University Games BOX-04463 Pointless Game

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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 ] Anotado, Cory (14 April 2021). "We Watched GSN's Pointless And Lived To Tell The Tale". Buzzer Blog. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021 . Retrieved 17 April 2021. a b c d e f g Tom Meltzer (4 June 2013). "Pointless: Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman on TV's favourite quiz". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 August 2013 . Retrieved 6 June 2013. 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.

Ling, Thomas (4 September 2017). "Pointless fans, rejoice! BBC quiz recommissioned for 204 more episodes". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021 . Retrieved 25 September 2017. The first 27 series were co-presented by Richard Osman, who announced on 8 April 2022 that he would step down from the role to focus more on his writing career. Beginning with series 28, a rotating group of guests took his place. Osman continued to co-present with Armstrong on Pointless Celebrities. [4] Gameplay [ edit ]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. For example, the topic is TV & Radio, any actor who is credited in seven or more episodes of Little Britain. If you answered David Tennant, then you would be incorrect! But if you said Stephen Aintree, then you are correct and awarded just one point. If you selected David Walliams, you will get 56 points which is not the idea at all. 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 is broadcast within a prime-time slot on Saturday nights and features some differences in how the game works. Celebrities are allowed to return in more than one episode with the same partner or a different partner and episodes tend to have a theme in regards to the celebrity contestants that took part – for example, a celebrity edition aired in December 2015 consisted of celebrities who were made famous on reality television shows like Big Brother and Made in Chelsea. [7] Some editions of the show end with a guest performance. Bring all the fun of the quirky and witty TV quiz to your living room. This board game is great for all the family, as well as for a fun games night with your mates. Team up in pairs, or play a solo round, to answer fun questions about a range of topics. Your task is to come up with the least popular answer to the question, that no one thought of. Keep getting the right answer and you'll go on to the head to head round, and then to the final round. Here you win a coveted Pointless trophy – yes, there is one included in this box! Board Games Based on TV Shows 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 BBC One carries live broadcasts of major news or sport events, the programme is transferred to BBC Two, 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. This is the final series with Richard Osman. Series 27 took breaks on: 18 April–20 May and 27 June–11 July 2022. For example, the question could ask about biology: the human body. There are five clues to facts about the human body. You need to name the part of the body correctly and get the least popular answer.Endemol UK – Brand new Pointless app launches". Endemol UK. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Teams of two contestants attempt to provide answers that are not only correct, but also as obscure as possible. The programme initially featured five teams per episode, but the field was later reduced to four. On each episode, contestants answer a series of questions that were put to 100 members of the general public in a previously conducted online survey, which had a time limit of 100 seconds. Once a question is asked at the start of a round, the contestants are given details as to what constitutes a valid answer. If a team's answer is correct, they score one point for each participant who gave it during the survey; an answer given by none of the participants is termed "pointless" and adds nothing to the team's score. Incorrect answers add a penalty of 100 points. Once a question or pass is complete, depending on the specific format of the round, any remaining pointless answers are stated along with the high-scoring answers given in the survey, usually the top three. 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 ] Jeffery, Morgan (12 February 2014). "Pointless gets 204 more episodes, 24 celeb specials on BBC One". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015 . Retrieved 13 March 2015. TRIC – The Television and Radio Industries Club – 2015 TRIC Awards Winners". Television and Radio Industries Club. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017 . Retrieved 26 February 2016.

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. 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.

For round four, only one question is asked and this round sees the player who has so far accumulated the least number of Pointless Trophy Tokens, eliminated from the game. 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. Series 1 aired on BBC Two between August and October 2009 with the corporation announcing on the day of the final episode's broadcast that it had commissioned Series 2. The series' audience had peaked at 1.69 million viewers; 17.2% of audience share for the timeslot, [13] while averaging around 1 million viewers per episode. [8] Series 2 saw audiences grow modestly; the format was tweaked prior to the start of Series 3, reducing the number of rounds and giving more time for banter between the hosts which had previously been edited out. [8] The change saw strong viewer growth and the show was moved to the BBC's main channel BBC One in 2011. [8] [14] By 2013, the programme was recording four episodes in one day [15] and averaged 3.6 million viewers daily, gaining more viewers than ITV game show The Chase, which airs in roughly the same time slot. [14] 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. Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) may take longer to reach you.

BBC One – Pointless – Episode guide". BBC. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018 . Retrieved 30 January 2018. In Australia, Pointless has aired on both BBC UKTV (series 10 and 11) and ABC (series 9–11, as of April 2017). [20] [21] Episode 50 was a celebrity special. Series 3 took breaks on: 4–14 October and 22 November–21 December 2010.Series 1 – The teams take turns providing one answer to a question at a time and attempting to score as few points as possible. The lower-scoring team from the elimination rounds chooses one of two categories to be played. Each team is given an equal number of turns; if at least one team has exceeded 100 at the end of a pass, the round ends and the lower-scoring team wins. 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. Series 16 took breaks on: 21 November–9 December, 15–28 December 2016 and 24 January–23 February 2017.