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00:13Thank you very much indeed.
00:14Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
00:17the show that rewards obscure answers rather than the obvious ones.
00:21Let's meet today's players.
00:26And cover number one.
00:28Hello, I'm Martin and this is my lovely wife, Heather,
00:30and we're from Staffordshire.
00:31Couple number two.
00:33Hi, I'm Vaish and this is my friend, Katie.
00:36I'm from Birmingham and she's from Manchester.
00:38Couple number three.
00:39Hi, I'm Ailsa from Cheshire and this is my son, Michael, from Manchester.
00:43And finally, couple number four.
00:45Hi, I'm Phil, this is my daughter, Paige,
00:47and we're from Amesbury in Wiltshire.
00:49And these are today's contestants.
00:51Thank you very much indeed.
00:53A very warm welcome to the show.
00:54It's lovely to have you all here.
00:56That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
00:58A comedian who used to work in her hairdressers.
01:01Here to provide some short back and asides.
01:04It is my Pointless friend, it's Judy Love.
01:06Hi.
01:09Hi, Alexander.
01:10How are you?
01:11I'm good.
01:12You know what, they say lady in red,
01:13but I decided to be lady in pink for you.
01:16Yeah, thank you.
01:18Pretty in pink.
01:19How are you?
01:20I'm very well.
01:21I was going to say to everyone, your dancing as the intro,
01:23as the music was coming off...
01:24Yes.
01:25..was very James Bond.
01:27It was...
01:28It was sellable.
01:29Do you see why we love her?
01:30Mm, mm.
01:31You see?
01:32Yeah, I was your...
01:33I'm your hype girl.
01:34You are.
01:35Thank you very much indeed.
01:37Judy, thank you.
01:38David and Tia, by the way, got through to the final last time
01:40and they won the jackpot.
01:42Today's jackpot, therefore, is going to start off back at £1,000.
01:45So, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
01:53Now, at the end of every round, we will eliminate the pair
01:56with the highest score.
01:57It's simple as that.
01:58So, try and avoid being that pair by keeping your scores low.
02:01Best of luck to everybody.
02:02Our first category today is...
02:07Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
02:09who's going to go second?
02:10And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
02:15OK, and the question concerns...
02:20Cookery books with missing words, Judy.
02:23So, on each board, we are going to show you the titles
02:26of seven cookery books, but we have removed a keyword
02:30from each title.
02:32We'll show you the first and last letters of each missing word.
02:36Please tell us what these missing words are.
02:40Thank you very much indeed.
02:41Can you supply the missing words from these cookbooks?
02:44And we have...
02:46Ken Hom cooks N.S. and rice.
02:51Delia's how to C.T. at cooking.
02:55Rachel Koo's sweet and savoury P.S.
03:00Ainsley's C.N. kitchen.
03:03Gennaro's P.A. Perfecto.
03:08Nigella E.S.
03:11And Matt Tebbit's G.Y. Pleasures.
03:17There we are.
03:18Heather. Hi.
03:19Welcome back to Pointless.
03:21Heather, tell us more about yourself.
03:22It's my 50th birthday next year,
03:24so I'm currently writing a bucket list.
03:26Very good.
03:27How long's the list?
03:28It's only got three things in it.
03:30Good.
03:31So far.
03:32So far, I see.
03:33One of them was coming on here.
03:34Yeah.
03:35Thought it'd take a long time to get on and it seems not.
03:36No.
03:37Oh, no.
03:38By the way, yes, if you want to get on to Pointless,
03:39that's a very good indication of how easy it is.
03:41Just apply and we'll see you on here.
03:43Exactly.
03:44No, do it now.
03:46What else is on the bucket list so far?
03:48Climb Snowdon.
03:49Yes.
03:50And we've got a holiday book to Costa Rica.
03:52See, that's amazing.
03:53Because they're very good things, bucket lists.
03:55They sort of help sort of get life sorted out a bit.
03:58Yeah.
03:59So what about the Snowdon climbing?
04:00Have you done that yet?
04:01No.
04:02That needs a bit of training.
04:03A little bit of training.
04:04Yeah.
04:05Yes, exactly.
04:06And then some decent clothing for it as well.
04:07Yes.
04:08That's important.
04:09Heather, which of these cookbooks would you like to complete?
04:12I'll attempt the bottom one.
04:14Yes.
04:15I think it's guilty.
04:16Surely guilty, Matt Tebert.
04:18Guilty.
04:19Should we see how many of our 100 people said that?
04:26Guilty pleasure is absolutely right.
04:2848 is what it scores you.
04:31The recipes include vodka marinated steak
04:35and peanut butter ice cream.
04:37I don't think they'll go well together, but...
04:39One after the other.
04:40One after the other.
04:41Mmm, delicious.
04:42Mmm.
04:43Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
04:44Vaish, welcome back to Pointless.
04:45Hi.
04:46Great to have you here again.
04:47Tell us a little bit more about yourself, Vaish.
04:49So, I do love just sitting in front of the TV and watching a good film,
04:55but I'm trying to get more fit.
04:57Trying to get into running at the moment.
04:59Maybe get a treadmill in front of the telly.
05:02Solved my problem.
05:04Honestly.
05:05Wouldn't that be the answer?
05:06Yeah.
05:07Surely.
05:08The gym I go to actually has Pointless playing at the front.
05:11Oh.
05:12Yeah.
05:13Gyms and dentists always have a bit of Pointless.
05:15Yes.
05:16Good.
05:17Vaish, what are you going to go for?
05:19I know a few, but this one I'm not too sure about, but I think it could score well.
05:25Delia's How to Cheat at Kicking.
05:27Cheat.
05:28Cheat is what that is.
05:29Shall we see how many of our 100 people said cheat?
05:32It is indeed cheat.
05:35Well, Heather got 48 and you passed 48.
05:3838 to cheat.
05:41I mean, the Delia effect occurred when loads of people suddenly wanted to buy
05:46any ingredients or piece of equipment that she had recommended.
05:50Yeah.
05:51Because she's great.
05:52Because she's Delia.
05:53There was a run on cranberries.
05:54The whole country ran out of cranberries.
05:56And omelette pans.
05:57That was one of her things as well, omelette pans.
05:59I don't remember the omelette pans so much.
06:01Yeah, just get a frying pan and just dab the eggs in there.
06:04Yeah, exactly.
06:05How many pans do you need?
06:07Michael, welcome back.
06:08Good to have you here again.
06:09Tell us a little bit more about yourself, Michael.
06:11I'm getting married next year.
06:13Getting married next year.
06:14This is very exciting.
06:15It is, yeah.
06:16In which month?
06:17October.
06:18Oh, that's nice.
06:19An autumn wedding.
06:20Where are you getting married?
06:21In this country?
06:22I don't know why I said October.
06:23It's August.
06:24I hope she's not watching.
06:25Hang on, but that would be lovely.
06:27No, you can't get away with that.
06:28No, I was thinking October would be lovely.
06:30All the autumnal colouring and stuff.
06:31Yeah.
06:32And you know.
06:33But no, August.
06:34That's slightly...
06:35Yeah, that's of a high summer.
06:36Very nice, indeed.
06:37Well, huge congratulations, Michael.
06:40Now then, what are you going to go for on our board?
06:43Can you supply these missing words?
06:45Er, I'll have to go with Gennaro's pasta perfecto.
06:49Pasta perfecto.
06:51How many of our 100 said that?
06:55Pasta's right for Gennaro.
06:56Of course it's right.
06:58Erm, and look at that.
07:0027.
07:0327.
07:04Brilliant.
07:05That's by Gennaro Contaldo.
07:0812 of our 100 people thought it was pizza, which would also fit the missing letters.
07:13I see.
07:14That's why it's down at 27.
07:16Yes.
07:17Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
07:18Now then, Paige, welcome to Pointless.
07:20Great to have you here.
07:21Thank you very much.
07:22Tell us all about yourself, Paige.
07:23Erm, I'm 21.
07:25Had to think about that.
07:26Listen, he couldn't remember when he was getting married.
07:28Erm, and I recently graduated at Bath Spa University.
07:34Very well done indeed.
07:35Did you have a lovely time at Bath Spa?
07:36Yes, it was very good.
07:37Is there anything about Bath Spa that just makes it sound very leisurely?
07:40Do you know what I mean?
07:41If it was Bath University, it would be fine.
07:43But Bath Spa, I just picture everyone going around with cucumbers in their eyes.
07:46There's no spa treatments, unfortunately.
07:48Maybe they should add that on the curriculum, but...
07:50They missed the trick there.
07:51Surely.
07:52Paige, you're the last person to have this board.
07:54Would you like to fill in all our blanks?
07:56I wish I could.
07:58All the ones I knew have gone, so...
08:01I know it's not right, but I'm going to have to go sweet and savoury...
08:05...pies.
08:06It doesn't work, but...
08:07Mmm.
08:08I don't know.
08:09Well, let's see what happens when we say pies.
08:11Pies.
08:12Sweet and savoury pies.
08:15Yeah.
08:16That's annoying.
08:17It should be pies.
08:18Yeah, I like pie.
08:19I love a pie.
08:20A sweet pie and a savoury pie.
08:21They're all good.
08:22I'm afraid it scores you 100 points.
08:23Sorry, Paige.
08:24No.
08:25No.
08:26It's definitely not pies.
08:27Let's go to the board.
08:28Shall we go to the top?
08:29Yeah, do you know when it is?
08:30Noodles.
08:31Noodles and rice.
08:32That would have been 43 points.
08:34And then Ainslie's Caribbean Kitchen.
08:36I knew that.
08:3722 points.
08:38I'm just very quickly trying to work out what Nigella's doing.
08:42Express.
08:43Yes.
08:44Which would have been four points.
08:46Nigella Express.
08:47Nearly one of our lowest.
08:48Brilliant.
08:49The lowest would have been sweet and savoury pate.
08:53Which would have been two points.
08:54Marvellous.
08:55Sweet pate.
08:56Pate, pate.
08:57Do what you want to do.
08:58Come on, pate, pate.
08:59Is that a band from 1982?
09:01Probably is.
09:02Thank you very much indeed.
09:03Well, we're halfway through the round.
09:04Let's have a quick look at those scores.
09:06I can tell you 27 is the best score of the pass, Michael.
09:08Very well done indeed.
09:09Michael and Elsa looking good.
09:11Then 38 is where we find Vaish and Katie.
09:13Then 48 is where we find Heather and Martin.
09:15And then, I'm so sorry, would you in a million years have thought it was pates?
09:19No.
09:20No!
09:21I'm afraid it cost you 100 points.
09:23I'm sorry.
09:24But listen, Phil, in the next pass, maybe you can rescue that with a brilliant low-scoring answer.
09:29Good luck with that.
09:30We're going to come back down the line now.
09:31Will the second players please step up to the podium?
09:37OK, shall we put seven more cookery book titles with a missing word on the board?
09:41Here they are.
09:49There we are. Phil, welcome.
10:10Welcome.
10:11From Wiltshire, did you say?
10:12We are, yes.
10:13Lovely.
10:14Tell us all about yourself, Phil.
10:15I'm a lorry driver and I currently do that around Wiltshire, Hampshire, Berkshire.
10:23So not too far, out of the lucar?
10:25No.
10:26Pretty much two hours from the depot, so.
10:28Well, that's very nice.
10:29What's in the back usually?
10:30Crisps, you know.
10:32Crisps.
10:33Crisps, coke, doughnuts.
10:34Oh, that's nice.
10:36I was thinking sort of bits of iron or I don't know.
10:39No.
10:40Oh, crisp.
10:41That's a nice thing to be delivering.
10:43Everyone loves it when the crisp lorry comes.
10:46Phil, you're the high scorers.
10:49You're on 100.
10:50What are we going to go for?
10:53The third one down, I think, is flash.
10:56Flash.
10:58Fast flash and easy food.
11:00Flash food.
11:01Let's see if that is right.
11:02You are the high scorers.
11:03There's no red line for you.
11:05What happens when we say flash?
11:08Oh.
11:09200 Club.
11:10Oh, no.
11:11Bad luck, Phil.
11:12Not flash.
11:13I'm afraid that scores you 100 points.
11:14Takes your total up to 200.
11:15200 Club.
11:16Woo.
11:17Yeah.
11:18You are members of the 200 Club.
11:19Don't worry.
11:20We'll give it a correct answer at the end of this round.
11:23Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
11:25Now then, Elsa.
11:26Elsa, welcome back.
11:28Tell us a bit more about yourself, Elsa.
11:30Well, apart from having Michael, I also have a daughter, Rachel,
11:33so I need to mention her.
11:35Very good. Hello, Rachel.
11:36She wasn't very happy that it was Michael I chose to come on with.
11:38Oh, you chose Michael?
11:39Yes.
11:40So she wasn't very happy about that, but...
11:42Any reasons why particularly Michael?
11:45When Michael was still living at home, we used to play the game together.
11:48Oh, I see.
11:49She was away at uni at the time, so...
11:50I see.
11:51Well, yeah, it was a pointless thing.
11:52Yeah.
11:53It was a pointless thing, and I think you chose very well.
11:54Yes.
11:55Listen, Rachel, it's fine, but, yeah, I mean, Michael scored 27 and all.
11:59Yeah.
12:00You know, what would you have got, to be fair?
12:02Elsa, it doesn't matter what you score here, you are through to the next round.
12:06Yeah.
12:07What would you like to go for?
12:08Well, the one that he went for, I was going to go for that,
12:10and I think it's fresh.
12:11Fresh.
12:12Yeah.
12:13I think Phil knew that the minute he'd said the word flash.
12:16Let's see how many of our 100 people said fresh.
12:19There's no red line for you.
12:20You're already through.
12:21Fresh is absolutely right.
12:24Down against the 34, taking your total up to 61.
12:29Well, the beautiful Lorraine Pascal, she actually appears in the music video
12:34for Robbie Williams' song, Millennium.
12:37Yeah.
12:38How come?
12:39Because she's just gorgeous, I suppose.
12:41She was around and about then.
12:42Well, she used to be a model before becoming a cook.
12:44She did.
12:45Always.
12:46And so she has the lucky joy of dibbing and dabbling in both things.
12:50A little bit of sauce on the screen, a little bit of sauce on the hand.
12:53I mean, it's saucy.
12:55Very nice.
12:56Yeah, absolutely.
12:57Yes, there's the link.
12:58Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
12:59Now then, Katie, welcome back to Pointless.
13:02Show two for you.
13:03Tell us more about yourself, Katie.
13:05I really enjoy travelling and between last show and this show,
13:09I've booked flights to go to Mexico.
13:11So, very exciting.
13:12Very well done indeed.
13:13It is all happening between the shows.
13:15My goodness.
13:17Do you have to fly any circuitous route to get there?
13:19No, direct.
13:20Or is it direct?
13:21Wow.
13:22That's a result.
13:23Big win.
13:24Very big win.
13:25Well done you.
13:26Well done.
13:27Also, because Vaish has set you up in such a way
13:29that you don't have to worry about what you score here.
13:32Yeah, quite lucky because I'm finding the board a bit hard.
13:35Ah.
13:36But I think I might go with Rick Stein's Seafood Odyssey.
13:40Seafood Odyssey, surely.
13:42Let's see if that's right.
13:43No red line for the lovely reason you're already through.
13:45How many of our 100 said seafood?
13:48It's right.
13:53And down and down it goes to 22.
13:55Very well done indeed.
13:56And it takes your total up to a beautiful round 60.
13:58Fantastic.
13:59The book contains Rick Stein's seafood recipes
14:02from around the world.
14:04It includes his Charleston seafood gumbo
14:07made with okra, mussels and crab.
14:10Okra was not one of my favourite foods growing up as a kid.
14:13Very slimy to texture.
14:15Very...
14:16That's not a bad thing.
14:17Always.
14:18But fried okra, like crisp fried...
14:19Nice.
14:20It's delicious.
14:21It's good.
14:22Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
14:23Now then, Martin.
14:24Welcome back to Pointers.
14:25Great to have you with us a second time.
14:26Tell us a bit more about yourself, Martin.
14:28Yeah, sure.
14:29Last time we appeared,
14:32Heather mentioned that we got married on Halloween
14:35at Gretna Green.
14:36But hopefully Graham, our pastor, is not paying attention.
14:40But she got the words wrong.
14:41She said...
14:42Oh, phew.
14:43I thought you were going to say,
14:44because I've been married five times.
14:45And they're all still going.
14:47She got the words wrong and said in the eyes of dogs.
14:50So I don't know if in the canine world we're married
14:52or in the real world, but hopefully it's still legal.
14:55I think it's okay.
14:56You should have maybe the Isle of Dogs.
14:57No.
14:58No, it's the eyes of dog.
14:59Yes.
15:00Well, there we go.
15:01I think it's fine.
15:02I think the intention is what it's all about.
15:03Yes.
15:04There we are.
15:05Good.
15:06Martin, 48 is where you are.
15:08Doesn't matter what you score.
15:09The board is behind me.
15:10What are the missing words in these cookery books?
15:12Would you like to fill in all the blanks?
15:14I'll give it my best shot.
15:16The only one I know for certain is Mary Berry's Baking Bible.
15:20I think the fed from the bottom might be flavour,
15:24but I'm going to take a punt on Gordon Ramsay's Just Donuts.
15:31Just Donuts.
15:33Shall we see if that's right?
15:34Just Donuts.
15:35It doesn't matter if it's wrong.
15:36The lovely thing is you're still in.
15:38Just Donuts.
15:39No red line.
15:40You're already through.
15:43Yes.
15:45As in the expression, Just Donuts.
15:48That scores you 100 points.
15:50Takes your total up to 148.
15:51I'm sorry.
15:52Incorrect there.
15:53My hunch is it might be just desserts.
15:55The first one is Just Desserts.
16:0023 points.
16:01Do you know, I knew what this second one was.
16:03Did you know?
16:04It's curry.
16:05Curry nation.
16:06Which would have been 43 points.
16:08And then we'll go down to the fifth one.
16:10Well, Ottolenghi.
16:11See, I was going a bit Swallows and Amazons here.
16:13I was in Ottolenghi forever.
16:15But maybe flavour is better.
16:16Makes more sense.
16:17I think flavour is, yeah.
16:19And that was two points.
16:20Mary Berry Baking Bible.
16:22So obvious.
16:23So obvious.
16:2445 points.
16:25But Angela Hartnett, because she's Italian as well.
16:28There's a lot of Italian food going on.
16:30Angela Hartnett, is that an Italian word?
16:32It's Italian for kitchen, which is...
16:34Cucina.
16:35Cucina.
16:36Yeah.
16:37Cucina.
16:38Pointless answer.
16:39Look at that.
16:40Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
16:42That brings us to the end of our first round.
16:43Means we have to say goodbye to our first pair.
16:44Phil and Paige, we say goodbye to you for now.
16:46It's just your first show.
16:47We'll see you next time.
16:48That's when the serious, pointless business can start.
16:50But thank you so much for playing, Phil and Paige.
16:52For the remaining three pairs, though, it's now time for round two.
17:01Very well done, everybody.
17:02Here we are in round two.
17:03Superb work.
17:04This is your reward for your sterling work in round one.
17:07Katie and Weiss, you are our lowest combined scorers.
17:11And Katie, you are our lowest individual scorer.
17:14So very, very well done indeed on that middle podium there.
17:17Best of luck to everybody.
17:18Our category for round two today is...
17:22The United States.
17:24Can you all decide in your pairs?
17:25Who's going to go first?
17:26Who's going to go second?
17:27And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
17:33OK, let's find out what the question is.
17:35Here it comes.
17:36We're looking for 100 people, 100 seconds, to name as many US states that do not border Canada or Mexico as they could.
17:46We're looking for the name of any US state that does not share a land border with Canada or Mexico.
17:53Good luck.
17:54Thank you very much indeed.
17:55So there we go.
17:56Martin, we come to you immediately.
18:02I am going to go for...
18:05Michigan.
18:06Michigan.
18:07says Martin.
18:08Shall we see if that's right?
18:09Shall we see how many of our 100 said Michigan?
18:14Yes, I had an uneasy feeling about Michigan.
18:16I'm afraid that's incorrect.
18:17Sorry, Martin.
18:18That scores you 100 points.
18:20Unfortunately, that borders with Canada.
18:23Thank you very much indeed.
18:24Vaish.
18:25Um, I think I will go for Wyoming.
18:30Wyoming, says Vaish.
18:32Shall we see how many of our 100 said that?
18:34Wyoming.
18:35Wyoming is right.
18:38Well, with 100 as our high score, this is all free swim.
18:4418 for Wyoming.
18:46Well, there's famous people born in Wyoming, including the artist Jackson Pollock.
18:53Thank you very much.
18:55Now then, Elsa.
18:57So it's any US state that doesn't share a border with either Canada or Mexico?
19:02I'm going to say Illinois.
19:03Illinois, says Elsa.
19:05Shall we see if that's right?
19:06Shall we see how many of our 100 people said Illinois?
19:10It is right.
19:12100 are high score.
19:1318 are low.
19:16There we are.
19:1717.
19:18Very good grouping at the lower end, that.
19:20So Illinois is situated in the Great Lakes region.
19:24Famous people born there included Ernest Hemingway, Walt Disney and Michelle Obama.
19:31All from Illinois.
19:32Thank you very much indeed.
19:33We are halfway through the round.
19:34Let's have a look at those scores.
19:35I can tell you 17 is the best score of the past.
19:36Ailsa and Michael, very well done indeed.
19:3918 is the next score up from Vaish and Katie.
19:42And we go from there to 100 where we find Martin and Heather.
19:46But listen, I'm not sure how good people's actual sort of global geography of the US states are.
19:51So we may have another 100.
19:53You never know.
19:55Good luck.
19:56We're going to come back down the line now.
19:57While the second players, please step up to the podium.
19:59Now then, Michael, US states that do not border Canada or Mexico.
20:09What are we thinking?
20:10By the way, you're on 17.
20:1282 or less gets you into the head-to-head.
20:16I'll go Maryland.
20:18Maryland, says Michael.
20:19Maryland.
20:20You get a red line and your red line comes in hereabouts.
20:24Maryland.
20:28Maryland.
20:33Look at that.
20:34Down and go to 13.
20:35Best score so far, Michael.
20:36Very well done.
20:37Up to a lovely, neat 30.
20:39Maryland is roughly similar in size to Belgium.
20:42Famous people born in Maryland includes baseball star Babe Ruth and abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
20:52I was told by an American friend that the thing...
20:54You know when Americans...
20:55We can always hear Americans when they say something like Edinburgh instead of Edinburgh.
20:59Yeah.
21:00They can always tell when we're...
21:01It's very British to say Maryland.
21:03They say Maryland.
21:04Maryland.
21:05Maryland.
21:06Oh, OK.
21:07OK.
21:08Maryland.
21:09Oh!
21:10Are you American?
21:11Oh, sorry.
21:12Sorry, it's you.
21:13Sorry.
21:14For a moment there.
21:15Yeah, I'll just...
21:16Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
21:17And now, Katie.
21:18We come to...
21:19You're on 18.
21:2081 or less gets you into the next round.
21:23Can I go for North Carolina?
21:25You certainly can.
21:26North Carolina.
21:27You get a red line.
21:28It comes in...
21:30Here.
21:31What happens when we say North Carolina?
21:34Very well done.
21:35You're in the head-to-head.
21:3930.
21:40Taking your third up to 48.
21:42Good work.
21:43North Carolina has got a lot of soul because the jazz legend John Coltrane and Nina Simone were both born in North Carolina.
21:52Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
21:54Now, Heather...
21:56Oh, I'm so sorry.
21:57I'm afraid you were on 100.
21:58Yeah.
21:59I'm sorry.
22:00That old Michigan being next to Canada and all, that's annoying.
22:04What would you like to go for?
22:05I mean, there might be a pointless answer in there.
22:07You never know.
22:08Just a nice little...
22:09Little legacy.
22:11I'm not even sure it's a state, but I'll say South Dakota.
22:14South Dakota.
22:15Says Heather.
22:16South Dakota.
22:17No red line.
22:18You're the high scorers.
22:19But let's see where we end up with South Dakota.
22:21This sometimes can be a very low scorer.
22:25South Dakota.
22:30Down it goes to 27.
22:31Takes your total up to 127.
22:33Well, the geographic centre of the United States is in South Dakota.
22:39So, yeah, bit of knowledge, yeah.
22:41There were no pointless answers here, so I'll give you the best answers.
22:46Connecticut scored 16.
22:49Nebraska, Rhode Island and Tennessee scored 14.
22:54Maryland, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Wisconsin scored 13.
23:01And the best answer of them all was Indiana.
23:04And that scored 11.
23:06Amazing.
23:07Thank you very much indeed.
23:08Well, that brings us to the end of our second round.
23:10It means we have to say goodbye to Heather and Martin, I'm afraid.
23:12We'll see you next time, though, for your third attempt on the Pointless Summit.
23:16And I hope we can see you through to the head-to-head and beyond.
23:19But thank you so much for playing Heather and Martin.
23:22But for our two remaining pairs, it's now time for the head-to-head.
23:25Congratulations, Ailsa and Michael, Vaish and Katie.
23:34You are now one step closer to the final.
23:36And a chance to play for our jackpot, which currently stands at £1,000.
23:40We have a little opportunity here to throw some more money into that jackpot
23:44by seeing if we can find a couple of pointless answers.
23:46So here goes, just for fun.
23:48We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
23:53UK music festivals as they could, Judy.
23:56You'll see six options.
23:58Two are scoring, two are pointless, and two are not UK music festivals at all.
24:04£250 in the jackpot for each pointless answer.
24:09Thank you very much indeed.
24:10I mean, what was the last festival, music festival you went to?
24:13What was the last one I went to?
24:14You can't really say it, can you?
24:15You don't have to be giving them an answer.
24:16Oh, no, I can't send you, no!
24:18You know what it is?
24:19I wanted to let people know that people over the age of 30 still go to festivals.
24:25Oh, we still do?
24:26Yeah.
24:27I went to a festival one time and I took part of my top off and threw it on stage
24:33because I was so in the vibe, do you know what I mean?
24:36Yeah, yeah.
24:37Obviously, it distracted the singer a little bit when it hit his face,
24:40but it was amazing, it was lovely.
24:43I love a good festival.
24:44Yeah, who doesn't?
24:45Who doesn't?
24:46I know.
24:47Food festivals, music festivals.
24:48There are so many.
24:49We're in danger of giving them the names of festivals.
24:52To be continued.
24:54Can you find the pointless festivals from these six possibles?
24:58Music festivals.
24:59Yes.
25:00And we have End of a Century, Mighty Hoopla, Womad, Slam Dunk, Gotwood and Julian's Temple.
25:10Does anybody know anything at this point?
25:12I know Gotwood as well.
25:14Gotwood, yeah.
25:15And Waymad as one.
25:16Mighty Hoopla sounds like it's one.
25:19OK.
25:20Well, Elsa and Michael, remember, you're looking for a pointless one.
25:23What are you going to go for?
25:24What do you suggest?
25:25What do we think?
25:26We know Gotwood and Waymad are definitely festivals.
25:29Right.
25:30So, shall we just go for...
25:31Yeah, I think we'll go Gotwood then.
25:32Yeah.
25:33Gotwood.
25:34OK, Gotwood.
25:35Shall we see if that is a pointless festival?
25:37Remember, we're looking for pointless festivals.
25:48Oh!
25:49Very well done indeed.
25:50Gotwood is a pointless answer.
25:53Now, Vaish and Katie, what are you going to go for?
25:57Shall we go for Waymad?
25:58Yeah, we might as well.
25:59Waymad.
26:00OK.
26:02Let's see if Womad is a pointless festival.
26:07Three for Womad.
26:08See, this is what I mean.
26:09I was trying to prove a point that over 30 euros goes to festivals.
26:22Yes.
26:23But all the people on the panel who knew the answers seem to be under 30.
26:26Or under 30.
26:27Because I had never heard of none of those festivals in my life and I've lived.
26:32Oh, yes.
26:33You've never heard of these ones?
26:34Never!
26:35Never heard of Womad, though, haven't you?
26:36No.
26:37Well, whoa, no.
26:38No?
26:39No.
26:40Whoa, no.
26:41No.
26:42No, no, no, whoa.
26:43OK.
26:44So, listen, I think there is a famous director called Julian Temple.
26:45Mm-hmm.
26:46And so, therefore, I think Julian's Temple must be a red herring.
26:50You are absolutely right.
26:51Julian Temple is a film director who made a famous documentary about Glastonbury.
26:57So, that was definitely a red herring.
26:59Slam Dunk.
27:00I think Slam Dunk is not a festival.
27:02That is a festival.
27:04Mm-hmm.
27:05Held in Leeds and Hatfield.
27:06It scored one point.
27:08OK, right.
27:09So, one of these top twos is a pointless.
27:12Well, let's say Mighty Hoopla is a pointless.
27:15Mighty Hoopla is a pop music festival in London and that was pointless.
27:20Pointless.
27:21And the one at the top was the red herring, but there is a festival called Park Life.
27:26They're both songs by Blur.
27:28Very good.
27:29Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
27:31Well done.
27:32You managed to find one pointless answer, which means we can add £250 to the jackpot,
27:35taking the total up to £1,250.
27:38But who will be playing for it?
27:40Well, let's find out in the head-to-head.
27:42Now, the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot
27:50and you are now allowed to confer before you give your answers.
27:53Best of luck to everybody.
27:54Here is our first question and it is all about...
28:02We're going to show you photographs of five UK Prime Ministers,
28:06but we've edited them to show only their eyes.
28:09Please tell us the name of these politicians.
28:12Thank you very much indeed.
28:13Can you identify these Prime Ministers from their eyes?
28:16And we have...
28:18A...
28:25B...
28:32C...
28:39D...
28:45And...
28:46E...
28:54Yes, well, Elsa and Michael, you will go first.
28:59Who's D?
29:00Who's D?
29:01Yeah, if you think...
29:02We'll go with D, James Callaghan.
29:05James Callaghan, say Elsa and Michael for D.
29:08D.
29:09Now then, Vaish and Katie, would you like to talk us through that board?
29:13Um...
29:14Is A Margaret Thatcher?
29:17C is Theresa May?
29:20And E is Rishi Sunak?
29:23I don't know about B.
29:25Which one do we choose?
29:26What are we thinking?
29:27Should we just go A?
29:29Yeah.
29:30A Margaret Thatcher.
29:31A Margaret Thatcher.
29:32James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher.
29:33Elsa and Michael have gone for James Callaghan for D.
29:36Should we see how many of our 100 said that?
29:38James Callaghan.
29:41James Callaghan is right.
29:43That goes down to 15.
29:44Meanwhile, Vaish and Katie have gone for Margaret Thatcher for A.
29:54Should we see how many of our 100 said that?
29:59Margaret Thatcher is right.
30:00And that goes down to 17.
30:02Very well done indeed.
30:03Elsa and Michael, after one question, you are up 1-0.
30:06Well, we should go to C, which is...
30:09Yes.
30:10I think it is...
30:11I've got this.
30:12Theresa May.
30:13Theresa May.
30:14You can see the stress in her eyes.
30:1653 points.
30:18And Rishi Sunak.
30:21Goodness.
30:22There he is.
30:23Only 49 points.
30:24I think I'd like to have a crack at B.
30:27I mean, could that be Alec Douglas Hume?
30:30It's not.
30:31Oh.
30:32Who is it?
30:33Clement Attlee.
30:34Oh, it's Clement Attlee.
30:35And that was the pointless.
30:36Oh, yeah.
30:37Crikey, yes.
30:38That was the pointless.
30:39That's not how I was expecting those eyes to evolve.
30:41Mmm.
30:42Do you know what I mean?
30:44Yes, there we go.
30:45Right, here comes your second question.
30:46Vaish and Katie, you've got to win this one.
30:48Stay in the game.
30:49So, good luck.
30:50Our second question is all about...
30:54The number 25, Judy.
30:56Five clues now to facts revolving around the number 25.
31:00Give us the best answers, please.
31:03Thank you very much.
31:04Let's reveal our number 25 clues and here they come.
31:08Precious metal that is traditionally associated with a 25th wedding anniversary.
31:13Decade the M25 motorway was completed and officially opened.
31:18Traditional Indian board game that derives its name from the Hindi for 25.
31:22British singer who named her 2015 album 25 after her age at the time it was written.
31:28And nickname given to a US coin worth 25 cents.
31:34There we are.
31:35Vaish and Katie.
31:37Um...
31:38The tops.
31:39Sorry.
31:40There we go.
31:41Which one do you think?
31:42A quarter.
31:43A quarter.
31:44A quarter.
31:45A quarter.
31:46A quarter.
31:47A quarter.
31:48A quarter.
31:49Which one do you think?
31:50A quarter.
31:51A quarter.
31:52A quarter.
31:53Okay.
31:54And we'll go for the bottom one of a quarter.
31:56A quarter.
31:57Say Vaish and Katie.
31:58A quarter.
32:00Ailsa and Michael.
32:01Would you like to talk us through that board?
32:04We can try.
32:06We were going to go for quarter.
32:08I think British singer would be Adele.
32:12Top one would be silver.
32:13And then the middle two.
32:14I'm not sure.
32:15Second and third, yeah.
32:16Not particularly.
32:17It has to be the top one, shall we?
32:18Shall we do the top one?
32:19Silver or Adele?
32:20Do silver.
32:21Silver?
32:22Yeah, do silver.
32:23Top one.
32:24Okay, silver.
32:25You're going to say for the top one.
32:26Silver.
32:27So, Vaish and Katie said quarter for the bottom one.
32:30Nickname for the US coin, worth 25 cents.
32:32How many of our 100 said quarter?
32:36The quarter's right.
32:41That goes down to 28.
32:44Meanwhile, Ailsa and Michael have gone for silver,
32:48the precious metal traditionally associated with 25th wedding anniversary.
32:51How many of our 100 said that?
32:58That goes down to 60.
33:00And very well done.
33:01Vaish and Katie are back in the game after two questions.
33:03It's one all.
33:05Well, they were right about Adele, which would have been 49 points.
33:10An absolutely fantastic album.
33:13And then, Zada, do you know the decade?
33:15Of the M25?
33:16I have a funny feeling.
33:17It might well have been the 80s.
33:18You were right.
33:191980s, which would have been six points.
33:23And the traditional Indian board game is Pachisi.
33:30And that scored one.
33:31Wonderful.
33:32Thank you very much indeed.
33:33Right.
33:34Okay, here comes the third question.
33:35Whoever wins this one goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.
33:38Best of luck to both pairs.
33:39Our third question is all about James Bond film titles cut off at the second O.
33:48We're going to show you the titles of five official James Bond films,
33:53but we've cut each title after its second O.
33:57Please complete the title and tell us the film that you think the fewest of our 100 people worked out.
34:04Thank you very much indeed.
34:05Let's reveal our five James Bond films.
34:07Here they come.
34:08We have...
34:19There we are.
34:20Elsa and Michael, you get to go first.
34:26I'd say you only live twice.
34:30Yeah.
34:31We'll go with you only live twice.
34:33You only live twice.
34:34Weiss and Katie, can you talk us through the rest of that board?
34:38The top one's Diamonds Are Forever.
34:41Quantum Of Solace.
34:45We think the bottom one is Moonraker, but we're not sure.
34:50Shall we go for that one?
34:52Yeah, we might as well.
34:53Okay, Moonraker.
34:54So we have you only live twice and Moonraker.
34:56Elsa and Michael said you only live twice.
34:58How many of our 100 said that?
34:59You only live twice is right.
35:00Down to 22.
35:02Meanwhile, Vaish and Katie have gone for Moonraker for the bottom one.
35:12Let's see how many of our 100 said Moonraker.
35:14Moonraker absolutely right.
35:1839.
35:19And that means very well done indeed.
35:20Elsa and Michael, after three questions you're through to the final.
35:212-1.
35:22Well, they did quite well.
35:23Do you know these ones, Zanda?
35:24Yeah.
35:25Yeah.
35:26Diamonds Are Forever.
35:27Which is right.
35:2867 points.
35:29Tomorrow Never Dies.
35:30Never Dies.
35:3131 points.
35:32And Quantum Of Solace.
35:33Which is 50 points.
35:34So you two picked quite good ones, you know?
35:35Thank you very much indeed.
35:36That brings us to the end of our Head to Head round.
35:37It means we have to say goodbye to Vaish and Katie.
35:39Twice now you've been in the Head to Head.
35:42Next time, that's final written all over it.
35:44We'll look forward to that, Vaish and Katie.
35:46Thank you very much for playing.
35:47It means we have to say goodbye to Vaish and Katie.
35:49Twice now you've been in the head-to-head.
35:51Next time has final written all over it.
35:54We'll look forward to that. Vaish and Katie, thank you very much for playing.
35:57For Ailsa and Michael, though, it is now time for the Pointless final.
36:04Congratulations, Ailsa and Michael.
36:06You have fought off all the competition
36:08and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
36:17You now have a chance to win the Pointless jackpot.
36:20And at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £1,250.
36:24Well, the only thing between you and it is a pointless answer.
36:28So we just have to hope something comes up that will delight you.
36:32What would you like to see? What sort of topics?
36:35Probably films or TV for me, really. Yeah.
36:38Maybe books.
36:40Sport, anything sport-related might be.
36:42Yeah. American sport, something particularly.
36:45OK, well, let's see what the four choices are.
36:48Today's lot read like this.
36:51Elephants, Andy Murray,
36:54rail stations in Germany,
36:56music composition.
36:59Erm...
37:01Rail stations in Germany? You can guess at a few cities.
37:04Could you? I don't know. Maybe.
37:06Do you know quite a few? I don't.
37:08How's your Andy Murray knowledge? Andy Murray.
37:10I'd go with elephants because that's quite random.
37:12I thought... No. No?
37:14What do you know about music composition? No?
37:16No. One of the middle two. Well, you choose. You choose then.
37:19Rail stations in Germany? See if we can... Go on. Yeah.
37:21I'll do that then. OK. Rail stations in Germany it is, Judy.
37:24It is.
37:25We are looking for any city or town in Germany
37:28that has a railway station with the word Hauptbahnhof,
37:32which is German for main railway station in its name.
37:36There are 118 towns and cities on our list.
37:40Or, we are looking for the name of any station
37:43on the Berlin U-Bahn Underground Rail network.
37:47We will accept stations that connect with the S-Bahn,
37:50but not any stations that are on the S-Bahn only.
37:54This is as of June 2024.
37:58Thank you very much.
37:59Now, as always, you've got up to one minute
38:01to come up with three answers.
38:02All you need to win that jackpot
38:04is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
38:05Are you ready? Yes.
38:07Marvellous. Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
38:10There they are. Your time starts now.
38:12Any ideas? Hamburg. Hamburg, yeah.
38:15Gelsenkirchen. Gelsenkirchen.
38:17Gelsenkirchen. Yeah, that sounds quite good.
38:19Any other... I don't know.
38:21Any other towns you can think of? Munich, isn't it?
38:23Yeah, it's Munich.
38:25Gothenburg? No, that's not...
38:27No, that's not Germany, is it? Not Germany.
38:30Have you been to Germany?
38:32When you went on, have you toured with football?
38:36No. School days? No?
38:39Just think of some places.
38:41I can't think of any.
38:43So, Hamburg... Gelsenkirchen.
38:45Yeah, go with that. Yeah.
38:47Munich. Munich.
38:48We must know some other places.
38:50I can't think of any others.
38:54How long have we got there? No.
38:56I can't think of any others.
38:58Other places? Other places in Germany.
39:00No, it's not... I haven't been to Germany.
39:02Right, we've... Ten seconds left.
39:04We've got three. Are you going to stop? Yeah.
39:06You're happy? OK, we will stop the clock.
39:08And let's have your three answers. What can you give me?
39:10We'll go for Hamburg.
39:12Hamburg.
39:13Gelsenkirchen.
39:14Gelsenkirchen.
39:15Munich?
39:16Yeah. Munich.
39:17And Munich, and these are all stations, cities and towns,
39:20with Hauptbahnhof in their name.
39:22OK, of those three, which you think might be your best shot
39:25at a pointless answer?
39:26Well, I mean, it's just...
39:27The Gelsenkirchen one.
39:28OK, Gelsenkirchen will put last.
39:29Least likely to be pointless.
39:31Munich.
39:32Munich, and then Hamburg goes in the middle.
39:34Munich, Hamburg, Gelsenkirchen.
39:35OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order.
39:37And here they are.
39:38We have Munich, Hamburg, and Gelsenkirchen.
39:44Now, then, if one of these turns out to be pointless,
39:46you will be leaving here with £1,250.
39:49What would you like to do with that if you won it, Elsa?
39:52Probably give a little bit towards the wedding,
39:56a little bit towards my daughter,
39:58and maybe have a nice meal out somewhere.
40:00That'd be nice.
40:01Yeah. That'd be nice.
40:02Michael, how about you?
40:03Straight to the honeymoon pot.
40:05Straight to the honeymoon pot, of course.
40:07Well, very, very best of luck.
40:09Let's see what happens.
40:10In all three cases, we've gone for railway stations
40:12with Hauptbahnhof in their name.
40:14Let's find out.
40:15Munich was your least competent answer.
40:17Let's see if that's right.
40:18Let's see if it's pointless.
40:19Well, Munich's right.
40:22It just has to be pointless,
40:25and you'll leave here with £1,250.
40:27Money for the honeymoon and a nice evening.
40:30Out. Down it goes to 16.
40:32So not a pointless answer.
40:33Sadly.
40:34Let us turn our attention to Hamburg
40:36and see if that's correct.
40:38Maybe that'll be pointless for £1,250.
40:43Hamburg is also right.
40:45So Munich took us down to 16.
40:48Hamburg now takes us down through the 30s.
40:51Through the 20s into the...
40:53Oh, 22 for Hamburg.
40:55OK.
40:56And then your third and final answer was Gelsenkirchen.
41:00Where did that come from?
41:02Football, I think.
41:03Football.
41:04There was a match that was played there, yeah.
41:05There we go.
41:06Gelsenkirchen.
41:07I mean, there's got to be a railway station there.
41:08Let's hope it's one of these Hauptbahnhof railway stations.
41:11For £1,250 might Gelsenkirchen be pointless?
41:17Ooh, it is now.
41:18It's right.
41:19Well...
41:20Yeah.
41:21Munich took us down to 16.
41:22Hamburg took us down to 22.
41:24Gelsenkirchen passes 22, passes 16.
41:26In single figure, still going down with Gelsenkirchen.
41:28Still going down.
41:29You've done it! Look at that!
41:30Well done indeed.
41:31Woo!
41:32Gelsenkirchen is a pointless answer.
41:35And it has just won you £1,250.
41:38That's outstanding.
41:40Well done.
41:41That would definitely top up your honeymoon pot nicely.
41:43Yeah, yeah.
41:44Let's have a look at some more of the pointless answers.
41:46Starting with German cities and towns.
41:49We have here...
41:51Arken, Leipzig, Mainz and Trier.
41:56In fact, everything was pointless apart from the two you said
41:59and the following that are all scoring.
42:02Dusseldorf, Kohl, Bonn, Frankfurt, Hanover, Stuttgart, Dortmund, Dresden, Essen and Halle.
42:13Moving on to stations on the Berlin U-Bahn.
42:16Here are some of the pointless answers.
42:18You could have had...
42:20Brandenburger Tor, Kostrasa, Museums in Zell and Potsdamer Platz.
42:27The only scoring answers here were...
42:29Unter den Linden, Alexander Platz and Rathaus Spandau.
42:35Everything else was pointless.
42:37Well done at home with your tea and biscuits if you got a pointless answer.
42:41Thank you very much indeed, Judy.
42:43And thanks once again to our winning players, Elsa and Michael,
42:45who take away today's jackpot of £1,250.
42:49Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge
42:52to the test on pointless.
42:53Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Judy.
42:55Goodbye.
42:56And it's goodbye from me.
42:57Goodbye.
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