0:00:20 > 0:00:22APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Thank you very much, indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,
0:00:26 > 0:00:30the quiz show where you are rewarded for knowing obscure answers. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36Couple number one...
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Hi, Xander, I'm Mark and this is Lynne my wife of 30 years
0:00:39 > 0:00:41and we're from Telford in Shropshire.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42Couple number two...
0:00:42 > 0:00:46I'm Chris, this is my friend, Dave. We're from the Isle of Wight.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47Couple number three...
0:00:47 > 0:00:50I'm Cliff this is my cousin, Alan, and we're both from North Shields.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52And, finally, couple number four...
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Hello, I'm Becci from Surrey. This is my friend Sam from London. We used to work together.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58And these, ladies and gentlemen are today's contestants.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00APPLAUSE
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Thanks all of you, we'll find out more about you throughout the show as it goes along.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08That just leaves one person for me to introduce.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11He's got a memory like one of those animals which never forgets.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14I forget what they're called. It's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Hiya.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16APPLAUSE
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Hi, everyone.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18CHEERING
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Hiya.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24- Afternoon to you.- And to you. - How are you today?- I'm very well.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26We've got two returning pairs, neither pair really covered
0:01:26 > 0:01:30themselves in glory last time, Mark and Lynne, we saw very little of.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Cliff and Alan we saw a little bit more of, but not much.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Sometimes I do a little guessing game with you with one of our people here.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Somebody here, who do you reckon it is? Somebody here is a schoolteacher.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42HE LAUGHS
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Yeah, I think, yeah. I think I know who it might be.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Do you know what, there's always one, isn't there?
0:01:49 > 0:01:51- There's always one. - There's always one.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Round One, proper old school Pointless.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58- Some thinking will need to be done on question one.- Very good.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Sorry about that, everyone. Occasionally we've got to do it.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05That is good. Now all our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09Our contestants need to find the obscure answers our 100 people didn't get.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer,
0:02:11 > 0:02:14that's an answer that none of our 100 people gave and each time that happens
0:02:14 > 0:02:16we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20David and Isabel didn't win the jackpot last time so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:02:20 > 0:02:21Today's jackpot starts off
0:02:21 > 0:02:23at £2,000.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25APPLAUSE
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39OK, in this round I'll take an answer from each of you but there is to be no conferring.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Whichever pair has the high score at the end of the round will be eliminated.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Now our first category today is...
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Shakespeare.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52There you go, Shakespeare. Can you all decide who's going first and who's going second.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57And whoever's going first please step up to the podium.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01OK, and the question concerns...
0:03:02 > 0:03:04..Shakespeare plays.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Shakespeare plays, Richard.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10- Yeah, if it's going to be Shakespeare, it's probably going to be his plays.- Not his essays.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13It's unlikely to be his woodwork, I wouldn't have thought!
0:03:13 > 0:03:16On each pass we are going to show you seven clues to Shakespeare plays,
0:03:16 > 0:03:18can you name the plays, please.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20There is going to be 14 plays to guess in all at home,
0:03:20 > 0:03:22very best of luck, one and all.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27OK, so we are looking for the title of each of these Shakespeare plays and we have got...
0:03:49 > 0:03:51I'll read those all one last time.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13And there we are. Seven clues to seven Shakespeare plays.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Now then, Mark and Lynne, you all drew lots before the show and today you are going first.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20- Again, you were on that podium last time.- Yes.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24- Remind us what it did for you, Lynne?- Not a lot, no.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26We didn't do very well. Very high-scoring.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31- It was a very high-scoring round, that one.- Yes, 195.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Fashion wasn't really our subject.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- Nor is Shakespeare.- Really? Shakespeare's not good for you?
0:04:36 > 0:04:40- No, but better than fashion.- OK, now remind us what you do, Lynne?
0:04:40 > 0:04:46I teach card making. It was a hobby and then I grew to love it.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48- Gave up the day job. - What was your day job?
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Well, in the past I've been a PE teacher
0:04:52 > 0:04:55and then I decided far too much paperwork in teaching...
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- More card work was more up your... - Yeah.- ..up your street.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02- Yeah, absolutely. I really enjoy the card making.- Good stuff.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04OK, now then. There you are.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Well, you get first pick of the board.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- How are we feeling about this? - Well, I think I know one.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11I'm hoping it's right.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14So known as the Scottish play, Macbeth.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Macbeth, says Lynne. Macbeth.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21It's a bit brave saying Macbeth like that.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Brazenly, just coming out with it like that.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25- It's supposed to be bad luck they say, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- But that's in a theatre, surely not in a television studio. - Well, we'll see.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31AUDIENCE LAUGHS
0:05:34 > 0:05:35Lynne says Macbeth.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42It's right.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45- 75. - APPLAUSE
0:05:45 > 0:05:47That's a high score.
0:05:48 > 0:05:5175 for Macbeth.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- You can tell you were a PE teacher. - Can you?
0:05:53 > 0:05:57Well, looking at seven Shakespeare questions, going, "I don't really know any of those."
0:05:57 > 0:05:59THEY LAUGH
0:05:59 > 0:06:01It's a giveaway, isn't it?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Nothing bad's happened. My computer's turned itself on,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- that's the first time in 500 episodes.- Yeah.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10- So that's weird.- Yeah.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14OK, now then, David. Welcome to the show. What do you do, David?
0:06:14 > 0:06:17- I'm a retired schoolteacher. - A retired schoolteacher.- I am.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- What did you teach? - I taught sport as well!
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Good for you!
0:06:21 > 0:06:23OK, which sports did you teach?
0:06:23 > 0:06:27I taught a whole range of sports, athletics, rugby, cricket, tennis.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30OK, and what do you like getting up to in your spare time, David?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33I sing with an Irish Ceilidh band.
0:06:33 > 0:06:39I write silly poems, silly limericks for a well-known daily newspaper.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43- They have a silly limerick department?- They do.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48- How often do you do that?- I send them out reasonably regularly.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50I've had about four published so far.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55OK, let's have an answer from this board. There are six left.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00Being a PE teacher, I'm also really struggling with this board.
0:07:00 > 0:07:06I'm going to go for the history play set most recently in time as The Merchant Of Venice.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11OK, The Merchant Of Venice, says David, The Merchant Of Venice.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Is that the history play set most recently, let's find out.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20I'm afraid not. That scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I'm sorry, David.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Yeah, sorry David, not history either, The Merchant Of Venice.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28But, at least, you haven't been drummed out of the PE teachers union.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Imagine if you had got it right,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33they would been at home weeping into their coffee, wouldn't they?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35DEEP VOICE: Dave, what have you done?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37AUDIENCE LAUGHS
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Cliff, welcome back to the show. Remind us what happened last time?
0:07:40 > 0:07:42We didn't do very well at all.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46- Well, you got to Round Two.- Yeah.
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Couldn't spell, sorry.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51I've been there myself so I can't criticise that.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56I know how easily that mistake is made. Cliff, remind us what you do?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59I used to work in construction but I got hurt so now I'm going
0:07:59 > 0:08:02back to university or college to do something different.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05OK, what do you like getting up to in your spare time?
0:08:05 > 0:08:07I like walking, reading, watching sport.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10OK, now, how do you reckon you're going to do on this?
0:08:10 > 0:08:12- How's Shakespeare?- Not good at all.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16I will go...
0:08:16 > 0:08:19The title character is stabbed by Brutus in Julius Caesar.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Julius Caesar says Cliff, Julius Caesar.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Let's see if that's right and, if it is, let's see how many said it.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28It's absolutely right.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- 41. - APPLAUSE
0:08:33 > 0:08:36The best score of the round so far, Cliff, very well done.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Well played, Cliff, I'm assuming you've never been a PE teacher, which is why that score is so low.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- I don't do much PE, either. - It's very impressively done.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48In 2012, the Spanish, their archaeologists think
0:08:48 > 0:08:51they found exactly where Julius Caesar fell.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Much as our archaeologists found Richard III.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56They found it was literally next to a bus stop in Rome.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00They found the exact spot they think Julius Caesar fell.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03- They haven't dug it up. - Spanish archaeologists?- Yeah.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- So it took the Spaniards to find that?- It did, yeah.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- In Rome.- Yeah, but...
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- Fair enough.- That's acceptable. We're all Europeans.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Yeah, it's true, it's good.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14AUDIENCE LAUGHS
0:09:14 > 0:09:16There we are. OK, now, Becci.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- Hello.- Becci, you're the last person to have this board.- Yes.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21- Welcome to the show.- Thank you.- What do you do, Becci.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23I'm a full-time mum.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- How many children do you have?- Just the one.- How old?- He's 19 months.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32- Wow!- I don't get up to much at the moment.- No, no.
0:09:32 > 0:09:37- OK, and how is Shakespeare for you? - Well, I did one of them at school.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41- I know one for sure.- OK, do you want to talk us through the board?
0:09:41 > 0:09:45I would guess the play within a play might be The Comedy Of Errors.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49The Achilles and Ulysses might be Anthony and Cleopatra.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52But, I think I'm going to go safe.
0:09:52 > 0:09:57The title character for Goneril, Regan and Cordelia is King Lear.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59King Lear says Becci, let's see if King Lear's right and,
0:09:59 > 0:10:01if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- 19. - APPLAUSE
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Well done, Becci. 19 for King Lear.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21We've said before, haven't we, that Shakespeare essentially splits into two.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23It's the one you did at school and all the other ones.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26So that turned up very nicely for you there.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30The history play set most recently in time is Henry VIII.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Four points, very well done if you said that.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37- Do you know this one, Xander, the title refers to the fifth of January? - Twelfth Night.- Absolutely.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39It would've scored you 12.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- The play within a play referred to as the mousetrap.- In Hamlet.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46It is Hamlet. That would have scored two.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48This last one is a pointless answer.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50I'll give you a go but it's a tough one.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Achilles and Ulysses are characters in this play?
0:10:54 > 0:10:58- I know it.- Oh, brilliant, go on then.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- It's erm...- Shush, he knows it.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02This is going to be amazing, he knows it.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06This is going to be great. Honestly, I didn't think you would know it.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07It's terrific news that you do.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Excellent, how do you want to do this?
0:11:10 > 0:11:14Erm, I, er... I can't think what it is. I can't.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17It's Troilus And Cressida.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Very well done if you said that at home.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22There's a PE teacher who said that at home. Shh...
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Thanks very much. Let's have a look at the scores, we're halfway through the round.
0:11:27 > 0:11:2819 the best score of that pass.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Becci and Sam, well done, looking pretty strong,
0:11:31 > 0:11:33going into the next pass.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Then up to 41, well done Cliff, lovely low score there.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Then up to 75, where we find Lynne and Mark.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Then David and Chris, 100.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42You're not way ahead of Mark and Lynne
0:11:42 > 0:11:45but Chris we need a good answer from you in the next pass.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49We're coming back down the line. Can the second players take their places at the podium.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55OK, let's put seven more Shakespeare plays upon the board and here they come. We have got:
0:12:12 > 0:12:14I'll read those all one last time.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34There we are. We are looking for the title of each of these Shakespeare plays
0:12:34 > 0:12:38and, Sam, you are going to try and find the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Welcome to the show, Sam. What do you do, Sam?
0:12:41 > 0:12:45I work in the travel industry. I work for a lovely hotel company that has hotels
0:12:45 > 0:12:49- in the Mauritius and the Maldives. - That's a great place to be working.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51It's quite nice. I work here, obviously.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55- Well, obviously, yes but if you had to go and visit there. - It's tough, and I do go.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57- It's really hard work.- Yes.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Very good, what do you get up to in your spare time, Sam?
0:13:00 > 0:13:03I quite like rolling around in mud in various parks in London
0:13:03 > 0:13:06in the form of military fitness, Boot Camp things.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09I get shouted at and roll around in mud and snow.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- How often do you do that? - About two or three times a week.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16- In all weathers?- Yeah, we were building snowmen at Christmas time, so yeah, in the snow.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- Wow!- It's good fun.- Well done, you. Good fun?- Well, at the time, no.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24- Afterwards you do feel great. - Yeah, very good.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26OK, now you have first pick of this board.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28I'm going to go for, I'm just going to play really safe.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32There are lots of ones I could guess at but I don't think it's worth taking a risk
0:13:32 > 0:13:34and it's been a really long time since I did Shakespeare.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38I'm going to go for a Capulet and Montague fall in love is Romeo and Juliet.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Romeo and Juliet, says Sam.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Romeo and Juliet. You're on 19. The high-scorers on 100 are Chris and David.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46If you can score 80 or less you are into the next round.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50There's your red line. Romeo and Juliet, will it get you below that line?
0:13:52 > 0:13:54It's right, and it does.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58- 55. - APPLAUSE
0:13:58 > 0:14:0255 takes your total up to 74, Sam. Well done.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06Good answer, Sam. It's interesting, isn't it, when we have people on the show who
0:14:06 > 0:14:08work in cake shops, sometimes they bring us a cake.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12If we have someone who works say in a badge shop, they'll bring us a badge.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15- Invariably they will.- And Sam, I'm thinking, works essentially in a shop that
0:14:15 > 0:14:18sells holidays in the Maldives which...
0:14:18 > 0:14:20I was given mine before the show.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22- Sorry.- Yeah, yeah.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Have you really got a free holiday to the Maldives? Yeah, from Sam.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Actually, no it's to Mauritius. Anyway, now then, Alan.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Alan, you're on 41.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34The high-scorers are Chris and David on 100 still.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39A score of 58 or less sees you into the next round.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Remind us what you do, Alan?
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- I work for the Rugby Football Union as a training manager.- Very good.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48And when you're not doing that, Alan, what you get up to?
0:14:48 > 0:14:49I stay involved with rugby.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53I coach a ladies team, Novocastrians, in Newcastle.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56I drink cider.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- Kind of summarises...- Are you very knowledgeable on cider?
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Erm, I know ones that I like and that I don't like.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05- Do you drink the stuff that comes in...?- That's the stuff I like.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- The cloudier...- Cloudy and flat? - Yes. Sediment, flat.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Your eyesight's still pretty good?
0:15:11 > 0:15:13- Yeah, I'll give it a go.- Good.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Good stuff. Now then, Alan.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Remember, we want the names of these Shakespeare plays.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21There are six left on that board. What are you going to go for?
0:15:21 > 0:15:26- Well, I'm also a former PE teacher. - Oh, you are kidding! Really?
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Just setting myself up here for a dreadful answer.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33How have we got three former PE teachers on the show?
0:15:33 > 0:15:35There's two...
0:15:35 > 0:15:39There's one...that I could go with
0:15:39 > 0:15:43and there's one that I still don't really have any confidence in.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48I'm going to go for the title character is known
0:15:48 > 0:15:50as "the Moor of Venice".
0:15:51 > 0:15:54I'm going to go for The Merchant Of Venice.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59The Merchant Of Venice, second time it's come up in this round,
0:15:59 > 0:16:02let's see if it's right, for "the Moor of Venice."
0:16:02 > 0:16:05If it is, let's see how many people said it. There's your red line.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Oh, bad luck, Alan.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12I'm afraid the Moor of Venice is not The Merchant Of Venice.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16Scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 141.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18So you WERE a PE teacher!
0:16:18 > 0:16:20LAUGHTER
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Yeah, I probably should've gone for the other one in hindsight.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26I have got it. That's good, the PE teachers have scored
0:16:26 > 0:16:30275 between them on this round.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Now then, Chris.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34- Chris, welcome to the show. - Thank you.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38- I'm going to guess, you are still a schoolteacher?- I am, yeah.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39What do you teach?
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Erm, modern languages are my two main academic subjects.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47But I'm also head of what we call the PSHCE department.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52- PSHCE?- Yeah. Sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll, basically.
0:16:52 > 0:16:57Personal, Self, Health, Social, Citizenship, Education.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Wow. And there's no exam in that, presumably?
0:17:00 > 0:17:02You CAN take exams in it.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Our course is a non-examined one, but there are qualifications for it.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07What's that, cleaning your teeth...
0:17:07 > 0:17:09- Yeah.- ..flossing? - Personal healthcare,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12learning how to tie bow ties, things like that.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14The important stuff in life(!)
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Very important indeed. Now, Chris. How's your Shakespeare?
0:17:18 > 0:17:25- Oh, beyond measure.- In the good way? - Not necessarily, no.- No, OK.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Well, it's going to need to be quite good,
0:17:27 > 0:17:31- you need to score be scoring 40 or less with this answer.- Yeah.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32I was going to have a shot in the dark,
0:17:32 > 0:17:35thinking that we've got nothing to lose,
0:17:35 > 0:17:40and then Alan went and got 100 so I don't know how safe to play it.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Erm...I'm going to go with my gut instinct
0:17:43 > 0:17:49and go for the only one of his plays to have an animal in the title
0:17:49 > 0:17:52and I hope that that was Androcles And The Lion.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59- Androcles And The Lion.- Yeah. - OK. Here comes your red line.
0:18:01 > 0:18:06Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Androcles And The Lion.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Oh, bad luck. Bad luck, Chris. I'm afraid an incorrect answer
0:18:13 > 0:18:15scores you the maximum of 100 points,
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- takes you total up to 200. - Perfect(!)- Sorry, Chris.
0:18:18 > 0:18:19- Can I ask you a question?- Yeah.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Do you ever fill in for the PE teacher at your school?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23LAUGHTER
0:18:23 > 0:18:27You won't believe this - my first job was PE and English.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30I saw the light and then moved on to modern languages,
0:18:30 > 0:18:34- but should've stayed with English longer.- Extraordinary. Shakespeare meets PE teachers
0:18:34 > 0:18:38is what we've done today. Becci, what was your job before you became a full-time mum?
0:18:38 > 0:18:41- I was a PA.- A PA!- Phew!
0:18:41 > 0:18:43LAUGHTER
0:18:43 > 0:18:47That's a relief. Androcles And The Lion's one of Aesop's Fables, I'm afraid.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- Not a Shakespeare play. - There you are.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53Now, Mark, I have great news for you. Great news for you,
0:18:53 > 0:18:57- you are through to the next round. - That is good news.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Even if you score 100 points, you are through to the next round.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Remind us what you do, Mark.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05I'm retired but I used to work in procurement
0:19:05 > 0:19:07with the railway industry and then the NHS.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09That's right. What do you like getting up to?
0:19:09 > 0:19:13I read, I play sports. Tennis, badminton, squash, racquetball,
0:19:13 > 0:19:19- table tennis, I cycle a bit.- Lots of hand-eye stuff going on there?- Yes.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- OK. Shakespeare, Mark? - Yeah, not good.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25But fortunately we're through so I'm going to have a guess
0:19:25 > 0:19:28at the title character is known as "the Moor of Venice" and say Hamlet.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Hamlet, you're saying, the title character of "the Moor of Venice."
0:19:31 > 0:19:34No red line for you, you're already through
0:19:34 > 0:19:36but let's see if that's right and how many people said it.
0:19:38 > 0:19:44Nope, another incorrect answer, another 100 points.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46175, your total.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50- Hasn't been a massive success, this round, has it?- Hasn't really, no.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53I'm hoping perhaps some people at home are feeling clever now
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- because they did better than the contestants.- Yeah.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark. The Moor of Venice is...
0:20:01 > 0:20:06- Othello.- ..Othello. Absolutely, would've scored 21 points.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08The play largely set in the Forest of Arden?
0:20:08 > 0:20:12- Is As You Like It?- As You Like It. Would've scored nothing at all,
0:20:12 > 0:20:18so very, very well played and very well done if you got that at home as well.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Now, there is one play which has an animal in the title
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- but it's Androcles And The Lion, it is...?- The Taming Of The Shrew.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25The Taming Of The Shrew. Absolutely right.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28You may have gone through all his plays, I wonder if you got to it.
0:20:28 > 0:20:3012 points, it would've scored you.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Shylock demands his pound of flesh in a very familiar play.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- Merchant Of Venice.- The Merchant Of Venice. It was up there somewhere.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39Would've scored 35. The character Falstaff first appears in...?
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- Henry IV, Part One?- Henry IV, Part One, absolutely. 1 point.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- It's a lots to fill in on this board, isn't it?- Yeah, blimey. - Come on, guys!
0:20:45 > 0:20:49- And the play predominantly set in Berkshire.- Merry Wives Of Windsor.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51It is The Merry Wives Of Windsor, well played,
0:20:51 > 0:20:536 points that would've got you.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57Very well done to anybody who got all 14 of those, that's very impressive.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59But if you got through to the next round, very well done.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- LAUGHTER - Thank you!
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Thanks, Richard. At the end of our first round the pair who'll be leaving us
0:21:04 > 0:21:09with their high score of 200, it's Chris and David. Dear, oh dear.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12I'm so sorry. We've giving you the worst category there.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16Oh, well. We have to say goodbye to you, we'll see again you next time.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18But in the meantime, thanks for playing. Chris and David.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21APPLAUSE
0:21:21 > 0:21:25But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Well, only three pairs remain. And after this round, obviously
0:21:34 > 0:21:37we say goodbye to another pair for our head-to-head round.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41Cliff and Alan, you're the only people who've been here before. Round Two,
0:21:41 > 0:21:43you remember that well from last time,
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Lynne and Mark, welcome to Round Two, this is what it looks like.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Becci and Sam, the only remaining new pair
0:21:48 > 0:21:49and our low scorers in that last round.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52No incorrect answers from you, so very well done.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Monarchs. Can you all decide in your pairs who will go first and second?
0:22:02 > 0:22:05And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10OK, so our question concerns...
0:22:14 > 0:22:17The Diamond Jubilee Lunch for sovereign monarchs.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19If you thought the last round was hard...
0:22:19 > 0:22:21LAUGHTER ..welcome to this!
0:22:21 > 0:22:24We're about to show you a picture taken at the Diamond Jubilee Lunch
0:22:24 > 0:22:26for sovereign monarchs in 2012.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28It's the Queen alongside various kings, queens, sheikhs,
0:22:28 > 0:22:31sultans, other representatives of other countries.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34We need you to name any country represented in the photo
0:22:34 > 0:22:37you're about to see. The country of any of the kings, queens, sheikhs
0:22:37 > 0:22:43and so on you're about to see in this picture. Just looking for the name of the country. Very best of luck.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46OK, so we'll now show you an image and in that image are
0:22:46 > 0:22:49these various sovereign monarchs and as Richard says,
0:22:49 > 0:22:53you merely have to name a country that is represented in that picture.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54Here is the image.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57There they are.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01I'm guessing that was taken before the lunch because after it...ho-ho!
0:23:01 > 0:23:04And the one answer we won't accept is Queen Elizabeth II.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Any of the countries that she is monarch of,
0:23:06 > 0:23:12- I'm afraid not an acceptable answer. - OK. Now then, Lynne.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16- What are you going to go for? - Well, as a PE teacher, this is really up my street!
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Erm...Denmark.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24Denmark, says Lynne, let's see if that's right and how many people said Denmark.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27It's right.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Oh, it's a good answer, Lynne.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Look at that, down it goes, 16 for Denmark, that's a great answer.
0:23:35 > 0:23:36APPLAUSE
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Good answer, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45There she is at the back in the sunglasses.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49No, that's not her, there she is. LAUGHTER
0:23:49 > 0:23:53- Now then, Cliff.- Tough one.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58- We'll have a bit of a punt in Brunei.- Brunei, says Cliff.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59Brunei, let's see that's right
0:23:59 > 0:24:01and if it is, let's see how many people said that.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05It's right.
0:24:10 > 0:24:16Very well done indeed, Cliff. 4. Very well recognised, there.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18APPLAUSE
0:24:18 > 0:24:20- Brunei.- Well played, Cliff.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23The Sultan of Brunei, of course. There he is and do you know
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- what he used to do before he was the Sultan of Brunei?- Saxophonist.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28LAUGHTER
0:24:28 > 0:24:32No, he was a PE teacher. LAUGHTER
0:24:32 > 0:24:36Oh, right! Sam. Sam.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40They don't look familiar at all, any of them.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44I'll take a complete stab in the dark and say Oman.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Oman. Oman, says Sam. Let's see if that's right
0:24:47 > 0:24:50and if it is, let's see how many people said Oman.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Ooh, unfortunately he wasn't there.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00- You score the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry, Sam.- Yeah, sorry, Sam.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04- The Sultan of Oman - not invited. - Not invited?
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Well, I'm just assuming that by the fact he hasn't...
0:25:07 > 0:25:11- If you were invited, you'd go, wouldn't you?- Maybe he was busy.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Yeah, but if the Queen invites you to her Diamond Jubilee Lunch
0:25:14 > 0:25:18- for sovereign monarchs, you'd make time.- OK.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Thanks very much. Halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Cliff and Alan looking very strong at this stage of the game.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26A lovely low score of 4 from Cliff,
0:25:26 > 0:25:28then up to 16 where we find Lynne and Mark
0:25:28 > 0:25:32and then up to 100 where we find Sam and Becci. Bad luck.
0:25:32 > 0:25:33We'll come back down the line now.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:25:38 > 0:25:42OK. Becci, we are looking for the countries represented by these
0:25:42 > 0:25:46sovereign monarchs gathered around our own sovereign monarch.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48And as ever, you're going to try and find the lowest-scoring one.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52You are the high scorers by a margin, on 100. But, who knows?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54There might be some more high scores to come.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57This isn't great, I don't recognise anyone.
0:25:57 > 0:26:02I might just have to guess, and I'm going to go for Egypt?
0:26:02 > 0:26:05- Egypt?- Yep.- OK, Egypt, says Becci.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08No red line for you, you're the highest scorers but let's see
0:26:08 > 0:26:11if Egypt is right and if it is, how many people said it.
0:26:12 > 0:26:13Ooh, bad luck, Becci.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16I'm afraid an incorrect answer scores you the maximum of 100 points
0:26:16 > 0:26:19and takes your total up to 200. There goes our holiday.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22LAUGHTER
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Yeah, sorry, Becci. They've got a president in Egypt.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Now then, Alan. Alan, you're through to the head-to-head.
0:26:28 > 0:26:33Even if you score 100 points, you won't overtake Becci and Sam on 200.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35What are you going to go for?
0:26:35 > 0:26:41I think the fella front left could be from Japan.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45You're going to say Japan? Alan says Japan.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48No red line for you, you're already through but let's see
0:26:48 > 0:26:50if Japan's right and how many people said it.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52It's right.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Well, Cliff scored 4 in the last round.
0:26:58 > 0:27:0116, your score, takes your total up to 20.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03APPLAUSE
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Amazing play on podium two, well done, guys.
0:27:08 > 0:27:13That's Emperor Akihito of Japan. He's the 125th Japanese emperor.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17He's a direct descendant of the very first one from 660 BC.
0:27:17 > 0:27:22- A direct descendant.- Wow.- Yep. - Now then, Mark.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26You two are through to the head-to-head.
0:27:26 > 0:27:31- I'm thinking you might have a good answer here, Mark.- Are you?- Yep.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34- I'm going to guess for Monaco. - Monaco.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Monaco, let's see if Monaco is right
0:27:36 > 0:27:37and if it is, how many people said it.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39No red line for you, you're already through.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41Absolutely right.
0:27:47 > 0:27:4810 for Monaco.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50APPLAUSE
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Very well done, takes your total up to 26.
0:27:55 > 0:28:00Yes, Prince Albert II of Monaco, there he is enjoying the festivities.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03ALEXANDER CHUCKLES Look at that, what a party(!)
0:28:03 > 0:28:05That's great, isn't it?
0:28:05 > 0:28:07But let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Only two pointless answers up there, amazingly.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13They are Bulgaria, there you go, and Lesotho.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15So, terrific work if you said any of those.
0:28:15 > 0:28:21And the top three, they were Denmark, we've already heard, for 16 points.
0:28:21 > 0:28:26Saudi Arabia, 23, and the Netherlands with 25.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28You know how when our people are polled,
0:28:28 > 0:28:30they don't know they're being polled for Pointless?
0:28:30 > 0:28:33- They don't know why they're answering the questions?- Yes.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37What must they have thought when they were suddenly presented with that? "Name these people"?
0:28:37 > 0:28:40If that'd been me, I would suspect I was being lined up
0:28:40 > 0:28:42for some sort of spying job.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45Ah. Perhaps that's what they think, because they're endlessly
0:28:45 > 0:28:48- being asked questions about where various cities are...- Yeah.
0:28:48 > 0:28:49..and big geological features.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52- Perhaps they're thinking, "This is MI5, I'm almost certain." - "I'm in!"
0:28:54 > 0:28:55Interesting. Thanks, Richard.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59At the end of that round, I'm afraid, Becci and Sam, you are our high scorers on 200.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02- Our newest members of the 200 Club, so welcome to that.- Thanks(!)
0:29:02 > 0:29:06We'll see you again next time. Everyone gets two chances to reach our Pointless final
0:29:06 > 0:29:08and we'll look forward to that. Thanks very much.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Meantime, Becci and Sam. Great contestants.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12APPLAUSE
0:29:12 > 0:29:15But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for our head-to-head.
0:29:15 > 0:29:16APPLAUSE
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Well, congratulations, Cliff and Alan, Mark and Lynne,
0:29:23 > 0:29:26you are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play
0:29:26 > 0:29:29for our jackpot which currently stands at £2,000.
0:29:29 > 0:29:30APPLAUSE
0:29:33 > 0:29:36So, we have to decide which pair it'll be that goes through
0:29:36 > 0:29:37to the final and plays for that jackpot.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40In order to do that, you're now going to go head-to-head.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43The big difference, of course, is now you are allowed to confer.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the money.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49Now then, Cliff and Alan. What a fantastic game you've had.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51It turns out you know more about people turning up to the
0:29:51 > 0:29:55Queen's lunch for sovereign monarchs then you do about Shakespeare.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58- Were you there? - We were on the door.- Oh, really?
0:29:58 > 0:30:02So, it was you who didn't let Oman in? Right!
0:30:02 > 0:30:03He was wearing trainers.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07LAUGHTER
0:30:07 > 0:30:09APPLAUSE
0:30:12 > 0:30:15Well, great news is obviously, having made it this far,
0:30:15 > 0:30:18you can put your heads together and discuss before giving your answers
0:30:18 > 0:30:22so very best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.
0:30:22 > 0:30:23APPLAUSE
0:30:27 > 0:30:31OK, here comes your first question, and it concerns...
0:30:34 > 0:30:38- Epsom Derby winners. Richard. - We're about to show you the names of five horses which have won
0:30:38 > 0:30:41the Epsom Derby but we've removed alternate letters from their names.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Can you fill in those gaps and give us the best answer? Good luck.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48OK, let's reveal our five Epsom Derby winners and here they are.
0:30:48 > 0:30:49We have...
0:31:02 > 0:31:05There they are, I'll read them all again without the blanks.
0:31:12 > 0:31:13Now, Cliff and Alan.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16You've played best throughout the show so far so you get to go first.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21THEY CONFER QUIETLY
0:31:24 > 0:31:28We'll go...Mill Reef.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32Mill Reef. One up from the bottom, Mill Reef.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36Now then, Mark and Lynne. Talk us through the board, if you can.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40We don't know number one or number three.
0:31:42 > 0:31:43Shall we go for the second?
0:31:43 > 0:31:48We think the second one's Nijinsky and the bottom one is Shergar.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51- And Mill Reef is the fourth one. - We knew Mill Reef as well.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54- Try Nijinsky.- Nijinsky.- Nijinsky.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57So we have Mill Reef and we have Nijinsky.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59Cliff and Alan said Mill Reef, let's see if that's right
0:31:59 > 0:32:03and how many people said it, Mill Reef.
0:32:03 > 0:32:04It is right.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11- 12. - APPLAUSE
0:32:12 > 0:32:1612 for Mill Reef, very well done. Now then.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Mark and Lynne have gone for Nijinsky,
0:32:18 > 0:32:22let's see if that's right and how many people said Nijinsky.
0:32:22 > 0:32:23It's right.
0:32:26 > 0:32:2856.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30APPLAUSE
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Pretty comprehensive win there for Cliff and Alan.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35After one question, you're up 1-0.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38There was only one answer there that would've beaten Mill Reef,
0:32:38 > 0:32:43let's go through all of them. The top one, recent winner, Galileo,
0:32:43 > 0:32:44would've scored 23 points.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47The one at the bottom, as you rightly said, is Shergar,
0:32:47 > 0:32:50would've scored you too many points. Kidnapped over 30 years ago now,
0:32:50 > 0:32:52Shergar. Amazing, isn't it?
0:32:52 > 0:32:5864 for Shergar, and the best answer there is the 2007 Derby winner,
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Authorized, would've scored 2 points,
0:33:00 > 0:33:03so very well done if you said that at home.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07Thanks very much indeed. Here comes your second question. Mark and Lynne,
0:33:07 > 0:33:11you need to win this one to stay in the game. It concerns Bob Marley.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Bob Marley, Richard.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15We're going to give you five clues to facts about Bob Marley.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Can you give us the most obscure answer?
0:33:17 > 0:33:20OK, let's reveal five clues to facts about Bob Marley.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Here they come. We have got...
0:33:37 > 0:33:39I'll read those all one last time.
0:33:53 > 0:33:58Five clues to facts about Bob Marley. Mark and Lynne, you go first.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02THEY WHISPER
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Name of his backing group - The Wailers.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13The Wailers say Mark and Lynne.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16So, Cliff and Alan, the board is all yours.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18Talk us through as many of the answers as you can.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22Our Uncle Colin absolutely loved Bob Marley
0:34:22 > 0:34:28and he will slaughter us if we don't get through this but that's no guarantee.
0:34:28 > 0:34:35- Jamaica is the Caribbean country. - Island Records.- Island Records.
0:34:35 > 0:34:42- Wailers.- Buffalo, the bottom one. - Buffalo Soldier. I don't know who...
0:34:42 > 0:34:46Jimmy Cliff maybe, but I don't think that's right.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50- I think we'll go Island Records. - Island Records.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54Chris Blackwell's record label. Island Records.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56So we have the Wailers and Island Records.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Mark and Lynne, you need to win this to stay in the game.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03Cliff and Alan, you need to win this to avoid slaughter.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Mark and Lynne have gone with the Wailers.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09If that's right, let's see how many people said that.
0:35:13 > 0:35:1571 for the Wailers.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Cliff and Alan, you've gone with Island Records.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23If that's right, let's see how many people said it.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29It's right and it wins you the question.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33That's a great answer. 8 for Island Records.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35Very well done, Cliff and Alan.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Which means, after only two questions,
0:35:38 > 0:35:41you're through to the final. 2-0.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45Well played, Cliff and Alan. Again there was only one answer that could have beaten you.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48It's not the top one. That is Jamaica.
0:35:48 > 0:35:49It would have scored 84 points.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52The type of soldier, as you said is Buffalo Soldier.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56It would have scored 39. The best answer is a pointless answer.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59The reggae musician who produced most of African Herbsman.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01He's the brilliant Lee "Scratch" Perry.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Well done if you said that at home.
0:36:03 > 0:36:04It's a terrific answer.
0:36:04 > 0:36:05Thanks very much indeed.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08The pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round is Mark
0:36:08 > 0:36:13and Lynne. It was round one last time. The head-to-head this time.
0:36:13 > 0:36:14Much better.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17I'm afraid two perfectly good answers,
0:36:17 > 0:36:20but Cliff and Alan really managed to find some fantastic answers.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Lovely low scores
0:36:22 > 0:36:24which I'm afraid means you leave this round with no points at all.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27It's been great having you on the show. Thanks very much for playing.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Mark and Lynne.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34For Cliff and Alan, it's time for our Pointless final.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Congratulations, Cliff and Alan.
0:36:41 > 0:36:42You've seen off all the competition
0:36:42 > 0:36:45and you've won the coveted Pointless trophy. Well done.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56At the end of today, the jackpot stands at £2,000.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58APPLAUSE
0:37:01 > 0:37:04To win, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06First though you have to choose a category.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08You have five options to choose from. They are...
0:37:17 > 0:37:18Football? Or UK politics?
0:37:18 > 0:37:20You are reasonably strong on UK politics.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22But we're both reasonably strong at football.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25No, because it could be football in Venezuela.
0:37:25 > 0:37:30- With UK politics, at least we've got a...- OK. UK politics.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33UK politics it is. Here it comes.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many 19th-century
0:37:37 > 0:37:39prime ministers
0:37:39 > 0:37:42as they could. 19th century prime ministers. Richard?
0:37:42 > 0:37:44We're looking for you to name anybody who was
0:37:44 > 0:37:46prime minister of Great Britain in the 19th century.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48The very best of luck, guys.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52You now have up to one minute to come up with the answers and all you
0:37:52 > 0:37:55need to win that £2,000 is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
0:37:55 > 0:37:56Are you ready?
0:37:56 > 0:38:00- As ready as we'll ever be. - Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:38:01 > 0:38:02Your time starts now.
0:38:02 > 0:38:07- In hindsight, that was an error. - Very bad. Totally blank.
0:38:07 > 0:38:12- Off Blackadder, there was Pitt the Elder.- And Pitt the Younger.
0:38:12 > 0:38:18- Is Lord Harmiston one? - I have no idea. Lord Harmiston popped into my head.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24Let's get one of the Pitts. Pitt the Younger because he's closer.
0:38:24 > 0:38:29- 19th century.- Baldwin? No, Baldwin wasn't...
0:38:35 > 0:38:37I've got no idea.
0:38:37 > 0:38:44- Disaster.- Disraeli.- Get out of it! Let's just go...- Disraeli's one. - ..Some made-up name!
0:38:44 > 0:38:48What's his first name? Do you know? Bob Disraeli?
0:38:48 > 0:38:50CHUCKLING
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Ten seconds left.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58- Benjamin Disraeli. - Benjamin Disraeli.
0:39:04 > 0:39:05OK, that's your time up.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07We were looking for 19th century prime ministers.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10I now need your three answers.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- Pitt the Younger.- Pitt the Younger. - Benjamin Disraeli.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17- Benjamin Disraeli.- And Lord Harmiston.- And Lord Harmiston.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19OK, of those three,
0:39:19 > 0:39:22which do you think is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:39:22 > 0:39:26- Lord Harmiston. - Lord Harmiston. We'll put him last.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30- What's your least likely? - Benjamin Disraeli.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Benjamin Disraeli we'll put first.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Pitt the Younger in the middle.
0:39:34 > 0:39:39OK, let's put those up on the board in this order. We have got...
0:39:42 > 0:39:44We were looking for 19th-century prime ministers.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Your first answer, Benjamin Disraeli,
0:39:46 > 0:39:48that was your least likely to be pointless.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50Only one of these answers has to be right for you to
0:39:50 > 0:39:52win that jackpot of £2,000.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55What would you do with £2,000, Cliff?
0:39:55 > 0:39:58- It would go to working on my garden. - Alan?
0:39:58 > 0:40:02- I would take the wife away for a lovely trip.- Very good indeed.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05Best of luck. Three answers on the board.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09If one of those is pointless, you'll be leaving here with £2,000.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13Let's see how many people think Benjamin Disraeli. Is it pointless?
0:40:15 > 0:40:18It's right. Down it goes.
0:40:18 > 0:40:24If this goes all the way down to zero, you will leave here with £2,000.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Ooh, 32.
0:40:30 > 0:40:3432. Not a bad answer. It has to be pointless in this round.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38- I'm amazed it's right. - Cheers, mate(!)
0:40:38 > 0:40:39Obviously not a pointless answer.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Only two more chances to win today's jackpot.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44We are looking for 19th century prime ministers.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47Your next answer was Pitt the Younger.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49You quibbled over which of the two Pitts to go for.
0:40:49 > 0:40:54- You went for the Younger. He was nearer.- Precisely.- Let's see.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Obviously, it has to be correct. Then it has to be pointless.
0:40:57 > 0:40:58If it's both of those, you will win £2,000.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Let's see how many people said Pitt the Younger.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07It's right. Benjamin Disraeli took us down to 32.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Pitt the Younger takes us down through the 40s and 30s.
0:41:11 > 0:41:1428.
0:41:15 > 0:41:1728 for Pitt the Younger.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23You only have one more chance to win today's jackpot. £2,000.
0:41:23 > 0:41:2519th century prime ministers is our category.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Your third and final answer was Lord Harmiston.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31- This came from nowhere. - It just popped in.
0:41:31 > 0:41:36- It could be completely wrong.- Lord Harmiston. It has to be correct.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Then it has to be pointless. For £2,000, let's find out.
0:41:39 > 0:41:45Lord Harmiston, is it a pointless answer?
0:41:45 > 0:41:48Ohh!
0:41:48 > 0:41:49Bad luck.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Bad luck. Two good answers there
0:41:55 > 0:41:58but I'm afraid you didn't find that all-important pointless answer.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00I'm afraid you won't be winning today's
0:42:00 > 0:42:02jackpot of £2,000 which rolls over onto the next show.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04We've loved having you on the show.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07You do of course win our Pointless trophy. Very well done.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10APPLAUSE
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Unlucky, guys. Well played throughout the show.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18I think you were thinking of Lord Palmerston.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Or Viscount Palmerston. It would have scored you 14 points though.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24A few low scorers. George Canning would have scored you 2.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26You'd have got 1 point for the Duke of Portland, Earl
0:42:26 > 0:42:29of Rosebery, Henry Addington. Well done if you said any of those.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32There's only four pointless answers. Let's see if you got one of them.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35I know that some people at home will definitely have done.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37The Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Derby who was prime minister
0:42:37 > 0:42:38three times in the 19th century.
0:42:38 > 0:42:43Lord John Russell, earlier than the three of those, Viscount Goderich.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46All of those pointless answers. Very well done if you said any of those.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Shall we do football instead, guys?
0:42:48 > 0:42:50- Thank you very much. - Thanks very much.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, Cliff
0:42:53 > 0:42:55and Alan but it's been great having you on the show.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Thank you both so much for playing. Great contestants. Cliff and Alan.
0:42:58 > 0:43:02APPLAUSE
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Sadly, they didn't win today's jackpot which means it rolls
0:43:04 > 0:43:08over onto the next show when we will be playing for £3,000.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12Join us then to see if someone can win it.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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