Episode 28 Pointless

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-Thank you very much indeed.

I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless where all the questions have been asked to 100 people

and our contestants come up with the answers those 100 people couldn't think of. Let's meet the players.

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-Couple number one.

-Hello, I'm Roger. This is my daughter Katie.

I live at Bookham outside Leatherhead and Kate lives outside Swindon.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Rob. This is my friend Geraint. We're both from near Stansted.

Couple number three.

Hi, I'm Morgan. This is my girlfriend Jamie and we're from Cardiff.

-Finally, couple number four.

-Hi, I'm Andy. This is my dad David and we're from Sheffield.

These are today's contestants.

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

There's just one more person to introduce. If he gave you a piece of his mind,

-you'd probably want to keep a bit of it in your garage. It's my Pointless friend, Richard.

-Hiya.

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-Hi, everyone.

-Good afternoon to you.

-And to you.

So, last show, we introduced our slightly new end game.

-We launched End Game Mark Three.

-Yeah.

-It seemed to go all right.

-I think so.

-We gave away the money.

-Certainly, yeah. It worked in that sense.

-It worked for Gillian and Sarah. They weren't complaining.

-No.

Only Jamie and Morgan are back from that show, but they got all the way to the head-to-head,

so they're a very strong pair for our new teams to take on. It should be a very good show.

All our questions were put to 100 people before the show

and our contestants 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 each time that happens,

we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Gillian and Sarah won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.

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

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

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

Our first category today is...

Animation. 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...

-Richard?

-This is one of those questions where I want kids at home to do better than their parents,

so pay attention.

On each pass, we'll show you seven descriptions of characters from Disney animation films.

Just tell us who that character is. We'll give you the year that the film was made as well.

There will be 14 in all to have a go at. Very best of luck. I hope you beat your parents.

OK, we're looking for the names of these Disney characters and here is our first board of seven.

I'll read those one final time.

Roger and Katie, you all drew lots before the show, and you go first.

-Katie, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here. You are from Swindon.

-I am, yes.

-What do you do?

-I'm a primary school teaching assistant.

-How long have you done that for?

-About 18 months.

-Do they all know you're here?

-No.

-I've been very quiet about it.

-Very good. Can you keep the secret? If you win, you can let it out.

-Yes.

-If I lose, I will maintain silence.

-OK, I won't say a word.

-It's between you and I.

-OK. What are your hobbies?

I quite like my photography, I quite like sport and the outdoors and I like hanging out with my mates.

Good stuff. Now, Disney characters. As a board, do you think that's a good board?

-This is a good board.

-Good.

-I think I can answer them all.

I'm going to go for Experiment 626 in the middle.

I'm going to go for Stitch.

-Stitch?

-Yeah.

-Stitch.

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

It's right. Very well done, Katie.

20.

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-Good score to get us going, Katie. Well done. 20 for Stitch.

Yes, from Lilo & Stitch, Lilo being the Hawaiian girl and Stitch as an extra-terrestrial fugitive.

-Rob, welcome to Pointless. What do you do?

-I'm a freelance graphic designer.

I mainly do rebranding for local companies.

I've just done my brother's wedding invitations as well.

-You've rebranded him. Good.

-Yeah. And his fiancee, obviously.

-Rob, what do you get up to when you're not doing that?

-I do a lot of wood-turning.

-I got a lathe for my birthday, so I make a lot of...

-Banisters?

-Yeah. Candlesticks.

Anything wooden and round, I make those.

Wow! OK, now then, Disney characters...

Yeah, I had that in my head. That was my most obscure one.

-Do you know all the other ones up there?

-I don't.

So, I'm tossing up between Ariel's pet crab and the little grey rabbit.

And I think I'm going to go for...

Sebastian the crab.

Sebastian the crab, says Rob. Let's see if Sebastian is right and how many people said it.

It's right.

20 is our only score at the moment.

You go past that to 18.

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-Very well done, Rob. 18 for Sebastian the crab.

-Well played, Rob. From The Little Mermaid. Good start to the round.

-Very good. Jamie, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Tell us what happened last time.

We got to the head-to-head, but neither of us are great on sport, particularly jockeys.

Yes, OK. Now, how are you on Disney?

-I love Disney.

-Good.

I know most of them. I can't quite remember the top one.

And I was going to go for Stitch,

so I think I'll go for the evil fairy who curses Briar Rose

-as Maleficent.

-Maleficent.

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

It is right.

A new low score - 5. Very well done, Jamie.

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-That's a great answer - 5.

Yeah, from Sleeping Beauty. She came number one in a poll to find Disney's top villain.

Angelina Jolie is going to play her in the live action film.

Now then, Andy, welcome to Pointless. What do you do, Andy?

I'm a student studying History down at the University of West England in Bristol.

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

-I'm an avid football fan. I support Sheffield Wednesday.

Very good. You're the last person to have this board, Andy. Do you feel like filling in any of the blanks?

I can't name the dragon.

Dumbo, I think, is the elephant who could fly.

Thumper, I believe, is the little grey rabbit.

And the villainess, I think, is Cruella de Vil,

so I think I'll go with Cruella de Vil for the villainess who wants to make a fur coat.

Let's see if Cruella de Vil is right and let's see how many people said Cruella de Vil.

It's right.

Oh, 55.

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-That's a high score. 55 for Cruella de Vil.

Yeah, but a brilliant round and, Andy, you knew three and you chose the best score of those three.

You did as well as you could have done without knowing the dragon.

Bambi, as you say, the little grey rabbit was Thumper.

That would have scored you more points. It would have scored you 65.

The elephant was Dumbo. That would have scored you 82.

The best answer on the board is the little dragon. Anybody here know it?

-Katie?

-You know, I had it and it's gone. I can't...

-It's Mushu.

-Mushu, yes.

-It would have scored 3 points.

-Very well done to anybody who got that at home of whatever age.

-Thanks.

Let's take a look at those scores.

5, the best score of that pass, Jamie and Morgan looking pretty good.

18 is where we find Rob and Geraint,

then up to 20, Katie and Roger, then up to 55, Andy and David.

David, you're going to get first pick of the next board. Try and find a nice, low-scoring answer on that.

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

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

I'll read those one final time.

Now then, David, we are looking for the names of these Disney characters

and you'll try and find the one the fewest of our 100 people knew. What do you do, David?

-I'm retired.

-What did you do, David?

I was a vicar for a long time and I was a teacher for a good number of years.

-When did you retire?

-18 months ago.

-How are you enjoying retirement?

-Very much.

-You'll have your Saturdays back now.

-Saturdays, weekends, evenings, all these things I didn't know existed.

-What do you do with your time?

-Various things.

I like to play tennis. I'm interested in local history.

-I was a Games Maker at the Olympics.

-Very good. Where were you doing that?

-I was in the Olympic Park on the Transport Team.

-Very exciting.

Now then, David, what we need from you is as low a score as you can possibly find.

How does the board look to you?

I didn't really like the category, to be honest about it,

but I think I've got one on this that I can have a go at,

so I'm going to go for the large bear and I'm going to say Baloo.

There's no red line for you because you're the high scorers, but let's see how far down Baloo can get you.

It's right.

It's a high score, I'm afraid, though.

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-66 takes your total up to 121.

Yeah, from The Jungle Book, of course. It's a big score.

The last film to be produced by Walt Disney. He died during production of The Jungle Book.

Morgan, welcome back to the show. Remind us what you do, Morgan.

-I'm a securitisation assistant.

-For a bank?

-For a big bank, yes.

-Right you are. As we discovered last time, you're a keen rugby player.

-I am indeed.

-What else can you tell us about yourself?

-I like to go and watch the rugby with Jamie

-whose dad actually used to play for Wales.

-Really?

Oh, Jamie, that was a smouldering look!

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-When did he play?

He used to play for Wales and Cardiff back in the '80s.

Very good. Morgan, what are you going to go for?

I think I can get all the answers on that board.

You are already through because the high scorers, David and Andy, are out of everyone's reach.

I think I'll take a punt on the TV-obsessed hamster who follows Bolt around and that is Rhino.

No red line for you, you're already through, but let's see how many of our 100 said Rhino.

Very well done, Morgan - 2.

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-2 for Rhino. Takes your total to 7.

Great answer. Jamie and Morgan, you were terrific last show. You're setting a very fast pace again.

Now then, Geraint, welcome.

Welcome to Pointless. What do you do, Geraint?

I'm an environmental monitoring technician for an aggregate company.

What is that? What does that mean?

In short, I go round and take samples and test the water from quarries and landfills and things like that.

Wow, just to make sure there's nothing toxic draining into the water table.

What's the worst thing you've found? Do I want to know?

-I've never found anything bad, really.

-Excellent.

Geraint, you are through to the next round. This is great news.

But do you think you might be good at this board? Have you got any good answers?

I know a few from there.

I'm going to go with the top one and a warthog called Pumbaa.

Pumbaa. Let's see if that's right. No red line for you. You're through.

But let's see how many people said Pumbaa.

Absolutely right.

28.

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-28 takes your total up to 46.

-Well played. From The Lion King. He was the first Disney character to...

-Break wind.

-Yeah.

Roger...

Roger, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here. What do you do?

These days, I'm very happily retired.

-What have you happily retired from?

-I used to work for a very large IT company, a pan-European IT company.

-What do you do with your time now, Roger?

-It's pretty full.

I do a lot of photography. I chair a camera club.

I work as a volunteer with the National Trust and I've gone back to school and I'm learning French.

-How's that going?

-It's still in term one and it's getting better all the time.

I'm determined to learn French again. Now, this board is all yours. Take us through it. Fill it in.

The rat is Ratatouille.

The Seven Dwarfs, Grumpy.

The cocker spaniel I know, but I can't remember.

And the Mad Hatter's Tea Party, I can't remember who the last person around that table was,

so I'll go with Ratatouille.

Ratatouille. No red line. You're already through. Let's see how many people said Ratatouille.

-Not the name of the character.

-Oh! Name of the film.

Katie's telling you what was wrong with that answer. An incorrect answer scores you 100 points.

-It takes your total up to 120, just one behind our high scorers, David and Andy.

-Oops!

Yeah, the film is Ratatouille. Katie, do you know the character?

-I don't know the name of the character.

-Yet you're having a go at your dad?

-Well...

That's how it works in our family.

-It seems a bit rich, Roger, to me.

-Yeah.

-But you're safely through to the next round.

Remy is the name of the rat. It would have scored you 3 points.

You're right about Grumpy, but that's a big scorer.

It didn't score 100, but it scored 82.

-The cocker spaniel, does anyone know that?

-Lady?

-Lady, yeah, absolutely.

It would have scored 23.

And the character missing from that list at the Tea Party...

-The Dormouse?

-The Dormouse, yeah.

That would have scored 18.

The best answer on that board, Morgan's Rhino. Very well done.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of our first round, the losing pair heading away with their score of 121,

it's David and Andy.

Nothing wrong with your answers. They were just two very high scores. That was the trouble.

-Sorry we have to send you away so soon, but we'll see you next time. Thanks for playing!

-Thank you.

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

So, we're down to three pairs now and one other pair will be leaving us after this round.

Jamie and Morgan, once again, setting out your stall. Brilliant low scoring. Very well done.

-Roger, phew!

-One point.

-You were very lucky there. He was a bit slack, Katie, didn't you think?

-Must try harder.

-Yeah, I think he could.

Geraint, Rob, nothing at all wrong with your round there.

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round Two is...

UK History. 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, let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Conservative Prime Ministers as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for the name of any Conservative or Tory UK Prime Minister

from 1800 to the present day, so anyone who's been a Conservative or Tory Prime Minister.

-Very best of luck.

-OK, Katie...

How's your political history, Katie?

Um...yeah.

When we were asked what our weak spots were, politics was mine.

-OK.

-I know lots of Prime Ministers, but not which party they were from.

Good point. Yes, were they Whig or were they Tory?

I read a list yesterday and didn't pay any attention to which party they were from.

There's an answer in my head and I'm just not confident that it's accurate,

so I'm not going to go with it.

I'm going to say Ted Heath.

-Ted Heath. Is that your safe answer?

-No, that's not my safe answer, but it's an answer.

-It's an answer.

Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 said Ted Heath.

It's right.

44.

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-44 for Ted Heath.

-Yeah, the Prime Minister from 1970 to 1974.

He took us into the EEC, as it was then.

Geraint...

How are you feeling about this?

It's not my strongest suit, to be honest, but I'll give it a go.

Again I'm going to have to go for a safe one.

I'll say John Major.

Let's see if John Major is right and let's see how many of our 100 people said John Major.

It's right.

64.

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64 for John Major.

Yeah, '90 to '97, John Major. They are playing it safe.

Some people at home are so brilliant on history. This is the sort of category they love.

There's plenty of obscure answers out there.

Those people will be happy now because Morgan is stepping up to the mark. Morgan...

-It's not my favourite subject.

-Really?

-Not really.

I did have a look at some British Prime Ministers, but not whether they were Conservative or Labour,

so I'll take a punt at someone I knew was Prime Minister, but not a clue whether he was Conservative or not.

-William Gladstone?

-William Gladstone. Let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said it.

Bad luck, Morgan.

An incorrect answer. It scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Sorry, Morgan. He was a Prime Minister, but a Liberal, I'm afraid.

But at least fair play to you for taking a risk, taking a punt.

Thanks very much. Let's take a look at the scores as they stand.

44, the best score of that pass, Katie, well done.

Katie and Roger looking strong contenders for our head-to-head,

then up to Geraint and Rob on 64, then up to Morgan and Jamie on 100.

Jamie, you've done brilliantly to date. This is the first time you've had a mountain to climb,

but if anyone can get over it, it's you, so we need a good answer from you.

Best of luck. Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, Jamie, we are looking for Conservative Prime Ministers.

You're on 100. We need a low score from you.

Um...I have absolutely no idea.

Again I know... I don't even know if this is his full name, whether he's Conservative, no idea.

I suppose there's no point in going, "He's the only one I know." I'll say David Lloyd George?

David Lloyd George. No red line for you. You are the high scorers.

Let's see how many people said David Lloyd George. Is it right?

Bad luck, Jamie. Another incorrect answer. Scores you 100 points. Takes your total up to 200.

Sorry, Jamie. Another Liberal as well,

so your Liberal-Liberal coalition has scored 200.

Now then, Rob...

-Some good news - you're through.

-Very good news.

-You won't overtake the high score of Jamie and Morgan.

We do want an answer from you, though.

Well, my "A" Level Politics teacher is probably shouting at me right now

because I can't remember any of them.

Unfortunate, but I'm going to take a punt, hopefully, at Enoch Powell?

Enoch Powell... Gets a groan from the audience.

No red line for you. You're already through.

But let's see, Enoch Powell, Tory Prime Minister...?

What did you get in your "A" Level Politics, Rob?

LAUGHTER

-I got an E, I think it was.

-Definitely wasn't 100.

Bad luck, I'm afraid, an incorrect answer, Enoch Powell.

Not a Tory Prime Minister. It scores you 100 points and takes your total up to 164.

They must have changed "A" Level Politics since my day.

They must have done.

He was a Tory, Enoch Powell. He became an Ulster Unionist in his later career, but started as a Tory.

Now then, Roger...

Roger, you're through.

-I'm feeling quite comfortable.

-You're in the head-to-head. You can have a bit of a punt.

The lowest score has been 44. I have every hope that you'll slash that.

If I was going for a relatively modern one, I would go Alec Douglas-Home,

but I think I'll dive back into the 19th century

and go, um...Earl of Liverpool?

No red line. You're already through. Let's see how many people said the Earl of Liverpool.

It's right.

It scores 1.

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-Very nearly pointless.

Still an excellent answer. It takes your total up to 45. Well done, Roger.

Yeah, well played, Roger. He's the second longest serving Prime Minister of all, 1812 to 1827,

the Earl of Liverpool.

I'll give you a few answers because we haven't heard very many.

Alec Douglas-Home would have scored you 13 points, Anthony Eden 9, Disraeli 7.

Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin scored 4 points.

You'd have got 3 for William Pitt the Younger. Robert Peel and Henry Addington scored 2.

Arthur Balfour, Duke of Wellington, Earl of Liverpool scored 1. Let's take a look at the pointless ones.

Two contemporaries first, Earl of Aberdeen and Earl of Derby.

George Canning, 1827, he became Prime Minister.

Spencer Perceval was assassinated. That's always a good pub quiz question.

And Viscount Goderich, who only lasted four months, he was a pointless answer.

Let's take a look at the ones that most of our 100 people said. Churchill was fifth.

He would have scored you 43 points, even less than Ted Heath.

But third, John Major - 64.

David Cameron - 74...

LAUGHTER

Hmm...

And Margaret Thatcher scores 88 points.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, Jamie and Morgan...

Oh, I can't believe it! You've been snagged.

This is very much against the grain. You've played so well in every round of Pointless until now.

We have to say goodbye. Really sorry to have to say goodbye so soon.

But you've been brilliant contestants. Thank you so much for playing, Jamie and Morgan!

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

Congratulations, Roger and Katie, Geraint and Rob, you are one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot of £1,000.

We have to decide who will play for that jackpot and to do that, you go head-to-head.

You're now allowed to confer. The first pair to win two questions will play for that money.

Roger and Katie, well done. Nice, consistent low scoring.

You've seen off our brilliant, low-scoring pair from the first round.

-Earl of Liverpool, a particularly good answer.

-I had to make up for my 100 in Round One.

-I guess you did.

-Rob, you have to make up for your 100 for Enoch Powell.

-At least I had the right party.

He's not Prime Minister though. Best of luck. Geraint can keep you on the straight and narrow now.

Let's play the head-to-head.

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

-Richard?

-We're going to show you five pictures now of animals that are known by five-letter names.

Can you pick the most obscure? I don't mean like a cat called Mitzy.

OK, let's reveal our five animals and here they are.

-Aw!

-Aw!

-Aw!

-Nyeh...

-Really?

-Nyeh.

Aww!

-Ohh!

-Eeh...

There we are. Roger and Katie, you played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.

WHISPERING

We're, um... We have no idea what A or C are.

We know the other three. We're just trying to work out which the 100 people are going to know less of.

-Dad thinks we should go with...

-I know what C is.

-Hang on. Dad knows what C is.

-Stoat.

-Let's go with that.

-We'll go with that.

-Yeah.

-We'll go C, stoat.

C, stoat.

C, stoat.

Now, Geraint and Rob, talk us through the rest of the board.

I don't think we've got a clue what "A" is either, to be honest.

-B is a hyena.

-I think we might have just made "A" up.

-Some sort of horse?

-It's a hybrid - something's head on something's body!

We think B is a hyena, D is an otter and E is, obviously, a tiger.

I think "A" might be a bongo or a banjo.

-That's instruments!

-That sounds like something I've made up.

-Yeah.

You genuinely think it is? It sounds like... I'm not going to take it as your answer.

I've not got the track record, so we're not going with that.

-You think it might sound like...?

-A bongo or...

-A bongo or a banjo.

-Some kind of musical instrument.

-OK, fine.

-What do you reckon we go for then?

WHISPERING

I think D and E are too easy. I'd say B.

OK, we'll go B. On your head be it.

-Yeah, hyena.

-B?

-We'll go B, hyena.

So we have stoat versus hyena.

Roger and Katie said stoat. Let's see if stoat's right and how many people said it.

It's right.

37 for stoat.

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Geraint and Rob have gone for hyena.

Let's see if B is indeed a hyena. Let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

-Oh, 70 for hyena.

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Very well done, Roger and Katie. After one question, you're up 1-0.

-Well played, Roger and Katie. That's "stoats" amazeballs.

-LAUGHTER

Now, "A"... There is an antelope called a bongo with stripes. This isn't it.

But it wouldn't have been a terrible answer. That's the okapi.

That would have scored 19 points.

D is the otter.

-Looking very cute.

-Aw!

-65 points.

What do you think the tiger scored? What do you reckon he got?

97.

Well, I have to say congratulations to all tigers out there. You just scored 100.

Very good.

He looks moody, doesn't he?

-Yeah, he does. They always look a bit cross.

-Tigers?

-Yeah.

-We said "aw" to the hyena.

-Yeah, but it's cute.

-It is quite cute.

You wouldn't normally think of them as quite cute. Thank you very much indeed.

Geraint and Rob, here comes your second question. You have to win this to stay in the game.

It concerns...

-Richard?

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

Let's reveal our five clues to facts about Prince Charles.

I'll read those one final time.

Geraint and Rob, you go first.

WHISPERING

OK, we'll go "invested as Prince of Wales at this castle", Caernarfon Castle.

Caernarfon Castle, say Geraint and Rob.

Roger and Katie, talk us through the board if you can.

I can't remember the model village in Dorset. It's "Pound-something", Poundwich, Poundchurch.

Highgrove is his private residence.

Camilla Parker Bowles he married in 2005.

And I don't know the children's book.

-Mum would.

-My mother would, your mother would.

-Do you want to go Highgrove?

-We'll go with Highgrove.

Highgrove, say Roger and Katie. Caernarfon Castle versus Highgrove.

Geraint and Rob, you've gone for Caernarfon Castle.

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

Absolutely right.

36.

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Roger and Katie have gone for Highgrove, his Gloucestershire residence.

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

It's right. Is it going to beat Caernarfon?

Yes, it is. Very well done indeed - 19.

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-19 beats 36,

which means, Roger and Katie, you are through to the final 2-0.

-Very well done.

-Bought Highgrove in 1980 from Maurice Macmillan, son of Harold Macmillan,

-a Conservative Prime Minister. It all fits together in the end.

-Beautiful.

You were very close to getting the best answer up there, the model village he has in Dorset.

-Not a model village like a tiny one.

-No, it's a proper, full size.

-It's Poundbury.

-Poundbury.

-That would have scored 6 points.

The woman he married was Camilla Parker Bowles. Big scorer, 79.

And the title of his 1980 children's book, he read it himself on Jackanory in 1984,

and it was The Old Man Of Lochnagar.

-Very well done if you said that - 8 points.

-Thank you.

So, the pair leaving us at the end of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid it's Geraint and Rob.

-Oh, you was robbed there. Two brilliant...

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Two perfectly good answers. I'm afraid though stoat and Highgrove just got in under your score.

We have to say goodbye to you, but we'll see you again next time. Geraint and Rob, thanks for playing!

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But for Roger and Katie, it's time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Roger and Katie, you've fought off the competition

and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot which, at the end of today's show, stands at £1,000.

You've done very well indeed. Here you are, newcomers to the game.

Roger, you had a bit of a shocker in the first round with Ratatouille,

but clawed it all back with the Earl of Liverpool in the second round.

Yeah, the 100 was a bit of a shock,

but my wife will be delighted that I remembered the name of her favourite Prime Minister from the 19th century.

-Her favourite?

-It's the one she always comes up with.

If there's one thing I know about relationships, you have to know your wife's favourite Prime Minister.

-They go nuts if you forget.

-Yeah.

We've made a little change to the end game. This is our second show with this new end game,

but as always, you need to choose a category before we can go anywhere and your choices are these.

That's a no-brainer.

-World Geography?

-World Geography.

-World Geography it is.

OK, well, we're going to go for World Geography. Richard?

In our new end game, we'll give you three options within this category.

You still have 60 seconds, you still have to give us three answers and get a pointless one.

Here are your three options.

We may have changed the end game a bit,

but by country, I still mean a sovereign state that's a member of the UN in its own right.

You can take one from each category, three from one, however you want to do it. You've got 60 seconds.

As always, very, very best of luck.

OK, as always, you've got a minute to come up with three answers.

All you need to win that jackpot is to find one pointless answer.

The answers you provide can come from any of these three.

Are you ready, Roger and Katie?

-As we'll ever be.

-We're ready.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

OK, non-European members of...

Canada, America, Brazil, Argentina, Japan.

-South Korea, I think.

-South Africa?

-And China.

African countries, Zaire, Angola...

I don't know if the dreaded Central African Republic fits in there.

Capital cities of NATO members...

-I think we'll go with non-European members of the G20.

-You just go for it, Dad. You're on a roll.

-I'll go Argentina, Brazil...

-Do you think they might be quite obvious?

Let me just take...

I know Argentina definitely.

And I'll take a couple of countries around central Africa, around the Congo.

-Did you just say Zaire?

-Zaire...

-Ten seconds left.

-And...

-What was the other one?

-Angola.

-Go with Angola.

-OK.

Go with those two, then one of the South American ones.

-Done.

-OK, just as you say "done", your time is up.

I now need your three answers.

-Angola.

-Angola.

-Zaire.

Angola and Zaire from the African countries sharing a border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

-And Argentina.

-And Argentina, which is a non-European member of the G20.

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

-Zaire.

-We'll put that last.

Which is your least likely?

-Argentina.

-Let's pop those up on the board in that order.

Very best of luck. Your first answer was Argentina.

This was in the category of non-European members of the G20.

Only one of these answers has to be pointless for you to win that jackpot of £1,000. Let's find out.

Argentina, is it right, and if it is, how many people said it?

It is right. You were pretty confident this was right.

It's just a question of how far down the column it goes.

Argentina taking us through the 20s, into the teens, single figures.

5!

-APPLAUSE

-5 for Argentina.

That's a great score. You'd always be happy with 5 in Pointless, except in the last round

where we are only interested in pointless answers.

What would you do with your share of £1,000, Roger?

I think my wife would have some very good ideas on how to spend £500.

Hopefully, it would also involve me.

-Katie?

-My children are desperate to visit London,

so that would do a whole weekend with the London Eye and the theatre, the whole shebang.

Lovely. Very best of luck. Let's hope at least one of your answers is pointless.

Your second answer was Angola. Let's see if it's right and if it is, let's see if it's pointless.

Does Angola border the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

OK, well, it's also correct.

Argentina was a right answer, took us all the way down to 5.

Angola now taking us down through the teens, into single figures.

Down it goes, still going down...

-3!

-APPLAUSE

-3 for Angola.

-We're going in the right direction.

-It's all going in the right direction.

Your final answer was Zaire. This was the answer you thought was most likely to be pointless.

It has to be if you're going to win that jackpot of £1,000.

Let's see. Zaire, is it right, is it pointless? Does Zaire border the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

Oh, no!

-Oh, bad luck!

-Never mind.

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

so you don't win today's jackpot of £1,000 which rolls over to the next show,

but thank you so much for playing and you take home a Pointless trophy each, so very well done indeed.

-Thank you.

-Thank you very much.

APPLAUSE

Richard?

Zaire no longer exists. We were looking for countries that border the Democratic Republic of the Congo

-and Zaire IS the Democratic Republic of the Congo, I'm afraid.

-Oh, well!

-That's unlucky.

You mentioned Central African Republic. Would have scored you 2 points. That borders it as well.

Tanzania would have scored 2 as well, but there's one pointless answer for that category,

the African one, Burundi, so well done if you said that at home.

Let's move on to the non-European members of the G20. You went through almost every single one of them

when you went through your 60 seconds, but you missed the one pointless answer,

-which was Indonesia.

-I was going to say that.

The most pointless answers were from our last category.

It's the capital cities of NATO member countries.

Bucharest, which is Romania, Luxembourg, which is Luxembourg,

Prague, the Czech Republic, and Riga, Latvia.

You could also have had Bratislava, which is Slovakia, Ljubljana, which is Slovenia.

You could have had Tirana, Albania, Vilnius of Lithuania, and Zagreb, Croatia, all of those pointless.

Well done if you got any pointless answers at home.

-And you might have said Indonesia.

-I was going to...

-I default to Dad. Dad knows everything.

-No, he doesn't.

And I knew most of those NATO members...

-You went through most of them. Saudi Arabia was a very low scorer.

-60 seconds is a remarkably short time.

-We say goodbye, Roger and Katie, but it's been wonderful having you on the show.

-Thanks.

-Roger and Katie!

APPLAUSE

Sadly, Roger and Katie didn't win our jackpot today, so it rolls over

on to the next show when we'll be playing for £2,000.

-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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