Incredible scenes.
You can prepare as much as possible for a quiz show, but sometimes the gods don’t look down kindly on you and you get handed a subject matter that you simply haven’t got a clue about.
This has led to many a Pointless contestant becoming stuck over the years, especially in the final round, when the last pair are offered three pretty broad and sometimes cryptic subjects to pick from to win the jackpot.
But once in a blue moon, a miracle happens.
Contestants Tasha and Jo won the jackpot of £2,250 thanks to Henrik Larsson, but the reason the Celtic striker came through for them was the real story.
The sisters made it to the jackpot round and were given three choices from the subject ‘the year 2000’.
They could either name a Euro 2000 goalscorer, a Brit Award winner from the same year or an actor or actress who featured in 2000 film Snatch.
The Celtic legend Henrik Larsson came to the contestants’ rescue
With the pair being not the biggest football fans, Jo was about to begin providing Brit Awards winners, only for Tasha to chip in unexpectedly to mention: “I have one goalscorer – Henrik Larsson.”
And, in a remarkable twist, Larsson ended up winning the pair the jackpot by virtue of his consolation goal in Sweden’s 2-1 defeat to Italy.
Delighted by the money win, Tasha then revealed the twist in the tale that made this one of the all-time great quiz show victories.
After Jo said: “We’re going to have to take Alex out for a drink, I think,” Tasha explained:
“My boyfriend Alex is a massive Celtic supporter and he knows I’m rubbish with names… so he said: ‘Anything football-related, he’s played for Man U, he’s played for Celtic and Barcelona,’ I think.
“And he just said: ‘Go for Henrik Larsson,’ and it’s paid off!”
You can watch the iconic moment right here:
Quality Celtic moment on Pointless. Larsson still creating magic. Story of how she got it is brilliant.
“Just answer Larsson!” pic.twitter.com/gRvOxBdzfi
— The Grand Auld Podcast (@GrandAuldPod) January 11, 2017
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