to when not walking dogs?

I'm involved with my son's rugby club. So I spend some time helping with the running of that.

-What are you in charge of for that?

-The fixtures.

-Very important.

-Without knowing a thing about rugby!

-How long's he been playing for?

-Just a year.

-You'll pick it up. It'll be fine.

-Now Shakespeare tragedies and histories.

-I can think of one that was performed locally.

-I'm just hoping it's a tragedy. Measure For Measure.

-How did it go down locally?

I was trying to remember if people were laughing or crying!

Measure For Measure. Measure For Measure says Joanne.

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

Oh, bad luck! It might have been a tragedy when you saw it, but that's not how he wrote it.

-That's an incorrect answer and scores you 100 points.

-Quite a way to deliver a bad review!

It's a comedy, Measure For Measure.

Yeah. Now then, Briony, welcome to Pointless.

-What do you do?

-I'm a medical student at UCL.

-What year?

-I'm in 5th year now. Almost done.

-One more year to go.

-Yes.

-Very good.

-Do you know what medicine you will specialise in?

-I don't know yet. I'm thinking maybe GP.

-Maybe GP.

Nice and general, good. What do you like getting up to?

I like baking. I'm not very good at it, but I do like to bake.

-Also I like McFly a lot.

-I love a bit of McFly, as you know. I often talk about McFly.

-Yeah. I like McFly. You've introduced me to McFly.

-Good.

-And Harry Judd's been on this show.

He stood on that very podium with his mum, so there you are. Now then, Briony,

tragedy or history plays of Shakespeare. How do we feel?

Not great, but I think I know a Shakespeare play. I'm not sure if it's a tragedy or history

or how to pronounce it, but I'll give it a go. Coriolanus?

Coriolanus. Or "Cor-aye-o-lanus" as I've heard somebody call it.

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

Absolutely right.

22's our best score so far.

You've cleared that very easily. Two! Wonderful answer.

Coriolanus.

Good score, Briony. Ralph Fiennes directed a film of it in 2011 and played Coriolanus.

Absolutely. Now., Sarah, welcome to Pointless. Lovely to have you here. What do you do, Sarah?

-I'm a bookshop manager for antiquarian books.

-That's fun! How long have you done that?

-About three years now.

-Wow. So you have lots of rare first editions.

-Absolutely.

-Any Shakespeare folios there?

-Yeah, which is why I should know more than I can think of!

-What's the most expensive book you've ever sold?

-Personally, I think a Jules Verne first edition.

-I sold it for £15,000.

-Wow. That's a big book token you need for that!

-Yeah!

-Fantastic. Very exciting indeed.

-Now Shakespeare tragedy or history plays.

-I think I'm going to play reasonably safe.

It might be quite high, but Othello.

Othello, says Sarah. Is that right? How many people said Othello?

It's right.

30.

30 for Othello.

Good, solid start. Patrick Stewart always wanted to play Othello. It's usually a black actor.

A New York director did an entire black production of Othello with Patrick Stewart in the middle.

-That's good.

-Quite clever.

-Very good. Thanks.

We're halfway through. Two is the best score of that pass by a margin, Briony. Very well done.

Coriolanus. Brilliant answer. Then up to 22 for Mike and Sean,

30 for Sarah and Lottie and then I'm so sorry - Measure For Measure.

-Where was this production, Joanne?

-I don't want to say!

Well, Joanne and Marina, you're on 100. It may not be the last 100 of the round.

But if that's the case, Marina, we need a low score from you.

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

We're looking for any of Shakespeare's tragedy or history plays. Lottie...

There you are on 30. You want to score as few as you can.

-Before we do that, what do you do?

-I'm an admin assistant at a graphic designer's.

-What sort of things do you design?

-I don't design, but it's a greetings card company. I type the verses.

-Oh, that's fun! Do you make them up?

-Sometimes, but they don't usually get used!

-Really?

Oh, that's got to be fun, making up those verses.

-Have you made one up for a Pointless card?

-I haven't yet.

-I can give you a couple of minutes.

-LAUGHTER

The high scorers are Marina and Joanne on 100. You are on 30.

69 or less will see you through to the next round for sure.

It's not my strongest subject. I have two that are really obvious.

-So I'm going to go for Hamlet.

-Hamlet, says Lottie. Hamlet.

Here is your red line. Get below that with Hamlet and you avoid becoming the high scorers.

Is that right? How many said Hamlet?

Absolutely right.

And you're through. Very well done. 51.

-81 your total.

-A reassuringly high score for Hamlet. Over half could name it.

Now then, Daniella. And what do you do?

-I'm also a medical student.

-Also fifth year?

-Yeah.

-Looking at general practice?

-I'm not really sure. Something in a hospital.

-Good.

Good place to be working as a doctor. You're on two. The high scorers are on 100,

Marina and Joanne. 97 or less will stop you from becoming the new high scorers.

-I'm trying to decide whether to play it safe or take a risk.

-I think you can afford to take a risk.

-I'm not 100% sure. King John?

-King John, says Daniella.

Here is your red line. Let's see if King John is right and how many people said it.

That's a brilliant answer, Daniella.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if this went...

Oh! Not quite all the way down. Very well done.

You've halved Briony's already low score. Takes your total up to three.

I could hear the admiration in your voice as you repeated that answer.

-Like a very pleased teacher.

-Yeah.

-Was that your risky one?

-Yeah, I wasn't sure.

-Very well played.

-Very good. Now, Marina.

Marina... Well, there's a possibility the outcome could be this -

you could get a really good low score along the lines of King John,

and maybe Sean scores something that everybody's heard of. That's one possible outcome.

Whatever happens, it relies on you having a nice low score here. Did you go to Measure For Measure?

-I might have done!

-And you've forgotten it?!

-Oh, a couple too many wines at half-time.

-Might be, yeah!

-Maybe.

-LAUGHTER

I'll go for - and I don't even know if it is one - Henry IV.

-Henry IV.

-Yes.

-Simply. Henry IV, says Marina.

Henry IV. You are the high scorers. There's no red line for you.

Just hope it goes all the way down. Is it right? How many people said Henry IV?

Bad luck, Marina! I'm sorry.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. It scores 100 points and takes your total up to 200.

-There's a reason why. Richard will tell you at the end.

-I will, after the last guys have had a go.

Sean, now then, here's good news. You're in Round Two.

Knowing that, why not see if you can find a really good low score? How are you on Shakespeare?

Not great. I've got all the obvious ones. I'm trying to think of a pointless one.

-I suppose I can gamble.

-And if you find a pointless answer, you'll add 250 quid to the jackpot.

-That's a nice thing to do.

-OK.

-I'm going to go for Tristan and Isolde.

-Tristan and Isolde says Sean. Tristan and Isolde.

There's no red line for you. Let's see if Tristan and Isolde is right and how many people said it.

Bad luck. Bad luck, Sean.

An incorrect answer. Scores you the maximum 100 points,

-but it doesn't matter. You're through.

-Not a Shakespeare play. It's a Wagner opera.

-It would have been a terrific answer.

-In the opera round!

If Round Two is the operas of Richard Wagner, go first and say that again.

Just to clear up, Marina, he did write Henry IV, but we needed the part.

He did Henry IV Part 1 and Part 2.

It would have scored 7 or 5 points. There were pointless answers, four, in fact.

Cymbeline would have been a pointless answer. Then Henry VI Part 1 and Part 2,

Henry's Revenge!

Then Henry VI Part 3, the first one they did in 3D.

It wasn't very successful, but he was experimenting.

Let's look at the top three answers that most of our people said.

Hamlet, which Lottie gave us, 51.

Then Romeo and Juliet, 52. What do you think is top?

-Macbeth?

-Absolutely right. It would have scored 57.

Thank you very much indeed. So at the end of our first round, our losing pair with 200,

newest members of the 200 Club, are Marina and Joanne.

Measure For Measure. Good play and quite an obscure play.

In a normal round, if it only had a slightly different ending, it would have been a lovely low score.

-We look forward to seeing you next time. Thanks very much for playing. Great contestants.

-Thank you.

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 one pair leaves after this round.

Mike and Sean, I saw what you did. I take my hat off to you. Tristan and Isolde - what a gent!

-They really tried to throw it.

-"Oh, a Wagner opera, is it?"

-Yeah.

That was decent. Like Walter Raleigh putting his cloak over that puddle.

-Absolutely solid gold class, guys.

-But even though you took that fall, they still had to go with 200.

-If it was possible to beat 200, we would have done it.

-I know.

I'm impressed. Well done. Gallant.

Very best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...Famous Last Words.

Famous Last Words.

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

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

OK, and the question concerns...

-Last Words and Epitaphs. Richard?

-It's a nice round, this.

On each pass we'll give you six last words or epitaphs of famous people. Can you tell us who they are?

-There's 12 in all to have a go at at home. Good luck.

-Thanks.

We're looking for the person with whom these famous last words are famously associated.

-And here is our first board.

-HE READS THE LIST

I'll read these all one last time.

There we are. Six last words or epitaphs.

-Mike.

-Clueless

-on this one.

-It's not quite as easy as I was thinking it would be.

OK, OK, OK.

I'm saying, "A genius of comedy. His talent brought joy and laughter to all the world,"

-my guess is Oliver Hardy.

-Oliver Hardy, Mike says. Is it right, Oliver Hardy?

It absolutely is. Very well done. Let's see how many people said it.

29.

-29.

-Good work, Mike. Oliver Hardy is a terrific answer.

Someone told me a story of how when he was little he'd been to see Oliver Hardy at a theatre in London

and after the show he'd given his parents the slip and run round the back of the theatre

to find his hero, Oliver Hardy.

Slightly naughtily, he snuck into his dressing room as he was taking his make-up off.

And Oliver Hardy just sat down and talked to him for five minutes. He said he was the sweetest guy.

He was aged eight or nine and in trouble with his parents.

He said, "I'd better go." It was only six months before Oliver Hardy died and Hardy said,

"Tom..." and he waved at him with his tie.

-Isn't that the sweetest thing?

-He was supposed to be lovely.

-Yeah, meant to be. There we are.

-Daniella...

-Right, there's only one there that I think I actually know.

I think, "The best is yet to come," was Frank Sinatra.

Frank Sinatra you are saying, 1998.

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

Absolutely right.

21.

21. Our lowest score so far. Very well done, Daniella.

One of the last songs he ever sung and it's on his tombstone.

Now then, Lottie, what do you make of this board? You can fill in all the blanks for us.

I only know one. I think I know one.

I think the top one is Karl Marx, but I think it'll be quite high.

"Workers of all lands, unite!"

That's a cracker. Karl Marx. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many said it.

Absolutely right.

31.

Again, not a bad score at all. Well done, Lottie.

Kept yourself in the game there. On his grave at Highgate Cemetery.

-He'd be gutted, wouldn't he, now?

-Particularly in this company.

"That was a great game of golf, fellas!" from what I assume is Bing.

That is Bing Crosby. 24 points. Wouldn't it be lovely if those were your final words? That's nice.

-Who said, "I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis"?

-It's Humphrey Bogart.

Absolutely right. Two points. And, "She did it the hard way"?

-Bette Davis?

-Absolutely right. Nine. So the best was Humphrey Bogart.

Well done if you said that.

We're halfway through the round.

21, there we are, Daniella and Briony doing it again.

Up to 29 where we find Mike and Sean and then 21, Lottie and Sarah. All very, very close scores,

particularly between Sarah and Sean in the next pass. Very close.

Can the second players please step up to the podium?

OK, we're going to put six more last words or epitaphs on the board.

-We have got...

-HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one final time.

There we are. We're looking for the person with whom these last words or epitaphs was associated.

Sarah, you're the high scorers on 31. We need a really good choice.

I know three or four and I'm not sure which one to go for.

I think I'll go with, "I told you I was ill." Spike Milligan.

Spike Milligan, 2002. Let's see if that's right. There's no red line for you.

How many people said Spike Milligan?

Very good indeed.

29. Very well done.

-That takes your total up to 60.

-Well done, Sarah.

-A great gag to go out on.

-That is the best of all epitaphs.

Where he's buried, Chichester, they wouldn't allow it on his tombstone. It's written in Gaelic.

-They disapproved of it. That seems a shame, doesn't it?

-Yeah! There we are.

OK, now then, Briony. Lovely low score from Daniella.

Let's see if we can keep that up. The high scorers are Lottie and Sarah on 60.

If you can score 38 or less, you're through to the Head to Head.

OK, I'm not entirely sure, but I'm going to go for the first one.

"Free at last, free at last." Martin Luther King?

Martin Luther King, says Briony. Is that right? Here's your red line.

Get below that and you're through. How many said Martin Luther King?

Well, it's right.

And you're in the Head to Head. Very well done. 29, your score.

-50, your total.

-This is a close round.

-Isn't it?

I would have thought he'd score more with the initials, MLK.

There we are. OK, now then, Sean, the board is all yours.

The high scorers are still on 60. You're on 29. Score 30 or less and you're in the Head to Head.

I'm really not sure on any of them.

I guess I'll have to go, "Everybody loves somebody sometime,"

-Dean Martin?

-Dean Martin, says Sean, for, "Everybody loves somebody sometime."

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

There is your red line. How many people said Dean Martin?

It's right.

You've done it! Very well done. 23.

Oh, that was close. 52, your total.

-Wow.

-Dean Martin and Oliver Hardy did the job for you guys.

Yeah, it's a song he used to sing. Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime.

-Is that a Rat Pack thing to have one of your songs on your tombstone?

-Frank Sinatra did and he did.

Let's look at the rest of these. "That's all, folks." A nice one.

That's Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. That's on his tombstone.

-That is nice.

-It would have scored 17 points.

"Here lies one whose name was writ in water." It's a poet.

-Oh, John Keats.

-Absolutely right. It would have scored three.

And, "Get my swan costume ready"? It's a dancer.

-Oh, it's Pavlova.

-Anna Pavlova. Absolutely right. Nine points. Keats is the best answer there.

Thanks, Richard. So at the end of Round Two, our losing pair on 60 - not a bad score at all -

but Lottie and Sarah you are just the highest.

We'll see you again next time. Thanks so much for playing.

But for the two remaining pairs, it's one step closer to the final

as we enter the Head to Head.

Congratulations, Briony, Daniella, Mike and Sean. You are one round from playing for our jackpot

which currently stands at £2,000.

Only one pair can play for that money. We've got to decide which pair, so now you go head to head,

but you're now allowed to confer. The first pair to win two questions will play for that jackpot.

Mike, Sean, the second question will be your turn to go first.

Just knock it out. That's all I'm saying. Tristan and Isolde.

Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the Head to Head.

Here comes your first question. And it concerns... aerial views of cities.

-Richard?

-We'll show you five aerial views of cities. Now you need to name the city. Good luck.

OK, so let's reveal our five cities from the sky.

There we are. Five cities seen from the air.

Briony and Daniella, you get to go first.

OK, we're going to play it safe. There's a few we're not sure about.

We're just going to go for D. We think it's New York.

D, New York, say Briony and Daniella. D, New York.

Mike and Sean, talk us through it.

Em, I think we'll have to take a punt here. What do you reckon?

We're going to say E and we're going to say it's Paris.

E, Paris, say Mike and Sean. E, Paris.

Briony and Daniella have said New York City, D. Is New York right? How many people said it?

It's right.

67 for New York.

Now then, Mike and Sean have taken a bit of a punt and have said E, Paris.

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

It's right.

And you win that question.

-29.

-Well done, mate.

Very well done, Mike and Sean. You are up one-nil. Richard?

That image of Paris is taken from the top of the Eiffel Tower

and the image of New York is from the Empire State Building.

A is from the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur.

That would have scored you nothing. Very well done if you said that.

B is taken from the top of the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai.

That would have scored you 22.

And C is taken in Florence.

-It's beautiful.

-Isn't it?

-It would have scored nine points.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Here comes your second question.

Briony and Daniella, you need to win this one.

It concerns... John Cleese.

-John Cleese, Richard?

-Five clues to facts about John Cleese. Give us the most obscure answer.

Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five clues. Here they are.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read all of those again.

There we are. Five clues to facts about John Cleese. Mike and Sean, you go first.

We're going to go for the first Bond film

-and say The World Is Not Enough.

-The World Is Not Enough, say Mike and Sean.

His first Bond film. Now, Briony and Daniella, talk us through the board,

-bearing in mind you have to win this question to stay in.

-Em...

I'm not really sure of any, but seaside town birthplace.

-Fawlty Towers is set in Torquay.

-We could say Torquay.

I think it's Torquay.

-Shall we go with that?

-Shall we go with Torquay anyway?

-Torquay.

Torquay, say Briony and Daniella. His seaside town birthplace.

Mike and Sean, The World Is Not Enough. Is that right?

It's right. Very well done.

It's a low score. Oh, wow!

Three. Very well done indeed, Mike and Sean.

That's fantastic.

Now then, Briony and Daniella, you have said Torquay was his seaside town birthplace.

Is that right? How many said it?

Oh, bad luck! Bad luck.

You'd have a job beating three.

Torquay is not the right answer,

which means, Mike and Sean, you are through to the final, 2-0.

It was the best answer on the board.

He married Connie Booth, who was his co-writer. 27 points.

His seaside town birthplace was Weston-Super-Mare. 15 points.

-His father's original surname?

-Cheese.

-Cheese, yes. His father was called Reginald Cheese.

-8 points. And the name of his 2011 tour?

-Alimony.

-The Alimony Tour. It would have scored 6 points.

The World Is Not Enough, couldn't have done better.

Thanks. So our losing pair is Briony and Daniella.

You performed so well. The great news for us is we see you again,

otherwise you'd have gone through to the final and that would be it. Thanks so much for playing.

But for Mike and Sean it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Mike and Sean. You fought off all the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot which stands at £2,000.

You've done so well, guys. Really consistent good play there.

The only blot on the copybook being Tristan and Isolde, but if you have a bad answer

it's a very cultured bad answer. Very, very good.

We're not fooling anyone with this, "We're guessing" act, are we?

It's fine, guys, but it leaves a slightly sour taste in the mouth.

-As pair of women after pair of women has been sent home.

-Yeah.

What have you to say for yourselves?

The World Is Not Enough was great. Did you know that for sure?

-No, complete guess.

-I thought it was Die Another Day and Sean said it was the one before.

-I knew The World Is Not Enough was before that. We worked it out.

-That's teamwork.

-What would you like to see come up?

-Katie Price, maybe.

-If it comes up on the board, I dare you to go Katie Price.

-No.

-We like the comedy ones. We do quite well on them.

-Music if it's not pop music.

-That would be good. Rock or indie. Something like that.

-OK.

Very best of luck. The rules are very simple.

All you have to do is find a pointless answer. Just one. Do that and you go home with £2,000.

First, choose a category. Here are your five options.

-There's only two we'd stand a chance on. I don't think it's Wimbledon.

-You want to go rock albums?

-Yeah.

-It could be Bon Jovi or something.

-They wouldn't do that to us.

-Rock albums.

-We owe it to ourselves.

-OK.

-Before we find out the question, in the world of rock,

-what would you like it to be?

-Rolling Stones albums would be good.

-Yeah.

-There's a lot of albums there.

-Some classic rock. Led Zeppelin. Something like that.

-OK.

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

-We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Rolling Stones albums as they could.

-You're kidding!

-There we go. Richard?

-We want the name of any Rolling Stones album that reached the top 100

from 1964 through to 2012, please. Greatest hits albums are allowed, but no American-only albums.

Any Rolling Stones album. Very best of luck, guys. That never happens.

Yeah, never. Right. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win £2,000 is for just one answer to be pointless.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

I'll come right out and say I only know one. Go on, then.

Em, OK. There's a really early one that was weird and psychedelic.

-Their Satanic Majesties Request.

-OK.

-Not many people know that.

We'll go for a recent one.

The one that sold the worst, I think, was Bridges To Babylon.

-So Bridges To Babylon.

-OK.

-Then... I know every album,

-it's just...

-Well, I've never heard of those two.

Shall I go for early stuff? '80s? Recent stuff?

-The most recent album is A Bigger Bang.

-I don't think...

-Stay away from the most recent one.

-OK.

-Go further back.

-One more.

-10 seconds left.

Em, OK.

-I think I've got three.

-OK.

OK, that is time up. We were looking for Rolling Stones albums.

I now need your three answers.

-Right. Their Satanic Majesties Request.

-Their Satanic Majesties Request.

-Bridges To Babylon.

-Bridges To Babylon. And...?

-Voodoo Lounge.

-Voodoo Lounge. OK. Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-Their Satanic Majesties Request.

-We'll put that last. Which is your least likely?

-Voodoo Lounge.

-We'll put it first. OK, let's put those up on the board in that order. Here they are.

We were looking for Rolling Stones albums. Your first answer, Voodoo Lounge, was your least confident.

You only need one pointless answer to win that jackpot. £2,000 could be yours.

Voodoo Lounge has to be correct and pointless. Let's see if it is. How many people said Voodoo Lounge?

Well, it's absolutely right.

This is your first shot at that jackpot of £2,000.

If this goes down to zero, you leave with that money.

Four!

OK. Four. Not a bad score at all.

And that was your first answer, the least likely to be pointless.

You only have two more chances to win that jackpot of £2,000.

£2,000, a grand each. What would you do with it, Mike?

We've talked about going to Japan for the longest time now.

As soon as we both get our degrees over with, we'll start saving and leave as soon as we can.

So that would be a great help.

-Stay there as long as we can, really.

-Very good.

-Sean, anything else?

-Well, it's boring, but pay off a bit of the student loan, maybe.

-I'd rather do something more fun.

-Everyone wants to go to Japan these days.

-Have you been there, Richard?

-I'm a giant here! Imagine over there.

-LAUGHTER

-God...

-They'd summon Godzilla within 15 minutes of me landing.

-Yeah, they would.

OK, we are looking for Rolling Stones albums. Let's hope nobody said Bridges To Babylon.

This has to be pointless to win that jackpot of £2,000. How many people said Bridges To Babylon?

OK, well, it's right.

Voodoo Lounge went all the way down to four.

Bridges To Babylon. Still going down. Single figures.

Passes four... Three! All going in the right direction.

OK. Three for Bridges To Babylon.

You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot. Everything rides on Their Satanic Majesties Request.

You had no bother putting this as your last answer. You were sure that this was your best shot.

OK, to win that jackpot of £2,000, it has to be pointless. Let's see. Their Satanic Majesties Request.

Is it a pointless answer? Best of luck.

It's right!

Voodoo Lounge took us down to four.

Bridges To Babylon took us to three. Their Satanic Majesties Request.

Down it goes... Still going.

Two!

Wow. Three fantastic answers there. Three fantastic low scores.

Sadly, only pointless scores matter

so you don't win today's jackpot of £2,000, which rolls over onto the next show.

You've been brilliant contestants and you do take home a Pointless trophy. Very well done.

That was unlucky. Three terrific answers there.

The biggest scorers were Sticky Fingers, Let It Bleed, Beggars Banquet, Exile On Main Street.

All of their big studio albums scored points. Let's take a look at the pointless answers.

-There you go!

-Flashpoint, 1991. Do you know Flashpoint?

-Yeah.

-He just said it!

So sorry. Get Stoned, Metamorphosis, which was lots of out-takes of songs from the '70s.

No Security, Rock 'n' Rolling Stones, Rolled Gold. An unauthorised compilation that sold a shedload.

There was a follow-up as well that was pointless. Shine A Light, the soundtrack to the film,

made in 2008 by Scorsese. Story of the Stones and Stripped. Very well done if you got those.

-Sorry you didn't get there.

-Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Mike and Sean.

You knew a number of those, didn't you?

It's been brilliant having you. Thank you both for playing. Great contestants, Mike and Sean!

Very sadly, Mike and Sean didn't win our jackpot today, so it rolls over

and we'll be playing for £3,000.

-Join us then. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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