0:00:23 > 0:00:27Thank you very much. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless,
0:00:27 > 0:00:33where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36And couple number one.
0:00:36 > 0:00:42Hello. My name's Hayley. I'm from Cardiff. This is Anthony, my fiance. He's from Newport.
0:00:42 > 0:00:47- Couple number two.- I'm Geraint and this is Rob. We live near Stansted.
0:00:47 > 0:00:53- Couple number three.- Hi, I'm Sarah. This is my twin sister Jane. We're from Middlesbrough.
0:00:53 > 0:00:59- And finally couple number four.- I'm David from Sheffield. This is my son Andy. He's a student at Bristol.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02And these are today's contestants.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Thanks. We'll find out more about you as we go.
0:01:07 > 0:01:13That just leaves one more person. Dangling the bait of obscurity in the nation's calm waters,
0:01:13 > 0:01:17- it's my Pointless friend Richard. - Hiya.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Hi, everybody. Hiya.
0:01:21 > 0:01:27- Afternoon.- Good afternoon to you. - How are you?- I'm very well. - Should be a good show.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31- Two returning pairs.- Yeah. - We've got the boys, Geraint and Rob.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35- And we're joined by three ladies, which is nice.- Very nice indeed.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40The first two questions are very different. High culture and low culture.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- Good.- Something for everybody, which I like to provide.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Which comes first? High or low?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Well, low culture, although some may disagree.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53- Let's not get into a semantic debate about British culture.- OK.
0:01:53 > 0:02:00Category one is seen as low culture, but actually, in 100 years' time, it might be seen as high culture.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02..Wow. OK, good.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Thanks very much indeed.
0:02:05 > 0:02:11All our questions were put to 100 people before the show. We want the answers they didn't get.
0:02:11 > 0:02:16Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer that no one gave.
0:02:16 > 0:02:22When that happens, we add 250 quid to the jackpot. Roger and Katie didn't win it, so we add £1,000
0:02:22 > 0:02:26and today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.
0:02:26 > 0:02:32A nice cheer from Hayley there! Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40I'll take an answer from each of you, but there's no conferring.
0:02:40 > 0:02:48The pair with the highest score will be heading home. Our first category today is...pop bands.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first and who is second?
0:02:54 > 0:02:58Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02OK, let's find out what the question is. We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:03:02 > 0:03:09to name as many best-selling bands in the UK singles charts as they could. Richard?
0:03:09 > 0:03:15We're looking for any of the 2 bands who have sold the most singles in British chart history, please.
0:03:15 > 0:03:21Bands who have sold the most singles from 1952 all the way through to October, 2012.
0:03:21 > 0:03:27- The 20 best-selling bands in UK singles history. Very best of luck.- Wow.
0:03:27 > 0:03:33So these are all massive-selling artists, but you want the most obscure massive-selling artists!
0:03:33 > 0:03:37Hayley and Anthony, you all drew lots and today you get to go first.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42- Hayley, welcome. Great to have you here.- Thank you. - Where have you come from?- Cardiff.
0:03:42 > 0:03:48- And what do you do?- I'm an HR manager.- Right. And what do you get up to in your spare time?
0:03:48 > 0:03:54I like a little bit of everything. I like to go line dancing, I like reading,
0:03:54 > 0:04:00- I like to go to the pub, I like to see live bands, comedians. A bit of everything.- Very good.
0:04:00 > 0:04:06- Anthony, you live in Newport?- Yes. - And you are fiances. How long have you been fianced?
0:04:06 > 0:04:10- Oh, five years now. - Oh, Anthony, come on!
0:04:10 > 0:04:16- Do you have a date set?- Good things come to those who wait, I say. - How many times has he said that?
0:04:16 > 0:04:24- Many. Every Christmas. - So are you not prepared to move to Cardiff? Or you to Newport?
0:04:24 > 0:04:31It's a matter of timing. Eventually, I'll go to Newport, but we've got two homes to sort.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36And, you know, it's been five years. What's another five years?
0:04:36 > 0:04:41- Absolutely.- Hayley, what are you going to go for? I've been distracting you.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46I'll rely on my daughter for this. There's some very popular ones.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51I'm going to say Westlife as there's a huge teenage following
0:04:51 > 0:04:55- and they've produced loads of albums. - Westlife. Good answer.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59Are Westlife in that Top 20? How many said it?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03It's right! Well done, Hayley.
0:05:06 > 0:05:0830. Not bad at all.
0:05:09 > 0:05:1130 for Westlife.
0:05:11 > 0:05:16Well played, Hayley. They've sold 6.83 million singles.
0:05:16 > 0:05:2214 number ones. Biggest-selling single, Uptown Girl, their cover of the Billy Joel song.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27- 14 number ones. - Blimey. Now, Geraint.
0:05:27 > 0:05:32- Welcome back. What happened last time?- We got to the Head to Head,
0:05:32 > 0:05:36but we were quite jammy with our rounds. Today we'll be jamlessness.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38- Jamlessnessness.- Yeah.
0:05:38 > 0:05:44What would you like to see come up? Have you prepared anything, done any...?
0:05:44 > 0:05:49- Not really. Anything science-based. Music's not a bad round for me.- OK.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Have you got a good answer for this?
0:05:52 > 0:05:58- Well...- It's tough. It pulls in opposite directions. You want an obscure well-known band.
0:06:00 > 0:06:05I don't know about obscure, but a well-known band. Oasis.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10Oasis, says Geraint. Is that right? How many of our 100 said Oasis?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14It is right.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Well, 30 is our only score so far.
0:06:16 > 0:06:22Oh, you don't quite get down that low. 33 for Oasis.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26They're the fifth-biggest-selling singles band of all time.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30- Amazing. Over 9 million singles. - I had no idea.- Incredible.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35- Best-selling Oasis single? - Em, I'm trying to think. Wonderwall.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38It's the right answer. Fifth on the list!
0:06:38 > 0:06:44- Isn't that amazing? They say people don't sell single any more, but Oasis certainly did.- Yeah.
0:06:44 > 0:06:50- Now then, Sarah...- Hello.- Welcome. You're from Middlesbrough.- Yes. - What do you do, Sarah?
0:06:50 > 0:06:56- I'm a criminal solicitor. - I'm sure you're very good. Don't put yourself down like that.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03- So twins - who's the oldest? - Jane is.- By how long?- 10 minutes.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- Has she ever let you forget that? - Er, no.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- No. Does Jane take charge, though? - No.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11No.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Sarah, what do you like getting up to?
0:07:14 > 0:07:21I've got a daughter. She's just turned one, so she takes up a lot of time. When she's not with me,
0:07:21 > 0:07:28- I do like going to karaoke. - Excellent. Favourite song? - Bat Out Of Hell.- Excellent.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32We're looking for best-selling bands in chart history.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Well, I'm struggling a bit because Oasis was my answer!
0:07:37 > 0:07:42- So I'm going to guess...Muse. - Oh, interesting.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Muse. Will this break down through the 30 barrier?
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Muse. Is it right? How many people said it?
0:07:51 > 0:07:57Oh, no, Sarah! That was a bold and brave thing to do, but I'm afraid an incorrect answer.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02- Muse didn't quite make it up into that Top 20.- Sorry, Sarah.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07They sell a lot of albums, but a long way off the Top 20 singles.
0:08:07 > 0:08:12- David, welcome back.- Thank you. - And you are a retired vicar?
0:08:12 > 0:08:17- That's correct.- What are the fun things you do now?- I play tennis,
0:08:17 > 0:08:21I go walking, I like local history, I like reading.
0:08:21 > 0:08:27- Are you attached to a parish still? - I'm part of my local church and I'm quite active in it, yeah.
0:08:27 > 0:08:33- Do you sometimes look at the pulpit and think, "I want to preach!"? - They ask me to do it!
0:08:33 > 0:08:40Excellent, good. We're looking for the best-selling bands in the history of the UK singles charts.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43You've had a little bit of time. What are you going to give me?
0:08:43 > 0:08:46I'm going to go with ABBA.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51ABBA. Good answer. Let's see if that's right and how many said it.
0:08:58 > 0:09:05Oh, he's broken through 30! 12! Great answer, David. Who thought it would score as low as that?
0:09:05 > 0:09:10- 12.- It's a good answer. The third-biggest-selling band.
0:09:10 > 0:09:16Over 11 million singles. It's quite hard always asking you. Audience, best-selling ABBA single?
0:09:16 > 0:09:21- Dancing Queen.- Straight off! - There you go.
0:09:21 > 0:09:28We're halfway through. David, brilliant score there of 12, putting you in pole position.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33Then up to 30, Hayley and Anthony. Up to 33, Geraint and Rob.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37And then up to 100, Sarah and Jane. Jane, have you got a good answer?
0:09:37 > 0:09:42- I've got a couple in mind. - OK, very best of luck.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Let's hope it's a low score. Maybe that'll be enough to keep you in.
0:09:46 > 0:09:52Exactly. Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:09:52 > 0:09:57OK, the best-selling bands in the history of the UK singles chart. Andy,
0:09:57 > 0:10:02- you are a student at Bristol. What are you studying?- History.
0:10:02 > 0:10:08- What do you make of this? Is music a big thing for you? - Yeah, I love music.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11I've got a favourite in mind,
0:10:11 > 0:10:15which I think I'm going to go for. I'm going to say Take That.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20Take That says Andy. You want 87 or less. There's your red line.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Get below that, you're through. How many said Take That?
0:10:26 > 0:10:30It's right and you are through. Very well done.
0:10:30 > 0:10:3252.
0:10:32 > 0:10:38- Quite a high score, but it doesn't matter. Your total is 64. - Sixth on the list, 11 number ones.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Over 9 million records sold. Take That's best-selling single?
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- Back For Good?- Very well done.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50OK. Now then, Jane. Welcome. What do you do?
0:10:50 > 0:10:55- I work in a call centre. - What's the longest stint you ever do?
0:10:55 > 0:10:59- About eight hours at the moment. - Are people nice on the whole?
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Mainly, yes. Most people are nice.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06- What we need from you is a really low score.- OK.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11Well, I think I've got one. I'm a massive fan of this band.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14I'm going to say Bon Jovi.
0:11:14 > 0:11:20Bon Jovi says Jane. No red line for you, but let's see if Bon Jovi is right and how many said it.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Oh, no! Bad luck, Jane!
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Well, out in a blaze of glory at least.
0:11:28 > 0:11:34That scores you 100 and it takes you up to 200. I'm so sorry.
0:11:34 > 0:11:39Yeah, so sorry, Jane. Probably a better answer than Muse, but they've never had a number one
0:11:39 > 0:11:44- and not in that Top 20, I'm afraid. - Thanks very much.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48- Now then, Rob.- Hello. - Hello and welcome back.
0:11:48 > 0:11:54- Remind us what you do, Rob. - I'm a graphic designer. I rebranded my brother.- Exactly!
0:11:54 > 0:11:58You rebranded your brother. What about in your spare time?
0:11:58 > 0:12:05I do woodwork. I like to cook quite a lot. I watch a lot of comedy, particularly with yourself.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- (Finalists, I think.)- I watch a lot of comedy with you as well.- Do you?
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- WITH you.- With me, yes.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Oh, goodness, not starring you! Can you imagine?!
0:12:16 > 0:12:22- You and I watch Mitchell and Webb. It's a lot of fun. - It's brilliant. They are good.
0:12:22 > 0:12:29Er, Rob. This is good news. You're through, even if you score 100 points.
0:12:29 > 0:12:34I have a few answers. I've been told since my Enoch Powell blunder
0:12:34 > 0:12:36to play safe.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41So I think the safest one, if it is right,
0:12:41 > 0:12:43would be Coldplay.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Coldplay says Rob. No red line.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48How many of our 100 said Coldplay?
0:12:53 > 0:12:57It's like Enoch Powell all over again! Rob!
0:12:57 > 0:13:01I'm guessing they're big album sellers. That scores 100 points, takes you to 133,
0:13:01 > 0:13:05- but you're through.- Sorry, Rob. A very big-selling album band,
0:13:05 > 0:13:11- but a better answer than Enoch Powell as a Conservative PM. - Or as a best-selling artist.
0:13:11 > 0:13:17Enoch Powell being a best-selling singles artist is about as good as Conservative Prime Minister!
0:13:17 > 0:13:21Now finally, Anthony. Welcome. What do you do, Anthony?
0:13:21 > 0:13:27I work for Royal Mail, looking after efficiency measures in our mail centres.
0:13:27 > 0:13:33So if you wanted to post invitations to a big event, a big...wedding...
0:13:33 > 0:13:37- I'm sure they'd get there. - Yeah, good. Very good.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41Now, Anthony, you've had time to think of a good answer.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46I have, yes. Listening to some of the other answers from earlier,
0:13:46 > 0:13:53I think generally more singles were sold in the '70s, so I'm going to go for a '70s band - Slade.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Slade! Very good.
0:13:55 > 0:14:02Very good for a number of reasons. No red line, but how many said Slade? I'm sure they'll be on it.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08Absolutely they are. Very well done.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Our lowest score so far is 12.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Let's see where Slade end up. 13!
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Great answer. 43, your total.
0:14:16 > 0:14:23Really good thinking. Terrific answer. 15th on the list. Merry Xmas Everybody is their biggest seller.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Recorded in New York in the summer.
0:14:26 > 0:14:32- I pictured Noddy eating a mince pie somewhere in...- I'm not saying he wasn't eating a mince pie,
0:14:32 > 0:14:37- but if he was, it was in New York. - OK.- There's no pointless answers.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39There's some interesting names here.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42A few answers would have scored you one point. Let's see those.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47The best things you could have said. Boney M, sold such a lot of records.
0:14:47 > 0:14:54Black Eyed Peas would have scored one and UB40, one of the biggest-selling bands of the '80s.
0:14:54 > 0:15:00Other answers - Wham! are 20th on the list, two points. Blondie would have scored three.
0:15:00 > 0:15:07The Police would have scored six. Madness are in that Top 20 for nine. Status Quo -
0:15:07 > 0:15:0910th on the list and scored 10.
0:15:09 > 0:15:15Slade we've just had. The Bee Gees would have scored 14. U2 would have scored you 20.
0:15:15 > 0:15:22Boyzone scored 24, Queen would have scored 33, the Spice Girls were 36. And the top three answers...
0:15:22 > 0:15:26Let's take a look. Take That we've heard with 52.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28The Rolling Stones with 62.
0:15:28 > 0:15:34And right at the top, the biggest-selling singles act of all time, the Beatles, 88.
0:15:34 > 0:15:41Thank you very much indeed. So I'm afraid the pair leaving us with an impressive highs core of 200
0:15:41 > 0:15:47is Jane and Sarah. You were doing the right thing trying to find an obscure, well-known band.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Boney M, that would have been brilliant.
0:15:50 > 0:15:57- We were barely born.- Boney M would never have come to mind. - Yeah.- Well, still,
0:15:57 > 0:16:04it's been lovely having you on. We'll see you again next time. Thanks for playing, Jane and Sarah.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round Two.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17And now we're just down to three pairs. Hayley and Anthony, what a debut!
0:16:17 > 0:16:22Fantastic. Lovely low scoring. Rob, now come on.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26You're almost a member of the 200 Club in your own right.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31Best of luck! Our category for Round Two is...authors.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Can you all decide who's going first and who's going second?
0:16:35 > 0:16:39And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:16:40 > 0:16:46OK. And the question concerns... famous writers and their countries of birth.
0:16:46 > 0:16:52- Richard?- On each pass, we'll show you six famous writers. Just tell us the modern-day country
0:16:52 > 0:16:59in which they were born. As always, we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN in its own right.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01There's 12 in all. Good luck.
0:17:01 > 0:17:08OK, so the countries in which these authors were born. And here is our first board.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10HE READS THE LIST
0:17:16 > 0:17:18I'll read those one final time.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31There we are. Six authors. They need a country.
0:17:31 > 0:17:39- Hayley...- OK, when I saw this category, I thought, "Great!" I thought you'd say, "Name a book..."
0:17:39 > 0:17:45- So I was a bit more comfortable with that.- That would be really easy!
0:17:45 > 0:17:50Do you ever do any research on where the author came from? No.
0:17:50 > 0:17:56I'm thinking there's some very obvious ones and there's some I should probably know.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00But I'm not really sure about anything, if I'm honest.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04So I'm going to say Victor Hugo...France.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Victor Hugo, or Victor 'ugo, France, says Hayley.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12Let's see if that's right and how many said France.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16It's right.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Still going down. Look - 31.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- Oh, wow!- Good choice, Hayley.
0:18:25 > 0:18:30A very good answer. Well played. He requested that he was buried in a pauper's coffin,
0:18:30 > 0:18:34but France was having none of it for a national hero.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Now then, Rob...
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Rob, time for you to shine.
0:18:38 > 0:18:45Yes...it should be time for me to shine. I'm taking this as a geographical question
0:18:45 > 0:18:48and that is not my strong suit.
0:18:49 > 0:18:56I've got an idea on a couple of them. I'm not sure which are right.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00I think I'm going to go with Hans Christian Andersen
0:19:00 > 0:19:03and say...Holland?
0:19:03 > 0:19:09Holland, says Rob. There's a little... Yeah, a little murmur from the audience there.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Holland. Is that right? How many said it if it is?
0:19:16 > 0:19:20- Oh, not Holland, I'm afraid. 300 and counting.- 300, yeah.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Bad luck, Rob. I'm sorry.
0:19:23 > 0:19:29You do get some cricketers who start their Test careers with three centuries.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34- You've done exactly that. Very impressive.- Thank you very much.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39- We'll hit your specialised area eventually. You can come back for 7 or 8 shows?- I can.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44Now then, David. You're the last person to have this board,
0:19:44 > 0:19:51so you could talk us through all of them. The modern-day countries where these writers were born.
0:19:51 > 0:19:57Salman Rushdie, I think he's British, but whether or not he was born here is another question.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01I think Hans Christian Andersen is Scandinavian,
0:20:01 > 0:20:07but it's a question of precisely which country in Scandinavia he hails from.
0:20:07 > 0:20:12I'm guessing Stephen King is American, but I don't know that.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18So I've got to plump for something.
0:20:20 > 0:20:25- I'll go for Hans Christian Andersen, Norway.- Norway, says David for Hans Christian Andersen.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Is that right? How many said it?
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Oh! You're in good company, Rob.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36Another incorrect answer, scores 100.
0:20:36 > 0:20:42The mystery of Hans Christian Andersen. One of his most famous stories, The Little Mermaid,
0:20:42 > 0:20:46there is a statue of her in Copenhagen in Denmark.
0:20:46 > 0:20:53- I nearly said Denmark.- Would have scored 54. Salman Rushdie, he was born in India.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Would have scored you 12.
0:20:55 > 0:21:00- Stephen King, what would you have said?- The States.- Yeah.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Would have scored 61.
0:21:02 > 0:21:07Michael Ondaatje was born in Sri Lanka. Well done if you said that. Two points.
0:21:07 > 0:21:13And Monica Ali was born in what is now Bangladesh. Would have scored one point.
0:21:13 > 0:21:20- Well done if you said that. - Let's look at the scores. Hayley, best score by a margin.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Hayley and Anthony looking strong.
0:21:23 > 0:21:29Rob and Geraint and David and Andy, all on 100. Geraint and Andy have to tussle it out on the next pass
0:21:29 > 0:21:32to see who'll be leaving us.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36Can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:21:36 > 0:21:42OK, we'll put six more authors on the board. Here they come.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44HE READS THE LIST
0:21:49 > 0:21:51I'll read those one last time.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01We're looking for the modern-day countries in which they were born.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06Andy, you need to try to find the one the fewest people said.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10- How are you feeling, Andy? - It doesn't look great for me.
0:22:10 > 0:22:17I think I'm going to take a guess. Seeing as Henrik Larsson is a Swedish football player,
0:22:17 > 0:22:20I think I'll go for Stieg Larsson and say Sweden.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25Sweden, says Andy, for Stieg Larsson. No red line for you,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28but how many people said Sweden?
0:22:29 > 0:22:31It's right.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Good answer. 39.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- Nice one.- 39 for Stieg Larsson.
0:22:39 > 0:22:45He sold over 20 million books. One of the best-selling authors in the world
0:22:45 > 0:22:52and you got him by Henrik Larsson being the same country. It's still Pointless knowledge.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55- They all count.- Very good.
0:22:55 > 0:23:01Now, Geraint, this is exciting. Rob, how good do you think Geraint's going to be at this?
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- Hopefully, better than I was. I've got faith in him.- OK.
0:23:04 > 0:23:10Geraint, you heard what the man said. You have to score 38 or less.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14Again, I'm not really familiar with any of these, to be honest with you.
0:23:16 > 0:23:22If I had to hazard a guess at one of them, I'd say... Leo Tolstoy, Russia?
0:23:22 > 0:23:26Leo Tolstoy, Russia. OK, there's your red line.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31Below that, you stay and above that, I'm afraid, you'll be leaving us at the end of this round.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36Let's find out - Leo Tolstoy, Russia. Is that right?
0:23:37 > 0:23:39It's right.
0:23:41 > 0:23:4362.
0:23:43 > 0:23:49That's a big score and I'm afraid your total is now an unbeatable 162.
0:23:49 > 0:23:56That was a big score. Leo Tolstoy, Russia. People will have got it as Yevgeny Tolstoy is a centre-back.
0:23:59 > 0:24:06Now then, Anthony, good news - you're through. You're through already to the Head to Head.
0:24:06 > 0:24:11We want the modern-day countries where these writers were born.
0:24:11 > 0:24:17- I'm indebted to Hayley. The only two I was confident of have already gone.- OK. The board is all yours.
0:24:17 > 0:24:23You can just go through them and do your thinking out loud where they might be from
0:24:23 > 0:24:29- and then submit one. - Penelope Lively, not heard of. Not somebody I'm familiar with.
0:24:29 > 0:24:35I've heard of the others, but I'll have to take a guess at one of them anyway,
0:24:35 > 0:24:40so I'll guess at Roddy Doyle and that's an Irish-sounding name, so Ireland.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45Ireland says Anthony. Let's see if that's right. No red line,
0:24:45 > 0:24:48but how many said Ireland?
0:24:49 > 0:24:53It's absolutely right. Very well done.
0:24:54 > 0:24:5536.
0:24:56 > 0:24:5967, your total.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03The brilliant Roddy Doyle. He wrote The Commitments.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08Really worth reading if you haven't. Let's go through the rest of them.
0:25:08 > 0:25:13Jo Nesbo, he is a wonderful crime writer from Norway.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16That's where Norway was handy. Would have scored two.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20- Margaret Atwood, you'll know that. - Canada.- Right.
0:25:20 > 0:25:26Would have scored six. And Penelope Lively is a pointless answer. She was born in Egypt.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31If you got that, that's really very well played indeed.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36Of course, Mohammed Lively is a tricky left-winger for the Egyptian national team.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40- There's always a clue. - Always a clue.- Yeah.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45Thanks very much, Richard. So sadly, Geraint and Rob, we have to say goodbye
0:25:45 > 0:25:51- and it really is goodbye. Rob, you've been consistent. - The 200 Club was getting crowded.
0:25:51 > 0:25:57It's been great having you here. Thank you for playing, Geraint and Rob.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for the Head to Head.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11Congratulations, Hayley and Anthony, David and Andy. You are one step closer to playing for the jackpot,
0:26:11 > 0:26:14which currently stands at £2,000.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21So to decide which pair gets to play for that money, you now go head to head.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23You're now allowed to confer.
0:26:23 > 0:26:29The first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot. David and Andy, this is new territory.
0:26:29 > 0:26:35- It certainly is.- As it is for Hayley and Anthony. You two are brilliant.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39- You're really good together. - We know where this is going!
0:26:39 > 0:26:43- You should get married.- Good idea. We'll talk about it later.
0:26:43 > 0:26:48- How much later?- Another five years. - Best of luck, both pairs.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Let's play the Head to Head!
0:26:54 > 0:26:59Here comes your first question and it concerns...Albert Einstein.
0:26:59 > 0:27:05- Albert Einstein, Richard. - Five clues to facts about Einstein. Can you pick the most obscure?
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Let's reveal our five clues.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11- We have got... - HE READS THE LIST
0:27:25 > 0:27:27I'll read those one final time.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43Now, Hayley and Anthony, you've played best and get to go first.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45THEY CONFER
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Special Theory of Relativity? Is that it?
0:27:48 > 0:27:51That's the only one I know.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Freud is probably the psychoanalyst.
0:27:53 > 0:27:59And c in mc squared I think is the speed of light.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03You'll need to pick one. I have no idea.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06OK, we do have a choice of answers,
0:28:06 > 0:28:14but two of them are quite a guess so I think on this we're going to go and play safe
0:28:14 > 0:28:18and say in 1905 he proposed his Special Theory of Relativity.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Relativity, say Hayley and Anthony.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24David and Andy, the board is yours.
0:28:24 > 0:28:31- We're a bit unsure on the modern-day country. We think it could be Germany or Russia.- Austria.
0:28:31 > 0:28:36Austria, sorry. The university we think is Harvard.
0:28:37 > 0:28:43And we think the c in E=mc squared represents the speed of light.
0:28:43 > 0:28:49- Which do you want to go for? - I think we'll go for c represents the speed of light.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52OK, relativity versus the speed of light.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56Hayley and Anthony said relativity. Is that right? How many said it?
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Oh, that's a high score. 78.
0:29:01 > 0:29:08So, David and Andy, I would suggest if the speed of light is right you have probably won this question.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Speed of light. Is it right?
0:29:12 > 0:29:15It is right! And you win the question.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20Good answer. 18.
0:29:21 > 0:29:27- Well done, David and Andy. You're up one-nil. - Very good answer. Well played.
0:29:27 > 0:29:33Let's fill in the rest of the board. He was born in Germany. That would have scored you 44.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37The university he taught in was not Harvard. It was Princeton.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40That would have scored you 7 points.
0:29:40 > 0:29:46And the psychoanalyst he collaborated with was Sigmund Freud. That would have scored 16.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Princeton is the best answer there.
0:29:48 > 0:29:54Thanks. Here comes your second question. Hayley and Anthony, you have to win this. It concerns...
0:29:54 > 0:30:01- Formula 1 world champions. Richard?- We'll show you the names of five Formula 1 world champions
0:30:01 > 0:30:06in anagram form. Unscramble them and give us the best answer.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10Let's reveal our five Formula 1 champions and here they are.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12HE READS THE LIST
0:30:17 > 0:30:20I'll read those one last time.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28David and Andy, you go first this time.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Who was the French guy...?
0:30:30 > 0:30:33- He died.- Yeah...
0:30:41 > 0:30:45- Michael Schumacher.- Pardon? - I only know Michael Schumacher.
0:30:54 > 0:31:01- We think Just No Bonnet would be Button.- Jenson Button. - Jenson Button.
0:31:01 > 0:31:07OK, Jenson Button say David and Andy. Hayley and Anthony, what are you going to go for?
0:31:07 > 0:31:12Well, sadly, he was the only one we'd got to, just as they said it.
0:31:12 > 0:31:18- I haven't found another one yet. Have you?- I haven't. I think we'll have to guess at
0:31:18 > 0:31:23any racing driver I can think of from the past and say...
0:31:27 > 0:31:33- Mika Hakkinen. - Which one do you want to volunteer? - Chemical Reach Hums.
0:31:33 > 0:31:41Chemical Reach Hums, Mika Hakkinen. OK, so we have Jenson Button versus Mika Hakkinen.
0:31:41 > 0:31:46Let's find out. David and Andy said Jenson Button. Is that right?
0:31:47 > 0:31:49It's right.
0:31:54 > 0:31:5527.
0:31:59 > 0:32:05Hayley and Anthony have gone for Mika Hakkinen. Let's find out. Is it Mika Hakkinen?
0:32:06 > 0:32:11No, I don't think you'll be surprised to hear. Very well done, David and Andy.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15You're through to the final, two-nil. Very well done.
0:32:20 > 0:32:27- Sorry, Hayley and Anthony. I sense you might have worked that out now.- Michael Schumacher.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30It is, yeah. 37 points.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33You'd still have been knocked out.
0:32:33 > 0:32:39Now...Eloquent Spin is the Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Well done if you said that. 14 points.
0:32:42 > 0:32:48Aprons Tail. It took me forever. Alain Prost, one of the most famous world champions. Six points.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52And the best answer up there - Mika Hakkinen is Finnish
0:32:52 > 0:32:57as is Keke Rosberg. He would have scored you four points.
0:32:57 > 0:33:02Thanks. At the end of the round, our losing pair is Hayley and Anthony.
0:33:02 > 0:33:09Our lowest scorers and then you get to the Head to Head and David and Andy have clobbered you two-nil.
0:33:09 > 0:33:15- That was quite tough. I couldn't find any of those. - I tried not to look at the letters,
0:33:15 > 0:33:19- just think of the names. - Yeah, but you can't.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23I'm a big Formula 1 fan as well. Not good, is it?
0:33:23 > 0:33:29It's been great having you. We'll see you again next time. Thanks for playing, Hayley and Anthony.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35But for David and Andy it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:33:37 > 0:33:44Well, congratulations, David and Andy. You have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:33:50 > 0:33:56You now have a chance to win our jackpot and at the end of today's show it stands at £2,000.
0:33:59 > 0:34:06- It was Round One last time.- Yeah. - And here we are in the Head to Head. How do you feel it has gone?
0:34:06 > 0:34:11- It's gone very well, actually. - We'll draw a veil over Norway.
0:34:11 > 0:34:17- But apart from that, pretty good. - He did brilliantly on the footballing link.
0:34:17 > 0:34:23- Exactly.- I always say sport teaches you so many things. It teaches you all about geography,
0:34:23 > 0:34:30it teaches you how to pronounce foreign names. And it teaches you Scandinavian authors as well!
0:34:30 > 0:34:37- Good to see.- Very good indeed. As always, you have to choose a category before anything else.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40You have four choices and here they are.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50I don't know any of them.
0:34:50 > 0:34:57- Do you think you'd be all right on football?- That's what we're best at. I'll give it my best shot.
0:34:57 > 0:35:02- We'll go for the football managers. - OK, European football managers. This is brilliant.
0:35:02 > 0:35:08- His knowledge of Scandinavian literature will feed into it. - This will be a breeze.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11We're going to give you three options now.
0:35:11 > 0:35:18You still have 60 seconds for three answers and still need a pointless one. Your three options will be...
0:35:20 > 0:35:24Real Madrid managers. That's any time since 1910.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27Inter Milan managers, any time since 1909.
0:35:27 > 0:35:32And Bayern Munich managers, any time since 1965.
0:35:34 > 0:35:39Pick any one of those. Three from one, one from each, however you want. Very best of luck.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41OK.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45As always, you have one minute to come up with three answers.
0:35:45 > 0:35:52You need to find just one pointless answer. Your answers can come from any of these three categories.
0:35:52 > 0:35:58Real Madrid managers, Inter Milan managers or Bayern Munich managers. Are you ready?
0:35:58 > 0:36:04- Ready.- Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are. Your time starts now.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08- Do you know Real Madrid managers when you were...?- No, I don't.
0:36:08 > 0:36:16- I think Beckenbauer was probably the manager of Bayern Munich. - Fabio Capello was at Real Madrid.
0:36:16 > 0:36:22- I don't know if Ruud Gullit was at Real Madrid or Bayern Munich. - Yeah, could have been.
0:36:22 > 0:36:28- Mourinho was Inter Milan.- Right. - Maybe Claude Ranieri was also Inter Milan.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32- He might be pointless. - I don't think Mourinho will be.
0:36:32 > 0:36:39- Do you not remember when Real Madrid won all the European Cups in the '60s?- I couldn't tell you.
0:36:39 > 0:36:44- I know players, not the manager. - Yeah, yeah. Who have we got so far?
0:36:44 > 0:36:48- We've got Beckenbauer for Bayern Munich, possibly.- OK.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52- We've got...- Claude Ranieri. - Ranieri.- Inter Milan.
0:36:52 > 0:36:58- I know Capello is right for Real Madrid.- 10 seconds left. - Go with those three?
0:36:58 > 0:37:02- It sounds good to me. - It's probably as good as we'll get.
0:37:02 > 0:37:08OK, well, your time is now up. I now need your three answers.
0:37:08 > 0:37:09OK...
0:37:09 > 0:37:14We'll say Fabio Capello was the manager of Real Madrid.
0:37:14 > 0:37:21- Fabio Capello for Real Madrid. - We'll take a punt on Claude Ranieri for Inter Milan.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Claude Ranieri for Inter Milan.
0:37:23 > 0:37:28- And Franz Beckenbauer, manager of Bayern Munich. - OK, of those three,
0:37:28 > 0:37:32which is your best crack at a pointless answer?
0:37:32 > 0:37:37- Ranieri, I think.- OK, we'll put that last. Which is your least likely?
0:37:37 > 0:37:42- Beckenbauer might be.- Yeah. - Beckenbauer we'll put first.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46OK, let's put them up on the board in that order. Here they are.
0:37:48 > 0:37:54Very, very best of luck. Your first answer was Franz Beckenbauer for Bayern Munich.
0:37:54 > 0:38:02Let's see if that's right and how many people said it. If it's pointless, you leave with £2,000.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Beckenbauer. How many said he was manager of Bayern Munich?
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Well, it's right.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12Let's see how far this goes down.
0:38:12 > 0:38:18If this goes all the way down to zero, you leave here immediately with £2,000. Still going down.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22Into single figures... Nine! Nine.
0:38:22 > 0:38:29That's a cracking score. Nine. Sadly, we're only interested in pointless answers at this point.
0:38:29 > 0:38:35Your second answer was Fabio Capello. If this is correct and pointless, you will win £2,000.
0:38:35 > 0:38:40- David, what will you do with that? - Replace the gas fire in the front room.
0:38:40 > 0:38:45I was wondering when you were going to get round to that.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49Very good. Very good use. Andy, how about you?
0:38:49 > 0:38:53Me and a friend from Sheffield plan to travel the States.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56I'd probably put mine towards that.
0:38:56 > 0:39:01OK, well, two more answers that could win that jackpot.
0:39:01 > 0:39:08Your next answer was Fabio Capello. Let's see how many people said he was manager at Real Madrid.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Is it right? Is it pointless?
0:39:13 > 0:39:15It's right.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19Franz Beckenbauer took us all the way down to nine.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23Fabio Capello taking us down. Into single figures.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Still going down... Oh, two!
0:39:26 > 0:39:32- Oh, well done.- Nice try! - Very well done indeed, Andy.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Two.
0:39:35 > 0:39:42OK. So all moving in the right direction. You have one last chance to win today's jackpot of £2,000.
0:39:42 > 0:39:47This was the answer you thought was probably your best shot.
0:39:47 > 0:39:52Claude Ranieri. It has to be right and it has to be pointless to win that jackpot.
0:39:52 > 0:39:59Let's find out. For £2,000, how many people said Claude Ranieri was manager of Inter Milan?
0:40:02 > 0:40:03Oh, no!
0:40:09 > 0:40:16Unfortunately, you were trying so hard to find something obscure that you got one wrong. Bad luck.
0:40:16 > 0:40:21You didn't find that pointless answer so you don't win the jackpot,
0:40:21 > 0:40:28which rolls over to the next show. But you do take home our Pointless trophy each. Very well done.
0:40:33 > 0:40:39- We couldn't take Claude Ranieri, I'm afraid. It's Claudio.- I thought so!
0:40:39 > 0:40:45If you had said that, it was correct for Inter Milan managers and would have scored one point.
0:40:45 > 0:40:50- Oh! Oh, well. - It would have prolonged the agony.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54There's names here you will know, I suspect.
0:40:54 > 0:40:58Let's look at some pointless answers. Real Madrid managers -
0:40:58 > 0:41:04Juande Ramos was manager of Tottenham. Real gave him a job, then they fired him as well.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Jupp Heynckes was also pointless.
0:41:07 > 0:41:13Radi Antic is a pointless answer. Familiar to some people because he also managed Barcelona
0:41:13 > 0:41:17and was a pointless answer on their managers and won someone the jackpot.
0:41:17 > 0:41:24Vicente del Bosque has been pointless a few times. He won the Champions League, the World Cup.
0:41:24 > 0:41:31He's a pointless answer. Mourinho was the highest scorer. John Toshack also scored a few.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34Let's take a look at Inter Milan.
0:41:34 > 0:41:39Dai Astley, who was a Welshman who was manager. Luis Suarez -
0:41:39 > 0:41:44not that Luis Suarez. Look at the two names at the bottom.
0:41:44 > 0:41:49Two of the most famous managers, both pointless. Lippi and Hodgson!
0:41:49 > 0:41:51He famously managed Inter Milan.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54And Bayern Munich managers.
0:41:54 > 0:42:00Erich Ribbeck, who also managed the national team. Trapattoni, who went on to manage...
0:42:00 > 0:42:05You know all of these, Andy. It's awful looking at your face.
0:42:05 > 0:42:12To some people at home these are just words. Otto Rehhagel won the 2004 Euros with Greece.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16And Udo Lattek as well. Very well done if you got those.
0:42:16 > 0:42:22And tough luck. You've only got 60 seconds. It's really hard. I know you knew some.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- They all go out your head, don't they?- Yeah.
0:42:25 > 0:42:30- How many of those did you not know? - I knew quite a few of them.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34- Especially del Bosque. I can't believe that.- It's really tough.
0:42:34 > 0:42:40Well, you've done so well. Two very good answers and one mispronounced Christian name.
0:42:40 > 0:42:46Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye to you, but we've loved having you on the show.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48- David and Andy!- Thank you.
0:42:50 > 0:42:57Sadly, David and Andy didn't win our jackpot, so it rolls over and we'll be playing for £3,000.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04- Join us next time. Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard.- Goodbye.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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