Episode 19 Pointless

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

the quiz show where we are always striving to find the most obscure answers. Let's meet today's players.

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-Couple number one.

-Hello, I'm Liz, I've come up from Mid Sussex,

and this is my very good friend Becca, who comes from Derbyshire.

-Couple number two.

-I'm Steve and this is my Dad Terry and we're from Hertfordshire.

-Couple number three.

-Hi, my name's Ben, this is Lee,

and we're good friends for many years.

-And finally, couple number four.

-Hi, I'm Andy, this is my sister-in-law Julia, and we're from Teesside.

-And these are today's contestants.

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Thanks to all of you. We'll find out more about you throughout the show.

That leaves just one more person to introduce. Holding our hands and guiding us through

-the forest of fallacy, it's my Pointless friend, it's Richard.

-Hiya.

Hi, everybody. Hiya. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Hi. How are you today?

-I'm very well.

-Are you?

-Yeah, yeah. How about you?

-Yeah, I'm really well.

-Keep giving the jackpot away, don't we?

-I know.

-We absolutely do.

The last show, Martin and Kayleigh from Bridgend came and took it.

Two pointless answers they got in that final round. Didn't get double the money, though.

-No, they get the money squared, which is nice. As it should be.

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Yeah, they got 2,750 times 2,750, didn't they?

-Exactly right.

-About £4 million they walked away with.

LAUGHTER Big celebrations in the studio.

-Yeah. It was nice.

-We've only got one returning pair from that game, Lee and Ben.

We didn't see a huge amount of you, Lee and Ben,

but I suspect we might see more of you today. Some lovely questions today,

-so it should be a lot of fun.

-Thanks.

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

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

Everyone's looking to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.

Each time that happens, we will add 250 quid to the jackpot.

As you've gathered, Martin and Kayleigh won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts at £1,000.

Right! If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

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

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round will be sent home.

OK, our first category today is...

Can you decide in your pairs who'll go first, who'll go second?

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many capital cities to the west of London as they could.

-Capital cities to the west of London, Richard.

-This is one where there's a few obvious answers

but a lot of answers that will drive you mad. Any world capital, please, to the west of London.

And that's to the west of London on what we'd have as the conventional atlas map of the world.

I would also add, we're looking for the capital of any country

which is a sovereign state that is a member of the UN in its own right. Very, very best of luck.

Thanks. Liz and Becca, you all drew lots before the show

and today you get to go first.

-Hello.

-Becca, what do you do?

-I'm a financial controller.

How do you and Liz know each other?

We are... It's slightly dodgy-sounding,

-but we actually met on the internet.

-LAUGHTER

-We are both mad fans of Strictly Come Dancing.

-Right.

-I see.

-The sequins, the dresses.

-And there's a forum there.

-Absolutely.

And how quickly did you become proper friends?

Quite quickly, actually. We met up after a few months,

there was a group of us, but we stayed in touch.

-The rest of the group nicer online?

-Yeah.

-But we have a shared love of many things.

-Right, OK.

-Name a couple of them.

-Cats. Cake. Cake unites the world.

OK, there we are. Cats and cake. Now then, capital cities to the west of London.

I'm thinking... I'm trying to plan it all out in my head.

There's a few. I'm going to go for my favourite sounding one, which is Caracas,

because I want to do that little motion with it.

Crackers. Caracas, says Becca.

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

It's right!

Eight! Very well done, Becca. That's a great answer. Caracas.

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Well played, Becca. Lovely start on that first podium. It's the capital of Venezuela.

On Christmas Eve in Venezuela, they block all the roads off. Do you know why?

So people can roller skate to church.

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-It's true.

-That's good.

-Yeah.

That's a country that's got its priorities right, isn't it?

Yeah. Very good indeed. Now, Terry.

-Hi.

-And you come from Hertfordshire.

-Yes, I do.

-What do you do, Terry?

-I run a small recruitment business with my wife.

-So she's presumably running it right now.

-I certainly hope so.

-Recruiting like mad.

-Yes.

-What do you like to get up to in your spare time?

Well, I play a lot of golf

-and I play a bit of music with a very small band.

-Very small?

-Like, on your own?

-No, they're tiny.

-LAUGHTER

-No, there's three of us, a little trio.

OK. Very good. Now then, Terry, capital cities west of London.

OK, erm, I'm going to go for one that's in a country that I've been to a couple of times

and that is St John's.

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

It's right.

Eight is our low score at the moment. St John's passes that.

-Goes down to one! Very well done, Terry.

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Congratulations on the low score. Commiserations it didn't go all the way down.

But St John's, one, cracking score all the same.

The capital of Antigua and Barbuda, Terry, as you rightly know.

-Good answer, isn't it?

-It's a very good answer.

-It's going to be a good round, I think.

-I think so.

Ben, we know from the last show that you've travelled a lot.

Yes. It's not helping at the minute, to be honest, the west.

Erm, if it was the east, I'd probably be a bit better.

-But the west, I'm kind of struggling a bit.

-OK, remind us what you do.

Project manager at a marquee company.

That's right. And you met Lee travelling.

Yes, in Tenerife, and then did ski seasons

and time in Norway, as well,

and then I did Australia, Thailand.

So the backpacking thing, yeah.

OK. Well, I'm going to give you a moment to think of a really good, low-scoring capital city

-to the west of London.

-Erm...

The only one at the minute, I don't think it's going to be particularly low-scoring,

-is Sao Paulo.

-Sao Paulo, says Ben. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it if it is.

Bad luck, Ben, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

scoring you the maximum of 100 points.

-I'm sorry.

-Sorry, Ben. If it's any consolation, you were right that it wasn't particularly low-scoring.

-LAUGHTER

-Do I get points for that, then?

Yeah. You get 100. LAUGHTER

-Andy, welcome to the show.

-Thank you very much.

-Where are you from, Andy?

-We're from Teesside.

-And what do you do?

-I work in communications for a local authority.

-What do you like doing when you're not doing that?

Watch a bit of football. I support Middlesbrough. Up the Boro.

No? Just me. Just me.

I play a bit of squash. I write a blog.

-So I keep myself busy.

-OK. And travel or geography?

I've travelled a little bit of that part of the world, so hopefully I'll have good answers.

Let's hope you have. What are you going to go for?

I spent a bit of time in South America.

-I think I'm going to go with... Quito.

-Quito, says Andy.

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

It is right.

Well, our low scores are eight and one.

Let's see if you can get down in that region.

-Oh, yes, you can! There we are.

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Three for Quito. Very well done, Andy.

-Yeah, the capital of Ecuador, Andy. Very good answer.

-Very good. We're halfway through the round.

Let's look at the scores. One the best score of that pass, Terry.

St John's. Brilliant answer.

Then up to three for Quito. Then up to eight, Becca and Liz.

And then up to 100, I'm afraid, Ben and Lee, our only returning pair.

Lee, you've got a bit of a job to do in this next pass,

but who know, maybe you'll do something miraculous. Best of luck.

We'll come back down the line. Second players, take your places.

We are looking for capital cities to the west of London.

Julia, welcome to the show. What do you do?

-I'm a youth worker.

-And what bits of youth work do you do?

Well, I live in Manchester and I work in Salford at the moment

and I work for a charity that works with disengaged young people,

so it's more outreach work. My remit is sort of health-based.

-But rewarding, I should think.

-Yeah, definitely rewarding.

-Very good.

And what are your hobbies? What do you like getting up to when you're not working?

Erm, I do a lot of baking.

Whenever I'm home, me and my sister tend to take over the kitchen a little bit, making cupcakes.

We actually did the cakes for Anna and Andrew's wedding, as well.

Fantastic. So cakes? A wedding cake or lots of cupcakes?

Both. My mum was actually more responsible for the wedding cake,

to please the older generation, and then we did the cupcakes,

cos not many young people like fruit cake anymore, I don't think.

People don't do fruit cupcakes.

-Fruit cake cupcakes.

-Yeah. I can't imagine they'd be very nice.

-LAUGHTER

-Wow. OK.

One minute. That, to me, is a gap in the market.

-Yeah.

-Cos everyone's making cupcakes, right?

-Yep.

And not everyone in the world likes sponge. Lots of people do.

But everyone makes them. But little fruit cake versions of cupcakes.

-Mm.

-That's a gap in the market.

-Mm.

I like fruit cake. I'd fight for fruit cake.

-And you can quote me on that. I will...

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Yeah. Now, what are you going to go for, Julia?

-I'm going to go with La Paz.

-La Paz, says Julia.

Sounds good to me. The high scorers at the moment are Lee and Ben on 100.

You're on three. 96 or less stops you from becoming the new high scorers.

Here is your red line, nice and high.

Let's see if La Paz can get you below that.

It's right and you're through.

-Six!

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Six for La Paz, takes your total up to nine. Very well done, Julia.

Very well played. One of the capital cities of Bolivia.

The highest capital city in the world and the home of the fruit cupcake. LAUGHTER

-Lee.

-Hello.

-Now, Lee, Ben hasn't really helped you here.

-That's 100 points.

-Yeah.

I'm just looking down the line. There's Steve to come and there's Liz to come.

-You have to work out, do these people look like they know good capital cities?

-I think they might.

-I'm going to have to take a punt.

-It's got to be a low scorer.

I think the capital of Barbados might be Bridgetown.

-Bridgetown, says Lee.

-It's a punt.

It's a punt. There's no red line for you, you're the high scorers.

But is Bridgetown right, and if it is, how many people said it?

It's right.

-Very well done indeed, Lee! One!

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That's a great score.

You've done everything you can there.

It's a terrific answer. The capital of Barbados, as you say.

OK. Now, Steve.

-Welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Steve?

-I work in recruitment.

-Oh, do you, now?

Also absent from the recruiting office in Hertfordshire.

-Yeah.

-Don't say, "Shush!" You're on telly now!

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-What do you like getting up to, Steve?

-I like to play football

and cricket in the summer,

and watch live music, go to see bands quite a bit.

-OK. Do you go to festivals or do you have particular bands...

-I try to get to one or two festivals a year

and some local gigs in London.

What are the big gigs you have in store?

-It's got to be the Download Festival.

-It has got to be.

-I am running a stall at the Download Festival.

-What you selling?

-What do you reckon? LAUGHTER

-Glow sticks?

-Nope. Another guess.

-Studded belts?

-LAUGHTER

Nope. Fruit cupcakes.

LAUGHTER

Steve. Capital cities to the west of London.

Yeah, I think I'll stick with the South American theme

-and say Buenos Aires.

-Buenos Aires, says Steve.

OK. The high scorers are Lee and Ben on 101.

A score of 99 or less will prevent you from becoming the new high scorers.

Let's see if Buenos Aires is right and how many people said it. There's your red line.

Well done, you've done it.

-11.

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11 takes your total up to 12.

Just had to give a safe answer there and you did exactly that.

-Now then, Liz, welcome from Sussex.

-Yes.

-What do you do?

Erm... Well, I have two children,

so I'm a domestic goddess.

-A domestic goddess.

-Yes.

-How old are your children?

I have an 11-year-old and a nine-year-old.

Right you are. But do you have hobbies?

-I do.

-Obviously, I know that Strictly is a big hobby, cats are a big hobby and the baking.

-Baking's a big thing.

-Anything else?

-50s dresses.

-Yes.

Which actually has gone on... I'm in the process of designing my own range.

-Are you wearing a Liz dress today?

-Unfortunately not, no,

because I'm sorting out the details of production at the moment.

-That's exciting!

-Yes! Very exciting!

Now then, the only hope Ben and Lee have

is that you score incredibly high.

Mm.

I'm not going to ask you to talk through your answers

just in case you score so high that you tie with Ben and Lee.

-Don't think for a moment that's any comment on what I think your knowledge stands at.

-OK.

I was going to take a bit of a risk,

but I'm going to play safe and say Reykjavik.

-Reykjavik.

-Yeah.

-Safe. Reykjavik. Here is your red line.

Get below that, you're through to the next round.

Is Reykjavik right, and if it is, how many people said it?

It is right and you're through.

Down it goes. Still going. Six!

-Very well done indeed, Liz! 14 is your total.

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That's the world's most northerly capital city, Reykjavik.

-Capital of Iceland, of course. If you'd gone for a risky one, what would you have gone for?

-Erm...

Well, the first name that came in my head was Bogota

and then I got very worried that it wasn't actually a capital city.

No, it is a capital city. Would've scored nine points. So Reykjavik actually a better answer.

A lot of people concentrating on the South American ones

and the Caribbean ones, as well.

There are four European names on the list. We heard Reykjavik. Lisbon would've scored you 13.

Madrid would've scored you ten. Dublin we'll get onto in a moment.

The real low scorers are those ones on the west coast of Africa.

So let's take a look at some of the pointless answers.

See if you got any of these at home.

Accra, the capital of Ghana, that's to the west of London.

Banjul, which is the capital of the Gambia. Monrovia, which is Liberia. All of those pointless.

Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.

Also got the best name of any capital city.

Praia, which is the capital of the Cape Verde Islands.

Rabat, that's the capital of Morocco, that's a pointless answer.

Saint George's. Now we're back over to the Caribbean. Saint George's is the capital of Grenada.

San Salvador, of course, is El Salvador.

And Santo Domingo is the Dominican Republic. Well done if you said those.

Another pointless answer was our old Pointless favourite, Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname.

Let's take a look now at the top answers that most of our 100 people said when we quizzed them online.

Mexico City would've scored 22.

That's our other European one, Dublin, on 34.

And perhaps unsurprisingly, Washington DC up the top on 51 points.

And Ben gave us Sao Paulo, which is not the capital of Brazil.

The capital is Brasilia.

-But that would've scored you 16 points, would've knocked you out anyway.

-Thanks.

So at the end of our first round, the pair who will be heading home with their high score of 101,

I'm really sorry, Ben and Lee, it's you. We had the best and the worst there.

We had 100 and we had one, our best and worst scores of the rounds.

Ben and Lee, I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you,

but it's been great having you on both shows. Thank you for playing. Ben and Lee.

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But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.

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So three pairs remain. At the end of this round, it goes down to two.

That was a brilliant first round. Fantastic low scoring from all of you,

-apart from Steve, double figures. 11?

-Sorry.

Yeah, I think you're going to have to pull your socks up or it's back to recruitment for you.

OK. Best of luck for all three pairs. Our category for round two is...

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

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

OK, the question concerns...

-Richard.

-On each pass, we're going to show you six pairs of bands or artists.

In each pair, the first one wrote a song and the second one had a hit with it in the year shown.

You just need to tell us what that song is, please.

There's going to be 12 songs to guess at home. Very, very best of luck.

OK. Thanks. Let's reveal our first board of six cover versions. And here they are.

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Six pairs of bands. What is the cover version

that the second of those named bands has done?

-Liz.

-Hm.

-Not liking this!

-Really?

-No.

No. I think I know the top one.

Erm, I'm going to go with...

-..Live And Let Die.

-Live And Let Die, says Liz.

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

It's right!

-Not a bad score at all. 13, Liz. Very well done!

-Yay!

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13 for Live And Let Die.

-Well done, Liz. That's a relief, isn't it?

-Yes.

Wings and Guns N' Roses both had top-ten hits with it.

Steve, how are we feeling about this board?

Yeah, good. She stole my Guns N' Roses one,

but I know a couple more. I think.

I'll go with the bottom one,

The Zutons and Amy Winehouse, Valerie.

Valerie, says Steve. Let's see if Valerie's right, let's see how many people said it.

Is it right.

-30. That's high.

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-30.

-Valerie, a very well-known song, isn't it? The Zutons complain that

-whenever they play it live, people say, "Why are you doing an Amy Winehouse cover?"

-Annoying.

Well, they made such a lot of money out of it.

-I imagine they're OK.

-Fair enough. Now, Andy.

-You're the last person to have this board.

-Yeah.

-Do you want to take us through it?

-I'll have a crack.

The one that I should know is the one I'm kicking myself about

which I don't know, Dolly Parton and The White Stripes.

If I was to hazard a guess, I'd say Tom Waits and Rod Stewart, maybe Waltzing Matilda.

The Bee Gees and Take That, How Deep Is Your Love?

But probably the one I'm going to go for, to stay safe,

is Snow Patrol and Leona Lewis with Run.

Snow Patrol, Leona Lewis, Run, says Andy. Let's see.

Is it right? How many people said it?

It is right.

-22. Not bad.

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Not bad at all for Run.

Yeah, terrific cover version, that one. 22 points.

-The Tom Waits/Rod Stewart one is not Waltzing Matilda.

-Downtown Train.

That's the best answer up there. Would've scored four points.

Dolly Parton/White Stripes is Jolene.

Well done if you said that at home. Another good scorer, nine points.

And you're absolutely right about the Bee Gees and Take That, it was How Deep Is Your Love? 21 points.

So Valerie actually scores the most on that board.

Thanks, Richard. So let's take a look at our scores. We're halfway through the round.

13 the best score of that pass, Liz. Well done.

There you are. 13. Good score. Then up to 22

where we find Andy and Julia.

And then up to 30, where we find Steve and Terry.

Again, not too far ahead, but Terry, a nice low score is what you need to keep yourselves in the game.

We'll come back down the line. Second players, take your places.

All right, let's put six more pairs of artists on the board. And here they come.

I'll read those one last time.

So remember, we're looking for the name of a song by the first artist

which was covered by the second artist in the year shown.

And Julia, we want a nice low-scoring answer from you.

Hm. I don't think you'll get one cos I don't know any!

I'm going to go with the bottom one,

which is the only UB40 song I know.

Red Red Wine?

Red Red Wine. You're hoping that that's a Neil Diamond cover.

1983, the year sounds right. Well, you're on 22.

Terry and Steve, 30. If you score seven or less,

you'll avoid becoming the new high scorers.

Let's see how many people said Red Red Wine.

-It is right.

-Oh! I didn't think it would be.

-25. 47 your total.

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Well, that turned out nicely, didn't it? Very well done.

Yeah, a cover version. They didn't realise it was a Neil Diamond song when they covered it.

It just said Diamond. They didn't realise it was Neil Diamond

until it was a huge hit, then they worked it out.

-I imagine Neil Diamond was working it out all the way through.

-Yeah.

-Yeah. Terry.

-Yes.

-How's that board for you?

Well, OK, but my answer's been stolen

because I thought that was better than the other couple that I know.

So I'll have to go for my second choice.

Well, just before you do, Andy and Julia are on 47, you're on 30.

So 16 or less will prevent you from becoming the new high scorers.

I will go for the top one, Bob Marley, Eric Clapton, I think

-that was I Shot The Sheriff.

-I Shot The Sheriff. Here is your red line. If you get below that

you are through to the next round. Let's see if I Shot The Sheriff was right and how many people said it.

It is right.

Oh, you have done it! Look at that! 13. Very well done indeed. 43 your total.

Well played, Terry. Terrible defence, in a court of law.

-I wonder who his counsel was on that occasion.

-I have no idea.

I would call that song, I Did Not Shoot The Deputy.

I would say nothing else until I had a brief.

OK, now, Becca.

We want the name of the song by the first artist that is

covered by the second artist in the year shown.

You are on 13 and the high scorers on 47 are Julia and Andy.

If you score 33 or less you are through to the next round.

Take us through the board. Think out loud.

The only one I am absolutely certain of is

the Leonard Cohen, Alexandra Burke, which is Hallelujah.

I also have a hunch that it's the high scorer.

So I am not sure about that.

The only Public Enemy song I know is Fight For Your Right.

But I don't know if I am confident enough so I am going to play it

safe and go for Hallelujah for Leonard Cohen and Alexandra Burke.

Hallelujah is what you are going for. Here comes your red line.

If Hallelujah get you below that red line, you're in the head-to-head. Let's find out. Does it?

It is right.

It is getting closer.

You have done it! Look at! 31. You needed 33,

you got 31. Well played, Becca. 44, your total.

-Very, very close, total scores.

-Well done.

There were three versions of that in the top 40 at one point, with Alexandra Burke, Jeff Buckley did one

and Leonard Cohen's own version was in the top 40.

If the only Public Enemy song you know is Fight For Your Right then you don't know any Public Enemy songs

because that is a Beastie Boys song, Fight For Your Right To Party.

The Public enemy song that Tricky covered was Black Steel.

A terrific answer, would only have scored two points.

The Beatles and Joe Cocker, a few more people would have known that.

With A Little Help From My Friends.

With A Little Help From My Friends. It would have scored 26.

-And do you know Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin? Respect.

-Really?

Yes, six points. Black Steel the best answer up there.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our second round I am afraid Andy and Julia,

you are our high-scoring pair.

Two perfectly good answers, good guess, Red Red Wine,

but I am afraid it is not enough. We have to say goodbye to you.

We will see you next time. We look forward to that. Julia and Andy, thank you very much for playing.

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But for the two remaining pairs, it is now time for the head-to-head.

Congratulations, Terry and Steve, Liz and Becca,

you are one step closer to the final and the chance to play

for our jackpot which currently stands at £1,000.

To decide who goes through to the final

and plays for that money, you will know go head-to-head

but the difference is that you now allowed to confer.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for the jackpot.

There is only one point on aggregate, between you.

A hair's breadth. But some fantastic play from both pairs.

Great news that you can now confer. Anything could happen. Best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, here is your first question. And it concerns:

Famous Justins, Richard.

We are going to show you five pictures of famous people called Justin,

in case you did not think there were five famous people called Justin.

There are. We need you to name us the most obscure of these, please.

OK, thanks very much.

Here come your five Justin's and they are as follows:

Five Justins. Terry and Steve,

you have played best so far so you can go first.

THEY WHISPER

We are going to go for D, Justin Leonard.

Justin Leonard, say Terry and Steve, Justin Leonard. Liz and Becca.

Talk us through the other Justins.

There are two fairly obvious ones, so A is Timberlake and E is,

everybody's favourite, Justin Bieber.

-I think, B, is it Justin Welby?

-If you think that is what it is.

-Blaze of glory.

-Go for it!

-B, Justin Welby.

Justin Welby, say Liz and Becca, Justin Welby for B.

So we have Leonard versus Welby.

Terry and Steve are going for Leonard.

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

It is right.

Eight! Very well done indeed. Justin Leonard.

Now then, Liz and Becca, have said that B is Justin Welby.

Justin Welby. Let's see if Welby is right and how many people said that.

It is of course right.

Is it going to beat eight?

Yes, it is, four for Welby!

Well done, Becca.

Well done Becca and Liz, after one question you are up 1-0.

Very good work. He is the Archbishop of Canterbury, of course.

You got the top two answers on the board there,

Justin Leonard, the 1997 Open champion is a very good answer as well.

There are two obvious ones there, the first one is Justin Timberlake,

and he would have scored you 76 points.

C is Justin Gatlin, the sprinter. He would have scored 12 points.

Now, in the battle between Timberlake and Bieber

do you think he scored more or less than Timberlake?

He will have scored more than Timberlake.

More or less, do you think?

-More.

-Less, says Terry. And Terry is right.

He scored 73 points.

-Justin Bieber.

-That's good!

-That is good news, isn't it?

-Good news for us Justin Timberlake fans.

-There we are.

Thanks very much indeed. Here comes your second question.

Terry and Steve, we need you to win this question

if you are to stay in the game.

Best of luck. It concerns:

Snooker world champions.

I will show you the names of five snooker World Champions all

scrambled up anagrams. Can you unscramble them and give us the most obscure answer? Good luck.

Let's reveal our five snooker champions and here they are. We've got:

There we are, five world snooker champions.

Liz and Becca, you go first this time.

THEY WHISPER

We're going to go for a Bolero Interns,

-and I think it is Neil Robertson.

-Neil Robertson, say Liz and Becca, Neil Robertson.

-Terry and Steve, what are you going to go for?

-Do we know any?

I know the third one is John Higgins,

-the fourth one is Stephen Hendry...

-That is when I come to a standstill.

I don't know if either of them two will beat the top one.

-I don't think they are going to.

-Stephen Hendry.

Just because it looks the most difficult anagram.

-We will go for Rented Hyphens being Stephen Hendry.

-Stephen Hendry say Terry and Steve.

Now, Liz and Becca, you have gone for Neil Robertson let's see

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

It is right.

Still going down, down it goes!

Brilliant, look at that! One!

One for Neil Robertson. Very well done indeed. Terry and Steve.

This is the one you have to win to stay in the game.

You have gone for Stephen Hendry. Rented Hyphens.

Let's see if that is right and how far down it goes.

27.

27. Well, Liz and Becca, many congratulations to you.

What a fantastic head-to-head round.

You are through to the final 2-0.

Nothing you could have done there, Terry and Steve.

Liz and Becca, you do know we frown upon people who,

when a question comes up, go "Oh! Not snooker! Not world champions! Not anagrams!"

"Bolero Interns? That'll be Neil Robertson."

So we have absolutely got your number.

I wish you could come back for another show so we could have a proper go at you.

It is outrageous.

You are right about Hoggish Jinn, that is John Higgins, it would

have scored 24 points, the next best score was I Am Warm Skill,

it is the Welshman Mark Williams, it would have scored you ten.

Everyone has heard of this last one, but is a tough anagram.

Saintly On Red, Dennis Taylor.

Thank you very much indeed.

Our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Terry and Steve.

You came into this as just the lowest scoring pair,

-but the Liz and Becca machine!

-Can't fight that.

-You didn't stand a chance!

Listen, Terry and Steve, the good news is that we get to see you next time.

Thanks for playing. Terry and Steve!

APPLAUSE

But for Liz and Becca, it is now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations Liz and Becca, you have seen off all the competition

and won our coveted Pointless trophy. Very well done indeed.

You know have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show the jackpot stands at £1,000.

That head-to-head round,

let's just think about that for a moment or two. Fantastic answers.

-Welby.

-No idea where that came from.

-That is why I am on her team.

-Better still,

Neil Robertson! Are you a massive snooker fan?

It does tend to be, the World Championship comes around and that is me set for 17 days.

That is very good to hear. Very best of luck.

To win the money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

Firstly, you have to choose a category. Here are your options. They are:

-Right...What

-are you thinking?

-I am no good at playwrights.

-Fine, carry on.

-World leaders...

-What is transport going to be?

Athletics for me, but I don't know if you would be...

If I could work out what transport might be...

-Do you want to do rock, paper, scissors?

-OK.

-Which way around are we doing it?

-I will go for athletics.

I will go for transport. Why not?

One, two three!

-Oh, no! It is all on you!

-Are you sure about this?

-Rock, paper, scissors.

-We will go for transport!

-OK, transport it is!

Here comes your question, we give 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many London Underground stations with one word names as they could.

Richard?

We're looking for the name of any station

on the London Underground network that has one name, on the map of March 2013.

No DLR stations or London Overground, just any London Underground stations that have one name. Best of luck.

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

All you need is for one of them to be Pointless. Are you ready?

Yes.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. Your time starts now.

So it has got to be underground.

The first one I am thinking of is Angel. That might be too obvious.

-Highgate.

-Highgate I am liking, that is straight in.

Um... umm... Some... this is hard.

-Piccadilly.

-Yes.

-Victoria. But these are getting obvious once you go further out.

-Olympia.

-Yes, that has got to be a good shout.

-We have Bank, Olympia...

-Highgate.

What is on the Northern line going up?

-Angel, I think have Angel rather than Bank.

-10 seconds left.

Highgate, Olympia, Angel, unless we can think of anything absolutely last-minute.

OK, your time is up. We are looking for London Underground stations with one word names.

I now need your three answers.

-So, Bow.

-OK, Bow.

-Highgate.

-Highgate.

-And Olympia.

-Olympia.

-Olympia.

-Olympia.

Of those three, which is your best shot at the Pointless answer?

-I think Bow might be the best one.

-OK.

-OK, Bow we put last. Which one do you want to put first?

-Olympia I would say.

-You think? OK.

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

Here they are. We have got:

OK, we were looking for London Underground with one word names.

Your first answer was Olympia.

This was, you thought, your least likely to be Pointless.

Only one of these answers has to be Pointless for you to

win the jackpot. Let's find out how many people said Olympia.

Oh! Ah, yeah.

Not A Pointless answer and I think I know why.

Only two more chances to win today's jackpot of £1,000.

What would you do with £1,000?

Oh, well, I think we sort of decided between us that we

might skip off on a holiday so... I haven't told the husband this yet.

It seemed like a good plan.

-OK, very good and Becca you would go along with that as well.

-Absolutely, yeah.

We are looking for London Underground stations

with one word names. Let's hope nobody said your answer. Highgate.

This has to be Pointless for you to win the jackpot.

Let's find out how many people said Highgate.

Well, it is right. Olympia wasn't right but Highgate very much is.

Taking us down through the 30s, through the 20s,

if this goes to 0 you will leave with £1,000.

It is still going down. Three!

That is more like it! Much better! Three!

We have gone from 100 to 3 in two questions. This is fantastic.

Only one more chance to win today's jackpot.

London Underground stations with one word names. Your last answer was Bow.

OK, if this goes down to 0 you will leave here with £1,000.

Let's find out. Is Bow pointless?

Bad luck!

APPLAUSE

Bad luck, unfortunately you did not manage to find that all important

Pointless answer, so I am afraid that means you do not win today's

jackpot of £1,000 which rolls over to the next show. We've loved having you,

you have been brilliant contestants. Particularly on the head-to-head.

You get to take home a Pointless trophy each, so well done.

APPLAUSE

A valiant effort.

It is Kensington Olympia rather than Olympia,

and it is Bromley By Bow on the Underground.

There are 26 pointless answers here.

26 one word names that nobody mentioned at all.

Let's go through some of them.

You could have also had Barkingside, Becontree, Chesham,

Chorleywood, Colindale, Fairlop, Harlesden, Ickenham, Kingsbury,

you could have had Neasden, Northfield, Northwood, Oakwood,

Queensbury, Redbridge, Southfields and Upney.

Very well done if you said one of those. If you live your one of them I'll suspect you did.

Tough luck, very difficult in 60 seconds.

We do have to say goodbye to Liz and Becca, but we have loved having you.

Thank you so much for playing. Liz and Becca, very well done!

APPLAUSE

Liz and Becca did not win our jackpot which means it rolls

over to the next show, when we will be playing for £2,000.

-Join us then to see of someone can win it Meanwhile, it is goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And it is goodbye from me. Goodbye!

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