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Pointless
Some of you older members may remember that about two years ago I appeared on Eggheads...well, along with my wife we recently applied to go on Pointless. We had an audition, at which they told us that less than 10% of the people who apply actually get on the programme. However, we were contacted yesterday and told we will be filming our programme on 18 January...:thumbsup:
Now to do some revision on what obscure films the likes of Angelina Jolie and Hugh Grant have been in!
If anyone can remember any of the film stars or pop stars they used in the first series I would be grateful to know as it will save me looking them up as they won't use them again...I shouldn't think!
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Congratulations on a successful audition :cheer:
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I have not seen the first series but will look out for this one. Sorry I can't help with previous questions.
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What is Pointless? Can't say I've ever heard of it.
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It is a quiz show where you need to score as few points as possible and get obscure answers. It is a BBC show, I don't know more than that at the moment
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It was on during the late summer and autumn.
It's a bit like Family Fortunes in reverse.
It starts with five couples who are asked a question like name a film that Tom Cruise has been in. 100 people have already been asked (like Family Fortunes) but this time the idea is to get the answer no-one has thought of. If for example you say "Top Gun", it is likely that something like 80 or 90 people would have said Top Gun, so you get say, 90 points. If you can come up with an obscure film that none of the 100 thought of you get 0 points. The winning couple is the one who gets least points. Each round the couple with the highest score is knocked out.
The final round, when just one couple is left is different. You have to choose a subject from three given and you then have to give three answers. If one of them is pointless, you win that day's jackpot, which rolls over if it's not won - like Eggheads. It is very difficult to win the final as even if just one person out of a hundred has said the answer you give you don't win. So you have to think up something really really obscure!
There are different categories like films, music, television, politics, sport, history, literature, geography, flags, words and so on.
I was really addicted to the show when it was on, which is why I applied for it.
Oh yes, one round for example was name the Mitchell characters in Eastenders. So you had to name anyone who was a Mitchell by birth or by marriage. I think the top three for which you would have got lots of points were Peggy, Grant and Phil, but, of course, they were the ones to avoid.
Maybe they'll have the Barlows or the Dingles when I'm on!
P.S. One other thing I should have added is that if you give an answer that is completely wrong, say giving the name of a film that Tom Cruise wasn't actually in, you get 100 points.
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Hi Parkerman,
I watched all 30 shows from the first series and as far as I remember the Actors/Actresses that I can remember were:
ACTORS
Tom Cruise
Johnny Depp
Leonardo Di Caprio
Arnie
Hugh Grant
Dustin Hoffman
James Dean
Gene Kelly
Jack Nicholson
Paul Newman
Brad Pitt
Richard Burton
Bruce Willis
I think you should be swatting up on:
Warren Beatty
Montgomery Clift
Gene Hackman
Jude Law
Ewan Macgregor
Jack Lemon
Jeff Bridges
Sir Ian Mckellen
Sean Penn
Denzel Washington
ACTRESSES
Angelina Jolie
Nicole Kidman
Meryl Streep
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Elizabeth Taylor
Naomi Watts
Julia Roberts
Cameron Diaz
Jodie Foster
Gwyneth Paltrow
You should be swatting up on:
Kirsten Dunst
Kate Winslet
Julianne Moore
Cate Blanchett
Scarlett Johansson
Uma Thurman
Lindsey Lohan
Renee Zellweger
Charlize Theron
Pop Stars
Madonna
Britney Spears
Cliff Richard
Girls Aloud
The Beatles
Take That
Tina Turner
Michael Jackson
Diana Ross
Kylie Minogue
Elvis Presley
Queen
David Bowie (I Think)
George Michael (I Think)
Rod Stewart
You should be swatting up on:
Mariah Carey
Whitney Houston
Celine Dion
Carpenters (I am sure this will come up in this series)
The Monkees
Shirley Bassey
Tom Jones
Beyonce
Leona Lewis (Not many though)
Simon and Garfunkel
Westlife
I found that a very good answer involving European Countries was the answer of SAN MARINO.
GOOD LUCK and let us know how you get on......
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That's great, thanks llama.
As it happens, we've been put on standby for tomorrow, so we haven't got much time to swot up now!
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Not much time then.....
As far as SPORT is concerned take a quick look at past World Champions in these sports.....
Snooker (Ken Doherty and Graeme Dott)
Chess (Petrosian and Smyslov)
Derby Winners (Oath and Generous)
Champion Jockeys (Michael Roberts and Joe Mercer)
NFL Superbowl Winners (Tampa Bay and St Louis Rams)
Bermuda Bowl Bridge World Champions (Iceland and Netherlands)
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