Re: Pointless Series 5
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 5:50 pm
And again! Well done BLACRHINO / BRONCHIAL is a good one too.
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Agreed. I thought the whole point of this thread was to be a spoiler thread. Noone's gonna talk about an episode that hasn't happened yet that often are they? Unlucky in the final though James. I really thought you were gonna win after your earlier effort. Always nice to see a pointless in the head to head.Michael Wallace wrote:I appreciate spoilers and all, but imo if someone reads this thread having not seen the show, it's kinda their own fault (I know I don't read any game show specific thread involving a c4cer until after I've watched it).
And not just for older ladies. I knew precisely one answer in each pass.Jon Corby wrote:the albums question was a right bitch for those two poor older ladies
I was similar. I knew American Idiot because I quite like Green Day, but would probably have guessed Justified because who else would it be? I think in the second pass I only knew Back to Black, and that was only because it came up when CF and I were on (one of our head to head questions was Amy Winehouse singles, and I did wonder if that was where James picked up that bit of trivia, although it seems unlikely).Phil Reynolds wrote:And not just for older ladies. I knew precisely one answer in each pass.Jon Corby wrote:the albums question was a right bitch for those two poor older ladies
The only one I knew in either pass was James's Amy Winehouse - Back to Black, and I'm not particularly old.Phil Reynolds wrote:And not just for older ladies. I knew precisely one answer in each pass.Jon Corby wrote:the albums question was a right bitch for those two poor older ladies
Bizarrely, although I didn't know it, something at the back of my mind was saying *NSYNC for that one so I could have made a good (albeit wrong) guess. (The only one I knew on that pass was Scissor Sisters' Ta-Dah.)Michael Wallace wrote:[...I] would probably have guessed Justified because who else would it be?
Erm... just about anybody really?Michael Wallace wrote:but would probably have guessed Justified because who else would it be?
Oh, haha. The 'logic' is that I am being a retard. I guessed at the time it would have been Justin Timberlake, and somehow I seem to have misremembered that as being the correct answer. No wonder I'm so good at quizzes.Jon Corby wrote:Erm... just about anybody really?Michael Wallace wrote:but would probably have guessed Justified because who else would it be?
(I did know that one btw, but not really following your logic!)
Eh? Justin Timberlake was (is) the correct answer. It's the "who else could it be?" bit I'm questioning - why couldn't anybody name their album "Justified"?Michael Wallace wrote:Oh, haha. The 'logic' is that I am being a retard. I guessed at the time it would have been Justin Timberlake, and somehow I seem to have misremembered that as being the correct answer.
Oops. I sloppily googled and saw something about NSYNC and assumed that was the right answer.Jon Corby wrote:Eh? Justin Timberlake was (is) the correct answer. It's the "who else could it be?" bit I'm questioning - why couldn't anybody name their album "Justified"?Michael Wallace wrote:Oh, haha. The 'logic' is that I am being a retard. I guessed at the time it would have been Justin Timberlake, and somehow I seem to have misremembered that as being the correct answer.
Yes. Yes you are. Don't ever go on Poimtles, you'll only show yourself up.Michael Wallace wrote:In short, I am an a bit of an idoit.
Yeah, a very interesting finish too. Quite an interesting end to the head-to-head.Phil Reynolds wrote:Today's was quite possibly the best episode of Pointless ever.
Technically you put in £2500.James Robinson wrote:Yeah, a very interesting finish too. Quite an interesting end to the head-to-head.Phil Reynolds wrote:Today's was quite possibly the best episode of Pointless ever.
Nice to know that the £500 I put in the jackpot has gone to a good place too.
Awful post. Do the maths properly.Thomas Carey wrote:Technically you put in £2500.James Robinson wrote:Yeah, a very interesting finish too. Quite an interesting end to the head-to-head.Phil Reynolds wrote:Today's was quite possibly the best episode of Pointless ever.
Nice to know that the £500 I put in the jackpot has gone to a good place too.
I'd love to know how long it really took to adjudicate the decision on the Paramaribo answer - I bet what we saw was heavily edited.James Robinson wrote:Quite an interesting end to the head-to-head.Phil Reynolds wrote:Today's was quite possibly the best episode of Pointless ever.
Yeah, I couldn't help but wonder if they'd've disallowed it before he pointed it out it was close but not right. Fair play to him though as it took some balls to correct that on TV. You run the risk of making yourself look a complete git. Really pleased they got the jackpot.Phil Reynolds wrote:I'd love to know how long it really took to adjudicate the decision on the Paramaribo answer - I bet what we saw was heavily edited.James Robinson wrote:Quite an interesting end to the head-to-head.Phil Reynolds wrote:Today's was quite possibly the best episode of Pointless ever.
I'm guessing at £1000 per episode he was in and £250 x 2: amirite?Matt Morrison wrote:Awful post. Do the maths properly.Thomas Carey wrote: Technically you put in £2500.
Fabulous cheekbones too.Lesley Hines wrote:Fair play to him though as it took some balls to correct that on TV.
Yeah I got what he meant, but James simply being on two episodes of the show does not mean he was responsible for adding £2000 to the jackpot.Lesley Hines wrote:I'm guessing at £1000 per episode he was in and £250 x 2: amirite?Matt Morrison wrote:Awful post. Do the maths properly.Thomas Carey wrote: Technically you put in £2500.
Watched it last night with Heather and we both disagreed - he did come across as a total wanker.Lesley Hines wrote:Fair play to him though as it took some balls to correct that on TV. You run the risk of making yourself look a complete git.
Was about to post pretty much exactly the same (right down to the specific things you point out). The guy just came across as a total "gap yah" type nob.Matt Morrison wrote:Watched it last night with Heather and we both disagreed - he did come across as a total wanker.
In the (second) deciding head-to-head question, it was south American capitals. First pair go for something along the lines of Paranaimbo, though they're not really sure, then the second pair (one of whom had lived in south America for 18 months or something) said that they thought it was Paramaribo (which is right). But it got really drawn out because presumably people were worried about whether the first answer was 'close enough' (even though it clearly wasn't). Exciting, huh?Jon Corby wrote:Can somebody explain what actually happened please, or do I have to go and watch it?
Oh yeah, that too.Phil Reynolds wrote:Funny, now you see I thought the guy from the other team was a cock for saying rather haughtily "It's only a difference in pronunciation" when what he'd said clearly wouldn't be spelt the same way, as Richard pointed out.
I think I need to watch this, sounds fun.Phil Reynolds wrote:Funny, now you see I thought the guy from the other team was a cock for saying rather haughtily "It's only a difference in pronunciation" when what he'd said clearly wouldn't be spelt the same way, as Richard pointed out.
I thought the same. It wasn't. It just made me angry.Jon Corby wrote:I think I need to watch this, sounds fun.Phil Reynolds wrote:Funny, now you see I thought the guy from the other team was a cock for saying rather haughtily "It's only a difference in pronunciation" when what he'd said clearly wouldn't be spelt the same way, as Richard pointed out.
Not sure what the -gate is all about. It seems pretty open-and-shut to me. [edit: before anyone says it, no, not the gate, smart-arse...] They gave an incorrect answer. Had they pronounced it wrongly but in such a way that it could still be written "Paramaribo", e.g. "pa-ra-mar-EYE-bo", I'd have said it was correct, and not let the other team say the same thing pronounced differently. But in any quiz show, if the question master were to ask "What's the capital of Suriname?" and you said "Paranaimbo" it'd be incorrect. Rather unfortunate, yes, but Richard Osman made the right call.Phil Reynolds wrote:Ooh. Patrick and Chris (the losing couple from what Richard Osman is referring to on his Twitter feed as "Paramaribo-gate") haven't returned for a second appearance today. Wonder if they stormed off in a huff?
Well played James, and bad luck with the final round. At least you still won the trophy.James Robinson wrote:Hopefully I'll back on a TV screen near you soon.
Who?Jon O'Neill wrote:Oh my god.
What a cock.
Haha oh yeah hadn't even thought he could do that. I guess he wanted to make sure that by saying it there was an even-further reduced chance that the incorrect answer wasn't accepted as correct but mispronounced.Dinos Sfyris wrote:As for Paramaribo guy - not watched it but he sounds like a right wankmaster general. If you're that confident your opponent's answer is incorrect just say any other correct answer and win the round!
But it's surely advantageous (even when you know their answer is wrong) to come up with an obscure one in the event that it could be Pointless and add £250 to the jackpot. Which they then won.Matt Morrison wrote:Haha oh yeah hadn't even thought he could do that. I guess he wanted to make sure that by saying it there was an even-further reduced chance that the incorrect answer wasn't accepted as correct but mispronounced.Dinos Sfyris wrote:As for Paramaribo guy - not watched it but he sounds like a right wankmaster general. If you're that confident your opponent's answer is incorrect just say any other correct answer and win the round!
Yeah, lol.Dinos Sfyris wrote:First of all, unlucky James, me and my kid bro really felt for you when you didn't scoop the jackpot. If ever there were an Aesop's fable about knowing too much for your own good, that would be it. Good show though, maybe be 27% less awesome next time?
Mine too, my first one that is. Diesel was Pointless then............Michael Wallace wrote:They asked today's opening question at our audition. Fun fact.
Ha, so you might have come pretty close to getting an audition question on the show.James Robinson wrote:Mine too, my first one that is. Diesel was Pointless then............Michael Wallace wrote:They asked today's opening question at our audition. Fun fact.
She could have just had that Braille card already in front of her and we wouldn't have known. Instead they have to show Alexander giving her the Braille card, it just looked a bit like they wanted to highlight it to show how caring they are or something. Can you read Braille, Michael? If so, how long does it take to learn?Michael Wallace wrote: Edit: Was amused by the Braille card awkwardness. When I was on Xander just re-read the list when it got to my turn, and they edited it out afterwards, smooth as you like.
I presume they didn't want to give her the card in advance because it could be seen as an unfair advantage to have the questions early, and there's also the element of people at home going "huh? why's she got that card?" if they didn't properly explain it like they did. I can't read Braille, no, although it would be pretty cool to learn. Might be a project for when I don't have a thesis to write.Ryan Taylor wrote:She could have just had that Braille card already in front of her and we wouldn't have known. Instead they have to show Alexander giving her the Braille card, it just looked a bit like they wanted to highlight it to show how caring they are or something. Can you read Braille, Michael? If so, how long does it take to learn?Michael Wallace wrote: Edit: Was amused by the Braille card awkwardness. When I was on Xander just re-read the list when it got to my turn, and they edited it out afterwards, smooth as you like.
Like I said, I think they've been on before.Phil Reynolds wrote:Ooh. Patrick and Chris (the losing couple from what Richard Osman is referring to on his Twitter feed as "Paramaribo-gate") haven't returned for a second appearance today. Wonder if they stormed off in a huff?
James Robinson wrote:Anyone seen today's show
One of the most incredible ever, methinks
5 POINTLESSES in round 1, and probably one of the most surprising Pointlesses in the final to win the jackpot. Defo thought Colombo would only just be above 0, but shocked that Cape Town & Bloemfontein were Pointless too. Was happy trying Abuja, Windhoek, Suva & Basseterre.
Eh, not that surprising imo, people aren't usually very good at capitals, and throw in the additional difficulty of knowing which countries are in the Commonwealth makes it an absolute gift of a jackpot question. It would be fun to know the stats on whenever they asked for Commonwealth countries to see how they compare to the results of this question, though.James Robinson wrote:probably one of the most surprising Pointlesses in the final to win the jackpot. Defo thought Colombo would only just be above 0, but shocked that Cape Town & Bloemfontein were Pointless too.
Haha, I noticed that too. Although I couldn't name any either.Phil Reynolds wrote:It rather looked as though the producers were willing the two incredibly camp guys to go through to the final when the first question in the Head-to-Head was "Name a Von Trapp child" and then the decider was "Name a Barbra Streisand film". Was somewhat startled in the latter case when they failed to think of any.
There is no such general rule, but occasionally in the preamble to a specific question Richard will say something like, "I'll accept surnames" or "First name and surname, please". Other questions are adjudicated case by case; in this instance the answer "Webb" might have been deemed sufficient, although I suspect not. But why would you not answer with the full name if you were convinced you'd got it right, as this guy evidently was? It's equally likely that you might have misremembered the surname rather than the first name, as evidenced by the guy who thought Stephen Fry's comedy partner was Hugh Lloyd.Miriam Nussbaum wrote:Is there a rule on this show that you can't just give last names? Things like "Howard Webb" for "Robert Webb" seem to happen amusingly often on Pointless. If it were me I'd just say "I'll say that Mitchell's partner is Webb", but have they ever mentioned a Pointless-specific rule that a last name by itself is an incomplete or wrong answer?
It sounds like you're confusing what the contestants are being asked (viz. "Pick an obscure type of trouser from this list") with what the research pool of 100 people were asked ("Name a type of trouser").Also, 4 points for saying that pantaloons are, in fact, a type of…pants?