Episode 22 Pointless

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Thank you. Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless.

This is the quiz show where all the questions have been asked to 100 people before the show.

All our contestants have to do is come up with the answers those 100 people couldn't think of.

Let's meet today's players.

Couple number one.

Hello. My name's Terry. This is my daughter, Sarah. We're from Mansfield in Nottinghamshire.

Couple number two.

Hello. I'm Slim. This is my wife, Marianne.

And we live in Hackney in London.

Couple number three.

Hi. My name's Geoff, and this is

my friend and work colleague, Michael. We're from Belfast.

And finally, couple number four.

Hello. My name's Neil. This is my friend, Euan.

We're students at the University of Glasgow.

And these are today's contestants.

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

So that just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

Squishing the green shoots of stupidity

with a thumping pair of size 16 brogues,

it's my Pointless friend - it's Richard.

Hiya.

Hi, everybody.

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-Afternoon.

-And to you. Afternoon.

-How are you?

-Very well, thank you.

We've had an awful lot of contestants on this show over the years.

We have eight people every day and we've done nearly 500 shows.

It's rare that we come across a name we've never had on the show before. We've had pretty much every name.

But today we've got a brand-new name on the show.

I was looking through the records.

We've never had anyone called Neil on the show before.

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In our four groups today, we've got representatives of England, Scotland and Ireland.

Round One is going to be very interesting.

I will just say that.

OK. Thank you very much indeed.

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

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

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer -

an answer none of our 100 people gave. Each time that happens,

we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Luke and Chloe didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that,

so today's jackpot starts off at a nice round £4,000.

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 to be no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end will be eliminated, so try and make sure that's not you.

Our first category today is...

There we go. Completes the set. Wales.

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

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

OK. And the question concerns...

Welsh heroes. Richard.

On each pass, we'll give you seven clues to Welsh heroes -

people who have appeared on the list The 100 Welsh Heroes.

They weren't all actually born in Wales, but they were all considered Welsh heroes.

14 in all to get in the studio, 14 in all to get at home. Very best of luck.

So we're looking for the Welsh heroes described on this board.

And here we have...

I'll read those all one final time.

Terry and Sarah, you all drew lots before the show, and today

you are going to go first.

Now, Terry, the last time you went first,

you left first!

Yes.

-Unfortunately.

-What was it?

-Chemicals.

-Yes, you didn't know your arsenic from your silver, did you?

That was, er...

-Easy mistake to make.

-It is.

Now then, Terry, remind us what you do.

I work as an account manager

for a...retail company.

OK. And how are you feeling about Welsh heroes?

I think I know one or two of those.

Um...

So...yeah...

I'm going to play safe.

And I think it...

it's Catherine Zeta Jones who won the Oscar for Chicago.

Catherine Zeta Jones.

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

Absolutely right.

35.

Good.

35 for Catherine Zeta Jones.

13th on that List Of Welsh Heroes, Catherine Zeta Jones.

Married to Michael Douglas, of course.

Now then, Slim.

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

I manage buildings during the day,

then I'm a musician all the rest of the time.

You've played with some pretty formidable names, haven't you?

I have. I came into the business through Ian Dury and the Blockheads.

But I won a competition.

They let me play with them.

Wow! What do you play?

With them, I played organ, but I'm known as an accordion player

and I play a bit of piano.

OK. How are you on Welsh heroes, Slim?

I know a couple of them.

I did say I was going to play safe...

..so I think I probably will.

I've been tempted to try some of the others.

But I'll stick with the music. Famous singer born Woodward - Tom Jones.

Tom Jones. Let's see if that's right and if it is,

let's see how many people said Tom Jones.

It's right.

Very well done indeed.

36.

Not bad.

Came third on the list, Tom Jones, amazingly.

Now then, Geoff.

-Hi.

-Geoff, welcome back to the show.

You were on last time. Remind us what happened.

We got a question on sporting greats -

how much money they earned, basically.

We got very close answers, but we were just unlucky.

Exactly. You left, but for the right reasons. High scorers, because you were taking a punt.

Now then... So we're looking for the names of these Welsh people.

I'm pretty sure

of one which I think will be very low,

but I don't want to get it wrong,

so I'm going to go for the Labour politician

regarded as the father of the NHS - Aneurin Bevan.

OK. Aneurin Bevan, says Geoff.

Let's see if that's right, and if it is,

let's see how many people knew that answer.

It's right.

20.

Best score so far, Geoff.

Good answer, Geoff. Aneurin Bevan.

He actually came top of the poll of the greatest Welsh heroes.

And Euan.

-Welcome to the show. You're at Glasgow University.

-Yep.

-What are you reading there?

-I'm studying medicine.

What do you get up to when you're not doing your medicine?

Apart from studying medicine, I've got a part-time job at the cinema in Glasgow,

so that's where I get to see lots of free films in my spare time.

Good stuff. How are you feeling about these Welsh?

It's not the best board in the world.

I've only been to Wales once, and I wasn't there for very long.

But I think I know the top one is Roald Dahl,

but I think that's going to score pretty high.

I don't know the lead singer of the Manic Street Preachers.

I don't know the scrum half.

I'm going to take a punt, I think,

on the Gang of Four politician who co-founded the SDP.

His name sounds Welsh, but I don't know if I'm confusing him with someone else.

I'm going to say David Owen.

David Owen, says Euan.

OK. Let's see if that's right, and if it is, let's see how many people knew that answer.

Bad luck!

You're right - it does sound like it ought to be Welsh,

but I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. Scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Sorry, Euan. Actually, three of the Gang of Four

had Welsh-sounding names. You just chose the wrong one.

Not David Owen. Not Shirley Williams either - Roy Jenkins

was the answer you needed. Would have scored 2 points.

Would have been a terrific answer.

The scrum half was Gareth Edwards. Would have scored you 9 points.

The author who created Willy Wonka...

Euan should have gone for it - it is Roald Dahl.

Would have scored you 34 points,

so wouldn't have done an awful lot of damage.

-And the lead singer of the Manic Street Preachers...

-His first two names are James Dean...

-James Dean Bradfield.

-Bradfield!

Would have scored 6 points.

Thanks very much indeed. We are halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at our scores.

20 the best score of that pass. Very well done, Geoff and Michael.

Looking strong on the back of that.

Terry and Sarah on 35,

then up to 36, where we find Slim and Marianne,

and then up to 100, I'm afraid, where we find Euan and Neil.

Now, Neil, you'll have first pick of the next board. Use it wisely.

Find a nice low-scoring answer,

and maybe that'll be enough to keep you in the game.

We'll come back down the line now.

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

Let's put seven more Welsh people on the board. And here they are.

I'll read those all one final time.

Remember, we are looking for the names of these Welsh people.

Neil, you'll have to try and find the one that fewest of our 100 people knew.

-Neil, what are you reading?

-I'm medicine as well.

-Two medics.

-Yes.

OK. Now then...

how do you find this board, Neil?

Er...

You want to try and take a punt at something, but...

I'm thinking maybe people's politics is not really the best,

so I'm going to go with the Liberal Prime Minister.

It's David Lloyd George.

David Lloyd George, says Neil.

There's no red line - you're the high scorers.

Let's see how many people said David Lloyd George.

It's right.

Still going down, Neil.

22.

122 your total.

Well played, Neil. Given yourself a chance there.

He was actually born in Manchester,

but grew up almost exclusively in Wales.

A fierce Welsh nationalist.

The only Welsh politician to be Prime Minister as well.

Michael.

Welcome back to the show.

Remind us what you do, Michael.

I'm a computer programmer.

I write mobile applications for personal safety.

OK. Now then...the Welsh.

Not a strong subject for me.

I'm going to try and play it safe, hopefully.

The author of the play Under Milk Wood -

Dylan Jones.

Dylan Jones.

OK. Dylan Jones, says Michael.

Well, you're on 20. You're safe. Even if you get this wrong,

and score 100 points,

you still won't overtake the high scorers, Neil and Euan. But you're saying Dylan Jones,

the author of Under Milk Wood. Let's see if that's right.

Bad luck.

Incorrect answer. Scores you 100 points, but you're through to the next round anyhow.

Not Dylan Jones, I'm afraid.

Dylan Jones is the editor of GQ magazine, if that's...

but he was not on that list.

Now, Marianne.

-Hello.

-Welcome to the show. Great to have you here.

-What do you do, Marianne?

-I'm a teacher.

-What do you teach?

-I teach primary school children,

so any age at primary, any subject.

Good stuff. And what are your hobbies?

I like to do crosswords, cryptic crosswords.

I've done the same crossword in the same newspaper every week

for 20 years.

Very good. And you always finish it?

-Usually.

-Yeah.

So remember, we want the names of these Welsh people.

Mmm. I think I know two of them.

And one I'm more sure of than the other,

so I think the author of Under Milk Wood was Dylan Thomas.

Dylan Thomas, says Marianne.

Now, 122 is our high score - Neil and Euan on 122.

You're on 36.

85 or less sees you through to the next round. There's your red line.

Dylan Thomas. Is that right, and how many people said it?

Very well done, and you're through.

34.

Fantastic. 70 is your total.

Well done, Marianne. Dylan Thomas came seventh. Born in Swansea.

Thanks very much. Now then, Sarah.

Sarah, welcome back.

Now, this time, you must not leave in Round One.

-That can't happen.

-We can't join the 400 Club.

-No.

Simply can't.

Sarah, you're the last person to have this board. Talk us through it.

Right. The footballer...

I think it's Ian Rush,

but it could possibly be Mark Hughes.

Um... I'm not sure about the actor.

Is it Cary Grant? I don't know.

No idea about the philosopher.

The only opera singer I can think of round that age would be Lesley Garrett,

but I don't think bass baritone is her.

-In the mornings.

-Maybe!

So I'm going to go for the hurdler,

who I think is Colin Jackson.

You're going to say Colin Jackson for the hurdler.

OK.

The high scorers on 122 are Neil and Euan.

You're on 35, so 86 or less sees you through.

There's your red line.

Colin Jackson. Is that right, and if it is, how many people said it?

It's right, and you are through to the next round. Very well done.

That's a great answer - look at it going down. 14. Very well done.

49 your total.

Well played, Sarah. The brilliant Colin Jackson.

Much better than last time. 49. Very well done.

Let's go through the rest.

You're right about the footballer. It was Ian Rush.

He would have scored you 6 points.

The actor who starred in the film Cleopatra...

-Richard Burton?

-Richard Burton.

Would have scored you 45 points.

That's a big score.

The atheist philosopher?

Bertrand Russell.

Would have scored you 2 points.

-And you know the bass baritone opera singer.

-I'm going to say Bryn Terfel.

You're correct. Well done.

Would have scored 3 points.

Very well done to anyone who got all of those. Terrific work if you did.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

At the end of our first round, the pair leaving,

with their high score of 122...

They've only just got here. It's Neil and Euan.

We'll see you again next time.

We'll look forward to that very much indeed.

Neil and Euan.

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

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

so one of the pairs in front of me will have to leave at the end of this round.

Very best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two today is...

Film. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many...

Looking for the name of any man or woman who received an acting credit

in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction.

Very, very best of luck.

OK.

Thanks very much. Now, Sarah.

You are going first.

-Have you seen Pulp Fiction?

-I have, a long time ago.

Um...I can only really think of the main actors in it.

But one who's a main actor has a bit of a smaller part.

I'm going to go for Bruce Willis.

Bruce Willis. Let's see if that's right

and how many people said Bruce Willis.

Yes, well remembered. Bruce Willis.

24.

It's a good answer. Bruce Willis.

Good work. He plays the boxer, Butch Coolidge,

who's paid to take a dive, and doesn't.

Now then. Marianne.

-Have you seen Pulp Fiction?

-I haven't.

-OK.

-It's not the stuff for primary school teachers!

No. No.

-I'm going to have a guess at a name of someone I think's in it.

-OK.

With no confidence whatsoever.

-John Travolta.

-John Travolta.

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

It's right.

Ooh, it's a punishingly high score, though.

66. John Travolta.

Yes, he plays Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction.

He's the brother of Mr Blonde

in Reservoir Dogs.

Now then, Michael. We're looking for the name of any actor or actress from Pulp Fiction.

I'm going to go for...

a lesser-known actress from my home town of Derry.

-Bronagh Gallagher.

-Bronagh Gillicker.

-Gallagher.

-Oh, Gallagher!

-Yeah.

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

That could be a brilliant answer.

It's right.

And it's pointless!

Very, very well done indeed, Michael.

That adds £250 to today's jackpot,

taking the total up to £4,250.

And it scores you nothing, Michael.

Very well done indeed. Great answer.

That landed very nicely, Michael.

Bronagh Gallagher. Most people in the UK will know her from The Commitments.

She stars in that, and she's also in Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace.

Thanks very much indeed. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at our scores.

Michael, what a fantastic start to that round.

A score of nothing for Michael and Geoff.

24 is where we find Sarah and Terry,

and then up to 66, where we find Marianne and Slim.

Slim, we need a low score from you,

or it'll be cross words between you.

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

Remember, Geoff, we're looking for the name of any actor or actress

who is credited with an appearance in Pulp Fiction.

You're on nothing. Brilliant score from Michael there.

66 the high score from Marianne.

So if you can score 65 or less,

you're in the head-to-head.

I'm going to go for Samuel L Jackson.

Samuel L Jackson. Here's your red line.

Get below that, you're in the head-to-head.

Let's see how many people said Samuel L Jackson.

You're through. Very well done.

36.

That gives you a total of 36.

He plays John Travolta's partner in crime in that film, Samuel L Jackson.

Now then, Slim.

We require from you a really low score.

-What are you going to go for?

-Tim Roth.

Tim Roth, says Slim.

No red line for you - you're the high scorers.

Let's see how many people said Tim Roth.

It's right.

It's a good answer - down it goes to 7.

Very well done indeed! Second lowest score of the round.

7 for Tim Roth, taking your total up to 73.

Well played, Slim. He's in the scene that sort of book-ends the film.

-He was Mr Orange in Reservoir Dogs as well.

-Yeah.

Terry.

The last one to answer.

Now, you have to score 48 or less

to avoid overtaking Slim and Marianne

on 73.

All the answers I knew have gone.

Um...

and I'm getting mixed up with two actresses by name.

She was a blonde girl in the film that went to the...

cafe, the diner, with him.

Reese Witherspoon.

Reese Witherspoon, says Terry.

Here is your red line.

That's what you have to get below.

Reese Witherspoon. Is it right? How many people said it?

Bad luck.

Bad luck, Terry. I'm sorry. That is an incorrect, as I think you knew.

That scores you the maximum of 100 points

and takes your total up to 124.

-Richard.

-Sorry, Terry. Sometimes a name just gets stuck in your head

and there's literally nothing you can do about it.

Are you talking about the character who was with Tim Roth in the diner?

No, the one who was with Travolta doing the dancing.

Well, that's Uma Thurman.

-Yes.

-Uma Thurman would have scored you 42 points

and would just have seen you through.

The woman who's with Tim Roth in the diner

is Amanda Plummer, and she would have scored you 6 points.

I'll go through a few low scorers.

Ving Rhames would have scored you 6.

Harvey Keitel would have scored you 6.

Eric Stoltz would have scored you 5.

Rosanna Arquette, 3.

Christopher Walken and Steve Buscemi would have both scored you 2 points.

Let's look at some of the pointless answers.

Bronagh Gallagher.

Though you said it much nicer than I just said it.

-How would you say Gallagher again?

-Gallagher.

-It's effortless, isn't it?

-Yeah.

Angela Jones, Carl Allen, both pointless answers.

Chandler Lindauer, Don Blakely and Duane Whitaker.

Well done if you said any of these.

Julia Sweeney, Laura Lovelace and Venessia Valentino.

Let's take a look at the top three answers - we've heard them already.

Geoff gave us Samuel L Jackson.

Terry tried to give us Uma Thurman, which would have scored you 42.

And John Travolta, we've already heard from Marianne,

with 66.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

I'm afraid that means, at the end of our second round,

Terry and Sarah, we have to say goodbye to you.

Well, it was Round One last time.

So you've done precisely twice as well this time.

I had high hopes of seeing you through to the final today.

Oh, well, we have to say goodbye. It's been lovely having you on the show. Thanks so much for playing.

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

Congratulations, Slim and Marianne and Michael and Geoff.

You are now one step closer to the final and the chance

to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £4,250.

Now, to decide who gets to play for that money,

you are going to go head-to-head. You are now allowed to confer.

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

Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the head-to-head.

OK, here is your first question. It concerns...

Former capitals. Richard.

We're going to show you five pictures of cities

which used to be the capitals of their respective countries.

We need you to tell us the country they used to be capital of.

Looking for the country of one of these five.

OK, let's reveal our five former capitals.

And here they are. We have got...

There we are.

Five former capital cities.

Slim and Marianne, you played best throughout the show so far, so you go first.

THEY CONFER

Well, the only former capital we can think of is Bonn.

And it doesn't look like any of those.

A.

-We're going for A - Germany.

-A - Germany,

say Slim and Marianne. A - Germany. Michael and Geoff,

the board is entirely yours. Talk us through it

and see if you can have a punt at any of them.

We think that C

is in the former capital of Turkey,

which might be Constantinople.

D looks to me like it could well be New York,

which is obviously now Washington.

So...

we'll go for D - New York.

-We need the name of a country.

-US of A.

OK. D - USA.

So we have

A - Germany,

D - USA.

Slim and Marianne said A - Germany.

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

Ooh!

I'm afraid an incorrect answer.

Michael and Geoff have said D - USA.

All you have to be is correct with this to win the points.

Let's find out if you are.

Ooh!

Two incorrect answers, which means, after one question,

you're still level on 0-0. Richard.

Really, really, really tough. Let's bring them up one by one.

Now, A...

Only one I think I know.

I think that's Agra in India.

It's Calcutta in India,

but India is the answer.

That would have scored you 17 points.

That's the Victoria Memorial in Calcutta.

B, let's take a look at that.

Now, the clue's in the architecture.

That's Kyoto, Japan.

Would have scored you 16 points.

C...

Again, some sort of clues in the architecture.

That's St Petersburg, which used to be the capital of Russia.

Would have scored 4 points.

D...

That's actually Lagos, Nigeria.

So, Nigeria the answer there.

It would have been a pointless answer as well,

so very well done if you said that.

And E...

That is a picture of Rio de Janeiro.

So the answer there is Brazil,

which would have scored 18.

-Tough.

-Very tough.

Now, here comes your second question.

Michael and Geoff, you get to go first this time.

Our second question concerns...

-Richard.

-We're about to show you five clues to facts about Stephen Hawking.

Can you answer the most obscure of these?

OK, let's reveal our five clues to Stephen Hawking.

And here they come. We have got...

I'll read those all one final time.

There you are. Five clues to facts about Stephen Hawking.

Michael and Geoff, off you go.

THEY CONFER

We're going to go for question two,

and we believe the answer is A Brief History Of Time.

A Brief History Of Time, say Michael and Geoff. A Brief History Of Time.

Slim and Marianne,

talk us through the rest of the board, if you can.

We can't!

Yeah, the only one we think we know

is the bottom one -

The Simpsons.

You're going to say The Simpsons.

So we have A Brief History Of Time and we have The Simpsons.

Michael and Geoff said A Brief History Of Time.

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

It's right.

Oh, very well done - 17.

17 for A Brief History Of Time.

Slim and Marianne have gone for The Simpsons.

He first appeared in this animated US TV series in 1999.

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

It's right.

Is it going to go down and beat 17?

Oh, 41.

No.

Bad luck.

Very well done, Michael and Geoff.

After two questions, you are up 1-0.

He's appeared in four episodes of The Simpsons to date,

and two of Futurama as well.

Let's take a look at the rest of these.

Now, he was born on the 300th anniversary

of Galileo Galilei.

That would have scored you 3 points.

He took the zero-gravity flight - they call it the Vomit Comet.

It takes off and does a series of incredible dives,

so he was weightless for 25 seconds at a time.

And it took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Would have scored 11.

And the mathematician with whom he co-wrote The Nature Of Space And Time...

First time he's been an answer on this show - Sir Roger Penrose.

-Would have scored you 1 point. Best answer up there. Well done if you said that.

-Thank you.

Here comes your third question.

Slim and Marianne, you need to win this one to stay in the game.

It concerns...

England footballers who've been sent off.

There haven't been all that many of them. We'll show you anagrams of five of them now.

Unscramble them and give us the most obscure.

OK, let's reveal our five footballers in anagram form.

And here they are. We have got...

I'll read them a second time.

There we are. Five anagrams of England footballers

who've been sent off while playing for their country.

Slim and Marianne, you go first.

THEY CONFER

We know one. I think everybody's going to know it,

so I think I've worked out an anagram

and I think this person might be a footballer,

so we're going to throw caution to the wind...

Of course - this plays right into your hands!

We're going to go Paul Ince.

Paul Ince...

-Was he even a footballer?

-..say Slim and Marianne.

Now then, Michael and Geoff.

Um...that was a good one.

I've heard people say that a lot, but I didn't know that one.

The top one we know is David Beckham.

That's probably half the world.

So we're going to go for the third one,

which is Wayne Rooney.

Wayne Rooney, for the middle one - annoy eye row.

So we have Paul Ince and Wayne Rooney.

Slim and Marianne, you have to win to stay in the game.

Let's see if you're going to. Paul Ince - how many people said that?

It's right.

Very well done. 8 for Paul Ince.

Very well done.

Michael and Geoff have gone for Wayne Rooney. Let's see how many people said that.

It's right, obviously.

Is it going to get anywhere near 17, maybe even below 17...?

Ooh, 27.

27. Very well done. Slim and Marianne back in the game.

After three questions, it's 1-1.

Very well played, Marianne. Good anagram work there.

Lucky you didn't say Len Ciapu.

Let's look at the rest. You're right about avoiding David Beckham -

backhand dived. That would have scored you 68 points.

Now, the other two - both very famous England footballers.

Danger reverts -

it's Steven Gerrard.

That would have scored 6.

And the best answer - I didn't get this one -

very famous England footballer.

Paul Scholes.

Paul Scholes for 3 points.

Very well done if you got that at home.

Thanks very much indeed. Well done, both of you, for getting correct answers.

Here comes your fourth question.

This is the decider. Whoever wins this goes through and plays for that jackpot.

It concerns...

-Essex. Richard.

-We're going to give you five clues to facts about the wonderful county of Essex.

Whoever gives us the most obscure answer goes through to play for that jackpot.

Unless you both give us incorrect answers. Then I'll have to find anther question from somewhere.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard. Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Essex.

We've got...

I'll read those all one final time.

So there we are. Five clues to facts about Essex.

This time, Michael and Geoff, you go first.

THEY CONFER

OK. We're going to go for the comedian born near Harlow,

who starred with Ade Edmondson in Bottom. It's Rik Mayall.

Rik Mayall, say Michael and Geoff.

Rik Mayall. Slim and Marianne, talk us through that board, if you can.

OK. Well, we think the weapon on the county's coat of arms

is swords.

And TOWIE is The Only Way Is Essex.

And we think the bridge is called the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge,

but we're going to go for swords on the...

You're going to go for swords on the coat of arms.

So, Rik Mayall, say Michael and Geoff.

Let's see if that's right,

and let's see how many said it.

It's right.

36.

36.

The crucial thing - that was right.

And Slim and Marianne have taken a bit of a punt.

Swords, you are saying, feature on the coat of arms of the county.

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

It's right.

Is that going to beat 36?

Yes, it is! Very well done indeed.

Down it goes to 19.

We have a result.

Very well done, Slim and Marianne.

After four questions, you are through to the final, 2-1.

The official name of the bridge... It's often called the Dartford Crossing,

but you're right, it's the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge.

That would have scored you 7 points.

You're right about TOWIE - it's The Only Way Is Essex.

Would have scored you 58 points.

The name of the ground that's home to Essex County Cricket Club -

used to be called the County Ground,

now it's called the Ford County Ground. That would have scored you 4.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our head-to-head round,

I'm afraid the losing pair leaving us is Michael and Geoff.

You've had a great game, though.

The big high of that was Bronagh Gallagher.

I can say it now!

But I'm afraid this is where we have to say goodbye.

It's been great having you on the show. Michael and Geoff.

But for Slim and Marianne, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Slim and Marianne.

You've beaten off all the competition and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot,

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £4,250.

This is great news. You've done fantastically well.

You've come all the way through, and here you are in the final.

I'm always a bit disappointed when this happens, because it means we only get you for one show.

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

First you have a choose a category. Here are your five options.

-OK, well...

-Got to be royal families.

Yeah, I think...

royal families is the one we'll be able to...

-We'll give royal families a punt.

-OK.

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

to name as many...

..as they could.

Oh, Richard!

Yeah, we're looking for the name of any monarch, or the living spouse of a monarch,

who's the head of state of any European country.

Very, very best of luck.

OK. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that £4,250

is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

Are you ready?

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock.

Your time starts now.

I don't know any.

Well, obviously, our own ones.

Yeah.

I can think of all the royal kings and queens...

Juan Carlos of Spain.

So let's say Isabella

-as his wife.

-OK.

That's a Spanish name. And which other...?

What about Denmark?

Sweden...

Who's still got a king and queen?

All the Scandinavian countries.

Name a king or queen.

Um...

Carl Gustaf?

-Of...?

-Sweden.

I don't know his wife's name.

Ingrid.

We've got to give the spouse as well?

Ingrid. Carl Gustaf of Sweden and Ingrid.

Juan Carlos of Spain and...

-Who did you say?

-I like Marianna, actually.

Marianna.

And, um...

10 seconds left.

Name another place that's got a king or queen.

Holland.

OK. Beatrice. Queen Beatrice of Holland.

OK, your time is up, I'm sorry to say.

We were looking for European royals and their spouses.

I now need your three answers.

-OK, we're going to go King Juan Carlos of Spain...

-Yes.

-..and his wife...

-We only need the name of a king or a spouse.

-Oh, different ball game!

-OK.

-OK, OK.

-I thought that was really hard.

Well, were you not listening to what I said?

Well, I was, but... Well, I sort of was.

But then... Yeah.

-OK, so I'm handing over to Slim, who knows the kings.

-Slim.

Right, Juan Carlos of Spain.

-Beatrice.

-Beatrice.

-Of Holland.

-Of the Netherlands, yeah.

And I'll go for Carl Gustaf

of Sweden.

And Carl Gustaf of Sweden.

And here they are.

We have got...

OK, so we were looking for European royals

and their spouses.

Your first answer was Juan Carlos of Spain.

You only have to find one pointless answer

to win that jackpot of £4,250.

So let's see how many people said Juan Carlos of Spain.

Is it pointless?

It's right.

Down it goes. If this goes down to zero...

Oh! 12.

Well done!

So only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

£4,250 - now, that's a decent jackpot.

Slim, what would you do with that?

We've lots of ideas on what we can do with it,

but I expect the kids will end up getting it!

Marianne, anything you'd like to ring-fence now, while you can?

-I'd love to go to New Orleans, Alexander.

-So would I.

That would be good.

Without the kids!

So we're looking for European royals.

Let's hope nobody said your next answer -

Carl Gustaf of Sweden.

Now again, this has to be right then it has to be pointless

for you to win that jackpot of £4,250.

Let's find out how many people said Carl Gustaf of Sweden.

It's right.

Now, Juan Carlos led us a merry dance

all the way down to 12.

Carl Gustaf of Sweden, on the other hand,

taking us down into single figures...

If he goes down to zero...

Oh! 3.

The tease.

Down to 3.

So you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

Everything is now riding on your third and final answer -

Beatrice of the Netherlands.

-Well, you thought this was your best shot at a pointless answer.

-It's wrong!

Why do you not think it's right - is it because she doesn't have a number after her name?

Maybe.

Yeah, actually.

We'll find out. It has to be correct and it has to be pointless to win.

So, for £4,250, let's find out how many people said Beatrice of the Netherlands.

Is it pointless?

Ooh! Marianne, you're right.

Well...

Two really good answers there.

We'll discover what was wrong with Beatrice of the Netherlands.

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

so I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot of £4,250.

That rolls over onto the next show. We've loved having you on the show.

And, of course, you get to take home the trophy.

Yeah, you've been brilliant. I hope your classes are watching as well and cheering you on.

It's Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. We couldn't accept Beatrice.

She would have scored you 12 points anyway.

She actually abdicated, but she was still queen when we did this poll.

If you'd said Carl Gustaf's wife, Silvia,

that would have been a pointless answer.

But, you know, who knows that?

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

There's some you might have got. Prince Albert of Belgium

would have been a pointless answer.

Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein is a pointless answer.

Henrik of Denmark is a pointless answer.

Maria Teresa of Luxembourg is a pointless answer.

Marie of Liechtenstein is a pointless answer.

Paola of Belgium,

pointless answer.

There's Silvia of Sweden.

And Sonja of Norway, also a pointless answer.

Well done if you said any of those at home.

Tough luck, guys. Really difficult category.

Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Slim and Marianne,

but it's been wonderful having you. Thank you both so much for playing. Great contestants.

Well, very sadly, Slim and Marianne didn't win our jackpot today,

so it rolls over to the next show, when we will be playing for £5,250.

-Join us then. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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