Pointless Board Game

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Picture Board – Introduced in Series 7, contestants are shown a grid of pictures or items and must identify one at a time. In some cases, the pictures have some of the letters in their correct answers filled in and/or serve as clues to items that must be named. This series started later than originally planned due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. This was the first series without Richard Osman and instead featured guest co-hosts, starting with Sally Lindsay.

This game is split into four rounds. For the first round, it requires the Question Master to place the card into the plastic sleeves to cover the answer. Then the Question Master reads the question and its clue. The players then have to provide the answer by saying it out loud and also writing it on their answer sheet.For round three, it is a head to head challenge, the Question Master again places the card into the respective plastic sleeve and reads the questions and list of answers. The game is played until one player/team wins two of the questions.

As of Series 25, the most common format for the elimination rounds involves "Clues and Answers" for one and either "Open-Ended" or "Picture Board" for the other. For all formats except "Open-Ended" and "Picture Board", the last contestant or team to play on a particular board is invited to answer as many remaining items as they wish before selecting one to use on that turn. a b TV and Radio (6 June 2013). "Pointless it may be, but Alexander Armstrong's gameshow is certainly addictive". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013 . Retrieved 6 June 2013. Lindsay, Duncan (21 January 2016). "The Chase's Mark Labbett and Anne Hegerty talk NTA wins and Pointless rivalry". Metro. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016 . Retrieved 26 February 2016. Clues and Answers – Introduced in Series 3, contestants are given a list of clues related to the topic of the question, whereupon they must select a clue and provide the correct answer connected to it. An example of this format is that a list could contain the names of different battles and the questions requires a contestant to name the country in which it occurred (e.g., "the Battle of Hastings" – "England"). Although the round follows a similar style to that of the "Possible Answers" format, there is no guarantee that contestants may find a pointless answer from within the list. If a team answers incorrectly, that clue remains in play and can be chosen again. The number of clue/answer pairs is always three more than the number of teams playing a round, and a new board is used on each pass.Newzoids Series 2 Ep5 - Stoptober - Richard Osman". Archived from the original on 21 April 2023 . Retrieved 21 April 2023– via www.youtube.com. Linked Categories – Introduced in Series 5, each pass consists of two closely related categories; one team member provides an answer related to the first category while the other provides an answer to the second category. The format follows the same principles as that of the "Open-ended" format, but was rarely used and was later discontinued after the series. Tomasz Kammel i Radosław Kotarski poprowadza teleturniej "Tylko ty" w TVP2". wirtualnemedia.pl. 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014 . Retrieved 31 January 2014. Open-Ended – Contestants are given the question and have free choice of what answer to give. In Series 1, this format was used three times in this round, before subsequent episodes used it no more than once. A modified version of this format is sometimes used in which the contestants must name items that belong to any of several sub-categories (e.g. given a list of acronyms, choose one and state the word represented by any one of its letters). This is final series with Richard Osman. Series 27 took breaks on: 18 April–20 May and 27 June–11 July 2022.

In Pointless, a series of questions is presented to the players. These questions have also been surveyed to a group of 100 other people. It’s the players’ job to think of an answer that is not only correct, but also the least popular among those surveyed. This game really makes you think hard and challenge yourself! Graham, Alison (10 June 2013). "Pointless star Richard Osman on the show that made him a TV heart-throb". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018 . Retrieved 24 January 2014.Daniels, Colin (10 September 2012). "TVChoice Awards 2012: The winners – In full". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012 . Retrieved 24 January 2015. We started Pointless thinking it would be a bit of fun... 1,200 shows later, we're still here' ". Belfast Telegraph. 10 December 2016. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022 . Retrieved 9 March 2021. Pointless debuted on BBC Two on 24 August 2009. The success of its first three series led the BBC to move it to BBC One from 2011. From late June to mid-July, the programme usually takes a two-week break to make way for the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. On occasions when BBC1 carries live broadcasts of major news or sport events, the programme is transferred to BBC2, for example during the pandemic of 2020. As of April2023 [update], the programme is airing its 29th series [1] and has had peak audience figures of over 7 million viewers. [2] An offshoot of the show entitled Pointless Celebrities was first shown in 2011 and as of April2022 [update] had reached series 15. [3] The format has been exported internationally.

On Saturdays at selected times. First series recorded without the dividers between celebrities after COVID restrictions. Three editions of the official board game have been published by University Games, as well as two mini-sized versions, each of which contains updated questions. [42] In popular culture [ edit ] Ever since watching Pointless, the BBC2 British quiz show hosted by Alexander Armstrong, I have always wanted to try out the board game and challenge myself! Can I name the least popular answers to try to score the least number of points to general knowledge questions?An American version was set to be developed by GSN in 2017. [38] A pilot episode presented by Alison Sweeney as her assistant was Doug Mirabello was produced by Endemol Shine America and never aired. [39] Merchandise [ edit ] App Games [ edit ] The two remaining teams compete against each other, answering questions with the intention of finding the lowest scores possible. Both teams can now confer and the winning team of this round moves on to the Final. The format of this round has differed, as listed below: Caroline Westbrook (23 February 2016). "Pointless to hit 1,000 episodes as BBC signs deal for over 200 more shows – Metro News". Metro. Archived from the original on 26 February 2016 . Retrieved 24 February 2016. Russell, Sam (25 May 2020). "Less than zero: how Pointless's tweaked finale made fools of us all". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020 . Retrieved 12 October 2020. Pointless Celebrities, Series 8, Reality TV". BBC. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021 . Retrieved 28 January 2016.