Pointless Board Game

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In each episode, four teams of two contestants attempt to find correct but obscure answers to four rounds of general knowledge questions, with the winning team eligible to compete for the show's cash jackpot. Once a question is asked at the start of a round, the contestants are given details as to what constitutes a valid answer. g. given a list of seven parts of the human head, decide whether each is found in the brain, ear, eye, or mouth). For instance, if the question is " name a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio"; Titanic is not a good answer as 88 people in the survey gave this.

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The number of available categories was increased to five at the start of Series 6 then reduced to four in Series 9. Each pass consists of two boards, each possessing at least one pointless answer and one incorrect answer, the latter usually having some indirect link (often humorous) with the question.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. We've never changed it, but have always done it in the same way, which is slightly shoddy, enjoying ourselves. All questions used on the show are factual in nature and are asked of a panel of 100 individuals in a pre-conducted public survey. This was the first series without Richard Osman and instead featured guest co-hosts, starting with Sally Lindsay. For the 1,000th episode, Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman traded host and assistant duties and four previous couples who had distinguished themselves in various ways were invited to compete again.

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A bit like Family Fortunes but you need to guess the least number of popular answers as surveyed by 100 people. Replicating the witty and compelling BBC TV quiz show, you can bring all the fun to your living room. 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. 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.It comes with 341 questions, 27 Pointless trophy tokens, 9 head-to-head tokens, 8 playing pieces, 4 pencils, 3 question card holders, playing board, Pointless trophy and answer pad. New questions, new rules, and the opportunity to have the infamous electronic scoreboard on your smart phone or tablet.