University Games BOX-04463 Pointless Game

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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. 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. 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.As of Series 6 – Both teams compete in a multi-question best-of-three contest; while the format is the same since Series 3, all questions have five answers with each team choosing one. Questions follow one of three formats: Picture Board (occasionally using sound cues or with some letters of the correct answer filled in); Clues and Answers; or answers that have been scrambled/anagrammed or had some of their letters removed. Both teams may choose the same item if the second team to play believes that the first has answered incorrectly. The second team is invited to fill in as many missing answers as they can before choosing one. 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 ]

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 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. 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.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. BBC One – Pointless Celebrities – Episode guide". BBC. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022 . Retrieved 8 April 2022.

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.

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. 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. Whilst we will do everything we can to meet the delivery times above, there may be factors outside of our control and we cannot guarantee delivery within this time frame.