Episode 50 Pointless

Hello. I'm Alexander Armstrong.

Welcome to Pointless, where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.

-Couple number one...

-Hi, I'm Jenna. This is my nan Susan. We've come from Bishop's Stortford.

-Couple number two...

-I'm Louise and this is my friend Natasha from the West Midlands.

-Couple number three...

-Hi. My name's Toby. This is my mate Jak. We're from Wiltshire.

-Finally, couple number four...

-Hi, I'm Charlotte. This is my brother Toby and we're from Surrey.

And these are today's contestants.

Thanks all of you. That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.

A man so smart he can answer rhetorical questions. It's my Pointless friend, Richard.

Hiya. Hi, everybody.

But can I?

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-How are you this afternoon?

-Very well, thank you.

-Should be fun.

We have two returning pairs - Susan and Jenna, grandmother and granddaughter. We like that.

Knocked out in the first round last time. We want to see more of you.

And Toby and Jak are back. They'll be a tough pair to beat today.

Thanks very much. All our questions have been put to 100 people.

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers they didn't get. Everyone wants a pointless answer

that none of them gave. That adds £250 to the jackpot.

Greg and Sam didn't win the jackpot so we add another £1,000 to that

and today's jackpot starts off at £3,000.

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

I'll take an answer from each of you, but there's no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score will be heading home.

Our first category today is... Politics.

Can you all decide who is going to go first and who's going second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

Women In Politics.

-Richard?

-In each pass, we'll show you seven clues to famous females from the world of politics

in the UK and the rest of the world. Give us the most obscure answer. 14 in all to have a go at.

OK, thanks. We want the names of the famous female politicians described by these clues.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Seven clues to seven famous female politicians.

Jenna and Susan, you all drew lots and you are going to go first.

Jenna...you're going to kick us off. What happened last time, Jenna?

Em, we had the category of countries with the first vowel of E.

-You went for Ethiopia.

-It began with an E.

-Great answer. But it scored 42. A very high score.

-Yes.

-Most unfair. Remind us what you do, Jenna.

-I'm studying music journalism.

-Very good.

Now what about these female politicians?

The minute politics came up, I knew I was in trouble. I have no idea. I don't know who any of them are.

-It's not the easiest board we've ever had.

-No, I'm just hoping other people go blank as well.

I'll have to make up a name and guess and say the London Olympic one, Shelley Johnson. I don't know.

Shelley Johnson, says Jenna. Let's see if Shelley Johnson's right and, if it is, how many said it.

Oh, bad luck! Sorry, Jenna.

That's an incorrect answer. That scores you the maximum of 100 points.

-It may not be the last 100.

-Sorry, Jenna. A lot of work for Susan to do in pass two.

-Thanks, Richard. Louise, welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

-You are from Burton on Trent.

-That's right.

-And what do you do?

-I'm a librarian in a university.

-How long have you done that for?

-I've been a librarian for 13 years.

-Is that a faculty library or more general?

-It's a school of health and wellbeing,

-so we mainly cover nursing and midwifery.

-What about this board of female politicians?

-Politics is not my strong point either. I think Natasha will be better.

-Oh, see what she did there?!

-She just passed the buck.

-Lot of pressure.

-So my mind's gone blank on quite a few that I should know.

-Don't worry. Take your time.

Have a look down that board.

I'm going to say a female German politician and hope that's the right one.

-So I'm going to say Angela Merkel.

-Let's see if Angela Merkel's right and how many said it.

Absolutely right.

35!

-35 gets us off the blocks with Angela Merkel.

-Well played.

She was elected in 2005, re-elected in 2009. First female Chancellor of Germany.

-Thanks, Richard. Jak...

-Hi.

-Welcome back.

-You've done something to your hair again.

-I know.

-It looked different.

It's like it's defying gravity, Jak.

-It's gone out on a limb.

-I tend to do that.

The person who I remember having hair like that when they were 17, maybe 18, was you.

-You did. I've got a picture of you with hair like that.

-Yeah, maybe.

-Also, last time we discovered

-that you play in a band called The Shots.

-Yeah.

-What else do you do when you're not doing that?

-I'm quite a big scuba diver.

-Really? Good stuff. Well done. Well, we are looking at this board

of female politicians. No one so far has enjoyed it. How do you feel?

I'm in the same boat!

There is one I think I know.

I've seen her in politics a lot with Obama, so I hope this is right.

Obama nominated her as Secretary of State in 2008. I think it's Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton. Is it right? How many said it?

It is right. 35 is our low score, 100 our high.

40 is what you get for Hillary Clinton. Well done. Good answer.

Well played, Jak. Some brilliant women on this list. She is one.

-They say she might run for President next time round.

-She may.

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

-I'm a chartered accountant.

-A chartered accountant.

-For a large accountancy firm?

-No, for a small business.

-Good stuff.

-What else do you do?

-I enjoy playing tennis or trying to play.

I enjoy trying to play. I've never played, only tried.

Now what are you going to go for? You can talk us through it and fill in all the blanks.

-I'd love to, but no.

-It's a tough board.

-Yeah.

And I know nothing about politics. I'm just going to have to say, short of making up a name,

-Cherie Blair for Olympic bid, which I know it's not.

-Cherie Blair, OK.

-I've no idea.

-Secretary of State. OK.

We'll go with that. Let's find out. How many people said Cherie Blair? Is it right?

Bad luck, Charlotte. Always awkward when you have to make something up.

It was a game effort. Incorrect. Scores 100 points.

The Secretary of State in question was Tessa Jowell. She'd have scored 13 points.

The best answer is the Liberian President elected in 2005.

She won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. First elected female head of state in Africa. She beat George Weah.

It was Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Very well done if you said it. One point.

-Ireland's first female president is...

-Mary Robinson.

-Seven points.

-Prime Minister of Israel at 70?

-Golda Meir.

-Golda Meir. Yep, would have scored 11.

And another good scorer here with the wife of Sidney. It's Sidney and Beatrice Webb.

-That got three points there.

-Thank you very much.

We're halfway through. Let's look at those scores. 35, Louise, best score of that pass.

Natasha, not so much pressure on you. Well done.

At 40, Jak and Toby M.

Then up to 100 for Jenna and Susan and Charlotte and Toby H. It's going to be Toby versus Susan!

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

OK, we'll put seven more clues on the board. We have got...

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are. Seven more clues to famous female politicians.

Toby H, you are joint high scorers. You have to score as low as you possibly can

-to keep you and Charlotte in the game. Welcome. What do you do?

-I'm a veterinary surgeon.

-A vet?

-You've done all your training? It goes on for years.

-Five years.

I qualified a couple of summers ago. I work in a small animal practice.

-Enjoying it?

-Yeah, it's good.

-Vets generally love it.

They go into it because they've always been interested. Toby, what do you make of this board?

I only really know the obvious one, which I think I'll have to go with.

Margaret Thatcher, the only female British Prime Minister.

-Remember I said you have to score as low as you possibly can?

-I don't know the others!

-OK.

Margaret Thatcher says Toby H. Is that right? How many said it?

It's right.

-81.

-Better than 100.

-81. 181 is your total, Toby.

-Some people are having trouble with this round

perhaps because of the difficulty of being a female in politics.

A lot of the names are well worth reading up on. Some genuinely brilliant life stories and women.

-Good point. Now, Toby M...

-Yes.

-You are through to the next round.

-Music to my ears.

-This is good. Toby, remind us what you do.

I'm a student, studying the IB in my second year of sixth form.

-And what are you hoping to do?

-I'm looking to go on to university,

but I'm hoping to go out to Malaysia for three years. There's a university with a course that interests me.

-You'd do your undergraduate course in Malaysia?

-Yeah, hopefully.

-What's the course?

-International communications with English literature.

-Good stuff. Best of luck with that.

You are on 40 and through to the next round, even if you score 100 points.

-Now how do we feel about this board?

-I knew Margaret Thatcher,

obviously, and there's two more that I think I know.

One I'm pretty sure with and then there's another I'm not too sure with

but just to test myself and because I'm interested in whether I know,

I'll say first woman to become US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Condoleezza Rice says Toby. No red line. Is that right? How many said Condoleezza Rice?

Oh. Not Condoleezza Rice. Scores you the maximum of 100 points and takes your total to 140.

Sorry, Toby. You won't be the only person who said that. She was the second.

-There was someone else before her.

-Natasha, good news. You are also through to the next round,

-which gives you a bit of a safety net. Natasha, what do you do?

-I'm also a librarian.

-Did you meet through librarianing?

-Yes, we did.

We used to work together at the university.

Whispered conversations. I imagine that's how librarians meet. "Hi."

-"What's your new colleague like?" "Very quiet."

-"Good. We like them."

How are you feeling? Louise bigged you up on this round.

She said you'd be very good. There's a board, almost empty. Take your pick.

OK, there are a few there that I think I could answer.

One I'm not sure about because I'd not get the name right,

so I'm going to go for one of the SDP Gang of Four. Shirley Williams?

Shirley Williams, says Natasha. Is that right? No red line, but how many people said it?

It's right.

21. Very well done indeed.

Takes your total up to 56. The lowest total by some margin.

Terrific answer, Natasha. The granddaughter of a suffragette.

Susan, we have a game on our hands. You have to score 80 or less.

80 or less. I think you can do it. I'm going to stick my neck out.

-I'm not so sure.

-Talk us through your answers. The board's all yours.

I know first names. John McCain's running mate was Sarah somebody.

The first woman to become US Secretary of State, I think, was Madeleine... Oh, Madeleine Albright.

-Is that the one?

-That's my answer!

-Madeleine Albright, says Susan. Sounds good to me.

Let's find out. Here is your red line. Below that, you're through. How many people said that?

It's right! And you are through. Very well done, Susan.

Three for Madeleine Albright!

Brilliant answer. Takes your total up to 103.

-Very well done.

-Great answer. You knew it was in there somewhere.

-Yes!

-She was before Condoleezza Rice, but a lot of people said her.

John McCain's running mate. The first name was Sarah. Can you remember the surname?

-Go on.

-It's Sarah Palin.

-It is. That would have scored you 18.

-The Prime Minister of India who was assassinated in 1984?

-Indira Gandhi.

-Would have scored 34.

Became head of the IMF in 2011?

-Christian Lagarde.

-Christine Lagarde. Became head of the IMF.

Elected first female President of Brazil in 2010. A pointless answer.

It is Dilma Rousseff. Very well done if you said it. Terrific answer.

Thank you very much indeed. So the pair heading home with a high score of 181 is Toby and Charlotte.

That was a really tough first round. Baptism by fire, I would say.

-Politics not my strong point.

-Not many people's strong point, but you did admirably well.

Tolerably well. But you'll be back next time and I promise you we won't have female politicians in that.

Toby and Charlotte, thanks for playing. Great contestants.

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

Only three pairs remain. At the end of this round, we lose another pair.

This promises to be an excellent round. You each have an advantage.

Toby and Jak are a returning pair, Jenna and Susan, you are a returning pair as well,

and Susan gave us the lowest-scoring answer,

and Louise and Natasha gave the lowest scores as a pair.

Best of luck to all three pairs.

Our category for Round Two is... the Oscars. Can you all decide who is going to go first and second?

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

OK. And the question concerns...

2013 Oscar nominations. 2013 Oscar nominations, Richard?

Xander will show you five categories from the 2013 Oscars. We want the name of anyone nominated

-in any of these categories. Very best of luck.

-OK.

So we'll put five categories up. They'll remain for the entire round.

Each of you has to name anyone who was nominated in any of those categories in 2013.

OK, and here is the board. Here are the categories.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those one final time.

There we are. Anyone nominated in any of those categories in 2013. Jenna?

Right. One came to my head immediately that I can go for with those categories.

I'm trying to think who would be nominated. Yeah, I'll just go for my first instinct

-and say Anne Hathaway for Best Actress.

-Anne Hathaway. Let's see if that's right

and how many of our 100 said it.

It's right.

24!

24 for Anne Hathaway.

Yes. Nominated for Best Supporting Actress and she won it, but it's a right answer.

-She did that Susan Boyle cover version.

-Yes, she did. And did nearly as well as SuBo.

-Yeah...do you think?

-Why didn't they cast SuBo?

-They couldn't afford her.

-Could not afford her.

-Good point.

-Louise, what are you going to go for?

-I'm going to go for Ang Lee for Best Director.

-Ang Lee.

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

It is, of course, right.

24 our best score.

Passes that... 10! Very well done, Louise.

-10 for Ang Lee.

-Well played. He won Best Director for Life of Pi.

-He also won for Brokeback Mountain. Have you seen Life of Pi?

-I have.

-It's good.

-Excellent.

-I thought it was great.

-Now Jak...

-Hello.

-What are you going to go for?

-I've got a few names in my head. I want one people wouldn't think of.

I know a winner, which will probably be quite high.

-I'm going to go for Jennifer Lawrence.

-Jennifer Lawrence says Jak.

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

It's correct!

Good answer. Down it goes to 18.

Again, another winner. Jennifer Lawrence won Best Actress for Silver Linings Playbook.

Famously tripped up on her way.

Thanks. We're halfway through. 10 was the best score, Louise. Well done.

Louise and Natasha looking pretty strong on the strength of that.

Up to 18, Jak and Toby. Then 24, Jenna and Susan.

You're not far ahead, but Susan, we need a nice low score from you to make it to the head to head.

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

OK, so Toby, we are looking for anyone nominated for an Oscar in 2013 under any of these categories.

You're on 18. The high scorers are on 24, so five or less

would prevent you from becoming the new high scorers.

OK, well, I've got a few names going around and I think I know the person who won the Best Supporting Actor.

I've also got a director who'd be quite obscure, but whether he was nominated... His film was,

but that's something different. So, to play it safe, I think,

I'm going to go Christoph Waltz.

-Christoph Waltz.

-That's the one.

-OK, here's your red line. Quite low.

But that's a great answer. Let's see if it's right and how many people said Christoph Waltz.

It's correct.

Good work, Toby! Look at that! One for Christoph Waltz. Brilliant.

Great answer. Takes your total up to 19 and through you go.

Well played, Toby. Won his second Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in Django Unchained.

-He's brilliant in that.

-Brilliant.

-So we've had four winners.

No one who was just nominated.

Natasha, there's a gauntlet thrown down. On 10. 24 the high score, so 13 or less sees you through.

Okey-dokey. I'll go for one who might have been nominated. I hope she's been nominated!

-I'll go for Sally Field.

-Sally Field, says Natasha. Here's your red line.

Let's see if Sally Field's right and if it gets you below that red line.

It's right.

You're through. Three! Very well done indeed, Natasha.

-Three for Sally Field takes your total to 13.

-Natasha's good.

-Very good.

-Two rounds in a row. Nominated for Best Supporting Actress. Won two Oscars previously.

Thanks, Richard. Now then, Susan, I'm afraid this time that even a brilliant Susan answer

isn't going to save you. You're on 24, you're the high scorers even before you give your answer.

Well, I haven't got a brilliant answer. I don't even know if he was nominated, but Hugh Jackman.

Hugh Jackman, says Susan. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many said it.

No red line for you.

It's right.

Five! That's a great answer. And a lovely score, Susan.

-But I'm afraid it comes too late. Takes you to 29.

-Nominated for Best Actor. His first nomination.

Probably not his last. There's a few pointless answers. Let's take a look at them,

see if you got any of these at home. Alan Arkin, nominated for Best Supporting Oscar for Argo.

Benh Zeitlin, who directed Beasts of the Southern Wild. David O Russell, director of Silver Linings Playbook.

That was a pointless answer. Emmanuelle Riva, nominated for Best Actress for Amour. Jacki Weaver,

nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Silver Linings Playbook.

And Michael Haneke, terrific answer.

Let's look at some of the other low scorers. Amy Adams, two. Helen Hunt, three, for Best Supporting Actress.

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tommy Lee Jones both scored one. Robert De Niro would've scored two.

Actor In A Leading Role - Denzel Washington, two points. Directors - Spielberg, nine points.

Let's look at the top three answers. We've already heard two of them.

Jennifer Lawrence, 18. Anne Hathaway, 24. We only missed out one winner.

He's at the top of the leaderboard. Winner of Best Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis, 30 points.

Thanks, Richard. At the end of our second round, Susan and Jenna, we have to say goodbye to you.

I'm so sorry. Great low score. I'm afraid we have to say goodbye, but it's been lovely having you.

-Susan and Jenna.

-Thank you.

But for the remaining two pairs it's now time for the Head to Head.

Congratulations, Louise and Natasha, Toby and Jak. You're one step closer to playing for our jackpot,

which currently stands at £3,000.

To decide which pair is going to play for that, you now go head to head and you can now confer.

The first pair to win two questions play for the jackpot. Toby and Jak, how do you feel about your rivals?

-They've played a good one.

-They sure have.

-Whatever will be.

Well, actually, both teams have played incredibly well so far. This will be very closely fought.

Best of luck to both pairs. Let's play the Head to Head.

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

-Clocks, Richard.

-Why is that funny?

-I don't know.

-We'll show you five pictures of clocks or sundials,

famous ones, and you need to tell us in which city you would find them.

-Good luck.

-OK. So let's reveal our five famous clocks.

We have got...

There we are. Five very famous clocks.

Louise and Natasha, you've played best, so you get to go first.

What are you going to go for?

-They're tough, aren't they?

-Yes, they are tough. We know two,

but we've no idea which one might be lower. So...

We're going to go for B and we think that's Liverpool.

B, Liverpool. B, Liverpool.

Now, Toby and Jak, talk us through the other clocks if you can.

We were hoping for Big Ben to come up, really!

Em, but...D, based on the colour scheme,

-we're going to go with Moscow. It looks a bit like the Kremlin.

-OK, you're saying Moscow for D.

OK, Moscow for D. We have Moscow versus Liverpool.

Louise and Natasha said Liverpool. Is that right? How many of our 100 people said Liverpool?

It's right.

17 for Liverpool!

The question is... is the other horse in the race going to beat it or be beaten by it?

Toby and Jak have gone for Moscow. How many said that?

It's right.

Is it going to beat Liverpool?

No, it's not! 19 for Moscow!

I said it was going to be close. Louise and Natasha, well done. You're up one-nil.

Two very good teams here. Let's leave A to the end. A is a pointless answer.

C is St Mark's clock in St Mark's Square, Venice. That would have scored three.

And E is the astronomical clock in Prague on the old town hall. That would have scored you 14.

Now the top one is the world's largest clock face. Big Ben is 23 feet across.

That is 151 feet across and it's in Mecca. It's a pointless answer.

-Very well done to anyone who said it.

-Thanks very much.

Toby and Jak, you answer first, but you have to win it to stay in.

It concerns...David Bowie.

-David Bowie, Richard.

-Five clues to facts about David Bowie. What's the most obscure answer?

OK, let's reveal our five clues and here they come.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those one last time.

Five clues to facts about David Bowie. Toby and Jak go first.

There's only one we think we're sure of and that's the bottom one.

So the title of the 2009 film directed by his son, Duncan, is Moon.

Moon say Toby and Jak. Moon. Louise and Natasha, the rest of the board is yours.

-Talk us through it.

-Toby and Jak have taken our answer!

So...

He was married, or he IS married, to Iman.

I think he duetted with Queen on Under Pressure.

And the creatures are the Spiders from Mars. So...I don't know, Louise.

-I think we have to go with spiders.

-You think so? I think a lot of people will know that.

-Maybe they don't know who he's married to.

-I think spiders.

-OK.

-We'll say spiders.

Spiders from Mars. So we have Moon and Spiders from Mars.

Toby and Jak said Moon. How many said it?

Oh, it's good.

Two!

Well played, Toby and Jak. That might do it for you.

Louise and Natasha have gone for the Spiders from Mars. Is it right? How many said it?

It is right, of course.

Is it going to beat two, though?

No, it's not! 23 for spiders.

Well played, Toby and Jak. You're now back in the game. It's one-all.

-Another close one.

-It is. Nothing you could do. Moon is the best answer. You were right about Iman.

It was slightly better. 22 points. You were right about Queen as well. That would have scored 41.

-And the 2002 album?

-Heathen.

-That would have scored three points.

-Very well done to anyone who got all five.

-Thanks very much indeed. Here's the third and final question.

Whoever wins this goes through to play for that jackpot.

It concerns...South America.

-South America, Richard.

-We'll give you the names of five South American countries in anagram form.

Can you unscramble them? The most obscure will go through.

Thanks. OK, let's reveal our five South American countries.

HE READS THE LIST

I'll read those one last time.

Now, Louise and Natasha, you go first this time.

OK, we're going to go with Aneurism, which we think is Suriname.

Suriname, say Louise and Natasha.

-Suriname. Now, Toby and Jak...

-I think that's a very good answer.

We know Pure is Peru, Eurocad is Ecuador,

Oil A Comb is Colombia. We're not sure of the bottom one.

Yeah, we'll go with Oil A Comb. Colombia.

Oil A Comb, Colombia. So we have Suriname versus Colombia.

Louise and Natasha went for Suriname. Is that right? How many people said it?

Well done. Eight for Suriname.

I fear that's a tough one to beat, whichever one you went for.

But let's find out. You went for Colombia. Is that right? How many people said it?

It's right.

51!

51 for Colombia, which means, after three questions, Louise and Natasha are through 2-1.

Again, the first team gave the best answer on the board. Well done, both teams.

You're right about the top two. Pure is Peru. It would have scored 82 points.

Eurocad is Ecuador. It scored 31.

The bottom one is surprisingly difficult.

-Argentina.

-Yeah. Argentina, 30 points.

Very well done if you got all five.

Thanks. So the pair leaving us, I'm afraid, are Toby and Jak. Had you gone first,

-I have a feeling you had Suriname.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

That's why you have to score as low as you can. You've been fantastic in both shows,

but thanks very much for playing. Brilliant contestants, Toby and Jak.

But for Louise and Natasha it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Louise and Natasha. You fought off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot of £3,000.

Well, you've done so well. You've been our lowest scorers. Very consistent low scoring.

And a very exciting Head to Head. That was brilliant.

-What would you like to come up?

-Films, maybe?

-Yeah, we like films.

-Books, maybe!

-Obviously.

-Something geographical.

-Television.

-There's a nice spread of questions in this new format of the final round. Best of luck.

Now, as always, you have to choose a category. You have four options to choose from and they are...

We can rule out Euro 2012 and Popular Irish Music.

-Yes, I'd say so.

-Leaving us with Africa and Shakespearean Comedies.

-We're not great on Shakespeare.

-I'm more inclined to Africa.

-I think Africa.

-Shakespeare?

-I think we'll go for Africa.

-Africa it is. OK. Richard?

-We'll give you three different categories.

They cover quite different grounds, so people at home can have a go.

We are looking for the name of any African Head of State as of February, 2013.

We are looking for any official capital city of an African country that begins with A, F, R, I, C or N.

Or we are looking for any team that has won the African Cup of Nations

from its inception to 2013. Any head of state, capital city beginning with one of those letters

and any champion of the African Cup of Nations. Very best of luck.

You've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.

All you need is for just one of those answers to be pointless.

You can answer from any category. Three from one, one from each, however you like it.

-That's up to you. Are you ready?

-Yes.

-Let's put 60 seconds up.

-There they are. Your time starts now.

-You'll be good at heads of state.

-I can think of about three.

There's John Atta Mills. There's Paul Kagame.

Oh, gosh, who is the other one? Goodluck Jonathan. I think the African Cup of Nations winner

-was Burkina Faso.

-They all sound good to me.

-Any capitals?

-Quite obvious ones - Cairo, Algiers.

-I don't think they'll be as good as your answers.

-Is Nigeria Ibadan?

I think it might be Ibadan.

-So which ones are we going to go for?

-Do you want to go for Ibadan?

Yeah.

Yeah, I think so. And what did I say for heads of state?

Atta Mills for Ghana. And...

-Goodluck Jonathan.

-10 seconds left.

-Paul Kagame? That's Rwanda.

-Try that one.

-And John Atta Mills.

-Yes.

-And you want to try Ibadan?

-Yep.

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

-So we're going to go for two African heads of state.

-And they are?

-John Atta Mills.

-John Atta Mills.

-And Paul Kagame.

-And Paul Kagame.

-Yeah. And... I'm not sure about the capitals.

-Go for champions of the Cup of Nations.

-We'll try Burkina Faso.

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

-Kagame?

-Yeah, Paul Kagame.

-We'll put last. Your least likely to be pointless?

-Burkina Faso.

-We'll put it first. Let's put them up in that order and here they are.

Very best of luck. Your first answer was Burkina Faso. Probably least likely to be pointless.

It has to be correct, but if it is pointless, it wins you £3,000. So let's find out.

Burkina Faso. Were they champions in the African Cup of Nations?

Oh, no! They weren't! An incorrect answer.

Your two best answers are still there. Your second answer was John Atta Mills.

If this is right, it will win you £3,000. Louise, what would you do with your share?

I've got two little girls. I'd like to take them on holiday.

-Maybe somewhere like Disneyland.

-Natasha, how about you?

My mum's got a significant birthday at the end of the year, so I'd use it for significant celebrations!

Excellent. Significant answer. Good. So is John Atta Mills an African head of state?

Oh!

-Maybe he isn't any more.

-Oh, dear, oh, dear. Two incorrect answers.

Your final answer has everything riding on it.

Paul Kagame.

If this is pointless, it will win you that jackpot.

Is President Paul Kagame an African head of state?

He is!

So Burkina Faso was incorrect, President John Atta Mills was an incorrect answer.

Paul Kagame taking us down into single figures...

You've done it! Very well done!

-That just had to be right.

-Thank you!

-That's brilliant.

-Thank you.

-Very well done indeed.

Well, I have to say you teed that up beautifully

with two incorrect answers and then Paul Kagame.

Fantastic. Many congratulations.

Paul Kagame was a pointless answer, which means you will leave here today with £3,000 of the jackpot.

-Very well done.

-Well done.

I'm so pleased for you. From answer one of Round One, you were terrific.

-Aren't librarians amazing?

-Aren't they?

-That's true.

Burkina Faso lost in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations this year to Nigeria.

And John Atta Mills, he passed away, sadly.

One other answer you said, Goodluck Jonathan, was pointless as well.

The President of Nigeria. You won anyway! Let's go through some more pointless answers.

Virtually every head of state was pointless apart from Robert Mugabe, Jacob Zuma. Let's look at a few.

Well done if you said King Letsie III, President Blaise Compaore,

President Jorge Carlos Fonseca - lovely to say as well -

and President Manuel Pinto Da Costa, also a pointless answer.

The capital cities - Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar,

Asmar, the capital of Eritrea,

Conakry is Guinea and Niamey is Niger.

Also Nouakchott in Mauritania.

And the only pointless winner of the Cup of Nations was the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Well done if you got any of those. And congratulations. A pleasure from start to finish.

Thanks once again to Louise and Natasha who go away with today's jackpot of £3,000. Very well done.

Join us again next time putting more obscure knowledge to the test.

-Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And from me, goodbye.

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