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00:01MUSIC
00:22Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong,
00:25and a very warm welcome to Pointless The Quiz,
00:26where the more obscure your knowledge,
00:27the better your chances of winning.
00:30Let's meet today's players.
00:35And couple number one.
00:36Hi, I'm Georgia, this is my dad Gary and we're from Leeds.
00:39Couple number two.
00:40Hi, I'm Jackie, this is my brother Mark
00:42and we're from Croydon in South London.
00:43Couple number three.
00:45Hi, I'm Annie and this is my husband Ian
00:47and we live in Bedfordshire.
00:49And finally, couple number four.
00:50Hi, I'm Lesley, this is my husband Bob
00:52and we live in a small village near Aylesbury.
00:55And these are today's contestants.
00:57A very, very warm welcome to all of you.
01:00It's lovely to have you here on Pointless.
01:02That just leaves one more person for me to introduce.
01:04She's the human face of a virtual reality-based home makeover show.
01:08Today, she's represented by Hologram, just as I always have been.
01:11It is my Pointless friend, it's Angela Scanlon.
01:13Hello.
01:15Well, if I malfunction at any point during the show,
01:18you can just turn me off, turn me back on again.
01:20We're good to go.
01:21We're good to go.
01:22If you flicker.
01:23Yeah, Control-Alt-Delete, whatever.
01:25Perfect.
01:26You know, got to do what you got to do.
01:27That'll be lovely.
01:28They look very fresh today, three newbies.
01:31There's something about, yes, three sets of newbies.
01:33I mean, we're outnumbered.
01:35We are.
01:35I feel very experienced all of a sudden.
01:38Thank you very much indeed.
01:39Now, Antec and Phil got through to the jackpot round last time
01:42and they won it, which is very exciting.
01:44So today's jackpot starts off back at 拢1,000.
01:47There we are.
01:48It'll grow very quickly, rest assured.
01:50Right, if everyone's ready, let's play Pointless.
01:57Just remember, at all times, it's the pair with the highest score
02:01at the end of each round that gets eliminated.
02:02So keep your scores lovely and low and you have nothing to worry about.
02:06There we are.
02:06Best of luck to everybody.
02:07Our first category today is World Geography.
02:12Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
02:14who's going to go second?
02:15And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
02:21OK, let's find out what the question is.
02:24We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many countries
02:30that come alphabetically between Canada and United States as they could.
02:35So we are looking for the name of any country other than the UK
02:38whose usual short form name comes alphabetically between Canada
02:42and its neighbour United States of America.
02:44As always, by country we mean a sovereign state,
02:47which is a member of the UN in its own right.
02:49Best of luck.
02:50There we are. Oh, that was good.
02:52That was really good.
02:53Thank you very much.
02:55Georgia, welcome.
02:56Hi.
02:56Lovely to have you here.
02:58Tell us all about yourself.
02:59Hiya.
02:59I'm a languages graduate.
03:02Currently working in a cafe to save up for some troubles.
03:05Very nice.
03:05What kind of cafe is it?
03:07It's a lovely local independent village cafe.
03:09Is it a village cafe?
03:11Yeah, it's a village cafe.
03:11What sort of cafe?
03:12What a stupid question is that?
03:13It sells cakes and coffee.
03:15Yeah.
03:16Super lovely, super friendly.
03:17Super friendly.
03:18What time does it open?
03:196am till 5pm.
03:20So you have to be there at 6?
03:22No.
03:23I get to come in at 8 or 9.
03:25Oh, that's quite nice.
03:26I'm lucky.
03:26So the people who come in at 6, what are they making?
03:29Sandwiches?
03:29It's in a train station, so it's a commuter.
03:31Oh, I see.
03:31Very nice.
03:33Georgia, what are you going to go for?
03:34Any country that comes between Canada and USA, alphabetically?
03:38I'm going to go for Nauru.
03:41Nauru, says Georgia.
03:43Let's see how many of our 100 people said Nauru.
03:52This in the past has been a terrific answer.
03:54And it is again.
03:55Look back.
03:56Very well done indeed, Georgia.
03:57That's a terrific way to start the show.
04:00A pointless answer.
04:00And being a pointless answer, of course, it adds 拢250 to today's jackpot.
04:04Taking the total up to 拢1,250.
04:07Scores you nothing.
04:08What a start.
04:09Nauru is a small island in the South Pacific Ocean.
04:12It could fit into Guernsey almost three times.
04:15There you go now.
04:16It's that small.
04:17Dinky.
04:18It's a third of Guernsey.
04:19And Guernsey's small already.
04:21Yes.
04:22Wow, Nauru.
04:23Mark, welcome to Pointless.
04:24It's lovely to have you here.
04:25Tell us all about yourself, Mark.
04:27Yeah, my name's Mark, 31, living in Croydon.
04:30I work in marketing, but I also do personal training on the side as well.
04:34So you do your personal training early morning or after work?
04:37Mainly after work.
04:38I tend to also do it before morning, more in the past.
04:41But now I'm getting more to lunchtime after work.
04:45When you're doing a bit of personal training, can you smuggle in a bit of your own training while you're
04:49doing it alongside?
04:50I really want to.
04:51I mean, if the person I'm training is not a newbie anymore, I might sneak in a couple of sets
04:55of them.
04:55That's quite nice.
04:56Yeah, just to keep yourself and them on their toes.
04:59Yeah, of course.
04:59Why not?
05:00Xander just did 200 squats.
05:02I can tell.
05:03I can see.
05:03You can tell, can't you?
05:05Yeah, really filling out the shirt there, yeah.
05:07Really filling.
05:08You think I'm joking?
05:09No.
05:10No.
05:11Yeah.
05:11Push-ups, the works.
05:13The works.
05:13Not messing around.
05:14Pumped up for Pointless.
05:16Very impressive.
05:16That's it.
05:17That's what my workout's called, in fact.
05:19Out on DVD soon.
05:20OK, now, Mark, so we're looking for countries that come alphabetically between Canada and USA.
05:27I think I'm going to go for Marshall Islands.
05:31Marshall Islands.
05:32This is where our jackpot fills up.
05:34Look at this.
05:35Marshall Islands.
05:36Please be pointless after that drum roll.
05:37And correct.
05:41That's right.
05:47That's another one of those.
05:48Very well done indeed.
05:50Mark, another Pointless answer.
05:52Adding another 拢250 to today's jackpot.
05:55Taking the total up to 1,500.
05:58Very well done indeed.
05:59Scores you nothing.
06:00The Marshall Islands are in the Pacific Ocean, about 2,300 miles west of Hawaii.
06:05It has a close relationship with the United States.
06:09Thank you very much indeed.
06:10Annie, welcome to Pointless.
06:12It's lovely to have you here.
06:12Tell us all about yourself.
06:13Well, I'm retired.
06:15I've been retired for a year and a half now and I love it.
06:17What were you doing beforehand, if I may ask?
06:19I worked in hospitality for over 40 years, so it was time to have a rest.
06:24Very nice.
06:24Your evenings are your own again.
06:26My evenings, my weekends.
06:27Your weekends.
06:29So what sort of hospitality were you running?
06:30Well, I mean, on a long career I did sort of everything from running parties to actually,
06:36I've done some cookery books, designed a restaurant.
06:39Very good.
06:39And what do you love to do with your retirement?
06:42Walking.
06:42I love nature.
06:43We live in the countryside, so that's really lovely.
06:46Very nice.
06:46Bit of tennis.
06:48Excellent.
06:48Only with my husband, because I'm so bad, so he doesn't mind so much.
06:51That's the best set.
06:52You should see me.
06:53Annie, what would you like to go for?
06:55We've had pointless answer, pointless answer.
06:56I know, no pressure.
06:58I am going to go for Togo.
07:00Togo.
07:00Let's see what happens when we say Togo.
07:05Togo's right.
07:12Oh!
07:14One person got Togo.
07:16One.
07:17So close.
07:18Togo is one of the world's top producers of phosphates used in fertilisers.
07:23Oh, that's so good to know.
07:25Isn't it?
07:26Stick that one in your back pocket.
07:27Yeah, I'll keep that.
07:30Thank you very much.
07:31Now, Bob, welcome back.
07:32Thank you very much.
07:33Terrific to have you with us again.
07:34Show two for you and Lesley.
07:36Tell us a bit more about yourself, Bob.
07:38Oh, well, I said before I'm a retired computer consultant
07:41and still doing a bit of work, but on our wedding anniversary
07:45we try to do something a bit exciting every year,
07:48and a couple of years ago we did the Velocity Zip Wire in Wales,
07:52which is the biggest zip wire in the world.
07:55How long is it?
07:56I don't know, but you're flying for about four minutes.
07:59Wow!
08:00So it's really, really exciting.
08:03Are you a long way up?
08:05Yes, at the top of the mountain.
08:07So is this in Snowdonia?
08:08Is that where it is?
08:08That's right, yes, in Wales, yes.
08:10That's very exciting.
08:11And it's fine.
08:12You're flying and it's peaceful, and then all of a sudden
08:14the end of the lake comes in.
08:16I was just going to say.
08:17And you see it coming.
08:18So fast!
08:19But it is...
08:19What a brilliant thing to do.
08:21Really exciting, yes.
08:22Bob, so any country that comes between Canada and USA?
08:28Ecuador.
08:29Ecuador.
08:30Says Bob.
08:30Should we see how many of our 100 people said Ecuador?
08:37Ecuador is right.
08:4310 for Ecuador.
08:45It is slightly smaller than the US state of Nevada,
08:49but there are 15 million more people in Ecuador
08:52than there are in Nevada.
08:54Goodness me.
08:55There we are.
08:56Thank you very much indeed.
08:57Well, we're halfway through the round.
08:58Let's have a quick look at those scores.
08:59I can tell you nothing is the best score of the past.
09:01Georgia, Gary, very well done.
09:02Mark, Jackie, very well done.
09:04One is where we find Annie and Ian, also very well done.
09:07And ten is where we find Lesley and Bob.
09:09Also very well done, but quite high scoring.
09:11So, yes, Lesley, a bit of onus on you to find a lovely low score.
09:15Good luck with that.
09:16We're going to come back down the line now.
09:17Will the second players please step up to the podium?
09:23There we are.
09:24Lesley, welcome back.
09:25Great to have you with us again.
09:27Tell us a bit more about yourself, Lesley.
09:29Well, we do like to do these unusual holidays
09:31and one of the most magical ones we've done
09:34is that we went to Wyoming and stood on top of a mountain
09:38and watched a solar eclipse.
09:41And that was just...
09:42That's a fun thing to do. Unreal.
09:45And so you planned it around the eclipse?
09:47Yes.
09:48That was the central point of the holiday, wasn't it?
09:50Oh, yes.
09:50And that was a total eclipse?
09:52Total eclipse.
09:52I mean, why would you travel all that distance for just a partial?
09:56But what fun.
09:57I mean, was it really exciting just seeing the whole place suddenly?
09:59Oh, it was magical. It really was, yes.
10:00Oh, fabulous.
10:02Now, Lesley, you're on ten.
10:04We need a low score from you.
10:05Yes.
10:05What have you got?
10:06I'm hoping this is a country in its own right.
10:09Micronesia.
10:11Micronesia.
10:12OK, shall we see what happens when we say Micronesia?
10:15No red line.
10:16You're the high scorer.
10:18It's right, Lesley.
10:22Feels like one of those brilliant ones.
10:24And it's one of those brilliant ones!
10:25Very well done, indeed.
10:27It's another pointless answer.
10:29It adds another 拢250 to today's jackpot,
10:32taking the total up to 拢1,750.
10:35Scores you nothing.
10:36Leaves your total at ten.
10:37That was exactly what we required from you, Lesley.
10:39We just have to keep our fingers crossed.
10:41Micronesia, or Federated States of Micronesia,
10:44to give it its full name.
10:45It's spread across the Western Pacific Ocean
10:48and is 11 Guernseys feet.
10:52That's a lot of Guernseys.
10:53A lot of Guernseys in one federated state.
10:56Yes.
10:57Micro, whatever.
10:58Thank you very much indeed.
11:00Ian, welcome to Pointless.
11:01Tell us all about yourself.
11:03Well, I'm 66 years old.
11:05I am retired.
11:06And like any, I love it.
11:09Wonderful.
11:09And may I ask what you retired from?
11:11Yes, I was a mechanical engineer.
11:13Excellent.
11:14I started off in Sheffield in the steelworks,
11:17then moved south, and kept on engineering.
11:22Wonderful.
11:23And what do you love to get up to these days?
11:24Well, I own a 1964 Vespa scooter.
11:29That's perfect for a mechanical engineer.
11:30As you can imagine, a lot of tinkering around.
11:32Yes.
11:33An awful kick-starting, an awful lot of pushing.
11:36Yes.
11:36Very good.
11:37A lot of mixing of two-stroke.
11:38Exactly.
11:39Yes.
11:39But when it goes, what a day.
11:41Do you wear the full mod kit?
11:43Absolutely.
11:43The whole of it.
11:44Very good.
11:45OK, now, Ian, you are on one.
11:47We are looking for a score of eight or less.
11:49No pressure.
11:49Round two.
11:50I'm going to go for Chad.
11:52Chad, says Ian.
11:53Simply Chad.
11:54Here is your red line.
11:56Where do we end up with Chad?
11:59Chad's right.
12:03Chad's good.
12:04Very good.
12:05Gets you through.
12:06There we are.
12:06Seven for Chad.
12:07Takes your total up to eight.
12:08Well done.
12:09Chad is a landlocked country in north-central Africa.
12:12In 2015, it opened its first Canadian embassy in Ottawa.
12:17Prior to this, relations were dealt with through their embassy in Washington.
12:21Thank you very much.
12:22Indeed.
12:23Now then, Jackie, welcome to Pointless.
12:25Great to have you here from Croydon.
12:27Tell us all about yourself.
12:29So, I'm a midwife.
12:30I work in the hospital at the moment, but I'll be moving over to the community soon.
12:35Very good indeed.
12:37That must be, I mean, you know, very demanding.
12:40It is very demanding.
12:41It's also very rewarding.
12:43So rewarding.
12:44Yes.
12:44I mean...
12:45You've got two lives in your hands as well.
12:46I was going to say.
12:47Exactly.
12:48So, how many times a day, on your busiest day ever, how many lives have you brought into
12:53the world?
12:53The maximum I've done was three, but I was a student.
12:57I'm really hungry.
12:58Right.
12:59For bus.
13:00Experience.
13:00Yeah.
13:01Now, if I get more than two, I need to sit down.
13:05Yeah, I'm not surprised.
13:06Yeah, I'm exhausted.
13:07Yeah.
13:07Wow.
13:08I mean, did you cry the first few times?
13:11Or are you so busy thinking about stuff?
13:14It's actually funny.
13:15The first birth I ever saw was a student.
13:17Yeah.
13:18I remember it was beautiful.
13:20The birthing person was kneeling and all I remember seeing was a head at the top and
13:25a head at the bottom.
13:26And I was just kind of like, oh, interesting.
13:30I didn't cry.
13:31I did well up a little bit, but I was just like, yeah, this is the job I want to
13:35do.
13:35That's good.
13:36Good for you.
13:37Now, Jackie, you're on nothing.
13:38A brilliant score from Mark.
13:39Yeah.
13:40All you need to score is nine or less to get through to the next round, but I suspect
13:43you probably want to score less than that.
13:45Yeah.
13:45Yeah.
13:46I'm going to go for Sao Tome and Principe.
13:49Sao Tome and Principe.
13:50You see?
13:52Here's your red line.
13:54Sao Tome and Principe.
13:57Absolutely right.
14:02You're through.
14:03Oh, one person.
14:06OK.
14:06Oh, that's a snag.
14:08There we are.
14:09Taking your total up to one.
14:10Nice job.
14:11It's known as the African Galapagos due to the high density of endemic species.
14:16Thank you very much indeed.
14:18Angela.
14:18Now, Gary, welcome.
14:20Hello.
14:20It's terrific to have you here.
14:22When George has said, and this is my dad, Gary, he's thinking, Dad?
14:26I'm 51.
14:27No, you're not.
14:29Stop it, Xander.
14:30It's extraordinary.
14:3151.
14:33Tell us all about yourself, Gary.
14:35I'm 51.
14:36Yes.
14:37I'm a care and support worker in a retirement living development,
14:41so we support people to live independently in their own homes.
14:45Very good.
14:45Very important.
14:46And what do you love to get up to when you're not doing that?
14:50It used to be football.
14:51Yeah.
14:52The knees have gone.
14:54Age has caught up with me.
14:55Oh, no.
14:55I know.
14:56So now my favourite thing is nothing.
14:58So good red wine.
15:00Don't knock nothing.
15:01Pointless on the telly.
15:02Pointless on the telly.
15:03Fluffy blankets.
15:04Good red wine and a fluffy blanket.
15:06What do you want?
15:07That's all the hobbies anyone needs, I think.
15:10Yeah.
15:10Gary, you are on nothing.
15:12Obviously, nine or less will get you into the next round,
15:14but I think nothing less than a pointless really will do.
15:18I'm going to go Eritrea.
15:19Eritrea.
15:20Eritrea, says Gary.
15:22Here's your red line.
15:23Let's see if we can get you below this red line with Eritrea.
15:30Eritrea.
15:32Getting us all in the right direction.
15:34Gets you through.
15:35Down it goes to four.
15:35Taking your total up to four.
15:38Eritrea has a similar population to the US state of Missouri.
15:42Very good.
15:43Yes.
15:44Good.
15:44Now, there were over 30 pointless answers.
15:47We've had a few of them already, obviously,
15:49so let's take a look at some more.
16:06Well done if you've got one of those at home.
16:08Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
16:09That brings us to the end of our first round.
16:11Oh, Leslie and Bob, I'm so sorry.
16:15Ecuador.
16:15A score of ten.
16:17And somehow we've got to send you home.
16:19Ridiculous.
16:20We'll see you next time.
16:21You will.
16:22And we'll look forward to that very much.
16:23But thanks so much for playing Leslie and Bob.
16:26But for the remaining three pairs, it's now time for round two.
16:34Oh, that was hugely impressive.
16:36Very well done, everybody.
16:37Our lowest individual scorers, it's a tied lowest individual,
16:40Mark and Georgia, each with a pointless answer.
16:43In fact, Leslie had a pointless answer as well.
16:45And actually, Mark and Jackie, you were our lowest combined scorers.
16:47A score of just one between you.
16:49So very, very well done indeed.
16:50But well done, everybody.
16:51Best of luck for round two.
16:53Our category for it today is...
16:58Elemental words.
16:59Can you all decide in your pairs who's going to go first,
17:01who's going to go second?
17:02And whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
17:08OK, and the question concerns words that begin with chemical elements.
17:15There we are.
17:16We are going to show you six definitions on each board of words
17:20that all begin with letters that spell the names of different chemical elements.
17:24We'll also show you the letters that are left after the chemical elements
17:28have been removed from the defined words.
17:30Please tell us the name of the missing chemical element.
17:34Don't worry.
17:34It'll make a little bit more sense in a second.
17:37Good luck.
17:37Oh, I'm looking forward to this.
17:39Thank you very much indeed.
17:41Here we go.
17:42Here is our first board of six clues.
17:46Fairytale character who prefers porridge that is neither too hot nor too cold.
17:52I-L-O-C-K-S.
17:55An old US term for a cinema with an admission fee of five cents.
18:00O-D-E-O-N.
18:02In calligraphy, a style of fine handwriting originally used in engravings.
18:08P-L-A-T-E.
18:10A display showing the current scores of the top-placed competitors
18:13in a golf tournament.
18:15E-R-B-O-A-R-D.
18:18Surname of the Ukrainian footballer Oleksandr,
18:20who signed for Arsenal from Manchester City in 2022.
18:25H-E-N-K-O.
18:27And a pasta sauce typically containing pancetta, cheese and egg.
18:32A-R-A.
18:33There we are.
18:35Georgia.
18:36Hi.
18:36Which of those chemical elements are leaping out at you?
18:39Struggling a bit to work out some.
18:42Mm-hm.
18:42I'm not 100% sure, but I think the second one would be Nickelodeon.
18:46OK, so nickel is the answer you're going to go for.
18:49Nickel says Georgia.
18:50Shall we see how many of our 100 agree with Georgia?
18:55Nickel is right.
19:00Down he goes with 31.
19:01Not bad.
19:02Not bad.
19:03The name Nickelodeon comes from a combination of nickel,
19:06being the five-cent coin, and the Odeon part derived
19:08from the Greek word for a building used for musical performances.
19:13Marvellous.
19:14Thank you very much indeed.
19:15Mark.
19:16Hey.
19:18I'll go for the penultimate one,
19:21the surname of the Ukrainian footballer.
19:22I'm going to say Zinkchenko's.
19:25Zink.
19:26Zink.
19:26Zink, says Mark.
19:27Shall we see how many of our 100 said Zink?
19:32Zink is absolutely right.
19:33I suspect this is going to be a low score.
19:37And sure enough, 16.
19:38Very well done indeed, Mark.
19:4016 for Zink.
19:41In his first season at Arsenal,
19:43they spent a whopping 248 days at the top of the Premier League table
19:47before eventually losing out to Man City, who won the treble that season.
19:52Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
19:54Now then, Annie, this board is all yours.
19:56Would you like to fill in all our blanks?
19:58OK, I think I can have a go.
20:00I think the first one's Goldilocks, the golf score leaderboard
20:05and the bottom one, Carbonara,
20:07but I am going to go for the third one, Copperplate.
20:10Copper, therefore.
20:11Copper.
20:11Shall we see how many of our 100 said Copper?
20:17Copper is right.
20:1831 is our high score.
20:20You pass it.
20:2129 for Copper.
20:23Beautiful, Annie, and well done taking us through that leaderboard.
20:26And you took the lowest of the scores that were left.
20:29Shall we have a look at the rest?
20:31So, Goldilocks, you mentioned.
20:33Gold.
20:3487.
20:35Lead.
20:37Leaderboard.
20:38That would have given you 63.
20:40And carbon.
20:41Carbonara.
20:4355.
20:44Mm-mm-mm.
20:45Thank you very much, Indy.
20:47So do I.
20:48It's so good, isn't it?
20:48It's so good.
20:50So good.
20:51Yum.
20:52You know when they have that giant cheesy wheel thingy
20:56and they just, like, stir.
20:58Oh, and they stir it.
20:59There's just a lot of, lot of farmers out on top.
21:03Oh, Gorge.
21:04There are some places when they bring you a carbonara,
21:07they put the little egg yolk in the shell.
21:10So it's sitting in the shell on top.
21:12You just tip it in.
21:14Oh.
21:14The last ingredient.
21:15Fancy.
21:16I know.
21:17Oh, you're really posh, aren't you?
21:19Oh.
21:21Carbonara.
21:22Someone's probably having carbonara now.
21:24Right now.
21:26Oh.
21:26How is it?
21:27Is it?
21:28Is it all right?
21:29Is it good?
21:29Hmm.
21:31Shall we move on?
21:32Yes.
21:33Let's have a look at the scores.
21:34OK, so 16.
21:35Mark and Jackie, very well done indeed.
21:37Our best scores in that round.
21:38You're always the best scorers.
21:40This is going to be a habit, I think.
21:43Then we travel from there to 29, which we're behind Annie and Ian.
21:45From there, a hop and a skip up to 31, we're behind Georgia and Gary.
21:48Gary, you're a bit ahead, but not devastatingly ahead.
21:51So nothing you can't put right with a brilliantly chosen answer on the next board.
21:55Good luck with that.
21:56We're going to come back down the line now.
21:58Will the second players please step up to the podium?
22:03OK, let's put six more definitions of words that begin with the names of chemical elements up on the board.
22:08And here they are.
22:11We have a disorder that results in a ringing or similar sensation of sound in the ears.
22:16N-I-T-U-S.
22:19In mythology, the band of heroes who sailed with Jason in a quest for the golden fleece.
22:24A-U-T-S.
22:26A newborn child.
22:28A-T-E.
22:29An older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop.
22:33B-A-C-K.
22:34The humorous or sarcastic use of words to imply the opposite of what they normally mean.
22:41Why?
22:41And fictional green substance that weakens the comic book character,
22:46Superman, I-T-E.
22:49There we are, Ian.
22:51Over to you.
22:52You're on 29.
22:53You're not our highest scorers, but we want a low score from you.
22:56I will go for Argon, as in Argonauts.
23:00OK, you're going to go for Argon for the Argonauts.
23:03You do get a red line.
23:04It's right at the bottom there.
23:06Let's see what happens when we say Argon.
23:10Argon is right.
23:1258 for Argon, taking your total up to 87.
23:17They are called Argonauts because they're named after their ship, the Argo,
23:21which was built by a shipwright named Argos.
23:25Click and collect.
23:26Click and collect.
23:27Click and collect.
23:30Now, Jackie, you're on 16.
23:3470 or less gets you into the head-to-head.
23:37I think I'm going to go for the top one and hope it's lowish scoring and go for tinnitus.
23:43OK, so tin says Jackie.
23:45Here is your red line.
23:46Let's see if we can get you below that with tin.
23:53Ooh, 74 for tin.
23:55Taking your total up to 90 and bringing Ian and Annie into the fold for the head-to-head.
24:01Who wants to hear a list of famous people reported to have tinnitus?
24:05Cool.
24:06Ronald Reagan, Sylvester Stallone, Sting and both Noel and Liam Gallagher.
24:12There you are.
24:13Thank you very much.
24:14Now then, Gary.
24:16Hello.
24:1731 is your score at the moment.
24:1958 or less gets you into the head-to-head.
24:23Would you like to talk us through the board?
24:25I feel like I should know that third one and I just...
24:27I know.
24:28I'm trying to think what that is.
24:29Gorilla is silverback.
24:31The next one is iron.
24:32And the bottom one is krypton.
24:34So, I think we'll go for iron.
24:37For irony.
24:38For irony.
24:38OK, iron.
24:39Here is your red line.
24:41Let's see if we can get you below that with iron.
24:44Is it right?
24:46Oh!
24:47Like a lion in Zion.
24:49Look at that.
24:49Down it goes to 21.
24:51Fantastic.
24:5152.
24:52Your total.
24:53You're through.
24:54That'll do.
24:55Jane Austen was renowned for the use of irony which she used to critique societal norms and behaviours,
25:02especially in the famous, it is a truth universally acknowledged opening line of Pride and Prejudice.
25:07Well, you kind of, almost, nearly, cleared up the board.
25:11You don't know that neither, Xander, do you?
25:13Think of the unit in a hospital where children are born.
25:17Neonates.
25:18Oh, neonates.
25:20Neonates.
25:20Oh, that's just, that's clever.
25:23Neonates.
25:23Oh, that's very clever.
25:24Isn't it a good one?
25:25Oh, isn't that brilliant?
25:27Neonates.
25:27Yeah, that would have got you 11.
25:29Then we've got, yeah, silverback.
25:31Silver at 57 and krypton would have scored you 55.
25:36Thank you very much indeed.
25:37That brings us to the end of our second round.
25:39Means we have to say goodbye to Jackie and Mark.
25:42Oh, I jinxed that because I was saying, oh, you're always the low scorers.
25:45It's all your fault.
25:46I'm so sorry.
25:47Anyway, we'll see you next time when I have absolutely no doubt at all.
25:49We'll take it much further.
25:50But thank you so much.
25:51Meanwhile, Jackie and Mark.
25:52For our two remaining players though, it is now time for the Head to Head.
26:02Congratulations, George and Gary, Annie and Ian.
26:05You are now one step closer to the final and a chance to play for our jackpot,
26:09which currently stands at 拢1,750.
26:13Well, we've already had a chance.
26:15Not just had a chance, we've seized the chance to throw 拢750 into that jackpot
26:19in this show.
26:20We now have a chance to throw an extra 拢500 into the jackpot
26:23if we can find a couple of pointless answers.
26:24So, good luck.
26:25This is just for fun.
26:26We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many top 50 TikTokers as they could, Angela.
26:35You are going to see six options.
26:37Two are scoring.
26:38Two are pointless.
26:39And two are not the names of the 50 top most followed TikTok accounts.
26:45LAUGHTER
26:46I'm a big TikToker.
26:48As of September 2024, 拢250 in the jackpot for each pointless answer.
26:55Thank you very much indeed.
26:56Can you find the pointless TikTokers from these possible TikTokers?
27:00LAUGHTER
27:12Anybody want to say anything? Anybody know anything?
27:15I don't actually have TikTok.
27:17Obviously, Gordon Ramsay's...
27:18Yeah.
27:19I think he does have it.
27:20He's a real one.
27:21George and Gary, who would you like to nominate?
27:23You say a new one?
27:25Yeah.
27:25Is he definitely one?
27:26Maybe we should go for a different one.
27:27Cabanilame.
27:28Cabanilame.
27:29Shall we see if Cabanilame is a pointless TikToker?
27:35Well, definitely a TikToker.
27:41Oh!
27:4311th for Cabanilame.
27:45Now, Annie and Ian, who would you like to nominate?
27:48Maybe please go for Keisha Siebert.
27:51Keisha Siebert.
27:52Oh, Keisha, sorry.
27:52Oh, Keisha, if you like, but I'm going to go Keisha.
27:55Let's see how many of our 100 said Keisha Siebert.
27:58Is that a pointless TikToker?
28:00Oh, no.
28:02Empty-handed, I'm afraid.
28:04Empty-handed.
28:05I mean, Georgie, you tried.
28:06You pleaded, didn't you?
28:07He is real.
28:09Scored 11.
28:10He's the number one TikToker with 162.8 million followers.
28:16Keisha.
28:16That is the full name of the singer, Keisha, who had a 2009 hit with the song TikTok.
28:22So a little red herring in there.
28:24Kylie Jenner.
28:25She has 56.2 million followers and scored two.
28:29Domelipa has over 75 million followers.
28:32If she was pointless.
28:34Kintaro Hattori, a different type of TikToker.
28:37He was the founder of Seiko Watches.
28:39And Gordon Ramsay, would you believe it, is a top 50 most followed account on TikTok with 40.6 million
28:47followers.
28:47Wow.
28:49Thank you very much indeed.
28:50Oh, bad luck.
28:50We didn't find any pointless answers.
28:52But what fun.
28:53Let's play the head-to-head.
29:00OK, the first pair to win two questions will be playing for that jackpot.
29:03And you're now allowed to confer before you give your answers.
29:05Best of luck to both pairs.
29:06Here is our first question.
29:07And it is all about...
29:11We are going to show you five pictures of dogs from different breeds enjoying themselves on the beach.
29:16What would you want more?
29:17We'll also show you the initials of the breeds, names and blank spaces for the remaining letters.
29:23Please work out the names of these dog breeds and tell us the one you think is the most obscure.
29:27Thank you very much indeed.
29:29Can you identify these five dog breeds on the beach?
29:32We have...
29:34A.
29:35W.
29:40B.
29:41C.
29:41C.
29:45A.
29:47A.
29:50D.
29:51B.
29:52D.
29:53F.
29:56And E.
29:57C.
30:01There we are.
30:02Now, Georgia and Gary, you're our low scorers.
30:03You get to go first.
30:05We only know a couple, so I think we'll go for A. Whippet.
30:08A.
30:09Whippet.
30:10A.
30:11Whippet.
30:12Now then, Annie and Ian, can you talk us through that board?
30:17Not really.
30:19Chihuahua at the end, but then I think B might be a chow chow.
30:25Chow chow.
30:26So we have whippet and chow chow.
30:27Georgia and Gary went whippet for A.
30:30Shall we see how many of our 100 said whippet?
30:34Whippet is right.
30:3867 for whippet.
30:40Annie and Ian, meanwhile, have gone for B and are saying chow chow.
30:44Shall we see if chow chow is right?
30:48It is a chow chow.
30:50And it wins you the point.
30:51Very well done indeed.
30:53Down it goes to 35.
30:54And after one question, Annie and Ian, you are up 1-0.
30:58Very nice.
30:59Some of those are cuter than others.
31:02Chihuahua.
31:02You guessed correctly.
31:03E.
31:04That would have got you 60.
31:07Akita.
31:08Oh, Akita.
31:09S-C.
31:10Akita.
31:10There's nods there.
31:1127.
31:12I've never heard of Akita.
31:13Nor me.
31:15Or Bouvier de Flande.
31:17That would have been the only pronunciation we'd take, too.
31:20Would have scored you 1.
31:22Wow.
31:23There we are.
31:24Well, thank you very much indeed.
31:26You're welcome.
31:26Right.
31:26Here comes our second question.
31:27Georgia and Gary, you've got to win this one to stay in the game.
31:29So, best of luck.
31:31Our second question is all about...
31:34..garden features.
31:35Oh, lovely.
31:37We are going to show you the names of five garden features
31:39that can be found at National Trust Properties as of July 2024.
31:43However, we have removed alternate letters from their names.
31:47Please give us these garden features.
31:49Thank you very much indeed.
31:51Can you pick out what these garden features are?
31:54We have F-U-T-I, S-N-I-L, S-U-P-R, B-R-B-T and F
32:08-L-Y.
32:10There we are.
32:11Now, Annie and Ian, you will go first.
32:16OK.
32:18Maybe go for the first one, F-R-U-T-I-R-Y.
32:21F-R-U-T-I-R-Y.
32:22F-R-U-T-I-R-Y.
32:25F-R-U-T-I-R-Y.
32:40I will say three and five, so we are going to go F-O-T-I-N.
32:42OK, you are going to go F-O-T-I-N for the top one.
32:44So, we have F-R-U-T-I-R-Y and F-O-T-I-N.
32:46You can't both be right.
32:47In fact, only one of those fits.
32:50But let's see...
32:52Let's see what happens when we say F-R-U-T-I-R-Y.
32:55I like a F-R-U-T-I-R-Y.
32:56I mean, it's like an Orangery, but less specific.
33:03Not a fruit tree.
33:04Doesn't necessarily mean Fountain's right,
33:06but it's suggesting it might be.
33:08Let's see. Fountain.
33:11And it is right. Very well done.
33:1714 is what it scores, but crucially, it was right,
33:20and it means George and Gary.
33:21Well done, you're back in the game.
33:22After two questions, it's one-all.
33:23Very good. So, Sundial, you had.
33:26That would have scored you 19.
33:27And Bird Bath, you also identified at 11.
33:31Down below, we had Folly for 27.
33:35And then the one smack bang in the middle.
33:37Folly, I just can't see what this is.
33:40Well, it stumped everyone.
33:43Oh, it's a stumpery.
33:45Of course it's a stumpery.
33:47It's like a rockery, but with stumps.
33:49Tree stumps, yes.
33:51And that was pointless.
33:53Very slippy in damp weather.
33:55I imagine it would be, yes.
33:57There we go.
33:57Thank you very much indeed.
33:58Right, here comes your third question.
34:00Whoever wins this one goes through to the final and plays
34:01for the jackpot.
34:02Best of luck to both pairs.
34:03Our third question is all about...
34:08Simone Biles.
34:09Angela.
34:10We are going to give you five clues to facts about the gymnast,
34:13Simone Biles.
34:14Please tell us the answers.
34:15Thank you very much indeed.
34:16Let's reveal the five clues.
34:18Here they come.
34:20The decade she was born.
34:22City, where she won four Olympic gold medals in 2016.
34:26In 2021, an emoji featuring this animal was created in her honour.
34:31US President, who awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022.
34:35And in 2017, she finished fourth in this US reality TV competition.
34:42OK, Georgia and Gary.
34:44You get to go first.
34:45I think I'll go first, yeah.
34:46OK, we're going to go with the third one.
34:48Goat.
34:49A goat.
34:50Thank you very much indeed.
34:52A goat, say Georgia and Gary.
34:53Now then, Annie and Ian, can you talk us through the board?
34:57Oh, gosh, I'm trying to think.
34:582016 Olympics.
35:00We'll say she was born in the 1990s.
35:04In the 90s.
35:05OK, so we have goat and 90s.
35:08Georgia and Gary went for goat.
35:11Let's see if that is right for the emoji.
35:16It is indeed a goat.
35:22And that goes down to seven.
35:23That's a wonderful score.
35:24Very well done indeed.
35:26Meanwhile, Annie and Ian are going for the 1990s,
35:30the decade in which she was born.
35:31How many of our 100 said that, if it's right?
35:35It was the 1990s.
35:37Very well done indeed.
35:39And it's a good score.
35:4123 for the 1990s.
35:43But Georgia and Gary, you win it with goat and seven.
35:47And that means after three questions, you are through to the final.
35:492-1.
35:50She was, of course, born in 1997.
35:53And goat, didn't she wear the diamond-encrusted goat all through the...
35:56Yeah, greatest of all time.
35:56There you go.
35:58Nailed it.
35:58OK, the president who awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom
36:03was Joe Biden.
36:05That would have got you 35.
36:07And then the Olympics, where she won four medals, Rio de Janeiro.
36:11Close.
36:12Scored you 16.
36:13This one, the US reality TV competition,
36:16she was part of Dancing with the Stars.
36:19That would have scored you 12.
36:21Thank you very much indeed, Angelo.
36:22That brings us to the end of our head-to-head round.
36:24It means we say goodbye to you, Annie and Ian, just for now.
36:27We'll see you next time.
36:28I look forward to it very much.
36:29Annie and Ian, thank you very much for playing.
36:31For Georgia and Gary, though, it's now time for the Pointless final.
36:38Well, congratulations, Georgia and Gary.
36:40Gary, you have fought off all the competition and you have won
36:42our coveted Pointless trophy.
36:50You now have a chance to win the Pointless jackpot.
36:53And at the end of today's show, the jackpot is standing at 拢1,750.
36:58So, yes, it's just a pointless answer between you and it.
37:01What needs to come up in this round?
37:03Music.
37:03Beatles.
37:04For both of us.
37:05Music.
37:05Geography, but...
37:07The Beatles, not Beatles.
37:09Insects, no.
37:10No, no, no.
37:11Music, yes.
37:12Right, OK.
37:13Very good.
37:14Well, let's not put it off any further, shall we?
37:16Let's see what the four things are.
37:18Today's selection is this.
37:19Country music songs.
37:21The Post Office.
37:22The Royal Ascot Gold Cup.
37:24Greek cinema.
37:27I think it would have to be country music songs.
37:29It's called country music, yeah.
37:30Yeah.
37:30Country music songs.
37:31OK, country music songs.
37:33OK, we are looking for the name of any performer other than Dolly Parton
37:38who has a song that appears in Rolling Stone magazine's list
37:41of the 200 greatest country songs of all time, published in May 2024.
37:47If a song in that list was credited to a duo or a group,
37:50then that's the answer we're looking for.
37:51But in the case of collaborations, we will accept each artist as separate answers.
37:58Or we are looking for any word that is four letters or longer
38:02in the lyrics of Dolly Parton's 1973 song, Jolene, which is the number one song on the list.
38:08We will not accept the word Jolene itself.
38:11Very best of luck.
38:12Thank you very much indeed.
38:14Now, as always, you've got up to one minute to come up with three answers.
38:17All you need to win that jackpot is for just one of those answers to be pointless.
38:19If you can find three pointless answers, we'll throw in a 拢500 bonus.
38:23Are you ready?
38:24Yes.
38:25Let's put 60 seconds up on the clock.
38:28There they are.
38:28Your time starts now.
38:30Shall we go with lyrics?
38:31Yes.
38:31I'm thinking locks, like locks of auburn hair.
38:34Beauty.
38:35Beauty, compare, auburn.
38:36Compare?
38:37Yeah.
38:37Your beauty needs to be on compare.
38:38Do you want to do acts?
38:39You keep working your way through, Jolene.
38:41OK.
38:42I can't remember all of it, but I know it's like locks of auburn hair.
38:45Go as far as you can.
38:46Willie Nelson.
38:47He comes on at work all the time.
38:48Chris Christopherson.
38:50The Eagles.
38:52Yeah.
38:53Country music.
38:53Johnny Cash.
38:54It's Charles Swift, but too big.
38:57Er...
38:57I can't remember.
38:58There's someone Willen, but I can't remember his first name.
39:02Think of it, then.
39:02I'm trying to think of it.
39:04I can't think of his first name.
39:06He has a couple of really good country songs.
39:07Let's start narrowing it down.
39:08Are we going to do...
39:09What do you want from Jolene?
39:10I think...
39:11I like locks.
39:12Locks?
39:13Yeah.
39:14Auburn, that might be quite popular.
39:15Yeah, go for a...
39:16Compare?
39:16Yeah, compare, cos I can't think of where that is.
39:18So we can do locks.
39:2010 seconds left.
39:21Locks.
39:21Compare.
39:22Yeah.
39:23And then we'll go for...
39:25...Cristofferson.
39:26Do you want to pick a new country music?
39:27Yeah, I'll pick one, yeah.
39:28Will come to me in a second.
39:30OK.
39:30That is your time up.
39:31Let's have your three answers.
39:33OK.
39:33From the Jolene, we'll have locks.
39:36Locks.
39:37And compare.
39:38Compare.
39:39And we will go for...
39:42Chris Christofferson.
39:43Chris Christofferson.
39:44Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer?
39:47I think compare.
39:48Yeah.
39:48Yeah, one of those.
39:49OK, compare we'll put last.
39:51Least likely to be pointless.
39:52Chris Christofferson.
39:52Chris Christofferson, then locks goes in the middle.
39:54Let's put those answers up on the board in that order.
39:56And here they are.
39:58We have...
40:01Well, if one of these turns out to be pointless,
40:06you will be leaving here with 拢1,750.
40:08What would you like to do with that, Georgia?
40:10Travels.
40:24Travels.
40:24Just fritter it away.
40:25Perfect.
40:26Bully blankets.
40:27OK.
40:28Your first answer was Chris Christofferson.
40:30In this case, we are looking for any act with a song in the 200 greatest country songs of all
40:35time.
40:35How many of our 100 said Chris Christofferson?
40:37Is it right?
40:38Is it pointless?
40:39For 拢1,750?
40:44Well, he's right.
40:46Chris Christofferson.
40:48If he's pointless, he will win you 拢1,750.
40:50Down we go.
40:52Through the teens in single fingers with Chris Christofferson still going down.
40:55You've done it!
40:56Look at that!
40:56Straight out of the track.
40:58Very, very well done indeed.
41:00Chris Christofferson is a pointless answer.
41:03Which means you have won the jackpot.
41:05But let's just check and see how those other answers are.
41:08Because if you have three pointless answers, that will increase your winnings to 拢2,250.
41:13Lox, we're now on to words of four letters or more from the lyrics to Jolene.
41:18Let's see how many of our 100 said Lox.
41:21Is it pointless?
41:23When it's there, it's right.
41:27If this is pointless, obviously it doesn't win anything on its own.
41:30Has to join in with compare.
41:33Down we go with Lox.
41:34Still going down.
41:34Still going down.
41:35Oh, down to one.
41:37Okay, there we are.
41:37Put that to the back of our minds.
41:39Huge congratulations.
41:40You've just won 拢1,750.
41:42Brilliant.
41:45Absolutely brilliant.
41:46Your third answer compare would have also scored you one.
41:50Let's have a look at some of the pointless answers, starting with acts on the list of 200
41:54Greatest Country Songs of All Time.
41:57So, Beyonce.
41:58Relatively new, I imagine, to that with Texas Hold'em.
42:01That was on the list.
42:01Chris Stapleton.
42:03Lil Nas X.
42:04Old Town Road was the song.
42:07Loretta Lynn.
42:08She had several songs on the list, including Coal Miner's Daughter and You're the Reason.
42:12Our Kids Are Ugly.
42:13A proper country song that one was.
42:16There were lots of pointless answers on there.
42:18I'll give you a few more of the big names.
42:20Emmylou Harris.
42:22Graham Parsons.
42:23June Carter.
42:24Lyle Lovett.
42:26Keith Urban.
42:26Patsy Cline.
42:27Come on.
42:28Ray Charles.
42:30Tracy Chapman.
42:31They were all pointless.
42:31Moving on to words of four or more letters in the lyrics of Dolly Parton's Jolene.
42:37Here are some of the pointless answers you could have had.
42:39Flaming.
42:40Sleep.
42:41Summer.
42:42And understand.
42:44The scoring answers here were please, take, beggin'.
42:48No, G.
42:49Don't.
42:49Because.
42:50Auburn.
42:51Beauty.
42:51Just.
42:52Beyond.
42:52Compare.
42:53Emerald.
42:54Eyes.
42:54Hair.
42:55Keep.
42:55Like.
42:56Locks.
42:56And.
42:57Love.
42:58Everything else in the lyrics was pointless.
43:01So very well done to you at home if you got a pointless answer.
43:04Thank you very much indeed, Angela.
43:06And thanks once again to our winning players, Georgia and Gary, who take away today's jackpot
43:09of 拢1,750.
43:13Join us next time when we'll be putting more obscure knowledge to the test on pointless.
43:16Meanwhile, it's goodbye from Angela.
43:18Bye-bye.
43:19And it's goodbye from me.
43:21Goodbye.
43:22APPLAUSE
43:46Bye-bye.
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