Episode 51 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed. Hello.

I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless

where obvious answers mean nothing and obscure answers mean everything. Let's meet today's players.

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Couple number one.

I'm Karl, this is my friend Ian and we're from Chester.

-Couple number two.

-Hello, I'm Moira. This is my son Stuart.

I live in Littlehampton. Stuart lives in Surrey.

-Couple number three.

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

We're a returning pair. We only got to round one last time.

-Finally, couple number four.

-Hi, I'm Sam. This is Helen. We are housemates studying at Winchester University.

These are today's contestants.

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We'll find out more about you throughout the show. That leaves one person to introduce.

We don't know where he came from. He turned up on day one with his laptop and refused to leave.

-It is my Pointless squatter. It's Richard.

-Hiya.

Hi, everybody. Hiya.

-Good afternoon.

-And to you.

-It's a real new line-up today.

We've only got one returning pair. That's Charlotte and Toby.

-I recognise "Moira Stuart", but that's about it, I have to say.

-Yeah.

-But what a show last time! Goodness me! Weren't Natasha and Louise amazing?

-Brilliant.

They went through the whole show, won the jackpot. But it should be a cracking show today.

As I say, absolute unknown quantities in front of us, really.

-Lovely questions. Let's get on and do it, shall we?

-Yeah. Good stuff.

All our questions were put to 100 people before the show.

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

Everyone wants a pointless answer that none of our 100 people gave.

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

Louise and Natasha won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.

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

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

After the round, the pair with the highest score will be heading home.

Our first category today is...

It's Music. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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

Let's find out what that question is. Here it comes.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many acts who released the biggest-selling albums of 2012 as they could.

-Richard?

-We're looking for any act in the official chart of the Top 40 best-selling albums of 2012, please.

Any act in that Top 40. Very, very best of luck.

Thanks, Richard. Karl and Ian, you all drew lots before the show and, today, you get to go first.

-You lucky things! Karl, welcome to the show. What do you do?

-I run a recruitment business in Chester.

Good stuff. What do you do in your spare time?

I am an armchair fan of American football and I enjoy walking in the hills of Snowdonia.

-Good. They're neatly on the doorstep for you.

-Just about, yeah.

Now then, we want the names of the acts who sold the biggest-selling albums of 2012.

I'm going to say... I'm sure I'll get ribbed for this.

I'm going to say Justin Bieber.

-Justin Bieber.

-Yeah.

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

-"Belieber."

A "Belieber"! Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said Justin Bieber.

Oh!

-Oh, Karl, you said Justin Bieber AND it was wrong!

-I know.

-I'm really going to eat that one.

-Bad luck.

-I'm so sorry, Karl. 100 points is what you score there.

-Sorry, Karl.

The bad news is Justin Bieber didn't have a best-selling album last year,

-but the good news is Justin Bieber didn't have a best-selling album last year.

-Silver lining.

-Thanks very much, Richard. Stuart, welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

-What do you do, Stuart?

I work in the health sector,

dealing with policies around nurses and the clinical workforce.

What do you do in your spare time?

I do quite a bit of volunteering, particularly for Cancer Research,

-and I'm also a school governor at a school for children with autism.

-Well done, you.

Good for you. How are you feeling about this as a round? Is this a good category for you?

-I think 2012 is a bit too recent for my knowledge.

-Yeah.

-But I'll have a guess at Adele.

Adele. Seems fair enough. Let's find out. Adele, is that right and, if it is, how many people said it?

It is right.

63 for Adele.

Good answer, Stuart. Better than 100.

Her album 21 was the second best-selling album of 2012

which is not bad as it was released at the beginning of 2011 and it was the best-selling album of 2011.

Not bad at all. Toby... Toby, welcome back. Tell us what happened last time.

We got Politics which isn't a good round for either of us and we didn't do too well at all.

-Cherie Blair we had as a Secretary of State.

-She's vaguely connected.

-Yeah. We had Margaret Thatcher which was correct...

-I was hoping one of the others would not get it right.

Bad luck. Yes, anyway, this is a new day, a new show.

-And you are... Remind us.

-A vet.

-A vet. Exactly.

You've got to be hoping Animals comes up today.

-Yeah, or Biology, Science would be good as well.

-OK, good stuff.

For the moment, it's Music and best-selling albums of 2012.

Have you got a good answer?

I'm not too sure about the newer music, but I'll go for Mumford & Sons.

Let's see if Mumford & Sons is right and how many of our 100 people said it.

It is right. Well said, Toby.

63, our lowest score so far, and you've gone whizzing past that.

Look at that - 2! Very well done.

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That will be a tough one to beat. Well done. 2 for Mumford & Sons.

It's the sixth best-selling album of the year. It sold over 570,000 copies.

It sold over two million in the States. Very big over there.

Now then, Helen, welcome to the show.

-Hi.

-Great to have you here. What do you do, Helen?

I'm a student at Winchester University, training to be a primary school teacher.

-How far through your training are you?

-I'm doing my degree, then I have to do a PGCE.

At what stage of the PGCE do you go out, are you seconded to a school?

-The PGCE is only a year, so pretty much...

-Pretty much throughout the whole year.

-Yeah.

-OK.

-Looking forward to that?

-Y-Yes.

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-Will you be doing that in Hampshire or will that be anywhere?

-Hopefully, in Winchester, yeah.

-OK, good stuff.

We're looking for the acts who released the biggest-selling albums of 2012. Have you got a good answer?

I hope so.

I'm going to go for One Direction.

Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many of our 100 said One Direction.

It's right.

26.

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-26 for One Direction.

They had two albums on that list, the fifth best-selling and the 15th best-selling, One Direction.

-You know my favourite member of One Direction?

-Of course I do.

-Zayn's my favourite.

-Who's your favourite?

-Harry Styles is obviously...

-He's a character, isn't he?

And there's the little Irish one with a face like a pie.

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-Little Niall?

-Niall, there you go. Niall.

No, I'm Zayn all the way. That's why I've got that Zayn tattoo on my back.

-That's Zayn?

-Yeah. Who did you think it was?

-I didn't recognise him at all.

-Yeah, yeah.

You did it with the perspective, so when people looked up at it, it looks more like Zayn.

-I love that guy.

-Halfway through the round, let's look at the scores.

2, the best score of that pass, Toby. Well done.

I would say Toby and Charlotte are dead certs to be in the next round.

Then up to 26 where we find Helen and Sam, up to 63 where we find Stuart and Moira,

then up to 100, Karl and Ian.

-That wasn't a bad answer. You were just unlucky.

-It was bad in more than one way, I think.

-Fair enough.

Ian, you know what you have to do. You have a mountain to climb. It may not be the last 100 in this round.

Best of luck. Can the second players take their places at the podium?

OK, so we are looking for acts who released the biggest-selling albums of 2012.

Sam, we want a nice, low-scoring one from you. You're on 26. The high scorers are on 100.

You need to score 73 or less to avoid overtaking them. What do you do, Sam?

-I'm also studying to be a primary school teacher.

-Same stage as Helen?

No, I'm in my second year of a four-year course.

-You won't be going out on your PGCE until the year after Helen?

-I do teaching across the whole thing.

-I've been teaching the last two years and I'll be doing teaching the next four.

-Oh, Helen!

-I know.

-Look at Sam!

-It's competition.

-Yeah.

-Just from the inflection of Sam's voice, it sounds like Sam thinks he's on the better course.

-Yeah.

Let's see if he can get a better answer. 26 is what you've got to beat.

OK, I wasn't sure whether to take a risk or not.

I'm going to probably try and play it a bit safe and I'm going to say Coldplay.

Coldplay. If you get below that red line, you are in the next round.

Is Coldplay right and, if it is, how many people said it?

It's right.

And you are through to the next round.

And you beat Helen by four!

It takes your total up to 48. Very well done, Sam.

Another album that was released the previous year as well.

It was the fifth best-selling album in 2011 and the ninth best-selling in 2012.

-Did it have a spike after the end of the Paralympics?

-Yeah, I think that did them a lot of favours.

Thanks very much indeed, Richard.

Now, Charlotte... Can I commend you on your owl?

-Everyone keeps saying that.

-I'm not surprised.

It's not every day you come across a spangly owl on someone's jumper.

-Charlotte, remind us what you do.

-I'm an accountant.

-You're an accountant.

-Yeah.

-For a...

-It's a private fire company.

-That's right.

How does that work? You have to subscribe to a private fire service?

No, they do anything to do with fire - fire safety advice, film work.

Do they listen in to the radio of the other fire service and race them to the fires?

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-Now then, you're on 2.

-Yeah.

The high scorers are Ian and Karl on 100. If you can score 97 or less, you're in the next round.

-I think you can do it.

-Hopefully.

-Toby did so well.

-He did.

-That fabulous low score of 2.

What are you thinking of?

I've had one since the question came up, but he released it quite near the end of 2012.

So, I'm going to go for it. Robbie Williams?

There is your red line. It's very high. Let's see if Robbie Williams gets you below it.

Is it right?

It is right. Very well done, Charlotte.

That might turn out to be a terrific answer.

Look at that - 16. Very well done.

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-It takes your total up to 18.

Good answer, Charlotte. Take The Crown was the 13th best-selling album of 2012.

Moira, welcome. Great to have you here. What do you do?

-I'm retired now.

-Quite newly retired?

-Yes.

-Retired from what?

-I was an admin officer with the Metropolitan Police.

-With the Met?

-Yeah.

Any department, particularly, or did you shift around in different...?

For the last 15 years, I did work in a form of licensing of some type. That's all I'm saying.

-Oh, that's all she's saying.

-OK.

-COCKNEY ACCENT:

-I can't say no more!

-Moira knows some people.

Be nice to Moira, otherwise...

There'll be trouble. Literally, one phone call from Moira, you'll be carted off.

-Moira...

-Yes.

You are as good as through because you are on 63.

The high scorers, Ian and Karl, are on 100.

If you can score 36 or less, you are in round two for sure.

We're looking for the acts who released the biggest-selling albums of 2012.

I don't buy CDs any more, I'm afraid.

-Don't worry about that, Moira.

-But I'm going to try Emeli Sande.

That's a good answer.

Emeli Sande. There is your red line. If you get below that, you are through to the next round.

How many of our 100 people said Emeli Sande?

It's right.

You've done it. Look at that - 21. Brilliant answer.

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-It takes your total up to 84.

-You're in round two.

-Best-selling album of 2012, Our Version Of Events by Emeli Sande.

She was everywhere - Olympic opening ceremony, closing ceremony, X Factor final, Brits, all sorts of places.

-Now, Ian, listen... I've got to break it to you.

-Gently.

You're the high scorer... Gently, OK.

-You know everyone else's scores?

-Yeah.

-Low.

-Right.

-You know how Karl said Justin Bieber?

-Unfortunately.

-Quite high.

-We will be saying goodbye to you...

-It's not good.

We haven't yet devised a way of getting minus points.

What are you going to go for? Welcome to the show! Sorry.

As we're about to say goodbye, we'd better find some stuff out!

-Ian, what do you do?

-I work in non-destructive testing

-which, amongst other things, involves me checking welds for defects.

-OK.

What are you going to go for? You will leave us after this round, but here's what you could do.

You could come up with a pointless answer and give us £250 with which to remember you by.

OK, well, I've got a couple of answers.

I'm going to take a little bit of a punt here

and I'm going to go for Jake Bugg.

Jake Bugg. Good answer. No red line for you as you're the high scorers.

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

Oh, no, not such a good answer.

Welcome, my friends, to the 200 Club.

Two perfectly good answers there. Two very wrong answers, I'm afraid.

That scores you 100 points. It takes your total up to 200.

But you got a much better and much cooler incorrect answer though.

You both went for JBs, but Jake Bugg cooler than Justin Bieber.

His album was probably released too late for 2012, but it's selling like hot cakes in 2013.

-I think Karl and Ian are going to be rather good in the next show.

-Yes.

-That's an unfortunate 200.

Let's take a look at the pointless answers. There are nine in all.

The first board is probably the toughest - Alfie Boe, the classical singer.

The Dutch violinist Andre Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra, that was pointless.

Ben Howard, the English singer-songwriter, was pointless.

Calvin Harris's 18 Months was in that Top 40, Best of Neil Diamond.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds was in the Top 40 the previous year as well. I love Rizzle Kicks.

-Who's your favourite member of Rizzle Kicks? Jordan or Harley?

-Harley.

-Harley?!

I like them both. We met them at the National TV Awards. Do you remember?

-No, that was McFly.

-No, but before that, we met Rizzle Kicks.

-Did we?

-Yeah. Maybe you weren't there. I did. They were really nice.

-They're very funny. We should try and get them on this show.

-They would do it.

-They had a best-selling album in 2012. Did you know that?

-I do now.

Rod Stewart's Christmas Album.

And The Black Keys as well, El Camino. Every day, people tell me I look like their drummer.

I genuinely do. I looked him up. I really look like him. I get told it all the time.

I tweeted him and said, "Do people tell you you look like me?" He said, "Yeah." Now we're friends.

-That's nice.

-Yeah, we look pretty much identical.

-He's called Patrick Carney.

-Patrick Carney.

-He's a good-looking fella.

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Let's go through some of the lower scores.

You would have got one point for Rebecca Ferguson, for Fun, the band who did We Are Young.

And Nicki Minaj. You'd have got two points for David Guetta, The Killers, Lana Del Rey, Maroon 5.

Three points for Little Mix, Florence & The Machine, Ed Sheeran.

Four points for The Script, Muse and Bruno Mars. Five points for Pink, Michael Buble, Paloma Faith.

Let's take a look at the three biggest answers.

Hi, Zayn, if you're watching!

Very good indeed.

Thanks, Richard. After the first round, the pair heading home with their high score of 200,

I'm afraid it's Ian and Karl, but that doesn't tell the real story.

The real story is of intrepid Pointless players

-who went way out beyond the realms of safety to try and find...

-One of us did.

-And the other one did Justin Bieber. That's true.

-Justin, if you're watching...

-He does watch.

Justin loves it, doesn't he? He loves the sound of the column.

-Yeah.

-It helps him nod off to sleep, doesn't it?

-He's very comforted by the sound of the column.

-Yeah, he likes that.

Ian and Karl, I have no doubt you'll do fantastically well next time.

It's been great having you on, albeit a very short appearance. See you again next time. Ian and Karl!

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

There's only room for two pairs in our head-to-head round,

so we'll say goodbye to another pair at the end of this round.

Charlotte and Toby, welcome to round two. You've made it through this time and as our lowest scorers.

-Mumford & Sons, brilliant answer.

-Good.

Good answering, Moira and Stuart. And Sam and Helen, doing well. Best of luck to you all.

Our category for round two is...

Can you decide in your pairs who's going first, who's going second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

-Richard?

-On each pass, we're going to give you six descriptions of famous stately homes from the UK.

Just name that stately home. There will be 12 to have a go at at home.

Thanks very much. We're looking for the stately homes described by these clues. Here are our first six.

I'll read those all one final time.

There we are, six clues to six stately homes.

Moira, name the one you think the fewest of our 100 people knew.

OK, I'm going for a racquet sport...

-Badminton.

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

53.

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-53. Not bad, Moira.

Now better known for its horse trials. Badminton existed before,

-but it was introduced as a badminton game when it was played there.

-Thank you.

-Charlotte, what are you going to go for?

-Not great.

I think I know the Stella McCartney one, but I'm not 100% sure.

It's that or the obvious.

I'll have to go for the official London residence of the Queen with Buckingham Palace.

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

It's right... Whee!

-94, Charlotte. That's six better than 100.

-I should have guessed the other one.

-OK, 94 for Buckingham Palace.

-It's got a 40-acre garden, the size of four Wembley stadiums.

-It's a big garden.

-That's a nice garden.

-They should build on that, shouldn't they(?)

Sam, you're the last person to have this board.

Yeah. I have no idea. I would have said Buckingham Palace, even though it got 94.

Just talk us through the board. Sometimes I think it helps.

Sometimes something springs to mind.

I've thought through the board in my head and I'm just going to have to guess.

I'll have to say probably the Spencer family one and just say Boughton House.

-Boughton House.

-Which is near us.

Let's see if Boughton House is right and, if it is, how many of our 100 people said it.

Not a bad guess, Sam, but I'm afraid a wrong answer.

It scores you the maximum of 100 points, but you're not that far ahead of the rest of the field.

-Let's go through the rest of this board. Do you know any of these?

-I think I know most of them.

-Sissinghurst?

-Yes, it would have scored you 7 points.

-Stella McCartney...

-I don't know.

Reputed to be the first house in the world to have an indoor heated swimming pool. It's Mount Stuart.

Would have scored you one point.

-The house in North Derbyshire?

-Chatsworth.

-It would have scored 20.

-And the Spencer family seat?

-Althorp.

-Would have scored 15. So, Mount Stuart the best answer there.

Thanks very much. Halfway through the round, let's look at the scores.

53, the best score of that pass, Moira, so, Stuart, not too much of a struggle for you in the next pass.

Then up to 94 where we find Charlotte and Toby and a short hop to 100 where we find Sam and Helen.

Toby and Helen, you're quite close.

Helen, you're a bit ahead, so we need a much better answer from you to see you into the head-to-head.

Can the second players take their places at the podium?

We'll put six more clues on the board and here they come.

I'll read those one last time.

We're looking for the stately homes described by these clues.

You want the one the fewest of our 100 people knew. Helen, how do we feel about this board?

-Terrible.

-Oh, no.

Yes.

I'm going to go with the one that I think is the most obvious

because that's the only one I can take a guess at.

I'm going to say the Tudor mansion as Hampton Court.

Hampton Court. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it. No red line for you.

You are the high scorers.

Bad luck, Helen. I'm afraid not in Cambridgeshire.

That's incorrect. It scores you 100 points and takes your total up to 200. Sorry.

I'll give you the correct answer at the end of the pass.

Now then, Toby, this is great news.

You're in the head-to-head.

-How do you feel about this board?

-I don't think I know any, to be honest.

I'll go for the Norfolk country retreat of the Queen and Balmoral?

OK, Balmoral...

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

No red line for you. You're already through. Balmoral...

No, not in Norfolk.

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

It takes your total up to 194, but you're through to the next round.

This is like the worst day ever at the National Trust training course.

Stuart, do you want to talk us through the board?

I'll try.

Norfolk country retreat, I think it's Sandringham.

I'm not sure about the Bucks house.

Sometimes called Number One London, I think, Clarence House.

But I'll be going for the summer residence of Queen Victoria...

I think that's Osborne House.

Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it.

You're already through, so there's no red line.

It is right. Well done.

30 for Osborne House.

It takes your total up to 83.

-Good answer.

-Good answer, Stuart.

They've got a small Swiss cottage in the grounds, so the royal children could live like ordinary citizens.

They could see what that was like.

The Norfolk country retreat of the Queen is Sandringham. 60 points.

-Do you know the Bucks house?

-I think I know all of these.

-It's a low scorer.

-Waddesdon Manor.

It is. One point. Very well done.

-Home to lions and the Marquess of Bath?

-Longleat.

-Yes. Would have scored you a few more - 52 points.

-The Cambridgeshire mansion?

-Burghley.

-It is Burghley. 12 points.

-And sometimes called Number One London?

-Wellington's old house, Apsley House.

Apsley House, absolutely right. It would have scored you 7 points.

Thanks very much. So, at the end of our second round, the high-scoring pair with 200 leaving us,

I'm afraid it's Helen and Sam. It wasn't a good board for you, that one, was it?

I'm sorry. It was quite tough.

We've had some interesting geography in this round, shall we say?

We've had Balmoral in Norfolk and we've had Hampton Court in Cambridgeshire.

But...still, that's fun. We'll see you again next time, Helen and Sam. We look forward to that very much.

Thanks very much for playing. Helen and Sam!

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

Congratulations, Moira and Stuart, Charlotte and Toby, you're one step closer to the final

and a chance to play for our jackpot which stands at £1,000.

To decide who plays for that money, you'll now go head-to-head. You are now allowed to confer.

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

Now then, Charlotte and Toby... Phew!

You were very, very lucky there. You were six points off being in the 200 Club.

Only got one answer right.

Let's hope this falls well for you because Moira and Stuart have shown themselves to be incredibly able.

Lovely low scores from you, Moira and Stuart. Very impressive scoring throughout the show.

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

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Here comes your first question and it concerns...

-Richard?

-We're going to show you five images now of comedians who were born in the USA.

Can you name the most obscure of these?

Thanks, Richard. Let's reveal our five American comedians. We have got...

There you are, five American comedians.

Moira and Stuart, you've played best throughout the show so far, so you get to go first.

WHISPERING

We're going to go for E,

Adam Sandler.

Adam Sandler, say Moira and Stuart.

Charlotte and Toby, do you want to talk us through the board?

-I think we'd be struggling.

-Yeah.

We know "A" is Eddie Murphy. B, I don't even recognise.

-Will Ferrell.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

-All right then.

-I don't think we know C or D.

-Did you say C was the guy from Seinfeld?

-I'm not sure.

-Shall we go for B then?

-Yeah.

-B, Will Ferrell.

So we have Adam Sandler and we have Will Ferrell.

Moira and Stuart said Adam Sandler. Let's see if that's right and how many of our 100 said it.

It is right.

Adam Sandler, 42.

Not as low as it could be. Charlotte and Toby have gone for Will Ferrell.

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

It is right. Is it going to beat 42?

Yes, it is. It's going to halve 42 - 21.

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Well done. Charlotte and Toby, after one question, you're up one-nil.

Some of the biggest earners in showbiz history on that board.

"A", as you say, was Eddie Murphy.

He would have scored you 51.

Yes, C is the guy from Seinfeld. It's Seinfeld.

Jerry Seinfeld, a wonderful, wonderful stand-up.

10 points. Had one of the most successful sitcoms of all time.

And D is the best answer. American stand-up, sketch show actor -

Dave Chappelle. Well done if you said that. 4 points.

Thanks very much. Here comes your second question.

Moira and Stuart, you have to win this one to stay in the game.

Charlotte and Toby will answer it first. It concerns...

-Richard?

-We'll show you the name of five Premier League football grounds, but all in anagram form.

We need you to unscramble these and give us the most obscure.

Let's reveal our five mixed-up Premier League football grounds and here they are.

I'll read those one last time.

There we are, five Premier League football grounds. Charlotte and Toby, you'll go first.

WHISPERING

I think we'll go for the top one as Craven Cottage.

Craven Cottage. Craven Cottage for Concave Target.

Moira and Stuart, you can talk us through them. You can talk out loud.

The second one is Anfield.

Old Trafford.

I'm not quite sure about Myriad Subtitle.

I'm going to go for the bottom one

which is my team and that's White Hart Lane.

White Hart Lane. So we have Craven Cottage versus White Hart Lane.

Charlotte and Toby went for Craven Cottage. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it.

It's right.

It's a great answer. Look at that!

5 for Craven Cottage.

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Moira and Stuart went for White Hart Lane. Let's see if that's right and, if it is, how many people said it.

Well, it's right, but it's got 5 that it has to beat.

Is it going to do it? It's going to be close.

Oh, 11.

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Very well done, Charlotte and Toby. After only two questions, you are through to the final two-nil.

Is there nothing Fulham can't win? Isn't it amazing?

Let's look through the rest of these. Idle Fan is the Liverpool ground, Anfield.

It would have scored you 32.

Fold Raft Rod is the Man United ground, Old Trafford. That would have scored 50.

This other one is a pointless answer.

You might be able to get the word Stadium out of it.

It's the Swansea ground, the Liberty Stadium.

That would have scored you nothing. Very, very well done if you got that at home.

Thanks, Richard. Our losing pair at the end of the head-to-head round, I'm afraid it's Moira and Stuart.

You've done so well throughout the show, then in this round,

you've had categories that Charlotte and Toby were better prepared for.

The good news is we get to see you again next time. Thanks very much, Moira and Stuart!

APPLAUSE

But for Charlotte and Toby, it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Charlotte and Toby. You've seen off the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end of the show, it stands at £1,000.

It's been a mixture of up and down, I'd say. Fantastic first round, lovely low scores -

Mumford & Sons, Robbie Williams.

-The second round, we might just draw a veil over.

-Yeah.

Then all is forgiven because two-nil in the head-to-head was fantastic. Great performance.

-Anything you're particularly hoping will come up in this round?

-I'd like another Football one or Science.

-How about you, Charlotte?

-I'd want Take That to come up, but he probably wouldn't let me go for it!

-Any chance of Take That coming up?

-Take That? Are they like One Direction from the olden days?

I don't really follow the old music.

As always, you kick off this round by having to choose a category and here are your four options.

-Tennis, we'll have to go for.

-Yeah, Tennis.

-Tennis?

-Yeah.

-Tennis, it is. Richard?

-We'll give you three different categories now.

Three categories for everyone at home to have a go at as well.

Name any female British tennis player in the Top 500 in the world, that is, as of December 2012.

Any players who ever knocked Tim Henman out of Wimbledon in the singles event.

Or any of the cities in which Andy Murray has won his 25 singles titles.

That one is up to January 2013.

Any female British tennis player in the Top 500 at the end of 2012,

players who have knocked Tim Henman out of Wimbledon,

or any city where Andy Murray has won a singles title up to January 2013. Best of luck.

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

and to win that jackpot of £1,000, you just have to find one pointless answer.

The answers you give can be for any of these categories.

You can have three from one category, one from each one, or two from one and one from the other.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah.

-OK, let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are. Your time starts now.

-I know a couple of the female ones.

-Which females would you go for?

-Laura Robson and Keothavong.

People will know Laura Robson because she's English, isn't she?

She did well in the last Wimbledon.

-Who's the other one?

-I don't know any of the others.

-The cities...

-Go on.

-Cincinnati.

-Where else has he...?

-Well, there's obviously...

Players that knocked Tim Henman out, again that's going to be...

Sampras. That's obvious though.

Cities, I'm trying to think...

Cities, I don't know, you've got your obvious ones like Rome and...

Can you think of another female?

No. I know the other girl. I can't think of her name.

-Laura Robson will not be pointless.

-Ten seconds left.

-Anne Keothavong.

-Hmm?

-Anne Keothavong. She's British.

-Go for that.

-Five seconds left.

-What else? Cincinnati, Laura Robson...

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

We'll go for, for the female British tennis players, Anne Keothavong and Laura Robson,

and Cincinnati for a city that Andy Murray has won in.

OK, so we have Anne Keothavong, Laura Robson and Cincinnati.

-Of those three, which do you think is your most likely to be pointless, your best shot?

-Anne Keothavong.

-We'll put her last. Your least likely?

-Laura Robson.

-Laura Robson, Cincinnati, Anne Keothavong.

-Yeah.

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

Very, very best of luck. Your first answer was Laura Robson.

You were pretty sure this was unlikely to be pointless. Charlotte, you stamped on this when he said it.

-I couldn't think of anything else.

-There we are. Let's see.

It has to be correct, but if it is pointless, you will win the jackpot.

Let's find out. Laura Robson, is she a female British tennis player in the Top 500?

Well, she most certainly is.

Down she goes through the 70s, the 60s, into the 50s, into the 40s.

If this goes down to zero, you leave with £1,000.

She's still going down... 19.

-Not bad.

-APPLAUSE

Not a bad answer, but not a pointless answer, I'm afraid.

Only two more chances to win the jackpot of £1,000. What would you do with your share, Charlotte?

I'd probably either buy a handbag or get a tattoo. A bit random!

What kind of tattoo would you go for, Charlotte?

-I want a big one on my side.

-Maybe Zayn?

-Maybe Zayn, yeah.

-That's a nice idea.

-I was thinking more Gary Barlow.

Or Max from The Wanted. He goes well on a leg.

If you don't win, I'm going to take the money and I'm going to get a tattoo and a handbag as well.

-OK, so a tattoo and/or a handbag?

-Yeah.

-Toby?

It would probably go towards my season ticket at Chelsea.

Oh, that's popular with the home crowd.

That'll get you one-twentieth of a season ticket at Chelsea.

Your second answer was Cincinnati. Again this has to be correct.

If it's pointless, it will win you today's jackpot.

So, for £1,000, let's find out if Cincinnati is one of the cities

in which Andy Murray won one of his 25 singles titles.

It's right.

Laura Robson took you down to 19.

Cincinnati taking you down through the 30s, into the 20s, the teens.

Into single figures, still going down, down it goes.

-You've done it. You have done it!

-CHEERING

-Very well done indeed. Wow!

-Well done, Toby. Well done, Toby.

Very good indeed.

Wow!

Well, listen, tattoos, bags and season tickets all round.

This is brilliant. Congratulations. That was a pointless answer,

so you leave here with our jackpot of £1,000. Brilliant.

-Good stuff.

-APPLAUSE

Yeah, he won the Cincinnati Masters in 2008 and 2011. That's very good knowledge. Very well played.

Now, Anne Keothavong who was your other answer...

She was ranked in the world's Top 500, as you knew.

It would have scored you one point. So, well done on Cincinnati. That's terrific work.

There's only four women in that Top 500 who scored any points - Laura Robson and Heather Watson.

Those two are going to have a ding-dong battle, I think, for the next five or ten years.

Elena Baltacha also scored points and Anne Keothavong.

Let's look at the pointless answers of the women further down that 500.

-You've still got to be quite good at tennis to be in the Top 500.

-Yeah.

You also could have had Amanda Carreras, Lisa Whybourn, Melanie South, Tara Moore, Samantha Murray,

all of those British women in the world's Top 500.

Players who have knocked Henman out of Wimbledon. I think he gets a rough ride.

People think of him as a loser, but one of the greatest players in the world in his day.

No.4 in the world, got through to semi-finals, quarter-finals at Wimbledon. He gets a rough time.

Feliciano Lopez knocked him out in five sets. Lleyton Hewitt knocked him out in a semi-final.

Philippoussis knocked him out also in five sets.

And in the quarter-final, he got beaten by Sebastien Grosjean.

Another few answers you could have had - Prinosil, Tursunov, Ancic or Todd Martin.

All of those would have been pointless answers.

There's not that many pointless answers on the Andy Murray category,

so Cincinnati was a great answer.

There are three others. Marseille, San Jose and Saint Petersburg also would have won you that money.

Very well done, very well played. It means I don't get a handbag.

No more tattoos. But I'm very pleased for you.

Thanks once again to our winning players, Charlotte and Toby,

who go away with today's jackpot of £1,000. Very well done!

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

-It's goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

-And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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