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

Pointless Series 5, Episode 38

First Broadcast: 5th January 2012

Round One
GEM STONES
Board- All answers are precious or semi-precious gem stones.

Pearl- 24
Aquamarine- 7
Ruby- 88
Aberdevine- Wrong (It's a small bird)
Tourmaline- 2
Jasper- Pointless
Emerald- 65
Moonstone- 3
Topaz- 26
Opal- 45
Malachite- Pointless
Diamond- 93
Corbomite- Wrong (From Star Trek)
Alexanderite- Pointless

Round Two
TV SHOWS AND THEIR THEME MUSIC
Board- On the board are the names of the theme tunes and the correct answers are the names of the TV shows.

Handbags and Gladrags - The Office - 26
Suicide is Painless - M*A*S*H - 39
I'll Be There For You - Friends -66
On The Inside - Prisoner: Cell Block H - 6
Thank You For Being a Friend - The Golden Girls - 15
Overkill - The Bill - Pointless
Who Are You?- CSI - 27
 I Could be So Good For You- Minder - 41
 This Wheel's On Fire- Absolutely Fabulous- 36
 Where Everybody Knows Your Name- Cheers - 55
 With a Little Help From My Friends- The Wonder Years - 8
 Way Down In The Hole- The Wire - Pointless

Round Three
CHARACTERS IN HAMLET
Free recall- Won't accept Hamlet himself or anyone from 'The Mouse Trap', the play within a play.

Polonius- 10
Marcellus- Pointless
Fortinbras- Pointless
Barnardo- Pointless
Reynaldo- 2
Osric- 2
Cornelius- 2
Valtermand- 2
Francisco- 3
Laetres- 5
Rosencrantz- 6
Guildenstern- 6
Ghost of Hamlet- 8
King Claudius- 11
Horatio- 12
Gertrude- 12
Ophelia- 20


TEAMS MANAGED BY JOSE MARENIO
Free Recal- Any professional football team managed by Mr. Marenio

Real Madrid- 52
Porto- 23
Unial Desportiva de Leiria- 1
Benfica- 3
Inter Millan- 26
Chelsea- 72

RESIVOUR DOGS ACTORS
Free Recal- Any of the six actors who played a character named after a colour

Edward Bunker- 1
Steve Buscami- 3
Quentin Tarantino- 7
Michael Madsen- 7
Harvey Keitel- 11
Tim Roth- 14


CAPITAL CITIES OF SOUTH AMERICA
Free Recall- Any designated capital city of a nation (Sovereign blah blah member of UN etc) south of Panama.

Sucre- 1
Paramaribo- 1
Georgetown- 2
Asunicon- 5
Quito-10
Caracas- 14
La Paz- 15
Montevideo- 15
Botoga- 18
Santiago- 22
Brasilia- 27
Lima- 30
Buenas Ares- 34


Pointless Final
AUTHOR ON THE BBC 'BIG READ' TOP 100
A 2003 BBC survey on the 100 books you really should read. The authors of books on the list, please.

Pointless Answers
Raymond E Fiest
Alexandre Dumas
Anna Sewel
Douglas Adams
Helen Fielding
Louis de Beneries
Margreat Mitchell
Mario Puzo
Salman Rushdie
Wilkie Collins
John Fowls

'And more'.

Pointless: Series 5, Episode 37

First broadcast: 4th January 2012

Round One
CHARACTERS FROM ASTERIX
Board- Right answers are the English names of characters from French comic Asterix.

Alchoholix- Pointless
Obelix- 24
Dogmatix- 7
Vitalstatistix- 4
Onmitrix- Wrong
Prefix- Pointless
Justforkix- 1

CHARACTERS FROM THE DANDY
Board- All characters have their own section in comic 'The Dandy'.

Hungry Horace- Pointless
Korky the Cat- 23
Brassneck- 1
Beryl the Peril- 1
Desperate Dan- 64
Gypsey Rose Lee- Wrong
Marvo the Wonder Chicken- Pointless

Round Two
PEOPLE KNOWN BY THEIR INITIALS
Board- Descriptions of people who are known by two initials and a surname.


Larry Hagman TV Character -JR Ewling - 55
Adam Daliglesh was her detective - PD James - 11
Inventor of Quidditch - JK Rowling - 45
Played by Johnny Depp in "Finding Neverland" -  JM Barrie - 10
Shared Nobel Prize with Mandell in 1993 - FW de Klerk - 4
Legendary Guitarist, born 1925 - BB King - 22
Musical 'Cats' was based on his work - TS Elliot - 13
BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2010 - AP McCoy -8
Writer sister of Margret Drabble - AS Byatt - 2
Starred in 'My Little Chickidee' - WC Fields - 11
Christopher Robin was his son - AA Milne - 31
Created Lady Chatterley - DH Lawrence - 28

Round Three
ROYAL PARKS IN LONDON

Regents Park- 49
Green Park- 22
Richmond Park- 15
Kensington Park- 9
Greenwich Park- 5
Busy Park- 2
Brompton Cemetery- 1
Hyde Park- 82
St James' Park- 33


FIRST 20 ELEMENTS OF THE PERIODIC TABLE

Phosphorus- Pointless
Silicon- 1
Florine- 2
Boron- 2
Chlorine- 3
Beryllium- 3
Sulphur- 5
Potassium- 7
Magnesium- 7
Aluminum- 7
Lithium- 8
Argon- 8
Calcium- 10
Neon- 12
Sodium- 13
Nitrogen- 13
Carbon- 20
Helium- 23
Oxygen- 32
Hydrogen- 33

Pointless Final
BROADWAY PLAYS OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

Streetcar Named Desire- 18

Pointless Answers
Camino Real
Orpheus Descending
Out Cry
Period of Adjustment
Summer and Smoke
Sweet Bird of Youth
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
Night of Iguana
You Touched Me

Pointless Celebrities Episode One

 First broadcast: 4th July 2011

The first episode of Pointless Celebrities (Available on Youtube at the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2eSZ1MY7G0&feature=related Thank you, Mr. ZZZapJohnny.) is the first older episode to be added to the archive here...


Round One
NATURALLY OCCURRING OBJECTS AND PHENOMENA IN SPACE
Board- Correct answers are things from space.

Nebula- 7
Star- 70
Quasar- 2
Corellia- Wrong
Asteroid- 38
Bolide- Pointless
White Dwarf- 4
Comet- 39
Pulsar- 3
Supernova- 6
Protostar- Pointless
Zanatta- Wrong
Galaxy- 27
Planet- 62

Round Two
COMEDIANS AND THEIR CHARACTERS
Board- Name the comedian who played the characters on the board.

Alan Partridge - Steve Coogan - 41
Fred Scuffle -Benny Hill - 5
Lauren Cooper - Catherine Tate - 32
Randy Mandy - Dick Emery - Pointless
Mrs Overalls - Julia Walters - 12
David Brent - Ricky Gervais - 39
Vicky Pollard - Matt Lucas - 60
Bluebottle - Peter Sellers - 2
Loadsamoney - Harry Enfield - 30
Theosphius P. Wilderbeeste - Lenny Henry - 5
E. I. Wisty - Peter Cook - 1
Sid Snot - Kenny Everett - 14

Round Three
FOREIGN SECRETARIES SINCE 1980
Free Recall- Up to the start of 2011

Malcom Riffkind- Pointless
Francis Pym- Pointless
Margreat Beckett- 1
Peter Carrington- 2
Geoffery Howe- 2
John Major- 3
Robin Cook- 8
Douglas Hurd- 9
David Milliband- 9
Jack Straw- 20
William Hague- 30

ENGLAND PENALTY SHOOTOUT LOSERS
Any England player who has missed or had saved a penalty in Penalty shoot-out a World or European Cup match since 1930.

Darius Vaasell- Pointless
Paul Ince- 1
Jamie Carriger- 3
Steven Gerrard- 4
Frank Lampard- 8
David Batty- 7
Chris Waddle- 21
Stuart Pearce- 23
David Beckham- 25
Gareth Southgate- 34

Pointless Final
WINNERS OF 'REAR OF THE YEAR' AWARD
Winners of the 'Rear of the Year' award from 1996-2010, men or women.

Anita Dobson
Ellen Paige
Gary Barlow
Ian Wright
Maria Oglavy
Michael Barrymoore
Russel Watson
Sarah Lancastire
Su Pollard

Pointless Series 5, Episode 36

First Broadcast: 3rd January 2012


The first show we're covering on the archive! Bellow are the categories and their answers from the 36th episode of Pointless' 5th series...


Round One
NATIONAL FLAGS THAT CONTAIN THE COLOUR GREEN
No board- Free recall
Must be a 'substantial' amount of green and must be the representative flag of any country that is an independent state of its own and is a member of the UN.


Pointless Answers-
Azerbajian
Bolivia
Central African Republic
Jordan
Maldives
Zimbabwe
Sudan
Uman
Gambia
Zambia

'And lots more' (Thanks Richard)


Other Answers Given-
South Africa- 13
Libya- 3
Italy- 46
Kenya- 1
Republic of Ireland- 58 (Given as 'Ireland')
Jamaica- 17

(Other) Highest-Scoring Answers
Brazil- 22

Wrong Answers Given-
Albania


Round Two
ALBUMS OF THE NOUGHTIES AND THEIR ARTISTS
Board

Question- Answer - Points

Is This It? -The Strokes - 11
American Idiot - Green Day - 52
Graduation - Kanye West - 24
Elephunk - Black Eyed Peas - 49
Justified - Justin Timberlake - 35
Ta-Dah! - Scissor Sisters - 17
Funeral - Arcade Fire - 6
Back To Black - Amy Winehouse - 56
Only By The Night - Kings of Leon - 17
In Rainbows - Radiohead - 10
The Fame - Lady Gaga - 42
Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna - 51

Round Three
RHINOCEROSES
Free Recall- Any sort of Rhino

White- 69
Black- 51
Indian- 15
Javan- 8
Sumantran- 6


OSCAR-WINNING BRITISH ACTORS SINCE 2000

Free Recall- Any British actor or actres to have won an Academy Award in the past 11 years.

Tilda Swinton- 0
Daniel Day Lewis- 0
Rachel Weizs- 1
Christian Bale- 1
Jim Broadbent- 2
Michael Caine- 3
Catherine Zeta Jones- 5
KateWinslet- 22
Helen Mirren- 47
Colin Firt- 63

Round Four
CRICKETERS WHO TOOK TEST 300 WICKETS
Any bowlers who managed to take 300 wickets or more in test matches are allowed. The Pointless answers are as follows-

Allan Donald
Bob Willis
Chaminda Vaas
Daniel Vettori
Dennis Lillee
Lance Gibbs
Makhaya Ntini
Malcom Marshall
Waqar Younis

Welcome to the Pointless Archive!

Since it was first broadcast in 2009, Pointless has grown to become one of Britain's best-loved quiz shows, priding itself on the love of the obscure information and unknown statistics that we all have hidden in some tiny corner of our brain, giving everyone a chance to shine as a category we know comes up, producing a sense of achievement rarely found watching TV game shows from home.

However, an entire week of 45-minute shows can go by without you so much as stumbling upon one topic you could provide a decent answer to. This is where we come in. At the Pointless Archive, we aim to (Eventually, it may take time) catalog every single episode of this most glorious of TV shows and provide all the answers so that you can find the questions that suit you or prepare your own Pointless quizes for friends and family.

Hopefully you enjoy the Pointless Archive, and would like to say, any help with either providing or even going through older episodes would be very much appreciated! Contact us at PointlessArchive@yahoo.co.uk