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