Episode 6 Pointless

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

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test. Let's meet today's players.

Couple number one.

Hello, my name's Jonathan, this is my girlfriend Ellen and we come from Hull.

And couple number two?

Hi, my name's Jeff, this is my brother Mike. We're both East Enders originally.

Couple number three.

My name's Sue, and this is my friend Clare, and we're from Woking in Surrey.

And our fourth and final couple.

Hi, I'm Ollie, this is my good friend Dan from secondary school. We're both from Dorset.

And these are our contestants.

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We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show. There's only

one person left to introduce. This is like a driving test of obscurity,

you've done the theory, this is the practical. It's time to meet

your examiner, it's my Pointless friend - it's Richard!

Hiya. Hi, everyone.

I wish I'd had an examiner like you when I did my driving test.

I can't drive, I wouldn't be a very good examiner.

How are you this afternoon?

-Very well.

-It should be a great show. Three of the pairs

we've had on before - we've only got one new pair and that's Mike and Jeff.

Now, one person today on our line-up, you have to guess who it is,

has swum the Channel.

-One person has swum the Channel...

-Uh-huh.

OK, I will keep an eye open for that.

You're not allowed to ask.

-I'm not allowed to ask?

-Well, then it'll be the person who says yes, won't it?

LAUGHTER

That would be my first avenue, certainly.

Anyway, yes, I'll do that. Very good. Thank you.

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

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers that those 100 people didn't get.

What everyone's trying to do is to find a pointless answer,

that none of our 100 people gave and each time that happens we will add £250 to the jackpot.

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

to that, so today's jackpot starts off at £8,250.

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

In this round I'd like an answer from each of you, and there's no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round

will be eliminated, so try and make sure that's not you.

OK, our category for Round One today is...

Chemical Elements.

Can you decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

OK, our question concerns...

C-A-R-B-O-N Elements.

Cryptic, huh? We're looking for any element in the periodic table up to

and including element 112 that begins with one of those letters, please.

So any element in the periodic table that begins with C, A, R, B, O or N,

and I'm afraid I'm not going to allow the word "carbon".

LAUGHTER

So, there we are, elements beginning with any of those letters.

Now then, Ellen. Tell us the story of last time.

It was an unmitigated disaster last time.

No, I'd say it was a mitigated disaster. How are you feeling about

-chemical elements?

-Awful!

I have one in my mind, but I hope it's an actual thing

and not something I've made up.

I'm going to say argon.

Argon. OK, let's find out. Is argon right, and if it is, how many of our 100 people said argon?

Brilliant, Ellen, it's right.

-Seems a good score I think, 41.

-That'll do.

-Richard.

It was isolated in 1894, argon. And it's the only element to bring out a catalogue every Christmas.

LAUGHTER

Thanks very much. Now then, Mike. Welcome to the show. Where are you from, Mike?

I'm currently living in Billericay in Essex.

-Billericay!

-My birthplace.

-Yeah, yeah.

OK, Mike, how good is your chemistry?

It's not too bad. I'm just a bit worried about the atomic number limit that you've given me, but...

I think I have one in mind. I hope it's not too high up the scale.

-What's it going to be?

-I'm going to say rutherfordium.

Whoa! Rutherfordium.

-Have you heard of that, Jeff?

-No!

All right, rutherfordium. Sounds brilliant.

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

It's right!

Look at that!

Mike, very well done, that's a pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £8,500,

and it scores you absolutely nothing, that's brilliant. Very well done indeed. Richard?

Welcome to Pointless, that's the way to play it.

Named after the British physicist Ernest Rutherford.

It's atomic number 104, in case you're interested.

Now, Sue. Welcome back to the show. What happened last time?

Those Spaniards did it for us.

-Spanish people, please!

-Mmm. Yeah.

Spanish people did it for us.

They were quite hard. You had to know their Christian names as well,

which just made it doubly hard. Time to redeem yourself now, though.

Well, I've either imagined this,

in which case it's going to be really wrong... Neptunium.

Neptunium. What do you think, Clare? Have you heard of that?

It sounds impressive, but I haven't heard of it. But that doesn't mean anything.

-But I hadn't heard of rutherfordium, either, so...

-No, I hadn't either. I think that's a good punt.

Neptunium.

OK. Let's see if it's right, and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said neptunium.

It's right!

Very well done indeed, Sue.

It's another pointless answer!

This is brilliant. That adds another £250 to today's jackpot taking the

total to £8,750. It also scores you nothing. Who knew this round was

-going to be such a bonanza?!

-Brilliant, isn't it?

-Very well played, Sue. That's a terrific answer.

-Wow. A lot of things

on that table I've never heard of.

I'm never sure the difference between a periodic table and an occasional table.

LAUGHTER

They sound like the same thing.

-Dan?

-As a physicist, I feel like I should do well in this one. I feel

like I've got too many to choose from.

Which is a blessing, I suppose. I'm going to go with one that my

lecturer at uni spent 12 years proving that this was

-slightly oblate rather than spherical.

-Oh, it's oblate?

-LAUGHTER

-And my answer is osmium.

Osmium, says Dan. Slightly oblate rather than spherical.

-LAUGHTER

-Always remember that(!)

OK, let's see if it's right and, if it is, how many people said osmium?

Absolutely right.

2! Another brilliant answer. Very well done, Dan.

Two for osmium. I hear osmium. It's about time someone named a chemical

element after you.

That is named after me.

I discovered it. I discovered it in the mid-'70s.

Down the back of my sofa.

I feel a bit sorry for Dan cos you're a physicist and... Afterwards, we'll

ask you and see if you can get any pointless ones.

At the end of the next pass.

Out of the 112, I should have heard of a good few of them.

Actually, I know there's going to be a couple more that will be added in the next couple of years.

Yeah, but you still got beat my Mike and Sue, so...

LAUGHTER

It's true. It's true.

Thanks very much. We're halfway through the first round.

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

Very good scoring from Sue and Mike.

Two fantastic new things for me to

remember. Rutherfordium and neptunium.

Fantastic answers and osmium, 2, from

-Dan and up to 41, Ellen. That was a great answer argon.

-That's OK.

That's a cracking answer!

-I didn't realise you were going to be up against the Nobel committee.

-Exactly.

A little bit of pressure on you, Jonathan. The very best of luck.

We're coming back down the line. Can the second players

please take their places at the podium?

Ollie, we discovered last time that you are at university studying music

-at the Royal Holloway.

-Yup.

-What else do you like to get up to?

-Obviously, music is a big part of your life. What else?

-I do quite

like acting. Nothing particularly serious. I like doing comedies and

things. I enjoy trying to make people laugh. I do open-mic nights

and stand-up stuff in London sometimes which is fun.

-Very good indeed. How's your chemistry?

-Speaking as a music student,

not that good. I'm going to go for one which I'm pretty sure

exists and say cobalt.

Cobalt. There is your red line. You're on 2 at the moment. The high scorers are Jonathan and Ellen

on 41. If you can score 38 or less, you are in to the next round.

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

It's right. Well done. Through to the next round you go. Then it goes.

3.

Brilliant answer, Ollie.

Only one higher than our physicist friend there.

That takes your total to 5. Very well done, Ollie.

Well played, Ollie. Very good answer.

CO - the chemical symbol for cobalt.

Now then, Clare.

-This is a little bit of pressure. Sue did brilliantly well.

-She did.

The high scorers, Jonathan and Ellen on 1. How does this compare to the

pressure of swimming long distances in one of the busiest shipping

-lanes...?

-Before she answers, is that what you're going for?

-I'm going to

go for, maybe for Clare.

-I'm going to see how she reacts to it.

-Are you going to go for Clare?

Yes, I've stuck my neck out on Clare.

Well, yes. I did swim the channel.

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But, I'd just like to say, it was in a team. It wasn't me alone. There

-were six of us. It was a relay team and I did my share.

-Still, that's

-offshore swimming. It's quite scary.

-It was very scary.

-Huge ocean going

vessels bearing down on you.

Massive vessels, jellyfish, Australian people doing moonies at us.

No, no, no, no! Where did they come from or are they just everywhere?

They were on another boat that had just come back from swimming the

channel. It's so busy, people doing this for charity. It's amazing.

-Very well done indeed. Brilliant.

-There you are. That surprised everybody.

So, then, can you try and equal Sue's low score?

I can't get anything as good as Sue,

but I was going to go for, cos I'm hoping people might not think of it,

arsenic.

-Arsenic?

-Mmm.

Very good. Arsenic. Here is your red line. Quite nice and high.

If you get below that with arsenic, you are through to the next round.

Is arsenic right? How many people said it?

Absolutely right.

Phew!

-You are in Round Two.

-Yes!

Oh! Very well done indeed. Seven.

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Seven takes your total up to 7.

Very well played, Clare. Very, very low-scoring round, isn't it?

-Very impressive.

-Really impressive.

Very good indeed. Now then, Jeff,

tell us about yourself, Jeff. Where do you live?

I live in Stanstead Abbotts. I'd just like to say

that I can swim a whole length on my own, no armbands.

LAUGHTER

-Of which channel?

-No, no. The swimming pool.

-Oh, right. OK.

-The Stanstead Abbotts pool.

-Indeed.

Very good. What do you like to get up to when you're not swimming?

Well, I play a lot of badminton. I'm a badminton coach.

I teach quite a few kids.

Would you say sport is going to be one of your strong suits?

I think so, but then, sport's such a wide range

and it could be anything, couldn't it?

-What about the ancient sport of chemistry?

-Yes.

So we're looking for any element

beginning with C, A, R, B, O or N.

I've got one, and it ends in "ium" so it could be right.

Sounds like an element to me.

I'm going to say barium.

Barium. Very good. There is your red line.

Now, Jonathan, Ellen, watch closely.

If barium goes below that red line,

you know what that means.

Right, let's see. Barium - is it right? How many people said it?

It is right.

Very well done, Jeff!

Very bad luck, Jonathan and Ellen.

8 for Jeff!

Great answer, really good answer.

-Takes your total up to 8. Brilliant. Richard.

-Very well played, Jeff.

Good work, everybody in fact, in this round. It's been a absolute cracker.

Chemical symbol Ba, atomic number 56, off the top of my head.

-I like the way you got that from thin air.

-Yeah.

-56?

Yeah, let me think...

Yeah, 56, yeah.

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Now then, Jonathan,

your high score of 41

is so far ahead of all the other totals

before you've even given an answer.

However, this is your chance to pluck out a pointless answer

-and add a little bit more to the jackpot.

-OK.

I don't think it's pointless,

but I'm going to go with Californium.

Californium.

Jonathan could be in the Beach boys, couldn't he? Know what I mean?

-Yeah.

-Yeah!

Looks a bit Brian Wilson, circa '65, '66.

You could definitely be in the Beach boys.

-You'll have a bit of time on your hands in a minute as well, so...

-Yeah, definitely!

OK. Californium, says Jonathan. Let's see if it's right

and if it is, obviously, no red line for you, I'm afraid,

but let's see if it's right and maybe, let's see if it's pointless.

Absolutely right.

Ooh, down it goes.

Oh! Two!

Brilliant answer, Jonathan.

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Takes your total up to 43, a very low total, but I'm afraid too high.

Yeah, it's a terrific answer, Jonathan, and as you say, 43,

almost always would see you safely through to the second round,

so I'm sorry about that.

Californium, can you guess where it was discovered?

-Billericay?

-Oh, near there. It's the University of California.

There are seven pointless answers here.

Dan, do you want to have a little crack at a couple?

I thought of rubidium.

Rubidium would have scored you 3.

I'm going to make a fool of myself, really, aren't I?

Astatine.

Astatine would have scored you 2.

Nobelium?

Nobelium would have scored you...1.

-Oh, come on!

-One last chance. One last chance.

-I don't know. Curium.

-Curium?

Come on, even I've heard of curium.

2.

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Let's take a look at the pointless ones.

Berkelium would have been a pointless answer.

Copernicium, Neodymium also a pointless answer.

Very well done if you said any of those. Neptunium,

obviously we've already heard, terrific answer,

Rhenium, Ruthenium

and Mike gave us Rutherfordium.

Really, really good. Well played, everyone, that's a cracking round

and very sorry to Jonathan and Ellen.

Yeah, very well played. Thanks, Richard.

At the end of our first round, the pair who'll be leaving us

with the high score of 43... That's not a high score,

that's an medium to low score.

I'm afraid, though, it's Jonathan and Ellen leaving us.

So there we are. We have to say goodbye to you far too soon.

Jonathan and Ellen, thank you so much for playing.

It's been great having you on the show.

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

Obviously there's only room for two pairs in our head-to-head round

so sadly, one of the pairs in front of me now

will be leaving us at the end of this round.

Wow, what a low-scoring round that was.

5 points for Ollie and Dan, 7 for Sue and Clare

and 8 for Mike and Jeff.

Yeah. OK, well, very best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is...

Fictional characters. Can you all decide in your pairs

who'll go first, who'll go second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

-Richard.

-We're going to show you a list of clues now

to 12 fictional characters from TV, film or literature,

each of whom is best known by the first name Tom, Dick or Harry.

-Very best of luck.

-Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

OK, so we are looking for these famous Toms, Dicks and Harrys

And we have got...

Dirty cop played by Clint Eastwood in five films,

the subject of a 1749 work by Henry Fielding,

a panto character, believed London's streets were paved with gold,

Fred Trent's simple friend in The Old Curiosity Shop,

the titular character in Mark Twain's 1876 novel

and the comic detective created by Chester Gould in 1931.

I'll read those all one last time.

Dirty cop played by Clint Eastwood in five films,

the subject of a 1749 work by Henry Fielding,

panto character, believed London's streets were paved with gold,

Fred Trent's simple friend in The Old Curiosity Shop,

the titular character in Mark Twain's 1876 novel

and the comic detective created by Chester Gould in 1931.

There we are.

Six clues to Toms, Dicks and Harrys.

Now then, Jeff, I want you to find a really nice obscure one

on that board, the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

I think I only know one, so I'm going to have to go for it.

I think it's obvious.

Dick Whittington, panto character,

believed London's streets were paved with gold.

OK, Jeff's going to go with Dick Whittington.

Let's see if Dick Whittington's right

and how many people knew that answer if it is.

Absolutely right.

50!

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-50 for Dick Whittington.

-Yeah, Dick Whittington and his cat.

There was a Richard Whittington who was the Lord Mayor of London

in the late 14, early 15th centuries.

Now then, Sue.

I think I'm going to have to go for the comic detective

and I think it's Dick Tracy.

Dick Tracy, says Sue. Let's see if Dick Tracy's right.

Let's see how many people knew that.

Absolutely right.

-12.

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12 for Dick Tracy.

Well played, Sue. Also a 1990 film with Warren Beatty as Dick Tracy.

Ollie, you're the last person to have this board,

so you can talk us through it, if you like.

We've got Dirty Harry, obviously.

I don't know the one about...I probably will kick myself

about Henry Fielding, because that rings a bell.

No idea what The Old Curiosity Shop is,

so I'm going to have to go for Tom Sawyer.

Tom Sawyer, says Ollie. The Mark Twain titular character.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is, how many people knew Tom Sawyer.

32.

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32 for Tom Sawyer.

Yes, from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,

alongside Huckleberry Finn.

Let's go through the rest.

The dirty cop, I wouldn't have accepted Dirty Harry.

It's Harry Callahan. It would have scored 15 points.

The 1749 work by Henry Fielding is, of course?

-Tom Jones.

-Absolutely right. It would have scored you 9.

Do you know Fred Trent's simple friend in The Old Curiosity Shop?

He's got quite a name on him.

I think it's Dick Swiveller.

It is Dick Swiveller. Absolutely right.

LAUGHTER That would have scored 1 point.

Thank you very much indeed.

OK, we're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores.

Sue and Clare on 12. Lovely low score!

Then up to 32, where we find Ollie and Dan.

And then up to 50, where we find Jeff and Mike.

Mike, a bit of a task ahead of you in the next pass,

but if anyone can do it, you can.

Very best of luck. We're going to come back down the line.

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

OK, we're going to put six more clues on the board

to Toms, Dicks, and Harrys, and here they are. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Remember, we are looking for

the full names of these Toms, Dicks, or Harrys,

and you're trying to find the one

you think the fewest of our 100 people knew. Now then, Dan.

I'm going to go with the birth name of Lord Voldemort

as Tom Riddle.

Tom Riddle, says Dan.

Tom Riddle, the birth name of Lord Voldemort.

Here is your red line.

The high-scorers are Mike and Jeff on 50.

You're on 32, so 17 or less

will see you through to the next round.

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

Absolutely right.

You've done it! 7!

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-Takes your total up to 39.

Very well done, Dan.

Yeah, well done, Dan. Very good choice to make.

Tom Marvolo Riddle is his full name,

which is an anagram of, "I am Lord Voldemort."

The clue is literally in the name!

I know! It's weird, but an absolute coincidence(!)

LAUGHTER

Wow! There you go!

Now then, Clare.

Mike and Jeff are on 50, you're on 12.

You want to be scoring 37 or less with this answer

to make sure that you get through to the next round.

OK. I think I'm going to go for

the character played by Richard Briers in a 1970s sitcom

as Tom Good.

Tom Good, played by Richard Briers in a 1970s sitcom.

Let's see if that's right,

and if it is, how many people said it.

There is your red line. Below that, you are through.

Absolutely right.

You've done it. You're through.

Look at that, 23! Very well done indeed!

-Taking your total up to 35.

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-Richard?

-Yeah, very solid work, Clare.

Very well played. Obviously in The Good Life,

the wonderful Richard Briers.

Very, very strong indeed. Now, Mike, bad news.

I'm afraid you're already the high-scorers.

You haven't yet given your brilliant answer.

-THEY LAUGH

-However, I'm sure there's one in there.

That board is all yours. Do you want to talk us through it?

Sadly, there is only one left that I know the answer to.

I don't think it'll be pointless. Erm...

luckily, I've got a grandson,

so I know that Muttley's Wacky Races companion

-is Dick Dastardly.

-Dick Dastardly, says Mike.

Let's see if Dick Dastardly's right, and if it is,

let's see how many people said it.

No red line for you, because you are the high-scorers.

It's right.

49.

-49, taking your total up to 99.

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Yeah, unlucky, Mike, but that's two whole rounds we got through

without anybody scoring 100 points on any of the questions,

so it's been a very, very strong show.

I suspect that the next show, you'll come back fighting.

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

Orson Welles' villain in The Third Man. Do you know that?

-Harry Lime.

-Absolutely. It would have scored you 10.

Len Deighton spy played by Michael Caine?

It's in The Ipcress File.

Um...Harry Palmer.

Absolutely right. 11 points.

Now, Harry met Sally very famously in the 1989 film,

but his surname makes this a pointless answer.

Any clue at all?

The answer is Burns.

Harry Burns.

No points at all. So very well done to anyone who said that at home.

Thanks very much, Richard. So at the end of round 2,

our losing pair with their high score of 99,

it's our newcomers, Mike and Jeff.

Oh, such a strong performance in the first round!

We will see you again next time.

We'll look forward to that very much indeed.

Mike, Jeff, thanks very much for playing.

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-But for the two remaining pairs,

they're getting one step closer to the final,

and a chance of taking home our jackpot,

as we enter the head-to-head.

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Well, congratulations, Sue and Clare, Ollie and Dan.

You are now only one round away from the final

and the chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £8,750.

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Now, obviously only one pair can play for that jackpot,

and to decide which pair it's going to be,

you are going to go head-to-head.

From now on, you are allowed to confer,

and the first pair to win two questions

will be playing for that money.

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

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OK, here's your first question. And it concerns...

-..famous Johnsons.

-AUDIENCE SNIGGERS

-Richard?

-Yeah, we're about to show you five pictures

of famous people with the surname Johnson.

Can you identify the most obscure? Very best of luck.

Thanks very much, Richard.

-Let's reveal our five famous Johnsons.

-We have got...

There we are. Five famous Johnsons.

Sue and Clare, you are the first to go,

because you played best throughout the show so far.

-THEY WHISPER

-C. Let's go for that. The others I think are too...

Yeah. OK, we're not 100%,

but we think the ones we are 100% on are too obvious.

So C - Amy Johnson.

C - Amy Johnson, say Sue and Clare. C - Amy Johnson.

Now, Ollie and Dan, all those Johnsons are yours.

Talk us through them.

-Um, we don't know A?

-No, we don't know A.

-B is kind of obvious.

-B is Boris Johnson,

D is Michael Johnson, and E, I believe, is Glen Johnson.

I think I'll go with...

Michael Johnson - D.

You're going to say D - Michael Johnson.

So Sue and Clare have said C is Amy Johnson.

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

how many of our 100 people said Amy Johnson.

Yes!

-40.

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40 for Amy Johnson.

Ollie and Dan are saying D is Michael Johnson.

D - Michael Johnson. Is it right?

How many people said it?

It is right. Is it going to beat Amy Johnson? Down it goes...

Yes! It does! Very well done! 31 for Michael Johnson.

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Well played, Ollie and Dan. After one question, you are up 1-0.

-Richard?

-Yeah, well played, Dan. Very well chosen there.

Let's go through the rest of the board.

Now, A is the toughest one on the board.

She was the wife of Lyndon B Johnson.

It's Lady Bird Johnson.

Well done if you said that. 3 points. Best answer up there.

B is Boris Johnson, of course.

Big score for Boris. 89 points.

There's some face recognition. There's Amy,

there's Michael, the 400m runner,

and E, Glen Johnson, you're quite right, Dan.

It's actually a better score.

It would have scored you 24. Glen Johnson.

Very well done to anyone who got all five of those.

Thanks very much, Richard.

OK, so here comes your second question.

Sue and Clare, you have to win this question to stay in the game.

-Yes.

-Best of luck.

Here it comes. It concerns...

literary works with a location in their title.

Literary works with a location in their title. Richard?

We're going to show you the names of five writers,

and one of their works which have a location in the UK in their title.

We have left out that location.

Can you fill them in and pick the most obscure?

OK, thanks, Richard. So let's reveal our five literary works

with a location in their title. And here they are. We have got...

I'll repeat those all one last time.

Now then, Ollie and Dan you go first this time.

THEY WHISPER

We are going for the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

Canterbury Tales. Canterbury say Ollie and Dan. Now, Sue and Clare.

I think we are going to go for The Tailor Of Gloucester.

At the Tailor Of Gloucester say Sue and Clare.

We have Canterbury and Gloucester.

Ollie and Dan's said Canterbury for the Canterbury Tales.

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

It's right.

73. That's a high score.

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Sue and Clare have gone for Beatrix Potter,

The Tailor of Gloucester.

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

Absolutely right.

Very well done.

Down it goes. Look at that. 11!

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Well done, Sue and Clare, that's what you have to do.

After two questions, you are drawing, one-all.

Game on now, isn't it? Let's fill in the rest, you'll probably be able to fill these in.

-The Jane Austen novel?

-Mansfield.

-Mansfield Park, absolutely.

That would have scored 36.

-George Orwell?

-Wigan.

Yeah, the Road To Wigan Pier, that would have scored you 30.

The best answer on the board, the Tailor Of Gloucester was a good one

-but better than that is the Fair Maid Of?

-I don't know.

It's The Fair Maid Of Perth. It would have scored nine points,

a very good answer.

OK, thanks very much indeed. Here is your third question and it concerns.

-Richard?

-We're going to give you five clues to facts about the American Wild West

in the 19th century. Very, very best of luck to both teams.

Thanks very much, indeed. Let's reveal our five clues to facts

about the wild West and here they come.

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are, five clues to facts about the Wild West. Sue and Clare,

once again, you go first.

We think we know a few but the one we are going to go for is

the man who killed Jesse James, Wyatt Earp.

Wyatt Earp, say Sue and Clare.

Now then, Ollie and Dan? The board is yours.

I'm going to have to leave this one up to Ollie, to be honest.

I know a couple of them. I'm going to enter and answer for the same question,

it was Robert Ford who killed Jesse James.

Robert Ford killed Jesse James. It's like a trial.

LAUGHTER

What is it, one of the men before us.

Sorry, OK. Robert Ford. So, Sue and Clare have gone Wyatt Earp.

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

Oh!

Oh, It's looking good, Ollie.

All it has to be is correct, Ollie

and you are through to the final. Robert Ford, is it right?

Absolutely right.

Down it goes, down it goes, a good answer, look at that.

Down to seven. Fantastic!

APPLAUSE

Ollie and Dan, you've done it,

pulled it out of the bag, second time in the head-to-head

and you have done it after three questions you are through to the final, 2-1.

Very well done.

That's great teamwork, Dan aced the last question, Ollie aces this one. You're through to the final.

Yeah, the 2007 film, the Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford.

Your answer is all there in the title. Let's look at the rest.

-The October 1881 gunfight was the gunfight at...

-OK Corral.

Quite a big scorer, though, 50 points.

-The partner of Butch Cassidy?

-Sundance Kid.

-Absolutely right,

that would have scored 77.

-The medical profession of Doc Holliday?

-Urologist?

LAUGHTER

He was not a urologist, he was a dentist. That would have scored you 11 points.

And the best and is on the board is the rancher who gave his name to unbranded cattle.

What do you think? Maverick.

-Oh!

-Yeah, a good answer, isn't it? One point that would have got you.

-What a great name.

-Yeah, that's where Maverick comes from.

There we are. I never knew that. Did anyone know that?

-Of course you didn't or you would have said it.

-Yes.

LAUGHTER

And we would be winning!

There we are, Maverick. Wow! Brilliant, thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Sue and Clare.

Oh, you've played so well today. A pointless answer in Round One, exemplary low scoring all the way.

I'm afraid this is the end of your Pointless road. It's been brilliant having you on the show.

Thank you so much for playing, great contestants. Sue and Clare.

APPLAUSE

But for Ollie and Dan it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Ollie and Dan, you fought off all the competition and

you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.

Very well done, you now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £8,750.

AUDIENCE: Whoo!

You nailed it, very, very low scoring. Are you confident?

-As long as it's something we've heard of.

-OK.

-Or we can have an intelligent guess at.

-Well, as you know,

they are always tough these last rounds. Anything can come up

but it might be something you are good at. Very, very, best of luck.

The rules are very simple, to win that money all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

Do that and you will go home with that jackpot. First, you have to choose a category

and you have five choices. They are.

-That's interesting.

-What do you think? Planets?

-I thinking with your physicist I think we are going to have to go for planets.

-Let's have planets, yeah.

-We'll go for planets.

-I think Ollie's right.

Planets plays right into your physicistness hands.

LAUGHTER

OK, let's find out what the question is, here it comes. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many of the moons of Saturn as they could. Richard?

Yeah, according to NASA's official website there are 53 naturally occurring satellites of Saturn,

or 53 moons as of October 2012. Can you give us a pointless answer? Very, very, best of luck.

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

All you need win the jackpot of £8,750 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.

The only one I know is Titan.

-Straight off the back, Ganymede.

-Yeah.

-IO.

-Yeah.

-Maybe some random group sounding things.

-Like Ramales.

No, they tend to be Greek, Aristotle.

I think Titan is too obvious. It's not going to be pointless.

There's no point wasting a punt on that and just getting it correct.

-What did you say?

-Titan is not going to be pointless.

-Really?

If anyone knows a moon of Saturn, it's going to be that one.

-IO, Ganymede.

-If you really can't think of another one, then put Titan.

We might as well use the last. Something might pop in there.

20 seconds.

Ten seconds.

Right... IO Ganymede.

Let's go for, erm...

OK, time is up. We were looking for the moons of Saturn. I now need your three answers.

-Archimedes.

-We'll go for Archimedes.

-Archimedes.

-IO.

-And Ganymede.

-And Ganymede.

OK, there are your three answers. Of those three, which do you think is your best shot at a pointless?

-IO.

-Yeah, I would agree.

We'll pop IO last. Which is your least likely?

-Archimedes, I would say.

-Archimedes. We'll put Archimedes first,

IO last and Ganymede in the middle.

OK, let's pop goes up on the board in that order and here they are.

So we were looking for the moons of Saturn. Archimedes, you said was your least confident answer.

Only one of these needs to be pointless, remember, to win the jackpot of £8,750.

Let's just think about that for a moment. What would you do with £8,750, Ollie?

Well, erm, I'm not sure how confident we are but if...

-We'd blow a lot of it going inter railing, travelling around Europe and stuff like that.

-Yeah.

-In the summer, sometime.

-Dan, anything else?

There's a skydiving course you can take in California which has always taken my eye.

I'm quite into adrenalin sports. I think I probably plump for that.

Maybe that, OK. Very best of luck, let's see Archimedes, your first answer.

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

Archimedes.

Oh! Bad luck. Unfortunately, not a pointless answer.

You only have two more shots at today's jackpot. We are looking for the moons of Saturn.

Your next answer was Ganymede. This has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot of £8,750. Let's see how

many people said, Ganymede.

Oh!

-Oh, That was unexpected.

-Yeah. Hopefully it's Jupiter, or I'm some form of idiot.

You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot. Everything is now riding on IO.

We are looking for the moons of Saturn. Your third answer, IO.

You thought was your most confident shot at a pointless answer.

It has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot. This is it,

everything rides on this. For £8,750, is IO right and, if it is,

how many people said it?

No!

APPLAUSE

Well, I tell you what, you came up with three perfectly good sounding answers.

That is half the battle. I was impressed. Unfortunately, though,

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

which means you didn't win today's jackpot of £8,750, which rolls onto the next show.

You have been brilliant contestants and you did get our pointless trophy. Very well done.

APPLAUSE

-Richard.

-Unlucky, guys, you're quite right Ganymede and IO, both moons of Jupiter.

Archimedes, not a moon anywhere. There is a crater on our moon called Archimedes

-but it's not a moon.

-That's what I was thinking of.

Yeah. Now, you did mention a moon of Saturn while you were talking.

Titan, yeah. If you had said Titan...

-No.

-Would have scored 28 points.

LAUGHTER

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

You were looking for the Greek and Roman words that you could guess.

There are a few you could have guessed here. Let's take a look.

Very well done if you said any of those. Unlucky, guys, I hope there's nothing there you recognise.

Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to you but it's been brilliant having you both on the show.

-Thank you both so much for playing. Great contestants.

-APPLAUSE

Ollie and Dan didn't win our jackpot today, which means it

rolls over onto the next show when we will be playing for £9,750.

APPLAUSE

-Join us then to see if someone can win it. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me, goodbye.

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