Pointless Board Game

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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. 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, although he would still co-present with Armstrong on Pointless Celebrities on a short-term contract before leaving the series fully. Beginning with series 28, a rotating group of guests will take his place until a new permanent co-presenter is found. [4] Gameplay [ edit ] With the start of Series 11 of Pointless Celebrities, the show's set design was changed with some new graphics and an updated intro replaced the one used since the show's debut; this extended to Series 19 of Regular Pointless. 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. Part Identification - Introduced in Series 24, contestants are shown seven items and four groups into which they must be sorted (e.g. given a list of seven parts of the human head, decide whether each is found in the brain, ear, eye, or mouth). Each contestant selects one item and must identify the group to which it belongs. As in "Clues and Answers," a new board is played on each pass, and an incorrect guess leaves that item available to opponents.

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. 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 ] 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 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.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 ] Pointless Celebrities, Series 8, Reality TV". BBC. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021 . Retrieved 28 January 2016. 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. Six different formats for the questions have been used during the programme's run for the elimination rounds in each game:

Episode 50 was a celebrity special. Series 3 took breaks on: 4–14 October and 22 November–21 December 2010. Daisy Wyatt (17 November 2014). "Pointless Celebrities attracts more viewers than England's Euro qualifier against Slovenia". The Independent. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017 . Retrieved 8 September 2017. 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.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: Carmody, Broede (8 May 2018). "British game show Pointless set to replace Family Feud". Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018 . Retrieved 8 May 2018. Zero e Lode!". raiplay.it. 11 September 2017. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018 . Retrieved 1 June 2018.

BBC One – Pointless – Episode guide". BBC. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018 . Retrieved 30 January 2018.

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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. 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. 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. 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.