0:00:18 > 0:00:20APPLAUSE
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:23 > 0:00:28Welcome to Pointless, the quiz show where we are always striving to find the most obscure answers.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Let's meet today's players.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34And couple number one.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Hi. I'm Bex. This is Greg,
0:00:36 > 0:00:39and we're school friends from St Albans, Hertfordshire.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40And couple number two.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Hi. I'm Clare. This is my friend, Emilie.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44We're from Cheltenham.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45Couple number three.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Hi. I'm Phil. This is Thomas.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48We're friends from Glasgow.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50And finally, couple number four.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51Hi. I'm Lewis. This is Tom.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54We're housemates. I'm from Basildon, he's from Cambridge.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56These, ladies and gentlemen, are today's contestants.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57APPLAUSE
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Thanks, all of you. We'll find out more about you throughout the show.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Trivia isn't like it was in his day, although he struggles to remember his day.
0:01:08 > 0:01:09It's my Pointless friend - it's Richard.
0:01:09 > 0:01:10Hiya.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Hi, everybody. Hiya.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Have you noticed it's a very young show today?
0:01:17 > 0:01:19I have just noticed that, yeah.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- It's amazing.- What have you done?!
0:01:22 > 0:01:23What is this?
0:01:23 > 0:01:25- Nothing to do with me.- Really?
0:01:25 > 0:01:28If you added everyone's age together, you'd get to our age.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34I've thrown in a few 15th-century rounds and stuff like that just to...
0:01:34 > 0:01:37We had Serena and Stephen last time.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39They had a fairly good go at that jackpot,
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- but still it creeps up, which is quite nice.- It does.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Now, we've had a few cute categories recently.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49The first category today might be the cutest category we've ever had.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51- Really?- Oh, yeah.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54You'll read it out, everyone will go, "Aww!"
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Looking forward to that. Thank you, Richard.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59All our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the show.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Our contestants need to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer -
0:02:05 > 0:02:08an answer none of our 100 people gave. Each time that happens,
0:02:08 > 0:02:10we will add £250 to the jackpot.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Now, Stephen and Serena didn't win the jackpot last time,
0:02:13 > 0:02:14so we add another £1,000 to that.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19So today's jackpot starts off at £9,500. There we are.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20APPLAUSE
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34In this first round, I'll take an answer from each of you, but there's to be no conferring.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37At the end of the round, whichever pair has the highest score will be heading home.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Now, our first category today is...
0:02:43 > 0:02:44Aww!
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Famous graves.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Yeah. I may have oversold that.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49LAUGHTER
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going second.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:02:59 > 0:03:00And the question concerns...
0:03:05 > 0:03:08There we are. First names of people buried in Westminster Abbey. Richard.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12On each pass, we'll show you the surname and dates of seven famous people.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16You need to tell us their first name, or the name by which they're most commonly known.
0:03:16 > 0:03:1814 in all to have a go at at home. Best of luck.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Great round for our youngest Pointless show ever(!)
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- People buried in Westminster Abbey. - They are going to love this.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26So, obviously, we are looking for
0:03:26 > 0:03:31the first names of these famous people buried in Westminster Abbey. Here is our first board.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49I'll read those all one final time.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Bex and Greg, you all drew lots before the show
0:04:08 > 0:04:11and today, you lucky things, you are going to go first.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Greg, welcome to the show. What do you do?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17I'm a student at the University of Sheffield.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18How do you and Bex know each other?
0:04:18 > 0:04:20- We met when we were at school. - A boy's school!
0:04:20 > 0:04:22At a boy's school, yeah.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Hang on, Bex...
0:04:24 > 0:04:28- What were you doing there? - It did accept girls in sixth form!
0:04:28 > 0:04:32So there were a few of us, but I was the only girl in my history class,
0:04:32 > 0:04:36which, when we were doing women's rights, was obviously a great place to be.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- Greg, what are you studying? - I'm studying molecular biology.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44- Very good. What do you get up to in your spare time? - I play a lot of football.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46I play for three teams.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49I listen to a lot of music, go to gigs, that kind of thing.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Excellent. Now then, Greg.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Does that mean you're any good
0:04:53 > 0:04:56at guessing the first names of these famous people?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58I've got a few of them, I think.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02I think I've got one that I know that's quite obscure.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04It's a little bit of a risk, but I think I'm going to say
0:05:04 > 0:05:07it's Ernest Rutherford.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Ernest Rutherford. Ernest Rutherford, says Greg.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16It is right. Very well done, Greg.
0:05:23 > 0:05:2410.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Very well done indeed. 10 for Ernest Rutherford.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Yes, known as the father of nuclear physics.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Very good answer. He's buried next to Newton and Kelvin.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38He was Baron Rutherford of Nelson.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Greg is very young, but he has the commanding voice of a much older man.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44It's unsettling me a little bit.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- Mmm.- On the phone, he could pass off for 40!
0:05:47 > 0:05:50I often do.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52- You're right! - He'd be a very good con man.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57Yeah, very good at ringing in if he was a bit late for a lecture
0:05:57 > 0:05:59and being his dad.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02"I'm afraid Greg is ill today."
0:06:02 > 0:06:05"This is his great-grandfather's cousin speaking."
0:06:05 > 0:06:06LAUGHTER
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Now then, Emilie.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10- Emilie, welcome.- Hi.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13All the way from Cheltenham. What do you do, Emilie?
0:06:13 > 0:06:15I work in a small school in Cheltenham.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- What do you teach?- I teach sports and health and social care.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Excellent. All sports?
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Well, yeah, a bit of badminton,
0:06:22 > 0:06:24and a little bit of football now and again.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Go for a walk sometimes.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Go to the swings and...
0:06:29 > 0:06:31So a bit of a mixture.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35Very good indeed. What do you like getting up to in your spare time?
0:06:35 > 0:06:38A lot of my spare time... I've got a little boy - he's 14 months old,
0:06:38 > 0:06:42so a lot of spare time is taken up with going to classes with him,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45like baby singing and baby massage
0:06:45 > 0:06:47and baby sign language
0:06:47 > 0:06:50and all those wonderful things that he knows nothing about.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Does he sing yet?
0:06:53 > 0:06:5414 months, he should be...
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- Maybe...- Does he bang things?
0:06:56 > 0:06:58- He does like to bang things. - There you go.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Brilliant.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04So, Emilie, here we are. Famous people buried in Westminster Abbey.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07All they're missing is first names.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08It's not good.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Um...I think I know two that are very obvious,
0:07:12 > 0:07:14so I'm going to have to go for an obvious one
0:07:14 > 0:07:17and I'm sure Clare will do very well next time.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20And I'm going to go for Isaac Newton.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Isaac Newton, says Emilie. Isaac Newton.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said that.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31- Ooh!- Ooh! 83.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- Oh, no!- 83.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36That is a high score.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Yeah, physicist and mathematician, Isaac Newton.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41One of the most famous Britons of all, I suspect.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43And 83 points.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Thomas, welcome to the show.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47You're a student. Where are you studying?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49The University of York.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- And what are you studying?- History.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54History. What year are you in?
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- Third year, final year. - All going well?
0:07:57 > 0:07:58It's all right, yeah.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01What do you get up to when you're not doing that?
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Well, I've recently started a film magazine
0:08:04 > 0:08:07for criticising films. Not negatively, always.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- Reviewing films? - Yeah, reviewing films.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Very good indeed.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15So, Thomas, what about all these people here, missing their first names?
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Well, it's something I should probably know more about.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20There's one that's very obvious there.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23I'm going to take a mild gamble
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- and go for Geoffrey Chaucer. - A mild gamble?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Geoffrey Chaucer. Let's see if that's right.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Let's see how many of our 100 people said Geoffrey Chaucer.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35It's right.
0:08:38 > 0:08:3943.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43A mild gamble that paid off...mildly.
0:08:43 > 0:08:4443.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Yes, most famous for the Canterbury Tales.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50A Canadian rapper in 2005 translated all of the Canterbury Tales
0:08:50 > 0:08:52into sort of hip-hop argot.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54And it's quite as bad as you'd imagine.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59I must...not listen to that.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02It combines your two favourite things - Chaucer and hip-hop.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Yeah.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Yeah.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07I have no comeback for that!
0:09:07 > 0:09:09But yeah.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Lewis, you are the last person to have this board.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15How do you feel about filling in the blanks for us?
0:09:15 > 0:09:18There's one or two very obvious ones I want to avoid.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21There's one that for some reason, I think I've got an idea about.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23It sounds good, but it might not actually be right.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25But it's probably better to go for that one
0:09:25 > 0:09:28rather than go for the bottom one, which everyone will know.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30So I'm going for Thomas Vaughan Williams.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32You're going for Thomas Vaughan Williams.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34That's just come to you from...?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37I don't know. For some reason I thought... I don't know why I thought it.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39But it just kind of sounded right,
0:09:39 > 0:09:42so it'll either be right or Tom will never speak to me again.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44So it's win/win.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Thomas Vaughan Williams, says Lewis. Let's see if that's right
0:09:47 > 0:09:51and if it is, let's see how many people said Thomas Vaughan Williams.
0:09:54 > 0:09:55Ooh, bad luck, Lewis.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Scores you the maximum of 100 points.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00I'm very sorry.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Yeah, Lewis, when you say it just came to you...
0:10:03 > 0:10:06You know you're starting next to someone called Tom?
0:10:07 > 0:10:10I don't know if that's helped at all. Do you know the answer to that one?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- Ralph Vaughan Williams.- Yes.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Absolutely. Would have scored 22 points.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17The obvious one everybody was avoiding was Dickens -
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Charles Dickens.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21That would have scored 94 points.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22It's better than 100, but not a lot better,
0:10:22 > 0:10:25so I think you did the right thing in taking a risk.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- Handel?- George Frideric, or Georg Frideric.- Yep.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Would have scored you 8 points. And Dryden?
0:10:31 > 0:10:32- John.- John Dryden, yeah.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34And that would have scored you 20,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36so the best answer up there is Handel.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.
0:10:39 > 0:10:4110 the best score of that pass.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42Greg, very well done to you.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Greg and Bex looking very strong on the back of that.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Then up to 43, Thomas and Phil.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Up to 83, where we find Emilie and Clare
0:10:50 > 0:10:52and then up to 100. You're not miles ahead, actually,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Lewis and Tom, but you are ahead, so, Tom,
0:10:55 > 0:10:59you get first pick at the next board. Make sure you find a really low-scoring answer if you can.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03We'll come back down the line. Can the second players please take their places at the podium.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10OK, let's put seven more surnames on the board with their dates.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11Here they are.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29I'll read those all one final time.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48We're looking for the first names of all these people,
0:11:48 > 0:11:50all of whom are buried in Westminster Abbey.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Tom, we need a low score from you here.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56So, Tom, remind us what you're doing. You're a student.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59- Sport and exercise science. - Sport and exercise science.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02What do you fancy doing when you leave university?
0:12:02 > 0:12:05I would love to fill you with ideas, but I have absolutely zero myself.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- So it's a kind of wait and see. - How long have you got?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10- Three months.- Three months.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12There you are!
0:12:12 > 0:12:14How do you feel about this board?
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Um...to be perfectly honest,
0:12:16 > 0:12:17it's not great.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21There's an obvious one that I'm probably going to have to plump for,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24because I've not really got anything else,
0:12:24 > 0:12:26so Rudyard Kipling.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Rudyard Kipling, says Tom. Rudyard Kipling.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31There's no red line for you because you're the high scorers,
0:12:31 > 0:12:34but let's see how many of our 100 people said Rudyard Kipling.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37It's right.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Ooh, it's a big one.
0:12:39 > 0:12:4084.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45That takes your total up to 184, Tom.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49You have avoided the 400 Club, though. You only just avoided it,
0:12:49 > 0:12:51but you have avoided it, which is good.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55It's Joseph Rudyard Kipling. We would have accepted either of those names.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- He was the highest paid writer in the world at one point, in his 30s.- Wow!
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Phil.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Phil, welcome to the show.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- What are you up to? What do you do? - I'm a medical student at Edinburgh University.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- What year are you in? - I'm in my third year.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Third year. And what do you fill your time with?
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- I'm in the Chamber Choir at Edinburgh University. - What part do you sing?- I'm a bass.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- Bass. First or second?- Second bass.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Way down in the underground.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Right then, how do you feel about this board?
0:13:22 > 0:13:24All right.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Actually, I was going to say Rudyard Kipling as well.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29But I'm going to go for William Wilberforce.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33William Wilberforce. The good news is you're through to the next round, come what may.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Even if you score 100, you won't overtake Tom and Lewis.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40But let's see - William Wilberforce. How many of our 100 people said that?
0:13:42 > 0:13:43It's right.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Not bad at all - 40. Very well done.
0:13:48 > 0:13:5040 takes your total up to 83.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Well played, Phil. I think Phil's going to be quite good.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Yeah, William Wilberforce. Campaigned against slavery for many years.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Passed away, sadly, a month before the Slavery Abolition Act became law.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Clare.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Welcome to the show. What do you do?
0:14:06 > 0:14:09I'm a French and German teacher at a school in Gloucester.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12What do you like doing when you're not doing that?
0:14:12 > 0:14:16I love travelling. That's where all my time and energy goes!
0:14:16 > 0:14:19- Not just to France and Germany? - Not just to France and Germany.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23- I've been to 34 countries.- Wow! What's your most exotic destination?
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Oh, gosh...most exotic is probably Laos.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Um, yeah. But favourite was probably Japan.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Good, good. Now then. What do you make of this board?
0:14:34 > 0:14:36It's really not very good at all.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41But there's one that I think I can have a guess at.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44And for that reason, I'm going to say Thomas Hardy.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Thomas Hardy, says Clare. Thomas Hardy.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48No red line for you - you are already through.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51But let's see how many of our 100 people said Thomas Hardy.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54It's right.
0:14:56 > 0:14:5756.
0:15:00 > 0:15:0356, not bad at all. Takes your total up to 139.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Yes, his ashes are interred in Poets' Corner.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07- Bex.- Mm-hm?
0:15:07 > 0:15:10- Oh, Bex.- I hate it!
0:15:10 > 0:15:11Oh, really?
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Those three, I got.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Although I thought half of them were wrong, but apparently, they're right.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20- Bex, I've got really good news for you - you're through.- Oh!
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- Oh, good!- You're through to the next round.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26It's absolutely fine. You can have fun with this round.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- What do you do, Bex?- I am a music student at Leeds University.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31- Which year are you in?- Second year.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35- So you knew about Ralph Vaughan Williams, Handel?- Yeah!
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- No composers on this board, though. - No.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Well, unless I'm just being stupid!
0:15:39 > 0:15:43Um...Robert Sheridan?
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Robert Sheridan, says Bex. Well, listen, you're through.
0:15:45 > 0:15:50It doesn't matter. Robert Sheridan. Is it right? How many of our 100 people said it if it is?
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Oh, bad luck, Bex. I'm afraid an incorrect answer
0:15:55 > 0:15:57scores you the maximum of 100 points. Takes your total to 110.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Yeah, Sheridan is buried in Poets' Corner and he's... Do you know that one?
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08- I had the letter! - You did have the letter.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Honestly, if the question was, "What's the first letter of the first name?"
0:16:12 > 0:16:18you would just have scored 2 points, which would have been a great answer. 2 points that would have got you.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Do you know any of these others? Playwright and actor, Garrick.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23- I can't think...- That's a tough one. That's David.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Would have scored 13. Johnson?
0:16:26 > 0:16:29- That is Samuel.- Samuel Johnson, yes.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31- 21. Spenser?- Edmund.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32Edmund Spenser, another poet.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Would have scored you 9 points. So the best answer is Richard Sheridan.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Very well done if you said that.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40So, at the end of the first round, the pair leaving us...
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Oh, Tom and Lewis!
0:16:42 > 0:16:45This isn't right at all. It wasn't meant to happen like this.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47We have to say goodbye to you.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50But it's been brilliant, albeit brief, on both shows.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53You've been great contestants. Thanks very much for playing. Tom and Lewis!
0:16:53 > 0:16:55APPLAUSE
0:16:55 > 0:16:58But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for Round 2.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05And so we are down to three pairs.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06And three brand-new pairs.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09No-one's seen the inside of Round 2 before.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Thomas and Phil our lowest scorers in that round.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14So they would appear to be the pair to beat.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round 2 is...
0:17:20 > 0:17:24Hit singles. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32OK, and the question concerns...
0:17:35 > 0:17:38UK Top 40 hits of female recording artists. Richard.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Yeah, I think this is going to play far more to our very young demographic today.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45We'll show you the names of four female recording artists.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48We're looking for any Top 40 singles by any of these four.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52So any Top 40 singles which they released or which has them as a named featured artist on them.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Very best of luck to all teams.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59OK. So, as Richard just mentioned, we'll put the names of four female recording artists up on the board.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02They will remain up for the whole round - up the line and back down.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06And we need any Top 40 single by any of these female recording artists.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07And here they are.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14I'll read them one last time.
0:18:17 > 0:18:18- Bex.- Yes.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21- How's that - better?- Yeah.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22It is.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24I've got answers. It's exciting.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30I feel like they should be better, because I'm a music student. I should know more.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33I'm going to go for Smile by Lily Allen.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Smile, says Bex. OK.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Smile. Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Smile.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43It is right.
0:18:48 > 0:18:4912.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Well done, Bex. 12 for Smile.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Lily Allen's first single, and her first No 1 as well.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59There we are. Now then, Clare.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01What are you thinking of?
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Um...my mind's going fairly blank at the moment.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07But I went to see Lady Gaga in concert last year,
0:19:07 > 0:19:10so I think I'm going to go with one of her songs.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13And I'm going to say Judas.
0:19:13 > 0:19:14Judas, says Clare. Judas.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said Judas.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21It's right.
0:19:23 > 0:19:2512 our low score at the moment.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Judas takes you down below it...
0:19:27 > 0:19:29to 2! Very well done, Clare.
0:19:31 > 0:19:32Good work.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Well played, Clare. A Top 10 single from 2011.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39There are so many Top 10 singles on this list,
0:19:39 > 0:19:41just between the four of these artists. So many.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Thomas.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47Er, well, this isn't really my sort of music, to be honest.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Not so much Rihanna, then?
0:19:49 > 0:19:52She can play a good jingle.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59But I think I'm going to go for Chasing Pavements by Adele.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04Chasing Pavements. OK. Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 said Chasing Pavements.
0:20:06 > 0:20:07It's right.
0:20:09 > 0:20:1212 our high score, 2 our low.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Look at that! Very nice indeed. 4 for Chasing Pavements.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22A No 2 hit from 2008. Won her first Grammy for her as well.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26I think a lot of these have low scores because there's so many hits between them.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Our 100 people have got 100 seconds to answer.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31There's so many that actually, you know, you can't name them all.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34There's some big songs with some small scores here.
0:20:34 > 0:20:39- Nicely put, Richard.- Thanks. - We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.
0:20:39 > 0:20:412 the best score of that pass, Clare.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Very well done indeed. Then up to 4,
0:20:43 > 0:20:45where we find Thomas and Phil, then up to 12,
0:20:45 > 0:20:46where we find Bex and Greg.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Oh, 12 - I thought that was a brilliant score.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52Then these lot came along with 2 and 4. Greg, little bit of pressure on you.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54We need to find a really low-scoring answer.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56We have to hope that's enough to keep you in.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Can the second players please take their places at the podium.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06OK, we're looking for any Top 40 single by any of these female recording artists.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Now, Phil, you're on 4. The high scorers are on 12.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13If you can score 7 or less, you're through to the next round.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Well, I know a few from the others,
0:21:16 > 0:21:18but if I'm looking for a pointless answer,
0:21:18 > 0:21:20I remember a Lily Allen song.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24It's a bit rude, but it's F You.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28F You. I thought you were going to spell the whole word out there, but, no, that's...
0:21:28 > 0:21:30LAUGHTER
0:21:30 > 0:21:33It's F You. I understand you, Phil.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37Let's find out - is F You a correct answer, and if it is, how many people said it?
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Oh, bad luck, Phil!
0:21:42 > 0:21:44I'm afraid an incorrect answer,
0:21:44 > 0:21:48which scores you the maximum of 100 points, takes your total up to 104.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Sorry, Phil. She did do a song called...
0:21:51 > 0:21:53as you so politely put it, F You,
0:21:53 > 0:21:56but it's an album track, wasn't released as a single.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57Thanks very much, Richard.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Now then, Emilie.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Emilie, I have fantastic news for you.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05You are through to the head-to-head round. We do still need an answer,
0:22:05 > 0:22:07but you are through to the head-to-head round.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11I tell you what - how comfortable are you feeling with this as a category?
0:22:11 > 0:22:13I kind of wanted to take a risk on it.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Well, you can. You're through.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18And I'm thinking there might be some pointless answers there.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Yeah. I was going to go fairly safe,
0:22:20 > 0:22:23because I'd like to get through, but if we are through,
0:22:23 > 0:22:27I'm going to go with Rihanna, Pon De Replay.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31Pon De Replay, says Emilie. No red line for you. You're already through.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Let's see how many of our 100 people said Pon De Replay.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37It's right.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42It's good, Emilie. Look at that. Down it goes.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Perfect! Look at that - 1!
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Best score of the round so far. Takes your total up to 3.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54It's a great answer, Emilie. It was a No 2 hit. It was her first hit, actually. Pon De Replay.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58"Upon the replay" would be how you might put it.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- It's how Thomas Hardy might put it. - Yeah, he would.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Upon the replay... Yeah, nice.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- Now, Greg.- Yes.
0:23:06 > 0:23:11Greg, I said you had a mountain to climb, but Phil's done you a massive favour there.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Yeah, I think that's the only chance we had of going through, really.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18- Have you got any more answers? - Yeah, I've got a few.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Oh, phew! I see what you mean.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24Right, I see. I thought for a moment you only had one answer. Talk us through all your answers.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Well, I know some from each of them.
0:23:27 > 0:23:32There's a few I'm not quite sure how the song's worded.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Isn't it nice to hear a 50-year-old man
0:23:34 > 0:23:36talking about...
0:23:36 > 0:23:37LAUGHTER
0:23:37 > 0:23:40..talking about this kind of modern music!
0:23:40 > 0:23:44It's lovely, because it's normally a young person's game. It's so lovely that you've kept fresh.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46You've kept up with things.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49DEEP VOICE: "I know a few. I know Rihanna."
0:23:49 > 0:23:51LAUGHTER
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Now, Greg. What are you thinking?
0:23:53 > 0:23:56I'm going to play it very safe,
0:23:56 > 0:23:59considering we've got quite a lot of points to play with.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02I'm going to say Umbrella.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Umbrella, says Greg. Let's see if that's right.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Let's see how many people said that.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09There is your red line. Below that, you are in the head-to-head.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12It is right...and you are through.
0:24:16 > 0:24:1728.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Not bad at all. Takes your total up to 40.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25It's actually the biggest answer of all, Umbrella by Rihanna.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30It spent ten weeks at No 1. But all you needed to do, so very well played. Exactly the right tactics.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Quite a few big name pointless answers here.
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Let's look at some of them.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Lily Allen's 5 O'Clock was a pointless answer.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Rihanna's Disturbia. Hometown Glory by Adele was a pointless answer.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Well done if you said that.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Littlest Things was a Lily Allen hit.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Russian Roulette by Rihanna. Another Rihanna song, Shame For You.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48That was a pointless answer.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50SOS by Rihanna. Take A Bow, also by Rihanna.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53And Lady Gaga's The Edge Of Glory was also a pointless answer.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Very well done if you said any of those.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59Let's take a look at the biggest answers. You'll see how low some of these scores were.
0:24:59 > 0:25:04Someone Like You by Adele would have scored you 13. Third-biggest answer of all.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Poker Face, Lady Gaga, would have been 25,
0:25:07 > 0:25:09and we've just seen the highest scorer of all,
0:25:09 > 0:25:12but it saw you through safely - Umbrella by Rihanna.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Thanks, Richard. So, at the end of our second round,
0:25:14 > 0:25:16I'm afraid it's Phil and Thomas we say goodbye to,
0:25:16 > 0:25:19with their not terribly high score of 104.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23We have to say goodbye for now, but we'll see you again next time.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Phil and Thomas, thanks very much for playing.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26APPLAUSE
0:25:28 > 0:25:31But for the remaining two pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Congratulations, Clare and Emilie, Bex and Greg.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43You are now one step closer to the final and the chance to play for our jackpot,
0:25:43 > 0:25:44which currently stands at £9,500.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46APPLAUSE
0:25:48 > 0:25:51To decide which pair goes through to the final and plays for that money,
0:25:51 > 0:25:55you're now going to go head-to-head. But the difference is, you're now allowed to confer.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that money.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00So best of luck to both pairs.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Let's play the head-to-head.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10OK, here comes your first question, and it concerns...
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Spacecrafts.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18We'll show you five famous spacecrafts now.
0:26:18 > 0:26:24Spacecrafts from film and TV. You need to tell us the film or TV franchise in which each appears.
0:26:24 > 0:26:25Good luck.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Thank you very much. Let's reveal our five famous spacecraft, or spacecrafts.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30And we have got...
0:26:47 > 0:26:48There we are.
0:26:48 > 0:26:49Five famous spacecraft
0:26:49 > 0:26:51from film and television.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Clare and Emilie, you've played best throughout the show, so you go first.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58- OK?- OK.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01We think we know two on there.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04But I'm definitely more confident with one of them,
0:27:04 > 0:27:06so we're going to go for D,
0:27:06 > 0:27:08and Independence Day.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11D, Independence Day, say Clare and Emilie.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Bex and Greg, you can do your talking out loud, if you like. Talk us through the board.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17The first one I saw that I knew - Thunderbirds, B.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20My dad loves Thunderbirds,
0:27:20 > 0:27:21and I think...yeah.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23E is Star Wars, obviously.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26I think both of those wouldn't beat Independence Day.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28I'm not sure about A.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32I think it might be something like Red Dwarf.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- Shall we say Star Wars, then? - Go on, Greg.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37We'll say E is Star Wars.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38You're going to say E, Star Wars.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41So we have Independence Day and Star Wars.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Clare and Emilie said Independence Day for D.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said it.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49It is right.
0:27:52 > 0:27:5341 people said it.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Not bad at all. Now, Bex and Greg,
0:27:59 > 0:28:01you have said Star Wars for E.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Let's see if that's right and if it is, let's see how many people said that.
0:28:06 > 0:28:07Well, it is right.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Has to beat 41, though.
0:28:09 > 0:28:1151 for Star Wars.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Closer than you might imagine, though.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Very well done. Clare and Emilie, after one question, you are up 1-0.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Well played, Clare and Emilie. Wasn't a bad attempt with Star Wars.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Let's take a look at the rest.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Now, A is from Mel Brooks's Star Wars spoof, Spaceballs.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30Very well done if you said that, because it would have scored you 3 points. Terrific answer.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33B is Thunderbirds. It's the biggest scorer, though.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Would have scored you 78 points.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38And C is from Alien.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42And that would have scored 2 points, so it's the best answer there.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44And if you're wondering if spacecrafts
0:28:44 > 0:28:46really is the plural of spacecraft,
0:28:46 > 0:28:50look on page 1,708 of the Oxford Dictionary of English. It's right there.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52You tell them!
0:28:52 > 0:28:55I just know that people will say that it's spacecraft.
0:28:55 > 0:28:56And you can say either.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58You can say either.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Thanks very much indeed. Here's our second question.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05Now then, Bex and Greg, you get to answer this first, but you have to win it to stay in the game.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Best of luck. It concerns...
0:29:10 > 0:29:14- India, Richard. - This is a good question for a world traveller, this one.
0:29:14 > 0:29:15No pressure!
0:29:15 > 0:29:19We'll give you five clues to facts about India. Can you give us the most obscure answer?
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Let's reveal our five clues. Here they come.
0:29:34 > 0:29:35I'll read those all one last time.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49Five clues to facts about India. Bex and Greg, you go first.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55We think we know a couple of them.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58But I think they probably are the more obvious ones.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02So we're going to say the main unit of currency is the rupee.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05The rupee, say Bex and Greg. The rupee, the main unit of currency.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Clare and Emilie, the rest of the board is yours.
0:30:08 > 0:30:09Do you want to talk us through it?
0:30:09 > 0:30:12Oh! I've never been to India.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15Unfortunately. It might help me if I had.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Decade in which it achieved its independence...
0:30:17 > 0:30:19I'm thinking 1950s or 1960s,
0:30:19 > 0:30:21but I'm not sure which.
0:30:21 > 0:30:22Um...
0:30:22 > 0:30:26Famous marble mausoleum in Agra is the Taj Mahal.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28First Prime Minister, I'm not too sure.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32And I'm not sure of the name of the wheel on its flag either.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35I'm going to...
0:30:35 > 0:30:38put myself out there and go with decade in which it achieved independence.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40The 1950s.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43The 1950s, say Clare and Emilie. The 1950s.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45So Bex and Greg said the rupee, the main unit of currency.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48Let's see how many people said the rupee.
0:30:51 > 0:30:52It's right.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55It's high, though. 66.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Clare and Emilie have said the 1950s
0:31:00 > 0:31:02was the decade in which it gained its independence.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Let's see if that's right and if it is,
0:31:04 > 0:31:06let's see how many people said the 1950s.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Bad luck, Clare and Emilie. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,
0:31:11 > 0:31:14which means well done, Bex and Greg, you are back in the game.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16It's 1-1 after two questions.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Unlucky, Clare and Emilie. You're 2.5 years out - it was 1947
0:31:19 > 0:31:21it gained independence.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24That would have scored you 21 points.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26It would have been a terrific answer.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28You were right about the Taj Mahal.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30That would have seen you in the final.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33It would have scored you 50 points.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35The surname of the first Prime Minister
0:31:35 > 0:31:38was Nehru. That would have scored you 8.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41And the 24-spoked wheel on the flag is a chakra.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43That would have scored you 5 points.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45- That's the best answer up there. - Thanks, Richard.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Here comes the decider. Question number three.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot. It concerns...
0:31:55 > 0:31:56Types of dwelling, Richard.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00We'll show you five terms that refer to a house or a dwelling or a place of residence,
0:32:00 > 0:32:03but we've left out alternate letters. Can you fill them in?
0:32:03 > 0:32:05Let's reveal our types of dwelling. Here they are.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16I'll read those all again without the blanks.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27There we are. Clare and Emilie, you go first again this time.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30THEY CONFER
0:32:36 > 0:32:38We're going to go with the bottom one
0:32:38 > 0:32:40and we're going to go for
0:32:40 > 0:32:42mansion.
0:32:42 > 0:32:43Mansion, say Clare and Emilie.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Mansion. Bex and Greg.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48Do you want to talk us through the rest of the board?
0:32:48 > 0:32:50We'll do what we can.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52The second one is shack.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54And the third one's villa.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57We're not sure about any of the others.
0:32:57 > 0:32:58Er...
0:32:58 > 0:32:59So I think we're going to...
0:32:59 > 0:33:02- Go with shack, I think.- Yeah, go with shack for the second one.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04OK, you're going to go with shack.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07So we have mansion versus shack. Clare and Emilie said mansion.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said mansion.
0:33:12 > 0:33:13It's right.
0:33:16 > 0:33:1844 for mansion.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Now then, Bex and Greg, you have gone for shack.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many people said it.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29It's right.
0:33:30 > 0:33:31It's got to beat 44, though.
0:33:31 > 0:33:32And it does!
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Wow - 39!
0:33:35 > 0:33:3739 for shack.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Now, there's a surprise!
0:33:40 > 0:33:41Very well done, Bex and Greg.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44That means, after three questions, you are through to the final 2-1.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47- And quite nice that a shack beats a mansion.- Yes.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49It is nice.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52- Clare and Emilie, did you know any of the others on that board?- Villa.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55We didn't know the top one, but we knew the rest.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57The top one would have won you the point.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59The top one is chalet.
0:33:59 > 0:34:00BOTH: Ah!
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Would have scored 15 points. Well done if you got that at home.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Villa wouldn't have saved you, because that would have scored 82.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08- And the last one...- Cottage. - Cottage, yeah.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11And that would have scored 49, so that wouldn't have saved you either.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14So chalet the only one beating shack there.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16Thanks very much indeed.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18So our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head round,
0:34:18 > 0:34:21I'm afraid it's Clare and Emilie. You played so well, though.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Brilliant performance throughout the show.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you, but we'll see you next time.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29Thanks for playing. Clare and Emilie - great contestants.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31APPLAUSE
0:34:32 > 0:34:34But for Bex and Greg, it's now time for our Pointless final.
0:34:38 > 0:34:39Congratulations, Bex and Greg.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43You fought off all the competition and you've won our coveted Pointless trophy.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £9,500.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57CHEERING
0:34:59 > 0:35:02So let's just think about that head-to-head round, shall we?
0:35:02 > 0:35:04For a second or two. You were 1-0 down.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06And you said rupee.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Did you think you were going to end up here?
0:35:08 > 0:35:10I don't know, to be honest.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13I'm going to go one step further - no, I didn't!
0:35:13 > 0:35:16When we said shack, I wasn't sure.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18I know, shack - and it beat mansion!
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Something I contributed to!
0:35:20 > 0:35:23- Well done!- I don't know how she managed to get that one.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Great teamwork!
0:35:25 > 0:35:26And here you are.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29Who cares how you got here? You're in the final.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31And there's a decent jackpot there to be won.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34Best of luck. As always, you have to kick off this round
0:35:34 > 0:35:36by choosing your category.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38You have four options to choose from. They are...
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Grand National?
0:35:47 > 0:35:49If it comes up as winners...
0:35:49 > 0:35:51But then, it could be winning jockeys, or...
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Yeah, that's the thing.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55- Country music stars, no.- No.
0:35:55 > 0:35:56Shakespearean comedies?
0:35:56 > 0:36:00No, I don't know anything... France, maybe, if it's...
0:36:00 > 0:36:02something like big cities.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04No, I think the Grand National.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07OK, let's give it a go.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- The Grand National.- You're going to go for the Grand National.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Right you are. Richard.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Grand National you've gone for. We'll give you three categories within it.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19We're looking for any answers for these. Any time between 1945 and 2012.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32All three of these are between 1945 and 2012.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Very best of luck.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37OK. As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40To win that jackpot - £9,500 -
0:36:40 > 0:36:42you just have to find one pointless answer.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Remember, the answers you give can be from any of these categories.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48They can be three from one category, two from one, one from another.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52Any way you like, as long as you tell me which category the answer comes from.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55I'm guessing it'll be quite obvious, but maybe not.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57- Are you ready?- Yes.- Yes.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03There they are. Your time starts now.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Right, Papillon won.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Numbersixvalverde won as well.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11Jockeys who've won more than one...
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Like Ruby Walsh.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15I don't think AP McCoy.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17More horses...
0:37:17 > 0:37:19My family would be great at this.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22I do know more horses,
0:37:22 > 0:37:23but they're all two...
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Monty's Pass. Yeah, I've got a couple.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Neptune Collonges.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Silver Birch.
0:37:29 > 0:37:30So we...
0:37:30 > 0:37:33Ballabriggs is a one-word horse. 2011.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35I don't think it'll be pointless, but it's worth...
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Yeah. Those three?
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Well...
0:37:39 > 0:37:40Try and think of another horse name.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Yeah, OK.
0:37:42 > 0:37:43Um...
0:37:43 > 0:37:45I don't know.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Possibly...
0:37:48 > 0:37:49Shall we go for those three?
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Let's go for those three.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53We won't get any more, I don't think.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56OK. You're going to stop there? Right, very good.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59You're happy to call time there. Well done, you.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01That is your time, and I now need your three answers.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05OK. They're all in winning horses with a one-word name.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09- OK.- And they are Ballabriggs. - Ballabriggs.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- Numbersixvalverde. - Numbersixvalverde.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14- And Papillon.- And Papillon.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Ballabriggs, Numbersixvalverde and Papillon.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
0:38:21 > 0:38:23- Numbersixvalverde. - Numbersixvalverde.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27- Your least likely?- Ballabriggs. - Ballabriggs. OK.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31We'll put Ballabriggs first and Numbersixvalverde last.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Let's put those up on the board in that order, and here they are.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41Very, very best of luck. Your first answer was Ballabriggs.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Let's find out if that's correct.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46I think we know it's correct! But let's find out if it's pointless.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49If it is, you will leave here with £9,500.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51Bex, what would you do with your share of that?
0:38:51 > 0:38:56It's a toss-up between things I need and things that I want.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59I need a new saxophone, and I quite want that.
0:38:59 > 0:39:00We all need one of those!
0:39:00 > 0:39:03Good. Greg, what about you?
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Well, I need to get some driving lessons.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09I'm about to learn how to drive. Pay for a car and insurance,
0:39:09 > 0:39:15and maybe some champagne, because a few of my friends have come down from university to watch this.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18So, to say thank you to them.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21OK. So your first answer was Ballabriggs.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23For £9,500, let's find out.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27Is Ballabriggs a one-word-named Grand National winning horse?
0:39:30 > 0:39:31It is.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33It is. Now...
0:39:33 > 0:39:36If this goes all the way down to zero,
0:39:36 > 0:39:38it's a new saxophone for Bex
0:39:38 > 0:39:41and Greg gets some driving lessons and some insurance.
0:39:41 > 0:39:42Still going down. 4!
0:39:42 > 0:39:44APPLAUSE
0:39:47 > 0:39:50OK. So, not Ballabriggs.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52You have two very good answers left on the board.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Your second answer was Papillon.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Let's find out - is it right? Then find out if it's pointless.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59So, for £9,500,
0:39:59 > 0:40:02is Papillon another
0:40:02 > 0:40:05one-word-named Grand National winning horse?
0:40:07 > 0:40:08It is.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13OK, now, Ballabriggs took you down to 4.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Papillon currently taking you down through the teens
0:40:16 > 0:40:17into single figures.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Passes Ballabriggs - down it goes to 1!
0:40:19 > 0:40:21To 1 - very exciting indeed!
0:40:21 > 0:40:23This is extremely good.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25We've gone from 4 to 1.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30It's looking very good for Numbersixvalverde, I have to say.
0:40:30 > 0:40:31Your final answer.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34Now, you were pretty confident that this... And for two good reasons.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37- Firstly, when was it a winner?- 2006.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41Exactly. A while ago. Also, a lot of people might not think it's one word.
0:40:41 > 0:40:42That's what I thought.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44OK, your final answer, Numbersixvalverde.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47Let's find out. 2006 it won.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49So we're pretty sure it's right, but let's find out.
0:40:49 > 0:40:54Is Numbersixvalverde a one-word-named Grand National winning horse?
0:40:56 > 0:40:58It is.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01It is. OK, Ballabriggs took us down to 4.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Papillon took us down to 1.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06You'd be the second most unlucky contestants we've ever had
0:41:06 > 0:41:09if this doesn't go all the way down to pointless. Still going down...
0:41:09 > 0:41:11You've done it!
0:41:11 > 0:41:12Very well done indeed!
0:41:12 > 0:41:15That is fantastic! Brilliant!
0:41:15 > 0:41:16- Come here.- Thank you!
0:41:23 > 0:41:24Wow!
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Wow!
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Very, very well done.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34Congratulations, Numbersixvalverde was a pointless answer,
0:41:34 > 0:41:38which means you leave here with that jackpot of £9,500.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Very, very well done, Bex and Greg. Fabulous answer.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Yeah, brilliantly played. Well done, guys.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Numbersixvalverde is all one word.
0:41:45 > 0:41:50Quite often horses do that, because you're only allowed a certain number of letters in a horse's name.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54The blanks count as well, which is why lots of them are run in together like that.
0:41:54 > 0:41:55Lots of pointless answers here.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58I suspect some people will have got a few at home.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Winning horses with a one-word name - Bindaree was a pointless answer.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Bobbyjo, Miinnehoma. Numbersixvalverde there.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07Grittar would have been a pointless answer, if you said that.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Post-war Grand National winning trainers.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Donald McCain Jr, who was Ginger McCain's son.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15Gordon Richards is named after the famous jockey.
0:42:15 > 0:42:16He's not the same person.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Lester Piggott's dad, Keith Piggott.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Willie Mullins. You could also have had Fred Winter.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22You could have had Martin Pipe as well. All pointless.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26And jockeys who have one more than one post-war Grand National.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Arthur Thompson, Brian Fletcher.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Bryan Marshall also a pointless answer.
0:42:30 > 0:42:31Carl Llewellyn also a pointless answer.
0:42:31 > 0:42:36Funnily enough, Fred Winter also a pointless answer in that category as well. Talented man.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38Congratulations if you got any of those at home,
0:42:38 > 0:42:40and congratulations in the studio. Terrific work.
0:42:40 > 0:42:45You have the frame of a 21-year-old man, but the voice and bank balance of a 50-year-old. Well done.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Thanks!
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Well, thanks once again to our winning players, Bex and Greg,
0:42:50 > 0:42:53who go away with today's jackpot of £9,500.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:42:56 > 0:43:00Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04- Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...- Goodbye. - And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.
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