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00:00MUSIC
00:22Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,
00:25and a very warm welcome to Pointless, the quiz that puts obscure knowledge to the test.
00:29Let's meet today's players.
00:34And couple number one. Hi, I'm Seema, and this is my daughter Jasmine,
00:39and we're both from London.
00:40Couple number two. Hi, I'm Leo, I'm from London, this is my friend Chris,
00:43he's from Durham. Couple number three.
00:45Hello, my name's Charlie, this is my wife Christine,
00:48and we're from Anik in Northumberland.
00:50And finally, couple number four.
00:52Hi, my name's Miles, this is my daughter Kiva,
00:55we're both from Belfast and I live in Armagh.
00:57And these are today's contestants.
01:00Thank you very much indeed, everybody.
01:03A very, very warm welcome to Pointless, it's wonderful to have you all here.
01:06That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
01:08A TV presenter who grew up as one of four sisters,
01:11so I expect she won't struggle to be heard today.
01:13It is my Pointless friend, it's Angela Scanlon.
01:17I don't know, these look like a pretty lively bunch.
01:20I think maybe.
01:21A lot of hormones in a house for four girls.
01:22Where do you come in the running order?
01:24Second from the top.
01:25My wife is one of four sisters and she's second from the top as well.
01:28Oh really?
01:28So well done.
01:30For surviving, you mean?
01:31I think any family dynamic has its strains.
01:35It sure does.
01:35And its lovely benefits too.
01:37Absolutely.
01:37There we are.
01:38He's a diplomat.
01:39Ah, yes.
01:40Anyway.
01:41And you, if I may say, a fabulous co-host.
01:44Thank you very much.
01:45I'm loving it.
01:46Good.
01:47Well now, Rosie and Daniel got through to the final last time
01:50and they did win the jackpot,
01:51which means today's jackpot starts off back at £1,000.
01:55There it is.
01:56Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
02:02APPLAUSE
02:04Now, I just have to remind you of this before we start.
02:07It's the pair with the highest score at the end of each round
02:10that gets eliminated,
02:10so keep your scores as low as you possibly can
02:12and that will never be you.
02:14Best of luck to everybody.
02:15Our first category today is...
02:20Astronomical Names.
02:21Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
02:22who's going to go second?
02:24And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
02:31OK, and the question concerns...
02:35Definitions of constellations in English, Angela.
02:39Now, on each board we're going to show you the Latin names
02:42of seven of the constellations in the night sky,
02:45together with the definition of the equivalent English name
02:48for each one.
02:49Please give us the English name that you think the fewest
02:52of our hundred people knew.
02:54To help, we'll also give you the first letter of each answer
02:57and the number of letters it contains.
03:00Thank you very much indeed.
03:01So let's reveal our first board of seven clues.
03:03Here they come.
03:05Draco.
03:06A mythical monster, often represented as a huge winged reptile
03:10that breathes fire.
03:11D.
03:12Six.
03:13Scutum.
03:14A broad piece of armour, usually carried on the arm
03:17as a defence against offensive weapons.
03:19S. Six.
03:21Parvo.
03:22A large bird distinguished by its ability to spread its long,
03:26iridescent tail in a fan.
03:27P. Seven.
03:30Camelopardalis.
03:31An African ruminant mammal with a very long neck and legs.
03:36G. Seven.
03:38Aera.
03:39A raised place or structure where religious rites are performed.
03:44A. Five.
03:46Cygnus.
03:47An aquatic bird with a long, slender neck and adult plumage
03:50that's typically white.
03:52S. Four.
03:54And Sagittar, a long, slender pointed missile
03:58that is shot from a bow.
04:00A. Five.
04:03Jasmine, welcome back to Pointless.
04:05Great to have you here again.
04:06We need to know more about you, Jasmine.
04:08Well, it's great to see you two again, Xander.
04:10Well, thank you very much.
04:11On the topic of siblings, I'm an only child.
04:15So me and my mum have a really good relationship,
04:17which I guess is one of the reasons why we're here together
04:19on this show today.
04:20That's very nice indeed.
04:22Did you have imaginary friends growing up?
04:24I don't know why I assumed that.
04:27Do you?
04:28No, but I had too many.
04:29I was crowded by family members.
04:32Did you?
04:32I know they often say that only children do have imaginary friends.
04:37Not quite, but I did have a pet fish.
04:39You had a pet fish?
04:40Yes.
04:41Very nice.
04:42A pet fish with a name?
04:43Pudge.
04:44Pudge.
04:45Pudge the fish.
04:45Answers to Pudge.
04:47Yes, answers to Pudge.
04:47I'm not sure pet fish answer to anything.
04:49Yeah, they don't.
04:50Which is why we love them.
04:51The aloof creatures that they are.
04:53Jasmine, what are you going to go for on our board?
04:57I'm going to go with Pavo and say Peacock.
05:03Pavo, Peacock.
05:04Shall we see if that's right?
05:05How many of our 100 people said Peacock?
05:10Peacock is right.
05:12Down he goes to 57.
05:13It's what we call a solid star.
05:15Go.
05:16Nice.
05:17The constellation was introduced by a Dutch astronomer,
05:19and it's thought he named it to represent the Java green Peacock,
05:23which some Dutch navigators may have encountered on their journey
05:26to the East Indies.
05:29There we are, thank you very much.
05:30You're very welcome.
05:31Love Peacocks.
05:33Leo, welcome back.
05:34I have a feeling this is your third show.
05:36I think it is, yes.
05:37Mm-hmm.
05:38Tell us a bit more about yourself, Leo.
05:40Music's my main interest, I'd say.
05:42Play bass, in bands, help out a lot of gigs and go to a lot of gigs.
05:47Helping out at gigs.
05:49See, that's a nice thing to do.
05:51With your own band or do you help out a lot of people?
05:53Mostly on the doors, so I've got a list of people and tick them off,
05:57give them wristbands.
05:58Technically a bouncer, but I don't really like a bouncer.
06:00Don't do any bouncer.
06:01Don't do any bouncer.
06:01You just need a coat.
06:03Yes, you need a big coat and a bit of wire.
06:05It doesn't have to be connected or anything.
06:07You just need it.
06:09Leo, what are you going to go for on our board here?
06:12So, I think I know all of these.
06:14Mm-hmm.
06:16I'm going to go with Ara and say Alter.
06:18Alter for Ara, says Leo.
06:20Should we see how many of our 100 said Alter?
06:25Alter is right.
06:2657 is our only score, and you can fly past it.
06:2945 is where you end up with Alter.
06:31Well done, Leo.
06:31Very good.
06:32The constellation Ara represents the altar on which Zeus
06:35and other Greek gods swore their allegiance
06:37before they went to war with the Titans.
06:40Titans.
06:41Titans.
06:42Sounds like a gladiator name, is it?
06:44It certainly would pass as one.
06:46Has it not yet been used?
06:48Maybe it will be yours when you do the select version.
06:50Surely.
06:50I think it will be, if it's still available.
06:52Yeah.
06:53If others haven't taken it, thank you very much indeed.
06:55Store that one away.
06:56Charlie, welcome back to Pointless.
06:58We must know more about you, Charlie.
07:00Well, I'm retired now.
07:03I had a job that took me all over the world.
07:06And one occasion, coming back from New York on a Friday evening,
07:11I got there early and British Airways bumped me off the flight
07:15and put me up in a hotel and flew me back on Concorde the next morning.
07:18Oh, well, that's OK.
07:19Very sort of narrow, long tube full of famous people.
07:22Oh, like a sports car of a plane.
07:24Extraordinary.
07:25Wow.
07:25What a wonderful memory, Charlie.
07:27What would you like to go for?
07:29Well, I was going to go for Ara.
07:31I thought that would be the best on the board.
07:34But I think I'll go for Scutum, S.H.I.E.L.D.
07:38OK, S.H.I.E.L.D. for Scutum.
07:40Shall we see how many of our 100 people said S.H.I.E.L.D.?
07:45S.H.I.E.L.D.
07:45S.H.I.E.L.D.'s right.
07:57It was named by an astronomer to commemorate the Polish king's victory
08:02in the Battle of Vienna in 1683.
08:05There we are, thank you very much.
08:07There we go now.
08:07Indeed.
08:09Kiva, welcome to Pointless.
08:11Great to have you here.
08:12Introduce yourself to the room.
08:14Well, my name's Kiva, I'm 25, from Northern Ireland
08:18and I'm here with my dad.
08:20We've been long-time watchers of Pointless
08:22and first time ever on the show.
08:25Here you are, actually part of the Pointless family.
08:28Lovely to have you here.
08:30What keeps you busy, Kiva, over in Ireland?
08:33Usually photography.
08:35I enjoy photography in my spare time.
08:37Excellent.
08:38Very nice.
08:38Now, what would you like to go for on this board?
08:40This board is all yours.
08:41Can you supply the English names for these Latin constellations?
08:45I'm pretty sure the top one is a dragon.
08:49The next one that's free would be a giraffe.
08:53Then Cygnus would be swan.
08:54Probably going to have to go with Sagittar Arrow.
08:57Sagittar Arrow.
08:59Let's see where we end up with Arrow.
09:03Arrow is right.
09:0457 still our high score.
09:06Oh!
09:06I'm sorry about that.
09:08Oh, Kiva, I'm sorry.
09:1067 for Arrow.
09:11Kiva took us perfectly through the board.
09:15But the best three answers had already been given.
09:17We have Dragon, Draco up the top at 62.
09:22Giraffe at 61.
09:25And Swan, as you mentioned, would have given you 59.
09:28Well, we're halfway through the round.
09:30Let's have a quick look at those scores.
09:3239, Charlie and Christine.
09:33Very well done indeed.
09:35Then we travel from 39 to 45 where we find Leo and Chris.
09:37From there to 57 where we find Jasmine and Seema.
09:41And from there up to 67 where we find Kiva and Myles.
09:45I mean, who knows what will happen in the next pass.
09:48But let's see if you can find a low-scoring answer on the next board, Myles.
09:51Good luck.
09:52We're going to come back down the line now with the second players.
09:54Please step up to the podium.
09:59OK, let us put seven more Latin names of constellations on the board.
10:04Here they are.
10:06Horologium, an instrument for measuring and indicating time,
10:09especially by mechanical means.
10:12C, five.
10:13Delphinus, a marine mammal typically smaller than a whale
10:16and having a beak-like snout.
10:19D, seven.
10:21Carina, the central structural member that extends lengthwise
10:25along the bottom of a ship.
10:27K, four.
10:28Crater, a small container typically with a handle used chiefly
10:33as a drinking vessel.
10:34C, three.
10:36Faunax, a chamber in which heat is produced,
10:39for example, to generate steam or to smelt metals.
10:43F, seven.
10:45Vulpecula, a canine mammal typically with large pointed ears,
10:49a pointed muzzle and a bushy tail.
10:52F, three.
10:53And Gruss, a large wading bird that inhabits marshes and plains
10:58in many parts of the world.
11:00C, five.
11:03Miles, welcome to Pointless.
11:05Good to have you here.
11:05Tell us all about yourself, Miles.
11:07Hi.
11:07So, I work as an internal auditor for a large Irish charity called
11:12Trocra and they operate all over the world.
11:15Very good indeed.
11:16And do you work just in the Northern Irish branch of that
11:19or do you travel the world as well?
11:20No, I travel the world, so I'm just back from Nairobi, actually.
11:24And they operate in 23 countries all over the world.
11:28Very exciting, Miles.
11:30Now, you are on 67, you are our high scorers.
11:32Yes.
11:33So, yes, we're looking for a nice low score here.
11:35Have you isolated one that might get you into round two?
11:38Well, I think I know most of them, but I think I will go for Karina,
11:43which I believe is a keel.
11:48Shall we see how many of our 100 said keel?
11:51There's no red line for you as you're the high scorers at the moment.
11:56Kiel is right.
12:00That goes down to 39.
12:02Very well done indeed.
12:03That takes your total up to 106.
12:04Karina contains the second brightest star in the sky, Canopus.
12:09There we are.
12:11Now, Christine, welcome back to Pointless.
12:14Great.
12:15I have to tell you, something wonderful happened on the floor
12:18before we started filming today.
12:19Frosty, our floor manager, came in and said...
12:23He doesn't call you Christine.
12:24Certainly not.
12:25Mrs...
12:26Mrs Scott.
12:27Mrs Scott!
12:28Mrs Scott!
12:29She was his English teacher for seven years.
12:31Stop!
12:32I mean, he can barely string two sentences together, but still...
12:38Christine, that was an exciting moment.
12:40It was.
12:41It's thrilling.
12:42Ah.
12:42Well, so, Christine, you're on 39.
12:44You have a target score of 66 or less.
12:46Right.
12:47OK.
12:48Um...
12:49I might go for Furnace.
12:52For Furnace.
12:54Furnace.
12:54Shall we see how many of our 100 said Furnace?
12:57You get a red line, Christine, and it comes in here.
13:01Furnace.
13:05Furnace, absolutely right.
13:06And you are through to round two.
13:07Very well done indeed.
13:0848.
13:08What that score is taking your total up to 87.
13:11Now, the Frenchman who named it in the 1750s
13:14called it Fornax Chemica
13:16after the small fuel heater used for chemical experiments
13:19in 1845.
13:20It was shortened to its present name, Fornax.
13:23There, I think it's nicer.
13:24Fornax.
13:24It's catchier.
13:25You don't want chemical furnace.
13:26I mean, who needs that?
13:27The chemicals up there.
13:28Yeah, absolutely.
13:29We all know what it's doing, right?
13:31We know.
13:31Thank you very much indeed, Angela, for putting the record straight.
13:35Chris, welcome back.
13:36Lovely to have you with us again for your third show from Durham.
13:39From Durham.
13:40Tell us a bit more about yourself, Chris.
13:42So when I was younger, I played a lot of chess.
13:44So I used to play in lots of local tournaments
13:46and win trophies and stuff.
13:48But recently I've been trying to pick it back up.
13:50It's a bit of a learning curve again.
13:52Not quite as good as it used to be, but...
13:54That's really weird.
13:55I would imagine that maybe your tactics would still be there.
13:59I forget a lot of it.
14:00It's been years.
14:01You've forgotten all the conventions.
14:03I remember the moves, but yeah.
14:04Remember the...
14:04Well, that's good.
14:06Nice to fire up the furnace again.
14:09Now, Chris, you're on 45.
14:11We're looking at a score of 60 or less for you.
14:13Well, what are the English names of these constellations?
14:16I'll go for the bottom one and say Crane.
14:19Crane, says Chris.
14:20Gets a small nod from Leo, which I think is a good sign.
14:23Hopefully.
14:24Here is your red line.
14:26Nice and high.
14:27Where do we end up with Crane?
14:31Crane, absolutely right.
14:33Gets you through, you see.
14:35There we go, 35.
14:36Very well done indeed.
14:37Taking your pedal up to a lovely round, 80.
14:39I feel like Leo's nod was his bouncer nod.
14:42That's who you get if you're allowed in the queue.
14:44That means you're in.
14:45Now, Crane, its brightest star is Alnair,
14:49which is derived from the Arabic for the bright one.
14:53Nice.
14:54Very nice.
14:56Yes.
14:57Seema, welcome back to Pointless.
14:59Lovely to have you with us again.
15:00Let's hear more about you, Seema.
15:02I like keeping active in my spare time.
15:06I do dancing, I do a lot of yoga,
15:08and recently I've done Reforma Pilates.
15:12Reforma Pilates.
15:13Yes.
15:13So, tell me what Reforma Pilates is.
15:16It's this evil-looking device like a torture changer.
15:19I know, this sounds like other Pilates too, but, yeah,
15:21so you're on that thing, the springy thing.
15:22That's the one.
15:23It's got a carriage that moves up and down.
15:25It's got cables.
15:26Yeah.
15:26It's a great all-over body workout.
15:29Yes.
15:30Dangerous.
15:30Really dangerous.
15:31Very good.
15:32Now, Seema, 57 is your score at the moment.
15:3448 or less is what we need.
15:36Would you like to talk us through this board?
15:37Right.
15:38The top one is clock.
15:40The one below it is dolphin.
15:44The fourth one down is a cup.
15:47And the second from the bottom is fox.
15:50I'm going to go for the velc...
15:54The second from the bottom one.
15:55Vulpecular.
15:56That's the one.
15:57There we are.
15:58Fox.
15:58Fox.
15:59OK.
16:00Here is your red line.
16:02Can we get you below that with Fox?
16:07Where's right, Seema?
16:09Oh!
16:1157.
16:12Exactly the same score as Jasmine had in the first pass.
16:15But I'm afraid it takes your total up to 114.
16:18Yes, Seema, you took us through the board pretty well there.
16:20But, again, the best three scores had already been taken,
16:23so there's nothing that you could have done.
16:25Shall we have a look at the rest of the scores?
16:28Yes.
16:28So, clock up top, 53.
16:32Dolphin.
16:32I love dolphins.
16:3462.
16:35Cup.
16:3661.
16:37Also love cups.
16:38What would we do without them?
16:39You're right.
16:41We'd spill a lot of stuff down our shirts is what we do.
16:45Absolutely.
16:46Thank you very much indeed.
16:48Well, we are at the end of our first round.
16:49It also means we have to say goodbye to our first pair, Seema and Jasmine.
16:51I'm so sorry.
16:53Nothing wrong with either of your answers.
16:54Just together, they added up to quite a lot.
16:57So, we have to say goodbye now.
16:57We'll see you next time.
16:58Look forward to it.
16:59Seema and Jasmine.
16:59Brilliant.
17:01But for the remaining three pairs, now time for round two.
17:09Well, very, very well done, everybody.
17:11You made it through that round fabulously.
17:13Our category for round two today is...
17:19Famous people in artworks.
17:21Can you all decide in your pairs who wants to go first, who wants to go second?
17:23And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
17:30OK.
17:30And the question concerns...
17:33Angela.
17:34Who wants to count as you were a member of yourły
17:34community who has been the printed flag?
17:34It has been depicted in the National Portrait Gallery's
17:36Work-in-Progress mural.
17:38Angela.
17:39Yes.
17:39Work-in-Progress is a mural co-created by the artists Jan Haworth and Liberty Blake and is displayed at
17:45the National Portrait Gallery.
17:46It showcases 130 women who have made significant contributions
17:50to British history and culture.
17:52We are going to show you pictures of 16 of the women
17:54who are portrayed in the mural.
17:57Please name the one who you think is the most obscure.
17:59Thank you very much indeed.
18:01So, we are now going to put this image up with 16 faces on it.
18:04We will leave it up for the whole round,
18:05so that doesn't change halfway through.
18:07Here comes the image.
18:10And there are the faces.
18:15Iconic.
18:18Just giving you a moment to absorb them all.
18:20And then, Leo, coming to you.
18:25Who would you like to name on that board?
18:30Unfortunately, I don't know enough of these.
18:32I think I might have to take a risk here.
18:34So, I will go Ada Lovelace.
18:37Ada Lovelace, says Leo.
18:40Shall we see how many of our 100 said Ada Lovelace?
18:44Absolutely right, Leo.
18:47You say you may not have known many on that board,
18:49but you knew some very good ones, clearly.
18:51And that's a pointless answer.
18:54Ada Lovelace, being a pointless answer, adds £250 to today's jackpot,
18:58taking the total up to £1,250, and it scores you nothing
19:03and gets the round off to a terrific start.
19:05Very well done indeed, Leo.
19:06Nice work.
19:08Ada Lovelace is known as the first computer programmer.
19:11Well done.
19:12Amazing.
19:12Thank you very much indeed.
19:14Now then, Charlie.
19:18I can see two that I recognise, but I'm going to follow suit and take a punt that Elizabeth Fry's
19:25up there.
19:26Elizabeth Fry.
19:28Shall we see, is Elizabeth Fry up there?
19:32Oh, no!
19:36Would that she were, Charlie.
19:37Would that she were.
19:38I'm afraid she's not.
19:39We've gone from one extreme to the other.
19:41That scores you 100 points.
19:42Sorry.
19:43We'll give the right answer at the end of the round.
19:45Thank you very much indeed.
19:48Now then, Kiva.
19:51Can you name these women from the Work in Progress mural?
19:55I'm not 100% sure on most of them, so I'm just going to play it very safe
20:00and go Amy Winehouse.
20:02Amy Winehouse says Kiva.
20:03Shall we see how many of our 100 said that?
20:05Amy Winehouse.
20:10Amy Winehouse gets you down to 60.
20:13What a woman.
20:14In 2024, Radio 1 presenters voted for the best performance in the 25 years of Radio 1's Live Lounge.
20:22And Amy Winehouse, with her cover of Valerie, came first.
20:26It's quite cool, isn't it?
20:28Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
20:29Well, before we come back down the line, let's have a look at those scores.
20:32Nothing.
20:32The best score of the past.
20:33Very well done indeed, Leo.
20:35And they go from there to 60, which is where we find Miles and Kiva.
20:38And then up to 100.
20:40I mean, it's 100, but it was for the right reason.
20:42So, yes, let's see what happens on the next pass, Christine.
20:45Good luck with that.
20:46We're going to come back down the line now.
20:48Will the second players please step up to the podium?
20:54Now then, Miles.
20:56There you are on 60, which means 39 or less gets you straight into the head-to-head.
21:00Can you identify these women?
21:02Yeah, unfortunately, I'm not very sure with some of the names.
21:05I know they're on the tip of my tongue, but I think I will go for Kate Bush.
21:09Can I please?
21:09You are going to go for Kate Bush.
21:11Shall we see if Kate Bush is there?
21:12Shall we see how many of our 100 said it if she is?
21:15Here is your red line.
21:20Kate Bush is right and gets you through.
21:23Very well done indeed.
21:2433.
21:25Kate Bush taking your total up to 93.
21:27In an interview, Kate Bush revealed that she originally intended to sell her songs to a publisher rather than sing
21:34them for herself.
21:35Very glad, I think.
21:36Oh, she was such a key part of those songs, wasn't she?
21:39Absolutely.
21:39Her personality was what?
21:41Yeah.
21:42Wild woman.
21:43Otherworldliness.
21:44Absolutely.
21:45Love her.
21:46Thank you very much indeed.
21:48Now then, Christine, we come to you.
21:50It is your turn.
21:51I'm afraid you are still our high scorers.
21:53Yes.
21:53A pointless answer from you could keep you in the game.
21:56Could do.
21:57Maybe not the best pitch, but I think that's Carol Ann Duffy.
22:01Carol Ann Duffy.
22:02Yeah, I think so.
22:03Shall we see Carol Ann Duffy?
22:05No red line, as I say, because you are the high scorers.
22:07How many of our 100 people said that?
22:08Carol Ann Duffy.
22:11It is Carol Ann Duffy.
22:17Christine, this is very good.
22:18It's exactly what I said.
22:20It wouldn't hurt if you got one of those.
22:21Is it a pointless answer?
22:22Being a pointless answer, it adds another £250 to today's jackpot.
22:26Taking the total up to £1,500, it leaves your total at 100.
22:31I wish you no ill, Chris, but...
22:34Yeah.
22:35Christine, Carol Ann Duffy was the first female poet laureate.
22:39She is an award-winning Scottish poet best known for writing love poems
22:43that often take the form of monologues.
22:46Well done.
22:46Thank you very much indeed.
22:49Chris, I'm not going to let you talk us through the board,
22:52because there is a scenario.
22:53It's a very unlikely one, but I think you probably...
22:57It's unlikely, but, yeah.
22:57Well, I don't know, let's see.
22:59Who would you like to go for?
23:01Yeah, I don't think it's her, but I'm going to have a go anyway.
23:05I'm going to say Lolly Adaphobie.
23:08Lolly Adaphobie, you get a red line.
23:10And it is way up there.
23:13Lolly Adaphobie, is it right?
23:16No!
23:18That scores you 100 points, takes your total up to 100.
23:21We find ourselves in a tie situation,
23:25which means I'm going to take an answer from each of the pairs.
23:27You can confer before you give your answers.
23:29And we start with Chris and Leo, so feel free to confer
23:32and tell us one more person on this board.
23:39I think we're going to guess here again.
23:41I can't quite run with the surname, so I hope it's right.
23:43I'm going to go with Margaret Smith.
23:45Margaret Smith.
23:46Fits who I think it is.
23:48Margaret Smith, say Chris and Leo.
23:50Now then, Charlie and Christine.
23:53I don't know who Margaret Smith is.
23:57I am going to take a chance on Joan Armatrading.
24:03Joan Armatrading.
24:04We have Margaret Smith and Joan Armatrading.
24:06Chris and Leo went for Margaret Smith.
24:07Is that right?
24:08How many people said it if it is?
24:09No red line.
24:10Your joint high scorers.
24:14No, not Margaret Smith.
24:16Which means, Charlie and Christine,
24:19you do get a red line and it's up there on 99.
24:23You're saying Joan Armatrading.
24:24Let's see how many people said that.
24:28Absolutely right.
24:29Joan Armatrading.
24:34Down it goes to 10.
24:36Taking your total up to 110.
24:37Very well done.
24:38Maybe we're thinking of Margaret Hamilton,
24:41who was a programmer for the moon landings.
24:43Yes.
24:44She's not up there, I'm afraid.
24:46OK, let's clear this up.
24:48Top.
24:49Vivian Westwood.
24:50Queen of the Corsets would have gotten you 20.
24:53Then let's go to Tani.
24:56Gray Thompson, top right.
24:58Would have scored you seven.
25:01Nicola Adams at six.
25:04Emma Thompson scored 21.
25:06Shirley Bassey, 50.
25:09Virginia Woolf, three.
25:12Kate Moss, 32.
25:14Down the bottom.
25:15Helen Sharman scored three.
25:18And that's Emmeline Pankhurst.
25:20She was pointless.
25:22Zadie Smith was also a pointless answer.
25:28And Kate Adie would have scored you eight.
25:31Wonderful.
25:32Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
25:33That brings us to the end of our second round.
25:35It also means we have to say goodbye to our second pair.
25:36And Chris and Leo, this is where we say farewell.
25:39It's been great.
25:40What's been particularly lovely is where the pair of you have met.
25:43Actually, fine.
25:44They haven't been friends online for years.
25:46But you played incredibly well.
25:48I'm sorry we're saying goodbye to you so soon.
25:49Anyway, thanks so much.
25:50Chris and Leo.
25:52But for the remaining two pairs,
25:54it's now time for the head to head.
26:02Congratulations, Charlie and Christine,
26:04Miles and Kiva.
26:05You're now one step closer to the final
26:06and a chance to play for our jackpot,
26:08which currently stands at £1,500.
26:11However, before we play the head to head,
26:14we have a chance to put some more money into that jackpot
26:16by seeing if we can find a couple of pointless answers.
26:18So here goes.
26:19For fun, we gave 100 people 100 seconds
26:22to name as many words in the song
26:29supercalifragilisticexpialidocious as they could, Angela.
26:32How did you not sing it?
26:34Well, I mean, I had to hold myself back.
26:36You'll see six options.
26:38Two are scoring, two are pointless,
26:39and two are not words that feature in the song
26:44supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
26:44from the film Mary Poppins at all.
26:47£250 in the jackpot for each pointless answer.
26:50Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
26:52OK, here are the six possible answers.
26:56Can you spot the two pointless answers?
26:58And we have...
27:15Fourth and sixth are definitely words.
27:17I don't think that one beginning P is...
27:19I think that's a red herring.
27:21Indubitably and the last one are definitely words in the song.
27:23What would you like to go for, Charlie and Christine?
27:26Do you like to go for indubitably?
27:28Yeah, go on. I think it's in there.
27:31Yeah, we'll go for indubitably.
27:33Indubitably.
27:34Should we see if indubitably is a pointless word
27:36from supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?
27:46And it's a pointless answer.
27:48Very well done indeed, Charlie and Christine.
27:50Now then, Miles and Kiva, can you spot the other pointless answer?
27:55I'm going to go for the bottom one.
27:56So the bottom one is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious backwards
28:00and it's in the song, so we'll go for it.
28:02You're going to go for it.
28:03Docious, etc.
28:04Shall we see how many of our 100 people said that one?
28:11It's definitely in the song, as you say.
28:17And it's the other pointless answer.
28:19Very well done indeed.
28:21Fabulous work.
28:22Double whammy.
28:24Indubitably, you are right.
28:26Bert says it after Mary Poppins says
28:30supercalifragilisticexpialidocious backwards.
28:31And that one at the bottom, I'm not going to attempt to do it,
28:35is technically supercalifragilisticexpialidocious backwards,
28:40but actually isn't quite right, but maybe easier to say than the reality.
28:44Clever and Diddle also scored points.
28:47One and two respectively.
28:50That guy, number three.
28:53Crescent colinacinine choizel.
28:56Is a red herring.
28:57It's an Italian song from the 70s.
28:59The lyrics are gibberish but also meant to mimic what US English sounds like to non-English speakers.
29:07And then rooftops, also a red herring.
29:08It appears in the lyrics to a different Mary Poppins song, Step In Time.
29:14Also a banger.
29:15Thank you very much indeed.
29:16And well done.
29:17You managed to find not one but both pointless answers,
29:19which means we can add £500 to today's jackpot,
29:22taking the total up to a splendid £2,000.
29:25But who will be playing for it?
29:26Well, we'll find out in the head-to-head.
29:31APPLAUSE
29:33The first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot
29:36and you are now allowed to confer before you give your answers.
29:38Best of luck to both pairs.
29:39Here is our first question.
29:41And it is all about...
29:44Scarlet things.
29:45Angela.
29:46Five clues now to facts about Scarlet,
29:48whether it's spelt with one T or two.
29:51Doesn't matter.
29:52Please give what you think is the lowest scoring one.
29:55Thank you very much indeed.
29:56Let's reveal our five Scarlet clues.
29:59Here they come.
30:00A Study in Scarlet featured the first appearance
30:04of this famous literary detective.
30:06US rapper whose 2023 album Scarlet contained the UK number one song
30:11Paint the Town Red.
30:13First name of the alter ego of Scarlet Witch,
30:16played on screen by Elizabeth Olsen.
30:19Martian Race, who are the enemies of Captain Scarlet
30:22in Gerry Anderson's 1960s puppet series.
30:25And surname of Scarlet, the former Gogglebox star,
30:29who won the 2016 series of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.
30:33There we are.
30:34Charlie and Christine will go first.
30:38All right.
30:39We're going to go for the Martian race,
30:40who are the enemies of Captain Scarlet,
30:42and that's the Mysterons.
30:44The Mysterons, say Charlie and Christine.
30:47Now, Miles and Kiva.
30:49Can you talk us through the rest of that board?
30:51Um, I think a study in Scarlet is Sherlock Holmes.
30:57And we know that the US rapper is Doja Cat.
31:00Do you know any of the rest of them?
31:02No, we'd just be guessing.
31:03Yeah, we'd just be guessing.
31:04I think we're going to go with Doja Cat.
31:06Doja Cat.
31:07So we have the Mysterons versus Doja Cat.
31:09Charlie and Christine went for the Mysterons,
31:12the Martian race.
31:13Let's see how many of our 100 said that.
31:21Mysterons is absolutely right, and it scores you 18.
31:26Meanwhile, Miles and Kiva have gone for Doja Cat
31:30for the US rapper with the album Scarlet.
31:32How many of our 100 said Doja Cat?
31:37Doja Cat is right.
31:42And it wins it for you.
31:44Very well done indeed.
31:45Down it goes to 10.
31:46And it means Miles and Kiva.
31:48After one question, you're up 1-0.
31:50You were right not to go for Sherlock Holmes.
31:5222.
31:53It would have gotten you.
31:55Wanda at 12.
31:57Or Scarlet Moffat, 24.
32:02So well done.
32:03Thank you very much indeed.
32:05Right, here comes our second question.
32:06Charlie and Christine, you need to win this one.
32:08Stay in the game, so good luck.
32:10Our second question today is all about noughties fashion, Angela.
32:16OK, this is my wheelhouse, but I'm not going to give anything away.
32:19We're about to show you five images showing fashion items
32:23that were popular in the noughties, along with alternate letters
32:26in their names.
32:27We would like you to tell us which you think is the most obscure
32:30one of them.
32:30Sure, please.
32:31Thank you very much indeed.
32:32So let's reveal our five noughties fashions.
32:35And here they are.
32:36We have...
32:38We have...
32:39B.
32:40L.
32:40E.
33:05P.
33:07C.
33:07C.
33:08P.
33:09D.
33:10C.
33:10R.
33:11I genuinely thought noughties fashion was quite a good era.
33:17That is abominable.
33:21Happy to see the back of it, no?
33:23Wow.
33:25So there we are.
33:26Now, Miles and Kiva, you will go first.
33:29I think it's a velour tracksuit.
33:31What do you think?
33:33C.
33:33I think we're going to go for C as velour tracksuit.
33:38Velour tracksuit, say Miles and Kiva.
33:41Now then, Charlie and Christine, can you talk us through that board?
33:45Would I could?
33:47I can't.
33:48A is something pumps.
33:50B is skinny jeans.
33:51Skinny jeans.
33:52D is something skirt.
33:54But we're going for cropped cardigan.
33:57Cropped cardigan.
33:58So we have velour tracksuit and cropped cardigan.
34:01Miles and Kiva went for velour tracksuit for C.
34:05Should we see how many of our 100 said that?
34:10Velour tracksuit.
34:14Down to 20.
34:16Meanwhile, Charlie and Christine have gone for cropped cardigan for E.
34:21Should we see how many of our 100 said that cropped cardigan?
34:32Oh, look!
34:33Wins it for you.
34:34Very well done indeed.
34:3518 for cropped cardigan.
34:36You're back in the game after two questions.
34:38It's one all.
34:39So, pumps up the top.
34:42You were halfway there.
34:43Ballet pumps, although they don't look particularly balletic in this.
34:4821.
34:50Skinny jeans.
34:5043 you got.
34:52And a handkerchief skirt would have gotten you 13.
34:58Thank God it is no longer a thing.
35:01Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
35:04Right, here comes your third question.
35:05Whoever wins this goes through to the final and plays for that jackpot.
35:07Best of luck to both pairs.
35:09Our third question is all about...
35:13Trivial pursuit categories, Angela.
35:15Yes.
35:16We are going to show you five of the categories for which you can win a coloured segment in the
35:20classic board game Trivial Pursuit.
35:22But we have rearranged the letters of each word into alphabetical order.
35:26Please give us the category that you think the fewest of our 100 could work out.
35:31Thank you very much indeed.
35:32So, let's reveal the alphabetic anagrams of these categories.
35:50Charlie and Christine will go first.
35:54Something...
35:54What do you want to go for?
35:56Sport and leisure.
35:58Sport and leisure then.
36:00We'll go for sport and leisure.
36:02OK, you're going to go for sport and leisure.
36:06Sport and leisure.
36:08Miles and Kiva, do you want to talk us through that board?
36:10OK.
36:11So, top one's geography, then entertainment, science and nature and history.
36:17Science and nature.
36:18I think we're going for science and nature.
36:20Science and nature.
36:22So, we have sport and leisure and science and nature.
36:26Charlie and Christine went for sport and leisure.
36:29Should we see how many of our 100 said that?
36:33No, I'm afraid not.
36:37Meanwhile, Miles and Kiva, you merely have to be correct with science and nature
36:41and you will win this point.
36:43Just have to be correct.
36:46Absolutely right.
36:47Very well done indeed.
36:49That wins you the point.
36:51Goes down to 35, but it was right and it wins you the point.
36:53It means after three questions, Miles and Kiva, you are through to the final.
36:562-1.
36:57It was sports and leisure.
37:00And sports and leisure scored 23.
37:04You were so close, but because all of the letters are up there,
37:07we had to accept the exact answer.
37:09Sports and leisure.
37:11Sorry.
37:13Geography was 69 at the top of the board.
37:18Entertainment at 28.
37:21And history at 86.
37:24Thank you very much indeed.
37:25That brings us to the end of our head-to-head round.
37:27It means we say goodbye to Charlie and Christine until next time.
37:30We look forward to seeing you then for your third and final attempt
37:33on the Pointless Final.
37:34But thanks so much for playing, Charlie and Christine.
37:37For Miles and Kiva, though, it is now time for the Pointless Final.
37:41APPLAUSE
37:44Congratulations, Miles and Kiva.
37:46You have fought off all the competition
37:47and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy.
37:56You now have a chance to win the Pointless jackpot.
37:59And at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at £2,000.
38:04APPLAUSE
38:05There we are.
38:06We've doubled it across the show, which is fantastic.
38:09And partly thanks to you.
38:11Shall we see what appears on the board?
38:14Four things as ever.
38:16And today's selection is this.
38:18Capitals of Culture.
38:20Boys on TV.
38:22The 2023 Netball World Cup.
38:25Gilbert and Sullivan.
38:28Capitals of Culture.
38:29Capitals of Culture, maybe?
38:30You're...
38:30Well, I...
38:31You would have to take the lead on it.
38:33It's just guessing capital cities.
38:35Would you...
38:36OK.
38:36Yeah.
38:37Capitals of Culture.
38:37OK.
38:38Capitals of Culture it is.
38:40We are looking for the name of anywhere that has held the title of European Capital of Culture, which has
38:46been given to cities and states in Latin America and the Caribbean since 2000.
39:00This is up to and including 2024 holders.
39:04Good luck.
39:06Thank you very much indeed.
39:07As always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
39:10All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
39:13Are you ready?
39:15Yes.
39:15OK.
39:16Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
39:18There they are.
39:19Your time starts now.
39:21Right.
39:22What are you thinking?
39:23I'm pretty sure Dari was the city of culture, but I'm not sure if it was UK or European.
39:27Well, uh...
39:28We should go for Vienna, just as...
39:30Ah, yeah, Vienna.
39:31An American, I'm sure.
39:32New Orleans, perhaps?
39:34Well, look, New Orleans is always a safe bet.
39:36Yeah.
39:36I think, um, at this point we're just going to be guessing, so...
39:40Memphis, maybe.
39:41Memphis?
39:42Yeah.
39:43OK.
39:44But that's four choices.
39:46Not 100% sure about Dari, but we could go for it.
39:49Well, yeah, we may as well take the risk.
39:51Yeah.
39:51I mean, we've made it to the end.
39:53Um...
39:53What else?
39:54Dari, Vienna, and New Orleans are in Memphis.
39:58Well, shall we go to New Orleans?
39:59Yeah.
40:00We're good.
40:00OK, you're good.
40:01There we are.
40:02We'll stop the clock.
40:03Um, let's have your three answers, then.
40:05OK, so...
40:06We're not 100% sure what Dari said.
40:09Dari.
40:10Vienna.
40:11Vienna.
40:12And New Orleans.
40:13And New Orleans in the second category.
40:16OK, so of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
40:19If it's right, Dari.
40:20Yeah, if it's right, Dari.
40:20OK, Dari we'll put last.
40:22Least likely to be pointless?
40:23New Orleans will be popular.
40:24New Orleans.
40:25And then we put Vienna in the middle.
40:27So, New Orleans, Vienna, Dari.
40:29Yes.
40:30OK, well, let's put those answers up on the board in that order.
40:32And here they are.
40:35We have New Orleans, Vienna, Dari.
40:40If one of these turns out to be pointless, you'll be leaving here with £2,000.
40:43What would you like to do with that, Miles?
40:46I'm going to ask you first.
40:47Oh, I think that would be a nice weekend away somewhere.
40:50That would be...
40:50Wouldn't it?
40:51Yes.
40:52Oh, yes.
40:53Kiva?
40:53I think I'm going to go the same.
40:55Probably a nice trip somewhere, somewhere warm during winter.
40:59Oh, perfect.
41:00Very good.
41:01Well, let's hope one of these answers does it for you.
41:02New Orleans is your first answer.
41:04In this case, we're looking for American capitals of culture.
41:07If New Orleans is right and pointless, £2,000 is yours.
41:15Not New Orleans.
41:16We turn our attention now to European capitals of culture for the next two answers.
41:20Vienna is the first of those you've gone for.
41:22Let's find out if that is right and if that is pointless.
41:25Surely Vienna.
41:29Oh, no!
41:32Not Vienna.
41:33So, we now turn our attention to Derry.
41:35Everything is now riding on Derry.
41:36Should we see if Derry is right?
41:38Should we see how many of our 100 people said it?
41:39For £2,000, might Derry be pointless?
41:44No!
41:45Oh, I'm so sorry.
41:49Well, as guesses go, I mean, they seem to be absolutely perfect cities to be cities of culture.
41:54But there we are.
41:54I'm afraid they weren't.
41:56So, I'm afraid you don't win today's jackpot.
41:57But you do take home today's pointless trophy.
41:59So, very, very well done indeed for that.
42:01Miles and Kiva.
42:02Great attempt.
42:03Derry was a UK city of culture, not a European capital of culture.
42:09So, easy mistake to make.
42:10And the American capitals of culture have all been awarded to Latin American and Caribbean cities.
42:15So, not in the USA.
42:17Let's have a look at some of the pointless answers.
42:20Starting with European capitals of culture.
42:23Cork.
42:25Istanbul.
42:26Porto.
42:27Stockholm.
42:28Loads of pointless here.
42:30Antwerp.
42:30Bologna.
42:31Galway as well.
42:32If you named any city that was a city of culture, it was pretty much pointless here.
42:38Now, moving on to American capitals of culture.
42:40Here are some of the pointless answers you could have had.
42:43Asuncion in Paraguay.
42:45Córdoba, Argentina.
42:47Panama City in Panama.
42:50And Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic.
42:53The only scoring answers here were Santiago, Brasilia, Ibagué, Merida and Quito.
43:02Everything else was pointless.
43:04Well done at home.
43:05If you got any of those.
43:06Thank you very much, Angela.
43:07And thanks, Miles and Kiva.
43:09I'm sorry you didn't get to win our jackpot today.
43:11That will therefore roll over onto the next show when we will be playing for £3,000.
43:16Ooh.
43:18Join us then to see if someone can win it.
43:19Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Angela.
43:20And it's goodbye from me.
43:23Goodbye.
43:24APPLAUSE
43:37MUSIC PLAYS
43:40MUSIC PLAYS
43:42MUSIC CONTINUES
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