Pointless Board Game

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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. Knox, David (14 November 2015). "ABC: Summer highlights". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016 . Retrieved 16 February 2016. Pointless Celebrities, Series 8, Reality TV". BBC. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021 . Retrieved 28 January 2016. Endemol UK – Brand new Pointless app launches". Endemol UK. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015.

Richard Osman reveals the secrets of Pointless". Radio Times. 16 January 2017. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020 . Retrieved 12 October 2020.This is final series with Richard Osman. Series 27 took breaks on: 18 April–20 May and 27 June–11 July 2022.

BBC One – Pointless – Episode guide". BBC. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018 . Retrieved 30 January 2018. Mellor, Louisa (23 February 2023). "Pointless: Meet 2023's New Hosts Replacing Richard Osman". Den of Geek. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023 . Retrieved 10 March 2023. The regular series was presented by the duo of Alexander Armstrong (left) and Richard Osman (right), from its inception until Osman left the show in 2022

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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: 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). Series 16 took breaks on: 21 November–9 December, 15–28 December 2016 and 24 January–23 February 2017.

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. However give The Man in the Iron Mask as an answer and you score 6 points. Any correct answers the survey didn't think of are Pointless answers and therefore awarded a most desirable zero points. So who in your family will carry off the Pointless trophy?Suitable for 2 to 4 players or teams. For ages 10 and up.BBC One – Pointless Celebrities – Episode guide". BBC. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022 . Retrieved 8 April 2022.