Episode 8 Pointless

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Thank you very much indeed. I'm Alexander Armstrong. Welcome to Pointless.

All the questions have been asked to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants must come up with the answers those 100 people COULDN'T think of.

Let's meet today's players.

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-Couple number one.

-I'm Ralph and this is my mate James. We're from Leicester.

-Couple number...

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-Whoo!

-Why's Leicester getting applause all of a sudden?

They love Leicester. Let's see how the other places fare.

-Couple number two.

-Hi, I'm Claire. This is my boyfriend Dave.

-We live in south London and we're from Dublin.

-Oh, good, good.

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-And couple number three.

-I'm Mary, this is my friend Eric.

I come from Bidford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire and Eric comes from Evesham in Worcestershire.

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-Hang on. Let's do Bidford-upon-Avon first.

Yes. OK.

-And Evesham.

-WHOOPING AND APPLAUSE

-Oh, yes. Come on!

-Sorry, Bidford. You lost that one.

-Can I just say, can you boo the next town, whatever it is. A big boo.

-And finally, couple number four.

-I'm Lee and this is my dad, Michael. We're from Ayrshire, Scotland!

-CROWD BOOS

-YAY!

LAUGHTER

-Very warm welcome to all of you. These are today's contestants.

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We'll get to know all of you throughout the show.

I have one more person to introduce, the man with all the answers -

The Arctic Monkeys, Tenzing Norgay, the Charge of the Light Brigade to name but three.

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

-Hiya!

APPLAUSE Hello everybody. Hiya.

-Good afternoon.

-Good afternoon to you.

It's weird how some places get applauded. If the first couple is, people have to applaud all four.

-The trick is how you deliver where you're from.

-Yeah.

See how the contestant from Glasgow said it - "I'm from GLASGOW!"

-And everyone went "Oh, er... Hey!"

-LAUGHTER

Quite often I'm asked, would we ever appear on Pointless as a pair.

-Today would be my perfect episode to appear on Pointless. First two rounds.

-First two rounds?

-Absolutely would play into my hands.

-For you? How about everyone else?

Oh, I'd forgotten about you. Um,... LAUGHTER

They're pretty... Well, Round One you might hate.

Everyone will have a pretty good go at Round Two.

Round One, some will love, some will hate.

But I'm willing to swap places with anybody.

-James? Ralph?

-I'm all right.

-He's funnier than me.

There you go. "Funnier than Ralph. BBC1."

Leicester! LAUGHTER AND CHEERING

Thanks. Now, all our questions have been asked to 100 people before the show.

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

Everyone's looking to find a pointless answer, which none of our 100 people gave.

Each time that happens, we'll add 250 quid to the jackpot.

James and Sarah DIDN'T win the jackpot last time, so we add another £1,000 to that.

So today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.

-There we are.

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If everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.

In this round, I'll take an answer from each of you, but no conferring.

Whichever pair has the highest score at the end of the round will be eliminated.

Our first category today is...

..football.

-Problem, Eric?

-MARY CHUCKLES

-All good? Brilliant.

Decide who's going to go first, who's going to go second.

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

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

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many players who have scored 15 or more goals for England as they could.

15 or more goals for England, Richard.

Quite simply, we are looking for the name of any man who has ever scored 15 or more goals for England.

There's about 30 names on this list. Very best of luck and good luck at home as well.

Thanks very much, Richard. Now, James and Ralph,

you all drew lots before the show and today you are going first.

-James, welcome back.

-Thank you.

-Remind us what happened last time.

Last time I misremembered the name of a 16thC Italian Baroque painter.

-Yeah. Carl Viaggio.

-Carl Viaggio, yes. Not my finest moment.

-Well, you were nearly there.

-It would have been a good answer, if it was right.

Yeah. Carl Viaggio!

-Anyway, remind us what you do.

-I work in child protection. I do child protection training in schools.

This is quite a good category for you, I'm guessing.

Yes, I got married in a football stadium, at Leicester City...

-Don't tell me you filled it?

-Pretty much.

We got to send the dog out. My wife wasn't too impressed but I was.

-Were you chewing gum the whole way through?

-Yeah!

Now, good stuff. Let's have a nice obscure answer, maybe a pointless answer.

After last time, I'm not going to take too big a risk here.

I can feel Ralph on my shoulder. Erm...

So I'm going to play quite safe. I'm going to say Brian Robson.

Brian Robson says James. Let's see if that's right. If it is, let's see how many of our 100 people said it.

Well done.

-Very well done indeed, James.

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-Nine.

Exemplary stuff.

Good start, James. Brian Robson - got off to 27 seconds in the 1982 World Cup against France.

Now, Claire, welcome to Pointless. Great to have you here.

-You're from Dublin?

-Yes.

-You live in south London.

-When did you move?

-I moved five years ago.

Dave moved over about a year later.

-So how did you meet?

-We met in a bar. Dave was a bar tender.

And I was a customer.

That's a good relationship. That's good, yeah.

-What do you do, Claire?

-I'm a management consultant.

What do you do in your spare time?

I'm really into music, so like going to concerts and music festivals.

Like going to comedy gigs, um... Reading crime fiction.

-Good stuff. Now, football.

-Yeah!

-SHE CHUCKLES

-More specifically, England.

-English football.

-How are you feeling about this?

-Um, not wonderful.

Um, so I'm going to go with something that I think is safe,...

..but might not be.

I'm going to say Alan Shearer.

Alan Shearer, says Claire. Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Alan Shearer.

It's right.

Nine our best score so far.

-Shearer - 30.

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Safe, though.

Well played, Claire. He's got 30 goals, Alan Shearer.

He's also an honorary Doctor of Civil Law from Newcastle University.

My favourite thing about Alan Shearer is he's just a few months older than me.

And he always will be. Never going to change.

Whenever I see him on TV, I think "You're a bit older than me, Shearer. That will never change."

I can be 80 and he'll still be older than me.

I'll be thinking "Yeah, younger than Shearer!"

And between us, we scored 30 goals for England as well. LAUGHTER

Good work. Now then, Eric, welcome to the show.

-What do you do, Eric?

-I'm retired, long ago.

-What DID you do, Eric?

-I was a teacher - religious studies mostly,

but drama was my passion, so that was... enjoyed teaching that.

-A lot.

-OK. What do you do with your spare time now?

A lot of amateur theatre, going to the theatre,

directing stuff,

and enjoying getting people together to put a production on. Love it.

Good stuff. So I'm guessing this football round plays right into your hands(!)

It's a nightmare. I'm thinking of my age and I'll go back a few years,

and wonder if I can drag up a name who may have scored goals,

though I'm pretty sure he did score at least one.

So... Geoff Hurst.

Geoff Hurst, says Eric. That gets a nod from Ralph and James, so that's...

Let's see if it's right. If it is, let's see how many people said Geoff Hurst.

It's a good answer.

Down it goes! 17! Very well done, Eric.

Good answer.

Well done, Eric. That's that out of the way. He scored 24 goals,

including, famously, the hat trick in the World Cup Final.

Now then, Lee, welcome back.

You're from Kilmarnock. What do you do, Lee?

I'm a law student at the University of Strathclyde.

-And what are your hobbies?

-I love music and play a lot of sport.

-I like to play golf and tennis.

-English football?

-Not bad. I watch the Premier League, so I could be quite good.

-What are you going to go for?

I tried to think of pundits in Match Of The Day, because a lot of prolific scorers are on that,

but I think I'll go for Dwight Yorke

Dwight Yorke. OK, I'm looking at James and Ralph.

Nothing but a tiny shake of the head from James.

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

Ooh! Bad luck, Lee!

I'm really sorry, that's an incorrect answer, which means you score the maximum of 100 points.

Sorry, Lee, I had to disallow that on a technicality,

because he's not English. LAUGHTER

To be fair, though, he scored 19 goals for Trinidad and Tobago, but, um...

I wish I could give it to you. It's...

We're halfway through the round.

Let's take a look at the scores. Nine the best score.

James and Ralph looking very strong on the back of that.

17 the next best score - Eric and Mary.

Then up to 30 where we find Claire and Dave,

and up to 100 where we find Lee and Michael.

Who knows, Michael, though. Anything can happen.

Low score from you might be enough to see you into the next round.

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

Remember, we're looking for footballers who have scored 15 or more for England.

Michael, you really need to find a low score here.

-Is this a good category for you?

-Yeah, I like football. It should be.

-Remind us what you do, Michael.

-I manage a betting shop.

-Odds of you surviving this round?

-I need to say 100-1 again, now.

-LAUGHTER

-You joined the 200 club last time.

That was your early exit last time, but I've a good feeling about this.

-What are you going to say?

-Well, I can guarantee he's English.

I don't know if he's scored 15, that's the only risk.

-But I'll try Glenn Hoddle.

-Glenn Hoddle, says Michael.

Let's see how many of our 100 said Glenn Hoddle, if it's right.

-AUDIENCE GROANS

-Bad luck, Michael.

He's English, but didn't score 15 goals.

I'm afraid that's 100 points and takes you into the 400 club.

-What about that? Very well done.

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200 your total this time.

Just eight goals for England, I'm afraid.

Tough luck on that last podium.

If you could combine Glenn Hoddle and Dwight Yorke...

-Eric stole my answer. He said he knew nothing about football.

-It's the only name I know!

Now, Mary, great news. Yeah!

You're through to the next round, through to Round Two.

-I know.

-But it's not over yet.

We need an answer from you.

I don't know much about football

but I'll go for a player who I know is English,

he MAY have scored that many goals.

He went to school with my niece-in-law. Michael Owen.

Michael Owen.

-Nice name-drop as well. That's good.

-LAUGHTER

-Your niece-in-law.

-Were they in the same year?

-Not sure, actually.

-Did they get on?

-Yes. Yes.

Michael Owen. No red line for you, you're already through..

Let's see how many people said Michael Owen.

Absolutely right, Mary. Very well done.

28!

-28, taking your total up to 45.

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Two very good answers there.

You are the ones who were sighing at the start of this round.

I'd be surprised if that wouldn't have got you through anyhow.

-Richard?

-Yes, the fourth highest score of all time from Michael Owen.

He scored 40 goals. And he went to school with Mary's niece-in-law.

-Yes, I was reading about that just the other day(!)

-Yeah.

Very good. Now then, Dave, we come to you.

-Welcome to Pointless, Dave.

-Thank you.

You used to work in a bar in Dublin.

-I did.

-What do you do now?

-I'm an accountant.

-Which of the jobs did you prefer?

-LAUGHTER

-Bartender! Surprisingly enough.

Do you ever hand out free accounts to people these days?

Doesn't work as well with the ladies

-Nor should it. Nor should it, Dave.

-Exactly.

LAUGHTER

-So what do you get up to in your spare time?

-Um,...

I run a cabaret night for charity.

-In Soho. For the Heart-Lung Unit.

-Good work.

-How often do you do these nights?

-Once every two months.

-That's not too much.

-Not too often. We get six acts on. It's good, yeah.

Good stuff. More good news, you're through to the next round.

-I think you might have a good answer here.

-We may as well take a punt.

There's some obvious ones left, but I've got to take a chance on Stanley Matthews.

Stanley Matthews. Eric is nodding.

-LAUGHTER

-Eric's now our... our resident nodder.

Stanley Matthews. OK. No red line, you're already through.

Let's see how many people said Stanley Matthews.

Ooh, no! Bad luck, Dave.

An incorrect answer scores you 100 points. Would you have said that anyhow?

-No.

-No. OK. Well, 130 is your total, but you're through anyhow.

I don't understand it, because Eric WAS nodding.

-I was going to SAY it.

-Ah. He only scored 11 goals for England.

Now then, Ralph, welcome back to Pointless. Remind us what you do.

-I'm a prison governor.

-A prison governor?

-Yes.

-Wow. How long have you done that for?

-About, well, five years now.

-So you run the show there?

-I'm one of a team.

-A team of governors.

No longer a screw, then? Or are you still a screw if you're a governor?

I did a bit of time on the landings, but no, I'm in a suit now.

-Time on the landings? In a suit? I've no idea what he's on about.

-LAUGHTER

-Well, I did a ten-stretch, as you know.

-YOU did ten years behind the door.

-You were never in Parkhurst, were you?

-You DO look familiar.

Now then, Ralph.

You've waited patiently. You're through anyway. Lovely low score.

Let's see if you can equal or better that score.

I'm going to have a little bit of a stab. I'm reasonably confident.

I'm going to go back in time and say Peter Osgood.

Peter Osgood. Ooh, James is liking that. Eric not so sure.

LAUGHTER

Peter Osgood. No red line for you. Let's see, is that right?

How many people said it?

Ooh!

Peter Osgood. Well, worth a punt, as you say.

But I'm afraid an incorrect answer scores you 100 points.

Takes your total to 109 but you're through anyhow.

Sorry, Ralph, you're only 15 goals out with Peter Osgood.

He never scored. But genuinely, both perfectly good guesses.

You know, you knew you were through, so well done for having a go at an obscure one.

There are only three pointless answers here. Some people at home will have got these.

George Camsell was from the '20s, so well done if you said him.

He scored 18 goals in nine games, which is pretty good.

Johnny Haynes - some people say he's the greatest player Fulham ever had.

I'd say Brede Hangeland - between the two.

And Tommy Taylor, the United player who lost his life in the Munich air crash.

Let's look at some of the other low scorers.

Jermain Defoe would have scored you one point. That's a terrific answer.

From the very old days, Vivian Woodward would score one as well.

Tony Woodcock, Stan Mortensen, any Liverpool fans who said Roger Hunt - they would score two points.

Steve Bloomer, Tommy Lawton and William Dean would score three.

David Platt, Tom Finney, Matt Lofthouse, Martin Peters -

those would have scored you less than 10 points, very good answers.

Let's take a look at the biggest answers, the ones most of our 100 people answered.

David Beckham, 41 points.

Gary Lineker, 44 points.

And right up the top, Wayne Rooney, 45 points.

Other big scorers - Bobby Charlton would have got you 32.

Frank Lampard, 21. Keegan would have got you 18. Steven Gerrard, 16.

Thanks very much, Richard.

So our losing pair heading home with their high score of 200.

I'm sorry to say it's Michael and Lee.

-What round was it last time you left?

-Round Two.

Round One this time, I'm really sorry. Long way down from Kilmarnock

It's been lovely having you. Great contestants. Michael and Lee!

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

So we are now down to three pairs and at the end of this round another pair will leave us.

Anyway, the category for Round Two is...

..bands.

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

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

OK. And the question concerns...

..'90s bands. It's getting better and better.

-'90s bands. Richard?

-We'll give you six clues on each pass

to lead you to a band that had their UK Top 40 success in the '90s.

For a nice obscure answer, you'll score fewer points. For an incorrect answer, you score 100 points.

There'll be 12 '90s bands to guess at home. Good luck.

Thanks very much. So we are looking for '90s bands, as described by these clues.

-Here is our first board.

-HE READS CLUES

I'll read those all one last time.

HE READS CLUES

There we are. Six clues to '90s bands.

Ralph, you go first. It's the turn of the screw.

Yes, not a brilliant category for me, bands from the '90s.

Especially not that list.

But I'm going to have a go with "Fronted by Fran Healy, their debut album was named Good Feeling."

-I think that's Travis.

-Travis says Ralph.

Let's see if Travis is right and how many of our 100 said it.

It is right.

Good work! Look at that! 12. Well done, Ralph.

-12 for Travis.

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That's a very good start, Ralph. In 2000, Q magazine named them the best band in the world.

-They were massive, Travis.

-They were big.

They were good, Travis, as well. Fran Healy still does stuff

-and whatever he does, it's always good.

-Always good.

-Yeah.

Yeah, now, Dave. Dave, how are you feeling about this?

Pretty good. It's just a matter of figuring out which one I think is going to be lowest.

I think I've got them all, but I've got to go... I'm tempting fate now.

I've got to go for "Liverpool band formed by John Power and Peter Wilkinson."

-The La's.

-The La's.

-Yeah.

-The La's says Dave.

Let's see if The La's is right and if so, let's see how many people knew that answer.

Oh, no!

-Fabulous band.

-Yeah.

Sadly, an incorrect answer scores you the maximum 100 points.

I'm really sorry. Not The La's.

It's a good wrong answer. John Power was in The La's but Peter Wilkinson wasn't.

It's another band we're looking for.

Ah!

Wrong, for all the right reasons.

Eric, this board is all yours.

You can talk us through it if you like, fill in all the blanks.

HE SIGHS

Did I follow bands when I was 50-odd years of age? I just don't know...

-Hang on... Whoa! Eric!

-I'm sorry.

You were 50 in the '90s?

-I'm 71 now.

-You're incredible.

-Sorry about that.

-LAUGHTER

-Wow.

-It's all out of a bottle.

-LAUGHTER

-He's older than Alan Shearer is all I'm going to say.

-And always will be.

-He's older than Geoff Hurst, it turns out.

You're in good nick, Eric, I have to say.

Thank you very much. Long may it last!

Good stuff. Anyway, good luck with this board.

Please tell me that the Irish group containing Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch was Westlife.

Westlife, says Eric.

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

-Oh, bad luck, Eric.

-It was Boyzone.

-Bad luck.

It was a choice of those two.

You plumped for the wrong band, I'm afraid.

I'm afraid that's incorrect

and that scores you the maximum of 100 points.

Very sorry.

-Yes, sorry, Eric. Did you have another option?

-Boyzone.

It was Boyzone. They are virtually interchangeable(!)

Would have scored you 43 points. A very good answer.

Let's clear up the John Power answer.

After he left the La's he formed one of the quintessential '90s bands.

Cast, absolutely right. It would have scored three points.

It's the best answer on the board as well.

That's tough luck.

The boy band with 11 number one UK hits was Take That.

27 points.

-The band formed in Wigan, Xander?

-The Verve.

-The Verve, yes.

Absolutely right. Richard Ashcroft's band and do you know the bottom one?

-I do. Blur.

-It is Blur. Absolutely right.

I didn't know Seymour but I knew Leisure.

We are halfway through. Let's look at the scores as they stand.

Only two of them, very much the best score of the pass was Ralph.

Ralph and James looking pretty strong and then Dave and Claire

and Eric and Mary looking... they are quite far ahead on 100.

Yes, Claire and Mary, it's a

battle between the pair of you to see who stays with us

for the head-to-head and who will leave us at the end of the round.

We come back down the line, can the second players step up to the podium?

OK, six more clues on the board. Here they come. We've got...

I will read those all one last time...

Mary, what are you laughing about?

Well, to have football and then pop music. Not a good day!

If you can make it through this round, anything could happen.

The pair of you can put your heads together

and maybe you deserve a break but best of luck with this answer.

What do you make of that board?

Not a lot!

There's only one that I think I might know and I'm hoping

that "The five-piece that Spiced Up Your Life" is the Spice Girls.

The Spice Girls, says Mary. No red line, you are the high scorers.

Let's see if the Spice Girls is right and how many people said it.

It's right!

69.

169, your total, Mary.

Well done, Mary. Spice Up Your Life was their fifth single

and their fifth number one as well.

Now then, Claire.

We now have a high scorer, which is Mary and Eric on 169,

which means 68 or less will see you through to the head-to-head.

How do you feel about this as a round in general?

I think I've got quite lucky here. My favourite band is up there.

So, I'm going with "Formed in Birmingham,

"fronted by Simon Fowler" - Ocean Colour Scene.

Ocean Colour Scene, says Claire. Ocean Colour Scene.

Here's your red line, if you get below that, you are in the head-to-head.

How many people said Ocean Colour Scene?

Very well done.

It's a cracking answer! Look at that. Three. Very well done.

Best score of the round so far.

103, your total.

Very good answer, The Day We Caught The Train

and The Riverboat Song probably their best known numbers.

-Did you go and see them back in the '90s?

-I've seen them quite a few times.

Very good. James, I think you can mop up here.

I think, possibly.

Stay Another Day, I think is East 17.

The first single in '97, I Know Where It's At, I think is

a boy band, I would say Backstreet Boys but I wouldn't be 100% sure.

Manchester Britpoppers is Oasis.

I'm going for "Most recent album named The King Of Limbs" - Radiohead.

Radiohead, says James.

Let's see if Radiohead is right. No red line for you, you're already through.

How many people said Radiohead?

Well, it's right. Ralph scored 11.

Claire scored three, our best score of the pass.

Are you going to beat that?

Oh, five. Not bad at all.

Five takes your total up to 17,

the lowest score combined of the round by a mile.

Radiohead another very good answer.

They are like the English Boyzone, aren't they, Radiohead?

Let's take a look at the rest.

Stay Another Day, you are right is East 17. That would have scored 34.

The Britpoppers, it was Oasis. That would have scored 12.

An amazingly low score.

But the first single in 1997 named I Know Where It's At.

It's not The Backstreet Boys. It's not a boy band. It's a girl band.

It's All Saints.

Would have scored six points.

Ocean Colour Scene was the best answer on the board.

Very well played.

Thank you very much, Richard.

So, Eric and Mary, I'm afraid at the end of that round yours

is the highest score. 169. But not bad.

-You are not in the 200 club, not by a long chalk.

-No.

You've done very well.

Well, twice now you've skipped past what might have been

quite a challenging round. We will see you next.

We look forward to that very much.

Mary and Eric, thank you for playing.

APPLAUSE

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

Congratulations, James and Ralph, Claire and Dave.

You are now only one step away from the final and the chance to

play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £2,000.

So, we have to decide which pair is going through to the final

and to do that you will go head-to-head.

This time you are now allowed to confer.

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

James and Ralph, we have come a long way.

Do you remember last time?

-Way back, Caravaggio.

-We remember it well!

Well, we can put all that behind us

cos you are the lowest scoring pair in a head-to-head.

Mind you, neither pair is a stranger to the old 100.

We've seen a few of those come up this show.

You can't afford for that to happen this round.

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

OK, here comes your first question. It concerns...

World Heritage Sites, Richard.

I'm going to show you five pictures of World Heritage Sites.

We need you to tell us in which country they are situated.

As always, by country we mean a sovereign state that is a member of the UN in its own right.

Good luck.

Now then, let's reveal our five UNESCO World Heritage Sites

and here they are. We've got...

There we are, five World Heritage Sites.

We need to know which country they are in.

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

< THEY CONFER

Yeah, we are going to go A, Australia.

A, Australia.

OK, Claire and Dave. Do your thinking out loud for us.

We think C is the Taj Mahal in India.

I'm guessing B, by the architecture, is Italy.

It looks like a Coliseum.

Don't have a clue about D and pretty sure E is in Cambodia.

So, what do you want to do? I think I saw it in The Terminator movie.

I'm pretty sure it's in Cambodia.

E, Cambodia.

E, Cambodia, say Claire and Dave.

A bit of a punt.

James and Ralph, you've gone for Australia.

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

It is, of course.

Wow, 44.

Only 44 of our 100. OK, Claire and Dave, you've said Cambodia for E.

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

It's right! Very well done, Dave. Very well trusted, Claire.

And it wins you the question. Down it goes. Seven.

Very well done, Dave. Seven points beats 44. Very well done.

After one question, Claire and Dave are up 1-0.

Yeah, that's Angkor Wat City in Cambodia, a very good answer.

I hope that's made up for the Cast/La's mix-up.

Let's take a look at the rest of them. The Taj Mahal, it is in India.

It would have scored too many points so Cambodia was the one to go for.

74, that would have scored you.

Now B. It's a Coliseum. We can see that.

-It's North African, isn't it?

-It is North Africa. It's not Italy.

You can see it's not in the middle of Rome. There's your clue!

It's in El Djem, Tunisia.

Yes, Tunisia. That would have scored one point.

And D you would find in Istanbul. It is in Turkey.

That would have scored 12 points. Tunisia the best answer.

Well done if you said that.

35,000 people used to be able to fit in that Coliseum.

-Extraordinary.

-Wow.

Thank you very much indeed.

Now then, here comes your second question. And it concerns...

The Apprentice. The Apprentice. Richard.

Yeah, we are going to show you five clues to facts about the BBC TV

series The Apprentice. Can you give us the most obscure answer?

OK, let's reveal our five facts and here they come. We have got...

I'll go through those all one last time.

Now then, James and Ralph. You have to win this one to stay in the game but Claire

and Dave you are going first.

< THEY CONFER

I think we are going for the woman who succeeded

Margaret Mountford, I think is Karren Brady.

Karren Brady, say Claire and Dave. James and Ralph, the board is yours.

Obviously the entrepreneur is Alan Sugar.

And it is the boardroom

but I don't think either of those will beat Karren Brady.

The one we can take a punt on is the year, possibly.

I think rather than throw it away on a one-in-five shot on the year,

we ought to go for the one we know and hope we get lucky

-and go for the boardroom.

-OK. We will do that.

We will go for the boardroom and hope it's...

Some impeccable logic there, Ralph.

You are going for the boardroom.

Claire and Dave have said Karren Brady.

Ralph and James have said the boardroom. Karren Brady, first.

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

It is right.

19.

19 for Karren Brady. How's that?

It's going to be touch and go.

If I was going to guess, I reckon the boardroom would be around 30.

I think we are struggling but we will see. Who knows?

OK, let's see. James and Ralph said the boardroom.

Let's see if it's right and if it ends up around the 30 mark.

Ooh, 49.

Very well done.

Claire and Dave, after only two questions you are up 2-0,

through to the final.

Tough luck, James and Ralph.

Too many points for the boardroom. Let's look through the rest of these.

Not a lot you could have done.

Perhaps you should have guessed the first year but the entrepreneur

who decides who is hired and fired, absolutely right, Lord Sugar.

That scores 81 points.

If you had to have a guess at the year, what would you have gone for?

-I would have said 2003.

-I really hope it's not!

-2005.

-That's good then.

Would have scored you five points.

The next was the singer who shares his name with the 2012 winner,

-I got it at the last second. Do you remember?

-No.

-It was Ricky Martin.

Ricky Martin won the 2012 series. Four points it would have scored you.

-That's the best answer up there.

-Thanks very much indeed.

So, the pair who will be leaving us at the end of the head-to-head,

I'm afraid they were our golden pair as well.

James and Ralph. I'm so sorry.

Two perfectly good answers but the boardroom, good logic.

-Quite a tough one. Do you watch The Apprentice?

-Not for years.

Well, there we are. We have to say goodbye to you

and this really is goodbye. It's been great having you on both shows. James and Ralph.

APPLAUSE

But for Claire and Dave, it's time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Claire and Dave.

You've beaten all the competition and won our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our pointless jackpot

and at the end of today's show, the jackpot stands at £2,000.

APPLAUSE

Well, I have mixed feelings about you being in the final.

I mean, I am delighted you are in the final

but it means we only get to see you once.

That's very kind of you, Alexander.

Because you've been very good, very intelligent.

Even when you've scored hundreds, Stanley Matthews, the La's...

No, I was going to qualify that.

They've been intelligent,

they've been considered... woefully wrong answers!

Anyway, the good news is from now on in, as you know, you confer.

It's all down to what categories you can choose from.

To win that money, all you have to do is find a pointless answer.

-First, you have to choose your category and here are your five options.

-They are...

Yeah. Interesting selection.

-The only one I would know anything about is panel shows.

-Panel shows.

-I can't think what the questions will be.

-Let's do it.

-I suppose we'll find out.

-Let's do it. Panel shows.

-Panel shows it is.

-Please, yes.

-Best of luck.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many QI panellists as they could.

QI panellists. Richard.

We are looking for the name of anyone who's appeared

as a panellist on the BBC panel show QI on a broadcast episode

of that since it began in 2003 to the beginning of 2013.

Anyone who's ever appeared as a panellist on that show.

One person we won't accept is Alexander Armstrong

because there's a visual clue in the studio...

..as to his identity! But very very best of luck, guys.

OK, you now have up to one minute to come up with three answers

and all you need to win that £2,000 is for just one of those

-answers to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yes.

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

Alan Davies is the obvious one.

Charlie Higson has been on it.

Um, I can't think of the little guy with the beard.

He would be a pointless answer, I am sure.

Dara O'Briain in has been on it.

I can only think of obvious people.

Like, um...Jimmy Carr.

Has Claire Balding been on it?

Claire Balding has probably been on it. She probably has.

We've got 35 seconds.

Who else? Any musicians, no?

Writers?

Oh, the one that's married to David Mitchell.

-Oh, yeah.

-Victoria Coren.

-Yes. OK.

-Victoria Coren. Charlie Higson.

Dara O'Briain.

-Yeah, we could go for him.

-Anyone else?

Oh, Reginald D Hunter has been on it. Let's go with him. OK.

OK, I think we've got them.

It sounds like you've got your three answers.

Time is now up. We were looking for QI panellists.

I need to know what those answers are.

Um, Reginald D Hunter.

Charlie Higson. And Victoria Coren.

Three brilliant answers.

Now, of those three, which do you think is

the one that is most likely to evade our 100 people?

Probably Reginald D Hunter.

OK, Reginald D Hunter, we will put him last.

-Which is the least likely?

-Victoria Coren.

She's on TV more often anyway.

We will put Victoria down first, then we'll put Charlie Higson

in the middle and Reginald D Hunter is your last option.

OK, let's put them straight up on the board in that order.

Here they are. Victoria Coren, Charlie Higson, Reginald D Hunter.

So, we were looking for QI panellists.

Three very good answers.

The first, Victoria Coren you thought was your least likely

-to be pointless. She'll like that.

-Oh, yeah.

Least likely to be pointless.

Now remember, only one of those answers has to be pointless

for you to win the jackpot of £2,000. It's quite a nice jackpot.

What would you do with £2,000?

We've been thinking of going to Ibiza again this summer.

My brother is building up a rather large family at the moment.

Perhaps buy some presents for the kids, they've got four kids.

OK, somewhere between Ibiza and presents for your nephews

and nieces. OK, very best of luck. Your first answer, Victoria Coren.

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

how many of our 100 people said it. Victoria Coren.

Well, it is right. Down it goes.

If this goes all the way down to zero you will be leaving here

immediately with £2,000 in your back pocket. It's still going down.

Still going down. Yes! You've done it. Look at that. Very well done.

Straightaway! First answer!

That is just brilliant.

APPLAUSE

Wow!

Wow!

Phenomenal!

Whoa! Straight into the back of the net. Look at that.

Fantastic, congratulations. Victoria Coren, a pointless answer,

which means you are leaving here with your trophies

and £2,000 as well. What about those other ones? We'd better find out.

-Richard.

-Absolutely. Victoria Coren, a terrific answer.

She only ever appeared on it once. Much more famous for presenting

Only Connect - one of our favourite shows over on BBC Four.

Yes, only been on it once. Charlie Higson, also a pointless answer.

Very well done.

And Reginald D Hunter...

Three points. You can't have everything.

That's terrifically well done. A very good answer.

Let's look at some more pointless answers.

There's a few familiar faces on this board. Ben Miller. Do you know him?

-Yes.

-He's good.

He's a really funny guy. What's that show he used to do?

Um, yeah. Armstrong & Miller.

Oh, brilliant.

Death In Paradise, I prefer. That's my favourite.

Next, Chris Addison.

Chris Addison is very good. He's in those car insurance ads.

He's good in it but I don't like the guy he's with.

-Do you know the one I mean?

-Yeah.

-But Chris Addison is great in those.

He really makes them.

I turn it on, I won't say what the company is

but I immediately took out a loan with them and the other guy

came on and I phoned back and said, "I'm so sorry, I will have to cancel!"

David Walliams was on a Comic Relief special,

that would have been a pointless answer.

Jessica Stevenson as she was, Jessica Hynes now.

John Bishop was a pointless answer.

Johnny Vaughan has been on alongside Graeme Garden.

Jonathan Ross was on a Children In Need special.

Shappi Khorsandi and Sir Terry Wogan has also been on once.

There's a few other pointless answers.

Jack Whitehall, Dom Jolly, David O'Doherty,

would have been pointless.

Charlie Higson, we heard, Marcus Brigstocke was pointless,

Peter Serafinowicz. Richard Coles, Rory Bremner, Ruby Wax,

Tim Vine, also pointless. But Vicky Coren has won you £2,000.

Very well done. She will be chuffed.

She really will.

Well, thanks once again to our winning players, Claire

and Dave who go away with today's jackpot of £2,000!

Brilliant.

Join us next time please when we will put 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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