Two BBC Pointless contestants came agonisingly close to winning £4,750 before a brutal Wales rugby question left them empty-handed.
John and Tim had battled their way into the final round of the popular BBC quiz show.
But there was one final hurdle standing between them and a tidy payday: naming a member of Wales' 2011 Rugby World Cup squad.
Sounds simple enough for a rugby fan, doesn't it?
Unfortunately, knowing your Welsh rugby history wasn't quite enough.
Three answers, three disappointments
The challenge was to name a player from Wales' 2011 World Cup squad that none of 100 people surveyed had remembered.
The pair were allowed three attempts.
Their first answer was Leigh Halfpenny, who scored just two points. Close, but not close enough.
Next came Rhys Priestland, who returned three points.
That left one final chance to secure the £4,750 jackpot.
They went with John Yapp.
There was just one problem. Despite representing Wales in the Six Nations, the prop hadn't made Warren Gatland's 2011 World Cup squad.
Game over.
Five answers would have won the jackpot
The cruelest twist came when Richard Osman revealed the five answers that would have secured the money.
They included some huge names from Welsh rugby:
- George North – The flying winger scored three tries at the tournament.
- Dan Lydiate – One of Wales' standout performers during their run to the semi-finals.
- Luke Charteris – The towering lock played in all seven matches.
- Ryan Bevington – The prop made a brief appearance during the tournament.
- Tavis Knoyle – The scrum-half featured against Namibia.
Yes, George North was a pointless answer.
One of Wales' biggest stars, and nobody in the original survey had named him.
John and Tim left with the Pointless trophy, but
