Pointless- New quiz show on BBC2 (merged)

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  • dudiusdudius Posts: 469
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    The second round is much better now, IMHO. Pity they used people erm ... lower on the intelligence scale to kick it off.
  • Flyboy152Flyboy152 Posts: 14,656
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    I have a theory about this. It's because they like to have a decent rollover on the prize money, like on Eggheads. The get in the think ones to start off and gradually get better ones as the series progresses. If there is a prize fund of ten thousand pounds, then that might attradct more viewers.
  • KerryisElphieKerryisElphie Posts: 85
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    Hello
    I'm on in this series, my show will prob be on in a couple of weeks.
    I'd like to think I'm not too thick- so I hope you're not too hard on me!! :)
  • DimSumDimSum Posts: 6,769
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    Wasn't much help was she, that woman at the end game to her husband?:eek:
    Liked this opener,the new second part was great and as usual we have some thick contestants.:D
  • Loz_FraggleLoz_Fraggle Posts: 5,758
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    I got one of the pointless answers in the final game, I'd guessed George Weah before I googled it!
  • DimSumDimSum Posts: 6,769
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    Hello
    I'm on in this series, my show will prob be on in a couple of weeks.
    I'd like to think I'm not too thick- so I hope you're not too hard on me!! :)

    We'll be on a lookout for you then,thanks for mentioning you being on the show.:)
  • KerryisElphieKerryisElphie Posts: 85
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    DimSum wrote: »
    We'll be on a lookout for you then,thanks for mentioning you being on the show.:)


    Thanks DimSum- though just to let you know I'm not actually called Kerry!!!
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 14
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    mal2pool wrote: »
    Lol where do they get them from. obviously thrown out of school. Even those kids on smarter than a ten year old could name a country on the med. Dont care much for the second round. Love the show though.

    Why do they seem to think it's so bloody funny that they're stupid? Portugal, Bulgaria and Mykonos? I was appalled.
  • chaz richchaz rich Posts: 1,812
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    Hello
    I'm on in this series, my show will prob be on in a couple of weeks.
    I'd like to think I'm not too thick- so I hope you're not too hard on me!! :)


    Sadly never got passed the audition for this, though saying my partner & I met at an audition for another quiz show many many moons ago probably dident go down to well :eek:

    Great show & I am sure you must have enjoyed the whole experience.
  • JeffG1JeffG1 Posts: 15,275
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    DimSum wrote: »
    Wasn't much help was she, that woman at the end game to her husband?:eek:

    Well, he did choose football. I was hoping they'd choose chemistry, though on past form I don't think they'd have got anything no matter how simple the question was.
  • GulftasticGulftastic Posts: 127,412
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    Harrison Ford films.

    I'll say:

    Apocolypse Now
    American Grafitti and.....
    Witness
  • GulftasticGulftastic Posts: 127,412
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    They've gone for 'Indiana Jones & The Jewel Of The Nile(?)', 'Temple Of Doom' and 'The Fugitive'.

    I wonder if they actually understand the rules of this show?
  • AzagothAzagoth Posts: 10,169
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    Gulftastic wrote: »
    Harrison Ford films.

    I'll say:

    Apocolypse Now
    American Grafitti and.....
    Witness

    I reckon 'Frantic'.
  • GulftasticGulftastic Posts: 127,412
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    I would have won with 'American Graffitti'!

    Unsurprisingly, they didn't.
  • dudiusdudius Posts: 469
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    Did any other nerds get every Super Hero alias? :eek::rolleyes::D
  • nellieknelliek Posts: 10,785
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    dudius wrote: »
    Did any other nerds get every Super Hero alias? :eek::rolleyes::D
    I thought I did well to get three. :D

    Though I did say 'American graffiti'.
  • iaindbiaindb Posts: 13,278
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    :D and :eek: at the "Name a member of the EU that has German as an official language" question.

    82 people said Germany which means 18 people didn't!!! :confused:
  • AzagothAzagoth Posts: 10,169
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    dudius wrote: »
    Did any other nerds get every Super Hero alias? :eek::rolleyes::D

    Oh yes, got all of 'em! Only once I'd stopped laughing at that overly camp fella claiming he was "training to become a medium" though.
  • davadsdavads Posts: 8,643
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    iaindb wrote: »
    :D and :eek: at the "Name a member of the EU that has German as an official language" question.

    82 people said Germany which means 18 people didn't!!! :confused:

    Ah, but maybe they twigged that they were being surveyed for Pointless, and were trying to think out of the box ;-)
  • JeffG1JeffG1 Posts: 15,275
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    I thought Switzerland myself, then was puzzled when they got an X.

    Just shows how carefully you have to listen to the question!

    On balance though, I'd probably have said Belgium - since "not many people know that" :)
  • AzagothAzagoth Posts: 10,169
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    JeffG1 wrote: »
    I thought Switzerland myself, then was puzzled when they got an X.

    Yeah, it's an official language but Switzerland isn't in the EU. :)
  • big bro geekbig bro geek Posts: 18,268
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    Love this show and my god that young girl today was absolutely gorgeous:o
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,506
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    JeffG1 wrote: »
    I thought Switzerland myself, then was puzzled when they got an X.

    Just shows how carefully you have to listen to the question!

    On balance though, I'd probably have said Belgium - since "not many people know that" :)

    I was thinking of a very obscure one in Liechtenstein, but I guess that's not part of the EU.
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    Managed to get Extraordinary Measures in the last round, but thats only because I watched it a couple of days ago :)
  • davadsdavads Posts: 8,643
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    Azagoth wrote: »
    Yeah, it's an official language but Switzerland isn't in the EU. :)

    I'd probably have been reluctant to say Switzerland not because I'd been paying attention to the "EU countries only" stipulation but because I thought that "Schwiizerdütsch", Switzerland's rather unusual spoken dialect of German, wouldn't "count"..
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