500th Show Pointless

Thank you very much. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless, where you are rewarded for knowing obscure answers. Let's meet today's players.

-Couple number one.

-I'm Tom, this is my wife Lisa. We're from Manchester.

-Couple number two.

-Hello, I'm Lucy. This is my partner Rod, from Chesham.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, I'm Sara from Swindon. This is my pal, Jimmy.

-And couple number four.

-I'm Steve, this is Dave. We work together.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks very much. We'll talk to you more throughout the show.

That just leaves one more person. Half-man, half-search engine. Known to his friends as Roogle,

-he's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya. Hi, everyone.

-CHEERING

-Hiya.

-Good afternoon.

-Isn't it exciting?

-Lovely. Show 500.

-Yeah.

-That's why we have 500 on the podiums there.

-Everybody here has been on before.

-Yeah.

-They've been specially invited. I'll tell you what we did.

We went through every jackpot loser of the last 499 shows, we added up their totals

and that's why you find these total losers in front of you now. I'm joking!

These people scored the lowest points without winning a jackpot. The best non-winners we've ever had.

So it's going to be an absolutely belting show, I think. 500. How about that?

-Very exciting. I'll get my present out later. What have you got me?

-Well, nothing other than to say

-on a personal note, thank you for the last 500 shows. It's been a pleasure.

-Oh, Richard! Thank you!

Well, thank you very much indeed.

Now all our questions, as ever, have been put to 100 people.

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

Everyone tries to find a pointless answer that no one gave.

Because this is our 500th show, every time that happens we'll add £500 to the jackpot.

Also because today's show is special such a special one, today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.

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

OK, in this round, I take an answer from each of you, but no conferring.

The pair with the highest score will be eliminated. OK, our first category in this special show is...

Words.

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many words ending in "..low"

as they could. "..low", Richard?

Any word in the Oxford Dictionary that ends "..low". No hyphenated words, no proper nouns.

-We also won't accept the word "low" itself. Very best of luck to all four teams.

-Thanks, Richard.

Lisa and Tom, you all drew lots and today you are going to go first. So, Tom,

the big question is can you take me through your last Pointless experience?

Er, it was quite traumatic, I'll level with you.

-We'd done quite well, got through to the final and then came horribly close.

-Two, one, one.

-Manic Street Preachers singles.

-One hardcore Manics fan ruined our lives.

-But we've found him now and...

-He won't be answering any more polls, will he? Muhahahaha!

-Also, the jackpot was colossal, wasn't it?

-It was £20,250,

which at the time was the joint highest it had ever been, I think.

OK, well, a chance to do something to maybe just put that memory behind you.

Now a word ending in "..low".

Yep.

I'm going to go with fallow.

Fallow, says Tom. Is it right? How many of our 100 said fallow?

28.

-28 for fallow.

-Yeah, it can be a colour or to leave a field without crops in it for a year

to let it regain its nutrients.

-Lucy...

-Hello!

-Welcome back. Tell us about your time on Pointless.

We did quite well until the final and then it was rather disappointing at that point.

We had Who Do You Think You Are celebrities and got two and then one and one. So, yes.

-Not quite the desired outcome.

-OK, well now,

-a word ending in "..low".

-I'm going to go with bungalow.

Bungalow, says Lucy. Is that right? How many of our 100 said bungalow?

15!

15 for bungalow.

Typically, a one-storey house. Silvio Berlusconi lives in a bunga-bungalow.

Plenty of stories in that house!

-Now Jimmy...

-Hello there.

-Welcome back. What's your war story?

Sara carried me the whole way and it got to the final and I thought I should prove my worth.

You wanted Top 40 singles by 'N Sync, Backstreet Boys and New Kids On The Block.

The only three I could think of at the time were four, one and one.

-Oh, it's agonisingly close.

-And embarrassing.

All at the same time. Now then, Jimmy, words ending "..low".

-I think I'll go for a fairly long one. Bedfellow.

-Bedfellow. Sounds good to me. Is it right?

How many of our 100 said it?

It is right.

Oh!

That's a feeling you're familiar with, Jimmy. It scored one!

-A great answer.

-Yeah, it means somebody who shares a bed or who forms a temporary alliance.

-Dave...

-Hi.

-Talk us through your time on Pointless.

We got to the Head to Head the first time and then we won the second show with six points.

Ryder Cup captains.

Ah. Before this show, did you all sit in the green room and compare tales?

-Oh!

-Yeah. Well, listen, an obscure word ending in "..low" is all we need from you, Dave.

I'm going to go for mallow.

Mallow, says Dave. Is that right? How many said mallow?

It is right.

One's our lowest score.

16 for mallow.

This is going to be so close. You can see how evenly-matched everybody is. It'll be a cracker.

It's a herbaceous plant.

Thank you. We're halfway through. Jimmy, very well done. Bedfellow. A cracking answer there.

A lovely low score of one. Then up to 15, Lucy and Rod,

16, Dave and Steve, and then up to 28, Tom and Lisa.

Lisa, use this time wisely. See if you can find a really low score or even a pointless answer

and we can add 500 quid. OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium?

So, Steve, what have you done with your Pointless trophy?

-It's on the shelf at home.

-In which room?

-In the living room.

-Well done. Have you taken it round anywhere? Does it ever go out with you?

No, it's never been out the house.

-You've got it insured, I hope.

-No. How much should it be for?

-I would say £30,000 or £40,000.

OK.

Now then, Steve, the high scorers on 28 are Lisa and Tom. 11 or less will prevent you being the new ones.

OK.

-I can't think of a great answer so I'm going to have a go at hallow.

-Hallow. OK.

Let's see how many of our 100 said hallow. Here is your red line.

It's a good answer! 13 - just shy of the line.

Takes your total up to 29.

You lead by one point.

-To honour as holy.

-Sara...

-Hi.

-Now when your Pointless show came out on TV, who did you watch it with?

-I didn't watch it.

-Deliberately?

-Deliberately. I didn't need to. I knew what happened.

-So you still haven't seen it?

-No, I still haven't seen it.

-Well, you can watch this one.

-Em...yeah. If we do well.

Yeah, I think you probably can. Well, remember it's any word ending in "..low".

-You need to score 27 or less.

-Yeah.

-I'm doing that thing where if you think about a word for long enough it sounds wrong.

-Yeah.

So, em...

I hope it's one word. I'm going to say marshmallow.

OK. There's your red line. Is marshmallow right?

Let's see how many people said it.

It is right.

You've done it! Very well done!

Four!

Four for marshmallow. A great answer. Your total is five.

That's a great answer. Made of sugar, albumen and gelatine. Marshmallow.

-Presumably, if a mallow is a plant...

-Yeah.

-A marshmallow you'd imagine is a rarer plant

-that grows in peaty water.

-You would think so.

-Peaty soil.

-That's the beauty of words.

-Grrr!

-I know. Grrr! Can you imagine?

There you go. Anyway, Rod.

Now when you watched your Pointless episode, did you call everyone round? Did you all...?

-Never watched it.

-Really?!

-I ran into the kitchen.

-Is that because you were so close?

-Had you won the jackpot, would you have watched it?

-I look like a plank of wood. I didn't want to see it.

-That's called charisma.

-Nothing plankish or wooden about that, Rod.

-I'll take your word on that.

-OK. You can.

Now you want to be scoring 13 or less with this answer.

I can only think of one word. I'm not sure if it will be right.

I thought overflow.

-Overflow?

-Yeah.

-Overflow. Here is your red line. Quite low.

How many people said overflow?

You've done it. Two!

Two for overflow. 17 is your total. Well done, Rod.

Very well played, Rod. Terrific. You know what overflow means.

-When you split up with someone called Florence.

-And you say...

-"It's over, Flo."

-And in a couple of weeks you are over Flo.

-Lisa...

-What have you done with your Pointless trophy?

-Er...I gave one to my mum and dad.

And ours is in a cupboard in the kitchen. I'm sorry.

-Is that a glass-fronted cupboard?

-No, but mainly because we didn't want to spoil the surprise.

So it gets brought out quite a lot?

..Yeah. Yeah.

-Now then, Lisa...

-Yeah.

What we need is a pointless answer.

500 quid in the jackpot and the glory of saving Tom's bacon.

-I'll just have to make a word up, like...

-Well, don't do that, no.

-And just hope it is a real thing.

-OK.

-Let's say...throughflow.

-That was going to be my word. You know how you always ask me?

-Oh, was it? Throughflow.

-My word.

-So there's an awful lot at risk here for everybody.

-Yes.

-Throughflow.

-Yeah.

-Lisa...

-Come on!

Here's your red line. You'll not be able to see it. That's how low it is.

Throughflow. Is it right? How many people said it?

It's right!

Lisa, this could be heroic.

I think it might be.

Yes! It is! That's great news for you and me both. It's pointless.

It adds £500 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £2,500.

It scores you nothing and leaves your total at 28.

It sees you and Tom through.

-This is a very exciting game.

-Amazing. I didn't think it would be that close. That's very impressive.

The flow through of a liquid. Also a good way to dump Florence. "We're through, Flo."

Very well played. Let's look at some pointless answers, see if you got these.

Afterglow would have been pointless. Airglow as well.

Contraflow. It's good for something.

Crossflow, furbelow. Oddfellow was a pointless answer.

Well done if you said that. Schoolfellow. Underflow.

And you know when you get a little thing on the side of your nail? And the skin comes off?

-That's called a whitlow.

-Is it?

-And that's a pointless answer as well.

-I had no idea.

I've never bothered giving it a name. I hate it so much.

Let's look at some high scorers, the ones that most people said.

Mellow, 45, was the third-highest answer.

Bellow for 51.

And below for 68.

Thank you very much indeed. At the end of our first round, it's our two postmen,

-Steve and Dave. It's been lovely having you back.

-Can't argue with that.

-Steve and Dave!

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

Three pairs remain. At the end of this round we'll send another pair home.

Jimmy and Sara, just fantastic.

Bedfellow, marshmallow. It's quite a nice image that conjures up.

-A marshmallow bedfellow?

-People in bed eating marshmallows. It's nice.

-That's lovely.

And then we come to fallow, Tom. What were you thinking of?!

-28 points? Look what you made Lisa do.

-I knew she had it in her.

-Well, luckily, she did!

Very well done, all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is... Modern Languages.

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

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

OK, and the question concerns...

German body parts.

German...

-German body parts, Richard.

-Nothing strange about that. This should be a fun round.

On each pass we'll show you six German body parts. Give us the English translation of each one.

-There will be 12 in all. Good luck.

-It's not a picture round.

That's all I'm going to say. OK, so we are looking for the English translations

of these body parts in German. And we have got...

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those one last time.

We're looking for the English names for these German body parts. Lisa...

-Yeah. Not bad.

-Not bad. What do you make of that?

-Pretty much a whole body.

-Yeah. I've got a degree in German.

So...I'm hoping that I can remember something.

I'm trying to think which one would be most obscure and I think I'm going to say Der Nagel,

which is the fingernail... The nail.

Der Nagel. Let's see if Lisa is right and, if she is, how many said nail, fingernail.

It's right.

Nine! Very well done, Lisa.

Very well done indeed.

Wow. You are having a good show, Lisa, it's fair to say.

Nail. As in the German expression, "Meine Nagel hast eine Wicklow."

LAUGHTER

Lucy...

I'm the complete opposite to Lisa in that I've never done a day's German in my life, so...

I'll go with something that I hope is going to be very obvious, but hopefully right

and say Das Knie being a knee!

Oh, I hadn't thought of that.

Das Knie, knee, says Lucy. Is that right? How many said it?

-It is right!

-Thank you.

Oh, 60.

That is high.

-60 for knee.

-Beats 100, though. The largest joint in the body.

-There we go. Jimmy.

-I did one year of German in school.

-There you are.

-Kopf... This isn't my answer. Shall I go through?

-Please do.

-Kopf is head. I think the top one, Das Auge - excuse my pronunciation.

-No, it was good!

-I think it's eyes.

I don't know if I can risk it. The one below nail, I think is ear.

No idea about the bottom one. I'm intrigued.

But I think Kopf would probably be below knee, so I'll go for that one.

Der Kopf, head, says Jimmy. Is that right? How many people said head?

It's right.

37.

-Not bad, though, Jimmy.

-Yeah, it's a good answer.

You're quite a long way under 60. Der Kopf. You know you don't lose most of your heat through your head?

-Really? Did you know that, Lucy?

-No.

-There you go. Worth coming back, wasn't it?

-Yeah.

-Worth coming back.

Das Auge. You were right - the eye. Well done, Jimmy. That would have scored you 14.

A better answer. Das Ohr is ear.

That would have scored you 22. Both of those were better than head.

-And Die Zunge?

-I'll guess tongue.

-I guessed that as well... and we're both right!

It would have scored 10. So the best answer is nail.

-Terrific work, Lisa. Two rounds in a row.

-Nailed it.

OK, let's look at the scores. Nine to you, Lisa. Tom again, on the back of Lisa, looking very strong.

Up to 37 where we find Jimmy and Sara. And then up to 60, where we find Lucy and Rod.

-Rod, do you speak German?

-Nein.

OK, we'll come back down the line. Can the second players please take their places?

Let's put six more German body parts on the board. That sounds awful and wrong.

-Here they are. We've got...

-HE READS THE LIST

LAUGHTER AT "Fingerknochel"

I'll read those one last time.

We're looking for the English name for these German body parts.

-Sara, you need to find the lowest scoring one you can.

-Yeah.

If you can score 22 or less, you avoid becoming the new high scorers.

I did do German at school, but I don't remember learning anything this useful.

I can sort of guess at a couple, but I don't know them for sure.

So I'm going to go for the one I do know, which is a bit obvious,

but I'm hoping that will take it off the board and maybe everyone else will get something wrong!

So I'm going to say Die Nase is the nose.

Die Nase, nose. OK, here's your red line.

Get below that, you are definitely in the Head to Head.

Die Nase. Is it nose?

It is.

AUDIENCE "Ooh!"

Ooh, Sara. That is a punishingly high score. Yes, 86.

Takes your total up to 123. That is a big gamble.

That's a really big score, but it takes it off the board. That's quite a tough board.

-It's impossible to hum if you pinch your nose closed.

-It's impossible...?

-To hum.

You pinch your nose closed and try to hum.

-Well, you only can until your mouth fills up.

-I like to think of millions of people around England

-pinching their nose and trying to hum.

-Right, Rod.

You're back in the game here. Sara and Jimmy are on 123.

You're on 60. A score of 62 or less sees you comfortably through.

If I knew German, that would be nice.

I'll go under the nose and say Der Zeh and say teeth.

Der Zeh, teeth. OK, here's your red line.

If you get below that, you're in. Is Der Zeh teeth?

Oh! Well, you did what you had to do, Rod.

I'm afraid it's not a correct answer, and scores you 100 points.

It takes your total up to 160. Phew, Sara and Jimmy! Richard...

-Sorry, Rod. A tooth is Zahn, unfortunately.

-Now then...

-Tom, the board is yours.

-Mmm.

I'm not too sure about any of them, really.

-So I'm very lucky that Lisa's done as well as she has.

-It doesn't matter. You are through whatever happens.

Literally, you have made it through, tooth and nail, to the Head to Head.

Well, I'm going to go through the board.

And I'm going to say I reckon Der Zeh might be...

-tongue.

-Were you listening to me on the last board?!

-How many tongues do you think these people have?!

-We all know it's Die Zunge!

It might be a colloquialism. Das Kinn is chin.

Der Magen is...

I have no idea.

Der Fingerknochel is probably finger knuckle.

Which is a well-known part of the body. I'm going to say Der Ellenbogen...

-and that's elbow.

-Elbow.

Elbow, OK. No red line for you, but let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

It is right.

32. Very well done. 41 your total.

Very well played, Tom. You certainly know your Ellenbogen from whatever the German for backside is.

It's a terrific answer. You were right about Das Kinn. It is chin.

That would have scored you 12 points. A terrific answer.

Der Fingerknochel. You weren't tempted, Rod?

-I thought it was too obvious.

-It's not obvious. It is knuckle, but it would have scored 34 points

and seen you safely through.

-Der Magen is the stomach.

-I was about to say hand.

-3 points.

And Der Zeh, which has caused so much trouble, is the toe. That would have scored 4 points.

Stomach, Der Magen, the best answer.

Thanks. So I'm afraid, Lucy and Rod, at the end of our second round it's you we have to say goodbye to.

Oh, well. There we are. You had a good punt on Zeh. It could easily have been a tooth.

-I thought tooth or teeth, have a guess.

-Yeah, well, there we are. It's been lovely having you back.

I'm sorry we have to say goodbye now but thanks so much for coming back for our 500th show. Rod and Lucy!

But for the remaining two pairs it's time for our Head to Head.

Well, congratulations, Lisa and Tom, Jimmy and Sara. You are one round from the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot, which stands at £2,500.

As you know, we now have to decide which pair goes through to play for that jackpot,

so you will go head to head. You're now allowed to confer and the first to win two questions

will play for that £2,500. You've both been here before. Jimmy and Sara, you were the golden couple.

Lisa, you've only scored 9 points in the whole show. Tom, she is carrying you.

-Time to pull out your Fingerknochel.

-LAUGHTER

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

OK, here comes your first question and it concerns...Britney Spears.

-Britney Spears, Richard.

-We'll show you five clues to facts about Britney Spears.

Can you give us the most obscure?

Let's reveal our five clues. And we have got...

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those one final time.

Lisa and Tom, you've played best throughout the show so far so you get to go first.

I only know the second one.

THEY CONFER

Right. We're going to say that as a child she was part of the Mouseketeers.

The Mouseketeers, say Lisa and Tom. Mouseketeers.

Jimmy and Sara...

Talk us through the board.

-We can.

-Name of the father was Kevin Federline, I think.

2004, I would put that as Toxic, but I wouldn't risk it.

The artist in Me Against The Music was Madonna.

-And the bottom one is X Factor, but we'll go for Madonna.

-Madonna.

So, Lisa and Tom, you've gone with the Mouseketeers. Is that right? How many said it?

It's right.

20!

20 for the Mouseketeers. Now, Jimmy and Sara, you said Madonna was on Me Against The Music.

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

It's right.

Is it going to beat 16?

Very well done indeed, Jimmy and Sara. After one question it's one-nil to you.

Well played, both teams. Among other Mouseketeers, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Ryan Gosling.

-Ryan Gosling?!

-He was a Mouseketeer.

-I didn't know that.

Jimmy did rather well on the rest of these. The talent show was X Factor.

Would have scored 25 points.

The name of the father was K Fed, Kevin Federline.

He would have scored you 13. And the title of her comeback single was Toxic,

-which would have scored you 5 points.

-Thanks very much.

Here comes your second question. Lisa and Tom, you have to win this.

It concerns...

Military figures.

-Military figures, Richard.

-I'll show you five pictures of well-known figures from the military.

-Can you name the most obscure?

-OK, let's reveal our military figures.

We have got...

There we are. Five military figures.

-Now, Jimmy and Sara, you go first this time.

-Any idea?

THEY CONFER

C, Johnson Beharry.

Johnson Beharry, say Jimmy and Sara, for C.

Johnson Beharry.

Now then, Lisa and Tom, the board is yours.

-I've not got a clue, Tom.

-Do you want to say General Custer?

A, that's Lawrence of Arabia.

B, I recognise that guy. I think he's a British guy,

but I don't know what he's done or why, so I won't be saying that.

D, is that...? That might be General Custer.

And E... Shall we go with E? E might be the only one where we have a vague idea who it might be.

And I think that's

Stormin' Norman...Schwarzkopf?

-Schwarzkopf. OK.

-If that's right...!

Norman Schwarzkopf, you say. Johnson Beharry versus Norman Schwarzkopf.

Jimmy and Sara went for Johnson Beharry. How many people said that?

It's right.

It's a great answer.

Oh, look at that! Seven. Very well done, Jimmy and Sara.

Very well done, indeed. Lisa and Tom have gone for Stormin' Norman for E. Let's see if it's right

and, if it is, how many people said that.

It's right!

How far down is it going to go?

Oh, 41!

41, which means...

Jimmy and Sara, after only two questions, you are straight through to the final, two-nil.

-Two brilliant answers.

-And we all now know enough German to know that his name is Norman Blackhead.

Let's look at the rest of these. Johnson Beharry was the first living person in 36 years

to receive the Victoria Cross, in 2005.

A was Lawrence of Arabia, but it was a big score. 65 points.

B is Sir Michael Jackson. Sir Mike Jackson. He would have scored you four points.

And D, as I suspect a lot of people guessed, is General Custer.

George Custer. Would have scored you 33 points.

The best answer was Sir Mike Jackson. Johnson Beharry a close second. Very good answer.

Thanks very much, Richard. So our losing pair I'm afraid is Lisa and Tom.

You've played so well! You know who I'm talking to, Tom.

-I do!

-You have played so...

-If he could have just pulled it out the bag for one question. Didn't.

Two great answers from you, but Jimmy and Sara were on fire.

So we have to say goodbye to you, but it's been lovely seeing you again.

Maybe we'll see you again for the 1,000th! Lisa and Tom!

But for Jimmy and Sara, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Jimmy and Sara. You saw off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy again!

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, which stands at £2,500.

You are the first people in Pointless history ever to have two Pointless finals.

-Really?

-This is incredible.

-That's nice.

-How are you feeling?

-Yeah...relaxed.

-Yeah.

-We've had more fun this time.

Last time was too much pressure.

To win that money, as you know, you just need a pointless answer.

First, choose a category. You have five options.

You have got...

-OK...

-How are you on Music Awards?

Probably not great. I'd probably go for Authors, but then you wouldn't.

-It's one or the other, isn't it?

-Yeah. I think we have a better chance with Music Awards.

-You'll know more about it.

-That's all on me!

-No...yeah, it is.

-Go for music again.

-Last time, of course, it was American boy bands.

This time, gluttons for punishment that you are, Music Awards is the one you're going to pick.

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

winners of the Brit Award for Best British Album since 1985 as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any artist or group who have won the Brit Award for Best British Album

from 1985 through to 2012. Any artist who has won the Best British Album award. Very best of luck

on our 500th show. It would be lovely to see you win.

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers. Just one has to be pointless.

Are you ready? OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are. Your time starts now.

-Keane won a lot of awards in 2005.

-Is that obvious?

-Is it? It wasn't very good.

-That's maybe one.

OK, British bands or artists.

-Did Any Winehouse get some?

-Back To Black, probably, but it'll be high.

Yeah. Em...OK, who else did it recently?

-Who's British?!

-I know.

Arctic Monkeys probably got it around 2006 or so.

-Would that be quite high?

-That may be quite high.

-I think we need to go earlier.

In the '80s. Annie Lennox is always up for awards. Is she ever any good?

She wins stuff.

OK, Annie Lennox or Eurythmics?

-Duran Duran?

-We'll go George Michael. Chuck George in.

-George, Keane...

-10 seconds left.

-Annie Lennox?

-No. Arctic Monkeys?

-Yeah, that'll do. That'll do.

-OK, there's your time up.

We wanted winners of the Brit Award for Best British Album since 1985.

-I now need your three answers.

-We'll go for George Michael, Keane...and Arctic Monkeys.

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

-George?

-Good old George.

-Put George Michael last. Which is your least likely?

-Arctic Monkeys.

-Really?

-Yeah. Keane are quite forgettable. They're pleasant, but...

-OK.

They're pleasant, but forgettable. Arctic Monkeys we'll put first.

OK, all right. And Keane in the middle.

Let's put those up on the board in that order.

OK, so we were looking for winners of the Brit Award for Best British Album since 1985.

Arctic Monkeys was the one you thought was least likely, but only one has to be pointless

to win that jackpot of £2,500. How many said Arctic Monkeys? Is it right?

It is right.

Now this is your first answer.

If this goes all the way down to zero you can leave straight away with £2,500.

Down into single figures... Six!

Six.

Unfortunately, not a pointless answer, but a brilliant answer. Lovely low score.

-Only two more chances to win today's jackpot. What was the jackpot the last time?

-Eleven grand.

-Eleven.

-That was painful!

Well, what would you do with £2,500, Jimmy?

I've got lots of foreign friends after studying languages,

so I'd quite like to go abroad. I've got a friend in Italy and I've never been.

I want to do a pizza tour of Italy. Travel to every city and eat pizzas. Just get really fat.

-Sara, how about you?

-I'd quite like to go inter-railing and see lots of countries in one go.

-Yeah, we'll do that.

-We'll go to Italy on the way.

-You can do pizza and inter-rail.

-Do it all.

-OK, we're looking for winners of the Brit Award for Best British Album.

Let's hope nobody said Keane. You thought this was more forgettable.

-It's just if they won the album award.

-I'm not feeling confident.

-OK, well, let's find out.

It has to be correct and pointless for you to win that jackpot.

For £2,500, how many people said Keane?

It's right. Now the Arctic Monkeys took us down to six.

Keane taking us down through the 20s into the teens...

Are they going to go lower than six?

Still going down... One! Very well done indeed!

-Very well done. One.

-I'm having flashbacks!

-You've been here before.

OK, you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot. We've gone from six down to one.

If you've put these in the right order, this surely ought to be pointless.

Winners of the Brit Award for Best British Album since 1985. Your final answer is George Michael.

-You were pretty confident.

-He had a couple of massive albums.

-But did he win?

-He should have.

-It's George. He's bigger than Keane and Arctic Monkeys, though.

-Well, let's find out.

To win that jackpot, it has to be correct and pointless.

George Michael. Is it a pointless answer for £2,500?

It's right.

The Arctic Monkeys took us down to six. Then Keane took us to one.

George Michael now taking us down through the teens.

If this goes to zero... Oh, no!

Oh, bad luck!

Unfortunately, you didn't manage to find that pointless answer

so you don't win today's jackpot of £2,500. I'm so sorry. We've loved having you back on the show.

And you take home another Pointless trophy! So very, very well done.

That is unlucky, guys. Terrific fun. Thank you for coming back.

You've had six goes - four, one, one, six, one, three.

16 points in six answers. An average of 2.75 per answer!

Not bad at all, but zero pounds, which seems a shame.

If you'd said Annie Lennox, she'd have scored you one point.

A bunch of answers scored one - Fine Young Cannibals, Manic Street Preachers, Mumford and Sons, Sade,

Sting, The Darkness, The Verve, Travis.

Three pointless answers. Dire Straits from the '80s, Fairground Attraction as well.

And from the mid-'90s the Stereo MCs. I'm sure some people would have got those at home.

-Thank you for celebrating our 500th show with us. It's been such a pleasure.

-Thank you.

We have to say goodbye to you, but we've loved having you back.

I'm so sorry you haven't got more than just the trophy to show for it.

Jimmy and Sara, lovely contestants.

Sadly, Jimmy and Sara didn't win our 500th show jackpot today,

-but join us next time. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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