Episode 14 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

the quiz show where the aim of the game is to score as few points as you can. Let's meet today's players.

-Couple number one.

-Hi, I'm Alex, this is my Auntie Vicky and we're from Derbyshire.

-APPLAUSE

-Couple number... Oh, yes. This just happens sometimes.

-You get spontaneous applause for things like Derbyshire. But it's the way you say it sometimes.

-Yeah.

-Alex, that was very impressively done.

-Thank you.

-Yeah, well done.

-Couple number two, beat that.

-Hi, I'm Ian. This is my lovely wife Jessica.

We're from Reigate in Surrey.

APPLAUSE

-It nearly didn't happen!

-That was a sympathy clap, that was.

-Couple number three.

-I'm Chris, this is my friend David. We're from Ryde on the Isle of Wight!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-It's all in the inflection.

-That's how they do it.

-Couple number four.

Hi, I'm Sam from London. This is my friend Becci from Surrey.

We used to work together and became firm friends.

APPLAUSE

And these, ladies and gentlemen, are today's contestants.

We'll find out more about all of you throughout the show. That just leaves one person to introduce.

His IQ has more digits than his phone number. It's my Pointless friend Richard.

-Hiya. Hi, everybody. Hiya.

-APPLAUSE

-How are you?

-I'm very well.

-Excellent.

-How about you?

-Not bad. I just came all the way from...West London!

CHEERING

-Thank you. How about you?

-Again from West... I can't tag on to that.

-Can you not?

I can't get a West London sort of second round clap. That's not going to happen.

We've got two returning pairs - David and Chris and Becci and Sam.

They were both involved in just a shocking round last time.

-Shakespeare.

-It was pretty much the worst round we've ever had on any Pointless show in history.

It was pretty bad, wasn't it?

It wasn't that good.

Becci and Sam were the only people who came out of it with any credit,

so I've made today a Shakespeare Special because I think we should learn...

-I haven't really.

-Thanks, Richard. All our questions were put to 100 people before the show.

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

Everyone wants to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave and each time that happens,

we will add 250 quid to the jackpot. Cliff and Alan didn't win our jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that, so today's jackpot starts at £3,000.

APPLAUSE

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

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

The pair with the highest score at the end of the round is eliminated.

Our first category today is...

Song Titles. Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

UK No.1s with the word "love" in the title. Richard?

On each pass, we'll show you the name of seven groups with a year in brackets.

Tell us the name of the No.1 single they had in that year that had the word "love" in the title.

There are 14 No.1 singles to guess at home. Very best of luck.

OK, we are looking for the names of these No.1 singles with "love" in the title. Here is our first board.

I'll read those one last time.

Vicky and Alex, you all drew lots before the show and, today, you're going first.

-So, Vicky...

-Hello.

-Remind us where you're from.

-Derbyshire.

-What do you do?

-I work for a bank.

-But also you are Alex's aunt?

-I certainly am.

-I gather that's also full-time?

-Totally.

-Yeah...

-It's hard work.

-I bet.

-Really.

-Whose idea was it to come on the show?

-Mine, unfortunately.

-And Alex, first choice?

-Totally, yeah.

OK, good. Really?

Now then, Vicky, singles with "love" in their title...

This is not a good subject for me,

so I think I'm going to have to go for The Supremes and guess at Baby Love.

Baby Love, says Vicky. Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Baby Love.

It's right. Very well done.

It's a good score. Look at that - 30. Not bad at all, Vicky.

-30 for Baby Love.

-Lovely start to the show, Vicky.

It was their only UK No.1, The Supremes. They had 12 American No.1s, just one in the UK.

-Jessica, welcome to the show. What do you do, Jessica?

-I'm a GP.

-What do you like getting up to when you're not being a doctor?

-I really like nature.

We used to breed snakes, actually. That was something we stopped doing, but we did that...

-Hang on. What sort of snakes did you breed?

-We had corn snakes and trinket snakes.

-Trinket snakes.

-They sound sweet.

-Yeah. What do corn snakes look like?

-They're sort of orangey-red and white.

-Big?

-They're not pythons?

-No.

-I like those Crunchy Nut Corn Snakes(!)

LAUGHTER

So, then, Jessica, what are you going to go for?

Also not a brilliant round for me, but I'm going to go for Soft Cell and Tainted Love.

Tainted Love, says Jessica. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Tainted Love.

It's right. 30 is our best score so far. Tainted Love...

35.

APPLAUSE

Not bad at all.

A big hit in the UK. It also spent 43 weeks in the US charts as well.

-That's a great song, Tainted Love.

-It is a great song.

Chris, welcome back to the show. Now, remind us what happened with you last time.

We made it look ridiculously easy and joined the 200 Club.

Yes, that's right. Chris, you're a bit more subdued today.

Yeah, I've toned it down for the second show.

-Yeah, very good.

-I thought I'd drop the role of eye candy for the show and play the intellectual card.

Very sensible. You are a teacher, as we discovered last time.

-I am.

-Modern languages.

-Yeah.

-Excellent.

We are looking for the UK No.1 singles with the word "love" in their titles by these artists.

-What will you go for?

-I would have gone for either of those two,

but I'll go with Showaddywaddy and Under The Moon Of Love.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Under The Moon Of Love.

It is right.

Well, 30 is our best score so far.

Smashed through that. Look at that.

18, very well done, Chris.

-18 for Showaddywaddy's Under The Moon Of Love.

-Well done, Chris. It's their only UK No.1.

-They had 23 top 40 hits.

-They only had one No.1?

-Yeah.

-Extraordinary.

Sam, welcome back to the show.

-Remind us what you do.

-I work for a hotel company with hotels in Mauritius and the Maldives.

I do sales and marketing for the hotels, but I work here.

What do you like getting up to in your spare time?

I like doing a bit of cycling, a bit of military fitness.

I'm cycling from London to Paris at some point this year for charity.

-How long are you hoping that will take?

-It's meant to take three days.

It'll probably take me three weeks! Three days, hopefully.

-You're the last person to have this board, so fill in as many blanks as you can.

-I can't fill it in.

I can't remember that Leona Lewis song.

I'll go for the Donna Summer one and, hopefully, it's I Feel Love.

Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said I Feel Love.

24. Very well done. Second lowest score of the pass.

APPLAUSE

Good answer, Sam. Well played, everyone, in that round.

That was her only UK No.1, I Feel Love. The rest of the board, how well are you going to do at this?

-Frankie Goes To Hollywood?

-The Power Of Love.

-Yeah, 30 points.

-Leona Lewis?

-Bleeding Love.

-Bleeding Love, yes.

9 points. And the best answer on the board is The Housemartins.

-Oh, um, Caravan...

-Caravan Of Love, absolutely.

7 points. Well done if you said that at home.

Brilliant, excellent. Halfway through the round, let's take a look at those scores.

18, the best score of that pass, Chris, then up to 24 where we find Sam and Becci,

up to 30, Vicky and Alex, up to 35, Jessica and Ian.

You're not stupidly ahead, Ian, but a nice, low score might be enough to keep you in the game.

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

OK, we're going to put seven more artists on the board and here they are.

I'll read those one last time.

Now then, Becci, you'll try and remember the name of the UK No.1 single with the word "love" in it

-and try and guess the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-Right.

You're on 24. The high scorers on 35 are Ian and Jessica,

so a score of 10 or less will stop you becoming the new high scorers.

-Becci, you are a mother.

-I am.

-A full-time mother at the moment.

-Yeah.

Is music a big interest of yours?

I do like listening to music in the car, on the radio. Yeah, it passes the time.

-Are you good at remembering things?

-No.

-Right.

I'm afraid not. It goes in and goes straight out again, but I think I know two.

It's just deciding which one is the least points.

I think I'll go for Beyonce and it is Crazy In Love.

Crazy In Love. Here is your red line. Below that, you are through to the next round.

Let's see if Crazy In Love is right, let's see how many people said it.

It is right.

Oh, look at that. Wow, 5!

-Well done!

-Very well done indeed, Becci.

You seem very surprised by that. 5 takes your total up to 29 and sees you through to the next round.

Lovely low score. It was No.1 in the UK and the US, the only song to do that in that year, in 2003.

-David, welcome back to the show.

-Thank you.

-You're a PE teacher, David.

-I was a PE teacher, yes.

-Remind us what you do now.

-I'm retired. I sing with an Irish ceili band.

-So where do you sing?

-Where do you do your singing?

-Pubs, clubs, weddings, anywhere that'll have us.

-Are you Irish?

I'm not, no. I'm part Scottish, but I'm Celtic enough.

You have to be Celtic above this "Celticness" to get in a ceili band.

-What's your favourite song that you sing?

-Probably Whiskey In The Jar.

-Or Galway Girl.

-How many of you are there in the band?

-Seven when we're all there.

-Have you got a "bodh-rone"?

-A bodhran player, yes.

-Bodhran, sorry.

-Yes, we have a bodhran player.

-And accordions?

-A fiddle?

-Flute, fiddle, a couple of guitars, mandolin

-and I'm a whizz on the tambourine.

-Brilliant.

We've got two bodhran players in my band.

-The Adam And The Ants of ceili bands?

-Yeah, we're called "Bodhran-Bodhran".

LAUGHTER

David, you're on 18. The high scorers on 35 are still Ian and Jessica.

A score of 16 or less keeps you in the game.

I'm going to go for Wet Wet Wet, Love Is All Around.

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

There is your red line.

Well, it's correct. A very popular song.

-Yeah, 40 is its score.

-APPLAUSE

-58, your total.

-It spent 15 weeks at No.1, the third most of any song in British chart history.

Only beaten by Everything I Do, I Do It For You, Bryan Adams, and I Believe, Frankie Laine.

There you are.

Ian...

Now then, what do you do, Ian?

I'm a director of finance for a bit of a professional services firm in London.

-A bit of a professional services firm?

-Yeah, so not the whole thing.

I see. And when you're not doing that, Ian, what do you do?

I watch a lot of football, to begin with.

When I'm not doing that, I like English nature. I like travelling very much as well.

-How did you and Jessica meet?

-We met online.

We came together and I proposed to Jessica two days after I met her.

-Wow!

-Get your tissues out.

Wow! And you said "yes" after two days?

Well, I did, but then I sort of thought, "What have I done?"

But actually, it was OK.

-How long ago was that?

-2001.

-Well, congratulations. Very well done indeed.

We are looking for these UK No.1 singles with "love" in their titles. Ian, what will you go for?

Not the best subject for me. I only know two on the board.

Luckily, they've not gone.

So I think this is right. I'm going to say 10cc, I'm Not In Love.

10cc, I'm Not In Love, says Ian. The high scorers are David and Chris on 58.

You're on 35, so 22 or less sees you through. There's your red line.

Let's see if I'm Not In Love is right and how many people said it.

It is right.

34.

-APPLAUSE

-Never mind.

-34 takes your total up to 69.

-It's a pretty good answer, but 34 is quite a big score.

I've had that song in my head since the question came up. It's all I can...

-I should concentrate on the show. It's a beautiful song, but no couple could have that as their song.

-No.

"What was the first dance at your wedding?" "I'm Not In Love, 10cc."

LAUGHTER

-Now, Alex, you were chosen by Vicky.

-Yeah.

What's your specialist area? What will you be particularly good at? Why did she choose you?

Well, anything to do with films, especially the Oscars, I'm quite knowledgeable of.

British history from around 1870 to pre-war, pre-World War Two.

-So we're looking for those two subjects.

-What do you do, Alex?

I'm just about to graduate with a PR degree and I'm also a PR executive at a PR consultancy.

-Excellent. Right, well, that board is all yours.

-OK, I knew the three that are gone.

-I know one more for definite, but it'll be a high answer.

-You can talk us through them.

I think the Jennifer Rush one is Power Of Love,

but I'm going to take a bit of a risk and go Dusty Springfield, The Look Of Love.

The Look Of Love, The Look Of Love. OK, now, there is your red line.

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

Let's see if The Look Of Love is right and how many people said it.

Oh, bad luck.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer and it scores you 100 points and that takes your total up to 130.

That's really unlucky. She did record The Look Of Love,

but her only UK No.1 was You Don't Have To Say You Love Me.

It would have scored 7 points.

You were right about Jennifer Rush. That's The Power Of Love.

It would have scored 41 points and it would just have seen you knocked out.

Stevie Wonder down the bottom there is I Just Called To Say I Love You.

31 points.

-Renee & Renato, do you know that one?

-Save Your Love.

It would have scored 15 points, so the best answer is Crazy In Love.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

At the end of our first round, I'm afraid our losing pair with a high score of 130, it's Alex and Vicky.

That was really unfortunate. Good of you to know that Look Of Love version,

but annoying that wasn't her No.1.

We have to say goodbye to you now, but we'll see you again next time. Thanks for playing, Alex and Vicky!

APPLAUSE

But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round 2.

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

so one pair will be leaving us at the end of this round.

Becci and Sam, that was an exemplary first round. Lovely low score with Beyonce.

-Yeah.

-I was very surprised - only five people.

-I know. Popular song.

Yeah, you'd have thought.

Well done, David and Chris. Ian and Jessica, a bit of catching up to do as our new pair. Ready for Round 2?

-Very much so.

-Very best of luck. Our category for Round 2 is...

North America. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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

Let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many US-Canadian border states, provinces and territories as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any US state or Canadian province or territory that lies on the border

between the USA and Canada, please.

Any US state or Canadian province or territory on that border, including land and water borders.

-Very best of luck.

-OK, thanks very much indeed.

Now, Ian, how is your North American geography?

Hopefully, pretty good. We travel to North America quite a lot. It's our favourite holiday destination.

-OK, good.

-Both sides of the border.

-Good. Let's have a nice, obscure answer from you, Ian.

I'm going to say...New Brunswick.

Let's see if New Brunswick is right, let's see how many people said it.

It is right.

It's a good answer. Down it goes...

-Pointless! Very well done indeed.

-APPLAUSE

A pointless answer adds £250 to today's jackpot and takes the total up to £3,250.

And it scores you nothing. What an exemplary start! Fantastic.

-Richard?

-Terrific stuff, Ian. You've absolutely terrified everyone else.

It's on the eastern seaboard of North America, New Brunswick.

Excellent. Now then, Chris...

-Yes...

-Chris...

Um...

It's not my strong point, but I'm going to have a pop at Ontario.

Ontario, says Chris. I'm trying to read Ian's face to see if that's right or not.

Let's see if it is and if it is, let's see how many people said Ontario.

It's right.

19.

-APPLAUSE

-Not bad.

It's a good answer. The second largest province in Canada.

All sorts of famous people from Ontario - Jim Carrey, Mike Myers...Justin Bieber.

We have a lot to be thankful to Ontario for.

Yeah, good. Becci, how are we feeling about this?

Not too bad. I'm just trying to picture the geography in my head.

I think I'm going to go for Michigan.

Michigan. OK, let's see if that's right and let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

It is right.

17.

APPLAUSE

Well played, Becci.

-17 for Michigan.

-Well played, everybody, on that first pass.

-It's got 64,000 inland lakes, Michigan.

-That's a lot of inland lakes.

That's a lot, isn't it? Imagine.

-Yeah.

-Also, someone counted them. That's a job and a half!

We're halfway through the round.

Nothing is our best score there. Ian, very well done. Ian and Jessica looking pretty good at this stage.

Then up to 17, Becci and Sam. Then 19 for Chris and David.

So Sam and David, it's going to be between the pair of you, I'd say,

to see who stays and who leaves.

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

OK, remember we are looking for states, provinces and territories on the US-Canadian border.

Sam...

It's difficult to know whether to go for a Canadian or US one. I spent time in Canada in my young days.

I think I'm going to go for Washington State.

Washington State. OK. You're only two behind Dave and Chris.

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

There is your red line.

How many people said Washington State?

Yes, it's right.

Not bad. 20. 20.

37 your total.

Another strong answer. We've got three good teams. The only American state named after a President.

David...

Not really sure. Some of the ones I was going to say have gone.

I'm going to try British Columbia.

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

You're on 19. The high scorers are on 37.

17 or less needed. There's your red line.

British Columbia.

It's right!

Very well done! Nine!

Good work. 28 your total.

Very well played. It's just above Washington State in Canada.

Jessica, well, you're on nothing. The high scorers are Sam and Becci on 37.

If you can score 36 or less, you'll avoid overtaking them.

OK, I'll go for Manitoba.

Manitoba, says Jessica. Manitoba. Here is your red line.

If you get below that, you're in the Head to Head. How many people said Manitoba?

It's right.

Very well done. You're in the Head to Head. Four!

Very well played. Four is your total.

Bang in the middle of that border. Winnipeg is the capital.

We've already heard one pointless answer, which was New Brunswick - a terrific answer.

And there is only one pointless answer. You got the only one up there. Amazing work.

New Hampshire would have scored one and the Yukon. Idaho was one,

two points for Pennsylvania or Vermont.

Let's take a look at the top three answers.

Ontario we've already heard, 19. Washington we've heard, 20.

And right at the top, Alaska, which does have a border. It would have scored you 24 points.

Thank you very much indeed. So, Becci and Sam, you are our high-scoring pair.

Only 37, though. Not a bad total.

But we had some really good answers. Ian set the bar at a hard level.

We have to say goodbye to you and this is your second show. Thank you so much for playing - Sam and Becci!

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

Congratulations, Ian and Jessica, David and Chris.

You are now only one round from the final and the chance to play for our jackpot, which stands at £3,250.

To decide who gets to play for that money, you now go head to head

and you're now allowed to confer.

The first pair to win two questions plays for that jackpot.

Ian and Jessica, your first appearance and here you are

-as the lowest scorers so far. Brilliant. The US-Canada border round!

-Lucky for us.

I couldn't believe it when I saw it.

Well, you did so well. David, last time we discovered that you write limericks.

-I do indeed.

-You're a regular limericist, if such a think exists.

-I asked you to write one.

-You did.

-And I never came back to you. Did you write one?

-I did.

Go on, let's hear it.

I'm going on a game show And it really will be fun

Quite the most exciting thing That I have ever done

I'll try and get the answers right And avoid the strain and stress

I won't let it spoil my special day Because that would be...pointless.

Ah, there we are. Very well done.

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

OK, here's your first question and it concerns... sports commentators.

-Richard?

-I'll show you five pictures of famous sports commentators past and present.

-Can you give us their full names, please?

-OK, let's reveal our five sports commentators.

There we are. Five sports commentators.

Ian and Jessica, you've played best so far so you get to go first.

We're struggling a bit here.

We'll go with A and say it's Lisa Riley.

A, Lisa Riley. A, Lisa Riley. David and Chris, you talk us through the board.

-Right. B, Gabby Logan? Is it?

-We think B is Gabby Logan.

-I think A is Hazel Irvine.

-D is Bobby George, E is Jenny Pitman.

-And C...

-Looks crickety.

-Jonathan Agnew.

-Which will you go for?

-D, Bobby George.

-D, Bobby George, say David and Chris.

Ian and Jessica have said Lisa Riley for A. Let's see if that's right and how many said it.

Oh, it's not Lisa Riley, I'm afraid.

David and Chris, you merely have to be correct with D, Bobby George.

Let's see if you are correct.

Yep. Well done.

25!

25 for Bobby George. Very well done, David and Chris. You're up one-nil.

Well played, guys.

Yeah, Lisa Riley. That's incorrect for a number of reasons.

I was going to go for Clare Balding.

Lisa Riley is the ex-Emmerdale actress who was on Strictly Come Dancing.

She doesn't bear a huge resemblance to Hazel Irvine.

That's the lovely Hazel Irvine who does golf and snooker. She's fantastic. Scored 10 points.

B was Gabby Logan.

She would have scored you 29.

You were right, guys, about C. It was the best answer up there.

Jonathan Agnew, 4 points, the cricket commentator.

There's Bobby George and E is not Jenny Pitman. It's Clare Balding, of course.

She would have scored 52.

Thanks very much. OK, here comes your second question. Ian and Jessica, you have to win this one.

It concerns...Mussolini.

-Mussolini. Richard?

-From Bobby George to Mussolini. You can't say we haven't got breadth!

We have five clues to facts on Mussolini. Give us the most obscure.

OK, here are our five clues to facts about Mussolini.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Five clues to facts about Mussolini. David and Chris?

Right. I think we've learned our lesson from the last round. We'll go for Il Duce as The Leader.

OK. Il Duce, say David and Chris. Ian and Jessica?

Talk us through the board if you can.

Don't know the decade of the 1800s. I'd guess it would be the 1890s, perhaps.

-Country he led is Italy, Socialist newspaper we don't know.

-No, I don't know.

I think Il Duce is right. That's perhaps what we'd have said.

-We'll have to go for Ethiopia.

-Ethiopia, say Ian and Jessica.

David and Chris said Il Duce. Let's see if that's right and how many said it.

It's right.

24.

Ian and Jessica have said Ethiopia is the modern-day name for Abyssinia. Is that right?

It's right.

Oh, look at that! 20! Very well done, Ian and Jessica. You won the point.

-After two questions, it's one-all.

-This is a cracking Head to Head.

Let's fill in the rest. He was born in the 1880s. It would have scored 19 points.

Very well done to our 100 people. The country he led was Italy. That would have scored 69.

The best answer - congratulations to anyone who knew the newspaper he was editor of was Avanti!

It would have scored one point.

None of our newspapers have exclamation marks. Such a shame.

-The Guardian!

-That would be good.

-I just think it might be.

Here's your third question. Whoever wins this goes through.

Best of luck. It concerns... films of the 1980s.

Films of the 1980s, Richard?

We'll show you five films from the 1980s, but all in anagram form.

Can you unscramble them and give us the correct answers?

Let's reveal our five anagrams of films from the 1980s.

HE READS THE LIST

LAUGHTER

I'll read those again.

There we are. Five film titles from the 1980s in anagram form.

Ian and Jessica, you go first this time.

Um, we think number three is Ghostbusters.

Ghostbusters. Gusset Throbs. Ghostbusters.

David and Chris, it's over to you.

The top one's Aliens, the second one is Top Gun, the fourth one is Rain Man.

-We're struggling with the last one. Let's have a punt with Rain Man.

-Rain Man.

OK, so we have Ghostbusters and Rain Man.

Ian and Jessica went with Ghostbusters. Is that right?

Absolutely right.

Seven.

Not bad at all.

Seven.

David and Chris have gone for Rain Man. How many people said that?

-Oh...!

-63.

63. Very well done, Ian and Jessica.

-You are through to the final, 2-1.

-Gusset Throbs was a great answer.

Only one answer would have won there and it's the one you didn't know.

Saline, as you say, was Aliens. It scored 18.

Go Punt was Top Gun. That would have scored 23.

Now it's two points down the bottom.

Well done to anyone who said Chariots of Fire.

Chariots of Fire for two points.

-I've written a little poem.

-Yes, go on.

Bobby George was very good, Il Duce very brave,

But Gusset Throbs just won the day So farewell Chris and Dave.

Aww!

There's not much I can add to that.

The pair leaving us is Chris and Dave. It's been lovely having you. Thanks for playing.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

But for Ian and Jessica, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Ian and Jessica. You've seen off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, which stands at £3,250.

Well, you've done incredibly well. Some lovely low scoring,

including a pointless answer for New Brunswick and four points for Manitoba. Brilliant round.

-Can we have it again?

-Maybe!

To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer. First, choose a category.

-International borders! It's been very kind to you.

-It has.

-It's extremely tempting.

-But it might be a border that's not North America.

-There's always that risk.

-Exactly.

-Indie Music we like, but we'd be useless. Poetry...

-No.

-I've never written Jessica a poem.

Tennis Stars, don't know enough. Transport might be good,

-but I still think International Borders.

-Fine.

-International Borders it is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many countries that border a country beginning with S

-as they could. Richard?

-Any country that shares a land border with any other country that begins with S.

Just the main country beginning with S. No overseas territories or dependencies.

Bordering another country beginning with S.

As always we mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN.

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers. All you need to win £3,250

-is for just one of those answers to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yes.

OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.

-OK, think of countries in Africa.

-Swaziland.

-Does that border Mozambique?

-South Africa.

Yeah, South Africa.

-I was thinking that South Sudan borders Sudan.

-Yeah.

-Gambia borders Senegal.

-What else borders Sudan?

-Eritrea?

-Probably the Central African Republic.

-Do you think so?

One of Sudan or South Sudan.

-OK.

-Take the risk on that. Central African Republic.

-OK.

-Gambia.

-The Gambia?

-It's surrounded by Senegal.

Right, OK. Do you want to go anywhere else in the world?

What about Suriname? What does it border?

-Guyana. Yeah, that's a good one. Let's go for Guyana.

-It won't be pointless.

-We'll see.

-10 seconds left.

-Let's do those.

-Anything better?

-Go for those.

No, OK.

-OK, you've fixed on your three?

-Yeah.

-Your time is up.

We were looking for countries that border countries beginning with S. I now need your three answers.

-We would like to go with... Guyana.

-Guyana.

-The Gambia.

-The Gambia.

And we'll take a punt on the Pointless favourite, Central African Republic.

-Central African Republic. Always the right thing to say.

-Got to be worth a punt.

Which is your best shot at a pointless answer?

-People might start cottoning on to Central African Republic.

-Yeah.

-Not bordering a country beginning with S.

-I think Gambia as the best.

-OK, The Gambia last.

Which will we put first?

I think Central African Republic. It was a lazy answer. We just thought we'd put it in.

-OK, we'll put it first. And Guyana in the middle.

-Yes.

Let's put them up on the board.

We were looking for countries that border countries beginning with S. You only need one pointless answer

to win that jackpot of £3,250. What would you do with £3,250, Ian?

Everybody always says, "I'd go on holiday," but we do love travel. That's our one...

-"We really WILL go on holiday!"

-We really mean it.

OK, well, very best of luck. Let's hope at least one is pointless.

Your first answer, your least confident, is Central African Republic.

Let's find out. Is it right and, if it is, how many people said it?

Ooh, it's right!

Now Central African Republic

has one principal function on this game and that is to be pointless.

Is it pointless today?

Yes, it is!

Very, very well done indeed. That is absolutely brilliant.

Very well done. Excellent. Safari, here we come!

Superb.

Many, many congratulations. Central African Republic was pointless.

-You go home with our jackpot of £3,250. Very well done indeed!

-CHEERING

It sounds like your geography is pretty good. Let's find out from Richard.

That was brilliant. We say always go for it. It's the first time it's won the jackpot.

Very, very impressive. Your other two answers. Guyana - it's next to Suriname.

It would have scored two points. And The Gambia, bordering Senegal, would have scored one point.

So it was your only chance there. Very well played.

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

Bulgaria, which borders Serbia. Central African Republic,

it borders South Sudan and Sudan. Chad, which borders Sudan.

Djibouti, which borders Somalia. Guinea, which borders Senegal and Sierra Leone.

Lebanon, which borders Syria.

Liberia, that borders Sierra Leone. Libya, that borders Sudan. And Mali borders Senegal.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo borders South Sudan. And Macedonia borders Serbia.

Very well done if you got those. Congratulations to you two. Central African Republic.

-I could not be happier.

-APPLAUSE

Very, very well done indeed.

Thanks once again to our winning pair, Ian and Jessica, who go away with today's jackpot of £3,250!

-Join us next time for more obscure knowledge. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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