Episode 37 Pointless

APPLAUSE

Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless, the quiz show where obvious answers mean nothing

and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.

-Couple number one.

-Hi. I'm Stephen and this is Stewart.

We are from Glasgow.

-Couple two.

-I'm John and my wife of 24 years, Janet. We're from York.

-Couple three.

-I'm Stephen. This is my dad Alan. We're from East Sussex.

-Couple number four.

-I'm Gemma. This is my brother Tom.

We're from Southampton, but live in London.

These are today's contestants.

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

One more person to introduce.

Sitting to my left in the "verification station"

-is my Pointless friend - Richard.

-Hiya.

Hi, everyone.

-The verification station.

-Yep.

-How long have you been thinking that one up?

-Since we started.

Yeah, that's terrific. Well done.

What a run we've had on the show - two jackpot winners in a row.

John and Lou on the last show went for science, took the money.

-They did.

-Two returning pairs.

Stewart and Stephen, last time, got knocked out very early.

I tipped them for great things and they let me down.

They knew a good answer that would've got them through.

Yes, and, on the first show, it's quite difficult, people are nervous.

Gemma and Tom did better, but they were unlucky to get knocked out.

-So should be a cracking show.

-I think it should.

-Let's crack on with it.

-Yeah.

-Thanks, Richard.

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

and our contestants need to find the obscure answers they didn't get.

You're looking for a Pointless answer - an answer that no-one gave.

Each time that happens, we add £250 to the jackpot.

John and Lou won the jackpot last time,

so today's jackpot starts at £1,000.

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

In the first round, I take an answer from each of you, but no conferring.

Whichever pair gets the highest score will be eliminated.

OK, our first category today is...

Can you all 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?

Don't panic. In a moment, we'll show you the names of four film stars,

all with colours in their names.

Name any feature film for which any of these four received a credit.

As always, no short films, TV films, documentaries -

voice performances do count.

-So any film with any of these four in them.

-OK, thanks.

So we'll put the names of four film stars on the board -

for fun, they've all got a colour in their name.

Just name a film they've been in.

The names will remain on the board, we'll be up and back down the line.

OK, and those names are...

I'll read those a second time.

Stew and Stephen, you all drew lots before the show

and, once again, you are going first.

Stew, welcome back to Pointless. What was the story last time?

We'd done well in the first round, Stephen had given a good answer,

and we got to the second round

and I couldn't remember anything.

You didn't get to the second round - that was the problem.

-It was the second pass of the first round.

-That's right.

Stew, remind us what you do.

I am a legal-research assistant at Strathclyde University in Glasgow

and I'm due to start as a trainee solicitor

with the procurator fiscal service.

Good stuff. Now, films.

Films. Strong suit for you, films?

Yeah, I'm a big cinema fan.

Not very good with names, but hopefully I can get something here.

OK, what are you going to go for?

Jack Black - he was in Anchorman.

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

It's right.

1!

Well done, Stew. A cracking answer. 1 for Anchorman.

Well done, Stewart. He has a cameo

where he punts Ron Burgundy's dog off a bridge. Not a real dog.

-No dogs were harmed in the filming.

-No. Some bridges, but no dogs.

Stew, that's payback for me making you sing last time.

I knew there'd be a reward.

Janet, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here, from York.

-What do you do, Janet?

-I'm retired now,

but my most recent job was managing a library in York.

But I originally qualified as a doctor

and worked as a GP for some years.

-And that was too noisy, so went to the library.

-Yes!

-Very good.

Now, Janet, what are you going to go for for these four actors?

Well, I know all the names,

but, in the heat of the moment, most films have disappeared.

-But I think Whoopi Goldberg was in Ghost.

-Ghost says Janet.

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

42.

42 for Ghost.

Yes, she won an Oscar for it - Best Supporting Actress. Well played.

Alan, welcome to the show. Great to have you here.

-What do you do?

-I'm retired now.

-I've done lots of jobs.

-What were your favourite jobs?

I was a primary-school teacher for 20-odd years.

Decorator, school caretaker,

father - that was a big job.

-THEY ALL LAUGH

-But I'm retired now and I write children's books.

-Lovely.

-Do you think that Alan is a character?

Yeah!

Well, Alan, here we are.

Four film stars, plenty of films to their names.

What's a nice, obscure one?

-Well, I hope Eddie Redmayne in Les Miserables.

-Les Miserables.

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

Absolutely right.

Well, 1 is our low score.

42 our high.

Good reasoning, Alan - 10.

Great start, Alan. He plays Marius in that film.

He did his audition on an iPhone.

-Did he?

-Yeah.

-There we are.

Now, Gemma, welcome back.

Gemma, what happened last time with you?

We came really close. We got into the second round

and I think we were short by about two points in the end.

I should've been a bit braver.

This was Formula 1 drivers. If you'd gone for Graham Hill,...

-Yeah, we'd be...

-..you might've waltzed off with the jackpot.

Anyway, here we are.

We have these four film stars. What is a nice, obscure film?

I'm going to go with Whoopi Goldberg and Rat Race.

Rat Race says Gemma.

Sounds good to me. Let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

Very well done, Gemma. 3 for Rat Race.

That's a great score.

Very confident start, Gemma. From 2001.

Also starred Rowan Atkinson and John Cleese. Ensemble comedy.

Excellent. We're halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

Stew and Stephen, well done, lovely low score - 1.

Up to 3 where we find Gemma and Tom.

Up to 10 with Alan and Stephen.

And up to 42 - Janet and John.

-Janet and John - they taught me to read!

-Ahhh!

-That's nice, Janet and John.

-And here they are.

Sadly not doing as well as they might. John, you can rectify that.

A lovely low score from you and a high score from someone else

and maybe you'll remain for round two.

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

OK, we're looking for any film

starring any of these four actors.

-Now, then, Tom.

-Hello.

Tom, last time, you had a nice, low score in the Formula 1 round.

Yeah, I went for Mika Hakkinen, he scored in the 20s,

but when Richard read the answers,

I did know some lower scored ones.

Should've taken a risk, I think.

Yeah. Tom, remind us what you do.

I work for a foreign-exchange company

as their trainer for their retail London branches.

OK, now, Tom, what about a nice low score?

-Brilliant score from Gemma.

-Yeah, she did really well.

I think I've got an obscure one.

I'm hoping it's right.

I'm going for Eddie Redmayne

and I'm going to say Glorious 39.

Sounds brilliant. Let's see if it's right.

If it gets you below that red line, you are through to the next round.

How many people said Glorious 39?

It is right.

Through to the next round. Let's see how far it goes...

Well done, Tom!

Brilliant. A Pointless answer.

It adds £250 to today's jackpot, takes the total up to £1,250.

It scores you nothing, Tom.

Leaves your total at 3. Well done.

You certainly have got an obscure answer. 2009 historical drama,

directed by Stephen Poliakoff.

Stephen. Stephen, welcome.

What do you do?

I'm a project manager, an independent contractor in the NHS.

Good stuff. Where were you from?

-Hartlepool.

-That's right,

-but you moved to Eastbourne.

-To Sussex, yeah.

And you brought Alan down with you?

-Yeah.

-Excellent. What do you do in your spare time?

Well, I live on a smallholding

and we keep hens

and we're going to be expanding it to have pigs as well,

so we'll be self-sufficient. Bit of Tom and Barbara.

Now, you're on 10,

the high scorers are John and Janet on 42.

A score of 31 or less keeps you in the game.

It's not a strong suit for me,

but I know a couple.

I'm thinking what might be the most obscure.

I'm going to go with Whoopi Goldberg and I'm going to say Sister Act 2.

I like what you've done there.

Sister Act 2 says Stephen B. Here is your red line.

Get below that, you're in the next round. Let's see how many said it.

It is right.

Ooh, well done. That's done it. 26.

Good work, Stephen B. Takes your total to 36.

Sees you into the next round.

Stephen's no mug. Good Pointless trick, going for the sequel.

Quite a good subtitle, the sequel.

It's Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit.

-THEY GROAN

-I say "good"...

-Er, John.

-Hello.

John, welcome. From York. What do you do, John?

I'm retired. I was a policeman, then a teacher

and for most of my career, I was an investigator

for the local government ombudsman,

investigating complaints against councils.

In your spare time, what do you get up to?

Well, my main hobby used to be - I'm retired from that now -

I was an international croquet player.

I represented Ireland and played in the Ashes Tests against Australia

in 1986 for Great Britain and Ireland.

-Who won?

-We did.

-Wow.

Well done. Good work.

Now, John, you're the high scorers, before you've even given an answer.

But maybe you have a brilliant answer.

Well, I have to risk a guess

that one of these - there are two possibles -

-might've been in Shrek.

-Shrek.

Four actors - chances are one of them might've been in Shrek.

No red line for you, but let's see how many of our 100 said Shrek.

Bad luck, but a punt worth taking.

-Had to go for it.

-That scores you 100 points, takes you to 142.

Sorry, John, another good tactic, but that one didn't pay off.

Now, then, Stephen.

-Yes.

-Good news for you - you're through to the next round.

-It's a relief.

-A cracking first answer from Stew.

-Very good.

-I'm not going to replicate that!

-Stephen, remind us what you do.

I'm a support assistant for adults with learning difficulties.

So I go and live for 24 hours in someone's house.

It's a very good job. You get to support people

in doing what they want to do.

So you're there on a placement and you advise them...

Well, I support them in any way that they need.

Now, you're on 1, as I say.

Doesn't matter what you score,

but, given that Stew scored 1,

-it'd be nice if you found a Pointless answer.

-I doubt it.

I was weighing up a few

and I was going to go for Les Miserables.

But, because I'm not sure

if the Jack Black film I'm thinking of,

I'm not sure if it's right.

-I'm going for School Of Rock.

-School Of Rock.

No red line, you're already through,

but let's see how many said it.

It's right.

35.

Takes your total up to 36.

-But you're through.

-Yeah.

-2003 comedy. Good film.

-It's a cracking film.

I'm trying to think of other film stars with colours in their names.

It's quite hard. I've got Robert Redford, Scarlett O'Hara

and Cerise Witherspoon! That's it.

-When was she knighted? Don't remember that.

-Oh, yeah.

Let's look at some of the Pointless answers up here.

Dead Man Walking and Enemy Of The State - both Jack Black films.

Girl, Interrupted is Whoopi Goldberg.

Glorious 39 - Tom's already given us that, Eddie Redmayne.

The Adventures Of Rocky & Bulwinkle - Whoopi Goldberg.

The Cable Guy - Jack Black.

The Rugrats Movie - that's Whoopi Goldberg too.

Waterworld is Jack Black

and Wind - Jennifer Grey. Finally she gets a mention!

Let's look at our biggest answers, the ones that most people said.

Ghost - 42. That was the third highest of all.

Dirty Dancing - 44. That's Jennifer Grey.

And Sister Act is the biggest answer of all - 54.

Thanks, Richard. The end of our first round.

The pair who'll be leaving us with 142 - it's John and Janet.

It's bee great having you on the show. We'll see you next time.

John and Janet, thanks for playing.

For the remaining three pairs, it's time for round two.

So just three pairs remain.

A lot of excellent Pointless to come

because you've all shown your true colours.

It's going to be a great second round. Best of luck to you all.

Our category for round two is...

Can you all decide who's going first, who's going second?

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

OK, the question concerns...

-Richard?

-We'll give you clues - six on each pass -

to famous people who've been assassinated.

Tell us who that person is. There's going to be 12 in all,

-so best of luck.

-Thank you.

So we are looking for the names of these famous... assassinees.

And they are...

I'll read those all one final time.

There we are. Our first board of six historical figures,

all of whom were assassinated.

-Stephen.

-Hello. I'm feeling good about this round.

-That's not a bad board.

-No, it's not.

Erm, the only subject I ever got an A in was history,

so I'm hoping not to embarrass myself here.

His assassination triggered the First World War -

-that's Franz Ferdinand.

-Franz Ferdinand. Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Stephen, let's see how many of our 100 people said that.

It's right.

38.

38 for Franz Ferdinand.

Yep, two assassination attempts made on him on the same day.

And it was his wedding anniversary.

Made more famous now by the Scottish band - Franz Ferdinand.

-Also Glaswegians, I think.

-Yeah.

There we are. Alan.

I think the Boney M single was Rasputin.

Rasputin says Alan. Let's see how many of our 100 said Rasputin.

It's right.

39.

Well played, Alan. That's also how we know Rasputin's first name,

which is Ra-ra.

We made Alan sit down because you're the person who's been on Pointless

closest to heart surgery we've ever had.

Just making sure he relaxes a bit,

if it's possible to relax on Pointless. Are you relaxed?

-I am now.

-That's much nicer.

-Is there anything else we can do?

-Just get the resus team ready.

-Believe me, they're ready.

-That's all right, then.

It'd be classy for the other teams to throw in a couple of big answers.

Yes, that would be gentlemanly of them.

-Let's see what happens, shall we?

-Now, then, Gemma.

We want the names of these historical figures.

It's quite hard.

I'll have to go with assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald

in Dallas as JR.

-But I think I might've got the wrong...

-The wrong Dallas.

-Yes!

JR.

-Well...

-HE LAUGHS

I really thought that was going to be a correct answer.

Er...

Oh, thank you, Gemma.

-Oh, dear.

-Let's see if JR's right.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said JR.

Oh, Gemma, I'm really sorry.

That's...

But thank you for giving us a good laugh.

I'm afraid that's wrong. It scores you the maximum of 100 points.

See, Gemma, you're being so nice to Alan.

That was a lovely thing to do.

Yeah, JR was in Dallas the soap opera

and was shot by Kristin. He survived though.

We were thinking of Dallas the city

and the assassination of John F Kennedy.

It would've scored 75 points.

But people ask "What's the funniest answer you've had on Pointless?"

-Oh, no.

-And now I shall remember this.

That's very good.

Now, the British PM assassinated in 1812?

-Spencer Perceval.

-Comes up quite a lot. Would've scored 5 points.

-The politician played by Sean Penn?

-Harvey Milk.

Yeah, would've scored you 7.

-And the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots?

-Earl of Darnley.

Yeah, Henry, Lord Darnley. That would've scored 6.

Spencer Perceval - best answer on that board.

Of course, JR - the best answer in the round by a mile!

Thanks, Richard. Halfway through the round. Let's look at the scores.

Very, very close scores at the bottom.

38, Stephen and Stew,

39, Alan and Stephen,

then 100, I'm afraid, Gemma and Tom.

Tom, you'll get first pick of the next board though.

Maybe you can find a low score there

and maybe that might keep you in the game.

Let's come back down the line.

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

OK, six more clues on the board.

Here they are. We have got...

I'll read those one last time.

Six more clues to six historical figures who were assassinated.

Tom, what we need

is a low-scoring answer from you.

I don't think that'll happen.

History is a horrible category for me.

I know three, but I think they're not going to be enough

to get us through.

I'm not sure, but I'm going to guess.

French revolutionary stabbed in the bath by Charlotte Corday -

I'm going to say Joan of Arc.

No... Oh, yeah...

Joan of Arc. OK, well...

Joan of Arc - she was revolutionary.

-She was.

-You are the high scorers,

no red line for you. Let's see if it's right

and how many people said it.

Bad luck, Tom.

Another incorrect answer, another 100 points, takes you to 200.

Sorry, Tom, 200 club this time.

She was burnt at the stake,

which is quite the opposite of being stabbed in the bath.

Now, then, Stephen.

You are through to the head-to-head - even if you score 100 points,

you'll never overtake Tom and Gemma.

Well, that should push me to do a bit of a punt

because there's two or three there that I'm certain of,

but which to go for?

I'll go with the Egyptian president awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in '78

as Anwar Sadat.

Anwar Sadat says Stephen.

Let's see if that's right - no red line for you.

How many people said Anwar Sadat?

It's right.

13.

Well done. Takes your total to 52.

Terrific answer. He was president of Egypt from 1970 up to his death.

And finally, Stew.

Stew, do you fancy filling in some of those answers?

Yeah, I can try. I'm not sure about the Roman emperor.

The American civil-rights leader was Martin Luther King Jr.

French revolutionary - maybe Napoleon Bonaparte?

Indian leader known as "Mahatma" -

the only thing I can think of is Gandhi. I don't know if it's right.

American president shot by John Wilkes Booth - Abraham Lincoln.

So I'll go for one that might be low -

the French revolutionary. I'll go for Napoleon Bonaparte.

Napoleon Bonaparte. Let's see if that's right

and how many people said Napoleon Bonaparte.

-Oh, well.

-Bad luck. Another incorrect answer, scores 100 points,

takes you to 138, but you're in the head-to-head.

So who did Charlotte Corday stab in the bath is the question?

It's the best answer up there. Well done if you said Jean-Paul Marat.

Would've scored you 1 point.

You were right about Martin Luther King Jr.

He would've scored you 67 points.

You were right about Mahatma - Mohandas K Gandhi.

Would've scored 66, another big scorer.

You were right as well about Wilkes Booth assassinating Abraham Lincoln.

35 points.

-He did that in Knots Landing.

-THEY ALL LAUGH

And the Roman emperor was Claudius. That would've scored 5 points.

So Marat is the best answer there.

Thanks very much. So at the end of our second round, it's Tom and Gemma

who will be leaving us with their high score of 200

and their brilliant answer.

Actually, two brilliant answers.

I'm sorry we have to say goodbye -

an exemplary first round from you, lovely low scores.

I thought that was the beginning of a commanding lead

that would see you up to the final,

-but, er, I was wrong.

-Yeah!

Thanks for playing, it's been lovely having you on the show

for so many reasons - Tom and Gemma!

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

Congratulations, Stephen B, Alan, Stew and Stephen.

You are now close to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot,

which stands at £1,250.

To decide who goes into the final, you're going to go head-to-head.

The difference is you are now allowed to confer

and the first pair to win two questions will play for the jackpot.

Stew and Stephen left in round one last time

and Stephen and Alan are newbies.

This promises to be an exciting round. Let's play the head-to-head.

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

-Richard?

-We'll show you five pairs of famous sisters.

You need to tell us their surname.

Let's reveal our five sets of famous sisters. Here they are.

There we are - five sets of famous sisters.

Stephen B and Alan, you've played best,

so you get to go first.

THEY WHISPER

I'm sure of three of them.

We've got good competitors here,

so I need to go for a bit of a punt.

I'm going to go for C,

being Olsen.

Olsen you're saying, for C.

So Stephen B and Alan say Olsen.

Stew and Stephen.

We're fairly confident on three of them,

Olsen being the one we were going to go for.

Well, talk us through the board.

A we don't really know.

-We don't, no.

-B looks suspiciously like Beyonce,

so we would go for Knowles.

I'm not sure about that one, but it would be a guess.

E is the Middletons.

D - not sure. What do you think?

I think B is our best... We have to take a punt because C is right.

Middletons is going to be the highest one, I think.

Beyonce is fairly recognisable, but will we just go for it?

-Yeah.

-We'll go for B - Knowles.

So Stew and Stephen say B - Knowles.

So we have Olsen versus Knowles.

Stephen B and Alan said Olsen. Let's see how many people said it.

Ooh.

You were saved there, Stew and Stephen.

Both of you thought it was Olsen.

An incorrect answer. Not Olsen.

Stew and Stephen have said that B is Knowles.

Let's see how many of our 100 said it.

If it's right, you win the question.

It is right. Well done.

23 for Knowles.

Well done, Stew and Stephen. After one question, you are up 1-0.

I suspect a lot of people might've said the Olsen twins for C,

it's actually the Fannings - Dakota and Elle Fanning.

The best answer there - would've scored you 4 points.

The top one there, obviously that's the Collins' -

Joan and Jackie Collins. Joan Collins was in Dynasty,

-where she assassinated Franklin D Roosevelt.

-THEY LAUGH

35 points there.

D is the Kidds.

Both models - Jodie and Jemma Kidd.

They would've scored you 8 points.

And E is the Middletons, of course.

And that would scored 83.

Here's your second question.

Stephen B and Alan need it to stay in the game,

but Stew and Stephen get to answer it first. It concerns...

Burns Night Supper.

LAUGHTER

Yeah. Good luck, Stephen B and Alan.

-Richard?

-We'll show you five items of food or drink

eaten or drunk at a Burns Night Supper.

Fill in the missing letters

and give us the most obscure. Good luck.

OK, so let's reveal our five Burns Night foodstuffs. Here they are.

I'll read those again.

Now, then, Stew and Stephen,

you go first this time.

THEY WHISPER

We're certain of four of them

and we're pretty sure of the fifth.

It's just choosing which one to go for.

I think we're going to go for the middle one,

which is cullen skink.

Cullen skink say Stew and Stephen.

Cullen skink. Now, then, Stephen and Alan.

-Do you want to talk through the board?

-Yeah, we'd love to.

From top to bottom. That's what we know - the top and the bottom one.

It's cock-a-leekie soup at the top and haggis at the bottom,

but the others... Shall we have a guess?

I don't know what either of them can be.

-We'll have to go with cock-a-leekie soup.

-Cock-a-leekie soup.

Cock-a-leekie soup say Stephen B and Alan.

Cullen skink and cock-a-leekie soup.

Stew and Stephen said cullen skink. Let's see how many people said it.

It's right.

6! Very well done. 6 for cullen skink.

Stephen B and Alan say cock-a-leekie soup.

Let's see how many people said that.

It's right.

27.

Well done, guys.

Very well done. Stew and Stephen, after two questions,

-you are through to the final. 2-0.

-That fell very nicely.

Cullen skink is a smoked-haddock soup with potatoes and cream.

It sounds delicious.

It does sound delicious, doesn't it?

-Does it?

-Yeah.

And cock-a-leekie soup is a chicken and leek broth.

Now, one answer would've beaten it.

Let's go to that last.

The second one down is tatties.

That's potatoes. Would've scored 51.

-Down the bottom is haggis. What do you think that scored?

-94.

Ooh! 95. Big score, that.

Now, this other one would've won the point. Guys, would you guess at it?

I think it's tippy rarre.

It's not tippy rarre. It's tipsy laird.

It's like a sherry trifle, but with whisky instead

and would've scored you 1 point.

Well done if you said that. What do you think of trifle with whisky?

-Delicious.

-I'm not so sure about that.

Thanks, Richard. So the pair who'll be leaving us,

it's Stephen B and Alan.

But an exemplary performance, the whole way through.

You were our low scorers coming into the head-to-head

and then Stew and Stephen happened.

Burns Night. You'd have to come up against some Scots on that!

Anyway, we'll see you again next time.

Stephen and Alan. Great contestants. Thank you.

-Good luck.

-For Stew and Stephen,

it's now time for our Pointless final.

Very well done, Stew and Stephen.

You've fought off the competition and won our Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our jackpot, which stands at £1,250.

Well, it's been a great show.

Anchorman was a high point in the first round.

We'll draw a veil over Napoleon being stabbed in the bath.

And then the head-to-head...

-It fell for us.

-In every way, yeah.

Had it been the other way round, you'd have said Olsen and lost.

And then Burns Night Supper.

-Cullen skink.

-Bit of divine providence there!

If that were to continue into this round,

what would you like to see on the board?

Well, we both said sport, particularly good round.

Preferably football. We'd love anything football related.

We kind of studied up on F1 as well.

-Even politicians.

-Politics, yeah.

-Politics wouldn't be bad.

Well, as always, you need to start by choosing a category.

Here are your four options.

Acts associated with Stock, Aitken and Waterman...

Aha. Football leagues.

-Yes.

-What do you reckon?

-Shall we think about it?

-I don't think we need to discuss it,

I think we'll go football leagues.

Football leagues it is.

-Richard?

-We'll give you three options within this question.

You can answer any of these.

We need you to tell us any team

in the German Bundesliga as of January 2013,

any team in the Dutch Eredivisie as of January 2013

and the same for the Portugese Primeira Liga.

Any team in any of those divisions in January 2013. Good luck.

Now, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that jackpot

is for just one of those answers to be Pointless.

The answers you provide can come from any of those categories.

It can be three from one, two from one, one from another -

however you choose, as long as they are from the German Bundesliga,

the Dutch Eredivisie

and the Portugese Primeira Liga.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yes.

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

Your time starts now.

-What do you want to go for?

-We can take lots of punts,

but what do you know for German Bundesliga?

-There's 1808, Hoffenheim...

-Cologne.

There's lots of teams in Portuguese that I'm trying to think of,

-like Academia... a...

-Academia.

What about the Dutch? What's the most obscure one you know?

It's really difficult for obscurity. Probably Feyenoord.

Feyenoord. Stick to German if you need to.

German. What else have we got?

Hoffenheim, 1808, Wolfsburg, Dortmund...

Erm, what about the other teams?

Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund...

-Who are we going for?

-Should be go for...

-I think...

-10 seconds left.

Shall we go for a couple of punts and then one definite?

-Yep, OK.

-So we'll go for Cologne and we'll go for Bia-Mar,

which I think is in Portuguese...

OK, that's your time up. I now need your three answers.

And could you say which category you're answering?

Our safe answer is Cologne in the German Bundesliga.

OK, Cologne.

The Portuguese Primeira Liga,

we're going for Academica.

-Academica.

-Academica... a...

And also... Bel-Mar, with a dash in between.

Bel-Mar. That's also from the Portugese Primeira Liga. OK.

-And which is your best shot at a Pointless answer?

-The last one.

-Bel-Mar.

-Bel-Mar. We'll put that last.

-What's your least likely?

-Cologne.

-Cologne.

We'll put that first. OK, let's put those on the board. Here they are.

Cologne or, as they like to write it, FC Koln.

Academica or Academica Coimbra to give them their full name.

And SC Bel-Mar.

OK, well, best of luck. Your first answer was Cologne.

If it is right and it is Pointless,

you will leave here with £1,250.

Let's find out. Is Cologne in the German Bundesliga?

Ooh!

Bad luck, an incorrect answer.

OK, well, two more answers on the board.

Two more chances to win that jackpot of 1,250.

This will be the third consecutive jackpot we've given away

for the third time only in Pointless history - quite exciting.

-What would you do with that, Stew?

-Er, I don't know actually.

I'd maybe donate some to a charity that I work quite closely with -

it's called Glasgow Storehouse.

We give out food parcels to people who are in difficult situations.

And I would maybe use the rest

to - if I have any left - to go on holiday somewhere.

Good stuff. Stephen, how about you?

-Yeah, I think...

-What you can't say now is

"I'll just blow it all on a... pair of shoes"!

Lots of tatties and haggis!

No. I would probably like a wee trip to a couple of European capitals.

I think that'd be apt for the money that I would get.

Good stuff. Well, best of luck.

Your second answer was Academica Coimbra.

Let's see if this is correct

and, again, if it's Pointless, you will win £1,250.

So let's find out. Academica - is it in the Portuguese Primeira Liga?

It's right. Well, your first answer, Cologne, was incorrect,

but Academica is taking you down.

If this goes down to zero, you leave here with £1,250.

It's going down... You've done it!

Very well done. That's brilliant.

Good stuff. Fantastic.

There you go. Well, congratulations.

Congratulations. Very well done.

Academica was a Pointless answer,

which means you go home with £1,250. Well done, you.

AUDIENCE CHEERS AND WHOOPS

Well, a lovely end to a lovely show. Congratulations. Well done.

FC Koln were relegated last season,

so not in the Bundesliga,

and your last answer was wrong as well - it's Beira-Mar.

So you were lucky with Academica.

I suspect, if ever you play any FIFA PlayStation games

or Football Manager,

they list these teams, you play as them or against them,

so people have seen them written down. Someone will have done well.

Let's take a look at the Bundesliga.

Mainz was a Pointless answer, Hoffenheim, which you talked about,

Augsburg, Freiburg, also Pointless.

You could also have had Nuremburg, Greuther Furth and Hannover.

All those would've been Pointless.

For the Dutch Eredivisie,

Heracles was Pointless, Zwolle, Vitesse Arnhem

and Willem II, also Pointless. Well done if you said any of those.

And the Portuguese - there's Academica, Nacional,

Estoril Praia and Rio Ave - all of those Pointless.

Well done if you said any of those

and congratulations in the studio.

-Thank you.

-Thanks, Richard. Thanks to our winners, Stew and Stephen,

who go away with today's jackpot of £1,250. Well done.

Join us next time when we'll put more obscure knowledge to the test.

-It's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

-And from me - goodbye.

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