Pointless Series 5, Episode 48

First broadcast: 19th January 2012

Round One
COUNTRIES THAT HAVE WON MISS WORLD

United States of America- 55
Argentina- 5
Nigeria- Pointless
Veneswala- 8
Brazil- 29
Austria- Pointless
Greece- Pointless
Poland- Pointless
Turkey- Pointless
United Kingdom- 62
 
GOALKEEPERS WHO HAVE PLAYER FOR ENGLAND
No unused subs- Any England Goalie from 1966 to 2011

Peter Bennete- 8
Paul Robinson- 14
Ray Clements- 17
Robert Green- 25
David James- 35
Richard Wright- Pointless
Jimmy Rimmer- Pointless
Nigerl Spink- Pointless
Peter Shilton- 42
David Semen- 65


Round Two
US TV SHOWS AND THEIR CITIES
Predominent setting.

Dynasty- Denver- 1
Fraiser- Seattle- 20
Tales of the City- San Fransisco- 4
Ally McBeal- Boston- Pointless
Friends- New York- 47
ER- Chicargo- 19
Cheers- Boston- 27
Perry Mason- Los Angles- 3
Dexter- Miami- B
The Wire- Boltimore- 7
The West Wing- Washington DC- 25
Thirtysomething- Philipedlphia- Pointless

Head to Head
EUROPEAN MONARCHS
Any reigning king or queen of a European country.

Queen Elizabeth II- 89
King Juan Carlos- 35
Beatrice- Pointless
Henri- Pointless
Nicholas- Pointless
Joan Enric- Pointless
Hans Adam- 2
Margrethem- 9
Albert- 10
Carl Gustaf- 7
Harald- 2
Beatrix- 20

DAYS OF THE WEEK IN GERMAN

Donnerstag- 20
Mittwoch- 23
Samstag- 27
Dienstag- 31
Sonntag- 33
Freitag- 34
Montag- 48

AUSTRALIAN OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS

Nicole Kidman- 58
Peter Finch- 1
Heath Ledger- 7
Cate Blanchett- 8
Gefforey Rush- 11
Russell Crowe- 46


Pointless Final
BOXERS FOUGHT PROFESSIONALLY BY MUHAMMED ALI

Leon Spinks- 4
Sonny Liston- 15
Joe Bugner- 1
Ken Noughton- 3

Pointless Answers
Chuck Weptner
Alvin Lewis
Trevor Berbick
Zora Folley
Sonny Banks
Don Warner
Earnie Shavers
Billy Daniels
Lamar Clark

Pointless Series 5, Episode 46

First Broadcast: 17th January 2012



Round One
US STATES ENDING IN 'A'

Alaska- 40
South Carolina- 10
North Carolina- 12
Pensalvania- 3
West Virginia- 5
North Decota- 8
Iowa- 8
California- 62
South Dakota- 3
Nebraska- 3
Alabama- 43


Round Two
FILM VILLIANS AND THEIR FILMS
First apperance


The Child Catcher- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang- 44
John Doe- Seven-
Harry Lime- Thrid Man- 10
Freddy Kruger- Nightmare on Elm Street- 58
Gordon Gecko- Wall Street-
Dr Evil- Austin Powers- 71
Cyrus The Virus Grisson- Con Air- 7
Ming the Merciless- Flash Gordon-14
Alex Forrest- Fatal Attraction- 2
Darth Vader- Star Wars- 5
Captain Barbossa- Pirates of the Carrabean- 40
Lex Luther- Superman- 61


Head to Head
GASES WITH A SINGLE-LETTER CHEMICAL SYMBOL
The chemical, not the symbol.

Hydrogen- 31
Oxygen- 38
Nitrogen- 22
Fluroine- Pointless


TOP-FLIGHT WINNING FOOTBALL MANAGER
Premiership/Old First Divison of English Football
Alex Ferguson- 73
Jose Marinio- 24
Howard Kendell- 1
Joe Fagan- 2
Ron Saunders- 2
Bob Paisely- 5
Howard Wilkinson- 3
George Graham- 2
Howard Kendall- 1
Carlo Ancellotti- 14
Kenny Dalglish- 31
Arsene Wenger- 31


Pointless Final
HOSTS OF 'AN AUDIENCE WITH'
If presented by a group, then the group, not an indivdual.

Michael Buble- 12
Take That- 12


Pointless Answers
Corronation Street
Alf Garnnet
Dianna Ross
Donny & Marie Osman
Jackie Mason
Joe Pasquele
Lennox Lewis
Ricky Martin
Sooty

Pointless Series 5, Episode 47

First Broadcast: 18th January 2012

Round One
MELONS
Board- Just different varieties of melon. Simple as.

Wastermelon- 72
Charentais- 1
Nutmeg- Pointless
Tamara- Wrong (Founder of Jimmy Chew)
Kimura- Wrong (Japanese melon farmer who invented the heart-shapd melon)
Gallia- 37
Casera- Pointless
Honeydew- 63
Gibson- Wrong (Mel Gibson is an anagram of Big Melons)
Horned- Pointless
Ogen- 14
Canary- Pointless
Cantaloupe- 68
Cravin- Wrong (Cravin Melon is an American heavy metal band)


Round Two
FAMOUS WOMEN AND THEIR FAMOUS MOTHERS
Board- Who's the famous mother of these famous people?

Zara Phillips- Princess Anne- 88
Claudia Winkleman- Eve Pollard- 8
Kate Hudsen- Goldie Hawn- 45
Jamie Lee Curtis- Janet Lee- 13
Liza Minnelli- Judy Garland- 48
Melanie Griffith- Tippi Headman- 5
Carrie Fisher- Debbie Reynolds- 14
Chloe Madeley- Judy Finnegan- 64
Rachel Stirling- Diana Rigg- 2
Peaches Geldof- Paula Yates
Gwyenth Paltrow- Blythe Danner- 6
Sophie Ellis Bexter- Jannet Ellis- 37

Head to Head
CITIES THAT HAVE HEALD THE FIFA WORLD CUP FINAL

Montedivao- 1
Johanasburg- 9
London- 57
Yokohama- Pointless
Solna- Pointless
Santiago- Pointless
Passadena- 1
Bern- 1
Buenos Aires- 7
Rio de Janeiro- 11
Mexico City- 11
Berlin- 14
Munich- 14
Madrid- 18
Rome- 22
Paris- 29


PAPEL NAMES TAKEN BY 5 OR MORE POPES

Piuse- Pointless
John- 52
Urban- Poitnless
Eugene- Pointless
Celestine- Pointless
Alexander- 1
Boniface- 2
Sixtus- 2
Nicholas- 2
Clement- 3
Leo- 4
Innocent- 4
Adrien- 4
Stephen- 7
Gregory- 11
Benedict- 34
Paul- 70


POLICE UK TOP 40 SINGLES

Don't Stand So Close To Me- 32
Doodoodoo (Dahdahadah)- 6
When the world is running down- Pointless
King of Pain- Pointless
Wrapped around your Finger- 1
Spirits in the material world- 1
Can't Stand losing you- 1
Synchronicity II- 2
So Lonely- 2
Invisible Gun- 4
Every little thing she does is magic- 8
Every breathe you take- 16
Walking on the moon- 18
Roxanne- 30
Message in a bottle- 31


Pointless Final
GEORGE MICHAEL UK TOP 40 SINGLES

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me- 4

Pointless Answers
Amazing
An Easier Affair
Flawless
Heal the Pain
I Can't Make You Love Me
Monkey
One More Try
This is not Real Love
You Have Been Loved

Pointless Series 5, Episode 41

First broadcast: 10th January 2012

Round One
TV 'GLADIATORS'
Free Recall- Any Gladiators who appeared in the original UK series. Gladiator names, not real names.

Wolf- 69
Shadow- 7
Saracen- 14
Lightning- 29
Trojan- 5
Jet- 36
Rebel- 1
Diesal- 1
Vulcan- 1

And more. There were a few. Too many for daytime BBC, sorry.


Round Two
SCALES OF MEASUREMENT
Board- What do these measure?

Jouel- Energy- 28
Yard- Distance- 80
Celsius- Temperature- 92
Mohs- Hardness- 7
Troy Ounce- Weight- 31
Beaufort Scale- Wind- 44
Decible- Volume/Noise- 88
Curie- Radiation- 18
Ampere- Electricity- 38
Knot- Speed- 74
Mercalli- Earthquake Intensity- 2
Acre- Area- 86

Head to Head
THINGS THAT CLIFF RICHARD'S 'LIVING DOLL CAN DO
Anything from the first line of the song by Cliff Richard. 'Live' is not an excepted answer.

Sleeping- 55
Walking- 96
Talking- 99
Crying- 54

COUNTRIES THAT BORDER TURKEY

Greece- 50
Azerbajain- Pointless
Armania- 3
Georgia- 8
Bulgaria- 17
Syria- 24
Iran- 24
Iraq- 25

ACTORS WHO APPEARED IN BOTH BRIDGET JONES FILMS
Any actor or actress who recieved a credit for both Bridget Jones' Diary and Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason

Sally Phillips- 2
Hugh Grant- 67
Colin Firth- 50
Neil Pearson- Pointless
James Faulkner- Pointless
James Callis- Pointless
Donald Douglas- Pointless
Dominic McHale- Pointless
Celia Imery- Pointless
Shirly Henderson- 1
Gemma Jones- 5
Jim Broadbent- 10
Rennee Zellweger- 59

Pointless Final
ENGLAND WORLD CUP GOAL SCORERS
Any male England football player who has scored in a World Cup (Non-qualifying) match.

Paul Scoles- 3
Emile Heskey- 3

POINTLESS ANSWERS

Darren Anderton
Allan Clarke
Gerry Hitchens
Jimmy Mullen
Mark Wright
Nat Lofthouse
Stan Mortensen
Ron Flowers
Paul Mariner

Pointless Series 5, Episode 42

First Broadcast: 11th January 2012

Round One MYTHICAL CREATURES 
Board- Beasts known primarily through myth rather than any proven fact 

Pegasus- 9
Gorgon- 7
Cockatrice- Pointless
Sphinx- 1
Minatour- 23
Reuel- Wrong (One of JRR Tolkein's names)
Unicorn- 53
Siren- 2
Labofish- Wrong (Jackie Stillone's maiden name)
Centeur- 13 (You find them at Centeur Parks. You can find Richard Osman's stand-up dates at...) Satyr- 1
Dragon- 57
Lamia- Pointless
Raphus- Wrong (Latin name of the Dodo)

Round Two 
ACTORS AND THEIR COMMON ROLES 
Board- Character that both actors have played on film 

Michael Keaton and Christian Bale- Batman- 80
Ewan McGregor and Alec Guinness- Obi Wan Kenode- 40
Steve McQueen and Pierce Brosnan- Thomas Crown- 6
Anthony Perkins and Vince Vaughn- Norman Bates- 12
Glen Cample and Matt Damon- La Bouref- Pointless
Jodie Foster and Juilanne Moore- Claire Starling (Silence of the Lambs)- 30
Richard Harris and Michael Gambon- Albus Dumbledor- 19
Frank Sinartra and George Clooney- Danny Ocean- 15
Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp- Willie Wonka- 32
Alex Valdwin and Ben Affleck- Jack Ryan- 5
Anthony Hopkins and Frank Langella- Richard Nixon- Pointless
Peter Sellars and Steve Martin- Inspector Clueso- 46

Head to head 
BEATLES TOP 40 SINGLE WITH 3-WORD TITLES 
B-sides accepted, but no medlies or collaberations.
Love Me Do- 31
I feel fine- 4
Ain't she sweet- Pointless
Baby It's You- Pointless
Strawberry Fields Forever- 8
Please please me- 10

RUGBY WORLD CUP WINNING NATIONS 
New Zealand- 37
Australia- 41
South Africa- 35
England- 65

CHER FILM 
Anything in which 'Cher' has included an acting or voice credit. Nothing playing herself. 
Moonstruck-12
Mask- 24
Silkwood- 7
Suspect- 1
Faithful- 1
Chasity- 2
Burlesque- 18
Mermaids- 23
Tea with Mussolini- 3
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean!- Pointless
Witches of Eastwick- 17

Pointless Final 
CAPITAL CITIES OF CANADIAN PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES 
Halifax- 5
Quebec- 35
Edmunton- 5

Pointless Answers 
Whitehorse
Iqaluit
Yellowknife
Vicoria

Pointless Series 5, Episode 40

First Broadcast: 9th January 2012


Round One
TYPES OF DIY TOOL
Board- Home or garden tools used in DIY

Screwdriver- 89
Chisel- 35
Bradawl- 8
Adze- 2
Mattock- Pointless
Jigsaw- 11
Burrel- Wrong (Stanley Burrel is the real name of MC Hammer)


WAYS TO COOK OR SERVE EGGS
Board

Bourboneais- Wrong (Type of Chicken)
A La Florientine- 1
Poached- 91
En Coccette- 3
Creole- Pointless
Bennedict- 15
Sunny Side Up- 7

Round Two
FAMOUS PLAYS AND THEIR PLAYWRIGHTS

Board- Which British-born playwright wrote the following plays...

An Inspector Calls- JB Priestly
Beautiful Things- Jonathan Harvey- Pointless
Much Ado About Nothing- William Shakespeare- 55
History Boys- Alan Bennett- 8
Peter Pan- JM Barry- 27
Abigail's Party- Mike Leigh- 6
Shirely Valentine- Willy Russel- 6
The Mousetrap- Agatha Christie- 34
The Birthday Party- Harold Pinter- 4
Edward II- Christiphor Marlowe- Pointless
A Chorus of Disapointment- Alan Aykborne- 5
Blithe Spirit- Noel Coward- 11


Head To Head
CHAS & DAVE UK TOP 40 HITS

Gertcha- 12
Stars Over 45- Pointless
Ain't No Pleasing You- 6
Snooker Loopy- 17
Rabbit- 57


EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WITH A MONARCH
Any country in Europe with a King or Queen currently.

Sweeden- 30
Norway- 31
Spain- 61
United Kingdom- 90
Litchenstein- 2
Andora- 2
Luxemburg- 12
Belgium- 12
Netherlands- 31
Denmark- 32
Monaco- 41


CONSERVATIVE MICHAELS IN GOVERNMENT
Any Conservative politician who is called or popularly known as Michael who has been in a cabinet position since 1980.

Gove- 15
Howard- 21
Jopling- Pointless
Havers- Pointless
Forsyth- 2
Portillo- 40
Heseltine- 48

Pointless Final
HELEN MIRREN FILMS

No short films, documentaries or TV films.

RED- 12
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and her Lover-1
Caligula- 2



Pointless Answers
Long Good Friday
2010
Midsummer Nights' Dream
Mosquito Coast
Madness of King George
Prince of Egypt

Pointless Series 5, Episode 39

First Broadcast: 6th January 2012


Round One
WORDS ENDING IN '...EEK'
Free recall- Any word in the Oxford English Language Dictonary ending 'Eek', besides the word 'eek' itself. No people, places, etc.

Midweek- 2
Sleek- 18
Tweek- 5
Leek- 80
Geek- 64
Creek- 24
Cheek- 88
Greek- Wrong (Proper noun)
Cleek- Pointless
Cybergeek- Pointless
Fenugreek- Pointless
Gleek- Pointless
Houseleek- Pointless
Overseek- Pointless
Pinkseek- Pointless
Reseek- Pointless
Un'Meek- Pointless
Unseek- Pointless
Meek- 84
Seek-85

Round Two
FAMOUS STEPHENS
Board- Descriptions of people with the first name 'Stephen', 'Steve' or 'Steven', correct answer is their surname.

Comedy actor, star of 'The Jerk'- Martin- 22
Author of 'It' and 'The Shining'- King- 70
Wrote 'A Brief History of Time'- Hawking- 52
Became PM of Canida in 2006- Harper - 2
Won Gold for 800M in Moscow in 1980- O'Vett- 14
World's youngest-ever Snooker champion- Hendrey - 42
Lead singer of Aerosmith- Tyler -39
Lead thetre composer of 'Sweeny Todd'- Sondheim- 38
Co-Wrote 'The Office' and 'Extras'- Merchant- 26
MP who defeated Portillo in 1997- Twigg- 1
Presenter of QI- Fry- 78
Starred in 'The Great Escape'- McQueen- 58


Round Three
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE OSCAR WINNER
Any 2002-2011 winner of the 'Best Animated Feature' at the Oscars.

Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit- 1
Spirited Away- 1
WALL-E- 2
Rattatouille- 2
Happy Feet- 3
The Incredibles- 3
Toy Story 3- 7
Finding Nemo- 9
Up- 11
Shrek- 23


AMERICAN WIMBLEDON WINNERS
Men or women, up to 2010. Must be from the USA.

Stan Smith- 7
Lindsay Davenport- 1
Andre Aggesi- 17
Pete Sampras- 19
Chris Everett- 19
Serena Williams -20
Martina Navaratilova- 24
Jimmy Connors- 29
Venus Williams- 29
Billie Jean King- 30
John McEnroe- 63


UK Cities beginning with 'B'

Bangor- 3
Bradford- 46
Belfast- 18
Bath- 35
Brighton & Hove-40
Bristol- 64
Birmingham- 95

Pointless Final
2012 OLYMPIC VENUES
Anything hosting the 2012 Olympic games aside from the main Olympic stadiums

Horse Guards Parade- 18
Weymouth- 11

Pointless Answers
Coventry City Football Ground/Ricoh Arena/City of Coventry Stadium
Eton Dorney
Hadleigh Farm
Hampdon Park
Hyde Park
Lee Valley White Water Centre
Royal Artillary Barracks
St James Park
The Mall