Episode 21 Pointless

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

where the aim of the game is to score as few points as you can.

To do that, you need the answers no one else could think of. Let's meet today's players.

-Couple number one...

-Hi. My name's Geoff. This is my friend Michael and we're from Belfast.

-Couple number two...

-I'm Aimee. This is Chonnie. We're from Cheltenham.

-Couple number three...

-I'm Luke, this is Chloe. We're both students.

-And couple number four.

-I'm Terry, this is my daughter Sarah. We're from Mansfield.

These are today's contestants.

Thanks very much. We'll find out more about you throughout the show.

That just leaves one more person. When aliens lands, he'll be held up as a beacon of human intelligence.

If they probe him, well, so be it. He's my Pointless friend, Richard.

Hiya.

Hi, everybody. Hiya.

-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

-Are you well?

-I am well.

-Only Aimee and Chonnie back from the last show.

We hope to see more of you today. The first two questions are very different.

The first one, anyone who watches Pointless regularly should be getting better at.

-The second one is a cracker. It'll drive a lot of people mental.

-Brilliant.

All our questions have been put to 100 people.

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

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer that no one gave.

Each time that happens, we'll add £250 to the jackpot. David and Rachel didn't win it last time,

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

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

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

The pair with the highest score will be eliminated.

Our first category today is... Chemistry.

-You're right. Everyone's getting good at chemistry.

-You'd hope so.

-I am!

I used to be terrible. Now I could probably sit a degree, I suspect.

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

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

And the question concerns...

Chemical Symbols. Chemical Symbols, Richard?

On each pass we'll show you seven chemical symbols. Tell us the name of the element, please.

There's going to be 14 elements to have a go at at home. Best of luck.

OK, so we are looking for the names of these chemical elements and here are the symbols.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read them one last time.

Now then, Geoff, welcome to Pointless.

-You've come from Belfast.

-Yep.

-What do you do?

-We both work for a software company

running software for smartphones for the safety of people in the community.

-What do you get up to when you're not doing that?

-I'm a very keen traveller. I did a lot of sailing.

Sailing's a big passion of mine. Those sort of things I enjoy.

-What about chemistry?

-I'd rather talk about travelling.

-We can change the board if you like, but let's do this for now as it's up there.

-OK.

-What are you going to go for?

-I think Zn, zinc.

Zn, zinc, says Geoff. Let's see if that's right and how many said it.

It is right.

76!

-That may not be a bad score. 76.

-It's probably not going to be a great score.

-Well, I know...

-Let's see how the rest do.

-I suspect we might see 100 at some point from somebody.

-Very good. Now, Chonnie, welcome back.

-Hello.

-What happened last time?

-We went out in the first round.

-Bass players.

-Yeah. It was quite hard.

We were on podium four. We knew a few, but they'd gone.

-We had Adam Clayton playing for The Fray, didn't we?

-Yeah.

Well, chemistry. Is that better?

It's so annoying. We've been looking at the Periodic Table and I know W is a really obscure one,

but I can't remember what it is. So I think K...is potassium.

K, potassium, says Chonnie. Let's see. How many said potassium?

It's right.

33.

-Very well done. That's a great score.

-Good answer.

The Latin for potassium is kalium, which is why it's K.

Now, Luke, welcome to Pointless.

-Tell us, what do you do?

-I'm a drama student from Salford.

-What year are you in?

-First year.

-So what bits of drama do you particularly enjoy?

-I quite like melodrama...

-Do you mean melodrama or mellow drama?

-Just everything over the top, really. And musical theatre.

-That's quite good for me.

-Good stuff. What else do you get up to, Luke?

We do a fair few things. Theatre, probably.

I'm also a set designer for some different musicals coming up.

-Fantastic. In Salford?

-Yeah.

-Are you busy making models?

-I'm more like the sketcher, the ideas.

-Good stuff.

-So theatre occupies a lot of your time.

-Yeah.

-Who knows, maybe a theatre round will come up.

-What about chemistry?

-I haven't done it since GCSE, but I got an A for it, so that's pretty good.

-OK.

-Em, I know two on there, I think, but I'm going to say Ne...

-Neon?

-Neon, says Luke. Ne, neon. Is that right? How many people said neon?

It's right.

33 is our best score so far, our lowest. You go down to 29.

Very well done, Luke.

-Well played, Luke. He looks very smiley, doesn't he?

-Yeah.

-It's very nice, though.

Yeah. More smiley set designers wouldn't be a bad thing.

-The guy who did this set, oh...!

-LAUGHTER

-Thanks. Sarah...

-Hello.

-Welcome to the show. Where are you from?

-Mansfield in Nottingham.

-And what do you do?

-At the moment, I'm a full-time mum to Toby and Freya.

-How old are they?

-Freya's almost five and Toby's 1½.

That is full-time. What else do you like to get up to?

If I had more time, I like to travel. Especially city breaks.

-I've been to quite a few major cities.

-Good. Geography will be good for you, then.

-Hopefully.

-How about chemistry?

-The three I knew have all gone.

You're the last person with this board. You could talk us through and think out loud.

Not going to happen, sorry!

I don't know. I'd have to guess something. Oxygen is O2, so that's not O.

I don't know. Helium might be O.

Or whether to go for Cf because copper... I don't know.

I might go for Cf, copper.

Cf, copper, says Sarah. Is that right? How many people said copper?

Oh, bad luck, Sarah. That's an incorrect answer and scores you 100 points. Really sorry.

Yeah, sorry, Sarah. This is where having done chemistry questions so often comes into its own.

Even I could do Cf, which is Californium.

We've had that before. Seven points. You should have gone for O. It's oxygen.

-Oh, right.

-H2O is water. The O is the oxygen part of that.

-Na. Do you know Na?

-Sodium?

-Sodium. Would have scored you 30 points.

And I even got W, which I wouldn't have got a few years ago.

W stands for Wolfram, the German name for tungsten.

It would have scored 10 points.

-Best answer there is Californium, but very impressive from our 100.

-They are getting better.

-We're doing such a service for chemistry.

-I do hope some people at home got more than before.

Thanks very much. Halfway through. Let's look at those scores.

29, the best score. Luke, very well done indeed.

Looking good. Then up to 33 where Chonnie and Aimee are.

Up to 76, Geoff and Michael. See? It turned out to be not so bad

-because Sarah and Terry are on 100. Terry, will you be good at this?

-No.

Well, best of luck. You have first pick of the board. Pick wisely.

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

OK, let's put seven more chemical symbols on the board.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those one last time.

We are looking for the chemical elements of which these are the symbols. Terry, you need to find

-a really low-scoring one.

-Yes.

-Before you do that, what do you do?

-I work as an account manager in retail.

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

-I run an under-15s football team in the local league.

-OK.

-What are you going to go for?

-I think...

I'm going to go for As, which I believe is silver.

As, silver, says Terry. No red line for you,

but let's see if silver is right.

Oh, no, bad luck, Terry!

I'm afraid that's another incorrect answer, taking your total to 200.

-Sorry.

-Sorry, not silver, but if you're going to go out, 200 is the way to do it.

-That's really sending a message to your players.

-Yes. LAUGHTER

-Chloe...

-Hello.

-Welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-What do you do?

-I'm a drama and theatre student, like Luke.

-Also in your first year?

-Yep.

-Did you meet on the first day?

-No, we met before on Facebook.

-Did you?

-Quite modern, intit?

-And you just discovered by coincidence you were on the same course?

-We just hit it off.

-We live together and...

-Brilliant. What a head start you have on everyone else. Good stuff.

-D you have any other interests?

-I like horses. I've got a horse called Mary. That's what I do.

"Will Mary be watching?" Maybe! She might be. Go on - let her in to watch.

I will! She's got Facebook, so... she should manage it.

-OK now, Chloe, what are you going to go for on this board?

-I know three. I'm going to say Mg is magnesium.

Magnesium. You're already through because Terry and Sarah are out of everybody's reach.

No red line, but let's see if magnesium's Mg and how many said it.

It's right.

74.

Not bad at all. Takes your total to 103.

The first person to recognise magnesium was Joseph Black in Edinburgh in 1755.

Right, Aimee, more good news. You are breaking new ground. You're through to Round Two.

-First, we will require an answer, but you might be quite good at this.

-I think I know two of them.

I'm going to play it safe and I'm going to go for H for hydrogen.

H, hydrogen, says Aimee. No red line, but how many people said H was hydrogen?

Wow. 52.

-52 taking your score up to 85. If I was hydrogen, I'd be disappointed.

-I would be.

It's by far the most abundant element in the universe. But other things begin with H.

And people think of H from Steps before hydrogen.

-For a long time, people did think H from Steps was just a gas.

-Yeah.

He is a gas! I've spent an hour and a half recording a show with him.

He is the lightest and most abundant member of Steps.

-Now then, Michael.

-Hello.

-Michael.

We know you work with Geoff protecting online data. What do you get up to when not doing that?

Well, I have a four-year-old daughter so these days I spend most of my time painting,

-flower pressing or pretending to be an evil stepmother.

-Aww! You're through to the next round.

The board is yours. Why not just take us through? I feel you'll be good at this.

C is carbon. Cu, I think, is copper.

But as we're already through, the other three I'm not sure,

-but I'll go for Bi. Is that Beryllium?

-Beryllium.

Beryllium. Another favourite element on the show. Let's see if it's right.

No red line. You're already through.

No! An incorrect answer, but it couldn't matter less.

-That scores 100 and takes your total up to 176.

-Absolutely worth a risk, Michael.

Be is Beryllium. Bi is bismuth.

-That would have scored 9 points.

-Bismuth creeping up! It used to be pointless.

-Now people know it.

-I got a call from the British Bismuth Society.

-Yeah, me, too.

-Are you able to go to that party?

-It's going to be amazing.

-Me, too.

C, you're right, was carbon. That would have scored you 32 points.

And you're right about Cu as well. That was copper, for 41.

Terry, you've got to be very careful with As. It's arsenic.

Would have scored you 10 points.

The best answer up there is not pointless. Two points for Uup,

which is ununpentium. A highly-radioactive metal. There's only a few atoms ever made.

Ununpentium, which is 115, element 115.

-There we go.

-See, that's worth remembering.

That's the new one to remember. Ununpentium.

Thanks, Richard. So we have a losing pair who will be leaving us.

Newest members of the 200 Club, Terry and Sarah.

-I'm so sorry.

-It's OK.

-We brought you all this way and then we gave you this.

-Ununpentium, Terry.

-Should have known better.

They might rename it. It's just a temporary name.

-If I get any further information as the series goes on, I'll let you know.

-That's just a placeholder.

-Yeah. I think it's quite good, though.

-It's a bit ungainly.

-It's nice having "unun". It's like a double negative.

-Yeah.

Now then, Terry, Sarah, we have to say goodbye, but we will see you again next time.

I'm sure you'll do much better. Terry and Sarah, thanks very much.

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

So now only three pairs remain. At the end of this round, we lose another pair.

-Aimee and Chonnie, welcome to Round 2!

-Thanks.

-Chemistry saw you through. Potassium!

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round 2 is... Sporting Greats.

Sporting Greats. Can you all decide who's going first and who's second?

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

OK, let's find out the question. We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name

as many of the 50 highest-paid sports stars in the world as they could.

-This is fun!

-This will get lots of people at home thinking. A very interesting list, actually.

Anyone in the Top 50 highest sports earners of the year in Forbes magazine.

They measured it from June 2011 to June 2012. Anyone on that list.

They take into account prize money, endorsements, all sorts of things.

To get in the Top 50, you had to be around about 21 million.

-That gives you an idea of the kind of money we're talking about.

-OK.

Now then, Michael. This is quite a fun round, from a speculative point of view.

-Not my strong suit, sport.

-But it's not sport. It's being curious and covetous of people's earnings.

Em, I'm going to go for... Rory McIlroy.

Rory McIlroy. Very good, Michael. Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 people said it.

Oh!

Small fry, Rory McIlroy. I'm afraid an incorrect answer.

-Scores you the maximum 100 points.

-Sorry, Michael. But Rory did make 17 million.

That got him to 91 on the list. I suspect in every list for the next 20 years, he'll be on it,

but he wasn't then, I'm afraid.

-Now then, Aimee...

-Yeah.

-It's a tough one.

-Mm.

-Lots of choices.

-Well, Michael's helped you a bit by showing the level you need to be above.

Yeah. I think I'm going to go for Lewis Hamilton.

Lewis Hamilton, says Aimee. Is it right? How many said it?

It's right.

Down it goes.

23!

-Very well done, Aimee. 23 for Lewis Hamilton.

-Well played.

Joint 24th on the list. Made 28 million.

-Blimey.

-That's a lot.

-Yeah. Yep. Now then, Chloe...

I'm useless at sport, but I'll say Fernando Alonso.

-Fernando Alonso.

-Yeah.

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

It's right!

Eight!

Very, very well done. Eight for Fernando Alonso.

That's a terrific answer, Chloe. Spanish Formula 1 driver.

He earned 4 million more than Lewis Hamilton. 19th with 32 million.

-That's a lot of money, too.

-An awful lot of money.

-We might have to say that after every one.

-Yeah.

-That's a LOT of money.

-If I'd known, I'd have become world Formula 1 racing champion.

-I just didn't know.

-You'd be brilliant in Formula 1.

-Amazing, I'd imagine.

-They'd have to make a special car. You'd be further ahead already.

LAUGHTER

We're halfway through. Eight was the best score, Chloe. Very well done.

Then up to 23, where we find Aimee and Chonnie. Up to 100, Michael and Geoff.

Geoff, you've got a little bit of time to think of a really good, low-scoring, high-earning star.

We'll come back down the line. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?

We are looking for the world's Top 50 highest-paid sports stars.

Luke, you're on eight. The high scorers are on 100. If you can score 91 or less,

-you are into the Head to Head.

-It's the worst category for me, it really is.

I've got two in mind. One of them will be on there.

It's a question of whether I use that leeway Chloe's given us.

-I'm just going to say David Beckham.

-David Beckham.

-He better be there!

Yeah, might be(!) There is your red line. If you get below that red line with David Beckham,

you are through to the next round. Is this one where the line doesn't go down at all?

David Beckham, is it right?

It's right. And you are through. Very well done. 73.

73 takes your total up to 81. I eat my words. I thought that was going to stay on 100.

He's not playing at the top level, but his endorsements are so huge.

46 million. He's eighth on the list.

-Yeah.

-Mainly due to all his many sponsorship deals.

-Not far off 1 million a week.

-He's all right. He's no Fernando Alonso, but he's all right.

-He'll be fine.

Chonnie...

-Hello.

-Chonnie, you're on 23. The high scorers are still Geoff and Michael on 100.

76 or less gets you through.

I know all the sports people's last names. I don't know their first names.

I'll go for Rafael Nadal because he does quite a bit of sponsorship.

-Rafael Nadal...

-Yeah.

-There is your red line. If you get below that with Rafael Nadal, you are through.

Let's see how many people said Rafael Nadal.

It's right.

And you're in the head-to-head. Very well done.

9.

That's a great answer. Second best score, I should say, of the whole round.

Terrific answer. Joint 16th on the list, Rafa Nadal. Well played.

-What's the figure for him?

-He made 33.2 million.

-There we are.

Now, Geoff, I have grave news. You are already the high scorers even before you've given your answer.

But I think you might have a good answer, maybe a pointless answer.

You can leave the show with a pointless answer, a £250 gift to the other players.

I think I would know quite a few, but I'll try and give the guys £250 towards their total.

I'm going to take a bit of a flyer because I know that cricket, in most countries, they wouldn't be on it.

I'm going to... It's a bit of a stab. Sachin Tendulkar?

Sachin Tendulkar. Let's see if that's right. No red line for you as you're the high scorers.

But let's see if Tendulkar is up there and if he is, how many people said it.

-It was worth a punt.

-Yeah.

But not up there. I'm afraid that scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 200.

It was a terrific punt, but like Michael in the first round, it's worth having a pop at the end there.

There's an awful lot of names on this list from baseball, NFL, basketball and that sort of thing.

There's very few Brits on the list. Wayne Rooney is on the list. Would have scored 24 points.

Luke Donald, the golfer, would have scored 5 points. I'll go through some low scorers.

LeBron James and Wladimir Klitschko would have scored you 3.

Peyton Manning would have scored 2. Valentino Rossi, the motorcyclist, would have scored you 1 point.

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

None of these will be too familiar to most British sports fans.

Darrelle Revis from the NFL, baseball's Derek Jeter was a pointless answer.

Jeff Gordon, the NASCAR driver, was a pointless answer.

Two more baseball stars now - Joe Mauer and Johan Santana,

Mark Sanchez who is an NFL player, an American football star.

Sam Bradford, also another NFL star, and Tony Stewart, the race-car driver,

and from baseball, Vernon Wells.

If we look at the top three, the ones that most of our 100 people said...

Roger Federer would have scored you 24 points. He's fifth on the list.

Tiger Woods with 47

and David Beckham was way out in the lead there with 73.

Do you know the richest sports star in the world? Tiger Woods was third.

The top two are both boxers.

Number two was 62 million - Manny Pacquiao. Well done if you said that.

But way out on his own at the top with 85 million...

That's all from fights, no sponsorship or anything. Floyd Mayweather Junior.

You know, in that top 50, there's only one woman.

One woman in the whole top 50 - Maria Sharapova. Would have scored you 4 points.

There's only two women in the top 100. Li Na, the Chinese tennis player, also in that top 100.

Thanks very much, Richard. At the end of our second round,

Geoff and Michael going out, I would say, in a blaze of glory.

You both took a punt. This is what we like on Pointless. They were good guesses.

They were reasoned guesses, but I'm afraid they were both wrong.

We'll look forward to seeing you again next time. Geoff and Michael, thanks very much for playing.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, Aimee and Chonnie, Luke and Chloe.

You are one step away from the final and a chance to play for our jackpot which stands at £3,000.

APPLAUSE

We have to decide which pair will go through and play for that money

and to do that, you go head-to-head.

You are now allowed to confer. You can put your heads together and discuss which is the best answer.

The first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot. Good luck. Let's play the head-to-head.

APPLAUSE

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

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-We'll show you five pictures of actors or actresses transformed for a specific role.

Can you name the actors or actresses you're about to see? Very best of luck.

Let's reveal our five transformed actors and here they come.

There we are, five transformed actors.

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

WHISPERING

I think we're going to go for C, Christian Bale.

C, Christian Bale.

C, Christian Bale.

Now then, Luke and Chloe, talk us through the board if you can.

-Considering we do Drama, this was probably one of the worst categories.

-Yeah.

"A" is Tom Hanks in Cast Away. I love that film.

-E looks like George Bush.

-Yeah, but it's not George Bush.

But it's not George Bush, I know.

And D... I recognise them. I just don't know the names.

So, it's a case of do we go for a correct answer which might score lots

or do we take a punt? What do you think?

-Just go "A".

-We'll just go with "A", Tom Hanks.

Tom Hanks, say Luke and Chloe.

Aimee and Chonnie said Christian Bale for C.

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

It is right.

Very well done. 11.

APPLAUSE

11 for Christian Bale. Now then, Luke and Chloe, that's what you have to beat with Tom Hanks, "A".

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

It's right.

37.

APPLAUSE

Two good answers, but Aimee and Chonnie, yours was the best and after one question, you are up 1-0.

Tom Hanks lost three and a half stone to be in Cast Away.

Christian Bale lost four and a half stone to be in The Machinist.

He wasn't a big guy in the first place, was he?

B, from Being John Malkovich. I watched the whole film and didn't realise it was her.

It's Cameron Diaz. Would have scored you 5 points.

Now, D is Charlize Theron winning an Oscar for Monster.

She would have scored you 13 points.

And E, well, it is George Bush,

but played by the wonderful Josh Brolin

and would have scored you 2 points.

Very well done if you said Josh Brolin at home.

Thanks very much. Second question. Luke and Chloe, you go first. You must win this to stay in the game.

It concerns...

-Richard?

-We'll show you five songs with animals in the title, but we've removed the name of the animal.

Can you name the animals for these five?

Let's reveal our five songs with animals in the titles with the animals missing. Here they are.

I'll read those one last time.

Luke and Chloe...

-We know most of these.

-Yeah.

-I've probably got loads of people at home telling me one of them.

But I think we're going to go with Surfin' Bird, The Trashmen.

Surfin' Bird, say Luke and Chloe.

Now, Aimee and Chonnie, talk us through the rest of the board if you can.

We don't... We know it's Hound Dog, Elvis Presley.

I think it might be Rabbit In The Headlights, but that would be a complete guess.

It's just whether we go for that or not. What do you want to do?

-Rabbit?

-Yeah. Why not?

-We'll go for Rabbit In The Headlights, please.

Rabbit In The Headlights. So, Surfin' Bird and Rabbit In The Headlights, say Aimee and Chonnie.

Let's see if Surfin' Bird is right. Let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

Great answer. Look at that, 14.

Well done, Luke and Chloe.

APPLAUSE

Aimee and Chonnie, you've taken a punt on Rabbit In The Headlights.

It sounds perfectly reasonable. Let's see if it's right.

Oh, no! Oh, bad luck.

An incorrect answer, so, well done, Luke and Chloe, you're back in the game. After two questions, it's 1-1.

A perfectly reasonable guess, Rabbit In The Headlights, but it's Deer In The Headlights.

It would have scored you 9 points. It would have won you the point.

Hound Dog, of course. What do you think Hound Dog scored?

That'll be a high one. Eighty...seven.

-95.

-Wow!

-95 points.

Down at the bottom there, I Am The Walrus.

And that was another big scorer. It would have scored you 52.

-And the top one, you don't know that one, do you?

-I don't.

You'd be a long time guessing this one - Superfast Jellyfish.

It would have scored you 4 points.

Thanks very much. Very exciting. Neck and neck. This is the decider.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final to play for that jackpot. Our third question concerns...

-Sweden. Richard?

-We're going to give you five clues now to facts about Sweden.

The team that gives us the most obscure in this, our youngest ever head-to-head, I suspect,

will go through to play for the jackpot.

Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Sweden. Here they come.

I'll read those all one last time.

Aimee and Chonnie, you go first this time.

We'll go with the tennis player who won Wimbledon five consecutive times

as Boris Becker.

Boris Becker, say Aimee and Chonnie. Boris Becker...

-Luke and Chloe...

-It's really obvious, but we're going to go for Waterloo, Abba.

-Abba, say Luke and Chloe.

-We hope.

Aimee and Chonnie, you said Boris Becker. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many said it.

Oh, bad luck! Not Swedish.

Which means, Luke and Chloe, all you have to be is correct with Abba, so let's find out - are you?

You are. Very well done. 93, it scores.

-APPLAUSE

-But that's enough.

That's enough. Very well done. After three questions, Luke and Chloe, you are through to the final 2-1.

Youngest ever head-to-head and that must be the biggest score ever to win a place in the final, 93 points.

Boris Becker only won it three times, they weren't consecutive and he's not Swedish.

But apart from that, it's terrific work. You got the right initials. Bjorn Borg.

It would have scored you 56 points.

Swedish author of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo? You know that one?

-Larsson.

-Stieg Larsson, yeah.

It would have scored 19 points. Do you know the surname of the actors?

-No.

-Skarsgard. It would have scored you 7.

And the Swedish scientist was Carl Linnaeus.

It was the best answer there. It would have scored 5 points. Well done if you said that at home.

Thank you very much. The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head round, it's Aimee and Chonnie.

An amazing game all the way through. Christian Bale was great.

-Rabbit, Boris Becker...

-We knew it was BB. We just got the wrong name.

-I'm afraid this is when we have to say goodbye. This is your second time on Pointless.

-Yeah.

-But a very creditable performance. Thanks very much for playing, Aimee and Chonnie.

-Thank you very much.

APPLAUSE

But for Luke and Chloe, it's time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Luke and Chloe, you've seen off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win a Pointless jackpot and at the end of today's show, it stands at £3,000.

APPLAUSE

Were you expecting that to happen?

I don't think we were, no.

-Your first appearance on Pointless. Sadly, it will be your only appearance.

-I know.

-Well done.

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

Firstly, you have to choose a category from these five options.

Well, there's no Drama there.

-No, there isn't.

-We're glad, to be fair.

-I'd say either Quiz Shows, Prize Winners or Famous Verses.

-I'd agree.

Quiz Shows could be back in its day though and we're both quite young.

-Let's say...

-You're the decision maker.

-Prize Winners.

-Yeah.

OK, here comes your question.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many post-war Nobel Peace Prize winners as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any person or organisation who has won the Nobel Peace Prize

from 1945 up to 2012.

-Very best of luck.

-Thank you.

You now have one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that jackpot of £3,000 is for just one of those answers to be pointless. Ready?

-We think we are.

-OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

There they are. Your time starts now.

Right, OK, so I remember GCSE History...

-Marie Curie, she did one.

-Yes, she did one.

Did Martin Luther King or was that before?

Yeah, no... Yeah, yeah.

"William Rontegen."

He was X-rays or something.

-Yeah. Is that not medical?

-What is it...?

-Peace.

-Oh, is it Peace? Oh!

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-Did John Lennon win one?

-Yeah.

-John Lennon.

-Greenpeace? I don't know.

-Greenpeace is an organisation.

-Yeah, but we're allowed organisations.

-Are you?

-Yeah.

-OK, we'll say that.

-Oh...

-Who's peaceful?

Peace, Peace...

-Gandhi!

-He's peaceful.

-Gandhi, he could do one.

-Is that post-war?

-No, no. Scratch that.

Ten seconds left.

-Right...

-So, shall we say Martin Luther King?

-Marie Curie.

-And...?

-Let's say "William Rontegen".

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

OK, time's up. We were looking for post-war Nobel Peace Prize winners. I now need your three answers.

-Martin Luther King.

-Yeah.

-Martin Luther King.

-Do you want to put Greenpeace in? Just for the crack. Let's just do it.

-Yeah.

-Greenpeace.

-Greenpeace.

-And Marie Curie.

-Not "William Rontegen"?

-OK.

-And "William Rontegen".

-Do you want to say his name again?

-"William Rontegen".

-"William Rontegen".

-"Rontegen"?

-"William Rontegen"?

-I think so.

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

-William?

-Yeah.

-"William Rontegen"?

-Yes, I think so.

-And your least likely?

-Martin Luther, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Martin Luther King.

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

We were looking for post-war Nobel Peace Prize winners.

-Martin Luther King was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.

-Yeah.

Only one of these must be pointless for you to win that jackpot,

so for £3,000, how many people said Martin Luther King? Is it right?

It is right.

Let's see how far down the column Martin Luther King can take us.

He's taking us down into the 30s.

If this goes down to zero, you leave here with £3,000.

It's still going down.

-Oh, one!

-APPLAUSE

One!

-I'm quite proud of that.

-Yeah.

-That was you.

Now then...

Very, very well done indeed.

That's a cracking answer. You were one person away from walking off with £3,000. Very well done indeed.

We're only interested in pointless answers,

so you didn't score a pointless with that, but you have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

-Luke, what would you do with a share of three grand?

-I'd love to see the world, but bring drama into that,

so maybe theatre in other countries, China, Japan. I'd love to do that.

OK. Chloe?

I'd want to sort out some of my debts, but then I'd go travelling as well with a bit of theatre in.

We want post-war Nobel Peace Prize winners. Let's hope nobody said your next answer, Greenpeace.

This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot, so for £3,000,

let's see how many people said Greenpeace.

Oh, bad luck, an incorrect answer.

You have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Now, "William" Roentgen, he featured in your GCSE History.

Yeah, I think so, but I can't pronounce his name. I don't think anybody here could.

-It's not looking rosy, really, is it?

-And there's always one who chooses Martin Luther King!

-Yeah.

We are looking for post-war Nobel Peace Prize winners.

Your final answer was "William" Roentgen. Is it right and if it is, how many people said it?

-Oh, no, bad luck!

-Never mind.

-APPLAUSE

-Bad luck.

Listen, out of those three answers, you scored... With one, you only scored one point.

One person said Martin Luther King.

That was a great answer. Unfortunately, not a pointless answer.

You didn't find that pointless answer, so you don't win £3,000 which rolls over onto the next show.

-But we've loved having you on the show.

-Thank you.

-And you take home our Pointless trophy. Well done.

APPLAUSE

Yeah, that's unlucky. Greenpeace, not a terrible guess. All sorts of organisations have won it.

Amnesty International won it. They scored one point.

"William" Roentgen is a Nobel Prize winner, but it was in Physics. Not only that, it was in 1901.

-So, out in two parts.

-Let's take a look at some pointless answers.

Some people at home will have got these.

Albert Schweitzer won it in 1952.

The Liberian President won it jointly in 2011 - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

FW de Klerk won it alongside Nelson Mandela. Mandela scored 40 points.

Jody Williams, the American woman, won it for her campaign against landmines.

Shimon Peres won it with Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin.

Tenzin Gyatso, better known as the Dalai Lama, won it in 1989.

The United Nations Children's Fund won it in 1965, Willy Brandt, the German Chancellor, in 1971

and there's Yasser Arafat as well.

Well done if you said any at home and tough luck in the studio.

-Might you have said any of those?

-No.

-No.

-Not at all. We would have been better off with Game Shows, wouldn't we?

-Oh, well, never mind.

Luke and Chloe, we've loved having you on the show. Thank you so much for playing. Really fun contestants!

APPLAUSE

Luke and Chloe didn't win our jackpot which rolls over on to the next show when we play for £4,000.

APPLAUSE

-Join us next time to see if someone can win it. Goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me.

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