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00:01MUSIC
00:22Thank you very much indeed.
00:23Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to Pointless,
00:26the show where we are always striving to find
00:28the most obscure answers. Let's meet today's players.
00:35And couple number one.
00:37Hello, I'm Giovanna and I'm from South Buckinghamshire
00:40and this is my partner Paul and he lives in Hertfordshire.
00:43Couple number two.
00:45Hi, my name's Mella, this is Chance, my best friend
00:47and we're from Birmingham.
00:49Couple number three.
00:50Hi, I'm John, I'm from Colchester
00:51and this is my friend Crono from London.
00:54And finally, couple number four.
00:56Hello, my name's Sandra. This is my hobby.
00:58Sheamus and we're from Randallstown in County Antrim.
01:01And these are today's contestants.
01:03APPLAUSE
01:03Thank you very much indeed, all of you.
01:06A very, very warm welcome to Pointless.
01:07It's terrific to have you all here.
01:08That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
01:11No, you're not watching a glamorous shampoo advert.
01:13That's just my co-host for today.
01:16It is my Pointless friend, it's Stephen Mangan.
01:20APPLAUSE
01:20Hello.
01:21Is he or isn't he?
01:23And I can tell you at home, he isn't.
01:26How are you?
01:26I'm very well indeed.
01:28I'm very well.
01:30Thank you very much.
01:30It's great to see you here again.
01:31Yeah, it's good to see you.
01:32Yeah.
01:33Back in the old saddle.
01:34Back in the old kidney desk.
01:36I get to sit down all day.
01:37How do you, you must be exhausted standing up.
01:38Absolutely exhausted.
01:39It's no wonder you're leaning on that thing.
01:41I know.
01:42Oh, everyone thinks it's casual.
01:43It's not, it's vital.
01:44It's orthopaedic.
01:46It's what it is, yeah.
01:48And welcome back, Sandra and Seamus,
01:50who were very impressive last time round.
01:53But we have three brand new couples,
01:54so good luck to all of you.
01:56Very good indeed.
01:57Now, Louis and Ella did not win the jackpot last time,
02:00so we're adding another £1,000 to that.
02:01So today's jackpot starts off at £2,000.
02:05There we are.
02:06Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
02:14Before we go any further, I'm just going to make one thing perfectly clear,
02:18and that is that we will always be eliminating the pair
02:20with the highest score at the end of each round.
02:22So just make sure your scores are as low as you can possibly get them.
02:25OK, very, very best of luck.
02:26That's the only rule.
02:27Our first category today is...
02:32International Football.
02:33Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
02:34who's going to go second?
02:35And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
02:41OK, let's find out what the question is.
02:43Here it comes.
02:44We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many...
02:49..teams that have reached the quarterfinals of a FIFA World Cup
02:52since 1991 as they could.
02:55Stephen?
02:55Yes, we're looking for any national team
02:57that's reached the quarterfinal stage of any men's or women's
03:02FIFA World Cup tournament from 1991,
03:05which was the year of the inaugural women's competition,
03:08up to and including the 2023 Women's World Cup.
03:12Thank you very much indeed.
03:14Giovanna!
03:14Hello.
03:15Welcome to Pointless.
03:15Hello.
03:16It's terrific to have you here, Giovanna.
03:17Tell us all about yourself.
03:19Well, I am retired.
03:21I've been retired for about four years
03:23and I used to be a teacher of maths and physics.
03:26I started off as a physicist,
03:28but because I'm not very good at practical work,
03:30I went over to the dark side and taught maths.
03:33Oh, you went over to maths.
03:35What's the practical side of physics in teaching?
03:37Well, I mean, doing experiments with students.
03:40It was fine with the physics part,
03:42but when I had to teach other sciences,
03:44I, in probably my first year of teaching,
03:46I almost set fire to the lab doing an experiment.
03:50We've all done that.
03:50I mean, did it go wrong?
03:52It did.
03:52I was trying to show how not to put out a chip pan fire
03:57and you were meant to put a little bit of water
03:59into the burning oil.
04:01Yeah.
04:01And I thought, how much is a little bit?
04:04And I ended up with a wall of fire
04:07and all I could see were the paper mobiles
04:10and the wooden ceiling.
04:11And there was a class of ashen-faced students
04:14and me, probably even whiter,
04:16and one very wise 11-year-old said,
04:19that wasn't meant to happen, was it, Miss?
04:21Yes, thank goodness for wise 11-year-olds.
04:24Brilliant.
04:25Anyway, how are you feeling about these
04:26international football fixtures and teams?
04:29Very, very bad because I don't follow football at all.
04:34It's just going to be a test of sporting nations,
04:36then, isn't it? But it's the country.
04:37Yes, exactly.
04:38So, I'm going to go...
04:41Croatia.
04:42Croatia.
04:43Says Giovanna.
04:44Should we see how many of our 100 said that?
04:47Croatia is absolutely right.
04:52Still going down.
04:53Oh, it's a terrific answer.
04:54Look at that. 13.
04:55Very well done.
04:56Very well done.
04:57Excellent answer.
04:58Croatia reached the men's quarter-finals in 1998,
05:00in 2018 when they were beaten finalists as well,
05:04and in 2022.
05:06Thank you very much.
05:07There we are, Stephen.
05:09Now then, Ornella, welcome to Pointless.
05:11It's lovely to have you here.
05:12Thank you very much.
05:13I'm really enjoying that jumper.
05:16It's a terrific jumper.
05:17Pretty nice, isn't it?
05:17It really is.
05:19Well, I'm thinking maybe somewhere in Canada.
05:21A Canadian scene, possibly.
05:22I don't know.
05:23I can let you borrow it.
05:24Could you do that?
05:25Yeah, of course.
05:27Next show.
05:30Ornella, tell us all about yourself.
05:31I'm currently studying photography at the University of Northampton.
05:35Are you enjoying it?
05:36I love it.
05:37Good.
05:38How many years into your course are you?
05:40Two years into my course, yeah.
05:42Brilliant.
05:43Currently, I enjoy sports photography a lot.
05:46Love taking photos of football and rugby students.
05:49So that basically means you have to sit down in the sort of pitch side.
05:53You've got to get in weird angles, yeah, man.
05:54You've got to count down.
05:55You've got huge, great lenses.
05:56Yeah.
05:57You've got to look on your back sometimes.
05:58It's exciting, though.
05:59Yeah.
05:59I mean, when you get the shot, have you yet got the shot?
06:03I've got the shot.
06:04Wow.
06:05That's all any of us could dream of.
06:08Ornella, what are you going to go for?
06:11That's a great question.
06:13I'm going to go for Spain.
06:16Spain.
06:17Ornella goes for Spain.
06:19No.
06:21It's right.
06:25It's very right.
06:2663 is how right it is.
06:2863.
06:282023, the first time Spain reached the quarterfinals of the Women's World Cup.
06:33They went on to win the title.
06:35Men's quarterfinals in 1994, 2002, 2010.
06:41And Spain won the Men's World Cup in 2010.
06:44Thank you very much indeed.
06:46Stephen, John, welcome to Point.
06:47It's great to have you here.
06:48Tell us all about yourself, John.
06:49Yeah, so I'm a physiotherapist and a rugby player.
06:53Very useful.
06:53You are right in the heart of your future clientele.
06:56Exactly.
06:57When you're playing.
06:57I mean, this is fabulous.
06:59Do you treat the whole team?
07:01The whole club?
07:01I don't, unfortunately.
07:02No, because I don't see private patients at the moment.
07:06But definitely considering the amount of injuries we get, I'd be busy all the time.
07:09Yeah, you'd be leaving your card in every changing room you visit.
07:12It'd be knee after ankle after back after shoulder.
07:15Oh, yeah.
07:15This is extraordinary.
07:16I mean, the rugby is just for fun, presumably.
07:18Yeah, it's just for fun.
07:19You're not a professional.
07:20No.
07:21Club rugby player.
07:23Okay.
07:23Now, John, do you follow football?
07:25I do.
07:26Do you follow it enough to feel you can make an informed, low-scoring answer?
07:30Yeah, I've got a few possible answers.
07:31I think the one I'm going to go for is Denmark.
07:35Denmark, says John.
07:37Shall we see how many of our 100 said Denmark?
07:41Denmark is absolutely right.
07:4363 is our high score and you pass it.
07:4513 is our low score and you pass it.
07:488 is where you end up with Denmark.
07:51Very well done.
07:52What a good answer, yes.
07:53The women have reached the quarter-finals twice, 1991 and 1995.
07:57The men only once in 1998.
08:00And they were knocked out in the quarter-finals as well.
08:02So, terrific answer.
08:03Thank you very much indeed, Stephen.
08:05Now then, Seamus, welcome back.
08:07Great to have you with us a second time.
08:09Tell us more about yourself, Seamus.
08:10Well, being semi-retired now, it allows me to devote more time, Xander,
08:14to my real passion in life, which is Irish sports, Gaelic football and hurling.
08:18Very good.
08:19Hurling, the fastest field sport in the world.
08:22So, my own club, we're All-Ireland champions in a fairly recent past.
08:25Oh, really?
08:26So, it's a proper passion.
08:27Do you play or do you just watch?
08:28I just puck about now, but...
08:31We all do a bit of that.
08:33That's just hitting the ball between each other, you know, for fun.
08:36I'm with you.
08:36Yeah, yeah.
08:37I see.
08:38Yes, what fun, though.
08:39Lovely thing to do.
08:40And hurling, do you play on ice?
08:42No.
08:43No, no, it's very similar to hockey, except you can pick the ball up,
08:46run with it and tap it on the end of your hurdle.
08:48Oh, I see.
08:48And score goals and points.
08:50Very violent.
08:51Very violent.
08:51Very violent indeed, yes.
08:52You'd be in a lot of work, Sean.
08:55Yeah.
08:55Yeah, you'd be used a lot.
08:56It's definitely not for the faint-hearted.
08:58No.
08:58No.
08:59Absolutely not.
09:00Now, Seamus, what are you going to go for?
09:02I think I'll go for South Korea.
09:05South Korea.
09:06Shall we see how many of our 100 said South Korea?
09:11South Korea is right.
09:13Well, 63 is our high score, eight is our low.
09:15You passed the high.
09:17You passed the low.
09:18Down to two.
09:19Look at that, Seamus.
09:19Very well done indeed.
09:21Great answer.
09:22Yes, South Korea.
09:23The men's team reached quarterfinals once in this time period
09:25and they went on to come fourth in the 2002 tournament.
09:31But no-one says 2002.
09:32I think it's about time they did.
09:33People normally say 2002.
09:35I think they'll come round because we say 1901.
09:38I'm trying to make it work.
09:39You've got to make it work.
09:40Yeah, 2002.
09:41You are going to make it happen.
09:422002.
09:432002.
09:442002.
09:45Yeah.
09:45Thank you very much indeed, Stephen.
09:46Well, we are halfway through the round.
09:47Let's have a quick look at those scores.
09:48Two, Seamus, the best score of the past.
09:51Very well done indeed.
09:52Then we travel from two to eight where we find John and Crono
09:54and from there to 13 where we find Giovanna and Paul.
09:5863, Ornella.
09:59I know, man.
10:01It's crazy.
10:02That's just a South Korea as well.
10:03Well, listen, I know, I know, I know, but it does mean chance.
10:06You see that mountain on Ornella's jumper.
10:08That's where you've got to climb.
10:09You've got to climb.
10:10But anything can happen.
10:11We're going to come back down the line now.
10:12Well, the second players, please step up to the podium.
10:18There we are.
10:18Sandra, welcome back to Pointless.
10:20Lovely to have you with us again.
10:21Tell us more about yourself, Sandra.
10:23Well, I have a fun fact.
10:27I'm a bit of a Game of Thrones-y.
10:29I love Game of Thrones.
10:30Well, Northern Ireland, full of locations.
10:32Yeah.
10:32So the very last scene of Game of Thrones in the very last season
10:37was filmed just beside our house.
10:39So I did try my best to blag my way in with my Hi-Viz jacket
10:43to see what was going on.
10:45That's the way to do it.
10:45Hi-Viz.
10:46Did you go back with bribes and nice things you'd baked?
10:49I walked the dog down there and tried to charm them
10:53with my Irish banter, but...
10:55They were having none of it?
10:57No.
10:57I can't believe that.
10:59Maybe next time.
11:00Next time.
11:00Next time.
11:01Maybe you should have said you'd be an extra.
11:03Yeah.
11:04There we are.
11:05Anyway, Sandra, look, you are on two.
11:06Brilliant work from Seamus in the first bus.
11:08And it means 60 or less will get you into the second round.
11:13Well, I'm hoping I don't get a big red X for this,
11:15but I'm thinking Republic of Ireland.
11:19Republic of Ireland, says Sandra.
11:21Shall we see?
11:22I'm trying to read Seamus' face there.
11:25Oh, he's giving nothing away.
11:26Inscrutable, Seamus.
11:28Here is your red line.
11:30We are going to say Republic of Ireland.
11:32What happens?
11:34No!
11:37Maybe not so inscrutable.
11:39I'm so sorry, Sandra.
11:41That scores you 100 points.
11:42Takes your total up to 102, but the round is not over yet.
11:45That's tough, because they did reach the quarter-finals,
11:48but before this time period, 1990, the year before we're looking at.
11:54So it wasn't a bad guess, actually.
11:56But it didn't quite work out this time.
11:57Thank you very much indeed.
11:59Now, Crono, welcome.
12:00Great to have you here on Point.
12:01Tell us all about yourself.
12:02I'm originally from Hong Kong, but I moved to London last year.
12:05And then, currently, I'm working like an operation support in a busy, busy warehouse.
12:10So I guess life is well.
12:12There we are.
12:13Very, very busy warehouse.
12:14Yeah, very, very busy.
12:15Very.
12:16So you're in charge of the operations.
12:17Making sure...
12:18Just tidying up here and there.
12:20You know, just making sure every day the operation is doing smoothly.
12:22Smooth.
12:23Working as it should.
12:24Yep.
12:24Very good.
12:25And what do you love to do, Crono, when the operation management is done?
12:29During my free time, I love running.
12:30And I start running half-marathon like this year.
12:34Wow.
12:34And then I'm practising like a full marathon in a few months.
12:38Oh, well done you.
12:39That's pretty.
12:39Yeah, exactly.
12:40Begs the question.
12:41Why?
12:42Yeah, I want to give myself a challenge.
12:44So this is the challenge.
12:45I totally get that, Crono.
12:46And well done you for rising to it.
12:48Now, what are you going to go for in this football category?
12:51And by the way, you're on eight, which means 93 or less gets you through.
12:55I have a few countries in mind.
12:58And the one I'm going for is Ghana.
13:01Ghana, says Crono.
13:03OK, you get a red line.
13:05It's way up there.
13:07Shall we see what happens when we say Ghana?
13:11Good.
13:11And good enough.
13:12We will see you in round two, Crono.
13:20One.
13:21The best score of the entire round so far, taking your total up to nine.
13:25A single digit total.
13:26Great answer, Ghana.
13:28Yes, they reached the quarterfinals once in this period in 2010.
13:31Ghana were knocked out after an opposition player controversially handled the ball on the line to stop a certain goal
13:37at the end of extra time.
13:39And Ghana missed the resulting penalty.
13:42Tough on Ghana.
13:43Great answer.
13:45Thank you very much indeed, Stephen.
13:47Now then, Chance, welcome to Pointless.
13:50Will you introduce yourself to us?
13:51Yeah.
13:51Tell us all about yourself.
13:52So I'm from Birmingham.
13:53I'm a retail assistant and in my free time I DJ.
13:57Do you now?
13:58What sort of music do you DJ?
14:00I DJ everything.
14:01So from like garage music to Bashman, everything really.
14:08I'm very versatile in my music.
14:09So everything.
14:10Very good.
14:11Very good.
14:12And how long have you been doing that, Paul?
14:13I've been doing it for about a year now.
14:15Excellent.
14:15You love it.
14:16Yeah.
14:17Does everybody get you for their parties?
14:19Family parties and stuff, yeah.
14:20But hopefully in the future, like concerts, that's my goal.
14:24Concerts.
14:25To be DJing.
14:26Stuff like that.
14:27Well, good luck with that.
14:28Yeah.
14:28Yes, you are on 63, Chance, which means 38 or less gets you into round two.
14:35Okay.
14:35What are we thinking?
14:36Is this an area you're familiar with?
14:39I'm not a big football watcher, so I'm just going to take a guess.
14:43Okay.
14:45I'm going to say Jamaica.
14:48It's just a guess.
14:50Okay, Jamaica, says Chance.
14:52Yeah.
14:52You get a red line, it comes in sort of there-ish, I'm going to guess.
14:56There it is.
14:56Shall we see how many of our 100 said Jamaica?
14:59Shall we see if it's right?
15:03Sorry.
15:04I'm sorry, Chance.
15:06I'm afraid not Jamaica.
15:07That scores you 100 points.
15:08Takes your total up to 163.
15:11Ornella knew, didn't you?
15:13Yeah.
15:15I knew.
15:15As soon as Chance said it, you started twitching.
15:18Oh, man.
15:18Oh, no.
15:19It's all right, though.
15:20They've never made the quarter-finals, but, you know, one day.
15:22One day.
15:23Thank you very much indeed, Stephen.
15:24Now, Paul, welcome to Pointless.
15:25It's great to have you with us.
15:26Tell us all about yourself.
15:27I'm a retired museum curator.
15:30I was a museum curator for 21 years, which was a wonderful job.
15:34That's a wonderful thing.
15:34Tell us, what was the museum?
15:35It was in Luton.
15:37What was it called?
15:38Luton Museum.
15:38The Luton?
15:40The Luton Museum, you say?
15:42Yes.
15:42And that's in Luton?
15:43It is.
15:44Good.
15:44I did events and exhibitions, and the biggest exhibition that I ever did there was a Star
15:50Wars exhibition, and for that to promote it, I ended up on Blue Peter.
15:55See, that's just brilliant.
15:56Dressed as a Star Wars white-suited stormtrooper.
16:00Wow.
16:01And I told my kids, and the only way they could tell it was me was because I've got very
16:05long
16:05arms, and they could tell it was me.
16:08There you are.
16:08And it was fun.
16:10Anyway, listen, Paul, you were on 13, which means it doesn't matter what you score, you're
16:13through anyway.
16:14So what would you like to go for?
16:15I'm going to go for one I hope is right, so I'm going to say Cameroon.
16:20Cameroon, says Paul.
16:21Shall we see how many of our 100 said Cameroon?
16:22There's no red line for you for the lovely reason you're already through.
16:26Oh!
16:27Well, there we are.
16:28100 for Cameroon, I'm afraid.
16:30Takes your total up to 113, but it couldn't matter less.
16:32You're through.
16:33Again, they were a 1990 quarter-finalist, and our period starts in 1991.
16:38So, good answer, but not right.
16:41So, there were only four pointless answers.
16:43Before we look at them, I'll give you some other low scorers.
16:46You would have got three points for Bulgaria, Colombia and Norway.
16:50One point for Canada, China, Costa Rica, Nigeria, Romania and Senegal.
16:56But here are the pointless answers.
16:59Chinese Taipei, aka Taiwan, North Korea and Paraguay.
17:04And one more there, Ukraine.
17:06Well done at home if you said any of those.
17:08There we are. Thank you very much indeed, Stephen.
17:10That brings us to the end of our first round.
17:12Means we have to say goodbye to our first pair shunts.
17:14And Ornella, I'm afraid it's you.
17:15But it's your first show, so we'll see you next time.
17:18OK. So, it's all fine.
17:19We'll see you then.
17:19And that jumper will be mine.
17:21Yes, it will.
17:22Thank you so much for playing.
17:23But for our remaining three pairs, now time for round two.
17:31Well done, all of you.
17:32I mean, terrific, terrific work there.
17:34No-one did better than Crono, our lowest individual scorer,
17:37and Crono and John, our lowest combined scorers.
17:39So, fantastic work on that middle podium there.
17:41I get the feeling they're quite good. Very good.
17:43You getting that? I've got a vibe.
17:45Yes, I'm getting that as well.
17:46Anyway, best of luck to everybody.
17:48Our category for round two today is...
17:51Oscar-nominated actors.
17:53Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
17:55who's going to go second?
17:56And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
18:02OK, and the question concerns...
18:12On each pass, we're going to show you six pairs of actors.
18:16In each pair, the performers were Oscar-nominated for
18:18best actress and best actor for their roles in the same film.
18:23We will also give you the year of that film's release
18:25and the initials of its title.
18:27You just need to name the film, please.
18:30There we are. Thank you very much indeed.
18:32OK, so here comes our first board of clues.
18:35Six of them.
18:35Pairs of actors.
18:38And we have...
18:38Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, DMD, 1989.
18:43Vivian Lee, Marlon Brando, ASND, 1951.
18:47Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, ASIB, 2018.
18:52Julie Walters, Michael Caine, ER, 1983.
18:56Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, MRBB, 2020.
19:02And Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, TSOTL, 1991.
19:09There we are, Paul.
19:13What are we thinking?
19:15I know a few of them.
19:17I think I will go with Julie Walters and Michael Caine
19:24in Educating Rita.
19:26Educating Rita, says Paul.
19:27Shall we see how many of our 100 said Educating Rita?
19:31It's right. Excellent answer.
19:33Excellent film.
19:36And down he goes to 31.
19:38Very well done.
19:39Good, strong start.
19:40Yes, good answer.
19:41Neither actor won their category.
19:44Shirley MacLaine beat Julie Walters.
19:46Shirley MacLaine for Terms of Endearment.
19:49And the other 1984 winner was Robert Duval,
19:52who won Best Actor for Tender Mercies.
19:55Not a film I know.
19:56I can't remember Tender Mercies.
19:57No, but an Oscar-winning performance.
19:59Clearly.
20:00There you are.
20:01Got to be good.
20:02Ah.
20:03Crono.
20:04I think I have a few answers in mind.
20:07I think I will go for Vivian Lee and Marlon Brando,
20:11that would be A Streetcar Named Desire.
20:13A Streetcar Named Desire.
20:14That's a good answer.
20:15I think let's find out how many of our 100 said
20:16it, A Streetcar Named Desire.
20:20A Streetcar Named Desire.
20:22Well, 31 is the only score we have at the moment.
20:24And you pass it.
20:25Come.
20:26Down to nine.
20:27There we are.
20:28Single digits again.
20:29Single digits.
20:30Crono, that's what they're calling him.
20:31Good answer.
20:32Vivian Lee won her second Oscar,
20:34after her Gone With The Wind Oscar.
20:36But Marlon Brando lost out to Humphrey Bogart
20:39for The African Queen.
20:41There we are.
20:42Both great films.
20:42Thank you very much indeed.
20:44Now then, Seamus, you're the last person to have this board.
20:46Would you like to talk us through it?
20:48I won't be able to talk you through all of it, unfortunately.
20:50But Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper as a star is born.
20:54The bottom one is The Sounds of the Lambs.
20:56But I think I'm going to go for the top one, which is Driving Miss Daisy.
20:59Driving Miss Daisy says Seamus.
21:00Shall we see how many of our 100 said that?
21:02Driving Miss Daisy.
21:05Driving Miss Daisy is right.
21:0731 is our high score.
21:09And you pass it.
21:1123 for Driving Miss Daisy.
21:12Well done, James.
21:13Well done.
21:14Jessica Tangy won the Oscar at the age of 80.
21:17She's still the oldest woman to win Best Actress.
21:20And Daniel Day-Lewis won the Oscar that year over Morgan Freeman.
21:24He won for My Left Foot.
21:26So?
21:27So, yes.
21:28The Science of the Lambs has been provided.
21:30Silence of the Lambs is correct.
21:3159 points.
21:33And then A Star Is Born has also been given.
21:35A Star Is Born.
21:3747 points for that.
21:38Violet Davis, Chadwick Boseman.
21:412020.
21:42Quite a memorable name of the film.
21:44Oh, no.
21:44That's going to make it even worse.
21:46I'm not remembering it.
21:47Hmm.
21:48Ma Rainey's...
21:48Black Bottom.
21:49Black Bottom.
21:50Yes.
21:50There we are.
21:51There we go.
21:51And that was the lowest score of the round with two points.
21:54Well done if anyone got that.
21:56There we are.
21:56Thank you very much indeed.
21:58Well, we're halfway through the round.
21:58Let's have a quick look at those scores.
22:00Crono.
22:00Well done.
22:01Nine.
22:02Superb work there.
22:03Then we travel up to 23 where we find Sandra and Seamus.
22:05And then up to 31 where we find Paul and Giovanna.
22:08Giovanna, you'll get the tail end of the next board.
22:10I hope there's something nice and low scoring on it that you know to level up.
22:14Good luck with that.
22:14We're going to come back down the line now.
22:15Will the second players please step up to the podium?
22:21Well now, let us put six more pairs of actors who were nominated for the same film for an Oscar
22:26on the board.
22:27Can you name the films?
22:29Here they are.
22:30Helen Hunt, Jack Nicholson, AGAIG, 1997.
22:36Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable, IHON, 1934.
22:40Catherine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, OGP, 1981.
22:45Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, LLL, 2016.
22:50Deborah Carr, Yul Brynner, TKAI, 1956.
22:56And Angela Bassett, Lawrence Fishburne, WLGTDWI, 1993.
23:05There we are.
23:06Now then, Sandra, you're on 23.
23:09We're looking at a target score of seven or less.
23:11I know a couple of them, but I think I'm going to go for the top one.
23:16Helen Hunt and Jack Nicholson as As Good As It Gets.
23:20As Good As It Gets, says Sandra.
23:22You get a red line.
23:23Let's see if we can get you below that red line with As Good As It Gets.
23:29It's right.
23:33Oh, it's good. Very well done indeed.
23:3517 is what that scores.
23:37Taking your total up to a lovely round of four.
23:39Well done.
23:40And they both won their Oscars.
23:42And they both won Golden Globes for that film.
23:43Isn't that a happy outcome?
23:45It's pretty much as good as it gets.
23:47Yes, thank you.
23:48That's just splendid.
23:50John, now you're on a score of nine.
23:53If you can score 30 or less, you are in the head-to-head.
23:57The only one I can think of is probably the really obvious one,
24:00which is Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, La La Land.
24:03La La Land, says John.
24:05Here is your red line.
24:07Where do we end up with La La Land?
24:14La La Land is right.
24:1840 for La La Land takes your total up to 49.
24:22Emma Stone won.
24:23Ryan Gosling didn't.
24:25And poor old La La Land thought it had won.
24:27Yes.
24:28But didn't.
24:29Controversial moment in Oscar history, yeah.
24:31I mean, that's like handball, isn't it?
24:33That was like that.
24:34That's tough.
24:35That's tough.
24:35No-one will ever forget.
24:36No.
24:37Yeah.
24:38There we go.
24:38Thank you very much indeed.
24:40Now, Giovanna, 31 is your score at the moment.
24:4317 or less will get you through.
24:45Would you like to talk us through the board?
24:47I would love to talk you through the board,
24:49but unfortunately I can't.
24:50The Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda film, I know.
24:54That's on Golden Pond.
24:55But I'm going to go with Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner
24:58in The King and I.
25:00The King and I, says Giovanna.
25:02Now, here is your red line.
25:05It's low.
25:06Can we get you below it with The King and I?
25:11The King and I is absolutely right.
25:1649 for The King and I, taking your total up to a lovely round.
25:1980.
25:20Yul Brynner won for his playing King Monkut of Siam.
25:26Deborah Kerr lost out to Ingrid Bergman for Anastasia.
25:29Right.
25:30So, we've already discovered On Golden Pond.
25:34That's correct.
25:35That was a lower score, Giovanna,
25:37but it still wouldn't have been low enough.
25:39Oh, well.
25:39Either of the other ones would, though, have seen you through.
25:42Any ideas?
25:43I mean, yes, I can do the bottom one,
25:44which is What's Love Got To Do With It?
25:46It took me a little while to work that out.
25:48Not easy.
25:48So many letters, I think it's bamboozling.
25:50Yeah.
25:50That would have scored seven.
25:51But the Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable film,
25:55can you tell me what it is?
25:56No, I can't.
25:58It.
25:58I.
25:58It.
25:59Happened.
25:59One night.
26:00It happened one night.
26:03From 1934, one point.
26:05Thank you very much indeed, Stephen.
26:06Right, that brings us to the end of our second round.
26:08It means we have to say goodbye to our second pair, Giovanna and Paul.
26:10For a moment there, I thought you'd snuck in.
26:13But I'm afraid you're our high scorers this round.
26:16It's only your first show.
26:17We'll see you next time.
26:18Looking forward to it already.
26:19Giovanna and Paul, we'll see you then.
26:21But for our two remaining pairs, it is now time for the Head to Head.
26:29Congratulations, Crono and John, Sandra and Seamus.
26:32You are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot,
26:36which currently stands at £2,000.
26:40However, we now have a little moment here before we start playing the Head to Head.
26:43See if we can find a couple of pointless answers
26:45and we can throw some more money into that jackpot.
26:47£250 for each one we find.
26:48Here goes.
26:49We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many Jackie Collins novels as they could, Stephen.
26:58You'll see six options.
27:00Four are titles of novels written by Jackie Collins, two of which are pointless
27:04and two are not Jackie Collins novels.
27:07£250 for each pointless answer.
27:09Good luck.
27:10Thank you very much indeed.
27:11So can you find the pointless Jackie Collins novels from these six?
27:14Here we go.
27:15We have Kiss of Life, Sinners, Hollywood Husbands, Past Imperfect, The World is Full of Divorced Women and Lady Boss.
27:25There we are. Does anybody know anything?
27:28No.
27:29We are hopeless on this one.
27:31I have a funny feeling I've heard Hollywood Husbands and Lady Boss.
27:36Bear that in mind.
27:37Crono and John, would you like to nominate a pointless Jackie Collins novel?
27:42Since we are clueless, so we might go for The World is Full of Divorced Women.
27:46The World is Full of Divorced Women.
27:48Is that a pointless Jackie Collins novel?
27:51It's a Jackie Collins novel.
27:53OK.
27:58Oh, it's one of those as well.
28:00Very well done.
28:03Now, Sandra and Seamus, shall we see if we can find the other one?
28:06What do we think?
28:07We think Hollywood Husbands is one, but we don't think it would be pointless.
28:10So we're going to guess at...
28:12Sinners.
28:13Sinners.
28:14Shall we try Sinners?
28:15Is Sinners a pointless Jackie Collins novel?
28:19It's a Jackie Collins novel.
28:26There we are!
28:28Look like that.
28:30Very, very well done indeed.
28:31It's 19 shows since we've had a double pointless.
28:34So well done.
28:35Well done.
28:35That was some really ninja playing there.
28:38Wasn't it?
28:38What about you?
28:39Jackie Collins fan?
28:40Oh, man and boy.
28:42Man and boy.
28:43So you'll be able to tell me which of the two Jackie Collins novels.
28:46We think Hollywood Husbands, we, because I'm just basically going with Hollywood Husbands
28:50and Lady Boss.
28:51And you'd have been right on both counts.
28:53Well done.
28:54Look at that.
28:54Hollywood Husbands, two points.
28:56Lady Boss scored seven, which means the other two are not novels by Jackie Collins.
29:01Kiss of Life is, of course, by Dame Barbara Cartland.
29:04There we go, of course.
29:06And Past Imperfect is Jackie's sister's autobiography.
29:10Joan's autobiography was called Past Imperfect.
29:13Oh, yeah.
29:14Thank you very much indeed.
29:16Um, right.
29:16Very well done indeed.
29:18You have just found both pointless answers, which means we can sit back and enjoy the sight
29:22of £500 adding themselves to our jackpot, paying the total up to £2,500.
29:26Who'll be playing for it, though?
29:28Well, let's find out in the head-to-head.
29:31APPLAUSE
29:34OK.
29:35The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
29:37And you are now allowed to confer before you give your answers.
29:39Best of luck to both pairs.
29:40Here is our first question.
29:42And it is all about...
29:47Mm.
29:48Yes.
29:48We're going to show you five pictures of different types of orchid that are named
29:52or nicknamed for their supposed resemblance to various creatures.
29:57We'll also give you their names, but we'll only show you alternate letters
30:00of the words that tell you the type of creature the orchid resembles.
30:05Please give us the missing creatures.
30:08Thank you very much indeed, Stephen.
30:10OK.
30:10Let's reveal our five orchids.
30:12And here they are.
30:14We have A.
30:16O.
30:16K.
30:17Y.
30:18Orchid.
30:21B.
30:21O.
30:23H.
30:23Orchid.
30:27C.
30:28O.
30:29E.
30:30Orchid.
30:33D.
30:35E.
30:36Orchid.
30:39And E.
30:41Flying U.
30:43K.
30:44Orchid.
30:46There we are.
30:49Crono and John.
30:50Oh, we've got B.
30:52Yeah.
30:53We've got a couple of ideas.
30:55We're going to go for B.
30:57Moth Orchid.
30:59Moth Orchid for B.
31:01Moth Orchid.
31:02Now, Sandra and Seamus, can you talk us through those other orchids?
31:06A is, we believe, monkey orchid.
31:08I'd have to say we're struggling beyond that other than D we think is B orchid.
31:13But we're going to go for E, which is Flying Duck Orchid.
31:18Flying Duck Orchid.
31:20So we have Moth Orchid and Flying Duck Orchid.
31:22Crono and John went for Moth Orchid for B.
31:26Shall we see how many of our 100 people said that?
31:3727 for Moth Orchid.
31:39Meanwhile, Sandra and Seamus are going for E, the Flying Duck Orchid.
31:46Let's see how many of our 100 said that.
31:52Flying Duck Orchid is right.
31:5457 for Flying Duck, my goodness.
31:56Crono and John, very well done indeed.
31:58After one question, you're up 1-0.
32:00Firstly, how weird are orchids?
32:02Aren't they just?
32:03They're just, what's going on?
32:04Yes.
32:05So, Zander, talk us through.
32:06OK, well, monkey orchid, there it is.
32:08Correct, 58 points for that.
32:10Extraordinary.
32:11It is, isn't it?
32:11Brilliant piece of work.
32:12Then we've got a dove orchid here.
32:15Look at the little dove.
32:16Also known as the Holy Ghost orchid.
32:18Yes.
32:1815 points for that one.
32:20Absolutely.
32:20That was actually the lowest scoring one and the only one that would have beaten
32:23moth orchid.
32:24And that leaves, finally, the bee orchid.
32:27The bee orchid, yes.
32:28It's self-pollinating, but that doesn't stop bees having a go on it.
32:33Good.
32:3366 points for that.
32:35Excellent.
32:36Thank you very much indeed, Stephen.
32:38Well, here is your second question.
32:39Now, Zander and Seamus, you get to answer it first.
32:41We've got to win this one to stay in the game, so good luck.
32:43Our second question today is all about...
32:50We're going to give you five classical singing voice types,
32:52male and female, but in anagram form.
32:56Please give us the most obscure answer.
32:58Thank you very much indeed.
33:00So, can you unpick these anagrams of voice types?
33:13There we are.
33:15Now, then, Sandra and Seamus will go first.
33:19The second one is baritone.
33:21The bottom one is treble.
33:22The second one is the top one.
33:24I don't know.
33:25I will go baritone.
33:26OK.
33:27We know a couple.
33:28We'll go the second one and we'll say baritone.
33:30You're going to say baritone for Riot Bean.
33:33Now then, Crono and Jon, can you talk us through the rest of those anagrams?
33:37Yeah, we know the top one is contralto.
33:40Third one...
33:40What did you say the third one was?
33:42Soprano.
33:42Soprano.
33:42And then the last one is treble.
33:44What do you reckon?
33:45The top one?
33:46Yeah.
33:47Let's go with the top one.
33:48Contralto, please.
33:48You're going to go for contralto.
33:50So, we have baritone and contralto.
33:52Sandra and Seamus went baritone for Riot Bean.
33:55Let's see how many of our 100 said that.
33:59Baritone is right.
34:04Down it goes to 23.
34:08Meanwhile, Crono and Jon are going for contralto at the top there for total corn.
34:12Shall we see how many of our 100 said contralto?
34:16It is contralto.
34:21And it wins the point for you.
34:22Very well done.
34:23Down it goes to five.
34:24This is an amazing score.
34:25Very well done, Crono and Jon.
34:27And it means after only two questions,
34:29you are straight through to the final.
34:302-0.
34:31Terrific work.
34:32Yes.
34:33What are you, Sandra?
34:34Are you a baritone?
34:34You're a baritone.
34:35Yeah, I'm a Riot Bean.
34:36So, you're worth 23 points.
34:38Talk us through the rest.
34:39Well, treble there at the bottom.
34:40Treble at the bottom.
34:4131 points.
34:42Soprano.
34:43Soprano, 34.
34:44Highest score.
34:45And I'm guessing this is a countertenor.
34:47Countertenor, the lowest score.
34:49Four.
34:50There.
34:51Very good.
34:51Fabulous.
34:52Thank you very much indeed, Stephen.
34:54That brings us to the end of the head-to-head round.
34:56And it means we have to say goodbye to Sandra and Seamus.
34:59Once again, you come storming into the head-to-head round
35:02and you come up against, I mean, my goodness, Crono and Jon.
35:05Brilliant.
35:06Just fabulous work there.
35:08We'll get to see you next time.
35:09And next time, we will take it in your third show.
35:12We'll take it up one more notch up to the final.
35:14I have no doubt.
35:15But thank you so much for playing, Sandra and Seamus.
35:19For Crono and Jon, though, now time for the Pointless final.
35:25Huge congratulations, Crono and Jon.
35:27You've fought off all the competition and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
35:37Yay.
35:37You now have a chance to win the Pointless jackpot.
35:41And at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £2,500.
35:46The big question is, what would you like to see come up?
35:49I mean, not much has held you back.
35:53Hopefully tennis.
35:54I think for me, geography.
35:56So sort of countries, islands, anything like that.
35:59OK, tennis or geography.
36:00But I would imagine there would be a handful of other things
36:02you could have a pretty authoritative crack at.
36:05OK, well, let's have a look.
36:05There will be four things, as ever, appearing on the board.
36:08And today's four are...
36:19Do you think Spanish landmarks or green music?
36:22Yeah, it's a toss-up between those two.
36:25Basketball, I mean...
36:25Do you know much about basketball?
36:27Because I don't.
36:29Or P.G. Woodhouse.
36:31I mean, the only one that I think I'd be confident in is green...
36:34Well, music.
36:35Yeah.
36:36Anything music-related.
36:38What do you reckon?
36:38Spanish landmarks.
36:39OK.
36:40Spanish landmarks.
36:40Spanish landmarks, it is.
36:42Wow, we got there.
36:43We got there.
36:43Sorry.
36:44I felt that.
36:45So, Spanish landmarks.
36:47We are looking for the name of any of the 16 national parks
36:51of Spain, as listed on Spain.info, the official tourism site of Spain.
36:57Note that the list includes parks in the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands,
37:01as well as in mainland Spain.
37:02Or we're looking for the name of any city or town in Spain where there is a Roman Catholic cathedral
37:10or co-cathedral that is currently active, according to the Spanish Episcopal Conference.
37:17The Spanish Episcopal Conference identifies almost 90 currently active cathedrals and co-cathedrals in Spain.
37:25Good luck.
37:26Thank you very much indeed.
37:27Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
37:30All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
37:34If you can find three pointless answers, we will throw in a £500 bonus.
37:37Are you ready?
37:38Yes.
37:39Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
37:41There they are.
37:41Your time starts now.
37:43OK.
37:43Do you know any national parks?
37:45No, not really.
37:46Let's go for city and towns.
37:48Cities and towns that have got cathedrals.
37:50Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
37:51OK.
37:52Yeah, I'm thinking La Coruña because, you know, I mean, let's think about football.
37:59Yeah, La Coruña.
37:59That's in north, isn't it?
38:01Yeah, La Coruña.
38:03Girona, is that?
38:04Girona.
38:06And, I mean, maybe Faragotha.
38:08That might be a choice.
38:10Yeah, that could be.
38:10I'm just popping up names in general.
38:13Valladolid.
38:14Yeah, that could work.
38:16Yeah, we also want to avoid the obvious ones.
38:17Yeah.
38:18Barcelona.
38:19Tarragona.
38:20Tarragona.
38:20Oh, there's loads, aren't there?
38:22Valencia.
38:23Valencia would be pretty popular.
38:24Yeah, so go for ones which are less likely to score.
38:26So, what are we going?
38:27I've got 15 seconds.
38:28Faragotha.
38:29Laragossa.
38:30And then La Coruña.
38:31La Coruña.
38:32And I'll try Girona.
38:34Girona.
38:35Girona.
38:35Yeah.
38:36OK.
38:36We'll go for that.
38:38OK, it sounds like you've come up with three answers.
38:40There we are.
38:41We're going to stop it at three seconds.
38:42Let's have your three answers.
38:43What have you got?
38:44We are going for cities and towns.
38:46OK.
38:46All three of them.
38:48And then the first one would be Tharagossa.
38:50Tharagossa.
38:51And then the second one would be...
38:53La Coruña.
38:54La Coruña.
38:55And the third one would be Girona.
38:57Girona.
38:58Yep.
38:58Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
39:01I don't know.
39:02Tharagossa.
39:02OK, Tharagossa we'll put last.
39:04Least likely to be pointless.
39:06Girona.
39:06Girona and La Coruña goes in the middle.
39:08So Girona, La Coruña, Tharagossa.
39:10Yep.
39:11OK.
39:11Well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order.
39:13And here they are.
39:15We have...
39:17Girona, La Coruña and Tharagossa.
39:22Well, they look terrific on the board.
39:24If any one of those turns out to be pointless,
39:25you will be leaving here with £2,500.
39:28What would you like to do with that, Crono?
39:30I'm going to ask you first.
39:30I'm running a half marathon, which is running for a charity.
39:34Some of them might be in it.
39:35And then the rest, I want to give myself a treat, you know.
39:39There we are.
39:39John, how about you?
39:40I think, in all honesty, I'd probably go on holiday.
39:43Maybe to Spain to see all the cathedrals.
39:44Well, wouldn't that be nice?
39:45Yeah.
39:45All the Roman Catholic...
39:46All co-cathedrals.
39:48Well, very, very, very best of luck.
39:49Three lovely-looking answers there.
39:51In all three cases, we are looking for cities and towns in Spain
39:54that have Roman Catholic cathedrals.
39:56Your first answer was Girona.
39:58Shall we see if that is a pointless answer?
40:00How many of our 100 said it?
40:03Well, Girona is right.
40:05If this goes all the way down to the bottom of the column,
40:07you will be leaving here with £2,500.
40:10Girona takes us down through the teens and into single figures.
40:13Still going down with Girona.
40:14Still going down!
40:15Oh!
40:16One!
40:18One person said Girona.
40:19OK.
40:20Let's not dwell on that one...
40:22Do you think if that one person knew Girona...
40:24No, we won't even think about that.
40:25La Coruña is your next answer.
40:28Exactly the same criteria.
40:29How many of our 100 people said La Coruña?
40:33Might this be pointless for £2,500?
40:37Oh!
40:39That's annoying.
40:41I was enjoying saying La Coruña.
40:43Good name, isn't it?
40:43I know, it's a great name.
40:44So we now turn to Zaragoza, which I'm also enjoying saying.
40:48This was the one you thought was your best shot at a pointless answer.
40:51Shall we see for £2,500 whether Zaragoza is a pointless answer?
40:57He's right.
40:59OK, with your first answer, Girona was right.
41:01La Coruña turned out to be incorrect.
41:04Zaragoza, absolutely right.
41:05We go down through the teens with Zaragoza.
41:07Can this be pointed for £2,500 still going down with Zaragoza?
41:10Oh!
41:10One!
41:12Oh, you're joking.
41:14There's one person in our 100 who's Spanish.
41:17I suspect.
41:19We can.
41:20Three amazing answers there.
41:22Even La Coruña was great.
41:23I'm so sorry, though.
41:24I'm afraid you didn't manage to find the all-important pointless answers.
41:27I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot.
41:29But you do win today's trophy and very, very impressively as well.
41:33I mean, hands-down win across the show.
41:35Yeah.
41:35Very well done, indeed.
41:36Oh, that's tough.
41:38Yes, La Coruña doesn't have a cathedral listed on that list.
41:41Did you mention Valladolid?
41:44Did you?
41:44Yeah.
41:45Oh!
41:46That was a pointless answer.
41:49Unlucky.
41:49Let's have a look at some of the other pointless answers,
41:51starting with the national parks in Spain.
41:54We have the Atlantic islands of Galicia,
41:57Monfrague, Sierra de Guadarrama.
42:00Are you enjoying my pronunciation?
42:02Loving them.
42:02Teide, which is in Tenerife, Teide.
42:05It's a volcano, the highest point on Spanish soil.
42:09In fact, everything else was pointless,
42:11apart from the following, who all scored points.
42:14Sierra Nevada, Doñana and Picos de Europa.
42:18Right, here are some of the cities and towns
42:21that have Roman Catholic cathedrals.
42:24Getafe, Ibiza, Oviedo and Santiago de Compostela.
42:30The scoring answers here, as you said, Barcelona, Madrid,
42:33Seville, Valencia, Malaga, Cordoba, Alicante, Bilbao, Cadiz,
42:37San Sebastian, Burgos, Girona, Granada, León, Mathia,
42:42Palma, Tarragona and Zaragoza.
42:44Everything else was pointless.
42:46Thank you very much indeed, Stephen.
42:48And thank you so much, Crono and John.
42:50It's been wonderful having you on the show.
42:51I'm sorry you didn't win our jackpot today.
42:52That will therefore roll over onto the next show,
42:55when we will be playing for £3,500.
42:59Join us then to see if someone can win it.
43:01Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Stephen.
43:03Goodbye.
43:04And it's goodbye from me.
43:05Goodbye.
43:35We turn the add actions to all our people.
43:36We ask people to, after the positions of all people do,
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