Episode 46 Pointless

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Thank you. I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless, the quiz show where we are always striving to find the most obscure answers.

Let's meet today's players.

And couple number one.

Hi. I'm Bex. This is Greg,

and we're school friends from St Albans, Hertfordshire.

And couple number two.

Hi. I'm Clare. This is my friend, Emilie.

We're from Cheltenham.

Couple number three.

Hi. I'm Phil. This is Thomas.

We're friends from Glasgow.

And finally, couple number four.

Hi. I'm Lewis. This is Tom.

We're housemates. I'm from Basildon, he's from Cambridge.

These, ladies and gentlemen, are today's contestants.

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

That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

Trivia isn't like it was in his day, although he struggles to remember his day.

It's my Pointless friend - it's Richard.

Hiya.

Hi, everybody. Hiya.

Have you noticed it's a very young show today?

I have just noticed that, yeah.

-It's amazing.

-What have you done?!

What is this?

-Nothing to do with me.

-Really?

If you added everyone's age together, you'd get to our age.

I've thrown in a few 15th-century rounds and stuff like that just to...

We had Serena and Stephen last time.

They had a fairly good go at that jackpot,

-but still it creeps up, which is quite nice.

-It does.

Now, we've had a few cute categories recently.

The first category today might be the cutest category we've ever had.

-Really?

-Oh, yeah.

You'll read it out, everyone will go, "Aww!"

Looking forward to that. Thank you, Richard.

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

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers those 100 people didn't get.

Everyone's trying to find a pointless answer -

an answer none of our 100 people gave. Each time that happens,

we will add £250 to the jackpot.

Now, Stephen and Serena didn't win the jackpot last time,

so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £9,500. There we are.

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

In this first round, I'll take an answer from each of you, but there's to be no conferring.

At the end of the round, whichever pair has the highest score will be heading home.

Now, our first category today is...

Aww!

Famous graves.

Yeah. I may have oversold that.

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Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going second.

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

And the question concerns...

There we are. First names of people buried in Westminster Abbey. Richard.

On each pass, we'll show you the surname and dates of seven famous people.

You need to tell us their first name, or the name by which they're most commonly known.

14 in all to have a go at at home. Best of luck.

Great round for our youngest Pointless show ever(!)

-People buried in Westminster Abbey.

-They are going to love this.

So, obviously, we are looking for

the first names of these famous people buried in Westminster Abbey. Here is our first board.

I'll read those all one final time.

Bex and Greg, you all drew lots before the show

and today, you lucky things, you are going to go first.

Greg, welcome to the show. What do you do?

I'm a student at the University of Sheffield.

How do you and Bex know each other?

-We met when we were at school.

-A boy's school!

At a boy's school, yeah.

Hang on, Bex...

-What were you doing there?

-It did accept girls in sixth form!

So there were a few of us, but I was the only girl in my history class,

which, when we were doing women's rights, was obviously a great place to be.

-Greg, what are you studying?

-I'm studying molecular biology.

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

-I play a lot of football.

I play for three teams.

I listen to a lot of music, go to gigs, that kind of thing.

Excellent. Now then, Greg.

Does that mean you're any good

at guessing the first names of these famous people?

I've got a few of them, I think.

I think I've got one that I know that's quite obscure.

It's a little bit of a risk, but I think I'm going to say

it's Ernest Rutherford.

Ernest Rutherford. Ernest Rutherford, says Greg.

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

It is right. Very well done, Greg.

10.

Very well done indeed. 10 for Ernest Rutherford.

Yes, known as the father of nuclear physics.

Very good answer. He's buried next to Newton and Kelvin.

He was Baron Rutherford of Nelson.

Greg is very young, but he has the commanding voice of a much older man.

It's unsettling me a little bit.

-Mmm.

-On the phone, he could pass off for 40!

I often do.

-You're right!

-He'd be a very good con man.

Yeah, very good at ringing in if he was a bit late for a lecture

and being his dad.

"I'm afraid Greg is ill today."

"This is his great-grandfather's cousin speaking."

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Now then, Emilie.

-Emilie, welcome.

-Hi.

All the way from Cheltenham. What do you do, Emilie?

I work in a small school in Cheltenham.

-What do you teach?

-I teach sports and health and social care.

Excellent. All sports?

Well, yeah, a bit of badminton,

and a little bit of football now and again.

Go for a walk sometimes.

Go to the swings and...

So a bit of a mixture.

Very good indeed. What do you like getting up to in your spare time?

A lot of my spare time... I've got a little boy - he's 14 months old,

so a lot of spare time is taken up with going to classes with him,

like baby singing and baby massage

and baby sign language

and all those wonderful things that he knows nothing about.

Does he sing yet?

14 months, he should be...

-Maybe...

-Does he bang things?

-He does like to bang things.

-There you go.

Brilliant.

So, Emilie, here we are. Famous people buried in Westminster Abbey.

All they're missing is first names.

It's not good.

Um...I think I know two that are very obvious,

so I'm going to have to go for an obvious one

and I'm sure Clare will do very well next time.

And I'm going to go for Isaac Newton.

Isaac Newton, says Emilie. Isaac Newton.

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

-Ooh!

-Ooh! 83.

-Oh, no!

-83.

That is a high score.

Yeah, physicist and mathematician, Isaac Newton.

One of the most famous Britons of all, I suspect.

And 83 points.

Thomas, welcome to the show.

You're a student. Where are you studying?

The University of York.

-And what are you studying?

-History.

History. What year are you in?

-Third year, final year.

-All going well?

It's all right, yeah.

What do you get up to when you're not doing that?

Well, I've recently started a film magazine

for criticising films. Not negatively, always.

-Reviewing films?

-Yeah, reviewing films.

Very good indeed.

So, Thomas, what about all these people here, missing their first names?

Well, it's something I should probably know more about.

There's one that's very obvious there.

I'm going to take a mild gamble

-and go for Geoffrey Chaucer.

-A mild gamble?

Geoffrey Chaucer. Let's see if that's right.

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

It's right.

43.

A mild gamble that paid off...mildly.

43.

Yes, most famous for the Canterbury Tales.

A Canadian rapper in 2005 translated all of the Canterbury Tales

into sort of hip-hop argot.

And it's quite as bad as you'd imagine.

I must...not listen to that.

It combines your two favourite things - Chaucer and hip-hop.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I have no comeback for that!

But yeah.

Lewis, you are the last person to have this board.

How do you feel about filling in the blanks for us?

There's one or two very obvious ones I want to avoid.

There's one that for some reason, I think I've got an idea about.

It sounds good, but it might not actually be right.

But it's probably better to go for that one

rather than go for the bottom one, which everyone will know.

So I'm going for Thomas Vaughan Williams.

You're going for Thomas Vaughan Williams.

That's just come to you from...?

I don't know. For some reason I thought... I don't know why I thought it.

But it just kind of sounded right,

so it'll either be right or Tom will never speak to me again.

So it's win/win.

Thomas Vaughan Williams, says Lewis. Let's see if that's right

and if it is, let's see how many people said Thomas Vaughan Williams.

Ooh, bad luck, Lewis.

I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.

Scores you the maximum of 100 points.

I'm very sorry.

Yeah, Lewis, when you say it just came to you...

You know you're starting next to someone called Tom?

I don't know if that's helped at all. Do you know the answer to that one?

-Ralph Vaughan Williams.

-Yes.

Absolutely. Would have scored 22 points.

The obvious one everybody was avoiding was Dickens -

Charles Dickens.

That would have scored 94 points.

It's better than 100, but not a lot better,

so I think you did the right thing in taking a risk.

-Handel?

-George Frideric, or Georg Frideric.

-Yep.

Would have scored you 8 points. And Dryden?

-John.

-John Dryden, yeah.

And that would have scored you 20,

so the best answer up there is Handel.

Halfway through the round. Let's take a look at those scores.

10 the best score of that pass.

Greg, very well done to you.

Greg and Bex looking very strong on the back of that.

Then up to 43, Thomas and Phil.

Up to 83, where we find Emilie and Clare

and then up to 100. You're not miles ahead, actually,

Lewis and Tom, but you are ahead, so, Tom,

you get first pick at the next board. Make sure you find a really low-scoring answer if you can.

We'll come back down the line. Can the second players please take their places at the podium.

OK, let's put seven more surnames on the board with their dates.

Here they are.

I'll read those all one final time.

We're looking for the first names of all these people,

all of whom are buried in Westminster Abbey.

Tom, we need a low score from you here.

So, Tom, remind us what you're doing. You're a student.

-Sport and exercise science.

-Sport and exercise science.

What do you fancy doing when you leave university?

I would love to fill you with ideas, but I have absolutely zero myself.

-So it's a kind of wait and see.

-How long have you got?

-Three months.

-Three months.

There you are!

How do you feel about this board?

Um...to be perfectly honest,

it's not great.

There's an obvious one that I'm probably going to have to plump for,

because I've not really got anything else,

so Rudyard Kipling.

Rudyard Kipling, says Tom. Rudyard Kipling.

There's no red line for you because you're the high scorers,

but let's see how many of our 100 people said Rudyard Kipling.

It's right.

Ooh, it's a big one.

84.

That takes your total up to 184, Tom.

You have avoided the 400 Club, though. You only just avoided it,

but you have avoided it, which is good.

It's Joseph Rudyard Kipling. We would have accepted either of those names.

-He was the highest paid writer in the world at one point, in his 30s.

-Wow!

Phil.

Phil, welcome to the show.

-What are you up to? What do you do?

-I'm a medical student at Edinburgh University.

-What year are you in?

-I'm in my third year.

Third year. And what do you fill your time with?

-I'm in the Chamber Choir at Edinburgh University.

-What part do you sing?

-I'm a bass.

-Bass. First or second?

-Second bass.

Way down in the underground.

Right then, how do you feel about this board?

All right.

Actually, I was going to say Rudyard Kipling as well.

But I'm going to go for William Wilberforce.

William Wilberforce. The good news is you're through to the next round, come what may.

Even if you score 100, you won't overtake Tom and Lewis.

But let's see - William Wilberforce. How many of our 100 people said that?

It's right.

Not bad at all - 40. Very well done.

40 takes your total up to 83.

Well played, Phil. I think Phil's going to be quite good.

Yeah, William Wilberforce. Campaigned against slavery for many years.

Passed away, sadly, a month before the Slavery Abolition Act became law.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, Clare.

Welcome to the show. What do you do?

I'm a French and German teacher at a school in Gloucester.

What do you like doing when you're not doing that?

I love travelling. That's where all my time and energy goes!

-Not just to France and Germany?

-Not just to France and Germany.

-I've been to 34 countries.

-Wow! What's your most exotic destination?

Oh, gosh...most exotic is probably Laos.

Um, yeah. But favourite was probably Japan.

Good, good. Now then. What do you make of this board?

It's really not very good at all.

But there's one that I think I can have a guess at.

And for that reason, I'm going to say Thomas Hardy.

Thomas Hardy, says Clare. Thomas Hardy.

No red line for you - you are already through.

But let's see how many of our 100 people said Thomas Hardy.

It's right.

56.

56, not bad at all. Takes your total up to 139.

Yes, his ashes are interred in Poets' Corner.

-Bex.

-Mm-hm?

-Oh, Bex.

-I hate it!

Oh, really?

Those three, I got.

Although I thought half of them were wrong, but apparently, they're right.

-Bex, I've got really good news for you - you're through.

-Oh!

-Oh, good!

-You're through to the next round.

It's absolutely fine. You can have fun with this round.

-What do you do, Bex?

-I am a music student at Leeds University.

-Which year are you in?

-Second year.

-So you knew about Ralph Vaughan Williams, Handel?

-Yeah!

-No composers on this board, though.

-No.

Well, unless I'm just being stupid!

Um...Robert Sheridan?

Robert Sheridan, says Bex. Well, listen, you're through.

It doesn't matter. Robert Sheridan. Is it right? How many of our 100 people said it if it is?

Oh, bad luck, Bex. I'm afraid an incorrect answer

scores you the maximum of 100 points. Takes your total to 110.

Yeah, Sheridan is buried in Poets' Corner and he's... Do you know that one?

Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

-I had the letter!

-You did have the letter.

Honestly, if the question was, "What's the first letter of the first name?"

you would just have scored 2 points, which would have been a great answer. 2 points that would have got you.

Do you know any of these others? Playwright and actor, Garrick.

-I can't think...

-That's a tough one. That's David.

Would have scored 13. Johnson?

-That is Samuel.

-Samuel Johnson, yes.

-21. Spenser?

-Edmund.

Edmund Spenser, another poet.

Would have scored you 9 points. So the best answer is Richard Sheridan.

Very well done if you said that.

So, at the end of the first round, the pair leaving us...

Oh, Tom and Lewis!

This isn't right at all. It wasn't meant to happen like this.

We have to say goodbye to you.

But it's been brilliant, albeit brief, on both shows.

You've been great contestants. Thanks very much for playing. Tom and Lewis!

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

And so we are down to three pairs.

And three brand-new pairs.

No-one's seen the inside of Round 2 before.

Thomas and Phil our lowest scorers in that round.

So they would appear to be the pair to beat.

Best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for Round 2 is...

Hit singles. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

OK, and the question concerns...

UK Top 40 hits of female recording artists. Richard.

Yeah, I think this is going to play far more to our very young demographic today.

We'll show you the names of four female recording artists.

We're looking for any Top 40 singles by any of these four.

So any Top 40 singles which they released or which has them as a named featured artist on them.

Very best of luck to all teams.

OK. So, as Richard just mentioned, we'll put the names of four female recording artists up on the board.

They will remain up for the whole round - up the line and back down.

And we need any Top 40 single by any of these female recording artists.

And here they are.

I'll read them one last time.

-Bex.

-Yes.

-How's that - better?

-Yeah.

It is.

I've got answers. It's exciting.

I feel like they should be better, because I'm a music student. I should know more.

I'm going to go for Smile by Lily Allen.

Smile, says Bex. OK.

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

It is right.

12.

Well done, Bex. 12 for Smile.

Lily Allen's first single, and her first No 1 as well.

There we are. Now then, Clare.

What are you thinking of?

Um...my mind's going fairly blank at the moment.

But I went to see Lady Gaga in concert last year,

so I think I'm going to go with one of her songs.

And I'm going to say Judas.

Judas, says Clare. Judas.

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

It's right.

12 our low score at the moment.

Judas takes you down below it...

to 2! Very well done, Clare.

Good work.

Well played, Clare. A Top 10 single from 2011.

There are so many Top 10 singles on this list,

just between the four of these artists. So many.

Thomas.

Er, well, this isn't really my sort of music, to be honest.

Not so much Rihanna, then?

She can play a good jingle.

But I think I'm going to go for Chasing Pavements by Adele.

Chasing Pavements. OK. Let's see if that's right. Let's see how many of our 100 said Chasing Pavements.

It's right.

12 our high score, 2 our low.

Look at that! Very nice indeed. 4 for Chasing Pavements.

A No 2 hit from 2008. Won her first Grammy for her as well.

I think a lot of these have low scores because there's so many hits between them.

Our 100 people have got 100 seconds to answer.

There's so many that actually, you know, you can't name them all.

There's some big songs with some small scores here.

-Nicely put, Richard.

-Thanks.

-We're halfway through the round. Let's take a look at the scores.

2 the best score of that pass, Clare.

Very well done indeed. Then up to 4,

where we find Thomas and Phil, then up to 12,

where we find Bex and Greg.

Oh, 12 - I thought that was a brilliant score.

Then these lot came along with 2 and 4. Greg, little bit of pressure on you.

We need to find a really low-scoring answer.

We have to hope that's enough to keep you in.

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

OK, we're looking for any Top 40 single by any of these female recording artists.

Now, Phil, you're on 4. The high scorers are on 12.

If you can score 7 or less, you're through to the next round.

Well, I know a few from the others,

but if I'm looking for a pointless answer,

I remember a Lily Allen song.

It's a bit rude, but it's F You.

F You. I thought you were going to spell the whole word out there, but, no, that's...

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It's F You. I understand you, Phil.

Let's find out - is F You a correct answer, and if it is, how many people said it?

Oh, bad luck, Phil!

I'm afraid an incorrect answer,

which scores you the maximum of 100 points, takes your total up to 104.

Sorry, Phil. She did do a song called...

as you so politely put it, F You,

but it's an album track, wasn't released as a single.

Thanks very much, Richard.

Now then, Emilie.

Emilie, I have fantastic news for you.

You are through to the head-to-head round. We do still need an answer,

but you are through to the head-to-head round.

I tell you what - how comfortable are you feeling with this as a category?

I kind of wanted to take a risk on it.

Well, you can. You're through.

And I'm thinking there might be some pointless answers there.

Yeah. I was going to go fairly safe,

because I'd like to get through, but if we are through,

I'm going to go with Rihanna, Pon De Replay.

Pon De Replay, says Emilie. No red line for you. You're already through.

Let's see how many of our 100 people said Pon De Replay.

It's right.

It's good, Emilie. Look at that. Down it goes.

Perfect! Look at that - 1!

Best score of the round so far. Takes your total up to 3.

It's a great answer, Emilie. It was a No 2 hit. It was her first hit, actually. Pon De Replay.

"Upon the replay" would be how you might put it.

-It's how Thomas Hardy might put it.

-Yeah, he would.

Upon the replay... Yeah, nice.

-Now, Greg.

-Yes.

Greg, I said you had a mountain to climb, but Phil's done you a massive favour there.

Yeah, I think that's the only chance we had of going through, really.

-Have you got any more answers?

-Yeah, I've got a few.

Oh, phew! I see what you mean.

Right, I see. I thought for a moment you only had one answer. Talk us through all your answers.

Well, I know some from each of them.

There's a few I'm not quite sure how the song's worded.

Isn't it nice to hear a 50-year-old man

talking about...

LAUGHTER

..talking about this kind of modern music!

It's lovely, because it's normally a young person's game. It's so lovely that you've kept fresh.

You've kept up with things.

DEEP VOICE: "I know a few. I know Rihanna."

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Now, Greg. What are you thinking?

I'm going to play it very safe,

considering we've got quite a lot of points to play with.

I'm going to say Umbrella.

Umbrella, says Greg. Let's see if that's right.

Let's see how many people said that.

There is your red line. Below that, you are in the head-to-head.

It is right...and you are through.

28.

Not bad at all. Takes your total up to 40.

It's actually the biggest answer of all, Umbrella by Rihanna.

It spent ten weeks at No 1. But all you needed to do, so very well played. Exactly the right tactics.

Quite a few big name pointless answers here.

Let's look at some of them.

Lily Allen's 5 O'Clock was a pointless answer.

Rihanna's Disturbia. Hometown Glory by Adele was a pointless answer.

Well done if you said that.

Littlest Things was a Lily Allen hit.

Russian Roulette by Rihanna. Another Rihanna song, Shame For You.

That was a pointless answer.

SOS by Rihanna. Take A Bow, also by Rihanna.

And Lady Gaga's The Edge Of Glory was also a pointless answer.

Very well done if you said any of those.

Let's take a look at the biggest answers. You'll see how low some of these scores were.

Someone Like You by Adele would have scored you 13. Third-biggest answer of all.

Poker Face, Lady Gaga, would have been 25,

and we've just seen the highest scorer of all,

but it saw you through safely - Umbrella by Rihanna.

Thanks, Richard. So, at the end of our second round,

I'm afraid it's Phil and Thomas we say goodbye to,

with their not terribly high score of 104.

We have to say goodbye for now, but we'll see you again next time.

Phil and Thomas, thanks very much for playing.

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

Congratulations, Clare and Emilie, Bex and Greg.

You are now one step closer to the final and the chance to play for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £9,500.

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To decide which pair goes through to the final and plays for that money,

you're now going to go head-to-head. But the difference is, you're now allowed to confer.

The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that money.

So best of luck to both pairs.

Let's play the head-to-head.

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

Spacecrafts.

We'll show you five famous spacecrafts now.

Spacecrafts from film and TV. You need to tell us the film or TV franchise in which each appears.

Good luck.

Thank you very much. Let's reveal our five famous spacecraft, or spacecrafts.

And we have got...

There we are.

Five famous spacecraft

from film and television.

Clare and Emilie, you've played best throughout the show, so you go first.

-OK?

-OK.

We think we know two on there.

But I'm definitely more confident with one of them,

so we're going to go for D,

and Independence Day.

D, Independence Day, say Clare and Emilie.

Bex and Greg, you can do your talking out loud, if you like. Talk us through the board.

The first one I saw that I knew - Thunderbirds, B.

My dad loves Thunderbirds,

and I think...yeah.

E is Star Wars, obviously.

I think both of those wouldn't beat Independence Day.

I'm not sure about A.

I think it might be something like Red Dwarf.

-Shall we say Star Wars, then?

-Go on, Greg.

We'll say E is Star Wars.

You're going to say E, Star Wars.

So we have Independence Day and Star Wars.

Clare and Emilie said Independence Day for D.

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

It is right.

41 people said it.

Not bad at all. Now, Bex and Greg,

you have said Star Wars for E.

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

Well, it is right.

Has to beat 41, though.

51 for Star Wars.

Closer than you might imagine, though.

Very well done. Clare and Emilie, after one question, you are up 1-0.

Well played, Clare and Emilie. Wasn't a bad attempt with Star Wars.

Let's take a look at the rest.

Now, A is from Mel Brooks's Star Wars spoof, Spaceballs.

Very well done if you said that, because it would have scored you 3 points. Terrific answer.

B is Thunderbirds. It's the biggest scorer, though.

Would have scored you 78 points.

And C is from Alien.

And that would have scored 2 points, so it's the best answer there.

And if you're wondering if spacecrafts

really is the plural of spacecraft,

look on page 1,708 of the Oxford Dictionary of English. It's right there.

You tell them!

I just know that people will say that it's spacecraft.

And you can say either.

You can say either.

Thanks very much indeed. Here's our second question.

Now then, Bex and Greg, you get to answer this first, but you have to win it to stay in the game.

Best of luck. It concerns...

-India, Richard.

-This is a good question for a world traveller, this one.

No pressure!

We'll give you five clues to facts about India. Can you give us the most obscure answer?

Let's reveal our five clues. Here they come.

I'll read those all one last time.

Five clues to facts about India. Bex and Greg, you go first.

We think we know a couple of them.

But I think they probably are the more obvious ones.

So we're going to say the main unit of currency is the rupee.

The rupee, say Bex and Greg. The rupee, the main unit of currency.

Clare and Emilie, the rest of the board is yours.

Do you want to talk us through it?

Oh! I've never been to India.

Unfortunately. It might help me if I had.

Decade in which it achieved its independence...

I'm thinking 1950s or 1960s,

but I'm not sure which.

Um...

Famous marble mausoleum in Agra is the Taj Mahal.

First Prime Minister, I'm not too sure.

And I'm not sure of the name of the wheel on its flag either.

I'm going to...

put myself out there and go with decade in which it achieved independence.

The 1950s.

The 1950s, say Clare and Emilie. The 1950s.

So Bex and Greg said the rupee, the main unit of currency.

Let's see how many people said the rupee.

It's right.

It's high, though. 66.

Clare and Emilie have said the 1950s

was the decade in which it gained its independence.

Let's see if that's right and if it is,

let's see how many people said the 1950s.

Bad luck, Clare and Emilie. I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer,

which means well done, Bex and Greg, you are back in the game.

It's 1-1 after two questions.

Unlucky, Clare and Emilie. You're 2.5 years out - it was 1947

it gained independence.

That would have scored you 21 points.

It would have been a terrific answer.

You were right about the Taj Mahal.

That would have seen you in the final.

It would have scored you 50 points.

The surname of the first Prime Minister

was Nehru. That would have scored you 8.

And the 24-spoked wheel on the flag is a chakra.

That would have scored you 5 points.

-That's the best answer up there.

-Thanks, Richard.

Here comes the decider. Question number three.

Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot. It concerns...

Types of dwelling, Richard.

We'll show you five terms that refer to a house or a dwelling or a place of residence,

but we've left out alternate letters. Can you fill them in?

Let's reveal our types of dwelling. Here they are.

I'll read those all again without the blanks.

There we are. Clare and Emilie, you go first again this time.

THEY CONFER

We're going to go with the bottom one

and we're going to go for

mansion.

Mansion, say Clare and Emilie.

Mansion. Bex and Greg.

Do you want to talk us through the rest of the board?

We'll do what we can.

The second one is shack.

And the third one's villa.

We're not sure about any of the others.

Er...

So I think we're going to...

-Go with shack, I think.

-Yeah, go with shack for the second one.

OK, you're going to go with shack.

So we have mansion versus shack. Clare and Emilie said mansion.

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

It's right.

44 for mansion.

Now then, Bex and Greg, you have gone for shack.

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

It's right.

It's got to beat 44, though.

And it does!

Wow - 39!

39 for shack.

Now, there's a surprise!

Very well done, Bex and Greg.

That means, after three questions, you are through to the final 2-1.

-And quite nice that a shack beats a mansion.

-Yes.

It is nice.

-Clare and Emilie, did you know any of the others on that board?

-Villa.

We didn't know the top one, but we knew the rest.

The top one would have won you the point.

The top one is chalet.

BOTH: Ah!

Would have scored 15 points. Well done if you got that at home.

Villa wouldn't have saved you, because that would have scored 82.

-And the last one...

-Cottage.

-Cottage, yeah.

And that would have scored 49, so that wouldn't have saved you either.

So chalet the only one beating shack there.

Thanks very much indeed.

So our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head round,

I'm afraid it's Clare and Emilie. You played so well, though.

Brilliant performance throughout the show.

I'm afraid we have to say goodbye to you, but we'll see you next time.

Thanks for playing. Clare and Emilie - great contestants.

APPLAUSE

But for Bex and Greg, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Bex and Greg.

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

You now have the chance to win our Pointless jackpot.

At the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £9,500.

CHEERING

So let's just think about that head-to-head round, shall we?

For a second or two. You were 1-0 down.

And you said rupee.

Did you think you were going to end up here?

I don't know, to be honest.

I'm going to go one step further - no, I didn't!

When we said shack, I wasn't sure.

I know, shack - and it beat mansion!

Something I contributed to!

-Well done!

-I don't know how she managed to get that one.

Great teamwork!

And here you are.

Who cares how you got here? You're in the final.

And there's a decent jackpot there to be won.

Best of luck. As always, you have to kick off this round

by choosing your category.

You have four options to choose from. They are...

Grand National?

If it comes up as winners...

But then, it could be winning jockeys, or...

Yeah, that's the thing.

-Country music stars, no.

-No.

Shakespearean comedies?

No, I don't know anything... France, maybe, if it's...

something like big cities.

No, I think the Grand National.

OK, let's give it a go.

-The Grand National.

-You're going to go for the Grand National.

Right you are. Richard.

Grand National you've gone for. We'll give you three categories within it.

We're looking for any answers for these. Any time between 1945 and 2012.

All three of these are between 1945 and 2012.

Very best of luck.

OK. As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.

To win that jackpot - £9,500 -

you just have to find one pointless answer.

Remember, the answers you give can be from any of these categories.

They can be three from one category, two from one, one from another.

Any way you like, as long as you tell me which category the answer comes from.

I'm guessing it'll be quite obvious, but maybe not.

-Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Yes.

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

There they are. Your time starts now.

Right, Papillon won.

Numbersixvalverde won as well.

Jockeys who've won more than one...

Like Ruby Walsh.

I don't think AP McCoy.

More horses...

My family would be great at this.

I do know more horses,

but they're all two...

Monty's Pass. Yeah, I've got a couple.

Neptune Collonges.

Silver Birch.

So we...

Ballabriggs is a one-word horse. 2011.

I don't think it'll be pointless, but it's worth...

Yeah. Those three?

Well...

Try and think of another horse name.

Yeah, OK.

Um...

I don't know.

Possibly...

Shall we go for those three?

Let's go for those three.

We won't get any more, I don't think.

OK. You're going to stop there? Right, very good.

You're happy to call time there. Well done, you.

That is your time, and I now need your three answers.

OK. They're all in winning horses with a one-word name.

-OK.

-And they are Ballabriggs.

-Ballabriggs.

-Numbersixvalverde.

-Numbersixvalverde.

-And Papillon.

-And Papillon.

Ballabriggs, Numbersixvalverde and Papillon.

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

-Numbersixvalverde.

-Numbersixvalverde.

-Your least likely?

-Ballabriggs.

-Ballabriggs. OK.

We'll put Ballabriggs first and Numbersixvalverde last.

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

Very, very best of luck. Your first answer was Ballabriggs.

Let's find out if that's correct.

I think we know it's correct! But let's find out if it's pointless.

If it is, you will leave here with £9,500.

Bex, what would you do with your share of that?

It's a toss-up between things I need and things that I want.

I need a new saxophone, and I quite want that.

We all need one of those!

Good. Greg, what about you?

Well, I need to get some driving lessons.

I'm about to learn how to drive. Pay for a car and insurance,

and maybe some champagne, because a few of my friends have come down from university to watch this.

So, to say thank you to them.

OK. So your first answer was Ballabriggs.

For £9,500, let's find out.

Is Ballabriggs a one-word-named Grand National winning horse?

It is.

It is. Now...

If this goes all the way down to zero,

it's a new saxophone for Bex

and Greg gets some driving lessons and some insurance.

Still going down. 4!

APPLAUSE

OK. So, not Ballabriggs.

You have two very good answers left on the board.

Your second answer was Papillon.

Let's find out - is it right? Then find out if it's pointless.

So, for £9,500,

is Papillon another

one-word-named Grand National winning horse?

It is.

OK, now, Ballabriggs took you down to 4.

Papillon currently taking you down through the teens

into single figures.

Passes Ballabriggs - down it goes to 1!

To 1 - very exciting indeed!

This is extremely good.

We've gone from 4 to 1.

It's looking very good for Numbersixvalverde, I have to say.

Your final answer.

Now, you were pretty confident that this... And for two good reasons.

-Firstly, when was it a winner?

-2006.

Exactly. A while ago. Also, a lot of people might not think it's one word.

That's what I thought.

OK, your final answer, Numbersixvalverde.

Let's find out. 2006 it won.

So we're pretty sure it's right, but let's find out.

Is Numbersixvalverde a one-word-named Grand National winning horse?

It is.

It is. OK, Ballabriggs took us down to 4.

Papillon took us down to 1.

You'd be the second most unlucky contestants we've ever had

if this doesn't go all the way down to pointless. Still going down...

You've done it!

Very well done indeed!

That is fantastic! Brilliant!

-Come here.

-Thank you!

Wow!

Wow!

Very, very well done.

Congratulations, Numbersixvalverde was a pointless answer,

which means you leave here with that jackpot of £9,500.

Very, very well done, Bex and Greg. Fabulous answer.

Yeah, brilliantly played. Well done, guys.

Numbersixvalverde is all one word.

Quite often horses do that, because you're only allowed a certain number of letters in a horse's name.

The blanks count as well, which is why lots of them are run in together like that.

Lots of pointless answers here.

I suspect some people will have got a few at home.

Winning horses with a one-word name - Bindaree was a pointless answer.

Bobbyjo, Miinnehoma. Numbersixvalverde there.

Grittar would have been a pointless answer, if you said that.

Post-war Grand National winning trainers.

Donald McCain Jr, who was Ginger McCain's son.

Gordon Richards is named after the famous jockey.

He's not the same person.

Lester Piggott's dad, Keith Piggott.

Willie Mullins. You could also have had Fred Winter.

You could have had Martin Pipe as well. All pointless.

And jockeys who have one more than one post-war Grand National.

Arthur Thompson, Brian Fletcher.

Bryan Marshall also a pointless answer.

Carl Llewellyn also a pointless answer.

Funnily enough, Fred Winter also a pointless answer in that category as well. Talented man.

Congratulations if you got any of those at home,

and congratulations in the studio. Terrific work.

You have the frame of a 21-year-old man, but the voice and bank balance of a 50-year-old. Well done.

Thanks!

Well, thanks once again to our winning players, Bex and Greg,

who go away with today's jackpot of £9,500.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on Pointless.

-Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Richard...

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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