Episode 25 Pointless

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

the quiz show that puts obscure knowledge to the test. Let's meet today's players.

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-Couple number one.

-Hi, I'm Abedul. This is my brother Moody and we're from Shrewsbury.

-Couple two.

-I'm Simon. This is my daughter Hannah. We're from Bristol.

-Couple three.

-I'm Steve, this is Sarah. We're from Norwich.

-And couple four.

-I'm Colin, this is Hector. We're friends and work colleagues from Dundee.

And these are today's contestants.

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

There's one more person to introduce. Conducting a magical mystery bus tour

into the very heart of obscurity via Coventry, £4.25 return, it's my Pointless friend Richard.

-Hiya. Hi, everyone.

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-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

-Do you know it's show number 498 today?

-Wow!

-Can you believe that?

-We're two away from our 500.

-Are we going to make it that far, do you think?

-I hope so.

-I'm feeling fairly chipper.

-I've got two more shows left in me at least.

-We're going to have a special show on our 500th show.

-Don't tell me. Keep it a surprise.

-Do you think?

-Do you know what we're going to do?

-I do.

-Please tell me you haven't got me a present.

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Do you need me for...right now?

Thanks, Richard. Our questions were put to 100 people before the show.

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

Everyone wants to find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave

and when that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.

Ed and Abi didn't win the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000

and today's jackpot starts off at £7,250.

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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.

At the end of the round, the pair with the highest score will be eliminated. Our first category is...

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.

OK, and the question concerns the 2012 Olympic medal-winning countries.

-Richard?

-For this question, we're going to show you 20 flags.

They are the flags of the 20 countries who won the most medals at the 2012 Olympics.

We're not including the United Kingdom flag, so the country in 21st place will also be on this board.

Our medal table is the one that counts gold medals first. There's different ways of calculating it.

Just name any of those countries, please. Very best of luck.

We'll now show you an image of some flags representing the 20 top medal-winning nations

of the 2012 Olympics. You have to identify them. Here are the flags.

There you go, all of those flags.

They'll stay up throughout the round as we go up and back down the line.

Abedul and Moody, you drew lots before the show and, today, you go first.

-Abedul, welcome back. Tell us what happened last time.

-We got knocked out in the first round.

-It was "name the show with these duos in them".

-Oh, that's right.

-Happy Days.

-The Fonz.

-That was yours, Moody.

-That's right.

-That was a high score.

-I didn't expect that.

-I didn't either.

I thought the Happy Days interest would have tailed off by now.

Yeah, but everyone knows who The Fonz is.

-We disagreed after the show quite a bit.

-Yeah.

-We had Happy Days and Cheers, didn't we?

-We did, yeah.

Two high scorers. Anyway, Abedul, time to redeem yourself.

Did you watch the Olympics avidly?

I did, yeah. I should be OK with this because my brother actually bought me a map,

but I've never looked at the map. LAUGHTER

-A map of what?

-A map of the world with all the flags.

-With all their flags.

-With all the flags, yeah.

-Was this in special preparation for Pointless?

-Absolutely, of course.

But it's in my spare bedroom and I never go in there.

Did you hear that, Moody? You know that lovely map you got him?

-Spare bedroom.

-My daughter sleeps in there now, so it's actually for her.

You hear that, daughter of Abedul? He calls your room "the spare room".

Which he doesn't go to as well.

-Yeah.

-OK.

-So, Abedul...

-Yes. OK, some of those look familiar. It's just a matter of choosing the most obscure one.

I'm going to go with...South Korea.

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

It's right.

26.

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Good score, Abedul.

Yeah, they were fifth on the medals table with 13 golds. They got three in archery and three in shooting.

-Now then, Hannah, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Our second returning pair.

-Remind us what you do.

-I'm on a gap year. I'm going to university soon.

-To start reading Medicine?

-Yeah.

Excellent. And did you follow the Olympics?

I did watch quite a lot of it, but I don't seem to have taken anything in from that.

I guess as equally valid, how good are you at recognising flags?

I should be quite good because I did Geography "A" level, but I haven't taken anything from that either.

Right, OK.

I think I'm going to have maybe a sort of educated guess

and say South Africa?

OK, South Africa, says Hannah. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said South Africa.

Oh, bad luck, Hannah.

Bad luck. I'm afraid, not on that board. That scores you the maximum of 100 points. I'm sorry, Hannah.

Sorry, no South African flag there. They were 23rd in the medals table, but not in that top 20.

So, when you say "reasonably educated guess"...

Uh...maybe not.

-Sarah, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Sarah?

I work in sales and marketing for a company that makes the labels that you get on your fruit.

Oh, no, that's fun!

-The labels I get on my fruit?

-Everybody gets on their fruit.

-Oh, I see. Good.

What are you thinking about this Olympic table?

I did watch the Olympics and flags are not good for me.

I recognise quite a lot of them, but I can't think what they are.

I'm going to go for Japan.

Japan, says Sarah. Let's see if Japan's right and how many of our 100 people said Japan.

It's right. 100's our high score...

-71 for Japan.

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Seven golds for Japan, but a very recognisable flag.

Most of their golds were in fighting in various different ways - wrestling, boxing, what have you.

Hector...

Hector, welcome to Pointless.

-You're from Dundee.

-Yes, I live in Dundee. I'm from Edinburgh originally.

-What do you do in Dundee?

-I'm a junior doctor.

-How long have you been a junior doctor?

-About eight months now.

-You're into your housemanship, is that right?

-Yes.

-You have another year of that?

-Yes.

-Then off you go...to do what?

-General practice, hopefully.

-Very good. Good stuff.

What do you get up to when you're not being a junior doctor? You don't get a lot of time off.

Not enough, anyway. I'm a big sports fan and I like travelling to sporting events.

I was at the Olympics.

Right, low score currently 26, Hector. Beat that.

Well, I'm going to go for Iran.

I think I've got my eyes on one that I think is Iran.

-I think they usually do pretty well in some minority sports.

-Whoa!

OK, Iran, says Hector. Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 said Iran.

It's right. As I said, 26 is our lowest score so far from Abedul.

Let's see where Iran takes us.

Oh, 4!

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-Very, very well done, Hector. That's a great answer.

Commensurate low score for you - 4.

Well done, Dr Hector. They got four golds. They only sent 53 athletes to the Games, so very impressive.

-They got three in wrestling and one in weightlifting.

-Thanks very much.

Let's look at those scores. Hector and Colin on 4 after Hector's excellent, low-scoring answer,

up to 26 where we find Abedul and Moody, Sarah and Steve on 71,

then Hannah and Simon on 100.

Simon, we need a really low score from you. Best of luck.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

Now then, Colin, welcome to Pointless.

-You're also from Dundee?

-I'm from Glasgow, but I live in Dundee.

How long do you have to live in a place before you're from there?

We're a proud lot in Glasgow, so I'm always from Glasgow.

-What do you do in Dundee?

-I'm also a junior doctor.

-Are you at the same hospital as Hector?

-Not at the moment, but often we are, yeah.

-Right you are. What are you hoping to do after that?

Probably specialise... I'd like to do Neurology, but it's a little bit early to say at this stage, I think.

OK, and what are your interests, Colin?

I have a few interests. I'm into music, football, the standard stuff, films.

What do you make of this board of flags?

I've got some risky ones I'd love to have a shot at, but Hector saying that has taken the pressure off...

Or Hector has given you a safety net. The high scorers are Simon and Hannah on 100. You're on 4.

If you can score 95 or less, you'll avoid becoming the new high scorers.

Please don't feel pressurised by me, but for heaven's sake, come on.

All right, OK. No, you've not convinced me.

I'm going to go with the Ukraine.

Sounds good to me. Here is your red line. Below that, you're in the next round.

The Ukraine, how many people said that? Is it right?

It is right and you're through.

It's a great answer, Colin.

It's a very good answer indeed.

9 for the Ukraine takes your total up to 13.

Yeah, six golds, 20 in total.

There's the Ukrainian flag there.

-Steve... Steve, we need a good answer from you. Where are you from, Steve?

-I'm from Norwich.

-What do you do?

-I work in HR.

-How do you and Sarah know each other?

-We met through...

-My friend Simon is married to Sarah.

-Right you are. And whose idea was it to come on the show?

Sarah's. Was Steve the obvious choice...?

-Not your husband?

-He didn't want to.

-He didn't want to or you didn't ask him?

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-Both.

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Steve, did you follow the Olympics closely?

I did, yes, so I should really be more confident on this than I actually am,

but again there's a couple that I could probably take a punt at.

You want to score 28 or less with this answer to avoid becoming the new high scorers.

Although it's a well-known country, I'll plump for Russia because I'm not sure that many people know the flag.

-I'm going to go for Russia.

-There's your red line. Get below that and you're in the next round.

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

It's correct.

Almost.

34.

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-34 takes your total up to 105.

They were fourth in the table. Vladimir Putin gave every Russian medallist a car.

-That's pretty nice.

-Whoa!

-Yeah.

-Yeah, nice.

-But, ah, a Russian car?

-No, no, no.

No, not even that. An Audi.

-Really? Whoa!

-How about that?

-An Audi, whoa, wow!

-Other cars were available, but...

Very good. Now then, Simon... Simon, your job here is to score 4 or less. It's plain and simple.

4 or less or it's very likely to be goodbye to Hannah and Simon and that just can't happen.

-Welcome back to the show, obviously.

-Thank you.

-Remind us what happened last time.

-We were done over by the Mr Men.

-The Mr Men, that's right.

-Now then, Simon, the Olympics...

-This is tough.

No pressure(!) All the ones I wanted to say have gone,

so we're down to desperately hoping

one of the red, white and blues might be the Netherlands

-and nobody's thought of that.

-OK.

The Netherlands, says Simon. Here comes your red line.

Oh, it's a long way down.

The Netherlands - let's see if that can get you down there and below. Is it right? How many people said it?

It is right.

Going down...

Oh, 11!

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-11 for the Netherlands.

111, your total.

Yes, a valiant effort. They were 13th in the medal table with six golds.

If Yorkshire were a country, they would have pipped the Netherlands because Yorkshire got seven golds.

A lot of people do think Yorkshire IS a country.

Moody, we are looking for the 2012 Olympic medal-winning countries to whom these flags belong.

You've probably had lots of brilliant answers taken by other people, but what you have to do now

is to score 84 or less.

-As simple as that.

-OK...

Yeah, I actually know quite a few of those.

OK, uh...

I'm going to go for Kazakhstan, just because I went for the safe option last time.

Well done, Moody. Here comes your red line. If you get below that, you're in Round 2.

-Abedul, what do you think?

-I'm pretty confident. I think that's Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan, is that right? Let's see. How many people said it?

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

It's exactly what we required from you.

3! The best score of the whole round as well. Thank you so much.

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-Worth waiting for.

-29, your total.

-Moody and Abedul have come out fighting.

Very well played. They got seven gold medals, 13 in all,

just pipping Yorkshire by one. They'd have just beaten them.

There's no pointless answers and the best answer up there is Kazakhstan, Moody, so very well played.

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The next best answer up there is Iran, so well done, Hector, as well. That's terrific work.

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-That's good.

The next best, for 8 points, would have been the Czech Republic.

We've seen the Ukraine already. Hungary would have scored you 9.

North Korea there, that would have scored you 13.

Cuba, 14. New Zealand would have scored you 37.

As would Spain. Spain came 21st on the medals table,

but because we haven't got the UK flag, they just squeaked into this question. 39 for Jamaica.

45 for Germany.

There's Italy - 54, France - 63, China - 65.

And the top three... We've already had Japan on 71.

Australia would have scored you 75

and the most recognisable flag of all of the Olympic nations there is the USA.

And the USA would have scored you 90 points, a punishingly high score.

Very well done if you got all 20 of those. I suspect some people did.

Thanks very much. At the end of our first round, our losing pair with a high score of 111, Simon and Hannah.

-I'm so sorry.

-I think that might have been my fault.

-No.

-Well, yes, that was...

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That was indeed your fault, but listen, Simon and Hannah, it's been lovely having you on the show.

I'm really sorry we're sending you home this soon, but thank you so much for playing. Simon and Hannah!

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

Three pairs remain. At the end of this round, we'll eliminate another pair in time for our head-to-head.

What a round that was! Moody and Hector, two fantastic answers from you.

Steve and Sarah, phew! You're here, but only just. That was a very high...

Japan was your expensive answer there.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round 2 is Musicals. Can you decide who's going first, who's going second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

-Richard?

-On each pass we'll show you the names of six songs that feature in Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals.

Just tell us the name of the musical. There'll be 12 to have a go at at home. Very best of luck.

We're looking for the names of the musicals from which these songs come and here's our first board of six.

I'll read those one final time.

There we are, six songs from six Lloyd Webber musicals.

Abedul, you look distraught.

Absolutely distraught. I hoped this wouldn't come up.

OK, so I'm going to take it that you're not a fan of musicals generally?

Well, I've seen Grease, I've seen Les Mis, but I've never seen any Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals.

OK, so this is... Have you heard of some?

I've heard of one.

Well, a bit of judicious application of the one you've heard of might be enough to get you through.

Well, I am going to go with Any Dream Will Do...

-..and that's Joseph And The Technicolor Dreamcoat.

-Joseph And The Technicolor Dreamcoat, says Abedul.

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

Bad luck, Abedul.

Bad luck. I'm afraid that's incorrect which means you score the maximum of 100 points. Sorry.

I'll give all the answers at the end of the pass.

Steve... Steve, how do you feel about this round?

It's not an area of speciality for me and I was actually going to pick the same one that Abedul went for.

I think he may have got it slightly wrong.

I'm hoping, anyway.

I think it's Joseph And His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

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

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Wow, that is wrong also!

This is going brilliantly well, isn't it?

Terrific. This is exactly what I dreamed of.

Yeah. Apparently, that is also wrong. It scores you 100 points as well.

-We'll discover why in the fullness of time.

-We certainly will.

-Colin...

-Hi.

-Hey.

-Hey.

-Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals...

-Yeah.

-You are looking so good right now.

You have the pick of the board. Do you want to take us through it?

Well, the only song I know is Any Dream Will Do and that's because I sang it in primary school.

I think this is a little bit sneaky,

but I think the title is Joseph And THE Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, so I'll go with that.

Oh, please, can you be right?

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Colin's going to say Joseph And THE Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

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

Hooray, well done! We cracked it!

56 points.

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-It was worth it, Colin. 56, there you go.

I don't remember a round quite like that before, I have to say.

Yeah, that was tricky. We have to take the full title and there it is.

First written for St Paul's Junior School where Andrew Lloyd Webber's brother Julian went

-and is still going many years later...

-His brother's still going to St Paul's Junior School?

-Yeah.

-He's a slow developer.

-Yeah. Normally, filling in the board doesn't take long.

This is going to take for ever. Look at that. Do you know any of these?

-I think I know two.

-Memory?

-Cats.

-That would have scored 30 points.

-What's the other one you know?

I Don't Know How To Love Him, I think, is Jesus Christ Superstar.

Yeah, that would have scored 21.

Our Kind Of Love is from a musical he wrote with Ben Elton about football called The Beautiful Game.

It would have scored you 2 points. Till I Hear You Sing is from Love Never Dies. That would've scored 3.

Boyzone had a big hit with No Matter What and it would have scored 4 points

if you said Whistle Down The Wind.

The Beautiful Game is the best answer up there.

If anybody knew the full name of Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, you'd have aced it!

Let's take a look at those scores. 56, the best score of that pass, Colin and Hector, well done, you!

Steve and Sarah, Abedul and Moody are level pegging on 100.

Sarah and Moody, it's a Lloyd Webber-off between you. May the best person win!

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

OK, let's put six more songs on the board and here they come.

I'll read those one last time.

We're looking for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical from which each of these songs came.

Hector, you'll try and find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew.

-What do you make of the board, Hector? Have you been in any of these in junior school?

-No.

-I was in Joseph's Technicolor Dreamcoat.

-The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

-Whatever it's called!

-In primary school as well.

-Yeah.

I think I got lucky with the first round and it couldn't be much worse than this.

I'm going to have to have a guess.

The only one I can think of is The Phantom Of The Opera

and I think The Music Of The Night might be from Phantom Of The Opera.

Phantom Of The Opera, says Hector. You're on 56.

If you can score 43 or less, you'll avoid becoming the new high scorers. There's your red line.

Let's see if The Phantom Of The Opera can get you below it.

Well, it's right.

52.

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52 takes your total up to 108.

Let's be thankful you didn't call it A Phantom Of The Opera or we'd have been here all day.

-A Phantom Of His Opera.

-Yeah, One's Phantom Of A Opera(!)

Now, Sarah... Sarah, you lag by eight points.

Hector and Colin are now the high scorers.

-Are you going to be a bit better on this board than Steve was on the previous board?

-I know one.

There's another one I think I know, but I'm not sure.

Um...I think I'm going to go for the one I know -

Don't Cry For Me, Argentina and Evita.

Evita, says Sarah. Here comes your red line.

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

Evita - how many people said that?

It's right.

72.

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172 is your total.

It's a big score, isn't it? Yes, sung by Eva Peron, Madonna in the film version.

Now then, Moody, we have a game on our hands here.

Everything rides on your knowledge of Andrew Lloyd Webber or, more specifically, his musicals.

You're on 100. The high scorers are Sarah and Steve on 172. 71 or less will see you into the head-to-head.

-Come on, Moody. How do you feel about this?

-Not great.

You can talk us through the board, do a bit of thinking out loud.

The only Andrew Lloyd Webber production I've seen is Phantom Of The Opera

which is what I would have gone for, The Music Of The Night.

I've got a few other shows, but I'm not 100% sure if they're Andrew Lloyd Webber shows.

Love Changes Everything is obviously quite a popular song,

but I'm not sure which production that was.

I'm going to have to go with I Believe My Heart

and I'm not sure if this is the name of the right production, but I'll go for it - is it Starlight Express?

Starlight Express, I Believe My Heart, Starlight Express.

There is your red line. If you get below that with Starlight Express, you are in the head-to-head.

Abedul, do you want to volunteer an opinion?

I think he's wrong. I don't know why. I just think he's wrong.

OK, let's see. I Believe My Heart, is that from Starlight Express and if it is, how many people said it?

Bad luck. Bad luck, Moody.

That's incorrect. It scores you 100 points and takes your total up to 200.

That's very unlucky, Moody. Sarah, what was the risky one you might have gone for?

-Maybe Aspects Of Love for Love Changes Everything?

-Exactly right.

Michael Ball had a huge hit with Love Changes Everything. 10 points it would have scored you.

Banjo Boy is from a very short-lived musical that he wrote with Alan Ayckbourn

about Jeeves and Wooster - By Jeeves. It would have scored one point. Terrific answer.

The Perfect Year is from Sunset Boulevard. That scored 3 points.

And I Believe My Heart is from The Woman In White. It would have scored you 2 points.

The best answer there is By Jeeves.

Guys, I recommend going to see Joseph Or His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat(!) I hear it's terrific.

Thanks very much. Abedul and Moody, I'm afraid this means that at the end of the second round,

you're our high-scoring pair.

I'm really sorry. It was Round 1 last time, then we served up Lloyd Webber for you in Round 2 this time.

That was really tough if you don't know them, but it was a good guess.

It's been great having you on the show. Thanks so much for playing. Moody and Abedul!

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

Congratulations, Hector and Colin, Steve and Sarah, you're one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot which currently stands at £7,250.

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We need to decide who goes through to the final to play for that money and to do that, you go head-to-head.

You are now allowed to confer.

The first pair to win two questions goes through to the final.

Two pretty testing rounds so far. Yes, pretty testing.

Hector and Colin, you've shown your mettle. You've been our low scorers.

-Steve, I think Sarah helped you out there.

-She did. Andrew Lloyd Webber, not my strong suit.

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

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

-Richard?

-We'll show you five clues to facts about Bill Clinton. Can you give us the most obscure answer?

OK, let's reveal our five clues to facts about Bill Clinton and here they come.

I'll read those one last time.

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

WHISPERING

OK, um...

We've got a risky one. We know one other for sure.

But we're going to go with his Vice-President as Al Gore.

Al Gore, say Hector and Colin. Al Gore.

Steve and Sarah, talk us through the board if you can.

We've got a name that's buzzing away for his middle name.

For some reason, I think it might be Jefferson, but I'm really not sure.

Other than that, we're probably stuck with the Presidents either side of him. What do you want to do?

-Take a punt on Jefferson.

-OK, we'll take a punt on his middle name being Jefferson.

Jefferson, his middle name. We have Al Gore as his Vice-President.

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

It is right.

Good answer. 27.

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27 for Al Gore. Steve and Sarah, you've taken a bit of a punt on Jefferson.

Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Jefferson for his middle name.

It is right.

That was well punted

and it wins you the point. Very well done indeed. Look at that - 11.

That was a good hunch, Steve, and well done going with it, Sarah.

-After one question, you're up 1-0.

-Yeah, good teamwork there and well played.

Let's take a look at the rest of these. If you had gone for the Bush answer,

you would have lost the point because it would have scored you 55, so Jefferson was the one to go with.

He was born in a town in southern Arkansas called Hope and that would have scored 4 points.

It was famous when he was running for President that he came from Hope.

The title of his 2004 autobiography, it's one of those where you think, "That is a great title."

It would have scored you 2 points and it was My Life.

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-Terrific stuff. 2 points.

Weirdly, it's about "my life".

-It's about YOUR life?

-Yeah.

-Very strange.

Here comes your second question. Hector and Colin, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

It concerns...Bee Gees singles.

-Richard?

-We're going to show you five anagrams of Bee Gees singles.

-Can you unscramble them and give us the most obscure?

-Let's reveal our five anagrams of Bee Gees singles.

I'll read those one last time.

Steve and Sarah, you go first this time.

WHISPERING

I think we're going to go for the middle one and You Win Again.

You Win Again for Gain You Wain. You Win Again, say Steve and Sarah.

Hector and Colin, talk us through as much of the board as you can.

We're struggling. We've worked out Night Fever and Tragedy. We can't work out the others.

-We'll just have to go for one of them.

-Tragedy, I think.

-You think so?

-Yeah.

Not Night Fever? I don't know. You choose.

OK, I'd go for... I'd go for Tragedy.

It's Tragedy.

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It could be a tragedy!

Hector and Colin are going for Tragedy.

We have You Win Again versus Tragedy.

Steve and Sarah said You Win Again. Let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said it.

It is right.

19.

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19 for You Win Again. Hector and Colin, it was between Night Fever and Tragedy.

We'll discover which scored lower in a moment, but you went for Tragedy.

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

It's right.

24. Very close.

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Well played.

Very close indeed, but You Win Again pips it which means, after only two questions,

Steve and Sarah, you're through to the final 2-0. Very well done.

Well played, Steve and Sarah. Literally, you win again.

-Who was going for Tragedy and who was going for Night Fever?

-I was going for Night Fever.

-OK.

If you'd said Night Fever, it would have scored 23 points.

-See?

-It was so difficult to choose. They were almost identical.

You would have won the points with a very, very, very big Bee Gees hit that's still up there,

which is Reviewed Lousy Hoop. Do you know that one?

It's How Deep Is Your Love?

It would have scored 3 points.

Hot Mocha Venue is a pointless answer. It was a No.3 hit in the late '70s.

And it was called Too Much Heaven.

Pointless, so very well done if you said that.

Thanks very much. I'm afraid our losing pair after the head-to-head, it's Hector and Colin.

Quite against the grain. You've been knocking them out of the park every single round until this round

and then Steve and Sarah beat you 2-0.

The good news is we see you again next time. Hector, Colin, thanks so much for playing. Great contestants!

But for Steve and Sarah, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Steve and Sarah, you've beaten all your rivals and won the coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win the Pointless jackpot and at the end of today's show, it stands at £7,250.

APPLAUSE

Well done. This is very exciting.

Did you think in Round 2, Steve, when you said, "Joseph And HIS Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat..."

It's been a fairly rocky road. We haven't covered ourselves in glory at various times.

-Except in the head-to-head.

-Yeah, we managed to pull it out of the bag there.

That's what counted and here you are. To win that money, you just have to find a pointless answer.

First, you have to choose a category and you have five options. They are...

-I think we're probably strongest on Wimbledon.

-Yeah.

-I couldn't see us really pulling off Popular Poets.

-No.

Politics, Rappers, a bit obscure.

For us, Awards could be anything really.

-I think Wimbledon is probably our best bet.

-Yeah.

OK, let's go for Wimbledon and let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many losers in the Wimbledon ladies' singles finals

as they could. Losers in the Wimbledon ladies' singles finals, Richard?

We're looking for the name of any player who has lost a ladies' Wimbledon singles title from 1968

right through to the 2012 final, please.

Anyone who has ever lost a ladies' singles final. They might have won it at another time,

but as long as they've lost it once, that's acceptable. Best of luck.

You have one minute to come up with three answers and all you need to win that £7,250

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

-Yes.

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

-Jana Novotna won it, but I think she lost it the year before.

-Yes.

-What about Justine Henin-Hardenne? She got to the final, I think.

-Yeah.

-What about Arantxa Sanchez Vicario? Did she get to the final?

-I think she probably did.

-Like Amelie Mauresmo...

-There was Sabatino...Sabatini, rather.

-I don't know if she got to the final.

Can we go back a bit further? People will remember more recent ones, won't they?

Evonne Cawley won it, but I don't know if she ever lost in the final.

-She was Evonne...

-"Goolagang."

-Goolagong.

-Goolagong.

-She was Evonne Cawley as well. I think that was her maiden name or the other way round.

-Right.

-What about Mauresmo?

-Mauresmo or Mary Pierce, the French girl Mary Pierce? Amelie Mauresmo?

OK, what do you think? Which three?

-Ten seconds left.

-Jana Novotna.

-Yeah.

-Justine Henin, do you think?

-Are you sure she was runner-up?

-I don't think she ever won it, did she?

-That doesn't mean...

-OK, that's your time up.

-OK.

We were looking for losers in the Wimbledon women's singles finals. I now need your three answers.

-Jana Novotna.

-Jana Novotna.

-Justine Henin.

-Justine Henin.

-Evonne Cawley.

-And Evonne Cawley.

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

-Jana Novotna?

-Jana Novotna. We'll put her last.

-Your least likely to be pointless?

-Evonne Cawley. I don't know if she lost a final.

-We'll put her first.

Let's put those up on the board in that order and here they are.

OK, so we were looking for losing Wimbledon ladies' singles finalists.

Your first answer, Evonne Cawley, was your least confident shot at a pointless answer.

You only have to find one pointless to win that jackpot of £7,250.

What would you do with that, Steve?

I think a very nice holiday would be in order,

perhaps take my little boy away for a weekend somewhere.

-Very good. Sarah, how about you?

-Yeah, definitely a holiday, I think.

Maybe take my family, my two little boys and my husband to Disney.

Very good. Best of luck. Three good answers on the board.

Let's see, your first one, Evonne Cawley, is it right, and if it is, let's see how many people said it.

It's right. Now, Evonne Cawley...

If this takes you all the way down to zero, you leave here with £7,250 in your back pockets.

Down it goes, into single figures.

-4.

-Unlucky.

APPLAUSE

4. That's a great answer, a lovely, low score, but unfortunately, not a pointless answer,

so you only have two more chances to win today's jackpot.

We're looking for losing Wimbledon ladies' singles finalists.

Your next answer was Justine Henin. Is that right?

This has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot, so, for £7,250,

let's see how many people said Justine Henin.

It's right. Evonne Cawley managed to take us all the way down to 4.

Justine Henin now taking us down through the 20s, through the teens,

into single figures, still going down.

2!

APPLAUSE Unlucky.

I tell you what, we're getting closer.

-Let's hope so.

-We're getting closer. 2 for Justine Henin.

Only one more chance to win today's jackpot. Let's just think about that - £7,250.

We're looking for losers in the Wimbledon ladies' singles finals.

Your final answer was Jana Novotna.

-You said this was your most confident shot at a pointless answer. Do you have doubts now?

-Yes.

We've gone from 4 to 2. I know what the next in that pattern should be.

For £7,250, it has to be pointless. How many people said Jana Novotna?

It's right.

So, we went down to 4 with Evonne Cawley, down to 2 with Justine Henin.

Jana Novotna taking us down into single figures now.

Oh, no!

APPLAUSE

3...

Oh, bad luck. Three fantastic answers there. Lovely low scores.

You'd be thrilled with those scores in a normal round,

but unfortunately, you didn't find that pointless answer that we needed

which means you don't win today's jackpot of £7,250,

-but we've loved having you on the show and you take home our coveted Pointless trophy. Well done.

-Thanks.

APPLAUSE

-Now, this is the really tough bit. Richard?

-Yeah, there will definitely be names here that you know.

Of the other ones you came up with, Sabatini would have scored you one point.

Mauresmo never lost a final, so she would have scored 100. She beat Justine Henin-Hardenne.

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

2012's losing finalist, Agnieszka Radwanska, lost to Serena Williams, was a pointless answer.

Andrea Jaeger who lost in 1983, she says deliberately.

She said that since. She became a nun in 2006.

The Australian Judy Tegart lost to Billie Jean King.

Marion Bartoli, the French player, was a pointless answer,

Nathalie Tauziat was pointless.

She's a particularly good pointless answer as she was born in the Central African Republic.

Olga Morozova lost to Chris Evert in '74. And another very recent one, Vera Zvonareva.

-Well done if you said those. Any ring a bell?

-I know the names, but I wouldn't have thought of them.

-Phew!

-Phew! We have to say goodbye, Steve and Sarah, but we've loved having you on the show.

-Thank you both so much for playing.

-Thank you.

-Great contestants, Steve and Sarah!

-APPLAUSE

-Steve and Sarah, sadly, didn't win our jackpot today,

so it rolls over on to the next show when we'll be playing for £8,250.

APPLAUSE

-Join us then to see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me.

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