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Thank you very much indeed. Hello, I'm Alexander Armstrong and a very warm welcome to a special blondepoker edition of Pointless, the show where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners.


Now, seeing as all of our players are on a forum there's only one person for me to introduce. If obscure knowledge was an olympic event then he'd have been guaranteed a gold medal at London 2012. It's my pointless friend, it's Richard.

(http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/richard-osman.jpg)

Hiya, hello.

Good afternoon sir. Are you well?

I'm very well thankyou. It should be a cracking game today. I'm told these people really know their stuff when it comes to obscure knowledge. I'm expecting big things.

Thank you very much indeed Richard. Now, all our questions on Pointless have been put to 100 people before the game began and our contestants have to come up with the answers no one else has thought of. What they're looking for of course is a Pointless answer, and every time that happens we will add £0 to the jackpot. Seeing as this is the first time we've ran a forum edition our jackpot starts at an impressive £0.

Right, if everyone's ready... Let's play Pointless.

Our category for Round 1 is... English. English. Richard.

Yeah, in this round we are going to give you 2 questions, one relating to English Language, and the other English Literature.

Thank you Richard. So, we gave 100 people 100 seconds to name:

Q1: Shakespeare Plays

Q2: Mathematical terms ending "-ion"

Richard.

Self explanatory I should think. For Q1 we are looking for any play written by Shakespeare. There are 37 according to wikipedia and that is what we are using as our source. For Q2 your term must be a single word. We are not accepting proper nouns or hyphenated words. Good luck.


So... send me your answers to the 2 questions by PM. You are looking for answers you think will score the lowest (i.e. that fewer people will know) The deadline for submissions is Sunday 14th April - 7pm.

This quiz is going to run in a multiple round format. This first round will knock out enough players to leave us with 15 players for Round 2. Future rounds will eliminate more players.

There is a week to send your 2 answers in. However, for round 2 onwards the deadline will be at max 2 days from updating this thread. If everyone's answers are in earlier then I will update earlier. It will play down to 1 player who is crowned the winner and has the chance of playing for the jackpot.

I should point out that the questions have not been asked to 100 people. I don't know 100 people. A couple I've taken them from elsewhere, but the majority have been given to 20 people and the results extrapolated from there. It may also be worth knowing that these questions were set a good 6 months ago. It doesn't make any difference to these 2 questions but it might in future questions.

Good luck!

Current Entrants (19 15 10 6 2 1):

Ironside
Tal
VBlue
kinboshi
david3103
stribling
Nakor
MintTrav
bobAlike
sharplea
ruud
hector62
s4ooter
celtic
Redsgirl
Supernova
DMorgan
millidonk
TightEnd

This quiz is just pointless!

Is this in lieu of an RSQ or a bonus quiz?

Either way, I'm undoubtedly to be participating.

AMAZEBALLS!

In!

in and sent

I was hoping to win a quiz before putting mine up but seeing as no other quiz was forthcoming (is that a word?) I decided to just go for it :)

Fair enough, so.

In

In

Just to be abso-clear, you are not suggesting players can use Wiki as their source?  All answers must be given off the top of one's own head in full quiz conditions yes?

Would get more entries without the sodding blue text!!

;grr;

Ha! It seems that is only you & I bothered by coloured text.

On this occasion, I suppose it is not Pointless.

Must be an age thing.

Like a WEMPLAYER, I'm in.

Yes, no using wiki or cheating etc.

I thought the coloured text was justified just this once :)

Great idea and really well presented I thought

In!

In

In and sent :)

Fk it, I'm in too.

Fantastic intro. :)up
In

+1

17 in so far. Keep 'em coming :)

Deadline 7pm today.

Some real wordsmiths not in this thread, which really disappoints me:

Tikay
RED-DOG
zerofive
jgcmfknblack
Tight4better
poshboy

and many more

RED-DOG's absence is probably why Melissa hasn't participated either :P

Come on people, get involved!!!!

TightEnd needle ITT

I did say 'and many more'   ;D

Disappointed not to be seen as primus inter pares frankly.

You were that ante litteram, Tighty ;)

A genuine oversight sir, trust me :)

all of them including tighty are scared as i am in it too win it

In?

Agreed, an unbelievable omission, all that wasted oomph and zing.

Results night??

Apologies for lack of update. Will do it this evening.

I was tucked up in bed and asleep by 8.30pm :(

19 of you entered all together which means we are going to be losing 4 of you.

Each question was given to a 20 people covering a diverse range. A small group of us then sat down and did them ourselves in a last ditch attempt to stop any pointless answers. A bit too easy to get them from 20 people in such open-ended time limited questions. That said, we only got a couple of them ourselves so there's plenty of pointless answers here.

Future questions will be marked out of 20 and come exclusively from the answers given as they're not open ended questions.

Answers coming up in a few minutes...

Ironside

Henry VI Part III - 10
Cofunction - 2

Total: 12

Tal

Cymbeline - POINTLESS
Dilation - POINTLESS

Total: 0

VBlue

The Two Gentlemen of Verona - 10
Addition - 80

Total: 90

kinboshi

Winter's Tale - POINTLESS
Correlation - 45

Total: 45

david3103

Timon of Athens - POINTLESS
Iteration - 4

Total: 4

stribling

Love's Labour's Won - INCORRECT (100)
Triangulation - POINTLESS

Total: 100

Nakor

The Two Gentlemen of Verona - 10
Function - 25

Total: 35

MintTrav

The Two Gentlemen of Verona - 10
Inflection - 1

Total: 11

bobAlike

Pericles - POINTLESS
Hyperfunction - POINTLESS

Total: 0

sharplea

Love's Labour's Lost - 5
Triangulation - POINTLESS

Total: 5

ruud

Coriolanus - POINTLESS
Tesselation - 20

Total: 20

hector62

Merry Wives of Windsor - 5
Induction - 15

Total: 20

s4ooter

As You Like It - 15
Fusion - 1

Total: 16

celtic

Hamlet - 35
Gazillion - 0

Total: 35

Redsgirl

The Merchant of Venice - 20
Decimalisation - POINTLESS

Total: 20

Supernova

Measure for Measure - 1
Mathematization - POINTLESS

Total: 1

DMorgan

Julias Caesar - 20
Integration - 20

Total: 40

millidonk

King Lear - 10
Multiplication - 85

Total: 95

TightEnd

Troilus and Cressida - POINTLESS
Miscorrelation - POINTLESS

Total: 0

Love's Labour's Won does not appear on the list I am using as my source. Further research suggests it is a lost play or an alternative title to an existing play. I therefore can't accept it as a correct answer.

I really wanted to fail Gazillion but it appears it's considered a word. Close shave by celtic.

Which means the contestants leaving us are:

Stribling - 100
millidonk - 95
VBlue - 90
kinboshi -  45

Round 2 will be up at 10pm tonight. You will have 48 hours from the questions going up to get your answers in.

5 people will be knocked out leaving us with 10 going forward.

In the event of any ties the person who submitted earliest will be ranked the highest. This could be the difference between getting through and getting knocked out so be sure to submit as quickly as possible.

I'm out with 90 points no?  I mean, addition - come on!

Fixed just before you put that up lol

Look on the bright side... Addition wasn't the worst word as it scored less than Multiplication.

I wasn't aware blonde had so many Mathematicians!

Shit quiz.

Due to unforeseen circumstances I've changed the time of question upload to 10pm.

I got a pointless answer  ;yippee; who'd a thunk it!
Does £250 get added to the prize fund?

If you asked 20 people and extrapolated the answers why are all the scores not in multiples of five?

Farce

Stribling and Sharplea did well both to get a pointless answer for Triangulation.

Expect better of you Tal. This is Pointless, not RSQ, if none of the 20 people consulted said Triangulation then it's a Pointless answer.

Pay attention at the back and put that copy of Principa Mathematica away

Dammit!

Just realised my error and was coming back to delete it!

Quoted for truth, sigh...

I hate to admit it, but that just made my day a lot better :)

Even I realised this, Tal, ;djinn; but unfortunately I type too slow to have the pleasure of pointing out your mistake! ;)

 ;booboo;

lololol, i've been enjoying it man. don't rock the boat.

I feel like Dorothy did when Toto pulled back the curtain and the great wizard of Oz was just a mere mortal.

i am shocked too see some answers have scores of 1-4 surely all scores should be a mulitple of 5 seeing as 20 people were asked

anyone seen sausage i think online pointless quiz is rigged

Great quiz, looking forward to the next question.

sucking up to try and get on the good side of the host is sure going too work

They should be apart from the 1-4's.

Essentially I gave them to 20 people and then sat a group of 5 of us down to really have a go and get as many as we could. The theory being there'd be far too many pointless answers from only asking 20 people.

The rest of the questions will not require that so will just be scored 0-20.

Round Two - Word Puzzles

For each of the following 3 questions you must find the answers and submit the one you think will score the lowest. Deadline is 10pm on Thursday. 5 of you will be eliminated this round. Good luck!

Question 1 - U.S. States

Anagrams.

a) EEL AWARD
b) BLAAAAM
c) GNASH TO WIN
d) LARDY MAN
e) YUCK KENT

Question 2 - Chemical Elements

Alternate letters missing.

a) O_Y_E_
b) F_A_C_U_
c) L_T_I_M
d) S_D_U_
e) Y_T_R_I_M

Question 3 - Fancy Dress Costumes

Vowels removed and spaces moved about. e.g. BL NDPK R = BLONDE POKER

a) DCT RS NDN RSS
b) NN JS
c) DRG
d) G LFR S
e) VM PRS

Question 3 isn't a Pointless format question

Such questions were dropped at episode 267 as the contestants found them too hard and replaced with questions of the format in Questions 1 and 2

The answers I would choose would be different depending on what the respondents were asked to do. In Q1, for example, were they were given the questions in this format, were they given the list of five States spelled correctly and asked to select one or were they just asked to name a US State?

If question three is good enough for Vicky....

Were they ever in that format on pointless? I nicked the idea from only connect.

The 20 were given them in the same format you see here.

Difficult to decide what may be a pointless answer from a list, especialy when you have loads of time to work them out.
This round seems more like a game of chance.
Cant see me surviving to the next round, but I enjoyed it while it lasted.

Pretty easy to spot the googlers on Q2

10 of you in so far. 5 to go.

The remaining 5 are currently giving the other 10 players a free pass into Round 3. You have until 10pm to send in your answers.

FML forgot about this will sort it out when I get out of bed

ok got all bar one of the questions right, and i know the other one but no chance of spelling it right without cheating
just hope i picked the right answers

Whens the next reveal Cf?

Time is up for submissions.

12 of you submitted which means 2 of you will be eliminated to leave us 10 going into the next round.

I shall reveal the answers and put up Round 3 tomorrow. I don't want to commit to a time but it should be around about midday.

Here are the answers and the scores...

Question 1 - U.S. States

Anagrams.

a) EEL AWARD - DELAWARE (9)
b) BLAAAAM - ALABAMA (15)
c) GNASH TO WIN - WASHINGTON (10)
d) LARDY MAN - MARYLAND (5)
e) YUCK KENT - KENTUCKY (20)

Question 2 - Chemical Elements

Alternate letters missing.

a) O_Y_E_ - OXYGEN (15)
b) F_A_C_U_ - FRANCIUM (6)
c) L_T_I_M - LITHIUM (16)
d) S_D_U_ - SODIUM (17)
e) Y_T_R_I_M - YTTERBIUM (POINTLESS)

Question 3 - Fancy Dress Costumes

Vowels removed and spaces moved about. e.g. BL NDPK R = BLONDE POKER

a) DCT RS NDN RSS - DOCTORS AND NURSES (19)
b) NN JS - NINJAS (15)
c) DRG - DRAG (8 )
d) G LFR S - GOLFERS (4)
e) VM PRS - VAMPIRES (12)

And the answers you gave are...

sharplea

MARYLAND - 5
LITHIUM - 16
GOLFERS - 4

Total: 25

TightEnd

DELAWARE - 9
YTTRIUM - INCORRECT - 20
DOCTORS AND NURSES - 19

Total: 48

s4ooter

MARYLAND - 5
YTTRIUM - INCORRECT - 20
GOLFERS - 4

Total: 29

hector62

MARYLAND - 5
LITHIUM - 16
NINJAS - 15

Total: 36

Tal

KENTUCKY - 20
LITHIUM - 16
NINJAS - 15

Total: 51

DMorgan

WASHINGTON - 10
FRANCIUM - 6
GOLFERS - 4

Total: 20

MintTrav

MARYLAND - 5
LITHIUM - 16
DRAG - 8

Total: 29

david3103

DELAWARE - 9
SODIUM - 17
NINJAS - 15

Total: 41

Redsgirl

DELAWARE - 9
LITHIUM - 16
NINJAS - 15

Total: 40

bobAlike

DELAWARE - 9
LITHIUM - 16
GOLFERS - 4

Total: 29

Ironside

MARYLAND - 5
FRANCIUM - 6
NINJAS - 15

Total: 26

ruud

DELAWARE - 9
LITHIUM - 16
NINJAS - 15

Total: 40

Only 10 can go through to the next round which means in a surprising result we are losing TightEnd and Tal!

A bit unfortuante for TightEnd and s4ooter on the Ytterbium question. Amusingly if you look it up on wikipedia the first thing it says is "Not to be confused with Yttrium"

Round 3 up very shortly.

Funny rounds, those.

Well done, everyone else, anyway.

Round Three - Geography

Deadline: Sunday 6pm

4 of you will be eliminated to leave 6.

Question 1 - Landmarks

Name the cities in which you will find these landmarks.

a) Eiffel Tower
b) Golden Gate Bridge
c) Kremlin
d) Wailing Wall
e) Forbidden City

Question 2 - Deserts

Name the continent on which you'll find these deserts.

a) Gobi
b) Kalahari
c) Sahara
d) Colorado
e) Ryn

Question 3 - Wonders of the Ancient World

Vowels removed. Identify the full name of the wonder.

a) GRTPYRM D F GZ
b) LGHT HS FLX NDR
c) MS LMT HL CRNSSS
d) S TTFZS T LYMP
e) HNG NGGR DNS FBBYL N

How did ruud and I give identical answers, but get different scores?

Because I accidently gave you 17 for Lithium instead of 16. Fixed :)

Thats okay, I'll let you off.
This hosting a quiz thing is a lot harder than people think, aint it ;)

Please note that for Q1 and Q2 you need to specify which you're answering.

e.g.

Q1
Golden Gate Bridge - Blackpool

ffs i am just hoping i get 2 minutes too read the questions before sunday

you do know its a weekend ?

some of us kids have women too chat up

Yeah Sunday deadline not great, usually out for most of the weekend.

I've not been in to update this so if any of you haven't sent your answers in I will still accept them as long as I have them before I update the thread tomorrow.

Done.

ok managed too get my entry in before i went out tonight was expecting too see me safely into round 3 when i got back
guess cf has died laughing at my answers

F RC

Ok. Let's start with the anwers.

Question 1 - Landmarks

Name the cities in which you will find these landmarks.

a) Eiffel Tower - Paris (20)
b) Golden Gate Bridge - San Francisco (13)
c) Kremlin - Moscow (4)
d) Wailing Wall - Jerusalem (2)
e) Forbidden City - Beijing (2)

Question 2 - Deserts

Name the continent on which you'll find these deserts.

a) Gobi - Asia (12)
b) Kalahari - Africa (8 )
c) Sahara - Africa (15)
d) Colorado - North America (19)
e) Ryn - Africa (3)

Question 3 - Wonders of the Ancient World

Vowels removed. Identify the full name of the wonder.

a) GRTPYRM D F GZ - GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA (15)
b) LGHT HS FLX NDR - LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA (12)
c) MS LMT HL CRNSSS - MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS (1)
d) S TTFZS T LYMP - STATUE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA (9)
e) HNG NGGR DNS FBBYL N - HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON (17)

I was expecting 20 for the Great Pyramid. However, a few people made the mistake of calling it the Great Pyramids so it was counted as wrong.

Was South Africa counted as wrong too?  Should be marked wrong twice for the Sahara?

That was me typing my results up wrong. It should say Africa not SA. I'm very tired atm lol. Fixed it up I think...

After this round only 6 will remain. You put...

MintTrav

Q1 d) Wailing Wall  - Jerusalem (2)

Q2 a) Gobi - Asia (12)

Q3 d) Statue of Zeus at Olympia (9)

Total: 23

s4ooter

Q1 - Forbidden City - Beijing,China (2)

Q2 - Kalahari - Africa (8 )

Q3 - C) Statue of Zues at Olympia (9)

Total: 19

hector62

1.  e wailing wall Jerusalem (2)
2  a  Asia (12)
3  b  lighthouse of alexandria (12)

Total: 26

ruud

1. Wailing wall - Israel (INCORRECT - 20)
2. Gobi - Asia (12)
3. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (1)

Total: 33

sharplea

1. Wailing Wall - Jerusalem (2)
2. Ryn Desert - Asia (3)
3. MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS (1)

Total: 6

david3103

Q1 - d) is Jerusalem (2)

Q2 - b) Kalahari desert is on the African continent (8)

Q3 - d) Statue of Zeus at Olympia (9)

Total: 19

Redsgirl

1. Wailing Wall, Jerusalem (2)

2. Kalahari, Africa (8)

3. Lighthouse of Alexandria. (12)

Total: 22

Ironside

1e bejing (2)
2e  asia (3)
 statue or zeus at oylimpia (INCORRECT - 20)

Total: 25

DMorgan

Moscow (INCORRECT - 20)
North America (INCORRECT - 20)
Lighthouse at Alexandria (12)

Total: 52

DMorgan failed to specify which questions he was answering.

I hope that's all correct now. This isn't computerised as I've got it all on pen/paper so trying to keep mistakes down to a minimum lol

So leaving us are DMorgan, ruud, and hector62.

Leaving us with a final 6 of:

MintTrav
s4ooter
sharplea
david3103
Redsgirl
Ironside

The deadline for answers is: Mid-day 25th April

We will again be eliminating 4 players which will bring us to the final 2 for the head to head battle.

Round Four - Films and Television

Question 1 - James Bond

a) Actor who currently plays James Bond.
b) Title of first official movie.
c) Leader of SPECTRE.
d) Writer of You Only Live Twice (film).
e) Name of upcoming movie.

Question 2 - US Television

a) Comedy starring Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin.
b) Series based on A Song of Ice and Fire.
c) Doctor played by Hugh Laurie.
d) Has a character named Charles Montgomery Burns.
e) Substance Walter White cooks.

Question 3 - Film Directors

Name the director of the film.

a) Titanic
b) Jurassic Park
c) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
d) Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
e) Slumdog Millionaire

Question 4 - Game Shows

Vowels removed.

a) ST RKT RCH
b) THC RY ST LMZ
c) DSTR CTN
d) DL RN DL
e) F FTNTN


Good luck!

Crikey, it's just gone from an easy quiz to a tough one. Don't know any of the movie answers so just have to guess and hope for the best.

Submitted, with little hope of making the head to head


Good luck all

Fml misreading the question in last round.

Also, just for info, I believe the Ryn desert is in Europe/Asia depending on your definition.... Certainly not Africa anyway

Sigh, why did I change that to Africa. Anyhoo, no one was incorrectly marked wrong :)

i cant believe i was nearly kicked out because i cant type and missed the f and hit the r

All done, not much agonising over which answers to pick as I only knew half of them.
Never mind, lucks been on my side so far :)

Me too. Probably even less cos I only knew one for each of the movie questions and two for the US TV shows, so the missing letters round was the only one where I really had a choice. Some bizarre questions tbh.

I like the questions got 4/5 for the movies and tv round and 5/5 in final round but laptop is fcked and can't open 2 tabs on my phone so will see if I cam find a pen and paper to write shit down tomorrow

All answers submitted!

I shall update with the results at 11ish :)

Here are the answers.

Round Four - Films and Television

Question 1 - James Bond

a) Actor who currently plays James Bond. - Daniel Craig (18)
b) Title of first official movie. - Dr No (13)
c) Leader of SPECTRE. - Blofeld (5)
d) Writer of You Only Live Twice (film). - Roald Dahl (POINTLESS)
e) Name of upcoming movie. - Skyfall (14)

Question 2 - US Television

a) Comedy starring Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. - 30 Rock (6)
b) Series based on A Song of Ice and Fire. - Game of Thrones (5)
c) Doctor played by Hugh Laurie. - House (13)
d) Has a character named Charles Montgomery Burns. - The Simpsons (17)
e) Substance Walter White cooks. - Crystal Meth (4)

Question 3 - Film Directors

Name the director of the film.

a) Titanic - James Cameron (12)
b) Jurassic Park - Steven Speilberg (16)
c) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Alfonso Cuaron (2)
d) Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back - Irvine Kershner (POINTLESS)
e) Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle (8 )

Question 4 - Game Shows

Vowels removed.

a) ST RKT RCH - STRIKE IT RICH (9)
b) THC RY ST LMZ - THE CRYSTAL MAZE (13)
c) DSTR CTN - DISTRACTION (2)
d) DL RN DL - DEAL OR NO DEAL (17)
e) F FTNTN - FIFTEEN TO ONE (11)

You put...

david3103

1.  b) Dr No (13)

2.  c) Dr Gregory House (13)

3.  e) Danny Boyle (8 )

4.  c) DISTRACTION (2)

Total: 36

s4ooter

Question 1: c) Ernst Stavro Blofeld (5)

Question 2: b) Game of Thrones (5)

Question 3: c) Alfonso Cuarón (2)

Question 4: c) Distraction (2)

Total: 14

Redsgirl

1. (b) Dr No (13)
2. (b) Game of thrones (5)
3. (e) Danny Boyle (8 )
4. (e) Fifteen to one (11)

Total: 37

MintTrav

1 - b Dr No (13)

2 - c House (13)

3 - b Speilberg (16)

4 - e Fifteen To One (11)

Total: 53

sharplea

1. d) Roald Dahl (POINTLESS)
2. b) Game of Thrones (5)
3. c) Alfonso Cuaron (2)
4. e) FIFTEEN TO ONE (11)

Total: 17

Ironside

1d roald dahl (POINTLESS)
2e meths (4)
3 d irvin kershner (POINTLESS)
4 c distraction (2)

Total: 6

Which means leaving us at the end of this round is: david3103, Redsgirl, MintTrav, and sharplea.

Leaving us a head to head of:

s4ooter

vs

Ironside

The rules were 'No Googling' right?

yep, it helps to be a 43 year old geek into pub quizzes,

The head to head round will consist of 3 questions. You will take it in turns to supply your answer. Post your answer to this thread. Obviously you can't choose the same answer as each other. Once you have both given your answer I will reveal the scores.

As Ironside has played best so far (total of 69 vs 78) he gets to go first.

Let's play the Head to Head.

Question 1 - Post 1990 U.S. Presidents

Identify the U.S. president based on their first and last initial.

a) T R
b) H H
c) H T
d) B O
e) R N

Well my luck ran out. WP boys ;applause;
Thought sharplea was unlucky though, having a pointless answer and going out. Really suprised that Roald Dahl wrote a Bond, I shall have to read it now!

Ooh Sorry, didnt realise I was interupting the head to head ;ashamed;

Everyone is still free to post :)

As for time limits on the head to head there isn't any. But the quicker the questions get answered the quicker I can give the results and put up the next question.

Hate that I'm out ;indestructable;

B Herbert Hoover

Me too

Think s4ooter is taking the mick with the time limit ;booder;

Been away, apologies!!

Ill play this out like the TV stages.......

Here goes:

Im guessing the title should have been post-1900s US Presidents, and im pretty confident i know them all.

Ill talk you through the board.

a) T R = Teddy Roosevelt
b) H H = Herbert Hoover (and the winner for this round i think - gg Ironside)
c) H T - Harry Trueman
d) B O - Barack Obama
e) R N - Richard Nixon

Im gonna have to hope that for some reason the people asked knew Hoover but i will go for

HARRY TRUEMAN

I was kicking myself when I answered as I didn't know one of answer and was sure it would win as all ate pretty well known I googled after I answered and I didn't know Obama lol

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Hello I'm Alexander Armstrong reporting exclusively for blondepoker from my holiday.

Ironside has gone for Herbert Hoover. Let's see if that's right and how many people said it:

20

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4. 4 for Herbert Hoover. A tough act to follow.


s4ooter has gone for Harry Truman. I have a feeling this could be close. Let's see, how many people said it?

20

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5!

So after one question Ironside is up one nil. Richard.

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Excellent answers guys. Best two on the board. Let's take a look at all of them. s4ooter has given us them all actually. Suprisingly low scoring round this. A lot of our 20 didn't know their U.S. presidents.

a) T R = Theodore Roosevelt (7)
b) H H = Herbert Hoover (4)
c) H T = Harry Truman (5)
d) B O = Barack Obama (12)
e) R N = Richard Nixon (10)

Barack Obama only scored 12?

Yeah, as I said quite low. Maybe they were so busy trying to think of past presidents they didn't think of the current one.

Thank you very much indeed Richard. Ok, your second question is:

Question 2 - Victoria Coren

a) Engaged to this comic.
b) Name of book describing attempt to make a porn movie.
c) Hosts this BBC4 game show.
d) Won this leg of the European Poker Tour. (Year not required)
e) Name of father.

And this time s4ooter, you get to go first.

B)

Once more, with feeling.

May i just say how sick is losing by 1 point!!! Almost as bad as only 12 getting Obama!!

Happy with this round, as used to be a little VC fan boy!!  Just hope i picked the lowest answer :)

Gl Ironside

Used to be?????
Who could possibly have replaced the pulchritudinous Ms Coren in your affections?

Ok think s400ter has thus one done and dusted,
Think out loud

A, David Mitchell
C, only connect
D, London
E, back of my head

Answer would be different if I knew if it was random non poker players or asked in local card room,

I'll plump for A, David Mitchell

e) is Alan Coren, author of Golfing for Cats

To be accurate, Vicky Coren isn't engaged to anyone.

I thought she got engaged end of last year

She got married.

They got married in November.

I missed that bit but I ain't a celebrity stalker I am hoping I don't get a fail for that but I don't think it will win anyway

s4ooter has gone for Once More, With Feeling. Let's see if that's right...

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Ironside has gone for David Mitchell. Let's see if that's right...

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So, after 2 questions it's 1 all.

Full list of answers...

2. VICTORIA COREN

a) Engaged to this comic. (6)
b) Name of book describing attempt to make a porn movie. (POINTLESS)
c) Hosts this BBC4 game show. (8 )
d) Won this leg of the European Poker Tour. (Year not required) (3)
e) Name of father. (9)

Question 3 - Doctor Who

a) Actor who currently plays The Doctor.
b) Name of head writer/executive producer.
c) Year in which the show was recently ressurected.
d) Name of the popular enemies that are known for their catchprashe "Exterminate!"
e) Names of recently departed companions.

The deciding question. Ironside to go first again.

Omg I have no idea on Dr who never watched it

Only one I know is d darlics and that's likely spelt wrong, contracts s4ooter,

My answer is D, Darlics

When the question asks who currently plays the Dr, is that in the same way as who Vicky is currently engaged to?

;)

The questions were set approx 6 months ago. Think I mentioned it earlier on...

So at the time Vicky wasn't married. Same with the Bond question. Skyfall wasn't yet out when I set the question.

Have I lost yet?

I only know 2 answers tbh and one was the one Ironside answered.

So I'm going for the actor who plays the doctor which I think is Matt Smith

Apologies for the delay in updating... will do so tomorrow :)

It's ok we can call it a draw

What point its pointless

Cf is pointless.

The world is pointless in the big scheme of things

Really sorry about the lack of update, i've been super busy.

Not got time to be fancy so i'm just going to list the scores...

Question 3 - Doctor Who

a) Actor who currently plays The Doctor. - Matt Smith (12)
b) Name of head writer/executive producer - Steven Moffat (5)
c) Year in which the show was recently ressurected. - 2005 (7)
d) Name of the popular enemies that are known for their catchprashe "Exterminate!" - Daleks (19)
e) Names of recently departed companions. - Amy and Rory Williams (8 )


Which means the winner of the head to head is s4ooter!

Congratulations to s4ooter who has won our coveted Pointless trophy.

(http://www.ukgameshows.com/p/images/thumb/d/d6/Pointless_trophy.jpg/350px-Pointless_trophy.jpg)

You now have a chance to win the jackpot which currently stands at £0.

You may choose from one of the 5 following categories:

1. Computing
2. Words
3. British Comedy
4. Geography
5. Food and Drink


Rules for the Final

The question you select for the final will be put to 5 people over the bank holiday weekend.

The question will be then put onto this thread at 8pm (real world time, not blonde dodgy clock time) Tuesday 7th May. You will have 5 minutes to submit your 3 answers.

To win the jackpot just one of those answers has to be pointless.

i thought i had agreed with myself it was a draw

British comedy

Guess what I'm doing today!

No guesses? :(

We are in London grabbing a nandos, and shortly on our way to the Pointless studios to watch an episode!

That's all very nice but would Alexandlr Armstrong swan off mid quiz to see you?
I think not.

They've changed the jackpot round! Means mine is now in the wrong format :(

30 minutes until the final question :)

Final Question - British Comedy

Name any comedy that was in the top 50 of Britain's Best Sitcom, a survey carried out by the BBC in 2004.


You have 5 minutes to give your 3 answers. If any one of them is Pointless you leave with the jackpot. Good luck!

Red Dwarf
The Office
Brittas Empire

My 2 personal favs, and the only 2 i can think of in my dvd collection? (office + red dwarf)  Prob no good but ill go for Brittas Empire.  Rimmer at his (not-so) best

The scores for these are out of 6. Let's see how they do...

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So close! One last chance!


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:( :( :( :(

There's plenty of Pointless answers here. This is what my 6 people got:

2 Red Dwarf
1 The League of Gentlemen
2 Dads Army
2 Blackadder
2 Gimme Gimme Gimme
2 The Brittas Empire
2 Allo Allo
2 Porridge
4 Only Fools and Horses
2 Absolutely Fabulous
1 The Fast Show
1 Yes Minister
2 Fawlty Towers
1 The Thin Blue Line
1 I'm Alan Partridge
1 The Office
2 My Family
2 Vicar of Dibley
1 Open All Hours
1 Men Bhaving Badly
2 Bottom
1 Are You Being Served
1 The Young Ones
1 Father Ted
1 The Royale Family
1 Birds of a Feather

Anything found in the top 50 here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain's_Best_Sitcom) not on that list would have won you the money.

Out of interest was young ones any good? i thought of it after i hit reply

Phew, that took a while to run! Prob wasn't the best idea to run a multiple round quiz whilst being really busy but I enjoyed it all the same. Hopefully everyone else did too :)



It generally falls upon the winner to run the next quiz... How about a good old RSQ? :)