Episode 9 Pointless

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and welcome to Pointless,

the quiz show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.

-Couple number one.

-Hello. My name's Mairi and this is my partner Mark. We're from Stenhousemuir in Scotland.

-Couple number two.

-Hello. My name is Eric. I'm from Evesham.

This is my friend Mary from Bidford-on-Avon.

-Couple number three.

-I'm Cynthia. This is my husband Paul. We're from Whitley Bay in Tyne and Wear.

-And couple number four.

-Hello. My name's Alex. This is Kwok. We're best friends and neighbours from London.

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

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

We'll find out more about you throughout the show.

That just leaves one more person to introduce.

If the police made up an E-FIT of what a genius with prior convictions might look like, he would be it.

-It's my Pointless friend Richard.

-Hiya.

-APPLAUSE

-Hi, everybody.

-Afternoon.

-Top of the afternoon to you.

-How are you?

-I'm well.

-We're having one of those runs where we keep giving away the jackpot.

-Yes.

We had an amazing jackpot winner last time with Dave and Claire. They had two pointless answers.

-We've only got one returning pair. That's Eric and Mary, but they were terrific.

-Very strong.

We gave them terrible categories - football and then '90s bands. Football, sailed through.

Knocked out a team who knew a lot about football. They would have got through the second round

if Eric hadn't got Boyzone and Westlife mixed up, which even Louis Walsh does from time to time!

-He doesn't mind which one it is.

-It all goes into the same bank account.

-Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

Our questions were put to 100 people before the show.

Our contestants need to find the obscure answers they didn't get.

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

and when that happens, we add 250 quid to the jackpot.

Claire and Dave won the jackpot last time, so today's jackpot starts off at £1,000.

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

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

At the end of the round, the pair with the highest score leaves us.

OK, so our first category today is...

Antipodeans. Can you all decide in your pairs who's going first and who's going second?

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

OK, and the question concerns...

-Is there a problem, Mairi?

-I don't know anybody from New Zealand.

-It'll be a great round(!)

LAUGHTER

-Richard?

-You must know somebody from... We'll find out soon enough.

We'll show you seven clues on each pass to famous people born in New Zealand.

Give us an obscure answer. An incorrect answer scores 100 points.

We'll also give you their initials after each clue. There will be 14 New Zealanders to get at home.

-If you don't know anyone from New Zealand, go and make a cup of tea and come back for round two!

-Thanks.

That doesn't sound so bad. You get initials after the name. We're practically giving you the answers.

Let's find out. Here is our first board of famous New Zealanders.

I'll read all of those clues one last time.

There we are, seven clues to seven famous New Zealanders.

Mairi and Mark, you all drew lots before the show and, today, you get to go first.

-Mairi, are you feeling better now?

-I think I know two of these people,

although I didn't know that either of them were from New Zealand.

-Tell me a bit about yourself. You're from Stenhousemuir.

-Mm-hm.

-What do you do?

-I'm a lecturer.

-What do you lecture in?

-Psychology.

-Ah!

So this is just a game she's playing, all this "I don't know any New Zealanders".

You say you don't know anyone from New Zealand before you even see the clues.

-That's quite self-destructive behaviour in some ways.

-LAUGHTER

I think we need to talk after the show.

So what are you going to go for? You have two that you know.

Right, yes. I think the one I'm going to go for is the mountaineer and say Edmund Hillary.

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

It's absolutely right.

34.

Perfectly respectable, Mairi. A good answer.

-34 for Edmund Hillary.

-He was a bee-keeper by profession,

but more famous for reaching the summit of Everest.

But maybe more famous as a bee-keeper in the bee-keeping community.

-ANTIPODEAN ACCENT:

-"Did you know Edmund was the first guy up...?" That's not New Zealand.

If you're still watching and you come from New Zealand, write in and let us know.

It was a little slice of home for them.

They read The Southern Cross and go...

-NEW ZEALAND ACCENT:

-"For a minute there, I thought I was back in Auckland."

Very well done indeed. Now, Eric...

-Welcome back.

-Thank you.

-You were on the show last time. Remind us what happened.

I did rather better on football than I would have believed I'd have ever done in a million years,

and then got Westlife mixed up with...

-Who was it?

-Boyzone.

-Boyzone.

-As you well know, Eric. It was Boyzone.

-I just chose the wrong one.

-Yeah. I'm not sure there is a wrong one really there.

Eric, as you told me last time, you are retired now,

but what did you used to do?

I used to teach Religious Studies and Drama

and enjoyed teaching Drama so much, I just went on doing amateur theatre

and directing stuff like The Importance Of Being Earnest

in which my friend Mary is playing Lady Bracknell which we're rehearsing at the moment.

-When you say you're rehearsing at the moment...

-Well, not this precise moment.

Because it needs work if this is...

That's Mary.

You're brilliant, dear.

Eric, famous New Zealanders?

This is a little bit scary, but I think I know two of them

and I'm going to risk the one that I'm sure would be the lowest score,

which is the physicist who gave his name, I hope, to rutherfordium, which is Ernest Rutherford.

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

Absolutely right. Well done, Eric.

34 is our best score so far.

You smash through that.

Down it goes to 1.

-APPLAUSE

-Well done, Eric.

Terrific stuff, Eric. Is there nothing you don't know?

It's not rutherfordium, it's ernestium... It's not really. It's rutherfordium. You're quite right.

-Paul, welcome to the show.

-Thank you.

-From Whitley Bay.

-Yeah.

-Lovely to have you here. What do you do, Paul?

-Well, I was a civil servant for a lot of years.

Now I just do various bits and pieces really just to...

earn a few extra shekels.

Very good. What are you going to go for? Which of these famous New Zealanders?

-Eric pinched my answer. It happens, doesn't it?

-It does.

-I never believe it!

-So I think I'll have to go for the top one.

The director of The Lord Of The Rings - Peter Jackson.

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

Wow, 29 for Peter Jackson!

-APPLAUSE

-Good choice.

Good answer. He won Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Film

-for Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King. Amazing.

-Now then, Kwok...

-Yes.

-Welcome to Pointless.

-Thank you.

Great to have you here. What do you do, Kwok?

I'm retired now. I used to work in an office.

And what do you like doing now, Kwok?

Writing, looking after my cats, playing badminton.

-How many cats have you got?

-I used to have five, but now only three.

-Aw!

-But they're all Persians.

One of them that passed away, he was a really great character

because I was told once that I was the worst singer in the world

and he, the cat, confirmed it

because whenever I opened my mouth to sing, he would scream until I stopped.

LAUGHTER So I have to admit that I am the worst singer in the world.

Now then, Kwok, you're the last person to have this board, all these famous Kiwis here...

-Which one will you go for? You can talk us through all of them.

-I wish I could. I only know two.

So I'll have to go for the star of the films Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind -

Russell Crowe. I think that will be very high, Russell Crowe.

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

It's right.

62.

-APPLAUSE

-It's not terrible. It's not too high a score.

-62.

-Not too bad. There's another guy whose singing can clear rooms, Russell Crowe.

-If only he had more cats perhaps.

-Yeah, absolutely. Let's take a look through the rest of these answers.

I was very pleased because I got the country musician. It's Keith Urban.

But it scores you 19 points. That's quite a lot.

-The cricket player, you probably know that?

-I can't remember what it is. Ha...

Had...

-Richard Hadlee.

-6 points it would have scored.

-And played the title role in Xena: Warrior Princess, your favourite show?

-I love that show.

-Lucy Lawless.

-Lucy Lawless.

-14 points.

-So Ernest Rutherford is the best answer up there, Eric. Well done.

-Very well done.

Let's take a look at the scores.

As Richard said, the best score, Eric, well done.

Eric and Mary looking particularly strong on the back of that score.

29 is the next lowest, Paul and Cynthia, then up to 34, Mairi and Mark,

then Kwok and Alex on 62, not too far ahead.

Alex, you'll get first dibs on the next board. Use it wisely. Find a nice, low score.

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

Let's put seven more clues to famous Kiwis on the board. We have got...

I'll read those all one last time.

There we are, famous New Zealanders.

-Alex, try and find the lowest scoring one there. Alex, welcome. What do you do?

-I'm a fire-fighter.

-Are you? Whereabouts do you do that?

-I'm in Wandsworth in south-west London.

Very good. You're the high scorers on 62, so we need a nice, low-scoring answer from you, Alex.

-I think this board is harder than the last one.

-Yeah. This is not a good board.

And I'm going to have to go with the actress turned psychologist, married to Billy Connolly,

and I'll say that's Pamela Stephenson.

There's no red line for you as you're the high scorers.

Let's see. Pamela Stephenson, is it right, how many people said it?

It is right.

46.

46 for Pamela Stephenson, taking your total up to 108.

She once stood for Parliament, Pamela Stephenson, in 1987.

-I didn't know that.

-Yeah, for The Stuffed Pink Blancmange Down Terry Wogan's Trousers Party.

Thank you very much. Cynthia, welcome to the show. What do you do?

I'm retired now. I'm a retired civil servant.

How are you filling your retirement?

Well, I like to go to the theatre, the cinema. I'm learning to play piano.

-How's it going?

-I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order.

-It's the old joke.

-Yeah.

-I'd like to see Cynthia and Kwok as a double act maybe.

It's got a lovely ring to it, hasn't it?

-Cynthia and Kwok.

-Yeah.

Cynthia, what do you make of our famous New Zealanders?

Well, the only one that I really know has gone.

So I'll have to make a guess, really, at this because of the initials.

I'll go for the bottom one and say Bill Murray.

Bill Murray. Bill Murray, a shot in the dark.

The high scorers on 108 are Alex and Kwok. You're on 29.

If you can score 78 or less, you're through to the next round.

Bill Murray, to your knowledge, does he have any Antipodean roots?

-I've no idea.

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

Oh, bad luck.

Good to guess with some conviction. Bill Murray, though, an incorrect answer, scoring you 100 points.

-Takes your total up to 129.

-Sorry, Cynthia. He was born in America and he's not in Flight Of The Conchords.

-But he does have the initials "BM".

-He does.

-Not too bad.

-Yeah.

-Now then, Mary...

-Hello.

-Great news for you.

-You're through to the next round.

-Good.

-Eric has scored so low that even if you score 100 points,

you won't overtake Cynthia and Paul or Alex and Kwok. Mary, remind us what you do.

I gave up work just over a year ago.

I had intended to perhaps get another job, but actually I enjoy not working.

-Oh, that sounds like fun!

-It is.

-Do you know many of the answers on this board, Mary?

I know the one that's gone. I knew that one.

And there are two that I possibly know

and I shall go for the rugby player who, in 1994, became the youngest ever capped All Black -

-Jonah Lomu.

-Jonah Lomu, says Mary. Jonah Lomu.

No red line for you, but let's see if that's right and let's see how many people said Jonah Lomu.

It is right.

16. Very well done, Mary.

-APPLAUSE

-That's a great answer. 17, your total.

-More good answering from the Eric and Mary team.

-They're good.

-Jonah Lomu, made an amazing impact at the '95 World Cup as well. He was quite something.

-He really was.

Mark, welcome to the show. How did you and Mairi meet?

Well, about 30-odd years ago, I was in a band.

What was the band called?

-The Instant Automatons.

-The Instant Automatons?

-Yes.

-That well-known band(!)

-That's OK. That's good.

We sent some of our tapes and recordings in to John Peel.

Mairi heard us on the radio and, strangely enough, actually liked the stuff.

He gave out our address and she started writing to me.

We got to become pen pals, then after a few years, we lost touch, went our own ways

and then about three years ago, we got back in touch again and got back together.

-Essentially, Mairi is a groupie. That's what you're telling us.

-Yeah, that's the shorthand version.

-I still am.

-Listen, enough of this, enough of this.

Mark, well, feasibly, you could be out this round.

You have to score 94 or less to stay in.

So we are looking for the names of these famous New Zealanders.

I know that the first name of the comedy partner of Jemaine Clement is Bret,

but I don't know his surname,

so I'm going to have to go for the lead singer of Crowded House

who I believe is Neil Finn.

Neil Finn, says Mark. You only needed to know one, Neil Finn.

If you get below the red line, you're in the next round.

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

Very well done.

Very well done. Look at that.

-Down to 9. That's a great answer.

-APPLAUSE

It takes your total up to 43.

Very good answer, Mark. Well done. Neil Finn of Crowded House. Let's look at the rest of these.

Do you know who had a hit with Gotta Get Thru This? You wouldn't think of him as a New Zealander.

-It's Daniel Bedingfield. Would have scored 33 points.

-I didn't know he was a New Zealander.

Played Jim Robinson in Neighbours? He's also in 24, Lost. He turns up in all sorts of things.

-Alan Dale.

-Alan Dale, absolutely. 20 points.

Now, the Oscar-winning comedy partner.

Do you know it? Bret McKenzie.

-Bret McKenzie.

-Won an Oscar for Man Or Muppet, the song from the Muppet film.

The female Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008 is a pointless answer.

Apologies, New Zealand. Helen Clark.

Thank you very much indeed, Richard.

So, at the end of our first round,

the pair who will be leaving us with their high score of 129, Cynthia and Paul.

-That was a tough, tough board, wasn't it?

-That was really hard.

We have to say goodbye, but we'll see you again next time. Cynthia and Paul, great contestants!

APPLAUSE

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

There will only be two pairs in our head-to-head round, so one pair will leave us at the end of this round.

Eric and Mary, look at you cut free of the shackles of football and '90s bands!

You're soaring up to new heights. 17 was all you scored in that round. Incredible. Very well done.

Mairi and Mark, not very far behind you,

and Kwok and Alex... not too far ahead.

Anyway, listen, best of luck to all three pairs. Our category for round two is...

Can you decide who's going first, who's going second?

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

Let's find out what the question is.

We gave 100 people 100 seconds

to name as many BBC Sports Personality of the Year nominees as they could. Richard?

We're looking for the names of any of the 22 individuals

who were nominated in 2012 for BBC Sports Personality of the Year

or Young Sports Personality of the Year.

So any of the 12 people on the shortlist for BBC Sports Personality of the Year

or any of the 10 people on the shortlist for BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.

OK, thank you very much indeed.

Now then, Mairi...

Right, um...

Not a great question for me. I don't know a lot about sport.

I can see someone in my mind.

I'm not entirely sure I've got her name right.

But I'm thinking...Ellie Simmonds?

Ellie Simmonds, says Mairi.

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

Absolutely right.

17. Very well done, Mairi.

-17.

-Yeah. She'd already won two golds at the Beijing Paralympics and added two more at London.

Now, Eric, we're looking for anyone shortlisted for Sports Personality

or Young Sports Personality, 2012.

The name has come to me and I hope it's right

of a brilliant young athletics Olympic long jumper,

-whose name I hope was Greg Rutherford.

-Greg Rutherford, says Eric. Greg Rutherford.

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

Bad luck, Eric.

Bad luck. An incorrect answer scoring you the maximum 100 points.

Sorry, Eric. He was a gold medallist but he wasn't on that shortlist.

Kwok...

I do know I have three in mind, but they will all score quite high,

-so I will go for...Mo Farah.

-Mo Farah.

Is that right? How many said it? Mo Farah.

Yep, it's right.

100 our high score, 17 our low. Mo Farah takes you down to 34.

Good answer, Kwok.

Yes, he came fourth in the vote after winning the 5,000 and 10,000 metre golds at the Olympics.

We're halfway through. Let's look at the scores.

17 the best score, Mairi. Very well done. Looking pretty strong.

34, Kwok and Alex, just a little bit behind them.

Then 100, I'm afraid, Eric. Good answer, but a wrong answer.

So, Mary, it's going to require some brilliant low-scoring from you if you're going to survive.

Best of luck. We'll come back down the line now. Can the second players please take their places?

Remember, we're looking for anyone nominated for Sports Personality or Young Sports Personality

of the Year 2012. Alex, you're on 34. The high scorers are on 100.

If you can score 65 or less, you're in the Head to Head.

I think I'm going to have to go with a high scorer.

-I'm going to have to say Jessica Ennis.

-Jessica Ennis. OK, here is your red line.

Get below that and you are through to the next round.

Is Jessica Ennis right? How many said it?

Well done. You're through.

Down it goes to 44,

taking your total up to 78.

Safe and sound. The brilliant Jessica Ennis, who came second in that poll.

Mary, here's what has to happen.

You have to score 16 or less and Mark has to score 100.

Mm, I don't think so.

I'm trying to think of the Young Sportsman, but I just can't pull them out of my head.

So I'm going to have to go...

-David Weir.

-David Weir. There's no red line for you.

But let's see if anyone said David Weir. Is it right?

It is right.

Down it goes. Very well done, Mary. That's a great answer.

Eight points for David Weir. The lowest score so far.

108 your total.

-Four gold medals in 2012. He's got ten medals in all, six gold.

-Amazing.

-Very good going.

-Now Mark...

How good are you on this topic?

-Very, very poor.

-Well, Mary and Eric are on 108.

You're on 17. You need to score 90 or less.

I only know the really obvious ones, so I shall go for Bradley Wiggins.

You're going to go for Bradley Wiggins. Here's your red line.

I think this could be quite close.

Let's find out. Bradley Wiggins. Is it right? How many said it?

You've done it!

56!

Not that close after all! That takes your total up to 73. You're through.

Bradley Wiggins, who won Sports Personality of the Year and was later knighted as well.

There are no pointless answers, but all of the Young Sports Personality were pointless.

If you know any of them, it's pointless. I'll go through the lowest scorers on the main list.

Katherine Grainger three, Nicola Adams seven, Sarah Storey eight, Rory McIlroy nine,

Ben Ainslie eleven, Chris Hoy 23. Let's look at the ten people all of whom were nominated

for Young Sports Personality. They will not be pointless for long.

Georgia Hall, the golfer, Jessica-Jane Applegate and Josef Craig, Paralympic swimmers.

Josef Craig won Young Sports Personality. Kimberley Woods, canoe slalom, tennis player Kyle Edmund,

Paralympic athlete Olivia Breen, they were pointless.

Quillan Isidore, the BMX rider,

Rebecca Tunney the gymnast and Saskia Sills, the windsurfer.

One other is Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, the swimmer, also pointless. Well done if you said any of those.

Let's look at the top answers that most of our 100 people said.

Andy Murray would have scored 36.

There's Jessica Ennis on 44 and we had Bradley Wiggins on 56.

Thanks, Richard. Eric and Mary, you are our high scorers at the end of that round.

Lowest score of the pass, Mary. I'm sorry we have to say goodbye.

Thank you both so much for playing. Mary and Eric!

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

Congratulations, Mairi and Mark, Kwok and Alex. You are one step closer to the final and our jackpot

which currently stands at £1,000. We need to decide which pair is going to play for that money,

so you now go head to head. You are now allowed to confer.

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

Two brand-new pairs. Neither have been on Pointless before. You saw off our returning pair.

-How are you feeling, Kwok?

-Fine. I'm surprised.

-Surprised? Why are you surprised?

-That I'm here, still!

-You've done fantastically well. Mairi, how are you feeling?

-Good, thanks.

-Very good.

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

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

fish. Not just fish, but...fish!

-LAUGHTER

-Richard?

The good news for Mark is that...fish is the second Instant Automatons album!

We're about to show you five pictures of aquatic creatures, whose name ends with...fish.

Their names end with...fish. Can you name the most obscure of the five? Good luck.

OK, let's reveal our five things ending in...fish.

And here they are.

Ah!

Eew!

Wow. There you go.

Five things ending in fish.

Mairi and Mark, you've played best so far so you get to go first.

Right. I think we're going to go for A,

-which we believe is catfish.

-Catfish, say Mairi and Mark.

-Now then, Kwok and Alex.

-Alex...

-Thinking.

-You can talk us through all of them.

-B is an angelfish.

C, I think, is a stonefish.

D is a dogfish.

-And E, I think, is a swordfish.

-So we have catfish and dogfish.

-Yeah.

What are we going for?

-I'm going to go out on a limb and say C, stonefish.

-Stonefish.

C... That's just such a comedy ugly fish!

-If it didn't have those blue contact lenses in, it would just...

-LAUGHTER

OK, stonefish. So we have catfish and stonefish. Let's see if catfish is right for A

and, if it is, how many said it.

It's right.

41.

41 for catfish.

Now then, Kwok and Alex have said stonefish for C.

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

Oh!

-Bad luck. Stonefish, an incorrect answer.

-Is it rockfish?

We will find out in the fullness of time, Kwok.

Mairi and Mark, after one question you are up one-nil. Very well done.

-What was your other answer, Kwok?

-Rockfish.

-Oh, if you'd said rockfish you'd have lost the point as well.

It's a toadfish. Specifically, an oyster toadfish.

-Its other name is the ugly toad. That seems a bit harsh, doesn't it?

-LAUGHTER

It would have been a terrific answer, though. A pointless answer.

Very well done to anyone who said that at home.

B is the angelfish. You're right.

It would have won you the points. 21 points. A very good answer.

D...

If anyone at home got this I'd be very surprised. 1 in 100 got it.

That is the guitarfish.

Yep, one point. The guitarfish.

And E is swordfish, of course.

It would have scored 68 points.

OK, thanks very much. Here comes your second question.

Kwok and Alex, you need this to stay in the game. It concerns...

film titles with boys' names.

-Film titles with boys' names.

-We'll show you five film titles all with boys' names,

but we've left out the boys' name. Can you give us the most obscure?

OK, let's reveal our film titles minus the boys' names.

-We have got...

-READS THE LIST

I'll read those all one last time.

Kwok and Alex, you go first this time.

Right, we're going to go for hopefully a nice low scorer, but I'm not sure.

-We're going to go for Adam Clayton.

-Adam Clayton, say Kwok and Alex. Adam Clayton.

Mairi and Mark, talk us through the board.

Well, the top one is Cool Hand Luke.

The third one down is Edward Scissorhands.

I think Adam Clayton is right.

Can't think what the other two are, so we'll have to go for...

-Cool Hand Luke?

-Mm-hm.

-Cool Hand Luke.

You're going for Cool Hand Luke. So we have Adam Clayton and Cool Hand Luke.

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

Oh!

Not, as it turns out, Adam Clayton, which means, Mairi and Mark,

you merely have to be correct with Cool Hand Luke to win that point.

Cool Hand Luke - is it right?

It is! Very well done.

Oh, it's a high one, but who cares?

78 it would have scored you. It did score you. And it was right,

so after only two questions, Mairi and Mark, you're through 2-0.

-Mark agreed it was Adam Clayton. It's a very familiar name.

-He's a member of U2!

The bassist. Absolutely right. The film, which George Clooney was nominated for, was Michael Clayton.

And that would have scored 15 points, a very good answer.

Let's see the one at the bottom. I Am...? Sam that was. Michelle Pfeiffer and Sean Penn.

11 points. The best answer on the board, a film with Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton,

is Marvin's Room from 1996.

And Edward Scissorhands, of course, look at this score for it.

-95 points!

-Wow.

-That's not bad going, is it?

-Not bad at all.

So the pair leaving us, I'm sorry to say, are Kwok and Alex.

The good news is we see you twice. Had you gone through to the final, that would have been it.

We'll get a whole new show with you next time. Meanwhile, Kwok and Alex, thanks so much for playing.

But for Mairi and Mark it's now time for our Pointless final.

Congratulations, Mairi and Mark. You've seen off all the competition to win our coveted Pointless trophy.

You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot, which stands at £1,000.

If John Peel could see you now, Mark.

-Do you keep in touch with the other Automatons?

-Er, yes.

-"Yes."

-Sort of on and off.

-So this could kickstart a reunion.

-Possibly, yes.

-I think definitely. Definitely.

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

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

It's got to be either Authors or Pop Superstars, I think.

-Yeah.

-I think we should go for Pop Superstars.

-Do you think? OK.

-We'll go for Pop Superstars.

-OK, here comes your question.

-We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Adele songs as they could.

-Over to you.

-Richard?

-We're looking for the title of any song on either Adele album, 19 or 21,

or that's been a UK Top 40 single for her or has been a B-side.

Essentially, any of Adele's released and recorded songs, please. Very best of luck.

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

-All you need is for just one answer to be pointless. Are you ready?

-Yes.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock. There they are. Your time starts now.

-There's an early one called something like Chasing Pavements. Some stupid title like that.

-OK.

Other than that... Yeah, I know.

-Other than that, there's the obvious ones.

-Yeah, Skyfall.

And Rolling In The Deep, Set Fire To The Rain.

-That squeaky one.

-The squeaky one?

-I can't remember the name.

-Someone Like You?

-Someone Like You? Yeah. They're all really obvious ones.

-Yeah.

-I can't think of any of the other early ones.

-Did you say Chasing Pavements?

-I think it's called that.

-Yes.

-OK.

-So I think that would be probably our best bet.

Will we just say Set Fire To The Rain and Rolling In The Deep?

10 seconds left.

-OK, right.

-You seem to have reached your final three with time to spare.

We were looking for Adele songs. I now need those three answers.

-We're going to say two obvious ones, which is Set Fire To The Rain.

-Set Fire To The Rain.

-And Rolling In The Deep.

-Rolling In The Deep.

-And I'm sure she had an early one called Chasing Pavements.

-OK, there are your three.

-Which is your best shot?

-Chasing Pavements.

-We'll put that last.

-And your least likely?

-Set Fire To The Rain.

-OK.

Let's put those up on the board in that order.

We were looking for Adele songs. Your first answer, Set Fire To The Rain, was your least likely

to be pointless. You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £1,000 jackpot.

So let's find out. Set Fire To The Rain. Is it right? How many people said it? Is it pointless?

Well, it's right.

If this goes all the way down to zero, you'll be leaving here with £1,000.

Taking us through the 20s into the teens...

Not quite single figures. 12. Not bad, though.

-Not bad as a first answer. You'd be happy with that.

-Yeah.

Obviously not a pointless answer. Only two more chances to win today's jackpot.

-What would you do with £1,000?

-I would give the money to my mum and dad. They haven't had a holiday

and I think it's probably time they flew the coop again. That's what I'd do with my bit.

I don't know what I would do.

Probably buy some expensive camera gear or something like that.

Very good. Let's hope you're watching this through an expensive lens and your mum and dad watch it

on some satellite link-up.

OK, we are looking for Adele songs. Let's hope nobody said Rolling In The Deep.

This has to be pointless to win, so for £1,000 let's find out how many said Rolling In The Deep.

It's also right.

Set Fire To The Rain took us all the way down to 12.

Rolling In The Deep taking us down into the 30s...

24, wow!

Wow. 24 for Rolling In The Deep.

So you only have one more chance to win today's jackpot.

This was the one you thought was your best shot. You were pretty sure of that.

-If the title's correct.

-Chasing Pavements. OK.

It has to be right and pointless.

Chasing Pavements. How many people said it? Is it a pointless answer?

It is right! Very well done.

OK, Set Fire To The Rain took us down to 12, Rolling In The Deep to 24.

Chasing Pavements. Early hit for Adele. How many people...

Oh, 15!

Well, three very good answers. Three perfectly good scores,

but in this round we are only interested in pointless answers.

You didn't win that jackpot of £1,000 and that will roll over,

but you do take home a Pointless trophy each, so very well done.

Unlucky, guys. You played very well.

It wasn't the category for you, but three good answers. There's ten pointless answers in all.

Let's take a look at them all.

Don't You Remember, a track from 21. Fool That I Am, that's an Etta James cover on a B-side.

Hiding My Heart, that was a bonus track on 21.

She had a Top 40 hit with I Can't Make You Love Me.

I Found A Boy, another bonus track. Lovesong, a cover of the Cure song. That was on the album 21.

Many Shades of Black, that was an additional track on the album 19.

Need You Now, another cover version and an additional track on 21.

And Now And Then, a B-side. The only other answer was Painting Pictures, a B-side.

Very well done to anyone who got any of those. Tough luck in the studio.

Unfortunately, we have to say goodbye, Mairi and Mark, but thank you. Wonderful contestants.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

Now Mairi and Mark didn't win our jackpot today so it rolls over

and we'll be playing for £2,000.

-Join us to see if someone wins it. Meanwhile, goodbye from Richard.

-Goodbye.

And goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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